THE OMAHA DAILY BEE f-SATURDAY. JULY 10 , 1880.
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THE long-felt want just now is rain.
ANI > now the dogs arc beginning to put
on their summer pants.
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! > EVEN the warm weather cannot wilt
U i''Omaha's industrial boom.
THAT terrific clap of thunder was only
| a bluff. The much needed rain didn't
I' come.
MOIIK puckers and packing houses nt
, the stock yards Is the order of the day.
! Omaha is building up a stock market
f which no railroad company can afford
to ignore.
THE Bun is furnishing a great deal of
"Allows to other "enterprising and newsy"
" papers , so called , nowadays. It is cheaper
or these unscrupulous shoots to steal
from the BBE than to pay for their dis
patches.
The ( 'onito ile Paris has refused an in
vitation to como to the United States
during his exile from Franco on the
[ ground that this country is too remote ,
jand now ho declines Qncou Victoria's
, oflbr of the use of Ulnromont Castle , in
which his grandfather , Louis Phillippe ,
[ died , saying that ho does not intend to
iresido permanently in England. All of
[ these things look very much as if the
lOrleans pretender intended soon to take
Jan active part in interesting events in
iFrance.
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The exports of preserved and frozen
meat from the port of Unenos Ayres dur
ing 1885 were nearly three times as great
as those of the previous year , and far ex
ceed those of any other like period. Aus-
[ traha nnd the United States find the meat
competition of the La Plata valley rapdly
Sowing more formidable , and its rivalry
is apt to bo moro felt in the future than it
Js now. The natural riches of South
America arc enormous , and it is only a
question of time when they will be dcvcl-
'oped. ' With proper management this
country ought to receive the chief benefit
| from the certain growth of South Ameri
can trade , but it will not unlcas It bestirs
itself.
f IT is unnecessary to state that no one
rtnocted with the UKI : is interested
either directly or indirectly in any prop
erty near Fort Omaha. If they were , it
Would only bo an argument of a personal
Mnd for the removal of the post. Fort
Omaha is of no advantage to the surrounding -
rounding real estate. On the contrary it
positive hindrance. A fringe of sa
loons and gin mills are the only ones
who profit from its nearness. Many of
tlio owners of adjacent real cstato would
[ gladly pay a bonus to have the post placed
mowlicre else. But Omaha is interest
ed la having Fort Omaha retained as
r as possible to her retail stores. The
iovernmout should bo Interested in
amtahiing the garrison where it can be
ed most economically and sus
tained at the smallest expense. Ofliccrs
are interested that the beautiful site with
its. groN ing shade trees and lawns shall
not bo given up for some barren hillside
which twenty years time will not make
attractive.
IN the somewhat improbable event of
Mr , Payne being ejected from the United
States senate , there would doubtless en-
o a very interesting struggle between
wo or three well Known Ohio repabh-
ans for the succession. It is not qucs-
ionablo that in guch case Mr. Charles
'ostor would reappear prominently In
io political arena , while Governor For-
icor might bo found not unwilling to
urrondcr the gubernatorial soeptro ,
ith iU restricted prerogatives and cm-
ilumonts , for thn senatorial toga with
ts larger opportunities and dignities. It
worthy of note that Field Marshal Hal-
played a conspicuous pa rt in the
nvontlou of uUitots at Columbus ,
y. which inoruoriali ad the smi
te lo investigate the charge of bribery
Uie ulcc.oa of Mr. Payne , and it is by
caesns to bo regarded BK au absurd
uwpt'.mi that tlm adlioron-ehlcf of the
. ' senatorial
ctal-Gittc'.l * autortuhu
rations. "Sauator tl.iUtu d" la a
liunlmu title that yoos trippingly
the Uiniie , and \vbvt u orushor U
fcu to Johnny MoLcan ) Uut Mr.
U ttill in tL
Tired oT rinylnc Btntcsinon.
It is reported that a number of mem
bers of congress , several of whom have
had a snmowli.it extended experience in
public life and enjoy more than n local
reputation , have determined not to be
candidates for re-election. It is not un
likely that with homo of these gentlemen
this determination is the result of a more
or les * accurate apprehension of the Alt
llcuitic * that confront them and a shrewd
suspicion that their constituents are not
consumed by a burning desire to retain
them in a representative capacity.Vu
could cite one or two of those mentioned
to whom this surmise would apply. But
generally tlm tcasons given by those con
gressmen for their Intention to abandon
the role of statesmen are in quite llio
saint ! vein. Kxacting labor , llio vexations
of ilm service , the personal sacrifices , and
the financial demands which cat up the
entire salary , and in most cases much
moro , arc the conditions of congressional
service which impel these representatives
to prefer private life , with its compara
tive freedom from vcvalious annoyances ,
and its equal , or belter , opportunities for
advancing individual prosperity.
Very fuw people have any conception
of the amount of labor that Is oxaotcd of
congressmen in the one matter ot looking
alter the wants and responding to the in
quiries , largely of ti personal nature , of
their con.slituenls. The representative of
a live. , progressive community will average -
ago perhaps not fewer than fifty letters : i
day asking for nil sorts of information ,
which a congressman is supposed to have
at Ills tonguo's end or to bo able to get
with very little effort , and no matter how
trivial the matter may bo the representa
tive is expected lo trivo it attention. In
very many cases tlio information desired
is not obtained without a con.siderablo
expenditure- time and labor , lo which
nniht be added that consumed in replying
to all or the greater part of this corre
spondence. It , is not an unusual tiling
for careful and conscientious congress
men to be employed fur into the night ,
after having faithfully performed their
duties in the house , in answering the in
quiries , with tlio assistance of one or
morn stenographers , of relentless and
urgent constituents. They must tak j the
time outside of congressional hours and
the time of committee meetings to do this
or their legitimate duties as legislators
would be very seriously interfered
with in fact , could not be
properly attended to. Besides this , many
congressmen are almost daily the recipi
ents perhaps victims would be the bet
ter word of personal calls from con
stituents , who , of course , expect every
attention , and as their time is of no value
they naturally attach none to that of tlio
representative. Such arc a part of the
experiences which render the lot of con
gressmen anything but a cheerful one.
As to the financial aspects of the mat
ter , there can bo no question that the
salary of a member ot congress does not
afford much margin for making provis
ion for a rainy day , provided a man is
not willing lo live in a way to make him
self and his family an object of deroga
tory criticism and perhaps of social
ostracism. Living in Washington , as a
congressman is expected to live , has
grown to bo a decidedly serious afl'air.
Tlio national capital is the center as well
of the social as of the political life of the
nation , nnd the position that a man occu
pies in the former relation is hardly less
possibly more important than that lie
holds in the latter. The days of republi
can or if you please , democratic sim
plicity arc gone , and there is not the least
promise or probability that they will ever
return. There is perhaps no other city
in tlio world where the demands of so
ciety arc moro exacting , or where a moro
lavish expenditure is necessary in order
to acceptably meet them. The public
man who has the moral courage to dis
regard the o social requirements may
win the admiration of the world outside
of Washington , but there ho mut over
experience the disadvantages of isolation
and know what it is to be barred out
from all sympathy.
A suggestion naturally flowing from
this state of things is that the time is
coining when only wealthy men call sit
in the halls of national legislation
and occupy advanced ollicial posts .it
Washington , or else that the people must
paj' their public servants moro liberally.
Herein is presented the form of a problem
which if not immediately pressing for
solution , may become very interesting a
generation or two hence.
Payne.
Political circles in Ohio continue to be
moro or less violently agitated over the
Payne bribery matter , and there is a
manifest determination on the part of the
republicans to compel thu United States
senate , if possible , to investigate the
charges preferred to that body by the
Ohio legislature. A convention of re
publican editors of the state was held at
Columbus on Thuraday , which adopted
resolutions and a memorial af
firming belief in the allega
tion that the election of Senator
Payne was secured by bribery , appealing
to the senate to rovers a the decision ot
its committee on privileges and elections ,
and asking that body to conform to its
time-honored custom and investigate this
case. These editors in their memorial
claim that the charge that the seat of Mr.
Payne was purchased by the corrupt IHO
of mouoy is supported with such au
thority , directness of specification , and
credible and convincing evidence "as has
never been brought to senatorial atten
tion in any cause which the record of
congress discloses , " and in
view cf the fact that this
was not found by the commitUm on priv
ileges and ttloetiona to bo snlllciont to
warrant au ln > estimation , it is very per
tinently suggested that for the benefit of
all the states it iP desirable that the com
mittee shall announce "the forms which
must be complied with and the conditions
which must exist before the senate will
proceed in any inquiry touching the pur
chase of onu of its seats. " The very
sh.ulowy excuses of Uie republican sena
tors who voted against no investigation
are easily diupciec ! of , and the memorial
concludes with tlio expression of a hope
lhat the republicans ot Ohio may receive
the consideration juntly due to the grave
charge * which Uioy inako. It in impossi
ble to aay whether this added appeal will
mire the effect of reducing the obstinacy
of the sonata and loading it to doit * ob
vious duty , but vo cannot think thut the
rspubliuaug of Gldo in the least oxaggur-
ale the importance of UiU ui.ttor It la
a auggcstive and serious plmsu of tlm U-
ids , i-o fur as Snuutor i'tt.vnui * concerned ,
tbatvLila plaodhij. Autgulity hu doe not
demand , as all inn6cont men do , an in
vestigiUion whereby alone ho could es
tnblish Innocence.
"A Tariff for Hovomie Only. "
The numbskulls who are shrieking npnlnsi
the abolition of revenue taxes on tobaccc
seem Incapable of understanding that li
would bo well to abolish nil Internal revemu
taxes thus ledttcln ? the government's re
cripts below the points of its necessities and
compelling the elimination of the piohibilorj
features of the taillt in order to encourage
Imports and raise revenue. Itemld.
And this is the tariff doctrine of the
would-be organ of the Nebraska de
mocracy. If it means anything , nnd its
meaning is hard to discover , it advocates
llio abolition of all internal revenue taxes
on the luxuries of tobacco nnd rum ami
the raising of tariff taxes on such ne
cessities as food and clothing. If to bo
"incapable of understanding" that this
would bo "well , " makes a "numbskull , "
the vast majority of the farmers of the west
will stand with the editor of the BIB : in
this class. But what in the name of com
mon sense docs the brilliant slang slinger
of the llcruht mean by talking of Biich
action "eliminating the prohibitory fea
tures of tlio tariff in order toUencourago
imports and-raise revenue. " Will the
abolition of the internal revenue- taxes
have any other ellect than to compel in
creased tai'ilT taxes already practically
prohibitory in many instances. Does any
sane man imagine for a moment that
throwing the entire tax burden on goods
ot foreign importation will "eliminate the
prohibitory features of the tariff , " and
"encourage imports. " Tor a siring of
hair-brained nonsense Uio paragraph of
the Jlcrtild with all its display of double
leads could not bo equalled by the wildest
effort of the "numbskulls" whom it de
nounces. If on the other hand the editor
of the Hiruhl intends to advance the
th'-ory ' that having abolished the internal
revenue taxes , u heavy reduction could
still be made in tlio tariff itj-elf , and Unit
such reduction would encourage Imports
and increase revenue from the increased
imports sullleiontly to make up the lo.ss
of internal taxation , he is equally wild.
With our present treasury requirements
and the increasing pension list we shall
require for years to come a revenue equal
to that derived from internal revenue
at present and an average tariff
tax of fully 20 per cent ad
valorem on all imports. But
the Herald is performing its usual
Hop and blowing hot and cold on tlio tar
iff , as it does on every other issue. Face
to face with a treasury surplus of iJS.V
000.000 , wrung from the people of this
country by excessive and burdensome
taxation on thn necessities of life , it
wheels on its record which lias advocated
generous tariff reduction , and chimes in
with Or. Miller's patron saint , Sam Ran
dall , in demanding that the tariff taxes
shall bo called upon to entirely support
the revenue requirements of the govern
ment. Out of his entire party in con
gress , Mr. Kunuall succeeded in finding
only thirty-live democrats to support him
in Ills role of stool pigeon for industrial
monopolists. Mr. Randall's champion
will not find many more in Nebraska to
sustain it in his support.
More Publicity Wanted.
The closest corporation in Nebraska is
tlio board of county commissioners of
Douglas county. Three men manage and
control si quarter of a million of taxes ,
nine-tenths of which are paid by citizens
of Omaha. They conduct their whole
business in a fashion that prevents the
taxpayers from knowing anything about
their doings. They hold meetings almost
every day in tlio year at hour that
nobody can ascertain , carry on
business privately which should be
done open and above board , maintain a
retinue of personal favorites at the public
expense and waste the people's money by
reckless expenditure , livery few days
they travel twenty or thirty miles to in
spect a plank that has dropped out of
some bridge or to order a ditch dug by
the side of some road. They make pleasure
uretrius to the lakes or the ocean under
pretense that they want to inspect public
buildings elsewhere in order to get ideas
for the oenelit of their constituents. And
they never forget to draw mileage and
heavy expense accounts for these
junketing i touts taken on railroad
passes' . While they are always
behind on improvements that are abso
lutely needed , they always have funds lo
grade roads , abutting their own property
or the farms and lots of personal hanger-
on. We have time and again called at
tention to this loose way of doing public
business. The city council meets a
stated times. Its members draw fixed
salaries and cannot vote themselves pay
for imaginary services or pleasure trips.
All their meetings , regular orspccial , are
attended by reporters , and their proceed
ings are given to the public in full. No
member can sneak behind any other
member and avoid the censure which
would follow a corrupt vote or
job Tlit1 board of education
holds its meetings at regular times nnd
in the presence of the representatives
of the press. Its special meetings are
always advertised , so as to avoid star
chamber appearances. It is high time
that the people of Douglas county should
know what thu commissioners are doing ,
how each member votes on any scheme ,
how much pay ho draws , and for what
service , if any , and what schemes ho sup
ports or opposes. The county has paid
for palatial quartorsand , curbstone meetings -
ings to discuss and lix up all sorts of
schemes to bo ratified ami recorded at
present , must be stopped.
Publicity in the conduct of busmcsj m
which taxpayers are Interested is their
greatest safeguard. If the commissioners
want to be above suspicion , they must
lix the hour at which they meet , and in
struct the clerk to furnish sill tlio facts
and figures needed for an intelligible re
port of their proceedings ,
Otliar Ijiiiulrt Than Ours.
The voice of the English elections is
without question against homo rule. A
number of constituencies are still to bo
hoard from but Mr. Gladstone will fail
to secure the majority ho needs to push
his home rule bill through the next par *
Hamcnt. There are Uiosu who have the
confidence to assert that the conserva
tives will have a clear majority. This Is
not , however , probable. That the con
serrativcs and liberal-unionists will have
u majority greater than the thirty
votes will force a dissolution of
parliament is generally admitted ,
It looks us if ( ho outcome will bo unsat
isfactory to all concerned. No party will
be ttullioioutlr etroug to inaugurate legis
lation which any two of the others opposo.
Parliament will in that rasb be split Into
four partita , each powdrless to legislate
but each strong enough lo block legisla
lion. Wo may , therefore , bo entering 01
another trial of endurance. . The Parncll
Ites will conllmto lo hold Iho vela power
whifh they have so long wielded will
such effective skill. Mr. ( Gladstone am
his immediate following will naturallj
give Irish obstruction their moral Mip
port , if not their active co-operation. The
liberal dissenters , like Chamberlain am
Bright , must choose between the two ex
tremes , or throw away their Intlucnco Ivy
trying to keep an Independent position
The lories are good at bluster , but are a
party of incapables so far as aflirmativt
legislation is concerned. They have not
the confidence- the nation , nor can
they get a parliamentary majority ,
Judged at this distance , then , it seems to
bo Mr. ( JladsUmo or chaos.
*
The action of Russia in informing the
powers that Baloum is no longer a free
port has alarmed Kuropc. Tlio freedom
ot Batoum was a sured under thu treaty
of Berlin , and this daring move of tlio
c/.ar is generally regarded as the first
step towards renouncing that instrument
for maintaining tlio peace of Knrope.
Meantime Russia is massing troops at
Bessarabia. Dispatches from Berlin as
sort lhat the prevailing opinion in diplo
matic circles is to the affect that unless
( Jermiuiy takes immediate action in re
gard to Riissia'ti violation of the Berlin
treaty by abolishing the free port of
Batoum. Russia will precipitate a re
newal of the Oriental complications by
demanding thu deposition of the prince
of Bulgaria. 11 is maintained that al
though Germany , us the least interested
power , may hesitate to act in the matter
she will be compelled to do so If Austria
should decide to interfere.
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The tory party in Prince Kdward Is
land seoin to have gained a very decided
victory last week over the liberals , since
the now assembly will have a majority
of ton in a house of thirty members.
Thus Sir John Maedonald's government
has boon saved the humiliation of having
two provinces vote for the repeal of
union. The Nova Scotia election was so
pronounced for secession in its results
that the Ottawa government resorted to
extraordinary means to defeat the seces
sion party in Prince Kdward Island.
There , however , exists in that province
very decided discontent with the Ottawa
government.
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The loss of eight French torpedo boats
in a storm on the Atlantic and the drown
ing of fifty of the seamen comprising
their crows are sad ron mdurs of the fra
gile character of many of this description
of war vessels. Generally sea-going tor
pedo boats are made of 'ileel ' , and as
lightly as it is possible t'o ' c6ustntet them
with safety. At the same time they are
driven by very powerful machinery , com
posed of boilers carrying an extremely
high pressure of .steam and en
gines of high and | low pressure -
sure cylinders constructed to work
together. Some .of those boats
are driven at a spend ranging at from
twenty to twenty-six miles an hour. Being
long ships , compared With theii' , breadth
of beam and depth of water-drawing ,
these boats arc apt to ship water in largo
quantities in si heavy sea. Doubtless in
the instances of the foundering of these
French representatives of this class of
war vessel , the fault will be found to con
sist in their peculiar construction and es
pecially in their limited extent of free
board , combined with the force and
weight of their powerful driving ma
chinery.
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King Milan's troubles arising out of
liis unfortunate war with Bulgaria have
not ended , lie not only lost prestige for
Servia by being worsted , but went to a
great expense which he now finds it hard
to make good. The peasantry resist the
war taxes and drive off the tax gatherers.
From Bulgaria , on the other hand , no
complaint yet comes of difficulty in meet
ing her war expenses , She feels that
she was successful , and that the struggle
cemented her union with RounioUa Ser-
via began her military operations with
the full expectation of indemnifying her
self by annexing thu Widdin district , at
least ; and King Milan even feared
that he might lose his throne by refusing
to take tlio Hold. Ho may now bo lueky
if he does not lose his throne in consequence
quence of having taken the .field , since
tii.s enemies will hardly bo slow to make
capital out of the burden of war taxes.
THE Fllihl ) Or INDUSTIIV.
A grand labor demonstration Is to take
place In Baltimore on September 1.
Boston stockholders in cotton goods mills
wore paid § 500,000 In dividends' last week.
It Is estimated Hint 18,000,000 pairs of boots
and shoes are annually manufactured In
prisons.
The agitation of labor principles will from
his out receive more consideration than
strikes.
The two largest plates of glass ever made
i n this country wcio 121x100 inches , foraSt
Louis stoic.
The Buffalo bridge-builder ? have once
moie undersold the Kntdbh bridge-builders
on a small Japanese order.
.Members of congress aie accepting invita
tions from labor associations to deliver lec
tures , und both sides aio IcnUiiUg something.
A good many concerns , ajo .springing Into
existence to iminufnctiiro' tl&trlcal goods
ind equipments. As agillnst n year ago
luublo the number of luuidj , are now ti
g-aged , i
The Connecticut river 'nud- ' contributory
streams furnish poucr ty "S " mills ,
seiitlng llS.Oifl hurso power. This region
Blowing because of the cheAp water-power.
Water power is being caught ? ant in Smith
'
Carolina and one or two utlie'r states , but thu
cost of transportation Is In the way of a
rapid development ot southern , water power.
Swooping wage mluciloiff ; nrhtotnko place
In Scotland ranging froirfoiiO per emit ,
tiient distress prevails In many parts of Scot
land and \Yulcs. Tnulo do ( > rcislou is the ex
cuse or cause.
An order for ten st 0 bridges for Initln
has just bfcn placed In an Eniillsli mill. The
KnglMi Imvn .sent three tlmasas much pig-
iron this year to thu United States , yet om
liome production U fur in excess ot uny
tormer period.
The equalization of wnzes fur the same
kind of work and dezrc ? ot skill In different
sections of the country \ \ III occupy the atten
tion of the knights and trades unionists this
fall ami winter , Thu reasons for the exist
ing ditleruiiecs will bo Inquired Into.
The demand for new machinery continues ,
and factories large and small will bu kept
quite bii > .y for two or tluee months to come.
Locomotive builders ulso anticipate Increased
business , and Mr builders nio already well
supplied with orders fur tlio summer.
The general Industrial situation Is Improv
ing. Labor Is in demand. Railroad building
* picking up nearly all the available labor In
; ho west. Flocking westward has begun
again on a moderate scale.
American locomotive bulldem have a rcpu-
tnlou throughout the world , nnd the Amen
pan bilrtgo builders nro now coming In foi
Rloiy. A New South Wales expert on brldc <
building pays the whole secret of
of American competition Is this : "In
laud there Is an absence of system from flra
to last , while In America bridge building hiv
been redurcd to a systmit worked jfmt 01
sound scientific and oomtnorclal principles.
Ton U\K \ n Mnn.
An eastern paper mentions "W. 1'wai
tlhidstone. " But the Kugllsh picmlcr Is toi
big a man to have his nninu parted In tin
middle.
Satisfactory In One Ucgpect.
We ha\o never before had a president wh <
gaxothe eountiy so much satisfaction , bj
giving congrejs so little , as I'leslJen
CIceland. \ .
Homo Little Time.
C/if / ( < io ( Iftmtd ,
How much longer will It take the Amcil
can voter to svo thtouuh the mass of contra
dictions , false pretense , and dishonesty ,
which goes under the name of t.ulll and sub' '
sldj legislation ?
llauhelor of Journalism.
The new college degree Is to be H. . ! . -
Hai'helorot Journalism. The Bachelor ol
Journalism generally begins his career bj
washing lolliMs and acquainting hliuscll
With the cdltoilnl policy of Che ilicman.
Ilatlly Needed.
Xew I'or/f / 1liii M ,
The republicans ot Pennsylvania have a
Heaver at the head of tholr ticket this year.
Theio never was a time In the history of the
p.uly when the example of sometiug indus
trious \\as so badly needed.
Cyclonic.
; ; di < w < i tniictfn nt-nm.
How broad , ami thick , and deep , and high ,
\\esern-boin ( toi undoes ,
That oinameiil the under sky
With most peculiar dadoes.
How vast the storms that ilde the caith
Klectrlc and cyclonic ,
That o\\n a supornatur.il birth ,
Cele.-'tialor plutonlc.
How wild nndeiid those tempests' aie ,
Their wonders , who eait doubt them' . '
Hut \\lltlcr and mote woudious far
The tnlca men tell about them.
A PAPER RAILROAD TIE.
Dtu-aule , Ll ht null Elastic Hopes ot
Itw Inventor.
New York Tribune ! "That is a rail
road lie. " It was of the regular si/.o and
polished as smoothly as a piece of Italian
marble. The grain was so line and the
whole appearance was so artistic that it
might e.isilv have been taken for a chip
from the pillar of a Grecian temple in
stead of such n practical thine ; us a rail
road tie. The speaker was a short , stout ,
.sad-faced man with a largo head and
overhanging brows , and was the inven
tor of this sestlietic sleeper , and in his
little oflico in Fulton street there were
many models of cars and railroad tracks
scattered about. "This , " said lie sis he
patted the railroad tie lovingly , "is tlio
result of years of labor mitl I believe now
that it is perfect. It is made of napor ,
which I bclieyo is to enter to a large ex
tent in all building operations at no dis
tant day. The great enemy to the use of
paper for many things is moisture , and
in my invention , of course , a means hud
to bo discovered to prevent dampness
from having the slightest ellect , as a rail
road tic being in the ground is subjected
constantly to it , and ti rotten tie might
cause the loss of many lives and much
property. The process of manufacture is
secret lo a certain extent , but the tie is
ab-iolutely lire and water proof , i'hero ;
I will throw a piece of the prepared paper
into the lire. Yon see it will not Imrn.
I huvosubincrged it for weeks and months
in both hot and cold water and the mois
ture has never been found inside the sur
face. Consequently it cannot rot. Though
apparently as html as iron , an ordinary
spike can be driven into it without dilli-
culty , and when the .spike is in position
thn material is of such a nature that it
clews around the iron and holds it so
firmly that it can never bo shaken loose.
There is also a curtain amount of spring
in the tie , and when there is a load on it
it operates as a sort of cushion and takes
away a certain amount of jar from r.m-
ning cars. Under certain conditions , by
slightly altering the combination of ma
terials , the paper can be made so hard
that it. will turn the edge of the hardest
tools without being more than scratched.
The ordinary wooden tie will last about
live years under the most favorable con
ditions , while the paper tie will stand any
kind ot we-ither lor nt least thirty years.
"Tho paper used is generally made of
straw , though almost any kind of lllne
will do a.s well. Straw is preferred be
cause it'can be easily obtained , and the
supply isunlimited. . There are mills in
Lhc west where the straw is made up into
boards , Itisti large industry and wsis
lirst started to nillixn the waste straw in
the vast west for luel , instead of wood.
Thisis a paying business , and fortunes
are being made out of what only a feu
years sigo was thrown away or burned
up as useless. These boards are put to
gether in layers , and after being treated
to a liberal do e of cement are put under
a tremendous pressure in a hydraulic
machine. This force.s the atoms together
.n a solid mass. Under prcs.-uro : t do/on
boards will take the place of one. Heat
s also an agent in the manufacture of
paper tics , and they arc thoroughly baked
n an oven at a high temperature. Under
thu present imperfect , conditions nnd ap
pliances it tnkefj considerable time to
make a tie , but with everything built in
iccordiincu with my plans they ean n
.timed out quicker than they can bo cut
: rom trees and at a much less cost. The
number of wooden tics used ovary year to
construct new and repair old rosuta is
enormous and is a largo element in the
lisappcaraneo of forests in this country.
[ I is my belief from what I know of paper
that it is destined to take tlio place of
wood in many things , and this will give
ptoteotion to our forests Legislation can
lover protect the forests as long as there
s such a largo demand for wood.
"Tho strength and durability of paper
s well shuwu in car wheels mndu of this
iiiiterial. It makes an iron wheel tick
to contemplate a light -paper wheel run-
ling for years after it has been thrown
iway as useless. Paper will not onlv
take the place of wood l.ut also of a good
nany metals and of stoneware. A port-
iblo paper bath-tub is one of thy latest
dons , and puts , plate. ' , knives , iorl : ,
.stoves anil engines mndu of paper have u
urge and increasing market A htrjju
part of thu beautiful bron/.o ornaments
and statues seen in mtbho places and
offered for sale in stores duvotcil to thu
sale of ancient and modnrn bronzes are
nado of a composition the principal ele
ment of which is paper or fibre. A man
to-day can \\ear paper shoes and clothes ,
cat from paper dishei with paper knives
ind forks , . crvod upon a paper table , sit
on a paper chair , sleep In a papar bod. In
i room carpeted with paper , vraah in a
luper tub or bowl , live hi x. paper houae ,
ido in a paper car or carnai'D , sail in a
laper boat , build up a fortune on paper ;
anil yet the industry r ? onlv in Its : nfanny.
Are any railroads using my tic ? No
Tlmy all admit its usfluluuss Ri'.il are
willing to try it v\ith u big "if" Thii
nuaiis that I have got to saiisfj thu
clique which is a purl of over.y ruuruad
n tins country in the parcha-JoK dcpnrt-
nent , and the only way this can be nr > uo
s lo present them with your luvuiitlon era
a controlling interest. I am ngiiQ ) |
igainst thie and will rr ; to boat thorn , ro
hut I can gut somu beaollt out of my
abors , "
You can buy turumire cu ? per of A ,
. . . Fitch & Co , , l.'th st , let Parnaiu aud
Douglas , than auv other place In the city ,
CHICAGO'S MILLIONHEIRESSES.
\Vcnlthy Wtvoi nml Willows , Some
With llnmlsoino t-'nuc.s na Well
ns KIRUI-CM.
Chicago Mail. Of the wives of the
Chicago millionaires Mrs. ( U'orgu AI.
Pullman Is the handsomest of the
matrons. She wius a Miss Stinger ,
daughter of si partner of W. 11. Howard
when the eontractinir firm of Howard ,
Hanger A : t'o. was in existence Tlio en
gagement had existed ome time before
Mr Sanger'.s death , but the wedding
took place In his presence while he was
on Ids death-bod. Mrs. Pullman is a
beauty now of tlio luxuriant brunette
type. At the great Chicago sanitary fair
she and a daughter of tlio late Kdltor
Wilson , of llio Journal , were voted the
handsomest women in Chicago , Mr .
Charles I ) . Hutchlnson is a beautiful
woman of sin altogether difforenl style.
She is bright , pet Ho. brilliant , and still
in the beginning of the twenties. The
beautiful Thompson girls arc all now
imuricd to rich men. Two of them
Mr.s. John L1. Lester and Mrs. Sam
Allerton preside over the elegant homes
of millionaires. Mr.s. C. A. Mimn , with
MjOOO.OOO now in her own right , was a
Miss tinnier. She is tall and stately and
elegant looking. She was lofl JU.UOO.OOO
by her deceased husband , II. O. Armour ,
and carried the fortune to her present
husband , the iipnhmv of David Dews ,
Mrs. Marshall Field , a quiet , rather
queen-looking woman with n faeo of
great relinument , was a Miss Scott , of
Cincinnati. Her family was of uxcellon
social station. Mrs. Potter Palmer woult
divide with Mr.s. Pullman any laurels fo
beauty if they should over come in eon
tact.mk. . they sire both of the stum
type , the character of their beauty is von
( lilleient. Mrs. Pullnian is the sweetei
und Mrs. Palmer the grander looking
J he latter was a Mis.s lloimro , a duugl'itei
of the whilom millionaire real i-stati
holder and speculator. His duiighten
were considered the belles of tlio city
One married Colonel Fred Grant ; thu
other , millionairt ! Potter Palmer. The
other now presides over the most mag
iiificenthonio in thocity , and the mos
magnificent , probably with one ex
eeption , in the west.
I" ; V1 U < An ° "r is a bright faced
youthful-lookinir woman , with an Inter
esting face and attruetu u manners. She
is a brunette , rather petite , and a plait
though elegant dresser. Her mauler ,
name was Ogiten , and her family was one
ol wealth and excellent standing. Her
time is given almost altogether to her
home and to charitable duties. In tlicsn
she takes great pleasuro. One woult
never believe on seeing her that so youn < ;
u looking woman had a son the activi
partner of his father in the great linn o !
Armour & Co. Mrs. Cyrus 11. MeCor
miok , the richest widow in America , ant
worth not less than 10,000,000 , was n
Miss Fowler , of Detroit. The wife of Ed
win Keith , another millionaire , was a
Miss Woodruff. Mrs. ISTols Morris was a
Miss Vogel , sister of the Vogcl under
whoso iiamo the extensive dressed-bcef
business is now done at the yards. There
were three Chicago women who were si.s-
tors of Michael Heeso , the California ! !
who left ifU.000,000. They each , I think ,
inherited two-elevenths of his fortune.
Those were the deceased Mr.s. II. A.
Kolin , Mrs. Hosonfeld and Mrs. Rosen
berg. Their husbands were millionaires
in their own right.
A iOOD SHOT.
Hoira Yankee Killed a. Fiery Cuban
with Ills Eyes Sliut.
Detroit Free Press : Soon after the
Cubans were compelled to surrender the
Virginius to Uncle Sam I landed in Ha
vana as the agent of an American agri
cultural works. Fortunately for me , in
.his case , I could chatter away in Span-
sh with any of them , and though I was
oorn and reared in Ohio. J was supposed
.o be nn Englishman. Hail 1 given out
.hat I was si straiglit-'hairod Yankee , the
chances of being mobbed , or knifed or
shot would have been excellent. The
eeliiig Mgainst Ann ricans was so very
jitter that one from the states wsi.s liable
o insult und violence on the public
streets.
1 had been there about a week when an
American named Charles Whitley , from
Michigan , arrived with his wife. Whitlov
was an invalid , and he had come to Cubli
by the advice of his physicians. I re
member him sis a tall , pale-faced and ex
tremely courteous gentleman , while she
was a little bit of a woman who was all
hope and sunshine. It so happened that
I made their acquaintance on the lirst
day the.y landed , and I felt it my duty to
warn Whitley of the feeling entertained
against our nationality. My advice to
him was to keep close for a time , and to
carefully avoid being mixed up in any
discussions of a public nature. lie had
been there a week without anything being
said to him , when ono day as wo sat in
the hotel reading-room , a couple of
Cubans who spoke good English came in
and took seats near us. 'llii > rc was no
doubt in my mind from tlio lirst that they
meant to draw Ahitloy into si trap. They
began oy abusing anil maligning Amer
icans sind wishing for war , and when lie
persistently refused to take notice of
them , one of them deliberately turned
upon him and .slid :
"Havana is such . "
no place lor ns you.
"Tho gentleman is an invalid , " 1 re
plied.
" 15ut he is also a Yankee , " continued
the Cuban. "Our government should not
permit them to even land on the island. "
Whitloy's face grow paler , and lie bit.
his lip.to kcnp baeK the hot words which
wanted to como , but he imido no reply.
The larger of the two men , whoappcared
to be a native tiro-eater , waited for a mo
ment , and then rose up and saiu to the
Miolngandcr :
"All Yankees are cowards ! I insult you !
Demand satisfaction if you dare ! "
"I do demand it ! " answered Whitley in
n low voleo. "You evidently want a duel.
You shall have it. "
"tiood ! " hissed the other. "My friend
hero will arrange the details with your
friend. You have moro courage than 1
thought for. "
Ho walked away with a nod to me , and
nas followed by his friend , who promised
lo return in hall nil hour.
'You can't mean to light him ? " I In
quired of Whitley when we were silono.
"lint I do. Hu insulted mo as sin Amur-
inan , liopitiir to provoke a duel , anil sis an
American I will light him. "
"Hut your lu-althv"
"Never miu-l niy health. All I want
is io kocp thu allnir from my wife until it
| n over with. Arrange to light him to
morrow morning. "
"With what weapons * "
"I novtir had a .sword in my hand , und
I have had no experience with pUtols.
Choosy pistols , however. I know unoiigh
to uglit and lire ono , uud I must take my
Them was no doubt tUat the man was
an cxnuriutieed duelist , but tin- more I
around \vith Whitley Iho moro determined
lie < v : i to light. Under all the oircitm-
ntanciji , it would have btutn no disgrace
far him to rcfiibu.but from thu \ ory lir.n his
mind win made un. Sm-h affairs are easily
and quietly arranged in Cuba. When thu
second ro'.urned bottled on pistols for
weapoiu , mid lie \ > n- < kind enough to say
that hn would iirrai'jjet'or n surgeon to bo
present.'c were to bu at n certain spot
about four rnilto dUt.int at a certain hu'.ir
in the tnou.ii ) > ; The ft.Ijow was H pink
ol politeiicis. and i curried the idei that
i hr.d b'ji-ii mixed up in ewvural tlV.irs ! of
tuo tort , and ! Lit : my principal was aut ; \
gieea Imml un thu tic-Id of homr.
I did out lui Whitii-y azani until w > > |
t'joti a cturinut In tbo uiovaiiig to dnvu !
U ) thegrvimds. Ho tvus calm and olfJ J
j os-n. . av.l , hint on the wiy out arranged .
with ir.i ubc-ui acnd'ng h'.i wife hnie ; in i
c . - ) ot his d&ath , f.nd provided for ether '
< j The little woman had not
the .lightest hint of what uus
ou th > ! tap ! * , A u I jund the other parlle *
xvnilinc lor us , anil tlio uotails were
specdlli arranged The mon wore placed
II ft eon paces apart , and it was tiiulor
stood that they vrero tQ llro until ono or
llio other was Killed or wounded. In case
either was wounded mid wanted to con- f
tituio the fight , the duel .should ROOM.
The two pistols were loaded and handed
lo the principals , and the awkward man
lier in which Wliitle.y held his made the
Cubans smile. I had told him how to
sfnnd so as lo procenl the smallest \wfi\- \
bio Inrjrel lo his opponent , but as they
took their places 1 was horrified lo son
him present hl.s full front. It seemed as
if any one who could sight si pistol nm t
bore bill ! through at the first lire. He was
si tnllo paler Hum usual , but he stood ( Inn
on his feet and was In good nervo.
The word was llnully given one two
throe - lire' ' and both pistols were dis
charged at oiieo 1 was looking nt Whit-
lev. I saw a pieee of cloth from Ins
shoulder lly in the air , nml us I turned
my gu/o toward the Cuban , I saw the
hitter sil down in a heap , sis Ifn [ \ hail
been struck on the top of the head. Wo
ran to him to Und a bullet-hole in the
centre of his forchesul , and ho was stone
dead , His bullet had chipped Whilloy's
right shoulder , but without drawing
blood. 1 never saw two men so dumb
founded as the surgeon nnd the Cubuti'.s
second. It was a minute before they
could realixe tlio disaster. Everything
had been fair and according to the code ,
and nothing remained for us except to
return to the city. Whitlov was very
calm nnd self-possessed neither aston
ished nor exultant.
"What spot did you aim for ? " I asked ,
as we rode homewards.
"Nono sit all , " he replied. "I had both
eyes shut when 1 pulled the triggerl"
Mttto 'Mrs , HodtlN.
Soon sifter llio cloxi of the civil war. , - ,
and when the west was a grcsit deal >
wittier limn it is now , several of us took
the slsijro one day from Austin to Hurcku ,
Nov. A.s it matter ot fact , there were
live men and ono woman , a dumpy little
body with rosy face und blue eyeswhoso
nime : was Dodds. She was a widowwho
lived in Eureka with her brother , and
was returning home after a A isit.
The stage route had been clear ol road-
agon ts for s\ long time , but sis a matter
ot ceremony each 1115111 csirrietl a revolver
in a holster belted around him , and there
may have been two or three bowie-
knives in the crowd. Wo got away from
Austin in good shape , and in an hour wo *
were sill pretty well itc < iiitititcd. : Nothing
ot particular interest occurred during the
day or early evening , but about 1) ) o'clock
tit night , while most of us wore half
asleep , the stage came to a sudden halt ,
and a clear , slmrp voice rang out
"If IOH move a foot I'll send a bullet
through > otir head1 Inside ( no slago ,
there ! No nonsense , now ! Hand tlioso
pistols out butt foremost ! "
He threw the door open and covered
oven body with the mu//.le of his revel
ver. Stage passengers have been called
cowards tor permitting themselves to bo
"lield up" by ono man. The liitio be
tween the stoppage and the opening of
the door was so brief that 110110 ot us
could have ( Hilled si pistol. After that
to have made a motion would have been
lo iin ilo a shot. Any one of us would
have been a fool to resist.
"Step down hero ! " commanded the
agent , and one by ono > ve "stopped. "
V.s each man descended he pulled his
pistol and laid it on the ground , and then
took his place in lino.
"All ! a woman hero ! " continued the
agent sis Mrs. Dodds started to como
down. "You may remain in the coach' .
1 don't rob women. " She settled buck ,
nnd he turned to us , si pistol in each
hand , and briskly remarked : "Now ,
llien , lime is money. Each one ol you
L'ontshell out and place the boodle on
llio ground. Tlio man who attempts to
swindle vnu will got a do-o ol lead. "
Wo began to shell. 1 stood nearest the >
joacli , at the hesid of the line , and 1
ilaccd watch and wallet on Ilm ground.
Vs I straightened tip 1.saw little Mr.s.l. od < l.s
litching about in the coach. In a few
icconds the barrel of a revolver rested
igainst the side of the open door. The
igonthad his left side to the cosieh and
vis sibout twelve feet away. If tbo
vonian missed him she would eortainly
tit ono _ of the men in line. She must
; now this , and 1 doubted if she would
ako the chances' .
"Come , don't be slow about it , " called
ho silent. "At this rate you won't get
nto Eureka for a week. 1 want "
At that instant there was a Hash and a
cport , and ho leaped clear off lii.s feel
mil fell to the ground in a heap. Wo
grabbed lor our inVtold sind rushed noon
lim , but ho was dead a.s si nail. The mil-
el from her revolver hail struck him full
i ; the cur , and lie never knew what hit
lim.
lim.Wo
Wo turned to the coach , and there was
Ittle Mrs Dodds orving ] tist like a
vomtui , while the smoking revolver lay
m the seat. We just lifted her down and
nigged her as if wo were her live
irotnci-s , for she had saved the crowd n
natter of : ? 1K,000.
Wo couldn't press a present upon her ,
iut before we got to Eureka three of 119
unl proposed marriage to ht-r. Tlio
ither two men were already married , and
o they lost their chance.
What became of her ? Oh , she married
ne , and slie's been the best wife in the
roild over sinco.
A Now York head cook talks hopefully
.bout the condition of his sirt. Ho ssiy.s
hat the taste for highlv spiced food tv
ew years ago had destroyed iill dtserimi-
mtlon , so that an artist had no better
banco in the kitchen than a bungler.
Jew , however , the cooking schools and
ither elevating inlluences hsxvo enabled
kill to be rceognued.
O
Diseases from Pimples to Scrofula Cured by
Culicum ,
Ilimrtrcilsof letters in our po-'sosJion.popUis of
hicli mil ) l > ( ) Inul by return of mail , i-uponl this
lory. I liuv IH-CU u tt-rillilo tmltiMw for year *
nun DIMM-CS of Iho skin nml Illootl : huvo Ixxm
lillirud to t.lmii puliliu pliu-ts l > > K'U-OII of ruy
MlKIII-llU IWIIUIIi : III ! ' U liml llu l > l-al plij-hl.
InnIniM' : ! > | H.'iit liiiiicln- of ilnlliiiiiinl not ,
0 fL'liL-1 until 1 ui'il the t'ntliMii-J ll mivllp" .
litoli lmvi > I'urcM niu , nml lull m ) akin anil liluoJ
IIIIID us u cliikl'a.
*
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Cillii-iir.i Ki'ineilicii nn > tlio ifi-ealosi inn llolnos
IM-MI Hi. llr.d ilm "iirM en-oof Suit Illionm ( u
iiM-iiiiiili } . M ) mother lui'l It twenty ycmro , in
H'tilltsl tiinii It. 1 l tlii'rullourfi wuiitilhuvu
ivt < < ) her llfn. My iirnn , Ini'.iM nml liuad worn
ivi > it I lor llireo joursThkli notliliiK ixillm-o.1
i-i'in-fl until I u < M tlio Cu t Ion m lle olvuiil. In ,
'rinilly , mul I'uticur.i mid Ciniuiiirt Si.iii , uxtur.
ully. \V.AU.\Mii. .
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t > t JillM ) lu'nil anil flics nml wunn juilg of
ijIxwly ui'rtt utmost lim. My ii ti > l WM * tkiv-
itl ttlth K'alis mul Miti t , and my miifi'iinit wua
untiil. 1 ImJ trio.l OKTJ tlilnif I lift'l iiiMrtl < 'f
i llio IIu t mul Writ. .MyuuKi wit *
t nry I'H'l ' oiii : 1 li.ivii.ow not y
iiniiiinUoiii inn , uuu iui.ia
on.ioriui . > uu. ei. i : . vriiu'ru : .
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, writ' * : ' .My MIII. n Uut of nrttlvo ; IMF * . > rti > *
miplululy omul of n luiilVr uiuio' ! : s' mabv
in I Alt U' ura lU'imnllHv Vrmu lluvjp of lid
tun ) to iho ole * of liU fool y aii.i uia-j of
Mlu. " livfry oOiur vcmol ) unu
ml been trioU In MUD.
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