Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1884, Page 3

oy JAMES, G. BLAINE ACCEPT FULL TEXT OF HiS LETTER. Sis Views on Protection and on Com- merce—A Foreign Policy of Pence, Friendship and Commercial En- largement—Iimpartial Appoint- ments im the Civil Services ‘The following ts the full text of James G. Blatue’s | pling the republican nomination for the | A, MEL, July 15, 1884. ne and Others of the Gentlemen: ‘Ty ting the nomination for the president » tendered ine by the republican national I beg to express a deep sense of the couferres und of the du u 1 Which the repub- er support, the con- nd felicitous. Jon to the | ts of th Yas affected by | the tariff on tuports Ou that question the two Poitical parties are radically ta conflict. Almost the first act of ti into power In 1s * of protect! republicans, when they came S the establishment of the mH to American labor and to | is prine:pie the republican | 3 ever since stead ined, while on | Une other hand the den has for fifty years pet ‘Twice within that period cur oppone: | stroyed tariffs arranged for protection, and since | close of the civil war, whenever they have con: Uroiled the Hi h Uon has been attempted—never n conspicuously than in their principal measure at the late session of Congress. ‘THE TARIFF QUESTION. Revenue laws are in their very nature subject to | Arequent revision tn order that they may be adaptea | to changes and modifications of trade. The repub- | lican party Is not contending for the permanency of | any particular statute. ‘The tssue between the two parties does not have reference to a specific law. It is far broader and fur deeper. It involves a princl- ple of wide application and beneficent Influence | against a theory which we belfeve to be unsound in conception and inevitably hurtful in practice. In | the many tariff revisions which have becn neces sary for the past twenty-three years, or which may hereafter become necessary 2as maintained and will lection to American indus insist upon a revision, which at policy. The tssue ts Unus distinct, weil de- fined and unavoidsble. ‘ihe pending election may determine the fate of protection for a generation. ‘The overthrow of tie policy means a large and per- manent reduction in the ‘wages of the American luborer, besides tvoiving the loss of vast amounts of American capital Invested In manufacturing en- lerprises. ‘The Value of the present revenue system to the people of the United States fs.not a matter ‘of theory, and I shall submit no argument to sus- tain it. J only invite attention to certain facts of oMictal record which seem to constitute a demon- ‘Strauon. In the census cf 1£50 an effort was made, for the first time in our history, tocbtain a valuation of all the property in the United States The at- | tempt was in a unsuccessful. Partly | from lack of Ume, partly from prejudice among | many who thought the inquiries foreshadowed a hew scheme ef taxation, the returns were Incom- piete and unsatisfactory. Little more was done Uran to consolidate the local valuation used in the slates for purposes of assexsinent and that, as. every one knows, differs widely from a complete | exhibit of all the property. | In the census of 180, however, the work was done with great thoroughness, the ‘distinction be- | tween exeed” value and “true” value DeIng | carefully observed. The grand result was that the “true value” of all the property in the stat and territories (excluding slaves) amounted to | Jourteen thousand mililons of dollars ($T4,¢00,000,- wo.) This ‘eregate was the net result of the Isbor and the savings of all the people within the area of the Untied States from the Ume the fi ‘Ur Op} ny destroys British colonist landed in 1607 down to the year | inév. It represented the fruit of the toll of two | hundred Mifty years. iness of the country was en- | by a protective tart? At | Census Of ISSO, of forty-four | ($14,000,000,000). ‘This | kreat result was attained, notwithstanding the fact ) S mililons had in th 1 deen progtess of a bloody war. KM th our population between 1860 and | ber cent Ui at enhanced | ‘Thirty thou- 6) peen | © permanent | yy the older nations That our country | 1 and the Pp her nations, onents of the that In the 1 period betwe mM mnatertal pr ory Of the t n 1860 and to-day has not been 3 . Atno time in the es has there been such and philanthrople field. ple Institutions, schools, Ume in our history. Greater and more varied reltet has been extended to human suff entire progress of the country In We: accompanied and dignified bya broadening and elevation of our national character as a people. Our opponents find fauit that our revenue system Produces a surplus. But they should not forget Ihat the law has given a specific purpose to which all of the surplus is profitably and honorably ap- piled—the reduction of the public debt and the con- ‘Sequent relief of the burden of taxation. No dollar has been wasted and the only extravagance with Which the party stands charged is the generous pensioning of soldiers, saflors and their familles, an extravagance which embodies the highest form of Justice in the recognition and payment of a sacred debt. When reduction of taxation ts to be made the Tepublican party ean be trusted to accompiish ft in such form 4s will most effectively ald the indus- ies of the nation. OUR FOREIGN COMMERCE. A frequent accusation by our opponents 1s that the foreign commerce of the country has steadily decayed under the influence of the protective tariff. In this way they seex to array the import- ing interest azainst the republican party. It 1s a common ai adical error to confound the com- merce of t ntry with {ts carrying trade—en error often itted innocently and’ sometimes eesignedly—but an error +o gross that 1t does not eistingulsh between the ship and the camo. For- ign commerce represents the exports and {mports of acountry re; nationality of the 1880, “but our © pertod steadily sed. Indeed, at a y dwarf al | yord the | sent thne the foreign | nm experts and imports) of twenty. Fr favor, larger if our tradé © referred ute the magnitude of nd we can gain a cor- | omparison with pre- the fleid. ‘The total exports | {States from the Dee down to the day of a Lit only by all that had_ previously exported from the American Colontes from se ement, amounted to less than ons of dollars ($9,000,000,600). On | ir exports from 1860 to the close of | exceeded twelve thousand mil- 60,000.600)—the whole of it being 3 labor. Evidently a pro- t Tif has not injured our eaport trade, When, under its influence, we exported in twenty- four Years forty per cent more than the total arount that had bec the entire pre- n commerce, All the de. respond with this gigantic al cities of the Unlon “never Ss they have enjoyed since 1860. hief emportum, the city of New York, with its pendencies, has within that period doubled her ion and Increased her wealth five-fold. Dur- me perio! the Imports and exports which have entered end left her harbor are more than double tn bulk and value the whole amount import- ed and exported rbetween the settlement of the first Dutch ICULTURE AND THE TARIFP. ‘The agric 1 interest ts by far the largest in he nation, aud fs entitled in every adjustment of Tevenue laws to the first consideration. Any policy hostile to the tullest dev ty United Sta A Very earhestly do persuade armers of the United States that they are robbed by a protective tariff, and the effort ts thus made to consolidate thelr vast Influence in favor of But happily the farmers of America and canhot be misled by sophistry 2 facts are before them. ther ae t during the past twenty-four years 4s not been acquired in one section or by es at the ‘nse Of another section or st. Th see that the agricultural » made even more rapid progress than uring states, ove that in 1860 Massachusetts and the same wealth—between eight million dollars eacb—and that in tts had advanced to twenty-six while Tilinois had advanced to "a millions. ‘They see that New ‘a were just equal in population tn that in twenty years the wealth of New increased by the sum of eight hundrea ions of dollars, while the wealth of increased by the Sum of fifteen hundred ‘They see that the nine leading 9} es of the west have grown so raj in erity that the aggregate add‘tion to their h s-ace 186) is almost as great ag the wealth ‘icul- | the capital employed.” | commerce | maustriat States (divided with ap- | 4 ——— EVENID THE G STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C TURDAY +o 1 war has gained so rapidly that its total wealth ts | at tthe double of that which It possessed in 1860, exelu In these extr see the helpful they see that t of slaves, ordinary developments the farmers mpuise of a home market, and financiai and revenue system, en- acted since the renubiiean party came into power, id constantly expand ha has establish market. which Is the home at , they have s e of the years since the close of the W Ubree bushels atiome to one they have sol that In the ease of corn, the only other ich We export to any extent, one hundred ave been used at home to three anda exported. In some y so great that for every ported one hundred bushels have been consumed in the home market. The farmers see that In the Increasing competition from the grain fields of Russia aud from the distant plains of India, the growth of the home market becomes dally of greater concern to them and that its impairment would depreciate the value of every acre of Ullable land in the Union. OUR INTERNAL. COMMERCE. Such facts as these, touching the growth and con- sumption of cereals at home, give us some slight | eonception of the vastness of the internal com- | merce of the United States. They suxgest also that in addition to the advantages wuich the Amertean people enjoy from protection against foreign competition, they enjoy the advantages of absolute free trade over a larger area.and with a greater population than any other nation. The | internal commerce of our thirty-eight states and nine territories 13 carried on Without let or hid— drance, without tax, detention or governmental interference of any kind whatever. It spreads freely over an area of three anda half million intles—almost e¢ to the whole ve al "y degrees reduces the prices of the minimum of a reasonable profit on IL 1s Impossible to point to & single monopoly in the United States that has | been created or fostered by the industrial system which Is upheld by the repubiican party. Compared with our forelgn commerce these domestic exchanges are inconcelvably great in amount—requiring merely as one Instrumental as large a mileage of railway as exists to-day In ai the other nations of the world combined. ‘These tnternal exchanges are estimated by the statistical bureau of the Treasury department to be annually twenty Umes as great in amount as our forelgn s into this vast field of home trade— at once the ean people—that foreign nations are striving by every device to enter. It is into this tleld that the opponents of our present revenue system would freely admit the countries of Europe—countries into whose interng trade we could not reciprocally enter; couniries t0 Which we should be surrender- ing every advantage of trade, from which we should be gatning nothing in return. EFFECT UPON THE MECHANIC AND THE LABORER. A policy of this kind would be disastrous to the Mechanics and workingmen of the United States, ‘Wages are unjus ly reduced when an industrious man ts not able by his earnings to lve in comfort, edueate his children and lay by asufiicient amount for the necessities of age. ‘Ihe reduction of wages inevitably consequent upon throwing our home market open to the world would deprive them of the power todo this. It would prove a greatcalamity to our country. It would produce a contlict between the poor and the rich and in the sorrowful. de gation, of labor would plant “tne seeds of public langer. ‘The republican party has steadily aimed to maintain just relations tetween labor and capital, guarding with care the rights of each. A conflict tween the two has always led in the past and Will always lead in the future to the Injury of both. Labor is Indispensabie to the creation and profitable use of capital, and capital increases the efficiency and value of labor. Whoever arrays the one against ‘That policy is wisest two on the basts of 1 SO Liat 1s Compe sation fs larger than 1s realized in any other coun- try. It has guarded our people agatast the unfair competition of contract labor from China, and may be called upon to prohibit the growth of a similar ts for cheap labor In for- und disparagement of % Such a poliey (ite | ‘and other ign countries to the el th tons of home labor in the control of | the employer) 1s Inju: Parties—not the | least so to the unhap his Who are made the IS of the cont institutions of U ars the total property of the | ©! utes Test. upi of all the people. Su just weapon of elf pi ‘o every elt 1s not the Interest of the rep that any e system should be adopted which Involves the re- duction of wages to the hard dard prey: elsew li a party aims to ele ot to dewras trial systera whieh | ations has developed our opponents offer stein of expertnents upon | we—a Poll ad Tiust be harm to | our Labor. d clal series Dility ts its gre resuiting from our cor rill agit are in ty Of pe ed upon the coun nm abundant harvest nds in our way bange in the stem Which has wrought s in the last twenty years and which, with the T of inereased capital, will work still greater Inarvels of prosperity in the Uventy years to come. OUR FOREIGN POLICY. Our foreign relations favor our domestic develop- ment. We are at peace with the world—at peace upon a sound basis, with no unsettled questions of suffictent magnitude to embarrass or distract us. Happily removed by our geographical position from participation oF Interest in those questions of dynasty or boundary which so frequenuy disturb the peace of Europe, we are lett to cultivate friendly relations with all and are free from possi- bie entanglements in the quarrels of any. The United States has no cause and no desire to engage in conflict with any power on earth, and we may Test In assured confidence that no power desires to attack the United States. With the nations of the western hemisphere we should cultivate Closer relations and for our com- mon prosperity and advancement we should invite them all to join with us in an agreement that, for ‘the future, ail international troubles in North or South Aiérica shall be adjusted by tmpartial arbl- tration and not by arms. ‘This project was part of the fixed policy of President Garfield’s administra- ton, and it should, in my judgment, be renewed. Its decomplishment on this continent would favor- abiy affect the nations beyond the sea and thus powerfully contribute at no distant day to the unt- versal acceptance of the philanthropic and Chris- Uan principle of arbitration. ‘The effect. even of suggesting {t for the Spanish-American states has ‘been most happy, and increased the confidence of those peop'e In our friendly disposition. It fell to my jot, a8 Secretary of State, in June, 1881, to quiet apprehension in the repubic of Mexico, by giving (he assurance in an official dispatch that “there isnot the faintest desire in the United States for territorial extension south of the Rio Grande. ‘The boundaries of the two republics have ‘tablished tn conformity with the best juris— ai Interests Of both. The line of demarca- mal. It ts more. It : inality.” of peace. We desire to 1 in_an especial degree jibors on tis continent, Litions with Spanish eaas wisely and as For more than a yen pathy of those countries has been away from us Weshould now make every effort to gain thelr friendship. Our trade with them 1s aireaty large. During the last year our exchanges n hemispaere amounted to three nun- dred and fi ions of dollars, nearly one-fourth of our entire for . ‘To these w may be disposed to underrate the vicine of our trade with the countries of North pn be well to state that their population 1s quite fifty millions, and tt Eregate numbers, we import Irom them 2s we do from Europe. But the result cr the whole American trade fs in @ high degree un- isfactory. The {mportsduring the past year ex- hundred and twenty-five miliions,while the exports were less than one hundred and twen- ty-five miliions—showing a balance against us of tore than one hundred mi!iions of doilars. But the money does not go to Spanish America. We send large suis to Europe in coin or its equivalent to pay European manufacturers for the gcods which they send to Spanish America. We are but pay- masters for this enormous amount annually to Eu- Topean factors—an amount which Is a serious drat in every Nnancial depression, upon our resources: specie. Cannot this condition of trade In great part. be changed? Cannot the market for our products be greatly enlarged? We have made a ing in our effort to improve our trade relations with ‘Mexico and we should not be content until sunilar and mutually advantageous arrangements have been successively made with every nation of North and South America. While the great powers of Europe are steadily enlarging their colonial domi- nation in Asia and Africa it 1S the espectal province of this country to inprove and expand {ts trade ‘with the nations of America, No field promises so much. No field has been cuiuvated so little. Our foreign policy should be an American policy in its broadest and most comprehensive sense—a policy of peace, of friendship, of commercial enlargement. ‘The name of “American, whieh bel us iD our national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism. ‘Citizenship of the Republic must be the panoply and saf of him who wears it. The American citizen, rich or poor, native or naturalized, white or colored, must everywhere walk secure in his personal and civil rights. ‘The Republic should never accept @ lesser diity, it can never assume a nobler one, than the protection of the humblest man who owes it loyalty—protection at e and protection which shall follow him abroad into whatever land he may go upon a law- ful errand. THE SOUTHERN STATES. I recognize, not without regret, the necessity for Speaking of two sections of our common country, But the regret diminishes when I see that the ele- ments which ted them are fast disappear. ing. Prejudices have ytelded and are yielding,while ‘@ growing cordiality Warms the sout and the northern heart alike. Can anyone doubt that be- tween the sections confid ‘and esteem are to- day more marked than at any. in the sixty ont precediag the election of President Lincoln? his ts the a Part.of time and in part of re- ES in tions of uniformity. fe country that year. They see that i IS almost éxelusively agricuitu- Fal, as shared in the general prosperity and that Laving recovered frou the loss and devautation of fe ‘squth against Uuls peaceful progress, im ation and the heritage of the Amert- | public opinion of the country regards them as e: ceptiona and hopefully trusts that each will prove the last. ‘The south needs capital and occupation, not troversy. AS much as any of the south needs the full protection of the revenue which the republican party offers. southern states have already entered upon a career of industrial development. and prosperity. ‘These, at least, should not lend their electoral votes to de stroy thelr own future. Any effort to unite the southern states upon fs- sues that grow out of the memories of the war will summon the northern states to combiue in the as- sertion of that nationallty which was their inspira Uon in the civil struggle. And thus great energies which should be united in a cominon industrial de- velopment will be wasted in hurtful strife. The democratic party shows itself a foe to southern Prosperity by always invoking and urging southern political Consolidation. Such & policy quenches the ising instinct of patrioiism in the heart of the southern youth; it revives and stimulates prejudice; Icsubsttites tlie spirit of barbarte vengeance for the love of peace, progress and harmony. THE CIVIL SERVICE. The general character of the civil service of the United States under all administrations has been honorable. In the one supreme test—the collection and disbursement of revenue — the record of fidelity has never been surpassed in any nation. With the almost fabulous sums which were re- celved and paid during the late war scrupulous in- tegrity was the prevailing rule. Indeed, through- out that trying period it can_ be sald to ‘the honor of the American name that_unfaithtulness and dis- honesty among civil officers were as rare as mis- conduct and cowardice on the field of battle. ‘The growth of the country has continually and necessurily enlarged the civil_service, until now It | includes a vast body of ofitera. "Rules and methods of appotntinent which prevailed when the number was smaller have been found insum- cient and impracticable and earnest efforts: have Deen made to separate the great inass of mints- | terial officers from partisan influence and per- sonal control, Impartiality 1n the mode of ap- Folntment, to be based on qualification and se- curity of tenure, to be based on faithful discharge of duty, are the two ends to be accomplished. ‘The public business Will be alded by se] the legislative branch of the government from al control of appointments and the Executive a partment will be reileved by subjecting ap] ments to fixed rules and thus removing them. from | the caprice of favoritism. But there should be rvance of tha law which gives in all cases of equal competency the preference to the soldiers who risked their lives in defense of the Union. I entered Co in 1863, and in a somewhat proionged service I never found tt expedient to re- quest or recommend the removal of a civil officer, except in four instances, and then for non-political reasons which were instantly conclusive with the appointing power. The officers in the district, ap- | Pointed by Mr. Lincoln in 1861 upon the recom inendation of my predecessor, served, as a rule, until death or resignation. 1’ adopted at the be- ginning of my service the test of competitive ex- amination for appointments to West Point, and maintained it so long as I had the right by law to nominate a cadet. In the case of many officers I resent law, Which arbitrarily limits e commission, offered a constant temptation to changes for mere political reasons. Ihave publicly expressed the bellef that the essen- Ual modification of that law would be In many re- spects advantageous. My observation tn the Department of State confirmed the conclusions of my legislative ex- perience and impressed me with the conviction that the rule of impartial appointment might with advantage be carried beyond any existing provision of the civil service law. It should be Applied to appointments In the consular service. Consuls should be commercial sentinels—encir- cling the globe with watchtuiness for thelr coun- ty’s interests. ‘Their intelligence and com tency become, therefore, matters of great puvlic concern No man should be appointed to an Amencan consulate who 1s not well instructed in the history and resources of his own country and in the requirements and language of com- merce fn the country to which he ts sent. ‘The same rule should be applied even more rigidly to secretaries of legetion in our diplomatic service, ‘The people have the right tothe most efficient | agents in the discharge of public business and the appointing power should regard this as the prior and ulterior consideration. THE MORMON QUESTION. Religious liberty 1s the right of every citizen of the republic. Congress is forbidden by the Const- tution to make any law “respecting the establish- ment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” For a ‘century, under this guarante Protestant, and Catholic, Jew and Gentile, ha worshipped God according. to the dictates of co sclence. But religious Hherty must not be pervert— €0 to the justification of offe anst the law. Telfgious Sect, strongly intrens in one of the ter- ritorles cf the Union, and spreading rapidly into four other territories, claims the right to destroy the great safeguird ‘and muntment of social order, and to practice as a religious privilege that which con- the WS, the 1s acrime punished with severe penalty In every state of the Union. ‘The sacredness and unity. of the family must be preserved the foundation of all civil gov the sou of or - erly SUSU gnurantee of moral ala of the Mormons they are divinely authorized to practice polyy ould no more be admitted than the claim or certain heathen tribes, if they should inong us, to continue the rite of human e. The law does not interfere 1 with what @ man be of what he does. titled to uy es; It takes cognizance only tizens the Mormons are en s s others and to these they must. be yamy can never re- ceive national sanction or toleration by admitting the community that upholds it as a State In the Union. Like others, the Mormons must learn that | the liberty of the ‘Individual ceases where the Tights of Soclety begin, OUR CURRENCY. The people of the United States, though often urged and tempted, have never seriously contem- plated the recognition of any other money than old and silver—and currency directly convertible into them. ‘They have not done go, they will not do so, under any necessity less pressing than that of desperate war. The one special requisite for the compleuon of our monetary system 1s the fixing of the relative values of silver and gold. ‘The lange use of silver as the money of account among Astatic nations, taken in connection with the fucreasing commerce of the world, gives the weightlest rea- sons for an International agreement in the prem- fses. Our government shotld not cease to ui this measure until a common standard of value shall be reached and established—a standard that shall enable the United States to use the silver from its mines as an auxiliary to gold in settling the balances of commercial exchange. THE PUBLIC LANDS. ‘The strength of the republic ts increased by the multiplication of land-holders. Our laws should look to the judicious encouragement of actual set~ tlers on the public domain, which should hence- forth be held as a sacred trust for the benefit of those seeking homes. ‘The tendency to consolidate large tracts of land in the ownership of individuals or corporations should, with proper regard to vested rights, be discouraged. One hundred thousand acres Of land in the hands of one man ts far less profitable to the nation in every way than when its ownerslip 1s divided among one thousand men. ‘The evil of permitting large tracts of the nationai domain to be consolidated and controlied by the few against the many 1s enhanced when the per- sons controiling tt are aliens. It is but fair that the public land should be disposed of only to actual settlers and to those who are citizens of the repub- lic or willing to become #0. OUR SHIPPING INTERESTS. Among our national interests one languishes— the foreign carrying trade. It was very seriously crippled in our civil war, and another blow was given to it in the general bubstitution of steam for sall in ocean traffic. Witha frontage on the two great oceans, with a freightage larger than that of | any other nation, we have every inducement to re- Store our navixation. Yet the government has hith- erto refused Its hel smali share of the encou agement gtven by the government to rallw: nd tomanutactures,and a sinall share of the capital and the zeal given by our citizens to those enterprises, would have carried our ships to every sea and to every port. A law just enacted removes some of the burdens upon our navigation and inspires hope that | thls great Interest may at last recetve its due share of attention. All efforts in this direction should receive encouragement. SACKEDNESS OF THE BALLOT. ‘This survey of our condition as a nation remin us that material prosperity 1s buta mockery it does not tend to preserve the iberty of the people. A free hallot is the safeguard of repubil- can institutions, without which no national welfare 4S assured. A popular election, honestly conducted, embodies the very majesty of true government. Ten. millions of voters desire to take part in the pending contest. ‘The safety of the republic rests upon the integrity of the ballot, upon the security of suffrage to the citizen. ‘To deposit a fraudulent vote 1s no Worse a crime against constitutional Uberty than to obstruct the deposit of an honest vote. He who corrupts suffrage strikes at the very root of free government. He is the arch-enemy of the republic. le forgets that in trampling upon the rigl loth give ee ut we Can maintain our herlaage only by gual ing with vigilance the source of popular power. I am with great respect your obedient servant, James G. BLAINE. ‘Two Versi ofa Poem, Lake Side Mfus'ngs in Chicago Tribune, “Oh, it’s all right,” said the young lady. This is the way it goes:” The moonbeams fall with silv’ry glint upon the ‘bosky dell, tae ry Pate of Summer bear the sound of nd from ere gleams @ star that seems for Amaten, and’ ward, ‘and ever guard the lives of ‘those who sleep. A maiden stands beside the one she loveth best of me world to her ts bright and fair, and life hath “xioye di Well—ah, need tt” she says in ac- ane re tae Cee maatioe Chane once oeber ss (ney, ‘Don’t you think that ts nice?” e tiene fair,” said the horse re Sash bh shines: lon’t alw: ag smoothly as thai hink your Verses would Fead better if they were mode! 80 to speak.” “How would they read then?” “Well, about like this:” ‘The sunbeams strike with hty force upon the blue wash-tub, Ce ae The Kissing winds of Summer make the farmer ‘want his grub, ‘And from the vale there comes a wail of mortal Some little boy—his mother’s Joy—has struck a Atle ‘boy: dey. A maiden stands beside the tub she hateth worst ‘The world to her is full of soap, and bitterness, and An angry flirt she gives the shirt, and says in ac- “Gosh darn the 1 wish othe ,CoF-eoned ‘washing-day, FROM THE “GATE CITY.” THE PECULIARITIES OF OMAHA. Its Business Growth and Fancy Prices for Building Lots—Its Motels, Newspapers, Eire Depart- ment, &c.—Bad Shew for Anglers— Odds and Ends, Correspondence of Tae EvENTNa Star: Oana, Nes., July 17, 1884. Omaha! Well, it was not the city I expected to see, with compact and towering edifices, and level and clean thoroughfares. I found it a straggling place, the houses generally squatty, and of the village order of architecture. One or two of the principal streets running east and west, anda few running north and south, con- tain some large and imposing business struc- tures, with three or four elegant first-class hotels, such as the Millard, Paxton, Metropoli- tan and Planters. There are several banking institutions here, and the Nebraska National bank is located In a magnificent building of its own, said to be the finest structure of the kind in the state. The Omaha National bank also beasts a fine building. There is a great deal of street improvement and building going on now, and the success ot the Republican bewepener has impelled its owners to commence the erection of # commo- dious and handsome printing house on 10th and Douglas streets. There are four dally English newspapers and one weekly paper published here, besides two daily German, one tri-weekly Danish und one weekly Swedish paper, and ail seem to be doing well. The population of Omahais between 50,000 and 60.000. One of the principal industries is the railroad works of the Union Pactfic com- pany, which has employed as many as 3,500 to 4,000 men, but at present does not give work to more than 1,000. All classes of mechanics, how- ever, seem to have employment just now, but the supply is equal to the demand. Within the city limits are thousands of unim- proved acres, but the avarice of land specula- tors compel those not blessed with an abundance of the world’s riches to seek building lots two or three miles from town, and even at that distance lots 60x160, sell at $300 and $500 each. A lot of the above dimensions within the town limits brings from $1,500 to €2,500. In short, estate out here (where there ls plenty of it) sells niger than in many eli,ible localities in Wash- ington. Living here ts fully 15 to 20 per cent higher than in Washington, while mechanics’ wages range from 15 to 20 per cent below. Small four and six-room apologies for houses rent from $15, to 20 per month, out in the suburbs, and are scarce at that. So you see that Washington is not the dearest place, after all (as is sometimes said), with its beauty and delightful climate thrown in. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. The fire department here is said to be very efficient. and Omaha feels proud of it from the tips of its toes to the crown of its head. It con- sists of four “hose” companies, which are housed in tour ‘‘engine” houses, The modus operandi of extinguishing a fire is to attach the hose toa street plug, and then “‘let the band play.” The water is supplied from the water- works, and such is the force that a stream can be thrown from 150 to 200 feet high from the nozzie of the hose. Mr. John Butler, chief of the department, gives his entire attention to the duties of the office, and is much beliked by the aalk under his charge and the citizens gen- erally. NO MARKET HOUSES. Cost of living is greatly enhanced in Omaha in consequence of having no public market. Everything tor the table has to be obtained from the ‘green grocer,” and prices demanded are exorbitant In the extreme. I lear that several petitions, numerously signed, have from time to time been sent in to the councils praying for @ market house, but no sooner are they pre- sented than the ‘green grocers” swarm like locusts with counter petitions, and prevent the passage of any such measure. Thus the influ- ential constituents, as in other cities, thwart the reasonable demands of many worthy but less powerful citizens. FUEL. In the matter of fuel, it is about as scarce here as saintsin hades. This may sound strange, but It is nevertheless true, and firewood brings seven and eight dollars a cord, and that of the most inferior quality. So scarce, indeed. is the article, that when a tree In townis struck by lightning it is deemed a God-send, (no pun intended), and axes are soon brought into requisition to dismember the unfortunate yet welcome trunk. A sort of bituminous coal, much resembling our Cumberland, can be had a liberal quantities at from three to six dollars a ‘on. A POOR PLACE FOR ANGLERS. Piscatorial sports have no foothold here. The Missouri river flows along the entire front ot Omaha, and always wears the face of a brick- yard pond, or one of Barnum’s “reat” Indians with war paint on, Thither the angler resorts; but his patience is seldom rewarded with any better luck than a light string of small catfish. It Is said that one weighing 150 pounds was cap- tured with hook and line in front of the city not long since, but having no time to hunt up proof, abeve concluded to swallow (not the teh) the ry. * ODDS AND ENDS. ‘There are several lines of street cars here,and other evidences ot advanced civilization. One of the “‘bob-tail” lines, more humane than a sim- ilar corporation in Washington, run their cars with two horses, change them frequently, and the route is no longer nor more hilly than your Belt line. It must not be imagined that one of Wash- ington’s intitutions, at least, is unknown here, for passing along one of the’ streets this morn- ing I observed a placard tacked up in front of a one-story frame cottage with the too-too fa- miliar announcement, “Furnished Rooms to Rent.” Nor is theschoolmaster always around, for “Vianna Baker,” and ‘No interferance” are glaring realities. “Our Bob” lectured here last week on ‘Or- thodoxy,” but his admirers were not numerous. Probably Mr. Ingersoll had spoken that piece to them before. Imust not omit to say that the people here are social, generous and industrious, and were real estate and living, and general inadequate wages of the mechanic, Omaha would soon leap into enlarged dimensions, usefulness and pros- perity, as several of the most important rail- road branches of the country center in her midst. N. 8. Overheard, From the Philadelphia Call. A LOSING BUSINESS. Mrs. A.—Yes; they keep six servants.” Mrs. B.—‘'Do you hear that, John?” John—“Hear what?” Mrs. B.—‘‘Mrs. Blank, the wife of the cashier of the bank you deal with, keeps six servants.” John—"Well, what of it?” Mrs. A.—Draw out your money quick, be- fore the bank breaks. THE FASHIONABLE COSTUME. Miss Eulalia—‘‘Where are you going, dear?” Miss Eudora—“Down to the beach. The water is delightful now.” eu Eulalia—“But where is your bathing sult?” Miss Eudora—“Oh, that ts perfectly safe; 1 have It firmly fastened in my back hair.” AFTER THE HONEYMOON, She—-‘Don’t neglect to order the flour.” He—‘No; where’s my hat? Oh, here it is; bye-bye.” “Walt amoment, George; haven't you for- gotten something?” “T guess not.” ‘You Soret to kiss me.” “Oh, no; I kissed you.” “When?” “Last week.” ‘Well Posted in Politics. From the Merchant Traveller. A pretty girl of Clifton was talking politics to her best young man the othernight, and he was rather surprised. “Why, Lucy,” he said, “do you read the papers for political news?” 5 “Oh, yes, and I Just dete on it. I'm getting tobe Locale posted.” “Who's gol ng to be the democratic nominee for President, do you think?” “T couldn’t say positively, but Ican say that if Ohio is bound to be represented on the ticket the democrats needn’t think they can carry the state by giving Cleveland first place.” “why not?” * “Because Cincinnati should have it, of course, for it is 80 much larger and wealthier and more influential than Cleveland. I begin to think this Cleveland boom is a Standard Oil scheme, be- cause that is their headquarters.” The young man looked at the girl in amaze- ment, and ald something about Solomon in all his glory not belng arrayed like one of these. eee oe Wuen You are hurrying along across street in order to catch a car at the corner the chances are ten to one that you will see the car pass La Just before you within hailing distance. you get tired waiting for the next car, and con- nde to stroll along until it catches you, it will, in all probability, overtake you when you are within about one hundred yards of your desti- nation.—Nashville Banner, it not for the before-mentioned high rates of | 2g! “RELIGIOUS NOTES. cHU RCHES, ERE AND KLSEWHERE. — At St. Matthew's Catholic church the pews are being remodeled and the interior wood work is being painted. —Rev. A. F. Mason, formally pastor of the E- uae street Baptist church, is now the treasurer of the Nertnwest University in Wisconsin. — To-morrow will be observed as the 28th anniversary of the Fifth Baptist Sunday school and the 27th of the Fifth Baptist church. —The Gay street, Georgetown, Baptist church has recently enjoyed quite an extensive revival of religion, under the conduct of Rev. J. L. Lodge, the acting pastor. — Rey. Father Noonan, of St. Aloysius, will next week go to Lowell, Mass., to hold a retreat. Rev. Father J. J. Murphy, of St. Aloysius, will hold a retreat at Pittsburg shortly. — Thursday was the sixtieth birthday of Rev. 8. K. Cox, pastor of Mt. Vernon Place Southern Methodist church, but some of his friends, not liking to interfere with the regular prayer meet- ing, called on him last evening to help him cele- brate it. —The Anacostia Baptist church, which was organized a few weeks ago, gives indications of activity and substantial progress. The founda- tion of their house of worship has been com- pleted, and the building will be erected, it is thought, in the early fall. The Sunday school in charge ot Mr. D. C. Fountain, is in a flourish- ing condition. — St. Patrick’s church will have thirty memo- Tial windows. One of these will be a large cir- cular mosaic of stained glass, presented by Mr. Frank T. Riggs. The others are contributed by Carroll Institute, Mrs, Catherine Riley, Fathers . Mackin, Thomas Hughes, John Lloyd, D. De Wolf, L. Malloy, Wm. Jordan, P. L. Cappelle, J. O'Sullivan, J. Cunningham, B. J. Mc d J. B. Birch, Mary A. Anderson, Brid C. L. Clarke, Mary E. Blake, E. lan, B.C. Elliott, Mary E. and Rose Clarke, 8. F. and Ber- tie Shreve, Margaret Leddy, Bernard and W. J. Duhamel, M. E.T. Prince, Ann Donnelly, Ann Jordan, William Shae, Catherine Talty and Hen- rietta Boone. — During the warm season the Metropohtan M. E. congregrtion will hold vesper services on Sunday evenings from 7 to 8 o'clock. — Rev. Royal H. Pullman, pastor of the Sec- ond Universalist church, Baltimore. has gone to Pullman's Island, one of the Thousand Isles in the St. Lawrence river, to attend the annual re- union of the Pullman family. —While our Methodist Episcopal friends are talking of memorials to Cake and Asbury, the two first superintendents, a suggestion is made tothe Methodist Protestants to erecta memorial church at Grafton, W. Va., to Rev. D. B. Dor- sey, one of the founders of the church. — Rev. William H. McAllister, of Bethany In- dependent Methodist church, Baltimore, in a sermon Sunday last on “The Prodigal Son,” likened the vigorous and manly young man in the parable who went forth into the world to do somthin for himself to Gov. Cleveland, of New ork, —The will of Elizabeth Cunningham, ot Baltimore, who died in 1879, by which about $6,000 worth of property was left to the Little Sisters of the poor, St. Vincent’s Infant Asylum and the congregation of the mission of St. Vin- cent de Paul, has finally been set aalde, the ad- verse decisions of the orphans’ courtand city court having been affirmed by the court of ap- peals. — Rev. Mr. Sites, the missionary to China, has left this city, with his wife and fourchildren, for Delaware, Ohio. He will remain there with his family till September Ist, when they go to Boston to remain a year, during which time the eldest son will attend the Boston university. The young gentleman will enter the ministry, ne RrODRLly, follow his father in the missionary eld. a — Rev. Uriel Graves, the well-known Lutheran minister of Baltimore,, who was buried in that city last Tuesday—Rey. Dr. Domer, of this city, preaching the sermon—had, just previous to his death, held a series of revival meetings in the neighborhood of Norfolk, for u peried of ten weeks, during which time he preached about 150 sermons. The meetings resulted in the con- ion of about 300 persons. His decease was without doubt broughit about by excessive work. —Some of the religious papers are noting that at some of the recent college commence- ments the name of God Is conspicuous by its absence. The New York Examiner sa} “We should be very glad to know that our experience is singular, and that the statement just made is much too general. We are afraid, however, that It is too well founded, and that wider testi- monies would but confirm its correctness. Of course there must be creditable exceptions, but these could fairly serve only to limit somewhat the breadth of our allegation. Distinct recog- nitions of God—even of Matthew Arnold’s pale God of ‘tendency’ and impersonal ‘power'— are rare in the speeches of the commencement platform.” ——___--e-_____ Saturday Smiles. ‘Wnalebone is selling at the rate of €12,250 per ton! Woman's waist! It is sald that Japanese women have never seen and do not know the use of pins. AJapan- ese young man must feel comparatively safe in sitting on the same sofa with the young lady in that country.—Boston Post. When a girl refers her lover to her pa he feels that it is harder to question the pop than it Is to pop the question.— Philadelphia Chronicle. A poet aoe “How can I meet my darling?” Well, if you know the old gentieman has gone out youcan go boldly upto the front door, ring the bell and ask for her.—Boston Post. A retired New York banker ts credited with a plan for establishing a banker and brokers’ library and reading room. It will probably con- tain copies ofall the extradition treaties and Judicial decisions in them, together with good maps of Canada.—Detroit Free Press. Two lone spinsters were sitting in the moon- light exchanging sentimental fancies, when one of them asked the other: “Betay, if you had a husband, what would you do with him?” “TI can’t say, Jane,” was the response, “but I know lots of women who'd tell me.”—Brookiyn A London shop-keeper who was recently asked what he understood by a dull season, replied: Selling 10,000 pairs of gloves aday less than should be sold.” First Cabman—“ What did you charge that stranger for driving him around the gorner to thehotel?” Second Cabman—“Ic! red $4.97." “$4.97?” That isaqueer figure "why didn't you make It an even $5?” ‘ Because $4.97 was all he had.”—Philadelphia Call. She—How red the moon’s face is! He—Why, yes; you see, it’s full. Mr. Gladstone is called by some persons a woman-hater. This is rather severe. It is pos- sible that Mr. Gladstone has occasionally to hang to the strap in the British street cars, but that he therefore hates the entire tair sex is hard to believe.—Louisville Courier-Journal. Fig brandy is a new drink. Henceforth that hitherto suggestively calm and peaceful expres- sion, ‘under the shelter of his own vine and fig tree,” will be regarded with considerable sus- picion.—Aew York Journal. According to a South London paper, at a re- cent meeting of the St. Saviour’s boara of works, one member said :—‘‘Gentlemen, intestuous dis- ease is riding rampant through the district.” London Echo. “What are yon?” asked an Inquisitive Valise of a minute package lying on the next shelf in adry goods store; ‘“‘what are you, a book of court plaster ora paper of needles ?” ’ “‘ Neither,” pened the minute package. ‘I am a Fashlon- able Bathing Suit.”—Philadelphia Press. Queen Victoria has asked the Prince of Wales not to attend theaters, at least not by the stage entrance, as the calcium fight on his bald head dazzles the eyes of the ballet girls.—Pitisburg Chronicle-Telegraph. A western man ig on record as making the briefest Fourth of July oration in history. He had his speech by heart, but the multitude frightened him. “Twenty years the place upon which you now stand was a howling wil- derness!” he began. Not remembering the next sentence he repeated that one. There was im- menee applause. Stil! he forgot. Attempt No. 8 was as follows: “Twenty years ago the place upon which you now stand was a howling wil- derness—and—and—d—n me jt I don't wish it was now.”—Boston Star. “Will you please tell me, Mr. Occult,” asked his favorite niece, ‘why Masons wear a pin with a ‘G’ init?” “Certainly, my dear,” replied Oc- cult; “it is the same with men as with horses; co them to the right."— Boston Trans- A Mississippi _man advertises for ‘‘colored hands.” Why doesn't he invest in a stylu- graphic pen?—Burlington Free Press. A lover of her sex, but still a woman devoid of tact, established a ‘Cash Girls’ Home” in New York. Of course the name had to be changed to “Cash Ladies’ Home” in order to reach the class desired.—Buffalo Express. A merchant traveler at dinner requested the waiter to bring him a piece of rare beef, and when itcame it was rare, indeed. ‘Waiter?” he remarked, warningly, as he looked at the undone dish. ‘Yes, sab,” responded the dar- key. “Take this beef out, please, and kill it.” ‘The walter crawled into a napkin ring and dis- appeared. —Merchant Traveler. HOW TO PREVENT CHOLERA. Issued by the New York Stunte Board of Health. The state board of health considers the poss!- | cholera tnto this country too obvicus to be dis- regarded, and therefore a memorandum on pre- ventive measures against the discase has been issued. The history of former invasions of chol- era, says the board, warrants the belief that its reappearance here is probable. Cholera, which in two months of midsummer in 1865 destroyed 80,000 lives in Egypt, reached France and Ger- many by September, and was discovered at the New York quarantine as early as November. In the spring of 1986 it again threatened the United States. It lingered in the west, was returned to Governor's island, and thence ind a new departure in 1867, when it was terribly destruc- tive in some sections. The outbreak in the Mis- sissippl valley in 1873 was traced to its intro- duction by way of New Orleans. The disease, as reported in southern Europe, presents the same threatening .aspects, thinks the board, as our shores in adefinite manner, and to about the same series of resting places and fatal points of outbreak that it now threatens to attack. The facilities for the introduction of the dis- exact sanitary knowledge and quarantine police for arresting and stamping out the transport- able cause of it are also ureater. No city which is fully R obiengn for the announcement that Asiatic cholera has come need be invaded by tt if proper sanitary care is exercised. The floods throughout Europe and the United States, the attendant circumstances of the drying & period, the increased immigration from the Mediterra- et states 2 a York, and the destructive malignancy of the disease, all give a warning to be ready tor Asiatic cholera. “ ia! There is, says the state board, a ific In- eons, — or Asatie cholera, call a its con- jum, by which it epreads as gapidly as the ns suffering, ever so lightly, from it m place to place. In every country where contaginm exists it has ceased to Tepropa- gated beyond the sanitary lines which separate the cleansed, drained and ventilated premises and weill-conditioned inhabitants from the filthy. or where polluted food and water and harmful beverages prepare the system for the fatal operation of the poleon. For cholera te be diffused from continent to continent it must have as factors tor its cultivation acenter of pol- lutivn for its cradle, a ship for its transport, and a number of towns prepared tor its reception and development. Local conditions of danger— the sanitary neglects that have prepared for a lodgment and repropagation of the cholera in filthy places and sodden grounds-—are found in every port, city and village, and in many rural hamlets. The prevention’ of propagation is yery difficult after the disease has ovtained a foothold in cas the commercial egg The presence of ith, es oy pools, luted water, and badly housed and impotent p people peti ides cholera to oe of places in the ite if it once appears in any port. says the board, ‘before the exotic infection has come, let al) local boards of health and all householders lose no time in enforcing such thorough ecavencing and cleansing, such clean- ing of sewers, drains and ditches, and such ventilating, drying, lime-washing, and disin- fecting of cellars and all damp and unclean places that if cholera comes its infective germs shall find no soll or foul surface inwhich to propagate epldemically.” The contagton is not chiefly taken from the bodies of the sick, but the virus is proved to re- quire the concurrence of attendant conditions of moisture and filth to produce any extended series of cases. One great source of danger is ‘that the exotic germinal matter becomes not only intective of persons exposed to it by water orthe atmosphere, but may, by its Infinite ra- pidity of reproduction, under favoring condi- tions of fout air and flith, rapidly become epi- demic within the limits of such impurity. Sani- tary barriers must therefure be erected before cholera comes. As soon as found the disease structive disinfection. Preventive sanitary measures consist in anni- hilating all local conditions which would harbor the disease. If the cholera germs find no breathing place in filthy condition of premises, air. or driuking water, there is no danger. The memorandum concludes: ‘*Whenever cholera comes, as we hope it will not, a briet statement in its presence will be Immediately sent to all parts of the state through the local boards of health. It is now the duty of local sanitary authorities and all householders to inspect the premises within their jurisdiction and promptiy cause the necessary sanitary improvements to be made. None of this work will be lost, even were cholera effectually arrested by the barriers of quarantine and disinfection at the ports it enters. The reasons for sanitary inspections and works are applicable to protect against infectious and epidemic diseases generally, and it is because in the midst of wet grounds and pools, fiith-sodden surfaces, foul sinke, and pol- luted drinking waters, cholera finds local con- ditions tor its epidemics, that now the general duty is urged upon all sanitary authorities and householders to make careful sanitary inspec- tions; to drain all stagnant pools aud low grounds near dwellings; to clean all sewers and house drains; to cleanse and disinfect cellars, Privies, and all filthy places, and examine and Protect the purity ot drinking water.” —— eee ON APPROBATION, How A Chicago Lady Involuntarily Bought a wwe “When the opera came to Chicago,” said the head of “the retail” in a large dry goods house, “Inoticed there were two or three expensive lace shawls eent home on approbation and returned the morning after the performance. This set me thinking, and when Mrs. B. came in the day ofan opera night and asked to have one of the most expensive wraps sent home to look at, I just slipped out to old Swag’s, the ticket specu- itor, and bought seats immediately behind those of Mr. and Mrs. B. When I came in, a lit- tle late, there was Mrs. B. seated in front ofme with the elegant lace sent home in the morning over her shoulders. When she turned T greeted her politely, and said I was delighted the wrap had suited her. She looked rather un- happy during the pertormance, but the shawl was not returned to the store, and 1 charged my opera tickets to expenses.” HAY FEVER. Why Men Suffer Most, Dio Lewis in Philadelphia Star. For many years I was one of the most un- happy victims ot hay fever. The mountains failed, but labor ona farm has cured me: Not only is it true that people who work In the open “air rarely suffer from the vexing malady, but among many, whom I have advised to spend a summer in farm work, not one, I think, has failed to find a cure or signal relief. The curious immunity from hay fever, enjoyed by women, is traceable to their table temperance. Many lawyers, clergymen and other sedentary men eat as grossly as farm laborers, using meat in hot weather, and com- torting themeelyes with the thought that mental labor requires strong feeding. What- ever may be the kroximate cause of hay fever, there can be little doubt that table excesses create the susceptibility. —$—o————— Burial in a Mining Camp. ‘From The Cavur d'Alene Eagle. Stumpy Wicks wasdead. The mountain fever had killed him. A few days before he started off into the hills, telling the boys that he would find something rich or never go out again. He did not find anything rich, and he never went outagain. The fever laid ite grip on him and in three days he was dead. He had “gone oyer the range,” the boys said. It was necessary to bury Stumpy Wicks. And how was he tobe buried? By his relatives? He had no relatives By the town? There was no town. By his pard? He had no Forty years ago Stumpy Wicks had left his home—no one knew where— and his people—no one knew whom—to wander alone in the west. He died alone. His wife, his mother, his sister, if he tad one, will never know race he Seer lege eaters! cones his grave, It was tie y er and’ made ‘@ coffin out of "a box or two and cov- ered it with ablack cloth. They put Stumpy into it, with aciean flour sack over his poor, dead face. They chipped In and hired an ex- parson, who for some years had abandoned his profession, to give Stumpy a “send-off.” They dug a grave to a |, honest depth in the tough, red earth. They went out and found a flat rock for a headstone, and on it the} scratched the brief epitaph, “Stumpy Wicks.” Then they foliowed the coffin wagon to the grave, walking through the mud and rain. There were forty men who stood around that open grave and not one woman to drop a tear, as theex-parson read a brief portion of the Episcoy burial service and offered a short prayer. ere was no his- bilities and facilities for the introduction of it did in August, 1865, when it was conveyed to | ease have increased since 1865, but the means of “Now,” | must be treated by vigorous isolation and de- | showing how to resist cholera and what to do | A CHECK ON PAWNBROKEKS, A Decision That Gives Hedress to Cue tomers Whe are Unjustly Treated, From the New York Sun. “Judge McAdam’s decision requiring that | Pawnbrokers shall advertise a detailed descrip- | tion of the pledged goods they sell is a very | good thing,” a lawyer said yesterday. “Per- | sons who are compelled to pledge what articles | of value they may have. if they cannot redeem | them, ought to know at least when they are | going to be sold. The law requires that all’ | the pledved goods be advertised for six days | before they are sold. The pawnbrokerscan sell them after they have been in their possession @ | year.” | “What good does it do to the owner of the | Boods to know when they are to be sold?” | “They can buy them in, or get some triend to do so. At any rate, they can know if their own goods are really those offered for sale. Ac- cording to law the pawnbroker {8 required to return to the pledger whatever amount of money the goods bring above the amount loaned and the interest.” “What do you mean by their knowing that their own goods are offered for snl “If you should take a €100 diamond ring toe pawnbroker and ask for a €15 loan on it, your ticket would simply be marked “diamond ring, $15." Ityou let ayear go by and then went for the ring, you would learn that it had been sold according to law. The pawnbroker would show you his books, on which would bean | entry about the sale ofa diamond ring. Ifhe Were not a responsible man—and there are not afew of that kind in the pawnbroking busi- ness—you would see that the ring that he sald was yours sold for about @14. Undoubtedly there was a ring sold, but. it was not your ring. Your ring was either kept, or disposed of pri- vately. If you had been’ present at the sale you would bave been able to detect the fraud.” “Ia there no redresa?” “You can't prove that your ring was not sac- Tificed, and then nobody can find the ring which was 2old.” “But the advertisement required by Inw?” “The pawnbroker will calmly show you an advertisement of a Jewelry sale, and tell you that your ring is embraced in tt. Judge Me: | Adam's decision, however, overturns this, and | unless the pawnbroker has advertised a detailed description of your goods you can sue and re- cover their full value, less the amount loaned | and interest.” A Portrait of Mr. Gladstone. He isa marvel of his age and may prove e puzzle to posterity. * * * When from time to time the great leader changes his mind he does so from honest conviction, mixed with an appetite for applause, and then he sees his old friends in the light of a company of blind fools, You cannot realize the liberal chief, or form # picture of the man, solely through a study of | his interminable speeches, books, pamphiete, | letters and postcards. You muxt see him in the flesh. * * * There, in office, sits the first lord of the treasury and leader of the house of commons, stretched out with his legs straight before him and his toes turned up to the glass calling. Bis hands he listlessly crosses over his lap. His head droops over his right shoulder. His face ts pallid. The corners of his mouth droop as ifin pain. His scant gray hair clinge like a fringe ot floss about the base of his great skull. His eyes are closed. The powerful features, touched with u tinge of sweetness and overworn with halt a century of politics, mutely engender pity. His ill-fitting clothes hang loosely about his figure, always lithe and active in motion, and with the free stride of a wild | thing of the woods. * * * fo, seeming as if flaccid from want of sleep, he Hes in wait. * * * Then the lax figure sits bolt upright, chin In the air, and hands clasping his knees, * * * All | traces of fatizue pass away as the eyes, large | and luminous, keen and gray, rest with anger upon the ‘enemy. The the Mps—still clo: ody “leans forward, Jupon the knees } proseed outward |moment Mr. Gladstone is upon feet. * * * Then he opens the floodgates ot his oratory and deluges tire commons with superb eloquence. The timbre of his voice is delightful, gilding, mellow, dropping to the soft sound of wind-stirred reeds by the river, rising to the full volume of the storm beating and bellying the sails ofa ship at sea. In the heat aud pas- sion of debate Mr. Gladstone does not respect | persons. but rends friends and foes allke. in his eves it Is assuredly a sin to differ from his \opinion, even though his enemies’ thoughts | Were his own the previous day. * * * The | Emperor Alexander I. was murdered on Sun- day, March 13, 1881, and on the evening of the following Tuesday addresses to her majesty and | motions of sympathy and condolence were car- ried unanimously in both houses. * * * I shall never forget the impressiveness of the premier’s manner nor the admirable emphasis with which he applied the words of Homer to jtheczar. * © * Whether or not Mr. Glad- stone disliked the office of speaking aneulogium on the career of the late Lord Beaconsfield it would be difficult and perhaps uncharitable to say, but that he delayed the task, and finally accomplished it in what seemed a half-hearted manner, there can be, I take it, no jaoubt. An elegiac speech more cold, halting and altogether depressing has probably been seldom heard within the walls of parliament.— Scenes in the Commons, by David Anderson. recclcscecisinciecs bs he = Style Did It, From the Chicago Herald. “Well, it's about grab time,” remarked @ tramp to one of his tellows on the station plat- form. “Just you keep your eye on me, an’ I'll show yer a trick what's wuth havin’ wid yer Go down there behind the water tank an’ wait ferme.” No. 2did as he was told, when No. 1 stepped behind a convenient freight car. Hewas a2 ragged and dirty as the average of his class His hat had probably done duty on the top of stick in some cornfield. Pulling from beneath his coat a plece of cardboard that had a railway advertisement on one side, and that was white on the other, heslashed its corners off with anol pocket knife and cutascallop in oneend. A piece of white paper came from one of his pockets. The cardboard, white side out, was slipped under his dirty vest, the scallop just fitting his neck. The piece of paper was deftly foided, and the corners clipped and placed around his greasy neck. Two pins tastened the paper to the cardboard. Two more fixed the cardboard firmly under the vest. Just then the throu train came in. The dinner gong rattled on latform. Over the steps ofacoach from be- fina the freight car came Mr. Tramp. His mother wouldn't have recognized him. He was bare= headed. His shirt-front was glossy white. His collar was the cleanest seen there that day. He had left his old hat behind. He looked near; as respectable a8 any of the passengers w! whom he rushed tor the lunch room. At the counter his ragged pantaloons and clay-covered shoes could not be seen by the waiters. “Here, put these two plates of cold chicken, them sand- vitches an’ a couple 0’ coffees on a tray: quick now!” he shouted, “got to go way back to the sleeper with ‘em.” A few minutes later two tramps were enjoying a snug lunch behind the water-tank. “I say, pard. how's that for a game, anyhow?” chuckled the one with the snowy bosom; “nothin’ like puttin’ on style if yer want to get along In the world.” oo ‘The Left Side the Better. From the San Francisco News Letter. The left side of the face is the right; statistics 1 prove the paradox. Artists always put the best ! tory of Stumpy’s life. No one knew that his- tory. It was deubtiess a sad enough one, full of slips and stumbles: fall of hope, — j before he finally “lost his grip.” They found a woman’s picture, very old and quite worn out; indeed, in Stampy’s pocket. and this was buried with him. This was probably his history. —_—_—_—_o---—- MING TO AMERICA.—Sir James and Lady Dous- jas Prot Giaisher, the meteorolog'st and balloon- ist, and Bedford Pin, sailed from ving? wees ‘Thursday on the steamer ‘Lake Huron, for Mon- treal, where they wil attend the sessions of the touches, finest shading, and most delicate tints on the left side of the profile. Actora, actresses, ‘and public singers always make a half turn to the right when they wish to impress their au- diences. Young ladies desirous of bewitching their gentlemen friends always walk on the right-hand side. Why? Because science has shown that the left side of the face is the more beautifal, or less ugly. The left hand is more magnetic than the right, the lett breast has @ more graceful contour than the and the glance of the left eye has a jing power of which the right is hopelessly innocent. Tne theme will bear infinite expansion, but we for- bear to e it. The rem: st of the now wellknown fact what the dove es made by the Chinese. In the year toy hed afamily of seventeen daughters. y were all left-handed, and were creatly 80) in marriage a, members of the royal household. So irrisistible were the charms of the empire from internecine war for their pos- session, the emperor made an edict that the of Ah Hing Fy Foy should be allowed to have thirteen husbands each, but that in the fature all left-handed girls should be strangied at their birth. sant Ee Laughing at Superiors, ‘From the Atlanta Constitution. A dude was one day having great sport at the expense of a donkey, whose long earsscemed to amuse the dandy fellow very mach. “Langh on, vain thing.” quietly rebuked the donkey, “I thank heaven that is one dis tingulshing mark between us. Make merry of mine ears if thon wilt, but that is the onl, : Joy insulted. and we Morais & man's most ridicuious feature is / British cuseciation for Lhe advanceiacut of science, | often his greatest protection.