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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , MAY 17. 188(5 ( , THE DAILY BEE. OMAHA OmCE , No. U AND 8111 rjtnwAM at NKW YofifcOrncKIto6M 6STninBK liuu.niNd WASHINGTON OmcB. No. 813 FotmTitE rrn Sr. rnbll hwl cTeryinornlrtK'.exeeptStinilfxj' . The only Monday morning pnpor published in tlio state. TMIMS tV MAIM One Vcnr . $10.00,711 , ten Monllis . 2.BO EUMonllis . , 6.00,0110 Mouth. n . 1.00 TJIE WtEKtv UBR , 1'ublishoa Every Wednesday. TERMS , rOSTPAlD ! One Year , with premium . . . $2.00 Ono Year , without premium . l.2r Blx Mnnlhi , without premium . 75 Ono Jlonth , on trial . . . . . , 10 All eommnnlcfitlotn relating to n rrs nnd oill- torinl mnlter * xhould bo addressed to tbo Kui- TOII or 'UK llr.R. imStNF.BS l.KTTKHSI All lmlnr ! < * s letters nnd rctnlttnncoi oliouM bo iiatifMfcil to OIIK HBK VunMRiiinn COMPANT , OMAHA. Drnftn. checks nnd postoflico orders to bo nindo paynble to tbo order of the company. IKE Bit fOBllSHUClOHPIll ! , PROPRIETORS , K. H091JWATI5U. KDTTOn. T1I1-J DAILY Sworn Statement ofClroiiliUlon. Stale of Nebraska , 1 _ . County of Douglas , f " 8 * N. P. Foil , cashier ot the Hoe Publ'.shlns ' company , does .solemnly swear that the ac tual circulation of tlio Daily lice for the week ending May 14th , 1830 , was as follows : Morning Krcntnc "tiniiin. Edition. Tfitnl Saturday. 8th. . . 0,610 0,000 12V > 0 Monday , lOlh. . . 7,050 CbOO 1B,850 Tuesday , llth. . . 01(00 ( r > ,8io 12,110 Wednesday. 12th 0,300 O-OIW Tlimsda&lUth. . . 0,300 fi,800 12,100 Friday , 14th . 0,300 G,8r,0 13,1T > 0 Average . 0,483 6.833 12.3CO N. P. FEII > . Sworn to nnd subscribed before mo , this tSth day of May , A. D. 1830. SIMON J. FISHER. _ Notary Public. N. P. Foil , being Unit duly sworn , deposes and says that ho Is cashier of the Bee Pub lishing company , that the actual average daily circulation of thn Dally IJeo for the mouth of January , 18SC , was 10,378 copies ; f or February , 1880 , 10,50.j copies ; for March , 1BSO , 11,637 copies ; for April , 1880 , 13,191 copies. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 5th day of May , A. D. 18SO. SIMON J. FISIIKU. Notary Public. _ NEBRASKA likes to fall In with the fash ions , but she is willing to draw the line at tornadoes. "Tun Bolt Line , " says General Man ager Clark , "is owned and will bo oper ated , by the Missouri Pacific. " So will be the Omaha & Northern. THE spring crop of immigrants is enor mous. Nebraska will discount all former records this year in the number of new settlers iu her unsettled territory. Six days in the wcok for work are enough. Workingmen will endorse any movement which will assist in making the seventh , a day of rest and healthful recreation , A MEETING of Herr Host's friends in Now York was dispersed , on Saturday by the pohco. The anarchists are finding American policemen as tough to handle as European gendarmes. THE Herald calls upon Mayor Boyd to enforce the license law. Mayor Boyd's last attempt to close the saloons on Sun day took the form of a circular.uoto ask ing liquor dealers their opinjgn. on the question , ' . " " I THE first of the boodle aldermen , Jaehno , has been convicted , of bribery In Now York , and Jake Sharp is trembling in his boots as ho awaits the inevitable ' Call of "next" from tbo district attorney's office. BnoAmvAY , Now York , is to .hayo an underground railroad. As the legisla ture has passed the bill and the governor signed it , boodle aldormcn will not bo given the chance to twist $10,000 green backs around their fingers when ex plaining why they wore induced to give a valuable franchise for nothing to voracious cious capitalists. THERE is said to bo little doubt about Senator Edmunds' ro-elootion. There ought to bo none. Mr. Edmunds com- 'binoa ability with integrity and long leg islative experience in the senate. A basswood statesman from Vermont would find it very difficult to rattle around iu the shoes of the senior senator trom the Green Mountain stato. GENERAL CROOK gained a good deal of well deserved praise by his system of tagging Indians so that they could be identilicd and known when wanted. Tlio councilman who carries through a move- nent to "tag" our street corners so that they may bo distinguished readily will receive a mountain of congratulations in return for his labor and public spirit. NEW ENGLAND papers continue to be greatly agitated ever thn fisheries ques tion raised by the "Adams" seizure. If the high protectionist cranks who decline to permit a reciprocity treaty with Can- tida would withdraw their opposition tc commercial freedom , both countries would bo the gainers. A tax on fittli caught on the free ocean is an economic Absurdity. The question as to its propri ty should not be dignified into an issue , THERE is altogether too much robbery going on in Omaha under the disguise oi money-loaning. Wo refer to tlio usurious transactions of those money sharks wlic loan small sums of money not more than lifty dollars for thirty days , taking Out tltt ) interest in advance and charging from live to ten dollars "commission , ' Which is also deducted in advance While people who permit themselves U ba robbed In such a fashion may roallj deserve little or no bymputhv , yet thoj nro people who as a rule are driven to 1 by necessity , and the sharks cruelly takt advantage of their situation. IN spite of Mr. Tildon's vigorous Icttoi and Mr , Cleveland's interminable mcs sago , the chances for the coi : t defonsi recciviug any atlonlion from this congress gross arc exceedingly slim. Local jeal Busies have been developed among tin furious points along the Atlantic am I ! Gulf coast which 'demand extensive forti tfcntlonv , and their representatives ii congrufcs are Equabbling so vigorous ! ' tlmUhcro id little prospect of iinytlniii being done. If the coast can only bi fortiticd through a huge log rollinj pcrforntunce like some of thu rive RUd harbor appropriations of tin | W t , the country will prefer ti { it u few years longer iu d.opcndenoi UPQU $ he torpodoea vvhic.li have been fo MUiu time piu > t her ouly reliance for lie is BfiHinst foreign luvusion. 811m | Pro poet i In presenting the board of trade bill to enable the Union Pacific to borrow money to construct branch lines in Nebraska and Kansas , Senator Van Wyck took oc casion to say that ho presented the bill not because ho thought It the best solu tion of the problem , but because it seemed to bo demanded by his constituents , and protected tlio interests of the govormont. The bill has been referred to the judi ciary committee of the sqnato. It is only fair to say that tlio chances for its pas sage by the present congress are not bril liant. The Hoar funding bill has tlio preference in the senate , and , if reached , will draw out a lengthy debate upon tlio history and condition of tlio road. Congress is not favorable to any legislation which will scorn to weaken the government lion on the prop erty represented by the second mortgage bonds and accrued unpaid interest cliargcd u against the Union Pacific on the books of the treasury. The support which llio Hoar extension bill is receiv ing is largely duo to a mistaken idea that the measure is for the bandit of tlio gov ernment and will increase Us security. As a matter of fact the bill legali/.es all tlio thievery and robbery of the past in Union Pacific management and gives tlio thieves a quit-claim deed to their plunder. The board of trade bill on the other hand , while leaving all questions of the past to bo set tled as congress and the courU may de cide , permits the company to use its credit "in securing money to extend branches , under guarantees that the con struction and capitalization shall bo hon est and that the government lien shall bo secured by the property acquired. The opponents of the road in congress are not likely , however , in our opinion , to waive their opposition to any measure which will permit an apparent increase of the indebtedness of the Union Pacific , even if such increase is needed to protect the interests of the main system. This is one of the many unfortunate results of the management of the Gould and Dillon regime which has destroyed the confi dence of tlio country in Union Pacific financiering and in the honesty of any plans professedly for the combined in terest of the road nnd the people. Postotllco Complaints. If Senator Mandorson and Roprcscnta- tivo Weaver would turn their respective attentions to tlio crying demand of Omaha for bettor postal facilities they would moot a long felt want. The com plaints of the inefficient service at the postofllco are general. They are met by the nostmaster with the reply that insuf ficient force is the solo and only cause. If this is the case , every effort should bo made to .remedy the trouble by a de mand , on the part of the sen ator and representative specially in terested , that the Omaha postoflice shall bo placed on a par with other of fices of its size and importance through out the country. The business of the postofllco is growing with a rapidity which evidences the rapid growth of the city. It is a distributing point for a largo section of the west and an office of deposit - posit for great numbers of minor offices in the tributary territory. The growth of Nebraska no le.ss than that of Omaha makes itself tolt in a daily increasing tax upon the resources of the institution Senator Manderson owes it to Mr. Con- tant well as to the people of Omaha to make a vigorous movement upon the postmaster general to demand relief for the patrons of the Omaha postofllco. With a proper force of clerks on hand there will bo no further oxcnse for tlio harrassing delays in the distribution , for warding and delivery of mail from which the business men of Omaha are suffering. Under such changed circumstances a continuance of the trouble would call loudly for a change of postmasters. Another reform needed in the same line is the removal of the shabby and bat tered mail wagons which consumptive mules and spavined ponies drag wearily to and from the postoffico and the depot. This transfer service would disgrace a decayinjt Now England village. The non-resident contractors' are mis managing this portion of the mail ser vice should bo brought to time with a sharp turn. AVIiat Thou ? ' Suppose the homo rule bill is defeated as the croakers now assume ; what then ? Is there any reason why the friends of Ireland should feel discouraged over the prospect ? Wo think not. It Mr. Glad stone's measure passes the commons it will certainly bo thrown out by the lords. An appeal to the country would bo nec essitated under these circumstances , just as an appeal will bo certain to follow the rejection of the bill oy the commons upon its second reading. Lord Hurtington may talk of a coalition ministry and may even make the attempt to mix the oil of radicalism with the water of whig- gory , but it cannot succeed. English politics have never been favorable to co- nlilions. Tlioy have always failed in the past ; they will as surely fail in the pre - ent. ent.Liberal Liberal England has pronounced Usolf for Gladstone niul homo rule With over whelming energy during the Easter re cess. It will voice its will oven moro emphatically at the noxlRonaral election , Tlio campaign which would tollow a dis solution of parliament would be car ried on chielly , if not solely , on the one issue of an Irish parlia ment at Dublin and Gladstone's wishes in the dratting of the bill , Eng land is now ready to admit that there is no middle ground between home rule nud coercion and that coercion is a failure. The dissension among liberal member * of parliament is not a * to the necessity of home rule , but regarding the details of a practical application of the measure proposed - posed , A general election may bo need ed to clear the stormy atmosphere , but the result in the end will bo what Ireland ntul Irishmen , together with all lovers ol fraedom , so camostly desire. Uuurillni : tlio Soliool The board of public lands at Lincoln have adopted moro Btringcnr rules to govern the appraisal , leasing and sale oi school hinds iu this stato. This action comes none too soon. The exposure by thu BEU of the manner in which by collu sion with county officers the beit agricul tural landd Iu the state are being gobbled by noii-rcai Jeriu sharks at thu minimum price seems to have hud..Its effect , The board now places itself oc record a de termined to revise nil appraisals by county commissioners utnl to cancel suc.h as are manifestly unfuir , Tlicy.oall upon ciliiceii..s in the uelgb.borhu64 whure tuch fi T&S ir JM ! ? ' " * sales and leases are made to furnish prompt Information of all delinquencies in order that the remedy may bo ap plied. This means business. Agricultural lands in Nebraska have become too val uable lo bo sold for a trifle or permitted to pass irilo the hands or land sharks at half the price at which neighboring far mers are holding their farms. Our school lands properly managed will furnish a splendid endowment for Nebraska's edu cational system. Such a rich trust can not bo too carefully guarded. "Oems of Thnuslit" on Labor. T/ioro / nro some rich "Gems of Thought" In Mr. Powdorly's recent secret circular lo the Knights of Labor which ought to bo framed nnd hung up in every lodge and in ovcry assomby room whore honest workmen moot to discuss tlioir interests. "I ask our members , " writes the gen eral master workman , "to keep a jealous eye upon the doings of the labor men who never labor. " This is wise and timely advice. The working men of Omaha have followed it through the labor troubles of the present spring. They know from experience that it is the labor men who labor tlio least who are always most mischievously active in stirring up unnecessary strife and in refusing to adjust dilllcuUics which arise. Mr. Powdorly believes that reason and peaceful organized effort will accomplish moro than brute force. "If the men who possess money enough to buy guns and dynamite , " ho writes , "would invest it in the purchase of some well-selected work on labor , they would put the money to good use. They will never need the guns and dynamite in this country. " "If I kill my enemy , I silence him , it is true , but I do not convince him. I would make a convert rather than a corpse of my enemy. " "In the hands of men entirely mouth the gun is as harmless as his word. " "Men who own capital are not our en emies. If that theory held good the workmen of to-day would bo the enemy of iiis fellow toiler to-morrow , for , after all , it is how to acquire capital and how to use it properly that we arc endeavor ing lo learn. " These are paragraphs of pithy signifi cance from the pen of a man liberally supplied with common sense and with a very happy faculty of so presenting the common sense of a matter as to carry conviction lo the minds of others. Every honest and level-headed workingman - man will promptly endorse such senli- mcnts as those wo have quote'd and will wonder how they can bo called into dis- mito. But a sentiment is ono thing ; to make it an actiyo directing force is quite another matter. That is what Mr. Pow- derly is attempting to do in the great labor organization of which he is the head. His success will bo the success of the Knights of Labor. Improving Local Architecture. There is a largo field for improvement in tlio efforts of our local architects , es pecially in the line of public buildings and structures designed for mercantile purposes on our business streets. Wo are still struggling with the packing-box style of brick fronts , relieved only by bands of stone , with an occasional use ot the fashionable terra cotta. There is an advance , of course , on the old cou- volitional plain brick fronts , but as yet there are few signs of progress towards ft distinctive archi tectural style , bold and vigorous in conception , and adapted to the require ments of individual locations and tlio uses for which the buildings are intended. The two buildings of most striking archi tectural merit in Omaha to-day are the High school and the Lutheran church Among business buildings in course of erection the Barker block will be thp first to depart from the conventional idea. The new Merchant's National bank will jilso be a noticeable departure in archi tectural treatment from tiio buildings which have been erected of late in Omaha. Omaha architects nro somewhat limited in scope by the high cost of build ing stone and still oftener by the low fig ures which property owners are willing to pay for tlioir buildings. But they are still lacking in originality , boldness of conception , vigor and freshness. Their designs have in most cases been moro modifications of those of others. The style set for ono building early in the season can generally be traced in all other structures designed by the same house during tlio year. Whether Omaha is to bo a picturesque and a beautiful city depends largely upon her architects. Nine-tenths of the plans drawn and designs accepted are made in our midst. Other things being equal , it is right and proper that this should bo the case. But our architects must keep up with the times If they pro pose to keep up their bank accounts. Property has become so valuable that In vestors in permanent improvements are beginning to demand the best. " They will not long vOBiain'sallsfiod with end- lefts reproductions and modifications of the plans drawn for others. They are al ready calling for individuality in design and the bust of work in construction. TUB eight-hour movement among the Chicago lumber-handlers has failed. It did not succeed because its success would have materially injured it if it did not entirely destroy the lumber trade of Chi- dago. Other great lumber markets were not asked to join in the movement for what was virtually a 30 percent iucreaso in wages. Compliance with tlio demand on the part of Chicago lumbermen would have wiped out the profit of the business and given all their competitors else where the opportunity to transfer the trade to their own wharves , This is what the sensible Powderly meant when ho snid thai the eight-hour demand in ovcry trade must be universally granted in order to make the movement a success. No manufacturer , hampered by heayy competition , could afford to stand alone the advance In his line of production. If all the lumber handlers in the country had succeeded in securing the reduction in hours at the old pay the only effect would linvo been an advance in the price of lumber , Hut whore the men iu one city only struck for the shorter hours , the movement was foru-doomcd to defeat. HOME rule may bo defeated in the pre sent parliament , but its success in the near future is as certain as the re turn-of thu seasonsBrilUb piiblip opinion has been educated to a eiipport of the prin ciple luvplicd , Thu .uuurrcls pud dissen sions are simply as'td'tho proper details of application , English liberalism has never yet ender tfil principle which it did not sooner or' ' lntOr incorporate Into the law of the realm. " The failure of the present homo ruld bill , If It comes , will certainly bo followed by the success of another measure , either in the hands of Mr. Gladstone or some of his able lieutenants. No KUKTiinii inquiries will bo made- made by tlo state .department into the murder of Capt. Craw.ford by the Mex ican bandits who masqueraded in the un iform of a friendly nation. Mr. Bayard , whoso life-long political policy has * been to lot well enough alone , has bccu un able to see his way clear towards erect ing his spine sufliciontly to vindicate American honor nnd American arms in this case of dastardly outrage- . KANSAS CITY'S professional base ball ninojs not so much of a success as a Kan sas City tornado. It has not knocked out a single opponent so far. Wo really would like lo see that nine win just ono gamo. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ WHUN stone nnd concrete sidewalks take llio place of rolling and treacherous boards , Omaha will have fewer suits to defend for damages to broken limbs nnd dislocated ribs. THK star-eyed goddess of reform will feel very lonely this summer. Henri Wattcrson has gene to Europe on a vaca tion and left the goddess at homo in old Kaintuck. THE tornado insurance agent is now getting in his work in great shape. The recent blows have made a boom for him , and he is Hying around on the wings of the wind. Mil. CLEVKLAND'S policy is as obnox ious to his party as Andy Johnson's famous "my policy" was to the republi cans of 1807. AND now the dirt begins to fly from picks and shovels in Omaha. Idle labor ers on the street corners will soon be as difficult to find as liens' teeth. POLITICAL POINTS. Judge Klnuo says the new administration has given strength to the democracy in Iowa. A stampede of republican papers to the support o Edmunds Is reported In Vermont. There Is a movement In Louisiana to adopt a constitutional amendment abolishing llio state senate. There are some people who think every one of the Illinois congressmen will bo re- noinluated. > ° ' The silence o Scn'aloiv Evarts on the silver question loads to the Inference that the presi dential bee has stumtf his'tongue. ' Warring republican fa llons In California have patched up a- peace , which will be tested in the convention ' .o bo hold August * " > 35th. , Down In Tex.is they ao Irylng to decide whether the Farmers' alliance should bo car ried into politics , or politics can led Into the alliance. i ' , The republicans have > kVPnleen ) members of Hie Ohio senate. * vs Jhls Is two less than a majouty they are trying some way to make a 9 out of the 7. 'f ' It is generally understood In Pennsylvania labor circles that Mf.-1 Povjdeily will accept the democrallc uou'tfiatlon for governor if lendered Uin . ' GOorgo W. Greene , secretary of the mug wump committee In 18S4 , is anolh er one of tlioso who think Blalne Is stiouger than over with the republican party , Virginia hud azrcater number of electoral votes than any other state till 1805. Now there are eleven states ahead of her , and two others holding an canal repiesentatlon. The Massachusetts Civil Service reform league suggests to the president that remov als and appointments bo posted tor a specific time iu order that the public may bo hoard from. It Is believed in ' Georgia political circles that Gen. John 11. Guidon will receive the democratic gubernatorial nomination , main ly on account of his strength with the ol soldiers. The Davenport Democrat pleads Tor a short campaign in Iowa. As there are few new Issues It consldcis that the people would rather devote their time Jto business than to politics. There seems to be a general Impression that Gen. Gordon lives as markedly In the present as Jeff Davis docs In the past. This Is one of the reason1 } why Gen. Gordon maybe bo a candidate for oflico in the future. Massachusetts republicans are not so cer tain to nominate Lieut. Gov. Ames for gov ernor. Congressman Rico and Mr. Crape are both strongly backed , and the senatorial election threatens to complicate the matters. A Washington county correspondent in forms the country that Messrs. Elklns and Man ley are if ten at the capital looKlng after Blalne's Interests. It Is not stated just what they do , but no doubt they will do all they can. can.They are beginning to put Chauncny M. Dcpow on the ticket with Blalno for 1883. It Is said that Mr. Depow granted twenty-eight passes to Albany and return InJjaJIo ilbur the other day , and that bo can have the sena- torshlp 1C lie \vaiit9 it. The Anarchist. The anarchist Isn't as big a man now as ho was a week or two ago , and what ho has to say Is read or listened to as much as the words of a dying villain. When the Ameri can people jump on a man they mean busi ness every time. I Jeff DavU Is pji Tjiolr Trail. riitlatldvhia Press. There Is a tight race ; ' bcftvecn George W. Julian , of Indiana and George C. Gorham , of Nowhere to see wh6S Is' the biggest ghost In contemporary yolftics , , 1C the contest were to stop right j 9\y-tho gate leceipts would bo divided evenly between the two competitors. - - 1 Tlio Beauties of IllWtrated Journal ism. Kansas Oily 2)'ma. The Second street court ijouse was never a very sightly building , ' utj.tho Globe-Demo crat's pictinn went It several additional shades of honor , Thf j'Globe-Democrat's court house combined i'lo ' puzzling aspect of a humpbacked dome with the business pose of a setting hell , 'I'lio Decline ofToiiuysnii. CMwgo Wniu. Mr. Tennyson's latest poetry has provoked even more severe comment than any other of his recent poems. And much of it is do- served. It is fresh evidence that arbitration has failed to restore the harmonious relations that once existed between him and his muse , and the latter lias undoubtedly determined upon a permanent lockout , . . ' It Is Charged Up to Morton. CMcapa fi'ew * . , The rijmor that Dr. George L. Miller was about to letlio from journalism In Nebraska appeals to havu.bewi jnojeeted by the Hon. J. SterHnp Morloii , who Is nervously anit - Jug his turn-at tUe bat. But.Dr , JaiHer will not retire from journalism until ho has penned Mr. Morton's epitaph you cnn stick a pin there. Auarohy In ] Oattlci. Chicago Herald , Mr. Uosenfold's drugs and chemicals have proved more deadly and certainly moro Un erring in their aim than the bullets of the po lice. Nobody drank them who was an ' 'Inno- cent spectator. " Every mnn who took poison In that apothecary shop stole It , and presum ably those who emptied llio bolllcs down their throats wore foremost among the an archists in the work of gutting tlio building. No sympathy need bo wasted , theioforo , on llio dead and dying who fell In that engage ment. They wanted nihilism and they found It put up nnd labeled under strange names in boltlcs. They took It and It knocked them out. There are moro things In chemistry than the pclroleumlto. who prides hlmselt on his knowledge of deadly compounds , over dreamt of In his philosophy. CoiiRrcislonnl Funerals. CMcaga Ttinct. Congressman Weaver f > avs that ho was se rious In Introducing the bill tor a standing committee lo look after llio funerals of de ceased members of congicss , and shall en deavor lo pass It , But an objection to a standing committee tor this ptupose is that It will monopolize the only oppoiunity ( for recreation and a good time ] Uml members of congress enjoy. The concrcssloiial funeral Is too good a tiling to put Into the handsof a favored fow. It must bo handed round. No mrinber ot conercss who Is fond of cham pagne and Ilavanas and what member of congress Is not'/ will vote away his Share In Ihese convivial obsequies by passing Mr. Weaver's bill Thn only bill relating to con trrcssloiial funeral funcials thai can pass Is a 1)111 ) Incicasing their number. A lilt of flossl ) ) . Colnmlms Dispatch. There is a young lady from Troy Mosl handsome aim \\lnsoino anil coy ; We aic nothing lo blame That wo don't give licr name. For that might the story di-slioy. She got from a lady a leltcr In liulTalo 'twas that she met her Wo don't know her name , But , then , that's just the .same , And , pcihaps , It is something the better. This letter declares , It Is said , That Cleveland's decided to wed ; The blido told the news , Said she couldn't ' ret use. And will soon to the altar bo led. 1 hern's Ihc story for what It Is worth You know its career irom its birth ; Perhaps you're suspicious , But of. gossip delicious You'll have to admit there's a dearth. A. Duel Over Mcmilo Palmer , Miss Minnie Palmer is in London and her manager , Mr. John Rogers , has been arrested tor threatening to light a duel with Mr. Arnold. The latter gentleman is a member of the company which Is playing "My Sweetheart" at the Strand theatre with Miss Palmer as the star , and it is alledgcd that the reason why John Rogers wants to shoot Air. Arnold is that Miss Palmer favored the latter. Everybody in London theatrical ciclcs is laughing at Rogers' challenge. Charles Arnold , WHO is a handsome young fel low has contributed much to the success of "My Sweetheart , " by his performance of the part of Touv , and his impersona tion of the lover finally became so real istic as to arouse the ire of Rogers , wlio is Miss Palmer's husband as wen as her manager. Miss Palmer- denied hav ing encouraged Arnold's attention beyond the requirement ! ) of the P' Yiit ' \ Rogers denounced Arnold in vigorous aim picluresquo language , based , apparently , upon the theory that he could whip his weight in wild-cats. Arnold at once severed his connection with llio Minnie Palmer company and joined that of the Holborn theatre. It doesn't appear that Arnold , after leaving tlio Palmer company , mentioned tlio fact of his quarrel with Rogers to anybody , but Rogers' managerial soul thirsted for a gory advertisement , and lie penned the following challenge , for sending which tlio summons was served upon him : "Charles Arnold : My contempt and hatred for you are such as only death can satiate. Such curs as you are not fit to live. Name the place and time , and lot us go into a room together , lock the door , and fight until only one of us shall be able to come out and toll the tale. Your enemy. JoimR. ROOEKS. " The Presidential Bridal Outfit. Washington Correspondence Chicago Herald : The action ot the women wage workers in passine a resolution at their meeting this week begging the president to have bis bridal trousseau made in this country has caused much comment here. The women were in earnest when they passed the resolution for they said they wore afraid the president would go , Use his intended bride , to the marts abroad for his outfit. There wore numerous of fers from the workers in that meeting to make his night shirts. One of the giddy women arose and remarked that she thought from horcsay that it would take a yard for the collar and a bolt of muslin for the garment , and if frills and rufllcs wcroused perhaps a bolt and a half would bo necessary. 'I ho suggestion Was turned down as irrelevant , bmco the mooting the wagoworkcrs have hnd numerous suggestions. It is not likely that the president will give out his orders for his trousseau to a "private firm. " but order what he needs from his own nabonlf .slier , but the more reckless of the wagowork- ers declare that they arc going to mal-'c" a magnificent trousseau.Jofcthypfesidont ' andhiroastore.ou'Tlio avenue and ox' hibitltr 'I ioy say that such an exhibi tion would be a most attractive ono and will bo sure to make money. Tlio robe do nuit will bo the chef d'oauvro. It will bo trimmed with red satin , with Hamburg edging and rufllos. The size will bo lit for Jumbo , but that will'not matter , for it will ba the piece do resistance of the collection. 1 hey claim that they are in earnest , for they want to show the public that tlio women of America can make as line nnd handsome tilings as are made in Europe. How Secretary Luuinr Hides. Correspondence Pittsburg Chronicle : When Secretary Lamar was in the senate ho used to loin the senatorial riding par ties every time they could bo induced to take him along. He enjoyed it thorougly , but ho did not like to go fast , and his fits of absent mindcdncss did not add charm enough to his conversation to make it worth while to stay back to enjoy it. As a consequence ho has been going by himself lately to the imminent danger to tree boxes and fences , which are not able to get out of his way. He is a striking figure when ho gels thoroughly wrapt up in one of his day drcnms on horseback. His baggy trousers climb up far enough to leave a hiatus between his shoe tops and the lower ends , ami his loosa coat rises in a ridge around his nock. His hat catches the infection and settles down towards his ears , and the omnipresent umbrella hangs under his arm by so slender a crip that small boys follow to catch it when it falls. Fortunately for the country in general and the interior department in particular , the horse is sensible enough lo do noth ing but walk around , usually in quiet btreeU , where no one will see the old gentleman , When ho gets tired ho runs against a tree box , wakes Lamar up , and tli.cn umblo3 oil' home with him. - . . . . . . . Labor Troubles. PiTTsnuna , May 15. The bakers' strlko was declaieU oil last night by thu Knights of Labor. The men were ordered to return to work. The employe ! * ' agreed to tlio twelve- hour , arrangement. Superintendent Kcrrl tan. asn.Kd to reinstate thu tiremau div chaigt-d. during the Knights ot I.jlor strike- COLOR LINE IN ARKANSAS Marvelous Progress of tha Blacks/ / Socially , Politically and Materially. THE PEERS OF THE WHITES. Tlio Vigorous Honesty of tlio State Administration Compared With tlio Supine Snmll-lloro OfH- olals or Nebraska. LiTTt.i : ROCK , Ark. , May 14. [ Editorial Correspondence of the Bun. ] Nobody can rcnlizo the marvellous change wrought by the war who has not , like myself , lived in the south during slavery times. I had not sot foot on confederate soil since 1803 , and very naturally had an intense curiosity too see for myself how the negro fares with his former master , whether freedom and political equality have bettered his physical nnd social con dition , and the effect abolition has had upon the southern whites. run SOCIAL nr.voumoN was manifest already in thu southbound train from St. Louis. I vividly remember the awful experience of n southern plan- Icr as related in my presence while living in Alabama. Ho had been traveling for pleasure through Ohio over one of the roads leading to Columbus in a car occu pied by a mixed crowd. "Would you believe - liove it , " said the Alabamlan , "Tlio con ductor walked up to my scat and ordered mo to drop my cigar because smoking wasn't allowed in the presence of ladies. 'I don't sec any ladies in this car , Mr. Conductor. I only see a couple of nigger wenches ever yonder , and I don't pro pose to stop smoking on their account. ' 'You must stop your insulting language,1 shouted the Yankee conductor , 'or I'll pull the boll rope and put you off the train. ' 'Dirt you ever hear of such an outrage ? ' was the exclamation all around mo. It's bad enough wlieiij white gentleman are compelled to travel in the same car with niggers , but this could only happen among those cussed Yankees. " If my Alabama friend lias survived the downfall of the "confederacy" ho has long since got over his re&ontmcntnt that Yankee conductor. The "nigger car" has long since passed away , and colored peorlo travel side by bide with southern gentlemen in passenger coaches as they lo in southern street cars. IN SLAVKKV TIMES the negro was always expected to pull off his hat and humbly salute every white man ho passed on the public highway , and turn out of the way for the most wretched corner loafer. Now ho walks the roads ami streets independent as any ono , even though ho knows that every other man ho has passed is a colonel , general or judge. These are only little straws. I have always believed in calling a spade a spade , and 1 propose now to pro- scut the unvarnished , facts about the negro in Arkansas as I have seen and found him. There may bo sections of the south where the negro is still subjected to cruel treatment , and deprived of his civil and political rights. After pains taking inquiry I must say Unit such is not llio condition of llio colored people of Arkansas. Right heo in Little Hock the negro dwells in moro comfortable houses , wears bettor clothes , and enjoys by far greater prosperity than the colored popu lation ot Omaha. It is simply surprising , but it is a fact I can vouch for , that the homes of the colored people of this city will compare favorably with the homes of industrious white workingmen in any American city. In passing their open doors 1 noticed that they are well furnished and neatly kept. A largo num ber are owned by their inmates , who are employed in almost every vocation. Quito a number of the best mechanics of Little Rock , including masons , bricklay ers , carpenters , painters , machinists and blacksmiths , are negroes. f visited several of these houses and talked with old negroes who had been brought up as slaves and they all toll mo that they are I'KOSl'KnOUS AND CONTENTED. "But how about voting ; don't they bull doze you and keep you away ? " " 1 alwaj's votes as I please , sah : I vote republican every time , but there is some bad darkies , sah , what sells their votes to do democrats. They ain't many , though , " said my informant. This was fully con firmed by leading white republicans , who admit that the no rq in this city and nearly everywhere in Arkansas is re- coivhiK fair treatment and fair wages. Several negroes in Little Rock are ralcd from $20,000 to $80,000 in real property. Ono owns a fine brick block occupied as a saloon and gambling house. Gambling is still a favorite pastime of whites and blacks down hero. Incidentally t may remark that Arkansas is A HIGH LICENSE STATK with moro severe restrictions than Ne braska in some respects. The county and state license aggregates $700 a year , payable in advance , and tlio city charges $25 per month. 1 was surprised to moot several negro policemen and letter carriers. Thin 'Z ' probably a bid for the MfTo vote on local issues wJUcli < * 7o"not fought hero on tjifit Purty"lines. . The intercourse between colored and white people is moro cordial than in the north. They come in contact moro frcoly everywhere and the general feel ing among the native whites is that Ar kansas would bo a desert without the negro. 1 have talked with a dozen men who were prominent in the rebel army and thoy'all express themselves with out reserve that their overthrow of slavery was a blessing in ills- gtiisu. The free negro is more ubuful us a factor in their prosperity than ho ever was a us slave. Of the 800,000 colored people of Arkansas , nino-lonths probably are tilling the soil , Most of them are renters of plantations. They pay so much ground rent from $5 to $7 a year or they work with planters on shares. Quite a number , I am told , have acquired land , sumo by purchase and others by honicstoadlng. Tha only drawback I hear ol is that poor , ignorant blacks are mercilessly llueoeu by llio country dealers , who charge them exor bitant prices for everything thuy have to buy Many of lliem are hliiftliifs. They work during tlio season on thu farm : md spend every dollar of their savings bo- iwt'uii Christmas and Now Ycar'ri , "The negro In lhU > .state , " said Mr. Logan 1) , Hoots , the Arkansas member of the national republican committee , "lias nolhing lo complain of so far as material welfare is concerned. The only Ihiiig wrong U that his votes AHI : xor AI.WAVS couKrio. : There is no trouble on this score in a national election , but in county and stain elections Ihoy are nearly ulwayu de frauded. This charge is admitted l v candid democrats to 1m true. Last y > : ar llio republican candidate for county judge was counted out. Tiierolsono township in this county which has buou regularly thrown out for seven or eight years. The only reason is tlio voters are nearly all black republican. " Other instances were cited and proofs were produced that show whore canvass ers have tin own out half u iloxcii pre cincts nt a time , "This is not the worst , " said a leading republican , "they often destroy or chungn our ticKnU. ' In' spite of ull this thu republicans'managed to in stall their couiily Ht-rk last 'year. This was mostly due to UK ; fact thai he wn running on a mongrel ticket madeup of rupubhoau * uutl democrats.While notli- ing can palliate the ballot box frauds , the fact that republicans and democrat * can harmonize on local candidates is sig nificant. In the Little Hock school board partisanship Is entirely Ignored " Right hero lot mo say that the colored PCOIHO nro receiving TUB FUU , UKNKKIT OP FltEE SCHOOM and I am informed have made remark- nblo progress. The schools exclusively maintained for them are largely at tended , The teachers are colored an ! said to bo first-class. The colored pee ples' churches are well attended and some of thnm , notably the Methodist African church , are among the iincst structures in the city. With" Us15,000 majority the democratic party of Arkansas has naturally * become domineering and discordant. The farmIng - Ing clement is on the verge of revolt against abuses which democratic legisla tures have fostered and grievances which the democracy have failed to redress. The Arkansas Farmers' Wheels , pat terned after the "Grange , " have stmin/j / into existence within two years , nnd now claim a compact organization of over 1)0- ) 000 members. They have called a slate convention and propose to put a ticket in the Held in opposition to the regular machine democrats. In this impending contest the negro will hold the imlauco of power and his vote will bo counted. My active sympathies always havoboon with the producing and industrial classes in seeking relief irom oppressive exac tions , vicious legislation and the misrule of monopolies. 1 sincerolj'hopo "Arkan sas Wheelmen" will enforce tlioir rights and protect their interests by electing a farmer legislature ) this fall. ' I am , how ever , very favorably Impressed with the present state administration of Arkan sas. Governor Hiigbcs is a firm , honest and faithful executive. I may possibly bo prejudiced in his favor because Ne braska has for years been misgoverned BMAU , WOKE I'OMTICIANS and monopoly figureheads. But I maintain that thu backbone dis played by him and his colleagues recently In dealing with railroad taxation , and his economic administra tion of state inst'ittilions entitle him to the thanks of every fanner in Arkansas. 1 need only cite a few points to convince Ncbruskans that Arkansas is a bettor governed state. When the Arkansas state board of equalization , which , like the .Nebraska board is made up of the governor , treasurer nud auditor , met re cently , the railroad attorneys raised a a perfect howl .igalnst the assessment. But the board , with Governor Hughes at the head , stood firm and would not re duce the asfeoshiiient. NOW MAllK THE DIPFCUKXGR between Arkansas anil Nebraska assess ments. In Nebraska , the right of way , tracks , rolling stock , depots and all im provements are pooled and assessed at Irom $8.000 to SlOJfiOO nor mile. The mileage is divided to the counties , and no other local taxes can be assessed. In Arkansas the state board has as sessed the tracks and right of way at from $ a.500 to $10,000 per mile , and then the roiling stock'separatcly at frotnlCCO to $7,000 per mile. The buildings in each county are assessed at the appraised value for county taxes. The tracKS m each city are assessed for city purposes according to the mileage rate fixed by the board , and the buildings and rolling stock located in each city are also subject to city taxes. Ll Now let me compare penitentiary man agement in the two stains. In Arkansas Iho slate has leased its convicts just as it has in Nebraska. Arkansas in the last year received $ j5,3ftl.85 ) for the use of the convicts , and. the lessee paid the faro for transporting the convicts from counties where they were sentenced , and furnished their clothing and board. In Nebraska each county pays for transporting its convicts and the stale pays 415 cents per day to the lessee besides the use of their labor. In other words tlio Arkansas pen itentiary is not only self-sustaining but actually yields n handsome revenue. The Nebraska penitentiary costs the tax payers over $45,000 a year. ANOTHER CONTUAST between Arkansas nnd Nebraska may bo worthy of notice As far back as ton T years ago the Arkansas legislature passed a bill directing assessors to place all lands patented and unpalentod , which wore claimed as belonging to any rail road , on the tax lists. Tlio Iron Moun tain road resisted and made a test ease. The Arkansas courts sustained the legal ity of the act and finally tlio United States supreme court aflirmed it. "Aa between settlers and railroads. " paid a prominent oflicial to mo , "our supreme court has decided in favor of the people every time. Thov are incorruptible , " Although Arkansas contains nearly a million population , moro tliun one-third of the available area of the state is in the hands of Uncle Sam and the state. The four land oiliccs together disposed of 241,580 acres last year , but there are still over seven million acres In Arkansas subject to the uoincstuad entry and pre-emption. Be sides this the stale owns 2,831,870 acres which have been forfoilod since the war by failure to pay the taxes. And yet Ar kansas nflbrdssoiuo of the most desirable tracts for farming on thu continent. They raise everything except tropical fruits , and the only present draw brack i3 - Superabundance perabundance of tliubi" ' , * am hero strictly. , oil b'si'nesH ' relating lo "Hoff- lV.ah's Horse" and not as immigration agent , hence I cannot go into details. Such information can bo had by appllca- thlon to the Little Hock land oilfoo or the state secretary of Arkansas always enclosing po&tago , if you please. E. R. A Now Kleotrlo Plant. Now York Medical Times : I'hytolacca oloctricca is the name given to a plant which possesses strongly marked electro magnetic properties. In breaking a twig thu hand receives a shock that resembles the sensation produced by an inducting coil. Experiments made on this plant showed that u small compass was alloctcd by it at a distance of about twenty feet. On a near approach the needle vibrated , and finally began to revolve quite rap idly. The phenomenon was repeated in a reverse order on receding from tlio plant. It is said that no birds or Insects are ever seen on or about this plant. The neil whore itgrow contained no magnetic metal like iron , cobalt or nickel , and it Is evident the plant itself possesses this elec- trlcal property. 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