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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1881)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 17 , 1831. The Omaha Bee. Published every lAomlng , except Snndny , only Monday morning doily. IKKMS BY MAILs v nr. 910.00 I TliroeMontlM.S3.00 Months. . . 5.001 Ono " . . 1.00 WEEKLY BBB , puLllahed ov- ry Wednesday. ' T.ERMS 1'OST PAID.-- Ono Year. $2,001 ThrcoMonths. . 50 Six Months. . . . 1.00 I Ono " . . 20 COttHKSPOXDENOK-All Commnnl cations feinting to Xcws and ICditorial mat- torn Bliould bo addreucd to the KuiToli Of THE UKE. BUSINESS LKTTKKS-All nusincss Letters nnd JicinlttancM should bo ml. droned to TIIK OMAHA runusinxo COJL r\vr , OMAHA. Draft * , Cliccka ntid 1'ost- oflico Ordcra to bo made payable to the order of the Company. OMAHA PUBLISHING 00 , , Prop'rs E.ROSEWATER , Editor. Hdwln Dnvls , Manager of City Circulation , .Toun II. Kerco is In Chnrsre nf the Mall .OrcuUlon of THE DAILY BEE. days are the horror ot state fair treasurers. Tun American hog will grunt loud ly in Nebraska this winter. I'm : fruit canning and preserve season is an elF month for the woman suffragists. interest in stock must not bo calculated by the moagro ex , hibit nt the fair grounds. MONEY talks in Northern Nebraska AS elsewhere. The merchant who sells the cheapest gets the trade. ALT. but ono hoop has boon knocked wff of Bookwaltnr's barrel. An ounce of Foster's ' popularity is worth a ton of the democratic candidate's tin. : st TUB president's physicians at last. Tcluctlnntly admit that their patient ia suffering from blood poisoning. The daily papers prepared the public for this announcement thrco weeks ago. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ DR. MILLER talks ycry knowingly about railroad feeders , and ho doubt less talk by the card. His income as silent partner in railroad eating houses in which ho had not a dollar invested lias afforded him profitable experience upon railroad feeders. ARIZONA in justly agitated over the "inability" question. Governor Fremont - mont seems unable to keep away from How York , and the .general opinion is that the territory is equally unable to carry any longer such a dead weight and makeshift of a governor. IN the name of the giant monopoly whose brass collar ho wears , the editor - itor of the Omaha Hem d asks those who desire to redress the abuses from which the producers of this country are suffering at the hands of monopo lies what do you propose to do about it ? That impudent question was pro pounded by BOBS Tweed when the tux payers of Now 'York ' arraigned him ior robbory. of THE JItrahl knows what the evils of the railway system nro juiit as it "inowH the character and extent of aocial evils which it in often at pains to point out and deplore , Otnahu Jlcrald. Yen , and the pains which the Jfcr- aid takes is pointing out the evils & of the railway system remind us very much of the pains which cor- lain pious frauds in this city take in j pointing out the evils of prostitution to the social evils to whom they rent houses. Tin' ITcrald takes exceptions to Senator Van Wyck'a views on curren cy and finance. The senator is put down as "a political demagogue who appeals to the prejudices and passions in of the people for a purpose instead of trying to improve their understanding and enlighten their judgment. " Now , what ) purpose has the senator to sub serve and upon what point [ has he sought to mislead the people ? Qon. of "Van Wyck entered upon his position as senator less than six months ago and consequently has still more than live years and a half to servo in the " senate. Ho has nothing to ask or expect of the people as a politician and therefore can have no purpose in appealing to their prejudices or pas muiis. Ho has simply called attention to the fact that the capi of talists and money lenders who a few years ago predicted dim disaitor because there was too if much paper currency afloat , are now Hauling hundreds of millions of fiat stocks and bonds which at any time may become utterly worthless , This IK' literally true , and Senator Van "Wyck has in no way committed him1 the * elf a opposed to a istnblo , sound cur wo rency by calling attention to the reek- lea * gambling in wild cat stocks that wo must sooner or later culminate in another - other ruinous panic , POSTAL PROJECTS. 1'oslmnstcr General Jarni'J , who is a man of practical ideas , proposes to urge upon congress nt its next session the advantages of establishing posJal savings banks and n postal telegraph system in connection with the post- ullito. ! It is understood that the post- master-general has had prepared the outline of a system modeled on that 01oi oi Great Utilain , which contains many improvement ! ) upon its model. The fact will bo cited that in almost every country in Europe the telegraph sys tem is operated by the govcrnnioiit , usually with success in every way. It isd not understood in the postofiico department ( why such a system should not succeed in the United sliSI Status. It is asserted that it would not bo so easy to establish aa the sav ings bank system , but once established it would be , it is believed , as success ful an that of England , which , ten years after its establishment , yields n net revenue of a million a year. The proposition to build now government lines to compete with the pri vate linca now in existetico is not regarded favorably. The plan advanced in congress last Bonsion will probably bo that recommended if any scheme ! is formulated. It embraced the appraisal of the property of ex isting telegraph companion and its purchase at cost price. The act of 18GG , granting the right of way through public lands , and the privil ege to telegraph companies author ized the course proposed in the case of any company accepting its pro visions. All the loading telegraph compa nies have accepted its terms , and are hold to bo subject to its provisions. Twenty millions , which is about { ho Tpr .pricepaid by Great Britain under similar circumstances , ten years ago , for the private telegraph lines of the United Kingdom would , it is claimed , bo reported to bo the value of the private telegraph lines of the United States . by the commission of appraise ment. This is it very practical project but there are altogether too many con gressmen holding Western Union KriK franks , telegraph and national bank stock to allow such radical changes to bo made. Jay Gould , Vanderbilt and other magnates who now control the American telegraph system are not likely to lot this control pass out of their hands without a struggle. ON TO DENVER. The organization and incorporation the Burlington & Missouri Ilivor railway in Colorado dispels all duubls to tlu intention ot the Burlington management to push forward with all possible dispatch into the territory for which they have BO long been aiming. Contracts and agreements made with difficulty and violated with impunity by both parties havouiitil recently , restricted the western extension of the line to the limits of this state. The invasion of the B. & 51. territory by the Missouri Pacific haa resulted in an open broach bbtwoon the two mo nopolies , and as a consequence Ne braska will soon bo traversed by an other overland route which at no dis tant day will have its western termi nus at San Francisco. Reports from the Republican valley state that work on the- ono hundred milo extension of the Republican Val ley road is being pushed forward with all dispatch by the contractors , and that the remaining two hundred miles road will bo contracted for ns speedily aa possi- . bio. The probabilities are that before the conclusion of next year trains will bo running into Denver over the now route. If the conflict ing rumors from the west are to bo believed , a connection with the Utah Nevada extension of the Denver & llio Graudo road will giyo the now combination an outlet to the Pacific , which'must prove"of immense ctnn- morcial advantage to' the monopoly- ridden coast. LKHS than two weeks 1170 our pub lie schools wore reopened for the fall term. It is presumable that after a two months' vacation the teachers are no imminent danger of breaking down from overwork and their pu pils run no risk trom the strain upon mind or body by prolonged mental exertion. Upon what grounds can the board of education justify the closing the public schools on Wodnusday for the remainder of the \rook ? Was there * any urgency to give the teachers who draw salaries for full time three days for at' tending the utato fair ? Can a visit to the state fair compen sate for the loss of invaluable time , which the 0,000 school children of Omaha sustained by being kept out school since Wednesday ? Would not half a day afford ample time for teachers and pupils to visit the fair , there is absolutely any necessity for such an entertainment ? Why should Hot the public eohools bo closed every time a circus , minstrel troupe , or puppet show come to ontcrtain our citizens ? On behalf of the patrons of Echoola , as well aa the tax-payers , outer protest against Huch needless - less waste of time and money , and hopethe school board will never countenance another fair week vaca tion. OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. The reaction in England in favor of a protective tariff by which already thrco Liberal scats hnvo been lost in parliament , is attracting much atten tion from economists and creating some alarm in political circles , Anew now clement seems to bo forcing it self into British politics which is likely - ly to cause , in the end , a readjustment of existing parties on a now basis. The cry of "Fair trado" doubtless is not intended to cover designs looking lo n protective tariff on so wide a scale us thai existing in our own country. The leaders of the movement , however , will proba bly not be able eventually to restrict their platform to the few articles of food and manufacture which they now propose to protect. American competition - tition in breadstuff * and cutlery , in cottonn and machinery is making itself - self felt so/lisaairoiiRly that the agita- tlonjfor increased protection oncobcgun can scarcely bo repressed. The bad harvests have also much to do with the growing feeling of discontent. Statistics of the harvest in England' have just boon prepared for a French agricultural publication , based partly on personal observation , but chiefly on the reports of 205 correspondents in various parts of the country. The state of the crops is designed by fig ures , taking 100 as an average crop. In this way the state of the wheat crop is described by 00 , while com plaints of short straw are very gener al. Barley m the crop of the year , being represented by 110 and of a good quality and colors. Oats is the worst cereal crop of the year , its con dition being given at. 80. If favora- bio weather continues till the conclu sion of the harvest in the north the figures 03 will bo rather under than over the yield. It is expected that there will bo a yield of 10,000,000 quarters , or nearly 1,000,000 quarters more than last year , making it neces sary ( o depend for about 13,000,000 , quarters from foreign sources. The potato crop is average and the huy crop is only C.5 , but generally good. * . It must bo remembered that the harvest last year with which that of the present year is compared was un usually bad. The meeting of the emperor of Germany with the Russian czar , which took place at Dantzig lust week , will , while giving occasion for many profound guesses , probably turn out to have been of real importance only in ono respect. The present czar of llusaia has long boon counted among the moat decided and uncom promising representatives of the "old Russian" sentiment , which is un friendly to all foreign and especially to German influence. It was there fore supposed that his acces sion to the throne- would mark the beginning - ginning of an anti-Gorman tendency in the foreign policy of Russia , which might become dangerous to the peace ful relations of the two countries. The irritation of feeling between the Berlin and .Petersburg government , which followed upon the conclusion of the treaty of Berlin seemed to ren der those relations still more preca rious. The meeting of the two sov- ( jroigns , which appears to have been vary cordial , has probably had the effect of strengthening on both sides the inclination to diaposo of whatever questions there may bo or arise between the two countries in an nmicablo spirit , and it may therefore bo looked upon as a sign of lasting peace in that quarter. It is also probable that the two monarchs and their ministers have exchanged ex pressions of Rympathy about the nihi Hats and the socialists , who trouble thorn respectively , and pious wishes as to their nupprcsslon. But inasmuch as they are already doing in that di rection all that can bo done , the con ference h not likely to have now and startling results in tliat respect. There will undoubtedly be great mystery about tliu fwbjoctft that have boon dis cussed hero , and that kind of mystery ia usually bust maintained when there is very little to conceal , an may bo the 01130 * in thin instance. The anti-Jowish movement in west ern and southern Iluesia Jian been atrocious in massacres and incendiar isms. Down to the end of Juno no fewer than sixteen towns have boon wholly or partly burned down. Four I of these , Vitebsk , Bobruisk , Slonim Mohileff , wore places cf considerable importance , each oilo owning a popu lation of ever twenty thousand souls. Tito remaining twelve townships Volkovisk , Novogrudok , Luptz , Betel , Garadiah , Nouatiidt-Schirwindt , Aujjustovo , Ponivios , Krukanovo , Kyodom , Podsolvi and lladzk numbered respectively from four to eighteen thousand inhabitants. Since tliu 1st of July several other cases of arson have occurred , the most destruc tive of which took place in the cities of Korez and Minsk , During the great Koroz Fire ono thousand and twenty houses and shops were reduced to ashes , among thorn the grand syna gogue and ulovcn smaller places of worship , Thiity-nine portions wove burnt to death , live thousand were rendered homeless paupers , and nine- tenths of the whole population wora left without n roof to cover their heads , The losses inflicted upon the inhabi tants of Minsk by the subsequent con flagration of that city are estimated as nt least thrice as heavy as these sustained by Korcz. Committees for the relief of the sufforcrn have boon established In Berlin , Cologne and many of the leading German provin cial cilicB. Tunis is in a state of revolt after three months of occupation by the French troops. Thirty thousand men are in the field , but even Algiers In imperiled , and reinforcements are hurrying to tlio scene of hostilities. The French believed they had the country in their grasp within a week after their troops crossed the frontier. They have discovered that it is ono thing to capture an incompetent ruler and bind him to their will , but quite another to subdue his people. Meanwhile , the religious excitement of the Moslems is penetrating the very heart of the "dark continent. " A now prophet has arisen in Soudan , prcachirg a holy war for the unification of all Mos lems under the Caliphate temporal . and spiritual , of the Sultan , en ' dangering the peace of Egypt's south ern provinces , Franco haa managed to create BUCI ! a disturbance as she could not have forscon , else she would not have been so forward. The second elections in Franc 3 have still further strengthened the moderate , republicans , and have re duced the monarchist parties to com plete insignificance. The republican loft and the republican union , the former led by M. Ferry , and the lat ter by M. Gambctta , will have such a majority , if they can bo permanently united , aa no party in France has had since the restoration. The only diffi culty in the way of their per manent allianca is the dis position of the more extreme members of the republican union to act in many questions with M. Die- mencoau and his radical following , rather than with BI. Gambctta. M. Clemcncoau is evidently a rising man in French politics a mau of that sin cere and unrelenting loyalty to an idea which fascinates the French and repels the English intellect. No ono knows how many votes ho may rally at some inconvenient moment. As it is , ho is the only rival M. Gambctta now has in point of intellectual and personal force. Considerable alarm is felt in Gor- many at the acccsaion of the Pan- [ Slavist or Moscow party to power since the now czar came to the throne. ' The frontiers of the Teutonic and Slavic races-are badly defined , there being many millions of Slavs under the Teutonic rule of Germany and Austria , and a considerable body of Germans under Russian rule in the Baltic provinces. The now party starts from the principle that all Slavic people are entitled , if not fo autonomy , at least to rulers of their own race. It sympathizes with the national aspirations of the Poles in' Poacn , the Czechs .in Bohemia , the Slavonians in Hurigaria , and the Croats and the other Slavs in the southern provinces of the dual em pire. It will throw the moral and diplomatic influence of Russia on their side when occasion offers , and per haps it will go oven farther than the use of influence in case of an uprising. Largo increase is noted in the re turns made of live stock and fresh meat importations from the United States into England. For a single week in August the quantity of live stock was double the quantity for the week preceding it , and in fresh meat there was considerable advance , par ticularly in beef , The totals were : Cattle , 1,808 ; sheep , 2,800 ; quarters of beef , 4,748 ; carcasses of mutton , 151) ) . No hoys whatever were landed. Moro pigs , however , were raised in England last year than for some years previous. There uro now in the coun try 2,018,000 of them , or an increase of 47,102 over 1880 , and 411,525 ever 1870. The Russian army has been greatly increased and the military budget has risen from 181,000,000 rubles in 1879 and 180,000,000 in 1880 , to 200,000- 000 in 1881. In accordance with this increase it has boon found necessary to reduce the expenses by the forma tion of four grand territorial armies in the place of the ton districts at each of which has been maintained heretofore a commander-iii-chief. Matters still remain unsettled be tween Chil and Peru. Tlio terms de manded by Chili are so humiliating that their acceptance BOO ma impoasi ble. She demands the cession of three of the Peruvian provinces , a pledge that the forts and navy will not bo placed in repair for forty years , the payment of the entire - tire expenses oftho war and a division of the guano trado. Pern asks for nnoxation as being le a onerous. Such an annexation % vould incrcaao the population of Chili from 2,000,000 to 0,500,000 , it is true , but | r litho the annexed 11,000,000 would bo for | n ages a rebellious , discontented people. Peru , instead of becoming a source of us rovtinuo , would bo a constant drain on the coffers of Chili. A now census has been taken in | w India , and the total population is lltl round 250,000,000 souk , or something tl more than five times the population the JJnitod States. Bonding Over the G.-xto- In Chlcajo a nobby Vourtg preacher 1x > vcd n maiden , nnu tried hard to teach her How to reciprocate ito would call about 8 , Hut the girl kept a thinking of Bccclicr. I So slio ( Aid ) "You're a pretty nice fel low , Hut my paim beltevei thcro'a no hell oh ! 1'vo Mid a swear word : Now you'll think It absurd Hut once , on champagne , I grow mel low. " O'er the old garden gate they were bend- Ills lover-like f * ] > cecli hovat ending. "Do you love moi" ho cried : Then the bulldog he spied Old Tower hii pants wivs eon rending , Chlcag * Folklore , PEPPERMINT DROPS. An Albany pnper tclln of n woman in that city who \volto her huatmml during n storm tliu other nlglit and xaid : " 1 do wish you would stop snoring for 1 want to hear it thunder. " 'llio governor of Missouri has i ueJ the customary weekly prnclamntlon regarding train robbers , but unfortunately many of the gentlemen for whoso benefit It ia In tended cannot read , ] ' ! ! cvcn firms engaged In the llvcr-p.id lu ! ne.a have taken down their signs and meltcd ut of business circles. The Amer ican liver wauU no better pod than a watermelon. Free Press. The "oil region.1) " of the kingdom of Han over have "gone up. " The skilful promo' tor of these inexhaustible wells had ma chinery fixed to make them spout to or der. Ho got awny with henps of Britittl gold. gold.Mr. Mr. Jeremiah O'Uonov.in Kosia , loqui tur. tur.Vce Vce ! Faw ! Fum ! I smell the blood of an Englishman ! lie ho aliveor bd he dead , 15o ho in street or be lie in bed , When he comes Into my sight , I'll blow him up with dynamite ! The Tombstone Epitaph mentions as ono of tlio nio.it engaging sights in that fast city of the frontier , a stalwart negro who Btrolls up and down tlio tttreetw nt inter vals , ringing a bell and proclaiming that a gameof keno is alxmt to begin at the cstabli hnient to which he is attached. If Secretary Klrkwood I * unable to think of a better plan , perhaps it would be a Ij'ood idea to in tome manner balance things by moving the Apaches to a reser vation in Missouri near the scene of the recent train robberies. While the Indians and Missourians were robbing each other foreigners niigh get through the state with in safety. He fell in with n lot of Kentuckians out in Colorado and wanted to chum round with 'em. But they were very exclusive and would associate only with Kentucki ans , and though ho Hworu ho was from Louisville , they didn't know him and wouldn't take his word. In this dilemma ho stripped up his nleove and showed them four ace * concealed there. That settled it ; they knew he was a Louisville man. "It may be months , darling , before wo meet again , " he said , squeezing her hand as if that grip'were his last , "mountains and valleys will divide us. forests and nrairies , and perhaps the river of death itself. Can 1 do anything inoro than T Lave done to niaka you cherish my mem oryaud keep your love forme unchanged ! " "Oh , yes , " shn" exclaimed , choking down her sobs , "buy ino a box of tortoiee nhell hairpins before you start. " . Brooklyn Kagle. GHhooly went into an Austin restaurant and ordered dinner. Among the tempting | vivands was a plate of catfish , which was not quite fresh AsGilhooly did not take any , the polite waiter held it under his ( Gllhpoly's ) nose , every once in a while , and urged him to take some. Finally Gil- hoolv said : "My brother got drowned in the Colorado river last Sunday , and that's why I don't care for any. " "If that's all , jesa let mo help you to piece , lor I know dis name fish was cotchcd at tie least four Jays before yer brudder got drowned. ' Fact. Texoa Sittings. They organized n debating club in Dead wood fast week. The fact that the presi dent was a dead shot and sat with two re volvers in his hand kept the pociety in comparative quiet wlme the questions , "Ought a flush royal to beat four aces ? " and Is it wicked to lynch Mexicans on Sunday ? " were debated. But when they tackled the question , "Ouglit you to fire when a man reaches for his hip pocket , or are you bound to wait till you BOO whether it's revolver or whisky bottle he's draw ing ! " came up , the president couldn't con trol them , and five fnnerals were tha re sult. CONNUBJALITJES. The infanta Eulalic , sitter of the king of Spain , and the Archduke Charles Steph en , of Austria , brother of the queen , are Bhortly to be married , A blind girl in North Carolina is about to lead a ynmg man to the altar. Blind ly entering matrimony has got to bo no uncommon thing in any of the states. Tliu papers tell of a courtship and mar riage brought about by a note written on an egg-shell. It is the moht egga-traordi- nary affair. The two hearts are now yolkcd together. | The number of widows recently married in the upper circles of English society at tracts attention and comment , Compara tively few of tlieuo ladies were ticli , but nearly all of them have now wedded rich husbands. Dubuqiio is to have a marriaga insur ance company. All the member * are to pay an initiation fee of $10 and annual dues of § 2. Then when a marriage of a member occurs , ho or uho receives $1,000 as a wedding gift. There In a young lady m ICeokuk , la. , who is six feet four inches tall , and uho ia engagrd to bo married , The man who w on hcrilidUinthe.se words : "Thy beauty seta my soul aglow I'd wed thco right or wrong ; man wants but little here below , but wants that little long. " Ex-PHstinaxtcr General Jewell's noico will bo married this month to n young artist. The couple will go to Europe to rcsldo for some time after thvlr niarrlace. Their headquarters will bo at Antwerp , where the wifa will study muslu. in which she is already highly accomplished , while tha husband will continue hi * studies In painting , The wedding is to bo a very handsome mo. Ono of the bridcumaldii will bj the daughter of ox-Secretary Bris tow. tow.By By law marriage in England , except by special license , U not legal if the ceremony does not take place In tlio morning that is , before noon. A miecial license , obtainable ableon payment of it certain fee to the archbishop of Canterbury ( that U , to one of his clerks ) , legalizes n niarriago at any hour of the tlay or night , Of laio it hua become rather fivuhionablo to jnircluiij thtbe special licenses and to have the cere mony performed In the afternoon or even- Ing. Ing.Miss Miss Anaie Scott , daughter of W. I. " Kcott. of Erie , } 'u. , who was married Thursday evening , was the recipient of n remarkable number of very valuable pres ents. O. J. Osborn , of New York , gave her a diamond necklace with nixty-fivo rtones | worth $23,000. her mot her gave her of imperil old ! silver tea set , and her father nrebentcd hcrwlth n ImmUonielyfurnbheil residence and n block of buildings known Scott's block , the lint'dt in tlio city , valued ( vt § 250,000. In the classic shades of Dead wood the average native U not very choice In tliu language used in ( ulvertl lng a runaway" wifu , The notices are usually written unil posted In the pofttoflices and N.iloon.whero they will catch the eye * of a majority of the population , A recent one rcadi as fol- lowe ! " .My wife Sarah has Shook my rancho. When I dldent Dno a darned thing Too hur nud I want it deutinctly Understood that any man That tnkes 1m , If11 k5rs for mir On ln } ' account Wll git himself pumped BO Full of lend tha Hum tcndtrfoot will locate him for a Min cral clainc , lit she runs Hur fnco fin goods 1 wont Put up for hur , mi' I'lo lick . ilio RotiMif-a-tur-nnilo that taik hur stnnd- off sven fur the drlnx a word To the wise 19 sufficient an' orter woik on fuels too. " EDUCATIONAL NOTES. Tlio lillmrapolia schools costal GO-JuG last year , , In the San Vrancicpo public school , thcro are 585 Chlncso children. The cost per cnpita of instruction In the Cincinnati public schools is $ ij.'JO ! year. year.The The total enrollment in the publl school * of Milwaukee last year was 17.W scholars , of which 8,081 were boys anc" 8,320 gli la. In proportion to their nniiibcrf , cigh times more Jews than Christians attend the tipper schools in Prussia. One-elghtl : i'f the university students In Austria an Jews , though their proportion to the gen eral population is very much smaller. Mis Margaret Hicks , a graduate Cornell university , is said to bo the lira : woman in this country to adopt the JTO fcssion < of nn architect. A paper by hci on tenement-houses published in the Am erican Architect a year ngo showed very considerable promise , The quectlon of admitting colored chil dren to all the schools of Springfield Ohio , is again tearing up the minds of th people of that city. The only j ust and th only permanent way to settle this nues- tion is to abolish the color Una entirely and to allow cqunl privileges to every child of school ngo everywhere. The management of Swathmore college , Uclawaru county , 1'enn , , intend to erect large building for the use of the scientifi departments of instruction. Provision , will be made for two chemical laboratories , n metallurgical laboratory nnd n labora tory for experiments in natural philoso phy. It will also have photographic rooms , a largo and small lecture loom , engine gino and boiler room and ehopH for woot and metal working. A Free Education League has been formed in Great Britain to procure UK abolition of all fees in connection will national education. The league cites thi example of the United States in free edu cation and note ? that France , profiting bj the experience of other cationst has thia year established free education in all hfr primary schools. "Notwithstanding the&e instructive examples , " the secretary's cir cular says , "the'tcndency of the education department of her majesty's privy counci" has been to raise the scale of school fees , and thereby to minimise the benefits o : the education act. It is further stated that the conviction is rapidly growilig that unless Great Britain is to fall behind other nations in education- rejohitc movement should at once bo made in tin direction of abolishing tlio charges for ad mission to public elementary schools ; am that with this view the free education league has been formed. " THE Now York Tribune said the othe day : "The largest school house in Amer ica is just being completed in Sixty-thin ! street , between Second and Third avenue nue- , facing the American Institute. It is built upon a plot of ground 125 feet front by 1U8 feet deep , it has n frontage o 113 feet deep , nnd a depth of 123 feet. ' Whereupon the Boston Transcript coolly walks up and takes the cake thus : "The largest bchool house in America is com pleted. It is built upon .a plot of ground 220 feet by 340 feet , and is known as the English High and Latin school house. Cincinnati Commercial. You have missed your reckoning , The largest public school house it America is tlio Omaha High School II is built upon a plot of ground COS foot front by C28 feet deep. Shoes ought to bo cheaper after this for "the patent on the McKay wax thread sowing machines haa expired. It is thought that the royalties on this machine amounted to $1,000,000 a year in this country. One manufac turer , Joseph Davis , paid as high as 830,000 per annum to the patentee. The basis of the machine was an in vention by Lyman 11. Bluko , of Ab- ingdon , MIPS. , who in 1858 patented an arm wcrkinr' inside the shoe , and sowing directly through the upper and both soles without the use of welt. Mr. .Gordon McKay bought this invention for $8.000 , and the Mathias patent , for channel ing a shoe , for § 9,000. Then , in 1864 , Blake placed an alcoholic lamp in the arm or "horn , " which kept the wax thread warm and made the machine capable of doing the finest sowing , The main patent was what was called a "prccess and product" patent , under which it was successfully claimed that no other machine could be put on the Ir market to do the samework. . One of the first lot of machines was bought by E. 0. Burt and George Silver , of Now York , but gradually other largo maniifucturera came in until it is estimated that there are now 1,800 machines in use , which do the hulk of the machine shoo sowing of the coun try. The emigration reports dhow sonio curious facts. It is rather surprising that out of the half million strangers that came to our shores last year only forty-six were lawyers. . Clergymen are rather more numerous , and during the year 2C9 arrived , 79 of them from England , and the sumo tcw number from Ireland. Of musicians tcw there were ! J9 ! ) , and , strange to gay w only forty- two of them came frou. p Italy ; but whether the bureau clashed hand-organs under the head of musical JT instruments ia neb known. Tlio were 211 teachers , cilBi Bi fifty-nine sculptors , seven rppor- tera , 1G9 artists , thirty-two editors tcSt 22 doutistH , . ' 39 architects , and Stwi chiropodist. From the largo number wiD of bakers on the lint it in nronumcd D that they mint have hoara of the th magnificent wheat-fields of Dakota in and other places and Vi , longed to lend a hand in the ho turning golden grain into bread , Thcro shin were landed 1,1)77 ) bakers during the year , and of this number 7U ! came from Germany. inlet There were 1,138 , butchers , 1,574 cab lots inet-makers , 2,0 , ' ) , ' ) miiaons , U,134 tailors , 1174 weavers , fil)88 ) minors , and 105,018 laborers , sell Incredible , ] ' . A. Scratch , Jliithvi'ii ' , Out. , write * ; 1 hat o tlio KrvateHt cotillikncu in your liUllDOC'K JiUXm DllTKIW , lll.ollt' . CIWO and raj mi with which I mil puruoimlly a < xUAlnted | .1. their HiicffuH wan alinont ( ncrudlblu. Ono : { lady told mu that Imlfn bottle did livr \ [ \ more ( 'ood than Imnilrudi of dollarn' worth Wo iiiculflnu olio hud pruvlcuuly fitkon , I'rlcogl.OO. tllaljil- i lOccntH. ll'eixllw Cornell College , ft . . . , . . , . - w .v | > al lU * i-aii. | In tto Uoiucrv. Tw nty"pyofe iori anil Teacliors , Superior UulldlinfD , MIUMJIII , jAboratory &u I Expeiupt Low. K ll term opem 8 < | , t. U. N < KorcatiloKucoorctl.orlijfoniutiofi. iudrrw I'KM. WU. J' . ICINII , 1) , ! . , Ml. " A NEW -TO- THE BEST BARGAINS. Ever Offered IN THIS'CITY. NO CASH PAYffl Required of Persons Desir- in to Build. LOTS ON PATIENTS ; O3E" 85 TO $1O Money Advanced : -TO- Aesist Purchasers in Building. . We Now Offer For Sale. S5 Splendid Located on 27th , 28th , 29th. and 30th Streets , between Farnham , Douglas and the pro posed extension of Dodge St. , , 12 to 14 Blocks from Court , House and Post Office , AT' PRICES ranging from $300 to $400 which is about Two-Thirds of * their Value , on Snull Monthly- Payment of $5 to $10. Parties desinng to Build and ; Improve Need Mot Make any Payment for ono or two years , , but can use all their Meaus for- Improving. Persons having $100 or $20O- Ol their own , But not Enough tc Build such a house as they want , can take n lot and wo. will Loan them enp.ugti to com plete ] their Building. Those lots nro located hotwcon tho. MAIN BUSINESS STHEETS of tho. city , within 12 minutes walk of the : Business Centor. Gaud Sidewalks ex tend the Entire Distance on Dodgo. Street , and the lots can ho reached by way of either Fnrnhain , Douglaa or- Dodge ( Streets. They lie in n part of' the city that is very Itapidly Improv ] and consequently Increasing in , Value , nnd purchasers may reuspnahly hope to Double their Money within a short time. Some of the most Sightly Locations- the city may bo selected from theso- , especially on 30th Street. Wo will build houses on a Smal Cash Payment of § 150 or 8200 , and' house and lot on small monthly payments. It is expected that these lots will boi rapidly sold on these liberal terms , , persons wishing to mirclmso , flliMilcl call at our oilicu and secures their lots at the earliest moment. are ready to show these lots to all persona wishing to purchase. BOGGS & HILL , \ Real Estate Brokers , 140S North Side of Farnham Street , Opp. Grand Central Hotel , OMAHA , NEB , .