Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 15, 1893, Page 4

[ ———= THE DAILY BEE. | . ROSEWATE —— = PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, Dafly Bee without Sunday) One Year Wily and Sunday, One Year “ fx Months. ... ovi iV hreo Month . nday Bee, One Yoar mturdny liee, One Y eckly Boe, One Year OFFICK: Omanha, The Beo Bullding. Bouth C corner N and 26th Streots. Couneil BinfTs, 12 Poarl Streot. Chieago Office; 317 Ehamber of Co New Vork, Kooms 13, 14 and 1 Building Washington, 513 Fourteenth Stroet. CORRESPONDE All communications relating to nows and editorial neattor should be addressea: To the Lditor. . BUSINFSS LE ATl bustness lotters and be addressed 10 The Beo Pabiishing Company, Omaha. Drafts, checks and postoflice orders 10 b made payable to the ordor of the com- pany. Parties leaving tho city for the summer can have TiE BRE sent. to thelr addross by loaving an order at this ofice. THE BEE SHING COMPANY. The tee in Chicago. Trn DALY and SUNDAY 1s on sale in Chleago nt the followlng p! t Palmer houso, Grand Pacific hotel. Aunditorl irent North: lotel R 00 10 00 5 00 2 60 2 00 1 60 1 00 meree. 'ribune reniittances should | 1 hotel. Rer can ho seon at the Ne. L building and the Ady ation bulld xposition grounds. = SWORN STATE nEe Pub- solemnly gwear that the DALY TiER for the week Bunday, Angust b, Mondiy, Avgist 7. Tuenday, Atgust & Woanesday, Augnst [ 20010 Saturday, August 12, e EWORN 0 bitorn B I Now looks as if the road to Fort Crook will bo completed in the course of the next fow years, THE state tennis tournament at Omaha Is the feature of the amateur sporting world for this woeek Do NOoT let the project for an Indian supply depot fall by the wayside. Omaha wants it, and wants it now. ) varor PAanmiRr prediets that the World's fair will make no money. It doos not take much of a prophet to foresee that. CAN'T the Interior much ags rearrs office distri department do as nce its scheme of land ts without asking pormission Wi Buffalo Bill the hero of a book, » namo will be handed down to posterity that will survive as long as the memory of the Co lumbian exposition. WHILE mills everywhere are closing #own or running on short time, the mill which grinds out our national bank notes is extending operations. SUNDAY opening continues to boa drain on the World's fair finances. Either the Clingman injunction should bo dissolved or somo measures taken to make its consequences less costly. THERE is no suspicion of hard times in the effort Lincoln is making to secure the next Grand Army encampment. Her citizens have gone about the matter with the characteristic Nebraska cnergy. WHEN the Rock Island is compelled to join witn the non-exempted roads in reducing salaries and cutting down forces, we are given indisptuable evi- dence that the trouble has not been eaused by fear of the maximum freight rate law. THE prospects are good for the rele- gation of the prohibition issue in Iowa to the contests between the various log- islative candidates. This will mean victory for the whole republican ticket and a legislature favorable to the modi- fication of the present statutory prohi- bition, It wWOULD not bea bad idea for the city council to call on its committee for an itemized account of the expenditures from the city hall fund and the claims still pending against that fund. Some of our citizens would be pleased to know on what basis the recent appropriations for work on the city hall have beon calculated. CHOLERA in New York harbor is alto- gether 100 near to suit the convenionce of this country. A ship which develops cholera on hoard when out but a few days ought to put back to the port from which it started. Knowingly to spread the germs on this side of the Atlantic ought to subject the captain and com- pany to heavy penalties, Tue Bep's exposure of the bond in- vestment swindles will save many from fnvesting their hard carned savings in a scheme that cannot possibly result in anything but loss to the investors as a whole. Anagentof a Denver concern who was working his game in Platts- mouth has already been induced to dis- appear. Lot the good work go on. PRINCE BISMARCK'S Sunday recep- tions give him unexcelled opportunities to inculcato his newest state’s rights doctrines. While ‘glorying in the fact that German unity is now firmly estab- lished, he no longer shrinks from advis- ing “indulgence to the peculiurities of the various states.” Is this the same Bismarck who, when in power, trampled 30 ruthlessly upon the Mghts of the sop- arate commonwealths? THERE is already a noticeable diminu- tion in the number of failures reported in this country. The banks are in a better position and money is beginning to emergo from its temporary retire- ment. The “hard times” were the pro- * duct of the imagination more than the result of natural causes. Now that the people of the country are recovering from the fright induced by their own foars there is no reason why business should not be resumed at the same old sand, NO MORE MISTAKES IN 1004, The republicans of Iowa who nas- semble in state convention at Des Moines this week have an opportunity trieve themselves from their recent de- feats in state elections and to achieve a victory that will be as significant as it will be decisive. F two successive terms a democratic governor has held sway at the capitol, not because of any predeliction of the poople for demo- cratic officers, but solely on account of the mistakon policy of the ublicans. In taking up the vrohibition issue and in continuing to bolster up the statuto aftor it has ropeatodly proven to bo ¢on- trary to the wishes of many of tho st communities, the republicans simply coutted defeat he Sioux City Jowrnal describes the situation in an able article, and calls upon tho delegates to be @ in time. 10 re- i Tt says: The rnal chall s the conseience and the intellect of the republicans of Towa, nay, of those who have enacted and testod the existing liquor code, whethor it has nov fallen short of the ends desired, and whother it ought nos, therefore, now to be amended. This is tho vory truth. The law has led, it has como short of its purpose, und it ought, on this reason, to be changed. Tho people of Towa demand that it be changod. It will be changed. Will the republican party make the change? That is the ques- tion. 1t isonly a question as to the candor of the republican party in its action at Des Moines. This is the whole thing in a nut shell. The republicans of Towa haveample ma- terial from which to select their candi- dates for governor and for the remaining state officos. 1f they take the matter under consideration and act with delib- eration they cannot fail to place thoso candidates upon a platform that will bring to its support all who are really intrenchod behind repubiican princi- ples. The results of the last presiden- tial election show how [owa republicans stand when fred from the complications of the prohibition issue. If they keep free from such entanglements the pre ent contest will have u similar outcome. S- ONE WAY 00T The chancellor of the Stato university at Lincoln informs us that a report is being cireulated to tho offcet that the limits of registration at the university have been reached and that no more students need apply for enrollment in sptember. *To this he wishesus to give the widest possible denial and, in exr nation of the report, he says that he has been obliged to limit the number of students for the coming year to 1,500, but that that number has not yet been veached. This request on the part of the chancellor is perfectly proper and wo hasten not only to comply with it but also to make a suggestion or two as to how he may make tho best use of tho inadequate appropriations which the last legislature placed at his disposal. The purpose of the State university is, a8 we conceivo it, to furnish that higher education which it is beyond the province of the local authorities to give. Second- ary instruction has with us been left everywhere to the localities and we are justified in relying upon them todo their duty. What the chancellor should do then, when he finds that he must limit *the number of attendants at the -State university, is to cat off first those who are needlessly consuming the funds for what is really preparatory work. The state is under no obligation to supply a high school to the citizens of Lincoln. Let the school children of the capital get their preparatory Latin in the Lincoln High school and let the econ- omizing begin with the so-called prepar- atory Latin school which is no necessary part whatever of the university. If there is required still further econ- omy the school of music will afford ample scope for the axe. The state has not been instituted particularly to pay the music teachers of the Lincoln prodigies. The university has enough to do to give a broad gen- eral education without wasting its resources upon technical pursuits. If the musical geniuses of the state are too poor to proceed with their studies,there are many institutions waiting to dovelop them as soon as they show undeniable ovidences of talent. The chancellor in- sists that he is unwilling that ‘‘a single child be deprived of the advantages so wisely and freely offered by the state.” There is no necessity of depriving a singla child of those legitimate advan- tage The sincerity of the chancellor will be best shown by a judicious use of the pruning knife. MORE 1ONAL B4 URRENCY, Senator Voorhees, chairman of the senate committee on finance, yesterday introduced a bill to allow national banks to issue notes to the par value of the government bonds deposited to secure circulation. The introduction of this measure was accompanied by a letter from Seeretary Carlisle approving the proposed legislation. It is understood to be the intention to press the bill, and it is not improbable that it will pass the sonate within the current week. 1t is to be presumed thut it will en- counter no opposition from the repub- licans, and in that case it ought to pass with very little delay, though. it I to be expeeted it will be opposed by some of the demoeratic senators who have hitherto manifested an implacabie hostility to the national banks. Asto the fate of such a measure in the house no confident prediction can safely be mado, though it is probable it would pass that body after u struggle. There is unquostionaby & large contingent of democrats in the house who are strongly opposed to doing anything that will benefit the banks, whatever the measure of advantage might be to the public. They would liko to see the national banking system wiped out und state banks take its place. Some of these men represent constituencies which have little use for banks of any kind and which regard the national banks as being & vast monopoly, con- stantly conspiring against the intorests and welfave of the people. Every fail- ure of a national bank is hailed by these persons as evidence that the entive sys- tem is untrustworthy and dangerous. With the domocrats in the house hostile to the banks will be joined the populists, and this combination may be able to ob- strust and delay thoe proposed legi tion, if mothing more. A union of the . not hostile to the banks will, however, | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1893. republicans and the democrats who ave doubtless give sufficient support to the measure to pass it in the house, while the endorsemont of Socretary Carlisle is ample assurance that it would recvive the prompt approval of the president. There is no valid objection to allowing the national banks t> issne notes to the par value of the government bonds de- posited in the national treasury to se- cure circulation. All the government bonds are selling at a promium except the on‘s, and undoubtedly these would go above par if the proposed legislation should be enacted, so that the guarantee is-absolute. If the bill introduced by Senator Voorhees should become law there would be added to the currency, as soon as the notes could be printed, about $20,000,000, but it is probabie the increase would not stop with this, The banks would buy more bonds, oven at a moderate advance in price, o that it is & safo estimate that tho result of this legislation would be to add perhaps $40,000,000 to the currency within a fow months after its enact- ment, and it is hardly necessary to say that the eountry could not bo given a safer or a better currency. If it were assured that the proposed measure would become law within the next thirty days it would have a wonderful influence in removing distrust and restoring con- fidence. 2 2-pe THE CUMMON SENSE VIEW, A prominent eastern manufacturer re- cently remarked that this country is just as rich asit was six months ago, that the needs of consumers are just asgroat, and that as soon as congress shall enact the proper legislation there will follow a complete vestoration of confidence which will cause the tide of prosperity again to sweep over the land. The wel- fare of the country rests with the people, said this practical business man, and there is no occasion for us to lose con- fidence in ourselves. This is the com- mon sense view of the situation which everybody ought to try to adopt and act upon. A like view was presented in a recent speceh by Governor MeKinley of Onio. He appealed to the people of that state to help in the work of restoring tho con- fidence which is needed to revive busi- ness and start the wheels of indus once more. T is not a time, said the governor, for complaining and growling. Every man who has money must hav faith in the banks; that will baget faith in the people on the part of the banks. The withdrawa! of deposits from the banks means a limiting of the eiwrcula- tion, and to the extent.that the currency resources of tho banks are thus roduced their ability to meot the requirements of business is curtailed. As Governor McKinley ex- pressed it, overy single dollar which is hoarded is like taking a drop of blood out of thevitals of business. Kverybody understands that this practice is mainly responsible for the searcity of currency. Thore is plenty of money in the country, notwithstanding the assertion of the free silver advocates to the contrary, but the large amount that is being held out of circulation constitutes a contrac- tion sufficient to cause serious trouble and to greatly aggravate the difliculties of the situation. Insome of the manu- facturing centers the employers of large numbers of people, finding it impossible to obtain currency for meeting their pay rolls, have resorted to certified bank checks in place of currency, but all can- not do this and some have been com- pelled to reduce their force of employes for no other reason than their in- ability to get currency with which to pay them, Thus the withdrawal from the banks and the hiding away of cur- has its share of responsibility for the fact that there is so much labor un- employed. It would seem that those whose fears led them to adopt this mistaken course ought to by this time sce their error and lose no time in returning ' their money to the banks whero it could be loaned to responsible men and once more got into So far as their policy restrict business and enterprise they are themselves losers in common with everybody else. As has boen point- ealy said, they ave engaged not only in pulling the house down on the rest of the community, but on their own heads as well. Fortunately the situation is clearing in a way that gives promise of speedy relief even if the currency hoard- ers should not be persuaded to abandon their fears and restore to circulation tho money they have in hiding. About $10,000,000 in gold arrived in New York last week and there is more coming. It is stated that there is now in that city or on the way there about $25,000,000 of gold of which there was abso- lutely no promise when con- gress was called in extraordinary session, and bunkers express the opinion that before the frost comes wo shall have received at least $40,000,000 in gold. Much of this will go into cireula- tion at once, and the probavility is that it will be supplemented within the next thirty days by from $16,000,000 to $20,- 000,000 of new issues of national bank notes from the banks in the larger cities of tho east. 1t the opinion of thoe manager of the New York clearing house that this influx of gold, this in- ore of bank circulation, and the understunding that the Treasury de- partment proposes to throw, as nto circulation a large amount of cur- rency, will put an end to the currency fumine far more quickly than the bogin- ning of it was developed. There are vory substantial reasons why the finan- cial scave should speedily come to an end and a restoration of business activ- ity cnsue. is S0 it can, I7 18 stated that measures will be in- troduced in both branches of congress relating to the old problem of the com- petition of the Canadian Pacific railway with the American trunk lines. Among those who have been giving careful at- tention to this matter and is strongly opposed to the existing order of things is Senator Higgins of Delaware, who in- tends to introduce a bill on the subjec at an early day. Representative Hitt of Illinois will also introduce a bill similar to the one he introduced near the close of the last congress, to regulate the on- tiresubjoct of traffic relations on our Cau- ! adiun and Moxican hordors. Ttisthe view of Senator Higginsi that the Canadian raillway competitfon’ in the carriage of American goods geppss Canada to an- other point in the United States ought to be entirely cut"gff} so as to place the whole traffic in thegontrol of the Amer- fcan roads. He doos not believe that foreign corporatioh¥ ought to compete for American teaffic, any more than foreign vessels aroallowed to engagoe in the domestic copiffng trade, whether they comply with 4he interstate com- merce act or not. ' Representative Hitt takes the view thiit as American rodds are placed at a.disadvantage by the intorstate commerce act compensating rostrictions should bo imposod on their rivals, He proposes a licenso to do business in the United States, to ba granted the Canadian railways, subjeot to revocation for violation of the terms of the license and involving the con- dition that the officers of the foreign roads shall at all times appear bofore the Interstate Commerce commission with their books and papersin obedience to the orders of the commission. Un- doubtedly there will have to be some modification of the highly advantageous privileges which the Canadian roads en- joy from this government, but any attempt to entirely cut off this com- potition will meet with most determined opposition from New England and the northwest. M18SOURI is now reported to be taking a hand in suppressing some of the bond investment swindles. The secretary of stato says that they are in the nature of lotteries and fraudulent and that the at- tornay general will institute quo war- ranto procecdings to have the charters of those annulled which managed to secure fncorvoration in that state. These com- panies prey upon the poor and helpless, they thrive upon the universal desire to get something for nothing, they evade the statutes which were enacted to regu- late such institutions. The rich can usually Jook out for themselves, but the dofenseless poor roquire public protec tion. Here is the field for official inter- vention. Tt 1S noticeable how rapidly every great improvement in which Mr. Hitch- cock has been interested has been “ex- pedited.” The new postoffice has been building four ycars and has not yet got- ten upon its foundations. Work on the club house of the Omaha club has been stopped almost hefore begun. There must be a Jonah somewhere, but it has never interfered with “expediting” the payment of the mbuéy for which Hitch- cock has benevolently unloaded his prop- erty upon an unsuspecting purchas ‘WITHIN a short time the State Board of Public Lands and Buildings will let the contract for more new work at the state penitentiary:. Will they employ Dan Hopkins as 4 *‘superin®ndent” at 5 per day, or will they expend the en- tire appropriation onsthe building its1f? A great many of the people who pay taxes in Nebraska are beginning to won- der just how muchilonger they will be called upon to'take’care of the numor- ous “superintondents” who'always scem to be out of a job. THE system of giving outdoor relief to the poor within this county has long given rise to much dissatisfaction, Tt seems to rather than dis- courage applications for assistance. Some reform has become absolutely necessary, and it is to be hoped that the county commissioners will hit upon a plan that will remedy defects and at the same time lighten the burden of the taxpayer: encourage THE comptroller of the treasury esti- mates that during the past few months $171,000,000 have been withdrawn from banks and hid away in safe deposit vaults and other places of fancied se- curity. The return of popular confidence will witness the return of this immense sum of mon to the banks and to the circulation Away With Wrang! Boston Glob A truce, then, to your partisan squabbles! And a plagueon both your houses if you, members of congress, irrespective of party, do not heed the lesson. B Away with mbition, New York World. Personal ambition should be thoroughly liminated from the effort to repeal the Sherman_law and remove the financial snags, Iuv was political selfishness that brought us to our present condition. The Earth is Safe. Minneapolis Jowrnal, A bank or two may havo failed in the present stringency, but up to the hour of & to press no farmers have suspeuded. earth_is honoring all demands witi compound interest this year. Tho mud bank is all right, ng. t St. Louds I'epublie. This is a crisis of partics. Thedemocratic party will not go down or bo divided. It may be for the moment weakened in disci- plino and haited iu prozross, 1est wope of the democrats of Missouri is that none of their representatives will be_ intoxi- od by the whisperings of the populists or t away by the soliish crusade of the : winers, nd. sily s Denth in the Folder, San Franciseo Chronicle. The deadly folding bod is responsible for another fatal accident’in New York. It secms as though some cluteh system could bo invented to prevent the bed from shut- il is peleased. This would ated mishaps that have be- fallen people while cloaning this peculiar article of furniture, If these accidents con- tinue the insurance companies will be justi- fiod in barring the bed i their policies, g Here Boston Trapscript. What is nceded in thegpen strest cars is a body of conductors who will arrange passen- gors in the favorite porkstyle of & streak of lean and a streak of Tyt 1t is ridiculous to wedge five broad-guagail passengers into one seat and so run tho risk gf bursting out the ide of the car and allow five condensed people to rattle around in the next seat. With judicious mixing all would be comfort- able und the sides of the car bo preserved in- tact, ——e They're Not the Ntate. Kearney Journal. The Stote Board of Public Lands and Buildings are charged with holding their business sessions behind closed doors, and thus excluding roporters from their pro- ceediugs. They certainly are assuming something unwarranted if they are making this a practice. The peoplo of this state would like to keep track of the business affaws of our state, and the board has no wore right to close the doors against the publicity of their proceedings thau our city council has Lo var citizens from its deliber- ations. Too wany officials frequently got thedea that they avethe state jnstead of being simply public servants. This some- tunes causes no end of trouble. THE BATTLE IN OHIO. Philadelphia Times: Larry Noal has got | his long sought nomination for governor of | Ohio at last, but the chances are that ho has struck an unlucky year. Kansas City Journal: 1t can bo stated upon the best of authority that the nomina. tion of Mr. Lawrence T. Neal created no con- sternation in the camp of the Buckeye ro- publicans. ow York Sun: oeracy of Ohio on We congratulate tha their candidate and their position, The vietory of Neal over Me- Kinley will indeed mean somothing, \We 1 look 10 8eo the canvass prosecuted with energy and the viotory made swooping and conclusive by the adhesion of the gr jority of Ohio's intelligent and patriotio citizons, Globe-Democrat: o T. Neal, who has been noming ovornor by the Obio democrats, is an able and popular man, and he is about as pronounced and resoluto a freo trador as Governor MeKiuley is a pro- tectionist. Undoubtedly ho will make a strong run, but_the chances seem to us 1o be in favor of McKinley. Chicago Tater Ocoan: long been tho ‘“witlin' " domocratic part thing “turn_ up. Neal of Ohio has Micawber of the Ho will now soe some- and it will be Neal's toes Tho party was wise in holding a late conven- tion. It would have boen “cruelty to ani- mals" 1o have prolonged the candidate's suf- ferings through a four months campaign. Minneapolis Tribune: Larry Neal, demo- cratic_nomineo for governor of Ohio, 8 an unti-adwinistration democrat of the most pronounced stripe. The gontlemen who make themsolves prominent in his campaign are not likely_to obtain large slices of the federal pio. It follows that the best demo- crats in the state will not make themselves prominent, Major McKinley has & waik- over. Buffalo Express: Larry Neal is the author of the tariff plank in the democratic national platform. He is an advocate of a taiff for revenue only on- constitutional grouuds, ‘The republicans of Ohio have al- dy selected as their standard bearer nley, the great apostle of pro- B probabilities are that the na- nal battle of 1802 will be fought over again in Ohio this yoar and that the former result will bo reversed. Chicago Post: What 1s_more, the case is worthy of the pleaders. 1t is not alone the governorship of Ohio that is in the balance; 1t is the cause of protection on protection’s own fighting ground. Mr. Neal will naturally fight hard for a victory that would mean a personal vindication for himself as well as a victory of principle. Governor MeKinley will do his mightiest to avert a defeat that would meau_for him and his cause a tinal overthrow. It will be a glorious fight. Boston Advertiser: Tho man who said, and induced his party tosay that “‘the Mc- Kinley tarifl law enacted by the Fifty-first congress” is “the culminating ntrocity of class legislation™ 18 the one man in all the state of Ohio who can most fitly try conclu- sions at the Ohio polls with William MeKir ley. L.T.Neal,as the candidate for gov- ernor on the democratic ticket, is a_ bright and shining illustration of the once familiar metaphor, “a candle in its candlestick.” But, O dear, how that candle will be suuffea out! Philadelphia Ledger: The election cam- paign in Ohio this fall will be on tariff Imes ~the MeKinley bill versus the resoluion d claring the tariff a fraud, Lawrence the author of the tariff ‘plank whi ignored by Clevoland, has been named for governor and he will have a hard ficht ina state already republican. The platform de. clares for free coinage of silver and a repeal of th® pronibitory 10 per cent tax on state bank issues. Altogother the democracy of Ohio will be pretty thoroughly handicapped in vheir fight. Neither candidate nor plat- form is likely to win for them the votes ot independents, e NEBKASKA AND NEBRASKANS, The independents of Saunders county will hold their convention at Wahoo September 2. “Three shoats wero killed and two stucks of hay were burned by a stroke of lightning av Verdon. The old settlers of Knox county will form a pormanent organization during’ the fair at Creighton September 6 and 7. Hock Herald has been sold by tic owner toa populist, and its politics will accordingly change. Nobraska City, according to tho Pross, is about the only city in the state which Lias not had its railroad train service reduced. A defective flue_caused the destruction of tho houso of F. W. Crimmers at Havvard, with part of the houschold goods. No iusur: an Willie Schaffer, a boy residing near Bar- ada, was struck by lightning and instantly killed, and four men who were with him were stunned into unconsciousness. The Genoa Indian band bovs are expecting to leave for the World's fairon tho 16th, says the Columbus Argus. The government is making an effort to_show the educational progress made by the pupils,and details from the various schools throughout the ave been made for that purpose. J isto be established and World's Tair visitors can witness the civilizing effect of an education upon the progeny of old High-Lo-Jack, Cold Hand, Scven-Come- Eleven and the rest of the old boys. For the second time ina little over two vears Mrs, Henry Reikat of Paxton gave irth last week to triplets, Tho children were two girls and a boy whose weight were respectively five, four and a nalf and four pounds. On the'first occasion also, January 20, 1801, there were born to her two'girls and @ boy, whose woight were six and throe fourths, six and one-fourth and five and one- fourth pounds. All the children ar live and healthy. Their advent has increased the whole number of children to eloven, and as the parents are n destitute circum- pscription has been wior their relief, Five years ago Ed Campbell of Genoa, while visiting at the home of his brother in Platte county, lost a pocketbook containing §12. After due search it was coneluded that the wealth was gone for sure. The brother was building a new houso at the time and the carpenter in chargo met Id Campbell and asked him it he ever found his pocket- book. On being answered in the negative he told him to tear oft the boards and_he would find it ove rtain _window. The book was lost while Campbell was viewing the new house, and the idiotic carpentor thought it was g trap to test his honesty and played oven by nailing it up, where it was recovered aftor five years, LB e A ROUND ABOUT THE FAIR, There was a steady increase in the attend- anco at_the World's fair during the last weele. Tho figures show crage of 100,- 000 paid admissions eac A band stand witl be ¢ end of the parlk, and cc for the benciit of the various buildings th Several states have volunieored Lo puy the necessary expense. “The statue of the Republic is the largest ado in this country, being sixty-five Both mighty arms are held aloft, and holding a globe on which an eaglo rests with outspread wings, the left a sponr bearing the cap of Liberty. Southern California makes an exhibition 1 the building of that state whic baps the most interesting to the visitor of any of the state exhibits seven citrous fruit counties have products which can bo shown from no other section | of the entire country. Among the young people who are visiting the Columbian exposition this summer are a Javanese baby, three Chinese boys of from 3 10 6 years, a pickaninny from Dabomey, a dancing «Soud: g.0se baby, a little Dedouin girl who dances in the Arab encampment, & pappoose or two in the Indian village and a haif dozen Egyptian boys who belabor tho tiny gray doukeys in the Cairo street. “The receipts from the concessions are in- creasing at such a rate that there is re: sowe hope that the stockholders who ba up the fair may get something out of it after | all. The collections wero threo times as much in Juue as in May, and twice as much | in July as in June. It 18 now believed thut $10,000,000 will come from this source, and in Uhat case there will be something left after ed in the north ts will be given paying the bonds and otber ovligations. | Where witl tho reforming of Midway | Back of the KFerris wheel ond-story music hall, where, for and occasional patronage of the | beer carriers, iu is possible to see French dancing of the Red Mill kind. There is high kickiug with bewildering variations, not to ntion that abomination in terpsichorean gymnastics known commonly as “the split.” "The prodigalivy with which limp and form | 10 cents ara displayed might give a Levantine a Ay, yet the French dancers have not received & hint to go slower, while the Egyntia been ordered to shut down until the learn todance without therr waist muscles Possibly the fair management will get around 10 the lively French girls lator on. The average American who visits the fair will got his first knowloedge of coffoe coffec” wien he samples the cup offered Wim froa in the Brazilian exhibit. ho will ask a question or two he will learn that about four-fifths of all the coffes drank is from Brazil. The Brazilian roasts his coffee long and carefully and never allows it to po va\_‘l 4 a chestnut brown, 1t is then soaled up in an airtight roceptacle or fruit jar and used within threo days. It1s not boiled, but boiling water is poured through it until the desired qualities are extracted. The War department having arvanged that_the West Point cadets shall seo tho Chicago fair, is disposed to be contont with the accomblishment of that purpose and de- clines to provide for putting the corps on oxhibition, Tho cadets, 300 strong, will camp on the fair grounds from August 17 to 28, but the request of the fair managers to o them stay & month has been doeclined, as huvo been the invitations of sundry cities botween Now York and Chicago to have the corps stop over and visit thom on its way. The cadots, it soems, are to be sent out to seo the sights and not'as part of the military exhibit of the dopartment. ——— e PEOPLE AND THINGS. « If Bland should secede what would become of Missouri? General calamity has a fow representa- tives in congross, Tom Reed isn't saying a word, but is bay- ing a barrel of tun. What's the matter with state bank cur- rency as a confidence restorer? The active and persistont hunt for the yol- low metal in the west promises an early crop of gold bugs. Governor \aite should hurl a few gory remarks at the rebellious Utes and order the coroner to the reservation. According to late advices from Paris the Boaring sea arbitration court will decide in favor of the United States or England. Mr. Patrick Egan, ex-minister to Chili, landed in New York last week. His arrival was unheralded by band or reception com- mittee. The Reading and Lehigh Valley Railroad companies have agreed to an amicable di- vorce, but botk will continue extracting an- thracite alimony from the public. On this point they are a cordial unit. Chicago does not take kindly to Mr. Authony Comstock's pernicious activity on the plaisance. 1f the fair city needs moral disinfoctants it would certainly be ungen- erous to draw on New York's limited sup- ply. The supreme court of New York has authorized the transfor of the New York Times from a receiver to James L. Wood- ward, Charles R. Flint and Edward M. Shepard. The consideration named is $00,- 000 for the newspaper property, exclusive of the building. Some unknown have atriot displayed a United States army recruiting poster in Ottawa, ada, recontly, and nearly provokea a 1f a picture of the United States army suflicient to bring on an attack of loyal jim-jams in most Canadian towns, the effect of a real live army may be imagined with theaid of history. While Dr. Mary Walker was sauntering down Tremont row, in Boston, recently, & deft-handed sneak thief abstracted a scarf- pin from her four-in-hand. As soon as she discovered the loss tho male-attived doctor cried out: *Whoever has stolen that pin had better give it back to me at once, for if any- body else wears it he will die a sudden death within three days.” But the thief, if he heard her, did not show himself super- stitious enouggh to return the stolen pin. Bret Harte is so frequently complimented as the author of *‘Little Breeches” that he is almost as sorry it was ever written as is Colonel John Huy, who would prefer his fame to rest on moro ambitious work. A gushing lady, who prided herself on her literary tastes, said to him once: “My dear Mr. Harte, I am so delighted to mect you. I have read everything you ever wrote, but, of all your dialect verse, there 1s none that compares to your ‘Littlo Breeches.'» “I quite agree with you, madam,” said Mr. Harte, ““but you have put the litulo breeches on the wrong nian. The honor belongs to iy friend Hay." Iditor Charles Anderson Dana of the Now York Sun was 75 yeurs old on the 16th inst. Age does not diminish the force or dull the variety of his mental powers. Robust phys- ically ‘and montally, as skittish as a young reporter and with u grasp of affairs bounded only by the earth, he has no superior in the ranks of journalism. The autumn of his life is as morry as ever fell to the lot of man. He is chie manager of the democratic zoo. ‘While cheerily herding party colts and divinitios in the wigwam platform, he occasionally tickles the tiger's ribs and extracts from both more enjoyment than a youngster at a circus. An Honest Dollar, Inter Ocean. Congressman Bryan of Nebraska is ro- ported to have said in a recent speech: “They tell about an honest dollar, but I tell you there never was an honest dollar. It would have to be one that always had tho same burchasing ower, and that is quite impossible to fix. Whoover talks of an hon- est dollar is an 1gnoramus or a fool.” It strikes us that is an unwise utterance from the lips of a professed friend of silvor coinage. The man who wants any other than an honest standard or measure of value is an ignoramus or knave. Wo have been striving to secure an honest, abundant and stable currency, whereby the intorest of producers and 'consumers, croditors and debtors alike may ba conserved. And the lonest and intelligent advocate of bimetal- liam does not for o moment allow that the silver dollar, bearing the national stamp, is not fully as good, honest and sorviceable as its golden compoor. Tho bulk of the ex- changes of the country will alivays be made by checks, drafts o other paper ropresonta- tives of value, but &8 & basis thereof the precious motals will serve their purposo, like unto the ballast of a full-freighted ship And the faith of the nation should be pledged to maintain the honesty and parity of its dual coinage. e Pie for Friends, Husks for Enemies. Chicago Herald (dem.) He [President Cleveland] regards the powaer of appointmont us a part of the trust in which ho w. othed by the voters. He will use it as ho uses all the other powers of his office, to strengthen his hands in his con- tests with hostile politicians, to bring the neutral or the lukowarm to his active sup- port, and to procure in general the sucoes the measures of his adininistration, This is polities. - But it 1s not small politics. 1t is elovated politics, and near akin o states. manship. ‘The oftfco seckers and the members of cons gress who seem to consider that their chiet business is that of ofice bro-rs onght to have comprehended by this time the views of tho president vegarding the oftices and tho terms on which appointment will be made. Hao will not give the offices to his enomies or to those who oppose the vital measures of his administration, nor to those who are merely not unfriendly. And he will not use this at lover of fluence on opinions and votes in congress—for by using it he will loso it—until he learns with cer- tainty who are the friends of a wise and necessary public policy, and who are not its friends. Ho means to know by their ac! and votes to whom ho can intrust the duty of rendering ofticial servico to the people. He wants around him those who will bring unity to his counsels and success to his moasures, not those who will weaken and divide the party at the head of which he ie placed. o RS BRANDED BREVITL A Sonk 1s dond— Poor old man; spleited Philadolphia Recc dled from drink." away, oh?" Puck: Barber—How doos tho razor feel? Suferer—Tt ought to feol pretty good; it has a strong pull Boston Globe: Many a fond parent doos not 0 to sloep until aftor'tho bawl is over. Somervillo Journal: One reason why o man has g0 much dificulty in findir Pocket may bo thit Justat pr ully husn'tany. Ohfeago Tribune: T he butchor busincs. n? Summy—My fathor don't have to follor any business, Ho's an alderman. Truth: Wife—John, playing poker last nizlit; ahn (who dropped @ hundred, sudly)—T thought | was. mmy My fathor's in What business Is your'n you know you were very, very Philadelphia Ledger- N tho now ni of the German ag is o ma n- tor Toxas Siftings: Transparent loather 1s now Dbeing made in Germany, and it Is likely that the pedestrian of the future will bo able to soo his nelghbor's corn growing. Briggs ou got Indianapolis Journ toll your wito' whon Tuosday night? B 1" told hor sho was the sweotost woman in the world. What did you home ko lute Buffalo Commercial What makes you so sure that Wrighter is going Into fietic anything in that line but he's planning to spond two weeks on fishing trip.” ohn," me homo ro- ain. o, my dear; 'pon honor. This time I was in 811 PERVERSITY OF MAN. Chicago Record. In winter, when tho frozen ground Was hid' by snow in evory lot, I wishod thit summer had oo around And everything was boiling hot. In summor, when the weather's warm And the humidity's intense, T'm longing for a Wintry storin And snowdrifts higher than the fenco, v AN AWFUL IMPOSSIBILITY, Somerville Journal, Tho sonking rain s pouring down,— How it would fill your cup With bitterness, if some day it Should start to pouring up! Umbrellas then would be no use, And men in rubber boots Would have to go, whilo all the girls Would put on bathing suits. You'd have a fountain on vour lnwn Besid h blado of griss. To keep your collur wirm und dry You'd iieed a floor of glass. If_you were camping fn u tent, You'd have to sloop on top, And all night you'd by praying that The cursed rain might stop. In fact, great inconveniences 00 1 18 10 stute, Would follow, if the falling rain Shoutd coaso to gravitato, S0 let us hopo thero'll be n At least In our And that instead of pouring up The rain will still pour down. BROWNING, KING Lurgest Manufacturers anl Rotall ers ol Ulothing 1n the World Cur-tailed — The cur-tailing here depicted was probably done by a boy, and the curtailing that we do this week is done forthe children’s benefit of a boy. tailing expenses, boys’ suits. mark down sale of the age in our We are not cur- but curtailing We start the greatest department, curtailing the price of about 150 boys' 2-piece suits down to $2, and a lot of others t;own Lo 5556 that are all wool and in ages 4 to 14. Boys' long-pant school suits, 13 to 18 years, cur- tailed down to $5, $6.50 and $7.50. Some others for more money, but these three are the dandies School caps curtailed to 50c and up, and shirt waists the same price, We done a whole lot of eurtailing in the price of our boys’ underwear, hosiery and neckwear; in fact, we have curtailed the price on every single thing in the boys' department to get o cm for other goods. Now, boys, now is your rchance to get a cheap outfit while the price is curtailed. BROWNING, KING & CO., Btore open every evenio; Baturday vl 1 uien. |8 W Cor, 16th and Douglas Sts, -