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K.UOSEWATER. EtHtor.
Tun Russian bear is at present the
European bugbear. *
STIUNOEHS arc again beginning to
voice their prejudice against Omaha'a
mud.
OMAHA'S school population ia in
creasing in a greater proportion than
her school attendance.
COMMITTEE work at Washington is
said to bo overwhelming. It is grati
fying to know that u congressman can
bo overwhelmed with work.
WINTEU and spring wheat through
out the west give promise of an abun
dant crop and reports from tjio cast
indicate that the fruit yield will bo
enormous during the coming season.
' ' -
Mit. MoViJAHH is opposed to rail
road regulation , first because it will
interfere with legitimate competition ,
and second because it will prevent
pooling. Mr. MoVoagh'a third reason
is because it might cut down the sal
ary of $10,000 a year which ho rn-
coivos from the Pennsylvania railroad
company.
Tin : everlasting discussion-over the
retirement of General Grant has been
ended by the passage of Logan's bill
placing him on the retired list with
the rank of general and the pay ap
pertaining to that rank. Wo shall
. now bo roliovbd from the constant
dinging about the iugratituto of re
publics.
IOWA is to have an additional judge
in the Fifth judicial district , which it
composed of the counties of Polk and
and Worron. Tno Third judicial dis
1' ' trict of Nebraska , over which Judge
Savage presides , might bo profitably
dealt with in the same way. Its
buiincss is the heaviest and most bur
densome of any in the stato.
, ROSCOK OONKLINCI has boon nomina
ted by President Arthur to the va
cancy on the supreme bench loft by
the retirement' of Justice Hunt. It
will bo remembered that a like posi
tion was offered Mr. Colliding by
President Grant and doclinod. In
making the nomination Mr. Arthur
has recognized past services and over
looked past faults. In point of ability
Mr. Conkling is inferior 'to four of
the justices ) of the supreme court.
THE drop in grain and provisions
has at once influenced the export
trade , and cargoes are clearing from
Now Orleans for European ports
composed entirely of grain which has
boon transported down the Missis
sippi. During January the decrease
in our breadstull's exports woa$3-
000,000 as compared with the name
period lost year. This was largely
< duo to the Chicago combinations
which locked up grain in the ware
houses and elevators , and prevented
its movement to the coast.
THE nomination of ox-Sonatoi
Sargent to the Berlin mission will be
in ono sense a relief to the public. It
effectually disposes of his claims to
the interior department , and seems tc
assure tho. pormancy of Govornoi
Kirkwood'a tenure of oflicu. Mr ,
Sargent was too deeply interested in
the desert land steal to make an im
partial and efficient secretary of the
interior. Ho probably will do nc
harm in Berlin , and may develop dip.
lomatio abilities which , up to the pros
out time have only shown themselves
in working elections ut the Marc
Island navy yard.
TUB Republican questions the statement
mont of Tint BKK that several vacau
cios exist in the legislature whicl
ought to bo filled before the oxtn
session this spring. It calls nttentioi
to vacancies filled at the Novombei
election and asks for u bill of partiou
lars regarding any funtlior seats whicl
hove no occupants. If THK Bun it
not misinformed there are several sucl
vacancies which have boon croutei
since the fall elections by death urn
the acceptance of federal oflioo. Gov
ernor Nance can probably furnish tin
Jlenublican the doulred information ir
detail.
BLAINE AND SIUPHERD.
The publication of the Shiphord cor
respondence relating to tlio Poruvinn
guano claims and the connection of
prominent Americans with the com *
pany organized to proaccuto them , en
tirely clcnra the skirts of James G ,
Hlixino from any complicity in the nf-
fnir which would bo improper for a
public ofllcial or proiudicinl to the
good name of our government.
Shiphord in his circulars issued for
the purpose of advertising his scheme ,
seems to have used without the slight
est oanction on their part , the natnos
of hundreds of prominent men , in
cluding General Grant , Mr Kvarts ,
Governor Morgan mid General Logan.
All of these deny moat emphatically
that they over gave Shiphord any
authority for connecting thorn with
his project , or that they had entertained -
tained for a moment any thoughts of
investing their , capital in a nchoino
embarrassed by so many diplomatic
and financial difficulties. Mr. Bluino ,
however , an is ( shown by the publio.i-
tion of the state dupartmcnt corres-
denco , sot his fool upon the
speculation from the start. Ho
not only declined to permit his
own name to bo used by Shiphord
but refused to porinii the name or
influence of the government to bo
brought into connection with the pro
ject. And wliun ho learned that
hophord had paid no attention to
liis remonstrances ho wrote him in
orina which loft no doubt of his
meaning and which prevented any
urthor operations in that direction.
The opponents of Mr. Blnino who
are forever attempting to furnish him
material upon which to base a presi
dential canvass have failed an signally
to smirch his character in this Pom
'inn claim matter as they have in :
icoro of other instances. In the frag
rant words of The Chicago Times
'His enemies probably expected to so
pile dirt upon Elaine's 'presidential
pasture as entirely to destroy its
bloom and promise. They have suc
ceeded , as the case now stands , in en
riching it aufliciontly with their Peru
vian guano to give it perennial froah-
: icss. As the Peruvian claim busi
ness is unr.ivelcd , the perfect straight-
'orwnrmicBB of Mr. Blaine in treat-
ng it becomes apparont. "
CtoHE upon the report of Congress
man Anderson's bill lately introduced
in the house comes n dispatch an
nouncing that Senator Van Wyck has
brought before the senate a bill to
compel the laiyl grant railroads to
take out patents on their unpatentod
ands and place thorn on a par so far
is taxation is concerned with other
owners of real estate in this state and
ho territories. Full details of the moaa.
uro have not as yet returned us. Its
purport is probably much the same
na that of Mr. Anderson , which was
commented upon in our last issue. In
drafting and introducing this measure
Senator Van Wyok has shown a
proper appreciation of the needs of
this state and the wiahoa of his con
stituents. The evasion of taxes by
railroads in Nebraska amounts to
nearly $200,000 annually , a largo portion
tion of , wliicli ought to lie borne by
the unsold lands hold by the Union
Pacific for speculative purposes. It is
to bo hoped that the bill will receive
the attention of the senate and be
come a law.
THE North American Reviewfor
March is filled with interesting mat
ter by the best contributors. Senator
Edmunds , in reviewing the conduct
of the Guiteau trial , exonerates Judge
Cox , but makes aomo good suggestions
about enforcing order upon the audi
ence in criminal trials. Ex-Minister
Noyco sketches the progress of the
French republic. Judge Thomas
gives'now interest to the old subject
of trial .by jury ; and John Fisko
traces the true lesson of Protestant
ism in the conclusion that "roligiouB
belief is something which in no way
concerns society , but which concerns
only the individual. " William Justin
Harsh * advocates a uniform and jusl
law for the Indians. Professor Palmoi
and Neal Dow contribute papers of
nuturo to stir up the liveliest discus <
sion ; the former pointing out whal
ho considers to bo the fallacies ol
homeopathy , and the latter summing
up from his standpoint the results ol
prohibitory legislation. This is r
number of this standard periodical
which no woll-informod man can af
ford to bo without , No. 30 Lafayott *
place , Now York.
GKNIIIUL UUCKEU , who was np
pointed quartermaster general a fov
weeks ngo in placo'of Gonorul Mcige
has been placed on tin ) retired list am
General Uufus Ingalls nominated foi
the position' This sort of juggling ii
randorod necessary by the failure o
congress to p&ss a law retiring armj
ofllcora whoii they roach a proper ngi
for such action.
ONLY flvo days remain before oui
premium oflor closes. All partie ;
who intend to continue their aubscrip
tion ought to take advantage of ou ;
oflor , ua the premiums wo give an
just as wo represent thorn. Everi
subscriber who prepays for six month
will receive a premium worth at loan
ono dollar , and every subscriber hai
tin equal chance ut our boat premiums
Bomo of which are very valuable.
OTHER LANDS THAN OURS.
Russia is again monopolizing the
attention of Europe. The speech of
Goncr.il SkobolofT to the students of
Paris undoubtedly voiced the real
sentiments of the homo gov
ernment in its intention to secure
at some future lime a Pan Slavic union
oven at the expense of open warfare
with the Gorman element in Austria ,
and further oast. There are ugly ru
mors that Russia has boon at the bottom
tom of the insurrection in Herzegovina
and Bosnia and thato is quietly do
inf all she can to aid the insurgents
and stimulate the revolution. Rus
sian ollicors of rani ; are constantly re
ceiving indefinite loavca of abscnco
and departing southward and their
errand is patent to every observer.
General SkabolefT is the most popular
Russian commander and represent
the national clement of St. Peters
burg. Ilia Ualemcnt that his sym
pathies are strongly with the Slavs
and that if a war of races
should break out that Russia
would not hesitate which nido to
take is especially significant at the
present time. All the continents-
journals denounce the speech as indiscrete -
discrete and likely to disturb the ex
isting peaceful relations. Germany
has gone so far as to make an official
protest against its tenor , and to de
mand a reprimand from the C/.ar
against its author.
It is a aorious question whether
lussia is prepared for war. Although
ousting of its vast territorial empire
, nd its hundred inililionn of
opulation the Czar's empire
can in reality count on o'nly about half
f its people and but a small fraction
> f its territory for anything like a
oyal and dtsvotod support. Finland
s as foreign to Russia a- } when it was
'orcibly annexed thereto. It has its
iwn senate , its own money , postal
ml customs stamps , and ollioial docu-
nonts , Poland is a porpoiual scajro-
row for the czar's govern-
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nont. "White Russia" is Russia
inly in name , its people being of a
liffuront race , and having their own
'oligion ' and l.mguaqo. "Little RUB-
ia" is inhabited largely by Cossacks
if the Dnieper , who maintain their
loparato identity though now strictly
'orbidden by the government to use
heir own language in schools ,
n public offices , or in literature.
The three Baltic provinces are
German in name and fact , and scorn
.nything . Russian. The lands of the
Don Cossacks , the Ural Cossacks , and
.ho . Kuban Co'mcks are in fact solf-
; ovornod , and every attempt to put
.hem on the B.IIIIO footing with the
'ost ' of the umpiru has boon mot with
iloody opposition. The Caucisus ia
inly a conquered country , and a largo
Tiny is maintained there at great ex
pense to keep it quiet ; and Turkestan
and other Asiatic provinces recently
acquired are looked upon as temporary
possessions , which can only bo kept
under subjection to ths czar by a
great and continual loss of mon and
money. Siberia is full of mon who
liold the Russian government ii
; horough abhorrence , and would be
ready to revolt against it if they
believed success possible. This
eaves only "Great Russia , " the
jontral part of the empire , loyal
to the government and the czar.
Parliament has boon ocoupiod dur <
ing tho. past week in discussing one
voting upon the Bradlaugh case , ir
arguing the coercion question , and in
alternately opposing and. postponing
the aottlomont of Mr. Gladstone'/ /
"cloturo. " By a close vote , aftoi
having boon permitted to tako' the
oath , Bradlaugh was expelled froit
the house of commons and a now wri
of election issued for the borough ol
Northampton. At the now oloctioi :
Bradlaugh will again bo a can
didato. The oiTurta to ombarrasi
the ministry in the disposition of tin
caao failed , and in the final vote part ]
lines did not figure largely. Indica
tions are that the measure for "do
turo , " or closing debate , will rocoivi
a strong enough party support to so
euro its passage. In case it does not
Mr. Gladstone announces his intou
t'on of dissolving parliament and call
ing fora new election. This throat i
said to have proved Directive in hold
ing together the majority , as election
are expensive luxuries in England
and many of the members do not can
to risk a return in the present unoas ;
state nf political feeling.
The British and Froi\ch govern
menta are yet far from concluding
commercial treaty on the old basis , o ;
anything like it. The London Econo
mist says that the government ha
received from Franco her final pro
posals , and that they are such as can
not bo accepted. Tin fan s ( ha
Franco has her ow i ii i.itnus tn protect
toct , and cannot afford to have thoa
of England put into competition will
thorn It is just hero whore th
hitch cornea in between the tw
countries.
Ireland has V570,000 land holdings
of whiclr 50,000 are loss than ono aor
more town lots. Of the n > nminin |
520,000 , about 100,000 tenants ar
excluded from the benefits of the lam
act by the sire of their holdings
leaving 370,000 privileged to apply ti
the Land Court for a reduction c
routs. Of these , 02,331 have alroad ;
been applied , and 970 cases have hoon
decided the average reduction of
rents being about 25 per cent.
Emigration to Capo Colony from
Great Britain is fat increasing. For
1879 the return1 ! show only 1,332 emi
grants ; for 1830 the number was
2,007 ; for 1881 it was 4,103. Tlicso
1,103 consisted of . ' 124 men for the
Government railways , 2,013 artisans
and domestic servants , 758 agricul
turists , and 408 recruits for the Capo
Mounted Rilhimen. The agricultur-
sts took out with them in money
alone an aggregate of $77,325 , or a
ittlci uvor 8100 for each man , woman ,
or child.
The recent anti-Jowiih riots in
Warsaw wore very disastrous in their
rosulta. During the disturbances 202
Towiah taverns were destroyed , 003
stores , rostaur.iiita , modicil establish
ments and places of worship , and 403
lodgings. The riuts extended beyond
the limits of the city , and there were
outbreaks in several noighbimng vil
lages. The niiinbar of ruined fiuni-
HIM his boon olllcially stated at ever
" ) ,000 , combining about 20,000 indi
viduals. It is claimed that only ono
person , n woman , was murdered , but
u great number were wounded. Thirty-
onuhundred rioters were arrested , all
of whom wore confined in the citadel
and held for trial.
EGYPT'S now departure in govern
ment placates the powers by an as
tonishing concession. Slavery ia abolished
ished through the length and breadth
of the knodivato. This reform , with
all the power of England , backed by
the moral support and overt exertions
of France , has not boon able to secure ,
is on event which will command the
attention of * the world. But few
strokes of policy in the history of the
world can bo brought in parallel with
it the manumission of the south , the
freedom of the serf , and the edict of
Nantes , Beginning with such a
statcsinan-liko demonstration as this ,
the homo rulers will bo apt to win the
support of Franco.
The average number of persona who
inhabit a house in the various cities
of Europe give an excellent notion of
the distribution of wealth. Among
the larger cities of Western Europe ,
whore the system of family houses is
dominant , the average is of course
small , Thus , the average for Bremen
is GA , for London 8 , for Amsterdam
9 , for Rome 12 , for Cologne 13 , and
for Frankfort-on-tho Main 1C. In
other well-known cities the averages
are these : Paris 35 , Trieste 32 , Buda-
Posth 33 , Konigsborg 25 , Breslau 27 ,
Loipsic 30 , Berlin 68 , and Vienna 57.
The industrial commission of thir
ty-throe has boon sitting for some
time in Paris , and examined a fan' '
weeks ago the condition of the in
dustries employing wood. The manu
facturers who gave evidence to the
commissioners were unanimous in re
marking the alarming progress oi
foreign products. The cabinetmaking
ing industry , formerly BO flourishing
in Franco , now goes to England for
models. Coach-building , too , has
croatly declined. Formerly the ex
port business amount to $1,600,000 ,
At present it has sunk to $200,000.
The remedy is pronounced to bo ii
the cstablisment of professiona
ichools , whore workmen can bo add
quatoly educated in their trade.
Amongst the educational reforms
about to bo carried out in France dur
ing the present year may. bo mentioned
tionod the establishment offive tech
nical schools for cabinet 'making
building industries , scientific instru
munts , domestic economy for girl
and industrial chemistry. The lutto
school is ot particular importance , fo
hitherto the French manufacturers o
chemical products have boon obligoi
to employ foreigners to direct th
scientific department of their enter
prises.
A change in the Danish custom
tariff , proposed by the government t
the Landsthing , is of a decidedly frco
trading character. It removes entire
ly the duty on various raw materials
including coals , salts , rice , raw silks
half-finished iron goods , minerals an
chemical preparations. It lowers th
duly on petroleum , pig iron , stool ( i
bars ) and cofloe. The duty on win
and tobacco is raised. The loss o
revenue resulting is estimated a
$534,210 , while an increase of rovonu
amount-ing to $500,540 is cstimatei
from changes in the excise on brand ;
and boor , giving a not minus of $73 ,
700.
CONNUBIALITIES.
When u couple make up their minds tti
et married it may be called a tie vote.
Senator Davis is again to lie married , ac
'cording to Washington gossip , this time ti
a rich widow iu Maryland ,
A Minnesota man , aged fifty-seven , re
cently married the HovonUen-year-olc
daughter of Ills second wife.
A New York restaurant advertises i
square meal for hve cunts , and uuw whi
c.m't n married couple lire ou S.'iOO a year
Mile. Charlotte Itotlischild , the eldes
daughter of llaroa Gustave , will noun mar
ry a Hoigiau of did family and grea
wealth ,
A Vermont couple have married after i
courtship of twelve yeais , during whicl
fie bride's father Ills nut fovon hets u
hingca uu the liout gate.
It Is all right to toll a bell , but It make
a difference how you do It. A Cornlni
man once told a belle he would marry her
unil it cost him 3'-,000 because ho did not
It is Bald that Sullivan has had three of
fern of marriage flinco ho pounded Kyau
A woman always wants some one arounc
who isn't afraid of cats , rats and bool
"So your daughter htu married u ric
uuxbaiul ? " "Well , " slowly replied th
father , " 1 believe she has mariied a ric
wan , but I uuderutand he in a very pee
husband. "
PdorU , III , I * agitated by a tilery tha
President Arthur in paying marked attot
tion t' > Mien Jda Farrell , only daughter o
a prominent citizen and a local belle , wh
ia vlaiting liob IngeruoU's family inVasl
Inaton.
The Marquis of Lome | ha a high opln
leu ot Manitoba as a matrimonial field fo
women. Ho said not long ago hat
hippy maidens emigrating to that
nintry ' 'would get an ofTcr of marriage
jout every day "
The Utter Young Mnn.
'he youth bora a cane In his nimble right
hntul ,
As down the broad rtreet ho did strut ,
n style superbly nnd awfully pr.inil ,
"hat made folks ejaculate wildly , "My
landl
That fellow's to utterly uttl"
\ppro.\ching the bar he remarked there
aloud ,
Some wliUky and chret tut , tut ! "
'hen smiling polite , left and right to the
crowd ,
IQ laughed out an opera ami giggled nnd
bowed
1'or he wai too utterly tt !
s thin as the paint that cnvarniahcd his
caue ,
Or the crack on the poor when it shut" ,
Vai the portentous ri'/o of his pay ire-
uturo'ri brain ,
. 'hat whispered unto him again and again ,
"Well , you are too utterly uttl"
) li. banish this iceadtetic demon outright
To some Km ian or African hut
Vhera the people are not so awfully quite ,
Vnd they kill "IT a hundred young gallant *
elicit II gll ,
For being so utto.ly utt.
-lletioit ChafT.
HONEY FOR THE LADIES
Scotch ginghams come in ha > dsomc solid
olord.
Many noxv spring bnsqucs are cut
oublc-b cnated ,
Woir.en are not cruel by nature. We
lovir heard of ono thnughtlo s enough to
top on u mouse.
A girl at St. Joe who went crazy when
tec lover died was elF to it dance on the
ourth nfcht after.
Printed inoinio cloths are becoming tuito |
lopular for portieres. Tc o phttenm uro in
ndiausand Persinn ilcsigtiH. W.TAIOH
There is such a demand for machine lace
or u-o on rnu-lin evening dresses that tlio
[ lanufacturcra can scarcely mipply It.
The lute t ( esthetic iilung when Indies re-
rove their admiring gentlemen fiititds is :
'You flatter too awfully perfectly much "
It isn't because a woman is uxuctly
f raid of a cow that she inns axuw mid
cream ? . It ii because gored diesji.-i are
iot fashionable.
Wide-striped satins in pale colors , alter-
.nting . with these of guld or silver moir ? ,
ro Invorito materials for evening diesaes
or young ladies.
"My daughter , " exclaimed a fashion-
ble mother , "is innocence it elf. You
an't say anything in her presence that
vill make her blush. "
Among the novelties struggling for favor
n the lushionable world are the Jersey
lodices made of kid and elaborately em-
iroidered with gold and silver beads.
The oval mirror is the reigning favorite
n the way of t > ilet glasses. Mirrors
vith hammered brass frames are very use-
ill and artistic articles for burc tu jiecora-
ion.
Neckerchiefs of gray or creatn-colorod
vasliintr silk , embroidered all over in tiny
ilk polka dots , and finished wich u live-
nch rullle of or.ent.il lace , mid novel and
.atnty.
Some beautiful plueh goods , elaborate
mbroidery almost covering the plush , are
u the ii urket for sofa cushionsi. Some-
imes tables are covered with the same ele
gant goods.
Short velvet skills , wifli bodice and
.mnuiera of some soft self-colored Engli-h
voolen textile , with pelerine and deep culli
af velvet , vill be u fashionable tpriug
valkiug costume.
A Milwaukee gill wants $5,00. ) djttmgea
ciiiseshe watn't quite ready fri be
ssed when a man kissed her. lie ought
.o have blown a horn or rung a bell and
; iven her" thirty , seconds' warning.
A 11 iiue , G a. , man is preparing a uniqus
directory. It'will contain the name , style ,
whether bruuuet or blonde , address , and
approximate , age of every young lady in
"ieorgia who has of her own , or as heir
! > pectant , property to the amount of
S5 , ( 00 or upward
One of th > characteristic features of
'ashion this spring will be .the wearing of
aVga sashes , which in a measure will take
; ha place of the full draped tournures at
the back ; and another will be the adop
tion of wide collars which will be sworn
with deep ciiffato , < match. , _
Short hair la again /asiifonT" and
ladies who have sacrificed their hair l > v the
Ujeo uaudoline , heated state parcih and
crimping pins are very glad to cut it oil
and adopt the short curls , ' a la lleca-
mier. " To many faces short hair h ex
ceedingly becoming. *
Tiffany , only the other day , made tn
order a pair of garter i tickles , the suk-
stance of which was pure gold , and the at
tachments of foui-carat diamonds.
Whom he made them tor he declined tu
tell , but the order was from Murray Hill.
She sat down at the piano , cleared her
thro.it , and commenced to harmonize
Her first selection was , "I cannot sing the
old songs ; " and a gloom that was coldei
and bleaker than & Suflday .dinner fell on
the company , whqn-'ahtrangVr.inthe cornet
said , ' 'Ami we crust.y U'nre , not familiar
with the .new oaes.1 . *
Women aV not p a'feis logical minds
and being vety imaginative , are therefore
not fitted for debate , to Emerson says , bu
wo ay that when it comes to deb'tte at
to whether it is necessary or proper for n
man to go down totvn after supper , r
w.'tnan can Uve the mast logical man a
half-mile ptirt , and not only beat hin
With her imagination , but fix. it eo that hi
won't loa e the house till after bren for
next morning. [ Texas Sittings.
In fancy jewelry , black velvet dog col
lars are worn , dotted with pearls , dia
munds , aud fine il'iwers in colored stones
Young ladie.t also have iheso necklace ;
ornamented with antique coins. Deat
gold ornaments are used on dilferent purte
of the toi et. Puntres are thus ma e o
detached flowers , mounted to form hou
quets and garlands , to bo placed on tin
shoulders and different parts of the dress
PBPPBBMHNT DROPS.
The hornet always carries his point.
The ice dealers little 'venture ; "Yoi
may talk about fine buildings , but it's the
ice house that takes tilt ) cuke.
They have a brand of whisky in Jven
tueky known us the "Horn of Plenty , " be
cause it will corn you copiously.
Bacon Bays , "Heading makes u full man.
That must ue the Heading in Penusylvani
where the brewery is located. [ New Or
leans Picayune.
It U Htid that angle worm cannot d !
more than one Inch per hour , but he 1
always an inch beyond the sit vpl whei
you want fish bait.
Fortune never knocks at a man's door a
all. She simply olfers him some shares ii
a ' 'salted" uiUtr mine , iv d if he makes
big thinj out uf u utl undgood ,
A Chicago woman , while touring ii
Oregon , f lightened off u bear simply b ;
* l.uking her skirts at him. Tha luotlo ;
probably brought her feet into view.
It lit ; K'cii d'cc iv , red t1) ) t the | o il i
t' H S u I. . Ill 1 . , . , . , , -IIM , .11. . I )
licit , Utiiij ; is tu discover how to tc mid ui
therojf of a house and make it stay there
The first cat taken to GminU'm Cit ;
gold for $10 , but the first man iu that towi
whi > killed a cat was presented with i
purse of ? 30. There's no show In this
country for the cat to get ahead ,
A Ualveston school teacher asked a nev
boy : "If a carpenter wants t cover i
roof fifteen feet wide by thirty feet broat
with shingles five feet broad by twelvi
feet long , how mauy ehlDgles will In
neede V The boy took up his Hat am
slid forthe door. "Where are you going ? '
asked to teacher. "To Cud a carpenter
He ought to know that better than any ol
we fellers. "
Austin Soiety Notei.-Colored Ui !
Snooks in looking smiling and happy , Hit
mother-in-law left yesterday. We wen
glad tn meet Mose Schwindelmeyer , tin
handsome drummer , The sheriff will aim
be glad to see him , an he Im * a capias
Against him for not paying hit drummer
ax. Bill McSniftor , the talented horse
ttlef , U in town en route to Huativllle.
lo has many f lends In Austin who are
Uappnlntctl at hl.i not being hung. Judge
0. Blowhard , of Bungtown , is once
nero In our city. Hli visit hixi no polili-
A ! significance. The grand jury is in
Bunion Jmt now at llnngtoivn that's
vhat brings hi n over , The clmrmin ?
Miss 1'umy Katt , f.no of the society belle *
f Mud Creek , N upending a few weeks
vlth her uncle , Tom Katt. MIn Pti'sy
vntt is an nccomplMicd Nocallst. The
eautifiil Miss Peggy Prig Ins left yeMcr-
lay on 2:10 : train for her homo In Crosby
ounty. The youn ? men regret her do-
) arturc. and especially the dry good-
Icrk who let her have credit to amount of
ev n dollars is uncnnsnlablo , M it will
jo deducted from hU salary. [ Texm
Slftinps.
MCJc-ICALj AND DRAMATIC.
"Miss Henrietta Uco'io has been re'iiark-
ably successful in concerts in. Kin-land.
Sa-au 1) , Anthony ii sixty-one yearn uf
nge. About time she wa tackli. g 'Ham-
.t. "
Mine. Gerptcr has already flgned n. con-
met to sin. ; in opera in thU country next
.capon. .
It is pos live tint Barlow , Wil-on , Nose-
gav mi'l West diM live partnership after
liis enson.
I < Mwin Hooth's receipt * in 0 dvcslon ( UT
\x \ i o forii atico--ive ! ni/hts and : v m.iti-
ice were § 8,1/11.
Demtian ThompsonV now play for next
season will bo called The Lone Pine , or
the Phristmns Gift.
Pauline Maurel , a member of the Knnna
Abbott opera home company , died nt her
ionic in Boston , Mas * . , Wednesday , the
ith , aged twenty-five years.
It Ii understood in London that Mr.
Ernest Oye has been appointed manager
if the new opera hoiuo.in New York
It will not be opened till the spring of
18S3.
18S3.Mr.
Mr. llrmson Howard is under contract
; o write a now play for the Mmlijon Square
theater , to be produced in tome indo mite
time in the distant future when "Esmer-
aldn" has i e-n laid to rest ,
Mr Henry K , Abbey has chartered two
.i.-xlace cars for Mad. P.itti and Mr
Edwin Booth. For each of these ho pays
830 tor day , but his stars have their homes
on them during their entire trips.
An effort is being made 11 have Mine.
3erstcr and Mine. Patti in the operatic
ionibinatiou at the Mechanics ball , Bos
on , in Apiil , and there appears a good
reason to expect a success in this attempt.
The EiniHo Mollyillo company will dis-
jandin Philadelphia , Mis ? Melville and
; he prin ipals will consolidate with the
[ 3ij u Op ra ilouse company , and BOOH
open in New York in McCaull's produc-
, itm , "Ap"juiie. "
Mr. John E. Owens has been engaged
) > the Maduon Square theatre maungc-
nenl for five j ears , to play the comedy
justness of that establishment. The sala y
tc be paid is $350 a week , and Mr. Oiveus
vill be mate a feature , not in the pro-
jr.immes or advertisements , but iu the
lewppaper work.
RELIGIOUS.
There ore in Kansas 2)9 ! ) Presbyterian
churches , with 12,0-U inauibern.
The Baptist ohurcho * of Massachusetts
raised for all purposes last year $024,594.
Ith ica , N. Y , is to have a new Con
gregational Church , nnd 820.0CO toward
, lie project has already been subscribed.
Michigan ha * 174 Prisbyterian
jhur'che , with 10lfG cnmmunicantH ;
[ owa 355 churches , wi h 0,812 communi
cants.
The jubilee fund of the English Con ,
gregationalisti n iw amounts to § 50 > ,000
ill of which has been raised since October
1881.
1881.The
The Scottish United Presbyterian
Oburch gathered in for foreign missions
ast year , 8167.723 , an advance of upward
of 815,000 on tiie previous year.
'I ho permanent fund of the Society for
the Advancement of Christianity ( Epiico-
pal ) in South Carolina _ amounts to 330-
U32.43 , and the current income for the past
year wau 82,118.44.
The totil indebtedness reported by the
Methodist churches in Philadelphia at
the conference of 1881 was 8542,907. It
has since lieen redu 'ed to perhaps 8500-
(100. ( There are but ten churches free
from debt.
Bishop Lev ! Scott , the senior bishop of
the Methodist Episcopal church has been
falling during the last two years , nnd now
ho in so feeble that he is not expected to
live long. His age is eighty-two years.
He is cared for by his daughter at her homo
near Odessa , Delaware.
The Popa is ub nit to present the French
Catholic Church in Boston with a fac
simile reproduction of the famous statue of
St. Peter that stands aainst a pier , near
the dome , in St. Peter's Church at Home.
M. li'rue Robert , of Pari , is theartist ,
" ( Jen. " Booth , of the S dvation Army.
says it has now tG3 ! stations and 385 paid
ofhcers. Its income amounts to 8285 OOj
per annum. Nine million copies of it *
literature were distributed last year , and
855,000 raided for the purchase of Congress
Hall , in London.
Bishop A. C. Coxa of Western _ New
York , in a letter to the presiding BiHhop ,
sug/etts the calliu nf a special so fi m of
tlio Episcopal House of Bishops for next
October , to consider the subject of theolo
gical education in the Church ml the
canons whicn bear upon candidates fr
orders. .
The latest raports of the Stat- church
of Prussia inJieate a htewly increase in
tha number of theological students. In
187G the nuinbo'- students was 559 ; in
1881 it rose to 99G. In tha whole empire
it was , In 1870 , 1,539 ; 1 st year. 2,384.
The universities ot Leip-ic , Hallo and
Berlin received the largest number ol
these ministerial candidates. The de
ficiency iu candidates is therefore rapidly
growing less. In 1880 some 38 churches
were erected and many restored. The
receipts fr < m oflictal collections were
§ 100,272 , and bequests amounted to § 304-
5G2. There are about 0,000 clerical posi <
tiens.
IMPIETIES.
The question of the day is not only ,
"Aro y ur windows open toward Jerusa
lem1 hut , are they provided with fire
escapes ?
An eastern revivalist says "that young
ladles who dunce will , sooner or later ,
dance in hell , " We have hearn that b
fore ; but what place will the revival nui <
Bjnce fill in that sulphurous clime ?
Atajoun ; 1 dies' seminary recently ,
an examination in hist > ry , ona of tha pu
pils was interrogated thm : "Mary , < id
Martin Luther die a 'natural death ? '
"No , " wis tha reply ; "ho was , excommu
nicated by a bull. "
Fri'r. ' hiu lieo'i hunt ir , ' up the pedltr ee
nf I ) Turiripr'hnwMniit" ' ) Ii riiti'V unui ,
n 'I tl . . > . t n \tl' u.uu.it lluc.0\ . .
The fom-thhd verue of clupter nine , Act )
uf Apostles , reads ; "An1' ' it came to pass
that In tarried many days with one Simon
A. Tanner. "
It needs quite as much enterprise to run
a church as to run a circus. An eastern
nreicher could not get people to put money
ln the contribution boxes. He hits upon a
plan , Every Sunday he places the pret
tiest girls in the vcitlbule tu watch who
puts mo ey in. Now the boxes are doing
well ,
An old man in New York has been re
quired to furnish $500 boada lo keep the
peace or go to the island for three months
{ or praying in the streets that God will
punish a p llceuiun who killed his son. By
some strange accident lie escaped a metro-
po'itau clubbing ,
"Godless schools and most church fairs
ore only fit to give us a race of monstern. "
That's the talk that Father Scully hurls at
his Cambridge. MOM. , parishioners in ht .
annual report. Church fair * , ho navii , de
moralize our girls more than do onr lowoit
theaters ; for clrl . armed with their church
fair bnok , go forth under religious and pa
rent il nanction where they please nnd
when they please entering even bar-rooms
to eolicit chance * nnd votes. The child ten
think of nothing but the fair. Home ,
church and school are Innlshcd.
Tha Brooklyn Eagle perpetrates Oils
outrage : "This man U a temporal ! o leo-
turer. He eem nloepv. It I * lock ok
In tin morning. Why doesn't ho tnko oil
his clothes and go to bed ? Perhaps ho Is
parnly/cd Two fricniU have luit left-
him. One of them h sitting on the front
ktoop nnd the other Is cling ng to a tree
box. They belong to the Tcctot.il B other-
hood of Kbenczor. Will the hand that fed
Kllj nh be stretched forth tit protect them
from the night air ? Very likely ; a police-
innn is comllic round the corner , nnd the
station-house in not tor olf. "
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.
There are 240 public schools teachers In
Indiiinnpoli , 227 of whom are women ,
Rochester university hns now 1C2 slu-
detitf , 4 ! ) of tbo number being frtbhinen.
(3cncr.il E. W , Lenvenworth , of Syra
cuse , has jmt given 810,000 to Hamilton
college for the foum'ation ' of a ncholarahlp.
In Connecticut last year 1,031 public
fchnnls were in operation under the charge
of 2,802 teachers In wllitcr , and 2,783 in
mmi'iiur. The number of pupils icceiving
Ins ! ruction was 11,4WI ! ) ,
It is proposed in Hartford to build a
new high chonl only tine story in height
n 1'irg * central hall or assembly room to bo
lighted chli fly from nboie and to be sur
rounded by a corrld r atnj clasi rooms.
Safety in uu-c of fitcand the health secured
by the absence ot ttairs are urged its the
advantages of this plan.
The new methods of iiiHtiuction in .he
Boston primary schools have in the pAst
throe years worked wonders , the only
drawbick being the want _ of t me to en
able the teictera to uciuir. | < the needful
kn.wlcdge and ( kill. These methods are
In elite t the > > e of Quincy methods which
teach children to think ratlnr than to
Herely remember.
Oral lessoin in language have been in
troduced in all elates of the gramma nnd
intermediate grades uf the tm ] > lic schools
of Burlington , Vcrm.int. Work of ihe
same kiivi has also been done in the pri
mary schools , wherein children's ma nzincn
have been provided for supplementary
readiui ; . It is etc imaging to eec that the
old-fashioned n iinn-r ot studying grammar
is everywhere > lelding to a method a-in- [
telligent and cftective us the former ono
was bad , stupid and useless.
The public schools o the state of Now
York were last vear attended ' y 1,021,282
children a smaller number by 10,000 than
was recoidcd in 1880. Of the 30,820 tench-
era employed , 2J.157 were wi men. The
average annual salary of each tenchcr was
8375.0G the whole am unt expended in
salaiies being 87,775,505 22. The state
has 11,218 tchool districts , and 11,894
school houses. The total nmount ex
pended upon the schools last year was
810,8 8,802.10. It may well bo questioned
whether the educati n provided was worth
this enormous expenditure. It cert J inly
wa no' , if it ran in the ruts of the.old
methods
GOT THK WRONG DINNER.
The Little Mls&ke that the Honorable
Senator from Now Hampshire
Mado.
Washington < orresporidonce o ( the C Ica pr
Time * .
A fairly good joke on Senator U'air '
has started the rounds here nnd
promises to have a first-rate run. He
was invited a few evenir.gs since to
dimi with Vico-President Davis at
Welckor's , but did not put in an ap
pearance , a fact that occasioned some
surprise among those who saw his
chair remain vacant through the entire -
tire evening The Vice-President of
this Administration is not the unim
portant factor , politically or socially ,
that Vico-Presidents have been in
some other Administrations , and
Judge Davis wears his honors with a
dignity ani dispenses hospitality with
a generosity that commands respect
and compels admiration. To bo bid
den to his table is to bo especially
favored , and one would about as soon
think of declining an invitation to a
state dinner as of neglecting the
Judge's hospitality if honored with
the offer of it.
On the evening in question the-
j President was among the guests , and
two or three members and ox-memb
ers of the Cabinet , a couple of Jus
tices of the Supreme Court , a number
of Senators , and ono or two civilians-
made up the party. Senator Blair
was not present although ho thought
ho was , and did not discover his mis
take until ho had eaten another din
ner and left himself with such excuse
to oiler as no man over offered for a
similar blunder before. The Senator
lives on Capitol Hill , while Wolcker's-
is on Fifteenth street , more than a
mile and a half away. The distance
and the time seem to have both been
miscalculated , for ho arrived late , mid
in his haste to make up lost time ran
straight into the wrong dinner , or ,
perhaps more properly , ran the wrong
dinner straight into him. The Vice-
President's tables were spread in the
grand hall on the main iloor of the es
tablishment , but the Senator hud
dined there before in the upper ;
rooms , and presumably supposed that >
all great men did the same. So with
out asking ho rushpd on up stnirs.
Hero it so happened that Capt. Eads
was dining a party of friends , among
whom were some ladies , and as the
Senator know most of those present
ho supposed ho was all right. Seeing
that a mistake had been made some
where , and not knowing the precise
nature of it , the Captain thought to
smooth it over and make things pleas
ant as possible all round by playing it-
through. Accordingly , while thoBen-
ntor removed his coat and hat in an
adjoining room the host and head >
waiter made a place for him at table , *
and provided it with full equipment , I
including the customary card with the
Senator's name thereon. Having sup
posed ho was all right before , when
he saw the vacant seat and this card
on the plate before it , ho know ho
was all right now , and fell to with a
will. Course after course disappeared.
The feast of reason and the flow of
soul wont on , while the grand pany
down stoira wondered why the Sena-
' i fiuni New Tliunp hirp "as not
iiu mum , unu tiio guy company up
stairs was equally puzzled to know
why ho was. But the Senator him
self was delightfully unconscious that
anything was wrong. Ho oven failed
to observe that the host ho expected
to greet was not at the head of the
table , and when the feast was finally
finished the wise and industrious
chairman of the Senate committee on
education and labor had not learned
that ho was in the wrong box , or that
his toil had not boon rewarded by the
liarvcat prepared for it. When ho did
finally make the discovery , and how
he explained matters to the host who
had expected but had not received ,
and the one who had not expected
but had received , him , I am not in
formed.