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J - r = - w- * * --v THE BAIL ? BEE-OMAHA SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 16 , 1884. THE OMAHA BEE. Omnlin Oftlcc , No. Old Fartiixm 8U Council lUufTB OfflcoHNo. 7 Pcntl Street , Ncnr llrotulway. New York Ofltcc , Itoom O3 Trllmnc Building. _ _ _ _ _ PaWIshcd wtry nrrnlntf , eicept BuniUy The oal ) Moadny tnomtcgcUH ) . RHHI rr MAIL. On i Yflir . . . . .llOOOlThrea Wonthl.3.flO BUKontns. . . . . . * MJPno Month . 1.00 van vmstiT MI , rcsusiiRn avtnT WMPCTSDAY. tins Teat . , . . $2.00 1 Tlroo Month ) . 8 W HlxUontti * . . 1.00 I One Month . JO Am rt < xm Newt Company , tin la the United Statoj. . \ Coromuntettlonj rrfatlni ; to Nem unil MltoriM tbJr thnvM bo addtUBod to the KHITOR or Tin DM. mmnRM urrniM , All ntutnim tetters nd ItomltUnccs eVoulJ lie UdresMAtoTniilUi Pmuttilira OowriNT , < i liiv oralbi , ( Hunk * and rsstofllM orders to Ira nndo pay * Ma to-iho order olttio company. THE BEE PUBLISHING CO , , PROPS , E. IIOSEWATBR , Editor. A. II. Tllch. Mtnagcr Uillv ClrcuitHon , P. O. Box. 4S3 , Omaha , Noli. T < > rE Lincoln Democrat asks what Imn ibccorno ofFinch , anyway ? It is n very ilong time aiuco Mr. Finch has been soon 'in Lincoln. A duo AGO paper remarks that the itatssinanly form of 0110 gentleman at the central committee ) loomed up like a jack rabbit on n Nebraska prairie. I : THJ : spring trade promises to bo largo * < * in-volume ; whether it will prove profit > able remains to ba soon. The clouds are . breaking up , but the general situation calls for caution in business. Bix BUTI.UU hon n very extensive cor respondence with citizens of every wcot- cru states. There is said to bo a biu Duller presidential movement only awaiting organization to make it formid able. TIIE prestige of King Log depends upon his silence , and the Chicago NCIOH trusts apropos to Queen Victoria's re cent book , that royal personages who have not as yet written books will take warn ing mtimo. , STATESMAN VEST , of Missouri , goes in heavily for removing the Flathcada from Montana. Now if ho will follow that up by attempting something which will re move the wooden-heads from congress , the people will commend him. PUBSIIIUNZ AUTHHU will sign the Filz John Porter bill when it cornea to him. By rescinding BO much of Porter's scn- tenco as ho had power to rescind ho has already shown himself in sympathy with the wronged and persecuted man. ! * f , a compositor on the ' 4 * Jnlcr-Oacan , threatened his wife with a fc- < razor the other day , and was sent to the bridewell for 1K ! days. Had ho decapi tated his wife , in ull probability ho would have escaped imprisonment by this timo. TUB recent foreign news may bo taken no an announcement of the political re tirement of Bradlaugh. The Now York Times thinks that while , perjonally , Bradlaugh has got no more than ho de served , none the less has civil liberty bconoutrogad in his person. IF ibo False Prophet had stretched out his long arm and gathered in Baksr iH Pasha , who that remembers the dirty scoundrel's own atUok on a defenseless girl imprisoned in the eamo compartment with him , would waste sympathy on the dirly dog ? Jumm DICKEY , in thp supreme court of Illinois , has granted a superaodoaH in the case of Ivor , the defaulting clerk of Preston , Koan & Co. . the Chicago bank- era , This will take Kor out of Joliet until the motion for a now trial is con sidered. DKMOOUATIO managers nro opposed to holding the national convention in St. Louis , fearing that , reminded of 187G , the delegates might , in an unguarded moment , ronominato the old ticket. They ate quito right , the Chicago JFcr- nld thinks , foi the human mind natur ally reverts to the past in 8t. Louis us it pierces the future in Chicago. TUB Chicago 2H6iweauggosU that "it Investigator Springer wants to gratify his pission for now scents lot him start iiu investigation In the use of railroad puses by members of cougrou , and es- jitcially the judges of the United States courts , up to the top. It would bo in teresting to know which of the judges IIOf the supreme court uomotimea enjoys the luxury of special cars across the conti nent. Here is a rich Gold. " TO-DAY , in the house ut Washington , Keifor will have an opportunity to bring out his proof that the charge ho made against General IT. V. Boynton that ho had approached the ox speaker with a corrupt proposition , is hue. General Boynton , who is the special correspond- out of the Cincinnati OummcrcUil-Ga- sccr has requested that the committee Lold its investigation with open doors. Ho desires that the public ha\o the fullest pf iblo opportunity of learning whotupr he did commit the offense with which Keifor ha * publicly charged him. Bo regards the of n.us charge such a ueiious character that If it ba ; , proved the com mittee mut exclude him from all the pririlegos extended to houoreblo ropru- iMjitiilivea of the press. IfKoiferdocs not provo ( lit ) charges the consequences wuit bo equally disgraceful to the ex- cf aker , ( Svnornl Boynton evidently nwn buuwBM , in. a fair business way , a H Mya that af IA. the investigation is &tvc , if it is a th'prauvrh ' one. the house MMtot hold both Jiimsend / Jvuifor * TflE rlVOTAL STAG'S. Under tlio no * conqprwrioiiftl appor tionment the states will \iftvo four hun dred and ono electoral votes , of which two hundred and one will constitute a majority. The nineteen mates which four years ago gave their votes to Han cock numbered 1V5 electoral votes , and by the now apportionment these states have nn addition of \otcs-making their total electoral vote 172. Add to this the thirty-six votes of Now York state , and it would amakodomocraticvoto of 203 , being a majority of suvon. Now York is therefore the ono state which the democrats will do their level best to carry. In no previous contest ha * the . possession of that state boon of such vital ' importance to the democrats , fit no other election in twenty-five years have they had the certainty of enough votes oloowhoro to elect their candidate even if they did carry Now York. The problem which the republican party has to meet is to nominate a ticket which will carry Now York. The results of the election of delegates to the coming state convention will bo looked for with intonao interest. TitEiii : is no issue in congress bo- twcon free trade democracy and repub lican protection. The Morrison bill is not free trade , and opposition to it is not the support of protection. The bill is , in olloct , n moderate attempt to deal with the pressing business needs of the country By treating it fairly and intel ligently the republicans can serve the country without harm to thnmsolvcs , and witli no decided advantage to their op. pononts. By blind adherence to the tariff as it ia , they will do themselves in jury and may greatly help the demo crats. TUB first state election , thin year , will bo that of Oregon , which takes place on Juno 2J , just before the republican na tional convention meets in Chicago. The election is an important ono. It com prises a governor and full sot of state oflicors , a supreme judge , a congressman to succeed M , 0. George ; also a legisla ture , which will elect a successor to Sena tor Slattcr. The chances are in favor of republican success , owing to a largo im migration from republican states of the northwest , which has gone into Oregon over the Northern Pacific railroad. On this account , Oregon may bo safely counted upon by tha republican column makers. THK secretary of war has sent to the senate the compilation of the militia re turns from the various states. The re turns show that there nro of organized militia 81,208 non-commissioned oflicers and men and 0,802 commissioned ofljccrs , and that the unorganized militia iu 0,412,921 men. Now York has the larg est organized force , 10,770 men , and 788 commissioned oflicors ; Pennsylvania ia second , with 7,451 men and 552 officers ; Florida third , with 0,201 men and 455 oflicers ; Ohio fourth , with 5,515 men and ! )00 ) oflicors , and South Carolina fifth , with 4,012 men and 507 officora. Dela ware , Nebraska , Nevada and Vermont report the smallest organized militia , the first named having 2IJ4 men and 21 of ficers ; Nebraska , 450 men and 42 ofliccrs ; Nevada , 015 men and 70 officers , and Vermont , 024 men and 05 oflicors. ASKED by n representative of the Now York Times in ' regard to Arthur's pros- poets for the nomination , n prominent Ohio politician says : In my judgment the moro the people ' have to aay about the decision of the con- volition the stronger Arthur will bo. You saw what Charles Foster said the other day. Arthur , ho thought , could not carry Ohio , but you saw how quickly the Ohio republicans in congress contra * dieted him , and they spoke for their con stituents , the voters. Arthur may come up too strong before the convention for the managers there to resist the popular itnpulso for his nomination. But , on the ether hand , ho may refuse to let his ttamo bo used at all at Chicago. So far as Now York and Now England are con cerned , in the last case I believe they would go almost solidly for Edmunds , for I believe the Arthur men , if they are not to suppoit him , will stand for Kd- muuds. nnd at least half of the half- broods iu Now York will go for him from the first. I Tin : Chicago Tribune's special from Cincinnati , 'ou Thuisday morning , reports ports an old steamboat captain as saying that it takes as much water as there is in the Ohio ntits usual stngo to rniso it ono inch after it passes sixty-five feet. The fact that from fifteen to twenty-four inches have been added daily since the rise exceeded sixty-five foot is the indica tion of the tremendous amount of rain fall. Bays the 2rlbune'a report : The city has u river front of no miles , and extends five miles back OK both banks of Mill crook. Thorn is , therefore , a flooded district nineteen miles in length. Front street , for two miles is lined with 1VOW , warehouses and fac tories , and along this distance the water ; is from twelve to sixteen foot deep. Uri Second street it averages ten feet deep , und on Pearl street there ia a depth of from two to four foot. In the WoatEnd the water is running along the greater : part of Freeman uyciuio at a depth of from ono to four feat , and all the streets > west of Freeman nvonuo are flooded to depths varying from four to ten foot. Thu streets hero mentioned are all closely . built ftp with business houses , ware houses , factories und residence's , oho oistriot west of Baymillor street and couth of Eighth street , which is filled with railroad tracks , distilleries , lumber yaultf , etc , , ia flooded to a depth of from > eighteen to twonty-livo foot. Tnc Ghhago Tribune publishes a lot- tar from Lawyer Swott , of Chicago , giving iv.80 ing Lincoln's views of the Porter iiaso twenty j oars ogo. The motive of S wett'a letter bcomi to bo to interpose Mr. Lin- culn'd opinion at that time , when nho shared ia a common error , against the judgment of tuch mini a Grant , Terry , jScofiold , Slocutn and lloticcrnns. This s'atomont ' by Lawyer Swott is no now ono. The St. Paul JPrcsa says it ia today - day , matter of universal knowledge that the whole potnt and force of the Porter coso lies in the weight of evidencewhich was not only unknown when Lincoln's opinion , was formed , but which is contra dictory in every particular to that on which ho based a hasty and confessedly imperfect judgment. Says the J'rcss : Of nil the twaddle talked in the Fit/ John Porter case , the Lincoln twaddle is the silliest and the meanest. It is silly because it declares that the _ personal opinion of n man , formed on imperfect information , is weightier than the might of incontcntttblo proof adduced after his - health. It is mean because it in'nn an- ' peal to prejudice nnd passion by those who have been worsted nt every point in the examination of the facts of history , Among all the uncertainties of the case thcro is nothing moro certain than that the great-hearted nnd just-minded presi dent , whoso memory Is outraged by the partisan anneals sheltered under his ijnaino , could ho live again and know what none of the men who sentenced Porter know , but \tha.i every man who in not too lazy or too wickedly prejudiced I may know to-day , would boound on the flidd of Terry nnd Schofioldand Grant 1t 1t t and hundreds of others , demanding that t the wrong so cruelly done to an innocent t man should receive what slight reparti tion it may. OTJimt LANDS TJIANUVHS. Fgyptian affairs still engross the atten tion of the English parliament. The fall of Sinkat in which Towfik Boy and his six hundred men wcro all massacred by the rebels | has painfully impressed the English cabinet with the nftcsuity of im mediately sending heavy reinforcements to the front. The vacillating policy of the government is being severely criti cised , particularly by the marquis of Salis bury , who said in his speech in the house of lords that England has boon defeated ngain and ngain , and was now being hunted out of Egypt. England's name , said ho , would bo a logncy of hatred and contempt to Egyptians. The news of the fresh disasters would now run through tbo whole Mohammedan world. Granville , foreign secretary , in reply to Salisbury , protested against the idea that because the foreign army had select ed English oflicoss , England is thereby made responsible for that army's succosi. England and India had no interest in Soudan , nor , indeed , had Egypt any per manent interest in that country. The government , said Granville , had no in tention of annexing Egypt. It would remain there simply long enough to se cure a stable government. The only thing that could bo done would bo to op- point a first rate man to represent Eng land and Egypt , and then commend elli- ciont men to civil nnd military positions , and give them English support. The force of circumstances had obliged the government to go further than it had proposed , but the cabinet ought to restrict - ' strict England's connection with Egypt to the objects declared by the govern mont. The Marquis of Salisbury's motion censuring the Egyptian policy of the government was debated at considerable length , and was carried by a vote of 181 to 81 , and the same motion was made in the house of commons by Northcote. | Gladstone , of course , defended his Egyptian policy , and maintained that I there had boon no vacillation or incon sistency. General Gordon , ho said , had a plan of his own for extricating the gar risons and restoring the country to its former pacific condition. Gladstone said General Gordon's plan would restore the former rulers to their ancestral power , I usurped by Egypt. Ho denounced as a gross error the dual control which had boon left him as a legacy. England had not withdrawn from the hands of the Egyptian government the control of its lo Egypt understand that British military occupation of Egypt entailed the neces sity of seeing that British advice was followed. Gladetono strongly opposed1 the rftconquost of Soudan. In conclu sion ho said the house should accord the government the acquittal to which it was entitled. Mr. Gladstone's ministry is certainly bettor and stronger than any that his op ponents could compose. A respectable nullity like Sir Stadord Northcoto and a political guerrilla like Lord Randolph Churchill , Avon a cultivated cynic like Lord Salisbury , would bo very far from mooting the requirements of the situa tion. Upon the Irish question the con servatives are bound by all their acts , while in opposition , to undertake a poli cy of moro rigid coercion , Whatever liin Englishman may bo moved to say in the heat of hia indignation at Irish excesses , no reasonable Englishman can doubt that the conciliatory policy pursued by Mr Gladstone is bolter for both countries than any policy the conservatives would or could pursue. The Irish question con stitutes the real and continuing problem of British politics , to which the Egyptian protectorate it merely an episode. The hatred of GOO years cannot bo allayed in la day or a year by a policy of n , but it can bo embittered and od by a lapse , oven for a very short d , into a policy of repression unmixed th conciliation. It M ould bo unfortunate or England and for Ireland if the no ministry should bo put out of power on what is really the side issue of the Egyp tian question , although that question has i by accident aud fur the moment been brought to the front. Bradlaugh has applied for the steward ship of the Ohiltern Hundreds. This d.is a rather roundabout wny of eaying that lie wants to resign the scat which par liament will not lot him occupy. There is no way in which a membar of parlia ment can voluntarily leave that body savp by euicido , during the toun for which ho in elected. All ho can do is to iuk for the atouarcUhip of the rn Hundreds , and when that mythical ollice is given him ho is absolved from all fuither attendance upon the duties of legislation. Chiltmi Hills are OSa broken district iu Buckinghamshire , to which is attached n nominal oflico of stotvard under the crown. As members of parliament could not originally resign their seats when they wished to leave , they accepted the nominal office of steward ' of thts district , and thus vacated their seats. It thus grow , into established custom , like many other fictions of English law. Mr. Bradlaugh can well bo spared. Ho is a very obstinate man , who started out as a great reformer some years ngo , and there is very little reason to suppose that ho will ever get over his original folly. The oath required of members was always stuck in his throat , and for that reason ho has never been permitted to take his seat in the houso. His constituents seem to bo about as pig-headed as himself , for they have persisted time after lirno in returning him to renew his hopeless struggle with the majority. Mr. La- bouchore , in speaking in behalf of Brad- laugh , expressed his contempt for any form of oath , which , ho declared , was a superstitious incantation and sanctimon ious i sophistry. This hypocrisy , ho said , was being exposed , and it was his opin ion i that Mr. Bradlaugh would ultimately win , The story of the fall of Sinkat has been told in detail in our dispatched. Towfik Boy and his garrison of six hun dred men , who had boon besieged for n month and wore in n starving condition , made a desperate effort to cut their way through the ranks of El Mahdi's troops. It wua a forlorn hope. The gallant Towfik and his followers mot a heroic death. Although fighting with the greatest desperation and bravery they were mowed down like gmss , and not ono of the bravo six hundred escaped. Encouraged by this victory the rebels at once turned their attention to Suakim , which is now seriously threatened. Re inforcements tire being disnntehod ns rapidly as possible to the relief of Sua- kini , which is said to be a stronghold which can bo easily commanded by a few gunboats. There is n univcmil feeling of humiliation and shame that Towfik Boy nnd his men were massacred almost in sight of British ships. General Gordon has arrived safely at Berber , and has begun . the work of straightening out Egyptian affairs. Whether ho will bo successful , now that the rebels have won so many victories nnd nro in a state of jubilant defiance , is a question which time alone can answer. But very little news has been received from Tonquin duiing the week. Admiral Courbot wni _ making preparations to at tack Bacninh , when hovas superseded by General Millnt , and of this action ho complains as unjust to himself. The re inforcements which ho asked for reached him too late , and even now ho says the force is too small. Tseng , the Chinese ambassador , has received instructions to remain in England until further orders. The report , therefore , that ho is going to Paris to rcsumu negotiations is prema ture. About three hundred Christian missionaries have been massacred by the Chinese in Tonquin , and their mission house * have been destroyed. It is re ported that the court of flue punished | mandarins who permitted the massucrc. How the Egyptian soldier acquired his phenomenal nun fighting qualities is well told by Mr. Macken/io Wallace in 1m re cent voluuio on Egypt and the Egyptian question. The method of recruiting for the army is simple. The village sheikh gives the names of u certain number of men to the local police , who go to the hovels of the luckless fellaheen and drive them into the street , put iron collars or yokes around their necks , fasten the ae\cral collars together by a chain , nnd drive them , as cattle are driven in ether coun tries , to the prison , to bo examined by the medical officers. The great majority of the recruits endeavor to provo by wordy arguments , solemn asseverations' , expressive , gestures , and revolting contortions tions that'they are totally unfit for mili tary service ; and when arguments fail , importunate entreaties , heart-rending ap peals , or indignant protest are employed. In vain the police , with the aid of their sticks and switches , endeavor to keep or der and impose silence ; the moro obsti nate persistently break from the ranks and have to be kept in their places by forco. Those who have no glaring cor poral defect , and who have not succeed ed in privately conciliating the medical officer or the military authorities , are matched on" . Once in the army the recruit is given up for dead by all friends. His term of service is fixjd by the will i of the government , and if he sur vives the hard treatment of his officers and the casualties of war until old ago , ho is turned out almost ponsionless , to bo a burden upon relatives who have forgot ten him , and who have scarcely enough for their own support. It is no wonder , with such prospects before them , that thoio liable to conscription mutilate themselves by cutting off the right fore finger and putting out the right eyo. This practice was so common in the time of Mohoraot AH that that enlightened prince formed battalions of ono-oyod men nd sent them into battle wtth Turkish b-ishi-ba-wuks and artillery behind thorn , with orders to shoot down every man . . . . 1. -Ai.- A- 11- * - - - - - - \ > ho attempted to run away , Khartoum's chief importance consists in the tact that it is the first post beyond the desert which ia next to the fertile southern end of the Soudan. North- wardu , towards Egypt , the desert lands are almost worthless ; south of that point they may be made to yield an abundant rrado. The evacuation of Khartoum would , therefore , mena the abandonment of the attempt to enter equatorial Africa from Egypt. This fact will bo lefc to Stanley , on the Congo , whom General Gordon is soon to join. The insurrection which is said to have broken out in Crete is the violent ex * presiion of a grievance which has for sonio time seemed inevitable , and which ia not unlikely to yet become grievously felt throughout Turkey itself. The trouble is the religious ono which has already resulted in Turkey in the resig nation of the puhiarch of the Greek church. Thia body has since the days of Mahomet ILin the 15th century , settled by its own laws all matters regarding wills , bequoati , marriages and the priest hood. The porto lias , however , within n year withdrawn this voneraulo priv ilege , and now insists that the Greek communities must in every way bo sub ject to the general laws of the empire. That is , Turkey insists that the Greek church shall oven in ecclesiastical ques tions have affairs adjusted by Mussulman icligious lanr tinco that is the only Jaw TurUy has. This curtailment of ro- ligioua liboity has aroused throughout the great body of the Greek church in the Turkith empire a storm of indig nant but thus far unavailing protest - test , Crete has , moreover , a special and proMing grievance. Nearly half of the real estate of that classic island is either owned ar at least taxed by the mosques. The treaty of 1878 , which practically gave self-go ; eminent to Crete , aimed also to lighten this burden of taxation ! but things have apparently been little j bettered , und it ii declared that in eoino I fartilo districts nearly the whole land It levied upon to support the mosques. But wnstcvor the immediate cause of the outbreak , its origin lies back of present maladministration in the national spirit which lion been steadily gaining power in Crete oinco its memorable insurrection of 1800-8. That cm test , too , began in a demand for the freer exercise of Christ ian liberty ; it ended in giving further privileges to Crete , nnd it had a still greater effect in that it brought to the bravo Cretans the knowledge of the sym pathy of the great powers of Europe. The love of liberty and the ability to en joy it wisely hnvo steadily grown in Crotp in the last fifteen years , and if any considerable expression is gUcn to the feeling , decaying Turkey will find it dif ficult to suppress it now , peiploxcd and almost helpless as she is before the grave problem which the state of Egypt pre sents to her. WHAT THiLAND GRANT 11AILROAVS MKAN. Chicago Tiibuno. The land-grant railroads are showing I' their usual stolid contempt for the public by I their opposition before the commmit- tco on Pacific railways to the bill requir ing them to pay taxes on their _ lands. That they have the least obligation to contribute towards the maintenance of the community that protects their pro perty , as ether citizens do , is an idea that has apparently not yet entered the aver age subsidized corporation manager's hoad. To grow rich by the appreciation of the value of gift land by the pioneer's dovolopomont of the country despite their extortionate charges , so that , after having charged twice as much as they should have done for transportation , they may change two prices for all the gift laud they hold , and to secure all this without contributing a cent towards the support of the institutions by which they exist , ia evidently the solo thought of these subsidised corporations. They hold , according to Senator Van Wyck , 100 million acres of donated land on which they are evading thopaymcnt of state and territorial taxes. They are beginning to lease lar o ttacts or this for grazing pur poses. The next stop will bo that they will possess vast un taxed estates , which they will hold to bo rack-rented in the most approved Irish landlord fashion. If they succeed we shall hao all the horrors rors of British landlordism reproduced in this country , with this all-important diilercnco against us ; that our landlords will bo suhsidi/ed corporations whoso entail - tail is absolutely perpetual. That is the state of things towards which our land grant roads are chugging us , the perpetual ownership of vast landed ca- tutoa by landlord corpoiations paying no taxes The supreme court has twisted the law against the people to prevent the local taxation of these corporations , and a congress of faithless demagogs have 'not untwisted it but lots the unjust lawn 10- main untouched. VA1T WYCK IN TllK SLN.iTS. ( Lincoln fetnocrai ) Old Van's reso lutions always pass. The railroad cap pers in the senate at the start endeavor ed to bulldoze him , but ho sat down on them so heavily that thny have disap peared from public gaze. It will not bo I out of place for us to say , democrat though wo are , that the resolutions of Senutor Vau Wyck always mean busi ness , and that the people regardless of party affiliations are the gainers thereby. " \Vliy IIo AVau Bounced , Ho kicked liim and clubbed him and showed him the door , And told him to enter his sanctum no more ; And what was the cause of the whole blessed thing ? ( ii\e it uj ) , 1 supiose ? Twas a poem on Spring. IMWKXIKS. Barnum's great white oleflhant hymn for next 80-uon will bo : "Just 113 Slam without ono lion. " Air. Talmago has bean lecturing on "Ckrln- tiaiiity in Htreet cars. " Talmage is nhvajs discovei ing something whTcli nobody else ever noes. noes.A A New York pastor preached the other Sunday on ' 'Tho Shameless Age. " It was probably a hit at some of the CO-j car-old bal lot dancois , A little 0-year-old witness at court proved her right to bo sworn by saying that she went "regularly to a church and Sunday-school and i once to church fair. " A wostein woman prayed for money , and found it. As though this was n miracle ! Wo know of several eastern men who have preyed for money and found it. AVilow Van Cott savs she saved thirty thousand souls during her ministerial life. 1'rom this It appears that the Lord retired from business some time ago. An exchange ays n little four year old Ha - toned attentively to a Scandinavian preacher ' lost Sunday , and then whUnerud , "ilammn. if Bed tan undorstan' 7at , Ho's a deed one. A priest vMtod a coachman who was seri ously ill. "Have you the habit of < ? oiDg to the LhurchJ" "I cannot say that 1 hiu o , " said the coachman In a feeble \olco ; "but I have driven a great many persona there ! " "Aro you certain of securing the diadem ? ' asked the minister of the dying man. And when the man said that "he Uld't want to diadem bit , " the minister and the doctor flow and , as a natural consequence , the mau gut better. Theio are no oaths In. the Chinese language. When a Chinaman has his legs knocked from under him by a boy on a clipper , ho probably hurries homo aud ilams the door with thun- ilei Ing oinphosl } . There- must bo some way to \enttolilnfecling4. . An effort Is being made in Now York to have church bolls biloncod. A man who ut- toads a dog fight or slugging match on Satur day night , and doesn't got Into bed until li o'clock Sunday morning , naturally dislikes to have bis slumbers disturbed by the clanging of a church boll a few hours later. A party of Baptist clergymen were bluofinh- Ing on" Martha's Vineyard the other day. A question arose oa to whether n certain speci men was really a bluoQsh. "Wo call 'em Bap tists , " sold anutivelisherinan. The Baptist clorgeman rather eagerly asked why. "Case they sjiilo so noon otter they're taken out o' the water. " A old-tlino clergyman of Kaslorn Connecti cut was very quick ut repartee. Onca when on an exchange ho was annoyed to And the room so dark , und beckoning to a person nimr the pulpit he asked him to open the blinds and lot In moro light. "We expect light from you , " said the gentleman , "I must get It from } Iea\eu first" was the quick rejoinder. ' 'So , iny little man , you would like to join our Sunday nchool , would you ? " uald the su'pe. intendeut , Uully. "Yea , sir , " replied the " " ' i "dummy wimiwwu. w you , j .of Mr. Simpson. Lot mo see , is your papa a Pro byterUn or an KpIecopalUn ? " "ivo , lr , he Isn t either ; ha'n a newspaper mail. " Tom , 0 years old , noticed one \\iuter morn ing after unrho the moon In tha western ky , ] lu\ngna\er ( before seen both orbs bt the name time he was deeply Impressed and run to hid mother with : "Oh. mamma , I've got an .iwful joke on our Father \ho art in hcvon ! " " \Vhy , Tom , what do > ou mean ? " s Id the mother iu a rebuking tone , greatly ahockod. "He forgot to pull lit * moon ml" cried Tom , kiitoico quaking \vith glue. A funny story Is told of the llov. 1.1Stld - ham , [ ustor of the First liaptlst church , Co lumbus. L&st Sunday morning ha was preach- lug M > ry eoineutlr agnlniit nwearingvhon n tin oaearold Ulmbod up In her seat and \ellcil at the top of her voiiw , "Mr , Slldham ! " three time * "Well , what ts 111" Inquired the aoniewlmt embarrateil. ' ' preacher 'Why , my J. pipa . . .v.v.r.l" The account says the little girl disappeared raiJdly.anU tha termon proceeded to a congregation of flushed faces. STEELS , JOHNSQN& CO. I H. B. LOCKWOOD ( formerly of Lockwood & Drnpor ) Chicntjo , Man ager of the Ton , Cigar niul Tobncco Departments. A full Hue or ' all grades of nbovcrnlso pipes and smokers'articles carried iu stock. Prices nnd samples furnished on application. Open orders intrusted to UB shall receive our cnrof ul attention Satisfaction Guaranteed. AGENTS FOR BENWOOD NAILS AND LAFLIN & WAND POWDER CO JOBBER OF EASTERN PRICED DUPLICATED ] 118 FABNAM STREET , . OBIAUA NEB , . 0. F. 9 IAND DEALER IN Dai OMAHA , NEBRASKA. J. A. WAKEFIELD , WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER tN SASH , DOORS , BLINDS , MOULDINGS , LIME , CEMENT , PLASTER , &C- STATE AGENT FOR MILWAUKEE CEMENT COMPANY. Union Pacific Depot , - 3E3IEFS. DEALERS IN FERE AND BUEGLAR PEOOF SPECIAL NOTICE TO Growers of Live Stock and Others. Wl ! CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO It lathe best ami cheapest food for stock of any kind. Ono pound U equal to three pounds of corn stock fed with Ground Oil CaKu In the Fall and Winter , Instead of running down , will Increase In weight anil 1)3 In good niarketnblo condition In the spring. Dalrjmon.as well as otherswho use Itcan teitUs to Its merits. Try It and judiru for vouruelvea. Price $25.00 per ton ; no cnarre for sacks. Address WOODMAK LIHSEKD OIL COMPANY Omah , Nsb. Double and Single Acting Power and Hand Engine Trimmings , Mining Machinery,1 Bolting , HOBO , Braes and Iron Fitting Steam Packing at wholesale and roail. } HALLADAY WIND-MJLLS , CHURCH AND SCHOOL BELL& . Corner 10th Farnam St. , Omaha Neb. OF alvanized IronCornices Caps iniais , 8kyll ht8 I AND JOBBERS OF DOMESTIC CIBMS.TOBACOOS.PIPESIMTIOLES . PROPRIETORS OF THE FOLLOWING CELEBRATED BRANDS : Beina Victorias , Especiales , Hoses in 7 Sizes from $6 to $120 per 1000. AND THE FOLLOWING LEADING FIVE CENT CIGARS : Combination , Grapes , Progress , Nebraska , Wyoming and Brigands. WE DUPLICATE EASTERN PRICES BEND FOR PRICE LIST AND SAMPLES. . - . .j.f tri 0. M. LEIGHTON. H. T. CLARKE. LEIGHTOH & CLARKE , SUCCESSORS TO KENNAKD UitOS. & CO. ) DEALERS IN Paints. ! ! ! ® ! ! ® . II OMABA , -