Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 29, 1888, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dasly (Morning Edition) incluaing Sunday llnyr One Year e . 110 00 o S TR 5 ror Thr ¢ Mouths S B0 e Omatia Sunday By, madied to any ad- ws, One Year, ... PP L MAHAOPFICE NOS. DL AND 016 FARNAVM STIEE New Yor < OFricE, Roov 1A TRIBUNE BUILDING. W ASHINGTON UFFICE, NO. b1} FOURTEENTH BTREET. CORRESPONDENCE. unications relating to news and edi- Jorial matter should be addre s d to the Kpiton THE BEE, BUSINESS LETTERS. All bustness Iotters and renittances should be jdres ad to TiHE KE PUBLISHING COMPANY, MA Dratts, checks and postoftice orders to 'MAds pryabls to the order of the company. Tue Bes Publshing Compiny, Propei105. ROSEWATER, Editor. THE DAILY B All con Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btate of Nel \;nskni County ¢ s, Geo, 1. Tzschtirk, ary of Tho Bee Pub- Nshing compuny, does solemnly swear that the metual clre tion of the Dall, for the week Iy 7, 1858, was as follows: Junlv' 0. . . )T TASCITUCK, Bworn to befors me and subscribed in my of July, A, D, 1884 P. FELL, Notary Publie, Btate of Nebraskn, 1y County of Dougias, | George B. Tzscnuck, being first o8 and says that he s secretary ublishi v, that the acty ' v aily Bee for the month pless for A 1, 1857, I i 8 3 2 for Febriaty, 18, 1888, 10,088 coples: for for May, 15, 15,181 Swornto before me and subscribed inmy presence this Wil Ay of MAYOR GLEAsON, of Tong Island City, who personally tore down the sheds of the Long Island railroad, erected in violation of that city’s ordi- hances, deserves to be crowned king of anti-monopoly. AND now the soap manufacturers of the country are forming a soap trust. Presently we shall have a corner in poap, and the motte inseribed over the floors of our tenement flats will be: “He who enters here leaves—(s) hope behind.” MoONTHS in members of the city council were notified that the hond of Regan Brothers was missing, yet they were content and made no step to- ward finding iv. This isonly one case of gross negligence, Others are bound to come to the surface. The council, ™ however, are just as indifferent about the proper fulfillment of the contracts by Regan Brothers as they were about the bond. THE recent sudden death of E. P. Roe, the novelist, will carry regret to thousands of his admirers. For among contemporary American writers there can be no dispute that his novels are immensely popular. He was most favorably known through his thvee successful novels, “Barriers Burned Away,” “Opening a Chestnut Burr,” and “From Jest to Earnest.” ‘Whatever literary merit his writings possess, they vest their claim chiefly on the moral sentiment taught. Asa elezgyman, Mr. Roe appealed distinctly to this element. His stories are ser- mons dressed in fiction and their pur- pose was to point out to the reader the ‘way of honor and of duty. In this res- pect he was eminently successful. His mnovels were on the healthy side of life and their large sale and appreciation attests to the immense influence they have exerted. It may be interesting for the women -mctive in the charitable work of Omaha %o learn what the women of other neigh- ‘boring cities are doing for the sake of humanity. In St.Paul a project organ- §zed by the lenders of charities, is on foot for the establishment of **headquar- ters of a body of interests and industries having especial relation to the place and ‘work of women in the modern commun- fty.” Inother words,it is the purpose of these philanthropic women of St. Paul " tobring under one roof the various business specialties which women con- Buct, by stores for women’s trading, by pooking and industrial schools, and by fhe ‘“‘woman’s work exchange,” the “woman’s business union,” be- dides the various charitable and so- pial organizations conducted by women. Pentralizing these various industries and charitable institutions under a pingle building, it 1s thought, will af- ford the opportunity for a greater Bmount of system and economy in the work of exalting woman’s spheve. The task undertaken by these St. Paul la- flies in commendable, and the experi- jment, if successful, will be adopted by pther cities interested in the problem of bettering the condition of women. AEEsS——— CORTLANDT PALMER, the eccentric New York mullionaire just dead, will be remembered as the founder of that unique association called the Nineteenth Century club. Thisis a debating so- piety where problems effecting society, peonomics, theology and science are dis- pussed pro and con in the spirit of the ‘broadest liberality, For five years the pociety flourished under Mr. Palmer’s ‘guidance, and its force and influence made itself a factor in New York Dity, Every winter the rooms o the Nineteenth Century club would be crowded with the foremost men and women of educated New York ~pociety where the weightiest problems afecting the wellbeing of the world _were taken up and solved to the satis- " Iaction of the members. Over these A tes Mr. Palmer always presided. o enthusiastic devotion to the society parned for it a high reputation, and e came to hear Mr. Palmer’s sum- mary of the debates as much as to listen 1o a tilt between some noted clergyman and Ingersoll, Mr. Palmer’s _ dwn opinions all subjects were extremely advanced. He dubbed the millionaire social- For in spite of s great wealth he X ocated not alone the land doctrine - of Henry George, but shared the ex- e on economids, - . ideas of the socialists in religion | THE OMAHA DAIL Ttalian Immigrants. The Ttalians of the eastern cities who, have exhibited so much solicitude re- garding the immigration investigation, now in progress, by a committee of con- gress, and which has particular refer- ence to the importation of contract labor, went far astray in assuming that there®was any purpose to discriminate against their people. Natives of Italy coming to the United States who not amenable to existing laws restrict- ing immigration will always enjoy the same privileges that are accorded to the people of all other countries. This government will never make any lations as to immigration that would not leave the people of Ttaly on an equality with thoge of the most favored nation, The reason why Tialians have figured most conspicuously in the public discussion of this matter is in the fact that for n year past these people have heen swarming to our shores in a steady and increasing stream, aad it obvious that they were being brought liere under conditions that contravened the I inst importing contract labor. During the first half of the present year there were landed in New York over thirty-five thousund Ttalians, alarge number, perhaps a majority, being peactically paupers when thoy arvived, This great influx naturally at- tracted attention, and investigation left little doubt that fully two-thirds of it was forced. These peo- ple, taken charge of by so- called contractors, were distributed about over the country to other pre- tended contractors who fouud them work. The large majority. however, remained in the cust, and as soon as the labor market becume depressed thou- sands of them were thrown out of em- ployment. Within a month it has been reported that a very large number of these people, drawn from their native land by deceptive assurances, and com- pelled to 1 most outrageously for being deceived, were sulfering for the ties of life in York and nity. But still the inflow continued. This was a state of virs that ¢ tainly demanded investigation in the in- terest both of a proper enforcement of ws and the ave of this class of It being induced to come here in v of v and being ontrageously muleted ctors and agents them employment. Fvery r Italian should have welecomed investigation, and it is surely not a pro- ceeding h which the government of Italy can find fault. At all events it has been fully justified by results thus far. The testimony of the Italian vice consul at New York aund of imm grauts who have apppeared hefore the committee conclusively shows that there isathoroughly organized system for pro- moting the immigration of Ttalian la- borers. and that when brought here these people are mereilessly plundered by the “‘contractors,” who as a rule, ac- cording to the vice consul, kept in New York a banls, saloon, labor bureau and ticket office all in one—a combination for robbing tie immigrant who became enmeshed that was pretty sure to keep him p ically a pauper for years. Manifestly the government would not be justified in permitting such a state of things to continue without taking notice of it, and itisalready evident that it would have been well, particu- larly for the thousands eof Italians now idle and subsisting on charity m the eastern cities, if the investigation had been entered upon a year earlier. It can hardly fail now, however, to be productive of very beneficial results in warning the labor- ers of Italy and of other countries against the specious inducements held out by the agents abroad of real or pre- tended contractors for labor in the United States, and in apprising all gov- ernments that this country intends to rigidly enforce the law prohibiting the importation of contract labor, Honoring American Authors, The banquet given in London last Wednesday by the Incorporated Society of Authors to distinguished representa- tives of American literature, was in more respects than one a notable event. It was the first time the society had shown such consideration to the men and women of letters of the United States and is therefore likely to become memorable as the starting point of more intimate social and literary rela- tions between the authors of the two nations. There has been a growing tendency in this direction for some years, The claims of American men and women of letters to recogni- tion have been steadily asserting them- selves, and though acknowledgment has been reluctant and tardv, except as to a few, the number of whom can be counted on the fingers of one hand, the action of the Incorporated Society of Authors is evidence that at last it has come. One important circumstance that has hust- ened this dawning of an “‘era of good feeling” between the authorsof Eng- land and America, is the mutual effort they bave been making to secure inter- national copyright laws by which both shall be protected and benefitted, In pursuing this effort the authors of Eng- land have learned that those of America are quite as eager as ave they to bring about a policy that shall operate fairly and justly to the writers of both countries, and prevent that systemof piracy which has been a grave wrong to both., A senti- ment of mutual respect was the natural outcome of this enmity of feeling, pur- pose and action, and the departure sig- nalized by the London banquet was sig- nificant of how strong this sentiment has become. There may be nothing in this evont that appeals speciallyto the pride or patriotism of Americans. It was nota condescension on the part of the Incor- porated Society of Authors to entertain James Russell Lowell, Bret Harte, and the score or more of other representa- tives of American literature who graced the banquet table on this in- teresting occasion. They are all worthy of such consideration. But none the less it was an event to excite a feeling of gratulation, by ' reason both of the testimany it bears to the present cordial relations between the. suthors of the became | two lands and the beneficial effects that may reasonably be expected to flow from it. The one circumstance that marred the harmony of the occasion was unhappily the faultof an American, and he noless a personage than the representative of the national dignity and authority. Owing to some defect in the phrascology of his invitation, Minister Phelps did not attend the ban- quet, and quite naturally his absence was the subject of general comment. The event had been freely referred toin the press for days in advance, so that Mr. Phelps must certainly have been fully informed regarding the time and place, but because of some nmbiguity respect- ing these in the invitation the minister made it an excuse for non-attendance. He very likel some other reason, but in any event his failure to be pres- ent at the banquet will not advance him in the regard of hisown countrymen, whatever offect it may have on the minds of 1glishmen, But it is to be said that Minister Phelps had never 1y great concern as to what w it of him in the country he repre sents, THeE committee on agriculture of the house of representatives had an awaken- ing o few days ngo and resumed consid- 1on of the pure food problem, re- garding which a great deal was said and proposed earlier in the session. Its most important action was in instruct- ing the committee to report the pure food bill introduced early in June. This bill is general in its scope, prohih- iting. under penalties, the manufacture and sale of adulterated food products, except when y designated, [t provides for creation in the department agriculture of a division to known as the focd division, equipped with a chief and corps of ussistants, and makes vrovision for the appointment by the president of chemists in a dozen of the Pprincipal cities whose duty 1t shall be to examine and analyze food brought to their attention. A food inspector s nts for each state and terri- is also provided for. The com- mittee agreed with Mr. Laivd the there should be an inves! wtion of the packing and refining establishments in the large citi and his resolution to send out a sub-committee for this pur- pose dopted, Desirable as it may be, however, to secure adequate legi lation for preventing the aduiteration of food, there is little proba- bility that anything aecisive will' be done at the present ssion. The departure contemplated v the bill to be reported should receiv more thorough and caveful considera- tion thun ean be given it in the time that congress will probably still remain in session, and it is a matter of too much importance to be hastily disposed of. propet the of he Tir gold product of the State: t year was less by a million dollars than that of the previous year. An increase had been expected. The yield of the gold mines in Australia, Russia and South Ame declined in a corresponding ratio with those of this country. This will doubtless explain the decline in silver in London. The indications are not favorable to any i eres in the gold supply, either in this or other countries, The product of the mines of Australia does not increase. Russia appears to have reached the limit of its possible output. The African mines have not fulfilled their promise. A bandsome yield is re- ported from Venezuela, but it 1 too small to cut any figure in the world’s supply. The Michigan discovery is not to be largely counted upon. The gold product of last year probably did not exceed ninety- eight million dollars. The coinage was nearly one hundred and twenty-five millions., It is evident that this dispro- portion between tha supply and the coinage cannot be maintained, and that either new sources of gold supply must be discovered or some other form of money must be substituted for gold coin. The enemies of silver may study to advantage the situation presented by these figures. United able feat of John Ander- son, of Johnstown, who passed nine days of his life in the bottom of a caved-in well, will be a big card for the state. Nobody but a sturdy Nebraskan can do that, and live. VOICE OF THE STATE PRESS. The North Bend Flail says that it “‘thought little of Attorney-General Leese when nom- inated, but we admire bim now and believe it would be a serious political blunder not to renowinate bim. He is staunch and trust- worthy and is exactly what we want in that oftice. Speaking of George D. Meiklejohn’s little boom for the nomination of lientenant gov- ernor, the Norfolk News says that he “is a bright, brainy young man, and while he would undoubtediy fill the position credibly it looks wrong to put a man of his ability in a second fiddle position like that. The lieu- tenaut governor's chair 18 usually a gatewuy to the political graveyar The Madison Reporter finds that “‘there are plenty of men who want to sacrifice themselves on the official altar for the people, but none will be called except those who will represent the people and let sélf be satisfied witn the honor of doing so. All others will fare better to stand back. Their past record will be the balance they will be weighed in, and if found wanting they wust go."” The Tekamnh Burtonian’s candidate for state senator is J. R. Sutherland, whom it is sure “would be & good man to represent the district, composed of Burtand Cumming counties, in the next legislature. Mr. Suth- erland is an old resident of Burt county and highly respected. He is a hard worker and a practical, encrgetic business man, a first-class parliamentarian and wi formed, he would be a very valuable member of a legislative body." The Ulysses Dispateh has two candidates which it wants nominated, and calls on But- ler county republicans to “bear in mind, when they meet in the near approaching con- vention, that to have men nominated solely to work for John Harper for state treasurer is not all that ‘we are here for,” They should all be just as solidly for Wm. Leese for at- torney general as they will be for John Har- per for state treasurer, and it should be so stated in convention.” Colonel Martin, the seventy-year-old editor of the Dakota City Argus wio has just mar- ried a young lady of. mineteen, feels in a friendly mood, as witness ‘the following declaration from his pen: “Haviug now mar: ried @ young lady of many personal attrac- SUNDAY JULY 29; 1888~TWELVE PAGES tiol d of grod moved to say that know that we fre offenses, and at this spirit of friendship To err is human, b must forgive, and follkrivg we do."” The Northern NeUpsicd Journal, published at Pouca, 18 tired of rotten ring rule in poli- tics, and exclaim; ‘Select men who can neither be bribed nor cajoled—men who have no axes to grind, no favdrs to ask and no backs to seratch. Thén the people at large will have a voice in saying who are to be can- didutes of their party. And then, when the nominations made, made without regard to the seductions or dnachinations of rings, but as the delegates conscientiously believe for the bost, there will be less kicking and backsliding. The common spectacle of a ring dictating who shall be nominated, and then raising a howl to the disgusted voters, ‘stick to the party ticket,’ will no longer be 80 provalent in this country. We despiso the little scheming tricks of a ring of small-fry politicians, They ave the slime which de- grades and contaminates, and, whiffets though they be, they do more to disgust peo- ple with a republican form of government than all other causes combined.” The Knox County Capital propounds this conundrum: “How do the farmers of Knox county like this? John M. Thurston for the United States senate! The Union Pacific ilroad attorney, and head of the railroad crowd of this state to represent the interests of the farmers in the national congress. The man who furmished the train if not the money that bought the men who were elected to support Van Wyck two years ago, but betrayed their constituents, Will the farmers of Knox county be made to voto for a candidate for the legislature this fall be- cause he happened to call himself a repub- lican? We apprehend they won't take any chances,but will know whom they are voting for, and vote for a man who can be trusted." The Beaver Crossing Bugle blows a very strong blast at the pretended anti-mouops of York county, and says that if they *‘did not havea candidate for the office of attorney theirsaying that Hon, Wm. Leese is a dem- agogue might be given attention, butas W. T. Scott, a chronic office-seeker, by the way, is working hard for the opposition, every charge his friends make is received with a great deal of allowance. And when they attack Wm. Leese, who has done more—and noone denies what everyone knows to be true—for the people in the contest with ‘ouds than any other man in the state, are simply making themselves ridicu- and proving that all their pretensios of honesty in politics are nothing but same greed for which they attack everyoue elseso v L excellence, want our enemics to forgive all their past me wish to cultivate a ith pvery one of them. Christianity says we tier stirs up the people to nterests, in the following “The interests of our state as county, demands that honest, capable men be sent to Lincoin this winter torepresent us, as a legisiation of vast im- portauce wiil, (or ought to) come up for con- sideration and passage. The transportation question, the question of regulating monopo- lies of various kinds aud the submussion question are all of vital importance, and care- ful, wise and judicious legislation is neces- sary to correct the evils'which now exist and threaten our sufety and prosperity us a state. So that it behooves the people of these di tricts as well as all over the state, to bestir themselves and see to it that the best and truest men of the party and the people bo sent to Lineoln as our representatives. The date of the couvention draws near, and it is high time to be thinking about and talking up your candidates. Bring on your best men." The part that the railroad commission witl play in the present state campaign calls torth the following from the Broken Bow Repub- lican *There is a strong effort being made ail over the state by the railroads to got con- trol of the senate the coming winter, with the evident intention of modifying the rail- road commission bill which was passed at the last session. The operation of it when ilonestly executed gives the board more power than they desire them to have, and since the board has shown an inclina- tion to exercise it in the interests of the peo- ple, a modification has been determined on. While we do not favor ing railroad rates below fair and profitable compensation for transportation, we belicve there should be no change in the law as it now stands, and the power to establish rates should be left just where it is, with the board of commissioners, who, appointed by the gover- nor, are working in the interests of the peo- ple. Theonly change, if any, in the existing law should provide for the board being elected instead of appointed, with that change it might be better, But in no case should the power of the board be taken away which authorizes it to fix rates.” The political bosses of Custer county are given n great stirring up by the Custer Leader,which say or several years Cus- ter county politics have been manipulated and controlled by a little ring of self-consti- tuted political bosses in Broken Bow, who as- sume to dictate to the caveus and the con- vention, and have, by their schemes, named thei e" candidates in the past iz nearly every instance, They “soft-sonp” our coun try delegations, and by hoodwinking them got them to play into their hands to carry out their ring schemes. This ring has become 8o confident of their power to control our county political machiuery that they openly pass out the voters of Custer county their ready-made political slate and say to our county precincts, ‘send in your delega- tions to vote for this slate combination.’ It is simply ‘take your medicine and look pleasant.’ Now we ave not a prophet or the son of @ prophet, but we can see very plainly that the signs of the times presage a stinging rebuke to these seif-appointed dictators at the polls of our county and in our approach- ing county convention. That the people of Custer county are tired of this ring dicta tion can be heard on all hands, and no voters can sit idly by and allow it to go on as it has. Our county has her chice of men and should sec that they are selected, and that no half dozen dictators attempt to name and nomin- ate themselves for ail the oftices in our county.” | The Grand Island Iadepgndent addresses an editorial to sensiblemen on the question of national and local politics, and says: “The railroad cappers whole calculation is based on the supposition that the true republicans, whom they intend to deceive, in their en- thusiasm for the national republican ticket, will be unable to tell the difference between the national and the state and county legis- lative ticket. Itis a rather impudent pre- sumption that the great wmdss of honest re- publicans are blockhieads, who really don't know what they are doing, and who will swallow a whole ticket of corporation tools for no other reason, but because the ticket is headed with the names of Har- rison and Morton for president and vice president of the United States. But why should the railroad bosses Thurstons, the Greenes, the G, ud other masters of the oil-room eeremonies not be im- pudent? They succeeded 80 often 1n deceiv- ing voters and corrupting legislatures, that they have been accustomed to believe in their infallibility, the supreme ignorauce of the people, aud the success of their own audacity. But all their experience notwith- standing, we believe, they will find out that they have erred this time. The majority of the voters will tell them':* ‘We are sensible men, we can tell a fraud from an honest man, and we shall repudiate all ‘corporation hire- © T | lings, may they boon the ticket with Harri- son and Morton or not. On our tickots none but the names of true defendors of the people will be founa!” — PROMINENT PERSONS, Ex-Senator Van Wyck has been dubbed ‘‘the Gladstone of Nebraska.” Willlam Dudley Foulke, a leading Indiana mugwump in 1884, will stump his state for Harrison this year, A monument to Max Schneckenburger, the author of “Die Wacht am Rhein,” is about to be erected in his native town of Tuttlingen in Swabia, Oscar Wilde will soon publish “Five Fairy Tales.”” Oneof them will undoubtedly tell how he hoodwinked Americans into believ- ing him an earnest apostle of estheticism, Miss Iose Cleveland is certainly not a lazy woman, She keeps moving. The re- cent announcement that she intended to go to Europe next year to pursue her literary studies is confirmed It is not generally known that the late Emperor Frederick was an author in a mod- He published a book eutitled, “My to the Orient,” in 1876, containing an account of what he saw in Egypt on the opening of the Suez canal, Count Charles Bozeuta, Modjeska's hus- band, is writing a book about persons whom his distinguished wife hus met—a sort of autobiography by proxy, as it were. He says it will be published when madame quits. the stage. Posterity has a treat in store. Mrs. Langtry's appearance of ill health oc- casions her private friends much anxicty. The Lily has become painfully thin in the face, her cheeks have lost their bloom and her eyes no longer gleam with that ox-like lambeucy that gave such pertinence to her epithet of Jersey. Josiah Bartlett, whose statue was dedi- cated with such 1mposing ceremonies at Amesbury on the Fourth, wasa physician by profession, and was the first to introduc quinine into the United States. It thus ap- pears that this distinguished patriot not only signed the declaration of independence, but that he also did a good deal to build up our constitution, There is one thing to admire in Attorney General Garland, and that is his contempt for the false glare and glitter of certain so- ciety circles in Washington, the members of which have 1o higher ambition than to be considered exclusive and aristocratic. The Generul's £15,000 house, which he has just purchased, is in a respectable buv not the most fashionable neighborhood of the capi- tal, - No Cyclopedia Orator. Honcer Py ditor Charles A. Dana is the princips compiler of the American cyclopedia, and yet he made a whole speech in Milwaukee lnst night without referring to it. This fact must be as gall and wormwood to Mr. Cleveland Hurrah, Hurrah. Chicago Tribune. aine comes sailing home again, hur- ah. hurrah! 1 be a republican love-feast theu, hur ah, hurral i , their sons will shout, The Old-Line whigs will all turn out, And we'll all* feel gay when tlaine comes sailing Lome. *To avoil misunderstanding it should be explained that the use of this word is justi- fied on the ground of poctic license and the exigencies of the poem. It doesn't include democrats. ———— Custle Garden and lmmigration, Philadetphia Telegraph., The arrangements now existing at Castle Garden are undoubtedly beneficial in many of their aspects, but it 18 certain that they are susceptible of enormous improvements and that the arrangements at New York and other ports for caring for the poor people who come to this county, with a view to settling here permanently, will never be what they should until congress does its duty by taking the whole business in hand and enact- ing a thoroughgoing immigration and nat uralization law, which shall give the amplest possible protection to ali the interests in- volved. ———— Just So, Sir. Chicago Tribune. The President—Dan, do you suppose Grant ever really wanted a third term? Dan—He never showed by his actions that he wanted it. The President—Wasn't it generally sup- posed that it was at Mrs Grant's instance that he permitted his name to be use? Dan—It was 0 believed by many. The President—In regard to that remark of wine four vears ago, Dan, about second terms for presidents, I—of course I wasn't— er—I was a single man then, you know, Dan. 1 don’t say that Mrs, Cl—that anybody want- ed me to—er—ah—— Dan—Just so, sir. Boiohat Sce Your Own Country. America. It is estimated that 30,000 cabin passengers sailed from New York for Europe during the past two months, A goodly aumber of well- filled purses accompanied them, and the pockets of hotel and shop keepers, guides, gamblers, waiters, cab drivers and swindlers of e species will be filled a Ten million dollars, to say nothing of the sums consumed by the steamship companies, would be a low estimate of the amount of American money to be left by these pilgrims in European countries. The question might justly be asked: How many of these Ameri- cans have traveled in their own country far- ther than Bar Harbor or Cape May1 e ‘Where 1s the Letter? New York Tribune. To Colonel Lamont: There is a good deal of inquiry in regard to the president's letter of acceptance. Won't you be kind enough to step over to the dead letter oftice and see if it isn't there! You know that the president in his cagerness to let thé committee know for ¢ that he accepted, may have misdirected his letter, or may have forgotten to put a stamp on it Or even if the letter was prop- erly directed and stamped, it may have gone astray all the same. You are doubtless aware that the postal service of these United States hasn't been first-rate since your party friends took hold at Washington, If you find the letter at the dead letter oftice it might be well not to trust it again to the wails, but send it to its destination by ex- press, or a district messenger boy, or a car- rier-pigeon, or & pneumatic tube. Tho air is filled with rumors to the offect that the B. & M. road has already determined to thwart the will of the people in the forth- coming primary convention in this county. They are already importing into Lincoln their brass collared employes, whose exclusive business it is to receive with open arms the gravel trains and do othier disreputavle work for the Burlington. The air is fairly filled with boodle. One can hardly turn in his tracks without hear- ing from every quarter of the city or county that this or that man has had a tempting offer to betray the people and enter into the fight in Lincoln trom the Burlington road, Phillips, Marquett, Biguell, and all the round house and section bosses have been summoned to the fray to inaugurate & grand railroad cawpaign. . Every vagabond, scalawag and purchas- able voter in'or out the preciuct will be set to work to Accomplish the end of his political oorporation, Nothing is too low or too de- grading for the Burlington corruptors, The people must meet this boodling and reckless onslaught 6f the paid encmics, b arising ns one, Thoy must attend the pri- maries in their respective precinets Lot the people of this county, composed of the business men and the farmers, cast their vote at the approaching primaries, to relegate this gang to tho rear. Forcwarned is fore- armed. —— A Wouman's Knowledge. Maude Annulet Andrews in Atlanta Constitution You ask me what is constancy, thy child? tis to know One love must iive within thee undefiled For weal or woe. It is to feel that grief and bitter pain Are thine for aye; To long with acbing, hopeless heart in vain For yesterday. To wake within the midnight cold and drear rom visions fair, And v to God when there are none to hear hy lone despair, To hold love's faith neainst the surest proof That knowledge brings, And, closing thy true beart, to stand aloof From whisperings Of doubt. To set thy dreary life to one Enthralling song Loved lips have sung, und when each day is done, Forgetting wrong, To fall upon thy knces and pray to God That He may keep from care, though thou dost rod, 4 And I ‘e to weep. My little girl,thine eyes are filled with tearss May me free Thee from the aogaish that life's cruel years Hath brought to me. Kkis! Should young love stoop to kiss thee, may he ring Death’s balm to still Thy heart, ere cometh faith's wild suffering Tay life to fi 1n the lovg run fame finds the The lucky wight may p But in good time true van, And vain pretense, unnoticed, goes its way. There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, But fortune siiles on those who work and wait, rving man; a day, leads the In the long run, vy KINGS AND QUF NS, 'he empress of G iany has given birth to a son, Emperor William I1 is the first Russian speaking king of Prussia. Prince Bismarck speaks Russian fiuently. “Jenny” is one of the ba the new empress of Germany. pleasant, home-like sound. The last law wis one permitting wear full beards instead of mustaches only ‘There is no truth in the report that Qu Victoria is suffering from insomnia, She is sleeping of nights with her usual royul en- thusiasm. The ezar of Russia is a great fisherman, and ne has just bought in Fintand a tract of land with a river swarining with salwon. His imperial wife is also a ty caster, and can manage a wicked fish with case and grace. The king of Ttaly is aescribed as an anx- fous, grave man, looking more like sixty years of age than his forty-four. The pring of Naples is not handsome and has an ove educated air, King Ja Ja, the West Africa potentate who has been exiled to Jumaica, receives 4,000 a year from the British government, besides an income of §5,000 a year from his personal estate. This ought 1o buy sufticient Jamaica rum and sugar to keep his JuJa comparatively quiet. Baron Roggenbach will compile the late Emperor Frederick's biography. It is ox- pected that Empress Fredervick, Queen Vie- toria, the emperors of Austria and Russia, the king of Italy, the duke of Saxc-Coburg- Gotha, and a large number of scicatists, ar- tists, statesmen and avmy ofticers will con- tribute articles to the work. Emperor Frederick shortly before his death gave audience to a little English boy six years old, who had undergone the opera- tion of tracheotomy about a year ago. The boy had not only survived the operation but had grown strong and healthy. Emperor Frederick heard of his case and, desiring to see him, paid his expenses from London to Potsdam, He examined the child’s throat and heard him talk, while the Empress Vie toria plied him with bonbons that he might show how well he could swallow. Prince Bismarck is shaved every his valet. After a light breakfast Bismarck submits himself to the razor. He is not very patient under the operation, but re- fuses to wear a beard. His valet, who is generally very reticent regarding his master, recently made public a curious fact. Bis- marck’s beard, uniike that of most men, grows more rapidly in winter than in sum- mer, Just why this isthe ces> is hard to explain. The valet is inclined to think that nature has so ordered it that he may havean easier time in hot weather. OUR names of That has a Kaiser day by DEWALRS, Reflections Upon Their Advantages and Disadvantages. There are few people who contend that wooden sidewalks are better than those of stone and these few are generally the per- sons who have been ordered to replace their planks by more substantial material, It was a great thing for the board of public works to do. Surely they will be commemorated by lasting monuments in this manner: “In memory of those who beautified our city, clevated the condition of the laborer, and made the sidewalk contractor a million- aire.” Just thini of the antages of th sidewalks! Waen the festive peel takes its morning constitutional and suddenly brings to grief some well-dressed, corpulent person, no spring-hoard gently lifts him in the air or makes him bound up and down on its bosom; but instead, his lower limbs unex- pectedly slip from under him and he comes down with a thump. As he Lmps off, he s fully aware of the great advantage of stone over wood. As he walks along untd he finds where one pave ment is somewhat higher than the next, he stubs his toes against no soft and giving step, but realizes at once that the new walks are much harder and more substantial than the old ones. The shoemaker, like the cobbler in “Caesar,” rubs his hands in anticipation of rich harvest of soles and jingles the pros- pective silver in his pocket as he takes in the worn boots. But there are always two sides to every question. No more the playful rats enjoy their cheerful homes beneath our fes No more the plaintive crickets erawl from their unmolested holes to greet the rays from the electric lights, Each and all have removed their abodes to the more quiet neighbor- hoods in the suburbs of the city. No more do the ladies tear their skirts on projections or wrench off their heels in an unof- fending knot _ hole, Nor can one now, by walking slightly n front of his companion, bear down an un- fastened board so as either to trip bim or to 1:it a sharp rap upon his shins. No loosened plank affords a convenient teeter, nor will our sidewalks disappear to fill the stoves of those who fail to buy their coal. Al these pleasures and conveaiences have been abolished at one foll swoop., That they s0 new ani - will be sadly missed no one éan doubt, bu then, everyone must submit to these losses and console himself with the few advant. ages, 1f this cannot be done, it must bo re- membered that there are a fow wooden walks remaiuing in those portions of the city whera the sidewalk edict has not yet obtained its away. ———a IMPIETIES. . Tommy Fitler, who has just begun attena ing Sabbath school put this pertinent que tion Ay, teacher, didu’t David i Golier with one arm in a sling1" R, G. Ingersoll is entitled to some credit’ He has never attembted to overthrow Chriss tianity with dynamite, although he is chair) man of the devil's grievance committoe, A Virginia church was returned for tax: tion at the value of #40. ‘‘Any other prop- erty "’ asked the asscasor, ‘‘Yes—one pitcher mulI a teacup,” the warden made haste to reply. ‘This is the light of the camp-meoting soa- son. 'The wise man who lives in the suburbs and does business in- the city pays no atten- tion to the weather predictions, He keeps an umbrella or two at each end of his daily journey. . Brother Harrison, the Methodist revivalo ist, has scooped in hundreds of sinners durc ing the past weclt, while battling for the re.. demption of Waull street. Several of tha converts have enjoyea the “‘shock of glory," some have grown hoarse in shouting with joy and others have given testimony that hed the souls of its hearers, v arrived minister--My son, can yoy direct me to the house of Brothoer Hollistort Boy—Ycs, sir; he's my father. Be you_tha new preachier! Ministor (pleasantly)—Yes, my son, Your father, I presume, is_expect: ing me. Boy—I guess so. 1 heard him toll maw this morning to kill two chickens for He said he was still keeping the hotel, and ‘spected he'd always bl ravi “Bretiaren,” suid the good pastor, at the close of the servige, *1 have just learned that it was the intention of the congregation to surprise me last evening with a donation visit, for which intention permit me to re- : thanks, It is, of course, hardly . ¥ to say that th posed visit way provented by the viol the whole evenin all blessiog fiy Please rise. “My sermon to-day,” said the Nebraska clereyman, looking placidly over the congre- gation, “will treat of Subbath desecration, and I trust that I may be avle to point out ite Iness to good cfect. Before opening rse, however, I will announce that a baseball gume is in progress south of the church, and for the convenience of worship- ers the score by innings will be recorded on the blackbowrd by Brother Johnson. My w.-T: i “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy The story the ether day about the pious lit- tle boy who tried to walk on the water in the bathtubs recalis another of un equally pious little gir ¢ was clehit yenrs old and lived n the she had started one day rather lute for school with another little girl about herown On their way they caught glimpse of a clock dial through an open door; it lacked five minutes o *Oh, ({('m"" X~ claimed the pions little g it's five minutes and we'll be late to school,” *“Jennie," the pious little girl, impressively, “I'll teli you what we must do; we'll kneel right en hero and pray thut we won't bo late ! ' sald the other, 1 guess that we'd it along and pray as we gol't i HA BUSBINESS. Increase in Bank Clearings— Real Estate Transfers. The week just closed has been a prosperous one in Omaha business circles and the bank clearings again show a remarkable incrense, While for some time past St. Joseph and Kansas City have appeared in the clearance record on the wrong side of the dividing line, and even when they did excced their last year's business the percontage was so small it was not worth bonsting of, Omaha has come to the frout with a hand- some increase. While the increase this week is not as great as that of last—16 per cent— it is again worth mentioning. The following An Thursday . Friday Saturds T Tucrease over corresponding p year, 16 per t. De with last week's busine The reul estate denlers Hav: and the majoi that sules | period indica note the total record: Monday, Tucsday, Wednesd w 224,014, 10 of lust compared 1,0 not been idlo ty of the leading ones revort »been quite good during tha Tac following figures de- for the business placed on 23 transfers ., Among this number were sc considerable _importance, notably that of three lots in Mayne place’ for $%,00 and two in Smith's addition for £,000, while one pur- e is on record by the Union Pacine from 1. Dewey of two lots i block 206 for £35,000, The worlk ceased in Om: lowing figures w Monday, 15 permits Tucsdiiy, 1 permit, . Wednesday, 10 periits. Thursis priday, t crecting buildings has not | ¢ mcans, as the fol- 5,995 5,225 ad showing for this scason mear Nl revenue collections during the past week made an excellent showing as fol- ivol :n unusually light, stom ho s e aud in consequence the ¢ have had o comparatively The total amount of re 10, ON A POLITICAL MISSION, Cleveland and His Friends Afraid of New York State onk, July 23.—[Special Telegram Bee.|—A prominent politician sayy the so-called fishing trip of the president is 4 disguise for a political mission. It is noticed that the president stops on Loung Island, and that the place is very accessible to politicians The fact is that politicians who support] ing the admistration are much concerned at the situation in New York, They don't wholly understand it. It is a fact that Hewitt is not reconciled to the adwinistra- tion, and it is doubtful whether he will do anything for the re-election of Clevelund. Hc gave a check for CArs ago. Edward Cooper, oo and is ndignant that the p wve en- couraged the fro anuibie late the proteetionists on the platform committee at S Louis. And as for Tammany, that organization is becoming very defiant and aggressive. The suchems say that they intend to elect tha delegates for sheriff and mayor of New York. That done they have no overwhelm- ing interest in Grover Cleveland, und thoy never have had. Democrats who are close to tue administration are reported to bo very much afraid that War Miller will be elected governor of New York and Ben Harrison president of the United States, and that the candidate of Tammuny hall for mayor of New York, who will probably be Congressman Sam Cox, will be clected. The report has caused great dissatisfaction and apprehension in administration cireles. Oune of the significant indications of the doubts of democrats as to New York is to be found in the fact that- the democratic national com- mittee has not commenced 'operations 1n New York state, and sccis o be in & con® tion of paralysis. £ is disgruntled, psident should traders o