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112 T1TE OMAHA TJMT.T IHSfi ; SUNDAY , SEPTEMBER 13 , 1807. THE OMAIU SUNDAV U K'lltor. TttllMH ul' HlJlMCltlTlON. r > t,4 lii-e < Wlthuut Suii'luy ' ) , Ono Yrnr.fS * 4 Vmiy lice nml Sunday , Ono Year. . . . . S 00 ( x M .r.tlis . . * CO Ml. , e Month * . 10' Huiuluy Hfv. One vnr . . . < M H.itiir.lux D'c. one Vcnr. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 M "Vi'tkiy lice , On Year . . OKFICK3 : dm * IMS The life llnlldlne. fjiilli Omnlinj Hlnger Illk. . Cor. N nnd Hth SI * C'vui. M lllurr < ! 10 I'eurl Street. t'hl . .tto Ofllci.31 ? Chamber of Commrnt. New \ .IK . Jtw.irn 13 , 14 un.l . IS , Tribune Utdf. \Voii.iliiKl.m : SOI fourteenth Street. conr.i roNiiNCE. /'I i inmiinUntlonii rtlatlnjt to PCWK nn < l < Mllto rltl mnttcr rhoulil lie niMrcncil : To the K'lltor. I.KTTBIIB. All lublnetn letter * nJ rt'mlttnncM tliouM b fiildit-Kscil to The Jlee I'ubllihlng Compnny. Oninha. nrnftn , ci ck , express and jH > tolllc iiuircv ttriicut I , ) be mml payable to the order of Hie enmiiiny , TUB nnis runuaiiiNQ COMPANY. BIMe nt Nflirnuku DaUKlns County , B. t jo II , Tnelitirlc , aPi-retarj- TIio H * Pul" Till ! IIF.n ON TIIAIIVS. ' All rnllrnnil iiiMV 1ioj-n rc Mitppllcil trllh iMiiniKli Hi' ' ' " ( n iii-ciininioiliitR ! Viry IIIIH- M-iipri-r wlio wniiln tii re-nil a > i M\.iiiiirr. Insist tiiiiui liuv- Ine Tim Hi'o. If you < Miniiot Br ( ii Hoinn ii Irnln from ili ' urtVM n i-nt , iili'iixt * ropiirt , tlic fiM-l , HtntliiK tinIrnln nml rn 11 ron il lo ( In- Circulation Iciiir/MM'ii ) / ( of Tin * llci ? . The , Ilcp N for nnlc on nil trnliiN , INSIST O.V 11AVI\O T1IJ. ; I1KI3. Is not ( tovprnor Ilnlconib about < lni > to tlirow suiotlii'i' loiiiiu'l ( nt lilnisclfV Tlu > hiborcrs of tlic country sccin to liiivt' Ill-en for tlit > most purl too busy fo cclcltrati' Lnbor day. Yellow IVvur ami Mississippi river lloo s all In ono year is piling It on pretty tlik'k for I he people In the fovor- strickpn spctlon. Tlit introduction of n few more Bsifety devices for American railroads inl ht reduce the animal destruction of lininau life by railway accidents. The Iniproveiiipnt In the prices of farm products Is not to bo a.scribed entirely to croj ) failures abroad. The increased prjco of sheep is directly traceable to the wool schedule of the now lepublicau tar iff'law. . s . ff i\plllcatlons ) for examitiatlon for ad mission to the civil service list show a decided falling olT. Uetiiriii'd pros- purity bi'in in attractive openings in jn'ivatc life will e.xjilaln the diminished pressure for jiublic ollice. According to reliable rcjiorts there will l > i ) not less than three separate and dis tinct north poll' expeditions undertaken next , year. Xo one should be surprised , therefore , to have them come back bringing three north poles with them. Senator ISaeon of Georgiahas _ declined fiu invitation to make a visit , of Inspec tion lo the Sandwich islands at the ex pense of the Hawaiian government. Senator Bacon seems to have gotten out C Ills class when he went to the United States senate. Library day lu the Nebraska public schools conies this year October . Last yt > nr the institution of Library day was generally celebrated In the state with K < ) od results nearly everywhere and Its usefulness ought to show improvement from ye.1 ! ' to year. Some oT the early victims of the Klon dike gold fever are already returning from Alaska , having become discouraged or disgusted after having maije a part of the journey. Getting rich by digging gold out of the fnr/.eii ground is about as hard as getting rich In any other laborl- oi wa.y. lyid n taste of the hardship will probably be enough for hundreds and thousands wlia will not stand the test of'endnrance. The ticket brokers have determined to tie In the courts the up new nntl-scalp- ing law passed for the benelll of the rail roads by the New York legislature with n view to testing Its constitutionality. Hitherto it has been the railroads chlelly Unit have indulged In the practice of invoking the aid of the courts to hang up dlatasteful legislation , but It seems to have been discovered that two can play at the game almost as easily as one. American firms doing business In Ger many are disposed to object to the taxes imposed upon them by the German gov ernment. If they are being discrimi nated against In any way they certainly have a right to protest , although they win not complain of being taxed so long as the same taxes are imposed on all other foreigners doing business there. Kipial treatment to the most favored IH guar anteed In our treaties and should bu de manded. Sllvorltes are having a hard tlmo In agreeing on the price which ( lie farmer would get for his wheat If wu had free cohiago and which they say he ought to bo getting. Renegade Towne de clared a week ago that the price ought to be $ ' _ ' .fi ( ) . Senator Harris of Kansas , wluKtunds high In populist circles , says the silver prlco should be $1. 5. Uach of these wonderful authorities of course refers to money that Is worth only W ) cents on the dollar. In the Interval the farmer Is Helling his wheat for more money than , lte got for it for more than live years and every dollar that he gets will buy 100 cents worth of the articles ho wants to consume. reser Tin : ixDrsTin.it , The nineteenth century hns witnessed marvelous changes wrought by agencies that have completely revolutionized tliOi world's industrial system. The appliance of Hteani and electrical power to trans portation by land and sea and Its use In conjunction with labor-saving machinery nnd In productive processes hns exerted a more potential Inlluence upon the iHillt- cal and .social structure than have the i Napoleonic wars or the overthrow of : monarchies and establishment of repub lic. The telegraph and the telephone , which have annihilated distance and biought the remotest parts of the earth iiloalinnst lustaiitanoouseotiiimmlentlon , were the forerunners of the universal employment of electrical energy In every conceivable form. The substitution of mechanical devices for hand work nnd nnlnial power made necessary the re organization of all the forces of Industry to correspond with the changed condi tions to which skilled and unskilled labor were compelled to adapt themselves. One of the marked effects of the In- lustrlal revolution has been the supplant ing of the old guild .system with modern trades unionism , So long ns every me chanic was .able to carry on his trade by ilmself and without great capital ( lie Ine of demarcation between master and apprentice , employer anil employe , did lot constitute a chasm which few could lope to cross. The faithful apprentice was sure In due time to become n loiiriieyman and the frugal and thrifty oiirncyman could make himself a master ttid establish a shop of his own with his savings. The factory system converts the skilled workman Into a machine tender and the concentration of capital nto great concerns employing hundreds mil thousands of operators not only de stroys Individual independence of the worklngman , but absolutely prevents his becoming an employer on his own ac count. These changed conditions are largely responsible for the constant friction be tween labor and capital and their or ganization Into contending armies. Con centrated capital invites , if it does not compel , organized labor. The right of workliigmen to organl/.o for mutual pro tection is now seldom denied and the benellclal effect of such organizations under wise leadership has been demon strated. The improved conditions of the bread-winners in all lands are to be ascribed largely to the solidarity of the wage-workers. While prices of com- nodities have been lowered by the cheap- nlng of production , wages not only have held their own , but have steadily ad vanced. This feature of the Industrial revolution is more noticeable in coun tries of low civilization than in those of high civilization , .lapau and Uussla' , for example , have within the last decade witnessed , a greater elevation of the wage-worker than Kngland , Germany or the United States. In all countries where- organized labor has made itself felt pailiaments and legislatures have re sponded to the demands of labor with laws compelling employers to provide healthful workshops and limiting the em ployment of women and children. The most .far-reaehing result of the in dustrial revolution l.s seen in the gradual reduction in the number of hours of labor. 1'p to this time the United States has gone further in this direction than any other country and this , coupled with the general high rate of wages , has been a barrier to successful competition of American factory products with those of foreign nations In the world's markets. The fear that American wages would have to be lowered in order to meet foreign competition , and especially the comp"it'on ! of Kugland , Germany , Uussla and Japan , lias caused serious appre hension among both American workingmen - men and American manufacturers. This apprehension is , however , not well grounded. The tendency everywhere is to level uj ) the labor market Instead of leveling H down. Wages in Japan have doubled within the last live years and wages In Russia are steadily rising. Eng land is just now going through the great est struggle for readjusting the effects of machine production ever inaugurated by organized labor. The engineers' strike for an eight-hour day involves al most all the mill and factory workers of Great Itrltnln. It is supported by all th < British trades unions and is abundantly supplied with means for continuing the. contest for an indefinite time. The suc cess of this great strike means the ad justment of industrial production to an eight-hour wage scale. It is admitted by the Itritish manufacturers that the in evitable consequence will be to equalize the cost of production In Kngland and America and give the advantage. If any , to the American manufacturer with the more skilled American workman and most improved machinery. The conclu sion to be drawn Is that America Is destined to become a more active factor In the world's markets than ever before and the American workman will always be able to hold his own against tiie world. KXl'KXSIl'K. In his plea for an Increase of the navy , to which reference has heretofore been made , ox-Secretary of the Navy Herbert says : "If we annex Hawaii we must add largely to our Pacific tleof. We cannot otherwise defend this outpost , U.MM ) miles from our present boundaries. " We have now in Pacitle waters > the Aslatlu Jleet , with six cruisers and gun boats , ami the Pacific fleet , with one battleship , two monitors and four cruis ers and gunboats , forming together an ample fleet under existing conditions , The annexation of Hawaii would prob ably necessitate keeping In Pacific wat ers double the number of war vessels now there and the government would have to proceed at once with the con struction of these additional ships , un less It unwisely weakened the Atlantic licet to supply thorn. The construction of these vessels would requirenn ex. pendlturo of perhaps ftiO.OOO.OOO , which in the present condition of the revenues Is no inconsiderable sum. lUit this is not nil. The annual cost of maintain ing the Pacific fleet would be very con- Kldeiiibly increased and this would be n continual charge , Nor would the expense Involved In an nexation Ktop with this naval Increase , Wo should have to build fortifications on the islands and gurrliou them. ( This would lip no small. Item ( it the outset 1 and there would be created nil annual expenditure whlrh In nol very nuiuy years -\\ould amount to inure than the Islands nro worth. And these expendi tures would be paid by the American ' people , not by the people of Hawaii , j The latter are poor nnd no more revenue | conld be got from IliPin than would bo j required to wirry on the government ( lu iho Islands. Indeed. It Is highly prob able that even for this purpose the people ple of the Pulled 'slates would nave to contribute.Vlth ; . 'nl American treas ury to draw upon If necessary , there would be laxity lu the collection of taxes and probably annual dcllclK The men In Hawaii who have worked up the annexation scheme would not fall to llnd ways to get money from our na tional treasury. It is plain , then-fore , that annexation would be expensive. It would call for millions for additional ships and for for- tillcatloiiH ninl would create a continual expense of considerable proportions. There Is a universal demand for a re duction in public expenditures. A majority of the people believe that the govern ment Is costing too much. With expendi tures steadily In excess of receipts the feeling is rery general thai the former should be cut down. This being' ' the case what justification can there be for annexing remote territory which would compel the government to materi ally Increase its expenditure" which would augment the demands on the na tional treasury to be pahl out of the pockets of the American people ? AMKTIIC.IX IXriiXTtVN ACTIVITY. As shown by the statistics of Ihc p.itcut otllce for the last llscal year , business de pression does not Interfere with Ameri can Inventive activity. There were -17- 7-17 applications , during the year ending June Jio last , for patents , designs , trade marks , etc. , and ! , ' ! , ! ) were granted. The commissioner of patents states that a greater number of applications for pat ents were filed tiring the year ISHtl than In any previous year In the history of the patent otlice and yet the utimber tiled during the first six monthof 1S' > 7 lias exceeded by more than 7 per cent the number received In the first half of lSt ! ) > . From January 1 , 1S07. to June 00 there were tiled 'J.Vt.Y. ) applications. During the same period the total receipts of the ollice were over . TL'U.OOO. a gain of ? 1)1'- ( ) , ( KK ) over the six mouths immediately pre ceding. The Increase in receipts is a notable feature of the year's business and Commissioner Hutlerworlh calls at tention anew to the fact that the total net receipts over expenditures standing to the credit of the pateufollice in the treasury amount to over ? 5,000,000. American inventors fully repay the gov ernment for tile protection It gives them. It appears that notwithstanding the in crease in the business of the patent ollice there has been no Increase in the clerical force in six years and it is consequently inadequate to the proper performance ot the work of the .otllce. In crowding the work the commissioner says it oc curs that the examinations may not be as thorough as they ought to be aliil-bhiasmucu as ' ' lii * ventors have provided a fund ample to employ a force sufficient to insure elll- ciency and promptness In the dispatch of business , the appropriation of the fund so provided should be adequate to the just requirements of the bureau. It is certainly due to the inventors that thi > y shall be subjected to as little delay as possible in securing their patents , but it has been found dillicult to impress this ujioii congress and probably the recom mendation of Commissioner Biitterworth In regard to increasing the force of the ollice will have no more weight than that of his predecessors. In that case , the work must continue to fall further be hind If the increase of applications is maintained , as undoubtedly it will be under the stimulus to Invention reason ably to be expected from the return of prosperity. FAVUltS TIIK I'JtAN. Postmaster General Gary has stated that he is in favor of the postal savings bank plan , because he believes it will confer great benefits on people who live in out-of-the-way places where they are deprived of all banking facilities. "If put in operation. " said Mr. Gary. "It will bring out many thousands , perhaps mil lions , of money now hoarded away In chimneys , stockings or stoves and will give thousands of people an interest In the government. " The postmaster gen eral stated that the establishment of postal savings banks will be made the leading feature of his administrative policy and he will strongly urge It upon the attention of congress In his annual report. Mr. Gary is a practical business man and lids fact gives special weight to his opinion on tlds matter , which Is purely one of business , lie understads that the establishment of postal savings banks would tend to encourage thrift , among the people and he knows the value of tills. He also appreciates the fact , not the least Important to be considered In connec tion with this question , thill it would give a very large number of people an Inter est In the government which they do nol now feel. ICvery person , who became a depositor In a postal .savings bank would necessarily feel greater concern In the government , or at least In Its financial condition. With several millions of people ple putting their savings In postal hanks there would be created n potent In- tluence for the maintenance of a found and stable financial system. Those whose money the government had In its keeping would favor no policy under which this money might he. depreciated in value. The position of the postmaster general will undoubtedly have the effect to strengthen sentiment favorable to the establishment of postal savings banks , but the friends of that plan must be pre pared to encounter strong opposition , All the power and influence of the private savings banks will bo arrayed agulnst it and there will bt other opposition lid less determined. Theru are many who think there l no need of postal savings banks In the United States. They are compelled to admit that they are of great benefit to the people 'of other countries , but they express doubt ns to whether they would be found equally BO here , though no one has suggested any good reason why they should not be Just an beneficial IKTO suiUU3n gland , Trance nnd Germany , Then there Is objwtlnn on the score of puJlifS.'illsili that It Is not the business of the government to take , rate of the snvttijts of the people , perhaps | the shallowest objection of all. though potent with sou\e. \ ' These ami other oh- Jectloiis will btyflcniuously urged by the opponents of a pnslut savings bank sys- tern and they uiitsMlie met and answered. There Is piomisgijint this question will be prominent 'Jn he attention of con gress nt the coming session and the en actment of lejjjsl'n.llon for establishing postal .savings Jii : } | < s Is probable. A Jusl. as the country was congratulat ing Itself upon the prospect , of a pence- able ending ot the great coal miners' strike comes the startling announce ment of nn encounter between UIK ) marching Pennsylvania strikers and a sheriff backed by n pifsse of seventy nrined deputies , In which nearly n score of the mluerlosl > tliclr lives and twice that number were maimed or wounded. Prom the best Information at hand , the conduct of the sheriff can be character ized only as cowardly and utterly inex cusable. The miners are represented as uuaimed nnd marching peaceably on the public highway when the sheriff lead the riot act' and ordered them li disperse. The refusal to pay lit- tention to the command was immedi ately followed by a murderous volley from tile gnus of the seventy deputies , who .did not cease tiring even after the men had begun a precipitate re treat. There can be no. palliation nor excuse for such horrible carnage. Under our laws olllcers have no right to use deadly weapons except where their own lives are In jeopardy or where a criminal violently resists arrest. Sev enty-odd law officers certainly should have been able to disperse a crowd of unarmed strikers without resorting to bullets. At all events , they were In duty bound to exhaust all peaceable means before using firearms. It is questionable , however , whether under the law the attempt to interfere with the peaceable marching of the strikers on the highway was not In itself a breach of the law. It Is the duty of the sheriff and all peace olllcers to protect the lives , and property of citi zens. It is their duty to maintain law and order and prevent lawless trespass upon private 'promises. It is neither their duty nor their right to molest people ple passing over the public highways even though they may be "suspected of unlawful iuteiklad the sheriff and his posse beencontent to station them selves upon the property about to be in vaded and resisted an attempt at forci ble entry there might have been some justification for discharging firearms after due wanting to the Intruders. , This deplorab6 ! incident only empha sizes the dangbrous scope of the recent court orders ciijofiling the assembly and marching of unemployed minors ( ingaged I'a prosecutlng'the fstrikc under penalty of punishnienl for contempt These court orders could not possibly have been 'intended ' to applyto unarmed me"ii pass ing peaceable along public highways. Hut law otllcers subservient to the mine owners and spured.oii by corporation lawyers , who always twist the law to serve their ends- naturally take it into their heads that when the court S can im prison men for contempt and keep them hi jail without jury trial they too have a right to treat strikers as criminals and execute them on the spot If they dare resent their insolence or call into ques tion their authority. While the poor miners who have been wantonly shot down cannot be restored to life. , the un warranted action of .the sheriff should force our lawmakers , to define the boundaries beyond which courts and law otlicers cannot go with impunity in the abridgment of the rights of peaceable assembly and free speech guaranteed by the constitution to all citizens. Nebraska prohibitionists through their state committee have adopted the white- rose as their party/emblem for the ollicial ballot. Just how the white rose of the prohibitionists will bij distinguished from the red rose or Jhe" yellow rose which other piirties may see nt to adopt is not exactly plain. It suggests , however , ( Im possibilities of color photography for the emblematic part of the ollicial ballot. In what other manner can the precise im age of the white rose be transferred to the uiilifellke paper ? How gorgeous the democratic rooster might be made to ap pear if all the scintillating tints of hi * handsome tail feathers conld be thus re produced. With color photography the voter could almost tell by the sound that the liberty bell of the sllveriles was cracked and that there wart a mortgage on the cottage home of the populists. To accomplish such results no expense should be spared to make the picture gallery on the otliclal ballot as realistic as possible. One of our Chicago contemporaries facetiously rocorYijul'iids a well known ' citizen of that c'itx as a model juror because "he Is Intolllgcnt nnd does not read the newspljupjrs. " This Is a self- contradiction. J.ii these days of nine teenth century civilization no intelligent person refrains Jrom rending the news papers. The newspapers ore purveyors of Intelligence. They chronicle the hap penings of the'Jin1 , ! comment upon cur rent topics and criticise public men nml measures. Tim Intelligent man must keep abreast of'tlle1affairs of life nnd lie cannot do thin without reading the newspapers. > i ' < The otllclnl ofnjj. / . , of the state house populists say that Judge Sullivan , al though a democrat , hns always had the enthuslabtlc support of the populists of his district whenever he lias been a can- dldnte for any position. This would bo Interesting if true , but why did the popu lists try to beat him with a candidate of their own when Judge .Sullivan first made the race for the district bench and was elected by n combination of gold democrats and republicans ? Among the most significant prosperity Items that are becoming quite common are the announcements of the establish ment of new stores nnd business houses In the small towns throughout this ami surrounding states. Nothing could bet- ler Illustrate the Improved condition of the ( icople than these exhibitions of con fidence In Ihelr ability to support new Industrial ami commercial enterpriser that depend almost wholly for their suc cess upon locarpiitVonage. The Treasury department has with drawn the privilege extended lo ship pern of currency lo avail themselves of the government express rate at the tlmt ) It wns thought desirable to stlmu- Intt * private deposits of gold with the treasury to strengthen the gold reserve. The privilege wns purely an emergency measure , nnd with the gold reserve re stored ami prosperity returned Its con- tlnuniice Is no longer of special udraii * Inge to the government. Most of those wonderful Arkansas pearls that have found their way lethe the market have proved to be practi cally worthless when subjected to commercial tests. Thus another avenue of sudden fortune SCCIUN to be blocked for the people who want to acquire wealth without working. HluXov -r l < otH ( in. St. Louis Ucpulillc. With a famine in Ireland nnd a famine In liulta on Its hands nt the same time , Urcal Drllnln may bo willing to surrender ono of these possessions In order not to lese them both. Oliiiilin'N Lofty Credit. IHlffnlo KMHI'.S-I. Omaha has sold n batch ot city bonds at n rate ot 25 per cent higher than was ever paid for similar bonds before. A year ago the same lionds were offered nnd found no takers at all. There's nn object lesson for Mr. Hrynn to talk about near home. tif Itnllriinil Trnvoli-rM. St. Louis rost-Dlppatcli. The I'atcrson lawyer who lias established the right of a passenger to sit in a Pullman car without paylnc extra until provided with n seat la some other car will be applauded by the traveling public all over the country. Passengers on nny sort of a railway do not pay their money to stand. The standing- passenger condition should pass away , and It would do so everywhere but for the asinine patience of the public , which has allowed It self to become accustomed to Imposition. IN ( In * KiilNcr Serious f New York Times. Emperor William has not yet exhausted either his power or hU inclination to create amazement. His assertion that the cmplro Is held In his protecting haud was qulto con sistent with previous utterances on that sub ject , but when he referred to "an awful re sponsibility to the Creator alotie , " he showed a modesty which none of his previous orations tions had given reason to expect. Soon one will begin to suspect that William docs not take himself quite so seriously as has been supposed. HeoruttNKIIIIH | | A lilir.vu I Ion. Kansas City Star. Congressman Loud of California , who has hitherto strongly supported the jiroposltlon to annex Hawaii , has Just returned from a six weeks' visit to Uiose islands , and an nounces that , "Instead of finding material to combat the opponents of annexation , he has been converted to their views , " Senator Morgan of Alabama , who when last seen was heading for Honolulu to visit relatives , will probably not change his views on the sub ject. The difference la that the California congressman has no kin to be benefited by the absorption of the Kanakas , whether they will or not. Milltlll-lNlll 111 Illf Sl-lllXllN. ] . ) ulsvlllt > Courier-Journal , in Xelfraska the women of the 'Wptncii's Chrtatlah temperance union Insist * tfiat mllllarisiri" th'.vtlie public schools shall be abolished ; that the cadets be disarmed , ( hat for guns and swords shall be substituted broomsticks , and that the boys who are be ing drilled in martial tactics shall be In structed in arbitration and the arts of peace. Between the Women's Chris'jian Temperance union , which demands that constitutional militarism shall go , and the Debsites , who demand that every man shall have the con stitutional right to tote his own gun , the constitution seems In danger of being strained. Tile Sin'iiliiH of l ) < u't < > r.s. New Yoilt Tilbune. England , as well as the United States , complains of an oveisupply of doctors. More are annually graduated than there Is room for , and the same Is true in other countries. What to < lo with the surplusage Is a problem of which no solution has yet been found. If the younger sawbones could be set to doctorIng - Ing each other for a term before trying their hands on the public their ranks would thin out with great rapidity , but such a coursa would probably be against the ethics of the profession. The complaint ot too many doctors Is not a new one , and the condition Is not ono easily remedied. The fittest will continue to survive , and the others will continue to starve or go Into the drug busi ness , according to their wont hitherto , serv ing as doorkeepers In the temple of tncdldno If they are not permitted to dwell In Its tents. I'liMtnl SuvlnuN Ilniikx. New Yoik Jlnll nnd Uxpiois. Postmaster General Gary is making a care ful study of the postal savings binks of Canada and other countries , the results of which will be embodied in Ills annual report , and which will In all likelihood be accom- pinled by an argument In favor of establish ing the system In the United States. The operation of postal savings banks has In variably proved satisfactory wherever they have been tried and so general has been their adoption that the United States and Switzerland are about the only progressive nations whore they do not exist. Postmaster General Wanamakor during the Harrison ad ministration strongly urged the establishing of postal savings banks In this country and public sentiment would cordially support any effective , steps In that direction on the part of Mr. Gary. The llnclK-lor in I'olltU-x. PJiIlailolphla I MlRvr. Mrs. Charlotte Smith's crusade against the bachelor in politics la attracting considerable attention In Unston , where It is being actively carried on. The newspapers are discussing it and the women's societies are considering It with much interest. One of these , ttio Rescue league , has adopted a resolution set ting forth that "Tho American bachelor politician shirks his duty to the human family when ho Jails to provide a homo for some good woman be fore he engages In the profession of politics. " It Is rosy to see In this utterance that the dominant thought ot the women who made It Is not politics , but marriage. Neverthe less , there Is some Justice in what they say , for a married man , If ho respects his wife as lie should , will have the benefit of her counsel in the political movements in which ho engages , and it Is pretty certain to been on the side of right and truth. Still , it muM be admitted that a bad man In politics is none the batter for being married , IIAVU IXSim.\\CH HATISS IMI.IiK.N'T Mnrkfil DicllmIn I.nnHCN SII KI-M ( n Cut In llnli-H , I'hllailplphla Iteconl. There certainly appears to bo some occult relation between prosperous and unprosper- ous times and the tips and downs of losses by lire. Take , for example , the following comparison of fire losses for the first eight months of the past three years : 16'lj. U9C. 1KII7. Junuarr . Jll.VJ3C ) Jll,0)Ko > JU,013,70) Krtirunry . 12.3ft > , u s.TSO.loo K.G7H.T5J MurctV . 11,21,300 It. KB. 60 1 April . 11,0111 , 139 12.01UGot ) , ! 7,7C1,330 10CI,0 10,193,0'W ' Juno . , i3lOOI ! > 6.7Z1.2W S.CIII. < V ) July . 9,083,000 U.OM.SSl MM.SM August . , a , OW 8J5,2 ) C.M.KO Totals . tUS11OW JSl.kW.OJO J71.021.70J There Is , of course , a sinister Buggestive- ness Ju these figures far tboiewho seek to find it. But the charitable view Is that es cape from devastating fires comes to us like oed crops , new gold fields nd other blested happenings. We are having a ruu of great luck. sisrrr.\u SHOTS AT Tin : rn.riT. Journal' Advices from Homo that high prelates ot Iho I'nthollo church nr already rhctnlriR to control ( ho papal com-lnvp which will elect n aiici-osnor to 1'opo Leo when he shall die. Ambition creeps even Into the churches ami human nature crops out in'cloisters. . Chicago News : Kx-Pnstor Vronmnti * tlli affirms that Ills Inromo for the Innt four months "wns st the rate of $75 n year. " When Pa lor Vrooumn thinks of the two Chicago clg.ir makers who went to the Klon dike nnd tnntlo $ l0 ! between them In two mouths' mining ho is naturally dlssatUfkvl with the small plodding gains on which hi- has been recrcntlng this summer. Now York Tribune : If thorp Is a clergy man In Syracuse * who la willing lo perform seven marriage services In a balloon nl the Onondnga County fair thl week sumo con gregation in that city should bcglit to took for a new pastor. A man-lagr should be a sacred ceremony , conducted soberly , rever ently and decently. To make It part of Rpcctaclo and surround 11 with sensational tMppingn to set agape the mouths ot curiosity-seekers and feed the \nnlty of sh l- low-brnjttcd couples is an otllcc unbecoming to nil concerned. A clergyman who sanc tions such vulgarity shows himself lacking In e3 cntlal elements ot n refined nnd ircvor- cnt character. Detroit Journal : The pastors arc returning to their pulpits from their summer vacations. rejuvenated nnd relnspired , wo hope , for their difficult work of keeping us in the straight nnd narrow path. Those ot us who have stayed at home and worked on pa tiently through the heat and burden of the summer days have not strayed widely from the track , we believe ; but tlmt was not be cause nur spiritual shepherds were away. It was no doubt , because ot the good ad- vlco nnd simple teaching they gave us before they left. Which Is moro to our credit than If wo had continued in righteousness with the watchful eyes of the tenders of the llock over us. Wo are a pretty good sort of people ple , after all. Chicago Tribune : Despite the general In crease of intelligence , our old friend , the bigot , moves cheerfully on in the darkness. A congress of high Russian ecclesiastics has voted to nsk the czar to proceed against Tolstoi as dangerous to the church and state , nnd also voted to prohibit the publlcaj lion of Lutheran hooks in the Russian language. They also gravely discussed a proposition to take children of parents be longing to sects other than the established church from them nnd educate them In the Institutions teaching the tenets of their tu- llglon , but desisted because there are no such Institutions. And they do all this In the name of religion on the very threshold ot the twentieth century. l'iit.SI\AI , AM ) OTIIKIIU 1SK. New York City announces that it has 2,000,000 Inhabitants. This Is Gotham's way of salivating Chicago. The political pretensions ot the- returned Croker have provoked growls In other places than the Tammany zoo. Stuffing private letter boxes with tinmalled handbills nml circulars Is now good for , from thirty to ninety days in Jail ia Nt-w York state. Three of the most popular women lecturers those who glvo pleasant drawing room talks are Mrs. Sangster , Miss Hepplier and Kate Upaou Clarke. While the south enjoys a monopoly of colonels all the year around , Nebraska's fall array of coin kernels with sashes of silk Is the admiration of the world. The decree has gone forth in Boston that the waltz "must not be tolerated In circles where good form is the Idol. " Yet without good form the waltz Is an idle pastime. The overshadowing Issue of the moment Is the repeal of the law of supply and de mand. Its operation is a fruitful source of confusion and annoyance to political drel- bounds. A New York woman achieved considerable glory by killing one of the biggest bears over seen in Maime. Now a measly hater of women presumes to aizc up her courage with a mouse. These are stirring times In Texas. A combination church and school house on Spike's Prairie , walked oft 'between ' days and traveled ten miles without the knowledge , aid or consent of the owners. Nicola Tesla and Dr. Vlrchow observe that there are no scientific reasons why we shouldn't live for 1,000 years. So far as known the observation has not. affected the rate sheet of the coffinnukcrs' trust. A .Minnesota boy who ran away from home about a year ago writes from the Klondike to his father that he has been offered $30,000 for Ills placer claim. The wise father told him to grab the money , hurry home and all would be forglvnu. Fellow countrymen , whither arc wo driftIng - Ing ? Last year a few millions of us shed great gobs of tears because the country was , In a financial sense , a tin can tied to the lion's tall. Now wo are merely the feeder of Europe. Shall' we submit meekly to this bondage ? There are no files on St. Louis. The un accountable disappearance of the domestic pest agitates the superstitious residents at the west end of the bridge. Hut there is no occasion for fear and trembling. Tholr flight . I may bo explained by the recent disturbance J | of Chicago river. Dick Croker of Tammany fame 1s a man of few words , and his words occasionally condense a Urge volume of history. "We are workers , " ho says , referring to Tam many , "not dreamers. " The manner In which Tammany worked New York when It had a chance atlirms the accuracy of Dick's observation. Two California women have braved Uio fa tigues of Mount Popocatepetl. They are Mrs. Ell Llewellyn and Airs. Schaumann- ' Warthman , membeis of the Sorosls club of San Francisco , who are traveling In Mexico. They remained an hour on the mountain top and then made a swift descent and returned to Mexico City , where they received many congratulations for their pluck. IOWA AM ) THIS tt.Yl'OHITIO.V. Convliu-Inw K * IINOIJNVliy tli < * Sliitt * Slifiulil .Ala lit- ( ; i-uiul Kxlillill. DPS Jtloliu'8 lA'uder. Messrs. S. D. Cook , Itobert H. Moore and J. E , E. Markley , the special committee of the Iowa Transmlsslsslppl Exposition com mittee , appointed to make an address to the people of the state , have done their work. It is a brief and succinct statement of the reasons why Iowa , of ail western ttaterf , should be adequately represented at tiie great exposition Oiriaua lu preparing to give. When Omaha and Nebraska first proposed this enterprise Iowa looked at It with a somewhat of an elder brother Indifference. It was agreed that Iowa should bo repre sented , but It was largely a matter of uelgbborllness , lint sliico information In re gard to thu ecopu and magnitude of the exposition have been more complete , the Iowa attitude Is changing , Representation Is no longer considered as a favor , but a privilege , if cot a necessity. It Is perceived that Iowa , If It takes the right course , can reap greater substantial advantages out of the undertaking than out of the World's fair. Some ot the reasons are set forth In the address of the Iowa conunUslon Iowa , up to the present time , hus been principally an agricultural state , and has only made the btglnnlng of large manufacturing in dustries , In splto of the fact that there Is enough coal under Iowa BOI ! to run 100 fac tories where now there U ono , Iowa must look- forward to Imcomint ; a manufacturing state. It lias almost reached the limit of Its agricultural development , and with the growth of Iowa capital , which Is now n-ior- inous , the natural outlet Is In manufactories. If iowa is to > become a manufacturing state , its natural market Is to the west. Hence its Interests In the trade territory lying beyond the iMIssouri river. There lies the region that Iowa may supply. Just as Illinois for many years has supplied with many articles the territory wt t of that state , BO Iowa , unless the state's progress is permitted to stop , must likewise supply the area west of It. 'Manufacturing ' 1 about to move another zone west , and the next landing place IH Iowa. At the Omaha Exposition Is an ex cellent place for displaying the advantages of fown as a manufacturing field , and ao for cultivating closer relations with the piofprctlve customers , Thin , lu brief , Is the aiKument , sad no one can question its soundness. Iowa thmilfl provide ample fa- cllltlt-B for the gathering of a oultable ex hibit at Omaha , not am & matter ot pride , but of luteieat. HO.MSTV or TIM : sr.\is. Are \\IIIIM-II .snfrr Tlinn .Mm t n - of .Mniti1) ' I'tiilnilflphln Inquirer Slnco women have so hugely Invaded busi ness and other domains In which men only used to dwell. great de.il has been sftM for nnd against the change. Without entering Into the discussion R to Hip right of woman to cumpcti' with ituin in Holds lu which lie nt out' tlmo had full sway , atten tion may be called to one thing that Is often . argued in favor of Iho advance of women , and that Is as to the tew Instance ! ) of ills- I horn-sly to be found among them when they jaro charged with pecuniary responsibility. fit has been pointed out that while there i nro constant li ; tanco < of dishonesty among men , there nre comparatively few among , women , and It Is arsnetl that If they en- i Joyed the Rune positions of trust that am now filled by men , there would bo fewer . cases recorded of embezzlement nnd do- i fnlcation. Only a few weeks ngo the mysterious dcith lot a young woman in aa'cHlco ' In Huston , in which she was employed s cashier nnd book keeper. set the wholiof that city agog. It was nt fiist bollevod that fhc had been I murdered by some ono who had entered tiie olllco In which she was employed for the , purpose of robbery , nnd then one after an other facts began to shape themselves ami [ show that she was a defaulter ; that she- had I mads an effort to burn the books which showed her wrongdoing , and. falling to cover her fault , had committed suicide. It was the old slnry which Is told of so many men , of n young woman having hmglnga ( which she could not gratify , nnd seeking 'to become rlrli by speculation with the money entrusted lo her. In the newspaper comments upon the tragedy It was polnUul out that such nctlon on the p.irt or n woman was unu'tml. and n good deal of dlirusiinn.is Indulged In as to the caimc. In tlu < first place It may be said Hint , laying nsHo the ( itiestlon of woman's Inherent luni- csty. which is so often dwelt upon , ? ho hns not yrt had the same opportunities nor tin' j same tomplatlons as those which surround wan. When wo tlnd women presidents of In- I | dustrlal corporations , of trust companion ami | j of bunking Institutions , or cashiers mid pity- i i masters , with the handling of enormous sums | j of money , nnd llnd that they do not give way : : ' to temptation , then it Is time to argue in 1 fr.vor of their superior Integrity , but nt the present time conditions do not exist upon which to base the conclusions that some ar rive at so cursorily. It must be remcmborod , too. that until lately women have never been In the whirl of business , that the sphere In which they moved was one ot comparative Delusion , am ) that they know only of the outside world of bustle , of activity anil of onticomi'iHs , Ify hearsay. The woman who goes out today to i-arn her living has doubtless a shield against demoralization in the very training which slie has received in youth , but the question arises , now that the now woman has come nnd Illngs behind her all respect for the traditions of the past , If she will not possibly fall Into the same pitfalls as men do. It Is useless to say anything as to woman's rightful place. She has come to believe that what n man can do she can do , nnd that s < ho has a right to take part In the work of the busy world. That matter has been set tled definitely , and It Is im-lcss for any cynic or old-fashioned thinker to kick ngalust the pricks. Hut woman herself ought not to take refuge behind the thought that she Is made of finer clay than man. It she for gets her early teachlnga and does not duly weigh the responsibilities of the work that belongs to the new sphere In which she lias placed herself , she will make mistakes Just as men do , and as often , too. DO.M13.ST1C 1IIYI.S. Denver Post : A Texas man bus sued for divorce because his wlfo refuses to put on the soft pedal when who snores. Detroit Free Press : Oiimmey Mr. Tiff is trying to break his wife's will. Gargoyle He knew better than try to do such a thing while she was ullve. Indianapollfi Journal : She And do you love me aV much as you did when we UN ere first married ? He Oh , more. You have become one of my habits by this time , so to speak. JU''ge : "Anil you want to ninrry my daughter , do yon-said Mr. Stockbroker. "Well , not right nway , sir , " said the timid youth ; "but I'd like to luivc an option on her. " Chicago Post : "In inirrligo : : , " salil the o'.il Imohelor , ; is ho inentnlly llgurcd on the cnst of n wedding present , "a woman gets every thing. " "Yes , " mlmltted the old nniid ; "Mic even gets the worst of it. " Boston Transcript : Miss Singleton "Tii-y tell me- that luippy marriages nre rare. Tell me. did you ever have any trouble with your husband ? Mrs. Mny Tedil No trouble that I recol lect , oxce.pt . In gettinghim. . Detroit Journal : "A man , " remarked the observer of men and things , "never known what it Is to got It In the neck , really and truly , until he gr-ta mnrrlcd mid hn all Ills tics bought by his wife. " Philadelphia North American : First Maiden Amy Standlsh , who is erignged to Charlie Fresh , got her ring yesterday. Second Maiden "Which reminds me .that Clara Hoyden got her dh-orco on Monday. It's perfectly lovely and tied -with red rib bon. Cli-M'ljtnil Louder. Two lovers journeyed down the lane In the hazy Ions OKO , And the breezes blew around the twain. And set their cheeks aglow ; O hairpy levers In the lane In the hazy long ngo ! Where Is the lane they journeyed through , And whe.ro , you link , ure they ? Ah ! ono was she uiul one was yet ) . And It all comes li.ick toduy ; Wo'vo all been "lovers in the lane In the hazy long ago. " A xirsiiT. Oh , Xlght , thoti mystifying queen quadroon , Whose irgJnds hold the fecret of thy sway , Thou parse * ! on the tide of dreams too soon , Surrenilerlni ; to the gnrlsh light of , lnv. Tarry , and lot the phantom forms be born That In ort'ullve childhood illd beguile ; Though reHson puy the penalty at mom And mock thy pleasures with 11 wondering tinlle. The spot that bath no clmnnsi Is poor In deed ; Defects are lost nnd peace Is In the Hides , On everything to which the eyew ulve heed A chUHtene'l. ' melancholy beauty lien ; And crude obstructions form u spell anew- Yon elm trunk whereon dark mussea cllntf , I. , HVPH no lieformltv nt nlfiht in view , JJtit seems a Druid Virgo worshipping. The wiunlld roof of nny fisherman Stc.iln n soft loveliness beneath thn moon ; And c-vory Heeling .shadow on the nlranrl Is nome winged iinjjel passing the lugoon , Afar , thu Hwcot-toned mando'ln doth float , Jn note * that dip through t-onlrf ( if the guitar ; And with the plashing of an anchored. boat- A lover' idle'rutl'OHuei'lion ' mur. The linrbor llghtnilo bcckoil outbound whips , Or deck with Juweled chalices the sen. Whore drowzlnii hfa nymphs catch them to their linn , And drink to Neptune's Immortality. Thus , is the imet'n aoul from inoaringn loosed. And glides adrift from all the outward stir , Into n Kolltudu .with . thonxhtn rouluscd Till memory smiles upon the things tlut were. Ye potent ntnrn thut look on every chniiKP , YH mirror Iti the Kinallc t rivulet ; Hut tell the ocean "thou IIUHI Iriuur range " Anil to the mariner : "Dost thou forxe.t The Ooil who bids u ( lotllnlos ili' . pno | ? Who gulden on KBH. and clem > rt pliiln ? I onk up ! thy horoncope I * In the Hkl.'M , Above these worlds of silence iloth Ho rel n. " The flowerH of Bprlng fade with the love , The stnrH perennial In th < lr rrblts bo ; The same Htars guided , Jacob'u ilrojin of yara And brooded over far Gethpcmuiie. It makes us think ; not very long ago A Havlor trail this planet im Ills home ; Till KI-OVV we confident of bllfH they know Who pansoil the portals where wo lion * to come. Oh , Night ! Oh , NlKht , thou gift of the , mipicine , Thou heritage to sorrow Jicre below ; Too few the words to comjiusa what we dream , Or half portray what Inborn yearnings kn w. "Wo only cry nt tlmen lor Hlrni to lead Who Klveu our thuuytitH this weary niae- nltude ; "When wl p it men nre weak , and but succeed To vex the soul with the Infinitude. CATHKMNE JtUSU.