Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 24, 1889, Page 4

[ [ ] ¥ K | E ,:, b csaenn < BEE. MORNING. DATLY BVERY SUBSCRIPTION, SUNDAY 10 0 5 00 THE ruBLISH TERMS OF Dally M : Bd I For 8ix Mo For Three M Tiir OMAA SUNDAY HEE, mailed t 1 One ¥enr WiEKLY BEF OMAIIA OFFLCE, NOA, 2 00 14AnA 016 FARNAM BTREET, CHICAGO OFFICE, 107 RODKERY BUILDINC FA YOItk OFFICE. ROOMS 14 AXD 15 TRINUSE FOURTLENTH STRERT CORRBSPONDENCR ting to news and cdi. Al con TOms 1o torinl matter should be w d 1o the EDITOR OF 1HE ke HUSIN ESS LETTERE AdAressed to Tik BEE PUBLISIING COMPANY, OMAlA, Draft s riers 1o Do At pryante to the ordar of the company 7iie Bee Publishing Company, Proprietors, E. ROSEWATER, Editor. rHE DALY BEE. t of Circulation. Sworn Stateme: Btate of Nebraska | 3. Trechuck, secretary of the Ttee I vewlation of TiE DALY Ikr for the nding Febriary 2, 185, was as follows Eunday, Feh. | Monduy, Feb, 1% Wednes Thursday Friduy, Foh Eatnrday, Feb. 3 Average 15014 Bta 0 o etz duly sworn, de 13 secrotary of the Bea uyiishin ..tiat the actual average datly ciren Tig DALy month of February, 194, w coples; for rgune, 1K, 108 18,14 coples; for Se for October, 144, a4 ber, 158, 18,006 ¢ or December, 1588, 18,22 coples: for January, 1530, 14514 copies, . GEORGE B TZSCHUCK. me and subscribed fnomy ¢ this 15th day of February, A. D. 1580, . FELL Notary Publi SENATOR BLACKnURN, of Kentucky, Sworn to before has ovidently missed his calling, e was cut out for the prize ring, and should stand up weainst Sullivan o Kilrain the next time a challenge is fssue i unusual speetacle of a governor of a state being br it before a jury on a libel suit is now presented in lowa. Governor Larrabee indicted r¢ cently by the Polk grand jury for eriminal libel, and the i® now being tried. ‘The outcome of the trial is likely to end in full vindication of Governor Larrabee. The procecdings against the governor have, from all re- ports, proven a finsco was county case Tuw sudden death of Dr. Willard D. Bliss from a paralytic stroke last week General X2 s wheattended him dur Of the three men, removes the sceond of field’s physic ing his fatal illnes Agnew, Humilton and Bliss, whose names are still familiar to the countr during that memorable period, the remains. Dr. Hamilton, was suddenly stricken down. There can be little doubt that the heaith of these physicians was se- verely impaired, due to the steain on their coustitutions from anxicty and work in attending General Garfield on his doath bed former alone like Dr. Bliss, EVvENTUALLY the eight-hourday, for which the trade and labor orgnaniza tions of the country are bending their encrgies, will become an accomylishea fact. It depends, however, upon two factors, skilled labor and labor saving machinery. In certain high grades of manual employment the eight-hour system is in force to-day. Tt extension 1o wider circles must be left to the laws of progress and invention, by which nine hours work can be accomplished in eight. That appears to be the only true solution, as proved in the light of expoerience. Just as the hours of labor dropped from fourteen to twelve, and from twelve to ten, die to the employ- ment of improved methods, so it is lilkely that the present hours of labor will be lessened in the future. MiLwavker is likewise to have a new postofli v sister building, as it were, to the ono to be erected in Omaha. The dimensions of the lot ealled for in the Cream City is 2105260 feet, while the one in Omaha is to be not less than 2005250 feet. All bids must he in by Maveh 6 1n Milwaukee, when a govern- 2ut agent will inspect the sites of- ed. Undoubtedly the swme inspeet- architeet will first come to Omaha, where he will, on March 1, examine the pites offered for sale in this city, and then procecd to Milwaukeo, As the Omuha and Milwaukee postoffice bill was practically one measure appropri- ating the same passing congre more than likel will resemble amount to each city and s at the same time, it is that the two buitdings weh other in design, and their erection and completion will take place at the same time. —— BY a provision of congress somo twenty-five years ago euch state of the union invited to send tues of its most distinguished sons to be placed in Washington us a memorial of Amer great statesmen. Michigan has just filled one of the niches roserved for her in Statuavy hall of the national capitol with a bust of Thur state may well fecl proud of her adopted son, who forhalf a century served his coun- try in high oftice. While it may be true that Cass not left the impress of his individu upon the history of the United States such as was stumped by Webster, Clay or Calhoun, nevertheless he was looked up toas one of the leade of the democratic party duving his long period of public sor The career of Cass was a most notable one. In the war of 1812 he was a brigadicr general, ars later ke was appointad the first governor of Michigan tervitory Bod served in that capacity for sixteen yeurs. Uador Juckson he become see- rotary of war. Van Buren honored him with the French mission, On his burn to the United Statos in 1542, be was elected senator of Mishigan and Mter serving his state in congress for nany years Cass closed his long public fe as seerotary of state under Buchun- mn. The lustre of his name has been fimmed on account of his attitude on tiie slave question, but his pluce asa statesman of the nation canvot,be dig- puted, anc Michigan has fittingly hon- ored his mer ¢ « Lewis Cass. ce. THE OVERHEAD WIRE QUESTION, No graver mistake could be made it a farther extonsion of overhead eloctr vesalong the streets than 1o pe s proposed to do by an | of Omaha, as it nee pending ir business. portion of ith body who is in a position to form a can« neil, v is thi wd every- the co ordina did opinion kvows there is danger in them. Why then increase the di ties and the danger by additional wires strung along the city's streets? When most othercities having experience with the overhead wire nnisance are making an effort to vid themselves of it. it is most extraordinary that any member of Omaha's ¢ty ywwernment should be found willing to give a new privilege to further occupy our with polos and wires. It must be apparent to ev- eryhody of ordinary intelligence that if this is done it cannot but be detr mental to the thoroughfares. Wires stretc 1 at an elevation of sixteen feet, as would be the case any rail- v electrie motor company should be ong the streets, inly be more or less of an ot allowed to place wires would ¢ struction, and though the circumst might be few in which they would be in the way, it is manifestly uesiv- able that the streets shall be kept absc lutely free from all such obstructions. The proposed ordinance is further ob- L and very seriously so in the jectionable fact that it would give u monopoly of the streets to the first electric motor company that got possession of them. The franchise contemplated by the pro- posed ordinance would consequently be of the very highest value. [t need hardly be said that the people will not pproye such a concession to any com- pany, whatever assurances it may give for increased facilities of travel. or for otherwise subserving the public 1nte- rests, The plain duty of uncil is to defeat any and every attemnt to further occupy the strects of the city with poles and overhead wires, from whatever source the reguest to do so may come, A NATIONAL BANKRU LAW. The associated wholesale grocers of St. Louis have issued - ine vitation to the commercial bodies to send representatives to a con- veution to be held in that city on the 25th of this month for the pur- pose of formulating for presentation to the next congress an equitable bank- rupt lnw., A good deal of interest in this matter of securing a national bank- rupt law has been shown by the com- mevcial bodies from time to time sinc the last law was repealed several yea » think the national bourd of darly at its annual meet- ings expressed itself in favor of such a alaw, Atany rate most of the com- mercinl bodies of the country have, within the 'ast year or two, gone on scord in favor of a mnational bankrupt ago, und v trade has vog et, and it was cxpected that legislation would be obtained from the present congress in con- plinee with this very general senti- ment of the mercantile interests of the country. It1s now proposed to make a concerted effort through the medium of a national convention, to influence the next congress to give the country the desired law. There is something to be said on both sides of the guestion as to the expedi- eney of & national bankrupt law, but great weight must be given to the fact that such o law is almost universally favored by commercial men. who cer- tainly must be regarded as the best qualified sssity and expediency. The cirenlar of the St. Louis groc 1ys the demands of com- meree are equally as urgent as hereto- fore for the enactment of a uniform col- lection law in the form of an equitable bankrupt act, which shall preserve the vrespective rights of ecredit- ors and debtors, irrespective of their residenc or peesonal re- lationship, and adds: I'he essential eclement necessary to extensive com- mereinl intercourse is confidence. There isa want of absolute confidence s0 long as it is possible for fraudulent > to be made and goods to be wallowed up. There junte law for the cor- s, and an ohts botween eredi to judge of its nec prefeven spirited away and s might be an ad rection of commerecial w edjustment of the r tors and debtors.” Past experience with national bani- rupt laws in this country has not been altogether satisfactory, but this may have been due to vemedinblo defects in the laws, and does not necessavily prove that tho nrinciple is weonz. Most other commereial nations have found a bankrupt law neeessary and its opers tion beneficinl. ymaha and Platts- mouth bonrds of trade are wmong the commercial bodies invited o be repre- sented in the St. Louis convention, and it is to be presumed that both will send delegates, The merchants of the west are quite as much interested this question s those of any other part of the country. DI The establishment of trade schools in o I cities of the country for the struction of young men in the various mechanieal purseits, is doubtless only a question of time. Sueh have been in operation in New York City for a aumber of years, and it is expocted that during the prosent year similar schools will be opened in Philadelphia and Boston. The incentive to the os- tablishment of such schools is the decay of the apprenticeship system in this country, with the result that compara- tively few Americans ave now employ in the skilled branches of mechauicul industries. The restrictions that have 1 upon the apprentice sys- tem allow but very limited opportuni- ties to the youth of this country to learn trades, and as aconsequence the value of mechanical lsbor must be constantly re- cruited from abroad, at least to supply the highest requirements of such labor, SCHOOLS. ! schools It is a fact that American boys gener- ally are not partis to mechan- ical pursuits, The average uth of native rth, under tne influence of & mistaken pride, or by reason of the fallacious notions of parents, pre fers employment that will not requirs him to wear overalls ov soil his hands, even though such employment exacts louger hours of work and is less rewmu- nerative than that of the skilled me- chanic. But there ave large numbers of boys and young men who would will- ingly learn trades 1f they could get the opportunity, and it is for the benefit of such that the trade school opens its The trade school is not peculiar to this country. France owes much of he wealth to her industrial sc many has wrested tion of the American trade from Eng- land by her schools, and the idon guilds are now expending their wealth in the establish- ment of similar England, The f are of two kinds learned duving the fo quired to obt nols, Ger- consid trades mulated schools throughout 1 trado s whore a trade 1s v or five yoars res na edueation, and young men employed in sarn what the workshop not teach, I'rom a recent address by Colonel R, Auchmuty, of New York, the founder of the trade schiools in that city.the information is obtained that the results have been in the highest attend good chools where shops can oes de- the schools e Young men from all parts of the count:y, and sev- cral thousand mechanies, having a knowledge of all ;Jlrhn( their trades, who have gone out of these sehools in the past seven years, attest theiruseful- ness. The purpose of the trade school is not to graduate journeymen. This, suid Colonel Auchmuty, would be both expensive and uunecessary. But the trade school can teach far better than the workshop a trade in all its pavts. *Morve than that, it can teach what no workshop pretends to teach, the science on whicha trade is based, and which is in danger of being forgotten. Speed of exccution and the experience necessary to meet the varied problems ever pre- sented Lo the mechanic can only. on the other hand, be acquired at real work. It is therefore the combination of the teade school and the workshop that of- fers the bes the school first to learn how to work, then the workshop to gain specd of exccution and expericuce.” The object sought to be accomplished Is,that of educating Amer- at the same time results trade by ican mechanies, while raising mechanical pursuits in popular regard is cectainly important. This country should not be compelled to de- pend wholly for its skilled labor upon the product of foreign schools and work- shops, nor should American youth de- siving to learn trades be forced into other pursuits less remuncrative and these scho loss certain of giving them the means of a comfortable livelihood. The me- chanical talent of Americans is at least equal to that of any other nation- ality. and it should be given a fair op- portunity for development. This the trade school will in a afford, and it seems quite probable that it will in time Dbecome a w tution. measure CoavissioNtr Wright, of the na- tional bureau of labor, presents inter- esting statistics in his recent report on marriage and divorce in the United states, Tt appears that while the popu- lation of the country has hardly doubled within the past twenty years, the num- ber of divorces has tripled within that period. A deerease in the uumber of divorce cases has taken place in the older states, while an increase has been noted in the west, especially in Illinois and Dakota. Sixty-five per cent of the total number of divorces weve granted to wives, The most pr lent cause for seeking divoree was that of desertion, while intemperance fol- lowed nextas a reason. Commissioner Wright’s statistics afford sullicient food for reflection. Undoubledaly the loose nd easy marringe and divorce laws of many of our states are largely responsi- ble for the growth of infelicity, The fact that Illinois and Dakota enjoy the dis- tinction of granting more divorces than any other states would prove that hus- over the country have taken ad of their libe laws in severing the bonds of matvi- mony. The divorcequestion has grown 10 be a serious one, and the wise heads of the nation are endeavoring to pro- vide o means of cheeking the very dam- aging social disovder. Tug proposed sche bands and wives all mtage ne of cattle men to form an immense syndicate composed of stock raisers in all the states west of the Mississippi, will be watched with con- siderable interest. Their purpose is to do away with the commission and middlemen who, they claim, by combin- ing with the packing houses, have divided the profits of the cattle business )d have left nothing for the stock grower. The new company to be com- posed of leading enttle growers, is said to have plenty of capital at its com- mand. [ts purpose is to ship its stock to that mavket which will pay the high- est prices, and for that reason will have its agents at Chicago, Kansas City, Omuha and other cattle centers. On the face of it, the plan appears feasible, if it be true that a combination exists between commission men and paclying houses to depress the cattle men’s pro- fits, the new company can go far in breaking up such an understanding. NEFTHER with Le Cavon, the spy, nor with Pigott, the tenitor, has the Lon- don Zies been abla to besmiveh the character of Parnell. 1t is almost cou- fessed by the Thunderer that it ha been most brazenly imposed upon in its wild goose chasc THE SPALE VOICE OF PRESS. Bring on the Virus. Fremont Trinune, Dr. Billings should calute Frank R, Frauk is affected with swioe Morrissey. plague. Not 8o Very Near. Freviont Herald, ‘Thurstou will probably come about as near being sceretary of the interior as Dr. Miller Wais 0D two or three oceasions. It's one thing 10 want it and another thing to get it, some- tunes, Penny Wise, 1o, Hastinge Nelraskan, Abolish the sinecures abeit the capitol and money enough would have been saved and better spent if used to pay the expenses of Nebraska representatives in the Washington celobration in New York. nd Foolish, Not a Word to Say. Friend Telegraph. § Notwithstanding the county vepublican convention ludorsed the activn of Auwrney Gene Leos§ ahd daclared in favor of a more reasonable pate of transportation, not a single paper inthd ¢ yutside of tne Tol- | favor of | egraph has lisped a single word in carrying out these principles and relieving the people of tins burden that anuually takes more than one-half the farmers cara ings. A Sympathetic Olaim, Grand Teland Independent, Tf our legislature passes a bill for the relief » in the past misappro this wise bod, kinduess to of an ex-governor, w priated the ought consistentiyito ex all futur and to all confidence men their schemes on the same principle nsistency and thoroughuess. yeople's funds, ihezzlars, robbors, horse thiave who are wor is nothing 1k All such men have the sawe claim on the leg: islature's sympathy, A Few Shining Bxamples. Crete Vide Would prolibition prohibit in Nebrask We don’t have to look over into fowa or tal a neep at Kansas for the answer. The towns of our own state that have prohibition [ point out the stallow mockery of such a law. Take Friend for instance. There are no sa- loous there, yet more drunken tighits oceur in that city in a monti than Crete, with six sn loons, hias in a year. Miiford, another no conse neighboring town, knows what prohi bitic now, n lawlessuess is. A Srriking 1 Minnapolis ample i, Spealang about suspended animation, what is the matter with the department of state! - The Ground Hog All Right, t, Paul Glol The ground log understood his business when he went back to his hole on the 2d of February. nee Needs, Philadelphin Times The sort of acabinot they need t in I'rance is one strong enough to langer from breaking e nstruct op Bou The Three Dobuta Chicagn Tuter-0:ean Dakota, Montana and Washington are coming into the sisterhood of states, and tuoy micht as well get their picaic dr laundried ad —- 1 Bdgerton, Kunsas City Limes, The impression 18 now intensified that President Cleveland, instead of turning out Civil Service Commissioner Ldgerton, should have kicked him out - = ather of Hustiers, Chicago Times. George Washington's birthday oncea year. When George was alive chusing the red coats around they used to think it came it every day. George was a hustl A One Step in Advance. Kansas City Jowrnal. “The republicon press is the meanest that civilization hus ever known,” says the Louis ville Courier-dournal. We must get even for that. The democratic press is a relic of barbarism. N Its the Girls, Joe. Philadelphia North American. Joseph Chamberlain has declaved that the school system in America is its groatest glory. The American girl claims that dis tinction, and novody kunows it better than Chamberlain. The comes buy —— At Loast One Good Point. Minneapolis Journal. President Cleveland is but a man and he has made mistakes; but can still retire from the highest oftice in the gift of his country- men with the prond consciousness that he has never written spring y. e — An Appeal to Bismarc Chicago News. Hear us, Bismarck, we implore ye, Man_ferrugicous and gory, In_that isle where grows the mango, Likewise cocounuts -and sago, Is our bay called Pango-Pango Or Pago-Pugo ¢ —_— Democrats Not Included. Chicago Tribune, “Praise God from whom all blessings flow!” sang the members of the legislature in session at Bismarck when the news came that tho territorial bili had passed both houses of congress. It will be observed that the democratic party s entirely ignor ed in this outburst of thanksgivinz. DA el e Couldn'c Ee Tascott, St. Paul Pioneer Press. A German trmmp in Wisconsin, whose budly frozen feet were amputated in a hos pital, was declared by the sapient town au thorities to be Tascott. LBut as the tramp is still in the hospital the story falls to the ground, as Tascott, minus both his legs, could casily elude any detective m this country. They've Tried Monkeys, Chicagn Times. dia was tho means of cap turing o murdercr. With all due respect to the shrewd Hankshaws of the Chicago de tective bureau it may not be amiss 1l the attention of Acting Inspector Elliott to the sculinritios of the monkey as a detective, “The suggestion is not made with expec- tation thut Tascott muy be over Mon keys bave been used to capture cott and the resuit is a fuilure. ————— A monkey in 1 roji TIAL SMIL Chicago Times: Windom has been called, but this muy be a mere bluff, Philadelphia Record: Society Iditor— Learned anything new about Mary Ander- son’ St. Paul Globe falling into aisrepute, finding Tuscouts Chicago Times: The state of lowa will not be represented in the cabinet, but it will furnish the bustles for the white house, Chicago News: A man committed suicide at Mount Healthy, OJ, by freezing himself to death, The name of the town must have dgiscouraged hiw. New York Sun: Gentleman (in Yorkville restaurant) ~Give me a gluss of milk, waiter, Waiter—Yes, sir (going to the back door Jimmie, keteh de gout. Reporter—1 saw her nod yesterday to young Mr. Blank, of Blank & Co. “Weil, don't anmounce it as a positivo en- ent; just put it in as a vumor." Philadelphia Northi American : Max O'Rell says that *America 15 composed of 60,000,000 people, mostly coloaels.” He must have spent a long time in the dyinking places of Ken tucky St. Paul Globe Word is seut from Indiauapoiis that Mr, Harrison has bought a pair of stout No. 6§ shoes to inwugurate, The detective service is It nas almost ceased 0 with, Isthata hint to democratic ofiice holders ¢ Minneapolis Journal: A Kausas City judge recently granted four divorces in six minutes. Iansas City's claims as a rival of Chicago are ut last based upon something besidos wind. Chicago Herald: Oscar Wild has just pub. lished a magazne article entitled *The Decay of Lyng.” ‘Lbis in Loundon, too, where Le Caron has been on the witness stand for over three wecks. Qil ity 13lizzard: The baby being a help less ereature, is subjected to much mistreat ment in the matter of uaming and kissiog. It 15 veported, for instance, that a little one THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY FEBRUARY 24, 1830.~TWELVE PAGES. up in Me Juwes Jordan ( dny mny comg when he will KKean connty has just boen mamed y McClure Harrison, The rise up to re. prosch his parents for prefixing to his natural name such a directory as that Puck: “Pardon me," said the aotive, defereatially, “but L have noticed, madame that while you have been making your pur chases in the store you have appropriated soveral small articles.”” “Allow mo to con gratulate you on your polite boaring,' re turned ady, pr v acard, see from this that the firm has employe to see that its detectives act with good man ners towa d anybody the e ot CLEVER WOME may susp Kate Claxton has had a stroke of paralysis, She does not expeet to be able to go back o the stag Mrs. S. V. Whito, wife of the congrossman from Brooklyn, hasconscientions seruples on the subjection of prohibition, and she is said to be the ¢ hostess in Washmgton wh has refused to serve wine to her guests. Miss Joannette Halford, daughter of the prosident-elect’s private secrctary, is enjoy ine her raral life in Florida immensely. She is frequently suated on top of a load of hay and driving o team of frisky mules. Mrs. Mona Caird, the “Is Marriage a Failure scribed as a handsome brunette, ta graceful, with fino eyes and a very sprightly expression, the very opposite of the conven- tional ideas of the clever woman The famous author of discussion, is de ck, it is said, is about Empress Frede 10 join the noble army of authors—or the army of noble authors—by writing the me moirs of her late husband. The book will have to be published in England to avoud the ible blue pencil of Editor Bismarck Warfield, who resides near I county, Md., composed the mare od at the inaugural ball of “rippeeanoe” Harrison, and her friends want it played at the inauguration of his erandson, March 4. Miss Wartield, who is wealthy, is aged over nincly years Miss Julia Flotelier, the author of *Kis met,” has a new novel in pross in Boston, 1t is entitled *“The Truth About Clement Ker," and promises to be a story that will sell Miss Fleteher is described as a singularly fascinating young woman—slieht, graceful, with a delicate, pale face, big blue eyes and pleaty of yellow hair i is very witty in her conversation Miss Susanna o8y nl Dean o Dr. Maria M d her first sien as o homeopathic physician at Helena, Mont. To-day sheis one of tH most popular and prominent residents of the ci and her meome last year is reported to have been $11,000. Dr. Dean was graduated from the Wisconsin university and _from the Bos. ton Medical school, and has also studied in Berlm. She is about thirty years old, and is said to be a woman of remarkable ability, and. although full of pluci, is not a bit mas - uline, ‘Three years o G GREAT ME Dr. Gathing's latest invention is a police gun or street piece for use in riots The most inveterate “first-night in Chicago is 13, P. Hutchinson, known as “Old Huteh.” Chicago has a Joscph G Parkinson. patent law Mr. Sargeant, the American painter who has won such fame in London, has a fine, powerful figure. Vice President- 131 the use of a furnished hou: during inauguration week. Miles Standish’s monument, on Captain's Hill, Duxbury, will be finished this year. It was begun seventeen years ago The late Dr. Hueffer, musical critic of the London ‘Times. hated the idea of & cofiin and believed in cremation. His body was not burnea, however, but buried in the ordinary way. The cofiin of Colonel Goshien, the aead cir cus giant, measured 7 fect 6 inches by 2 feot S ches. No hearse could be found big enough to hold it, and it was earried to the grave in an open wagon. Edward Willett, newspaper man, poet and novelist, died in New Yorl on Wednesday. He was fifty years old. His work on the St. deaf Heis a spe and dumb law alist in ret Morton pays $500 for in Washington Louis Post-Dispateh, Chicago Tribune and New York Sun was of the best order. His successful novel was “The Search for the Star.” James Russell Lowell is in poor health. He writes to the Harvard society of Balti- wore: I have been compelled 1o ¢ far as 1 could all excitement and fati have therefore stoadily ¢ all tions thut would in any way expose me o the risk of either Itev. Clark Wr dist Church of the lined ht, pastor of the Mectho our in Harlem, New York, is almost an exict reproductian in fuce, form and manner of the late John A Login. The reverend gentleman was a sol- dierin the Ninth New York regiment, and takes much interest in Grand Army matters. Colonel Blautos Duncan, the distinguished Kentuckian, has taken up his abode in Los Angeles, Cal,, the adoptea home of several other Blue Grass exiles. Althongh actively engaged there in business pursuits his old time newspaper instinets continue to crop out, us is evidenced by a recont article from s pen in the Los Angeles Times, in which he deals some hard blows at railroad monop oly in true prize-ring style. e will make himself felt ou the Pacific coast. —_— CURRENT TOPICS, The reappearance of Sir Charles Dilke is one of those veculiar featurcs of British life which no American can understand, says the Sau Francisco Chronicle Dilke seems w be in & fuir way to regain the position which he lost so suddenly und soabsolutely through the Crawford scandal. The case was proved against him, altbough it have been made blacker than it was by the de- tectives empioyed by Lis political cncmies, At uny rate he was suddenly huried from one of the forerost positions in the hiberal party into political and social exile. But he is an able man, and he hus been aided by a wife who has championed his cause and re- fuses to believe any evil of him. The resuly is that he has slowly made his way back into the world, and has gained at last the recog nition of the minister of Paris. There aro intimations he will soon be s in Lon don socicty. The only simtlur case in rs in Bngland was that of Valentine The latter's oficnse no moroe 0 had he Jived a few tion that he would have been pardoned. The English wre vrodigal of their favors in condoning of fenses when the offenders are men of good nd first rate ability, cstimated, says the Chicago Herald, that by far the greater cost of labor involved in the transportation of the crops may be charged w0 thut short passage over the country roads lyiug betweon the farm and the depot. The highway called the econt railroad is superb. Tho turnpike remuins in its primitive state Efforts, therefore, directed toward the bettering of the road between the furi and will be wiscly 1nspired The people are but lately arrived atthe knowledge that one railroad. rather than o, three or four, is to be wished for. The Pacific roads at Omaha divide their passen- clght amone nuo less than five the railway station | piods, througt 1d cary Al ust support With the waiting trains, though one The people of ® however, five crews of railroad op: wterios of comme maiy » the tarmer and it is time to dwell upon tha n of the public tr whor mud over hil sond, ip, with fifty b s of wheat, giving 1 day's haul, and vast relative expense, to the initial operation delivery in Europe. % B, Meatyard is one of the inquirers who the country gocd service in call slators to this sub; have done Commenting on the recent defeat of the Saturday half holiday bill in Pennsylvania, the Public Ledger observes: tlolidays are like roads in one respect where the people make them or the lues for them are laid out by nature there they are pretty sure to be adopted. The holidays the peopie make have 10 nocessit being backed aw, and where they have 1 u made by the peo ple no act of the legislature ca y itselfy popular Ihey must be est the | may look with complac on t deteat Saturday half holiday biil in the state senate, as that has not yet worked its way sufiiciently into popular favor. Law advisavle til cannot make it acceptable or the right time ¢ have been com ) alone, Several papers in the east menting on the fact that San Praucis of all the cities in the country,still per mits and even encourages prize-fighting The examiner thus comes to the def e of the eity of the Golden Gate Some ultra. virtuous journals of the cast o recently expericnced heartrending pangs at the thought of the wickedness of San Francise s “the only city in the union where prize- fighting is open Pugitism may or may not be defensible on \ moral grounds, but we beg to remind in of our shocked eastern contemporar precedents permitted. b ies that there are some excellent in justification of it. Mo the New York Eveuing Post, for example, which takes lofty ground agaiust the merest mention of a ring battle, we might recall the little affair deseribed in the thirteenth book of the Tliad of Homer, translated by aformer respected editor of that highly esteemed publication: @ “And the twain set upon each other, Then Peisandros smote the enest of the helmet shaded with horschair close below the very plume, but Menelaos struck him as he canie forward, on the brow above the base of th nose, anit the bones eracked and the eyes u bloody, Fell at his feet in the dust, Then he bowed und fell, and Minelaos set foot upon his breast and triumphed.” Shall this ancient “serap” be excusable and not the more decently conducted affairs of wodern dayst And if our offeminate friends will search the scriptures can the not find y it for fighting, and for the graphic reporting thereof! We commend to their attention the first book of Suwmuel from the thirty-cightn verse onward, it Inan editorial headed “The Prohibition Folly in Rnode [sland,” the New York Evening Post says: There are encouraging signs of a popular uprising in Rhode Island which will put an end to the prokibition folly which has done the state such serious havm during the past fow years. The first step toward the chang was taken wheu the lower house of the log. islature, by a vote of 45 to 25, rejected a proposal to engraft the injunction clause of the Kansas Prohibitory law upon the statuto books. This proposal had been urged by the prohibitionists with great zeal, and as the agitation has advanecd it has been recog nized by both sides that the failure of the proposal would involve the safety of the present prohibitory law. During debate a monster petition, signed by 625 numes, representing millions of dol lars of taxable property, iwas presented, asking as follows a resubmission of the pro- nibition question 1o a vole of the people: “The undersigued taxpayers and business men of this state, fecling that the amend mient to the constitution prohibiting the man ufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors as abeverage is injurious to the best intorests of the state, as well as incapable of enforec ment; that it has placed the liquor business beyond control and supervision, has disar- ranged husiness and depreciated the price of real estate, respectfully petition your honor- able body to put before the people of this state an amendment to tie constitution, ab- rogativg the prohibition amendment, go called, and as in duty bound will e g 1uis thought by the best judies of the sit- uation that the legislature will vote to re submit the question, and that the ultimate result will be tiie repeal of the present law. “It bas been represented,’ says the Phila delphia Record, “'that Judge Brewer's de- cision sustains the claim of the Granger companics that tho railroad commissioners have 1o right to impose on transportation companies fixed schedules of freight charges; yet that, baving done so, there is no lagal weans of hindering the enforcement of these Nothing in the printed report of the decision warrant such a statement. The doctrine of Inw is that wherever there is a wrong there 18 a remedy. The judee re fused to grant a preliminary injunction on the ground that the ratesixed by the railroad commissioners appeared to be compensatory to the company. re- fusing the injunction he intim: that by the time the case should come o a final hearing the fact that the rates were reasonable would appear so clearly that no injunction upon the commissioners could cquitably be 1ssued. In the ovinion of the judge, the weight of cvidence was that the freight rates fixed by the fowa commissioners ure not unreasonable But, following the decision of Justice Woods in a former case, he concluded that it would be best to let the schedule go into operation and be subjected to the test of expericnee, While the law authorizes the railvoad com missioners to cstablish reasonavle rates of transportation, the courts inay iatervene to restrain the spoliation of railroad stockhold vgos be crs should unr ably low cl fixed. The New York World is by no means so well pleased with the present administration of the office of secretury of state as 15 Mr, Bayard himself. Commenting on the serics of political reviews now being published in the Baltimore the World says “Seereti vard’s retrospect of his ad ministration of the state department, as pub- « in the Baltimore Sun, shows that the premier of the admimstration shares to the full the complacency of his chicf i regard to the record now closing. “The failure of every iupor diplomatic work undertaken by Mr. Bayard, complaint throughout the coun- nent has had no fore ) policy except to avoid uupleasantuess by ving every big nation its own way and to seek renown by bullying the weak, aud even tho averthrow of the demoeratic party after a single torm i oftice, through tue failure of e wdministration, do not sufilce o lwpress upon the secretary of state that there has been anythiog tuckiog in bis conduct of the department. SIf the logic of ovents has not snstructed Mr. Bayard, it is aot | that any words Ccan show 10 him his weakness and his erro He plumes himsell g preserved peace with all natious aco with pusi nt piece of ¢ univers: try that the goverr lmity 15 generally possible. 13t Secre Marey and § tary Seward fouud ot diffieult o preserve peace with houor by Iy sud Iold assertion of the rights aud the Just expectations of the governineat vad people of the United States “Tuere is o golden wean between biuster | ana yielding~between Jingotem and Amort canism—Which Mr. Bayard has failed t strike. But his porfect sell-satisfaction ren " tion which ho has suffercd in his presen ol & Heveln is Love Susie M. Thest in Dubilic. Lrdger Herein is lovo—to take this strange, swoob That we call life, and for love's sake to fling It 10 that outer darknoss men deom doath, That love may & @ longer, sweeter ath T'o face with unaffeighted hearts the gloom The terror and the agony of doomn Herein is love—to 1ift another's cross, To give away the gold and keep the dross, To tra into dust the worm of self, To crowd its clam'rings on the soul's back shelf Nor let it ever dare upraise its head Deny its every cail Ul it lies dead Herein is love—to strip tho shoulders bare, 1f need be, that a frailer one may woar A mantle to protect it from tho storm, To bear the frost king's breath, so one Lo warm, To erush the tears it would be sweet to shed, And smile 0 others may have joy instoad, Herein is love ~to daily sacrifico The Lope that to the bosom closest lie Lo mutely bear reproach and suffer wrong, Nor lift the voice to show whero both bo nor Nay now, Herein it e'en to God indeed—herein is > “ TALKS ON TRIFL above. love, is love, Among the relies which have been pro served from the late eity hall war is the follow i interesting dogument - the hand. writing of Major Iaray, which the mujor 1oft on the tabl quarters in the board of trade head € the Parnam street people NoTcE! CUARANY Py RNAN STREET s What in the d -1 ails you buggers! Why n't you be civil and observe ofice hours receive the cubraces of the fellows who swallowing you out of sight! I called in simply to express my condolenee, but, in narmony with the support of the g al public, 1 find your rooms like Tar 1is, without a harp ora voice, or a prosence “ deserted. Come down aud see me. Re: ligiousty thine. J. B, Punay. In the light of subsequent cvents this notice of condolence is rather amusing * Tron Cross dec rates but few breasts in Omahn, and it is a matter of doubt whother more than onc party in thiscity is entitled to wear it Itis blaci, inexpensive, unattractive, and w it not for a slight polish and beveled edge would searcely ho noticed upon a somber gavment. It isa symbol of the poverty of the kingdom with which it originated, but has been the incen tive to deeds of valor which, though they way have been equalled, have rarely been excelled. o have been distinguished on a field of battlo in America, to have been wounded on Waterloo, to have merited tho commendation of the Little Corporal is akin 10 be deserving of the Iron Cross. This dis- tinctiou belongs 1o Prof. It M. Steinlauser of this city, who, however, ueither woars the symbol nor refers to it in conversation, He won it in the battle of Orleans in the Franco-Prussian war, January 1571 He was at the time music. meister of the band of the Bavarian infantry regiment of King Carl, of Wurtem- berg. The battle had turncd in favor of tha French. A retreat of the Bavarians was ordered, but it was discovered that thore was nobody tosound the call. Every bugler had been killed. Steinhauser, from his posi tion with Lis band, spurred to the head of the regiment in the face of the enemy and issued the call at the peril of his life. The body retreated, avoided decimation, The music-meistor escaped his distinction, uninjured and wo; Thomas 1L Moffat, well kuown in this city, did busines the placa in Galenu from which U, S. Grant marched to victory, the highest preferment in the gift of his people, and Lo fame which was co-extensive with the liunts of the globe. It was in 1864, and the silent chief had but just returncd from his victories. Upon his former place of business stilt hung the old weather beaten sign of tin, which proclaimed to the surrounding farmers that hides were there bougnt and sold by “U. 8. Grant & Co.” Photographs of the great leader wero in great demand and any souveni of him which could not be duplicated was deemed of almost priceless value. Chicago was fren zied with devotion to the soldier who had just been her guest. Packing the tin sign between two boards, Mr. Moffatt forwarded it us hie would an heirioom to the sceretary of the board of trade, ims ning that it would be recerved with the putriotic feeling which inspired his shipping of it 13ut the seerotary sent back a note suggesting that offatt forward to him # cents which he thad paid as express charges! A patri citizen later found an honored resting placo for the relic in his museun on the north side uud, with the desiriction of his mun sion ouc of the earlicst relics of the Ameri as blotted out of exist can Bpaminondas v ence. i The death of the | o Richard K imball re called a uunbe isodes in his eventful life One of these dispiayed Lis giant strongth and firmness of charac He hud loaned money toa party who ran a saloon on Tenth strect south of Jim Stephenson’s. The moncy vas never paid and the saloon becume the property of iimball. It wasa mountain on his Lands, He had no more inclination to go into the dispe: of pioneer drinks than he nsin had to take the lecture platform. 1o bad a goung friend who had recently come from Wiscousin, e gave him a half interest in the ente ¢ in consideration of the latter's conducting the busiuess, It was the time of jrold, gold dust and sevip, Business seem jzood, but Kimball had to pay the biils and his partner divided with him regularly, sat isfying him, for some time, with serip. Scrip was worth o litla less than the paper it was printed on, It was poor pay for Kimball. Tn fact it wus o pay at all. One morning he ot a well- developed roll of the stulf, It was more de- veloped than any he had received. It was 80 woll developed, in fact, that it destroyed Mr. Kimball's patience. He locked the sa loon door. Ho astced his partner to give up his cash. The accommodating partner snid his cash was serip also. The partner's trunk stood behind the bar. Kimball raised it wbove his head and dashed it in fragments upon the floor, Gold doltars, gold eaglos, olted npon the foor. The partnor caught the first train, Kimball picked up the money, closed his door and abandoued the lhquor trufic ral years ago a wan then wall known munity died. In life Lo had bis A Llie Jatter were not The poor wan was Sev n this o friends and enowios, placated by bis death Vuried. His lurial was supervised by one who had contemned him in Life, whose hate fol- towed him to the grave and led W bis boing pluced near anotier nan with whom, while living, be was unable L agres. s un- Luppy s-ocintion of the remains of these of almost in- satisfaction to the malevo- had encompassed it The reached the family, aud a vietim of a miserable in anothor ity of e was o sour finite but 1ent spirit who secret, however, short time since spite was Ciintorrod duad.