Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 6, 1887, Page 4

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Femm, Notary Publie. ———— ‘Tiie Missouri Pacific railroad, it would seem, is bringing up a syndicate of boodlers equal in extent of action to that practiced by the king boodler himself— Mr. Jay Gould SHERIFF MATSON will not be compelled to wait on the outside while Mr. McGar- 1gle’s seven associates are given baths. There 1s some difference in administering a bath at Jolict from that sometimes in- dulged in at Chicago. — Is there no way to bring about the re- placing of the wretched sidewalks on our princlpal business streets? Does tt stand to reason thut the owner of a busi- ness lot, worth from $10,000 to $30,000 cannot afford to pay for a decent side- walk? Faryer Harvy HoLLowy, the owner of the alleged steamer Manawa, may possibly possess sufficient intellect to pilot a side hill plow or a patent hay press, but it is evident he has no business with a piece of machinery where it re- quires more than horse sense to man- age it. Tie Manawa disaster has brought out the fact that neither of the steamers ply- ingon the lake had complied with the law in either being registered or licenses being granted to any of the engincers. The illfated steamer Manawa seems to have been run after the style of operat- ing a cider mill—with a lazy man and a boy. IN future when passengers go uvon any of the Lake Manawa steamers let them before paying their fares see that the crafts are rogistered and the en- gincers suppliod with o liconse. Author- ity of this kind on safe vessels is to be fouud hanging in conspicuous places about the boat. None are gentuine with- out them. 4 Mg. Grapy, oditor of the Atlanta Con- stitution, is ac of vice presidential asprations, Mr. Grady is a good editor and he understands newspaver work so well that it would be foolish for hin to strike off on a tangent from his well known orbit. He made some reputation a8 a spouker when he came north some time ago, butthat is no reason why he should be vice president any more than that Chauncy Depew should be president because he is a good after dinner: orator. PromiTioN 1 lowa has not dimin- ished drunkenuess in that state as far as can be observed with the naked eye, but it has succeeded in producing a general depression in business, In the city of Des Moines there were 1,700 unoccupiod buildings the lastof June. One thousand workmen have left the city in search of employment elsewhere. ¥ormerly liquor was sold in sixty saloons from which u revenue of £60,000 was derived, 1i is now dispensed illegitimately in two hundred places. High license with local option is the most effective method of treatment of the liquor problem. A ¥EW W go Mr. D. O. Sinch, United States districtattorney for the state of Iowa, had his attention called to the fact that the owners of the Lake Manawa steamers were not complying with the law in having their vessels registered and the engincers licensed, He was asked to see that the law was respected, but it is said he took no notice of it and allowed the lawle steambont owners and managers to operate their wash tubs, and place human life in deadly peril. Now would be a good time for the district at- torney to resign and let some one be ap- pointed in his place who will be willing to perform a service for the good of the publie, whether it be strictly a part of his aflicial duty or not. SEVEN out of the eleven convicted boodlers in Chicago will be given a two years' term each in the penitentiary at Joliet, while the remaining four will be punished by a fine of $1,000 each. The brave and courageous Colonel William Johnson MecGarigle, until recently a prominent and influential citizen of the windy city, can, if he so eleots, announce himself as a candidate for a seat in the Canadian parliament. If eleoted it would be equalizing things and m the na- ture of poetic justice. If Colonel Me- Garigle possesses the bright intellect Sherift Matson says he does, there is notn. ing to prevent his becoming the queen's minster of tinance for the Dom:nion, The Resultin Texas, The defeat of prohibition in Texas is far more complete than any but the most sanguine of its opponents had expected, and must prove exceedingly dishearten= ing to the zealous and hopeful laborers in that cause who believed, upon what appeared to be good grounds, that vic- would erown their efforts. ‘The ma- jority against the amendment may reach fifty thousand, but if 1t is ouly halt that number the defeat is signal after such a campaign as the prohibitionists waged, with some of the ablest men of the state, regardless of their politioal afliliations, marshaled on their side. It was one of those supreme struggles which in- volve in large degree the very vitality and future hope of the aggressive party, and while it must not be supposed that prohibition will cease to live and hope in Texas, the cause has received a check from which it will not speedily recover, and its future efforts will be confronted by greater dif- ficulties. The thoroughly earnest de- votees of the cause will doubtless remain faithful and continue to labor for it with undiminished zeal, but there are thous- ands who have been drawn to its support by one influence and another, quite inde- pendent of any real faith or conviction, who will withdraw from the alliance, not to be again easily induced to enter into it. Thus the strenzth of prohibition as shown in the voting will be very ma- terially reduced, with the proba- bilities against 1t being able to replace those who mnow fall out of line by pew accessions. Were prohibition accomplishing what s claimed for it in localities where it pre- vails and has been given a fair trial, one defest would not be serious. But the ar- gument of experience and indisputable facts is most forcibly on the side of the opposition that prohibition does not pro= hibit, and its effect upon the popular mind is likely to be increased by defeat. A great many people who were not un- willing that the experiment should be tried will not regret the failure when re- minded that its trial elsewhere has proved wholly unsatisfactory, and all such will have no furthes interest on behalf of the cause. For these and other obyious reasons the de- feat of prohibition in Texas is likely to prove well nigh disastrous to the cause in that state, and very damaging to it in the other southern states where it is being aggressively pushed. A variety of reasons for the defeat will not be wanting. Very likely the colored voters, who had the balance of power, were more, susceptible to the opposition than to the prohibition influence. There was undoubtedly a great deal of money used at the last moment, and it is to be supposed that the anti-prohibitionists knew where and how to employ it to the best advantage. Itis not unlikely, also, that the letter of Jeff Davis, which was freely hawked about by the anti-prohibitionists, ex- erted a very conciderable influence. Senator Reagan became less hopeful after the appearance of this letter, which he said would cost the cause many thou- sand votes. It will doubtless be claimed by the prohibitionists that this was one of the most eftective influencee against them. But explanations, however plaus- ible, will really do little toward relieving the defeat of consequences which will put very formidable obstructions in the way of future prohibition efforts in Texas, —— The Virginia Democrats. The democrats of Virginia held their convention on Thursday and the result shows that 1n some respects the party in that state has not made any progress. It has certainly not become more honest, as was demonstrated by its endorsement of the policy regarding the state's obliga- tions, which have brought Virginia into world-wide disrepute and been judicially condemned. A party that stands by a policy of partial repudiation might be ex- pected to demand that the nation shall compensate Virgima for its conces- sions of territory to the federal government and for the dismem- berment of 1ts own territory, but it is hardly conceivable that even a democratie congress would give serious attenution to such a demand from such a source. The campaign in Virgina this year in- volves several considerations that give it rather more than ordinary interest. The legislature to be chosen wiil elect a suc- cessor to United States Senator Riddle- berger, and there is perhaps no one who will question that a change in that re- spect is desirable, no matter who shall succeed him. Mahone would like to do 80, but there are not a great many who would welcome his success, and the greatest danger to the republican cause in Virginia is the fact that the party is largely in the control of Mabone. There is no question that he is an exceedingly adroit and skillful political manager, but undoubtedly the Virginia republicans would have & much better chance of suc- cess if they had less skill in machine management and more character behind them. It has been demonstrated that the state offers most promising fighting ground for the republicans, and with leaders having a claim to the confidence and respect of the people there might be good reason to hope for democratic de- feat. As itis, however, the odds are against the republicans, i a straight fight between the two partics, and unless some unlooked for change shall come Virgunia will doubtless again be found in the domocratic column, "ood Adulteration. An eastern society for the prevention of food adulteration recently, issued a circular in which are named thirty-five mineral substances which are more or less poisonous, commonly used in cheap baking. Not one of these is a food con- stituent. Four of thom have a basis of lead, tive contain arsenic, three mercury, four copper, two zine, and three Prus- sian blue. It is no wonder thatnew forms of disease apvear which pu zzle physicians; no wonder that dyspepsia is obtaining such a grip on the rising gen- eration. Our adulterated foods, together with the present methods of professional baking and cooking, are slowly poison- ing a large proportion of the people, This fact must become an important factor in future cases of sus- pected willful poisoning. Hitherto 1t has usually been considered suflicient evidence of foul play when traces of arsenic or other poisons have been dis- covered 1n the organs of the supposed victims. How can it be determined that the poison may not be. an aecumulation THE OMAHA DAILY BER: SATURDAY, AUGUST 6. 1887. of their daily food where the unscrup- ulous caterer or vender may be the real culprit? The fact that our food is largely poisoned must shake the tests of science in medical jurisprudence. It is time to do something to stop this health-destroy- ingevil. If adulterated foods are out- lawed, if a decided legal curb is put upon the use of poisonous minerals iu cooking and baking, the evil must nee- essarily be lessened and in time approxi- mately stamped out. He 1s Unhappy. Boodler McGarigle's life in Canada so far has not been a happy one. His dread of the penitentiary is almost as great as the perversion of his moral nature and the way he is dodging about from one Canadian bush to another is enongh to make a statue of justice dizzy. In most roports of him so far he is described as having his eyes full of tears. Analyzed, these would no doubt be found to be a mixture of haro and crocodile tears. He wants to go back. He has written a let- ter to one of the Chicago papersin which he says he is anxious to roturn providing some kind of settlement can be made. This does not include & set- tlement with outraged justice from his point of view. McGarigle also describes his trip up the lake. He re- garded it as a sorrowful one but as pleas- ant as could be expected under the cir- cumstances. He seems to hint in a whin- ing sort of way that if he had not been confined in jail the way he was, he would not have come away as he did. He has a very decided objeetion to confinement in a juil. He reiterates this statoment so that there shall be no chance of a misun- derstanding on that point. He will not consent to die in jail or in the peniten- tiary. But how much better 1t would have been for him had he allowed his re- pugnance to captivity to have influenced his actions while he was yet a free agent. Hold Them Down To Business. A great blunder was committed when the council granted franchises to half a dozen corporations to builld horse car lines, eable and motor railroads through the principal streets of Omaha without specific restrictions as to the territory which each of these roads is to occupy,or the limit within which construction shall begin aud terminate. The result of this bunghng and indiscriminate method of granting rights-of-way to street railroads is now manifest. Nearly every company that has a tranchise is trying to way-lay and blockake every other company that has the remotest design to build or ex- tend through any particular thorough- fare. Streets are torn up at midnight and & section of track laid down at every important crossing with no other end in view than to circum- vent, annoy and impede the rival line or lines which are constructing tracks on any other part of the street. In some in- stances this midaight and Sunday enter- prise is nothing more or less than an at- tempt to blackmail or compel concessions and consolidations. This state ot affairs has become a great nuisance to our citizens and tends to re- tard if hot prevent the building of street railways between traflic centers and sub- urbs that are sadly in want of rapid tran- sit. This is notably true with regard to South Omaha. The travel and traflic this city and South Omaha is growing very rapidly. It is safe to predict that within less than two years at least 10,000 people will live in South Omaha. The Armour and Swift vacking houses alone will employ fully 1,000 men. The commerce of South Omaha is already enormous, Our eciti- zons and those of South Omaha want rapid and conyenient transit. They do not care who builds the road providing 1t is constructed for active service rather than mere speculation. What our eiti- zens want now 15 a well ballasted and safe roadway with motors that will make regular and frequent trips between the business centre of Omaha and the stock yards., They have no sympathy with any effort that blocks the construction of a direct line by laying a few rails at random in var- ous stroots, whici have no connection with any terminus. The council must take this matter in hand and, if possible, require each road to build a continuous line within reason- able time. We want competition in local railway , but there should be proper re- straint against tearing up and blockad- ing streets unless it is done in good faith for the building of a continuous line. Tue council keeps right on ordering more gas lamps at $34 a year, and more fire hydrants at $60 a year. regardless of the enormous increase of the gas bills and water rentals, If this reckless in- crease of expense is not checked, or a material reduction of gas bills and hy- drant rental 1s secured,we shall soon roll up a debt into the hundreds of thou- sands. The council has the authority to revise its contracts and reduce the gas and water rates to a reasonable min- imum. But they have no time to attend to this trifling matter—because Seavey 1s chief of police, TrE Republican has for several days sought to force a controve with this paper over toe official advertising in- junction suit which is pending in the district court. We shall be pleased to ac- commodate our neighbor just as soon as Judge Wakeley has rendered a decision, Meanwhile we advise the tricksters who have railroaded the job through the council to keep cool. Mr. Potter's broom still keeps up a dense dust in Union Pacific headquarters, It is is only a question whether the broom 15 cleaning the dirtiest corners. The dev- iltry and waste of past managements have not all been caused by the victims of retrenchment. Possibly Mr. Potter’s broom wiil strike the right spot before it it is put away. St. Josern is very much agitated over the discovery that that cify is paying more for paving and sewer construction than is paid by Omaha and Council Blufls for the same class of work. Boodlers! —e Tue Moynihan night watch 18 not wanted by the merchants, bankers and manufacturers of Omaha; that is mor- ally certain. If they do not want it, why should their representatives in the coun- cil persist in foisting it upon them? ———— THE oouncii is a representative of the peopie only when it honestly and faith- fully. represents = thewr interests snd wishes. The aitempts to further per- ' koff is dead, but the spimt he infused sonal schemas and redress the real or im- agined grievances,of Hascall, Ford and Bechel are not supported by public sen- timent. The man at Munawa who would not grant the use of his sefne to drag thelake for the bodies ot the drowned for less than $50 is a splendid specimen of man- hood that should be driven out of the country. The contrast between this autocrat and the poor Wright family who did overything they could for the drowned and suffering and declined tak- ing any compensation is something truly beautiful to behold. Ir the thugs of hack drivers over at Council Bluffs who attempted to rob and extort from the unfortunate persons who were caught in the Manawa disaster, were thrown into the middle of the Iake with mill stones about their necks, they would receive about the kind of treat- ment they deserve, —_— Other Lands Than Ours. The Parnellites having decided to offer no obstruction during the revort stage to the land bill, that proceeding was gone through with without any incidents of unusual interest. [tis expected that par- liament will be prorogued on the 25th of this month. The most interesting fact of the week in British politics was the elec- tion of the liberal candidate, Sir George Trevelyan, in Glasgow. The conserva- tives have experienced several serious defeats of late 1n the by-elections, but the election in Glasgow was the first contest between a follower of Mr. Gladstone and a follower of Lord Hartington and Mr. Chamberlain. The result is an increase of the majority for the Gladstonian of 500 in a total vote increased by only 70. Very serious signiicance 18 attached to this result by all patties in England, and the significance is perhaps the greater be- cause Sir George Trevelyan is in a man- ner a rencgade from the unionist party. Itis not denied that the greatest efforts possible were made by the unionists and tories to cut down the majority. The failure of these efforts show that liberal unionism has been as much wenkened as toryism since the members of the present house of commons were chosen, The showing will suffice to temper the rigor of Lord Salisbury’s lrish policy with a larger measure of discretion than has ac- companied 1t heretofore. Indeed the ministerialists are roported to admit that a modification of the government's Irish policy is probable under this con- clusive proof of the spread of Gladston- innism. The sectipn of the conservative party which was pressing tho cabinet to proclaim the National league was on the vergo of success, but it is thought that the efforts of thede conservauves will now be ieffectual and that all the efforts of the government toward coercion will be relaxed. It isalso believed that an- other result will ba that Mr. Gladstone will be more chary of promising con- cessions to the liberal-unionists, and will rather seek a consolidated alhance with the Parnellites, who have been “be- coming uneasy and dissatistied since the ex-premicer's speoeh loaving it an open question as to the separation of Ulster from the rest of Ireland. Two days after the election the Pall Mall (azelle announced a home rule plan said to have been agreed upon at a round-table con- ference and approved by unionist and liberal leaders, which has created a good deal of interest. It provides among other things that Ireland shall have n national legislature and exccutive and repr tatives in the imperial parlia- ment, The published plan would be a long step i the direction of home rule, though falling somewhat short of the demands of lrish ieaders. All the Indications are certainly much more favorable to Ireland. ' The peaccful, yet persistent and ag- gressive, trade conflict between Germany and Russia shows no abatement. Itisa contest of y great interest, not only because of its immediate effects upon the commerce and financial condition of the two countries, but by reason of the re sults possible to flow trom it. It was promised by Russia that her war on Ger- man commerce should cease, but the as- surance of her ambassador has not been respected, and fresh measures have either been put in operation or are impendin The Gern attack on Rus- sian securities that ceased for a time was renewed as soon as it was discovered that Russia was, as usual, plaving false, and the result has been disastrous to these securities. On the part of the Rus- government a commission has been appointed to inquire about certain for- eign companies that own tactories in the western provinee and it 1s expected that these factories will be closed, 1t is predicted that German comme trav- elers doing business in Russia will be heavily taxed. The sole purpose of this movement is believed to be to extirpate the German traders and people in the Baltic and western provinces. Another interesting incident of the conflict is the fact that in the city of Darnstadt all trus- tees of orphan estates have been sum- moned to m a starement to the courts of the amount and kind of Russian securities held by them. This suggests ghat the crusade on the part of Germany has a decper sig- nificance than mere getaliation for the anti-German commergial decree of Rus- sia. It is argued that Germany can have no interest in depreciating the property of German citizens, and it is no good re- tort to Russian decrddp which have in- licted loss upon Getman manufacturers to inflict further losses upon German bondholde The belief is now gener- erally entertained that Russia is secking to negotiate a war loan in Paris for pur- poses more or less opposed to German interests, and that the-attacks upon her credit in Berlin are intended to frustrate this purpose. If this is Bismarck’s aim, it has been 8o far successful that it has brought upon the Paris bourse an ava- lanche of Russian securities from both Berlin and London, and has glutted the market in advance of the new loan. Any Freuch investor who wants Kussians can gel them at lower rates than the new loan was intended to be offered at. It is reported that theGGerman government will propose legislation looking to the absolute xclusion of all Russian loans from the German markets, and also a retaliatory fiscal policy. Itisnot to be supposed that Russia will fail to meet such a policy by a similar line of action, The inevi effect of a conflict of this character will be o aggravate the unfriendly feeling, with a strong probability of leading to s more serious condition of affairs. Kat- into the government of Russia survives him, w" The plan of making Paris a seaport is believed to have had much to do with the action of the French parliament in appropriating $25,000,000 to be expended in improving the Seine at its mouth. For many years it has been the desire of France to deepen the Seine from its mouth to Paris, so as to ad:wnit ships of the deepest draught of water to the very walls of the great capital, and thereby practically making it a seaport. It was brought up for discussion several times, before the deputies, but the idea was dropped because of the immense expen- diture such a plan entailed. 1t had not been revived, until this appropriation made, when the French papers looked upon it as being one of a series of installments which would be made from time to time, and thereby render the plan feasible, while not overburdening the people, The engineers calealated that it wouid cost at least $100,000,000. ** J There are mal vmptoms of an ap- proaching reconciliation between the quir- inal and the vatican. Thus King Hum- bert has just conferred the highest order, that of Saint Annunziata, which renders the possessor *‘cousin of the Kking,” on the Archbishop of Milan, Luigi Nazari di Calabiano, a faithful adherent of the house of Savoy, who has since 1818 been senator of the empire, and who onite ¢ ated somewhat of a sensation in clerical circles by celebrating a Te Deum in honor of the recovery of Victor Emman- uel. The pope, on his part, will soon proclaim the canomzation of the late Queen Christine, of Naples wife of Fer- dinand 1I of Naples (Re Bomba), in order, it is said, to please Queen Marg herita, who is a great admirer of the vir- tues of that unhappy woman. Altogether the queen of Italy is by no means free from popish leanings. She has never, as is commonly believed, been excommuni- cated, as was her royal husband, and has made it a practice to visit St. Peter's at least once a year. The clerical papers have lately made a good deal of capital out of the fact that during her visit in Genoa she kissed the episcopal ring on the hand of the :u‘chhli.-)lmn. *"x The statement that Prince Ferdinand is to go to Sofia in August to take the oath of oftice as ruler of Bulgaria need not be accepted with entire confidence. He must be contirmed by the sultan, with the consent of the powers that signed the treaty ot Berlin, before he can be a lawful ruler. Russiais known to have withheld her consent, and France is be- heved to have also refused to accent Prince Ferdinand, on the ground that Roumelian delegates were permitted to vote for him, which is substantially Rus- sia’s ound. Russia is determined that the union of Bulgaria and Eastern Rou- melia, effected under Prince Alexander, shull be undone. Or least it suits her to take that ground at present. Accord- ingly, until some change is effected in Russian sentiment, Prince Ferdinand is i y to lead a safer as well as easier life at home among lus collections of curiosi- ties and his jewelry, than at Sofin, ex- posed to the intrigues that proved fatal to Prince Alexunder, intrepid and sol- dierly as he was. e The Chinese government, under the liberalizing influence of the new regime of the young emperor, has adopted a curious and significant scheme of getting at the bottom facts about civilization outside the flowery empire. A dozen distinguished young scholars will be se- lected upon competitive examination, in which the chief test will be ability to de- seribe and apprehend the meaning of novel things, and they will be sent abroad for two years to study foreign countries. Each will got a salary of $230 2 month and $30 for an interpreter and all their traveling expenses. Each will follow a particular bent in working up things he knows the most about. Monthly reports on topography, ethno- y ce, habits, morality, in- dustr] armament, political institutions, ete., will be forwarded to Pekin. At the end of two years the services of each wil be utihzed in the Chinese government in such department as he studied to the most advantage, and those who huve done best will get ennobled, Twent » Ireland had 428 mil d; now she has 2,575, The earni of railronds have increased that tune from §2,000,000 to §13,790,000, The number of hools and pupils in- ereased in still greater rates in the same veriod of time. Irish savings’ banks held #80,000,000 of deposits in 1852, and $170,- 000,000 in 1885, These statistics would indicate that the condition of the people has undoubtedly improved within the period named, But this apparent pros- perity does not keep the [rvish from emi- grating. Irish tenants are being evicted, and Irish familics « coming over to America i spite of the improved condi- tion of the body of the people. There is something wrong in the government of a country when outward evidence of pros- perity fails to reconcile a people to life in the country of their birth, Francis Joseph Of Austria, who, as usual, spends part of the summer at Isenl, leads there, as 1n Vienna, a life of great simplicity. He rises at 4 o'clock in the morning and takes a long walk in the mountuns. At half-past 7 he returns for breakfast, which consists of a cup of cof- fee with very little cream. Until 30’clock he is busy with state aflairs; then dinner 15 served, consisting of soup, boiled beef and some roast. He takes no wine with it. After dinner be rides out or calls on some of the distinguished summor guests of Ischl, At 8 o'clock cold tea is served, and at 9 the emperor invariably retires. **e Tie rumors that the queen was certain to do something for Prince Louis of Bat- tenberg, who married her favorite daughter, have been confirmed by his appointment as commander of the big- gest iron-clad in the Britisb navy, This appointment is as absurd as anything that Gilbert ever conceived, but it can- not fail to have an evil influence on Bri ish naval officers. When, after long and faithful service good men see titled in competents placed above them, they are apt to lose devotion to their profession The enemies of England must rejoice to see 50 colossal a blunder as this. FORTUN W. G. Pennybacker, the barrelmaker, is worth 83,000,000, Max Weil, who is rated at §8,090,000, is AND MISFORTUNE. Phitadelphia sald to be the richest of the forty Jew mils lionaires in New York. ‘The late Charles T. Parry, of Philadelphia, left an estate valued at over §1,000,000. It was willed to his wife and children. The land on which stands the hand some mansion of Mrs, Joshua Lippincott, of Phil- adelphia, was purchased thirty years ago for $110,000. It 1s now valued at 500,000, Ex-Congressman Le Fevbo wets $20,000 a year looking after the railwav and other In- terests of Calvin Brice and Sam Thowas in New York. Miss Annfe Thomas, of Billinzs, Mont,, is the busiest woman in that busy territory. She conducts a 6,000-acre ranch, looks after val- uable timber property, and has an Interest in two paying mines near Butte City. Four rich young Chicagoans own ocean yatehts, Roland Nickersen, who wiil some day possess $5,000,000, has just bought a yacht at New London. Will Armour has paid §25,000 for a keel sloop,in which he will crulse about Watch Hill. Hobart Taylor, one of the richest youngsters in Chicago, 18 also owner of a handsomo yacht. Arthur Ryerson bought one last year, and has not yet grown tired of it. May Sharpsteen is a little girl of seven who is heiress to $1,000,000, She inherits the money from her late father, who was a member of the wealthy firm of Arnold, Con- stable & Co,, of this city. Miss Sharpsteen narrowly escaved death a fow days ago at Sea Girt. A team of horses attached to a lawn mower ran away and made straight for the frightenecd child, Fortunately the hor swerved a little, and the blade of the cutter missed the little girl by a few inches only. bt~ imaiig It Has Always Been So, Galveston News, A goodly number of alleged democrats aro making records now that within litle more than a year they will wish thoy could un- make. s Boodler Ethics, St. Louis Republican, 1n the boodle world it is not considered the proper caper to plead guilty. Convicted boodlers who own up to their rascality in open court will be cut socially 1n the peni- tentiary, This is reported to be the preva il- ing ethics at Joliet and Sing Sing. A Primitive Idea, Indianapolis Journad. It is true we should get rid of the primitive idea that *‘personal magoetism’ and a talent for kissing babies and shaking handsisa necessary quality for statesmanship. It does not follow because a man don’t carry his heart on his sleeve that he has none. g A Continuing Scandal. Chicago Herald. The American colony of embezzlers living in Canada upon their ill-gotten wealth isa continuing scandal for which Great Britain I8 less responsibla than the Unlted States. An effort was made two or three years ago to secure such an amendment to the Ash- burton treaty of 1542 between the United States and Great Britain as would permit the extradition of persons accused of such viola- tion of fiscal trusts as would render themn amenable to prosecution under the laws of their own country. o S— Before Death, Margaret 1. Preston. How much would 1 care for it, could I know, ‘Chat when I am under the grass or snow, The raveled earment of life’s brief day Folded, and quietly laid away ‘I'he spirit let loose from mortal bars, And somewhere away among the sta How much do you think It would matter then What praise was lavished upon me when, Whatever inight be its stint or store, 1t neither could help nor harm me more? If midst of my toil, they had but thought ‘Lo stretch a finger, T would have canght y such ald o' bear me through Some bitter duty I had to do, And when it was done. had I but heard One breath of applause, one cheering word— One cry of “Couracs ! amid tie strite, So weighted for me with death or life— How would it have nerved my soul to strain Through the whirl of tho coming surge again! What use for the rope, if it be not flun “Till the swimmer's grasp to the rocl clung? What help in a comrade’s bugle blast When the peril of Alpine’s heizhts is past? What need that the stirring pwan roll When the runner is safe ond the goal? What worth is enlogy’s blandest breath When whispered in”ears that are hushed in death? o! No! It you have but a word of cheer, Speak it while 1 am alive to hear! has The Price of Wheat, St. Louis Bepublican, It is a fact not without interest to western farmers that English agricultural writers are discussing the probabilities of conditions in which that country will be able to get along without American wheat by raising all, or nearly all,its own supply nd importing the rvest from Indin. The idewis a little startling when the returns for 1856 show that it re quired 122,000,000 bushels of wheat 1m ported from all foreign countri to supply the needs of the British people, and that of this aggregate the United States furnished a larger proportion than any other ecountry —72,000,000 bushels, India came next with 20,000,000 bushels, then Canada with 8,000,000 bushels, then Russia with 6,800,000 bushels, and other countries with smaller amourts. But it is an instructive fact in this connection that our exports of wheat (and flour) to t Britain are at this moment relining, and have been deelining, for several years—and it is protty certain they must continue to do sons long as the price of whest in Liverpool vibrates be- n $1and 3 a bushel, Ameriean farmi wlord to r wl and send it to rpool to be sold at such prices. The doing 1t now, and have been for than u year; but they do not make anything by contrary, they actu » by any farmer < 2 and western farmers themselves how much longer they ¢ aflord to raise wheat at the present prices without falling into scrious embarrass. ments. The price of wheat in St Louis and Chica day is 71 cents a_ bushel This m @ Hlinois and Missouri farmer western Lowa farmer, 55 conts; and to the farmers of western Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota, 45 cents. The u yield of wheat in this country v from to thirteen bushels and at the the lilinois farmer gets $7.20 to §7.80 per acre for_his crop; the Towa farmer, $6.60 to $7.15; and the far mers of Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota, 10 to ¥5.85, Butt costs all of §6 un psns and Dakota to $8.50 an in Hlinois and Missouri to raise this grain and deliver it in merchantable con- dition at the nearest railroad station, so that at the prices that have provailed for two years past wheat raising has been a losing busizess in this country us well as in England. It 15 a mistake to suppose that the rapid extension of settlements in the west and wwging our wheat is the fact; our sing. It has 87,000 aeres in 1850 to 1 what1s still e fell i the | od from § cre to $9.49 e is a reduction of nearly acres in area and of #1 per acre in- th money twelve acr above per ncre, 1,000,000 any crop we shall ever raise, as the pres ent insuflicient prices are so discourag. mg a8 to force farmers to gradualiy abane don it for crops that will pay them better, and, in addition to this, the repeate croppings of the same fields in Kansus, Nebraska and Dakota are already exhib- tting their fnevitable effect in a stead lowering of the average yield. Buf, while the wheat acreage in this country is decreasing, chicfly through the abs donment of the crop in the older states the population to be fed is rapidly in. creasing, and this is another reason why our exports are gradually falling off. We need the grain to feed our own popula- tion, Our population is now about 61,000,000, ana three ye hence it will be 64,000,000; and an English writer says: “Before the end of the present century the present production of wheat in the United States will be insuflicient for home requirement, and the peoplé of Eu- rope will have to look elsewhere for that main_portion of their foreign supply, Which now comes to them across the Atlantic. The English farmers look, therefore, for deliverance from the American com- petition which has been so disastrous to thom in the last ten or twelve years, and as that deliverance appronches, they may again begin to raise wheat at s profit. They possess certain advantages which the western farmer does not have; |i4»ln|s?~ichl an average of twenty-nino bushels per acre--nearly two and a half times the American average; they get twice as much per bushel as the western farmer receives, and they have a market for the straw, which the” western farmer 18 compelled to burn to get rid ot it. This Iast iicm is & not insigniticant one. In many parts of England wheat straw is worth £10 per acre, or more than a western farmer gt for his crop, gram, . While a western farmer cos only $6.50 to $7.50 per acro for wheat crop, the British farmer re- coives $41.50 per acre. This not a living price; the English farmer complai there 18 no money in it, bec: rates, tithes and manure are Butif rents ean be made value to the farmer. 'The crop of 1884 was 464,000,000 bushols—the largest wa ever raised, sod larger probably than cheaper—and they are being reduced alrendy—and tithes and rates can be di- minished, then, when the price of wheat shall advance' in consequence of the steady falling off in imports from the United States, the English farmer is en- couraged to hope that he will again be- come prosperous and beat all foreign competitors in the work of raising whigat for tho British markets, b e In Bebhalf of Laboring Men. OmAuA, August 8.—To the Editor of the B Although & comparative stranger in yout city, [ am a constant reader of your valuable paper. I have observed with much pleasure your clear conception of justice, your free and outspoken voice for tho cause of the peo- ple when you think them in the right. In these perilous times the people cannot givo conscientious journalists too much encouragement. They are tho watchmen on the walls, and should warn the people of every approaching danger. Now,with your permission, I wish to venture a few ideas in regard to this city, its present, future, and perhaps speak of its past. Omaha, as I understand, sprang into existence s fow years ago and now has population of nearly 100,000. The peo- plo that came here poor several years ago are the wealthy class ot to In their hurry and greed to accumulate more, they bave forgotten the stevping stone'to their high position, the working- men, and I do not say that Omaha 18 any exception to the rule of other great cities. Capitalists that pretend to have gener- ous feelings to the poor man forget thut they make all their great wealth from him. Just think for a minute which ex- isted first, labor or eapital? Labor made all the capital that ever was. The best ction in the world for this try and her home industries, is ality to labor, for from the earnings borall our home markets are sus- But, beat said to the credit of wages are good, still there is no for a working man to build a home in this city. Speculators, real es- tate men and the men of wealth have placed such outrageous figures on prop- erty thatthere is no chance for the mid- dle class. 1f this condition 18 not changed in a very short time there will be only the two classes here, the highest and the very lowest. I'have not time or space to suggest remedies for this. 1 merely wish to enll the mutter to the attention of some of the interested and wise peonle of this city. AN OBSERVER. et Nebraskh Butter, Mr. C. E. Battello, of this city, is an on- thusiastic produce man, who has made the manufactare of butter a study for many yea In conversation with a Brk representat yesterday Mr. Battelio said that it was a deplorable fact that oleoma me was securing a foothold upon th et of Om Up toa short time ago it was noticeable that the dealing in *'oleo’ was confined to cheap restaurants and boarding houses, which bought direct from Kansas City and Chi- cago, and 1t was unfortunate that the traflic in the vile stuff should be exten- ded. ‘There is no renson why the people of Omaha should not hay st-class but- ter, During the past week the puro ar- ticle, the product of the dairies of Ne- on the track for 22} Manchester county, Ia. gin, butter ' sold at 21 cents. When it is remembered thit these two localities claim the banner in buttor making, it is plain to all that the Nebraska product will more than com- favorably with other ions in this he number of dairies at present te is small, but hkely to in s the excellent facilities for oper ation 18 ascertained by enterprising men, Itisgratifying to know that among the t of butter experts the product of ,rates favorably with that of any seetion. Mr., Battelle snggre the duty of all inte sulth and well being of the people ant the traflie in “oleo” becoming +in Omahn produce circies, a8 once it sceures afoothold it 5 a most serious traflic to exterm . Itie unfortunate as this gentleman clanrs, that the law will not reach t dealer in “oleo’ to nsuflicient cxtent to fully pro- tect the eonsumer. He suggests there- fore that Nebraska should have a law similar to that of New York, wiich pro hibits the ring of oleomargerine ot any of the | ous article, which in ite ative condition is of a sickly white olor, repulsive und casily doteoted at sight - e of Prayer, zine: But that is not s0 in_church when ¢ wifo is the daugh i had never been to a theater until she eame to Boston with me, and I was to meet her and our host- arone night. By and flurried The two ladies were to the nisle, to 88 some misc aud disap were ushe down what seemed trywoman an interminable the third raw of stalls fiom the front, My wite, she sank into her seat, drovped her head at onee dovoutly, upon the rail in front. At th monment her companion rah, what are pl off my rub- the quick wited-womun, abandoning her prayers to clutch at foot that was guiltless of overshae, - - nfter eatuny and idigreati aparitin, Distre tentthurn, siek n are cured by It eremtes 2 good appetite,