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Dtiifl-t. ilic-cks nixl ( tuMnniuc onloM tel > oinnilomyrtt ) > lotolln-nriK'rof thi-'coiiipntiy. m m PUBLISHING mm , K. ito3Jw.\Tin. ; ; Nmv YOKK'S IcglMatm-o is republican itiul tliu Mioeussor of Senator Miller will probably bo Uio same. lovv.v still remains In tlio republican fold , but lliu odium of prohibition is : i heavy limit for Ibo party to carry. MANY of our alloys uro filthy and ntli'iition before freezing weather in. Violations of the ordinance ought to " } > U promptly reported nml the ollcmlors lined. JAY flotJi.u's candidates for judges were Ijimtrii in the Intn election in New York. The people scored u point hero Tor reform in tlio judiciary independent of party. Tin ; Chicago & Northwestern lias de cided not to invade the South 1'l.Utc country. It will bo interesting now to note whether the Ilurlington will decline in turn to tap the territory of the North- western. Tun nntl-Chinuso war hi Washington territory continues with unabated vigor all along.the lino. That tins Chinese must go Is becoming pretty evident. They have all been driven out of Taeoma in a body. 1 AccoitniNo to the oily physician's re port , there were twenty-six deaths and ninety births in Omaha during the month of October. This shows a very healthy increase in our population. Let the good work go on. HOSKCHANS is out in an interview criti- rising General Grant's article on Chatta nooga. Criticism would bo wasted on Hooi-cran.s whooo bitterness and malig nity assisted materially in making still more wretched the closing days of pain ol the dying general. WK have lost the patronage of the l hinc o forever smco Wun Lung and All IJuong huvo brought suit against us to recover $1,000 for libelling their charac ters. We hud u very largo patronage for wrapping paper with tlio Chinese laundries which we suppose now will bo withdrawn. AN Ohio murtlerer who feigned insan ity and played the deaf and dumb act for more than four months , poured forth an avalanche of oaths when the judge gave him ninety-nine years in the peniten tiary. Instead of indulging in profanity ho ought to have thanked the judge for not sentencing him lor life. TUB grade of Leavonworth street Beems to be a great bone of contention. Every two or three weeks the council passes n new ordinance to establish the grade of the street which is promptly vetoed by the mayor , only to bo followed $ ) .y another ordinance. The last one will probably bo vetoed next week. no sentimenta list in his views of the proper method' for oivilizing the Indians. lie believes that the presence of important military posts near the agencies is the best safeguard for settlers. Nebraska will insist that her two northern posts of Niobrara and Robinson , which guard the great Sioux reserve from the south , shall be main tained and enlarged. TUB liveliest chattel mortgage business on record has been done by a Minnesota man who recently decamped from Trav erse county , in that .state , owing about $0,000. The county clerk's records show sixty-four chattel mortgages on the same property , lie sold his wheat , which was also profusely plastered with mortgages , at a side station , pocketed the proceeds uud skipped. IT Is needless at this time to discuss the proposition to donate Jefferson square for n railroad depot. Some of the ablest lawyers in the city hold that the city can not legally donate or sell the square for do pot purpose * . Wo regard it us injudi cious on the part of the projectors of the Northern mail to press tills matter at this time because it might engender a ontrovurfi.v that would ho fatal to any subsidy from tlii.s city and county. WUKN it comes to u matter of publlo improvements the people of Omaha gen erally know what they want. Tor in- btanco , thuro weret,010 ) votes cas > t for the city hall proposition , and only JJllO against itr the latter including what is known as the moss-buck and obstructionist ele ment , which , we uro glad to MIO , is year l > y year growing binallur. What is true of the city hall proposition is equally true of thu paving bonds , which were carried by a yoto of ! t,110 against tUJ. IK the Missouri Pacilio wishes to extend Its mam line to YanlUon it ought to be able to do so without asalbtanco from Unialni , Our people will not be willing to votu aid for a railroad , local or otherwise - wise , which , while pruatunably heading towards the northwest , is to hug the river und push into Dakota as the eMcu- ion of n trunk line. What we do need is a direct line up the KllJiuni Valley. Guarantees of a hundred mllua of such a road which will tap the commas of fuming , Madiaon , Stanton and others beyond will beirnily ; welcomed and lilwnlly rewarded no matter who the parties uro who u ruu to build it. Curing for the Dear 1'eoplc. Mr riionns It K'mliall ' has takiu iiiis to uiilioxijin h'mi-flf to a rcpoiiur of tin-Chicago \ > ' cotioi iningtlif pfi t , piemen ! and future of the t'uion Pacific inilrond , of whieh he i tin * general trullie manager. A < cowling to Mr. KimhaH it cums to be the popular im- pillion that tin1 ivnripon the I'nion I'uollip railroad ill lx- renewed at tlio next iM'jMon of rongree , Itutns tliafc 'n about what the managers of the company r\pecl , they are not worrying about it nuicli in aihauco. As imual Mr. Kimball , who Is crcditid with being a very shrewd politician , is trying to forestall what the malingers naturally have n-ason to expect during the nrxt session of congress , What h calls popular opinion is in reality simply an apprehension on his own part. What In ) i * . pleased to call a renewal ot the war on the Union Pac'ilie H in fact merely the pi'rsNlt'iil opposition to the "i-hemc to legali/.c tln > fraudulent debt and intlute the bogus stock oroalul by the Credit Mo- bilier and Jay Gould. Mr. Kimball kinillj informs us that the people have a vital in terest in having these onilutighUi on Ilio company stopped. The people , he say * , have got tlieir money invested in the cuter- pri > .p , and its immagers should be given half u chance to realize on the investment without being continually pestered by agitators wlio e chief ambition is to get u little notoriety. What onslaughts docs Mr. Kimball refer to ? Is it an onslaught on the Pacific railroads to ak them to pay taxes on the lands whieh wore carved out of the public domain for their bonellt ? Would not any man or corporation willingly pay tavcs on the millions of acres held by the Pacific roads it they wore made a free gift ? Aie tlio congressmen who oppose the re peal of. the Thurman net enemies of the road ? Have the managers of the Pacific roads hoard no complaint from others than agitators , who want cheap notoriety riety ? Have not the people west of the Missouri been for years and years groan ing under the extortionate tolls exacted Irom them by traflic managers of the Pacilic railroads ? Have not the agitators thereby voiced the universal sentiment of the people with regard to tlio abuses which congress has sought to abate ? Wiio are the people that have their money invested in this enterprise , in whose behalf Mr. Kimball pleads so pit- coiihly V For the most part they are stoek- jobber.s , speculators and money sharks. The poor widows and orphans who own stock in the Union Pacilic are not very numerous , and they should hold the scoundrels who induced them to invest their money in Union Pacilio stocks re sponsible. There were widows and or phans who invested in Wubash , but con gress was not oven asked to come to tlioir relief. And how about the widows and orphans who owned Kansas Pacific stocks up to the time Jay Gould merged that worthless and bankrupt road into Union Paciiic , and scooped np about ten millions in the deal ? Perhaps the dear people are in honor and duty bound to contribute towards Baying dividends on that slock and interest on the fraudulent debts with which that road has been loaded. Mr. Kimball strikes the key note of his interview as follows : Say that the schemes of the enemies ot the road should bo successful , have you an y Idea what ttie result would be'.1 The llrst cited would be to drive the road into bankruptcy and Unit would bo quite as disastrous to the go\ eminent as to the company. Why' . ' Simply because the government is a second- lien creditor and It would practically bo left out In the cold. The first-mortgage bonds aie neaily all held by forelgneis , and If the com pany should be driven to the wall tliev would step In and take possession. Now , if there is cither business shrewdness or statesmanship embraced In a line of policy that , followed to Its inevitable conclusion , would takepioporty which we iio\v hold in this countiy out ot our hands and give it to strangers , I confess that 1 am unable to see it. What Is necessary in tills matter is to let the managiirs ulono while they arch .mostly and Hucccbsfully caining for the interests of the road. What are tlio schemes of the so-called enemies of the road ? Are not thosolicm- cr.s in fhis case the managers of the Union Pacilic , who are seeking to push a bill through congress which would legal ize their fraudulent debt , extend the time of payment for si\ty years , and compel this and the ne.xt generation to contri bute enough in tolls to pay nearly a hun dred millions of the principal of this debt , witli the interest thereon , and have enough margin for the managers to pay dividends on more than lifty millions of watered stock. This is a fine project in deed ! What would the people profit by the recovery of a portion of this gigantic debt when they themselves would have to pay every dollar of It , principal and interest ? Wherein would the people , and especially thu patrons of the road be the gainers by any interference on tlio part of congress to stay the Inevitable sale of the road to the mortgttgo credit ors ? What do the'people of this section care whether the ownership of tha road is in the hands of the Kothwdiilds , the Vandurbiltn , or the Goulds ? For the people who are com. polled to maintain the road the hooner it is closed out anil the water wrung out of the stock the bettor. In. Mead of paying interest upon ! ? 1)0)00 ! ) ( ) per mllu , which thu road is obliged to earn now , they will only bo paying in terest on not more than $ .10,00) or ! ? ' .T,000 per mile , which the purchasers of the road would pay for it. They could reduce the tolls one-half and .still pay big dividends on tlio investment , while the scheme whieh Air. Adam- so anx ious to put through congro-is means a continuance of high tolls and merciless exactions for the ne\t sixty years. No matter how honest or economic the pres ent managers of the road may bo they cannot carry thu lowl ; which Credit Mo- bilier and Jay Gould have piled upon the company without stripping thu whole country , through which the road pathos , of its productive wealth. Mr. Kimball we are aware , has the interests of the' dear people closely at heart , but we fear ho will not bo able to convince them of that liift. . . TMMMM MH aMMB.MM l.i Now that Doctor George B.nith has be ; a re-elected county surveyor , it will not be out of place for us to cull the at tention of the count } ' commissioners to thu fact that thu biirvoyor's olllco is not necessarily tuo personal property of Mr. .Smith The statutes require the county timi yor to make plats of all r ijid ; i7i > , idgc-mid count ) lines fcr the UMof ti' public Tin plats Mr. Small sc'-tns ' to n sjHJ'd n > hi * own property , to which the tnpnjen of this county hr.vc no HIV ccj.s More than this Mr. Smith WCIIH to hnvn u hankering for oilier maps. A plat of n inilro.'id condemnation uhieli hud boon filed in the eounly judge'fiolliep fomo years ago was found only the other day to ha\n disappeared , and is believed to have been appropilated by the county purveyor for his own UMJ. Xow Mr. Smith had no more right to appropriate llii-- document than he hud to take a book out of the public library and place it in hi * own. Complaints of Doc Smith's peculiar methods of doing business uro very numerous , and should receive the prompt attention of the county board , lie has held the ollice for n long lime , and thinks ho has it perpetual mortgage1 on it. The Hlvternlli Street Vlailnot. The council should abandon nil schemes looking to the construction of the Six. teenth street viaduct in conjunction with the railroads. The conditions which the Union Pacilio socks to impose for the pal. try share which it would pay towards the erection of that viaduct should bo per emptorily rejected. They arc an insult to common intelligence and ono would think that the city is utterly poweilcss to compel lh < railroads to make * afe road ways over or under the tracks which eioia our streets. Our city has been trilled with long enough and the council should resent all further attemptof the lailroad companies to force the closing of streets and thoroughfares No other city in the country has been subjected to such obstruction and interference. In no other city in the country has tliorc been such n reckless disregard of the public safety and convenience. Danger ous railroad crossings at a do/en streets are left without a. single guard by day and without lighls by night. After Written and verbal promise's and pledges to widen its bridge across Thir teenth street the Union Pacific hns been allowed to leave its piers in the middle of the street and to seriously damage the property on botli .sides of the bridge by reason of obstructing the road. Now they have thu aiblimc impudence to ask that Fourteenth street .shall remi'in blockaded tor eight months and then they promise to make a thirty foot roadway when they can be forced to make a hun dred foot crossing. They demand tiiat Fifteenth street shall remain clo-od forever and that Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets , which have re cently been opened , shall not be extended. These are the conditions un der whieh the Union Pacific is willing to contribute its share towards the construc tion of the Sixteenth sln-el viaduct. We say most emphatically that Mryor Itoyd and the council should spurn them and reject them without further parley ing. ing.Tlio Tlio estimated cost of the proposed viaduct on Sixteenth street is > lh)00i ' ) and if the approaches and the viaduct cost from , ' 5,000 to .fflO.OOO , which is a very extravagant estimate , the oity can better a fiord to take the money out of the general fund and compel the rail roads to provide crossings and gateways and tlagmcn at every intersection. Tlio citizens of Omaha will all bear tin ir share of the tax cheerfully rather than have the s-treots closed or obstructed and the roadwaj-s matte unsafe. The Mitonc Abuse. The recommendation of Paymast- General Rochester of the regular army that steps be talcen by congress to do away with the mileage abuse ought to commend it elf to the prompt action of our lawmakers in congress at the next session The pre&ent provision which allows ofllccrs eight cents a mile while traveling under orders opens the door for gross abuses. It is n constant premium on unnecessary journeyings at the public expense , especially in departments whore a lavish distribution of annual passes by the railroads makes every mile travelled and paid for by the government a clear gain in dollars and cents to the journeying oilicer. In some of tiie military departments , the abuse of the mileage privilege has been so gross that public attention has boon called to it by circular from the adjutant-general's office. The induce ment to make trips for the interests of the service becomes very strong when every such trip , when made , adds any- wbcrc from $50 to $200 to tlio monthly pay of the party who makes it. Of course , there i some force in the argu ment that free transpoitation is a per sonal compliment with which the govern ment has nothing to do , but the ordinary observer will not fail to see that free transportation , with mileage added , is a constiuit incentive to needless travel at the expense of the mileage fund. Paymaster General Hochcstor recom mends that hereafter an olllcer who may bo traveling under orders shall only bo allowed his actual fare and a umall mileage sufllclent to cover actual incidental expenses such as sleeping car , hotels , &c. This would bo a sensible .solution of the problem. Private soldiers when traveling under or ders are allowed by regulation tlioir faro , which is given them on a tnuisporta- lion order on the railroad company tur- nisliod by the quartermaster. There is no reason why tlio same rule should n'ot obtain with officers. If after each trip otllcers were permitted to put in a bill for expanses , rertilluil to under their own signature as actually expended , and the allowable items carefully covered by reg ulations there would be fewer complaints , about the mileage abuse. As matters now stand mileage boars about the same relation to the actual expense as perquis ites in the Georgia legislature did to the per diem pay of members. "Tho perdlr- Him , " said a hay seed member confiden tially , "don't amount to much but the perriquecs is h II. " The recommenda tion of General Kochcstor is a good one and will have the uuiloreomcnt of the ma jority of the army. IN the discussion over the salary of the public librarian some of the councilmcn virtually expressed the opinion that the duties of librarian could bo performed by a person of lttlo ) or no intelligence , and therefore n librarian could lub tiini-l : who would ditth < work for nnom. itialilnrj. . 'I'h' " is , a serious tuist.iKo W - horillj think tin- patrons of the libra ry nnd the intolligimt portion of this com munity would be p/cn / * < 'd to < PI an i no- rnnuH installed as lilirarhiu simph lw > cau.-o such a person could be i cured for IIfly cents or a dollar a day. Further more an illiterate , ntuon ! ! certainly can. not pirfonn the dntlpjj of librarian. We do not advocate tli.e pjiymenl of extravagant ' gant salaries to the'libraiian and Ilio assistants , but we < ! o think that they are entitled to reasonable comp. tmliou. The public library is an institution that should be well maintained in evor.v re spect. Tin : Chicago A'-wi , in speaking of Dr. Miller's sledgo-haninit-r blows for Pal. Ford , snys that "We sco by tin- dis patches that Ford was defeated by u re publican majority of 1'JGO. " The Xcuv is slightly mistaken , and has not given the proper credit to ( lie elVoel of Miller's sledge-hammer blows. The majority against Ford was over 2,00' ' ) . KIAI. : estate in Omaha shows no signs of dropping. \ \ ith the Increase in our cityV grow Hi , which everything promises , tnero is no reason why there should be a decline. _ Oilier Imnds Tltnn Our * . The developments of the week in Kuropo make it more and more probable that the Itatkan trouble , however it maybe bo .settled by the conference at Constan tinople , i < to lo ) made the occasion of a great European war. The hostility be tween Austria and Uuss'uv is said to be in tense and growing. In St. Petersburg war is looked upon n < - a certainty , and Bulgaria is generally regarded as the probable battle-field. There N a preva lent belief among Russian officials that Austria is uiiig Sorviti as ucatVpaw , not to capture Bulgarian territory , but to paral.o the llalkan conference ! lt Con stantinople by showing them that war i.s imminent , and that Kngl.md is allotting Ansliia in her maneuvers to get a butler position than Uussiu in preparation for the conflict. Austria is rapidly mohili/- Stut her troops , and the activity of war preparations in Russia continues una bated. Observers whoso dUpateht s es cape the press censorship at SI. Peters burg note that Russia w.is never better organised or equipped for a great war than at present. Early hiat .spring the army was put into u splendid state of efficiency in view 'of the possible war with Kngland , ami a. , steady drill and discipline has boon maintained in every department , 'furkey ' is not idle while he'rneighbors ' arc. arming. A dispatch early in the week says that tliejatost official re port submitted to the uhlt.in shows that Turkey has now under 'arms ' liU'JOinen ! ! ) , all well equipped , ami"d and dollied. As no forces in the Balkans , oven were they united instead of opposed , could possibly * tind before this powerful ar ray , the inference is natural that 'furkey is preparing for a more , extended strug gle , and , conceivably ; for a practical re- visjil of the treaty of San Stofauo. The htrange and apparently concerted silence of tlio other gre.it powers is not the least remarkable feature of a situation th.it must clearly , either for peace or war , soon undergo decided changes. * * * Tlio Ki.glish campaign as it appro jclios the general election of two weeks hence glows at while liuat. Every leading orator tor of both parties is on the stump and theoxcitoni'Mit ' and turmoil remind trav eled Englishmen of an American presi dential contest , with the difference in favor of order and quiet ou the American side. Pledges and promises tooters of all classes , sops to the Pirnellit"s and rewards to the whig * , dodging of the vital questions of church disestablis h- ment and free education , appeal to clashing interests and open riot where appeals are useless have marked so far the conduct of the campaign. Ch.im- b.irlain'j radicalism is driving to the conservative ranks many former support ers of Mr. Gladstone. The worst enmity of tlio wliig-s , however , is feared in the union which tlu-y may make with the lories after tlio election is over. Several whig.s have , it is true , gone over to the tory camp , but the strength of thu bond of sympathy between them will only be developed in the new parliament. The political meetings last week were stormy beyond precedent in England. Over ado/.en muutings wore broken up. Some have boon inclined to ridicule Lord Lome b"causo h'i did nol stand up manfully before a shower of rotten eggs , but Mr. Trovclyan was made the object of Hying chairs , Sir William Harcourt was driven roni th platform at Derby , and Churchill could not hear his own voice at Norfolk , 'flie probable results of the election , us tabulated in Lmdon , give Sill liberals , 178 conservative- nationalists aiv. } 7(1 ( doubtful to the now parliament. Four ot these doubtful seats are in Ire land. The chances are that the liberals will bo able to gain about half of the doubtful seats ; in which case they will be returned to power with a majority of barely a do/.on ovejr tjiu united opposi tion. The notabh ; ( , ! ' ' " ' this forecast is tlio seeiuiug fuel that old line lories and conservative whig' * are being pushed to the wall , wliU adVanced conserva tives , and radicals iuv > # < The now German. liberal party gained n sweeping victory ! last week in tlio elec tion to cheese members" ' to the Prussian diet. Out of ' 1,000 ileg | [ ites tiie conserr. utlvcs and national libctraU got only 1,1-ij. The atte.ipi ! ? < of lite Luuourvam U * to fcccuro a majority 'over ' all parties promises to end in a porfei * "Waterloo. This result will strengthen the various wings of the liberal party in the German parliament also , as it plainly .shows tlio drift of public sentiment in the empire , of which the kingdom is so important a factor. A The London Times is authority for the statement that according to the sccict convention between England and Tur key , secured through thu diplomatic > < 7- vices of Sir llonry Drummoud Wolff , t\\o commissioners , ono appointed by Turkey nnd one by England , will have tlio right of supervision ovur the khedivo's admin istration , the suzerainty of the porte being rccognirud , and the English occu- p.iliou of Kjfj pt to conliniio until tlu fiontier i > delincd and tin uuthoril\ j the Uudho resliM-fd 'flic lluiriilU | of vSsuWMir.v u m.ikinjc a l ' | icndou.s ! > luu- dev in hastening to do .something pri - mnlle In Hie foreign Held before election week Kgj pi is the di ad hous , of Tug- lish reput-itioiis. The Russian railway eat of flic Cas pian son is being pushed fonvnrd toward Mcrv and Herat by relay * of men wot'k- ing day and night. Co l and eu o of con st ruction are not allowed to count when tlmo is involved , and everything indi cates a iVverish desire on tin * part of I ho Russian government 1 ° have the road ready for use , that is , for the transporta tion of tioops , at the earliest possible moment. Russia evidently considers iho game of eonquo t in Afghanistan only postponed and not ended. At lust the Brunswick regency busi ness is settled. Prince Albrce'il ' of Prus sia has been appointed regent , in "pile of the protest of the duke of Cumberland , the rightful heir to the dukedom' . Hut 'he duke is an impossible member in the German brotherhood ot princes , forming the Gorman Empire , so long as he does not gne up his claims to rulership in Hanover. _ Only Wanted a Hull on Hewetl On. Chicago Tribune- The distinguished MisMiurian upon whom a bell-boy in dis. guise was palmed oil'as a chambermaid in a Washington hotel , and whose story bus made a M'Hvitioti stt the capital for u day or two. declares ( hat he only asked the chambermaid lo sew a button on his trousers , one having been wrenched awnb. . \ a sudden strain upon his siis pendeis This apology would be more readily accepted did ' not Missouri col- OIK h universally employ shingle nails instead of bottons for suspender fasten- ing" . Some Intercut in ; ; Ijomton London increases its population by H5.0.W every year. It has 1,001) ) ships and 10,00(1 ( .sailors in its port every dnj. Its beer shops and liquor saloons would , if placed side by side , form a row sou-nly- cight miles loiisr. Thirty-eight thousand drunkards are brought 'before its magis Irales every . \ear , ami ovcrv Sunday seventy miles of open shops invite Iho purchaser to enter. Dakota's aitmake. Chicago News : Dakota hud a play-elee lion hist Tuesday and went republican by tlio conventiona'l border majority. For this lively bit of humor she. will bo kept out of the union for the ne.xt four years. Hail .she. been precocious , she would have lolled up a bogus democratic majority , and then , perhaps , she might nave been recoguued by a democratic congress. Prices or sums. Physicians have to pay soO for good skeletons and iO for common ones. The preparation of them is growjng to be quite a business. The most difficult part of the process is to clean the bones yith out marring them Medical college jani tors pretlv nearly monopolize the trade. The I'rent-h excel in whitening the bones and making them more presentable. lolin Ui-tnvn's Soul Goes IMarcliiii - On. Chicago News : The son of old Gover nor \Vi e Inning been rolled un in a wad and thrown into the ash barrel , the soul of John Brown may resume its onward inarch. Ijct ISygones l ) Chicago News : Very well , let bygones bo bygones ; but. the mugwumps mustn't expect to eat Thanks-giving turkey at the republican table this year. O - Shortening Distance. Louisville Democrat : A low railroad fare will shorten the distance between two cities quicker than anything else. Ililliai'ilH on the Brain. Peck's Sun : "Play a game of bil liards ? " said a young man just raising his first mustache to a middlu-age.d man who had raised dozens of mustaches , as the two met in a hotel ollico near tlio bil liard room. "Naw , " said the older chap , us he looked contemptuously toward the bil liard room. " 1 wouldn't be found deaden on a billiard table. There is nothing in billiards. Billiards are no good on earth. All nay out and nothing coming in. " "Why , you used to play billiards , "s.iid the young man. Your son told mo the other night that you used to play a rat tling game. " "I did. I u pd to scoop Vm all. " said the scoffer , looking proud. "But it was all foolishness. If I had thu money I have squandered in billiards , 1 could buy a farm. Why , I had billiauls on the brain as bad as you have got them now ; and , my boy , you want to let up on billiards or . > on will regret it. You uill get so you will dream about the game. Why , when I commenced plujing bill iards I was about TJ years old. A man kept a billiard table , ouo of those old wooden plank roail tables with six pook- ets , near \vliuro I lived , and ono day ho let me punch the balls around thu table whim there was nobody playing , .When 1 got so 1 could hit two balls 1 was wild , and when I could pocket a ball it nearly broke me up. I didn't have any money those ( lays , but 1 would saw wood for that man and clean hordes to get a chance to punch the balls a little. Finally 1 got so 1 could t * 'iy quite a game , and then my study was to raise ( en cents every day to play 'half a string of billiards. ' 1 got so 1 would steal paper rags and old iron and sell it for money to play. and 1 would cheat on the count , and play half a ihv.cn games for ten cents by beating the other fellow or beating the man who owned the table. By that time I had it on the brain. 1 would bo going along the -street and see three dogs , for instance , and I would mentally calculate about where I should have lo hit the first dog to have hjm strike the second dog sort of quartering , so ho would ctinun on the third dog. It was so in everything. 1 would MH ) a catch-basin of a sewer ahead , and if a man or woman , or liorso or cow was between mo and the catch- basin , I would calculate _ aljoul how I would strike the object in order to pocket it in the sewer. Oh , it was awful the way billiardis bothered mo. When I was asleep at night , my mind was a billiard table with its green cloth , cov ered with red and \\liito ball.s , and I would lay all night and make impossible shots in my mind and chalk my cue , and count up my points , and it wts ono con tinued game of billiards all night. You know niter a man has played draw poker all the evening , holding poor hands , ho can go homo and go to sleep , and hold fotirnccs all night and win money niioiigh in Ids sleep to start a b.ink. Well , It was so with mo about billiards and it is so with you , and.nnless you stop playing so mueli jou will ncvi-r amount to a pinch of snuff Jiist m.iko up your mind cither to quit it altogether or to play a game or so occasionally and then quit. ami not think of the ganio again until you are ready to play. It you keep on you \\ill Im o billiards on your mind in place of business , your head will become weak and you will become a poor bil liard cuss , 'no good on eiulli I know. beinuue I ipiit jiint in time , " and the old man loft the boy looking on at it game of pool , while ho went out and took a drink - i Public speakers and singers find B. II Douglass it Son * * ' Capsicum Cougli Drops a sure remedy for hoarseness. [ LITTLE MAC'S LOVE. Xlic Kli-sl MccUiift HrtHcon tinUon - ci-al ami the tmdj Who He on mo UN Wife. tt V.A * a clear , cold Saturday -tlti moon in IViO h n the general found hiui * lf for tin ! fir * ! time in BullimmMd He put up alone of the In.li'ls , and lining tlnd immediately ictlivd. flic next nioiultiR he weiil to n church in the neighborhood. Ho uii mlieied into a pew near the ullnr. Tin * pew : ilrcnd > had one occupant in If , however 'fhis was a hnnd > oine young luly. : She was very handsome A Mendel , delicate fig tire draiifd in gray silk , with n wealth of blo.idc litiir rolled about her graceful henil. This was all I lie general could < -t. ( > at the CrM glance , hut he fell at that one moment that the young lad.\ before him was the only one he could c\cr love t'util now thegeiietnl' < time b-ul been to much taken up with business earcs to give nnteh thought to love , but now a new feeling thrilled his In-art and ho aeluull.v blushed lie. knelt kown and opened a lirayer book , but paid little attention lo it. llii mind was taken up with the fair young devotee by his side. At lust he saw her features. Her eyes were the color of .1 clouille. s sky , and her mouth of the. ro ebud variety , with ripe cherry lips. lips.fhe general feasted his ejes on this picture until the services were over. . As slu was leaving the pew she glanced at the general ami then rosy blushes chased one another rapidly over her fair conn tcuaiiee , because she noticed for the lir.sl time the general's admiring eyes | | \cd upon her. She walked slowly home to ward one of the most fashionable qtuir tors of the cily , totally unaware that the Icimlsomo .vitiug fellow was following close behind her Shu entered one ot handsomest houses in the city , leaving tiie general , as he aftervvatd expressed it standing on the street looking like a ninny. He found the house was owned by Gen. H. It , Marcy , an old war worn \ derail. George himself had had a taste of w.tr life during the Mexican trouble , and had retired when it was over with the niuk of captain , lie remembered that one of his schoolmates at West Point wu * named Marcy He made in nuiries and learned that Ge.n. Marcy was tin- father of his old .school companion. It did not take liim long then to icnew hi acquaintance with Urn Ahirey's son , who was delighted to meet George again. He introduced the latter to his parents and uKo to his SHUIF.lleu , who had made such a deep impres sion on George at the ohuie.li He began at once to pay assiduous attention o the peerless little beauty. It was plainly seen alter a while that his love was re ciprocated. He asked and obtained ( Jen. Marcy\s pcnuis.Moii to wed hisdaughter. . The.v. wore married in May , IfiOO. Mrs. Modi-Hun confe-sed that she was as deeply smitten with the handsome young .soldier on the day of their first meeting as he wna with her. Since their marriage All's. McClellan has accompanied her husband whorovcr his duties led him. CALAMITY JANE. Slu ; in Still on Karlli Her Itcccnt Appearance ( a Wyoming Mininu-Cuiup. The old original Calamity Jane has located at Lander , Wyoming. Calamity has had an eventful history. Shu is now about : { ! ! vears ol age , and has drank the cup of vile pleasures to this very dregs. For the last twenty yearn .she has parti- ciliated in the wilde'sl orgies of the brut ish brothels- the northwestern frontier. For , v cars slie has been connected more or less actively with organi/cd bands of horsc-thio\es , cut-thro.its and road agouti. In If08 Mnj. Gallagher and family set tled at the then new mining town of Miner's Delight , 'fhe major was a law yer by profession , but had done pillant erv ice in the civil war in a California regiment. On their way to thu new gold fields the family nicked up at Fort Biidgern forlorn girl , It ) or 11 years of age , and Mrs. Gallagher adopted her. She was a waif and stray , and knew no otlur lame than Jennie. This was Calamity June. From the first she was stubborn and willul , and gave good Mrs. Gallagher much trouble. .s > ion alter the arrival of thu family at Miners' Delight , young as she was , Jen nie developed her natural depravity. An outrageous escapade with a young miner brought lit r severe punishment , In re- vcnao she circulated the report that she was being brutally treated by Mrs. Gal lagher. The miners investigated thu matter ami found the story slanderously false. Mr.s. Gallagher then refused to have anything to do with her , and the miners raised a purse to defray her ex penses to the railroad. She went , and trom that time bur eourso was rapid. Shi- spent some years in the slums along tin ; line of the Missouri Pacific , and then went to the Black Hills , the first woman in that wild st'ction. Here she donned the uniform of Uncle Sam and served through Ciook's campaign against tin ) Sioux , Cheyennea and Arujm- lioes. Leaving thu'army , but retaining the masculine attire. Calamity became a member of one of the gang of road agents that infested the Black Hills. Her beauty was considerable , nnd , singular as it may appear , was of a pure feminine t , > iie. 'lo this beauty she united a icek- less spirit , a marvelous coolness and courage and a heart that never beat with one soft or pitying emotion. Lovers .she had by the score , but to her they wore only so many material advantages. Sooner or later , as she grew tiriicl of them , some deadly mistortunu befell them , and one or two unfortunate cases are said lo have died by her own hand. And thus she won and wore the imrau of Calamity Jane.A A sui.-ur.vn , . In the summer of 1H7 ? the gang with which she was connected perpetrated an unusually bold and snecesxtnl robbery. Calamity planned and led the attack on the stage , and thousands of dollars fell into the hands of the thieves. PurMiit was iiroinnt and hot. 'flu : band scat tered , and Culuinit.v and two comrades came to Miners' Delight. Here tln y re mained -011111 lime , until on a drunken spree Calamity told the residents who HJiu wan and what she had been doing since she left Miners' Delight jeitiv , Im- tore. In coiiM'qiicnco ot FIICM ; drunken housU the fugitive road agents had to flee once more , and on their departure they took with them several of the best horsein the vicinily. 'flic miners gave clio-e , overtaking Calamity and her puls on \ \ illow Creek , between Miners' De light and this point. Hero a Imttlo royal uiisuiid , Calamit.v din ctiug tin : dcsprnito di-sciino. The miniTH , iiiuut'Ji superior in numbers , were 'finally bcat'-n off , and the bold robbers and tln-ir woman hnidc.r c.scupcd with their booty. The nitrht Miccccding the light this thieves separated , Calamity anil a man known as "Kril" Mriking for the railroad , wiiilo tint third man , Bill Blivens , rodii to Lander. Cahmitv's tricky beauty was the e.uisu ol this dis ruption , she had long played "Red" ag.insl Blivciis , and filially , fixing bur capricious fancy on "Ri-d" tried to pur- sn-ide hfin to kill Blivciis. This --Kcd" ri < fn.ieil to do , and Calamity told Blivens hlu- would kill him In-rsujf if In ; did not imiko hinisolf.rfjirco. ( : As her word was pretty well known to bo good in such m.itu-rs. Blivvns departed. Like all of Calamity' levers , ho wa-s riding to his lati ) . ' 1 wo days afti-r his arrival in Lunder IIK was arrested as an escaped convict , on whoso head was a heavy ro wa'd , and a few yearn attorward died in the Wyoming Penitentiary. Calamity and "Red" reuchud the rail road in safety Hero thu reckless siren got rid of "Red" in her peoiilinr manner The discarded and disgusted lover re turned to his old homo in Ohio , antlthoro was captured and itt now burvnig a long term In the Ohio Penltor.tin'-y. Slnco then Calamity mis wandered over the great frontier of the Northwest , consort ing now w i h ono band of thieves Run now with another. As her boautjr waitl ! lu r . 'irccr , though not l sa Tile ami criminal , ha.s become less notorious. nml now her good looks nnd wicked , spi ii alike hrokwi by the ravages of n n-cklixs life , she cnrn.s the precarious liqinjrof her olass. .Ml. Klelil-f ! Crank Monument. t hlcaio Herald : Mr. Cyrus W. Hold's monument at Tuppati , N. Y , , to the meiuoi'v of Major Andro. who was hnngi if as ii < jpy by George Washington , bus iici'ii de.stroyed once more by dyna mite The work evidently , that of funnel lie s , in whose broasw traditions ot the levolulion have been ( Irmly planted was M > succc'sfullv done that u the distinguished admirer of the Bdtl.sh ooldlui cares to restore the memorial ho vv ill have lo build anew from the grotind up. up.'flic nitimiH of the young Americans who liavithus wrecked Mr. FicldA-'s jie.t lmW'is JIN much a dislike of that personage hiiiHclf a * It is an nntlpttthV in the mcmor.N of Andre or to the HritMi ingeitetul. C.\rus\V. \ Field's gonoroud Impulses have never boon profounnlt Mined by his recollection of the patroltlo dceiN of Americans and his only e.x * pcrieiici in monument building has boon the result ot a moibid admiration mid .spmputh. > for an enemy of his country. It he would h.'ivca n.emorinl of Andre stand , let him first erect a suitable ono to the memory of the three incur * ruptible vconii u who spurned that .spy's mild and delivered him into the hands of ( lie aiithoiiiics. Had success crowned the plot of Andre and Arnold the history of the 1'iiiled States would have been written ditfcreiitly. and It is possible that their Independence would not have boon .Deemed 'it the time that it wag. It is not probable that prejudice against the British is so strong every where in tliis country an to make it un safe to erect a monument to an English soldier : i much , but the attempt to honor Andre which Mr. Field has per sisted in with so much enthusiasm , Iia.s become something more than a test o American toleration for a foe. It i a contiovcrsy between a .New York crunk antl the young blood of the country and the chances are two to one that tlio young blood will win. JOSH BILLINGS. Wouldn't Tell a Me for Twenty IJol- lum. A good story is told of the humorist , Josh Billings , being thrown , on one oc casion , among a batch of students In 4 country town near New Hnvcn He wwJ tramping along with u rusty yiillow dog , and entered the bar-room of a hotel fpr some refreshments. A group of the YaJft lads chuneud to be there on u frolic , and immediately interviewed Hillings , whom they evidently mistook for a funnier. Thov inquired vy if h affected interest after the health ot his wife and children , and Josh , with counterfeited simplicity , gave them a graphic description 01 his family and farm. "Of course you belong to the church ! IT asked one ofjthc boys. "Yes , the Lord be praised , and ray father and grandfather before me. " "Now , I suppose you would not tell a , lie ? " asked one of the students. "Not for llm world. " "What will you take for that dog ? " pointing to Josh's enr , which wan cruching beneath his chair. " 1 wouldn't take twenty dollars for that dogf ' " f wenty dollars ! Why , he's ' not worth twenty cents. " "I assure .you I would not take twontyj dollars for him. " "Conic , my friend , " said the student , who. with his companions , was bent ou having t-ome fun with the old man. Now , von .say you wont tell a lie for the world. Let mo tec if you will not do itfor twenty dollars. I'll give you twenty dollars for your dog " "I'll not take it. " "You will not ? Hero ! let me soe. if tliis will not tomtit you to lie. " added tlio student , producing a small bag of half dollors , which iio ouill up in small pilot on the table. Josh was Hitting by tlio table , with his hat in Ids hand , apparent ly unconcerned. "There , " added thu student , "there are twenty dollars all in silver. I will givn you that for the ani mal. " Jorili quietly raised his hat to thu edge of the table , and as quick as thought , scraped all the money into it except one naif dollar , and then ex claimed : " 1 won't take your twenty dollars ! Nineteen and a half is as much us thul dog is worth ; he is your property ! " A tremendous shout from his fellow- students clearly showed the won Id-bo wag that he was completely sold , and thul he iu-ud not look for sympathy trom that quarter , HO he go-d-uaturedly acknowledged himself beaten. Though No OfTcnalvo Partisan. Hartford Post : "I've thrown up that job. " shouted Jimmy Tiillboy , as h ( ) rushed into thu kitchen , and seized a hot doughnut from the table. "Why , James , " interposed his mother , "I'm afraid tlicro Isn't much to you , after all. " "D'yq ' s'posc I'm going to hanjj round 'n o'ltl Post Olliee JCH * for one litter to carry cv'ry two days , an' only eight cents lor it ? 1 oun tnuke a bigger boodle blackln * dad's boots Sundays. " And , with ono more grub at the doughmut pile , ho plunged out to rejoin Ills chums , / * JP r * " & &i A " E/ CZEmA .ft And Rvcry Rpcclcn or Itching and nnd IturnliiK DIMKUBCH Cured by Cuticm-a , EC/.F.MA , or Suit Hliuumvh | ( 118 nsnni/lni : tluliliu mill liurnliiK , liibliiiuly rtiliim-U by a nuiro Imth wit i Cutluimi heap , ami v a niflu nil * plluiiiioii ol' l iiliuuiu , Ilio Kiuut uulu iniit ) Till * r | > mUt ! < i dull ) , v , illi two or tliri'U doii'H of Cull- cunt ItUMilvont , the amv hlood puriller , lo kn p Ilio lilooil cool , Ilio iii'ispiuitlnu IIIJHI uiul linns illiitlJif- ; , Hid bowels < > | on , tin' ' llvornml Uldlio ) J uclivn , will Hpeiulily inn ( i rivnum , iittlor , iliitf- worm , pf-odiirtU. llolinii , pnirltiiH , ( .uitlil linul , iliimlnitl , inii ) ovoiy Kiiuclnri of Itiilniu ; , wnly nail pimply limmiuof iliiHuiili | an I i.ltln , wlion tiie IJudl pliynltiuiib ami till known loinoilloa full. Wii.r. 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