Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 23, 1889, Page 4

4 THE OMAHA DAILY BF‘E SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23. 1889, " TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Dafly and Sunday, One Year., . Eix Months . ceevs . ree Mont! . Bunday Bes, One Year . Weekly Hoe, Ono Year wi OFFICES. Omahn, Bec Bullding. Chie Office, W7 Rookery Bullding New York, Hooms 14 and 15 Tribune Build- I anhington, No 613 Fourteenth Gtreet rmmrlll lllw; eNo. |z Peari Strect. Lincoln, 1029 P Stiee Houth Omahia, Cornst N and 29th Stroots. CORRESPONDENCE. All communieations relating to news and edi- torial matter stiould be addressed to the Editor- ial Department, BUSINESS LETTERS. All tnsiness letters and remittances should be addressed to The Bee Publishing Company, Omana. Drafts, checks and postoffice oraers be ninde payable to the order of the company, * The Boo Publishing Company, Proprictors Hre Building Farnam and Seventoenth he Trains, 86 for a faflure to get Tk B | newsdealers hiave been no Travelers who want There 15 10 exi on the trains, A * fied to carry & full supply. Tim Bk &nd can’t gat 16 on trains wheroe other Omah papers are carried are requested to no- tify Tie Bee. Pieans bo particular o give n all cases ful) information as to date, rallway aud number of train. (G1ve ux your name, not for publication or un. nec a guaranty of zood fait THE DAILY BEE, t of Circulation. Etate of Nebraska, ! County of Douglas. % Geormo” 1, Tzachuck, secrotary of The Boe Publishing Company. does solemnly swear tnat the actual clculation of Tik DAILY BEE for the week ending November 16, 1850, was Sunday. Nov, 10, Monday, Nov. Nov. 12 * Wednosday, Nov. Thursduy, No Friday, Nov Eaturday, Nov.16..: Sworn Statom AVerage....oiiviiiiineann i 19,175 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK, Ftate of Nehraska, ] 1 County of Douglas, (% Bworn to before me and subscribed to {n m presencs this 16th day or November, & D.1 s Tzachuck, being duly sworn, de- y8 that hie 18 secretary of The Hoe Company, that the nctual average daily circulation of ‘MHE DALY BeE for the month November, 1585, 1808 copi for De- cembor, 18, 18.2% copies: for January, 1%, 18,674 coples; for February, 1850, 1505 coples: M 560, 18,854 copfes: for April, 1849, for May, I8, Ko copl ), 1883 coples: for July, 1 coples: 1or August, 1888, 14,651 coples: for ep. tember, 1880, 18710 coples; for October 1559, 18,997 coples, GEORGE B. TZSCAUCK. Eworn to betore me and subscribed ln thy presence this 2d day of November, A D., 183, |Beal.] Fi \ Notary Pubiio Stata of Nobraska, County of Douglas, oxes and Publishi ; for o Tnr republicans took the load in placing a ticketin the field and they + will maintain the lead at the ballot box. Mni. TANINGER has no enemics to conciliate and nothing to explain awuy in his career as a public man and « pravate citizen, Now let the delegates who nobly stood by their colors in the convention show cqual vigor and persistency at the polls, and success is assured. THE unanimous endorsement of John Rush by the republican convention is a compliment very few men who have held positions as trensurers for years have been able to secure. KICKING trains of cars over the bot- toms is not & commendable method of ovicting the squatters in that sections. It is cheaper to remove them alive than risk the decision of a coroner’s jury. ROBERT ARMSTRONG is an Omaha boy. His father was one of the pioneers. of this city and in the early days one of its most popular mayors. Mr. Arm- strong is thoroughly equipped for the " responsible duties devolving on a comp- troller and inevery way trustworthy. OMAHA jobbers propose to take the railroad bull by the horns and intro- duce him to the state board of transpor- tation, If the jobbers unite as firmly as the railroads do to mantain discrim- "“inating rates, and patronize only such roads us deal justly with them, they will soon solve the rate difficulty. . THE opposition to the viaductand Union devot bonds is sorely pressed for " ammunition when it resorts to falschood to bolster up its cause. The fact that the managers of the Nebraska Central are satisfied that the Union Pacific will not obstruct the building of the new bridge ‘is sufficient proof of good faith. e Mn. LEE HELSLEY will make an ex- cellent successor to Judge Berka. He has not ovly a very thorough training as a lawyer, but also experience in the , justice courts that will enable him to « fil a position on the bench acceptubly to the bar. Mr. Hel:loy's newspaper training will not come = amiss. It has broadened his views and given him a wide acquaintance with all classes of citizens that will prove inval- © uable in dispensing justice. Ee——— " EVERY town along the James river valley in Dakota, from Yankton to Pierre, is a unit in favor of a north and soutb road, and is rendy to aid its construction flnancially and otherwise, 7 The desire of the people to secure an outlet to Omaba, should be promptly wet in a simlar spirit by our people. The railroad committee appointed by the real estato exchange should get to- gether aud to work, and send cheerful greetings to the Dakotans as an earnest of our purpose to close up the railroad gaps betwesn Omaha, Yankton and Pierre. » ET—— - THE total assessed valuation of Doug- 1as county property isin round numbers twenty-five million dollara. This is supposed to represent cne-third the actual value of property, but it is nearer one-sixth, If Omaha and Douglas eounty property was assessed at or near ite wselling value, the total would range from one hun- dred and twenty-five to one * hundred and fifty million dollars, and a levy of one and a half per cent would produce more revenue for the city and county than the present sys- tem, The state law places a premium on low valuations, and us long as it is in counties will keep the valua- vlons at the lowest point, and pay the least possible amount of taxes to the state treasury, It operates as an injus- tice on cities and towns and necessitates ‘constant explanations of high levies and - low valuations. A NATIONAL BANKRUPT LAW. The president will probably recvm- mend to congress the passage of & na- tional baukrupt law, To a delegation of the national convention of commer- cial bodies, sometimeé since held in Minneapolia to consider this subject, which waited upon President Harrison a few days ago, he in effect said that he believed thers ought to be a uniform system of bankruptoy, which should re- main & prominent feature of the laws of the land. He did not think that the right of congress to enact a bankrupt law, as authorized by the constitution, should be exercised only at the time of a momentary crisis, as was the case with the laws that have been passed, and simply for the benefits of the wrecks oc- casioned theraby, but that agood law in times of prosperity should be placed on the statute books and kept there. Experience in this country with na- tional bankrupt laws has not boen of a nature to encourage absolute faith in the satisfactory operation of such a law in>the future, but any ju- dicfously framed measure for a uniform system of bank- ruptcy must prove to be more satisfac- tory than the various state laws under which at present it is impossible to se- cure justice to both debtor and creditor. These state laws are more or less widely dissimilar, and besides they are neces- sarily local and can therefore afford very little protection to those doing business outside of their jurisdiction. Each state having a hankeapt law pro- vides for settling the affaivs of creditors and debtors in that state, and that is as far as it can go. What is sought by the commercial bodies identifica with the movement for a uniform systera of bankruptoy, and they embrace nearly all 'such bodies in the country, is a law that will assure to those who deal in the pro- ducts and manufactures of the various sections of our widely extended terri- tory, as well as to the producers and manufacturers themselves, that in deal- ing with their customers they will all be treated alike, that no local influ- ence or local legislation will en- able a debtor in failing circum- stances to abuse the confidence which has been given him by a distant creditor, but that one law will govern all. Hitherto the principal opposition to a national bankrupt’ law has been in' the west, but the present movement for such a law was initiated in the west and has received the nearly ununimous approval of western commercial bodies. Being strongly supported by all sections, and havingthe endorsement of the national board of trade, the passage of a national bankrupt law by the next congress is highly probabl GEORGE W. LININGER. The republicans of Omaha have reason to congratulate themselves on the out- come of the most stubborn and protract- ed political contest that has ever taken place in this city. The nomination of Hon. George W. Lininger for the may- oralty cannot fail to harmonize and unite all factions of the party. Mvr. Lininger is not only a represent- ative republican but a citizen who en- joys the confidence and esteem of all Classes of citizens regardless of creod or nationality. He is a man of liberal ideas and thoroughly cosmopolitan. He has visited almost every land on the globe and while he is an American in every fibro of his make up, ho will do no violence to the native habits of foreign-born people who are peace- able and law-abiding. : Above all things Mr. Lininger is an Omaha man. All he has acquired dur- ing a life time of patient effort and sagacious invesument is centered in Omaha. He is in position to devote his time to.the duties of the officoand would as much a3 any other man stimulate tho growth and prosperity of Omuha by an administration that would afford a guaranty of safe, economic and honest government, Mr. Lininger is above all things up- right and unpurchasable. He cannot be swerved from duty by the favors of corporations or by their threats of dis- favor. While he has accumvlated a fair competence, Mr. Lininger’s active sympathies have always been with the men who toil. His record in public life bas shown him to be a. sincere friend of the workingman, as wellas a philanthropist in the broadest sense of the word. With such & man at the head of the ticket, republicans will march to the polls 1n solid phalanx, assured that vie- tory is within their reach, unless bribery, corruption of the ballot, and fraud prevail over thera. e e BORROWING TROUBLE. If the expressions of some of the east- ern papers may be accepted as voicing the sentiment of financial circlea in that section, there is a very general and strong feeling of anxiety and solicitude regarding what congress may do in re- lation to silver. The action of the Col- orado convention last week in favor of the free coinage of silver, and the fact that a convention is to be held in St. Loui8 next weck having in view similar action, huve convinced the eastern financier that that movement in the west for a more ex- tensive use of silver, or its representa- tive certificates, in the currency, is a sérious one, and the prospect of its suc- coss troubles them. Taking natura'ly only the creditor view of the question, they affect to see in this movement a project to enable the debtor class to es- cape a part of their obligations, that is, to pay their debts at a discount of twenty-five or more per cent, and they promise all sqrts of financial and busi- ness demoralization ns a consequence, Any departure from the present policy, these prophets of evil declare, must in- evitably eventuate in driving gold out of the country and carrying it to a pre- mium here. The more precious metal will be hoarded and after a time disap- pear from circulation, speculation will run riot,and after a while there will come & reaction, s commercial crash, and after great damage and disaster a readjustment to normal cenditions. These - admonitions of danger might cause some alarm if they had not lost their force from reiteration, There is not & point or suggestion in them that is now, or that has not been urged hun- dreds of times during the last dozen years, The coungressional debates ba- fore the passage of the present silver law teem with them, and they have been repeated at overy session of con- grosssince. And results have steadily disproved them. None of the dangers that were threatened asa consequence of silver remonetization has been real- ized, but on the contrary it is de- monstrable that the action has contrib- uted very materially to the prosperity of the whole country. Yet all this time the financial east has been warring agaiost silver. Senator Allison relates that two yoars ago, while on a visit to Boston, ho was asked why he did not introduce a rosolution stopping the coinage of silvor, tho question being ac- panied by the assurance that if the coinago was stopped gold would be at a premium and there would be a panic within thirty aays. This dread of silver still exists in the east. It 18 a chronic condition. of the financial mind there which is beyond the in- fluence of facts or experience. All the indications are that there will be legislation by the next congress pro- viding either for free coinage, increns- ing the coinage to the maximum amount now allowed by law, or issuing certificates against silver bullion pur- chased by the treasury to some specis fled amount monthly. Which of these methods shall be adopted will probably depend very largély upon the recom- mendation of the president and secretary of the treasury, but a change in the pol- icy regarding silver that will give that metal a more important place in the money of the conntry seems assured. p. SER FRrANkLIN, Neb,, Nov. 20.—To the Editor of Tar B Will you please explain the ex- tent of the Sioux reseryation, to be opened to sottiement, the character of the soil, and what roads run through it? O. M. VAUGHAN The Sioux reservation in Dakota is the largest in the United States outside of the Indian territovy, comprising twenty-two million acres. Under the law passed by congress and accepted by three-fourths of the Indian tribes, one- half of this vast area, or eleven million acres, an empire larger than Maine or Indiana, will be added to the public do- main and open to settlement. The land will be sold for not less than two dollars and a half an acve, but the purchaser is required to fulfill the requivements of the homestead law before a patent is issued. At present there are no roads in the reservation and none will be permitted until the president issues his proclama- tion, which is expected before the first of the pear, declaring the land open to settlement. The law grants right of way, depot ground’s etc., to two railroads which are to build from the Missouri river wesiward to the Black Hills, and these selections are given preference over those of settlers. At present the most convenient route to the reserva- tion from the south is by way of Nio- brara, Neb. Three-fourths of the land lies in South Dakota. It extends from the Missour: river to the Black Hills and north into North Dakota.- Along the Cheyenne and Milk river and south to the Ne- braska boundary the soil is unsurpassed in fertility, and is equal toany in the west. The high bench lands and the foothills to the west and north are largely worthless except for stock rais- ing and mining. % Tntending settlers, however, should not accept the glowing stories of mar- velous fertility as literally true. The experience of the thousands who rushed headlong to Oklahoma, impelled by false accounts of boundless riches, should not be repeated in Dakota. The land is undoubtedly superior to that of Oklahoma, but noone should be de- ceived with reports that it is above the average in adjoining states, It will take years to place county governments 1n running order, to organize and build schools, establish markets, open roads and construct bridges, all of which in- volves heavy taxes, so that even if tho land is secured cheap, itwill, in the end, cost as much as improved farms can be bought for in - old established counties. The farmer who disposcs of the old homestead to secure a new one will inevitably harvesta full crop of disappointments and hardships. ———— THE department of agriculture 18 net dismayed by the failure of its tea crop in the south or its sugar cane crop in Kansas, Federal farmersare uot dis- couraged by such trifles, nor does the profits of principals depend on the state of the weather or the diversity of crops and cultivated area. The salaries go right on. The department now pronoses to add to its products a periodical giv- ing the details of work at the experi- ment stations, which is intended to form a thrilling serial of six volumes & year. The more important subjects treated are experiments with cotton in Ala- bamu; with corn in Alabama, South Dakota, Ilinois and Indiana; the germ- ination of frosted grain in South Da- Kota; seed testing in Delaware, and with silo and silage in Kansas. Those interested in agricultural romusncing can obtain copies gratis, TiE Montana legislature will meet today, or rather make an attemptto meet. The prospecis are decidedly favorable for two separate bodies, a pro- longed deadlock, and an expensive and useless contest. True to their bull- dozing instincts the democrats propose to determine in advance who shall enter the county court house where the legislature is to meet, and have placed armed guards around the building to carry out the Missouri programme. The republicans are not the men to tamely submit to this high-handed outrage, and they can be depended upon to as- sert thir rights ‘“peaceably if possible, foreibly if necessary,” “WneN rogues fall out honest men come by their own.” The row between the Grain Dealers’ association and the Chicago board of trade develops the fact that country shippers are robbed in quantity and quality by the elevator men and receivers of Chicago. The in- vestigation will open the eyesof the producers to the gigantic system of rob- bery practiced by speculators, comm - sion and “dlevator sharks who are | trained t5%ob the farmers of their meager prifie, THE Australian olection law passed by the Missowri legislature wasa shrewd movement #0¢rush out the distracting opponents B 'the two leading parties No party whi¢h did not cast three per cont of the yote at the previous election can place pgandidates in momination. But the law cannot stand the test of the courts, Ne witizen can be deprived of the right to vote for whom he ploases. e A FRIGHTFUL diphtheritie plague is raging in two Minnesota towns. The spread of the disease is appalling, and deaths are numerous. It issurprising that modical science is utterly unablo to cope with this terrible malady. No remedy hhs yot been discovered for 1t, and the profession 18 as much in the dark as it was twenty yearsago when the disense went under another name. RUSSIA has planted a one hundred and thirty-five ton gun, the largest yet mnde, on the frontier. 1t can toss a ton of iron twelve miles, and reduce the im- perial treasury for fiftoen hundred dol- lars for each shot. The prospects of peace are largely onhanced by this mon- ster persunder. ALASKA republicans demaud recogni- tion and offices enough to go around. OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. The tory government of England may be overthrown by a whirlwind of popular indig- nation excited by the vices of its pwn sup- porters. The scandal which now over- shadows London society and threatens the heirs of illustrious names with disgraceful penaltics is not withoat a recent precedent in the same circles. A similar scandal was unearthed in Dublin a few years ago, and it compelled a complete reconstruction official circles, although then, as now, the influence of the government was stretched to the utmost to protect the titled debauchees mvolved in the crime, The London scandal is the natural result of the condoning of the Dublin crime; it involves, according to re. Dport, even the prince who stauds in direct line of succession to the English throne as ‘well as a host of well born nobles, earls and viscounts, the heirs of the dukedoms and the darlings of society. The ruling class in England reaiizes that aristocratic institu- tions could not survive the disgrace of the imprisonment of the proudest nobles of the land for a crime the most detestable and in- famous, and therefore, it is said, Lord Salis- bury himself has stayed the hand of justice until the criminals should have the oppor- tunity to escape, But what will the com- mons say when parliament meets? Yy ] ot The indications are that Bismarck has again givon videnco that he is by far the greatest diplompt in Europe, by effecting a master stroke which practically insurcs a permanent peace, unless somo new entangle- ment which cannot now be foreseen arises. Only a short time ago such a consummation scemed impossible. The Balkan gnost would versist in risink to disturb the dreams of peace. and to ‘put it down was apparently a hopeless task. Yet by his matchloss diplo- macy Bismarck has as good. as accomplished it. Russia is tabe appeased by having her dominance m'Bulgaria restored, and Austria is to_remain ‘ufidisturbed in possession of Bosnia and ferzegovinia, ~The quarrel over the Balkan lamb will be stopped in a way which is severe on the lamb, perhaps. but the peaceful solution of the difficulty is worth the sacrifice. Germany makos no ter- ritorial gain in the deal, but tho gain of con- tinued peaceis reward enough. Italy, who wants the cession of Trentino for her sanc- tion of the negotiations, 13 not likely to get it: but that will not alier the situation. It is the old storyof the weakest going to the wall, and Italy will have to be content whether she wants to ornot. Andso the peace of Europe seems assured, and Bis- marcl's fondest hopo since he created the German embire s on the point of being real- ized. - s ‘The prime minister of France, M. Tirard, in his opening address to the chamber of deputies, announced a stupendous task, He promises that the ministry shall direct its whole attention to the solution of problems of economy and social justice, and that the budget for 1891 will show a real and sohd equilibrium, ‘The m#nitude of the task which the pre- mier has undertaken may be judged from tho fact that the expenditure for 1890 was 8,535,566,033 francs and the revenue 3,011,- 074,825 francs, leaving a deficit of 523,591,808 francs, or over $100,000,000. Nor is this all; for, while the government of Marshal MacMahon in 1576 expended in round numbers 2,570,500,000 francs, that of 1800, under President Carnot, expended 8,536,500,000 Trancs, an excess of 966,000,000 francs for the government of 1500 over that of 1876, This excess fs very nearly or quite one- half the total amount of expeuditures of the imperial government of Great Britain, Nor does it include the floating debt, which is now'nearly 1,430,000,000 francs, and which will bave to be covered with a new loan, Nor do these expenditures include those of the departments nor those of the communes, not including Paris. These would bring the total up to over 4,400,000,000 francs, or more than twice the annual expenditures of Great Britain. Finally, while the per capita taxation in Eugland is 57 francs, in Belgium 46, in Ger- many aod Austria each 44, in Russia 36, in Span 8, in the United States 59, itis in France 104 franes. One can, consequently, genuinely sympathize with the French min- istry in itg.offoxtito meet obligations which are simply crukhing to its country’s indus- tries. 7 $0i0 W ‘What effect 1é'the change of the form of government in-Beazil likely to have upon Portugalt Dom Pedro has gone to join his kindred of the house of Hraganza, founded by an illegitimate centuries ago, and re- cently allied with the Coburgs, s fawmily with o keen scent f gdoms, Dom Pedro re- viring from th business is given a for- tune by the pegpl¥over whom he ruled and government. good old man, goes in is not troubled’ :iuer with the concerns of ! peace, but his have some aificulty in reconciling th Ives to tho loss of the regal and sumfiuous life they had promised themselves. en Pedro shall reach Lis- bon he may nokfind the parent stock much better off than himself, Portugal grows weary of its monarchy, Of 1ts population of nearly five million & large percentage, mere hewers of wood and drawers of water, are absolutely illiterate, The proportion in this age of general edncation is startling. is no less than 53 per cent. These people are not well fivted for selt-goverament, but they way readily inclive o join iu any revolution promising relief to a situation of poverty and ignorance without a parallel in Europe. That the Portuguese are protesting against their owa coadition under an illiberal monarchy is shown in the fact that they have com- menced, latest of the European nations, the tide of emigration to America, The army and navy of Portugal are not much stronger thauo those of Brazll, but if, like Brazil's they go over to the Insurgents, moWarchy n Portugal. against which there is some ap- pearance of revolt, is doomed. . s Lord Salisbury said in his speoch at the lord mayor’s banquet that the coming anti- slavery congress at Brussels wonld form an | epoch, marking the great progress of Buro- | | which Great Britain retains on her great pean opinion on the subject of suppressing African slavery, This notablo convention waa to have been opened several weeks ago, but soms of the powers requosted a short delay, and noxt Monday was therefore fixed upon as the date. All the powers having territorial interests 1n Africa are expected to participate, and Zanzibar ana the Congo Free State will also be represented. Baron Lambermont, the Belgian mmister of state, will preside. The world will watch the do. liborations and results of ths couference with tho deepest interest, for no grander philanthropic purpose has ever called the nations together in council. If the congress succeeds in its purpose it will formulate comprehensivo and systematic scheme, which the powers interested will endeavor unitedly to carry out for the ultimate crashing, root and branch of the slave trade. It is not the purpose to Interfere with domestic slavery s it exists among many African tribes and which can never be oxtinguished save by the unltimate ascendency of civilization in Africa. 13ut it is not this institution that is depopulating great districts and inflicting the most -hevat-rending sufferings upon the hapless natives, It is the slave trade as or- iginated and carried on by Arab men steal- ers against which tha forces of civilization are now arrayed. Upon the redemption of Africa from this terrible curse depend all her hopes of future progress. " Australia undoubtedly has in it all the pos- sibilities of a vast empire, Within the last fifty years the activitiesof its peoplo have been almost boundless. It has a distinct na- tional life that blends the conservatism of the oid and the progress of the new in har- monious proportions. Originally composed of several communities, each with its special- ized interests and characteristics, it has now become evident that even if they shall retain their imperial connection some common bond will be necessary to unite them for the man- ifold purposes of interprovincial trade and communication, The first practical action toward a federal understanding of this sort was taken in 1883, To glance at the progross of this movement toward confederation will be of particular interest to Americans, be- cause there is involved in 1t the precious 1dea that lies at the root of “all democracy. In 1883 the condition of affairs in the western Pacific, the labor question, the lawlessness existing among the inbabitants of the groups of islands in that sca, and the fear of foreign aggression and territorial acquisi- tion, all tended to convince the Australians that it was necessary for them to grapple with the difficulty. A convention was ac- cordingly held at Sydney, at which all the colonies of Australia were revresented. and a bill was drafted for the establishment of a federal council to bring about a completo federal ucion of the coionies. The first ses- sion of the newly constituted councit was held in 1886, when the three self-governing colonies of Queensland, Victoria and Tas- mania and thetwo crown colonies of Western Australiaand Fiji were represeated. The colonies of New South Wales, New Zealand and South Australia stood aloof from the movement, and there seemed to be danger that the plan would fail. But at the latest session of the council, held this year, it was evident that a spirit of co-operation had been aroused, and that the aggressivencss displayed by other nations in the Pacific had brought about a change in the attitude of South Australia and had inspired the hope that both New South Wales and New Zea- land would not much longer stand aloof. *, o In a recently published article thac distin- guished Frenchman, Emile de Laveleye, called attention to one fact tnat is not al- ‘ways considered when speculating on the fu- ture of eastern Europe—namely, the enor- mous territory occupied by the Slavonic race. In their various ramifications the Slavs have covered the Russian emnire, the whole Bal- kan peninsula, Poland, Bohemia, and a great part of Cisleithania, and advanced toward the west 8o far as Trieste; so that now they really spread over three-quarters of Europe. Bosides, Russia possesses central Asia, a vart of Asia Minor, and all Asia as far as the Chineso sea, and 1s gracually advanoing to- ward the Sea of Marmosa by Armenia and tho southern coast of the Black sea As M, de Laveleyesays, a hundred years hence, leaving China out of the question there will be two colossal powers in the world, beside which Germany, England, Frauce and Italy will be as pigmies—the United States and Russia, . Austria has a greater number of Slevs among her population than of any other race; and if she should allow Russia to gain a foothold in the Balkan peninsula the way would be opened for a triumph of Pan-Slay- ism. The occupation of Bosnia by Austria has added to the Balkan rivalries by creat- ing @ barricr between Serviaand Monte- negro; and no state could be formed there capable of one day annexmng Crotia, which is Servian by language as well as by race. Russian ascendency n Bulgaria would, therefore, make Austria’s position in Bosnia precarious, aud in the end untenable, and might alsa lead to Russia's possession of Constantinople and the greater part of the Balkan peninsula; so that the antagonism of Russia and Austria is the pivet on which the wholo question of peace or war may be said to turn, — Bostun's Blue Ooated Bruisers. Boston. Globe, Boston is often spoken of as the city of clubs; The policeman’s olub is the most flourishing of them all just now. B Evolution in Comets. New York World. Another tailless comet has been discovered. Astronomers are astonished at the number of comets which have appeared of late desti- tute of their caudal appendsge. Can it be that evolution is producing strange results in the cometary world? Al Tue Virginia Damocracy Progresses, St. Louls Globe-D:moorat. In the olden days when a southern demo- crat wanted to celebrate a joyful evens he *killed a nigger.” Recent events have some- what modified that rude form of exhilara- tion, aud now when the commonwealth of Virgiuia is proudly rearing aloft the banner of triuwphant democracy she crystallizes her joy in & reso'ution of the democratic committee of Richmond asking the discharge of all colored men now in the employ of the city governwent. The world moves on. —_— A Ploturesque Ohio Democrat. Cincinnati Commercial, The picturesque attitude of Allen O. Myers is & very striking performance. His relations with Jobhn R. McLean scem to be strained again. Iv is difcult to make out precisely what they are. He has been the brawns of his party i the late contest—was the chief mavager, and the most popular oratgr, his ferocious audacity quite eclipsing the blinking impertinences that relieved the leaden luster of "Mr., Campbell's efforts. ‘Phere are several things Myers has to suy that require more explavation than we are able to give them. ¥ he should take the notion to teil the truth for abous forty-elght hours, the results would be terrible. He is /| planation, for I di & talonted and precarious man. o makes & mistake fn not ranning for the souate. ———— Held by Sfender Tenure. St Lowts Post-Diepateh, The reports from Aunstralia of the rapldly Increasing popularity of the federation movement indicates that the slender hold southwaest colonios is woakening. The spint | of indepandenco fs becoming too strong in both Canada and Australia to brook avy- thing except equality in the goverhment with the membvers of the United Kingdom, s A Lesson to Pessimists, New York World, The fact that Brazil changed from an em- pire to a republie without bloodshed is worthy of attention from pessimists and cynies, Has not the human race made re- markable progress when a revolation 80 1m- portant as that which has just occurred in Brazil can be carried forward 1o a polite and gentle way! There was a timo—and that not long ago—when the overthrow of a mon- archy was attended with all the horrors of civil war. The worldis growing better as it grows older, — The Inevitable Result of Fanaticism. New York Press, Every honest, earnest, conscientious be- liever in temperance must feel in his heart that it is time the Woman's Christian Tem- perance union and similar organizations ceased to be mere appendages to the demo- cratic party. It is time these organizations realize thut the cause of temperance can be advanced only by temperate legislation; thut prohibition and faunaticism are certain to re- sultin a swing of the political pendulum bringing on a period of high carnival and drunkenness, with the democratic party in power. ladiiiniaais GENERAL GRANT'S RELIGION, A Most Interesting Statement From His Sister, Mra. Cramer, Mary Grant Cramer, General Grant’s sister, writes as follows to the New York Sun: I regretted very much to sce my name in your paper of yesterday in connec- tion with che after mceting last Sab- bath evening in the Hanion place Methodist church in Brooklyn. Ire- gret this more because what I said on that occasion was incorreetly reported. [ thought the reports had gone with a part of the congregation after the close of the regular services, 1 was one among many who gave n brief testi- mony; the pastor, whom I had only met. once before, recogmized me and men- tioned that I was the sister of General Grant; remembering that many per- sons had expressed the desire to know about his spiritual state near the close of his life, the thought. occurred to me that some words of miue in reference to that subject would be of interest to those who remained at the after meeting,and I told what I neverhad in public before, but part of what is attributed to me in the Sun L did not say. I did speak of my conversion in 1862 and of feeling im- pressed that 1t was my duty to pray that my brother should experience the same hl\p\)y change, which I then believed would not come for a long time. The general was reticent on the sub- ject of religion, and I did not feel free to converse much upon it with him, be- sides there was littlo opportunity of doing so alone, and I did not deem it advisable to do so in_the presence of others; while ne was in official life our homes were too far apart for us 1o meet often (mine being on the other side of the sea for some years).. During the few visits [ made at the white house while he resided there, his busy life through the day and numerous calls upon him in the evening did not admit of my having asmany opportunities of conversing with him as might be sup- posed; stilll had faith for his salvation, but this conviction was not based on anything he said to me. At his second inauguration (he had invited me to be present on that occasion), he called my attention to an item in the evening paper; it was handed to me, and I read aloud the second and third verses of the seventh chapter of Ismah, these bein the verses the reporter said he hs kissed while taking the oath of office. 1 remarked to the general that I thought they were significant. ~ He re- plied: *‘I thought so too.” Neither of us referred to the first verse, which contains our father’s name (Jesso Root). Tt i$ true that T wasabroad during my brether’s second term in the white house, but it 18 not true, as reported, that we ““keptup a regular correspond- ence, largely upon religious subjects," During his fatal illness, while we were in Switzerland, Iread with deep inter- est the cablegrams in our London daily papers, One of these was thus worded: “General Grant is sinking, and it isa wonder to everybody that he lives,” This did not produce in me *‘a fit of decp despondency,” for I had faith to believe thut he would rally, especially after a remarkable experience I had in a parl near our home in Berne. This was soon after reading that sad tele- gram. I was not at all surprised to hear of General Grant walking out the latter part of April. I felt very grateful for the prayerful interest manifested in him by the people, and believe that it was in answar to united prayer that his life was prolonged and he enabled to write his hook. I alluded to an extract from Dr. New- man’s journal that my daughter heard him read in New York, and that con- firmed the conviction that I had April 16, 1885, in reference to my brother. Since my return to America I have not bad the conversation with Dr. Newman referred to in the Sun. Iregretthe necessity of makh:f the foregoing ex- not wish my little talk last Sunday night to be noticed in the papers. Had I suspected it I would have kept silent. Respectfully yours, MARY GRANT CRAMER, ast Orange, N. J., November 18, . Kree Lectures in Parls, Now, if a man go to Paris, and have any sense, he goos across the river, into a book store, and they give him, for 5 cents, a little programme which tells him of & hundred and twenty or more lectures which tho first men in France aro delivering day by Cay, in one of the great institutions of France, writos B. E. Hale in tho New England Ma gazine, Thish cents is all that tho tr avelef pays for the right of hearing fany or these lectures. They are the lectures of men to men—of educated men 'to od= veated men. In this way you may hear Brown-Sequard, or Simon, or Renan, telling the best he knows today on the subject which interests him today and n’hi(‘h has made him a leaderin his ne, Thoere is nothing akin to this now in the United States; you can_go into the senate chamber, and hear Mr, Sherman or Mr. Hoac; you can go to a congross of archwologists, of philanthropists, of physicians, of engineers, and hear a man talk as he talks to men. But with the single exception of Johns Hopkins university. thoro is nothing as open as this university of France to anybody who, any day, may wish to loarn what he can from a first rate authority. I supposo that Clark university hopes, as {Iimo goes on, to do something on such nes. THE PAUNCEFOTES, Something About the British Minis- ter and His Interesting Family. The ladies of the family of Sir Julian Paunzefoto are now settled at the Brit- ish legation at Washington for the win- Sir Julian’s fumily consists en- yof ladies with tho exception of Julian, says the St. Louis Post-Dis- pateh, Lady Selina Fitzgerald Cubitt Paunce- fote, the minister's wife, is the daughter of the Norfolk branch of the house of Cubitt. Her father was Major Cubitt, of the Indian army, aud was militar) secretary to the government at Cal- cutta, whore he died. Muajor Cubitt be- longed to the Cubatt family that has their ancestral seat at Catfield, Norfolk. The mother married the secoud time Mr. W. Archer Shee, son of Sir Martin Archer Shee, who was president of the Royal academy, and the present Lady Pauncefote was taken abroad beforeshe was ten yoars old and educated in Brus- sels and Dresden. In the latter ci ?hu was married to Sir Julian Paunce- ote, Lady Pauncefote is youthful in ap- pearancve, Sitting among her daugh- ters, she looks to be their elder sister. She 18 thoroughly conversant with the ways of the world, of courts and castles at home, us well as abrond, and yet she has presorved a sweot simplicity in her womanhood that is wonderfully charm- ing and attractive. Her brown hmr ripples avound her shapely head. Her complexion is good and she has the bright eves and graceful litheness of a girl. With all that, Lady Pauncefote is not lacking in all dignity and grace, and her presence adds importance to ssembly to which she lends hor- daughter of the house, was born in Dresden, had her schooling abroud, and was presented at court and brought out in London, where she enjoyed a season of bellehood and afterward trayelod abroad. Miss Pauncefote is tall and graceful in figure, with the very dis- tingmshed carriage begotten of splen- did muscular development. Sheisfond of miscellancous rendingand reads the new books, prefers the novels of Mr. Norris, who wrote ‘“Bachelors’ Blun- der” and *‘My Friend Jim,” ete., and among American writers delights in Brev Harte, Marion Crawford, Mr. Howells and’ James, She spends her mornings in sketching and painting, and drives or walks in the afternoons,- is devoted to horses and dogs, loves to ride and dance, and loves music,though she is no performer. Miss Pauncefote 18 fond of everything American. . “I was very anxious to come to America,” she said to the correspond- ent, “and was delighted when we finally decided the matter. I am delighted with Washington, the city and the country, what portion of 1t I have seen; and shall ve very glud, indeed, when I have an opportunity to travel and s ee more of this charming country.” Miss Pauncefote will assist Lady Pauncefote in the duties of the legation. Miss Violet Sibyl Pauncefote, the second daughter, is a beautiful young girl in her eariy teens, and will not be presented socially this season. She will ook on in her father’s house when there is a company, but will accept no invitaticns to go out. Miss Sibyl, as she'is called in the family circle, was born in London, at South Kensington, and is still pursuing her studies. She is fond of riding and driving and tennis and other sports, Miss Lallian, the third daughter, was born at Richmond on the Thames, She is a strong, vigorous English girl, re- sembling her father in physique. She has dark eyes and hair and is charm- ingly frank and ingenuous in manner. She delights in music and history, and in riding, dancing and walking. Audrey, the youngest, is a golden- haired fairy of twelve years, and has witching eyes of brown. She was born in London, where she used to drive a team of goats in the park, and she is enthusiastic about her mnusic; *‘and, oh, say that we are all fond of America, and so glad that we are herel” chorused the younger girls. **We hope we shall always stay in this beautiful country, and we hope to go oftan to the theater, the opera, and soon to have some- thing we can ourselves ride and drive,” e FORT NIOBRARA RESERVATION, A New Question Raised Regarding Jurisdietion, 8, Neb., Nov. 23.—(Special Tele- gram to Tie Bee.]—The question of the jurisdiction of the state and ceunty over the military reservation of Fort Niobrara is now presonted in u different light from sny here-" tofore. In the past it has been used by the post trader to defeat the collection of his taxes. Naw, however, a civilian living on the reservation having become insane and in indigent circumstunces, the state is called upon 0 take him in charge, which the authorities here have refused Lo do, and will take no action antil the case now pending in the supreme court to decide s to Low far the state hus jurisdio- clnn;ver civilians on that reservation is de- cided, PAINLES 4 RENTLE) eEC errzomy EELLMS A A GUINEA R For Weak Stgl‘n’ag—;lgpam‘ I)lg&sgngc—mmu Liver, PRICE 25 CENTS PER BOX. Prepared only by THOS.BEECHAM, St. Hele: BV ALLEN & CO. 80 'ED STATES, 365 & 367 CANAL ST., NEW YORK, FOR UN cashire, England. Agents Who (if your druggist does not keep them) will mail Beecham's Pills on receipt of price—dut inguire first. (Please mention this paper.) i