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\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-
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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
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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 (
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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.