Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 14, 1895, Page 12

THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. fe—gen- FRY MORNING. S OF SUDECRIPTION, Daily Bee (Withont Sunday), One Year.... Diily 1o nnd Sun v Blx Montha .. fron Theea Mot ; Bunday Tew, Ons ¥ o Eatuniay Tee, One Yoar.. Weekly Bee, Ona Yoar OFFI Omaha. The Tiee T % Bouth Omata, inger Bik., Corner N and 24th Couneil Taufts, 12 Pearl K Chicago O, 317 Chamt New Tooms, 15 W M7 ¥ corne: Al communications reinting to news and edl- torial matter ahould b addroed: To the Bditor INISS LETTERS Ietters $800 Commerce Teibune Dullding. cen should bo he Company, anil portofee orders 1 rdor of the any. BLISHING COMPANY. ANl busin, Addressed 10 The 1 Omaha, fs, checl be made pavabin 1o th S r OF CIRCULATION of "The 1iee Pub srm, says that Jeth coples nd Sunday Hee Goorge 1. Tzxchuck, seeretary Ashing company, beini duly =y actual pumber of full and Daily, Morning, Evening during the morith of May, 18 43,00 19,004 180 19,016 Bt 19,106 19101 19,014 19124 Net sales .. Dally averuge . ad TZSCHUCK Swoen (0 before me an subeeribed in my pres- —_— yen Bolivia 1s experimenting with the ultimatum dodge on poor little Peru. e Californta’s annual fruit crop Is worth more than the product of her gold mines. Chicago’s boodle aldermen have been trying apparently to melt ice into money. Civie parades in Boston now must take place under the protection of armed guards. This is the pinnacle of Boston culture. Another thing that has not fallen in ptice materially since the alleged “crime of 18T is the price charged for keeping and feeding a horse. Maryland's free coinage convention was one grand fizzle, It looks as if the free coluage conventions, conferences and congresse 1 had their day. Mhere is lots of room for speculation in the “other ecauses” to which At- torney General Churchill attributes the dismissal of his deputy, Mr. Summers. The National Association of Bill Posters is holding a convention in Albany. We have noi, however, yet gone so far as a national association of bootblacks. The next time the legislature passes a penitentiaty appraisement bill it wants 10 stipulate very explicitly that the ap- praisers are not to draw their fees until it is known whether the state Is going to derlve any benefit from their work. Towa dentists threaten to question the constitutionality of the dentistry law in the courts. They have been made to feel the teeth of the law, but as these teeth were not submitted for dental operations the privilege is not quite ap- preciated. Phil Armour Insists that there is no money to be made in meat packing under present conditions. But Mr. Armour said this just as he was about to depart for Burope, where he expects to spend some of the money which he made in meat packing in this country. California newspapers insist that Mr. Gaglisle’s private secretary is out there solely to feel the pulse of the Carlisle presidential boom. The secretary says he Is there on official business of the government. The truth is probably be- tween the two—business and polities may be mixed in equal proportions. The position of deputy attorney gen- eral made vacant by the removal of.Mr. Summers was after all not given to Mr. ‘Winter. It did not strike far from him, however, when it fell to Mr. Day. The attorney general was bound to keep within the ealendar and should Mr. Day decline he will doubtless pass the job on to Mr. Knight. Tmmigration societies of several Ne- braska counties are distributing litera- ture describing the ources of their sections of the state, with a view to at- tracting intending settlers, These county immigration societies can accom- plish and are accomplishing much good in the way of building up Nebraska. Counties which still have large tracts of uncultivated lands and ¢ not yet organized associations for this purpose should fall in line without delay. President Andrews of Brown uni- wersity says that the panic of 1873, inso- far as it was caused by currency con- traction, was caused by contraction abroad and not in the United States. President Andrews it must be remem- bered is generally considered a friend of the free silver movement. But if his statement 18 true it must take the wind out of the sails of those agitators who have been aseribing t paniec to the terrible “crime of silver demonctiza tlon.” If the law of 1 ad nothing to do with the panie that followed its enactment perbaps several other evils are wrongfully ascribed to it. 'he original copy of the federal con- stitution has just been photographed in order that an exact fac-simile displayed, at the At The federal constitution ought to be indelibly photographed in the minds of every Awerican citizen and more especially in the minds of e Ameri can office holder. There is altogether too little regard for constitutions in these days. If a photograph of the original document will ipcite a disposi tion to observe its provisions more strictly the photographs ought to be struek off without stint and distributed theousbiout the whole country. | shall thereby | WAR DECLARED IN KANSAS. Kausas is threatened with another Mre enlamity. This thme It §s not drouth, grasshoppers, chineh bugs or pro- hibition, but something more to be drended than all the ten plagues of Bgypt. The women of Kansas have Just issued a proclamation of pon-inter- comrse, a8 n punishment of the per verseness of the men, who monopolize the glory of sitting on juri playing policemen, packing caucuses and boss- ing eleetions, At the annual picnie of the Eq Suffrage nss fon, held at ‘Tope last Wednesday, the following resolu tions were adopted with a shrick and a gurgl Whereas, 17,000 Kansas men dec selves against female suffrage at and 31,000 showed their by remaining silent; be it Resolved, That it is the duty of every solf-respecting woman in the state of Kan sas to fold her hands and refuse to help any religious, charitable or moral reform or po- litieal assoctation until the men of the state strike the adjective ‘‘male” from the suffrage clause of th constitution, and declare that women's opinions shall be respected and counted at the ballot box, all men’s o] s outside the state ponitentlary, the idiot and the lunatic asy- red them- the late election apposition as are | Tums terror de Here is a threat that will strike into the heart of man who pends upon woman to cook his meals, darn his socks and provide all the com- forts of home in this world, and work out his salvation for the next. The originator of this embargo is d to be our anclent and respected friend, Susan B, Anthony, whose life's mis sion has been to emancipate woman from the galling yoke of male oppres: sion. jut the question is, Will the women of Kansas be able to fold their hands and keep them folded until they ave allowed to vote? Will they carry out this interdict to its logical conclusion? If the coercion of the unregenerate Kansan Turk is the real object of this olution, it should not have stopped short of an absolute boycott. Why should the embattled woman of Kan- sas refrain from charity and church work and keep on with her drudgery in tl kitchen? Why should the women board and lodge their sons, brothers, husbands and fathers so long as they are denied their sacred rights to carry arms in defense of their coun- try and do battle for its salvation at the polls? There no doubt that Susan B. Anthony struck the nail on the head w 1 she ady ted the policy of non-intercourse as the surest means of bringing the men to time and having the word “male” stricken from the statute books forever. every is COST OF AMERICAN TRAVEL IN EUROPE The number of American touris in Burope and the amount of their ex- penditures on the other side of the At- lantic will be greater this summer than ever before, with the possible ex- ception of the year 1880, when the Paris exposition attracted to Hurope unusually large throngs of sightseers. Indeed, from all accounts it would seem that the number of Americans now in Burope has never before been equaled. At the Fourth of July ban- quet in London the difficulty was to find places for even a moiety of the pplicants, and a large number of dis- guished Americans had to be left out. the Henley regatta last week the attendance of Americans was the larg- est ever known at any event of this kind in England, and while the expla- nation of this is found in the fact that an American college crew took part in the races it still shows that the American colony in London is unprece- dentedly numerous. A recent report from Paris stated that so great has been the influx of Americans that hotel accommodations were exhausted and the visitors found no little difficulty in securing stopping places. This extraordinary exodus means the transfer of tens of millions of gold from this country to Europe, constitut- ing a very considerable factor in the international exchanges and one that largely contributes to the creation of a balance against this country. Inves- tigation recently made by an eastern finaneial journal as to the annual amount of travelers' credits showed it to be about $G60,000000, but there ix reason to Dbelieve that a larger sum than this is taken out of the country almost every year, and there ean be no doubt that it will be exceeded this year. It Is undoubtedly not an ex- aggerated estimate to place the amount of money that will be expended by Americans in Eunvope this summer at 000,000, or about one-twentieth of the enrrency of the country and about one-seventh of the stock of gold in the United States. Those who can realize the magnitude of this expenditure may wonder that so soon after a period of industrial and business depression so many of our people can afford the ex pense of going abroad, but to a con siderable proportion of these people a foreign trip costs little if any mor than they would expend if they re- ned at home. -Ocean travel is not y expensive and when abroad peo- ple are not required to give entertain- ments, some of which home cost as much or more than would pay the pense of a foreign tour. Of course a great many who go abroad are not of this class, and perhaps the agg te expenditures of the people of mod- erate means is greater than that of the peop'e of wealth who find in a trip to Burope profitable and noeded velief from the demands and exactions of social duties and obligations. Still the annual expenditure, steadily growing, of Americans in Europe, con stitutes a drain which cannot be re- warded with satisfaction, since it is an outgo which promises to keep the bal- e of International exchange against this country indefinitely. It is idle, however, to preach to people who have the means and the desire to go abroad that for this or any othe ason they ought to stay in their own country and find rention and pleasure at the many inviting places to be found here, thus keepiug their money at home. They will not be persunded by any considerations either of duty or pa triotism to forego the annual journey to foreign lands, whatever the dungers At an or discomforts to be encountered. We must, therefore, expect the annual ex- odus from Ameriea to Europe to con- tinue in steadily swelling volume, tak- ing out of the country tens of millions of dollars to be added to the wealth of forelgn lands, SOMETHING MUST BE DONE The manag: of the State Fair as- socintion have acquitted themselves editably in expediting the construction of the exposition buildings. Their tri- umphant completion within the next sixty days is an assured fact, providing the men most 1 ly interested in the growth and prosperity of Omaha now come forward and do their duty. While it is true that the magnitude and num- ber of exposition buildings and the embellishment of the grounds by fa excesds moters of the enterprise, and therefore invol a much ger outlay than was anticipated, there can be no ting, faltering or cheeseparing at this June- ture. The work must he pushed to com- pletion with unabated vigor and the means must be raised to meet every bill as it becomes due. The business men of Omaha, notably the retail mer- chants, have done nobly in support of the enterprise. In fact, they have done a great deal more than their due pro- portion toward eming the obliga- tions which the State Fair association had incurred when the location was fixed at Omaha. On the other hand, the heavy real estate owners and bank- ers have not come up to the mark. They have under various pretexts put off the financial committee with very moderate contributions or absolute re- fusals to contrbiute and by their want of public spirit discouraged the men who have devoted their best energies and many months of time toward mak- ing the fair a great success and thereby advel advertised for years. The time is now at hand when something must be done by the men of means who are vitally concerned in Omaha’s immediate future. These men must come forward with supplementary subscriptions to the stock of the association or contribu- tions toward the completion of the buildings and final grading and orna mentation of the grounds. Oma never has done things by half ways nd she cannot afford now to recede from the task which her best business men have undertaken. A GREAT CHRISTIAN FORCE. The Christinn Endeavor at Boston, where between 50,000 delegates of that organization are mbled, is the greatest religions gath- ering ever known, as the society which it represents is perhaps the largest po- tent force in the Christian world at present. The membership of the Ln- deavor organization numbers consider- more than 2,000,000, far outclass- ing in numerical strength the old fra- ternal organizations, such as the Free Masons and the Odd Fellows. By way of indicating the numerical superiority of this society a contemporary remarks that the Grand Arthy of the Republic is still a mighty host, but the Christian Indeavorers outnumber the Grand Army veterans four to one. Indeed, they are more numerous than the Odd Fellows, the Masons and the Grand Army men combined. The American Federation of Labor is a vast and pow- erful organization, but it might be re- inforced by the full strength of the Knights of Labor and the sum doubled without reaching the two million mark passed by the wonderful army of young Christians whose annual convention is now filling Boston with the flower of the rising generation in many evan lical churches of the United 1tes. The progress of this organization I been wonderful and that it is a most powerful instrumentality in promoting the Christian religion is shown in the roports of the increase it has made dur- ing the past year. Composed of ear- nest, enthusiastic and zealous young workers, it Is a persistent force that makes itself constantly felt wherever established. Originated in this coun- try, the purpose is to make it world- wide, and the at nment of this s only a question of time. The forma- tion of a World Christian Endeavor union is one of the matters under con- sideration the Boston convention, and its accomplishment is certain. There is no matter of current interest in which €hristian people are more deeply concerned than in the deliberations of the great meeting of Endeavorers at Boston. convention 40,000 and DISTURBED ABOUT IMMIGRATION. The restoration of industrial activity in the United States, making an im- proved demand for labor at better wages, will undoubtedly have the effect to increase the number of immigrants, The immigration of 1894 was the small- est for many years and it is believed almost as many people left the country as came into it, 8o that there was no material increase of population from the addition of aliens. The hard times here caused thousands of people to r turn to their native countries, where the conditions were no worse than in this country and where some of those who returned found work enough to at least | enable them to subsist. It is naturally expeeted that many of these people will come back to the United States as soon as they feel assured that the fmp: ment in business is likely to econtinue and that others who desire to better their condition will also come. Un- doubtedly the present year will show a larger immigration than last year and if industrial activity goes on the number of immigrants next y will be larger than for several years past. In anticipation of this the advocates of greater restriction upon Immigration are manifesting a feeling of apprehen- sion that there will be too many people from the old world and that f an influx of paupers, criminals and other classes whom the laws say shall be excluded. It is n wve- tion doc a form as it did a few ye public men and ERIY Then wspapers advocated extreme measur the effect of which, it put into ope would be to com- pletely put a stop to immigration. Dut since the south bas been seeking to at- the expectations of the pro- | ising Omaha as she has not been | tract immigrants and some of the states of the northwest have shown a desire to in their population and their productivk hower in this way, the people who wanted to close onr ports against the afFydesiving to better his condition in this epublic have modified { their demand, 11..@- still talk of more figid vestrictions, but they are no longer clamoring for legislation that would shut out the gond as well as the bad of forelgn lands angd leave this count | grow in population by natural inc alone, & proceks of development which | wonld tly! delay the realization of our “manifest desting.” The anti-immi grationists now profess to be greatly dis- turbed lest we shall be overrun by an invasion of diseased, panperized and morally pestilent foreignert There is no veason for any this score long ns the national authorities faithfully enforce the laws. made ample provision in | the existing statutes for excluding from | the country every class of undesirable persons coming from forefgn lands and it these statutes are strietly regarded Iby those whose duty it Is to execute them there will be no cause of com- plaint. For the past four or five years |these laws have been very well en- forced. It will not be denied that dur ing that time a few of the exclu classes have found their way into the country, but the number of has been very small and there has not been recently any charge from the vigilant mmigration element that foreign paupers, crinfinals or other objectionable persons were getting a foothold on American soil, which may be accepted as good assurance that none doing so. We believe the existing laws are all that are needed to protect us against un- desivable immigrants if the strictly and honestly administered, and certainly | no addition to them is to be desired the tendency of which would be to increase the difficulties In the way of worthy immigrants, for whom there is still room and opportunity in this great country. fear on 80 The suppression of Senator Blackburn by the democratic state committee of Kentucky Is a severe blow to the politi- hopes of that gentleman and a dis- tinet notice that the sound money demo- crats of the state do not intend to give any countenance or toleration to the free silver element. Blackburn is one of the most radical advocates of free silver in the south, though by no means one of the ablest, and while he declared some time ago thaf he was disposed to submit to the williof the majority he has persisted in higfree silver advocacy. His desire 15 0| be dected to the United States but his en- foreed refivement from active partici- pation in the gampalgn will probably destroy whatever chance he had to be Tle! republicans expect to e, returned. profit by his suppression, since its ef- fect will doubtless be to intensify - and extend the faltional feeling that pre- vailed among the.democrats prior to their state convention. The outlook for the republicans in_Kentucky is believed to be steadily improving. It there are still a few people in Lincoln county who really need help to pull through until harvest time Lin- coln county ought to be able to provide for them. So long as the State Relief commission announces its readiness to distribute further aid from the appropriation just so long will for assistance continue to come There is one way to compel the people of the western counties to rely on themselves again as in the past, and that is to close up every avenue to tl remainder of fhe state relief appropria- tion. e people demand an account ing of the lief commission’s work There is no need of protracting that work because of the spasmodic letters still being received. According to reliable advices, trustees of the Institute for the Blind ave letting contracts and having the work of repairs begun on the building under their direction. This may be perfectly proper, but is it not depriving the State Board of Public Lands and Buildings of its jurisdiction in the matter? The board has been trying to interfere with work at the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb on the theory that it has charge of the authorized repairs. The two institutions, however, stand precise on the same legal basis. If the state board has jurisdiction over the Deaf and Dumb Institute, why does it not also seek to exert the same authority with reference to the Institute for the Blind? the The officer of the engineering corps in charge of the white house and other public buildings and parks in and about Washington again recommends an ap: propriation of §230,000 for the erection of an executive office building that will reliove the white house of the pressure of people who go there to transact public business. Thisappropriation has been recommended o congress any number of times and it is-pessible that that body ¢ finally be persuaded to accept the advice. But the prosent oceupant of the white house will mot be able to open the new executive bffices, although he ay be permittgd to sign the bill mak- the much-seught-for provision for Attorney genera IHinois 1 terprets the laf, of that state to pr insurance, ageuts who are mem- bers of school Boards or the incum- bents of any ofher’ public oftice, elec- tive or appointive, £¥om insuring public schools or other” public property in the companies which they represent. This is good public policy everywhere, whether it is the law or not. If in- suranee agents are permitted to hold public oftice they should not be allowed to use the influence of their official posi- tions to procure business from which they derive profit. Now it is the American apple that has come tinder the ban of the Ger it om account of its alleged injurions ¢l The regulations preseribed are intended really to put a stop to apple importations from the United States. ‘The real trouble is that Americans apples are peessing hard upon the demand. for domestic fruit in Germany. 5 grown Sizing Up the Situntion. Chleago Dispatoh For the first time In five years Kansas and Nebraska have all the rain they want. This fs also the first year that ‘“‘rainmakers’ have kept out of those states. -l Looks That Way. Now York Sun. Of the five women appointed as school commissioners in Brooklyn by Mayor Schiere three are wives and two are spinsters. All of the three women ap pointed as medical inspectors in New York by the Board of Health are unmarried. A spinster scems to have a better chance of getting office than a wife Outside of Thelr Jarisdie Chicago Times- Herald. The reported determination of a good por- tion of the senior class at Yale to deny themselves connubial bliss indicates a lamen(- able Ignorance of the processes of the female mind. The young men will not be consulted with reference to their views on matrimony. When the proper crisis arrives they will throw up their hands, 1on, A Tosiness Barometer Paladelphia Ledgor, sign of renewed the postal receipts of the United States. These increase with the population of the country, even in times of business depression, but the rate is accelerated in busy seasons, and the indications, from present sales, are that 1895 will show as great an Increase as in 1892, when it amounted to 5 per cent per anpum. Dur- ing the business depression it fell to 3 per cent. Another found in prosperity is [FTay S— Opp: Philadelphia Record. The western senator who s quoted as having said that “it would be political suicide for me to express my real views on the financial question” is not alone in his de- testation of the crime of self-destruction In fact, he is but one of a goodly company, including a number of presidential possi- bilitles, whose regard for the sanctity of life has assumed an acute phase since the ticklish silver question has loomed on the horizon. de. —_————— The Rival Yachts. Philadelphia Ledger. Valkyrie TII appears to be just the kind of yacht she was designed to be. She won easily from Britannia and Allsa in a light wind. The Defender is probably -a better all-around boat, though possibly not as good as Valkyrie in a drifting match. If that should be the case the result of the race may depend alto- gether on the weather. Va'kyrle III was bui't on the rcasosable ctance trat in Septem- ber this side of the Atlantic the winds would be light. —_—— Avolding Entanglinz Possessions. Globe-Democrat, The London Spectator frankly admits that “the European world is thirsting for de- pendencies, in seizing immense possessions beyond the sea, and is declaring that its prosperity depends almost exclusively upon its power to secure and to protect trans- marine commerce.” The United States is the one advanced and powerful nation that is not in this pool, and it is not likely to have occa- sion to regret its absence from the game of grabbing frish territor, Lumbering Up the Supreme Docxet. Clncinnatt Enquirer, The increase of business for the federal courts comes largely from the attempt to burden them with business that they have nothing properly to do with. Their time is largely employed in rejecting cases over which the state courts have exclusive juris- diction. Things have come to such a pass that a lawyer, particularly zealous for his criminal client, who may have violated a state law by committing murder or burglary, does not feel satisfied till he has made an attempt to get the case into the supreme court of the United States. The Maximum Rate Law. Buffalo Express. Nebraska's maximum freight law, which has now gone to the United States supreme court, is of general interest as establishing the principle of the right of a state to fix rates for railroad traffic. The act was passed in 1893 and was signed by Governor Crounse. It has since been In the courts The United States district court sustained th railroads, and the court of appeals has decided that it has no jurisdiction, thereby overturning the decision of the lower tri- bunal, Should the supreme court confirm the view of the court of appeals, the matter probably would go back to the state courts and be fought out there. e The Cza's Generosity, Chicago Times-Herald. Alleged generosity of the czar in offering any amount of gold to Uncle Sam merely on Uncle Sam’s due bill may be taken with a grain of salt. The-republic of France may feel constrained to enter into an alliance with Russia for a time. China may become the czar’s client of her own volition. But a peo- ple whose institutions rest on a constitution founded in revolution and existing as a pro- teat against monarchy will not tolerate the idea of becoming debtors to “an absolute despotism tempered by assassination.” Bet. ter borrow in the open market at usurious rate than accept accommodation from Russia as a gratuity, —~——— Yurlianical Paternalism, Springfield Republican, A curious return to ‘old-time paternalistic practices is observable in certain sections of the west. Several towns in Minnesota and also in Towa have adopted ordinances requir- ing all children of 16 years and under to be in their homes after the town bell has rung out the hour of 9 o'clock p. m. Now the city of Duluth, Minn., which is about the size of flolyoke, has adopted a similar practice. After the curfew bell has rung, any youth or child found on the streets without a written permit from parents or guardians is liable to arrest. The effect on the mental and moral developments of the rising generation is ex- pected to amply justify the departure back to the practices of early days. e CORNELL'S COLLAPSE, Denver News: Oarsman Courtney was too sick to look at the Cornell crew row. He has been something of a hoodoo since the time he was too sick to row Ed Hanlan at Lachine. hicago Dispatch: Cornell's defeat in the Henley regatta by the Trinity Hall crew proved quite conclusively one of two things—eltner the American crew was badly trained and in no physical condition to row or else the climatic changes affected the visi- tors disastrously. From this distance it looks as if Cornell sent a crew of cripples across the water. St. Paul Pioneer-Press: The general ver- dict upon the defeat of the Cornell crew at Henley will be that it served them right There was nothing in their past record to justify them in thrusting themselves forward as representative American oarsmen to match a picked crew of the e.ite of the university rowers of Great Britain. The result proved that they were kids whose inadequate physi- cal stamina had probably been exaausted by overtraining and they were so far outclassed by their competitors that it was a plece of foolhardy presumption on their part to set themselves up as the amplons of America against the crack carsmen of Oxford and mbridge. Their conduct in other respects Qid not reflect any luster on the American name. Detroit Free Press: The cli as to preclude their being in the best condi- tion, but when all the facts are known it will probably appear that Trainer Courtney was far from being the man for the p.ace. | There is evidence that he exacted too much from his men, sending them over tho course at top speed far oftener than was best and calling upon them for more work than was ate was such required after they were in good form. Be sides this Courtney Is not'a man to inspire | a crew with courage, for he has none to im- | part. His record is that of one of the fast. | est oarsmen 1o the world who never had the | heart to make a good fight against a worthy opponent. It is still generally believed that he sawed his boat to avoid a race with Han- lan and just when he should have been with the Corfels at Henley, cheering, reassuring and encouraging them fie was reported on the sick lst. The boys were something in the condition of soldiers deserted by their leader and this alone would go far toward bringing about their defeat They were beaten, but there is satisfaction is knowing that they did not play the part of buily or disgrace either thelr alma mater or the country by their conduct. AECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT. New York World: Prof. Huxley was burled yesterday, and even his most uncom- promising opponents will now agree that he was one of the greatest and best men of his day. It is hard to see, however, how he s to be happy In any future state in which be will have no Church of England bishops to argue with. Boston Globe: Wonderful things are pro mulgated from the pulpits nowadays, espe- clally when sensational proachers pound the pulpit cushions. For instance, In a sermon Sunday In New York Rev. George White- fleld Mead, in tones of thunder, said: “We know that it is a common thing for men to spend fabulous sums of money for unseason- able fruit, and there arc women in this city who pay $200 for nightgowns that can never ba washed.” Memphis Commercial-Appeal: They (boy preachers) are becoming a nuisance, and caus ing men of thought to become very tired; for they and those who encourage them are making a travesty of the most sicred of hu man concerns. We have heen having them for quite a while, the first one naturally creating a sensation. But the ¢ increasing every year, until now, as is the e with the English sparrows, there must be found a way to abate them or the cause of Christianity will suffer.” Minneapolis Journal: Eugene Busch, an Oklahoma farmer, has startefl a new religion He began it with a forty-day fast. He has secured forty adherents, most of whom will not probably fast for forty days. He re. quires his followers to give away all their earthly goods and just roam. That Is a re- ligion that will exactly suit some people, and it Mr. Busch starfs this way he can pick up Weary Wraggles and Arid Arthur and Parched Perkins along the route and make quite a show of numbers before ho reaches Minneapoli But the people who are to support the roamers may have somethiug to say before the summer i3 over. New York Tribune: A plous Maine lum- berman recently purchased a gold brick of a plausible and seemingly opulent stranger, ting it at a reduced rate in which there ap- peared to be a handsome profit. The brick turned out as usual, greatly to the surprise of the purchaser, who supposed that all bul- lion of that kind was fssued by the United States treasury and was as good as the metal of which it pretended to be composed. It was subsequently learned that the only read ing which the lumberman in question had permitted himself for the last twenty years was the printed coples of Talmage's sermons, which reached him weekly, containing any amount of religious precept and admonition and promise, but nothing about “‘gold bricks" and the dark and sinuous ways of the plausi- ble strangers who vend them. Thus the credulous and pious purchaser is a loser in the sum of seven or elght thousand dollars, which might have been saved to him if his favorite parson had devoted a single ex- haustive and systematic discourse to the subject of bullion, specifying its differen varieties and showing the kinds that ought to be avoided as an investment. As Talmage has talked about nearly everything, religious and other, in the last quarter of a century, it seems strange that he has not taken the trouble to unvell to his hearers and readers the wicked schemes of the gold brick man, as well as the lightning rod man and other itinerary workers of iniquity, PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE, A_modern brewery threatens shadow over classic Chautauqua. Seven thousand speeches at the Christlan Endeavor convention, and not a word about silver. Well, well, well! The next governor of lowa is president of the three I's rallroad, and is uncom- monly well equipped to read his title clear. The failuro ot the Cornell crew to yank the lian's tail forever bars their entrance to the Patriarchal Order of Political Jingoes. Frank J. Sprague enjoys the distinction of having constructed the first line of railway operated by electricity in the United States, which was In Richmond, Va. “Chicago modesty’ receives another airing in a local paper. 'Tis well. Confinement in a closet ‘calls for biennial fumigation at least, with the customary label attached. The Washington Post crowed lustily and pictorially over Cornell’s lonesome heat, and the day following the editor and the artist performed a graceful somersault and en- gaged a muscular kicker for an indefinito period. Thirty years ago W. A. Clarke, the Mon- tana mine owner, arrived in that part of the world with a pick over his shoulder and not so much as a dollar In his pocket. At present his fortune is estimated at from $20,000,000 to $40,000,000. Many years ago the skull of Richelien was stolen by some sacrilegious wretch. A few days ago it was returned to the authorities and replaced in the tomb in the Church of Sorbonne in the presence of M. Hanotaux, minister of foreign affairs, and other digni- taries. Among the few eminent Americans bearing the name of Jonathan the most distinguished was Jonathan Trumbull, the revolutionary governor of Connecticut, and, it is stated, that on his account the name ‘‘Brother Jonathan” was adopted as a synonym of the good genius of the American republic. Judge Cassoday, who will succeed Chlef Justice Orton of Wisconsin, born in New York City on July 7, 1830, and went to Wisconsin in 1857, settling In Janesville, where he practiced law until 1880, when Governor Smith appointed him to a place on the bench, after the death of the late Chief Justice Ryan. to cast a has been | e s vs cnsrem———————— NN BLASTS FROM RAM'S HORN. A hobby never has a sore back. Suceess {8 always sure, when we are wille Ing to pay the price. A hypecrite never fools anybody else bad as he does himself. There are people who have a great deal of religlon, but no love. Standing up for prayers means little, une less the heart gets on its knees, There are people who hate a thief, who borrow books and never return them. The father should fear to walk where It would not be safe for his children to travel. When the devil can't get behind the preacher in any other way, he sometimes joins the cholr. Anybody can be pleasant to pleasant peoe ple, but it takes grac: to be pleasant to un~ pleasant people. —— AND SILVER. Wilber Democrat: Last year enough sil ver bulllon was mined to make over $60,000,« 000 at the ratio of 16 to 1, and it cost the silver mine owners less than $30,000,000 to produce it. Now they want it coined 80 a to pay them 100 per cent profit. That is the milk In the free colnage cocgadge: Hartington Herald: The farmer who rafses an _abundance of corn, cattle, or hogs wiil find plenty of money ready to purchase his products. nd that same money will pay off thie mortgage, never fear. Just what the northwest Is aching for more than free sil- ver (with all respect to the white metal) fs a free and unlimited crop, and if the signs fail not we are going to get it Diller Record: If we can have the crops wo can get the dollars. If we have no crops wo could not get any dollars, even if 16 to 1 colnag should be adopt There 18 an abnndance of money now to pay good pr for every pound of our products, and when we get the dollar under exis conditions we can buy a hundred conts’ worth of an; thing anywhere for the dollar, and that is the way It ought to be. i DOMESTIC IDYLS, IROT Troy Budget: An exchange inquires whether it I8 not possible to take the woman too seriosly to heart. Not wh she 1s lovely and willing. Truth: He—You eught ou, Mabel! H my feelings? No. It has always been a perfect blank to me. that T be- know my face to not Some folks main- I3ass botween puffs, “that »rld we shall follow the same as in this’ “And in this Mrs, 1L, “you are smoking Boston Transcript tain,”" remarked in the next v occupations world,” said incessantly.” Detrolt Free Press: up to Simpson's daughter's hand?" 1,am you not his “Why are tonight” holding of her too much afraid What has become of woman who said, “Well, Atchi: the old for pit Boston Post: She—I'm afrald that it is not me that you're after, but that it is my money you want He—~How foolish in you to say that! You know v well T can't get your money without first getting you. or: Newboy Miss Bloomers—1 wonder will ever learn to Chicago T when Charley ride properly? Miss Knickerbockers—Wh: now Miss Bloomers—Why, he hedaling that he doesn’t have breath eft to propose. s the matter works so hard 10ugh Indianapolis Journal: “I wish to ask your permission to pay my addresses to your daughter,” said the old-fashioned young man. “All right,” said the old gentleman. “If T can get her permission to glve you my per- mission, go ahead.” Somerville Journa! tern Father—Do you realize, young man, that up to the present [ time it has cost me at least $20,000 to bring up and educate that girl? Ifond Lover—Yes, sir; and from my point of view 1 should say, sir, that she is fully worth it. Detrolt Free Press: He—T came from my house to vours this evening in ten minutes on_my wheel and it is over two miles. She—I wouldn't have thought it. He—Why not? I'm an expert. She—Oh, because it tukes you so much longer to go back again. UNSEASONABLE. Washington Star “My ardent love for you," he wrote, “Consumes my very being; My burning passion can you note, Nor pity In the secing?" “Alas,” quoth she, “I pity yo Your plight is touching, very But couldn’t you call later Come 'round in January e e e e A RECOLLECTION. Washington Star. When the hot sun scvrches the asphalt street, When the treetops shrivel beneath the heat, There comes a memory wondrous sweet, Like a distant soft refrain, Of the time when over the snow’ we sped; When the heart was light—and lighter the head— When I, while the jeweled moments fled, Went sleighing with Mary Jane. How the crisp snow sang 'neath the rush= ing stee What fahciful forms did the drifts revealf How rippled her laughter's merry peal, As we scurried along the lane! 30 on, thermometer! Do your worst! Send up the mercury till you burst! That old impression Is dearest, fir That journey with Mary Jar 3 Displays CATCH YOUR EYE THERE JUST WHAT YOU WANT. 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