TITTS OMATTA DAILY 15ERt TTTJSSDAY , ATJO-ITST 17. 1807. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. K. nOSBWATBK. Editor. KVKrtV MOIININO. TKU.MS OK UUUHCIUITION. Dally Ilee ( Without SunJay ) , One Ynr. . . . 5 M Dally lice nnJ Sunday , One Year . 3 M HU Months . . J 'Ibrte Months . . J JJJ IhinJny lite , One Yenr . ' . * w Flnttmlay n c. One Year . > J ? Weekly Ilee , One Year . OI-TICKSl Omalm : The lice IlulMIni ; . Houth Oinshn : Hinder Illk. , Cor. N nnrt Nth SU Owncll lllurr.i : 10 I'mirl Ktrort. Chicago OlTlce : 317 Chnmtr of Commerce. New York : Ilonmi 13 , 14 mid 15. Ttlliune UlcJr W : ilrston ; Ml Fourteenth Street All communications relating to news nnd edlto. la : matter should l nd lrecd : To the Editor. AH liiMnP' letters and ifmlttnnces ihoulil b mldiGMcd to The lire I'ubllshlng Company , Omaha. nrnriR. checks , rxinoss nnd postomce Jnoiioy ordcrit ti > lie made | iiiyal > la to the order of the < pnny . , mj.o COMIANY. BTATKMKNT OP CIHCUI.A.TION. Btate of Nehrnnk.t , Dougln * County , M.t . GeoiBe II. Tz-ichiicl ; , jrrti-lnry nf The lice rm > llnlilns company , li < > lnR , luly nWorn , fays that the nctual nunilier nf full or.il cnniplcte copies of TUc IlMly Morning , r.venlni ; unit Sunday llec prlnttvil durlnir the montli of July , 1S37. was as follown : Jt. . . . . . . . .I. . . . . 11-m . , . 17 ll.SU - . . . . * * Ifl Bfi IS 13 , 11 ' li'tSD 19 , 19,403 < : ; ; : : ; ; ; : ; . ' ; ; : : : MM M " ? " t ia.t 21 , ' " ( ; la.STJ ! J I9-M' 7 IS.tOO M S 19,404 SI 0 , 13.455 10 1U.CO Jl 13.IU5 33 . 13.SI3 14 . 1.W7 ! ' la . 19.435 16 . 19,400 Totnl IX-M dpiliictlons for unfold and ic turneil coplos Total net soles . Not dully nvuracv . .P'13D OKOIini : II. T/.HCIUJCK , fiwrirn tn Ijcforc me nnd Mili'vrlbctl In my pres- ncn this 2d day of August , 1S97. 1 Kenl ) N. I' . FI'.II * Kotnry 1'ubllc. TIII : nun o.v TIIAI.XS. All rnllrnml HOTVsJmj-ii nrc Hlllllll | > ll With IMIIIIIKll Illf to iiucoiiiiiuuliilc every imn- KcitKcr Mlio TViinlfi 1 < rcntl n > ieTv. . < pni'er. Insist iipon Imv- li K The llic If you cannot Kot n I It1 * < iii n train from the III-WFI linen ! , ttliMixr report ( In ; fuel , ntntliiK the ( ruin and rnllronil , 1 > the Clrcnliitloit Doiiiirliiient or Tin * Ilee. The Ilee. IN for null * , 1111 nil ( ritlnri. INSIST OX IIAVIXO TII13 IIKR. I'AHTIKS I.HAVINfS KOIl THIS SUMJI13II Purlieu Irnvliiir the city for UK * Niiininrr cnii hnve The Hoe nont to them rcK"ln rlj- liy notifying : The Hue bniil- iient olllee In pefNoii nr l > y mull. The nililrcxM tvlll be cliiuiKcil UN often JIM iloxlrcil. Douglas county democrats luivc troubles oiiotifjh of their own without bu- KlmiinK now to worry about possible future troubles of Douglas county reNew - Now lil > ; b records for wheat find low records for silver are becoming of sucli frequent occurrence that jn-ople will soon "bo disappointed if they do not get them every day. Mel Kodlleld's atllnity with the silver- lies ought to make It easy for him to get a nomination from the popocrats. There Is where he properly belongs and should look for hid political options and futures. It Is only natural for the "World-Herald to stand up for the slot machine gambling devices and object to having them abated. The gamblers' organ may always be found on the side of the gamblers. Each purchaser of the new guides to Klondike with which the book market Is Hooded Is entitled to a written guar antee that the- author never saw Alaska and would not know how to get to 'Klondike ' If he wanted to go there. It may be pertinent to remind the council that It has the. right under the charter to order the paving of any etrcet within ; t,000 feet of the court house without waiting for a petition or protest from the abutting property own ers. Capitol avenue between Sixteenth and Twentieth streets Is a standing reproach to the lack of public spirit of the owners of the abutting property. 1'roperty owners along that thoroughfare ought to move for its repavement without wail ing to be urged. Thn attempt of the popocratlc organ 1o project Mel Hedlleld Into the campaign of 181)7 ) as an issue Is as puerile as was the attempt of the llowell contingent In the democratic county committee to read 1'at Kortl and Kd Itothery out of the democratic party. The Omaha Gas company seems to be encountering no dllllctilty In floating a twenty-year loan , but the Omaha and Council Itluffs Itrldge Motor company InslslH that It must have a llfty-year franchise In order to raise money to tide it over llnunclal dllllcultluH. The Interchange of correspondence be tween the governor of Nebraska and the governors of other states on the subject of the Transmlsslsslppl Exposition tihould be conducive to more cordial re lations between the chief executives of our great commonwealths generally. Give-away newspaper advertising de notes neither popularity among adver tisers nor wide circulation. It Is simply a conclusive Indication that the news paper that gives away its space has not enough attractiveness as an advertising medium to get advertisers to pay for It. The closing of a number of savings banks that formerly served as deposi tories for the earnings of Omaha work- Ingineii has left them without facilities tor the Investment of their savings. An opportunity to buy municipal bonds , even at comparatively low rate of Interest , .would doubtless bu availed of by mivings bank patrons. The courts have declared unconstitu tional the Chicago ordinance intended to Impose n license tax of ? 1 upon every bicycle that uses the streets , but there Is nothing In any constitution to prevent assessors from listing bicycles along with other taxable property and allow ing the wheelmen to contribute to the general property tax. TtlHtll ItUMltt When Frenchman nieela Frenchman In n duel the umial result Is that neither In hnrmcd. As just demonstrated , It In llffi-rent when a Frenchman and an [ tnlinn cross swords. The duel between I'rlncc Henri of Orleans nnd the count of Turin wns In deadly earnest and came very near being a fatal affair , but while the prince was severely hurt It Is said that he will recover and the count , who was merely Hcratched on his sword hand , Is the hero of the hour unnng his countrymen. Honor has been satisfied so far as the combatants are concerned , but It Is by no means certain Unit other duels will not grow out of tills one. The demonstration * made by the Italians over the triumph of their representative can hardly fall to arouse resL'titmenl on the part of the adherents of Prince Henri and tliuw others will lie drawn Into tinarrcls which can bo settled only by appeal to the code. FeelIng - Ing In likely to lu > more Intense by reason of the fact that the light was between scions of royalty. It would have been no loss to the world f both men had been killed and possibly such a result might have had a good effect In curbing a practice which Is at variance with the best spirit of the age. JUtt notwithstanding the fact thai duel ing Is condemned by enlightened man kind and Is no longer regarded as evi dence of true chivalry , II seems likely lo continue for an Indefinite time the method In continental Europe of .settling controversies among certain classes In volving personal honor. /lA'OTJfKK CMX.lh COMMISSION. The commission appointed by Presi dent McKlnley , under authority of con gress , to make another survey of the route of the Nicaragua canal , for which an appropriation of ? 1.0,000 was made , will start for Nicaragua next month. Previous surveys ) have been made , as a rule , by two , three or four civil engin eers , but the new commission' will bc accompanied by a corps of engineers who are expected to prosecute the work with greater thoroughness than has characterized the surveys hitherto made. Mr. AVarner Miller , the president of the canal company , says It is expected1 thai the report of the present commission will cover every point and he anticipates that it will be favoiable. Mr. Miller has also discovered that a new Interest mi ladies to the building of the canal In the annexation of Hawaii to the United States , remarking in this connection that with Hawaii as part of the United States the Nicaragua canal becomes more than ever before as much of a national need as war ships and coast defenses. Ills suggestion is that having the canal we should be able to dispatch a naval force quickly front the Atlantic to the Pacillc to defend Hawaii. But what If the Islands are nol annexedV Can we Ihon do without the canal ? Cer tainly if annexation would make the construction of the canal , at a cost of perhaps ! ? ir'0,0)0,000 ( ) , a necessity , that seems to be a pretty substantial reason for nol taking the Islands. We do not want remote territory with any such conllngency attached. Congress took the proper course in authorizing another commission and un doubtedly Admiral Walker and his asso ciates will perform their task In the most thorough manner. II is also prob able that their report will be favorable so far as the feasibility of the project is concerned , since this is generally ad mitted. Hut unless they can demon strate that the canal can be built for a great deal less money than the estimate of the engineers who made the last sur vey the project will continue to meet a vigorous opposition. I.WOHT.S 111' WAV OK UAXADA. The question regarding Imports by wnyl of Canada , raised under section U2 of the tariff law , which Is now being considered by Iho attorney general of Die United States , Is commanding great interest In both American and Canadian railroad circles , as well as among Im porters of goods which come into this country through Canada.The section referred to llxes a discriminating duty of 10 per cent on all goods which , "be ing the production or manufacture of any foreign country not contiguous to the United States , shall come Into ( lie United States from .such contiguous country , except in the usual course of strictly-retail trade. " An importation of diamonds from Europe by way of Canada was held by the attorney gen eral to be subjecl to tills additional duty. Subsequently there wore received at the Cideago custom house larg-f- Invoices of tea from Japan transported in bond over a Canadian railroad and the col lector of that port asked the treasury olllclals whether these goods were sub ject to the discriminating duty. The question was referred to the attorney general , who last Saturdii.y heard argu ments upon It by ex-Secretary Carlisle and others. The opinion of the attorney general In regard to the application of the discrim inating duty to goods in bom ) brought Into the United States over Canadian railways will be of very great Impor tance , although of course nol lliml. If ho decides that such importations must bear the additional duty It may prove to bo a serious blow to the Canadian rail ways and possibly result In doing away with the bonding privilege they now en- Joy. The effect of this would bo to turn over the large tratlle now done by these roads with the United States to Ameri can railroads a consummation which the latter have been very earnestly working for years to accomplish. As shown by the arguments before the at torney general there are wmut line tech nical points In the Interpretation of section 2li of the tariff law and a i > ro- longed contest In the courts is highly probable. It Is easy to understand that Canadian Interest In the matter is very great , be cause there is Involved perhaps one-half , If not more , of the tratlle of the Canadian railways. On the other hand , the ques tion also possesses great Interest for a largo portion of the American people who are benetlted by the cheaper rates of transportation resulting fiom the com petition of the Canadian roads. More over , there can bo no doubt that In the event of the withdrawal of the bonding privilege from those roads , or what would amount to the suuiu thing , the practical cxtlngtilshmonl of their tralllc with the United Ptatt-fl by the discrim inating duty , the Canadian government would find means of retaliation , Un questionably some Injury could bo In- lllctetl upon American Interests In this way , while there would be created a feeling of commercial hostility that might eventuate In complete non-Inter course. Thus there Is Involved In thin matter an International question of very great consequence. We believe that public sentiment very generally In the northwest and In New England will bu found unfavorable to the abolition of the bonding privilege accorded the Ca nadian railroads , or to any policy de structive of their competition. Tin : NK ir KIKCTIUX irs. \ . The coming November election will put to the tesl for the first time the new election laws enacted by the late fusion legislature. These laws practically revolutionize olutionize- the election system that has been In operation In Nebraska since the adoption of the Australian ballot. They wipe out of existence completely the bal lot familiar to Nebraska voters , with the names of the candidates arranged alpha betically In a .single column , and provide for printing tin- different tickets in sepa rate columns , headed by a pictorial do- vlco with a special space to enable a person to vote the straight ticket by making a single mark. Aside from these confusing Innova tions , the old system of ehooMng judges and clerks of election is also abolished and their appointment vested In the county judges of the respective counties In which the precincts are located. New penalties are prescribed for violations of the election laws and the number of of fenses Increased to Include almost all passible attempts to Inlluonee the action of Hit ! voter. The various party organizations will have to take immediate cognizance of the changes In the election laws and pre pare to adapt the campaign to their re quirements. As usual , there are apt to be divergences of opinion as to the Inter pretation of doubtful points , and for the benefit of the voters these should be set tled , If possible , in advance. The new election laws must be the subject of careful study by those who are in charge of the campaign for all the political par ties and by the rank and tile of voters as well. The .Tacksonlans who wanted to oust Pat Ford and Ed Hothory from the dem ocratic county committee because they did not support Ed llowell for mayor in 1S07 killed their fatted calf for .llmmy Slu-ean on the prodigal's return to the political poker club In which Ed Howell - ell and Robert E. Lee Ilerdman are con spicuous members. Sheean talked , worked and voted against Bryan In ISOB , but that litllo divergence Is con doned. You can bolt a democratic presidential candidate without hurting your good standing as a democrat with the .Tacksonian democracy , bul if you boll the fusion candidate for mayor you forfeil all your rights and privilege , ! ) -as a. democrat. Consistency is a jewel thai does nol ornament the .Ineksonian snout. The death of Senator George of Mis sissippi creates a peculiar situation with respect to his successor. Had he lived his term would have expired In March , IS ! ) ! ) , but he had declined to seek another election and the legislature of lasl year made a choice of Senator-elect , II. D. Money as his successor. His death leaves a vacancy covering a period of a year and a half , which must bo filled by appointment , but which , if given to any one but the senator-elect , can carry with It no hope of re-clectiou or retention. Notwithstanding this fact there Is no likelihood of any lack of candidates for the intervening term , which might possi bly become important on the contingency of the death of the senator-elecl before entering upon his ofliclal duties in 1S)9. ! ) Ex-Governor Altgeld tries to stir up the calamity cinders by declaring that the farmer ought to bo getting $1.50 a bushel for his wheat and that he would be getting that much if li ( to 1 free coinage wore enacted. The farmer can get more lluut$1.50 for his wheat today If he will take his pay in Mexican silver dollars , but ho will not be able to u : e the money exeeptTil Its depreciated bul lion value. The farmer Is getting the highest price for his wheat that has been offered in more than live years , and wliaU Is more , he Is getting it in dollar. * that are worth 100 cents in every markol In Iho world. II Is perfectly proper for ex-Secretary Carlisle to appear as the attorney of a railway corporation that is attacking the Interpretation put by the treasury olllelals on the tariff section relating to discriminating duties on goods trans- pnrlcd over Canadian railroads , because us a practicing lawyer lu > has a right to pledge his services to any clients who may engage him. But the fact tlmt he \\a.s formerly at the head of the Treas ury department should not give any ad ditional weight to his arguments. At torneys practicing before the govern ment departments should all bo on the same plane. General AVeyler has had absolute con trol of the civil and military government of Cuba for almost a year and a half. When he assumed the reins he was lav ish with liis promises and unchecked In the use of Ills typewriter. Taught by experience , however , ho makes no more promises and has not Issued a type written proclamation for some time past. These are Infallible Indications that Weyler has modified his original vlow as to the seriousness of the Cuban re volt. Paying laborers in Mexican dollars at the rate of two for one In American money would be oven more unpopular now than It was a year ago , A year ago the laborer was the gainer by li or IS cents in bullion value by thin process , while now , with Mexican dollars quoted at12 cents , It would bo loser by 10 cents , OL * one-sixth of the wages , The Imaginative Washington corre spondent lias Just turned half of Presi dent ! McKlnley's cabinet advisers out of otllce. and constructed a now cabinet to suit himself. Iii this patriotic work the president ofrrfimrno ha not been con sulted , \he.avev.igo Washington cor- respondi ill < Mtnht to have no dllllculty in ivorganlxtJigMhe cabinet without the assistance a'ti 'body. No cabinet In recent yearn-'has remained unchanged through an 'entire administration , but the preside ) Jlftis usually been per mitted to c.Kftrcivu the deciding voice In the selection of its member.- ' . Thp latPstJ'Informatlon ' from the sent of the late < * iixtcvn war Is that Turkey has not thn'.MUghtest Intention of aban doning I'lfhfcv'rote or Thessaly. It this is true , what have the powers of Europe to show for a whole season's work ? A SliMllrrril Alllimro. Olobc-Oemocrnt. nig crops nnd prosperity Imvo struck Kansas anil Nebraska , nnd thi lr political nil Ianco with South Carolina may bo con sidered off. KIIIINII * ) City Mini 'III * l'\ | > o-ilt loll. Knnns City Ptnr. Kai'sas City must talto pains to ohow that tOic nan no spite against Omalm tor securing the convcrtlon of the National Republican league lu 'OS by making a big exhibit at the Omaha exposition next year. \clirnxlut Cnn-lc * tin * Iliuinrr. lnv 'ii | < ort I'cmorrat Nebraska promise ! * to be the banner crop- producing stnto tills year. This distinction usually belongs to Iowa and the general overage Is In our favor. Hut Nebraska has been badly In need ot a tonic for t-oinc time , and bounteous nature has provided It. Item-1Is ! oC I'riiliM'tlon , ChlrnKO Tilbuiu * . The growth of the tlnplntc Industry In America In the last seven yearn Is n strik ing Illustration of the benclltp of the pro tective tarlir. The fact that the cost of tlnplato has been reduced during that pe riod from $4.SO per 100 pounds for the Im ported article to $3.30 for the American product , and that America has already begun to export Ita own manufactures , furnishes a most Instructive object lesoon. Itrvolt AitK'liiHt Injuni-tloiiN. Springfield iMnss. ) Hriutitlr | < in. Two states are now In revolt against the federal power. The. tax commissioners of Indiana defy an Injunction Issued by Judge Maker of the United States district court ami proceed to assess the property of the Indiana Manufacturing company at the market value o Its stock. Judge Baker had held that the patents of the- company , com posing most of Its property , were not taxa ble , and had accordingly enjoined the as sessment. Now the tax commissioners are threatened with arrest for contempt or court. The Insurance commissioner of Kansas 'Is alsa defying a federal Injunction restraining him from forbidding a New York llfo Insurance company , which had not com piled with stale law , to do business in hia state. Carry the 'news to South Carolina. "Tin * ( inriiiy H Country. " * Nptw , YoH < Tribune. Having beenJ'uoljjlly welcomed" at Butte , Mont. , "by a crowd ! estimated at 30,000 per sons , " and callfd on for a speech , Mr. Wil liam J. Hryau remarked that It wn,3 the an niversary of his speech at Madison Square Garden , and that ho1 was "forcibly reminded of the material difference between the two cities. " "I salt ! on" going to New York , " ho continued , ' " 'thit I was going to the enemy's country. It would take a liar of big dimensions lo declare that I was In the enemy's country on this occasion. " H might not be strlctlycmrrfleoUB to say that It took a liar of big 'dimensions to declare that ho was In the enemy's country on that occa sion , bxit such OtetptfiinEnt' would come pretty near the truth. , A y pr ago J3ryan meant and tried to foment jealousy , rciicntment and strife , and for that purpose-Jie. called this the cm > my'a''cfo'J7itVJHis " "application of the term was dishonest , and he docs himself no credit In reviving It. IiulliTcrclli'i- tin * ItcfcrciKlllin. New York I'ost. The most striking feature about the ap plication of the referendum principle In this country Is the Impossibility of getting the mas.3 ot the people to take any Interest In the matter. Nothing can bo more Im portant to the people of a state than the question whether they shall continue to llvo under an old constitution or a new one. Yet when this question was submitted to the people of Tennessee a few days ago , only a small portion of them would take the trouble to go to the polls to express an opinion one way or the other. Soon after ward three proposed amendments to the constitution ot Texan were submitted to popular vote , one of which , regarding the adoption of a system of Irrigation on a large scale , was ot great consequence to the development of the commonwealth. Yet , whllo over (535,000 ( ballots were cast for president In Texaa last year , less than 100- 000 could bo persuaded to expres.3 their sentiments on this vital Issue. There was nothing abnormal about these experiences of Tennessee nnd Texas. H Is the very rare exception that our American "referendum , which we do not call by that name , ever brings out more than a very light vote. Merely calling tho1 process by the Swiss title will , of course not affect the disposition of the people toward It , and until the nusaes show more Interest In the chances to vole which they now enjoy there Is little en couragement to multiply the number. 1'l.AI.V TAI.IC ( ) \ IXJUXCTIOXS. OonilllloiiN ( lint lo Xo ( Call for I'Vil- ral liil 'l-lVri'iri' . Hartford ( Conn. ) Cournnt. What earthly legitimate business or er rand had that West Virginia coal comnmy In a federal court ? What "federal nutation" Is Involved In these disputes , except ca one of the constructive and sleazy variety b manufactured to order by the device of put ting forward a stockholder residing In eome othil.- state to file the bill of complaint ? Take the case of the Monongah company. H trcapafa upon the property had been com mitted or was threatened , the state laws were there to punish. The only peace Ir , any ipomlblo danger of being broken woe ; the peace of West Vlrglna. | Interstate com merce was not araallcdl Nobody was atop- pIcB Iho United States malls , or menacing United Stated property , or Inciting rebellion against the government of the United Statw. The governor hrfu'riot , oven dreamed of certifying ' ' tifying to I'rcslJfc'llfi'fcKlnley the existence of Insurrection 2r domestic violence beyond the state's power to suppress , How does Judge Jackson of'tltf circuit court of the Unltotl States conia to'bo ' meddling and mak ing In the domestic alThlrs of West Virginia ? Hla apologlsls'jow ] ; ' ay that he did noth ing 'but ' forbid al'ts tliat are unlawful. Th& laws themselves "Nail flone that long before the public ever Warn of him. That Is what the lawn are for.'What Judges are for Iii to expound and 'i/flpf ' } ' the laws , and to do their part In nountU- . and orderly wayd toward making them terrible to actual law breakers. It Is In the lieresL | | of the courts them selves , of the federal judiciary aa well aa of the country , tltet p protest against even the appearance oSvunrilmse ot their powers. There has been ffi ) JJJf'ch ' of It already , and ' the nxTiilts camu to'the surface last year In the Chicago convention and the cam paign that foIlowed.tJ The typical Bryan dcm- ocrats were aa blLUr- against the federal judges as against. Clio Wall street bankers Wo do not want to ECO any more uuch cam paigns In thla country ; We want to see the courts of the United States securely bulwarked on every sideaa ( they Imvo been for so many years ) by the confidence and the veneration of- the people. Wo do not Imllqvo that the sight of a federal judge ! fulminating novel and unnecessary Injunc tions from the bench , aa an apparent pre liminary to the substitution of Nummary "contempt" procpfdlngd fqr the ordinary , or derly processes of the law , tends to Insure this result. We believe It la a sight dis turbing Mil odious to the people. And wfl hope to see no more of It. Better a thou sand occasional trespass and turbulences than a sapping of the people's belief in their government. Whim that goes , the foundations go. AUVAM'IXH I'llOSPISIllTV. Detroit Kreo Press : If you luvo any retraining - training doubt ns to restored confidence , tnko a few ( map flints at the cavorting bull on Wall street. Then note the broad look ot satUfactlon on the face of the farmer who Is felling wheat to KMropo and getting 100 cents on the dollar. There's millions In It , nnd an era of mortgage lifting Is at hand , Detroit Journal : Good times are here. The Mgns proclaim It. The fact cannot be concealed. Kvcry prediction made by the friends ot the protective theory ha * been fulfilled , Every promise Is being redeemed. It the Dlnglcy law has tint brought about the changti wo are not disposed to quarrel over it. The change Is here. The transition Is going on with encouraging rapidity. Indianapolis Journal : The unml9takjblo signs o' returning prosperity continue to multiply. The business of the clearing house cities of the country for the week end ing July .10 ehowcd an Increase of 26 per cent over the same week hi 1SOG ; the week ending August C showed an Increase of 23 per cent over the same week In 1S9C , and the week ending yesterday shows an In crease of nearly 36 per cent over the same week of last year. It Is safe to say that the smaller cities , which transact their bu I- nos without the aid of clearing housiv , are sharing In the gain. Minneapolis Times : With the passing awuy of the hard times , resulting not from tariff legislation tir from any other artificial cause , there will be lois political discontent and a return to genuine and solid business conditions. For all of which wo shall be under obligation to the k-indly forces of nature which Imvo contributed to the abundant yield of the farms. There are signs , we , think , that the stagnation of busi ness will disappear with the marketing of the now crops. The Inllow of $100.000,000 and more Into the northwest mutt make an enormous change in the condition of Its people. Kaunas City Star : The total bank clear ings of the country last week are II per cent larger than the clearings In the corresponding spending week of the very prosperous year of 18U2. The fact that the Increase In business Is eo general , and Is quite ns large In nearly all the smaller cities as In the larger 'ones , shows that the Improvement In the Nltuatlon extends to the consumer of goods and I.M not alone due to the laying In ot supplier by merchants , In anticipation of better business later on. The country merchant , the laboring man and the farmer are enjoying their full fharo of the better times , and It Is this circumstance which gives assurance that the enlarged volume of business will be maintained , and probably will go on swelling to yet larger proportions. Chicago Post : No Interest In the coun try Is now engaging EO much public atten tion on account of tin * phenomenal prosperity It Is enjoying as agriculture. The farmer Is today klug of the situation , with hla ag gregate wealth Increasing by the tens of millions dally. Every successive upward move of the markets add. ? vast hoards to his already overflowing coffers. Through him renewed activity Is being givento every industry and every business enterprise. The workshops and -factories are filled with busy workmen ; the railroads are putting every wheel Into motion ; the storekeepers see their business places crowded with customen ? ; banks find their deposits Increasing with bounds and all because of the prosperity of the farmer. AXII OT1I12IIWISI3. Fifty cents' a glass Is not a prohibitive tariff on beer at Dawson City. When the American people want a thing they want it. A "horso swapping" convention was held at Winder , Ga. , last week. For three days the swapping went on , and 3,000 head of stock changed hands. No attempt was made to compute the stories swapped. The Canadian government has definitely fixed upcn 10 per cent on $500 or less and 20 per cent on amounts above that sum as Its rakcoff on Klondikegold. . What per cent the mosquitoes extract from the prospectors has not been definitely ascertained yet. William Watson Woollen of Indianapolis has bought a forty-acre tract of latid In the Wildest and most beautiful part of the suburbs of that city and will glvo It to Indianapolis as a public park. Ho Intends to preserve it In 1U wild stale and cultivate as many birds as possible on It. A largo part of the money necessary to purchase Elmwood , Lowell's old home , nnd to Incorporate It Into the park system of Cambridge , has been raised by prominent citizens , and there Is a vigorous effort uuder way to Induce the city 'to appropriate the additional amount needed to complete the arrangement. There Is an eminent physician In London who takes the position that the health of the people would be , on an average , better and the duration of human life longer , It there were not a practicing physician in the world. In other words , ho favors the Idea often tersely expressed In the words , "physicians kill more people than they cure. " The figure nlno has a peculiar connection with the career of the emperor ot Germany. His majesty Is the ninth king of Prussia ; he was born In the fifty-ninth year of the century , entered the army In I860 , and com pleted his university career In 1879. The dates of his birth and marriage , January 27 and February 27 , both make nlno It thu figures two and seven are added together. A lightning bolt made a desperate effort to reach a resident of Perry , Okl. , a few- days ago. The Intended victim was snoozing comfortably In a bed when the flash dropped In by way of the chimney. But it did not connect. By way of revenge It mna'hed the bedstead and fused the wire spring. The occupant ot the bed dropped to the floor and was tucked under a coverlet of plaster. "Oliver Wendell Holmes , " says the Boston Globe , "son ot the poet , a Justice of the ) supreme court of Massachusetts , Is so gen erally known as Judge Holmes that nobody ever thinks of referring to him as 'Colonell Holnifs. He Is entitled , however , to that ap pellation. His record during the war Is full of the most exciting Incidents. Ho wrs wounded severely four times , and for each ! wound ho received a title. Hu was made cap tain of the Twentieth Massachusetts Infantry llrat , and for gallant and meritorious serv ices at Ball'rt Bluff was created major. For gallant and meritorious services at Antletam he wus breveted lieutenant colonel , and for gallant and meritorious services at Chancel- lorsvllle they made him a. colonel , The curiosity of a daughter of Eve , which led her to pry Into the mystic doings ot King Ak-Sar-Ben , and had her curiosity sat isfied by being led before the court and duly Initiated , bos a sister In a New York woman similarly afflicted with a hankering for mas culine secrets. After having watched the ceremonies of the Royal Arcanum and the Order of Foresters , she ported ucreelf cm a fire escape and aaw the lied Men dancing arnniid a paleface tied lo n stake. In strict confidence she described the spectacle to her friends , and consequently will bo called upon to respond to the following section In the penal cede of New York : "Eaves dropping A person who secretly loiters about a building , with Intent to overhear discourse therein , and to repo.it or publish the same to vex or annoy or Injure others , Is guilty of a misdemeanor. " IOWA IMIKSS CO.MMRXT. Sioux City Tribune : In Ohio the populists refused to longer occupy , the democratic bed , and In Virginia the democrats kicked the populists out and pulled all the covers over thomsolve , , Dubuqtio Tltnrs ; A dispatch from Omaha says that railway companies can't get earn enough to move the Immense crop produced In Nebraska. The president 'Will have In- fplratlon enough la the grand crops to write an eloquent Thanksgiving proclamation , Davenport Democrat : Ono of these bright days corn will begin to bulge , There Is not much e > ald about It , owing to the great demand - mand abroad for wheat , but the Indian grain Is thu staple. It turns more money Into the pocketa of the producers than wheat. Burlington Hawkeye : The telephone service lu 'Burlington Is now exceedingly rhcap too cheap , becau o It cannot bo per manently sustained at the present low and losing rates. JUvhleoce telephones are now rented at $15 a year , and whuro "party lines" are used ( several phones on one wire ) , they cost $8 a year. Tbcse prices are the result of competition , Davenport Republican : Governor Drake expects to bo able to attend thu Ktato con vention of the Christian church , to be held at Oskalootia August 30. He ta president ot ttin aseoclatlon , and U transacting tbo bus- ) nuss of the executive , office from Centervlllo as far as possible. He now gc-ts around the hou a on one crutch and a caue , and has a ateuograpber with lilia. GOSSIP AHOUT MTI > I ) I'KOl'l.i : . Itobcrt C. Wtnlhrop , jr. ot Boston , has recently Riven to the 0 rot on Public library an Autograph letter ot Deano Wlnthrop , a younger on of Governor John Wlnthrop mid one of the founders of Groton. The name of Dcnno WIi\throt > stands t the head ot the earliest list of selectmen appointed by the general court , In May , 1C55 , and In compliment to him and his family tbo town was named titter their toigllsh home. The letter , d.ucd December 1C , 1GC2 , Is supposed to Imvo been written nt Grotun , and Is addressed to bis cider brother , John Wlnthrop , Jr. , afterward governor of the colony of Connecticut. During a recent visit to Moscow ' . 'nurt Tolstoi observed a pollcom.in taking n drunken man to the station with some vigor The count stopped him and said : "Can jou read ? " "Yes , " was the reply. "And have you read the gospel ? " "Yes , sir. " "Then you ought to know that we * should not offend our neighbor. " The constable looked the count up and down , noticing his filinbln ap pearance , and asked : "Can you read ? " "Yes , " said Tolstoi. "And have you re.id the Instructions to the police ? " "No. " "Very well , then , go and read thorn tlrtt , and then como back and talk to me again. " The eccentric WdMnm t , . Wlnans , who died recently In London , was a son of the Inventor and locomotive builder , Itoss Wlnans of Baltimore. The father made a fortune from his great railway supply works at Baltimore- years ago. and his son found a gold mine hi the building ot the St. Peters burg & Moscow railroad for the Russian government. William's L.'s narrow escape from shipwreck on the way over to Husali frightened him to that he never returned home , and he married and settled -In Eng land. < Aiu.ro the sweep of his Imperial for tune , particularly In the acquirement and conduct ot the great game pre ervcs , kept him well lu the public eye. Ho never traveled except In a special train , and had no taste for singing' other than Pattl's. Ono of his hobbles was the Invention end con struction of various designs of cigar-shaped : lil | > s , on three of which ho spent $2,000.000 to no purpose whatever. John Green Brady of Indiana , who has been appointed governor of Alaska , never knew his parents. Ho grow up a veritable street arab in the utmost poverty. In 1SGO I" ? was sent to Indiana with a load of waifs. The car reached Tlpton , n county seat thirty miles north of Indianapolis , nnd a number of the youngsters were committed to the earo ot residents. Judge John Green , n prominent resident , caled for the "ugliest raggedest and most friendless" In the lot ! Jack , as he was afterward known , was promptly presented-and the judge took the lad home. He appreciated his home and the litiidm-fM of his benefactors , and dili gently applied himself to study. A course at the public schools was followed by a year at Waveland academy , mid that'by four years at Harvard. After he had been graduated from Cambridge he was sent by Judge Green to England to imrinin his the ological studies. Returning to Tlpton in 1S7C , Iho next year he went to Alaska ns n missionary under the auspices of the Pres byterian church , and ho has lnce remained there. Captain Patrick Hcnry'Ray. who Is to command the new military post at Clrele City , Alaska , has an excellent record as A soldier and also ns an explorer. He took part In many of the battles of the civil war. In 1872 , and the year following , lie was a member of General Stanley's first and second expeditions to the Yellowstone. Ho was acting signal onicer from May , 1SS1 , till June , 1SS5. Ho was assigned 'to the command of the International polar expedi tion to Point Harrow , Alaska , June. ISS1 ; railed from San Francisco and landed at Plover Bay. Siberia , August 21 , 1SS1 , and at Point Barrow , Alaska , September S , 1SS1. Ho established and commanded the meteor ological station at Uglaamle- , Alaska , to ' .Au gust 23 , 1S83 , when the station was aban doned. During 1882 and 1SS3 he made two expeditions Into the interior , traveling over ono thousand miles In an unexplored region with dogs and sledge. Ho discovered and partly surveyed Meade river , picked up Lieutenant Schwatka and party at Redoubt Mlchttclofsky September 13 , 1883 , and landed In San Francisco October , 1883. Of all the expeditions sent out by the Unltctl Slates government olllclally his was the only one that passed two years In the Arctic without losing a single life or that did not come to grief. Congressman Hepburn ofIowa tells how he once got back a $2,000 office by knowing how to pronounce Sioux. "I had been chief cleric , " ho says , "of the Iowa house of rep resentatives for several terms , but the wheel of political fortune had finally brought In a house that was not as friendly as I could wish. Another candidate appeared , and he and I had a warm fight , with the result that ho dsfeated me by a few votes In the republican caucus. The house waa organ ized , and thin man was duly elected chief clerk. It so happened that the first paper ho had to read was a communication rela tive to the Sioux Indians. The name 'Sioux' appeared very frequently , and the new clerk persisted In calling It 'SI-oux , ' to the dis gust of the old westerners , who had been accustomed to the correct pronunciation all their llvco. As soon as the house adjourned on the Ilrst day one of the republican lead ers asked all republicans to remain for a caucus. The caucus having been convened , this gentleman arose and said : 'I move that the present chief clerk be discharged and that J. P. Hepburn , the former chief cleric of this body , 'bo re-elected. Wo want a man who knows how to pronounce "Sioux. " ' The motion was adopted unan imously , and I was reinstated because I knew better than to call 'Sioux' Sl-oux. ' " WIIBAT AXI ) SIIA'UII. They Wt r So X - iul.nn Full Mini Now So l > 'ar Apart. New York Journal of Commerce. Senator Teller , ono of the honcstrat and mcvit Intelligent of the sllvcrltcs , has been again Interviewed on his way home , 'this ( line at Omaha , and expressed his surprise dial anybody should think that the rlso of whuat had any bearing on the silver ques tion. He thliikB It should be perfectly Hear to everyone that wheat Is up because there Is a shortage. But Mr. Teller and all hln associates have been telling us tor yeart that the only reason why wheat went down was that silver was going down In consequence quence of being "degraded. " So that , ac cording to the senior senator from Colorado , when wheat goes down It Is on account of the "crime ot 1873 , " but when It tfreH up It la due to an Irsulllclent supply. Mr. Teller can BOO a deficiency very plainly , but an excessive supply ho Is entirely bilnd to. It Is Impossible that this sort of Incon sistency should not In the course ot tlino undermine the Influence of the silver lead ers ; It Is inconceivable that even dull appre hensions should bo permanently enthralled by the nutiacnso of the sllverlUs. In this same interview Mr. Teller said : "When In dia and South American countries hud a good crop of wheat they sold It for silver and received about twice * the value In their money that an American farmer would re ceive. " Wo will venture to nay that Tif't Teller 1ms told his audiences more than a hundred t linen that prices In allver-uslng countries have not risen ; that the "rupee would buy as much as It ever did , " and all that sort of thing , What the sllvcrltes call reasoning Is Dimply a process of thimble- rigging. Royal nukes the food pure , \siolesomoand ! delicious. POWDER Absolutely Pure kOVAl IAKINO POWCtll CO. , NIW VORIC. MW I.VVUXTIOXS. In apartment hoimo * Iho iie of n bell boy Is done away with by having cullers telcpnono from the door to the people they wl h to visit , when the door la opened by moons ot a sliding plato set In the door frame , to be rtr wn by a cord running to each apartment , the device also outwitting agents and sales men. men.A A Virginia woman hns patented a guard to keep cyclers from catching their heels In the spokes when mounting the wheel by the t < tip , a flat steel spring with a hole In one end beIng - Ing Ilppod over the end of the shaft and held fust by the nut. the spring being cm-veil back on a line with the heel ns the foot rests on the step. Smokers will bo pleased with a llttlo do- vlco which 19 Intended for use In lighting a plpet or cigar \\hen the wind blows , a semi circular sMeld being fUted with a luMlnw handle , which Is corrugated Inside to Ignlto a match as It Is pushed Into the handle from the opposite end , the head of thu match renting lu the center of the shield to light the cigar. CVCt.'l. ! . Tii : > Ttl Tll'ICI.r. . Detroit Journal ! "The unexproted nlways hnppiMis , " remarked the obsi'iviT of men mnl thine * . "jmt abo.it IIM much us the 50 to 1 shot ulwuya takes Detroit Free 1'resw "What does Ulller nii-.iu bv riding nrouml every ihiy In nu Ice wagon ? " "lln'st In training for the new gold region. " Indlanai'olls Journal : "What n. liar Wick- wire Is. llf snys th.it they tnuxht l > r aizo casting at school when he was n boy. " "Ho Is not n llur. 1 U-urlied to pilch penults ut school inyreir. " Puck ; "Dear uu-l" cxi-lnlmcit thi * liy ; "tlii < o lialrl-lu-ndcd nu-ii are vrry ami > .vlng Not ono of tlu-iii will sit still a second after 1 light on hla lu'iul. " Imllnimpolls Journal : "Carter has such a pretty llttlo wlfo. " "Yos. Hut la- tell * me that It coots Juit UK much to dress n little nnoM ; It ( lees n big one. She Is | IM ! s-ooond , yon ktiiw ? " rhleairo Tribune : " \\'e have name kind of calamity Fhrlckcr with us nil tbo time. " nighud t'lielo Allen Simrks. "Just n form an the wall about hanl times begin. * to stop and thliiL'H 1'Ok ' a little cheerful , here eome.s the katydid prudlcllni ; nil early frost. " Cleveland Loader : She What was tbo Ilrst thing you thought lifter you had pro- Hosed to mo 7 He * I thought what a fool I'll bt-on to cvor have any doubt that you'd fay "S es , " con sidering the way you jumped at tbo chnnrc. Chicago lioecrd : "Widows * arc so peiisl- tlvo. Mrs. Me Fit it doesn't H > euk to mi > any more. " "What Is the matter ? " "I told her 1 illiln't like tbo white dove In her lint : It looked IIM If she might have hnil It left over from 'Gates Ajar. " Puck : "I know , " paid the African chief , bitterly , "tlmt your peoplu will sxjouor or Inter grab my territory. " "Don't usi * mch harsh eMir-eMo'iP , " said tbo Kuropcnn diplomat , ( soothingly.o may vomo time * tlnil it uecosxiry to rtvtlfy our frontier , but don't talU about grabbing territory. " Cleveland Plain Dealer : Over the 'Phone- Yes , this Is Mnml. Ob , Is that you , Oeorno ? Well , what did papa H.iy ? Wbat'n that ? You didn't nilnilhnt bo mildV Well , what illil ho do ? fiood gr. > elou > < ! Did he ? And you can't nit down ? Where are you now , CJeorge ? In the hospital ! Dear ! dear ! Detroit Journal : "What nu uurponkable costume ! " oxeliilmoil the emperor , Irritably. "You ought to bo Ihod. " The maiuliirln with the yellow jacket trembled visibly. "I am not aware , ' "he faltered , "of belnu dresF-ed to kiln. " In tlmt oimntry the jokes were not uullka the political s\sleiu : that Is to say , about as old and vicious as over comes down thr pike. TIIK KAIt.1II-HS' KLONDIKE. St. T rmls ItcpnMlc. You may talk about your airship Or Amlreo'M bl ; ; b.illou. Or the late."t thing in nian-tllcht That Is aimed to roach tho. moon , 15ut tbo liveliest 1lyur of today That nothing ! > ? < ! can beat. Is the farmers' own production America. ' * } crop of wheat ! Ob , the whole \vlde world Is after It. They need It for their bread ; They're short In tbolr own granaries nnd Nnuchti else will do Instead. So they ntt-p right up to Uncle Sam And his high prices meet. Vor the farmers' golden Klondike yield- America's crop of wheat ! 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 , b u t 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 desh'able styles , and at prices that are positively as low as can be. Our guarantee with every garment. BROWNING , KINO & GO. B. W. Cor. IStU and