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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-12
Plants That Spread QusckIy.

The dandeiion is an old world flower.
not native in America, save far to the
North and one some of the highest of our
western mountains. But somehow it was
brought here. perhaps from England in
old colonial times, Now We see its golden
heads and feathery balls at every grassy
roadside, the clocks the boys and girls
blow to tell the hour. A few years ago
farmers in the Northwest found a new
fields. In a very short time this weed,
the Russian thistle, has spread over wide
acres of the best farm land in that part
OF the country. and has done great injury
to the crops.
How do these plants spread so fast and
so far2 They are not carried about and
planted. No one would be so foolish as to
plant must have ways OF her own for
sending her offspring INTO the world.
Plants propagate themselves in two ways.
from seed or from buds. Sometimes
these buds are born on slender runners.
A strawberry plant after it has blossom
ed begins to send out such runners, with
buds, unfolding tufts of leaves, along
them. These tufts are at first connected
with the parent plant, but later the runs
nefS between break away. and each tuft
becomes a new plant. Many grasses. like
Bermuda grass and the troublesome
quick or couch grass, v creeping
stems, each Joint sending out a bunch
OF roots below and q bud on the upper
side. II you try to hoe up such grasses.
you only make matters worse, for each
joint when cut on is ready to form an in
dependent plant. Such grasses spread
very fast, and soon take possession of tho
land they get into.-St. Nicholas.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-12


The sGentlewoman" says that almost
| ali the morning dresses worn by the
| German, Empress are made at home, and
Her Majesty in this way is able to eeono-
| m.ze greatly. When In private she
| likes TO be dressed as simply as possible,
and her favorite costume is q serge
skirt with a pretty blouse and a simple
( straw hat. She has. however. one great
trial. For herself she would not mind,
but the Emperor has a horror of having
4 fat wife, and the poor Empress IS
oblised to diet herself and to wear
clothes much too tight for her. This is
said to be the greatest trial of her life.
as the Emperor is always advising her
what to do, and insists pom her taking
An immense amount of exercise. Her
| Majesty. however, has still q shapsly
fsure, and she is less stout than she was
a year ago.
Cover the mantel board will peacock
blue velours, writes john Sparrowhawk
in an deliberately illustrated article on
Appropriate Mantel Draperies," in the
| january Ladies' Home Journal" Take
| peacock feathers Of equal length and
| sufficient In number to go around the
| edge Of the board, placing the reed or
| qui1i part Of the feathers about one inch
| apart. Tack them on to the board with
| straw mating staples and afterward
sSgss m wi,h Be 9 a 5eMs,sdd & sin ahs centre { 1 nd
| ends by weaving through them some
strands Of silk q peacock blue color.
New fur trimmings are OF sable or
mink tails, hanging from g narrow gal
loon OF bronze, Jet or frfdescent beads to
- - fbs c pTtg refsa ana sna tnI bo y9er Tie
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-27

The death of Hon. Charles II. Brown
makes another gap in the ranks of
Omaha's sturdy pioneers and takes away
n prominent leader of the Nebraska bar
who was one of the active factors in
the building of the city.
In the numerous positions of public
honor and trust to which he was sue
cessivelv elevated by his fellow citizens
Charles ii. Brown made himself re-
spected by every one who came in con-
tact with him. OF unimpeachabe in
tegrity. he possessed the confidence of
all. whether or not they shared with
him his firm belief in the principles of
the democratic party. a democrat of the
old school, he for years stood among the
recognized leaders of one faction of the
Nebraska democracy
While of late Charles II. Brown has
lived in comparative retirement, his alb
sence from the councils of Omaha's best
citizenship will be none the less noticed
and regretted.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-27
CANADI'S NEW TIRiFF.


The Canadian government has an.
nounced n new tariff measure and ac.
cording to Il dispatch from the capital
of the Dominion it will hit this country
pretty hard This is in accordance with
the policy agreed upon by the ministry
when the Dingey bill was passed and
1t became obvious that no reciprocity
arrangement could be effected between
the United States and Canada. 1t was
ut once determined that the Canadian
tariff should be so revised as to dis
crllnlnate against this country and in
favor of England and this is to be done.
1he Canadian finance minister stated
that Il special tariff list making re-
ductlons in favor Of imports from Great
Britain as against United States i'm
ports, would be given out later. Per
haps the delay in reporting this special
list Is with a view to influencing the
finance committee of the United States
senate in its work upon the house bill
Ille Canadian government has an un-
questionable right to adopt whatever
tariff policy it thinks proper, but it
should understand that if it means TO
enter upon Il course of retaliation the
United States may find it eXpedient to do
something in that line. There is a very
strong feeling in this country that the
favor extended to the railroads of
Canada by our government, in allowing
them the privilege of CARRYING goods in
Dond for delivery in the United States.
Is very much too generous conces-
sion and ought to be withdrawn. 1t is
estimated that this privilege is worth
S2O,0OOOOO annually to the Canadian
roads and a loss to that extent to Amari
can roads. But whether or not its
value be so great as that, there can be
no doubt that the withdrawal of this
privilege would be a very serious mat
ter to the Canadian railroads. That
would be Il retaliatory blow that would
be felt and it will be strongly invited
if the Canadian government adopts the
policy which it has announced.
1t Is possible that the senate NAV
somewhat modify the duties in the
house bill affecting Canadian products,
but the probability is that they will gen
orally stand. AT any rate the menace
OF retaliation will not exert any in
tluence in the matter. Canada could
hardly commit Il greater mistake than
to inaugurate n commercial war against
the United States, which is what the
proposed policy of discriminating duties
would mean.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-27
AssAULTING SENATORIAL TRADITION

indianapolis Journal Senator Mason of
| Illinois wants the senate to adopt rules
whereby it can transact business! 1t is
easy to tell that Mason is a new senator.
Globe-Democrat: Senator Mason of
Illinois has made a speech favoring the
adoption of rules to enable the senate to do
business. This is a startling idea, and the
senate will treat it with even more than it's
accustomed dellberation.
Minneapolis Times. Billy Mason of Illinois
does not want to scuttle the old ship but he
would like to haul her into dry dock and
scrape her bottom. The delicate suggestion
that the senate is full of barnacles will
probably set Billy Mason back six years.
Buffalo EXPRESS 1t has become the
fashion for new senators to seek distinction
by attacking the antiquated rules Of the
senate. Hill and Lodge both tried it and
now Mason of Illinois enters the lists as the
champion Of parliamentary reform. 1t can
not be many years more before these new
senators will be in the majority.
Detroit Free Press: 1t is cause for con-
graduation that Senator Mason has attached
himself to the tradition -shattering forces in
the United States senate. His breezy, not to
say gay and frisky, manner of putting
things without waiting a year before doing
it, cannot fail to break something if it be
no more than the ice or a record.
Springfield Republican, 1t is to be feared
that Senator Mason OF Illinois will never
acquire a proper senatorial dignity and such
reverence for the body in which he now
sits as eX-Vice President Stevenson exhibits.
The irrevcrent "Billy" Mason has ridiculed
tho antiquated rules of the senate in news
paper interviews and now follows that up
by resolution in the nature OF an amend
ment to the rules providing for the limit
ing Of debate and for a previous question as
the means by which indefinite discussion and
flibustering can be terminated. That resolu-
tion will be put to sleep in the committee
on rIIaS
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-27
Rate per Rate per
Personal Estate.

We have projected the provision of the
measure into tabular form in order that
the extent OF the levy and progression may
be more strikngly exhibited. 1t will be
seen that the successive increment on
which the rate increases is $3.50 600 and
that this begins in the case of collateral
heirs with personal estates valued at $780,
900, and in the case of direct heirs with
personal estates valued at $1,000. 600. II
Ghould also be added that the increased
rate applies to each additional value of
$3.50, 900 'or major fraction thereof" which
would necessitate some slight changes in
the table.
These rates are more extreme than any
ever before seriously considered by a legis-
lative body in the United States to say
nothing of adoption; and Is per cent on
indirect SUGGESTIONS and 10 per cent on
direct in the case of the larger fortunes
appear startlingly so when il is remembered
that to l per cent levy have hereto
fore been looked upon in the United States
as a limit above which no state could
think of going far without exposing itself
to the charge of being pOpulstic in its
tendencies.
The effect of the New York enactment
will be to start other states on the same
course. Already a bill comes up in the
Connecticut legislature proposing the eX-
tension of the succession tax to direct in
heritances, and the tax commission now
considering the reform of the Massachu-
setts system of taxation will no doubt be
influenced in some degree by the step taken
in New York state. 1t certainly ought to
be moved to the extent of advising the
extension of the present tax on remc:e
collateral heirs to the inclusion of direct
heirs at lower rate. Our attempts in
this direction have been rdiculously mod
crate to date and not worth the trouble.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-27
Personal AND OTHER WISE.

When Greeks gave up Milouna's pass of
course they had TO walk,
There is some basis for the report OF war's S
horrors in Cuba. Loie Fuller is kicking in
Havana,
The Reform club banquet in New York
City cost $l2 plate-twelve 200-cent dol
lars too.
Uncle Russell Sage Is not as parsimoni-
GUS he is pictured. He has just blown
SS.63 on suit of clothes.
The minute reports of successes of the
Greek and Turkish armies show that the
literary bureaus are thoroughly equipped
for the fray
There are $3.50, 900 900 Turkish government
bonds listed in the London Stock exchange.
This explains the bond of sympathy between
Albion and the sick man.
Uncle Sans claim against Turkey amounts
to $75OOO0 AS Turkey pays annually but
a small fraction of the interest on her debt
Minister Angel Is reasonably certain of u
prolonged stand-of.
The Indiana supreme court has pronounced
the Hugg act unconstitutional, probably be-
cause the final letter was superhuous The
real hug act Will as heretofore continue an
essential part of robust constitutions.
Prohibition sentiment in Maine has reached
a point where farmers have quit raising bar
ley for the reason that 1t enters largely into
the manufacture of malt liquors. For the
same reason Kansas should stop raising corn.
The death of Congressman Mlliken will
occasion the first changes in the Maine repre-
sentative delegation for a period of sixteen
years, all four OF the Pine Tree members
in the present house having been colleagues
in eight consecutive cOngresses.
DIR. Wiley, the chemist OF the Agricultural
department in Washington, says that in his
opinion. the coming salad oil will be made
Of sunfower seed, 1t Is a perfect substitute
for olive Oil, and will be cheap that it
may be used on the poor mans table.
Buffalo is rejoicing in the prospect Of pos
sessing within the present year fine green
house, all crystal and steel. The structure
will be 200 feet long and will have an oc-
tagonal dome about seventyfye feet high
and sixty feet in diameter. 1t will cost
about 100000,
Thomas G. Bull, whose death at Potts
vile, Pa, is announced, was a member of
the First Defenders, who first responded to
Lincolns call for troops. When the De-
tenders reached Washington it was Bull
who stepped forward and said to the presi-
dent, We are coming, Father Abraham"
Hobart c. Chatdeld Taylor Of Chicago who
han been travelling in South America, speaks
thus OF General Crespo. precedent OF Yene-
Zuela: He is a perfect type Of what one
imagnes a South American dictator would
be like. He Is more Indian than Spanish
and has a swarthy complexion and a tall
sOdierly appearance, He showed me all over
new palace which he is building and of
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-27

Cleveland did that the tariff cut nC
figure in the campaign when the re-
publican candidate repeatedly referred
to it In his addresses, insisting upon its
importance, and it was also urged upon
the attention of voters by nearly every
republican newspaper in the land. The
necessity Of providing the government
with more revenue and putting an end
to deficits and borrowing was constantly
kept before the people and there can
not be reasonable doubt that it had
great weight in determining the action
of hundreds of thousands of voters.
The contention that the tariff question
had nothing to do with republican sue
cess last November is a singular mani
festation of political blindness.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-27
A JOYOUS OMEN.

Washington Star.
a monster bird of prophecy reported from
the west,
Set all our hopes in motion and laid all our
fears to rest;
Momentous enterprises which had found
diSCoura cement
Will surely gain new force by the example
that is lent.
For, who can doubt the sprngtme of a
golden age has come,
That were Dasking in the sunlight of the
true millennium?
There came a tide of promise sweeping ore
all earthly things
From the song that swelled enhancing,
when the airship Tapped it's wings,
In a week or two this earth will talk with
Mars; and 1t is plain
They'll arrange it n farmer with a shot
gun can bring rain.
The nations who have hitherto oppressed
the weak and fought
VIII be ready to desist because they realize
they ought.
For currency the world will find a satisfy
ing plan; o.
Each person will be prosperous as any
other man.
The righteous one with deuces will defeat
the rogue with kings
'Tis the message that was caroled when
the airship tapped its wings.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-27
GIVE HOME 1NDUsTNY PREFERENCE.

GIVE HOME INDUSTRY PREFERENCE.
The constant fall of dripping water
will wear away the hardest rock. That
steadflSt perseverance is bound to tell
in results has already been demon
Strated in the movement to stimulate
the patronage of home industry inaugu-
rated by The Bee some time ago. The
advantages acquired, however, are to be
maintained and increased only by pur-
suing the purpose without unnecessary
interruption and spreading the good
doctrine among newcomers. as well rs
among people with long established resi-
dcnce here.
The principle that. other things being
substantially equal the products of Ne
braska fields, mills and factories should
be given the preference by Nebraska
consumers is as sound as the law of
nature. If we are to secure the full
benefit Of reyiving commercial activity
we must give all possible encourage
ment to our own industries. so that they
can meet and withstand competition and
eventually push further into the fields
that form the debatable ground for
their business.
The time is auspicious for Il new i'm
petus to the patronage of home industry.
With increasing opportunities for em-
ployment, the people will have increas-
ing resources for purchasing goods to
satisfy their needs and they should be
impressed with their duty to prove their
loyalty to city and state in every possi-
BILE way
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-27
unN ON ROTH lSSUES.

Mr.. Dingley is entirely right in saying
that the republican party won the presi-
dental election on both the sound money
and the tariff issues and not on the
former alone, as the opponents of re-
publican tariff policy are in the habit
of asserting. Let it be admitted that
the sound money question was para
mount and ii is still true that the tariff
question was very far from being lost
sight of, receiving in some portions of
the country more consideration than
that of sound money. In all the manu-
featuring states thousands of working
men and farmers were Influenced
wholly in voting the republican ticket
by the platform assurance of the party
in regard to the tariff and by the fact
that Major Mckinley represented the
principle of protection. California and
Oregon We're carried by the republicans
on the tariff issue and there is hardly
stata in which it did not have an in
fluence favorable to the republican
cause.
1t is utterly foolish to assert, as Nh
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-27
RADICAL TAN LAW.
New york's Progressive Levy on
Inhrri tanccS.

Springfield (Mn5a) Republican.
The mCSt radical tax measure ever enacted
in the United States has just passed the
New York legislature and will assurAdly be-
come law Governor Black having signihcd
his intention of signing it. This bill eN-
tends the taxes on SUGGESTIONS Or inheritances
of personal estate, and graduates them 1t
was drawn up at the instance of the state
comptroller, Who in his annual report, boldly
prOClsimed the doctrine of a progressive
state levy upon large wealth and the justice
of laws having an effect to dSslpate great
fortunes Having Jay Gould in mind and
the marriage of daughter to a French
count, this republican official went on to
speak of a personal estate which had been
taxed for $500 coo, but which on the death
of tho owner, appeared as worth $50 600 600;
"and Who will say that any law that will
direct to the peoples treasury part of the
millions and millions of American money
now going to Europe to bolster up an effete
and decaying nobility is not a wise and
judiCious one?"
Such language as that was actually and
officially addressed to the Legislature of the
wealthiest state in the union and the state
most largely dominated by wealth. We had
rather looked for the mpea chment of Comp
tIoler James A. Roberts. but here we have
instead the acceptance OF his recommenda-
tiOns by the legislature the lower branch of
unanimous vote and the senate by a vote Of
"a to representing an astonishing unani-
nifty of opinion and feeling.
The Inheritance tax laws of New York
state for some years have imposed a rate of
5 per cent on all personal property above
$500 pas sing to collateral heirs and l per
cent on all such estates above the amount
nf $4,000 passing to direct heirs. The
Dudley bill will extend these taxes as fol-
lows:
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-27

In the matter of street paving and re-
paving the provisions of the new char
ter are substantially the same as OF the
old charter. The way to get the street
in front of your property paved or re-
paved is to petition the city authorities
to take up the work, and the work can
not be begun without a petition AS the
amount of money available this year
for the intersection fund is limited care
should be exercised that the business
streets most needing new pavement re-
ceive attention first
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-27

1t Is very entertaining if not instruc-
tive to seek for prototypes of the present
Greeks in the Greeks Of the days of
Herodotus and Thucydides. The truth
is, however, that the modern Greeks
have about as much direct relationship
with number of other nations as with
tho ancient Greeks. They may be just
as brave and Drawer than their predeces-
sors in Greece but their bravery is the
resultant of the admixture of "A half
dozen different branches of the race.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-27

Have not our senators heard the news
from TheSsaly-that Greeks and intidels are
at it hip and thigh or words to that effect ?
And have they nothing to say-no rap at
the sultan, no slap at the powers? Can they
not resolute one little resolve, working in
ancient tyranny" "effete despotism," "lust
of dominion" grand seraglo" and all the
other time -honored phrases? What is the
senate for if not for that sort of thing? To
your tongue, o Morgan; to your pen, o
Lodge; to your languages, Turpie! Let not
the traditions of the senate be violated!
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-27

AS yet neither the superintendent nor
the steward has got Il fall in the fight
mt the State Institute for the Feeble
Minded at Beatrice. populist control
of state institutions does not necessarily
insure harmony in their management.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-27

The Inhabitants of the mountainous
states of Bulgaria, Servia and Monte
negro have not missed many opportuni-
ties for war that came their way in
recent years. If they are not drawn
into the whirlpool of the eastern CON
fiict II will be the wonder of the close of
the century.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-27

which he is the architect, The most inter-
esting feature of the building is a subter-
ranean passage which leads from the cellar"
a Chicago hotel man has lately had
pleasant experience which was almost un-
preCedented to him in business career o.
many years 1t was the receipt Of a draft
on New York for Sl0.50, accompanied by an
unsigned letter saying that the amount was
due him for one weeks board in 1854, which
the sender had not before been able to pay.
Hotel men and others will make liberal dis
counts to parties similarly troubled.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-27

1t is significant that the loudest talk
about refusing to recognize the constitu-
tionality of the new charter emanates
from the councilman who holds his place
by virtue of tiim-fam election by the
council after he had been repudiated by
the voters he processes to represent.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-27

The Memorial day committees are be-
ceive every encouragement from the
community necessary 10 make this years
exercises creditable to the great occasion.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-27

In view of the crushing disappoint-
ment which an ill-timed Intervention
would cause the commanding general of
the United States army, it is earnestly
hoped that the European powers will
keep out of the Graeco-1urkish trouble
until Americas gallant warrior arrives
ut the front.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-27

One OF the cardinal doctrines of the
republican party is the rule of the ma
1ority ms expressed through Il fair bal
lot and an honest count The man who
Is elected by an actual majority of the
ballots legally cast is entitled to the
office for which he Is chosen.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-27

The war along the Turkish border may
develop religious aspects should the east
ern and western branches of the
Catholic church make it "A pretext for
trenching on one another's domain. The
days of the great crusades, however, are
irreyocably past
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-27

Ex-Governor Altgeld is about the only
leader of the late Bryan campaign who is
keeping his name well before the pub.
lie, but the notoriety he is now achieving
enjOys
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-27
IiSh. on wnr News.
philaIplnbia North Ap,ar;rop

"The Turks batteries at Hamidieh and
Pantocratorus are replying feeby;" there's
no getting away from that; and as to the
rumor that ~ 900 of them have occupied
entipcgadia-shucks! Why, we have it on
the authority of Generals Minepoulos and
Mastiopas that they are no nearer than the
river Arakphos, so there! AS the Greeks
might enthusiastically exclaim, "Fussyku
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-27
Vie ScNNnIIS Win Out.

Harold NJ. Sewall's appointment as minis
ter to Hawaii brings the double play of the
Sewall family to a successful conclusion.
One member wins. Since the elder Sewail
lost the vice presidency the family feels that
it has in Harold's luck some reward for its
unusual political versatility and activity.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-27

The silence of the populist state press
on the defeat of the fusion city ticket
in the Omaha election of last week is
significant. The populst newspapers of
the state never took much stock in spols
combinations of the character of that
effected by Omaha fusionists, and they
see no particular reason why they should
shed tears over Il democratic funeral.