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THE 01MAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY , DECEMBER 20 , 1890. THE JXAILY BEE , , E. UOSB\VATKU Kniton. PUBLISHED EVEitY MORNING TOIM sTFTuiTHMi raoN. Dully nnil Htiiidny , Ono Year . ( in 00 filx monthi , , . . . . . . . . . . , . , . . . , ( i 00 Tlirri ) month * . . . . . . . . 2 CO Fuiiclny Hcr.OnoYcnr . . . . . . 2 00 V'cokly lice , Ono Year. . 100 OKFICK3 : Omnhn , Tim tire liulld Ing. tontliOmnli.i , Corner N nnrt 2Cth Street * Council IJlilfTs , 121'rarl Htrcot. Chlcneci Office , 817 Chamber nf Commerce. fiew Yorkjtonini l.'l.H and IS , Tribune llulUUng Washington , 613 fourteenth Street. cotmrai'oso AH communication1 ! relating to new * find editorial matter should bo nddrussed to the Editorial Department. W'SINKSd IirTTEK8. All bnilnoss Irtlorflaud rornlttnncn * annum londilrL-hflultolholIro PublhliltiR Company , Oniulia. Drafw , checks nnd iiostofllco ordora to bo made pavablo to tlio order of the com jmny. 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TIIK president wanted to KIVO color to the supreme honch. So ho put put Brown alongside of Gray. Tun refusal of Bouhmgor to bollovo that ho is politically dead forms a dis tinguished precedent for Parnell. TIIK deeper the courts probe Into the Koan banlc falluro the moro luminous is the fact that it was a model proyiug institution. Till ! Indian campaign still keeps un broken its Blender thread of interest. here may be war yet , but Sitting Bull won't ' bo there. IT is just 100 years since the first plug lint was made , Senator Evarts refuses lo loan it for exhibition at the world's fair for fear of taking cold. RUSSIAN statistics show that the pop ulation of St. Petersburg has decreased 185,000 in seven years. What was St Petersburg's loss was Siberia's gain. ILLINOIS , like Nebraska , has a law regulating private banks on its statute Looks. There is no substantial evidence in either state that the law is a live ono. SKNATOU STANFOIIO says ho has no ambition to bo prosldont So far as has loon ) observed the country never had the remotest intention to force the presi dency on him. STANTKY AFIUCANUS Is constantly adding to his store of knowledge on nat ural history. Ho comes away from Omaha with n vivid recollection ol the two-logged cnlf. TIIK adoption of an extensive code of laws for the government of Oklahoma strengthens the hope that the legisla ture will soon ho disarmed and reduced to a peace footing , THE president says ho will not break into his cabinet to appoint a supreme court judge. But will ho object if the ropublictm party "breaks into his cabi il net" to find a presidential candidate ? i ! TlKNiiv M. STAXLKY saw nothing Binallor among the pigmy tribosof Africa than the sullcy j'ounp man who snubbed lilm nt the d.ojiot Wednesday night and slurred htm In his "newspaper" Thurs day morning , TIIK annexation movement develops now features in Canada. Instead of waiting for events to shape the union , colonies nf the natives are preparing to move on the abandoned farms of New England. Heroin the Canadian farmers evidence their good sense. Ii ? Mind Reader Johnson wore turned loose on the Nebraska contest ho would doubtless throw considerable now lighten on the farce. But there is not much of a mystery about it. That $1,600 appro priated by Dictator Burrows for the pro hibition lawyers is the active motive power. CONQllKSSMAN BLANCilAUD of Louisi ana wants the house to investigate the Sioux troubles nnd- appropriate sufll- clont moans to ouablo n committee to got nt the bottom facts. Mr. Blanehard is rather premature in planning for him- Bolf nnd family an extensive summer tour of the north , TUB premium olTorod by tlio govern ment for greater speed in now war vos- > ola than lu stipulated in the contract , is captured by the contractors with slgnlfl cant regularity. Before the adoption o the prize system a vessel exceeding the maximum Bpood called for was a rarit ; Ja naval architecture. TIIK STATK SVQAIl BOUA'TT. Ono of the now demands of the Fann ers'Alliance , an voiced by n resolution of the recent state convention , is for the abolition of tlio bounty of 2 cents n pound on manufactured beet supar. This action s demanded on the ground that the Bounty will have a tendency to foster nonopoly. The resolution was adopted without discussion and was doubtless as Ill-con sidered as It is unjust and unwlso. The sugar bounty was provided by the last eglslnturo and nothing has yet boon paid on account of H. It was offered ns in Inducement to capitalists to invest lundrcds of thousands of dollars In great ilants tiud thereby develop n promising ndustry and agricultural crop. The dca was to mnko moro sure the prollts of nn enterprise which could not bo thoroughly tested without the In vestment of largo amounts of outside capital , but which was expected to con fer great and lasting benefits to both producers and consumers if it proved successful. The bounty had the desired effect. It wan influential In securing a sugar fac tory for Grand Island built nnd equipped at a cost of half a million dollars , which is turning out several hundred barrels of an excellent quality of sugar every day. This has given the state a wide nd- vcrllbeinont and has already led to the erection of another and larger factory at Norfolk. A continuance of the state's liberal policy may bo expected to bring a largo numboi1 of factories and rollii- orles nnd make Nebraska the first sugar slate in the union. To repeal the bounty almost as soon as factories have been secured by the tender of it would bo an act of bad faith for which the state would certainly Buffer a grievous loss , directly and Indirectly. It would re tard , if not stop , the development of the sugar industry and would give Nebraska n most unenviable reputation with cap italists and manufacturers to whom in ducement s may hereafter bo ottered. It is an act of folly and injustice which the state cannot afford to commit. It ia.undoratood that one of the causes which led to the passage of the rcbolu- tlon was the complaint of farmers about the prices paid for beets. The re Is some truth In the complaint. It is a fact that mtiny of the farmers have been disai > - polntcd in the results of the first year's experiment , the pecuniary return prov ing hardlycoininonsurato to the severe labor Involved. But they should remem ber that the past season was a trial period with them , as well as the manufacturers , and that It is n good deal easier to raise prices than to lower them. Tnu BEE has been informed that the prices paid for last season's crop are not intended to bo taken as a standard. It is certainly too early to condemn the manufacturers for any disappointment on this score. In considering the sugar bounty the legislature should remember that It is dealing with something that promises moro than anvy other single industry for the development of the state's manufac turing and agricultural interests. When ills firmly established such artificial encouragement will not b'o needed or ox- poctcd , but for the present it is the part of wisdom to lot it alone. AN INTKllCONVHltTlltLK HOKD. In his plun for relieving the financial situation submitted to the senate repub lican caucus some ton days ago Secretary "Windom suggested exchanging for a portion of our outstanding bonds a now issue of two per cent , thirty year , inter convertible bonds , such bonds to bo at all times convertible at the will of the holder into currency , and tlio currency also convertible into bonds on demand. It lias boon known for eomo time that the secretary was very much in favor of a bond of this character as a method of supplying moro currency , nnd ho was expected to suggest it In his annual report , but probably for the rea son that the administration was not dis posed to commit itself to a policy of this sort it was not referred to in the ofllclal report. The first opportunity , how-ovor , that came to the secretary to propose ihls schorao , which by the way is not original with hlui , upon his personal ro- spousibllty , ho nnulo use of. As the country knows It was rejected by the senate republican caucus. This result , however , has not discour aged the advocates of an interconvert ible bond , ana they are still engaged in urging it upon popular attention. That it may ono day become a feature of our financial system is by no means improb able , though that It would accomplish any such beneficial results for the people ple as its supporters claim is far from probable. The idea is that the govern ment shall issue bonds to the amount of povoral hundred millions of dollars nt a low rate of interest , not above two per cent , such bonds to bo convertible at the pleasure of the holder into legal tender notes , which notes are to bo convertible back again into bonds , the bonds to bo again convertible into notes , and so enduring during the lifetime of the bonds. The supporters of this scheme as sume that whenever currency was needed il would" bo fur nished by converting the bonds Into it , and when It was not needed It would bo converted back into bonds and with drawn. If this wore the process .it would glvo a measure of elasticity to the currency. But the advocates of the plan appear not to consider that bonds convertible info currency would prnc- tlciflly bo currency , and would bo used in largo transactions nnd in settlement of balances between banks precisely like the notes they represented. The fact that so long as they remained uncoir vo/tcd they would draw interest would assist in preventing their conversion. When capitalists and institutions could got oven two per cent for money in the form of bonds they would probably bo it : no hurry to exchange the bonds ( or notes drawing no Interest at all. For the mosl part , therefore , the bonds would ronmir bonds and yet swell the volume of currency roncy just ns if they were plain non-la torcst-bcaring legal tenders , and the government would bo paying interest t ( no good purpose. This is by no means the most objection able plan among the many which havi been suggested as curatives for flnancla ills. The exchange of a portion or all o our bonds into a bond bearing a lowoi rate of Interest would doubtless in Itsol bo a good thing so far as the saving o ntorost Is concerned , and this considara- Ion might iuduco the people to accept ho nocojsary extension of the llrao for getting rid of the public debt. But as a aeons of remedying any of the Ills Ind ent to our currency system it la by no moans clonr that the interconvertible ) > end plan would bo successful. Sufllclont assurance haa bcon given in the action of the senate republican caucus that no uch plan has any chance of polling hrough the present congress. TUB FUTunn OK TUB uomtoxs , Tlioro are many indications thai the recent exhibition of a willingness to 2omply with the laws of tlio United Stales on the part of the saints Is not to ) o construed us a purpose to abandon the dream of a Jlormon empire. The purchase of several largo tracts of hinds by prominent Mormon leaders ins been recorded recently. Some of rheso purchases were In Colorado and dnho nnd probably aimed at nothing nero Important than the extension of irofltablo farming districts whore the saints could enjoy their own society ex clusively. They nro industrious tillers of the soil , with a fondness for Irrigated arming , and are therefore ready pur chasers of available lands of this bort. No ono familiar with the listory of the church , or the determined character of its leaders , has believed , lowovor , that their plans would stop' with the extension of the peaceful In dustry of farming. The public has walled with much confidence to see the Irst signs ot a now promised land , to which the present npostlos could lead -ho saints , as Joseph Smith lead thorn Vein Missouri to Illinois , and ns 3rlglmm Young lead them from Illinois to Utah. During the past few days it has been mnuunccd that John \V. Young has closed n contract for 5,000,000 acres of and in northern Mexico. Two signifl- : ant conditions of the contract are pro visions that Young shall construct v railroad 1,500 miles in length , vnd that the Mexican govern ment shall pay every family that settles on the tract $200 and every single man $50. On thcso generous terms the Mor mons and the Mexicans can doubtless co operate profitably in the development of a locality that is peculiarly rich in nat ural resources. The Mormons still com mand much wealth nnd energy , and have never found it diillcult to secure recruits. Apparently there is no reason why they cannot ro-eatabllsh their fallen empire whore the Montozumas flour ished hundreds of years ago. The removal of the Mormons to Mexico would bo a happy solution of n troublesome problem for the United States. It would hasten the complete triumph of our laws whore they have bcon long deficient and free the splendid territory of Utah from the weight of in iquity that has hold it down. The Mexi cans will find the saints industrious and energetic assistants , and perhaps they will not mind their little eccentricities. THE Wyoming legislature has for- wirdod to congress a memorial on the subject of irrigation. It calls attention to the fact that irrigation is essential to the development of the agricultural re sources of the state and points to tlio im portant results already attained oven without a systematic distribution of the waters. Over ono hundred miles of ditches have been built and operated by private enterprise and a vast area of land rendered productive. The legisla ture believes that national control of irrigation Is impracticable , that it should bo loft to state regula tion , and urpos the granting to the several states of the arid bolt of the public domain. Under state control laws can bo promptly enacted to moot every emergency instead of depending on the delays of congress and subjecting the people vitally interested to the whims of lawmakers unfamiliar with the needs of the country. It is not probable congress will take action on the question during the present short session. The memorial , however , suggests a feasible plan of disposing of the arid lands , but there are other vital questions involved which should bo definitely solved before the nation relin quishes ownership. Nebraska , the Dakotas and Ka'nsaa , while ready to aid in the development of their west ern neighbors , must Insist on federal legislation preventing the total diversion of the waters of interstate streams. TllKUB is a movement for a conven tion of load minors , with the object of devising moans to protect themselves against the alleged exactions of the load trust , and other combinations which they claim are robbing them. The minors say they are willing that the load manufacturers , the smelters nnd the railroads shall have a fair profit , but they are not disposed to work any longer for that trlumvorato. If the minors have such cause of com plaint as they allege they are certainly justified in seeking to reuiovo It and to secure for themselves justice and fair play. They might bo able to find througli a convention a way to reach this , while at the same time It wouldglvo them an opportunity to bettor acquaint congress and the country with the magnitude ol the industry. IV wo can bollovo the d ofunct Mr. Broatch he always was a staunch oppo nent of prohibition , but during the late campaign ho never failed to give aid and comfort to the imported dofumcrs and traducers of Omaha and tried his level best in an underhanded way to obstruct tlio work of the business men who had volunteered to ilght the untl prohibition buttlo. THE suspicion Is growing to the pro portions of conviction that the prohlbi tion inquisition masks n cunning plot. To a man up a trco it looks like an in gonlous scheme to waste the time of tlio legislature and block all business up to the closing days of the session , Is TIIK city charter to bo rovisoll ii the Interest of flio franchlscd corpcu-a tions and contractors or are'\yo to have a revision in the interest of the people' ' A ruorosmON Intended to brinp Canadian railroad * to some extent undo the operation of the Interstate commerce aw lias boorfutibmlttou In congress * . This is In the fulfil of an amendment to the act requltfrilr thai railroads doing business partly the United Slates nnd partly in adjacent foreign countries shall obtain from .till ) interstate comuiorco commission a license or permit loongngo n such business1.1 A company applying for ouch Hconteo' must stipulate that it will obey and c'ur/orm ' / to the provisions of the not to rogulixto interstate commerce ind upon n failure to comply with tlio aw the comtnhslon may suspend the icenso. "Wo bannot ECO that there can jo any rcasonablo objection to n regula tion of this kind , all agreeing that the allun corporations doing business within the territory of the United States ought to bo required to conform to tlio pro visions of our law ; otherwise tlioro is manifestly n discrimination against our own muls to their disadvantage. But such regulation would not lessen the cause of agitation against the Canadian roads , which is their competition , and on thia ground the proposed amendment will doubtless bo vigorously combattod by the American railroad Interested. TIIK farmers of Vermont are making rapid progress with their now league , which , although only about a year old , already has iiO.OOO voters within its ranks. The legislature nt its last ses sion failed to glvo any attention to special measures urged by the farmers , and this neglect of thotr Interests gave a marked impetus to the growth of their organization. They draw from both parties , but necessarily most largely from the republicans , and as the vote of the two old parties is about fifty thou sand republican and twenty thousand democratic , it Is apparent that tlio farmers' organization may cut a big figure - uro in future elections in the Green Mountain slate. At any rate It is the intention of the organization to put a state ticket in the Hold at the next elec tion , and the promise is that they will make a very strong showing al the polls. The principles of the league are in the main similar to these of the alliance in the west , except that the Vermonters are strong protectionists. board of trade is moving vigor ously to secure a state warehouse law. The subject is ono of vital importance not only to the farmers of the state , but it Is the first practical step toward tlio establishment of a grain market in Omaha. Tlio republican state conven tion , pronounced in favor of a warehouse law. The Alliance members cannot consistently oppose a measure promising beneficial results to the producers and tlio state at largo. It is not probable that the measure ; will encounter serious opposition iu the legislature. The board of trade however , should secure the introductio'n of a bill embodying the principles of the Illinois law , or some equally effective QUO , nt the earliest pos sible day , and energetically urge its en actment. ' 1 TIIK abolition.of sinecure offices and the concentration of responsibility should bo stamped on every section of the revised charter. Under the present law , sinoouip oljlces have been multi plied far beyond ' 'tho needs of the city and the tax-eater's subject to no ono but their creators in the council. * Tim mysterious movements of the con tractors and the repudiated combine in dicate n determination to organize tlio now council in thointorestof onoorboth. The year's experience shows that the boodle cast upon the waters 12 mouths ago returned both principal and interest. ONK by ono the government concedes the demands of Omaha. The success of the movement to sceuro an adequate bonded wiirohouso should stimulate anew the efforts to place the local mall borvico on a basis commensurate with the busi ness ol the city. WITH the addition of the abandoned poor house , Mr. Ilnscall's collection of city and suburban villas Is unapproach able in variety and Incomparable in architectural delirium. Succi ate his Christmas dinner in n Boston dime museum , which is a pretty tough reward for a forty-five day fust. Ex-MAvon BUOATCH Is again posing as a great nnd pure political reformer. Shades of the late Tammany braves ! IN the opinion ofho \ supreme court the state banking board is not "a bigger man" than the state banking law. Kailrouds. CMcaiio Tribune , The rcDort of Attorney General Loose of Nebraska setting forth what nro apparently the two alternatives of railroad control for < tbo future is a powerful document. It pre sents n strong array of facts , and If some of the statements may bo objected to aa trite they are none the less true. Ho concedes the claim thut the owners of stock In railroad corporations are entitled to a fair return on the monov they have Invested , but Insists they have no right to any moro than that. Ho then states it Is ns & notorious fuct that In many Instances tho'ohly money Invested In the rnilroad Is that derived from the sale of bonds , the stock trf'iih equal amount being Issued gratuitously" to the shareholders , who then want tlio people * of the state to pay full dividends on"'it In the shape of extortionate charges for transportation , ' .This Is not onlx 'wronR as a mutter ol equity hut indlroqt'v/olatlouof / tholaw which provides that the capital cannot exceed the actual cost of the property and tuat any ficti tious increase of canJjLal stock or other in- dchtQ'lncss of any swell corporation ahall bo void. Ho says it Is p'dmittcd that the rail roads In Nebraska have outstanding stock tea a largo amount that'Uas ' not bcon Issued .for money , labor or pfupdrty , and the several re ports of tbeso railroads show dividends on al uch stock. Yet It'la now proposed to bring tlicso nnd other Hues'under an autocratic con trol for the purpose of further Increasing the bullions of the people , making tucw pny for larger dividends on this fictitious capital. Mr. Kecso thinks the only remedy for al this Is that the government should aviuino the control and ownership of all the railroads and begin bj talcing possession of the Union Pacific by foreclosliifj Its Hen upon that prop crty. There can ho uo question that the las named act would ho ono of strict Justice. The government has a rl ht to control the road h the Interest of the people , -and ought to do so because the transportation company Is oston slbly a servant of the public and has commit ted Itself to the responsibilities of that post tton by receiving important aid In sucu ca paclty. The government Uas a moral as well as a right to BOO that nil Its citizens nrodonlt \vith on cqtinl nnd just terms , but It could only obtain ownership ot all the railroads l > y ) urchnsa or confiscation. To buy out all the I tics in the country at the extravagant vnlu * itlou now flxod on them by their mnnUint- utors and the further appreciation that \voulil bo insisted upon If tbcro were a pros- > cct of such legislation being pushed tlnouRh could only bo done bytaddllng on the people a far Heavier load than the ono they are now currying. It would moan the buying out of the property at far moro than Itsnctunl worth nnd taxing the present as well ns the future generations to pay the debt It Is not dlnlcult to fancy Juy Gould laughing In his slcovo at the prospect of tno nation legalizing n vast amount of problematical stuff now held L > y him nnd others , nnd undertaking to turn Into solid substance untold millions of dirty water that has boon Injected Into the railroad sys. tern of the country. Yet this is what would have to bo done unless the buyer Insisted on cutting the purchase prlco in two , under pro test from the iinwlllliiB seller , or paying the bill In flat money. Either of thcso two courses would bo nn act sonrbltrcT. and unfair as to deserve to rank only with the politics of nn unenlightened nRO. The llrst would bo bold open robbery , nnd nq such hooted at by the whole clvill/cil world ; the second commercial suicide and national bankruptcy. The farmers ilo not want any suuh result as that , nnd therefore should not ludorso the advocacy of sueh an unwise policy , though made by a well-meaning friend. Still , It is only natural Clint the threat of a monopolistic combination should provoke an attitude ot ro < prlsnl against the railroad magnates , and even lead sensible men to propose measures that nro Indefensible. The Loose utterance is only ono of many which may bo expected to bo provoked by the menace of a comblna to place the farming classes nt Its mercy and once more institute and enforce the policy ot e trafllc pay all It can bear. Canli is lIsHontinl. Chltaaa JVcuvt. The road to the banker's ' ruin Is paved with good Intentions unaccompanied by cash. An Invartnblo Characteristic. Chltaoo Trlliunt , "Fat men"observes a Nebraska exchange , "nro thick in our town. " Fat men nro thick wherever you find them , Mr. Kcnii'H Itellgltnis Hanking. KtitiMS Cllu Ttmn. Danker Kc.in of Chicago may have been a financier according to religious principles , but according to developments ho laid up very little earthly treasure for his creditors. The DoinncrnU and the Alliance. St. Joteph llcrnlil , Ono of the most beautiful sights of the present times Is the affection felt for the farmers by democratic pollutions , whoso aims and affections are dependent for their realiza tion on the good granger's veto. Impotent FiiuatlolHin. Jom'stoini , ( X , 1' . ) , Journal. When fanaticism runs a muck it does a good , cause Incalculable injury. A zealot in Omaha threw a clmlr through an $18,000 painting representing beauty unadorned , be cause ho thought It demoralizing. The ox- qulslto work of art was ruined and the fatmtio is in jail , but the world is not ono whit bet ter. The Iowa Wreelcor. ChtMOo Trttmnt. The Iowa Stnto Register has had to deal with three Important questions during the last few years and Its course in each case has been unwise and damaging to Its party. First , it was largely responsible for the coercive teetotal prohibition fad , which drove all the Germans In Iowa out of the republican party and turned all the river towns into democratic strongholds. Second , It sold out to Jny Gould and the railroad ring , and so offended the farmers. Tlioso who were pleased with its prohibition arguments couldn't ' stand Its open alllauco with Jay Gould. Finally , it got astrldo of the McICinloy monopoly tariff bill , nnd the republicans who had escaped from prohibition and .Tiiy Gould fell "outside the breastworks" of McKniloy- ism. ism.If If the Register had set out to wreck the republican - , publican party In Iowa it could not have played its cares more shrewdly. .V IK A. The story of the New York maiden who scared off the unwelcome attentions of a yoijng roan by hugging him is Interesting , and shows the possession of spunk. But it Is a llttlo rough on the girl Just the same. The reigning belle at an afternoon tea ap pears to be Just pouring. Hostess Dear mo , tlio conversation Is llaglng. "What can. wo do to amuse our guests 1 Host I don't know , unless wo leave the drawing room fora few moments ana glvo them a chance to talk about us. Her snowy arms his neckm-vosts , And that Is why I trow sir , Ills breath in such short pants attests The ardent love ho vows her 1 A shoo dealer says that girls between six teen and eighteen have bigger feet than after twenty and twenty-four. The foot is fleshy at Hint time and largo , but as yam's coinu t o foot decreases and the muscles grow moro llrm. Ono evening nt half past eight lie called on his bcstgirl named ICiiolgu t , And ha had not gone Wusn the clock struck one , For he didn't consider It leight. "I can understand why girls who have no bcaus should resort to tight lacing , " re marked Suaggs te his wife. "What has that to do with It ? " asked Mrs. Snaggs , "If they have noyouna follows to squeeze them they can solace themselves with the corset. " Though a diamond bracelet goea Into Mabel's silken hose ; Papa , who puts up ttio rocks , Rubs along in cotton socks. Dudely AVnat lovely llttlo fingers you hnvo got , Miss Fanny. They are hardly larger than a baby's ' fingers. Fanny Yes , nm always said that It would hardly cost anything nt all to get an engage ment ring toflt my linger , "I say , Bob , why don't you marry Mar guerite , your sister's friend I She's a charm ing girl a regular angcL" "Conceded ; but she paints , " "Now , my dear follow , place your hand on your heart and tell mo honestly if you over saw an angel that wasn't painted. " Miss Irene ( at the skating park ) Did you notice how gracefully Mr. Hanklnson put on my skates for met Mla Laura Didn't ho do it nicely } Ho reminds mo so much of tliat gentlemanly young man that always vv'alts on ono at In sole & Co.'s shoo storo. Ethclbort Will you grant mo ono last foni embrace bofqro wo part forever ! Winifred Cert'nly. If I were you I'c ' fondly embrace tUo opportunity to got out before fore pupa comes down. Just as the young man loft his love As midnight hour was tolling , A foot came from the stoop above And sent the lover rolling. The angry father crloi ) , "Hostlc Yourself , you tardy suitor ; Don't take mo for a pirate , sir , Hut merely for a freo-booterl" xK\rtt \ nv TIIK x Nebraska. The Norfolk creamery has beoa sold to Harding llros. for fc ,000. The now Christian church nt Flllcy has jccn dedicated free from debt. The now opera house at Klslo was opened Christmas night with the piny "Under the Spell. " A ghoit dance was plvon nt the Ponder opera house In which Sitting Hull's ghost took a prominent part. llurton Curry , nSchuylcr bicyclist , took a Header from his machine nnd broke one of the bones In his right Imtul. The Ulysses Dispatch prophecies that Van "Wyck will bo the choice of the alllauco of the west fur vice president In K9 , KHJah Flllcy of Fllloy Is constructing ono ot the largest artificial hikes In the state which will ho used us n carp pond. Kov. A. H. Law tint resigned the pastorate of the Baptist chuich nt Fllk'Vniul has ac cepted a cull from the Baptist church at Wllber. The Torbcs prlzo for tlio best declamation among the preparatory students of Doana i-ol- li'ge , Crete , "WS3 . ( vwnrilod . * > Miss Lillian Cuuso. There were llvo contestants. " V . _ A petition Is being freely signed' for n postuulco at tt'ilsou'tKQoruors , between Decatur - catur and Lyons , mid In case the petition it granted nn alliance store will bo started at the sumo place. The Stromsburg Kopuhllcan has changed to the News , nnd will pursue the sumo line of policy that has made It one of the strongest weeklies in the state. Air. S. 0. Woodruff remains In vdltoilal charge. A team of horses belonging to Herman An- holt , ofTccuntseti , wus frightened by n brass band , nnd while tno owner was holding the unlmals his arm wus broken. Aiihult tried to collect damages from the baud , but fulled. It Is reported that Mrs. Jacobus , wlfo of the Baptist minister nt Delta , Otoo county , was horsewhipped last evening by two indlg- 1111111 females. Airs. Jacobus wus riding nlong the road in a cart , when the ladles stopped her and while ono of them held the horsu the other laid on the whip. The ladies who ad ministered the 'strap oil" claim that the preacher's wife had been talking ruthor pro miscuously about : hom. I'roin Wyoming to the Const. Dutto business men have subscribed 51,850 to rid the city of smelter smoke. Helena's consolidated street car company has commenced running electric cars exclu sively. The wealthiest colored man iu the west Is Kdwnrd J. Sunderlln , a barber of Denver. Ho is worth $ JOO,000. The first session of the grand lodge of Mon tana of the Ancient Order of United Work men was held iu Helena last wsck. The old and curious Indian medal , of which mention was recently made Iu THE Hue , is now iu the possession of ,1. J , Stcffonof L.USIC , AVyo. , who secured it from the Indian dh-ect. A force of'men which has been at work constructing the telegraph line between lied Uuttesnnd park City , Utah , will put up the line on the Cheyenne & Northern extension. A popular vote was taken nt Santa 13ar- bara , Cal. , upon the question of closing tliu saloons at 11 o'clock every nipht and all day Sunday , is'lne hundred and fifty votes were cast. The majority an fuvor of closing was oTl. oTl.Hon. Hon. Joseph Nimmo , Jr. , special agent of ir rigation inquiry , department of agriculture , has arrived in liolso , Idaho. lie Is charged with the thorough investigation of the ques tion of irrigation In Idaho , both from surface and under or artesian How. There is strong probability of the organiza tion of a local company to build a telegraph line from Choyonuo to Denver to conneo with the Postal telegraph company's ' linos. The cost has been estimated nnd several cap- ItiJists hnvo signified their willingness to take stock in the company. Jacob W. Harlnn , an old CnHfornian , who has become somewhat convivial of late , was robbed Iu a saloon at Niipu , Cal. , a few nights ano of $10. Ho was in the company of young men and says ho knows who did the Job. Warrants nro out for their nrrost , but they have not yet been apprehended. The total area under ditch. In El Paso county , Colorado { of which Colorado Springs Is the chief city ) , la 11,010 acres. There are thirty ono reservoirs constructed , at an esti mated total cost of$99,000. : nnd four partially completed reservoirs , which when , finished will have cost Syi.OUO. . There are la all sixty ditches. A bill has been Introduced in the Wyo ming legislature providing nn appropriation ot $ < 0OUO , for the world's fair. Five commis sioners will bo npK | > inted , two of whom will bo the state engineer and state geologist. A bill has also been Introduced establishing the Wyoming agricultural college , and leaving its location to a vote of the people. The Seattle & Northern coal company , which opened extensive offices In Scuttle , Wash. , November 15 , has vanished nud nn investigation shows that a successful swin dle has been ncrpotrutcd. The company wns organized in Seattle about three months ngo with u cnpitul of 5.fXXX ( ) . 13usincfs wns transacted by a man nnmca Ayres , who issued the stock of the company at par value in payment for coal. Canvassers were em ployed and quite a business was done. On December 5 the whole outfit disappeared and uothins has slnco been heard from thorn. The great High Line canal nt Kooky Ford , Col. , is completed and the work has been ac cented by the canal company from the con tractors. Water began running In the canal from hcadgate to cud the first ot last week. The canal is twenty foot wide nt the bottom nt Its head nnd diminishes in size to twelve feet nt the terminus and will carry five feet of water , which will irrigate some 22,500 acres of mnd. It is eighteen miles In length and hns been under process of construction nine months. Built as It was by n homo com pany It is the espooiul prldo of the people of that section. Ono of these peculiar accidents occurred a few nights ngo at Pocatcllo , Idaho , at the "Hoardof Trade " which will , cause a stran ger to lay over sorao tlmo in that city with a bullet in his leg. A sheriff from Nevada ac cidentally Iqt his gun workout of his pocket anil drop on the floor and it wns discharged , the ball taking effect In the loft leg of n stran ger , entering Just above tl o knoo. As nccl- cldents are liable to happen , the sheriff vol unteered to give the stranger a $ . " > l ) bill and call it square. Ho Is under medical treatment and getting along nicely. Mr. nnd Miss Hayes. Tlmo la making1 miiny chanpos in ox- Prosidcnt Hayes , says the Brooklyn Times. lie is aging rapidly. I saw him in the corridor of the Fifth Avenue hotel the other ovoninp , and not one man in twenty-five know him. lie was alone. . His hands were clasped behind his back. Ills chin rested low on his shirt collar. Ho sooined to bo hurried in thought. Ho has few friends In Now York. Politicians never visit him. No onoscokB his company. His visits to Now York are not numer ous , perhaps ono or two a year. Often ho brings with him his favorite daugh ter , Mlbs Fnnnlo , who attained her ma jority recently. At the Fifth Avenue hotel this young lady is porfoctlv at homo and know * the ins and outs of'the great caravansary as well almost as she does her own residence. It In quite a picture to BOO her frolng into tlio largo dining room loaning on her father's arm. The contrast between the two is groat. Ho is gray and some what patriarchal looking , his bushy white whiskers extending somewhat over his shirt front , The young lady is a decided brunette , medium sized , and could not bo classed as any too tall or a bit too short. There is a family resemblance - blanco in her face to the ox-prosldcnt , but the color of their eyes is not the same , his bolng gray anil hora dark. In dross she Is modest , and not given to display of any kind. Her nttiro la quite becoming , though , and made to comport with the canon of style as laid down In Now York. She is devoted to her father , and they enjoy rare intel lectual companionship. They stroll about the city together , or take a cab 'and enjoy long drives. Hns H lllg Ijimtl to Cnrry , American Grocer : Wnlkor Weeks has got fearfully round shouldorH , hasn't ho ? Ho never does any work , does hoV Wontmnn No , but you ought to see the load of debts ho 1ms to carry , Int routing VIolmltudoH of Iiltoruturo lit tlio Imiul ut'CauruoltiH , The writing of thin cla&a of lltornluro began in the thirtconthuontury nnd con tinued to boa favorite occupation of ChlncHO wrlterri for ubmit three centur ies , says the North China Horahl. After this it waa felt that enough had boon provided and the production almost ceased. The authors concealed tliolr' names. The mornl teaching of the Con fucian school wns too powerful for these who loved to glvo reign to their Imagina tion In novel and play writing to bo nble o venture on publloltj. It was never with the consent ot thu always dominant nornl philosophers that novels grow to hIlls , ho position of Iniluonco they . lossoss In China. 'i This hostility has by no moans i' , M < .u. 'Julio ' recently there appeared in a ChinoHO newspaper a pa per written by nn anonymous Confuolanlst against nov oln. Ho Is deeply impressed with the need of continuing the crusade against licentious lltonituro and romances com- iiiullCUil by one Chion during tliola _ t _ ccnturyO\'hon ho fotujjlstl-R : boliooTTIi Soochow for "tiw "irbinotlon ) of the lioalthy study of the classical books. Uo liold that novels are now BO provident Lhat they amount to a fourth estate in Lho realm of teaching , the Confucian , lUuldhlst , and the 'JL'noiut literatures being the llrat , second nnd third. Hut Instead of Inculcating virtue they load men Into vice. Every ono roads them or lioara them read , nnd it mnv bo ques tioned whether the moral influence for Chinese works of inriginntion is , ho says , not greater than that of the books of the three religions for good. They niggost to young men that they should load a licentious life , and repru.sont kill ing a man aa a noble nation. To read of those things produces disastrous results on public morality. The many cases of crime in the courts and the number of these who adopt a robber's career are duo to the o flout of Chinese novel read- Ing.Th Ills : author was followed by Shihwho sot tlio example of establishing a paper- burning urn in his fnmlly court. Into this urn wont nil novels tinil every sort of vicious lltonituro on which lie could Iny hands , and c3ccluly ] ! the blot'ka troin which they wore printed. For these ho inudoviilo search , in tlio hope of extinguishing the ovll at its source. In order to lind money to buy thorn up , ho first used his spare fundu , iindllion sold clothing , and even his wife's orna- inonls , in order that tlio work of destruc tion might bo more complete. Others of inlluonco in Soochow followed thuso examples ; they created a public opinion , : uut the consequence was tluit represen tatives of sixty-live of the moat respecta ble linns wont , together to tlio city torn- plo , burnt incense , and iniulo a vow not Lo engage in the trade in immoral books. An olllco was opened in tlio Uonfuolnn temple of the magistraoy for buying up the blocks of all Immoral books , including novels. There was an immense destruction of this literature in Soouhow , so that it became hard to moot with vicious publications. Tills was , lioworor , nearly half a century ngo , and the evil rose again. Twenty-live yearn igo the then governor of the district issued a proclamation reiterating the order prohibiting immoral publications. At the present time thoru is ii Hood of hooks with a bad liilluonce. Such readIng - Ing ae they furnish has moro inllucnco V in loading young minds wrong , says the , COnfuclnnlst writer , than all the in fluence on the nido of right or the tench- ing of the sages. "Tho foreign reader of Chinese books of imaginative kind cannot condemn them indiscriminately , because they contain beautiful ohnrac- tors , both of men and women , which ex hibit an admirable Idea of bravery , filial piety , purity of life , loyalty , and other noble qualities. But tlioro can bo no doubt of the bad intluonce of many of the native books which familiarize the minds of the young with scones of vice , and hold up successful crime to sympa thetic admiration , It must also bo ro- mombcrcd that whatever evil there may bo in the actual life of the Chinese , they _ have among them the firm frlomVrflTii high morality. The national conscience and tlio national literature alike testify with unfaltering voice to the duty of every one to bo mowil , just , and hu mane. " An UnuniinlVnr Hollo. Dr. Hall has quite a curiosity in the ehnpo of an old , rusty relic of the late war , savs the Amorious , Ga. , Recorder. It is ono of the old pikes known as the Joe Brown pike , which wore used by the confederates at the beginning and by some of the troops all through the war. Dr. Hall was living near Oriswoldvlllo , and after the engagement there ho found the ono ho has. It consists of an iron shaft about a foot long and a head shaped like a spear. To the shaft was fastened n long wooden handle , but this part of it was lost. The Kcwuril of Faithfulness. Puck : Mr. Wrodlnk ( the old book keeper ) Today marks my fortieth year of service with you , sir. Mr. Hides 1 was aware of It , Mr. Wrodlnk , and I have arranged a little surprise for you. Take this alarm clock , with my best wishes for you r continued promptness. Boils and Pimples Are nature's efforts to eliminate poison from tlio lilooil. Tills result may bo accomplished much moro cflectnally , as well as agreeably. through the proper excretory channels , \iy \ \he use of Aycr's Sarsapaillla. "For several years I was troubled with bolls aiidcaibtmclcs. In casting about for : i remedy , It occnned to mo that Ayer's Sarsa- parllla liail licun used In my father's family , with excellent success , nud 1 thought th.vt what was good for the father would also bo good for the son. Three or four buttles of this medicine entirely cuied me , and I liavo not since In moro than two years had a boll , phnplo , or any other eruptive trouble. I can conscientiously speak In the highest terms of Aycr's Sarsaparilla , and many years' experience In the drug business en ables tno to speak Intelligently. " C. JI. Jlatfleld , Farmland , Iiul. Ayer's SarsapanHa DR. J. 0. 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