In THIS OMAHA DATLY B13E : SUNDAY , AUGUST 15 , 18f > 7.
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I'urde.s leuvlnu tin * city for
the Niiinnicie.im linve. This
llee Hcnt to them regularly
liy notifying The Ilee liusl-
neNs otllee In ] > ei-Ni > n or ly
mall. The mlilrr.s.i will lie
IIH often us tlenlretl.
A fohlliiK bed Is ( lie ( 'iiuso of : i huv-
Butt In Kansas City. The t'oltlliiK bi-tl
IniH now bei'ii blamed for almost ovi-ry-
In thu ciitaloKiie of human woes.
Tlu > lOiiroppan anavt'hlst who wants
to sc'L'iiro admission' to thu Unltod
States Is warned not to print his voca
tion on hln calliiiK card if he hojies to
elude the restrictions of the Immigra
tion hiw.s.
An original package has just lioen de
fined once more by a Judge of the fed
eral court for the district of South Care
lina. The only Hiiro way to tell an
original package is to draw out the cork
" "
und sample the contents.
The pnpoerats complain that advanc
ing prosperity is nothing but republican
luck. This is the kind of republican
luck , however , that the people are glad
to have and which they would like to
vote themselves permanently.
Tim proposed plan 1o perpetuate the
different aboriginal tribes by reproduc
ing the types In bronze for the National
park at Washington has the _ merit of
being based on the old principle that
tin : good Indian Is a dead Indian.
The French section at the Columbian
'exposition ' was one of the most attractIve -
Ivo features of the great World's fair
and the American section ought to at
tract as much attention among the ex
hibits at the Paris exposition In 1000.
Although the tariff law lias put an
end to the discount on the purchase
of beer stamps by the brewers , the
difference In the quantity sold In n
fi-cunt glass Is not visible to the milted
eye nor noticeable by the thirst route.
The demand for free government maps
of Alaska exceeds the supply , but the
people who are willing to pay for their
maps can doubtless place them on the
market If they take the trouble to make
Inquiry as to the proper publishers to
order from.
A Missouri man has projected himself
Into Colorado with a plan to transform
the cottonwool ! Into ) a fruit-hearing tree
by process of grafting.- The eottonwood
ought to raise fruit If only sawed into
plank and placed where It can be
warped by the sun.
The labor unions of Hutte , Moilr. ,
went to this trouble of removing a boy
cott that had been declared against a
race track in order to let Mr. Uryan
'
speak there without I'onsclenti'oiis
scruples. That Is more than Itryan over
ditl for organl/.ed labor.
Ono advantage of having a responsi
ble ministry as a buffer between royalty
and the people Is that the prime minis
ter can be utilized to take all the blame
for unpopular policies and occasionally
become the victim of an assassin hi-
'Btfad of the king or queen.
The great miners' strike has gotten to
the point where blood has been shed on
Its account. Tills Is certainly to be de
plored In all quarters. The strength of
tlio cause of organized labor depends
largely upon the orderly and law-abid
ing conduct of the men enlisted for It.
Two new amendments have just been
voted to the Swiss constitution. Con-
stltullon-mendlng , however , works
easier In Switzerland than in the United
Stales. It would take something more
vital to their welfare than the enlarue-
ment of the federal olllcers' power over
forest reservations to get the people of
this country stirred up to the point of
ratifying amcnduieuU to tuelr frame of
goYeruuicut
FJ.OAT1XU IN A ItUTTOMl.KSS TVJ1.
When asked if the recent rise In the
price of wheat was not n contradiction
of the argument of the free coinage
men that wheat and silver always trav
eled side by side In market value. Sen
ator Henry M. Teller of Colorado de
clared to a reporter of The Heo last
week :
I am surprised th < it such n question should
he asked. It l Generally admitted by the
prcfs of the country and those who are fa
miliar with conditions that the advance In
wheat l.i due to the short crop In the world.
Silver men two never denied that the law
of supply and demand regulates the price of
wheat , but the nllvor-uslng countries are
brtter prepared to enter the markets of the
world with their product of wheat than the
sold countries , and thereby stimulate the
arlre of tht > white metal. When India and
the South American countries had a good
crop of wheat , they sold It for silver and re
ceived for It about twice the value In their
money that an American farmer would re
ceive. This double price to them was In
money which they could use In paying thulr
taxc-g and other fixed expenses. This created
a demand for silver In those countries ,
which Increased Ita price. N'ow those coun
tries have no wheat to exchange for silver ,
: uid are out of the field ot competition In
HID silver mnrknt.
This Is another example of the difference
ence- between before taking and after
taking. Senator Teller's logic In 185)7 )
Is most decidedly at variance with the
logic of Senator Teller and the other
free silver leaders In 1SW ? . In the
standard free silver text book known
as Coin's Kliianclal School , this doctrine
N laid down as an axiomatic principle
of economics :
An ounce of silver bullion would buy a
bushel of wheat In 1S73 and It will buy a
bushel of wheat now. Two ounces of silver
bullion would buy a day's labor In 1873 and
two ounces will buy a day's labor now.
The declaration that an ounce of
silver bullion should exchange for a
bushel of wheat at all times and at all
places was accepted as genuine coin
last year among all the silver camps
from Maine to California and Mexico
to Alaska. The demonetization of silver
was held up as the sole cause of low
prices , not only of wheat , but of all
other products of the farm and factory ,
which were said to be gauged by the
price of silver. lUit silver and wheat
have parted company and refuse to
travel together In IS'.I" . It now takes
nearly two ounces of silver to buy one
bushel of wheat on the New York
market. The discrepancy between the
theory of IS'JO and the facts of 1S07
must be reconciled , and therefore Sen
ator Teller reverses his former teach
ing and admits that the price of wheat
IM governed by the laws of supply and
demand and not by the price of silver
bullion any more than by the price of
copper or tin.
Twelve months ago Teller , Bryan.
Harvey and the other sliver apostles
proclaimed , from every stump that the
American farmer could not compete
with the India farmer so long as an
Englishman could buy Ills wheat In
India for silvers without regard to its
market value and could sell India
wheat bought with silver In competition
with American wheat paid for in gold.
That lictlon is now. exploded by Senator
Teller himself. With the great diver
gence between the prices of silver and
wheat staring him in the face he claims
that the India farmer has the. ad
vantage of the American farmer be
cause he receives his pay for wheat in
silver representing twice the value in
money that nu American farmer re
ceives.
Tills is a confession that the story
that , the India fanner did not know the
difference between § 1. ° . ! ) silver 'and GO-
cent silver and was glad to sell to the
Englishman at the old prices paid in
depreciated silver never had any foun
dation in fact The point which the
senator seeks to make in favor of tlio
India farmer who sells for silver and
pays his taxes and debts In silver is
equally fallacious. The India farmer
has no mortgage debts running back
over a period of years , lie Incurs his
debts between one crop and the next.
lie buys at silver prices and sells sit
silver prices. The same Is true regard
ing his taxes. The government must
have so much revenue , and if silver
goes down more silver must be paid
in In taxes and the taxpayers have
no advantage except where government
salaries are sealed by payment in silver.
Senator Teller and his deluded free
silver followers might as well admit
now as later that the bottom has
dropped out of tin * tub in which they
have been trying to Hunt on the politi
cal sea.
TJIK SPARISJI SITUATION ,
The reported activity of the followers
of Don Carlos , the pretender to the
throne of Spain , may foreshadow politi
cal events In Spain of world wide inter
est. Even before the assassination of
Canovas It was reported that the Car-
lists were getting ready for another at
tempt to sieze the government and pre
dictions were made and bets offered by
some of the followers of the pretender
that there would lie an uprising In his
behalf within a short time. The Car-
lists probably feared Canovas more
than they did any other man in Spain ,
having been taught by experience ills
power and his resources. Ills death
may infuse moro courage Into them and
If It be true , as claimed by some of the
leaders , that the Carlists are highly
organized throughout Spain and that
they could obtain outside assistance , It
Is possible they could make a demon
stration which the Spanish government
would Had It dlllicult to suppress. As
to Don Carlos ever achieving the throne
of Spain , however , the probabilities are
very largely against it. Only a small
minority of the Spanish people are
favorable .to his pretensions and there
are few men of inlluence among his
followers. Uusldes , there would un
doubtedly be foreign interference
against him.
Thu Spanish throne has more to fear
from a republican than n Carilst upris
ing , for there are moro of the former
than of the latter in Spain , but In pres
ent circumstances the republican lenders
are not likely to encourage any move
ment which would weaken the govern
ment In its efforts to retain its posses
sions where revolts exist. On the ques
tion of holding these all Spaniards are
of oue uihitL Still Uu situation In
Spain Is not without dangers , and the
successor to Canovns will flml tTio task
of averting them no easy one.
Eternal vigilance Is the price of lib
erty. The despotism of courts Is Just as
dangerous as the tyranny of kings. The
rights guaranteed to American freemen
by the organic law of the land should bo
as sacredly guarded against judicial
usurpation as against the encroachments
of power-grasping executives. The free
dom of conscience and of speech and the
right of the people peaceably to assemble
and petition for redress of grievance * *
must be protected and maintained
against Invasion from whatever source
and under all circumstances. Only In u
state of war , when civil law Is suspended
mil military power Installed for the pres
ervation of national Integrity and do
mestic peace , can the denial of these
rights be submitted to without endanger
ing the whole fabric of free govern
ment.
The growing tendency of the federal
Judiciary' ' to usurp powers vested In the
legislative and executive branches of
government Justifies serious apprehen
sion In the minds of thought
ful , liberty-loving citizens. C.ov-
erument by Injunction threatens
to deprive the American people
of their mast cherished privileges , and If
unchecked will practically concentrate
In the courts all of the powers of gov
ernment. The process by which the Chicago
cage rulliuau strike was put down by
the Intervention of the federal judiciary
was a stretch of authority that exposed
our whole system of federal and state
government to a tension involving far-
reaching consequences. The sweeping
order recently Issued by the federal
court for Pennsylvania Is absolutely
revolutionary. It is an abridgement of
the right of peaceable public assembly
guaranteed by the constitution and an
unjustifiable usurpation of executive au
thority.
It Is not for the courts of n republic
to disperse Its citizens on mere suspicion
that they would inlluence other citizens
to break contracts of employment. The
enforcement of such contracts has never
been attempted by such procedure. From
a judicial order for tlio Imprisonment of
men for discussing grievances and ad
vocating peaceable abstinence from work
it is only a short step to a judicial order
for the imprisonment of men who refuse
to work for whatever wages employers
may persuade courts to consider reason-
ab'e.
Such a monstrous doctrine Is repug
nant to the spirit of American liberty
and the principles of American govern
ment. Smaller abuses of power have
scut monarchs to the block and over
thrown dynasties that have ruled for
centuries. The natural tendencies if not
the inevitable consequences of judicial
usurpation are popular hatred of courts
and contempt for law that breed turbu
lence and stimulate lawlessness.
It is no excuse for judges who Issue
Injunctions in contravention of the con
stitution to plead ignorance of the Im
port and scope of the papers they sign
at , the instance of corporation lawyers.
It is the duty of a judge to know what
he is signing and he can not evade re
sponsibility for the mandates he Issues
by whomsoever they arc framed. If ig
norance of the law is no defense for
an ordinary citizen , how much less is it
to be accepted in justification of usurpa
tion by a : judge presumed to be learned
In the law and sworn to obey and uphold
the constitution and the laws.
GATTLK FKKDIKU INA'HUItASKA.
The cattle feeding industry in Ne
braska seems to be' developing a new
feature which promises to add to its
importance and extend its scope far be
yond the state lines.
While it has been a common practice
to bring cattle to Nebraska for feeding
purposes from the surrounding states
to ( lie north , west and south , up to this
time it lias never been necessary to draw
on eastern markets for feeders for Ne
braska farms. On the unquestionable
authority of the Buffalo Express we
learn that last week , for the first time
In the history of the cattle business of
thn country , the far-western cattlemen
have found it to their advantage to stock
up with cattle from the east. It Is
stated that several hundred loads of
Canadian stackers have been bought at
Buffalo and some practically contracted
there and shipped directly to Nebraska.
Cattle bought at Buffalo at fU5 per
hundred are estimated to be worth i ? ! > .15
and over at their destination and the
difference more than covers transporta
tion.
tion.Tiie
Tiie Express thinks that while TTTis
may indicate a temporary scarcity of
feeders In the west , it may also mean
the Inauguration of a new era. In the
cattle raising Industry and the begin
ning of a regular cattle tralllcj from east
to west growing out of more systematic
methods on the part of western cattle
raisers. The change Is certainly a sig
nificant one for the future of the cattle
business In Nebraska and one whose re
sults will be watched with Interest by
all who are concerned over the expan
sion of the state's resources. The crftlle
Industry Is one of the most substantial
Industries of the west and whatever
contributes to its Improvement con
tributes to the upbuilding of Hie whole
western country.
A'AltUlllliTS
The efforts now making by the Euro
pean governments to crush out anarch
ism will probably bo no moro successful
than the efforts which have been made
In the past. The killing of C.inovas by
an avowed anarchist , purely as a matter
of revenge , has very naturally aroused
those countries where thu spirit of anarchy -
archy most .abounds to an endeavor to
stamp it out and to get rid of tlio.se who
advocate it. They will bo able , un
doubtedly , to deport anarchists , but the
spirit of amirchy will remain and It is
not to bo doubted that others will take
the places of those who are expelled.
The hotbed of anarchy Is Italy and re
peated efforts to suppress It there have
failed. Indeed It seems probable thin
It has grown In spite of the vigilance
of the police. In Spain and France ,
also , It appears likely that therohas been
no diminution In the ranks of ( lie an-
archliitij and no abatement of zeal In
urging their doctrine of destruction upon
those who can be Induced to listen to
them ,
Nevertheless- Mho efforts making by
these governinfniV \ | to stamp out anarchIsm -
Ism should bwji > ttrslstcd In ami should
have the co-onoVljtlon of all other civi
lized governineij. Anarchism Is at
war with nlPljt and with all orderly
government. lijtiobjcct Is to pull down
and to tk\stroji ! It would bring about
political and'-xsoclal chaos. It is
synonymous wlth tssasslniition. To such
IK creed or doctrine all men who believe
lu a government of law nnd In a social
system regulated by law must be un
qualifiedly oppose ) ) . It Is an utterly Indefensible -
defensible docmne , because there Is ab
solutely nothing In It which proposes
nn improvement of conditions. Nihilism
looked to a change which would give
the people juster and more liberal laws
and government ; anarchism alms at the
destruction of all law and all govern
ment. No one who holds and teaches
such a doctrine can fairly claim any
right to consideration. He Is a public
enemy who can not safely bo tolerated
when he Is known and who has no claim
upon any country.
There are anarchists In the United
States , but they are believed not to be
very numerous and they are not aggres
sive. It is certainly desirable , however ,
that the number shall not be Increased
and therefore the Intention of the Immi
gration authorities to do all they can to
exclude persons known to be anarchists
will be very generally eommeiidt-d. In
the absence of specific legislation to ex
clude anarchists and tills lias been pro
posed in congress the efforts of the im
migration authorities may not be very
effective , but It is possible that the an
archists expelled from European coun
tries may look for n refuge elsewhere
than in the United States when they are
made aware of the precautions to be
taken to prevent their getting Into this
country. _
FUTUltK OP SAVINGS HANKS.
The well known financial writer of
the New York Sun. Matthew Marshall ,
believes that the private savings bank-
must in time give way to the postal
savings bank. This Intelligent , observer
takes tile view that existing conditions
hi the management of savings banks
cannot bo permanent , lie remarks fiiat
the amount of savings bank deposits
is growing year by year. Every year ,
too , it is becoming more and more dllli
cult for people of small means to invest
their money safely and in spite of all
that savings bank olllcers can do they
will contrive "to force upon them the
custody of itfs With the reduction of
the interest paid by the government ,
by munlcipalUles'and by railroad com
panies now g'oliijj on , the inducements
to put money. Into a savings bank
which pays % rnm 3 to 4 per cent per
annum is very great.
Sooner or later" therefore , concludes
this writer , . -\vcimist \ bo prepared TO
(
see our presout , pavings bank system
break down , by its own weight and
that which prevails in Europe must
take its placet "Instead of thousands
of private citizens getting together
every week in a thousand different
board rooms to Tujvise means for invest
ing the thousands ] "of millions of dollars
belonging to millions of depositors , the
government will assume the easy task
of becoming their creditor and of pay
ing to them the interest it now pays
its bondholders. " The Interest will be
less than the present savings banks
pay , but the principal will be safer and
the wiiolo- business will be vastly
simpler.
Whoever has given tills matter care
ful consideration cannot doubt that the
postal savings hank will become au
absolute necessity in the not remote
future and that the public demand for
it will become so strong and imperative
that congress will be compelled to heed
it. There is already a powerful senti
ment In the country in favor of the
establishment of a postal bank
system and it Is certain to grow with
the discussion of the subject. The
numerous failures of savings banks }
during tlio last few years , causing
heavy losses to depositors , lias had a
great effect In educating the people
favorably to the postal savings bank.
This question will undoubtedly be
urged upon the attention of congress
at the next session and the republicans
ought to be found largely on the side
of a postal bank proposition. They can
in no better way subserve the cause
of sound currency.
HAWAIIAN SUVA It UUMI'KTITION.
The sugar beet producers of-the coun
try will be Interested in the figures of
Hawaiian sugar imports and the new
trend of that , trade. It appears that in
.fuly there was entered nt Philadelphia
over jMMK : ! ( ) ( ) ( ) pounds of Hawaiian
sugar , as against li,000,0M ! ) ( ) pounds at
San Francisco. It is stated that the
significance of tills Is In the fact that
this Is only the second month In which
invoices of sugar from Hawaii have
ever been recorded at Philadelphia ami
In the further'fact that the receipts at
San Fnincihco Show a considerable fall
ing off. OnlslS : or seven times has
Hawaiian siig r'been received at the
port of New Siork.
An olllclal of the Treasury department
Is quoted as . 'fa.ylng * that ho regarded
this shipment iiif thc > Hawaiian product
to the east , a ' 'thing unheard of up to a
few months ago , , as a matter of great
moment to the bi'ot sugar producers of
the west. Hi } thought they must now
feel that tho.vj.havo moro reason limn
ever to oppose'the annexation of Hawaii.
The iiroductloYi O sugar In those Islands ,
remarked thlsriolliclal , Is limited only bj
the extent of the cultivation of the In
dustry and thf'"i/roduction / seems likely
to Increase greatly within the next few
years. Ho apprehended that the beet
sugar producers will 1m seriously handi
capped by this competition when they
are ready to expand their trade KO as to
include the east as part of their mar
ket. There can bo no sort of doubt
about this.
Tlio annexation of the Hawaiian Is
lands by the United States would be fol
lowed by u great development of the
sugar Industry there and Inevitably this
would have an unfavoiable effect upon
the growth of the beet sugar lndustry ,
here , because with a rapidly increasing
supply from Hawaii thuro would be less
Incentive to put money Into the mtgnr
Industry here. American sugar producers
are , moreover , at , a disadvantage owing
to the higher value of their lands and
the higher price of labor. It may bo
said that annexation would bo no worse
for the American beet sugar producers
than would a continuance of the reci
procity treaty under which Hawaiian
sugar comes Into the United States free ,
but the treaty can be abrogated , while
annexation , once accomplished , would
be Irrevocable.
If there were no other reason for re
jecting annexation the fact that It would
undoubtedly be adverse to the develop
ment of the beet sugar Industry , which
under proper conditions must In thue
become oue of the most Important in
dustrles of the country , should be sulll-
clent. But this Is only one of a number
of cogent reasons why the United Stales
should not annex that remote territory.
Uussell Sage Is out with an assurance
to the public that In hlsi opinion we are
entering on a new era of unexampled
prosperity. Mr. Sage says he bases his
view on tlio reports received by him us
director of the Western Union Tele
graph company , which show general In
crease of business In almost all sections
of the country. "When people are using
the telegraph extensively , " says Mr.
Sage , "business ) Is good. " That there Is
truth In this assertion Isi verified by the
improved business of the railroads , the
Increased clearings the banks and
noticeable progress in a dozen Hues of
business that cannot thrive except upon
the prosperity of the country at large.
The signs of the times have .seldom been
more encouraging.
Every now and then a paroled peni
tentiary convict violates the agreement
b.v which he secured his liberty and Is
called back to prison to serve out his
unexplred sentence. But the failures of
the parole system to accomplish the re
form Intended only .emphasize the instances -
stances where its advantages are appre
ciated and utilized. The parole prisoner
system must be measured by the excess
of the good produced over the Injury In
flicted on society.
The question Is propounded what we
Would do to readjust industrial condi
tions and revise our monetary system
if a process were invented by which the
baser metals could.bo cheaply trans
formed Into gold not distinguishable
from that found In the natural state.
That would be a perplexing problem ,
but , like the sttvam , there is no necessity
to worry over it until the time comes
for crossing it.
-An attempt is to be made to correct
the Chinese calendar In use by subjects
of the celestial empire residing In this
country. It might not be a bad idea for
Chinamen In America to discard the
Chinese calendar and Americanize themselves -
selves to the extent of adopting a good
United States calendar.
It is useless to go into the merits of
the newly-announced discovery that
snake bite is to be cured by the appli
cation of the bite of another snake of
the same species. The experiencetl
snake charmer will go right on taking
the same old snake bite medicine in
liberal internal doses.
The I'M In hi of Wheat.
St. Ivnils ncpubllc.
If the wheat market Is really pluming
itself for an airship flight these days it's
gratifying to realize that the farmer will bo
aboard the tihlp right from thu start.
AV111 Hoth Illooiu Together ?
Minneapolis Tilbune.
Nebraska bids fair to be the banner crop-
producing state this year , and we shall see
whether populism and the harvest fields can
flourish and ! blossom at the same time.
K doex In a Illlnil Trade.
Chicago RecorJ.
On the sanio eternal law which holda that
If a man buya a lame mule he'll have to
take the lameness along with the mule ,
Uncle Sam can't expect to get Hawaii with
out accepting the obligations which go along
with it.
Cruile SyMtom of Taxation.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Our whole system of taxation la a muddle
of absurdities and contradictions. It will
probably be a half cmtury or more before
our American legislatures will begin to put
taxation on a basis of common sense and
equity. Until then we must get along the
beat we can with the Imperfect agencies
provided for the administration of imperfect
law.s.
Ilaelc to Their Klrnt I.ove.
( ilolje-Ucmocrnt.
The agricultural element In the west gave
the republican party its first great start In
life. In the past twenty years that element
strayed over Into the wilderness of green-
backlaiu and populism. The good tlrafu.
though , have brought the farmora all back
to their old homo , and the republican party
will 1)0 again Invincible. In all the western
stated outside of the ullver mining group ,
Arlior Day in the Fall.
Indlnnapolls Journal.
Tlio advantages of having a governor who
U also a practical farmer are becoming
moro apparent every day. Had ' .Mr , 'Mount '
been an amateur agriculturist or n moro
green ( Ity man , with the vague general Idea
that everything that grows In the ground
must bo planted In the uprlng , ho would
have appointed Arbor day for April orMay ,
Instead ot October , as ho has done and
then most of the trees planted would die.
'I'll 10 UOIjY ItOI.MCIt.S.
I'uliiuu ' To lit'I M of a Hellicl'iuN Sect In
.ViMV Voi-lt Stale.
WanliliiBtnn Times.
A now sect baa developed itself In central
and western New York , and this fact recalls
the ( | tiery v/uy New York , ot all states ,
should bo especially gifted In developing
freak religions. There seems to be some
thing mjuterlous about ft. Thid new sect
Is located on the eliorea of Lake C'annn-
dalgua , being mill small enough to bo lo
cated somewhere ; and the chief article In
Its belief Is the pet swear-word of econom
ical men and begins with an "h. " Victims
of this creed frequently have hysteria nnd
ceo visions 'of what they have escaped. One
of the artlclefl In the creed is that the e-ntlro
world , with the exception of the members of
the freak sect , la destined to brim-
utono and blazes , and it would seem as
1C this prcspect ought to keep a person of
average sensibilities la hysteria for the ri-st
of t least one' naniral life.
The name of this new people Is the Holy
Hollers , and when about to be converted they
llo on the floor and roll over and over from
end to end of the building , until the devil
is rolled out. Thta edifying performance
sometimes lasta for several hours , and as
( ho victim rolls by the audience ho la
obliged to answer questions about the con
dition of hla soul. The now religion evi
dently docs not agree with worldly pride or
personal cleanllmss , unle&s the church floor
la scrubbed very clean before each holy
roll. U is sad to have to say It , but a good
unsympathetic doctor and a well-directed
stream , of water from a. garden hose would
probably convert every one of these peoplit
back to uulijtiterlcal sin.
HKCl'IiAll MIIOTS AT THU I'lMMT.
Minneapolis Journal ! We smile at the
red brother , yet lit. Ilcv. Innocent Wolf of
Atchleon , Knu. , linn been promoted to the
ho.idstilp of the tloncdlctlno order ot the
United States ,
Minneapolis Tribune : An Indiana preacher
tried to disperse a mob which WAS disturb
ing his services outside the church by firing
nt them through the window , but his aim
was poor and he killed A llttln child which
was sleeping lu ono ot the pcwn. Religion
must vxlst In a queer atmosphere In the
Hooslrr state when an occurrence tlko this
la possible.
Chicago Vast : Hlshop Potter returned from
Kuropc this week , bringing u dislocated
shoulder and eighteen gallons ot flue Scotch
whtoky. He got the former In Krankfott ,
Germany , by being thrown from a horse.
The whisky was given to him by nn ad
mirer In Huglnnd , and Hie bishop was com
pelled to contribute $40 to the treasury of
our glorious country for It , The damaged
shoulder came In free.
Chicago Chronicle : Thi'ro Is one clergy
man In Kauris who la not a Sabbatarian.
During it sermon loot Sunday he ww th.1t
a storm was approaching and brought hli
tllscoimo to n close by saying : "Urotliren ,
I will now close , for I see that wo niv gnlug
to have a thunder storm. The congregation
will please follow mo to Hrothor Soandso'a
Held and help him stack hla wheut. " That
was practical Christianity.
Indianapolis Journal : A Kansas Cl'y
church , not content wltli 6ftcrliig Induce
ments to bicyclers to attend te.TVlcc.3 by pro
viding a safe place for their wheel. ) , gnen
further and will establish a Sunday morn
ing nursery , when- mothers can leave thi-tr
babies while they themselves listen to tlio
sermon. Uy this imvum it will noon be
found out whether or not the mothers are
In earnest when I hey offer their babies In
excuse for thelv neglect of the means of
cracc. _
I'nilSOXAI , AM ) OTItKlMYISi : .
The Klondike fever la not dangerous un
less aggravated with f'hllkoot chills.
Spain's debt requires an annual Interest
payment of $70,000,000. Most of It Is tribute
on borrowed trouble.
Kansas City Is catching on gradually.
Mule power has been dispensed with on utiu
of the street car lines.
What changes a nhort year brlnga. Here
are countless sheaves of ripened \\hcat bearIng -
Ing creeses of gold , and nary a kick la fllcd
by the owners.
Wyntt Karp has gone to the Klondike , and
those persons ) who require the services ot a
referee will do well to have a quiet talk with
\Vyatt before submitting their cases.
Grasshoppers of Jackson county , Michigan ,
have undergone a change of appetite , nnd
have- been eating the blinding twine from thu
bundle.of wheat , causing farm hands the
extra labor of rebindtiig.
Three thousand thirsty voters ot Topcka
petitlorr-d Governor Loedy for permission to
run clubs for dispensing liquors , nut the
governor said nay and winked the other eye.
A Kansas wink is better than a kick to a dry
man.
man.Charles
Charles Trailtman , a famous ride shot ,
died at his homo in Kllzabeth , N. J. , re
cently , aged 02. He spent twenty years In
the wilds of Africa with Livingstone and
Stanley. Ho left n room full ot trophlco
won by his skillful shooting.
fix-Mayor Frank F. OIncy ot Providence ,
U. I. , president of the American Philatelic
association , which will have its annual ses
sion In IkvHon this month , has a collection of
stamps valued at $100,000. Mr. Olney la a
woolen manufacturer and Is enthusiastic
over his hobby.
The shipbuilding firm of Cramp & Sons ,
Philadelphia , has instituted suit against the
government for $1,736,149.20 damages said to
be due the company for delay in furnishing
armor plate for six vessels of the navy. Aa
the company made over a million dollars
from extra speed prizes , it might drop tint
23 cents without cramping its nerve.
The Swedes of Philadelphia are to present
a magnificent silver vase to the king of
Sweden and Norway on the occasion of the
twenty-fifth anniversary of his reign next
month. The vase Is thirty-two Inches high
and stands on an onyx plinth about eight
Incheo In height. The style Is a modifica
tion ot the Gothic. The body of the vase
Is oval , with two graceful handles bound or
applied with the Linnla borealls , the Swed
ish national flower. The gift Is beautifully
decorated.
Senator Hale describes himself as follows :
"Here I am , well dressed , and my tailor
never has to wait for hLs pay. I live well.
I have never dene anything very mean. I
am rich. I enjoy my riches. I am a gentle
man In walk and In talk. Sometimes I am
ennui and can't conceal It. If the Pcmianw
bo right , that 'every man Is as God maktil
him , ' then 1 am that man , and if every maiv
be as he fashions himself , then I am that
man too , and the senate Is full of bigger
fools than I am. ' "
Assuming that telegraphing without wires
will soon be an accomplished fact , the New
York Herald says there are only two re
maining puzzles. "Somebody must discover
the secret of the flsli'a tall , which puts our
best propeller to shame as a sort ot stage
coach affair , and then we shall have rapid
transit ncre/ss the ocean with a vengeance.
Sonm ono clso must find the secret of the
bird's wing , and then wo shall have air
ships for passengero and merchandise.
When wo have made these two discoveries
and applied them wo shall look for the mil
lennium. " _
1'OSTAl. SAVI.VCS IIAXICS.
Ilciietreil Aurllntloii for Their Kxtiili-
llNhineiit.
Buffalo ] xpiO4S.
The recent announcement made by Sen
ator Mason of Chicago that he purposes to
devote a good deal of his tlnio during the
present summer to perfecting a postal-sav
ings bank Echemo has aroused the papers
of his city to renewed comment on the
feasibility ot mich an institution In thin
country. The system Is designed to glvo
the poorer class absolute security for their
carnlngH at a moderate rate of Interest. It
is likely that this rate of interest will not
equal that paid by the savings banks of
the country at tlio present time , but the
trustworthiness of the Institution , thu gov
ernment itself , is believed to bo of mnie
the than thu 1 l <
value to depositors or { j
per cent Interest lost. Concerning the favor
into which the postal savings banks have
grown In England , the Chicago Tlmcs-IIer-
uld says :
"Tho growth of the postal savings bunk
system of Kngland during the lust ten ycais
demonstrates in a remarkable manner Its
popularity with the people. In 1SSC there
ivero U&G2.39.'i depositors. In Ib'JG they had
increased to 11,384,977. In 18SO the value of
the pcstal deposits for the ye ar was 15-
098,852. In 18SG these Increased to 132,078-
CCO. In 1880 the Interest paid to dcpciditorn
or placed to their credit waa UlGDr.90. In
1890 the Interest paid to depositors amounted
to 2,222,540. Thu total amount standing
to the credit of depositors jumped from ' 50-
874i38 : In 18SG to 97,8(18,975 ( ill 1S9B. Ill
1SG8 there were only eltlily-oiie auch banks
In Canada , and the balance to the credit uf
depositors then wns $205,000. la Juno 1897 ,
there were 800 banks , and the balance duo
depositors amounted to $31,000,0011. "
There is llttlo doubt that an limtitutbn
of the kind would bo largely patronized In
the United States. At the same time , how
ever , the government would encounter an
almost t'lulh'M amount of trouble In Ita or
ganization and conduct. The most serious
question that would arise would concern
the securities or Investments. Thu chief of
thiso are the government bonds. In aiirfwur
to this the Chicago Chronicle , which op-
Iictuvj the scheme , says that the amount of
such bonds available for suoJi Investment at
the present time probably does not exceed
$240,000,000. The entire bonded debt of
the United States , under the present policy ,
will bo extinguished In a quarter of a cen
tury. The government would be obliged to
look to other investments fo- the funds aris
ing from the system and at the present time
there are apparent only those securities In
which the ordinary bank deals , These , for
the greater part , are of variable or fluctuat
ing values , and It la evident at once that a
government banking system that would deal
hi euch ( securities la out of the question.
In his report of 1892 Mr. Waiumaker fur
nished the following Interesting and seem
ingly practicable plan :
"Designated pcetolUcea to receive on de
posit HUina of uot lean than $1 , which may
be In pcatagotitampa on cards to bo furnUhed ,
Interest to be added from the beginning of
the next month after deposit , on sum * ot not
lew than $10. AU depoilta to bo traiiBmlUud
to the uecretary of the treaaury , who shall ,
tit the beginning of each naif year , Qx the
rnto of Interest to be paid to dcpoMtorn. PnM
lulerrat to bo one-half ot 1 per tent IOM
than the current rate t MVlngd ( unfa n.1
private Uuika at the monetary ccnUra , Th
secretary of tlio treasury shall keep account
of deposit * by Btntrn , nd , to put the mone > 1
In circulation , Mmll offer the 7unJ * arlolnR
In eoch mate ns a loan to the nntlon.tl bunks
of the , Minr Mnte. at a ratr of Interent to bo
fixed by him. and thoco ums shall be declared -
clarod trust fund * and Mull be a preferred
claim ngalnst the assets of the bunks. "
Thin plan would reduce the work for the
government to a minimum , nnd would obvlnto
the necessity for n commission to Investlgnto
the detnll of the loins. U would seem that
It would find considerable favor with the
national banks and certainly no Jtwler method
for iho distribution of the funds could bo
devised than to circulate them lu the stales
from which they were derived.
nn.MKSTic
Cincinnati Knqulror : Wallace Th. r < > la
nothing like mnti linony to make a mon
appreciate tlio value of money.
1'oiry That'H so. A dollar a ma gives
to nlM wife does look bigger to htm t'mn '
any other dollar.
London Answers : Wife We have boon
married twelve years nnd not on r In that
time bavo 1 ml. Ncd linking you a cake for
your blrlhdny. iluvo I. dear ?
Hubby -No , my pot. 1 can look lniiH upon
those rakes us mllt'Htono.M In my life.
Heltvdt Froc Press : "Light out down
there ? " yelled the old nontli'imiti from the
top of the stalls.
Tile youni ; man below did not entoli the
rIMng tollectloii , and "lit" without Inking
bat or Htlek.
Cleveland Lender : "So Itlchnrds Is g.Mng
to marry that Pitw on Klrl , Is he ? 1 swear
I don't see why. She's ono of the homeliest
mortals 1 over met. "
"Yes , she Is plain , that's a fuel , tint s.iyl
1 lint old dad ot hers Is a regular klon like "
liidlaiuipolls Journal : "I hear y.-u . are
going to marry again. "
"That , " said tlio lady who had already
disposed of four husbands , "that Is my
business.
"Oh , your bu lncfls ? 1 thought It wns
tnetoly your recreation. "
Clovelnml Plain Dealer : "Ma'lMa. I wish
you would ask that youu Mr. Peters to
have blt cult buttons rephttod. "
"Why , mamma , what do you moan' ' "
"They seem to lettvo black streak * on tlio
baek of your shirt waist every
Detroit Journal : "If It be true as i harped
that the average married man BOOM 'o ' tlio
bad place when he dloV romarki ' 1 the
observer of men and llilimn , "ho lias tlio
consolation of knowing that ho probably
wouldn't feel at homo anywhere el.se. '
A DIFFICUKNTK.
Cleveland 1'lnln Dealer.
I love to see bur parted lips ,
1 love her pearly teeth ,
1 love to scan her dainty tongue
Within Its ruby sheath ;
Hut , all ! there la a difference like
The ono 'twlxt night and dawn
For when I tell my love to her
1 hate to sou her yawn. ,
AliK'S l.KSSO.V TO YOl Til.
The CoiiKii-RiitlonallKt.
I youth could know what ago knows with
out teaching.
Hope's Instability and Love's dear folly ,
The difference between practicing and
preaching ,
The quiet clmrm that lurks In nu'lniu-h.ily ;
The nlUT-bltterness of tasted pleamu < >
That temperance of feeling and of words
Is health uf mind , und calm fruits uf leisure
Have sweeter taste than fuverlsli zeal af
fords ;
That rensun bus n | oy beyond unreason ,
That nothing satislles the noul like truth ,
That kindness conquers hi and out of bca-
son
If youth could know why , youth would
not be youth.
If age could feel the uncalculatlng tirponco.
The pulse of life that boats In youthful
veins ,
And with Ita .swift , resistless ebb nud ur-
gcncc
Make light of dllllcultles , t-port of pains ;
Could unco , Just once , retrace the path' ' and
find It ,
That lovely , foolish zeal , so crude , so
young ,
Which bids defiance to all laws to bind It ,
And flashes In quick eye and limb and
tongue ,
Which , counting dross for gold , Is rii'h In
dreaming.
And , reckoning moons as suns , is never
cold.
And , havlnu ; naught , lias everything In
seeming
If ape could de > all this ago were not
old.
Is a very popular pur
suit , and it has had its
influence on the cloth
ing styles of the season.
Half the men who
wheel do so in golf
suits.
The bicycle suit , pre
cisely speaking , is a
different thing , but
every one to his taste.
We half golf suits and
bicycle suits in every
desirable style.
Everything else that
goes with an outing
suit is in our Furnish
ings Department too.
And for those stay-
at-homes that don't
want knickerbockers ,
here are attractive
light-weight summer
fabrics made up in the
most desirable styles ,
and at prices that are
positively as low as
can be.
Our guarantee with
every garment.
KIHQ & GO
8. W. Cor.
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