Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 28, 1888, Page 4

T THE DAILY - BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. - TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, y (Morning kdition; lvh Juuing SL‘)IM\' #0 00 hree Months : J 3 20 MmO An 4 SUNDAY ik, madied to any address, One Yeny OMANAOFFICE NOS Nrw York Opric BUnbiNG, WA FOURTERNTH Signei. 14 A\ 610 cor All communicath torial matter shoul » to the Kpitonr ¥ 11K DBE. 4 BUSINESE LETTERS, Al business I (ters and remittances should be addies ed to e xr PUBLISHING COMPANY, ONMANA. Drafts, checks and postofice orders to be made payable to the order of the company. Proprictors, ews and adi- DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Blate of Nelbraska, glus Monday, August2) | August 21 Wednesdiny, August 22 Thursday, August 2 . Friday, August 24 Baturdiy, August Average. . Sworn to before me presence this25th i gust, A, D, 1685, v 1L, Notary Public. State of Nebraska, |y o County of Douglas, { ® % rge B.Tzschuek, being first duly sworn,de- and saysthat he is secretary of ‘The Bec wblishiug company, (hat the actual average dnily cireulation of T DAy Bre for the month_of August, was 1i,1sl coples: for _September, Coples ; October, 147, 14 for_November, 187, 16,226 cop or Dy , IR, 15011 cop- 1683 OT Junuary, 88, 15,200 copies: for February, 5,42 coples; for March, I8, 10,08 coples : for N6, T8I copies 3 for'June, 158, 11, Dlos, orn to bef for M 18,191 AI-T ER all it m;y turn out that Cleve- land is only codding. CoME into the union, Miss Canada, and all will be forgiven. E——— Tne lovers of fast horse-flesh will not ‘be disappointed at the string of entries for the fair races. That attraction alone ought to draw horsemen here from all parts of the west. — PRESIDENT CLEVELAND going down deep into his breeches’ pocket for a $10,000 contribution to the democratic eampaign fund makes a pretty big hole in his last mguth’s salar; . E——— Our of consistency, the delegates to the deep water convention at Denver, ought to partake of those beverages only which will constantly remind them of the purpose of the meeting. S— THE cow has become the symbol of politics. The nomination of James T. Hoard, the great dairy king of Wiscon- sin, for the governorship of that state, makes the cow, and a Jersey one atthat, the badge of the Badgers this fall. — THE fact that the republic of Hayti has driven out its president ought to impress Dr. Brooks of the prohibition- ists and General Curtis of the American party with the necessity of transferring the campaign immediately to that is- laod. e— CHAIRMAN BALCOMBE is prodding those property holders who aro putting off to the last moment the laying of per- manent sidewalks in the stone sidewalk district. He hasgiven them grace until the 28th inst., when the city sidewalk contractor will step in and do the work. E——— THE county commissioners have awarded a contiuct to Baily & Oleson for fitty thousand sewer brick to he de- livered at Florence. Why should the county build a sewer at Florence at the expense of Omaha tax-payers, for Omaha pays about nine-tenths of the taxes of the county. — Tris campaign is destined to bring out some joint political discussions after the manner of the Lincoln-Douglas de- bate, thirty years ago. Chairman Jewett, of the the Indiana democratic committee, is preparing a challenge for for a joint discussion between Hovey and Matson. A debate between Blaine and Carlisle is also talked of, but it is not likely to take place. THE news comes from Wall strect that the negotiations between Presi- dent Adams of the Union Pacifie, and Henry Villard, of the Northern Pacific, looking to the revival of the joint tri- partite lease, has fallen through. This - leaves the Union Pacific’s present posi- tion unchanged as regards the Ore- gon Railway and Navigation com- . puny’s lines. The next move on the - railway chess-board will be watched with interest. THE attention of congress has been called to the fact that government bonds have gone up five per cent in the past few months owing to the activity of the secretary of the treasury asa purchaser. Senator Beck aas therefore pointed out the danger of a possible bond trust whereby ten men in this country could corner all the bonds and send them up, one hundred percent. The remedy appears to be in the vepeal of the sinking fund laws in ovder to coun- teract any move of bondholders to cor- ner bouds, Em—— e usual midsummer falling off in pork packing has affected all the large pork packing centers, notably Chicago and Kansas City, Omaha, although sharing in the depression usual to this time of the year, shows up better than any of theother cities. Chicago packed 3,430,000 hogs from March 1 to August 22 in 1887, Fov the corresponding time this year the number packed was 1,305,000, showing & loss of 125,000, K“uu'Cnyhunutill poorer record. In 1837 the number of hogs killed was 816,600, For 1888 for the same period the number has fallen to (25,000, a clear loss of over 190,000, For Omaha there s a gain of 41,600 in the number of hogs slaughtered this year. In the light of - these fnots, it does not take a prophet to predict which city will lead in the pork packing industvy within the vexttwelve moaths, AN LY N ST U TN U S50 5 A VT SR 0 B Our Sensational President. Mr, Charles A. Dgna says Mr. Cleve- land is the most sensational president the country has ever had, and cites the evidence as follows: The silver coinage letter to Genoral Weaver foretelling commercial disasf financial explosion, was @ groat s So was the ocivil service letter to Mr. S0 was the appointment as minister to Ei land of K, J. Puelps, So was the mar ofien denicd, and yet at last boautifully con- sted. So was the tariit-smashing mes of last December. But now this anti- Cuuadian, anti-British, truc blue, North an, Jacksonian message lays them all t may be interesting to inquire what these several sensational cireumstances have amounted to. Asto the first, its immediate effect wasto array fou of the democratic party in opposi the pre something like two rs—before this effect begun to disappear. Meanwhile the country continued to prosper, thus demo ting that Mr. Cleveland’s ap- prehensions of calamity wore ground- less. He of course had really no opinion of his own on the subject, but wrote under the direction of Mr. Man- wing or Manton Marble, who in turn were under Wall streetinfluence. With respect to the civil service letter the country knows, and Mr. Curtis himself has admitted, how far short the admin- istration has come of fulfilling the pledge conveyed in that letter. In- stead of the reform the country hoped for there has been a mockery which has caused more than half the people to look with contempt upon the poliey of civil servie reform. The appointment of Phelps has been harmless, except to the extent that he is not a true representative of American feeling and sentiment, but instead a toady to the English aristoc- vacy. The next sensational incident in Mr. Cleveland'’s presidential carecr was one that the whole American people heartily approved, and doubtless all of them regret that it has thus far been unproductive. There is certainly no disvosition to make amy political capital out of his failure in this respect. The effect of the “‘tariff-smashing message™ will not be fully known until after the sixth of next November, but the present indications are that Mr. Cleve- land will not subsequently to that date recur to it as a source of pleasing reflec- tions. It will aiso be some little time yet before the full effects of his last sensation are developed, but in the light of its obvious motive it can hardly be of more advantage to Mr. Cleveland than those which preceded it. The abortive results thus far of the president’s scnsa~ tions do not assure them a very con- spicuous place in history. —— Hill or Defeat. The cloud that has for some time past hung over the democratic situation in New York is still lowering and no man can tell with certainty what will be disclosed when it shall clear away. As the date for the assembling of the democratic state convention draws near, the anti-Hill sentiment manifests it- self with great vigor and inoreasing bit- terness. The mugwump newspapers especially are persistent and unsparing in their abuse of the governor, re- peating from day to day their warnings to the democracy that to re- nominate him will be to insure the de- feat of the state ticket and put in peril the ehances of the national ticket. Hill is denounced by them in unmeasured terms as having dishonored the execu- tive oflice of the state and shown him- self wholly unworthy of contidence or respect. The reply of the supporters of Hill, and they are doubtless in the majority, to all this is that the governor is the ablest and most popular democrat in New York, having all the strong points of availability, that he has been faith- ful to demooratic principles and to his friends, and that if he is not renomin- ated the defeat of both the state and national democratic tickets must in- evitably be the penalty. They will lis- ten to no suggestions of compromise or any arrangement that does not include Hill as the next caundidate for governor. Meanwhile the question that fills all with anxiety is, What is the attitude or desire of Mr. Cleveland in the matter? The New York Sun, which is earnestly for Hill, savs that there is a perfect and entirely satisfactory understanding be- tween Cleveland and Hill, but the Sun’s authority is not to be accepted unques- tioningly. At all events, the democracy of the empire state is in a dilemma, and it is certain that whatever shall be the outcome somebody will be seriously hurt. The venel candi- date for the vice-presidency has re- turned to his home, and while his goin forth was marked by considerable inter- est and curiosity, it made no distinct impression that will benefit his party. His speeches have unquestionably been disappointing. They lacked freshness, force, spirit and timelin As a mat- ter of fact, although he spoke a number of times, he made in the main but one speech. What he said on the two prit ciple occasions during his trip was in the same vein, varied only slightly in tho manner of presentation. ving almost exclusive atten- tion to the taviff, he demonstrated that he knew very litt'e about its details, and his repeated definitions of the na ture of a tariff weve simply amusing in view of the universal knowledge on that point, which months of discussion in congress had supplied. Mr. Thur- man seemed to be impressed with the idea that what the peopls required was primary instruction in tarift prineiples, when every fairly intelligent voter in the land was long ago adyanced beyond this &nd had for months beou studying the effects of the operation of those | The trouble with the old was tnat he had hi sell failed to keep ®p with the olass on this subject, and as something was expected of him he could do nothing better thaa oxpound wkat he had lcarned up to the time when, years ago, he ceased to give any thought to the tariff, and when he was counted among the sturdiest opponents of any degree.of protection. Of course enlightenmont of this sort was not what the democracy had hoped for and ex- principlas. gentleman pected of- the “Old Roma He was placed on the ticket not so much for his well-attested democracy, or for his ac- knowledged integrity, as for the intel- lectual service it was thought he could render the party. His nomination was ally applauded because it brains to the ticket which it was be- lieved would be of great fulness and influence in the campaign. The president cannot with propriety go about the country making speeches. It would not be well to leave the greater part of the oratorical work of the cam- paign to the southern of the party. The brains of Mr. Thurman were therefore required to expound democratic principles and arouse the democracy of the north to action, Expectation mounted high when the veteran statesman started out to open the campaign, We venture to say there are few democrats now, from the presi- dent down, who, if they should speak trathfully, would not confess to feeling alittle “tired.” Men of all a kind feeling for Mr. Thur- man. His ability, in the direction in which it has been employed, is freely ackvowledged. His sinc 7, his rug- ped integrity, his incorruptibility, are heartily conceded. But it is obvious that as a political leader this vetevan of seventy-six years bas outlived his usefulness, He is no better fitted to lead the democratic forces in this vital campaign than would Von Moltke be to command the German army in a great war. The new circumstances and con- ditions call for men whose minds are free from the moss and mold of the pust, and are capable of being impressed by the fresher thonght and the facts of to- day. Mr. Thurman’s resources are too antiquated for the demands of the pres- espec gave use- leaders parties have s any serious ¢ between the Tndiana friends of Geuneral Harvison and those of Judge Gresham is doubtless a pure invention of the common enemy. There does not appear to be the slightest rea- son for it. The sincerest friend of Gresham must admit that so far at least as Harrison is concerned he made a fair, open and honest contest for the nomi- nation, and if a few of his friends were indiscreet in their excess of zeal it would be manifestly unjust to hold him responsible, and thereby en- danger republicun success in In- diana, On the other hand, the friends of General Harrison have no justification at this time in feel- ing animosity toward those who exer- cised their unquestionable right in urg- ing Judge Gresham as an available can- didate for the presidency, and Farrison would himself be the foremost to dis- countenance any such feeling. There will be no such contribution to demo- cratic success in Indiana asa war of re- publican factions. General Harrison will get the full republican vote and enough more to give him the state by a majority about which there can be no dispute. — IT was to have been expected that the Herald would urge the people of South Omaha to mortgage themselves up to their mecks. The principal benefit of this mortgage will accrue to the owners of large tracts of land around South Omaha who expect to sell out and let the people who buy the property wrestle with the heavy taxes a few yoars hence. Come to think of it, the Herald isowned by one of the men who hasa biginterest in syndicate tracts,. THE BEE has simply done its duty in warning South Omaha voters against imprudent bond- voting before they have any ma- tured and well-digested plan of improve- ments, and while thewr city govern- ment is being managed on the fast and loose method of borrowing and making debt without authority of law or regard for the day of reckoning. We expect of course, that our advice will not be heeded, but the day will come when South Omaha property holders will curse the promotersof the mortgaging schemes and wish that they had acted upon THE BEE'S suggestions. THE great cattle syndicate which for five years has held a loase on the fine grazing country of the Cherokee nation is negotiating for a renewal or exten- sion, the present lease expiring on the 1st of October. The syndicate owns two hundred thousand head of cattle, and is one of the most powerful in the business. Asshowing the advantage it has taken of the Indiaus during the past five years, it is stated that the syn- dicate now offers to increase the annual reatal of the lands from one hundred thousand dollars to one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, all im- provemants made to go to the Cherokee nation. Undoubtedly the syndicate will get a renewal of the lease, but the Indians secem disposed to drive o bargain that will be entirely satisfactory to themselves, and the cat- tlemen may be compelled to still further raise their bid before they can obtain a renewal of the lease ne—— THE recent ordinance passed by the council providing for the working of city prisoners on the streets h et not been put toa practical test. council failed to make the necessary appropriations for purchasing hooks and scythes. In conmsequence it looks as it the penalty will be reserved until snow- time, when the tramps and vagrants, if there be any, will be organized into a shovel brigade to clean the steps in front of Judge Berka's court. COMMENTS O] Hastings Gazelte-d be congratulated, He has broken the pre- cedent. Beatrice Democrat: Prohibition does not prohibit, instruction does uot instruct, and submission does not submit, so far as the re. publicans are concerned. Fremont Tribuue: Republicans look over the state ticket and then shake hauds with thomselves. The couvention did a good | business i ‘the matter of manufacturing candidates. Norfolk News: 'he renomination of At- v General Leese for a third term was a well-bestowed compliment, and it will be ratified by the largest majority given any mau on the ticket. York Times: It is now Dennis and Eli s instead of York and Seward coun- = rames were changed at the late could | state convention. The name of the metrop- olis on the Missquri was also chauged to Pants. But few of the coputry papers of the state | have as yet had &u opportuvity to express an opinion on the work of the convention. A limited number have re ferred to the outcome briefly, and here is what they say : Nebraska City Press: Loesc was nomi- nated and Yost was left. s yet thero is Lord in Israel. The ticket is a good one; one of the best, taking it as @ whole, ever nominated in the state. The Press can sup- port it heartily and conscientiously . Haward Courier: Mr. Grosshans, of Sut- ton, failed to secure the nominution for the office of stats auditor at the state convention Thursday, and his dofeat occasions sincere regret in his home county. His succossful competitor, Mr. Benton, will undoubtedly re- ceive a full vote in this vicinity, but many will wish, as they deposit their party ticket in the ballot bux, thut it had contained as one of the nominces of the convention, Clay county’s unanimous _choice, a man widely known and respected whereyer he is kuown, Henry Grosshans. e STATE AND TERRITORY, Nebraska Jottings. Twelve divore ses are on the docket for the next term of court in Box Butte county. The largest doorplate ever made in the state was cast by the York foundry Satur- day. It is 8x12 feet n size and weighs 2,500 pounds. A Dawes county farmer claims to have a record-breaker in a five-ucre field which pro- dused 248 bushels of wheat from eight bush- els of seed. The tower on the court house at Chadron is nearly completed, and now the peoplo think that the one thing needful is a town K to place in it. ie third annual fair of the Hayes County will be held at Hayes Center Septem b and 6. It promises to be the most successful yet held. Beatri king Because Bar- num gives the town the go by just us he did cight years ago, The Pretticst thinks she is a good enough town for even the “greatest show on earth.” On account of failing health Rev. J. Thomas, for the past two years pastor of the Church, al Bloomington, has tempor- y rotived from the pulpit and will turn his attention to agriculture. neat invitations have been issued for bridge celebration next The preparations for the event are on un immense scale and the city expects 10 entertain the biggest crowd which ever gathered within her lumts. Genuine west- ern hospitality will be extended to all comers, The Crawford Crescont says that Quarter- master Taylor, of Fort Robinson, created quite a stir by coming into town and saying that the government had to have 40.000 pounds of oats delivered at the post by Sat- urday noon and were willing to pay any price. Immediately several teams started for the country to spread the joyful news among the farmers, who ure now hauling in all they have threshed and receiving a good, big vrice therefor,.. Such spurts as this ave what make faruipg profituble in this part of the country. 1owa. Over 1,000 entries have been made for the state fair. ) Peterson, Clay county, now boasts of the only lady station. ut on the northern Iowa branch of the Chicago aud Northwestern railway—Miss Luly Turner. The Red Oak Hxpress suys that during a recent storm Hiram Cooksey got up to look out of the door when a bolvof lightning came down through the house and struck the floor within six inches of his feet without doing him any injury. W then passed over to ‘where the bed was on whigh his wife was sleeping and moved the bed across the room, but did no damage except to tear things up generally. b Just at ?ment Towa is loaring the services of some of its best speakers te the republican national committee. Dr. E. R. Hutchins, Jabor commissioners, has gone east to spouk for a couple of weeks, Mr. Dolliver, the re- publican nominae for congress in the Tenth district, has gone to Maine to speak. One or two other speakers are now in the east, or soon will be, helping the fight in the close states. They will return to Iowa in time for some work before election. The Masons of Des Moines are beginning o make preparations to attend in large num- bers the thirty-fifth annual convocation of the Grand Chapter of lowa Royal Arch Masons which is to convene in Cedar Rapids October 16. Grand Priest C. H. Coggswell with the other grand officers éxpect to hold a srnnd chapter school of instruction on Satur- ay and Monday prior to the convocation of the grand ('h;ll‘rwr. '{‘he grand lecturer, Past Grand High Priest S. S. Beave, of Creston, will be in charge, and instruection will be given as to the ritual of the several degrees, and each degree will be exemplified and conferred on actual candidates. In several localitios in the state the drug- gists are declining to take out new permits to sell liquors under the pharmacy law passed last winter. In Black' Hawk cofnty all the druggists have made an agreement not to take out any more permits, and on the expiration of their old permits, August 31, they will sell no liquors to anybody for any purpose, whatever. Some ol the druggists of Des Moines have reached the same con- clusion. The new law has such stringent provisions that many self-respecting drug- Eists say they will have nothing to do with it. If the druggzists in any locality refuse to take out permits tho supervisors may grant a permit to one person not a druggist so that the liquor for the necessities of the com- munity can be obtained. Dakota. A brass band will soon entertain all Plank- inton with music. Five grain buyers will take what the farm. ers have to offer at Highmore this fall. # Ceunterville holds out large inducements for some enterprising camtalist to start a can- ning factory there. Sioux Falls wants Minn a county re- istricted so she can have two county com- missioners out of five, The pig-tailed heathen of Sioux Falls have gone into court. Ki Bing claims that he bonght out Lee Jo's laundry, and he has on- tained an ords taining” Jo from dealing in soiled linen. The young priest, Rev. Anthony O'Hora, who was recently raised to the dignity of the holy priesthood by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Marty at Yankton, is to take charge of the parish of Beresford for the present. Prof. H. M. Horn, superintendent of the public school system of Plankinton, is organ- izing a company for the purpose of purchas- ing and furnishing gxen Lo the settlers on the reservation next s The plan is to se- cure options on all; xon in_ Aurora and adjoining counties for six months, and then contruct them to tha settlers as' they come on the reservation, The professor is quite enthusiastic over the outlook. Two Ways ofiDoing Business. Dry Goods Chuoticle: The report of the departinent of agriculture for July, ou pages 319 andfiR0, affords a good il- lustration of hows#éme railroadsobserve their duties to the publie and some do not. 3 On page 319 a chedule is given of the rates of the Walfiéh, St. Louis and Pa- cifie railway, which operates under the east and west trunk line classification, and which makes a diserimination by putting small quantities in a higher classification, of about 50 per cent., vinst a small shipper; whilo on page 20 the schedule of the Louisville and Nashville road 1s given, which operates under the Southern classifieation, and which makes no discrimination agninst the shipper of less than load lots. The one policy makes the common iev a powerful agent to make the large shipper still larger and the small shipoer still smaller: the other recog- nizes the duty of & common carrier to the public, 10 treat the small shipper justly, whose vote hud as wmuch to do o republican | late republican | J | | which rail ronds exist as that of the larg- est shipper, 1t is not too huch to say that the un- just discriminations of railroads have had move to do with creating inequali- tics of wenlth in this country than any e one agency. The inter-state com- merce law wus enacted to prevent this, yet the spirit and intent of this law is | evaded under the guise of tion,” putting less than carl a much higher class than e thus preventing the small shipper from | choosing in what market he will buy or sell his goods, compelling him to buy of his local dealer, building up a class of wmiddlemen, and accomplishing by trick and device the same results which were accomplished by special rates, rebates and deawbacks before the enactment of the inter-state commerce law, How long will the farmer and small merchant submut to such injustice? ————— Fasy Train Service. A number of pagers have undertaken to prove that the fast time made on the London & Northwestern recently is not the fastest ever made in the world. The New York Kvening Post has gone to considerable trouble to collect the figures and facts on the subject, and from that article the following extracts ave mado: *Threo years ago there was some doubt as to the tive speed of the best English and American pas- senger trains. Kven then the best thought that the balance was Slightly in favor of England: to-day it is dist‘netly so. The West Coast route (London and Northwestern railway) runs a train 400 miles in eight hou On the opening day this train arri at its destination eight minutes ahead of time, having made the run atthe vate of fifty and two-thirds miles an hour, including stops, or fifty-thr three-fifths miles, exclading sto The first of these fizures quite without precedent for the distance in question, or in fact for any long-dis- tance run. The lastisnot. There is at least one American record which surpasses it in many particular the West Shore d, July 885, a special train o t than the Scotch e S run from Bast Buffalo to W 422.6 miles, 1 nine hours and twent, three minutes, including twenty stop: A special train, arcanged on short no- tice, was of course liable to detentions of this kind. 1t is said that one hour and thirty minutes was lost in this way. Making this deduction, and deducting in the same way the time lost by the English train, we have the following re- sults: Distance,| Time Runninj miles, | H. M. |Rate. per bour. 53,00 o8 400 | 1 % 422,80 T4 5401 ults are practically equal, for we suspect that the time allowance for stops was computed in a manner which gave a slight advantage to the West Shor But certain parts of the West Shore run were better than any- thing in that of the London and North- western, sixty-one miles, from Buffalo to Genesee Junction, g made in fifty-six minutes actual time, or at rate of from cighty-three to eighty-seven miles per hour, while the maximum at- tained in the nglish run was only ahout seventy-five miles an hour. Two hundred and one and seven-tenths miles, from Buffalo to Frankfort, with eight’ full stops, (hesides five partial ones), were made in an actual time but slightly greater than that required in England for the same run_with one stop, and at an avorage running speed, including stops, barely under sixty miles an hour. This record. though ignored in some English accounts of running speed, is thol oughly well attested. It is decidedly the best we have. A Grand Trunk special of June, 1886, is said to have made 2204 miles in 237 minutes, exclud- ing stops,or 584 miles an hour; but this, even if thoroughly well established, does not equnlfie record of the West Shore. But of regular trains we have none which can come anywhere near the English record in this matter. The best for the distance in_question is the Chi- cago limited, from New York to Buffalo, which takes ten hours and forty-five minutes to run 440 miles—a weak show- ing as compared with the 400 wmiles within eight hours on the London & Northwestern. The best of the Wash- ington expresses now take five hours and eighteen -minutes to make the 226 miles between Jersey City and Wash- ington. But the distance in this case is much shorter, and the time record far from equals that of the best English trains. For short distances, especially between New York and Philadelphia and between Baltimore and Washing- ton, we have had trains scheduled to run at rates above fifty miles an hour; but the conditions of short distance running are more favorable for high speeds. It seems clear that we can make as good time as they do in England; it is also clear that we do not. 'he reasom is not one of engineering,but of finance. As far as construction goes, the English have not so great an advantage over our best ronds as is commonly suppc Their ono distinct point of superiority is freedom from grade crossings. large part of the enormous cost of lish track has been due to this cause. Tt is questionable whether their track is straightor or more level than ours, In the absence of accessible statistics, no one can speak positively, but it is pretty certain that the profile and align- ment of the English roads are not so good us is generally supposed, and prob- ably not as casy as those of many Amer- ican linc In finish of track the Eug- lish of course have a great advantage, as well asin many of the details of operation: but it is open to doubt whether their equipment is as good as ours, except for a very narrow range of purposes. On the whole, the advgn- tages and disasdvantages ave not far from equal. But the English are willing to pay for fast trains, while we are not. Let it be observed that this is not mercly a ques- tion of rates of fare, or even of passen- ger train receipts, but a general ques- tion of trafic economy. The direct ex- pense of running a fast train, large as it is, by no means measures the total cost. Other traffie is inconyenenced'and ren- dered more expen labor of trackmen is indirveetly increased. If the community wishes to have fast trains, all this must be somehow paid for. England does pay for it; Amer- ica does not. e BOOK NOTIOES. MERCE. D, A Youxa Prixck o¥ Co R. Hopkius. Hoston: pany. We do not know of a_ better book to put into the hands of boys for the pur- pose of teaching them the fundamental principles of business than this volum which Mr, Hopsins has so ingeniously prepared. The boy who reads it has obtained, when he has finished it, a clear understandiug of the principles He knows the character of notes, drafts, bouds; the theory of banking, di exchunge snd collateral; he learns all about the mysteries of Wall street and how the brokerage business is con- By Seldon Lothrop com- with couferring the franchises under | ducted; in line, he gets an excelleut understanding of the ‘way business carried on in general, All this knowl- mes in incidently, and in con< with the story. The book is handsomely printed and bound. s RiNG 18 TiE CLier” By Frank Wost Rollins, Boston: D. Lothrop Co. Here is a book which tho boy whose tasto has not been vitinted by dime novels will read with hearty enojyment. It is a story of healthy adventure, full of life, and not overcrowded with inci- dent. Its hero is a lad of seventeen, who from a child has been fascinatod with sea life, and who determines that when the time comes he will be asailor, and the history of his adventures in the accomplishment of this purpose is sufficiently thrilling to enchain the at- tention of the reader to the close of the volume. S Kamwes Tie Scour.” By Sylvanus Cobb, Jr. New York., Cassell & ( It is a tale of revolutionary times, when the country was young ard the red coats of St. George's army dotted the landscape o'er,and when the cocked hats of the continentals were seen bob- bing up in unexpected places to the dis- comfiture of the reds. The country scethed with romance in those days and the novelists have not been slow eize upon it. Among these, none have got a tighter greip upon the atmosphere of the time than Sylvanus Cobb, jr. it is hard to tell where truth and fiction are welded together in thisstory, the writer has used his materials with so much rness. Weo have oflicers who actunlly did figure in the great struggle, and we have others whoowe their being entirely to Mr. Cobb's fertile imagina- tion. NOTES, Tsabel F. Hapgood, whe is spending the year in Russia, has writton an ex- tended account of the visit of Kmperor William to Russia for the Independent. R. H. Stoddard wrate u short lyrie at Sag Harbor, Long Island, on August 14, which the Indepondent publishes in its current number. This is the first poem Mr. Stoddard has written for over a year. Messrs, Cassell & Co., with a li y appreciation of the timeliness and of public interest, have just ready a new and enlarged edition brought down to date of their wvaluable volume o “Yachts and Yachting.” The history of American yachting, which forms the larger portion of this book, is from the pen of the late Cuptain Roland I. Coftin, whose sudden death this sum- mer, while in the performaunce of his duties as yachting editor of the New York World, is still fresh in the mind of the publie. Some forty pages have been added, giving a complete history of American yachting in 1856 and 1887 by Charles E. Clay, editor of Outing, and author of “‘Bermuda Yachts uu"fl Dinghies.” These new chapters are il- lustrated with porteaits of ail the best known new yachts, including Mr. Van- derbilt’s Alva and Mr. Munro's Now Then. The September Forum (which begins the sixth volume) will contain a review of the republican national platform from a democratic point of view b Senator Blackburn,of Kentucky. l’hlufi after plank is taken up and discussed by the lightof the ropublican party’s record. To this number the Marquis of Lorne will contribute a study of the government of the United States, the result of his observation while he was governor general of Canada. He writes with enthusiasm about many features of our government, and points out several reasons why he regards & republican government as stable. The third of the series of economic article whick convey the latest investigations of My, Edward Atkinson into the condition of American capital and labor, is the most instructive that he has yet written. He shows by diagrams how the wage-worker in the United States bas steadily ad- vanced and how capital continues to re- ceive a diminishing return. Rev. Dr. Munger, porhaps the leading Con- gregational preacher in New Eugland, will point out the benefits that religion has received from the death of many superstitions caused by the soien- tific spivit of the time. There will be seven other articles in the initial num- ber in this new volume on such subjects a8 “‘Social Discontent,” the ‘“Effect of High Explosives in Changing the Meth- ods of War,” the ‘‘Management of Rail- ways,” and the “‘Increuse of the Al- cohol Habit. A non-partisan statement of facts and figures showing what the tariff is, what its use, object and effect, its origin and history, with definitions of terms ex- plaining the operation of specific and ad valoren duties, and giving the diffor- ence bewween a revenue tariff and a protective tariff, together with facts about wool sugar, lumber salt and coal, and statistical matter convenient for reference as to all matters usually con- sidered in tariff discussions; also the tariff planks of all the platforms of the demoeratie, whig and republican parties from 1840 to 1888. It is the whole subject in one little volume of 144 pages, by Judge W. A. Peffer, editor of the Kansas Farmer. Prince 25 cents a single copy, postage paid in all _cases. Adt\mml + Heath, Kansas Farmer oftice, Topeka. i The Duke's Mistake, Cassell's Suwurday Journal: One morning, when the duke of Wellington was at breakfast, he received a letter in an unknown and rather illeible hand- writing, With a view to obtaining a clew to its contents, he put on his eyo- aind scrutinized the signature ead * Loundon.” *Oh he bishop of London, at does the hishop want ¥ Then he began at the beginning and read the note care- fully through, an expression of bewil- pent and perplexity gradually over- spreading his as he did The writer craved his g a intrusion, and requested Ay favor, that the duke would kindly mit him to come anl see his famous ‘Waterloo breeche “Why, = the bishop must have gone mad!” ex- claimed the duke as he let his all, “*See my Waterloo What in the world does the man want to see my breeches for? How- ) ‘m sure I've noobjection, if he has acuriosity about them, = A queer whim, though, for a bishop to take into his head.” xt morning the Bishop of London, on sorting his pile of corres- pondence, found among it a letter bear- ing n ducal crest. He opened it and read as follo “*My Dear Lord-—-You perfeetly welcome, as far as 1 am rned, to come and inspect the hes I wore at Waterloo, whenever you like. Tt is true I haven’t a notion Where they are, but I dare say my valet kuows, ana 1 1l communicaté more dofinitely with you in & day or two. Yours, very faithfully, Wellington.” “The poor duke!” " ejaculated the Bishop of London, in a voice of the profoundest commisertion. I alw thought it was foo of him life after his couldn’t he havi @ on his laurels th 3 ¢ goue about reform, Catholic emancip tion, and what not, have becn too much for him. It's evident that his brain’s tuencd, What a dreadful thing for the country, to be sure!” So the worthy bishop, with many sighs, went into his ace study and wrote a ki duke of Wellington, sersons who ave mentally aflicted must ho dealt with tenderly Ho thanked his grace for his kindness, but assured him, as delicately as he could, that he wis not in the least anxious to mspect the historical relies in question, and begged that the duko would give hime self no further trouble in the wmatter as far as he (the bishop of London) was concerned, Tt was now the duke's turn to be nstonished. *‘I can’t have heen dreaming,” he said, in his pervloxity. Aud yot the bishop's first lotter was plain enough.” Then he did what he ought to have done in the first instance —he ecalled his secretary, Colonel B., and laid the whole matter before him. SI'moafraid it is your that has made the mistake,” said Colonel B., an lotter. to the emembering that irrepressible smile Nitting over his faco as he examined the two lotte *The first letter is not from the bishop of London at all; nor docs the writor t the breeches you “*Not from the bisho “Yes it is. as can bo—C, ¢ 1d for Cha *1t s frou J. Loudon, a Adentific gentleman, who is pre an important work on ** *Forost ' replied the scc s and what ho wants to see is your Grace’s avenue, tho Waterloo beeche they are called, leading up to your front door at Strath- ficldsaye. Al [ write and give your permission ¥ And thus it fell out that Dboth dule and bishop were ultimately convinced of each other’s sanity. el In the Washington Botanical Garden. Washington Stav: “I want to call your attention o the unlicensed bars ooms you will notice in this bhouse,” said Mr. Smith, as he entered another house near b, Here flowers resembling small rod bananas could be seen. They were hol- low and open at the top, and contained aliqguid. = These were the unlicensed barroom: Breaking one off and opening it, it was filled with small red ants, “They come and drink the liquor,” said Mr. Smith, “get drunk and die hapny. “Here is the cockroach barroom,” ho continued, “and here the spiders. An ant will not drink any of the reach or spider liquor, and vice versa.” Near the door a beautiful plant with ereamy white leaves was laboled *‘eon- sumption plant.’ “Whence the name?” asked the re- porter; *is the plaut discased?” “Yes, it really has the consumption,” was the veply, ‘‘and where these leaves are tinted a creamy white they are dis- eased lungs. You kuow that a plant breathes through its leaves. This plant is propagated for its beauty.” The fly-trap flower—in a large pot near by hundreds of tiny thick leaves rescmbling semi-circular jaws provided with small, sharp teeth, attracted tho I‘o}ml'lor'fl attention. “That's the well-known fly-trap flower,” said Mr. Smith, by way of ex- planation. While he was speaking a butterfly alighted in one. Quicker than thought the jaws vlosed, and the butterfly was a prisoner. ““‘How long will that butterfly remain a prisoner?” asked the reporter. “Two or three days. By that time flower will have derived all the benefit and good the fly possesses, and its jaws will open and the fly be cast out. It is my belief that the flower obtains sus- taneance from the prisoner it takes. Sometimes it gets hold of the wrong kind of food, howover, and it gets dys- vepsia, This conclusion is reached Irom the effect of the food on the leaves. Now this cell caught the head of a blue- ~ bottle fly a couple of days ago, and got the d‘) spepsia, as you can see by its color.” The reporter looked and saw a siokly combination of green and yellow mark- ings on the leaves, and the doad fly still between them. e Drink Malto, 25 centsa bottle, L 'l Kill Bim To-Night, She had gently refused him, aud as he turned to go, she said: “I am very sorry, Mr. Arbuckle, but some day you may learn to love one more worthy of you, perhaps, than I, and as you go to the gate be careful of the dog.” “Careful of the dog,” he repeated bitterly, and he crushed his hat down over his eyes, “I've been too enreful of him already, and if he crosses my path to-night Il kill him,” - A Sop to Old Soldiors. ‘WaSHINGTON, August 27.—The president has approved the bill authorizing an increase in pensions in case of deafness. “A number which will interest everybody,” SCRIBNER’S - MAGAYING FOR SEPTEMBER. v CONTENTS: “SHOW YOUR TIOKRTS!" 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