Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-02-07

frsres In London or New York. There
Is the Kolnisehs zeitung. for example.
which has still its head Office in the old
Rhenish city, though 1t ID q Berlin jour.
nal to all intsnts and purposes. Its war In.
t.lligsnes during the Franco-G herman
war was admirable: its foreign CORE
pondsncs is invariably excellent. and its
leading articles are lucid, pointed and
closely reasoned. But Its most con-
~spicuous features are It's reporting and
distribution. II has its staff Of short.
hand writer's In . gallery in the Cham.
bers at the capital. who relieve each
other every ten minutes; and the notes
Of each reporter are flashed Immediately
along the electric wires to Cologne.
There they arc printed and published IN
time for dispatch BY the night train, and
the paper circulatss in Berlin In time to
DO laid on the breakfast tables. The
number Of home subscribers has in.
creased In ten or twelve years from
about ~, 900 to 26. 0C0-av very crsditabls
total for Q country like Germsny-snd .
separate edition is published besides for
transmission to foreign countries. More
significant still Of tho growing interest
in public affairs Is the state Of things in
Southern Germany. Before l8i8. with
the exception Of the Government Gd,eae,
there was no political newspaper in
Vienna. In 1860 there were over 100
journals OF one kind or another, while
in the Exhibition year. before the Auan.
cisl crash. according TO figures in the
official statistics, they had increased to
355.
The condition Of Italy just now Is
reported to be very sad. and yet this Is
only the beginning Of the winter. Tbs
harvest was altogether deficient; the
Indian corn. on which a large part OF
the population mainly depends for food,
was almost q total failure; the potatoes
are diseased and very bad and dear; the
chestnuts. which are the chief staple oil
food In the billy districts. were q poor
crop; and now N winter. unusually
early and unusually severe, preventing
all outdoor work. At Faeuza there have
been bread riots and the military had to
DO called out. At Ravenna the bakers
| shops have been sacked by bands oil
| hungry peasants; at Ssrmide like scenes
have occurred. and almost every day
brings news from the provinces OF peo-
pie clamoring for bread and employ.
ment; all the work that can be found
for them IL that Of clearing away the
snow. In Rome the number Of begsars
Is very much On the increase. A soup
| kitchen has been started through clsr.
iosl charity, and this will no doubt slim.
ulats the Liberals to some action. but II
is the rural districts that suffer most.
Close observers have not failed to
remark that Prince Bismarck's policy
has often been guided by his W per-
| soual sympathies and antipathies. Thus,
for instance. his anti.Austrian policy
before 1866 resulted to . great extent
from the humilistions be had suffered at
the time when he was Prussian Minister
ut Frankfort, and tho GOODNESS OF his
relations with Prince Gortschako6 dates
from the diplomatic incidents In 1875.
The same Is the case In his interior pol.
icy. n. de Bismarck never forgets or
iorgives an injury. but he pursues his
enemies with the most extraordinary
tenacity. even when they arc placed on
the lowest steps Of tho social ladder.
Thus, for instance, seamstresses or or.
gan.grindsrs have been prosecuted and
condemned for offsnsss against the
Chancellor, and moro than 5000 journ.
alists in Germany have been. at his
request, prosecuted and punished. He
takes care that the political prisoners are
treated as harshly as possible. and has
them treated exactly as common crimi.
nails. Clergyman. editors. noblemen
are set to gum paper bags, make papier.
machs cigar cases and similar insipid
occupations. They can only see their
friends and relations rarely. and always
in the presence OF Q prison official. while
no account is taken OF their health.
When the editor Of tho Gemdnia, Herr
Majunke. . clergyman aud = member Of
the House Of Deputies, was condemned
at the instance Of the Prince to ono
years imprisonment in the prison OF
Ploetzensee, although he was In very
weak health and medical certificates
showed that the state Of his lungs could
not stand the breathing Of the hot air
with which this prison IL heated during
the winter, he could not obtain permits
sion to be transferred TO another prison,
but had to remain, making artificial
flowers, and not one OF the wardens dared
show him the least kindness for fear Of
rousins the anger and revenge OF the
Chancellor.
Last week va had several consecutive
days Of incessant and heavy snowfall,
naturally causing some disturbances in
the local traffic and circulation. But
throughout the city. during the ten.
porary calamity, the clearing and
carting away was msgni6cently done. /
would not have believed Il possible. and
in truth. ! never before witnessed q
similar performances 90 remarkably go.
through with. Besides the personal Of
the street car company with their Amer
lean sweeping machines and the men Of
the municipal health department. there
must have been many thousands Of in
dividual brooms by command" In oper.
alton, for II seemed a. II the more they
swept and toiled and carted the thicker
fell the sparkling snow. For once I take
my hat Oh and make my bow. In dutiful
admiration, to the civic authorities. for
I think I have had my full share Of
grumbling and fault finding for the last
year or two. There was evidently Q
party at the helm Of the sweeping de-
partmeut who is fully conscious Of the
eject Of . well drilled body Of municipal
sweepers. LOUIS.
II Is Just tbirty.four years since .