THE DAILY BEE-THURSDAY , MAY 2J , 1885. DAILY BEE. $ KMU Omra Ho. BM urn Bie JAMAH 8 , y * Tom 0 rte , Roou CO TMBUKB BOILO- lima. frrtlUlhea triry mornlnt , alj Uondaj morning dall/ TUMI IT MAO. . . . * * T f . -liaOO | Ttr onO . > , . . , . . J -M i&Uontii . | .00 | On * Month.- - h WwWy Dee.rubllbied erery W dne < Ur CiiTttf , wHh premium.- . * " Ont Te r , wlthoul premium . RU Wontht , wlthoul premium . ' . OBI Uontu , on UU1 All Oommanlcttloni r.UHni U K f1'1 ' UUil Ihould b Mld/etiod 0 H K n Of EM. nuxva urmu. AU Bartae * t t n nd RomltUnwj . UdrMitd T > DM POIUIHWO Ctoxjxn , OKIHA. briftt.Ohtcki nd Vort offlw Of dm to b d tV kkl * to tti < erdcr ol the orapinj. THE BEE PUBLISHING CO , , Props , E. BOBEWATKR , EDITOB. 1 A. n. Pitch , M n ger Dnilr ClwulftUon , ff. O. Bo , * 88 Om h , Neb. GENERAL OUANT and bii book nro get ting along qnlto well. MAYOiiBovi ) has appointed a Shoemaker - maker as city attorney. Ho should now -appoint a tailor for pas Inspector. THIS Cincinnati authorities will not al low a wlld-woet uhow to exhibit on Sun days , but permits base ball games to bo played on that day. The probability Is that Homo of the anthotitios ate stock holders ) n a league nlno. THE city attorney has boon instructed to draw a sqnaltor-jovorolgnty ordinance whereby grading contractors from other cltloa and otatoa can bo kept out by un- frlondly legislation. Thisordinanceshould have boon passed a yonr ago. TIIK Kansas City Journal highly com mends the Omaha charter and urges that some of its boit features bo adopted for that place. Wo are gratified to know that Omaha hai something which is supe rior to anything of the kind In Kansas Oily. . _ - - - - HAVING failed to secure an oQlco for Ills brother , Senator Blackburn of Ken tucky swears ho will not trouble the ad ministration any further In the way o : office-Booking. Mr. Cleveland no doub fools relieved nt the prospect of not Ics Ing any sleep on account of the Black burn family. MR. CLEVELAND has rnado on an average - ago twenty-BBVon appointments a day alnco ho has boon in office , or a little more than one appointment every hour. Yet the oQico-Hoek M think that ho moves too slowly. If ho should make an appoint ment every mlnnto . It would hardly bo rapid enough for them. Tun statement that Frod. Douglas had [ xoutod a pow in Dr. Sundorland's church , and that some of the mombora of the con gregation were very Indignant on that ao count , ii pronounced a malicious false hood. Mr. DougUs eays ho has rented 1 no pow , and docs not Intend to rent any. Ho further says that ho does not know that any sensation was created by his presence la church. TUB PJattsmotith dally Herald , which for the last six months has bcon a woll- edited paper , has ceased to exist. The weekly Herald , however , will be con tinued. The publication of the dally h abandoned simply because It does not pay. Some men would have continued It for the glory there Is in publishing a dally , but Mr. Windham has come to the conclusion that glory does not pay expenses. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE bogus butter law passed by the Now York legislature over a year ago has hud the desired effect upon the oleomargarine - garino factories. The dairy commissioner hts made his first report , which shows that 80 per cent , of the bogus batter traffic has boon suppressed , and that the receipts of da'ry ' batter have Increased 7,000,000 pounds in seven months. The oleomargarine manufacturers and donlort huvo closed their doors or have moved to other uta'oj , being no longer willing tc risk prosecutions , einco thera hnvo been cloven convictions and forty-two Indict zuonts. * CHIUF ENGINEER BUTLER , who acts ai x 'buililng Inspector , desires to bo sot rlgh ' " baforo the public. Ho 'says that undo the ordinance his authority In regard t < \ building Inspection Is confined to the fin limit , and that within this limit ho ha made record of the buildings In progres and othorwsle carded ont the provision of the ordinance. Now , If the ordl iiauce only includes the fire limit , It i eadly defective. Other cities require i permit to bo taken ont for every houai erected within the city limits. Nobodj allowed to put up even a burn or shoe without reporting to the building Inspec tion department and getting a permit This requirement is not only for thu pur JOBO of preventing the erection of rook orlt-B and firo-trap , and building that are litblo to tumble down but it Is also intended t < enable a olty to have reliable statistics h togard to Its growth. So far as the In upectlon of brick buildings Is concerned there are good grounds for fearing thai Omaha some day Trill have the oxpaf lence of otbor cities. Some of ocr nar row uigo oipibliiti who have built one ntory blocks , with walls not over olghl Inches thick , talk of raising them two 01 three stories. If they attempt anything of the kind they should certainly bo prevented - vented , for snch ilinny structures will Iitrdly boar their own weight and are liable at any moment to fall down and kill people. In the first place we want , f > an ordinance coveting the entire city , and in the next place wo need a bulking inspector who will bo vigilant , fearless , and Impartial in tha discharge cf his dn'i's. THE PANAMA CANAL. ' Whatever opposition there Is In this country to the Panama canal has boon Inspired to a considerable extent by the Pacific railroad companies which too in the completion of that canal a dangerous competitor for trade. The transconti nental traffic , which the railroads now enjoy almost exclusively , wilt naturally bo divided , as the opening of the canal will greatly shorten the water ronto between - twoon San Francisco , Now York and Liverpool , and contcquontly the low rates of water transportation will compel Iho transcontinental railroads to rcduco tholr rates. M. do Leesops , the moving spirit In the great enterprise , in his re cent article touches the real epring of opposition to the Panama canal , when ho says : "Your great railroad companies asom to dread the facilities that will bo secured by navigation between the two shores of the union. They understand that they will bo obliged to reduce tholr rates , which at the sama tlmo are likely to become moro stable , " The advantages of this canal , or any other canal connecting the two oceans , cannot bo overestimated. It will affect the entire commerce of the world. The work upon the Panama canal Is , however , progressing slowly. There Is a consider able difference of opinion as to the time of its completion atd its cost , but that it will bo finished some day wo have no reason to doubt , for there has already bcon too much labor and money expended for It to bo abandoned. It is claimed by Americans who have made careful in vestigations that It cannot bo completed within the tlmo originally sat , nnd that Its cast will bo contiderably more than at first estimated. Ic was calcu lated , when the canal com pany was' organized , that 75,000,000 cubic motcra would have to bo excavated , and now it la officially stated that the work will require the excavation of 111- 000,000 meters , whlla the dircctor-gen- oral gives it aa his opinion that it will take 120,000,000 , but already the sum cf § 74,600,000 haa baon spent and only about one-tenth of the excavation has been made. The present uncompleted contracts will call for an expenditure of moro than § 50,000,000 , while according to Lieut. McLean , of the United States navy , the parts not yet contracted for will swallow np ever $50,000,000 moro. In addition to all this there is the big dam at Gamboa , which is to ccst at least § 20,000,000. Lieut. McLean , who has raado a conservative estimate , calculates the total coat of the canal will bo § 350- 000,000. The report of L'out. Wlnslow , also of the United States navy , shows that the cost cannot bo less than § 240- 000,000 , but It Bsoms that ho had consid erable difficulty in obtaining reliable information - formation , and hence his figures cannct bo regarded so accurate as those of Lieut. McLean. Howsver , It Is demonstrated by both reports that , oven if ample labor and funds are supplied , the canal cannot be completed in less than five years , -while the probability is that it will be ten cr twelve years before the waters of the two oceans meet in the big ditch across the Isthmus. The question Is whether the business of the canal will pay a reasonable interest upon the onormoua investment. De Lea- sopa , of course , in his efforts to keep the work going , Is onthuslaetlc in drawing glowing pictures of the ad- vantages and wealth that will bo derived from the Croat enterprise , but whether the tolls cf the canal will over bo suf ficient to remunerate the bondholders in any way for tholr Investments the future can alone demonstrate. Can the money noceesary to complete the work bo raised upon the credit of the company ? India dialing this ques'.ion ' , the New York Times says : One of the numerous expert ) employed tc work up the scheme in Paris in 18SO calculat ed on a tralllo of 0,000,000 tons , and 15f. pei ton for transit was the charge , which it wai thought would bo low enough to attract ves sels to tliu isthmus route , This would give . ravenue of 75,000OCOf. Five pr cent wotih go to the Colombian government , and thi cost of management was estimated at 0,000 , OWf. This would take out nearly 10.OCO.OOOf. leaving still a liberal dividend for the amoun of obligations originally contemplated , place by the writer mentioned at SOO.lOD.COOf , Bu it is likely to be at least double that amount This will render the projpacta of the investment mont much less inviting , to say nothing of thi _ great uncertainty aa to the amount of traffic If the canal Ia to coat $359,000,000 and Its ce receipts at first should amount even to § 13 , 000OCO , the fixed charges would swallow u nearly , if not quite , the whole amount. It i extremely doubtful , In point of fact , If the inter tor cat on the obligations could bo met , to ea nothing of dividends on the stock. With this prospeot will the bonds o the canal company bo readily floatei hereafter in the volume required to o rr the work along on the enormous Bcalo noces say ta Insure Its completion even In five o ten yean ? On Its ability to raise tnone when the present resource * are exhausted , a they are likely to bo ia about a year , depend absolutely the ability of the company to g DO. If it gets Into financial straits what wil be ttao consequence ? Too much will hiv been done and too much expended to admit c the scheme being readily abandoned , Wil not the interposition of the French govern ment ba then Invoked and the complicationi eo often prophesied come in sight ? THE chairman of the board of publii works has tuken great pains lately to havi the sidewalks on the principal bnsiues street ] properly constructed , but there 1 < a good deal to bo done yet. The walki on Farnam street are still in a wretched condition. Wo cm paint out a numbei of places that should receive immediate attention from the chairman of the board of public works. One of these places , by way of Illustration , ia the northeasl corner of Farnam and Twelfth streets where the walk has not been extended tc the curb , and the four feet of space i converted into a mudholo every time i ralct. The rental of this property amounts to over twenty-five per contof its actual value. Although the owner lives In the cast there Is no good reason why the resident agent should not ba compelled to put the side walkn in good-condition. Some people rirwo been bounded about their side walks , whllo others have boon treated as If they owned the town. There ahonld bo no favoritism , shown In this matter. MOVING WEST. In comparing the Massachusetts school register of 1884 with that of 1810 , the Boston Advertiser finds that of 345 towns In that sta'o 143 are decreasing in population. In twenty four school dis * trlcts in the central part of the state the school population has fallen off ono-thlrd to one-half , Barre has fallen from 712 to 434 ; Potorelmm from 474 to 175 ; Greenwich from 250 to 111 ; Oummington from 370 to 10G ; and numerous other towns In similar proportion. This rc- markablo decrease in the country towns would load one to suppose that the popu latlon of the entire state is diminishing. ' This , however , Is not the case , for the population of Massachusetts is steadi ly growing. This Is explained by the fact that the cltlca and manufacturing towns are constantly In creasing , owing to the steady Influx of foreigners , but the old uatlvo ttook of Massachusetts ia rapidly abandoning the state for the moro Inviting and produc tlvo fields of the west , where better op portunities are afforded for accumulating fortunes and winning famo. The signs of decay in the rural districts of Maseachn satts gives risa to a mournful strain In the Advertiser as follows : In some towns whole families Imvo moved out , their farms are forsaken of tillngo and the dwelling-houses abandoned. Our corre spondent speaks of giving up ten days , nol long since , to gun and rod in Wendell , when ho found probably twenty miles of old high way grown up to woodland and about thirty houses gone to decay. While there ho saw ono dwelling-houEO and ono school-house abandoned , sash removed and windowi boarded up only tbreo pupils left. Old col Lira , fringed with rose bushes and lilac ? , won found In the thick wood , and ho shot par tridges and rabbits on grassy mounds and overgrown thresholds where children played forty years ago. Another w ar , twenty-five years hence , would not muster so many "boys in blue" from the old farms. INASMUCH as the Nebraska railroad commission was created at the Instance of the railroad managers , It will bo In keep ing with the whole scheme that only creatures of the railroads shall bo ap pointed as secretaries of the commission. No man has made himself moro useful to the railroads In doing their bidding In eoason and out of season , through his subsidized paper , than Charles H. Gore , cf tha Lincoln Journal. Since railroad legislation under a powerlees commission is worse than a farce , and the secretary ship Is a moro sinecure , Mr. Gero rrlllvbo the right man in the rlqht place. Lat him bo appointed by all moans. He needs two thousand dollars a year to brace him up In battling for corporate monopoly , and since ho can not got the Lincoln postcffico through a democratic proxy ho must be provided for at the public crib of Nebraska. That Is all he has ever nude a living from , and without - It lo : and his pampered organ would soon become a charge upon the overseers cf the poor of Lancaster connty. - THE Now York legislature did at least one sensible thing , and that was to pass a law prohibiting the erection of any hence higher than eighty feet. This is intended to put an end to the rage for high buildings which has recently been dov-oloped In Now York city. Some of the apartment houses that have boon built within the last two years are fifteen stories and 180 feet high. Water can only bo thrown to the height of 80 foot in New York. It will therefore bo ceon that the upper half of these buildings is beyond fire protection. Although they are Slid to bo fire-proof , yet their walli a might bo affected by fire in the Immedi ate vicinity so that they would fall and rush adjoining houses. HiniB Is something from the Pliiladtl- phia JRccord whlchjs worthy of Ecrioni consideration on the part of the working t. men : "If the workingmen of the Unitoc States would refrain from using spiritu ous and malt liquors and tobacco in evorj form for a period of ninety days then would result a revolutionist govornmon ; and society the like cf which olvllizatiot never experienced. Such an oxpodlen ; to bettor the condition of the wage workers haa never been tried ; yet In tliii country they hare the power in thor ! o"wr hands , by the practice of a little self ; denial , to forca national , state , and mu nlcipal legislators to consider , them as at ; important factor in all legislation , THE annual report of the operations o : the American Bible society made at it r3cont session In .Noir York city uhowi that during the pait year 1,518,175 blblci and testaments had bat n istued , of whicl 508,710 wera circulated in foreign lands The total Issues of the society numbei : 45,440,200 volum9s , The st of trans lat'ng , publishing and distributing thi script arcs during the pait year amounted to 8142 292. The total expenditures for the same period were § 010,882 , and thi receipts § 587,914. The sura of § 172,85 ( wai appropriated at the meeting to carrj on the foreign work of the society dining * the coming year. A BROADWAY cigar store , says the NOB York Tribune , exhibits a cartoon which admirably depicts the attitude of mcBi people In th's country with regard to thi complications between England am Russia. A brar and a lion are attachoc by the sarao rope to opposite trees , arc are gnashing and pawlcg at each other but cannot stretch the rope far enough to come into actual collision. Undo Sam looks on with a qulzzlcil expression and says : "I with that rope would break , so that there would bo some fun. " SECUETAIIT LAMAU Is already pro nounced a failure an a cabinet pflicor for the reason that ho "saldicra" too much. The routine work Is too Irksome for him , and the result Is confusion and delay , forgotten engagements and broken prom- Isos. It seems that all the btd predic tions oncoming him are bolng rapidly fulfilled. THAT rle'lng young Mlssourlan , groesmon O'Neill , having read the confi- dontlal circular of the postmaator-gonoral , has put In an appotranco at the national capital with a long list of "ofl'jnalvo par ttsans. " It la safe ta say that the list ointalns the name of every ropnbllccn office holder In Musonrl. CANADA , llko the mother country , Is heavily in debt. She owes nearly § 300 , 000,000 and the proposes to Incnato It $ GO,000,000 If a loan can bo negotiated. She has plenty of territory , but not enough tax payers to stand any such financial burden , JOHN A. LOOAN'S frlnnds say that ho will bo elected to-day. Like "shool" ho will bo electedl Chicago limes , 18th. Ho got there the day after the Times madn the revised observation. Ex-GoVEHNORS are of some use after all. Fourteen of them have boon util ized as delegates to the national commer cial convention now In session at At lanta. BTATK JOTTINGS. A flour mill Is Wing built at Wayne. Three topi U ns good as n drink In a Lin coln saloon after 10p. _ m. Tha normal school at IMoomington has an average attendance of 100 , The dally arrivals at Valentine , Uordon. and Chardron are enormous , _ ( V Franklin wife beater was fined 5100 fo- his last display of brutality. The roller procees will replace the old fashioned grinders m the Scribner flouring mill. mill.Hugh Hugh Linn's residence In Dawson county , valued at 81,000 , was dcetroyed by fire last week. ' Mark Tully. of Fremont , held a claim for a week near the new town of Ilnshville , and sold is for $1,000. Two countrymen were held up and roboed of SCO , a revolver and a pocket knife , In Lin coln Tuesday night. The Lincoln water works will bo tested again to-day. Harry lUrkenblne of Council Bluffs will supervise it. The tiachers of Franklin county will hold an exhibition of school and industtial work at liloomington , Juno 11 , 12 and 13 , The Lincoln gcs company will put up gas lamps and illuminate the town for $2 25 ench month , the glims to be snuffed at midnight. The Plattsmouth cunning cjmpany has n stock of 30,100 ready for tha fals pack , and is adding about 1,003 a day to the stock. AI. Fairbrpther , of Nebraska City , has been commissioned major of the circus pasta brigade. Uentine talent , aconor or later , re ceives its reward , George Smith , of Dawns county , was ar- reetod and taken to the Sidney jail last week , charsod with the malicious snootirg of a neighbor's horse. An Insane man , confined in the Atchlaon jail , _ made his escape last week and returned to his farm where he , was recaptured and re turned to his confinement. 1 The twelve-year-old son of William He- Cumber , of Auourn , was thrown from a pony and dragged tome distance. The boy was severely Injured , having been kicked in the head. ] Toe journalistic procession In this state is II. lummated by t&a Headlight , half a dozen Suns , the Twilight , end the Electric Light. Tha latter has just flushed on the ranks at North Platte. Mrs. Alma Elmund , hying in Lancaster county , has been adjudged insane , and Bint to the asylum. The unfortunate woman lost her husband by death n tlio.t time ago , and thin , with finan cinl troubles , dethroned her reason. The Plattsmouth Daily Herald suspended publication Tuesday. The Immediate and all-sufficient causa was that It did not fay , and the proprietors failed to see and realize the benevolent Bide of working for glory , Tim Weekly Herald will continue ; vt the old stand. 1'lattcmouth is about to organize a dramatic club. The name of H , M. Bushuoll , AI Uorrington and Thos Wilkinuun ore already flickering among the budding stars of our southern suburb Mr. ttuslmell has carved the air in many a tragic scene and culled boquets of varying odors from cold and penur ious audiences , Dorrioglonls fitted by nature and education for sorio-comic roles ; his mar vellous gift of t pooch and unlimited stock oi ancient jokes would split the rafters of the Watterman's. Wilkinson has not yet chased "fame'a flaeting fanes" before the footlights but bin admirers claim that asastatnenquo pcsc ho IB "no slouch at the business. " The roll ol > heavy villian falls by common consent tc Mortis O'Kourke , whose prodlpions girth and length of pedals admlrablv fits him for the possitlon of mnnkillor. Will Gushing would add Immeasurably to the "fleeting show , " as a son ? and dance attitt , In which line ho li said to ba Inimitable , His rendition of "Dc you Love me , Darling , " with heel and toe ao companlment , is nlono "worth the price of nd mission. " Many other dramatic lighti might bo fcuggented from the vast stores ol IliummnnU in Plattimouth , but wo decline tc crowd the mimic procession , The MIllerltcB and Mortonllcs. Lincoln News , And now comes the thrilling rntnoi - that the good Dr Miller , reinforced bj Mayor Boyd of Omaha , Hushed with th < vlo'orthoy won for their candidate foi postmaster at Plattsmoath , have cmioc the war to the very portal ) of J. Slorlinj Morton's homo and are now pressing tin claim e f a candidate for the post oflica ai Nebraska Oily in opposition to his man Tbo presumption of these fallows de eorvea the severest reprobation and I they are not soon chocked In their vie torious career , wo will ba humlllatuc r by seeing our own General Vifqualn , J V. Wolf , John McMonlnal and othoi aspirants , for the post office , bowln ; low bsfojo this Omahi fetiche. It runs mt be. Miller may rule north of thi Phtto , south of that may ba neutra ground , but the classic Salt Greek I the Rubicon beyond which ho must no pass , " " " M lea In New York Dnif > BtorcH. K. V. Mail and Kxpreis. If It is true that city druff stores an of ton gin mills , wbera anybody can get i pint e > f liquor for the asking , and oven take a drink on the promisee , it Is truei etlll in the country. There U burdly i country drug toro from WottfUld tj Saf Uarbor , from Ronso'd Point to Stapleton which does nnt srrvo the purpose of dran drinkers. If drug stores are to be bai rooms they should be classed aa sach anc made t ) pay licenses accordingly , SENATOHSJ ( ImusonKMitfl In tvlilch the Oront Monnf the Nation Find KcUxntlon. Philadelphia Times. The lion. A. P. German hnds uncoas- Irg delight in two gaum politics and baseball. Of the former hu has had a sarfolt htnly. Now ho looks for amuse ment to the diamond , and seldom misses a contest at National park. Senator Butler , ol South Carolina , is a devoted admirer of tbo dram , especially when the play Is of tbat order which relies - lies for success moro on the beauty of Its sjoncry , female and otborwlto , tt > an on literary merit or able acting. When once the pretty girl of the play comes upon the stage ho ia totally lost to all senao , and uover lowers his glasses till she dis appears. Senator IIowoll Jackson , cf Tennessee , contributes moro to thu support of the drama than any other man In public life. Four nights a wouk at the theatre Is not an unusual average for him. Opera is his special delight. Senator Ingalla la fond of comedy. Ho has a keen apppoclatlon of humor moro particularly comedies. There is no pub lic man who haa a keener setss of the ridiculous , and no man can show his enjoyment joymont by a heartier liiugh. Senator 011 , of Florida , attends the theatre quite frequently , but has only once or twice been known to smile , and even on thoeo memorable cccaeiona tbo smiles are said to hnvo come in at the wrong place. A joke Is something that the Florida senator hai never been able tn comprehend. A pun is jast to much Choctaw to him. Senator Fryo ia neon more frequently In the billiard room than at the theatre , lie ia an excellent thot , sometimes mak ing rana of fifteen In a throe-ball game He likes riding , too , and takes delight in dltphylng his little grtndaughtcr , who Invariably occnplrs a position on his knee during his drives. The crack billlardist of congress Is Warner Miller. The senator from Now York handles a cue as gracefully as Slos- son , nnd thinks it nothing to run up thirty polnla in an inning. Ho la fond of society , in which ho chinos ounce Mini cf his poliahoi manners. In the senate , however , ho is utterly lost , and teems to bu in a constant s'ato of wonder at the unaccountable freak of fortune that pu him there. Senator Bowen of Colorado gained a wide reputation at homo as a poker player , nor haa his fame diminished slnca his advent Into poker circles in Wash ington , When he sits down for a game ho assumes tbo Innocent expression oj the ' 'HeathmOhlnoo , " and can manlpu Ute the "cards qulto as successfully as Bret Harto's hero. Like all men cf ge nius , ha ia modest , never playing xcopt wbon presseD ; bat once Into it and ho can scrape np moro flashes than any p'aver ' on record. Senator Coko'n favorite recreation la hunttcg up old books in the capltol 11 brary and in Iho book stores about town , With a tattered book and a very bac cigar ho passes his leisure hours , varying occasionally by substituting some Lone Star whisky for the cigar. One of the leading pedcs'rlans of Washlnuton Is Senator Jones , cf Florida. His tonorlug figure Is familiar to a'l ' the residents of northwest Washington. * John Sherman seems to relish no amusenont Senator Vest IB fond of good dinners and the jovial conversations to which they give rise. As a ttory teller ho ranks high , but lacks the finish of Senator Vance , who la the champion humorist of the senate. Senator Vest admires athletic sports. He was quite a famous athleta himself in the dajs cf his reporter's life in Ken tucky. High living haa since taken the elasticity ont if hln body and robbed his once well-turned limbs of their supple ness. He ia etlll a fc ilorable billiard player , however , and cceos'onally displays hia skill in the hotel pod rooms. Wade Hampton is a personal fiieud of John McCalloogh end Lawrence Barrett. When those actors are In the city he Is ono c f their first calleri. Ho has given dinners in their honor both hero and at his homo , and la a regular attendant at their poiformancoa. Senator Allison , who a few years ago was the jollieat cf pnb ic men , la almoat o hermit now , living a retired life , and novir appearing at places cf amueo- mont. mont.Mr. Mr. Ilinaom , of North Carolina , wear * a button hole bcqiiet summer and winter , Is very proud of h's good ligure , and in dulges freely in the p'ecsures of aocloty. Scmtor Fair Dnda a pleasure in giving coolly dinners , wbuh display his cnor- mous wealth Senator Merrill , the best prcservec septuagenarian I know , owes his excellent - lent condition to a qultt life , voldcf any thing like dissipation. Mr. EJimma'i ) principal aourcaa o amusement are rmuical and literary en tmofcuicntn. , Santtor Plumb rfgirds iiew/papa writing as a recreation , and Indulges i f it frovly fcr the benefit of his Kiiuas onrau. orThe now senators who came in last session arc rather a solemn sot. They include ouch men aa Hpoonor , the skclo- tonlan ra Iroad lowjer ; Euatls , the cranky Loulalanun , and Chase , the Rhode Island Quaker. Fabt Time. Chicago Times. The mania at present among the oasi ern lines seems to Incline in tbo passenger gor department toward fast running rimo-tablea ore shortened up , and Hmi r ted trains nro the fashion. 'Iho subjoo of the advisability of too rapid progroj si this direction or the economy and prof of quick eorvlco for long d/stances / hav been dlecussod pro and con , without an ; definite conclusion having been arrive ! at. Without entering Into the broad fielc of dispn'a'iou ' ) argumontlt is well to lee at Us workings from a lcc l standpoint and judge It by I'a practical results in th limited hor'i ' ! n of Chicago. The Penn aylyanla has been innnlng a "llmitoc train" now for a period of over two year between this clly and Now York prct cally at a speed that cm not bo ozceedo ; oxcip' by the mnttor of an hrur or so. 1 has bean n paying train , considered fror its own standpoint that ia , it basreturn ed a em&ll profit ever running expenses The company probably considers that has derived other benefits fiom It In th way of praitlgo , oto. This may be , bn it can not be demonstrated that vor many travelers Iiivu been attracted awa from o'.hor ' lines because the road runs "limited. " Still further , tbo train Hie shows no evidence of growth or of Incroas i d demand , for tbo facilities that it oilers Boring Its existence , except upon th occasion of a national convention , or som extraordinary event , no extra sleeper have been nqulrod. Too travel to-d y nbojt the average of what It was a yea ago , and no demand oxitts fcr moro fac illtiH. This teems to prove tint fas ruuung at an extra chartro dooi not elrik t. very popular chord. The other roads o not draw the same conclusions. The j ko Shcra and the Michigan Central > Mli project f.xst trains of a llko cbarao- ir , and other lines nro scanning tholr mo schedules and debiting ta to the Is 3om cf beginning the naino policy. Is lore not just n little danger that the ilng Is to bo ovordont ? If the original mited has not grown in two years bo- end its fir at palronr go , what Is there to neuro ctiottm for the others ] A wlso old fllcitl remarked the o'hcr day when dis- nsslng the subject that none of tbo litre n rould run without t-avcl , but they would ot draw It from Uo on i aide. Ic would omo from thoeo wbu 1ml always patron- ad the rotpeo ivo lines , and that it would rove to bo merely robbing Poler to pay 'Mil. Perhaps ho was light , 'With throu lmUcds" running batwctn Ohiogo and ow York , covering the distance In from wcnty-five to twenty-six hours , * ho sum- lor will give a practical demonstration s to whether fast trains are demanded > y a sufficiently numerous cla > s to nuke ho new fashion a profitable and econo mical departure. _ liaiilitn and Itcaoh , toston HeralJ. An Australian named Alexander Mpy- t , who raw Haulan and Beach in holr preo ice at Sydney , arrived In this ountry n few dajs tgi , nnd , spiattlng of ho two oaromcn , he siyi ; "Wo like your man , Hanlan , over thoro. Ho Is a mod- lost , manly nort of a fellow , and bna made many fmnds. I think ho had the doa that ho could boat Beach easy nnuqh the first tlmo they rowed. Ho didn't show It much In his notions before ho race but the matter-of-fact way in which ho took It showed that ho didn't : onslcr ! ho was adding much to his lan- cls. 1 believe , however , that ho was a little approhonslvo about the lust raco. lo had felt of Beach , and know sorno- hlng of what ho could do " "Was the mutch an cquil one ? " "In what way ? " "Why , In regard to the physical con- lltlon and training cf the two men , and "amiliarlty with the uourto " "Oh , it was as squaio a contest ai wai over rowed The coursa is ono of thn cat In the world , and Ilonlan had trained od upon it long enough to be ns familiar with it as Beach. Both men were in iplendld form a few days before the race , ho list tlmo 1 oaw them , and I was told : hat they were at the raca. No , I think that Huulai had hla day , as M men must , and was fairly downed by the Australian boy " "Beech Is pictured as a very alhlet'o cokiug man in til rtepsctj in iho Aus- ralUn papers. " "He Is a man of nngnlficent physical iropt.rllon . Ho shows a deal bettor de veloped muscle than Uanlin , and is lar- ; er , I think , In every way. Ho la coni ng to this country , however , before long , vud your caramon can measure fcim up Gen. Staunnrci at Gcttjaburfj. ( Jetter to Boston Advertiser , Ia the stale down below the cemetery wall , whore Hancock hold the cantor , d In tbo last day beat back Pickett's 18,000 men as they iciched cur lines alter their seething milo runh across the valloj ) Mej Gen. Staunard , a little o'd man with an empty tleeve , is tolling his story. "My Vermonters were in the line her " ' ' for the at * , Jio tays , 'waiting tack. I hrd come forward to take this little rise , for I know if the rebels got it they could reform their lines behind U. The day was BO hot that ono of my regi ments I let fall back Into the shade o ; some trees that stood hero then , and they lay there waiting. Sure enough , the rebab had their eye on that rise and Keropsr's Virginia brigade was headed tor it. As they came near I ordered that regiment to take Its plice , and that was the first Komper know that wo held it Ho halted a minute , then marched to the tide so as to po past us. Then I made the movement that I never knew fo bo done before. I siting my brigade into the gap In tholr lines made by his flank movement , and began firing. It was right in the side of tnelr advancing column , and they could not inott it nor oicjpo it. It broke their 1'nocom ' htely , as you know , and some think it savtd the day. " "Generil , " asked one of his listeners. "how wide do you think was the front ol Plckott's column when it reached us ? " Stannard answers : "I have no idea ; no ono can tell. It extended all a'onp my front , and that Is all I know about it. " "WhU of Stannard ? " does smo cno ask ? Ho is a messenger to the housa ol representatives , and sits during thu srs slon at a gallery door , holding it open for ladies to go in and oat , at 81 , 200 a year this general who saved the c.ty ol Gottyaburg. _ _ A IMilcl Fraud on Hrldoe. Ono of the "sightb" cf Washington is the vault of the treasury department , where , among other thing , the ? 50,000- 000 reserve Is kept. Besides this there are several cartloads cf gold , silver , anc giconb&cks. Pdop'o ' who have been ad milled to the vault bate , therefore , seen more money or Ita equivalent at ono gUnco than it Is possible for them to too at any other place in thiscountiy , except ing the Now York tub treasury. It hai long boon the custom to hand each brlda who en'ored ' it a package containing § 5,000,000. They were allowed ta hold it for a second. It was then caioiully taken from them and put away. It has also been generally understood among the knowing onoa tta" the ! $5,000,000 pack age , whioh has been the bridal poit'on ' ese so many beidcs , did not contain mud money , but It was never acortalnod ex actly what was In the package until a foi\ days ago , when the count of the treasury was commenced. A dlepitch to the Nov York Herald eays : "It was found tba this $5,000,000 package which had beei oo fondly bandied , and ever which so much endearing words have been said was limply a huge joke containing tbre or four heavy old government documents such as would sell In f > junk ahop fcr tw ( cents per pound. The package welghec fifteen pounds , and as old paper Its volno would bo thirty cents The piokage was carefully tied up again , ana it will con tinue to bo used i o make brides happy It will suit thorn jiiit as well as If it GJU tulced real money , " A Trip Ituuuiiimcndsd , Chicago News. 1'rusiduiit Cleveland 1'as never been west of the Alleghanles , and wo have dim and twinkling nnrplclon tbat ho decs not more thai half comprehend what a civilized and enllaliloiied fooplo wo ar out this way. Mr , Bayard and Mr Lirner are two other dlseingui.lud gen tlenun who would stand a good deal o traveling west by nor'weit. A Card , To the JMItor of the IEK ! , I notice In tbo pipers that I am named for participation In the cerc-monio for opening the now court housa , 1 bav not time , in tbo midst of ether engage inanta , to arrange data for tbo prope treatment of the rubjeot astigned mo. ' must , then fore , ducliiio what , undc tithe r circumstances , I would duotu au honorable privilege. K , KmimooK. xpnrlcnoo with Imported Cutlers , Vow Haven News , About four yaars * go Col. Frary. pronl- out of the Bridgeport Cutlery company , whllo on a tour through Europe visited nanyof tha cutlery establishments In Germany , Hamburg , * nd Kugland. The nanufacturo of mirj being In a primitive Ute in this country , ho decided that ho ould do no bettor than ID brlns over omo of the workmen to thn United tatos. The workmen In Sheffield , Kng and were a ? a rule uiombora of the trades inlons , and Col Fnry had considerable lifilculty in engaging the men whom ho wanted. A few months I tor ho had the atlifactlon of toeing fcrty of them with holr families anil for this country , accom * mnled by the secretary of tbo ( rado inlon. In Germany and Hamburg ho ing'god sixty men , and at once shipped horn and tholr families to this country. Sopcnto rocnis were fitted up for the newly arrived laz r makers In the shops n Bridgeport , iho Germans bolup in onn mtt of the trorks and the Engl'sh ' in another. Col. F/ary catd : "J had n grout deal of roablo with my won at first , 1 did not have nearly as much trouble with the ernians as with the English. The latter demanded a soporato work room apart "rom o1l other workmen in the factory. if ono of the men in my .employ wanted o enter the room whllo they were nt wcrk they would throw down their tools and wt uli not resume tholr labors until ho vMtcr had clcsid the donr behind lira. 1 was the only man in the entire ihop whom they would let go through the oora without stopping work. A peculiar 'oaturo about thorn was that they would net work after 12 o'clock noon on Satur days Whatever money was loft after niylng Iho weeks supply the men would ; o on a spree with until the last cent was opcut , which was usually about Tuesday iiomlng. American workmen are the jest in the world. The Cftiucl Tear. Brooklyn Union , Mr. B. W , Iltttun of Indiana , decs not want to go to Persia. Ho finds the cost Iho necessary camel transit journey would rat up a year's eatnry , and ho is a > onr man. Ho therefore nsks to bo rans'crrcd to the Argentine Republic. But why need bo bo oont nnjwhoro ? There are plenty ot otherpatrollaanxlons o bo aacriticcd who don't object to camels and who have sufficient money. Jacob llouku , was arraigned before JuBtics Anderson yesterday afternoon for jrelhniiinry trhl , but by tha agreement of counsel on both sides the case was continued intil JUDO 20th. 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