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* * THE OMAHA DAILY BBE > . TIT3 SDAY. OANUAKY 5 , 1880. THE DAILY BEJi OMUlt ( It Her ( NO. flit AND 916 I'UIVAM 8 Tsiw VoiiKOrncF.llooM Ki.TfitnuNe HL-II.WN IV viu.Nnto.x Om < r. No. 'M rouiixu.NTii S Vnlili'lirrt frcr.rnuinilnif.otc"pt Pundnv. Tl nil , Monday imirnlntr t'npvr ' iiutllahud lu tl fetruu. TrtiVia nv M\II , : Ono Vrar ttnmtlitw Moulin $2 vi.Moulin. . fi UUOno Month . . . I. T III \ \ RI.KI.V Hr.E , I'liblMiocl TntMi , POSTPAID : -JYfio Vrar. with premium $2. > < ) mVcnr , without inrinliim 1. Hx Montti . without premium One Month , on tilnl . . All rnimntinlcntloti * u-lntlMU tn nnw and ml 1nrl lnntti'iflmiilil ) be lulilrc ml to tlio lil > 7011 Ot Till. III' ) : . Mnrrni : r" Irttor * nn < l rcniltlniipp * should 1 ntUlipMcd to Tin ; lln : I't'iii.isinso POMIN O.MMIV Uiiift * . Uicuki ami jiiflollico orile lolio Hindu piijubletotliooi'dt'i-of ' tliufumpiui ME BEE PUBLISHIHGlOMPIlliy , PtWRIElORS , K. itoynvvATHit. r.tn-ror. . Tiii.ii. : is u good opening in Uninhti ft ni' or two wholesale clothing house * . 'I'm ; storm "topped tlio sin-el car ttal ) MO thoroughly that not e\on a tlMrh court mandamus could have moved tl cars into I'atriek's addition. TIII.UI : are intlieiitions at Washlpglo that u movement for n reasonable ii ciease of tlio nimy will meet with f.ivc in the coming session. The souther members are bravely recovering fioni 111 fear of the dangers of bayonets in III south. V is evidently giving "Heai town" some railroad pointers. Con mcntitig upon Uie remark of the IJosto Trnvel-r that the Ames monument si Sherman , AVyo , was "erected by till : gialitude , " ihe Advertiser rises to .aj " 'J'hc laet Is that the monument wa erected by the Union Pacilic railroad b. a vote of stockholders , ten years ago ; it cost was ? ( il,77 ! ! , and tliis was notehargei oil'till last year. The Traveler says thread 111 road hus liad to buy on"a settler who dl covered Unit the monument was locate on government land. Some sconndro has lately put patent mcdiuine signs 01 il " MOM-ANA proposes to take advanta ol the Dakota controversy and deinam admission to the union on tlio groiun that , being demoeralic , she will bo btaud oil to Dakota , and thus remove Hi political objections to tlio latter territory This is about the only way that Dakot will be able to get into the union durinj the supicmacy of tlio demoeraey. It i likely , therefore , that Dakota and Mon tana will unite in the ell'ort to seetir statehood. Montana has 120,000 popuhi lion , and at her present , rate of growtl Governor Hntisur feels confident that sh will have ir.0,000 within a year. < ! IMKVI : : , HOWAIM > , thinning there wa nn implication in a late editorial in ( hi paper that he was somehow engaged will certain sorehead oflicers in the east ii discrediting ( Jcneral Crook's work ii Ari/.ona. disclaims ever having dircctl1 or indirectly done or said anything ii that direction , He has always consid men iionenu orooi ; a good oliieer anil tu honorable man. General Howard iiishc to defend himself where there is no no eessity for his so doing. No one whf known the general believes him capablt ol joining in any such crusade as tha mentioned. KANSAS Cirv lias gone about ioi chamler ) of commerce scheme on a mon practical basis than Omaha. The Kansai City board of trade has orjrani/.cd in Exchange Iwilding association will § > 208,00 < > paid up capital , divided Into il < ftliars of $ r > 00 each. Every member wht feigned the articles * agreed to take twc shales of stock , one of which was to h < represented by his intoiest in the oh board of trade building which was trans lerred to the new association. The share ! icmiiiuintr unsold were taken by gentle men not members of the board of trade When some of these parties found thai they were not entitled to trading privil eges they joined the board , the stock being increased to enable them lo become members. TIM : rumor that the Chicago & North western proposes to lease the Central Pa- eilio it * uory plausible Mory. The Northwestern is ccrtainl , } making rapid stiides to a junction with the Central Pa- oilie , and no doubt stands ready lo cap ture Unit road and virtually shut out the Union Pacilie and the Hurliiigton , Wo question , however , whether the Central 1'acilio can bo leased so long as it is in any way a government toad. If 4ho Northwestern would pay ( ho debt of the Central Pacilio it could then get a lease of that road without much trouble ; but we hardly think the Not Ihvveslern will do anything of that kind , as the debt amount to more than the road is worth. AHOIT six years ago an enterprising secretary of the old Omaha board of trade compiled a batch of commercial stall-tic * for this city He computed the wholesale trade of Omaha at ? 10,000,000 , and his ngures on other branches wore equally reliable. During the very same year the Uii's : ; annual review , compiled with the utmost care in conjunction with the eommeicial ageneie.- , showed a total jobbing busineof loss than eleven mil lions , Now comes tlio Dos Moiues statis tical ! , with a ropoit that the wholesale trade of that city amounted , during the past year , to $ ; tl,000,000and , its manufac tured product lo $15fiOO,000 , , Whoever compiled these iigures musl have been employed as a Kansas City eunbiis laker , prior lo his removal to Dos Monies. S , 11. (1. ( Dfx & Co. have issued their review of tlio business of the past year. The showing is not as favorable as might be wished , but il holds out strong liopo for Iho future , The west comes to tlio front witli the smallest ratio of failures and lhu lowest average of liabili ties. During the year tlio number of failures in the country was almost equal to the record of 1831 , but the aggregate of liabilities is little more than half 'as . large. Judging by the reports of the various clearing houses and mcrcanlilu exchanges the volume of business tor tlio year past was smaller than tlio preceding year , but Iho production of thu loading staples show an incrcaso in corn , iron and coal , with a falling oil'in wheat and pelt-oleum. 11 is a hopeful sign that tlio year closed with nn incrcaso in business and a growing decrease in limmcial The Postal Telegraph. Tor fifteen years Hie UKE has stead ! advocated in il < < columns the e-labli ment and operation of the postal lei graph in the United Slates Hy this lia ineanl the aelnnl elf ownership ai operation of the telegraph bii-inees of tl country by the poslolliee department , o in other words , tlio control of Ihe Iran mi-'Mon ' of intelligence byiic juet n tl government now controls the trniiMiu sion of intelligence by mail. The o\p ricneeof Great Britain in postal Id grapliy allbnN a guide which il will 1 pafe foi n . to follow. Time has prou Ihel dotn of the control of thetclegra ] ' ervice in Unit country by the goveri ment , and each year has added lo tl populaiity of the change. Hates Inn steadily dropped and the service hi as steadily improved. 'Ihe public inn In Kngland who Would dare suggest a n turn to tlin days ol private ovuiciship < Ihe telegraph lines would be consideit a < * an amiable lunatic Thecoutiol of the telegraph biisine' ' of the United Stales by the goveriimei would put a slop to the M-andaK of sloe watering and discriminating extortloi The lines would no longer be operate with ( lie design to inllate capital and I exact high rates for the payment of di\ ( lends on fictitious investments. The ro : ol the lines would be the capital on wide alone the government would expect ii leresl reimbursement. The practice < constructing lines in pretended compel lion for the sole purpose of Celling ol the plant to rivals would al-o be don away with. This has been one of 111 most burdensome features of the teli graph business. In every instance i siifli consolidations or sales Ihe pnbli have been torccd to pay the cost. Wil governmeiil owner-hip , facilities woul be liKTonsed and lines built wherevi needed , operated nol for the profit ( stock jobber- ) bill with a view to niak them selves sustaining only. Witli the ii crease in population and the coii'iequet increase in the patronage of the po-t : telegraph-would come a decrease in th rato- > just as has proved to bo the caa with tlie mail .service and the postag rates. Bui Ihe most imnorlanl argumoi for tlie creation of the postal telegrap fsVstem is tlio increased facilities tillbrde lo tlie country and tlie certainty of lowe rate" , in ease the lines should be ownu inclusively by the government. All leh irraph companies orgaui/.ed for eommci u'ml purposes aim only to connect paj ing points. They decline to conduct a ullice where Iho receipts are not greate than the expenses. As a consequence al villages and smaller eitie- , are forced t depend tor telegraphic commnnieatio upon the railway wires which are alwav clogged witli railroad business , proven ! ing the expedition of tlio messages o uutside patrons. The government on th L'ontrary , could locale their telegrapl allicein the poslolliccs. Kvory liainle lias a po-tollico and few need bo withon : i telegraph ollice in connection. In th larger cities a postal telegraph could b jperatcd much more cheaply th.iii tin commercial line- . Where the conii ) ) : iiies now pay out large sums fo rent , lucl and light the government wonli occupy its own building. Carrie 1K. . . , . . . , . . . ! - > I - > ? - . . .i..l .l i. . over the messenger service , and tin nimedialc dcli'very boys would lim ) ccupalion enough in delivering tele ; iaph messages as > well as letler.s. Public senlinient has been rapid ! ; : ryslalli/ing during the pa-t six- year nto a general demand tor postal tele jraphy , but has ( tillered through it lougrcsMoiial spokesmen as to the bos ncthodjo be adajitcd in securing tin Ic-irod end. The only practical solutioi > f the problem is for tlie government U ivail itself of the provisions of the act o 800. This act gave the telegraph com mnies the use of the public highways md in return made all who availed them ielves of its provisions subject at an ; ) imo to the appraisement nnd purchase o heir lines by the government. Undei his act the control of the telegraph bu-i icss of tlio country is assured o llio government at auj uonient when congress pas.-o : ho necessary legislation for the purpose , t would bo unjust , unreasonable and im- iracticable for the government to enter ulo couietition ] ) with private companic' y building lines of its own. Such a eheme , if successful , would destroy mil- ions of dollars of private capital. Under ny circumstances it would boa premium 0 the competing companies to corrupt ; overnmenl oflicials in charge , lo in- ; oniously toist incompetent telegraph nperinteiidcnts on Iho system and to let : fail by reason of mismanagement , or to lake the exporimenl so cosily by reason f icoklcs.s extravagance as to secure its bolition on Iho ground Unit it lias proved failure. This was Iho vital objection to enator Kdmundb' ( irst bill , which pro- osed to connect the principal cities of 10 country by four or five through lines Derated by the government. Such a pro- dure would have lorced a life and death niggle upon the telegraph companies , hose income is derived elnelly from tlio iisine-s in the largo cities. Mr. Ed muds' now bill is drafted witli enlarged lows of the situation. Il provides for an b-olute purchase of existing lines and icir operations in connection with tlio os-tal service. It fails in neglecting to iccify deilnitoly the method ofascer- lininir the value of Iho plant and fran- liso of the lines now working under rivato control which it proposes to turn rcr lo the postollleo department. Tlio bill thai Senator Cnllom has inlro- need is too specilio in this particular , iko his railroad commissioner bill is conceived nnd begotten in le interest of the corporate lonopolies. One olanso provides lat no line shall be purchased until it is been proved to Ihe satisfaction of 10 government commission "Ihal such no has earned enough during Iho volvo mouths prior to Iho passage of 10 act to meet necessary expenses of .ainlonanco . , reconstruction and opera- on , " Uy the second the commission is iieeted before purchasing any line "to ( Certain its actual value , which is to bo miputed ou tlio basis of one thousand illars for every lifty dollars of not irnings , and "no line shall bo purchased a higher valuation than thai ascertained 1 Ihe basis thus prescribed. " The com- ission is not prepared lo purchase now nes that have paid no dividends as yet , it it may buy out tlio Western Union tilegraph company on a basis of 5 per nt. earnings , The cost of the Western nion to Iho government on Iho basis of is scheme would bo somewhere In the lighborhood of one hundred million dollars. To pay for this purchase i' ' proposed lo issue thirtj-year 8 per CM bonds , "which shall not be di po-ed for les * than par " The pioper method for seeming t lines , and a fair one for all paities e < corned , would bo for the postmaslergi eral ( o ascertain the lowest price which a hrst-cliiss set of lines could erected and equipped in various sectic of the country. A board of appraisi should bo appointed to determine I value of existing lines , and in no ease such valuation to assess them at me than twenty per cent above tlie co-t which they could be duplicated. Tl would be a very liberal margin for t value of the franchises. The great bi of existing lines are cheaply construct and equipped. Al a forced sale Ihey woi nol bring fifty per cent of the co-t of ( plleatlng the -lame if the franchises vvi taken otil of consideration. The value I cd by the appraisers could not be icga I'd as a eonllscation , even if it was low than the cost of building now lin"- win the old now exist. Of course , there can arguments be i vanced nirainst any sjs-tem of postal te graph , but no aignmcnl which can advanced in this connection would n bo cquallj forcible against a goverume immopoh of Ihe mail service if wo h no postal sy-tem in existence. False Sentimentality. Dispatches from Washington annouu thai pat lies in the capital and cUevvhe are circulating a memorial to be signed Union soldiers only asking for the emu ment of a law for the establishment ai snppoit of a liomo for poor and disabl confederate veterans. This caps tlio c maot a vicious sentimentality wlii would wipe out nol only the bitterness the late civil war , but even tliedislinetu between the men who fought to save ai the e who took up arms to destroy I union. There is .such a thing as claspii hands across the chasm reddened wi tlie blood of the country's defenders. ' 1 span it with a bridge of loyally and : i quiescence in tlio results of the war proper. The entire country desires ai the north lias striven hard to eradiea the feeling that any part of its citix.e ship is debarred from Ihe adviuitag of national unity. But a moyoment this kind is ill-advised and improper , involves a principle which tlie count cannot admit tlio principle that the i wards for Iho valor of disloyally .sliou 1)0 in nowise different from the oblig lion which a nation owes to Ihosc wl risked their lives to preserveilsox'istenc If congress should establish homes t < confederate veterans , Ihero is no go < reason why il should not al = o pension tl soldiers of tlio lost cause. ThefcO are tl kind of laws that the nation does n < want UDOII its statute books. They a : the product of a false and dangerous so limentality , false because they look on lo Ihe present and not to the fnlnre , ur dangerous because they confound tl difference between ruirlit and wrony ; . Nirw Yemenite are now going i ? rowds to hear Mary Anderson at "popi lav prices. " A few months ago win her manager raised tlio price of tioke ibovo the usual stJindanl the enirair inonts were not considered astaitlin iiiecess. Theater-goers patroiii/cd otlii' ' itlractions and thu 4110011 of the Amei an stage acted to long rows of vacai : : : hairs. Her first ex-periwnce in Xc" Vork has not been thrown away. "Popi lar prices" wore announced in Bostoi ind crowded houses dining a long or jagcmeiit were llio natural result. Mans jjors in other cities besides Now Yoi nay learn a lesson from this oxperionci 'Popular prices" mean reasonable price : L'liero is a tendency all over the west o ho part of theatrical managers to rais ho price of seats when over a troupe o i star of reputation appears on thu loca , tage. The anxiety of tlio public is sup losotl to bo intense enough to supper ho increased tarill' . This is only anothe ihaso of the maxim to charge all that tin ratlio will bear. It can only bo met a ho New Yorkers met Ihe problem b efusing to purchase seats at tlio ad anccd rate. Ju-t as soon as theatric ; ! nanagers learn that exorbitant price . .mlMm houses go hand in hand , "popn av prices" will once more bo hung out JOHN Poi'i : , whose headquarters hav lot moved materially Irom the aiiatc iiienl position where ho located them ii 801 , is out with another yawp agains 'it.John Porter. Il falls very Hal , Th imo was when republicans felt it the ! oliticHl duly lo denounce this great ) ; , -rouged old soldier as a coward and i raitor. That day has passed. Tin capegoat of the Bull Hun campaign is ni : > ngcr , in tlu popular judgment , Fit , olin Porter , Imt his vindictive assailant rhose blunders and ignorance receive * s their toward the shoulder straps of . - lajor general in Iho regular borvlco also maps , false witnesses and the sup rcssion of vital testimony before i ackcd court drove Porter in ignominj , -oni tlio army after ho had dlsjiioyed very implication against him by Im rillianl lighting on August HO. But his > ry generally corrects il own errors ud Ihe force of public sentiment whieli us risen high as the result of the dovel [ micnts of llio past three years will foret 10 present congress to right the cruel rong of more than twenty years' .stand 's- ' OMAHA has been indulging it = elf in soli ralnlations for iho past few days over 10 results of the past year. It is a curtis - is fact that some of Iho loudest talkers ro tlie men who have done least to ma- riali/.olho boom or to keep it in motion , ho money loaners have had a prosper- is year , no doubt , but by far the great- it enterprise which has been shown in ii oily has been by citizens of small cans who have baekcd their judgment 'ten with borrowed capital. Our ealthiest men have been content realize from tlio great advance real estate and lo light assessments , bout the only opposition to tlio public iprovements , which as much as any- ing have helped Omaha in her advance , is buwii among the men who have boon ostbenefiltod. Omaha has a good deal to mgratulato herself upon , but she cannot ag much upon llio public spirit of some her citizens wlio , having made every ) llar they have in the world within her n-porato limits , are satisfied to drill ith tlio cut-rout , and to let others work direct it into the proper channels , WixTiit : no longer lingers. It is hqro ith good prospects of making a loig | bit in spite ot Geu. Huzou's predictions. In Twelve Congrd'galional eh been organi/.ed jn 7s'ebra ka ( his ye with a ww membership of 17(5 ( Tin are 10 Congiegational churches in t stale In thee111 member * were ceived by profession dming the year a 2.1 : > by letter Seventeen churches ! self-supporting and lO'.i ' receive missii ary aid. During m * . ? UWi 24 were c ( tribnted to tlie American Home Mi-su tiry society. N'evv chinches have bo dedicated nt Beatrice. Cambridge , Cu miii'sville , Doniphaii. Kmanuel , Krankl rremont , Glovef-vlHe Indianola , \ , erty , Maitin burg. Mulfonl , Ncweaet Omaha 3d , Pieice. llichnioud.Wc-t Cods Valley and Chadron. There are neat completed houses of wof-liip at Cowh Lincoln , Norfolk. Ogalalla and .strattn Tlie average congregations report number 7.11 and the Sabbath sehoi contain 7K > 0. Tlie total church membi ship Is given at r > ,01l from fehnrel | reporting _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SKXAIOK V VNVv \ CK tliinks that w ho Mile opposition to the president'appoii nients will lie a fooli-h waste of time i tlie pal t of the scnabs. The senalor right again , but we shall await with i terest another .velp Irom along the line the antiVanYvekpi \ ess pointing to th as another evidence that Van Wyck going ov er to the enemy. Wall street bull * will sorrowfully i member ISN'i as tle , 5ear when sloe reached their lovvesl point since IK' There was an average decline from t standard of IRS ] of ( id points in CO lea ing Mock * , it ws's ' : i "bear" year , ai the tails of the bu Is-still ache Irom tl twisting they received. TUP council , after a two weeks rcce : meets on Tuesday night , it will be w lor that body to remember thai we need building inspector. As this is ( lie fu meeting in llie yeai there will be a goi deal of routine bus ness to be traiisaete Stnait liob-on'sieai mime is iiohcit btua W. ( J. Conner , Uoald's pnilncr , is vvoi sooooro. : .Mr. Tennj son's futuiic is pat down 8100,000. Who * ays joetiy doesn't paj' . ' I/ieut. (5ov. Oliver lineof .Mus-aehii-ett owns a Huston losidoiccol the assessed v.ili Lottasays she tilings Ainciiv.i fu alie.nl i Km ope In ciilune. She Is u pei led little ji lriot , , and pays taxis on SKO/JOO woith piopcily lu Boston. S.na Ale.xainlerti nieily Biiili.iin Yonni ! favoiito artless , is ivimiiii liiooklyn. .SI wasoiice the star til the Moi niou theater i Salt I/.ike Oily. ' Mis. Mar ) Mor.iucl pf .larlvson , Mlss.stal libi.nhin an ollici slc'has held lei ten je.n is the only woman ver elected to olllco i the state. ItoscoeConklinjr issnkl to give aiinuall iiiucli lcfMl ndv Ice lo | ) oor vvoinun In ilistie- and to jcive Ircijueilly huye sums ot 11101 iiiiitciiiil assistanc'c. ' i Tennyson admits Hid he once tiled for si weeks to he a ve.jot.ir'.U ' ) , hut slipped up c utast pli ; . It must li.uo been .ihout Hint tlai Hint he wiote that , spiiqu poem. ( icn. Alex-siiiderS. V'cbb , piosident ot 11 ollvxo ol the city ( | l Vi w Voile , iuhei iK II : iheiniintlugont liom 'ils ' father , the latedl- tm iilslicd , lames \VaSon Webb. Miss Cleveland Is vMy pioiKtuneed in lu view sou the teinpi'i.uce ( ) iic-tion , ( | iiite : i much sous Mis. Haytb , and thuic is a gooi dealot ciulosity as b whether she will al tempi to en force Ihoiii Mrs. John W. Machiy's ielliioiis bciiefue lions are miiniticcnt. Allhoii h she has siij ) polled a style of llvinij so splumlld as U dn/zlo the eyes of tlielMiisians , all her cluu ities have lieen coiulicteil on the sciiptm.i principle ot not lettiu the left h.uul Unov what the right arm dceth. Col. Ifmiry Waller-ton , spcakim ; ol hi dncllini ; experience , tdmlts that ho once iai a Sicilian noblcinin iluough the body will a bar ot soap.Vo have saiuuvvhcio lieaiil sajstho Pliil.idclplil.i Ptess , Hint on anotlic occasion Col.VattPi - > oii stabbed n Cumber laud liver piiato lo the lie.ut with ni iciele. 1'iof. Boss , of the Moulin Kxpicss , Al bnny , was an astronomer , and tiled to be. news.ipcr ] man at Hies imo lime. Ho ic sifjus , says the Xe\v Voik Tclegiaph , liecaus of the incompitlbllity of the two ouciipa lions. In inoinonts of ti'ctliiluessa ( { 111,11 who does botli U liable to timloit.ikc tu willi I'dltorials with a telescope , and to se.ucli th lieuveus Dy looklm ; through a Ie.nl pencil. Castor's Senatorial Aspiration * . 7'rif//f | / / < m Time * . Tobo's political scrap-book will icliise ti i coelve tlio average newspaper comment up jn his propusvd elevation. A Yard wide and All Wool. Mr. Vaidvxliic is a membei of the lesislatuie who v\ll \ ! compel his associates t < > ny attention to his ineasiiies. Coiisuined II ) u Kliower of Sparks. 7'np/ll/ori / / a'diifn. This painful silence must mean that Stink ni ; WaterJim has been oatliely coiiniiiucc > y Hie shovvei of Saiks ] thai icccutly lell up in his devoted head , Clicnp Notoriety. I'cntial Clhl Coulter. Wo notice a cliup by the nameof Castoi ins been shied into tlio ilngas a candldatt or Ihe U.S. senate. In succession to Van Vyck. Ills pilnclpal uotoiiety so fur seems o be what the punsters have given him , The Farmers , Should Oruani/.c , Attaint Coniu \ ffce 1'icn. If the fanners ot Nebiaska would oiganl/e lieinsehvs thoioujlilyi Ibis whiter , tlioy onlil uaptuio the loxlslatmo ot 1SV ] and uikothit vvintei'i , WoiH worth dliedly , l\\o wison's hard ' To Mo Itcjii jed by haw. otajauistltutloiial amend. lent jnescilblng fliiHHulilications and duties fa ( list lady and iMOviiilng lor llio eontiii- eni'Ies of death , celibacy , etc. , seems adapted Jlit this yawning OiilfUvvixt this gicat lice coplo and peace. Q J < An "Imporloii fitaloKinan. " ( Y nljtil City Cnw ( er. Senator Van Wvck's enemies jiovv lefer lo lmasan"impmteiistatesinan"vvhieh would ? omto implv that the houie-iuaile stock Is ardlynpto the demand. Judging from the [ 'iiurul urn of samples on hand the state was istiliud In Impoitlng most anything It couul ct. It U no Wonder. H'uod niter Otizttte Coiigie sman Lalnl , ot Nebraska , seems to 3 nn Invetcinto enemy of Commissioner l > aiks of the general landoflico , and tleulaies iiisclt on Iho war path ( n pin&tdl of that ntleinun , whohoclalmais a shyster and ix niagogtie. When it Is ivniembeicil that alnl was Iho chief oj > ci-atot In the Slinking ralcr aiidsulniiluaiul that CnmiiiUsluncr paikslms put Ids toot down upon siiclitruiis- itious , ills now under Ihat the 1ms become hot imiler Ihe cell and with his nccnMoincd cheek Is laiitl lomll.v jii.t foi apiio.irmice sake. Women AVnntcd In the Wc t. The Xi'vv Yolk Mar snecests that ( he i inerous uuudeis In die westcin states mo im ? out of lo\o affairs and iimiltnliiiqiiictm nto lu onttht abnut by the scarcity of womt To rpiurrtv this stale ot atTniis It piopo- thai lo.tKHJ Massnolin-etts sphool-inlstre- > siiall beenl into Ihelate of Kunsas to b mice up the sp\iml inequality. A ( Jurstlon Aiwtwrrcd. l'/il / ( < TiWiiM | ? llrriMl. All cslccmcd t-eiiteinpdiiii.v wNUc * to km when the untl-moiiopol.v campaign will elo-ed. The cpu'stlnii can be niiMvpicil In few v\oids : When ( he Mlihics | Intel rcicn by the mn-t poweitul coipuratimi with t iltrhNof the mint humble Individual liu ample and liistautaiicons i-edre nndci I' ' taw. And not until then. HUH Done Sonic Good. At Huh lifdtlu , I'or sonic stninife leasoii evcij applicai fora lease of school hinds i-u't nicoteit lie l.tiiciiln Ibis jeai with the answer , "Vo piece l laud was leased to another pul .v pstei'tlav , " and geutleimm liom Uinal ( loesii't lollnw that lettci up with nn oiler sub-Ie.i-e tlie laud to the applicant. Tl chool laud tiaud has done ome gooit. Too Muny IMilloloulsK. Clitingti .Vnm , Xot content wlih the tiitt'ruceiue vvai i ccutly piccipitateil in the Mi oini valli by IlieOmaha llendd's useot the bur-hall phrase "In status quo , " th" Kansas Cltj , lon mil icfeis to a icilaln Hiinif as beiui ; "i icgsle. " It has begun lo dawn upon us th tbcie ale too maiij | ililloliistenipli ( > ed i the paj-iolN ol the Missoiui valley pie . The Pi-oiltiotloii ol * UK : Itcst 101 * . A Louisville paper , allmllni ; to the claln of t'liicaue as a lltci.ii ) conlei , sneeiinu'i savs : "It musl be admitted that Chicago looialin ; up in tills icspect. 1'or in-tanei she bus jn-1 launched a new umir.uine oil tied 7'/ic / lltiy" This saicasm is aiineil I the WIOIIK dlicction. T/ir / llmj is an imiii ) ( ant addition to Hie lileraiy piodnetioiis < Chicago. Indeed tlie hoi ; is the piodiictto of the best pens In this eoitnti ) . . - * > - Val's Patents. O'Xfill Titljinic His said thiit ex-Oongicssman Valentin expects to make a lei tune out of Ihe whisk iclliilii ! * patent he obtidued while in congies * I'heie nmj be somelhlii ! ? In It as ( icieiin Kicd Ts'je me ciiltlvallnv an unusual ! ) stion Ilkltnr lei him ofl.ite. We'll bet you a ba icl ot Val's best budge , Kied , that th whisky patent won't piovc hull as luciatlv as ( he patent he had on claim Jumping who icirister ol the West 1'olnt laud ollice. Assurances 1'i-oin Senalor Van Wyuh fimmfiiiiiif /iiciili-n ( ( ] ( ( . Senalor Van Wclt 1ms lor several tla > been in conference with the land depaitmen in the liitciest of the settleis In Xebia-k who havcbivn alaimed nt the iiillngs of tli commissioner , and has willteu them Ilia Iheie Is no occasion for the least aiixlcl ) Unit no claims iccugiii/od itndci the mcvion uillnt ; will bodl-ttuhcd ; lli.it the liRiicsl set tlei now lias the same facilities lei sccmiiif a homestead herctoloie ; thai the coinmis sion has no desiio and has done no act to ic tau ! settlement He said , -tin good laitli should he attempt to dee , it would I'licomi tei sudden dclcat. A Dcniaiid that is Hull Cuuutu I'surfi ; Tliniehas aci ) gone up , and Iin'iea-ini CVCIJ ility , liom nil | > , utnof our oluln ( olIII ie election o'l Senator Van \Vyck \ to be hi own successor , 'fheoiydocs not go iii | ( 'ion any one party , bnl liom both republican am democratic papcis , and they but re-echo tin sentiments ot the masses of Hie people ol tlu slate. Scnatoi Van Wyck has pioved him -ell in the pist to be the settleis1 and the pco | ileliiend , and they seem determined tc say , tluuiigh their legisl.ituis : "Well done. thou good and laithlul seivanl. " Let on. IcKlsIiilois i cad tlio wilting on the wall , am obey ( he mandate of the people. Now Vlillnilrliilita Tiinu. Inventor 'J'homas A. ICdjson lias hcen o ni et so long as to warrant the suspicion that t he was at work on something big , and at last tlio public has been given an inkling of what it is. lie lias been work ing on the phonograph , which lias here- ' lolorc amounted to nothing bill a toj and whieli he proposes to make useful. Ile is building a phonograph witli a five-foot wheel to b driven by .steam , and by means of a funnel thirty feet long the iouiul imparled lo the phonograph is lo lc magnified forty times. Tims sound rt'ill be carried to a distance of two blocks fiom Ihe .speaker , and presidents in ( he id ol delivering their inaugural athlres-es an make llieniselve.s heard throughout ho crowd that is ii-nall in atttendanee ni such occasions. As tlio average inaugural address or ) lhergi eat speech is publi-hed almost as .0011 as the speaker leaves the stand , llio tig phonograph has not the opnorluiii- ies for usefulness which il would have if heiewerc no newspapers. lint if Air. 'di-on can make il reproduce the tones ind manner of Urn orator as exactly as il vill repeal his words , the decay of Ainer- can oratory may be an ested. for it will > e ea-y for a city lull ot people to hear a avorite orator without having to crowd acli other and get their pockets picked n order to get within hearing distance. I'lio phonograph will , moreover , bo- 'om ' a valuable assistant chiiir- uan of national conventions. Che permanent , chairman , who now mushes pavols and howls himself hearse u the eflorts to stop HIP uproarons up- ) luuse that lias greeted somebody's peeeli nominating tlie other tacliou's iuuliihilii , will bo able lo make a sug- ; estion lo llio phonograph in an under- one and have it repeated in a thimUor- one. As a queller of mobs the phonograph rill also prove useful. The able chief if police can stand inside the barricaded tation and toll a mass of rioters in the treot , via the plionogiaph on the station ouse roof , to go home by two o'clock , harp , or they will be lired into. Seiencn - and .Mr. Udison is 3 a tri-eat tiling a great iin ; of science IMjIIUCIlAh "TtOlt. " ) eclilclly So In Opinions , lint Not So In Charity. Ciivii : : AND , Jan. : i. Knily in Octobei Iho Intli annual consicssof Ihe libcnd league ol .nicilca . was held lu lids clt ) . One ol the dveiti-eil attiactlous vvus a Icctuieby Col , : , ( i. IncciMill. Tlio colonel came on 10 last day and dullvcicd his dir.comso i a l.uge niidlence , A shnil time since ID Secular Attc , oigau ol iho local 'ague , cliaiged tli.it Cnloiicl lugeisoll had ol dealt laiily with the league. It declined ud it was well understood before be came cio that the piocceds ot Ins lectiuo should tinned into tlie ticasuiy ot the Valional aL'iic. and il wasonl ) mi tho-e conillllons ml he vias pnciiifpd to comn. It is cbargid nlhei Ihatiillcrllie lectmo Colonel Ini'er- ill s agent took ehaiKo ot the tecelpts , pay- ig to the CluvelaiKt league only onouijh i pay the expenses ol the congress i o.\c-PSsof S2li ( laiM'd l/y tlio Cleveland .iKiie. The icmaiiidei- amounting lo wi , was Imndi'd ovci to Hut colonel and lit tinned hituilm ticasui ) ol the national asrue nccotdlng to agiceiiient , These chaigcs weio fommentcd upon I- ) ee thinker * , and tiMlav at n meeting ol tint loveland league , a spfilled discussion en- icd. At the ck > * Q ot the meeting lesolu- > iis were miaubiioiisl ) adoiitud demanding thosccietaiyof theAmcilcan .Secular an n. the new name ot the league , .in itcmi/.cd nfemeiit of the cspmidlluics and u-ecipt the lecent congie-s , ami also what In * ume the piollU It any thciu vu-iu. CONGRESSIONAL WRECT011 Soaio Ititerating Facts Gleaned From Athunce Sheets. How Ohio , New Vork anil lctni * anla 1'iirnUli leinlierl'or Olhc Slates lU'sitnn' of the .New HOUMC nntl Oilnlu of Its From advance sheets of the ( Vnigr sional Directory giving the atitobiograi ies of all the new congressmen , witli very few exception * , tlie Washington c U'spnndent of the Cleveland t.tailcr gi\ \ some intci-cstiug matter in togard tu t repiesentation of tlie various staleSoi states are represented entirely b.v null' ' bom congressmen , and Kcntnck.v , Mai and South Carolina constitute the-e T eight stales of California , Colorado , Ku sa , Nebraska , Minnesota , Oregon , low and Wisconsin have no native-born ' ' i/.ens in tills hon e. "I heir delcgatio ure made up of pioneers ami carpet -bn ger * . Tlie IVniisilvaniaiis lead. Thu arc Ihiily four of lliem , and only two llic large state delegation are iiorn 01 side ol its borders Ilender-oii of Ku saHurrows of Mie'iiiran ' , Wakelield ai Strait of Minnesota , Weaver of Xebrasl , and 1'rice ot Wiscon-in. and Andcr-d Sciie.v , Town-end of Ohio , were all bo in I'cnnvilvama. " * , New Vork has tvveiit.vnine unlive bo ivpie-enlatives in tin- coiigrc 1 state delegation consists of thirl.v-foi bill onl.\ seventeen of tlicse were Tiorn New York , and the oilier twelve Xc Vorkcrs from other stale- are as follow I'elton and Markam , ot California ; La1 let ; and Plumb , of Illinois ) ; Kldridge , Michigan , and Laird , of Nubra-ka. W Ham Walter IMiebis was born in Ne York. The colored congressman , O'l lar lii-st avv light ju New York City llomi of I'ennsylvania , is a New York'er. Wa ner , ot Ohio , is a New Yorker , and Hi foul , ol Daknla , and the brave lilt Kragg. of Wisconsin , are bolli of No York bi birth. Ohio has twenty -four repre--entativi in the foity-uintli eongress. Klcven of i delegation were native born , and i olher representative- state * all ovi the union. The red-headed Scutes , wl lakes the red-headed O-borne's ilne came Irom Ashlabula , Ohio. The uoi IVtttboiie , of leiiiiessee , wa- born on tl outskirts of Cleveland. The eulturi and diplomalic Hill , of Illinois , can from tlie central poition of the slat Kansas and Iowa have each tlnee men bers in the delegation who dale Iroi Ohio. They are ! ivderiek , Hepburn an Holmes , of the latter , and Kunstun. I'c kins and Peters , of the former dclegi lion. Van Kuton , of Mississippi , i a Oliioau. Wade , of Mi ouri , a Ohip.il ) , and Judge Ward , < Indiana , is of Ohio birth OJiio lias i tin- ' house thirteen members rcprcsentin oilier -tales , but leads tlie list of states i the matter of outside representative Nevv York coming next and IVnnsy vauia following , t , * Tlie Iiiiliauiaiis in lliis liou-o are 12 , th Noi th Carolinians JT ! , iho Teiine-seean and Virginians 11 , tlie Vcnnouloiv- and Massachusetts 10. South Caroliti lias ! ) native rcpicseiilalives , Jlar.vlaml t Michigan , ( Jeoipa and Kentucky 7 , 111 nois , Maine and Xcw Hampshire ( i. Mi- soiiri 5. Alabama and We- ! Virginia 1 Khode 1-laiiil and Louisiana : t , Aikan-.c Mississippi , I-'lorida and Ik law are each - . nnd Texas , which is the largest state ii the union , lias only one native-born reii rcsentalive. Tom Oobiltiec uscil to sa he was the lir-L native born Texan eve L'leclcd to congress. His successor wn iiKo born in Texas , but he ias quiet a [ Jchiltrce was blustering. ' Ihero are nineteen foreigners in tin now house , and the ( Jermans now lead a he Irishmen did in the last congress I'liere are sixCicrmans. . ( iiienther , o kVisconsin. wasboinin Prussia , I'ulit/er if Now Yoik , in Jlungary ; Halm , o .ouisiana , and Itomcis , of Ohio , ii 5avaria ; and Lelilbach , of New Jersey md Merrill , ot New York , took their lir- jieath in the land -unor-krant urn ager. Tlio live Irishmen of this con rress are Iowne , > . of Knvv York , Me- \doo , ol Nevv Jersey , and Collins am vovvr.v , ot Indiana. Mahoney , who lake1 { leliolieu Kobinson's place , llioiigli hi ms an Irish name , lir-a saw igiit in Nevv Yoik. 1'ivn member.- vcre born in Croat Hritain. Came , he Mormon , comes Irom Hie Mo of Man ! Vest , the wealthy paper box man , wa1 iorn somewhere in England , as was also 'risp of ( icorgia. 1'iirnuhar , of New "ork , and lleiKler.son , ol Iowa , are each icotelniKin , and in addition to tlie-o we ave .Stevenson , ot U i-consin , born hi lew liriuisvviclv , ( tallinger , of New lampshire , from C'auada , and Kriite ii'lsen , of Minnesota , who was born in Toi-way. The foreign delegation of the ouse is scattered as lollows : The states f Wisconsin , New Jersey and Mas i- hu-clts have each two foreigners in their olegation. Xework \ has live , ml Indiana , Iowa , Ohio , Minne- jtti and Nevv Hampshire have each one ( I is interesting to look over the states ud pick out the localiou of the various lembors in connection with their origin. ii the Alabama delegation Caldvvell was urn in Tcniies-eo and Jones in Texas. ha Connecticut delegation worn all born i that state , and wo have oilier Coiinco cut men in O'Donnell , of Michigan , rosvenor , of Ohio , and Seraulou , of ennsylvania. The solitary member of elawaroisof Delaware birth , and Iho ily other Delaware man in the chain- 31is Cary , tlie delegate from Wyoming. - * * # The Illinois delegation consists of KMily members , and ten of these are it down as being born elsewhere. There e no Illinois men sis far as I can see , ho loprespnt other plates , vvldlo Indi- m has i = evnn out of its thirteen mem- > r.s bom within its borders , and has rep- 'Mintullves ' in Ciilifoniia , Jlllnois and the person of Dan Vooihee.s' son , llio ilcgaiion from Washington territory. Invo ol the Kansas delegation wuro irn in Ohio , and iioin this is hiiggcslod egrent Ohio emigi--ilioii to Unit Male. ue Kansas member comes Irom New : irk , one irom Jllinoi.- , , and one from iiinyshania. * * Keiitiiclv\ > eleven members in the iite delegation The.v vvt-rc all born in Diilueky , and Hatch , Hl.ind and Stone , Missouri and MuMillun , of T < j nuco , e of Kenluck ) parentage. The major- , ' of the congressmen vvho arc elcet"d im other than their own Mates coma mi the north and the central states , ch as Ohio , Pennsylvania and Now irk , with a fair slice Irom the states of i\v Kngland I.ittln Vermont , with ly two members of ijs state delegation , s eleven representative in Four NI.W York congicFMncn were rn in A'crinoiH.aiid Wlnto.ot li ouri , me Iron ) Ihal state , and Kanury , ot issacliusetts , ditto Of the Mnssaclin : ts delegation seven out of the cloven ifo born in the state , and its outside inliei-s are Dunham , of Illinois , Mur- y. of Iowa , and Jamt's , ot New York. cliigan has a delegation of eleven. bi\ Ihese are native born , and il has ODD in > person ol L.vman.ol Iowa , who has lamed prominence away from IIOHH- ycrol Texas , was born in JMisj-is tppi , ole , of Montana , In Mi-souri Conintock il C'ntchcon , oi Micliigin Jliirleigh ot w York , and Libhe.v. ol Virginia , C'imii in Nevv 1 1 tmpsliire The tr-rritonal del ilo Uom Arizona , Beiu : unit UauLlu of Wisconsin , and liindser , of New Yorlv v dale their biilh from Now Jersey * t'nn- * non , of iIliuois , and Turner , of Uoorgia , arc North Carolinans ; Lanham , of Tcxti * , and Heibeil ot Alabama , came from South Ca"olma , and Pa Json found lUiotle Island too smal ! lo hold' him. The record of Tennessee show s a n miu-kablo iinionnl of emiirration Urgan. Throekmorlon iilid Mills , of Textcjiinc from that Mate Delegate Hij'le.v. of Idaho , is : \ Tenne eean , and lorgan , HaVr.v and llarkcsdalc of .Mississippi , and 1 lender son , of Illinois were liom in Temtes-cc None of the territorial delegates exiept Antonio .Joseph , of Nevv Mexico , were born in the iilaees which ( hey represent and few of tacin have gtown up m tli. r territories _ HOTEL CLEHKS' TRIALS. How Tlicy are Kepi on the .lump My the Wants ol'tlic ( Sue-Ms. Philadelphia Times At a litlhi afler tl o'clock last night a line of men , each car rying a .land bag , stood in froul of tlm marble counter in the Continental Hotel ollice , wailing their ( urn to get lo UP- legisit-r. Mo l of the men wciq acloi , lhentrlea-1 manager * and advance ngenN Cloik llevvesith a broad smile , wel coined each man us he readied the reiiis ter. Hell boV" , were living about in evcr\ direction and Clerk llevves prc sud the big silv er com ; for more bell bov ' s , w hll > ! he worked a ircmllc vvih his 'feet tin' communicated with the porler'sipuirt r * "Show tins gentleman to iitil , " i . Clerk Hewes. handing the bell boy a ' to Ihe loom , nud to the porter lie sa'c1 "Trunk to go to ' > ; i , make a lire iu H < and gel baggage out of 171 for tli o'clock lisiiii "Here , lio.v , show Mr Harrett to M Ka.vmond's room and Mop on your vv- hack In It ? and see what's vvnntid , ami stop in the dining loom and tell the h" i I waiter to serve supper in l'M. " "What is the next train for New Yd . , please * " a unost asked " 7 ul. Parlor eai > Through tnci from \Viishingtou , geN in Nevv York -i , It ) o'clock , " and Clerk llevves trod on t' n treadle again and another porter : \ \ > poured i "Take baggage tu S7I and see if Iho > \ sample trunks m JU ! ate rcadi to con \ i ( low n stud- . , . " . j "Mr. llevves , " said one of Ihe bell in- "lady in lll wants , meat tor her lit' dog"What" "What" ' said Mr Hewes. "Tell b she'll have to send her dug ( o the porlc i' loom We don't feed dogs m gues s1 " rooms ( "Jerk Hewes stopped on the Ireadlo again ami ( old the potter , who popped up in front ot the counter , to put eonl on the lire in S : ) and lo build a lire in ! ! 01 , to gel the baggage out ot ( til and put it in i s > 'J and to tell the gasiitier to see what was the matter with the gas in 71 , 4 "Mr , llevves , " said another bell man , , "gentleman in ! ! ! > 7 wants his room ' changed Don't like the color of IIH carpel.11 i "Ver.v well , pul him in ! V50 , the carpet's j black in that room , and take a pitcher of i ice water to'JM ! ! . Tell the chambermaid ; to change in 1SJ and lli'J , and tell Mr. 1 Alestayer bis advance agent wants to sou j him at once " f "What is the best church to go to to- nijihIV" asked an elderlv man. i "Oil , I don't know , MIThey're all I ! good. Mcssaros and Mangasarian 1110 drawing bi eiowds , " iciiliod the clerk. "Here , Ldvvard. take lids telegram lo 21. ! ! If Hie gentleman isn't in hunt tor him till vou tind him " Then Ihe big silver c-ill bell rang again | and the nexl bell man was told to awaken f the gentli'imiii in ) ' ! ? and tell him if ho * | wanted dinner he'd have to burr , ) tip. "I sa , " said a young man in a loud plaid suit , with a singln u c-ghisH dang ling Irom his neck , "I want lo see the town , vou know : going nvVito : morrow , .von know Washington. Where can a lellowgo. you know , to night ? ' "Here's n list of proininen ! churches,11 said the clerk. "U'hu theaters are all uloscd " "Oh , lilow ( ho theatres and churches ; I vvanl to see the town. " "Ah , 1 see. Here , boll-boy , call a cab. Toll driver a joung gentleman wants to see the town. "Mr. .Salome , " went on the clerk , " 508 ivanls to be called at tj o'clock ; piteher of lot vvaU-r to go along. Ah , how are you , Mr. DullyMr Stokes , charge 071 with i bottle of Ponimcry Sec please " "Gentleman in 7(1 ( siiyn he's freezing , Mr. Hewes , " a bell-man nnnouneed. Jerk Howes touched the tieadlo and iidered a jiorler lo make a red-hot lire in Mi and to take the three big sample trunks narked ( J. C J. to-111I. "If I mail n letter here now what time vill il be delivered in Nevv York City * " isked a guest w ith a gray beaid. ' 'Kighl oVIock to-iiiiTow ( ) morning. Slanipy Vcs , sir , two ccuU. Thoro'a he letter box right back ol yon " "Here , boy , show this gentleman lo 1)3 ! ) .ml take ice water to 17 , ! ) U and til. Sco f I''S is in Ida room and lell him his ear- iage is roadj. " "Any letters for me ? " asked a man i'ho had registered a fuvv lioms beforu. "What is the name , please ? TomplJn- , * ) li , .Ves. No. sir , no letter TelegranisV i'o ' , .sir , no telegi-.iiiis. Next mail arrives IH''on-oin N ( vv York , western mail , 10 'clock.1 "If any telegrams or letters come for , " * ( adcimrting guest , " .send them ) the ( ! il o.y house , New York , up to aniiary ' ' ; afler that send them lo Uar- urn's , linlllinnro. I expeol a paeksige y express , lee ; sam addresses " "Is Mr Hrown , one ot the proprietors , i ? " asked a man. "No. sir-in Chicago ; back next Wed- psday Any word yon wish to leave ? lire , John , take this note to Parlor I ) nil aet an answer. " "What time do you have breakfast11 s > kcd u big lal man Vith a red face. " .Six to 11 , ! r , lunch , I'Jto ! ) ; dinner , ! ! supper , 8 lo la. Support resdi now , " r "Mr. Hewes , " said a boll man "No. 57 wants some i-tatlonery and-1 'J-ccnt amps " " .Mr. Stokes , charge 107 with four cent stamps and elinigo ! ) 'JS with 27 iit- > for messenger bo ) " "Lady in S7 wauls a hair dresser right ivav,1' s mg a bell man. "Tell the lady waiting In the parlor Kit li"r husband telegraph * that lie will di t.dned in New York all night , ' waid led , Howes. "C.ml in OIX ) wnnlrf a doctor , " said an- her boll-man " ( Jeiit in ] ! ! ? wants ids Innndry taken nvn and returned m half an hour " "Wh-tl"tmkcd Clerk Hovve.s "Washed , i ned and reliiuu-d in half an hourf m'l In ; done " "Lady in 7J wants a list of all tr.iin.s n\ln < ' Philadelphia , Mr. llevves " "Take her all the time tables in the "Ks , " saiil Clerk llewus. " 1'hcw ! " said Clerk Hewes , "I'm lired it. ( juu'lioiiti ? NVhy. I answer ten ous.iud a day. Talk about tijaln and ibulaiions' a hi < t liotel'stlie place wheio mtin has thein. " I ! II DOI'CLAS vV SONS'CAPSICUM Jl'ill ( DltOP.sj are the result ol over ilears cxjieiieiice in compounding ugh mixtures They are tlie best , IIIVlllllOUt llllllO POSITIVE aIII , I'litoiiluil Oolo a bor 1 , IhTli. Olio box nil ! uuro oliUmUociibo la foui ilnyi , or It-si. iniiii-euoiis ilo'-n nf rub < < 1 > | ropnjbuor ol ulii v > o < l thai nvu rt.uii lo r' < " 1li | c < 1 > rbi > b > ill--livit In-tlin ) cnminen < 4 llic blomu in | ' | ll Hull in llM < lll > , tfl tf OlIrinllOll O ci'ti'liul ' Soi f irthi-r jwi-lliMilnrH BOO eiiinlui I' 0 , Hrtx 1MI . C.A.ZjZj A.X T -.CURE , KlJoinSt. . New VnrK
