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W'KT * ' 'W-y * * < * " "g'l ' - - OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY AUGUST 10. issa-TWELVE PAGES : DAILY BEE. I3VKKY BIOItMNG. TP.IIMS OK SUltSaUlTION. Bully ( MornlnitKilitlon ) incluiilngBirMtir HRK. Una Year. . MOM ) For mx Months . BOOKer Kor Threw Months . - ' M TiiMOtt \SfNiiAY llisr , mnllcil to any ndclreM. tno ) Voar . 201 O MIIAOrMCK.NO . ! IINl > l'lllFAIINA STUF.KT. Nr.Yf YotlKUPfRT , HOOMS 14 < Nl > nTitinUKK Htm.lllNO. \HIIIM1TOK OmCK , NO. 513 SlItKKT. HHiSTO. : All communications relnting to news and torlnl manor should bo uddio'srd tothi'l.lHTon - , . Imilnoss letters and rrmltf n < le * ( mould be s'vd tuTiiK IHt : l'tm.i niNfi COMI-A.SV , OMAHA. Drafts , checks nnd po < tolito ) orders to 1)0 mndo JMIJ ulilo to the order of the company. The Bee PnlilIs.MnE . Company , Proprietors , B. UOSKWATKll , Editor. TI1K DAIIjY IlKU. Bworn Htntntnctit ol Circulation. Btntoof Nebraska , I County of Douglas. I " " Oeo. 11. Trechurlc. f-ccrotary of The Ileo Tub- HMiInt ; cornpnny , does xoleinnly swcnr that the actual circulation of TUB DAII.V HUB for the week ending August IK , it * , was as follows. Rnnday. August 12 . 1W ) Monday , August III . I'M * /Tuesday / , August 14 . If.t1 Wednesday. August IS . 1".WN > Thursday , AUKiist 10 . 1H.WJ ITUlny , August 17 Baturday , AUfc'iiht 13 . Arcrago 18.104 aio.ii.T/scnucK. : Bworn to before mo and subscribed In my prcsenco thin Ibth day of August. A. IW. I \ . N I' . FKfU Notary Public. State of Nebraska , I . County of Douglas , f " Bl George II. T7 rmirk. bclnitflrstdulyswoni.de- POHCD andfayxthatlio Is sccri'tary of 'Ilie Ileo I'nbllMdUK company , that thu actual nverngo dally circulation of TDK DAII.V HUB for the month of August , lest , was ll.l.'il copies ; for September. 1H7 * , 11.W.I copies : for October , 1N > 7 , II.TO copies ; for November , MH7. ir.5rt ! ! copies ; for December. 1W.1r > . ll cop- leu ; for.lanuary. IHN * . | ia lcopies ; for February. IffiMIi.WC copies ; for Jlarch.ll'NU'i.W.icopies ; for April , 1WH , 18,711 copies : for May , IHhS 18,11 copies ; for June.lN * , 1P4'Icopies ! ! ; for .Inly. 1S8" , 1SOJ ( copies. (1KU. ( JI.T7.SCIIUUK. Sworn to before me and BiilMcrlbed In my presence this 1st day of August , A 1) . . 1W. N.l'.FKIL Notary Public. \V. J. CONNKLL lias annexed another county to his instructed list. Snrpy county instructed for him yesterday , which gives him a total of Hfty-four Votes , or within twenty-eight of the necessary number for a nomination. THIS fact that General Shorldan died comparatively poor is a commentary on the integrity and soldierly spirit of the man. Ho never bought to enrich him- Bclf although the opportunities for so doing wore open to him during and after the war. IGNATIUS DONNKf Y , who went to i England , to spoil Mr. William Shakc- ' Bpearo'H reputation , is coining hack to Minnesota after a vain effort to convert the English to his views. Ho may have his revenge , however , by going back to , , congros8 nnd twisting the British lion's I tail. Tmc Argentine Republic is doing very iroll. Over five thousand miles of rail road wcro built last year and the coun try attracted an immigration estimated at 200,000 during the same period. Some day the United States will wako tip to appreciate what grit and enterprise * prise thu Spanish republics possess. THE request of eastern dailies for full tnarkot quotations from Omaha is a "dtraw showing which way the wind is blowing. Cincinnati , particularly , has snado the request for full Omaha quo- Rations of the pork market. The great Porkopolis of America of twenty years ago is now compelled to regulate her pork market oy the Omaha ticker. The whirligig of time has brought about no tnoro remarkable changes. , THE fast train service is destined to Btay after all. The Kansas City busi ness men have boon assured by the Chicago cage & Alton that Instead of lengthen ing the time , as intended by the other Chicago lines , that road proposes to re duce the tlmo of limited trains between Kansas City and Chicago. Such a course will of necessity compel compe tition , and fast trains to Kansas City inSure - Sure fast trains to Omaha. JOE RKDMAN is still clamoring to ' have the city hall built on Jefferson Equaro. Joe hason't enterprise enough to build a hen coop if somebody miulo } iim a present of a five aero lot , but his commands to the city council sound as If ho had laid out several millions in brick nnd mortar in Omaha , and was just holding back his plans ( or a granite pal ace on JelToron square because the council has not acted promptly. TitE beaux and gallants who woo the mil BO ot pohto literature have selected a romantic spot for discussing the American copyright law. The Doge's palace at Venice will add to its long list of historical events a gathering pi American authors and writers in Sep tember. Under the blue Italian skies Orid the poetic surroundings which have HadoVonico fatuous , the American men of letters 'will gather on the bridge ol plghs to bemoan the larceny Of their taontal offspring. OMAHA is still afllictcd with a fo\v curs In the manger. The performance of these obstructionists , under the load of the bond of the thrifty firm of Wo Us It Co. ) was a fair sample. Like th < throe tailors from Tooly street , these loud-mouthed mossbacks protested , ai * ' Wo , the people , " against building th < city hall this year. But the patriotic loader of the gang still continues to pll ( ' bonds and 'taxes ou Omaha for pave roonts that will rot out in loss than five years. You mustn't issue another dollni of bonds for public improvements it Omaha unless Wo , Us &Co. have a ham in the pie. Du. LYMAN < Apuorr , who occuplo the pulpit made famous by Henry Wan Beechor , is as busy as over with his pei endeavoring to show society where it i out of joint and the way to reform. Ii a recent paper the reverend gentle an Booms to locate the origin of socin distemper in the multitude of profos elonal men who profess what they d not teach , or what they have only vague conception of and hence can.no teach , and in the accumulation of pri rate property. Ho therefore come down heavily upon the excess of proacli era nnd lawyers , nnd at last denies th right hi tote of privnto property. Thor are a great many people wao will nj : prove a partof Mr. Abbott's conclusion : Arbitration In New York. The board of arbitration nnd media tion of the stale of New York ha * jus > t Issued its annual report. Made up with reference to satisfying the labor organ izations , the conclusions of the board from an experience of two years have special interest and significance. The borvlces of the board were called Into icqulsltlon but bohlom last year , the number of labor dllllcultioH susceptible of settlement by mediation being much smaller than in the previous year , and thtf mere question of settlement of wages having been generally deter mined satisfactorily by the parties themselves without Incurring the publicity of an investigation. It la noted by the bo.ird , that the chief cause of trouble in New York arote out of the question how far employees shall pre sume to dlctato not only in regard to the wages that the.\ are paid , but alfo , through their labor organizations at tempt to control the manner in which men shall be hired and dismissed , and to dictate that none shall be employed except those approved by the organi/a- tlons. The leading labor troubles in New York last year having been on this issue , the board regards the question of sui'li supreme importance that it suggests to the legislature that it should acquaint itself with the ditTerence between contentions for a retire.of legiti mate labor grievance and for power and control. This is the stage which the labor question has reached in Now York , and it is a repetition of the old question of tr.ides unionism in England , involving the proposition whether em ployers shall hire their work done by men of their own choosing , or whether thu men themselves shall form orpiini- /ations and insist that no men shall bo employed until ho has become a mem ber. This issue has not been peculiar to Now York , but has really become general , and the solution , if it shall over bo effected , will doubtless not bo reached without many severe and serious conflicts. The board speaks very plainly on the important question of whether employers have any public responsibility , and its opin ions are so much out of the ordinary line and in advance of the view popu larly held as to bo worthy of reproduc tion. The report says : Of wlmt avail la it for the atato to possess ami exercise a power of control and regula tion ever railroad corporntlons , created for public benefit , and ever private persons holdIng - Ing nnd nslnR their property for public pur poses , If It permits combinations of unauthor ized and irresponsible employes of such cor porations and persons , or others , to arbi trarily arrest anil hold tit will the operation of railroads or other properties in the service of the public I The operatives of a ralroatl , from engineer down to trackain.ii , are , in the practical relations of their services tel l > crsons and property transported , far more Important as factors than ofllccrs of the corporations , and should be hold to duo responsibility. Nor would the extension of regulations by law to employes upon rail roads work any hardship to thorn. Oil the contrary , it would bo their guarantee and protection , as well as thu guarantee and protection of the corporations and the people. A railroad is a quasi-public highway of the state , subject as much to reg ulation by the state for the public benefit and for the protection of the lives of people ple who travel , nnd for the transit of the property carried upon it , as If the state owned and operated it itself. When a man takes service upon the railroad , whether as an agent of the corporation or an operative upon the line , ho becomes a quasi-public ofllcer and heuco subject to such regulations of law In the discharge of all his duties and the tlmo and manner of his abandonment of thorn as are appropriate to protect the lives of per sons and secure the transit of property car ried upon the road. No dispute between those quasi-public olllcers about the price of labor or any kindred thing should bo per mitted to Jeopardize the lives or Interrupt the transportation of property of citizens to whom thu use of a rnilroau dally has bccomo a matter of necessity , as well as convenience , any more than a dispute between the oftlcers of a railroad and other parties about the price of cars , or rails , or ties , or spikes or any thing else that enters Into the equipment nnd operation of such a road. The state should ledge somewhere a power , with ample means of law to make it effective , for the speedy settlement of all disputes between the ofll- cors of railroad corporations and the opera tives of railroad property. These opinions are not new or singu lar. Similar views have boon expressed in these columns within the past two or three months. But they merit special atten tion as being exceptional in a public report and as indicating progress in the direction of a rational and sound public opinion regarding the exceedingly im portant matter discussed. It cannot but bo apparent to every thoughtful man that a complete and effective reg ulation and control of common carriers by the state in the interest of the pub lic cannot bo had without subjecting employes of such carriers to a responsi bility which will operate to restrain them from acts Inimical to the public interests. The view that there must bo legislation establishing both the rights and the responsibilities ol railroad employes has had a wide and rapid growth within the past year , aud the tlmo is not remote when it will crystalizo into law. Such legislation , wisely and justly framed , would work no hardship to the employes , but on the contrary , as the Now York board says , would bo their guarantee and protec tion , as well as the guarantee and pro tection of the corporations and the people. The Nation's Delinquency. Some time ago there was published ir THE BEE a history ot private claim ; against the government , dating tholi origin back to the war of the revolution It was clearly shown by this roord thai those claims are founded upon a mos sacred obligation of the government entered into with the patriotlo moi whoso courage and sacrifices ostablishoi the republic. The ablest men who hav < eat in congress since the govornmon was founded have acknowledged the obligation and its binding character yet a century after it was entered int < hundreds of claims remain unpaid , am the greatest dllllculty is found it securing from congress attention t < any of them. Thousands of pcoplt who lived in the hope that the government mont jvould do them justice have diet leaving their claims as a logapy to thoii survivors , who have in turn gone to thi grave transmitting the same unpaid claims to their heirs. There are gray- haired men and women who have boon seeking what justly bolonga to them for the last half century , most of whom will doubtlesi pass to the undiscovered coun try without getting their duo from the government their ancestors fought arid died to create. It is not a record of which the American people can feel proud. Hardly less discreditable to the nation is tliecourbp that has been pursued with respect to the French npoliation claims , of which a great deal has boon recently said in congress for nnd against a pro- po-etl appropriation to pay "a part of them. These claims have figured In the deliberations of almost every con gress for eighty years. During the Napoleonic wars the French despoiled American citizens of their property on the high seas and in the portsof Franco. Our government demanded indemnity of the French government , and the justice of the demand was conceded. By the terms of the convention under which the United States purchased from Franco the Louisiana territory this government assumed the claims of its citizens against the French government. That part of the treaty which bound the United States to pay fifteen million dollars into the French treas ury was strictly observed , hut-when it became a question of paying American citizens their claims there was an oppo sition developed which has ever since been strong enough to prevent the pay ment. There can bo no reasonable question as to the justice and validity of the claims. That was established by the government itself and acknowledged by France. The treaty for the purchase of the Louisiana territory , which released Franco from the payment of those claims and transferred the obligation to the United States , was a complete con fession by the two governments of their justice and validity yet they are still unpaid , and oven after the court of claims has passed upon a portion tion of them and found them valid. A proposed appropriation to pay this portion tion encounters a strong and deter mined opposition in congress , although the amount Involved is not greater than the surplus revenue of the treasury for two or three days. No creditor over went into court with a clearer case than those claimants , and no debtor ever more solemnly bound himself to pay a certain debt than did these United States to pay the French indemnity. These cases of national default , if not of absolute dishonesty , are most dis creditable to the country , and are well calculated to bring the American people and the American system into disrepute and contempt. It is no credit to us that we are honest with the outside world knowing the possible consequences of a failure to be , when wo are dishonest toward our own people who have no power of compelling justice. The coun try is rich and prosperous , and every claim of its citizens against it that is shown to bo valid should bo paid to the last cent. CANADA is aroused to the necessity of reciprocity with the United States. A party calling itself the Liberals is grad ually growing in strength which is openly advocating an unrestricted com mercial union. At a recent liberal dom- nstration held at Toronto the leaders of the party dealt openly with the quos- ion in its financial as well as political bearing. It was claimed that Canada's solatlon retarded her development , and , hat the country had not advanced per ceptible within the past twenty years. In the Dominion , real estate instead of oing up had gone down , and popula tion was on the decrease. Such a con dition was not flattering to the future development of the country. There is the danger that It will shrivel up un less efforts are made to expand and rjulckou its industries. The remedy bought for is , in the opinion of the lib erals , an unhampered reciprocal treaty with this country. For that purpose the party hopes to bring into the anadian parliament a majorty de termined to have unrestricted recipro city with the United Slates. Such is the platform it offers to the people. Other issues are sot abldo and first place is given to this question. With this policy the liberals propose to carry not only the people of the province of Ontario but the whole dominion. There can bo but little doubt that a commer cial union must bo established between the two countries to preserve friendly relations. The present difficulties on the fisheries question now agitating the senate show how impossible it will bo for the two nations to live side by side with out reciprocity. It may take some years to influence the majority of each coun try to accept the inevitable , and there will bo many dilllculties in the way. But eventually the movement for recip rocity which has began so earnestly in Canada will find a responsive ohord in America as the commercial relations between the two countries expand. IT WAS to bo expected that President Cleveland would commute the sentence of dismissal against the naval cadets convicted of hazing , to a comparatively light punishment. It Is an open secret that while the authorities at West Point and Annapolis outwardly frown upon hazing , it is secretly encouraged , In fact , hazing is part of the discipline of a military school. It Is in line with the cunning policy of the Spartans , who encourage their youths to steal , but punished them if they were caught pil fering. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Tni : National Conservatory of Music of America , which is in the third year of its existence , has issued its prospectus for 18S8-9. The main object of the con servatory is the thorough cultivation ol the vocal powers of pupils , from the earliest rudiments of voice formation to the fullest development of lyric mid dra matlo singing , but it is also intended tc establish instrumental schools. The education given is free to all who arc unable to pay for it , provided their nat ural abilities justify their admission , To secure to each state not onlj the chance but the right to be represented in the Institution there has boon established ir perpetuity a system of free scholar 'ships , the sum of five thousand dollar * being required to secure auch'a schojar- shlp The president of the conservatory Is Mrs. Jennnotto hurber , to whom the inception of tha. institution la duo , and among the lncorx | > raters are Au gust Belmont , Andrew Carnoglo , Jesse Scllgman nnd William K. Vandorbllt. There is an extensive nnd able faculty , and the number of pupils already en tered for the next yearns nearly up to the capacity of the Wstitutlon. The conservatory merits the heartiest sup port , and the outloolC'lor ' it is highly satisfactory. THE latest reports from the Sioux reservations - sorvations indicate that the Indians are holding out against signing the Sioux bill and that the prospects of winning them ever are decidedly dubious. They will not ovnn atllx their x marks to the "rod paper" which signifies "no , " because - cause they fear it might turn black , which means "Yes , " before it reached Washington. VOIOK OK TIIK STATK 1MIKSS. The Norfolk News springs this mighty big conundrum on Its renders , and then falls to furnish the answer : "Ono question to bo fet tled by the next legislature is , will history repent itself in Nebraska , or will Charles P. Mandcrson succeed himself as United States senator ! It is a mighty big conundrum. " The Madison Heportorlssatlslled that "At torney-General Lcoso should be his own suc cessor. The corporations nro seeking weak and dishonest railroad tools to capture dele gations all over the state In order to defc.it him. The people should keep an eye on this scheme , also , and watch the men who oper ate It. " Editor Carroll's ' presumptuous candidacy for the nomination for lieutenant governor is thus referred to by thu Nebraska City Press : "Tho Press r.ithiT likes Corrcll personally , but so far as harnessing him with Thnyur is concerned , it feels n little dubious. Unless it is misinformed the gentleman from He- bion is closely allied to railroad interests. Referring to the nomination of Hastings by the Second congressional district demo crats , the Schuylcr Quill pens the followine' "This insures .lumo.4 Laird's walk-away , us Hastings Is what is known in mathematics as a minus quantity. Hud the democracy put up our friend C. D. Casper , of David City , he would have stood some show of an election. The nomination maJc is a mis-t- flt. " The Wymoro Union believes there was some crooked work done tit the recent prim ary election , and says : "Thu legislature at the coining session should enact n striut reg istration law for all cities. If reports arc true there were a good many illegal votes cast hero last Saturdayr It was not rlilit , nnd the legislature should provide some means for prohibiting such voting. " Such a thing ns n "b.ar'1" is evidently not known in the Second eousji'fcsaional ' district. Out there they call it a "can. " for the Hast- ngs Gazette-Journal , .Unlr&s homo organ , iays : "The congressional campaign in the Second Nebraska district is ready to bo poned as soon as Mr. Laird returns with the : ati opener. Neither of thoother two candl- ates for congress can bo expected to work up much enthusiasm.1' ' \ "ft is said by the politicians , " remarks the ; Cnox Center Capital , that "the farmers ucht to bo poor. They never will vote for : helr interest. You Nvill , Kpa how they will rote this full. The firmers * > of Knox county are tin intelligent lot of men. They voted ight two years ago , _ and V iU do the same lung this fall. W. L. Turner stood by the 'armors on every question two years nuo. Wasn't it better for republicans to vote for a democrat who would do that rather than a republican who would vote with thu rail roads ( " The Crete Videtto states some plain truths n a few lilies. It says : "Thoro maybe several pohtlc.il parties in Nebraska , but bore is but ono question at issue nnd that is , shall the railroads control the legislature and state officers ! The sooner tno people ilrop the misnomer of republican , democrat or prohibitionist , and unite their forces in ilowning the railroad p.irty , composed of Marquctte republicans , Tobe Castor demo- rats and Church Howe prohibitionists , the better it will bo for the present nnd coming cnerations. " The Grand Island Independent refers to Spy Hussell's candld.icy for lieutenant gov ernor in the following language : " 'Uusscll n the last legislature did good service for the railroads , betraying Van Wyok , whom ID had promised to support. His Colfax con stituents , whoso conthltiiieo ho has lost , cer tainly would not send him back to the legis lature. Therefore the railroads , and their man Uere , propose to promote him to the lieutenant governorship , that hens presiding ofllcer of the senate may have a better chance than before of assisting them effectually. " This Is the way the GnrfluUl County Quaver states the situation : "The railroads will make a strenuous effort to rapture the state board of transportation In the republican convention the 23d of this month. This board is composed of attorney general , auditor , treasurer and commissioner of public lands and buildings , and they will try to capture n majority of those ofllcera. If they succeed our railroad law is entirely worthless ; if they fail , our railroad law Is ns good us wo need. 'Iho republican party should see that men who are solid on the transportation question are nominated. " Hero is a llttlo advice from the Columbus Journal which the papers mentioned will probably not hoed , although It is good : "Tho Omaha Republican and the Lincoln Journal ought to know by this tlmo that the anti-monopoly element of the republican party in Nebraska is growing and will make Itself strongly felt ono of those days. They have been doing their level best the past few years to keep tlio wheels , of political progress moving in the right dlrqction , nnd if such papers as the Omaha Republican and Lincoln Journal will lay nsldq thole prcdjudlccs against the prevailing sentiment , the coun cils of the party will bo more in accord witli the tendency of the times. " This Is the kind of man the Sioux City Sun wants In the uoxt legislature from Dakota county , "A man Instead of a stick ; a mnn who has business sense ; a man who will gc for something besides ease ; a man who knows good laws from bad Ones ; a man whc knows cnouch to frame his bills and papers without calling to his aid Cheap John attor neya ; a man who will win and keep the ra spcct of those about him , and ono who will act creditably alike for himself and for those whoso representative ho goes to bo. No supcranuatcd old duffer will do. A pompous swagger nnd a wise leer will not do. Those accomplishments answered flvo or six years ngo , but they will not go down In this good fall of 18S8. There is work to bo done at Lincoln the coming winter , hard and earn est work The man who goes must take ofl bis coat and bo about HI" Says thu Stromsburg Headlight ! "Brail Slaughter , member of the Nance countj board of supervisors , got a resolution passed by that body to have himself and a few friends investigated , whereupon the Fullerton - ton Post , points out a line ol investigation that is truly refreshing. The board has ad mitted , according to reports , that they know they were going contrary to law , but decided to go right on , because they have done inch things before.la other words the law and the publlo bo d d , when the old machine wants to grind its axe , The pcoplo of Mor- rick county would not listen to the appeals of honest men , but stood by the ting thieves. Now they stand appalled at a 140,000 shortage in the treasurer's accounts. Every man who helped to brow beat those who called for jus tice should bo made to pay his share of the stolen money. The Nance county men who are engineering this state of things should bo hold financially and morally for the dev iltry going on there ; and the same when there will bo a ground heave In some other county not far away. The mills of the gods grind slow , but they grind all the samp. " The Cedar County Nonpareil warns the people that there Is "a move on foot In this state among the railroad corporntlons and their lickspittles to elect men to the legisla ture this fall who may bo depended upon or can bo bribed or bulldozed Into voting for that monopoly henchman , John M , Thurs- ton , the head attorney nnd political wlro puller for the Union Pacific railroad corpor ation , the ro.id which Is daltnnucnt , in the payment of millions of dollars to the govern ment , to the senate ) of the United States. ThlsThurston has been putting himself for ward , and so far has succeeded in putting himself at the head of the republican leagues of this state , aud In being appointed temporary ary chairman of the ropubllc.ui national con vention. Tho'O nro but preliminary steps , nnd he has succeeded so well that his party will go on and land him in thu sonata of the United States If thu people are notuxtromoly careful. The people mint bo more diligent than over before attend all precinct cau cuses , county and district conventions , and yield not ono iiii'h of vantage ground to the monopolistic host. The people must rise In their might nnd tight ilglit for thulr freedom , buforo It is everlastingly too late. " The false statements about Attorney Gen eral Loose not ivcjivmir tHe support of his own county for remniinntion are thus re futed by the Seward Ki3 | > jrter : "In the re lentless war \\hleh is being waged upon Attorney General LQOIU by the railroads And their followers , nothing Is neglected that promises to L'lvo assistance , and no agency Is too low , no method too disreputable , for these men to make use of. One of their latest scheme ) U 10 siy tint Ssward coanty IsoppDS'Ju' tn tuoro-clcatlonof Mr. L20so , nnd that the Sv.vird county delegation in the stiito convention will bo against him. In an adjointntr county this was recently told , and thu n.uno of u giMiUuman who stands high in this county was given as the man wtio would see to It that the delegation was against Loose. Wo unheMUtinjtly denounce this whole state ment as false from bclnnlii to end. The p.'oplo of 8Jw.ir\l county are n unit In favor of Mr. L.'OVJ'S rcnominntlnn , an 1 ho will re- eivo a tremendous vote at the polls. More- ivor tie ! gentlonmn who was reported as igalnst Mr. Lueso Is ono of his warmest 'riends and supporters , and if u light wcro to iie madeon him in this county , would tuko off ils coat and work for him. There is no i > ewer in Nebrask i that could turn Seward jounty against Mr. Leesu , nnd they will send i lighting tlulugation forhiui to the state con- ention. Moreover , his onomles may rest as- ured that the republican musses of Ne braska will sec that he is nominated. " The Grand Island Independent is sure of he success of the national ticket in No- uraska and that no effort will bu needed to .0 swing the state Into i.b.3 Harrison and Norton column on the issues set forth in the republican platform. Hut It says : "Kn- .Irely different from our national issue is the ssueof onr st.ito campaign. Our state and ounty elections have no iullucnce on national loliucs , except in thu point of u United States senatorial election , for which in Ne braska u republican victory is us much secured - cured us in the presidential election , in all other respects our Nebraska elections do- lend on the railroad issue. In the elections of state ofllccrs and members of the legislature the only question to bo decided is whether thu people or the railroad magnates shall ulo thu state of Nebraska. Our state ofll- cers are of Immensely greater importance than in former times , because now they neatly all belong to the board of transporta tion , whoso duty it is to protect the peoiilo against railway robbery , while some of them belong also to the board of equalization , which has to n\ the tax rate for the rail roads. The railroads during the whole year have made a number of strong efforts to be come entirely independent of the authority of the state of Nebraska , aud to defeat the action of the boari1 of transportation when ever this board dutifully acted in defense of the people of Nebraska. And they 'also for n long time have made their prepara tions , to capture in this fall's elections the state olllccs and the legislature , so that they may own the boards of equalization and transportation , prevent all wholesome legis lation and elect a railroad man to the United Slates senate. For this purpose most all the so-called 'republican' clubs have been taken possession of by them , ami placed under the command of their trusted 'oil room' pay masters. And their attorneys and agents are assiduously working with all their usual tricks in caucuses and primaries to flx the elections , so that railroad tools may bo sent to Lincoln to do their railroad musters' bidding. That mon appointed as delegates to the conventions by nu insignificant min ority of railroad men , will mnko sensible nominations cannot bo expected. Thoj proba bly will do what they were appointed for , which means , they will nominate reliable railroad tools , nnd the result will bo a repub lican defeat. If the republicans place them selves on the railroad side against the pee ple's liberty , they deserve defeat , aud will get it. " The illsnppolntoil. KIM ir/icc/cr / / iniror. There are songs enough for the hero Who dwells on the height of fume ; I sing for the disappointed For those who missed their aim. I sing with n tearful cadence For ono who stands in the dark , And knows that his last , best arrow Has bounded back from the mark. I sing for the breathless runner , The eager , anxious soul , Who falls , with his strength exhausted , Almost in sight of the t'oal. For the hearts that break in silence With a sorrow all unknown , For those who need companions , Yet walk their ways alone. There are songs enough for the lovers Who share love's tender pain ; I sing for the ono whoso passion Is given all In vain. For these whoso spirit comrades Have missed them on the way , I sing with a heart o'orllowing This minor strain to-day. And I know the solar system Must somewhere keep in space A prize for thut spent runner Who- barely lost the race. For the pain would bo imperfect Unless it held some sphere That paid for the toil and talent And love that are wasted hero. PROMINENT I'EUSOMB. Commodore W. S. Schloy , United States navy , Is lying 111 at his homo in Washington from overwork. Sheridan's illness lasted eighty-five days , Garfiojd's seventy-nine , Grant's and Arthur's about twelve months. M. Rochefort has been lined 0,000 francs for libel on M. Jules Ferry. A-duel would have been cheaper and the danger slight. McClcllan's grave in Riverside cemetery , Trenton , still has no ic viument. A commit tee , however , is hnstcnl.i : to provide for ono. William Dlaklo , the w U-Unown writer on athletics , has become n n > miber of the White Cross army , so It is roper < d , aud addresses gatherings of young nic.i In Ilostou con' Btantly , Mary Anderson , who Is ow In London , ilnds boating on the Thump i u great relaxa tion after hard theatrical w ir ! < . She will row for mites at a stretch , an I is as fresh at thu finish ns nt the start , nn ml Hirer reports. John Swlnton has had nn 'ioration for cataract successfully perform I upon his right eye nt u New York eye u id ear Intlr- niury , and will see again after .1 wing been totally blind for some weeks. Juv Gould was reading the "Qn i'c and the Head" for recreation. Ho was nsk ' If It en tertained him. Ho said : "Tolerau It is n curious study of n morbid mental c idltlon in n woman , The features which I * ipnoso huvn popularized it nro disagreeable. ' ilmi't know when I have read u novel befor. Mv doctor told mo to try llctlon nnd lot the i-lit- ful books alone. So I nm obeying. " Sheridan's Franco-Prussian war nrtlcU1 > n the November Scrlbner will bo culled "Fr.i i Gravelotto to Sedan. " Sheridan was wl. lllsuiiiro.lt when thu great stuteMiian sprunir from his carriage with a pistol in each hand nnd denied the streets of the village of Gargo. Ho was also with him when ho dis mounted nbrcast ot the carriasa of thu do foaled Napoleon. Sheridan's description Is very interesting nnd graphic. Ho Bays His- mnrck saluted the emperor "In n quick , brusque wav which scorned to startle him. " Abram Stevens Hewitt Is sixty-six years of iigiHo was born in Hnverstrnw. the brick-milking town of Rocklnnk county , Now York'on July HI , IS'Ji. Ho graduated from Columbia college forty-six years ago. and did not become uctlvo in politics until ho was ilfty years of age. Ho then cntorod Tam many hall In the wako of Mr. IColly , Mr. Tildcn , Mr. Cooper and others who desired to reform the methods of the Wlgwnm , till then dominated by William M. Tweed and his associates. JUNGS AND QUKKXS. Klnsr Christian , of Denmark , has started for U'Icsbiiden. Prince Alfred , of Salm-RclfTcrschciiU- IJ.vck , formerly imperial court marshal , is dead. The household expenses'of the sultan of Turkey amount to $11,000,1103 a year. Ho keeps too many nlred girls. King Milan of Scrvia , is u most despicable creature ! . Some years ugo ho went to Vienna for a brief stuv , and on thu tlrst night of his visit ho lost t'21,001 at the Nobles' club. ' Prince Uormird William George Herman , duke of Saxe-Wcimnr , n tlno looking bach elor , Is expected soon to delight the femi nine hearts seeking conquests in the Cats- kills. The king of the Sandwich Islands is in trouble. The legislative assembly has abolished his navy In spite of the ofllcml veto and reduced his army to about sixty men and n brass ba d. Prince Roland Bonaparte , who has re turned to Paris , writes to a Washington friend that ho was delighted with his visit to this country , and that ho will long remem ber "the courtesy of Mr. G. Cleveland. " Emperor William has directed that the commission charged by his father with the erection of a cathedral in Berlin proceed nt once with its labors. The cdlllco is to oc cupy n situ between the royal palace and the museum. According to London Truth , the mother of Germany's now empress would have married in 185 i the Emperor Ncpoleou III. but for the opposition of Queen Victoria and the prince consort , to whom as princess of Hohonloho-Langenburg , she was closely related. On the day before the departure of the late Emperor Frederick from Churlotten- burg , ho ordered four gigantic statues of nnnilstono for the hall of the Royal Schloss in Berlin. They nro to renrcsent Jurisprud ence , Strategy , Natural Science and States manship. Queen Victoria is cleared of the charge that plain English bread is not good enough for her taste. It has been reported that she ate only Turin rolls of the kind called Gross- ltd , but London Truth says this is all non sense , and declares that brown nnd white bread are made every day for her use ; and she is exceedingly fond of oatcakes and scones. MUSICAIi ANJ ) DHA3IA.TIC. William Shakespeare is a London theatre managed in the year of grace 1883. Edwin Booth has boon steam yachting along the New England coast for a fort night. Maggie Mitchell will make "Ray" the principal feature of her rcpcrtoiro next season. Denman Thompson nnd Frank McKee have bought the new cotnle opera "Said Pasha. " These who have waltzed to his music will bo surprised to learn that Isaac Strauss was a Frenchman. Adollna Pattl's share in the profits of her South American tour amounts to ever yoo.OOO francs. She will return to Rio next year , as it Is too profitable a field to bo left untlllcd. Mr. Gustav Hinrichs is going to offer n liberal - oral sum of money for nn original American grand opera suitable for production by his now American opera company. Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett begin their second tour in the west ubout the middle - dlo of September. The supporting company will ho about the same as last season. Signer Del Puonto was lately stabbed In tho'lmnd In the "Faust" duel scene ntCovcnt garden by Signer Res/ke , who played the lover hero to Del Puento's Valentine. Daniel Sully's now play has been named "Con Conroy and Company. " It will bo pro duced for the first time at the Bush Street theatre , San Francisco , in November. "A Love Story , " the now play which Mrs Langtry is to appear in next season , is an adaptation of nn old French play. Her tour will begin at Kansas City , October 15. Now comes Marietta Xanfrotta with v ? 10,000 challenge to "down" Blondln ns n rope-walker. Miss Xanfrcttu Is only fifty-six years old , while Blondln reverses the figures and Is Blxty-llvc. The sopranos of the Boston Ideal opera company next season will bo Miss Xolio do Lussan nnd Miss Pauline L'Allemand. Both these artists uro In Europe , but uro expected homo in September. At a concert given by Fisher , a double-bass player , In Vienna , recently , the uudlencu were struck by the peculiar tone of his in strument , which rosernblea that of n violon cello. It appears that this result was ob tained from the employment of harp strings , instead of the ordinary strings used for thu double bass. The critics comment disap provingly upon what they term "this fantas tical innovation. " It is nnnoutif i 6 , , very good authority that Kiirlo Van SSundt will make n tour of the 'United States and Mexico during the season of 18SO-00. It has not yet been definitely set tled under whoso management the young prima donna will appear , although negotia tions are at present under way with sovornl opera managers of prominence. Miss Van Zandt will sing In November and December next at Lisbon , after which she will fill an engagement of twenty-five nights In St. Petersburg and Moscow , returning to Lon don for thu spring season. Miss Van /.mull's voice Is said by these who have recently hoard her sing to have acquired a marvellous richness of quality aud to have gained greatly in volume. DMantigcr Aronson , who has secured the American rights for the now Gilbert and Sullivan opera , announces that , from September - tombor 17 to November 10 "Oolah" will bo presented at the Casino , Now York , and on November 12 , simultaneously with the pro duction in London , the now opera will bo put on. The period of the opera will bo the time of GustavoVasa and the revolt of Dolekar- Hans and miners of Falun. The first scone will bo in the harbor of Hammorfest , on the northern coast of Norway , with the glaciers and Dorlekarllun Alps In tno distance. The plcturesqucness of the scene will bo en hanced by the 'costumes of the Norwegian peasant nnd sailors. The folk songs nro of especial beauty , and the libretto of Gilbert is sparkling with northern wit , It Is said. The second act is laid in the aula of the great Swedish Upsala university. There is a double chorus of students and Falun miners , with their daughters , nnd solas of Eddas , the prlma ilonna. There will be seventy peonlo In the chorus and cloven principals. Sullivan got his ideas for the oinira while a co-pupil of the Swede August Soodermann and the Dane Neils W. Gade , at Loipsic. under Maschelos and Dr. Rietz. The cast nnd. name of the opera have not yet been ] made public. When the loft hand Is given Instead of t'i right , between n nmti of superior ami a woman of Inferior runic , In which It N stipit latedthat the latter aud her children shall not enjoy the rank or inherit the poss ? H IIH of the former , the children ara Ifglt'nn' . Such marrlnKrs nro contracted In Gcrnm'iv ' by royalty and the higher nobility , ( looix'i ) L of England was thus married and later tin ) king of Denmark to the coimle.-t * of Dunnur , August 7 , 1S.VI. ( JllltllllC , Peruvian burk , from which immi-u ) Is mndo was called in onrly times " .lesuit bark " "fovor wood " and "ulna" , , by tiie n i lions of Peru , It U said to luivo been ills covered by thu Jesuits , ubout I IV lu vir tues wore not gcnorrlly ktown | until tusi , when it otirod of fever the countess of Cln chen , wife of the viceroy of Pom. It was sold ut ono iHirlotl for Its weight la slluir. nnd was introduced Into Fniiii't * In KUU. It came Into general use lit liVM ) , and Sir Hans Sloano Introduced It into England In 17H ( ) . licnlhor. Was very early known In Egypt nnJ G joe , and the thongs of iiiiiniifacturcd hi lo * were uiod for ropes , harness , nto. , lijr nil u eiont nations. The Oordlan knot wa-v imul ( if leather thongs , inn , B. C. A leather cannon \vai proved at Edlnburg , fired throa times , und found to answer , October ! M , 173. _ _ _ _ _ Icni > Your. Leap yeor bissextile , oriiiinntcd with the astronomers of Julius Ca\s.ir , 45 11. C. They fixed tlpi solar years at : tOo dais , su hours , coinpnsi.it ; , us they thought , tin pe riod from ono vcr.i it equinox to another. tlu six hours wcro sot iitlde. and at thu end of four your.s , forminr a day , the fouithfar , was nindu to consist of : jtD days 'Ihoduv thus nddcd was called mtoreulary. and was placed a day before tln > ' 'lth of Fubnmrv , the sixth of thO calends , which was reckoned twice , hence called bissextile , or twlco sixth This ndded day with us Is February lU ! Mnjor Andre's PnporH , "Where tire the papers found in Aiulro's stocking ! " They may bo seen at the state library of Now York , In Albany. They nro framed under glass and hang upon the wall , This library contains many articles of great Interest to thu antiquarian. Ho may see the original "Emancipation Proclamation" ns it loft Mr. Lincoln's hand. Upon the floor may bo seen one of thu links of the great chain which was stretched across the Hudson river nt West Point to prevent vessels pasalng up stream. This link is part of the chain taken down by Benedict Arnold. In a glass case standing upon a table may bu soon the In struments used by George Washington when ho was a surveyor. Death of Col. Baumc. Col. Baumu , who commanded the British forces nt the baltlo of Bcnnlngton , was mor tally wounded ana died next day. Ho was ardcd to u small building standing near the river , about ono mile uast of the battlefield , whore ho died. The writur has often soon the building and visited the interior several times Where Col. Baiimo was buried no one can toll , but it has ever been u tradition that ho was buried somewhere near the river. His sword nnd suvorul pieces of his camp equipage uro in the possession of George \V. Robinson , Esq. , of Beunington , Vt. For some yours past they have been iu Boston upon exhibition. PKI'IMORMINT DHOPS. A girl can't climb a barbed-wire fence Or slide ofl from a load of hay , But she can ride n bicycle easy enough , 'Cause her bicycle's built that way. Now is the time to conciliate the girl's father or make friends with tlio dog. A Chicago woman recently registered In a hotel register : "Mrs. Blank , knee Blink. " "Caress" is the name of a now postofflco in West Virginia. It may yet rival Klsslmmoo , Fla. , as n popular resort. Old Mortality and -'Old Humidity" are al ready making each other's acquaintance und find they are twin brothers. "Winery" is n word gaining popularity in the west. Wo may yet have "milkory , ' "whlskeyry" und even "talkury. " The last would , of course , apply to congress. A cynical man says that there are two oc casions when ho would like to bo present. Ono Is when the gas company pays its water bill ; thoother is when the water company pays its gas bill. Emperor William Is a firm believer In kissing , and saluted nearly everybody on his journey in this friendly stylo. Ho nnd Tecumsuh Sherman should form a kissing syndicate and tour the world. Ono of the meanest mon on record was a Mibsourian who had a personal grudge against his neighbor , the coroner , and com mitted suicide when the latter was away from homo on a two weeks' visit. Boston School Teacher- Now , children , can you toll me the name of the English no bleman who did great services to humanity , and whom wo all ought to remember hero in Boston ! Children Marquis of Quceusberry. As a literary centro Chicago now outranks Boston. The fact seems to bo chiefly estab lished that n judicious mixture of pork with beans makes u diet moru conducive to the growth and development of literary culture than beaiiB alone. John L. Sullivan Is tralnlm ; nt Nnntaskot beach , near Boston. His voice Is Improving daily. It is already heard throughout thu land , and there is something of the old blow to it. The next man he inuuts in the ring he threatens to death. "Absalom , " romanced Mrs. Rambo , "didn't I hear you miy a little while ago that yon had been out with 'Russian , the Growler1 ! Who Is heAbsalom ! " "Hu is a foreigner from St. Petersburg , " said Mr. Rambo , whoso lace was hidden behind u newspaper , "his real name , 1 think , is Hadwiski. " Thov wcro going to Saratoga the next day , and she donned her now suit to show her papa how sweet she looked In it. The ld man was enthusiastic. "Beautiful , my dour , beautiful. Now , what kind of u suit do you call that ! " "Papa , " she Haid , ns she shyly fingered u button of his coat , "that's a busi ness suit. " SlNGUIjAlUTIKS. During a heavy rain storm nt Seymour Ind. , last week , u telegram asserts , "A largo number of fish of a variety unknotVn thuro , some of them fo r Inches in length , " fell in that neighborhood. Thuro aru two sunflower stulics of natural growth at Rochcllu , Flu. , one of which has 1.000 and the other liiU : blooms und buds. The stalks uro about ten t * & high , with branches rescuing Out about six feet. John Hampton , of Quitman , Ga. , raised in his orchard twin LcContu pears. There are two distinct pears growing tandem ; that is to say. ono is growing from the terminus of thu other. Pieces of the bloom are plainly visible on the first pear. Peter Johnson , n farm hand living near York , died recently of perforation of tlio stomach. A post mortem examination re vealed the fact thut the liver , bladder , stom- ach'iiml Intestines were Involved In ono cancerous cereus mass , and it was almost a miracle that the man had lived so long. In Macon , Ga. , a young man , while prac ticing on the horizontal bar In the armory there , fell , was taken up Insensible and car ried home. Next morning ho was all right again ; but the strange part of it U that ho has lost nil memory of what had occurred for twelve hours before and after his fall. Some three months ngo the water in a Georgia well , some forty feet deep , began to roar und boil In n most alarming muniiurand n few weeks later the performance was re peated' so the owner concluded to clean It out and find the trouble. He did und didn't for when the bottom was reached there was nothing there , nnd the well und the mystery are to-day as deep as ovor. Joseph Richards , fourteen years old. was driving a mule in the Murray shaft nt Wilkos- barre , Pn. A train of flvo loaded cars run away nnd struck the boy with such force that his head was driven entirely through the mule's abdomen. His shoulder was broken nnd ho was otherwise injured. Thu horrified miners tried to extricate the boy and found the united strength of two men necessary. The boy revived somewhat , though his skull is fractured and ho will probably dlo. The mule died almost Immediately after the acci dent. Miss Margaret Mather arrived from Eu rope. She will begin bur season in Newark jn September.