Nebraska Newspapers

    TITTS OMATTA DAILY 15ERt TTTJSSDAY , ATJO-ITST 17. 1807.
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K. nOSBWATBK. Editor.
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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. "
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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.
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