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•r^rif STRKET RAILWAY SITUATION. - It l* well not to loee eight of the real facte in the street railway situation, which some people are seeking hy all means to obscure. The Citizens’ company ts In eontrol ' of oar streets until 1901. Practically no one doubts that, sinoe the decisions of Judge Woods and Judge Baker. Very few people Indeed ever supposed that the cHjr’e eontention that the seren-years’ extension of franchise was Invalid would be sustained by the courts. When the last city administration prepared a new street railway franchise and offered it for competitive bids, It was expected that the Citizens’ com- , pany would make the best bid and would get the franchise. The company, people generally believed, could afford to offer more than any new company, Inasmuch as It was on the* ground, had its plant and possessed valuable rights over roads and bridges leading to the suburbs. But the company evidently believed no one else would bid on the franchise; that the subject was not pressing any way, and that when Its rights explied, It could gel a bargain more to its liking than that offered by the city. But a new company did bid on the franchise, and made a verjl good offer Indeed to the city, and the baN gain was completed so far as It could be done at that time. All this has had no effect In changing actual conditions here, except to lead to much litigation, in which the city, the City company and the Citizens’ company are Involved to a degree which promises a long fight and doubtful result. One thing Is settled practically, and that Is that the Citizens’ company is, in any event, here to stay on the same terms as heretofore — unless a new bargain Is' made —until 1901. What Is doubtful is the condition of Its franchise at that time. If Judge Woods's decision is sustained, the company can stay forever, subject, of course, If we understand aright, to the action of the Legislature and to such new regulation by the city gs It can enforce. In any event, there is no hope, without new terms, of the city getting anything out of the use of Its Streets for street rsilway purposes for the iftve years and a half which still remain gf the company's franchise period. In •im Legislatures the effort has been made to secure a law requiring the comjAgny to pay for Its; share of the paving, iMt the company has had “influence” enough to defeat this effort. The prospect, on the other hand, Is for prolonged litigation, the result of which no one can geedlct. Now. In view of all this, the simple question Is whether If the very compliefited problem can be aolved at the present time In «< manner honorable to and eatlafactory to all parties. It is not wise •o to solve It. The gentlemen Interested 1a the City oompany are among our best and most honorable citizens. They express their readiness to carry out the terms of their contract with the city if tko city will gtvo them the opportunity. At the same time, they say they will not stand In the way If the city uuthorltiea ban make a settlement with the present mmpany which la advantageous to the tKy. The reputation qC the men in control of the City company is a guarantee that they would not be a party to anything other than an entirely honorable Adjustment. # We are convinced that the same language may be used In regard, to the city authorities. Nothing can be done without the mayor’s consent. The mayor ,i§ pledged to “insist that no franchise leas favorable to the city be granted to any oompany” than that grantad the City oompany. We know of no one in favor of granting anything substantially lees favorable to any company — unless It be the Sentinel. It has been so busy rolling Its eyes and frothing at the mouth that it has been unable to discuss the subject rationally. Of course there may be room for difference of opinion aa to what la substantially as favorable for the city, all things considered; Just os there may be room for difference of opinion , aa to whether it la wiser to lay moat stress on reduction of fares or on money payment by the company to the city. But In all the present discussion of the situation by the city authorities and by The News, with a view to an honorable solution of the very complicated problem, the purpose has been to get tor the city substantially aa good terms —in view of all the circumstances — as those secured by the City company's charter. If such a solution can be reached, well and good. It la worth working for. U such a solution can not be reached, we are left Just where we were. Certainly no man entirely sane can And anything In the effort et the city to secure such a solution ground for criticism or cause for midsummer madness.

TjFE NEBRASKA DEMOCRATS. The Nebraska Democrats respond to their Ohio brethren with a declaration in favor of froe Oliver. Mr. Bryan seemed to have ao more trouble In handling hie forces than did Mr. Brice, and he secured a practically unanimous verdict for the free coinage theory. The convention reaffirmed a good many things, but when U was asked to reaffirm the financial plank of the last national Democratic convention it indignantly and unanimously refused to do so. It la pleasant to know that the Declaration of Independence was respectfully' treated. The convention reaffirmed that, so far as It dealt with it at alL The financial plank adopted Is an outspoken declaration in favor of "the immediate restoration of the free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at the present legal ratio of IS to 1. as such coinage existed prior to 1173, without waiting for the aid or -consent of any other nation, •uch gold and silver coin to be a full legal tender for all debts, public and private.** The A. P. A. was condemned, the froe schools Indorsed, and the national adntnlstratlon was advised to renew the aolloy of Mr. Cleveland’s first admlnis-

j tratlon in restraining "the perntoicmis acj tlvlty” of Federal office-holders In con- ! trolling conventions ami dictating policlea. | Thus, the Nebraska Democrats have , separated themselves from the national J organization, and have reversed the policy j laid down by the las: natkmil convention. Their action i« not surprising. Whatever strength i« left in the free silver movement Is In the distinctively Western Smiaa, though it was only the other day that the Iowa Democrats refused to follow the free coinage leaders. But it is not probable that the action of the Nebraska convention will much affect the general situation. The State is Republican, when not Populist, and the Democrats have no chance of carrying it They will not, therefore, pay much attention to It The refusal of the Nebraska Democrats to Indorse the national administration Is pretty good evidence sf the earnestness of their belief lx* free coinage, and that they care more for their principles than they do for their party. Though we believe that they are radically wrong, It must be admitted that they showed greater courage than their Ohio brethren who opposed free coinage on the ground that they did not want to hurt the party, and who indorsed Brice—because he wanted them to do so. But even courage can not save a bad oavee or win a fight which is already lost. There may be seurral Western and Southern States which will take the free silver side, but the tendency, generally speaking, Is the other way. The people are feet coming to believe that the fundamental theory of the silver men Is wrong, and that It Is impossible to make the commercial ratio between gold and silver correspond to the legal ratio by an act of Congress. That Is what the Nebraska Democrats propose to do. They Insist that Congress can double the value of silver by admitting it to coinage in unlimited quantities at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1. If it can do this, It can make silver worth whatever it pleases, or It can confer any amount of value upon Government paper. We do not believe that the Nebraska theory will ever widely prevail In the United States.

"GARRISON'S HOBBIES.” , WllHam Lloyd Garrison yesterday Aiade a speech before the convention of the Universal Peace Union, In whlcto he made an eloquent and Impassioned plea for free trade and the single tax theory. Every one who knows Mr. Garrison understands perfectly well that be Is a devout believer In both doctrines, so it Is not surprising that he should preach them on all fitting occasions. But^lt Is Imterestlng to observe that he is regarded by the nltra-orthodox, case-hardened people of our day in exactly the same light as his dtstlnguljfhed father was regarded by the men of his time. Now, as then, the man who xllffexs with us, though he may be honest enough, la nevertheless a crank, and hie most cherished beliefs are really not convictions et ell, but only “hobbles." So we are informed that Mr. Garrison in his speech yesterday was slipply exploiting his own “hobbles.” The elder Garrison was doing the same thing a half century ago. This state of mind Is so common and natural that perhaps It ought not even to be criticised. There has been a large growth In tolerance within recent years, but mixed with that tolerance there is often a pitying contempt which Is about as hard to bear as the perescutlon of former times. Even when this is not true, men still find it very difficult to sympathize with their antagonists or to belleva In their honesty and earnestness. Where the former Is admitted, the latter is sure to he questioned, and wha>t Is a matter of profound conviction with ourselves Is only a hobby with the man who disagrees with us. This is, of course, a very pleasant and comfortable intellectual condition, for a lack of respect for the opinions of another always Implies an exaggerated reverence for one’s own opinions, and 1 the happy man is he who la always sure he is right. But it la easily possible to push the logic in such cases too far. Worse even than the “cock-sureness’’ which Is sometimes so offensive is a pretended humility which one doe^not really feel. In a sense a man must always believe he is right. No one would consciously hold false views. Mr. Garrison himself has no discoverable doubt as to the correctness of his opinions. A man once wrote an essay tq prove that every one really believed In hls own infallibility, and that when he pretended that he did not he was guilty of hypocrisy. The argument was that each man was necessarily convinced of the truth of every individual article of his faith, for If he were not so convinced he would not hold It. Thus he necessarily comes to think that the whole body of hls belief Is true. And that therefore he Is right in clinging to it, and the rest of the world wrong in rejecting It. This is, of course, a case of, humorous exaggeration. But a man who has reached a conclusion after careful and conscientious investigation, would be a fool or worse, If he did not feel that that conclusion were sound. So we do not mean to suggest that one opinion is as good as another or that there Is no such thing as ultimate truth. There Is such a thing as heresy in every department of intellectual activity. But tbe trouble is that men do not find It easy to keep their minds open. Opinions are hastily formed and tenaciously held by people who’ resolutely turn their eyes away from the light and Insist that, so far as they are concerned, there can be no more “open vision.” No allowance is made for the personal equation, or for the Influence of Inherited and acquired prejudices. Men are born into a certain church or' a certain political party, and they cling to both with a desperation which Is pitiful. Conformity is easy, and tradition is tyrannous. On the other hand, independence ts difficult, and revolt against received opinions means an intellectual wrench which is painful. There are, too. always influences at work to discourage the assertion of one’s own Individuality. The “regulars” In religion and politics have nothing but contempt for the “kicker.” So It is not easy for a man to preserve his open-mindedness, which, be it said, is not at all inconsistent with steadfastness of belief. Thus the protectionists can see nothing in Mr. Garrison’s speeh, beyond an airing Of his own “hobbles.” The free traders feel the same way toward Governor McKinley. The slave-holders could not imagine that the elder Garrison was honest.

and the elder Garrison was utterly unahle to appreciate th* mental s.ate of the individual slave-holder. The conclusion of the whole matter would seem to be that in every intellectual and moral struggle, war should be made hs much as possible upon systems, and as little as possible upon men. For men are often the victims of systems for which they are in no way responsible.

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The free coinage Democrats of this Stale have got a pretty sick patient on their hands.

Carlisle, it ts rumored, will soon go to Kentucky to straighten out the tangle. It le hard to see just what he can do. unIt ha to abuse the Democrats for making such an inconsistent play.

We do not want to prejudice any one’s J chances for police Judge at the hands of ; the other great political party that Is to '■ make nominations for city officers, but w* should like to bespeak the best ap- ! preciation for the candidacy of Mr. Ev- j ans Woollen. In this; there is nothing ! unfair, for he is a young man, as yet j not so generally known as others who are reeking the office. By every indication, he is abundantly well fitted for the place. He has the judicial temperament; he has knowledge and a cultivated mind. He is the kind of man whom Democrats should love to honor, for he is a Democrat from principle and from conviction. His nomination would be a sign of the growth in the Democratic party of an element, encouragement of which would be to the party’s advantage and to the community’s well being—the element of young blood that has gone into the party on questions of principle and that carries with it an earnestness and enthusiasm of the conviction that goes with prin-

ciple.

The Chicago Timea-Herald is beginning to bear down a little heavier on the tariff question. MoKlnley lx In sore need of better support.

Candidate Hardin, of Kentucky, has been confronted with an ejnbar raising question. It has bean generally accepted that it did not matter what hls views on the silver question, were, even if elected Governor, so long as it was understood that hls party in the State was for sound morey. Recently, however, the question has been asked what kind of man be wohld appoint should a vacancy occur ir. the United States Senate — a free-silver or a single-standard man? So far, Mr. Hardin has not answered satisfactorily, j and he finds himself between two flres. | The suggestion that he retire and give way to a candidate who could stand on the platform is not a bod one. It could not demoralize the party more than it is at

present.

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Is mare she neigh!' the ’ole tiny long, She paws th- ’ole night thtuugh. An’ ahe won’t take her feed ’cause o’ waitin’

for Ms step.

Which is just what a beast would do. ’I« g-irl fthe goes with a bomliardier, Hefore ’<‘r month is through; An’ the banns are up in church, for she’s got the beggar hooked, Which is just what a girl would do. We fought ’hout a dog—last week it were— N’o more than a round or two; But I strook Mm cruel ard, an’ I wish I 'adn’t

now.

Which is just what a man can’t do. E was all that I ’ad In the way of a friend. An’ I've 'ad to find one new; But I'd give my pay an' Stripe for to get the beggar back. Which it’s just too late to do. So it’s knock out your pipes and follow me! An’ it's finish off your swipes an’ follow me. Oh. 'ark to the fifes a crawiih’! Follow me—follow me oiue 1 Take Mm away! ’K’s gone where the best men Take Mm away! An’ the gun wheels turnin’

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Take Mm away, with the Umber an' the drum. Fbr It's “Three rounds blank” an' follow me, An’ it’s "Thirteen rank’’ an’ follow me;

Oh, passln' the love o’ woman. Follow me—follow me ’oroe!

—Rudyard Kipling.

“ SCR APS. ”

What are Voorhees and Turpie doing nowadays for their pet cause of free silver?

Spain Would now like to use methods of persuasion, but after having whacked Cuba over the head so much, that ipean.i of settlement is not likely to work.

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A notable addition to the battleship fund subscription is published elsewhere, showing a total of more than $160. One hundred and fifty-eight dollars and fifty cents Of this was raised by men in the various city offices. - This speaks well for Indianapolis. That so many men, from the mayor down, employed by the people, have responded to this appeal In behalf of State pride and patriotism adds value to the list which is to accompany the library and silver service to be presented to the great ship. As other lists are circulated In the city, we trust they will meet with a hearty reception, and that the last $1,000 which Is now needed, to complete the sum total will t>e speedily made up. Indianapolis began this work, and it is fitting that Indianapolis should finish It. We believe she will finish it in the way that she does everything she undertakes — handsomely. The indications ore that there is going to be a great deal of politics next year.

It wofild take an expert in alienism to tell which “state of mind” of the Sentinel’s is more acute—that regarding the IniquMy of Senator Sherman and “the crime of 1873,” or that created by the mythical “conspiracy” and the contemplated street railway “steal” of the present year of grace. Electricity is constantly winning new fields to Itself. The rapidity with which it has driven the horse and the mule from the street-car service Is still a marvel. And now it Is invading the coal mines of the land, and not only threatening the supremacy of the mule In those regions of darkness, but also encroaching upon the province of the miner. At the same time science is making wonderful progress in knowledge of how to transmit this mysterious agent economically over long distances. Sacramento draws its supply of electric power from a great dam In tha American river, twenty-four miles away. And power developed at Niagara Falls will probably soon be traveling much greater distances than that. He would be a rash man who should attempt to predict what progress electricity will still have made before the century ends.

The Whisky Trust has got rid of Its load so far as to be able to stand on Its feat.

The Sentinel Is much gratified at the publicity which we gave yesterday to its confession of the untruthfulness of its statements regarding the street railway situation. We ere always glad to do what we can to help a contemporary which has been afflicted with rabies.

Quay is afraid that the opposition will bribe hls delegates. Mr. Quay should divide them ,into blocks and see that none of them got away.

Washington papers insist that that Is the great convention city of the country. They probably base their claim on the meeting of Gypsies there this week. But what is the matter with Indianapolis with her “Maxinkuckee Silver Committee”? The whereabouts of ex-Congressman Bryan have been discovered. He turned up at the Nebraska silver convention with his volubility undimhUshed and hls store of Ideas! unIncreased.

There Is great 'significance to be found In the remark of a Kentucky Democrat during the joint debate between the candidates for Governor In Louisville, the other night. Candidate Hardin, started in to rehearse the story of the war, and was proceeding at some length, when a lusty huditor cried out: “The war is over.” Mr. Hardin was greatly confused, although he had hls manuscript at hand. The rebuke was deserved. That appeal has lost Us force. People want to hear about live issues and with their opportunities for reading these days they can not easily be persuaded from the main issue.

English convicts earn from $10 to $15 yearly. Grass hats are common In China and the South Sea islands. Connecticut’s poach crop thii year is estimated at something more than 60,000 baskets. More than half the entire cultivated area of Great Britain Is now occupied by permanent pasture. A British steamer put in at Rangoon ir* India recently whose offioera were all Germans and the apprentices all Japan-

ese.

One-seventh of the members of the present Reichstag and one-fifth of the Senators and Deputies in the French Parliament fought In the war of 1870-71. Competent authorities assert that the American-made silk hat la superior both In material and finish to any other hat of the kind in any part of the vrorld. The first mention of ostrich feathers on hats is in 1324, when one of the nobles of the French court appeared with an aigrette of ostrich plumes on his chapeau. "Yoh kin tell er good deal ’bout er man’s early hardships or luxuries.” sa d Uncle Eben, “by noticin’ weddah he calls •daisies’ ‘wil’ flowers’ or ‘weeds.’ ’’-—Washington Star. Mrs., Thomas C. Platt,«wife of New York’s Republican leader, is the inventor of an improved case for packing oranges. The lady is also the owner of a successful orange grove in Florida. We are always doing each other Injustice and making better or worse of each other than we daserve, because we only hear and see separate words and actions. We don’t see each other’s whole nature.— George Eliot. Edison’s definition of electricity is “a mysterious fluid about which nothing is known.” This is an old definition of water in Kentucky, but it does not follow that water and electricity are identical.— 9t. Louis Globe-Democrat. The New York Herald has found, byactual count, that those who rode bicycles in that city on Sunday'last outnumberd the persons Who drove horses by five to one. It used to be that the rich rodq In chaises on Sunday and the poor walked. Willie Simpson—Mamma Is going to give a lawn party next week. Have you been invited yet? Mrs. Von Blumef-Not yet, dear. What makes you ask? Willie—She said the other day she couldn’t quite make up her mind about it.-rNew York Herald. Though Ireland has 3,000,0«i acres of bog land, large quantities of peat Utter are Imported from Belgium and Holland. Mills are being fitted up to separate the litter from the turf, and It Is hoped that peat moss Htter may soon be an article of export. , Because In Spanish etiquette the King can only associate with his equals, tpe boy Alfonzo can have no playmates. He can not play with his own sisters, as an ordinary boy might. Plenty of toys be has always had, among them a fine rock-tngr-horse covered with the skin of a real pony. This and hls black cat, Perrito, have been two of his greatest comforts. Granite is quarried Jh Bar galore, in southern India, by burning a wood fire about seven feet long over the surface of the flat rocks, and kffplns thi ®J; Dn ^* ually moving forw JFp-. 8UC v* feetlon has the metnpd been brought thtft In less than a day about seven hundred square feet may be split up, burning wood at the small rata of one pound to thirty pounds of stone/ quarried. General Annenkoff, AJJUsslan geographer, Is preparing an atlas on a new prin^ ciule The places on the maps will bp put down not according to actual distance food across the Atlantic than to send it twenty-eight miles by rail to London. When- Bishop Thorold was burled at Winchester Cathedral recently, the coffin was placed In the grave with the feet to the wes: instead of to the east. A few hours after the funeral had taken place, and after all the company had dispersed. the coffin was lifted from Ue grave and nlaced In the usual eastward position, wh ch has been adopted with every Bishop of Winchester who is buried in the cathedral.—New York Post. Large quatnltles of American carriage wood stock are exported annually, and ■this trade is steadily increasing. We send to France, England, Russia, Germany, South Africa, Australia, and elsewhere, and our exports to these countries Include spokes, rims, hubs, completed wheels, shafts and other parts, and carriage lumber.'~Our mills here are located in various parts of the country in proximity to the forests whence the supplies of wood are obtained. A remarkable revenge was wreaked on a rival by a young man In Waldron, M;ch.. last week. The successful suiter was out walking In the street with the young woman whose love was the cause of the heartburning when some one in an upper story of a building skilfully threw a lasso over his head, drew the noose tight, and hauled him up several feet from the sidewalk. The young man would have been hanged but for the quick help of passersby. Hls assailant got away—temporarily, the other man says. Governor Stone, of Missouri, was called to time on a point of dtiquette a few days ago by a pretty girl. It was at a convention at Pertle Springs, Mo. The Governor sat at the front of the platform, on which were a number of women. He was smoking a cigar. The young woman leaned over from behind Mm and said: “Governor Stone, don’t you think you are setting a bad example by smoking? There are manv ladies present.” *T guess you’re right,” sold the Governor, without turning round, anfl he tossed away his cigar. Baedeker’s publishers have had to pay $250 to a hotel keeper of Jaffa for libel. In the guide book for Palestine the “Twelve Tribes” Hotel was described as second-cMs and the proprietor as an Arab, whereas he is a British subject, born of a! Maltese father and a mother from Mt. Lebanon, has been a dragoman ’n Egypt,! and has appeared as David slaying Giliath In living pictures. His name is .Iskander Awad, but for hotel purposes he c; ills himself Howard. A British Jury thoujht his business had been Injured, and! awarded damages. It is expected that the obscivatory on ■‘the top of Mont Blxsu whose erecticx is being conducted undejf the supervision of the ramoun French astronomer, Al. Janssen, will b; finished In the cou.so of the present simmer. Thfe main instrument for observations, whigih has a diameter of thirty cen; imeters, arrived la Chamounix a few day p ago, and will be carried. In parts, to he summit by workmen and glides. A few years ago scientists frowned or the possibility of carrying this great undertaking to completion, but Janssen’s work Is about to be crowned With succeis. It Is well knowil that the thickness of

The Sultan wishes to limit hls reforms to a decree that hereafter the Turks will be good. And the Sultan is willing to let It go at that.

STREET RAILWAY SLGGEgTIO.YS. TV) the K<iiu>r of The lridi.'inia>olis New*' The subject of a new franchise for the street car company is one in which all of the people' in this city have an Interest. The reason why .i franchise for a street car company, intending to operate a street car system In this city is so valuable. Is. that there are probably one hundred and fifty thousand people in this city and vicinity, who will patronize the street cars. If the one hundred and fifty thousand people now living In this city, were to decide to move over into Hendricks county, the franchise would be made valueless so far as this location Is concerned. The plain people who are not able to own their own conveyances, are really Interested more deeply in this question than the rich, for the reason that they contribute more to the business of the company. The streets of the city are for the use of the public; free to everyone who wishes to own or hire a conveyance. No one would think of putting up tcll-gates, and exacting a toll for the use of the streets. We have learned that a street railway system as conducted, is the best method of travel on streets for those w ho are not able, or do not desire to own their own conveyance. The city has full authority, if it so desired, to so construct a street that cars may move along its tracks, as it has to construct it for any other kind of travel. Or, it has the power to authorize any person or corporation so to construct the street, and carry passengers for hire. It is the first duty of the city to make such, grant, which of necessity, creates a monopoly of that kind of travel that, so far as possible, no damage would be done the ordinary use of the streets, and that all damage done to the street itself shall be made good by the person or corporation using it. It Is also the important duty of the city to provide the best possible service for the public, for the least possible cost. If a city government gives a franchise to any corporation, on such terms as would pay more than a fair dividend or rate of interest on the investment made, after paying operating expenses, it has failed to do its duty. The investment is the fair cost of the plant, including street improvements, If any are made at the time of construction, or if any are made afterward from time to time,—that would probably more properly be a part of the operating expenses. As the street railway company of this city has not paid for the improvement o? the streets, the only Investment made here is the plant, including construction, roiling sto;k, power-houses, car-houses, etc. 1 am Informed that the street railway property in this city could be duplicated for $2,ou0,0t)0; also, that th© gross Income is In the neighborhood of $900,000, and that it probably ucea not require more than or.e-half of the $300,000 to pay ordinary operating expenses. This leaves about $450,000 per annum as profit on an actual Investment of about $2,000,000. The city could boirow this money, I should say, easily for 4 per cent., and the street car company could borrow it, I suppose, at 6 per cent., or a Mtie less. Six per cent, on $2,000,000 would make $120,000 yearly, which would leave the profit, over and above the fair rate of interest, about $330,000. If ithese figures are correct, and I do not believe they are very far out of the way, any one can see that if the city should buy the plant at the proper time, and run the street railway system something ts the Government runs the poatofftees, it could very soon save enough money to pay for the entire plant, and then, in all probability, be able to run the business piofttably at a two-

cent fare.

It has ben argued that it makes no difference what amount of money the Citizens’ company would pay the City company for its rights under its charter, for the reason that the city does not have to pay it. It seems to me that this Is very fallacious reasoning. It is commonly reported that thq City company is to receive $600,000 for its franchise from the Citizens’ company, provided the new contract with the city can now' be made. Why should the citizens of this city be asked to pay $600,000 to the City company? How much money has it Invested In the street railway plant, or in any kind of property for the purpose of operating a street railway business in this city? Would it be right for this city to pay $600,000 for this franchise? If it would not be right for the city to do it directly. It certainly would not be right for the city to do it Indirectly by giving the Citizens’ company such a contract, so that it could afford to pay $600,000, or any amount, for it. Is it not clear to every one that the city would not be able to make so good a trade as It ought to by $600,000 (If that be the amount the City company is to receive) as It ought to make? Would it not be much better for the city to declare the contract with the City company forfeited for non-compli-ance, and take the $600,000, or whatever amount the City company is to rece.ve, and Invest it in parks or a new city building. In some way, so that the whole people would receive the benefit of the

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at the time the Supreme Court of the United States made the “Dred Scott” decision, who really believed that that decision would stand as long aa the country had an existence. I believe that that decision stood longer than would a finding of court that the franchise of Ute street railway company for the use of the streets in this city should be perpetual. Has not the bleeding of the many for the benefit of the few gone far enough in this country? is there any reason why so intelligent a community as we have In this municipality should do a foolish thing in regard to the renewal of a street railway franchise at this time, when the present contract has such a short time to run; when there are new inventions and discoveries every month almost In methods of operating street railway systems. I have understood that the cost of motors alone, which a few years ago was $1,000, Is now only $260. It Is not at all improbable that within five years. It can be found possible to operate a street railway plant at a profit, as good as we have in every way, at a two-and-a-half cent fare. W. C. VAN ARSDELL. BATTLESHIP SUBSCRIPTtOXS.

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years to run.

From the market price of the bonds and common stock of the Citizens' company, ,the value of the plant is believed to be, by investors, about $6,000,000. As the pre--ferred stock is quoted at .96 and the common at .54 <$4,000,000 in bonds and $6,000,000 watered stock), the total value would be more than $8,000,000. As the plant could probably be reproduced for $2,000,000, we have, as the value of the franchise. $4,000,000. Of course, this franchise could not have such a value If it were not a speculative value, for the reason that a franchise only having five years to run would not be worth so much in the mar-

ket.

I have been informed by a friend who has watched the stock market closely and who has at different times owned stock in the Citizens’ company, that the common stock was wor-h only 17 cents at the time of Judge Woods’s decision, but that within thirty days after hls decision the stock advanced to 38 cents, and that the total advance on the bonds and stock up to the present time, since the decision, Is more than $2,000,000. It is very evident that a large part of the value of the <stock at present is based on the hope that the franchise may be perpetual, or that a very favorable contract can be obtained from the city. Judge Woods, I believe, stated in hls decision, that the State ’ Leg.slature could put an end to the .franchise of the Citizens’ company, and that that was the only way In which it could be done. I am very sure of one thing—that the people of this city will be able to find some way to end the grip that the present company has upon the streets of this city, or of any company. The idea that any corporation should in any way have a perpetual franchise to the etreets of this city, would be so preposterous and monstrous that the people would find some way of relief. The decision of any number of courts would not stand long In this country when it would be against the universal public conscience. I suppose there were many people living

Clean Lasting CHEW Cool Sweet SMOKE

remen, nuts touna m examining ..itered through a layer not sufficiently thick that the number of bacteria was greatly increased, owing to the presence of a speci&l microbe that could not be found in tne water before It entered the filter. These microbes must, therefore, have existed in the filtering material and have beeryraeveloped by the passage of water through 1L

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Following are recent subscriptions to the battleship fund. With two exceptions, the sum of which amounts to $5.25, these contributions were all made in the city offices, as the names of the contributors show. The total they contributed amounted to $158.60, a handsome

amount indeed.

C. 8. Denny io 00 J. E. Scott 10 00 P. C. Trusler. 7 00 W. B. Holton 10 00 Franklin W. Hays 10 00 W. R. Holloway 10 00 E. F. Claypool 10 00 F. A. Maus io 00 E. L. Atkinson io 00 A. O. Ewan 00 John Osterman 10 00 Lee Nixon 5 00 Frank McCray 6 00 J. H. Dean 1 00 B. J. T. Jeup 1 00 Charles C. Brown 1 00 S. H. Moore.....A 100 F. E. Fuller.... 1 00 George Champe 1 00 Bart Parker ^ 1 00 Edward Hill ....... 100 H. H. Fletcher 1 10 George R. Boyce 1 00 Harry Haymond 1 00 Wm. H. Harrison 50 J. B. Cameron 26 Fred Yount 26 E. A. Kingsley 26 F. P. A. Lingenfelter GO Louis Kline 26 Jos. Fopplano 26 W. 3. Mellender 60 Wm. W. Christ 60 George W. Seibert 1 00 Thomas Tallentlre, Jr 60 John T. Owens 25 H. A. Dill 100 J. W. Fesler 10 00 J. F. Fesler 1 00 J. R. Clinton 1 00 John A. Hugg 1 00 Albert A. Womack 10 00 R. E. Scott 1 00 J. A. Dynes 60 R. P. Craft l 00 Henry List 1 00 Charles G. Walter l 00 Addison Townsend 1 00 William W. Walden 1 00

Laporte Lodge, No, 112, K. of P„ Laporte, Ind 6 00

Master Harry Blaine Dynes 25

Total .$ 163 75 The Benefits of Hard Times.

Mr. Edward Atkinson in September Forum.

The benefit of the recent hard times

has been to expose the Iniquity of many undertakings of the second and third class. Whether the warning will last beyond a few years is doubtful. In each generation will be found a body of jnen of a plausible and to some extent able type whose moral sense is obtuse, and who have no sense of wrong in promoting these speculative patent bubbles or inflated “Industrials,” as they are called; while, on the other hand, each generation produces Its proportion of those who are ready to be fleeced in their effort to make something out of nothing. Such dupes are very apt to be the descendants of men who have penuriously and laboriously piled up wealth, but whose children, "not having been brought under the healthy stimulus of prospective necessity, and for whom nothing else has been provided,” lose the property with which they have been charged. In many cases this method of distribution works a benefit to the community. The property passes from the hands of those who have proved to be Incapable of making a good use of It,

while they themselves are sometimes

developed into active and useful persons under the pressure of the need of working which they have brought upon them.se^es In their efforts to live on profits made at the cost of other people’s losses. Hence the benefit of hard times will presently be further developed under this law, to the end that those who take over to themselves the specific title of the "working people” of this country will secure to their own use and enjoyment a larger shore of an Increasing product than they ever attained before; being already in the enjoyment of the largest share of the most abundant product as compared to all other nations In the socalled civilized world. What may be the effect of these progressive conditiois of

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THE NEW YORK STORE

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ShOeS 8t . r * main n**. 98c LadJ **’ kld button Shots,

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Increasing-welfare upon a country which is now the lightest taxed for national purposes of any machine-using nation, the

future only can tell. A Town of Bleached Blondes.

San Francisco Post

Every man, woman and child who lives at Point San Pedro, In Marin county, Is a

To-florrow will be the 6th Day Sale

—OF THE—

Two Big Bankrupt Stocks. A Satur* day of Extraordinary Bargains

CLOAKS ASD capes . 60 garments mostly Blazer Jackets, In good quality cloth, all dark colors. You

will find these on the 75c table.

* 60 lightweight Jackets, a few Newmarkets, and 26 children’s Reefers; stsea,

from 6 to 12 years. Your choice for flic.

Capes, Jackets and children’s Reefers;

all sizes at fLflS.

60 Misses’ good, winter Jackets, large sleeve, Fur and Braid trimmed. Bearer and Mixed cloths, at 12.tt each. Center Bargain Table A large line of Organdie lawns, best patterns of the season, go at 6Y*c a yard;

worth 1234c. V

Delaines in dark ground, wool effects, especially nice for wrappers, S&c, worth

j 1234c.

| Wash Goods—**« ^ al# . 15 pieces Manvllle Lawn at Sc per yard,

always sold at 1234c.

A new lot of Scotch Plaid Ginghams for

634c, good value at 10c.

20 pieces Prunella Cloth, 8c a yard, worth

1234c.

Donjesticse—gast •j*i« New styles In wrapper Flannel at 4c. 634c and 10c. Windsor Genoese, the newest Wrapper Flannel, in beautiful Persian designs, at

17c.

Yard wide bleached Muslin at 4c. Heavy yard wide, unbleached Muslin, 334c, 4c and 434c. A few pieces 9-4 unbleached sheeting at 1234c. 9- 4 bleached sheeting at lie. Umbrellas— Wett or the Ladles’ 26-inch silk Gloria Umbrella, horn and natural wood handles, regularly $1.60 to $2.00; prices to-day, $1.00, $1.1$, $1,50. Gentlemen's 28-inch Gloria Umbrsllas, natural wood handlaa, worth $1.00 and $1.60; price to-day, 69c and 98c. Ribbons—C',.' Nos. 5 and 7 Satin and Gros Groin Ribbons. all bright shades, worth lOo and 1234c, go at 6c. Double-faced Ottoman Ribbons, No. 16, worth Sc, go at 10c a yard. Black Satin and Qros Grain Ribbons, from 3 to 6 iffehes wide; also, fancy check! and stripe ribbons, worth up to GOo a yard, go at 21c a yard. Hosiery and Underwear East aisle ^ Ladles’ full, regular mads, cotton Hose, In fast black and russsts, at 10c, that were 19c. Ladles’ full fashioned cotton, spliced heels and toes, Hermsdorf dye, blacks and tans, at 1234c that were 26c. 35 dozen ladles’ forty gauge cotton Hose, all cardinals, with white ailk embroidered fronts, at iSc a pair, that were 50c. Ladles’ out size, two-thread Hermsdorf fast black cotton Hose, spliced heels and toes, at 19c, were 36c. Children’s two-thread, fast black cotton Hose, double heels and toes, seamless, at 7c a pair, regular price 1234c; all sixes, 6 to 9. * Boys’ Bicycle Hose, two-thread, the best on the maxket, for 17c a pair; all sizes, 6 to 10; they always sell at $Gc. Ladies’ pure white swits ribbed, soft finished lisle thread Yosts, at 1234c. the usual 26c quality. Notions— w ..t .1.1. Spool cotton Thread, to. Machine Sewing Silk, 3c. 10- yard Spool Twist, la. Skirt Braid. 2c. Tape Measures that sold for 20c now go at 10c. Dress Shields that were 26c now at 10c. New ahapsd Skirt Belting, 8c a yard. Boys Clothing—g.*** floor The balance of all our line Straw Hats for boys, mostly sailor style, prices wore 50c to 75c; your choloe for 19o. •

bleached blonde. Even the chickens, dogs, horses, cats, pigs and geese are a bright yellow. The whole place looks as If It were suffering from an attack of Jaundice. This peculiar condition of affairs is due to the chemicals used in the powder factory at that place. The company is engaged In the manufacture of a yellow smokeless powder that is different from anything in the explosive line ever put on the market before. A robust, ruddy-cheeked young man will go to work In the factory, and In a week he will look as If he had had the jaundice for months. The changed appearance is a shock to the friends of the workmen who are Ignorant of the cause, and It Is weeks before the natural color comes back to hls face. In three days a white dog will be the color of an orange, and In three months hls color will fade to a light canary. After the Battle. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. ”1 have only one request to make, sir, said the captive Spanish commander, after surrendering toils forces to tbe Cuban

insurgents.

“What Is It?” "Let me send a cablegram to Madrid announcing that I have won a complete and decisive victory.”

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rupt price, $2.26.

^dles’ tan Oxfords and Prince Alberta. The $2.00 and tUI

grade.

Boys' Tennis Shoes.

Boya’ calf Shoes, bankrupt

Price, $2.00.

Infants' shoes.

Children’s School Shoes.

Ladloa’ black kid Oxfords, tha

M.G0 kind.

Tan shoo dressing, former pr’.ca 26c. \ «

$1.15 Boy# ' * pr,B * heel, calf Shoe,

^slzes 10 to 1334; these are worth

$1.60.

$1.48 LadJ **’ M** *14 und cloth-top ^ Oxford*, narrow and square toes;

reduced from $2.00,

Oxford Ties and low but-

ton Oxfords, hand-turned, newest

styles. .

Jewelry

Men’s solid gold Shirt Studs 260, worth

60c.

Men's best quality Vest Chains, single and double, were $8.0$ to $6.00, choice 86c. Men's solid gold, genuine Cameo Stone* were $5.00 and $8.00, choice for $1.10. Society Pina that were $1.25 to $8.60t' now

go for 10c.

New Heart Breast Pina, 13c. Pearl Link Cuff Buttons. 15c. Baby Pins with Chain. 26c. 50c Leather Bolts, go for 10c.

fo ® 1 ^ c Book 6* We and 75c, now go Toilet Articles * Face Powder that sold for 12c, now at 6c. Motel top Whisk Brooms. 36c, worth Mo! Sanitary Towels that Bold for #e and 10c,

now go for 3c.

Eau do Quinine Hair Tonic, 28c. 8-ounoe Violet Toilet Water, 49c. Perforated Roll Toilet Paper, 8a

Almond Cream. 39c. Cocoanut Oil Soap, Sc. Curative Soap, 6c.’

Face Chamois. 2c, the 6c kind. Art Department Yard square Unted and fringed, MR}* Cover, 39c the 60c kind.

Stamped Dayllee, to.

Bumped Tray Cloth, 10c.

'Metal filigree covered bottles, 25c. Filigree covered Puff Boxes, 60c, the 7So

kind.

26c Crochet Silk, now 12c. ■ Yarn that sold for 10c, now goes at ic. Basement 1 quart Fruit Cane, 39c per dona. 1 4-quart porcelain Kettles, 17o. • Tin Cups, 2c. . t 6-quart Un Buckets, tfc. • Galvanised Iron Bucket, 19c. Full length Ladles’ Cutting Table, 41a < Ladies Rush Shopping Bosket, 9c. 8 boxes of Tacks, 8c. Full set of Mrs. Potu* smoothing Irons, nickel-plated, 7»c pee set. One set to each customer. A few Whitewash Brushes, 6c each. Rogers forks, 1847, good, for $1.26 set. • to each customer. Sugar Shell for 2k. 14-inch Meat Platter. 7a Silk Lamp Shades, $2 and |$ value, foe

49c.

112-plece English Porcelain dinner set, $12.49; $20.00 value. 6-lnoh decorated Jardlaere. neatly decorated, only 17c. Maaon quart-Jar, 89c a dozen; Jelly; Glasses, 25c and 38e and Ma Candies Marsh mallows, $19 pounds, whtla they last, 1234c a pound, regularly 89c. PETTIS DRY GOODS CO.

The Civil Service As » Career. The requirementa of suocese fpr those who eeek It in the dvH service, as la otl»er professions, are hard to define, and their absence Is frequently more readily apparent than their preoance. They Include capacity for hard work, ability to become if'teres ted In matters seemingly insignificant and monotonous, and breadth of view sufficient to groap the larger relations of routine work, accompanied by an attentiveness to •details that will insure accuracy. In addition, them must be perseverence to conquer early disappointments, patience In waiting for advancement, selfreliance, and esteem to protect against the occasional insolence' of occidental greatness, and Industry as on ever-present ally. To those who possess these characteristics the civil service noW offers on on;c-rtunity and! a career. It has no great rewards, but they are yearly becoming greater, and, on the contrary. It 4s sure not to furnish any severs disappointments. Its pecuniary emoluments are small, but they ore regular, and thole who enjoy them suffeaf little from the At rets of competition, and do not fear destruction In the struggle for existence. In place of fame, it offers the satisfying oonsdousnees of having served humanity.

Painting fly Machinery. OSsaisr'a Magazine. Painting by maohinafy, practiced on a large scale for the first time la commotion with the mamoth exposition buildings at Chicago, in the United States. In 1888. has become an everyday acoomplUhment, and painting machlntf are now regularly purobaseable articles. For eevwul gears previous t? tbs roeruioffiH use, r|

Love's Local Option. • bunch. "Diink to ms only with thine eyas.”

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has purchased the entire stock fine Shoes, formerly' owned by Hornshu & Smock, at No. 39 West Washington Street, and will offer it for sale at the'above number, at 50c on ihe dollar. Sale commencing Saturday, August 24, 1895, and will continue until all is sold. This stock is composed of a complete line of Ladies’, Men's, Boys’, Misses’ and Children's High-Grade Shoes. Below I quote you a few prices ■ j

Boys’ and Misses’

Ladies’ and Gents’« $7 Shoes at : : : $3,50

$6 Shoes at $5 Shoes at $4 Shoes at $3 Shoes at $2 Shoes at

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3.00 2.40 1.00 1.40 ^ 90

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$4.00 Shoes at : : $3.50 Shoes at : ; $3.00 Shoes at : ; $2.50 Shoes at : : $2.00 Shoes at ; : : Babies’ Moccasins,in all colors, lormerly sold at 50c, our price :

Don’t delay. Come immediately for bargains. No. 39 West Wash-

ington Street, one door west of L. S. Ayres.

39—West Washington ©treet