12 TJTE OMAJTA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , SEPTEMBER 20 , 1807.
Tim OMAIIA VSUNDAY
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Dully MM nncl Sunday. One Ynr . < W
KU Muntlii . 1 W
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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-
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t 19,413 IS 19.451
3 19,435 19 19.S74
4 19,370 S ) 19.701
r. 19,410 21 50930
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13 15.CXS 23 19.C01
II I'J.SM 30 19.4M
3D IH.MO 31 19443
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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
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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.
