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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 20.18Sa THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. BUincntrTtos s Dnllr ( MornlJir Edition ) Including Humlnr HKR , Ono Vonr . $1001 I'orBixMontlM . r' ' / ' TorTlirrn : Months . SM 'Xlio Omnhn HxtHlny llnK , tnnlloil to any lulJrois , Ono Your . 203 OMATH orricr. No. 014 J VM mr. PAIIVAM fltnrrr. Nrw VOIIK ornrE , 110011 iv > , Tnim-vr lltii.i > iv i. \YAnniNiiTo.vowcK , No. M.iKuuiiTiist : n snuisr. All communlo Uinns relntlni ? to non-s nml rill- torliiliunttor ( mould bo lulilrossod to tlio hm- zoic or TIII : nun. , . All nn s letter * nml rutnlttnnecf1io M 1 > o to TUB IlKi 1'imusitiNO COMPANY , OMAHA. nriiflB. nlio 'Ics nml ponnfllcn onion to bo miulopnynbto to ihoonUrortliocoinpuny , THE BEE PDBLISHlSliPAJT , PROPRIETORS , E. noSBU'ATEH. iAiLV nun. Sworn Rtntcincnt of Glrculntlon. Stnte ( if Nebraska , I. . Si ls < County nfUouslns. < ! rn. It. Tzschtirk , serre.tnry of Tlio tteo 1'iibllohlni ; company , does solciniilv awenr Hint , tlio nctiml circulation of tins Dally Hco lor Urn weelt ending Nov. I'-'th , 1SSG , wal as follows : K Snturdny. Nov. G ] % : . Sunday. Nov. 7 . . .iu : fi Alnndny. Nov. 8. 1WI2 ! I Tuesday. I .N ; < > Wednesday. 10 la.ooo : Thursday , 11 l'Vo Friday , Is .I'J.USfi . Avcratre ( JKO. II. T/sruucK. Subscribed and sworn to In my presence this 15th ilny ot .November , A. I ) . . IW N. P. I-'KII. , [ SEAL ] Notnry 1'ublle. Geo. U. 'IVtfchtick , being firit duly sworn , deposes nml says that be is secretary of the Jfec Publishing company , that Ihu actual nv- rrneo dnity circulation nf the Dallv Dec for thn month of January , IBbfi , wns 10.H78 copies , for Fcbnmrv ' , 1KT. , 10,0W ! copies ; for March. JBW ) , ll.KH'copies ; for April , 18-fl , 12,101 copies : lor May. l&sfl , 1 ,4 ! copies ; forlime , 18C ! , 12,2i > 8 copies ; for July. lit41l'Jil4 ( , : copies ; for Aniriist , 18M , 12,404 coplesfor ; September. 18.sr , 13,030 copies ; for October , I'--O , iu , a copies. Oio. : B. T/.SUHUOK. Subscribed nnd sworn to before mo this 8th tiny of November , A. D. , isso. N. P. Kinr. , ISBALI Notary Public. The Humliiv Bee. 27/c / Sunday lice to-morrow will be an interesting paper , 'anil a comparison M invited with any daily of that date in ( ha west. No rjj'ort or expense in being spared to make the Sunday life the equal of the very best papers in this country. It is a paper that needs no ItuJJinrj at our hands. Jl speaks for itself. We wish simply to present to the public the leading features of our Sunday bill of.fare for to-morrow : The New York Jlcrald eablcgrams , which are sent direct to the lice as epecials , appearing simultaneously in New York and Omaha. The special cablegrams , about 10,000 words , cover the news from the leading European capitals. Special dispatches from all leading news centers in the United States. Clara Hellas letter , not taken from a paper a week old and palmed ( iff as fresh waller , but received direct from the lively writer's own hands , who is now a regular correspondent of the Sunday liee. General Adam liailcatt's New York let ter , written iti admirable style , and enter taining throughout. A lioslon letter from Franz Scpcl , - treating upon various topics of interest. A New York letter from Omar James about Mrs. Lucy Parsons , wife of the condemned anarchist. A reminiscence of the late George Elder , the famous aclcctivc. Various departments of miscellany , all carefully selected and arranged. In addi tion to which there will be the usual quan tity of local and stale news , and other matters which are found in a Jirst-class metropolitan paper. BOTH parties are now busily employed in persuading themselves that Ihu labor vote had only a local significance in the Ifttn elections. Doth parties arc likely to have their eyes opened buforo another presidential election rolls around. THE legislature aided by the Douglas county delegation should take prompt Btops to do away with the absurd "two mile limit belt" by which scores of unlicensed finloons and road houses cncirclo our city and brazenly defy the authorities. The oily license should obtain in cities \ nnd tlui comity license in the county out- Bide of the city limits. WK have not yet heard whether Bill Ktouthas responded generously to Dr. Jllllor'fl appeal for aid to the Lincoln democratic paper which has recently turned a somersault into the railroad camp. Stout has never been very aotivo an u democrat , but ho lias a warm heart and a liberal hand when a judicious investment - vestment will yield a good return , Bill is not very particular as to the politics of inomburs of the legislature or organs that grind out praise for the claims committee. TIIK meanness and malignity of the London press with respect to everything American was shown oven in the com ments on the death of ox-President Arthur. That of the Chionicle waslittio loss than hrulal , and the expressions of the other papers showed that the writers Mad either very- narrow views of tlio char- neter of General Arthur or wore actuated by 111 will which they were not able to wholly conceal. Such a spirit Invites only pity and contempt. Wnr.K Mr. Cleveland notilj.ed the pub lic thai hu desired to command lu.s tlmo between the 10th of November and tlio assembling of congress , he was moved thereto by no ordinary motive. Jt is the talk lit Washington that ho is engaged on the "greatest work of his life , " which is to make or unmake him as tlio next can- ilidaluiif his parly. The announcement ought not to arouse very great expecta tion * , since the greatest cll'ort of Air. Cleveland would not necessarily bo re- inurKiiblo , particularly if , as promised , it vf111 ba entirely his own. Oi.'i ! "do likocntcrprisd"contemporary prints nn Kl 1'a.so < lisputch which hu olalniH wns received from its specinl cor respondent two days before it appeared in the Hue , wired by its Chicago ngent. Wo appreciate the wonderful enterprise of the JJcrald iu kcepi.ig special reporters nt u ouu-horHo town on the Mexican bor- lor.V \ sou no occasion for such an out lay on our part. But wo point to the fact that the BKK prints two or three columns of important specials every .day froui the great news centers of America and Kuropc which readers of the Jlerald never got to sec because they are. copyrighted and beyond their scissors. V The Stnto nillltln * . The annual report of thn adjutant gen eral of the army contains nothing of greater importance than the recommen dations he makes regarding the militia of the states. The reports of the in specting ofllcera show many defects , all of thorn , however , remediable. The sug gestions of the adjutant general point out at once the faults and the means for heir correction. Ho recommends that late encampments should bo at least of en days' duration , and without disre garding the consideration of economy in he concentration of troops , they should e at ( isulTlclpnt distance from the homes ) f the members of the command to iso- ute them from mulno&s and social inllu- nccs , which seriously nfl'oct efforts at mparting instruction and general disci- line. There should bo no appearance jf a holiday character , as la usually the asc , about the c.imp.s. Their purpose islet lot for amusement , but for instruction : md training in the arduous work , the lose attention to duty , and the stern lisciplino of a soldier's life. The state mcampmunt should be , in all essential cspects , a complete counterpart of a : amp of regular soldiers in order to eflec. tnilly accomplish its objecU. This , how- iver , it ruruly is , and therefore it is that he militia of most of the status is found o be extremely deliciunt in the matter of nilltary acquirements , and with respect o morale ami discipline inferior o the lowest Htiropoan stan- .lard for corresponding military organizations. Another recommoudu- ton is that elementary company drills bo \eliKtcd from the military exercises , and he time devoted to instruction and prao- ice in skirmish and battalion drills and ; uard duty. The lighting of the future , n the opinion of the adjutant general , mist bo aono in open order , and lienco a liorough acquaintance with the skirmish Inll is of the highest importance. Kxhi- Itlon drills are interesting as showing to whit ; degree of mechanical precision a body of men can bo trained to attain In movements and motion , but they are of ittlo service in litthu ; men for the active : luties of u soldier. The development of DXtrcme smartness in drill , observes the adjutant general , in many instances in volves the neglect of some of the mo.t < mportant and solid parts of a soldier's training. The importance to the states and to the lation of maintaining a well organi/.ed nilitia every intelligent citi/cn tiMilor- stands. It was rccogniwd by the founders of the government , counseled by Washington , and no statesman who succeeded them has questioned it. Its alueand necessity does not grow less , but greater , with the growth of population. If tlio policy was wise at tlio beginning of the government it is wiser now. In the absence of a great regular army , which the American people will not and should not create , the security of the government must rest in tlio future , as it has thus far done , upon its citizen sol diers. In ord < ; r that that dependence shall not fail , that there shall bo always atcommanda power strong and ull'eolivo enough to meet any possible exigency , there must bo thoroughly organized and well-trained bodies of militia in all the stsites. I'oi this purpose there is no deli- cioncy cither in tlio amount or quality of the material , in the possession of all the qualifications that go to make good soldiers diors the young men of America are not surpassed by those of any otlior nation. Ttio ICnal Reason. The organs of the monopolies in both political parties arc moving heaven and earth to injure General Van \Vyck's chances ol re-election. While the re publican railroguc organs are clamoring that Van Wyok is not straight enough as a ruoublican , the democratic mouth pieces of the monopolies are claiming that ho is too much of a stalwart in his party to look to democrats for their Blip- port in the coming legislature. Botii classes of newspapers cover their real objections to General Van Wyok by an assumed devotion to party. Tlio fact that ho is objectionable to the allied monopolies is the real reason of their opposition , General Van Wyck has made his can vas's and is willing to abide by tlio re sults of the election. All the clatter and clamor of the railroguo republicans and democrats do not disturb him. His claims for n re-election were persona'ly ' presented to the voters of Nebraska prior to the election. Nearly fifty thousand oiti/.ens of the state , in spite of senseless throats of the penitentiary and of the party scourge , expressed their individual preference under tlio law for Genera Van Wyck as their candidate for'tho ficnatorship. A generous majority ol the republican members-elect tolholcgis Jaturo stand pledged to vote ana to work for Van Wyok's re-election. A major ity of the democratic mombors-elee who owe their seats in the legislature to Ihu efforts of Senator Van Wyck's former mor friends stand committed to his can duliuiy on open pledges to their constitu encios. Under the circumstances and in spite of the boasts of the corporations bundm to defeat him , Charles II , Van Wyck rests his case with the representatives o the pcoplo whom ho has honestly server for nearly six years. lie has no pledge.1 to oiler or promised to make. His recon in the past is the best guarantee for tlio future. A ItidKrnce.fiil Delay , The Omaha Horsu Itailway company i ono of the most profitable of our loca enterprises. Itn franchise costs it nothing It is heavily patrmii/.ed by our pcoplo lint whenever wo are treated to a flurry ot snow , trallic is suspended and the pub lie is forced to wait for hours after the snow fall has ceased before the curs resume sumo running. In other cities the scrap ers imd sweepers on the horse railways begin work as soon as a storm sets in am continue operations until the trucks are clear. In Omaha work with an anti quated scraper conunences after the storm is over , and horses and cars are laid ii | ) Komotlmcs for days until tin tracks are sonified clear. J'orty-uhjht hours have passed since tlio storm , but the Omaha street cars are not yet running Tim trunks on Hixteontl and Cumnig street lines are yet covorci with snow , and citizens in the .suburb , aru forced to taamp through the drifts to mid from their homes. Nothing but gross inollicioncy is re Fponsible for this condition of affairs The street ; car company , as a common carrier , is. bound to use every reasonable iillbrt to keep Its lines clear. It i bound in return for the frno use of ou streets to give Omaha'a reliable service to overcome obstacles of weather whicl ithcr companies succeed In surmounting , ivon if it should take the expenditure of i few moro dollars occasionally thnn sum- morday traffic. There Is no reason why ts llnc.s should bo blockaded for days by an olghtccn-iuch snow-fall. A few nero scrapers aid : sweepers put into use luring as Well as after a storm would uako delays such as those from which vu arc now suffering impossible. IT is reported that the president has mulshed Senator Gorman of Maryland rom'hls confidence. It would have been better for him if ho had never permitted his adroit and thoroughly selfish politi- ) ! an to got into his confidence. Germans s responsible for tlio appointment of ligglns in the treasury department , jringing upon the administration no end of condemnation and a good deal of rouble before this Baltimore henchman. > f the senator was made to understand .hat ho was not employed to run the .roasurv department and reduced to a condition of obedience and respect to superior authority. Gorman Is also re sponsible for the appointment of Thomas , another henchman ami Baltimore tough , ns Indian agent , despite the fact that he was denounced by the civil service asso ciation of Baltimore and by many oilier reputable citizens as a man utterly uiflit to hold any public olllcu. Gormun is u member of the printing committee of the senate , and lie has successfully used his power to keep tlio government printing olllee filled with his creatures. If the president has really broken with him this valuable part of his patronage , which did not encounter any civil service obstruc tions , will probably bo destroyed , .lust why the president should banish Gorman at this time , when the tendency of his policy seems to be to strengthen himself with party leaders , is not easy to de termine , except upon the presumption that he has found tlio utterly self-seeking policy of the Maryland senator absolutely Intolerable and also that lie is as likely to be a fee a.s a friend whore hk individual interests are involved. Tnr. civil service commission lias finally determined , so it is announced , to in- vosllgalo the alleged violations of the civil service law by Postmaster liarrily , of Philadelphia. Charges against liar- rity have been publicly amffreoly made for several mouths past , from responsible quarters. The postal service in Philadel phia has for a long time been in n most demoralized condition , to the great in jury and annoyance of the. public. It lias been shown that out of Ifil employes ap pointed by lltirrity all but two are demo cnits , anil a number of thorn cannot write legibly. All this information has been given to the postolliuo department , together with the statement ot a demo cratic board , sent from Washington to investigate , that liarrily lacks the busi ness experience and executive ability to properly conduct the business of the ollieo. Still he has been permitted to go ou , to the great detriment of the public , until at hist public sentiment has forced the administration to order a formal in vestigatiou. It wns not so careful in tiie case of Hedduii , after it became known that he was not a Cleveland man. An other oflicial at Philadelphia , Collector Cadwiihulur , is charged with an oven more serious violation of the civil service law than tlio postmaster , but the udmin istration appears to have given very little attention to the matter. There are some amazing contrasts in spots between the professions and the practice of this ad ministration. 'I HE long meant surgeon-generalship of the army has at last been filled by the appointment of Surgeon John Moore. Dr. Moore was fifth on tlio list of lieutenant colonels and only a few removes from that to major. His appointment gives him at once tlio rank and pay of a briga dier general , and lifts him over the heads of nearly a dozen members of the medi cal corps who until yesterday ranked him as colonels and lieutenant colonels. It is dilliculcto see whore the much vaunted civil service reform obtains in such a promotion. Dr. Baxter , the ranking colonel , was admittedly a brilliant and faithful ollicor. His only disadvantage in the contest for the place lately made vacant by the retirement of Surgeon General Murray was the fact that he had voted the republican ticket. What bearing this possible error of judg ment could have had upon the efficiency of the medical service of the army no one has yet ventured to explain , but it seems to have lost him a merited promotion , ( ioneral Moore hails from Indiana. Per haps his experience with the malaria of tlio Indiana bottoms joined to his ram part democracy has gained him tjio cov filed position. But it is a bad precedent to establish in tlio army that partisan de votion and not attention to military duty is to be the ladder to high preferment. JUST as long as the police force ij a machine used to pay oil' political debts it can never bo made responsible and clli ciont. It cannot ho made responsible to the head of the police , because ho is nol allowed to soluot or to remove his guitar- d'nates ' , and it uannot bo made ollicient because the character , ability or capacity of the police are not taken into consider ation in their appointment. So long as third-class ward politicians are allowed to force political bums and physical and moral wrecks on tlio police force , just so long will there be the present complaints about our wretched force and the lack ol police protection to lifo and property in Omaha , TIIK announcement Is rando that ( hi Fowler Bros , will shortly open a mam moth meal market in Omaha , and by a heavy oul in prices furnish our pcoplo with cheaper and belter meat. This Is good news , Cheap living means butter living for the working classes , It is the forerunner of moru employment foi labor through the opening of new manu factoring enterprises which will fitari Into being just as eoon as they can com pete with eastern rivals in the labor market. . Cheaper food and cheaper liv ing mean that workingmcn can exisi and save on wages upon which the ) would starve under higher prices. A iir.WAitu is ou'credfor the flndingam ! return of a lirot-clnss article of Indian summer Ewamped in the November snow drifts. CrKKEUAli TlIAVKH , WUO is HOW at tllO state capitalprobably pieparing his mes sage , has announced that ho Is not ant will not bo a candidate for the imsitlono United Slates senator under unv < Hrctim stances. General Thayer , as wo remarke.t jcforc , is too old a bird to bo caught and used as n senatorial stool pigeon , to draw away legislative votes from other candi- lutes. _ TIIK democratic candidate for governor of California was elected by a plurality of only 030. The fools who attempted to inaugurate an American party arc largely responsible for republican dofeat. oilier I.nmlRTImn Ours. Bulgarian nllhirs nro still in a state of tumult. Waldomnr'srefusal ' of the throne seems to have demoralized for a moment the authorities of Bulgaria. The regents resigned , the sobran.jo adjourned , nnd a deputation is to travel about to thu courts of Europe in search of a ruler. The Dan ish prince was an admirable choice , nnd perhaps it was a surprise to the Tirnova assembly that ono ot King Christian's family should decline a proll'erod throno. But the Bulgaiian throne is not particu larly comfortable just now. The fn- inous comparison of princes to "heav enly bodies , which have much vener ation but no rest , " would include a prince who should rule just now al Solla , and If a mere cat's paw of Kusslu ho would lack even the veneration. Thu sobranjo should nol d < ; spar ! nt the failure of its first cll'ort. Perhaps it will now cotno down to "practical politics" and sound its candidate on the likelihood of accept ance before voting for him. England nud Austria coiild help Bulgaria in her quandary by suggesting a good candi date , since to clioosu the Prince of Miu- grelia would bo practically surrendering to the c/ar. * * - Prince Nicholas , ol Mingrelia , who is said to hnvo boon named by Russia and accepted by the other great powers of Europe as thu no\l priucoof Bulgaria , is an Asiatic by descent , thu little princi pality from which ho derives his title lying between Ml. Caucasus and thu Black Sea. It i.s only about half as large as Connecticut , ami the suzerain rights of the Daiiian family , tovhich Prince Nicholas belongs , were extinguished by Russia twenty years ago. lie i.s a liangur- on of thu Russian court , und i.s well known in court society iu the principal capitals of Europe. The prince has no litncss for the throne of Bulgaria excnpt his complete subserviency to Russia. He is about forty years of age , and personally is considered a "good fellow. " Prince Nicholas , of Mingrelia was born December 23 , 1810"January ( 4 , 18-17) ) . lie is colonel and aide-de-camp of Iho Emperor of Russia. Hu married in 1874 the Princess Marie , daughter of Alexander Adlorbcrc , general and min ister of the imperial court of Russia , and of Iho Countess Catherine , nee Paltav- y.ov , maid of honor of the Empress. Such a choice if accepted by the powers would bo n complete , surrender to Russian schemes. * * * It seems that the Duo d'Aumale builded better than he knew when ho bequeathed his estates at Chantilly to Fnmeo , after ho had bceu banished from his country. M. Spuller , of the chamber of deputies , states that , ns it will bo impossible for the government to accept the sift and leave the donor in exile , it is probable that on the date when the decree accepting the gift is issued another will bo issued giv ing the donor the liberty of Franco. M. Spulloralso believes that the otlior uxiled princes will soon bo allowed to return to their country , which would bo n wise movement on the part of the French gov ernment. Revolutions do not go back ward , and ten times as many royalists as were banished from Franco could not tura the tide of popular feeling in the opposite direction from that in which it sets at present. * * The news comes that Jamaica is decay ing. Thu sugar estates in the island of Jamaica , the fairest and once the most flourishing of Spain's possessions , have declined from C5 ! ) to 18 ! ) , and the number is being still further reduced. The ne groes who once cultivated the largo and productive estates have swarmed to thu towns , where they lead an indolent and squalid lifo. Many of them , for want of employment at nome , have gone to thu Isthmus of Panama to work and die in thu Lessops canal. Thu low price of sugar bus well-nigh ruined Cuba also. The once princely estates ol that beauti ful and fertile island are degenerating to the wilderness condition , and the baronial planters who , twenty-live and thirty years ago , were accustomed to visil New York and dazzle a von that great city with displays of their opulence , have become seedy bankrupts , Whut the abolition of slavery left undone has been accomplished by boot growing in Europu. The beet root sugar has broken down the price to one-half the former figure and thus destroyed the chief source of prosperity in the West Indies. Even iu Louisiana the o fleet of this low price of one of thu necessaries of life is severely felt , in spite of the duty of 31 cents a pound which partially protects thu home product from foreign competi tion. To the masses of mankind sugar is both a luxury nnd a necessity , and the cheapening of the price of it has enor mously Increased the consumption in the world ; but this incalculable general ad vantage has been purchased at the cost of the canegrowingVusl India islands , and has reduced thu British possessions in that quarter to thu verge of worthlessness - ness , * * * The prcdlollou of a hard winter in Ger many by a Dantztv iiew.spaper bodes ill for the govorniuuuCsVhich are compelled to bo constantly on t io watoh against thu designs of the socialists and anarchists. The same conditions that nro felt there may bo expected la manifest themselves elsewhere on the Continent and revolu tionary agitations nro besides , ns a rule , sympathetic in tliuir progression , it i.s plain that in the dJht-riddun countries of Europe tin ) forced equilibrium of thu vari ous classes cannot bo forever maintained , and that some cause , liKe thu unusual dis tress which is now anticipated , may at any time precipitate desperate outbursts of popular wrath. The cost of keeping up immense standing armies h too tremend ous a strain to be continuously borne for a long series of years. It taxes too severely veroly Iho vital energies of tradu , manu factures and labor. To a certain extent it paralyzes oven capital , and lends to the hoarding of money that otherwise might bo actively employed iu production and commerce. The prospect of renewed idleness and consequent discontent in Germany may , without straiuingn point , be accepted us a warning evidence that the policy of subjecting the nation to wa'rliko expenses iu time of peace has gone about as fnr as it can with snfcty to thu covornmoul. The police have boon instructed to col lect eviction statistics in Ireland , paying attention also to the responsibility of the National League for the refusal of these \\honreablotopay the rates demanded by landlords , Much alarm exists at Madrid In con- scquonco of reports of a threatened out break against tlio government. Evton- slvu military preparations are bcint ; made. A rising is feared in Catalonia , and nt Cadiz 700 soldiers refused to em bark for Cuba , CUUIltiNT TOIMOS. Ucrnmny hai a population -Irt.stO.OOO ngnliist J'.V-H.OOa by the census of 1830. The steamer Hcsscmur was saved In a storm on Lake Superior by pouring oil on the waters. The supreme court of Massachusetts ha * decided that under the statutes no person 1ms a right to keep open shop or do work for pay on Sunday. Colonel John May nnd Major Meolay have hntu'ht and read over twelve hundred vol umes In their preparation of the new "Life of Abraham Lincoln , " There is n rush of pold sceKurs to the countrvon tlio straits of .MnKullnti. Uutotho ciiti of August 'J,0"t claims had been ic s- tcrcd In the ollloes established tor the pur pose. pose.A A depnsll nf pure nsplmltum , from flltpon to twenty feet thick , has been discovered near Thistle Station In Utah. It Is worth S40 a ton and the expense of mining is only 40 cunts. " \Vhltcla\v \ Reid's lunv Madison avenue House in New York resembles a royal palace more than anything else. U is n mass of costlv marbles , cedar , mother-of-pearl and rich frescoed. The lloston Advertiser made Oliver Wen dell Holmes say nt tlio Harvard celcbrat'on ' that Emerson came from the "dirtiest" in stead of "the daintiest sectarian clrcln of the time In the whole country. " Awhile man was convicted at Cntham , K. 0. , of "swnppiiii ! " wives ultlr another man. lie nsked lliucourt tolmposen lltrhtsentence , as It was his llrst ' 'swap. " and besides , he had only received SI.CO to boot Ocean travelers do nnt know the terrible ordeal the Hiokitrs nndenio. The | o.imor Umbria lias heventy-two turimces , which re- niilre : ! " ) ( ) tonof coal per dav , at a cost of S'JO.OOU per voaso. . Ono hundred and tour man are employed nt the iiirnaee.s. Ono stoker lends to four furnaces , riishini ; from one to another , Kpeiidinic tlueo minutes : it each. Then ho dashes to the air pipe1 , takes n turn at eoolinp ; elf , and wa ts lor his will to L' thrmili ! the same operation. Four hours of hporehiim and eight hours of sleep toaUe. up the routine of lite. I ! ltfvi ; Only Half. JJiirlfiiu/nn / I'Yrf ' JYw. A man should believe milv half that he hears. Jt makes a good dual of difference which half , however. Itootcd ' .Vlioroit Will Not be Crowded. Philadelphia I'renH. The Samuel Jackson Randall boom for president has broken out In Georgia. Thcie is plenty of room down there for It to urow in. Accoiinii'd POP. SI. r'iiiis Gtiilic-Dcui'icrat. AToxnsoflicial certifies that "there is a great deal of horse steallne" in that stato. This cannot strictly be classed ns election news ; bnt If Horace ( Jrecloy were alive he would not fail to tracn a direct connection between .such n fact and the size of the dem ocratic majority with which Texas is nfllictcd. OvcrpriKliiiilion , C/iteiyj Tribune. A democratic exchange says the country Is suffering from overproduction. Whether this Is true or not , U ts certain that the demo cratic party Is suffering acutely from an un expectedly largo production of republican votes. _ _ AVJiy lie Didn't Stay Ijoncer. Philadelphia Prat. At the Harvard dinner which Mr. Olove- laud attended the only beverages were two varieties of ; water water nnd soda-water. In view of this fact that Iho administration re mained In Massachusetts ono day only requires no explanation. I Care Not to Sliifj for the Gar. fl. W. CKOKTS. I cnro not to slmr for the t-ny , Whoso spirits are happy nnd free , Wlio walk in a llowery way And drink from a fountain Whoso life is a pulsating oonz Swept out of gold linrpstrin In tune , Wiiose moments irllde Hwlltlv along , Whose day if u day In mid Juno. I'd sins for some mortal distressed. Allourdenud with Mirrnw nnd care , Whose hone lias deserted Ills breast , And left him the prey of despair. I'd sine until hope had returned And banished his snnl-racklni ; pain ; Till pleasures for which he had yearned Were blooming around And then , with some sonc of seed cheer , I'd lill with new courage his heart , To faithfully labor while hero , And act Hue a hero Ills part. A HORSE ON A HIGH CHUKCH. Tlio Exploits of a Btcnd Wlilcli Fol lowed IIlH Mauler , In 100 ! ) an Englishman named Hanks had a horse which ho iraincd to follow wherever ho led , over fences , ditches , up stairs , and to the very roofs of houses. Ono day they went to tlio very top of St. Paul's church , an immensely high edi- iicn. They did various other things that were almost as astonishing. When all England was talking about these feats , Mr , HankH concluded to increase \i\s \ \ rep utation , as well as that of his horse , by a trip to Rome. Thithnr ho wont , and 'the obedient horse followed his fond master to such great heights that the story of his performances reached the oars of the popu , and what do you think lie didV "Wanted to see the horse perform. Well , almost anybody would think so , but tnlK this Pope took ( juilo a rluibrunt view of it. Ho didn't believe that a hor.so could go to such ili//.y heights unless evil spirits helped him. So ho just made an end of the whole matter by ordering Mr. Ranks and his horse burned as enchant ers. ers.A lishiiiEC party once drove to Lake MInnotonka. Onu of the gentlemen , the owner of the team , took his horses and tied them apart to feed. Ho entered a small cabin near by , thinking he would rest and sleep until the return of the fish ing party. Ho had hardly composed himself for a nap when one of his horses that he had lied with u stout rope galloped up to the door and neighed. Thinking it gtrunge that she should be lee e lie hus- toned after the horse , that lind run ex citedly nwav as soon ua her master made preparations to follow. To his surprise ) lie found that the mate had fallen into the hike und , buin ; ' entangled with the rope , it was with the greatest ditliculty that she could keep her head above wa ter. While hu assisted the unfortunate horse out oftho trouble the minacious and jUlectionatc mntn showed by her joy that she understood that the mualcr would know just what to do. SJie fully appreciated what his help was worm when she managed to break the strong rope , BO that site oould bring that help to her companion. Horses , like boys , aru creatures of habit. A good whllo ngo , when the country was new , the Now England fam ilies row ! ( o church on horseback , some times two or three Wilh the help of n pd lion on t''c ' same horso. There was 0110 faithful creature that wns for years nc- customcd to this Sund-iy journoy. After n time his servlw wore no longer needed and ho was loft in the pasture. Long habit was strong upon old Dobbin , so ho Utiietly pulled down the bars and walked demurely to church took his accustomed place under a spreading tree until the services were over , and then went back to his pasture. This he repented Sunday after Sunday. Ono dark night at a late hour a trav eler iisko 1 for lodging at n country tavern. After talking with the guest for u few moments the landlord suddenly turned pale ns ho asked * " "Pray , Sir which wny did you comet" Tlu < gentleman answered that he had come from n certain direction -thii.south. "Impossible ! " exclaimed the land ord , "for to-day all the planks of the bridge were rutmno'l ' for repairs. " "It may be so , " exclaimed the man , "but I have come from such a town since noon. " There was no other possible way for the traveler to Imvii come , andin tlio darkness of the night , hu hud trusted to the intell gent animal hu rode to keep ( hu way. Whilu the master was wholly un conscious of the portions feat the IKHSO had actually walked the .striujr-nicce of a long nridgn nnd kept his footui.p. ! The timber was scarcely u a foot wide. Had it been in the daytime noHIIIO : : ntiin would have dared to attempt such a ride. An old horsu that had for years been ridden by a commander , when lie necamo disabled for such me wns sold to u farm er. Several years after , when be had been reduced from old nguund hard work to a meagre Ro.siniinlo. hu wan in the service of backwoods surveyors' assist ants. It so happened that not tar from the land under inspection a large number of volunteer soldiers were dr lliug. When the old war horse heard the life and drum the martial spirit took possession of him. Away he went , over fences and ditches. The jerkn and pulls from his rider wore of no avail , in front of the regiment ho took his place and capered and danced as well as In.-t old Iciis would let him. The civilian equestrian upon Ins back could not induce him to leave the ground so long as the troops remained there. To the great amusement of the volunteers and the no small annoynnco of his rider , he insisted upon marching into tlio town in his chosen place. Ono of the old writers tells of n hor.so ( hat xvas conscious of his triumphs. When ho was in the Olympic games ho would proudly direct his steps to the tri bunal judges fnr hist crown. This same tiling is related of Iho fast trotters of America. As soon as the race is over they cannot be restrained until they have stopped at the judges , stand anil have the bridle decorated with the winner's badge. CABLE CARS. Advantages mid 1)l ndrniitniC9 ns Compared AVItn Horse UnrH. Special San Francisco Correspon enco of the Now York Commercial Advertiser : There are certain speculative persons who have been trying for some years to in troduce cable card in fscw York as a sub stitute for horse cans under the plea that in that way the problem of rapid transit imperfectly solved by the elevated roads would be completely solved. To all doubts and objections tlu > jo specu lative persons uniformly reply in sub stance that no one is lit to judge of the question iinlusa he has an opportunity to observe the marvelous working of the cable system in San Francisco. Now it is always mv desire to judge fairly , and with all possible fitness of knowledge , in every case in which nn opinion i.s to be formed , and accordingly 1 have baeii at a good deal of pains , dur ing my sojourn hero as well as during my briefer stay in Kansas City , to study the methods and results of the cable sys tem where it is most successful , and to ascertain what its introduction in New York would probably accomplish. I purpose now to give the conclusions reached and the reasons for them. It i.s certain that the cost of carrying passengers by cable cars is less than that of haulm * the name number of persons by horse power. But if the Broadway , 'J hint nvonuo and oilier principal Now York lilies were changed to cable roads , this saving made iu expense would bun- olit nobody except the stockholders of corporations which tilreudy pay enor mous dividends. My lirst and strongest conviction on the subject , there fore , is that public opinion , led by the press , should resolutely opposu the granting of cabin franchises to any of our mam horse-car lines , except with a stipulation that fares shall bo reduced , sny , to it cents for .single rates nnd X'j- cents where bunches of tickets are bought * If the information given mo here concerning tl.o comparative cost of operation is correct , the companies could well alVord to make Riich a reduction in return for permission to substitute cable for horse power. A second advantage in the cable system is that larger cars , seating more persona , can be hauled. Consequently the intro duction ot the cable system ought to relieve lievo our roads of the indecent crowding which now prevails ; but hero a ain , un less authority of some kind should inter vene , the companies would tunu all the advantage to themselves by running fewer cans than now , and packing them as badly as over , it i.s a perfectly obvious fact that for San Francisco nnd for Kansas City the cnbln syatem is much better than the hor.iu car plan ; but the conditions which make it GO do not. exist nt all in New York. In Kansas City and in San Fran cisco the streets aru fur Jess thronged than in New York- , there is greatly less of cross ( radio to impede the operation of the cable cars , and so they have oppor tunity , in tlu ) two cities named , to make the fullest use of whatever speed advan tages they poisons , while in .Now York , except in Iho Bowery , such opportunity would be denied them' . Moru import-mi Mil ! is tltu fael that in Kansas City and in San Francisco tlitire are very long and very tdcup urndiis to climb , up which hor.sos could scarcely draw litll.v loaded cars al all , while the cabin car * .surmount th ni til precisely the .same fcjiccd tliny make on level ground. Tlieso steep grades make cable power a nnovis.sity liciro ; in New York thorn are no tuiuh grades , and none even remotely roaombling them in length and stcopnubb' . But with ro.spect to this matter of ftpecd , the eontldeitt and continuously re iterated a.s ei'tioiiH of tile cable people arc simply false. Except in goinir up steep hills , sui'h as do not exist in New York , I here sel it down as fact that thorn is not n cable car in Sun Francisco whicn at tains the speed of a Third or Fourth a ve nue car running up the liowury , or a Broadway car in the evening'whim Broadway is clear. In more crowded KtrciitH the speed of hor.so oars IK less only because of obstructive traflie in tlio road ways , and such tr.itllo would equally delay - - lay cable card if we liud them. To con vert our principal lines of horsu cars into < > abli ( roads would not incnci.su rapidity of trallic , lint diminish it raihur. Tnlri assertion is not made idly or care lessly , or without , n careiul study of facts. livery man in San Francisco to whom I have put the question him answered Unit the enblo car.- , are much taster than the horsu ears as confidently us every man hero would niihwur that the climate of California is the most delightful in tlin world and I bujuivu it is ; nnd yet. as to comparative . -ipecil , thu statement IK nol true Taking San Francisco hills in to account , it is truth to uay that the nvuragu ttpuvd of e.ibl'e c-ar.s here is great- cr-than that i hornu cars here ; but inas much as we have nui Ihu hills in.Nuiv VOI-K , the cjiu'cticul of comparative apuud , lor our purpose , must bo settled upon a level , nnd I have boon nt considerable pains to make Ihn necessary oljstrva- tious. It hrippens that though a consid erable t > art of Market street run two lines of cars , the ono dnuvn by horses , Iho oilier by cable , n ud it also happens that tliis part of market street is level , or nearly so. I have oxpondcd a good mam' mokles iu traveling back nml forth through tlio street for tin.special purpose of carefully nom pa ring ( ho speed of the two kinds of ears , running ns they do .side by side upon parallel lines. The horse cars nro slower than our Howi-ry liiii-s. but they tully hold their own In competition with the cable cnivs tlmt trnv erst ) the same street. Of that observation will satisfy any one who chooses to make the comparison , ns 1 hnvo donu not once , but scores of times , When a lioryo car and a cable car run for a consider able distance without stopping to receive or discharge passengers tint homo car iMiallv draws u I mail somewhat ; but as the cable cur ha ? tnimu mimll advantage of quickness in Mopping nnd starting , the gain is about neutralized In n long rim with Iralllc by llm way , so that the contest , " 'including stoppages. " as rail road men nay. Is as nearly as possible a dead heat. I should nay tf.at n Fourth nvdiiito car in the Howory would bcal both bv a minute In tlio mile. To HUIU up the whole matter , tlio con clusion reached by observations Hindu hero with great care tire ( lint to look to thu cable system as one likely to nllbrd N WY rk more rapid tnrnsit than thai provided by the hoivo cars is idle , and that the nilvnnlage.s to hu gained by the substitution would nil go'to the street car companies , benelitting the public in no imaginable way , unless euro were taken to place 11)1011 ) the eablo franchises snob conditions as would compel a re- 4 duction of fares and Iho running of ns f ninny largo oar * as there nro small cars now in operation. KIcliopln'H Jlninniillc IilCo. Paris Loiter to the London World : Thnl n mini .should bo able oven to cnin n living by writing verso i.s a marvel ; thai he .should amass capital thureby and be shouted forth with hyperbolical acclamations in u Mill greater marvel. And .vet , with little exaggeration , tliis i.s the case of the pool , .Irnii Rlchopin , whoso "Moi.sieiir Scnpin" has just been produced with great success nt the Comedie Frnnonisn. Richepin is pros perous , famous , and almost legen dary ; nnd all because ho is an artist of the lirst order nnd n master of all Iho secrets of the French language. Rlehc- pin's life is a romance iu itself , which I may as well relate in brief Mimmary while his name i.s on everybody's lips. Ho wns born some thirly-llvo years ngo at Mehonli , in Algei in. where the calls of duty liMil led his fnthor , who was a mili tary doctor. Ho received his education iu a score of dill'crcnt schools in various garrison towns , and being of prodigious tnlunt , ho entered the Kcole iN'orinalo at the head of the list , but instead of fol lowing in the footsteps of Taine and About , Richepin fell into the path of ro- volland ji.ined the band of rofrnelnires.of whom tlulus Vnlles was the apostle. Thent followed _ years of stupendous Boheniinnism. For some time hu earned a precarious living in Paris by giving les sons in Greek nnd Latin , and in nllimag- innblo subjects , and then ono line ( ! ny hu yielded to the atavio inllucncos of a re mote gypsy origin , ana joined a com pany of mountebanks , .lean Richepin was n famous wrestler , and hi.s exploits as a Hercules remain celebrated in the annals of the arena. His next freak wns to take service as si sa.lor and stevndoro on a coaHting boat between Nantes and Bordeaux. Tired of doing porter's work , thu ex-pri/.omnn of tin ; Eeolo Normaln next joined a company of gypsies in the capacity of comic singer , and begun wandering nboiu Franco with these va grant Tziganes. Fortunately for Riehepin the sister of the chief of the ragged blind full in love with him , and oll'cred him her hand ; n refusal meant a fatal stab. The only safety lay in tlight , nnd so Riehepin escaped and returned to Pans. This was the end of thu odyssey of mystery ; the lit erary journals of the Latin Quarter began to publish Richepm'.s pro.su and verse , nnd ilio poe.t proceeded to dine regularly , and even to sup in joyous company. Richepin thus became the bend and chief of n truculent band of literary Bohemian ; * , who niadi ) the Cafe d'JIarcourt their headquarters , and terrified the trans- Hcquanian bonrgois by their fantastic ox- tnivaKiincn of manners and costume. The aristocn.tio Paul Bum-got belonged to this band , bill he maniliepted symp toms of rulincmcnl mid of Anglomania oven in those early days. Bourget used to drink tea , while the others drank absinthe. _ _ Tlio Cowboy | n Art. From American Art : The interest in art matters in Denver. Colorado , in strongy | marked nnd well sustained. Botli in needlework und brush studios. the ongimilily of compositions nnd bold handling of color by local artiste is very noticeable. The bust subjects are purely American , or , rather , Miporlativoly Cole rado. in character , clear , strong" bright and fascinating , with a broe/.y freshness which charms nnd a warmth of color born of the pure tiiiiiHhino of Unit hilly country. Nature is the model , nnd the nrtiats follow faithfully as they may through the varied scenes , which seem u veritable wonderland when transferred to canvas. One uf the most unique col lections of the year belongs ( o Mrs. Kellenunn , who has immortalized the mucli-ubnscd cowbov of the western prairies by grouping his unties for decorative purposes upon n doxen phicqnuH. The group is full of Interest and wild , picturesque beauty , being divided into twelve parts , representing overy-day lifo. There is a night scone full of quiet beauty , and morning shows biiKtling activity preparatory to .serving breakfast. Active life is shown by a number of cowboys in pursuit of wild horses in Hoiithwe-sti-rn Kansas Cow boys trying to hold n herd of cuttle in the faei ) of an approach ing hi i//nrd ; a deso late group ropiv.sitiitmjc the KCCIIO of destruction after the bli//iird has piiNstid , heads , horns nnd hoofs of bcatus utand- injjC in bold relief against thu huge snow drills which cover the poor half dead creatnern ; cowboys him ! ing the antelope , oirclnitf to out , out beet steers , having a brush vvith th Indians , branding calves , utrnggling with bucking hori-n.- chasing bullaloes and tlio liniBli , < ! Ompb ' < 11 mt of sketches which have utlraoud great attention the prusunl "Mp'i in HID Itiul ! " Sail to nay , many a gomi ihing attains to noiliiu < ; moru than a fair bi' h.ning On tin ; other Imnd il id n mailer for con gnitiilnliou that th grow th of some ev 1 things may b.iUo promptly Irn.-tai' A hirgu proportion nf thu cases uf I < < most wiii-pivnd | nnd latal nf ( | IM u e.s coiiMiinption linvrliu-ir inception in i asal catarrh. Dr. Sato's ( 'ninrrh Runii 'ly ' i phmiiuit , Miotlmur and elleiiliial 'j > y it It hua cured thousands. All ( ini ' i ts. The wntor-prooling of paper IK IH > W iiit ( ifl'iictunily aii : ! < iiiipli.stid ( ; by a n.i\ lure uf fiJ pur cent , of ruiin , 4.1 of p.rii line.Hid < < uf Silicate ot soila , tlieso | ng > dleiit-s being lliuroiii'lil.v mingled iiy h it ing them together nil. I by a aalioil. jj i composition M lound peculiarly np | > u u- blu lor building or sheathing Tim prudent wife uiwuys keeps st , ln cob Oil about m uuso ol hoim-noM u.- ( louts Some of ( he ofllcoiv employed in fid n-- the oonsiit , ot the Maori population . 1 New Zealand reported that where iu rlitges bftwuuii PIII'AUIIM belonging tn d > lilict ll'ibf.s ijiKr plncr. the pl'ugitny u.n Loili limn , n > i n | In .iflli-y. \V lu'rg uitiub ( ( < r ill i , * -.e u'l'oi ' i' ii r m iri'j , the ron'bo iuiu.o i . .ihvuilit vz * > i.