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4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FEIDAY , NOVEMBER 27 , 1885. THE DAILY BEE , r OMAHA Ontm , yo. ! > U ANP t > l FAHNAM ST. Ntw VonK OmcE , HOOM T"ilTlishf A every moniliiR. nxeopt Sondnj- , The only Monday nioiitirig pa | > er pnblUbc-U in the ( talc. TF.IIM8 UV UAII , ! OnoYcsr . tlO.W'niteo Months . $2. Six Month' . . . fi.l Ono Montli . 1.00 THB Vf ECKXT Hue , J'tiVllsliHl Kvcry Wodtioadny. THUMC. I'OSTI'AIIl. One Vr.nr , with pruiiiinin. . . . . . . . (2.00 Ono Vnr , wJtliont pri'inltini . l.'ii Plx Month ? , wltlmiil prtmluni . , . , . . . . , . . ' ' > Ojio Monlli , on trJnl . 10 All < oinrnindciitloiiHrclBthiKo netrenml oill- ( nrlnlinntteiM slioultl lie KddrtssoJ to llio lllil- ion or THI : IIIE. : ni'Fisr. s i.trrrnnst All tmptm * * lottos niul r mlttnnccs "UoiiM lie mllre ( ! > l to Tun HIK : I'rui.isiiiNfi COMPANY , OMAHA. Diafln , rliwVt ami p < isnni | < ju otdcr ? to l > c inado pnj nbto to Ilic outer of tlio t iiipiay. m m PUBLISHING com , PROPRIETOR K. KOHKWATEK. 12DITOH. the approncli of the eohl weather wo nmy he pardoned for expressing the hope that Mr. Mc lmno's railroad propo sition will not freeze to death. will now be hoard from in Spain. The dentil of Alfonso may ho expected lo light tuiow tlio Cnrliat llres in tlio Pyrenees andCaslilhin mountains- TIIK llcjmlUatn devotes n column lo prove that I'ierson is too young to be old man Bender. IVi'lmpa ho Is old man JJonder's fcon , then. We stand correclud. It'wo can't have two let 113 have at least ono viaduct til n time. The Tenth street viaduct will bo a starter and n good one , because in addition il moani n union dopot. OMAHA needs bettor crossings , epccial- ly on Farnam street. The wear niul tear on the , shoes and boots which cross the granite blocks in a year would almost pay for the cost of flagging. AN Albany , N. Y. clergyman has in vented an Hulonvalio corkscrow. Now let home fialoon keeper reciprocate the compliment by inventing an automatic church choir. It would save as much trouble to clergymen as the corkscrew invention will to cork pullers. USDUU the new law in Italy , any eir- 0113 which deed not fully perform every net promised in the printed urogrammc , or which misleads the pubho by means of pictures , is liable lo a line of $500 for each oil'unsu. Darnum's trip to Europe has been indefinitely postponed THE lir.r. . to judge from its attempts to bnrlcsmie the buiitii tragedy , is edited by a laughing hyena. Itcjtubltcan. There has been no attempt to burlesque the tragedy , -which was too real for ridi cule. The sensational yarn of the lie- publican , however , is enough to make a horse laugh. Tin : brutality of the drivers on llio .Vnrnnm street-lino to the horses dragging the curs up the hill calls for comment. In any city of the oasl men who would dnro to nlub dumb animals with an iron car "dng" because they staggered under the heavy load of an overcrowded car would find themselves very promptly be hind iron bars. Tlio car company is ro- spotmiblo ( o some extent for these out rages. In rainy weather especially there should lie three horses to n car between Fifteenth mid Eighteenth streets. If someone ono tvould galvani/.o a little life into the apparently defunct Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty lo Animals u few ar rests would eoon put a stop to these brutalities. TiiEitBseens to be u great deal of con fusion uml misunderstanding about the position in which the country is left by thodoitth of Vice President Ilendricks The sonnto of the United States is always prganfccd. Unlike the house whose ollicus become vacant with the death of .each congress , the olliccrs of the senate and its committees are perpetuated from pno session to the other until now ollicers are elected and committees reorganized. /Senator / Edmunds is still president pro tempore of the sonata , As will Lo scon by our special dispatches he proposes to call ( lie eenato to order nnd to excroiKc all the functions of presidcn- jpro loin when the senate convenes in reg ular session. The fnet that Mr. Edmunds tendered his resignation last winter , nnd Hint no successor was appointed , does not .necessarily . vacalo the oflico. Until a Successor is duly elected by the suiiato JHr. Edmunds is its presiding olllcur in > ho absence of the vice president. This Js the view taken by Mr. Edmunds him- foil , It is rational nnd in conformity with the principle that n resignation of an executive olllcer does not take etlee until it has been acted upon by the clco lion of n uucccssor. The law and order lengne , which ! oing organized In Omaha , is not in tended for the proper inforcomont o criminal In w.ialom bul for other hi wstha re openly violated. For iiwtnneo , it wil oonio within thu province of tlio loagiu to soc thivt soiiio regard is paid to the city ordinances , and the orders of the city Council. Not long ngo the oouiicil of' ' 4orod the board of public works to com- yol the construction of proper siduwalks , on Farnam and Dongas streets. The Jkioiml of puUllo worb " ' nvil rflon nnd " . .wiinni'pariiosrlio.su , sldowalks nra 1 ft wrctelied condition bbjoctud , tlio bl-dor was not onrried out. Tho' hs bonijinny was ordered to ro inovoitedlschargo pipes from the main sewers , beoau-io ( lie stimuli had booomo | h nhnoyitnco to the people living in the 'iclnlty ' , but ho attention bus boon pnid o the order. At the lnt t meeting of ( ho loiinoll it wns ordered Unit the city ud- rtlslnij : should bo Iliino ill llio ollclnl | japer nlbno , unless otherwise ordered , lit this order hns not been compiled il. Thd building ordinance Is n fnrbo , hd the Uro Jiniji ordiititnoo is being tro- i iioritly vlohitcd , Old rookeries urv torn 6-vn by piecentoal unit nro thou ffchuilf , and wooden buildings are bo iasnrict. ! ! linspite.or llio prohibition of laeh striK-turcfi. These sire only u few of Ifce violation * of ln\v anil order \yhich thu proposes to goo nbntod , uml In | 5 rcspor ( it will ce.rtiiinly purfonn n | -'slii-d service In Chis city. Political Defections. Whenever nny revolt nriscs ngalnst nbuscs in the pnrly , resulting in lite se cession of any considerable wins , the final outcome is nlwny-j a permanent loss. Arrogance In leadership , a blind parti- Knnshij ) which refuses to sec and to stop the leak ? in the parly organization , lo hear the eoniplaintsof hotlestmenamong the rmik and file nnd redress them , has been chiefly responsible thtoughout thn whole history of American politics for lite rise nnd fall of political parties. Antislavery - slavery buried the old whig parly nnd gave life to the republican pnrly. 1'e- fitsnl to listen lo the demand- ! loyalty submerged the democratic parly in ISfiO , nnd kept It out of power for twenty- four years. In 1872 the llbernl-rcpubli- can revolt drew off n considerable num ber of republicans from the mass of the pnrly. nnd while Grant \vns olcntod by an overwhelming vole , it was in reality the result of the stay-al-homo democrats instead of n gain in the republican .slrcnglli , AJ the event proved , of the great mnss of liberal republicans not moro than ten per cent returned lo their old parly allegiance. The mugwump de fection of two j-cnrs ngo In New York was thought lo bo only a local affair , which vould soon honl. Mr. I'.lniuo's do- font a year later , nnd the election of a democratic governor a few weeks ago , proved the contrary. The political prodi gal seldom returns , no mailer how tempting the promised fatted calf. His departure is generally for good oause. It is attended with tlio curves ami nbtiso of his old associates. The old con ditions are not soon forgotten , and the now parly bed remains as a rule the final homo until another great issue calls for another secosMon. The anti-monopoly revolt in Nebraska , which was caused by the IJOSMSIU of rail way politics , by the failure of the repub lican im'ty to enact laws lo protect the people against railroad extortion , by dis honest leadership which made the parly subservient to the dictates of the corpor ation managers , has worked the same ro- still. The canvass of the last election shows that , the democrats have gained nearly a hundred per cent in the pasl live years , while llio republicans have barely held their own. Garlield in 18SO received a fraction over .11.000 voles in Nebraska , as ngtiinst Han cock's 28,000. In 1881 , J. Sterling Mor ton , the fusion candidate for governor , polled fiS.OOO , or 4,000 , more Hum Garlield hud four years previous. In 18S' . ' , the democratic strength as massed upon Morton for governor was about the same as the vote for Hancock two years previous. This shows connliisively that the democratic increase from 25,000 in J8SJ to-10,000 in 1835 is almost entirely duo to the defection of nnli-monopoly re publicans who seem lo have gone over to stay. With the stimulus given to llio democrats by national supremacy the margin between the two parlies in llio slate will become still narrower unless the republicans come to their senses and discard the old railroad gang of the Gere , Laird , Humphrey aud Valentino breed. It is as clear as the sun nt high noon that sham pledges , bogus railroad commissioners and railroad cappers gal vanized into anli-monopolists will no longer satisfy the republican masses wiio nro made up principally ol' farmers and laboring men. Star Clinmber HCHSJOTIH. The sessions of the board of county commissioners nro modeled too , much lifter star c'hnmber methods. No one knows when they take place , and few can find out what business is transacted. Every \vcek or so a. list of bills allowed and warrants ordered drawn are pub lished in the papers , and this comprises the entire public knowledge of what is done in the commissioners' room in the county court house. The sessions of the cily council are advertised and open. Any citizen who cares lo read Ihc coun cil proceedings can learn just to what dale the meetings nro adjourned , exactly what public businoKB was transacted , and what topics of interest were disisussud. The fact that the transactions are publishe in full by the press and discussed , by UK public bus an excellent effect in prevent ing barefaced jobbery nnd corrup scheming on the part of the eonncilmon while it enables thoin lo lenrn llio diroc lion of public Hcmlimcnt on numsurc. . which nll'oot Iho interests of taxpayer nnd citizens , The county board is s close corporation. It , is couiposei of only three mombnrs who han.f ? hun dreds of thousands of the luxpayons money every year In county matters they possess nil llio powers which the city council exorcise In city matters. They have in addition under their charge tlio earn of the county poor. It is high limo tli/it moro light should bu thrown upon their business methods , upon the donates oft heir niucting * ) ami upon tin ; general work and operations of the board. Now that they are fiirnishei with elegant and commodious rooms Si. the now court liousu , there is no reason why there should not bo something moro than a show of regularity in the timu of their meetings and of routine and order in the conduct of their sessions. Whoi this is ( hu base thu press will bestow upon lliom ( ho-janin careful aijil / $ > ] | i tinl nttiy.Ju'nn'iflo \ 'p .io will bo enabled lo know whore thu money "cos to , how H goes and when it ; sj ( ; > somu. . thing which taxpayers now froipionlly enquire about without being able to so- euro to I'csirod information. Our Wheat Supply , The Nnlional Cattle Grower * ' convon- thin how in session in St. Lotits Is bringing - ing out u ma-is of intonating statistics , Tf It is accomplishing nothing else , The in- lusryis ( ono En which both homy and foreign consumers l\imt \ an interest. \nifrieu is now lookoj to lo supply the lolio.it of iiis.it in Kuropo , itud while tlio iroditct nt homo Is Kiilllclont , nl present , or our demands , it is becoming a quo- ) ton whether wu shall lie ni well oil'In hN respect In the fitliiro. Our popuht- ion 11 doubling with remarkable fro- u.-ioy and while In dm pi : < < t ilfieon oars cattle have gtWly multiplied wo . ave loss to-day in proportion in our | opulullon than wu had In I8u' ) . In JiMO ) icro were ? l0 ! cuttlu to each tliuu- I ti sand inhabitantin 18CO the ntim bar wns 811 entile to the thousand wlill i in I860 the supply hud fnllcn lo 710 hcnd the thousand. Commssslouor Col man estimates llio country's population for IS o itl 57,000,000 nnd the number o entile nt 41,000,003 , which gives nboti 77" ealtlc to each thousand of population nt the present time. Touching the future the commissioner expressed the opinion that iu l ! > 03 the population of this cotm try would number 100,000,000 ; in 11M 200,000,000 ; in tlt.w100,000,000 ; nm in 11)89 ) , les-i than a hundred years hence , ttOO.000,000. As tlio popit Intion expands the grazing area of Iho country will lessen , and l becomes n problem how theie teeming millions are to livo. Where and how nro the cnlllo lo bo bred 'and reared that must bo relied on to furnish beef , are questions more easily asked than nn swored. The commisssoner estimates that to keep up the present beef supply wo must increase our stock of cnttlo lo 70,000.000 within the next twenty years mid lo I40oa0,009 , wilhin Iho next forty- iivo years. In this connection ho states that in the stales east of Iho Mississippi in 1850 , wo had 15WO,030 ! , untile. In the thirty years ending with 18SO tin ine.roaso in the same states was only 5,000,000 , equal ( o about ! Wi per pent The national inference from thoMi lig- ures is that the meal supply of llio coun try will bo insnllioicnt , in tlio near future. The ranges are bound I o disappear inn few more years before the march of set tlement and llio changes of climate The country must look lo the farmer. ! for ils supply of meat. Our farmers cannot turn their attention too soon to systemat ic and practical slock growing which will pay less attention to fancy breeds than to studying meat producing animal- ! ) for which there is now and always will be : i good market. In addition , ii3 Commissioner Column states , culllo growers should use all means at com mand to insure their Hocks and herds against the diseases which have .swept from the Old World hundreds of thous ands of their sheep and cuttle. Tlio Tjast of t lie lltinrlnnis. The death of Alphon < o XII. , of Spain , removes the hist of the lionrbon rulers from the list of European monaivhs. There U little room for regret llial such is the case. For nearly two centuries tlio blood has been tainted with all the vices of nobility , and enriched witli few of Ihe virtues that o to make up kingly excellence. The descendants of Louis , count of Vcndomo and Chalro.s , have been steadily degenerating physically unit morally since Ihe time of Louis XIV. , and llio history ol Iho family wherever examined in the character and record of ils ruling mem'wrs ' hns been stained with cruelty and tyranny , and marked by superstition , ignorance ami disregard of the best interest ? of their subjects. The Spanish branch of I ho. family have proved themselves par- ticulary obnoxious to all lovers of consti tutional government , religious tolerance nnd domestic purity. The duke of An- jon , Philippe , became king of Spain as Philip I. in 1703. lie was a weak super- slitious imbeudo who was sitoeccJod in 17-10 by his son , Ferdinand VI , who dy ing thirteen years later wilnonl family , was followed by his brother , Charles 111. His eldest son Charles IV , was deposed by Napoleon and his .brother Fredinand Vlf ascended Ihu throne in 1813. Ferdi nand was succeeded by his ilauirhtor , llio notorious Isabel , who abdicated in 1870 in favor of Alfonso whose death loaves the kingdom without u hereditary ruler. Tlio heir appar ent to the throne is the Intantn Maria Teresa. Under Iho Spanish law Iho queen mother becomes regent , but the Spaniards are not likely to submit to a regency under the Austrian Maria Chris tina and a cuttp il' clnl may bo looked for at any day which will make jin entire change in the line of succession. King Alfonso inherited in a weak nnd sickly body the results of the hins of his ancestry. His accession to the throne was marked in private life by si series of .scandals which are believed to have hastened ( ho death of his 1'n'st child- wife , Iho daughter of his uncle the Due do Montpcn-iicr , The routs and riotous excesses in which ho joined with his dissipated boon companions could not be concealed from the public as they were upon a fcohlo consliliilion and hur ried him towards his early grave. In some respects ho rose at iitful intervals tibovo his blood and surroundings. So far as poaible , ho scorned to have incli nations toward a more liberal govern ment of his peoplii and ho mingled among them in Iho late cholera epidemic dintrlbnling charity and investigating Ihe causes of tlio phiguu In person. Hut neither his natural parts or associations lilted him for inaugurating reforms or carrying out any decided policy in Iho line of the tendencies of the times to wards constitutional liberty. Ho was Urst and last in the hands of hi" ininistuivi and advisors , and they were selected in Iho true Hourhon manner. The Presidential Hi. Dpmooralio leadens are thoroughly aroused at lust to tlio necessity of llio , . . . . . . ' , i ' --n-ivj urn i > j.ji. dontmi succession In case of the death of the president and vice president. This question gained it national prominence immediately after the death of iWslduut G.irliohl , in 1831 , and sjvoral bills were drafted and introduced the upon reas sembling of congress to remedy- the dull oionoyinpnr statutes , The chief oppo cation lo the measure catno frolil thu do niooraoy , ami the uiily hill which ovot passed the senate was subsequently kilhu iu the house of representatives. Tin loath of Vlca President IlondrJoks IUK nwakononml the entire uulmtry to the loeos-iity for the prompt ptissago of some noasuro which will guard the prosiden- lal succession and retain the conduct of ho govoi'iuncnt in the handof the doin- mint party. As mutters now stand , here is only a single life between the nvsldonoy and republican rule , a life diich could at any moment bo lorfeited u iho nsinssln's dagger or to thn bullet I Koine Gultcnu-liko crnnk. The barb ' > s.slbility of such a contingency is tip- ailing ami call * louder than any labored rgumunt for remedial legislation which will forever render such a contingency impossible , The bill whicli'wn's ' pa.S'od by the sen ate at its Inst .session provided that in cnse of n vacancy existing in the ollico ol the presidency and'vice-presidency , the secretary of state should perform the duties of president till an election should bo held and thnt in cnse of the death ol Iho secretary of $ tate Iho succession should run down the line of cabinet offi cers according ( o n fixed grade esab- lished by Inw. . This measure left the control of the gd'ynrpmnnt in the hands of Iho dominant party and prevented the possibility of the selection of n president from the opposition through nn election in the senate or house , There was no rea son why it should not hiivebcen put upon its passage. It was thoroughly nonpartisan - partisan , met nil tlio requirements of the case , nnd was more urgent than a score of other measures which made their way Ihrutigh the roll-calls. With the new il lustration of the nece * ity for such a measure there Is every reason to believe that the next congress will promptly pass a bill which will forever settle tlio question of lh presidential succession. " ( ) i.t > man Itonder has the lloor , " snys the 7irahmill il might have added Hint the editor of the llriittticun would like to mop llio lloor with him. WHAT about the new railroad to Ihe uorthwoM ? Is it taking a long steep like that Columbus girl ? Tin ; HcpnMirun i.s mad. It has a spoiled Mnsalon : ! on hand. Old man liendei'didit. Oi.i > man ISender has made the li'jiub- ! lican the laughing stock of Iho town. A Tliaiiks lviiiK Story. Now York Journal : A Thanksgiving story without a prodigal sou is like tur key minus the cranberry sauce. lOnlitlcd to tlio Itowiml. Omaha Herald : The Iit : : , beyond quoelion , entilled to any reward there 111:13' : 'jo ' "I1 f ° r discovering old man Vendor. Sliould Have \Vailcil Unlit April 1st PlnttMnonth Journal : John Pier-urn , Iho penitentiary bird , should have wailed unlil the 1st of April to spring bis confes sion upon the Omaha Itepubiioan ; How II Looks lit the ( Solilen Hate. San Francisco Posl : A "mind cure" church ib to be erected in Boston , at a cost of from $00,01)0 ) to 'flOO.OUO. The people who contribute to such a scheme are oeilainly greatly in need of a mind cure. , The len linv.b Ijost Their Vnilli. Ulica Herald : -Ono rarely or never reads of Iho cure 01 : i I'ull-grown man by the faith oiire il is almost always n young woman. The explanation is that , an hysterical young woman is moro onlly impre-sed by the proceeding. ? . A I'mverhil Argument. Ituchcilor Post-Express : A Nobrn.-kv : girl who was helping her mother on wash day bijunme.isiuldenl.v fatigued and went into a comatose state , from which she has npt risen in three weeks. This is a powerful argument against young women having anything to do with wash tubs. . A lihnl ol' fjirnl-flit-iTnokol. St. Louis Globe-Democrat : It i.s tin- noimcod that the civil sc'rvieo eonimis- sion will "liold up the hands of the pres ident at every step. " Thai i.s a gootl idea , as ho will thus bo prevented from reaching into hi. , pockets for any more § 1,000 bills to help defray partisan es pouses in Now York. An Uvcuso for Urnvn I'obbiny. Grand Island Independent : The Lin. coin Journal excuses grave robbing in that city on lhe > ground that the medical department must have subjects at any cost , or shut down. The dissection of our railroad commission would furnish the medical students and experts it win- tor's work , anil would not cause half the complaint among the people thiit is cre ated hy llio purchasing of the boilies of the poor untortiinni.'s who die in the in sane hospital. Try your knives on ( lie commission , and let unfortunate dead rest. I'OMTIOAIj OIIII'M. Female clerks are nui in favor with the present Kovcniiiiunl.it U'asldii l > n. Kx-Clvil .Service Commissioner Thoinan Iff lecturing on civil service niorm ; In O.do. It is not yet known whit tlusMe-s-how of the congressional cliviw will bo this season. John 8. Wise Is said to bo pormancntly out of polities' ' , Ilo U wliat Ills name declares him lo be , Them Is no gootl rorf-on why lllll and Leo should not luivo n little presidential boom now if thu-y waul It. Tnuro Is no sou of chance for any harm from It. The liend BcniVjlii1'win-in In ( ho treasury hurdlnif , nt Wnshliutou , Mrs. Jlelleii. has b.'Kun to rcor .mizo the curp nf fcni descrnh- hers on a stilutly partisan bii.iis. The linuuc.ilstn'iit ? > berd will piolj.tUly ndilrcs * : hir : as Ilcllun U azcs. Ills lelnlort f .Af'iliono tlmt a few years IUTO * tV 1 ! ° ' ! ! ( % | ' ! , ' ' ; ' | . hiredr.OJof work in } > " ' " them to ' them down ho drevv ip till .V I.Klity .laftorKettl.K ' " 'llltl ' . tllU . , ' polls weiooloioil. 'JJ1 M i - ' .lllllJ iiij.uiosi jioiy ' iiboiit MiiltpiiA-hat wc'voTyet hoard. * - , ' * " * " * ' i - - \r t t 1 Chicago Now-c honjuu ] Mijion : ) | SK.IIO | | ( lioprep.uIiisrorjiiiblUitliiii a diiUlli'irtito. luenl of the InliudtdiLs muimer In which llio [ lemncrats carried VIivhllH. U'hHo Iho .sen- Uorl.sen a'ed on tlif * nbbln work , will the nit pleasu stand UV' | ' ; > ml icgalo the world .vlth . its opinion of thftki'ttloV Tbo TlianUsBvl"n 'ft At ; mldulglit , on uopbilcnl roost , Iho vatllcd gobbler hat liiili dozed away the tours , nnd heeded ( lot 'tho ' stealthy step if Jothain on his ' 'lowers , " It was eve , and all iho house was till. The hencoop quiet stood beneath lu > sloping hill , its feathered inmates lucked in quiet , dreamy mood , ijor i lionghi of harm to any of their cherished a I rood ; while Jotham ( hardened , nnsenti- t umtal sinner ) siim < yt-d the coop and _ t lanned the morrow's itlnner , The fat s imng gobbler long had Illlod his eye , to sK sn sP uitu with .Susan's matchless pumpkin n lo. So to thnt peaceful coop ho slyly K imt hi.s way , nnd sulx.od with h-on grip d n l-JhuploiMproy. . o moro that gobbler n-onils the tan-like tall , bill all his males scordiintly bewailed the act of Jotlmin ho , nl one fell swoop , removed ( he ido uf that once happy henhouse coop , PREPARING FOR THE SESSION , Wnshiugtou Beginning to Grow Lively with Eotnniiug Congressmen. Furiil. liliiK up Mm Cnplfol HuiliUiiK- A Orncr.il OrcrluuiliiiK In J'ro- Kress Art anil Art Ci'ltlcs. Tlio Wiiihiiiglon correspondent of the St. Paul Pitieor- Press writes : The city In liked : i piped egg. Tlio session is fust coming out of tin- shell , and there is ac tivity and noi o on ail sides. Congress men come in by tlio half-dozen every day ami tlio society people nro struggling back from Js'c.w York and 'the summer rc * ort. < . llmtn renting season is now at full height , and the ngonts are linppy us pigs in clover. As usual , rents : ire high , ami H iakcs a good deal of travel ing to hunt up n lionio for the wlntor. Tlio shrewd congressmen took houses early in the hummer. One man boasts of having rented a cheap house and Vivid rent all mtmmor to hold 'I. ' Tlio old liners who lake so ciety as bore or a rainy day to bo endured , although uncnjovulile , keep llioiv houses year after year. Thus ( hey I'sonpo ( ho agents ami iixtorlionato land lords , and when the.y drop into town in the .summer interval have a place to sleep and MM- their ( fiends , while the nb- hence of the cook and the aorvantn re lieves them of thi ! necessity of asking their guests to May to dinner. Gov. Cur- tin's watchdog Holntan and Sam Itnndnll slick to their house's as much as the.y would to their Mints in congress It is economy to take a house rather than rooms. Ongru.- men arc. bled worse by room renters thnn by the landlords. A suite of two or three rooms costs a mem ber tftiO to $7r > a month. A good ten- room house in the unfashionable quarter would cost , no more than this. The hard est workers in congress have houses on Capitol hill , near the capitol and roinolo from the. hotels , where easy access lo callers is ( ho weariness of many u con gressman. I'TUXISHIXO ri'TltlPAl'lTOI ; , . Tlio capitol is the scene just , now of repair and improvement. Im-ido the doorkeuper.-i and ou.-pidnro keepers arc rushing around , busy as a bird with a fresh worm. The carpets have boon re- laid in seualo and house , and the chairs and desks put , back in order. Tlio docu ment rooms arc being cleaned ami cleared of dust and worthless printed matter ; and in the rooms of clerks and committees a general overhauling and hoiiso-clunuiiu ; is going on. Outside the building workmen have been engaged all summer in building the remodeled foundations. Architeets and art critics from time immemorial have been saying that the capitol was a squatty , sprawl ing , ugly building. To satisfy Iho-io peo- pie , as well as the rest of mankind , a marblt ! foundation is being erected around the north , west , and .south sides of the structure. Thi. * > i.s about ttfcnty- live feet high , and adds that much to the apparent height of the. budding. The north sidn of the canilol is now com- jilcted. The now foundation is of Mary land marble , and is out in the plain , ; solid style thai marks Iho whole building. A balustrade of marble surrounds the ad dition , and the upper surface , which is about forty foot wide , is covered with a Mono lloor. Along the center of the sjtaeo are walled beds of ivy , which add life and color to the promenade. It will take two years to complete the whole improvement along the west and south sides. The west , front will hereafter look to be the main face of the capilol , reversing tlio plan of Stephen [ lallell , the original architect. Whc'thor Crawford's Goddess of Liberty , who from her lofty height of 37 fool now looks oil" eastward over the vacant spaces where Mayor I/Enfant expected the sun lo rise over the capital , will be ordered to "about face" towards the sent of empire , ro- uains to beicon. . The statue is nineteen feet and a half high and weighs seven lo s and a half. The wo'-k of turning her vbout would ho no mean performance n engineering skill , but still is quite within a range of human effort. The M'opriely of Mich tt sectional twisting of ho respected guardian of our franchises ought not to bo questioned , 'Why does she look lo the i-rtstr There is no good reason for that. Thciv is treed reason for the ther thing. Humanity for the last century has boon looking westward for its rights , its homes , its daily bread , its armies , it presidents , mid ils safe guards for the future of self-government. It wouldn't bo out of place to have I ho Goddess of Liberty face I ho wcs > t awhile , and 1 shall expect Homo enthusiastic western congressman to propose the change in a bill in the house this winter. STATI-J AND TKItniTOUY. No'iranlca , Iottln < ; H , The North I .imp valley Is bcttlliu ; up rap idly.Kd Kd Slovens tihol his bntins out nt David City , Saturday. Fiillerlou exhibits a squash llh a record of I'nwo.-slve eiichre h the fnshlounblu game nt y rlbnpr hlnh boclety. The poslnfllce corner Is the bloody battle ground of Hentrlco jn.-t now , Money N reported so close In Tcoumseli Unit the easluvhcream lor an airing. The coin crop in Johnson county vailes from 1'oivy to cluhty ba&holu tu the aero. Ciiiiiln county proposes to turn her hands : o luidijo bulldliiic anil imiklii ! ? better ro.uls. 'Ten penny unto" Is luring llm yotuifjand ) | d of Crelshton trout llwlr-wimbcrs nightly. Si-ward county Is miking nl nr/'niily.liu'n / rlgllnnco com.nlttco to expedite hur.-'o thieves > u lo tticmller. r A lla tliu's lawyer , nnmod Tnnner , slipped i ) ) in aucllijrt to bulldo/.o a petit Jury , anil msbi-mi Indicted. 1 * . ! ' . 0'Siillivau , of llio West Point Pro- ; ri'-.i , cijrvt'd hl-i tmlcey on a photo-lithograph iC the Nlobrara hind olllce. ( J. I' . Marvin , of tlio lic.idlcc Democrat , I'jyoiilly prayed that the reform iidminMra ion illicit send on that Xnlt .Smalls of ) ) iu l-'imnonl Hcndd. tiij'Kod vjth the Ion 3'ijuy wJsV.'Piio ' of n lyi ; | fl ( gob. > lvr-l ! tlrii ! ! ! ! tfi'llvrnhj { ho fc j < m'h. the foghorn of Holt county , . - - , - J' . ' "i tlio. lilcupi of thuTlmnkstflvinif ' nl , wilh hind ollh'ii condiment.Inmimcf lile. lO.rnlbhcrnmn , of I'latbinouth , greased lie Journal of pnu'iy-M with KOO-O oil , and avq thanks for the bis-iiin ! : | ufbuliig without an Cftteomi'd couicmpor.iry , " ThocannliiK factory nl Plntt-sinontli Is to li vjdnrtfed for lio.vt settson'H business. The miiiiKcmcnt proposes to pack the crop of 1)00 ) i'ie-i of eoin.'iiXJ acrea of tomatoes and tidily urea of boans. A wniselmu'CMtji'ikoa Llncnlmto has re- irucd to the puitinuster at l'iitsmonlh | | n idr ot Klove- . picked up la the po t < > | ] it'o leroHimollnioatro. The pcr-ilbllv | | o. ' the "t of tie | . iiiitlyc.s belli' ; blmilarly nifccted Is Albwt Jv.ummer , of 'Oolmnbuf , iwcutly liii'fl ( a iiiuiiBliip uiny a-ulo ouonoof the innds in the PJatte , It wdt'hi'd thiilcen nlonu-liiilf [ poand-i , niltl measured from tip i lip of wilts * nlnuty-tlirce Inches , or semi ft nlnolnclit'.s. A ( e.stof IJciinettwhlskj - that It Is 5. * rv.il < | * mj proves I tit * I | | m iiV ( leath at loss than thu icKulailoii lovty lui'-i. Jim son of Farmer Oeniiclil , llvitn ; iarlown , pomndnplnt H.isk of It Into hi.s tlletatonosllljiiL' , He l.-celeil over Iu afiw unites , W H oiiuli'd home on n Mrclchttrnud ii ( next morning. : . J'ho Iilshmmi of Plivtlsmoiith have orcmi- ! , Ml n branch of H.e nalloiia ! IcaL'iie , with " \\illlam \ .Vevllli-as uie > ltU'iit. A inn.s 'ttliiR will Iw held In KitxKornld hull Tue k- y cvonlni : next , to rafso ImuU for I'aniell , > u. J. Stcdlutf ilurton , of .Nelnaslja City , niul Tliomns Tlrennrm , of Omaha , arc moil' Honed In the list ofsjt Iowa Items The now pipe organ for t. church in Diibiifiue will cost Sll'M. , ' l > tibutiuc Is prmvlnc , Seven bbths wore reported to tlicclti recorder Inst Friday. Twenty-four pioneer set I tors of St-oti cotm- ty died during the j onr cmliug OctoU'i- . The Polk county iMior farm nnd Ihepiop- orty connected tticicwlth Ismlli SiK'-ttWl. ' The criminal cxi > cuso fur Dubtmue county for the rear ' pndluu Si'iil iiibor t'O. ' tssr , . .John 15. DtiM'iiberry , who soltled in Mn- hnskn rotuity In 1s Ui , died suddenly hist Thursday evening , aged or yo.m The cut of hoes nt the Cedar J > apids pack- 1m ; botixe so far tills jcui-on has been 4I.V.\ ) , against 40-tr.fl for the same peiiod last jour. At the hcqiunhi ! ; of the niunicip.il year the liidclitcdiKMs of ) ) . > veupoit was 0 > ot Vsl. : ! which amount has since been reduced S1I.-.U ' Hairy Wolvorlon , n minor In tlio LcUlitou niluiw nl t'Mivllle , wis killed liy fulling slalo Alotiilny cvwilmr. U'olvei ton wa a str.uwr , with neither i-chitlvcd nor friends In this country. The board appointed by Juilije Hayes to appraise tinMiiscaUno water works , ban asieed uiMUi ft7 , ° J'i athn price the city Hlinuld p.iy for tin1 wnikx. The wmmissl y the city agreed upon SC > C\liJ3. i * a movcmuiil to rcorgnnb.c Yntik- ( ou.s oard of tinde. Twenty men arc at woi-k on the .Jim river railroad hrldie near Vnnkton. Thn iirtoinn well at .Mitchell yields abiml lOO or 170 barrels ol water a day. Tin1 new court house for.lerauld county , at \ \ c.ss'iiik'toii Splines , Is nearly eompU'tctl. The Mitchell Kcpuhllcau report M a irroat Hcarcily of school toarhcrs In the countri ills- ( rids. A nOHliwcslcrn coach unset near C'ltvthe other dny and lolled down a stcejt cmliiuiUmcnt a dlvtuncc of twenty feet. The drher and team tvi-aned injury. The co.idi was heavily loaded with express , but carried no passenger : ' . It Is expected that the slajje time between nulValo ( iap and Dcadwood. with the com pletion of the railroad to t ho former place , will bo reduced lo twenty or twontv-lour hours. The line Is helm , ' iruMily storked. ( iivnt preparations me being mndo by tbo Ilittfnlo cappers to receive llio tir.st train , which is exprrtctl lids week. A tin spike will be iiM-d to fas-ten the lusi mil. anil it will be iittafhctl lo the second rail with plates of solid mica Instead of the usual lish plate. The grand jury ol' IViiniiiu'tou , in its re port , recommends that the city authorities of Uapid Cltf lake llio nece ar.v steps for the suppression of gniiihllnKnnd to prevent the keeping of bawdy IIOIKPS there , ami that saloons be closed on Sundays ; that nt nun is licenses bo KiMiitcd except on this po titlon of twelve freeholders , and Hint m licenses bi granted to dunce or other dis reputable hou.sc.1. Destroying Antitlior "liiilustry. Chicago Herald : The propensity o : llio jiro-siyit admimstrntion to destroy great industries and bring ruin on Hi people is something quite alarming When ( trover Cleveland was inaugurate ! a great many corporations wcro at worl in tile far west cutting timber from government ornment land and selling it for Ihcir own nroflt. The business was exceedingly lucrative , almost as much so uscattJi stealing or bank robbery , and , beside * . llio big thieves , rpiito a number of hard working men Hindu a living at il. Only two tilings seemed to stand in the way of llio industry. Oneof these was llio possi bility that a president , would some < taybo eluded who would trtop the Ihioviiig am" the other was the certainty that fn UK course , of time there would bo no moro timber to steal. Since the 4th of March many wosleri. nabobs have boon arrested for timber stealing , ami others have been notjliud that > if Ihoy pcr.i-t } in their depredations they will bo hold to a personal account ability. The response is that , the admin i tration is breaking up a. great American can industry , and that some inlbienc must be brought to bear to stop it in its mad career or many people will be ruined. It is a grout pity that , so many industries in this country nro botlome't1 on theft , but that is no reason why dis honesty should not be made odious. ITo\v I'roshlont Clovclauil I'ecolves. The president lias grown stout since his return from his li.shiug trip this .siunmor , and it is witli dilHcuity ho buttons his I'rinco Albert coal. Ho is scrnpuloiisly nenl in his nppenrnncc , says the ISalti- morc AmoricanV Washinglon corres pondent. JSovoral memburs tell funny stories about their reception by him anil the way ho treated thorn , but any one who is daily around the white house undorstaniln one or two things by the way homoves'hisarms and hamls. ( j'eiierally tlio pronidont stands witli his arms be hind bun , \Vhon ho Is pleased or con- tenttid lo listen ho holds his hands about six inches apart , with the back part of the hand against the coat. Tho. lingers generally are quid ; but if liioy begin to work or contract , he is growing tired. Then he will shift from ono foot to the other. If the man bores him the arms gradually come forward. The move is gradual , but if tlio inlliction continues llio hands falls to the fiido thumbs in. If still the visitor per sists in staying the arms go out and the thumbs beat against his side. "Then is the time for disappearing. " The gnniu is up whim Cleveland begins to beat time with his hands on his side. It is well to remember this , and when ono sees the hands moving from the back out ( ho interview short and doparl. The president bus worn two quilo smooth ) lii0d ( ! on each side of his coat , simply by boating limo against them. About Corpses. Chicago News : Occasionally on Sun. lay the funeral train carries some ten or ifteou collins to Calvary cemetery * nnd il lot infrequently happens that there is iomo confusion whim they < jomo to mi- load the baggage car there Generally .ho name ot the ( lend man is written in ) uneil on the plno box enveloping the iollin , nnd f-ometimos two men of ( ho inmn name will die and bo carried out in ho same ear. When this is the case hero Is apt to ho 301110 trouble to the pall icarors to identify their right burden. It ms oven come to blows in f-amo cases. S'of long 11 si i an inbltiucc of this kind oo- lurred. The pall bearers hud sei/.od Iho vro.ig eollln and were hearing il away. Yhcn tlmy were ovorjMkcn b.v n frb'i ! r. . no tnnn in the coliiii n\\il \ \ yiilimiionti1 , old of their error. They insisted that hpy were right , | mt they lotnul the irate noiirnor ready jo argiio it out ivi t | ) hi.s 1st. Shukiug his elinohcd hand umlni ho nose of the spokesman of the pal uinrors , ho sahh ' 'That' * my corpse , iin ' 11 have it if I have to halo yo black and > luo. " I'oIr.onoiiH lied fitookin ; , Hrighl rod stockings , are condemned y Dr hdsoiijho health ollicor of Now ork cily. Several persons who have orn them have complained recently int painful ( -ores appeared on their toot ml leg-i. l ho doctor purfhascd a lot of /.toi-kingH at dillurent toro-i and mia v.edJholn. Ho paid that they worn all mud to contain arsonio and imllmony. hoarioiiio-iuoiioof the ingrodionl.s of u > dye , uml the antimony is used to llx 10 color. The arsenic can lip oasllyo.v- Ih acted from the Mocking ( iftorlt Is il veil , it it Is BO ohoap that the mnnufaetu'ror. * j not i-nro to tvko ; tlio trouble. The lisonous bright-rod stookin s nro nil ado in Saxony , and woio found on sali ( Ai tuo In'H retail stores of the cily. Tito sa iqinelors h.ivo been dii'i-ctcd to luke- "i ! : o them out of their Mock at olico. If of 0 order Is not obeyed JJr , KiU'on bays 1 will prosecute any ono caught selling iso of this kind. 'I'lio ollbndcrs uill bo argotl with m'llliu' poison without a Ijc-I. as Unit , according to iho doctor , IK u only blatiite thuluoycrs the ' " A WASTED LIFE , An Anroiiaul's JSonrch Vnr Ool T lii CnllfoinliiIti8 Kcturn Home nnrt 1 About ( hirly-onn yoaw ngo Leonnrit I'oole , ( hen n young mnn living in Hoi- brook , Mii < * iarliitsett. i , only a , < liort dis tance over Hie lirocklcn line , bade good- by to iiis.vmngwifo .mil infant dnnghtor and ( time. ! his fane toward the Kl Dorado of the far wo. > l. then so promising lo young men ambitious to innko their for tune. With a heart full of hope for the future , young Toolo Bought thn gold mines of Calitornia , then in'thoir Infancy , and detormincd ( erin for himself a goodly share of the golden hpoll * . The wife and little one hoard frequently from the wcMern wnmleror and * reccired ro- miltanccs of money for ( heir support. Year after ycnr uassed , and still the gel den future looked forward to so Irusttnl- lydid not assume n tangible form , and the time for returning home grow moro roinolo. Jn the hope of bettering Ids con dition , Air. Poole changed from state to slate , most of the tluio , however , follow ing the occupation of u miner. In his letters he omphnsiy.ed ( ho fact that ho would not return to the homo of his youth unlil ho had amassed a suih'cionl lortmie to provide for lite family comfortably during the remainder of his life. Thus the years were ami the date of his return was as uncertain as ever. The daughter grew to womanhood anil beeatno ( ho wife of Mr. J.uthor llaydcn , of Itroola illo , well known in this cityx whore he is employed as a shoe itppruljvc. About a year ago Jlr. * ! . 1'oole died at Jho ro-.idenco of her daughter. About two months ago the Avnndcring husband decided to return home , and .secreting about his pecson all hii wealth , which 11 supposed to have been quite an amount , ho .started on ( he journey. While llio train on whloh ho ' was a passenger was crossing over ( he dismal wastes of ono of the western Stales , it was stopped and captured bv a gang of train rc. uors. Among tlfoir victims was old man I'oole , and every cent of his hnrd-curued possessions , upon whieli he lintl depended to make , his In.sl days comfortiiblo , wns taken from him , : md he was thrown or fell oil'the train whiln it was in motion. lie struck on head and sustained severe injuries. Ho was found by a company of woodchoppers pers , who removed him to a place of hhellcr , nnd kindly eared tor him. As he recovered from his injuries ho mndo Ids story known , ami il i.s said Iho Masons ol the place decided to send him to his horiio. The injury ho had received had nneotod the brain , so that while at times he was rijiht. at other limes ho acted .strangely. Ho was prepared - pared for tlio journey , and the tiny ho started a letter was forwarded to'Mr. Hayden , giving the facts in tlio case and naming iho day when Mr. Poole would probably reach IJoston. The letter did not como to Mr. llaydcn until a dav or two after the time for his father- in-law's arrival , but ho til once went lo Uoslon. It was ascer tained that , the old genllamiiii had reached thnt o.ity , but there all trace wns lost. The attention of the state ollicers and the local police was called lo the matter , and after seed ; work on Ihcir part it was learned that Mr. Poole hail been found wandering around liostotviu n dn7ed condition of mind , was arrested , put before Iho court as a vagrant mm sent to Iho state workhouse at Bridge- water. AVilhthcso tacts in his posses sion , Mr. Hayes visited that institution on Thursday , nnd found his fnther-in- law there. The .slops lo secure his ro- lca-e were taken , and ho is now nt his daughter's house , his health much shat tered , but he is improving. A ( icmiino Ocutloninn liurglnr. Hirmingham , Mass. , Special lo the Ho-lou Herald : A man named JtJin Slurgcss was yesterday charged before n magistrate hero with burglary. Hi.s btory is us romantic as that of tlio' hero of the novel ' 'Paved with Gold , " who was n gentleman housebreaker. StnrjroHs wiw arrested at midnight iu a hout-o iilHrom- wieh , asuburb.of this city. A wedding had just taken place in the house. The bridegroom was a roused from hi > < sleep and found Sturge.ss making oil' with tlio wedding presents. Tlio burglar at tempted to. nso his pistol , but ho relented from hi.s purpose on seeing the bride. The police yesterday morning searched his cottago'at Aston , another suburb , where llio middle aged burglnr lived what appeared lo bo a most respectable life. Hi.s son and daughter , who were ignorant of his nocturnal * hab its , are both well employed in this oily. Search discovered ingenious hiding places what the polices described as an Biiormoiis quantity of new plated anil sil ver goods , jewelry nnd Knick knacks. I'he burglar was noted for llio assiduous iKtiuiur in which he attended the 'hurchcs and chapels hero on Sundays , and for Ihe apparently steady life which 10 led. It now appears that tlio nirglary of house1- ) where weddings ! iad taken place was his specialty , nnd that he stele the wedding pro-cuts ivjien the inmates wcro oil' their guard. Hi.s love for attending church turns out o have been caused by a desire lo hear .ho banns published , MI that ho might ; et the earliest information on weddings , ilso to lull any suspicion that might irise about his habits. Much of the prop- rly discovered has bucn claimed , and hero is proof enough against Ihe burglar o solid him into penal servitude for the cht of his natural lifo. His family nrid loighbors were ultorly iihtonishod , for its religious observances hint frequently ioryed as a cloak- for concealing crime's vhich varied in their shades of depravity. Knots Conccrnlntc Funeru Kilos. The Mohammedans bury without a cof- in of any kind. The GroonlundoiY ! bury with u child a logloguido it in the other world , sny- ng. "a dog can find his way any where. " The mttsio continuously kept up at the rlsh wakea imcd Iu bo for the purpose of , , 'unliiiLoil'evil ; stilrJU. The luiH-iiiiin , place in Iho hand of the orpso a paper corUUcnlo of the olmrao- ' ii'ol' thii docciiKcd , to bo .shown to I'ulor > t the g.itoof heaven. In India the devoted wife formerly its- ended her husbaiidV funernl pyre nnd orished in thii lliiuicsj. , ' . Tiiy A'.Jyh'rtiluus ' tie thn hands of tlio urpsoaml extract llu > finger-nuilsj , Hint 10 dond may not Horntch his way out of 10 grave , i The North American Indian ? liurlod ' | th tlio corpse u jjuttUi of provisions i uw and nrrowH uml mocea.slns , with < loces of dcor-.skin.s niul HJIIOWS of ileor i > r Iho purpose of patching the'iiiocuas- ' is. is.Tlio Chlnoso sculler paper counterfoils ' money ; m thg way to llio grave , that 10 evil spirit following the corpse may Mohiying to gather them remain In ; ii ( raiico of llio locality of iho graVo. hey alee seiiltcr in Iho wind , above Iho > .live , paper images of the Hodun-honr- : s and other t > orvniit > > , that ( hey iuay ertako ( he told and act in its sur- oe. The Grnokn fomollme liiined niul i mctlmes burned their dead. In the Hoimin omph-e the body wns variably burned. A Jlonil Tlmt IK in Chancery. IVnUand Orrgonimi ; The ( Jdr < i' ono itecord still comes withoul.n head , i-iifori'.peillmiofotp3 ! : , which miy/i , t II mi Aohlng Void , " nnd on unch ddu ! thii the following : 'UVvugota Inmtlin. 'Do you wunt to nee il ? 'Ho do wo , ' ' at Thompson. yerllm quidso we ouu pay the f and gyt U 1-jre. "