Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, August 06, 1887, Page 4, Image 4
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; SATURDAY , AUGUST 6 , 1887. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TEHMB or sonscnrrriox ! Dnllr fMornl.li Edition ) Including Jleinrtnr nKK , Ono Year . , . , . $10 01 ForHlx Montln. . . . , . , . . . , , , . 6 CO For Tlireo Months . -W Tlie Omatm Huntlnjr UKK , mailed to tvnjr mldrtm , One Voixr. . . . 800 OMAHA omen. NO. ou > ND Bit FAHVAM fl-rnrrr. NKMT vnuK urnm , Him\i tr. . Tmntt.NK Wi.-iHIMUro.S OmCK , MO. fi ' connESPONDntrccs All oommnnlontionii rohitlns to no\r nnd edi torial matter fthould bo lui'lrussod to tbo Lut- Ion or TUB HEB. J1DSINEBS I.r.TTKnSI All btislnnsB letters umlromlttanoo ihoul < lb arldrensod to TDK licit I'uiiMHiiiNn COMPANY , OMUIA. Drafts , checks mid po tofflco orders to be miulo payable to tlio ordtrof the company , THE BEE PUBLISHIniciPHHy , PROPRIETORS , E. KOSEWATKR. EntTon. \ THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Ulronlatlon. BUto of Nebraska , I , _ County of Doiulas.BiSi { Ofo. B. Tzscliucic , secretary of The ne Publishing company , does solemnly swear Hint the actual circulation of the Dally Bee for tlio eek ending July ! , 18S7 , was as follows ! Saturday. July 23 . 14.200 .Sunday , July 34 . 14.200 Monday. July 25 . 14,025 Tuesday. July 'JO . 18.WK ) Wi-dnesflay , July 27. . 13,875 Tniimaay. JulvUd . 13.S80 Friday , July 2'J . . . 13,000 Averaco . 14.0S3 Gr.o. U. TZSOHUOK. nworn to and subscribed In my presence this 30th day of July , A. L > . 18S7. N. T > . Fmr , . rSKAL.1 Notary 1'ubllc. State of Nebraska , 1 . . Douelns County. I ° 3 Oco. 11. Tzschuck , belns first duly swnrn , deposes nnd says tbat ho Is secretary of The Bee Publishing company , that the actual averapo dally circulation of the Dally Jleo for the month of July , 1S80 , 12,814 copies ; for August , 1FM , 12,404 conies : for Septem ber , 18HB , 18,030 cojiles ; for October , 18SO , 12.0K9 cople-s ; for November. 1880 , 13.84S copies ; for December , 1880. 13,237 copies ; for January 1887 , 10,200 copies ; for February , 18S7 , 14,108 copies ; for Mnrch. 1887 , 14,400 copies ; for April. Ib87. 14,310copies ; for May , 1887 , 14,227 copies ; for June 1837 , 14,117 copies. _ . Oico. H. TzscmTCK. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st d yof July A. D. , 1887. ( SEAL.N. | . P. Fieri * Notary Public. 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. . * 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. . % 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