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The K ii ) I" Montana nnd Wyoming
onwlit to ostopin It nn linnor to 1) soiij1il
after by tlio coiiinininlli ! general ol
the Unltc-il Stated nnny.
MoKlnloy Bnys the bawls of all wealth ,
progress nnd property Is honest toll ,
Thu so-called wealth which is created
by legislative flat Is n delusion and a
pnate.
Iiocltjnw Is the latest manifestation
to be successfully treated with anil
toxin. I'retty soon we shall bo vncc'l
nntliiK Infants for whooping cough and
Inoculating men for toothache.
Strange , no one has yet tried to make
out that Shakespeare was In favor ol
free coinage. Hero Is n new task whlcli
ought to be eagerly seized by Ig. Don-
nelly nnd his cryplogramlc cipher.
"Brynn might die after being elected
to the presidency before his term shnll
have expired , " suggests the populist end
of the two-tailed ticket. Why waste
tlmo and thought on the possibility ol
the Impossible ?
If there Is any one running for ollico
this year who is not In favor of good
roads , ho will discreetly hold ills peace.
There are too many wheelmen of legal
\otlng age speeding along to bo neg
lected or Ignored.
With Honorable Nick Fritz once , more
In the Held for re-election to the' Ne
braska , Htuto legislature the last vestige
of danger that the Now York Sun's gal
lery of celebrities might run out of
striking names lias fortunately been re
moved.
It Is amusing to hear the St. Louis
Itepublic talk about "McKiniey's turn
coat record. " If there is any paper In
the country , except the Omsrhn World-
Herald , that hns more of a turn-coat
record than tlio Itepublic It lias not been
brought to lljht.
There Is no danger that the United
States will become n province of Great
Urltalii If it maintains the existing gold
standard. It " has maintained that
standard since l&'U , or over sixty years ,
nnd It has not become n province of
Great IJrltahi yet.
Mr. Sewall Is a shipbuilder , not a
cooper. Instead of having barrels on
hand ready to be tapped for the benefit
of I ho silver machine , ho has to wait
for bin ship to come In before he can
comply with the demands of the cam-
palgn fund solicitors.
Tom AVatson wants It understood that
he Is no political beggar. lie says be
nsks nothing that he is not entitled to.
Hut when dealing with rcpudiationlsts ,
how can he complain If the repudia
tion candidate repudiates tlio fusion
agreement with ( lie populists ?
The Nebraska legislature of 3897 will
liave no senatorial place to 1111 , but it
will have several other equally Impor
tant tasks to perform. If ever the people
ple stood In need of an opportunity to
vote for men of llrst-elass legislative
timber that time Is tlio present time.
The thrifty worklngman who Is not
In debt has not been able to discover
how he Is going to gain anything from
free coinage. On the contrary , ho sees
plainly whore he would be ij heavy
loser. The worklnginaii who shouts
for free silver Is simply shouting
against his own Interest.
Every few days a few now presiden
tial appointments are announced. These
last-of-tho-lorm appointees , hqwevor ,
hold ns a rule for four years unless they
furnish grounds for removal , nnd they
will therefore bo holding Ihe fort forever
over three years after the retirement of
President Cleveland nnd associated
with the appointees of Mr. Cleveland's
uuccossor.
Tinder the election law prevailing In
Bt , Louis the Hoard of Klectlon Com
missioners Hies with the state circuit
court the names of the judges and
clerks of election which It Intends to
appoint , anil the list In printed In the
dally press stating the time and place
when protests may bo entered against
any ono who is lacking In the requislto
qualifications. In other words , the
election olllcers are not arbitrarily
immed the day before election and the
boards Hlled up with Incompetents or
rascals without uu opportunity for the
citizens to remonstrate , The St. Louis
pluu ought to afford food for reflection
far earning NebruaUu legUtlutora.
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FAlt , Iff 1'mCBS.
The marked decline In the prices o
farm products which 1ms taken plac
within the past few years Is polntc
out by the free silver advocates n
conclusive proof that the farmers nr
victims of the gold standard. The ;
take the position that because a glvei
number of bushels of grain or pound
of meat would have paid a deli
twcnfy-llvo years ago the same qunn
tlty of grain or meat should by right
pay tlie same amount of debt todnj
The fact thnt It requires more grain o
more meat to buy a given quantity o
gold is assumed to be proof posltlv
that the value of gold has cnormousl ,
appreciated. In. other words It Is ns
sorted that the Increase In the put
chasing power of gold Is due to tlie In
creased demand for gold nnd not t <
the cheapening of production by ini
proved machinery , decreased cost o
transportation nnd enlarged area o
cultivation.
Everyone will agree thnt there ha
been a remarkable fall during the las
twenty years in tlie prices of machine
made commodities. This Includes no
merely the products of tlie factory am
mill but also the products of the farm
which have been brought Into the claw
of machine-made commodities , sluci
every branch ot agriculture from plow
Ing to harvesting Is carried on will
Hie aid of labor-saving machinery , Thl :
cheapening process Is most marked 01
Iron and steel and all the mnnufnctnrei
products of these metals , because ever :
element of their cost from the llrst ex
traction of the ore to the final use o
the completed product has been re
diiectl by new discoveries. Invention !
and appliances. Building materials o
all kinds are now produced aimos
wholly by machinery and consequent ! :
their prices have fallen as cxpresset
in gold to less than one-half of wha
they were twenty years ago. Tlie sann
Is true of farm Implements and for thn
matter of almost every article whlcl
the farmer nnd laborer hns to use.
If all this decline In prices wen
really due to the appreciation of golt
we should bo compelled to assume thane
no material change In the cost of pro
duction has been effected by Inventloi
or progress made In the arts. If goh
is really responsible for the fall o
grnln then it follows that gold ha :
ceased to be a correct measure of valm
and medium of exchange nnd faru
products should take Its place. Foi
this , no rational person will contend
We do know , however , that In the pay
ment of the wages of labor , which is
one of the largest functions money Inn
to perform , gold has slightly deprecia
ted. A flxcrt weight of gold , say om
ounce , will buy more machine
made commodities today than I
did twenty years ngo , but i
will buy less skilled labor. It Is a delu
sion to think that low prices such ai
wo have are new in the history of com
merce. Between 18-1(5 ( and 1801 , befon
silver had shown any decline , prices
were practically as low as they hnvi
been between 1SS4 nnd 1801.
The consensus of opinion among the
most able political economists Is tha'
the causes which have lowered price.1
during tlio last quarter of a centurj
have' no relation to a money standard
Science In Its application to machinery
for production and to the agencies foi
distribution has altered the whoh
character of manufactures and agricul
ture nnd revolutionized commerce. Tin
world now hns a common market and
prices are no longer determined b >
local conditions. The greater decline
In the price of farm pj-odnets within
the past three years is wholly due k
the fact that every grain-raising coun
try has produced superabundant crop ?
and flooded the markets of the world
with an enormous surplus. The besl
proof that tlie appreciation of gold Is-
not responsible for the shrinkage in
prices is afforded by the fact that the
price of cotton has boon steadily ad
vancing In the face of tlie decline In
wheat , corn and oats. This year's cot
ton crop has been badly damaged and
therefore cotton Is higher at tlio very
time when the silver people say gold
Is more scarce than ever.
A KUItUl'KAN ir-IJ OhHUD.
Is England preparing to compel
Turkey to comply with the demands
of the powers , including , perhaps , the
deposition of the sultan ? The reported
situation certainly Indicates that such
Is the case. The utterances of Mr.
Gladstone , Mr. Asqulth and the Lon
don press show that public feeling is
very strong in favor of Immediate and
vigorous action on the part of the gov
ernment for bringing Turkey to terms
and tlio naval movements Indicate that
the government is in sympathy with
this public feeling. If such shall prove
to be the case highly Interesting de
velopments may be looked for within
a very short time.
Uecent occurrences In Constantinople
appear to have satisfied the British
government , If not the other powers
having surveillance of Turkish alliairs ,
that It Is uselebs to expect anything in
tlio nature of genuine reform or any
honest compliance with the reasonable
and Just demands of the powers , from
the present Turkish government. Ar
menians In Constantinople have
been ruthlessly murdered nnd
the murderers have gene un
punished though tlio evidence of
their guilt was conclusive. The united
efforts of the ambassadors to secure
Justice were utterly futile. There was
demonstrated In this the fanatical ha
tred which the Miltnn bears toward his
Christian subjects and which Is Minted
in-by all who aio under his Influence.
Toleration of this could have no other
effect than to encounigo the commis
sion of further outrages against the
Armenians , surpassing In cruelty and
brutality , If possible , those which dur
ing the past year and a half him1
shocked tlio civilized world. There ciln
bo no doubt that the desire of the sul
tan is to exterminate his Christian sub
jects nnd particularly the Armenians.
If England contemplates a coercive
movement against Turkey , the interest
ing question Is whether the other pow
ers are In harmony with her. Undoubt
edly she IB quite able to curry out alone
whatever policy shut may have tlcclded
upon , but it scums Improbable that she
wilt make tin aggressive movement
without Uiu concurrence amL assistance
of the othof powers. At nny rate th
situation has n very" threatening nspee
and wnr seems probable unless UJOP
Is complete submission at once on Ib
part of Turkey.
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OFFICE OF "THE MEXICAN F1NAN
ClEfl" ( for fourteen years the authority o :
financial and Industrial matters In Mexico.
CITY OF MEXICO , Sept. 1. 1896. To th
Editor of The Bee ! Dour Sir Wo bcllev
the Mexican Herald nnd Financier gives th
most satisfactory data on the silver qticstloi
ot any publication on this continent. Place
In the hands of your readers at this tlmo 1
will do moro to clarify their minds on till
vexed question than any other educntln
medium. If you desire to run a compll
montary advertisement for us , similar t
the enclosed copy , until after the clcctlo :
wo arc sure to benefit the silver cause , am
appreciating this It will benefit us. We wll
tnko the pleasure ot reciprocating favor
whenever the opportunity presents Itself
Very truly yours ,
CIA. EDITOniAL MEX1CANA , S. A. ,
I'AUKEn H. snilCOMIlE ,
Qcrcnto General.
We should like very much to clarlfj
the minds of the readers of Tlie Bee
but we do not quite understand lo\\ :
this vexed question can be clarlllet'
through the Mexican process. There If
no doubt that Mexico would derive In
calculable benefit from the opening ol
the American mints to the free colnngi
of Mexican silver nt the expense ol
tlie people of the United Sfntos. Thai
fact requires uo clarifying.
Free nnd unlimited coinage of sllvci
by the United States would make Mexi
can mine owners share with American
mine owners the prollt accruing fron :
whatever rise In the price of sllvei
might follow. If the rise were 10 pel
cent Mexico's ? 50,000,000 of coined Hll
vor would be enhanced in value bj
! ? r > ,0 < )0,000 ) , and upon each year's out
put of Its silver mines it would gain
at least $5,000,000 more. If silver v.'eix
to go up to $1.128) ) nn ounce , as Mr ,
Bryan and Senator Teller . id othet
silver lights great and small predict ,
Mexico's immediate profit would be
$ . " 0,000,000 upon Its coined silver anil
another $50,000,000 every year on the
annual product of Its silver mines. Ne
wonder the Mexican Financier Is anx
ious to clarify the minds of the Ameri
can people upon the vexed question.
The question is , Shnll the people of
the United States inaugurate a i ollcj
that would enrich Mexico and impov
erish their own countryV Shall they
Inaugurate a policy that would reduce
them to a silver basis , ruin their na
tional credit and reduce their wage
workers to thu level of the noons ol
Mexico in order to maue silver mining
moro profitable in Mexico ?
TIIK NATION'S DEFKNDEKS.
In his letter of acceptance Mr. Bryan
made a perfunctory reference to the
union veterans. He said : "No nation
can afford to be unjust to Its defend
ers. The care of those who have suf
fered injury in the military and naval
service of the country Is a sacred duty ,
A nation which , like the United States ,
relies upon voluntary service rather
than upon a large standing army adds
to its own security when It makes gen
erous provision for tlio.se who have
risked 'their lives in Us defense and
for those who are dependent upon
them. " No promise or assurance in
this that if elected to the presidency
he would favor legislation in the In
terest of the nation's defenders. Merely
a general declaration that they deserve
the care of the government and that
the nation cannot afford to be unjust
to them. No definite statement even
that he is in favor of maintaining the
present pension system , which he maj
or may not regard as Just to the vet
erans and those dependent on them.
It was necessary that lie should say
something and he could hardly have
said less. ,
On the day that Mr. Bryan's letter
of acceptance was given to the public
the letter of the republican candidate
for yice president was also published.
Mr. Ilobnrt referred to tlie pensioners
as follows :
One hundred and forty millions of dollars
per annum nro due to pensioners ot the late
war. That sum represents blood spilled slid
sufferings endured In order to preserve this
nation from disintegration. In many cases
; he sums so paid In pensions arc exceedingly
small ; In few. If any , are they excessive.
The spirit that would deplete these to the
extent or a farthing Is the same that would
organize sedition , destrpy the peace and se
curity of the country , punish , rather than
reward our veteran soldiers , and Is un
worthy of the countenance , by thought or
vote , of any patriotic citizen ot whatever
political faith. No party , until that which
net In convention at Chicago , had ever
ventured to Insult the honored survivors ot
our struggle for the national llfo by pro-
loslng to scale their pensions horizontally ,
and to pay them hereafter In depreciated
dollars worth only 53 cents each.
So far ns we are aware Mr. Bryan
las never said or done anything in tlie
nterest of the men whoso patriotism
uid valor preserved the union. We re
call no word or act by him whllo In
congress showing any sympathy or
concern for tlio union soldier. It is
very safe to say that If he had ever
said or done anything of the kind it
would have been made known long be
fore this. What does the policy for
which Mr. Bryan Is now contending
mean for the pensioners ? It means
that the value of the money which
; hey receive from the government
would be reduced nearly or qullo one-
lalf , thus In effect cutting down their
lenslons to that extent. Could there
) u any greater Injustice' , done to the
old soldiers than this ? " 'Tho republican
mrty bus made generous [ iroylxlon for
hem , with which very generally they
ire satisfied. It proposes not
only to maintain this provision ,
Hit to pay the pensions In
noney as good as tlio best
n the world. The pensioners know
hat they can depend on the republican
mrty to do this. That party has been
'althfiil to them In the past and they
jnow they can confidently rely upon
t In the future , They hii''c no assur-
uice of any friendly consideration at
ho hands of Mr. Bryan and the ele-
nent that Is supporting him , The only
Hlng they can bu certain of Is that the
success of that party would largely re-
luce the value of the money they re
ceive , thu amount of which atuurcdly
vould not be Increased.
Such being the case , how cnu any
union soldier consistently nnd consclen
tlously , IinYingj reference to his owi
Interests and Hiow of his comrades , re
Jcct the republican candidates and glv (
his vote tqj the Chicago ticket ? The
old soldier has'never , had n more earn
est nnd 7.en ? < ms friend and chnmploi
than Major -MpIClnley , himself of theli
number. Npnan | | lias spoken more
strongly than he in reprobation of tin
efforts of n'domocrntlc ndmlnlstratloi
to dlscredlt"t1fie"lr Integrity and Impnli
their rights'Ys president of the tlnltci
States Wmjyn''McKluley ( would set
that full Justice was done the unlol
soldier and that every right which belongs
longs to litln Under the laws was
respected. Or'lhls there can be nc
question or doubt. Could the same IK
expected of an administration con
trolled by men who have never showi
the slightest sympathy with the defenders
fenders of tlie nation or done anything
In their behalf ?
A AMTIOiV WKXTOttS *
One of the astute observations made
by the Chinese viceroy while in this ,
country was that the Americans , ns n
race , are the greatest Inventors In tin.
world. Tills fact lias been long es
tablished , but none the less the remark
of the great Oriental statesman Is In
teresting as showing how general la
tliq knowledge of It. In no other re
spect are Americans more dis
tinguished ( han for their Inventive
genius nnd it appears from a report
just submitted by the commissioner of
patents to be ns active now as at any
tlmo In our history. This report showp
that for tlie fiscal year ended .Tune SC
a total of 12-1,583 patents were
granted nnd trade marks , labels and
prints registered. The number of
patents which expired during tlie year
was 11-Hid , while the number of al
lowed applications , which were by op
eration of law forfeited for nonpayment
ment of final fees , was 4,014. No
other country in the world can begin to
make such n showing as this.
The report of the commissioner of
patents for ISO. ) gave a nummary of tfie
progress of invention for tlio twenty-
live years ending with 1S ! ) . One of
the tables presented named twenty-live
Americans who had been granted more
than one hundred patents cacli during
the quarter of n century , the whole
number of patents granted to these
persons during that period being -1,804 ,
Thomas A. Edison being first In tlie
list , with tlie great number of 711
patents. The figures compiled by the
commissioner from the patent reports
of the world show the total number of
patents grnnte'd to have been 1,514,410 ,
of which 08ll6olj were granted outside
the United Stntcs nnd 502,458 within
the United States. These figures cover
all the great states of Europe and prac
tically represent the inventive capacity
of tlie producing and manufacturing na
tions. They clearly show the superior
ity of tlie Aiiifu-lpan people In tills par
ticular. No * ether country in the world
shows even Half the number of patents
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granted in , 'tiie United States , either
during their > entire patent history or
during tlio J'rjgt' quarter of a century.
France comqs- closest to the United
States in proportion to population , while
Great Brttaij Isf far behind nnd Ge
many still farther. The commissioner
remarked in his report that tlie rela
tion which exists between Industrial
demand and inventive activity is very
close. Each may be said to be de
pendent upon the other. In any line
In which there Is little or no call , there
will be HttlQ Inventive effort. On the
other hand , should any change or ad
vance lu Industrial conditions cause a
sudden Increased demand for some
articles , means for producing that arti
cle or its equivalent will be created
very rapidly In the brains of ambitious
inventors.
It Is tills great progress of invention
that has reduced the cost of production
In every department of human activity
and cheapened nil kinds of commodi
ties. Even Mr. Bryan has borne tes
timony to this. In his speech in con
gress against protection , in 1S02 , Mr.
Bryan said that the reduction of prices
must be attributed "to the inventive
genius that has multiplied a thousand
times , in many Instances , the strength
of a single arm and enabled us to do
today with one man what fifty men
could not dr fifty years ngo. " This
Inventive genius , for which the Ameri
can people are peculiarly distinguished ,
lias been serviceable to the producer in
common with all other classes of the
[ icoplo and It is still being exercised for
Ihe general good.
The severe tornado In Paris seems to
have , resulted In very little damage to
life nnd property. The same storm In
an American city would Without doubt
liavo razed buildings right and left and
endered hundreds homeless. Tlie differ
ence In the dpstructlveness of storms in
American nnd European cities Is to bo
explained by the difference In the char
acter of the architecture. Continental
cities are composed of substantially
built structures , none of them more
than four or Uvo stories in height.
They have fuw if any frame houses
and the builflUig's nro erected not for
speculation , bu tp stay. Improvements
In the construction of American cities
would beyond' ' 'question materially re- ,
rtuco the da'n'gor' to bo apprehended
'rom cyclones itrtitnadoes and high winds
generally. , ' " , n ,
Nebraska ft nlfthes another case of a
man scared < tOi. death , this time by a
burglar nt OntnU Island. When the
coroner's jur $ lit the Smith lynching
lirought In ml verdict that the victim
: md died of frlglil there was consldera-
ilti discussion , whether n man could be
scared to deathiund if so whether the
lerson responsible for causing the fright
came within the provisions of the penal
code. ' 'Scared to death" Is a common
enough expression , but authentic exam
ples of the phenomenon are scarce.
There are people who will not go
straight if there is n possible way by
which they can go crooked. They will
lot pay their debts In honest money If
hero Is n possible chnnco to pay them
n dishonest money. What distresses
hem now IH that nil money Issued by
ho United States consists of 100-cent
lollard. If they thought free coinage
would not give them a dollar worth
less than 100 cents they would not b <
shouting for Bryan nnd silver , but fo
some other form of repudiation , Thcsi
sUverllcs could not be converted t <
sound-money by any argument. On tin
other hand there are people who an
honest but have been deluded by Bry
nnlte fallacies and misrepresentations
The honest sllverlte cnu be made to < DI
the error of his ways , nnd before tin
campaign is over ought to be enrollet
among tlio sound money forces.
There appears to be a mlsnpprehen
slon In certain quarters that each trndi
and profession Is to have an liidlvldua
representative on the new board of dl
rectors of the Exposition association
While the board ought to bo and wll
doubtless be made up of roprosenlnjlvt
citizens so ns to enlist the active up
port of all classes of the community
It Is unreasonable to expect that ni
apportionment will be made union }
eacli of the trades and professions am
business occupations. The choice o
directors Is with the majority of tin
stockholders. They will doubtless ex
erclse their good judgment in mnklnj
such selections from the best qualllle *
men who are willing to devote thin
and energy to the work as will make
the management most elllclcnt.
Senator Hill said at the Chicago con
ventlon that lie was a democrat , bu
not a revolutionist. He characterize ! '
the demands of the platform as reporter
by the resolutions committee as revolu
tionary. As Bryan has repeated ! * ,
alllrmed and renlllrmod his adherenci
to every plank In the Chicago platform
It Is dllileult to see how Senator 1111 ,
can countenance tlie popocratie candi
date without bringing himself within
his own definition of a. revolutionist.
The stiver democrats profess to sec
an opportunity to carry off the elec
toral vote of Delaware by crawling hi
between tlie two republican factions
in that state. But there is no repub
lican division on the question of money
in Delaware , while there Is a stronp
sound money democracy supported by
Ambassador Bayard and Senator Gray ,
Because Delaware Is small Is no reason
why the silver people will be permitted
to capture it.
In his letter of acceptance Bryan re
fers to the necessity of the government
making generous provision for those
who risked their lives lu Its defense.
Bryan's organ , the Omaha World-Her
ald , In November , 1802 , wanted to
know how much longer we were to be
burdened with the generation that felt
Itself injured by the war. How can the
Bryan sheet support Bryan in his ap
peal for the soldier vote ?
Bryan ought to have directed his ap
peal for campaign contributions to the
people of Mexico. He auounces his pur
pose to raise the value of the Mexican
dollar to that of the American silver
dollar. The owners of Mexican dollars
are the ones who ought to feel it in
cumbent on themselves to supply finan
cial support for the Bryan movement.
Italy shipped from 'iOO.OOO to 500,000
more "boxes' of"'lemons ' to the United
States the season just closing than It
did. n year ago , and yet because of the
inferiority of the fruit and the low
prices secured , the lemon business has
been most unprofitable. Even lemons
have been subjected to the financial
SQUCttZC.
I'niycr
Globe-Democrat
"Savo us from dishonesty , " Is the Invoca
tion put Into the prayer which DIshop Pot
ter has sent to tbo clergy ot his dloccsa ;
and really this Is just now tbo form of
wickedness that threatens most harm to the
country.
Extent of < luConl Steal.
Chicago Times-Herald.
The hard coal trust will rob the people
ot an even | C9,000,000 this winter by rais
ing the price of each ton of its 48,000,000-
tou output $1.50. Is there no federal or
state olDctal courageous enough to defend
the people against the coal trust ?
MiiHt Have IIlK Feet.
St. Lou la Star.
Street car magnates complain that the
bicycle has materially reduced their divi
dends. Yet they charge the same prlco 5
cents per person tor standing up In an
overcrowded car , and hanging onto a creak-
lug strap whllo the conductor walks back
and torth on your feet gathering In the
nickels.
lliillilliif ; AxNoclutloiiH lit lotrn.
Siotlr City Times ,
Ot the 110 building and loan associations
lu Iowa the auditor of state reported a
[ ow days a'go that but twenty-four hail
Jeon Issued certificates to transact business
under the new law. All but six of the as
sociations have signified their Intention
of complying with the law , and the delay
in Issuing certificates Is duo almost en
tirely io the fact that examination of tbclr
mpers is slow work.
Tlie AKltiUloii StrlkeH Home.
New York Tribune.
Already sixty-five towns or villages have
'ailud entirely , or have refused on account ot
ow prlco , to place their bonds. The amount
thus represented foots up Jll,904,450 , and in
cludes tha projected Issue ot f3C37,76C , ro-
julred for school and other improvements in
this city. It the moro agitation ot tree
coinage is sufllcient to cause distrust among
nvestors the actual accomplishment ot It
would result In nothing short ot panic.
Ail Arc'lilteuturnl Ilreniii.
Chicago Chronicle.
Slleslan glassmakors are making posslblo
ho realization ot an architectural dream.
They are producing substantial glass bricks
or building purposes. Since glass can easily
> o made translucent without being trans
parent light may bo evenly diffused through
i building of glass , while its occupants and
contents remain Invisible from the outside ,
t does not require a very lively Imagina
tion to perceive that many pleasing effects
may bo produced when glass is used as thu
material ot dwellings and other structures.
Besides , people who Uvo In glass houses
lylll not bo struck by lightning.
Spoiiiulrt-lM Go Free ,
IndlanapolU Newa.
John Dardsley has been pardoned by the
i'onasylvanla Hoard of Pardons. Ho will
; o free If Governor Hastings approves the
iction of tbo board. Three years ago
Dardsley was convicted of a wanton bo-
rayal of trust , and sentenced to fifteen
r-eara' Imprisonment. Ho was a man of
Business education who deliberately planned
i scheme for stealing public funds. At the
ime of his trial public' opinion approved the
tenteuce. Just now friends are trying to
> rocuro the pardon ot I-cwla A. Hill , the
'orrner ' receiving teller of the St. Nicholas
jauk at New York. His application for
lardon has been signed by District Attorney
bellows and cx-ltecordor Bmytho , before
fihom Hill was tried. Hill stole $12,000.
wrecking the bank. Whllo the guilt of
nen in so well established as in tliesu cases
hero would teem uo posslblo justification
'or ' the pardon of defaulters. Tbo betrayal
> f trust Is a kind of crime that should
> o severely punished , No opportunity
ihould bo given for the familiar criticism
hat big scoundrels go free wbllu little ones
mffer punlabnieut. J
1.Y1IOH'S AlllSTOCH VCV
Clilpf Arllinr nnil tlio llroUirrlutnil i
WaMilnston IViM.
The nrothorhood of Knglneers , of whip
Mr. Arthur lift a long been the oindn
head , possesses to an exceptional degree th
respect and confidence of the public , Thl
fact may possibly Account for the un
friendly feeling occasionally manifested b
Mr. Debs toward Chief Arthur. On n rccer
occasion Mr. Debs and tome of his assocl
atea Indulged In sharp criticisms of Mr
Arthur and the Ilrothcrhood , to which th
chief thus replied :
I ndvlso men to shun saloon * nnd gam
Wlnit dons. If thnt Is preaching nrls
tourney 1 am nn aristocrat. If 1 had in
way I would plosc nil the saloon * , .in
there would be no occasion for n Koelo
Institute , The uorlcliiRMK'ii arc their ow
worst enemies , but tlio brotherhoods ar
making better men ot the men In th
train service. It Is said thnt the Rn
Knit-era' llrotberhood has failed to glv
protection to Its inoinbeis. Wherever I
tins so failed It hns been because of th
perfidy and treachery of the member
themselves on the road where the grlev
nncn existed.
Chief Arthur said that thp brotherhood
had paid $ ( " . ,000.000 Insurance. Today It ha
107 written contracts with railroad com
panics ns to wages. In one year It expelled
polled 37(1 ( members for drunkenness , nnd 1
Is steadily raising the moral standard o
tiiiRliieci-s.
Mr. Arthur knows that ho cannot "clos
all the saloons , " and that no device , legls
latlvc or otherwise , has succeeded In pre
venting the sale nnd use of liquors. Know
Ing this and appreciating the Importnnc
ot sobriety among locomotive engineers , h
urges them to "shun saloons. " During th
past ten years some of the largest rnllwa
corporations have found It necessary t
adopt stringent rules for the enforccmcn
of temperance among the men employee
on trains and In other capacities wher
absolute fidelity to duty Is essential to the
safety of life and property. Some of the
great railroads will not employ any mat
who uses liquor even moderately , and maiv
roads will not trust a train to the care
of an engineer who Is known to be a patrol
or oven n visitor , of the saloon. There I
no fanaticism In this It Is simply soum
business sense. Of all places on earth , wher
Is there ono requiring a more complete
control of all faculties of mind nnd body
than that of the locomotive engineer ? A
drunken doctor might do n retail kllllnp
business , but a drunken engineer mlgh
slaughter men. women and children by
wholesale , and cause almost Incalculable
damage to property , to say nothing o
enormous liabilities for killing nnd Injur
Ing passengers. The risk ot nccldents by
rail Is great enough when transportation I
safeguarded by every possible precaution
nnd experience has shown thnt the drlul
habit among railway employes Is n con
trlbutor to disasters that It exposes the
drinkers themselves , as well as the passcn
gers on trains , to needless danger.
Wo believe Mr. Arthur Is fully Justifies
In his assertion that "the brotherhoods ar
making better men of the men In the trnli
service. " The Increased speed of railway
travel and the greatly augmented buslncs
of the roads consequent on the growth o
the country In population and business
have not been attended by n corrcspondlnp
Increase of fatalities. Improved tracks anc
rolling stock nnd the adoption ot safety
devices arc generally credited with the
reduction of casualties ; but there Is no doub
that the "better men" to whom Mr. Arthur
refers are an Important contribution to tha
happy result.
The statement that $6,000,000 hag been
paid In llfo Insurance to the heirs of loco
motive engineers Is a splendid tribute to
the brotherhood. It shows capable and
honest management , as well as faithfulness
In the payment of dues. In expelling drunk
ards from membership the brotherhood no
only protects the public , but takes reasonabl
care of Its Insurance fund. It turns ou
men who are likely , at any time , to caus
their own death and produce a ralhvnj
slaughter. The kind of "aristocracy" tha
Mr. Arthur "preaches" Is a wholesome va
rlety.
IIHYAN ANIJ THE CIVII , SKUVICE
Iliifk llio AVheelH offer
for HiollH Iliinturx.
Chicago Record find. )
Ono ot the most remarkable planks In the
platform promulgated by the Chicago con
ventlon was that containing an attack on
civil service reform. In his letter of acceptance
ceptanco Mr. Brynn makes direct reference
to that plank for the first time since his
nomination , and gives It his approval. He
says :
"That the American people are not In
favor ot life tenure In the civil service Is
evident from the fact that they , na a rule
make frequent changes In their offlcla
representatives when those representatives
are chosen by ballot. A permanent offlce-
holdlng class Is not In harmony with our
Institutions. A fixed term In appointive
olllces , except where the federal constitution
now provides otherwise , uould open the
public service to a larger number of citizens
without Impairing Its efficiency. "
The desire to "open the public service to a
larger number of citizens" Is simply another
version of the old spoils conception that
positions In the public service ars rewards
for partisan activity , and that these posi
tions are to be divided among the camp-
followers of the victorious party like spoils
of war. It Is not true that the American
people have shown their opposition to life
tenure In the civil service by the frequent
changes In their official representatives
when tliose representatives are chosen by
ballot. Chief executive officers and
representatives in legislative bodies stand
for policies , and It is right and proper that
they should stand or fall with the policies
they espouse. But n subordinate clerk In
ono of the departments should bo chcscn
nnd kept In his position solely because of
his ability to do the work which ho Is
called upon to do. There is no good reason
why these subordinates should bo turned
out at every election and Inexperienced men
put In their places. Whenever the American
people have had a chance to declare thenj-
selves upon the subject of civil service re
form they have declared In favor of It , as
witness the election In Chicago a year and
n half ago. Worklngmcn through their
organizations are committed to civil service
reform. To a considerable extent workingmen -
men are favorable to a larger measure ot
government ownership , and for them to ask
the government to engage In the operation
of railroads or similar enterprises on a
spoils system bails Is simply preposterous.
The leaders of American thought have
jeen struggling for years to destroy tlio
vicious spoils system and to make merit
: lie sole qualification for holding a position
n the public service. Now as their efforts
nro being crowned with success It Is re
actionary In the extreme and turning back
.ho wheels of progress for a political party
.o ' advocate a reversion to the old spoils
methods.
PASSING * OF Till' IIIIAICUMA.V.
Imiiroveil Aplillinici'H In llui IliinillliiK
uf Modem Triiliix.
Chicago Tribune ,
Thp rapidly progressing disappearance of
he railroad brakeman as n necessary ad-
unct of the handling of a train has been a
tatural result of Improvements that have
made the work bo performed practically
automatic. It Is curious , also , that largely
o the same agency Is attributed the marked
ocllno In the number of casualties to these
irakeinen and other railroad employes. He-
> orts to congress by the Interstate Com-
nerco commission show that during tlio last
car 1,823 employes of American railroads
were killed and 23,422 Injured , whllo during
he year previous the number killed was
,700 and the Injured 32,000. The commls-
loners admit that KOIIIO of the decrease U
ue to greater clllclency among the men ,
mt the larger portion by far Is accounted
or by the Increased use of these automatic
ppllances.
The government has officially recognized
lie effectiveness of these Improvements In
educing the dangers of operating railroads
o the lowest limits by Including In the
nterstato commerce law a mandatory pro-
Islon that all railroads must "equip their
ars with automatic and continuous brakes
nd couplers , and their locomotives with
rlvliitf wheel brakes. " In obedience to this
egulatlon nearly one-half of the 1,200,000
relght and coal cars In use are provided
ow with tin-so appliances , and all , with
ew exceptions , of the 28,000 passenger can
nd 8,000 mall and baggage cars are
Imtlarly equipped.
It Is reasonable to " "noose , also , that the
amu cauao Is responsible partly for the
toady decline In the number and tterlous-
ness of accidents In which passengers have
boon Involved. In tbo last year , when CIO-
000.000 passengers were carried on all
rends , ( he Now York Sun shows In o tabu- .
lixtlon that Only ono WAS killed to cach
1C6S.7M carried , or ono to each 44,103,328 '
miles traveled lly the automatic process r
tralijs can bo stopped so quickly on levels
or grades , curves or bridges , th t "full-
hend" collisions arc rare and collisions with
all forms of obstructions less probable , The
engineer now does In nn Instnnt what U
took the brnkcman many minutes to per
form , mid docs It much moro effectively.
An explanation of the operation recently
published brings It within the comprehen
sion of the most Inexpert !
"t'nder efteh of the tars Is a rubber plpo
connected with an nlr compressor on flio
engine. This plpo leads to and supplUN
an air reservoir under each car. Thcso
reseivolrs nro loaded from the engine with
compressed nlr to the amount of seventy
pounds inch. The pressure of this air keeps
open the brakes , and as long ns the com
pressed ftlr remains In tbo reservoirs under
the cars the brakes nro open. Hy turning
the lever on the engine tbo compressed air
Is released , nnd as It Is released the brakes
nn each of the cars close automatically ,
11
pressing nRAlnst the wheels find pinctlcnlljr
locking them , As soon as the train U -
brought to n full stop , of which the pantIng -
Ing of the rompiessed nlr as U escapes
from under the cars gives notice , the reser
voirs nro again filled by n turn of the lever
on the engine , and this flits the reservoirs
under the cars and thereby automatically
releases all the brakes nt once. " ,
There have been many other devices foJ > -
the safeguarding of the lives of travelers ,
but it Is doubtful If the Interests of safety
have been promoted moro extensively bjr
any other ono agency.
IMMIKSTIO invi.s.
Chicago llecord : "la Mndgo engaged or
not ? "
"I don't know ; when I nskcd her sbo snM
BIQas still In the ring , "
Detroit Free Press : "Husband and I have
never quanoleil , " declared Mrs * . Hotly.
"What a peifectly angelic disposition ho
must have , purred her dearest friend.
Truth : HP Wo will suppose now thnt T
l.ave kissed you. She Impossible , lie-
Then you destroy my line of argument.
She Well , wo will pupposo thnt you nre
going to kIs-5 mo. Now , go on with your
argument.
Chicago Tribune : Hashful r.over I I fear
I must scorn a very Sahara of dullness this
evening , Miss Clara.
Self-Possessed Young Woman ( tired of
waiting ) No , Mr. PanUlna , you are not at
all like a. desert. You haven't nny sand.
Cleveland Leader : "What nn unsophisti
cated and delightfully frank little thing-
that Miss 1-anfrey Is. " "Yes , she told mo .
yesterday tlmt you were the only man she
nail ever led around by tbo nose for the
more fun of the thing. '
Chicago Record : "We girls nro going to
have a harvest-home festival. "
"Whnt ! to show- big pumpkins nnJ
things ? " L- ,
"No Bitch nonsense cngngemont rings nndlv , .
photographs. " f
Harper's Uazar : "It's a great shnme. "
said Wllkes. "There's that Miss Hurlclgh
with $3,000,000 In her own right nnd hope
lessly ugly. "
"What ? Nonsense ! " said Barlow. "Why ,
my dear fellow , a woman with that amount
or money can't help being n peifect belle. "
THE CHOIH SOPRANO.
San Krunclsco Wn\e.
There Avas a soprano whose name was Miss
Byrd.
The finest soprano that I ever hyrd.
She sang so divinely tlmt 'pon my wyrd ,
Would melt Into tears , their souls \\oro so
styrd.
t
No critic would venture her voice to malign.
Her singing It was so remarkably flgn.
Hut , nlns ! she said "Yes" when the bass
said "Bo mlgn , "
And straightway from the choir Miss Dyrfl
did resign.
TIII- :
Klla Wheeler \Vllcox In Harper1 ! ! Weekly.
I saw an angel with majestic mien.
And radiant brow , and smile divinely
sweet.
Strong human passions writhed beneath
his feet ;
There , too , expired those coward faults-
which screen
Themselves behind Inheritance , nnd loan
On dead men for their sticngtb , ami think
' It meet-
All , all , lay prostrate , owning their defeat.
Then to the spirit with eyes serene
I cried aloud In wonder and In awe :
"Ob , mighty One , who art tbou that thy
glance
Can circumvent heredity , cheat chance ,
And conquer nature ? What thlno occult
law ?
Art thou Incarnate force the over-soul ? "
Tbo angel answeied : "I am wlf-control. "
are putting on new colors
and why shouldn't au
tumn men and boys ?
Some of the fall patterns
in cloths are almost as %
beautiful as the leaves ,
Light weight Overcoats
are beginning to be worn
and we'd like to have you
look at our lines. There
is a variety of materials ,
to choose from and they
are lined and finished in
various styles at prices to
accommodate purses of
different sizes.
But with the lower-
priced as with the more
expensive garments , the
cloths are right and the
fit is guaranteed , -
KIKE & CO. ,
S. W. Cor. 15tliau4
IJougltis Sts ,