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THE OMAHA DAILY 111313 : SUNDAY , JULY 18 , 18 ! > 7. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEB n. n.KwATiii : , iMiK.r. _ ' rt.mlifliiKD uvisnv MOUNINH. " TKtlMfl < > f ! l)4llv . < ( \\uhout Mumlnyi. Ofm Year. . $ s b l > lly He.nn I Sun. In ) . On * Vnr . > Hix Munlli . * . I' * flir-e Mi.iiir , ' . 2" l'iiml.1) ' ! ! < - < ! Yc-ir . jo H.itiirlnj ! ! < ' . Ono - f . 1 * ' IK-U , On * Year . Omnhn : Vli * lire llulldmg. Si.uin umuii.i : Hliiiw ink. . Cof. N snil ! llh Sts ' -until niurt > : IB Pearl Strwit. I.-CHK | ! ! nineJIJ : ClininlK-r ot COHIIBMC * . Nr * Vuik : HOI.M * M. II anil 15. Trl1 ui : Ut < \Vui > hltigt..n : tul Kaurii-entli Street. All runimutilcntlan * tflntlng to fii-wn n < \ wllto- rlnl mntivr li. > ulil be mlitrtwd : To tlio I ! illut nt'RINUPS MJTTKHS. All Im.-iri'M IMtfT niul rutilUunei-n Bli.ni M b niMrwil to Th * Hi I'ubllntilnR Compii ny Oin.tr-a. Ivnru. clKTk * . PSPI-MI and pfnln'IKi ' money oHi-rs tci bo mmle payable to tiio unit or HID mtn\any. \ THU lllili l'ti I.ISHlNG COMPANY. 8TATKMWXT OK Ctlirllt.ATION. tilnin nt .V-brnrkn , LVj.ih'nn ' CDUIU > , : iltnnji > II. Txri'tiutli , SoiTHory of Thf H " PH" llnhhiK inmiiany , being duly tnruni , iay Him Hi nrtiml number of full nnil conipli > tp i-nil | < - > "f Tlv Dully .Mnrnlni ? . IIvpnlME anil Humlny Uei | iflnt i durlni ; ( ho inonlli ot Jutw. VOU , wait us follows Kwmn tn ln'fni * IMP niul uli rrlUoil In tny pie * ticu this .lil day of July , IW. Nnlnr'y 1'ubl'c. ' TIII-J 111:1 : oTII All riillrnnil iii'tviliiiyM arc > Uiplli'il | wllh oiinilKli HIT * to lU'i'iini iniHliito * % ory IHIN- MOIIUor tkltll ttailts III ri'llll II HOT * Npapor. InsNI iipou li.lv * ItiK TinHIM - . If } < > u i-iiniiiit Hi-l a HIMon a train from ( In- IHMIH ntriil , ploiiNi- ri'imrl tinfuel. . Ntiiflnu ; I In- train anil riillrnnil. to tin'IriMilntliiu IIMI'I | Mll'lll Of Till * Hl'O. 'I'llC HIMIs for Niilo on nil train * . INSIST t > \ II\\IM : TIIK iinn. 1'AiiTiKs 1.1 : VVIM ; roit TIIU si ininr I'lirlli-s li > a > liuv tli i-ll.v for tinHiininiir I'M n liavi * Tin- Itn * NIMII to them rruularly by nolr > liiK ' 1'ln' HIT linsl- nrss otlliM * In IMM'SOII or ! > > mull. Tlir aililn-NM > tlll In * t'lianut'il as oflt'ii as il > Hlrtkil. Tilt ; man who I'imri'lvril the ! ih .i u. Ki'tlln : i i-ornur mi ItK-yrli' lulling ouuli to IJL > cnpiilili' of solving tinrobltin ] > u fiiltuirln UKcircle. . If ( lovi'riiiif Ilnli-oiiiM ami all Ills slif : atti-nil tlii' Lilian inoiniiiu'iil iinvciiin ; In full n > lnu > nlils : llu > K < > lil ) nc < > I'nc1 tiirlisvilj liuvi' to run oviTtiini' for un next IL-U iliv. . Tlu > I'.rillsli ni'\vsiiici-s | ; | do not Ilk tlu > tone of Si'c'i'i'liii'y Slu 'iiiiin's nou > t I.onl Salishury on llu > si'al uiU'sthn ri-rhniis It would Minnd lii-ttur If I lie ; did not read It aloud. ( "JoviM-nor llolcoinl > will siion l > i > th most < > \iHTii'iict'd c.\i > crl In u riling let tcrs of Invllnllon for conventions am soi'li'tlt's to honor NulirasUa l > y locatlnj tlu-lr niot'tiiiK ) pliuv in ont > of oiu1 cltii1.- It is liitiiimii-il tlint f.\-jiKM'ii Lil i nlxnit tti project lu'rsi-lf inlti Hit' Imok writ I UK iiruim. 'I'lint iin-ouuis for tli lark cliiiuls Unit wtn.saltl In litivc li-'ui Iiovi'i'liiK iii'iir niul tlu-uaifiiliiK In oil tJcurc- our lirillianlllliTnry 11 1)ts. ) The people who tried t < i clioue oil'uii exposition lust , winter l > y saying Ilia Omaha would never raise the : ? 'J ( > 0 , ( > 0 ( ) li cash required to make the state aiiprn prlation available are politely invited I sU'li up and apologi/.e by aeknowledgliii tla > lr error. A 1'lorlda man has been experiment ! ) ! ] Avitli watermelons in an effort to mal ; Ktigar out of Uiem in commercial quantl tlus. This foiinlry ought , lo make all tb btigar it uses and it can do U out of beet ami resei'v. its watermelons for dlivc consumption. The prospective shortage in the Kiif ; ll h bop orop Is expeeled to open an outlet lot for America's surplus product , but i is not oxpci'ted to affect the price of mal leverages on this side of the Atlanti exei-pt perhaps to gauge the pressure o the pumps a trillej higher. The man who amused himself by tear Ing down the American Hag at Torouti Will have time to reflect on the serious ness of the offense In the Kolitmlo of i pt'lhou cell. No Canadian city is golni to countenance Insults to the natlona emblem of the United Slates , Shipments of Nebraska bnlter are nov going to Kngland. Nebraska lias fo years been exporting grain ami mea products and if li dairy industries lir come exporting agencies Kngland ma ; lie induced to draw on all the varied ag rleulliiral Interests of the state. Western railroads are all experlencln ; a gratifying increase in both pas > eiige travel and fivight trallle. The tvstoni thai of a few of the regular trains ilia were taken oil' tlirw yeiirs ago to maki way for mixed freights would be nppre dalud by the people who make otit-ot tue.way lous. . The linuilgration resirleilon faiiailc who are so loud In their prote.staiion ngalnst the admission of the * o-ealln lunorant laborers of l urope to mi Klioren are ollent In ( he face of tli proposition lo annex Hawaii with al Its halMiarlciile natives and si'i Izeil .lapanese anil Chinese. Sugar King .Spreckels wantu ilam.iges for an alleged libi'l In Mlllloiialn > Hearst's San l''raiiclsc neuspaper. While we are dlsciissln ; whether a mail ran ically earn l.tMHi.iiiii In it Ilfeilnie. we might as well extern the Inquiry as to whether any man cai | n Injured ? II , > WOIA ) worth lu Uuu. T iir ixjrxi T/OA. On. ' of thn grievances which wnn prom liiently brought before the Amerlean pee pie In the last presidential cnniimlcli government by Injunction. The popnlis platform adoptoil tit St. Ixitils embndiei tin ; following declaration : "Tim arbl trary course of the courts in assumlii ) to ImprHun clti/.ens for Indirect con tempt and ruling by Injunction should bi prevented by proper legislation. " Tin democratic national platform denounce * Rovurninont by iujniiellon us a new am dangerous form of oppression by whlcl Judges In contempt of the laws < and tin I'lght.s of elll/.etis beeoine at once legls Inlors. Judges and exeetit'oners. ' The power of ruling by Injunction l i ! never received a more extreme appllca tloii than In the recent order made bj Judge Scott restraining the members 01 the Board of Klre and 1'ollee Commls slotiers from discharging Chief Detectlvi Cox , against whom charges have bis-i liled by his superior olllcei-s. This ordei Is an assnmptluii on the part of the conn lo usurp the judicial and executive fiino lions vested by law in the police comnils slon. If the board must withhold It ! Judgment as regards the guilt or Inno reiiotof Chief Delectlvo Cox until sucl lime as the court can hear his appllcatiot for an Injunction to prevent u prolmbk dismissal , the court practically assume.- the right to suspend the powers of tai board for an Indellulte period. This action Is tantamount to nullifying tint entire police commission law by nr bllraiy court process which was uevei contemplated by the framers of the la\\ or the constitution. It Is not a question whether the charges against Cox can In sustained or refuted. It Is not a iiicstion | whether Cox Is entitled to the heiiellts of the police relief fund. The paramount issue presented by the order restraining the police board from discharging Cox if upon a hearing on the charges he is- found guilty is whether .ludge fteotl shall manage the police force of Omahii fioin the bench , and whether Incompe tent , dishonest and Inelllclent otllcers 01 members of the police force shall llml shelter behind Injunctions ami thus defy the police commission and the mayor and deprive the people of Omaha of tin1 police protection for which they pay and \\hlch they are entitled to have. Another phase presents itself in this unprecedented order. If any judge of the district court or of the supreme court can by any process restrain an Inferior court from rendering a judgment in any use in which it has Jurisdiction , then we have judicial anarchy. The grounds upon which this injunction has been asked arc that the Hoard'of Klre and Police Com missioners is conspiring against the ap- 'ilicaut for political ends and that it- ; action would he biased and Inlluenced b.v iiaMisan motives. If this be tnie tin complainant should direct himself to tin governor , who is by law empowered am ! rei > uired to remove any member of mi commission who in violation of his oatr is actuated in considering removals 01 appointments by political motives. I'poi the governor of Nebraska , and not upor the court , rests the responsibility for tin misgovei'iinieiit of our police and lin departments. If this re p.uisibility eouh bi > thus shifted from the chief executive who alone can appoint and remove pollci commissioners. ih whole fabric of 0111 . syslein of police administration will fill to pieces. Insubordination , dishonesty and incompetency would run riot and th. police force would become an armei mob. resisting every attempt to eiiforei discipline and cHiclency by procuring In junctions against the infliction of th penalties of disobedience , driinkenues.- ' debauchery and crooked work. We do not believe thai .Indg" Scott hai any intention or design to create greatei demoralization and discord In the pollci department than already exists. Nor d < we believe tll-\t \ he aspires to supersedt llio commission In the government o the police or to hamper it in tile dh ; charge of its sworn duty or In any effor it mav make to inaugurate the much needed police reform for which the lioan was created. It Is to be hoped that In tin interest of good government he may see Ills way to modify or rescind the ordei issued In the Cox case. While Hie mem lies of UK. ' Hoard of Klre and Polic. Commissioners are prohibited by la\\ from making removals for political pur poses , they Mhould be left free to exe'1 else their legitimate powers and li , lieh to a strict accountability for the faithful fearless and honest discharge of the dn lies devolving upon them. l\n'.u \ > i'i.lKi ) TO SC/KAP/ : . How lo reconcile science and rell-rloi has been a source of endless speculatioi and contention. The supernatural lie gins where science ends. Willie cre"i must always rest on faith , science Insist ! on convincing proofs. .Applied scienci lias In recent years evoked almost a ; much contention when subjected to tin ordinary tests of law as has religlm when subjected to ordinary tests oi science. An interesting case of testing appdei science by the rules' of law Is pending In the courts of Tennessee. The Istie , a- presented to the court. Is whether a p , r sou who appropriates electricity Is gnlllj of larceny under the statnies. li ap pears thai a .Memphis electric llghtlnt company which supplied electric eiirrcm to one of its pa irons dlt-covcrcd Ilia. - > t meiers by which the current was meas tired had been so plugged lint only n small proportion of the current iia-wln ; through was regNtered , thus defraiiuin ; the company of its just dues. The con tcutlon of the defense Is tint in ordei U > convicted for larceny tint accuse imi.st lie shown to have piirloliii'd ai article or substance that can be hainued It Is urged that electricity , lii'lng im pundcrahlp. li cannot bi > dunned ainoiu pnrloinable articles within the lueanin- : of the hiw. This , however , Is by m means the llr.st In.-tamv or th oiilj Instance In which the subtle lawyer | m > sought to defeat the ends of justice lij Hut lechnlcal conlllct between apilie : < i science and law. About thirty years ago , when tin historic whisky ring was at the height of Its operations , tin- government detect Ives made the discovery ilnt surreiitl tlous telegraphic correspondence wi ; > beln-i carried on hviweeu t . .n-ago am1 Omaha members of the ring. The oilhvr. of the Wttsrii ijulou wlio failed to tiuii nny record of these niessagp.s tappet their wires between Omaha mid DC : Mollies nud succeeded In locating tin western end of the contraband column nleutloii at Oiualin. The distillery known as the McCoy distillery , wa ; seized by the revenue otllcers niu eventually conllscnted. The operator a Chicago , found to have been in collusloi with the whisky crooks , was arreslet on the charge of larceny from the West ern L'nloti and tried In the Clilcag * courts. Ills attorneys alleged that tin transmission of messages over a wire dli not lie Within the scope of the term lar ceiiy , which Implicit the theft of some thing of value. It was shown by exper testimony that a telegraph line durlnj transmission of messages consumes lesi battery power than does a live wlr < not In , use. In other words , the eon ton lion was that .the only loss of the tele graph company would be the chemical ! consumed in tint battery and that mon chemicals are consumed when the elec trie current Is closed than when It l. > broken. The transmission of a message over a wire by the closed-circuit Morsi system breaks the circuit , nnd heiict Is n saving of battery chemicals. Tin decision of the court In tills case was It favor of the defendant. There Is no doubt , that from the purelj sclentIlle. standpoint the decision wa ; correct. While there was really an tin authorized use of the facilities of tin telegraph company from which It de rives Its Income , the fact that no acttia loss had been proved and Unit no evl deuce was produced to Show that tin operator had received pay for Ills serv ice , Ill-ought his acquittal within tin technical phraseology of the statute. I Is a iiiiestIon , however , whether the de fense in Hie Tennessee case could utlli/.t the Illinois precedent. The inolden simply calls to mind the fact , tint ! a\\ must keep puce with the progress oi science in order to meet the rcqulremeiib of modern conditions. Kihi.KD in-TIIU ruu > Nv.i "I tell you that the gold standard eacl year kills more people lu the l.'nitei' ' States than Spain kills in Cuba. " exclaims - claims William .lennlngs Itryau in lib free silver oration before the Tram * Mississippi congress. Since William .leu uliigs Itryau says so. It must be true. Although no coroner's jury has yet re turned a verdict anywhere "Killed bj the gold standard , " every startling an- nouiiceinent b.v wire and post remind- : us of the fatalities that follow the crav ing for gold. We do not have to ransack the record ! , of the last , quarter of a century to sub stantiale Mr. Hryan's assertion. We car lind ample proofs of the fatal effects of the gold standard in any daily paper wi may pick up. The Chicago Chronicle of yesterday for example , gives prominence to tin following account of a tragedy in thai city : Ua/.or In sleeve , carbolic acid vial In coat slmiKshot nt side nnd revolver In pocket Krunk W. Pliclun of St. Lonlfi , a natlonallj known labor agitator , lured Miss Klttli \Vnilsworth last evening into tbe saloon o NVely K. Kelly , In Uio Palace hotel. 10 : N'orth Clark street , cut her throat from eai to car with the razor , drcd two shots intc her head nnd then killed himself by sending a bullet Into his brain. While on Ms fice ; there is no relatioi of cause and effect between this blood.\ affray and the gold standard , it is never Ilieless true that the revolver witli wlncl the killing was done was bought will money based on the gold standard. The very same paper contains the fol lowing dispatch under an Atlanta < ! eorgl'i. date : Rmaimel Klch , member of the firm of M Rich & Brothers , one ot the largest drj ? oods uiul furniture houses In the south committed milcldu at his home In tills clti nt 7 o'clock this morning by cutting ltd tbroiit with a fruit knife. Investigation re vcaled the facr tliat Mr. Rich had Btabbei himself thirty-six times in the breast ant throat before death ensued. One of thrsi blows penetrated his heart and the othei punctured the Jugular vein. The dead mer chant was a native of Hungary and -t ! ) yean t'ld. He was an equal imrtne'r with liKi twt brothers hi tin ; firm of M. Rich & Brothers As the house enjoys excellent llnancia fatandlng. no cause Is known for the tsuielili except nervous dyspepsia , from which tin victim was a great milTerer. The friends of the Atlanta merchan : evidently do not know what they arc talking about. Had Or. Hryan beet called his diagnosis would have IHVI "Killed by the gold standard. " On another page of the same paper wi lind a report of a lynching bci110:11 : Birmingham , Alabama , which telN tin old story of moli vengeance on a negro The coroner's inquest has not yet beer held , but we assume in advance that tin verdict will be "Killed by the gold stand aril. " Still another victim of the gold stand anl figures in the same paper as follows Ur. ICiiKriio Kuan , a chiropodist of JSvani ton , WIIH Instantly Killed yt sterility mnrnhu at the Rrovo street crossing hi Kvanston bj a Niilmiban train on the Northwestern rail way. it stands lo reason tint without th- . gold standard there would have ln n u. suburban train running into Kvanslui and that Dr. Kean would still IK > ex tracting corns from I ho foot of pi-ooh allllL'tod wUh light shoo * . An Associated press dispatch to Ih same paper from Paris , Kentucky , give- this Infoiination : Hook Mason a desperate negro ex-con- vh-t wan shot and liicituntly killed tills morning by huko Connelly , a I < oulsvlllu & Naahvlllo railway watchman , after u street duel In which ten nhon ! urro fired. Muaui was wanted en a charge of murder am ! wluu Connelly attempted to amst him In opened tire on the olllcer. The latter Klooii tills ground and returned thu fire , three ul bl- bullets Htrlktng the neiro in the region of iho heart. Connelly's clotluscru rid dled , but lie was unhurt. .Mn.icn had a let shot ( ) tf In u Hiinilar duel et-vurai month , ago. Sixteen ttt one that this negro ox-eou vk-i was Kill 'd by ilu > gold stunlaid. Another report front a Texas town lol how a murderer confessed Hint In ? 10 n- milted the bloody crime In an atteiiiin In blow a safe which lit. believed to con tain n bag of gold. Would this imu : have mine to grief if our linanclal s.vs lein weio not IMS-M ! on the mnrdorou Uold standard ? What more evidence is th'-re ' needoi that the gold .standard is every day Uid iu uaui'u pcuylu lu tuu L'ulU'U .Sluie ? thnii are killed' by HIP Spaniards li Tuba ? ' ix tin : OIIIKXT. Auiprlcan wlniiH growers will bo lu terosted In a tvport Just made to tin secretary of agrfculture by the chief o the section of'foreign markets of tint department. Im which Is pointed out tin possibility of n.large market for Amor lean Hour In Cldilii and Japan. Tin statistics show ; Unit our exports of tloii to the e cotinlt'lfA have been steadll ; growing and .Indications . are thu they will Increase more rapidly In tin future. The total shipments of whoa Hour from the [ ri.ltod . States to .lapai and China. Including tloiig Kong , dnrlii ) the ten years ended .luiie " > 0 , IS'.Hl amounted to fully li.oon.rxx ) barrels , tin larger part having been exported in tin latter half of the decade. The anioiin exported In IMUl was considerably mor < limn double Unit of 1SS7 anil the ex ports for this year will be larger thai those of 1MH1.Vo send more Hour ti Hong Kong and China than to .lapan but shipments to the latter country shov an Increase during the last few yean proportionately even greater , havbu more than trebled In amount li ISDI ! , as compared with l.W , while fol the current year the amount of whoa1 Hour shipped to .lapan will be 50 pei cent greater than last year. There Is a notable : : rowtli In the de mam ] for breadstuff * In .lapan In proportion tion to population and while the anniia per capita consumption is con.sitlerabl.\ below that of most other countries am only about one-fourth that of the I'ldtet States , it is steadily Increasing. Tin report says that placing the presen population of .lapan at Hl.ow.iXH ) , : late of consumption per inliabitan equal to that In the t'nlleil States os tlmated to be about four and two-thin bushels per annum would make tin total wheat consumption of the kiiigdon roach above 'JOO.OOO.OOO bushels.Vitl no Increase in the present production oi the country , which Is about .M.O-.vVitH bushels a year , .lapan would have ti import , annually about , tSiHllOiM ) ( ) bush els. Of course that country may novel become so great a wheat consuming na tloii as the fnltoil States , but the in cr-ase in the use of wheat Hour then during the last few years gives assiir ance that Japan's importations will con linue to grow and that that country h likely to become within ( ho next docaili a largo market for American Hour , talc lug a considerable share of our averagi annual surplus. In view of the grow iug competition in Kuropean market * which confronts American wheat grow ers. the enlarging market in Japan ant China Is a matter of much interest. According to William K. Curtis , tin reliable Washington correspondent oi the Chicago Hecord , who Is now travel ing in Kutope , "lireat Britain was novel so prosperous as today. ICvery shop i ; running on fuH'-tlirtc ami the manufac. Hirers in every-lino-of merchandise art loaded with orders ahead. Mr. K. h Corthell. the well known engineer , 01 Chicago , has just n.'ached London fron a tour among the shipyards and the bij. iron manufaetirViii districts. He says thai everything is 'humming ; ' that then need not be an Idle man in ( ! rea Britain : that everybody ) is earning goot wayes anil that every engine in tin i'niled Kingdom is in mojion. The nut pur of the factories was never so givat wages were never so high and there was never such a demand for labor. All th : same time prices were never so low am profits were never so small. The niaiiii faeturors are working in close comiieti lion and upon very narrow margins Tliurefore , from -the standpoint of tin labor agitators , It Is a favorable time foi enforcing their demands. The trade : unions were never so well organized a : at present. The loaders are In harmony ami hopeful. " And all this under tin single gold standard and despite the re pealed assertions of Hryan and ills fol lowers that prosperity under the golt standard is an impossibility ami tha gold is bearing the worklngman dowi to perpetual poverty and misery. The Hntter caused by the announce inent that the women prisoners In : Kansas town were to bo treated on n perfect equality with Iliu men prisoner ; by being .set. to work on the rock pit without discrimination as lo sox ha.- been quieted by the rescinding of tin obnoxious order , but not. until severa of tlin professional woman suffrage agi la tors wlio have been howling agaiusi inequality seined the' opportunity foi adding to their notoriety. We all ailmil that women ought not to be placed ujwiii rock piles , but the reason Is becausi they are women. Nobody even In Kan sa.s would have dreamed of such bar barity had not the woman suffragist * been prating about , their cqualily in al ! respects with man and demand vqiia rights witli men. A traveling man who has no objection- * to tbe numerous laws and staliiles t < protect holelkccpcrs and innkeeper.- from Imposture by guests suggests in the Interests of fjilr play a little legisla tion for Hie pruli'i'lloii of the helpless wayfarer who N'cotiipolloil ' to pay high pi Ices for allege 'hotol accommodation- ; Unit do not acciiimiiodatc. Commercial travelers doiilitli"'sr run across numerous sad apologies fju'1 Ijotols in tliolr jour neys , but We doubt whether they can legislate comfort 'intli a wooden iiniitros.s or make lough itn'f'sloak lender by leg- ihlative rofioluiiiin.- " i i A government imile contractor hnsjtis ! thrown up his J'nJNjiocaiise the Inspector discovered thai ilie nnlmuls ho was try ing to palm elf fiiLi'i-year-olis ! | had conn' ' over with ( 'hrl yl'lier ' Columbus ami hud bei'ii dopL-d will ) arsenie and ilieli I-I'll ! Hied lo rcinovv the indications of old age. But a mule contractor wlni Vtoi'ld throw up his Job for : uiy such trilling reason as lids certainly cKsrvoh his fa to. A man > f his tender conscleiion might oven be expected to pay full street car fare for ii lo-ycar-ohl Infant In arms. Missouri estimates the value of fuilt crop this year to be not less ? 4JtMiliiiM0. ! There is 1:0 qncsiion Ihal there Is niniioy In the diversification of agricultural luilusirli'fi. Nebraska anil Iowa limy uot bu ably lo outdo MU ourl In the production of fruit , but thol orchards anil small fruit farms are in nually becoming more and more valur blc as a resource , ami when fully dove oped tuny be relied on to bring million every year Into the pockets of the farn The announcement that the ? UOO.jo ( mark of cash subscription paid In ha been passed by the exposition ought t bo reassuring to those who pretended t bo afraid that the exposition maiiagei wore going to run the whole show wit the money appropriated by the loglsln turo for the state Word comes thar Connecticut ti Imeeo crop has boon damaged badly b , high water ami heavy rains nud wo inn , expect to see the result In a rl o In th price of imported cigars miuiufaeture In the Nutmeg state. A Political Dellnlllou. . A Htatesmnti Is a man who endorses t : for n joh and succeeds In getting us nj pointed. A politician is a man who Is sut porting some other fellow for the 8.11111Jol K from Ki iii-rliMier. Ati-hl im Cllot.e. Wlion a woman goes tiff to spentl the nun mer nt a cool resort , leaving her httuban al homo to work through the heat nml iliis nho Htarla a utory about how ay thu me are when their wlvra are away. I'litilnliiiiui'orn IK u llnN.v. Kins CliiilaloiiKftirn of Slam Ueepn liU cyt open nml asks more questions than 1.1 Htm Cham ; . Ho oxiirrwied his opinion of news paper men as follows : "The newspaper rt porters unity have the boat plni-ea ami th Kreatest honors because they nee for thin sanjs. " I'l-iispiM-iius Vet Pi-rvi'i-iii' . St. IMul Pioneer I'tejs. The whole of Jasper county , in Snuthwc : Mistjourl , Is now covereil by a network t trolley llms ronncctliiK all the towns an villages. At one of these , named L'onlltlenc you ch.inKo ram for Prosperity. All th mines thereabouts are being workeil ; uvorj hotly apparently thriving. Ami yet the pet : pie were stuplil enough to let the count give a majority of 2,500 against llelvlnley. ( . 'lilf.iico I'hruntrlc. The Michigan liar association has di elared against lawyers advertising ln < th prc s , except In the form of a dimple can Tin- lawyers get a great deal of free advei Using from the newspapers In the reports c casea In which they appear. No oni * eve heard of the must conservative attorney , n physician either , for that matter , objectln to this sort of publicity. There in a grea deal of humbug about the "ethics" of thes professions. TillMiulilicry of TriMitliiK. liiillanapulls N'L-WH. Treating la a peculiar phase of snobberj It Is not a token of good fellowship. I Germany tbe tiling Is managed much bette than It is here. The "Dutch treat , " as it i called In thlu country , consists in , each ma of a party ordering and paying for the rt frcfhnient he desires. It Is obvious tha under such n cuistom there is no chance fo anobblf * attempts on the part of convivla companlors to outvie each other In tli matter of expenditure. The I'ovi'Hy Slrli-Ki-ii 111 Culm. riillnitelplila I.eilKHr. Consul General Lee has relieved ever ; distressed American he could llml in Cub outsldt ) of the Spanish prisons ; has sen some of them back to the I'nlted States , am yet lias expended only $ l > ,000 of the $50,00 given him for that purpose. Evidently tli story of the sufferings of Americans gen nine on the island was very much evjg gerated , and this gives reason to hope tha some of the other horrible stories that com In such numbers from that quarter ar greatly overdrawn also. A Ilin-i- l > lsllni.loii. | SprliiKllelil lEi-pulilU-an. Xow Hampshire enjoys the distinction o being the only known state In the tinloi which lias practiced the- economy in stati administration which all the others hav recognized as necessary , but have been un able to carry out. As a result , the stat finds a surplus on band of $ l3l,000 ! , wblcl is used to retire a large block of bonds , am next year It will lie able to reduce the flat tax by $ " . 1.000 all because of retrenchmen In expenditure. The other states and 111 nation are engaged In hunting for ne\ sources of revenue and in increasing ta : rates to meet the profligacy of incomputcn legislative bodies. Where does the Granlt r.tato get its material for a legislature ? ( neil Slu'ii of I'ror rcNN. riilliidell > lili : 1'ri'ss. One of tbe surest Indications of the ad vance of civilization of today is the Inter cat in nnd care of children , compared will that bestowed upon them in the last cen tury. Hooks written especially for cliildrei ar-3 decidedly a modern Institution. Th first Sunday school was founded only a llttl over one hundred years ago. but It was no until many years later that Sunday school became accepted institutions and allies o the church In Kngland and America. Tli common school system , with Its aim to pro vldo a free elementary education for all. I In IU full development the work of the jirea cut century , while the trade schools are entirely tiroly a growth of recent years. The ehII dron are bt-lns cared for as never be-fori Their morals , their health , their educatloi and now their aniupcniont are made matter of public concern. It l only within a coin paratlvely few yeato that people have begin to realise that children's playgrounds are : public need which should be provided. I Is not yet fully recognized that the provldlni of Mich grour.do la a legitimate- charge upoi the public tieasury , but that will come. .MACIIIM : vs. iix.vu Sii | > rcmnc > of tin * I'lirini-r mill the Hi- NlllflllUllfllllllM. . IniJIanapolU .liturn.-il. When sewing machines were Invented aom people rejoiced because of the prcupt'-t Ilia woman's labors would be lightened and e > h would have- moro leisure , wliilt ) titliu'a equally bollcltoiiH for feminine wilfurc feared that In taking away the needle lie. distinctive occupation would bo gone am iiho be left to dangerous ldlenu--s. As i tinned out , woman only did the more nnvlii | when it became e.ialer to do. An era o frills anil furbclow.s and complicated gar mcnt c.uiHIn with the machines anil ail ; continued. The comparative simplicity o drois that wni a necessity when the uecdh waa wielded by hand vanished whin as mail ! Pitches could be M'I In an hour a * won once painfully wrought In a day , and womtt became slaves to their hewing machlnm ai tltL-y had once been to thflr nceilliu. Tin liualniwi of thu tieamstrrna , so far from be Ing Injirtd , was Increased a uundreilfold and her calling dhnillf'1. Thu hVitury o many kinds of inuclilncry and co-calhd late caving ilrvictrt U similar , but In no cast more at. iblngly EO tban with lypcaettlns nri chiniii. An expert operator on a linotypi liiULliliio is reported an having set an uveiagi of U.1U2 r-ma an hour In a six days' .itrutth ThUi I'd cciibliltirably abovu the average ialt per day set by Imml , but the fact that suc-1 Eprtd i'i ro.-jllile ilot-j not prove that tin vvcrl ! of tpidctllug will heiicoforth liu ij : i by a liiiitted number of mea. On tile cent t ary. U a ropiy f.olnts to un cxtcnuitin of tlu printing liusliu.in. Tlu e iiiuclilnui liavi betn in use but a very few years , and It many pi luting home. * luviuot yet ben. iKtroduced , but already tlielr effect bus btt-i clnvvn in the enlarKi'UH'liI of newjpaptrii. tlu Bivins of lucre leading matin lo their vi Iri/is. tnIn.i'iasc ! in Uiu output of liauki pamphletii and ptrlodlcuU of all ltlmi ! , nin a general duvuloinnent along UIH vaMu.'i llnta of thu printer. * ' trade. There wtrt wotneQ who looked a.kiiaLupon ibo xewln maclilnc wtun It made iu advt-nt. and re fu d to piofll by It ; there are typfiuttf. wli' jearn and conwva'lve lendenc c u uki It dlfllcult for Hum to adapt llinmiBlves tt nt-w mtihcidH. and tlii.ic wl ! | tuffi r from tin hut ttutlon : of macliltiery for hand bl r but on the whole , thla trai.th of labor wll be benefited and ! U ti-ojie wl'icncd by tbi c e of the oace-drndiil SI-HM'liVH SHOTS AT TIIH I'flil'ri' . I.ouls llcpnbllc : Tlip Xcw Jcrsc who nsjcrls that there arc n anjela * tumid look h.np If he Isn' good ami ready to Join the heavenly ban of uialo wlnRstor * . Kansas City Slur : Hbliops McCalu niv l-'oso sang down a thunder storm last Sun tiny at Klmor. N. J. , niul prevrntnl n panic That Is tli ? way il.-t.ishliiieil < ! : Mothti dl ts used to treat tlio person * wlio novc knew when to stop wlmi tUey got up to tcl their experiences. .Minneapolis Trltn-.r.e : nniliiK ilu jmigrc of church services In n New Jersey vlllap on Sunday llKlitnlnft struck n tree in lit church yard nnd , although every mcmbe of the congregation dndgrd. thp preacliof. . dog was tin- enl > direct sufferer. Some how this doesn't se-cin just right , cither. Philadelphia Ufi-ord : If It really be IW ! . . . " ' ! Intention to abolish femalr voice from the liturgical services lie should , o course , consistently banish also Iho vlolli from thp churcli orchestra. Tlip violin I tlio soprano of Instruments. And yrt in trui' music-lover the world over I'nllioll or Protestant will agree with the rcportci censure of the violin by tbe pope nn belni scnsuil : and profane. Lee linn ccrtalnl ; never heard Wagner's Tatuihaus-er overture with Its sublime pilgrims' chant. Ililffalo K.xprosi : Another llijbtliit ; prc.iohe h.is been found in tlio person of George Van aredalc , plii\plaln of a Urooklyn Grand Ann of tlie Kopublle pat. The other nlqlit 111 cbaiilJln suggcfllcd lb.it the dues of his conn ell of tlio American Protective association b reduced from 23 eenU to 10 cents a montli A howl of opposition went up and Mr. Van ttrsdalo at once oltficd to whip every man li tlio hall. Ho waa promptly taken nt hi word , and tlio next day , when lie appcaroi in police court for warrants for the arrca of Hitolllcers of the association , liU nose wa broken , -jne eye was clewed and hia in-jut ! was c".t. New York Sun : Last Sunday Uev. lit Thomas N. Polls of Richmond preached a Hon. Charles T. OTerrall , governor of Vlr glnla. ' 'Ho takes my breath away. " crlei Dr. Potts , "by going to a common v.tudc villo pt'tfortiunce. His Ust act laya bin liable to a nioie serlotw Imputatlnn thai that of moral couragr. Shades of dcixiitei glory ! \Vhrn a governor of this grand uli ' . oniinonweallh prostitutes virtue like tha1 ! l'a tlmo to call a halt. " Dr. PotU seonu t be better provided with indignation thai with English. DoubtU'ss Givirnor O'Kei-r.il would be willing to go to an un.'nmmoi v.iudovlllt perforiimiico If he could Ilnd one Perliiips. If Dr. Potts Will be inilcl for i few days , he will get ills breath back. I'lIUSO.VAl , A.M > ) 'I'llKit\VISI- : . The memory of .Major > Uobt-rt Anderson o Fort Sumtcr fame Is threatened with a mon uiiient at Charleston , S. 0. Progressive marvels follow so rapidly tha people cease to wonder. Thut IH why tin banishment of gambling In .Montana scared ; eiused ripple. Kx-Piesldent Harrison lias been Invited t atttnd the centennial celebration of Fr.ink llnton , O. , n town bU grandfather often iiunl bis beadnuarters during thu war of 1S12. Silas Illnklcy , a son of thu milllonaln president of the PoiighUeepsle I2h etrli Hallroad company , is heaving coal as . stoker In I lie employ nf the company a $1.50 a day. Ho Is a Harvard graduate , bill took his piesent place voluntarily in ordei to learn the business thoroughly. John Otis , who used lo be known us tht "Milkman Congressman. " Is In Topeka Kan. . In poor health and straitened clrcum stanceo. Some time ago be started a co operative colony in Colorado and put al bis money Into it. Tbe colony failed , am : Otis lost both his money and bis hope. The Missouri Valley Republican huliiu.ite , that the lov.-a man who shed his garments h Omaha did not strike the right crowd , eMc the sweater would gowith the rest. The In slnuatlon Is baseless. When a pilgrim get : Into tbe swim with a lint crowd it be hoovni him to strip to avoid prostritlon. Assistant Secretary of State Day Is a bwt ball crank. When Judgp Day was a studMii at the L'nlverslty of Michigan he played oi the 'varsity nine and he lia.i never lest In terest in the sport. He seldom ml'sc.s ; game In Washington and Is usually accoin IKinled by one or more of Ms four sons. Ouo moro of the glories of Kansas pales before the record of a Hrltish county , flic hailstorm of a fortnight ago In England utterly desolated un area ot 100 square miles in Ksocx. The ballstoius killed poultry and game , seriously Injured cattle , cut branches from trees and riddled roofs of corrugated Iron. Cyclone and Hood accompanied the hail , and In an hour or two damages of moro than $2,500,000 were Indicted. Since the Chicago Chronicle Insinuated it self Into the popocratic camp it has laborei diligently to acquire the voluminous outpul of words and the pitchfork phrasing thai characterizes a veteran of the droibund That It la taking all the degrees Is evlden iVdin the fact that It dubs a political prcaciiei "a holv bullybolooster. " The Ciironlclt could lmpove : on that and not go furthei back than Tom Watson's convention. A perniciously active preacher down in tbi Jersey marshes comco out bcldly as an udvo cate of a * tropical resort Indefinitely located The way ho does It Is to disparage the beaut ) and loveliness of thu opposition roiort. He says : "There are no fem.ilo angels It : heaven. They are all men , and they maki a mighty array. " With one smash of hli Jaw he seeks to banish the delights of youth the dreams and hopes of old age. No femalt angels ! No beautiful white wings to nratSt by ! What man would want to go to heavoi lo join a stag party ? That Jerseyman to be tarred. AIMIV IMIOtlUTIO.VS. Tlit > > lliili-N I'rnmiilKiitfil liy Ihe Ailjiilniit < ; i-ni-rul. Now Yoik Sun. There Is much good souse In tlio now rules issued by the adjutant gem-ral's office for tbe promotion of army ottlcers below thn grade of major , In accordance with the act of 1S90. The examining boards must find out "the actual professional Illness" of an officer to bo advanced , nml remember that "mere cramming IH not a desirable fcaturo In the examhutlon of mature and generally well- educated men. " Thu boardH mtiut observe "the officer's ability to make practical appli cation of all be has learn.nl rather than thu committal to memory of equations and data which lie could , under ordinary conditions ' obtain from books of reference. " Again' the ui--e an otllcer has made of bis oppor tunities In Hie past musr bo tnki-n Into cnn- Biderullon ; and , ht-nt-e , when lie Is ordered for examination , his Immediate coimmunlliiK olllcer and Ills leglmcntal roinmnnder ante tnalto known , without Bjieclllc inatruciion.i so to do , anything lending to disqualify him , buaul on his record. Hut , In the abmii.nf . ilftrlmenlJl leporlK , good cliaraclrr will be presumed , so that no affirmative tentlmimials urn reqiilied , Tlii' lutd of topleo prepared for examining boaid teem to cover the riMiiliciI | ground \ry thoroiifl.ly , and provijlon Is made for original qui sttoi n to | ) u addtd by boards to the Hutu farnirthed them. Tlio army has alwa > s been very particular in a-tgnliit ; diffurenvui in value to questions , and , -iini ) to bubJc-L-lP. In thu lists new picuari.il for the nan of board * values of B. to and 13 are aialBi.ed to tlie various qmatlons , an 1 then , in the nine subjects examined up-in , wl-llo thi ! total value of 1'OU la tlio hame for facli , the "relative weight * " aie different , drill iTgiilatlans and inlu-jr tai- llr.rouiiting for I ) raili ; exterior ballletli - , tire discipline , hl | > polugy , Hi-Id enslneorlng. and military topugraphy for 2 each , aim adminlbtrulion and military law for 1 each. TbH rule in each ccsu Is this : "r'lnd tlio pcrcontUKe < > f the various siibjectii , multiPly - Ply each by the relative weight of llml mib- Jeut. 'hi'i- divide the Eum of thrue products by the sum of the relative weight.i of Iho nuhjecia lniliiitil | In the examination of each olllce. " A percentage of 7S In each of the examinations must bu rcuclicd In orjer to puss. Tie ) t < u\U > fi | ruli will Im conipulxijry on and after January 1 next , but up to that time an officer may elect to bo examined miller the old rules. The new or.es , how ever , havu already been practically tried , and the nuull IN lo verify the prediction of thu ruvlsurti that they would Hborten the tlmo required for profftulonal examinations It U thought that u Imp officer will finish i'Hlduof two ilKjs. at mojt. Imitead of being a week or perhaps n fortnight , M hitherto. It bhouhl tin DitLi ] that a graduation di ploma of the Kort Monroe or Kort | jvavtn- woi-ih rcliool. If ls > ue < | not over five yearn before , will bo accepted < ut evlJtiiiu of pro- fctaional proflcUocy. t * \SSIMI innti'.nni : . Post- Millionaire Crordo pie fcrrcd death to hl.i wife. We don't ku.X the- lady , hut wo think his choice wns I poor one. anyway. Minneapolis Jaiirr.nl : Mllllnnalrr Oivrdi had all ( be money be wanted , but whet Mrs. Cr'ccdc broke her promise and returned turned to htm. he freely gave II all up an ( committed suicide. There are some tiiinm worsn than death. SI. Louts llrpubUc- Old N'lck Crcedc. tht foiiiwlor of ITic Crpcde mlnliiR ciimp , com tnlttod milcldr bccniwitils wife was romlni back lo live with him. Ho must havp n sardod ilio trdtrlmoHlal yoke us Jut tlio oni kind of 'ode llkrly to prove too much fo him. .Minneapolis Trlhunt : tt voiy frcijiu-nil ! hnppr-ns that a man coinmitn o\ilcld' \ lu-i-aum his wife drsu-ts him , but It remained fur i Catlfcrnla mllllonfllrc. wlirwc wife , after i short KCparatlon mntu.illy agnvd to , ni turned an > 'i It.ol lcil on llvlnp with bl'ii : nali : tn take lil own life. It wo'ild MMMH a- thollRli lie could have cot rid of her nt Iwi cost , for * lie agreed to tlie first pppnr.iUat an A lin li of izo.ooo r.isb. i'ir ' ini.s. . Detroit Krro i'rcss : "f > o you belong tn 'lit brldnl piirty ? " nykrit tbe botcl clorlt "No , I'm only the croom. " Xcw York .touuml : Klrst Wife \viic'i mv husband ? tny ! > nut nil nlglit I refuitn ni-l him nny brcatifiuM. Second \ VltvWhen m > i.tifO'nnl n > x . > ut nil nlRht bo never rtints' any. rhloncn Ili'oord : "l.lltlo Itlnks l-i n - ng to nint-ry that very lull Miss Hopkins " "I'oodiicss ! How Olil IIP court her-with . stepliidde-r or u telephone ? " llillnnaprdls .lournnl : "t h ! Mninl ! " fiild HIP other lrl. "Mntld H the mirl of ulrl Hint every It-How who court * her lui" lil" nniis full , nnd the mint who murrlei lu-r will n\i' his bands full. " .Itlilgc : llobson Jones liHsii't I-IMMI itronnl to thi- club for two week1' . Winder \\biit tbn milIIor l ? llobson Why , hip folks nrc till nwny nt tlu Rcnxldt' nml be cnn test just us well nt lionu1. " ' Hi-irolt 1'rce Prei"Well : , Whlrb-y diil vou lind Hint the divine young iii-.uuro re- tnrnoil viiui- love ? " "Vc . Jiint us soon ns I oflVroil It to lu-r. " t'liii-lnnnil Knqiiln-ri "Mnlrlmoiu..nlil the Sivei-t tilrl lliianler. "N n Imly rlti- ! " "Why , th-'li , " n kcd Anbury Ptptior ! , \\lllt tln > nlr of n man mire of bis ground , "why , then , la It tlinl s > o many who marry llml they nri- wholly left ? " Plilludelpliln North Amoitonn : Mrs. Pi rk - If I bud mv life tn go over again I wouldn't miirry Ibo best man alive. Mr. II. Peek ( his chance nl l.ixO-You bet you wouldn't. I wouldn't nsk > ou to. nelrolt .Tournnl' : "Will you not lly with me ? " he pleaded. "t know not , " she faltered. She- could roach tin eotichislnn tniilgli' for hir pap'i lind locked no bor ntrooi bat and she couldn't Iciive tbo piemlsi- * . lmlliiliiipoll .lotirnal : "Ml lii.ililm ile- elnres hrr slrl filemlx nm't ileny that h'-r attaeliment to llml gentleman with it tltlo WIIM a raw of love nt llrst slight. " "That's very true , " replleil Miss Cayenne. "She saw him llrst. ' " WAITING KOI : HIM. IvnviT 1'iwt. She IB > ' . \ nlllnjj on the iliioif p In the ' -tlllni'sfi of the nlcht In her bivnst nil eager longiiiK , In her cyra a. hopeful light. POHII the street t > ho iie.irs n fiiotsti-p uml she 111 mer giasps the ehll > , Ami prepares n striding wuleomo fur her beer-lielateil hub. mi : i.\\'rii--iti.t.\i : ) . . Whore IH tbo true miin'H fiillifrland ? If It wb"ro lu by chanoo Is liin' ' . Doth not tlm I'rt'e-wlngoil spirit scorn In such .scant hniilorn to bo spui'in'il ? uh , yi's ! lil. < latlit'i-lund must l > As tbo blue hi a von wide and free. IH It nlone wboro fri"eiliiii li. : Whore Cmd Is tJoil and 111:111 Is nmii ? Lotb In- nol claim a broader xpun Kor tbo Haul's love of home thnii this ? Oh , yo ! blr < falliorliiml niiisl lu > AH the blue heaven wide nnd froc. Where'er n human lioart dntli wc-ir .loy'.s myrtle wionth or sorrow's xyven , Where-'or u liimmn spirit Htrlve.s , After u liniirt moro pure , nul fulr. There is the true man'.s bli thplnco grandl Ills is u world-wide fallu'iland ! WliPro'or n slmrli- slave tlnth iiino , Wheiv'c-r one mini may help iinother Tliank Uod tor suoli it blrlhrlKht , brother ! Thai spot on faith Is Iblm- and mine ; There IH Iho true man's birthplace grand ! lll.H Is a woikl-wldo fatborliind ! m Dress arc avoided by men of taste , to whom we appeal es pecially , but we carry always i great many novelties for : hose who desire to be in ad vance in the matter of style. In our Department of particularly we ire prepared to meet every nan's whim in fancy shirts ind neckwear. Do you happen to have iad trouble in finding under- , vear to fit.1 Then let us take our measure. No one cir- rumstance of summer apparel idds more to a man's comfort .ban a proper fit in underwear ) r shirts , and nothing else is larder to find at the usual itorcs. KING & GO , 8. W. Cor. IjBth aod aodSU