The herald., 1894-04-22
EDITORIAL MOTIFS.

A BUFFALO man named Weisssnborn
insured his life for $4,000 some time in
1888 and shortly afterwards disappeared.
A few weeks later a man was killed in
q railway accident near Cleveland and
the body identified rs that of Weissen-
born. The insurance folks were evil
IDENTIFY satisfied with the verdict of she
eoroner's jury, for they paid over the
$4,000 promptly. About a fortnight ago
there came rude awakening. Weis-
senborn turned up alive and kicking
and go are the insurance people, for the
widow ia impecunious and they cannot
get back a cen mt.
THE removal of the statues of Ben ia
min Franklin and Henry Clay from the
places where they have stood more than
half century, in the streets of New
Orleans, shows thss even the sleepy old
creole capital is waking up. These
statues are being removed to give an in
crease of room for street railway pur-
poses, and New Orleans has just found
out that the tramway is one of the indis-
pensables OF higher civilization. The
statues have been removed to the court
house, whore they will be appropriately
mounted to show the youth of America
tne value of being born Of poor parents.
MOUNTAIN railroads in the east pay
enormous dividends, and the summit
property (about 20 acres) on Mount
Washington in New Hampshire has Just
been purchased by the Mount Washing
ton Railway company for $4,000 per
acre. AS farm, it is very good place
to plant corn or bsans--from the barrel
of shotgun. The Summit hotel has
paid enormous profits for the past 20
got $100U00 from 1t IN t1e last III yeafh,
and he only owned a one-third interest.
Prof. Lowe will be a millionaire If he
lives; but he should set apart one day
in the week for some one besides mil
lionaires.
HERE'S some new music for your next
eisteddfodd. Thomas Ellis, the new
liberal whip in the British parliament,
and one OF their best authorities on in
ternational law, was born about thirty
miles from Cardiff, where his father was
a tenant farmer. Young Ellis was asked
at school what foreign language he would
prefer to acquire, and answered, "Eag.
lish," because he thought it would be OF
the most use to him. They tell of
Scotch farmer, who, on being informed
that the Duke OF Argyls's son was going
to marry the queens daughter. replied
"Eh, mon dear. but the queen maun be
happy woman" but his Scotch pride
pales before the pride of Welshm an
who learned English as a foreign Ian
guage.
AND what shall we do when the doc
tors disagree? Here is one of the lead
ing doctors of Chicago who says that
whisky is the only sovereign remedy
for the grip. (How bad they must have
had the grip here last Saturday night,
at the close of the fiesta.) On the other
hand an eminent physician OF Mil
waukee tells him that the KENTUCKY
panacea is OF no value except to arrest
the impoverishment of the muscular
tissues. 1t is simply temporary stimu-
liant, whose use is certain to bs followed
by severe reaction. In a word, it fails
to build up and its relief has no endur-
ing effect. 1t can therefore, he says. be
only regarded as a false friend in time OF
the sorest need and medical science has
long since punctured all its pretensions
as a great and valuable specific.
1t begins to look as if the anti.silver
sentiment in the Atlantic seaboard states
was not general. and that some "con-
gressional cheesewaxes," az the late
Prince OF Erie would have styled them,
are beginning to experience change OF
heart. Senator GAllinger, of New Hamp-
shire, is evidently one Of these, for when
the Wolcott bill came up, to coin Mexi-
can dollars in America, if the consent Of
Mexico could be obtained, Mr.. Gallinger
| advocated the resolution; and added
still further that he regretted nothing
more in all his life than his vote for the
| repeal of the Sherman act. AS Senate l
| Chandler is an avowed advocate OF sill.
yer, the Granite state must either en-
| dure the actions Of its two senators or
else send two new men to ill their
| places. 1t looks as il there was prog
ress of sentiment upon this question, and
that whatever progress there is must be
in the direction of bimetallism.
The Evolution
OF medicinal AGENTS is gradually relegat'
ing the old-time herbs, pills, draughti
and vegetable extracts to the rear and