Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-04-07

Iron is an article of such universal
use that an increased demand for It's
production is one of the sure evidences
of reviving confidence in the financial
condition of the country.-NeU YorA
Sunday Mercury.
The Southern Pacific was built with
money earned out of the Central Pa.
citic; that money should have been frs,
devoted to payment of Central Pacific's
obligations to Government and other
creditors. Orleans Pcayune.
Health is in fashion. Girls no longer
pride themselves upon painfully pinched
feet, spider-like waists, and breakfast
appetite which can compass nothing
more than a sip of coffee and d crumb
of foast.-Minnd Caroline Smith in
outing.
As it is, too many of us are too sleepy
headed, wire-necked, slab-sided, stiff
kneed and leaden-shot to be anything
but hewers of wood and drawers. Of
water for our more energetic neighbors
the New Euglanders.-Haiifar IN.
S.) Critic.
As matter of fact racing is purely a
rich mans sport, and one which poor
man had better leave alone, as without
the constant attendance of good luck or
q resort to questionable methods, it will
speedily absorb his capital.-The Spirit
Of the Times.
There has already been paid to the
c. p. Company more than enough OF
the peoples money to complete the Pa
cific Railway. There is little confidence
in the road that has been built and less
in the company that is building it,
Hamilton (Ont.) Erening Times.
Jim Keene has cleared $500, 900 by
fortunate stock speculations, and is on
his feet once more. 1t is strange that
Jay Gould should start South a-pleas-
uring before getting hold of this half
million. 1t is an oversight of which he
is rarely guilty.-Rttsburg Commercial.
Our young Americans are such an
astOnishingly clever set, and are so full
of high-strung energy. that they are in
constant danger of carrying their
amusements too far. Everything In the
recreational line tends toward the ''ex-
pert and the professional. Mime
apohis Tribune.
We are told by various contemporary
les that the newspapers make too much
of the Anarchist talk in the United
States. We do not think so. 1t is a
crime to promulgate such doctrines, and
the law ought to make it so. These
,ipers have been allowed too much IL
Gense.-Mobile Register.
On bright summer morning, with
the sun shining and the breeze gently
blowing, and the birds singing. and the
brooks warbling, and all dumb crea-
lures evidently sympathizing in their
way in the grand hilarity. does it not
seem as if nature itself were keeping
holiday.-Ihe Standard.
1t is stated. though upon no particu-
lar authority, that some of the new
summer resort hotels, will be built upon
palatial plan, and that some of the
higher-priced rooms will be so large
that guest can change his shirt with
out striking the wall on either side
Eigin. (HL) Every Saturday.
why" asked the Turkish states
man. '.should England have applied to
Italy rather than to us?" Partially,
perhaps, for the reason that when q
burglar, having entered a house by
stealth, finds himself in conflict with the
police, he does not call the landlord to
his assistance. York Herald.
Emile lola is thought to be the most
successful of living authors, so far as
financial returns are concerned. His
income from his literary work has av-
eraged about sixty thousand dollars q
year for the past five years. This, de-
spite the efforts of several Governments
to suppress the circulation of his works.
A new illustrated comic weekly is
about to be established in New York
City. The proprietors state that it will
be entirely unlike other comic weeklies.
They are to be commended for this de-
termination. While imitation may be
the sincerest form of aattery, it is an
abominable thing in journalism.-7He
Current
The growth of the Free School in
popular favor has had sstriking demon
stration in Berlin. In 1882, 122,09S
children received gratuitous instruction
as against So. in 1872. while only
"a, SAG, or % in 100, children paid for
instruction in 1888, as against 33,993,
or 80 in 100, in 1872. At the pres
ent time about four-fifths of the Berlin
children are educated at public expense.
The benefactions which Senator STAN
ford is now said to have determined
upon are: the founding of great Uni
versity in California, with tributary col
leges and high schools; the erection of
public museum in San Francisco, and
the establishment of an institution in
the same city on the plan of Cooper
Union in New York. 1t is to be hoped
the great millionaire's aims may not be
thwarted when his will is brought be-
fore the California courts.-The Cur
rent