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TRAIN lohhorsuio nupnrontly taking
no viicntlim duringtlio liolidujs.
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orKnnt'/iitions will bo nn luiwltf
association of railway recoivcts ,
iNTHANAi'OUS is BIAIIJ ; to try the
whipping process for the redemption of
ptofossional tisitiips. It IB safu to bay
tlmt the professional tttitnp will plneo
Indianapolis on the black list.
Tr 'inn meuibots of the ways and
means coiumittoo keep the Intlutti ies of
the country in a htuto of uncertainty
much lontrcr whllo they are vvraufjliii" ;
over HID proposed feilotal income tax ,
many of the Incomes which they hope to
reach will full below the coemption
point before the tax. is lovlutl.
lLv-Si.cur.TAHY THACY in not dis-
conceitcd by Gladstone's it-inai-lc dia-
iMcdiiinir Guneral Tuici's jioor opinion
nf the Hrilisli na\y. Genoial Tiacy
bajs that ho ha the figures to sustain
his statements , and that if the British
piomicr had ln\oallRntoil the facts ho
, woulil not have been so hasty in his crit
icism. Gl.iiUt3iio C3ttld not bo ox-
licctod toaoknowlodfjo the inferiority of
jiis own imvy.
TunBnn'ssugKOHtlon that Nebraska
needs nothing else so much aa a radical
revision of its methods of tr.in-aetinjr
public business has been hoaitily
Boconded. Now lot thn agitation betaken
taken up by the newspapers nil over the
Btato irrespective of party or political
cruod. n\ the time the legislature con
venes again the public 'lontiment in
favor of loform v.ill be so strong that
reform \\ill como without an otTort.
Tin : United States is to throw its
weight in favor of arbitration in all
ni.ittoisof intormttional dispute. Our
country has already t.ilcon the load in
submitting to arbitralon ! when its interests -
osts have boon involved In controversy
and has dome stinted the capabilities
ol the system Inturn-ition.il arbitr.v-
tion is llio only device that has tlnib far
ittiiinod oven nniduriito success in dis
couraging the resoit to retaliation or
liostihties to enforce international
rights. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
SKNATOH TIXT.IU : takes no stock in
ivhut ho culls Governor Wui to's \ anorings
about nColoindo state silver coinage ,
llo acknowledges that even If constitu
tional , no one ht.vto could settle the sil
ver question for Itpolf in uny manner.
Ho thinks , how c or , that the United
States could hottlo it for ilsolf if it mud a
the attempt , and is directing bin efforts
in congress to that i > mpo o. It is plain
that Governor WultoS wild hchemes
aio without , the suppoit of even the
most ontluisiastic free sflvor lopreson-
tativos in c ngr
No NicniiAsiCAN to the manor born can
doubt Unit Hooiotary Morton is the
author of his departmental loport ro-
cuntly submitted to the provident. The
language ho enilojs ] ) has lost nonoof its
vintage of ' ( IT ) tlnvorand the moro recent
days , when it was his pleasure * to enrich
the archives of the State Histoiioal
Hocioty witli bia speeches and oaiays.
Wo quote a paragraph from Vol. I of
the triinsactions of the society , which
hasndistinctlvoMortonian bead : ' 'Aboli
tion lias paid Beu'ohor. paid Greoloy , paid
Phillips , paidarrinon ( ! , paid thosotiuns-
cundenUl and looao-jolntcd intellects
that flhoil n Hicltlv light through r > olemn ,
rolling eyes upon the cadaverous bran-
brcud faces and cra/cd heads that HJIUC-
tiincs surmount a white ciavut and
otlior gurbof soloiiin mien anil impiously
catl thomsohct ) preachers of Christ and
Him crucllicd , Such moil anJ hitch
thing * it bus paid , " Tho.io words were
uttorcd tlility years ago. The booro-
tary's particular Htylo of oxiiro-iaioii
looms to bo well grounded and Uchungo-
los * as the polos.
WHAT the recent report of the liniiio
cnminlitco on publio biilldlngri and
grounds show t. wltli regard to Now York
City , namely , that federal build Ings
have boon oicotcd without loforonco to
the needs of thu borvlco or any system
atic plan conducive to an olliclont bu&-
ness conduct , is probably true to n
( jroator or losber extent in every huge
city of the country. Tlio fodoial of-
licorrt luivo been ? cattoicd in dillurout
buildings , BOI-.IO of them nothing but lira
traps , for which exorbitant rental is
paid , and many of thorn jnbitlvoly dim-
gorotiH to the Ihes und honlth of the
govornmeiit'ii employ os. The sums expended -
-ponded for rent would i > av interest UDOU
nn liivcstinont largo oinugh to build
strnoturos that would not only hn a
credit to the government , hut also facili
tate the transaction of public business.
If n now plan bo adopted for the orcotion
of public buildings i Now York it will
olTvrugood example which congress
oannot fail to follnvv in the romaininjj
largo cities whore tlio bulk of the federal
Is purforuiod.
COA'Sl lTl\i TIIKIll CO.Vsr/Tt KfiTS.
The ver > best use thi\u niomlrars of
coiii'i oss run mnko of the holiday l ecosi
will bo in ascertaining the \iows of thuir
constituents on the pioposcd change in
the tai ill policy of the country. V con-
fldcrablo nuinber of them luivo nlroadv
licntil from the p-joplo they rcproSont ,
qulto generally ns to northern constit-
tienelps , In terms strongly uufnvoinblu
to the bill reported from the ways and
moans committee. There 1ms been ail
avalanche of letters and petitions sent to
democratic ruptcsonttitivos from the
mnmifncturityr states protesting against
the tarllT changes ontoiiiplaU-d by the
Wilson bill , many of those coming from
ptominent democrats who have boon
\cry active in promoting thu suc
cess of their party. The manufacturing
and laboring Interests of Now York
especially have united in asking the
domoeiatic senators and ropiesontatlves
ft om that state to oppose the proposed
changes in the tarill alTocting the in
dustries in which they are concerned ,
aiul it is probable their appeal will not
bo disrcgaulcd. Senator Murphj , in a
letter lo a meeting held in Tioy last
week to nrotcst ag.iinst the pa'-s-ago of
the now taritr bill , piomiicd to act in
aymtmthy with the sentiment of the
meeting. His Immediate constituency
Is largely interested \atiuus inanu-
factuiing industries which would bo
seriously damaged by the passage of the
Wilson bill , and Senator Murphy has
given assurance that ho will use his i.i-
lluonco and his \oto to avert this dam-
ago. A New York democratic represent
ative , Mr. Iluinos , who comes from a
mumifuctmina district , is reported to
have baid of tlio tariff bill that the mote
it is Investigated the moro dangeious it
becomes in the ojes of the people , and
ho is counted among those democrats
who will oppose the measure. There
arc said to be several more from the
u.ime state , and piobably the oilier man
ufacturing states will furnish some.
13ttt letters and petitions arc less ef
fective than poisonal appeals , and it
will bo by the latter that congressmen
who take the tioublo to consult the
v ievvs of their cmstituonts will bo most
impicbaod and inllucncud. No icpre-
stMit.itlvo who has the inteiosts of his
constituents , as well as of the country at
large , earnestly at heart will neglect
this opportunity to obtain all tlio information
mation posbiblo logaidinir the views of
the people ho reptosouts as to the olleot
which the piopo ed tarill law vvUl bo
likely to have on their industries , their
prosporitv and their general welfare. If
all loprcsontativcs , , and particularly
those of maiiufnetming communities ,
shall do thib they will return to Wash
ington with a pretty acyurato under
standing of how their constituents would
v oto w ere the question of a revision of the
tariff as provided for in the Wilson bill
were submitted to them. In this way
they will bo able to obtain a clearer un
derstanding of what was moan t by the
political i evulsion of last November in
a number of states and to appreciate how
sweeping and overwhelming the revul
sion would have bjcu had the elections
been geiieial instead of being confined
to less than ono-thud of the states.
Democrats who g-ivo themselves the
trouble to seek inform itiou from con
stituencies wlKHo capital and labor are
largely intciestcd in industries directly
affected by tlio tarilt will very generally ,
it i , not to bo doubted , find
leason to change their opinion that the
vote of the country in 18 )2 ) meant a de
mand for bueh a radical dopartuio from
thu long-established tariff policy of the
government as the bill of the \vavs and
means committee ptovidos for.
It is to bo hoped that mombois of cr > n-
giess will improve tlio time of the holi
day lecess for which they iccoivo the
bnmo salary as when engaged in the
active business of legislation to learn
how their constituents feel icgarding the
democratic tarill policy. It will increase
their wi&dom and might have salutary
I OsllltS.
i// .1 JSKXBNS S/
The fact that the intorstito c unmorco
law has not fulllllod the expectations ol
its originators and supporters has led
itb opponents to adopt a now form of at
tack , and instead of dom Hiding its
modification by amendment of the par
ticularly obnoxious clauses , they have
now for some tinio boon asking for its
entire ropp.il as a piece of more useless
legislation. That it imposes some re
straint , however little , upon the rail-
roida is conceded. But it is claimed
that it lias scoured no benefits to the
people ether than tlio railroads would
thonisolvm have given in its absence.
But those who advocate the repeal ol
the interstate commerce law overlook
the absence of any federal cjiumon law
and forgot that such repeal would leave
the shippers without remedy for abuses
of interstate tratllc.
In the c. os of Swift & Co. against
tlio I'liiladophla & Heading railroad
and against four other railroads involv
ing the hiimo isiiic , pending in the
United States circuit court for the
northern district of Illinois , Judge
Grosicnp recently passed upon this
point. "There eiiu bo no question , " ho
said , "that in the absence ol HOIIIO pro
hibition or restraint a common carrier
cm In v full , demand or contract for
Hiicli compensation for carriage as iio
may bj able to obtain , His privileges in
such caoo would bj like thee of any
ether person and subject only to the
economic lawn which How from trade
and competition. If there is any munici
pal ln v which supersedes or uuppln-
monts these economic laws and subjects
tht carrier to restraint or regulation *
not imposed on general business it must
bo found oltlior in tlio municipal
law of the status or in
a law of the United ' States. "
Judge Grossoup goes on to state that
within the territory of the statoi and
upon subjects ulfeotud by state law such
prohibition exists ; that it is a ranruint
embodied in the common , la'v of Hug-
land , and is thoref jro enforced within
every jurisdiction where the oimnnn
law In the law of the land. Ho then
faayb ! "It seems to mo o-jually clear
that outside of tin interst-ito o unmorca
not there is no law of the
United S'nto. * , ns a dUtlnct sovereignty ,
Imposing such loitiaint. Congress
has not adopted the common law of Eng
land as u national municipal law. " Ho
udds that tuooourUol thu United Statof ,
when they have enforced the com won
law , in ovorj instance have done so as n
municipal law of the state by which the
subject matter was affected , and that
outside of the Intel state commerce- law
there is no pelt-operating provision of
fno federal constitution and no enact
ment of congress which expressly or by
implication evidence * a command or pur
pose to interfere with the freedom of
interstate coinmoi co or lay any restraint
upon the rights of carriers or shippers
uncaged therein.
This condition of affairs is not so
generally understood as It should bo ,
especially by those who criticise the
interstate commerce law and Its opera
tion and sometimes call for its repeal
as n useless statute. That law provides
that all uluugos made for any service
rondo red or to bo rendered in the trans-
imitation of passengers or property erin
in connection therewith , or for the re
ceiving , delivering , storage , or hand
ling of such property , shall bo icuson-
able and just ; and every unjust and
unreasonable charge for such service ia
prohibited and declared to bo unlawful.
But for this law , as slated by Judge
( .irosscup , the common carriers engaged
in interstate commerce would bo un
restricted in their attemnted exactions
of compensation for transportation.
The only rule governing charges upon
tralno would bo "what over the traftlc
would bear , " however unreasonable the
charge might IKS. This matter is com
mended to the consideration of all who ,
impatient from apparent failure to ac-
coinplish complete reform , Immediately ,
demand the abandoinont of any attempt
to control or regulate interstate com-
mcico.
A
The doinoci atio members of the house
committee on banking and currency IIml
as much ditllculty In agreeing' upon a
currency measure as do the democrats
of the ways and moans committee in
settling upon a policy for getting moro
revenue from interim ! taxation. Various
plans have boon submitted for their con
sideration , but nothing has been evolved
from thorn upon which they could unite.
Tlio most serious trouble they arc hav
ing is with the propjsition to repeal the
tax on state bank Issues. This , it scorns ,
has the right of way and no other busi
ness can ba considered until it is dis
posed of. A majority of the demo
crats on the banking and currency committee -
mitteo aie in favor of repealing the tax ,
some conditionally and some uncondi
tionally. Two or three ore opposed to
repeal , as are all the republican mem
bers , and these together could dispose
of the proposition , but ono of the demo-
cints opposed to repeal wants the ques
tion togo baforo the hau ese that it can
bo disposed of thoro. It is this diver
sity of views that blocks the way to the
consideration of any otnor plans lolating
to tlio currency , and what will finally be
done for an agreement oa some
thing must bo reached sooner or later
nobody can toll and it is not worth while
to guess.
In view of the fact that neither the
the pi csidont in his annual message nor
the secretary of the treasury in his report
made any rofeienco to this question of
the repeal of the tax in state bank is-
ues , it would seem that the advocates
of icpcal would abandon their ollorts
and allow 'the question to drop out of
coiisidoiation. It is obvious that no sat
isfactory plan can bo devised for the
conditional repeal of the tax , vital ob
jections having been found to all the
plans thus far suggested. Besides , the
advocates of repeal , with very few ex
ceptions , do not want any conditions im-
posed. They contend that cougiess
had no right to levy the tax , ami that
its continuance is an injustice and a
wrong to the states. They insist that the
states have a constitutional right to
authorize the issue of bank currency
tind that the federal government has no
authority to interfere. Tliia is the sen
timent that prompted the plank in the
democratic national platform recom
mending the repeal of the tax. Oil the
otlior hand , it would bo impassible to
pass a measure for the unconditional re
peal of the tax , because there would bo
nriayod against it the unanimous veto
of the republicans and a sutllcient num
ber of democrats to defeat it. It
is fairly to bo inferred that
the administration is opposed to repeal ,
so that ov en if it wet e denionsti atcd that
a majority in congress favored it there
would bo no prospect of its success.
There is consequently nothing to justify
the advocates of repeal in keeping up the
agitation.
The president and seinotary of the
treasury both suggested that no urgent
demand exists for now currency legisla
tion , arid it is perhaps of u > gmt import
ance whether the banking and ourrancy
committee agicos upon anything or not.
It Is not to bo expected that that com
mittee or the present congress \ \ lrjvo \ \ {
the country wise and useful currency
legislation. The danger is that if any
thing Is done it will ma' ' < o conditions
worse , rather than bettor. Undoubtedly
the financial interests of thu country
would bo bettor satisfied if this congress
wore to give no attention whatever to
tlio currency question in anv form.
NOT\vrriis > rANiiNO the evident fact
that the president is unfriendly to the
proposal of an individual income tux , a
few of the democratic members of the
ways and means uommittoo porslat In
advocating tha tax. If there were no
doubt that congress would agiooto this
policy for raising revenue , and so far as
wo have observed nobody has wjrionsly
( nntondud that a measure for this pur-
pee could pass fiingiois , it is piac-
tlcully certain that it could not obtiiin
the approval of the president. Opposi
tion to this tax is not a party matter , It
is founded upon vital objections which
are iocjgni/od equally by demo
crats and icpubllc.vns. The southern
iepieentatlves advocate it boeause
nearly the whole of the tax would oo derived -
rived from tlio woaltn and enterprise
and thrift of the north , and their north
ern allies , to bo counted on the lingers
of one hiiml , are prompts ! by the dema
gogic dojiio t ) make political capital
for tbenuolvos with the clasjo ? who
would bo exomotod from tlio tax. Those
same persons , or most of thorn , leak with
disfavor upon the proposal to increase
the tux on whiskey 10 cents u gallon.
They have obstructed auU delayed an
agreement as to Internal revenue taxn-
ion , but it is entirely safe to say that
, hey will not VMipptjed in having an in-
llvidunl incoiuf ) t'nx adopted. Intel-
Igont public sentiment Is opposed to It ,
ind that fecntliril'itt'will ' prevail.
THE "ottlement'bf ' the controversy bo-
.ween Mr. Damcost-b. and his orchestra ,
bv which the Imported collolst is to plav
only in solos , Is aiii to have satisfied all
concorutHl , but it leaves the principle
'or which the contest was waged as
uuch in disputd jts ( evor. The musical
union refuses to Jot- Its members play
with nonmembilrs. and also refused to
admit to moiuborsji.i ) any one who has
not been In this country for six months.
As every forolgiV'arllst is not able to ob-
ialn engagements to play solos only for
the six months necessary to become
qualified for mcml > ershp ! in the union ,
the light is only postponed and not de
cided.
SKXATOK I'IPFIK asserts dogmat
ically that no man ever earned $1,000,000.
Before President Cleveland vacates the
white house ho will have drawn from
the federal treasury not loss than $100-
000 , to say nothing of smaller sums
which he received out of the state treas
ury of Now York as compensation for
Ills serv Ices whllo holding public olllce
In that stato. At this pace , 1'resldoiit
Cleveland would eon servo tlio public to
the extent of Jt,0)1,00l ) ) . But whllo
Clev eland is an exceptional wageearnor ,
there are scores of men in this country (
whose inventions have made thorn mil
lionaires and multi-millioiiairos.
BROOKLYN'S Investigation of the ex
penditures of Its Columbian colebiatlon
committee is bringing to ligl't a state of
corruption and rottenness hardly
equalled by the previous disclosures in
any city of the country. Not only were
bills rendered at e.xtravagantly high
prices , but they were also raised without
authority ftorn the contractors , and the
difference shared by the collectors and
oflleinls. As most of the money has dis-
appcaicd the city treasurer will remain
out of pocket , while the prosecution of
a few of the guilty men Is the only satis
faction which the taxpayers can secure.
Mtirito Him.
Globe-Dtmncnit ( KI > ) .
CoiiRrcissniati noutello is a Rooil man who
would bo vxoith moid to hlspaity if ho would
take seine lessons in tlio matter of controll
ing his nair-tn gciMl temper.
Cot por.it IOIIH In 1'olltlc.s.
Corporations are not , in the habit ot con-
trlLnitiuK to campaign funds mcicly for the
fun of seeing tun political wheels KO aiouru.
they ahvajs expect substantial leturns
from every dollar they put out. It will bo
recalled that during tlio r-jccnt Vhglnin
c.iinD.iIi'n thcdeiuoctatlc orators had con-
sldciablo to say cnui. initig' tlio evils of
monopoly and the il , infers of corporate
power. In viowot tuis , chain of circum
stances u would bt ; interesting to know just
why the corpoiatians eontubutod to the Virginia -
ginia oauipaliu. ; ,
Keep Auny I roll ! tlio Cltlcn.
f Icicliiinl JjMilei :
A very grave iniscMo is niado by parsons
out of work and in want who go from small
ton ns to larco cities 111 'tho ' hope of bettering
their condition. Anurul.tho villages have
less extessivu und unusual povettv to reMove -
Move than the preatr centers of population ,
in piopoition to thrtr tcbouiccs Able-
bodied slnplc men ) e n > ec I jlly1. should make
tlioir vvav toward the eotinti y ratl-er than
the cltic.3 Manvfaimcrs who cannot af-
foid to lure anjbody for ieular wanes
could cive ono or two men apicco a thauco
to cam their bo.il d and lodgmtr byoik in
cleanns ; up fields lately timbered or in mak-
niK itnpiovemeiits m farm buildings and
fences
Stnti liiiciil Mum.
The democrats aio determined upon ad-
mittinfr Utali , Now Mexico ana Arizona test
st Ucliood , ostensibly on the ground that
thei .110 quililied to dolt their territorial
swaddling clothes , but re illy because it is
expected that as states they would send six
democrats to the United States senate. Thu
motive of the democrats is pieelseiy the
saino as was that of the lepublicins in ad-
luiUniR Noi th O ikota. South I ) ikota , Mon
tana and vV.isliinijtoii in 18VJ , and Idaho and
Wyoming m 1VJO. 'Jho indications favor tlio
admission of the latest candid ires for state
hood , .since , for consistences salto. the west-
cm icpublicans are hkclj to support the
measure.
Sj ) > myricM ( Mans ) tteiiuIMcan.
The proposed legacy and" special Income
taxes laisc laigo questions. 'Jhit both , in
the way suzgustcd. C.IH bo equitably , surely
and e wily collected without icsort to liiiiils- |
itoiial methods would appear ti uc. That
the people hit bv them can better afford to
p ly moro taxes than the poor can afford to
pay moio under increased taxes on consump
tion , would also appear to bo tiuo. But
their expediency and constitutionality may
ho questioned. And thu sccictaiy's claim
that these bond * and stoolcs do not alioady
cam heavy state and lee il taxation is cer
tainly unfounded. They cvado very Honor-
ally the unisonal pie | > erty taxes , but not the
taxes on realty Tuts clop irturo is , of course ,
bound to excite genoi.at discussion. It will
bo 11101 o popular in the west than m the
cast.
Whnt i > ( tlio roliiplinuo Case.
. .St.oii ( * llcpithUc.
Wo should like to huar from Attorney Gen
eral Olnov on the proceedings Instituted by
his nmloco.ssorirt the United States disirlot
court at EtosUm for thuaunnluicmt of the
patent on thu Butllnor telegraph receiver.
Tno p itent on thu original Hell telephone
has oxphod , as have also the intents on all
the moro important , dovnos now used in the
telephone service , excepting the Burlinor ro-
reiver The Bull Telephone company will
have a monopoly of this receiver and ot thu
telephone lousiness In this country tiftecn
josrs lougur unless Attotnoy Gcner.il Olnoy
vvin < > the case at Boston
Tlio Uiaigo for the usu of a tolo |
St /outs I is still $100 a j o ir , or nearly thrco
times ; IH ninth ns Ui is in any city of Ger
many , Horn wu h.ivo.no ( oloplionu conn no
tion as yet with an > tiothor lur o city , but in
Germ my all the uiltvi oio connected and no
extra ch 1140 is nudu Jtor talking nctwuun
them , except to itontnpicribnii. The vol-
unius of receipts isaUu gun * in umsc < iuonco
of the tow r.itus. 'liio ! pr.itlt. is not so largu
ns thnt of the BjllTultuliionu company , but
it is sntlsfnctory , tiTliu wlies. too , are nil
underground In tlicuJtLi i uud for the most
part in the couniry > 4tlpv
It will bo u long tlmi ) before we have such
a tclopjiono surviuo la , fil. Kouis , but with
competition wocouMcojiiit on an eurly Im-
provutiicnt of the presout snrvlcu und also
on a considerable reduvfion in i.itcs There
will bo no co naticiftrUi | lunrnver. and very
little iiMuctioii lu rn n until thu Boston case
U bettlud. , jno o
. \tnii.
Ocncnl .lubil A tinrly U i ex confedoMto
out of a Job , tno Ixiulslani lottery having
been driven from the country And the genera -
era I U not at nil Jutill ml
ColonotJ Hamilton Hoge , who was Cleve
land's choice for consul to Amoy , Ins re
turned to Washington tt is presumed ho
will hoi I a conferoneo with Chamn CHrk.
MlsiomiM 15 ! fled son , on llio uuesttou of
lengthonlm ? the Intctval between riiluk * .
Tor the Hrst time hi the history of Vlrglnli
the Mother of I'resUienta Ins ono ot tier
daughters In oftlchl position in ono of the
federal courts through llio appointment of
Miss llobort Ackorlv to bo deputy cletk of
the United States district court at Lvnoh-
burs
The oftlcl vl record of the stale sotrilc com
piled by Clctk Charles U torioo tsiV9 that
it Is composed of foui teen lawyers , four mer
chants , three real estate dealers , a florist , a
contiactor a doctor , a biker , a btnliler , n
salesman , a clerk , an accountant , an editor
and one gentleman
Trank M Hatch , the member of the Hn-
vvnU.m provisional committee who Is men
tioned as likely to bo appointed minister of
foreign affairs if the provisional government
continues , Is a natlvoof I'oitsmouth , N It ,
and a gradualo of liovvcioln college llo Is a
llltio over 40 i curs ot use.
It Is thlrtj four je.irs since niondlo
aroused tlio Interest of small boys the wet Id
ovorbv walking across Niagara Palls on n
tight rope That was a generation ago , and
It Is not sut prising to le-irn that ho will soon
bo TO j cats old. Hut his skill in acil.il foals
has not itbated , and ho Is no .v amusing thn
patrons ot London's Costal pilaco
Tito doith of Ptof TV ml ill recalls a quaint
episode In connection with his famous Belfast
addtcss An indignant clotIc. resenting the
ngnoslic doolrines thoiclu ptomulgited , in
dited a letter to a Dublin paper , mid signed
it In Knj-llsh letters "Tou gar l.il genes
csnien " This the pi In tor converted inlo
' Ton gar kal gores setter , " and the next day
a letter appeared In which the writer alluded
to "iour cortcspondcnt , Air. T U. K.
Sooner "
Kugeno Kelly , the million-lire Now York
banner , Is a solf-mado man lie was bom
lu Ireland cighlv-lwo j e irs ago Ho earned
Iho nionov lo piy tils inssago to America by
driving a Jaunting car Ho had not one
penny to Jingle against another when ho
landed lu Now York In 1S.I1. He became a
drv goods clerk , and todav his fortune is
estimated at from $5,000,000 to ? H,000,000 )
Mr ICollj lives In an elegant mansion
Ingalls looked moro attenuated th in ever
when ho made his address in Kansas Citi the
olhorclay. His long frock Colt closely but
toned accentuated Iho gaunlness of hh
figure , and this , with the stieaks ot vvhllo
in his hair , made him appear lo bo "a com
promise between < iu Illuminated spook and
an pnimated moonbeam. " The e\-statcs-
man is s ud also on this occasion to have
resembled his eai teens moro than his portraits
traits
I.mll Frcy , now nrcsldcnt of the Swiss Ho-
public , w as a soldier in an Illinois regiment
dutlng the war ot the lobellion At llio be-
ginnlr.gof hostilities ho was omplojed tieir
Chicago as a fat in hatid , and on Julj b , 1SGI ,
ho enlisted as n sergeant with company U of
Iho Twcntvfourth Illinois intantrv Per a
time ho was held as > i hostage by the confed-
etac'i and eotilinod in the "black hole' ' of
Lilbby prison. lie loft the at my a major with
a icc.ord for distinguished sorviou but with
a stultuicd constitution.
Ono of Uudyaid Kipling's neighbors In
Urattleboio isVilllani A. Conant , who
might Justillibly bo called the "Amuiican
Stindlvailu * . ' Tor moio than llfty vena
ho has made excellent violins and 'cellos
Ho had a high tepulalioa iu Boston and Now
York for .workmanship as far back as 1S11 ,
and since that time ho has mauufactuicd as
main as TOO violins of line qiulilv. Mr.
Couaut is now b'.l veais , old. Sttadhaims
made violins when OJ , and it would bo a
proper thing for Mr. Conant to continue at
Ins tiado for thico j oats to come
l x-Sentitor Edmunds practices before tlio
United btatos courts , chiefly the supreme
coiut. utilising in this way perhaps si <
months In the. v ear. For the benefit ot his
daughter's health ho spends a large p irt of
each winter in Tlorida.Vhoti summer
comes ho alternates between his homo in
Voimont and the salmon lisluug crounds up
in Canada Ho has a maenillccnt homo in
the ultra-fashinanlo part of Washington ,
vvhcio hclivus a few months every year His
ituonift ftom his law practice is veiy satis
factory , and Uc is giowtng wealthy ,
Walter Aikcn of Franklin , N. II. , whoso
doaih was recently announced , was a feililo
Inventor. His father llr.st conceived the
idea of n cog rail for steep gi.ados on rail-
ro ids , and tried to apply it to Mount Wash
ington ; but ho could not interest capital in it
in his early day , and the honor of the
achievement later went to another. But the
son assisted in building tin : road , and designed
signed the locomotive used on the load Ho
also built the hotel at the top , and thu signal
scivice billion there for the United States
gov eminent.
The Goitnau emperor is a hard worker , a
man of restless and unceasing activ icy Ho
needs but litllo sleep himself , and exacts
long hours ftom every ono in attendance.
Four or live hoiiis' icst is all that ho caios
for , and the physicians say that ho is bum-
nig the candio at both ends. Ho is alvvavs
icady of speech , and on great occasions
makes but little propar ition. His tongue
works , smoothly , his thoughts flow freely
and gracefully ana hU memory is marvelous
After talking half an hour to thu ciawdof
hstcnciu , ho will repeat his speech word for
word , to his secretary for use in his official
oigan , and has h mlly over been known to
make a blip or miss a single sentence.
bcitAm or mi : J-KAST.
"Mr Cixldly 111 you oliligo mo l > y saying
gr.iu1 ? " asked tlio hostess us the pirty was
about to commence tlio Clirlstm is fi > tit.
"Oh , Mis I'lulillnslnn , I bi > K to bo oxeiisocl.
Suruly uiili such cliarinlii ladles as niu pres
ent \\o .110 blusscd with an ubundaiico of craco
bufori ) meat
CnUcston Nowi : It seems that the good
polntH of HJIIIO people have all boon liroUun
olf.
_
I'liUiidulplita Hrcord : Her Pap i You shall
novci marry niy Uniiglitei. HUKOIIO , sir ! Tliuru
Is thu dooi. tiultor ( n humorist ) Ihu door/
Ah , yes , that luls mu out.
Clovclnnd Plain Dealers I'ltloncn Is a good
tiling. U a man has QIIOUKU of It ho can
Hturvo to death ,
Detroit TrlbunnVliat : mikc-s Willlmloii
\vcMt hitch odd clothes ? " "Can't Uuoposcm
with his tailor , I supposu. "
Illnlininton Kppuhllcin ; Homo mon will
Iio i t of thiilr ilnsccnt wlinn they uomu down
nut of n lull family truu to dim ) at fruo lunch
counter.
I'loi Ida Tliuos : If the ways and moms coni-
inlltto would put u prohibition tnrllt im ca-
lumlty Itowlurn tlmy would r mi thu l.iatiun
giatiluduof thuir count ryinon.
I'nck : Pltroiiolculst Von havn licon mar-
rli'd homo yc'tirw ?
1'iilli'iit iln hitrprlsol Hy ( ioor u ! That'b
tiuo. How c-niild you lull/
I'lironoloaUt Your bump of hope U a dent.
"lam a pout , "H ltd ( ho
i ruhnliitiily.
"Indui'd'r" iiipllcd the kliid-hoarted but
oiit-uiln0i'dudluir. .
al- > -
"Vis. And I cumu to see If you will not Rlvo
inun trial "
"Deur , dour ! My rooil follow , I wouldn't
bcithor nbout n trial , I'd Just plead guilty und
take my chuncui. "
AN ARA1IUN
Ka\vM \ * I'ltu Iniiinal.
"Will vnu lvu mo a kUs'r" ho pleaded ;
"Just a litllo ono urn I KoV"
"Oh , llh.-i ( , " htm HiiswiM-ml iirclily ,
"Aru swuotost when Htiilon. you know "
ThLtl a ihliif ho licc.itnc ) , bold and during ,
Without half : > niliiiitu'x dulny ,
Amllll , . ' the Arab In llio story ,
llo silently Molii
till
Highest of all in Leavening Power. . Latest U. S. Gov't Report
10 TIIK hinnnt.
llmv lo Mcmnrr I Irrlrlr 1 l
, Doc 23To | llio Kditot1 of Tttr
Urn : Of lite thcto bis been lousldurabto
talk about the arc lights as ( mulshed t\y
the Thoinsiii-Homton Klcottic l.tuhl com-
pun of tills city not beiiiff up to the ID-
quired cuidlo power , \lnyor Ucmls veto
ing the bills tcndercl : tr the tumpany
on the strenijth of llio iltv oloc-ti Irian's
photometric teits , and again , the city council
ovcrriilttu ; the veto of the major In my
estimation bis honor , Mij or Ui'inls. Is pot-
fcctiv tKjht In follow Ing this com so , stand
ing by thu city electric ! in and his rcpoits ,
ho having appointed Iho official ind having
had nopjsitivo proof of hts Inability to do-
tormltu' the candle power of arc lights so
farOmaha
Omaha Is not the onlj city whom the ntioi-
tloti of otact candio | > owcr of arc. llchts h.as
arKen Other cities have gene through the
same thing , and this trouble will continue ,
no matter how miuj exports are called uixm
to make tests , unless some stupj are taken
to remodv the dinicultv
Thoicrms l.aw and 'J.OOO camllo power
have become at the picscnt time merely
tr Kin names , the tot ntor being applied to a
six or seven attipcio hiu'li tension lamp , the
latter to a nine > or ten ampere lamp
Photometi v of ate lamps Is a delusion , for
notonlj Islttxceedtmtlv cilfllculttocomiiarea
light ot such power at oulinarv standauls on
account of tlio cliffctenco in color , as well as
of Intensity , but the distilbution of light
from the olnctrlc arc Is so Iriegtilir that It
would bo almost Impassible to sottloon anv
direction In which to measure It , i's the dls-
ttibutton is dlffotcnt In liigh tension and low
tension ami allot natmi ; airs lu the high
tension It is In aone of perhaps thtrtv de
grees w ide , and dclleitcd downwanl at an
anploof somewhere tie ir forti-tho ilesiecs
from the pi me of thu caibons In the low
tension arc the 70110 is somewhat nartower
and moio no 11 1 > horlrnnlil
In the face of these f ids , and tha expcii-
tnetilal dlfllcultics in propnr photometric
mc.astuemonts , It is impracticable to classify
arcs i candio power Thotefore , I suggest
to his honor Mavor llcmls lo pursue the fol
lowing , in mj opinion the only piopernmt
right couiso To clisslfv the lamps by
watts Thu watt hettig the olcctilcal unit
for power , it Is the pan or convened bv n
cuireitf of an amneio thrvtugli a conductor
whose ends differ in potential by a volt.
One watt equals I TIC hot so power
Tlte 1,200 candle power lamp , so called ,
would tank us a ! tth > watt lamp , llio 'J.OOO
candle power lamp ns a IM ) wait lamp
The ojtpttt requited for a given 1 imp is so
easily and simply measured th it it would
not bo difficult to sitisfi all p titles con
cerned IJnvv vim Si tn uio , Ijlectticiau.
'Uiiniiutr Iliiri'H Vcisloii.
Oviviu.Dec 21 Tothottdltorof Tnr.Ilrc
I notice In this moinlng'b issue a , 'oniniunica-
tlon f torn. v our Lincoln coiicsiHindcnt in lo-
gard to the mattcrof the controversy over
the hav rates established by the Klkhoui
companj October 3 , in which It is said a com
mittee of momlnent shippers visited Omaha
for the purpose of complaining of the said
hav rates
Now , the fact U , no committee over came to
see me micgardto the mittcr of the hay
lates estihlishcd October a , nor was the
Elkhorn temp mj ttor anj olllcer of it , so far
as I know , . iw.no of any dissatisfaction ex
isting with reference to said i itcs , as no
communication or complaint had over been
lecelvcd logaidingthe sliuo
The litht Knowledge had in icirard to the
matter c line with the ordet of the Uoaid of
Tr importation , which was made without
consultation or confcrcnco with the lailraaa
lompanj.
I presume your coriespondcnt has been
mlsmfoimcd with luganl to the mattur ,
having heird something of a comtnlttoo vis
iting Cm tin for the mtiposo of protesting
against the cnfotcoment b > the railroul
comptny of the hay i.itcs cstabllshc-d bv llio
bo c.alluil Xewbeiry bill , which becimo a law
August 1 It is true that a committee of
shippers did v isit mv onico bofoi o August 1 ,
at which time the m ixiinmu i.ito law look
effect , for the pm pose of ptotesting an mist
the hay talcs established bjthitluv Af
ter healing thu committee palionllv.l In-
fonnod ihem lhat while our coniptny be
lieved the 1 IVY to bo mijttbt , both to the tail
ID id comp mv and to tlu shipper , thcto was
nothing left foi us but to obey it , vvltfc h we
proposed to do , and that tlio lesponsibility
for so doing should not bo pi iced ux | > n the
nilroad comp uii , but upon the icpiosenti-
ttvcs in the legisluuio who seemed the
pisbigoot the livv.
1 vMltbo much obliged if jou will give
this statement the same prummonco that
has been given the communication of jour
cotrcspunilcnt above lufotred to.
II. C
Kccp'nqllio Him l.nipln ) < d.
CISCINVVTI , Dsc it To the Hditor of THE
Bi u I believe 1 have an inteiesting item
for vou , and the example found tliciem in ly
bo a gooa ono foi certain institutions within
tlio tutiitory of jour circulation , sonic not
many miles fiom jour building , pet haps A
ceitaln largo imlublrul mstttutioii hoio has
adopted tins novel plan for dull times It is
letting its unmarried men UKoa vacation of
ono week each without pav bv shifls of so
many per week It lullovcs bj llio time
the single men shall have thus had their
vacation business will have losuniod tta
former pioportions If not , the matiiud men
will in liku manner be chcn a v.iuition
This plan appeals to them as the most
just and slmplo jet heard of und is muc.lt
more satiBfactory to them than a per tent
ft l nnniuii or pcim.ancnio IctlltiR
out anv pail of the f < ioc
IhoaVn-AtfiM-ediictinii In sal.aty l < bokod
up > n w nh the 3Uiiu | tans feclin > ; that Iho old
Mlattos will ncvor DB restored
This plan picu'titR all thai inspire * a now
c'ontldimco mid c t tbllshcs Ihu lust of fcnl
Ingall nrouml ( XU1 altoiilion to il , as tt
utaj do some go.hl
Citvitirs H ,
riiintiT I'i'rh ,
O\uiu , Oce 2.V. To the Httltor of Tits
HKH : I noticed In Satuttlaj's livt NISII Dm
that a pcctc of HtvrallMi driftwood had
floated Into the 1'ax ton liolol frnin these In.
tetestine Islands w licit bear tncnamool
the Into t < ircl Siuidwlch t also notice thnt
H had delivered Itself of a rofcrcnco to what
I did not sav nbout tKoo Islands befoi o the
Sundown cluh on last 'Ihursd.av cviiilng ,
What I did si > was tint the su ai li'tarsts '
and olher Interests In Iho Hawiill.tii < ouu
liv piitricil into the tlot to ovei throw thu
gineinmcnt of the quoru M\ i | ioiitv
for the stueiiiptit was llio lxte\l < uislcr
Stevens himself , who , on iho I'tt'i ' d > v ot
NoYcmbor. | s'i ' > vMitinij to Hie Ainetic.an
scvretai \ of si no , tef < rrcil to the loss of the
Hawaii m sunn intci.-sls from the npcritlon
of llio Metvtn'oj ' hill , and Ihc tcit'loni'v to
still flttlher dcnrei ill Ion of the sugar piop-
cil\ unless somu jio lllvo me isuro of lolluf
is gianted , as anurc'tmenl foi a chamool
govornmcnt and Iho annex ilion of the
Islands to the I'nllcd States
I neither said nor intimated am thine
w httovr-r about the smrtrlt tint I till not
mention the name of Mr Spiuckets 1 know
nothing , e.tied nothing about what 'hat gen
tleman's position was , or is , towaid iho
vatlous Haw ail in governments
Planter Peck Is evidently one of "tho
gang. " l.umcml , MIII.FIU
run nti : f > t itr it
N'uw York Commeici.il Sccietary Car-
llslo wants more' powet and moro monov in
this the dlstlmrulshed Kent icKliti docs not
duTcr matet Lilly fiom nnst pet sons
Indian ipolls News Wo think tint the
tciwrt is in ovciv waj vvorthj of Mr Car
lisle's hUU reputation as a tlnanucr und
economist Its tone and temper arc admira
ble , its iccommuulaltonsvvlso and Its conclu
sions sound
Washington News Wo m edict that the
seciutiuj's mistc'il.v repot t will have nn tip.
pieiublo effect in icstorlng public confi
dence lluuuvrliout iho ccnmiiv , and wo
expect to see its effect iu a bcttc r feeling in
busii ess elides almost Immediate.
Globe Ucmoeiat Hvervbodj' who knows
anv thing about thu si tuition will agico with
hucietaiv li.iillslo.is . to the ncccssiij of in.
etc.ising the ficu gold in the ttuasut v Thla
fund fools up onlj atwut tsooii,000 | at llus
time A few JCMIS , uo , when the nuiouiit ol
monev clopcnding in a uleitci or less dcgtou
on gold fur Its CM h ingi iblc value v\as several
oral hi'tntred million ctollais less thiti It is
uow , the gold fund deemed to bo necessary
for icdompllon putx | > ses was SIIOHH,000 ( ) or
$ ir.0.000,000 Ihotioastiiv oughttohavo.it
Ic ist . | TriODOOOl ) in gold on hand conslanlly
undei inesent cumlitions
St Paul Cilobo Socrelai.v C'aillblo's opin
ion that ' the worst cITtcts of the i count
llnancl il cllstui bailees and ionscqtit > nt busi
ness depiosslon hivebci u icalircd , mil that
the conditions aio Impiovmg , is rup | > oil.d
l\ what IMwaid Allimsuti c ilU his business
biromoter , lliocoi , tltton of the punt cloth
and the lion matUots The icccnt stle of
bO.OOt ) pieces of pi mis shows a iovlv.il of the
m.iiiufiu tin ing imlttstiies , while the icsuni.
itiif of operations by the blast fin nac os indi-
tales a general tcv Iv.al ' 1 hodccrciso ol Iho
futn ices in blast , as shown b\ the hen Ago ,
bciMtt iu Maivh , 1VJJ , when llieie WLIU ; > 0"iin
blast , and continued stc.adilj ttcci casing
until low . . .alermiik was touched in Oc
tober , this ve.ti when but IM v-eic in opera
tion On November I tticio wcioIlT , und on
December I thcro weio IM ) In 1)1 ) ist
Chioatro Uecoid A feitmo of the sccio-
Inrj's report thil is interesting is his mo-
oniii.ondatlan echoing the advic.o given by
the president in his atitiual mes.ago that
Iheio bo no moio specific legislation on the
sl'vcr ' question until llio ellccts of the repeal
of the pmc h iso el mso of Iho Shcnnan law
aio more fullj developed Ho atiajs liitn-
sulf in clueut opposition to Ihu incaMiio m-
tioduced by Sonatoi Vooiheus to lotuo all
small bills lo make loom for silvur dollars
by cndeavoiing to sugeest n fe.islblo plan
wticiubj silver cut tillcatos ot small dunoml-
n itions maj bo niado pupui it and Uept in
Litculatlon. ( icmei.ilh Iho message H bio id
gauge Ills of theverv highest interest by
reason of thu fac t th it it deals w Hh some of
the mosl tuni ukablo lln.uaial problems that
liavu picsontcd thuniselves sinto iho w.u.
Kplctniiilii i > r 'liirrltl \plntlics. .
Hni > hli U ! n ( II
A misguided pt rsisteiicc is being dtsplavcd
in the cftort to m ike the miughly wotd a
fealuio of slntesmanshlp m this country.
( iovci nor riovvei's attempt in tliu line of n
big D his botno evil Unit in the shape of
orthodox but imseeinlj langii igo ftom ( Jov-
etnoialto In an c'lideavoi to Intlmato
lhat hu is in favor of llglilmgforficccoliiaga
until skates ami fill tilnimi'd ovuuoits become -
como popular In sat uiic bocictj , ho Is blunt ,
lit utal and pieuncsqiic only in so far as ho 1 >
glaringly plagianslic
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Woiniiii'ii IEIK'IIH ' in Poll , r idii ,
hcinei Ilfimlillctin
Martied women in Colorado enjoy thonnnio
tights and privileges of citiwnship as their
husl ) inds If the husbntid is a citl/en either
1)blilh or mitunili/.ation the vvjfoisalsou
citi/on because of her maiiiigo Mariud
women of foicign liiilh can iiuiilia | liti/en
ship cither bv dec 1 uing their intentions und
bring natunili/cd just as men of foteimi
biithdoorbj miirjlng men whoaiotitl-
/cons
.i a it a il a ii
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TUe Urgent makers auJ n 'II i i at
tint ) clothed cm lUrlli
Your money's worth or your money hhuk.
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