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jlfbllshliiK company , that the actual average
dally circulation of TIIK DAILY HKE for the
month of Pppumber. It87 , was H.IH'icopies ; tin
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Tun democrats wont down to Ne
braska City to find a Van Wyck and got
a Morton.
ENGLAND is making inquiries con-
corninir Canada's military strength.
Thunder and guns , is Canada to bo hin
dered from annexing herself to the
United States ?
Tun shotgun in Mississippi is so
"sacredly devoted to inlluoncing repub
licans on election day and to Bottling
private feuds , that it seems almost
sacrilege to use it in intimidating yellow
fovcr rcfugos.
TIIKHK is a quorum neither in the
house nor the senate , nor can any man
bhuno the absentees. Congress is only
nominally in session , and ought to have
adjourned long ago , but could not on ac
count of the insane ambition of Grover
Cleveland , who raised a big fire simply
to warm himself.
THAT lurid and exceedingly smoky
light of democracy , Postmaster General
; Don Dickinson , in his Detroit speech
the other night , described Cleveland us
"an honest man who stands for the right
1witU the firmness and serenity of the
Hack of Ages itself. " This will hardly
. go down oven with the democracy , for
, . it is not only fulsome flattery , but to
Christian men it is revolting blasphemy.
.Perhaps the Don did not know that the
Rook of Ages is one of the names of
Christ himself.
TiIK democracy of the First congres
sional district luivo placed in nomination
as their candidate for congress Hon. J.
Sterling Morton , of Arbor Lodge , Otoo
county. Mr. Morton , barring some of
his erratic notions , is eminently qualified
lor n scat in the national legislature.
But the people of this district will not
bo represented by Mr. Morton , for the
fory best of reasons , a majority of them
"nro republicans , and Mr. Con neil , the
republican candidate , is in perfect liur-
. jiiony with that sentiment.
' THE swindling operations of Bedell ,
the real estate clerk of the Now York
law firm of Shlpmun , Barlow , Laroquo
& Co. , wore only possible through the
connivance of a notary named Henry ,
who is legally responsible to the banks
for the losses which must ultimately fall
upon thorn , because Henry has no money.
It may bo asked whether the American
Bankers' association cannot dovisosomc
ystom whereby the chock-exchange
dodge can bo stopped. Each succeeding
swindle is in every instance based upot
the mechanism of banking and convoy-
mice , showing a faulty state of things in
the system somewhoro.
IT is now known that the Panama
Canal company failed to raise the whole
amount of its last loan. Financiers ii
Europe regard this as a sign not tlm
trust in Do Lossops is impaired , bu
that the class of small capitalists t <
whom the appeal was directly madi
linvo no more money. In the beginning
of the enterprise bankers and heav ;
capitalists invested freely , but as it progressed
I grossed they drew out , having sutlstlc (
themselves that it could not bo a sue
cess pecuniarily. Their places a
holders of Panama stock wore taken b
people who usually put their money ii
savings banks or in small vineyards. I
is greatly feared that the impending
crash will bring about a revolution un
less the French government assumes al
responsibilities nnd stands between tin
shareholders and ruin.
Tun decision of the inter-state coin
moroo commission in the appeal mad
by the American Postal telegraph com
puny to compel th Union and Centre
Pacific railroads to comply with th
obligations imposed on thorn by thel
charters will bo awaited with no littl
intorost. It i.s an open bccrot that thes
land-grant railroads deliberately ignoi
their contract with the govornmon
Jnstoad of operating their own tolocrnp
lines nnd nlToriling equal facilities 1
nny telegraph line that may ask forcoi
nectlpns , they have openly given th
Western Union company control of thel
lines nnd a monopoly of the businei
from Omaha to the Pacific coast. Th
question , therefore , which comes bofoi
the commission , is , whether the Unio
nnd Central Pacific railroads nro n <
bound to give the Postal telegraph con
pnny equnl facilities with Iho Wuator
Union.
Tlio Apportionment Itlll Vnlld.
The supreme court of Nebraska has
decided that the apportldntnont bill of
1887 is valid. The court found that the
uctHof _ both the flonuto nnd the house
wore all right , but that the act of the
conference committee was defective in
excluding Surpy county from represen
tation. This part it declared to bo void ,
and that Snrpy county is entitled to
representation under the apportionment
act of 1881. It might perhaps fairly bo
questioned whether as to this last con
clusion the court Uld not go beyond its
authority , though doubtless no such
question will bo raised , but with respect
to the general scope of the decision it
will undoubtedly bo generally conceded
that the court has determined the ques
tion in accordance with the letter and
spirit of the constitution. Section second
end of article third says :
The legislature shall provide by law for an
enumeration of the Inhabitant * of the stnto
In the year eighteen hundred and eighty-five ,
nnd every ton years thoro.ifter : and at Its
llrst regular session after pitch enumeration ,
and also after each enumeration made by the
authority of the United States , but nt no
other time , tlio legislature shall apportion
the senators and representatives according to
the number of Inhabitants , excluding In
dians not taxed , and soldiers and ofltccrs of
the United States army nnd navy.
This is perfectly explicit In requiring
that the apportionment should bo made
on the census of three years ago , and in
indicating that the last legislature was
alone competent to make such appor
tionment. The duty was devolved upon
it by the constitution , and had the act
which it parsed boon declared void anew
now apportionment could not bo pro
vided except by the legislature which
will hold its first annual session after
the next federal census , so that the
state would remain as now apportioned
until 1891. Meantime the people of a
dozen or moro counties not embraced
in the last apportionment would bo
without representation in the leg
islature , an injustice that no
such defect as that found in
the act of the conference committee
would excuse. The constitution con
templates giving all the people of the
state representation nnd clearly points
out the way in which this shall bo done.
No simple defect in nn act of the legis
lature that is not repugnant to the fun
damental law should bo allowed to de
feat the will of the people. The supreme
court has taken the broad , just and com
mon sense view of the matter , and un
questionably its decision will bo gener
ally approved.
The Hooni In ttlirnt.
There has been an almost uninter
rupted advance in wheat for the past
two weeks , but yesterday the market
took the greatest leap upward since the
advance movement began , nnd in Chicago
cage especially it was n Hold day for the
bull speculators. The chief of these ,
familiarly known as "Old Hutch , " is re
ported to have made on his deal thus
far considerably moro than n million of
dollars , and it is also said that ho has
the market cornered and has given
the bhorts notice that the price
is going to two dollars. It
is , of course , not safe to put any faith in
the predictions of speculators , on which
ever side , but the conditions certainly
appear to favor a further advance.
Ono of these conditions is the steady
diminution of the visible supply , which
is nn extraordinary feature of the mar
ket at this season. The almost invaria
ble rule is that .vhen the now crop is
coming into market there is a steady in
crease in the visible supply from week
to Yieok , but the reverse of this has been
the case for a week past. The short
crop and the indisposition of the
farmers and country dealers to market
their grain are the two causes to which
the decrease in the visible supply must
bo attributed. The farmers are not only
fully aware of the situation , but they
have shown moro than usual readiness
in accepting suggestions to hold their
wheat for the high prices that wore
sure to como. The wheat growers un
derstand that the advancing market is
not wholly speculative , but is duo very
largely to legitimate conditions , and
quite naturally they are disposed to
reap the full benefit. The effect of this
is of course to assist speculation , and if
persisted in is very likely to carry the
price considerably higher.
The question upon which the specu
lative movement largely depends is
how long the farmers can afford to hold
their grain , or may think it expedient
to do so. The present prices , it would
scorn , must prove a strong temptation tc
many of them to market uj > art at least
of their product , nnd all but the more
wealthy nnd prosperous , who have nc
pressing obligations to meet , may bo expected >
pocted to do this. A marked increase
in the vislblo supply is therefore prob
able at once , nnd in such event the
speculation for a still further advance
would doubtless weaken. Caution wouli
therefore appear to bo the wi&or par
just now so far as speculation is con
corned. It is evident , however , tha
the farmers who can wait will receive
considerable moro than a dollar foi
their wheat , nnd this promise will in
duce most of them to strain every olTori
to hold their grain as long as possible
AUold Mmu For nu Inspector.
The action of the building inspecto
in granting a permit to the Now Yorl
Life Insurance company to occupy
sixty-eight foot of Seventeenth street
twenty-two foot outside of the curl
line , for its btcnm power and coal hous
is a now departure. It is an exercise o
power on the partof an inspector which
if permitted , would load to the mos
flagrant of abuses and in tin
end would seriously cmlmrras
the city in constructing bower
nnd sub-wajs for telegraph
telephone nnd oloctria lights , quit
apart from its interference with wnto
and gas mains. The grant of publi
thoroughfares for private use is at boa
very questionable. It should in ever ,
instance bo restricted within nnrroi
bounds for what is absolutely cssontiu
for the buildings and their occupant-
In this city nobody has ever 'been al
lowed to appropriate permanently an ,
part of a street beyond the curb line , an
nobody over should have such privilege
excepting when streets are narrowed
and that can only bo done by ordinanc
enacted by the mayor and council ,
And why should the Now York Lit
more .than any. other property
owner bo. granted the ' ' use of a
largo area upon a thoroughfare ?
What benefit is the city to derive
from such n grant ? Why should
the public bo inconvenienced by
having the street blockaded nt the out
set while the excavation is going on nnd
periodically by accidents whenever any
break may occur ? If Mr. Whltlock has
unlimited power to give away streets
for private use , ho is in position to
blockade half of the city with excava
tions and Ddo a very largo real estate
business on his private account. It
would bo worth thousands of
dollars to every owner of a largo block
to annex the streets underground , and
if one city official has the giving away
of this valuable privilege ho would
have an opportunity for making him
self independently rich in twelve
months out of perquisites.
A Il.it-nilml Policy.
There are indications that the Union
Pacific railroad has practically aban
doned nil improvement and construc
tion on its Nebraska linos. It has boon
shown by an expression of a govern
ment director of that road , who may bo
presumed to speak the intentions of a
majority of the stockholders , that the
company has decided to do nothing fur
ther than keep its road in repair. It is
claimed that the owners of the road pos
itively refuse to build moro lines in No-
brusim or the long-promised improve
ments in Omaha , as long as the state
board of transportation maintains nn at
titude of hostility , and the legislature
refuses to make the board the figure
head which the ro.vd designed it to bo.
This abandonment of Nebraska as a
profitable field of investment is no
doubt intended as a retaliatory measure ,
but while it is being put in operation ,
the competitors of tlio Union Pacific are
encroaching upon its territory and securing -
curing to themselves the trutllo of some
of the richest localities of the state.
While the road has been noticeably
inactive in Nebraska , it has found op
portunities and funds to build nnd equip
many miles of track in ether states , not
ably Kansas and Colorado , and this in
spite of the impending Outhwuito fund
ing bill.
Right hero it may bo well to recall the
fact that the short-sighted and narrow-
gauged policy pursued from the outset
by the Union Pacific has borne its legit
imate fruit. From Durant to Adams ,
the heads of that corporation have bent
all their energies only to secure tor-
minul tralllc. They have built feeders
at extravagant cost into Colorado ,
Montana , and clear to Oregon.
They have literally stripped the
country this side of the
Rockies of all the surplus production
by exorbitant rates and through bpocial
favorites have monopolized tin , traffic
in coal , lumber , grain and oven cattle.
AU their niras being con to rod in nuk
ing fortunes out of the construction of
mountain lines , which alTord a vast leeway -
way for Credit Mobolier methods , the
policy of the road for years has been to
abandon the great Platte valley and the
rich territory that should have boon
annexed by local feeders to competing
railroads which have built up a perma
nent and profitable local tralllc within
the domain of the Union Pacific.
Tlio construction of live competing
trunk lines to the Pacific coast
bus divided the through tralllc
and left the Union Pacific largely
dependent upon local business.
They still persist , however , in
treating the country west of the Mis
souri like a Turkish province to bo
exploited and taxed out of its resources
by the old-timo rates on the Credit
Mobolior basis of yielding an income on
one hundred and thirty thousand dollars
lars per mile. This of course the people
of this state will no longer submit to ,
oven in the fnco of throats that they
will bo relegated to the tender mercies
of the Burlington , Northwestern , Mis
souri Pacific and otho.r linos.
If the Union Pacific managers persist
in their bat-blind policy they will only
succeed in arraying the state against
them ana forcing its people to more re
strictive and repressive legislation.
A couitKSL'ONUKNT of an Indiami
paper writes bitterly that the range
beef market is controlled by Chicago ,
Kansas City , Omaha and St. Louis men ,
who are in a trust to keep up the price
of beuf , nnd ho adds that those wicked
men , Phil Armour among them , stand
between the eastern consumer and the
cheap beef of the range country. What
boshl If it wore not for the enterprise
of these four cities , the eastern con
sumer would got no range beef at all
but would be entirely dependent , upon
the local raibors of steers whose ) price :
would mount up to incredible rates
wore they not kept down by the conv
petition of the men of Omaha , Kansas
City , Chicago and St. Louis. That if
the truth , but some man squint so badlj
that they see all truths at an obtuse
angle.
is some foundation in the com
plaint made that the cedar block con
tractors are retarded in their work because
cause the streets which they pave art
not curbed in time. The firm whicl
has the contract for setting two-third !
of the curbing of the city is also ex ton
sivoly engaged in stone paving. In con
sequence , it has repeatedly neglected ti
curb the streets for the wood paver
until It had pushed ahead these street
on which it had the contract for pav
ing. It is manifestly the business c
the board of public works to designnt
these streets which have the prcccdonc
in either curbing and paving , nnd con
tractors should bo made to obey the in
structions of the board on this impor
tant matter.
OXK cannot always trust oven dollb
oruto statements of fact. Edibon ma
have discovered the yellow fever microbe
crobo or germ nnd then again ho ma ,
not. The \\holo scientific world > om
yoarb ago was aroused by the finding u
the depths of the ocean of protoplasn
which Prof. Huxley in a burst of cnthi
si asm declared had all the promise tini
potency of life , nnd it transpired subsc
quontly that it was nil a mistake Ilk
Faraday's furfural. Many men doul
the germ theory altogether and boliov
in a vitiated condition of the ntmos
phuro , which is fatal to peculiar constl
tutions' . From jl-hos'o Individuals tho.
favor there sprc.iU to otliors who would
not otherwise Jiavo boon affected. . The
spread of parasites In an army is un an-
nlogous case. ,
ALT , is not so re no with the appoint
ment of ChicngoVt new postmaster , Gen
eral Walter C. Nowbcrry , who succeeds
Mr. S. C. .Tudd. The business men of
that city nro not at all pleased with the
prospect , as the general , It is said , rcp-
robonts the short-haired school of politics
nnd will not forgot the "boys" when the
appointments nVo to bo matlo. It is
moro than likely that when his name is
sent into the bcnatc , the question of his
confirmation will bo most carefully
weighed.
IT is perfectly proper for the city
council to join with the council of
Council Bluffs in the opening ceremo
nies of the now bridge , and to make
the occasion a memorable one. Itill
afford an opportunity also for our people
to call up the provision in the Omaha
charter which clothes the city council
with power to regulate and fix the rate
of bridge tolls on any bridge within
the city or across the river abutting the
clty > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IT is a fair question whether the
illumination of cities by elevated elec
tric lights is a success or a failure. In
Denver the experiment has been tried
with results far from gratifying. Each
cluster of lights is indeed vislblo from
n considerable distance , but what the
pedestrian and the driver require is
focal light , not diffused light. The
electric high light gives only the latter.
THE profeont year will bo one notable
for public improvements in Council
Bluffs , Over live hundred thousand
dollars have already been expended for
paving and sewering. As a result there
nro thirteen miles of paved streets nnd
a sewerage system equal to the present
demands. The march of public im
provement has evidently taken firm
hold of our sister city.
Stranger Than Fiction.
"Mr. Potter of Toxas" i * a work or fiction ;
Mr. Kilgoro of Texas is a work of reality.
Truth Is sometimes stranger than tietion.
A ilcnlouH Animal.
Hitcauo Keic * .
This is the tlmo of i car when the ambitious
candidate for ofllco attends the agricultural
fnir nnd grows insanely Jealous of tlio prho
ox , because that noble animal is more popu
lar than he. *
A , Siul Prospect.
N. V. Sim.
Any federal Uehioeratic ofllceholder can
bet the United States treasury against a
cancelled sickly green postage stamp that If
the democrats are licked next November ho
will bo looking Tor a job next spring.
Plhntcr I'rcw
Auctioneer Unulo Sam : "Tho presidency ,
gentlemen ; how much am lon'eicd ? Ten
thousand is bid' do I hear twenty ! Who'll
make it ten an' au 'alf , an' nn 'alf , an' an'
'alt } Do I hear the 'alf 1"
Inclirrot Influence.
Kl > rlnu.ltcld Krpnliltcnn.
Anna Dickinson is on the stump In Indi
ana for the reimblicans , nnd the politician ! *
are said to complain because her audiences
are so largely composed of women. The ob
jection is not well taken. Women are very
much interested In this campaign on both
sides , and they tdways did have a good deal
of influence with men.
Silly liritisli-Caimilian lilustcr.
Cliteaun Tribune ,
A dispatch from Ottawa announces that
the members of the dominion cabinet have
been called to the capital owing to the re
ceipt of a dispatch from the British authori
ties in London asking for a report upon the
condition of the volunteer militia force of
Canada and what military resistance can bo
made in case of war with Americans. Of all
the acts of Lord Salisbury this is the most
pitifully ridiculous , If it is not n silly bluff ,
then It indicates the grossest ignorance on
the part of the British cabinet of the war
like power of the United States against any
foe on this continent.
STATE AM ) TKUUlTOIty.
Nebraska Jottlnns.
Johnson county farmers will not sow
much fall wheat , as the ground is too dry.
The city council of Itidianolu has granted a
saloon license in spite of a vigorous remon
strance by a largo number of citizens.
Plattsmouth is considering a very flatter
ing otter from the builder of the Nebraska
City pontoon bridge to put in a similar struc
ture there.
During the races at the Johnson county
fair P. H. Shaughnessy , a jockey , was
thrown from his sulky and had both bones of
his left leg broken.
A Custor county politician made three
speeches in one dav one for the democrats ,
one for the union labor und ono for the pro
hibitionists. Ho was talking for anyting to
beat the republican party.
Platte county's schools have furnished em
ployment the past year to thirty-live male
and sixty-ouo female teachers , the aggregate
salaries amounting to $20,470 UO. The cntiro
cost of the schools was 1100i3.50. ( ! !
The Johnson County Journal is very anx
ious to know what has become of the now
Missouri Pacific road that Hon. Church
Howe intimated would bo built to Tecumsuh.
It is loss than six weeks until election and
no road yet.
Willie PrieUiuor , working on a ranch near
Gothenburg , was But down on by n bucking
bronco , the pnmniRl of tlio saddle producing
a dislocation of the humorus nnd frncturoof
the anatomical nock of his south shoulder.
In spite of it all Willie will recover.
Two Scotia young men wont on n big drunk
several weeks ago , assaulted r. farmer and
wcro arrested nntl fined. They now bring
suit against the saloonkeeper who sold them
the liquor , claiming 31,000 damages each for
the stain that has been placed on their fair
names by the spree ) and its consequences.
W , II , Stone , n Ulysses farmer , lias sold
$2,300 worth of hogs this year , which causes
the Dispatch -remark tlutt while corn is
s king , the hog is hip prime minister. The hog
is also the treasurer of the farmer , and ho
never embezzles 'nor defaults. Hurrah for
the hog nnd his dominion and his functions
and his price nnd ( everything that is his.
Ulysses is ono of his temples. Ho has al
lowed the steer and the sheep to adorn the
courts , but the foundation and the walls uro
his. Without him the cowboy would now bo
jingling his spurs' , cracking his whip and
popping hi ? revolver along the banks of the
beautiful liluo uud the Indian bravo would
be surreptitiously skinning the white man's
beef in the hazel brush. Let us once moro
hurrah for the hog.
I own.
y Shippers pay 2 cents per pound for grapes
at Musca'.luo.
Q
The Wapollo coal company distributed
about $0,000 among Its employes last Satur
day.
day.Fourteen
Fourteen saloonkeepers at Lyons wore
fined fl4.fi' > each for keeping open saloon on
Sunday.
O. C. Johnson , a well-known farmer ol
Fremont county , was trampled to death by n
mad bull.
The thirty-third annual session of the Town
State Teachers' association will bo hold in
DOS Moines December to SO.
City laborers work eight hours in Tort
Madison , but they rocolvd only tl per day
aud teams lire paid only lit > 0. . '
The News says ono of' the DCS Momcs'
churches Is. s6 Infected with bed bugs that
life It ) mode jnlsoruUo for the dwindling con-
Momcs bakers ngrced that bread Was
too i-heap , anrt have made the price 10 cents
per loaf or thrco loaves for 25 cents. The
price was formerly 3 cents n loaf or four
loaves for a quarter.
Although the harvesting of swcot potatoes
has scarcely begun nt Muscatlno the ship
pers have already consigned about twelve
hundred bushels to points lu the surrounding
country.
Oeorgo Carter cropped sixty acres to
sweet corn , and sold his crop to the Atlantic
running company for $000 cash. It pays to
raise sweet corn and it pays to have n can
ning factory.
The uunual state convention of the woman
suffrage association Is to bo hold at Amen
October 18 nnd 111 , nnd an excellent pro
gramme is being arranged for it. Susan H.
Anthony has promised to bo present at the
convention , and she will speak on Thursday
evening.
Captain T. W. Kendall , a well known boatman -
man of Spirit Lake , and two friends , nro re-
lilting a llttlo steam launch , which has been
ono of the lake crafts for several years , and
will soon put it allpat In the Missouri nt
Sioux Ulty and steam away to Now Orleans.
They will pass through Lake Ponchartrain
and work their way along the coast of Flor
ida.
_
Dnlcotn.
A movement on the pirt of private Indi
viduals Is on foot to stock the sticams about
Kapid City with trout.
The La Grace Courier hints that there is n
small fortune waiting for the man who has
sufficient enterprise to start a lime-Kiln In
that vicinity.
A large mountain lion is torrorl/ing tlio in-
inblUinls in the vicinity of Boulder park ,
icar Deadwood. No ono ventures forth nt
light wittiout a gun.
A Deadwood lady , well known as a society
leader , will go to Chicago this week and
enter the college of medical science , with n
view of fitting herself for the performance of
faith cures.
Charles K. Armstrong , manager of the
Poi tor Milling company at Castlowood , has
disappeared. His books showed a shortage
of ; i,000 bushels of wheat and ho also secured
$000 In cash.
Somewheio in tlio neighborhood of thirty
residents of Bismarck uro reported to bethinking
thinking seriously of goingto China with the
Mai mils do Mores and engaging with him in
his gigantio railroad scheme.
The Uapld City Republican makes the fol
lowing piedlction for the marble Industries
in the Hills. "The time Is not far distant
when the marble industry of the Hills will
occupy ono of the front scats. In quality the
marble is not excelled by any marble of the
same shade on the American continent. It
takes a high polish and its color Is rather
pleasing to the oye. " '
Ira M. Jackson , who was convicted nt the
January term of tlio district court lit Deadwood -
wood of the crime of manslaughter , has been
sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years.
The defendant's attorneys a few days before
stated that no appeal would bo taken , but
when the court gave the defendant ten years
they seemed surprised nnd said the case
would bo appealed to the October term of the
supreme com t.
PROMINENT PKRSONS.
Kx-Presldent Ha\es thinks ttiat every
northern state will go republican , nnd that
West Virginia will give a largo majority for
Harrison.
Prince Bismarck's health is said to bo bet
tor than it IMS been for years. His complex
ion is a clear pink , and ho walks with , an
elastic ; step.
Grover Cleveland , the deer presented to
Druid Hill park , Baltimore , by a Mississippi
lady , H-cently jumped over the high park
fence and made his escape. The other
Groor Cleveland will take to the woods in
November.
Mr. Gladstone , who is ono of the best ex
amples of physical preservation extant , cats
simple meals , with claret for lunch , and
claret or clmmp.igno nnd always port for
dinner. A formula of his Is to chew every
morsel thirty-three times.
Editor Hebron of the Kinsley ( Kns. ) Mer-
cuiy gives notice to the Kansas City liquor
doalcis thatsinco n recent Interview with
Mrs. II. , who , although a llttlo woman , is
Dorsuasho they need not waste any more
stamps sending him circulars.
Octavo Fcuillet , tlio famous French novel
ist , has just buried an only son , a young man
of thirty. The deceased loft a widow nnd
children. Tlio older Feulllett is prostrated
with grief , nnd a great deal of anxiety has
been awakened by his condition.
A writer in the Leavenworth ( Kan. ) Times
says that the notorious raider Quantrell is
not only not dead , but is at present in the
west , where , under an assumed name , ho
supports himself by teaching school in the
winter and working on a ranch in the sum
mer.
Commander-in-Chiof Kea , of the Grand
Army of the Republic , thinks that there is
more work than glory connected with his
place. During the last ofllcl.il year ho has
hold court on 'JOO days , traveled ' 2(1,000 ( miles ,
slept for fifty-two nights in sleeping carsand
delivered 108 speeches.
William Walter Phelps of Now Jersey is
said to bo worth $12,000,000 , which is invested
one-half in real estate and the other half In
railroad stocks and bonds. Hitt and Phelps
are warm frPcnds , nnd 'financially they hunt
in couples. They own nt least $200,000 worth
of property directly around the capitol in
Washington , conjecturing that it will soon bo
the fashionable center.
Von Moltkc , notwithstanding his oighty-
eight years , carries himself easily and seems
a well-preserved man , in spite of his deaf
ness and liver trouble. Tall nnd lean , ho is
slightly bent , his smoothly shaven face has
the color of old ivory : the tall brow is sur
mounted by a blonde wig , although he has
had the courage to have his portrait paintoc
without the peruke , so that posterity may see
what n cranium ho had ; two grny-bluo eyes ,
deep , cold and penetrating , look at you mosi
cruelly ; the lips are thin and the nose long ,
straight and strong ; long , muscular ears , and
a small , closed mouth which is a sign of dis
cretion if not of taciturnity.
Another VorHlon.
OMAHA , Sopt. 2 , " ) . To the Editor of
THE BIK : : A personal reminiscence
may perhaps serve its purpose in help
ing to settle the vexed question ol
"How shall we pronounce Sebnstopol. "
I chanced to be ono of the "handful
of American citizens" who made the
voyagoof "Tho Quaker City" in 1807
which voyage furnished the inspira
tion for Mark Twain's "Innocents
Abroad. "
It will bo remembered by these who
have read that book ( and who has not ? )
that wo faailoi ) to the historic shores of
tlio Black sea , and scattered ourselves
'over the battlefields of Ilodnn and Mal-
akolT. Inkerman and Ualaklava. After
wards wo proceeded to Valla , whore the
royal family of Russia wore summering ,
and where the emperor had signified
his willingness to receive us. Among
the courtesies extended to us there was
a breakfast given nt the paluco of the
Grand Duke Michael ( an undo of the
present emperor ) . It was here , in con
versation with the host , than whom a
citi/on of our republic could not have
boon moro genial , or gracious , or intel
ligent , oven upon matters pertaining to
American history , that ho recalled the
Siege of Sevastopol , pronouncing the
word with decided emphasis upon the
third syllable , thus Sov-as-to-pol.
Assuming with Dr. Thomas that edu
cated people of their respective roun-
trios establish the law of good usage foi
their geographical names , the accom
plished grand duke hero quoted maj
furnish the desired precedent.M.
M. M. P.
Wanted Markets.
IlcJItttor.
Visitors to Council Bluffs are oftoi
hoard to express Hurpriso that
this city is not a better market than ii
is. It is a fact that cannot bo disputed
that fully throe-fourths of the hogs
cattle , corn and other marketable farm.
> reduce of the territory tributary to'
Council Bluffs is' taken to Omahannd
sold. Kiiuh day , if you will , you can see
'
lo/.oiis of farm wagon's loaded down ,
Jolng transported across the river on
, ho ferry train. Why is this so ? Just
) ocnuso there nro no markets hero. A
armor brings n load of grain to town
f ho sells it , it must be nt a price a few
: onts per bushel less than ho can got
n Omaha consequently ho goes to
Omaha , soils his grain , purchases what
supplies his needs and returns to his
town , homo , our city loses , of
course , but there nro none to
blame but the Council Bluff's business
non. What is needed to increase
trade in our city are good markets ,
where the farmers can dispose of their
joodi for as good price * * as they can get
, n Omnlia ; establish this fact and our
retail merchants will notice a great in
crease in their business , aud there is no
reiibon why this city should not in this
regard bo made equally us good a com
mercial center as Omaha. There is
plenty of capital hero , but it is a terry
[ act that it is controlled by apparently
inaniinnto beings , \\hoso miserly prin
ciples will not lot them undertake any
enterprise that will assist in making
Council Bluffs the business place it
should bo. As long as the capital of
the city is controlled by such antiquated
Did sk'oletons , just HO long will it bo
kept from progressing us * it should.
But these old fossils will soon run their
rnco and the younger ones may mani
fest more enterprise , nnd till will bo
well , but tin opportunity lost places our
city so much farther in the back
ground.
The CliiniHlncHH of Socialism.
itoptiltir Science Monthly.
It is the testimony of nearly every
competent observer that governmental
management is less economical , less en
ergetic , and loss plastic than private
management. The result of Us subsll-
tion would bo in. the long run to lower
the product both In quality and quant
ity , through wabto , incompotency , and
a tendency to retain old methods whore
now and bettor ones should bo tried.
The reasons for this nro not far to seek.
Lacking the normal and powerful stim
ulus of self-interest , as well as the en
ergy which is the outgrowth of compe
tition , the state , as an industrial agent ,
can never bo rolled upon to equal in
productive results the present system
of individual management. But this
of itself would not necessarily condemn
it , if win bo shown that socialism , by
raising the moral tone of bociety and
moro equitably distributing its eco
nomic product , gets rid of these evils
which , it is claimed , are caused by in
dividualism , and , thus elevating the
standard of social , well-being , moro
than balances the loss in production. It
is indeed conceivable that men might
live hnpnior and bolter than they do at
present by restoring the ancient idc'nl ,
and limiting tlieir wants only to those
things which are essential to human
welfare ; and that production might , us
a whole , bo loss than it now is , and yet
society bo bettor off if work were so
guided that there should bo no such
thing as overproduction of bomo articles
and underproduction of others , or that
such a ratio should bo preserved that
the purchasing power of the musses
would keep pace with their production
power.
To this , however , it may bo replied
that there is no good reason forjtliink-
ing that the state will bo a bettor judge
of what is essential for human welfare
thnn the individuals who compose it ,
and it would not bo as sure a chock on
' 'overproduction" us the bell-interest of
the individual producers ; for this will
keep them alert and watchful of the
conditions ulTecting demand and supply.
The Inter-State Commerce Jja\v.
October Scrlbncr't ,
The immediate effects of the law were
extremely good. There wore certain
sections of it , like the e which secured
publicity of rates , and equal treatment" ;
for different persons in the same cir
cumstances , whoso wisdom was univers
ally admitted. Indeed it was rather a
disgrace both to the railroad agents and
to tlio courts , that we had to wait for an
act of congress to secure these ends ,
and most of the railroads made up for
post remibsness in this respect by quite
a spasm of virtue. In some instances it
was oven thought that they "stood up
so straight as to lean ever backward. "
But this was not the only part of the
law which prayed efficient. The very
vagueness of the clause concerning the
relative rates for through and local
traffic , which under circumstances
might have proved fatal , put a most
salutary power into the hands of the
intor-btato commerce commission , and
one which they wore not slow to uso.
The prcbidont yrus fortunate in his se
lection of commibsionors ; above all in
the chairman , Judge T. M. Cooley , of
Michigan , a man whoso character ,
knowledge of public law , and technical
familiarity with railroad businc3smado ,
him singularly well fitted for the place.
Tlio work of the intorbtato commission ,
like that of its Massachusetts prototype ,
shows how much moro important is per
sonal power than moro technical author
ity. It was supposed at first that the1
commission would bo n , purely admin is- ,
trativo body , with direction to suspend
the law. Instead of this , they have en
forced and interpreted it ; and in the _
process of interpretation , have virtually
created a body of additional law , which-
is road and quoted ab authority. With
but llttlo ground for expecting it fiom
the loiter of the act , they have become
a judicial body of the highest import-
unco. Their oxistanco bcoins to furnislu
a possibility for an oluntic development
of transportation law neither so weak
as to bo ineffective nor so strong ns to
break by ilb own rigidity.
No More Dead JieatH.
Photographic Times : Mr. Ernest
Marks , the young I'lainfield , N. J. ,
photographer , who has made a name for
himself in connection with instantane
ous photography , especially of racing
events , recently favored us with a call ,
and explained his method of photo
graphing the finish of clo o races , show
ing us some of his remarkable lotiiilts.
In order to secure the exposure at ox-
uclly the right moment , ho has his cam
era accurately placed beneath the wire
on a pivot In such a way that by first
viewing the horses as they impro.um the
lust sixteenth of a mile , and following
them along with hlb finder , the expos
ure ib automatically made when the
camera hub reached its proper position
under the wlro just as the winning
liorto's nose passcss under. Mr. Marks
proposes to affix an electric arrange
ment by which ho may sccuro a mill
moro accurate exposure , tlioro then
Ixiliig no chnncos of the shrinkage or
expansion of the operating string. Mr.
Marks has boon appointed the olllcinl
photographer of the Rochester Driving
i'ark association , and tlio only reason
why his method is not adopted at once
by the various other driving association"
would hcom to bo that the result * are too
accurate and impartial. Tlio camera
will not lie , however heavy the hols
ratty bo on a losing horse , and there is
no chance to declare a * 'deud heat"
when a photograph'lo negative plainly
fellows. Amo h'orso'to bo a half head or
hioro in adv'nuco of'tho othor.
Mr. Marks showed us. several photographs -
graphs of finishes that'wore declared
"dead heats , " which provo that in reality -
ity the horses in some cases three in
number were several Inches apart. Mr.
Murks believes that a trite "dean heat"
is impossible , nnd that , by his method
of photographing , the judges may al
ways bo sure of deciding which is the
winning horse.
Antiquity oT tlio Telephone ,
Now York Graphic : "Tho principle
of the telephone has been known for
SMKH ) years in India , " was the rather in
credible statement made last night by
Kred Amosbury , who has just returned
to Now X rk after a two jeai-b' sojourn
in the land of striped tigers and won
derful fakirs. "I do not assort , mark
you , " continued Mr. Amesbury , "that
they use the telephone as wo use it , or
th n't they have any system of general
communication. What 1 do say is that
the high caste people have a method of
communicating with enoli other by vi
bratory action on .v diaphragm , just us
wo do.but it is confined entirely to their
templesand its existence has remained
a secret until within u very few years.
I was In utowa called Panj , about two
hundred miles from Madras , and while
there became acquainted with an Eng
lish ollicer named Harrington who was
a prime favorite with the natives be
cause on one occasion ho had Saved a
priest from drowning. It was through
Harrington that I was enabled to learn
the existence of telephonic communica
tion and to satisfy mvsolf of its anti
'
quity. There are two to'mples in the vil
lage , about a mile apart. In the interior
and on the ground lloor of each is a
small circular structure which is
guarded day and night from the na
tives as well as from strangers , and is
supposed to be the abiding place of thu
'governing spirit,1 but in reality is the
terminus qf the telephone line , which
is laid underground from ono building
to the othor. The superstitious natives
regarded this little structure with the
greatest awe and reverence , because
they bad soon demonstrated before
their eyes or rather ears the power
of this spirit to communicate with the
ether temple. They were required to
make their offerings in ono building ,
and make known their wishes and de
sires. Then immediately repairing to
the bocond temple , they would bo in
formed of all they had said and done ,
although neither priest had left his
post. This was regarded as a demon
stration of the power of the spirit. Wo
were unable to determine the composi
tion of the wire that connected thu two
buildings. It was some kind of metal ,
but neither stool , copper nor brass , al
though it closely resembled the latter.
The transmitter was of wood , and
about the size of the head of
a Hour burrolj and to estab
lish connection , instead of ringing u
boll , the person wishing to attract at
tention at the ether end stood close to
the curious looking tiling nnd shouted ,
'Oooy ! oooyl ooeyl' Tills was answered
by a similar shout , which while faint
was distinct and could bo heard two
fee away. After Harrington and I had
gained the confidence of the priests
or , rather , ho had wo were given u
carlo blancha to do us we pleased ,
and we talked to each ether from ono
temple to the ether for moro than an
hour. Wo learned that the telephone
that wo bii'V had been in use for thirty
years. The priests wore very old men , A
and they roinoinborod that the line of
communication had been renewed
only once during their incumbency.
They showed the remains of worrit
eaten transmitters nnd wooden conduiy
that must have been hundreds of yours
old. They claimed that the system hud
been in existence since the creation ,
and laughed at us when wo told them
that the same principle has only boon
applied in England and America with
in the htot do/.on years. In every part
of India nnd in Burinah this system of
secret communication exists , although
hundreds of travelers have never sus-
'pectedit. I believe that it dates back
fully two thousand years. "
How Ijlncoln Accepted.
Lincoln's letter of acceptance was u
model of brevity that has not boon fol
lowed of Into years. It was as follows :
SlMtiNoriULD , 111. , May 123 , 1800.
"The Hon. George Ashman' President of
the Republican National Convention
Sir : I accept tlio .nomination tendered
I" mo by the convention ever which you
Ppresided , and of which I am formally
i.apprised in the letter of yourself and
. .others , acting as a committee of the
the convention for that purpose.
" The declarations of principles and
sentiments which accompanies this let
ter moots my approval , and It shall bo
my euro not to violate or disregard it in
.any part.
" Imploring the assistance of Divine
.Providence , and with duo regard to
the views and feelings of all who were
-represented in the convention , to the
rights of all states and territories and
.people of the nation ; to the inviolability
of the constitution and the perpetual
-union , harmony and prosperity of all , I
nm most happy to co-operate for the
practical success of the principles declared -
-clared by the convention.
AUKAHAM LINCOLN- .
President Lincoln's second letter was
about the same length.
Dintnnco Covered by a Waltz.
Chicago American : Mr. Edward
"Scott , in his Dancing and Dancers ,
makes the following estimate of the dis-
"tanco actually walt/od over in an even
ing by a belle of the ball room : "Do
' fair and render ' think
.you , 'my fragile ,
you would go six times around a modor-
iitc-si/ed bull room , sa\ , malting a cir-
'cuit of eighty yards during a wait/ ?
.Yes , at least , oven allowing for rest.
That , then , Is 180 yards , if you wont in
a htraight HMO. Hut you are turning
nearly all the time , bay on an average
'of once in each yard of onward progress ,
and the circumference of a circle is
rather more than three times its di
ameter , which will bring each waitto
over throo-qunrlors of a mlle , or , at
least fourteen miles for eighteen
walt/os. " *
A ISimlncHS Sotioinc.
Now "York Sun : "Why do you ask
for ton centsV" demanded a citl/.on of a
tramp in oily hall park. "Most of you
follows only ask for a penny. " "Yes ,
bir , ' ' politely responded the tramp ,
"and if they arc repulsed their case is
liopole&s. With mo I can oiler bargains
( daughter prices. In this case I am
willing to mnlco a dead reduction of IIvo
cents. . , thus enabling you , my dear fdr ,
to come to the u istunco of a deserving
but despairing follow-bulng , with the
pleasant fooling that jou are not only
doing good but doing it at ilfty cents on
the dollar. "
Not Komi of Hie National Rniuu.
Norrlstown Herald : "Every tlmo I
enter your olllco , " said Alpha to Oinaga ,
" 1 find you poring ever the Congress
ional Record. Why don't you read
some othoi- paper for a chance ? " "Tho
Congressional llocord , " replied Omojja ,
"contains no buso ball now. . ' '
Angostura Bitters , the colobrutnd up-
potlnur , of uqulslta flavor , IB used all
over the world. Dr. J. ( j. ! i. Slcyort &
Sens , tolc manufacturer * .
