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THE MACON TELEGRAPH: .TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 22. 1894. THE MACON TELEGRAPH PUBLISHED EVERY DAY IN THE YEAH AND WEEKLY. Office 569 Mulberry Street. (THK DAILY TtlLBORAPH—DeUvcrsd by carrier* In ttie city, or muled, postage free. (0 cents a month; fLff for throe months; 13.60 for six months; It tor one year; every day except Uunder, It (THE TKL.BOttAt'M-Tn-Weekly. Mon. days, Wednerdays and Fridays; or Tuea* day*, ‘J'hursdeyi and Saturdays, three ■nonthe, It; six months, M; on* year, M. FHE tfUNDAt 'J’JVLKOBAl'H-By mall, one year. It (THE WEEKLY J KIJXIRAPH-By mall, ona year, <1. BLUtyiftit-noSB—payable In advance. Remit by postal order, check or reels- fared letter, Currency by mall at risk of sender. COMMUNICATIONS shouM be addressed and oil orders, check* drafts, *tc„ mads payable to THE TELEGRAPH, Macon, Us. FOR ALDERMEN. Tbe flood Government Club presents the following cncdulntes for aldermen nt the eleortra to be held on the 8th of December next: First Word—JOHN M. WALKER. Second Ward-1:. J. WILLINGHAM. Third Word—MOIlltlfl IIAPl’. Fourth Word—W. A. DOODY. Fifth Wnril—T. K. RYALS. Sixtb Ward-C. D. PEAVY, PLATFORM. "Resolved, That* It Is the obje.-.t and purpose of ‘The Oood Oovernmsnt Club of the c|ty of sMcon to accomplish by lawful minus and honorable methods th« election of six aldermen on the Ith day of Decemhor next who will diligently seek to control the administration of our ell) government In tha Intereat jnd to thi honor of tho entire community; who will have tha city lawa pcrlstontly and impar- daily enforced, and who will, In fo far an our city oharter provides, have the etty government co-oporato with the state authorities In detecting end prose* cutlng to conviction all violations of Matt laws within the city limits, Expressly dtsclsimlng all animosity, prejudice and desira to persecute or oppose nay of our fetipw citizens w, engage In this move ment because of public considerations only, and wa appeal to the people of the city, without regard to race. Ntss'or con. dltion. political affiliations or religious beliefs, to Join ua in It, and we Invite such of our fellow cltlaent who fate so determined and who desire membership tft this club with a view to prom3to Us cause, to enroll their name* on tht book ws keep for that purpose." ‘TU1MAEY MONEY" AND NOTES. It la contended, by those who ore cbunor.ng for tho tm> ooltugo of su rer u t the 18 to 1 ratio, that the price of commopjtlce depends entirety on the supply of wlmi they call "prjntrj" money. We uuppoae they tueon by "primary" money, money which car ries In itself tho Intrinsic value stumped on ini face. If so, then the use of this term by them ig Itself In dollanco of tho.r theory, or at least the theory of many of them, that the bust money '* flat money, But that I* not tho point which we wish to refer to Just now, which la: la ;t true that prices depend entirely on the retaCvo supply of pri mary money? fiuppoto that wv bad a banking ays- tttu under which currency waa based on gold or (liver, tt matters no', which, but that the supply of tha metal wa* eamili. llttt suppose, also, that tho system was so perfect In Its working thiU tie note* based on this small re- genre of oota were everywhere accepted a* the equivalent of coin, and were always promptly redeemed on demand. If tho supply of those notes was ex- tmonllnarlly large—510 per capita, wo will say—would their obuudanco have any effect wluWevor on price*? Ac- oonLug to the theory of which ws speak, prices would continue te decline under suih o miaasianeoa. If the sup ply nt metnl money remained the same, and would derllne because of the atatrol ty of that uietal. We <V> not undertake to say off-hand Shat thla theory Is ear.retv unfounded, that it la false, or that It Is mxleadiux; but It doe* seeeu ta u< unreasonable. Why It not a note, accepted at the •qutl of metallic money and which te In face redeemable In tnetllto money, just a* influential In Using prices as a. tnctkUIn dollar would be, seeing that tt is Just as cffeqt.ro in buying as :bat metaU.o dollar? We see no reason why it should not be. It Is true that pile; notes, based cn coin and promptly redeemable, are not and cannot be the sti'id-inl of vthts, but they are the medium of exchange. They terr# completely tbu ona func tion which the grecnlxuikers declare to be the true tuna .on of money. The standard of value remains the metal behind the octet. The <us\ a* we see It It very much the simp as 'ha;' <f the standard of meaaorts under the system, tvhlcb obtains la til's ouuiry At tbs court housei or the capltoi, there Is a standard pound ws ant and a yard muaturr, with which aul other weights and measures employed la doing the commerce of the coimtry are expected to be compand, in onler Ota. they may be seen to be of tee *t-tuJ*M uvlgUt and length. These measures la actual use are no; tbemeelvea, strictly speak ing. ihe standards of Icugdk or weight, but -they are practically the si me They art used for oooreuicoce’s sske. U feet. It 1* absolutely necessary te use them. The siandardt with which they are oompared to prove their truth cannot be made so numerous os to be In the bands of all persons who need te we’gb ami measure, but must be few and must be hi the Leepiug of those who can be depended upon not to tamper with them—not to shorten tb# one nor lighten the other. In the sense that the word Is employed In regard to these, or nearly in tha: sense, gold can be said to be the measure of value —the yard stick >t tha pound weight by which values are tried; and tho cir culating note* based upon it, used in commerce and redeemable ir -i, are like -tho yard sticks and weight mens urea employed In stores, used for con venience, JtMt as good <u the standard, under ordlmry con-lit one, and ;nst as valuable as standard weights and measures would b*. Who will say that the sise of the bushel or the qturt cup, ’or -the length of the yard, is af fected by -the fact that the standards are fow, seldom employed, and are kept locked np Id the court Louts or capitol? It wou’d be Just ns reaaena- ble, A seem* to us, to say that paper money cannot, "by Ha abundtnee, af fect prices, when It can be and Is fre quently compared with tlie primary money and Is exchangeable for It. As we have said, w« do no: propose to be dograote on the question. We merely present a certain view of It. WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN PRACTICE The Populist* of Colorado enfran chised the women of that state and at the very first opportunity tho women proved that no mistake had been made, by voting the Populist* nut of power. There Is a good dee) .n this to recon cile the people of other states to the probofeauy -that sit sotno time In the future female suffrage will become universal In this country- But the Populists at Colorado are very angry, and particularly the wife of Governor Watte. In an Interview recently she sad of the women of Colorado: "They have shown that they are no more fit for the ballot than children un der tt years of sge. Why, they have com* down round our home and acted like a lot of hoodlums, blo-wuig horn* nnd show ing that they know no more 61 the po litical questions than foreigners Ignorant of the English language. Then 1 know of lots of thara who sold their votes ns tho mon did, and wars not ashamed of It, either. Thera were numbers of them who so.* out for packages ot chewing gum and a carriage ride. Oh, how ashamed I would bo of a thing like that." If we tan take Mrs. Wane’s wool for It, the women of Colorado devel oped the wicked ways of the men .n election times on very short notice. Who would ’have thought that on the very flrst elect on day. that they could go to the polls the women would march down the streets blowing horns and deponing rhamaaives just like tho ■'boys" do on tom-Ur oocas.onsV Who would have thought emu they would •ell Uttfir votes for tho cash, Jtut ns the "hoys" do, and exhibit some little pi do In tho trvmmaUon, as the "boys" do not do? Really, we cannot believe all th.s. It Is etsier to believe that Mrs. WtUo Is a flair mate for her husband In tho expert, if somewhat erratic, use of -tho tongue, nnd tha# in this matter sho endeavor* to balance tho dlsap- polmnneM she feds with shunter of her opponents, which she hopes they wiU feel. It Is a somewhat singular thut, al most without exception, the political putty which haw cnfnauohlsed a now olasa of citlXMM has suffered at tho polls on the Drat occasion that thut oktas Ibj exercised Us new right. This has been true repeatedly In Kuglnud and other European ooutMr.es, and we know of no real exception to the rule except when tho Republican party en franchised tho slaves of the South. It suffered, but not through the fault of tho negroes. TGe negroes only, whether out of gratitude or not we cannot say, showed themselves for years, tnd do ■tin, the polttnal slaved of the party which endowed them wtth the highest political right of a man under our form of government. It is not surpns ug, therefore, or ought not to be, that the women of Colorado did what men usu ally do under such otroumstnnccs— voted against tho party which had hoped to nnJce profit out ot them. MISSED THE MAIN POINT. The Chicago Tribune, which has usu ally been a very strong free trade pa per for three year* and & very strong protection paper tor tho fourth, In which the prcwldect was elected, Is now very much exercised In Ua tuitul over the misery of (be working people of Germany. If it can be believed, sturvadon wages prevail In that conn; try, then' are millions of idle work ingmen, and general misery and dis content prevail from one end of the eutp re to the other. This Is certainly a very lamentable stats of affaire. Germany 1* one of the leaders of civ- lHsttton, her people are our friends, and we ought to sympathlre with, them whenever misfortune overtakes them. The Tribune which, right new, some what out of due course, la In one of It* protection veins, ought to rejoice over the condition of Germany a* the mis fortune of a uiilanal .enemy, uses It tor another purpose-euunely, a* a hor rible example of what, this country will crane to if the tariff barriers are not made hgher. Our working people. It says, will be reduced to the same state as tho paupers of Germany. The moot obvious lesson the Tribune entirely overlooks, witch is that pro tection doe* not ItMuro workingmen good wages, for Germany » one ot the moat excessively protected coun tries la Europe. Per several year* the tariff oT that country has steadily pro gramed upward. The rates of duty may not be ps high u our own, but they were considered, of the time they were imposed, amply sufficient to pre serve the Gorman market, if Gorman workmen are on the verge of starra tha, after many years of protection, adopted osleiw&ty for their benefit, while the working people of countries whose goods come Into immediate com petition -with German gauds ere much better off and receive much blgber wages. It Is a somewhat clouded vision which can see In protection n blcsting for working people. Now if Germany were a free trade country and her peo ple suffered like they do, and Great Britain had a protective tariff and her workingmen received large* wages and more constant employment than the Germans, there might be some reason in saying (bait protection beneflied working people. There is none when the facta of the case are revered. shorTtIlks WITH MANY PEOPLE. It Is worth anybody’s 'time to hear MnJ. HodgklUS toll of his recent trip to th* West, abd especially of wnat he saw and heard In Enid. Oklahoma, white visiting his son Henry, who is attutam postmaster at Enid. The Ma jor spent: all at the summer in the West, principally In Colorado, but It is of Enid That he love* mm to talk When I met him yesterday in Mr George Jewett's olfloo be nuts literally overflowing -with runuslns anecdotes and ridiculous yarns that were told him by the people of OkVihomn con cemlng the settlement at -the town oi Bald. One of the stories that the Ma jor vouches for as being true and one that H will pleeas every Southerner to hair Is how the people ot Enid cel ebrated Memorial Day. It may not hi generally known, but the majority of the people of Ekiid are Southerners, so when Memorial Day oaane around they got togalier and decided to ofilehrate the day as bad been their custom when or, home. Hon. W. U. Ptotoraon -was chosen orator, and the ladles were appealed to for flowers for decorative purposes. After all arrangements had been made somebody made the startling discovery thal; l-hey had no graves to decorate This threw cold water, so to speak, <s the day's exercises, but finally some ot the boys got to work and built t, wooden non-iment, which was beauti fully decorated with flowers, and the exorcism passed off nloely. "I believe If the Georgia Legislature could be induced to remain in this office during one Uenn. -oif our court they w-ould Increase the eduot-tionai appropriation tenfold," said United States Court Clerk Cecil Morgan the other day, ns he finished Issuing scrip to a number of witnesses. "Why?" I asked. ’’Because, not one mao, -white or block, out of ten -tlhat own** to this court) in illicit dustflllng cases con riibnr reud or write. No one ever knows the amount of Ignorance we have about us until they get tn a po sition where -they wilt be thrown in contact: -with the. class referred to." Just then three white and one negro witness came In to get their acrip. and out of the tour the only one <who couta sign this name was the negro. Hon. Ren Ru.V.'l], the Jolly big Con gressman from 'the Second. came up from Batnbiidge yesterday with Cot. Harrell, the ram-ly appointed United States marshal for the Southern Dis- -triat of Georgia, sad spent the day here, helping bis friend -to get ac quainted with the people of Macon, a great many of whom are warm friends of Congre-sman Russell. Mr. Russell expects to leave in a few days for Washington to bo present at the open ing of the next Congress. Few Georgia Congressmen have ever -taken such, a prominent place In national Dolltloa In so Short a rime as has Mr.puSKdl, ana the people «tf his district nro naturally proud ot him. Mr. M. J. Redmond, the popular pay ing teller at khn American National Bank, -whose name was reported to be * kited tor alderman from the Fifth ward, on the opposition ticket, Is an- oihror man who refuses to be a candi date, He says he hue knocked along so far without being mixed up In poli tics, and he -thinks he will try to pul through to tha end on the same tine He also says ho like* the good govern ment movement, and If no one offer* whom he likes better he wilt not soratch a single name on then ticket. At any rate, he is not a candidate, and will not be. I met up with an old-time ball crank yesterday who take* to tt>* idea- of a six club league like a duok to water. He says it is the only plan that wus ever feasible In the beginning, anfl he wants -to ee* It tried on now. He Is willing to do his part and more, nnd Is K-nvIoue for the movement to be put In shape nit once. A compact league, he says, will pay. and Macon will Wave as good b:Cl as die ever had without tht danger ot getting stuck firatheIsJly. MIAJ. CHESTNEY NOT A CANDI DATE. To the Editor ot uh* Telegraph: In your Issue of yesterday nwrriSng two *1- dtrmsoto ticket* were given, with my name on eanh. a* Ukriy to oppose "good government" in Mscosi. I do not know what vUistny I have dons or cooiicm- pLrted that would warrant even a re porter in holding me up to the commu nity as an enemy of ’go*l" ot any kind, end ** a matter at fact the gentleman streaky notrtltxwed from my wurd (toe Oust) Is entitled to and shall have the benefit of «h* limited influence I ponses* In aid of his eieodon. , , Your Informant must have dbnoluded tout I was opposed (to "good govern ment” simply bocause I have deprecat ed heeding th* aWernwm alone ** re sponsible for any lack of enforeemewt of to* laws, real or assumed, and ahat I have questioned itoe propriety and ac curacy of some of the denuncUttons of Moron people that I have heard of— whether in regard to the duttos of mu- ntoknl ofttoem eh* conduct of burim-eo methods, to* poitttral course eg voters, or to* demeanor of toe snehtty ra«n and women. The club lately: organised seems to bar* tar Ms prinury object toe election of aldermen "who -will have toe butrs persistently and tmportUAy enforced." This is where I think some Injustice Is done, by Imputation. The charter we have had in operation for a yo»r provided a police -comaafasioa Supposed on oath to "be governed en tirely by oanviaflona of to* public good.” This cornsnlseCoo hts" full and cmplto* control of to* police," and if there Is really such a reran 1 and per- sis:eat neglect to enforce our law*. I to not see to* sws* of pursuing to* al dermen about tt with such vigor. Be side* another section (69) of this char- tor—with tta mudfsat tontradteetora and tmpeTfrrttone—mnkos tt spscifloally to* duty ot the mayor and chief ot po- dee to eupprera gambling, onto roe tb* lawa «:c. The** consider* lion* have influenced ms to «*y that toe concen tre Don of censure on to* devoted bead* g toe alflermxrac board I* not entirely tuMfled by preeont conditions. Let us exercise txtth Justice and moderation, >nd not frighrad away those who would make their homes la our fair city by go often indulging to nrhofeeade scathing abuse of our follow citizens. Bxxraie toe length of my comn-.umcxi- don: but it’s your fault, and while I nave a -bonce I might as -well have my say. Yours -truly, T. O. Ohestney. GEORGIA MOURNS FOR DR. BASS. The, people of Georgia are colled upon to mourn toe death ot Dr. VT. C. Baas, cx-prcaident of Wesleyan Female Col lege ok Macon. Dr. Bass was one of toe old Landmarks of Ororglo, a true and noble citizen, one of the bent educators Georgia ever had, and ids death ee de plored by thousands oil over -toe state, and especially toe many young ladies whb have been bis -pupils, and -who, ns young women have taken up -to* du des of dfe as it were from Ms hands. Peace be to toe aches 'oAMs grand, g.vod nm-TThotnastMe Advertiser. The announcement of toe death of Dr. Williams Capers Bass, the great ed ucator and ChrMltn divine, will earn - sadness to toe hearts of many friends and admirers all over the South. Enpe- cfilly will lit -touch th* tenderest feel ings of the young -women of Georgia, no -nuny of whom -received toe&r early training under his kindly tutelage.— Rome Tribune. Dr. WIURsm C. Bass, an old and hon ored citizen of tots state, died at Me home tn Maaan yesterday tnorrttag. As orealdffift of Weuleyou Female Coiiego for many years, he was prominently identified wCto toe eduautlon of the wemvurihood of toe South, and by toem waa dfedrty respected arid revered. H‘«« death will cause universal sorrow, in toe South.—Brunswick Call. 1 Dr. WUlla-m Copers Bass, la-le presi dent of Wcpleyon Female CoUeg, died Thursday last In-Macon. Tlhe venerable onan resigned -Sis ohoige of toe Wen- leyan only last June. Miny forma: pu- Ills of this emVnn.it -tcdoMdr will rood, wito toe keenest regret, tods announce ment of hts dexth.—Waynesboro True Citizen. The dearth of Dr. Buss,which occurred In Macon on Thursday, -will be general ly deplored .throughout" th* state.— Thomasvllle Time*-Enterprise: BALLOT REFORM. A pure -ballot Iz going to be an issue tn Georgia, and toe legislature would do well to heed toe proteo* which are be- Inx uccered by th* people nnd preaa agotimit the -present unfair methods. The unheard of per oent. of votes in toe Au gusta dtutrtot has opened the eyes of all to the necessity of speedy reform. In chalt ci ty, 33 per oent. of -the sonalarjosi Is reinorted as having voted. This ta nut ot all proponflon, and if our laws are so defect!’ an -to -permit tit, they .re- qini c -,.-c-ly amendment. Of ona thing we are assured: no people under toe sun—eapeatoMy no free people—will en dure such -travesties upon elect-ton-?. They cannot afford at. nt -will strata our amsrtctuitons to the Unit to have such fraudo -toleMlted. Gl-ve -us too Aus tralian law. or any other -that will pro tect -too ibeiM.—LaGcsmge Reporter. There to a natural dlspoalttmv on toe part of party leadens to bead toe other Mae at -whatever game it Inaugurate*, and when it la known toait frauds will be perpetrated on one ride toe other tights toe -le-Al with fire. ’The result is to dlsoredlt toe verdict of to* poMs amd to make the ballot an object of con tempt ralbter than enshrine it as toe bulwark of -popular liberty. -Where it Is possible for ward -heolcia and eSeation maiiiipulo/tors -to conitol -toe popular ver dict at toe poais, -there can be no confi dence in toe result, even when It i* en tirely lhanest, and toe only way to ob tain relief -tocun euah conditions to to adopt a ballot system Which places fraudout of the question; or ait least reduces it to a minimum.—Augusta Chromate. The Gazette Is ta favor of -holding the county, atete and national elections all on one flay,and hold aH -the primaries on one day—making -two days for the whole matter. Th-ta-tiring of-taking peo ple away from their vocations seven or tight days In every campaign Is grow ing manoAonous, If not burdensome, and should -be discon-tinuetl.—’TUton Gazette. Tho -people of Georgia wont too Aus tralian ballot system, or arxmetotlng bat ter. and a general state registration law. The Geoiwto legislature (should fix up an eleaflon -law -thfilt will aland toe •tort from toe start. It la a dangerous subject -to experiment with.—Quitman Free Press. The prmerit metood ot electing Judges and eoHcMors should be ofbohsh-'d. There’s -too raudh "You vote for my man and I'll vote for yours,” regardless of competency, -In toe preszxt eyutem.— Quitman Freat Press. The legislature ebo-uld not adjourn ■without pa-sriug on -honest election law. It la going bravely 10 work on tosit Ur.*, but toe matter tihouSd be strenuously ure-ed while popular sentiment -to rip*.— FrankWn News and Banner. The Advertiser ts for betdat reform, fair and honest (flection*, and- it wo got beat will come again.—Thomasvllle Ad vertiser. ' AHTE-BHEARPAST SIMM. The trouble with the bulldog is he sdlfietimea ohews more than he -can bite off.—Galveston Nows. Teacher—A mole eats daily as much ua it weighs. PupU-But how docs it know how much it weighs?—Fltegende Blatisr. Collectot—Say. look tae-re, Vxn Uvrirt of calling hero nbout tide blll. DoOtor- Well. I’m mighty glad to hear rt— Lu®* -I understand you aare aWt to be come « cKUen ot greater N»w York. What business arc you «omr *nta toerer* “Stock raising."—Chicago Record. "Dc cand’date dat gits defeated, said Uncle Even, “am -mighty hahd ter convince dat de worl'am proges- eta' In enltghtenmerit. ’—Washington Star. "What are you doing now?" sake ons Yale man of anoemta. "1 m writing for * living." "What do you write? “Letters to fEe governor."-dI*rlem, Life. Cabbie (susloctouS’vV-Tbh looks like toe same cigar I gave you toe otoe day. 6tone—Is it? I fhought 1 n.td gotten rid ot It.—New York Herald. •Dr. Brush—I wonder why Bargnet ata-vys speaks of hts wife as a dream? Mr*. Brush—I suppose she always goes by contraries.—Mt. Vernon Echoes Mrs. Upson-Mre. Gayboy eay* she can nevertell anything about her hus band. Upson—Humph! leaves that to toe neighbor*. I suppose—Buffalo Cou- Wntts—So you onl believe toe good die young? Potts—’Tbs t used to wBrry me s good deal When I -was -si»y. bu. I know better now.—Indianapolis Jour- IU4. Maude—Have you decided how you are going to vote? Mlse Quivers—Oh. yes. I’m going to vote In my new black cloth street gown with petri buttons.— Chicago Record. "Tell me the worst," said the candi date's wife. "I was defeated by 11.000 votes.” "There! Dldn'-t 1 always tell you Out thirteen was an unlucky number."—Washington Star. Mrs. O'Kaye—I’m going to Cutlet’s, Horkre. (Shall I order the Sunday din ner? Mr. O’Kaye—Nri don’t order It. Just trait for It. Liyt month’s bill U still due.—Harlem lit*. Ikenateio—Swlndtebsum Is what ralcht be called fin seicle. GoUSeimer —Vink so? Iketateln—Y«to. he adver tises his ere soles ten days tn advance oaf der Are.—Life. ••Ha; uhoutt-l the enthusiastic scientist. "I have tf-doovered one thing tn Which the Chinese did not anticipate us.” "What is to*tr* "Football. I can prove tt by the way they weir their hair.—Washington Star. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest 17. S. Gov’t Report Baking Powder AB&OEsOTEESf PUKE THE INCOME TAX. Danger that It May Prove to Be a Most Unequal and Unjust Tax. Professor Charles F. Dunbar, of Har vard Uritverslty, reviews the n-w in come tax law in the current number o» toe Quarterly Journal of Economics. He baj nothing to my a-galos: toe principle of the ax. But in practice he oonJenda tost it may eerily become a raoit une qual and so am ost unjust levy. Tlito Is Hkaiy to be the case with the preusat mpgtiaiUoil tat It. Than an Income lex ran be levied and collected with -tub- stantlal ithoroughness and Juetl * he be lieves do be poseJble; and he thinks tout England baa pretty nearly reached that attainment. But our lawmaker have n:<t -vrotUod from --he experience ot otti er na’totas. and even from our own ex perience, and toe present laiw Is a crude aoi-I tll-oonetdieTed contrivance. We do not quite underatand Profess it Dunbar’s position, HP ta riilbit squarely for nor squarely again n a Fed eral Income tax. Ho objects Co it now an not necessary. He aeexus to think tt Should be reserved for emergencies, as case otf war. Moreover, he calls at- ten-jlon to too tickft of opinion In the states against <h* obsolet* system of taxing persona.! property, and Wauls to know -what will be toe effect of the adoption by toe United States of ‘‘grasping at the Inlta-ngSble. ’ But, ton the other hand, he proceeds to say; The moat striking defect tn- the ilnon- Oial system of toe U-nlded ata-'ea Is toe want of some eisy adjustment of the ie- cefp’s of -the government. As a result of those olrcurnatan-oes w-lrioh have made the customs duties our chief it- lt-ii ce. toe -treasury may som-itlmes have a plsthnra -when a presporous business swells our Imports, end come times o dearth when toe cours of trade oharixeu; but ta neStoer case have we arvy -SmiprtAnt elastic branch of nsatioo which can be relied upon- to lower a sunplus or till up a deficit at Short no tice. Neither customs nor excise duties can be used for Wtiu purpose without se rious d-Ioturbance and frictlco. England, as !s -well known, meet* toe aeV.c-gou* difficulty by toe adjustment of toe In come -tax. Conftinema-l writers and statesmen have long printed with envy to tills unfailing resource of the dh-atn- cetior of the exchequer. * * * The oiroumstanoes of the United States, and toe unavoidable difference in our lead ing sources of taxation, msBoes it unlike ly thait -this generation or the next will see amiy Similar admlMlstraittve Guccesss here; but a much closer adjustment of revenue to actual needs toa-a we have at present could be oittatned by the use of a weti-arranged Bind quickly movea ble tax on Incomes OB a part of our or dinary revenue. Thus a proper iooome tax sippeare -to have usee Which make (t desirable to have its practicability more oorsfuly studied. This la a most impontnwt cansiaera- tion. As matters ota-nd. we cannot ahnnse our Federal taxes up or down- to conform to toe costs of the government wt'i’-on-t fiSsturtl-nlg many and varied buslnere Interests. Our experience In this wa y during tho past nix or seven yeir« .'i*s been dreftiedly-oomlncin* as to that. And Professor Dunbar seems to think to(s consideration outwdgha the sum of objections madte to a Fed eral Income tax. We nre ta some doubt about this.. But were, there no quef> -tion about it. we dhould ray the govern: roent could not begin toe trial ef toe pi.au too quickly. There nre no "clr- •cumstances of Itoe United States" mak ing It inadvisable alt present which would not have equal force a generation from now.—Springfield (Mass.) Republi can. OPINION OF THE NEW CZAR. Professor uerrcKen’a Estimate, as Pub lished In toe German Press. The following estimate of too czaro- wltz which Professor F. H. Geffcken has contributed to the German press will be read -with special interest, now that the esarowtts Is tho czar. Professor Geffcken says: - . - - "Tha czarowlts Is a noble, generoue character, opposed to every kind of per secution, and especially to religious fa naticism. He has already prevented a great deal of mischief and ha* softened down many a strong measure. He Is a decided opponent to Pobedonestzeff, and the latter will probably be among the flret -to dleappear under toe new regime. “Alexander III. haa not alwiya been a friend of Germany. At toe time the th en German crown prince (Frederick III.) went to Ht. Petersburg to the funeral ot Alexander n. and eald something about tho friendly relations of the two coun tries the czar remarked: ’Mala lly a pourtant is plan de Bismarck,’ who he considered' was anxious to annex the Bal tic prorinoes. And even after the crown prince Fad convinced Mm of the futility ot to* Plea, he remained suspicious, send the anti-German elements In Russia foe tered t..e feeling. "This feeling has recently undergone a change, as may bo Inferred from toe Hu«ao-G«rman commercial treaty, which waa only passed by special order of the Viuperor. agamst the Interests of tot Moscow moron ante and their antes at court. He waa never In favor of the French affiance, and the vlilt of Admiral Gervale to Oronetadt, which he could not very weal refuse, was painful to Mm, and he was glad when It waa over. On th* other hand, he assured the German emperor, on Ms vlait to Kiel, that he would never give morohtng orders to a single soldier In order that France might reconquer Alsaee-Lorotae. Hts ambseaa- dor at Parti hod strict ordera to keep the Toulon end Parts festivities within certain no-unde. Bretfly, ho treated toe French advance*, In the word* of & witty English dtptomattat, like a man who care- leesly suffers the careeses of a girt throw, tag herself «t Ms neok. but who, at the same time, doea not went to have any thing to do with her. -ta* csarowits goes further. He Is distinctly f(lenity to Germany, and haa e werm friendship for the Emperor Will iam. TO* French have nothing to fear from him, and toe triple alllanre boa nothing to tear. Hence It la only th* home politic* tn Russia which will un dergo a great change under a new ruler, and If the future i-tsr has the strength to carry thee* changes through, they will be for the welfare of the great empire, and wm lead to the pactflcatlon of the discontented elements ta Russia. "Whether toe next czar will be suftt- eiently ehergetle to carry-out hts strong opposition to the present bureaucratic regime .and to introduce such reforms as are possible ta Russia, remains to be seen. But la Ms efforts toward that end he will have a valuable assistant in hla uncle. Grand Duke Vtadfinlr. The rest of th* imperial family do not count. Out wardly there will be few changes; if the exar was a lover ot peace, who only pushed onward where he knew that Eng land would not dare to act ta Asia, for ‘nstance, the czarowttz la still more op posed to war." v USE HOLMES' MOUTH WASH. Prepared by Drs. Holmes Sc Mason, Dentists, 83$ Mulberry Street. It cures bleeding gums, ulcers, sore mouth, tore throat, cleans the teeth and ■*-- tha breath. For sale by all purifies tip druggists. MODERN WHALING. The Old Harpoon Has Been Displaced by an Explosive Bomb. The first two vessels lrom the whaling fleet ta the Arctic ocean arrived In port during the past week, and with them oame the otc-tolu stories of the danger and death of tnoso who sail In the frozen north ta search of gain and find only graves,says the Ban Francisco Examiner. The crew of one ot the vessels, the Nico Uni, spent nearly three years among the Ice nnd ino-w “north of flfty-three," as Kipling colls it. ■•ivnaltag la not what tt used to be," raid a grizzly old salt as he sot on the edge of his greasy bunk In tho forecas. tie. "The ships that go after 'bowheads' nowadays are much better arranged than they wore a dozen years ago, but tt ain't no picnic yet; you can bot on that my son; you can bet on thaz/’ About all that remains of toe old cue. toms of the wh&iern Is the lookout at mast-head, who brings every man out ot his warm bunk with tho rail, 'Ta-a-r; she blows," and with a wave of hla hand points out the direction for the wheel- man to steer. The crews Jump Into their boats and away they go. The old har poon Is obsolete. Instead a whale gun Is used and as toe boat approaches the spouting monster a bomb, tilled with an explosive equal to about ten pounds ot giant powder, Is fired Into tots huge body near the head. The deadly missile ex plodes as tt buries ttrelf Into the flesh and a great hole Is blown almost Into the vitals of toe monster. Death ts in most cases instantaneous. A small steam .or naptha launch takes the rar<-as3 ta tow and tt Is hauled alongri.de the ve». sol, where the bone and blubber are tak en from It. Sometimes, If the bomb from the gun faun to 'cause Instant death or give a mortal wound, a harpoon with a dyna. mite (attachment Is thrown the same as the old wnale-oateMng weapons were; and as the needle point of the spear rinks into the flesh it explodes toe bomb. The second wound will ta almost every case cause death, but it not the harpoon cling* to tne whole, and with the line attached tta whsrters watt calmly tn tthelr beat for the cetacean to rise for another shot at tt from the gun, which is by that time reloaded and waiting for.lt There Is none of tnat wild excitement of being towed at raoe-horse speed through toe water be- hind a wounded and infuriated whale vigla your comrades come gallantly to the rescue to pick you up In case the host be smashed to atoms by the beast's tall or crushed tn the monster’s Jaws. All that la’ gone. The ship's boats sur round the whale as he spouts. Little chance is left for tt to escape, and a bomb from the gun or the auxiliary bar. poon is sufficient to end the battle. ALL FREE. These who have used Dr. King’s New Discovery knohv Its value, and -those who teve not. have now the opportune ly to try it Free. Call on the adver tised druggist and get a Trial Bottle. Free. Send your name and address to H. E. Buckjen & OCX, Chicago, and g-qt a sample box ofTDr. King's New Life, Pills Free, as well as a copy at Guide to Health and Household Instructor. Free. All of which Is guaranteed to do you goad and cost you nothing. H. J. Lamar & Son’s Drug store. FOR COOK STOVES AND RANGES. Go to J. W. Domingos’ House Furnish ing Emporium, Mulberry street, nest to Hotel Lanier. For cash you can buy them cheaper than at any other place In the city. SPECIAL NOTICES. CITY tax notice. The fourth and last installment of the city tax 1b now due. Taxpayers are re quired to pay for the year. 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