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THE New York socialists have change
their name to the "Progressive La bo
Party. " The nntue "socialist" was prob
ably becoming too unpopular.
A number of railroad companies hav
made iirran omcnta to begin hcatin
their passenger cars with steam this fal
The plan is generally found to bo simple
feasible and inexpensive.
THK council bosses want pcaco. Tbcr
is only ono way of Rotting peace , am
that uan bo had only when the anarchit
policy of starving the police andfrcczin ,
out the commission has been abandonee1
THK Union Pacific , we arc told , ha
concluded to withdraw its objections t
the building of a competing wage
bridge between Omaha and Counci
BlullH. This is very generous in vie\
of the superb wagon-bridge facilities c
the Union Pacific.
THAT thoBKK was right in the attitud
It took In relation to the recent lictitiou
uprising of the Utcs is proved , if furthe
proof were needed , by the Colorad
militia. Tlioy freely donotinco the lat
campaign as a usulcss and costly farce it
which there was "more lying than ha
boon done on earth since the time o
Ananias. " The rauchmon iirst heart
that there had bcoa "Indian Troubles , '
from the Colorado papers. There i
nothing very commendable in such news
paper enterprises.
THE woolen manufacturers of thi
country have applied to the secretary c
the treasury for u ruling tlmt will impos
the same duty on worsted goods tiitit i
collected on woolens. This is the sam
scheme that several high tariff member
of last congress tried to rush through th
legislative body and failed. It is wholl
wrong and the monopolists are notlikol ,
to induce the secretary of the treasury t
forestall the notion ot congress. There 1
no reason , except that of monopolist !
greed , why the cost of clothing shoul
bo raised.
Hoom.Kit McGxiUGLK is not InSwitzo ;
land as recently reported. Ho is still 11
hiding in Canada and was scon by
Chicago man the other day. The D <
minion authorities want to try him fc
haviug placed the picture of a Canadia
subject in the rogue's gallery in Chcag ! <
So ho has to hide from the minions t
both governments. If this sort of trea
mont is cxtoudud , "boodllug" and ski )
ping over the line will not be so attrao
ivo and popular hereafter.
CALIFORNIA , hax reason to boast of h <
material prosperity this year.Vo note
some days ago an estimate that near !
100,000 would bo added to her populatioi
comprising chiefly people from the Ne
Now England and middle states. Th
has given n great stimulus to the real t >
tnto business , and has ot course hclpc
in other ways. A San Francisco papi
reports that there tits boon an excel
ttonul activity in all departments (
trade and all interests have n.rosporo (
The fruit growers never took in so muc
money as they will get this season , U
canners complain that they cannot li
their orders , and the prospect for tl
wino men is in the highest degree favor ;
bio. California ought to bo happy.
THE inter-stato commission met :
Minneapolis this week to listen to pro
tests against the abolition of car Ioi :
rates. Authorized representatives froi
the principal cities of the west and nortl
west united in a protest which doniu
that the retention of car load rates is i
legal us claimed by custom merchant
and manufacturers. Thn commission
holding thu matter under advlsomon
It ought not take them long to decid
Thu law does not establish the unit of
freight cargo , lint the car load has n
ways been so recognized. The only coi
dition which the law Imposes upon publ
carriers ia that the same rul
should be charged to all patron
for carrying freight in the same dircctio
over n like distance. In other words , c
railroad is allowed to nxact a hlghc
amount for carrying a car load of a give
class of freight shipped over n given di
tauco by one patron than It charges fc
transporting tbo same class of freight ovt
the same road to the same destination I
another , whether the latter ia a hoav
shipper who * hud formerly boon favore
frith rebates by reason of doing heuv
bus ! rtcss. ' .
The Centenary of the Constitution.
For the past two days the city of Phila
delphia , whcro 100 years ago was assem
bled the convention that framed the fcd <
oral constitution , has been celebrating
with nn appropriate and elaborate ells
play of patriotism the convention's
adoption of that instrument. The final
ceremonies of this commemorative ovenl
will take place to-day , which is shown bj
the constitution itself to bo the date ol
the month on which it received the ap
proval of all the states represented. Thai
document says : ' 'Dono in Convention bj
the Unanimous Consent of the State !
present the Seventeenth Day of Sop
tembcr In the year of oui
Lord ono thousand seven hundrei
nnd clghty-joven nnd of the Independence
pondonco of the United States of Amor1
lea the "Twelfth. " Thus tins day Is madi
forever memorable In the ftindatncnta
law itself , although it docs not murk tin
time when the constitution took effect
since the Instrument wns only to bo bind
ing after ratification by nine states. Tlia
was not effected until nearly a year after
nnd It was nearly two years and a hal
before nil the states had ratified.
The student of American history wil
find no more interesting reading that
the record of the proceedings of the con
vcntiou which framed the constitution
That great Instrument , the admiration o
statesmen the world over , p.isscc
through many perils to complotioi
and adoption. The great men wh (
composed the convention differed radi
cnlly respecting most of the provision !
proposed , and several times there wa :
imminent danger that the effort to make
a constitution would bo abandoned. IHi
a "spirit of amity and of mutual deference
once and concession , " as Wasulnetor
expressed it in his letter to the congresi
submitting the constitution , prevailed
and as the result of numerous com
promises the consummation was reached
But a further conflict awaited the con
stitution before its ratification by the
states , nnd this was carried on with
great zeal and vicor by the opponents ol
the ins'truraent , among whom wore some
of the most learned , brilliant and inllu-
ential men of that period. They had tc
do battle , however , against equally stron ;
and patriotic men , and those won.
The wisdom of the men who framoi
and sustained the constitution asadoptot
the men of to-day can fully appreciate
A great nation has grown up under ii
witli a progress unparalleled in history
and the American people have full faitl
in its authority , as the supreme law o :
the land , to hold the union together foi
all time , as it was intended to do.
The County Campaign.
The republicans of Douglas count ]
will in the coming campaign start oui
with from GOO to 1,000 majority in thci :
favor. They can elect their county tickci
beyond a doubt , providing it is no
loaded down with dead-weights. In or
off year and in a local campaign the
party can only hope to win by nominal
ing men who are known to bo competenl
and clean-handed. Republicans , as t
class , are very independent when it come :
to choosing county and city officials
All things being equal , they will give th (
preference to the republican candidates
but the party lash is powerless in dra
gooning respectable men , for the sake o
the party , into the support of disrcput
iiblo characters and men of bad habits
In a national campaign the party attachment
mont often pulls through local candidates
who , in an off year would bo slaughtered
in the house of their political friends.
Wo say this much because wo desire <
cottnty ticket put in the field this fall tlia
will command the undivided support o
republicans of all factions and shades
Wo must merit success m order t (
achieve it. The rank and tile of indcpen
dent and thinking voters is altogethci
too numerous to be ignored or defied
When a choice of local candidates is presented
sonted men will not allow party feelin ;
to deaden the impulse of conscience
Given the choice between a reputabli
democrat and a disreputable republican
hundreds of republicans will break rank
and support the candidate of the oppos
ing party. This tendency to rcpudiati
the bad work of conventions is in the in
tcrcst of good government. It is th <
only safeguard taxpayers and good citi
zcns liuvo against combinations of job
bers and dishonest ofllco-seokers who desire
sire to foist themselves into positions o
responsibility nnd trust.
It therefore behooves republicans win
sincerely desire party success this fall ti
oxcrciso great care in selecting delegate
to the county convention and imprcssinj
upon them the necessity of nominntinj
men only whoso record can stand tin
test of popular criticism in the impend
ing campaign. "
Our Tax Haters.
The reckless waste of the city's fund
in keeping supernumeraries on the pay
roll continues in spite of all romon
stranco. The city clerk keeps three deputies
ties on the pay-roll , when a ( GO clerk ti
assist at council meeting would bo ample
The city treasurer has three deputies 01
the pay-roll at $100 each , when the char
tur allows him only one deputy
and at tbo very outside ono iteput ;
and a $50 clerk could di
the work of the oflico just as well us it i
done by the same force in the count ;
treasurer's oflico. Thou wo have on tin
pay-roll the alleged keeper of the pus
house , which has had no inmates dunnj
the pat > t two years , and whoso keeper i
running at largo , attending to pnvat
business. We have two janitors for tin
council chamber and city jail in the sarni
building when ono can do the work with
out straining his nerves. Then wo havi
a paid sergeant-at-arms to wai
on the council , a service thu
ia a mere sinecure begotten by spite
work toward the police commission. Tin
superintendent of buildings , who las
year would have been content with om
clerk , now has two Inspectors at $1 a da ;
each , rain or shine , to wait on him , besides
sides the ollica clerk to attend to calls
The street commissioner has four or livi
foremen on his pay roll , rain or shine
some of whom never would bo missed.
And so the pay roll of pensioners 01
the city is growing from month to month
and the council keeps on incrcaslnj
taxes regardless of the heavy burden
caused by public Improvements and in
creased fire hydrant tax , illuminutini
expense and other constantly iucreasmi
municipal demands.
ACCORDING ! to a learned local con
temporary next Sunday Is " 1'um Kip
per.lbo'Jewish new year , which we
are told , "will , of course , be becpmmgli
celebrated by Omaha's large' Jowls !
population. " To the Jo wish population
this announcement will bo a revelation. .
'Torn Klppnr , " the day of atonement , I ;
the most solemn fast day of the Jewish
creed , and occnrs on the tenth day ot the
next lunar month. The Jewish new
year , like nil well-regulated new
years , begins at the beginning
Instead of occurring on the first day of n
calendar month as docs the secular now
year , It begins on the first day of tin
lunar month , which sets in Sunday next
This Is known as "memorial day'1 nmonj
tbo Jews , nnd unlike atonement day
is not celebrated by fasting.
letter from the chief of po
lice and the starving policemen , asking
for pay had been read at tbo counci
meeting Tuesday ovonlng , there wns i
scramble among the bosses as to wh <
could fling the first shovel of dirt at it
The "gentleman" from the Third , not
withstanding that his mouth seems al
ways to bo full of hot mush , got then
first with a motion to table the commu
nlcatlon. After some mumbling nrouiu
the circle , which no ono could under
stand , another motion was made to havi
it "referred , " and referred it was to om
of the committees of whisperers. Tim
the farce among the law-breakers gee :
on.
SINCE Colonel Grant was nominate
for secretary of state in Now York thi
democratic press has commenced to rut
him down. Is it then a crime to bo tin
son of n great man ?
"THE shrewdest roeuo comes to grio
at last. " This might bo worked into i
worsted motto and hung up in ou :
ostrich corral In the exposition building
Other Lands Than Ours.
It scorns evident that a crisis of vor
serious character is nt hand in Ireland
The sanguinary affair of Mltehollstowr
and the killing of Constable Whelehai
are regarded as the forerunners of man
sonous troubles that cannot bo long it
developing. Tno most trustworthy testi
mony clearly fixed the responsibility foi
the former upon the authorities , whosi
unnecessary severity exasperated the pee
nle beyond forbearance , while the lattci
was the work of moonlighters , for whicl
the Irish people cannot justly bo hok
amenable. But the government wil
not admit these facts. Anxious to justify
its course and policy , it insists upor
regarding the unfortunate occurrences
ronces as evidence of a revolutionary
tionary nnd criminal spirit among thi
Irish people which rendered the crime ,
bill a necessity nnd its enforcement i
duty. The relentless attitude of the gov
ornmcnt and its harsh measures are up
parontly accomplishing their evident pur
pose in provoking the people to a violon
resistance. The abuse and injury indictee
have reached the extremcst limit of tolor
atlon , and it is said that neither leaden
nor priests will much longer bo a bin tc
prevent the pent-up passions from break
ing forth in acts the consequences o
which cannot bo foreseen. Driven al
most to madness by tyrannical oppres
sion , deprived of all liberties of speed
and action , without protection in theii
homes or their persons against the
espionage ami the outrages of malignan
enemies , the Irish people may reasoi
that life under such conditions is of m
value and that they may as well at onci
challenge the worst that can come ti
them. If tbo torch of civil conflict if
once lighted the disastrous consequence !
to Ireland will bo appalling. Un
doubtcdly English bayonets will triumph
but it will bo at a fearful cost and to the
everlasting dishonor of the British nn
tion , During the recess of parliament i
is oxnccted that the government's polic ;
will bo most vigorously pushed. Balfou
having already gene to Ireland doubt
less for the purpose of putting the urn
chinory in the most effective workini
order for fully carrying out the pro
grammo settled upon.
*
Another change in the French ministr ;
Is said to bo imminent , the report ben ! <
that llouvlcr desires to withdraw. Thi
surface indications have boon that th
.ministry was getting on much be tie
than was expected , but there have evidently
dently been inside dissensions of whlcl
the public hivvo obtained no knowledge
franco's greatest misfortunn and dange
are in the frequency of these ministeria
crises. The manifesto of the Com to d
Paris is the present subject of chief inter
est to the French people , nnd its posslbli
effect is still matter of conjecture. Unde
different conditions it would probabl ;
have received only a passing regard , bu
the count seems to have wisoy ! selcctei
bis opportunity and may win a much lar
ger favor than the friends of the republi
would wish. The French people seem ti
bo entirely satisfied with the success ol
their mobilization experiment , which ha
been great , and very patriotic pleasure
by arresting as spies all the innocen
travelers who wear spectacles or shov
any other signs of German origin. The ;
do not get any of the real spies , ulthougl
they have been plentiful around thi
scope of the military experiments. Th
spies volunteer from thu ranks of mos
intelligent young Gorman officers. Whci
they become spies they lose their rank ii
the German army. The government do
cllnos all responsibility for them. If sue
ccssful they are awarded with rank mucl
higher than that which they hold. Thoj
are enraged with some special sort of es
pionage , and do not go about taking
notes publicly and at random , after the
manner of tno Innocents captured bv tin
country g ondarraos. The German gov
eminent has had goo d and thorough re
ports of the mobilization from uusus
pcctod spies. In ono case a young Ger
mau officer speaking French fluently
actually got employment as correspondent
ont on n French newspaper , which gavi
him access everywhere. Ho sent shor
reports to his paper and very long one
to the Gorman embassy in London , fron
which ho received his Instructions.
%
The extraordinary development of th
English common school system since tin
passage of the education act of 1870 ii
strikingly set forth in the figures presented
sonted in the house of commons by Sii
William Hart Dyke in submitting the ed
ucation estimates for the current year
In 1970 there were school places provider
for no more than 1,878,584 scholars , 01
for 8.73 per cent of the then population o
the country. There is provision now fo
18.40 per cent , and of the additiona
amount 1,574,203 places have been sup
plied by voluntary oflbrt and .1,093,60 !
by board schools. Thdro. are now. in al
5,200,035 school places for children. Oc
ih'e sahool register * ' tiiore * rp .4,650,76. .
names , with nn average attendance ot
8,470,009. TliOfijstlmatos for the current
year provide fof an estimated Increase of
52,000 In the average attendance. The
education department calculates thai
school places should bo provided for ono
sixth of the total 'population , nnd the ac
tual supply of places Is m excess even ol
this liberal estimate , but the average at
tendance falls'short ot the register list
about 1,300,000. ;
. %
Thn abnormal rise of the rlvor Nllo 1 :
cnusing great 'alarm in Egypt. Manj
estates on the rjglt ) bank of the river arc
tulnod. Boulak is in serious danger
the Tillages around Luxor are flooded
and Luxor itself is seriously damaged
Telegraphic communication with Uppoi
Egypt u interrupted , the Nile is stll !
rising and the situation is very sorious.
The river begins to rise as early as April
in Us upper branches , but nnt until the
latter part of June in Egypt , whore 11
reaches its greatest height about Soptom
bcr 25. At that time it is usually
twenty-four foot above the low-watoi
level nt Cairo and thirty-six feet at
Thobos. Whenever the rlso reaches
thirty foot nt Cairo the overflow does
great damage ; on the other hand , when
it falls short of eighteen fnot the crops
fail and there is a famine in the land ol
Egypt , as there was in the days ol
Joseph and Pharaoh. Of sixty-six inun
dations between 1735 nnd 1801 ( clover
wore very high , thirty good , sixteen
feeble nnd ulna insufficient. The watoi
of the Mlo is charged with mud , which il
deposits on the cultivated land of Egypt
to an average depth of one-twentieth of
an inch each year , thus in n measure
keeping the soil continually fertile by renewal
nowal , and nt the same time thoroughly
irrigating it. If the present inundation
is so destructive as represented it musl
bo that thn river has risen far beyond it !
usual height , for the country is prcparec
nnd expectant of the usual and avcrag <
inundation. Probably the rainy season
in Central Africa has boon more than or
dinarily severe , aj the annual rise of the
Nile is duo to the rise In its confluents
and tributaries , and those arc swollen bj
the heavy rains of the interior.
* %
If the defense which the friends o :
President Barillas of Guatemala make ol
his conduct in decreeing himgolf dictatot
is not grossly untruthful in its statements
of fact , it must gi far towards justifying
so cxtromo a measure. It shows , at any
rate , that it had become for the country a
question of either dictatorship or usurpa
tion. The clerical majority in the assembly
bly pushed through laws of a revolution
ary andunconstitutional character which
wore designed to subject the entire gov
eminent to their policy , and which cer
tainly would havn done so had not
Barillas out the ° whole thing short bj
assuming the power of a dictator
Thn most obnoxious and radical of tin
laws threatening him was n scheme tc
transfer all the prtwor of the executive to
the supreme court. Having first , in de
fiance of the constitution , displaced the
judges who by luyr wcro entitled to two
years more of service , the assembly pro
ceeded to enact that the court conk
summon the military to enforce its
sentences , that it could suspend at it !
will interior judges , c.ll officers of the
army , custom house and treasury ofll'
cials , and that the president lumscll
must obey the orders of the court with ,
out any appeal against their legality. It
is easy to see that Barillas would havi
had no authority left under such laws
and , as his veto power was powerless t (
prevent their enactment , ho took the
only other course possible unless hi
were to go into exile.
* %
The return of General Duller from Ire-
laud nt his own instance and in spite o
the protest of the British government , af
fords another reminder of the fact thu
the way to keep the anti-Irish flami
a-burning is to keep Englishmen out o :
Ireland. The moment that honest Brit
ish officials land in tlmt country uac
open their eyes , they show signs of con
version. When it was proposed to sent
a distinguished officer to the most con
gcsted part of Ireland to execute the new
policy of energy , Lord Wolseley is sale
to have offered his services in tht
belief that ho could make Irelanc
a garden or n grave in no time. Fin
ally , however , General Kedyors Bullor , t
through-and-through conservative , was
assigned to the task ; and the first evi
dence of his change of views was a refusal -
fusal to order troops to assist officers wit I
eviction warrants in their hands , until nt
examination was first had to determine
whether the tenants wcro poor or siraplj
ugly. The second straw was his remark
under oath before the high commission
on the land question that all the law 01
protection the Irish tenants had came
from the national league. The tory at
torneys almost cbokod with rage , and t
warning came directly from the ton
benches that Bullcr must have a care. II
Bullor turns out a homo-ruler he will be
only following the footsteps of coercion
ists like Spencer , Trevelyun nnd others ,
*
*
The kingdom of Saxony is richer ID
railroads than any other Gorman state ,
containing 105 meters of track on overj
square kilometre of ground , as against ( M
in Prussia , 07 in Bavaria , 74 In Wurtom-
berg , 88 in Baden , 109 in Hesse , 105 in
Saxe-AltenborgiOOin ( Anhalt , 88 inSaxo
Weimar , etc. Saxony enjoys also the
distinction of being the most saving ol
all German countries. 40 out of every IOC
inhabitants boinj ; depositors in savings
banks. In Prussia the proportion is 14 in
100 , in Bavaria 8 in 100.
PROMINENT I'UUMONS.
Senator Jones , or1 Nevada , Is said to be
richer to-day than over.
Governor Hill wts ] never In such robust
health as he Is at pr&ent.
Bill Xye Rets 5150 fc week for writing ex
clusively for the New Voric World.
Attorney General "Garland " is at Ilomlnj
1JIII , Ark. , making preparations for an.ex
tended excursion on the Ouachlts.
Edward V. Valentine , the Richmond
sculptor , has completed the statue of John
C. Urecklnrldue In clay for the capltol square
at Frankfort , Ky.
George Fortescue , playing Catherine In
"Evansellne , " weighs between 400 and 5CK
pounds , and Is the heaviest man In the the <
atrlcal business.
Henry W. ( Iraily , of the Atlanta Constltu
tlon , Is said to have been ottered by a lecture
'manager 810,000to tell the north this wlntei
the story ot the new south.
' Colonel John A. Cockerlll vigorously do-
.nles.that ho has been offered the' managing
editorship of the New 'York 'lleraUl , or thai
there has been any rupture oMilsfrlehdly ro
tations with the proprietor bf the > VdrId. . ' .
la ' the buarp ttlal .In New-York
John E. Parsons cot 820,000 ; Albert Stick
nevi $20,000ex-Judge ; William A. Fullerton ,
810,000 , and Peter Mitchell and ex-Judee
Homer A. Nelson , 85,000 each 800,000 ID
alt.
Mayor Hewitt has promised to review th <
Now York Italian parade to bo given September
tembor 20 In celebration of the entry of tin
Italians Into Koine , but when he was asknt
to fly the Italian flag from the City hall or
thnt occasion he warmly replied ; "No , sir
whllo I am mayor no flag but the Ainerlc.it
lias shall be put on the City hall. "
Zebchr Pasha , who has just been released
from a three years' imprisonment at Gibral
tar , has played an Important part in African
politics for twenty-five years past. He 1m ;
been an English prisoner ever since his cap
ture by General Gordon over ton yeiraaco
Ho was on pnrolo In Cairo for eight yean
imtll his intrigues In behalf of the Malid
obliged the English to shut him up at Ulbra
tar.
Ready Per n Political Campaign. I
TU-UUt.
An escaped meuagorlo tl-'or ( has taken t <
a swamp near Ulloxl , Miss. All Blloxl now
wants Is three well-developed hurrahs. T IK
tiger will follow.
Too Chciap to Llvo.
I'liUaileliihta Knqiitrer ,
A Now York genius professes to show pea
pie how to live on ten cents a day. Bu
people who cannot command more than tot
cunts a day have no business to live.
Went Up In a Olaxo of Glory.
CuInmMa Senlltvl.
On Friday last , just nftor the sun hat
kissed this world iood ; night , and passei
Into Its bed of crimson and gold , the spirit o
A. G. Sturgls vacated Its habitation of clav
and wended Us way to the Father who gavi
It , and to-day fs walking the glory-lit hills o
Immortality in the New Jcrimlom , when
tbeie Is no night
A Democratic Triumvirate.
Ifew Yurlt Tttnt * .
The feature of the situation as It Is now un
derstood by those who ought to understand 1
pretty thoushly , Is the "combine" botweei
Governor Hill , the Hon. Mr. Shechan , am
the lion , lloswell P. Flower , all workini
together to secure the control of the nex
democratic state convention. In this bust
ness enterprise the governor Is represented
as thechlof manager , Mr. Sheehan as his Ira
mediate lieutenant , Mr. Gibbons , Mr. Flow
er's substitute on the subways commission
as paymaster , and Mr. Flower as the cap
Itallst.
To-Day.
CtoirlM S. 0-Nctl.
Say not to-morrow I To-day Is but your own
To parcel as you will ;
For who can tell that when the day has flowt
He shall be living still ?
Oh , blest It he whose dally balance sheet
Brings perfect work to view ;
Whose closing day leaves no task Incomplete
For other hands to do.
To-morrow's but a jnck-o'-Iantern sprite
Thnt flebs the luggard's nlusp ;
To-day's the Power whoso hand of gracloui
mightHolds
Holds fortune In its grasp.
RED-HEADED GIRLS.
Why a Whlto llorso Appear * When
They Are Been.
Macon ( Ga. ) Telegraph : The discus
sion over the alleged simultaneous ap
pcarnnco upon the streets of white horse :
and red-headed girls has reached u polnl
in the west that reminds one of the days
of the thirteen , fourteen , fifteen puzzle ,
the chestnut bell and the "punch con
ductor" sontr. The superstition is ncutl.v
hit off by a Kansas paper as follows :
"Whosoever says so is a liar1 roared
a choleric old gentleman from Dexter one
morning , standing m front of the citj
hail. "These stories are got up to plav
upon the credulity of the country people.
I'm getting tired.1
"Look there now , " ho shouted , "there's
a red-headed girl ; red-headed till you
can't rest. Whoro'H any white horse !
Just as easy as rollin' off'n a lo to prove
the original of u fad u liar. I don't believe -
lievo there's a white horse within a mile. "
But chancing to gnzu in the direction of
thn high school n hearse was seen , to
which , not ono , but two milk-white
steeds were hitched. The Dexter mau
fainted.
To this may bo added that columns
have been written explanatory of the
white-horso coincidence without satisfy
ing the public.
Possibly the reason why when a red
headed girl appears on the street a white
horse soon makes his appearance will
have to bo sought for in history. This
suggestion is thrown out for wnat it is
worth. Away back m the early Greek
and Egyptian days red-headed girls
were very justfv prized above all the
members of the sex. Men fought , bled
and died for their smiles , and they wore
quite the rage. Cleopatra , herself , wo
are told , wns the possessor of
nn auburn head , and Helen of
Troy , some contend , was equally for
tunate. As isvoll known , the belief in
the transmigration of souls was then
prevalent , based upon reasons now lost
to philosophy , and conspicuously bravo
men killed in battle took thoformsundcr
the smiles of Jupiter , of white horses.
Wo can imagine , then , that when gallant
knights went forth to battle after passion-
'ate adieus to their auburn-headed Helens
and Clcoputras , and found themselves
after n lierco conflict with the barbarians ,
prancing steeds with snowy flanks , that
memory of their lost loves dwelt in their
equine heads. It may bo that these fol
lows in the sbapo of white horses are
still following red-headed eirls around.
Of course , in this prosaic ago , no. live
journul has time to argue such u propo
sition , but the folks who believe tfiat
there are more things in heaven and
earth than are dreamed of in our phil
osophy , Horatio , can amuse themselves
with the suggestion. Nobody will deny
that the white horse is nn animal of
taste.
The Area ami Population of Europe.
London Times : General Strolbitski ,
who wns selected by the International
Statistical congress , nold at the Himuo.to
prepare u report upon the area and num
ber of inhabitants in the different coun
tries of Europehas completed bis labors ,
the gist of them being that the total area
of huropo is 0,2)3OUO : ) square miles , of
which 8,420,185 square miles belong to
Russia , a1. ) 1,000 to Austria-Hungary ,
3:53,000 : to Germany. 83U.4D5 to 1'ninco ,
i)12,810 ) to Spain , 281,015 to Sweden ,
203,375 to Norway , 190,015 to Great Brituin
and Ireland , 180,310 to Italy , 103.850 to
Turkey in Europe and Bosnia , 88,810 ( o
Denmark , 82,125 to lloumanla , 55.000 to
Portugal.40,185 toGreece,80,375to Scrvia ,
25,675 to Switzerland , 20,205 to Holland ,
and 18,430 to Belgium. The Hussion
empire in Europe alone covers more
than half of the whole continentembrac
ing the Kingdom of Polann , thu Grand
Duchy of Finland , and part of the Cau
casus. Russia also stands far in advance
of all the other nations in respect to her
population , which is given by Gen. Strel-
bitski at 03,000.000 , the countries which
come next being the Gorman Empire
(47,200,000) ( ) , Austria , Hungary (89,900,000 ( ,
Franco (87.300,000) ( ) , Great Britain and Ire
land (87,200,000) ( ) , Italy (30,000,000) ( ) , Spain
(10.0000,000) ( ) . Switzerland (7.000.000) ( ) , Bel
gium (5,850,000) ( ) , Roumaiiia (5,400,000) ( ) ,
Turkey m Europe (4.700,000) ( ) , Sweden (4- ( ,
700.000) ) , Holland and Portugal (4,400.000 (
each ) , Denmark (3,100,000) ( ) , Servln (2,000- (
000) ) . and Norway (1,900,000) ( ) . The den
sity of the population is very diffcront.for
while Belgium has 201 inhabitants to the
square kilometer ( five-eighths of u mile ) ,
Holland , 133 ; Great Brltian and
Ireland , liO ; Italy , 105 ; the Gnrmtm
Empire , SO ; Switzerland , 71 ; and Aus
tria-Hungary. 59. Spain bus only 35 ,
Turkey 27 , Russia 17 , . Denmark 15 , mid
Norway 0. Bui the population of Russia
is Increasing at the rate of 1,250,000 n
year , and in half a century it will , at this
rate , exceed 150,000,000.
The New Literary Glnnt.
T. W. Higglnson In Harper's Bazar
Theodore Parker used to exasperate his
friends , thirty or forty years ago. by devoting
voting Ills summer vacations , not to rest ,
but to thu study of the Russian language ,
This ho Instilled on the ground that we
had no right to remain hi utter ignorance
of the vocabulary of n nation of OO.OOO.OOC
people. At that time there wns , nmoiui
English speaking people , a complete
Ignorance of Russian literature , except
as this darkness was broken by n little
volume translated by Sir John Bowrlno
from the Russian poota. Nobody could
possibly have foreseen a period when
Franco , England and America should nil
turn to this neglected region for a now
inspiration ; when the most fastidious
literary men ot the most fastidious liter ,
ary centre in the Old World should recog
nize TourgucnicfT not only as their peer ,
but us their chief ; nud the foremost nov.
clist of the Now World should place
Tolstoi nt the head of all writers ol
fiction , living or dead. Mover , perhaps ,
wns so great n fame won in so short ti
time through thu medium of translation ;
only. The number of those who actuallj
read Russian , though greater than in
Theodore Parker's day , is still almost
absurdly small , nnd not rapidly lucreas.
ing , During the short-lived unthusimm !
for FredcriKa Brcmer's novels , fortj
years ago , u good many persons learned
Swedish in order to rend them in the
original ; but even those most eager tc
road the Russian writers rarely attack
them in their own tongue , being content
to receive them often through a double
dilution , first in French and then in
English. What is to bo the end of the
now enthusiasm ? Is it to pass wholly
away , llko the zeal for Miss Bremer's
books , or are these writers to constitute n
permanent force in literature ? So lone
us Totirguonieir's was the only voice thai
reached us , there was an impression of
something unique and individual ; be
seemed to triumph in splto of Russia , not
as hnr representative ; and his long snlf-
banishment to Paris left it in doubt
whether ho might not bo as much French
as Russian. Then came the extraordi
nary phenomenon of Tolstoi , nnd oven
the most reluctant were convinced that
there must bo something in the blood
nnd in thu brain of the dimly seen and
mysterious northern race that could pro
duce such men. Then came other figures ,
reaching such n varied range of social
conditions not only TourguonicfF. the
charming man of the world , and Tolstoi ,
the nobleman , the soldier , the recluse ,
but also Gogol , the monk , and Dostoiev
sky , the convict combining all ante
cedents , all varieties of training , in their
extraordinary result of powerful and
penetrating work.
There are two ways in which an author
can bo pernicious by a bad moral or by
licentiousness of dotail. Provided neither
of these errors is committed to the mere
choice of illicit love as a theme docs not
make n book inadmissible , else must the
Scarlet Letter bo condemned. Ot all
stories of this description Tolstoi has
written the most powerful , the most mer
ciless ; there is not n moment when the
reader docs not foresee p tragedy nt the
end of the path on which the guilty
lovers enter ; nor is there any voluptuous
ness of description to beguile the senses.
The very fact that these two persons
have noble traits only strengthens the
moral ; their downfall nnd its retribution
ure such as would bo encountered only
by persons capable of higher things , and
nftor they have once gene wrong , Iho
deceived husband , fur inferior to them by
nature , becomes their superior bj' his
action. Nor is the retribution an external
accident , but is worked out by the very
essentials of the sin. It is a book which
in its wholeness is n tremendous warning
against wrong-doing , not an incitement
to it. And throughout the Russian nov
elists , so far as I have soon , although
there is sometimes a greater freedom of
allusion than is customary among our
selves , it is in the direction not merely of
truth nnd nature , but of stern ethics ,
with habitual absence of the current
French ttisto for indecent descriptions.
But what seems most surprising in cur
rent criticism is thu disposition to claim
the Russian writers as exponents of what
is now called realism. Surely they are
realists only in the sense in which George
Eliot wns one with the most careful ac
curacy of description and the profoundest -
est portraiture of character , but always
preserving n perceptive , always subordi
nating the little to the great. There is no
trace in them of thnt maxim laid dowu
by Mr. Howclls in his "Wedding Jour
ney , " perhaps in an unguarded moment ,
that "tho sincere observer of man will
not desire to look upon his heroio or
occasional phases. " All the power of
"War and Ponce" turns upon the heroio
phases , which are the backbone of itft
strength , while no ono til.se has so well
delineated the confusion , the Incoher
ence , the delay and tedium , which com
bine with the heroism to make up war.
But if Tolstoi had given these "habitual
moods of vacancy and tiresomeness"
alone to quote again from Howell the
would not liavn achieved success. As is
stands , ho hasi written not merely the
greatest of military novels , but we might
almost say the only one. And with what
ever modifications of praise or censure ,
it must bo admitted that these strong
Russian writers they always speak , bo
it observed , of "European" us moaning
something distinct from "Russian"
have come into literature like the giant
that rose suddenly from the fisherman's
urn something vast , powerful , unex
pected. Their men and women seem
more alive , more vascular , more endowed
with veins and with muscles , than any
other current creations ; and the very fact
that they have behind them the vast ,
gloomy , hopeless , helpless Russia this
but onbances the power of their pictures.
A New Mammoth Cave.
Jackson ( Ga. ) Argus : On Thursday of
last week Mr. W. II. Malone nnd Andruw
McClendon wuro squirrel hunting in the
hilly country on Sandy creek , about four
miles south of Jackson , on the lands belonging -
longing to Levi Ball. That section is
exceedingly rough , the largo hills stand
side by side like potato lulls , with deitp
ravines running between them. In many
places the hills are so sleep and rugged
that nothing but a squirrel or Rocky
mountain goat can climb them , with
hugu boulders a * large as a small house
hanging out from the side of the almost
perpendicular walls.
It was in one of the dark and deep
gorges that Andrew's favorite dog struck
a trull , and his proud owner , knowing
that his dog never told u ho , followed
him for several hundred yards up the
Jark ravine. Andrew says it was u
frightful place , the overhanging rocks
nd lofty forest trews so completely shut
ting out thu ruys of the sun that it was
ulmost as dark as midnight. However , ho
pushed forward , thinking u fine fnt
'possum ' wib : soon to bu his. until his dog
finally disappeared In tint bowels of the
'
nartli' . Ho could hour the fiiint howl of
his faithful Itorur , but could not induce
liim to come out. Andrew being of a
venturesome disposition , concluded to
return to his bugcy and get his lantern
ind explore the "hole in the ground. "
After a half hour spent in climbing out
) f the dark chasm ho succeeded in ro-
luriung to the spot again to Hud the dog
still buying at something fur uwuy in the
ground. With lantern in one hand and
Ids gun cocked and primed in the other ,
tit ) disappeared into the cave. After
; oing homo distance uiulnr the ground ho
found thnt he was in a spacious cav era
mil the faint voice of hisdo ? could just
bo heard. Ho pressed forward , half
fouling his way , expecting every memento
: o incut n lernblu encounter with some
ruvenouH boiust , : ia the , indications at the4
mouth of > the cave showed taut aotue
wild animal wn * making tils homo In thU
dark abodo. After ho nad gene several
hundred foot ho discovered numerous
bones scattered around , and while ho was
stopped with his hair standing straighten
on his heat ) wondering what to do , his
cars wore greeted with a mighty roar llko
the falling of many waters In the dis
tance. \\il\i \ n hurried stop ho made hi ?
way to daylight again , leaving his dog to
tho'mercy of the mud Inhabitants of this
unuxplored cavern of mid-ltutta. Ho at
ouco sought his follow-huntor , Mr. Mn-
lone , and in winding out between the
"mountains" he discovered u beautiful
spring eitshlng out from the side of the
hill , whoso waters , ho say , are equal it
not superior to Indian Springs , as to its
mineral properties. Ho nt lust found
Mr. Malone , to whom ho told of his won- .
rtorful discovery nnd terrible experience ,
but as the sun was just peeping over the {
hills in his western course , they con- '
eluded to Icavo their adventures till another - . '
other day. On returning to town they '
told "whut they had soon , " nnd a company - ( ,
pany is being orguni/cd to go out there &
at un early day nnd make further ox- ft. '
ploratlons , after which wo will .glvo >
further details. '
A Phenomenal Ilitbv.
Pittsburir Dispatch : Probably the
smallest bit of breathing humanity in thu
city of Allegheny is little Miss Burr ,
daughter of Joseph M. Burr , of the
Brighton road. Three weeks ugo to
morrow she opened her eyeis for the linst
time and looked around on nn interesting
group of friends. At this time she tipped
n very tiny pair of scales at less than two
pounds.
Ilur exact weight then us given by
proud rolatls'osvnrios from ono pound up ,
but all draw the line bnlow the two
pound notch. Of course there wcro very
few hopes that one so small could inhale
euouirh air to keep it ullvo , and there WUH
n shade of sadness thrown over those who
would otherwise have been supremely
happy on this occasion. Most of the
relatives of the fragile infant expected nn
curly demise , but the little ono dis-ip- - i
pointed them most happily. In spite of *
nor size thu babe WHS possessed of a gootl
deal e f life and energy. Having got safnly
idto this vulo of sorrows nnd tribulations I
with thu usual nccompaninments of imp , *
paregoric , kisses nnd baby talk , Miss u
liarr decided to make the bent of it. She
accordingly took n tighter grip on lifo , ,
and then , after looking at her size , con- . '
eluded to go to sleep and grow. This $ j
she has succeeded in doing , so .far , and ' ,
every day her chances of living to become ' '
a grandmother become brighter. Miss *
Burr is a featherweight , but for nil that I i
she is well formed nnd appears to enjoy > *
good health. In height she Is less than a .1
foot , but as a smiling friend said yestor- ! f
day , "she's started out to mnko up for t
that. " At her birth the buby could bo , '
spuunod about the body easily * with the v-
thumb and finger. She was however ,
formed in good proportion uiul with well- Y
developed features. V
She passes most of her time asleep , 'f '
rolled tightly in warm clothing , and it is t
thus she receives her many visitors , who
cull to see her nt her home on the Brighton f.
road , opposite Brighton pluco. Among y' '
the medical profession of the city she has r
created quite n stir nnd has been pretty fci
freely discussed. All the physicians do- | |
clarc her a phenomenon , nnd her growth -Jp
will bo wutchcd with considerable & \
interest. *
, V
She Swallowed the Diamond. * : .
Jewelers' Weekly : "Let mo toll you ? 1
of amncident that occurred to mo onco. -t
I was a young man then and a clerk at
Tiffany's. Ono morning n richly attired
lady got out of her handsome carriage
and entered the store. She walked to the
iliamond department aud asked to bo
shown some loose ucms. She selected
two valuable solitaires and paid for them.
Thinking my attention was called in
another direction she slyly but rapidly
took a stone nud placed it in her mouth.
1 saw the theft , but hardly knew whut to
Jo. Calling for n messenger , I sent for
9iir business manager anil told him what
bad happened. Without nn instant's delay -
lay ho said : 'Madam , you have made n
mistake. You have ono of our diamonds
in your mouth. W ill you return it with
out an exposure ? ' The next moment she
guvo a gulp , and I know the gem had
gono. She hud swallowed it. Of course
wo wcro in a dilemma. The lady became
indignant , and threatened suit and violence
lence at the hands of her husband. "
"What did you do ? " "Sent the bill with
i written explanation to the husband.
Fbo next day ho paid us a visit. Ho said
hat ho believed there was a mistake , but
, hut he could not afford nn exposure. "
By January 1 next no fewer than
.welvo theaters in Paris will bo lit by
ilootricity , in accordance with the recent
minicipal ordinance.
BABY HUMORS
Vn l till Skill ami Sculp l > iicn c
Speedily Cured l y Ciillciira.
Our little Ron will ) > o Tour yours of nto on tlio
5th inst. In Mny , IBM , ho WUH itttuukcil with a
ury painful bruaklnv out of the skin. Wo
: ullod lu a physician who trout oil him lor nbunt
our weuks. Tlio child rouoUed llttlo nr no
; oed from the treatment , ca tliu
.npposod . by the physician to bu hives In un
iKirruviitod form , became larger In blotches ,
ind mnro und more distressing. Wo were f ro-
inontly obllvpd to get up In the night und ruli
ilm wltli soda In water , strong liniments , etc.
' 'Inally , we culled other physicians , until no
ess than six had attempted to euro him. all
illko falling , and the child steadily getting
verse and worsu , until about tbo i'Uth of lout
Inly , when wo begun to glvo tilmCimcimi
IK. OI.VKMT Internally , and , the .CimcuitA , and
? UTicnitA SOAP extorniiby , and by the lost of
lugust he was so nearly well that we gave
ilm only ono dose of the HKROI.VEST about
> very second day fur about ton days longer ,
md bo has never been troubled slnco with the
lorrlbio malady. In all wo used less than one-
mlf of a bottle of CimcuiiAHi : . oiVHNT , a lltllo
ess thnn one box of CUTICUILA , and only ono
! Uko of CimcuiiA SOAP.
11. K. HVAN , Cayuira , Mvlngston Co. , III.
iubscrlbod and sworn to before me this fourth
day of January , 18S7. C. N. COB , J. V.
SCKOFUI.OIJS"HUMOUS. .
Ijast spring I was very B'ok , being covered
rlth somu kind of porofum. The doctors could
Kit help mo. I was advised to try thnCirricniiA
tr.8or.vr.NT. I did HO , and In a dny I irrow bet-
cranil bettor , until 1 am us well us nvor. [
hunk you for It very much , and would lILo to
iiivu It told to the p ibllc.
ROW. HOF.MAKN. North Attloborolla < .
CUTICURA , the great nkln cure , mm CirnrmiA ,
iOAppropiircd from It , externally , nnd C'liTi-
UIIA Itt-or.viiNT , the now blood purlller , Inter
inlly. are a positive euro for very form of
kin und Jilood illacaso from plmplos to Hcro-
lllH.
Sold everywhere. Price : CIITICUIU , U cents ;
! isim'itA : ' BIIAI5 eentfl ; CLTIUUIIA HKHOI < -
r.NT , $1.00 I'roparoil by I'oiTin Diiuo AND
'lIKMIUAdCo. ' , llllHtOll.
lend for "How to Cure Skin Diseases. "
tilll'l.r.S , llluckhoiid * , Skin lllemlshuH , and
I 111 llahy Ilumora , uee CUTICIIH SOAP.
CN ONE MINUTE.
Ithcuniatlr. Ncui-iUla , Pclallc , Hnd-
dr-n , Sluirp nnd Nervous I'tmi * unit
WcakncKs lelluvud IN OKK MINUTK by
thi ) Cinicuiit ANTI-I'AIN 1'iasihiu
AtdriiKithtR , 5 cents. I'otter Drug
eiiemlcnl Vo. , lloslon.
DKEXEL & MAUL ,
( Suuuc&soiB to John G. Jucobg. )
Inderlnkerc and Ginhliw
it the old stand , 1407 I'arnam St. O filers
by telegraph solicited and promptly at
tended to. Telephone No , .iZ
LEAKY ROOFING ,
Tin or Iron , Krp.iircd.
md 1'Alnfu.l , nnd guaranteed tlpht for number
qf years. J'ulnW nnrer blister.
TRAVEL ROOFING
lannfiicturHt nilJ repaired. Flro IVoof I'jtlnt
applied to slim plus 13 yvnrH eipertonco- .
Wil. II. CUKHAN &SON. '
.till fcttt St. U L Arbor * ud Vlnioa.