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from 'hf 'Afcdyo hTHd
Next Sunday morning dyo Buddhist priests will A..
sist at tho Christian service in the First Presbyterian
Church. Chicago. on Indiana avenue and Twenty nrst
street. This is undoubtedly the first time sincs the
days OF religion that tho dogmas Of Gautams and III.
dogmas OF John Calvin have touched skirts It is one
OF tho benign incidents growing out Of the
OF religions now progressing liberalism. Buddhism.
Calyinism. Catholicism. Methodism. CONGREGATION.
alism. EpiscoDAliAnism. BAptistS unitarans NOLAN.
medans. oonfuciAus, all praying together and listen.
ing diersnay to their various creeds sxpounded by
their hsrarehA is assurediy spectacle worthy the
highest plane OF achieved civilization. The pAramept
Of religions, conceived In Chicago. born of tho Coum.
bian Exposition Ii unique and unprecedented vision
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But even that could not be called neces-
sity. since,the line Of coast railways could
Garry. II required. though, Of course. at
costlier rates. the merchandise which In
time Of peace goes by vessels. Indeed. tho
more we reflect upon the subject the clearer
1t becomes that less economical way OF
defending the coast could not be conceived
than the proposed waterway. 1t would be
far cheaper to lay out portion OF the
money which tho waterway would cost.
on fixed forts and their heavy guns. and ON
floating batteries. submarine mines. mont
tors. battle ships. and torpedo boats. In
the latter case the coast would be defended
at every point important enough for an
enemy to attack. A coast line as long as
ours could not be fully held under blockade
by q foreign power. while an attack on any
given port. IL properly defended by Its
forts. would cause the delay OF the hostile
feet there until battle ships and torpedo
boats could proceed by sea to Its aid.
All this leaves out Of view the value OF
such o waterway as a commercial enter
prise: but that It's possible strategic advan-
taRes In time OF war would not be great
enough to justify the Government In lay
ing out upon it money that could be so much
more effectively expended on forts and
ships. is beyond question.
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A Novel Trademark Question.

very curious question in regard to the
right Of one manufacturer to use the labels
OF another manufacturer has just arisen In
the High Court OF Justice in England.
Mr.. MELLIN Is the manufacturer Of q food
for infants which Is widely advertised In
Great Britain. Mr.. TIMOTHY WHITE, call
ing himself chemist Is what we should
call druggist or apothecary. and carries on
business at Portsmouth, In England. This
gentleman takes bottles OF MELLIN's food
for infants and sells them with the original
wrapper on. bearing MEIIIN's trade mark
and label. but prints upon the wrapper q
notice recommending the public to try
different prepared food for Infants. cit
being far more nutritious and healthful
than any other preparation yet offered"
On the 18th instant Mr.. MELLIN appll cd
to Mr. Justice NORTH, sitting in the Chan
Gerry Division Of the High Court OF Justice
in London. for an Injunction to restrain
Mr.. WHITE from using the wrappers OF his
bottles In this manner for the purpose OF
promoting the sale of a food for infants
which was manufactured by q rival In
business.
The learned Judge commented severely
upon the conduct Of the defendant. but
nevertheless refused to grant any restrain
ing order before the trial. He thought it
was piece Of sharp practice for chemist
to put on MELLIN's wrappers statement
that his own food or any other ones was
better than MELLIN's. He had no recol-
lection OF ever having heard Of similar
conduct on the part Of a tradesman. and
he would have been glad IL the defendants
counsel had offered to discontinue the prac-
tice until after the case had been tried.
But the defendant made no such offer. and
the Court was unable to see that there was
any legal ground on which a tradesman
could be denied the right to send out puff
of his own goods with similar goods OF
another manufacturer. either in a separate
envelope or on separate sheet Of paper in
the same envelope: and II he could do that.
why could he not lawfully attach label
to the cover OF the goods themselves
1t would seem that IL the plaintiff In such
q case has any right to relief in the courts.
it must arise from the fact that the defend
ant makes use Of the plaintiffs trade mark.
and the familiarity Of the public with it. for
the purpose OF attracting attention to his
own and different commodity. But 30
long as there ls no deception OF the GUS
toner. and merely an assertion Of the
Of another article than that to
which the trade mark belongs. 1t is little
difficult to perceive any basis for the APP
pllcation Of q legal remedy.
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The Midway Piaisancs Shows.

CHICAGO. Sept. 1.-The chronological shows
In the Midway Plaisance at the Worlds Fair
are not very far superior to Bowery Museum.
1t is certain that the alleged Amazons In the
Dahomey village never served in tho famous
regiments of king Behanzin or any of his
predecessors. and 1t Is doubtful II many
OF the forty or fifty natives in this group
ever saw Dahomey in their lives. The variety
OF tattooing or the absence OF these markings
indicates that the "Dahomeyans." whom the
blower at tho gate so loudly acclams, are
made up OF different native peoples. Their
dancing, however. and their performances on
the conch she'll tom tom, and other musical
instruments are decided novelty in this part
OF the world: and their huts. wide open to In
spectlon. are enough to distress the poorest
American housekeeper. The women are com
PEELED to defer SO far TO American prejudices
as to appear fully clad. though their photo
graphs. offered for purchase to all. show them
in the airy attire OF their native land
A fine-looking lot Of SamoaEs are too COM
prehensively announced as an aggregation OF
South Sea Islanders. But one cannot look for
exact facts In the Midway Ono OF their flno
native houses. for Instance. is placardcd rs II
present to the Fair from Mataafa. King elect
OF Samoa" The Midway seems to be tho only
place on earth where tho claims OF that famous
prisoner OF war are recognized. Tho dances
and singing Of the stalwart men and fair
women OF the little island group are interest
Ing. and the young man. with his native fire.
making apparatus. who produces smoke for a
nickel and fro for dime. 10 worth passing
moment.
Perhaps the most honest AMI pleasing eth
biological shows In the Midway are those Of
tho Dutch East Indies. There is mono of
the bluster and racket. that fills most Of
the Midway with din. in front ~ tho
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Doiag Up the Common Law


From The InieY- Oceap.
Gentlemen. want to say that there is no reform
IN civilization that has arisen through law All that
ever came was from revolution. Mr. Hallam and Mr.
Allison who Is perhaps tho best writer upon English
law. that the common law OF England with this
chancery appcndage. is the vest code ever imposed
upon humanity. 1t seems As ir We. in this country
follow the precepts Of that common robber Pope and
that sanctimonous creature. Sir Matthew Hale, and
do not know. even now. whether to cross tho
country In socalled prairie schooner palace car
You lawyers come into court and ask Judge
cases dealing with the rights Of modern municipal
bodies tho rights Of by ancient law
or tho time OF the imperative Tudors has CON
nued through the successive families OF tho rulers of
Great Britain AL duo respect Prince of Wales
Take the case OF the woman mentioned BY Dickens
in Barnaby Rudge.' who merely entered shop and
took up piece OF linen to look IT, She was arrested
and banged They took tho baby from her breast
Other might BIO mentioned OF tho learned uries
and Judges actions and the attempts Judges to de-
clare that a shilling was only worth ten pence 1t 10
from extracts from the old lava OF hese times that
lawyers ASK that affecting the people of Chic Ro
lie decided. Possibly Australia. which. Ike Georgia
and North Carolina. was aettled by people who had
been transported from England for sheep stealing or
any other offence for which Justice ut 10 Impose
penalty. is well settled to follow those old
laws We at this day seem to want to shape our laws
to those old codeA Lord chief Justice Coleridgo
whom you gentlemen entertained at dinner several
years ago. derides the law OF she time OF Pope and
Hale"
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according to the 5sos Of Legislatures

according to the < Ises Of Legislatures.
and the permutations Of politicsf
Before approving Mr.. LoDaE's bill We In
sist that Senators shall be taken out OF
politics. Sound civil service reform re-
quires that their appointment be made
after examination by non-partisan COM
mission. consisting. let us soy, Of the Hon.
WILLIAM Porrs OF New York. the Hon.
CHARLES JOSEPH BoNAPARTE 'of Maryland.
aud the Hon. WILLIAM Dudley FFoUbKE
OF Indiana We hope that Senator LODGE
will take In good part plan which would
not only expel politics from the Senate. but
perhaps improve the literary tone Of that
body. There are difficulties in the way Of
this plan. OF course; but. then. there are
difficulties In the way OF Mr.. LopaE's bill.
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Mr.. NICHOLAS SMITH is. or lately was.
the Consul OF the United States at the city
OF Iiege, in Belgium. Under the date OF
June 8, 1893, he has transmitted to the Sec
rotary Of State at Washington q curious
communication concerning the use OF the
dog as o draught animal by the Belgian
people. This contribution to IN American
knowledge Of foreign affairs Mr.. GRESHAM
has just caused to be published In Gov
eminent document.
SMITH begins by characterizlng the dog
as hereditary loafer." who. he declares
has had his day. 50 far at least ns Belgium
is concerned. The first distinctive institu-
ton that attracts the attention OF a stranger
In that country according to SMITH. is the
working dog. In Liege thers are twice as
many dogs as horses to be seen in harness
on the city streets. They are to be met
at all hours OF the day. but in the early
morning the boulevards are literally alive
with them. Trafickers (mostly womenl.
with gayly painted carts drawn by well-fed
dogs. are then seen striving to be first in
the market place. A pretty bareheaded
Walloon peasant girl moving briskly at the
side of flower cart drawn by stalwart
mastiff is a pleasing vision to the early
riser" Weinfer that Mr.. NICHOLAS SMITH
is an early riser.
The Consul tells us that 600 pounds is the
usual load Of q dog. though some OF the
mastifrs will haul 1900 pounds. The dogs
are driven single, double. and sometimes
three or four abreast. when the vehicle
Is loaded the driver walks. directing its
course. and In emergencies laying his
shoulder to the wheel; but when the load
has been discharged he often mounts the box
and rushes like JEHU through the Streets"
This utilization OF canine power Is said to
be comparatively recent development Of
Belgic civilization. SMITH thinks that thir-
ty years ago dog in harness would have
excited as much remark in Liege as he
would to-day in Louisville or Memphis. But
he declares that the harnessed dog is now
as much On institution OF the people in the
former city as the mule is in either OF the
latter cities.
SMITH also calls attention to the impor-
tant fact that the dog. as beast Of draught.
differs notably from the horse in that he
does not have to be shod with iron, The
favorite dogs for use in harness appear to
be mastiffs. or mastifrs with trace Of bull
dog blood. Smooth-coated dogs are pre-
ferred to those with long hair. The prices
range from $40 to S2j for wel-bult draught
dog thoroughly broken.
SMITH wants the American people to con-
slider these facts. and to put the dog in this
country to the performance Of the innumer-
able minor tasks which he is capable OF
doing. He estimates the canine force of |
this country at 100000. and the strength |
Of each dog at 500 pounds. SO that there is
8 5OO,OoO.OOO pounds Of dog power idle In |
this nation alone. SMITH deems it absurd |
to bewail the loss Of power at Niagara when |
nobody thinks anything about this equal |
power (which Is running to waste ut the |
very heels Of the people,"
SMITH had better come home and develop
the American dog.
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Why Do the Heather Rage ?

The Pennsylvania Republican Convention
took that perturbed and inky view Of things
/ natural in State which has battened so
long upon the spoliation Of the great ma
jority Of the American people for the benefit
Of the few. Here Is the Pennsylvania howl
and murmur over the fading prospects OF
protectionism:
.swiftly upon tho heels OF Democratic success in
1e9. has followed unprecedented nation al distress
Sunous fall In the price Of farm and other products
and manufactures: the closing Of wortshops facto.
sisa and MILLS the reduction of the wages of labor.
the discharge OF workingmen from employ mont the
cessation OF railroad extension. and diminution of
traic: bankruptcy. and the suspension OF banks are
to-day the only monuments Of their triumph. The
present condition OF tho country 10 mainly duo the
conviction that vital attack will DO made upon tho
American system OF protection. We rsteras the DO.
Her have often expressed that tho maintenance of
an adequate and stable system of protective dutss
ssseuai to the well being OF the nation and the pros.
parity OF labor and capital; and protest against
any amendments to the MoKISLKY bill until It shall
have been fairly tested and Judged by Its practical
operations"
x There can be no objection to the repeti-
tion by the Pennsylvania Republicans. with
all their powers OF damnable iteration. OF
these petulaut and fruitless lamentations.
The people OF the United States are not to
NC OuthOd AkoLh IhOii pooO Wy Lilo pro-
tests OF protected manufacturers and their
sspokesmen In Pennsylvania. 1t is surpris-
ing. however. to find these spokesman so
ignorant OF the conditions Of which they
complain 80 bitterly. as to suppose that the
great storm OF constitutional tariff reform
which swept the country last fall. was but a
teapot tempest. and that McKinleyism is
70 be trimmed and pared. not cut off at the
root. The MCKINLEY bill is to be des-
troyed. not to be amended. The vital at
tack upon tho American system Of protec-
ton was made last fall 1t remains for the
Democrats to carry out the corpus. and to
Get up In the temple of the Constitution.
purified from tho robbery OF protection,
the fresh and genial figure of the tariff for
revenue only.
4 Pulverize protectionl Yindicats the Con-
Dtitutioni
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By ,1.n rost.ra,s.
Revenue Will Be Provided.

There are no forced balances under the
Democratic administration OF the United
Stnnea Treasury. There Is no mystery
about the peoples finances. They know
how much the Government owes, what its
Income Is, and how much Is required for
disbursements. According to present COM
putations. there will be. at the close OF this
fiscal year. deficit. chiefly from dimin-
ished customs, OF $5o.Oo0.OoO. The aggre-
gate receipts for the year will be $780, ooo,-
900. The expenses Of the Federal Govern
mont will be $3.50. 100000. Last year they
were 3s3.OO0.0OO.
Some persons have discerned in this state
Of facts an occasion for alarm. They are
apprehensive that perhaps the Treasury
viii become temporarily embarrassed: that
the untaxed Indians will not get their al
lowances promptly on the first Of the
month; that some Federal functionaries
win be compelled to wait until the Govern
mont Is ready to pay them. and that tho
mileage Of Congressman may be held until
Al the returns from the Alaska, Arizona,
and Delaware Post Offices have been turned
In at Washington.
.5 Such q condition would be unsatisfactory
1 n there was no help for it. Fortunately.
however, there is help. 1t Ia near ct hand.
It was provided by the Democratic National
Convention. Of illustrious memory. which
assembled In Chicago In June. 1892. The
apparent shortage can be more than made
mp by taxing the IS per cent. free list. and
by compelling. inexorably and without
preference. every item OF imports to pay Its
fair share OF the peoples common burden.
for the Governments support. horizon
tai duty of 80 per cent. levied upon every
article imported. would do tho business.
Thus the disbursements Of the Govern
ment would be fully provided for. and an
excessive revenue prevented by the lower
Ing to 80 per cent. ad valorem Of the duties
on articles now disproportionately taxed.
The burden will be readjusted. All favor
itism will be wiped out. Tariff duties will
be equalized and the Government, freed
from the peril Of any shortage. will have
cash In hand. and In plenty, to use for need
full national defences and extra armament
on land and sea.
There is o good time coming when the
spoliation OF the many for the benefit Of
the few will be stopped by the Democracy.
who were pledged at Chicago to perform
that important and necessary work.
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Consulting tho Digest.

from ffe Netfs RtoorI
Al kunz's wine cellar on Randolph street It said
that Judge GoEgia had been there about l2f o'clock
"He drank gass or two Of mixed ale and then went
away" said tho man in charge.
Has Judge GogRin been here - the bartender At
McGarry's asked.
"Yes. about O'clock" the reply. "Hs had q
little ciaret. but didn't stay long"
At Moran's on Randolph street. the same question
was asked.
THE Judge was here about half an hour ago." was
the answer. lilo drank q glass OF sherry. talked
. while. and then stroed out"
AT Jansen's wine cellar The Judge had some more
wine and left for home
Judge Goggin lives Superior street. and late last
evening he had not returned to his home
Some OF his friends said that they hoped hs would
not go away on vacation under the circumstances
They though: that tho proper thing for him to do
would be to resign.
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Begin with Senators.

The Hon. HENRY CABOT LODGE has In.
troduced Into the Senate the bill. once his
favorits in the House Of Representatives.
providing for the appointment of fourth
class Postmasters by the Postmaster Gen.
eral from q list OF eligible candidates ex-
enined and selected by Post Office In
spectors. The is one OF the fondest dreams
I OF the civil service reformers. to weed poll
tics out from the region at present illumi-
mated by the steely simmer Of Smiling Bob
6AxwELI's axe. We don't know by what
mysterious process OF unnatural selection
Post Office inspectors innocent OF politics
are to be found. Perhaps Mr.. LODGE has
In bis desk u constitutional amendment
providing that Post Office inspectors shall
not be allowed to have any politics.
4 1t seems to us. looking at the subject
from the point OF view OF consistent civil
service reformers. that Mr.. LODGES bill
doesn't go far enough. Politics In fourth
class Postmaster is not likely to hurt any
body. Tho present practice Of electing
Senators for term OF six years. and as a
reward OF political services. is not accord
Ing TO modern civil service reform: and
Senators have sphere of activity In which
they may easily do great deai Of damage
by means OF politics. They are supposed
to represent the State, whereas. under the
present system. they really represent
only that party in State which has
q majority In the Legislature at the
time OF an election for Senator. The
State needs efficient and honest men to
represent it In the Senate; and having OBJ
tanned such men. why should 1t be deprived
OF their services because of the accidents
OF politics? Why shouldn't Senators be
selected by means OF the examination sys-
TEN. and hold office during good behavior?
How can we expect to secure an efficient
got OF Senators when they are liable to be
lot loose in cold world at the end of six
years? WhY should thev have to he changed
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Coward and upward the course Of the

Onward and upward the course OF the
Ancient Order OF Foresters Of America con
tInues to take Its way" says the Supreme tx
ecutive Council OF that flourishinR body, and
certainly its membership figures bear out the
assertion. On July l. 1893. there were IL ]. e2S
Foresters. with 10 Grand Courts and 1.024
Subordinate Courts. On July ]. 1891. there
had been 77790 members. SO that there was
an increase of 34.139. or nearly A per cent.
in two years. At that rate OF gain tho Order
OF Foresters will soon rank among the large
OF the mutual benefit societios Of the United
States. In an address OF Supreme Chief Ran
ger KITS. which accompanies tho current re-
port OF this institution. we find these nuggets
OF wisdom: when officials seek the real well
fare OF those they govern good government is
the result When officials seek their own well
fare. as against the welfare OF those they
govern. autocratio government exists. Fair
dealing should be eHemplifed nowhere more
than in fraternal organizations whose SUPER
structure is built upon tho foundation OF doing
good to others" These are truths upon which
the widening circle Of tbs Foresters may
profltably ponder
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We are sorry for ex-King MATAAFA. We
pity the fallen monarch OF Samoa. He is In exile,
q prisoner OF Germany. doomed to live in Sc.
clusion. under very hard circumstance upon
q melancholy islet OF the Pacific. He had i'm
plored the American and the British members
OF the Samoan protectorate that he might
not be delivered up to the Germans. who hate
him because he fought and beat them. and
who. as he believed. would take revenge upon
him II he fell into their banda. He was willing
to be prisoner OF England or OF America. but
he hoped that these two powers would protect
him from tho Germans. His hope has been
frustrated The two powers have conceded
the German demand for the possession OF his
person. The ex.king is now prisoner upon
a speck OF land that rises above the Polynesian
waves. Poor MATAArA! May the Germans be
merciful We are sorry that this country il
partly responsible for his surrender 10 the
German commander.
MtTAtFA Is = brave warrior. proud soul 4
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Fom The 81 Louis Republic
"while every one Is complaining OF ha I'd times they
do not realize that they arc doing good in this
end OF the town" SAID Sergeant Grady of the Third
district police station. "on an ordinary Saturday
night the patrol wagon 10 kept on the all the time
taking In DRINKS. lighters ana but now we can
only get few sneak thieves It's the hard times that
Is working the reformation and that 10 the whole So
or the enforced virtue Of this tough
Men out OF work and have money to get drunk
on aud so don't fight and XIII: and there's a temper
ancs lesson for you. too"