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* " "vtv THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ? FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 30. 1887. A TIIE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Dolly ( Mnrnl/tff Edition ) Including Sundnf Dir. One Year . $1009 for Six MontlM . COO For Tliron MnntM . 260 im Omnbn Htimlny Hex , mallod to nojr , Uno Ycnr. . . . i. . . 2 00 OMMtA Ornnt. No. 514 ANM PW FAitfAH urnr.rr. iw VOHK orrtric , itoou K , , Tnihiriit naii.niMi. WABUINUIUN Office , Nil. 613 KOUKTIINTHBTUIIT. All communications minting to news torlnl mnltor Blmuld bo twMroMetl to thu hut- TOIt Of HIE All r > urlne lotteri antlremltUnooftflhouli ] 1 > n iMroMod to Tnr. Dtt PUIIUSIUNO COMI-AMT , OMAHA. Draft * , chocks nnd poitofflro orileri to bo made payable to tbe ordcrof the company , THE BEE POBLKBIlTciPMr. PROPRIETORS , E. KOSEWATER. Enrron. THE DAU/V BEK. Sworn Statement of Circulation. 8Ute of Nebraska. I . , County of DouzlM. f " " Oeo. 13. Tzschucic , secretary of The Be rubllshlnc company , docs solemnly swnni that the actual mentation of thn Dally Bee for the week enUlDg Sept.23 , 18S7 , was a ; follows : Saturday. Sept. 17 . 1I.32C Hundav. Sept 18 . ll.BJC Monday. Sept , 1 . Ufa ! Tuesday. Sept. 20 . , . 14,02' W lnes iav. Sept. 31 . HOW Tinmoav. Sept. ! ? J . Ki.1 ; Friday , Sept. 2-3 . 14ovi ( Avcracc . 11.105 OHO. J . T7.8C1UICK. hworn to and subscribed in my presence this ' .7th day of September , A. I ) . 1887. NT * Wn'Tr fSKAL.1 Noiary Public , State of Nebraska , ) . . JJouelns County. f " Gco. Jl. Tzschuclc , being first duly sworn , deposes nnd nays that he Is secretary of The Bee 1'ubllshing company , that the actim average dally circulation of the Dally lice foi tbo month of September , 1BHO , in.u'fo copies : for October , 1880 , 12.0B9 copies ; for Novero ber. 1S80 , 13H3 ! copies : for December , 188T 13.117 copies : for January 1S87. 10,26 < copies ; for February , 1887 , 14,108 copies : foi .March. 18S7 , 14,400 copies : for April. 1887 , 14tlO : copies ; for May , 18 7 , 14,227 copies ; foi Juno 1887 , 14,147 copies ; for July. 1887 , 14 , Oft'J copies ; for Aupust , 1887 , 14,151 copies. OKO. U TZSCIIUCR. Sworn and subscribed In my prescnci tills fith day of Sept A. I ) . , 1887. fSKAL. | N. P. Vr.n- Notary Public , DII.KOATRS : to the judicial district con ventlon should bo selected with greal care. DOUGLAS county should bo represented at thu republican state convention bj men of ability and character. IF the name of any council boss ap pears on the primary ticket , republican voters will endorse it by a clean scratch EvKiir republican who desires the sue cess of his party in the fall campaigr should attend the primaries to-morrow The polls will remain open from nooi until 7 p. in. IT is an oll'-ciay that docs not bring t ( light a now "trust" in some part of tin country. The next thing in order is t vigorous legal attack upon these incor poratcd robber associations. The public must bo educated to perceive that it ii just as wrong for individuals to commii robberies under the cloak of law as it i : to demand delivery at the point of a gun Is trouble between tlio white ! nd the negroes at Columbia , Texas There are armed bodies of men of botl colors , shots have been exchanged anil sovcral men killed. A general uprising among the negroes was feared , but then is probably no ground for this. This is ! foolish Kind of business and the soonoi southern people , black and white , outgrov it the better. THE general term of the supreme cour of the state of Now York afllrmod Jacol Sharp's conviction , and ho will undoubt adly have to go to Sing Sing. Of cotirst this is hard for an old man used to all tin modern conveniences of life , but ho hv only himself to blame. Had ho culti vatud his morals with one-tenth the as siduity wijh which no cultivated Ins acquisitiveness quisitivonoss , ho would not thus have U come to grief. Now lot justice take 111 the cases of the younger financial crini inals who aru still actively engaged ii their nefarious schemes. Mu. CIIAUNCKV M. Dr.i'EW is to b credited with having a level head. ; few enthusiastic admirers having endeavored doavorod to start a presidential boom fn him , ho knocks the vitality entirely on of their oflbrt by saying that ho has nc the slightest desire for such honor , buin entirely satisliod with what ho has , an clinches tlio matter with the sagacinu suggestion that a railroad presldcn would have very little show as a candi date for the chief magistracy in the pro : cut state of public opinion. Mr. Uopoi is right , and ho might hnvo gone farthe and said that the people do not want an man who Is oven so remotely assooiatc with railroad presidents that lie migh under any circumstances fuel called upoi to render them a service in repayment o some favor. IT Is doubtless an exaggeration to sai as some of the reports front Washlngto do , that there has been an epidemic c drunkenness in thu army and navy dui ing the past summer , but the facts sho\ \ that there has been a great deal more o this vice than is creditable to eithv branch of thu service. It oven invade West Point , whom live cadets wore trio- - and convicted for drunkenness , and a army ollicor is quoted as saying HIM th army would speedily bo reduced to i corporal's guard if all who nro foun drunk , even when on duty , were di missed from the service. Such a state t affairs is n most disparaging commentary tary upon the discipline of the army , an demands prompt remedial measure rigidly enforced. KAIUIUAU domination in Vermont h : been broken , and the people of that stai are to be relieved from Uio exactions t which the corporations have for year subjected them. These wore onoroi enough before the intor-stato oommurc law wont into ell'uct , but they have bee more severe since. The situation wi finally presented to the attention of tli intor-stato commission , with the rc.sult < obtaining the desired relief. An effort i now to bo made to seouro a reduction c passenger faros within the state , whic on ono or more of tlio roads aru as hlg as four cents a mile. Persistent elloi will doubtless accomplish this as it d ! the reduction of freight tar ill's. It is tin soon that railroad extortion is not con lined lo the west , though generally urac tlccd with rather more .severity in th : lection than elsewhere ; the Bonnes Stand Back. When the Holly waterworks Jobbers were cornered by injunctions txnd the citizens of Omaha wore in arms against hum , they got themselves elected at wildcat primaries by the bummers and vnrd strikers nnd appeared in conven- Ions as honored party representatives vhoso exemplary conduct was endorsed by the people. The same tactics are gain employed to get an endorsement or the councilman who are starving the police and inciting anarchy and disorder n this city by their high-handed defiance if law and popular sentiment. Failing n their plot to pocket the whole dcloga- lon to the state convention , the council conspirators are "now trying to have homselvcs endorsed at the primaries vlth a view of controlling tlio rspub- Ican county convention , dictating its lomlnntlons , and naming the delegations o the state nnd judicial conventions. This programme can only bo carried ont if reputable and decent ropub- Icans fall to attend the primaries and candidates in their desperate scram- Ao for oflico allow the desperadoes to have their own way. In that case the republicans are certain to bo overtaken jy disaster this fall. Why should the > arty place itself in position as an 011- lorscr of the council bosses ? What right have they to thrust a municipal quarrel into our county politics ? Wlij should they persist at this time in bolnc endorsed through conventions whicli mvo no concern with city afl'airs ? Do they imagine the republicans of this eounty , or this district will support cand idates for judicial olRccs nominated by delegates which nro dictated by llascull , Bcchol , Mike 1x20 & Co ? If so , they are woofnlly mistaken , It will bo tinio enough for these conn- oilmen to come up for endorsement when their terms of ollice expire. Mean time they should bo content with the power they wield in the management ol municipal aflairs. They have already created discord enough m the party , anil wo earnestly protest against any con cession that will enable them to dictate nominations for our county and district courts nnd aivo them a voice in naming the candidate for supreme judge. A word to the wlso ought to bo sulli clout. Every candidate who goes iutc combination with the council bosses , con cedes to them the naraincr of his dele gates or places any of them on his ticket will run the risk of defeat at the polls We say this now before the tickets foi primaries are made up. Candidates wlit aspire to office and expect the cordial um undivided support of the party may gov crn themselves accordingly. Tlio Now York nomocracy. The Now Vork state democratic con vcntion got through its deliberations am completed its work with less frictioi than had been expected. There were verj strong indications in advance of the con volition that a hot time would bo ex peri cnccd. Numerous contests were threatened onod , ami a lively and warm eonteutior over the platform was looked for in tin event of that document being pronounce ! in endorsing the administration and ap proving civil service reform. The appro hondeil difficulties were , however averted and an appearance of harmony preserved. The result shows tha the Cleveland element was ii the majority , nnd that it man aged the situation with shrewdness am skill. Extraordinary efforts had beet made by the friends of the administra lion to secure control of the convention Every democratic federal ollice-holdo throughout New York had worked will the utmost zeal to secure delegates favorable orablo to the president , and they wori largely successful. The very rcspcctabl minority not in love with Mr. Clevclam were induced to forego expressions o hostility for thu good of thu party. . It ii not difficult to conceive the nature of th appeals that wore made to them. Con fronted by the well-orgaul/ed nnd liar monious republicans , and thrcatcnci with a heavy loss by the labor movement any disaffection among themselves mm lead to inevitable defeat. Their failure thi fall would in all probability lose the part the national election next year. licttc Ihings in the interest of the party migh bo expected of thu administration if cot tinned in power. The reuominntion c Mr. Cleveland being a foregone cot elusion it would bo useless and foolish t make war upon him , and besides noothc democrat would have anything like ai equal chance of being elected. ( Jovcrnc Hill is young and can wait , with th assurance of having tiio full support i the party in the state in 18U3. It is en tircly probable that these were some c the arguments employed to soothe an silence the auti-ailmiiiibtration elomeni Whether it can bo effectively maiuUine in keeping this clement in line until tli close of the election is a question whin perhaps will bo determined only by th result. Thn anxiety of Governor Hill to cor trol tlio organization of the state con uilttco will undoubtedly bo disappointei In short , that aspiring politician will Imv nothing to encourage him except the va neless endorsement given his adminlstr : tion and whatever equally worthless as Durances for the future the majority ma , have been pleased to vouchsafe his fo lowers. The obvious fact is that Mi Hill has been "done up , " and very likol ' permanently BO. He has shown hiiuso to bo a very narrow politician and by 11 means a courageous one , and when sue , a man begins to lose ground ho ful behind very rapidly. There not tlio slightest probability thi Hill can hold up a presidential boom fc another five years , even if thu availabl material of thu democratic party shoul continue as light ns at present , Th country will doubtless hoar much loss < Hill hereafter than it has done for a yei past. past.Tho The platform is not straightforward u the subject of civil service reform , an makes the absurd suggestion that in via of the changes that have been effected i tulminlstrativo methods and thu difl'u enees of opinion that exist the subje niltrlit appropriately bu submitted to tl popular vote. It makes a but for tli labor and fanner support which wi not mislead anybody familiar with tli insincerity of democratic plodgi in tills direction. It refers I the h ( nor < | "l"U" " dimply to the n tout of ilucl.irmg opposition to sumiiti ary lnw , which hoxs a lack of couni on this .subject , llugiirditig the tarllf is explicit in demanding a revision an reduction. The convention was iiiimi lakably an administration body , ' an kuvos no doubt that the Cleveland io . . . owing dominates the democracy of Now York. An Itnbpollo Threat. The IttimWcan somw notice on Fcank Uoores that unle s ho "leaves the solcc- ion of the delegation from the Fourth ward to a committee of bis friends and hey make up a ticket that satisfies nil In- crests , there will bo two sets of delegates o the convention from the l-ourlh ward. " This is simply idiotic. There may bo two Ickots in the Held in the Fourth ward at ho primary election , but there can bo only ono legitimate delegation elected to lie convention , Hut we cannot see hnw Mr. Moorcs or anybody else can prevent ) coplo from having as many tickets ns hey please. A primary election Is a rco-for-nll contest , and nobody can be > arred out. The JteiHtMicnn'f stupid threat of two delegations if it means anything is a bold ittompt of the "consplrs , " who tried to jack the state convention to foist Councilman Bechel on thu Fourth ward ticket. If Mr. Moorcs sub mits to such dictation he may find that ils path is not strewn with roses. The fourth ward does not want to bo repre sented by Uochol in any capacity , and Mr. Moorcs ought to know enough not to iffond the overwliolmlngscntiment of the ward. While the Brt : : does not approve thu method of allowing any one man to name the entire ticket for any ward wo most decidedly object to the proposed scheme of packing the delegation with the coun- jil bosses who would claim to be endorsed by the party in their disreputable con duct. N consuls furnish much grati fying information regarding the progress which the manufactured products of the United States are making in foreign markets. This is especially noticeable in the manufactures of steel , which are everywhere enterinc into successful com petition with the English product. In Australia and New Zealand , American lioes and shovels and axes and ether implements of the sort have almost en tirely supplanted thotj of English manu facture. Plttsburg steel has become so excellent that it is being sought after in Europe. Ono firm has recently estab lished agencies in a number of the prin cipal cities of Europe for the sale of the finer grades of steel , especially those used in making edge tools , and their business has assumed proportions which necessitate large ship ments and guarantee an established trade on a gradually increasing scale. Another American firm of btoel makers some two years ago placed a considera ble quantity of American steel with a linn in London , who sold it side by side with the best brands of English bteol at the same wrices. No co.iiplaint was over made of its quality , although it was bought not only in Englarid , but in France , Italy , Spain and a number oi other continental countries , and the prices obtained were entirely satistactorj to the producers. Such facts are full o"l promise for our industries , all of which are making steady progress , and which would go forward still more rapidly hi the conquest of now markets wore some of the barriers set up by the protective tariff removed. Lv the current number of the Forum Mr. Carlisle gives his reasons why the democratic party should be kept ir power. While very far from being con clusive , it is lo bo said in fairness thai they are presented In terms that com mend them to respectful consideration Their most interesting feature is in thu statement made regarding the demo cratic position on the tariff and the inti mation of the writer that a compromise measure will bo brought forward in con gress abolishing the tobacco tax and making a reasonable reduction in the tariff on necessities. It is to bo inferred that such a measure may be already for mulatcd , or is in process of Duiuf framed , perhaps as a result o : the O\ik View conferences. Mr Carlisle believes that a measure of this character would bo almost certaii to pass the democratic house of repro seutatives. It is possible that ho has assurances surancos which justify this faith , but tlu recent utterances of Mr. Kamlall havi not been encouraging. His address tt the Illinois farmers hist week was no suggestive of a spirit of compromise , a least to the extent of the concessions Mr Carlisle would require. And it still re mains a fact that thu democratic liousi of representatives can unfortunately dc nothing on this subject without the ait of Mr. Uandall. LINCOLN doctors are discussing tin subject of inoculation as a preventativi of hog cholera. The arguments scorn ti bo in relation to cost fully as much as ti method , Dr. Uorth , veterinarian of tin state sanitary commission , states that Dr Hillings has $5,000 in addition to $3,22 appropriated for the establishment of i labratory for use in experiments in th university , which ho thinks ample. Dr Hillings replies that in his opinion tin $2,225 wore to bo taken from the genera allowance of $5,000. Dr. Billings i ready for offerings of pig to the amount of 1,000 t < experiment upon. Ho wants them nov so that he can manipulate them and hav > them ready to be scn.t to infected herd in any part of the state to bo tested , tli intelligent farmers to bo the judges. II is confident inoculated hogs will not tak the disease. This is an important mat'e and should bo studied carefully am scientifically. Personal wrangling is ou of placo. If the disease can bo mitlgatui by the method of treatment under discus sion , the people of the state could ul ford to pay well to have it established If it is useless wo want to know Tt u soon and as cheaply as possible. THE crowding of children into th mansard roof of the high school Is some tiling that the board of education shoul stop. The children are not only injurci in health by climbing tlio stairs , but the , are in danger in ease of lire. Increase < school accommodations should bo pro vided ns soon as possible. Meantim bonio othur place than a mansard roe should bu ion ml for the children who ur now buiug exposed to danger. TIIK contract for paving Soventoentl street between l-'arnam and Harnoy as 1 has been awarded leaves the pavomon only forty feet wide , while the sidewalk are to bo thirty feet wido. This is blunder which will cause the city an county ne.odloss expensein the not ver. distant future. There Is no doubt HIM rbo'court house will sooner or later b enlarged by the extension of the wings cast and west td the street line , with a view of making it more accessible by providing elevators at each entrance on : hc street level. Seventeenth street will .hen become the main entrance to the building , nnd the pavement in that case will have to bo widened , even if no street railway is laid on that thoroughfare past ho court lioilso. This change can bo made much chfcapor now than at a later dato. IT is now nearly throe months since the council began the policy of starving the ) olico. Only twenty-four members of , ho police force were voted pay for the month of August , and the remainder have been compelled to nawn their valu ables and raise money the best way they could for keeping the wolf from the door. Another month has passed and the pres sure to drive these men into throwing up .heir positions and leave the city at the mercy of outlaws and crooks , still continues. Business men and citizens who desire law and order maintained and life and properly protected should come forward and subscribe to the stouk of the Police men's Relief Fund association. There is no risk in this method pf defeating the scoundrels of the council who persist in withholding pay from faithful employes of the city. EVEUY vote given to any of the council DOSSCS as u delegate to the republican convention will bo boasted of as an en dorsement. The only way to repudiate the city scoundrels is to scratch their names from the ticket. ANOTHKK union depot has been evolved out of the fertile imagination of ono of our contemporaries. This lime it is to cost $500,000 ; but as it is only a castle in the air it can bo built for much less. PllOMINENT I'lUlHONS. * American Minister Lothrop has returned to St. Petersburg. Mark Twain Is over the halt way lino. He will bo fifty-two next month. Sir Henry Isaacs is the third Hebrew mer chant who Ins become sheriff of London. Senator Sherman Is said to be a croat pe destrian , Ho likes to foot It over a whole country. Bob Hurdctte will resume his contributions to the Uurllncton Hawkojo at the rate of a column a week. Phil Armour , the pork potentate , pays a doctor 8 10,000 a year to see that Ids pulse Is In Kood working order. Prof. Brooks , the dlsUtijrnlshed astronomer of Phelps. N. Y. , has discovered cloven comets In the last seven yoirs . Eugene lU lns Is sild to bo socially as amiable as a lamb. It Is only as a spoils statesman that ho becomes ferocious. Blsumck takes ono bath a day. Ho has a theory that too" much bathing takes out too much of the oily substance of the skin. Koucrt Browning has returned to Enclaud from the continent and will settle down In Ids now house at Duberu Gardens , London. Knsllsh authors have sent out SSOO to the fund for Walt Whitman , the " oed gray poet" as the mark of their respect for a greal writer. Apple ton Moigau says ho Is the fust poi son outside of Air. Donnelly's fainilv tc whom the lattor's awful Baconian seciet was reealed. . Sir Dlnshaw Manockjor Petit , a Parsec mill owner of IJontbay. has In twenty year' clven away Sl.000,000 for various benevolenl purposes. Brady , of star route fame , has loft his Vlr- uinla farm aud moved back to Washington. Ho found the country lonely and soon sighed for the bustle of city life. General Butler heads tlio list of moneymaking - making lawvors of the country , ills fortune Is estimated at SV > 00.000 and his annual practice nets him SlOO.oiw. James Campbell , president of the Pittsbure Window Glass Workeis' assembly. Is a prom nent candidate to succeed Powderly at tin head of the Knights of Labor. Mrs. Lelaiid Stanford has given $1,00 ( toward building at San Jose , Cat. , a home for the widows , destitute wives , and orphar children of union veterans and army nurses Tom Ballurd. the famous counterfeiter , ! trying to do a legitimate business since hi : recent discharge from the Albany ponlten tlary. Ho has opened an establishment fo. . sti-el engraving. Mark Skinner , of Chicago , who , as presl dent of the sanitary commission collected and distributed $5,030,001) ) to s'ck anil wounded soldiers during the civil war , died Friday at Manchester , Vt. , aired seventy four. HD leaves an estate ol $1,009,009 to 111 : wlte and four daughters. Mr. Vlllard bobs up ngniu as a controlling mind In the future course of Northern Paci fic speculation. This little I'ontloinan Is at buoyant as cork and as brisk as a Kansu grasshopper. His resumption of business a ; a railroad power will give life and point and piquancy to the stock market , aud hie experience ought to keep him out of nlioa water. W. W. Belknap , tbe secretary of war unde President Grant , who fell Into dlsmco , i making his home at the quiet Ilttlo village o Powlmtan Court House , about twenty mile south of Hlchmond , Virginia , on the Kich mend aud Danville railroad. Here ho board with a private family and llvos In seclusion His tfmo Is passed amou ; his books and Ii the cultivation of llowers. The I'roconslon of Seasons. Uoiton ZM. The base ball season Is almost at an end It will be closely followed by tlie suowball season. UN Senrcli .AccompllshoU. Despite Mr. Uuutliigton'spoA memory , tin fact Is evident that he found the kind of con gressmen he was looking for. A. Now York Compromise. Chicago Tilljiuit. Many a Now York millionaire who has no contributed to the Grant monument fund wll compromise matters with his conscience b ; voting for Fred Grant. Where Muewuinpa U Vulijnr. ClncJimud t'onimrrefdl GatMe. COIilo mugnumps.should bear In mind tha It Is not the New England style to be mtie uumplan on any but national questions. Ti boa mugwump In a.state campaign Is ver ; vulgar Indeed. Nona Too Soon. D'cinMNut/m ( rtlte. The progress that Mr. Okey Is making Ii his Investigation of Castle Garden niuthod shows that the reports of mlsmitnagemen have not been In the slightest exaggerated Brutality , extortion and thievery seeiu ti have characterised the conduct of affairs Ii all its departments. Where ilio Monnjr Has Gone. A'ew 1'ort Triliuie , About J15.000.0CX ) gold has come Into till port from Kuropo since Anoint 1 , and eve $10.UX > ,000 has been paid by the treasury fo bonds , and yet the banks of Ji' w York hav lost 88,700,000 ( if their reserve.The , conun drum puzzles the street only because num re fuse to sou what IK-before .their eyes tba the treasury Is absorbing largo amounts of money , and that the exigencies of balldlng and speculation at the west and south and on the Pacific coast are absorbing oven laicer amounts. Wladora Iiocateel. Somtnttle Joiutwl. A thirteen year old boy In Washington publishes a paper called Universal Knowl edge. Unly a thirteen year old boy or a Harvard freshman could do that , well. Tlio ConitnaneltnuntH Pall Flat. Colonel Henry Wattcrson's attempt to pop ularize tlie ten commandments In Kentucky by rcpubllslilng them In the Louisville Courier-Journal has resulted In a failure of the most dtjinal description. The Kentucky democracy denounces the commandments as sumptuary legislation , to which tlio party Is opposed at all times and under all circum stances. A Political I'roillcllon. From Judo * . \ ou see of Blatue should elt the Irish vote. And Shrrman shouldn't catrv his own state. Ur Hawlcy's temperance views should cut his throat Or Hills hould bo tha ono they nominate , And Cleveland fall to win the free trade men , Ur Lincoln in the west should pop'lar be , Or Wattersou or Held should kick , why then I'm blamed cf I kin tell how It will bo. STATE. AND TKHU1TOHY. Nebraska Jottings. Crete has contraotod for waterworks. Crete has been electrified on the are and incandescent plans. Thlevei } made a fK ) haul on the fancy hardware in Flock's store in Grand Island a fnw niirhts ago. Stroir sbuig and Long Pine are the latest converts to pure practical prohibition. Both towns tire negotiating for water works. There arc in Dodge county seventy per sons on the pension rolls of thn govern ment , whoso aggregate pensions amount to $2,144.00 per quarter. The Norfolk board of trndo has elected M. A. Uaiubolt and D. A. Holmes as dele gates to thu dedication of the new cham ber of commerce in Omaha. Corn , candidates and conventions are the high c's of the state just now. Their whiskers aru cropped short and no com mon fog can wet their whistles. Mrs. Hocdcr slipped up and bruised her person on a sidewalk in Wuhoo , and a jury of uncallant men assessed the dam ages at ? 'J5U. ' She wanted $5,000. The new Touzalin hotel at Wymore liens toward bankruptcy before it is opened. Mechanics and material men have shingled it with $30,090 worth of claims. The motion for a now trial in the case of Shelleubcrgcr has been stricken from the docket of the supreme court , as Ne braska Citv sent the plaintiff to a higher tribunal. Out in Scotia , last week , church mem bers and amateur artists ' 'drank colfeo and ate cake and other goodies to reple tion for the good of the church. " Such a generous , self saciilicing people are en titled to a crown. Considerable alarm is felt in Nebraska City lost the Missouri river invade the mash-tubs of the distillery and injure the eilicioncv of tlie product and plant. Ten thousand dollars will bu spent in keeping the Missouri .sober nnd within bounds. The Plnttsmouth Herald says : "Joseph A. Connor , Esq. , went to Omaha to-day , expecting to close a largo land deal. Mr. Connor will , if the trade is made , UBCOHIO the owner of 505 acres near Omaha , worth fully f ao.OOO. Ho applies in pay ment 8,000 acres of land at &JO per aero , thu balance , $52,000 , cash. Mr. Connor aud Omaha are both to bo congratu lated. " The Scotia Hnrald is luminous with good cheer this week. Hero is u frag ment : "The heart of this editor was once more made to tecl light nnd frisky last Saturday. Ho was the happy recipient of a beautiful bouquet artistioiillygarlaudod from Nebraska flowers by the fair hands of Misses Alcthv and Katie Heed , daugh ters of 11. I. Heed. The rare beauty of the lloral gift can only be excelled by that of the lovely donors , and in return ing heartfelt thanks wo can truly sav that wo could bo happy with cither if t'other dear charmer were away. " The Black Hdh Pioneer thus summarizes - marizos the benolits of Omaha's greatest workshop : "The Omaha Smelting works arc said to be the largest establishment of the kind in the world. Five hundred men aru employed , whose wages amounted to $1100,000 last year. During the present year , by reason of enlarging the capacity of the works , at least two hundred men mora will bo employed. The works are never shut down , but are kept in constant aperation , night and day. Sundays nnd holidays. Twenty thousand tons of coal and 12,000 tons of coke were consumed in 188ii , and the shipments for the year aggregated $13OJi,803.20. ) as follows- Silver , $3I ) : ) ,07J ; gold , $ l,7ir,7 ; ! ! ) ; load , $2,141,51)0 ; blue vitriol , $175,050,00. " The Grand Island Independent Is con vinced that too many railroads are a ourso rather than a benefit , and presents the following example : "Tho railroads by their pooling are doing a great in justice to Grand Island in more ways than ono. In regard to running tin ex cursion train from Omaha or Lincoln , to attend the real estate sale next wcok , the B. iSi M. nnd Union Pacific asked as much for two coaches from Omaha or Lincoln to Grand Island , as the real estate mon of Hastings paid for a whole train. This same discrimination is practiced ou freights of all kinds , to the detriment of the business interests of our city , simply because Grand Island is a junction nnd pooled point , and Hastings merely a way station on the B. & M. " Dakota. A valuable vein of coal has boon dis covered in Fall river country. The Dead wood flouring mills will steam up this week and will soon bo in com * pleto operation. A well directed shot in the Iron Hill minn hit the golden bullsoyo and knocked out $50,000. The ephoos of the shot will live In the Hills for months. Dead wood voted in laver _ of bonding for $25,0H [ ) to buy the right of way through the city for the Fremont , Elk > horn & Missouri Valley railroad. The Rapid City Journal is convinced that "tliero is thn dawn of a tin boom plainly disournablo nbovo the horizon ol possibility. " In other words , a soldered receptacle of vegetables consummated an attachment to a canine narrative. "It is probable that people who have been skeptical on the subject of corn growing m the Black Hills country , " says tlio Rapid City Journal , "may sco some thing to change their opinions at the fair Samples of corn from various of the ag ricultural valleys in this part of the conn try are now to bo seen in town , and many of these will compare favorably with the best Nebraska , Iowa or Illinois corn. As for potatoes , they uro simply immense. ' Utah and Idaho. Bricklayers aud stonemasons are scarce at Shoshoue , and the construction of tlu new school house is retarded. Thu first moetimr of the department ol Idaho. G. A. K. , will bo held on the second end Wednesday of January , 1888. The money is nuarly all raised for mak ing a preliminary survey of a route for a In'g irrigating canal in Cassia county , Idaho. The banks of Suit Lake City report the receipt for the week ending Septum bet 21 , inclusive , of $58,0i.0t in bullion and | 8JI2J.75 ( in ore. a total of $111,705.71) ) . The people of Salt Lake City have sub scribed $200,000 towards building a rail road between that city and Los Angeles find the Tribune prophesies that in two years from to-day you can take the care In Salt Lake and bo in Los Angelas In twenty-four hours. Slonlnna. The Manitoba road is within whistling distance of Bonton. Bullion shipments from Btilto Inst week were valued at f 12H,5)0. ! ) A lump of copper weighing 1,200 ounces was ploKod up by prospectors near White Sulphur springs. The whole country in the vicinity of Sterling is on the boom , The Jay Gould ton-stamp mill pounded out $03,000 last month , and will produce $50,000 this month. The \\oodvillo tunnel on the Bntte branch of the Montana Central is now in ROO feet. 250 from the Butte end nnd 150 from this sido. The tutal length of the tmel will bo 1,300 feet. The progress on the Montan.i Central's Wicitos tunnel amounted to ninety feet last week at both ends. As the tunnel will bo over 0.000 feet long , it is now about ono-sixth completed. GENEROUS MILLIONAIRES. Men Who Arc Famoni For Their Con- Itrlbiitlons to Worthy Objects. A list of the benefactions for the pub lie good that have been published in thu leading newspapers during the last three mouths , writes the New York correspon dent of the St. Louis Globe Democrat , shows that within this period alone the pcoplo have fallen heir to more than $10,000,000. Of course , this is by no moans a complete list , for it includes only the most noteworthy bequests ; and the aggregate of the many small benefactions factions that are made every mouth , perhaps every day , to hospitals and libraries nnd schools in small towns , is very largo. But more than f 10,000,000 have been given for thu public good in sufficiently large quantities to bo reported in the larger newspapers. That is , per haps , the largest aggregate over given in the United States for these purposes In the same period of time. Although the number of rich men is constantly in- oreasjng , thcro is evidence also of a growing habit of giving money for the public facnolit a habit very worth culti vating. Now England takes the lend of all the sections ol the country In the list of don ations , for the very excellent reason that it has a larger accumulated capital and a larger proportion of rich men than any other section , and the south comes last because it has fewer fortunes. If a com parison could be made which should show the generosity of each section , New England , the middle states , the western states , the south and the Pacilic slope , there is reason to believe that ono section would make as good a showing as another ; for the volume of public bequests - quests is rapidly increasing in them all. In the list that has been kept of public benefactions few are reported from the south , but that is because , as a rule , they are smaller than the gifts reported in other parts ot thu country. IMilNOELV HKNhl'ACTIOXd. Some of the benefactions of princely magnitude are : Jonas G. Clark's gift of an additional $1,000,000 to Clark univer sity , at Worcester , Mass. ; $100OJO to Rochester university , $50.000 ot which is to establish a chair of political science ; $180,000 for a park and library at Now Britain , Conn. , by ( / . B. Krwin ; the more than usually largo donations to such old institutions as Harvard and Yale , , nn additional $175,000 to Butchol college , Akioii. Ohio , by the Hon. John R. Rutchcl , making more than $4,000,000 in all ; Mr. W. C. DoPauw's addition and gift of $103,000 to DePauw's university ; more than fl,000,000 uivon by Enoch Pratt , of Baltimore , for a free public librarythoiirh ( ! this , like the great Til- den gift in New York , was given lust year ) ; Dr. E. 1) . Stanford's gift of 150 acres of land for a park in the city of Louisville ; within live years $ , ' ,000.000 has been given for art and educational purposes in Cincinnati ; the muniliccnt establishment by Airs. Nowcomb of a college for young women at Now Orleans ; and every city as you go west has had its recent benclicicries. When the Pacific slope was reached the com manding gift by Senator Stanford to the university that bears his nnmo , and Mr. Sutro's great statue of Liberty to bo erected in San Franciscoequal if they do not eclipsesimilar gifts anywhere else. TIM : niiNLKns INTKNUEU. But a very small proportion of even the great recent public benefactions would include too many to enumerate. More interesting than the number or amount of them are certain tendencies that are shown in the purposes of publio bequests and donations. Colleges and hospitals and ' , homes" have , until re- crntly , had almost a monopoly of the bequests - quests of the rich. But the fashion is now last changing and tlio directions the clmiigo Is taking .are indicative of the broadening thought of the time. Educa tional institutions are still the prcfetred objecls of benefactions for the publio good , but it is no lonccr the classical or theological departments ot colleges that are selected so largely for endowment , nor are educational gifts now confined trt colleges of any kind. High scliools , polytechnic schools , industrial hohoolw , kindergartens , gymntismmt , schools of agriculture and hocml science and such practical departments of the "new edu cation uro now sclented. Hospitals nnd homes are yet founded in great numbers , but now there is generally some spccjlio purpose , which indicates the practical tendency of the thought of the times shown by the donor. And it is especially noteworthy that several of the largest donations for the public good that have over been made m the Uuited States are to establish not libraries of the old kind , but absolutely free libraries , in fact , such great free library gifts as thoao of Enoch Pratt of Baltimore , Samuel J. Tilden of Now York , Walter L. Newberry of Chicago , and hundreds of similar but smaller do nations havu so turned popular attention to the foundation of absolutely free libraries ns a privilege nnd duty of rich men that a distinguished educator , ob serving this tendency , recently remarked that it would soon bu a reproach for any town that had a rich eiti/un not to have a fully equipped free library. In the list of tha donations published during the last three months aiu not less than twenty-live to free public libraries , anil they aggregate ( this Includes none of the large-it gifts given above ) about one mil lion dollars. TAllKS AS OUTS. Another somewhat now direction that publio benefaction has recently taken is in thu donation or atloinmcnt of parks. The municipal establishment of parks has received what might bo called a reg ular supply of aid from private public spirit. Twelve cities or towns ar in cluded in the list , to which , during the last three months , private citi/uns have made presents of parks or contributed largely to their bcaiitllicatlon. AH showing further this recent tendency to practical aid in thu making of bene factions may bo mentioned xueh facts as these : At Trinity college ( Hartford ) , a theological school , a very largo part of lust year's donations was to build and equip the gymnasium , and $10,000 worn given to promote the good exercise got from lawn tennis ; at Now Haven , Henry Farnam and .James K. English have each given about $100,000 to construct public drives In a park , and at Win- sled , Conn. , a gift of $11- 000 has been made to grade a boulevard around Long lake ; at Waterbury - bury , Conn , , a lady left a fortune to Henry Bcrgh , to carry on hi * work and $7,000 to erect a fountain on thn nubile green with a liguro emblematical of kindlier | .o animals ; thu freo' kinder- "artei | system of Mcliools , the establish- raent ot which wa * begun by Mrs. SnA ford In San Francisco , now Include * , I.X , recent additions , as many ns forty ' schools , where more thnn 2,000 children nro taught free ; since the establishment of Cornell university most of the schools that hive boon endowed have made pro visions for the conduction of the sexes , for example , the great Leland Stanford , Jr. , university , in California , and Har vard and John Hopkins and Columbia. collccc i in the cast , and a very number In the middle and western admit women , most of them by virtue < donations for that specific purpose ; . oral benefactions have been made to the canso for which llenrv ( Jeorge labors , and the bequest of H large .sum to the university ot Pennsylvania to make an investigation of spiritualism is vet fresh in everybody's memory. TIIK HKSKl'AOTOltS. Thcro are some interesting facts about the Kind of men who have been the greatest publio benefactors with their wealth. Every largo city has produoetl generous merchants and niauufucturora , I and from this class the greatest number I as well as the greatest givers to the pub- lie have come. There have been some noble bequests to the people by profes sional mon , but the rule is that rich pro fessional men are of less advantage as givers than rich commercial men. Wo owe our schools and libraries and parks and statues to the "King of Trade.1' Naturally enough many of thu greatest public givers have been bachelors , us John Hoikius or Tilden wore , or child less men us Ktioch 1'rntt Is. The class of millionaires that has dona practically nothing when their opportunities are considered is the class of industrial and commercial gamblers Wall street men , for instance. On the other hand , nearly every one of thu I'ncilio millionaires who > found fortunes in mines and thu attend ant prosperity has remembered the pub lie aud been generous to the common weal. Wntterson'8 Diary. Louisville I'ost : Wo have bron per mitted to copy the following interesting items from the political diary of Mr. Henry Watterson : January Unad Kamlall out of the party , February lleud all democrats out of tha party who are In ( any way Interested in manufactures. Also read Kandall out , March Bead all democrats out of the party who are not In laver of free trade , Aho read Kandall out In a tcrrlllc editorial. April Denied that 1 ever advocated free trade In publin aud private , M.iy Haul CMvolaiid out of. pa and do nomiuiii htm and all his c net In a onu'ilnr article. Alto road andall out of party. June Kead all democrats out oC the party who are In favor of federal aid to educa tion. Also disposed of Samuel J. Kan- dall and road him out of the party. jvj July Uwirt the Virginia democrats and all Ml who have any respect for KamUll out oC "I the party. Aucust Bead UniuUll out ot the party throe times a week In a series of thn most with ering articles ever written. Consequence quence Is Kandall is ruinedthough I can't cot him to icallzo it. Ho does even not seem to know that I am attacking him. September Tried throimh funiuls to Induce the president to consult me about the tariff bill which he , Carlisle , Scott , Fall- child and Kandall are framing , but he-Is so ignorant ol my great ability to handlet * such an Intricate problem , or Is so mad with mo because 1 crushed htm with ono of my letter. . , that he won't do it Fated man I Ho Is so stolid and stupid that ho M'oms really to h.\ro a contempt for mo. But 1 shall soon write a double-loaded article that will destiny him completely. It Mill bo copied In the Sun. This public itlon Is made entirely without Mr. watteison's sanction or knowledge. Were ho lieio his well known uindcMy would undoubtedly prevent Its luscitlon In these columns. Mother , has your child got the croup ? Dr. J. H.McLciui's Tur Wine Lung Balm is a safe and ellcctu.il remedy , pleasant to take anil rapid in its action. 5 cents ii bottle. M-pro ClmraclcrlBllo" . Burnsvillo Correspondence , Solnv. ' ( Ala. ) Times : I think I haye lonnd the secret of the negroes' slow work in pick ing out the cotton crop ; they seem to bo utterly iudillereiit as to whether it is lester or saved , picking in most cases barely enough to pay lor meat and broad , and as some farmers throughout the coun try nro complaining that they can't got the negro to work , I will give thorn the benefit of my discovery. This is Saturday and , unlike the Now York holiday statute , custom among the ne groes has made not only Saturday even ing holiday , but they take the whole day. bo I bethought myself to try and biro some of them as they passed my field. Taking a .sent on the Icnco by the road side I offered to hire many who wended their way to Sclma , but they all declined as it was Saturday and they must have rest. Finally an old gray-headed fellow came along , and after much parleying shamed him into the idea of working. Said he would pick for mo. Asked what 1 would pay him. I told him 50 cents per liuiutrt'd Ho shook his head , and bald : "No , boss , 1 t'ank yyou ; but can't work for dat. " I .said well , as a starter , nnd to induce othoi-H I'll 7r cunts hundred , give you > per , but he must not let the others know I was partial to him. "No , no , no , boss , I can't pick for dat , " and ho started to leave me. "Hold on , " said I , " $1 per * 3i hundred. What say you to that ? " "Wuss and wuss , boss. Spuck wo can't trade. " "Well , " said I , "who * will you pick for ? " I'll pick for 25 cents a hundred , boss. " "Well , tell ino , yon old fool , why is it you want to nick at 25 cents , when I offer 3011 $1 ? " "Well " said "boss ' like , ho , , lopcok you's do balancii of do white folks , you inout not pay mo , and den I wouldn't loss quite so much. " " I.a I ( ilrln. tnmnicr licit linn no Iwl MTrut IIIKHI my FIICINurk , ArniN or Iliinim , bocuuio I ulHuja kttji HAGAN'S MAGNOLIA BALM. " Thus ulil Corn K. . tn lu-r ccunpouloni , at nhn ronio INMUIIIIMK In from u rurop uvtutli4 IillU , iiiuuoluliw l MAGNOLIA BALM KIP \ < n Bolt , Bmiiolli nml I'linWo BVIn. A iiiiirvrhiuiiljr Itfiiutllul Cmiiplrxlun. 'Tl a I.luiihl , piiulioa lu u uiomuut uud C'au't bo ilcltclod. Overcome * .llonl , Hunli.ii. Wlndlnu , Iivterjiu,5 .lalaesiti 1IRt-KLwjw. JlruM.rmnt/liicd. 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