Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-07-24

An Ohio minister has forbidden the use
Of fans during services, and advised his
congregation that they could keep cool
by thinking Of icebergs. the North pole
polar bears. and looking at the minister;
and yet most preachers remind their
hearers Of the other place
THE people Of North Dakota have a
watchful executive in the person Of Cover
nor Miller. If there is any truth in the
old apothegm that a stitch in time saves
nine stitches he will see 10 it that the
initial stitch is taken The Mexican Lot
terry Company, that endesyored TO outbid
The louisiaHa company for the charter in
Louisiana and was defeated, will make an
effort to debauch the honor of the people
Of North Dakota as the people Of Louisiana
we're debaucbed. They have offered TO the
state Of North Dakota, through the Cover
nor, s250000 for a charter OF course,
this is merely preliminary proposition to
be increased as the opposition grows
stronger. Governor Miller has issued a
circular, in which is embodied the terms
Of the lottery compaGy's tender and in
which be calls attention 10 tie danger that
menaces the good name Of the state and
urges that public sentiment be aroused so
that no friend Of any ottary can be placed
in authority This is the right course to
pursue Such prom pit and decisive action
may serve North Dakota a good turn be
fore the legislature meets again.
THE GREAT CENSUS,
Great as the growth Of the United States
has been in the past ten years, as the
present census will show when the returns
are in, greater still will be the census Of
the British Empire. which is to be taken
next year. No attempt will be made to
compile special statistics, but the census
will be very little more than enumeration
of the people After making all allowan-
ces it is likely that it will show, as the
Chicago Heard estimates it, that the
British Empire has about 100000 in
habitants. It is calculated that at the be-
ginning of 1890 the population Of the en-
pire was nearly 52J, 100000, Of whom al
most 100000 were in the United
Kingdom, almost PIP 100000 in India
and the remainder in the other posses
.ions This will be about four times
the total of the census Of the United
States. America can lnast Of az many
mites as the Old World which require
seven figures with which to express their
population, but they are yet small com
parisou London has 4,35l,735 inhabit-
ants, Paris 260, 995 and Berlin ,4>9 ,672.
Vienna with 81 ,434, ST. Petersburg with
%, 467 Moscow with $4,000. CONSTANT
uople with 10000 GLASGOW and liver
poor with about 800, 900 each. Naples with
$4,000. Birmingham and Manchester
with ABOUT 10000 each, Madrid with 397-
500 Warsaw with $4,000 Brussels and
Lyons each with a770)o. Buda Pcsthwith
0N1,OlN, dliN NldIetIllfe VIII "N'tN''t NNNl-
prise the European procession Of big cities
~ the ordes named But as the Boston
Globe Ui,e, remarks This is not
matte concerning which We should feel
any Impotence 20 eclipse Europe, for it
would beuudouttcdly better for us if we
never succeeded i'm packing as many peo-
Pile into us small space as the European
nation, have done The best social condl-
lions are not attained i'm the largest
and most crowded ccuters Of population
Asia can boast if it has any ground for
b5astin. Of more millionaire cities than
Europe and the UutedSutes combined the
though theabsnce otany eNactceusus otthe
Celestial Empire makes this merely mat,
ter of conjecture tits generally believed
however that China bias seven cities With
over 100000 inhabitants. She is vel.
come to them. and long may ii Doe before
we -uVus~ hyrtu that respect.