Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, December 13, 1880, Morning Edition, Page 4, Image 4
THE DAILY BEE : DECEMBER 13 1880. ! - HOSEWATER : EDITOR DE LA M VIVE'S congressional days are numbered and ha mopes about the capit. 1 wondering which are most un grateful , chur-hes or constituencies. NI.VADA p pirs ustimato that Col. Fir spent over § 150,000 to elect a democratic .euisUture ana secure for himself ttie seiutorship. It wat the most expeuaivo aUtf-Fajr ever held in Nevada. . THE mutto in tr. lail campaign which did the moat service to the re publican party was , "Lat well enough alone. " If the would-bo financial tinkerers of the east are wise thuy will heed it during the present 'session of congtess. THE legislature of Nebraska will meet at noun on the third of January , and will bn composed of 114 members 30 in the senate ahd 84 in fte house. Balloting for United States senator will begin oh tbo 17th of January - uary , and at lo-ist one ballot a duy mutt be cast until the result is de clared. THE opmiuti of tnu bupremo court wl'ich reverses Judge SiV o's decis ion hi the South Omaha sewer case is a fortunate one for the city et large. It means a prop < 5 extension of oir cewerage system , the expenses i f which will be berne by tbe vSu K ci'y. North Omaha will now ha e setrs aud South Omaha must bear iier pro portion of the expense. In ttu ? id it will he found that th ? htiua . citizens will gain nothing at.d th city a great deal. THE New Yurx Tribune thinks Judge Black's crushing lutti-r on the 1 aWB governing railroad monoi olif s a Lid foi a in w issue rii which tl.- ocratic party ruay ride into The" Ti ibune echoes the monopoly cry 80 often raised by the Onirh'j or gan of Jay Gould , thhtall-anti ir < n poly ely advocates are poor republicans era a sistaiit democrats. THE friends of Dick Adams , the def - f . ultiiig postmaster of Deadwood , are m-tkiuu strong exertions to procure hn paidon by President Hayes before hu puts r.n a convicts striped suit. W h-u reason nas the president for put ouing Adams any more than one of thacjie uf horsu thieves and high- wuyiuen sent to the penitentiary from the Cl.Vck Hills. His defalcation was brazen Mid defiant , and for nearly three years was hushed up by officers of the department. If crcr anybody ever dtstirved to have a striped suit ahaved bead , Dick Adams ia the man. THE English cjurt of appeals has decided that Jim McHenry , one 01 the leecues who lived for years on the Erin , must pay over to the receiver some § 2,000,010 claimed as commis sions for the placing of stock and bauds fyr the Erie stockholders. Jay Goald robbed the Erie road of § 9,000- 000 , Jim Fjsk of $2,000,000 , and twenty others have made themselves rich off its earning * . Yet to-day the road is earning a heavy surplus on an over capitalization of four times its value , and the stock is steadily ad N vancing. Tnese enormous sums have buen drawn out of the pockets of the people , and the railroad magnates alcne have reaped tbe benefits. At THE telegraph announces that two resurrectionists of Adrian have been pre sent to tbe Michigan penitentiary for [ a year. What has been done in tbe case of the Omsba grave r bbers ? The arc sentiment of the community demands cor a prompt and thorough investigation era of the outrage. Why has the district for attorney been idle iu the matter ? " If exj property is found in the possession of bet an individual and there is presumptive in evidence that it has been stolen that by person is compelled to give an account stu of himself. Why has not this coarse in been taken with the officers of tbe by medical college in whose rooms the tioi mangled remains of a human being ful were found festering ? The public has cat a right to know what steps have been taken in the matter and what course cui tha sworn officers of the law intend to tare panne. scb and COERCION OR the REFORM. A large class of English conserva lar tives , headed by the landed interest they and championed by Mr. Fronde , are wit is urging upon the British ministry the tie necessity of immediate and violent pla measures of coercion towards Ireland , and exemplary punishment in the vet cases of Mr. Parnell and the indicted 80-1 witted members of the land league. Laying ted aside all thought of remedying the them grlevonVwronira , wh'ch even such up Too holders of the Imperial authority are lie forced to admit have been the prime chii cause of the Irish uprising , they mis and take violence for strength and urge par vengeance before answering to the Gn appeals of Ireland for justice and re ami form. the The first step toward any gen prh uine eolation of the troubles which arit are now racking the country must ho a full and Mr recognition by the British ministry and the Eng lish people that Irish agitation and sedition arise from a state of affairs whioh cannot be met by denunciation nor aided by a dieplay of armed force , A people convinced of the justice o their cause is not likely to be quelled into submission by arguments devote to showing them that the means by wnich they are endeavoring to mak their wrongs apparent and to awaken public sentiment to a. knowledge o their desperate condition , are no strictly within the bounds of th common laws or sanctioned by thi decisions of the English courts of judicature. It is idle for the British ministry to prate upon a strict en forcementof justice in an island when justice has long been a mockery .and where equity in thi case 01 the peasantry has never had an existence. I will be equally vain to bring into ope ration the machinery of coercion which was last attempted in 1871 , with what permanent results the present popular uprising at tuats. Supposing the cabin e decides to suspecd the habeas corpus act , silence the voice of the press , arrest leaders and followers by the &core , and establish a reign of ter ror througnoiu the island , what ad vance will have been made towards a permanei t and practical solution o the Iriah troubles. What hope wil there bo for the future of order and trarquil submission to the present un versally admitted iniquitous system o : land tenure ? By repressing one Irish disturbance for a tune the cabins will only insure its recurrence for the . future. , Air. Gladstone's ministry have fall en heir to a tremendous task in the | solution of the Irish difficulty. Thei course , up to the time when thopro e cution < if the leaders of the Lind | Wgue was decided upon , has been fo tlia"rmost p rr n just and a moderat on > \ But what can they hope to gain from the conviction of Mr. a -d his associates ? The causes of the prost'iit agitation are beyond the con of nny one man or set of men Tney are rroted deep on a basis oi wroni : , shameless oppression and bar barons ox'ortion They spring from a strong sense of distorted justice , and will continue to bear their frui' of f.gitation , disaffection and sedition as long as thos causes exist. The pacificatio- Ireland will not dtpend upon coercion legal prosecutions aud an exhibition of the strength of the home govern ment , but on timely ard prudent leg islatiou. Undaunted by the deter1 mined opposition of the land d interest aud the obstinacy of the house of lords , undisturbed by the cries that they nre introducing an epoch of confiscation , cutting at the root of all property and sapping the bulwarks of tbe English naiioti , the Liberal ministry - istry , if they enterta n any desire for permanent peace in Ireland must in troduce at the nuit session a land bill , which will strike deeply at the root of tbe pre sent system of Irish andlordisui , establish a sya'em of tenure by which tenants may reip the benefit of of their toil , and support and ednca'e their families aud lit them to become useful and happy members of society. half way measures will suffice , i Not until such a measure is adopted and put into successful operation can coi the BriHsh ministry expect to see peace and rrospentv in Ireland. wo AUTOMATONS OR INSTRUCTORS. | vol In a previous article THE BEE ex , n pressed its opinion that one of thu ! greatest causes of complaint in our add admirabln system of common schools | Sl3CII arose from the difficulty of procuring 3CII ave competent instructors in the various , vo grades. This defect , as we stated be c fore , is the natural result of the rapid expansion of our educational system , both in the number of its pupils and the wide extent of territory covered our public schools No coarse o , The study , however , thorough it may be theory , cm be profitably pursued the majority of our school popula without the intelligent and help a the direction of competent and edu cated instructors. Such teachers , it is difficult to pro and cure. Great as has been the expendi tion ite of public monies for normal all , schools for the training of teachers , itO' numerous as are the graduates of also these institutions , they have as yet j " largely , failed to meet the want which cess : were created to supply. Not eses withstanding this fact , the profession dime crowded. There are ten applies- most and as for every vacant seat on the the platforms of our schools , and yet we arj venture the assertion that none of the with so-called learned professions is filled the well so many members totally unfit Sci for the duties devolving upon of , as is that of public Instruction. ren < many of the teachers in the pub Gn nin ning schools i are mere automatons , ma- j The chines for the enunciation of rules Fai facts , listeners rather than im- their parters of knowledge , remorseless new ature Gradgrinds , with no higher price ambition than to dole out yea morsels furnished by the enter tvith prising publishers of patent readers , cnn tional irithmetics and school histories. ing ng Tbe trite old saying that "a poet is ons boru , not made , " might with -qiul truth be applied to the successful touchers. Such instructors as Dr Arnold , of Rugby , and Horace White , of Boston , men who have lef ; their mark on educational methods by rea son of their own independence of all conventional methods of instruction , are rare instances of genius in thu art of teaching. Education means "drawing out , " not forcing down , and the successful teacher is that one who best draws out the capabilities of the individual pupil , and leads , rather than forces , it into the paths of knowl edge. To a lar e extent the teacher should be independent of the text book. "Hearing Kssons" and teach ing are two separate and distinctmat ters. Any one who can read and write is competent to do the one ; com paratively few are fitted to perform the duties of an instructor If improvement in our educational system has advanced along any one 1 line more than another during the past five years , it has been in the direction of improvement of teachers. The much vaunted Quincy school system depends for its success almost entirely upon the individual excellence of its instructors. The Cleveland and ' Peoria schools which have been the models for those of twenty otnor citits , are the result of able superintendence - ence and intelligent enthusiastic in structors. In our own aity the grade of teachers is higher than it has been for fears. Omaha can point with satisfaction to a number of faithful earnest instructors in her public ichools. The responsibility for the selection of competent teachers rests upon our school board. The disgraceful blunder scd der which they made in the case of Mr. Lyon should never be repeated. No superintendent or teacher should be elected to a position in our schools ' , before a searching examination of his qualifications. Examination should ' always precede not follow an election. If this plan had been fol lowed in the cas of Mr. Lyon , much trouble and embarrassment would have been avoided. Finally the success or failS ure of our school system is intimately connected with ' .he ques tion of efficient instruction. The pu pils should catch enthusiasm their w.irk from intelligent , refined and ' sympathetic teachers who know how tc ad.tpt their instruction to the ca- picity of the children. There is n sufficient number of mere nutoiua- torn 3 in our public school system. Let j us have for the future cnly competent and efficient instructors. LITERATURE ANi ) JOURNALISM. | _ THE NAVAL ENCYCLOPEDIA. L. E. Ha- jnersly & Co. , Philadelphia. cniuNEB's MONTHLY and ST. NICHOSAS. Scnbner & Co. , New York. LITTELL'S LIVING AGE. Littell & Co. , Boston. ' I THE ANARCHIST SOCIALISTIC-REVOLUTIOX- AlU REVins" . Dr. Nathan Ganz , pub lisher , 3 Worcester Square , Boston. . The long promised Naval Encyclo pedia , fur aoinu tiniu past in the hands of the printer and elec- P. trotypor , will be ready for issue to : subscribers - an early date. I's pub I lishers . -Jcsars. L. B. Hamersly & Co. 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A Hea liberal caan commission to postmaa- HeaW and others acting as local agents. W Terms to furnished offic agents on appli- ation. Specimen conies free. Se Addrnss THE REPUBLICAN , , thro Springfield , Mass , j eve : MEDICAL SCHOOL MYSTERY. BY F. M. M'DONAGH. The other eve I read THE BEE , And hung it on the floor , And its fame.i "Body-snatching case , " Commenced to ponder o'er ; When presently I heard a tap , A voice my name did call , I recognized Policeman Ford And Marshal Westerdahl. They asked me to cpine right along And quick investigate , A case ugainstthe city's peace , rtn outrage on the state. I donned my overcoat and hat , -My cane s ung on my arm , And ftarte I off with tliem to see 'J ha cause of this alarm. They led me to Farnham and Thirteenth To the top of Hellman's block , They open a door i.nd thrust me in , And turned on the lock ; A score of students glared on me , With griui cadav'roua glares , And 'neath a pale blue jet of gas , Stood I'eroonatrator Ayres. A charnel odor filled the room , Wierd huwled the arctic wind , And on a centre-table lay _ A corpse that had been skinned. Its muscles , arteries and veins , Were gaping to my view , Its fleshltss flku'l ' on side-board grinned , The light was hellish blue. I'm not ashamed to say , I quaked , And trembling stood , in dread. For class and teacher silent stood , As if they , too , were de.wl. I turned to flee , when from the board I heard the clank of bone < > , And from that disemboweled corpse Came de-p sepulchral tones : "MacDonangh , pause _ ! and list to me , You nee.in t mind my looks , Tho' in this state you know me not , My nan e is Datus Brooks , I've been through many hair-breadth scapes , And oft my life imperilled , And never thought to mtet my death , By reading Miller's Hera d. "But , ST I did. and Hitchcock's tears , Bedewed my early grave. Miner , Yost and Parson Nye , \V ith b ubhering tried to a i e A victim of Doc Miller'a rant , And hydrophobia foam. But then he struck tt e fatal blow , By bringing Jim Jerome. "In silence , I was planted deep , In Prospect graveyard where. I hoped to wait for Uabiiel's toot Not hoping to come here ; But Doctor Mercer and'Livingaton , Came ia the dead of night , And dragged me thro' the coffin head , Again to public sight. "I was carried here in a gunny bag , And spread out , at you see , Each anatomic student cuts A pork-steak off of me , My grinniig skull's on yonder shelf Forphrenologic view , My noble brain and lovicg heart , Will soin bo in a stew. "My lusty lungs are fed to hogs , My Heal- will sausage inar , My cuticle they a y they'll tan. To wrap a mild cigar. His tale of woe was quickly stopped By a crash at th' door And I jumped up. I was asleep. And dreaming < n the floor. PERS JNAL.PABAGIIAFHS. Manager Armstrong , of the A. & P. telegraph office , returned from Chicago yesterd > y. J. A. Adams , U. P. agent at Aspen , went west yesterday. He has been with , the ' company since 1866. Co' . B idger , j large mining operator of San Francisco , went west yesterday. Capt. N' . T. Spoor returned to Denver yesterday. Lieut. Hayward , formerly of company , N. S. M. , left yesterday to resume his run on the Utah Northern. Hon. J. H. Millird returned from the east ye terday. Guy Barton , Esq. , ot iMorth Platte , was the city yesterday. James M. Watson , of the U. P. , re turned from New York yesterday. _ Land Commissioner-Elect Kardall was the city jeoterday A. P Woo \ , of the U. P. encioeer's de partment , ha 'eturned from the west. General Manager Touzalin and General Freight Agent Lowell left for Chicago Saturday evening in a 13. & M. special car. Commodore Maury , commander of the steamer "City of Tokio , " arrived with his faraiiyfrom ) the neat yesterday , and went via. the C. , B. & Q , special cai. Paymaste- Corcoran , U. S. M. , of the Pacific squadroD , went east last night. Col. Sumner , U. S. A. , p.vsed through city last ni/h % en route to ew York. Lieut. Ducarr , from Ft. Saudeis , wtw east bound passenger last night. Luke Voorhees , of the Black Hills stage . came in from Sidney yesterday. Gen. Geo. Crook left for Washington city night , in obeditnce to a summons Geu. Sherman. Frank Murray , N. Shelton , Geo. Mil , Kzra Millard and P. W. Hitchcock , among the east bound passengers last evening. James Murray returned from the Gun- country yesterday. Dr. S. D. Merser went we < t Saturday. Chas. Atkins came in from Chicago Sa- turilaymorninir. Geo. E. i > tevens , of the U. P. . has gone . D 0. Clarke went out to Rock Springs Satuiday. Judge Lake catne up from Lincoln Sa- urday noon. John i eattty , Jr. , of Ogden , ia visiting Omaha. Thos. Gibson w nt.toFremont Saturday business. . , C. Howard , of Fremont , was in the Saturday. Elmer : Frank came in on the 0. & B. V. Saturday. 0 . Hon. Geo. E. Pritchelt returned from Hastings Friday. Conductor Geo. Dnncau , of the U. P. , gone to St. Louis. . S. McMnrray , tax agent , U. P. , left Cheyenne ( Saturday. Frank Hanlon was among the arrivals t the State Capital Saturday. j . E. Friese , agent of EllLi' "Oaken j Bearta" combination , is in the city. I Miss Mattie Kennedy , of the"telephon , left for the east Saturday afternoon. Senator Farley , of California , went | hrough , bound for Washington. Friday I .ing. I BT X2S3 Immense Stock { ALL AND WINTER Men's Suits , , Boys' Suits Children's Suits. WINTER OVERCUATS For Men , Boys , and Gh'ldren. Under-Wear , Slats snA Caps. Trunks ami Valises , at Prices t Suit Ail. Farnham Street , Near Fourteenth AGENTS FOR D BOSTiGLi u i : , uMBD & HEX' . DEWEY & STONE , I J-B-FRHU ; . A c cr waraj0 OMAH . 37 * 0 33. GROG S OMAHA MAX MEYER O GUNS , AMMUNITION' , SPORTING GOODS. Fishing Tackle , Base Balls and n full line o ! V USTOTIOIDTS .ITID .cnsr-y G-OOJDS MAX MEYER & CO. , WHOLESALE TOBBAGGONISTS I * Cigars from $ 15.00 per 1000 upwards. Tobacco , 25 cents per pound upwards. Pipes from 25 cents per dozen upwards. 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