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FRIDAY. JULY 29, ISSI.
Tin: Herald has authentic Information
that there has been subscribed In the North
and in Europe for Investment in Dio South
during the last eighteen months £100,000,000.
Most of this money has been put Into Dio
Slates cast of Die Mississippi and in the
country south of Richmond. It has gone
mainly, of course, Into railroads. But
82,000,000 have lately been Invested in cotton
factories In Augusta alone; and considerable
sums have been lent to planters and to mer
cantile or industrial enterprises.
Tim prejudices of the Chinese against the
telegraph, which wore believed to bo offen
sive to tho deities of tho air, are gradually
being removed. A new lino Is now In course
of construction between Tientsin and Shang
hai. The distance Is obout COO miles. As
tbo termini are both treaty-ports It Is ex
pected that tho telegraph will be of great
practical service to foreign residents and
merchants. Heretofore the only line in
China has been a military telegraph from
Pagoda Island to Fuh Clioo Fall, which was
put tip during tite Formosan war, but lias
been little used since.
Tim Now York laborers who applied to
tho Mayor for an Increase of wages were told
that, in Ids Judgment, tbclr demand was
just; but he said It would be impossible for
him to comply with It this year unless a cer
tain number of workmen should be dis
charged. Tho appropriation Is Axed. It
wages ore increased there will not bo money
enough to go around. It remains to bo seen
whether tite'workmen will prefer to accept
the situation for the present, or to run tite
risk of keeping their places at an advance
white compelling many of their companions
to sacrlAco even the scanty wages they nbw
have. ■
The frce-cannl rcsolutlous were passed
by the New York Legislature in the Inst
hours of the session. It will be necessary
now to pass them by a Legislature contain
ing n new Senate next year, and then to
pass an amendment to tho Constitution sub
mitted to and approved by the people. If all
these steps ore taken In due form the amend
ment cannot go Into operation until the be
ginning of the season of 1883. Mr. Vander
bilt is reported as having said In a recent in
terview that the Central llallroad Company
had always encouraged tho maintenance of
tho waterways in Now York. The submis
sion of tho amendment providing for the
abolition of tolls on the Erie Canal will test
Ids heroism in this respect pretty thor
oughly.
lx tho course of a ratner stinging editorial
reflecting upon Judge ClUTord’s conduct in
clinging to the Supreme Ecnch after, he had
passed the legal ago for retiring, the Indian
apolis Journal falls Into a curious error. It
proposes that the “law” shall bo changed
and retirement be made compulsory. 1 Itoveu
hints at an abridgement of tho term of serv
ice. The Journal Is of course aware that,
by the terms, of ills Constitution, United
States Judges, both of the Supremo and the
inferior Courts, hold their ofllces during
good behavior. They cun ho removed ouly
by death or Impeachment. Their retirement
on full pay must therefore be voluntary on
their part. No other provision can bo made
without an amendment of the ConstUutloq,
and it is quite curtain that a two-thirds vote
in Congress and the assent of three-quarters
of all the State Legislatures could never he
obtained to an amendment contemplating a
shorter term of ofllce for the Judges,
Ex-Sunnuox fIKNEHAL lI.UIMOXD has
yielded too cheerfully to the witchery of the
“Interviewer,” aqd has given his views of
the President's case and the treatment at nn
nftvessary length and with too much free
dom. There are several reasons why Dr.
llnmmond should ulr his opinions In this
matter, with great caution. If at all. Ulh
notorious that he has nut seen the President,
and knows nothing at first hand about the
nature of the wound or tho treotment. In
the second place, his professional animus
against Dr. Hornes, who succeeded him ns
Burgeon-Genera), is evident.,, Is natural
that'DK Hammond should have's low opin
ion of Dr. Hornes, but it was hardly.to bo ex
pected that Uie former, being a shrewd man
of,lho world, should attempt to pass oil his
spite qn the readers of Uie newspapers for
professional wisdom. This ostrioh-Hke pro
ceeding on the part of Or, Hammond Is likely
to injure him In the opinion of candid men.
A Dfc'uocuATio journal thinks that “as
this Is an era ot good feeling to some extent
it would be a very graceful thing tor Gar
field to bestow the vacant Supremo Court
robe of oOlcu upon some learned and
uprisht Democratic lawyer.’ l When Uui
Democrats held control of the ' Gov*
•cnusKA* -tWi two brief iulenuiuious
from Jackson's time In ItfW to thoondof
nnehaimn’s term lu JWI, how ninny Whiff
lawyers <Ud they appoint to the Supremo
Hencli? A " Democratic lawyer ” Is a gen
tleman who ha* Imhlheit the opinions of
Calhoun Instead of thoso of Webster, and
holds (hat this is not n Nation, but n confed
eracy of sovereign States. It would be truly
a "graceful thing to bestow tlio vacant
robe” on an nntl-Natinnnllst who believes In
(ho supremacy of i* State over the Union, and
who would use his position on that Ueneh to
undermine the authority of the (Jovermucnt
and to exult the destructive heresy of Stnto
sovereignty. Wo sco Garfield, In mu* mind’s
cyo, doing Itl
8 ICO
•Trunc Hodeutson* will take charge of the
Now York Custom-House Monday. His
program, If faithfully fullllled, wilt bo ap
proved by Uio country. He proposes to retain
such men, ami only such, ns are necessary to
transact the business of the Custom-House;
todisintssthn.se holding sinecure positions,
If there are any; and to keep those whose
habits are good, and whose Industry has been
tried. No new clerks will bo employed for
partisan reasons. No applicant for office
will be asked whether ho Is a Jlcpnbtlcon or
u Democrat, or bo required to give a pledge
n
llilellty to the Administration. Tli!h Is an
excellent program. It is practical Civil*
Service reform, nml In u lino with the recent
pledges of the Secretary of the Treasury.
The New York Cusiotmllonso has become
so great a business that no prudent Admin*
Islratlon can afford to give the spoils system
sway In It. Tills is the secret of the progress
in the direction of OivibServico reform that
has-been made In all the public unices in
Now York City.
Tin: foreign dispatches Indicate that
through the good unices, of the Minis
ters front this country to Chill and the
Argentine .Republic, a treaty has been
signed defining the new boundaries and
restoring pence and good wilt between
the two Republics. In this connection the
following statement of the boundaries agreed
upon by the Argentine Government submit
ted to Chill, and accepted by her upon the
advice of Minister Osborne at Santiago, will
be of Interest. They are taken from the
Buenos Ayres Standard;
The Andes will bo tbo western boundary of the
Argentine Itcpublic, stretching south to tbo
other side of too Straits to Mount Sarmlcnto and
Mount Dnrwln. On tbo Atlantic, Virgin’s Capo
wilt bo tbo limit of Argentina territory {lbis capo
Is at tbo mouth of tbo straits. Tbo southern
limits of tbo Argentine llopublla will bo du
nned by a lino from a point on tbo Andos In
Sit degrees latitude W west of Greenwich
to the point of Virgin’s Capo, so that
tbo territory through which the rivers Gallegos,
Santa Cruz, and others How becomes dollnltly
Argentine. Chill Keeps tbo coast of the straits
an tbo triangle formed by the lino from tbo
Andos to Virgin’s Capo on one side, tbo Andes
on tbo other, and tbo const of the straits tbo
third. Terra del Fuego and tbo adjacent
Islands will bo divided according to the Andos
line. As for tbo Straits of Magellan proper, they
will ho declared free to the Hugs of all nations,
the high conducting parties binding themselves
not to put any armament whatever at the mouth
or on tbo shores, nor to defend them with ships
or by any other means.
Tim most Important work undertaken by
the New York Legislature In Its long session
Just concluded was a refonu of (he system of
taxation. The plan adopted In 1880 was to
raise the Stato revenue mainly from taxes on
corporations, and to leave other forma of
property to a great extent free for the pur
poses of local taxation. With this object in
view an act was passed taxing Are and ma
rine Insurance companies, telegraph, rail
road, express, steamboat, ferry, canal, and
other transportation companies. A special
act subjected life-insurance companies to
taxation. Tho advantage of this plan was
thought to bo that, ns far as it went, it re
lieved tho people from possible Irregularities
o£ taxation for Stato purposes. If tho money
raised by real and personal property taxes
were all locally expended the chief mo
tive for undervaluations would be gone.
Tho Legislature Just adjourned was so well
pleased with tho operation of Die laws of
isso that nn attempt was made to extend
them in tho same gAcral direction. They
proposed to tax broken 1 sales, savings banks,
trust-mortgage bonds, collateral Inheritances,
Uto manufacture and sale of liquors, and
dealers in tobacco. A largo part of this plan,
however, fell through. Tho brokers bill,
savings-banks bill, liquor and tobacco tax
bills failed. Only tho bills for the taxation
of corporation trust-mortgages—nn economi
cally unsound measure—and the bill taxing
collateral Inheritances were passed. If the
whole plan had been carried out It Is esti
mated that the taxes contemplated would
have yielded a revenue of 50,000,000. But
owing to the failure of most of the scheme
It will he necessary for a time to derive a
portion of tite State revenue from real and
personal property taxes as before.
AUXILIABY WATEB-WOBKfI.
Ono of tho city newspapers Is so anxious
to object to Tub Trwunb’b suggestion for
tho erection of auxiliary water-works (for
no better reason than because Tub Tutu
u.vii proposes It) that the project is repre
sented us being (1) “the old scheme with a
variation,” or an attempt to givu private
capitalists a monopoly of tho service, ana
(3) so favorable In Its terms to tho city that
private capitalists will not put their money
into It. The contradiction is so palpable
that it completely exposes the animus which
prompts the narrow-minded criticism, If It
be a scheme to place the control of water
works in the hands of private parties, it Is
certainly not liable to the objection that pri
vate capital will nut go Into it. If It be so
favorable to the city that it will not at
tract the Investment of private capital, it is
certainly not open to the objection that It
will give private parties a monopoly of the
water-service.
The carping, envious concern which has
been criticising this schema has wound itself
up so absurdly that its readers are nil laugh
ing at It.
The suggestion which TliF.Tmnuxis lias
made to overcome Uie obstacles in the way
of issuing bonds, or building auxiliary water
works by taxation, is perfectly simple. It is
proposed Uiat a company of private capital
ists shall advance the necessary funds, and
that the city shall construct and operate the
works, paying the company for a term of
years mi annual rental equal to a fair Inter
est on the money invested, and buying the
works at the end of that .term, not at their
original cost, but at an appraised valuation
which shall allow for wear and tear, This
plan will guarantee the private company a
fair interest on Us Investment, but It will re
tain for the city full control over the water
service and the rates to be charged to the con
sumers.
There Is reason to believe tlmt capital
would bo offered for such an Investment as
readily ns It tho city were authorised to
plucu bonds upon the market. A lease la not
un unusual or extraordinary proceeding, it
Is a common thiuK tor a railroad company to
lease a road belonging to another corporation
tor a term ot years, and guarantee a specified
rate un its value, Tho Fennsylvaula Central
Company Is, now ami has been tor fifteen
years operating the I’UUburg, Fort Wayne
& Cnlcogo itoad on a ninety-ulna year leasoi
paying a certain per cent on the original
stock. One ot the Chicago newspapers Is
now on a lease, and It would be belter tar the
creditors ot another concern tt they could
secure the same terms. Capitalists are as
willing to Invest In a sate and profitable lease
us any other security, and there Is no taw
which prohibits a municipal corporation
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1881—TEN PAGES.
from becoming a lessee with a guaranteed
right of purchase.
hot us sen whether there Is any hidden
danger lurking under this project either to
the city or the capitalists who should Invest
It Is proposed that the necessary funds
shall lie guaranteed In advance In nonstdcrn
(ton of ti certain rental or per cent on Uio
cost of llio works. Is Hint obscure or dan
yc rolls'.*
3, The money to be expended under the
direction of the Hoard of Public Works end
the City Engineer. Is there any menace to
Ibo city’s Interests in Hint?
n. Tim city to determine the size end length
of the mains und pipes, end the district end
si roe Is where they are to bo laid down. ‘ls
tlmt perilous to the public welfare ?
4. Thu city to direct the location, style, size,
and capacity of the pumping-works to bo
erected. Aromiy public rights forfeited or
endangered by such n condition ?
n. The city to dictate how much money
shall be expended by Uio company In the con
struction of the works. Can the city bn over
reached while exorcising this privilege, or
will capitalists object so long ns the rental Is
to lie governed by an agreed rale of Interest
on the total Invcslment
«. Tho city to imy Uio agreed rental out ot
le-collections for watcr-servlcn seml-nti-
lunlly during the specified term of years.
Is there any more peril in such a procedure
than there would ho in paying Interest on
ponds representing nn equal expenditure?
7. The city to operate the auxiliary high
pressure works in conjunction with the other
water-works, and to fix the rate to consumers
for water, is there any encroachment of
private capital on public rights In that condl*
non? If so what?
8, At the end of the lease, be It long or
♦abort, Ihtf city to buy the works at their act
ual cash value at that time, amt perhaps with
n surplus fund which may be accumulated
meanwhile out ot the charges for hydraulic
service, is there anything hazardous in suoh
an arrangement?
These are the conditions which constitute
our plan. It Is obvious that the city runs no
risk of alienating the control of the water
service, which ought to rumaln under Us di
rection. Whether or not capital can bo ob-
tntned on tbo torms proposed can only be
decided by an effort to tbatend. It la evident,
liowevor, Uiat suclt an investment would
be Just as safo as an investment In municipal
bonds, and lienee it is altogether probable
tbatabumlantcapital would bu offered. Tito
objectors to this scheme have failed to point
out any legal or economic reasons why It
should not bo adopted, and also failed to
suggest any better plan for securing high
pressure auxiliary water-works, the need of
which Is conceded by everybody. It Is folly
to,talk of limiting to £500,000 the cost of
works which shall bo required to furnish a
strong mid high pressure of water for alt
manner of hydraulic purposes within the
business district, mid It Is Impracticable to
undertake the expenditure of a couple of
millions out of current -taxation which al
ready reaches Uto 3 per cent authorized by
law*. But if anybody can suggest a better or
more practicable plan for constructing
auxiliary water-works under tho existing
conditions, Tim Tuiuunb wilt gladly help
to bring it to the attention of the public and
the city authorities.
THE THEORY OF EE. WEIB3E.
Dr. Bliss says no further information has
been obtained ns to tho location of the ball ”
in the President's body. Ho “still believes
|t to bo lodged In Uto anterior wall of tho
abdomen In front of tbo hip.” It will bo
observed that Dr. Bliss does not now express
tite opinion that Hie ball passed through the
liver or entered the peritoneum,—tho mem
brane or lining of tite Internal surface of Uto
abdomen v in answer to questions, Dr< Ham
ilton said Tuesday, “It Is doubtful whether
tho bull entered tho peritoneum ”; “1 do not
think It entered tite liver.”
It is nt least probable that Dr. Hamilton
lias adopted the -theory advanced by Dr. i
Welsso, Professor of Practical Surgery and ;
Anatomy in Uio Medical Department of tho j
University of tlio City of Now York. Soon -
after the mounding ot Uio President Dr.
Welsso formed, In his own mind, u theory as
to the course and lodgment of the ballad
verse to that established by the diagnosis of
the attending surgeons. With the view of
verifying his theory ho entered upon a
series of elaborate anatomical experiments.
The result of those experiments was given
to the public In the secular Journals, but it
remained for Die ilfedlcnt Journal of New
York to give the details of the curious In
vestigation and analysis In a paper by Dr.
Wolssu himself. It appears that Dr. Hamil
ton took a deep interest in the anatomical ex
periments of the Professor. Indeed, after
the first experiment Dr. Welsso gained such
confidence In the verity of his theory that he
was able to Induce Dr. Hamilton to bo pres-,
ent nt a second or repetition ot the first ex
periment. This second experiment occurred
on the* Bth Inst, and on the llth Inst. Dr.
Hamilton wrote Dr. Wolsse In npprqjpl
thereof, but without committing himself to
the theory advanced. Doubtless this letter
was Inspired by the flippant criticism lo
which Dr. Welsso was subjected, for in the
letter Dr. I lainiltun says: “ 1 have from the
first sought to encourage you-In your pres
ent line or study; not because I had by any
means determined In my own mind the course
of the bullet, but because It seemed proper
to determine anatomically all the possibilities
in the case.” Dr. Wulsse began to study the
President’s ease on the nth lust, and this Is.
the proposition he educed from the symptoms
developed up to that time:
Negative evidence existed which seemed to
exclude injury having been mulcted to ultborof
the fallowing parts: . . ~
f-’tnt—An artery or vein of any considerable
size.
tfwiml—The pleura or lung. _
T/ilni—The diaphragm (at u point where it is
covorod by pleura or peritoneum;.
fourth— Tbo right kidney.
Fifth—' The spinal com.
Sixth—' Thu asocudlng colon whore not covorod
ay peritoneum. ....
jTroto the President's good general condition
up to that time (midnight of the 4(h Inst.) them
appeared a chance that the peritoneum mid tbo
argons Invested by it—liver, stomach, small In
testine, lorgo intestine, and spleen—bud escaped.
injury,
The Doctor then remarks; "It remained to
determine how a bullet entering whore the
President was wounded could escape Injur
ing" those parts," and the life of the wounded
person be spared by doilectlou of the bullet
In such a peculiar way as to reach one or
more ot tho nerves tlmt contribute to the I
sacral plexus."
Tho bulletins of the BUt Inst strengthened
nhe Doctor’s convictions of the correctness of
Ills theory, and he determined to commence
his anatomical experiments. lie procured a
British bulldog revolver, and, by discharg
ing It toto n human body, ascertained Us
lienetrating power at a distance of eight feet,
and how much diminution of force would be
effected by Impact upon bone. He found tho
weapon wanting In precision and lacking In
force; it did not make so large a wound as ho
expected. In this connection ho remarks;
•• I would here say that no attempt was made
to so fire os to repeat tho wound inllluted
upon the President—that would be Im
possible—and then track the ball, so os to de
termine the course It had taken; nor was the
attempt made to make the bull so penetrate
us to take the possible course advanced,"
But this Is what the Doctor learned by "a
few shots";
A fow shots enabled too to obtain all tha
i inXermsUoul wsuivd-vU.; tbit a bullet tom
n British bulldog revolver suitors ft grout ex
penditure of force by Impact upon n bone; that
nt tho Instant of Its Impact It turns on its axis:
timllf Its foroo Is situ suillcioiit lo carry It on
Untwist* through tho bom*, it makes n largo hole
In H. splinters it, nnd carries tho fragments be
fore It Into tho tjssuoa bevond; (Ant if ftslmpfy
/mrlm-w the hone, ft fa euuer tlrflected or »(i»]»pc.i
in if* rmirsr.
The Doctor already know that in the Pres
ident's case the eleventh rib .had been frac
tured. Of the eleventh rib Dm Doctor says:
Tho conditions fnvornblo In dollcalion by
Impingement upon nnd fracture of tho rib nroi
First, tho mobility of llin rib makes It like ft
hickory twig lixod ftt ono end only, and Us sway
ing upon Impact would oxponun good dual of
the force of tuo built second, tho external face of
tho rib, being mmvox, loads to dulled n Drill (of
all bones of tho body a rib probably dollcets
balls most often) I third. If (no olovcnlh rib Is
pushed Inwnrd from behind 11 rises nntorlorlv,
and If a bnll struck It with ■ulllulunt foroo
to frncturo it, it would be nkoly. to
turn, tho ball on Us axis, nnd doltcot
It downward nnd Inward, If already spoilt.
. . . Had tho ball been turned on Its axis, and
still had sulllclent force fur unward ntogrcsslon,
it would havoomshotl through thoolovviith rib,
splliitoruil It, nnd carried forward the frugmcntA
of buna directly Into tho viscura beyond.
Ilcilealod upward, It would hnvn wounded tho
lung. Dctloctcd forward. along tho rib, It might
buvu passed Into tho abdominal parlotos.
Tho Doctor's paper In the .Ifcdlcul Journal
proceeds from this point to give, hi minute
detail, tho prncessof dissection of those parts
of a o&davur showing Uio probable course of
tho bnll tn the, President's case, according to
tho theory advanced.
Of course Dr. Wclsse’s theory Is, that, since
tho ball fractured but did not go through
the rib, Us elder force was spent, and hence,
assuming that it would ho deflected down
ward, Us subsequent track would bo along
the Hue of least resistance through tho adi
pose tissue. Following this lino with tho
scalpel and his lingers, ho locates the missile
in Uio right lilac fossa,-—the cavity between
tho front of tho hip-bone and the ribs.
Ur, Wolsso makes somo very acute observa
tions In regard to tho President’s physique,
deducing therefrom further conclusions in
support of Ids theory. In a word, It Is evi
dently tho Doctor’s opinion that tho Presi
dent's stout figure—**tho muss of fat,
from one and n halt to two Inches thick, lo
cated on tho anterior surface of tho pos
terior portion of tho tmnsvorsalis muscle
and tho quadratic iumhornm muscle”—
served as a protection to tho vital organs,
and so perhaps saved Ids life.
Dr. Welsso’s theory Is certainly very In
genious, not to say plausible. Tho ardor
and good fattli with which he appears to
have entered upon laborious and painstak
ing experiments with a view tp its demon
stration are creditable to Idm and to tho pro
fession oc surgery, and It seems by no moans
Improbable that Dr. Hamilton has to a de
gree adopted his views.
THE DECLINE 07 STOCKS.
With more or less vacillation ami irregu
larity Uto tendency of railroad and other
quotable stock's continues to bo downward,
notwithstanding the largo doollno already
noted. Tito publication of Uto statistics gath
ered by I’oor for the year 1880 and their favor
able comparisons in most respects with the
railroad business of the previous year ought
to havo revived confidence among the
“ bulls ” to a certain extent Tiie Improved
condition of the President and the hopes now
freely entertained for Ids recovery ought to
have had the same cifect, for it was the re
port of his assasinatlon that gave the first
shock to the market Hut there is evidently
u gcuural,impression that the stocks have been
pushed too high, and there are no signs in
the immediate future to encourage recovery.
To show how decided the downward move
ment has been, wo print below a table pro l
pared by the New York Mall, which shows
the dcoiine from the highest figures during
the Inst two months .on July‘2s:
■ I I III!
11 ti P 8
Invetimntttnch*. ——
Bi. Vina issu mu nx ....
Northwestern mu mn ISIS lug ....
Chi., ilur. 6c Q m 1M 167*4 10* ....
Central Pacino... DTK I0l>» lUK ....
Illinois Central... 140 141 I*l7 U ....
Lake Shore; KBX 120 X MX 18}t ....
Mlcblffim Central. lltlX 100*4 07J< IUU ....
Missouri Paclllo.. lifti 111’, 108 »X ....
Now York Central IB2X 147 142 K UK ....
N.Y. Elevated.... 10»« 10U m% »U ....
Union PaclUo IS7 JUIX 127 UK ....
Western Union.... 127 WK M 4J4 ....
tfl*cu/nilM*lock».
Den. fcUloGrande 108« 106* 101 H 7U ....
Krlo 60K 48* 42!4 BJi ....
11.&8t..1n. com.. M UU Ul* (IX
llnus. ipTox. con. UU 100 U 7 U ....
Erie & Western... 02 «UX 65 8?4 ...
Miss., K, 6: Texas. 6SK 6114 44 HH ....
Man. Elevated.... B 7« JW‘| 1744 11 ....
Northern Pacino., 46X 45N mi OX ....
Ontario & West... U 34. lI7W IE) OK ....
Ohlo&MlMlssippl. 4«X 411 IWy 7* ....
Ohio Central HUH »7 20 U ....
Paclllo Mall 67X GO 4fi« 0 ....
llochcstor 6; Pitts. WIH 4UV 4l|i fi>« ....
Texas Pacific MX ««S M HI, ....
Wabash common. DOX 57 >4 WJJ o|| ....
Cuttl slocks,
Del., Lack. & W,. 127 K 124 X 120 1?;
Now .Terse; Cent. 106V4 IWK 04 UH ....
Heading GOU 61U 64 :m ....
Del. & Hudson.... 110 110 U 107* 6>; ....
Since Uie above table was prepared many
ote vo dccllnet’
ro, men no <’
the**
of tho stocksquotcd In the list linvu u V w...
n few points more, and there Ims been no do*
elded upward movement In any of thorn. It
la worthy of note that tho so-culled “ in*'
vestment stocks "—those from which dlvl
(lends nro expected—have sustained a larger
decline than those stocks which aro purely
speculative and havo no real value as an In*
vestment. This condition is the result of tho
strong spirit of speculation which has again
seized the American people, and which prom*'
Isos, If It shall continue to grow, to exceed
anything In Uie days of tho inllatud currency
before tho panic of 1873, The business con*
Ires of Europe, and especially Paris and Lon*
don, are agitated by a similar commotion,
and there is danger that the people will run
so wild In their feverish anxiety to got rich
fast tiiat tho periodical crash, which
everybody has pome to expect sooner
or later, will bo hastened. Tho pe
riod used to be reckoned at twenty years
in this country. The ponlo of IBU7 was fol
lowed by another In 1857. Then came Uie
panic of 1870, only sixteen years Intervening.
Hut eight years have elapsed since the last
panic, and already the signs of Inflation nro
so numerous and significant Uiat prudent
men are beginning 1° contract the line of
their operations, and think Uiat the Interval
between panics will be shortened up to ton
years. It may be that tho recent and conthm*
Ing decline In stacks will check tho specula
tive mania and postpone the collapse.
Speculation has been so rlfo, active, and
confident that It Is likely the price of stocks
could have been maintained for a lime at
the highest If It had not been for tho unde
niable evidences of a short wheat crop and
the necessary falling-off In the railroad busi
ness which a material shortage in the prod
uce supplies of the country Involves, Tho
very same conditions which Inspire general
confidence In higher prices for wheat and
corn promote the belief that railroad stocks
will go lower, and the latter theory Is all the
stronger because It is universally reodgnlzed
that the Investment stooHs had boon runup
In most cases far beyond their real value as
on Investment. '* >
Tub Republican press of Michigan bos
again begun to agitato the subject of the ap
pointment of Judge Cooley to (ho Supremo
Dench to All Um vacancy created by tho
death of Juslloe Cllfford. Tilts 19 likely to
bo another Instance of love’s labor lost.
Judge Clifford was tho representative of New
England on (he Uenoh. Wbllo that section
has such ablo lawyers as Judge Edmunds
and ex-Attorney»Ooueral Devons to reward
It is not probable that, the appointment will
, bo permitted to come Wert* it k Uw mil:
fortune of Michigan to ho linked In one Ju
dicial Circuit with Ohio and Kentucky,
which between them have three Judges, or
one-third of the Court. The llopubllcaiiH of
Now Kuginnd on ttio other hmul have pradl
cully never had a representative on tho Hu
oromo Uench. Judgo Curtis, who preceded
Clifford, while ho was a Whig, ami opposed
to the'extension of the slave power, was
a strict constructionist during the War
(having resigned front the Uench), and
defended Andy Johnson from principle.
The stanch am) true Now Kngtaml llepub
lluans, after being represented for a uunrlcr
ofacontqry by an old iltmkor Dninnernt
like Clifford, will fool that Hie lime tins come
to have one of themselves in tho Huprmno
Court; and this Is saying nothing against
Judge Cooley, who would bo an ornament to
tho Bench if lio could be appointed to it
John A. Kassox, member of Congress
from town, and cx-Mlulstor at Vienna, lias
thrown some light upon Ministerial ap
pointments to foreign Courts. After a four
years' experience, ho returns in somo dis
gust, and says there la nothing in such n po
sition to tempt ambition, that tbo pay is In
sufficient, that it Is not, ogrooablu for an
American to remain away from homo so
long, and that tho appointees lose all chances
for improving thomsolvcs politically, From
Mr. Hasson's standpoint, Ministerial posi
tions abroad would seem to bu the last places
In the world that ambitious politicians would
seek, yet somehow there is a scramble for
them every four years. Tho reason prob
ably is that tho pay Is tempting, In view of
tho littlo work to bo done. In these days of
steam and the telegraph, tho mcaps of direct
communication between Foreign OlTlcca are
so handy that tho Minister is relieved of a
largo part of Ills duties, ids labors being con
fined mainly tp entertaining ids fellow-coun
trymen and being entertained by those who
Imvo temporarily adopted him, and these
labors arc not very arduous. Tbo moral of
Mr. Nassau's experiences is that Ministers
aro a superfluous luxury, but, so long ns wo
must Imvo them, it would bo well to send
good diners and good fellows, clover littdra
toursamlmen of culture to Impress upon
tho effete monarchies the conviction that the
pcoplo of tlds Kcpubllc aro well up In tho
scale of civilization.'
Tiik postal-card oamo into use in this
country vary rapidly. Tlio Uauo of cants was
authorized by an net of Congress In 1673, and the,
proposals for furnishing tbom wore published Id
the following January. Tbo estimated number
required fur the llrat twelve months was 1(i0.»
000,Q03, but 11,000,000 more wore actually used.
The following table shows the number of cards
Issued by the Department each year since tnolr
adoption:
For tbo year ending Juno 110.1873 (two ..
months only) 1)1,001,000
For the year ending .Juno UO. 1874 (11,0711.000
For tbo year ending •ImiolW, 1875. 107,010,000
For tbo year ending Juno 1)0, 18TU 160,000,000
For-tbo your ending JunoJW, 1677 ITU,UOO.OOO
For tbo year ending Juno IK), 1878 300,(VW,000
For tbo year eliding June JK), 1870 321,707,000
For tbo year ending June IK), 1680 380.761,000
For the year ending June SO, 18Ul.. l ...iJU8,UU0,UX)
Tbo largest single day’s delivery was that of
March 14, this year, when 5,008,000 was tbo figure
reached. Fur tbo your ending April DO lost, tbo
number of carda issued to tbo Now Fork ofllco
was 20,000.000: to Philadelphia, 14,175,000: to Chi
cago, 1.1,700,000: to Boston. 6.000,000; to Bt Louis,
7,010,000: to Buffalo. 8,000,000. Under tbo Inst
live years’ contract four billion carda nro to bo
furnished at a cost of (1,088,000. The estimated
expense of handling la (U. 1,400. The gross re
turns to lbs Government will bo (20,000,000. Do
ducting tbo (2,000,000 above noted for hrst cost
and handling, there will bo o not profit of (18,000,-
000 loft to (bo Government.
Tub FranJsfurtcr VoVuxeUung recently
published Interesting statistics of tbo world's
corrospondonoo by post and telegraph. Tbo
latest returns which approached completeness
wore for tbo your 1877, In which more than four
thousand million letters were sent, wbleb gives
an average of 11,000,000 a day, or 127 a second.
Europe contributed 5,UK),000,000 letters to this
enormous mass of corrospondonoo, America
about 700,000.000, Asia 160,000,000, Africa 85,000.-
000, and Australia, 60,000,000. Assuming that tbo
population of Ibo glolm was between 1,800,000,000
amt 1,400,000,000, tbls would give an average of
three letters per bead for Ibo entire human race.
There-wore Imho same year 08,000 telegraph
stations, and tbo number of messages may bo
sot down for tbo year at butwcon 110,000,000 and
111.000,000. being an average of more than 005,000
messages per day, 12,071 per hour, and nearly
812 purmlnuto.
Tins Utiuymmo Leader Is not grently Im
pressed with tba mental or physical appearance
of the aow Mormon dupes on tholr woy to (bo
Balnls' Heat In Utub. It sayst
Tboso who visited tho depot lost evening and
witnessed tbe nrrlvnl of tba 710 Mormons wbo
recently arrived from Kuropo will never forget
tho souno. About 8 o'clock two trains of nine
curs each, mnklnir In nil eighteen curs of moving
humanity, slopped for bulf nn boor. Tho men
were the most 111-formed, ill-shaped specimens
that tho writer over looked upon. There wns no
oppcnraiioo whntuver of fiitollfirciico In tho men.
and they belontr, without doubt, to the lowest
(ilium of humanity. Tho women wore deformed,
homely, and untntelllKcnt also, and the children,
the offspring of thesu orudo- people, were terri
bly misshapen. The beads or many havo grown
town enormous sue, tbe limbs art* crooked, and
there woro a largo number of dwarfs. Tho en
tire Tldworo low of stature, and bad no spare
llesb. They wore packed togotbor in tho emi
grant oars, and soumod to buvo do souse what
ever of deconoy.
itlstlcs about teach
turcsL It gives (bo
os for (be payment
Tun following lit
ors* wages Is not wit
expenditure of varl
of tcnoborsdurlmr
latof flttt
tbuutlut
luua olUc
laatyoor
CUfor.
27,Ml
40,700
mum*
uu.ieo
UO.OUQ
44,000
21. WO
1111,1107
« em,m
i,(mi.ia
2,218,7WJ
618,201
688,0 w
aui.uoi
2S7,Uk
i.oui.om
Han Francisco
Huston
Now Y0rk.........
Cincinnati,,.......
Hi. Louis
Chicag0.,,,,,,.,..,
Washington
Philadelphia.
Not contented with disfiguring tho streets
with tholr bare, stiff, and unsightly polos, the
Telephone Company In Jersey City begun out*
ting down the shade trees wherever these Inter*
fered with tholr operations. Tho ottlsons had
the moo arrested, but the Sergeant pf tho Police
discharged thorn. Wbou they began again tholr
work of destruction too oltUens uarao to the res*
cue with their shotguns ana drove them pff. It
will now bo decided who has a right to tho shade,
trees in tho strooi. Every ollUon who knows
tho beauty they add to bis own city, will stand
upforshado trees, and will cry down with tho
poles rather than down with tho trees.
Tiißitß Is a great building boom lit lower
New York, tho demand for ollloos far exceeding
the supply.. Well ported ronbostate agents do*
alaro that such activity lu building has not been
known there since tho groat tiro of ISIS, Tho
old five and six story.bulldlngs aro now dwarfed
by glgantlo structures which run up to ton and
twelve stories, Tho elevator Is the promoter of
tall buildings, and (be elevated railroads are tho
main causes of (be recent concentration of
business to the lower end of Manhattan Island,
In fact the groat city is changing rapidly, and Is
taking on more and more tho aspect of the largo
Continental Capitals.
Ybsteuday Qon. Sheridan was mot at
Cboyonne, Wyo., by the olheers and civilians
who arc to compose his party on the trip to the
Yellowstone country, Ills companions are Col*
M. V. bheridan, Qeo,W, H. Btrpng, Qom polos
U. Bucket,- Cspt, Gregory, Mr. Bamuel Johnson,
and Mr. E. Bbvldoo. Prom Cboyonne the pony
proceeds to Port Kinney, and thenco through
the Ulg Horn Mountains to the Yellowstone,
from which detours will bo made to adjacent
park#.. U Is on tho program to explore some
sections never yot visited by white men. The
party will return to Chicago via the Northern
Paclßo,
Tub New York Cotton, alluding to the
splendid prospects In store for Texas as a pro*
duoer of oouoo, stales that all its advices from
Western Texas agree that tho opening up of the
vwaW by the new railroads has verhed a rove*
lutlon in men's minils ns to tho adaptability of
those enormous expanse* of country for suc
cessful cotton culture. It I* found thnt, far
from being almost n deserl, the land Is n* tortile
and well-watered ns ntiy In the Booth. (It I* tho
west half that In a desert; tho onat sldo Is welt
watered.] Texas Is only waiting for men to
produce 10,000,000 bales per annum In Us own
limits."
Tim Boston Journal thinks people %yl!|
learn to speak more respectfully of tho Now
Kngland ollmato after a while. "Last winter
wo escaped tho severe weather and heavy snow*
storms which blockaded business and occasioned
great suffering In tho West; in tho spring wo
were not deluged by groat freshets, as wore tbo
Western and Middle States, and tip to date wo
have escaped tbo Intense bent which has carried
people off by tbo hundreds lu the Western cities
and has plagued tho people of London, Paris,
and llarlln for a fortnight. Grumble as wn may,
wo have by no moans tbp worst climate In tho
world." ■
Tub Imports of Canada wore less than the
exports last year for the' first time In the his
tory of tho country; and the latter were greater
than over bcforooxcoptin 1879 and 1874. Tho total
exports were (87,011,458, and tho total Imports
(80,480.747. Tbo trade of tho Dominion with
Groat Ilrltatn was (80,907,380, an Increase of
(19,018,500 over that of 1870, and tho trade with
tho United States was (03,000,857, a falling nIT of
(8,307,809 from that of 1870. It Is a discouraging
sign that tradu between tbo Dominion and tbo
United Btntos should bo falling off. Thoyaro
neighbors and natural markets for each other.
Howard Carroll, of thcNow York Times,
says that Gen. Hubert 0. Hchonck, " now racked
with pain, spends most of bis timo upon a sick
bod." Ho adds that “Gen. Bohouok bas, all
things considered, been more abused than any
man who has occupied equal position In tho eyes
of tbo American people; but no man can any
with truth that bo over tnado personal prolit
from bis public positions, or that bo over failed
to nerve his Government, constituents, and tbo
Union, which bo loves so well, faithfully, con
scientiously, untiringly, and with all thoforco
of bis deep, strong, energetic nature."
{Says the St. Raul Press of July 38; Re
ports of tbo condition of tho wheat on tbo vari
ous divisions of tbo Chicago, tit. Paul, MUino
a polls & Omaha Hoad aro not encouraging to any
but tbo bulls. On tbo lino of that road In Cen
tral Minnesota n fair ylold Is expected. On tbo
Sioux City Division. In tbo southwestern suction
of tbo State, tho reports aro generally that tbo
crop will bo a light ono. Further west tho re
ports arc'•more oncouroglng, wbllo on tbo East
ern and Northern Divisions In Northern Wiscon
sin tbo reports aro more favorable.
The London Tclcuraph, In demanding re
form In tbo matter of tbo eburobos In tbo City
of London which aro under tho Jurisdiction of
tho Established Church, montlAis that lu many
Of them tbo clergy "travel from tbo West Hod
onco a week to proocb, to beadles, porters, and
bedesmen, u few bought sermons in a style that
they nultboruppreuluto nor understand," When
tbo English people begin to go down doap Into
tbo abuses of tbo Establishment, tboro will soon
bo disestablishment.
11. L. Kimuai.l, IMructor-Ooncral of tho
International Cotton Exposition, which Is to bo
opened at Atlanta, Qa., In Outobor, has Issued a
circular to those wbo Intend to place goods upon
exhibition, announcing that In view of tbo as
sured financial suneoas of tbo Exposition It has
been resolved to rescind tbo ruto which required
a payment of so much for every square lout of
spaoo occupied upon tbo tloor, and to mako tbo
fco of (£> lor entry the only oburgo against ex
hibitors.
At tho tlmo of Judge OlllTortl’s death the
Supremo Coy rt was thus constituted:
Morrison it Walto, of Ohio, Fourth District,
Chief Justice.
Nathan Clllford, Mnino, First District.
Ward Hunt, Now York, Second District.
William U.AVooda, Alabama, Third District.
Joseph F. Hrudloy, New Jersey, Fifth District
Stanley Matthews. Ohio, Sixth District
John M. Harbin, Kentucky, Seventh District
Samuel F. Miller, lowa, Eighth District.
Stephen J. Field, Cullfornlu, Ninth District
Mil Sciiuhz, editor of tho itaeirinf/ Post ,
wgs fur years a resident of Washington, and be
imyss "Tbo summerollmalo and nttQos*phoro of
Washington Is probably as bad as any in tbo
world for u severely wounded man who has been
In constant fever for nearly a month to bo ex
posed to." This fuot is generally understood, and
adds much to tho popular distress and anxiety,—
tho muro so that Ills one oftlbo perils from
which no skill or euro can guard the President
An Invention for easing the strain on
bones In starting horao-cara has boon in six
months' successful service In Boston. A little
pedal ’ touched by tbo driver's foot puts tbo
dovluoiutu operation. It connects tho tongue
of tho our with it levor, which operates a lulebot,
taking bold of a uogwhoel on tbo axle, thus oaa*
lug the dead pull nearly ono half.
While a young lady of Jamestown, N. V.,
whs bathing in Chautauqua Lake tho other day
an impertinent turtle seized her by tho oar. Her
screams brought friends to her assistance, or
shu would have certainly been drowned; but tho
turtlo’sgrlp was like a bulldog's, and after Its
bead h&d boon cutoff It took ten minutes to pry
tho Jaws apart.
Col. Silas Bond, while out rabblt-hunl*
lag, alMontlcello, Cal., last week, eatnoupona
largo California lion. Ho llrod at It, when the
beast rondo directly for biro, but bo struck out
for homo and distanced tbo animal. Ho re
turned with help, and, finding It desperately
wounded, dispatched IU
Tub Montreal correspondent of tho To*
ronto Globe says that Montreal's grain trade is
nearly 8,000,000 bushels behind that of last year
to tbo sumo time. Evidently tbo sumo causes
wbloh affect tho trade ot tho Erlo Canal oro also
felt by tbo Wolloud, ■
ill
|5«
PERSONALS.
During tho year 1880 there wore 1,030 ropre*
sontattouß of plays by Bhakspcaro in German
theatres.
two
078
BU
Kid
026
TUI
CM
460
(24. M.
81,711
91 .M
hum
15.U8
14.07
Jfi.o7
9.01
Tho FIJIs call their doctors “ carpenters of
death." Tho Fljls oro not so barbarlo as people
imuglno.
"Freedom shrieked when Kosciusko fel
but in my case tbo old girl was painfully sltont
—/f. Coupling.
Thu Captain of a bicycle club committed
suloldo In Boston tho other day. Things aro bo
ginning to even up.
Since tho discovery of tho boxes of dyna
mic at Liverpool European mothers-10-law
aro becoming uneasy. . . . .
M. Fnvro’s Idea of stored energy Is not
now. A St, Louis man has a mother-in-law who
has been ueaf and dumb for ton years. .
Mr. Noyes, the retiring American Minister
to Franco, has declined a complimentary bon*
quet tendered him, and the foot of bis being an
Ohio man Is seriously doubted.
It la proposed In Loudon to start a Brown*
fug Society for the study and discussion of the
works of tbo poet Browning, and tho publica
tion of essays on them and extracts from works
Illustrating them.
The only form of oath among the Shoshone
Indians .is, "Tho earth bears mo. Tbe sun
boars mo. Shall I lie?" It Is very sad, but the
untutored child of the everglades generally
stops hunting bugs In bis hair long enough to
toll the lie.
Mr. Ethvorci lilohardsun, of i Now Orleans,
is said to be probably the wealthiest cotton
planter in the world. His poMosslons aro esti
mated at (8,000.000. Mr. E. J. Osy, a planter and
owner of a sugar refinery, Is another rlob Louis*
lanlant he bas from three to four millions,
Tbeso aro the two wealthiest men In Now Or*
leans, « .
U the jcntleman at Urn other end o£ the
cable know We business be would tend every
Sunday a dispatch stating that" durloff the pkal
week seven plot* avalnst the life o( the Osar
weredlscoverod." Instead of notifying tbo peo
ple ou this side of Ibe water every day that " *
plot ayainat the Ufe of the Our wu discovered
yesterday."
Gem Garibaldi recently completed bla 74th
year, and many telegrams of congratulation
were received by him on that day, which was
July 4* He was especially pleased by a depute*
Ugn sent to blm la (be ewulng of July i) by tbo
simple folk of ibe Islet of Usddaleue, near
whom, pa b|a Uapror* rook, he bos, in bis latter
years* nude his tUed abode. She leader of the
deputation made n short address to the hero of
Italian unity, jyho, In reply, thanked thorn foi
Uiolr good wishes, and disclaimed that tho trltZ
ulo was paid to his own person, being, ho mm
paid rather to tha senthnent* he htnl n U a „
manifested: his person was “worth no n, O „
than any other." 1
Cease, my Hwochcnrl, cease Miy iloulitlng
Hay not vow* are Idly spoken: *
Though thy lips look lovely limiting,
They were made for nwcoter token.
For thy smile my heart Is walling,
' For thy love-look sad and sighing,
For thy kieses, tupiHloutnig,
For thy passion, faint and dying.
A I’arla paper has tho following: •» Th«
President of one of our Joint stock eomtiiniM
recently discovered that hl«corres|iomlinj C |- r u
bad fur some Unto been embezzling the Com
pony's money. To avoid scandal ho w r «to hhi
anoto asking him Income to hh private nniw
and clearly lotting him see that his tnisconduM
bad been discovered. lie Inadvertently J
dressed tbo noto, not to tho delimiucnt, but-in
bis Cashier. Tbo Cashier Instantly obeyed 7hn
summons,and,smini|ng, hasped: ‘ I hnvoonir
taken (30,000; hero are bank-notes for tlo.rrrt;
give mo ton weeks, and I will repay tliolmiamJ
Tho President rubbed hi* hands gleefully W h,l
tho Cashier rotroatod, and thought or the pro*,
prb, ‘Killing two birds with one stuim.’ n o[ )
going to. write to his eorrospuudtng clerk to!
day."
A Berlin dispatch to tho London TUm
July 15, sayai" A student of law at honn btt
Just been killed In a duel, and anutticr Is m c ,
bnpolcsly wounded tboro In tho hospital. It n
only a few days since a student hero In ncrlin
bad hi* nose slashed clean olf In an unarraorcJ
sabre contest, end aonrooly n week passes but
wo bear of some such brutality (often ending in
death) committed at one or other of tbn aernun
universities. Yet tho authorities wink st iaeh
things, and take no serious pains to abolish this
degrading and disgraceful practice. There u
nothing which Prince Dlsmarck could do to ele
vatn and purify the character of tbo ucadonle
youth of tbo Fatherland—lf that were within
bis province—that would have half so much
elloot as a law forbidding dueling at tho uni.
versltloa; but perhaps It wore too much to «•
poet ibis of a man who Is Jdmsctr tbo hero or
thirty youthful ductal
Col. Richard Price Morgan, Hr., tho veter
pn civil engineer of tbo United States, now re*
siding In Dwight, 111., is 01 years old ta-dsr,
Cot. Morgan's general health is excellent, ao4
his mental powers are preserved In a most re
markable Uegreo. Ho Is at present oogsgsd
actively In oonsldoratlou of tbo means (bat nnr
bo employed to solve Chicago's vital problem
of water and sowcrago. It is but two yem
elDOoCo). Morgan, upon tbo Invitation of tbs
New York Hoard of Trodu and Transportation,
personally examined and made tin estimate o|
tbo cost of reproducing tho properties of tin
New York Central & Hudson Ulvcr Uallroai
This cstlmata was obtained for tbo parpen
and used buforo tbo celebrated " Hepburn Cora
m 11100” of tbo Legislature of Now York. It
was generally published In tbo papers of flew
York City, and tbo Taels us to cost which It con.
tnlnod contributed largely to promote ibi
“paralleling" railway system now In vogue.
King Louis of Ravaria Is staying, under
tbo namo of tbo " Count von Herg," at a villa w
tbo Luko of tbo Four Cantons In Switzerland,
He has hired a steamboat all to himself and
steams about tbo lake tbo greater port of the
night, listening to his favorlt airs played upon
lift Alplno born bytmo of his retainers on shore.
Lato ono evening ho arrived at tbo famousTeH’i
Chapel accompanied only by u couple of lackers.
Tho boor for admission hud long passed and the
sturdy Switzer in charge of tbo building was at
supper. Ono of tbo .King's servants said to
him, " Tbo Count von Horg wishes to aue the in*
turlor of (be Ted's Cbopcl." "It is rather late,"
answered tbo keeper, " but if tbo Coma will wait
till 1 have dono my supper, I will bring the key,”
Tbo servant went back to bis bavarian Majesty
with this reply, and tbo King had to wait nearly
twenty minutes before tbo hungry republican
bad finished bis supper. At last be came down
to tbo shore of tbo lake with n Jovial "fiood
evening, Herr Count." Tbo Indignant monarch
made no auswer, but wheeled round ami turned
bis Itoyul back to tbo obnpcl-kcepor's face, "to,
bol” said tbo descendant of Toll, '* that Is aliens
gets," and bo coolly turned round and walked
back up tho slope to bis bouse.
PUBLIC OPINION.
Cincinnati Enquirer: ‘lt has come lobes
question now whether tho Indians shall kill ilia
white manor I ho whlto nmit kill tbo liutiim. Tbero
oughttn oa no hositntlon In limiting ft choice.
JtOt tbo Government withdraw Clio army, out ol
the supply of boot and blankets. quit omutto*
treaties with cutthroats, and keep canting Lorn
mlsslonors at home, uml tho frontiersmen «iu
.soon settle tbo Indian quesuon.
Now York i/pmfrl; It U apparently thi
opinion of French statesmen that tho countdei
ot Northern Africa contiguous to the French
colonies tboro nro properly subject to occupy
nation with a colonizing Intention; and we can*
not see that chore Is any dllforonco In this re
spect between them and Basuto band, while
certainly civilization and government burn
moro distinctly lapsed in those countries tbsam
n region peopled by tho warlike and solf-notp*
ful Boors.
Cincinnati Gazette (Hep.); At Is Importanl
that President Garfield should have tbo aupport
of Congress throughout bis term. If the Demo*
orate should carry Ohio next October they would
so gerrymander tho State as to give thoir party
fourteen out of tbo nineteen Con»re»»raeOj
That would bo aulOolont to change the poMUui
complexion of Congress. Tho lossof Ohio, there
fore, would bo anythiug but comforting ne»» •?
curry to tbo President from his own State on u*
night of tbo election.
Springfield Itepuhltcan (1ml.):
thinks Itsolf strong enough, who can doubt uim
the Mormon Church will defy tho United Swim
onco again? Tho cheek of legislation, aharpi/
enforced, roust bn applied speedily, or lhor ° *
bo no escape from more serious measures, n i
true that tbero Is no possibility that tbo .mr*
mous should bccorao strong enough m .
lu maintaining themselves against ibo 1 ,
Btutos, but it Is mure than possible Uttt u“J
should bo puffed up by their long nmnuuuy
think they wero so.
St, Louis Oloh&Dmocrat (Kcp.): IfJJ
said by several newspapers that Mr. lodsiim
has declared that ho wonld not accept a P oi ‘ u °
on the Supreme Bench. Wo do not believe to
Mr. Conkllog is not In tbo habit of acchoinl
positions before tboyaro tondored *° f'®* . h
would, bowevor, bo an act of magnanimity™
tbe country would appreciate If
should make tbe offer. Next to Mf.
wo would like to seo Judgo Cooley, of Mich'Q
appointed to tho vacancy, out the New Kng‘“ #
people will probably demand that ft » n »
shall sucoeod a Yankee. The", bow would
utor Edmunds, ot Vermont, lUUho bllir
Now York Times (llcp.): The
of legislative bodies to evade tbe Constu
under wbloh thoy act when tho interest s
borsls Involved bas rocolvoda check in
sylvunla. Tho Legislature of that state p
In 1874 a law wbloh gave members eoiupflo* 4
for perlqos beyond tho 100 days for *
the OoDslltutlnn intended that they sb
paid, The last session was uverylmige ■
tbe claims under tho law of 18*4 were
Tho AUoraoy*Qeuoral gave an tW
tbo session that the law giving P«f %Vniauar
100 days wits unoonsllluflonajj and the w
was speolHeally referred by Jh° ha! Ju"
tbe Court of Dauphin Count*. n u AUflrnV
rendered a decision sustaining the a»j
Uonerel. As tbe purpose of the tons' i
evidently was to remove all l"^ ul ku corr«*
Legislature to prolong Its i“£?■»**“[,
Uou of recent practice will hu* o a goou
Cleveland Herald (lloi*,): No
Demooratlo asndldato Is thought to {w
bis faith and solid in bis party siandtoj e(Cf
has called -on bis Uncle Samuel, of ‘, oo a*
Park, As soon as Mr, Thomas Bwlng
luated two years ago ho took a »» “ * ittl r .
York, and was closeted for i ««ny hou'« uie j
Tildon, Our Undo ttlobard, ot I ork
often to bio himself toward tnosamo ttol . a u.
now Mr. John W. Bookwaltor Is the »“ * Mr .
Mr. TUden's methods have been > tot
UookwuUer’smethod*. H J» MrJI'* 1 '*
that the young fox has taken his um"" o( tun*
den haiUbumau from which pdduetj* oa |
self wero sent to Democratic ncw»P^ (r
before tbe day of nominationJu■ h""*.i , D ,ioi.<
had agents in all seotlonsof , ai* ,*««.
orlor to tbe Convention, w° rll i} l Si<iu Mr. H o "**
Bookwaltor bad agents all W
had olaquora lu moCouvuoilo". *m lQ
nomination was tbo direct /\f u ” r 0 a ‘ (|di( u |
mentof ao much hard c*»h, are , t , r elcnp 1 /
known to the country. Mr. columns
cut the tit. Louis plan down *o
That bo should now go JSJSacibjwl***
time of real trouble and daogorsocia*
, most ogturd thing in (bo world*