Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 31, 1888, Page 4

et e S——— THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dayly (Morning Fdition) incluaing Sunday ¥k, One Year , # For Six Months. . . ror Three Months a Sunday B ¢, madied to any ad- 5 FARNAM ST . TOOM 18 AND 15 TRIBUN BurLoin, inGroN Orriow, No. 613 FOURTERNTH BIRERT. CORRFSPONDENOCE, All communications relating to news and edi- torial matier should Le address d to the KpiToR OF THE BER, BUSINESS LETTERS, All business letter= and remittances should be addres-od to Tiie e ISHING COMPAN ¥, OMANA. Drafts, checks and postotfice orders to be made payabie to the order of the company. The Bee Publishing Company, Propricto’s, E. ROSEWATER, Editor. Sworn Statement of Circuiation. Btate of Nebrask County of I Geo, 13, Tzsc ' 8, 18 ck, secretary of The Bee Pub- Hehing compuny, does solemily swear that the actual circulation of the Daily Bre for the week endingg Juiy 7, 1485, w Baturday, Jutlo . i GEO. B, Bworn to befors me and_subscribed in my presence this Tth day of July, A, D, 18, N. P. FEIL, Notary Public. Btate of Nobraskn, |y Connty of Dougins, { % rgo 13, Tzscnuck, being first duly sworn.de- t The Beo ablishiug company, that the actual average daily circulation of the Daily Bee for the month of July, 187, was 14,04 coples: for August, 1857, 4,i51coples ! for September, 1867, 14,40 cople for October, 187, 14,55 coples; for Novemb coples; for Decembor, 7. 15,04 , mnary, 1458, 15,208: for February, 186, 15,402 copies; for’ March, 1885, 19,680 copies: for April, 1%, 18744 coples: for May, 1858, 18,151 opies; for Jutle, 188, 10,24t coples B. TZSCHUCK. Bworn to before me and subscribed inmy presence this 30th day of June, A. D., 1588, N. P. FEIL, Notary Public. I7 18 to be regretted that Dan Lamont was born in Scotland, else he might have been president in name as well as in fact. GENERAL CoLpY has concluded to give up the congressional race and de- vote himself henceforth to his Arabian stud horse. T local etTy-go-round was started Baturday night in both political camps, and anxious politicians were on hand to take the first whirl around the ring. Ir1sof the most vital importance to the people of Nebraska that boodlers, monopoly cappers and fence riders who are all things to all men be kept out of the next legislature. For once Omaha, Kansas City and Milwaukee will hang or fall together. The joint postoftice bill for these three cities trembles in the balance of the conference committee of both houses. DurIiNG many termsof the district court the professional juror proved him- selfl an unmitigated nuisance. But the rank findings of our police court jury- man are enough to cause a universal re- volt against the jury system. OMAHA packed just 51,000 more hogs for the five months ending July 25 than last year, while Kansas City packed 108,000 less than the number put up in that city for the corresponding period of 1887. Pigures in this instance speak louder than words. THE Hon. Mr, Peters, who achieved great renown in the last legislature as the running mate of the valiant chair- man of the boodle judiciary eommittee, is the preferred candidate of the rail- roads for state auditor. What a useful man Mr. Peters would be on the board of transportation. Tux Missouri state board of equaliza- tion has assessed the Union Pacific rail- " road at three hundred thousand dollars per mile. There is only one mile of Union Pacific road in the state of Mis- souri and that includes the right of way through Kansas City and the bridge ac- oross the Kaw. em—— SINCE the decision of Judge Rrewer that the legislature could delegate the rate muking power, in the case of the Jowa roilroads against the state railroad sommissioners, the managers of the wvarious lines are singing another song. Thoy have come down from their high perch and are willing to compromise by wdopting a tariff materially lower than the one now in effect. They want the railrond commissioners to meet them half way. What action that body will take remains to be seen. No doubt ne- gotiations looking toward a compromise of the difficulty will be opened by the railroads, for they do not care about forcing the issue, by any means. r——— Prg refusal of ex-Governor Porter of Indiana to again be a candidate for governor may slightly impair the strength of the republicans in that state this year. He is exceedingly popular, and although he pledges himself to give whatever aid he is able to secure the success of the republican national ticket, his assistance cannot be so help- ful as it would be if he were at the head of the state ticket. Undoubtedly his real reason for declining to be a candi- date, although he states anether, is to avert possible disaffection on the pary of the friends of Lieutenant Governor Robertson, That gentleman aspires to the gubernatorial nomination and elaims to be entitled to it by precedent, besides which he made a very gallant fiight and some sacrifices in order to bold the office of lieutenant governor against the determined purpose of tho democratic executive and legislature to prevent him occupying the position. It ‘will be remembered that the struggle was sharp and prolonged, ending na complete victory for Rebartsoun. His courage and persistence made hima t many friends, who believe he has 1y established his claim to the nomi- nation for governor, and some of whom would doubtless have refused to sup- port Porter, In orderto mairtain har- mony, therefore, Porter decided not to beacandidate,and it is probuble the stute ticket will be headed by Robertson. Porter would be the stronger candidate, but in auy event Indiana ought to be reasonsibly sure for the republican uational ticket. The Campaign in Nebraska. Two-thirds of the people of Nebraska are republicans. It is safe to predict that Harrison and Morton will carry the state by from twenty-five to thirty sand majority. This majority is assured even if every republican paper and every republican campaign orator re- mained mute on the national iss from now until the 8d of Novemb But there are issues vital to the people of this state which must be fought out in the open arena. In this irrepressible contest party lines cannot safely be drawn. The people of Nebraska are confronted with grave problems with which the next legislature must grapple. No- braska is one of the most taxridden states in America. State tax are higher in Nebra than in any state in the union, except alone Nevada. With adebt of less than half a million, of which over four hundred thousand dol- lars is held by the permanent school fund, Nebraska last year levied a state tax of eighty-one cents on the hundred dollars of assessed valuation. The state of Louisiana with a state debt of nearly twelve millions, only levies a state tax of sixty cents on the hundred dollars. North Carolina with a state debt of over fifteen millions only levies a state tax of twenty-five cents on the hundred dol- lars. Tha state tax in Towa is twenty- five conts, in Kansas forty-one cents, Minnesota thirteen cents, and Wiscon- sin fifteen and three-quarter cents on the hundred dollars. The ordinary running expenses of this state for sal- aries and maintaining state institutions are over one million a year, and the last legislature piled up appropriations for another million a year which have to be wrung from a people heavily bur- dened with county and municipal taxes. How is this exhausting drain to be checked? How are the people to secure tax reduction and a move equitablo dis- tribution of the burdens of taxation? Can these needed reforms be secured unless the next state officers and legis- lators are men of integrity and men who cannot be swayed from their duty? This is only one of the issues. The ever pressing and ever present railroad issue must be met and the lines must be sharply defined between honest men who will faithfully represent the people and venal rogues who want to sell out or intend to use their positions for levying blackmail. Brazen throated railroad politicians and professional jobbers will, as usual, howl themselves hoarse over the national issues in order to befog the tax-payers,andseek to keep the issues in which the people are more vitally concerned in the back ground. They will discuss protection and free trade when the people want to hear about revision of the state assess- ment laws and railroad regulation. They will fight over the battles of the war but make no reference to the scan- dalous debauchery of our legislature and the law defying course of the railroads. It remains to be seen, however, whether the people of a state that proudly boasts its intelligence can be deceived and distracted by such tactics, It remains to be seen whether they will blindly support “yel- low dog” candidates because they were tagged and labeled straight by a packed convention. The campaign in Ne- braske hasalready begun. The primary elections and county conventions have been called. Itbehoovesall republicans who desire to elevate the public service and secure economy in state affairs to take an active interest in these local contests. The stream never rises ahoye its source. Punfy the stream by choos- ing reputable delegates to the conven- tions,” and you will secure candidates whom every honest and reputable citi- zen can support. e—— A Report at Last, After numerous fruitless inquiries as to what had been done by the committee on manufactures of the house of repre- sentatives regarding the trust investi- gation, and finally the passage by the house of a resolution calling for infor- mation, with or without recommenda~ tions, the committee has finally sub- mitted a report. This covers the inves- tigation of the Standard oil and Sugar trusts, so far as it went, and sets forth the facts elicited. There is nothing disclosed that was not already known, at least in a general way, to the public, and except as & source of information upon which to base congressional legis- lation relating to combinations of this character the results of the investiga- tion a8 reported have no value. The committee contents itsell with sim- ply reporting the information derived from the testimony taken, making no suggestion or recommendation regard- legislation. Not being required to offer any such recommendation, and the dem- ocrats in congress not being at this time anxious to excite the hostility of the monopolies, the committee was careful not to go beyond what was re- quired. This is another indication that the trusts are safe against any adverse legislation at the present session of congress, however persistent thg few anti-monopoly members of that body may be in seeking such legislation. The committee on manufactures is now engaged in investigating the whisky trust,which it is to be hoped will be made more thorough than its inquiry into the methods and ~operations of the two trusts to which the report re- lates, The whisky trust is ene of the most formidable in the country. It is made up of the distillers of alcohol and cologne spirits in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Nebraska and New York. *“When this trust was formed,” says the New York 7Tines, ‘‘there were seventy-two distilleries producing alcohol, cologne spivits, wine spirits, highwines, and the like. All but two came in voluntar- ily or were forced to join the ring. These two were the distillery of Shuf- felds, in Chicago. and the distillery of Doddsworth, in Cincinnati. A last ac- counts the trust had closed fifty-seven of its seventy factories, and was operating only thirteen, situated us follows: Five in Peoria, two in Cincinnati, two in Cnicago, one in St. Louis, and three west of the Missouri river. The plan upon which the trust was made closely resembles that which wis used by the Standard Oil ring and the sugar vefiners. The several distil- gries passed. iuto the hands of a board hou- R of nine trustees and to the original owners trust certificates were issued. The face value of all the certificates is said to be $10,000,000. The several plants were taken in at about three times their actual value. It is the in- tention «wf the trust to manufacture by far the greater part of the supply in Peoria,and its chief officers live in that city.” Thiscombination should receive the most thorough investigation, not because it is either worse or better thah other trusts, but for the rea- son that it is especinlly desirable that cortain misrepresentations, in con- gress and elsewhere, regarding this trust shall be corrected. However, there is nothing better to be expected of the committee, at the present time, than a perfunctory performance of the duty assigned to it, and doubtless the trust managers gencrally are not giv- ing themselves the least bit of trouble over anything that is said in congress regarding theiraffairs. They very well larstand that neither party desires at present to antd 28 them by p tical action, and they are not to be dats« turbed by any amount of talk that is made solely for buncombe fliioSdastvdiide A Judicious Talker. In the time since his nomination Gen- eral Harrison has done an extraordi- nary amount of public talking, a great deul more than was done by Garfield or Blaine in a equal period immediately succeeding their nominations. Speech- making of this sort is peculiarly exact- ing. It requires readiness and versa- tility, and above all a sound discretion. To say just what the occasion calls for, to say no more than is necessary, and to avoid errors of statement, whether as to facts, principles or policy,is a task much more difficult than most people suppose. There is no better test of the fullness of a man’s information and of his capacity and judgment in utiliz- ing it. Thus far General Harrison has met all the conditions of the test most satis- factorily. He has shown that he is thoroughly informed on all public ques- tions, and that he perfectly understands when and how to apply this knowledge. Very soon after his nomination some one who evidently appreciated the dan- gers that beset the candidate who al- lowed himself to do much talking or letter writing counseled the republican candidate to forego bothi, This solicit- ous friend has doubtless by this time concluded that General Har rison did not need such advice, nor would it be so well with him if he had heeded it. He has improved in the respect of the country by his speech making. He is found to be a much larger man intellectually than he was very generally believed to be when he was nominated. He has shown that he possesses ability and worth that does not require to be bolstered by reference to an honorable ancestry. He has satisfied all true re- publicans that the party made no mis- take in nominating him. Everything that has been said by General Harrison to the numerous dele- gations that have visited him has been fully reported and sent to the news- papers of the country, and it is striking evidence of his good judg- ment that the democratic organs have not found in all of his utterances asingle te xt for an attack upon him, while there has been nothing that republicans could have wished omitted. Yet he has talked very plainly regarding the prin- ciples and policy of his party, and spoken in terms that permit no ques- tion as to his convictions regarding the chief issue of the campaign. A great merit of these talks of General Harri- son is their appositeness, their common sense directness, and their obvious sin- cerity. They have most favorably im- pressed the country, and the republican candidate has consequently grown in the respect and confidence of the people. — THE tabling of the resolutions re- questing the county committee to sub- mit the question whether Douglas county republicans favor a prohibitory amendment to the constitution, was a blunder. The issue might as well be met first as last. Inasmuch as other counties have placed the prohibition issue before the republican voters at tho primaries, it was proper for Douglas county to invite an expression of senti- ment. With a full vote cast on the proposition candidates for the next legislature would know what their con- stituents expect of them. e——— THE county hospital building now in process of construction does not to all appearances justify the expectation that it is to be a first-class public building. At any rate, the brick walls have the appearance of being laid by the thousand instead of by the day. In view of the large sum expended and the fact that the architect’s plans call for the most skilled mechanical work it would seem that the contractors ave trying to rush the work and care very little how it is done. The New Book. Chicago Tribune. Suggestion for title of new book: matism and Riches ress and Poverty.' “Rheu- & Companion to ‘Prog- By Jay Gould." e —— He Never Tackled Them. Philadelphia Record. Two things in modern life would puzzle even Solomon, wisest of all monarchs—the way of the bunco-stecrer’s victim, and the way of the man who blows out the gas at a hotel. e A Solid Support. Chicago Tribune, Seventy-five thousand Cleveland cam- paign bustons manufacted i England passed through the New York custom house the other day. Wesee no reason for reviving the opinion already expressed that Mr. Cleyeland will run well in England this cam- paign. -~ Shuts His Safe. Pioneer Press, *No,” said Mr. Bul English, as he quictly pushed aside an importunate lewter fram the democratic campaign committee, couched in respectful yet earuest rhetoric, and asking for a contribution to “the fund,” “no, I am in full sympathy with my party in all its laudable ideas of reform, but, really, T must assure them they have wade a trifling 3 1amnot the surplus they are trying to re- duge.” e One of Cleveland's Pets. Indianapolis Jownal, Eugena Higgius, the Haltimora ward- _stelicor, who achieved so much notoricty in a short time as snpointment clerk of the treasury department, and who gave out to the press that he was tired of publio life, and' desired to cutgr into private business, beer spendinf*#good deal of his time re cently in WdSpgton, Higwins is a very fair sample of s class of cheap politicians who were brought into prominence by this administration, ahd proving, unsatisfactory, wero thrown dvdboard after a brief trial, and permitted to 8ink out of sight. A year ago the name of Eiggins appeared in almost every newspapergn tho country daily, and the people about Washington were inclined to think that he was for all time w0 come an influential jeflizen of the United States. Immedlately after he retired from his officc he returned to his political haunts around Baltimore and the capital of Maryland, and began to engage in the species of small politics which has given him a political hand-hold upon the rough clusses of his native state, It is said that Higgins is desirous of secreing another place under the administration, and that he has becn soliciting his friends in congress to help him out. Senator Gorman is reported to have left Higgins to “‘sink or swim" some time before the latter left the treasury do- partment, and he finds himself without any of thut political influence he himself boasted of possessiig enly a few months ago to a de- gree which enabled him to control Maryland politics. Here is a man who less than a year ago was running the politics of the treasury with a high hand, kicking men out of office and thrusting others into places with that neglige which becomes old politicians of om- nipotent power, while to-day he is humself hustling around for a place, and is uuable to command even the slightest influence. e’ s oty They Ate a New York Breakfast. Washington Gritic, Governor George C. Gorham met Colonel Henry Watterson one morning recently in New York, *‘Had your breakfast?”’ asked Colonel W. “A California broakfast, yes,” roplied Governor G. “What's that 1" “A cocktail and a shoe-shine.” “Well, I've had a Kentucky breakfast,” re- sponded Colonel W, “‘And what's that?” inquired Governor G. A cocktail and a chew of tobacco.” Then they organized a trust and went in and got a New York breakfast. ERAIC T Song of the Green Watermelon. Macon Telegraph. A green watermelon sat on a fruit stand, Singing, ‘‘Mellow, I'm mellow, 1'm mel- low,” And a small boy stood there with a cent in his hand, Saying, “‘Mellow, it's mellow, quite mel- low.” And he ate a big hunk cut vight out of tho A;{g:}:o‘nw it all up to the hard outside And they carried hin off in a rag dealer's p&";‘:r'uuow, voor fellow, poor fellow. STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. A gang of drunken toughs made York howl Saturday night, but the police were nowhere to be found and no arrests were made. A little disagroement between Sam Chat- terson and John Sherry over a horse race at Howard cost the former $20 in cash and the latter a very sore head. _Anna Kopischki, a fourteen-year-old girl living rear Scribner, became so ~despondent over the death of a younger sister, that she :;!Iuned to eat and died last week of starva- on. Sallie McAdams is tho boss femalo broncho breaker pf Crawford. One of the bucking little beaets landed ner on her head in the road twitéone day last week, but the gritty little girl again jumped on and con- quered'the ugly brute; C. Y. Akes, a Dawes county well diggor, was struck by a crauk with which he was lowering a drill into a well, last week, and had his skull crushed. The wound wasa terrible one, but will not prove fatal. Ne- flm!ku well diggers seem to lead charmed ves. lowa. The state meeting of Iowa jobbers is to be held at Okoboji this week. Fifty-six Davenport youths became Y. M. C. A. young men during the past month, A Burlington boy, Georgo Bunnell, is with Haverly's minstrels, one of the musical team of Leopold and Bunnell, Judge Given, of Des Moines, will be a can- didate for the supreme bench, or tho repub- lican nomination thereto, Notwithstanding the order of the mayor, garbage is being dumped in the Des Moines in close proximity to the waterworks, Mrs. Foster and Mrs. Fletcher have been announced as speakers for Harrison and Morton, and now Anna Dickinsou will com- plete the trio. Dakota. Hay is slow salo at Yankton at $2.50 and $8 per ton, The summer price of coal at Yankton is $11, with prospects of an early rise, Sturgis will shortly vote a bond issue of $10,000 for public improvements. By the 10th of August trans over the Manitoba will be running regularly in and out of Huron, The farmers' convention at Redfield in- dorsed the prohibition' nominees for district attorney and sheriff. War has commenced between the tem- perance people and the billiard saloons and drug stores at Volga. L. Sours, a Watertown architect, has been fined '$10 and costs for wife beating. Sours' wife is said to real sweet. An nfant child of O. M. Hurris, living near Custer City, was thrown from & buggy by a sudden upset and instantly killed: The ladies of Aberdeen are talking of organizing n base ball nine. A soft balt will be used and bustles will serve as masks for all the play ers, Dr. Alloway, territorial veterinarian, who made an examination of John B. Itced's herd of cattle In Mwnehaha county, in which & was publshed that pleuro-pneumoria oxisted, reports the herd entirely free from disease' of any description. The cause of death in the herd is owing to exposure and staryation. A bolt of lightning killed Annie Leonard's horse, Billy Morgan, atDeadwood Friday. The horse was in is stall, facing a little open window, foeding, When the flash came, and the animal dropped dead. Aunic had 'just dumped a bucket of oats in the manger and stepped from the stall, when the visitation occurred. She experienced no offect of the bolt. A horsein an aajomiug stall and the building were uniujured. No mark was left on the slain animal. ——————— OMAHA'S,JOBBING TRADE. A Drummer Predicts 1ts Ruin Unless Freight Rates are Equalized. Oxana, July 28.~To the Editor of Tae Bee—Dear Sir: “As an “Omaha Trav- eling Mau” [ must ' confess surprise at the movement among seme of the business men of our city to harass tho siate board of transportation in jtheir efforts to secure lower rates fronfthk railroads in the state of Nebraska, From the standpoint of one who has to meet and combat this evil of high local rates aund railroad discrimination agaiust Nebraska jobbing cities, it is hard to understand the reason which actuates the ex-manager of the freight bureau and his associates in the fight against the state board of tramsportation. The reason advanced by these gentlemen for their strange conduct, admitting it to be well founded, is certainly no argumient to a Nebraska jobber. During the last twelve months thore has ot been a mile of railroal construction in the state of Nebraska ‘but what has been & detriment to the business in- terests of the city of Omaha. Every piece of railroad iron laid upon the soil of Nebraska by any railroad company other than the Union Pacific, is a positive injury to the com- mercial prosperity of the metropolis of Ne- braska. anc simply assisis i diversing thut trade which belongs to Omaha by right of her geographical position, to St. Louis or Chicago. This is no empty adsertion, but is suscepti- ble of a mathematical demonstration, so plain, that even the utopian mind of him who attributed your position, Mr. Editor, “only to ignorance,” must admit its truth Omahia is nothing more than_a station on a “stub line' of every railroad operated in Nebraska, except the Union Pacifie. It is the plainly revealed intention of every one of these “foreign corporations' to rob Omaha of the trade of that territory which is hers by right of being the nearcst jobbing city. Glance at the joint tarift rates issued by these compan and their disposition to- wards Omaha is revealed to you in figures that cannot lie, The fourth class rate prob- ably includes the largost part of the traflic of all railroads, For the purpose of illustraiton, let me call the attention of all who are in- terested in this subjoct, and espocially the gentleman who attributes all opposition to s views “only to ignorance,” to the fourth cines rate to a few of the jnland cities of N aska, from Omaha and from St. Lou Snquniog, 1) w0 Duurs] puvan Lonis to On ination against O .. You will notice that T only give towns that are wost of Omaha, Should I select Lincoln, Fremont, 0r any of those towns situated cast of Lincoln, the discrimination against Omaha would appcar even greator, Now, clearly, it is not in the interest of Omaha for roads to be consuruc in Ne- braska for the purpose o up the trade of St. Louis or Chicago What rail- rporation is responsible for discriminations against Omahat Certa not the Union Pacific railway company, for they have to pro-rate with othier ronds, actual loss to their treasury, on all freight shipped to stations on their line from points east of Omaha. Certainly no road from tho east that delivers its freight to the Union Pacific railway at Omaha, for thoy also have to pro-rate and receive less than they would if the goods were shipped no further than to Omaha. Then the only corporations that can bo benefitted by these discrimina- tions are those who own a continuous line of railroad from the point of shipment to tho destination. 1he sienificance of the rates which [ have mentioned lios in the fact that every town named is a station on the Bur- lington system, as well as tho Union Pacific railway, Now, what wilt be the result to Omaha if this discrimination continues? A few more years and her jobbing trade will have gone ‘'where the woodbine twineth,” and shewill be nothing more than an overgrown retail city. Oneof the gentlemen who supported the mannger of the freight bureau was a prominent wholesale grocer of your city. t me apply these rates to one article in his business. Granulated sugar, say, is worth 8 conts porpound in St. Louis; hé instructs his saleamen to sell it for81{ centsin Omiha; his reprosentative visits Grand Island; the merchant there figures a moment, and flnds that he can buy his sugar delivered in Grand Island from St. Louis at 8.48 cerits per pound, whilst it will cost him 8.65 cents per pound if he places his order in Omaha, In other words, to make tho sale, the Omaha firm, providing the customer is posted, have to sacrifice 3 per cent of their legitimute profit to the greed of a railroad corporation. How long would the wholesalo grocer be sat- isfied to continue his business in Omaha if he had to sell goods cheaper than his St. Louis competitor to equalize freight rates to his customer? ‘Will the merchants of Omaha sit squarely upon the Omega of their pantaloons and ox- pect to hold their present commercial posi- tion through the energy of their traveling salosmen, or will they grasp the situation be- fore it is too late, and bring these hostile corporations to terms? That i3 the ques- tion. OMANA DRUMMER, e sy “Sour Grape! MINDEN, Neb., July 27.—To the Ed- itor of T Bek: In reply to the nu- merous articles referring to bonds which Kearney county proposes to vote to aid in the construction of the Ne- braska Southern railway, which have appeared in the different Omaha papers, said articles purporting to come from Hastings, we would say: Weare grate- ful for the deep interest(?) outside par- ties are taking in our welfare, but at the same time we believe we are com- petent to take cave of our own interests. The great trouble seems to be that there are other countics that would be glad to get the opportunity to vote bonds that 1s offered to us, and because fortune has smiled more favorably upon us than upon them, they are resorting toall the sly and contemptible means which they can devise to defeat our en- terprise. Nevertheless, Kearney county knows a good thing when she sees it, and on the 11th day of Augustnext will prove to the eutire satisfaction of her rivals that they must get up earlier in the morning if they expect to keep up with us, IRWIN DRAKE. e LITERARY NOTES. The August Century will be issued on the first day of the month as usual, 1n spite of the fire which did such serious damage to the editorial and business offices of the magaine. The contents of this issue—the Midsummer Holiday number—will include an account of Mr. George Kennan's first meeting with political exiles in Siberia. Readers of this series of articles on Siberia will be interested in a biographical sketeh of Mr. Kennan (with rtrait), in this number, written by Miss Anna Laurens Dawes, a daughter ot Senator Dawes, in which wiil be explained Mr. Kennan’s poculiar fitness for his task, his previous nowledge of Russian affairs, ete. The August number will contain the begin- ning of two serials: “Sidereal Astrono- my, Old and New,” by Edward S. Holden, of Lick Observatory, and a three Pnrl story, ‘A Mexican Cam- paign,” by Thomas A. Janvier, author of the “Ivory Black” stories. The Forum for August will contain the second of a number of articles by Edward Atkinson on_‘‘Problems of ‘Wages and Production.” In this arti- cle he shows the insular quality of Brit- ish economic thought and marksout the way for an American social science. He shows how, under republican insti- tutions, production is gaining on con- sumption and the condition of tne labor- ing class in constautly improving; and he insists that the part the human mind will play 1n_ i ing the food-supply of the world has beeu lefs out of reckori- ing. Thisis a fatal fault in the Mal- thusian doctrine that population will increase faster than food-production, and in Ricardo’s theory of rent. The capacity of the earth's production under scientific treatment cannot even be con- ceived. The same number will contain a notable comparison of the govern- ments of Great Britmin and the United States,to the adyantage of the latter, by a uew writer for the reviews—Judge James M. Love of the U. S, district court of the southern district of Jowa. Judge Love is the oldest U. S. judge in Service, with one exceptign, having been on the been for thirty-two yeurs. Encouraged by the cordial reception given to the Art Review, the editor and ublisher of the Review (Mr. Geo. Porbes Kelly) will begin in September next a new art periodical eutitled “The Art Courier,” issued twice a wonth or twenty-four times a_year. This publi- cation will aim to give the art news of the fortnight, presented in readable style, with brief editoral comments. Each number will have, ag its art sup- plement, o photogravure, and th twenty-four plates will be furnished with the letter-press for the low price of #.00 @ yoar. 1t is the intention of the publisher to make the “Courier” a wide-awake, popular periodical, of value to everyone at all interested in the cur- rent art eveats of the day. Mr. ].Im\rf Cloews’ book, “Twonty- eight Years in Wall Street,” has been talked of for a cousiderable time. It has exorted a groat amout of curiosity, and people everywhere want to know what Mr. Clows will tell about his twen- ty-eight years' experienco in the great centre of spoculation. Curiosity can now be gratified, and wo presume. to say it will not be disappointed. The bool isout. It consists of noarly 800 pages, eleguntly printod with cledr type, and Mr. Clews describes the leading fea- tures of his long experience as a finan< cior, banker and broker, in a clear and comprehensive stylo. He makes no at- tompt at fine writing, or the construc- tion of highly polished periods. Thostyle has, therefore, the merit of being void of abstrusenoss or ambiguity, though not without real inherent literary merit, bereft of any of the tricks of false adorn- ment which are sometimes used by the popular author to supply lack of matter or thought. The author discusses a variety of subjects having a practical boaring on Wall street business and financial affairs intimately and remote- 1y connected therowith, ail of publie in- terest. The Independent, in its issue of July 26th, will contain a letter in the series entitled “Letters on Literature,” by Andrew Lang, addressed to Louis Stevens, in which Mr. Lang cri cises some of Mr. Stevenson’s remarks on ‘“‘Gentlemen in ion,” published in Seribnor’s Magazine. “Kenneth Cameren” just published by T. B. Peterson & Brothers, Phila- delphia, is a strong and intevesting love story, which glimpses into high south- ern society and now and then a dash of sensation. Tho scene is laid in New Orleans and on the great Louisiana plantations, ‘“‘Lagrange” and ‘“‘Emer- ald.” The hero isa planter’s son, who in turn becomes a_planter himself, and the heroine is Hortenso Gaston, the belle of New Orleans, and a planter’s daughtor. They ave depicted naturally and well, and the reader follows the fortunes of the hero and heroine from first to last with unflagging interest. Many typical people of the South are brought on the stage and described with force and truth. The novel has an ex- collent plot, is well told, and possessos continuous interest. All the characters are naturally drawn, but the author is particularly successful in dealing with the negroes, who arc photograped from life, and with dialect before the war. Kenneth Cumeron has two rivals for the hand of Hortense Guston, one of whom is an unscrupulous adventurer, who in- dulges in many machinations to win the Louisiana beauty, so the course of true love has some serious interruptions, The reader is shown the great mardi- gras festivity, as well as a most realistic and exciting horse-race on which large sums of money are staked. The August number of Scribner’s Magazine is a fiction number, contain- ing contributions from Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry James, Sarah Orne Jewett, Octave Thanet, F. J. Stimpson, and Marie Blunt—a very notable array of story writers, There dre, in addition, two rich llustrated articles of unusual importance The Railway Series,— which has been received with the warmest approval of the general public as well as of railroad men of all grades —is continued in this issue with an acute and luminous account of the evo- ution and present wonderful perfecti of “*‘American Locomotives and Cars. The author, M. N. Forney, secretary of the Master Car Builders' Association, is one of the most widely-known railroad men in the United States. He has writ- ten from a very full knowledge, and has used a crisp and lucid style which makes an intricate subject perfectly clear. The opening pagesof the article are a brief historical narrative, embrac- ing the stages in the development of the modern ‘‘Decapod” from the primitive locomotive builk by Peter Gooper. Hotw steam is generated and how it propels a locomotive are then explained. The question of the number, size, and posi- tion of the driving wheels with refer- ence to the speed and pulling capacity of the locomotive is carefully discussed; the half-hundred attachments in the locomotive cab by which the engineer works the machine are indicated; and the care which must be taken to keep it in perfect order is described. A brief account of the development of the pas- senger car from the old stage-coach concludes the article. A new literary venture has made its appearance with July in the shape of a monthly magazine under the title of Current Literature. As its namesigni- fies, its aim is to bring to notice the bright and meritorious productions which daily find way into newspapers und thus, their graves, though deserv- ing better fates. It is intended to tuke the place of a scrap book systematically arranged under various heads and in different departments. The magazine presents itself as a novelty, and in its first issue contains selections and arti- cles chosen and classified with great ability. It makes a fine appearance with nearly a hundred extra large well printed pages neatly bound in an attrac- tive cover and with the additional recommendation of a popular price. e Henry Olay and the Goat. The following annecdote of Henry Clay has just been published for the first time: As he came out of the capi- tol at Washington one day, secing a a frightened woman in the streets striv- ing to ward off the attacks of a sportive goat, he gallantly, in spite of his years and office, seized the goat by the borns. The woman thanked him and sped hur- riedly on. Mr. Clay would have liked t2 move on also, but the goat had its own views about the interforence with his innocent amusement. At soon as the woman’s deliverer loosed his hold on the two horns, the animal rose ma- jestically on his hind legs and prepared }ur a charge. In his own defence Mr. Clay now took the animal as beforo by the horns,and thus fora time they stood, while a crowd of street boys gathered about, immensely mmused at the un- usual spectacle of a senator and a goat pitted one against the other in a public strect. As long as Mr, CI held the goat by the horns, ull was well; but the moment the qus d was free, came a fresh preparation for a charge. Not a boy offered assistance, but after a while one ventured to suggest, “Throw the billy down, sir.” Mr. Clay at_once accepted and adopted the report of that committee, and tripping the goat up essayod to pass on. Before he could fairly turn away, however, the goat was up in lofty preparation for a new charge. Mr. Clay gave his enemy the floor of the pavemont once more and, keeping him theve, turned to his new adyiser with the question, “And what shall I do, now?” "“C.'t and run replied the lad. e The Pioneer Locomotive Boller, Engineering News: The boiler of the first locomot that ever turned a wheel on the American continent, the urbridge Lion, made by Foster, Ras- trick & Co., Stourbridge, England, isin daily use in a foundry in Carboudale, Penn. The iocomotive was run 1u Honesdale, Ponn., August 20, 1820, Ho- 'atio Allen, who rin it is living in Or ange, N. J., nged eighty-six yoars, When you give your cellar 1ts spriu cleaning, add u littlo coperas water an salt o the whitewash. FULL OF GOLD. The Romance of the Troadwell Mine in Alaska. Chicago Tribune: Only a fow of the more favored tourists who have been let into somo of the secrets of the small clique owning the proparty approciate the great wealth that is locked up in the forbidding cliffs on the shore about two hundred miles north of Sitka. It is no concern of the insiders to have the world know that they own millions of tons of rock into which long ages ago the precious metal was so generously filtered. They have no mine for salo. It is tho little fellows owning holes in the ground which have been heavily stocked who want to sell. They are con- tent to quietly dig out 100 por cent a month in this davk corner of the earth. Modest fellows they are. On the west side of the Gastinenu channel, within pistol shot of the main- land and under the shadow of pre- cipitous mountains, is Douglas TIsland. Just back from the shore, in a cliff 800 t0 1,000 feet high, isa horizontal shaft 400 feet wido and many hundred foot long. At intervals along the top of the cliff are perpendicular shafts, This is the Treadwell mine, It is said that some rock has been taken out which vields as high as $200 per ton, but that is exceptional, statement of an ia- telligont man is that the avorage is$9 per ton, that it costs $1.50 per ton to cone vert the raw material into gold bars,and that 300 tons of rock can be reduc ver day. These figures being correet, the net product of the mine is $675,000 a ear, allowing only 800 working days. nother authority estimated that the output for the year 1887 would be $100-, 000 per month, or $1,200,000 per y. and_ the yield this | inly not be less. Diamond run long distan in various directions and show no cha res in the character of the rock or the ore. A thousand feet below the level of the carth it is just the same. It sounds extravagant, but experts who have made caroful inyvesti- gation declare that there is unques- tionably enough gold in this mino to pay the national debt (about $ 0,000) and that there are many million dol- lar’s worth of pay rock in sight. The confidence of the owners of the prop- orty is shown by the fact that they have in operation more stamps than there re in any other mill {n the world. Tho ciation of the mine hy other poo- s indicated by a bid of $16,000,000, which was made for the property some months ago, This is u case, however, where the insiders don't wan't to got out and the outsiders cannot get in. The mine was named for its discov- erer. Treadwell was an old Californian of long experience in mining. He was one of a groat number of people who, knowing that there are valuable min- eral deposits somewhere in Alaska, went there prospecting. The natives, a good-i red lot, are always on hand to take tourists and explorers along the const almost any distance. Many old miners are constantly testing the rocks th hammer and glass, They have lo- cated deposits of ~gold, silver. copper, iron and other metals, but it was re- served for Treadwell to find this mass of gold-benring ro It is said that when he first visitea it there wasa vein of gold running conspicuously up and down the face of the cliff. After satisfying himself that it was worthy of further tests he went to California, bought some machinery and then returned. = It required ‘but little work with this ma- chinery to excite his cupidity to the highest pitch. Having secured his rights in the claim, he went to San Francisco with some specimens of the ore. Senator Jones, of Nevada, was at that time in bad luck and poor. It was his opportunity, He went up to Alaskn and was convinced that another fortune awaited him if he .could get control of the Treadwell mine. He formed a syndicate and was given a quarter interest in the profits of the mine as a consideration. Treadwell, it is said, received $1,000,000 in cash and a small percentage of the profits. The stock of the company is now owned mainly by four persons, of whom Jones and D. O. Mills are two. Some wealthy Chicago men, including C. B. Farwell, S. A. Kent, and President Blackstone of the Alton road, have been allowed to examine the property, but it is not believed that they have any financial interest in it. The mine employs na- tives and Cornishmen as laborers, pay- ing them $2.50 per day and upwards, and has already become quite a centre of miscellancous busi With California losing its prestige as a gold-producing country, Australia disappointing its frienls, and other parts of the earth failing to meet expec- tations, the students of finance are look- ing about the world for a new source of supply. Perhaps Alaska will fulfill the requirements., Burmah, a mysterious country, of which Americans know eve less than of their own Alaska, is said to haye enormous stores of gold ore, of th Tocation of which nobody but a fow pe sons connceted with the Government, know anything, but devclopments can not be expected there for many years, Meanwhile Alaska will come to the front. At all events, people who have scen the Treadwell like to remark: “Alaska was certainly worth the 7,200,000 Seward paid for it twenty years ago.” Weight of Locomotives. " Scribner’s Magazine for August: Thej size and weight of locomotives have steadily been increased over since they were first used, and there is littlel reason for thinking that they have reached a limit, although it socc Hx'ubn\)ln that some mate! change esign is impending whi of better proportions of the p gans of the larger The decapo engines built at the Baldwin Locomg tive works, in Philadeiphia, for th Northern 1’ac railvond, weigh working order 148,000 pounds. Tl gives & weight of 13,300 pounds on ead driving-whool heeled p senger engines built at the Schenect Locomotive works for the Michig entral railvond, weigh 118,000 pound and have 15,666 pounds on cach drivin wheel. pme recent eight-wheel pussenger locomotives for the N ork, Lake Lrie & Westorn railrod weigh 115000 pounds, and have 19,5 wounds on each driving-wheel. At U huldwhn works, sowe consolidation @ gives are now in progress which, it} expected, will be heavier than the d apod engines. Sl s What it Pakes to Feed a Locomoti Seribner’s Magazin Tt will perha interest some readers 1o know how fuel a locomotive burns. This of cou depends on the quality of fuel, wi done, speed, and character of the rod On freight trains an average consun tion may be taken at ahout one to d and a half pounds of coal consumed | car per mile. With passenger trai the cars of which are Lheavier and speed higher, the coal consumptio greater. A freight train of thirty e at a speed of thirty miles per ha would therefore burn from ¢ to 1 pounds of coal per hour. - Tugrain carpats, worn boyoud rop should be cut into lengthwise strips woven the same as a rag carpet. If unnecessary to sew the ingrain cuttid weavers generally preferring to ove the strips as they weave. Mats and pots assume quite & Persian look w wade in this way, and are durable