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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: DECEMBER 10, 1894.
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LITTLE CHANCE FOR REFORM.
The Washington dispatches show
that while tho proposition to adept a
cloture rule in the scuaie is 'strongly
supported, there is little probability
that anyth in; will be done at this
short session. In the absence of such
a rule, a small minority can prevent
anything from being done. In fact, it
requires practically unanimous consent
to the adopt’on of a rule which will
cease .to make ununimous consent nec
essary before a vote can be taken in
the senate. It is true that with the
consent of the vice-president and his
sctiVe aid In revolutionary proceedings,
oven • strong opposition to the adop
tion of tho now rule might be de
feated, Hut it Is not all likely that be
will consent to take part in such a rev
olution.
There Is no doubt, however, that Sen
ator Vest has behind him tbe nublio
opinion of the country in bis efforts to
induce the senate to adopt this* neces
sary rule. It Is true enough that tbe
scutate can get nlolig, after a fashion,
without it. It has done so, now for
iiltmut ninety years. But during tho
greater part of that time there was no
such practice as filibustering. By the
oourtesy of tho senate It was always
possible to arrive at a vote on any
propoaDt'on iwithln a reasonable time.
Senators, without regard to party, were
more strictly bound by tbe sense of
propriety then than they have shown
themselves to bo ot late years. Baring
our recent history, it hap been common
for a minority to take advantage of
the senate’s inability to control tbe
course ef Its own business, through tho
lack of this rule, to practically block
nil business for weeks uud moutbs at
a time, for no better reason than that
It had the power to do so. The-lack of
a rule by which debate could be closed
and a vote had, has, during, tho last,
year or two, cost this country hun
dreds of millions of dollars. The de
lay over the tariff bill from the 1st of
February to August was an experience
which this country will not be slow to
forget. It oost the sonue the confi
dence of tho country un a law-making
Ixsly, under Its present code of rules,
and the public is quite ready to surren
der whatever advantage there may be
In tho conservatism which is compelled
by the absence of a rule closing debate
in the senate, If In exchange it can ob
tain some guarantee that a few facuoa-
ist* cannot obstruct legislation de
manded by the groat major.ty of the
people. Tho change in Lbe so jate’e rules
by which the majority will lw able to
oontrol Its law-making power may be
delayed, but It will tome. As we have
said, an overwhelming publio opinion
condemns tho practice which permits
any crank or corruptionists to block
the legislative machine of this great
country.
A GOOD IDEA.
A day or two ago the Telegraph
printed an open letter written by H.
Wsxelbaum & Son of thi« *;ty, wh'ch
acema to have attracted cousderablo
attention. The leading Idea in that
letter iwss that many failure have
been due to a lads of the proper de
gree of confidence between debtors end
creditors. It bos no doubt frequently
happened that a Uobt-i?, finding him
self hard pressed for means to meet
Ids engagements, has come to look
upon hs creditor* almost as enemies—
as men watting to psuut upon It's e»
tate at a moment's notice. Actuated
by this idea, he has taken steps which
made necessary tbe closing up of his
bux'neas and perhaps reduced him to a
state of complete bankrupicy when, if
he bad given his creditors a clear un
derstanding of the situation, they would
liavo given him time to work out his
debts, without sacrifice of his property.
It Is entirely true, as stated in this
letter, that even w.ih cotton u; five
cents a pound the South i» better off
than some other parts of tho country.
Money Is scarce because It is <« cotton
that the South roJies to bring money,
but there is no actual want, anil there
is 'o til's serHon n oolM tvtala on whirl'
to build up the prosperity that is cer
tain to oomc with a revival of business
confidence. Thera is no reason why
anybody should fall nto despair over
the situation. Useless despondency will
only render recovery more difficult and
slower. If the course of conduct sug
gested in this lot tar to both debtors and
creditors U< generally adopted, very
much will be done to make recovery
prompt. The business community has
everything to gain from standing to
gether, and everything to lose by the
unnecessary siorifloe of the business of
Individual members.
NOT AFRAID OF DEBT.
’ The French pubi c debt is by long
odds tlte largest in the world, and
amounts to something between seven
and eight ibMion dollars. In the time
of peace during the last twenty years,
it has steadily increased at the ralte,
perhaps, of fifty millions a year, the
revenues of the republic always fati ng
short of tlie expenditure. It would be
come prudent statesmen, under cir
cumstances like .these, to be cautious in
spending the public mouey when ex
penditure was not absolutely neces
sary, but French statesmen seem to be
anyth ng but prudent. So long .is the
French people arc willing to lend the
government money, they scent to think
that the public debt Is no curse and do
not look upon its Increase with any
apprehension. It's for this reason,
perhaps, that the chamber o' deputies
votes tsri-A /ot» ijttle foreign
wars without hesitation. Ouly a few
days ago a credit for the war n Mad
agascar wus voted without hesitation,
though l-t is possible that the expedi
tion, before '.It is successful, will have
cost France a hundred million dollars
Against this vast expense may be bal
anced an amount of territory in that
far oft island which s very considera
ble In extent, but which can be worth
very littlo so far as the actual returns
In profits to tho French people are con
cerned. Perhaps a hundred yeirs will
pass before that island w.ll be a great
market for French goals—and what
may not happen in n hundred years?
The French are not a colonizing people.
They are not increasing in numbers,
and it is entirely wtth'n the range of
possibilities that if the count.} s de-
slmble, the people of other races will
go in and possess the land. The estab
lish ng of military authority over Mad
ngasoar or any other outlying territory
can lie worth very little to the con
quering state, unless conquest is fol
lowed by an Immigration that w'U give
to the noquired territory souiutiilrg of
the character of that state. But the
French seem to be particularly open to
the dictates of a naltlotval van ty which
leads them to Incur uny expense thht
may be noocssary to make tho populace
believe that France is more than hold
lag her own in the race for greatness.
The war In Anam grow out ot this
feeling, and Anam baa been a costly
and unprofitable colony. Perhaps his
tory Is about to bo repeated in the rase
of Madagascar. Many millions will bo
spent, many Uvea w.ll lie lost, much
nufTer ug endured, and, as a result,
Franca will have a colony which is
without profit and without honor to her.
JAPAN'S TERMS.
The dlspatchos report that Japan
ha* stated to China the terms on which
she Is w iling to make peace. They aro
tbe payment of four hundred million
yen and the oaMlon of all the territory
Which lias been conquered by tho Jap
anese armies. The yen Is a Japancso
ooin worth about fifty centa In our cur
rency, and tho Indemnity demanded,
therefore, amounts to about two hun
dred million dollars. The territory .n-
Voiced lx nek large in extent, outside
of Corea, but 't includes strategic
points of the utmont Importance to tho
safety of the Chinese empire among
them Port Arthur, tho great naval sta
tion at one side of the strait which con
nects tho Gulf cf Pcchir with the sen
of Japan. These terms are very hard.
The sum of money is not beyond thu
ability of China to piy, and if that
alone were demand'd, perhaps Chinn
would yield. But the cession of terri
tory,’and particularly of Port Arthur,
wotfifi endanger the safety of tho em
pire, anil there is little probability that
It will be oonsesited to by China or by
the European nations which are inter
ested in the preservation of the balniwe
of power n tOo oast. In nuking these
demands, however, it Is very probable
thxk Japan did so with a view to com
promise. In’ asking a great deal morn
than will be yielded, she expect* to get
what she’s willing to take a* tbe price
of pence. That price really is the .pay
ment of the expense* of the war and
a dominant voice in the control. If not
the posseaakn, of Corea, it is evident
tbat Ch'na now knows that the war
has gone hopelessly against her, and
that she 1s witling to make peace on
almost any term*. Tbe terms roust be
satisfactory, however, not only to Chi
na, but to England and Russia espe
cially of tbe European powers. These
two nations seem to regard Asa as a
consist from which life is slowly de
parting, and which, when dead, they
expect to cot up between themselves.
Their consent will be Mocsaury to tho
terms of any settlement between tho
two belligerent*. If etiter were free
of iHh cpposR'rm of the other. It would
simply dictate the terms of peace, but
opposed as they are to each other, they
have the common purpose of main lin
ing the status quo practically un
changed, and though they will consent
to (he humiliation of China, they will
not consent that she be so weakened
as not to be able to defend herself
against her Japanese enemies.
NOT MUCH CHANCE.
Mr. Carlisle's currency plan meets
with general approval in the South,
and the West seems favorably dis
posed toward it. Tlte Btst, always
ultra-conservative in suoli matters, re
gards It somewhat coldly. In a long
sess’on, with plenty of time for dis
cussion, it is probable that the plan,
more or less amended, would lie adopt
ed by congress. In a shore session,
when there is little time for anything
except the appropriat'on bills, it Is to
be feared that nothing w II ho done
with it. It cannot be denied that a
change in our currency laws so mo
mentous as this requires most exhaust
ive discussion. Every detail of it
should be carefully considered, even
Utougli Lite general principle on which
the plan is constructed bo admitted to
bo sound. It is not probable,
therefore that relief from the present
currency la ws w'H be had for n year or
two yet, ami then only with tlte con
sent of a Republican congress. Tills Is
very much to be regretted. It is true
that a change in the currency laws and
the unavoidable uncertainty attending
experiments, would do some Hi mg to
increase the uncertainty n business
.cin-lea already existing, but if
the plan adopted were a wise one, this
d'sndv.int.ige would bo very short lived
nnd the recovery, resulting from the
benefits of the now system, would bo
far more rapid than it era be under
existing conditions. In spite of the un
favorable outlook, we have some hope
that tbe universal sense of the neces
sity at doing something may have its
effect in congress.
THE NICARAGUA SCHEME.
The Wnsb'nghm dUqfcachcs indicate
that n determined effort will be made
ut this short session of .congress to se
cure from tbe United States treasury
the money to build the Nicaragua ca
nal. No direct appropriation will bo
sought, but tho effect is the same if
the government guarantees bonds of
the company, binding Itself to pay
^tr'nclpal and jnterest. It is this which
the company seeks to have the govern
ment do.
There is no question that the build
ing of tbe at mil is n work of grc.it im
portance, nor that its open ng would
bo greatly beneilcUil to the commerce
off the United Slates, nod particularly
to that off the Southern states. It* con
struction is therefore very much to lto
desired, but It is very much to bo ques
tioned whether congress is Justified In
lami ng either tho money nr the credit
of tho people to pay for its construc
tion. Experience in the construction
off the Pacific nillroada-dk pretty good
proof that the government would never
got its money back, but that the- profits
of‘tlte ootorprse would »o to tbe pri
vate incorporator*. In our opinion, the
canal ought to be built either by pr.-
vote persons ns a money making enter
prise, out of their own resources, or 't
ought to lie built wholly by the govern
ment. Tlte first plan is very much to
be preferred, even though the cost lie
greater, os It is said't would be. The
advantages to be gained by private
ownership would utoro titan offset this
increased cost. But if tbe mean*'can
not be obta'ncd by private poison* to
build tlte canal, and It is absolutely nec
essary that it be imitt, as many pcoplo
contend, tln-n R should Ik- undertaken
by tho government as a public work.
The government then might lose some
thing through the incompetoncy o.- dis
honesty of Its awn servants, but ut
hast It would liavo complete ownership
and control of tbe property nrnl would
nut be subject to loss from tbe sharp
practices that have result'd in the loss
of praccienlly nil the money invested
by it in tbo building of -lie I’ae.Hc
roads. There are difficulties :u the
way of carrying out tit's pLfn ns well as
the other, but they ore not insuperable.
DESERTING ITS “PRlNClt’LES.’
Tlte development a ml decadence of
now pof t cal parties la always a curious
and aimiewhat Interesting study. When
the l*i-'pie’s party first effected tin or
ganisation and put out a platform, it
stood for tile must advanced socialistic
idea* ever advocated by a p.dOcql par
ty in the United finite*. First of ail.
It was for the sul'•treasury plan. Then
It svas for government ownership of
railroads nnd telegraph lines. Us mast
trusted leaders demand'd that coal and
Itron m'.ro-s should become common
property, and perhaps a demand to this
effect appeared In somo of the plat
forms of the party. All In all, the par
ty stood as the rupresentatlre of thd
discontented people Who, having failed
to achieve the success to wh'ch they
felt themselves entitl'd, look'd to tho
fort on tlu-ir part, the results of such
success. But what a change is now ap-
govemment to give them, without el-
parent! I’cthaps men who were sln-
cerely and ntelllgeatly Populists are
still socialists—*till desire tbat the gov
ernment shall absorb all power and
undertake to core for and make com
fortable all cititens—but the party It
self, yielding to political exigencies, is
apparently drawing *wiy from all of
its origin.d purposes. It is becoming
simply it free silver party and notb’ng
more. A dispatch say* that a conven
tion wilt Is- held la the next two months
nt -which the Populists w'H deckle
whether they wUl put aside all other
questions nnd go to the country simply
on the demand for the free coinage ot
silver at tho 10 to 1 ratio. Tbe men
who wore sincerely in favor of the sub-
treasury plan and who ridiculed the
free silver scheme by saying that it
wouldodil someth ug like thirty cents
a year per capita to the currency of
the country must ttnd themselves in
a rather painful position if they ar»
still Populists. All the things which
they thought were essential to the,wel
fare of the country have been aban
doned by their party, or are about to
be abandoned.
This change of policy is of course due
to the conviction on Uto part of the
Populist leaders that in this way they
can best got into power. Poss.bly they
are right. At least it is probable that
they will get more votes as a free stiver
party than as a semi, or wholly, social
ist party. But If they hope, having
once got into power, to carry out all
of their original schemes, they ought
to be taught by tlte recent experience
of the Demooratic party that such hope
is fallacious. It is practically impos
sible for a party, even though it have
possession of every branch of the gov
ernment, to enact Into laws ideas which
have not been fully understood and ac
cepted by its mcmliers before the elec
tion. WIlcii It comes to the actual
work of legislation its representatives
w'll refuse to be bound to any united
action, just ns Democrats in this con
gress refused to be lmind by any com
mon policy as to the currency, because
during the campaign there had not In-on
a common understanding of tho pur
poses to be achieved. It is possible, if
the Populists ltecame merely a free sil
ver party, that they will draw largely
from llte R'<pul>l!oons of iho West trad
the Democrats of the South, but, In our
judgment, they will even then have no
chance of Wiuu'ug uuyuiLug more titan
mere local victories. In fact, we be
lieve that a return of prosperity to tha
country, with the passing away of the
effects of the recent pait.e, w'll reduce
the free silver Issue in politics to one
of comparative unimportance, nnd w'th
its importance will pass away the par
ty making the demand for free silver
coinage its only claim to public couald-
eniition. This was the history of tho
greenback craze, onco form.dablo in Its
effect cm polit os, but which disappeared
almost completely a fuw year* after
tile panic of 1873.
THE SUGAR TRUST.
The straggle in the senate during (ho
last session of congress to preserve the
differential duty on sugar Imposed by
the McKinley la w, or someth' ng equiv
alent, was so fierce nnd protracted that
it came near wrecking the Democratic
party. Its effects were seen in the tre
mendous defeat suffered In tile elections
by that pi fly. It did more tlm any
other one thing to conv'nee tlte couutry
that the Democratic par.y otm'.d not
be trusted to carry out its programme
of reform, nud so disguai-Nl Democrats
that ulvmt a milieu of them did not
care whether or not tholr party was
defeated. It would seem that tho belie-
lielary of Ill's disoNnt'.nation, tlte su
gar trust, would have learned a lesson
finun tlte result* of the election. Its
manager* should nave seen that tho
popular bid gnation nguiu*: the trust
and against the men who were it* ser
vants was so g.mt that. If g veu tin
opportunity. It would he spt In vent
itself in action that would, wipe out
tlte advantages which the trust enjoys
unflor the law.
But apparently the sugar trust offi
cials are ndlffermvt to popular opinion.
Our telegram* yesterday tohl how the
trust had determined to squeeze out
of the Louisiana planter* about all the
profits that protection give* them Not
content with the ndvanuge* deliberately
given to the trust by the law, they aro
determ in'd to take to tiiemsnlvsa al*o
tlte advantage* which Uut law give*
to their alT.es/ It is not wonderful that
these allies, who stood by llte trust so
faithfully during the straggle in con
gress, are now 'ndlgnant. It canuot
be pleasant to them to know that after
being false to the.r ptrty for the sake
of protection to their business, tne
profits of that protection we to lie
squeezed out of them by tltoae whom
they served. Mr. Cleveianil's recom
mendation that the dlffitrm’ial duty ho
wiped out will probably have no more
nrdent suppirters than these same Lou
isiana planters, who went out of tbe
Democratic party because It was not
kind enough to them in bestowing fa
vors at the eXipeiiKe of other people.
But this is not the full extent of the
sugar trust’* activity. Apparently, it*
managers consider themselves perfectly
secure, and after demanding nud re->
coving protection that puts fifteen or
twenty million* a yeor in the pockets
of tho few owner* cf rennet-;its, they
abut down their works and throw twen
ty-five or thirty thousand people out
of employment, without notice, on the
plea that more protection is needed.
The president, In bis message, very
truly says that “if, with all the favors
now accorded the sugar refining inter
ests 'Ji our tariff law*, U «.IU lan
guishes to tbe exteot of closed refin
eries and thousands of discharged work
men, it wpuld seem to present a hope
less ease for rcmonablo legMatlre aid.”
A revenue duty on sugar Is about
tbe best means of mis ng money which
tbo government can adopt. It U a tax
which wiU raise tbe most money with
the least burden on tbe people. A duty
on sugar, therefore. Is right and proper.
It is imposed now and should be re
tained, but the trust, by its acts, ha*
made a differential duty, laid lor its
benefit ami not produoiive of any rev
enue, almost a crime. We hope it will
bo repealed at this srasion of congress,
and possibly it may be, uosr that tho
trust has commenced war on its lata
allies in congress.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
At a Duluth elevator a cargo of 115,-
000 bushels of wheat, weighing 3,450
toe*, was poured Into the hold of a
take steamship in just eighty minutes,
xsuti is to say, the grain wtut loaded
at the rate of forty-three tons a min
ute until the work was finished.
The annual report of the superin
tendent of the Wfe-savtmg service
shows <a retmarlcalbly good record for
the past year. Three hundred and
oiglhty vessels In distress were nsristed.
On these vessels were 4,054 persona, of
whom' only 61 lost their lives. The es
timated value of Uhe cargo of these
vessels was 110,000,000, and of this
$7,638,000 was Raved. The cost of the
service to the country was about $1,-
250,000.
The Boston pottos commissioners
think they have discovered « way to
get biliter work out of the police by
decorating thorn for any specially mer
itorious aotpoa. They hive prepared a
medal for the purpose, whbch will be
aiMtnded to the ofllcvire on resolution of
Che board in each Rpeoltal case. Patrol
man John D. McCarthy is the first to
be .warded the medal It ran* given
for the arrest of a murtoroua e.-nun-
drel who wounded two cf his pursuers.
Ootrimarfdor Flack of he royal Swe
dish navy, by penmlsBion of -the navy
deparment, on application of the Swe
dish government, was ia member of
the war college class last year. He
has returned to hie duties in the Swe
dish navy, but It Is announced Shalt
be will return tvi this country early
nex month to marry Miss Bancroft,
daughter of John C. Bancroft of Wash
ington, and granddaughter of the late
Hon. George Bancroft. The gallant
young Swede apparently devoted
some aitteMlon .to Venus as well as to
Mars.
Dr. George R. Fordmor of Camden,
N. J .met htadetuth the other day from
sn unusual cause. His tooth-brush
was the death of him. It seems Shat
he was cleaning his teeth some months
ago when a paitdh of bristle* became
detndhed from the brush and a sud
den inspiration of breath carried
them Into his bronchia. A. surgeon
managed 4o remove Rime of itihem
nnd attorned one unfortunate man
some relief, hut a stubborn evugh fol
lowed 'the Occident, nnd recently pneu
monia- developed from it and quickly
carried him off.
St. 1-ouls has fallen into line In the
procession to cleanse the municipali
ties of hoodling and corruption. It has
organized a eornmittee on safety,
which is getting a lively mtove on It-
se'.f .The committee, which Is under i
the presideney of Nathan Pole, nnd Is
composed of men of all political!' par
ties. has Issued am address to the citi
zens, setting form it* purposes and
asking for financial assistance, and tt
expect* to be soon In the midst of «
thorough Investigation of the affairs
of the city. If there Is a tiger cub In
Bt. Louis he had better be seeking the
solitude of the woods.
Ut In said that a Oo-iman ef.ectriclam
has Invented a wonderful electric light,
which operat-es in the line of Nikola
Tfisla’n high potential and high frequen
cy experiment, but fnr winpetsees ony-
itWti-r yet iproduend by the "wlnard.
The practical utiiVty off Tertis's work
has often been doribted. on account os
ehe os! of the prcxlucUcn of the current
necessary, but the Genmnn Inventor,
Professor Ebert, bus mode a lumir.ee-
cent 'lump, using a sort off luminoua
P'l'int, Which given a serviceable light
with oTsesmlMiontth part of a ' wait of
electricity. Professor Elbert eays that
Ills light cod** bu; 1*2000 OK much so no
orilimary laitnp. Three brtttfh frequency
currents are not dangerous, and give
but 'the ismall«4t quantity of hea,t. eo
the new light will probably bmxue
popular.
Mayor Plngee, of Detroit, seems to
be o mat off Meas. but his latest wlil
htirdly commend ltro*f to'the S. P. C. A.
It Is ttohiln'g lere than to kill **l the
horses bolonsilng to the clity. tm order to
save the exipenne off feedlm* thorn dur
ing tile winter. Tbe city <»wn« several
hutslred ihorsnt. and has IIMe use for
them during the winter mrrMbn. while
tlh > emit of raring for them is a very
cotstidenSble Hem. The mayor stys It
win be mucli cheaper to kill thorn and
buy more in the spring. He ha* the
courage of his (tomlotlores, any way.
He had come horses of bt* own. and
mt'hor than carry them it It rough the
wirier he gave ah«ih a sloie of chloro
form the "(her 'lay and got rid of
them. The nher officials of the e.tiy do
not look •w'.tii fever on Ute mayor's
pivipmit.ion.
It Is time to stop talking of the Ital
ian Hindletl and look to the present
condition of our own country a little,
when bandits get so bad as to make
ihe running of iwllrovd trains impos
sible. It 4s reported on good authority
that the Missouri Paoitie RlilnxUd
Company ha* decided to dieconrlnue
all night passenger trains on Che
Kansas and Arkansas Volley division
of the road after December 9. The
general maisiger of the company, who
has Issued ihe order, says that the
condition of affairs In the scotlon of
the country traversed by the road,
the numerous mln robberies and Che
many bands of bandits make the step
necessary for Che protection of pus sett
ee r*.
According to enrefu) and elaborate
oalculatlon*t which have been made re
cently by (be principal export* on na
val matter*, says the Baltimore Sup,
the gross value of British maritime In
terest* amounts to slightly over $19,-
m,000.000. These figure* comprise Uto
total value cf the sen-borne commerce
off ithe British empire, as well us attch
foreign maritime commerce as l* car
ried in British ships owned In England,
the value of Che aecnritle* and mar
ketable document* conveyed to nnd fro
In British ships owned by British sub-
JerHs, end tlte value of the mercantile
shipping itself. In the tace of these
stupendous figurte the sum of $160,000,-
000, which the British parliament vote*
every yenr toward the maintenance of
its navy cannot be regani-d ns ex
cessive.
The schools of Wood haven. L. I.,
have Joined In ihe crusade ngainst the
use of cigareUes. The teachers Insti
tuted an investigation and fouod that
the cigarette wsa all but universal
nmong tbe boys. Bo they took the boys,
as they entered school one day, and
searched their pockets, confiscating all
the lung destroyers that they could
find, and that waa a good many. The
matter was reponted to the board of
education, find they have Instituted
proceedings ar^nst IIP* dealers, who,
oontrary to the law, have been selling
the things to the children. A large
number of the boys were cxamlnd to
find where they had bought their cig
arettes, but as they prof eas'd not to be
able to remember, but one of the deni
er* was caught. The teachers, howev
er, are p>lng ta watch the boys, and
say that they are bound to break up
the cigarette smoking.
Several years ago, in the execution
of munlcipnl works In the city of Buda
Pest a number of piles, already driven,
were required to support a greater
load rhan had originally been contem
plated. It was coosoquently necessary
to drive those that yielded still deeper,
mys the Phdlsdelphla Inquirer. To
bring a pile-driving machine success
ively over each pile for sn small an
umount of work would necesiarily have
entailed considerable expense, and It
sra«, therefore, decided to try the ef
fect of dynamite. For this purpoae tlm
piles were cut square, and a wroucM-
Irno piste nhotrt of teen Inches hi diam
eter and four oae-buif tnches thick,
mat placed on the top ot each. In tbe
over that of the ifife, i :
charge ef the explosive In, the e a
a au-.e, six Lriohe* l n dianit T :
three-quarters of an Inch thki/
» IMo over a ,2** 1
-«hub wrapped In n^rohJ
aov £' ta with Sy an P d S3
Oiod the effect produced w-is r *1
equal to that of
rrotft a 1,600-pound nusikey faliinel
a height of about ten feet Trf I
ptates-it was raid, resisted t,™* 1
ty to twenty-four explosions
ft*® 5?^* “Tffitast the •
nefures” ln New York by some
Ptonvinent W. C T. U i
fair to develop into quite a preliij
It Is oald to be not unlikely : ,
living piaturea will make a cumt i
to fight bock. The ■W. 5K5I
«ha Gartlen Theekre have cult , J
In thoit dlreotlon, and -lent a i.iiJ
Mrs. E. B. Gratraia, the pnn
JoumaJUt. thanking her for h« «
trAri^r opposition <to the ftmuttol
pcedloin .no nnimatc ant." j,, j
declares ilhia.t “is undoubtedly
'there 1s no unohaste living n'ctii J
Ntov York. ceraiUnfy'f
Waif so shocking os those to L j
displayed in 'toe boxes of the stl
pollttin opera 'bouse." The you,,,!
men «fls> figure in She plctur'e. twJ
very hart for the W. C. T it 1
men to Wish to hake tlhe bread mil
the mouths of women of their cUtl
ANTE-BREAKFAST SMILES.
Maild of Allhens ,ere we part i
Give, <4h. give me back my h.J
For unless there circulates my hi. J
(My name, Athenian maid, i» m ,|
—Doirolt News-Tribim,
These days aj belle can look uJ
the milky, way without leatkiwl
young men to suspect 'thoit she K J
Ice cream.— Dallas News.
Tommy—When Dm a man I'm .J
to be a Soldier. Mofher-Whnt, an '
killed by llhe enemy? —Tontmv-1
well, then I guess I'll be the ™,-TJ
Yale Recort.
Mrs. Gobbler—Children, see
man over there with the full v .
Young Gobblers—Yes. Mrs. ciobb’I
Well, jnour poor faither belpe.1 to ml
it thus.—Syracuse Post.
-one people in New York are clad
ing for a 3-cent loaf, while the «,i
seekers In WsvdhUngton are insln
upon a 33-a-day leaf.—^Yonkers su
man.
Voice at the head of the stall
George, lhaivp you been drtnkil
George—N’m. Voice—Say Cbrysanl
mum. George—(silent tor <i mom-r
I'm drimkoh, my dear.—Sym.
Post.
Sheriff (on toe morning of the cm
thin)—Was toe prisoner Impuil
when you to’.d 'him 'to get rtitiyl
the scaffold? Deputy—Er—he oil
he'd be bunged 4f he woukl.—Bufi
Courier.
It will not be very tang befl
some wild, wooly Western collect f
go down Ea*t and lick the stuflin* ]
of Yale, Harvard, Princeton and L
rest at fdotball. The football cultl
centre Is rapidly swinging westward
New York Press.
NEW YORK'S BANK STEALS.!
Including tlte 8-1,000.000 steal of ll
C. Eui>, prcsklout of the Sivoml
tlou.il Bank, it 1884, the total sltild
of dishonest officials from the luntJ
New York city in a little over tea j-j
liavo reached 8o.-IUo.810. In d,-u:l
losses, dales, defaulters and junni|
were as follows:
Jolm C. Euo, president Scornl J
tlonal Bank, 1884, $4,000,0(10.
Charles A. H nckley, payinj Mil
West Side Bulk, 18S4, $80,*W0.
R.cliord C. 8,-011. paying teller ll.il
of tlie MauUottmt Company, lto.",, jlT
010.
C'lmrles J. De Bnnu, cashier Nil < j
Park Bank, 1888. $03,000.
Ainencvra Excdurake Natlousl lluj
1888, stolen in transit, $11,000.
'Max (ioldln-iver, pr.vate Uinll
iS8u, $a),ooo.
John T. HIU, president Ninth
t onal Bank, 1801, $4uo,0oo.
Cluiries H. Pitikhnm, Jr., er.pra'i i ]
Bank of Harlem, 1802, $91,00".
Lewis A. Hill, rcce.v ng teller
Nicholas Bank, 1803, $43,(too.
Other rivcnt lost* to Unit; rq
seined in tlx* Netv York clearing Ii ’i
were:
Shoe anil Leather National O'4
Isxikkceper, $3o4,000.
Continc'Cii National Bank,
spend ug clerk, foS.issl.
Un.lnl htatos National Bank, b-|
keeper, $43,000.
A Ulrica n Exelung" ’ National Bia|
buokkeoiKsr, $33,000.
Harlem RivoP Bank, boekkwi'l
$24,000.
Tradesmen'* Notional Bank, il
clerk, $17,000.
Chemical Nailenul Bank, pay'1
teller, $10,000.
National Bank of tbe Repaid r, eM]
$11,000; coupon clerk, $.*>,•-’"0;
$10,200. .
This tDitkea the to:al d"faloail«n» (|
the teu yens $3,493,810.
The hulk uf this vast amount
made g,»«l by live stookhold'r* <4
various banks from which It w*»
thanks to the rig <1 requ n-ns ut*
tbe national hanking law, and '»
havo a keener IntereBt In the euipH
meat off thoroughly Inmost offlektU 'M
the (lepoRitors who were iwolectcl J
their own expense. In v ow of lli.*n|
it Kn'im almost Incredible th.il *> U ' J T
defaleations should have gooe
undiscovered. Tli" explanation
Hint htuk stnokboldem as n <’las* ;
engaged lu other bus nras, leaving m j
I sink lnter«'st» to directors who r 1
times fall te direct, relying upoo ill
lut'grity ef oflicals who have uur
talned an outward shew 'iff pt""
and trustiworfliiness.
It is clear, from a study of tb 1 *’
stances of hank deffalcntlens. that
surest protection to both stopttoWj
mul depoe tnrs is to bo f,iund I* l'"l
holding slockholdet* te the nest raij
acrountribility and the unflloch.M '
forcement of these ioss*. Bank r
ployes wbo stool should be **• J
prlwm if caught, snd nil prop-* j
of compromise on tho surrender <>r i
l»roperty of the defaulter or the nu
good tbe loss by friend* f
sternly rejectwl. A bonk office' " L
trustee incharg - --f tbe nsmey of i“ j
ethers, anil a rlolat on of sui'‘> »J
is a tar more serious nffoue a- 1 'A
the public than that of the burglar s-m
robs dwdl'ng* or plsocs of
the dead of night—Ph'ladetphla ioj
PBRSON.VL.
Women are rapidly acquiring
rights. They are now, on «•“ *' e ^|
two inchss taller than th.-y 1
twenty or thirty jrssm ago. _
Bias. M. L. Harrison of San FriJ
cisco Ess'the unique honor of be!"*
only woman manager of the w<**> s
department of • Urge insurance
ieoy in tbo country-
The heir* of the kite Bstnuel Str«
nviy be happy. For twen4yye*ri*"
hive flight the govcrnim-nt tor J- .
tor work done by Strong for *•» j
trim of Oolumbta. ITavIng new » 1
their cause they have been pal' 1 '"1
full amount with $26,250 extr* 1 • “