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TUB Htrildnf , ' job printers have for
feited public sympathy by resorting to
violence.
JEsor's famous fable about the coogo
nnd the golden o { { has boon very popu
lar hereabouts for a , woolc.
TUN largo job printing houses have
banded together against thostrikors and
this moans that several cases are irre
trievably lost.
THIS typographical union must declare -
clare itself. Does it or docs it not ap
prove of personal assaults by its mem
bers upon law-abiding citizens ?
IF OMAHA becomes a non-union city
it will bo the direct lopical result of the
dastardly outrage upon inoffonding citi
zens by striking union printers.
SKLK-UKSPKCTINO citizens who earn
honest livelihoods cannot bo expected
to negotiate with dead beats , political
drabs , blatherskites and anarchists.
NINE councilmen and a lawyer to arbi
trate a strike I Why not nine dema
gogue. " and a railway magnate to arbi
trate the railway rates in Nebraska ?
TJIOSK cowardly bullies who assailed
two young men on the streets and
brutally beat them into Insensibility
should bo lodirnd in the nonitontiarv
without delay and the typographical
union owes it to common decency to
assist in the prosecution.
JUST as soon as honest workingmen
discard the hypocrites who are pretend
ing to bo their friends and advising
them to make consummate fools of
themselves for the bonollt of those hypo
crites , just so soon can wo begin to look
for a settlement of the labor troubles.
IIONKST workingmen anxious to earn
honest wages must spew out the Quiuns ,
Urowstors , Kolsoys , Bacons and others
of their ilk , because no decent laboring
moil's organizations can assimilate with
them. They tire consdoneoloss agita
tors and are trying to load this eight
hour movement for personal advantage
solely. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
GOVKUNOK FI.ICMINO of Florida re
fuses to issue a certificate of election to
Senator Call. There are three reasons
for this action : Governor Fleming would
like to appoint a senator ; at the time of
the senators ru-olootlon there was no
quorum of the state senate present ; Sen
ator Call ought not to bo ro-olcoted because -
cause ho is very poor senatorial timber
oven for Florida.
UNTH. the labor organizations of
Omaha got rid of the brainless idiots
and gabbling agitators who have led
the working men in the present contro
versy , they cannot hope for cordial sym-
pathv among decent people. The or
ganizations will fall to pieces under
conseiuucelivss , hypocritical , absurd and
contemptible leadership and will deserve -
serve sui'h a fate.
GuvC. HAUTON says an overwhelm
ing majority of the men recently employed -
ployod in the smelting works were satis
fied with their tvuges and had signed
the agreement for wages by the hour ,
lie also snys the men are anxious today
to bo restored to employment. If the
self constituted loaders , who have forced
a atriko when thorn was no fault found
with the so'ilo of wages , are discarded ,
wo shall very soon ascertain whether or
not Mr. Harton is correct.
UNDKUTAKKKS are not in business for
their health or amusement. So long
as $3.00 is the maximum rate for
conducting a pauper funeral , including
the collln , so long will the undertaker
fool that the interment of pnupors is al
together n labor of love ; an enforced
charity. The county board will bo moro
business llko and moro decent as well if
it will IIx upon a style of collln and the
character of funeral attendance to bo
given pvupurs : and Invite bids from the
umlortakors to moot the requirements.
This will bo doing things dncontly and
in order and wilt fix the responsibility
definitely in cases llko that at High *
toouth and Castohar strooU.
r.wr us nuASOti TOO T/K .
The unfortunate ovontf of the woolc
past have grievously alTccted the pres
ent and future pros | > orlty of Omaha.
The tUU'mpt by strikes to put Into im
mediate effect the new eight hour law
owing to IndlscrotiotH on the p-irt of the
workingmen and the Inability of em
ployers to moot the somewhat unreason
able demands of the solf-constitutod
labor loaders , have brought business to
n standstill and resulted in great loss to
largo industries directly and to thn bus
iness community generally. Looking
back over the past seven days wo can
all BOO that errors have boon , committed
whli'h In the light of subsequent reflec
tion ought to have boon and might have
beun avoided. It is now too Into to gain
anything by criminations and recrimi
nations. Wo are brought face to face
with a crisis and it is time reasonable
mun in all ranks of society devoted tholr
thought and attention to the important
duty of extricating all parties from the
costly embarrassments of the present
situation.
Tlio Omaha and Grant smelting and re
fining company is an institution in-
which every citizen of Omaha not only
takes pride but in which every man in
Omaha has a pecuniary interest. It has
grown in our midst against unfavorable
conditions from small beginnings to ono
of the largest institutions of its char
acter in the world. It is largely owned
and entirely operated by Omaha capital
ists. It employs from six hundred to
seven hundred men and pays out in
wages to workingmen in Omaha to bo
expended in this city the handsome sum
of from thirty-six thousand dollars to
lifty thousand dollars per month. The
050 men omnloyod represent a popula
tion of over throe thousand. They sup
port another 2,000 by tholr wages. Sev
eral other institutions in the city work
ing with the smelting works , employ
perhaps half as many moro men and
support a corresponding population.
Aside from the railroad headquarters
and shops there is no ether ono business
enterprise of half their importance.
Those works are idle. The fires are
drawn and the smoke of industry no
longer floats over the city. Not only do
the mon , women and children directly
affected feel the evils of tholr mtuation ,
but the whole city is nnprohonsivo and
business is practically at a stand still.
The enforced idleness hero is disastrous
and the prospect of an early resumption
of work is not at this moment encourag
ing , ftralnloss blatherskites , blatant
demagogues and professional agitators
are offering the suffering families
of the idle workingmen noth
ing in return for work or wages but in
cendiary speeches. The self-constituted
leaders , with a single exception , are not
employes of the great institution on the
bottoms. They are men of no occupation
whatever , for the most part. They have
absolutely nothing to lese by ( cooping up
the agitation and misleading the mon
who have blindly followed their advice to
their own detriment and to the detriment
of every interest in Omaha. They pro
pose no reasonable concessions. They
simply harangue the rank and file and
by iniluoncos too well known to merit
discussion hero , encourage them to stand
out against their own wolf tire upon the
doubtful argument that the law will
force a conclusion in their favor.
The pitiont public on the outside ,
notwithstanding the great interests it
has at stake , has thus far withhold com
ment and refrained from interference or
intercession. The tune has oomo , how-
over , .vhon the public interest demands
that there shall bo no more foolishness ;
when the sophistries of hypocrites bhall
cease to prevent reasonable creatures
from settling a difficulty to which
anarchists , socialists , walking delegates ,
professional agitators and time-serving
politicians nro not properly parties. The
Isaac S. Ilascalls , tile John Quinns , the
George Browstors and the Krcshmyors ,
Kolsoys and Klnnoys have already
accomplished moro damage than they
will over bo able to repair. Honest people -
plo who earn tholr living in legitimate
occupations have had enough of empty
declamation and absurdly useless dis
cussion. The citi'/.ens of Omaha want a
settlement of the controversies. They
desire the smelting works reopened and
the misiruidod men who have followed
these rampant hypocrites and lazy loaf
ers under the impression that they hold
the key to bettor wages and easier work
and could lead them to a victory which
should benefit laboring mon generally ,
buck in their places at work. Tlio workingmen
ingmon themselves perceive tholr error
and ttioy too are about ready to cast the
Jonahs of their movement overboard.
AsTiii ; I3i3G hns already suggested ,
an eight-hour day in Omaha Is imprac
ticable at this time. Mon cannot be
paid for eight hours in this
city at the same rate pot * day
as these of Council Bluffs , who
work ton hours. An eight hour day
under such circumstances cannot mean
more than eight hours pay on a ton
hour schedule. An eight hour day is
right in the abstract if expedient and
practicable. It is to bo hoped the time
is coming when no nnn in America need
work longer to earn a living. This can
only bo Drought about , however , by na
tional action. In a time of depression
like the present , with tlio terms of the
law open to moro than ono construction ,
and its constitutionality in doubt , it is
simply suicidal on the part of workingmen -
men to attempt a literal enforcement.
Until it has passed the test of the courts
they should bo willing to accept the law
as a declaration of sentiment rather
than a peremptory rule of conduct. It
should ho taken Into the courts without
delay and its exact effect determined ,
and then time should be allowed the
business interests of the community to
adjust themselves to the changed con
ditions its ultimate literal enforcement
involves.
Pending such action by the courts ,
contrauts for work by the hour , week or
month are a necessary protection to em
ployers and no hardship to employes.
The United States supreme court has
uphold similar contracts in the dopnrt-
munts of the government notwithstand
ing the nxistonca of an eight hour stat
ute. The contracts are not In fact nor
Impliedly In violation of either tlio
spirit or letter of the eight hour law.
Tlio smelting works mon , with a few ex
ceptions , signed agreements for wages
by the hour , They were not inclined to
complain at tholr remuneration. There
was no purpose or disposition on the
part of the managers to reduce
tholr pay. The mon were glad to
bo employed upon former conditions
adapted to the letter of the noxv law.
It was the otttsido agitators , who had
nothing to lese , who incited the men to
abandon the works and who by force
compelled thorn to kill the furnaces
and damage that great property many
hundreds of dollars. It Is the same out
siders who have kept up the agitation
nnd pro von ted a prompt settlement of
the difficulty. They are the cause of all
this trouble.
Their reputations among business mon
are well known and they have no stand
ing In the community , but before the
late employes of the smelting works
they have posed as benefactors and have
sought to advance tholr own selffsh pur
poses and gain notoriety by using mon
Ignorant of the laws and language of
tlio country. Tlioro is no statute unuor
which they c.xn bo convicted and pun
ished , but they are morally rioters and
thieves. They have stolen the
wages of these mon and deprived
their families of proper support.
They have injured the property of citi
zens who never did them harm. They
have purposely , maliciously , almost
feloniously attacked the credit and inter
ests of this great city , and have nothing
to show for their pretended valor in the
cause of the weak but blighted homos ,
sobbing children , sad eyed woman , pen
niless fathers , silent industries and gen
eral paraly/.ation of business throughout
Omaha. It is high time such individ
uals were avoided by honest workingmen
mon and ostracized by citizens who have
the real good of the city at heart. If
they were deposed from tlio leadership
of the strikes and tl oasonablo gentle
men in the ranks whose hands and faces
provo tholr right to the title of laborots
were bro.tght to tlio front , citizens of
acknowledged character aim ability ,
would stop into the broach and end the
controversy between the smelting works
and their men in a very few days and
wo could hope to see the llros relighted
within a brief period. It is to bo hoped
the rank and file of the workingmen in
this city appreciate this truth a id have
the stamina and good sense to remove
the only serious obstacle to an early
amicable and just settlement of differ
ences by discarding tlieso hypocritical
loaders.
ffKHKASKA.
Nebraska will bo well advertised this
year through her splendid crops. These
will bo tno largest in her history , and if
all signs do not fail the great staple of
the state , corn , will bo of bettor quality
than over boforo. The claim that Ne
braska is unsurpassed as an agricultural
state will find most convincing confirma
tion in this year's harvests , and the fact
will not fail to bo known far and wide.
The corn of this state will find its way
to every market where there is a de
mand for corn , and wherever it goes
this king of the cereals will bear wit
ness to tlio superior soil and climate of
Nebraska.
But it is desirable that no opportunity
bo lost to make known to the world the
resources and advantages of Nebraska ,
and the advertising which the state will
got this year from its bountiful crops
may very properly bo supplemented by
some extraordinary effort to attract at
tention to its agricultural superiority.
A suggestion for this purpose is to send
a special train filled with the products
of Nebraska on a tour through the oast.
Tlio plan is practicable , and if it could
bo carried out on an adequate scale , that
is , such an exhibit made as would bo
representative and attractive , it would
doubtless have good results. The only
thing in the way of the success of such
an enterprise is the possible difficulty of
securing the necessary funds , it
being estimated Unit from $15,000
to $20,000 would bo required ,
but on the plan proposed by the State
Business Men's association there ought
not to bo very much trouble in raising
such an amount. These who estimate
tlio merit of every undertaking with
reference to possible immediate results
may not think favorably of this project ,
but no effort that could bo made to at
tract attention to the resources of the
state would bring desired results at once.
No argument ought to bo necessary to
demonstrate that some extraordinary
effort should bo made in this year of
great crops and an assured revival of
prosperity to extend as widely as pos
sible" a knowledge of Nebraska's capabili
ties , and the time is at Hand for suggest
ing and discussing plans for this pur
poso. Tie | opportunity is exceptionally
auspicious and it would bo a very great
mistake to allow it to pass unimproved.
Other states will not neglect to draw
attention to thom.iolvcs by moans that
promise the best results , nnd Nebraska
cannot afford to omit doing likewise.
TIIK FKKU SrllUOfj IN KNGI..IKI ) .
Tlio friends of popular education
everywhere , and particularly in the
United States , will heartily welcome
the institution of free public schools in
England. This is the happy culmination
of half a century of progress in popular
education , and is the inevitable gutcomo
of a process of evolution which English
conservatism has been able to retard ,
but could not prevent. The first grant in
aid of elementary education was made by
pat 1 lament < r > ( ) years ago and amounted
to only $1)0,800 ) a year , since which
there has been a steady increase until ,
under the net passed 10 years ago and
now a law , $10,000,000 annually will bo
appropriated. For ! JO years develop
ment wan slow , but a forward
movement of great importance was
maito In 1870 * by tlio passage of an
act which gave the irovornment sys
tematic control of public instruction.
Provision was made for unsectarian'
schools and attendance was undo com
pulsory for all children between five
and lit years of ago , whllo every
parish was compelled to provide suf-
ilcient accommodations for Its children.
For 20 years this law remained practi
cally intact. Under the now act , which
abolishes the fee system , the English
school becomes free , and as it was nl-
ready in many cacos unsoctarlan , It
must now noon become entirely so. Par
liament makes a foe grant under the
now law of $2.50 annually for ouch child
in attendance at the schools , and
the total IB moro likely to ex
ceed than fitttrbolow the estimate of
$10,000,000. ' result IB the extension
of free education throughout Great
Britain. The bonollts of this advance
will bo wide dmrchlngnnd Its Importance
cannot well bo ovoro'tttnnto'J. It takes
a considerable xpoiiHO connected with
education frotn the shoulders of the
people nnd puts It on the back of the
state. It will enable thousands of poor
children to secure an education who
could not otluwwtso do BO , ana it will
tend moro and moro to narrow the
gulf between the children of the
poor and the rich. It will provo to bo a
most potent lover for elevating the
lower classes , and it cannot fall to exert
a tremendous Inlluonco In behalf of dem
ocratic institutions. From all points of
view this educational advance in Eng
land Is of the greatest slgnlllcauco , and
there is every reason to expect from it
radical political changes within the
next generation.
CO.O''KKTIVK VltOOKKOXKSS.
TUB Bun has received a long com
munication from Mr. J. A. Dudgeon of
Arapnhoo , Nob. , in regard to the con
clusions of tho'state banking boardln
the case of the National Mutual Build
ing and Loan association of Now York.
These conclusions were clearly sot forth
In the letter of Examiner Garbor , pub
lished in TIIK SUNDAY UBB of the 20th
ult. Mr. Dudgeon does not touch the
vital questions raised by the state board.
Ho ienoros them and resorts to abuse
and insinuations to such an extent that
the publication of the letter would bo a
grave injustice to state officials.
The state banking board , in passing
upon the application of the Now York
concern for a certificate to do business in
the state , uid not question the solvency
of the association. The refusal to grant
a certificate was based on the objectionable -
able features of the articles of the asso
ciation in respect to withdrawals , fines
and forfeitures , repayment of loans before
fore maturity and tlio voracious "ox-
ponso fund. " The conclusions of the
board are fortified by an array of facts
that must convince all disinterested people
ple of its impregnable position.
What is true of the Now York asso
ciation applies with equal force to scores
of so-called national associations. They
are totally wanting in tno vital princi
ple of co-operation mutuality of in
terest. They scour the country for
business , employ agents who receive
their pay direct from stock subscribers ,
and having pocketed their " $1 a share , "
are indifferent whether or not their
promises are fulfilled. Indeed , it is a
common practice for the head office to
disclaim responsibility for promises
made by agents. Thousands have boon
inveigled into these wildcat concerns
by false representations. In most
cases the expectation of securing loans
prompt investment , but tlio number of
loans granted Is insignificant. Bor
rowers are put oil under various pretexts -
texts , and becoming weary of delay ,
stop payments , and loose the amounts
already paid in. An occasional small loan
made is merely n blind. The bulk of the
money goes into the speculative ventures
of the officers. Oije pf the nationals in
Minneapolis a ye.ii1 ago loaned a lump
sum of $200,000 to a local insurance
company on insufficient security , be
cause the officers of the former were in
terested in the latter. A St. Paul concern -
corn was forced last spring to
levy assessments of 33 per
cent to prevent bankruptcy tjirough
reckless mismanagement. Durinsr the
past week the officers of a Chicago
"national" acquired property valued at
$300,000 by a species of financial Napo-
loonism at the expense of the country
gudgeons.
Examples of "national" recklessness
are innumerable , all bearing on their
face the stamp of robbery , fraud and
dishonesty. It was to chock and eradi
cate this evil and protect the people of
the state that the legislature enacted
the present law. Heretofore foreign as
sociations were beyond the roach of law.
Now that they are pinned down to
square dealings , there is "a wailing and
a gnashing of teeth. "
It is to bo hoped the state board will
pursue the course mapped out by the
law , regardless of consequences. The
board should buar in mind that the vast
majority of investors in building and
loan associations are wage earners , me
chanics , clerks and farmers , and all
those whoso earnings are small and who
are honestly striving to bocuro homes of
their own. Tlio loss of their savings is
attended with hardship , suffering and
want , nnd the state officials cannot do
them a better service than by rigidly
excluding from the state all associations
that violate the true principle of co
operation , bo they local or national.
THE deep water harbor which a few
years hence will bo a fact at Galveston ,
Tex. , must bo reached by a direct line
from Omaha. The Union Pacific and
the Missouri Pacific railways , owing to
their present relations with Texas rail
way traffic , will open the way for Omaha
to roach the gull , The present Union
Pacific connection . via Denver is not
available. The ' 'Manhattan , Kan. ,
branch can bo ; , extended through
central Kansas n and Oklahoma
to Fort Worthy | ; Tox. , and thus a
through route 'may bo established.
The traffic of such n line , both local and
through , would b immense , and the
line is ono of the probabilities in the
way of railroad i'building within the
next live years. JjJ o Missouri Pacific
'
now roaches Fo'i-tiiWorth via Kansas
City and the Missouri , Kansas & Texas
railway. Wlthtyild at the helm of
the Union PaoijUx [ ' the Denver , Fort
Worth & Gulf road ] can bo utilized by
both the Gould \t\\w \ \ \ , but the Manhattan
extension will bo the direct route from
Omaha.
, BILL MouitisoNis right
in the statement that the statesmen of
the country are devoting the heated
term to a discussion of possible presi
dential candidates. It is a harmless sort
of recreation and in bomo instances is
particularly cool conduct.
Ex-SKNA'iOK INU.U.I.S , In a public
speech , pronounced prohibition in Kan-
Baa a failure and himself a prohibitionist
in the same bontonco. This was another
way of calling himself a statesman out
of a job. His remark that ho uovor
takes a drink except when ho wants it
will live as long nnd plnguo htm us
much In Kansas as that other bon mot ,
' 'Tho decalogue has no place In pol
itics. " Some time In the future the lr-
rldc3cont gentleman will attempt to
mollify the rank prohibitionists of the
Sunllowor state and soften the effect of
this extemporaneous utterance.
THB alcohol habit Is recognized us iv
disease which will power nlono Is not
competent to overcome in a great many
Instances. The confirmed Inebriate is as
much an object of pity as the paraly tlo
or consumptive , and efforts to reclaim
drunkards and restore victims of alco
hol to health deserve the support of the
community , Recognizing habitual
drunkenness as a manifestation
of disease , Institutions fcr the euro
of inobriacy have sprung into ex
istence nil over the world. Re
cently ono has boon established
at Blair in this slato. It is a melancholy
fact that inebriate asylums have not
been successful. They have effected
temporary cures and In many instances
have restored victims to tholr families ,
who have never afterward fallen Into
the gutter , but have failed in by far the
greater number of eases treated. The
Blah-institution has adopted the Dwight
euro and names itself the Koeloy insti
tute. Investigations made by Chicago
newspapers and examples of. cures
which are beyond controversy , provo the
effectiveness of Dr. Kooloy's romody.
The Chicago Tribune urges the city to
turn its Wnshingtonlan homo for inebri
ates over to Dr. Keoloy with an appro
priation for its support and pronounces
the remedy discovered by him a specific.
TIIK Bun knowing of instances whore
the poison has been eradicated and the
victims have been entirely cured by this
system , does not hesitate to speak in behalf -
half of the institute and the medicine
with the hope that some of its readers
who have hitherto despaired of escaping
the rum habit may bo restored to
health.
TIIK bricklayers and their employers
have taken the sensible way out of the
difficulty. They have entered into a
written agreement to abide by the de
cision of Judge Wakoloy upon their dif
ferences.
Kicking Content.
Mlnii'dintla Time * .
It U hard for an Omaha man to bo contented
with his lot when the city surrounds It with
cnicltod pavement at fJ a crack.
It IluloiiKS to Oinalin.
Haxltii'j * HcpuMlean.
Omaha Is and always will bo the great
metropolis of the mld-wost and Is entitled to
the lepuhllcan national convention.
Grand Army Ilcncvolenuc.
( ilolic- Democrat ,
Slnco 1S70 iho Gr.uid Army of the Republic
has spent 12,500,000 for the rollof of needy com
rades , and yet thn democrats say that Its only
purpoio li a political ono.
Tlio CliicT Knit oT the Alliance.
Ifcw Yurli Times
The chief slRnlflcanco of the Kontuclty elec
tion lies In the Indlu.itlon It affords of the
strength and the tendency of the farmers'
alllan o In the south , and It scorns to show
that , tlit farmers In that section will contlnun
to support the democratic party In both s tate
and national politics.
Utah nnd Statehood.
Philadelphia L'dycr.
Utah has little chance of bolii ; ; admitted
Into the union as a state. Distrust of thn
Mormons wassiilllclcnt to ltoe | > It , in territor
ial boiiliiif : and now , In an election on party
lines , It turns out to bo dtimouratlo. There
will have to bea chanifo In the national ROV-
ornmont or In the politics of Utah Itself be
fore that state can be allowed to add another
star to the Hag.
Some of ItnKnn'H QiialillontioiiN.
York Times ,
If John M. Kaenn Is candldato for the dls-
trlot judseshlpon the Independent ticket he
onxhttohavo the cordial support of all demo
crats who have any love for democracy left In
their hearts , and of all republicans who bo-
llovo that railroads attorneys and' manipula
tors should bo placed on the bench. Air. Ka an
Is an able lawyer , but whatever ho may pro
fess to bu hu la a dyed-ln-tlio-wool democrat ,
nnd a rory skillful railroad manipulator , lie
Is absolutely no moro of an Independent or
alliance mun In hontlment , than Is Jay Gould
or Kussol Saio. MclvolKhan bas promised him
the doloKatlon from Webster county , and ho
ought to deliver It. Hasan helped McICciphnn
In a very substantial way during his cam
paign , and If wo are not mistaken Kavo him
the neat suit ofelothoi , or the overcoat that
ho made hl.scampalKn In and homo say ho
gave him $100 besides.
A I'rliicc < il CraulCH.
Kftrneu Ilitti.
Amonc tlm jjruat and Rood men who aclilovt >
distinction , by acquiring Itor having Itthrust
upon thorn , or otherwise , thcro are none with
so soft a snap as the crank , llo lias tin ) world
at his feet , llu tolls not oveopt with his jaw ,
and ho spins nothlir/ but halrbralnod theories
but he Rets there just the .same.
Now there's W. It. VaiiRhan of Council
Blutl's and Omaha , who has lived by his wits
for twenty yours and Is smart enough to make
an honest llvlim , as.sllclt us any TOKUO and ns
olieoky as any domajjojuo If anyotio Is en
titled to all the decorations that go with the
supreme order of cranks and the knights of
gall , It's Viumhiui.
IIo Is now In the east locturluc on his crazy
scheme to Issue iMO.UOJ.OJO in bonds for the
bonollt of slates liberated by the war of the
rebellion , and It Is- safe to say that ho has
struck a line that Is arloli It'iul for so smooth
and versatile a oranlc as tlio Vaughn afore
said.
A now stortRO battery car has Just -hoi'n
tried In l > ctroit , for which , accoidliiR to our
correspondent In that city , there Is a bright ,
future In Htoro.
The I'arls municipal council has voted In
favor of underground railways ai preferable
to olevati'd or viaduct siuiolun-s as a means
of rapid transit.
A street railway sprinkling oar Is Nald to bo
under construction liy the .Minneapolis street
railroad company to sprinkle the tr ick aloiik-
tlio iilt'ctrlu llnu oetweun .St. Paul and Minne
apolis.
A lin.ooo-mllo run without any repairs N the
puhllsho I iiicnnl of locomotive No. llt.Wi on
tlio 1'omisylvanla railway. This minimi runs
between Altoona and 1'ittsburK and makes 438
miles per day.
There nro now over : e. oloetrlo railroads In
the world , ninety PIT i-ent of them In this
country. About J.onc cars , ? , IHJ nmtori , .MVIi
niUus of track and ? . "iOtixji ) , uj passnnuers car-
nod In a year tell the test of tner | story ,
lly moans of a powerful jot of compressed
air a ( iormaii military mulmmr drives dry ce
ment down intii the Hand or mud .it the bottom
of a stream , NO that the water Immi'illately
llxes thn cumtMit and It bccomeii llko solid
rook , Hiiltalilo for foundations.
Tlio grout cost ( if Kngllsh railways. In land
damages alone , Is Illustrated by the fact that
the propoiud new daneash r , Dcrhytdilrn it
iiist ; ( . 'oust rallw.iv Is cstiiii'ito'l at about
i.il7VNliur mill' . Of this amount 4lin , : > i)0 ) per
mile will ho required for land purt'huso alone.
The remainder. fiT.OX' ' , Is not uvcussltt1 for it
first-class , welt-eiulnped | modern railway
with many largo towns on Its line.
Uallroad engineers and constructor' !
throughout thn country will bo much Inter
ested , Hiiys thn I'hll.nleliihla ' He-cord. In the
practical experiments which are l.elng made
In this city by the Ueadlng railroad company
to determine the value of steel Hi's as com
pared with wooden ties. A suction of track
has boon laid with steel lulls and lien on it
HtmiD ballnst. The tie Is llat-t'ippnd , and hoi-
lotted biMieath , tlio Ideabclmr th it thn ballast
will work up Into It nnd give It solidity , nlth
a eonsuiiiu'iit gain In limoothnustof travel and
cllmlnlslieil ttuar uitd tour ou thu rolling
stock.
off TO i
Now Vork Trlbuno' Of thn business trans
acted nt tlio opening sessions , Iho moit Inter-
oitlnu font n re wim the gnlcdllon of Washing *
ton as the place where tlio next nnnuil galli-
orJiiR shall bo hold , In splto of the strong
olnlms put forward In behalf of lilncoln , Neb.
Now Vork Uecorilcr : In selecting Washing
ton as the pluco for next year's sranrt on-
oampmont Iho ilolo.tati's at Dotro t have re
garded the convenience of the members of tlio
organization. The dapltal Olty , with Haiti-
more and ether noar-by places to rect-lvo the
ovcrllow , aironli accommodations fortxmul-
tltudoof visitor * surpassed only by these in
Now Vork.
OonvurSuti ! Slneo the grand review of the
spring of 1S * . the Washington people have
nothad thoelianun to learn that there were
any real soldlon from tlio north. And another
reminder of that fact mav have an excellent
olTect. It Is certainly to bo hoped. In order
that the greatest pos lh'o ' good may bo accom
plished , thut the session of the next congrim
will bo protracted till atlor thu date for tlio
hold Ing of the encampment.
Detroit Prou 1'rcssi Tlio Grand Army hns
voted to hold the enuampmsnt of IS'.ti at
Washington. The Capital Olty carried off the
pri/e by a small majority oror Its only com
petitor , the city of Mncoln. Without In any
way disparaging the bustling -Nebraska
capital It must bo conceded that the federal
olty Is perhaps the most attractive place In
the United States for the o d soldiers to visit.
It Is so thoroughly Identified with the history
of the war that It is of Itself a reminiscence of
the struggle.
Washington Post : Thn no.xt encampment
of UioUrnml Army of the Uopubllo will beheld
hold ul the national capital. Washington has
won. and on the llrst b illot. but It wan not by
u walkover. The W-ishliuton propo-dllnn on-
counteri'd an antagonism much greater than
was at first apprehended , and which grew to
formidable proportions. It was Mncoln's
rlisht to make the flght. and she made a good
ono The Nehraskans held a strung hand and
played it well. That thov lost Is of course a
disappointment lo thorn , but they will accept
the situation philosophically , ns brave and
true mon should.
Chicago I liter Ocean : The resolution of the
Grand Army to hold Its next national en
campment at Washington , though mimowhat
against the wishes of the Illinois post , may bo
more wisely taken than MHIIO of Its opponents
imagine. Washington Is the capital of the
nation , thu brain wlionro orders to the great
commanders of armies proceeded , the reposi
tory , of most of the trophies gained in w.ir ,
and it Is close to Arlington , where sleep not
only many Illustrious warriors of land and
sea , but also thousands of the gallant men
whoso highest honor was that they were com
rades of Grant and .Sherman , of Sheridan and
liogan , of Hancock and Ouster , of Kllpatrlck
and Hookur.
2'ASSIXU JKS'ia.
A considerate admirer Of the city comptrol
ler has arranged -.ohodulo of Information
for Ills Imiulsltlvo frleniN. It roads :
No , I am not getting any thlnnnr.
Yes , 1 am getting fat every day.
I weigh INI pounds and tight at''TO.
1 gained forty-llvo pounds In ucvu.ii years.
i\o , my p.i-ents were not fat.
No. I don't drink beer.
The "before and aftor" raokot Is a chest
nut.
nut.No , I don't want to bo thin. Now slvo mo a
real.
Husband What would you say my dear If I
were to give you tlm money for the now lint ?
\Vifo-l wouldn't say a word darling , until I
had the money In my hands , for fear you'd
change your mind.
"Von claim you were insane when you pro-
poiod to liort"
Yes. sir. "
'Canyon provo It ? "
'Ves , sir. "
llow ? "
'lly producing the plaintiff In court and letting
ting thu Jury look at her. "
A noUIITlMU THOMAS.
Atlunta ConAtitutitin.
"When a pair of red lips r.ro upturned to your
own ,
With no ono to gossip about It ,
Do you prav for endurance to lot thorn alone ?
\ \ ell , in n y be you do , but I doubt It.
"When a sly llttlo hand you're permitted to
seize.
With a vo'voty softness aboil * It (
Do you think you can drop It with never u
8(11100711 ( ?
Well , maybu you can. but I doubt It. "
It Is evident democrats won , hands down ,
in Kentucky. Dispatches report "fuller re
turns. "
Kew Vork Herald : ilur lar Vour money
or your life.
Victim ( from bed ) When T explain , sir , that
my wife and three daughter have gone to a
fashionable hotel to spend the summer
Hurglar ICnougli ; I in pictty hard up my
self , but bore's a dollar for you. ( Kxlts weep
ing ) .
Washington Post : "There's real o.xcltouiont
in hurrvlng to church , " said the ox-sporting
man , "If you will only ( l.x your mind on It as a
sort of steeplechase , you know. "
Ijlnghampton Hepuhllcan : Husband Von
make inv life so unhappy that 1 shall go uway
and hang myself ,
Wife Don't you tike : my clothosllno ; It's
rotten.
Itoston Courier : .Indue Iloinlmst Int me
tell you tills , .Mr. Kewhnots. The foothills
oven to the heights of judicial eminence are
not obtained without diligent application and
perseverance. Itlsnooasy matter to work
one's way from tlio bar to the bench.
Counsellor I'owhrlofs Vou'ro " '
glvln" us rar'
good ledgment now , Jedge. U allers has
seemed a heap mote spontaneous , so to spotil ; ,
for us to work our way from the bench up to
the bar. Let's dtiplercatu the movement ,
ledge.
A MISKIT.
elite nn Ilcrttlit ,
The world's disjointed , very ,
To the helpless one. wo fear ,
Who has a love tor sherry
And a salary for beer.
A marked Improvement In Colorado fash
ions Is noted by the Denver Sun :
Percussion caps are dangeious , when much
worn.
Soutti America boas wlltcontlmic lo bo ttorn
around thu body nv unsuspecting travelers.
The " .stum's" airocled by ladles In driving
hens out of the garden , are considered un-
lashlnnahle on the street.
Tight neckties will continue to be the rage
among tlio Texan cattle thieves.
Underwear will be out of sight this season.
Judge : "And so you're marrlod , .lank ? "
"Ves ; 1 have succumbed , like many another
befoul me. l.ovo match , pure and simple.
Come around and see us. sometime. "
"Ves. I will , with ploamiro. Where are you
living ? "
" \Noll.Ioxpoctwoslmll \ bo at her father's
for some time to come. "
Boston Herald : The hold Berlin bank swin
dlers appeur to have biiaten thu DoulNCh.
Ilaltlmoru American : Thu ralnmalior says
that his rain mncli'iiu Is operated by a erank.
Many people Hi inly bullet u Mm.
( ialveston Netts : The grass widow has no
woods on her.
Washington Poit : Tlio telegraph brings In
telligence of a man In llaltlmore nanieU
Geor.'o W. Hush , who Is thu father of Ittenty-
Hiiven children. In the case of this particular
variety of Hush It would appear that "tho
atu full of them , "
H.I.W.S
I'alth never wears a long faoo.
It takus great trials to ucop aomo people
faithful.
A man with a rod luno Is about the last to
find It out.
Solf-deceptlon Is one of thu moit deadly of
all dangers ,
The surest way of becoming good looking Is
to behave that w.iy.
There was Joy In hell when the lint driinK-
aril rolled In the gutter.
The man whoth nks ho knows It all , put )
out his eyes to Uiuln with.
If the tombstones were reliable the dovll
would so.m be we irng ! mourning.
There Is nothing which man so much hates
UN to ho toll ! thu truth about h I nisei f.
When you llnd a man who has the courage
to llto within his Income you llnd a lic.ro ,
t.nless a Chrlntlan'tt work corresponds with
his lull ; , Iho less he has to Hay the bettor.
A church that really wants people to attend
Its services will bo pretty sure to get them.
Religion that makes people satisfied with
Ihcim > ol\c3 Is not thu kind that comes from
liod.
liod.A
A man's welcome In heaven does not de
p'jnd upon what Is said about him on Ills
gravestone.
People kill one another for the porlnhahln
things of thU life , and refuse to tal > e elnrnul
llfousu gift ,
Theru U u natlvo savagery In every brnait
thut loves to Hit In the dry Itself und watch
thunu whu uro cmiuht out In Iho raiu ,
nr rut : m.t.
Tlio wild wave * leom to bo soylng HOIHB
Oueor UiliiRi down at Ocean IJrovo nowadays.
The. spoon criuo porvmlei tint watering
places . It takes only tno to iiiakii n , full sot.
It U stilted that In many ( if thn scasldo
lintels the chief end of the waller's oxUtonco
Is becoming the tip end.
The whistling girl Is now snld to bo common .
along the beach. The whistling buoy In these J
sections scarce needs mention. '
If put to a popular votu It Is bollnved thn
Ashhury inrk bathing regulation * would be
condemned by a bare majority.
A live-pound bus Is the largest llsh ever
taken from l.akoiliargogga ! oggmaue.ln > xgi -
iinuanmug. near Wlnsted , Conn.
Thn Newport Klrl Is n prodlity ul performing
the. difficult feat of making u rapid and ilash-
liu entrance Into the | KIo ) grounds.
Senator Clinrles Mnnderson , president tire
tern , of thesenate. Is at Saratoga , nnd making
Himself very popular with everybody. .
At Ocean Grove lleaoh the eves of all of tint "
potatoes In tlio place are bun Ingeil when thu
beautiful bathois corny out of the water.
I'rogresilxo hammo-'ks are the latest by the
sea. Hut OCM.III
drove will Insist on n de
cereus hammock that doc.in't dollno the
figure.
"Did Miss ( tartan rolect Morkles ? " "No. "
" \\liy did hit leave the lleiuih House so sud
denly ? " "Ho saw her Just after she came out
of tno ntlrf. "
No more populur man moves In H < r Harbor
soeloty than the Turkish minister. Mavriiveul
Hoy. Hu Is no longer tery young ami nets
not handsome.
Ono of the lakes on Mount McGregor oi\
which It wu : Intended that the president
should upend a day In llstilng has .suddenly
become scarce of lUh.
Amy Is It true that your engagement with
Mr. Hunker Is biul.on on" ? Mabel ( holding up
her left hand ! -No ; you can see for yourself
that I am still In the ring.
"J.ovo Ono Another , " wan the rather.sugges
tive text from which Itov. Stopfurd Hrookoof
Huston preaeho I at Har Harbor's IT.iltnrlan
church. Did ho IhlnU It necessary ?
All roads from New Vork vein tl lead now
to Saratoga , tthcthur the traveler bo a poli
tician , a Inter of liorsiH a pleasure seeker or
an Idler along the by-wuys of health.
The belles'ftf Har Harbor have taken up _ j
whistling foi amusement and they Imltatethu
songs of birds so well that their notes are mis
taken for the warbllngs of the bobolink
"An observing lady who travels much" says
that ttomen of real fashion and good form
wear In summer hotels and whllo traveling
"gowns" of llannol gingham and outing cloth.
Them are not half enough men In I.enox.
rim girls 40 out bo it In , ' alone nnd dance with
one another In a semi-mournful way , nnd hope
for the time when the men will come over
from Newport and Har Harbor.
There Is far less display this ye ir In Sara
toga than over hefoio ooserved. There seems
to he lens of the vulgar exposure of largo dia
mends upon men an I women of thu sort that
are only made more vulgar looking by tliulr
Jottelry.
At f'onoy Island a young man may puff
cigar or clgaretto smoke Into his partner's
right oar whllo walt/.ing. It prevents con
versation , and proves that the young man can
do his turn without devoting bis whole atten
tion to his foot ,
Gentlemen are not allowed to smoke or j
carry canes or umbrellas whllo dancing , according - '
cording to Ihe notices In the dance halls at
Kocl.away beach. Orders nro preemptory
there , and nro strictly enforced by athlotlu
floor managers.
They tell upon the Whlto mountains of n
Boston man on vac itlon who burned his nose
so red that when he got up In the middle of
the night and looked out the tt Inuow a rooster
In thu barnyard crowed because ho thought
the sun was rising ,
/i tendency Is evinced on the partof some of
the younger ladles at Har Harbor to monolo- ]
li/o the sweater , a gainient hitherto confined
to football players and men devoted to other
athletic sports. These odd-looking pieces of
wearing apparel are worn In place of the old-
time jersey , and are usually accompanied by
a bla/er Jacket.
Among the attractlvo marrlod women at
Narr.igansett Plur Is Mrs. William Shcpard ,
nco Celtic Gwynno ( from Cotte. I'rance , whuio
she was born ) , thn sister of Mrs. Cornelius
Viinderh-lt and of Mrs. William Koarlng GUI.
Mrs. Shepard is a big brunette with handsome
eyes and hair , Is always handsomely gowned
and wears magnificent jewels , which set off v
her radiant
coloring v
Them seems to lie a misunderstanding on
the part ot the outside publli' , says the Now
Vork Sun , as to the war against bathing
dresses at OcuiiiGrovu. The complaint of
Iho authorities Is not made because thocos-
tumusaiu seductive , but apparently because
they are not so. For purely economical rea
sons the old women who dwell cheaply In
tents have been in the habit of donning their
bathing dresses at homo and marching to und
from the beach without any ether covering ,
Dig feet , homely ankles and sijnat necks wore
an evesore to the stranger within the g\lo4.
and Mm. Stokes , who runs the ranli , ordered
the sisters In Israel to cover up their antl-
| iuitol adiposity and bones. This Is the head
and fiontof the oireudlng , and the youthful
saints continue to loll In the sand In abbre
viated skirtN , bewitching siojkln s and arms
bare to tl.u elbow ,
.1 Ttniisox 1'iiii.osorii r.
fr'toin the ( Unite ,
No llfothat sfonis iong Is a happy ono.
Many mon loaf miner the pretense of taKIng -
Ing care of their health. .
Woman's llns .seldom betray her , but her
eyes tell thn secret of her life.
As people grow older , the days become
shorter , und the nights longer ,
If a man will associate with thieves , ho
should not complain when ho Is robbed. " " "
If a man's record Is u bad one , ho cntl't * r
travel so fast that It will not overtake htm. /
Two-thirds of your llfo Is spent In waiting
for some good luck that will never come to
you.
you.Patience
Patience may bo found always vrhoru thora
Is hope , hut It seldom abides where hope Ic
not.
l.ovo Is an ar.umunt that has only ono sldo
before marriage , but after marriage It has
two.
two.We
We would all bo great men If wo eould bo
measured by the great things we Intend to dn V .
tomorrow.
Talk to any man In town , and you will dis
cover In live minutes that ho behoves lie I in
thu worst luck in the world.
Investigate most ttorthlc.ss men closely , nnd
you will find that they either sing , or play
some gamu part leularly well ,
TIIK VI.I(1 > / ' intiTHKSN.
I , . 31. IMllr In Hie Actultinu.
Over the Ocean of Being ,
Till the wind falls.
Fast on their xmtniesomu vovago
Speed Iho whltu sallsl „
Hut from the nhlps that have foundered
1/aboilng slow ,
Hardly abreast of Iho billows ,
The rough rafts go.
Thereon the stranded from shipwreck
Painfully lies ,
Lend seem the waters around thorn ,
Hriucn the sky.
Uriel the ships that In safety
Steadfastly speed ,
Cmulest souls that aboard thorn
Keck not nor heed.
Nny ! for across tlio wan water
t\o appeal falls !
Nnv ! for thu tiniest signals
Stay the whlto sails !
Some from the ship will como npoodlpfl
Kagor to save.
Heirs tonne glory of living ,
Kelts to ouo grave.
Huf If thn beaiers of succor . . , -
Kind not thu I tack ?
If lo the hall of the helpers
Nothing come back ?
What If the wash of the waters
Drown the Heart-throb ? '
If the wild winds In tlielr courioi
Stifle tlio sob ?
Say. slrill the true hearts of comrades
Vainly bostlrr'UV
Thou tvhoKOBorrowest , answer !
homo ono has heard'
NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS.
Vanilla - \ Of Porfoot purity.
LemonI
Lemon - of trroat otrongth.
Rose etc.- Flavor a8 dollontoly
and dollclously ao the fro ah fruit *