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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
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iiiiirvrhiuiiljr Itfiiutllul Cmiiplrxlun. 'Tl
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bo ilcltclod.
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Iivterjiu,5 .lalaesiti 1IRt-KLwjw.
JlruM.rmnt/liicd. ( Ju&ranU-edtlia
'on\j \ one In Um world Renrralinff
aiontlnuoui tlmlrioi * J/uonrjii
rurr nl. bcic-nllllc , Powerful , I > uitbl ,
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