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4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , DECEMBER 8 , SIXTEEN PAGES _ DAILY BEE _ _ B B. ROSEWATER , Editor t _ . = - = = PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING TWINS or SUnsCHIPTlON Dully iinil Sunday , Ono Year lin-flO fllx Months 00 Three Months ; M Biimlay Ilc > e , Ono Tcnr see Weekly Dec , Ono Year with l'romlum , . . . 2 00 orncijs Omahn , Iloo llu' ldlng . , . . rhliAgooracer47 Itoolcpryllnlldlng New York , Itooms H and ISTribuna Ilulld- Washington Ko BIT Fourteenth Street CounclUtliilTK , No 12 1'carlHtreet. Lincoln , 10291'Sticet. , . , bouth Umnlia , CornorN nndKtli StrootJ COimraiONOENCK All communications rolallng to news and odl- tnrlnl matter should bo tuldrossed to the l.dltor- ltl Department nusiNKsa i.trrrKit ? . All tinnincss letters ami remittances should boaddrcsiedto'llio iloo l'nblMiIng Company Omnlin , Drafts , checks nndpotolllco orders to be ntado paynblo to the order or the company The Bee PoWIsliing Conpiy , Proprietor ? jIek liulldlng rariiam and Sovcutconth Sttoets Tlio Hen on tlio Train * . There lanocxnisofori\fnllui < itogctTiin Men on thu trains All ne saealers hnvo been notl- Hod to carry a full supply , rrnvelers w no w ant TUK lit r. and cant get It on trains where other Omahatinpers are carried aroroquostod to no tify Tin : ! lrn , . . . . . 1'tensB bo particular to give In all enses full Information as to date , ratlnay at.d number of train , ( live ns your nnmt , not for publication or un necessary use , but as a gnnranlr of irooil faith _ H Sworn Statement ( if Circulntlon H EtntoorNohraska , ) M County of Douglas f"s- H Ueoruu ] l. Tzschtick , iiocrciary of Tno lies j j H J"ubll hlng Company , does solemnly swear tnat j H the actunUlrculatlou orTm : Daily Ilrr fortho _ _ H veeKcndlnit December 7 , lbSD , w as ns follows : M Sunday Dec 1 SI.HOO _ | Monday Dec 2 21,4.1 B Tnosiinv Dec.l HUM _ | Weduo < luvlco i IVi.UI" . H Thursday Dec 0 111,115 _ | rridav Doc 0. 1D.1M ) B baturday , Use 7 HV--1 _ _ B Average lD.OftO I oKoiunn : . Tzscnucic HB . tlnteof Nebraska , I County of Douglas f"3- H Bvornto beforumo and subscribed to In my H pretence tins 7th day or December , A. 1 > . 1889. _ | ISeul.l N. 1 > . KIUI , K Notary Public , _ | State of Nebraska , 1 _ _ l _ County of Douglas , ( _ _ H , Gcorco II Tzschuck , being duly sworn , do- H poses and snys that ho Is secretary of The Iloo H Publishing Company , that the actual avoraco j dally circulation of Tin : Dm.v Dei : for the B month of December , ltH , 13J I copies ; for _ _ _ January , lwn , ] f.r > 74 copies ; for Tobruary , 1889 , H 18tW copies : for March , ] 8Mt , V.aH copies : H for April , 1BK0 , 18/.V. ) coplosfor ; May , lKi , B ] 8fi 0 topics ; for June IffcW , 1K.KVS copies ; for H July , iN'-'l. IP.V.H copies ; tor August , I ft' ! ' . 1- ( Jil topics ; for September , lKi ! * , 18,710 copies ; H for October 18W , U , .07 copies ; for November , H lim , 1U..II0 copies GKounn II Tvbciuick fav.oni | o before mo una subscribed in my H lnvsoncothH3ith ) day of November , A. D. , 1M. > . B . ISeal.l N. p. Feu . H Tin : weoldy bunk statement shows tlio H vesone has docronscd $1,189,000. Tlio M banks now hold 5083,000 in excess of H IoruI roqulrcraonts H Ir Omaha does not move on Dakota , H Dakota will move on Omaha The pco- H plo ot the James river valley are do- H tormiticd to secure a north and south H roud at any cost Hi Prn'siiuno has sot a good oxnmplo , by imprisoning tbrco nldormon and B lour dotoctivoB for accoptinpbribes It H < , is so rufo that punishment is meted out | to this deserving class that it desorvoa | ' ' to bo ombnlmcd in print H Tiik defalcation of Cashier Silcott of H ' " " the house brings homo to the members | of congress the necessity of rovislng B treaty relations with Canuda so that | justice may ovorlttko the horde of H thieves sheltered in the dominion H' Tim roprcsontativos of the Knights H of Labor and the Farmers Alliance in B session in St Louis hnvo npprovod a B basis of federation The now union 1 represents half a million voters As a 1 consequence ofllcors of the fedoratlon H will bo objects of great solicitude from 1. politicians during prcsldontial caru- 1 , paigns > ' Tnu mania for athlotlcs in connec- H tion with college education has taken u H now and commondublo turn in Chicago 1 The students of the Northwostom col- ' lcro hnvo organized a lifo saving crow , H und during a rccont heavy palo on the | Inko they saved oigbteon lives The B risk is' no grcator than in football , B whllo the results uro a credit to bravo H men and a lifo long blessing | Emin Pasha , the contemporary of H Stiuiloy , successfully ovorenmo the sav- B. ago hordes of the jungle , smote the ' dwarfs and giants with equal vigor , cut H * bis way through open and snerot foes , H > 1 > and braved the pangs of hunger and B misery with admirable horolsm And yet lie had scarcely touched the sub v urbs of civilization nftor tbroo years of ' mental and physical travail when a H. ohampaguo supper laid him out The 1 ; banquet proved moro deadly than pol- H sonod barbs of oncmles or the trouohory H ; frlondR V Tiik common fnllaoy that there is P B | ; such a thing as un absolutely "flro-proof P P B building was rcducod to ashes B'h ; In the Boston llro There , as H- in Chicago in 1871 , blocks of P P B' apparently incombustlblo material P P P crumbled to dust under the intense surrounding - | { rounding heat A flro-proof building is H t only Biifo from solf-dostructlon. It is H' ' are not secure from without , Flanked P B by narrow strcots und surrounding high buildings of indilforont material , it P P P falls an onsy prey to the dovourlng ole H niotit The hard fact to which great P P PJ cities must finally surrondcr , " says the P P PJ Boston Globe , "is that compact masses , P P PJ separated by narrowstroots , which servo P P PJ < ns funnels to fun Dnmo , can never P P PJ bo bttfo uudor any specious pretension P P PJ of being fireproof Whore the condl- P P PJ ? tlons are favorable to massing great P P PJ ) bodies of iltitno , the only safety is in the P P PJ : good luck ot dlucovoriug the lire before P P PJ It gains muchheadway * * * The Ht onb' question before great clllos is P P PJ ; whether on the whole it will not bo best P P H oonsorvod in the long run by wide H etroots and atnplo provision to make P P H' ' buildings accosslblo before heated h masses are developed , " Narrowstroots P P PJ and long blocks are the buno of eastern P P PJ and many western oitloe Tiioy are con ' * " P P PJ duetorsot ilamo , chlolly because tholr P P PJ- width prevents olTectlvo work by fire ' P P PJ' , ' men , espoolully whereconalflorablo boat P P Pjj' bus developed In this respect Omaha H' is particularly fortunate with her wldo P pt : utroots , regular blooks and alleyways P P H The founders ot the oity bulldod wisely < p p H j . . . , , . , . . . . . . . , ' _ , > - 'Aib..i ; if.i. > - /-.H # M * ' m n / a muGirr Fvrunn The years 1880-7 marked n distinct epoch in tlio growth ot Omaha The vast incrcaso of population during the preceding two yoara overran the capac ity of the elty nnd caused an active do- mnnd for business locations nnd homos This demand was promptly mot Moro substantial and costly olllco buildings nnd stores , ornnto nnd modest homos were inaugurated and completed during 18S0-7 than Jin any preceding flvo years in the history ot the city Tlio supply soon exceeded the domnud , nnd n marked decline followed , oxtondlng through 1888. The excess of build ing was bonoflclnl in many ways It brought about n' gen cral reduction of rents and forced land lords to furnish all modern conven iences to secure nnd hold their tenants But this excess did not affect business In the building line True , no great structures were undertaken Though the aggregate cost was less than in 1887 , the total of permits lBsticd was grcator The ntnnbor of buildings completed or under way this year , according to the books of the building inspector , fnr ox- ccod all previous annual records , and the total cost when the books nro'closed December " > 1 , ulll pass the seven million dollar mark This Is n record of which any city might fool justly proud , yet it bears no comparison to the grand enter prises which will develop into actualities during the comlngyoar At the head of the list stands the Nobrnska Central double track steel bridge with its depot nnd yards The people made no ' mlstako when tiioy , by u practically unanimous vote , clinched this bargain Financially considorcd , the project moans the oxpondlturo ot four million dollars in Omaha and ' vicinity within two and a half years , nnd the employ ment of a small army of laborers and mechanics Commercially , it is ono of the most important public works under taken by Omaha mon Its advantages are incalculable , for back and behind it stand railroad nnd industrial dovalop- ments of immense importance to the city's ' future A momoi'ablo event of the year will bo the destruction of the railroad cow shed ' that venerable and execrated eyesore on Tenth street For this alone the people should bo thankful , even though they paid a good price for it On its ruins will rise the first union depot in the city , which , together with the viaduct , will involve an cxponso of at least half a million dollars The city hnll and postolllco and the auxiliary wutorworks on the western suburbs will require two millions or moro duriug the coming year These flvo ontcrprlsos involve an ex penditure of nearly seven million dollars lars , the bulk ot it during the coming year Every ono of thorn nrocortain- ties If wo add to thorn the various building enterprises which they will stimulate , the total for 1890 will exceed the expectations of the most sanguine Whllo Omaha has boasted buc little of nor material progress , the thousands of now homos whioh dot the hillsides , the business blocks , warehouses and factories , rising on every side , are Silent but oilcctlvo monuments to the energy , enterprise and conlidonco of the people The city is on the thresh old of a now era of commercial and in dustrial activity , and every live citizen should put his shoulder to the wheel nnd help the procession along PROMPT ACTION NECESSAIIY Af bill has boon introduced in the sen ate to aid and secure the commemora tion of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of Amoricn Itprovides for the appointment by the president of a commission consisting of two mom bora from onch state , of different politi cal alliiliations , and of one from onch of the territories , which shall hnvo authority to extend to all American countries and to the European na tions an invitation to participate i in the commemoration The commis sion is also to decide on the place for holding nn exposition and the purchnbo of grounds thorofor , the land for build ings to bo croctod by the countries par ticipating to bo apportioned by the i president , and each country to select its own style of nrchttocturo The bill proposes appropriations aggregating eight million dollars , to bo expended in the purchase nnd improvement of grounds , erection of the buildings of the United States , and for incidental ox- ponsosA * . Whatever may bo thought of the ox- podloncyof this plnn , which would take the details of preparation for the aonl- vorsnry out of the hands of congress , It is well that the matter has boon thus early brought forward in that body Undoubtedly congress will have enough to command its attention without expending - pending any time on the discussion of this subject , and members may well dos ire to escape the buttonholing and blandtshmontsof the committees which will represent the soverul cities con testing for the prize Morcovor there is sotno reason to believe that the propoeod commission would bo likely to roach a doclsion as to the site of the exposition moro in nccord with public opinion than if the question were loft ta the dotormlnntlon of congress The really important consideration is whotlior this plan would cause delay There is un tlmo to bo lost if the com memoration is to bo made such a suc cess as will be worthy ot the anniver sary und of the nation Ono of the most distinguished engineers in the coun try has expressed the opinion that the tlmo Is now too short in which to perfect the enterprise on such a scale as is de sirable Under the most favorable con ditions to bo reasonably hoped for not much could bo dona in laying out and improving grounds and beginning the construction of buildings before next spring , so that only about two yours can safely bo counted on in which to got ready what it is contomplutcd shall be the greatest exposition over hold , Moro than twice this time was occupied in the completion of the contounial oxhibltion at Phila delphia and the Purls exposition ot the present year And wo must not cou- Bidor solely our own shnro iu this stu- poudouB undertaking Wo must have regard tor the couvonloncoand require I ments of foreign nations which will bo nskod to participate Possibly wo might accomplish without grent diffi culty our own part of the great tusk , but ether countries do not carry for ward their enterprises with qulto the vigor nnd dash that wo do , and wo cannot reasonably expect thorn to greatly depart from their or dinary course for our bonoflt Doubtless - loss every country that shall bo nskod to pnrticipato in cominomoratlnp the nnnivorsnry will necopt the invitation , but the matter ot time will have a great deal to do with dotormlning the character - actor and extent of such participation The discussion ot sites lias boon very thorough nnd little remains to bo said in that line All the competing - ing cities except Washington are rondy with nu nmplo guarnntoo fund Chicago is understood to bo prepared to carry out any plan that congress or n commission acting under Its authority may dovlso without any aid from the government The ether cities would rcquiro government ns- sistnnco In this resucct , nt lenst , the western metropolis holds the strongest position in the contest This , however , is not the only , or porhnpes the most Important , matter to bo cnnsldorod in determining where the exposition shall bo located The government can afford to assume the whole cost In any event what is nosded is quick und do- cislvo action EXTRADITION A feature of the presidents mossngo which rocoivon especially favorable comment from the English press was his rccommondution of un cnlnrgomont of the list of oltonsosfor which extradition mny bo claimed and granted between this country and Great Britain The territory of neither , said the president , should become a secure harbor for the ovlldoors of the ether through any avoidable shortcoming in this regard A now treaty on > this subject has boon negotiated and will soon bo laid before the senate ' . This is a matter upon which the honest and law-rospocting people of the two nations ought to have ltttlo dlfll- culty in coming to a falrundcrstanding That they have not already done so has boon duo largely to political considera tions Theuegotiationbotwcou Minister Phelps and the British govornniout , duriug the last administration , proposing an extension of the list of extraditable offenses , was objoctidnublo to a largo public sentiment in this country for the reason that some of the offenses named wore of a strictly political character , and as the British government would ngreo to no nrrnngemont that did not innludo these the treaty was rejected by the senate That action was qulto generally approved Since then , it would appear , the dis position of the British government as to this matter has undergone some change , probably duo to the influence of Canada , whoso people have become tired of having their country made the refuge of American rogues It is therefore probable that the now treaty will not bo open to the objection which caused the last nogotl- tions to bo rejected Ac any rate it is to bo hoped the arrangement is so thorough ns to effectually prevent the criminals of oithor.country from mak ing a secure harbor of the other The opportunity now given in this respect operates as an invitation to those ciimes not oxtrnditablo , and the cxlstonco of such a state of affairs Is most discred itable to countries presumed to bo fore most among the nations in their desire to punish criminality and compel a ro- spciit for law The existence in Canada of an American colony of embezzlers i and defaulters is a reproach to both peoples ' ples which they should not permit to con tin uo THE PJIOVERUIAL PMLOSOPHEIt The recent death of Martin Farquhar Tuppor has , to some cxtont , revived in- torest in his writings H.o was ono of the most curious literary personages of ' the century , and his position as an au thor is unique in the history of litera ture Fifty years ago he leaped into a 1 sudden and widespread fume by the 1 of his Proverbial publication Philoso ' phy " Of the same ago us Tennyson , ho tow ered up among the great ones of onrth at thirty , while the poot-lnuroato was down among the crowd But the world soon bognn laughing at the proverbial philosopher and his greatness fias boon quite laughed away The early relative positions of the two men have boon reversed - versed these many years Tuppor's early fume and his contlnuod , popularity among a largo part of the reading public , have always boon an unfathomable - fathomable puzzle to the critics By nil tholr tokens his book ot philosophy should have boon burled deeper than over plummet sounded in the sea of oblivion , from the very first It is simply a collection ot platitudes and commonplucos In regard to lifo una its phases , suoh as every mortal of the most ordinary intellect knows It has no story , it appeals to no known mental craving of a readers mind Then what was the secret ot the wide popularity of the book Carlyle suld that England bud cortaln millions of inhabitants mostly fools " The solution may , per ' haps , bo fouad la this unequal combina tion ot wisdom and folly in the human race If people are mostly fools , a fool ish book may bo most widely ap preciated The fact that the work purported to bo a philosophy lind , possibly , something U ) do with its popularity "If this is phil osophy , " ordlnury minds would say , thou wo too nro philosophers , for.wo can understand it , " real philosophy , it is well known , being something no ono can comprehend No published book over demonstrated inoro clearly the uncertainty of how the public will rocolvo a now work The general opinion of all ooinpotont judges Is and has boon that the Pro vprblal Philosophy is worthless , yet moro copies of it have boon disposed of than were ever sold of "Evanpolino , " "In Memoriam , " Pleasures of Hope , " "Cliildo nnrold , " Intimations of Im- mortnlity , " and many ether popular books that might bo named , Whatever it is , there is something in the Philosophy osophy" whioh moots a public want , and it is barely possible that the crlt- u _ ics nro mlstntrtsn in tholr vordlct of total useljjsncss It bids fair to outlive " mnny a volume slumped with tholr ' approval Hud TuppVjr writlon nothing moro tlinn this booUklio might not have become - como the laughing stock of two conti nents ButJ.invlngtas' , .od of the sweets ot fame , ho rushed into voluminous print nnd then the joorlng began Ho has Buffered the consoquonco9 and has been speared with jests from every quarter of thoworld Personally/Tuppor was a gentle , clean mlndod iihn , moro ot a philoso pher than a poet , who took his banish ment from publio favor quietly and without rcsontmont Ho wns a friend of Olndstono and , whllo they hvod , on friendly terms with Carljlo , Arnold , Rogers , Willis , Bryant , Longfellow nnd others _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ REM01 'At , OF PUliLW VUXDS The pronounced attitude of the presi dent and secretary of the treasury ngaiust the policy of doposlting largo amounts of publio funds with the tiutlom.t banks must hnvo prepared the banks for the notl Heat Ion that such funds would bo withdrawn at iutorvuls of blx weeks , and in Installments of not over ton per cent The first withdrawal is to bo made by January 15 , hot already the secretary of the trousury has ro- colvod notice from several ot the banks that they desire to surrender at once all the publio funds they have on de posit , and to sell to the treasury at an acceptable price the bonds which secured - cured such deposits Those proposals have boon favorably received by the secretary , nnd It is quite probable most of the banks will follow the example of these already hourd from There has boon some npprohcnslon expressed that the withdrawal of these dopostts would unfavorably affect the money market , but It the banks goner nlly soil their bonds to the treasury the result will bo to help the money mar ket , slnco disbursements for the bonds which secure the deposits will take a larger amount out of the treasury than will bo returned to it Tlio obvious pol- licy of the banks is to got rid of their bonds as promptly as possl bio , si nco there will bo u roduetiou of one per cent in the premium paid on four per cents after January 1 , when the next quarterly in terest falls duo The Inst national republican platform took very positive grounds against the deposit of publio funds with thu banks , as this had been done by the last ad ministration of the trousury , and the action now taken shows that this declaration " " ration of "Tb" party is to bo respected Earlier action was not practicable , and although the present time appeared to some not quito auspicious for instituting a withdrawal , the premise is that no harm will result to the money market , but possibly bene fit At any rate the policy of deposit ing largo amounts of publio funds with the banks , which both the presi dent nnd secretary of the treasury re gard as pernicious , is to be abandoned , and that done itwill doubtless never bo resumed ' fu The indications point strongly to the early admission of Idaho into the union Ropublicaus are disposed to act promptly and give the people the right to shape their own destinies It is not likely that Idaho will bo admitted alone The clnitns of Wyoming cannot bo ignored With a population almost as great as Idaho she outranks the mountain locked territory in resources , and is equally capable of supporting a state govern mont A dlfforonco of a few thousand in population cannot bo considered The material wealth , the growth and do- volopmont shown iu the past few years and the certainty ot a continuance , is sufllciont warrant for congress to clothe both territories at the same time with the responsi bilities of etatohood , provided the stand urd of population applied to the Da- icotas , Montana and Washington , is ig- norcd Doubtless the democrats will attempt to squcozo in Now Mexico and possibly Utah , but the character of a majority of the population of both ut- torlyuniits thorn for the rights nnd du- ties of statehood The people of Idaho and Wyoming belong to that class of world-buildors who carried civilization into the wlldorncss nnd laid wide and deep the foundation for the prosperous communities which dot the mountains und valleys today They opened the way ; the multitude followed , and by their indllToronco to ploneor hardships , their ondurunco and tholr thrift , have earned the full measure of American citizenship ' Elkctiucia ns realize that they can not long maintain the overhead wire Bystom Thodnngors to lifo and prop erty uro so grout that municipal author ities cannot long resist the popular demand for grounding the wires For this reason inventors uro experimenting und investigating now methods to moot the inevitable How to dispense with the trolley Bvstcnj of electric propulsion is the mo3t diflluult problem to solve TJio storage buttery system is n failure bo far , owing to Ijo ) great weight of the batteries Recent tests show that an underground method ot propulsion is not only posslblo'but ' practicable ANew Now Jersey inventor hns doinoustratod that a powerful current can be curried between the rait ? without ondungorlng life It is a conduit system , consisting of a copper rod nptt brass plates The conduit is withouta slot , und is water and air tight Connection between the copper rod and Itfajis plates { stormed by permanent .mugnots preceding the brushes uudor Hid car As soon as the car pusses ever ono of the strips the levers drop of tholr own weight and break the circuit in the conduit Thie prevents the current from extondlng to the rails or along the surface of the conduit Of course this system is not without objection , but it serves to show that eloctrlsians are fully alive ! to the necessity of abandoning overhead wires OMAHA can hnvo the gonornl confer ence of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1892 , upon the ono condition that the city will guarantee the oxponeos , whioh it Is estimated will amount to about thirty-five thousand dollars This is a small consideration to pay for so dis- nnd important a gathering , und it ought to bo safe to presume that ---S-----B-H---------i - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - no difficulty will bo found In Bocurlng the voqulrod sum The center once numbers nearly a thousand moraborsnnd always attracts a much lnrgor number of visitors Its sosslons usually occupy n month Omahn has had a number of notable gathorlngs , but none which offered so good an op portunity as would the mooting ot this conference here to oxlond the reputa tion ot the city for attractiveness and hospitality to every quarter of tlio country The committee chnrgod with soloctlng the place for the next conference once hnvo slgniflod its preference for Omnhn ever many and strong competi tors , but with the understanding that the noccssary financial gunrantco will bo given An effort to moot this ro- qulremout should bo promptly onlorod upon , and If properly and nctlvoly pur sued there can bo no doubt of suecoss BEE FLATS All St Petersburg Is sneezing with Inlln- enzn Tlio rzir ; must have tnkon a pinch of simfT If tlio stor.v about the youinrest Gould's recent cent Willi strcot.ovploit Is true , l.ddlo must take his papa for n Juy Notwithstanding the fact that both Dnlto- tns voluntarily wont dry they are now ar dent supporters of the hrip.itlon movement A California town thrives under the eu phonious name of Tall Holt Its founders prob.ibly Imagined they had n down hill pull on a boom Tlio magnotlo Httlo nult'moro ' boy whoso fingers stick to ovorythlnc they touch will grow up to bo a grcnt and successful uldor- man if ho lives As chairman of the board of publio works the toy editor may bo nblo to recoup him self for what ho failed to got in the county advertising raid The appointment of Judge 13rower to the supreme bench is another evidence that the west is being accorded Its true position as a producer of brainy inon A Pennsylvania man dislocated Ins right nrm the other dnv whllo bo.itlng a enrpot Heads of families should mike n note of this for rolcronco in the spring The fact that Mr Stanley still wears his linen brooches ana canvas shoes would indl- cntothnt the baseball season has not yet closed on the Darlt Continent If the witnesses who perjured themselves In the Croniu case are to boprosocutod.thoro is a prospect that the majority of Chicago's saloon population will go to the penitentiary Gcorgo S. Coppin , a comedian , has been elected to the legislative council of Victoria If this is the first comodlan Victoria has ever had among her lawmakers she Is to bo con gratulated The Indian commissioner refuses to ronaw the contract which provides linfTalo I1IU with palntod rod men This will bo n torrl- bio blow to the crowned heads of Europe and to the small boy The convention of barbers recently held at Detroit decided that man should wear his hair short Whatever cowboys and poets may think of it , the decision will bo fully en dorsed by married men If that absconding cashier had consulted the Omaha gas company beforehand , ho would probably have left Mr Councils $2,000 nlono The doughty conirrcssmnn is a dan gerous man to trilio with It is said that a scientist has discovered a process by which ho can reduce n barrel of spirits to six ounces of powder If the Inven tion comes Into practical use a man may carry u four weeks jag in his vest pocket The Wnshmgton Post hns discovered that the name Chicago comes from an Ojlbway word moaniuc skunk The dusky aborigine who christened the site ot the Windy city must have got a whiff of that odorous river up his prophetic nostrils Sixty per cent of the shoo Industry of Lyun was destroyed by the recent flro , Eighty firms lost their owl , and flfteon tholr solo stock in trade The business , however , has not pegged out Most of the firms will resume and stick to the last Goronimo may got along very well as a Sunday school teacher under ordinary cir cumstances , but It is to bo fcarod that his barbaric mind will loan too strongly toward a literal interpretation of the nassaga about heaping coals of fire on ether pcoplo's heads With the union depot and viaduct , the now bndgo , the city hall and government build iiffc already in sight , Omaha Is again setting the pace for slstor cities and the waterworks ' company with its new million callon rcsor- voiris keeping right up with the procession Senator Allison , It is said , is soon to marry a lady whom ho courtca at the foot of an iceberg in Alaska The enthusiasm of most mon would probably have been chilled into silence under such circumstances , but the senator , with the audacity of Renins said to hlmsolf , Alaska anyway , " If ladies generally would follow the example ample of the St Louis girl who has ob tained a permit to carry a pistol for the hcnollt of certain rowdies who have been annoying her the mashing business would soon como to an end Tlio masher is always , among other thincs , an arrant coward The newspapers which regularly print Dr Talmago s sermons as "spoclal dispatches and special cables could save a vastdeal of telegraph tolls if the doctor could bo induced to furnish tbom duplicate barrels of back number efforts The Now York Tribune finds the recent sermon at Brlndlsl , which was duly cabled to the syndicate papers , in a volume of the doctors sermons published In 1874. A Grent Haying IMcH Its ' a great thing to bo a poor man Why , inability to buy an opera box is nlono a clear saving of about $5,000. Idko n Golden 1 bread Chicago Time * . There are forty-eight lauguages and dialects spoken in Mexico , but "zwci boor runs through all of them * How I'nttl Draws Chicago Tribune Sedoral hours of standing in line , together with a bad cold and a longing for doatb , Is the price of a Pattl ticket Mr H. Hulls Trouble J JiZ ( < idi)7ia ) ( Lttlncr Sitting Dull is again complaining that the 1 government is not keeping its promises to 1 him This is Sitting Hulls ' standing griev ance m Vnroasonnblo lies ire Taat Sljitnai A man who was deeply in debt was sick unto death ' 'Ah , " ho sighed , "if I could only llvo until I bad paid oft ray debts " i Humph | " sneered the doctor bluntly , you wunt to llvo forever , do ' youl" Consoicnon'a Holler Chicago Tlmtt A Baltimore justice has decided that the i use of the word damn is not profanity , unless it Is coupled with the name of the deity This decision will relieve the con ' sciences ot a number of men and several I small boys _ Orgniilzed Kobbery of the People , llaUtmorc American , The profits of tno Standard oil trust last I year were $20,000,000. U is notonlyuu in iquity but also an orgnnbod robbery , anil Its great wealth makes It a danger to publio morals , for it does not liesltato to Bpond monby for corrupt purposes Our civiliza tion will not bo complete until such great monopollosnro Impossible Our Crude Scnntnrs SU Itoult ( lloUe-Dtmoerat. It Is hardly to the credit of our constitu tion and laws that they do not provldo any hotter way of adjusting the terms of sena tors from now states than that of drawing straws , after the manner of the strcot urchlu's ' of Pintos tlmo Vnltio or Kentucky Children Coiir/cr-Joiirna/ / . Tlio Hov Sam Jones rothor took the breath away from Kontuckiatis whllo prcnchlug In ono of the fashlonnbto churches on the proper method of rnlslng children " An old blue grass follow said : "Wo ralso horses and bring up children , " Yes , " retorted Sam , you ralso horses worth $50,000 npicco nnd bring up chlldron worth about tS a head " COMMENTS ON THE MESSAGE A IIusIucks Document r/ifIaiMp/iJ / / < i A'oilh tincrfcan President Harrison's first message clearly stamps him ns n man ot ntlnlrs , which is only nnothcr term to define statesmanship It is long , but so well reasoned that its length will not bo objected to by its readers who read not for momentary sensation , but for Information Every section shows close study and broad grasu of the mnttors dis cussed It is a business document Not n I'nrtlsnii Paper A'cto I'm 7 ; Tribune The message will bo received with general and hearty approval by candid opponents ns well ns by political friends It Is in no respect - spect n partisan pnpor Slnccro dcslro to do the best thing possible for tlio good of the whole people appears In all its recomiiiondu- tious And whllo there will bo dlfforoncos of opinion regarding some of thorn among patrlotio men , the inc sago deserves from congress moro serious and thoughtful con sideration than such documents usually rocolvo Not OfluiiHlve C7ifcaoo Jiifci-Occmi. The message lias none of thnt offensive , "my policy , " none of that affectation of mcntul superiority to tlio people , which wns apparent In tlio message of President Clove land General Harrison does not aspire to bo ' "wso ! above that which is written In tlio platform of the party which nominated him , and which was read and approved by tlio people who elected him The presidents first message is a declaration of his intent to do that which the people elected him to dote to wit : To carry out a souudly republican policy A SfitlsfHCtmy Document JJofo > i.l < Irrtlfw The first annual message ot Prosldctit Harrison is a satisfactory document It is comprehonslvo In scope , discreet nnd con servative in manner nnd tone , and at the same time it gives utterance to positive recommendations of policy on nearly every prominent question now agitating the people Un to tliu Average irfl7iinooii ( Ioff The message ns a whole is well up to the average of the boat or similar documents It is neither an exhortation nor n declamation , but plain , if not always forolblo of speech , buslncss-liko in sentiment , less partisan than the party which the administration ropio- scnts , ' and calculated rather to challoneo discussion than to provoke sentiment on the pai t of these who differ from It Should He Horn ! . JUfmt'Apotto Ti llmne It is a disgrace when citizens of the coun try do not understand the bearing of the uppermost publio questions Presldont Harrison lias given us an interesting and valuable resume of our national situation and it should bo known and read of all mon AS OTHERS SEE US She 1b Already There Chicaao Tilbunc Omaha is becoming ono of the most prom inent young giants in Undo Sam's body guard Cnn't Hnvo Our mil Jflniieapolii Tribune Buffalo BUI will be obliged to decline ox- Queen Isabella's proposal of marriage Ho has a Mrs Bill and several ltttlo Bills Onmliii'H Dlscrnnc Scimml 7fjiitbf/rau. ( / It is claimed that Mayor Brnatch turned against Lliiiuccr and kulfca him It is u pity that so good a mau as George W. Linlngcr had to bo dofcatod But you never can expect - , pect much of Omana ItGrts Pretty Calorie Vrcmonl Tribune Omaha's plan of holding its municipal oleo tion in the dead of wlntoris likely to result in a big Bavingof fuel There is no place on curth whera municipal elections are hotter to the cublo yard than In Omaha Wholly Indefensible Zilncolti Journal The Omaha papers intimoto that a largo number of the guests that participated in Air Limngor's Thanksgiving dianor wont to the polls on Tuesday and voted and worked against him This was wrong , wholly indo fcnslblo Tlio Arab will not betray even a mortal enemy after eating salt witli him , They should not have attended the banquet If they had made up their minds to stick tholr knives Into the giver of the least , which was designed as a clincher of peace and amity _ _ _ _ _ An Objeot of Pitjr Uatlinui Nebraskan The city olcction in Omaha resulted in a great victory for the democrats , who elected Mayor Cusblng a very wealthy man and a railroad contractor over Mr , Llmngor , a leading business man and gonarous citizen , who has boon closely Identified with the material development und advancement of the city Ho was supported unquestionably by the host and most rcspcctablo element nf the city , which had arrayed against It all thu bummers and toughs ot the town Omaha Is to bo pitied Political JmlHkos , Z'Vemoiit Mall , According to Tub Uee Lnuiugor was most brutally treated by renegade republicans at the Into Omaha election , and in a column article in that paper they are roasted brown as a spitted trout And they are properly roasted Men who will plcdgo faith and swear allegiance only to desert and betray are as nearly Judas Iscariots as It Is possible for merely betrayers of humanity to bo- como They should use their silver to buy ropes that would break , bo that thuy might also split opcu by the fall Moonllulit lit December J , O , WMUIer Suoui JJouiKi Tlio moon above the eastern wood Shonoat Its full ; the hill-rango stood Transfigured In the sllvor flood , Its blown snows Hashing cold and keen , Dead wluto , suvo where some sharp ravine , Took shadow , of the sombro green Of hemlocks turned to pitchy black Against the whiteness at tholr back , Per such a world and suvh a night Most fitting that unwarmlng light Which only seemed whoro'er it foil To make tno coldness visible mmmmmmmmmmmmmm 1 'a ' H COUNTRY BREEZES * > _ H Progress At Clearwater , H Clcanraltr Mctnoe _ _ _ _ _ It was an Interesting sight Wednesday at- _ _ H tornoon to wntch Mossrs Macks , Llbby and _ _ H Hansen lay on the mortar at the school _ _ H | A Cruel Necessity , _ _ H Vlu"s Illipatrh , _ _ H Tearfully , but choorfuliy , wo surrender | _ _ _ _ the Dispatch Into the hnnds of our ndvorlls- . H _ _ logpuronsfor the next month Have pa- l H _ _ tlcnce , kind readers , whllo wo earn a ton of f H i _ _ | A Nlubrnrn Snoloty Item \ _ | Xtnhrara Ilonccr I | _ _ ' 1 hero Is n young man In town who has j' ' H nearly reached his majority , nnd wishing to Ji H bo ready for the great ovcnl , hns Invested l H In n pair nf old-fashioned grandpa pantfl , l l known ns "barndoor" pants , Uncle Slnsor | _ _ has them for repairs They need modern _ H hinges H _ _ _ _ Didn't Know It Was tioniloil _ H < ltront IhimhUcttn , fl H Some imp otdarknoss male or romnlo or ' > H both succeeded last week In playing It I | pretty fine on this editor , by sending to this V l pancr some verses , which when road in a ] _ H certain way were not very complimentary to , H _ the editor , or the author of the verses either l H We suppose this wns all intended ns a Joke ; \ | H nnd If so , it will bo passed by us ns such Ot H course tlio versos were not wrttton by the _ _ H person who signed herself The School H ma'am , " as the secret of the plot wns first H given to the public from the Sun oflloo but fl H itwasnjolta nnd wo shall rcmombor it as fl H such , though It was most diabolical and _ H bloodthirsty _ H I.nfi In the Cold _ H Jl(7i ( MciHe TeUonxvn _ H It was intended at first to hnvo the wed H ding a very qulot affair , but ns the time _ H drew nearer the preparations bpgan to assume - _ | sumo an elaboration of style which somewhat - , | _ _ what smashed thu original slate However , ' _ H the newspaper fraternity was not even no- ' H corded the privllcgo of representation , as Is ( H the usual custom upon such Decisions as | _ _ this , nnd if wo should lonvo unsaid things H wo might have said in this article , our read | _ _ crs will readily understand that a newspaper _ | cannot always report things purposely hidden - H don from iu view Wo know our lady renders - | _ _ ers would lilto to know how the brldo was H dressed and Just how she looked in her ole | _ _ gantcostumo , which , wo uro told , was very ' _ | ruro and costly fl J llilnrioiiM IMr Smith H Luna Vine Journal _ | _ _ Tom Smith , thu notorious T. J. , the great H reformer of Brown county politics and can _ _ H didnto for the postofllco at tlio couuly seat , H was in town Tuesday Ho eatno ever H from the north , ha said , nnd was not very _ _ | drunk when ho nrrivod , only justn little full _ | It didn't tukc him long to got in shape to | want to ruu the town and ho started out to fl do so , if wo are allowed to Judge by the aa- _ | tlons ot the man Ho rcsomblcd a filthy , | blood-thltsty wurrior moro than a white man _ _ H The people of Long Pine have nothing - H ing to say in the local affairs | of Ainsworth , but when a mau ot great ' _ H expectations nnd H aspirations will got _ _ drunk and want to kill somebody It Is tlmo fl to put the party foot upon his political uocir a _ j The citizens of Long Pine nro peaceable people - _ | plo , and are inclined to altond strictly to li l their own business , nnd they , furthermore , > | expect such bums as T. J. Smith to stay out , ' _ _ | side the city or boh.ivo like men while hero _ | The Station master | of Lone Prnirlr > _ _ ( UNION TAC1FIO UUMIOU ) , 1S30. ) < H lint llaitc ( it Hew Vorh Indcncmlent l t An empty bench , n sky of gravest etching , _ | A bnro , bleak shed In blackest silhouette , _ _ H Twolvc yards of platform , and , beyond thorn _ | stretching , 1 _ _ B Twelve miles of prairie gllmmorlng _ _ H through the wet ( _ _ H North , couth , o.ist , west the same dull gray | _ _ | persistence , i _ _ H Tlio tattered vapors of a vanished train , ' H The narrowing rails that meet to pierce the C , _ _ H distance , ' 'fl H Or break the columns of the far-oil ralu _ H Naught but my3olf--nor form nor figure , _ H wnking t _ H The long hushed level and stark shining ' _ _ H f _ _ | Nothing that moves to fill the vision aching J _ H Whcro the last shadow lied in sullen Uasto . _ _ H Nothine beyond Ah , yes I From out the ' _ _ | station _ _ H A stiff gaunt figure thrown against the _ _ | ! _ H Beckoning mo with some wooden salutation r L H Caught from his signals as the train v H flashed by : * | Yielding mo plnco beside him with dumb . 1 gesture i _ | Born of that roticouco of sky and air , < _ | Wo sit apart , yet wrapped In that ono ves- t _ _ turo ) _ Of silence , sadness and unspoken euro ' /11 Each following his own thought around us \j \ H darkening , O H The rain-washed boundaries and stretch l H ing track ; t H Each following these dim parallels and hark [ _ H cuing { Per long-lost voices that will not como , ! | back ; j H Until , unasked I know not why or where i l fore i l Ho Yielded , bit by bit , his dreary past , ' H Like gathered clouds that seemed to thickoa 7 i _ H there for I'J H Some dull down-dropping of their care at It H last r H . "Liong had ho llvod there As a boy had ff l stnrtod f _ _ From tlio stucked corn the Indians painted F H face L iH Heard the wolves howl the wearying waste ff H that parted l H Ills fathers hut from the last camping ri H place | H Nature bad mocked liIui ; thrice had claimed ii H the reaping b H With scytbo of llro of lands ho once had If H sown ; ! aH Sent the tornado round his hearihstoiio i l Uuaping 1 _ B Ilaftors , dead faces , that were like his own 1 1 Then came tlio wnr-tlmo , When its shadow Y. _ _ H beckoned l H Ho hud walked dumbly where the flag had 11 1 led } _ Through swamp and fon-unknown , un- I H praised , unrccitouou T H To futmno , favor , and a prison bed , i _ H Till the Btorm passed , and the low tida returning - _ H turning ij _ | Cast him , n wreck , beneath his natlvo sky ; _ _ | At this lone watch gave hiui jno ehuuoo of _ earning _ H Scant means to llvo who won the right to H All this I hoard or seemed to liorr half | blending _ With the low murmur of the coming breeze , ' The call ot some lost bird and the unending . _ And ceaseless sobbing of these grassy scat i l Until at last the spell of desolation JH Brokowlthatrembhngstarnnd far-off cry , _ The coming train I I glance around the sta- _ H _ All is as empty as tno upper sky 1 f M Naught but myself nor form nor figura _ H walking _ H The long hushed 'ovol ' and stark shining [ _ waste V M Naught but myself , that cry , and the dull V M shaking ! _ Of wbeol and uxlo , stopped in breathless V _ H bastol H Now then look sharp ) Kb , what ) The stn- _ H t tion master ! Thar's none I Wo stopped bora ot our owu | accord _ The inuu got killed in thnt down train dlsas- _ tor Tins time last evening IUgUtthorel All _ aboard , " _ Loudon , England M