OMAHA DAJLL * BLJ2 : SATUJIDA * FEBRUARY H lob * The Omaha Bee FnblMicd every morning , oicoptSnndny , Che only Monday morning dally. TKKMS HY MAIL : One STinr $10.00 I Three Month * . S3.00 Sli .Months. 5.001 One . . 1.00 THE WBKKIiY HKE , published ev. nUUMSl'OST PAIli. One Year fci.OO I Three Months. . 50 Bit Month * . . . . 1.00 | One , 2 ° CO It II KSI .V11KNOK All Corntmml. intf-m * tvl.itini ; to New-anil Kdttorial mater - or * -innilil Ijo ft'lilrenscd to the KDITOU OK THL i n : . BU.SINKS8 I.KTTK11S All HuHinom Liltui * niul Itonittanccs nliould ho ivl drjsM-il to THK OMAHA I'cnLiHiiiNa COM. PANT , OMAHA. Drnftn , Checks nud Post allies Ordoi * to ho inmlo payable to th ( order of the Company. OMAM PUBLISHING 00 , , Prop'K B.KOSEV/ATEIt , Editor. UALK tlio country 1ms ROHO OHCHI wild. TUB narrowing of upper Farnhani street would bo worse than a narrow minded policy. TUB school wnn novur intended tc usurp the place of thu church. Cli.in collor Fiiirliold and his regents should bo tnadu aware of thu fact. As exchange remarks that it was : singular fruak nf nuturo giving Sul livnn a mule's hind log for an arm Ryan thinks HO for onu. VANDEIUIILT wo.irn a twenty-five- dollar suit of clothes. Ho can afford it bettor than many a bank clerk will a twenty dollar a week salary. TmtKK movements in great citioe cast for the establishment of free li braries have lately hcon recorded by the papers. Omaha's free library it constantly growing iu influence and usefulness. TIIK Sargent boom seems to have subsided and the Pacific coast jobbet can now devote his attention to hatch ing up another desert land swindle for California , Judge Belford ia ahead of him in Colorado. " IOWA and Nebraska are already joined by two bridges but the first wedding with the free consent of both parties will take place when cheap tolls are brought about by a wagon brick'o connecting Omaha and Council Bluffs. Miu VKHT is still prancing through the senate and howling his loyalty in appeals against the repeal of the ar rears of the pension swindle. Mr. J Vest has n largo amount of frozen domagogry in his composition , iind speaks onu word for the soldiers and two for Mr. Vest's political popular ity. HKV. Ghowin 0. MII.N , pastor of Unity church in Chicago , has aban doned his belief in the Diety , the Scriptures , and the immortality of thu soul , and pronounces himself an ag nostic , without creed or withputfaith. Wo do not like to impute unworthy motives to any man , especially on the subject of religious belief. From a personal knowledge , howoyor , of Mr. Miln for nearly ten years past his lat est freak causes us no surprise. His great object during all his ministerial career has boon a thirat for notoriety which nothing could satisfy. As Methodist ho out-Wesloyed Wesley. As a Presbyterian ho out-Calvinod Calvin , and his sensational changes of creed and methods during the past few years have been almost too fre quent to -How , gravitating between the most ascetic orthodoxy and the broadest liberalism , Sincerity is al ways commendable. It is especially so in matters , of belief. Few who have watched Miln's ' career aa a pul pit pounder will give him credit for anything more than an all-absorbing egotism , fed by an overpowering crav ing to uxcito public attention. TIIK city council should not hesitate n moment in refusing permission to the railways to occupy Jiiokson street , Omaha has already dealt more liber ally with her railroads than any city of her size on the continent. The valuable river bottoms are practically given up to transportation purposes. Three of our best streets , with the adjoining alleys , have been vacated to the Union Pacific. In addition morn , than half a million of dollar * in bonde and land have boon donated to thu corporations. The last petition of the Union Pacitio company to the city council is a piece of cheeky import- ! nonce which ought to bo promptly answered. Its only object is to pre vent a rival railroad frsiu attaining entrance to the trade center of om cioy , It has boon recognized as sucl by every leading merchant of Omaha The petition against granting the de niandoftheUnionPacificcontaiiwltlit names of men who are making Onuiln a great commercial metropolis , aw who are vitally interested in prevent ing the building of a Chinese wal . around this city , through which non but a single gigantic monopoly cat penetrate , No member of the cit ; council who casts hit vote iu favor o granting thin impudent request cai /roo hii ikirU' ' from the aunpicum o undue corporation influence THE POI/TAI , SAVINGS BIIA- The bill reported to congress by the ommlltio on post offices providing or the establishment of postal B.ivings ) anks , is a measure which should ocuro a speedy passage , lly its pro- ioioiiH such post offices ns may bo designated are inado depositories for the protection of small savings , in which nny person above It ! years ol ngo may become a depositor , the smallest amount receivable being one lollar and the largest $100 , during a loriod of thirty days. All deposit ! will bo free from luxation and wil draw two per cent a year pur annum calculated at the end of every calundat month. The postal savings bank is un insti tution intended to assist frugality ant thrift nmong the poorer classes. I aims to provide for thn laborer am mechanic and clerk and all others win may take advantage of its use , perfect safety for their savings and such in tcrest as safety watrants. Thu oxpe runout has bocn succosafully tried it Grunt Hrituiti. It would Imvu fount a place in thu United States serviuu : number of years ago if eastern bank OM had not joined in opposing an ; legislation which they believed woiili cut down their own profits in proportion tion , as deposits were withdrawn nm transferred to institutions under gov eminent control. Thu postal savings bank is needed on thu ground of tin scarcity of places for the deposit o small earnings , There aru only U'Jt savings banks in the country. Al these aru in fourteen states. Louis iana and Maryland arc thu only south urn states provided with these dupuai lories , Ohio and Indiana the only western states , and California stands alone on the Pacific coast in possess ing a single savings bank. Statisticn show that the number is steadily de creasing. Another ground for thu cstubliahmon of postal savings batiks is that of se curity for depositors. In the past tei years in Now York city nlono twenty- onu banks havu failed , owing their dopositoru 812,05)5,570. They havt [ laid to their depositors , after tedious lolays , at n cost of iiboui 8900,000 in receivers' foes , § 0,353,20'or aboul one dollar in two. The fudural gov ernment settles the intricate affaire of a national bank nt u cost of six pur cent , on the payments mudo. Tilia jntch of savings banks cost sixteui > or cunt. Dupoaitors in insolvent lational banks , who aru paid no inter- eat and look for ordinary business security , get over Bovonty per cent. L'hesu naviiigs bank depositors rccoivet Jiiroly fiftytwoper cunt. , and jot , with fair management , depositors in a Havings bank should be safer than do- lositora in a bank which takes the ordinary risks of business. There are several objectionable foa .uros in the now bill which outfit tc ) o modified before it secures its fina passage. The rate of interest is too ow. Great Britain pays two and a ulf per cunt , interest on deposits. Why should thu Unitud Status deprive ho poor man of a half per cunt , in- roruat which it can very wull afford to > ivu. It can pay thu ratu at which it can borrow luss thu cost ot nmiuu'o- nont. Thu government can borrow at 3 pur cunt. Does any ono believe , lmt it will cost 1 per cent , to manaro .ho deposits ? Another feature which needs modi- ication is the limit placed upon the ei/.o of the deposits. This is placed jy thu bill at $3 , after which tuldi- kinal deposits may bu nmdo in $1 amounts. This limit in outrageously arije. Franco takus deposits of 2C cunts a franc ; ' England of 25 cunts u shilling. By issuing stumps , thu first dupoait is brought down to 2 oeuta in England , and in Franco the govorn- nont achool savings banks , which have J2'1'J80 depositors and deposits of > 720,000 , thu acgrugatu of no ono du- > oait larger than $1 , taku deposits of a penny. Theru is no good reasons why thu initial deposits should be ilacud at a greater sum than that illowud by other foreign governments. TIIK free tradu fallacy is daily losing iruund nmong American tanners. They are beginning to understand hat the true economic policy of any country is exactly that of the nidi- viduals composing it. The farmer irst provides for his own family. II 10 raises wheat ho must first attorn ] o the wants of his own household. That is a market that never fails him , For some part of his production his 'iiiuily will constitute a certain mar- cut and if ho chances to have a BUT- ilus he can probably dispose of it to n neighbor. In the samu way , when i urge number of producers engage it the same business there may be n considerable surplus for which a con vuniunt market is ono of the pressing neo/ls. Can a policy carefully ad justed for the purpose which creatoi a convenient market for uucli u sur plus bu unwise ! This is what u jus protective policy does. It establinhef and buildi' up numerous conveniun local marked for the surplus produo tion of thu farmer and in creating auoh markets it creates u now field fui labor , mechanics , and for artisans If u home demand could bo croatci for uvory bushel of wheat raised ii thu country it would bo wise to creut < such a demand. Buyers run the risk and costs of ocean trasnportatlon tc distant market * only when the horn demand falls off. The moru perma lent our homo demand becomes nnd ho more its constancy increases the norojprosporous and independent our icoplo will become. This is the entire protective policy in a nutshell. TUB HBB favors it ns a principle which , if properly and ju diciously applied , is to the commonin- ten slot both producer and consumer. To the producer it furnishes a market for his manufactured materials , and to the consumer of manufactured pro ducts it affords in turn a market for his raw materials. To labor it affords steady employment at remunerative wages , and to capital an opportunity to realize fair returns on homo invest ments. The tariff system as a system must not bo judged by the abuses which havu crept into its operations. It resembles a ifarment so patched and tinkered that very little of the original material remains. There in great need of a readjustment of many of the dnticn , especially in those branches where n monopoly has been created , held and wielded to thu pub lic disadvantage by a fuw mun. MAYOR Uovn wrifoi a communica tion to the editor of Tun BKK qucs. tinning thu statement that a numboi of saloonrf aru running in this cit } without license , and stating that he has givun positive instructions to the city marshal to make complaint ol any all persons violating any of tlu provisions of thu liquor law. Mayoi Boyd further asks for a bill of par ticulars , and promises thu immcdiati arrest of any offenders whose name : are presented to him. It in not to lx expected that the editor of TIIK EKI shall turn himself into a detective foi the benefit of the police force whose duty it is to invuutigato cases of thic kind any more than it is to bo ex pooled that iMayor Boyd ill make r personal tour of the saloons uvurj Sunday in order to examine whothei the Sunday closing law is beinj carried into i ll'-ut. Having performed onu part of IIIH duty in announcing his intention to enforce tin law , it devolves upon the niayoi to suu that his instructions are carriuc out by his subordinates. BACK in J807 thu Indiana legislature turo granted a charter to the University sity of Yincenncs , which contained i clause allowing the raising of $200 , 000 by lottery , and the supreme cour subsequently decided that this lotion grant was a vested right , and was vir tually a contract between the stati and university , beyond the ruacli o legislation The trustees of the university vorsity nt thin lalu day have decided t < exorcise thin right , and have madi terms with un old lottery manager who will teen upon business. Fauci the strait laced regents of thu Univer lity of Nebraska engaged in such i scheme for reviving the fortunes o our University. OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. Parliament opened on Tuesday wit ! the queen's speech , which was reui by Lord Solbourno. Thu dominion had the virtue of brevity , and was ai vague as u candidate's letter of ac ceptanco. It failed to refer to tin Blainu-Granvillo correspondence , o : te thu subject of the Chili-Peru dill't culty , and the ex-secretary's inonacin [ position on the matter. In that pan f the speech dealing with foreig : : affairs , the two passages of nios1 weight are those dealing with tlu Egyptian question and the Anglo. French commercial treaty. Tninslat ing the non-committal language propui to a speech from thu thronu into intel ligiblu English , thu declared Bntisl [ tolioy in Egypt seems to bu to seel to maku terms with the national party and nuw ministry. Her majesty is made to declare that Great Britain will enforce her rights in Egypt "inn spirit favorable to the good govern ment of thu country mid thu prudent development of its institutions. " This scums to muan that the liberal and constitutional aspirations of the na tive Egyptians will bu encouraged il they will only pay their debts , and h MI apparent disavowal of the policy o | joint intervention. The other Glad- stono-Gauibettu project , the commer cial treaty between England and Franco , it ia announced , has not boon abandoned , though thure hat been no definite expression in the quoon'a speech tojustify the be lief fhat the negotiations have made notable pronrcsB towards agreement , The sanguine ministers find the con. . dition of Ireland improved since tlu last session , but it ia to bu noted thai the improvement described is in tin more uifectivo administration of justice tico , and not to the condition of tin dcoplo. Ireland is .pacified , but not relieved , Thu speech points out thai the coercion act Inm been vigorously executed and agrarian outrages sup pressed ; but does not indicate hav thu land act is working. A very im portant and significant part of tin speech is that which calls the attontioi of parliament to the largo number o important matters of domestic concern corn awaiting its attention the bank ruptey law , local self-government Scotch education , thu repression o electoral corruption and the prevention tion of river floods and warns it tha the nation expects effective l gislutioi upon them , This means th t it i thu intention of the ministry to uiaki tliis a session of Imuinoaa , and din ourago any more waste of lime in pocch-making and obstruction. Mr. Gladstone found himself in hot water at the very opening of the par- iamontary session in the renewed attempt uf Mr. Bradlaugh to take the oath of ollico as a member of the uuiso of commons from the Northamp ton district. Ho appeared at the bar of the house , backed by the favorable influence of Mr. Gladstone , who maintained that compliance with the formalities in the taking of thu oath mot all requiruincnts , and that the liouso had no right to go beyond that and inquire into Mr. Mradlaugh's pri- vatu opinions : and in apito of this ad vocacy of his cauio , and of his own personal assurance- that the parliamen tary oath would bo binding upon his honor nnd conscience , thu motion of Sir Stafford Northcoto that ho be not allowed to swear WAS adopted by n rote of 28(5 ( to 227. Dradlauyh was then ordered by the speaker to with draw , but not until the house adopted a motion to that ulfcct did ho consent to abandon the uscsless contest. M. do Froycinut has announced the policy of the now French cabinet with a promptitude and vigor which is in strong contrast with the delays of hi ? predecessor. The programme is both moderate and business like in tone. The now policy m ans pcaco- both at home and abroad and will bo firm ae well as conciliatory. Ho says that "nations do not live by politics" and this embodies the spirit ot the whole policy. The laws relating to the pub lie press and the nght of public meetings - ings will be maintained and adminis tered in a liberal spirit. There are to bo no backward stops in the military , judicial and legislative reforms com menced by the Gambetta ministry , but the revision ot the constitution , the n > ' k un which the late cabinet went to pieces , will bo postponed until thu term of the present legislature ex pires. The cabinet will do whatever ia possible to givu an impetus to labot but no attempt will bu made to com pel the creation of a debt in the pur chase of railways by the state. The I'overnmunt will spare no efforts 11 arrive at correct conclusions with re spect to questions affecting the tniilf , and will suck to promote the moral and intellectual improvement of tht people. The tone of M. do Froycinel is sincere , and the policy outlined doubtl'333 represents the wishes of n majority of the French people , but il remains to bo seen whether the few who really "live by politics" will per init it to bo successfully executed. The present debt of Franco is abou 520,000,000 , greater than * hat of Grea Britain , and is about twice as largo a. . that , of the United States. The scruin do listo system of elcc lions , which was ono of the rocksupoi which thu Gambetta cabinet wa wrecked , has been adopted by tin Italian chamber of deputies by a voti of 285 to 125 , it having been made i measure. It is announced that the Russia ! government has resolved to anne : Corea which they claim is necessary tx their protection giving them a goo ( sea coast on the Pacific ocean and en abling them the more easily to succo : their Asiatic possessions. In consequence probably of raihoad building , the trade of this countrj with Mexico is increasing considera bly , but still it is only a fraction o : what it should bo. The aggregate o : exports to that country for the 15 months ending .Tune 30 , 1881 , wai § 9,198,077 ngaint § 0,050,904 for tlu proceeding year , but yet Moxict bou"ht three or four times as much it O value from England and considerable [ uantitios from Franco and ether Eu ropean countries. Our inipoita foi thu samu years were , respectively , $8,317,802 and § 7,200,51)3. A yreal part of what Mexico now buys of ui in manufactures , nearly all that ' needs is precisely what wo want tc sell , and thu advantage ot securiiif this great homo market is obvious but high and badly arranged tariffs 01 both sidca stand in the way. So nmnj interests on both sides of the line de maiid it that the establishing of semi kind of reciprocity treaty would soon to bo the only a question of time , bu Mexico would probably not ventui i upon absolute free trade with us jus yet because it depends aolargely upu import duties for revenue. ONE of the first measures whiol will bo laid before thu British , parlia munt convened Tuesday , will bo f bill to quicken parliament procedure , the necessity for which was illustratec by the facility given for obstructioi and delay in the last parliament , ovei after its adoption of thu "urgono ; rule , " under which it was endeavored to hasten the passage of the coorcioi and reform acts. The oxperimen was but n partial success , and tin British government deems u furthe measure to restrict debate and dolai essential to the proper progress of legislation islation at the present session. Tin precise form which the now measure will take has not yet boon dofmitol ; announced , but it is understood ti partaku of the nature of the "pro vious question" as used in Americai legislation , though the term for i most frequently " od by Knglisl writers and speakers in discussing th * is "cloturo " word used subject , a to describe a similar process in vogue in several continental legislatures. The proposition is a greater innovation upon English parliamentary prece dents than haa over been niado be fore , and will meet with bitter oppo sition from the homo rulers and a laiyo number of conservative mem bers , but the liberal party is said to be united in support of thu proposi- .ion if it can ngreo upon its form. HONEY POR THE LADIES. Mulls continue nmnll , Init nre elnbor inly adorned , 1'lgnt pulfn era seen upon many Imported : arri.go nnd dinner dresses , Toques of jiuro white vnltuie feathen nre i-xquMtely pretty for young girl * . \ Chicago dealer advertises corsets foi ten cent" . It's wrnilcrful liow cheapsqucezi ; lint ) bcc ino in this country. Largo Al attan bows of luoiic silk an now w rii upon the lead by young nm elderly ladle * , the latter choosing blml ili me. Sonic novel imported hatu nre mndc on tiruly of a thick network of crystals nm lieiidp , wlilcli In the evening glitter like t tliouiunil c lorvd gems , The lie-went bnpques have n Waltoni plnit In the back , instead of the two -loubli box plaits which nio still monj used that nny other arrangement. I'anlerH are vurv narrow , nnd uro drawi tightly over the Hide nud disappear in tin iiouf , which itself is nut voluminous. Ttv bargues ol the to sage fall almost over tin Intituling of the pouf , RCTiffin , O. , has three fenmlo lawyers , Un latest addition to the list being MIHH Kditl ins , who has formed u partnership will IJH Florence Cronise , under the firn nmne of "Cronlao k S.tms , attorney.at Inw. " l-'ur cuffs nre ro'-ived. They nre it varying MZCJ , none very Inrge. The mon efT'ctirofur ' opes nnd culFn nre made o tiger , cut and leopnrd skins. In the short huired turn , beavers , fishertnil , and nc ; otter nre the mode. Trimmed skirts are of every possibh cfTect and combination. In some case , the plain design , botwem two and throe yards in width , it all there is that Jnav IK called a model , the remainder of the skirt representing only gai niture. A. new Russian riding bo it , which Imt become very popular , ia made of bind velvet , with silk plush t-ips. They arc - lit to come nliout three and one-hall inches above the ankle , and nro fastcnoc ! with uninll , round buttons of French gold. iV few days ago , nt ono of the church weddings in New York , the bridesmaids carried , instead of thu customary him- quetn , ivoiy-bound prnyer looks , with a conspicuous cross on the outside cover. It was given out lli.it they were the gifts ol the bridegroom. A lady writer finds fault with the ninn1 ncrs of the king of Sweden becnusn liii majesty sera ched Ids royal head with lilt fork nt dinner. Some peoj.l- . < are entirely too CnstMious. Would the lndy _ have hai IIIH majesty hcrateh hU head with the lef of a chair ? [ SomervH e Journal. "Kxctiso me , Miss Mnlony , hut may ' . inquir what thi * iirrnngement nieatiK thai you have hunjt up on the wall ? " ' Oh that ; Hiiro an it' u dado , mam , i-nd ju wait till you see the beautiful naycock i feather I'll ho after hanging above thi dure. It's isithetic I am , main , if ) 01 pleas * , and my yallery greenery youiij man's coming hero to lake tay wid m thin evening ' label is Sitting at the Piano , and she i Sinsdng n Song. The .Song miyn he i Waiting for her iu the Glovniug. Mabe nnp ars to be Ciivini ; hciself Dead Away lie is not \Vniting for Her in the Gloniii ing nt all. He has just Drawn a tohtrii Flush , and he is Wondering whether h had Better 1'ull out or Stand in on Bluff. Mubel Would Touch a Responsiv Chord in his liosnm if she were to Sin take linck the Hand which thou Gavesl Two old ladies were sitting before th fire engaged in silent thought. Final ! one of tiKin arose , want to the windnv. nnd Kcamiing the appear ilce of nntur outi-ide , mid , "Betsy , I believe it's guin to rain. " "jNo such thing , " returned th other ; "the tun's uliinim. nnd the u'u not clculd to he Been. " "Can't help that , resumed her compinii n ; "the tin roostr on 'Squire Oilbert's bam is p'intin" straiyh toward tin ea&t , and that's a Hiiro sign c a storm. ' Betsy turned as she enid tliu and looking her wniare ia the face with comervniivo expresijfon , exclaimed , "Lo nakes , , ) ane , how can you be rio superst tious. " [ Brooklyn Eagle. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC i Is playing iu Kgypt. The tit. Louis comic opera , "L'Afrique , H a failure In New York. Miss Agnes Burnett , the Alice Varne of the Uene ievo Ward company , iu cousin of Mrs. Scott SidJons. Mr. John McDonough , who died i I'hilndelphi i Monday , of cancer , hid : Lee huffurint , ' from this malady for n little ovc a year. The thcatre < of Paris can ncconimodul ovr ry evening 47 , ' 0 i H ectators , and th cafe nine rt fiO.OOO , formin , ' ii total no furnhur. 100,00' ' . The Biirnum people pny M r , Vnnder bill i2GOOU for the hippodrome for tsovei weeks in the spring. .Mr. Ba'iuni form erly paid but $1,000 mora a year for tin structure. Minnie Gumming has aguiu "cauifh on. " She toiiirvil John Q. Hoyt am steam < hip owner Guion DH ta'cnrity-aml I theiinuinu is once more in possession o the Nt w Haven Opera House. A company out in Salt Lake City i ulaying Mniried ami Buried , and tholoui papers say the lay pleases everybody , I IB prolubly the happy wind-up that cutchi thu sutfciing wivej and husbands. Thu score , libretto a il costumes of th ' 'Snake Charmer" wi-re sold in Brookly : on Thurfdiiy , upon the attachment u Mine Dolaro. They were purchased b Mr. John A. McCaull , whopiid $710. Th property originally cost S'J.&OO. Vunk M iyo played Davy Crockett am Badger StieetH of New York in New Or e.ui last week It it said he has aban doned the idea of playing tragedy for th rt-jt of the BO.iHon , and will strive , In th above named parts , to re ' in the moiie ; -xperiment has cost him , James W. W.illnck , the actor , wore Nc 7 Bhves ; JMwin Forruat wore No. 8 , un had an unfounded f. < ncy that his left le 3jj Mary Anderson wears frequently wUhes that it s a No. f Putll wear * a No. 2J. The fiftieth anniversary of- the fin * i > rip < Hrancu upon the stays of Williui Warren , the actor , it to be -lehrated by benefit wrfonnanco at the Boston museui on October 2 next. At the performance life-size portrait of the excellent comediut by Fred. P , Vintou , i * to he exhibited o the Museum stage. Mr. Warren tat ft the portr.iit at the r < iue t of ( iuveriu Lour , Oliver Wendell Holmes. Bt-v. K- . ward Kvorett Hales , James 1 { . Nathan Apjiluton , and n score of hid Boston friends and admires. RELIGIOUS. Michigan has 171 Presbyterian churchei with 10,150 communicants. St. Mary's Catholic churohjof lown Cit has purchased a $5,000 organ. Sixty student * of Indiana Asbury Un : Ter ity were converted in a recent re viva The Cumpbellte BaptlnU number 4,7 hurchcB , 3-188 preacher * , nnd fir.3,928 nieiiibcrs In North Carolina some of the colored , a | > tntH nre being inimen.'cd iu the river * ils cold weallior. The English Baptist Hand Book for R82 reports an Ii crcasof 13 churches , 37 Impel' , nnd 5,700 member ? . Of the § 1,000,000 left the American lonrd by Ucao in Oli , oue-uart ( ] r has nl- cndy been invested In uulldings at their ar oils mission ot itiotis. The human "OldS uth" Con8'regatlonal hurch in Boston , MBHH. , has votcil an an. ntilty nflOJOti > llov. Dr. Mu.ning , n in tor in ill health , n long as he lives. The lleformed Presbyterian churcli Covenanter ) ha < In lids cmtutry 107 mill' stert" , 122 congiegation , 83 pastor * . UI he congiegntiouft 31 ate without rcgulni i.istors. 'J ho Southern Methodist chtiich has 88. nc. 1 prfncher * , COS churche > , nnd 8i.l7t cominunican in Tex.tH. Tht' additioni .ho past ye r were 13'JG9 , and the IOJKC : V > ll ! , leaving a ntt guin of 7,02' . Dr. Tolmnn Whi'oler has pruwntet BMiup L-iiion with $20,000 t-i l > o used h nlniKiiu tdo work of iho Kpiscnnallar lurch in Chlcngo , in coii"0 tinn wish ils .athedril on Washington Boulevard. Durltii ; 1881 the mlsclonailes of 'hi \uifricin : Sundiy Riihool union in. tin jiorthwuit ablisho.l W7 new Sunday ehooln , acK d 1,011 odd f-cliool" , diitri iiited 5,112 biblefl and tehtiunentf , and visited 11,188 families Pho net Increase of communicanlH lavl year in the Protestant Episcopal churcl n Ilia whole lTnited State- wiuonly',73(1. There W.IM n dec-case of 3,000 Iu t-nDtisiiii' , of 50 in continuations , und of10 cantli- JatcH for orders. According to The Un'tarian Year Bool ) [ or IbSi ! , the total number of churches ii 311 , and < f tlicse 252 ro with tit paston or stated supply. Fourteen clergymei died during the p-iRt year , and only seven were ordainecl. The Unitarinns supporl i no foreign missio. ary , the Kev. Mr. Dale , nt Calcutta , India. There ivere built last year iu this coun try Ml Luthennchurches. Of this mini ber 28 were in Ohio. 27 in Pcnn ylvn. 1 ! In fllinois. i > nd 10 each in Indiana , Michi tn , and Nebraska. In the pant fi ui years the Lutherans have built fiO ; : hurclies , 309 for German and l2 ( ! for English congregations. The Knglish Congregational Yenr-Bool 'or 1882 ntate < that there nre-J,3)7chureha ) of th- order in Grent liritniu and 80 ! inimion ntntions. Besides these , there nn ntitncroti churches uuder the cara of thi L , ' ndon Missionary Hocietv in heather nmfs , where there nre 92 \neinberii anil 3-13,708 adherents The number o churches in London is 2 0 , bisidea 12 < mission rooms IMPIETIES. Somebody heard n Boston girl siy : ; ; hink hojooke 1 like a perfect raving urge n bin uniform ! He was awful heavenly. ' _ TI e good die youiiR. The had live ti ic nbout the weather , and nre cpi.ken o m the oldest inhabitants. [ New Orlean Picayune. Peopls who stay away from * -hurcl througi fcnr of talc ing the mi.Ul po : nay , in the swett hj'-iind-hy , be oun 'nmiliar with a bjttomlehi ] ) ic. [ Uostoi Courier. The q'ie < tion whether n Methodist lay man in y race humes itliout Hin is ' efor a Troy church. It w.ll probably bo < le cidcd tli t he can if thu miners o th Irnck have a few big pu p iiu on hand t' look at between the rates. Sa d the stranger run over by a hi are iu Philadelphia : "I don't mind -lyin . : cn feto'n i that. But oh , heivcn , tlinl of dying in this town , and having in ; death notice appear in the pipers witi some of their cursed Phi udelphia poetr ; attached. " [ Host > n I'ojt. There ia a weUthy brewer in M ntrei who built a church , nnd inscribed on it "This church was erected by Thomas Mol son , nt his sole expense , .Hebrews , x : chapter. " Some of the McGill coll'g wags got n ladder one ni ht , nnd nltere the inscription so as to make it r. ad ' 'This chui ch wa erected by Thomas Mol son nt his OU'H exnense. He brew ( double ) XX. " [ N w York P. bt. The clergyman's daughter kn-jeled il iwi and prayed at a revival meeting with t' "worst lellow in town" at Bedford , In diana , ami when -he got homo inia-ed lit- gold watch. She would not b 'lieve h took it , but consented to po with a part ; of f iends and hunt him up. Tliey founi him ( till at his devotions ui der a tree She refuted o have him disturbed , but rude sceptic , lushing in where nngel feated to tread , found him kneeling nnd i the net of burying the watch. [ " "troi Fi ee Press. Revivals are now fashionable nnd wor next to the weather. They are cut bins-- in front , shirred behind and trimmed witl cio.'tes of black satin nnd velvet , forlatlje : while gentlmnen have them nit scant * i fiont with a baptismal border around th collar , and a brilliant colored crav.it at tached to the heirt strings in order to ml melody to the heavenly strains and nttrac the crosses worn by the ladleto their un selfish bosoms. In onlerto make the fas ! ion as prevalent as possible , rovivalsshoul bo ma e of good goods , a yard wide , a silk , or fiue textured fabrics , and cut wit marvelous accuracy that tha wearoi ma he able to show his or her form to the in godly , in the'bo-tposaihlo way. [ Larnmi Boomerang. OONNUBIALITIBS. To Klmira .all . things are possible. A esteemed citizen has Just eloped with hi gnl aunt. Bloomingtoii , III. , furnishes a girl \vh took § r > 00 in cuh : ami H jld nut her lover a hour before tht-y were tu he married Money is pruity tight in th.it ttate. Joseph Smith , of lladley , M &ts. , < iei ht Friday morning and his wife died oi hours later. He was horn in J'Ylmi'irj 1790 , and she wus born the following Oc.c her. They had been married uixty-'ou years. After n New JCeal-uid sa\ age marries h is no * , allowed to 1 oc ! at , speak to , in liv in the nimo camp with his wife's inothei Sinijular Ih > t they call a race savages wh had the wisdom to establish such a cunt i as th t ! [ Somervill Journal. Statistician * have begun to discover th fact that widows live longer than ft- other people. It seems , though , us if th hud ku iwn this for a long time , kin that the only way to ie ch that comlitio is through marriage. [ Lowell C tizen. A Tennessee girl who found a beau sh liked better dklu't snap the go den cor with thu old one by stidilen y rettirniu his letti'H ' and oek of hair. Sh bent fc him , tolil lilmhnnr It wan , give him $ .1 i cosh and 30 ! ) pounds of peanut * , and too his receipt iu full of all demand * . The nine of Mr. William T Adau ( Oliver Optic ) in lioxton was the tcenti of liuppy assemblage of relatives and friend last 'aUmliiy after noon , the occ.ui , ui b-iii the marriage of Miss Kmuiu L. Adauu rnughter of the host , and Mr , fJeirg White , of Oh-rlestown , Mak- , A hint is thus given to happy hrldi g oems iii'lhe Cutliolia Mirror ; "Thoug there have been a numlior of marriages c wealthy Catholics of lute , we have tic heard that nny of the parties concerne tuve followed the good old Catholic cm torn of distributing money to he poor o those joyous iiccaniona. " Spoliation ofTimoor Lands , S. f. CLronlvlc. A bill is before congroas now fo the reservation of a largo body c United Stains timber land in th YoBomito region where the Soquoii gigantea grows. It is oatonaibly fu the protection of this unique growth which ia alleged to bo in rapid cours of destruction by people who do nc own or claim the land , Petition have been forwarded by settlers nua his proposed reservation , explaining hat the patBAfio of thc bill would op- urato na a great hardship on agricul- urista whoso necessities require the imbor other than Srquoia , biul wo in cline to sympathy with the petition ers. No doubt the timber lands nro , > eiiig sadly despoiled ; but it / s not by small farmers , but by v \ iv Bystumatic and fraudulent effort of nuiiopolists. An Oregon paper t-x- ) lains how it is done on I'ugot aotu.d , iind the osplanation fits tho" situation in most of the timbered states slid territories. Corporations owning lum ber mills on the sound own from -JO- 000 to 200,000 acres each of the very best timber land in the United States. Thuy did not and could not secure this quantity by anything like fair purchase , for the timber lands there linvo never been offered fur sale. They are subject to the homcatend mid pre emption laws , and no ono man can honestly obtain from the United Slates inoro than KiO acres. But thcRO lumber corporations employ dummies at so much a head say S100 to § i.00-to enter ouch a quarter section in his name , , the corporation bearing all expenses ; aim after the entry nnd pnyment of land ollico fees the dummy turns over the land , by deed , to the corporation. It costs them $200 per 100 acres , or \l most S100 , plus the § 100 paid to the dummy ; nud its real value is fn m § 2,000 to § 15.000. The same gnmo is being successfully practiced in Geor gia and other southern timber states on a still larger Bcale , Of course , the method involves perjury and fraud , but these are crimes which the gtab- bers have mude&opopularandcommon * * that but littlonotici ) istakenoftluMnin cases where the United States is the party defrauded. What is needed from congress is a general law that will protect the timber lands of the country from destruction by men of this character by the imposition of severe penalties , both on the falsa swearer nnd the monopolist that fin- ploys and suborns him. There is tim ber enough in Oregon ' and Washing ton territory and in the California Sierra aiid Coast range to supply this whole coast with the best and cheap est of lumber for three centuries to come , but not if the monopolists are allowed to po on as they liavo been during the last twenty years. 4 SKINNY MEN. "Wells' Health Renower , " grpatest remedy on eaith for impotence , lean ness , sexual debility , &c. One dollar at druggist's. Depot , C. F Good- an. Bob IngorsoU'8 { Weakness. Chicago Ileiald. Nothnigfproyesjtho shallowncts of the great anti-Bible orator's belief like an open grave. In a public hall , in tlio glare of many Hunts , surround ed by a mass of living humanity , playintr with infinite skill upon their sympathies , ho is bold in ridiculing the hopes and fears of Christians. But in the presence of death the teof- for drops his gibe , the trembling lip replaces the sneering smile and the full humanity of his largo soul yields to the command of humanity for something after death. Who that has ever read will ever forget his wonderful address delivered over the grave of his bro her , Juno 2 , 1879. It seemed to draw the whole couutry within the influence of the sobered scorner , as , bowing to the inevitable * he bent above that grave and said : V "But in the night of death , hope sees x\ a star , and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing. " Then ho recorded the last words of his brother , "I feel bolter no v , " with an infinite pathos , and with 'a seeming faith that it was o. o.A few days ago Sir. Ingersoll was a ain called upon to stand beside an other open grsvo. This time it was that of a little child of an acquaintance. The occasion touched the great era * tor with the full feeling of the iiijule quacy of this life to fill the longing ; of the heart. Filled again with hope of a hereafter ho pleaded' that it should bo ono of joy and happiness , not pain and tears. _ How many Christians to-day fool with Ingorsoll that "Another life is naught unlo.-is wo know and lovp the ones who love us hero. " In his in most soul he is not a disbeliever. A Wonderful Effect. " Mich. , Juno 30 , 1881. II. H. Warner & Co. : Sirs Your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure has had the most wonderful eflect upon my wife , who has been troubled for three- or four years with n kidney and livt > r difficulty. F. A. FKHOTOON. febTlweod United States Depository \ OK OMAHA. Oor. 13tb and Farrmtn 6 OI.UKS7 IS AN KINO Kill ADI.I'UIUKV ( K/ OMAHA 6UOCE8HOH6 TO KOUHTZE QIICI-ftHU.il irAGLUIIKD ISM. Organised is a NMlmiul Hank AnuurtSO , IMS. CAPITAL AND fllOPlTS OVEft aOO ODD oryicitta ANU DmnoToan ; UlKMAN KOUX77.PI , I'rL-BKKrit. Auotiatca.Kou.sizi Vice I'ronlilonJ , II. Vf. YAT-W. Guhler. A. J. l'orriKToi , Attorno/ . JOHN A. UII.BIGIITON , f. U , lUviB , Aim ( .Miller. . Till bfth furuireb dejicwltB wltb" " rcvaul to' ' imouata. Iwuitime mtlttcatui licarlne Intcrctl. 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