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THE oorpso of the Into greenback
patty in holding a protrnoted wake in
St. Liuta. The attondanoo of mourn
ers Is very allm.
BKLFOHU , better
known aa the red headed rooster from
Colorado , expects to bo struck by
lightening on the senatorial rnco track.
Sr. Louis Is rep vlng her principal
streets In the business oontro with
granite. This goofi to show that St.
Loubiin profiting by her costly ox-
porlonco.
TjiF.ur. is a toniblo row in dramatic
circles of Now York over an Incident
In the play of "Forbidden Fruit- "
Playing forbidden fruit la always an
extra hazardous Incident.
TUB American hog la creating a
good deal of trouble on the other aide
of the water just now ; but then the
American hog haa always boon a priv
ileged character.
SENATOH BAUNDEIW has Introduced
a bill for the admission of Utah aa a
etato by request. The bill will bo
ombalmud and burled in the pigeon
holes of the oommittoo on territories
is making another liberal
appropriation for the poor Indian , and
wo m&y soon hoar of a renewed effort
on behalf of the Ponc'.s and Ohoc-
tawa or aomo other tribj by oomo no
ble-hearted nnd disinterested cham
pion of the raoo.Vhoro is Tibb os
ia now a trial in progress at
Ooluinbaa , Ohio , which cannot fail to
have a very salutary effect. William
A. Wright , a member of the legisla
ture from Hooking county , is bolng
tried upon the charge of soliciting a
bribo. The testimony BO far taken
shows that Wright was inclined to bo
on the make. ,
IT is an ill wind that blows nobody
good. Half a dozen postmasters
nnd mall contractors from Oregon and
Washington Territory are on their
way to WaaUnglon to io vHy i 4U
StarHouto oasos. They have boon
there twice before on thouamo errand-
but they arc not adverse to the trip ,
aa they get S100 a ploco for mileage ,
besides their expenses.
BEFORE tongrtsi gota through Its
prooont BO talon It will have moro than
enough bills for the civil nor vice reform
form , The aonato has the bill by Mr.
Elton , called the Pcndloton bill , and
thai of Mr. Dawos. The house has
one by Mr. Knsson , and ono by Mr.
Strait , ol Minnesota , and is likely to
have several others. None of those
nooms to us to eolvo the problem In
any satisfactory nay.
WHEN the tariff commission sub
mitted its report to congress there was
& general impression that the reduc
tions which they recommend in the
tariff on various articles would bo
xnado during the present session.
Slnco the committee of ways and
moano bos began to tinker with the
report of the commission It la becom
ing moro doubtful every day whether
congress can agree upon any bill which
the commlttoo may report. The
trouble is that nearly every interest
involved haa its lobbyist on the ground
and they ore getting their work in
wherever they can. It ia but natural
that an export in any particular line
of business can make a plausible pica
against any material change In his
lino. These iniluoncos are llkoly to
oroato confusion and prevent , the pas-
BIRO of any general tariff bill this
scacion.
EvisiiY few months wo hoar of nome
great invention that la to cheapen tele
graphy wonderfully and will revolu
tionise the whole system of communi
cation. The very latest is the scheme
that will reproduce the handwriting
of the eoudur without the aid oi skilled
operators. This wo are assured will
bo the most porfaot telegraph in tht
world. Pictures , muslo and ecrawls in
the atylo of Uncle Splnnor may bosonl
by the flame dovlco. This marvel ol
electric telegraphy is Bald to bo undci
control of a company with twouty-om
million dollara capital , and whosi
stock is owned by loading buslnoei
men and politicians of great influence
There appears to bo almost too mud
promise in this marvelous enterprise
The people will have to possess tholi
Bonla in patience and wait what comei
Of it.
REPEALING THE PREEMPTION
TION LAWS.
Congress ia wrestling with the prob
Icm of preserving the pnblio lands for
the use of actual settlers. During
the past fifteen years a vast empire
has been given to great corporations
as a subsidy for construilicg railroad
across the continent. The area o
public lands subject to homcaton
entry is growing less every year anc
the problem prcsonta itself how to
preserve what is left for the plo
noers who dcslro to settle on the
public domain , A bill introduce )
last winter by Mr. Washburn , o
Minnesota , proposes to repeal the
present pre-emption lawa and araom
the homestead lawa with a view to the
solution of the problem. The house
oommittoo on public lands have dlreo
ted their chairman to rooort Iavorobl ;
upon this measure. To justify this
radical ohango the committee have
Firon their vloTS iu an elaborate
statement. The doiign of the origlna
pro omption lawn was to reserve the
public donnln to the occupation of actu
al settlors. The effaot of this law has
boon boncfisont. The passage of the
homestead act loft little use for the
pra-cmplion law aa thoio who dcslro
In good faith to establish homes on
the public lands can do so to much
better advantage under the homontoac
law. The pro-omption act as a rule
has of late "boon used only to bo
abused , " Most extensive frauds have
boon committed nnder thin law in
many flections of the country , In near
ly every town whore a land ofllco ia lo
cated n ganq of land aharks
are driving a lucrative business in the
traOio in pro-omptiona. Men are em
ployed and paid so much per quarter
section to make pro-omptlon locations
and contracts are made to trans for the
land BO acquired the moment the title
vesta in them , Instead of rcscrvli ) ]
the lands for actual settlers , the preemption
omption laws have opened a vast Cole
for dishonest speculators who are
willing to booomo parties to perjury
and fraud. This stale of things
haa reached tuch alarming proportions
that very few bona fide settlers can
now acquire land for a homo withou
paying a good round sum tothospucu
Inters. To pro out the conaumma
tion of the same class cf fraud now
practiced under the pro-cmption lows ,
the committee recommend that the
time in which homestead claimants can
commute payment nhouldbo extondoc
from , six months to two years
and a half. The propocod re
peal of the pre-emption laws
and the amendment of the homesteac
act has boon repeatedly urged by the
commissioner of the general land of-
Go3. In his last report Commisslonor
KIcFarland calls attention to the exist
ing abuses in the land system , and the
necessity for a radical change.
Ho uses the following
anguapo : "Previous to the
> atsago of the hoklostoad laws the
iro-cmption sjHtom afforded tho. only
leans by which Bottlers could acquire
itlo to unofforod lands. The wise
olioy of congress maintained for
iany yoara .has boon to withhold the
.
wVmu inuu. .
ashflalea , with a view to their occa-
iation by ac'ual outliers , and to pro-
ont the appropriation of largo bodies
> y individuals for spuonlotlvo purposes.
L'ho pro-omption system was designed
o enable actual settlers to establish
; heir homes on the pub
ic domain . and thus to
improve und build up the country.
With the passage of the homestead
not , however , the pre-emption law bo
oomo of Ices Importance and recent
supplemental legislation having placed
homestead parties oa _ an equal { not
ing in all respects with pro-omptors
the special utility of the pre-emption
law for purposes of bouafido settle
ment on the public landa has wholly
oeasod. Any person who could make
a pro-omptlon entry can make a homestead -
stead entry. Any land that can bo
entered under the pre-emption lawH
can also bo entered under the homestead -
stead laws. Under the homestead
lawa also thohomostoad party may pur
chase the land entered by him within
the same time upon the same terms and
by the same proofs aa in the pro-omption
cases. There In , therefore ; no practi
cal necessity for continuing the double
system in operation. A repeal of the
pro-omptlou law would simplify the
public business and bo in the lutoroal
of public economy and good adminis
tration , A repeal would , moreover ,
remote ono of the causes of frauds k
land entries which have approached
great magnitude. The correspond
ence of this oflioa and reports from
ofllsors and special agents indicate
that a material proportion of the preemption -
omption entries now made are fraudu
lent In character , being chiefly placet
upon valuable timber or mineral lands
or water rights , and made in the inter
est and by the procurement of others ,
and not lor the purpose of rosldouci
and improvement by the profosstu
pro omptor. "
In view of the fact that the com
mittee has prepared A bill that wll
moot the case , there la every pros
pect now that the pro-ompllon lawa
will bo repealed before congress ad
journs , and the acquisition cf public
land , oxcsptby parties who desire
to locate permanently aud improve the
Doll , will bo prohibited.
Liu , M , K. TUKNEU administers the
following dose of allopathic medicine
to the Omaha and Lincoln cranks who
turn the railroad organs ;
The Omaha .fl < ptiWiY < w , too , along
with the Lincoln Journal goes inti
political jim-jams on the thought o
Senator Van Wyck , whom they cat
scarcely mention in a decent way. 0
course any man who presumes to thlnl
and act politically otherwlio thai
these monopoly organic tools wouh
have him , is a "conundrum , " ota ,
etc. There are getting to bo a groa
many men in Nebraska who will no
longer brook the insolent domineering
A ( these monopoly apologists. Colum
bus Journal
THE Great Father will bo waited on
in a day or two at the White llcuao
by Red Cloud , who is raid to have
gone to Washington at the expense of
the government lo give his version of
the difficulty between hitmolt and
Agent McOillicuddy. If the Great
Father will only kill the fatted calf
and provide Rod Oioud with n liberal
supply of fire water the old Ogallalla
cut-throat will promise to behave him
self. _ _ _ _ _ .
LoRleiattve Oaucu ? .
Yolk Tnbuni ( Btp.
Jnst now wo would asy a word to
our members-elect to the next legisla
ture , ur.d hevo them canvas the mat
ter thoughtfully. It la abaut enter-
in ? the republican CAUCUS before the
time corflcs for them to decide
whether or not tney bo hedged in and
governed by any caucus or not. The
Tribune is of the opinion that it will
bo muoh better , and in conformity
with a largo majority of their can-
stituonoy if they remain frto lo vote
for whom they deem best fitted for
U. 8. senator , and wo a'Jvioo them
not to bo hampered by caucus dicta
tion.
tion.Wo
Wo have , what seems to uj , the best
of rcoHons , and at the sarno lima be
lieve it advantageous to our loglsla-
tors.to stay out of the caucus. It is
not only for the caucus to cay which
ono of the many republicans of the
state shall receive the support of the
ropublioan members of the logiola <
tnro. Ono reason why wo advise
them not to go into the caucus ia : If
yon go in you must firnt promise to
vote for the man for United States
senator who shall bo chosen by a ma
jority of the caucus. After looking
over the field einco election it is
our opinion that a majority of
the republicans elected are apt to put
in nomination a railroad man , and
our members should remain free to
oppose the election cf anob an one
This state demands anantl-monopolist
for United States senator. The people
want that kind of a man , and they will
have one of that kind ; and for the
good of tholr constituents , and for
their own future good , our mem
bers will do well to steer
clear of the state political machine
which haa boon running the party so
long , nnd which came so near defeat
ing it ah the late election by running
men who nro not , nor never wore in
sympathy with the mnsroa.
Wo repeat , do not bind yourselves
to vote for a raaoblno man. This ix
prcsaion of our opinion may not , and
no doubt will not meat the approving
nod of oomo of our friends , but there
is no help for that but to romr.ln quiet ,
and that wo cinnot do ,
K'jcp out of the caucus 1
Iron-ptatod Millionaires
The Now lark Journal.
A morning paper aaid yesterday
that "Mr. Jay Gould when ho rides
down town has an armed man beside
liim. Mr. Yandorbilt the same , and
the Stewart marble mansion la alway
under the eyes of detectives. "
If this bo true it is a curious commentary
montary on our civilization. Mr. Jay
Gould and Mr. Vandoruilt cannot hi
afraid of moro robbers , because they
do not carry any wealth on their per
ons , and nobody but an insane man
would attack thorn for purposes o
gain. What then are they afraid o.
hat they take theoo extraordinary
recautions. Wo can see no possible
xplanation of tholr courgn..c eppt in
topic Lt.iJv themselves to have
joon wronged perhaps ruined
jy these mon , and the fear
hat some of them may nt any moment
ashly attempt to retaliate with par-
onal violence. Such a conclusion ia
i curiously lamentable , but inevitable
uno. Men who live In iron-plated
louses with otool shutters , who keep
[ ctcctivos in their hallways , and who
laro not ride out without being ac
companied , Uko a European despot ,
> y an armed defender , unconsciously
kcknowlodgo that in some way their
ivos and labors boiot them with
deadly enemies. That the accumula
tion of wealth in this country need
not make a man unpopular , wo fortu
nately have p. IE 1 o proofs. Wo have
fct to hoar that Peter < Joopcr wears a
iottt of mail under his dress suit , that
Mr. Sam Ward has a dotcctlvo at his
excellent dinner parties , or that Mr.
James G. Bennett , Jr. , requires a
military oecort whou ho gees to The
Eorald oflico.
Freight Discrimination.
Boston Ilcii'd.
The suit of the Krio and Now En
gland Express company vs. the Ameri
can Express company , now pending in
the superior court for Suffolk county ,
and which will soon ho tried , will
ra'-so an Interesting qacotion of inter
national and constitutional law. This
la ono of the suits among others ,
brought by the plaintiff company un
der the lawa of the commonwealth
prohibiting freight discrimination
among common carriers , The Erie
company , in its declaration , noU forth
that on March 7 last the company
offered to the defendant a parcel
dlrootod to A. S. Simpson , Ely , Vt. ,
tendering to the American company at
the same time the express charges ,
but that the defendant company re
fused to transport the mcrchandiso
EO offered. The Erie company
claims that by this act of re
fusal the American company made it
self liable to pay not less thnn SoOuor
more than $500 the penalty provided
in the law ( jovorning this class of RC-
tlons. The defendants will sot up in
aofouso , amonR other things , that the
legislature of Massachusetts can only
make laws that cm bo exorcised with.
In the juriodlotion of the slate ; that
any law of the commonwealth that
proscribes upon what terms or condi.
tiousa common carrier shall Inysoort
merchandise to Vermont or Now
nampshiro is unconstitutional and
void. ' This eamo point will probably
soon bo raiiod In a suit against a lar o
steam railroad or Uohulng the same
law , as it is claimed by the Erie that
the American Impress company has
claim ; that . ! ftr8 r : Prcw companies
they hmo a right to receive
or refuse merchandise without
prepayment -
payment of freight charges from any
other ' express company , and it is no
one's business but their own against
whom they discriminate in this par
T1IEU-8 BEKATOHftHIP.
Now , By St. QoorGO.
YuleitlneiHsOrgnn. .
"Now , by St. George , the Gghtgoe !
bravely 6n' " Valentino for the
United St tt Ecnatothars the ticket ,
Better mstcrial for a United SUlci
Senator i not to bo found in Nobras *
la than K K. Valentine. It was the
general option of Mr. Vnlentino'i
Irionds during the campaign that the
vile abuse th&t was heaped upon him
would react in his favor and porhnpe
bo Ihe means of ciuslnj ? n republicar.
loijlslalure elf cling him senator. Th (
Nebraska legislature could not do amore
moro comtnendabloact than lo be3tnw
this honor upon E K. Valenline , whc
has boon and will continue lo bs t
conscientious , ft painstaking , and mod
efliciont public servant. The more
we think about it the more are we
convinced that 'Vftr ought' to be
known in Wellington and elsewhere
alter next JIarch as Senator Valen <
tlno. Paw it around } Valentino foi
the senate.
The Anti-Monopoly Choice.
Echuyler Bua
General Connor , of Kearney , wil
doubtless ba the anti-monopoly can
rlidnto for United States senator. II
the anti-monopoly members of the
legislature can be united on him , hi
can either be elected or his frlendi
dictate who shall bo Snundora' sue
ccssor.
A Boom for Knnco.
Hyracuir Journil.
Wo nominate his excellency Governor
ornor Nones as a suitable oandidati
for senatorial honors at the hands o
the Nobrask * logislaturo. A younj
man in the prime of life and vigor o
manhood , ono that has been tried it
various places of trust nnd never founc
wanting a gonllcman in every sons
ot that word broad in culture , strong
in intellect ho would prove himsol
beyond n doubt equal to any emergency
cy ho might encounter in the senati
chamber and would reflect an hone :
to Nebraska of which any state mlgh
well bo proud.
Connor or Stickles.
Arara ioo F.onitr.
Gon. A. H. Connor , of Kearney , 1
being very favorably spoken of bj
antimonopoly republicans in connco
tion with the United States ruinator
ship to succeed Saundcrs. Capt. J
H. Stlcklci , of Thayer county , No
braska's farmer orator , alto loomi u [
as a possible candidate. Bath an
mon of whom Nebraska might fee
proud to have as her representative it
the national legislative halls at Wash
ington , and if cither are nucceaafu
much good may reasonably be expoctcc
through the united efforts of Scnatoi
Van Wyck and the sanator snon to b (
chosen iu the correction of the man ;
evils which have boon tror.ted si
lightly by clir former rpresoutativcs
Paddock For Ever.
Beatrice Eipriss.
As for The Express , it la for Pad
dock until the final ballot is taken
Wo have boon there before am
"stayed ; " but bo that no it may , wi
are not nqahst any republican furthci
than ho might say , "ho who is not fo ;
mo is against mo. "
Not For David.
Uljusci Dispatch.
The Dispatch la ono of the news
papers that doesn't believe Nebrasks
ivanta to bo represented in the Unltoc
States sonata by an impeached gov
amor. Neither docs it bollevo thai
David Butler is a man through
rhoao voini flows healthy antl-monop
) ly blood , _
* M n i . i i waya
i . - , . Como.
ITotUTltnts.
The West Point Republican noml-
iaC3 Valentino for the United States
lenato. Nominating'mon for United
J tales senators ii like calling "spirits
'romtho vasty deep. " Anybody an
lo it , but the spirits do not always
tome.
A Tear for Butlora.
Ijga County Democrat.
The question of who Is to bo the
loxt United States senator from No-
iraska now furnishes the conundrum
ipon which political mathematicians
ro figuring. Ex-Governor Butler ia
, pronounced candidate , and as this
corns to bo a Butler year wo may
rodit him with a liberal following.
Tlia Old "War Horao-
Iraml Island Tim : * .
Our fellow townsman , Gon. Taylor ,
s favorably mentioned by many
lowspapors and loading republicans of
ho state for thd succession of Alvin
launders in the U. S. senate. The
llatingulshed gentleman Is n part of
ho history of Nebraska , and hi * name
i as familiar to the people of the
tate as that of any other citizon.
ndocd , it may bo said without exag-
oration , that there is hardly a name
letter known to the masses of the
eoplo of the state or moro highly re-
peeled than that of Uon. John M.
. 'hayor ,
Joseph or Andrew ,
lajllngi Gazette-Jourcal.
Joe Billiard or A. J. Popploton
ill probably be the railroad candl-
ata for United States senator from
[ ebraska , and will receive the sup-
ort of the monopoly members of
10 legislature , whether they bo ro-
uhllcan or democrat In name. What
man's party has boon and nominally
to.day , does not cut muoh of u
guro when the bosses issue their
rdors. ,
Saundere , tllllard or Valentino ,
orth Bond Phil.
In every great controversy , and on
rory material question Saunders
ianacr.es to turn up on the right side ,
an Wyok Is , as the world goes , prob-
Jly a smarter man. He is capable of
lying a great deal raoro in the oamo
> ace ot time , and saying it moro Bo
nding to the rules of diction and pi-
: ution , but when he comes to not ho
fickle and unreliable , while Nobras-
's war governor is Btaunch as a
heel horse and ns certain as grim
jath. Wo have no special choice ,
jwovor , so ho is a man that will
and by Nebraska and her interests
nnd other state In
i between her any
lis broad union. Give us Baunders ,
Millard or Valentino.
Souls with But a omgioTnougnt.
eveland Leader.
and tho'pro.
Once raoro the brewers
bitlonists agree. Both think beer is
o cheap ,
PERSON ALiriES ,
Qrover Cleveland writes a poorer hacc
than Horace Giceley ever did.
Mr. BUI Nyc , of the Laramie Itaom
craog , speaks of Klder Cannon M n font
cly paterfamilias.
Anna Dicktcton cayi ho Is not going t <
retire from the stage. It will be remcm
bcred that the stage cannot retire.
Katun Hatch is nolemnly condemned b ]
oo\ bull in the city nt tha created blather
fiklto ih the mtrlcet , Cincinnati Knqulrcr
The fact that Beecbcr has a rod face
whlta hilr nnd blue eye Is considered b ;
The Ujtuicr Journal ann groitcompllmen
to the fttari nod f tripct.
% Li6Ut. WNtman , a German txplorer , ha
juit nnifthed % walk net ma Attica , Th
nature of his trouble with Mrs. Whamai
before slatting U not known.
Senator Mnhone'a desk is decorated wit
a handnoino bouquet about every day
Mahono labors under tha Impres'loi
that ho U a very fair sort of daljy him
self ,
Miss Chamberlain , un American beaut ]
who has attracted great attention in Ku
tope , 1' Raid to have captivated Sir Henr
Malsy Thompson , with &n income of 20 ,
COO per vcar. ,
A newspaper having stated that Frcdd.
Oebhatdt waa a Uggcr &mu than ol
Onnt , the Buffalo Kxprca * says the re ft
question in whether ho is a bigger man tha
old Lnngtry.
Button's opinion of the .Terror Lily 1
fiummrd up In this tontcnce. "lier beaut
Is chlctly bonuly ot outline , which is mot
apparent while ebo is in ropone. " Is this
possible luxgCBtlou that Airs. Lingtr ;
would nppear to Letter advantage as
dummy than as an actrcci ?
A dltpatch from New York snys tha
"Mr. JOB Cobutn has not jot decide
whether ho will nppear at a public enter
tainmont. " The last public cntertalmnen
at which Mr. Cobum appeared WAS on th
occaiion of his being lent to the penilcn
tiary for fonrtcon years.
The two-headed mougtrotlty known o
Millie Christine has brought a libel suit a
Fort Wayne ngtlntt the bmtnces dcpnrl
tnent of Adam ITorcpauRb'fl circus. Th
allegation li that when Millie was cxhlbll
ing herself there the Forepaugh people die
trlbutod handbills calling her a "rcvoltin
and horrid monstrosity. "
Henry Cary , the Milwaukee- young ma
who left town suddenly with & shortage o
about $1,000 in his acconnti , hni returnee
and a dispatch says that "great Rympnth
in felt for him. " Ills certainly bind on a
able-bodied young toan to be able to go
away with only a thousand dollarS.
King Kalakaun. of the Hawaiian Islands
celebrated hli birthday with great ceremony
mony November 1C. The festival contin
tied tbre * days. It Is estimated by expo
rienccd birthday celebrants in this coun
try that nearly a week must have elapse
before the king was able to put on bis ha
without using a thoc-horn.
Sarnh Stokes , lately tried at Little Rod
for a homicide , la a professional beanty
She told n reporter who > lowed her in ho
cell ttmt iiko wiw not looking her host , a
trouble hud injured her complexion an
"expression of ijirlteh sweetness ; " but ye
plto imprecicil him na almost perfect , an
ho hna no doubt that fho if , aa ehe ch.iins
tha moat beautiful woman in Arkansas.
P. T. Barnum was liberated from th
Danbutv , Conn. , jail fifty jcars it go , an
the other day tbo bemi-centdml of the occurrence
curronco was duly celebrated at Bridge
uort. His imprijcnment was for an a ]
Icgod libel published in a local newspaper
At the celebration Mr. Baruum delivcrc
au addroES en the "Freedom of the Tresn ,
speaking in the aamo court house where h
had received hia p.antencc. After th
speech a cannon was lircd , nnd the vtterni
was toasted at a nubile dlnnor.
Joe Howard writes of Gen. Grant : "Eic
new beyond the dream of his moat anib :
tiou3 fancie ? , largely interested in affair
of moment , in daily contact ncd nightl ]
intercourse with men oi talent aud finnn
cial brain , he finds it necessary to cocforn
himself moro to the dictates of customer ;
Guiso. Ha wears a high silk hat , fashion
ably-cut overcoat , and neat ly-blacked boots
His beard is more carefully trimmed , hli
mustache is lined a la mode , and ho bear
himjclf modestly as he passes along the
etreet. I recall the time when his presence
ence would have attracted the attention o
thousand * tf people , who would have
cheered him to the echo and followed hia
for miles. Now , as I have c.Md , it is rare
that his countenance attracts the eye o
U B who knows him. "
It la a Failure BO Par Its Cost IB Con
corned.
Spedil Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.
NEW YOKK , December 17. The Sun
says editorially : "Tho officers of the
Edison company still maintain a die-
erect Eilenco as to whathan been actu
ally demonstrated , especially with re
gard to coat of production , since the
practical trial of the Edhon electric
light here ona considerable scale. And
yet the question of cost ia now the
main ono , not merely with thoao who
supply the light , but also with con-
oumora. The light cannot bo furniehod
much longer at the prices which the
nublio wore led to expect , unless it
sau bo produced very economically ,
[ f the experiment so far made shows
that the further extension of patron
age would only tend to further in
crease the loss at prices the public are
willing to pay , the enterprise has been
unsuccessful. It has met with
A PJIAOTICAL FAILDKE.
There arc , besides , grave mechanical
difficulties to bo surmounted. These
relate to Iho maintenance of the cnr-
ont and to the continuity and uni-
'ormity of the electrical supply , and
wo got hints that they have not been
overcome , The oflicora of the Edison
company themselves , however , are as
chary of definite information concarn-
ng thono mechanical obstacles to suc
cess as they are about the cost of pro
duction. The indications are that the
company is running against snags , and
hat there IB not much chance of ever
realizing the sanguine hopes of those
who expected great things from it
either as stockholders or consumers.
Wo should not bo
surprised to hoar as
much as that ficnernlly acknowledged
> oforo long. Indeed , it would not be
wonderful if the failure of the experi
ment was soon granted , at least so far
as the ability to supply the light con-
innously and with uniformity over a
argo district for domestic purpoaes at
heap price Is concerned- "
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