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"there Is No Democratic Party," Says

"there Is No Democratic Party," Says image
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Day
14
Month
August
Year
1895
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Public Domain
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Mr. Bland. "There is nothing bat chaos and disorder." Tliat silver convention will increase the "chaos and disorder." Nobody sees anything oí the sort in the repnblican ranks. An Alabama paper saya that state has utíiized every acre of resting land for corn, and that the agrtcultural región j looks like one vast cora field, supplemented by patches of cotton. Much of the corn will be turned into meat, and the Alabama farmers wiil relaize the pleasure of rolling in plenty and out of debt at the same time. The outburst of indignation in Brazil over the British attempt to seize au isl and 700 mies east of thelBraziliancoast ought to convince Enrlish diplomatists that the Monroe boctrine is no il st raon, bnt a fact bristling wJth bayoneta. Brazil is aroused throughout its limite' anb Mr. Btll bas conclnded nos to walk off willi any Brazilian island at present. The Eastern mercantile iiouses largely inerested in the Cuban trade are experiencing hard times, and it is stated that the credits of ten important commercial houses in Cuba have been suspended by the New York banks. The Spanish merchante in New York also are affected unfavorablyby the war. Castiliau pride , impervions to reason, is a costly absurdity. A few weeks ago the director of the mint estimated the gold product of 1894 at about $170,000,000, bat the complete returns increased it to $181,010,000, or about 263 bons, which is $30,000,000 greatertlian that of 1893, and t is believed that this year's output will reach $200,000,000. Evidently, tliere is no reason for hysterical talk about the scarcity of golil. Mniütoba declares that it -vill uot ïllow lts school system to le govemed by an order bom ttoe liriti.-h iMry Oouiir-il aaiid as hiistory record riiow certoiu colonies once disputed Uu: authority of an Eiiglish king to give ÖMJ saipreme law to America, it is not likoly that Manitotw.1 conree wil be mucü criticised on this de Of the Atlantic. Tlie voters of ihe Canad ian pixvtoce are the best judges of how to edúcate their children. Tlie O't'her Gay ;u Ayer, Mass., eme CatlK.lic, one Univorsalist, one Oerman Evnngclical, fivo Baptist, elght Ccngregatiomalist and twelve Unitariaai ministers met and organized P.n association to promote "tlie coopera;tion oï tlergymen and clmnlics oí different demomlmattions in charity, good-iellowsihip am-d good woritB." At the Balmo -time, it may be added, they gavo a bkeA wliich jnigiit lie profitably tahen In other pttrte of The country. Tne dea'th oí Dr. Eflward Beecber, at the aso of 02, brings out raany rcmimisecnces of ome oí th. omost remarkalle families tliis country has pxodnoed. Fine of the children of I.yinan Beecher are atill living, two eogie aiwl threo daugliters, the jnost Eajaods oí whom is Harriet Beecher Sto-TVC. The enirviving soos are Dr. Thomas K. Boccher amd Dr. Charles Beeciier, "löth clergyraen, as -vere tlLeif five Iwotliers. The late Dr. ]Züward Beoclier was a middle-aged man -u-hen ho chamipio'iied the cause oi Lovejoy in 1S38 and preaclied iearless sermons a,t Jaeksoaville, Hl., ■wlierO hc ms the pi-esldeat of a collie was a man of -vigorous miad and 1bdy, and in every way illastrated the exceptional character anii iiiteliecï oi ilio üeecUeri. I Burning a man in etfigy is not to be commended a. a method of expresain i public in.Hu'nation against him, but it 1 comes a near to beinB excusable m the case of Gov. Altgeld as is possible. Gladstoue is to return to the House of Commons with the intention of carryin a home-rule measure ; and it is to be hoped that his re.narkable career wil! be rounded out with a victory ol that sort. Why don't tbe state authorities requtre the state troops to march to the emoaimpnient erO'unáe ? The regxiLar teoopa nt Fort Wayne are requtred to mate it ooi ioot. Tlxat ia mililtaiy Aecordingtothe report of the Commissioner of Education, there were l&r 530 203 pupila in the public schools 01 the' United States last y ear. ïhis surI passes the record of any other natío, a„d shows why our country takes the lead iu popular intelhgeuce. Sent. 17 ialhTdlynëd for the New York Republican State Convention. This will allow only Beven weeks for compaignwork. In the west this wonld Leem „hort, but it is about the average length of the canvasses in New York U11a in some of the New England States. It does no speak very well lor the sdmli.ts of the United States that nly ie of the ma.ny partees awarded by the SmltUMmtaa Instituto was eecuved by aa Amorican. 'JSy t to foreteaei-s. One of $10,000 gotog to Lord Rayleign, of London, Bng-lanA Spain has been raising $26,000,000 a v,,,..v taxation in Cuba and mvest ng ïess thanl per cent of the amount in public works on the island. Thia scarce{y deserves the name of government. It is spoilation, and Spain with her unlimitedprideofrace.shouldnotexpect people oL her o.wn blood to subnnt to it. One estímate oí the production of gold in Colorado for the year ending July 1 is $17,000,000, which is not f ar f rom I doublé the yield of gold in the state for the preceding year. This beats the old ratio out of sight, and it the gain continúes Colorado will regard the high esteem in which gold is held with philosophioal amialiility. California has been taking the lead oí late in great engineering enterprises. Mention has heen made of the great electrical planta at Sacramento and lolsom, and it ia now annouiiced that nearly 40,000 acres of the best agncultural land in California will soon be Lrrigated from the big flume connected vvith the dam and tunnels constructed near Knight's Ferry. The flume will luwe a capacity of 47(5,000,000 gallons a day and it wiU give more than sixty square miles of farms the benefit of permanent irrigation. Co-operative stores are making head way in France as well as in England The value of sales of the 306 societies i France is over $15,000,000 a year, and tlie total number of members is about 300 000 In addition to these societies in France are the farmers' syndicates, in which about 900,000 persons are concerned. The syndicates buy fertilizers and other chemicals Lor vine culture, . muintain laboratories for the analysis of soils, publish monthly price liats and perform other services for the general benefit. While all co-operative expenments have not been successful to any exteut in America, it is certain that tliey are meeting with increased support iti the leading countries of Europe. The South Aírican fields have gone ahead of this country in gold production. The yieW in África this year will reach 150,000,000 and mucli higber in 1896. One peculiarity about the Afncan gold is that it is taken from sedimentary rocks, and the processes have been 80 mucli iinproved that ouly ten I per cent of the metal is lost. In the A frican mines -13,000 native and (.000 European workinen are employed. But 50 per cent of the gold was saved by the processes used nine years ago. This is an instance of whatscience and ingenuity are doing to increase the gold supply. An enormous future output of gold is not impossible, but no one is alarmcd about it. It vvould be a pleasaut probleui to handle. Col. Waring, the aew Street Cominissioner in New York City, says the sewage and other waste of the city, if handled by the best inethod, would pay I a proíit of V ,000,000 a year, or enough to meet the cost of cleaning, paving and sprinkling the streets. The wastes of the city now bring in but $150,000, and are treated in a manner injurious to the public health and comfort. Col. War g contends that the municipality should have complete centrol of the removal and disposal of house waste, dividing it into four separate classes - paper and other light rubbish, street sweepings, garfcage and ashes. The light rubbish is salable, the street sweepings are needed at the parks, the garbage is valuable for fertilizers and ■ the ashes is useful for roadways or for i conversión into concrete. Col. Waring is a thoroughly practical man, and what r he says about this waste of millions in 'ourlargecüiescauuotba controvcrtcd, It'Cov Altgeld, of Illinois is not too much of a Dago himself, he better protect the colored people of his state wlio are being shot down and maltreated at : Spring Valley. Franco te coming over here ior cavalryttiorses. Thafs risht. SherIdaai and Paul Reveré both rode American nor, and the hoof beats of tbetr Oquines veré Heard round the world. . And now Italy has gone to buUying Brazil. Well, there wiU be no abSistance rendered the southern sister republic by Uncle Sam. His time is toe Uvell employed just now, fishing, to be bothered, yotfknow. President Lincoln once said there was not a regiment in the army that could not furnish brains enough to run the government. This was indirectly lus opinión on the necessity oL electing any president for the third time. GoveraOT Bich has issued forau notices that the Home for the Feebl Minded at Lapeer is ready for patien under 21 years of age, who are susceptible of improvement, and those over 21 incapable of performing physical labor. If our friends, the enemy, have never thought about it, we would suggest the name oí John P. AltgeUlt, governor ot Illinois, as their next presidential standard bearer. He would be in perfect harmony with "the element that luis the votes." The ProMbs have bounced M. J. Fanning irom the chairmanship of theii State Central Committee and ehosen John Giberson, of Clare, to fill his I place. Mike was too expensive a lux ury. When he asked for his salary they bounced him. Brooklyn sold $1,500,000 4-per-cen county bonds a few days ago and re ceived for them more than $150,000 pre mium, or enough to build two first-clas school houses. It is the best loan th city ever made, and is clearly one ot th results of municipal reform. Though Vermout bas increased in opulation but 2,000 in twenty-five ears Massachussetts bas added nearly 000 000 to its iuhabitants in the same me, and Rbode Mand and Connectiut also show a steady growth. There s no sign of decadence in the historie STew England corner of the union. The board of control of the Michigan Mining School at Houghton, having announced that there would be no receptiou to the graduating class tb is year on account of the méagre legislative appropriation, the students have taken the matter into their own hands. The reception will be held and tbey wül foot the bill. The wool clip of this country for 1895 has fallen off i ust oue hundred miüion pounds, a net loss, at 1892 prices, of $20,000,000. The foreign wool brought into this country for year ending June 30, amounted to two hundred and sik mi'llion pounds at an estimated cost in aold of twenty-eight million dollars. A beautiful cut throat tariff this we are cursed with. Every bicycle in Indianapolis is tagged and taxed. The owner if over fifteenyears old pays l per annum ior riding the wheel ; flíteeu years and un derpayfifty cents tax. The "vehicle tax" on bicycles brought in a revenue of oyer $5,000 this year in that city. AU wagons, buggies and carriages pay a vehicle tax graded according to the nuinber of horses driven. The new treaty between France and China, which is claimed to be the greatest French diplomatic achievement in i twenty years, not only defines the northern boundary of the French possessions in Indo-China, but contains important concessions relating to the transit of merchandise and the constmc tion of raihvay and telegraph Unes. France thua secares the long-desired access to China by way of Tonkin. The growth oL public libraries in the United States is one of the remarkable features of our system of progress. There are nearly 5,000 of them; and a recent writer pointe out the significant factthat with the single exception of the county, there is not a single civil división of our government that luis not adopted this formof educational service. The Nation, the States, the cities ani towns have libraries for general use andthework of the librarían lias be come a regular profession, with require menta of systematic study and training A Benton Harbor Merchant, who uses I the columus of the local newspapers to soine extent, tried a little side advertising by giviug a ticket for a gold watch to every customer. The winning namber was duly aunounced, but weeks went past and uo one appeared to claiui the prize. The merchant made every effort to ascertain the identity of the lucky holder, but without success, until it was suggested to put a line in tl paper. A liucr "ad." found the ticke holder several hours after publicatio and the observing merchant has abo concluded to confine bis advertising ' uewspapera in the future.

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