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COMK weal or woe , New York is safe.
She has won the base ball ponnaut.
MoilltiS Moiutisox spoke to the Scandinavians -
dinavians last night but said nothing
about school house furniture.
RKPKAL the justlco law for metro
politan cities and stop the cost-mill fake
from which Omaha is suiloring.
TnK editor of the Herald has evi
dently been reading the Now Yorl
Sun's chapter on government printing
oHlco steals.
CiiKYHNN'K is complaining of a coa
famine , which is all the more aggra
rating because it is not caused by anj
decrease of production by the mines
Apparently it is the result of incrcaset
r *
demand by localities to the west o
Cheyenne , and the monopoly in contro
prefers * serving now customer * > * W
ones.
AMKIUCAN industries were not vorj
largely represented at the Brussels exposition -
position , but such as were commanded
marked attention and were notably suc
cessful in securing awards. In the de
partment of agriculture and its pro
cesses all the American exhibitors ol
agricultural machines but ono received
a diploma of honor , the highest award
in its class , whilst all of them obtalnet
gold medals. In other departments
fifty-four out of sovonty-threo Amoricar
.exhibitors received distinctions o
Rroatcr or loss degree. The notable
success of our manufacturers at Brussels
sols should suggest to them the wisdoit
of taking a prominent part in the Parii
exposition.
THE singular attitude taken by th <
Canadian Paciflo railroad to proven
the crossing of its tracks by the North
ern Pacific may load to serious results
Ttoo people of Manitoba are excitedly
wrought up over the high-handed actior
of the Canadian Pacific oflloials , ant
bloodshed may be imminent. The uov
railroad , it appears , to whion the Cana
dian Pacific is violently opposed , i
being built by the provincial govern
meat. This may explain why the pco
pie of Manitoba are so directly concerned
cernod in its construction. The North
ern Pacific has virtually leased the llni
from the government , and will oporat
it under a guarantee that the rate
charged shall not exceed those ii
Dakota , and that the not income shal
suffice to pay the interest on the bonds
TITK effort making in Now York t
raise a fund sufficient to prevent tin
dlsbandmont of the Thomas orchestr ;
ought to bo successful , and doubtless
, will be if such enthusiastic and generous
ous patrons of art as Mrs Je < tnoUo M
Thurbor address themselves to the task
THa layuy , whose devotion to the caus <
of n.ufsical culture in the United States
has been attested by very largo ox
, flbndlturos from her private fortune
Jjlas already contributed liberally to the
orchestra fund and promised "moro i
needed. Such an example ought to be
widely emulated amonir the wealth ;
people ot Gotham. , but Unfortunatelj
'
the great majority of those have noitho'i
the refilled taatos nor the sonorous dis
position of Mrs. Thurbor. The orchestra
tra ought to bo maintained , and it cai
bo done only by raising the propose !
fund.
THIS project of an association c
American women to present to th
French nation a statue of Wnshingto
is to bo commended. This countr
owes much to the friendship ot France
Homo of whoso most valiant sons holpc
by their counsel and their soldiorl
ability to establish the republic , an
whoso names are inseparably associate
in history with some of the pronto ;
events of the revolution. The Fro no
people have always felt friendly towar
the United States' , and never moro t
than at this time . In 1870 wo receive
from'ho French the horolo statue <
Lafayette , which is in Union Squan
Now York , and therefore the proposal (
American women to send to Paris a statu
of Washington is commended by ever
consideration of propriety and dignity
It If estimated that the work will coi
twenty thou&and dollars , a sum whic
there ought to bo no difficulty ia sooui
ing. It is expected that the unveilln
of the statue can bo rr/ado / one of tho'al
tractions during the continuance of th
Paris exposition next year. '
WEST MAY DE RECALLED.
There was a prolonged mooting of
the cabinet on Friday , the chief tonic
discussed being the political letter of
he British minister which caused such
dismay in the democratic camp. A dis-
) alch from Washington states that as a
esult of the meeting the American
ninistcr to England has been instructed
o&ay to Lord Salisbury that in the
opinion of the president the friendly
olations between the two countries
would bo subserved by a change in the
icad of the British legation in this
country. It ia evident the view ox-
> resscd by Secretary Bayard , that the
natter was one of which the govern
ment could not take official notice , on
the ground that the letter was private ,
was overruled , very likely the prosl-
lent himself insisting upon the politi
cal necessity of taking official notice ol
the minister's grave violation of diplo-
natic etiquette and propriety. Mr.
Jle\eland must have been quick to see
ttio effect that the , letter could not fall
to have , and ho understood that the
only hope of weakening that effect was
rebuke the indiscretion of the min
ster in the way that is reported to have
: > ecn taken. IIo has at least sufficient
political acumen to discern that
10 n. mo .Hit of such specious explana
tions as have been offered by Mr. Bay
ard and Mr. Thurman could break the
'orce of this letter upon the popular
mind of this country , and that the only
safe alternative was to ask the recall of
, ho offending envoy or promptly give
ilin his passport. Had the minister
advised his correspondent to vote for
Elarrlson it is quite probable his offense
would have been considered sufficiently
riovous to justify the latter course.
Lord Salisbury will undoubtedly ac
cede to the desire of this government
iti the matter , and the early re-
all of Minister West may be confi
dently expected. But will this mend
the matter , or materially diminish the
effect ot the disclosures contained in his
letter1 ; Wo cannot see that it will. The
writing of such a letter to an entire
stranger , of whoso identity and charac
ter Mr. West could have had no knowl
edge , was in itself evidence of the in
tense interest taken in the democratic
cause , reflecting the sentiment not
merely of the minister , but of the Eng
lish party he represents. It should be
lx > rno in mind that the letter asking
counsel bore date September4 , and thai
the reply was dated September 13 , sc
that West lost no time in convoying tin
desired advice. His anxiety that his cor
respondent should bo placed on the righ' '
track , and should have an opportunity
to intluonco others to got on the same
track with him , led the minister to be
prompt in convoying the counsel asked
for. The recall of West cannot obliterate
ate the fact thus clearly established
that the snntlmcut.pf th * ruling obin :
of England is profoundly interested ir
democratic success in the coming elec
tion. Nor will the recall of the British
minister destroy the otlect of his confi
dent expressions regarding the friendly
and conciliatory spirit of the president
respecting English interests in
volved in the controversy between
twoon thia country and Canada
of which ho obviously must have hat
ample assurances from competent au
thority. Neither will it do away will
the very plain intimation of Mr. West's
letter that the administration has beer
merely playing a part for political otTcc
in its professed dcsiro for enlar ec
authority to protect American right :
against Canadian aggression.
In a word , the damage has been done
and no amount of virtuous indignatior
which the administration may nov
manifest can wholly undo it. Ministci
West will very likely be recalled , as hi
certainly should bo , but the sacrific <
will not change the fact tliu
the ruling party o ! England , whosi
sentiment the minister well knows am
frankly expressed , earnestly desires tht
continued supremacy in American poll
tics of the democratic party , and tha
the chief of the democratic party ha
not failed to give such assurances o
friendliness to the English governmon
as have relieved it of any anxiety re
garding the future of its interests 01
this continent in the event .of demo
cratlc success.
COMPLIMENTING HASCALL.
After appealing to Germans and lib
oral-minded people ( as they are called
to support certain candidates of foroigi
birth who are on the legislative ticket
of both democratic and republican par
tics , the German 2'ribnne makes the fol
lowing appeal on behalf of Isaac S. Has
call :
"Furthermore , Mr. Hascall is boinf
traduced , maligned and persecuted b ;
newspapers that constantly carry wato
on both shoulders , and neve
dare to take an open and iirr
stand against prohibitionists am
their helpers and sympathizer
This should inspire every liberal
minded , free-thinking citizen to suii
port his oaudidnay. uml moro ospeoiall.
bOcauso Mr. Hascall has publicly ani
most decidedly declared himself a
against Governor Thayer and In favo
of Mr. McSlmno. Within the brie
period before election it behooves every
body to take position and steadily koo
in vlow the principle , 'Those who ar
not with us are ngniust us. ' "
SWEATERS.
Sweating is the cant word which wn
invented in the old Chartist days of 181
in London to describe the condition t
thingi which Nell Nelson has ventilate
in Chlcagoand is now depicting in Noi
York. London , however , was alway
the central point of such operations , an
a committee of the house of lords t
making investigations at the presen
moment of the sweating operations c
the modern Babylon which are slmpl
heartrending. Whilst they have bee
taking the testimony of tailors and c
oloak-mnkora , of feather trimmers an
of artificial pearl ornament makers , c
fancy boxmakors , of paper lamp shad
makers , and of all those trades whic
the quick and the industrious can pic !
up without much difficulty , a now clas
of victims has presented itself , and ho
raised an awful cry , which the Englls
newspapers have treated wjth the rid !
cule whlpa is so much moro natural t
thorn than humanity or decency.
This bitter wall corno'from lltorar
hacks , who complain that they do the
whole work of distinguished journalists ,
novelists , dramatists , tind other sons of
Parnassus , and rocolvd for so doing the
merest stipend , sums not only out of all
proportion to the prices the pseudo
authors receive , but even to the bare
time employed In these labor * .
The London Dully yews is foremost
in the attempt to treat this claim with
Homeric laughter and to deny the pos
sibility of its being true. And yet the
same paper admits that in Franco the
system has obtained the fullest vogue ,
and that Mnquct and not Alexander
Dumas was the author of "Tho Throe
Musketeers , " with the succeeding vol
umes In continuation of that fascinating
tale. Every herring must hung by its
own tall , and London literary sweaters
must settle scores with their victims.
A word or two , however , may be said
with advantage as to the system of
sweating pursued in New York in jour
nalism. Syndicates have been formed
in that city to supply all the literature
which is demanded by the Sunday edi
tions o ( daily papo rs all over the land ,
and these syndicates make terms with
such writers , majp and female , ns they
think will bo most attractive by their
literary reputations. No outsider has
the remotest chance of getting any
work from the syndicates. It is obvious
to the men who form those associations
that It Is not within the bounds of pos
sibility for any of these writers with
whom they have made ar rangements
to do the work which they engage to
do. It is as physically impossible as it
was forNarcisso Dia/ , the great French
landscape artist , to paint the seventy
thousand canvasses that boar his name
in this country , or for his friend Theo
dore Rousseau , to paint the forty-six
thousand for which ho Is considered re
sponsible.
Who , then , write the letters , the
sketches , the short tales , the continued
stories , the weekly correspondence of
the stars employed by the syndicate ?
Poor wretches who are out of employ
ment and out of credit , and whoso fail
ings have placed them under the ban of
every city editor. Also young aspirants
for journalistic honors who cannot got
work because they are unknown , and
who remain unknown because they can
not get work. Those do the writing
and the stars simply sign their names
and hand the manuscript to the syndi
cates. Under such a state of things the
work done is necessarily very uneven ,
and , upon the average , of inferior qual
ity. The natural consequence has boon
that there is a reaction against syndi
cate articles for Sunday editions , be
cause the public , although completely
ignorant of the inside facts , has shown
a marked preference for those papers
that have made their own arrange
ments with literary men nn < l hi"n ; re
fused to have any dealings with the
.Now . i'ork syndicates. The public is
the best judge , and it has never been
fooled with bad work for any length ol
time In any line of business , and it has
shown Itself especially judicious in its
affection for honestly conducted news
papers.
THE agricultural college of California
appears to bo ns much of a farce as agri
cultural colleges generally are in other
states of the country. Recent investi
gations show that the institution if
sadly mismanaged. There are a hall
dozen professors who draw comfortable
salaries and have little or nothing to do
as there are no moro than a half dozen
students to instruct. The college farms
are neglected and wretchedly taken
care of by the students. The pamphlets
and bulletins published by the college
arc expensive , inaccurate and worthless
for practical purposes. Jn the face ol
all this , the college authorities continue
to ask for moro funds. But California
has about reached the conclusion that
agricultural colleges do not benefit ag
riculture. The state will draw the
purse strings against any further extravagant -
travagant appropriations in that direc
tion.
EDUCATING THE COLORED MAN ,
Daniel Hand , of Connecticut , has done
not only a generous and noble action ,
but a wise ono , in donating to the Amer
ican Missionary association ono million
dollars , for the education of colored
people in the old slave states. This in
troduces a notable wedge into n yer.\
knotty oak. So l"rj ; as the colored
man is unouucatcd there always will be
force in the southern plea for keeping
him from the polls , that ho is unfit foi
the franchise , which cannot safely be
trusted to him in states where ho is in
the majority. All men romomlwr how
badly the system worked in Louisiana
under Grant's administration , and how
it was proved beyond contradiction thai
the oxcrciso of a free man's privilege
by the uneducated negro meant debt
disaster and actual anarchy. Men maj
mourn over the shot-gun policy , bul
they cannot approve the election tc
the olUce o sheriff of an absolutely
ignorant black man , whoso bonds to the
amount of forty thousand dollars wore
furnished by an absolutely penniless
white man , a drunken bummer living
upon the forbearance of the community
It was plain fifteen years ago that th <
( solution of the problem lay In the education
cation of the colored man. Thii
was no clearly true that northern
sympathies were enlisted for th (
southern white mon after the outbreal
In Now Orleans of 1874 , because thor <
dawned upon tbn northern mind a ful
comprehension of the gigantic diffi
cullies with which those southeri
states had to contend where there was i
majority of colored men. For it novoi
entered into the head of any northorr
writer or speaker that the south would
ns a matter of public policy , Insist upot
keeping the colored mon in ignorance
But that Is precisely what is boinj
done. So long as the colored man ii
tha south is densely ignorant there wil
bo grounds for cheating him ot hi
franchise right , and ho Is being kep
ignorant that there may bo in perpetuity
ity that excuse , Daniel Hand's gift i
a blow aimed at the very heart of thi
fiendish policy , and it has boon placet
where it will do the most good. Tin
American association will pour out nun
drods of bright , resolute men who wil
dare anything in so holy a causa
It was not enough , it seems , that , thi
race should hare been -deprived of it
.ibcrttoa. It was nol enough that they
should bo kept at miserably low wages
jy nn understanding among employers
to boycott ntid drive out of the country
'
nny man who should'iffcr to pay more.
They are to bo'lTopt In the bonds of
ignorance that the whole value of the
surrender at Appomattox might bo
negatived , and tliilt the wrong of cen
turies which men had hoped was gone
and blotted out might bo practically
perpetuated. But tills action of Daniel
Hand will change all that , and will
create a nucleus of education for the
colored man which will within n single
generation make him a now being , ono
whoso rights can neither bo disputed
nor taken from him without danger.
Ho will bo then practically what ho Is
now legally , a citizen of his state , and
if wronged by his state ho will have
his appeal to the United States that
will see him righted.
Ttinlr lm t intiit.
Chtcaw Trttiunt.
The white house ut Washington has Just ro
cclved a new coat of paint. This Is the near
est approach to ( minting the town that tlio
democrats will have any occasion for indulg
ing In during this campaign.
Simply Mntclilcsq.
Oiefham Iltvtete.
Lost Stiiulay's OMAHA HIK was ono of the
finest newspapers ever published in America.
It was sixteen pages , contained the brightest
gems of current literature , and for socletv ,
political tind general news It was simply
matchless.
Good Men , Good I'ay.
Men who sit In railway signal towers , men
who run trains , men who tend switches , and
all other men einploj eel in the nctuul tnlnutuu
of railroading , oiipht to bu picked out for
their qualities of fidelity , painstaking and
general conscientiousness. They ought to be
pieked out , drilled , watched , and well paiil.
Not n JII li Opinion of Him.
General Salomon , the deposed president oJ
Hn.vti , who died in Paris recently , unfortu
nately had none of that prumlcurot charac
ter ( wsscssed byTouasalntl'Ons-erture.unilcr
whose benign rule , until ho was made a vic
tim of Napoleon's treachery , the island pros
pered so wonderfully. Salomon was , In fact.
thoroughly unscrupulous and wildly ambi
tious , with a strange blending ot French
polish anil culture and African cruelty and
savagery.
Crushed by Their Own Weight.
Cuinmeittal lliilletln.
How much more effective natural laws are
than laws enacted by statesmen in bringing
colossal "corners" to criof Is seen once more
in the collapse of the scheme to monopolize
the lead market. No 'net of congress , how
stringent soever , nor of any state legislature
to "prevent" or "punish" such practices
could have had a moe , disastrous effect upon
the monopolists thimuiojilmplo operation ol
cause and effect in JUicf words , the law ol
competition , which , unrestrained , sooner or
later makes short woric tof monopolies , and
monopolists , whetlirE In | lead , tin , copper ,
gram or any other commodity.
An English journal gives some details of
the great salt trust or syndicate which has
been orcanlzed there for the avowed purpose
of killing off competition In ono of the neces
saries of life. Thorn are a great many
sources ot salt production iliroughout the
world , and , unless tthq 8yndicatearo urettj1
suru of having capfutoB , or subsidised , or
bought all these up , Its collapse also is but a
question of time. * Old Hutch" in lead , or
salt , or brcaitstuffs , may flourish for a time ,
but in the end he Is bound to bo "hoist with
his own petard. "
The Ills Appropriations ,
KiMch.
The thirteenth regular appropriation bills
passed by congress and signed by the presi
dent , aggregate $2rr,2UO,000 , against 5.M3.SOO ,
000 for the fiscal year ISS'-SS , aud-3o,55UOOfl !
for the year 18SO-37. The tendency to u
steady increase of the expenditures of the
government would faoem to b * naarly as pro
nounced as the steady Inqrcaso of its reve
nues. A difference of about § 41,000,000 in
two years seems to require explanation , II
not to excite some suspicion of extravagance.
The most striking points of difference be
tween the appropriations passed at tliu llrst
Bcssions of the Forty-ninth congress , and
those passed at the first session of the
Fiftieth are these : For pensions , 5.TOO.OOC
more has been required , the river and har
bor bill appropriates $3.00U,000 moro , there
is an increase on fortifications of about
4,000,003 no appropriation uuucr this head
having boon passed two years ago ; the navy
gets $7,000,000 more , the poatofllce § 0,000,000
and the sundry civil bill is nearly § 4,000,000
in excess of that of 18So-8 . The only items
in this list which challenge criticism arc
those of the river and harbor and sundry
civil ] bills , and there is at least this to ba
said about the river and harbor bill that It
covers , In part , the failure to pass any bill at
the previous session.
VOICE OF THK 8TATE PRESS.
"Elect railroad tools to the legislature , "
says the Grand Island Independent , "and
you will see conspiracy laws , tno Hko ol
which you have never seen before in this
nation. The railroads want no half-waj
rule , but absolute power. "
Of the Douglas county legislative delega
tion the Lincoln Call remarks : "It is to be
regretted that It will present , like Macaulay
said of Huron's life , 'tho checkered spectacle
of so much glory and of so much shame. ' "
So dull are nolltlcs in Thayer county that
the Hebron Journal avers that the noise
made by the Inhabitants of a gravovard Is u
perfect bedlam compared with tb : quietude
of political matters ,
A peculiarity of statd politics this year I e
noted by the iork TimesHvhlch says : "The
railroads are out of politics , ( Jhurch Howe It
out of politics , everybody * Is out of politics
except the giddy farnibr. How lonesome he
must bo playing a loncj hand at politics anc
not a trump In sight. ' "
The O'Noll Frontloif , bqldly ausorts , with
out fear of contradiction , that "McShauc
duro not accept the gentlemanly Invitation
of Governor Thaycr to engage in a joint de
bate. McShano know * better than to tackle
the old veteran , wha would wind him up sc
quick that bis head would bo dizzy for sli
wooks. McShanc , however , coward hko
does not forgot to glvti Instructions to his cdl
tors to 'light into the old man.1"
The McCool Junctlon'HoeorU remarks tha1
"every voter , whether , he bo a republican
democrat , union labor or prohibitionist whoi
when he goes to the polls November 0 t (
east his vote should see that it has the name
of Hon. William Leeso U ] > on It. Mr , Lecsi
has proven himself to bo a friend of the pee
pic , and ho should receive the hearty indorse
moot of every farmer and laboring man ia
Nebraska without regard to politics. "
The Hastings Gazette-Journal acknowl
edges that "Mr. MoShano accomplished one
thing at least , during his two years in con
gress. His bill mskint ; Lincoln a port o !
entry received the signature of the president
The farmers who have for years been clam
oring for the establishment ot a port of en
try at Lincoln will now expend their gratl
tudo upon Mr. McShaae by voting for him- -
These who have not clamored will vote for
Mr. Thaycr. "
It to hard for the Wynioro Union to under
stand "how nny Inbrolngmnn whobolloves In
electing mon friendly to the laboring man's '
Interests can vote for , T. Sterling Morton ,
whoso only occupation In the state has been
that of a palit lobbyist of the Chicago , Bur
lington A Qulncy railroad company at Wasn-
Inptoti. In opposition to Mr. Morton the ro.
publicans have In Mr. Council n man whoso
public utterances and work has boon in the
the interest of the laboring and producing
classes. Ho has never been tlod up with
railroads or ether corporations ns has his op
ponent. Ho tins no record to cover up. "
Says the Beatrice Uotmbllcan : "In his
speech nt Wyraoro , J. Sterling Morton mode
a very prottyapology for himself In reference
to his sou's connection with the strike of the
locomotive engineers on the Uurltngton. Ho
spoiled it all , however , when In attempting
to berate Governor Thayer ; ho said that
Thaycr ought to have called out the state
militia to protect the railroad property in
stead of allowing the Plnkerton's to bo
brought into the state. The locomotive
engineers are peaceable , law-abiding citizens ,
but Morton's remark loft the Inference that
no considered them a sot of lawless yahoos.
Morton will not got many votes from the
brotherhood , or their friends. "
It would seem that the republicans of Hall
county arc not sure but that their candidate
for senatorial honors Is a democrat In dis
guise , for the Grand Island Independent
says'Is : John L. Means already pledged
to vote for John A. McSlmno for United
States senator , while Instructed to vote for
Charles F. Mandoraonl is n question very
pcitlnont in view of certain actions of his
and the support of some uncompromising
democratic saloon keepers , who generally
know what they are about. The surface In
dications point to the use of MeShnno boodle
In the interest of Means , the so-called re
publican candidate. This democratic sup
port means something , and republicans have
u right to ask what it moans , and all the
more so on account of the crocked uohtiucl
record of John L , Means in the past. "
Old-Knshlnncd Rosea.
Jiinifs ir/iteomb / ( Itllcv.
They ain't no style about 'em ,
And they're sorter palo and faded ;
Yit the doorway hero without 'otn
Would bo loticsomor , and shaded
With a good 'cal blacker shaddcr
Than the mornin' glories makes ,
And the sunshine would look sadder ,
For their good , old-fashioned sakcs.
I like 'em 'cause they kind o'
Sorter make u feller Hko 'em ;
And 1 tell you when you llnd a
Hunch out whur the sun can strike 'em.
It always sets me thlnkln'
O' the ones 'at used to grow
And peek in througn the chinkiu1
O' the cabin , don't .vou know.
And then I think o' mother ,
And how she used to love 'em ,
When they wuzn't any other.
'Less they found 'em up above 'oml
And her eyes afore she shut 'em.
Whispered with u smile , and said
Wo must pluck a bunch and put 'cm
In her hand when she is dead.
IJut , ns I wuz a sayln' ,
They ain't no style about 'em
Very gaudy or dispwyiu' ,
Hut I wouldn't be without 'em ,
'Cause I'm happier In these posies
And the hollyhawks and sich
Than the hummin' bird 'at noses
In the roses of the rich.
CURRENT TOPICS.
In ono particular at least the great Ameri
can people has emancipated Itself from sub-
Horvience to European and moro particularly
English fashions. There is a universal de
termination to discard the umbrella as a pro
tection against rain. It is conceded that as a
sun shade it has marked good points , and
when the color is in harmony with the dress
and the Inside lining throws the right tint
upon the face the young lady of the nine
teenth century fojls that her sun shade Is
her dearest possession , and that life without
it would not bo worth living. But the win
ter umbrella which has been carried as a
defence against rain storms and falling snows
by hoth sexes has at last been voted an In
tolerable , nuisance and a fraud. Very sel
dom docs rainfall perpendicularly , and whenever -
over this is not the case , the only part of the
body that Is protected is the head and
shoulders. Most frequently rain Is accom
panied by strong gales , and then the aotest-
able umbrella proceeds to invert itself , and
to make Its unliappy bearer a mark for scorn
and an object for the amusement of the small
boy. When it snows the arm bocomco weary
of carrying several bushels of frozen rain
upon the top of the umbrella , and U Is far
from agreeable to have to halt and discharge
the unwelcome freight. Besides the rain
umbrella is an anachronism. It was invented ,
or rather it was modified from the sun shade
prior to the discovery of vulcanized rubber.
From that time waterproof coats and cloaks
have been manufactured whose efficiency Is
undeniable and whoso cost has been reduced
to a minimum. The time has come when the
winter umbrella must go.
*
* N
Kyrlo Bellow Is an actor with a fondness
for brilliant stage costumes and a mania for
mashing. The fact that ho had obtained
from Worth n scries of doublets and jerkins
of the most resplendent character for
the role of Romeo made him somewhat
of a hero In society this fall , ana ho was in
vited to Tuxedo. There no gave way to his
mashing propensities to such an extent that
ho became an unmitigated nuisance , and was
not asked to reuew his visit whou ho wont
away. Pierre Lorillard , who Is president of
the association , sent written Instructions to
the manager of the hotel that Kyrlo was not
to bo accommodated under any circum
stances , no matter what member of the
association might bring him down. This
fact was published generally by the papers ,
and this creature of clothes has had the im
pudence to write to a Now York afternoon
paper an open letter to Pierre Lorillard de
manding an unqualified apology or satisfac
tion. Kyrlo Bellow has made a blunder
The world does not take him seriously , but
considers him a toy. There are women who
delight to train their pug dogs to look like alien
lion , but the pug feels within every fibre of
Ills body that ho Is only a lap dog when the
cat comes Into the same room. If Mr , Bellow -
low wants to bo treated as a man , lot him
burn his clothes and study his profession ,
and ho will flnd fewer in ashes , but far moro
respect. But this ho will never do , for he is
not built that way.
*
* *
Bavaria has a monopoly of lithographic
atone , and that little state , the headquarters
of German beer and Gorman art ought to bo
the richest country In the world in proportion
tion to Its site , for lithography has been uni
versal. And nowjtho lithographic stone is
doomed , and plates of zlno are being largely
used ns a substitute. It has been found as
practicable to draw upon them an upon the
Bavarian stone , and hence has arisen the
now word zincography. The saving ef
fected is remarkable. A ilno plate costing :
only 85 cents is as onlclent as a lithographic
stone which costs 151. and It can be resur
faced practically forever , whereas the litho
graph lo stone will only bear roprlndmg to a
limited extent. When it Is remembered that
In good chromo-lltbographla work a stone
has to bo used for each color , and that some
times the number so employed ranges from
fifteen to twenty stones , the difference In the
cost becomes au item of grave Importance ,
which will revolutionize tbo art. The thin
ness of the plates has aUo permitted modifi
cations In the press work , by which It is now
possible to throw of 1,400 sheets an hour with
the lame good results obtained by the slow
printing of lithography. A resume ot the
nil vantages offered by zincography shows that
the Bavarian stone has boon superseded ,
Htdor Haggard has started the theory that
Stanley has been seized by wild African
tribes and dollied , acd that ho Is as much a
prisoner as the Grand Lama of Thibet , But
Hldcr Haggard has never seen either Stan
ley or Central Africa. The people of Omaha
who have seen Stanley will scarcely believe
that he has been dclllcd , Ho was not built
that way.
IP
*
Kdward Atkinson Is authority for the state
ment that a method has been discovered of
making soft woods non-combustible by paint
ing them with n solution of zinc dissolved In
water under certain conditions. Mr. Atkin
son has the faculty of casting a doubt In rea
soning minds upon every statement which ho
advances and every cause which ho cham
pions. With regard to this last discovery It
may ho remembered that thirty years ago ,
when railroad building was being projected
in India on n largo scale , experiments were
made with rlnc upon railroad sleepers as a
defense against white ants. The process ,
however , gave the sleepers n flavor which
the white ants found delloloiis , and native
teak was adopted , which the experience of
thousands of years Imd shown that the
termites would not touch.
w
* *
At the grand Christums eve banquet and
ball of the Annour-Cudahy Packing associa
tion there will be , for so It is reported , rivers
of champagne. This ought to bo California
champagne , and there should bo nothing
served nt the festive board that is not an
American product. Omaha Is the star of the
northwest , which Is n land of produce , and
Omaha men ought to be Intensely patriotic
and take their stand upon the principle of
sustaining every kind ol American produce.
California brandy has found Its way hero ,
and has been generally accepted as a good
article , the equal of cognac. Now let us try
their champagne.
*
An enterprising man of Salt Lake City has
applied for a patent for the construction of a
salt palace , and has formed a company which
will begin operations as soon as the papers
arrive from Washington. The Idea suggested
itself to his mind when ho was in Sioux City ,
la.on a visit to the famous corn palace that has
created so much favorable comment In east
ern cities. The marvelous effects which can
ba obtained by lighting up rock salt are well
known , fa * in the salt mines of Willcka in
Austrian Poland there has been something
similar for the past hundred and tlfty years.
All the effects there , however , are Interior ,
and there has been no attempts to obtain any
architectural splendors. It does not seem
probable that such a structure would Uo dam
aged by rain , unless the fall was very con
tinuous and heavy. Manv of the readers of
THE Urn may have seen masses of rock salt
lying outside stores for many years , exposed
to the heaviest weather without any results.
It Is tn bo hoped that the Salt Lake citizen
will carry out his Idea , and obtain the pecun
iary success which he deserves.
*
Mr. Thomas Mcohan , an eminent eastern
botanist with a turn for sentiment , has boon
deploring the sad fact that the great nation
of tbo United States has no national floral
emblem. Granada had Its pomegranate ,
Franco its flcur do lyg , Florence its iris in
medlicval times , and In the British omolro
England is still symbolized by a rosp , Ire-
laud by n shamrock , and Scotland by a this
tle. Brooding upon this state of things Mr.
Meehnn proposed that the golden rod should
bo the emblem of the people of this country.
But Mr. George W. Childs , of the Ledger ,
stands forward for the maize plume and tas
sel , and It must bu acknowledged that ho has
hit the bull's ' eye. Mr. Mcohan has not ro-
fleeted that there was a symbolism in these
emblems. The fleur do Us is an undoubted
pun upon the natno of Louis , the favorite
name of French kings , and the pomegranate
Is similarly a pun upon the nnme of the
Moorish kingdom , Granada , for In Spanish
gran ad a means a pomegranate. So the
flower upon the coins of Florence was n pun
upon the name which means flowers , and the
Iris was chosen because that city had n great
commerce in orris root powder' made
from the great white Iris of
the Arna.s hanks. Now maize has a
symbolic moaning , for the word can bo de
composed into ma-lza , and this in the an
cient Maya means great knlfcmcn which is
au equivalent of Saxon. For the true moan
ing of Saxon is wearer of the Sax or short
sword. And In Maya iza or itza refers to
the sword made by putting into a wooden
frame knives made of Itza or volcanic glass.
This was the origin of the name given to the
Itzas of Yucatan , who founded the cities of
Chicken , Itza Izamal , and Iznpan , and It Is
assorted tn Maya records that ono of the
Itzaob was the discoverer of maize which ho
obtained in Its wild state from a Quinami ,
ono of the aborigines of Mexico. And from
sentimental reasons the maize plant Is infi
nitely superior to the golden rod. If the
floral symbol Is a necessity , by all moans lot
Mr. George W. Clnlds' suggestion be
adopted.
The newspaper men of Savannah , Ga.
have appointed a committee to ralso a fund
for the family of Edwin Martin , the manag
ing editor of the Jacksonville Times-Union ,
who died recently In that city of yellow
fever. Imbued with strong professional
feeling , and realizing how greatly the dally
issue of the paper cheered the hearts of
those citizens who remained in the plague-
stricken city , Edwin Martin stuck to his
post. There were many such faithful hearts
in Jacksonville , and the example of this
journalist no doubt had a great effect upon
them. There was a milkman who made his
rounds as if there was no plague In the city.
To nil wtio spoke to him about his danger ho
said : "Tho people must have milk. What
would the people think If the milkman did
not come round as regularly as the man with
the morning paporal" The Initiative has
been taken by Savannah journalists because
ho was well known to thorn , having been for
thrco years connected with the dally press of
that city. It Is felt that some provision
should bo made f6r the family of tins bravo
man , who gave up his lifo because the cir
cumstances of tno times demanded the sac
rifice. _
The Pilot's Wife.
Qeorat Jlarluw ( u llelgravla.
"Tho moon shines out , with hero and there a
star ,
But furious cloud-ranks storm both stars
and moon.
The mad sea drums upon the harbor-bar.
Will the tide slacken soon !
0 Sea , that tooit'st my youngest , wilt thou
sparol"
And the Sea answered through the black
night air ,
"I took thy youngest. Shall I spare tonight -
night ! "
"Tbo thundering breakers swoop and slash
the sands ;
To westward , lo ! ono line of cream-white
foam ;
1 rise to darkling heaven my holplcss hands ;
I watch within the home.
O Boa , that look's ' t my eldest , wilt thou save ) "
And the Sea answered as from out a grave.
"I slow thine eldest son for uiy delight. "
"Tho giant waves plunge o'er tbo shingly
beach i
The twany mane I great lions of the sea ,
With pitiless roar bowl down all human
speech.
Is God ( ar off from mot
O Sea , that slewest my sons , mlno husband
spare I"
Tbo Sea's wild laughter shook and rent the
air I
"Lol on the beach a drown'J ' face deadly
white.
1
TALKS ON TRIFLES.
An Oinnlmn who has Just returned franl
Chicago states that ho had a talk with Uon ,
Walter Q. Gresham , nt the Grand Paoltlc ,
whllo thoro. Tha conversation turned on
the prosperity of tbo great west , and partic
ularly of Omaha. Mr. Grcsham said ho hail
watched tha reports ot our system of high
license and was pleased with it , Ho de
clared thai h thought it the proper
remedy for tha ozcostsi of Intern-
pcranco and that Uo considered it
moro practicable than a prohibitory law.
Ho again , spoke of Omaha and its pros-
poets in the commercial world. Mr. G res-
ham said that his son , who is now prac
ticing law In Indianapolis , was looking in the
direction of Omaha auil would undoubtedly
dccido to locate hero.
*
Few people hare a correct iiloa of ths mapr <
nltudo ot the business transacted by tha
Western Union Telegraph company In
Omaha. There are over ninety employes
drawing pay In Omaha , and the monthly
salary list amounts to over (3,000. Including
line men , repairers , etc. , In this district , eve *
(30,000 , monthly is paid IB salaries by tha
company in Omaha. There are no bottof
opcrators'auywhcro than the ilowcr of the
Omaha oftlco , in which class are found nboul
twenty-five operators. The salary of each [ t
( SO per month , and with extra titno ho unices
nn average of about 1110 per month. Only tha
best operators can make that money. Tha
Omaha oftlco pays the highest salaries of
any In the country. Kansas City and Sau
Francisco oftlces pay only $70 , whlch , is con
sidered a good average salary throughout
the country.
* %
An tinny officer said yesterday that tha
war department would not , In his judgment ,
take the site for the now Fort Omaha that
is offered nt the lowest price. iTho demands -
mands of an ideal fort will bo mot , If possl-
able , regardless of the cost of the land. Tha
needs to bo considered nro multi
farious and must bo determined with
an eye to the future. General Crook's ad.
vice In the matter will carry great weight
with the department , and his judgment in all
probability will docldo the matter lutuo mini
of his superiors.
*
* *
"There Is no better place in town than this
to observe the Idlosyncraclos of people , " said
Mr. E. O. Stark , agent of the Webster street
union depot. "A man stopped up to tha
ticket window the other day and said
abruptly :
"Give mo a tlckotl" _
"Yes , sir , " I answered. i
"Givomoatickot ! " t
"Yes , sir. " p .
"Give mo a ticket ! 1" ho roared. > .
"Yes , sir. "
"What Is your name , slrl I shall report
you nt once for your impudence I Now do
you intend to give tno a tlekotl"
"Yes , sir , if you will kindly state to what
point. "
The countcnanco of the purchaser clmngol
In a flash from ono of dcflanco to that of
whipped shoopishuoss , as ho gave his dostlu.
ation , and slunk away with his ticket.
*
* #
"Ono of the strangest things Is that sn
many women lose their purses. Very often
the watchman finds an empty portmonnaia
on a scat in the ladies' waiting room , or on a
car scat , or on the floor of the depot or plat
form. An old , indifferently-clad lady tha
ether day came In and purchased a ticket tot
an interior point , took n seat for a few mo.
meats , and then went to the train , whloli
stood in the yards for some titno before th < |
hour of starting. She loft her purse In tha
depot , and as luck would have it the watch *
man saw it , and after a search , restored it to
the owner. It contained nearly $100.
*
"At another time a lady loft her hand *
satchel on one of the scats of the waiting *
room. Shortly after the departure ot the trait |
another lady cauio In mid spied the satchel ,
and brought It to mo. Finding the con.
tents of no value , I put It back where owner
had left it , to watch developments. Pretty
soon a lady came in and sat down near It ,
She eyed it furtively for some fifteen min
utes , and then sidled up to It , looked all
around to see that the const was clear , and
then grabbed and opened It. Finding there
was nothing of value In It , she laid
it down. Another lady came la
a few minutes later and spied the treasure *
bag. She , too , sat down near It , and when
every ono had left the room dho pulled U
over near her side. Then she hooked It on
to her own satchel , and shyly floated out of
ttic room.
>
* *
A great deal has been written about tha
college graduate applying for a position
on a newspaper , and his belief that his "boo (
laruiu' " is the only requisite to such u
placo. There Is sonio excuse for all this
talk. Applications are made almost dally to
TIIK BKB for positions by young men who
are possessed of the idea that God created
them for newspaper work. Many of them
have fulled in everything else attempted , and
for that reason they believe that the press
will open the way to success. As a last re
sort they are wllllug to trj [ it , anyway. They
mean well , of course , but they have listened
to poor advice -somebody. . Every
newspaper man had to begin at so ma
time und In some place , but ho did not bcgia
in a responsible position on a dally such as
TUB BBR. Most applications are made for
place upon the rcportorlal staff. The appll'
cants don't know that the gathering and
preparation of news by reporters has grown
to bo of Itself nothing less than an nrt , and
that a rcportorial place on a great dally calls
for a high grade of ability and skill. Liu-
sides that , it is hard work.
*
Ho sat in a cable coach , possessed of sweat
contentment. Beside him nestled his Sun
day girl , whispering soft nothings. Sud
denly she pointed up to a glass ventilator ,
and wondered what was meant by the In
scription thereon. Ho wondered too. 1 (
roads Hko this :
NOTICK.
Passenger's Telephone ,
Signal Pulls
Stops the Car.
Presently the conductor came In and they
questioned him. Ho pointed to the end of
the oar , where up on the frieze la a pneu
matic whistle which Is operated something
llko a suction pump. To the plunger Is at *
Inched a strap which extends the entlro
length of the car above the heads of passen.
gors. The plunger Is pulled out and parmlt-
tt ? Brinfl bac.kttlB ! 'orcod nlr causing a
shrill whistle , which the grlpman obeys.
* *
A man about town sidled up to a BBC man
yesterday and whispered a bit of newspaper -
per gossip. It ran to the effect that
after the election the proprietor of tha
World would take control of the Her *
aid , merge the two papers and print two edi
tions dally , under an entirely now , or hyphen
ated name. The statements which wora
° 8U'I)0rt | ' of thls oan ot bo reproduced
O K
A visitor who passed through the city this
week , and drove around the city , made a remark -
mark which ought to bo suggestive to our
real estate agents. "Tbo.o white sign boards
of 'lorSslo' which
are so roncplcuous on
your houses and lots , remind me of the proy.
orblal , eTor-pre ent white shutter which is
the feature of Philadelhia. What