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THE OMAHA DAILY 111312: MOjNDAY, AUGl'ST 12, 1901.
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I'AIITIES MCAVINO I'Ult SLMMEU
PnrllM IpiitIiir (he city tar
the summer ntny hnve The lien
sent to them rrKiilnrly hy
notlfyltiK The Ilea IliiNliiem
ollloe, In pcrNon or by ninll.
The address Mill be changed
a uftrii n desired.
Thnt Cnllfornln gold tlilof should bp
prosecuted to tho full extent of the law.
He In n disgrace to the profession. P.
Crowe.
It Is u free Held nml plenty of entries
for republican nominations lu Douglas
county this 'fall. And the primaries
more than six weeks off yet.
If we could only have paving laid by
Injunction we could dispense with the
paving contractors and look to the
courts to fill up the holes.
Tile Hoer sympathizer who vainly ot
tempted to blow up a Ilrltlsh transport
used to curry mules Trotn New Orleans
to South Africa should havo fed his
explosives to tho mules and let them do
the rest.
Admiral Hvans has also gotten into
trouble with his pen. Olllcers drawing
big salaries lu tho army and navy ought
to leave the scribbling to be done by
men in private stations who need the
money.
.lust to balance up the oil crazo In
Texas, a gold find Is being played up for
Illinois. Tho gold, however, in both
cases will be gathered in by tho pur
veyors of watered stock lu mnde-to-onler
companies.
A syudleato of London capitalists aro
planning to develop tho Industries of
Australia. They will do well to strllto a
good gait or somo of our American
conunuulty-of-lutorest men will get in
ahead of them and beat them out.
Now York City Is to enjoy a munici
pal election this year. Ono might guess
as much from the activity of tho reform
ers who delight to camp on Tammany's
trail whenever tho tiuiu approaches to
Mir up the animals.
Ak-Sar-lJeu Is rapidly nearlng tho
time for his annual court festivities and
It behooves all good loyal citizens of
Omaha to make all preparations to in
sure success to his reign. Invito your
sisters, cousins nnd aunts to visit
Omaha Ak-Sar-Hcn week.
The contest that Is being wnged over
the North Sixteenth street pavement
would Indlcato that repairing asphalt
pavements Is much more profitable to
the contractor than repaving at tho low
price at which they havo agreed to do
tho paving and repuvlng In this city for
the present year.
The bunk clearings of Omahn during
the past week show an Increaso of 11
per cent over the clearings for the cor
responding week of tho preceding year.
That fact alone should dispose of the
silly notion that the Nebraska corn
crop Is rulued and tho business of t?ils
state paralyzed by the recent hot spell.
Tho people of Cuba havo a large col
orcd population to take Into considera
tion lu tho formation of their govern,
meat, but It Is noticeable they have not
followed tho lead of thu southern states
In dealing with the question. Possibly
tho southerner might learn soinnthlnir
about the race question by n study of
cuimn methods.
Chicago's boiler luspector ovldontly
has not enough work to keen him nnri
his stuff busy, for ho proposes to tncklo
an mo locomotives enterlug tho city
limits and subject them to the required
tests with tho usual feo bill accompanl
monk If tho Chicago man succeed in
opening up this now Held of revenue, his
fellow boiler Inspectors In other cities
win tioumiess not bo slow to follow his
good exntnplo and to nresent him with
an engrossed resolution of thanks for
tho favor.
ix ax rxKxviAiu.e i.iunr
It Is alMiut time for the Hoard of
IMiicatlou to take a look nt Itself in the
mirror of Its own actions lu its relations
to other municipal olllces.
First and foremost tho board should
not forget that It Is 11 public body ac
countable Ik the people, The action of
any Individual member or several mem
bers Jointly does not necessarily commit
the board, but when the board gives
olllclal sanction to such acts It assumes
full responsibility.
Marly In the spring certain members
of the board known to bo personally
hostile to .Mayor Moores began clrculat
Isi' the report that the owners and In
mates of disorderly resorts are com
pelled to pay for police protection tho
money formerly paid through the police
couit Into the school fund lu the shape
of lines. So long as this report was
confined to committee1 room gossip, 110
olllclal notice could be taken of It. Hut
when thu Hoard of IMticutlon endorsed
the so-called "well-duilned rumor"
started by Its own members by 11 res
olution asking the courts to call a grand
Jury to sco whether the story could be
verllU'd, tho board assumed the full
responsibility and cannot evade the
legitimate consequences.
The Hoard of Education cannot be
Ignorant of tho fact that the charges
It has fathered, if true, constitute an
Impeachable offense. Tho board cannot
be Ignorant of the fact that charges
affecting the Integrity of tho mayor and
other city olllclals aro proper subjects
for Investigation by the city council,
which by the charter, Is vested with the
power and duty of impeachment. So
long as the recent decision of .ludge
lCstcllo stands tho council has the power
to discipline, suspend or remove the
chief of police It found guilty of mis
demeanors lu ollice. It Is not necessary
for tho council to wait until a grand
Jury has Investigated or Indicted
culpable city olllclals, but its duty Is Im
mediate and cannot bo delegated to any
other body.
Tho mere fact that the council once
dismissed the rumors circulated by
school board members by reason of the
refusal of these scandal-mongers to
make good their gossip furnishes no ex
cuse for the Hoard of Education to refuse
to substantiate charges made lu Its name.
In the one case the council asked the
lucnibtis who claimed to have positive
knowledge' of alleged blackmail to step
up and prefer charges and dropped the
Inquiry because these jnen preferred to
skulk In the ambush. In the present
Instance, speclllc charges havo been
spread upon tho records of the board
and tho council very properly demands
that the board place the facts to sub
stantiate them lu Its possession either lu
open session or in secret session.
The letter to the council delivered In
the name of the Hoard of Education
over the signature of its secretary
whether authorized by fho full board or
not must be accepted us 1111 olllclal dec
laration of the whole board. Where
does tho board stand lu the light of that
letter?
Suppose a, well-dellned rumor had
been circulated by the mayor or mem
bers of the council to tho effect that the
president ol" the board and members
of Its building committee were In col
lusion with contractors and dividing
their profits a thing not unheard of In
former school boards would not the
board feel In duty bound to Institute au
Investigation uud cito the mayor or
couucilmeu who claimed to know all
about It to appear aud testify to what
they did know? Suppose ou the top of
such an Indignity the council should
spread a resolution embodying the
charges on Its Journals and call for a
grand Jury, what would the self-respecting
members of the board say If the
council should add Insult to Injury by
sending notice through the city clerk
that It did not proposo to respond to
any call for testimony before the board
or recognlzo the sincerity and honesty
of Its efforts to get at the bottom of tho
story?
A yenr or two ago the charge was
mado that tho superintendent of schools
stood In with the school book trust and
was In Its pay; this charge was In
vestigated at the time by the board and
dismissed. Suppose It had been re
newed now with tho additional charge
that members of tho text book com
mittee of the school board were parties
to such a deal aud suppose further that
such rumors after being circulated by
members of the council were given the
olllclal seal by formal action, would not
the board Justly hold the council re
sponsible nnd Insist Unit the proofs be
furnished so that It could either disci
pline or dismiss the guilty parties with
out waiting for tho aid of a grand Jury?
If the couucll refused their, polite in
vitation, would they not havo a right
to denounce tho action ns malicious, un
warranted nud cowardly?
Tilt! niSFIlASaillSKMKXT ISSUE.
Tho Iowa republicans are squarely on
record In opposition to the southern
policy of negro disfranchisement. Their
platform says: "Wo are earnestly op
posed to nil legislation designed to ac
complish tho disfranchisement of citi
zens on Hues of race, color or station In
life, and condemn tho measures
adopted by tho democratic party In cer
tain states to accomplish that end. In
reforenco to this tho Hoston Transcript
says: "That Is another matter that has
been too much neglected as being too
delicate to handle, but It is as much au
Injustice as ever slavery was, though
of course less In degree. On the whole,
the Iowa convention did not shrink from
considering what may bo regarded us
the leading issues of thu time. No
northern republican state convention, at
least, can consistently do less than it
has done on the domestic race problem."
There Is a remarkable lack of Interest
showu lu this very Important Issue on tho
part of northern republicans, who seem
not to renllzo that the policy of dls
franchlsement lu the south Is not only
an Injustice to the negro citizens of that
section, but also au Injustice to the
peopla of other sections, sluco the dis
franchising states losu nothing thereby
In their representation in congress and iu
the electoral college. Thousands of citi
zens arc deprived of the suffrage with
out any Impairment of the political
power lu congress nnd In the election of
president of the states that 'do this.
The south has some forty representa
tives In congress based upon the colored
population, yet It loses none of these by
taking the ballot from colored citizens.
That Is a wrong to nil the rest of the
country.
The republican party placed the four
teenth and fifteenth amendments in the
constitution. It should defend them. It
It (alls to do so It must expect retribu
tion soon. Tho lown. republicans have
set au example which those of other
states should emulate.
sursiluu t'lXA sctKHlxa.
I'ew taxpayers of Omaha are uwuro of
the fact Unit a large flouting debtng
grogatlng over $100,000 has been grad
ually accumulated by tho city for im
pioU'inents presumed lo be taxed up to
the owners of property benellteil. This
floating debt Is represented by special
warrants Issued over the name of thu
mayor and comptroller to the contract
ors for the work performed and ma
terial furnished by authority Of the city
council, but not to be paid out of ttie
general fund. These warrants, bearing
7 per cent Interest, have been Increas
ing in volume from year to year without
being Included in the various exhibits of
city Indebtedness.
On January 1, UH)1, the footings of the
comptroller's books show the aggregate
amount of these special warrants to be
if 10!),."IL:i!, Issued against the following
funds:
Paving districts $ 1,149 99
Curbing and guttering districts.. S29 Ct
Grading districts 1,100 3,1
Street Improvement districts.... S'J.lli: JS
Sewer districts 10,035 10
Grading streets and ulleys 29,979 Ij
Dtimnge by grading 121,009 03
Filling and sloping lots 10,201 11
Sewer and water connections 1,821 C9
Abating nuisance 331 72
Removing snow SO 00
Sherman nvenuu culvert 200 00
Sidewalk construction S3, 031 47
Special assessment sinking fund.. 5,143 03
How this enormous tloutiug debt Is to
be redeemed remains it grave problem.
It will be noted that nearly $110,000 of
this amount has been Issued for the con
struction of sidewalks for property own
ers who neglected to comply with the
order to build the' walks and refuse to
repay the expense Incurred.
Improvements, for which more than
$100,000 of these special warrants have
been Issued, havo been declared by the
courts Illegally contracted, and a very
large percentage of the remainder are
of doubtful legality.
The question that presents Itself Is
whether the collection of warrnnts Is
sued for work done without legal au
thority can be enforced against the city,
or whether the city will be compelled to
pay all these obligations. In the latter
case It would be economy to fund the
debt by an Issue of low-rate bonds, lu
any event the mayor and council should
refrain from Incurring nuy further lia
bilities for Improvements that require
sieclal warrant Issues. With Its costly
experience In this direction the city will
be compelled In the 110 distant future
to Insert lu Its charter a provision pro
hibiting the Issuance of warrants for
any purpose unless there Is money In
the treasury for their redemption.
STAXI) IX TlWlll OWX LIGHT.
In tho long run the property owners
on North Sixteenth street are standing
in their own light when they obstruct
nn effort to have that street repaved this
year. Asphalt pnvlng In nearly every
city of this country, Including New
York, ranges from ifli.50 to $:t.."0 per
square yard, while In Omaha the lowest
bids range from ,$l.."l) to nnd It
does not stand to reason that the as
phalt company will continue Its cut
rates to Omaha beyond the present sea
sou. If It will take $,'1,000 for the repair of
North Sixteenth street this year, a like
amount will have to be expended for
repairing It next year and each succeed
ing year, aud this expensive patchwork
will have to be continued from year to
year at tho expense of the city at large.
If, on the other hand, the street Is re
paved, the work will be done under a
guaranty of at least five years, and no
expenso will have to be Incurred for
patching for upwards of eight or ten
years. In other words, If the SHU holes
In the North Sixteenth street skimmer
nre repaired this year, thb solid portion
of the skimmer will have to bo
plugged up next yenr, and that process
of Itself will create an obstruction to
travel and trnflic more damaging and
vexatious to thu business of thu struct
than would be (he closing of tho street
to all wagon tratllc for thirty days or
more.
Tho people of North Sixteenth street
should also remember that the chances
are one thousand to one that the price
of asphalt paving will bo ,"() to 100 per
cent higher two or three years hence,
when they aro obliged to repave as
they surely will be when the next leg
islature revises the charter on equitable
lines and Incorporates a provision re
quiring abutting property owners to pe
tition for repaving when the pavement
Is worn out.
Hotli city nnd county are paying largo
sums all the time ns Interest on out
standing warrnnt indebtedness while
they have money In tho treasury more
than enough to meet the warrants ami
stop the Interest. The reason that will
be given for this wasteful outlay Is
that the warrants nre drawn against
funds that have been exhausted, while
the Idle money Is iu funds against which
warrants have not been drawn. The
law doubtless Is responsible, but the
law can be changed If only some better
method of doing business Is devlseil that
at tho same time safeguards tho Inter
ests of tho taxpayers. Certain It Is, no
private business Institution would keep
paying Interest on past duo lonns when
It has ample money lu bank to take up
its paper.
Our wonderful school bonrd reform
ers so eager to reform everything ex
cept what pertains to the schools now
admit that all tho charges they have
been fulminating against tho city au
thorities aro based solely on rumors
What Is more, the rumors when traced
down find their origin either In the fer
tile Imaginations of the school board re
formers or lu the efforts of two warring
partners to get possession of certain
disorderly resorts they formerly ran In
common. The school board reformers
must be hard pressed to divert public
attention from the abuses, extrava
gances nnd shortcomings of the school
system.
Tlie men who nre In the best position
of any to know the financial condition
of thu people of the state aro the
country merchants. The fact they are
now buying heavier than usual for fall
and winter stocks shows conclusively
that the purchasing power of the people
has not been Impaired by the crop situ
ation. Thoughtful observers have all
along maintained tills was true and
ever day adds to the evidence which
conilrms the belief. Nebraska will have
plenty of forage, a tit amount of corn
and a wheat crop of Immense propor
tions. With good prices the farmer
Is all 'right and when the farmer Is all
right other Nebraskaus have no occa
sion to worry.
It Is figured out that the ' principal
operating companies allied with the
Northern Pacific In the community of
interest scheme by alllliatlons and
connections of thu present members of
the board of directors' control a rail
way mileage of lo',lll miles, a capi
talization of .fj.s l'J.000,000 and a
bonded debt of $:t,02:,000,000. The
mileage constitutes more than half, or,
to be more exact, ."1 per cent of the
total railway mileage of the country.
Thu magnitude of the Interests that
havo been Ismnd together by these
giant railway combinations could not
bo more graphically portrayed.
Iowa democrats are exercised be
cause the man selected to make the
speech outlining the policy of the party
lu the campaign does not square with
their proposed course. He Is a mo
nopoly attorney expected to make an
anti-monopoly speech. Iowa . demo
crats are lucking lu experience or they
would not let 11 little tiling like that
bother them. When they have preached
nutl-moiiopoly and reform as long as
their neighbors In Nebraska they will
understand that democratic talk of that
kind is simply Intended for the gal
leries. The mayor and Hoard or Public
Works have been enjoined from closing
up Sixteenth street on the alleged
ground that It would seriously Injure
the trnflic of that street. The most seri
ous Injury to the trnflic on North Six
teenth street, however, grows out of the
selllsh and short-sighted policy pursued
by the prpperty owners on that street
who persist in refusing to petition for
repuvlng nnd Insist upon hnvlng the
street restored to passable condition at
the expense of the taxpayers of the en
tire city.
Only Once in iv Lifetime.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
It Is expected that tho ceremonies at
tending the Coronation of the British king
will last three wepks. Edward was a long
tlmo getting there and he proposes to make
the most of It.
One I'ath to Timer.
Chicago Post.
If the Maryland negro would becomo a
permanent factor In politics let him follow
the example of his Georgia brother and ac
cumulate property. Politicians never draw
the color line through wealth.
l'nlth lludely Shuttered.
Baltimore American.
A faith healer In Michigan dectared that
a bullat would not kill him It he turned
his mind against It. So ho shot himself
through the head. Now ho thinks ho Is
dead and tho family think they will havo
him burled.
DemnrnlUlitK- Effect of Wnr,
Indianapolis News.
Lynching does not arouso the sense of
shamo and Indignation that it used to do;
human life generally is held ruoro cheaply.
Ono can trace tho change since tho begin
tng of the Spanish war. War is hell and
war Is demoralizing.
Chip of the Old lllock.
Washington Tost.
Captain Tom Schley says that ho has not
been Interviewed; that he knows nothing
concerning his father's affairs and that
he relics upon his parent to take care of
himself. That sounds very much ns If It
comes from a chip of tho old block.
The MtreiiuoiiM I'nee.
Now York Tribune.
Pacing machines for blcyclo races havo
brought about a marvelous Increase of
speed In these contests, but tho Introduc
tion of theso "flyers" has been followed
by tho occurrence of many lamentable ac
cidents. Perhaps It Is still an opon ques
tion whether they have not dono moro
harm than good to tho sport.
TrnimnnrtN oh the llarfinln Counter.
Philadelphia Hecord.
Tho government seems to bo getting out
of tho army transport business by tho
Hlmplo process of practically giving tho
transports away. Tho Mcl'herson, formerly
tho transatlantic liner. Obdnm, for which
tho government paid ovor 1200,000 thrco
years ago, was sold tho other day In Brook
lyn for $18,700, It cost moro than Unit
to get tho McPhcrson off tho Cuban rocks
where It lay for several months. It such
absurdly low prices aro to prevail Undo
Sam might savo money by sending out all
his remaining transport steamers to foun
der In deep water.
Whnt IrrlKiitlon Did.
Columbus Telegrnm.
Trojudlco ngalnst Irrigation makes n
sorry showing when ranged alongside the
figures which positively provo tho value of
Irrigation, Today tho I'latto county unlrrl
gatcrt field that can glvo promise of bettor
thon fifteen bushels of corn per aero Is
the exception, while there are scores of Ir
rigated fields whose corn yield Is estimated
by conservative farmers at soventy-flve
bUBhels per acre. Let us tako a samplo of
what Irrlgaton did for one renter In i'latto
county this year: William Ceder rented
forty acres under tho ditch, two miles east
of Genoa. Ho planted tho entire acrcago
to corn and everybody who has mado ex
amination estimates tho yield at teventy
flvo bushels per acre a total of 3,000 bush
els for the forty ncrrs. Mr. Ceder could
contract overy bushel for 60 cents, thus giv
ing him $1,500 for his lubor In planting,
tilling and harvesting tho crop. lie must
pay two-fifths of tho crop to the owner
of tho land, leaving htm $900 to tho good,
In the faco of such a showing, and there
aro many others equally as good, ,o Toir
gram believes prejudice against Irrigation
on the bottom lands In Datto county must
be a thing of tho past. Prejudice cannot
successfully combat profit In farailug,
Bogus Crop Reports
New York
The temporary withdrawal from business
activity of the plunger who has gained 011
tho Chicago Hoard of Trade the popular
title of cora king may serve to show who
organized tho recunt corn panic and for
what purpose it was engineered. If tho
showers concerning which it was ?o dif
ficult to get Information for scveml dnys
had held off another fortnight tho corn
speculators would have made a great deal
of money. Of tho Incidental damage lo thu
general business Interests of the country
It Is not to be expected that they would
think. A speculator with a conscience
would stand very little chance of "beating
the gamo" on tho Chicago llonrd of Trade
or Hie New York Slock exchange.
The method of rigging the grain market
Is very simple. Somo Insls Is needed In
the general weather conditions, but this
need not bo more than Just enough to make
some farmers In each locality feel pessim
istic as to the harvest. Then men nre sent
around with Instructions to telegraph dls
louraglng crop reports from as many lo
calities ns possible, and to orrongo for con
firmatory telegrams to follow In quick suc
cession. The expense of this service, while
considerable, Is not disproportionate to tho
returne. Usually tho wildest exaggerations
pass unchallenged, for the reason that It
Is rarely to the Interest of anyono to es
tablish the truth, and no one stnnds ready
to pay the costs of doing so. Among thu
farmers tho growing season Is always 11
period of anxiety, nnd they nre quite ready
to believe that what may nt any moment
I.MillTS AMI S1IAHKS l. (iOTIIAM.
.Scene nml Incident Oli'reil In
tirenter Sew York,
Tho driver of a flrecngluo drawn by three
horses dashed down the declivity nt the
foot of Wcat Sixty-ninth stieet last Wednes
day and hurled them over a steep embank
ment rather than Imperil the lives of a
group of children playing In the street. Tho
embunkment Is of brick surrounded by nn
Iron fence nnd serves ns a barrier between
the tracks of tho New York Central rail
road thlrly-flvo feet below and tho street
level.
The horses could not hold bock tho weight
of tho heavy engine nnd struck the two
foot brick wnll with the Iron fence sur
mounting It, at the end of tint stret, carry
ing nway about twenty feet of tho wall.
Policeman Ilooth of the West Sixty-eighth
street station and Fireman John Can oil
Jumped for the hornes' heads, seizing their
bridles. Doth men were dashed to tho
ground as the horses went through the rail
ings, Tho driver Jerked loose tho seat strap
nnd tenped for his life.
The three horses were suspended by tho
traces In mld-nlr. A trnln was approaching,
nnd thcro was danger that the traces would
glvo way and the hortcg fall ou tho track
heforo tho engine. A fireman swung him
self down to the track and flagged tho
train. There wns nothing to do but cut
tho horses loose, and they fell on tho Iron
fence, which had been thrown down from
tho wnll and stood upright on the tracks.
They wero severely woundcil and rendered
useless ns tiro horses.
"There are few places In America,"
writes 11 correspondent of tho Clevclnnd
Plain Dealer, "more beautiful than the spot
whero tho tomb of Ulysses S. Grant stnnds
In solemn grandeur.
"It Is on a high knoll that slopes away
In four directions gradually toward the
city on the cast nnd south nnd abruptly
toward the north and west. Iu front of It
Is a broad stone plaza and somo twenty
wide stops lead up to the entrance. From
this paved, courtway the expanse of the
ncnutlful Hudson can be seen. On the
opposite banks nro tho wooded heights of
New Jersey and to tho north as far as
tho eye can see stretch the noble palisades.
Hardly a sound can bo heard nnd If you
visit It as I did on n mid-Sunday after
noon, when tho gathorlng clouds keep tho
crowds at home, It Is a scene of silent gran
deur Mint one will not soon forget.
"Tho tomb Is massive and as simple in
Its greatness ns was the character of tho
man In whose honor It was erected. You
enter some thirty feet nbovo tho street
level and find yourself In a great room
rooted by tho dome Itself. In tho center
Is a circular opening, nnd twenty feet be
low you see two great slabs of polished
stone above tho remains of tho old hero.
Upon one nro tho words 'Ulysses S. Oranf
nnd on tho other 'Julia D. Grant.' Noth
ing more.
"Two floral offerings nro tho only other
things seen In this crypt. On ono nro the
words, 'Mcado post. No. 1. Philadelphia.'
On tho other Is tho word 'Chlnn.' Ono Is
an offering from those who loved Grant
at home; tho other from thoso who loved
him abroad.
"The tomb Is carefully enred for and nil
Its surroundings kept in excellent shape.
Thousands of visitors to Now York make
It a placo of pilgrimage"
Tho proprietor of ono of the shore pa
vilions nt Ilnth Deach, relates tho Now
York Times, received a shock a day or two
ago from which ho has not yet fully re
covered. Ho was moving nbout looking
after his waiters, when ho saw two smartly
dressed women, nccompanled by a little
girl, enter the pavilion and tako scats at
the most desirably located tnblo In tho
plnco. Ono of tho womcu cnrrlcd a small
hand bag.
When a waiter approached tho table this
woman ordered n glass of milk anil two
glasses of Ice water. Tho waiter filled this
very modest order. Hut ro far as tho latter
was concerned tho worst wns yet to come.
Whllo the llttlo girl wns drinking tho
milk, ono of tho women took from tho
hand bag a small flask filled with gin, n
lime nnd n knife. Sho coolly proceeded
to cut tho llmo In half and squeezed tho
Jtilco of It Into tho two glasses of Jco wator.
From tho flnsk sho poured a qnnntity of
gin into each glass and Btlrred tho wholo
with the knife. Then tho two women,
sipping their crudely mndo gin rlckles
settled bark to enjov themselves.
Tho proprietor of tho plnc vlowed tho
performance In speechless nmazomcnt. Ho
almost swooned when tho two womon finally
got up, paid tho waltor C cents for tho milk
nnd went nut.
"Well, wouldn't that paralyzo you?" ob
served tho proprietor, as with a mo.m'ho
flung himself Into a chair.
The agltntlon for purer nlr In tho tunnel
near tho Now York Central depot Is gntnlng
strength. Smpke, stenm and gns ore tho
main elements of tho present ntmosphcro
nnd some patrons of the road think It Is
tlmo tho company fhould substitute elec
tricity for stenm power and thus nbato what
Is classed as a public nuisance. Hut nn In
ventive genius comcB to tho fore with a
simple remedy. He would purify tho atmos
phoro with attar of roses. Ho Is surprised
that he Is the first to think It nut, and
cheerily hnnds his thinks lo tho company.
An airtight compartment In to bo plnred In
front of ench locomotlvo and filled with this
rnro perfume. When tho tunnel is entered
n valve will open and tho fluid will bo scat
tered over tho roadway ond walls.
The official who courtoously acknowledged
tho r.-relpt of this suggestion responded
that there wero several objections In the
way, one being that thn road liked to koep
up Its habit of paying dividends.
SlrlklnK the Winning I'nce,
Chicago Npws.
Filipinos havo Incroised their purchases
of silk over 100 per cent In tho last few
months, If they Just follow us nwbllo
longer they will bo wearing diamonds,
Times
happen to their rop tins happened to tho
crops of tho next township or the next
romity. ir prices aro stunning iney hil
la no Instance likely to put themselves to
great trouble to contradict the reports
which account for it. These considerations
affect the fanners who mnko reports to
the Dspnrttnent of Agriculture, ns well ns
those who do l.ot. The man certain of an
unsatisfactory harvest Is always ready lo
testify that the crop Is a failure, but If
reasonably sme of a good harvest from his
own land ho has no Interest In helping
the bears depress prices.
l'or these nnd other reasons It Is seldom
dldlcult tc put 'a circulation a great deal of
misleading Information respecting the con
dition of growing crops, especially If any
basis for apprehension exists In dry
weather, great heat, or any other well
known and widely recognized cause for
anxiety. This year tho conditions were
peculiarly favorable to the operations of
the com speculators, but they did not last
quite long enough to sustain to the point
of realisation of profits the elnborato
scheme of fiction built upon them. An
Interesting phenomenon In connection with
artificially stimulated speculation of this
character is that by somo psychological
Juggle those who sot In motion a scheme
for the dissemination of misleading reports
romo to bellcvo them. As the rule they
lose nil million, and In the trap they have
set for others they are very apt to be caught
themselves.
1,01m mmr.iiTV monkv itr.WAim,
Hon- Grent llrltnln Trent-" 5ltlltnry
mid Xiivnl Lender.
Tho adoption by Parliament of the king's
recommendation that n present of $500,000
bo mndo to General Hoberts In considera
tion of his services In South Africa Is In
keeping with Ilrltlsh precedents. The New
York Sun rites thu following Instances of
past rewards:
Lord Howard of Kninghnm, who defeated
tho Spanish Armada, was rewarded with
thu earldom of Nottingham: Sir Oeoigo
Hooko, for his victory over tho French at
La Iloguo In 1C!2. received n punslon of
1,000 and wns knighted; but tho system of
rewards for mllltnry service, of which tho
grant to Iird Hoberts Is the latest In
stance, got Its grent stort under Wllllnm HI
and Anne, when John Churchill was pro
moted to tho dukedom of Marlborough and
received nt first an unnunl nnd Inter a per
petual pension of JEfi.OOO n yenr. Sir George
Ilyng was mnde Viscount Torrlngton In 1721
and Itobert CIIVo was mado nn Irish boron
In 17G1 for his victories In India. Admiral
George Hodney was created n baron In 17S2,
with u perpetual pension of 2,000; Sir John
Jervls got nn earldom nnd n pension In 17PS
nnd nbout the same time Sir Adam Duncan
secured a vlseountcy nnd a pension for a
naval victory.
Nelson wns created a baron In the samn
yenr for defeating tho French fleet nt
Abouklr, In the so-cnlledHbnttle of the Nile,
and n pension for thrco lives went with tho
peerage. After his Copenhagen victory of
1S01 Ilnron Nelson was promoted viscount.
When he died at Trafalgar his brother was
created nn carl ami received a perpetual
pension of 5,000. IJaron Kxmouth was pro
moted In tho pcerngo to viscount for his
victory over the Ocy of Algiers In 1816 and
received n perpetual pension.
Hon. Arthur Welleslcy, younger son of
nn Irish carl, becamo duko of Wellington
for his victories over tho Napoleonic nrinloa
In Spain ond tho low countries, with n pen
sion of 4,000 nttnehed to tho dignity nnd
nn estate as well. Wellington nnd Marl
borough received higher rewards than any
other Ilrltlsh commanders.
Hugh Oough vns mndo a baron and a vla
count for military services n India, with a
pension for two lives; other mllltnry offi
cers similarly rewarded wero Henry Har
dingo nnd Robert Napier, whllo Lord Itag
Ian, previously ennobled, received a pen
sion for two lives.
For his share In suppressing tho Sopoy
mutiny Sir Colin Campbell was created
Ilaron Clydo nnd received n pension of
2.000. Sir Gnrnet Wolseley wns pro
moted to the peerage In 1882 for his victory
over tho Egyptlnn army at Tel-el-Keblr and
Admlrnl Sir llcauchamp Seymour was made
a baron for his shnro In tho bombardment
of Alexandria In tho snmo yenr. Ilnrnn
Wolseley obtnlnod n vlseountcy In 1885 for
his campaign In tho Soudan nnd received a
grant of 20,000; In 1802 Sir Frederick Hob
erts was ennobled ns Ilnron Roberts of Knn
dahar because of his march to Knndnhor
In 1870 nnd nftor n Ilrltlsh defeat ho ro
stored tho prestlgo of his country In Indln.
For wiping out tho mnhdl and his hostH at
Omdurman, Gonernl Kitchener was mado a
baron. In 1808.
TltllllJI.ATIO.VS IP HOYALTY.
nivlnlty Hint lledaen llulera .Vol n nnr
to Sorrow.
Now York Mall and lixprcss.
Scarcely second In sndncss to the career
of Charlotte of Belgium, archduchess of
Austria, tho "poor Carlotta" who still lan
guishes la confinement ns n manias near
her natlvo town, was tho career of tho Em
press Frederick of Germany, who died nt
Homborg cnstlo last Tuesday. Sadder still,
perhaps, than thn story of tho Belgian
princess and Mexican empress whs that of
this widow of tho grent-inlndfd nnd unfor
tunato German emperor whoso rolgn wns so
brief, becausn her mind was olways clear
and fully awake to her situation, whereos
tho light of rcatoa and with it possibly tin
realization of her loss went out in Clinr
lotto's mind ns soon ns ih saw her loved
husband condemnon to deposition and death
ns tho result of tho failure of her errand to
Nopolron II and Plus IX In Ills bohalf.
Tho Into empress was born Princess Royal
of England nnd christened with her moth
er's nnmo, Vlctorln. Thcro was a proJIgl
ou amount of rejoicing ovor hor appear
nnco In 1810, though a prlnco of .Wales
might have been a llttlo moro welcome
Her childhood was happy and unequivocally
English. Hor parents tried to correct tho
error, 'from tho English standpoint, of their
own essential TeiHoulsm. by making all
their children as English ns possible. In
this young princess' case tho service turned
out to bo a doubtful one. Her childhood
was hardly over when she was mnrrled to
tho crown prlnco nf Prussia. Hor mRrrlcd
llfo was ono of happiness, on the whole,
though she grieved deeply over tho dfulh nf
her young sons, SlglFmund nnd Wnldrmar.
In her Prussia recognized iin English Influ
ence. No doubt tho Inlluonco exkitod, for
sho had her father's rlcverness nnd her
husband's natural bent was toward the
broader English constitutional Ideas.
Sho possessed, moreover, her husband's
full conlldenco. But when, In 1888, ho camn
at the ago of 57 years to tho throne which
hlH father had occupied to nn oxtremn old
ago, ho was nlrendy condemned to death
by his physicians. Them was never any
thing moro heroic than the way In which
this generous nnd high-minded prlnco truly
rnlgncd during thn three months nnd six
days that he lived after hts accession,
though from the first t ho hand of (loath
was laid upon his throat. I In wns an em
peror In artlculo mortis, but still an em
peror. Thoso wero Imperlnl days of ngnny
for Victoria. Carlotta had, In Moxlco, nt
least two years or gilded rule; this English
princess not only behold all hor husband's
mortal sufferings, hut underwent a fire of
public calumny supposed to hnvo been di
rected by uo less a hand than that of I'rloiio,
Bismarck. The nation was suspicious of her
English sentiment nud merciless Id lis
Judgment of her.
Sho wns not released from this burden
of a wholo country's suspicion by her hus
band's death. Her son, coming to tha
throne, sought to clear his skirts of tha
Britannic taint nnd gain a German popu
larity that ho certainly did not already
possess, by putting various llttlo slights
and Indignities upon his mother. Tho
shadow of her triple sorrow of widowhood,
of ill In 1 Ingratitude, of national suspicion"
never left her. Added to It was tho pain
of n long Illness ami sorrow nt her mother's
death. But In her life of sixty years sho was
never found wanting In the performance of
any duty of daughter, wife, mother or princess.
Kl'StON l. Mllllt.VSICA.
Oncer Mliii Aiiioiik the Allied Force
of t'n I molly.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Nebraska democrats cllug to tho fu
sion progrnm. This Is n confession thit tho
democratic party In Nebraska Is not strong
enough to Join Issue with tho republicans ou
either state or national Indies The popu
lists, In deciding In favor of nlllatiro with
thu democrats, practically ndmlt that then
Is no longer a populist party In Nebraska.
Tho silver republicans, In deciding to put.
110 ticket In the field, mlmlt that the silver
question has been eliminated from politics,
Tho committee advises silver republicans In
Nebraska to vote for the papullrl or dem
ocratic candidate. But republicans who left
their party on the silver question nnd who
are still republicans at heart aro not llkoly
to vote with cither the democrats or popu
lists. The republican vote for president In Ne
braska lu 1SSS was 10S.436; tho dem
ocratic vote, S0,r52; republican plurality.
27.S73. In 1802 tho republicans lost 21,000
voles nnd the democrats lost 53,000 votes.
In other word, Harrison received 87,213
otes In ISM, and Cleveland 24,012, whllo
Wenver, the people's or popullHl candidate,
locelved 83,131. In 1S91 tho democrats nnd
populists united and elected Holcomh gov
ernor by a plurality of 3,302.
In 1S0C Bryan, on n fusion ticket, carried
tho stnto by 32,933 plurality, aud tho fusion
candidate for governor hnd a plurality of
over 21.000. In 1SSS tho fusion candidate
for governor hnd a plurality of 2,721. Iu
1000 tho republicans polled 121,835 votes for
president In the state, nnd hnd a plurality
over thu fusion rnndldnto of 7,822. Tho re
publicans elected their governor by n plu
rality of 8rtl votes. This Is tho otory ot
fusion in Nebraska.
With the silver question eliminated, with
the democratic current In Ohio, Illinois and'
other states turning ngatnst Mr. Brynn anoj
ngalnst popullstlc tendencies, thcro Is llttlo
hope for fusion In Nehrnska or In any other
state.
i'i:iisoai, .oti:s.
Tho Iambs will take notice that a scat
on the Now York Stock exctiAiigo has Just
been sold for $00,000.
Tho Venezuelan rumpus sprang up so
suddenly that tho war correspondents did
not have time to got down there; henco
tho paucity of Hensntlonnl dispatches.
Gold Is nt n premium of 3,000( per cent
In Colombia. Thnt would be a good market
for the follows who carried off $2S0,000
worth of bullion from the Vnllejo smeller.
Probably the most elaborato collection
of odd and costly beer steins In America
Is thnt of J. Plcrpont Morgan, who has
Just added to It two mugs formerly tho
fnvorlto ones of Prlnco Bismarck.
Subscriptions to tho proposed memorial
to Sir Arthur Sullivan In London havo been
dlscoiiragingly Blow. Hardly anything hns
been contributed In this country. Personal
friends of the composer will probably sup
plement the money on hnnd sufTtelontly for
tho erection of a stntuo on tho Thnmea
embankment.
At Douglas, Ga., Peter Vlckers has re
cently subscribed $1,000 to help persundo
a railroad company to build up to thn
lown. This Isn't remarkable. Tho nntnblo
fact Is that Vlckers was born n slave and
that he now owns 0,800 acres of farmland,
besides other real estato In three Georgia
towns. His bank account nnd the esteem
In which his fellow citizens hold him ar
large.
Dr. Ohago of St. Paul Is n physician wlso
In his generation. Giving a free bnth out
fit to Ills clly hr makes n condition that
tho baths shall olways ho open on Sunday.
Pension Commlhsloncr Evans Is veryi
proud of the support which his policy gen
erally receives from the nnvspnpers, nnd
when nn opponent tho other day ncctised
him of having a press bureau at work for
him ho replied: "I havo and It Is com
posed of nil tho best newspapers In tha.
country."
i'oivri:i itiMiAitKM.
Buck: George I understand tho Oottlts
hnd a hard struggle to got Into society.
J nek I should sny they hnd! Why. old
Gottlt hnd to spend nenrly four years In
tho Klondike!
Philadelphia Press: "In designing his
tombHtone." snld the widow or tho late Wnll
street broker. "I wpa thinking of this In
scription: "Hp did well hv his friends.' "
"Ah!" remarked the mnn who knew him. '
"I would suggest 'lie 1II1I his friends well.' ,!
Pittsburg Chronicle Brother Bob Jock'
Wrouuils Is a regular rill-round "good fel
low "
Ills Sister Gracious! I never suspected'
ho was ns bail ns that.
Chlcngo Tribune: "Alnry Ann," snld tho
economical husband nt thn summer rcMirtt
hotel, "let the inaMiod turiilpn ulnno lutil
take somo mure of thnao cream potatoes.?
Think what they're charging us hero for
board!"
Clevclnnd Plain Dealer:
doing now?"
"What nro you
"I'm getting out n new style of mirror
with n heavy Iron frame."
"Wh.U's that for?"
"It's for use In stables where tho horses
wenr bonnats."
Philadelphia Times: "It was not n di
vided household, though It might seem so."
"Mow?"
"Tho mother brought the children up,
while the father had to lilto them down
occasionally."
Detroit Free Press: Duffer Beefer. tho
butcher, Is going to get n divorce from bin
wife, he says Ills affection hns grown cold.
Snuffer I hoiild think It would. Sho shut
hltn up In the Icebox and went to tho cir
cus alone because hi had refused to tako
her.
Washington Star: "It Is sad to sco thl
mercenary Fplrlt so llagruntly manifested
111 polities," said the earnest citizen.
"Yen." answered Senator Sorghum, "t
have fought against It nil I could, but It's
no use. I can't get people to voto my wuy
without payln' um,
TIII-5 KtH'VT OF TI5AHS.
Paul Lnwrenco Dunbar, In Alnslce's.
All hot nnd grimy from tho road,
Duct gray from arduous yearn.
I snt me down and eased my lond
Beside tho Fount of Tears.
The waters sparkled lo my eye,
Cairn, c rvstnl-llko nnd cool,
And bieiithlng there 11 restful sigh,
I bent mo to the pool.
When lo, n vnlcn cried, "Pilgrim, rls,
Ilnrsh tho' tho sentence be.
And on to other lands and skies,
Thin fount Is not fur thee.
"Pass on, but calm thy needless fears.
Some may not love or sin,
An angel guards the Fount of Tear3,
All may not bathe therein. "
Then with my burden on my back,
I turned to gaze nwhlle,
First at the uninviting track,
Then nt Urn woter's smile.
And so I go upon my way,
Thro'out the sultry years.
Hut pause nn more, by night, by day,
Bcsido thu Fount of Tears.