THE DAILY BErt OMAILA , TIlTKSUrUr DECEMBER , 20 , 18
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THE BEE PUBLISHINa CO , , PROPS
n. ROSEWATCR. Editor.
TJIK thermometer will have to rim be
low the mercurial freezing point whoi
it'hristmas gifts got left in Omaha.
SK.UUAI : , of the high joints of the low.
pool wore ocized with convulsions am
cramps on Tuesday attd could not uttem
iho meeting in Chicago.
KT. Louis js now making an effort tc
ccouro the national democratic convcn
tion , A committee of thirteen 1ms bcci
appointed to meat on next. Friday. Ai
unlucky nnmbur end nn unlucky 'lay. '
StDitSV DIU.OX ic said to bo opposed t <
the tripartite agreement , and the inu-
jority of ( ho Union Pacific directors are
shouting , "Oil1 with his head.1 They
have sut ' .Thursday foniho execution.
Tin : dynr.inito section of the Inviiici-
blos have been shut out of Buenos Ayros.
The government hni impnccU a tax of 00
per cent on the importation of dyna
mite. O'Donoian Iloasa wi.'l hold an in
dignation mooting.
Now it turns out that the tail and of
the old ticket is merely making .a pleas
ure trip to Europe. It wouldnX do to
admit that Tom ilendricks is in illihoalth
BO long as Sam Tildon can swiiig a five-
pound dumb-boll and turn a hand-spring.
.No MOUI : burials arc to bo permitted
in Westminster Abbey , and famous Kng
lishmcn will have to plant their monuments
ments in some other bono-j-ard Oscar
Wilde , the Jersey Lily , Jem Mnco , Tug
Wilson , and other English colobriutics ,
will have to repose in some spot that lias
not become historic by the monumental
folly of ten centuries.
A MOTION in the city council last evening -
ing to adjourn without day wna carried ,
and that will bring the next meeting on
the night of Christmas day. Probably ;
the members of the council intend to
"fnovo in a body to the now German Tur
ner hall. Ilnscall will very likely head
the procession.
"Ujfsuii Fum" has reached Romoand )
the Roman populace will turnout as they :
did of yore when gladiators wrestled with
wild beasts in the colissoum to make a ,
Roman holiday. Even the pope , who
lias boon sijubbeil by the father of "Un- ,
ser Fritz , " and insulted by Bismarckhna ,
received the prodigal at the Vatican and
showered upon him the compliments of s
the season.
>
THE Now York morning dailies of
last Monday did not publish the ac
count of the hanging of O'Djinnoll , '
which took place in London at 8 a. in.
The full particulars , however , appeared
in THK OMAHA BKH of that morning , not
because the Now York papers are loss
enterprising , but because the difference o
in time between New York and Omaha >
gave us the advantage of an hour and a
half.
Tin : council 1ms passed soveir.l ordi '
nances levying taxes adjacent to utroota s
that Jiavo boon graded. Within a few
days , notice will ho served upon the par
* * . ties who are to pay those special IIBSOSS- '
in ntft through a paper which does not
reach ono man in a hundred in Omaha. .
If some of the property owner * refuse
to pay their taxes because they J-avo not
been properly notified , the economy of
this sort of cho p advertising will bo
demonstrated.
.
Now TH\r congress is in session , there
is botnu hope that thq congressional
library , botanical qarden , Smithsonian ,
national museum and like p'ncpa will bo
opened on Sundays. This action should
bo promptly taken. WaithlmjUin Urlllo.
Are congressmen the only persona in
Washington who cannot go to thcso in
stitutions except on Sunday ? Have they
not a great deal more leisure and recrea
tion than the department clerks and
working people , who have to labor from
eight to ton hours a day ? If it is proper
to open the libraries , museums , etc , on
Sundays during the session of congrcsH ,
why should they not remain open oa
Sundays all the year round )
B. V. SiiivuLV , secretary of the na
tional anti-monopoly organization , has
addressed a vigorous circular to members
of the Ohio state legislature protesting
in advance against the possible election
of Henry B. Payne to the United States
eenato. lie declares that Mr. Pay no IB
the candidate of the Standard Oil com
pany ATcw York Star.
The secretary of the national unti-inon
opoly league \rill have all his labor for
liia "Payne's. " Few membera of the
Ohio legiilaturo can resist the lubrica
lion of the Standard Oil barrel , eapec
ially in a democratic caucus whcro they to
auumo no liability under the legislative
oath , oven if they were to ofi'er their
tg the highest bidder.
I'Ul.'SS.
A few iwnlpscriit | 1 olmpinK to the lir
t the stott ) uro fiiulcoriiK ! to crcnto n Impii
for thoOinnhn 7/r/iv / > * ( imi , lioca'tso tlio I'nioi
1'Acifio rnllrond 1 * K"I"K to 1'tilld new imrtcr |
for thecmiicrii. l.ct It Ixj ktmwn and Jiro
clnlmol Hist mili l llwl ornn ( In Jsohrwiki
nro I'ust nil booniiiifr. Tha pconle'n preM wil
licrcftftor nttciul to tlmt part of tlie iin > Krnmmo
The influence of the Onulia IttpnMltn i ottU
ftldo thoinnchliieii tot.illy nil , mid Iticirctilu
tlon mil licliik' nliclent ( to liny for the piper
the concern U run nt a danu Idii tn tlio con
| innv > and if it trcro not for tin ) vorls wlilcl
tlio t'nlon 1'ntific rprtilrcs | it to do in the wn
nf job work , thsro would bo no Oinnhn y/r/mf
The Lincoln Drnwcrtil in a sort of tlail ,
chattel mortgage , issued by its creditor
at a constant Joss of money. It is of a
little consequence financially as it is jour
nalistically , and the Jicpublicnn repro
ducca its wi > rds , not for the purpose o
rop'ying to them in particular , Initfor th
nake of mhking the general assertion tha
the next reputable paper which shall prin
the charge that this paper is owned u
controlled by tlio Union Pacific railroa
company will have an opportunity tj
proving it in the courts. U o nay this ii
no spirit of anger < ir impatience it is
simple proposition , and not a throat
The charge ( if railioad ownership is n
this state to a nowngnpor u hat charg
of larceny would bo to an individual. 1
is injurious , and , if untruu , is distinct !
and ciiminally libellous.
The present owners of the Jliililct !
are malniii ; every possible ollortto main
tain and improve a journal representative
tivo of Onulia , Nebraska and the west
The business which thqy transact ia legit
j'mato and tlio course which they purmi
is honest. Tint at every turn they shuttle
bo met by t , contain small but nois ;
crowd of opposition journal ? , with th
assertion that they are the slaves or tools
of a railroad company , using the money
of the company i and possessing no nor
of moral , political or financial iiidopond
once , is worse than aggravating it is
absolutely outrageoiin. An n plain mat
ter of fact , the people oi Nebraska ,
many of whom are patrons o !
this paper , liavo a right to know
whether or not thus charge is true.
They want a ncwspixiwr upon uhich they
can rely and if the Jlcpubtiawi is a
"railroad organ , " it ia not such a paper.
For their sake , and for the sake of itself ,
this journal proposes to take advantage
of the next direct charge in any reputa
ble newspaper that it is owned by a rail
road company , and prosecute the matter
in the courts.
The railroad job-work isdividudamoiig
nearly all the printing houses of Omaha.
The Jtcpublicun receives a portion of it ,
if it makes the lowest bid. but it is no
more dependent upon that woik for finan
cial existence than it is upon the Lincoln
Dcnwvrul for news. [ Omaha Jtyntlt
can.
can.This
This compound of sublime impudence
and brazen falsehood is reproduced under
flaring headlines by the Lincoln Journal
aa "a few pertinent worda properly put
on a profitable occasion by an untrammeled -
moled press. " Only three days ago the
Lincoln Journal announced that a special
edition of fifty thousand copies of its
weekly had been ordered by the ISurling-
ton it Micaouri Ilivor Railroad company ,
and would bo circulated far and wide by
that corporation. Tnti-ammoled press !
Profitable occasion ! What a set of cow-
irdly ingratcs these corporation organs
ire that deny their matters , while the
brass collar is visible through their
ra < 'ata , Audacious impostors ought to
liavo a good memory , but the wretched
lickapittlo who fawns upon Tom Kimball ,
ind who docs his bidding like a serf ,
looms to forgot that ho cannot masquer-
ido as an untrammeled journalist with-
iit betraying himself at every stop , like
ho ass in the lion's skin. If the Omaha
Republican wants any proof in court x
hat it is to-day as much under the
Jnion Pacific control as it was when
hat company owned the larger
iharo of its stock , wo will
ifibrd them an opportunity. This paper
perfectly responsible and solvent. THE
SEE publishing company owns at least >
10,000 in real and personal property ,
rliich is entirely frco from encumbrance ,
jot it bo known and proclaimed that
'ho Omaha JcpnbUcan has for many
ears been , and is now , a Union Pacific
irgan in all that the term implies. It is
rue that the railroad company was
orccd to transfer its stock in that paper ;
the present owners to avoid exposure [
y legislative investigation of its owner- :
hip in newspapers. But the railroad
lontinucs to hold its grip upon the con-
era through its immense patronngo.
L'ho assertion that the railroad printing
divided among nearly all the printing
louses of Omaha , and ia given out to the
owest bidder , is notoriously false. A
'ow crumbs nro thrown hero and there
o the small job offices , but the bulk of
.ho printing , binding , lithographing , etc. ,
sjgiven to The Jiymblluitn and The
Jfcralil , while The Omaha 7'orf , a read-
srlcBS Gcrmaiu paper , is subai-
li/.ed with the foreign printing.
I'lio aggregate of this railroad patronage
aniiot fall short of SfiO.OOO a year. U is
ho mainstay and prop of the subsidised
irgans , and but for that the Jicpubllcan
ivould have gone to the wall years ago.
It ia true tlmt bids are taken for mere
form's aakoon a few ordora , but this is a
rarco , Ono of the small job printing
louses , not many months ago , offered to
lo certain work for SI- per lot. It was .
warded to the Jlejnibltcuii for SIC.
1'hat article was a sample of a largo 111141-
jor which they subsetwontly furnishedat
the same piico.
The papers that receive such profitable
subsidies are bound hand and foot. They
iaro not peep , if thu railroads should con-
llacato and destroy property and rob the
people in broad daylight.
The Jtcjtblican ( truthfully says that
tlio charge of railroad ownoishipisin this
state to a newspaper what a churgo of n
larceny would bo to an individual. This
means grand larceny , of course.
How was it when the Union Pacific
railway , through its officers , hold
undisputed title to the Jtcpublicairt Has
ihore been any change except u transfer
of stock ? The sumo person edits the
ItejiUbllwnt now that was it editor thru.
How long is it ainco ho wont to Kearney
buy a paper for the Union Pacific ?
And yet ho pretends to bo insulted and
Dutraged because people bcliuvo him to
be the same tool now tlmt ho was bofoio
ho bought that JlcptiMiran stock. Are
wo to understand that ho was a railroad
capper formerly , and lias since reformed ?
Whcro was ho during the memorable
Bandjtono swindle ? Did the Jlcpubli'
m speak like an honest and nntrain-
moled journal ngainst that attempt to
force upon our tax-payers a worthless
paving material through bribery and cor
rupt manipulation of councilmcn ? Why
wna the Jlijmblirrm nilont when the
1'nion Pacific ollicora , di'guiacd as Hclt
liners , got up a conapirasy to take forci
ble possession of properly in defiance of
the courts' Why had not that brasn-
collared hypocrite one word tosay against
the desecration of the Sabbath and the
other criminal acts committal
when the licit line was inaugurated ?
la there any further proof ncedod to con
vict htm of being a mere tool and lackey ,
Wo did not inspire the severe but
truthful strictures of the I/incalii Jcmo-
cm/ , but the malicious Hing that it is "a
daily chattel mortgage , " comes with ba (
grace from a concern that was plastercc
all over with moitgages for many years
There is no disgrace for a man or news
papers to bo in debt , providing they are
honest. Wo would rather bo "a daily
chattel mortgage , " struggling manfully
for existence , than a bloated paramlo thu
thrives and fattens upon the ill-gottct
wealth wrung by extortion and lobbery
fro 11 the hardy HOUH of toil.
ARMY Mir.KMSK .ST/.VJ/.V.
By thin time ( Junoral Howard has
doubtless received the circular letter ad
dressed by Adjutant General Drum to
commanders of the several military do
paiimeiils calling attention to the fact
ILat the mileage of army olliccrs for the
first four months of the present fiscal
year , without any apparent icason there
for , is fifty per cent higher than it
was Luring the KUJIIO period last year.
The secretary of war very properly directs
that ilia mileage expenditure for the cur
rent year .mist bo kept within the appro
priation , oven if ho shall bo compelled to
require all army officers to sncuro an
order for travel from the headquarters of
the army. This brings us again to the
scandalous abuse in the matter of trans
portation which has been tolerated in the
army chiefly among officers of the
staff. Army olliccrs who carry annual
railroad passes in their pockota
go out on junketing trips ovoryfcw weokn
under some pretext for the solo purpose
of pocketing extravagant mileage ac
counts. This is not much better in our
opinion than duplicating pay accounts or
forging vouchers. It is a downright steal
under a veneering of legality. No army
oflicor ought to bo allowed to travel en a
railroad pass. The g < vcrnmcnt has made
umplo provision for his transportation by
rail when ho is traveling in the discharge
of his duty. If ho is traveling for pleas
ure or upon a private errand
ho ought to pay faro like any other man.
Iho private soldier is never favored with
railroad passes except as an obiect of
charity. The army oflicor should not
lower his calling by accepting a charity
jift from a railroad. But the rair.ad
managers , who are so liberal with their
passes to army officers , do not consider
this an act of charity. When they give
pasa to an army officer , they expect
more than its equivalent in favors which
iho officer can hardly over extend with-
jut doing violence to his conscience. If
it is a land grant railroad like the
Union Pacific , ho can increase ita carti
ngs in various ways , or close his
ycs when the agents of the company
present inflated vouchers , which arc
ilaced to the company's credit in its ac-
xmnt with the government. The whole
railroad pass system , except where it is ft
cgitimato exchange of commodities , Is a
;
refined system of bribery and its effect
m the army is beginning to make itself
olt in the excessive mileage accounts
vhich the secretary of war has just been
oinpollcd to curtail.
Tin : other day ( icnoral McBeath , the
ircsont commandor-in-chiof of the Clraul
\rtny of the Republic , published a
ard over his own name , wherein ho
tatos that ho 1ms thoroughly investigat-
d the charges against Paul Vnndervoort
on file at the postollico department , and
huts that Vandorvoort has been unjustly ,
omovcd. Now , it strikes us , that Mr. .
Vlclieath lius assumed extraordinary
unctions , which certainly do not belong
o his position , Suppose that Yunder-
oort was u member of thu Masonic or-
[ er , or of the Knights of Pythias , what
msinoaa would the grand master of cither
uf these orders have to interpose his au-
hority between thu postmaster general
and a subordinate who is discharged for
leglect of duty and incompetcncy , Docs
ho government of the United States owe
Vandorvoort n living , oven if ho were
over so competent ) What business has
.ho head of the Grand Army of the Uo-
mblie , which is purely a benevolent and
ocial organization , to interpose on bo
mlf of any member MIO has boon din- .
Imrged from government employ ?
Would General McHoath take the trou-
> le to investigate the cause of removal of a
any veteran , even if he had lost both
ogs'in tlio war , from the railway mail
orvico or any other bureau ? Is Van-
lorvoort , who was never within n him-
[ rod miles of n battle , and never received
"scratch , any hotter than Iho dis.
bled veteran who participated
n scores of engagements and is novr
ompellcd to seek a living Ly some easy
employment ? Hut Mr. McUoath does
tot know anything about the capacity of
Vandorvoort or his conduct , und ho only a
lolittlos himself and the Grand Army by
championing a bummer whom the post-
ntistor-uencral should have dismissed
rears ago for dishonest practices and in
attention to business. There AT uro
charge * filed against Vandervoort time
and again , which have been pigeon-holed
at the instance of his political backer ? .
These charges oven Postmaster Genera !
( Jrcsham has not seen. If General Me-
Heath wants to know something about
the true character and conduct of Van-
dorvoort lot him come to Omaha , and we
venture to predict that he would go awnj
heartily ashamed of himself
A.Moxti the bills introduced in the
house last Monday was ono by Congress
man Stunner , of California , to fu and cs
tabliah the maxiiniuni rates of passcn
ger fares on the Union and Central Pa
cific railroads. After the passage of thi
act the maximum rate of passenger first
class fares on the 1'nlon Pacific Jind Central
tral Pacific roads , constituting the rail
road line from the Missouri river to the
Pacific ocean , shall not exceed thrc
cents per mile. It also makes it unlaw
fill for the companies above named t
collect more than two cents per mile fo
second class faro , and ono and one-lml
cents for third-class. Kranctions of
mile , for the purposes of the act , shal
be measured by a standard divisioi
of one-third , as near as practicable
ticablo and no moro than one
thiid of the amount charged for
transportation for one mile on either o
the above mentioned railroads shall b
charged and collected for one-third of i
mile or less. Upon the passige of tin
act the societary of the interior ahal
publish the fact , together withu achcdul
in the daily papers of New York , Oiiiahn
Denver and San Francisco. A violatioi
of the provision of the law shall involv
the companies in suits for damages , per
eonal and punitive , and any employe
violating the same shall bo punishable b }
a fine of § 1GO , or by imprisonment for :
ter'ii not exceeding .six months.
It is to bo hoped this bill will pass be
fore the present congress adjourns. The
people west of the Missouri have submit
ted to legalized highway robbery long
enough.
WJIIIM Paul Morphy played eight
, 'amcs of chess simultaneously with his
oycs bandaged , ho was legarded aa the
most wonderful prodigy of modern times ,
llcrr Xukertort played thirty-one games
of chess simultaneously in Baltimore on
Friday night last , and won all but ono.
This week ho is to play there ton simul
taneous games blindfolded.
AVIintKoiulllcaii8 arc to do Aliout it.
N'ow YorK i\ciiinu : Post.
The great difficulty with which the
Democratic party has had to contend ever
since the close of the war is that nobody
either in or out of it was able to say
exactly Avhat its doctrines were. Its plat-
'onus have consisted in the main during
all that period , of what are called "ar
raignments" of the republican party ,
coupled with declarations in favor of
; hreo or four of the elementary virtues ,
such as truth , justice , and honesty. This
went on BO long that it naturally brought
about what seemed to bo a complcto dis
appearance of constructive statesmanship
'rom its ranks. For many years back
even the mpst able and enlightened demo-
: rat haa.not'beon able to say anything for
IIH party muchbottor than that ho thought
lomocrats would fill the federal offices
jotter than the republicans. Lately ,
oven this pretence was laid aside , and the
: ry was raised that the republicans should
> o turned out , without any explanation
of what was to take their place. The
boblo attempt made in 1880 to advocate
a tariff for revenue only , and its cowardly
abandonment during the canvass , made it
com as if the party , as an organization ,
vas completely ruined , and that nothing
nit reconstruction on a now basis or with
low materials would enable it to take the
iold again , either at the north or at the
outh , with any chance whatever of sue-
es. No party can exist or over has oxist-
d as a fighting force , upon the vices or
hortcpmmgs of its opponents simply. A
> arty in opposition may possibly maintain
tsolf for two or throe years , or at a single
lection , upon the mistakes or vices of the
dministration , but it cannot do it for
wcnty years.
A party which during twenty years'
pposition does nothing to lay hold of the
joncration that grows up in that interval ,
nust make up his mind to stay in oppo-
ition indofinately. The democratic party ,
f wo may judge from Mr. Carlisle's olec-
ion , has at least , begun to roalixo this
act. It has lost nearly all hold of the
'outh and intelligence of the country for
ho want of any positive policy ; and has
est all hold of the tvomen of the country
hrough friluro to supply anything which
tppeiles in the least degree to the imagi-
lation in politic * . It u apparently going
a turn over a now loaf , and to propose
omothing in the way of legislation for
ho country to reject. Of course , however -
over , this is not at all certain. It is ono
.hing to elect a speaker by way of en
dorsing his opinions on the leading ques-
ion of the day ; it is another thingtooni-
> oily these opinibjs in the party plat-
orm , and defend them on the stump.
\ftor what happened in 1880 , one cannot
eel ut all sure that the party will not , at
the eleventh hour , fuill to show the conr-
a3o of its convictions.
For the present , however , the democrats -
crats are to all outward appearance cohi-
nittcd to the polhcy of a gradual roduc-
ion of the tariff for lovenuo only. There
are two ways for the republican to meet
his. Ono is to tout democratic sincerity
jy co-opnrating heartily in the careful
and moderate reduction of taxation , which
s now very clear the country demands.
The republican party built up our present
system of taxation , and [ has gene a good
way to paying off the war dobtr it should ,
hornfore , make n special effort to to take
ho load in bringing back that system to
the normal peace footing , oven if that bo
protectionist footing.
The other way is to shirk all discussion
of our present system nf taxation by
lony ing that there is any fault to bo found
with it , either as regards its incidence or
iniount , and by pretending that such as
t is , the prosperity of the country has
icon wholly duo to it , and not at all , or
only in u very small degree , to our na-
ional resources , or to the skill or indue-
; ry or ingenuity of the people. This
ground once taken , of course other abeur-
lilies will have to follow. The sectional
ssuo is to bo revived by docluiing that
\Ir. \ Carlisle's election , although ho was
Union man throughout the war , means
another collision between the solid south
md the solid north , and that there-
ere lepublican voters , instead of ox-
> rcsbing an opinion , at the polls upon
he amount of duty which should be
evied on foreign imports , must again
'vote &a they shot" and "mako it hot
inder the old Hag. " It appears , too , .
hat the Irish voters in the manufactur-1
'I '
ing towns are to bo called to the polls ,
not to express their opinion about the
taxes they ought to pay in their adopted
country , but to express their hatred of
England and their undying remembrance
of "sis hundred years of wrong. " In
short , the strongest sort of nppinl In to
bo mndo to what is most iirational in
their mental constitution , and to the
passions and prejudices nhich most
seriously diminish their value as Ameri
can citizens. . '
The history of the democratic party ,
however , ( luting the past twenty years
ought to bo a solemn naming to republi
cans against tiying to live by clap-trp or
dead issues. The republican party is
likely to fail fur worse in any undertak
ing than oven the democrats did , because
of iti great dependence on the independ
ent vote. The force with which it wins
at elections is now made up almost
wholly of a class that cannot bo hum-
butiged or hoodwinked by appeals and
fallacies which seem to bo intended for
European peasants rather than for Amer
ican citizens. Moreover , the revival of
old cries is still less open to it than to
the democrats. The sectional 133110 was
abandoned in 1880 for the simple reason
that it was worn out. It would never
hate been abandoned by a certain class
politicians for any other reason. It
would take another war to give it anj
\aluo now. If republican politicians
should be sot to work to revive it during
the coming year , on the stump , they
would make the party so ridiculous that
it would bo overwhelmed long before
fore November , 1881.
Throw Away Mis Criitolicp.
"Suifcicd fiom rheumatism < vt bndly had tome
mo crutches , but throw them away nftor ap
plying Tlwuiiuf fclcrtri ? Od to my limbs. I
now feel better than I haxo fur years. " K. L.
Gibbn , 3'J ! ) Kile St. Uullnlo , N. V.
tiUcrary Note.
Messrs. Janaon , McClurg iV. Co. , Chicago
cage , have just issued a volume by the
Hon. George W. Julian , called "Politi-
cal Recollections , 1 10 to 1872. " The
author is widely known throughout this
country , ho having been during most of
this period named a conspicious figure
in American politics. Ono of the eaiTiest
and most uncompromising of the antislavery -
slavery leaders , the candidate for vice
president upon the free-soil ticket in
18. > 2 , ono of the founders of the republi
can party in 1850 , and afterwards one of
its most prominent and trusted leaders ,
i member of congress during the exciting
[ > cried pro-coding and including the war ,
and during that great struggle
one of President Lincoln's intimate ad
visers and a member of the
'amous congressional committee on the
conduct of the war ho is well able , fiom
such a career , to make of his recollections
x most interesting and thrilling narativc.
tlis style as a master of vigorous Kng-
ish is well known , and the tone is per
sonal throughout , giving to the work
ibundant piquancy and point. Censures
and criticisms are freely dealt , and the
author's impressions and knowledge of
amous men and movements are given
with an unreserve admissible only after
.ho lapse of time. With the present
: een desire for definite information con
cerning events connected with the war
ind its political causes , Mr. .Julian's nar
rative will find hosts of eager readers.
"Tho Weather , " a practical guide to
ts change , showing signal aorvico system
and how to foretell local weather , by S.
S. Dossier , is a very useful pamphlet
nibliflied by Robert Clarke & Co. , of
Cincinnati. It instructs anybody who
can read how to become a "weather
> rophet. " It should have a largo sale
iniong farmers , and all others whoso oc
cupation , curiosity or interest lead to the
desire to know whether or not wo shall
" . " Mr.
iavo a "goodly day to-morrow.
J.'s work is "Indications" and "Old
5robabilities" brought within the popu-
ar comprehension simply reduced to a
'dot , " so to speak. The author is the
ccipiont of much praise for the general
Directness of his predictions. <
The Editor's Story.
hillwldpliU Call.
Rural Editor "Yes , sir. Durglarics
re becoming altogether too frequent
round hero and something has got to be
one. "
Detective "You have not been both-
rep by them of course ? "
Editor "Haven't I , though ? My
louse was entered last week and every-
hing of value taken. "
Detective "You non't say so ; have
on no clow1 ?
Rural Editor "Oh 1 have
, yes , some-
hing better than a clew. 1 have the
man himself , but ho is dead. "
Detective "Dead ! Then you shot at
lim ? "
Rural Editor "No ; ho was found dead
bout four days after ho robbed my
louse. "
Detective "What did lie die of ) "
Rural Editor "Well , the coroner's
ury decided that ho died of starvation. "
i'rpinontcrs lina subscribed $10,000 for _ the
ojntion of the normal school there. Articles
f incorporation will bo filed immediately and
vorlc begun.
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