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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1897)
12 THE OMAHA DAILY InUliJ : HP"NDAY , AUGUST 22 , IS 07. TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY Hu& r. . UOSKttAir.il , ledllnr. KVKItY MOKNIKd. TKttMM 01' MUltWIUPTIUNt Pultr li ( Without ! ntUr ) , On Y r..MW IwlljItw n < t Knnrtny. On Ymr . * * Mmith < . i * Thr * > l..nlh . IW HuM y , On * YMF. . . . . . 4. . . ' I" ' HMtnrdAr | t . On Yr . . . . . . . . . 1 { \\wkl ) Itec. On * Ycur . . M UKI'ICIM : OmMm : TIT rttt IKilMlnc. Hoiilh t'mmm : ' OltiRW l k. , Cor. N nml Still Ht\ Ounrti UluRi : l I'raH tlrvri. Ohlcnim offlw : JIT ctttnlr ot cwmmrffe. New York : llootn tl , l < niifl Ik , Tillmno Ml foiitlmtlh All pommtmlca timid rrlntlin In ! ! nm ( rtjltn. Mil nntllrr Mioitltl niMmwmt ; To Ilic IMttor. llfJUN'nsS l.UTTKI'S. AH l-mlnf-M li-tli-rc mul rrmtltunewi tliould 1 > n.l.liM.oi ! In Td llw ruMloliliiic OmipHny , Unmlm ! n fl . rhrrtt * . * M'f < * * mid | m ti tllc money orrlrin in ! m d | > ny * Jle to the uruer ef the t-ninixiiiy. . . TIII : nun rriH.isiiiNii COMIAM. 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If ? on rniuiot ci-l it lli > i * tin a ( rain from lln- IM\S iiiicnt , Vl"1" ' report I IKfin - 1 , -.Inllnn lli < - trulii and riillriintl lo tli ( > Clrcnlndou ] ) i- | > iirliiiiil of Tin * lire. Tin : ! ! < < IH fur Mile on nil train * . IXSIST ON IIVVIM ; TIIK mci : . PA1ITIKS I.IMVINH KOIl THIS St'.MMUH li-nvliiK : tlir i-lty for tin * Miitmiirr 11111 linvt * Tliu HIMNi < iil to tliciu ri-Ktiliirly llj llllllfjIllK Till * 1U > 1 > llllMl- ni'MH olllrr In ] > tkrNou or liy tun 1 1. Tinnildri'sM ivlll lit * rltaiiKi'il UN iiflrn UN ilivHlrt'il * Q'Uis Is the fnrinprs" year. Tlio calamity howler must xo to thi > roar. JsVbraska fnmu'rs will nilil the profits of n bl Hpiilo crop to tla-ir ether protlts this year. Govoninu'tit by Injuiictlon carrlt-tl to it * lo ii-il limit Is InjiiiiL'tlnii njrainst popular ovornuiont. Bountor M'asou of Illinois will soon have lo move up again the date set by him for tile ueoonipHsliniunt of Cuban liberty. " AVlient brings the hluhest jirlco it has brought in years ami Nebraska has this year raised half again as much wheat ap it over raised. Why would not Labor Day be a pood-day to celebrate the settlement of the. loiiff-pemllnc labor difliiMiltles In the coal mining fields ? The political party that cannot thrive on anything but calamity cannot have very hopeful prospects when prosperity Is rising up all around It. Another sign of good times Is the re- Ttort that Nebraska soli promises to be in prime condition for fall plowing in -rtlmost every part of the slate. A few more duels in which the partici pants really Inflict wounds upon one uu- otlier and the practice of dueling will lose its popularity with Kuropean roy alty. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Tlie railroads , banks and big business corporations will get their share of the benefits of improving Industrial condi tions , but the great bulk of the profit goes to the producer and toller. Barring occasional showers. Jhls is pic nic weather that cannot be easily im proved on , and the fact Is not being over looked by the HOfU-tics and organizations that indulge their members In the pleas ures ; of an annual picnic. ? s"ow that the federal courts down In Tennessee have gone into the business of arbitrating the differences between the railroads and the ticket scalpers It may become unnecessary for congress to come to the rescue with anti-KcalpIng legislation. Kor entertaining reading go back and peruse some of the dire predictions of disaster made by the popocratle orators during the campaign last year which they said wen * sure to come true If the | x oplf should be M > rash an to elect William McKlnley president. If high prices based on depreciated sil ver money were such a dfhlrable thing a * iMTslstently asserted by free coinage dcluxlonlstx tin * attractions of Mexico for capitalists and laborers ought to Increase an the price of silver got-s down. Hut Komi-how or other they do not. 1'iTU has ordered Its now postage stamp * pi luted In this country , and Costa Kltii Is at-king the I'nltcd State * to uudertakv the mintage of UK new gold colm * . The South American conn , trie * know whore lo apply wbrii they want a Job of really lr tluiw ; work done. One of ilui iWliotin | dlKciiKKcd at the bankers' convention at Detroit wns , "llmv Khali the American banking lii.-tlnew be made more iiKt-fiilV' That ought to IMS an easy one. Try giving bunk paining greater banking facilities tor Humller charge * uud ICBM Irrltutlny annoyance * . t , w trr ; ; * of ivm.rr ruwrnx ' * ( do not know Con ( inllngher lull mntely , and 1 know nothltiR of his record e.xrvpt that lie tins been postmnstrr anil 1.4 at present deputy In th < < cnstonm house. 1 have thine whio business ttlth him and always coiislilei-cd lilm ipabte mid Intelligent , and though he has no experience In the police department , jet 1 see no reason why he should tint . * > eon hccoinr familiar with the duties , and 1 know of in ) rt-nson why he should be associated with or partial to any people In our I'lty who are not law-abiding. 1 hope he imiy hove without prejudice : i fair opportunity to show what he can ( In. And I hope that both lie and the police commission will put nsldo all pol- Itlcx. " This Is the exact language used by a prominent business man tthen asked his opinion of the appointment of C. V. ( ial- lagheras chief of police. While It Is de cidedly nt variance with thp geneial sentiment of the l > n ilnes i community , wo ( littite It to show how readily men of standing are led trt actjulesce In an net which threatens to Intllct the most seri ous disorders upon the city In reckless disregard of the demands and Interests of the taxpayers. The city of Omaha Is entitled to the most ample police protection which the j proceeds of the taxes levied specially for police purposes will alTonl. The members of the police commission who control the expenditure of the police fund are pledged under tmth to make only xueh appointments and promotions In the forcit as will promote and Insure Its greatest etllclency. They could not live up to that oath without selecting as the chief of police the most competent and experienced man available. If a police commissioner had to choose be tween his oath of otllce and an order of Governor Holcomb In palpable violation of the letter and spirit of the law. he should have either disregarded the law less Instruction of the governor or ten der him his resignation. ruder monarchical governments lin king can do no wrong. In a republic the chief executive of the nation or the state Is as much bound by the laws as the humblest citizen liu the laud , and when ever he oversteps the law no subordin ate tiilicer has the right to obey. Neither Governor Holcomb nor the police com mission will contend that In the ap pointment of Chief-elect Gallagher they had In view solely the best Interests of the service and were not actuated by political motives. They cannot even pretend that Gallagher Is possessed of any iiiialtllcatloiiN whatever for reor ganizing , directing or disciplining the police , or for protecting ( lie city and citi zens from professional criminals. Would any prudent business man Jeopardize the success of an establish ment that requires technical or - professional sional skill In its management by plac ing nt its head a man who had never been engaged in his line of business ? Would he entrust the supreme control of a factory , a mill or a railroad to a man who had never seen the inside of a factory or a mill or had never been con nected with manufacturing or railroad ing ? Yet business men thoughtlessly ex press u willingness to let the city experi ment with a man as chief of police who , at the age of17 , has yet to serve an ap prenticeship in police work. They reck lessly consent to expose the lives of their wives and children to the assaults of thugs , thieves and housebreakers and leave strangers invited to visit Omaha at the mercy of gamblers , swindlers , and professional confidence men of all descriptions. Without knowing Galla gher except as deputy surveyor of cus toms , they blindly assume that he will not play into the hands of the-lawless classes , when , if they made inquiry , they would find that Mr. Gallagher was made chief at the Instance and through the in- tlucnce of the keepers of disorderly and lawless resorts and the shyster lawyers whom they retain on their pay roll. They would discover that in selecting a boss politician for chief of police , the gov ernor and the police board have made the police force a part of the political macJiine which Is to be used In forcing contributions from all who come under police surveillance. Instead of being a matter to be passed over with indifference as a harmless ex periment , the selection of a man of the stamp of Con Gallagher for chief of police Is a matter of grave public con cern , especially when , In view of the im pending state fair and the forthcoming exposition , the city needs the best police protection the money at its disposal can command. Tin : cosuL < in SB/men. A short time ago an American consul whose term had explred'gave out an in terview In which lie defended the con sular service of the United States uga'n t the attacks Unit have been made upon It , asserting that as a whole It is equal in efficiency to the service of any other nation. lie urged , however , that It might be Improved by the introduction of certain reforms , such as would give permanence of tenure , promotion for merit and so on. It was a good defense and the suggestions made were In the main sound. Recently ex-Consul Orlando II. Haker of Iowa hail a communication In the New York I'ress relative to the consular serv ice. In which lie defends It against the accusations that have bt-cn made , assert ing that no facts have hcn adduced In show that our consular service IH less elllclent than that of any other govern ment. This Is all very well as a general statement , but it does not do away with the fact that there Is a good deal of evi dence showing that the service Is not so elllclent as It should be. Mr. Baker is opposed to applying civil service reform principles to the consular service. He does not believe In permanent tenure for contmbi , but would leave that service open to the spoilsmen and maintain It as a refuge for politicians who are dlscred- Htil at home or persons who desire to upend a few years abroad at the expense of the governmenl. In this respect we venture to think that Mr. Bnkur Is a long way behind tlw times , We know of no prominent man In the country , not an advocate of the spoils system generally , who IH opjwjued to applying civil service reform principle * lu the consular uervlce mid divorcing that service from politico The cninmrrclnl Interests of the- country concrrned In having an efllclent consular service sire strongly In favor of the pro posed reform. Intelligent public senti ment favors It. It Is unfortunate that the consular service should need to be defended 'that It should be so vulnerable to attack as In call out such communications as that of Mr. linker. It ought to be a service In which all Americans would take pride and feel confidence. We do not question that there are many capable and faithful men in It men who are thoroughly American In feeling and who are doing the very best they can to promote the Interests of Ilielr country abroad. Most of these men have been long In the serv ice , having been retained through sev eral administrations. It may also be ad mitted that the service as u whole has Improved In clllclcney and usefulness within the last twenty years , lint It has not attained Hint high standard which ought to distinguish It and It Is hardly possible that It ever will do so while It continues lo available for rewarding political services. It needs to be placed on a strictly business basis , us Is the cane with the consular services of other great commercial nations. It must be entirely divorced from politics. Those appointed to It should be assured of re maining In It so long as they diligently and faithfully performed their duties anil be adequately paid. Wllli these conditions provided ; the consular service of the l.'nltcd States could be made equal to the best in the world. TlIK i'KOI'/.K'S JSM 1'I.VHS. Among the papers read before the con vention of bankers at Detroit the past week was one by Mr. Myron T. llerrlck of Cleveland , O. , on savings banks , he being the president of one of these In stitutions in that city. In the course of his remarks Mr , llerrick referred to the demand for postal savings banks , which it is perhaps needless to say he does not regard with favor. Mr. Ilerriek said It scorned to him that an argument for government assumption of the guardianship of the people's nioiuvv must be based on the premise that the government could employ the money in carrying a permanent debt , ' as does Great Britain and other countries , but , said he , "the debt of our country Is not permanent In Its nature and In prosperous times it has been rapidly liquidated. " lie felt confident , there fore , "that In the future , as In the past , the people will view with misgiving any movement in that , direction. " This is not a new objection to a postal sav ings bank system and It is not a par ticularly forceful one. It Is not neces sary that there should be a public debt In order to have postal savings banks. The government would simply receive at designated postotllces deposits * ' of money within certain limitations , issuing notes or certillcates therefor bearing a low rate of interest , as should be provided by law. These deposits would be avail able for the use of the government. This money might be used for paying oft the public debt or for any other purpose. It would be in the nature of a popular loan to the government. Now , why should there be any misgiving , as Mr. llerrick suggests , about this ? The deposits would be absolutely secure. They would be paid on demand. No sort of linanclal disturbance could impair their safety , because the faith of the government would be pledged to their payment. The benefit to the government , for which it could well afford to pay a moderate an nual interest , would be In the fact that It would always have on hand a fund for any exigency. Of course opposition to a postal sav ings bank 'system Is to be expected from those who are Interested in the privateer or mutual savings banks , but the system is not necessarily hostile to these insti tutions. They would still have deposit ors who desired a higher rate of interest thau tlie government would pay. Hut this opposition exists and it will not be very easily overcome. There is no doubt , however , that the sentiment in favor of postal savings banks isj growing and it is very likely to be strongly exerted upon the present congress. FtKAftCitAJ , Estimates of the amount of American indebtedness abroad , represented by various forms of securities , range from $1,000,000,000 to Sli.OOO.OOO.OOO. With such a mass of obligations , liable to be thrown upon our market at any time that foreign holders may desire to real ize on them , we cannot have absolute financial Independence , but some recent circumstances indicate that we are mov ing in lluit direction and suggest that the time may not be very remote when It will bo no longer necessary to go to foreign markets for capital to float American securities or to carry on Amer ican enterprises. The recent heavy unloading of our se curities by European holders and their ready absorption by American buyers evidenced the large supply of capital available for tills purpose and it Is sahl to have been something of a surprise to the foreign financiers , though of course they profited by It. The fact that In a single week about H.r.00,000 shares of stock anil some $20,000,000 In bonds were absorbed by American cap ital , without any appreciable effect upon the money market , was a striking Illus tration of tlie financial resources of the country. But this Is not the only one. A short time ago one block of bonds of ? N(000fK ) ) { ) issued by Now York City was Instantly taken by American buyers nnd another block of . $ HKKM)0 ! ) ) Issued by the Metropolitan Traction company of that city was similarly taken up by the homo market. A New York paper observes Hint the battle of week before last In Hie stock market determined tem porarily , at least , the question whether the I'nlted States Is to be financially In dependent of Kurope and says the Im pression there Is that it marked the turning point In the financial relations which the 1'nlted .States has In the past maintained with the rich nations of Europe. This may not prove to be an entirely accurate view of the situation , for It seems to leavu out of consideration the fact that there Is a comparatively moderate - orate amount of capital going into pro ductive enterprises , but still there seems to be no reason to doubt that If the tie maud In this direction should be largely Increased , as It may be within the next year or two , the supply of capital In the United .States would still be found to be ample. However , our Independence of European capital Is still some way off and the most we can do at present Is to congratulate ourselves upon th < evidence that we are making progress toward Its attainment. If we reach It within say the next quarter of a ecu- tuny we slmlHlrf well , yet It seems Hint this Is possibility we make such progress In Hint tlmi fty material development and In inereagllTg our capital us has been made durlng'tfie last twenty-live yoaru. It Is perhaps questionable whether this will be done. At all events the attain ment of linanclal Independence Is greatly to be desired -everything pointing In that direction Is cause for gratifica tion and gratulatlon. Agitation in favor of lower Insurance rates Is not confuted to Omaha. In nearly all the large cities of the country the underwriters are being called upon to explain why decreased tire risks and diminution of losses by tire do not justify a de mand for reduced Insurance rates. The use of fireproof materials In the construction of buildings , the Improve ment In their lighting and heating , the better policing of cities and advances made In the efficiency of our lire-fighting forces , have revolutionized lire Insur ance. Such conflagrations as the great Chicago lire have become a physical Im possibility and Incendiarism minimized. These facts constitute cogent reasons for very material reductions lu lire policy premiums. The New York tire commission recently made a formal demand upon the lire un derwriters for a reduction of rates 'in that city on the ground of lessened risks anil Improved lire protect Urn. To this de mand the Insurance rate makers made the following response : There la no question tlmt a permanent re duction In the rate of tire loss to Insurable property must eventually be followed by a reduction In the Insurance rates. This Is a law which we cannot resist The disposi tion ot experienced underwriters Is , however , decidedly In favor of. such adjustment of the rnto to the loss rate na a matter of good business .policy. Furthermore , this Is recognized as a legiti mate and commendable demand on the part of these whose good administration may have contributed to a permanent and sub stantial reduction In the rate ot flro loss that such successful effort should be re warded and encouraged by a readjustment of insurance rates. , The excellent work done by your commission whoso results you fortify by fiKuree and statistics appears to be entitled to .suck recognition. But , as a matter of fact , the fire under writers have forestalled your request. They , of course , watbh vtry closely tlio statistics of the subject' ' , ana , being In dally touch with them , they b'egan almost Immediately after the time 'when , as your figures show , the improvement began , to respond by a re duction In rates. Such reduction has gone steadily on for over two yeans past , and to day the averag6 rates are from 10 to 15 per cent lower than two years ago. The reduc tion' ' Is still ; sn.j5. . . onj and oq an increasing scale. | If the Improvement In the rate of lire loss continues , It Is more than probable that an other twelve months will witness a further reduction equal to that of the last year. The method of such reduction may not be of the exact character that you would prescribe. It has not , so far , taken the form or a flat and sudden scaling of rates by a percentage' duction. There are reasons which an under writer could explain which have made the process of reduction by classes more proper. This is a very ingenious plea to bolster up tlie pernicious system of discrimina tive rate making Iliat has been intro duced throughout the country. Instead of giving insurers as a whole the benefit of decreased risks and losses , the insur ance magnates single out favored policyholders - holders for special rebates and leave the uncomplaining or uninitiated property owner paying rates established when losses W rc high. What Insurers have a right to demand and are entitled to IK fair rates for all and favors for none. A policy that tolerates discrimination is based on Injustice and begets corruption. It places it within the reach of dishonest rate makers to fix two premiums , one for tlie company and the other for him self , the latter payable In money or in personal concessions from the insured that are equal to money. Many a man has tried 1t > lift himself over the fence by his own bootstraps , but the first instance of a successful per formance of this kind is yet to be recorded. When the organs tlmt are waging war for money upon the depart ment stores go out of their way to In sinuate without proof that tlie reason why tlie great dally papers do not turn their columns over to the nnti-depnrt- ment store crusade Is because they are bought up and muzzled by department store advertising patronage , they simply Illustrate the desperation to which the boot-strap lifting process has driven them. The one-Idea newspaper like the one-Idea man never accomplishes any thing tangible tlmt is of Importance. The Bee has expressed itself on the depart ment store question and lias not changed Its position. If.itjwere expected to keep Its views standing In Its colunlns to show that It liad , not sulicred a change of heart on every Issue It has discussed In its twcnty-11 years of existence it would have to make each Issue a book bigger than ait-unabridged dictionary , The legislating made appropriation for ' the nmlntennnqo 'of , ' ! , ' 0 convicts In the state prison , although there liavo not been for years pver HOO Inmates under penitentiary seuience tlt one time. With such a marglnui good part of tlie money appropriated oilght to bo turned back Into the slate treasury , but the prison officials , we presume , will not fall to take credit lo themselves for a surplus for which they are not responsible. The victims of incurable Itose.watero- phobia who act as proprietors and ed itor * of our amiable popocratle contem porary , the World-Herald , need not bo alarmed at their conjurcd-up candidacy of Kosewater for chairman of the repub lican state committee. While The Bee and Its editor stand ready , as they have at all times , to cooperatewith repub licans for the upbuilding of the rcpuh lien n imrly In Nebraska , Mr. lltwwaior has no thought of asking or accepting the chairmanship of the slate committee n position which would require him lo devote to It exclusively his time that nl .teiitly has Inqiorliint demands upon It far exceeding Its limits. The 1'tilted States can produce all the sugar It consumes , The Kuropcan sugai makers will not give up their Ainerleni market until forced to do so , bill Amerl can Ingenuity and American persevcr ance Is equal lo the task and will ac cotnpllsh It by producing a bettor sugai In sufficient quantity at a cost that wll enable It , with the assistance of tin tariff , to compote successfully with Hit Imported article. If llio coal strike continues mud longer the quotations on coal In the af fectcd districts may be expected ty Inil tale the rising qualities recently devel oped by the price of wheat. Whei once started coal might display an Irre slstable tendency to catch up to sllvet al the ratio of sixteen pounds of blncK diamond to one ounce of the white metal metal. Tim railroads may not relish the order for the Nebraska National Guard to g < Into company encampment at the honu , town , because It cuts them off of trans portatlon tolls , but the plan of saving ( lie slate appioprlaliou for a more iin tentions encampment during 1SD8 will lu generally endorsed by people of al classes throughout the state. The list of eminent , republicans who will participate lu the Ohio campalgi this year In the Interest of the re publican ticket Includes the names of al most all the party speakers who havi achieved a national reputation. To llvi in Ohio during the coming political can vass will be an education in Itself. Hawaii does not seem to be suffering from anything on account of the post ponement of consideration of the annexa tlou treaty , except , perhaps , from an en largement of Its constantly growing na tlonal debt , and that Is something i stands ready'to present to the Unilec States as a marriage portion. Hon. James Bryce is again on Amerl can soil , soon to visit the United States and the American people will look wltl eagerness for words of advice and crltl clsm respecting our political , iuilustrla anil social conditions as they conn within the observation of one of the ablest British statesmen. The Klondike gold fever victims have the advantage of their predecessors o ; Ml ) . They have first-class railroads and steam ships to take them to Alaska while the trip to California had to be made overland in prairie schooners 01 by water route that consumed weeks and months. Governor llolcomb's aspersions upon the new tariff law seem to have been made in forgetfulness that Senator AlIen Ion , tlie populist senator from Nebraska helped with his vote to make the sched ules on a number of articles and assisted in its enactment by declining to vote against It All Internal Truth. Chicago Inter Ocean. Prosperity , even If It comes with a rush won't shovel dollars Into the idle , lazy man' pockets. Tin IMii ted KuelH. Globe-Democrat. A demand abroad for American tin Is re ported. Democrats will call the statement myth , but they no longer apply that name to the Immense production of domestic tin. A HollrcUoii < i lliU'lllic-iifu. Indianapolis Journal. It Is amazing to think that here In the United States we have a great political party at least a party , advocating the adoption o ; a monetary policy which Japan has just dis carded and .which the best financiers In Mexico fear will bankrupt that country. lU't'lliroi'Hyivllli Kniiicc. rtilludelpliln Ledger. Negotiations for a reciprocity treaty with France are icported to be In progress , with good prospect of a satisfactory conclusion. This should be gratifying to our free trade friends , so tar as It goes , but It probably will not be , since It la usually understood that frco trade means England only. I'roinl Day for Halifax. New York Tribune. All Halifax turned out to witness the en trance of the Indiana Into Us big dry dock and It was one of the proud days In Its history. To have a bigger dock than the whole United States , with the war ahlps of that great nation enforced to take refuge In It because there IB none spacious enough at home. Is a legitimate reason for exultation , and the 'Hallfaxans were entitled to make the most of It. Iiilcrcliimwiililc Mll 'nw - TIi-ki-lN. Minneapolis Tribune. The proposed now interchangeable mlle- ngo book promises to be the greatest thing over Invented for the traveling fraternity. It not only obviates the necessity for car rying a half dozen mllcago books at an investment of several hundred dollars , but It cannot be misused nor sold to scalpery , and when fully perfected will probably check Us own baggage , walto Ha possessor up In time to change care , secure htm n double seat , no matter whether the coach Is crowded or not. SwiirKy of I'oMtiil SiivlnifN rhlciiBO ItrcnrU. Tlio great point about the postal savliiKH bank li > the absolute security It alfords. il.iny would be glad to deposit with U oven If It paid no interval whatever. In vlrw of the absolute security which the ponlul bank would afford , 2 per cent would really bo a hih ! ; rate of Inturtflt. The best private Hav ings banlta In moat largo cities pay only 3 prr cent. Knr the clnsa of arnall depositor * , for whom the po tal bank la especially In tended an additional 1 per rent Intorrot IH as nothing In comparison with the EPIIHO of absolute necurlty which they prUo BO highly. Absolute security and a high rate of Interest are Incompatible. The pcisons who want the latter Mhould bo rontent to < U'j | with soinu other Institution than the postal bank and take the mnall rbk which their desire for a higher rate ot Intercut car- rim with It. WlKlrNN . .limllriIn ICiiKluiul. In the courbo of yesterday morning thu lord chief justice , having endeavored In vain to cool the heated atmosphere In hlu court by having the doora and windows opened , nt last removed his wig , remarking that hu did so because the temperature wan exceedingly oppressive. Ho Intimated to counsel that they could follow hU example If they liked , and the majority of the barristers present Bpcwllly did r.o. Mr. Ilarron I'ollock shortly afterward an nounced In hla court that ho hat ) been In formed that the lord chief Juwtlce liart , In view of the heat of the weather , dlipcmicil with Jila wig. Ho thought the course pur- uod wan a sensible one , and removed hl wig , and gavu membcri of the bar permit- Blon to do the same. The barrlstere preaont were chary to follow the vuegeitlou , though BuUaequcntly pomo of them did no. AH SHOT ! " AT TIIK IMI.IMT. riiii v r Vren * ' A tlrooMjn rlprRymnn rt tiurka thill thp rilmdrty pnpcr IK "n curf , " nd tliMi ti.ilvrly mills tlint he dixtt not itpcnk from experience , lirrniiKe ho never nw one. There In , \ dinner for n phllsn- thinplc journal to do a llttlo missionary work. llillfKlMphlfi I'rwHt KPV , S m Jones is Authority for HIP MnlMncnt that there will lip no dcinopratA or rcpiilillrann In heaven , tf .Mr. JOI'KII niHin ( o Infer that It IA to bo nil exclusively popullatlc rlyM.in field < iff lr , ( hen the tire department of futurity will Imvo to atrniiRo Increased accommodations for the benefit of plMnvltod guests. nilMRii Chronicle : The prohibition otg.in called the Voice , In Now York City , h.is bci-n trying to llml out tht > truth concerning the i opart that lllflhop I'nttcr of the Kplarn- piillan rluirrh paid custom ! * diillcs upon two roses of Scotch whisky when ho recently re turned from Ktirope. It lisa not cucn-edcd yet and It la very Indignant at thn refusal of the hl.'liop to answer Its tiuerlrs. It i not tutlto clear whether the Voice Is Imiulr Ini ; for the iiurjin.se ot finding out If tli good bishop smuggled tlie liquor or wliethr It IH milking a tight for American will sky n oppf.icd to the Imported kind. Kan.'iis City Star : It Is certainly more It sorrow than In linger that allusion Is in.nl to the fact that In Kansas City n society o Christian believers can bo moved oven to n division nf opinion by the burial from tlirl church of ft member of their own pongroga tloa becaute he was n black mini. Wo have boon accustomed to hear of de.ith as th "groat levelor" ntid of the "oiiual" all' ' "tho reconciling grave. " The belief In th brotherhood of man ind the K < itherlioo < nf God lias been regarded us a fundamuni.t principle of the ClirUllan religion. Tli.i will be tnkrn as a strangii conception of mil vcrsnl brotherhood which would ilen. a follow man. and , not only tlmt , but a brother Christian , funeral rights In nn > Christian ch'irch which may be selected fo the purrosH' . The dead body of nn.y Chris tlnn man or woman might bo laid , It l natural to suppose , before any church nltni without protest or objection. The raining o Kiich objection In this day nnd ago , when the law Is supposed to corronpond with the pplrlt of the gospel will bo taken as strange anomaly. lM < : tSO. > AI. AM OTIIKIllVISn. Prosperity la disposed to monopolize tin middle of the rond. * A New York man Is In jail and his wlti In the hospital. Trouble began with a badlj cooked beefsteak. Judge Thompson of Louisville set free twi men who wcro arrested for fist fighting. Hi claimed that as they uaed their flMs and no liiilvcs or revolvers they were brave men unt should not bo locked up. A southerner , wcarlod by the weight of S years , turned up In Now York recently will $25.000 concealed on his person. New York Is wondering how ho managed to survive twenty-four houw with such a tempting wad There are others whoso wonder approach ? amazement. Chicago dealers In tobacco have liad thel humane Instincts aroused to the point of re volt against cheap cigarettes. With it gener osity admirable and vliolly unselfish , thej want to raise the price from 5 and 10 cent to iC cents a pack. On August 3 the village of Buffalo Center , Minn. , celebrated Ita third anniversary , am ! thought it had a right to celebrate lu view of the fact that within three years ot the time a field ot grain occupied the site of th8 village the people had put up a $12,000 hotel and n ? 15,000 school house , and the popula tion numbered 1,000. Sir Isaac Holden , who passed away re cently , achieved title and renown as the Inventor of the luclfer match. Vrom hla luminous Idea sprang- many others. There Is taut dainty bit of sanded cardboard fringed with dainty ribbons and artistic bows delicate feminine creations extend ing a mute Invitation to "scratch my back. " Sir Isaac started the longest strike In modern times. They have a summary method ot dealing with usurers over in Kngland. A profes sional money lender summoned a young artisan for default of a debt of about $ CO. The defendant showed that once when lie was 111 he had borrowed $20 , but that he hat ! only received ' $16. He' had repMd $11. Tlie judge who tried the case ordered the balance paid ut the rate of 12 cents n month. This will extend the payment over thirty-seven years. An Alabama toper , whoso nose had parsed the rubicund and Invited embarrassing public attention , became converted the other day at a revival meeting , and retained his reformed principles for three days , In which ho persuaded most of his class living in the town to sign the pledge , awaltenlng so much anxiety in the bosoms of the two neighborIng - Ing saloon keepers that they waited on him "In a body. " with the proffer of free drinks for a year If ho would refrain from his re formatory activities. His virtue was not en.ua ! to this strain upon It , and by night he was liowllng full. TIII3 THAXS.MI.SSISJJIIM'I JSXI'OSITIO.V An Industrial Kpoch In ( InHlMtfiiry of Hie IVvHt. Iowa City Republican. There Is every Indication that the great TransmlFslsslppl and International Exposi tion which will be hold at Omaha In 1SU8 will be ono of the greatest oventa of Its kind lu our history , being surpassed only by the World's fair. Already the work Is progrrsslng. The financial resources of tlio exposition on August 1 , were $1,070,500. With that sum alone a wonderful display Is assured. Mat much will yet be added to bo exU'tlng resources. The exposition Is to rep resent all the Industries and resources of the great west. Kvery state from the Gulf of Mexico to the Dominion and from the Mis sissippi to the Pacific will bo represented. It Is llttliiK that the rich and resourceful state of Iowa should not bo less favorably brought out than her ulster commonwealths. And If the present appropriation l > s In adequate , let nur legislature make It ample. AN I3XP13KT olv . \HVI3UTISl.\n. Jfi'vor WiiNlcnlloiicy nil 1'oHti'i-N , Doilncl-N mill llainl HlllN. John Wmmninnker In the Knuitli KMntP. "I never in my life , used euch a thing as n poster or dodger , or hand bill. My plan for twenty years' has been to buy BO much space In a newspaper and fill It up ns I wanted. I would not give an advertisement n a paper of COO circulation for five thou sand dodgeia or posters , "If I wanted to sell cheap Jewelry or run a gambling scheme I might use posters ; but I would not Insult a decent reading- public with hand bill * . "Tho class of people who rend them arc no poor to look to for support In mercantile affairs. I deal directly with the publisher. I say to him : "How long will you lot me run a column ) f matter through your paper for $100 or (500 ( , as the ease may be , 1 let him do the figuring , and If I think ho l.i not trying to nnko more than his almru , I glvo him the opy. I lay asldo the profits on u particular Ino of goods for advertising purpnsia. "At first I laid nsldo $ : iOQO ; last ycnr I nhi c.sliUi and spent $10,000. I have i ] ( > ; io icttor this year and ahall Increase ) that sum BH the prollts warrant It. I nwo my UUCCOBS o newHiupora | nnd to them I freely glvo a certain protlt ( if my yearly huslncm , " no AMKitir.vvs n.vrToo .urciif SIM-IIIH Tlu-.v ln , lli-i'MiiNo Tln-j I In vr Mui'li to Kill. . J e llf'H Wei-lly. Much crltlcliin has lately ticrn dlrrclod against our American hotel bllls-of-faro by furt'lKH visitors , o * | > ocUlly Ihtso who tunic- iver lust fall and winter urn ! went Imck lomo mid wrote abaut their oxprrlfiicm. fhry found ton much on the lUt too much KimcncfH. too much that was not attractive. They objected to tlio necessity of nt'lccilng what the ) " needed , and In tlmt they have the , syni | > ithy of all good Americans , for the average lilll-of-faro U u tet of human pa- Icnco ; hut It la better to have too much than oo little. And It Id especially not fair lo guuiro thn American appetite by what Is on ho hotel blll-of-fare. Thu cltUcn from I ho country who went through the Itenui seriatim , : and afterward complulnrd that It would have , been all rlelit If ho had utopped at the water- nelon ami Ice cream , was not thu over go American. The people of thin country cat nuch liecaiidi- they have much to eat. Thu orclKiioni complain that llio habit of eating u Airier lea u breakfast IH ttulcldal ami re- nnt'd , but It DO happeni that the man who an rat the American breakfait h no need f doctors , flud be U the factor who has made lib country what It 1 , The very fact that wo h vc born nblo In fvolvp from Ilic broke n ilown ftnrt ilyupcptle nml * t-cond hand m * o rial nent to tlit ? e olioron from tin * ntlier ldn n race of aupnrlor pfoplc , wVh tvt > mon moro hediitlful than the world had hitherto known , with men who have done moro thing" tlmn nny In the vu > r | < l' hlMoiy , nd have bwn nblo to liulld up n notion gvtntor tlmn any othtv on oMlh , l pretty Rood proof that It AtnrMcan out too much they cat the rlghf KOrt of fotxt. .sTid tnvi.s. I'ticlc "Sny , old limn , you ni-f fa nbscnt- tnlmlt'il , 1 bciove : you ro In love ! " lIvlhMii-J.Mi. ! ? Oh ! ho ! hot ho ! Why. don't you know I'm nmrilid ? Chlongo Iltpord ; "DlKKH , have you hntl nny rest this Mummer ? " ' "Yen : my wife wont up In nn olovnlor thi othi'riy \ \ ; it stuck , nml * ho stayed up thorn twenty minutes. " IVtiolt Krco Press : "Tootlcton vvenrs a liiimlkprclilcf urouml lil nrok nil iho llmo. " \os ; ho xnyti It tnkoM nil ihv larobrd collars In the house to kt-i-p hi" wifigo ng " Clnrlmiatl Kmiiilirr : "t rntnml umlcr- ntnnil , " mid the Imoholor i-lork , " \\liy n 11111118 wlfo U railed tlio Ix-Hcr linlf. ' " "You wonbl. " ( Mid tlio mitnlo.1 clerk. "If you liiul to illvlilo your tut law wltu ono " 1'ost : "rnn you irntiifir'y nay Hint no mnii over pul Mix mm nrnuiiil you ? ' ' \\oll , nf conr o , miiiiu OIK' hail to loach me to rltlo the blryole. " IVtroit .loitrnnl : "i your summer novel IntorcMliiK , l.vilm ? " "InterwiliiBT I nhonld say MI The licrolno nmiTlen a rlcli in.in and they hava leu cronm * throe tlmcH a day. " flnolniintl Tiltmno : Hhr--You ate jimt like nil the tiu-n ; you wou'.d nut admit Hint you over initdo a mlHtako , lo nvo your Mo As If I Imdn'l tivltl you tlmo anil tlino iilfliln tlmt the inl take of my llfo wits In marrying you. IndlnnnpnlU Journal : Oladys Pitpu'd going to give DM a ohocl : at tlio wo < 1 < lliiK Inxtonil of n prom-nt , Tom. Tom All right , we'll Imvo thr rot-oniony at lilgh noon then ln toud or nt 1 o'clock. niiulyn-\Vliy , what for , dear ? Tom Hanks oloso at 3. Chicago Trlbuno : "iJi-nr. " wild Mrs. Orouch , us she Hhownl her Itinl and ma tor a. picture of a lint with a pretty womun'H face tinder It , "I wish you would got me n hat like that. " "I'll bo glad to. " gruntoil old Grouch. "If you will only get n face like tlmt. " TUB J1YTI1 AND TIIK MRS. IVtinll Jnunml. Ita loved n. dainty Mimmer nlrl , And tola her so , forthwith ; She sndly nlghcd and faltered : "Alas ! I am a myth. " And , thlnkliiR her tint lisping , then Ho fimitlii-rod her with klsuc.q. "Am 1 to understand ? " lit- Halted "You'd rather bo a Mrs ? " AfTUSIX PI.OWISHK. Kl.DHUHKHHY. Kloltl loving llower ot misty , mllkv white , The sunshade of some fairy dost thou scum ; Flouncing above the shadows of tha stream ; And trolllwil Rally with HIP morning light. The butterllli'H nil joyous flutter tl-ere , In mottled splendor , tipping sweets by stealth ; At which the bee drones o'er Its honey wealth , And reels and circles In the noonday air ; And over wings away but to return , Asserting prestige where the < e id'crs be ; I'lllnging summer noctur wantonly. At length Its rightful ownership they learn , Anil hasten from Fticli Brumbllng- while the birds Tell of the conquest to far-grazinp herds. In hazy August noons It shares the power Ol quirkenud growth noothed by tile even ing1 ( U'WHi That thro' the morning's aim and shadow ooze And mint Into a royal gold this flower- Then doth It crown the dusty waysldo where , All other blossoms parchoil and pleading lie ; And triumphs In the heat that bd ! them die ; While in the current of the withering air Its soft plumes Haunt , nnd , kingly , iloth it say- : "Hehold ! I lead nn army that wilt come , Anil crJniKon all the hill tops nnd smlto dumb The last surviving shrubs In the affray ; Among the trampled and the thousands slain , The Troubadours of Autumn will remain. " CATIIKUINH nt'SU. is interesting , but can not be compared witli 3 what can be found at our store in the way of a perfect fit ing suit , habberdash- up-to-date - sry , etc , , speaking of iuits the perfect free dom ofa well-fitting suit s almost as important is the quality and workmanship. H o w- 2ver , when you can find ill these qualities in a summer serge or in a fine cassimcrc , worsted Dr cheviot suit , ) ou'rc lucky , Our customers ire always lucky Sack suits for boys ard 0111114 mtin l'l l'ie ' waY from 7 to 515 or more , A lot of stylish extra trou-s. rs from $2.50 to $5 and upward. I KING & CO , B. W. Cor. IStb and