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Fwornln ionro ( tnf , und HtilMTllHd In my
pmuiico , thin 10th day of Si'utmnbcr , A. . I ) . .
1800. N IM'Kir *
_ Xutiiryl'iilillc.
As MAINivo : \ ut so wont Wyoming ,
Hv Tlire vuy , liavo you licard from
"WpmliijjV
TIIK ( act ( hat tlio republican cwnpnlgri
is to open tlio 0lh of Septcinber'shouhl
bo warning : enough for th o democrats to
iuko to tlio woods.
IllGIII'UEX TIIOtfc.\XD Of DostOIl's
younprsler.s wore ( log-god 1n the public
schools during tlio year. Hcantoivn. cult
isnot limited to the mental apparatus.
THIS temporary chnlrnuinoE the Ken
tucky constitutional convention was'no
less a iicrsonag'o than Gcorgo "Washing
ton , 3lut as ho only s\vung \ the title of
colonel to his imino ho tailed to ralso
popuhir onthusinsm.
WvoMiNflla tlio first Htttto in tlio union
in which \vomon oxorclscil the rig-lit to
vote on equal terms vith men. The re
turns , however , ( all to show a marked
increase iu the vote cast. The privilege
was only sparingly exorcised , owing to
an offensive clause in the law requiring-
xvoinen to "tall the truth , tlio wliolo
truth and nothing but tlio truth" con
cerning their acre.
Tine democracy oT "Wyomingmiglit as
well confess'dcfcat and retire from lusl-
ncss. To ascribe tlio result to an error
in the law , which jirtectcd democrats
only , is childish. The ti-utli is that a.
majoflly of the people determined to
cast tlielr fortunes vritli the progressive
party ot the nation. Kopulllcanlsin
made "Wyoming- what It is , and , the people
plo of Wyoming- merely expressed their
gratl tudo Jit the ballot bos ,
Tun latest oJllclal bulletin shows a
marked falling : off in the estimated pop
ulation of Denver. The recount oF the
cltyt according to published statements ,
placed the population at ono hundred
and twenty-six thousand , whereas the
odiuinl figures place the number : ttono
liuudrod and six thousand six hundred
and seventy. An Increase ol sovonty-one
thotiKtind in ton years Is , however , splen
did proof ol the enterprise and public
spirit of the people olDonror.
Tirrannouncement mtulo a few weeks
ago tliat Ir. Kockofollor , the Standard
oil king , had decided to found u primd
Itapthl university and diiaato twenty
millions to placing it ut the bead ofclo-
aoinliwtioiml wliools , turns out to bo a
ViioL auuird. iMr. ItooJcofoller ia not
fiullt OH the philanthropies plan. Al-
thoutjhlio has a few millions laid away
lor a rainy day , ho is too much occu
pied ir. the holy work of freezing out
Standard oil competitors to seriously
think of immortalizing himself through
theological memorials.
-Advortlnor ma.lcs ; avor.y
seneillo remark when it Kiya that the
style of finding fault with tlio tenth cen
sus iwall moonshine * . It sivys that the
ninth census wna only comparative , und
thq ttnth census , which gives the coun
try G-lr , > OD , 000 in round numbers. Is all
that < 'ould bo ospocted. With pcrhips
ahalfdozen exceptions the census was
accurately takon. Ol course thoroworo
people absent , and some returns may bo
fraudulent , But compared with 18SO
our figures wcro nll-sumeiont , and , as
the .Advertiser s.ryn , It is foollsi no . to
raises n Rvcat liuo and ory about inaccu
racy. _ _ _ _
boLngiuiidu in congress
to establifah a great national -park In the
famous Vosomlto region of California ,
This woailcrf ul region was granted to
the -state of California years ago for a
park , but the butchery of nature's
grnndour by the state commission has
glvon an Impetus to tlio movement to
revoke the grant and pliico it under na
tional suporvislon.s In attempting to
Improve on the natural Joautle3 ) of the
rofflou the state coraaiisslon , ilostroyod
acres of timber , plowed acres of delight
ful vallojs and despoiled the wild
grandeur of mountain sides with Im
passable roada , The ruin vrought is
euniclont justlllcatlon for rcpeiiliiig the
grant and placing the park under
stringent federal laws. Kext to the
Yolloffstono park , the Tosemlto region
nfToi-dj tlio greatest variety of ecoiilo
Loauty on the continent , aud the { jovorn-
mont should preserve It for the edifica
tion o. ' the people lor all time
otnt.ooK
. ,
than ten years a 'o there ws not
aj'ardof pavlngonthosircotsof Omalia.
Therowas not a foot of poworngo con-
Btruclcd. Very little grading had been ,
done and but n few thousand dollars had
been expended In public works. Oninhn ,
mis without water works nnd In fuel
lacked allllio essentials of n metropoli
tan city. Her population was barely
thirty thousand.
Then came the era ot public Improve
ments , People inside the city who
clung to the old fo y ideas nnd persons
outalJo the city shook their heads In
grave doubt. A reaction WHS predicted
and itwa talkcd in ' 81 and 'SSthatOmaha
would su rely bankrupt herself , Butovents
hnvoshown the fallacy of tlio croakers'
prophesies. Up to September 1 , 1800 ,
there have been expended in pulalla im
provement * in the city of Omaha , six
million , four lum lrcd and forty-seven
thousand , nine hundred undone dollnw.
Thlsof course does not. Include hundreds
of thousands of dollars which luuo been
expended by in-opcrty-oivneiyln grading
nnd. drainage. It blinply represents the
money thai haiactmiU.\booiipai < ll > y the
city by tax levees und from the proceeds
of bonds. The greater part of tills vast
total Is represented by jm-ing , sewerage ,
gra-ding , viaducts , etc. Independent of
this municipal outlay'fully live millions
have been expended In Omaha , by
( ranchiwcd corporations tor valor works ,
gus plants and street railways. Omaha's
marvelous strides U\vard inotropolitna
proportions are chlolly duo to
the unstinted support of pub
lic improvements by taxpaying
ing- property owners. From thirty
thousand she has within ten years ex
panded to a city of ono hundred amd
forty thousand population. The burden
of taxation has been very heavy and
sometimes almost unbearable , but wo
may soon look for immaterial decrease of
tuxes , The "bulk of our pruilinjr , paving
and sewer building is already done jmd
Is rupldly being paid for. "Within a few
years Omaha will bonbloto compare
favorably with an.v city in the country
In the matter of taxation. TJnlikonoarly
all other cltLo Omaha Is not subdivided
by rivers and deep ravines that require
heavy outlay for bridjjos , tunnels and
viaducts , with it continuous drain on the
taxpayers for maintenance. The
grout cities borderingon the
sea or hike are taxed
enormously for maintaining- water fronts ,
nrhilo St. Paul and Minnon polis have ex
pended iiillllons on bridges ; Cleveland
has Issued three millions of bonds for
her great viaduct , Milwaukee * has a liidf
( \O SMI draw bridges , Chicago has her
bridges and tunnels , and Buffalo , Roch
ester , Pittsburg- and Cincinnati have
been similarly taxed. While Omaha
lias spent one hundred and tlilrty-slx'
thousand oniaducts , the railroads will
be compelled to build all viaducts that
are to bo built iu the future , and very
properly since the chief object must bo
to proven ! railroad accidents.
The North and Soabli Omaha creeks
which formerly traversed the city and
had to bo bridged at great expense
ha\o "been transformed , into main
Bowers ami now answer the double serv
ice of carrying- oft the surface \vator
that formerly went into creeks , and. also
carry oil the body of all saw.igo that
flows into thorn through the lateral plpo
system.
only drawback isthewooden blouk
pavement which eventually must be re
placed by less perislmblo pavingma
terials. W"e havospent almost amilllon
dollars in grading. In that portion of
the city which was comprised in thoold
boundaries only tliroo or four streets re
main' to bo graded aad lilled , Ton years
hence every street and alley within the
present boundaries will bo graded , and
all the lots and land adjacent will bo
broujjhtto the established level. Thence
forward the enormous grading oxponjes
which draw so heavily on our general
fund will cease nnd consequently the cost
of running the city government will be
very mntoriiilly reduced.
By that turo , Omaha will bo ono of the
most attractive cities in America. It
has boon an outlay of millions , but niter
all tlio "very fucb that an army of labor
ing men have boon employed for many
years on the public works has been one
of the principal factors in the growth
ami prosperity ofOimliu. The money
has boon mostly spent at homo and cir
culated among our people , and has con
tributed largely toward making Ormha.
what slio it * today. Had Omaha boon.
laid oat on a dead level ho could not
possibly have had such g rowth , "Whilo
Omaha has been Infested with boodlors
and dishoncit contractors , there has boon
a smaller percentage oE jobbery and
swindlingonour public works than in
anycit.von the continent , While taxes
hare been high vo huvo moro to show
for our money than any western city.
Wo liuvo over ono hundred milfls of
graded streets , a system orsowonigotlint
extends over seventy-five miles and over
fifty miles of street pnvomont , most of
wlileh is laid with permanent mutorlal.
Tlieso facts afford convincing proof that
Oinaha real estate has a substantial
basis -with the assurance that -whilo
property values will advance as the city
grows taxation is bound to decrease.
OVKttTAXKD I'Ul'lLS ,
Our public schools opened the past
week and pupils fortunate enough to
luiro passed tlielr examinations have
been assigned to higher classes for the
present term , .A very largo proportion
of the total number liave bison advanced
a peg lilfjhor , and there is no disposition
on the part of Tan Hiis : to seek to undo
what lias been done. But there Is a
feeling among ; many educators and
parents of pupils tliat tlio classes last
year vrcro pushed too rapidly in their
studied and that many pupils wore taxed
far beyond their capacities and powers
of endurance in the mad rush for a final
and successful examination at the close
of the term , Indeed , it has boon hold
tliat anany of the pupils were literally
dragged through coinuic-iicemont day
tliat tlio teachers of the different grades
might inalw the best posslbloshowing
of results. It has also been said that u
large proportionof pupils who managed
to pass examination could not possibly
have undergone successfully the faino
ordeal thirty days after school closed.
This is not a startling- state of things
vlowod by the history of public schools
In most largo cities of the country ,
Many render * of TUB Br.K remember the
ngiUillon In N\JW York , Chicago , Cincin
nati and oilier eastern cities a few years
ago upon this subject. A wall went up
from the people thill their children wcro
being overtaxed ; that fragile young1
mludswero being crammed beyond the
limit of ptnvor to retain , and that tlio
annual examinations lind degenerated
Into a race of tcixclicrs for pro ferment
a ronrlnpr furcc , Heforni was demanded
and In part accomplished.
Till ! 33iE ; lias not boon slow to com
mend the work accomplished by the
twielicrs of our public schools. Their
efficiency Is known to bo on a par with
that of the best teachers ot eastern
cities , But tlio honest desire for a still
bettor showing leads this paper to ap
peal for moro tliorough and patient
teachingIn the end It will bo besb lor
the pupil to learn less during- given
term If by thai means ho may bo per
mitted to learn well.
THE : i7fa.vjAu ; of r
Judged by the best old world ptuml-
nrds , the training of teachers in the
United States Is capable oC being very
greatly Improved. Our inferiority In
this rospccL Is In a larjjo measure due ,
us stated by President Hall of Clark uni
versity In an article on tills subject In
the J'Wum ' , to the fact that \vouroln
America too solf-sjlislied iiml too indif
ferent to what Is done elsewhere.
Kvory respectable man of science
learns promptly of every Impor
tant now discovery or treatise In bis line
throughout tlio worldbut our profes
sional scliool for teacherssaysProl. Hall ,
our city and slate supervisors , and oven
our highest educational institutions are
conductad without utilizing , or oven
studyingtlio , experiences of other lands.
In the normal sehool the Prussian
minister of education Is ciuotcd by Pro
fessor Kail as assortingis found the
key to the merits and demerits of any
bchool system. Upon the quan
tity and quality of the pro
fessional training of teachers depends
the vnluo of ; any system of Instruction.
Not only Is this true , Professor Hull be
lieves , but it is also Indisputable that
there is no part of the educational sys
tem to prone to deteriorate and "because
not oiily sterile but injurious. " The first
need of teachers , even in the lower
grades , is a beltorknovledjjooC the sub
jects taught. Professor Hall urges that
teachers should bo far beyond their
pupils , even of tlio brightest ones , and
should Lo able to command
the choicest resources of their subject.
Breadth of mind and the ability to im
part instruction in any branch are best
obtained by careful labor in some chosen
mental Held. To this end lie believes
that the broad curriculum of the normal
schools should bo reconstructed with a
view to greater attention to special
topics. Teaching , says this eminent
educator , is. in no good sense profess
ional till teachers are far beyond the need
of keys and translations. Even reading ,
school mathematics , history , geography ,
languages and writing-are far moro ef
fectually taught by teachers who liave
been tempered for tlieirwork , by the
glow that comes from , growing insight
into some chosen , meatal field , and who
know what devotion to truth for its own
Bakomeans ; who huvo developed some
Interest in their subject and enthusiasm.
for It.
Prof. Hall would liavo ono school lay
sllfihtly moro stress upon letters , bistory
ahdliterature ; otlicrs , perhaps , upon , lines
of scientific research. General training-
only docs not Ut a person to enter into
the world as a teacher in these days ,
when all its intellectual spheres are
ruled by experts. Nest after proficiency
in the subjects , Professor Hall placestho
history of education and the institutions ,
methods and laws of today In this and
other countries. Every European gov
ernment , lie says , kcops expensive agen
cies to learn promptly the latest chanjj-cs
and improvements in all political
and military matters in other
countries , and strives to bo the first to
adjust itself to every new condition and
to avail Itself of it , Manufacturers , busi
ness men and scientists follow tlio course
of modern tboug-lit and discovery in the
brunches which engage their attention.
ThoBamo thing bhould bo done in the
interest of education , Now departures
liavo been made in educational methods
in a number of European countries ,
but in the United States leaders
are too much absorbed In serv
ing the intoroits of single insti
tutions to study and profit by those for
eign experiences ,
I'rof. Hall suggests three things
which lie believes will advance the cause
of education by scouring liettor training
for the touchers. These are : 1'lrst ,
moro tliorough knowledge of tlio subject
taught. Second , a knowledge ofthohis-
tory of education , educational institu-
'lions , and tlio methods and laws of our
o\vn country and of other countries.
Third , moro careful attention to psychology -
cholog-y , *
IX POLITICS.
The number of men employed on the rail
roads oftho country by 1,7.10 uomputilcs is
now reportedly tlio Interstate commission ut
7OI,7SU. It la aprotty big army of transporta
tion. Ills an average oM.ri' > man toovcry 100
miles of railroad. Iu Nebraska thcro are
5 , 010 miles of railroad mid this ratio would
give , as the total number of men employed hi
opmiting tuonillroiid.i la tliii state , -.1,171 ,
Tlieso represent a population of over n him.
dreil thousand tliat depend on rail trans-
portntion for subsistence. Next to tlio farmers
of Nohrosliu tlio largest class of men ciipigQi !
in the s.uno general \vorlc are the railroad
men. U'lio proposition , therefore , tlmb "rail
road men liuvo nobusincss in polities" U not
u very tcnublo one , ' 1'lioy have ) all the rights
of American citizens and thdr luterostt arc
probably as dear la them ns those oC other
working people. Mncoln Jaumul.
The Udk about American citizens and
tlielr Intercuts , in this .Instance , is all
moonslilno. Of the Uvonty-tliroo thou
sand , ono hundred and seventy-one mem
employed , from section hand and striker
up , how many of thorn make politics
their business ? Tvontjr thousand of
them , -veto the ticlcet of tlielr choice un
less tlioy uro bulldozed by their btipe-
rlow or are run la on gravel trains and
voted at a half dozen different polling
places In one day ,
The proposition h that "railroads
liavo no business In politics , " and had
tlioy kept t-.olr ! hands oft In former
yours the popular uprising ugaiiifct
railroad domination In this state
would not nowbo felt. It
la not the bectlonhund or trainman to
whom , people object. It is the perni
cious labit of officials vrLo sustain cor
rupting lobbioint legislatures ; wlio Roml
pussoJto thorrstrllfcrfl \isoallnnduo
means to cnptJiro conventions and run
things goiem\ ! . 'J'ho vast army of rail
road tellers luifij nothing to do with tills
part of thop v/ratiimo. ns the legislation
secured by the monopoly iniumgora Is
genemllyng-iijnst rather Umn for them.
Tlioro is nof doubt that the men em
ployed by tha rnillronds liavo rights ns
American citizens , nnd their interests
nro ns deal * to thorn as tlioso of
other working people , but the
trouble is that their interest in politics
Is not the snme ns the interest of the
corporations that purchase their labor.
If they were allowed to oxeruiso their
righti UH American citizens without lot
or hindrance , without promise of pro
motion or threat of discharge , no anil-
monopolist would object to their taking
nn active Interest in politics.
L.11IOH MlOllMtMS AZ1K0.1D.
The congress of trades unions re
cently held In Liverpool was the most
Important of nil tlio gatherings which
this body hus over held. Tlio nttond-
nnco ims larger than over before , and
never before was so much attention
given to the proceedings by the press.
This attests not only the growth of In
terest iu orgniilx.od labor among those
Immediately concerned , but also the
greater concern whluli tlio general pub
lic feojs in the labor movements.
It Is evident thattho working
people of England are in let
ter position than over before to press
their demands , and also that there is a
vastly greater popular Interest regarding
ing- them than at any previous lime.
The most important incident of the
congress at Liverpool wis tlio consideration
tion of tlio question of n statutory eight-
hour labor day , and the eight-hour ad
vocates gained a kind of victory. A
resolution was passed by the congress in
favor of reducing the lubor day to eight
hours , but It Is not expected that ny *
practical action will follow foe a long
time to cumo. As a mutter of fact
there was a largo number of absentees
when the vote on the resolution was
taken , most of whom were opposed more
or less directly to parliamentary inter
ference with hours of labor , while of. the
remainder many -\vcro disinclined to com
mit themselves by voting- one way or the
other. It appears that the champions
of an eight-hour day were careful to se
cure the fullvbl possible representation
in the congress , and that the unions op
posed to the compulsory curtailment of
working hours in nil trades wore caught
napping , expecting to retain without
much ollort , thp great urcpondernnco
which they iJxhibiteil a year ago at
Dundee. la that congress the proposi
tion that the hours of labor In eaeh
trade should b'a regulated by mutual
agreement on t.hp part of employers and
the employed commanded a largo major
ity. The narrow majority b.y which
the eight-hour resolution carried in the
Liverpool congress cannot be regarded
as nn. authentic expression of the
wishes of tlio great mass of work
men. The - fact is to bo remem-
bred that at the Duneco congress a year
ago out of twelve hundred unions In
vited to say whether , they desiredjin
eight-hour day only thirtysevenvoro
BUlIlciently interested In the question to
malco any returns at all , and a majority
of the members of these unions \voro
against , the proposal. It is to bo ob
served , also , Unit the diversity of opin
ion oxpresssil in the Over pool congress
on this question was ( niilo dispropor
tionate to the restlt of the ballot.
On the whole , therefore , while it
is undoubtedly true that the eight-
hour movement lias made progress in
England , a long time Is likely to elapse
before there is such a general acquies
cence in It by tbo trades unions as will
enable thom to give force to u demand
for i statutory'oight-liour labor day.
The" situation of labor on the continent
of Europe is commanding moroof the at
tention of statesmen than oven political
affaire. There isvidcsproad discontent ,
duo chlolly to the nrovalont low
wages resulting from the overcrowded
condition of the labor mur-
kots. This Is especially tlio ease In Bel
gium , in Austro-IIungary and In Italy ,
but there nro also portions of Germany
wliero , notwithstanding the olforts of
the emperor to ameliorate ) the condition
of labor , there is still a great deal of dis
satisfaction. Among European countries
Franco appears to bo loss troubled at
present with labor disturbances than
any other , though In that country there
Is not universal peace In the
ranks of lalrar. In short , everywhere
the old problems- still await solu
tion , and wlioro there Is not active agi
tation or actual conilict the conditions of
discord und warfare are nevertheless
present and llnblo to manifest them
selves at any time. The oppression of
labor in continental Europe has not been
moro Bovoro than it Is now at any pre
vious time In the last llfty years , and
there appears to bo no promise of an
early improvement. Indeed , there is
reason to apprehend that the situation
will become more serious before there ia
a change for the bettor.
OOXK B.I FT.
The recent mooting of the American
Social Seionco'"association which was
hold at Saratoga , , devoted a day to the
department of uhaalth , Dr.V. . F. Rus
sell of Massachusetts road what was de
cided to bo by the assembled multitude ,
the most Important paper entitled
"Mental Health'and ' the N'owupapor. "
The learned doctor went a good ways
around a barn itd'glvo the Sunday newspaper -
paper agontlo'i ; . Ho said the expan
sion of tha newspapers from the llttlo
Bhoot of our ftrtlers to the huge Sunday
newspapers of today , wherein Is depleted
the varied InWrcks of thowholovorld ,
has been accompanied by othorrhunges.
Ho maintained 'that the average reader
sldms lightly over the thousand facts
mussed in the soriod columns , and in
sisted that towin his attention he must
be aroused , excited , torrlflod ; that it
was impossible to give any subject
thoughtful consideration bceauso the
rnlnd staggered under the load of moro
facts nnd ccasod to grow nnd strengthen.
"SYliat should bo given special emphasis ,
the doctor claimed , was that department
of the paper which deals with the darker
side of life. Minny read this with oiger
avidity , und their thoughts in time turn
only to kvulgar and uncanny news , "
finally malting- sympathy for criminals
\
ntul soon criminals of the rcadoi'8 them
selves.
The doctor's autllonco , wlileh of course
was Bpcutnclcd ntul thoughtful , coin
cided with him , und at the close oC his
rending the applause Insald so hnvo been
deafenlntf. That his views have no ra
tional foundation goes without saying.
It is n generally aceoulcd fact that llio
[ rront newspapers ot today are ono of tha
host nnd cheapest methods of education
which are offered to the public.All
subjects are discussed from 11 secular
standpoint , and the opinions of the edit
ors may bo accepted or rejected. If lit
school the teacher tolls tlio child tlmt
soinethlnt ; Is Into the child believes It.
If at church the parson Buys BO mid so is
true , for llio most part the believer- : )
the creed Insist that it must ho true.
But the editor's opinion in an unbiased
ono , given from a knowledge of all shies
of tlio question under discussion , and it
ll Is not believed it cmi at least do no
harm whether It is read hastily or
whether It is accorded careful perusal.
A newspaper , if enterprising , In those
days caters to all tnstes. It may bo
lllcened , In that regard , to a bill of faro
at a first-class hotel. Vet because It
gives all the news there is no inoro rea
son to read so much of It a9 to cause
headache than there would bo in orderIng -
Ingso much dinner because the vinmls
wore enumerated on the bill of faro as to
cause stomach-ache.
If a man wants to road the foreign
news or the domestic news In a , Sunday
newspaper ho ylancos over the head
lines , wlileh Indicate the nature of the
article , nnd reads those things in which
ho may have nn interest. So when ho
sits down to dinner hi his hotel , became
the bill of faro happens to start off with
soup of a half dozen varieties , it Is
neither compulsory nor oxpacted that
the guest will order thorn all , though It
would appear that this is the way the
eminent doctor would go about his din
ner. Ono may bo interested In the con
gressional proceeding's found in a news
paper , while another would read the
sporting column and another something-
else , but no one -would road the dotnl's '
of a sensation unless ho hud an Interest
In them. The heading would convoy to
him an Idea of what tlio article con
tained , nnd with the nr.iny columns of
other matters in which ho would bo In
terested , ho would only bo a prlutton If
ho felt that ho must road the entire
paper whether ho wanted to or not , in
order to got his money's worth.
Statistics everywhere prove the truth
of the proposition that If it were not for
illiteracy , there would bo a largo decrease -
crease in the number of criminals , and
it has remained for Mr. Russell to roiul
what was called u learned paper bafore
the Social Science Association of Amer
ica to nrovo that any kind of general
knowledge Iwgots crime. Even if his
ideas wcro correct his hypothesis in
wrong , for the oason that great
newspapers do not print "vul
gar and uncanny news. " Thoj'
mny recite the history of some delicate
episode or scandal In high or low life ,
yotsueli occurrences always point a mor
al ns well as adorn a tale. The doctor's
scientific view would lead us to believe
that if ono were to read an account in a
wicked Sunday newspaper of anattempt-
od robbery , it would follow that he would
immediately bauonio a highwayman.
The Sunday newspaper of today , with
its well-lillod and ninny columns of in
formation g-athored from all sources and
contributed by the brightest minds ,
apart from Its news service , which in
itself is a marvel , has proven a boon not
only to the well-to-do , but more espe
cially to the poor , who could not afford
to purchase such information in ivny
other way and who only find time for
general reading1 on Sunday. It unques
tionably stands as ono of the greatest
educators of the nineteenth century. It
would appear in order for Dr. Hussell , at
the next annual meeting of the Ameri
can Social Science association to give
advanced ideas on the proposition that
the moon is made of green cheese ana
what has been generally supposed to bo
a man In it , is nothing but a wlggly
maggot.
Tins Boynton bicycle rallrosid in
operation on Coney island is another
evidence of the possibilities of
electrical development. As Its muno
implies the ears are run on a single -
glo rail , with overhead bldefruardn
to steady the train and carry the elec
tric current. Tests of speed recently
made surpass anything onwheels. . A
mile of road was .traversed in thirty-
three seconds , oral the rate of ono hun
dred and nine miles nn hour. The inven
tor claims that on long distances a speed
of three hundred miles an hour cm bo
safely made. This may bo considered n
reqkless gait , but wo are living in a fast
ago , and the means of transportation
must keep pace with the public desires.
When Horatio Allen pulled the. throttle
of the Stourbrldgo JLton in 1829 and at
tained tlio speed of six miles an hour ,
the Incredulous spectators cheered what
was considered a "marvelous achieve
ment. " The progress made in the suc
ceeding half century , particularly In the
last quarter , has been so great that people
plo cense towondor at novr developments ,
accepting them as a matter of course.
Sixty miles an hour for short distances
Is common nowadays , and a speed of
ninety miles an hour is not uncommon ,
but u speed of three hundred miles an
hour takes one's breath away. To bo
whirled from Now York to San Francisco
in thirteen hours must booxporlenced to
bo upiH-ecinted. Such velocity has Its
advantages , however. In onso of a col
lision , broken rail or mihplnoed switch ,
there would not bo enough of the frag
ments found to give a wrecking ; crow
a Job. _
Tins stronghold of General K/.ela
upon the confidence of the people of Salvador
vader was btrlk'ingly shown in his elec
tion to the presidency by tlio congress
with but ono dissenting vote. That ho
Is a man of moro than ordinary forca
und a soldier of ability , his conduct of
ullalrs after the death ofh.lt > predecessor
in the presidency fully attested , and it Is
not to bo doubted that his alms tire en
tirely patriotic. Ho hm now a great
opportunity to plnco Salvador lav In the
load among the slates ot Cent nil
America and to make for himself immor
tal faino as a statesman. There appears
to bo no good r canon why Sal vudor should
not at onc-o bo recognized by the govern-
mont of the United Stales , the election
of Ijjota having boon , so far as appears ,
entirely regular , nnd the lawful admin
istration of affairs iu Salvador having
boon fully resumed ,
V is ii jewel unknown to n
majority of the go-called reform asso
ciations. One of this chips sheds croco
dile tears over the "woes" of the work-
Ing1 men , and in the next breath pro-
ppscs a national protest against the open
ing of the world's fulr on Sunday. How
can the vast army of workers visit the
show If not on Sunday ? Must they lake
ono or moro holidays nnd sncrlllco sev
eral days' ' wnges merely to satisfy tiiuib-
Bui-dRubbatnrinu sentiment ? The enjoy
ment to bo derived from an inspection ol
the exhibit of works of art nnd products
ot skilled Industry cannot in the remot
est degree bo tortured Into desecration ol
the Sabbath , and the attempt to deprive
hundreds of thousands of poor people of
the privilege of smacks of puritanic blue
laws.
TOM EDISON is credited with a con
suming desire to establish telephone
connection with tlio moon. Surely this
is carrying modern progress too far. The
country calmly viewed the destruction
of tlio Washington apple tree story , the
marksmanship of William Toll and the
collapse of Mother Shlpton's phophecy ,
but when an Inventive Paul i'ry pro
poses to rliifj up pale Luna to ascertain
whether she Is an animated case of llm-
berger It IB time to call a halt. The
cheese factories of the country must be
protected.
l'OI < ITJUATjg _ MOVOI IOW.
A local pool wants to "smite tlio consecrated
crated lyiv , " but bo will doubtless bo obliged
to wait until the campaign Is farther under
way. _
A I'ontiae , Til , , paper skiii't Mr. McICelghan.
In fact all the paper * uro skinning Mr. Mc-
Kelgliau tlieso days ,
Major John \Vatsoii ro fuses to decline
for lloat representative , but the fellows are
carrying news that ho will ba the coinlnu
man. A few moro days and Mr. Watson will
dispel all the views ,
ISTow that General Van Wyclc has with
drawn frointhoraccln the First congressional
district , Mr. Bryan continues to think that ho
is the coming nmn. But IMr. lirynn must
Hrst define , in a manly way , his prohibition
proclivities and aristocratic tendencies.
The republicans propoto to open up the
campaign about September 20. There will
notbo many torchlight * , but there will bo a
great deal of solid , common sense talked
from the speakers' stand.
IMr. McICcighan is yet running for onlcc.
Ho has not yet found a friend coed enough to
pull him off.
j _
The rumor set afloat by Ole Olesoa to the
effect tliat Paul Vandcrvoort was to be ap
pointed poFtmister , lias been given serious
consideration in some cniarters.
rlhe painful HOWS comes f rom Schuyler that
Colonel Kusscll was done up by tlio republi
cans of that city , and the sportive gentleman
will not be nominated for tlio legislature. It
would uiipeartlr.it after all , Jproplicts are not
appreciated in their own country.
Because some of the democratic pipers
were printing Ciishlng's name W. 11. , In
stead of W. H. , there was great consternation
in the democr.itio central committee's room.
They thought if ho was to be elected his
nnino must be spelled properly. The only
trouble is , tbo Initials ot tbo next state treas
urer are J. 13. , and the last mime is Hill.
Fifty-four member * of congress , and both
branches of a Nebraska boodle legislature ;
a United States senator from Dakota , tbc
delegate from Arizona ; Ben Htir , the state
auditorof Vermont ; the lute Senator Muhono
mid ITlanaKati of Texas , endorsed Paul
Van DcrVoott after much Importuning and
bulldozing for the general supcriu-
teiulcncy of the railway mail service.
Several Grand Army commanders , ROV-
oi-nor.3 and other functionaries wrote special
letters recommending "Van Dor Voortns ono or
the wards of the nation to whom the country
owes a living. .But Wanamaker plgconho.cd
tlio precious documents. Ha know all about
Van Dcr Voort's ' record. Ho knew that ho had
never sRcn a battle and had never amellcd
Kinipowilor. The nearest that lie over
got to a fight was when ho went out foraging
anil threw up bis hands to a sqimd of Johnny
rcbs , wlio marched htm off without a scratch
to Richmond , and flimlly In duo tlmo sent
the burly -warrior to bis mother in very
robust health. Wunmimakor had seen
Van Dcr Voort's nmno mentioned in the
Partita railroad reports as a person
employed by tbo "Union Pacific In the legisla
tive oil rooms. Itwus an opn secret nt the
department , too , that tbo doughty veteran
who did all his flghthiR with his alligator
jaw liail been dismUscd by Postmaster
General Groshaui for neglect of
duty nnd gcnor.il wortlilossuess. So
in splto of the forty-six congressmen , tbo
throe bcnators , Hen Hur and the Dodliii
Granite auuitor from Vermont , Honest
John \Vannanmkcr positively declined to
locate Van "Dec Voort on a cushioned ohaii-in
the general postonlre. He appointed Bell ,
whoso principal recommendation was that ho
didn't ' dabulo in politics and did not own
forty-six congressmen to his name. Then
tberowas wailing and gnashing of teeth and
tue whangdoodlo mourned for bis llrst-born ,
A tearful appeal was made by the
supreme court to let Van Dcr Voort down
easy by Hiving him a mull superliitendcncy
at Fort Worth , Tex. , but that little scheme
also failed to connect. Finally n slnucuro
\va3craatocllnthoOinahu pHtofllco for the
bombastic IlooUoo. Ho was made supervisor
of nmilsaelcs and boas of Jim Stcphcnsoii's
chests which doing
sprctiil-caglo artillery nro
ing Hcrvlco as Undo Sam's mail wagons ,
Such a descent from big things to small
ones has seldom been scon in these parts.
And now the musty autographs of tbo dim
and distant past liavo Ix-on servodup with a
dish of council combine deail duclcon the
Tammany Twenty-eight pl.ittcr as Van Per
Voorfa credentials for the Omaha postofllcs.
I3ut Wniiiuunalccr ha < 5 very peculiar notions
about men and things , Ho dnodii't care a
str.uv about the forty-six congressmen and
theDodlln granite nmn from Vermont or the
delegate from Arizona , but Insists tliat the
next jioUmastor shall have the hacking of
the rcdpntiHlhlo patrons of the onico. The
petition of Clinileo and Davis will bo courte
ously acknowledged in iiuo tune , by tbo ] > . in.
Kn and placed on llio with other Impertinent
mutter ,
Kiln \Yhctler \ ll'Hmr fn tlte Ctntitni-
IMy life's long radiant summer halts iitlust ;
And lo ! bcaldu my pathway 1 behold
Pursuing1 autumn glide ; nor front nor cold
Has heralded her presence , but a vast
Sweet culm that romos not till tbo yea1 bin
Its T cob lo soist ice , nnd tlngoof gold
Subdues tbo vivid ooloriujn of the bold
And pasttion-hucd emotions. I will last
Air August days behind mo with my May ,
N'or strive to drug them Into autumn's
jilaco ,
Nor swear I hojic , when Idobiitromembur ,
.Now violet and rose have had their day ,
I'll ' pluck thosobarerastors with good grace ,
And call September nothing but September ,
A university prlro In KiiRland luw Jmt
boon awarded ton plumber. Ho perlnipa got
moi-e foot Into llthnii any of hl competitor ,
thinking1 tlmt ho was writing a bill.
Kccloy , tlio motor num hM Just coinpliMivl
bU llfty-thlrd year. This Is tvbout all that Iu
has completed , however.
It Is el aimed tlmt nfuagiu pnr.islto Is Kill
liip aft the colTeo plant In nil purls of tli
World , ntul that tea must be tbo drink of tli7 >
futuro. This shouldKlvol'iircliiMlngAKi'ii *
Ilartloy new houo , and a few moro chests * '
Alliance ten should bo oi-deroil , imil tlio coin.
mission dlvhlcd with Mr. Ituriwvs.
Two 1 rlshincn wcro walking down rurnani
street yesterday , und ouoof them snld to tiia
other :
"Tim , I see that the a d McKluloy hi i
places iiu embargo on our countrymen , nml
but few of them will bo apt to UMIIB ever ii i
pusses. "
"Anil bow is that ! " listed Tim.
"There Is a tlnrty-llvoi2r | cent duty 01
Al Ik u , " said 1'ut us ho wilheit nway.
I tU quite evident from the odorofcaini'linnu
the opera house these ovcnliips , thnttb" < ol
season has arrived. A few society RCiiti-Miun
liuvo taken their couU out of camphor , wtiilo '
the remainder of them nro yet In soak.
Jamaica la not satisfied -with the ilut
America levies on. her augur and throat nii
retaliation. If what purports to l > oliuiiuri :
rum Is the pure urticlo , the retaliation la u > -
ready complete.
A Toronto umbrella company has wiifn i
Persons who have borrowed their KOOIH
should return them in this , their hour of UM -
fortune.
It Is announced that CScorgo I'lillinim
started In life without 11 penny. Uut btlio
Hi-st time tins train reached Its destination \
division with ono of his porters nr.ido him , i
rich man , ,
The twenty or thirty thousand white-tin
Mississippi who huvo been disfranchised
cause of the adoption of the educational cltu , o
In the new constitution should forego < a
pleasure- night riding uud attend u t
school.
ISdlson has matlo anoihor startling dis.w- .
ory , Ho has carried ouiu successful > .M-U
of exporiinonts bywhich lithium suits e.m nu
carried Into the ' .
system by external app'i. i-
tlon anil throueh tbo use or cloi'trielty Tli i
settles a loiiff felt ilusirc. Tlio discovery , im i
not stop nt ono drui ? . Tbo nuia wlio bciv.
to f ore bus stood alone at 13 o'clock nt nielli m
u cold room administering pircKorie to tin
darling can sleep on undistiirbod , and a ii.u-
tcry can be adjusted and a light current t
the soothing syrup bo mhntnUturod dunm ;
the night , Aman can attach himself to a
distillery oy a single wire and thus in-t
wholesale rates on a town-painting | ir < i-
gramme. Wall-eyed science is mowing down
thosupcretitionsof ttiodark ngos ,
Now that AYllliam Tell has been abniUiii'ii
fiom history asumosty myth , some loir
haired student should attempt to prove tint
freedom didn't carry on when KosuiusUo fell.
For idiocy in the suprrlntivc , the yomis
man who bus charge or the "growing iiiu > > -
tloii" takes tlio bakery.
The man who has boon winking at the so > h
fountain all summer will now have a vaca
tion.
tion.Tho
The report that ono of the city councUin.ni
who was exorcising ono of tliOKiasticuLusp.i
on the city hall was overpowered ny fount
Pulaslu and the siustlcutus run In , lacks cou-
11 filiation.
The highly Rrntlfylug Information comes ,
nnd direct from hcndiumrtors , too , that tlio
bustle is not to bo resumed. As paradoxical
ns it may scorn , it is relegated to tlio iv.ir ,
und will bo f rownod out of existence. Mrs.
Whitney , wife of tlio ex-secretary , says th.it
sliohas infc 'raiitlon from Worth tlmt llio
bustle is never moro to adorn fuUwoman's
form. This will bo a uud blow to newspapers
Which expected to increase their circulation ,
but the tact that the few additional yards of
cloth which would be consumed in const t
ing a dress arc saved , horrid men will
this statement with delight.
( JcorRo Lemon , the big pension nrni was
placed on tbo stand to testify in the Kauni
investigation. The committee however failed.
to squeeze h im.
Congress having passed the river unit harbor
appropriation bill and left out all refer
ence to the scow line , it Is not out of place tu
ask : Where Is the Scow Man ! Ho dropped
down onus a few months ago like n wad of
dew from heaven. He claimed to bo from 4
Now York and Ills scheme was very slinplo.
All be wanted was the triniiig sum of llvo
million dollars mid ho would put iu a line of
mud scows , each one of which would
DO move bewildering than tbo burnished
scow in which Cleopatra steamed down tbo
Nile a few yc.ii'3 ago. Hut the Scow Man
did not tarry IonsHo perhaps would liavo
compromised on live dollars Instead of llvo
millions. III. ) card and Ins circular simply
stated tlmt bo hulled from Now York. It di 1
not Indicate to tbo curious -whether ho llvl
on tbo Bowery or on Dnu'lw.iyHo ' loft his
affairs of navigation ia the linads of tin
donble-cndcr , und the doublo-ondur has had
visions ! of countless thousands of muil scowi
punting and scroumlng1 , honvlly laden w > "i
freight between hero und Pittsburtf , by tliu
way of Now York ; and tbo Djal Su. U ittlu
Scow Man remains in the shadow. * . Is horn
pawn ) The ublo advocate of tlio vUIo.mry
scheme should wire the president not to sign
the appropriation hill until the scnv.s wcro
included , Itshould donounc ] tlio con t'oss
and bring the Scow Man from his hiding
place and lot him explain. There Is a disnml\
mid yawning vacuum in the history ofTina '
n If air and it bhould bo speedily und promptly
llllodith iiiforniaUoii.
rrolilbitioirH Ilattlu Axe.
Tiff STnliKi HcuMer , Stj > < . 0.
The deceptive Now York Volco contii 3
its misrepresentation of everything roc1'1 '
can , * * * The people of Iowa ' '
plainly see that the Voice is pu hlUhol > i -
tlrcly in the interest of the democratic p.n"
Itndvocates tompcraaco as a shield mf r
widen It may carry dagger.tostabtru ( > ' >
peranco wherever it appears. It Isthi"t
dishonorable paper published In the I'mt'-d
States nnd it Is doinp tuoro to aid and i- -
conniKo the saloons than all other paper *
published in tbo imtion.
tlinii Ilin ( inrcl.
i Iitttr-Octtin ,
Itced's ' majority tmrts tbo democrats worse 'I '
than bis gavel. -4
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