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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1895)
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' . . . . . . iliiozi 5l ! 1 ! > .OS3 11 ZII.IHS V. l'J.072 it : lu.on : 20 19.1'iS ' II 11,011 SO ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ic. . ! . . . . . . . ! . ; ; i9ni ; IX-M ( l-tlupU.inV "fill"'uiiVuiii' ' nnd teturncil coilc | * _ Net mica Dally HvoraR sun-iny. - ar.onriK n. T7.srnwrii. Sworn to before me nnd iiti crltx-d In my pres ence this 1st day of Jiiiu' , Isi1 : : ( Henl. ) N. 1' . F11IU Notary 1'ubllc. The mornl of the Holt county illvision AVIicii you want to truth- your votes In tlio U-xlHlnturo , don't exi'linnge tlu-ni for iv Is limiting it l > hl for Aim-rlcnn s studying abroad. Tlio patron age of tltt- American Htuilt-nts Is some thing worth trying for. The men who put the county division bill through the late legislature forgot to reckon on the possibilities of their buntilng to return home. If Auditor Moore has no legal authority to get after bogus Insurance companies , who has that authority' ; And why does lit- not exercise it ? One bible society printed and dis trtbnted during the past year nearly 'J,000XK ( ) bibles. The bible Is yet by far the most popular literary work turned out by the presses of our pub Hailing houses. Nowhere in the United States that we know of have the Sunday observance crusaders demanded an Interruption of street railway trallic. It is possible , however , that this may yet be made a plunk In their platform. Doesn't any one want to relieve the state of Nebraska of one penitentiary appraisement , cost $1,501.10 , that seems now to bo of no earthly use to the state ? It ought to be worth something to collectors of curiosities. We fear It would bt > a rather ex pensive experiment lo try to ascertain tlio'effectiveness ' of the proposed Knights of Labor boycott against national bank notes by distributing a few of those notes among the professional labot agitators. A promintMit New York politician Is said to have dellned an honest man In politics to be one \vho will stay sold nnd remain faithful to one purchaser , AVe shall evidently have to Invent a new name for the man In politics win : refuses to be sold at all. The members of the State Board of Public Lands and Hulldings do not seem to be nearly so anxious to as sunn- the control and management of the convicts In the state penitentiary as they were two months ago. Wonder what can have caused the change ? Nail dealers have-got ten together anil driven the price of nulls up. It is now in order for the screw manufacturers to put thu screws on the prices of their product. And while this Is going on the Hellers of tacks may as well tax a little more up to the purchasers of their wares. A fertile soil , together with favorable climatic conditions. Is worth more than the richest mineral deposits In the world. The mines are hound to be ex hausted or to become unprolltable sooner or later , but productive land properly cultivated gives one crop aftei another forever. Pougljis county Is to pay $8.-l.17.C > 0 Into tlie State university fund for the. com ing year. At $ UXVpt-r student this would maintain eighty-four students at the university. Douglas county boys ought to see to It that the taxpayers of this community get full returns on their contribution to the support of that Institution. The Interior department otllclals say that Agent Heck is acting In the present finX'rgency upon ( lit1 advice of the 1'nlted St'ates district attorney and as sistant. Mr. Sawyer has advised Heck to obey the order of the state court and war with Its milled front lias been side tracked again. 1'eebles and Ids ne\v tirsenal did It. Douglas county will be required to pay nearly 11 per cent , or one-seventh , of tin- entire revenues of the state de rived from taxation. Hut tin- same howl will In- raised from the counties that don't coutiihute enough to defray the salaries of their own district Judges whenever Douglas county asks for tht- slightest recognition of her rights at the hands of the legislature or statb authorities. Chlnumen have been discovered smug gling themselves Into tin1'nlted States by wuy of the Canadian border com fortably ensconced In the stateroom of u sleeping cur. Why not ? Why should not tluChinaman evade the law In the * sumo manner as the similarly prohibited contract laborer ? If It pays to smuggle Chinamen Into thu country It duubtU'sn pays to have them travel with thu best uecommoilaUoiia , OMAHA A n nun FUTVHH. After three ycar.s of business stagna tion and tlmuic'Ial distress Oumha In about , to enter upon an era of gradual Improvement nnd stibstnntlal prosper ity. The filial wuvo of llutildutioii which swept this country from ocean to ocean , strewing the laud with mercantile wrecks , swallowing fortunes built upon real estate booms and wild cat lluanclerlng. engulfed Omaha , as It did other western cities. Many of our ino t enterprising citizens , who counted their wealth by thu hundreds of thousand.- ! , became hope lessly Involved and their estates passing under the sherllt's ham mer have left them stranded with de- llclenpy judgments hanging over their heads. Thousands of men and women who hud Invested their earnings and savings , their all , In town lots and dwellings , have been rendered homeless and penniless by mortgage foreclosure. To the unthinking multitude tills wholesale foreclosure and winding up very naturally presents a most gloomy spout , from which no ray of hope for ctter things and bettor times Is visible , mt behind the darkest cloud there Is a liver lining. In the wake of commer- lal collapse and industrial prostration 'ollows a revival of confidence and com- nerclal activity. What at Itrst sight ppears an Irreparable calamity will n the end become a most potential actor In promoting the recovery and growth of Omaha. The foreclosure irocess has transferred a great part of ) mahu realty Into the ownership of 'apltalists ' who from now on must take in active Interest in Omaha. These apltalists will want to make their In- estments prolltable. They will put nore money into store buildings ana factories and bring In young blood that rt-lll Infuse public spirit and enterprlso nto every institution that needs devel- ipment. It does not stand to reason hat the moneyed class , which lias been forced to acquire the properties on , vhch ! they had made loans , will bo ontent to pay taxes without endeavor- ng to make the Investments pay In- erest. As a matter of fact , Omaha has al ready been materially benefited by the ransfer of property ownership that has aken place through mortgage fore- losure within the past two yours There s no doubt whatever that we should lave been compelled to default on our ity ami county debt this year had it lot been for the prompt payment of axes by non-resident property owners. The life insurance companies , trust ompanies and syndicates , who have be- onio the owners of large blocks of iroperty by foreclosure , are in condition o pay the taxes on these properties , ivhllt- the majority of our home owners could not possibly have paid. The new ) maha , the Omaha of the year 1M)0 ! ) , will have witnessed a new birth. The ) ld moss-back will be superseded by generation of public-spirited , ener getic young men , Imbued with true rVmerlcan enterprise that will make Jmuha a city of half a million people .it-fore the first quarter of the twentieth century has rolled around. : r\txs ui- ' According to the best statistics ob- iiinahle , which can bo regarded enl > is a fair approximation to the facts , here were 22 ( ! increases of wages from January 1 to .Tune ISO. Of these the workmen benefited in 11)7 cases cx- eeded I ! 10,000 , while In 12. > cases it was not stated how many were affected. It is reasonable to conclude , however , that the wages of fully fiOO.OOO men were Increased in the first half of 1805. The New York Commercial Bulletin , which has kept as complete u record as possible of these advances , says it Is reasonable to suppose that shine bus ! ness received the assurance that the sta bllity of the currency would be main tallied not loss than f > 00,000 men have had their wages Increased , and the num her may easily be 000,000. The increases - creases are usually 10 per cent , though often more than that. If the wages before the Increase averaged $10 a week , the Increases would amount to ! ? r > 00,000 or iff.00,000 a week. In the same period a large number of persons who had been Idle , possibly as many as the number who received an Inereast of wages , were put to work and became money earners to the amount of several million dollars u week. Any ouc wht will take the trouble to figure out tin gains to labor employed In the maim fucturlng Industries of the country sluct the revival begun will find that tlu-j amount to a very large sum In the ag gregate , probably not less than $5,000 , . 000 weekly , or at the rate of ? 1 > CO,000- 000 u year a very handsome addltloi to tlio purchasing ability of the workers In American manufacturing industries It has been remarked that the increases of wages on so extensive1" a scale am1 to so large an extent without resort ti : strikes constitutes one of the most re markuble chapters in our Industrial his tory. _ _ _ JT JSf.T The conflict In Cuba has about grown beyond the proportions and character of an insurrection and assumed those of n revolution. This seems to be fully real izi-d bythe Spanish government , whoso consciousness of the desperate nature ot the revolt Is plainly apparent. Then could be no better evidence of the stmlb to which Spain Is being put for men tc reinforce her Cuban army than the fuc that the goTornmenl has offered par don to all deserters who will return to Cuba and to all convicts who are will Ing to go there. A dispatch from Mad rid says that In September reinforce iiu'iits to the number of : vo , ( > 00 will In. dispatched to Cuba , but It Is altogether probable .that this Isisent out us a bluff for If Spain had any such number o men to send to the Island she wouh h.ird'y wait until September to dispute ! till-in when reinforcements are urgently needed now to check the progress o the revolution. But In any event the indications are that the men who are lighting for tht liberation of Cuba cannot be dlsmuyet and there Is reason to believe that thej constantly gaining In numbers am an- well supplied with the munitions o war. Certain It Is that their sympn thl/ers In this country are very active uud not without effect , for while tht utliorltles arc undoubtedly vigilant In heir efforts to prevent the departure of xpcdltlons hostile to Spain , It is not to le doubted that men , money and mu- Itlons of war leave the United States or Cubit. The mooting a few days ago n New York furnished a good Illustra- Ion of.-the hourly sympathy that Is felt lore with the cause of the Cuban n\jo- [ utlonlsts and no amount of vigilance n the part of the national authorities an prevent this sympathy taking prae- leal form. It Is presumed that the meeting of ablnet olllcors In Washington on Frl- lay , culled nt the Instance , It appears , f the secretary of state , had reference o the activity of the sympathizers In his country with the Cuban revolution- sts , which Is thought to be vlolatlve of he spirit If not the letter of the noil- rallty laws. The desire of the admin- stratlon to enforce these laws has been 'cnerully approved and there is but ) iie opinion as to the duty of the gov- rnment to act In perfect good faith oward Spain in this matter. If thu Cuban revolutionists maintain the con- llct until the meeting of congress aim how themselves strong enough to eon- Intie It Indefinitely It will be a serious ( nestIon whether they will not have a oed claim to recognition sis belligerents , f they ask It. fllK Ml'MCtl'Al , VAXCKIl. Two members of tlio Chicago city council ro unitr Indictment for seeking bribes. No urprlso Is expressed by any one because ot hcso Indictment ? . There are a few men In the council who are believed to .be thoroughly upright , but hey constitute so small a minority that neasures go through continually which are inquestlonably propelled by "boodle. " It Is an old maxim that men elected to ofUcc are airly representative of the majority that se eds them ; yet public opinion will rate the norallty of the voters of Chicago very low If ho universal estimate that Is placed upon he Integrity ot the aldermen bo taken as ho standard of measurement. The nnral sense of the community has become so bluntoi that to unthinking persons the criminal Instinct In their alderman becomes evidence ) of his ability. Nothing Is required f him by unscrupulous followers except that le keep his tracks covered so as to render detection and exposure dltllcult or Impossible. So long as the commission of crimes of this character Is regarded as an evidence of abll- ty or bhrowdness anJ detection as little nero than a troublesome Joke , no munlcl- lallty can expect a very large amount of In- egrlty and honesty In Its city council. II equlres a healthy moral sentiment In the community to stop "boodlelsm. " That sentl- nent exists In Chicago among the vast ma- ority of citizens ; It only needs to be aroused. Chlcapo Record. What Is true of Chicago applies with > quul force to Omuha. The moral sense > f the community has become so blunted hat bribery in any and every form is olerated and embezxlement of public 'mills Is condoned. The cancer of modlerlsm Is eating out the very vitals of our great cities and unless it healthy 'oactlon ' sets In within the next few vears our rotten local governments will nfuse the deadly blood poison into the whole body politic. The only hopeful sign of the times is the general popular uprising against nunlcipal boodlers of every political reed and breed whether they are H'gunlzcd and fostered by democratic Tammany ringsters or republican lark-lantern ringsters. The vast major ity of citizens In sill American cities are urouscd to the necessity of making common cause against the common enemy , regardless of the Issues upon which American citizens sire divided politically. JMH.Y/v'SS/AG / rilAtlAlt.\ \ . It Is said that the dally product of all the coal mines worked by man has in it no greater possibilities for the pro duction of power than the force of tht water passing over the falls of .Niagara. The utilization of tlds vast power , al ready demonstrated to be practicable tea a limited extent , is attracting the atten tioit of he Industrial world , for If all that Is thought to be possible from it shall be attained the results will be al most revolutionary In their effect upon nearly all branches of Industrial activ ity. The scope of the Niagara enter prise is not bounded by merely local demands for power. Its promoters aim at nothing less than irmking tributary to their system of power distribution the whole territory within -100 miles radius of Niagara , containing about one-fifth of the population of the United States. The immediate results within tht grasp of the Niagara Kails 1'ower com pany , says u writer on this Interesting topic , are of no slight magnitude. The.\ Include the covering of a square mile of land around the IHJWOI- house with In dustrial establishments using the power which they are able to furnish cheaper than if coal were , delivered free at tht mouth of the furnace. The present power house stands ready to deliver 15,000-horse power in electrical energy with an ultimate capacity of 50-XM ( ) horse p'ower. But the problem of world-wide Interest Is whether the pros out power house , with its ultimate cu puclty , shall be oifly the beginning or the end of the enterprise. If the former , then the energy generated at Niagara , must successfully displace ex isting power plants of all descriptions far beyond the area of Buffalo even. Without extending tin ; radius more than a. hundred miles beyond Niagara as a center there are sixteen cities with a population of 5,000 and over In which there Is used alMiut 1-11,000-horso power. Could the radius bo extended to ! U)0 miles there Is nearly L'.OOO.OOO-horsu power subject to Nlagura competition , and within -KM ) miles of the center there Is _ ,750,000- hor'so jtower. Practical men will under stand that the realization of such re sults , believed by some of the ablest electrical engineers to be possible , would have most far-reaching effects. But in any event tins harnessing of Niagara to the service of man Is at once the greatest of electrical experi ments yet attempted and one of the most Important enterprises of this re markable age. It Is certain to estab lish at the falls perhaps the greatest manufacturing center In the world , and the success which attends the utilization ofJhe water power of Niagara will stimulate enterprise for the like em ployment of available water power else where. It may be that the projectors of this great muU'rtakliig overestimate ts possibilities , ittt ( hut It Is to per form an ImmcnftAiKcrvlcc In Industrial h-velopmetit Is KlriMily demonstrated. TIIK UQVUIl tifyHtii It Is very generally admitted that the tosltlon of the liberal party In ICngland on the liquor question In no small nousuro accounts for the extraordinary success of the ijtolonlsts. In ascribing heir discomfiture altogether to this sstio the liberal * ' perhaps magnify Its effect , being naturally disposed to llnd mother reason Utaiiithe dissatisfaction of the British pcople.wlth { tlio weakness mil Incapacity of thHosebery \ govern- ui'iit. but there etui lie no doubt that It ins exerted a powerful Influence ad- erse to the paity of local option. In 10 other way can the great rovu'slon of sentiment In Derby , before which liur- ourt went down , bo explained or the onsorvutivo victories in London , which t Is said surpassed even the nest sanguine expectations of Lord Salisbury's followers. It is shown that verywhere the liquor Interest has boon nest thoroughly organized and that It s standing tlrmly together In opposition o ( lie proposal to allow any community to put u veto tin the liquor trutlle by mpuliir vote. The evidence which the course ot the election is giving } of the power ot the liquor Interest In England Is well calculated to discourage the hopes of the advocates of legislation In the in- erest of temperance. It Is si very vigor ous warning to politicians and po- iticul parties that there Is danger n attempting further restrictions upon the liquor traflio and un- loubtodly It will bo very generally leedctl. A power that Is capable of de feating u political loader like llarconrl few politicians will bo disposed to ig nore , and having demonstrated what It can accomplish the liquor Interest may be expected to hereafter play no In considerable part lit determining the fate of British political parties , so long us any of them shall make the further regulation of the liquor trallic a part of Its policy. Of course with unionist suc cess tlie liquor Interest will bo se cure from any Interference while the Salisbury government remains in powei and it is to bo presumed that the union ists will not fail to make the most of their opportunity to strengthen tholi claims to the support of that Interest. How can the people of Omaha hope to profit directly by reason of good crops ? It Is estimated that no less than l117- 000,000 will bo realized from the grain produced In Nebraska this your. How will that vast sum bo distributed and what will Omaha got out of it , is tlie problem. Much Jof It will naturally go out of the state to pay mortgage and other debts. Ilulidn'ds ' of thousands of dollars of it will , go , 'to ' pay local debts Incurred for articles long since con sumed , while an enormous sum will find its way into , the bank vaults throughout the -slate. Money will bo easy. Country' inoVcliants will buy heavily , for tlie demands upon them will be groat. Omaha bolng the chief com mercial distributing n'olnt , will enjoy an Im-nenso impetus-tin trade. Our jobbers and manufacturers will soon be com pelled to Increast-'their working forces , which In turn will bring increased trade to the retail merchant. Manufacturing enterprises will be started and now business created. The great packing houses will soon have to increase their working forces by the hundreds , the railroads have already begun to do so , assuring the mechanic steady employ ment throughout the year. The great machinery of industrial life will soon bo put In full motion and when all the people of it city are given steady em ployment the retailer and siiopkeopor of every kind and description will reap a proportional share of the benefits. If It Is true , us It Is rumored , that the recently elected speaker of the British House of Commons , Wlllam C. Gully , will bo succeeded on the opening of Parliament by W. J. Lowther It will be a step entirely without precedent. The speakorship of the House of Commons is in no way a political ollice and the position Is held during good behavior. Cabinet crises and political revolutions have never affecto.il. the tenure of that otllco , which Is a scat of honor ami dignity rattier than of political power , as in the house of representatives of the United States. But In case of Mr. Cully's retirement the fact that ho is the grandson of a prize lighter will not prevent him from being elevated to the peerage , on ii level with the bluest blood In England. ' There Is quite a serious dlscussloi going on In u number of eastern news papers us to the propriety of referring to a professor in any grout education : ! Institution by the prolix "Prof. " It I * earnestly contended that such an up pollution both detracts from the dlgnitj of the party addressed and shows a lack of respect for the honorable position which he happens to occupy. A grout many of our professors , and more par ticularly those who stand most firmly on their dignity , studied In ( Jormun uni versities and white abroad ornamented their visiting cards } vlth the abbrevia tion "phil. stud. " . .Thi > y ought to be able to got along agiveably with the dis puted "Prof. " for a little while at least. Graduation ought-nol to make so great n difference In the' selisltlveness of their nature. . The free sllvoiites , are by no means harmonious as to the policy which they should follow. , Tjio difference of opinion is most marked between the northern and the ; southern representa tives of the free s.Uvor movement. Not long ago wo well' tftld that every ad vocate of immediate Tree and unlimited silver coinage was ready to subordinate * anything and everything to the attain nient of this one object. The free silver- lies are commencing to understand that they might have free silver colnugo nnd still remain unhappy. Hence these divergences between the leaders on the all Important details. The Chicago Chronicle culls the new Sunday observnnco agitation the Sun day wave ami observes that efforts at so-called reform throughout the United States come In waves. It thinks that thu wave started on the eastern seaboard anda \ therefore bound to irocood In Its course across the country tntil It shall dissipate Itself on the shores of the western ocean. This Is a cry nice theory , but unfurlunutol.v lome of the facts refuse to lit Into It , f the theory were perfectly carried out ill that we would have to do would bo o arrange for notice of the Inaugura- lon of each wuvo and then patiently watch It swell and break of Its own notion. A Temmilr < ImrirttirlMlc. New York Sun. Probably In social and domestic entertain ment the Germans get more out of life than any other people. And they all drink beer , n the fatherland on Sundays as much as other days. ; thn Illclit Kind ( if Iron. St. Ixnila lo l. * Some of the republics south of us arc said to order-n gooj deal of railroad Iron from the United States. If these states would buy more railroad Iron and fewer guns they would get on much moro comfortably. The Swi-nlH iif I.Ifc. St. Paul Pioneer Tress. Somebody ought to find a deep moral sig nificance In the Increase In sugar consumption In the United States. The people of this country consumed 03 pounds per capita In 1831 , against forty-three pounds In 1SSO. Klmllv Ntiiur. . In Kmnn. ; I'lillaileljihlc Inquirer. A new variety of watermelon , containing n pint of whisky , has been discovered In a pro hibition town In Kansas. It Is strange how often the wind Is tempered to the shorn lamb. Now If In districts that have not gene "dry there could bo found a watermelon loaded with a two-ounce vial of Jamaica gin ger , then the eternal fitness of things would have a complete manifestation. SiinpH Up it ( iooil Thing. Globe-Democrat. When Americans discover a good thing they waste little time In turning It to prac tical use. The trolley , which Is but a few years old , Is now applied on 10,363 of the iaSSS miles of street railway In this coun try , and while this change has been going forward the mileage of the roads has been doubled. It Is an example of business energy not to be matchc'd In anjr other part of the world. ivnr : Onwnnl mill Upward. Philadelphia Itecord. The American is naturally a trllle nomadic. Ho likes to be "on the go. " He Is not yet old enough to bs restful nor lifeless enough to be Idle. The habit of retrospection has not yet overtaken him. Ills watchword Is on ward , onward , ever onward. With this spirit his fathers crossed the seas , braved the winds and waves of the ocean , faced the dan gers of the savage and carved an empire out of the western wilderness. lliittiii AittiiHl TrntiHiirrd I'Cgcmta. New York Tribune. Some enthusiastic singer of the wheel ought to celebrate the feat of Lord Salis bury's private secretary In riding from Hat- Held to London on his bicycle to carry dis patches to his lordship's political lieutenants. Other times , other manners ; also other songs. With the horse discredited by tlio machine , who will want further to chant the praises of Paul Hevere , Phil Sheridan or the gallant riders who carried the good news from Ghent tn Alx ? The steep-down stone steps of revo lutionary legend alone remain to preserve the glory of the horse and his rider. Against thnm and the fame of "Old Put" the bicycle will buck In vain. Siiniin'4 Atltifril ! Tfin | ) r. St. 1'aul I'lonetr Press. No more deadly blow has ever been aimed at the cause of woman suffrage by Its oppo nents that Susan U. Anthony dealt the other lay when she declared it the duty of every woman In Kansas to refuse to assist In any niDr.il , charitable or religious reform , until the word "male" was stricken from the suf frage clause of the constitution. If this rule had been applied by the women of the United States generally the cause of mankind would be several leagues behind In Its progress. If the unfulfilled desire of some women for the ballot Is to render them useless In the lines of work where nature especially calls them , the sooner they are swept off the face of the earth as rubbish the better. 'Ihu r"n | mill Pioiprrlty. New York World. The crop outlook Is most encouraging. Win ter wheat shows a falling off , but a larger production of spring wheat promises to make the loss good. Corn , which Is by all odds our most Important grain crop , gives promise of the heaviest yield ever known. The crop Is estimated at quite twice that of last year , and the time of uncertainty regarding the yield Is now nearly past. How much such a corn crop means to the country only those can realize who give close attention to such matters. It will add hundreds of millions of dollars to the surplus wealth of the country in the form of grain and meat for export. It promises to reserve the trade balance which lust year made manipulation of the exchange markets necessary to prevent the export of gold. Th" tiir.mr of Stanley. ChlcaRO Times-Herald. There Is not In fact or In fiction a career more tortuous than that of the poor house waif , a Olnx's baby , a cabin bay on the Mis slsslppl , an Involuntary acquirer of American citizenship , an Omaha reporter , the pioneer of large parts of Africa , the finder of Living stone , the rescuer ot Emln I'asha , a bridge- groom In Westminster Abbey , honored of the greatest Institutions of Great Britain , mobbed In the city whose "freedom" had been I in presslvely presented to him , finally landing in tlio House of Commons , unbroadcned by his contact with the world In a larger variety ofjjxperlenccs than ever fell to the lot of any other man of the ago. For Stanley goes into political life a reactionary , and It Is safe to say that , however Imperishable the fame he laboriously acquired In other parts of the world , ho will add nothing to It by victories In the British forum. A wave hast carried him Into Parliament. Another will doubtless carry him out , and there Is not likely to Be any monument left behind to mark his stay behind the ministerial benches. TIIK KXltKArOtt G'O.M'K.VT/O.V. Courier Journal : Only fourteen years of history and 2,000,000 members ! That Is a marvslous record and a marvelous promise for the future. Kansas City Times : The record of this organization is most gratifying. It stands as a refutation of tlia Ideas advanced by cynics and others that the world Is growing worse. Chicago Tribune : The Christian Endeavor meetings ot the- last week furnish conclusive evidence that the Institutions of Christianity are maintained with their old fervor and that men's lives are vitalized by a living faith. New York Tribune : Thess earnest , self denying young men and women gathered to gether to advance the spiritual kingdom of righteousness preach to the world a sermon far more effective than the most polishes effort ot thu mere pulpit orator , Philadelphia Ledgei : It was a remarkable gathering in point of numbers and religious fervor. A body composed of so many thou sands of delegates , riding such dlttances , could not be easily and comfortably trans ported In any other country. The success of the great convention is a fine commentary on the safety , speed and comfort of ths American railway system. Buffalo Express : Nearly 2,500,000 persons were represented In the convention , or a body of people larger than that contained In Mas sachusetts or the big state of Texas. In the face of three great armies llko the Sunday school children , the Society of Christian En deavor and the Young Men's Christian asso elation , the spectator may well ask hlmsell what there Is to the talk of a decay of the religious spirit. Brooklyn Eagle : The churches are rapidly finding out that If they want to retain their hold on the young people of the land they must put forward something more than the ethical and moral attractions of religion. They must appeal to the social side of human na ture and help those whom they desire to In fluence to find come actual human pleasure and companionship within church limits. It i a notable fact that the < e churches which are the most successful and exercise the greatest vital force In the community arc precisely those In which the social sldo Ii largely do- velopeJ. It Is the development ot this senti ment which accounts In a large meanure for the growth of the Christian Endeavor so cletiei. HttNTH JVJO.W a til'S IIWK.V , There are no tollgatrs on the highway ot holiness. The most respectable xlnncrs .11-0 the moat dangerous ones. Ho In tht ; groateit man who does most ( or hla fellow men , Half-heartedncsa makes no prayers that Oed can answer. The man \\liu chases bubbles never has any ( Imp to rest. The man who Is ruled by his feelings can- lot walk straight. I low It roust puzzle the angels to sec a irojcher looking for an e.uy place. The devil h.ia to tight hard to hold his own anywhere near a praying mother. The mlllenlum would be here now , tf we all lived up to what we demand from othern. Wh'en a man gets religion right , the first o find It out will be those who live the near est to him. The man who Isn't religious enough to do right when he Isn't watched , Isn't religious when ho Is watched. I'lllbTKII ItKJt.lllliS. Adams Freeman : The standard typewriter of the best make has big sleeves. Philadelphia lleconl : Silence may bo golden , but the gold that chinks In your > ockct Is better. Texas Slftings : Literary men nre a good leal llko hens. The author lays n plot , and then the editor sits on It. New Orleans Picayune : A man In strait ened circumstances claims that he was for hat tempted to go crooked. Atchlson Globe : The llttlo things of life vhlch are Important are regularly neglected or great things of no consequence. Lowell Courier : Yesterday's cable told us that cholera has appeared nt Ilrest. Wo had supposed this was u stomach trouble. Chicago Times-Herald : It Is hardly sur prising fliat a good many of the righteous lesiro also to Inherit a part of the kingdom ot earth. Somcrvllle Journal : I'crhap * there Is no > eggar In the world more to be pitied limn ho woman who has to bo continually begging noney of her husband. Philadelphia Inquirer : Now that ladles lave taken to the wheel the men don't bend iver so much. This Is no doubt because they Iko to sit up with thu girls. I'KHSUXAl * ASH Chicago candidly admits that Its claim as a summer resort would be Improved by boiling drinking water and filtering the air. What was probably the last appearance of Gladstone In the House ot Commons was made March 1 , 1891 , when he quitted the treasury bench. S. H. Crockett , the Scotch novelist , worked his way through Edlnburg university on less than $2 a week , lie Is a farmer's son , and was accustomed to "roughing It" In his youth. A play based on the Emanuel church mur ders is about to bo put on the boards In San Francisco. The characters in the horrible tragedy are thinly disguise 1. It Is doubtful If the authorities will permit the shocking exhibition. Colonel Ivors Phillips of Boulder , Colo. , says that he Is the oldest Mason In the United States. Mr. Phillips will be 90 years ofd next month. He was made a Mason ten days after he was 21 years old , making him a member of the order for almost sixty-nine years. Governor McKlnley received from C. W. Arnold of Albany , Ga. , on Xlon'ay , freight col lect , a watermelon weighing eighty-seven pounds and measuring nearly three feet In length. The governor paid $2.GO freight and sent the melon to the Neil , where he lives. A system of hurricane rockets Is to be In troduced by the weather bureau along the south Atlantic coast to warn mariners of approaching preaching destroyers. A similar system would aid materially in preserving life In the cyclone belt of New York and New Jersey. Walter Damrosch Is busy at work In the nialne homestead in Augusta on his new1 opera , "Tho Scarlet Letter , " 'which Is to be produced In Hostoti next February. Ho has taken Elaine's old study , the "octagon room , " with Its historic association , for a workroom , and there ho labors away for five hours a day. Ilcports from Havana continue to show dreadful slaughter of the rebels , while the Spanish troops Invariably escape unharmed. The Jug-handle nature of the encounters give rlso to the belief that the rebels are armed with the vociferous balls with which the Chlneso essayed to rout the Japs. With a little moro diligence- the part of the rebs , somebody may get hurt on the Spanish side. A few weeks ago an up-to-date suicide left among his effects a thrilling account of his emotions preceding dissolution , the causes which led him to shufllo off , and a concise biographical sketch. The forethought ot the unhappy man caused a wave of sympathy In reportorlal circles , and his example was highly commended. These commendations are bearing fruit. A Mrs. Woodard of Muskegon - kegon , Mich. , having decided to lly with a handsomer man , wrote a succinct account of the event and left It tied to the bureau with a pink ribbon. "The public at large will be greatly surprised , " she wrote , "to hear that an elopement case has taken place , being none other than the superintendent of the Lake Harbor railway and the lady ticket agent at Lake Michigan Park. Doth parties Interested are married , but have left their homes , taking each other for better or worse This Is only a common occurrence at sum mer resorts. " While there Is not much to commend the plan as a means of elucidating social events. It tends to restrict the journalIstic - Istic imagination and robs the reading public of much spicy speculation. /t'l/.IK ! SIIVTH AT TIIK 1'VI.flT , Chicago Chronicle : I ) . I * Moody I * re ported to have converted a New Jersey poll * tlclan ot thirty-seven years' experience nd started him out as on evangelist. Moodjr should be Invited back In Chicago , where ho first le.irncd to do such things , Buffalo Express ; No one supposes that there Is any chance whatsoever that an American Catholic will be elected to succeed Pope Leo III. , for ( hero Is a majority ot Italian cardinals In the college , and they can be trusted to support one ot their own num ber. Still , It Is Interesting to know that Slgnor Crisp ! , premier of Italy , Is supposed to favor Cardinal Gibbons , whose visit to the pope has been the occasion ot many courtesies at the hand nt the pontiff. Brooklyn Eagle : The egotism ot some men Is positively refreshing In this summer Wfuthcr. The remarks of Rev. Johnston Mye > * nt the beginning of his pastorate In the Immanuel Daptlit church , Chicago , ara good to be re.ul when the sun Is hot mid the winds do not blow. Ha told the members of his congregation that to see tlie best of him they must attend the prayer meetings , aj It ho were n new star to be exhibited In the church. Ton many ministers speak as If the church existed for their Klorlllcatlon rather , than for the worship of a Being who Is not mortal. Kanea * City Star : lllshop Potter of New York , Instead of going to Newport or any other resort or watering place for his VHCM- lion , proposes to spend n month In seeing the dark places nnd the habitations of misery in the old Tenth ward of Now York City. Ilo will meanwhile reside In the House of the Epiphany , ns It was formerly called , a char itable Institution In the ward , and will not as the church missionary In the ward nnd meet the problems of "life among the lowly , " cyo to eye and fnce to face. It will be n great school for the bishop , anil It reveals the ample breadth of his Christianity. lloston Transt-rlpt : CUM Hut how do you know Unit was Ilenodlct'a wife Unit snt l > - sldc him In the train ? Ilnsa Whv. didn't you nut Ice thixt ho addressi-d nil of his con versation to the lady In the next seat ? Atchlyon Globe : The women folks In a church have their Ill-sit great doubt of their ' sincerity wliuu ho marries n woman Cantor's elonglng to some other church. Puck : "Miss Kemllck Is taking the llrst rotirsLIn tlin Female ColleBO of Journal ism. It will Inst throe months. " "What Is thc > scopi' of tlio Ilrst course ? " "Learning to sharpen a lead pencil. " Brooklyn Life : Mack My wife frequently llnds women's letters In my pooUet. I5ob- bliiH Does she kirk ? Mai'k Yew , because I don't mnll them. Now York lieronlor : If a woman what she wants to wear and n man what lie wants to oat , thore'H no reason why they shouldn't llvo together and bo happy. Indianapolis Journal : Prude Well , why \ did you rofiiho him after you had taken him away from the girl ho wus unpaged to ? Flirt Oh , I haven't qulto reached the point where I will rcculvu stolen goods New York Weekly : Miss HrlcUmw Is that lady a new boarder ? Mrs. Hrlckrow No ; she bus only rented a quiet room bore lo work In. She Is writing n book on "How to Ilrliitf tip Children. " "Why doesn't she write at home ? " "Too noisy. She has chil dren. " Chicago Tribune : Irene Isn't It eurlous how Innocent Oenrpe Ferguson Is ? They say lie never klffe < l anybody In his life nnd doesn't know how to kiss. Laura There Is not a word of truth In it ! He has that Is , he why , I should think ho would know how by this time. Scrlbner's 'Magazine : Maude Do you know , Mr. Jinks fainted last nlilit at the dance , and would have fallen If I hadn't caught him In my arms ? Hthol ( sllfjhtly jonlous-Ycs ) ; bo told inn that he'd boon suffering from the effects of the grip. Philadelphia Ileeord : Mold My mistress Is out. ma'am. Miss Kostlque So Eorry- Tell her I never saw her looking so well as she did when she peeped out of the window n inlnuto ago. Leslie's : Jealous wife I wish to eonsult you conlldentlally coneernlni ; my husband. He socms to bu completely Infatuated with me , but Divorce lawyer ( Interrupting ) That Is sufficient for a divorce , madam ; he Is milter- lng from hallucinations. Detroit Vrfo Press : He was n lively fel low and fond of her. but It didn't occur to him that a nlrl expected something else be sides going to places and having fun all thn time. "Anything on h.iml this evening ? " ho nckeil , coming breezily In , for the sixth tlmo that wruk. "Well , no. " she replied hcpltatlnply , sj shl looked down at her empty lingers. J'frl'VllK'S DOUItLR. ChlcaEii Post. Pretty , i > etlto , Danlty and sweet , Charming In figure and fnco ; I uighlng anil gay , Bright as the ( lay , 1'leaslug the eye with her grace. Innocent eyes Showing surprise , Cheeks that would shame any rose ; Silken and fair OlIstonH her hair , Lovelier ever she grows , Kulcr of nil , Quick to enthrall. Hearts that are tender and true , Yet I can see Heeilless IH she. Thoughtless of what she may do. How to her low. Fealty show ; Hearken , how merry her laugh ! Guileless of arts. Queen of nil hearts , Maude Is but two and a half. Cliange lour Pi It's Time For this is panting weather. Now is the time to pant. We change the price. You change your pants. If you want to , They never were so low. SEE OUR 15th STREET WINDOW. I'rk-cn ii ro $1,50 $ , $2 $ , $2.50 $ , $3 $ , $3,50 $ $3,75 $ . . . .HI.VT AISOUT I1AI.I I'lElOl ! Men's fine Black Clay Worsted- Pants that have always sold at $8 , $6 and $7 , we have r > ut on sale at "You never saw , nor you never will see again , best Clay Worsteds at that price. Your Money's Worth or we'll Trade Back ,
