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THE Missouri Pacific railroad , it would
poem , is bringing up a syndicate ol
boodlcrs equal iu extent of action to that
practiced by the king boodler himself
Mr. Jay Gould ,
SIIKIUKP MATSON will not bo compelled
to wait on thu outside while Mr. McG.ir-
iglo's seven associates are given baths.
There is some difference in administering
a batli at Joliut from that sometimes in
dulged in nt Chicago.
la there no way to bring about the re
placing of the wretched sidewalks ou
our principal business streets ? Does tt
Bland to reason thut the owner of a busi
ness lot , worth from $10,000 to $30,000
cannot afford to pay for a decent side
walk ?
FAIUIEI : ILvuvr HOLLOW ? , the owner
of the alleged steamer Manawa , may
possibly possess sullicient intellect to
pilot si side lull plow or a patent hay
press , but it is evident ho has no business
with a piece of machinery where it requires >
quires more than horse sense to mun-
it.
Hgo _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE Manawa disaster has brought out
the fact that neither of the steamers plyIng -
Ing on the lake had complied with the
law in cither being registered or licenses
being granted to any of the engineers.
The illfatcd steamer Manawa seems to
have been run after the style of operat
ing a cider mill with a lazy man and a
boy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IN future when passengers go upon
any of the Lake Manawa steamers let
them before paying their fares see that
the crafts are registered and the en
gineers supplied with a license. Author
ity of this kind on safe vessels is to bo
found hanging in conspicuous places
about the boat. None are genuine with
out them. 4
Mit. GHADV , editor of the Atlanta Con
stitution , is accused of vice presidential
usprntions. Mr. Grady is a good editor
and ho understands nuwspii : > or work so
well that it would be foolish tor him to
strike off ou u tangent from his well
known orbit , tie made some reputation
as a speaker when ho came north some
time ago , but that is no reason why he
should be vice president any more than
thut ( Jhauncy Dopow should bo president
because ho is a good after dinnerorator. .
PuomumoN HI Iowa has not dimin
ished druakeiiuess in that state as far as
can bo observed with the nuked eye , but
it has succeeded in producing a general
depression in business. In the city of
Des Aloines there wore 1,700 unoccupied
buildings the lust of Juno. Onu thousand
workmen have loft the city iu search of
employment elsewhere. Formerly liquor
was sold iu sixty saloons from which a
revenue of $00,000 was derived , li is now
dispensed illegitimately in two hundred
places. High license with local option
is the most effective method of treatment
of the liquor problem.
A nw ; weeks ago Mr. D. O. Sinch ,
United States district attorney for the statt
of lowu , had his attention culled to the facl
that the owners of the Luke Mauuwn
steamers were not complying with the
law in having their vessels registered and
the engineers licensed. Ho was asked
to sue that the law was respected , but il
is said ho took no notice of it and allowed
the lawless steamboat owners and
managers to operate their wash tubs , nnd
place human life in deadly peril. Now
would bo a good time for the district at
torney to resign and lot some one bo ap >
pointed fn his place who will be willing
to perform a service for tbo good of the
public , whether it bo strictly u part of hi :
aflicial duty or not.
SEVEN out of the eleven convicted
boodlors iu Chicago will be given a twc
years' term each in the penitentiary al
JolUit , while the remaining four will be
punished by a line of 11,000 each. The
bravo and courageous Colonel Wllliatr
Johnson McGariglo , until recently u
prominent und inlluential citizen of the
windy city , can , if he so elects , announce
himself as a candidate for n seat in the
Canadian parliament. If elected il
would bo omializing things and iu the na
ture of poetic justice. If Colonel Me-
Garlgle possesses the bright intollec !
Sheriff Matson says ho does , there is nolh
ing to prevent his becoming thu quoon'j
minister of finance for the Dominion.
Tlio Ke-ultln Tcins.
The defeat of prohibition In Texas is
far moro complete than any but the most
sanguine of Its opponents had expected ,
and must prove exceedingly dishearten
ing to tbo zealous and hopeful laborer :
in that cause who believed , upon whal
appeared to bo good grounds , that vie
lory would crown their efforts. The ma. '
jorily against the amendment may roach
lifty thousand , but if it is oaly half that
uumber the defeat is signal after such a
campaign as the prohibitionists waged ,
with some of the ablest men of the state ,
regardless of their political nfllliations ,
marshaled on their side. It was one o !
those supreme struggles which in
volve in largo dcgrno the very
vitality and future hope oi
the aggressive party , nnd whil <
it must not be supposed that prohibitioi
will cease to live and hope in Texas , the
cause has received a check from which
it will not speedily recover , and its futun
efforts will be confronted by greater dlf >
licultles. The thoroughly earnest devoices >
voices of the cause will doubtless remain
faithful and continue to labor for it witli
undiminishcd zeal , but ihero are thous
ands who have been drawn to its suppori
by one iullucnco and another , quite inelo'
pendent of any real faith or conviction ,
who will withdraw from the alliance , note
to bo ngain easily induced to enter intc
il. Thus the strength of prohibition a :
shown in the voting will bo very ma
terially reduced , with the proba
bilitics against it being abli
to replace those who now fal
out of line by now accessions. Won
prohibition accomplishing what i :
claimed for it in localities whore it prevails
vails and has been given a fair trial , one
defeat would not bo serious. Hut the ar
gument of experience and indisputable
fuels is most forcibly on the side of tin
opposition that prohibition does not pro
hibit , nnd its effect upon the populai
mind is likely to bo increased by defeat
A great many people who wore not un
willing that the experiment should bi
tried will not regret the failure when re
minded that its trial elsewhere ha
proved wholly unsatisfactory , and al
such will have no further interest or
behalf of the cause. For thesi
and other obvious reasons the de
feat of prohibition in Texas is likely ti
prove well nigh disastrous to the causi
in that slate , and very damaging to it il
the other southern stales where it ii
being aggressively pushed.
A variety of reasons for the defeat wil
not bo wanting. Very likely the colorce
voters , who had the balance of power
wore raorc.susceptiblo to the oppositiot
than to the prohibition influence. Then
was undoubtedly a great deal of mono :
used at the last moment , and it is to bi
supposed that the anti-prohibitionist
know where and how to employ it to ihi
best advantage. It is not unlikely , also
that the letter of Jeff Davis
which was freely hawked abou
by the anti-prohibilionisls , ex
cried a very considerable iulluencc
Senator Reagan became less hopefu
after the appearance of this letlor , whicl
he said would cosl the cause many thou
sand votes. It will doubtless be cluimei
by the prohibitionists that this .was om
of the most effective iniluencee agains
them. But explanations , however plans
ible , will really do litllo toward roliovin/ /
the defeat of consequences which wil
put very formidable obstructions iu th
way of future prohibition efforts il
Texas.
The VirKlnln UemocrntR.
The democrats of Virginia hold the !
convenlioa on Thursday nnd Iho rcsul
shows that m some rcspoota the party ii
that stale has not made any progress. 1
has certainly not become moro honest , a
was demonstrated by its endorsement o
the policy regarding the state's obliga
lions , which have brought Virginia inl <
world-wide disrepute and been judicially
condemned. A purly that stands by i
policy of partial repudiation might bo ex
peeled to demand that the nation shal
compcnsale Virginia for ils conces
sions of territory to the fedora
government and for the dismemberment
bermont of its own territory , bu
it is hardly conceivable thai oven :
democratic congress would give serious
attention to such a demand from such i
source.
The campaign in Virginia this year in
volves several considerations thai give i
rather more than ordinary interest. Tin
legislature lo be chosen will elecl a RUG
cessor lo Uniled States Senator Riddle
berger , and there is perhaps no one win
will question thut u change in that re
spect is desirable , no mailer who shal
succeed him. Mahone would like to di
so , but there are not a great man
who would welcome his success
and the greatest danger to th
republican cause In Virginia is the fuc
thai the party is largely m the control o
Mulione. There ia no quostioi
that ho is an exceedingly lulroi
and skillful political manager , bu
undoubtedly the Virginia republican
would have a much better chance of sue
cess if they had less skill in machin
management and moro character bohim
them. Il has been demonstrated Ihul th
stuto offers most promising iightinj
ground for the republicans , and will
leaders having a claim lo Iho conlidonc
and respect of the people there might b
good reason to hope for democratic dc
feat. As il is , however , Iho odds ar
against the republicans , in a straiirh
iighl between the two parties , and unles
some unlocked for change shall com
\ irgmia will doubtless again bu found ii
the democratic column.
Peed Adulteration.
An eastern society for the provontior
of food adulteration recently , issued t
circular in which are named thirty-h'vi
mineral substances which arc more oi
less poisonous , commonly used in cheat
baking. Not one of these is a food con *
stilueut. Four of them have a basis o
lead , tivo contain arsenic , three mercury
four conpar , two zinc , and three Trus
sinn blue. It is no wonder thut no\\ \
forms of disease appear which pu zzl
physicians ; no wonder that dyspepsia is
obtaining such a grip on the rising gen
oration. Uuradulteralod foods , toeotho
with the present methods of professional
baking uud cooking , are slowly poison
ing a largo proportion of the people
This fact must become an important
factor in future cases of sus
peeled willful poisoning. Hitherto i
lias usually been considered suuicion
evidence of foul play when traces o
nrseulc or other poisons have been dls
covered in the organs of the supposoc
victims. How can it bo determined tha
tbo poison may not b , an
of their daily food -where the unscrup
ulous caterer or vendor may bo the real
culprit ? The fact that our iood is largely
poisoned must shako thn tests of science
in medical jurisprudence. It is time to
do something to stop this health-destroy
ing evil. If adulterated foods are o ut-
lawcd , if n decided legal curb is put
upon the use of poisonous minerals iu
cooking and baking , the evil must nec
essarily bo lessoned and in time approxi
mately stamped out.
Ho is Unhappy.
Doodler McGarlglo's life in Canada so
far has not been a happy one. His dread
of the penitentiary Is almost as great us
the perversion of his moral nature nnd
the way ho is dodging nbout from ono
Canadian bash to another U enough to
make a statue of justice dizzy. In most
reports of him so fur ho Is described as
having his eyes full of tears. Analyzed ,
these would no doubt bo found to bo n
mixture of hare and crocodile tears. Ho
wonts to go buck. Ho has written a letter -
tor to ono of the Chicago papers m which
ho says ho is anxious to return providing
some kind of settlement can bo mado.
This does not include n set
tlement with outraged justice
from his point of view. McGariglo also
describes his trip up the lake. Ho re
garded it as n sorrowful one but as pleas
ant as could bo expected under the cir
cumstances. Ho seems to hint in a whin
ing sort of way that if ho hiul not been
confined in jail the way ho was , ho would
not have come away as ho did. Ho has a
very decided objection to confinement in
n jail. Ho reiterates this statement so
that there shall bo no cliauco of a misun
derstanding on that point. Ho will not
consent to die in jail or in the peniten
tiary. But how much better it would
have boon for him had ho allowed his re
pugnance to captivily to have influenced
his actions while ho was yet n free agent.
Hold Them Down To Iltisinosa.
A grout blunder was committed when
the council granted franchises to half a
dozen corporations to build horse car
lines , cable nnd motor railroads through
the principal streets of Omaha without
specific restrictions as to the territory
which each of these roads is lo occupy.or
the limit within which construction shall
begin aud terminate. The result of this
bungling and indiscriminate method of
granting rights-of-way to streel railroads
is now manifest. Nearly every company
that has a franchise is trying to way-lay
and blockako every other company that
has the remotest design to build or ex
tend through any particular thorough
fare. Streets arc torn up at midnight
and a section of track laid
down at every important crossing
with no other end in view than to circum
vent , annoy and impede the rival line or
lines which are constructing tracks on
any other part of the street. In some in
stances this midnight and Sunday enter
prise is nothing moro or less than an al-
tempt to blackmail or compel concessions
and consolidations.
T'.iis ' slate ot affairs has become a great
nuisance to our citizens and tends to re
tard if hot prevent the building of street
railways between traffic centers and sub
urbs that are sadly in want of rapid tran
sit. This is notably true with regard to
South Omaha. The travel nnd
traffic between this city nnd
South Omaha is growing very rapidly.
It is sufo to predict that within loss than
two years ut least 10,000 people will live
in South Omaha. The Armour and Swift
packing houses alone will employ fully
1,000 men. The commerce of South
Omaha is already enormous , Our citi
zens and those of South Omaha want
rapid and convenient transit. They do
not care who builds the road providing it
is constructed for uctivo service rather
than mere speculation. What our citi
zens want now is n well ballasted and
safe roadway with molors Ihal will make
regular nnd frequent trips between the
business centre of Omaha nnd
the stock yards. They have no
sympathy with any effort that
blocks Iho construcl'nn of a direcl line
by laying u few rails at rundora in var-
ous str'oots , which have no connection
with any terminus.
The council must take Ibis matter in
hand and , if possible , require each roud
to build a continuous line within reason
able time.
\V o waul competition in locul railway
service , but there should bo proper re
straint against tearing up und blockad
ing slrcels unless it is done iu good
faith for the building of a continuous
line.
THE council keeps right on ordering
moro gus lumps at J31 a year , and more
fire hydrants at $00 a year , regardless of
the enormous increase of the gas bills
and water rentals. If this reckless in
crease of expense is not checked , or a
material reduction of gus Dills und hy
drant rentul is secured , wo shall soon roll
up a debl inlo Iho hundreds of thou
sands. Thn council has the authority to
revise ils conlraels and reduce the gas
and wutor rates lo a reasonable min
imum. But they have no time to attend
to this trifling mutter because Soavoy is
chief of police.
TitE Republican has for several days
sought tojforco u controversy with this
paper over the official u-lvcrtising in
junction suit which is pending in tlio
districl court. Wo shall bo plouscd to ac
commodate our neighbor just as soon us
Judge Wukeloy has rendered a decision.
Meanwhile wo advise the tricksters who
have railroaded the job through Ihe
council lo keep cool.
Mr. Poltor's broom still keeps up n
dense dust in Union Pacific headquarters.
Il is is only a question whether the broom
is cleaning the dirtiest corners. Thn dev
iltry und waste of past managements
have not all been caused by the victims
of retrenchment. Possibly Mr. Potter's
broom will strike the right spot before it
it is put away.
ST. JosEi-H is very much agitaled over
the discovery that that cUy is paying
more for paving and sewer construction
than is paid by Omaha and Council
Bluffs for the same class of worK.
Boodlors I
THE Moynihau night watch is not
wanted by the merchants , bankers and
manufacturers of Omaha ; thut is mor
ally certain. If they do not want it , why
should their representatives in the coun
cil persist in foisting it upon them ?
THE council is a representative of the
people only when it honestly and faith
fully. , represents their interests and
wishes. The attempts to further per
sonul sclicmas and redress the real or im
agined grievances t of Hnscull , Ford and
Bcchcl are not supported by public sen *
timonl.
The man nlMannw.a who would nol
grunt the use of his seine to drng tholak (
for the bodies oi the drowned for loss
than f 50 is a splendid specimen of man
hood that should lie driven out of tin
country. The contrast between thli
autocrat nnd the \VrlchtfamllywUt \
did everything they could for tin
drowned and suffering and decllucd tak
ing any compensation is something irulj
beautiful to behold.
lr the thugs of hack drivers over n1
Council Bluffs who attempted to rob nnr
extort from the unfortunate persons whc
were caught in the Mnnawn disaster
were thrown into the middle of the lak <
with mill stones about their nocks , thcj
would receive about the kind of trout
mcnt they deserve.
Other Ijiiiuls Thnn Ours.
The Parnolliles having decided to oflei
no obstruction during the report stage u
the land bill , that proceeding was gone
through with without any incidents o !
unusual interest , llisexpcctcel that par
liament will be prorogued on the 25111 ol
Ihis month. The most interesting fact ol
Iho week in Briliah politics was the elec
tion of the liberal candidate , Sir George
Trovelyun , in Glasgow. The consorvti-
tlvcs have experienced several serioui
defeats of late in the by-eloctions , but the
election in Glasgow was the first conies !
between a follower of Mr. Gladstone and
a follower of Lord Uurlington nnd Mr
Chamberlain. The result is an increase
of the majority for the Gludstouian o :
500 in a total vote increased by only 70
Very serious significance is attached tc
this result by all parties in England , and
the significance is perhaps the greater bc >
cause Sir George Trovolyun is in a man
ner n renegade from the unionist party ,
It is not denied that the greatest efforts
possible were made by the unionists and
torics to cut down the majority. The
failure of these efforts show thut libcrul
unionism has been as much weakened oc
toryism since the members of the present
house of commons were chosen. The
showing will suflico to temper the rigoi
of Lord Snlisbury's Irish policy with a
larger measure of discretion than has ac
companicd it heretofore. Indcoe !
the ministerialists arc reported to admit
that a modification of the government's
Irish policy is probable under this con'
elusive proof of the spread of Gladston
iunism. The sectipn of the conservative
party which was p'ressing the cabinet tc
proclaim the National league was on the
verge of success , but it is thought thai
the efforts of llicSc conscrvalives wili
now bo ineffectual nnd thut all the effort !
of the government toward coercion wil
bo reluxcd. It is also believed that au
other result will bu that Mr. Gladstone
will bo more chary of promising con1
cessions to the liberal-unionists , and
will ruther seek a consolidated alliance
wilh Iho Purneilitos , who have been 'be
coming uneasy nnel dissnti&liod since the
ox-premier's speech leaving it un open
question us to the reparation of Ulstei
from the rest of Ireland. Two days
after the election the Pall Mall Qazclh
announced a homo rule plan said.to have
been agreed upon at a rouud-tublo con <
ference and approved by unionist nnc
liberal leaders , which bus created a good
deal of inleresl. It provides arnonp
other tilings that Ireland shall have ti
national legislature and executive anel
representatives in Ihe imperial parlia
meat. The published plan woulel be r
long step in the direction of home
rule , though falling somewhat
short of the demands of Irish leaders
All the Indications are certainly mucli
moro favorable to Ireland.
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Thn peaceful , yol persistent nnd. ag-
grcssivo , triulo conllict belwcon Germunj
und Russia shows no abatement. Il is .1
contest of very great inlerost , uol onlj
because of its immediate effects upon the :
commerce und financial condition ot the1
two countries , but by reason of the re
sults possible to How Irom it. It was
promised by Russia that her wur on dor
man commerce should ccuse , but the us
surunee of her ambassador has nol buei ;
respected , und fresh meusurcs have
either been put in operation or are
impending. The German uttuck on Rus-
siun securities that ceased for u time
wus renewed us soon us it was discovered
that Russiu wus , us usual , playing false ,
and the result has been disastrous tr
these securities. On the purl of Iho RiiS'
siun government a commission bus been
uppoinled lo inquire ubotil certain tor-
oign companies that own factories in the
western provinces , und it is expected
that these factories will bo closed , It i-
predicted thut German commercial truV'
elers doing business in Russia will be
heavily taxed. The sole purooso of this
movement is bolioveel to bo lo oxlirputc
the German trailers und people in Ihe
Uallic and western provinces , Anothoi
interesling incident of the conllict is Ihei
fuel that in the city oi Unrnstadl all trus-
lees of orphan eslutes have been sum
moned to muko u statement to the courts
of the amount nnd kind o !
Russian seourilies held by them
This biiggesls tbat Iho crusade
on Iho purl of Germany has u deeper &ig'
nificuuco than mere retaliation for the
anti-German commcriiul decree of Rus
siu. Il is argued Ihal Germany can have
no interest in depreciating Ihu property
of Gorman citizens , nnd il is no good re >
lorl lo Russian duciMcj ) which have in
dicted loss upon German manufacturers
to inllict further losses upon German
bondholders. Tlio belief is now goner-
orally eiilortainod thai Russia Is seeking
to neftotiule a war loan in Paris for pur
poses moro or less opposed to German
interests , and thut tho-ntlacks upon bet
credil in Berlin nro Jniendeel to frustralc
this purpose. If this Is Bismarck's mm ,
il has been so far successful that it lia ;
brought upon the Paris bourse an ava
lanche of Russian securities from botl ;
Berlin and London , and has glutted the
market iu advance of Iho new loan. Anj
French investor who wants Russians can
gel them at lower rates than the new
loan wus intended to bo offered at. It IE
reported thai theGoruian government will
propose legislation looking to the absolute
exclusion of all Russian loans from the
German markets , und also a retaliatory
fiscal policy. It is not to bo supposed
that Russiu will full to meet such a polloj
by a similar line of aolion. The inevitable :
effect of a conllict of this character will
bo to aggravate the unfriendly feeling ,
with a strong probability of loading to u
more serious condition of affairs. Kat-
koff Is dead , but the spirit ho infusci
Into the government of Russia survive !
him.
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The plan of making Paris a seaport 1 :
believed to have hud much to do will
the action of the French parliament it
appropriating $23,000,000 to bo oxpondot
in improving the Seluo at its mouth
For many years it has been the desire o
Franco to deepen the Selno from It !
mouth to Purls , so us to ud'.ult ships oi
the deepest draught of wnter to the vcrj
walls of the grout capital , and thereby
practically making it a seaport. It wn :
brought up for discussion several times
before the deputies , but the idea wn ;
dropped because of the Immense expenditure
diture such a plan entailed. It hud no
been revived , until this nppropriatior
was mmlo , when the French paper ;
looked upon it us being ono of n series ol
installments which would be made fron :
lime to time , and Ihcreby roneler the plan
feasible , while not overburdening the
people , The engineers calctilutod thai il
would cosl nt least f 100,000,000. ,
There are many symptoms of an np-
pronchlng reconciliation between the quir
innl nnd the Vatican. Thus King Hum
bert has just conferred Iho highest order
that of Saint Annunzlutn , which render
the possessor "cousin of the king , " oi
the Archbishop of Milan , Luigi Nu/.ari d
Calabiano. n faithful adherent of tin
house of Savoy , who has since 1818 beet
senator of the empire , and who orlbc cre
ated somewhat of u sensation in cicricu
circles by celebrating n Tc Damn ii
honor of the recovery of Victor Emmaii
uol. The pope , on his purl , will sooi
proclaim the canonization of the late
Queen Christine , of Naples wife of For
elinand II of Naples ( Ro BomDu ) , Sr
order , it is said , to please Queen Murg-
heritu , who is n grout admirer of the vir
lues of Ihal unhappy woman. AHogcthei
the queen of Italy is by no means free
from popish leanings. She bus never , ui
is commonly believed , been excommuni
cated , as was her royal husband , und Iia ;
made it a practice to visit St. Peter's ' ai
k'ust once a your. The clerical paper,1
have lately made a good deal of capita
out of the fuel that during her visit ir
Genoa she kissed the episcopal ring or
the bund of the archbishop ,
*
* *
The slalement that Prince Ferdinand is
to go to Sofia in August to take the oatli
of oflico as ruler of Bulgaria need not be
accoptotl with entire confidence. He
must bo confirmed by the sultan , with
the consent of the powers that signed
the treaty ot Berlin , before he can be n
lawful ruler. Russia is known to have
withheld her consent , and Franco is be
hoved to have nlso refused to ncconl
Prince Ferdinand , on the ground thai
Roumeliun delegulcs were permitted tc
vote for him , which is substantially Rus
sia's ground. Russia is dolorminod thai
the union of Bulgaria and Eastern Ron-
meliu , effected under Prince Alexander
shall be undone Or at least it suits hoi
to take that ground at present. Accord
ingly , until some chance is effected it
Russian sentiment. Prince Ferdinunel ii
likely to lead u sufer as well as easier life
at home among his collections of curiosi
ties ami his jewelry , thun at Sofia , ex >
posed to the intrigues that proved fatal
to Prinoo Alexander , intrepid and sol
dierly as he wus.
*
* *
The Chinese government , under the
liberalizing influence of the now regime
of the young emperor , has adopted a
curious and significant scheme of getliti"
al Iho bottom f.icts about civilization
outside the flowery empire. A dozen
distinguished young scholars will bo SO'
Iccted upon competitive examination , in
which the chief tcsl will bo abilily to de
scribe ami apprehend the meaning ol
novel things , und Ihcy will bo soul
abroad for two yours to study foreign
countries. Each will got u salary ol
$230 u month and $50 for an interpreter
nnd all their traveling expenses. Each
will feillow u particular bent in working
up things ho knows the most about.
Monthly reports on topography , cthno-
Ifoi'i commerce , hubits , morulily , in
dustries , urmutnrnl , political institutions ,
etc. , will be forwurdml to Pokiu. At the
end of iwo yours Iho services of each will
bo utilized in Iho Chinese * government in
such department us ho studied to the
most advunlugo , und lhe > ao who have
done bc l will gut ennobled ,
*
# #
Twenty-live yours ago Ireland hud -128
miles of railroad ; now stio has 2,573. The
earnings of railroads have increased in
that time from $2,0110,000 to if 13,71)0,000. )
The number of schools and pupils in-
cicuscel in still greater rates in the sumo
period of timo. Irish savings' banks hold
$80,00a,000 of duposils in 1832 , anel .f 170-
000,000 in 18S5. These statistics would
indicute : thut the condition of Iho people
bus undoubtedly improved wilhin Iho
period named. But this apparent pros
perity does not keep the Irish from emi
grating. Irish tenants uro being evicted ,
und Irish families nro comiiiir over to
America in spilo of the improved condi
tion of Iho body of Ihe people. There is
something wrong in the government of u
country when outward evidence of pros
perity fails to reconcile u people to life in
the country of their birth.
-X1 *
Francis Joseph of Austria , who , as
usual , spends part of the summer tit
Isahl , leads there , as in Vienna , u life of
gruat simplicity. Ho rises al 4 o'clock in
the morning und tukesulong walk in Iho
mountains. At half-past 7 he returns for
breakfast , which consists of u cup of cof
fee with very little cream. Until 3o'clock
ho is busy with sluto nffuirs ; Ihen dinner
is served , consisting of soup , boiled bcof
und some roust. Ho tukos no wine with
it. After dinner ho rides out or culls on
some of the distinguished . .summer guests
of Ischl. At 8 o'clock cold leu is served ,
and at 9 the emperor invariably retires.
*
* *
THE rumors that the queen wuscertuin
to elo something for Prince Louis of But-
tenborg , who married her fuvorito
daughter , have been confirmed by his
appointment us commander of the big
gest iron-clad in the Urillsu navy. This
appointment is as absurd as anything
that Gilbert over conceived , but it can
not full to have an evil influence ou Brit
ish naval officers. When , after long and
faithful service good men see lilted in
competents placed above them , they are
npt lo lose devotion to their profession.
The enemies of England must rejoice to
sqe so colossal n blunder as this.
rOUTUNE ANI > MISPUHTUNti.
W , (1. ( Ponnybiickor , Dig Philadelphia
barrnlmaker , Is worth 8:1,060,000. :
Max Weil , who is rated at 58,053.000 , , Is
said to bo the richest of the forty Jew mil *
llonntros In Now York.
The late CharlesT. Parry , of Philadelphia ,
left an cstnto valued at over 51,000,000. 11
was willed to his wlfo and children ,
The land \\lilchstnnd3Uioliaiidsoiiio
mnnsloii of Mr < . Joslitm Llpplncott , ot Phil
adelphia , was purchased thirty years ago for
5110,000. It Is now valued at SMO.OOO.
Ex-Congressman Lo FovJo cell 520.000 a
year look In ic after the rnllwuv nnd other In
terests of Calvin Brlco and Snm Thomas In
New York.
Miss Annie Thomas of nilllncs , Mont. , Is
the busle-st woman In tlmtbusy territory. She
conducts a 0,000-ucro ranch , looks after val
uable timber property , and has an Interest In
two paying mines near Ilutto City.
Four rich young Chlcaioans ; own ocean
yntchls , Roland Nlckcrscu , who will sniuo
day possess 55,000,00) , has just bought a
yacht nt Now London. Will Armour has
paid 523,000 for n keel sloop.m . which ho will
cruise about Watch Hill , llob.irt Taylor ,
ono ot the richest youngsters In Chicago , Is
also owner of n Imndsomo yacht. Arthur
Kycrson bought ono last yc.tr , and has not
yet prawn tired of it.
May Slmrpstcon Is n llttln girl of seven
who Is heiress to 51,000,009. She Inherits
the money from her Into father , who wus a
member of the wc.ilthy firm of Arnold , Con
stable & Co. , of this city. Miss Sliarpstuon
narrowly escaped eieath n few days ago at
Scntilrt. A team of horses attached to a
lawn mower ran away und made straight for
the frightened child. Fortunately the horses
swerved n little , nnd the blade ot the cutter
missed the little Rlrl by a few Inches only.
It Ilnn Always Keen So.
fititvMtun A'ctw.
A goodly number of alleged elomocrata nro
iimUiUh1 records now that within little more
than a year they will wlsli they could un
make.
noodlrr Ktlilcs.
.Si. IMUIH Itcinibltcan.
In the boodle world It is not considered the
proper caper to plead guilty. Convicted
boodlers who own up to their rascality In
open couiI will bo cut socially in tlio peni
tentiary. This Is reported to bo the preva 11-
ing ethics al Jollet anel Sing Sing.
A Primitive Idea.
Indltinnjiolis Journal.
It is true we should get rid of the primitive
Idea that "personal magnetism" aud a talent
for kissing babies tmU shaking bunds is a
necessary quality for statesmanship. It
docs not follow because a man don't carry
his heart ou his sleeve that he has none.
A Continuing Sonntlal.
CMcawi lleraM.
The American colony of embezzlers living
In Canada upon their til-gotten wealth is a
continuing scandal for which Great Britain
U loss responsible than the United Slates.
An effort was made two or three years ago
to secure such an amendment to the Ash-
burton treaty of 1843 betwon the United
Suites and Great Britain as would permit the
extradition ol persons accused of such viola
tion of fiscal trusts as would louder them
amenable to prosecution under the laws of
their own country.
Bo Corn Oenth.
Jlfmuarct J , J'rwton.
How much would 1 care for it , could I know ,
That when 1 nm under tlio grass or snow ,
The raveled Garment of life's brief day
Fuldc'd , and quietly laid away ;
The spirit let loose from mejrtal bars ,
Anil somuwhere away among the stars :
How much do you think ft would matter
then
What praise was lavished upon mo when ,
Whatever inluht bo Its stint or store ,
It neither could help nor harm me more ?
It midst nf my toil , they had but thought
To stretch a lliige r , I would have caught
Gladly such aid to bear tun through
Some bitter duty 1 had to do.
And when it was done , had I but heard
One breath of applaud , one cheering word
One cry ot "Uourai : ( ) 1" timid ( lie sliilo ,
So weighted for me with death or life-
How would It havu nerved my soul to strain
Through the whirl of the coming surge
again 1
What use for the rope , It It bo not flung
Till the swimmer's grasp to the rock has
cluniV ;
What help In n comrade's bugle blast
When the peril of Alpine's heights Is past ?
What need that the stlrrim : pann roll
Wlmn the runner is safe Ivond the goal ?
What worth Is imlogy's blandest breath
When whispered in cars that are hushed in
death ?
No ! Nol If you have but a word of ehour ,
Speak it while 1 am alive to hear !
Tlio Trlco of Wheat.
, SI. Lnnln llrimliliean.
It is u fuct not without interest to
western farmers that English agricultural
writers uro discussing the probabilities
e > t conditions in which that country will
bo able te > get along withoul American
wheat by raising nil , or nearly all.itsown
supply , : ind importing the resst from
India. The ielesuis u little startling when
the returns for 1880 show thai it re
quired 122,000,000 bushels of whont im
ported from all foreign countries to
supply the needs of Iho British people ,
and lhat of this nggre-gato tlio United
States furnished a larger proportion thun
nny other country 72,000,000 bushels.
India came next with 20,000,000 bushels ,
then Canada with 8,000,000 bushels , then
Kussia with (1,800,000 ( bushels , and ether
countries wilh smaller amounts. But it
is un instructive fact in this connection
thut our exports of wheat ( and flour ) lo
Great Britain uro nt this momeint
declining , und have been eleclining ,
for several yonrs und it is pretty certain
they must continue lo do so as long as tno
price of wheat in Liverpool vibrnlcs be
tween $1 und $1.10 u bushel. American
farmers cannot ufi'ord to raise wheat und
send it to Liverpool to be sold ut such
prices. They uro doing it now , and have
been for more than u your ; but they elo
not make anything by it. On the contrary ,
they uctuull.v le > so by it , us any fanne'r
cun plainly liguro out for himself ; und
western farmers uro beginning to ask
themselves how much longer they can
n fiord to raise wheut at the present prices
without fulling Into M-rlous embarrass
ments. The price of wheat in St. Louis
und Chicago to-day is 71 cents u bushel.
This means for the Illinois and Missouri
farmer 00 cents ; to the western lowu
furmer , OB eionts ; uud to the fanners of
western Kansas , Nebraska nnd Dakota ,
in e-ents. The average yield of wheut in
this country vnrios from iwelvo to
thirteen bushels per acre , ami
at the prices quoted ubovo the
Illinois and Missouri farmer gets
$7.20 to $7.80 per aero for his crop ; the
Iowa farmer , O.CiO to $7.10 ; anel the lar-
mersof Kunsas , Nobrusku nnd Dakota ,
$5.40 to $5.83. Bui U costs nil of $ U an
ucro in Kuns'iR and lukotu ) to $8.00 an
aero in Illinois nnd Missouri to rune this
grain and elcliver il in merchantable con
dition nl thn nearest railroad slution , HO
thut ut the prices tnat have prevailed for
Iwo years pasl wheat raising bus been u
losing business in this country us well as
in England.
it is u mistake to suppose thai the rapid
extension of snttlcmcntH in the west und
northwest is ste'ndily enlarging our wheat
ureia. The very reverse Is the lact ; e > ur
wheat urea iss'.eudily decreasing. It has
eloenused from 37,1)87,000 ) uorc.s in 1880 to
37,000.000 in 183j ( ! und what is Htill moru
faignllinunt , tlie uvurage price fell in the
sumo peirlexl from $12.18 per iiurolo $ S.'l ! )
per ncro. Here is u rceliiclion of nearly
1,000.000 acres in area nml of
$1 per aero in the money
vuluo to the furmer. The crop of
1881 was 4iM,00.lH)0 ) ) bushels thu Inmost
wa ever ruined , uud larger j > robnbly thun
nnj * crop wo shall over rnlso , as the prcs
enl insufllclont prices nro so discourag
ing ns to force farmers togradualiy aban
don it for crops that will pay them bettor ,
nnd , in addition to this , the repeated
cropping ; * of the sumo Holds in Kansas ,
Ncbrusku niiel Dakota nro already exhib
iting their fuovllublo effect in u steady
lowering of the nvorugo yield. But ,
while the wheat acreage in this country
is decreasing , chlolly through the nbun-
donmnnlof the crop iu tlio oletur statoi
the population to bo fed is rapidly In-
crensiug , nnd this Is another reason why
our exports uro gradually lulling off. Wo
need the grain to fucd our own popula
tion. Our population Is now about
01,000,000 , aim three years hence it will
bei 01,000,000 ; and nn English writer says :
"Before the unel of the present century ,
the present production of wheut in the
Uniled Slutcs will bo insiifilclont for
homo requirement , aud the pooplofof Eu <
rope will have to look olsowlioro for thut
main portion of their foreign supply ,
which now comes to thorn noross the
Atlantic.
Thei English farmers look , therefore ,
for dolivoruuco from the American com
petition which has been so disastrous to
them in the lust ten or twelve .years , and
ns that deliverance approaches , they may
nguin be'gin to rniso whcnt nt n profit.
They possess certain ndvuntuges which
tlio western farmer docs not have ; their
lielels yield nn average of twonty-nluei
bushels per aero nearly two and a half
times the American average ; tluiy got
twlco us mueh per bushel us the wcstorn
furmer receives , and they have a market
for the straw , which the western farmer
is compelled to burn te > got rid ot it. This
lusl item is a nol msignillcunt one. In
mitny purts of England wheut straw
is worth $10 per aero , or moro thun n
western farmer gets for his crop , gram ,
straw nnel nil. While n western farmer
receives only $0.50 to $7.00 per ncro for
his wliont croj ) , the British fnrmor re
ceives $11.00 per ncro. This ne > t u living
price ; the English furmer complains that
there is no money in it , becuuso rent ,
rntos , tithes uiiel" manure ivo a severe
.ilruvvback. But if runts can bo mndo , r
cheaper nnd theiy uro being rodueotl
already and tithes and rates can be ell-
minislied , then , when the price of wheat
shall nelvuncu in consequence of the
steady fulling off in imports from the
United States , Ihe English farmer Is en
couraged lo hope thai ho will nguin be
come prosperous nnd bout all" foreign
competitors in the work of raising wbjal
for the British markets.
In Ilclmlf or liahorliiK Men.
OMAHA , August 3. To the Eelitor ol
the BIK : : Although a comparative
stranger in your city , I nm n constant
reader of your valuable paper. I have
observed with much pleasure your clear
conception of justice , your free nnd
outspoken voice for the cause of the pce > -
plo when you think thorn in the right. In
these portions times the people cannot
give conscientious journalists too much
encouragement. They nro the watchmen
on the walls , and should warn the people
of every approaching danger. Now.with
your permission , I wish to venture a few
ideas in regard to this city , its present ,
future , dull perhaps speak of itH pust.
Omaha , us I understand , sprang into
existence a fowyears ago utid now bus n
population of nearly 100.000. The people
ple Ihal came hero poor severul yours
ago nro the wealthy class ot to-day. In
their hurry and greed to nccumulnto
moro , they have forgotten the .stooping
stone lo their high position , the workingmen -
men , anel I do not say that Omaha is any
cxceplion lo Iho rule of other great
cities.
Capitalists thai pretend to have gener
ous feelings to the poor man forget thut
they make all their grout wealth from
him. .lust think tor n minute which ex
isted fir.st , labor or capital ? Labor made
ull the capital thul ever was. The best
protection in the world for this
country and her homo Industrie1" , is
liberality to labor , for from the earnings
of labor ull our home mnrkets nro sus-
taincd. Bui , be it said lo tlio credit of
Omaha , wages are good , still there Is no
chance for u working man to build A
homo in this city. Speculators , real os-
lalo mem und the men of wealth hnvo
placed such oulrageous figures on prop-
esrty that there is no chance for the mid
dle class. If Ihis condition is nol changed
in u very short time there will bo only
the two classes here , the highest and the
yory lowest.
I have not time or space to suggest
remedies for this. I me-rcly wish to cull
the mutter to the attention e > f some of the
intorcsteel niiel wise people of this city.
"AN OnsmtVKit.
nutter.
Mr. C. E. Biittello , of Ihis cily , is an on-
thtisinstle produce man , who has mndo
Iho manufacture of butter u study for
many years. In conversation with a BIK :
representative yesterday Mr. liutlellu
said Hint it was u deplorable fuel that
olcnmurgorino was securing u foothold
upon the market of Omalm. Up to u
.short lime ago il wus noticeable ihut Ihu
dealing in "oleo" wus confined to cheap
restaurants anel boarding houses , which
bought direcl from Kunsas City Mid Chi-
cage ) , und it wus unfortunate thul Iho
Iruilic in Ihe vile stuff should bo exten
ded. There is no reuson why the people
of Omnhu should not hnvo first-cluss but
ter. During the pust week the pure ur-
liclo , Iho product of the eluiries of No
brusku , solel on the truck for 23) )
cunts , while Manchester county , Iu. ,
unel Elgin. 111. , butter sold
ut 21 cents. When il is remembered thut
these two loculitiess claim the banner in
butter mukinir , it is plain lo ull Ihal the
Nebraska product will moro than com
pare favorably with other sections in this
lino. The number of dairies nt present
in this state is small , but likely to in
crease us the nseellcint facilities for oper
ation isuseurtamed by enterprising men.
it is gratifying to know thut uinoiig the
highest of butter exports thn producl of
Nobruskurales favorably with thut of any
other section. Air. Huttollo suggests that
it is the duty of ull interested in
the health and well being of the people
to prevent the trullic in oloo" becoming
n feature in Omaha produce circles , us
once it secures u foothold it becomes a
most soriouo trullle' to exterminate. It i"
unfortunate us this gentleman ejlnnns ,
Ihut the law will not readi the dealer in
lloleo" to u .siillioinnt extent to fully pro
tect the consumer. Ho HiigKostK thiire-
Fore thut Nebraska should huvtt n law
umilur te > that of Now Veirk , which pio-
libits Ihe coloring ol eileomurgeirine en
any of Die fictitious article , which in lie
native condition is of u sickly white !
color , repulsive und easily detected ut
sight.
Not ft MOIIHO ol' I'rnyor ,
Amoricnn MugninnBut that is not BO
bud us to think one i.s in chureh when
one is at the play. My wife is the duugh-
er of u minister nnd hud never boon lei
i theater until she cainei lo Itoston with
inn , und I wus to meet her anil our hoit-
; ss ul the I'urk Iheutnr one night. By
some mischance I was latei unit flu riled
ind disappointed. Thu two lad ion wetro
wore ushered down what Ft'cmed to the
countrywoman un inierminablo ulslo , In
.he third row of stulls f.mm the front.
My wile , us she Mink into In r semi ,
Irooped her hund ut oncodovoutly , upon
the rail in front. At tins moment her
companion gasped , ' 'Suruh ' , what are
you iroing to dot" "Tuko oil'my rub-
xirs , " paid th quiok witteit-woinun ,
ibiindoning hur prayers lo cluUsb nl u
'out that WHS guiltless of overshoe ,
Distress ufior eating , hnnriburn , sick
ii'udnelujinil indigestion urn cured by
: lood'fi Suivuparillte , It orfiul'j * i tjoo'd
