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DONOVAN, Editor and Proprietor, 604 TEUTONIC) DUILOINO, oalhttit Cetctt Washington St nJ Mh Av. (Battrtd at the postofflcc, Chicago, seta, tecond-clai mII matter.) lilt- LARGEST WEEKLY C1RCDUT10N IN CHICAGO. WHY IS THIS THUS All branches of business have to pay extra taxes except the tins Trust. Why Is this thus? The Chicago Iteconl of Aug. In It lluancinl article ahl: "With reference to the earnings of the People'- company Information Is eagerly nought ami hard to get.

The published rotsirts for hit year allowed t-omewhat better than it per cent earn-i'il on the stock and il per cent was paid in dividends. That ho large a capitalization should have earned only per cent has excited surprise and led some to fancy that the People' Gas Company was In a Hstlou where even a slight decretive in business or protlts would Impair IU dividend rate. It Is a teuet with those who manage concerns operating under franchise and public grants that lluancinl report tdiould not bo excessively frank as to earnings, fins experts have tlgttred from tho last report of the People's company that li'-'j cents a thousand ruble feet was charged to cost of manufacture. They declare that no modern gas company pays any such sum for production and distribution. Front sources which are believed to be trustworthy conies tho assertion that the actual earnings of the People's company last year were I) per cent on the stock nnd that this year's earnings will equal 12 per cent on the stock." THE ROBBING QAS TRUST.

A dispatch to tho Tribune from Its New York bureau, Aug. 21, says: 'Tnloss tho trusts and corporations that are now squeezing tho life-blood out of tho jx-oplo are controlled or owned by the government," said Magistrate Crano to-day, "there Is going to lie great revolution. It will not bo bloodli-s. Men can stand much. They put up for a whllo with 'the gouging of millionaire money-grubber.

They bear Insult nnd Injury. Hut no man will see his family starve. No man can hear his hungry child ask for bread. Some day there will ln an accounting. "There was that Janitor lu the meter rase.

OppoMsd to him was the great lias Company millions back of It. What was their quanvlV Thirty-nine cents. Thlrty-nluo cents they claimed against one joor Janitor. They battled him to court. They would hqiioczo him, pinch him, nag him Into paying them the cents.

"Tho man didn't owe tlicin Hint money. Hut what If ho did, couldn't they afford to lost It? Aren't they robbing their customers all the time? They thought they had the power. So they went after It, right or wrong. "Hut lot mo My this: If any poor wretch comes before me he shall have Justice. Tho trust may have Its su.no lawyers who smile and rub thelrhands, but It shall have no power or privilege denied the citizen." YERKES SUES S.

E. GROSS. Charles T. Yerke in a bill tiled by 111 ct In the Superior Point recently aks for an accounting on contract Is--twten himself and 13. Gross made lu I8.S7, wheroln tho defendant sold to tho Htrcot car magnate over eight blocks of property In fiross Park for the inn of $1 10.000, According to the agreement cited In tho bill Hied, Gross wan to stilidlvJdo the property and take charge of tho ale of all the lots.

It was also understood, according to the terms of tho contract, that tho prices of tho lots were to bo placed at such a ligiiro as would mako the total realization from tho Investment Of this sum total Gross was to re-rcivo out-fourth for his labors in mile bbTJbV dividing tho property ntul disposing of It. Tin original purchase money was to siHnt In the work of rosubd I vision mid making the realty marketable. Mr. Yorkos alleges that the defendant refuses to account to hlin for the property sold, and further refuses to Inform hint as to which is sold it ml which Is not. lie asks tliat the court Intervene for the niriHiu of clearing the ni.ttter tip.

lloltort P. Parker, the legal tvpreentntlve of Mr. Yorkos. says tliat there Is only few thousand dollar of dltfcreiico between the parties to the nlt. as the sale of the lots In question has not ltccii large In recent years.

THE POWER BELONGS PEOPLE. TO THE Sanitary trustees are warned ngalmt disposal to private parties of the water power nt the Lockport end of the sanitary canal lu a report made to the Civic Federation by the special committee appointed to Investigate the matter. This committee, composed of Wm. A. Giles, Chairman; Franklin II.

Head, S. S. Greeley, Win. W. Case and It.

It. Hahlwln, states that It has Investigated the utilization of the power and has come to the conclusion that It would be detrimental to the Interests of Chicago to allow other than publlt development and control of the 20.000 horse-power possible with the minimum How of water contemplated and required by law. Tho report says lu the outset: "From the Information secured your committee Is unanimously of the opinion that It would be a gteat and Irretrievable mistnke for the Drainage Hoard at the present time to lease the water power at Its disposal to any private person or corporation whatever for a long period of years." After reviewing the organization and history of the sanitary district, the committee concludes that the city and sanitary district are practically one. and that there should be no conlllct of authority or Interests between the two. the bids for developing the power received Aug.

23 the report says: "Hlddcrs are Invited to mnke single proposal for the creation of water power at both sites and to submit a de tailed plan of development. Separate bids are also Invited for the water power delivered to the wheel lu case the Hoard should decide to construct the dams nnd race Itself. While It seeins well enough to obtain ns much light ns possible In this way, your committee Is of the opinion that It Would bo very unwise to accept any private bid until far more time has been allowed for the Investigation of the real value of the water power, and especially of Its availability for municipal pur-x)scs In the city of Chicago." In dls-cttsng the value of the water power to the city the committee llnds as follows: "The net 'horse power' of tho falls means the power remaining for actual work after enough has lieeti used to turn the water wheels. The Drainage Hoard has about 20,000 horse-power net at Its disposal even when the channel carries only the minimum quantity of water continuously night nnd day. Converted Into electricity and conducted to centers of distribution lu Chicago, this would yield over 1IJ.000 horsepower to the sub-stations, which Is mote than enough to light the entire city of Chicago by maintaining nn electric lamp at every street corner In the Improved portions of the city.

For that put pose about 10,000 lamps would lie required, consuming not over 14,000 hnrse-iK)wcr. From practical tests tutu have been mndo It Is concluded that the actual cost of producing this power by, steam during tho hours of night could not be reduced below 810 per horse power. "The cost at which the water power of the caunl would bo delivered lu Chicago Is much less. The dams nnd races could bo built for $1,200,000, and a further outlay of $1,500,000 would be required for tho construction of the works nocessary to convert tho power Into electricity, conduct it to Chicago and distribute It to consumers. These Items give total capitalization of upon which Interest must be computed at 4 per cent, as a fixed charge.

Making a proper allowance for depreciation nnd repairs and nddlng the expenses of operation, wo find, as Is nioro fully shown In the appendix, that $15 would cover the cost per horse power delivered at the substations, and that tho city could save money even If It had to pay out of Its own treasury the total cost of development nnd a rental of $12 per horse-power not besides. This item of $12 corresponds substantially to tho offer of $." per horse-power which was recently before the Drainage Hoard for consideration." On tho subject of the city's right to sell or rent power from the works proposed the committee expresses the opinion that legal objections could be avoided by tho city's obtaining from tint sanitary district a lease of the wholo water jiower, In which case It would hnvo tho right to dlsposo of whatover pnrt of It could not be used for lighting streets nnd other municipal iienlH. In case of extreme measures being necessary to secure this power to the city tho committee Is of tho opinion that tho Legislature could bo appealed to successfully. Tho simplest nnd most direct method, It Is held, would bo for the sanitary district to construct the dams and races necessary. As to the legal authority to do this the committee thinks there can I) little doubt, ami the opinion is expressed that the district can transmit tho power to Chicago over Us own right of way beyond dispute.

The city of Chicago could also legitimately engage In the work of developing nnd transmitting the power, It Is claimed. The committee states that another reason for not Immediately developing the power Is the fact that now Inventions and discoveries are constantly being made that cheapen the cost of development. So rapid has been this advance, It Is said, that since the report was drawn It has been learned that nt the Siioqualinlo falls, near Seattle, an Mildewy of 02 per cent, of the total power lias been reached by an Improved water wheel, Instead of the K) per cent, on which the calculations of tho report are based. Furthermore, It 'Is declared that tho growth of Chicago makes It probable that tho future value of tho water power will bo vastly greater than now. lu concluding the report says: "Your committee Is firmly convinced tliat no disposition of the water power should be made to private parties at the present time, but that Its full uiluc, whatever that may be, should be pie-served for the tax-payers of the city and sanitary district.

This value for a period of fifty years, according to conservative estimates based upon experience lit other localities ami upon the opinions of the most competent elec trical engineers, would amount to fioin $30,000,000 to Accompanying the report Is an appendix by Frauds It. limit. Piesidetit of the Meyseitbnrg limit Company, an electrical engineer who has given the subject much attention. Mr. Hndt llgtuos that there would be liorse-pover available between Lock-poit nnd since there Is a fall of foi ly-elght feet and 300.000 cubic feel of water Is required by law to be sent down the channel.

The loss In the water wheel, he thinks, would be about 20 per so that, with allowances for contingencies, there would be 20,000 horse-power delivered from the wheel, lu transmitting to the city It Is estimated that 15 per cent, more will be lost and 7.S per cent. between the sub-station uml the point of consumption, leaving only .17.2 per cent, available for revenue, on this basis It Is computed that 10,2 1." horsepower could be transmitted to sub stations lu Chicago. The present cost of power on the most economical basis from steam plants Mr. limit estimates at per horse-power per year, with a working day of ten hours and thirty-seven minutes. The cost of a suitable plant for developing the power at Lockport Is estimated at for dams, embankments and tall races uml $1,180,000 for inachtnery and appliances, Including transmitting the power to Chicago.

Figuring In Interest on the plant, depreciation ami operating expenses, Mr. Hndt concludes that each horse-power delivered In Chicago would cost about thus making a saving of $15 under the present cost of $30 a year from a steam plant. He Is of the opinion that the city could afford to pay a rental of $30 a year for the power. A tvport of W. W.

Hranl on the cost of transmitting power nt Niagara Falls forms another appendix. It Is stated that power from the falls Is sold twenty-seven miles from the place of generation for $23.35 a horse-power per year: 3,000 horse-iowor are used by a street railway company at $30 a year. The loss of power In transmission Is about 20 per cent. At Minneapolis, a report from that city states, sixty effective horse-power are sold for $1,000 per annum, the power being nvallable lor sixteen hours dally. Power fs also furnished the street-railway companies at the rate of $23 per annum.

PRESIDENT SPALDING WILL MAIN. RE- Jesse Spalding, the president of the Chicago Union Traction Company, will probnbly continue lndellnltely at the head of that corporation. It was said at the tlmo of his election ns president he had taken tho plnco only temporarily and that ho would probably hold It only a short time. He Is much pleaned with the progress the company Is mak ing and he has said to directors of the company he 1ms no present intention of retiring. Mahlon D.

Orde has been selected to succeed L. 8. Owsley as assistant treasurer of tho Chicago Union Traction Company. Mr. Orde was for merly a teller In tho Northern Trust Company Bank nnd is a brother of Geo.

F. Orde. tho cnshler of that institution F. 10. Smith, of Boston, has been elected auditor of tho company and a new system of bookkeeping has been put Into force which slmplllles accounts and which has resulted lu reduction of the working force.

John M. Itonch, the general manager of the company, has given up tho presidency of the. Chicago Consolidated Traction Company and ho will give nil his time in future to the operation of the lines of the North and West Chicago systems. It Is not expected any further change will be mndo In tho list of company olUclal. An otllcer of tho Chicago Union Traction Company said Tuesday the earnings nt tho presont time were of an amount sutllclcnt to pay the guaranteed dividends on North and West Side stock, tho full per cent, dividends on the outstanding preferred stock of the Chicago Union Traction Company, and that there wnu left earnings equal to 3 per cent, on tho common stock of the Traction Company.

The dividends on the West Chicago stock amount to' $701,340. Dividends on stock of the North Chicago Street Hallroad amount to $870,052, or a total of $1,002,202 a year. The Chicago Union Traction Company owns a largo block of stock of tho two companies ami the dividends paid Into tho treasury are said to amount to practically the dividend on the outstanding preferred stock, which Is $500,000 a year. The company has an authorized Issue of $20,000,000 of common stock ami curnliiiiH of 3 per cent, on till amount of stock would aniouut to $000,000 a year. This, with the dividends guaranteed, would make present net earnings of practically According to tho last statements made by North and West Chicago earnings applicable to stock on North Chicago were and on West Chicago $815,057, or a total of This would Indicate gain lu earnings of nearly $100,000 on the two lines over tho llgures of ISPS.

M'GANN IS ALL RIGHT. Commissioner of Public Works- Medium Is evidently too good public of-llclal to be iKipular. He Is a local example of a man who should be "loved for tho enemies ho has made." There Is a strong movement on foot to replace him by City Sealer Fred HI-dved, but It is to bo hoped Hint Mayor Harrison will not countenance such chnngo. Thero Is absolutely nothing to bo urged against Mr. McGaiin except his devotion to duty.

He Is thoroughly familiar with tho details of his work, nnd ho will not permit tho city to be Imposed upon by the contractors. Ills appointment was one of tho most popular flint Mayor Harrison made, nnd It would bo a grlovotts mlstako for htm to muko a change nt this time. The men who are demanding It are a suilleleiit Indication of that. They are Id to ho contractor who failed to get "deal" IIIIUIIIII Fortunately, however, the contractors have not the power of making appointments. That rests with the Mayor, and there Is every renson to believe flint the Mayor will stand by his olllclnl.

If there be no other reason, It will be good politics to do so. Mr. Mc-Gaim Is a straightforward business man, and that Is the kind of a man who Is needed In the olllco of the Commissioner of Public Works. Ills value Is evidenced by the fact that he Is ready to leave the moment the Mayor hints that ho wishes It. No politician would say, as has Mr.

Mcilaun: "There need be 110 light. It only needs a word from tho Mayor and 1 will step out. The Mayor nnd 1 have ever had the most pleasant relations, lie never, by word or deed, Indicated that he was not sntlslled with things ns they are. I am too busy to pay any attention to anything but my work." lie Is the right man In the right place, and should, nnd doubtless will, remain. CAPTAIN CAMPBELL HONORED.

The Installation of Police Captain Campbell as the commanding otllcer of the new llftcciitlt police district was celebrated by a bnnquet at the Warren avenue station Thursday evening. Aug. 17. The iilTiiIr was planned nnd carried out by a committee representing the citizen of the district evidence of their appreciation of Capt. Campbell.

Two hundred persons were at table. Itoger Sullivan presided. Inspector Shea with the lieutenants under hi command was present. Chief of Police Klpley wan represented by hi secretary, Markhatu. Speeches were made by Inspector Shea, Capt.

Campbell, ex-C'omiulssloiier of Flections Fred llulrd, Aid. Patterson of the Twelfth Ward. Itoger Sullivan, Bonjn-mill Short and Markham. Among those present were: James McAiidrowH, Thomas F. Little, John J.

McLaughlin, Charles A. Hawkins, Furlong, Thomas A. Smyth, F.mll Schneffer, William Famey, Aid. Patterson. Aid.

Naglc, Aid. Diiddle- ston, Aid. lllgniie, John K. Owens, A. J.

itynn, Stephen I. (irlllln, Andrew J. Graham, James O'Nell. Kdward J. Thomas M.

Itynn, Aid. Maypole, Aid. Fowler, Aid. W. Hreiinan, Aid.

Hector. Capt. Campbell for sev eral years was secretary of police nnd recently gave way to Simon Mayer. His new district comprises, besides Warren uventto precinct, West Lake street, Lawndale and West 13th street. MAGAZINES FOR SEPTEMBER.

WOMAN'S HOMH COMPANION. Kver laco tho days of President Plerco tho first lady of the land has laid tribute on the conservatory of the White House from which to send fragrant messengers of comfort nnd cheer to the iinfortunato and sick. In the October Woman's Home Companion Wnldoti Fnwcett describes this floral fairy-land. llliiKHrntlng his account with photographs of Its most Inviting treasures nnd Its rnro exotics. THE OUTLOOK.

Mr. Charles It. Spahr, In the August magazine number of Tho Outlook, give a graphic description of the life of the Pennsylvania coal miners. This article forms ono of Borles on "America's Working reople," founded on enreful personal study of typical regions. ($3 a year.

The Outlook Company, New York.) OBITUARY. DF.ATII OF JOHN W. LYONS. John W. Lyons, for twenty-one year cashier lu the city wntcr otliee.

died Sunday night at his home, 13.S5 West Jackson boulevard, from pneumonia. with which he wiih taken 111 Aug. 12. Tho funeral services were held on Wednesday In tho Church of Our Lady of Sorrows. Interment was at Calvary.

During Ids service for the Ity John W. Lyons hud taken through the cashier's window lu the City Hall Iii cash, mid It was his boast that never cent of It had ever been lost or uuaccotinted for. Mr. Lyon was born In Ohio forty-seven year ago, and came to Chicago with his father, James S. Lyons, lu 1S5S, Hi' became cashier of the Michigan Central Hallway when a young man.

mid after two or three years lu thai position was appointed assistant cashier of the city water department by Mayor Carter Harrison, lu 1878. Mr. Lyons had remained In the water olllco ever since except during the administration of Mayor Hoche. During that period he was cashier of the Postolllee. lie was a member of the Cook County I e-innomcy, but, It Is said, never took a lending part lu political campaigns.

He Is survived by a widow, bis father, a brother, Thomas Lyons, ami a sister, Sarah Lyons. HL'HIAL OF MIIS. W. J. MONLHY.

Funeral services were held Monday morning over the remains of Will-lain J. Moxley. At 10 o'clock fill lids uml relatives of the family gatheied at the residence, 445 West Congress street, where Mrs. Moxley tiled Satur day morning of pneumonia, At 11 o'clock the bier was borne to St, Jnrlntli's Church, where solemn high mas was celebrated by Father T. K.

Cox, assisted by Very Itov, A. Mor-rlssey, president of Notre Dame University, its demon, uml Itov. .1. Byrnes of St. Jurhith' parish, as hiihdtiicou.

John A. Cavanaugh, was usher, nnd the pallbearers were William Lorl-mer, John M. Smyth, Charles A. Plamoiidou, Tlioiua Gallagher. John A.

Cooke, Geoige P. Hr.itlli, .1. V. Slid-third, ami John MeMiilnai. EAQLET8.

Again wo are confronted by tho old question as to whether women should proposo. This tlmo It has been raised by a lecturer In Now York and ills-cussed by such authorities ns Mrs. Llllio Doveroux Hlako nnd Mrs. Ullza-both Cndy Stanton, both of whom hold to tho vlow that sho should. Mrs.

Blnko nsserts that many girls are too shy for their own good; that jtlicy do not give a man sutllclcnt encouragement, and consequently fall to get tho proposal that they might as well bavo ob not, Possibly this la true, but It a girl Is too shy to encourage man to propose, Is It likely that she will have the boldness to propose herself? Mrs. Stanton admits that girls do substantially propose "with thdr eyes and In many other coy ways," but she thinks they should have the right to do It In words. Here, however, she touches upon the point that Is the strongest argument In favor of the present custom. A girl can propose Mill her eyes, and ns a general thing a man can not. A girl has the Intuition and tact that a mnii lacks.

Sue Is quick to discover his feelings toward her, and, having discerned them, she call do with him about as she pleases. In nine cases out of ten the proposal rests with her now, and probnbly conies quicker than It would If cither could ask the all-Important question nnd each was waiting on the other. The little nrts by which a woman attains her ends, matrimonially or otherwise, are what endear her to man In a large measure, and to replace those by man's directness nnd bluntncss would be to take away one of her chief charms A mini lu her position would be helpless, but she Is not. The subtle Inflttuuces which she employs lu directing the course of her love affairs are natural to her. pleasing to man, and exceptionally effective.

Why make any change? Hiisla lost no time In denying the sensational story of M. de Hlowltz In the Loudon Times to the effect Hint the Czar Is about to abdicate his throne. It Is safe to conclude flint the sum total of truth In 'the rumor amounts to nothing iiiorc'tliau some despondent exclamation on the part of tho autocrat of all the Husslas. Nicholas II. Is naturally of a melancholic disposition nnd It would not be strange if recent events made him more somber than usual.

His scheme for the disarmament of Kurope has failed. Ills hopes of an heir have again been frustrated by the birth Of a third daughter. His brother, next In succession, has died. Famine Is harassing certain parts of his elliptic nnd there Is unrest lu Finland because of his recent austere edicts nf-feeling that province. The weight of Id colossal Asiatic projects presses upon him and there Is constant danger of an armed clash with Great Britain In China.

Most Intolerable of all are the Inevitable Intrigues at St. Petersburg and the constant Intluenccs that tend to thwart Ids sovereign will In the absence of direct heir within his own family. These cares of empire, along with the thousand petty nniiny-aiices of every day life, might easily move a somber-minded sovereign to exclaim Hint the eiown was not worth the trouble, that he was weary of the task, that he would rather be a peasant, or something of the sort. But there Is a Mist difference betweeu saying nnd do ing In such cases. People who wish themselves dead are not wont to put their wishes Into execution, or to thank anybody for helping them to attain their desire.

The burden of empire, like the burden of life. Is not ensy to lay down. The fact Is that both burdens have allurements which every sane mind recognizes lustlncttvely even In the darkest hour. There Is something about power that fascinates the human soul, and, though "uneasy lies the head that wears a crown," history shows but few examples of Kings who have secured ease and safety by abdication. Jefferson's remark of Ameil-can ottlceholders that "few die and none resign" Is bit of philosophy that applies to the wholo human nice.

It will require something much mora nil-thoratiitlve than the ponderous triim-petlngs of M. de Hlowltz to convince anybody flint Czar Nicholas has any serious thought of retiring to farm. HON. AUTHUH DIXON. Third Ward Hepubllcan Leader.

A Chicago man hnd his wife airestetl for Insanity becauso she punctured tho tires of his blcyclo with bat pin. In extcnuatlou the wife said that her husband loved his wheel better than his wife and she wished to destroy Its fascinating Influence over him. He probably did not have more nltVctlon fur the machine than fur the woman whom lie had promise-! to love, cherish and honor, but sho probably had reason for believing so, basing her belief upon tho attention bestowed, Meu will refuse to give attention to tholr wives becnuso their bicycle needs special consideration, They will negleci the one for tho other. If tho Inanimate, unresponsive blcyclo were an animated, responsive woman who robbed tie wife of the attention that by light was hers, there would be grounds for Jealousy and reason for the use of that hat pin. To bo Jealous of a bicycle Is unreasonable to a man.

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1 i HON. JOHN Talked Of by Democrat for could not afford to let It be abandoned. Congress hns always treated It lu niggardly fashion, cutting down the pay of the men to the lowest notch, suspending Jt during several months of every year In order to save a few dollars and refusing to pension Its members! when slek, disabled or aged. The Incoming Congress should take measures to remedy the Injustice of Its predecessors In this matter. The Idea of a roof garden church for hot weather, advanced by New York clergyman, Is along the Hue of the dictum that the devil shouldn't have monopoly of good music, am) this proposition has long ago received the assent of most of the churches.

We no longer hear objections to church organs nor Is there any protest against the rendition of music that is purely secular, so long as It Is good. Hence It Is not Improbable that the roof garden church will shortly be realization rather than a project. There Is nothing tiuregcncrate lu physical com- rort nun tnere is no reason why a church congregntlon should not enjoy the same privileges accorded to the patrons of resorts where the wine Is red within the cup nnd the vaudeville artist earns his bread hi the sweat of lilt brow. The passing of the Indian Is attributable to the fact that he resolutely refused to submit to the domination of a superior race. He died, weapon lu baud.

This was more than a negative service to us. It has sharpened the edge of American courage. Only heroes dared to face the perils of American pioneer life. We needed no Castle Garden Inspection In the early days; the fear of the Indians sifted emigration for us. It Is owing In no small part to him flint America was settled with the choicest pioneer material that ever opened up new country.

The Hon. James W. Bradbury, nf the class of 1825, who headed the pieces-slon of alumni on commencement day at Bowdolu this year, Is one of the famous old men of the United Status. He was In tho Senate more than fifty years ago, where Benton, Calhoun, Clay, Houston nnd Welter were among his contemporaries. His classmate, Nathaniel Hawthorne, lived to be 00 years old, and yet Hawthorno has beeu diad more than a third of a century.

The span of such a life Is nwo-lusptrlug. Hns any other college nn nluiuiius of seventy-four years' standing? While statistics showing the extent of education among convicted criminal prove that the great majority of our evildoers are either totally Ignorant or Imperfectly educated, they also disclose the factMhat thoso who commit forgery, embezzlement uml similar offense are almost always well educated and of polished manners. Men who shock communities by flagrant breaches of trust and coutldeiice are generally persons of more or less culture ami retlnemciit, whoso desire to "get rich quick" has led them Into lawless courses. The determining lutliieuee of accurate gun tire demonstrated by the work of our squadrons hns beeu rccogulxcd by the British admiralty. The percentage of hits made by Kugllsh ships In target practice, both at moving and at stationary practice, was of late so Inexplicably low that no rcasou could bo advanced for It save tho want of sulllclent exercise with the battery.

As remedy the quarterly allowances of expenditures with ainniunltloii hnvo been doubled ami tho resultant proficiency ought to bo greatly Increased. All our Ideas of wealth are changing In the United States. There are i'o many rich people In different parts of our country that unless man leaves $500,000 he Is considered as approximating poverty. These largo figures about property aro exerting a bud effect iipou tho youth of tho country. They aro not content with labor nud small fortunes, but nro apt to regard themselves or their relatives as nobodies unless they accumulate a large fortune.

During 1608 ono passenger out of every 2,207,270 carried was killed. That shows that a modern passenger train iseven safer than a cyclone cave. Taking tho law of averages a person f. OONNERY, Preildont of the County would have to travel 00,000,000 miles before he would be killed ami miles to be Injured. That Is the average.

Of course, now ami then a man tins to be the exception, that Is the fellow killed. Hhiz Patiic Is strange-looking name to American eyes, but heroism like his Is understood In any tongue. This poor Slav, a recent Imm'gi-ant from Hungary, tloliig section work on a Cleveland railway, saw woman, a few weeks ag.t,eudangered by nn approaching train. Springing to save her. he-gave Ills life lu the vain endeavor.

The evils of Immigration are evident enough, and our country wisely reject many applicants to our shore; but In accepting this necessary duty let us pause, now uml then, to take off our hats to such brave and worthy Immigrants as poor Blaz Pa trie. The New York court of appeals has recently decided a case In favor of the parents of some children who had been taken lu charge by the (terry Society and placed In homes. The parents became prosperous and wantid their children again and the society objected. The court has decided that parents quiilllled to cure for their children have Inalienable rights. The case Is one that probably will not have many rep-Itlous, but It Illustrates the fact that no society, however humane Its purpose uml wise Its management generally, can be allowed to usurp the pre- logatlves of nature.

The "honor" of the French nrmy lias, received another vindication by the suicide of Capt. Cassugmide, nt Toulouse. He hud submitted to the local academy a iHiem of unusual merit, and a crown of amaranth was decreed to the supposed author, who had plagiarized all but the opening and closing stanzas. Being detected and exposed, he concluded that life was no longer worth living. If all who strain after praise or credit that does not belong to them should take themselves out of the world who could estimate the possible reduction of tho population! The city of New York, now secoutl only to Loudon lu Its volume of trade, had but a slow growth for more than a century and a half after It was settled by the Dutch.

President Low, nf Columbia University, cites- a prediction, littered moro than a hundred and tlfty years ago, and then regarded as rash, to tho effect that the port at the mouth of the Hudson might in time become the commercial rival of Newport, It. which had grown rich by Uio African slave trade. So cheap arc th material now used In tho manufacture of gas that tho commodity oan Ho sold at profit for at cents per 1,000 foot for Illuminating purposes and for 20 cents per 1,000 foot for fuel. Does any ono on this side of the Atlantic understand how It was that Du Puty do Clam, who confessed his guilt, got out of Jail before Dreyfus, who protests that he Is Innocent? At Its present stnge of development the wny to make the automobile effective In war Is to present It to the enemy. Why Ottl Plat unit House Don't Kent.

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