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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. Kit JIAIin.Vl.-0. ,
Utni'i "i riiwiiBW1 At nlt ,
til u cuUmiy , Ntw Vuita