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Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16
Insanity in ENGLAND.

The subject of insanity has recently
been receiving II good deal of discussion
IN the east, whore the evidence Of the
increase OF lunacy is most %aboundant,
and the matter is really one OF general
interest, in view of the statistics show
ing that insanity is everywhere increas-
ing. A report just issued by the Brit
ish commissioners in lunacy shows
that, Notwithstanding the vastly inn
proved methods of treatment, lunacy is
on the increase in England, and that
the disease attacks n disproportionate
number of poor people, among
whom, it is believed, the lack of
food is a pr~edisposing cause. This
development is interesting us an Incl
dental proof of the wisdom of placing
lunacy and charity under the oversight
of the same board, as is done in some of
the states in this country. II must be
obvious fJom the experience in England
that n OF the most effective prevent
ives of insanity is al efficient system of
public charity.
Not the least interesting feature Of
the English report refers to the great
change that has taken place within the
present generation in the treatment of
the insane. The barbaritie3 formerly
procticed in the asylums are no
longer possible. Another instructive
fact presented is that the latest
results of investigation go to establish
the superiority of the hospital over the
asylum, at all events in the earlier
stages of insanity. 1t is coming to be
more and more believed that in very
many instances q speedy cure can be
effected if the patient is treated prop
erly and promptly. Asylums are there
fore giving place to hospitals, as in the
| case of the conversion of the institution
| In old London known for ages as Bed
lam, a historical mad house that has
been the scene OF more horrors and
barbarities than perhaps any other
structure in the world.
While very marked progress has
been made in England in
the study of insanity in
all its forms and phases, and a very
great improvement made in the treat
ment of the insane in this country, or at
leastin several of the states. the advance
in both respects has been quite as great,
and the subject is still receiving in both
countries the most careful study. De-
spite the enlarged wisdom and greater
humanity, however, insanity is increas
ing. and it perhaps remains for the
philosopher, rather than the scientist
and philanthropist, to point out the way
to check its growth.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16
The Promise OF Prosperity.

fHtulJtITNt IttCDTu.
Whatever the actual yield may have been,
is evident from the acknowledged deficiency
in the wheat and rye crops of Europe that a
sufficient demand is assured to market it at
higher average prices than have been real
lied for several years past. The country
may be able to spare q few millions of bush
els more toward making good the shortage
in English and French crops than the statis-
ticians had previously calculated, but the in
crease is not likely to be sufficient to materi-
ally affect the worlds markets. The facts
that we snail nave more wheat than was ex-
pected, and that the corn crop, which prom
lses the largest yield on record, is now about
out Of danger from frost, should give fresh
impetus to the wheels of trade and industry.
The big crops will swell the receipts of the
railroad companies, enlarge the volume of
foreign exchanges, and increase the purchas-
ing power of the earnings of the agricul-
tural classes, to the advantage of business
all over the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16
The Sea Breeze.

fsNt'' " 'fFNNNf ~ 'R'ts
Hung on the easement that looked DER the
main,
Fluttered a scarf of blue;
And Il gay bold breeze paused to iutter and
tease
This triile of delicate hue.
''You are lovelier far than the blue skies
are"
He said with a voice that sighed;
"You are fairer to me than the beautiful
sea;
Oh, why do you stay here and hides"
''You are wasting your life in this dull, dark
room;''
And he fondled her silken folds.
'O'er the easement lean but a little, my
queen,
And see what the great world holds!
How the wonderful blue of your matchless
hue
Cheapcns both sea and skyl
You are far too bright to be hidden from
sight,;
Come, fly with me, darling, fy!"
Tender his whisper ad sweet his caress,
Flattered and pleased was she;
The arms of her lover lifted her over
The easement out to sea;
Close to his breast she was fondly pressed,
Kissed once by his laughing mouth;
Then dropped to her grave in the cruel wave,
And the wind went whlstling south.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16
DImihu,iye Missouri PeopIc.

Kansas City Times: At Cassville,
Barry county, | became acquainted
with Samuel Gilmore, a farmer, forty
years Of ago, who is only two feet nine
inches tall and weighs forty-siX pounds.
He is n justice Of the peaceIand has been
for nine years. He own a farm OF 800
acres and looks after its management
himself. He has received offers from
showmen, but has refused them all, pre-
ferring to remain upon his farm. He is
married, his wife being Il medium-sized
woman, and has five children. At
Paris, the county seat of Monroe county,
| met two young ladies who are actually
bellies of the place and yet are more
children in size. The elder is now in
her twenty-second year and is two feet
eleven inches in height and weighs
.llfty-four pounds. Her sister is in her
eighteenth year aud weighs forty-one
pounds. She has long, light hair and
Is Just the size OF a six-year-old child.
They are really the handsomest little
women ] ever saw. They dress stylishly,
have classical educations, are accom-
Pushed musicians and have travelled
extensively. They come of q prominent
and well-known family and their father,
who is now dead, was n man over six
feet tall. Their mother is a woman OF
Medium size.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16
The nebraska Kennion.

The annual encampment and reunion
of the Grand Army of the Republic in
Nebraska will begin tomorrow at
Kearney. All the signs point to an ex-
~ccptionally successful gathering Of our
veterans. Large additions have been
made to the rosters of the posts during
the past year.. The selection of u site
Is fortunate in being central and read
lily accessible. In addition the summer
camp of the regular army is now in pro-
gress at Kearney. a large attendance
and an interesting meeting thus seems
to be assured.
Nebraska possesses more than the
usual proportion of veterans of
the late war. Still IL territory,
when the rebellion broke out, she
contributed largely of her ~able-bodied
ons to the ranks Of the volunteer SOL
diery. At the end of the war, her free
lands and agricultural resources then
undeveloped, attracted thousands of the
boys in blue to her homesteads and farm
lands. There is scarcely a state, and
few regiments, which do not find repre-
sentativcs to-day in the roster of Ne
braska's Grand Army, and each one of
these recurring events finds its most
pleasant feature in the old friend
ships there revived and the mem
DRY of old scenes recalled by the
reunion of comrades long separated.
1t is of more than passing interest to
note that the commanders of the two
camps at Kcarney, both officers of the
regular army, rose to their present po-
sitions from the volunteers. General
Henry A. Morrow who will command
the Kearney reunion by invitation of
the Grand Army. entered the army
from a Michigan law Office, and won
successive promotions by %gallantry,
which has enrolled his name among the
most able of division commanders of the
ar. There is no more popular officer
among the volunteers to-day than the
witty and genial colonel OF the
Twenty-first infantry. His presence
assures a successful administration
and enjoyable camp fires. General
Brooke also climbed the ladder of pro-
motion through volunteer command and
won the way to the stars of a brigadier-
ship by his admirable volunteer service.
Both officers are in a position to co-oper.
ate with more than ordinary interest in
making the coming encampment what
will be perhaps the most memorable Of
any like event ever held in our state.
Every old soldier who can do sc
should be on hand at Kearney during
the coming week. The twin camps o
the regular army and the veteran vol
unteers will be we'll worth attending
But for those who cannot follow GU
their wishes in this respect THE Bel
will bring full daily reports Of the pro
ceedings.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16
n AND

King Milan, it is reported in Vienna, in
tends to divorce himself from Queen Natalie
by a royal edict, sanctioned by the Skupts-
china, and the Servian legislature.
Augustin Iturbide, grandson of the Colonel
Iturbide, who made himself a meteoric en-
peror of Mexico over fifty years ago, has just
been made colonel of the Seventh regiment,
the finest in the Mexican army.
Emperor William will visit Vienna at the
end of September. He will remain in the
capital for "A weeks round of reviews and
banquets. He will be accompanied by the
empress if her health permits.
Tho prince of Wales has given $3.50 to a
Roman Catholic charity in London, and Prin-
cess Louise of Lorne c~ontemplates going to
Rome soon. This has caused a great deal of
serious comment IN the London papers.
AT the Isle of Wight Agricultural society
recently Queen Victoria took three prizes
for farm horses, one for Jersey cattle, and
four for Down sheep, winning the champion
prize for the best ram and the reward for the
best pair of ewes.
The ex Empress Frederick will make a
quiet visit to her mother, Queen Victoria,
this month. She will not seek public recog-
milton in any way, and may go directly to Scot
land by sea, and JON her mother at Balmoral.
She is in fairly good health.
The king of Sweden is preparing a series
of elk hunts to take place in his forests next
month, and the prince of Wales, the crown
prince of Denmark, Prince Frederick Leo
pold of Prussia, Prince William of Nassau,
and the crown prince of Austria are expected
TO take part in them.
John Lester Murphy, Queen Victorla's pri-
waite telegrapher, has been highly compli-
| mented by her majesty. When at Windsor
| lately she said he was 1.-THE only man of sense
in the house. " the prince of Wales and Henry
of BaUtenburg being at the time dwelling in
the imperial mansion.
The king of Spain not only has a hobby,
| but has Just had his portrait painted showing
him mounted upon 1t. His royal highness,
who will be 3 years old should he live until
| next May, is represented as a manly little
fellow, and he has the reputation of being q
very good little king.
The Empress Victoria is not a high church
| woman. In fact. her religious views are so
| exceedingly liberal that, as Labouchere says,
sit has been a matter OF speculation as to
whether she really held on religious subjects
| any special doctrines whatever" The other
members of the royal family are in very
| much the same condition, although the late
| Princess Alice, who was for several years a
decided freethinker, entirely altered her
| views, and became very devout in the few
years Just preceding her death.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16

Globe Democrat (rep.): The difference
between the republican and the democratic
doctrine on the tariff question is funda-
mental. 1t is not simply the difference be-
tween a Al per cent. tariff and a AZ per cent
tariff, but it is the difference between ad-
equate protection and no protection at all.
Cleveland Leader (rep.): This letter is a
comprehensive statement Of grand republic
can principles, original in conception, forci-
BILE in presentation, irrefutable in logic, and
convincing in a degree beyond that of any
public paper of the campaign. 1t exhibits a
mastery grasp not only of the principles in
volved, but of the details as well.
Kansas City Journal (rep): Benjamin
Harrison has more than met the expectations
of his most enthusiastic friends by his con-
duct since the nomination, and his letter
simply clinches his title to the honor and con-
fdence Of the American people. He is in
every essential a typical American. He is in
sympathy with labor, for few men have been
harder workers.
Chicago Tribune (rep J: General Har-
rison first takes up the tariff question, aud
he goes to tho heart of it without being
diverted by anything in his opponents mis-
slve. He shows that the issue is not Zone Of
schedules, but of principles" He points out
that the whole drift, tendency, purpose and
outcome of Cleveland's suggestions as inter
preted in the Mills bill are to bring about
ultimately the free importation Of foreign
competing goods. The democrats are not
aiming at "a revision of schedules; they are
attacking the principle of protection.
Pioueer Press (rep.): For clearness, can
dor and good temper, the letter of acceptance
of General Harrison bears favorable COM
parison with that of President Cleveland.
He meets the tariff issue sluarely and intelii-
gently. His attitude toward the existing
system of protective duties is asfar from the
blind and extravagant idolatry of the Chi.
cago platform as it is from the concealed and
hating, but unmistakable hostility of the
/, presidents letter. He stoutly maintains the
protection idea, under which American in.
dustry has thriven and the American work.
man prospered. He combats the theoretical
assumption of the president that the entire
amount of a duty is added to the domestic
price of the article, and points out that the
| logical conclusion from this IS a purely reve
nue. tariff, by which duties shall be levied
only on articles not produced in this country
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16

There is no foundation whatever for the
boosted predictions heard ut national head
quarters and elsewhere that Cleveland and
Thurman enjoy a fighting chance of carry
ing states hitherto reckoned as safe in the
republican schedule. Some fools in every
canvass think that talk of this sort is indis-
pensablc as a certificate of party loyalty. Far
from justifying the childish imaginings of
these clipper prognosticators, the returns
from those nothern states where there has
already been voting, prove that the advan-
tage is slightly with the republicans. The
story is the same in Oregon, Vermont, and
now in Maine. Where the republicans have
been strong, they are, if anything, stronger
in 1888 than at any former time Tor years
mat
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16
VOICE OF THE STATE PRESS.

The Plattsmouth Herald echoes bourbon
feeling all over the country when it says the
democrats are glad there are no more Sep
TENDER states"
THE editor Of this paper will vote for
Russell for presidential e~lector," says the
Schuyler Quill, "but every time we think Of
il we feel mean. II is enough to make a man
hate himself TO death to contemplate such an
act"
After reading the presidents letter of ac-
ceptance, the Grand Island Independent OK
CLAIMS: ''The dangers OF a second term
seem to have no terror in them for Grover
now, but then he perhaps realizes the fact
that the danger is not imminent"
Cass county will have Il county scat cleo
ton this fall, and the Weeping Water Eagle
screams; "a free ballot, a fair count, Iowa
voters at home, the B, & M. attending TO its
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16

IT is pleasing to have the authority
of so acute an observer and truthful
chronicler as Mr.. Labouchere for the
statement that the American girl has
almost entirely cut out the English girl
in the favor of the European public.
Tho reasons given for this are that
"she has more to say for herself, dresses
better aud hirts better" She is gem
orally looking for a husband with a
title, bat il she fails in this ''she thor
oughly enjoys herself provided that she
can manage to firt with royalty We
arc not quite sure that the satirical ed
itor OF Truth intended to be entirely
complimentary TO the American girl
abroad, but at any rate it is gratifying
TO know that she brooks no rivalry, at
least on the part OF her English sister.
Not only socially, but politically also,
the American girl appears to be stead
lily extending her influence in Europe,
and, we have no doubt everywhere, in
the direction Of improvement and
progress.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16

dent does not strengthen his position when
he proceees to the dissection OF the republi-
can platform. That deDlrtment of the cain
paign might have been left to the care of the
party orators and newspapers.
PHILADELPHIA Ledger Qud) is as a rule
friendly towards Mr.. Cleveland. 1t say of
his letter: "lf Mr.. Cleveland shall be 70.
elected it will BE- upon his clean and worthy
administration of the chief executive ohico,
not because OF his letter, and in spite of his
tariff message"
Boston advertiser (rep) says: Horace
Greeley wrote his letter in ten days, but Mr..
Cleveland has been trained by experience to
burn his first thoughts. AS was to be ex.
pected his letter is chiefly devoted to o
labored explanation of his message, and
panied rebuko of those prejudiccd partisaus
who dare TO mint that he has no respect for
the tariff.
New York Commercial Advertiser: The
presidents presentation of the matter is 80
clear, so simple and so conclusively right
that it must commend itself to every fair and
honest mind which is not carried away by n
selfish desire for unfair advantage or blinded
by unrcasoning partisauship. The arguments
he presents are precisely those which led
Garfield, Arthur, Folgcr, McCulloch, Henry
Wilson and Senator Sherman in years gone
by to reach the same conclusions that Mr..
Cleveland now reaches and to urge the policy
he urges.
Chicago Intor-Occan (rep): Mr.. Clcve-
lands last annual message was solely de-
voted to an attempt to make the issue be.
tween free trade and protection the line of
battle, but this letter, on the contrary, has
for its main purpose the diversion of popular
attention from the issue, and especially the
| creation of the impression that he is not so
much of u free trader as that message would
indicate. Herein he follows the same gem
oral line of policy as Judge Thurman, Con
gresham Mills and the democracy generally.
The courage of nine months oago has ooaed
away, and in place of "a bold front which was
then presented is the tremendous anxiety to
explain way the real issue of the campaign
and mystify it by descanting upon the evil of
raising a surplus revenue.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16
All Are Employees.

In a publication recently issued by
the Pennsylvania company occurs thii
paragraph: The employees of tho
Pennsylvania lines are compensated
sufficiently to make them self-rcspect-
ing and reliable, and are disciplined to
the highest standard. A powerful pre-
v~entive of discord is that men filling
the highest Offices are expected to con-
slider themselves employees as well as
the humblest. Subordinates are expect
cd to follow their instructions to the
letter, TO pay due respect to their supe-
riors, and at the same time superior
officers are required TO be considerate
and Just in intercourse with subordiD-
ates. All understand that they must
work together for tho common good OF
the service, and n personal interest NJ
the economical and effective working
the system is fOstered on every han
An evidence of this is the coal prerK
ium' plan. The allowance Of coal neces-
sary for fuel for an engine is placed at
u certain number of pounds per car per
mile. If an engine and fireman fill the
requirements Of the running schedule
with a less amount, they arc paid half
tho value Of the coal saved. III they ex-
ceed the allowance they are not charged
with the excess, but their conduct Of an
engine is examined with a view toward
Improvement"
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16

THE cranks are not all dead yet.
Some of them are c%lamoring to stamp
out the social evil in Omaha, as if there
was or could be q city OF one hundred
thousand population without the social
vice. These people mean we'll enough,
but they do not reflect that the only
effect of their crusade is to scatter and
spread the virus all over the city in
stead Of continuing it under police sur
VIGILANCE in the infected districts. II
is easy enough to repress vice, but an
other thing to stamp it out.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16
Character of the Campaign.

WVFIUTT TTTFW T WUTV TItTJtT'
There is less rancor and clamor in this
campaign than the last, but there is not less
feeling. The last was a contest of Goths and
Vandals; this is like a crusade in which the
triumph of n great cause is being fought for.
1t is full of courage, dignity, as BELTS a con-
tention in which are arrayed only sovereign
citizens of a free country. 1t is full, too, of
intelligence, education. AT the end of such
n campaign thoughtful minds will find this
reason for sltisfaction-that, no matter
which party win or lose, the victory was
achieved by the assertion at the polls of the
instructed thought and informed act of the
people themselves; that knowl edge and
reason, not passion or prejudice, prevailed.
A triumph 50 won should content even the
defeated.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16

TIE Honorable Patrick Ford, men,
Der of the council from the Third ward,
has been urged by his many friends to
consent to have himself nominated for
state senator on the democratic ticket.
Mr.. Ford has not yet intimated whether
he would be willing to serve the county
as efficiently as he has served this city
as n municipal legislator. Mr.. Ford
very naturally feels that the position is
beneath his aspirations and acknowl-
edged ability as a great debater and
statesman. THE BEE would take the
liberty Of suggesting that the honora-
BILE GO ntleman from the Third be
rendered the nomination for congress.
The democratic party in this district
has been looking for some time for a
robust candidate who could stand the
wear and tear OF the lower house in the
national legislature. Mr.. Ford is in
excellent health, and he is n hard
fighter. Such a man has been a long,
felt want in congress since the days OF
the lamented John Morrisey. To offer
Pat Ford anything less than the on
gressional nomination would be rank
injustice. When The BEE dominates
man in this district he generally gets
there.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16
Ultimate Failure.
Lippincotr's

HFHUFTFV'VV q
However much my arrows have fallen short,
Or swerved aside, or overshot that mark
Far-set, whose circles center but in Truth,
This is the desire-the one unfading dream
The hope of my young MANHOOD to stand,
So aim, so loose the tense eXpectant string,
That, at the last, each winged shaft may fly
Unto the heart of Truth unerringly.
Yet-though | soothe the sting of ill-success
With thoughts of Error, lurking in the grass,
Nursing a wound some wide-iown dart has
given
A fear dwells ever at my lnmost soul.
That, haply, ere my growing skill has won
The prize--Perfection-l may feel the bow
Break at full bend, or hear its worn cord
part,
Or find the qulver empty at my belt,
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16
The People aud the Pensioners.

81. Louis GlObc-D Democrat.
The people of this country do not look upon
the applicants for pensions as so many per.
sons who may be abused with ~impunity by a
democratic president who sent a substitute
to the war, and ~sympathizcd with secession,
and was sorry when Lee, instead of Grant,
surrendered at Appomattox. They cannot
be made to believe, under any circumstances,
that men who were equal to the highest eff
forts of patriotic courage and sacrifice when
the life of tho government was in danger are
now generally capable Of wronging that
government and degrading themselves by
acts OF criminal deception
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16
Fatal Fire at Cleveland.

CLEVELAND. o., Sept. 15.-An explosion
occurred at the mills of the National Milling
company early this morning. The mill took
fire and was destroyed, entalling a loss OF
$3.50, 900, on which there was an Insurance OF
SO, 900. There were eighteen men IN the mill
at the time of the explosion. One, Peter
German, persisted in the lanes Two others
were seriously injured. Seven others are
unaccounted for, and 1t is thought at least
three of them are dead in the ruins.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16
A First Water Fraud.

D,ddiU0Od Pioneer.
Consistency is a jewel, and President
Cleveland is a jewel of inconsistency. A
reviler of the press, he retains in his closest
confidence an old-time journalist, Dan La
mont; u scofrer at the reporters humble pro-
~fession, he illustrates in his letter that he
himself IS the greatest "faker writer on the
American continent.