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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-01-02
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CANNON BALL
CLOTHING CO.

Our January clearing sale OF good
i made honest clothing. on must
~ ~. 30 me V.Iues ~ the price. Now
NV uUpo'e Is burstei, and in locking
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Una 1t Is 20 rs Tho ,rces will not
stand III your way. We have no thnught
OF hhYt N bur to get id of tho entire
~ G.. ana beleyiuI in the old ada %
nrSt 'oss hes gain we VIII sell this
No NJ SO nan 5n cents OF the do lar.
VIA n 80 prices interest you;
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-04
OUR Flag ON THE SEAS.

The fact that the American flag Is
rarely seen on the seas and that there
are commercial ports in various parts Of
the world where it is almost unknown
Is as familiar as it is humiliating to ma
tional pride. Year after year for Il
third of century this great nation,
whose products go out to every land,
has been growing more dependent upon
foreign ship owners for carrying on it's
trade with the world, until now prac-
tically all the ocean commerce of the
United States is transported in vessels
owned abroad, for which our producers,
manufacturers and merchants pay an
nually tens of millions of dollars, all but
very small fraction of which goes to
ests of Europe. 4 very conservative
estimate of the annual contribution thus
made by our people to Europeans IN
S3O, 600, 600. and of course II will grow
from year to year with the growth of
our foreign trade. This is Il large drain,
but that Is not the worst of it, for our
dependence upon foreign ships for
the transportation of our products oper-
ates to restrict the growth of our com
merce with those countries where we
must compete with the nations whose
people own the means of transporta-
ton Our disadvantage in this re-
spect in trade with the South
American countries has been re-
peatedly set forth. The testimony of
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-04
THE GROOMING PUBLIC DEBT

The interest-bearing debt of the
United States at the close of President
Harrisons term of Office was $685.. OBJ
600 According to the treasury state
ment just issued the amount of this
debt is now S1lT,3G0,000. 1t thus ap
pears that under the present admins
tration the interest-beariug debt of the
government has increased $162 2,323 900.
If this rate of increase should be kept
up during the remaining time of Mr..
Cleveiands term. and there is reason
to apprehend that it will be, the in
terest- bearing public debt at the end of
his term will have reached larger
amount than it was at the beginning
of the administration of President Har
rison. when the total was SS29. .S53,9o0,
the reduction in the debt during that
administration having been S244, $4,000.
The unfortunate financial record of
this administration is due. as everybody
Is aware, to the democratic tariff policy,
under which the receipts of the treasury
have fallen steadily behind eXpendi-
lures. although importations of foreign
merchandise have been greatly stimu-
lated Yet it is understood, and on all
hands expected. that the administration
will refuse to approve any changes in
the tariff looking to the production of
more revenue, preferring to take the
chances of further increase of the
public debt rather than allow any du'
| ties to be increased or any transfer
from the free to the dutiable list to be
made The annual cost of this policy
to the people of the United States in
interest charges alone Is more than
$4.0O0.000 n year. and this is an insiG
nifcant part of what they have to pay
for it, The people are not likely to be
unmindful of such facts next year.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-04
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"Do we gather grapes from thorns or
lgs from thlstlcsT'
What was true two thousand
years ago Is true IN our own day.
Whom the late Doodle legislature
sought TO empower A. $. Churchill
and II. G. Russell TO name the
members OF the Omaha Board of
Fire and Police Commissioners it was a
forcgone conclusion that their appointecs
would be men of their own ilk. Both
Churchill and Russell had enjoyed an
uncnyiablc notoricty. Russell mad been
tangled up with gang Of legislative
boodlcrs and oil room lobbyists In 1887,
the very same year and the very same
month that Churchill had been indicted
for larceny by an Iowa grand jury. IL
was. therefore, in perfect accord with
the eternal fitueSs of things that after
spending months in searching the high
ways and byways of Omaha for men of
their ideal they centercd their choice
upon Paul Nandcrvoort and William j.
Broatch.
OF all the political dcsperadoes who
have ever played role in the political
arena of this city or stale Broatch has
no peer but Nandervoort and Wander
wort no peer but Broatch. Each has
displayed talents in packing convcn-
tious, running repeaters and log-rolinE
Jobs and steals through councils and
legislatures that would have made Boss
Tweed and Charley Moshcr turn green
with envy. Broatch is as gentecl a
political pirate as ever scuttled ship
or cut throat Nandervoort cXcels in
all branches of political crooked work
and scruples at nothing to accomplish
base ends. He Is Il battlc-scarrcd war
rior who never saw battle, but has
done all his fighting with his iron jaw.
He is an anti-monopolist who makes a
living by playing cappcr and decoy for
all the monopolies that are willing to
hire him. BrOatch and Nandervo0rt
make magnificent team for recruiting
the hoodlums and roustabouts of the
slums and dragooning the police and
| fire force into political service. This
was doubtless the object OF Churchill
and Russell when they selected this
pair. and we must say they could not
have done better If they had ransacked
hrlrs half acre of Chicago.
| The third commissioner. A. G.. Foster,
is man of good repute. Of whose
political antecedents nothing is known.
Mr.. Foster was doubtless projected into
the commission to give the body il trace
OF resrnctability but with two against
one he would be Il fifth wheel to the
Churchill-Russcll wagon, if it is ever
| put into motion.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-04
THE BANNOCK CoMMoTIoN.

Kansas City Star: Much sympathy is being
expended In the east on the BannoCk Indians
in Wyoming, who. beyond all question, violated
the game laws of the state. Are not those
who are rushing to the defense of the red
men setting a bad example in thus attempt
ing to uphold ldw-breakers, and would they
show equal consideration for poor whites who
might be similarly prosecuted?
Boston Globe: There Is no doubt that
there are many settlers out west who think
the Indian has no rights a white man Is
bound to respect, and the old belief that "all
the good Indians are dead Indians is a
fundamental part Of such peoples creeds. II
can be set down as pretty near a certainty
that in all Indian outbreaks the whites are
fully as much to blame as the Indians
Philadelphia PreSs If game is to be pre-
served in Yellowstone park Jackson's Hole
should be included in the park confines. 1t
adjoins the park and the game resort there
part of the year. Ii is ridiculous to forbid
white men from shooting game in this region
and then to allow the Indians to shoot at
their pleasure. But as that is a treaty right
1t should not be taken away from the Indians
without compensation. and certainly not by
the use of force by ;he settlers.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-04

of vessels bearing the flag of every ma
tionalty leaving the British vessels en-
tirely out Of consideration, the stars and
stripes appeared only scvcnty-eight
times. The appearance OF our flag In
the ports of other European countries Is
still more rare and IT Is said that prob
ably the United States Is a country not
heard of I'm the Baltic sea. OF 1l,O0O
vessels which passed through the Suez
canal during the last three years only
six carried the American flag and two
of these were war vessels.
The shipping engaged in our lake
and coastwise trade is large, amounting
to- over 100000 tons, and Is steadily in
crcasing. but our place on the seas Is
/ humliatingly weak, whereas Il gener-
alton ago the merchant vessels of the
United States were more frequently
seen in the ports of the world than
those of almost any other nation ana
- per cent of our exports and imports
were transported in American bottoms.
TO regain our lost position and restore
| the flag to the seas Is n practical and
patriotic duty that should command the
earnest attention of American states
mon
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-04
THE SEIZURE OF TRINIDAD.

Indianapolis Journal: Our minister to the
court of St James sees nothing out OF the
way in Englands reported seizure Of the
island of Trinidad. He says the island Is OF
no account and South American governm ents
have a way of getting excited over nothing.
1t would take a great deal to make Mr..
Bayard see anything wrong in any act Of
Great Britsn's.
Buffalo Express; Ambassador Bayard dis
misses the Trinidad affair with the remark
that Trinidad Is only little island and not
worth making a fuss over. Undoubtedly that
is the plea of the English who have taken II.
Mr. Bayard would be false to the administra-
tion he represents II he failed to accept the
excuses Of the British foreign minister in all
diplomatic matters.
New York World: Ambassador Bayard de-
ciares that Trinidad island is not worth talk
ing about. This is a polite view which will
suit England. however much II may fall
short of pleasing Brazil or the United States
England will also be suited with any sort OF
territory that it can convert into naval OF
cable stations in the neighborhood Of the
transisthmian route to Asia
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-04
AN ENEay To THE SCHOOLS.
The Prefe--cd Defenders OF Psbiic
schools Their Worst Foes.


Springfield Mass Republican, August I.
The A. T.. A. school board Of Omaha Is
finding II difficult to get a frstclass man
TO accept the superintendeucy Of the schools
Of that city. from which Dr. A. =. Marble.
formerly OF Worcester, was removed DR.
Marble was got rid Of because he would not
dismiss certain teachers who were Roman
Catholics because they were Roman Catholics.
at the demand of the A. p. A. members of
the school board and because he would not
run the schools as an annex to the A. +. A.
machine Frank Cooper of Des Moines, Ia.
was elected in DR.. Marbles place. but de-
clined as soon as he understood the clrcum-
stances, and so no one has yet been found to
fill the vacancy.
No educator of standing and reputation can
afford to accept this position under such con-
ditons as exist in Omaha at present. Not
only the schools. but the entire city govern
ment seems to be In the hands of demora-
izing combination of A. p. A. bgotry and
fanatcism. and cheap politics A lot Of more
or less discredited bosses, who could not have
come into power otherwise, seem to have
used the A. p. A. machine to boost them
selves into office, and as a consequence all
public interests are suffering-the schools ap-
parently worst of all. Until this outbreak OF
A. p. A. fanaticism Omaha had excellent
schools. BY persistent effort politics had
been excluded from their management. and
superintendent and teachers had been selected
and had held their positions because of their
merit. The A. T. A. has changed all this,
ard for merit and fitness has substituted its
own shibboleth as the essential condition Of
teaching or managing Omaha schools
ig tn a,J
self-appointed defender of the public schools
proves a power for mischief against them. as
dangerous as party politics or the rivalry of
! cheap bosses wrangling for teachers posi-
tions as spolls. The moment the party ma
chine gets control of the public school system
| anywhere, demoralization begins. pulls"
| take the place of fitness and efficiency in the
selection Of teachers, and such a thing as
| bringing the schools up to high standard
| of usefulness 20 the community is impossible
| The very end for which the schools exist and
are maintained is defeated when they are
made to serve either politics or bigotry. and
| they hinder rather than help the cause OF
American citizenship when a large class Of
| American citizens are excluded from theil
management on account of their religious BE-
| lief as is the case in Omaha, and would BIZ
everywhere IL a. T. A. Intolerance and short
| sighted narrowness could have its way
To make it impossible for broad minded
| tolerant man woman to take part in thS
management of public schools, to shut out
from teaching in them capable. efficient and
useful teachers, and to make it an affront tc
the self-resIect of an educator of the first
rank to ask him to superintend them, is tc
show ones self an enemy to these schools
and not fliend. That is what the A. p. A
has done in Omaha, and what it is likely tc
do anywhere if given the power and the op.
| portunity.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-04
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

The Rhine river carries 1i5 $50 cubic feet
of solid matter to the sea each day.
| The bottom of a 2,927-foot coal bore at
| Cremorne Australia, has a temperature OF
| l07 degrees.
Mulhall Is authority for the statement that
there are 6OOS pieces in the modern high
grade locomotive.
| The deepest hole that has ever been drilled
by man-that at Sperenberg, Germany
| i.172 feet in depth.
| Sam + FIoger of Vernon county. Missouri
| had a wagon loaded with 5000 pounds OF
| stone pass over him without breaking bone
| The very poor of Berlin are better housed
| than those of any other large city in the
| world. The German capital is really without
| "si"ms."
| Philadelphia editor, William Lester, OF
| the Record, can write two paragraphs OH diff
| ferent subjects at once, using a pencil in
each hand.
| When Zerah Colburn, the Vermont mathe
| matcal prodigy" visited Harvard college he
| told in four seconds the exact number of sec
! onds in eleven years and answered other sim
| liar questions with equal facility.
Georgia papers are telling in apparent good
| faith Of negro at Blakely. Ga, who was
struck on the head by bolt of lightning a
| few days ago. and who, though receiving a
! deep cash in bis scalp is now as spry as
| ever.
The worlds record is claimed by the Dirgo
| Hose company of Ellsworth. Me-, which the
other day ran 210 yards to the engine house
then 233 yards with the hose reel, coupled the
hose to a hydrant and the nozzle to the hose
| all in l minute tx seconds.
1t is not generally known that, size for
| size thread of spider silk Is decidedly
| tougher than a bar Of steel An ordinary
| thread will bear a weight of three grains
| This is just about so per cent stronger than
a steel thread Of the same thickness.
| The longest bridge in the world is the Lion
bridge, near Saugang. China. 1t extends five
| and one-fouIth miles over an arm of the
| Yellow sea. and It Is supported by 300 huge
stone arches. The roadway is seventy feet
| above the water and is enclosed in an iron
| network.
Over seventy years ago Joseph Dudley OF
Waterford, Me-, conceived the idea of~puting
| q large clock outside his house over the en-
| trance to the place. For that length of time
| the clock has been running regularly with
| the original works In it. Neither the rain nor
| the snow ever stops it. and it's as regular as
| the
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-04
In the federal court ot Dos Mojnes

In the federal court at Des Moines
the manager of the gas company of that
city testified that the four daily news
papers there have been supplied with
gas at greatly reduced rates, while the
people have clamored in vain for re
duction in rates. Such cases are not
rare. The electric light company and
the telephone company, two franchiseu
corporations of Omaha, could give SINH
lar testimony affecting the interests of
IL certain newspaper in Omaha if their
managers found it of advantage to do
so. A newspaper, however that can be
bought so cheaply can do a municipal
contractor no good and no harm.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-04
THE DEEP u-ATERWAYs PROBLEM

THE DEEP TATERWAYS PROBLEM
The attention that has been given to
an article by Mr.. A. V. Smalley, editor
of the Northwest Magazine, in the cur
rent number of the Forum. regarding
the problem of deep waterways from the
lakes to the seabOard, shows that great
interest is felt in this subject, which Is
one of vital Importance to the north
west. Mr.. Smalley, who has manifestly
given the matter thorough study and
most intelligent consideration, fully be-
lieves in the necessity and the prac-
ticability of Il deep waterway to the
seaboard which will permit the ship
ment of the grain of the northwest by
water transportation from the lakes to
the sea. He points out that what has
already been accomplished in opening
and improving water routes has resulted
in cutting. freight rates in two A
bushel of wheat is now carried from
Duluth to Buffalo for from ~ to
cents. and from Buffalo to New York for
from 3 to ) cents. All rail transporta-
ton from Chicago or Duluth to New
York costs 14h cents per bushel. and
the rate by water to Buffalo and thence
by rail to New York is cents. At the
close of the civil war 1t cost 2T' cents
to haul bushel of wheat from Chi
cago by rail to New York. Mr.. Smalley
urges that with all-water transporta-
ton to the seaboard the cost will be
still further reduced
How important this is to the grain
producers of the northwest Mr.. Smalley
shows by reference to the increasing
competition of the wheat producing
countries. The American wheat grow
ers are confronted in the European
markets with Il steadily augmentins
supply of that grain from Australia,
India. Russia and the Argentine Re
public, while the prospective opening up
of Siberia to settlement will add an I'M
mense region to the worlds wheat pro,
ducing area. "rhe world Is going to
be overstocked with wheat for the next
generation at least" says Mr.. Smalley.
"Our northwestern farmer, abandoning
hope of higher prices, Is turning his ar
tention to the most careful economies
in cultivation and in living. AT the
same time he Is keenly alive to every
possibility of lowering the cost of trans.
porting his crop to our Atlantic sea-
board cities and the European markets
Every cent saved ON the freight of a
blIshel of wheat is gain of cent a
bushel to the producer. The twenty
foot channel from Duluth and Chicago
10 Buffalo has taken 3 cents a bushel
off the old cost of carriage, and 1t Is
believed that twenty feet on to New
York and Montreal will make IA further
reduction of 3 cents to the seaboard
1t is not difficult to compute what this
would mean to the wheat producers oi
the northwest
There being no question regarding
the feasibility of Il deep waterway tC
the seuboard, its importance to tn,
progress and prosperity of the north
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-04

The report of the Home for the
Friendless shows that two adults were
admitted during the year and that the
number of adult inmates during the
year was thirteen. When this institu-
ton was first made recipient of state
aid it was represented that it was solely
Il home for destitute children. There is
no reason why the state at large should
pay for the maintenance of adults in
the Home for the Friendless All coun-
ties should and most counties do sup
port their own destitute adults. 1t is an
injustice to them that they should be
compelled to pay state taxes for the
support of the destitute adults of one OF
two counties in the immediate vicinity
of this home.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-04
BLASTS rnoM pAMs NOW.


The hug OF bear is no sign Of affection.
The smile that helps others has to begin
In the heart
Let a man define life and he tells how
much he lives.
The man is very poor who can put his
riches all In an iron safe.
A rogue turns pale inside whenever he
looks a policeman in the face.
The man who makes a speciality Of looking
for flies in the ointment finds plenty to do.
The religion some have In church is only
for church. 1t has no place in home or bust
ness.
A man Of grumbling spirit may eat very
poor dinner from silver plate, while one Will
grateful heart may feast upon crust.
The man whose house is on the sand car
talk very bold in fair weather. but how
quick he turns pale when it begins to thun
der.
There were nuggets Of gold in Moses that
would never have been found had he remained
in Pharaohs palace. II took forty years c
rnughing II to bring them to the surface.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-04

Chicago Tribune; The Georgia parson who
says the devil lures women into boomers
aud onto bicycles Is evidence In favor OF the
doctrine Of the transmlgration of souls lie
Is making an ass Of himself.
Denver Times: Tue closed church door Is
one OF the summer paradoxes OF modern
NE lr there is any time that man needs
religion II Is in the season when the mos
quito bites and the iish does not.
New York World: The "IIome Saloon"
started by Bishop Fallows In Chicago is stlll
running ana Is doing good business. II is
said that the barkeeper looks as lfcllkc and
good natured as II he were selling wicked
beer instead Of pious soft drinks
Globe Democrat: The other day at Aver,
Mass. one Catholic. one Universalist. one
German Evangelical, Ave Baptist. eight Com
gregationalist aud twelve Unitarian minis
ters met and organized an association to
promote the cooperation of clergymen aud
churches Of different denominations In char
ity. good fellowship and good works" At
the same time, Il may be added. they gave
hint which might be prohtably taken in
other parts of the country.
Springfield Republicans: Certain Mllwau-
kee clergymen have been reaping a great
harvested money, not souls-in marrying
eloping couples from Chicago. one prom
inent divine has made such record in this
respect that his congregation thinks he had
better retire from the pulpit. willingness
to ask no questions and to be ready at any
nour Oh tne uay or nlSht 10 act mas been
the main qualification for this work. which
has reached scandalous proportions.
Philadelphia Times: The Simpson Grove
Methodist brethren have discovered new
and effective way Of suppressing the fellow
who breaches other than orthodox Methodist
doctrine. They don't put him out; they scorn
to bring charges Of heresy; they just Join in
and old-fashloned campmeeting song and sing
so loud that the errng brother can't hear
himself. There is merit in this method Of
dealing with the disputatious crank, its chief
recommendation being that it Is effective.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-04

There are twenty eight prisoners in
the city Jail ut st. Louis held on the
charge of murder and either awaiting
trials or appeals from verdicts already
rendered. This is list that must be
almost appalling to the law-abiding citi-
zen. At the same time it shows that
there is some attempt to vindicate the
law or so many murderers would not
be apprehended. Where there are SO
many cases the influence of example
impresses itself upon the public mind
more strongly than ordinarily. The
necessity of Il few convictions becomes
apparent without argument.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-04
Treasures of the Bible.

New YORK Evening POST
II the bible, as literature and in literature,
is destined, it would seem, to lose more
and more Of its power over mems minds,
the loss Is most calamitous. Merely as a
treasure house of style. Of racy expression,
OF apt illustration. Of piercing metaphor OF
poetry that exhausts language and leaves II
quiverlng. there is but one book, as the
dying Scott said. The. advice of famous
profss Of rhetoric still holds good. young
gentlemen" he used to say to his classes,
'ff you want to be eloquent, all you need
to know is your bible and Shakespeare. In
them are the winged words of English.
And as for the great literature. whether
of England. Italy, Spain or France. it can
be said Of the bible that. in it. its line has
gone out into all the earth and its words
to the end Of the world 1t Is needless to
quote the tributes or the examples of the
great masters of style. Whatever may be
the cause and whatever may be the remedy
if there is any remedy at all, the neglect
of the bible as a great piece of literature
is one of the most dlsheartening marks OF
our time.