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' 4 TKff Q1VIAKA DAILY BEE : MONDAY. SEPTEMBER .24. 18881
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IT JIUST have been Mr. Cleveland's
grape-vine cable to China which in
formed him or the rejection of the
treaty by the Chinese government.
TIIK democrats must bo priming their
ptniH with that new noiseless explosive
powder. Up to this time the campaign
on their side has been very tamo.
IT JiiaiiT do the young war-lord of
Germany good to read the diary of his
father. Lasting peace and the liberal
development of Germany were the ideals
of the late Emperor Frederick. Cavort
ing on a charger at the head of his
columns seems to satisfy the ambition of
his son.
NUIIKASKA might well follow the ox-
nmplo of Missouri where state , county
and city funds are deposited in these
national banks which olTor by public
proposals the highest rnto of interest.
The interest on all such money should
bo placed to the credit of the people
and not , ns is customary to-day , swell
the perquisites of a state , county or mu
nicipal treasurer.
Till ! cause of civil service reform can
not bo in high favor with the postmaster
general. Ho recently removed two
trusty republican postal route superin
a:1 : tendents who had served the depart
ment In Now York for more than twenty
years , in order to make room for two
democrats. And still civil service re
form is one of tlio cardinal principles of
the administration.
Tim shortage of the grain crop of
France may load to the recurrence of
Lread riots during the winter. The
Floquot cabinet has .entertained the
proposition to suspend the import duty
on wheat in order to insure cheap food.
This is a matter of considerable im
portance to wheat growers of the United
States who will soon bo called upon to
make heavy shipments of brcudstufTs
to Franco.
IT WAS not necessary for the Now
York World to inform the country that
Mr. Cleveland ia warmly in favor of the
re-election of David B. Hill. Every
body , unless it bo the independents of
Now York , understands that there is iv
political partnership between these two
democratic candidates , and everybody ,
save perhaps the independents , appre
ciates the extent of Mr. Cleveland's
abasement in making such a partner
ship. It ought to insure the defeat of
botli , and there is a very fair prospect
that it will.
THE Mormon question is riot alto
gether confined to Utah. Nevada and
Idaho have laws on their statute hooka
disfranchising all adherents of the Mor
mon church and excluding them from the
rights of suffrage whether they are polygamists -
lygamists or not. The constitutionality
of this statute is to bo tested in Nevada.
Strange to say , the highest tribunal ol
Idaho has sustained the law. It is n
serious question whether any territory
can disfranchise men on account of thoii
creed. The national anti-polygamy
laws do not go so far. Their citizen
ship is taken from them asapunishmonl
for crime. They are not punished on
account of their adherence to the Mor
mon religion.
A IUCCICNTexamination of the coal do'
posits of Colorado and Wyoming has
boon made by Dr. John S. Nowborry ,
the geologist , in the interest of certain
eastern coal magnates. The roporl
calls attention to the rich coal resources
which need only the investment of cap
ital for their full development. It has
often been asked why these great car
bon fields have been neglected , so long ,
It is not diflicult to give an answer. .
Grasping railroads for years have kepi
their grip on a largo area of the coal
fields. Private enterprise and private
capital could not compote with monopo
lies which controlled the transporta
tlontoand from the mines. In consequence
quenco the development of the mlnora
resources of Colorado and Wyominj
has been hold in chock , while railroad :
have grown fat by limiting the supply
and fixing the price for coal. Compet
ing railroad lines now under construe
tioa will soon raise the embargo on coal
With improved transportation facilitio :
and low freight rate ? , it will not take
long for private capital and enterprise
to fully develop the mineral resource :
of Wyoming and Colorado ,
' . A i > Rat of tbo.Rltu.itlon. , ; .
The .campaign continues to wear'a
most favorable aspect for tho'ropubli- '
catiB. Unless the signs in nll'quartors
are deceptive the party is steadily gain
ing ground. Democratic hope of ac
complishing anything in the west seems
to have wholly vanished under the dis
closures made to the chairman of the
democratic campaign committee on his
recent visit to Chicago , and while all
cITort will not bo abandoned in the
slates where the democratic managers
professed to believe a little while ago
the party had a lighting chance , it will
not bo made on any such scale
as had boon contemplated.
1'ho second sober thought has
viclcntly led lo the conclusion that the
arty can afford to waste none of its am-
uinilion by using it outside of the
oubtful states , with New York as the
rcat batllo ground.
The intelligence from these states is
.Hogothor reassuring to republicans , if
, 'e except , perhaps , Now Jersey. Con-
iCcticut republicans confidently predict
uccess In that state and give excellent
casons for their confidence. From Now
'ork there is trustworthy testimony to
ho continued interest and enthusiasm
f the republican campaign , which
s being carried on witli great
igor and courage. The repu-
lintiori by the independents of the
lomocrnlic candidate for governor is
undoubtedly having an oll'oct unfnvor-
io \ \ to the national ticket , for it is
) poning the eyes of many of the indc-
) omlcnt voters to the obvious absurdity
if supporting Cleveland while oppoaing
lill. The facts that the governor could
unrdly have secured a ronomination
ivithout the acquiescence of the presi
dent , that an understanding between
.horn is confessed by the friends of
jaeh , and that the supporters of Hill
claim that Cleveland is friendly to his
re-election , plneo the independ
ents in a dilemma from which
very largo number ot thorn will
escape by withholding their voton from
the democratic candidate for the presi
dency , oven if they shall not vote for
the republican candidnle. In Indiana
ho battle is being waged with notable
vigor , and the result in that state maybe
bo close , but the probabilities are all
n favor Of its being carried by the re
publicans. Wo referred a few days ago
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to the outlook in the Pacificstates , and
see no reason to alter tlio conclusions
then presented.
It is probable that the republican na
tional committee is not f-o well off in a
inanclal way as the democratic commit
tee. Its resources for obtaining money
: ire not so oxlonsive. The disparity in
this respect can bo largely made up for
by the zeal of republicans everywhere.
As wo have before .said , the danger of
over-conlldoiico must bo avoided , and
all along the line the next six weeks
should witness a steadily increasing
igor and activity in the republican
campaign , as they doubtless will in that
of the democracy.
A I'rnmlBln Fluhtln Ground.
Eight years ago Hancock's plurality
in West Virginia was a little overolovon
thousand. Four years ago Cleveland's
plurality was forty-two hundred. The
congressional elections of two ycarrf ago
showed a democratic plurality of only
nine hundred. The decline of the dem
ocratic vote in West Virginia is thus
shown to have boon rapid , and there is
no reason to suppose that it lias not con
tinued to fall off.
Intelligence from that state warrants
the opinion that it is a most promising
fighting ground for the republicans in
this campaign , and they are mak
ing a very active canvass there.
A correspondent of the Now
York World , who could have no motive
for misrepresenting the situation in be
half of the republicans , describes the
outlook as very favorable to republican
success in the state. Wheeling is a
manufacturing center , and ho found
there a very strong sentiment against
the democratic tariff policy in which a
number of manufacturers who have
hitherto been democrats heartily
joined. Ho names half a dozen of the
converted manufacturers who employ
over a thousand men , and states that
there are others of less prominence.
These manufacturers not only intend to
vote the republican ticket , but
are actively exerting their influence
in its behalf , and some of thorn will ex
tend financial assistance to the national
committee.
Tlio whole tendency of the stale , ac
cording to the World correspondent , is
strongly in favor of the protection sys
tem , duo to its great possibilities in the
way of natural wealth. The value of
the coal and iron in the state has been
estimated by exports as greater than
the supply of Great Britain. Its sup
ply of timber is enormous , sulllcicnt , it
has been said , to pay the national debt
twjeo over. These facts explain the
sentiment of the manufacturers and a
largo part of the people against the
democratic tariff policy , and the repub
licans , under the able leadership of
General GolY , are making every effort to
increase this sentiment , apparently
with good effect. As wo liavo shown ,
tlio democratic plurality to bo overcome
is very small , and there is every reason
to regard West Virginia n promising
lighting ground for the ropublicAus.
Lmbor Kmlorscs SJillnr.
The action of the convention of the
united labor party of Now York , in en
dorsing the candidacy of Warner Mil
ler , is significant and important. It ia
significant as showing the drift of senti
ment among the largest organization of
workingmen in the Empire state , and
it is important because of tlio inlluciice
it will exert upon other workingmen ,
not only in Now York but in a number
of other states. Very likely no one
knows the actual strength of the united
labor party , but the fact is certain
that it is the most numerous
labor party in Now York , and
for that and other reasons the
most influential. Its vote is a factor ol
very considerable consequence , cer
tainly sufficient in a close election be
tween the political parties to glvo suc
cess to the candidate to whom it will be
thrown. Its preference for the republi
can candldato gives him a very material
advantage.
This action of the united labor party
coin IrnrtUy fail .to bo advantageous also
to tliQ' national republican : tjckot , for ,
although the party has .a presidential
candidate of its own in the field there
will undoubtedly bo many of its mem
bers in Now York cast their vote for
rinrrison for the same principal reason
that they support Miller , namely , be
cause he represents a national fiscal pol
icy which they regard as most favorable
to their interests. The effect of this
action is therefore to strengthen the
entire republican position in Now York
and add to the favorable outlook for the
party in that stato.
A miKAT salt syndicate has been
"formed in England which is very much
like the trusts in this country both in
its organization and aims. It is claimed
that tlio salt industry in England has
become unprofitable , and efforts to put
it on a paying basis have hitherto failed
because of the secession of individual
members. Hence the organization of
the syndicate , which has obtained con
trol of most of the salt works of the
kingdom and could carry out its pur
pose orincreaslng the price if it were
not for the obstruction of one man. This
individual is John Corbott , the member
of parliament who is known aa the
salt king , and is the owner of enormous
ivorks. He has steadily refused to have
anything to do with the syndicate , oc-
3upying in this respect a position nearly
imilar to that of Clans Sprockets to-
vard the sugar trust of this country ,
mil so long as Corbott holdj out , the
: alt syndicate's plan of making the poo-
ilo pay more for its product must hang
Ire. The English salt king has thus
'ar boon inoro successful in protecting
ho people than the American sugar
dug. though the course of the latter
las not been without good ott'eet. There
s a little comfort in knowing that mo
nopolistic combinations are not con-
lined to the United States.
TliiiitK appears to bo no doubt of a
icnvy shortage in the wheat crop of the
lorthwest. Although yet lee early to
: nako an accurate estimate , and the
tendency being always to exaggerate
the extent of the damage done , still
conservative men believe from the ovi-
ilonces at hand that the crop will bo
one-third los.s than last year , n promised
iloereaso that very greatly disappoints
the expectations of a month ago. It ia
also said that the average quality will
: iot bo so high as last year. The St.
Paul J'ionccr J'rcss in
, referring to the
situation , figures that unless the ad
vanced price of wheat this year over
that of last year lias not reached the
naximum , which it thinks improbable ,
the farmers of the northwest will got
icarly equal results in a money roturn.
This may bo so , but dearer bread for the
ountrymeansa higher price for almost
every commodity , of which the farmer
will pay his share on whatever ho must
buy. There is no benefit for anybody
in a short crop of brcadstulT.s.
STATE AM >
Nebraska
Another sljrn of clvllUatloii ia noted at Me-
Cook the plug hat.
Gulilo Hoc't ' is aff.ilu in hard luak. Its
brass band has dhbandcd and thu instru
ments have boon sold.
Dick Votty , u woll-knowu Nobrask.x City
clniradur , li < s dsip ! : | > eared , Ic.ivinjf u larjjo
family poorly provided for.
\ii effort h beinp m.ido to hive : a par ma-
nent hos market at 1'onca , and a company ia
being orsanUod for that purpose.
J. M. Hawkins has purchasied the Palrbury
Democrat , changed its name to the Enter
prise , and will run It as a republican paper.
Michuul Fiahpr , a Humphrey man , hud his
arm wound up in u threshing uiauhlno'l'hurd-
day , mangling ; thu limb In a terrible manner.
The Edgar canning factory has put up
11)0,03J ) cans of corn , r > 'lOM , cms of paas and
beans , and will lluish the season's work with
50,000 cans of tomatoes.
Prof. Foster , who was hired by the board
ot education to teach the Chadron school and
then notlllcd that his services were not
needed , has secured a judgmtmt in his favor
of SiiOO.
Eight female camp followers at the United
States military c.imp in Dawcs county , were
arrested and lined last week. General Hutch
Is bound to drive this dissolute class away
from the soldiers.
Albert Sammous , a Holt county boy ,
dropped n gun from his shoulder while out
hunting the other day , and received a charge
otshot in his heel , which will necessitate the
amputation of his foot.
A four-year-old boy , living nt Gnnby , swal
lowed a tin whistle last week , presumably
with fatal results , aa the tlio local paper an
nounces that "tho little follow will use the
plaything hi the other world. "
Tlio Washington county court houao at
Blair was found to uo in nn uns.ifo condition
last wool ; , and eighteen heavy timber prop *
were placed around the outsldo of the build-
Ing. It doesn't look very pretty , but It Isn't
dangerous.
Tom Shubert , an old and eccentric citizen
of Beatrice , was found dead in his cabin in
the outer part of the city Friday night. His
body was b.idly decomposed nud hs had evi
dently died in a lit. Ho was about sixty
years old and unmarried.
The David City Press has started in on Its
sixteenth year , and while Editor Casper ac
knowledges that in that tune ho has luarncd
many things and corrected lots of mistakes ,
ho has still failed to rectify his ono great
error ho is still u roclc-ribbod democrat ,
A novelty in the way of un exhibition It
proposed for the Lincoln county fair next
month In the shape of a "roping" contest. A
loading ranchman has agreed to furnish the
noccsjary steers if the agricultural society
will secure competent ropers to contest for a
prize.
Smooth-tongued swindlers have worked a
number of farimu-s living near Fail-mount ,
during the past week , so'.ling agencies for u
hydio-carboa burner. Of course the newly
nppointod "agent" had to sign u draft to so-
euro the royalty , and then the swindlers
skipped. Stuto warrants have boon issued
for their arrest.
Prospecting for coal at * Ponca has been
abandoned , The conviction Is being forced on
the drillers that they have boon duped by
some wicked Individual who "salted'1 tlio
hole put down eight years ago. The Journal
goes into paroxysms of grief and r.igo over
the result , and says of the man who caused
nil the trouble ; "Ills niomory should bo
handed down to posterity on a ulattor of
moUoii brass as the champion liar of thu un-
scalped west. Ho deserves that the lingers
of fate pinch him , the palm of sleepless
wrath slap him , the untiring foot of
Providence kick him , and the landlord of the
hotel do Shcol brand him. And llnally , when
ho has been slapped , pinched , kicked and
branded until ho realizes the enormity of his
condition , hu deserves to bo loaded Into a red
hot bombshell and llred by the kick of a 10-
030 horso-powcr mule unto the boundless
regions of Interplanetary space. "
Iowa.
The Hawkeya advocates a well managed
workhouse us a solution of the tramp prob
lem In Burlington.
Thcro are so mo great nl lingers in Wapello.
Ono citizen rcolilessly bet another $10 that
Cleveland would bo ro-olostud.
A petition ia circulating in Clinton asking
the mayor and city council to return to the
regulation of the saloons by tbo llconso sys
tem.
tem.A
A young man named Ellis B. Vimnost , who
Is under twcuty-ono years of ago , appeared
in the district court at Davenport and pro
cured n dlvorco from a young lady whom ho
had married ever a year ago and who do-
sorted lilili aftorllvc days 'o/ married 'bus's. ,
The djvnnawa.vgranted und' Immediately'
lie procured n llccliso. to wed'Miss'Carrlo ' '
Horf.
A project tolm' \ ( < 3 tlio Baptist , Congre
gational and PrdMmerlan societies in Toledo
tailed , nnd each will continue to do good In
the old wny.
The atato university's enrollment In the
colloglato department for September , 1883 , Is
235 against 210 last. September , and in the
law school T ; ) against d'.i. '
A letter to a Dos Moines gentleman from
Oaptuin Ouston , of Ames , says that in pros-
peeling on his land near Ames ho hai struck
a fine vein of coal und a llftecn feet stratum
of mineral paint.
A young lady living near Hopcvlllo Is said
to have sustained life for thlrty-threo days
upon nothing but water. At last accounts
she was still fasting. At time * she appears
very weak , then acain nho appears to have
some strength , so she can sit up In bed and
dross herself. At this tnuu she Is still
nllvo.
It Is reported that n number of the Ami-
inosa gentry in attendance at the Mechanics-
vlllo fair got loft by Investing too freely of
their cash assets on u foot men , Ono of the
runners was a colored gontluman nnd It wan
supposed 1m hail boon properly "ilxed" for
an easy victory bi his competitor. The
parties who had put up their surplus on him
heard of the alloecd sell-out , and Just before
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the race occurred'ono of his backers Informed
him that If ho came in second ho would get u
very largo and peppery dose of ' 'shot-gun
policy. " The dnrkoy concluded to take the
stakes und did so with case.
Dakota.
No pastor 1ms yet been secured for the
Presbyterian church In Flandreau.
It is now settled that there will ba horsa
races at Rapid ( Jity October 31 and fi.
The enrollment at the University of Da
kota , at Verinillion , is nearly throe hundred.
Sports of Sioux Fulls tire trying to get up
a hunting party to go to Nicaragua next win
ter for a month's hunt.
The Deadwood flowing mills have several
Uiouinnul bushels of wheat on hand and lire
running at full capacity.
The yield of No. 1 hard wheat in the Bis
marck vicinity is the bust in the territory ,
and farmers are holding for.l.lX ) a bushel.
The Yankton board of education has decided -
cidod to admit to the primary schools nil
children who will be seven years old before
March 1 , IS J.
Billy Taylor , u hard character conllnod In
\Vatortown Jail , charged with"rape , liu.t
escaped. Ho was taking an airing ouUido of
the jail In charge of a deputy , when ho made
truck i and got away.
Clmrli's \Vlspwns captured nnd hanged In
the Turtle mountains by vl liiintoj whilst
attempting to run u string ot Hlulon Monies
across the border into Canada. HM captors
hanged him with oiu of the stolen halters.
AViso was well connected iu Pennsylvania ,
his old home.
John FiiKolbnrg caused the arrest of Ivnuta
Hotcgard for the violation of the loi-.il option
law ut Kioux KilK . Uotogard afterwards
culled Fugelbcr , : into the saloon and pretended
tended to mnkd friends. A crowd was pres
ent , and SQUID fellow , evidnntly hired , at
tacked Fugolberg , but hu hold him in chock
with a gun und liad him arrested.
I'UO.M IXKXT PEKiiONS.
F. Marion Crawford , the novelist , is ut
Vullombrosa , Italy , llnishlng a new story.
Mrs. Harriet Deuuhcr Htowo was able the
other day to partake pf solid food for the llrst
time since lust MayT
General Flak's health is so much improved
that the prohibitionists expect ho will bo able
to reopen the sideshow miiiex September ! i'j.
Justice Gray of the United States supreme
court has nearly completed his new house
in Washington. Whlt'-h is nn enlarged copy
in stone and brick of a typk-.il Now England
farm house. ,
W. T. Coleman & Co. of Sail Francisco
were sued by thu United Status in ISliT for a
balance claimed to bo duo on un importation
of trunn.v bags frotn Calcutta. The case has
just come to trial.
Floro.iii.-o Nightingale , at the n.o.of sixty-
nine , is u t.-onllrmed liivalid ut St. Thomas'
hospital , London. 'Her spine was injured
during her hard work In Urn Crimc.m war ,
and she has never recovered from the effects
thereof.
The lato. Prof. Hichurd A. Proctor will Do
greatly mourned in England. Of him Ed-
mend Vates bay- , that ho was perhaps more
widely known than uny other scientific man
of the day. "As a lecturer he was unsur
passed. His fugitlvo articles , conversations
and letters have'familiarized outsiders with
the deepest thoughts of experts. A very potent - .
tent force and u stimulating factor is extin
guished. "
Major Barttelot , the loader of the Stanley
search expedition , who Is reported to have
been murdered in Africa , wan u member of
the Hoyal fusiliers , which regiment ho
joined in 1S.7J. Ho served In the Afghan w.ir
ot 1S 7-'SO , took part In the defense of Can-
diihar , and wns present in the battle before
that place. Ho was nlso In Iho Egyptian
campaign of 182 , und took part in the Nile
campaign of 18SI-85.
William U. Morriani , the republican candi
date for governor of Minnesota , entered Ha-
cine college ut fifteen und was graduated ut
twenty-one. Ho led in everything , uthletlo
us well ns studies , was historian and vulcdic-
torlan of his class , and Dr. Do Koven's favor
ite student. Ho is supposed to bathe .youngest
bank president on record ho Is thirty-eight
no-.v. Ho has "worked up" from his post us
clerk in the First Natiomu b.iulc of St. Paul
to the head of that institution.
JInw to Prniinunun It.
"It should bo observed , " says Dr.
Joseph Thomas , "that B in UM-jslan
corresponds to our V , balng novar in
any case , pronounced like the Knglish
B ; therefore , Sebastopol is an incorrect
spoiling.
Dr. Thomas is the authority who is
followed in Wobstor's Dictionary , and
is the editor of Lipplncotl's Pronounc
ing Ga/otoor of the World.
The young lady who smiled
' right out loud" in last SUN
DAY'S Hun is not correct in
saying that "Worcester gives as the
preferable pronounciatlou the plain
English ono of 'Swbastopol' accented on
the second vowal. " Worcester puts
Sebastopol and Sevastopol in alphabeti
cal order ( pronouncing both with ac
cent on tlio second syllable ) , but gives
no preference lo pronouncing it with
tlio "b" to pronouncing it with the "v. "
Dr. Thomas says that it is now gener
ally acknowledged that the only ra
tional and satisfactory way ot pronounc
ing geographical names is to pronounce
thorn a-5 nearly as'possible as they arc
pronounced by the educated people of
tlio respective countries to , vhich they
belong , excepting only these few well
known foreign name's which appear to
have acquired an established English
pronunciation , such as Paris. Florence ,
etc. Most of theso'nnniorfhnvo ' received
an English form of , spoiling , to which
naturally an BuglUm pronunciation has
been given.
Dr. Thomas says in regard to the pro
nunciation of this Word Sevastopol , that
it may bo stated that not only the inhab
itants of the town itself , but educated
Russians everywhere' , invariably ppoak
it with the accent oii the lirst and third
syllables. In Etfglhnd , ho says , al
though Sobastopdl ' ( accent on sqeond
syllable ) is a common pronounciation.
Sevastopol ( accont-oii third ) is said to
gaining bo ground among tlio educated
classes.
Lot the young lady road the remarks
that preface Worcester's geographical
vocabulary for the pronouncintion ol
Paris , and other words.
Is it "sheer affectation" to pronounce
this word Sevastopol ( accent third syl
lable ) , according to Webster's diction
ary , which is recognized as standard
authority by the courts , by the govern
ment prfn ting olllco , and which is rec
ommended by state suporinlondonls ol
schools in thirty-six states nnd lifty
college presidents'1 ; WKHSTKIC.
Angostura Bitters , tlio celebrated ap-
petlzor , of onuisito flavor , Is used all
over the worfd. Dr. J. G. B. Siegort &
Sons , solo manufacturers ,
JOHNNY TILYER'S'SAD ' DEATH ,
A Suspicion Tbnt It Was the Roault
of Criminal GnrolossnosB.
THE CAPITAL'S SUNDAY GUESTS.
I'rocccillnjj-j to l o Instituted Against
the lliirllnjiton for Kitortluu
Tlio UciliictloiiOrilor Iiln-
coin News Notes.
LINCOLN BUUBAU or Tun OMAHA linn. )
llttO P SniKHT , }
LINCOLN , Sept. 33. )
The terrible death of Johnny Tllvor
on the Burlington track , near Stock-
woll'a brick yard , yesterday evening ,
lias created iv profound sensation in
Lincoln. The impression prevails ) that
the tragedy was thu result of iv pleeo of
stupid carelessness on the part of the
engineer , and it is not without seine
foundation. Morris Tumor , the young
man who was in the wagon with
Johnny , says that they were chatting
along pleasantly , paying no attention
to the track , for it was past the hour
for trains. Ho further stales that it
\v s to calm that the moving train inado
but very little nolso , and that it was an
accident that ho discovered its coming
and escaped the same horrible fate. Ho
indignantly repudiates the idea that
the whistle was sounded at the signal
post or as the train nenred the crossing
at the round of the curve , anil
his statement is supported by
the word of several traveling men who
were on the train. It is also certain
that the engineer could have prevented
the tragedy , whether on the out or inside -
side of the curve , at his post in the en
gine had he boon on the lookout ahead.
The engine struck the front wheels of
the wagon and carried the boy and one
of the muliM nearly one hundred foot ,
when they were dropped by the side of
the track , the boy in a dying condition
and the mule dead. It is argued here
that the fact that the train was behind
time should have inado the engineer
more diligent and cautious. It is cer
tain that travelers would bo less cau
tious when knowing that it was past the
hour for trains. Tlio case is distress
ingly sad to the bereaved mother. Last
Juno she buried her husband , and now
has an older son who is helpless from
injuries sustained a short time ago.
The railroad company called
'
Undertaker Hobo r Is to nro'paro the
body for burial , but the gathered people
ple refused to lot him touch the remains
until after the coroner and jury had
viewed them , because , as they put it ,
"removal might hide traces of the aooi-
dont. " The Burlington and scab en
gineers have been severely oritiei/od
since the accident , perhaps unjustly ,
but the late fatality on this road is be
coming notorious.
Coroner Shomukor has floured the
following jury and will commence tak
ing testimony to-morrow afternoon at
the scone of the accident : Gran En
sign , George Dosclnmn , John H.
Wright , Robert MeKoynolds , John
Doolittle and I'M ' ward Goodman.
LINCOLN'S HT.VDAY CU'KSTS.
At the Capital II. W. Ilaborlo , Chicago
cage : Ben C. KIH-Z , St. Joe ; ,1. V. Per
ishing , Chicago ; John A. Ladd , St.
Louis ; G. Kinfro and wife , Chicago ; O.
Hosteller , Central City ; J. Melntyro.
Chicago ; W. J. Gillospio , St. Louis ; B.
A. Cuell , Chicago ; J. J. llyan , Omaha ;
J. W. Smith , Kansas City ; E. 15. Me-
Connell , Memphis ; J. M. McGlaro ,
Kansas City ; II. Chapman , St. Louis ;
J. Muagrovo , Omaha ; John Jpnsoii ,
Sidney ; J. C' ' . Johnson , Kansas Citv ; J.
'
C. Linn , Hastings ; L. E. ( Jrilllth , 'Nol-
son.
son.At the Windsor IT. V. llubbard , St.
Louis ; L. Mason. St. Joe ; II. G. Leicli-
hardl , Chicago ; P. J. Siolcno , St. Joe ;
George II. Isman , Johnstown , 1'a. ; J. N.
Eekman , Nebraska City ; George J.Colo ,
St. Louis ; George II. Hoover , Roches
ter ; S. J. MeConnoll , Chicago ; Gcorgo
Bostwich , Buffalo ; Irvine Ellis , Leba
non , Mo. ; Will Clouston , Omaha ; D. E.
Hamilton , Chicago ; Fred Straus , Cin
cinnati ; R. K. Cooper , St. .Too ; P. M.
Baker , Atchison ; E. W. Kavis , Lewis ,
ton , Idaho ; C. L. McDonald , Kansas
City ; 11. L. Dunovnn , Chicago ; A. B.
Car.ion , Kansas City , J. Stombach ,
LouisvilloM. ; S. WoodwardDos Moines ;
W. J. Conner , Chicago ; T. J. Hitlon-
house , Conncravillo , Ind. ; J. K. Weir ,
St. Louis ; D. L. Carpoator , Now York ;
J. Markwitz , St. Louis ; W. D. Stork-
nian , Chicago ; R. C. Miller , SI. Louis ;
W. N. Decker , Omaha ; B. B. Lyon , St.
Louis ; C. J. Ullnian , Now York ; II. B.
Goldsmith , Omaha ; J. C. Tibbetts , Chicago
cage ; C. L. Richard and wife , New
Brunswick , Canada ; C. W. Wliilmore ,
Chicago ; J. B. I'alton , Now York : J. B.
Cooley , St. Joseph ; C. S. Lewis , Chicago
cage ; W. W. Rolvin , San Praneibco ; R.
II. Catlin , Chicago ; J. Maskowitz , St.
Louis ; J. Tomlinsoii , Chicago.
At Opohts II. J. Maul/ , Chicago ; A.
Llnlon , Kansas City ; M. M. Spencer ,
Chicago ; John S. Stall , Auburn ; John
Myeolt' , Chicago ; J. W. Beubo , DCS
Moines ; M. R. Binghom , Chicago ; G.
G. Railsbaugh , Ashland ; P. Wolfe ,
Kansas City ; K A. Pollard , St. Joseph ;
Maurice Smith and William Harris ,
Iowa City ; C. M. Larrison , Omaha ; W.
A. Crabb. Curtis ; W. T. Runyon , DCS
Moines ; Mrs. M. M. Monson and Mrs.
Ella Lee , Marion , O. ; George W.Clark ,
St. Louis ; Isaac Moths , St. Joe ;
A. Webster , Chicago ; C.
II. Gill , St. Louis ; Charles
F. Rinkcs , Omaha ; John M. Struck ,
Kansas City ; J. Jacobi , Milwaukee ;
John J. McErlaiii , South Bond , Ind. ; T.
II. James , Kansas City ; T. I ) . Quoroan ,
Chicago ; W. C. Eborts , Detroit ;
Charles K. Wymiin , Kansas City ; M. T.
Kinney , Omaha ; E. W. McCullough.
Chicago ; Jack Garrett , Omaha ; Miles
Saundersand E. S. Meyers , Springliold ,
Ky. ; A. C. Pislier , Bridgeport , Conn. ;
Scott Watson , St. Louis ; C. Q. Alher-
ston , Chicago ; P. L. Riohardbon , St
Joseph ; A. II. Santoo. St. Louis ; N. S.
Head , Minneapolis ; Charles Similes ,
Chicago.
I'UIXCIL'I.K NOT 310NKV.
Mr. A. J. Gustin has engaged an at
torney and will institute proceedings in
replevin to secure possession of a bill of
hardware , purchased at Cleveland , O. ,
the shipment of which was guaranteed
to him at 02 cents on a through rate.
The Burlington sought to collect 81
cents yesterday , on the arrival of the
goods , to which Mr. Gustin strenuously
objected , and suit will bo instituted to
morrow upon the guarantee , not only to
obtain possasslon of the goods but to
test the validity of the agreement 011-
torod into with the railroad company
for the shipment of the goods. The an
noyance of the overcharge does not fig
ure , hut the principle of the thing in a
Binall deal.
WAIT UNTIT. AFTKIl TUB KU'.CTIO.V.
It comes ns n gentle rumor that the
state board of transportation will not
consider the "reduction order" ngain
until after the election in November.
There is reason in some kinds of mad
ness , but the citlawns of Lincoln can see
none in this. Invdstig'Uion leads to
the statement that tno roads have not
yet given any manner of answer to the
information sought as to the rolatlvo
cost of the dltToront roads in the state ,
and it is broudly hinted that none is
wanted by the board very bndly. True
or not , Tins Bun representative has no
posdtvo means of knowlng.'but it is ovl-
dent that such Information as is-sought'
by the Into order of the board cannot be
furnished by the roads in a long
time , and it will glvo plenty of
lime for the roads to hedge , so that
rnto reductions by the board will not bo
advisable. But Uio attorney general
says that ho proposes to agitate thu
question from time to time , untll ueh
disposition is made of the rate qitest'oii '
as will tend lo do the people of tlic state
some good.
CITY N1JW8 AND NOTKS.
lion. Eit Roggon and Dick Johnson
returned from Omaha this morning.
They went to the metropolis to attend
the closing exhibition of the oiego of
Sobastopol.
The lirst regiment of the uniform
rank , K. of P. , will attend the corn
palace celebration at Sioux City , la. , on
the Uth. ( ! The boys will go over the
Burlington.
J. P. Walton was committed
to the care of Warden
Hoyors from Dodge county yesterday ,
for burglary , lie is in on an eight
months sentence.
Gcorgo II. Clarke returned to Lincoln
last evening from an eight months trip
through the south. Ho was glad lo got
out of the panic stricken country.
The fall term of the Lancaster district
court has boon postponed from October
lo to November 1- . Judge Piold con
sented to this at the expressed wish of
the solid bar of the county. Tins gives
the boys an opportunity to indulge in
politics to their hearts' ' content.
Elder Waupk're , of Hastings , supplied
Elder Nownan's pulpit at the First
Christian church to-day , both morning
and evening.
KISSING.
A S tiliject Kvor Old , Vet I3vor Now ,
Dlseiisseil.
The Epoch : Kissing has boon in
vogue over since Adam kissed Eve in
the garden of Eden. It is frequently re
ferred to in the scriptures as indicating
reverence , submission and alToetion.
The osculnm paeis , or kiss of peace ,
was anciently given by the faithful one
to the other as a testimony of the cor
diality of attention. After the priest
had given the salutation of peace the
deacon ordered Uio people tosmluto with
a holy kiss. Even to this day male mem
bers of certain sects kiss each other , in
nccordanco with the injunction , "Salute
the brethren with a kiss. " Henry II.
of England refused to give Beeket the
kiss of peace , the usual pledge of rec
onciliation in vogue in 1109.
There are hislorical kisses on record ,
some of which wore important onoilgh
lo shape political events. It is supposed
that the kisses exchanged by Antony
and Cleopatra and Henry VIII. and
Anne Ijoloyn shook an empire and de
stroyed a religion.
When Cardinal John of Lorraine was
presented to the Duchess of Savoy she
irnvo him her hand to kissat which the
great churchman became indignant.
"I'll not be treated in this manner , " ho
angrily said ; "I kiss the queen , my mis
tress , and shall I not kiss you , who arc
only a duchess ? " Though the proud
little Portugese princess resisted ho
kissed her squarely on the mouth.
Charlemagne caught his secretary
kissing the emperor's daughter at mid
night. She carried him homo on her *
back , so that his footsteps might not bo
traced in the snow. The emperor heard
of it. and made her take him for the
rest of her life.
Voltaire was once publicly kissed by
the young and lovely Countess do Vil-
lars. Gooruhuia , Duchess of Devon
shire , gave Steele , a butcher , a kiss for
his vote , and the Duchess of Gordon ,
just as handsome , recruited a regiment
in a similar manner. In ancient Rome
a kiss was a religious ceremony. The
nearest friend of a dying person "re
ceived his soul" by a kiss , for the soul
was supposed to leave the body through .
the lips. Pliny intimates that the
Roman women began to degenerate
when they indulged in indiscriminate
kissing.
The poets knew how to appreciate
kisses and classitiod them to some ox-
tont. There is the stolen kiss ,
Tlio kins snatch'd busty from the sidelong
maid.
Thompson expresses it. There is the
clinging kiss of which Byron speaks :
A long , long kiss , a kiss of you tit mid lovo.
Then there is the teething kiss re
ferred to by Lady Mary Wortloy Mon
tagu :
Bo plain in dross mid sober in your diet ;
In short , my dreary , kiss mo and bo quiet.
Shakespeare was partial to kisses from
misses in their teens , though in "Twi
light Night" ho does not object to an
extra year , for ho says :
Then c'oino kiss me , swcct-nnd-twonty.
Lord Lans'-lowno , in his % "Heroic
Love , " wns a baliovcr in the instan
taneous exchange :
The kiss you take is pnld by that you glvo ;
Tlio joy Is mutual , and I'm still in clobt.
Thomas Davis' "best" girl must have
used him pretty cleverly , don't you
think ?
Kisses and welcome you'll Had hero bcforo
you ,
And the oftuner you como the inoro I'll micro
you.
Campbell , it would seem , never forgot
his sweetheart's llrst kiss :
How delicious Is the winning
Of n kiss ntlovo's _ beginning !
Thomas Carew didn't go into rapture
over the permission :
J do not love time , for these soft ,
Hod-coral lips I've kissed so oft.
Charlotte V. Bates lias her lling at
kisses in an apostrophe of inteso regret-
fulness :
All the kisses that I have given
1 grudge from my soul to-day ,
Ami of all I have ever taken ,
1 would wipe the thought away.
The kiss of the soulless Ilirt is scored
in the subjoined couple by Parnoll :
Then Inn kiss she breitli'd her various arts ,
Of trilling urottlly with wounded hearts.
Probably no verse on kissing is more
sprightly than the one by L igh Hunt ,
founded upon an incident which befell
him when ho bore Carlyle news that the
government had just granted the great
Scotchman a punsion of 300 sterling a
year :
Jenny kissed mo when wo sat ,
.lumping from the chnlr wo snt.lu ;
Time , you thief , who love to get
Sweet's into your list , put them inl
Say I'm weary , say I'm sad ,
Say that health and wealth have missed mo ,
Say I'm growing old ; but mid ,
Jenny kissed mot
There exists an old social custom of
claiming a pair of gloves by a hbs given
when asleep. Allusion to this occurs in
Scott'rt "Pair Maid of Perth. " Cather
ine Glover , on St. Valentino's day ,
found Henry of Wynd asleep in a chair
in her father's house. Shu stole n kiss
from him , thereby choosing him as her
valentine , and winning a pair of gloves.
Her fathiir , who was a glovomnkor ,
says : "Thou knowest the maiden who
ve'iiturns to kiss a sleeping man wins of
him a pair of gloves. Come to my booth.
Thou shall have a pair of delicate kidskin -
skin that will exactly suit her hand and
arm. "
Itnllrnn'l CJmiijes of tbo World.
Prom a comprehensive review of the
history and development of the railroad
gauges of the world by Herr Clans , in
Ohisor's Annalen , the following partic
ular * in regard to the gauges of the
world arc extracted. After n battle of
the gauges 4 loot 0 inches , 4 feet 8 }
inches , f feet and 1 feet it was agreed
in England about 1813 that a uniform
gauge of 4 fo tS | Inc.hei ? should bo u.'od
on , all how' roads , except thpso' already
served by the 7-fobt gauge. ' The llrst
Gorman road , from Nuremberg to <
Purth , was built with aI foot 8J inches
gnugo , which is now used by all
the principal roads of Germany , al
though there is a very considornblo
mileage of narrower gauges , mainly one
metro , or II feet ! t { inches. Prance
started her roads with a width between
rail centers of ! foot 11 inches , which
has led to POIIIO slight variations of
gauges , according to rail width. The
Inter roads have boon built with a gnugo
of1 foot 83 inches. Holland began with
a 0-foot 4-inch gauge , hut has now
altered all its roads to ! l feet 81 Inches.
The railroad congress at Berne in May ,
1SSO , adopted the following resolution ,
which is to apply to Germany , Austria-
Hungary , Prance , Italy and Switzer
land : "Tlio gauge of railroads meas
ured between the inner edges of the
rail heads shall , for railroads built or
altered as to gauge after this resolution
takes elVcct , not bo less than 4 feet 88
inches on straight lines , nor more than
4 feet 1)J ) inches on curves. "
In Russia the llrst road opened in 1838
from St. Petersburg to Xarskoe-Selo ,
about sixteen miles , had a Six-foot
gauge. When the second road was
inado in 184- from St. Petersburg to
Moscow , the czar , at the instance of our
countryman , Major Whlsllor , fixed the
Russian gauge at live foot , which in
crease over the English guago was
thought desirable for locomotive pur
posed. Major Whistler thought as wide
a guago as six feet uncalled for. The
livo-foot gango has continued the stand
ard in Russia ; but that it was made dif
ferent from the Gorman gauge for mili
tary reasons seems to bo proved by the
fuel , instanced by Herr Clans , that the
lines built under imperial direction
from Warsaw to Vienna , and from War
saw to Bromborg ( the Berlin ) , were
carried out with the Gorman gaugo.
The history of American gauges is
brietly and intelligently reviewed , with
out reference to the narrow gauges , tlio
author confining himself to the standard
gauges of the world for the most part.
Ireland has a standard gauge of 5 feet
: > inches ; Spain and Portugal , fi feet 01
inches ; Sweden and Norway have the 4
foot S3 inch gauge over the majority of
their railroads , but UO per cent of the
Swedish roads have other gauges , vary
ing from U feet 7i inches up to 4 feet.
Norway has Mli kilometers of standard
gauge and 070 kilometers of 3 fcotfl inch
gaugo.
In Asia , of the British Indian roads
with a collective length of liiOO ! miles ,
about 7,450 miles have iv gauge of 6 feet
C3 inches , the remainder being divided
among six gauges from 12 to 4 foot. Of
the narrow gauges , the most prevalent ,
embracing 4UH ( ) miles , is the meter , ! J
feet 38 inches. The Ceylon railroads
have the standard Indian gauge. The
Russian trans-Caspian lines have tlio
Russian standard gauge of r > feet. In
Asia Minor the line Mndania Rrussa
has a gauge of II feet 71 inches. The
inland of Java has 419 miles of . ' ! feet ( i
inch gauge nd 12 ( > with 4 feet 8 } inches.
In Japan , with the exception of an
eight-mile piece begun in 18S" > , with a
gauge of 12 feet ! ) inches , all the roads
have a 3 foot ( i inch gaugo.
InAfrica , the Egyptian railroads ,
amounting to 032 mites , are of the 4 feet
8 } inch gaugo. Algiers and Tunis , with
1.203 miles fii 1831 , had the 4 feet 81
inch standard on all except lof > miles ,
which had a 3 feet 71 incli gaugo. The
English Capo Colony had in 18S5 , 1,522
miles , all of 3 feet 0 inch gaugo.
In America , apart from the compara
tively small mileage of United States
roads with 3 foot gauge , practically the
whole of tlio United States and Cana
dian railroads arc of 4 foot Sjinch to 4
foot 0 inch gauge. In Mexico , in
1881 , 2,083 miles were 4 foot 81
inch , and 914 3-foot gauge. In Brazil ,
at the end of 1831 , there were 8.r)0 miles
of 5 fee 3 inch guago and 4104 miles of
various gauges between 2 feet and 4 foot
7 inches , so that this may bo considered
the standard gauge of Brazil.
In Australia the dilTeront colonies ,
rather singularly , have different gauges ,
that of Now South Wales being 4 feet
8 } inches ; Victoria , 6 foot 3 inches ;
South Australia , 5 feet 3 inches and 3
feet 0 inches , and the other colonies 3
feet 0 inches.
The total mileage in operation in the
world at the end of 1885 wns 803,084
miles. Of this length , 74 i > or cent were
of the 4 feet 8J inch to 4 foci 9 inch
standard , 12 per cent had larger gauges
and 14 per cent smaller.
Novel Trnmwny
Chicago Herald : Something ncvol in
the way of an elevated road is on ex
hibition by model in D. C. Crogior's
olllco in the Rinlto building. The in
ventor , Gcorgo S. Curtis , is a practical
machinist and has boon a resident of
Chicago for thirty years. lie lias spent
several years in perfecting his railway ,
which , ho thinks , possesses advantages
over all others , oithur as a surface or
an elevated road. Its distinctive feat
ure is that it is a wheel track road. The
wheels are on the road instead of on the
car tracks , and the cars rest on
them and run over them. Tlio wheels
are placed three or four feet apart , and
the car which runs over them , on what
might bo called iron runners , rests on
ten or a ilozon.of them at ouco. The lo
comotive is provided with similar run
ners which sustain its weight , and with
drive wheels which "gear with the
track wheels. "
Mr. Curtis says his road can bo con
structed and operated , much cheaper
than other roads ; that tlio cars cannot
possibly leave tli.u track and are com
paratively noiseless. The weight of
the locomotive and cars is reduced more
than one-half , and is so distributed that
the tramway need not bo built ns heavy
and strong as is necessary with other
roads , and will not cost half as much.
Konllni ; n Conductor.
Conductor Ambrose , nays the Now
York Sun , who ran for nine years be
tween Now York and Boston , had a
good gng played on him the other
night , and ho enjoys it us much as the
rest of the boys , llo runs the midnight
Shore Line express to Providence , and
often carrion some queer passengers.
One night last week a half ticket was
handed to him by a full-grown man
wearing a full board. Ambrose looked
at the ticket , then at the man , and then
ho nearly fainted at Jho display of so
much norvo. "Seo here , my friend ,
you'll have to pay 55c inoro , " ho said.
The passenger didn't lift his eyes from
his paper. Ambrose touched him on
the shoulder and repeated his
demand for the remainder of
the faro , adding that ho was
surprif-o to BOO a full-grown man trying
to palm himself off as a boy. The pas
senger dropped his paper and began nn
animated conversation with his fingers.
"Can't you hear ? " asked the conductor.
The deaf mute wiggled his fingers
frantically to say that ho could not.
Ambrose couldn't speak that language ,
eo ho passed on. The deaf man
stretched out in the scat and wont to
sleep. When the train rolled into Prov
idence Ambrose opened the door and
yolled"Providoncol Providence ! " Tlio
deaf mute was the first to hear the an
nouncement , although to all appear
ances he wns sound asleep. As ho passed
the astonished conductor a broad smile
adorned his face. "Well , that's a good
one on mo , " exclaimed the- victimized
Jokor. "I've had about every { jag tried
on mo , but thiuono takes the cuko. "