Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 16, 1895, Page 12

e B. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. RY MORNING. TERMS OF SURSCRIFTION. Dally Bos (Without Sunday), One Year......3 § 00 Daily Bes and Sunday, One Year. e Bix Monthw v 3 Three Months H Bunday Bee, One Year. 1o Baturday e, One Year. 18 Woekly Do, One OFFICES, Omaha, The Tes Nullding. Bouth Omaha, Singer Dk Councll Bluffs, 19 Pearl Chicago Office, 317 C Now York, Itdoms 13 Washington, 1407 CORREE A1l eommunications relatin torial matter should b BU All business I addressed to Th Omaha Drafts, be made prvabi THE BEE amber_of Commerce, and 15, Tribune Bidg. W. N A remittances Boe Publishing mecretary of The Hee Pub- duly wworn, says that ympléte coples of Sunday Doe , was as Dally Morn) inted during ollows: 10,074 8 aRamen Zema HUCK, Hworn to hefore me ibed In my pres- ence this st day, (Seal) y Publi This is the second installment boom. sk appointed for the of the McKinley The sick man in Turkey Is like the sick man in every other part of the world. He requires a great deal of attention, If there Is anything else that Taylor, the defaulting ex-treasurer of South Dakota, wants now is the time for him to speak up. The University of Nebraska now has an adjunct professoress of biblio- graphy. Who says that education in the west I3 not progressing? ident It ex-Pre Harrison wants to know how many hundreds of warm friends he has in Nebraska e will ac- cept an invitation to visit us. According to the latest measurement Pugilist Corbett's biceps are fourteen and one-half inches in circumference, This, however, gives no adequate indi- cation of the strength of the free sil- ver movement. Instead of stopping litigation the Towa mulet law scems to give it a re- newed fmpetus. The judicial cost mills are bound to get in their work on the saloon keéper no matter whether he tries to obey the law or disre- gards it the Taylor, fugitive ex-freasurer of South Dakota, before surrendering himself to the authorities, insists upon a promise of pardon in order to save - his citizenship. The question is, Is the citizenship of a man like Taylor worth saving? Private Secretary Thurber says the president did not fish on Sunday. He merely set out on Sunday to reach the fishing grounds in time to commence work Dbright and early Monday morn- ing. Mr. Thurber's explanation s highly satisfactory. The wood pulp paper manufacturers are reported to be forming a new paper trust. Some people will not learn by the experience of others, and that is why the lesson of the Whisky trust decision s lost upon the men who are making wood pulp paper. l If these free silver conventions being held in the south are intended to at- tract desirable immigration we fear they will fall to accomplish their ob- Ject. The men who leave the north to shout for free silver in the south are not the ones who are likely to change their residence at present. l St. Louls still has one car line in the middle of the city propelled by mule power. Its citizens assert, however, that the mules are only retained in order to give visitors an adequate idea of the progress the city has made in order to secure its present system of ~well equipped electric street railways. ( Only three defendants remain in the Barrett Scott cases. It may transpire that these three men must suffer the penaities of the law alone, but every voter in Holt county knows that at least a dozen men are equally guilty with those now in the toils. Blind- folded justice cuts queer figures some- times. E——m— 3 Tt costs money to attend free silver i conventions scattered all over the country, and the people who are pay Ing the expenses of the Itinerant fr coluage agitators mre not the poor wage earners, for whom they profess to speak with so much sympathy. The silver mining millionaires pay that freight. e The Ohlo democrats are said to have at Iast found a person willing to sac- rifice himself on the party altar as candidate for governor this fall. 1Ile 1s Coungressman Paul J. Sorg, the O Sorg German Ohio enough clonati willionaire, breviation of the “trouble.” And p “ will have trouble hauds. is an word democrat on their ab- r the Of course Omaha will celebrate the glorious Fourth. Fireworks, however should be made secondary to other features of the program. Nor Is it enough to have only the Declaration of Independence read and a patrlotic address delivered. The time has come for the Infusion of original ideas in the eelebration of our natal day. Let the mayor name a preliminary committee on program and invite suggestions. When that time comes The Bee will respoud with others to the lnvitation, EXPLOSION OF THE JACKASS DATTERY. You cannot fire a ten-Inch shell ont of a sixnch gun. This immutable fact Is again veriied by the explosion of the Jackass Battery that played i sad bavoe with Mr. Bryan's sena- rlal fortunes in the campnaign of 1804, T'he big bomb which was to demolish the citizens' movement agalost ring rule and sectarlan proscription In Douglas county went off like a Lilipu- tinn firecrack The manifesto of Harry Miller, who styles himself chair- man of “the county democratic central committee,” has aroused derision among republicans and general disgust among demoerats It is a concoction of cat- nip tea and gall in about equal pro- portions. Its object was to soothe the pentup wrath of the democratic fac- tions and air the story of his own deeds of valor in the Bryan Waterloo. The drum major of the late demo- atic rear guard starts out by declar- ing that he feels that at this important time in the history of local politics in Douglas county a few suggestions are 1 in order from him, because, forsooth he had been honored with the priv flege of presiding over the delibera- tlons of the county committee a year ago. Taking a retrospective view of the tournament of 1804, Sir Harry asserts that because a majority of the democrats supported Governor Hol- comb against the tattooed man from Nema they had a right to expect the populists of this city and county to turn in and help elect the demo- cratic legislative ticl Not only did , the populists, refuse fo support i legislative ticket, but they y voted the republican legisla- tive ticket against William J. Bryan for United States senator. Now, as- suming this complaint to Dbe well grounded, we ask, in all candor, Who was to blame for this failure of reci- procity? Was there ever such an ex- hibition of imbecility witnessed in any campaign in Nebraska or any other state as that displayed by the free silver eandidate himself and his Douglas county ma 's? Omaha was acknowledged to be the center of the battlefield, and yet Bryan wasted his time and eloquence on the desert alr of suburban villages and places where there were no legislative votes to get. Instend of organizing Doug- las county his supporters were a mere mob, officered by raw reeruits, without discipline and with no rallying point and no concerted plan of attack, de- fense or retreat. Had Bryan's politi- cal sagacity equaled his persuasive cloquence he could have carried Omaha by storm. What did he do in his great debate with Thurston? With factories and mills shutting down and thousands of workmen idle through the very threat of tariff reduction; Bryan entered the arena as the cham- pion of free trade. No wonder the workingmen, regardless of party, re- fused to support his legislative ticket. Thurston’s most vulnerable point was his monopoly record and his relation to the Pacific railronds. Bryan scarcely touched that point, but cen- tered all his ammunition upon free trade and free silver. No wonder that the antl-monopoly elements of the peo- ple who favor honest money failed to cast their votes for the democratic legislative ticket. “In my experience in politics, which has Dbeen quite extended,” says Sir Harry, “I cannot recall a single in- stance where fusion in local politics proved beneficial either to the demo- cratic party or the great bulk of tax- vers in the different communities in which I have lived.” This is an opinion as is an opinion. Where has this great warrior lived, anyhow? Who talks about fusion in the impend- ing Douglas county campaign? Does a citizens' nonpartisan movement con- template fusion? How was Phila- delphia redeemed from corrupt ring rule? How was Tammany over- thrown in New York? In every in- stance by a popular uprising of the de- cent citizens of all parties. The proper way to bring about re- form, volunteers the small bore gun of the Jackass Battery, is to place each of the great parties upon trial by giv- ing them to understand that they must nominate good men. But suppose they nominate bad men, then what? Vote the democratic ticket, of course. Haven't each of the parties been placed on trial in local elections often enough to convince any intelligent person that partisan politics are responsible for the deplorable condition of our local gov- ernments? And this state of affairs will continue so long as the spoils of office are held out as the reward for machine activity. The spirit of the times is against partisanship in local politics, and the local conditions In this city and county have aroused public sentiment in favor of a thorough purging of the court ho and city hall. Against this all the manifestoes of partisan swashbucklers and all the paper wads fired from the Jackass Battery will prove abortive. CONVICT-MADE FOREIGN GOODS. The tariff law contains a provision that all goods, wares, articles and werchandise manufactured wholly or in part In auy forelgn country by con- vict labor shall not be entitled to en- try at any of the ports of the United States, prohibits the lmportation thereof and authorizes the secretary of the treasury to prescribe such regula- tions ¥ be necessary for the en- foreement of the provision. But notwith- stand} this, it appears that articles made Ly prison labor abroad find their w into the American market. It ems that the effort to exclude conviet- made goods bhas Leretofore been di- rected chiefly against certain classes of rugs and other articles made In India, but now the State department s ad- vised that there is danger of the in- troduction of such goods from Ger- many. Convict-made goods from that country have long been exported to England, and not long since the ques- ton of excluding them was presented to the British Parliament. The Amer- fcan consul at Annaberg, Germany, in @ report to the State department, says: “Judging from the spirit In which a recent speech in Parllament on this subject Is commented upon here, the ex- THE OMAHA port trade of Gern goods to England cannot be small, and I am inclined to belleve that the United States receives also more prison manu- factured goods than are detected.” The consul suggests a thorough investi- gatlon by our consular officors, It is stated that the attention of the oflicials of the State and Treasury de- partments having been called to this matter they are considering what shall be done to Insure the exclusion of prison-made foreign goods, and it is to be hoped they will not relinquish the consideration until an adequate plan of exclusion Is devised. It Is quite enough that the products of free Amer- fean labor must compete in the home rket with the products of lower ced Buropean labor, and to have to submit to the competition, however small relatively, of prison labor Is something altogether intolerable. It may be a somewhat dificult matter to detect what g convict-made goods in " foreign exporters send out such goods as of regular manufacture, and it has been suggested that the in- voice declaration shall contain a state- ment to the effect that the goods cov- ered by the invoice are not of prison origin. But whatever the difficulties reome them ket a way must be found to ov and keep out of the American n foreign prison-made goods. THE ATLANTA EXPOSITION, The exposition which is to open at Atlanta in September and close De- cember 31 promises to be a much more extensive affair than has been gencrally expected, and if energy and enterprise properly rewarded it will be a great success. A good stroke of business was made by the projectors in recently en- tertaining a number of newspaper cor- respondents, who have laid before the country full information to the char- acter and extent of the exposition. Al- though primarily intended to show the material development of the cotton states, which during the last ten or twelve years has been extraordinary, the enterprise is international in its scope and foreign countries, more par- ticularly American countri will con- tribute to its attractions. It is said that the people of Atlanta are not aim- ing merely to excel previous expositions in the south, including the one at New Orleans ten years ago; they are ambi- tious to be classed with the Centennial exposition of 1876, and one of the offi- clals expressed the opinion that the Atlanta exposition will excel that held at Philadelphia. He said: “We have greater facilities now for making a dis- play at a less cost than at any previous time. We have the pick of a great many exhibits that were made at Chi- eago. In many cases those are still intact and the firms who arranged th exhibits are very willing to make di plays here. Then we have learned much by the experience at IPhiladel- phia and Chicago, and as a result we will, in my opinion, make a better gen- eral display than the one at Philadel- phia, but will not equal that at Chi- cago.”” This is doubtless a somewhat exaggerated view, but it indicates the spirit that is behind the movement. The correspondents who went to At- lanta all agree that the exposition, how- ever it shall compare with others, will be very fine, and it will be especially attractive and instructive as an exhibi- tlon of the agricultural, mineral and manufacturing resources of the south, which were quately shown at the World’s fair, few of the ern states ving made any exhibit there. In view of the fact that the enterprise was undertaken at what scemed to be a most Inauspicious time, in the midst of panic and depression, the assured success of the undertaking is In the highest degree creditable to its projectors and to the energy and liberality of the people of Atlanta. The exposition will be held at a season when thousands of northern people go south, and it is safe to say that during the last three months of the present year the metropolis of Georgla will contain more northern people than at any time since Its occupation by the union army thirty-one years ago. NEW OUTLET FOR AMERICAN COTTON. The cotton producers of America are to have a new market for their product and one that promises to be of increas- ing importance in Japan. The develop- ment of the textile industry in that country, which begun some ten years ago, is making vigorous progress, and according to the Japanese consul at New York the mill operators in Japan intend to put forth every effort to sup- ply the demand for cofton cloth of the vast population of the Chinese empire as well as that of the Coreans. This means an enormous expansion of the textile industry in that country. Hith- erto spinners and weavers in Japan have depended largely upon the East Indian and Chinese cotton crop, but of late there have been some large ship- ments direct to Japan from San Fran- cisco, and others are to follow. The only obstacle to the more general use of American cotton in Japan is the high rate of freight which is imposed, but it is expected that this will be overcome in time. The Japanese consul said that when communication with Japan and the great cotton ports of the Atlantic coast is afforded by the Nicaragua canal and rates are consequently lower, he anticipated the free purchase of Amer- fcan cotton which is preferred to that produced elsewhere. The condition in- dicated as essential to an extensive movement of American cotton to Japan is somewhat remote, but there is every reason to expect that in the meanwhile the demand for our product from that country will steadily increase. At pres- ent about forty cotton cloth mills are in operation at Osaka, the leading com- mercial center in the Japanese empire. While this growing market for raw cotton holds out a cheering promise to the American cotton growers, the ques- tion is naturally suggested as to what will be the effect upon our own textile industry of the Increasing competition of the Japanese. The British textile mauufacturers seem to have become somewhat anxious, if not alarmed, re- garding the progress of the industry In Japan, which is said to have already materially reduced the demand for DAILY Biii: SUNDAY, ufacturers have®far less to lose from this competitfpd” than those of England, the easteen market s of im- portance to thefi,"* Would the Increased demand for oug ra cotton compensate for the loss of<the Chlnese market to American mafititjcturers of cotton good: Howeyer, this may be, the conditions cleartyipoint to a steadily increasing demihd, for our raw cotton from Japan, and probably a declining demand from thit quarter for our cot- ton cloth, though it is hardly probable that our manufacturers will ever be wholly excluded from the eastern mar- ket, or at any rate not until the Japan- ese are able to produce goods in all respects equal to those produced in the United States. B AND AGRARIANISM. The ag ans of Germany have a powerful supporter of their cause in Prince Bismarck, for, although, as the old statesman said last Sunday, he is without influence with the present leg- slature, he Is not without influence with those who choose legislatures. 1t should be understood, in order to a right ap- prehension of Bismarck's position, that the agrarian element in Germany is not composed of the actual farmers, but cather of the land owners, very few of whom themselves cultivate their lands, but lease them to farmers. Bismarck, for example, is one of the great landed proprietors of Germany and derives a large income from his estate in the form of vental revenue, so that when he speaks of “those of our own flesh and blood” he refers to land owners chiefly. Undoubtedly, however, the actual farm- ers are to a very large extent in sym- pathy with the agrarian demands, be- cause these contemplate the protection of the products of German agriculture against the compefition of other coun- tries, the effect of which would be to increase the price of such products. As a consistent protectionist Bismarck be- lieves in extending the policy to agri- culture as well as to the manufacturing Industries, and therefore he is opposed to those commercial treaties which open the markets of Germany to the agricul- tural products of other countries. The ground of his deprecation of the haste with which such treaties had been rushed through Parliament, that the rev- enue thus lost is urgently needed for strengthening the army, was not his only or his principal reason for opposi- tion to the policy which has heen pur- sued, but it was the safest one he could present, because nearly all Germans are susceptible to am argument for keeping the army strong, The policy of German agrarianism has 1 Interest for the American people, be- cause it contemplatés restrictions upon the importations of our products into Germany to a greater extent, perhaps, than upon those of any other country. The exclusion of American cattle from Germany was unquestionably a conces- slon to the agravian element, but that was not suflicient to satisfy it, and It is still urging legislation the effect of which would be detrimental to the trade of this country with Germany. It is possible that in time the agrarians will be able to secure tlis, but in order to do so they will ha to win many ad- herents from the classes of people who do not want the cost of living inercased. The Bee's reports of the Ish-Chapple murder were, of course, far superior to those of any other paper. So important were the scoops scored by this paper in developing the ecase that the World- Herald was compelled to copy many facts first exclusively published by The Bee. This Is not an exceptional case, These beats were legitimate and pro- cured by reporters who usually get what they go after. Smarting under the injury incident to failure to report the news of this sensational case, the World-Herald filed a complaint with the police commission against a police officer, charging partlality to Bee re- porters, and now the commission is asked to discipline the officer solely be- cause of the stupidity of the World- Herald reporters. This 1s a specimen of boys' play which we hope the com- mission will turn down. It cannot afford to occupy its time with matters so trivial and foreign to the publie service. There are officers on the force who do not hesitate to say that they will not give The Bee an item of news. Does the commission want to hear such complaints from The Bee and does it propose to say in the case now before it that officers of the police force must furnish snap and wits to World-Herald reporters? The Union Pacific railroad Is in the hands of the federal courts, and so fs the Nebraska maximum rate law. If the receivers can put in effect rate re- ductions that cut the tariffs on merchan- dise in carload lots from the river to Utah points $230, or 72 per cect of the old rate, why can they not logically put in force in Nebraska a cut not to exceed 22 por cent of the present rates? The courts are the people's tribunals and the people would be the sole beneficiaries| of such action upon the part of the Unjon Pacific. It is said that Receiver Clark long ago rec- ognized the injustice done his Utah patrons by the operation of the old rate and he ordfn-f! the radical cuts to reinstate hisygreat road in favor with the people of Zion. Would that such a laudable ‘'motive might inspire him to favor the peeple of this state. Tom Majors, I. EZ Palmer and Adju- tant General Gage met to decide upon an ‘“official route” for Grand Army veterans who will' fttend the national encampment at Louisville, What road do you suppose they chose? It was a good one, whose train service is first- class, and whose deadhead business in Nebraska in one year runs into the hun- dreds of thousands. Readers of The Bee will be given leather medals for successful guesses as to the road “se- lected” by Colonel Tom Majors and Captain H. E. Palmer. The commencement exercises of the State university just closed were no- ticeable by their painful lack of the granting of honorary L.LD.'s and complimentary A.M.'s. Can it be that Nebraska no longer has any worthy JUNE 16, 1895. prison-made | British cotton clath, and while our man- candidates for such university favor, or was the stock of honorary diplomas exhnusted by the extraordinary drain upon It during the quarter centennial ye The Illinols legislature has passed an act doing away for the future with all punitive or exemplary damages in clvil suits for cases of unintentional libel. Compensation for actual injuries sus- tained by reason of the libelous publi- cation is still assured the ecitizen, but the publisher must be asked to make a correction of the mistake, and only when correction is refused is the malice of the publisher to be a basis for punitive damages. This means that Illinois Is taking one step In the direction of rational libel legislation. How long will it be until Nebraska follows the example set by the states that are more liberal in thelr treat- ment of the press? The meat inspection pap is about all the Cleveland pie biters in this locality have to quarrel over. On July 1 these places will fall into the hands of the civil service commission, in which event a_silver democrat, if he be competent to herd bacteria, will stand an equal chance with a Cleveland shouter for an appointment. Thus it will be seen that Secreta Morton's injunction “to get the boys all in by July 1" has a most interesting significance, O1d line democrats are all in favor of civil service reform in case their kind of people hold the places while the other fellows play the role of the minister to Dahomey. The I supreme court has ren- dered a sion on the mulet law. We hope the prohibition law will not Dbe interfered with until times Improve. We say this in behalf of Nebraska brewers, distillers and wholesale drug- gists, whose lowa trade Is something enormous. The average Towa throat demands a great deal of irrigation. review at German em- ri highly among naval Kiel ought to furnish the peror with the pretext for the dis The forthcoming bateh of titles bution of another prized but inexpensive his favorite subjects. Editor Dana’s Simple Wants, New York Sun. ‘We don't want anything, except that peo- ple should avold stupidity, tell no lies, keep their agreements, mind their own business, and, if nature has endowed them with the mental and moral quality, stand firmly by the stars and stripes. If they are not so endowed it is a pity, but perhaps it is not their fault. e U S A ome Th Indianapolis Journal. It is gratifying to learn that the reported massacre of Christian missionaries in China is untrue. It would be discouraging, in- deed, if the heathen Chinese should show themselves as proscriptive and bloodthirsty toward foreigners as mobs of American hoodlums have sometimes done toward the Chinese in this country. — The Fake and the Fact, Kangas City Star. Less than two weeks ago Captain General Campos of Cuba and the Spanish statesmen were declaring that the Cuban rebellion was about dead. Now fen more battalions of Spanish_troops have been sent in haste to Cuba. It begins to look as though the Span- ish war correspondents were entitled to medals for unsurpassed ability to “fake. —— Thenters Preferrad to Chiurches. New York Times, According to the reports prepared by differ- ent inquirers and writers, each qualified by training to deal intelligently with the sub- jects treated, and neither knowing of the purpose of the other or of the results reached by investigation, it appears that there are annually expended in this ecity for_the maintenance of church services about $5,600,000, and that in each year there are also expended $6,500,000 for diversions that may be called theatrical. Genius to the Beacue. Globe-Democrat. A Yankee, probably a Maine man, has in- vented a door knob that renders a latchkey superfluous. It s stated that the tumblers of the lock are so arranged as to get 100,000 combinations, by rotating the knob about its axis to each of five angular positions, which aro determined by the sides of the hexagon assuming the vertical. There is much more to the description, but enough has been quoted to indicate that a conviviallst trying to use the combination would be found asleep on the doorstep and standing on his head. —— L Folly of Restrictive Laws. Brooklyn Fagle. The law that will not allow a citizen of this state to be shaved on Sunday, unless he lives in New York City or Saratoga, was as near to a still born law as laws get, and it is not worth the talk that {s made about it. For a Sunday or two a sporadic af tempt will be made by the police and t! cranks to enforce it, and then it wiil die and be forgotten like a lot of other silly laws. It is said that the law against smok- ing and tobacco ghewing in Connecticut has never been repealed, but what would happen to the man who should try to enforce it? ——— THE BISHOP AND THE NEW WOMAN. Chicago Herald: The return of the heated season brings with it, among other afflictions, a fresh reminder that Blshop Doane of Al- bany is still on earth, but still dissatisfied with the scheme of the universe, with the constitution of the United States, and with a very large majority of the citizens of this nation. New York Sun: Women are now about the same as they have always been. They still continue to be the mothers of the race, and In spite of mugwump reports to the contrary, the early Impressions of goodness derived from them are yet prevalent. The “new woman' of whom' this venerable ec- clesiastio speaks, 1s a mere creature of his imagination. Buffalo Express: The Express may not wholly agree with the venerable bishop of Albany, but it off:uds our sense of justice and of decency to see him made the object of Intemperate attacks by glib-tongued and angry women. And after all, Bishop Doane has but taken the same ground regarding the extension of the suffrage in New York state that was recently taken by the Con- stitutional convention and ratified by a great majority of the voters of the state. Washington Star: It is customary on such occasions (commencements) to say all manner of pleasant things about the dear girls and their prospects, but Bishop Doane had evidently come to the conclusion that his opportunity to address such an aggreg tlon of young womanhood ought not to be neglected. Therefore he informed his aston- ished audience that he w lck and tired of the way in which the talk of woman's vocation fills the air, not merely in the wiid vagaries of its blatant assumptions, but in the parade and push of Its claims for recog- nition of what are called its rights.' Chicago Tribune: This extravagant out- burst of the so-called leaders of the woman's suffrage movement cannot do that move- ment any good. It will more than ever con firm the great majority of women in their antagonism to it. They will rightly argue it these leaders cannot govern thelr own dispositions and tempers and meet hostile criticlsm on its own grounds and with its own weapons they cannot be trusted to lead the movement for freedom of suffrage and to introduce their sisters to the demoralizing influences of politics. The accuracy and vigor of Bishop Doane's shot are attested by the extraordinary excitement and hys- terical fluttering It has caused. AECULAR BSHOTS AT THE PULPIT. St. Paul Ploneer Pres: The example sot by Rev. John Hall of New York, who has given the $1,000 that would have been his income tax to a philanthropic cause, is one worthy of Imitation. The man who would have had to pay an incomo tax need not stop to ask himself whether he could spare the money or not, for no one else would have asked him. Minneapolis Journal: The synod of the Re- formed Presbyterians has decided that neither silver nor the tariff caused the hard times; that the financlal troubles that have over- taken the country have all happened because God s not acknowledged In the constitution By the same token, if the constitution were amended 0 as to acknowledge God as the source of all power and authority, we would have good times right off. What pecullar ideas of God some people have! Springfield (Mass.) Republican: Bishop John P. Newman has been criticised with some acrimony for his action as president of the New York conference, dividing the New York district into two districts. But he seoms to have the right of it. He says the district was too large for any one man, and as New York Methodism needed new life, he made the change, which is in accord with the action previously taken In other large conferences. The change makes Rev Dr. Andrew Longacre, formerly over the entire New York district, presiding clder of the New York and Hudson River district, and Rev. Philip Germond presiding older of the New York and Harlem district. Sioux City Tribune: Bishop Newman says that the Methodist church alone has gained over 10,000 members by the hard times. Now, it bard times will bring people to a realizing sense of their duty to the Creator and causo them to seek salvation, fs it not a little inconsistent for preachers (o pray for rain and for prosperity? Should they not rather beseech the Eternal to cut the crops short and otherwise keep the people on the grindstone of business uncertalnty and de- pression? But perhaps not. According to church reports, the average cost of convert- ing a sinner in Chicago is something over $400. Still, on the other hand, a few blocks a long time in Chicago. , good times and ecasy money markets are not objectionable to churches. New York Sun: The priest of an up-town Catholle church gave notice to his people on Sunday that tho celebration of the fore- noon high mass would bs suspended at his altar for the rest of the summer, and that there will be a low mass in its place. *I doubt,” he said, “it one can malntai pious frame of mind for an hour a halt under such weather as we are having.” It was an honest confession of the priest. The man or woman who stayed fn town all day last Sunday in that frame of mind must have been deeply imbued with piety. Tho priest Justified his conduct by quoting some words of that devout woman, St. Theresa, who said that in prayer one should always be com- fortable, €0 as to avold any distraction of thought; “and I have been led to believe,” sald the priest, “‘that this saint had a great brain.” It sesms to us that there was genu- ine philosophy, well spiced with piety, in these remarks. It 1s not everybody who can remain in a state of beatitude while the thermometer {s wabbling up close to 100 degrees in a humid atmosphere. s s SONAL AND OTHERIVISE. It behooves a man who has trouble of his own to avold the cucurber. A Cuban poet has been recelved into the French academy. His chances of longevity are infinitely better there than at home. Jerry Simpson is abroad in Kansas in a wagon bearing the strange device, ‘‘Free Silver or Bust.” The caravan has a waggin' tongue. A Memphis orator made the startling an- nouncement that nations yet unborn are committed to free silver. = Shades of Sir Boyle Roche! As Mr. Whitney reflects on the reflection, the conclusion cownes to him Irresistibly that he is too handsome and intelligent a man to be victimized in 1896, Ex-Governor Campbell of Ohlo does not want to run for governor, but he belleves with Horace Boies that he is a wise man who “‘keeps his hand in." Of course the enthusiasm which the name of Willlam Collins Whitney excites in demo- cratic circles has no connection with that gentleman's capacious tank of lubricant. Although the correspondents at Havana have crushed the revolution, the Spanish goy- ernment will send a few more regiments to the island, not necessarily for fighting, but as a measure of precaution. Frederick Coudert believes that a boy to whom his mother recites Virgil will surely imbibe a taste for classical learning., The recitation would be as intelligiblo and di- verting to the average boy as baby talk to a bachelor. Jim Fisk could draw and have his check honored for a million or two when Ed Stokes put a period to the career of the Erie wrecker. Now Fisk's widow is living in humble quarters in Boston on an income of $50 & month, The Kansas man whom doctors kept under the influence of opiates to prevent him from talking himself to death fs reported to have escaped the vigllance of his keepers, but whether he reached Memphis in time the dis- patches failed to state. Walter S. Hobart, a Harvard student, has an incomo of $50,000. He is 22, and the son of a California mine owner. With a well stocked raclug stable already on his hands, it is not unlikely the outgo will give the income a lively tussle. What lends a pecullarly fetohing charm to Sibley's silver boom for the presidency 18 tho fact that his money talks to the tune of three millions. On & §0 cent basis the juicy pilo would go a long way toward sustaining en- thusiasm from nomination to defeat. BRIRF BRILLIANTS. San Francisco Call: Cupld 1s the most agreeabls of lia Galveston News: There is no bettar gow ernment than self-control, Atchison Globe: A bluft works as sucooss fully in a lovo affair as fn a poker game, Cleveland Plain Dealor: Somehow the man who never complains Is considered @ tool. Chicago Times-Herald: Love of humanity is4hie water of life that keeps the heart evey youthtul, Washington Post: The new woman is go- Ing to bo a very convenlent thing to blame unpleasant things on, Washington Times: The man who has te look twice to see an opportunity generally finds some one else In possession of it. Somervillo Journal: One of tho most sade dening things in all the world 18 to watoh an old girl trylng to be kittenish and flirt. Washington Star: This 1s the time of year when woman demonstrates her periority to man by looking cool whethes she is or not - Home Bullding Assoclutions. David Mitchell in Donahoe's Magazine, Experlence has conclusively shown that thousands of workingmen and others whe would find it impossible by other means have managed by means of these assoclas tions to secure homes. N Tho bank patron usually deposits what re- mains after the full payment of his family’s expensos; and these expenses, varying from month to month, often leave nothing; or per haps leaving a small balance, the depositor considers it too trifiing to be added to his savings. Under such a systom constant and sys- tematic saving s impossible. 1t may be safely assumed that among the law-breaking and riotous classes few if any building and loan members can be found; for each, owing to his obligations, is personally interested in the preservation of peace and the unin- terrupted continuation of business. Artlsans and mechanics, housewlves and housekeepers and laborers, whose occupa- tions are the least remunerative shown, comprise about 60 per cent of the member- ship, and doubtless the same proportion holds good as to borrowers, showing that those who save the most systematically are the ones apparently least able to do so. el DOMESTIC IDY LS, Life: She—You are engaged. He nustn't forget that we There's no danger, I ing yet. acuse Post: Jagson—1 see that your y typewriter Is gone. What's the mat- ter? * Hogson—Married. Jagson—The girl? Hogson—No; L haven't paid’ for the Sy New York Weekly: She (poutingly)—Be- fore we were married you used to bring me candy every time you came. He (briskly)—Yes, my d and It cost & good t and potatoes deal less than the m bring you now, Brooklyn Bagle: Millicent—1Tere comps that horrid Miss Smith. 1 am sure she will stop to talk to us. Y Lillian—Oh, 1 don’t think she will, dear. Miilicent—-Why ? Lillian—Because she hasn't anything new on. my Dotrolt Free Press: Father—I saw you Kiss my daughter last night, sir, and-— Young Man—I beg your pardon, you did not. Father—But I say 1 did. Young Mun—And I ‘Insist you did not. We had the gas turned off. Brooklyn Life: of making a fortun, invented a contrivanc can make love whil I8 in a falr way What at?’ “H bYhich two poopl ing their wheels." Indianapolis n “You see! sald the lean man with the yellow vest, it was dark when I got home, and the 'girl met me In the hall and I saluted her qull affectionately. Then my wife got mad. “I reckon, id the fat man. “I explained that I had mistaken the girl for her—which was a fact. Then the girl got mad, and now I am roaming around trying to find another girl."” ‘ough,” sald the fat man. BOWS AND BEAUX. St. Louls Republle, the roses blooming sweetl v Be most king y 80 neatly st behind? ath With a merry peal of laughter, Quick the answer came: "My beauxs Why, they're always lagxing after; T can’t lose them, goodsess knows,” ——— FOR HER BIRTIDAY, Household Words Do _vou remember, dear, the night Wihen with the current swittly giiding We sped beneath the enstern height, The moon behind the beeches hidin oodland cast, river; past, The shadows by the w. Lay dark upon the darksome The ink-dark eddies hurrying Set every little reed a-quiver. And as we gazed with straining brows o scan the chanel through the gloaming, A bank of reeds would brush our bows, A headland through the haze come looms ing. But each n turn was quick to mark The threatening bank or shelving beaches, And hand {n hand we steered our bark Safe back into the moonlit reaches. 8o on life’s waters, swift and wide, As down the eddying years they sweep us, Love's eyes shall waich on every side, Love's hand upon the tiller keep us. And though the night be dark and drea And_threatening shadows loom befo; Thus hand in hand we'll face our fe With God's eternal starshine o’er us, BROWNING, KING & CO,, RELIABLE CLOTHIERS, S. W. CORNER 15th and Douglas Sts. IT BY PUTTING THEY CONSIST OF CHEVIOTS, WORS- TEDS, CASSIMERES, HOMESPUNS, ETC,, in Sacks and Frocks, and are the most fashionable adaptations for BUSINESS MEN, PROFESSIONALMEN, Ry Going to ‘Take Stock Soon. WE'VE A BIG LOAD OF CLOTHING THAT MUST BE REDUCED BEFORE THAT TIME, SO COMMENCING MON- DAY, JUNE 17, WILL MAKE AN - EXTRAORDINARY EFFORT TO DO 1,000 MEN'S FINE SUITS AT $850 $1000 $1250 $1500 OFFICE MEN, 00 years. ONLY B0, A SALESMEN, purchl:: Isb:ol nooo.‘n i ==== | gary. Any boy can ge “GWORKMEN 00 one. First come firsd MEN. served. Your Money’s Worth or We’ll Trade Back. BROWNING, KING & C0., RELIABLE y CLOTHIERS, S. W. CORNER 15th and Douglas Sts. ON SALE ABOUT UPON INVESTIGA~ TION YOU WILL POSITIVELY SECURE A GREAT BARGAIN, N. B, Monday morning bes tween 8 and 9 o'clock we will giveaway 50 Boys' Linen Dusters, 4 to 18