Nebraska Newspapers

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Iti'iiry M. Sliinloy inny ri > siiiiu > jouninl-
Ism , us aiinoiincoil in llu- rulilidis -
liutc'lii's , but tlic opportunity Tor jinotlior
Journalistic iVnt like Hint when lie found
Livingston in lht > Ill-Art of Africa will
not present Ilsi'lf.
Tilt1 I'lii-ysaiitlienuiin season i.s once
innro upon us , but ( lie olii-ysaiitlieninni
c'raxe has about iictcrcd out. Holland
once went wild with a tulip epidemic ,
but none of the llower fads have ever
lasted very
Uefore ll ui'Inf , ' on endorsements for
appointments to territorial olllces in Ha
waii it mifzlit not be a bad Idea for pros
pective applicants to test public senti
ment on ( lie annexatlnu of Hawaiian
di-bts for ilie .siiko of Hawaiian patron-
The Tainmany candidate who lias
gained notoriety by shouting "to hell
with reform" outfit to be siiliiciently far
advatifcd to be admitted , If he only re
sided in this state , to full mcmh.'rship In
the Nebraska reform state house ma
chine.
A year a o people could hardly eat or
filfi-p for the political excit'-m-Mlt and
cairpalKU entlnisiasni. This year th-
jii ople are ton busy witli llieir occupa
tions and prufessions lo indnl c tlieir
imlit'cal propeiisitie-i. The average , how
ever , Is
Tlu liltwst liiirxaln sali' of tin' srasoii
Will tuki' iiliit-t' at Oiimlia tinllrst ilny
of next innntli , wlii'ii tin1 I'nlun I'ile'llie-
railroad in to lit1 kiioe-keit down to tin-
hlKhust bidder. No one witli : ? . - . ( > , ooi > . ( MX )
or surplus t-asli mi hand sliould uiis.s tlu-
oiipntuiiity ; thus pri'si'iite'il.
Another mammoth telescope tfvon to
one of our urent univer.sltles by a multi
millionaire has been appiopriatciy dedi
cated. 15ut the most powerful lens lias
thus far failed to disclose-any advantage
which tile rich enjoy over the poor after
they have made their llnal exit from th. >
land of tinliving. .
Strange Is It not that a man must die
before all the wood anecdotes about him
are put into circulation. Tindeatli tlur-
luj ; tile past week of several well known
public men has drawn out a Most of
clever incidents of their lives which but
for the occasion would have been Kept
under the hat Indefinitely.
The suxtfe.sllon Is made seiul-ollh'lall.v
that the only 'praelicabl ' way to keep
communication open to Klondike Is by
reindeer express , with stations all the
way up I' ' ' " Yukon. What about all
thostt prominent railroads and balloon
alr-lliicsV What about the wireless te
legraphy we were Koluu to utlll/.e ? Mu-'t
the Alaskan miner come down to such a
plebeian animal as the reindeer after all ?
According to reports of our consular
ollicers In .Inpnn , the average wages of
artisans and worklnuinen In that country
are fully : t < > pi r cent hltfier now limit
they were In ISlt. , Japanese wanes tire
still lower than the rate paid American
WorkliiKinou , but they are approaching
equilibrium and It may be put down that
at no far distant diiy the complaint abjiit
Iho American laboier coming into com
petition with the poorly paid workmei
of Japan will be knocked beyond recov
ery or redemption.
Nebraska railroads have done inon
business In the last three months thai
In any similar peilod In years. Thu In
creased business has required an In
creased force of employes and increase !
hours of work , with corresponding In
creases In the. pay rolls. Vet rallroiu'
employes are asked to endorse puporratlL
denials that the foundation of prosporll.\
htis been restored by voting for IKIJIO
era tic candidates for public otllcc. Tin
nit'ii who handle the throttle on the. lo
comotlve , load the cars In the freltfi
houses or switch the trains In the rail
road yards are too Intelligent to bo
caught by mien bait uiuru than unco.
c'o.u'id STJI * ?
Kvldeiices of rovlvIiiR prnspcrHy nro
niiUlplyltiK I" every direction nml the
narked Improvement In Industrial and
commercial conditions Is everywhere vis-
bit ; . In the face of these facts ( lomn-
KOKiie.i whose iiolltlcal stock-in-trade has
leen seriously damaued persist In tell-
n the people that the prosperity now
njoyed In not real or permanent. They
tssert that Hie slmis nf better lliiit'H are
uIxlcadiiiK and that our tirosperlty is
fictitious. They Indulge In predictions
hat the demand for American farm
n-oducts will cease so soon as the urn In
exporting countries harvest abundant
crops to .supply the world's market * and
hut another fall In prices will put Auicr-
ca 111 the condition In which It was be
tween ISOI ! and 1S)7. ! )
To the uninformed and unthinking
liese predictions may appear plausible. ,
'liosi ! who ascribe the revival of prosper-
ty at home entirely to famine abroad
inturally fall In with the theory ad
vanced by political quacks who have
nit one remedy for all social Ills. Close
students of economic changes , however ,
vlll not concede that the busliie-i.s revival
> ejnm six months npi does not rest on
nore substantial foundations than accl-
lental shortage of the foreign wheat
crop , l.ooklm ; liackward. they stu1 that
onuuercliil panics ami Industrial depres
sions have Invariably been succeeded by
> eriods of steady improvement and good
lines.
With slltfit variations , the periods of
severe depression and distress have1 oc-
Mirred at Intervals of tibout twenty
years. The panic of 18.TT was followed
i.v dlstastrous stagnatiou lasting more
ban live years , leading up to a gradual
evival of prosperity which continued to
lS."i7 , when the country was again pros
trated by another crash. The twenty-
year period would have terminated In
1S77 , but the war hastened the crisis
which came In 187. ! . The crash of ISIKI ,
twenty years later , came In the natural
mint1 of things and could not have
leen averted by act of congress. It was
he inevitable result of over-speculation ,
lilgh-picssure llnancierlng and reckless
waste of substance by the American
people. It doubtless would have been
less disastrous hud there been no tam
pering with the tariff and no tinkering
with the currency.
The restoration of confidence in the
stability of our money standard lias had
more to do with the renewal of prosper
ity than the shortage of crops in India.
Austialia and Uusslii , Wo might have
lad higher prices for breadsnil's ! by rea
son of increased foreign demand , but
hat alone would nut have reopened the
mills and factories , nor would it haw
Simulated idle capital to venture into
new enterprises. Instead of bringing
Itack gold and merchandise for wheat ,
otloii and cattle we would have brought
back American bonds and stocks held
abroad. |
The future of America ami Its con
tinued prosperity rests almost wholly
upon its capacity for self-development
and ability of Its population to become
prolitahlc consumers of Its own products.
So long as the 7 < MK)0.0 ) ( ) ( ) Americans are
actively engaged in productive pursuits
at fair wages they constitute the best
patrons of American farmers , merchants
iml manufacturers. This patronage has
Increased enormously since times have
grown belter.
While there Is comparatively little more
money In the country than theiv was
year ago , the circulating medium is
abundant for all the legitimat.1 needs of
business , and the money which wa < pre
viously lucked up in vaults , depositories
and old stockings , has found , its way
into active circulation. With the revival
of prosperity new avenues have been
opened for investment and development ,
which are not likely to be closed by a
slackening of ( lie foreign demand for
American grain. Instead of facing an
other era of depression we are on the
verge of further material progress and
much greater prosperity than is already
upon us Is in store for many years to
come.
.1 UXIFOKM H.tXKItUI'TCr L.\\V. \
Tiie advocates of a national bank
ruptcy law and they embrace a very
large majority of Hie substantial busi
ness men of the country should make
themselves heaid in no uncertain way
before Hie me.'tlng of congress , fii-
doubtedly the question of providing a
uniform bankruptcy law will be brought
forward early in the coming M-ssion and
it Is desirable that congress shall be im
pressed with the necessity of action on
the subject and also that it shall be
given to uitder.stand the public prefer
ence between the measure.- , that have
been under consideration. That prefer
ence has. Indeed , already been very
strongly shown for the Torrcy bill by
the representative commercial bodies of
the country , by great numbers of busi
ness men and by the press' , but no harm
will be done by another expression of
tills preference. The senulu having
passed tin1 Nelson bill , an unsatisfactory
and Inadequate measure , creates the ne
cessity fora renewed declaration , on Hie
part of those Intero'ted in bankruptcy
legislation , as to the kind of law they
desire. i
The Nelson bill , for which It Is ex
pected the house will substitute Hie Tor
rcy bill , Is a weak and defective meas
ure. It provides that creditors must
prove their claims against , bankruptcy
estates within thirty days or be deprived
of their Interest therein ; It makes no
provision for the punishment of fraudu
lent bankrupts , dishonest creditors and
bankruptcy otllcvrs who embe///.le ; ( here
are no provisions In the bill for the set
ting aside of discharges which have been
fraudulently granted ; the limitations In
the provision for involuntary bankruptcy
are so great that practically It Is not
comprehensive of the subject. Tlu bill
does not place all debtors on the simt :
footing , because it does not apply to cor
porations. The result would be that
rights and responsibilities of Individuals
and co-partnerships would be determined
under one. law and the rights and re
sponsibilities of corporations under an
other law. It is said thai such a dis
tinction has never been made In a bank
ruptcy law anil It requires no extraor
dinary astuteness to see thai II ought not
to bu made. There are other no less seri
ous defucU iu the Nelsou bill , ihu dis
closure of which causes wonder that
such a measure should have passed the
senate.
The Torrcy bill Is In n position to re
ceive early consideration when congress
assembles and It appears to be tin * un
derstanding that It will be substituted
for the Nelson bill by the house.
Whether or not the senate can be In
duced to accept It I.s a question , .lodge
Torrey , the author of the measure , Is
coulldent this can be done and It Is said
that some senators \\lio voted for the
Nelson bill nre now disposed to vote for
the other If It shall pass the house.
Much may depend upon the expressions
mid efforts of the business Interests of
the country and these should arouse
themselves to action. The matter Is one
of far greater Import-nice to the commer
cial community than Is generally real-
l/.ed.
TIIK xi\ : \
As the dial of Him * gradually turns to
ward the close of the nineteenth century
humanity cvluer.s an Intense yearning f > r
Messianic miracles. As It was In tin-
days of the ( Jalllleau whose coming was
heralded by the appearance of a new
star In the heavens and whose birth In
augurated the Christian era. MI in our
days there has appeared a radiant star
whose transit across the iiolltlcal firma
ment is destined to mark another era
calling for a change In th. ' calendar. As
tin1 Julian calendar commemorates the
greatness of Cains Julius Caesar so the
new calendar Is to Immortalize- William
Jennings P.ryan , If not In the whole uni
verse , at. least In the vicinity of tlu > vil
lage of Wilcox , slate of Nebraska , t * .
S. A.
Tiie wise men of the east sang liosaiinas
at the Hethleliem manger but the adora
tion of the magi will not com
pute with Hie adulation of the
simple hearted villagers who greeted
the gr.-al silver-spangled savior of
gold-ridden humanity. I'tilnters , poets ,
and musicians in future ages will ex
haust tin1 Inspiration of heaven-born
genius in depleting the .scenes that were
witnessed at Wilcox when theaposlb of
free silver was ushered into the presence
of the expectant multitude , in our Im
potence we can only reproduce what has
been telegraphically told about this ova
tion by the special on-the-spot artist who
supplies the Omaha Itryanlte fakery :
The citizen. . ' of Wilcox will ions rumcmber
tills day as thu greatest In her history.
Kvorj'thlnK worked In perfect harmony.
Henceforth time will be reckoned in this
vicinity from October 22. 1S97.
As Hryan set foot upon tlio platform the
air wan rent with tiio joyful sounds from
10,000 throats.
From the depot his carri.igc was followed
by thousands of people , all unxlous to get u
glimpse of tiie man who Is nearer to the
hearts of the common people today than
any man living.
At 1 o'clock three hands of music an 1
nearly the entire audience escorted him to
the platform. Mr. Hryan spoke in his usual
eloquent and forceful manner , and although
a strong wiui ! was blowing the immense au-
dleico had no trouble in hearing every word.
A he took up in quick succession the fal
lacies and theories of the goldbugs au l ex
posed them , us only Mr. llrjan 'c-aii , ' the
searchlight of truth , his auditors expressed
their approval again ami again.
The scene at the conclusion beggars de
scription. Hoarse-throated men and i-hrill-
voiced women screaming ; all pushing aiil
crowding to get to touch the li-.ind of the
man in whom all their hopes of deliverance
from the present system of industrial bondage -
ago is centered , satisfied to receive a looker
or u smile of recognition. The weaker were
pushed ruthlessly asuile by tlio stronger to
fall back with a disappointment depicted upon
Kiel.1 faces , at times touching arU pathetic.
Women , forgetting their timidity , held up
their llttlo ones toward thu great leader.
\Vlioc\er ever said that no leader IH greater
than his1 fellowman , did not sec all this and
iiu\ not t-cu men and women who had many
o ? then1 dilvcn fifty and sixty mllus with
their families to stand for hours In the sun
aiiJ wind to hear him speak , but such was
the t-ase here today.
Calendar fabricators are hereby given
notice that the old style calendars have
bi'i-ii discarded by the people of Wilcox
and they may as well bjgln at once to
govern themselves accordingly. Theiv
have been Julian calendars ami Gregor
ian calendars , Uussian calendars , lie-
blow calendars and Chlne.su calendars ,
but they must all give way to the
llryanlti1 calendar which makes the new
year of the new era commence October
: . " _ ' , 1X17. In order that the ISryanlle
calendar may be adjusted to the proper
ratio theiv "will be sixteen hours to one
day , sixteen days to one month and six
teen months to one year. The double
standard of time will alone be recognl/.ed
In all transactions and Hie town of Wil
cox will supplant .Greenwich In settling
the standard of time the world over re
gardless of the aid or consent of any
oilier nation.
, MAIL nr.uvKiiv.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Heath commends the policy of free mall
delivery In rural districts and says that
sooner or later Hi,1 t'nlted Slates will
have to establish a delivery service over
all the settled portions of its territory.
Itnral free delivery was inaugurated un
der the Harrison administration , witli
generally satisfactory results , but the
succeeding adinlnlstiatlon was not favor
able to It. It appears , however , lo have
now been tried in twenty-nine slates and
so well satlMled i.s tin ? rostoliice de
partment with the results that.Mr. 1 lea 111
says It I.s feasible to make rural de
livery a permanent feature of postal ad
ministration , extending It gradually , lie
thinks that under wise restrictions it
can be extended with givat advantage
to the agricultural class and without
serious detriment to the revenues.
There Is no doubt as to the benellts
to rural communities of free mall de
livery anil the government ean alVonl
to lie liberal In such a matter. An ex
penditure of a few million dollars an
nually In thl.s direction will bo more
than repaid by the. good It will accom
plish. Unral communities have Just rea
son for complaint thai tlu government
lias nol shown ihem proper considera
tion In this particular ; that while giving
the amplest mall facilities to urban popu
lations it lias neglected the rural com
munities , being in this respect at a dis
advantage In comparison with sume Ku-
i-opcnn governments. This should lw
remedied and there Is reason to expect
that the republicans In congress will give
heed lo Ihu Biigsestlous of thu first as
slstuut postmimH-r peiun-nl niul oiialik'
the' tU'partimui to eoiitluno thu exten
sion of rurnl [ A.p delivery.
nixKn..ifK.s1 : \ / ii
The promlirenT features of tlio report
of General Miles relate to coast defense
and an Iner-ase of the army. What he
has to say ln-fegurd to the former will
be very genemily : approved. Having ex
pended n coujJUljjrabie- amount of money
and made good progress In the construc
tion of defcrwfe works on our scaconst
It would obWiiiisly be a grave mistake
not to coiitlnuVou until we have an ade
quate system of defenses. This will re
quire the further expenditure of n large
sum of money , but It will give greater
security than there Is to be had In any
other way , even from twice as large a
navy as we have. Const defenses are no
less essential to our protection against
a foreign foe than are war ships.
Hegardlng the suggestion of an In
crease of the army , thetv will be little
approval of It outside of military circles.
General Miles thinks that the maximum
standard of strength of the tinny should
be one enlisted man from every 1,00(1 ( of
tiie population and the minimum one sol
dier to every , ( lM ( ) of the population.
On the former basis the standing army
would be about 7-.OOD. A proposal lo
Increase the army to that number would
undoubtedly meet with general popular
opposition. The fact i.s that public opin
ion regards the tinny as being already
large enough and a proposal to Inciviuc
It to any extent would certainly be op
posed by the great majority of the pco-
I'OH AM77I/.Y.17 , W.1K.IA77.VK.
Interior quarantine Is entirely a matter
of slate regulation , though the federal
nuiilne hospn.n service co-operates to a
limited extent with the slate authorities.
The methods adopted by the antboillles
of some of the states in dealing with
the yellow fever has caused a demand
for a national system of quarantine and
It Isstatrd that Senator G.iffe y of l.ouls-
hina will introduce a bill providing for
such it system. A personal experience
with state regulations has convinced
Mr. Caffery that It Is , most de
sirable that the general govern
ment shall ha\v full control of
all quarantine arraiigemtus and he
may be able to convert some of his
stale's lights colleagues In the s.-nate
to this view. On his way to Washington
the Louisiana senator had to pass
through a number of districts where
quarantine regulations prevail and Ir.1
experienced much annoyance and delay
from stale and local olliclals. who in
sisted upon Inspecting ills bill of health
and asking all sorts of troublesome and
vexatious questions. There have been
oilier complaints of annoyance and
delay , which Aver both irritating and ex
pensive. Imhvd. Ithe quarantine me lioils
adopted in tlieisrailii where yellow fever
has appeared have inflicted serious losses
upon the commerce of the country. In
a considerable Million business Jim been
at a. standstill some railroads have
taken off1 thrcc-l'mirths of their trains ,
the 'postal service is disorganized and
other injury has been done , to say noth
ing of the vexatious restraints to which
individuals have luvn subjected.
Admitting Hie necessity of quarantine
regulations , there can lie no question
that they ought to be uniform and this
is to be had only by placing the enlite
control of such regulations In the bauds
of the general government. Not only
are tiie slate sysiums generally I rouble-
some and inadequate , because employ
ing largely obsolete 'mean-7 , but state
and local authorities , nnd-'r the terror
inspired , by a visitation of disease , will
always go to extremes , as thi'.v generally
have done in lighting the yellow fever.
It i.s uiiiiuesiioualile that state and local
regulations will nev. r provide Hie ef
ficient safeguards which can be gaiiu'd
from a national quarantine system. Kf-
forts have1 been made lo secure legisla
tion establishing a national system , but
tin1 opposition of the states has ilt'f sited
them and there is not much reason lo
expect that Seiint uCaff cry will MIC-
ceed in having his proposed nailoual
quarantine hnv .adopted.
According to General Miles Hie peace
footing of the regular army should b.-
mi enlisted man to every 1,011) ) popiilntli n
as si maximum and one enlisted man to
every 2.000 population as Hie minimum ,
roiniting Hie census sit 7o.ooo.ooa. that
would mean from : ! . " ) , ooo lo 70.1)1.0 ) pri
vates , or sin Increase of not less than . " 0
per cent In our standing army. The
prospect for currying out General .Miles'
suggestion , however , dot's not look any
more encouraging' than has'the project
for enlarging the army for years past.
The people who form Hie bulwark of the
republic cannot be made to se- the ne
cessity for more soldiers when Iho.ie we
have have shown themselves equal lo
sill the emergencies that have recently
arisen. '
Now It Is Mild that Germany will nol
object to thcTnlted States annexing Ha
waii providing tin * I'nlted Stales enters
no objection1'tit Germany gobbling up
Samoa. Nofi'e of 'the great foreign pow
ers see anything alarming In annexation
because It sets a preceih'iit to which they
can hold thl. 'c'ouutry , when they want lo
Indulge Iheir'iiwu land grabbing propen
sities. The jyny for ' the Culled States to
avoid enlniijjhusi'foi'olgn alliances i. , to
give no exuiHe-for foivlgn nations to
make eiiiTon'iinljf | > iits.
The pusto/lc / | ( , ' tinthorltles have again
rccomniciidcillthi discontinuance of the
newspaper hiUl'periodical stamps , As
these ststmp.s.riiiVaiievcr attached lo mall
matter andinroHed \ simply as receipts
for payment of postage on second class
matter there Itj no good reason for spe
cial stamps for this purpose. As in all
probability not ime person out of 10HOD
living in the I'nlted States lias ever K'en
any of these stamps , they will not be
missed If their nsu Is abolished.
Our public schools hnvo suffered so
greatly In recent years from few things
so much as tlio withdrawal of school
bounl members who have found them
selves called to other cities before their
terms have been served out. The buard
has been In constant political turmoil
ami hot water over the selection of mem
bers to fill vacancies ml Interim , and the
real need.s of the schools uejjk'cted to
subserve the Interest of this faction or
that. The way to avoid thk In the fu
ture Is to elect to the school bosird only
men who nre ns far ns vlslblo perma
nently Identified with omnha and give
assurance of being content to till the po
sition to Hit1 hi > sl of their abilities and
to tln end of their terms.
The death of Justin Wlnsor takes
away another of A nun-lea's eminent con
tributors to the realm of literature.
While his , principal work has been In
the management of books sis librarian
of Harvard college and one of the leading
spirits jn the American Library associa
tion , his popular reputation rests on the
volumes edited by him under the title
"Narrative and Critical History of
Amorlen. " which Is found in almost
every pretentious collection.
In demanding that statutory limits be
sot to the power of ( he courts to govern
by Injunction the worklngmen are but
piotestlng against sin abuse genet-silly
recognl/.ed as an evil whose remedy rests
with congress. The subject cannot well
be Ignored by the national legislature
and a law regulating Hie power of fed-
ersil Judges to Issue writs of Injunction
may reasonably hi > expected sis one of
the products of the coming session of
congress.
The change in HIP attitude of the llril-
Ish government toward the propositions
of tin1 American monetary commission
ers since Hie press gave the matter pub
licity Indicates that 'public .sentiment In
Great ISrltaln Is a * Intlueiitial a factor
In shaping the policy of the ministry as
in siny oilier country. It Is as dangcious
for Hit1 government to run counter to
tiie will of the people in Great Urltnln
as It is in the flitted Slat > s.
We are sending. American wagons
sibroad and importing foreign motocy-
des. Hut it will not be an exchange
longer than i.s necessary for Hie Ameri
can manufacturer to adopt and improve
on the mechanism of the imported ve
hicles uml semi back a horseless csirriage
Hint will beat the world.
Sptilti'v Doiililr TiiHK.
I'lilladi'lplila Time * .
The policy of Spain will hereafter ho to
fight for life In Cuba and to spar for wind at
Washington.
A Coiiiiilitiii-.il | o | | t. 1 | . | , , . , | .
niolip-Dcnmir.it.
Mr. James llrycc savs "There Is In the
United States usort of kindliness , a setup
of human fellowship , a rwugnlUon Of tu | ,
duty of mtittul help owed by man to nun ,
stronger than anywhere in the old world. "
It is a compliment to bo much prized and
It comes from a good" observer.
Anicrlcnii \I | | < - -M In I-.IIK In nil.
I'lilla.Mphia . Tllti.'s. ,
American athletes have been going over
lo Unglar 1 for years trying to beard the lion
In his den. and if they had waited for the
spectators to encourage them by their ap
plause they would never have won an event.
Hut tjipy are made of but lor stulT than their
Enfilish cousins , and did not allow them
selves to be discouraged , and success lias
crowned their efforts In. . almost every kind of
sports. All of which goes to show that the
much-vaunted spirit of fair play , supposed
to be the Knglishman's biggest slock In
trade , has fallen away below par.
I'llHNillK' Of. till(111 ( l.iuly.
CIllniK'i C'lininlrlf.
Where are the grandmothers of tradition
the snowy-haired , white-capped gentlewomen
to whom as children we were taught all def
erence should be shown ? hook about you ;
she is nowhere visible. Alas , the elixir of
youth , or , more properly Hptaking. an. arti-
Ih'ial mosk of the rial bloom and beauty ,
lias tcmptrd the aqlng woman to assume
that which she should gracefully relinquish ,
nr.d tiie tni ! grandmotherly type , with soft
shawl.lir.j . I.ices , artistic raps and a heart
in turn' with the morning of life though the
body binds tindnr thn shadows of eventide. Is
iioiie , more's the pity.
A I' < T | > llfhlnil < lif Sci-iii'M.
Ni-w Y.iilt . Tlnu'H.
'WliPii the dortors get together , as In their
prisent state convention. the Infallibility
theory gets some dreadfully hard knocks' .
The author of one paper already trad de
clared tl.at 75 per rent nt physicians habit
ually neglected a malady that pimUiees an
ciiormout , amount of deafness ; a second said
that a la-ge proportion of the operations for
appendicitis were wholly unnecessary ; while
half a do/.er. of them exprosmd the opinion
that most abuses of medical charily , about
which the profession complains so bitterly ,
wuro the direct result nf unwise or dishonest
conduct on the part of the profession's own
members.
I'llUI.
New YiiK Trlliunc.
Pattl's serious Illness calls to mind tlio al
most nnoxampled duration of her operatic
career and points to the possibilities of its
close. Her wonderful volci ! began to en
chant the world more than n generation ago ,
when ho was Just out of childhood and still
only a child in stntnre and mien nml man
ner. Out of the thunders of our civil war
her pure note of melody climbed like a star ,
to shed ItH entrancing beam all over the
world. If it Is now to be eclipsed , there is
ut least some comfort in the reflection thai
It has been so long regnant. Of her It may
bo ualil , as of tlio Witch of Atlas , In her airy
transit over tlio world :
Mot tills found thiil on Ihese days ) ihe skv
wns pun- and fnlr ,
And mynlic .snaU-lip.s of harmonious sound
\VandiM-rd upon the earth where'er alie
i > iii ed ,
And Imppy dreams of love too sweet lo
lust.
She came as St. Cecilia's messenger , and
when slio departa will depart her laurelled
chorister. lint everybody will hope that her
abdication In cxcquy may lie postponed for a
good while yrt.
THU ( ) ii-'rmiit.sj :
Sir Henry hushlngton , Hie oldest baronet
In Kugland. died recently at the ago of 5
years. His son. who succeeds him , Is 71
years of age.
Joseph Jefferson fuyn that IIP considers
himself rather young because ho recently
mot Judge Woodbury of Iloaton , who knew
1.1-i grandfather.
JHIIICH Siiprlse , who recently celebrated
II'B lO.'th birthday near Crown I'olnt , Iml. .
lei said lu be Iho oldest man In Indiana , lie
docs farm work regularly.
Daniel S. Drown of Ann Arbor , Mich. , Is
the oldest inhabitant of Urn city anil was
0110 of ItH foundi-ns. He recently told of hUi
work In hauling to tlio primitive sawmill
the logs that went to build the liouso now
occupied by tlio president of Ann Atbor col
lege.
J. I. C. Cook , proprietor of the Mllford
( Conn. ) Journal , who lias just celebrated hit !
SOtli birthday , cam his first vote In Troy ,
N' . Y. , for AV. II. Seward whig candidate
for governor. Ho has voted at fifty-eight
Ktato elections. In 1842 hu became con
nected with Iho State Hanner. at [ Icnnlng-
( on , VI. , and edited it for many yearn. In
1S59 his HODV. . II. , became an owner with
him. In 1870 the Hanner plant was gold ,
and Air. Cook , with his onHV. . II. ami O.
0. , and family , went to Mllford In 1872 , hav
ing bought the Mllford Journal plant , then
a weekly.
Having spent fifty out of the last sixty-flvo
yearn In prison , Joseph Hell of Jlcln , Ho-
hernia , saw no reason why , In this age of
Jubilees , ho too , should not have his , and
so , a few weeks ago , ho Indicated his Inten
tion to celebrate It. He la now 85 yearn old ,
has seven years more to serve , and , there
fore' , expects to begin llfu again at 92. H
has been In nearly all of the prisons of Do-
hernia and Austria , and known more about
them than any other person. Ho upeaks ap
provingly of modern prison reform , and remembers -
members with Indignation the dark subter
ranean dungeons that received him after bis
first offoufics.
STtnv or IMIIIIUKTY.
HrxttU * of n Slnily if UIP UliniHo 'iif
lloMon Qlobe.
In 1STD HIP Ilrltlsh I'arlkumnt passed a
series of Inebriates' nets , opening homes tSwt
were > to givensylum to nil classes of drnnk-
flrds , with n view to studying the "disease"
of Inebriety.
The Inspector of retrofits , \\\\o. \ from llmo
to time , reporis to the governine-nl , lately
turned In the following statistics , as showing
what pursuits might be supposed to bo mo t
conducive to drinking to excess.
Of142 iKitlcnts discharged from one of tbe
le.idlng retreats the classlllcntloit Is :
Ki-tlnM naval olllrpr * . I rmterivrltent t
Hcllird military ollllltiRliieors U
ceri" in Mnmifnclurer * SJ ;
Meillciil prHi-lltliiiierK..33 nisilllpTH.lirowois , etc. U ; I
Sttiilpuls of nirilU'liif. . .1 liuililrr 1
lliiiilMertcnl-law. . . . 6 Shoiifllter 'I
nllillniK ! l niaporH 4 I
Artl > l5 nml IlinitrU'iil. T Mi-itMiitiita , , . , , , . . . . . .Til I
Tuloro II l.'aritirrx II
rrofe MH ! < of music. . . 5 rvininoioliil tin\elor . . ! '
Tlvll rt-rvanlji 1,1 linker * Z
ClerKfi In holy onlera. . 9 I'lieinlslH. . . . . . 4
I'utilHier 1 KnKrnvrr . . . . 1
Mm ln. > men haul vorvUrnllat 1
let * < Tiillnin 2 j
AeitiiititnntM 3iicntn. . ; 3
Auflloneois V .lounmllMH 3 ! i
'
Slnckltrnkeiii 4 AruliltrrlM 3
l.lliinrliin I .ViiUinill.M I
I'Id 1(5 4 : llenlU'inrn of no IH-
Kniil mill riinitnl- " > lon i cuiullnn S3
imentx 3
Of the total In this .collection 101 were
collcqe-'bred ' men , flirt nre reported ns hav-
ItiK "u good education , " while twenty-live
were "poorly educated. " As many n 235
were married , 180 single , nnd twenty-one
were wlilnwers.
As to the surface' causes of drinking
"socl.iblllty" is cited In 228 cases aiul "Ill-
health" In thirty-six. Standing In contrast
with thirty-six who were moved lo drink
throuih ; overwork are ninety-nine "gentle
men of no profession" perhaps what are
Benrrally known as "Icufers" In this country.
Careful as Is the study of Inebriety In the
London retreats the problem Is still unsolved
i < s to how far heredity Is a predisposing cause
of excess. In the above list such was the
caw In at least 240 eases out of the 442 , or
more than 55 per cent , with a. certainty of
the figure being considerably Increased If
reliable information could always be obtained
from friends.
LOOK TO TIIK Kill IIK\ .
Snlii-loly mill HIIIIII-IM | | | DNiiriitcil li > -
n ( iiiuil Cimk.
\ \ .islilnulon 1'osl.
\\'e > ate' alneerely glad that a Washington
minister has discovered that good cooking
Is a valuable aid to temperance , nnd that bad
cooking will drive a man to drink. Then-
is no doubt , however , that lie Is npeiklng
the truth. If we are not now given over
entirely to l.iebrlety It Is not because some
cooks of onr acquaintance have failed to
supply nil Ihe necessary reasons.
The argument of the clergym.in alluded to
Is practical. Food unattractively presented
falls to stimulate the appetite , and if also
badly cooked does not ulfoul the requisite
amount of nutrition. The stomn h , craving
sustenance of o nature most easily assimi
lated , M-e-ks to Mtlroly by llipior the lack of
support for which Ihe Improperly cooked
food Is responsible. Tills is sound reason
ing , and Is much more to the point than
blaming the drink habit upon the theory of
original sin. Hygiene Is closely associated
with morals. It Is just as Important that
good cooking bo taught In the schools as
that the bible , be read In dally exorcise.
Now that the pulpit Is beginning to realUe
tills fact , and Is disposed to lend Its power
ful aid to a subject unfortunately considered
merely gross and sensual , there Is a possi
bility that the day of general appreciation Is
not long to be poslyone-d.
A woman who can cook , who is not in-
dilfetent to the appi'arance of her table , and
who does not trust anything and everything
to the woman who happens to be employed
in the kitchen Is , Indeed , a rire treasure. U
I.s silii : that a good chef never lets u dish
pass out of his domain until he lum ap
proved it through the senses of taste nnd
hight. If the bame care were only exercise" !
by the hous-ewife there would be 11 happier
condition of affairs. As it is , the slave of the
kill-hen. Ignorant generally of hygiene and
sometimes licking even In common sense , Is
sullHlled with greasy steak , with half-raw
potatoes , and with the mealy yam burned tea
a cinder. A new sin Is now upon her head.
Who can tell how many diunkards she has
forced upon the world.
The trouble is that most people believe
that good cocking and extravagance
synonymous. They accept as a truism the
olil s-ircnsm about "a cod's head for four
pem-e and nine shillings with condiments to
Kirve with it. " Nothing , as a matter of
fact , could be further from the idea we are
intending to convey. It costs no more to
prepare a well-cooked meal than one which
Is beyond tbe power of the human stomach
to digest. Nor is there anything degrading or
trivial In thte matter of ga'str.nomic study.
When Richelieu could Invent the maynnnulpu ;
when Talleyiiind could spend an hour daily
with hip crok , nnd when Lord Ilueon did nol
consider It beneath his dignity and Intellect
to grapple with the Intricacies of the kitchen ,
we of lessor genius can most certainly not
hesitate. We may be happy , too. In the
knowledge that while hitherto 'wo applauded
the tasteful delicacy because It pleased or
palates , wo are now contributing to thu finse
of temperance. The- highest motive's may
hertMfler accompany the s > tlrrlni ; of the
fiponn , and when we least our beef or stow
onr cibbago we may be elevated by the
thought that we are contiUniting to the
moral progress of the human rare.
no cut ICMIS i\v mVII > F..M.S ) ;
A Sliovl , l.iiy Si-rinoii nil n Siniiltiy
To | > lf.
Mlmu'iiiMillH .Inmnal.
Nowadays we are very much tempted to
put every enterpri.se , whether ethical , edu
cational or industrial , on a material basis .
and to ask what are Its merits and how much I
Is to be gut out of It. Such a tendency Is not !
altogether of the highest order , but It has
homo advantages which enable us lo see the
matter in other lights than the usual one.
There always ha been an objection to the
application of such a test to churches and
tlieir work. Hut certainly every earnest
church member cares to know whether hl
church IH doing something or not , even If the
Judgment docs come from a worldly stand
point.
In answer to tlio above < | iiory Ihero are
several IlilngH lo bo taken Inlo consideration :
Klrst , running expenses of tlio organizations ,
Including pastor's salary , cost of music , Jiii-
lUr'r. wages , heating and Interest on the
amount limutod In the church property ; second
end , tliu time spent by mcmbeiH In attend
ance ) upon service and finally , what am the
ri-.nilts.
The cost of maintenance- a small item
weighed In the balance with wtiat a church
accomplishes. Tlio real test comes when wo
attempt to say that thn expenditure of tlmo
on Ihu part of a congregation Is Justified If
tlio average attendance of an average city
church IH 000 , Inelmlliig both morning and
evening servlciu , thu time spent by naeli at
tendant IH two hours , making 1,200 bourn
for a Sunday. The total number of hours
spent by the congregation in a year U equal
to 02,100 hours , or about HID working tlmei
of one man's life. ( Tills Is on Hie assump
tion that a man works twenty-six years ,
800 days a ye-ar. olglit houra a day. ) Tha
o st of a year's campaign lo an average
church U therefore ) :
1. Tlio work of an earnest man'H llfo ,
2. The pastor and bis woIt. :
3. .Salaries.
t. Kxpcntics , Including Intercut on Invest
ment.
n. Choir.
Jui > t what It would amount to In dollars
and cents IH Impossible to say , but It la
ratlie-r doubtful If the avcraco church , ns
It Is managed In HICHH days , over meets
expenses from the icsulu of IU operations.
An Industrial enterprlso In such a condition
would ho Immediately overhauled and re
organized , but the churches continue ) to do
thi ) saino kind of business year after year.
Then ) Is no reason why a church should nut
ray In every sense of the word. There
certainly Is enough to do. Mankind never
neoilcd guidance moro than It does today.
Thi ) churches a a whole do not glvu it and
the result IH that somebody olae gives him
advlco. Results socialism , atufchy and all
klndu of Isms , lnily ImraiiBo there Is im
guiding band to help struggling mankind
A good many churches are satisfied lo pay
their 1)111.1 and to worship , but such a
method Is like tboso employed fifty yearn
ago In comparison with modern business
ways. Something rnoro must be done or tbu
great power of the church , now dormant ,
will bo lost. No one need ask what that
something ia. it can be et > n overywhere.
The field U ready. Will the churches maku
an effort to get on a paying tajla !
Snftl.AH SHOTS AT THIS 1'M.IMT.
Indianapolis Journal : When the Kplsco
pallans of the I'irlted Stntrs generally fully
comprehend the fact that several American
bishops luvo fallen In with the proposition
to put the KplRCOpallin church of tins coun
try under the hierarchy of tlm Uuireh of
ICugland they will be Indignantly drnounecJ.
Minneapolis Journal : A 'Mellindtst ' conven
tion In northern Illinois recently listened to
the report of a ministerial brother who had
been Investigating ( lie condition of the
churches In the country districts. It was in
the effect that religion was on the wane llo
attributed this loss of religious zral largely
to HIP growth ot the creamery business
Iowa City Itcpublicin : In all the bu. U-
stcrlng and truckling 10 Kngllsh methods and
Institutions now rampant 'In some sections of
tills country , it Is a relief lo re'.id Die bold
words of Ulsliop McLaren , In which lie re
pudiates the suggestion that the American
Kplacopal church should become subjivt to
Iho Kngllsh archbishop of Canterbury. May
there be more such men before there are
less.
Minneapolis Tribune : The suggestion tint
tlio I'loUfltant Kplscoiiil church of this conn-
try bo brought under control of the Unglish
church already meets with vigorous opposi
tion from Hit ) IiMilIng American churchmen.
Illshop McLaren criticises the scheme In no
uncertain terms In a recent interview and
rebukes what lie calls the sycophancy of cer
tain American bishops who fell in wttli tno
Imperial Drlltah lde < a.
iM'.ii.soN . A.M ) t Tiniivisn. : .
If Luetgert is released on bail , he will
go on thestage. . It will be the \ \ urncasj
of stage plu\ntlon em lecord.
There nre doubttrss others , but the I'l -
cllinatl thoatrlc.il company made the bit of
the ) season In bringing down HIP house
Thomns I' . 1'endel , a quiet , llnol'tiusvo
man now visiting lUv-tou , is the sole sur
viving member of the body guard of Aora-
ham Lincoln.
At tills dlstnnro It looks an If political rl t. i
were brewing In New York City. Spellbind
ers to the number of 1,000 are about to assail
the crowds In street cars.
Another cold-blooded assault has been
made on the liberal profession of plumbing
Hurglars disguised as plumbers made a bai.l
of $2SOO In a Now York house' .
Commenting on the marriage of Sir KdxMn
Arnold to n Japanese lady , the I'hil.ulelpluu
Times says that "no ladles are more lovely
and winning as the daughters of Japan. "
Dr. i-'ridtjof Nansen. the Arctic explorer ,
will deliver his llrst lecture In the llrcokhn
Academy of Mtislc on October SO and w U
arrive In New York about a week previous
Colonel Isaac M. Morrow , lately appolnii'd
Immigration irspector at Detroit , fought
through four wars the ono between Uru
guay and the Argentine Republic , the wur
against the Florida Semlnolcs , the Mexlcin
and Civil wars.
Time's are somewhat out of joint for Chicago
cage aldermen. One of Ihem had bis vah
siolm at thu city hull and another Is siuTei
ing from a bullet wound contracted at bis
saloon. S\d lo say , tliero Isn't a frani'li. o
In sight to allay the pain.
Colonel D.inlol Lamont. Cleveland's se.1-
rctary of War , Is concentrating nil his energies -
gie-s on Ills duties as vlco presidcm of the
Northern 1'aclllc. He Is dctermi.'ir'l in become -
como a railroad man and a Miceessi'nl om > .
nnd has invested his surplus cash In Nonli-
ern Pacific preferred.
Kx-Scnator Ingalls" oration made n decided
bit at th ? Oklahoma state fair. He BII ; 1
"Witli our Improved machinery farming Ivia
become a sedentary occupation , and one who
wishes for real physical exercise must go
upon tlic lecture platform or enter Ihe mm
Istry. " And again : "Our populist calamity
friends are a st wJio are never absolnt-ly
happy unless they nre perfectly miserable "
Joseph Jefferson , In Ills talk last Sumliy
to the convicts In Charlevtown , Mass . gave
them this encouragement. "In tills country
when a man falls , if lie has the strength to
brace up again , lie goes to the west. and. rub
bing up against a new society , absorb.fresh
magnetism and recuperates at once. lint
thu Englishman hates to leave hid hoiiiv His
fallings are known and If he remains tlu-y
are llnng In his face. There Is no esi-ape
for him. and as his friends shun him lie
fulls deeper In disgrace. "
TI < ; IDVI.S.
Ateblson Globe : There never wi : but onre
biisb.ind In Ateblson iwlui look nil the m < > < li-
i-ine his \\lfe dos'-d out for him , and li. >
died.
I'uek : Author I lo\e you with my \ \
bi-iri mid enn never love nny other. \ \ , ' 1
you lie mine ?
Lady Typewriter Are you Btl'.l dli I.i in '
Chicago llceord : "I wouldn't v.'ir my
h.ilr down over my curs for anytli'iig "
"Don't you admire the fnsblon' ' "
"Ye.-i ; but suppose some man should : "J-
po.se and I didn't bear him. "
fhlengo News : "I snw a bonnet t i.u ji.- !
suited me , George. H wan jr > .
"lint you didn't pay thnt Infernal pn ,
for It. did yon ? "
"N-no , George , I didn't. I bad it i-li.irui < 1 '
ln-lrolt Jouninl : " ' .My wifeIH on of t p
most thoughtful women on earth. "
"In what wny ? "
"When she goe-a through my poe-ltc - S . -
unlay nlbt slu- always leaves in > a . | ii ii" rte
to put In the ehurchbox Sunday inonn A "
Cleveland 1'lalii Healer : " . .My llf. . " i .1 .
LtiHhforth , "has been ono of up- , iu < l
downs. "
"YoV said Ills wife. "Hlc-lips aril fill-
do.vns. "
Chicago I'OEt : "IJarllnj ; " lu > wM , 'MM
you tell your father that you WITCin -
Blllfi'il ? "
"Yes , George , I did , " replied I'll' miil'lMi.
but she looked HO troubled that It w.iu mi
time before lie mustered up euur.iKito pur
sue 'lie Htibjeet.
"What did lie say ? " be naked Ilimllv.
"I don't know , " sin1 answered. "Hi went
out to the woodshed to fay It. "
MKIMTATIONS OF A KLATTKUKrt.
Clevt'land L-uiler.
I love to nay nli't- things In Orare ,
To praise ln-r hair ami eyes ,
To rlmpsodlzo
Upon the contour of her face ,
Hi-cause when I
ThiiB l.iud her lo the Hky ,
She's always free
Wit * ! boneyeil words for mo.
I call her beauty's iiueeii ,
And thi-ii
She tells miI I .should laa kin ?
Of men !
Ob , flraee , 'tis sweet lo ( latter Hire
Hecaiisi- all rebounds on me !
Pill : MAIISKIMiKS IIVIIV. I
Motliouyht I lienrd a million volcua break
lu iini' ai'cord to swell I his bittle liym > ;
Mclhonght tin- myriad vl-agc.t ur.v
grim
And blood-veined eyes Ibelr VI' > IK < am u
llvi'H did wake :
Thai every beat I Impjllenl for relief
Shook ufi" Iho chains of bondage. Tliero
r.ro none
8a stiong nH slaves wlion freedom may bo
won.
No ilespollHm lllu : tliat galled with grief.
Did liberty Infuse Into till ; ) HOHI ;
A heaviin piactHarcliaiguil Mill with < . n-
lempl.
And pletiiro hope , which only madnii-n
dreamt.
With pnniiptlnKK of llui dam-ied lo ur .i
nlonp ?
Oil , wa It thus , or bill Ihe velcu of nn -
( loaded tit triumph and | IIM.IV ! < | aloin- '
CATHICHIN'H IM'SII
Nowadays
no one need go
to Europe for a watch.
The best are made
ritfht here in America
by the AMERICAN
WALTHA1VL WATCH
COMPANY
This watch move *
ment particularly
recommended . , i
" RU'ERSfDE. "
All retail jewelers
have them.