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TBACK SLSTATIOX. The plafis lor railway elevation proposed by Mr. Jaup. the city engineer, imprest* the layman at ftrat glance a« being caretully prepared, and as ottering in many reaped* a reasonably conservative solution of the gntde-crossing problem in thla city. The . aMentlal point* briefly stated are: 0> That the Big Four line to North Indianapolis shall be abandoned, except for •witching purposes In reaching the lninstrles in the western part of the city; (2) that the Um* running to the northeast •hall be elevated from Washington street to a few blocks beyond Massachusetts avepue; (2) that the Union tracks be elevated throughout the entire extent from Senate •venue to East Washington street; (4) that the tracks leading to the South, southeast and southwest shall all be elevated, so as to do away with the principal grade crossings of the South Side; (5) that along practically all the lints, except a part of the Union tracks, side tracks at the present grade shall be maintained for the purpose of reaching established Industries, (8) that in the district designated by the engineer as the freight-house district—the region in which the present freight-houses stand, between East street and Delaware street — sufficient tracks at the present grade shall be maintained to reach all the freight stations, v By these plans nearly all th^industries in the city, which now have private •witches, would be reached without elevating the switches. The present freight depots would be used without change. Only the train shed of the Union Station would require reconstruction. If the plans are practicable, that la to say, if they could be carried out so as to reach the result* above stated at a reasonable cost, some of the most serious objections Which have been .-alaed to track elevation would be done away with. When tha ordinance was published, some weeks ago, no Intimation was given that track elevation could be secured In any way that would not Involve enormous cost to the railways In changing their terminal facilities, and also large coat to the manufacturers that had private switches; all which would have meant great Increase is the cost of doing business here. The City engineer gives no estimate of the probable cast to the railways of elevating the tracks according to the plans that he eubmlts. Neither does he state bow many miles of tracks are involved. We do not understand either that the plans that are submitted are a finality. They are to be regarded as the first tentative proposition. If the ordinance be adopted and tha work of track elevation la Insisted upon, there will no doubt be an effort by the city authorities to come to an entirely amicable understanding with the railways in the carrying out of the project. It Is not at all unlikely that the railway engineers may be able to suggest modifications of any plan submitted by the city which would be to the advantage of all concerned. In any event, the subject, as we have from the start Insisted, is one of too large proportions to be considered in haste. It needs careful examination from every paint of view and a sincere effort to determine what is best for the city and ai{ its interests — not omitting, of couriM, the railways themselves. Two or three suggestions or criticisms occur to us: (1) Why would It not be practicable to abandon the use of the tracks leading to the northeast (as well as the track to the northwest) for all but switching purposes? Why could not the passenger trains that now come from that direction swing around the city by the Belt and reach the station by tbs Union tracks? (2) With the many tracks, which Mr. Jeup’s plan proposes to allow in the freight-house district, the grads , crossings at Alabama, New Jersey, Blast , street and Virginia avenue (the viaduct i being done away with), would remain as . bad as any grade crossing that we now have In the city, except for the fact that there would be no passenger trains. (I) • Why ^a It necessary to maintain so many ! distlncf tines through the South Side? , Could not some of them be abandoned except tor switching purposes?
executive power of the free utterance by American freemen of their sentinieuta on matters of public concern affecting the welfare of the people, and we denounce as dangerous and Indefensible all efforts to Interfere with and abridge this sacred right. There is a vital issue! The Maryland convention traveled thousands of miles across the Pacific ocean to condemn a military order which the commanding general In the Philippines made, and which he had a perfect right to make! The order may not have been necessary, and It may have been bad policy to make It. But for sensible men to lay down the doctrine that a military commander is not supreme, even over the correspondents, In the territory In which operations are being conducted, is to convict themselves either of gross Ignorance or blatant demagoglsm. But what a small matter It Is at Its worst! For the rest, this very remarkable platform declares against the maintenance of a large standing army in time of peace — though this la not a time of peace —and Insists on the “supremacy of the civil, over the military authority." Further, the convention is convinced that there ougnt to be "the strictest economy In the collection and disbursement of the public revenues." and no entangling alliance* with foreign nations. As the convention was entirely controlled by Mr. Gorman, Its denunciation of trusts, though full of Interest, is neither impressive nor convincing. On the whole, this Maryland convention Is the most amusing political body that has met during the present year. The party which it represents will now begin a tremendous Don Quixote battle against windmills, and It will not b« Its fault If freedom of the press is finally and forever stilted in the United (States of America THE IOWA REPUBLICAXS. The Iowa Republicans know what they believe on the financial question, and they are not afraid to express their faith. The convention yesterday at Des Moines reaffirmed the financial plank adopted by the convention of 1898, which was an unequivocal declaration in favor of the gold standard. As two conventions have now adopted this plank, It must represent the settled conviction of the Republican party of Iowa. It is as follows: The monetary standard of this country and, the commercial world Is gold. The permanence of this standard must be assured by congressional legislation giving to It the validity and vitality of public law. All other money must be kept at parity with gold. The convention further commended the State’s delegation in Congress for {ts maintenance of the gold standard, and urged Iowa’s Senators and Representatives "to lend their best endeavors to enact” the principles laid down into law. These declarations, taken in connection with the convention’s denunciation of free sliver coinage and o* the Chicago platform generally as "fraught with evil to the American people," have the effect of arraying the Iowa Republicans . unmistakably on the side of sound finance. And to crown all, they renominated L. M. Shaw, the present Governor, who Is known as a stanch friend of sound money. Of course, protection and the Dlngley tariff were commended. The convention applauded the skill and courage of our soldiers and sailors, ana declared that "nothing of support or sympathy, or moral or material aid or comfort will ever be withheld from them.” The national administration la indorsed, and Is promised the undivided support ox the Republicans of Iowa until all shall acknowledge "that even in the farthest East” the flag "Is the sign and promise of equal law, of Justice and liberty throughout the land, and to all the inhabitants thereof.” There is a rather mild pronouncement against trusts, and a declaration favoring the enactment of such legislation as "will regain for American ships the carrying of American bommeree." On the main issues this platform is sound, and it will no doubt commend Itself to many voters In Iowa who are not formally connected with the Republican party. For the people of the West are more and more against free silver, and are opposed to any policy the effect of which would be to weaken the Government In Its efforts in the Philippines. Neither the old nor the new Bryaaitem has any great charm for the people in this part of the country. They are for American supremacy in the Philippines, at least till there is a possibility of a settled government, and for sound money. On these two questions the Re publicans of Iowa express the popular conviction.
THE REXSOADE MILLIOXAIRE, The flight of William Waldorf Astor to England suggests a remark once made by the editor of the New York Evening Post, which, it seems to us, Is peculiarly applicable to the case of the New York millionaire. In one of his brlittant essays, .Mr. Godkin said that he could conceive of no more useful or Inspiring career than tkat which gave a man an opportunity to influence public opinion in these United States of America. Walt Whitman suggested the same thing whan he said. In effect, chat if a man wished to become truly' distinguished he ought not to seek to separate himself from the mass, but to merge himself in it. For no one can hope to influence the mas* unless he does merge himself in it. But this brilliant and useful career had no charms for Mr. Astor. He la evidently looking for a civilisation that 1* finished and fenced In. To him the Joy of conflict Is something unknown. He could no more undersU-nd such men as Theodore Roosevelt and the late William K. Russell, with their Joy In the “Strenuous, life." than they could understand him. It is really a pitiful spectacle — that presented by Mr. AJftor. He has no more Idea wi!at this country stands for than has the London Saturday Review. If he bad he would have given up his life before he would have renounced hla allegiance to the great republic. If it had not been for the chances offered here to ^onesty and thrift. It is very doubtful gbether Mr. Afitor would ever have been able to pay his passage across the Atlantic. But he Is an educated man and a man of some culture and refinement. Therefore, he must know that people all over the world are looking to tme country as the realisation of their fondest hopes. To them it Is of the utmost importance that the principle of self-government, on which this gigantic republic Is based, should receive a triumphant vindication. Every immigrant that sulls into New York harbor catches an inspiration from the glorious status of “Liberty Enlightening the World." No mao is so broken by tyranny or so degraded by caste distinctions that b« can not feel the thrill which the’‘contact with liberty and equality sends
through his veins. All the ends of the earth are looking to us. Yet Astor runs away! He runs away In spite of the fact that the most dangerous enemies that liberty has In this country are men of hla own Idle class. He will not be missed except pleasantly. But what we can not \inderstand is how any man with red blood In hla .•veins could deliberately forego the pleasure to be derived from the battle yet to be fought In this country. The greatest question Imaginable is almost constantly before this people. Whether It Is free sliver, Imperialism, the tariff, currency reform, or whatever it Is, the great problem to be solved is how to reconcile the reign of law with the largest possible liberty of the Individual. The subject may take diverse forms, but In essence it la always that. In the matter of trusts, for example, the question Is how we may prevent capital from controlling the Government without unduly Impairing the freedom of contract. In no other land do such tremendous problems present themselves. Yet Astor runs away from them all. and seeks shelter In a, society which thinks It has settled things. He may be more comfortable than he was, but he is going to miss lots of fun. Clearly he has reached the stationary stage. For our part we do not envy him.
SOUTH AMERICA AGAINST NORTH AMERICA. The suggestion of the Venezuelan statesman that there is likely to be an alliance of the countries of South America against the United States is hardly worthy of serious consideration. But the remark comes with poor grace from the citizen of a country which owes so much to the United States. If it had not been for the Intervention of President Cleveland Great Britain would have been free to seize a large portion of the territory claimed by Venezuela. The quarrel had gone on for years, and the stronger power had rejected every suggestion of arbitration. Resistance by Venezuela would have been hopeless. But in deference to the wishes of this Government Great Britain consented to arbitration, and the question at Issue will be fairly
decided.
What Is true in this case is true In all such cases. We have never Interfered In any way with our South American neighbors except to help them. It may be doubted whether there would to-day be an Independent government south of ths Isthmus If it had not been for the stand of the United States against the Holy Alliance, which proposed to help Spain recover her revolted colonies. It may be Said that the Monroe doctrine was dictated by national selfishness, but Us effect was to save the South American republics from enslavement. And the people of those nations owe more to the United States than they do to all the rest of the world put together. But more important even than all thla is the fact that we have no ambition the gratification Of which would In any way injure our neighbors of South America. We certainly do. not want their territory. On the contrary, we risked a war with England rather than see Venezuela despoiled of any portion of her domain. We fought a war with Spain for the sole purpose of winning independence for Cuba. We do not covet one foot of land Within the boundaries of any state on this hemisphere. Nor Is there In the minds of the people of the United States any wish to control the destinies of the nations of South America. Our Interests and theirs conflict at no point. There Is thus no reason for any thought of a combination against this country. We do not forget that It is possible for the United States to exercise Its protecting care in too officious a way, and thus perhaps to injure the pride of a weaker power. Any thought of a protectorate ought to be dismissed. Yet we have seen how quick the weaker powers of this continent are to appeal to the United Staten when they get into trouble. This being so, they should not be too critical of the methods employed in their behalf. Another thing should be borne in mind, and that la, that It is very much to the Interest of certain European powers to stir up trouble in the Americas, and further, that romc of tho&e powers would be very glad to get a lodgment wlthlh the boundaries of independent states on this side of the Atlantic. Surely, the doctrine of America for the Americans is one that we can all accept. It is so obviously In the Interest of us all that we can not Imagine that there will be the slightest dissent from it by the people or the government of any American state.
Good-bye, Astor, take keer of yourself. There Is more squeezing In sight. The corset-makers are organizing a trust.
But, anyway, we have plenty of Aators left.
We hope that many good citizens made not*, of the fact reported In yesterday’s News that the Summer Mission for Sick Children want* money. The mission intend* within the next few days to send out letters inviting subscriptions^ but no one should wait for an invitation. Six hundred dollars is inquired to complete the work of the season. August, the friends of the mission say, Is the month during which Its ministrations seem to be needed most. By that time the heat of the summer has had its weakening effect on scores of delicate children. All these children need In to be taken out Into the country in the beneficent charge of the Summer Mission Few require a physician's services. Plenty of fresh air is the only tonic necessary- There are many children In the city that can not get out Into the country except through the Summer Mission. Any one giving money to the mission may be sure that It reaches little ones greatly In need of the helpful change It brings.
If New York does not devise some Ingenious ways of taxing the property of alien landlords we shall miss our guess.
If It Is true that Wales thinks Astor is a bore, we fear Astor will not get a title very soon. By the way, we wonder If Astor would nqj play baccarat with the no.fle Prince; or did he refuse him a little “advance"? The governor-general will not allow yellow Journalism In Havana if It becomes too yellow. Mighty line thing; military rule is sometimes! There is trouble, and lots of It, in Kentucky. The Hon. Henry Watterson devotes two double-width columns of the Courier-Journal to an exposition of his views on the crisis. In his opinion Goebel ought to be elected. Bui there seem to be a good many Democrats who do not agree with him, and they will, unless Mr. Watterson or some one else can convince i
them of tha error of tbelr ways, nominate a ticket of their own. Really, with Bryan and Watterson both supporting Goebel, It would seem as though he ought to be satisfactory to all kinds of Democrats But one thing Is clear, and that is that Kentucky is a mighty good State for Mr. Bryan to keep out of at the present Juncture. Are Ohio patriots clamoring for Jones?
Those Tammany architects are architects first of their own fortunes.
"Spotters" for the Cleveland strikers are bearding cars and osklng people their names, threatening them with the boycott. Ixcpudtnce could not go much further. What has become of Cleveland’s manhood? It Is hard to tell whether anti-expan-sion or the kissing bug has the greater "run” just now. The Maset committee Investigating New York city affairs is going to ask the members of the CitF Council to explain what real use they serve. The councilmen will have a pretty hard time of it, we Imagine. Mr. Astor becomes a subject of Great Britain and an object of contempt.
Probably one reason why we do not hear of more new trusts these days Is that there are so few things left on which the trust makers can exercise their Ingenuity.
Mr. Bryan says that the republic can not live a double life, and yet, at the same time, he advocates a double standard, himself!
According to Governor Bradley, public sentiment In Kentucky is at fault respecting those bloody family feuds. The people are too prone to stand back and let the families fight it out, believing, no doubt, that the more deadly the conflicts between such people, the better it will be for the State. The only trouble with this theory Is that lawlessness of any kind leaves bad lessons, which people are too quick to learn. Kentucky will have to get better If she does not want to get worse.
The yellow journals ought to feel easier after the declaration‘of the Maryland convention yesterday in favor of the freedom of the press. Detroit citizens are glad to have Alger home. The whole country Joins them In this sentiment. Pouth Carolina can grow good tea. Nobody can object to that kind of exnansion unless, perchance, the new Industry becomes another infant crying for protection.
The family feuds of Kentucky already show a percentage larger than her tollgate wars, with other games to hear from.
It Is Just now that the tin-plate makers find the tariff a mighty convenient fact. They have brought together all the plants in the country, so that there can be no domestic competition; the tariff prevents the importation of Welsh plate, below a certain figure. So up goes the price of tin-plate.
Governor Plngree seems to take Alger's retirement as a personal affront, but he fails to say how influential he was himself in bringing it about.
The "antl-lmperiallsts" continue to become more and more wrought up over the situation. But the recruiting goes merrily on. The new regiments are rapidly filling. Wh,’n the autumn campaign opens there will be short, sharp and decisive work
There are many Kentucky Democrats that refuse to be Goebled.
Greater effort, If possible, ought to be made to discover the source from which the Filipinos are drawing their war supplies. It would seem that our navy ought to be able to prevent any large quantities of war material from reaching Aguinaldo’s forces. 1 — 1 _ Who pays the “spotters” sent out by the Cleveland strikers for their very valuable
services?
Anybody that would confess himself defeated by bands of semi-barbarians and withdraw his troops under fire, can not hope, Mr. Bryan, to become commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States.
We are spad to see that the farmers of Delaware county intend to fight the strawboard nuisance. Several living on the Misslsslnewa, naturally a beautiful stream, but now befouled by strawboard refuse, have Joined In an endeavor to obtain relief. Thpy have aent protests and petitions to the authorities many times, and have received many promises of protection, but none of them has borne results. The farmers, therefore, have determined to make a strong fight. We hope they will keep It up till they win. It Is a shame that a beautiful stream should be polluted, that farms should be lowered In value, and that scores of people should be annoyed and their health endangered simply through the greed or the carelessness of a rich company. The farmers are not the only sufferers, though they are, of course, the greatest. The sportsmen who used to find gune fish plentiful In the river are also outraged. Nearly all of the fish, except the cat and others of a like hardy nature, have been killed. Bass were formerly to be caught In great numbers. Now, the few that remain attempt to force their way up Into the small streams which are clear and clean. The strawboard nuisance should be stopped.
We entered the Philippines by right. We are not going to back out, are we?
Prices arc advancing all along the line and the public at large will be foolish enough to suspect that the advance is not entirely due to a natural demand. If affairs continue In this way there will be no doubt aa to the public feeling toward them In the next campaign. No. decidedly, the Americans are not quitters, we hope. In Its declaration against trusts the platform of the Iowa Republicans says that "Industry and commerce should be left to pursue their methods acco.'ding to the natural laws of the world." What an arraignment of “protection," which Iowa Republicans have been Indorsing all these years! ’ ' Mr. Bryan can not go for comfort to the proceedings of the Maryland Democrats. Their action is an indorsement of the "expedientists." ' Mr. Pickett, temporary chairman of tho Iowa Republican convention, ought to know that he ta rot ei titled to use such terms us “hydra-headed, monster"; such expression* belong so exclusively to the Populists that he could be prosecuted for infringement.
Those Loving Gtrls. [Chicago Record ] Tody—Jennie tells me young Woodby proposed to her last night. Viola—I don't, think 1 know him. Is he well off? Tody—He certainly Is. She refused him.
The ttrnatf Beignemr. To the hut of the peasant, or lordly hall. To the heart of the king, or humblest thrall. Sooner or late, love cotnea to aU. Aad It cam* to the Grand Seigneur, my dear. It oamo to the Grand Seigneur. The robins were singing a roundelay, And the air was sweet with the breath of May, As a horseman rod* thro' the foreet way. And he was a Grand Seigneur, my dear. He waa a Grand Seigneur. Lord of the Manor, Count Beliefontalne. Had spurred over many a stormy plain. With gallants of France at his bridle rein. For he was a brave Cavalier, my dear, He was a brave Cavalier. But the huntsman's daughter. Let Belle Marie, Held the Knight s proud heart In captivity. And oh! she waa as fair as the fleur-de-lis. Tho* only a peasant maid, my dear, Only a peasant maid. Thro’ the woodland depths on hla charger gray. To the huntsman's cottage he rides away. And the maiden lists to a tale to-day That haughtiest dame might hear, my dear. That haughtiest dame might hear. But she cried, “Alas! It may never be. For my heart la pledged to the young Louis, And I love him, O Sire, so tenderly. Tho' he’s only a poor Chasseur, my Lord, Only a poor Chasseur." "Enough,” spake the Knight with a courtly bow, “Be true to thy lover and maiden vow. For virtu* like thine is but rare. I trow. And farewell to my dream of love, and thee. Farewell to my dream of thee." And they say the gallant Count Bellefontalna Bestowed on the couple a rich domain But you never may hear such tale again. For he was a Grand Seigneur, my dear, ' He was a Grand Seigneur! —W. H. Drummond.
The Flag that Waves Above. Come, sing a song of the stars and stripe*, and the soldiers brave and true. Who side by side have fought and died ’neath the old red, white, and blue. And give a cheer for the s&tlor lad and his good ship strong and stanch. That can whip the fleet he may chance to meet though the best that man could launch. CHORUS. Hurrah! for the army and navy, boye; Hurrah! for the land we love. Then off with our hats and three times chesr For the flag that waves above. Then over the ocean sail away, nor mind the darkest night. For the sweetest smllf* of the sea-girt Isles await the blue and white; And wherever on land the call may come. In the thickeet of the fray With a shout of joy tights the aoldler-boy for the land of the blue and gray.—[Chorua.] Then whether on plain, or mountain-slope, or on the deep Wue sea. / You may well depend on a Yankee friend wherever you may be; For of all the loyal hearts and true among soldier lads or tarn. We stand the test the truest and best beneath the stripes and stars.—[Chorus.] —Henry Kslloch Rowe In Leslie's Weekly.
SCRAPS.
The number of Buddhists Is computed to be 455,000,000. In Italy 800,000 people find employment in raising sllkwilms. About one German woman In every twenty-seven works in a factory. There is not a city in the world that consumes so many frog legs as New York. Women have, as a rule, according to Sir Erasmus Wilson, much coarser hair than men. It is a popular belief that a holly bush planted near a dwelling protects the house from lightning. The black jaguar of Central Ameriqa will attack any man by night or day whom he finds lying down. Queen Victoria pays over 21 a pound for her tea. which Is bought at a small shop in the West End of London. Paymasters and commls7ar!at officials of the German army receive special training in examining the quality of food supplied to the army. The latest thing In company promoting comes from Paris, where a dog's cemetery has been floated with a capital of £14,000. The promoters are ladles. Tho results of recent drillings In Borneo have caused many persons to think that Borneo will prove to be the richest petroleum field in the world. Napoleon Third’s last dwelling place and the scene of his death, Camden House, Chislehurst. has been destroyed and, with its beautiful grounds. Is to serve as a golf links. Gambling in France la said to have reached such proportions that the government has begun to study the question seriously. It is estimated that half of the suicides In Paris are due to losses at the races. Old Gentleman—My friend, what do you do with your wages every week—put part of them in the savings bank? ’Btts Driver—No, sir. After paying the grocer, baker, butcher and rent. I pack away what's left In a barrel. I don’t believe in savings banks.—London Tit-Bits. A certain Nauvoo woman assured her husband that she never told him a lie and never would. He told her that he did not doubt It, but would hereafter cut a notch in the piano when he knew she deceived him. “No, you won't,” she scroamed. ‘Tm not going to have my piano ruined." Cornelia, the mother of the Gracchi, was a person of resource. Whenever she hired a new girl she took the latter at once to the nursery and showed her the Graccni, saying: “These are my Jewels!” In this way she avoided the embarrassment of having the hired gir) all the time borrowing her Jewels to wear to social functions. —Detroit Journal. Capt. Clifford Anderson, of Boston, has in bis possession the first letter written by Zachary Taylor to his daughter after her marriage. This daughter eloped wtlh Jefferson Davis. Captain Anderson came across the letter in an autograph dealer's stock, and will return it to Mrs. Davis. Zachary Taylor was a colonel at the time of the writing. The national bank* of the State of Washington number thirty-one, and had aggregate resource* and liabilities amounting to 224.800.0W, July, 1889, against $20,000,000. July 14, 1898. showing an Increase In general business of 14.800.000, or 24 per cent. The deoosits have grown from $16,000,000 to $19,700,000. or 81,3 per cent., in the same period. The growth of deposits since the September call of last year has amounted to $4,700,000. or 31.3 per cent. As a result of the success of a number of Jersey City women In causing the streets of that town to be properly cleaned. It Is proposed to turn the department of .street cleaning over to the women, having aU the employes, from superintendent down to sweepers, of the feminine gender. Thus is a new field of labor likely to be opened to women, and one in which, before the advent of the new woman, they were supposed to excel. -Philadelphia Times. Visitors in the Presbyterian cemetery at Dover. Del., have found In a distant section of the cemetery, some forty feet apart, graves of three young women. They are the wives of Alexander McClyment. a former Assemblyman and well-known citizen of the early part of this c*ntuO’On the slab of Sarah, who died in 1811, age twenty-one, Is inscribed: “Oh. Monster! My heart is torn asunder by this ghastly wound." In 1816 Elisabeth, the second wife, died, age twenty-two, and hei tomb contnlnn words even stronger: "Insailate archer! Would not one suffice?" But In 1825, when Elizabeth, the third wife, died at the age of twenty-five, the f-orrow-otrlcken husband wrote: "Thy shaft fell thrice: and thrice my peace was slsln!’’—Philadelphia Record. Several cargoeg of lumber of considerable interest from an historical point of view have just been delivered In Philadelphia. The lumber was obtained on ch« Wlidernt?* battlefield, and the bills of lading show that the tree* were felled and the lumber sawed on the famous fleul where Log and Grant fought so fiercely and stubbornly for supremacy. In some of the planks the minie balls can be plainly seen, particularly where the bullets have been cut through by the saw. which seemed to go through the lead as easO/ a* through the pine. The p trts of the wood touching the spots when the bullet* were found are discolored and rotten, but not enough to damage the lumber.—New York Tribune. There arc 118 boy* at the orphans' home, and they had only one dog to go around among them, but he was equal to the demand* made upon him. Jack was so popular among children and teachers tha; there was sinctre grieving when he died the other day, and the boys heid a public funeral They had read somewhere that Indians honored a chieftain by throwing their choicest possessions into his gravi, and a procession was formed of the boys, each throwing some toy into the grave as he passed In line. One boy's grief was so sincere that he threw away a new Jackknife. There are many stories told of Jack, a favorite one, being that the boys coaxed the supervisor to put Jack’s name on the rollr When it was called out a boy would pinch the dog's tall, and the dog would bark, which was conquered his way of answering “present."—Atchison Globe. „
MEN AND WOMEN.
Mrs. Titus Clarke is the oldest Flathead Indian of the Wasco tribe now alive. According to the best suthorlty, she Is over ninety years old. Llttls is known of the personal Ilf* and habits of Kate Greenaway, though her name Is almost a household word in both America and England. She shuns the publicity that Is usually given so famous an artist She regards her private life as something sacred, and lives a quiet, industrious life In her old-fashioned, picturesque home near Hempstead Heath. Princess Helena of Orleans, wife of the Duke of Aosta, and sister of the Duke of Orleans, has sold a considerable part ot the valuables In her Turin, Genoa. Milan and Paris houses and placed the money thus realized at the disposal of her brother, to be used in the Orleanist cause. The picture* and statuary have been purchased by various museums, and by English and American collectors of objects of art.
Sir Julian Pauncefote; who has Just been raised to the peerage, has been in public life nearly half a century and has held many positions of great responsibility. He was knighted In 1874. Bom In 1828, he was admitted to the bar m 1862. and In 1865 was made attorney-general of Hong-Kong. where he had previously held office. He was acting chief Justice of Hong-Kong. chief Justice of Leeward islands. Assistant Under Secretary of State for the Colonies and for Foreign Affairs, and then Permanent Under Secretary for Foreign Affa’rs. Ten years ago he succeeded Sir Lionel Backvllle-West ss British minister at Washington and subsequently was raised to ambassador.
Prof. O. T. Corson, recently elected president of the National Educational Association, Is an Ohio man. He was bom In Preble county forty-two years ago. and has been a school-teacher since his youth. He was educated at the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, O., and has been the superintendent of schools In many Ohio towns. In 1891. while living in Cambridge, he was elected State School Commissioner, and served two terms. Since leaving that office Professor Corson has been editor and publisher of an educational paper, and has made his home in Columbus. He recently declined the presidency of Athena College, preferring to devote his time to periodical and educational work on broader
lines.
Prince Chilkow. the Minister for Railways In Russia, commenced his career by making a tour of the world in order to taxe note of ail the latest inventions, and especially to study the Inner workings and control of foreign railways. He first took a position as an ordinary mechanic on the locomotive-works at Liverpool, and. after serving some years as a laborer, was raised to the post of railway guard, and afterward station-master at a small suburban station. When he returned to Russia he again worked his way from mechanic to station-master, and, after working for several years in the latter capacity on the Trans-Caspian and Varsovie systems, he was made inspector-general and finally minister of railways. The Rev. L. E. Holden, of Beloit College, who has been chosen president of the University of Wooster, is a native of this State. He was born on a farm near Rome, and learned shoemaking. Later he went to Chicago and found a position in A. T. Abbott's artist material store. He remained with Mr. Abbott until he entered Beloit College Academy to finish his preparation for college. It was Christmas day when he told Mr. Abbott bis desire for a college course, and that he was going to Beloit as soon as he could save KO. Mr. Abbott was so taken with the earnestness of the hoy that he said: *T will give you $25 in gold when you can raise the other $25." He replied: "I will go with the $25." and so, on January 4. 1882. L. E. Holden registered at Beloit College Academy. He entered the freshman class in 1S84. and was graduated in the class of '88, and took the master’s degree in 1891. He was graduated from Princeton University In 1891. and was called to the Knapp chair of oratory at Beloit College.—New York Trib-
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RELATIONS WITH EMPLOYES.
Understanding; Between Masters and Men Promotes Harmony. [New York Times.] The best Investment a corporation employing large numbers of men can make is in establishing a thorough understanding with them. And this lesson fits in with the general experience of human nature. More trouble comes !n all the relations of life from misunderstanding than from actual misconduct. If the relations of men are really substantially fair they will be satisfied with them in the ratio that they fully understand the facts. A very Impressive illustration of this was given in the dealings of the late Colonel Waring with the street-cleaning force. The great body of that force was the same as It had been under Tammany. No one will deny that it was of a sort naturally as hard to handle as any in the city. The men had been used to laxlness. negligence and Irresponsibility, and Colonel Waring undertook to make them active, faithful, and not only that but proud of their work and of the high standard maintained in it. He succeeded in this apparently hopeless task by a very simple system, through which the men and his office wire kept in constant and Intimate communication as to every detail of the work they were engaged In. He established in every district and in each branch of the force a committee consisting of his own representatives on the one hand and an equal number of representatives of the men. freely chosen by themselves. The committee met at regular and frequent intervals, and on the me side and the other every matter of interest, especially every cause of complaint against or by the men, was presented and discussed, and a decision reached if possible. Where the two parties could not agree, the matter was referred to a second committee, composed of representatives of the two sides chosen by the various committees. It was only when this higher and smaller body failed to reach a decision that any question was finally sent to the commissioner. In ail his term of service very few matters—less than half a dozen, If we remember rightly —failed of settlement by agreement between his representatives and those of the men. Now, the value of results thus obtained is that they rest not on the enforcement of arbitrary discipline, but on the unforced conviction Ot all concerned that the results are fair and right. On that supreme fact the men could not be deceived or misled by their prejudice or passion, or by apy mischief-makers In or out of their own ranks, because they knew ail about their business from the beginning, and had had their say about it, and had had their part in it Surely if such an achievement was practicable with men of this class, it ought to be so with workingmen generally, if it is sought in the same spirit and by like Intelligent and systematic methods. Instances could be given of success on these lines of private employment. They all turn on the essential condition of a candid and full understanding of the facts as they really are. reached by frank communication from the suit. In the care of large bodies of employes, this Involves organisation, and organisation directed to this end is deary of the highest advantage to all concerned. —- — p- .I—,■ Indiana’s Senators. [South Bend Tribune.] It is apparent that Indiana has two representatives in the Upper House of Congress who are alive to the interests of the people of their State and of the nation at large. Instead of putting in the vacation season looking after their Individual affairs or at some pleasure resort, as many Senators do. the Indiana men have been making personal and practical observations of matters connected with their official duties. They have posted themselves so that when the Senate meets they will be able to consider important questions Intelligently and understanding^. Senator Fairbanks, a member of tht> Alaskan boundary commission, visited Alaska during the summer, and, making a tour of the country, gained a practical knowledge of the situation there that could only be gained through personal experience. He knows more about the actual status of the gold deposits there and about the boundary lines in dispute than he would had he studied maps for a year or listened to the testimony ot other men. Senator Beveridge, who makes bis first appearance in the Senate at the next meeting of Congress, in December, has been informing himself on the Philippines situation in the only way that a man can properly Inform himself—by visiting the scene of trouble and going over the ground in person. • • • He will undoubtedly have Fomethli.g to say on the subject of our foreign policy and upon the Philippine situation when he has the opportunity before the Senate. *> A Great 'tall Utah. (Seymour Republican.] While you are talking about Indiana's greatness and feeling proud that you are a Hcosler, don’t forget that the Indianapolis baseball club is in the lead and winning games nearly every day now.
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UNTIL TWELVE O’CLOCK Exceptional bargains in every aisle to-mor-row morning. A few of the many bargains we will have until twelve o'clock.
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WASH GOODS IN THE MORNING Fifty piece* 25-Inch Batiste, in light grounds with colored figures, stripes and dots, a 5c qua!- ^i^jC Twenty pieces standard dress Ginghams, in light color*, with stripes, checks and plaids, all fast colors. 10c quality, for 32-inch Corded Batiste, in pink and blue grounds, with vhite figures and stripes. 12Hc Qual-_|/ c ity. for 7/2 w —West Aisle.
LINENS Fifty dosen of the Me quality©I A/hemmed Huck Towels tori... 0 /3*' 11.00 quality 72-inch Bleach- - , rw - ed Satin Damask, for, a yard. / V*' 20c quality plain and ml/r fancy white Pique *'*/A w —Basement.
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BELT BUCKLES We are going to sell our J5e fancy Gilt Buckles, with Jewel irar* settings. In the morning for... —West A tola
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niLLINERY A cleaning up of this season’s Hats and Sailors. Come early tomorrow and get the pick of the large assortment we have. Dress shapes that sold for mn 75c and 98c, go for D w Dress shapes that sold for Ier . •8c and $1.25, go for 1 S*' Rough Straw Sailors, In white, that sold from 98c to $1.50, . Plain black Straw Sailors, sold all season for $1.50 and 21.98, *7EC Black Sailors, In rough straw, former price 98c. now... We Just received an elegant line of gray felt “Walker’ hats. In the latest styles. 1 Come and see them. —Second Floor.
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THE UilBRELLAS Colored changeable Silk Umbrellas, In blue, red and green, with case and tassel, our regular 12.00 umbrella: In the morning Ci -sr you get them for —Right of Entrance.
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LACES All of the remnants and short lengths of Laces from 1% to 1 yards, and about * pieces of Columbian Torchon Laces, ^1/ - go in the morning for —Center Aisle.
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DOJTESTICS m yards of soft-finish Cambric remnants, in from 1 to 8-yardp-I/-lengths, a 10c quality, lor.... / Full yard-wide, soft finish Bleached Muslin 22 Cs yards for $1.00 Outing Flannel ...4® Comforts for single beds, filled with odorless white bat- C. ting, for JII.VU Porch Pillows, 26x20, filled with Java Silk, equal to elder- Awr down ^ —Basement.
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FOR THE MEN Men's full seamless Cotton Half Hose, with double heel and |f)C toe, reduced from 19c to * Full size Soft Shirts, for men and boys, worth 39c, to-morrow Men’s unlaundered White Shirts, linen bosonas. front and back reinforced, a 39c shirt, to-morrow for —East Aisle.
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THE HOSIERY Ladles’ seamless fast black Cotton Hose, with double heel and toe, regular price 15c, special in the morning V v Ladles’ full regular made Cotton Hose, with high-spliced heels and double toes. In the new tan shades, »eMUI«F9‘price 26c, choice Children’s fine ribbed fast black Cotton Hose, with double knee, heel and toe, 19c quality, i-sIZr to-morrow for —East Aisle.
A WASHING OUTFIT An August special you shouldn’t A complete washing outfit for half what you’d pay If you bought each article separate. The outfit complete to: Family else Wood Tub. regular..50c 36 best Clothes Pins, regular So 60-foot Cotton Clothes Line, regular .....Me 1 package American Ball Bluing, regular “C Globe Crimp Wash Board, regular .. ... *.*#,***••••***«**»* 1 lb. Klngford’s Starch Me Total ... ... ... ^ One outfit to a customer, W'E CLOSE AT 13 O’CLOCK.
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FRIDAY MORNING ON THE BALCONY Ladles’ French Lisle thread Vests, Swiss ribbed, with lace trimmed fronts, the 50c quality, for v Ladles’ RichoUeu-ribbed, softfinish lisle thread Vests, taped at neck and shoulders, regular price 25c, to-morrow for..,. -East Aisle.
TRUNKS, ETC. Genuine bargains In our regular stock of travelers* necessaries. In Trunks we have these good Canvas-covered Trunk*, with heavy basswood slats and solid brasa The S4-!nch Trunks for 94.5* The 96-Inch Trunks for The 18-Inch Trunks for ..$5.50 If you need one here’s a chanot that shouldn’t be missed. TRAVELING BAGS-Bolid leather Oxford Bag, leather llged, special in the 18-inch Olive leather Dress Suit Case, with steel frame, 22-lnch dt . mw size, for ..I n^w'/D "The Hercules" Telescopes and Dress Suit Case*, absolutely un« breakable. The latest thing out. ’ Look like leather and wear five times longer and cost less than half as much. They are $1.29 and up. —New Basement.
WE CLOSE AT 13 O'CLOCK. DINNER SETS We have Just received a number of entirely new things In Dinnerware, new colors, new shapes and new decorations. These patterns are controlled exclusively by us. We will sell these high-class sets at very low figures. 16.00 sets for 115.75 sets for S9-75 118.00 sots for *14 00 $25.00 sets for *19-00 $45.0# sets for 930 OO Notice a few of these sets In one of the west windows. —Basement.
PETTIS DRY GOODS CO PETTIS DRY QOODS CO.
Purity is kept up only by constant kicking and constant watching. We have onr eye on tho parity of lion Coffee. It will always be kept up. shall kick if it isn't. Yon will never need to kick if yon use lion Coffee* Lion Ooffise is oseergrouad os sold loose. Always iasssALsa packet with lien's hsad on front. No other la Lion Coffee, lasiet upon the geanine. In i lb. package only. Premlam List is every package. Wenlson Spins Co., Toledo, Ohio.
WITH THE PARAGRAPHER9.
The race problem—Columbia or Shamrock?—Philadelphia Record. If Chicago really sets Us mind on having a spectacular strike it can make Cleveland look sick.—Chicago Tribune. Probably what Dewey really said was that our next war would he with the yellow journalists.—-I-ouiavUle Times. It would have been Just as well if that Alaska treaty had been scanned os closely before it was ratified as It has been sine?.— Philadelphia Ledger. New York is expecting Admiral Dewey to stand a reception qf three days’ duration. As usual. New York intends to get her money's worth.—Washington Post. Good-by to prohibition If gold to found in paying quantities in the Bmokv Hill valley in Kansas. There was never a mining camp on earth without whisky.—Kansaa City Star. We are pretty well satisfied with Root for Secretary of War, but if Galllfet should get Out of a Job at home he might bo worth considering for a future emergency.—Philadelphia Time*.’ If a name ha# not yet been found for the automobile, the Job might be turned over to the accomplished person who got $10,000 a year tor naming Pullman palace cars.— Baltimore Herald. A patch Is being put on one of the Chicago streets in honor of Dewey's coming vtolt. That is right. Let u* spore no expense to make the City attractive before the great admiral arrives.—Chicago Record. . Another vindication of a high protective tkriff has been found by a Pentu. ivania professor. As is well known, we maintain a tariff on sardine* for the benefit of the New England herrings, out of which our “sardines" are made, and now this professor announces that good asphalt can be made out of herrings. With the maintenance of that tariff a few years longer it
would not be surprising if we could make attar of rotes and cross-cut saws out Of herrings.—Louisville Courier-Journal. Mean Trick on a Woman. (Nsw York Letter. ] She was a prim woman of buxom figure and uncertain age. A* she entered the "L” car at Twenty-third street her eye brightened when she saw that there whs a cross seat vacant, and she dropped into It with a little sigh ofimtisfaction, as if glad to rest herself. She hod hardly touched the seat when an sgronlMd voice, that seamed to come from beneath her, squeaked: “Get off my neck. She Jumped up, but only for n raomoitt, M she saw that there wn* nothing there. Then came the cry again: "Get off my neck." This OMto too ranch for the prim woman, who felt that there must be something uncanny about the car. and she got off at Twenty-eighth street. Then a small mat*, frith a heavy mustache, who had been sitting opposite to her. remarked, smilingly, to a friend by his side: “Guos* I scared the old girl. Wonder if she ever heard of ventriloquism?" School Girls Bathed the Baby. [New York Letter Pittsburg Dispatch.) A pale-faced, ten-weeks-ohi East Bide baby had a bath to-day in the presence of a class of girls in public school No. I* The bathing of the Infant was an Hem in the curriculum of the vacation school. The subject of the ablutionary demonstration seemed to enjoy the novel experience, and to the astonishment of the class, never circulated from beginning to end of the lesson. Of course, the bath Wb the most elevated of hygienic Dr. Grace D. Ives, the Inst re three thermometers floating In and the temperature of the water actiy_right before Itttle pole-face was put in. The greatest care was taker, not to frighten it. and the sponging, drying, powdering and a!) the rest of it were done solemnly, and with the perfection of tail that pertains to an exact