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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1897)
12 TJTE OMAJTA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , SEPTEMBER 20 , 1807. Tim OMAIIA VSUNDAY E. HOSKWATKlt , IMItor. IVJ5IIY MOHN1NO. oii'litTnsciii -TION. i . Dally tlce ( Without fiuntlny ) , One Year . W < n Dully MM nncl Sunday. One Ynr . < W KU Muntlii . 1 W ' .Three Month . J J Kiimlny lite , < ) ni > \ > nr . * J ° Knturilny lice , One Year . , . > > * > \Vctkly llee. One Year . Omaha : The \\tt \ \ . Houth Omaha : Hlnittrr Illk. , Cor. N nnil lltli Si * . Cuunrlt Mlurrn : 10 IVnrl Mtiect. CfllciiRtj Olllcc : SIT Chamber of Comim-ren. New York : Itoum * 13. It nml IS. Tribune IllJg. IVnuhlngton : HOI Fourteenth Street. All ivimmunlcatlr.nB relutltm to news and edito rial matter iliould l. ntldrcuroli To the Ivlltor. HUKINKHS J.ITTKUS. : All biwlnwa letter * nml remittances Miotdil be ndilreninl to The lice I'libltuMIng Company. Omnlin. DtultB , check * , expi ? s nml tmstnfllce inonoy nnlrri , to bo mnde payable to the order u f the company. TUB HKi : 1'UllI.l.SlllNO COMPANY. BTATHMKNT OK CtnCUI.ATlON. Btntc of NelirnnUn , Doiiiclnii County , M. : QeorRc It. Tx.ii-huclt , s < crct.irr of The Dec I'lilc Ihlilnu company , I - | ! R duly iwom , c.iyn tlmt the iictuiil tiunil > rit full iirirt cumplelo coflei of The Dally , Morning. Bvenltm nml Hniiilny He * prlntcil ilurlnu thu muii thiif AiiBum. 1W" , as as follows- 1 19.4V ) 17 1S.57J t 19,413 IS 19.451 3 19,435 19 19.S74 4 19,370 S ) 19.701 r. 19,410 21 50930 2 ; 19.CW 7 ! ' . ! ! ! ! . ' ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! , ' isiwa 13 19r,2S 8 19.4CO II 19,351 0 19.JI3 jj 19.DII 10 ; is. 1:1 i ! 19.SG1 11 19.SI1 ST W.C73 12 UI.'JTJ S 19.63 13 15.CXS 23 19.C01 II I'J.SM 30 19.4M 3D IH.MO 31 19443 16 1U.CB5 - Totnl 61.ti5J J.ess returned iiml unsold copies 9.S25 Totnl net unles GOS.170 Not dully nveniKi' 19,01 * tlKOttm * M. T/.SCHUCK. Bworn to before mn. nml fuli-crlheil In my Iircicnftc IJla LM day of Hcplcnilicr , 1KI7. ( Senl. ) Notary I'ubllc. run men ox THAIXS. All mill-null iiiM tlMiyw MUllplll'lI nltll rllltllKll NIMIKIT xvlio YviintM to rciiil n IK-IVNIIIIID-r. lllNlxt 1IIMIII hllV- t K The lire. If you fiiniiot in-t n lice mi it trill ii from ( lie nrWN nprciil , jilriiNi' rt-iiort the fnet , Minting the trnlii mill rnllrnuil to the Circulation Department of The llee. The lieu IN for Hiilr oil all trnlllH. INSIST ox ii.vvi.vn THU A little railroad rnti1 war at tills si-si- HOII of Ha- year would not bo nn objuc- ikmnlilu diversion. No matter wliat may be tlio color of the tl-eont postage stamp , the iiourlsliliiK qualities of tile niiK-iln e on the buck \vlll remain unaltered. Whoa tlio Kovernmunt rontractors jot armor plate tlowiv to ? 100 n ton uvury well rojiiilated lionsebuld oiiKlit to liuvc i sinnll man-of-war as a parlor ornn- niuiit If Andrco Intends to brlni ; tlie north jiole back with him It Is to be hoped he will do It In time to have It placed on oxlilhlllon at tlu > great. Transmlsslssippl Exposition next year. Fir.st quality Ohio wool is quoted at nn advance of 00 pur cent over what It brought the wool grower a year ago. And there is no wool famine In India or shortage of sheep in Itussht for the popo- ciats to fall back on. Wo suppose ihe star adopted as the emblem of the Nebraska gold democrats Is intended to be the guiding star by which the democrats that wandered off after false silver gods shall be led back to the temple of true democracy. Nebraska farmer is just beginning to convert his 1S ! > 7 crop into cash. When he gets his harvest marketed nnd lisps the proceeds to reduce his debts the record of mortgage releases iwlll take. : i sudden and notlcuablo jump. The Hlgnal Service of the govern ment weather bureau is experiment ing with box kites. Hut it Is not wast ing time with two-tailed kites. The dismal failure of the two-tailed popo- crutiu kite experiment last yrar has put that device on the retired list. All California fruit that readies the London market In good condition linds ready sale at good prices. There is no question that there is a great Held for Anu-rlcan fruit growers to cultivate abroad , which they will Invade siicce.ss- fnHy just so soon as the questions of refrigeration and cheap transportation arc solved. Now that the railroads are boasting of better bustne.ss and Increased receipts , a comparison of their present train sched ules with those they used live years ago might show them where they could expand their trallii'and promote the pub lic convenience by restoring n few more of the traliiH which they took oil' under stress of hard times. The Postollico ilepartment Is looking about for improvements on the cancelIng - Ing stamps now In use. A canceling stamp that will enable the receiver to trace down the responsibility for tie- lays In the transmission and delivery of his letter nml make his complaint aga'lnst the precise party who Is to blame Is wlnit the postolllco patronl/.lng public Would like to have. A minister who resides In the same town with Hrynn takes decided excep tion to Mr. Hrynn's classlllcatlon of preachers among the non-productive elements. IIo Insists that every one who produces good In the world Is en titled to the name producer. It Is to lin noted , however , that no objection has been entered against Hryan classifying himself as n non-producer. Missouri has Just bad an offer from a syndicate of New York capitalists to fund Its entire state debt , amounting to $4,000,000 , In II per cent bonds. This does not look as If money were either ficarco or dear. It Is safe to say that when Missouri's tftate debt was con tracted It bore Interest at a rate at least twlco a per cent. Hut the calamltyltes will keep right on telling tliu people that money is harder to got today than ever bufore , although they know that money Is loaned' ' today ut smaller Inter est tbuu ever before. A CASK UP .socr.i/ * The shortest route to n man's affections Is said to bo through his stomach. While American cookery has within the past quarter of a century made grrnt strides Inward perfection social dyspepsia still holds a fore-moat place In the list of our national illseast's. This disease breaks J loose hi epidemic form every little while and Its victims are anilcted with horrible nightmares of Impending ruin nnd dis aster , moral , social and political , from which there Is no possible escape except through the application of a particular nostrum. So long as this national disease mani fests Its symptoms only In the Individual the patient vents his spleen through siu-li channels as afford access to the public oar. Ills pitiful jeremiads till the calamity press and the magazines that cater to Isms and eccentricities. When the contagion of pessimism has spread the national disease appears In the form of a national organization for the rescue and redemption of foredoomed humanity. Such an aggregation of dyspeptics con vened last week at Chicago to form what they call the National llomescekers' as sociation. From their platform we glean that the safely of the republic Is threat ened by the concentration of people In crowded centers and that the danger can be removed only by depopulating the cities for tiie benellt of the more sparsely settled country. We learn furthermore that nearly three-fourths of thoAmerlcan people are living In rented homes and that such a condition endangers the stability of the government. The con clusion reached Is that the only hope of the nation lies In driving out of Amer ican cities all who have no homes of their own and setting them adrift upon the untlllcd prairies to build homes of their own. i This now freak Is even more Unprac tical than Henry fJeorgu's scheme of divesting every home owner of his prop erly lu land and making him a tenant of the government. Ilemy Icorgi1 ! and his followers contend that the republic can not survive many years unless It takes possession of all the lands and appro priates to Its own use the Increased rental values due to population , growth and crowding of cities. Quite the con trary , the national homescekers contend that the republic will perish unless the cities are depopulated , their real estate values destroyed and their tenantry located in homes of their own. The ques tion how all these millions are to make a living out on the broad prairies appears to have been postponed for solution by the next generation. As a matter of fact the assertion that three-fourths of all the people In the United States are tenants is a palpable fabrication. ' A large majority of the American people are land owners and home owners. The tenants are not all paupers. Thousands of America's wealth iest men are tenants occupying palatial residences belonging to other people , be cause they find it cheaper to pay rent than to own their own homes. Hundreds of thousands of people who live in rented homes own lands and homes that are oc cupied by otheFpeopIe , bec.iusn they pre fer it that way. And yet the govern ment at Washington still lives and the stability of the republic remains un shaken except in the overwrought imagi nations of the social and political dy.xp'-p- tica. UllUAJilXKI ) IA1HH. It is a fact not of general knowledge , and contrary to the common Impression , that only about ] 1 or in per cent of the persons in the t'njted States employed in industrial , mechanical , mining and trans portation pursuits are embraced in labor organizations. An Investigation made some years ago by Mr. It. .1. llintoii led him to the conclusion that perhaps 'JO per cent of the labor of the country was at that time organized , but later investi gation indicates that either Mr. I Union's estimate was Inaccurate or there has been In the last twelve years a decline In the percentage of organized labor In the country at large. Doubtless In some localities there has been a relative in- crea.se , but It would seem that for the whole country organized labor ha.-j not been relatively gaining. According to information obtained by the Maim1 bureau of labor there is only about 1-1 per cent of the labor of that state organized and this is probably not far from the percentage throughout New Hngland and the middle states as a whole. The September bulletin of the bureau of labor at Washington contains a statement regarding organized labor In Montana which shows lit per cent for that stale , but there is no doubt that thin Is much aliuve the percentage In the country at large. Mining employs a large part of the labor of Montana and It Is an occupation particularly favor able to organization , as Is shown by Un fa ct that It" per cent of the persons em ployed lit It belong to unions , while of those employed In milling and smelting only ( J.8 per cent belong to such an or ganization. Omitting mining and smeltIng - Ing , only il.5 per cent of all the laborers In the other enumerated occupations arc' organized. The New York.lournal of Commerce , which has carefully studied the matter , estimates that organized labor Is about 1-1 per cent of the ; < e classes of worklngmen and women who are leferred to commonly as "labor , " but who do not Include agricultural labor , or domestic labor , or professional labor , or clerical labor. In the United Kingdom , according to statistics given In the September labor bulletin , taken from a report of the labor department of the ItrltUh Hoard of Trade , the percentage of organized labor Is considerably greater than In this country. Numerically , therefore , It Is seen tlmt organized labor constitutes a small part of the whole working or wage-earning population , but Its Inlluence Is not to be measured by numbers. The moral In- llueiice of organized labor , when Judi ciously directed , is enormously out of projMirtlon to its numerical strength and It Is unquestionable that organized labor has been a most potent force In securing ameliorating conditions from which all labor has benellted. The fact that It Is sometimes misdirected , that reckless men got Into positions of leadership and that self-seeking political demagogues attempt - tempt , often too successfully , to use organized lubor for their own purposes , docs not militate against the truth tlmt It has accomplished a very great deal of good In the Interest of all the tolling masses. Public opinion ap proves of organized labor. The right of worklngmen to organize Ls nowhere questioned In this land , or Indeed any where within the boundaries of civiliza tion. 1'ndor the guidance of sound and just principles and with wise and t-ou servntlvo leadership keeping In view the ono object of bettering the condition of the worker organized labor ought to steadily grow In strength and Influence , at least In this republic. Jl/fV.I.V.S' UKLU81YK DK An appeal from 1'otor drunk to IVtcr sober usually dispels the hallucination of Intoxication. In the excitement of n presidential campaign Mr. Itryan might have been excused for Indulging In wild assertions and untenable theories , llui It Is amazing that after twelve months time for sobering down Mr. ISryan still keeps on harping on the same old lie- tlnns and singing the same old song. The divorce between cotton , wheat and silver has exploded the absurd doctrine that those commodities , as well as all other products , are Indlssolubly linked together and their prices regulated by th _ price of sliver. Yet In the face of the stubborn facts llryau has the temerity to proclaim from stump and platfoun that he w.is right In the contention that the rise In the price of wheat , cotton , wool , cattle nnd other products of the soil is nrtlllcial and providential and In no way to bo credited to the marked In crease In homo consumption brought about by the assurance of a stable money system , the protection of American In dustries by tariff legislation ami the consequent reopening of mills and fac tories , giving employmenr to the irrantl army of labor and pulling Into didila tion millions of money previously locked up In bank vaults and private hoards. Bryan's delusive demagogy is strik ingly Illustrated In his most recent pub lic utterances. In a speech delivered at Mason City , la , , last Thursday Mr. Bryan reiterated the ridiculous fiction that < ; .riOO,000 American citizens voted in ISM in favor of Immediate free coinage at : tin- ratio of If ! to 1 regardless of all other nations , while out of 1-1,000.000 only 1K2.0I : ( ) declared for the gold stand ard. This bold perversion of the truth is not merely an attempt to mislead Un people , but nn effort at self-glorification. Tlie great political prestidigitator would liketo make people believe that every vote cast for him in TSt ! ) ; was an en dorsement of Ills financial fallacies , when he knows that millions oT voters cast their votes for him not because they believed iiii what he advocated , but In spite of it. They voted for Bryan and Sewall because they were the nom inees of the democratic party , with which they had atliliated all their lives and which they did not want to aban don. don.Tills Tills was specially true of the demo crats in what Mr. Bryan called "the enemy's country , " including tlie Now England states , New York , New Jersey , Delaware , Pennsylvania , Illinois , Wis consin , Ohio and Indiana. Those states cast over IJ.OOO.OOO votes for Bryan and Sewall , although not 10 per cent of the aggregate ) were in complete accord witli the money plank of the Chicago plat form. If actually 1,000.000 of thcJS.OOO- OUO democrats in those states were con verts to free silver they were more than offset by the democrats of other states who were not converts , but voted the ticket to maintain their standing in the parly. The only simon-pure free silver vote cast , at the presidential election was that registered for Bryan and Watson , which aggregated U-ir > ,7 S. Merging the populist , silver republican and silver democratic vote , tint highest possible es timate will not exceed : ! , , " 00,000 out of the 1-I,071,0)7 ! ballots cast at. the election of IS'.Ki. ' In other words the free silver sentiment as expressed at tin- last elec tion includes less than one-fourth of tlie voting population of tlie United States. Facts like these , however , do not seem to dispel the delusions under which Bryan labors. Not content with claim ing a free silver following of < ir , > 00 , < )00 ) American voters , he asserts that only 1WM : ( ) ( ) of tlie l-t,000,100 ( voters have de clared for the gold standard. He de liberately forgets that the republicans of Now Kngland , New York , Pennsylvania and New Jersey , who cast. 12SI,1 : ! > .V ) votes for McKlnley , were almost a unit in favor of the single gold standard , and he peislstonly Ignores the fact that fully one-half of the republicans of the other states , who cast nearly 0,000,000 vote > for MeKlnley , were also irrevocably committed against any change from the existing gold standard. In his dramatic demagogy Mr. Bryan , bidding for popular npplaii.su , Indulged his Mason City audience with tlie fol lowing peroration : According to the republican idea the restoration of the double standard dops not depend upon what wo want , but what ot'aer nations want. I am willing that my pos terity shall llvu in America , nilud by Ameri can" ! , but not in .America rilled by Great Drltaln. Bryan's attempt to conjure up a British " ish bogy doubtless "had its effect tipun tlie crowd to which he was speaking , lint rational people cannot be stampeded by meaningless gabble. The American p.'iiphare Intelligent enough in know ( In difference between the double standard of Alexander Hamilton and Bryan's bi metallism. The double standard of the fathers was mintage of gold and silver Into coins which contained metal In value equal to the face. Their double stii'id- ard required tlie mint , to turn out dollars lars that had 100 ci'iits worth of gold or sliver in them. Bryan's bimetallism would Introduce a spurious double- stand ard , In which W ) cents worth of silver would be stamped ono dollar. Instead of a double standard It would give us a rilnglo silver standard , the same as now prevails In Mexico. The British bugaboo from which Mr. Bryan wishes to wave his posterity Is a scarecrow that does service for piofcs- slonal demagogues on the slightest provocation. That scarecrow Is Invls- Jblo when Mr. Bryan advocates British free trade and the. subjection of Ameri can labor to British competition. It does not affect his sensitive sollcitutlo for bis posterity whcu it comes to the Brit ish standard' "Of weights and measures. He does not demand that we discard the pound weight , the quart measure or the yardstick , whlch , are strictly Brlt' ' li. nor does he tgo Into a spasm over tin- requisition American silver anil gold mines by pnr.chn'H- British gold bugs. Ills soul Is harrowed up by only ono fear , and that isithat ; humanity will * be subjugated nut | i-aislaved forever unless ho Is elected president In the year 11100. Tin : There Is no abatement of Interest In the question of a ship cauul from tin- great lakes to the seaboard. The com mission appointed by President McKlu- ley , under authority of congress , to re port as to the most practicable route , It Is said will recommend a different route from that proposed by the commission under the last administration a route entirely within American territory and equally practicable. The previous com mission recommended the use of the St. Lawrence river to Montreal and then Lake Champlaln and the Cliamplaln canal to the Hudson river. It was ob jected to this route that It would in evitably bo tributary to Canadian rather than to American commerce and also that In the event of war with Kngland our commerce by such n canal \\uiild be at the mercy of the enemy. Both those objections would bo obviated by tin- route which It Is said the present com mission will recommend , since It Is all through American territory. Tlie matter of determining tin1 route sooins likely to prove the greatest obsta cle to the carrying out of the ship canal project. If the great enterprise is ever undertaken it should bn carried out on a scale that will meet the demands for such a waterway for generations. It would bo a very serious mistake to build a ship canal which In a few year.s m''ln be found Inadequate to the requirements of the rapidly growing tralllc between j the west and the seaboard. Certainly a route entirely within American territory would be preferable if all other condi tions are satisfactory. We do not want to construct , a waterway that will bene fit Canadian commerce unless It is neces sary to do so in order to better snbs-rvi1 the Interests of our own commerce. The conflicting reports in regard to a route will , it Is to be apprehended , not improve tlie outlook for tlie project. The probability Is that It will necessitate the appointment of another commission , or it may lead congress to drop further consideration of the question for the present. Of course there was no ex pectation , ovoif had tlie present commis sion concurred in the recommendation of its predecessor of Immediate action by congress looking to tlie construction of a ship Ciiinrl. The project is one of great magnitude , Involving a large ex penditure of money , and could not bi- undertaken in the present condition of the treasury , but agreement as to a route would 'have1 ' been an Important step. However , nrf adequate waterway connecting tlie"great lakes with tlie sea board 'will ultimaKSiy be biiil't. br-cause It is an absolute n'ecesslty to our growing " ' J ' ' commerce. lXO" I'UWKK. In bis recent letter on the economic situation Chairman Dingloy of the ways and means committee said that pros- ni-rltv was likelv to be normaneiit for several years because of the greatly in creased purchasing power of the people. This IN a m.itter wli'ch ' perhaps receives too little consideration from those who discuss the conditions to prosperity. Estimates of the average number of persons out of employment during tin1 three years of Industrial depression varied from 1,000,000 ! to . " .OOO.OOO the hitler figures being generally insisted nion ) by tinpopoerats. . Probably half that number would be a fair estimate. These people Hiibsistod , but their pur chasing power was greatly reduced. They did not buy so much food , or cloth ing , or other necessaries as when em ployed. Probably no one would sori-iusl- ; assert. Unit there aie at present 1,000,000 of willing workers in this country who artunemployed. . Assuming that l0l- ) ( H)0 ) are now at work who were idle a year ago and that tlie average per capit'i earnings of 'hose workers is $ 'Jr > 0 per annum and It Is seen that their pnreha < - ing power has been enormously i'i- creasi'd. ICxtend the computation o a * to include those who are now workhr ; full time instead of only a part of the time and nl-'o the agricultural producers and It is not an exaggerated estimate Unit the purchasing power of the people haw boon increased within a year to the extent of $1,000,01)0,000 ) annually , or about. $1-1 for every man , woman and child in tin1 country. This Is a great gain and cannot fail to have a decided Iiilluence in promoting and perpetuating the general prosperity. With such a condition obtaining at the very outstart of a new economic policy , when the country is well stocked with the products of foreign mills and fae- lories , why may wo not look for a stHl more Hntlsfiictoiyi-onilltlon when those stocks shall havlbik'ii ' worked off and our manufacturing industries are not confronted by Illfv competition ? Why should there not'.lji' gjvator Industrial ac tivity n year IIOIHJO than there Is at pres ent , larger dcmaiiU"or labor and a rise In the wages of 1 1 W1/ / All sound reason ing leads to the conclusion that this will bis the oxperieiicojifjtho , United States that we have Ht'll'lvd ' upon an era of prosperity which 'will ' not terminate In ono or two yea 1lull , ) will bo prolonged by reason of the greatly Increased pur chasing power ° ' ] | ' , | i > people. Under normal coiditloifs ! tji ) > American market Is by far the greatest In the world. No people consume us freely as the Amer ican people. Wo are survly advancing to a full restoration of normal The Influence of Postmaster lieneral CJary ought to go a great way In promot ing the establishment of a po.stal savings system lu connection with our post- olllces , mid for this reason the advocates of the postal savings bank M'O en couragement In the declaration of the postmaster general that hu is heartily in favor of thu project. The value and efficiency of the postal savings bank as a thrift-stimulator for thu common people has been demonstrated again and again In Kuropeaii iwd oilier foreign countries. To visitors from abroad It Is always an occasion for surprise and re mark that the fulled States , widcl boasts of Its prosrresslvcness. has no adopted the postal savings system. Congress gross cannot resist much longer tin popular demand for postal banks. Nobody denies to ( Sovornor llolcoml the right to make a change In the head of the state Institution for the deaf. Tin governor has a perfect right to make a change every day If he sees lit. But tin governor has neither legal nor moral right to give the careof the deaf and dumb wards of the state Into the hands of a man who has had no oxporloiioi whatever In deaf mute Instruction When the law says tin * superintendent of the school shall bo an experlencet educator It moans an educator ex perienced In the teaching of the deaf it does not mean making the deaf am dumb children subjects for experiment ing by unquallllcd employes simply to ladle out state salaries to populist politicians. The heathen Chinee residing in the countries to the north and to the south of us , as well as In this country. Is said to be taking advantage of the deporta tion clause of our Chinese registration law to work the United States govern ment for free transportation to China. Thp heathen Chlnev has long had an enviable reputation for being peculiar. If the Chinese restriction laws enacted by congress were not also so peculiar , the Chinaman who wants to go homo would have to pay his own steamship fare. Not. only Is the-decrease-In HIP reported number of weekly business failures a sure sign of Improving conditions , bill it should bo placed side by side with the number of now business enterprises and resumptions , enlargements and exten sions of existing concerns to give Un true color to the picture. It Is not only mills that are opening , but every kind of business undertaking. "Spain Is the last country In Europe to wish a war with the United States , but if war Is forced upon us the Spaniards will make a good light. " Tills Is tlie talk said to have been given by tin- naval attache of the Spanish embassy at London. When a country picks a quarrel with another and comes out licked It always says the war was forced upon it. I.I-KM Snfi-r Tluiti Arin.H. 1'lillnilclpliln Times. That the war in Culm has run so Ions testifies less to the use of arms than of legs. \o TliiiiTor Stone TliiMnvlnK. Now York World. Mexico may be in a very low state of civil ization and the lynching in Ita capital city may be an evidence of It. Hut wo In this country are not going to say so just at present. Kicking the Under I1 K. New York Tribune. The terms of peace are said to be unsatiB- 'ac'ory to Greece. There is no reason to Mippcse tliero was any general desire on the part of the powers to- ' make them otherwise. \Voo to the conquered Is still the rule. ClIVCtOIIH Illllllls Oil' . KiinsnH City Star. If Japan is really yearning for trouble with the Untied States she can have It ; but Uncle Sam would v.iatly prefer to get alon : ; with out resorting to harsh measures In dealing with the ambitious little Oriental power that IIE.I fixed its covetous gaze on the Hawaiian Islands. Horv < n lli-lp the Ivinsl | Hon. St. I.niils OIolic-Democrnt. Nebraska baa much to say of its coming pvpsltinn , the first to be held west of tlie Missouri river. Ono of the best ways to pre- pjfa for it. In 'the estimation of the world , will be to cut loose from foolish politics In \ovember. \onriHliineiit for Cheap I.mvyer.i. New Yoik Tribune. The Anncke Jans Heirs have formed a company to push their claims , but Its shares are not yet listed on the Stock exchange nor ranked as gilt-edged securities. If It pro vides pap and lollipop and other nour ishing spoon victuals for a lot of morally debilitated lawyers It will bo all that any body except the heirs themselves , who over work the common privilege of ntupldity , really expect of it. A .M > HerlniiN CornerMtmic. I'hllaik-lphla Prren , Much comment is heard just now con cerning the mysterious disappearance of the cornerstone of old Independence hall. It has disappeared In the fense that it has not ap- rmarfcl at all. There Is no record of Us liavlng upt-n seen by any one , or , indeed , hat It ever existed. However , as the laying of a cornerstone is a custom that Is as .UK-lent d civilization Itself , It is 'casonablo to Biripo.'o thnt one was placed under Inde- ri-nih'neo ball when the foundations were laid. Hut the rcstor-itlon commlsslonery can find no trace of It. If it could bo fouud the rcc- nnls buried in It would form exceedingly In- eresting reading at this time. The seare'i will 4)o kept up until It Is known absolutely whether there ever was a cornerstone or not. Anicrleiiii Illlller Aliroml. Hiiltlmorc Sun. ' England is dependent for the greater part of her supply upon oilier countries. Much of It conies from Australia , from the low countries and from Sweden. The United S'.ato } secretary of agriculture has been conducting some market experiments by sending quantities of American butter to dealers In London , The last consignment was In Juno and the results were only par tially satinfuctory. It cost -l-j cents a pound by the ton to cirry butter from central Minnesota to London. The London dealers paid from 15 to 19V4 cents per pound for it , paying at Ihe same time 20 cents for Danish butter. It was sold to customers at 21 to 2fi cents the retail price of the Danish butter. The producers In Minnesota got about 2 cents a pound inoro for the butter Bent to London than they got for the same butler noli ! In Now York. A consignment of Now Kngland creamery butter was sold for less than the producers got at homo , POSTAL SAVIMi.S IX OAXADA , OiiernlloiiH tit the liiNlltullini ACTONN Ihe llortler. New Yuik Tribune. The system of postal banks In Canada , aj In other countries , has been successful slnco Its Inception. Last year Its depositors num bered 158,33S. anil their deposits aggregated J2S.032.92C. The expense of handling and managing this fund , Including salaries and all outlays , was only $58,340. Uvery Cana dian postolllce , great and small , Is a hank of deposit , llit ) minimum stuns received being $1 and the maximum $3,000. All funds draw Interest at the rate of 3 per Cfiit. Married women , anil children over 10 y. MS old , may deposit and draw money on j the r own account. The money received Is irarmii'.tted to the postmaster general , who dapoUta It In thu Hank of Montreal. Whetf a , to ; > osltor wither to withdraw money he l-if : > nns the postmaster general , who sends lilin a check on the bank named , which 1s , of course , negotUblu anywhere. TJiero has been an annual Increase In the deposits rlnco the system was Instituted , and all Ita administrative details are executed an smoothly as these of an ordinary savings bank. Without being committed to any par ticular plan , Postmaster General Gary U understood to favor the one which has workei so well In the Dominion and to du < sire its Introduction her * . HI/A.STM I-'IIO.M llV r.S 1IOUN. Fog le the ROfslps' sunshine. Ilone-'ty liss never found n nubjtltutc. IIo la very unfortunate that has no trou ble. ble.Tho The beat safe for your money Is a prudent wife. The Mini ; of vlco will llvo after the pleas ure la dead. Knowledge will grow until the Just scholar In dead. Thp ass might sing better If ho didn't pitch his tune so high. If only good mm could marry the world would bo full of old maids. The man who travels the same road every dy soon ceases to ndmlrc the scenery. If you talk tea mule about voice culture take care to keep < nvay from his heels. SI'AIVJ. TltOl III.KH. Philadelphia Times : Thd Rre.it danger of war with Spain , would scorn greater to most of us If wo did not know that slip had already put herself In hock , Cincinnati Tribune : Weylcr has sent In Ills resignation , whlrli has not been ac cepted ; Minister \Vootlford has dcltvprnd his ii'cssftKo to tin- duke of Totnaii , who lins said that lie would reply to It as soon B the court gets home. M pa inline , the war goes moirlly on in Cuba , and there Is no sign that the end Is being hastened by nay action of Undo Sam. Philadelphia Ledger : General U'eyler again promises to em ) the Cuban wnr or. as ho expresses It , to "pacify Culm' In four months. General Lee suys he sens no end to the war. The now * that comes to this country , tolling of the nlmost unrestricted operations of the Insurgents nnd the unim portant movements of the Spaniards , tends to confirm the American observer's view. General Leo has been until now as near tlii > scene of operations as Gonernl AVoyler Is , and has inoro inducement to take an un biased view of the situation. Philadelphia Prcsa : Sonic- occurrence may at any moment inaku action necessary 1 > > the United States , nut until some reason requiring a change In this expectant attitude comes cio administration at Washington Is likely to act until It Is clear lint the situ- * ntlon In Cuba la hopeless. Mcanwhlli' It will bo the fault of Spain if the barbarltj of her olllccrs , the failure of her arms and the Ignoront obstinacy of her policy of cruel and unavailing repression makes it Impos sible' for the United States to are the Island desolate and humanity outraged -by till- longer continuance of a war which neither party wins , both destroy and either is pow erless to compel a. peace from the other. New York Journal : Victories everywhere for the gallant army of the republic of Cuba General Garcia' at Victoria las Tuna < General Gomez at Placctas and General Acosln at the very gates of Havana. The thunder of the patriot artillery Is music In the ears of all liberty-loving men and wo men. One Spanish slronghold after another has fallen in the onward sweep of the Cu ban forces. Spain Is bankrupt ; her loaders are demoralized and divided ; her bloody Hag drools In defeat. Now Is the tlmo for tin- government of the United States to raise it ? voice In behalf of civilization , hu manity and liberty. Congress and the peopl" will stand by the president. I'UII.SOAAIi AXIJ OTIII3IIWISK. Dr. Mary Walker Is writing her auto biography. | U k generally admitted that the marnuls of Dlaudford has the usual pull. Spain can make an easily successful at tack on the Gulf coast of the United States if she will send a few yellow fever cases ahead of her troops. Detroit is one of the few cities In tiie United States that has a good thing In municipal water works. A reduction of 25 per cent In water rates will go Into effect on the first of the year. John G. Stowe , who has just been ap pointed United States consul at Capetown , South Africa , is one of the best known business men of Kansas City , nnd has been prominent for many years In the republican councils of Kansas. Dr. JIunter of Kentucky was acquitted of the chnrge that he tried to purchase three votes for $ . " > .000 each wlillo campaigning for United States senator. The Jury wisely concluded that as the votes were not do- delivcred the otter was not made. They pay ( hat the reason why the Italian wrnimcnt has recalled Ilaron Pava from Washington Is because he located his lega tion in tils ; rear of a barber's shop and otherwise manifested an inclination to thrlft- Uiess , regardless of the demands of bis ex alted KtatloiK Ono of the pioneers of St. Louis wai Mat thew It. Curtis , who lias just died. Ho was a native of Hingwood , N. J. , and began his business career in New York City , whence ho removed to St. Louis , fifty-three years ago. Ho joined the republican party on the day of Its birth , and never ceased to bo a mem ber of H. Prof. Leopold Noa , who has just died In Danvcrs , Mass. , was a graduate of the Uni versity of Derlln , and was for a number of ycara professor of ancient languages in Wash ington university , St. Louis. Ho was an In timate friend of 'tho ' late Dr. Frederick H. Hedge of Harvard , conjointly with whom ho made an English translation of Goethe' ? works. Hears protected by the government In Yellowstone park kept a party of dls- : ingulshed tourists camping there up a : ree for-two days. As the government pro- : ects the 'animals by not allowing campera a liavu firearms , the party was obliged to : lro out the beasts. The tourists have put n a vigorous kick to the Department of the Interior. The manager of the mythical "Unlvcrsl- tas Natlonalls Illlnolsensis , " liavlng struck a irctty good thing for himself , Is now ready o Immortalize people with money to burn. You can have a memorial window in the now university , to 'be ' built In Chicago , by aking 100 shares of stock at $5 a share. ground lloor price. A dangerous case of u-art enlargement for n Chicago man. Aubrey Heardsloy , the founder of the strange decadent school of art whch | bears ils name , Is in a most pathetic condition. Ie Is hv the last stages of consumption , and an only drag himself from his bed -to his rasel , where he works till he Is exhausted inil has to bo helped back to bed again. Ho s making a bravo effort to keo. ) up his vork , for lie has his mother and sister to support , the golden harvest that he first eapcd so abundantly having been spent In Ja search for health. no wi5 IC.NO\V .xvvTinxtJf Ileliitliin of the ( lneHllnii to ( lie Mriuin ut I'riilonKlni ; 1,1ft * . I'lillniMphla 1'irax. Wo have been taught all our UVM that irrad Is the staff of life and that bread and milk Is the jxroper food for children ; bread ml butter has stood as the representative of all that Is es.jcntlal to human diet. "To earn ono's broad and butter" was an expres- lon tersely representing the securing of no's maintenance , while tobacco and alcohol ml all narcotics have been considered ) oUon . more or less slow , Hut now the Kng- Isli prrio'H tell us of tin. deatli of Sir L'aac lolden. a man of great woilth , acquired eputably , who died at the ago of 91. Ills other was poor nnd the lad began to work t 10. Ho combined study with labor , and ook up Latin and mathematics as lie could , and at the age of 21 bucamo a trncher of nathematlcH. Ho continued t icliliig for BOV- ral yearn , gradually Incivaalng thu number f subjects of which ho was master. He In- 'cntod luclfcr matches , t"it did not patent ho Invention , und HO lc t the fortune ho mitjht have galiu-d. At the ago of 21 ho beanie - anio a manufacturer and ultimately the head of a manufuetuilng business , with branches at Bradford , nt Crolx and at Hhelins , which low employ 1,000 hands. A few years ego ho queen made him a baronet as a rocog- iltK'ii of the general usefulness of his life rather than for any ulnglo achievement. IIo was thoughout a consistent and conscientious member of the Methodist church ; but now ve cotno to the point of perplexity , which uggeats the question , "Do wu really know nythlng ? " How did bo attain hU long life ? low did ho manage to overrun by so many yearn the limit which Scripture has put to inniaii longtvl'v. a limit any of un ought to feel a doll i > ' In exceeding ? Everybody wants , to know how to live long ; even those who are past youth and who look back upon middle age and maturity as other ( icople look back upon their childhood , and to whom even old ago U a reminiscence , have great sympathy with the remark of thu aged woman of the Hothgchlld family who , when the phyilclan bald , "Madam , I cannot make you young nRoln , " replied ! "No , but I should like to grow aid a little longer. " So we eagerly query of Sir ISXSP \\lutt no * Ilia method of life ? U appears that IIP took plenty nf frcoh air , being out of dooM for an lionIn thp morning and an hmir In the afternoon , and ate fruit and a little iiii-at. lie look little or no bread or farinaceous foods , holding , In nccordam'o with tlie most rpccnt medical theory ( or f.id ) that starchy foods ossify the nrlcrp | < t and block nil the system with lime. He also drank a little wine or spirits evesy day and smoked a good di-al , and at 01 IIP died "suddenly. " Apparently IIP nml his friends oxpcciad that lie would contlnuo well Into the twentieth century. What Is tlip usiof having the children In the public cchooVt taught the effect of narcotics and the nourish ing tiuallllrs of bread ? What the use of having pictures exhibiting the mwaraneo of the stomach of llio moderate drinker and of the habitual smoker If such things nro al lowed to lake place , nnd If the newspapers aio to bp po'inlttod to publish them ? Unless , Indeed , these statements are accompanied by the demonstration that Sir liap ought to have llvpd to nine scon- and that hevaa cut off In the very midst of bis days In eiiispueiH-p | of bis unhappy Indulgences. Wo recur to tbo question , "Dot- ' anybody know anything about anybody or anything ? " Dn the physicians nnd liynlcnlets meet every year for the purpose of Inventing IIPW dis eases , giving n name to somp nowly-dls- covered microbe and devMIng now rules of health , just ns the ladles or somebody for them In Paris every yoir devise new taihi > us In dress , prewlblni ; now full sleeves and now tluht ; now horizontal strlpos nnd now perppmUcul.tr. and now spots , all for the wako of making dressmakers prrspennis anil husbands de-pondent ? Manufacturers tp'l ns that they rin get along with almost iny tariff If they only know what It Is going to be If It will May put. Would not OIK piiysu Inns kindly consent to agrco upon snmo sys tem of ilb-r and to let It remain for a fi-w > carj ? Another question occurs : "la It Jus- tlllablo for anyone to live to old ago wlillo violating every law of brolth ? " A few > i-ars ago there died In New York n survivor of the battle of Waterloo who lived in the ago of ! )0 ) and upward. We shudder to suilo that ho w.n habitually , Ihour.h model airly , ad dicted to wine ; hi- smoked and obinvo , ! and Miuffed tobacco , and , as though this wis n t i-mmgli , Tie also ate opium. In the Interest of the public \\i-lfaro. ought not the Hoard of llojlth to bo empowered to cay to such n man , "You must abandon these Infamous , licalth-dos troy ing , Ilfe-Klinrli-uIng pr.i.-tteos , or else wo must bring jour career to n close. \ Vicin : ro Inngor allow you to be oucd as an Illustration of health nnd longevity ac cording with wine , tobacco and i.piiuii If a man dies , why , ho dies , and that is tbo end of It ; but If the laws of hp.illli are broken , when- arc we ? " DOMM.sTIC IDYI.S. Indlnnnpolbt Journal : "When ( I'd ' * ho tlrst. ! > ei ni to become dlssatlslied with y ur liroMont ? " "When she ncclilentnlly ran ncrosg tbo price mark. " Hrooklyn Life : Miss Clumiiynsi' Don't you think 1 wtia meant for u hulns.t woman ? Jack Hustler No , I ilon't. I think ynu were meant lor a business man. Chicago Record : "Do ynu think pros perity Ims come to stay ? " "My wife evidently lines ; she has begun to go through my pockciH again. " Hoston TrnnsTlpt : Mr . Oreene I sup pose you miss * your hu-band a greal deal. The llrenvfil One Oh. yes. H seems so strange not to have to leave the gas burnIng - Ing for somebody when you tin to boil. Detroit Free 1'rersi "How ilo you know tlmt bin love ill earn Is over' . ' " "Heciiuso 1 heard him toll Hetty , ns they left church last nlglit , that be knew a shorter way of reaching her borne than the route they hail been taking. " Chicago News : George Dearest , I woulil glailly lay the whole world at your feet If It were possible. Grace-Well , as it Isn't practicable , why not compromise on n honeymoon ? Detroit Journal : The wifely wife's Up quivered. "I try so luml , " she piottstcd , "to pre pare .some dulnty now dish to n"t before my husband ciii'li day al dinner ! " The teain withered In lii-r eyes , for slm would full toilay ; Mlie hud hail .such wretched luck with her paints. Chicago l'ot : "T would like to know your intentions , sir , " mild the old iniiii to the youth who had been i-iiIlliiK f > n liii diniKliler with Rreut ruitiiliirlly for a lontf tlllll- . "Haino hr-rc , " replied the ynuiiK 111:111 : promptly. "I'd like to know yours. " Puck : "My daughter Is very spiritual ; sbo Kept up hr church work through all the hot weather. " "What kind of chnn-b work ? " "She wont to tbo Foiu > hnro and came homo engaged to a clergyman. " Chicago Tribune : "The reason they iniikn so much fiiR- ? over my birthday , " explained Kitty to the young inun In tlie parlor , wlm was walling for Homebody else , "H that I've only bad six. Sister's bad thirty-two and Mho's < > used to 'em Hlie don't even mention 'em. How many birthdays have you had , Mr. Syoonamore ? " Indianapolis Journal : "The perfect man. " said tbo brown-eyed girl who wad rending a Sunday paper , "should bp six- feet two and one-half Inches In height. " "What noiiM > n-i ; , " , ald .Mrs. Hryd * . "Kdgar la only llvo feet nine. " Tin : \o\v. When oVr the past wo vainly dream , Reviewing- each departed Hi-eiie ; Recalling hopes * now long Hlncc wrecked And Joys now dead , once gaily decked , Our beat In srow weary. When to tbo future we woulil turn , In search of balm for which wo yearn To Htlll the poor bcnrt'H plaintive moan. Wo dread to faeo ibi- yet unknown- Si ) dark and dreary. I'lio past relleelH no ray of llpbl ; I'hi ! luturc hnhta no promlc-e bright [ -"or God's pnor creatures here on earth , For blm of high , or lowly birth Kor prince or peasant. Hut Htnrs do now with glory plilnc ; 1'liprp Hews today I.UVC'H rhefring- wine ; [ 'orgct the diiys forever lluwn , Llvo not In fear of tbo unknown- Live ! u tbu present. Tbo w'thi-red ' llowcrH of the past Will bloom no more while rartb Hhall last- Anil thoughts of them can only trace The Hlgns of orrow on the fai'o , And iloud tbo brow. So let us lauiib , while yr-t wo mny , Thu past and future both away ; And bit not fear or pain annoy. Hut bravely omlb- , and well employ Tim ii ; > iiltn now. M. L. II. NOW ON EXHIBITION AT TUB PUBLIC LIBRARY IDtli anil Ilarnoy Htroots , from 10 u. m , until 10 p , m , The .JOHNSON COLLECTION of HKill CLASS HUHOI'HAN I > AINTINiS from thu ousels of thu moat eil maulers of tlie pirnuut iln rigures , l < : ni < licupo < , Marino Vlowu , Klowurs , Krnlts , otc. AOMITTANCB 2nc Sunday , September 26th , from 2 to 6 p. m. Free Under the nuspiuuH of the Western Art Asboolutian. A few of the ui'tlsts rnprosonteil R OrtlU-l ) . Munich , 1'rof. Carl Hltz. Munlrb : U. II Kotchtnrfltrr. Munich ; K. Mitel , Munich ; Kraut MulU-r. Munich ; Mariano lljtlmiun , ] { nni i J. J. GHrutf. Home ; A. Benl , Home ; i ; . I'ortl , Homo ; L. Lanckuw , Homo ; I'rof. Scuttul , Hume ; Alfn-il Htevtnn , I'urls ; Van Hchuten , I'urU , II mo lionr , 1'arln ; A. Ulnberl , I'arli ; Jean Demand , Turin : > ' Qrollerun , J' rl ; I.croy , I'arln , unit many other * luo aumeruuu tu mention In an ud- VcrtUeiacui.