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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , SATURDAY , FEBRUARY IB , 1886. THE D ATLY BEE , P tMtA OrricnNo.W4 AMI Otfi FATIXA.M St ) Sr.w YofiKOrncnltoo > ! cj.TntnuNB liuu.WNa VfAsmttmox OrncK , No. 6la KOUIITEESTH Si. lMifrt every tnornlnfj.rxcopt Sunday. Tlio only Monday morning impor published In tlio Btnto. IE1IM ? 11V MAIM Ono Yrnr . tlO.OOTlirf'o Months . J2..V ) Blx Months . G.CXl'Oiio ilotitli . 1.00 Xiii : WcKKt.r tlfir , I'ublMiod Krory Wednesday. TRIMS , POSTPAID ! Ono Your , wllli jircmlum. . . . . . . . . . . .t2.W OnoYcorvllliout premium . 1.S5 Blx Month" , without premium . 75 Ono Month , on trial . 10 I ! All communlcatlona relating ( o news and edi torial matters should bo addressed to the Km- /on orMI : HKE , All IniJlnrMlntlcrRnnilremlttntieM MinuM lie lin < 1fU ? Ctl 10 TllR IlKB I'UIIMSIIINO COHPANr , OMAHA. Drafts. shocks nnil poMolflco orders to bo mndo payable to tlio order or tlio company. IKE Bit PUBLKHIIGliPAHT , PROPRIETORS , 1 ? , nOSEWATHIU KniTOU. Fi.owr.its worn on the corsngo or car ried in tlio Imml h.ivo gone out of fashion in Now York. This will bo good news to llio unpaid tnllbrfl of llio metropolis , ISLAND stock lias risen several points flinco Senator Vim Wyck lins in- Iroduccd i1)111 for a hundred thousand dollar imblio building in that thriving city. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Du. MH.UII : is not a squnra donlnr. lid deals from the bottom of the pack wlionovor lie gel nn opportunity. His doublo-dealitiK mulliod ihi tailor-writing proves Unit. CURST. ? are now in stylo. Tlio Herald should promptly swing into line. We sug gest a cipher dispatch coucliant on a pork barrel rampant with the motto , "I endorse no man. " THE Herald admits that "doubtless Morton is at work , " but adds , "where is the fruitage of it all ? Has lie become infecnnd and impuissant ? " Wo give it up. Ask us something easy. MANY of the Missouri Pacilio annuals that are being distributed in the First congressional district by Church Howe nro being returned to him. "Try not the pass" , the old man said. It won't work in this district. DurtiNO fourteen years consumers in this country have been taxed. ? 117,371,000 as the result of tlio enormous tariff on steel rails. All this money has gene into the hands of protected rail-makers and has been added to the cost of our facil ities for transportation. SOME people think Dr. Miller is in Washington , but wo nro led to believe ho is in Omaha. The Herald's savage assault upon Inspector Robinson , to whom it applies the epithets of skunk , ruflian , Infamous blackguard , rascal , character- assassin and cliancrous excrescence , would indicate that the doctor is at homo perfectly so. The elegance of expres sion is peculiarly the doctor's own. HANCOCK'S death reduces the list of living ox-candidates for presidential honors to six. Of the rnpublicans only John C. Fremont , Rutherford B. Hayes , nnd James G. Blaine survive , while till the democrats are dead save Horatio Seymour , Samuel J , Tildon and Grovcr Cleveland. It is a remarkable fact that eight candidates nominated more recent ly than Fremont are dead , and that both candidates in 1870 still live , while the two nominated four years later are gone from earth. WHEN the change in the house rules was agitated the public was informed that a division of the appropriation bills among separate committees would great ly hasten the work of reporting those measures to congress for action. More than two months have passed but only one , tlio pension bill , has been reported and this comes from Mr. Randall's com mittee. It is no ted Unit in the short ses sion of the Forty-seventh congress ton of the bills , and in the short session of tlio Forty-eighth , eight ot thorn had been re ported before tliis date in February. THK advantages of manual training us nn adjunct to theoretical education are now generally admitted , and a number of our larger cities have added courses in handiwork to tlio usual school cur riculum. In Now York , owing to the failure- the board of education to pro vide for manual training , a number of prominent educators awl merchants liuvo carried on a school of this nature by pri vate subscription. The course includes mathematics , languages , natural sciences , geometry , drawing , carpontrv , printing , blaoksraithing nnd .decorating. The pupils are boys , but classes of girls are received twice. week in tlio gymnasium mid soroll-sawlng room. Tlio school mini- berg thirty-throe pupils and has a machine plant worth $10,000. Omaha lias started in a small way a cour.so in manual train ing , and tlio results are so satisfactory that there is every reason why the facil ities should bo extended. THE plans of tlio Union Pacific for rail road extensions in Nebraska liavo not boon made public , but General Manager Gallnway is reported as hinting that his mount purchases of rails will lay -100 miles of now track and that a largo portion of this amount will bo planted in Nebraska. It will not do for the Union Pacific man- ngcrs to wait for the passage of the Hoar bill before mooting the competition which U tapping their territory at u score of points. Doth the lUirllngton and tlio Northwestern systems are aggressively pushing into and across tlio coun try north of the Platte which for years the Union Pacific claimed nnd hold as its own peculiar properly. The transcontinental tratllo is now di vided up among four competitors , tlio ttouyor and Colorado business is split into half a dozen pieces and the cattle carry ing trade has passed into other hands , If the Union Pacltio permits its local bus iness to bo wrested trom its control , it miglit as well shut up shop at once. For .these reasons wo incline to tlio belief that the Instinct of self preservation will force the company to extensive building in Ne braska during the coming season. Not withstanding the repeated sworn state- AiontsofTom Kimball to the legislature tlwt tlio local business of the Union Pa- eiflq scarcely pays expenses ; the govern- lucnt directors seem to bo convinced' to tktf contrary unit .tiro urging cbiitinuod extensions of local lines In order to sovo thoro-.ul from bankruptcy , . ' . ' ' ; . , Hero's a Pretty Howc-cljT'ilo. For a man who has retired from poli tics Church Howe is pretty handy with a railroad pass-book. In his capacity as a Missouri Pacilio contractor lie has moved tlio executive department of that railway from St. Louis to North Auburn , Neb. , and this explains why ho i Hooding the First congressional district with Annual passes , accompanied with the following laconic note : "Executive- department Missouri Pacific railway , North Auburn , Neb. , Feb. , 1830. Dear Sir : Plcaso acknowledge receipt of enclosed. Yours truly , Church Howe. " Wo congratulate tlio citl/.ons of North Auburn upon the removal of the Missouri Pacific head quarters to that place , but if Church llowo oxpccts to reach congress by the Missouri Pacific route ho will find him self sidetracked. The wholesale dis tribution of annuals will not give him tlto right of way to Washington. His generosity is a little too thick , and some of tlio passes which lie lias placed in Omaha , where ho thought they would do the most good , are being returned to him. Mr. Howe is a very cunning politi cian , but wo advise him not to re-enter the arena of active politics after having announced his retirement. Whether the Missouri Pacific management will por- mllits annual pass-books to bo used for Church Ho wo's political schemes remains to bo scon. AVnjjcs of Vt'lvos. The New York Sorosis have como to the revolutionary opinion that wives should bo paid regular wages by their husbands for performing household labors and carrying household responsibilities. The subject opens up a wide iield of dis tressing possibilities. Of course the bar gain for compensation would have to be made before marriage. Otherwise a number of men would bo heartless enough to decline to enter into such an engage ment after tlio nuptial knot was firmly fastened. The embarrassment of con ducting negotiations tor the payment of labor to bo performed in the future with no definite knowledge of how extensive it was to bo or how capable the employe was to per form it , can nt once been seen. Some one would bo very likely to get the best of the bargain , and the knowledge of this fact would add another cause of irri tation to the usual amenities of married lifo. Naturally , disagreements as to terms would arise , nnd if an arbitrator were called in tlio mothor-in-liiw would certainly bo on hand to place her esti mate on the value of her daughter's ser vices. Tlio ardent lover and pro spective husband could not well de cline the decision whatever it might be , or secure release from engagement if it turned out to bo a bad bargain. The Sorosis seem to have inado no provision for rises and falls in tlio homo labor market or for a sliding scale of wages adjusted to the emptiness or fullness of the husband's pocketbook. The question of the frequency of pay ment , whether weekly or monthly , now so freely discussed in the Massachusetts mills , is not settled in advance here as it should bo. In fact , the decision of the Now York sisters is made upon such in definite terms that its adoption gen erally would bo quite a domestic misfortune. Unless all the conditions nnd qualifications of this scheme are more clearly defined wo must decline to en dorse it on behalf of our readers. The labor problem is complicated sufficiently at present without adding to it the cer tainty of strikes in tlio parlor , lockouts in the front hall , and coercion in the dining room , all of which would follow tlto general adoption of the plan pro posed. WE are forced , to take issue with the Herald upon the value of a wood block pavement laid on plank and sand. Even conceding that the blocks arc of the best , the foundation evenly laid , and the topping of blocks properly constructed , the lifo of such a pavement is short. It soon ruts and sags and is more difllcult to replace in its original condition than if the foundation wore a rigid one. The best wood pavement in the world is used in London with the blocks thoroughly creosotcd , laid on a eoncrcto base , with water-tight joints. All other wooden pavements have proved in the end unsat isfactory in all oases whore travel is heavy or frequent repairs to underlying pipes have been necessary. The grave objections to a wooden pavement are its porosity which causes it to retain moisture and fluids , its short life , the dif ficulty of repairing it properly , and the trouble which it makes when changes are required in the water and gas mains below its foundation. The conclusions of the best paving experts are that stonu is the most durable paving material , the easiest to repair , and the most convenient to disturb and replace , that asphalt takes the second place in these particulars and that wood falls Into line last. For all this , wooden pavements liuvo the heavy advantage of cheapness and of noiseless- ness. The best laid wooden pavements will last for from live to eight years on streets of moderate trnvnl. Other Linnets Than Ours , Parliament stands adjourned until the 8th inst. , in order to afford the members of the cabinet taken from the commons an opportunity to obtain a re-election. The recess has been marked by throe notable events , the speech of Mr. Merely on the policy of the government , tlio rioting in London , and the reported split in tlio Irish parliamentary party. Mr. Morley's speech boldly proclaimed that coercion had failed in the past and that the government would now adopt the only policy by winch the great problem can bo solved. Ho intimated that the first stop would bo a bill introduced by Mr. Gladstone to stop evictions in Ire land , that this would bo followed by homo rule and hind purchase bills , the two be ing related to each other , & * were the franchise and redistribution of scats measure. The success of the latter bills , ono a conservative and the other a liberal measure , will give prestige to the inter dependent home rule and land purchase1 bills. A great deal of curiosity is ex cited as to the scope of Irish legislation now maturing in tlio mind of Mr. Glad stone. The use of the national credit in buying small holdings , tlio strict limita tion of evictions and the schema to force landlords to sell off their estates in small parcels , , are the main features of the Glad- Etonian plan as understood by his'politlcal friends. Such a plan of returning a people ple to thosoil.is nothing more nor loss than a social and economic revolution brought about by the point of the pun in- . stead of the sword. When the public demanded a railway from London to Edlnburg , certain lands wore condemned and a way secured. The question is ( how will it work to condemn the whole land system of a grand division of tlio empire in order that a people may have the right of way ? This is indeed advance ground , but Is much better nnd more just than 1'rlnco Bismarck's plan of first buying a people out and then kicking them out. It means Ireland for the Irish , political ' alid economically , local government and local ownership of land. The London riots of Monday and Tues day will no doubt prove a serious embar rassment to the government when it meets next week. The lories are pre paring to ply It with questions ns to the efficiency of tlio homo office , which failed to suppress the mob before it had dam aged property to the amount of a half a million dollars , nnd there will bo strong pressure brought upon the ministry to provide prompt means for furnishing work to tlio unemployed by the expendi ture of largo sums of money in public im provements. As this means fresh taxa tion , the probabilltyof further separation of the whig property interest from the radicals is imminent. * The vote of the French chamber of deputies to sell the crown jewels , nnd to devote the proceeds to the establishment of homes for aged workingmen , is good poetic justice and fair enough democracy. The hard hands of the people earned the money that bought those treasures , and they can well bo turned to account now that crowns are no loncrer the fashion in France. The vote is a particularly char acteristic declaration of confidence also in tlio republic. A All seems quiet along the Balkans for the present , at least. A Turco-Btilgarian agreement lias been entered into , which confirms the appointment of Prince Alex ander ns permanent governor of eastern Roumelia ; provides for mutual help to repel a foreign invasion , and gives Tur key control of some Mussulman villages in Roumelia by means of a commission appointed under the sanction of Prince Alexander. In other respects the agree ment is drawn up in accordance with the provisions of the Berlin treaty. Mean while the Greek government , replying to tlio second note from the powers , say it considers any restraint ofl'crcd to the free disposal of the Hellenic forces incom patible with Greek independence , and therefore declines responsibility for an eventual conflict. Turkey supports the demand of Bulgaria for u war indemnity from Sorvia. V The general elections in Canada take place within the next two weeks , and , like the people of the parent country , the Canadians have to deal with n new elec tion law. Heretofore , it scorns , people who earned their living in ono place and lived in another have been enjoying the advantage of a double suffrage. They could vote on their incomes in the city , for instance , and on their residence quali fications in the suburbs. The now law does away with this peculiarity and con fines the franchise exclusively to the residence district. * * In view of the expulsion of 30,000 Rus sian , and Austrian Poles from the eastern provinces of Prussia , and Bismarck's dec laration that the Prussian government intends to drive out the large Polish land-owners by buying up their estates and converting them Into small holdings at a perpetual rental , it may bo of some interest to know the proportion the Pol ish population boars to the total popula tion in their respective districts. There are in all 12,084,000 , Poles , of whom 7,000- 000 live in Russia , 8,230,000 , in Austria and 2,454,000 in Prussia. In the latter country only the four eastern provinces are inhabited by Poles , ana in only ono of them Poscn are they in the major ity , the proportion being : In East Prussia , 1,43-1.000 Germans , 850,000 Poles ; West Prussia , 030,000 , Germans , 470,000 Poles ; Poscn , 810,000 Germans , 890,000 Poles ; Silesia , 8,103,000 , Germans and 740,000 Poles ; in the aggregate0,848,000 Germans and 2,450,000 Poles , or seventy-two Ger mans to twenty-eight Poles in a hundred. As will bo scon , the German population outnumbers the Polish nearly tlirco to one , and it appears strange that , such being the case , the moral weight and in- tluonco of the majority , assisted as it is by its higiicr civilization , should not bo sufficient to Germanize the minority , and that so broad measures as the expulsion of whole families widows and oven orphans involving the destruction of great business interests , should have been found necessary. * * * After many months of exasperating warfare , conducted in guerrilla fashion , and at an immense expenditure of money and with great loss of life , the French liayo at last concluded a treaty with Madagascar , a consummation that might have been reached without spending a dollar or losing a lifo. It now remains to bo seen how long the French will bo able to maintain in Madagascar n doubt ful advantage gainpd at such cost , against the combined intrigues of English and Gorman agents , % There Is no doubt some truth in the re port that there is an Austro-Gcrmun movement quietly gathering strength for union with the German empire. Tlio steady absorption of Slav races by the Hapsburg dynasty lias disturbed the Gor man subjects of Franz Josef , and Bis marck has given every encouragement to the Austro-Gcrman desire for unity. In deed , his persistent programme has been to give Austria every opportunity to extend - tend her bounds into the Balkan pen insula and make her n Slav power. When the proper time arrives the Ger man-speaking provinces in the west will bo taken Into Fatherland without much ceremony. Mr. Gladstone's accession to power is not unlikely to strengthen the purpose of the Greeks not Jo bo quiet without a largo accession of territory from Turkey. On moro than ono occasion ho has expressed himself us. favorable to the extension of y Monio rule over a very largo part of Macedonia , and hid troll-known partiality for Greece will encourage thorn to liopo and act. Yet when asked by the people of Athens what advice lie would give Greece In the present conjecture , he very strongly dissuaded thorn from acting counter to the rep.rcsontations of the great pdwors. There may bo a war , and the powers may or may not leave Turkey to Its fate as they did in the case "of Bul garia. If thcro bo a war , England nt lenst will not unite ( in' ' acts for tlio sup pression of Greek caims | and activities. * * * The Gorman government proposes to make the manufacture rind sale of spirit uous liquors in Gornlfiny n monopoly and constitute itself that monopoly. This is another long stop In the direction of con verting the empire into a huge despotism , but there is no doubt that tlio German people will submit to this now piece of tyranny as quietly as ( o preceding ag gressions. There is hot'llkoly ' to bo any material ohango in the policy of llio Im perial government during ho lifo of Emperor William , but the crown prince Is said to bo unfriendly to the chancellor , and it is barely possible that a change in policy may como with a change In sever eigns. * , The fact that the Chinese emperor re quests the pope to send a representative to the court of tlio Celestial kingdom is not nn indication that China is being Christianized , but that its government is learning some of the tricks of civilized diplomacy. Franco is at present posing in the east as the guardian of Catholic interests , and the Chinese government lias had ciiongn of Franco and French in terference. If the pope has a representa tive resident at Pekln , this august person age will have general supervision of Christians and Christian Interests , and the Inlluonco of Franco will bo greatly re duced. This Is the real meaning of the emperor's invitation , which is therefore not intended as a hint that the millions of China are ready to ( urn from heathenism. IP anybody in the First congressional district wants an annual pass over the Missouri Pacific , ho can get it by apply ing to Church Howe , retired politician , "executive department , Missouri Pacific railway , " North Auburn , Nob. IxsrKOTon Romxsox Is evidently a hard case. Ho declines to back Post master Morgan of Kearney and was ap pointed under tlio last administration. CONGUEHSIONATj GOSSIP. Senator John P. Miller , of Cullfornla.now dying , Is worth 50,000,000. Senator Lolaiut Stanford is put down as a staunch supporter of woman stitrragc. ; Senator Chase , of Rhode Island , who is a great' cotton manufacturer , says raw cotton is dearer now than It was before the war. Speaker Carlisle Is a great joker. Ho seems to have appointed Mr. Dunn chairman on American shipbuilding because ho hails from Ark. Ark.A A correspondent , writingiuf Senator Black burn , of Kentucky , says you don't have to wait till after dinner to find him In genial mood. i Perry Bclmont studies 'so ' hard that a cor respondent says lie lias 'mental ' dyspepsia. Ho rides horseback occasionally ami avoids society. ' i Representative Henderson of South Carolina lina advocates two n sessions oil congress yearly. Some men never know when they have enough. * i There are some hearty caters in the house. A number of Hiem.are.couVeiited with simple bread and milic , but .others are found orderIng - Ing a full course of dinner : Congressman Tim Cjimpbellof New ork , is said to furnish as much'f tin in Washing ton as Sunset Cox used to , though in a some what different way. Nearly all the senators , in pronouncing eulogies on Hoiulricks , road from manu script , In a very nonotonous way. Spuoncr of Wisconsin was the notable exception. When Senator Evarts sits down in the largo chair specially provided for Senator Joe Brown , of Georgia , he is said to look like a very thin nubbin in a very big husk. Congressmen who are known to bo opposed to further silver coinage are furiously berated for not speaking out. They ought not to bo blamed , however , for keeping their lingers from under a trip-hammer. Perry Belmont , of New York , Is one of the. most particular men who como into tlio house restaurant. His order must be cooked ex actly as ho orders it , otherwise lie will not touch the dish when its set before him. Speaker Carlisle has his meals served In the speaker's room. He is a dainty caler.and while ho consumes but little yet lie is fond of a complete assortment. Tlio speaker usually washes It down with some rare old wines. Librarian SpotTord says tlio congressmen generally draw on him for the writings of Alexander Hamilton. James Madison , Thomas Jefferson , old copies of the Federal ist , and other works treating of constitu tional subjects. They also read poetry , Shakftpearo being the favorite. Congressman Robertson , of Kentucky , Is the oddest member about his food. Ho Is extravagantly foiul of onions. Usually ho orders a Inrgo dteh of these vegetables cut raw nnd cats them nil with wonderful relish , No matter how crowded tlio house restaurant Is Robertson always has an entire table to himself. Our Furolcu Trade. Huffalo Eiprus. At present wo ere siipplylnc Franco with frogs. No doubt very soon wo shall bo ship ping fogs to London. A Butler Chicago Journal. It will bo recollected that Gen. Butler was one of the most conspicuous speculators In Credit Mobiller stock , when It was placed bv Oakes Ames "where It would do the most good , " Only Ono , Co9ktall. Atlanta Const Ityt ton. President Cleveland lias been during most of Ids life "a man of the world" and a social drinker. Some fellow saKv hl.n taking a cocktail during the campaign and mndo a sensational dispatch about IK Ho was never much of a drinker , and ' 'now ' takes wine only at dinner and then In great moderation. Tlioy Are jiurilorers. MifJifnyi'oii ' Star , It will bo difllcult tn' explain why the out law Apache chief , Gcrnnliio | , should not bo treated like any other fiit-tjiroat who gives himself up to pursulnt ; Justice wheii the chase bohomcs ton hot. It ' " ridiculous to treat this bandit and hlsgaug as a "nation. " They are murderers. J ii Howard nncl Terry. St. Paul I'tonctr I'reti , The death of ( Jen Hancock and the Immi nent retirement of ( Jen. Pope will bring into the highest permanent rank In the army the only two brigadiers left In It who were so conspicuous for their services during tlio war as to have received tlio thanks of con gress. The ranks of the heroes of the civil war have been sadly thinned in twenty years ot peace. _ _ KHRCIIO Finlcl Want's n Consulship. St. / xnitifcpuMteaii. . MaJ. Eugene Field , of Illinois , formerly of Missouri , will , It is understood , make appli cation for a consulship in some quiet place like Nice , where ho can complete his forth coming book of short stories. Unfortunate ly , Mr. Field .Is a republican , but his brilliant erylces to the pcaylo of Missouri us a war correspondent at Jefferson City should coun as something In his favon About tlio Stzo of Itn IViltaddjrfifrt Cull. Onol.h , U. F. R.O.S. , M. P. , K. h. T. K , With many other handles that 1 haven't time to toll. Came Into Ynnkccdoodleduiu For money by his blow Upon a most stupendous point llo'd have us all to know. Wopull him from the steamer nnd Wo fold him to the heart ; Wo ( line and sup and ball him With Iho most consummate art ; Wo till his till and pay his bill For tcrub and boal nnd car : Ac imiuo the collar , cull nnd coat From this potential star. The universities of fame Implore hlmtoievcal That wonderful , gigantic thought Nn mortal should conceal. The halls nro packed , the necks arc craned , The clant takes the lloor And tails tlio great American That two nnd two are four. The Women Who Work. jVir York CoinmfrcffiMrtrerf. ( < er. The chapter of the recent report of Commissioner Charles F. Peck , of the state bureau of statistics of labor , which ho has devoted to "Working Women , their Trades , Wages , Homes and Social Conditions , " presents n pitiful picture of misery and degradation in tills city that is a disgrace to civilization. In all trades , as the report shows , except a few In which the female laborers are organized , man is given the advantage In work ami wages over the woman , nnd all such con tingencies u temporary lack of work and partial cutting down of wages tire borne by tlio weaker sex. In the sowing trades particularly dis crimination against woman's work is dis astrously common , and the report in forms us that in many of the branches women are working sixteen hours per day and naming thereby only a stilliciont pitianco to keep body and soul together for the other eight. Commissioner Peck shows that a sowing woman is obliged to compete , not only with those of her own sex who sow for homo occupation , with inmates of charitable institutions , who work for nearly nothing and are support ed regardless of this labor , but with a largo army of sowing men , who are bel ter paid for the same work , or who hire her and make her earn their wages as well as her own. The report instances the tailor's trade in particular , and shows that out of her pitifully small wages the woman pays for the gas , rent and insur- ance.that are avoided by the manufac turer and the two middlemen the con tractor and the "sweater" all three of whom virtually live upon lior labor. The manufacturer of clothing gives ids work in bulk to a contractor ; the con tractor lets it out in parts to various "sweaters" so called because it is upon the veritable sweat of the working woman that they live and these sweat ers employ women at starvation rates to do the work that has passed through so many hands , each ono grasping n greater percentage of payment Uian will como to the woman after the labor is complete. She takes the work to herB B- Bil il ft the machine with whicii sub labors , paying for the fuel and oil to warm and light her room , and insurance on the material she works upon , loss fire in the rookery she inhabits bring loss to her taskmaster. She is paid Sjl.fiO per dozen for making trouscro , and fifteen cents each for mak ing vests. Two women , by the utmost application , through long hours of labor , can make one lady's cloak , for which they will receive ono dollar , or fifty cents each. Commissioner Peck iuadyerlenlly en tered a room on the attic floor of a wretched rookery in Hester street , whore ho found himself in the midst of a num ber of cloakmitkers. Ho says "The room was possibly ten feet square , The coiling was low and slanting , and its only source of light was through the be grimed panes of glass of a small gable window opening out onto the roof. In these cramped quarters wore six women and four sov/ing machines. Piled up on the lloor were stacks of clothes ready to put together. The air was stilling to one not acclimated to a temperature well up in the nineties and odoriferous with sewer gases. The women wore scantily clad , their hair was unkempt , and their palo , abject countenances , us they bent over their work , formed a picture of plrysicni suffering and want that I certainly have never seen before , and trust that I may never again bo compelled to look upon. They were working as if driven by some unseen power , but when 1 learned that they were enabled to earn but lifty cents for sixtecn.and perhaps moro hours'labor per day , it needed no further investiga tion to convince mo that the unseen power was the necessity of broad for their own and their children's mouths. Inquiry elicited the fact , that the strong smell of sewer gus which seemed to permeate every crevice in tlio broken plaster that still oiling in patches on the walls and filled the room with a sickening stench , came from the sink in an adjoining apartment. Curiosity led mo to venture within this 'inside' room. It was without ventilation or light , save that which a\mo \ through the door con necting it with the front room , and it was only after .standing several minutes that 1 could distinguish the black lines of the walls and Kink from which rose in elands the deadly eras. Upon the floor was spread a mattress , which In appear ance partook of the general lilth to bo found throughout the whole building from collar up ; and it was upon such a bed and in such quarters that three olonkiniikers , tired and weary with the long day's work , and with a scanty , if any , supper , throw themselves down to sleep and awaited the coming day's awful toil for brcadl" Has Hugo , Tourgiionlofl' , or Dickens over drawn a picture of misery moro terrible than this ? An anonymous pamphlet , called "Tho Hitter Cry of Outcast London , " two years ago , stirred the British metropolis as it had never boon stirred before by a similar appeal ; but that nnrratlvo did not contain n sin gle instance , of hardship or snu'cring go extreme as this related by the labor com missioner. If the report were published and distributed by some of our local charitable organizations , Now York might bo awakened to a sense of the op pression with which its working women nro borne down , A MONTE BOY. A Youthful Manipulator or tlio 1'liroo ( JardH Who Klucocd Countrymen. Now York Mail and Express ; Every well-regulated club in this city , except Sorosis , is said to have its card table , and it will never be known how much money is lost and won at games of chance in a single night , much less in a month or a year. An old gambling device has been newly introduced which the watchful pa trolman has failed to suppress This is nothing moro or less than the game of thrco-card monte , which is being con- fetantly played in llio hall-ways ot busi ness nouses in the do\vn-town d 1st dew. These who conduct the game are over grown Italian boys , who carry blacking- boxes on their shoulders as a prctonsn by which to deceive the nolico. For some tinw past a gentleman doing n largo busi ness in Park place , was much annoyed by a gilngfof old and young men who crowded the entrance of his pluco. The police were at last called in , but Iho gam blers' Bcouts gave them timely warning. Frank Ocorgor , one of the pngineorii of tlio business , was arrested and sent to the work house. Ho made the astounding statement in court that his share of tin three-card monte gain per diem rarelj fell below $7. Before Iho youthful gambler was re moved to his now quarters up the river ji reporter had u talk with him. Ho is i bright-looking young fellow , nnd rnthoi seemed to like his position , intimntinj. that it would make him a hcfo among hi ; follows. Ho was born in Oak street , thi ; city , and speaks English well , but will a foreign accent. According to his statement ho is nearly 18 years of nge although ho looks live years younger , and has been engaged in the three-card monte game for over eight years , durlnu which time ho has made nionoy enough to bring dozens of his relatives to tills country , and from whom in course ol time ho gets his money buck witli a handsome bonus or interest. "There are as many as lifty Italians that 1 know of engaged in this business. They all carry blacklng-boxc * , so as to tlcccivo the cops. The reason wo used to congregate in the hallways of ware houses was that it was easy to got. away. Some would go tip-stairs as if looking for n customer , and others would walk out boldly as though they hud just fin ished n job. " "What class of people played most with you ? " was asked. "Difloront kinds. Young clerks nnd bookkeepers patronized us largely , Some of those are only paid oncn a week , and the way wo used to gel them was this. Just before their pay day wo would let them win a slake or two. but you bet wo got it back when pay day camo. The hangers-on at Washington market are also great lovers of the gamo. nnd wo used to skin thorn beautifully. " "Is it Into that you used to make from $7 to $10 a day as your share ? " "It is , and sometimes between four of us we had $100 to divide. That doesn't como often. During llio Christmas holi days was our best tuna. " "You wore arrested for swindling some ilersoymon. How did you succeed with them ? " "They nro easily gulled. You shufllo the cards slowly nt llrst , show him the ace a few times , and ho becomes so cer tain that ho can pick it out that ho will wager anything from his boots to tlio quid of tobacco in his mouth thai ho can name Iho card. Then they are easily managed , and , by letting them win once or twice , but taking it from them again , they go away contented , saying that it is their unlucky day. " "Aro thcro any of your patrons who win often from you ? " "There is a butcher in Washington Market that wu had to rule out , but wo made lots of money from countrymen in the market. " DIARY OFX BURGLAR. lie Put Down the Klcli Places of Earth ns Fast as He Spot toil Them. N. Pollard was arrested the other night In Pitlsburg for burglary. In ids pocket was found a queer diary and book of ref erence. Iho mind of tlio writer seemed to run on the rich places of the earth. Diamond , turquoise and gold mines are jumbled tin curiously with the residences ot many rich men , both native and for eign. The volume , an ordinary-looking book , is prefaced with the statement : 1 have thought it necessary to write my name and address taking into con sideration tiio uncertainty of human lifo. i WAS bom in Uttrgcssvfllo , Oxfprd coun ty , Canada , ( the present residence oi mv father. Alfred Pollord ) in the year ( Oth of March ) 1800 and was christened Norman Clark Polland. This is followed by assertions to the ef fect that in the valley of the Santee river in Peru , is a great gravovard very an cient. Also , the statement that Miss Nelly Harrison goes to Boston once a month from Now York. A personal ex perience is related as follows : In tlio year 1885 it became necessary to go to a hospital. I found that the differ- nut nations were represented as follows : Ireland , 13 ; America , 8 : Germany ; OJ England , 1 ; Scotland , 1 ; Canada , 1. colored , 1. The richest man in the world is Hun Qua , living in Canton , China. Frankfort-on-tho-Main has more rich people than any other city of Iho same sizo. sizo.John John W. Clark. Third and Market streets , McKccsporc , lias a very old book , i ho has not disposed of it. Gold and silver bought at 1,013 Ninth avenue , third flat , New York. Just beyond the Lorimer street bridge , n Denver , is a shop for the manufacture of tools. Human hair , bought at GO Market street , New York. George Kubrick , a vcrv rich man , lives on Knobloy Mountain , Mineral county , W. Va. Tejinco is the diamond field of Brazil. Twenty-five miles from Santa Fe , N. M. , in the Cuillo Mountains is a turquoise nine. In the empire of Anam the Emperor coops his money and treasure in hollow og.s in a pond with alligators. The authorities think that Pollard is wanted in the east , but not so far cast us all that. ' GRANT'S MILITARY SECRETARY. The Death orOcii. Kowloy , the Intl- niato Friend ol' the Old Commander. Gpn.Win. R.Howloy.of Galena , IlL.who died in Chicago on tlio Oth inst. , was the aKt of the members of Gen. Grant's origi nal staff during the rebellion. Gen. lowlny was probably moro intimate with jen. Grant from the time the latter en tered the army in 1801 to the date of his death , than any oilier person uutsido of ho old chiyf's immediate family. Their Irst acquaintance was dated from the light when the historic war meeting was inld in Galena April 10 , 1801 at which the then ) dipt. Grant presided. On the 'allowing day llowloy and John A. llaw- ins , lireu by the war spirit , sot out for ho patriotic little town of Hanover to lohl a mooting similar to the ono they tad attended nt Galena , and to open nn enlistment roll for volunteers. They were accompanied by Cant. Grant , who rode out. with them for HID purpose of aiding > y lii presence ns an ox-military man to 'iirthor the interests of the gathering , It was on- this night that Grant indulged n his rornarkablo prophecy concerti ng thu rebellion inaugurated by liu honlh against thu.mirth. . . Jn the way homo , according to ( ion. Kowloy'dstatement , the content just then opening was the chief subject of conver sation , in which Itawlins and Rowley engaged principally. Doth maintained hat lighting In their judgment would bo of short duration , and that the rubels would sue for po.ioo on almost any terms ifter thiHirst deuimvo movement on the ml of Ihti federal government , "Grant , " said Gun , Kowloy in a recent interview on the subject , "remained bllent and lioughtfiil during the greater part of the ionversatlon , and wliun requested by tuwliim to express his opinion in regard o the stibjocl under consideration , ho ro- ilied , in a manner which strongly Jin- ) reseicd itself upon the mind * ' of both my- , elf and Kawlms , maintaining that the var would bo a long and vigorous one. costing thousands upon thousands of ivos and millions upon millions of reasuro. " JIECOM.KOTIONS OK SlJU.On. It was Gen. Uowloy whom Grant sent o Crump's J.undhif' on the morning of he lirsl light at Shiloh , with urdera di- eetiiig hew \Yallaon tomoyo his division nto tlio field with all po ihlo dispatch , flic story of how ho followed Wallace lown.thi . ) "Purdy road , " Icadinjrdircuth iway from the battle , and ultimately i came up with the luttor's division con- ' idoriibly over live miles distant from heir htto bivouac at ( 'rump's Landing , vsis lold by Kowloy some time siiio , and formed the basis of Grant's aopcrtlon against Wallace for his failure to pnrticl pate in the first day's fight at Shiloh. Notwithstanding the partial retraction by Gon. Grant just before his death of his former criticism of Wallace. Gon. llowloy believed and strenuously maintained whenever questioned upon the subjectthat had this division comman der obeyed the orders ho personally gave him , ho could have gotten his force , com posed as it was In the main of experienced tioops , on to the Iield in ample time to have participated in the llrst day's battle and prevented the disastrous defeat sus tained by the union army under Grant. This opinion was shared by Generals Hawlins and McPiiorson , who were sent by Grant to hunt up Wallace and ascer tain the cnu o of his failure to observe the orders ho had previously sent him. TATiST : TOKKNS OP ntUlNDSIIU' . W hen Gen. Grant was in Galena dur ing the greater part of 1880 , ho made Judge Rowley's olllco his headquarters , and was almost the constant companion of his old military secretary. Tlio latter was the custodian for a time of most of the presents civon to Gon. Grant wlillo ho was traveling abroad , and which were stowed in the family residence hero , and personally superintended the packing nnd shipping of the articles to their own- tir in Now 1 ork after llio removal of the Grant family to that city. During the Jailer part of his old chief's illness ho was furnished with almost dally reports from liis sick-bed by Mrs. Grant and hOr i on Fred , and was prevented from being with the General In his last hours by the protracted illness of Mrs. Rowley , and her ultimate death a days previous to the death of the general nt Mount McGregor. The loss of his be loved wife , together with tlio death of his old chief , preyed upon nis mind , and being far from a physically vigorous man , lie broke down under the weight of sadness with which his friends'could plainly see ho was overwhelmed , and dieil from ten to twenty years sooner than he would have done , in the opinion of these who know him well , had llio clr- cmnslanccs above detailed been of a less trying nature. UICMCIOUS. Aichblshop ( ilbbuns of Baltimore , is lobe made a cardinal. Forty-two per cent of the attendance at Michigan university are church members. Tlio Fljlaiis have Just boon celebrating the lublleoof the introduction ot Christianity into the Islands. The latest catnlomio of Anil over Theologi cal seminary has this summary : Resident II- ceutlato < ! , ; t ; advanced class , 1'J : sun lor class , 15 ; middle class , 10 ; junior class , 15 ; total , 31 , A negro preacher In Cobb county , Oa.puts a dcliulto amount of his .salary debt on each member of the congregation and when they lavq no money ho makes them work on his farm until they pay otr the debt. The bishop of the Catholic diocese of Ful- la , ( icerce Kopp , has been annotated a lifo ncinber ol the upper house of Iho Prussian andtag. It Is the first time n Catholic bish op has tlms been honored by Prussia , Tlio Andover theological seminary has three Turkish students named Christakcs Vpostolus Uerebey , Caspar Hagop liiilbullan and Ilovhaiiues Kcrvorlc Saiitlkian. The students think that their names are almost unspeakable. lcDr. ? . Henry J. Van Dyke , pastor of Iho second Presbyterian church in Brooklyn , ias been called to the chair of systematic huology in tlie San Francisco seminary ; nit It Is doubtful whether ho severs his lies ) of thirty-three years' standing to go west. The Presbyterian church at Loeh Uanza. Arnui , Sootifiiiil , find ? it hard to < it tljo kind of a minister It wants. The last candidate vas dismissed In short order because ho walked will ) a filvohms call. The elders W bald thnt his ronveisation was all right , but < c ils walk was decidedly heretical. Father Le I'alllcur , founder of the famous anil bcnelicimt or of the Little Sisters of tlm" Poor , Is still llvlnir in Paris , whore the order was started in l&O. Ills golden inbiloo wn.s celebrated last month. The lir.st Mister , Mnrlo Yugiistlno do la Compassion , Is lushling In lie mother house. There are now mo houses and nearly 4,000 sisters within tlio order. Politics , It appears , can have a beneficial elfect on religion , sometimes. Rev. Dr. Sun- lerknd's church In Washington , for In stance , is just now enjoying a boom in the irc.sidcnt's favor anil iittcndanro. A year ago tlio church was poor and bohliid In Its oxpciibo account , but the president's regular latronage has chanced all this. At the au- mal mrctlng tlio other day a largo Increase n receipts from rents and contributions vas reported. Dr. Sundcrland's salarv wan aised and provision was made for a paid choir. In Japan wealthy owners of cats have a high respect for them even when they tire dead. In Yeddo , at a recent cat's funeral , the collin was covered with a white silk pall. Fostering , AVatcry and Raw from the Flngov Tips to Wrist Ourcil by Gutlcura. INTHEBl'Wfl of 1834 on eruption npnoarod on tlio bucks of my Muriels. I Eiijipoioa 1 was polponod by Ivy. My linmls continued to grow WOI-HU , until the full , \vliuii 1 consulted nuxlluul ndvluo , and iiHvd iniuiy rumt'dlua to nn imrjiaso. Instead ol' gctlltij , ' buttur tluiy rapidly grow worst ) , bolnir a mass of watery , foBturliiK , raw llosh , vary olfonslvo and uimoyliiR1. Whcinovur a pnrt would lical up It wouid uu subject to tlio most violent ilpliliijr , and Immediately lit oiikout worsu tlmii boforo. I.lltlo watery npots then 111 peurcdoii my llnsor Joints , end festering worn. . Rpi-oudovora liu-ffo surface. In this condition I baaaii the use of llio C'utlciira lloiiiodlo.s. In oao wouk's time my bauds were almost wall , and In a short time rmtlrely aurod. aurod.JNO. . D. VAirnjja. Pier 37 , S Wlmrvos , Philadelphia. A COMPLKTK GURU. I have suffered all my lifo with skin dlsonfos of illll'orout klndn and liavo uovor found purma- iicinl roller , until , by tlio iidvlco of a lady frlond , I iifcod your valuable Outluura Romodlef ) . Idivo I / thorn a thorough trial , iislutf blx bottles or tlio Cutlcimiltosolvont , two boxus of C'litlcuni , anil BOVCII calios of Oiitlcnra Houp , au'd the result was just what I bad bocu told It would lio-u complete euro. HCM.E WAIIB. lllolimoml , Va. llorormico , 0. W. Latlmor , Druggist , 800 W. Marshall Kt. , Illclimond , Va. My wlfoused the Cutlnura ItomodlosTorneoro letr , cnusod by vnrlcoto veins , with tin Urn and perfect Batlsliiotlon. Mr * . John Klarety was also ciirod of a Bore leg ofttns \ fctanaln # by the same treatment. , . JOHN M. Cooi'Kii , DrueaM. Clrc-cuCuld , 111. CimCUltA HDUHDIKS Are sold overywhero. f'lilluuni.llio iri-out fililn euro , M ets.s Uutloiira fc'oup , mi oMjiiUito nlilu beautltler"SrtB. ; Ontlcnni Itesolvoiit , th new bloud purllltT , HCO. 1'i-ep.iri'd by the i'anuH UllUQ ANnCllEMKML CO , , H'lKlDIl , Send for "How to Cure Skin Diseases , " scaly , pimply , nnd oily tklu rCutlouraSoap IIAOK'ACIIK. WI3AICNI'.y.S. UterIne Ino 1'alus , Horuiiui > and l.n Biinodlly cnriMl by Ihut now. xaiitaml liifiillbliianllilololojiali ) and liiUiiiimtlon , the ( 'uHoiiir. Anil- I'ulu I'lnMnr. At ilniKirMs.'iri'nls. . HAMBDM'-AlRlCAN Faclcet A DIHIXT LINK FOIl England France & , Gennany. Tlio stcoiusdiips of IblH uell lumuti | ; no urn bulk of bun. In wuirr-lhrlil eiiini4riiieutn | ) , uud mo fiiriilmiud wlili CM.'O in | Ul .iLi . | o n. u ! ; lliu patfiuuu Uoih suit ! mid iign'oaMx , They curry Iho United si i ( > nm | rnr iHII inn N. < iuil < t < > i u Now York Thnr&lnra and Bulurtlnys for I'll- . ltlo mid JUM- lt"i iiriiint , ' , the 6tuamori | cavu llumburxr < n e'lui'Kiliiyii mid humliiyii , tl-t. Ila.r-J , l Uii ! iKM-tiiorsnt Soiilhamptuii mid f.unUoi. Kirst rub. ti VH , t i and f75 ! : H'-eriifo * 2J. Kulluiii'l Ili'Urlt ' liom I'lymoiitli to HrMoi.0 r- illir , lii'ltui. . or lo uny pinto li | the tfoulli ot ' 1 Jtl'.i ; . tiiuff.iuu from Kuri'I'O ' ui I/ Bead for "To-ii'M ( Sarnie. " ( . II. 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