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6 THE COTOIER-JOURNAL, LOUISVILLE, SATURDAY MORNING. JULY 3). 181)9. CDmirijCrSfOltrUIlL I TMe on hU retU "tate oa nU I I -land so greatly in need at critical mo- I THP KENTUCKY som glaring gc.D..,edM that all I DITO from, -rue i.nc I tim and square op his real estate, on hla point, is open to the gravest -question. THE KENTUCKY veals soma glaring inconsistencies that ail Published Dally, Sunday and Semi-Weekly.

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Tha ad draaa will changed aa often aa desired. Leave order at Courier-JournAl Co anting room. DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. Tor Governor, WTXLIAX GOEBEL, of Kenton. Tor lieutenant Ooramor, 2.

C. W. BECEHAJff, of HV-son, Tor Attorney General, B. 7. BBECKTITRIDQE, of Boy la Tor Auditor, GITS G.

COTTLTEB, of Graves. Tor Treasurer, S. W. HAQER, of Boyd. Tor Secretary of SUte, B.

EHX, of Clark. Tor Supt. Tublle Instruction, XL V. M'CHESITET, of Tor Commissioner of Agriculture X. B.

HAZX, of Jefferson. Tor Bailroad Coxnmissionsrs, TLETCEEB. DEKPSET, of Hopkins) county rirst district. C. a M'CHOKD, of Washington coon- ty Second district.

-A. W. HAMTXTOU, of Montgomery Musty Third district. Business." Friday Evening, July 58. The stock market showed Improvement In many re-pacta to-day.

Bualneaa waa actlre this morn In, but In tha afternoon thera were realisations that clipped off prices somewhat Money waa VQ4 per cent, on calL Bterlins ezchanc was easier and bonds firm. Wheat closed strong- at Ho advance, and corn and oats were a shade higher. Iro-Tlslona rose lOfilao. Cotton and leat tobacco were steady. Cattle were active and steady In Chicago; nogs a shade higher, and sheep steady.

Pennsylvania and Kentucky Taxes. In another column will bo found letter from an esteemed correspondent who makes a careful analysis of the tax laws of this gtate as contrasted with those of Pennsylvania. The result Is sufficiently startling to Justify the earnest consideration of hie argument for revision. It appears that manufacturers are taxed II. S5 on their lands and buildings In the city of Philadelphia, no part of this going to the State, while in Louisville there la a municipal tax of $1.84 on lands and buildings, a State tax of S2 cents, and a county tax of 17 cents, making a total of $2.6314 on each 1100 assessed.

Here la already ad Immense disparity between the taxation systems, and its advantage la altogether In favor of but it does not stop at this. The Philadelphia and Pennsylvania manufacturers pay no tax on machinery, while In Louisville there Is again the municipal tax of $1.8 on each (100 of property and 684 cents State and county tax. The Pennsylvania manufacturer Is also untaxed on raw material, manufactured products, debts due them and cash on hand, on all of which toe Ken. tucky manufacturer must par. Neither Btate makes any deduction for Indebted, ness, but for money invested and mortgages bearing interest, the Pennsyl-vanlan pay 40 cents on each $100, ten cents of which goes to the city, while the Kentuckian is still assessed tha same old $2.

53 4. The wholesale merchant Is treated with similar leniency. In Philadelphia Jobbers pay an ad valorem tax of on lands, and buildings occupied; $1.23 on suburban, and 2ft cents on county property: Here their burdens stop, for the State imposes no tax at all, and the city does not assess store fixtures, stocks of merchandise or debts due. The Louisville merchant pays $2.534 plump I 1 iit-ra in certain conditions mat sur- i mnti I I There are certain conditions that sur store fixtures, on' his stock of merchan dise and on the debts due him. A little further comparison Is of Interest.

A manufacturer In Philadelphia with $100,000 Invested In his business, of which $20,000 Is in real estate, pays only $368. The Louisville business man would pay $2,535 or more than seven times aa much. The same thing holds true as to wholesale It is not necessary to go further to discover why Phil-adelphra has 20,000 factories and a proportionate number of Jobbers, while Louisville has but a few hundred. The problem of taxation is always a serious one and in this State is complicated by the fact that the new Constitution prescribes an ad valorem tax for all property. Equality of taxation is the end sought, but whihe In theory It Is both just and expedient it has failed miserably in practice.

Capttal has been driven out of the State, and new capita Is deterred from coming In where the tax-gatherer has such undisputed sway. The next Legislature Is certain to have tha tax problem brought before It, probably in many ways. The real question Is whether Kentucky thinks It worth while to bring new capital Into Its borders that can develop Its resources or whether it can go on as at present poverty-stricken and yet with all the elements that go to create wealth lying Idle at ita hand. "imn, tin ui iiock 01 raercoM- Tha State's Shams. A great deal that Is not complimentary Is being said about Clay county by Kentucklans just now, and outside the State a great deal that is not complimentary Is being said about both Clay county and Kentucky.

The latter reflections Can not be dismissed by Kentucky as. wholly undeserved. Clay county Is highly culpable, but so Is the State. If Kentucky is either negligent or powerless to prevent anarchy within Its boundaries; if the family clans In one of Its counties can defy all law. give themselves over to assassination, terrify the entire population of, the county.

Intimidate and control to their own uses the courts and the. law officers, and snap their fingers in derision and defiance of the Governor himself and the State Administration, then it Is hard to frame aa Indictment against Kentucky that would be too severe. And that seems to be just what the assassins of Clay county have done and are They murder each other at pleasure; and, 'what la worse, they either paralyse with fear or Involve In their own factions those citlsens of the county who prefer law and peace. The county and district officials have long ago shown that they are either too cowardly or that they are utterly unable to, do their duty and enforce the law of the State. More than that, they have shown that In many Instances they are notorious partisans of one aide or the other In these barbarous feuds.

What has the Governor done to put down this reign of lawlessness? He sent a detachment of troops to Manchester to protect a so-called court, and they were not even able to protect from aslasalnatlon the prisoner In their hands, though that was probably not their fault, and certainly not the fault of the Governor. But he has not moved a hand since to show to the murderers of Clay that the State of Kentucky, and not their debauched and dismantled county, la sovereign. Within only a few days past Its soil haa been soaked with the blood of its murderers, and If Gov. Bradley has made a move since it Is not known here. It- Is true that he haa sent an to examine Into conditions that are notorious, and It is said that that official haa reported that as the various factions have killed off enough of each other to satisfy themselves for the present, and not caring to be bothered by Sheriffs and Judges and Juries and Governors and hangmen, unite In the suggestion that the Governor let the matter drop a suggestion to which the Inspector Is said to have given his own official sanction.

But we know not how this may be. We only know this Is the substance of the report which the Governor's Inspector Is publicly alleged to have made to him, and that Its correctness has not been denied. Perhaps the Inspector haa been misrepresented. Perhaps, if he haa not been, the Governor will refuse to shape his course by such a remarkable recommendation. However these things may be.

the two facts Indubitable are that Clay county Is In the hands of assassins and anarchists, and that the Governor Is not known to have done anything to assert the authority of the people of this Commonwealth, with which he Is Invested, or even to Indicate that he believes that there is any auch authority applicable to the present shameful situation. And until he discovers and asserts such an authority the State of Kentucky must justly share the odium which falls upon the outlaws of one of Its counties. What Strikers Should Consider. The approach of the dog-days has overrun the country with strikes. The evil runs its periodic course at this season of the year when all Industries are active and the demands of business seem to afford the best chance for labor to enforce a higher wage.

In good years or bad, there are always strikes, and probably the sum total la no larger this summer than last. Still, the aggregate of disturbances is large, and the lawlessness shown, particularly la Cleveland and by the Idaho miners, haa been most disquieting. Without stopping to argue the merits or demerits of the strikes, it is manifest by the nonsuccess of the majority that they been unwarranted by the real situation. At any rate, the practical wisdom of these movements, even from the workingman's stand- round every strike are too seldom taken Into consideration by the men, but which must determine the Half a loaf of bread Is better than none, as the old saying goes, and if the supply of labor is abundant, even if the scale of wages be insufficient, it Is madness for one set of men to give up the work which Is yielding them and their families food and clothing merely that other men may take their Places. The ground ought to be gone over very carefully before a strike Is ordered, and the men should seek disinterested advice and exhaust every possible resource of arbitration before resorting to the.

extreme of quitting work. A valuable lesson was given some Intending strikers In "Jersey City last Wednesday, and their experience is worthy of consideration In this connection. The sound sense displayed by a parish priest saved the 780 freight handlers of the Pennsylvania railroad there from foolishly giving up their jobs with no chance for success. The men had demanded an Increase In their pay from seventeen cents to twenty cents an hour and had quit work, though told by one of their leaders that their places could be at once filled. As the angry laborers were marching away they were stopped by Father Brady, who counseled them In a few remarks whoso practical wisdom haa rarely been surpassed, and which apply to all men on the eve of such action.

Said the priest: "Mr dear man. this moment la aa occasion of vast Importance to every sutf her to-day. I am here aa your friend. I have always been interested la your welfare, and my entire sympathy goes out to you on this occasion. Judging from all external appearances you are about to enter upon a contest commonly called a strike.

Tou have a right to exert your strength and to fight for what you consider a righteous cause. In united effort there is strength. The only question is as to the means by which you are to accomplish your enda "And. now. let me tell you right hera tht strikes ara a drastle and questiona ble means of remedying tha vtla which beset you laboring men.

Strikes foment passions of the gravest kind. They encourage blasphemy and intemperance. They Inflict upon the laboring man a positive injury by placing him In a position enforced Idleness, during which his mind is clouded by anger. Worse than all, strikes causa poverty, and turn happy homes Into houses of wailing and misery. "Remember your loved ones at home, dear men! Remember your wives and children! Do not leave them without their dally bread whUe you vainly attempt to right a wrong by means of a strike.

Remember strikes bread poverty, misery and sorrow, and in the end few of them ara ever successful. During eight years, according to the statistics of the Commissioner of Labor, there were strikes. In these strikes 1.JTS.232 were engaged. Ths men lost $77,538,324 In these contests, and tha companies, which could much easier afford to lose money, lost much less as a result of these strikes. The companies did not lose half that amount.

The companies ara able to stand the loss, but the man suffer to consequence of their losses. "Now. I say, men. appoint a commlttea from among your number. Go to the cont-panytaod state your case.

Tell them your grievances. I am sure tha offldala of tha railroad company will listen to your appeals and act Justly. Tou will gain much more in that way than you could by striking. The bast policy to adopt la tha policy of arbitration. Let the matter be settled Intelligently and amicably.

Deal with it with the intelligence which the God you worship every day has given you. A strike is detriment to the men who strike. The man who encourages a strike is an enemy to social order, to public peace and to domestic happiness. Tou men are not in a condition financially to strike. For the sake of your families, for the sake of public peace and order, settle with your own superiors as Intelligent mer.

For the sake of your families, of your little children, be moderate. Tou are Intelligent men and can deal intelligently with your superiors. I am convinced that arbitration will gain for you ten times more than a strike. Tour children, your honest wives, your well-wishers all cry out 'Away with publto disorder and Go back to your work at once and your wives and children will rise up and bless you. Tou will make them happy and relieve them from anxiety.

Tou will be benefiting your loved ones at home. Let your committee go to work quietly and earnestly while you continue to discharge your duties, and I am sura all will yet end well." This speech is a model of good sense and shrewd expression. It proved so effective that the 'priest was loudly cheered, and, though the freight handlers In New Tork had struck the afternoon before and other strikes were going on around them, the Jersey City men went back to work. The priest waa denounced by the strikers already out. but there la no doubt that his parishioners are not only better men tor needing his advice but are also better off and their families better ft In every way.

Few are the strikers who have exhausted all the resources of arbitration and reasoning with their employers before giving; up their places and wages; few stop to- count the cost or wholly reckon the probabilities of success. A meeting and frank consultation with theie employers might produce a good understanding and most likely some concessions to their demands. If not granted all they aak for. Here is a case where reflection and consultation saved the day: The trainmen and other employes of the Louisville and Nashville railroad bad their wages reduced 10 to 15 per cent. In 1S93.

A strike was urged, but wiser counsels prevailed. A committee was sent to the management who made them understand that the road was la no condition to do better, but agreed to restore tha wagea to their old basis as soon as conditions would justify. The men bravely accepted the situation, and last January their pay was put back on tbe old basis, half the increase being made tbe previous June. By their conservative action the men lost no wages and the road no business, while employer and employed were put In complete understanding of each other's requirements. ir such a policy could prevail In all cases of projected strikes.

It would be Infinitely better for worklngmen. preventing the frightful waste and suffering that cornea from enforced idleness and Insuring the men the best rate of wages obtainable. It Is a pity there ar not more Father Bradya to give worklngmen tbe wise counsel of which they Ths Powers of-Eloquence. There are times when oratory has great power. Thls is usually when there Is no opportunity for reflection, or when the hearers have not capacity to reflect.

In a council of savages the wild and fierce harangue of the boldest chieftain Is likely to carry with It the majority of tbe audience. Oratory Is peculiarly a savage accomplishment. As men learn to reason they ar less swayed by it, though they may enjoy it. Just aa one enjoys tbe fictitious woes of the actor without being In the slightest degree Influenced by them In bis dally Ufa. The death of CoL Ingersoll has led to tbe repetition of many gems of his oratory.

He was certainly a marvelous rhetorician, and his elocution, though not pretentious, was of a high order. Among the" fine specimens of bis rhetorical power is his tribute to the Union dead, in the passage which begins, "The psst rises before me Uke a dream. His delineation of the sufferings Of the Federal soldiers In camp, on the field, in hospitals and prisons rose to the high planes of rhetorical fervor and et; quenc. There were not wanting those who believed that these rhetorical flights would come borne to the business and bosoms of men In the grave affairs of life even in so Important a matter as the selection of their official representatives. was a trial of this.

It wss a good while ago, but It may be worth while to record it. In the fall of 1871 there was a desperate political struggle in Indiana. Tbe State elections then occurred in October. The presidential election came on four weeks later. The State election was regarded as of supreme importance as forecasting the result in the National struggle.

New Tork and Indiana were then the pivotal States. Of New Tork Tllden was reasonably sure. An eyes were turned to Indiana. The fight there was uncomfortably close. Both sides claimed It.

and both were afraid they would lose it. The Republicans got up a soldiers and sailors' reunion at Indianapolis In the Interest of Hayes. This was succeeded a few days later by a grand demonstration at tbe same place by the Democrats. There were those who bad stood on Washington street and. tried to count and had actually timed tbe great Republican parade.

They had their figures for purposes of comparison on tbe day of the Democratic parade. When the tiro occupied by the Republican procession was out. and when the whole number believed to have been la tbe Republican procession had been equaled one looked far away along the street and the hosts of Democrats were stiU coming, as far as tha aye could reach, seeming to stretch out to the crack of doom. Then It was that a visitor from another State, who bad been helping to keep tally, turned away with tbe remark; 1 have seen aaough. In diana is Democratic, and Tllden is' as good aa elected sow aJt.

This Is a little beside the question, except as Introductory. The visitors to the Democratic meeting saw many reminiscences of tbe late Republican gathering. Among them were placards posted on public buildings and other available places containing portions of IngersolTs great oration. On on tbe passer-by would read: "Tha past rises before ma like a dream. Again ar In the great struggle for national Ufa.

We hear the sound of preparation tha music of tha boisterous drum tha silver voices of heroic bugle." Thus tbe appeal was made to the war spirit A little further on, or perhaps side by side with this, he read: are with them aa tby enlist In the great army of freedom. We see them part with those they love. Bom ar walking In tha quiet woody place with the maidens they adore." Further on he read: "We go with them on and all. We are by their side on all she gory fields, in all tit hospitals of pain on all tha weary marches. Wa stand guard with them in the wild storm and under the quiet stars.

We ar with them in ravines running with blood in the furrows of old fields. Wa ara with them between contending hosts, nab la to move, wild with thirst, tha Ufa ebbing slowly away among tha withered leaves. We se them pierced by balls and torn with shells In the trenches of forts and in the whirlwind of the charge, where man became iron with nerves of Finally appeal was made to the stories of AndersonvlUe and Libby prison to raise passion Its extreme height: "Wa ar with them In the prisons of hatred and famine, but human speech caa never tell what, they endured." This was eloquence, when addressed to men who had seen and felt far mor of this than bad tbe orator himself. Past ail this, in full view, marched tbe Democratic of Indiana, with their sons, brothers, friend a All this they read as they marched and knew that It was put there to indue them to Tot tbe Republican ticket. Tbey went on cheering for Williams and Tllden.

and they went bom and voted In utter disregard of tbe appeal made to them, Tbe words on tbe placards wer rhetoric, but they were not logic. Tbe men on tbe other side of that great controversy bad don the same things, endured the same things, or worse than those here recited. Tbe Democratic soldiers in tbe Union ranks had done and Buffered aa mucn as tha Republicans. Tbe rhetoric -of CoL' Ingersoll waa fine, but It was not an argument In favor of voting tbe Republican ticket, Tbe Dem-ocratto soldiers read It, admired It, and went bom and disregarded it utterly. It bad no relation to tbe serious business of life.

It waa beautiful, magnificent, but, It waa not politics. Paul de Cassagie is spitting abuse upon the United States and Great Britain. Paul Is liable to elected an honorary member of our Aunties' Association at any moment WaU street paid $11,000,000 of tbe raised by tbe Government on the sal of documentary and proprietary stamps. The speculator who dances baa to pay tbe piper 4 'an. cji -Y- M---- AtVl-'' POLITICAL SITUATION.

Clark Not Doubtful. rwinchester Democrat Tha enthusiasm displayed at the ratification meeting her leave no possible doubt of ths success of tha ticket In Clark county. a a a MTot Going To Tooled. Paducah Newa The statement of Mr. Bryan that he Indorses tha Democratic ticket in Kentucky should set forever at rest the statements mad by the Louisville subsidised press.

The people of Kentucky ar not going to be fooled by tha misrepresentations of two papers In Louisville that ar the property of a corporation whose President stated in an open letter that his company intended to fight Mr. Goebel by all means In its power so long aa the Democratic nominee persisted in his fight for the present Democratle platform. a a Will Dampen Their Ardor. Glasgow Newa Bryan's latter will dampen the ardor of the bolters like a cloudburst oa a Fourth of July picnic. a a a The Tool Democrats.

Paducah There ar from MOO to 10.000 fool Democrats In the Stat whom the Apostle Peter, though he were here, could not please, and the party had now, once and forever, make Ha arrangements to get along without them. a a a It Was a Failure. Bowling Green Timea Tha bolting meeting has coma and gone, and the character and Influence of the man who cam from a distance to speak ar of such low order that really ought to prove a death blow to any effort to put forward a new ticket, and, in fact, several Bowling Green gentlemen of character have been greatly weakened In their enthusiasm and admit privately that this element of the meeting was a disappointment The really good men of the 8 tats who had been advertised as prospective speakers refused to come, saying tbey were with tha straight ticket and not In sympathy with tha move. Such gentlemen as Hail am, Myers, Tanner, Hays, et at, all of whom have grievances, either personal or caused by the Democratic party's failure to rsccg-nlse them good political timber, la a crushing blow to soma of the respectable elements here who ar sincere in their position. a a a Why Is itr Murray Tlmea Every railroad, corporation and trust In tha.

State, and many out of the State, ara lighting Mr. Goebel. WhyT Bight Kind of Talk. Elkton Progress. A few daya ago some one asked tb Hon.

P. Thorne, of Eminence, lata candidate for Lieutenant Governor, what intended to do in the coming campaign. "Do," said Mr. Thorne, "what caa a Democrat do but support tha ticket? I will not only support It with my ballot but expect to take tha stump for it." That's tbe right kind of talk. Ab Thompson Tor Congress.

Murray Times, Tha Hon. A D. Thompson, who served Calloway county two terms in tha Legislature, Is being urged by his many friends to en tar In due time for congressional honors. Mr. Thompson's record In tha Legislature can not be excelled by any man.

and besides being a fin orator is in. every respect qualified for the place, and to say the toast of It would be an honor to tha First congressional district ksijatoet him, An Ex-Chaplain On GobL Winchester Democrat Tb Rev. W. B. Cooper, of Fine.

Grove, was for a long time chaplain of tha and consequently was familiar with pubHo men. He knew Senator Goebel welt, and saya ha waa one of the best public, servant at tha capital. Ha was sober, industrious, always at his post and always conversant with the matter under consideration. Brother Cooper things Mr. Goebel would make aa Meal Governor and on af whom the State would ba proud.

Ml Only Two Farties. Frankfort Argus. There can ba but two parties on that of the organised Democracy and the other organised Republican Ism. Any other organisation la an aid to Republicanism In a Stat where Democracy Is in tha ascendancy. Had the Democracy enough offices to supply tha hungry office-seekers there would not ba any dissension or third party ticket in Tha men who have held office so long believe tbey ar entitled to them during life.

If they fall, they start out to organise a new party. Tha ticket headed by Goebel la tha regular Democratic ticket and It can not deprived of that position. a a Dug His Political Grave, Lebanon Falcon. We have always admired Gov. Brown, and It la with regret that we not his disaffection.

Had be not -allowed his pique because Mr. Goebel declined him the nomination to indue him to dig hla political grave he might yet have had a high seat In tha councils of the nation. But his brilliant past Is effaced. The strongest man tha bolters could possibly have secured as a leader, even tb prestige of his personality will avail but little. a a To Help th Bepublicans.

Paducah News. No on who understands tb situation believes that the crowd that la fostering tha present bolter movement wanta to sea Mr. Brown elected Governor. Unless ba baa changed, would no better suit hs purposes than Goebel. The purpose Is to use tbe ex-Governor's nam and popularity to draw away enough names to elect Taylor and the Republican ticket a a No Klddls Ground.

Paris Kentuckian-Cltlsen.) Thera la no middle ground. Either Ken. tucky will ba Democratic or Republican. Wb4ch shall it be? This Is th suprem is-sua, eee Think Bef or tEminene Constitutionalist. Th convention that nominated William Goebel, despite th opposition to hla nam, made th nomination unanimous.

Did not that commit tha Democratic party to his support? Moreover, It is not good Democratic politics to organise an aid society to th Republican party. Think before you act a a A Mystery. NlcholaavUla Democrat No man in tb State baa stood higher in the ranks of his party than John Toung Brown. As Governor his administration waa abov reproach; and why be should coma out In opposition to Senator Goebel a man tor whom be baa always had the highest regard. Is a mystery.

But the man who for years haa been tb pride of th Democratic party In Kentucky has dug his own political grave. a a a Brown's Inconsistency. Shetbyvtll Sentinel -In the declining years of his Uf John Toung Browa has allowed himself to ba made the 'tool of designing politicians, who will us him to further their base purposes. His position la signifying hi willingness to accept th nomination for Governor at th hands of th bolters th efforts of th political nondescripts who are the real leaders of the rump move, ment will fall to explain away. a a Goebel's Trustworthiness.

Augusta Chronicle. When the lata John W. Stevenson placed the property of hla wife and daugh. ter In the hands of William Goebel aa trustee, without bond, it waa one of the very strongest proofs of tha tatter's worth aa a man that on man could give another. Gov.

as everyone knows, wss on of tb ablest and best men in th State. When he was an old man. Senator Goebel, then a. boy, began the study of law with Gov.Stevenson, His success in bis practice was phenomenal be waa soon taken In the firm, and his office door still bears the old sign: "Stevenson Goebel." Gov. Stevenson, always a prudent man, mad a will, and by Its terms placed the property of his wife and chUd in the hands of William Goebel aa trustee, tb will specifically stating that he was not to give bond.

Tbe property, consisting of $250,000 or more, is still In th hands of Senator Goebel. What greater proof can ba given of a man's worth? Goebel, without Influential friends, a young man, to ba thus trusted by on so careful as Gov. Stevenson is unparalleled in tbe records of this or any other time and. better. Goebel Is still tbe trustee of Stevenson.

a Will Help Taylor. Hopklnsvllle Kentuckian. The bolt comes about a month too lata Tha country Democrats have finished eating their crow and most of them ar ready to fight the common enemy. In this county Brown as a bolting candidate would hurt Taylor worse than GoebeL a a A Shake-Tp In th First. Princeton Banner.

In the primaries held In several counties In the First district last Saturday thera waa a general shake-up. Mr. N. W. Utley.

of EddyvDIe. waa nominated for State Senator over Hon. Fen ton Sims and J. W. Gilbert by a safe majority.

Gen. H. B. Lyon was nominated for Representative of Lyon and Marshall counties by a safe majority over D. F.

Bright-well. In Calloway. John McMeloan was defeated for an Indorsement to represent his county In the lower bouse of the General Assembly by Robert Swan, his only opponent by a majority of some $0 or 40 votes. John Meloan bad made a good Represeotatlve. and It Is thought that over-confidence on tha part of hla Mends resulted his defeat It waa a shake-up Saturday, with new men in the saddle, and they ara all good men.

Tew Will Follow Him. Fulton Leader. Tb Leader has always been a warm advocate of Gov. Brown, but predict that few of the faithful will follow him across th Rubicon in his mad attempt to destroy hts party In order to satisfy his personal spite and ambition. Wa are sorry that Gov.

Brown haa listened to th rumblings of the L. and N. a a a Will Sweep ths State. Greenup Democrat Goebel will tbe most popular candidate Kentucky haa ever had. He will sweep tha Stat Ilka a whirlwind.

a a Will Forfeit Bespect Adairvllla Banner. Should ex-Gov. Browa accept any auch nomination, he will forfeit tb respect of Democrats who believe In the principle of standing by and guarding th interests of th party. Orr Is Tor ths Ticket. Owen ton News.

Th News is for the Democratic ticket; haa said so and It la so, and will make It so. and that la mora than aom of th ducks who- ar squawkins; at th New will do for the whole ticket la November. a a a Party Was Dilatory. Maysville Bulletin. Ex-Gov.

Brown announces that he will ba only too glad to bead an an -Goebel ticket He has been anxious to get back into tb Governor's chair at Frankfort but his party has failed to manifest a disposition to help him along. a a a No Bolters In Owingsvilla. Owingavill Democrat Tha fact of the business Is there's not a single Democrat in Owlngsvllle, so far aa wa know, who will not support th Democratio ticket There ar some four or five who claim to be Democrats that will not vot for Goebet but this will not be tb first time they scratched th ticket Little Disaffection. Shribyville Sentinel- The Democratic County Committee met in called session last Monday, and it was truly gratifying to hear tha reports given by each member of the condition of tb party In hie precinct. While a little dissatisfaction existed at first occasioned by tbe defeat of favorite candidates, th line have been drawn and tbe honest Democrats of Shelby county recognise that th defeat of Goebel and- th Democratic ticket mean, tbe success of tb unspeakable Taylor and his hord of Republicans, see Playing a "Wax Figure" Part.

Franklin Favorite. Brown Toung John pleaded with Goebel's friends to give him tha nomination only a few minutes before he waa nominated. They refused. Brown became angry and ore, and now seeks to disrupt tb party that haa honored him by playing tha part of "wax figure" for the corporations. DAILY ETJB0PEA1T HISTS.

Lentherlo model. The wire frame of this hat Is covered with bright red tulle and edged with tiny ruches of red mouwtellne sole, Th trimming consists' of folds of toll and rosettes of red baby ribbon. A white pigeon fllla out tha turned-up brim In front His Early Training. Yonkers Statesman. Mrs.

Crimsonbeak What dq you suppose will become of our boy if he persists la walk Ins; on tb railroad track? Mr. Crimsonbeak Maybe he'll become aa actoss rag? xr Crippls Creak's Discoverer To Ba En- dowed. Bob Womack, the discoverer of Cripple Creak Camp, which brought fortunes to scores of people, but failed to do anything for htm, Is not to be forgotten. A pioneers' society hss been organised, with the express purpose of arranging for the endowment of th old prospector, with a fortune of ISO. 000.

Bob 'Womack waa a cowboy in 1877. His father owned a ranch at Cripple Creek. Bob worked for his father. One day be waa wandering over the fields In a spot that afterward cam to ba known aa Poverty Gulch, and he saw what he supposed to ba free gold on some float or drift rock on the bank of Cripple Creek. When he got to his father's cabin ha wrote to two friends at Clear Creek who wer experienced prospectors and asked them to come up and examine tha country.

They came, looked about for soma time and then pronounced th country worthless. Bob Womack was disappointed. Ha waa no miner, but ha was sura that he had discovered a gold field and he stuck to it. About a year later he ran across a big rock sticking out of one side of Poverty Gulch, and It looked to him as if it contained fre gold. He knocked off a piece of it and when ha went to Denver next time he took it to an assayer, who told him It returned $200 gold to tha ton.

He sent for his two Clear Creek friends again and told them what he had learned. They made another Investigation, and concluded that th rock waa a "pudding," which means that It waa put there by somebody who wanted to "salt" a claim and sell it Womack was not satisfied. He told his friends that If they would prospect all about th ranch ha would board them free all summer, but they told him It would ba a waate of time and refused to Womack wouldn't give up the Idea that he had found fre gold. Hla father sold th ranch and th family moved. Bob told everybody that gold waa there.

Finally ha made a number of prospectors believe him and they made a thorough examination of the property and th great gold fields of Cripple Creek wer opened. This waa almost fifteen years after Bob Womack's first discovery. Womack got practically nothing out of hla find, but It It hadn't been for his persistency the gold fields might still be simply graxing ground for cattle. Denver telegram to th New Tork Sun. a a a Czar To Undergo An Operation.

Private letters received from St Petersburg declare that no doubt axlsta In the minds of persons In Inner court circles that th Cxar intends soon to make hla brother, the Grand Duke Michael, regent of the Empire. This arrangement will temporary. Ita permanency being contingent on the Emperor's regaining hla health through an operation trepanning which he la about to undergo. The birth of th Grand Duchess, Olga, In 18SS, was a grievous disappointment to tb Csar, who had hla heart set on tb birth of a son. In 1887 cam Tatlana, also a girl, and sines that time his majesty haa prayed incessantly for aa heir.

Tha recent birth of a third daughter, followed by tha death of his brother, the Cxaro-wlta. la said to have plunged him In melancholy, and his physicians feet that unless the pressure on the brain which they have diagnosed Is relieved his reason may ba -permanently Impaired. (Stockholm cable ta tha Chicago Record. a A Bewsboy and His Chewing Gum. A young woman alighting from an Eighth-avenue car, near Forty-second street this morning, held a $8 bank note carelessly between her lyger tips.

A gust of wind caught th not and stmt It la th depths of th under ground trolley slot A crowd gathered around, suggesting Impossible expedients. A policeman poked his fingers In th slot white all cars stopped. Just then a newsboy appeared and went to work over tha slot. "Lemma get at it" ha said. Ha spat a wad of chewing gum Into bis palm, stuck the gum on the end of a stick ba was carrying, thrust-the stick Into tha slot and drew forth tha $5 note pasted firmly to the gum.

He gave tha money to the woman, replaced tha gum In his mouth and walked away New Tork telegram to th Baltimore 8un. FUNERAL ON TUESDAY. BODY OT WOBTHIHGTOX SOBUf-S0V, JJt, WILL BEACH TPTTfR JCONDAY. Hour Tor tha Servic Will Hot Ba Determined Until tha Baturn of His Parents. Th body of Worthlngton Robinson, Jr, whose death from typhoid fever occurred Wednesday night in the military barracks at the Presidio, near San Francisco, will reach Louisville at 7:10 p.

m. Monday over th Pennsylvania from Chicago. Tbe remain will be accompanied by his father, mother and his sister, Luclle, who wer with him at th tlm of his death. The body will at one taken to Mr. Robinson's borne, 1047 Fourth arena, and the; funeral services will take place Tuesday afternoon from Calvary Episcopal church.

The exact hour of the funeral has not yet been determined, aa the arrival of th family is being awaited. Toung Robinson was prominent socially, and was exceedingly popular. His record a member of Company First Kentucky, waa excellent and th taste for tb soldier's Uf ghat he got while In the Porto Rican campaign caused him to enter th hospital servic of th. regular army, together with bis friend, Reverdy Estill. He was desperately 111 from th time of his first Illness, and his death was not unexpected.

NOT IN A PEACEFUL MOOD. Max Hymanaon Shoots At a Kan Who Tris To Persuad Him To Bejola His Wlf Max Hymanson, a drummer for th Louisvill Optio Company, fired two shots at Jacob Glnaburg yesterday afternoon In th tatter's store, 848 East Market street Both shots missed their mark. Hymanson's wife has been separated from him for soma time, and she went to Mrs. Glnaburg and asked tier to try to bring about a reconciliation. At 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon Mrs.

Glnsburg called Hymanson Into th store and advised him to live again with his wife. Glnsburg joined In the argument and Hymanson grew angry. He drew his revolver and fired, after which he ran down th street and disappeared In a store. He. was afterward arrested by Detectives Daly and Walker on the charge of shooting without wounding.

a Tb internal revenue oolieotions yesterday wer $36,404.41, distributed as follows: List B.W. beer whisky $22,422.08, cigars $28.12, tobacco special tax V0, caa stamps $210. documentary stamps $121.24, propmary stamps Majority of Property In tha Hands of 200,000 Persona, London Mail One of tbe surest and safest ways of becoming rich beyond ths dreams of avarice would be to posses a few acres of land in the heart of the city of London, or. In fact, a single acre would make one wealthier than the most lucky miner that ever starved In Johannesburg. This was proved conclusively the other day.

-when the freehold of 54 Cbeapside waa' for 28.500, which is equal to 60 a square foot or 2.613,600 an acre! The highest price ever asked for land in London was at the rat of 13,000.000 per acre. The golden spot was in Bermondsey, where a few. years ago a small piece of property was offered to tbe Southeastern Railway Company for 1. 250,000. No wonder the railway -company declined to buy.

Coming back to the city again, we find that th ground about Lombard street Is worth not less than 2.000,000 an acre, while something, like 40 a square foot waa paid for every piece of the Tand be. tween King William status and Trinity square, E. C. In Cannon street in 18H0 800 square feet of land was sold for building altes for 4.500, which amounts to 7 10a a squara foot or nearly 330.000 an acre. In tbe same year building altos in Gracechurch street realised 18 18 a square foot or 820,000 an acre.

In 1886 these prices increased by leaps and bounds in the same streets, L2BS square feet of ground being sold for 37,000, which is 28 16s per square foot or not far short of 1.260,000 aa acre. Going westward land becomea somewhat cheaper, but still sufficiently high to make it no exaggeration to say that metaphorically speaking, Londonera walk on gold. For instance, one could buy an acr in Pall Mail for 500.000. but If ground was required In St James' square or St James' street something like 750,000 would be required for a like quantity. Three years ago tbe Lord Lieutenant of Ireland was letting hia land on tha Cad-ofcan estate in Chelsea at 50,000 an acre on building leases, with an annual ground rent of half a crown a foot Three acres of his property near Sloan street wer sold for ninety-nine years for 175.000.

Th Marquis of Salisbury owns flv acres of land at Charing Cross, which, 250 years bark, waa leased for graxing purposes to his ancestors at tb rata oC ten shilling an acre for 600 year. These few acres are now worth about a sovereign per foot Tb value of property In London has trebled sine 1856 and to-day tb bouses within its borders ar calculated to be worth soma 250.000.000 and the land on which they are built is valued at not less than Upon the latter sum tb landlords receive about 25.000.000 annually In rent and sooner or later, under tbe teasebold system, nous property of enormous value will com into their hands. Tb owners of London lnclud all sorts and conditions of men and women, from Dukes to shareholders ln building societies and owners of slngl tenement. These small, owners number about 200.000. But tbe great bulk of tha rental of tbe metropolis belongs to comparatively few people.

Th ground) landlords Include the Duk of Westminster, to whom a large portion of tb Belgravla, Plmllco and Grosvenor square district belongs. Then th Duke of Bedford owns chiefly tb Co vent Garden district and Bloomsbury; Lord Port man and tb Duke of Portland West and East Marylebon districts, respectively; Lord Cadogan a large part of Chelsea, while the Marquis of Northampton reigns in ClerkenweU. RAREST OF POSTAGE STAMPS. Issued By ths Baltimore PosttnasteiT 1943 at saw Balls for 84,400. San Francisco CalL Th question Is often "What is th rarest stamp among th issues of th United States? Th highest price ever paid for a single specimen of this country waa $4,400, which sum.

was given for the famous ten-cent stamp of Baltimore. Issued by the postmaster of that city in 1845. The design shows th autograph of President Buchanan, with the value below. There are but few copies In existence, and It may truly be said that it 1 the rarest and most valuable postage stamp in America, Prior to the sal of this celebrated specimen th highest price paid waa $3,000. This was for a fine copy of th twenty-cent "St Louis," which at that tlm ranked as one of the rarest American stamps.

Shortly after it was sold, however, others were found, and tbe price has dropped considerably. There are a great many United States stamps ranging in value from $500 to 12,000. and Madison (Confederate) Provisionals, and the BratUeboro. Mill-bury, and New Haven Postmasters stamps, all of which are extremely scarce. Such rarities as these ar seldom offered for sale, and when by chance on of them come, upon th market there ar always many collect--, or ready and willing to pay full valu for it In tb way of finding rare stamp there- ar great possibilities for those who have access to old letters and correspondence between th year 1843 and 1865.

The early Postmasters' Provisionals were Issued In 1845, 1846 and 1847, and the rare Confederate stamps in 1863. Besides thes there ar many old Issues of regular United States stamps that ar rare and bring good valu when sold. Th most valuable stamps In th world ar th first Issues of th Island of Mauritius, a small British possession off the coast of Africa. Although between twenty and thirty ar known, -the last sold brought mor than $5,000 when offered in Paris about a year ago MOTTOES SLIGHTLY MIXED. Marrid Couplo's Walls Adorned With Literary Patchwork.

(Chicago Inter Ocean. A young married couple who recen try went to housekeeping on Clybourn avenue had just enough money to buy th necessary furniture. They had not sufficient cash to Invest In mottoes and Th young wife is bandy with a brush, but bas considerable yet to learn in book a Sbe mad an effort to supply th deficiency in mottoes for the wall by working at odd time or plain cardboard with water colors. Her are some of the mottoes that now adorn tb CI bourn-avenue home: "A Stitch la Time Is th Noblest Work' of God." "What Is Horn Without a Tool and His Money "People who Llv In Glass House Flock Together." "Birds of a Feather Gather no Moss. "Honesty Is th Thief of Time." "He who Fights and Runs away Gets the Worm." "If in Union there is Strength Then Us Folly to be Wise." 'Procrastination la but Skin Deep." "The Sword ain't In it with tbe Pen.

"How Sharper than a Serpent's Child It Is to Have a Thankless Tooth." "Early to Bed and Early to Rise la as bad as a Fire." "He That Goes a Borrowing Mskes a Man Healthy, Wealthy and Wise." "Great Oaks Should Keep Near tha Shore." "Economy Never Did Run Smooth." "Use th Rod and Save the Jam." if 4 i.