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THE OMAHA DAILY BIDE : SATURDAY * SEPTEMBEB 11 , 1807. Tim OMAHA DAILY BEE. K , IlOSKWATKIl , IMIlor. nvnnr MOIWINO. TlillMH UK HL'USCIIIITION. life ( Without Sunday ) , On * Y i r.JS t Hilly ll nn.l Humlny , One Vc r . . . 804 Hlx .Months . . 400 Thrm Month ! . . . ZW ButtJ y lire , One Yr.ir. . 1 W flatunlfiy ll e , On * Year . . . . . 1 w Weekly lite. On * Year . U OFI-'IUKSt Onuihnl Ttie Pre HulMIng , Bouth Umaliiu Hlngcr Hlk. , Cor. N and 24th St\ Council niufTit : 10 ivarl Silroct. Chicago onice : 517 Mitmtwr of Commerce. New York ! lliioms 13 , H nm1 IS , Trlbun * llldr. Washington : Ml Fourteenth fitreot. COIlHKSrONOMNCE. All communications relating to news nnd edito rial matter houl < l lie nJJrcssHl : To tlio IMItor. UCS1NKS9 I.KTTKIIS. All btislnwn letters nnd remlttnncei rhnuM b ddtein I to Tlio Hen I'ubllMilnR Connmny , Omaha , Drafts , check * , espreta nnd pintoflU-o money onltrs to he made pnyabln to the order of the company , TIII ; HKB tnmusiiiNo COMPANY. 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All rtillrnnil iiotvNlioyii nrc ll | > | llloll ivllll CMOllKll llfCS lo neconiiiioiliitc every iiim- eiiKcr ivlio wnnlN to r Miil n lll-\\MIH | | > L-r. IllHlnt UllOll llllV- IIIK Tins Hoc. If you fiuinot Kt'i a Hoc mi n ( ruin from tlic IIPTVN iiKi-rt. plniNe roi > r * tlu < fnul , xlntliiK ( lie ( ruin mill rntlroiiit to din Circulation Department of The live. Tlio HIM * IK for mite oil till trnltiH. I.VSINT OX 1IAVIXO TUB 11EI3. Tlu > tpluKranh | ) olw should bo tukun down bel'oro tlio will of the year. down tliu stiito warrants Into tlio iH-niMiiiMit school fniul duos not re duce I lie state debt. Tlic merchant who advertises Is the merchant who gets the full force of the \wavo of prosperity. Dr. . 'lok.vll-realmdy seems to bo even more handy at writing out fake records of the police board than lie Is at writing prescriptions. nominations oufjltt to make the fusion nominee a mark for three cam- pui 'ii assessments and three sets of po 'lltlcal leg-pullers. Omaha still has the distinction of hav ing more generals to the number of pri vates on the police pay rolls than any oiliercity In the world. While the railroads hammer down the coal rates , the coal consumer can look on and defer laying In his winter's sup ply with complacent equanimity. That garbage contract seems to have taken upon Itself the Job of causing all the trouble which The I5ee predicted for it when it denounced 11 at Its Inception. If Ilrynn omits no opportunity to de nounce the coercion of voters as a crime what would he call the coercion of tlio police board clerk Into signing faked-up records of the board meetings. If those senatorial Junkets to the Sand wich Islands result in saving the United States from the expensive luxury of .Hawaiian annexation , the popular prejudice against junketing public son ants may be temporarily relaxed. Not even the olllcial organ of the popo- crude party has seen lit to stand up In defense of Governor Holeomb's action placing a man in charge of the slate's institution for tiie deaf who never had anything to do with deaf mute Instruc tion. The new tariff promulgated for Cuba by tlui'Hpanlsh ' government , puts In force lower duties on nearly all the articles imported from the United States. That does not look as If Spain were eagerlj courting a rupture with the people ot this 'country. Wnonovor the fakirs and three-ring acrobats run out of campaign buncombe ithoy pretend to discover some new ani damaging testimony in the Ilroatch- Moores contest case , which has boon kept on the boards to divert attention fron tlio real Issues of the day. Omaha Jobbers are to be congratulate ! on the success of their llrst series of merchants' excursions and It Is to be hoped that their efforts to bring theh patrons to the city at regularly recurring intervals will be stimulated by the re Bulls of the Initial movement. When Bryan talks about wheat bclup , the only farm product that has Increasoi In price lie shuts his eyes to tlio markcl quotations on other articles. As a mat ter of fact there Is hardly a thing raiser on the farm that does not show evidences of better times In Improved demand am higher prices. The State fair managers advertise In their premium lists and circulars that no games of chance are allowed in the fair grounds. Hut of what avail wll this salutary regulation bo If automatic gambling machines are to operate umlei police protection without let or hindrance In nearly every saloon , cigar shop am drug store In the city ? The republican party originated as the party of free men , free soil and tvoa speech , There Is nothing In the i-cpub llcnn creed that does not court the free light of day. So-called republican clubs that have to meet In the dark behind closed doors hello the name which tho.\ have takeu without right or valid claim COM3LINDKH8. The llcxj makes a vicious attack upon "rank Itantom , Jamex C. IMhlman and J , I. Udmliten , chairmen respectively ot the tlvor republican , democratic and populist , ommlttoex. The Dee rolls Hansom a "stock ; yards senator , " Kdmlstcn a man "with a I wkutful ot railroad passes , " and Dahlmnn fi "ilo-nothlnR secretary ot the State Hoard t Transportation. " At thn tlmo thin attack was written the chairman ot the republican tate committee had not been selected. World-Herald , If quoting the three witches of Macbeth : o Illustrate the imposture being played ipon credulous political dupes by the lopocraticclialrmoiilsavleloiHattaekTIie Itoc pleads guilty to the soft Impeach- And the force of the Shakespear ean quotation Is not lessened by anything 1'lie lice has said concerning any other man or set of men ten years ago or any other time. lit calling liansom a corporation pluggcr and senator from the Union Stock yards The Hco repeated only what has been said about him by such good popocratlc authority as Kilgar Howard of the Papllllou Times and other out spoken disciples of Hryan. It Is a most caustic commentary on the so-called re form legislature that Hansom , who as a member of former legislatures and as a lobbyist was notoriously In the employ of corporations and monopolies , was made president of the fusion senate and Is now to bo the campaign manager for a party that has denounced monopoly ulc and boodlorlsm In its platform. In caJllng attention to the fact that J. II. Kdmlstcn , chairman of the populist state committee , carries a pocketful of railroad passes The Hoc has simply stated what even Mr. Kilmisten does not pretend to deny. In view ot the fact that railroad passes are denounced as bribes In populist platforms and public olllclals can pay for them only with political favors to the railroads , what excuse or explanation can this populist leader offer ? Mr. Kdmlston does not accept his railroad passes as chairman of the popu list state committee only , but also as deputy state oil Inspector , for which he draws a salary of $2,000 a year. Where Is there anything in law or In equity that entitles the chief oil Inspector to passes over the Nebraska railroads ? The oil he inspects belongs to the Stand ard Oil monopoly and If anybody Is en titled to passes on account of oil ship ments it must be the employes of the Standard Oil company. If Kdmlston's passes are Issued on account of the Standard Oil monopoly , so much the worse. When The Bee referred to .lames C. nahlman as a do-nothing secretary of the Slate Hoard of Transportation It expressed - pressed In a terse phrase what everybody In Nebraska knows to bo a public scandal. If Dahhnan has done anything as one of the three secretaries of the state board to earn his salary oC ? i.,000 a year the people would like to know what It is. We concede Dahlman's do- nothing usefulness to the railroads , but the people have a right to resent the shameless soil-out by the chairman of a party that pledged itself to give them redress from oppressive railroad exac tions. s With such a trinity as Ransom , Ed inistcn and Dahlman to engineer the anti-monopoly campaign , Is It not a.sklu a great deal of the rank and Hie of the parties they profess to represent to fall in line behind them for a standard bearer whoso whole political career has been at variance with all of the three platforms upon which he Is now asking popular fiupport ? FIIUITS OF HKVUUIMAJN SUCCKSS. The opponents of the republican party deny that its success last November has had anything to do with returning pros perity. "What has the republican party done to bring prosperity lo the American people ? " asked Mr. Bryan In his syndi cate letter and the question is echoed by the sllverites generally. The answer is easy and conclusive. The republican pnr y has restored conll- dence In the stability and security of our llnanclal system. The American people and the people of all the countries having llnanclal and commercial re lations with the United States know that the existing monetary stand ard will bo maintained for at least four yearh ihat whatever changes may be made In regard to the currency the standard will not be disturbed. The restoration of financial conlldencc was quite as essential to a return of pros perity as wore good crops and a foreign demand for them which has raised the price of all agricultural products. The success of the republican party last No vember averted a llnunclal disturbance that would have been disastrous to tlio country notwithstanding the favorable conditions that have come to our agri cultural producers , because had the free silver party triumphed a general busi ness paralysis would have Immediately followed , bringing bankruptcy and ruin to thousands long before the reall/.atlon of the improved conditions for our agri cultural producers. Instead of accumu lating gold , as we have been doing for the last six or eight mouths , gold would have left the country and we should now bo practically on a silver basis. Repub lican success maintained tlic credit of the government , which has a very important relation to the general welfare. The republican parly has given the country a tariff law the wholesome ef fects of which upon the Industries arc already being realized. Hundreds of mills and factories that were Idle a year ago are now In full operation , giving employment to hnndiTiLs of thousands of persons at remunerative wages. Thus suveral millions of people are enabled to consume more of the products of the farm and the factory , thereby helping to Increase the prollts of the agricultural producers. The requirements of the home market have been very materially enlarged through the tariff legislation of the republican party and this makes for the general prosperity. The reliance of the American farmer Is upon the homo market , which under favorable condi tions that Is , when there Ls industrial activity and labor Is weU employed and well paid consumes 00 per cent or nioro of his products. For several years , tiow- ever , these conditions have not prevailed , but under the operation of republican policy they are being restored. There Is less Involuntary Idle labor In the coun try now than at the corresponding tlnu ; since 1802 and there Is every reason to believe that within a year the demand for labor will equal , If It shall not ex ceed , the supply. Certaluly In Infusing new life Into the industries of the coun try the republican party has done a great deal to bring prosperity to the American people. All the republican party claims Is that It has dispelled the llnanclal distrust which hung like a pall over the counti > last year , that It has given the nation a policy conducive to Its further indus trial development and that It has preserved - served and strengthened the national credit. And In doing these things It has accomplished a very great deal to bring prosperity to the American people. TIIK OHIO OAMPAH1N. The republican campaign In Ohio will bo formally opened today and thencefor ward will bo vigorously fought up to the eve of election. The republican leaders express strong conlldence , but none the le.ss they Intend to make an aggressive campaign. There is every reason to ex pect republican success , The democrats are a good deal demoralized , duo to returning prosperity. They have vir tually abandoned silver and It is said the leaders are contemplating making the tariff the Issue. They would not get much satisfaction out of th.s , however , because there Is a general revival of manufacturing Industries throughout the state and business In all lines Is steadily Improving. Not only are the fanners of Ohio , as elsewhere , getting better prices for their products , but labor throughout the state Is heller employed than for several years , there being comparatively few Idle people lu the manufaeturlug cities. Thus all classes of the people In the Buckeye state arc realizing the Improved Industrial and business conditions and this state of affairs Is unfavorable to the party of cheap money and a low tariff. There as elsewhere the democrats are saying that the republican party Is not entitled to any credit for hotter times , but this will have no weight with Intelli gent voters who nnder.staud that Itv re' storing llnauclal conlldence and giving reasonable protection to American labor the republican party has done a very great and necessary work for restorln prosperity. Tlio republican leaders will bo able to make an effective appeal to the coii'inon sense and the interests of Ohio voters which ought to result In giving the party a larger plurality than that of last year , when the opposition had as an ally depression and discontent aids to democracy which are rapidly disappear- In } ; not only In Ohio , but throughout the country. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ iinirisii MisrtFUHMATIOX. It Is the fault of American correspond cuts of British newspapers that errone ous Impressions obtain there In re gard to American policies. Some of these correspondents do not hesitate to semi to their Journals statements that arc not authentic , nor are they always superior to sending positive misinforma tion. Only In this way could a reputable London newspaper have obtained the idea that the United States is making preparations for a war with Spain , be cause there has been- nothing in the American press to give ground for such a notion. Recently the newspapers of this country have been eommemlably free from jingo utterances in regard to Cuba , while our public men have very generally been silent oiv the subject for some time past. Those facts should have shown the foreign press that there is no desire hero to tight Spain and of course In the absence of-desire there would bo no preparation for such a contingency. The advice of the London Mail fs , therefore , altogether gratuitous. The possibility of a. war between the United States and Spain Is extremely remote , but If war were imminent this country Is already quite well prepared. Wo should be able to very speedily deprive Spain of her West India possessions and having done this wo should have no dllliculty in holding them. It Is not to bo doubted that Spain is fully aware of this. There Is no good reason why nonresident dent pupils In the public schools should not pay tuition as an approximate equivalent for the privileges afforded. When the people of Omaha tax them selves to maintain the best public school system in the state , it becomes only a matter of self-protection to require the payment of tuition fees for non-residents who share Its benefits , particularly when the school accommodations are pressed to the utmost by resident pupils entitled to them. The Nebraska State Institute for the Deaf and Dumb opens next week lor the llrst time In Its history under the su- porlntendency of a man who has no ex perience whatever In deaf mute Instruc tion and whoso only qualification for the place rests on political services rendered to the state house machine. Nebraska had to wait for a reform party In control of the- state government to have tin atllieted deaf wards of the state used foi political experiments. Nebraska populists who have mustered nearly 80,000 votes allow themselves to be dragooned Into a convention in which the democrats and silver republicans who together do not aggregate -10,000 had twice tlio voice that the populists had and named a democrat as the popu list nominee. No wonder the democrats want fusion whenever It can bo had ai the expense of the populists. The attorney general of the populist administration of this state advises that resort bo had to the * writ of mandamus upon county judges who do not read the new Nebraska election laws the same way he construed thorn. In a word , the populists propose to replace govornmeni by Injunction with government by man- damns. The republican state committee is or ganized for woru.aid the same object should bo kept In view In the organiza tion of every republican county commit- ce In the state. WlOt the party organlza. lion everywliei'iOrn this hands of ener getic , active refvnWIcans , Intent upon paving no stonoj murned to contribute ; o a successful result , the campaign ought to show steady Inroads upon the enemy from the outset. Nebraska people who contemplate visit- ng the Tennessee Centennial exposition iliotild try to be there October 8. which ms been set aside hs Nebraska day. Ne- liraska day should ? } ic made a success , not only to reflect ctj'dlt upon the state , luit to show ilia . 0,0(1 ( will which our people have for tiffftKaslivllle enterprise , which they wllltry. ; to outdo with tire rransmlsslsslppl Exposition at Omaha next year. Protected gambling by licensed slot machines grows apace from day to day. The men who get the rake-off from these automatic skin games say they expect a liarvest from the strangers who come to Omaha as State fair visitors , Omaha owes It to Its out-of-town guests to pro- tocMliem from this police-connived rob bery by driving out every gambling ma chine before the fair opens. A lloyal Kllisli. riilloilclphln Times. There's no bluff about the present trend toward prosperity , because , what Is very Im portant , the farmer has a full hand. An Kxcnxc for Dln-tolutlon. , Wnohlngton Post. Mr. Ilryon has followed the example of Mr. Bland and recoRnlzed the law ot supply and demand. Mr. Uryan had to put up somu oxcusa for the dissolution ot the wheat and silver partnership. I-i-OMiicrlty Holl. riillmlclplilu Itcconl. A member ot the State Hoard of Agri culture of Nebraska , who has just completed a Journey through that state , estimates the value of He crops at $193,000,000. It Is hardly necessary to hunt around for the causes ot prosperity In the dace ot such re turns. Oh , Maimitn , Wlitit 11 Job ! HulTnlo Express. Mr. Dryan nnd his lieutenants worked twenty-four hours without sleep and almost without eating to effect the fusion ot popu lists and democrats In Nebraska. Iff ho finds such difficulty in keeping his conglomerate party together now wliat will be the situa tion by 1900 ? Dollvntc Iiiiiu-rlnl Hints. Clilcnso Inter'Ocean. When one European monarch visits In friendship another monarch ho Is pretty sure to be given a view of every big gun nnd war ship , nnd nil the fighting material In sight. It Is a delicate way of saying. We are at peace , and you can easily see you had better atay there. IiitMimilitlvH of Taxation. Kansas City Star. However fnlr-iiIiled | ( men may differ on the question of currency standards , there Is one point on which nil hcniest men are In agreement , and tjUt ! & the 'broad ' proposition that the burden&jfts ( toll as the benefits of government ought to bo equally distributed. In this country thifjk ld. al condition has never been reached. During late years It has been receding rather tha.n drawing nearer , and as the Information comesv day after day of first one multl-mlllloijRlro , and then another es caping his Just proportion of taxes , by this expedient or that ; public content Is by no means promoted. That taxes should bo levied where they are most easily berne Is a maxim both JusLand popular. Hut so far as this country jljj concerned It Is and has been n promise to-the ear to bo broken In the hope. The wealthy , those who are best able to pay their share , and who derive the largest heneJUs frpm-government , .arc taxed less In propftrtlon thhri those less favored by fortune. The result Is that one element In the community pays less and the other more then Its share of the expenses , which la , to use plain terms , a most atrocious form ot robbery and 'Will sooner or later lead to trouble. The Croivtli of SocliillNin. Chicago necord. At the meeting of the National Bar asso ciation at Cleveland some days ago Presi dent Woolworth of the association , In his ad dress dwelt at considerable length upon and deprecated the growth of socialism In this country. The address has been 'Widely com mented upon , and many suggestions have been offered as to how the spread of social istic Ideas could bo most successfully com bated. The way to combat the growth and spread of socialistic Ideas among the people Is not by giving attention to those Ideas directly but by correcting evils ot which all Intelligent and hones ! members of society complain. Nothing has done so much to prepare the minds of a portion ot the popu-l latlon of Illinois for the entertainment of socialistic Ideas as the control ot the legis lature of the state by certain corrupt corpo rations that were supposed to 'be ' Its crea tures. Without such food to feed upon the socialistic , agitator could make but little headway. Put a check upon the rapacity of certain greedy corporations that defy the people and use their represcratatlve bodies to serve private ends and at the same tlmo you put a check upon the growth of social ism. THE WKST SKTS TIIK PACE. ' KVCII IliiNxIn WahtH to Know How IVo DII It. Philadelphia Ilecord. representatives of the Russian govern ment are Inspecting farms and farming methods In the west and In particular the various kinds of machinery In use. The com- mlssloners , who are now In Iowa , have covered the agricultural states pretty thoroughly slnco May last , and liavo gleaned a number of practical Ideas. They have been much Impressed with the experimental farms which they will endeavor to introduce In their own country ; and they admit that In this , as In other details , agricultural methods In America are centuries ahead of these In their native land. Manufacturers of agricultural machinery should bo prompt to profit by this admission. With systematic effort there cannot bo n doubt that they could win the Russian market for their products , and not only hold It securely , but make It a base of operations for advancing Into other markets of Europe. OXK OK 11KY.V.VS "IIUKAICS. " Clii | > U'il Condition of Illn KlKiiri-H of tMliri'Hi. Ney\.JTork World. In his statement in the Sunday World Mr. Hryan gave "an Increased volume of money" as one cause of { lib higher prices of farm vroducts. Ho mentioned this as "another confirmation of the arguments made by the blmctalllsts. " "A , large part of this money comes from abroadY'-'he said , and ho added that -"If wo hail-enough money In this country an Increase in Uio volumu would bean an injury. " * * ' ' ' nut In the last eight months , during which thu advance In prices' has occurred , wo have received no money1 balance from abroad. On the contrary , wa'i'lmto lost heavily. From January 1 to September 1 the net exports of gold were $24,7S,179. This is a loss of $1,272,059 more .tJiaii . la the corresponding period last year. During tlio last fiscal yojr our net loss of silver cola and bullion was J50.030.301. Xor has there been "an Increased volume of money during this period. The amount of money of all kinds In circulation on March 1 , according to the treasury estimate , was $ l,67f > , C9J,953. On September 1 there was $1CC5CSOG98 a shrinkage of nearly $10,000,000. Yet there has been and Is money enough for all the demands ot business , The crops arc being paid for and moved , debts by the million cancelled and the wheels of Industry started in all directions , not only without any access of freely coined sliver at H to 1 , but with an actual diminution In the visible supply of the money wo have. It is chiefly a question of confidence and of the safe and profitable use of money that baa been hidden or hoarded , Mr. Hryan IB wrong la bis facts and weak la bU logic. OPK.tlNO TIII3 Mlf.1,3. The AmoikcAg Corporation mllln At Man chester , N. H. , employing 10,000 peruons , stnrteil lost Monday. Thi New York Herald says that In that city , out of 157,700 artisan mechanics nnd laborers 132.150 are nt work , contrasted with 106,200 a year ago. It h reported that the Too Manufactur ing company of Oru nvllle , S. C. , has placed orders for 13,000 more spindles to Increase the rapacity ot Us cotton mills. The Uordcln ( CU. ) cotton fnutory haa doubled Its force ot operators and Is now running day mid night. This wns made nec essary by a heavy Increase of orders. One feature of Louisville's Labor day pa- rndn was to be a division assigned to "tho unemployed , " hut when the day came that division had not a single representative. Kvery man had work , who wanted It. The -now 30,000-splndlo Indian Head cot ton mill being constructed at Cordova. Ala. , will soon be ready to put In machinery. Unrcourt Amory of Iloston Is one of the par ties most Interested In the now plant. The state of Alabama , according to thn Montgomery Advertiser , produced this year 1,000,000 bales of cotton , tO.000,000 bushels of corn , 1,000,000 tons of pig Iron , 6,000,000 tons of coal and can double the quantity of cotton and corn , quadruple Hint of Iron nnd multi ply that of coal by at least six. It Is cheering news to the laborers of De troit that they are to sco tangible evidence of prosperity's return trip In the opening of the Peninsular car works next week with . force ot from 3,500 toI 000 men. Work Is assured for several weeks , and the outlook Is encouraging for keeping the shops in operation a longer period. In the mills nt DIddeford , Me. , spindles nnd looms are now running full. The Lewiston mills have Increased their force ot operators 20 per cent In four weeks. Tlio outlook at Ulddcford Is bright. Several mills that have been running on half tlmo are preparing to BO on full tlmo , nnd nbout 2,000 additional hands will nnd employment. Manufacturing Industries in Massachusetts are taking a start nnd nt present the pros- prcc of n heavy fait business Is good. The Lyin.in mills nt Holyokc , whoru 1,300 hands nro employed started on full tlmo last Mon day. The Ghlcopco Manufacturing company of Chocopeo Falls will start up on full tlmo September 20 , after a shutdown of three weeks and employment will bo furnished to 1,200 people. The Dwlght 'Manufacturing company of Chlcopeo started Tuesday with Its full complement of 1,600 hands. Probably nt no tlmo during the past four years have so many people found employment In Stafford , Conn. , ns at present. With the worsted ynrn mill In operation , the pay rolls will bo up to the full list. The starting of the IIopo mill , now the Summit Woolen com pany's mill , Is nn item ot Importance to many , and the quantity of stock the com pany has recently received means business for some tlmo to come. The Central Woolen company has been unable to supply Its looms with yarn sufficient to keep them .all In operation , and Is now adding suitable ma chinery to equalize all around. The Interesting announcement Is made that "General Prosperity" has reached FrederIcksburg - Icksburg , Vn. , that pleasant and historic city on the Itnppahannock. A dispatch to the Baltimore Sun states that the Washington woolen mills of that city , ono of the largest Industrial enterprises In the Uappahannock valley , has voluntarily Increased the pay of all Its employes 10 per cent. So full are the mills with orders that the samples have been called in , as It will take nearly six months to fill the orders now booked. Ono year ago these mills were shut down , but the triumph of sound money put the wheels In motion , and now they are able to advance the wages of their men. For the first tlmo In seven years there Is not sufficient available labor In the Birming ham district to meet the demands of the coal mines and Iron furnaces. This condition pre vails despite the fact that there Is not a strike or labor trouble of any kind In the state. It results from the unprecedented de mand for Alabama coal and Iron. In ad dition to the regular domestic coal trade big shipments are being made to points north or the Ohio river , where the strike prevails , and to southern ports for shipping. In creased " demands for Alabama Iron In Europe nro "pressing the furnaces to fill orders. Coal mine ml furnace operators are ad vertising for .Hbor to meet the requirements of the sltuattoi. and labor agents are being placed In the field. TOM ) OUT OF COUUT. One day at the late Dean Ely's table a legal gentleman wns lamenting the gaps which death had recently made In his pro fession. "Wo have lost , " ho said solemnly , "not less than six eminent lawyers In as many months. " The dean , who was quite deaf , at once arose and repeated grace : 'iFor this and all His mercies , " etc. Apropos of Judge Gibbons' decision regardIng - Ing title to "mado land" along the north shore , relates the Chicago Post , a witty lawyer tells the following story : "A woman bought a bicycle , and on the first trip found It In need of repairs. She took It back to the dealers , and they refused to repair It for her. So she took it to Judge Gibbons. She told him she had heard lie was an authority on rcpalrlu' rights and Dut the witty lawyer never finished the talc. A mountain youth from Kentucky "went through" a northern college and then re turned to his highland home. Ho was looked on with a good deal of disfavor by his neighbors - bors , partly because he had spent more tlmo and money for au education than was com monly approved , and. partly because ho had brought homo with him a folding bed the first and only ono ever seen or heard of in the mountains. Dut they took no positive action In the matter until ono day when tl/e sheriff was passing the young man's house awl heard muffled cries for help. The officer rushed In and there stood the folding bed , occasionally trying In a ghastly manner to bow to him. From the depths of that unique piece of furniture came the muffled cries , the pleadings for assistance. The sheriff smashed the bed with nn ax and found the young man shut up like a Jackknife - knife and all but suffocated. So ho arrested the college graduate for having deadly weapons about him. On > trial the young man admitted he would have been killed but for the sheriff's timely arrival. That proved the "deadly weapon" part of the Indictment. That It was "about him" the sheriff made solemn oath. And the college man was con victed. A squad of five discouraged looking loafers were marched out before one of the elty po lice magistrates the other day , with the grave charge ot drunkenness confronting them , says the PHtsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. 7he mag istrate looked serious and the hearts of each of the offenders slipped down a notch or two as they thought of the penalty to bo paid. Each groggy-looking countenance presented n picture of despair. The first man In the row of live was questioned : "Do you drink ? " asked the magistrate. "No , sir , " was the reply the man save In a trembling voice. "What a liar ! " thought the magistrate ; nnd , looking nt the next man , lie Inquired : "And you , sir ; are you a drinking man ? " "No , sir ; this was my first offense , I never was drunk before. " "No. 3 , there , " again spoke the official presiding - siding over the court. "What are your bab Us ? " MI just took some whisky for medical pur poses , yor honor , and I guess I had a drop too much. I never drink , sir ; that is , as a usual thing. " Hut .his honor would hear no more. The fourth culprit was put through the ordeal. "What have you to say for yourself ? " asked the magistrate , with the emphasis on the "you. " "Not guilty , yeronor. " "Hem ! " said the magistrate , adjusting his glasses and looking severely at the arrestIng - Ing officer. "It's a shame to arrest &uch In nocent , Intelligent-looking gentlemen as these. I am surprised at you. " Then , turnIng - Ing to the fifth man in the row , ho fold : "Well , my friend , would you take a drink If you were offered one ? " "I never refuse , sir , " replied the fifth , with a military salute , This EO dtartled the audience and sn grat ified the truth-loving magistrate that ho or dered bis clerk to go out and bring the pris oner a drink of whisky. The latter drank It with a relish , while his four neighbors looked on with watery eyes. The man was then discharged , after receiving the compli ments of the court. The other four were ten- tenccd to prison for thirty days each , as a gentle reminder that truth U stranger than flctloa. OTlIICIt f.AMIS TIIAtt OUHS. After ft period ot nearly four months , during whleli the terms ot peace have been settled and a number ot different proposi tions for securing their prompt performance discussed and dismissed , Lord Snllnbury has proposed that nn International commission representing the six powers should nssumc control of the revenues which Greece will set npart to guarantee the payment ot In terest to the holders ot old bonds as well as repayment of the Indemnity loan , and this suggestion has been accepted. Whether the evacuation ot Theisaly upon these terms will bo a triumph for ( Icrman diplomacy , Russian Influence or Ilrltlsh stubbornness Is Immaterial. U Is ono more step In the right direction , n distinct advance toward universal arbitration. The powers of Kurope In the Interests ot peace have constituted themselves n court and compelled the at tendance at their bar ot two iiuarrollng na tions. What Is still more to the point Is that they appear to havu overcome the great dllliculty common to all International at tempts nt judicial procedure thu carrying out of their mandate. 's Impending triumph nnd the recall of the liberals to power In Spain have been prophesied nt frequent Intervals since the nssasslnntlon nt Cnnovns ; It would bo wise , therefore , to receive with tumio reserve the prediction that the Azcarroga ministry will go out within A fortnight. U Is true that the nt'ompt of General Azoarraga to continue the policy of his predecessor ( which was essen tially personal , nnd only reluctantly sup- per'.cd by a Inrge proportion of Senor Cnno vns1 political followers ) , Is doomed to ulti mate failure. Even Cnr.ovns himself could not have persisted Indefinitely In n policy the essence of which , as General Cnmpos de clared , might have been summed up In the words "I would , but cannot. " A majority ot the Cortes could probably bo rallied to support Sagasta in his avowed purpose to make Hiich concessions to Cuba "an shall cnuse all mistrust to disappear nnd deprive the enemies of Spain of every possible pre text Tor nfilrmlng that thu mother country dues not govern the colony In the spirit of freedom nnd justice ; " but whether he will be permitted to try remains to be seen. Per haps , also , Sagastn would not It ho could , nnd merely says ho would because ho cannot. * Rather curiously , the French royalists nro snld to regard the Franco-Husslnn agree ment with disfavor. The Gazette de Franco at Nantes , nt the sitting ot the general conn- calls It a renunciation of Alsace-Lorraine. An English newspaper correspondent tells of a Rtrange scene which took place recently at Nantes , at the sitting ot the General Coun cil , ono ot the few departmental bodies In which the royalists have still a majority. The republican member proposed a resolu- .tlon wishing "success to the voyage of the president of the republic , nnd the continu ance of the cordial relations between Franco and Hussla. " Thereupon the president , M. do Larclnty , a senator , declared that he should not vote for this. It was Franco which was visiting Uussla , and the presi dent of the republic should not bo dragged in. The prefect Insisted that when the president ot the republic went abroad he represented all Franco , and threatened to lenvo the hall If any disrespect were shown to M. Fnuro. The royalists then proposed as nn amendment a "respectful salute to the French flag nt the moment of Its entering Russian waters. " Eventually the sitting wns suspended , nnd a private conference resulted In the acceptance of the original resolution by the royalists , with their amendment added to It as a rider. There have been frequent meetings of Mohammedans all over India during the course of the last few months to congratu late and sympathize with the sultan , and many messages have been exchanged. In some Instances speeches of a highly Inflam matory and seditious character have been mndo. Lucknow Is ono ot the chief Moham medan centers of upper India , and It Is In this place , the capital of the province of Oudh , that Mohammedan feeling has shown Itself particularly excited , Some tlmo ago the deputy commissioner ot the place found It necessary to call together some of the prominent men and warn them against speaking or 'writing seditious or disloyal matter. The warning was not regarded In all cases , and at one of the meetings to congratulate the sultan over his recent victories a certain Hldayat Itasul made a speech of a charcter which Is described as distinctly seditious. After the usual . felici tations over the sultan's victories , he refer red to the queen In grosslly Insulting terms , and also made use of revolutionary language concerning the government of India. This man was promptly prosecuted and has since been sentenced to ono year's Imprisonment. Ho Is the only one who has been brought to justice. All the trouble Is attributed directly to the war In Thessaly and the changed relations between England and Turkey. * * # The effective co-operation of the ameer with the Anglo-Indian government seems to have resulted In the practical breakdown of the frontier rebellion. The Mohmads have dis persed ; the Afrldls have found work to do In gathering their crops of more Immediate Importance than warfare , and by the ameer's watchfulness the tribesmen who ewe him allegiance have been prevented from Joining the Mad Mullah of Haddah , who has returned to his homo In a liuft Probably the ameer has been moved to adopt his course of action less by high conception of his duty to keep faith with his ally , the empress ot India , than by solicitude for the continuation of the enormous annual subvention which ho receives from the Indian treasury. What ever be the nmcer's motives , however , there can be no doubt of the present usefulness of his powerful aid to the hard-pressed govern ment , of British India 4 * The rule of tto Khalifa has never been ac ccpted by the people lot the Soudan , except under compulsion. It has been Indescribably cruel and unjust. Tlio people have been en slaved , Industries have been destroyed , the land hasfbccn laid waste. Since thu fall of Khartoum and the martyrdom of Gordon there has been little less than a universal orgy of debauchery , pillage , murder and de struction. That Is now , thanks to thu bc < latcd decision of the British government , near Its end. A few months more and it will have become only a memory. Dut the shame of It will not fade from the record of the Gladstone government , nor will the present generation BOO Its material marks wholly removed from the face ot the rav aged land , * * H Is merely a coincidence , of course , that the grand autumn maneuvers of the Gor man army and the army of Franco will be gin this year on the wuno date , and that the scene of the operations In each cnea will be the localities where French 'and ' Ger man armies once met In the clah of battle. The French maneuvers will take place In the I vicinity of St. Qucntln , where a despur- ate fight occurred In the latter part of the war of 1870-71 : the theater of mimic war In Germany will be the battlefield of Det- tlngcn , where In 1743 George II. , king of England and elector of Hanover , on the last occasion thatiany English monarch took tlio field In person , cut through the lines of Grummont at the head or the Hanoverian Infantry. The colncldcnco may signify nothing ; but It Is curious enough to bo worth recording , I IAIIOU AM ) I.VDli.STHV. A Vermont creamery makes 10,000 pounds of butter dally. The rallroadn are employing 100,000 moro men than at this tlmo laxt year. One American mill makes 1,000,000,000 , pieces of chewing gum annually. Investigation * recently made In Germany ehow that the averagelocomotlvu has to bo withdrawn from service after traveling about 000,000 mllcd. The Unjtcd States department of agricul ture proposwj to lay In thu center of country roads two flat flee ! tracks of sufficient width for ordinary farm wagon traffic. At Charlotte , N. C. , A. C. Summorvlllo started the spinning machinery of hlu now Magnolia webbing mill last week , and the looimi will be operated as noon as they are oot up. At the Quadlc Woolen Mills , Putnam , Conn. , there la a demand for help to fill the large amount ot orders now pouring In. The representative of thu concern ayn that thla factory will bo run until 10 o'clock at night for the future. Ho regards the Ulngley bill as a eodeond , and aaya that reports Indi ttmt nit the mill ! ) In thta purl ot the country will bo busy , bringing good time * once more. iDiiiR Seplomlirr t thn 3,000 employee of the Nutlon.il Itollliis Mill company , at McKpecport , ! ' . , will recelvo a 10 per cent Advance In wnRrti , During tlio first sU months of the present calendar ) cnr Great Drltatn Imported from the United SUtra 2S.M6 tnns of pig Iron nnd 17,395 tout * of unwrought stool. Camphor Is now exclusively A product of Japan , since the annexation ot Formosa tn that country. The camphor tree thriven only In particular Incalltlrn , where the nvcrnga yearly temperature Is above fifteen degrees. With the assistance of the latc-al innchlnra a piece of leather can be transformed into . pair of boots In thirty-four iiulnutw , In which tlmo It pas ca through the hands of nUty- three people nnd through fifteen machines. If thn amendment to -constitution ot the International Typographical union meets with the approval ot a majority of the mem bers throughout the country the effect will bo nbout double ( ho precut amount ot dues. The manufacturers of | uluti > are threat ened with the same foun of competition from the retail trade that the imuiuf.ipturers ot Pharmaceuticals have already hnd to face In the way of co-operative concerns composed wholly of rclalloni. Philadelphia In one of the largest center * for the manufacture of pnpcr boxiv ID this country , Now York Is the only city which surpasses It tn the number of factories nnd the annual value of the product turned nut. There ure between thirty ami forty paper box factories lu Phllndo.lphla uud It Id icUimntcil that there IK u capital of nbnut $1,500,0(10 ( Invested In them. For the present year the output will reach nn aggregate value of about $2,500,000. Fo\v people , says the Pltlsburg ; Telegraph , hnvo nny Idea of the Importance of the bi tuminous coal Industry In the United Statra. Since 1S93 It has led In point of mnrket value ? the mineral products of the country. Pennsylvania lends nil the citates In the union In the production , Us output for last year having been 49.100,000 tons , valued at $35,000,000 ; but this \\nn a million tons less than for the preceding yoar. West Virginia apparently supplanted the product of thla ! ) tati' , the production of our neighbor Increas ing 1,500.000 tons , and agrcgatlng nearly 13- 000 000 tons , valued $8.380.000. . coon TIMKS IN MMIIAMCA. Cnliuiilty'n Wall Siuolliereil by ( ho Hum ( if Activity. New Yolk I'umincrclalilvcrtlscr. . The silver fuslonists in Mr. llryan'a own state are confronted with circumstances ot the most discouraging sort on the very threshold of their campaign. It was only tha other day that the widely advertised "tri angular" convention was hold at Lincoln with 2,700 delegates present , and with Gen , Weaver , "Cyclone" Davis , Senator Allen , Mr. Hryan amd ns many as a do/.on brass bands In the way ot attractions. The Ink la hardly dry on the platform denouncing the greed ot the money power , deploring tha Impoverished condition of the people of Ne braska nnd declaring the gold standard to bo the parent of miseries without number. And now the whole array of populists nnd silver democrats are forced to see the city bonds of Omaha which ono year ago found no takers selling readily nt n premium. These bonds have ten years to run and bear 4'i per cent Interest. The figure at which they wore enld wns 25 per cent higher than ! the best rate iwhlch the nuuilrlpality ot Omaha has ever been able to secure for this typo of securities In the pant. Dut this Is not nil. A member ot the State Hoard of Agriculture who has been personally Investigating the subject asserts that the grain crop of Nebraska Is worth not less than $195,000,000 at ruling prices. Ne braska is not ordinarily found among the larger producers of wheat , but her farmers have nn unusual acreage of that cereal this year , acid they will reap the full benefit of the Increased prices for corn , oats and other groin. With a better return for their labor than they have had for some years , thosa voters are not likely to bo deluded by the stupid Dryanlte cry that prosperity Is "Im possible" under the gold standard , lloth la their own circumstances and the rising credit of the cities of their state they read the refutation of this falsehood. The republican leadera of Nebraska will be culpable Indeed If they do not make the most of their ad vantage. .u.vc.i.i.xn MIIITII. Clilc.-iKO Ilecord. TCro they wore wed nh , she was fair Ho praised her glorious Titian hair , nut now and niuight can make him stop- He calls his help-meet "sorrel-top. " Cincinnati Tribune. My dentist has nn eagle eye , And vicious tools lie hacks with. ' I've to think Ho's clever , but come He'd make n better lilnckomlth ! WnBhtiiKtim Star. Ere long the farmer gay will go With face nil free from wrrow To make advances to the men From whom he used to borrow Chicago Trlliiine. For the Klondike fever The only curu nlack ! Is to drop a Klondike Icicle down the back. Cincinnati I'lnqulrcr. Qh. woman ! made to bo caressed , To fondle anil to hug. Why will you waste yourself upon A fat and llca-y pug ? I'uclt , There's ono thing needful to be learned In this rude world to wait , Hoforo you llsh for compliments , To dig the proper bait. Cipvclnnd 1'lnln Ocnlcr. Within nn egg I hid a ring ; 1 thought 'twould please her so. She Hiilil , and gave her hand a Illng : "This shell gumi > will not go , " ClilciiKo llcconl. "How beautiful the moon ! " she cried ; "A stately ciuucn she trends the ky. " "That's HO , " he answered , "anil IKHlcIo , She looks just like a pumpkin pie. " WnxhliiKton Slur. AVhcn o'er he views the "bearded grain , " ' Ami cheer * the harvest frlskera , Hi ; VOWH again , with might ainl main , That there Is luclt In whiskers. TillI'AI.I. . ( Mill , , Detroit I-'ree I'rfss. Not qulto so any i perhaps , Nor debonair AH Hhe who miimm-r ruled , Anil 'neath thu moon I ) , fojle.l Hear la that , though steeled and schooled , , She broke , to wear , More stately , calmer , yet I think' more sweet Than that bright Hiunmi-r muM , From whoso brief rule wo Htraytd To follow In thii Hhade The Full girl's feet. Tlio mountain's blue Is In her rod eyes ; Itlcli liarvi-HtH Mcem to ln ! In every glance ; liur nljfn Tender , us zcphyrx die When Hummer flics , "Jet , pause , rash youth ; ner heart IB still the name ; Pntisn ere you trust thosn mild , l.aniiuors ; be not liegullcd ; You'll find her Just au ullil To change her name. Itoyul makes ( he food pure , v.'lolccomo ' unit delicious. POWDER Absolutely Pur * KOYAl CAK1HO POWOIR CO. , NIW YORK.
