Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 24, 1885, Page 7

- SEYSERS OF THE NORTHWEST. T1c Pecaliar Regions of the Yellow- stone National Park, The Grand, the Beautiful,the Wonder- fal--Nature's Startiing Freaks —First Glimpse of & Geyser, Correspondence Salt Take Herald, My first gllmpne of & geyser in aclion was at the end of & long perspective of Fna bordered road, as we came down rom the hill-tops toward the Fire Hole river. Jolting over deep rats and pro- jeoting stumps of the newly-made road, suddenly sgainst & backgronnd of blue- geay hill, arose a column of soft white steam. For a few moments it attalned & lofty helght, and then slowly dissolved into air. Involuntarlly we had taken off our hats and made oar bow. ‘It s the Great Fountaln in the Lower Basin,” sald our communlicative driver. The river banks presented an ¢ mated ap- pearance as we reached tué top of the overhanging ridge; wsgons and tents dotted the level in alldirections; camp firen wore being lighted, and all the busy preparations for approaching night weres engaging the attentlon of the uampors, But to us the pillars of steam rising on all sldes and hovering overhead like a clond, were the first objects of attention. The latest item of wonder was anew goyser that had broken out, and each morning played its watera In sight of the hotel. This early rlser had been named the Cleveland by some of the admirers of the then democratic nominea for prosi- dent. The notice bearing the name had been removyed, however, and one bearing the words, ‘Officlally named the Crevice” substituted in its place; but the first, like Banquo's ghost, would not down, and so the war raged. In the morning, the whole basin was filled with steam, condensed durlng the night. In the following description, I intend to speak of the geysers only in a ploturerque sense, not trylng to make a theory In regard to their actlon; nelther will I Inflict a certaln ‘‘oat-meal theory,” being unable to accept 1t my- self. We werenot at the geysers under any remarkable: circumstance, as is clalmed by 8o many tour- ists; there was no speclal exhibitlon of water jets for us. The marvels of the Geyser Basin are enough, without extra sensations. Nelther do I conslder it a matter of (mportance to tell those things which so pass from the mind—ex- act distances, heights, etc. The three basins, Upper, Middle and Lower, scem to me to have been about pix miles In length, by half a mile in width on the average. The Fire Hole river flows through each, and drains the outpouring waters, and, although this stream is of considerable width, depth and swlftnese, an eruption of the Giant is rald to almost double its volume. We were not fortunate enough to see the monster In anger, but loocked down his throat in repose. Even then his heated breath forbade a tos close Inspaction, but 1 antlcipate. The road follows along the river bank after leaving the first group of geysers, of which the Fountain 1s the most important, and shortly after passes by the .Egeria Springs, or Middle Ba- sin. Ralsed In a high terrace, they can- not be seen from tho road; only the water which comes pouring over the briak is vislble. More of them anon. Soon we reach the firs: installment of those beautifal springs or wells which abouad in such numbers that to count them would bs a task. Nature has ap- parently used the arrangement of the eolar spactram in obtaining her effect, whish is startliog in its brilliancy. Im- agine a deep, round pool of vivid ew- erald, or sulphurous blue, and then sur- round it with stones of vermilion, crim- son, dun, primrose, and deop yellow, or a white or gray mound, and you have a correct image of yourself, remembering also this, that they show all degrees of action, from perfect calm to a gentle simmer, or to bubble and gurgle, and finally to those which boll with passion and vehemence indescribable. Taat mwany of the springs should be named after the splrit vulgarly called the devil is matoral. There are Devil's Wells, Caaldrons and Paoch Bowle; why no one has thought to give him a kettlo is a mystery to me. Once falrly among the famous Geysers of the Upper Busin, you hardly know which way to turn. Here are the fierca spasmodic Grotto, the powerful Glant, tho massive Castle, aud last, but by no means leaet, msjestic Old Faithful 1 not pitched cur tent befors it mo for that stand-by to give an ex- n, and, trus to s reputation, it camo to the minute, at fixst two or three reliminary jets, as though he were try- ng his s.rength, and then the waters shot to a height of 200 feet, It marks a period In one’s life, the witnessing of that grand display, Daring our stay the cas- tle indulged in an eruption which lasted with varging force for several hours. Old Faithfal jolned it several times, his periods of action belng fifty-five minutes apart; whilst those two were playlng a third Geyser followed their example and sent a rocket-llke stream skyward; it was the splend(d, on the opposite side of the river. so the three played in sight at onoe, On walking over to the Blue Orested Spring and viewing the castle from that ofnt, the outlines seemz=d famillar to me. ocertalnly had seen them elsewhers, It was in the Provo Valley of Utah, which, undoubtedly, at one time was the theatze of exactly such per- formaaces s are now taking place in the Yellowstone. The Big Boil- ing Pot and attendant spring must have been In thelr youth a counterpart of thess two now before me. Moreover, Provo bears a strong resemb'ance to ole Basl high, conical hill, & striking object in the valley, has its du- plicate in the basin, The {’ruvn Oanyon also bears the same relative positon as the canyon of Madison. Ages past, then, Provo Valley was ocoupied by ther- mal spricgs and geysers, subject to the samo laws as those in the park. Now, In their old age, thelr mounds are grass grown, and the tlller of the sofl runs his plow to their very foot, and of their crambling @ynnnl builds & wall around his field. hen Provo Valley was first dlscoverad, other den‘zens than these held possession; the deadly rattlesnake, attracted by the lingerlng warmth In the old baslos, had made thers his home. Five hundred of these reptiles were de stroyed in a single day by the invaders of the'r strange haunts. Bome of the geyeers in the park ara lacking both cone and mound, and in a state of rest can not be distinguished from the springs. The fountaln is of this description: Endless are the forms, materlsl and texture of the crater rims, polished, rough, flaxey; some vamed from their pesuliarity in this ect, as the sponge; some are sur- rouaded with globee, hard as cannon balls, asd others are fretted ss with hoar-frost; the basina of mlng are seal- loped and embroldered with delloate pattorns; there are wedded and slogle geyners, and whole family groups, Take my adylce and Indulge In the luxary of ‘s solitary walk; it will repay you. Don’t take a guide book; never mind the names; try to forget that they have a name, and .0 experience some of the thrill of the first beholders, Such a luxury was ours after sundown, and many were the sights and marvels we seemiogly dls. covered, The strangest of these was a round pool, tranquil at first, Without warnlng » mess of water was belched up from the center, making the whole pool In commotion, By the time it had subsided into quiet another ejec- tion took place, and so continually, In the twilight threading between the fis- sures became a featcf somoe difficulty. The scalding water would splt viclously, and the hot mud pots were a constant trap. Both tent and supper were wel- come, Could we not rest contented with the sights of that day? Apparently not, for after an hour's rest, a moonlight ramble was in order. A foot bridge ceosses the rlver to where more of the heated and troubled waters rushed from the earth's depths; ghostly, indeed, were they then, the warm colors belng dimmed, and the cold ones belng brought out with more forco by the cold gray light. We had deferred our inpectlons of Hell's Half Acre until our return trlp, and right glad am I that we did o, All other things would have palled after the unapproachable beauty of Prlsmatic lake, at once 8o lovely and awful. Wordscan- not tell of the shimmering, evanescent tints which played upon its surface, and few would believe the brightness of its zones. It occuples an immense mcund of geyserine, probably of i‘s own creat- ing, and you approach it up a serles of slightly raised terraces, splashing through the overflow. Nearer the river, on the same mound, s the Clff Cauldron, shar- Ing attentlon with itsrival. 1t is plainly of more recent origin, having broken through the old deposits which walls it around on three sides. These wal of dazzling white and yellow, are crumbling, totterlng piecameal into the indigo depths. The following Informa- tlon is from the Hayden report: ‘‘Cliff Cauldron was long thought to be slmply a bolling spriog; subsequently it has been proven to be # most formidable gey- ser, in fact the greatest und most power- ful in the world. There seems to bs no eet perlod to its eruptlons, which when they occar ara of such force as to shake the surrounding earth.” There are other springs*which else- where would be of Interest, but In such company they recelve but little atten- tlen. Vale to the geysers! e ——— The Government ot Costa Kica, Correspondence of San Francisco Chronicle, The government of Costa Rica 1s like all of the Spanish-American countries—a republic in name, but a monarchy in fact. Every one of the rapublics 1s controlled either by an autocrat or a family, or a clique of politicians who have galned power and keep it with the sword. The people rather like that sort of govern- men, atleast they are contented with it, having known no better, and it ls such an improvement on tyrannys plunder and persecuilon, which their fathers endared under Spanish rule that they regard their more recent oppressors in the light ot bene factors. This applies not only to Costa Rlca, but to all the other republlcs as weil. They wili submit to a dictator and let him steal as much as he likes of gov- ernment money, provided he lets thelr person and property alone. Costa Rica got her freedom in 1821 without a strug- g\a. and therefore the people do not un- erstand nor appreciate the troe nature and value of political ltberty. Ths pow- er was at once usurped by persons of wealth and soclal influence, and they maintained it unt!l overthrown by other families of the tamo clrcumstances and ambition. The revolutions that so im- poverish other republics have not been frequent in Costa Rica; they have been only three or four slnce the disslpation of the Oentral Awerican confederacy, and all of them have taken place without much blocdshed; but the country has been kept poor by desperate financial op- erations more from the pecuniary benefit of the persons in power than the public good, The natlcnal debt §s now nearyly £20,- 000,000 and is owned in England, where the money was borrowed for the construc- tivn of rallways end other internal im- provements, but it is a notorious fact that but a small portion ever reached the actual object for which it was incurred. Commisions os high as from 12 to 24 per cent were pald to persons who had the influence to secure the loans, and every clerk under the government got his share of a divislon of the great part of it. When every frlend of the ruling power got all he wanted the remalnder was devoted to the coostruction of the railroad eeventy miles long, a second one twenty tix miles long, and two cartroads, one forty-two wiles and the other twenty-elght miles, The longer railroad cost $12,000,000, or nearly §170,000 a mile—at least, that is the amount of money borrowed and used 1n the constructlon of a track which ought to have cost not more than $20,000 per mile and could be replaced for that amount. The road s leased to a man by the name of Keith, from Brooklyn, who pays the government $100,000 & year for the use of it, and openly admits thaf he pockets a net profit of over $10,000 per month. But Mr, Keith Is solld with the government, having married a g| ter of the secratary of state and de facto prosident of the republic. The other railroad, twenty.six miles long, repro- sents an expendlture of over $0,000,000 and cost nearly $200,000 a mile, while it could be replaced for less than the other —from $15,000 to $18,000 per mile, It s sald the road ocost as much as if its ralls had been made of solld sllver. ——— Brewing in San Jose, Mr, Ernst A, Denick, proprletor Fred- erlcksburg Brewery Co., San Jore, Oal., writes that for rheumatlem snd other painful ailments St. Jacobs Oil is a re- markably eflicacious speclfic. e —— Lasting Impressions, Buffalo Courier, 1tis sald that General Grant, while under the influence of morphine, fights over all his battles, calling all his staff officers about him In his dreams, This {s natoral. The supreme moments of his em to come back inthe death agony and to a great eoldler the crisls of a bat- tle cannot be forgotten in twenty years of peace, The story 1s that Nepoleon on his death bed called out in his delirlum, ‘‘Tete d'armee.” Stonewall Jackson, feeeh trom the battle field, died with a call on his lips for A, P, Hill t> prepare for actlon; and Lee, though pursulng the peaceful oalling of a teacher at the time f his mortal {llness, passed away In the falve excitement of war, {ssuing an order | h to the same subordinate who had been killed April 2, 1866. No wonder then, that Grent fights all his battleslover, THE DAILY BEE--FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1885, SANTA FE'S EXTENSIONS. What This Line is Doingin the Far Of Pacific Regions, A Big Project for the Santa Fe in Case of War—Jay Gould's Plaos in Kan Denver Tribune-Republican, The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe has been rather pescefal in its methods sinoe last fall, when with the aid of the Bar- lington 1t scared the life out of the Trip- artite scheme and made the roads con- nected with that alliance withdraw and give It up. Bat It has not been asleep, and away down In the southwest it has been and {s now at work securing more and more business. In 1883 the loss on the operation of the Sonora divislon was 08,600, 1In 1884 that loss was reduced to $33,400, 1885 that division will doubtless show very good net earninge. Tho Santa Fe is bullding up a blg fruit traftic which comes off of the Sonora di- vislon aud extendsas far east as Chl. cago. It is claimed thst the Mexlcan frait Is superior to any other, and that Hermlelllo cranges, especially are of an excellent quality. The trads has grown largely in the past year, and glves promise of atill greater Increase. But tho thing that will probably condace more than any other to increase the traf- fic over the Sonora road, Is the fact that the Santa Fe has put on a ateamer from Gusymas to Mazatlan and other polnts on the coast. The steamer is called the *‘City of Topeka,” and was bullt express- ly for that trade. It has been running several months and its good effect upon the Santa Fe business is alroady percept- ible. Guaymas has one of the best har- bora on the west coast and south of it there are several places in Mexico of con- slderable commerclal importance, The trade between Guaymas and those places 1s suscoptible of great increase, but it needs to be worked up and developed. These places are fsolated and have had no and closs connection with the rest of the world. They have moved, if 11, but slowly In the last fifty years, and have about maintalned their relative import- ance. But the Infasion of Amerlcan en- terprise into their methods of doing busl- ness will glve them a new life. The steamer Oity of Topeka makes three trips doring each month, and 1t will build up the coast trade which is now so verysmall to a traffic of groat import- ance. THE SAN DIEGO LINE. The Atlantic & Pacific is now building a road from Daggett, a polnt west of the Needles, on its Mohave divlsion, to Colton, cn the Southern Paclfic. This line will connect at Coi- ton with the California Southern, which belongs practically to the Atchi- son, Topeka & Santa Fe. The Califor- nia Sonthern runs direct to San Diego, and, therofore, by the completion of the line from Daggett to Colton the Santa Fe system will be brongtt in communi- cation with the Paclfic coast at San Dlego. Thera are now bullding twe steamers for the Santa Fe, which that company will run between San Diego and San Fran- cleco, It fs expected that the steamors and the railroad wlll be finished in time for the overland travel of next fall. The harbor at San Diego is a very fine one, and it is thought that eventuslly the town will be a place of great importance. THE CHINA TRADE, The enterprise of the Santa Fe road does not stop at developing the coast trade of the Paclfic. 1t halta for a mo. ment only on the shore of the Western sea, while it looks beyond whera the Oc- cldent and Orlent meet and are blended into one. It eeeks to draw within the current of its influence that traflic of the east which comes by way of the west, and which is frelghted with the riches of the Indies. The Intentlon of the Santa Fe is to induce a company to put on lines of steamers from San Diego to Australia and Japan. An effort wiil then bo made to draw the trade away from San Fran- cisco, To do this, it will be necessary for the road to put the rail rates down very low. The traflic across the ocean ia vow, to a great extent, picked up at San Franclaco by ths clipper ships, and taken in them around the Horn to New York. Theso clipper sbips are s very important factor In the makiog of freight rates be- tween San Francisco and New York. They have very little expense to besr, and the water way is free, so that their greatest obetacle 18 time. Itis possible, though that they may meat another ob- staclo In the shapo of Russlan gunr. They sall now under the English flag. 1f war breaks out between Russia and England, theso clippers will be subject to attack and capture by Russls, and thelr greatest safety will “be found fn staylog at home in English waters, The war would probably held the overland business, for there are few but English ships engaged in the ocean traffic. RUSSIA'S MARITIME OUTLEYXS, The Story of Her Attempts to Reach the Mediterranesan and the Persian Gulf. New York Herald, ‘Whatever the rights or wrongs of the Afghan “'sandbox” dispute bétween Rus- sia and Englaud, it s certainly Interest: fog to glance at Russia’s unceasing and 80 far fruitless attempts to get fre proach to the ocean on the southern con- fines of her empire. In thenorth she has the Baltic, which {s, however, closed up for alx months in ths yoar Un the uhores of the Weet ra Pacific, indeed, she domi- nates the whole stretch of the Asiatic coast from the (7th to the 43d degrees of north latitude, while she has skiliully rounded off her possesslon In that quarter of the globe by obtainiug from Japan, in 1875, the ccesion of the eouthern half of the large island of Sag- hallen, There Russis 1s perfectly sat fied, possessiog harbors which can hardly be surpissad, thsir value belng enbanced by the existeuce in their immediste nelghbirhood of coal of excellent qual- ity. “Eoglacd,” as the German Militar Wochenb'stt points out, *“has no such advantsgeous base for marltime opera- tlons io Hastern Asfatlc waters. With her peculiuly practical and seamanlike instinct, she has by some means or other oblalped posression In every sea of strong p-iots well adapted for bases of naval operatlons; but in the Eastern Aslatic ocean there 1s & gap In this & gap i this syatew, and of tais gap the Rus- sisns wlil not, we may be certaia, fall to take advantsge when the occasion arlees.” THE GATEWAY TO THE BLAOK SEA, But In the south the Russian ‘‘Coloss” a8 striven in vain for centurles to secure free and uorestricted connection with the ocean, The entrance to the Black sea is commanded by Turklsh batterles on the sphorus,past which her war ships are forbldden to pass, To open up thisroute free to the ocean, or to galn complete maatery of it, has been and poesibly Isf_ now Russia's never-resting alm. On the other hand, it has been the constant en- deavor of England to oppose the accom- plishment of Russia’s plans In this direc: tlon, This thwarting of her aims by Eogland has long been resented by Rusein. Before the cutting throngh of the Isthmus of Suez, when Englana was talking of & land route and a railroad to India via Asla Minor, the postession of Constantinople by a hoatlle power wonld have been a constant menace to her connectlon with her Indian emplre. Con- stantinople {s no longer considered by English statesmen as thg key to the route from Indls, through the old watch- word—Constantinople the key to India— was still upheld by the Tory ministry as late as 1877 and led to the sending of the British fleet to Besika bay by Beacons- field just before the conclusion of the treaty of San Stefano. Itis a remarka- ble Instance of the stralghtforwardnees of British diplomacy, that at a time when Rossla, by the conquest of Khiva, had advanced 8o near to the northern bound- ary of Hindoostan that the attitude of the ameer of Afghanistan was alone de- clsive for the safety of England’s Indian emplre, while Rutsia was proceeding by short but sure steps through central Asla toward the Hindoo Koosh, Sir Hen- ry Layard, the Britlsh ambassador In Constantlnople, believed that a swarm of Cossacks, nearing the Golden Horn, ac- tually threatened the exlstence of Indla. What a desperate insight this is into the much belauded diplomacy of Lord Bea- consfield, for while the British men-ot- war wero gallavanting sround in Besika bay the Russians were actually within striking distance of India. THE KEY TO INDIA, Gradually England herseli has come to pay less attention to the value of Con- atantinople as a eafety to her route to Indla. Ever now, when Ruesia is en. deavoring to galn Tarkey as her ally, British statesmen are not so terrified as they were in tho days of Palmerston, or even Beacousfield. Having secared Oy- prue, which was to have been the guar- dian of the startlng point on the pro- jected Euphrates valley route to India, Constantinople had no longer the value that It once had for British statesmen. And with the protectorate of Hgypt (which 1t is conjectured that England will obtain from the sultan tn exchange fcr the return of Cyprus) and the com. mand of the Suez canal, her route to Indis is taken far away from the Golden Horn. Eogland has not the same inter- est as of yore in the Dardanelles being in the hands of Turkey; indeed, other great powers have a far greater In them. COUNCIL BLUFFS, ADDITIONAL LOCAL. PERSONAL, Mre, O, M. Engle is visitivg relatives in Nebraska. Henry C. Kohlsast, of Chicago, wan at Bechtele's yesterday. Col. John Fox has returned from Dakota, where he went to look after his landed inter- osts, He says it ia all nonsense about his hav 1ng been appointed sherlff of that county, he having just gone on a brief business trip. H. E, Seaman and family left last evening for the east, where they will make their home, he having arranged to go into business in New York city. Mr. Seaman has been_one of Oouncil Bluffs’ best business men, and his re moval i to be regretted by all, and he and his family leave many friends here, who will be glad to hear of their continued prosperity, and ever ready to welcome them back. MINISTER PF NDLETON'S AUOTION A Gala Day at Clifton, and Beauty and Grace Do the Bildding, —— On last Friday, in the baautiful sab- urb of Clifton, were enacted the closing scenes which result In depriving Olncln- natl of the citizenship of the Hon. George H. Pendletcn, The day was a dissgroea- ble one, but the announcement of an auction rale of the housshold property of George H. Pendleton, at his late real- dence, was suflicient to draw an assem- blage that rlvalled in grace, beauty and wealth, if not in nun ber, that often seen in the brilifant concert room. Not only dld Clifton turn out in force, but Mount Auburn, Walnut Hills and the very heart of the city hed represcntatives of the best soctety. The kitchen machinery being dlsposed of, the voica of the auctioneer In the dining room brought throngs from all patts of the house, until there was no longer standing room in the apaclous apartment, The door way was filled, and far back into the hall were crowded eager faces which had to be satlsfied with an occaslonal glimpse. Inthis room wero stored in great varlety and beauty the articles most coveted. The bidding would have de- lighted the heart and exhllarated the spirlts of the dullest auctloneer that ever sold a farthing's worth. “Did I get that?” sald one fair Cali- foraian. ‘“No,"” eald an answer over in the cor- ner. *‘I made the last offer.” “*Who,” called the auctioneer, $15.80 for this tete-a-tete set?” A flutter of excitement and two an- swers. “Idid,” from a different part of the room. “Well, well; that's too bad. “‘bid We will Besides, the danger to England's|y,cq to gell this over again.” Indfan emplre s now transferred (" A heautiful set of ‘‘coffecs” was at one to Central Asia. As & recent time the object of great rivalry. Bids were sollclted for a single cup and saucer, it belng underatood by those who were paying attentlon thst the purchaser should take the set. There was no effort whatever required to get the price up {nlo the neighborhood of $2 and the bid- ding was still lively. By thls time a lady of Clifton, who had probably been gosslping, or, at any rate, who was not jast then giving atten- tlon to the eale, becams interestad. She understood that bids were being mado for tho ret; and no doubt thinking that it was golng at a dreadful eacrifice and that she would get a great bargain, joined the ranks of the bidders with considerable Interest. What must have been her surprise when the auctloneer rovealed to her that in- stead of buyiog the entire set for §2 she had obtained 1t at a coet of about eleven this point: ‘“The sphere of the struggle is transferred to more distant reglons. Tar- key is no longer the dividing line between Europe and Asla, The political necessity of expaneion bas opened new avenues. The contest of Earopean interests has baen transferred further to the east. Dif- ferences which fifty yearssgowers fought out in the Balkans ara now fought out in the valleys of the Hindco Koosh. In Af- ghanistan the two great rival powers must eventually come to blows. Perhaps the febled fight of the bear and the shark will be fougnt out at the mouth of the Indus.” THE CONTEST FOR THE PERSIAN GULF. The same writer goes on in an interest- ing way to show that the sim of Russia in Central Asia is not 8o much to menace or to Invade Indla as to get possession of o cosst llne on the Arabian| i erthat sum, sea. Wo glve placs to his deduc-| 4 yof of ale glasees, boarlng evidence tion: “For generatlons,” he mays, of their Parisian origin in the letter N, above which was an engraved crown, was the occaslon of a splrited contest be- tween a gentleman and a lady, The price reached nearly $2 a piece, when the gentleman withdrew and the lady carried off the prize, Darlog the eale of another deslrable “Russla has been striving for maratime egress. An Immenee empire without a singlo unrestrioted connection with the ocesn! * * * The exit from the Black sea Into the Meditteranean is com- manded by Turkieh batteries on the Bosphorus. This striving to carve for herself a pathway to a free ocean coast P | Mahmood, sr.icle a venerable gentlemsn was called upon by a frlend who stood near him to bid for her. There were other partics wanting very much the same thing. The raco was likely to tire them all out, when the opposing parties became silent, In & moment the gentleman, turning to his friend, raid: “Why, Mra. B, I have been bldding against my daughters all this time and didn’t know it.” There wero explanations, an immediate reconciliation, and the good friend in- sls'ed that the girls should have the coveted thing. The dining-room farpiture was much Jonger In being disposed of then In any other part of the house, and perhaps was the moat sought after. Next in demand after this was the Buhl furniture, There were @bles in many designe, stands and wrlting desks, all of which brought large sums, The tables were sold for between $60and $70. Many pleces ot old and rare farnlture were bought by relatives of the family. An old solld mahogany library table, not Included in the above purchases, was sold for §50, A mantel mirror cracked down the center was eagerly sought for, The seam was hidden by a beautifully-painted spray of Virginia creepers in full bloom. ‘While msny articles “‘went for a song,” there were many others that sold for more than thelr intrinslc value, and so the sale was doubtless financially satie- faotory. — —— 1he Irish Fisheries, Notwithatandiog Ireland possesses a source of Inexhaustible wealth in the fish eries along 1ts entire cosst, the people are indifferent and negligent In ita develop ment although there are plenty of nat- ural harbors and England offers an excel- lent market. The Irlsh do not seem to take to the water, In this respect differ- Ing much from the English and Scotch races, Only about 5,000 boats are en- gaged in the Irish fishing Industry, while Beotland with a much smaller coast line, has 16,294 boats which glve employment to 64,480 fishermen, curers, and coopers, and to 47,622 othe A visit to an Irlsh fishing village, 1t 1 d, lsaa s general rule, very displriting. The boats are nesrly all old, patched, and worm eaten, aod the salls are most dilspldated, The men lounge around, lacking sll energy, and evidently posseasiug no care or thougt beyond the passing moment. The cottazes, or huts rather, sra tumble-down affalrs, and squalor, poverty and listlessness stare one at on every tide, There is none of that sparkle, bustle and actlvity which characterlzes any thriving Ncotch or English s2aport village, however humble, and everything seems wornout and de- pressed, works in Rustia with the might of a chained up elementary power. And it Increases in Intensity in the same degrae as the interior ¢ the various parts of the empire is made capabls of produc- tion by railroads, and Rueslan trade is looking for markets, As soon as Rus. sla’s Asiatic possessions are connected by raflroad with her European system—and the day s not far distant—a highway to eome southerly coast becomes a law of necessity which no power can resfs® obey- ing in the long ruo. This pressure to reach the ozean is the leading motlve of all the events that have taken place in Central Asia, It charasterizes the direction which the Russian advance must take, and it only needs a single glance at the chart to be con- vinced that all the expeaitions up to this time have been carried cut in ascordance with a well lald plan. The territories etill dividing Russla in Central Asia from the ocean are Afghanstan and Belooohistan, and through thes> lands Russia muet eventually reach the ocean,” RUSSIA AND THE BOSPHORUS, That is according to the writer above n oted and some Russian authorities, the im of Russia in Afghanstan at the present time, As for the question of Constantinople, Ruesia, in the event of a general war, may endeavor to get poe- sesslon of the city and command the gate- way to the Black sea herself, or, if she secures Turkey for an ally, content her- self with gettiog the unrestricted naviga- tlon of the stralts for her war ships, as was the cass in the days of the Great 1t is reported that in the re- cent diplomatic Intercourse between St. Petersburg and the porte the sultan Is alwaya referred to as the grandson of the Great Mahmood, the frlend of Russla, whose throne wss siwed by her, aud hints have been broadly thrown out that under cer- taln clrcumstances the czar would guar- antee Turkey a long lease of exlstence in retarn for favors received. Tarkey, it Is true, bears rescntment for the sufforln, caused in the past by Russia, but to this Ruesla replies in a way that carrles a cer- tsia amount of convlotlon, Why did you not stand by the treaty of *‘Unklar skel- lessl?’ This treaty was a szcret compact between Mahmood and the Czar Nicho- Jas glviog solely to the Russlans the free- dom of the stralts as & reward for her ser- vices in driving back the Egyptlan army, which, under lbrahim Pasba, the warlike son of Mehemet Ali, was threatening Constantinop'e. Rutsla has been com pelled to do all she bas done, sultan 18 told, be 9 ‘‘your predecassors fool: ishly departed from the policy of the grest Mahmood, Imitate g example, urant agaln that which he gave so willing- ly to cement his friendehip with Ru:sla, and trust to the power of the czar to maintain your throne against all Europas,” ———— Ed Hildebrandt, night clerk at the Randall house, Beatrice, has been arrested for burg- lary in Tllincis' two years ago. 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