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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. . _
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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.
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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 ,
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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.
Sanford's Radical Cure I
iho Great lUleamlo Distillation ol Witch Haul ,
American I'me , Canadian Fir , Marigold
CloMT Blossom Kta ,
For the Immediate llcllcf ami Permanent Cure ole
e\ cry form ol Catarrh , Irom a Simple Hcail Cold or
Influenza to the Loss ot emoll , Taste , and Hearing ,
roUKh , Bronchitis , nnd Incipient Consumption. Ho-
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Illicit. Grateful , fragrant , \\holesomt. Cure be-
Bins from firs application , and ia rapid , radical , per
manent , and nc\cr tailing.
Ono bottle lladica ! Cure , one box C tarihal SoN
\cnt and Banjoul's Inhaler , all In one Package , far.
tiling a complete trcatincn of all druggists for ? 1.
Ask for Svidford'n Itadlcal Cure. I'otter Drug and
Chemical Co. , Boston.
Collins' Voltaic Electric Plist e
Instantly atlocta the Ncrvou
BJ stem and banishes Pain. A
perfect Klcctrlc Hattcrf com'
tilncd with a I'oroua Plaster lor
is Tin : CKY 25 cents U annihilates l' 1n ,
OF A vitalizes Weak and Worn Out
SUFFERING NERVf Parta. etroiiKtbcna Tired Mus
cles , PrcvoutaUtscMO , and dots moro in ono half the
tlmo than any other plaster In tha world. Sold every
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