Show tin question ii i i to what england krould do fur grain supply in case of wai with a naval power was the subject af an address delivered before the london chamber of commerce recently iy ay captain F warren K y the dan gr if wheat from hie united states It india ami other sources lamy vat yu was tho point ou which atred was laid the conclusion by captain warren e ets to have been that in case england is pared fur war that in without i cupply of wheat in store in alic united the would be starvation social disorder and i general crash ol 01 nil authority to prevent cuch a catastrophe captain warren pro poses the in state granaries granai ies of i lull years supply of wheat he does not think alie cost of this will be great iu view af tha contingency involved captain warren quotes from the london hitler several years ayo in which similar views were expressed and identical plans proposed for to england u supply of wheat in cao of war 11 alie Uri tish government does not feel inclined to advance the money the miller how in its opinion english millers so at a drogt A HILL to make the head of alie department part ment of agriculture n member of the cabinet has alie hauae of ly a practical vote A bill of alie same character liaa already alic sanate we boyard this achiu n of Cu as eminently and just it ia a fact universally recognized blidt alio material prosperity ui the country alie happiness and well be iny of alie ilc depend in a lare upon alie agricultural industry upuia thia basis all kotlier industries stand they arc all related more or lesi directly 10 it agricultural pursuits en gae alie time and tho of a vast majority of our people por these reason and fur lauy others which might be named it is only right and proper that the farming class should have a representative senta tive of their own in alie rational yat ional cabinet tiie value and importance ol 01 hie industry hilly entitled it to such reco ane banners have not as lare a share of representation in dorir legislative bodies as they should lipavr the appointment of a secretary of aay help to remedy this injustice anc prohibitionists are early in the field with n candidate and a platform for the presidential election the first four philips hi alio platform deal with tho of prohibition and are not wanting in plainness and vior the convention demands that alic manufacture importation aaion and sale of alcoholic inanc public crimes and punished a cuch it declares that any form of li or regulation of the liquor trail is contrary tj y government anil that any party which supports regulation ula tion license or tax enters into alii niec siira tra flir and becomes alie actual fc 01 alie amatos welfare wel faro both of alie reat puli parties are impartially condemned for their attitude in relation to the liquor coming to the discussion of alie question of surplus revenue alic convention demands alic immediate absolution abo lution of the internal revenue system as being based in large part u the liau r frallic tr allic and advocates u reduction of imp duties so that the burden of taxation be removed from foods clothing and other comforts and necessaries of life war alarms in england result C d in a lare contract for automatic machine guns awarded to hiram maxin the american gun maker and n antor the automatic machine un maybo appropriately styled choly terror in alic latest improved form of alic maximi binm th recoil of the piece when once fired id to out the empty enells ram ciomo frosli charlost char sost and at ali 0 isamo time keep a column of cool water moving about alic barrels to prevent liea tiu left upon its tripod by a retreating army it will keep up a rapid and murderous fire upon tho advancing pursuers to alie last second of and if properly liand led it may be made to scatter its deadly bullets aloia the ranks jf an enemy like a t torm of iron bail blowing two ragged italian children who were arrested in while gathering cigar stumps on ilio streets explained that they sold the weed to a fellow countryman for fifteen cents a and that they were made into 0 jar ettes the philadelphia license coin t have completed their work on retail licenses for tiie season aliey have heard applications in all the thirty one wards af llie chiy in all applications were made lor retail ikensaa and only were granted this means clial affer june 1 philadelphia will a over twelve where it now lias in other words ie number of places selling liquor at re icil willbo reduced nearly five sixtus sixths is grand victory oa the side of law ind public decency and i presage we believe of sill better bilings to come faliti brooka law giai a terrific blow it llie rum power in philadelphia it giai weakened its hold upon the city and its political prestige aliat the saloons are on the move we 10 lo not belive aliat alie good people of the quaker city will be contented until they are entirely cadt out twelve bundled alcons are twelve hundred too many THE people of tle cuned states if for no other reason should be grateful to the cleveland administration for restoring to the public domain nearly OUO acres of land that was being wrongfully withheld from the people by thieving railroad monopolies that previous administrations would beam to have been in partnership with else why could such go on unchecked until a democratic administration assumed control the people do not seem to comprehend the gigantic swi that have been perpetrated under republican administrations if thy did nothing but thieving hiigli protective tariff monopolists been accumulating millions at the expense of the keople could be found to vote the ticket experiments at hamburg have proved it possible to make a gunpowder will produce little or no fired and still be as service able in all kotlier respects as the present smoke producing gunpowder by substituting sti cork from wood charcoal it is further stated trouble arif cing from powder absorbing moisture readily will be avoided if the above statements prove to bo burne out by alie facts the importance of the two discoveries both in a military and in a civil way can hardly be overrated tu the new york herald air lle eland is entitled to confidence because lie ha managed the affairs of the nation ou strictly business principles he abent a message to congress that stated one fact only eliat too much money in washington beam too little elsewhere and emphasized one duty only namely check the supply at once it was not the en of in but the warning of alio from liis high position saw alio whole continent and had the courage to put us on our guard WHILE a chicago man about town was standing in a crar store recently an acquaintance approached him from behind cut off his ear put the member in h ai pocket and walked calmly away it tah proceeding was duo it ia said to the fact that the man summarily deprived of ear had been too intimate with ahe vicc of alie min who did alie cutting if the habit of alius branding individuals indiscreet in alie manner charged ahall become common tho number of one eared men v ill be startling alie evils that are perpetuated in the world in the name of sweet charity arc saddening to contemplate it is estimated that in england at least 15 a year is expended upon vagrants and beggars ibe vast majority of whom are rank impostors when wo consider the amount of actual good that such a sum as this might do it turned into the channels of wise and well directed benevolence ne or philanthropy we shall bogin to realize what the world loses by false and misguided clarity SENATOR CHANDLER liari introduced a bill in congress by appropriating for alio development and encouragement of silk culture in the department of agriculture and author izes alie establishment of experimental I 1 silk culture stations throughout the country it provides fur the free distribution trib ution to farmer and others of millberry ced and silkworm THE official report of the xe v york police department Depart met for the year 1887 fur some interesting and suggestive statistics olathe arrests made during alio year 7 were for drunkenness for violation of the excise liw and for crimes attributable ta the use of intoxicants this makes a total of arrests or about two thirds of the whole due to the drink traffic ASCERTAIN republican farmer has de posited in a bank at dubuque iowa that he will wager that cleveland will carry iowa he says eliat a large majority of the farmers alliance of that state demand repeal of the present war tariff and believe in cleve lands message and will vote according ly ane present tariff as nearly as can be estimated forces the people of this country to pay a yearly tribute of to the manufacturing section that the privilege of paying this tribute ia a blessing is a point the republicans are trying to establish naturally they are meet ingrith ing with some difficulty TUB prohibitionists have nominated clinton B fisk for president the chief in the event lies iu the fact that ho will draw votes from the republican candidate and keep belva lockwood from being too lonesome in her mad rue for the white house ix the case of schwa b vs cipley the aie cout ol 01 minnesota lately dc since is dot executed until delivery if a deed is signed and se ailed ou sunday and is cot delivered until a succeeding secular day it is valid THE committee in charge of the nomination of mr fuller seems to be in no hurry neither mr fuller it is more than likely that lie is perfectly willing to the rights of a private citizen a while longer THE english court of appeal has lately held in the matter of the almado t campay limited that the issuing of shares at a discount is illegal under the english legislation relative to limited companies A STRAY streak of lightning was fatally wounded in mead recently it dashed into a butcher shop struck a boarding house beefsteak and hobbled through the window shrieking with pain ix the creation of man adam was the main question eve being a side 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