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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 6 , 1886 , frr.THE DAILY BEE. OMAHA OrFirnNo.OH AND 010 FATIXA.M ST Kr.iv VOIIKOmcKHOOM W.TnintJNS lluir.mso WASIIINOTON Orrici : , No. MH FouiiTr.ENTii ST. lMicil every tnornlnff.oicopt Sunday. The only Monday morulnir imjior published In tuo etnto. TMIMI nr OnoVcnr . , 10 00,111 , ron Months . t2fiO BlxMontlii . 600 OMO Mont li . 1-00 Tnr. Wrr.Kt.v tlrr , Published nvrry Wednesday. One Yenr , with premium . . . N One Vonr , without inomluni . I.1" PI * Month * , without premium . , . 75 Ono Month , on trial . . . 10 COIIIlrSrONllENCK ! All ) mmiitilcntlom relating to new * nml fill- torlnlmnttoi * phnuld bo nddrosstd to the Uui- /on or 'HE IIEE. ntlSlNFSR I.f.TTF.nS ! All iHHlnPMlHtcrsnnd rcmlttnncoi nhould bo ndio * cl to Tin ; HER PIMMHIIINO COMI-VNY , OMA.IA. Draft * , chock * nml t'O'lollleo orders tobomndoimynblututhoordGi of the company. 1HE m PUBllSHInGliPlllih PROPRIETORS , E , llOSnWATnit. BniTOR. Tin : Herald has .something to say about "grade changers. " It Is treading on clan gorous ground. Tin ; organ with the P II. D. brand threatens to "carry the war Into Africa. " This means HOIIIU more bogus Africans "In the wood pllo. " QUKKK VicrrouiA is going to give Lord Carnarvon a garter. The old lady must bo short OH garters , or cl o she would give Ins lordship a pair. tinio to tituo we observe specula tive ailicles as to the future of wheat. Front all that wo have been able to learn the future of wheat is very floury. milk instead of whisky has become all th'e rage among the New York brokers. This is accounted for by the fact that they prefer watered slock. J. STIUIIXO : ISIoiiTOX and Dr. Miller are both in Washington. Private advices from the national capital are to llio cfl'eet that they do not speak as they pass by. MAYOII VAUQJIAN , of Council Bluffs , will bloom again in the spring. Ho will bo a candidate for re-election. As an ad. vcrtising card for the Itlnffe ho is tin emi nent success. Tin : frequent use of the word "copy right" on the part of certain newspapers is simply a foolish attempt to deceive the public into the belief that they have some thing worth copyrighting. Tnu St. Paul I'ionccr 1'rcss prints a pic ture of tiio ice queen. She looks like the fat woman iu the dime museum. With four such queens St. Paul ought to bo able to rake in the chips. A rnw more brick yards arc what this city greatly needs. When the building boom sets in next spring there is certain to bo the same trouble and delay from a short simply of brick that Omaha has ex perienced for two years past. Wnv should the city give away the right of way across the viaducts to the street car and cable Hues ? What justice is thcro in making our taxpayers foot the bills for securing a safe and easy transit across the tracks to these corpora tions ? THE price ot gas in Omaha has been reduced one-third by ordinance. Now let the city council do its duty and reduce the size of the g.is bills ono-third , other wise they are liable to bo as largo as ever. There is really something singular about this. will not always do for a preacher to bo too free with his speech in the pulpit , tin thinks a Chicago police justice who lias sued llov. Mr. Kittredgo for $25,000 for having denounced him fiom the pul pit , charging him with having received a handsome bribe for turning loose 225 rallied gamblers. Mas. GUAAT proposes to pay her hus band's debt to the late Mr. Vnnderbilt out of the profits of the memoirs. This is an act which the country will applaud. In performing It the widow of the dead hero shows that she possesses the proper kind of pride which declines to bo the continued recipient of an obligation which it can lumovo. Tun solicitor general has selected coun sel to prosecute the government Milt to vacate the Bell telephone patent on the ground that It was secured by fraud. The proceedings will bo watched with much interest by the public , if the Dull patent is declared void wo shall have competi tion iu the telephone system , something heretofore unknown. JUDGE STALI.O , the American minister to Italy , whiloat the Gorman club dinnnr in Homo is credited with saying that the moro ho sees of German civili/.ation the more ho feels that the Americans are , by comparison , barbarous. Judge ] Stallo either got his German or his drinks badly mixed , probably both. Hereafter wo ad vise him not to mingle American corn Juice with the extract of Gorman hops , y could hnvo douo boiler than that. A cuicious complication , the result of an army court martial , is worrying First Lieut. Cliaso , of the Third cavalry. The death of Capt. Crawford makes him eligible to the vacancy under certain con ditions , chief of which is the retirement of Lieut. Simpson. Hut Mr , Chase is under a six mouths' suspension , and un less ho is relieved from tills his junior , Lieut. Allen , will bo next in line for pro motion. As Chase was sentenced to dis missal , and would have gone out of the service if his sentence nail not boon miti gated , there is yory llttlo probability that the unoxplred portion of his sentence will bo removed in order to assist him in securing his ambition. Till' first pension legislation which has passed the lower house of congress is the bill Increasing the pciibions of widows nnd dependent relatives of soldiers from $8 to $1'J a month. This change will add $8,000,000annually to thopension loll , and materially assist a most deserving class , Six million is a small amount compared with the $300,000,000 which the pension commissioner says itwould cost the country to remove the limitation of arrears ai-t as proposed. The passage of this latter munsuro is being urged by the' ' protectionist lobby on thu ground that it would postpone .for years any .radlval ohiuigob in the lariu1 which would ninlcrlally lessou the rovouuo , Prohibition Debate. How to enforce the prohibitory law has been the 'leading question of debate In our neighboring state of Iowa since the convening of the legislature. After nil that lias bcon done and said the prob lem scorns as far from solution as over. It is an admitted fact that in Iowa as well ns elsewhere prohibition docs not prohibit. The number of saloons in oper ation is scarcely less than before the law went into efl'ect. In the leading cities and towns there is scarcely an attempt made at concealing the open defiance of the statutes and thcro are few villages where liquor and beer cannot be had tor the asking. So far ns a general enforcement is concerned the law is the same dcnd letter that it is in Maine or Kansas , and as it certainly will bo in Georgia should the validity of the late election bo sustained by the supreme court of thatstate. : Our Iowa friends mny debate nnd arptto over the causes , but the fact will remain that prohibition fails not because it is wrong in principle but because it cannot bo enforced in practice. Instead of restricting the liquor truffle and placing it in the hands of men who can be dealt with by the courts for violation of the law , it bands all lawbreakers together for self protection , and gives them a strong support of that clement of the com munity which is opposed to what they consider an interference with their rights as citi/.ens. For this reason the eil'ccts of Its operation are to destroy the very objects for which it is created. There are thousands who if prohibition could be enforced would give it a hearty support. The evils of Intemperance are too appalling to bo denied. Good citi- /.ens everywhere desire to see them re pressed by the most efficient moans. And these are found in a rigid system of high license such as Nebraska has wi ely se cured , and the features of which other states are studying with a view to their adoption. Under the Nebraska sys tem such portions of Iowa as could enforce piohibition would bo able to secure it through the refusal of the county boards to grant licenses. The number of saloons in towns and cities would bo regulated , the business thrown into responsible hands and placed under police supervision , and last but not least the state would reap a handsome revenue from its lav on the traffic. High license is not a cure for all the evils of the liquor truffle , but it is an excellent remedy for many. So far as it goes it can be en forced. It draws to its support wherever it has been placed in operation the senti ment of all law-abiding citi/.ens , and en lists the best class of liquor sellers in its behalf. With her past experience with prohibition Iowa might do worse than to try the experiment of a fo\v years with high license. The Charity Hall. The subscriptions of our citizens to the charity ball have been so generous that there is every reason to believe that the forthcoming entertainment for the bone- lit of Omaha's poor'will result in a fund larger by more than half than that of last year. If all the tickets sent out by the committee are taken the returns will bo double those of 1883. Hard work on the uart of those who have the matter in charge is assuring a successful occasion. J'ho exposition building will be largo enough to accommodate r.ll who occuro cards of admission. It is very important that there should bo no delay on the part of those who have received tickets in remitting the amount called for. It is an easy way of aiding in practical charity. The tax is light. En tirely apart from the objects intended the money will bo well spent. The funds so far collected have boon at once placed in circulation to relieve destitution and want. They have not been distributed indiscriminately , but have been dis bursed through established organized charities. The severity of the winter is greatly increasing tno number of appeals for local aid. Fuel , provision and cloth ing are needed in larger quantities than over before by the poor and needy of this city. Our citi/ens owe it to them selves to respond promptly to the request of the committee to hurry in their remit tances for tickets. Delaying a favorable reply menus a delay in relieving want and poverty. The Apncho Policy. Gcronimo , the Apache chief , has sur rendered to Gon. Crook , The announce ment is accompanied by a strong demand from the people of Arizona that the blood-thirsty savage shall be dealt with by the law as ho deserves. Fear is expressed - pressed that Crook will again place him and his renegade bucks on the reserva tion at San Carlos to recruit for another raid. It is a doubtful question whether Gen , Crook can do nnj'thing else. Under the present regime of clashing interests between the interior and the war depart ments , the only function of the army iu cases of outbreaks from the reservations is to suppress the outbreaks and return the depredators to llio earn of the Indian agents , The army lias no moro right to turn the Indians over to the local civil au thorities than R policeman has to hand over a captured prisoner to Judge Lynch. As ufluirtf now are , the army iu Arizona fire forced to act as a foil to the mistakes of the agents , but their responsibility ceases when they have captured the hostiles - tiles and returned thorn to their oflicors of the interior department. Right hero has been ( ho root of the entire - tire trouble in dealing with the Apaches. Crook realised this fact and urgently ap pealed that San Carlos bo turned abso lutely over to his control. Ho promised that no outbreak should occur if ho were permitted to place the reservation under military discipline. For a year his re quest was granted under an agreement between the secretaries of war and of the interior. The late lamented Capt. Emmett Crawford was placed in cluugo of the Apaches , Military surveillance won the day. There was no sign of dis content or of outbreak until llio meddle- fcomn Idiocy of a now agent forced the withdrawn ! of Crawford and compelled Crook to disavow all future responsibil ity for the conduct of affairs at the agoucy. Then' came the hist campaign , the troop ? wore once moro called upon to subdue the Apaches , and Crawford lost hi ? life in acuompliahing the end. Gen , Crook is an urgent advocate of llm policy of transferring the supervi sion of hottilu and restless Indians from the civil to the military. Ho argues and argues .soniibly th.it tiu | ounce of agency prevention Is worth a pound of military euro. His u\pcfi nco luv , orovcnt' to him Hint the Indhuis only rosjioct force and that a military administration of reserva tions peopled by hostlles is more effica cious In preserving peace than a civil one. In the present case ho has nothing to do but to bring in the surrendered Apaches and leave them to break out ouco moro when they become dissatisfied with their agent and reservation. He is tied down nnd hampered by the divided authority which requires ono department of the government to feed the hosliles nnd another to fight them. The discom forts of the situation are incrca cd by the as-jiiranco that should Gcronimo and his bucks lake It into their heads to organize another raid in the spring , the entire ter ritorial press will denounce Gon. Crook ns a failure and attribute the cause of the bloody trail lull by the Apaciios to the general's Incapacity to deal with the Indian problem. TUB audacious threat of the organ of the pncklng-hotiso democracv that it will assail the remaining republican members of the city council unless they cease their "obstruction"exceeds in Impudence and indecency any of the past remarkable performances of that paper. It is a bold intimation that its silence is a purchasa ble article. The consideration in the cases mentioned is compliance with the wishes of its editor in his scheme to ob tain despotic control of the local democ racy of this eily. This has been the only ba is of the shameless attacks of that po litical barnacle upon the character and standing of republican olllcials who re fused to train with hig puppets in the city council. It seems Hint oltenvheiin ca > o hascoiao up that icqulted some attention fioin a detec tive olllccr , the mnislml , Instead ot detailing one of his own men and giving him sonic In- sti notions , IMS "McciL'd" the case Into lc- tcctho Kmeiy's olllcc and. evidently , hns ic- cehcd a fee , not stipulated , for his tiouble. Jlciithl. This is another sample of the bricks that the Ikr'ald is daily hurling at Mar shal Cummings , but like nil the rest it really amounts to nothing. The council some time ago passed a resolution for bidding the employment ot policemen in detective work , and authorizing the mar shal to engage an outside detective when ever the services of a detective were needed. Marshal Cummings under that resolution lias at different times em ployed Mr. Emory. That is all thcro is in the Emery business. Foun new buildings will be erected by Omaha banks in the spring. They can 1 claflbrd it. Banking capital in Ne braska pays a very handsome profit on the investment. Other Lands than Ours. Mr. Gladstone has been summoned to Windsor , has received the queen's com mands and has announced his cabinet. The result is u surprise to all nnd a dis appointment to botli tiio wliigs nnd the radicals. The cabinet is a strong one in its integral parts. Most of the members arc of large experience in the public ser vice and have served under the premier in previous ministries. Only ono , how ever , resumes his former post. Earl Spencer , who was former lord lieutenant of Ireland , is made lord privy seal. Mr. Childors becomes homo secretary , Earl Granville , former secretary of foreign affairs , is given the colonial oflicc. Mr. Chamberlain is shelved as president of the local government board while Earl Kimbcrly takes the India oflico , the same portfolio which he held under the last Gladstone ministry. The new members are Earl Koseberry , the brilliant Scotch liberal , who becomes foreign secretary , Lord Ripen who goes to the admiralty ollicc , Mr. Trovelyan , secretary of Scotland , and John Morlcy the radical homo ruler , who is assigned to the chief secretaryship of Ireland. Sir William Vcrnonllarcourt is disappointed by seeing Sir Farrer Hcnchcl raised to the chancery bench while ho takes ex chequer , Mr. Mundolla becomes president of the board , of trade and Mr. Banner- man secretary of war. * * The radicals largely predominate , but the parly claims that such n loader as Chambcrlain'lias been assigned to a post far below that which his abilities de manded. Mr. Morloy's selection is gen erally commended as the best possible for the place. It evidences the desire of the ministry to deal , when the appropri ate time comes , with the homo rule question under the advice of an ardent advocate of local government. The whigs have been entirely excluded. Lord Harlington and Lord Derby are conspic uous for their absence. The question on every lip is whether they will bo found in opposition. Upon their ability to bring a considerable following to the tory camp depends largely the permanency of the now ad ministration. It is gcnori'lly believed that nn understanding exists between Mr , Gladstone and Parnelf as to the ex tent of the Irish support and as to the conduct of legislation for the session. This is believed to include a broad and liberal measure for the purchase of Irish land either by or on behalf of Irish farm ers nnd nn extension ot the powers of local government in the three kingdoms. These ho argues must precede and form tno basis of a future movement for homo rule. * . The tendency of the Irish party since the fall of the Salisbury ministry lias boon to avoid committing themselves on tiio situation in a manner which might cause fuUiro embarrassment. The loaders of the league in Ireland have taken occasion to draw the attention of tiio Irish people to the urgent necessity of preserving order in tlie crisis under every provoca tion which may bo oflorcd. Addressing the National league on Monday Mr. Dav- itt saids "Viewing the position to which the land question has now been brought , and the position of the national question , I will again most earnestly npponl , oven to those who are threatened with evic tion and to those tenant furmors who are suffering social ruin , to restrain their passions , to commit no breach whatever of the existing law that may weaken the position which Mr. Parn'ell occupies in Westminster and damngo the cause v\ Inch he is so able nnd so powerful to defend. " Mr. Dillon followed in the same strain and made the significant announcement that ho believed that the Irish people were within n short distance of a great meas ure of relief. Speeches such as these , joined to the editorial utterances of such men as Justin M'Carthy , indicate that Parnell is fully acquainted with the min isterial programme , and will support it as ngan ! l any opposition which the com bined whigs and lories can muster , .Mr. j Parncll's policy will now bo lo conciliate public sentiment iu England liy modera tioii , In order to pern'iil ' Mr , Gladstone lo approach llio question of homo rule with llio deliberation whlcji the case demands. ' That it must bo rcnq'hcd finally thcro is llttlo doubt. The manner in which it is then handled will dqteriuino the fate of the cabinet. The Canadian parliament will open an the SOth of the present month nnd prom ises to bo nu interesting mul exciting ses sion. The strong rnco fueling incited by Kiel's execution ha ? .iiot abated and Sir John Mnedonnld will find his path towards securing a strongly united domin ion strewn with ninny ( horns. The suc cess of the premier iu securing English assistance for ills railroad schemes will , however , smooth the way. His return from England -vas made the accession for n scries of shrewdly contrived ova tions. Deputations of political friends greeted Sir John at Ottawa , and he showed him elf ai much a master ot po litical craft as over. Ho told one deputa tion that England looked on with "won der and admiration" at the way the mili tary department put down the rebellion of the Northwest and that Lord \Volselcy \ told him that llio imperial service ilsclf could not have clone the business so well as Canada did it. Sir John had a business us well as a pa triotic string to ills bow. He found I hat England did not feel at all secure with her Suez canal privileges in case war should break out nnd that she looks kindly upon the Caua'lian Pacific. Pro vision lias been made for a line of steam ers from British Columbia lo China. Sir George Stephen , president of the Cana dian Pacific , who has returned with Sir John , remarked to the Marquis of Salis bury that the true termini of the road were Liverpool and Hong Kong ; his lord ship admitted the proposition , and the raihoad men were then prepared to approach preach English capitalists. To all ap pearances the returning party have made good business bargains during their ab sence , and the linancinl argument is the all impoitaiit one as a rule iu politics. Bismarck's Polish policy has pro duced a general excitement throughout Germany. The bill to expel the Poles was defended bv the Iron Prince with furious vigor iu the landtag. The Poles , ho declared , are the accomplices of the opposition. By means of an opportune coalition they might possibly make a majority against the government. They are an clement of disloyalty. Therefore they must be exterminated. " 1 am ready , " ho said , as Wp reported on Fri day , "to s.ivo my country , although it costs mo my head anil honor. " The chancellor is severely , tcsfing the faith of liberty-loving Germans in the future of their country. The Loijdon correspond ent of the New York Times slates that ho has seen a letter from , one of the most eminent liberals in the releasing , in which the author declared iliat the vote of cen sure in that body ygainst the brutal treatment of the Polcj , was the last gasp of expiring liberty in/iormauy. lie fur ther says that the national conscience has gone fast asleep with po sign ot awaken ing , but this probably only means that the liberals fcol helpless while Uismarek rules. The Iron Prince may be the great est power of his time , but ills rule is a dreadful burden to Germany in all that pertains to the progicss of liberty and the widening of the life of its people. V M The French decree establishing a pro tectorate over Anuni and Tonqum pro vides for an independent d"p.irtmont , having its own laws , budget and general autonomy , the resident-general having great responsibilities. From the meager outline this scheme seems to be the most sensible thing in colonial government coming from Paris for some timo. Anam will become a kind of India in which the tendency will bo to throw the details of administration upon the resident officials. The general weakness of French colonial management is a desiio at Paris to boss everything clown lo the smallest details. * * * The Novoc Vrcmya gives a list of the territorial losses during the last two cen turies. In 1711 the Ottoman empire possessed moro territory in Europe than any oilier power except Russia , her pos sessions covering 15,451 , square miles. But from that period the decadence of Turkey began. She lost territory to pucli an extent that upon thu evu of her war with Russia she hud only I ) , 150 miles , 2,017 of which were owned by princes who merely owed her su/orainty. The Berlin treaty deprived her of 4,553 miles more , so that from 1700 to 1878 the Otto man empire had lo-t in Europe 10,000 miles. After the war of 1877-78 Russia annexed 1G7 miles , Austria 1,073 miles , and England 174 miles. SENATORS AM ) CONGUKSSMEN. Bnnntor Wilson , ot Iowa , Is fond of books and has a weakness for Icrtming , \Vndo Hampton is n veiy poor reader , and the fact maUcs his speeches tmilblo boics. Senator Warner Miller \ cry seldom macks a joke and ne > er vtastcsouls on any body. Ilopiflseiuntlve Tucker of Virginia 1ms de clined a renomlnatlon. The times must bo out of joint In the Old Dominion. Congiessman Boutelle , of Maine , is ed itor of the Uangor Whip , nnd ho aspires to bo the leader ot his pnity'in ' the house. Postmaster Dalton , of ( ho Jiouso of icnro- scntnthcs , says that thlitccii thousand letters were distributed to congiesjiucn inonoduy last ucck. Only a small , mopoition of them \\eielovo letters. t ' o "Templeton , " the correspondent of llio Boston Herald , says thy irmii'ln ' conpess who tow eis ml mo all others Is § Waker Cnillsle. "It Is dllllcult , " ho says , "to overstate tiio es timation in which ho Is hcld. ' ( ' It Is noticed that thoupttspnpcrs of some of our seaports , In discussing ( he question of coast defence , arc disposed ( p dlilcr slightly nlth Congressman Forney In his opinion that "shelling" doesn't amount to an ) thin ? . Senator Kiyo having claimed that an en forcement of our tnrlll laws would compel the annexation of Xcw Brunswick and Nova Scotia , the Halifax papers are objecting that It will ne\er do for Canada to come under the rule of such men ns Kryo. During the last summer , says "Carj > , " Judge Kelley wrote the \\hole of his book on McClellan , nnd ns much more of matter of icmlnlscencos of President Lincoln , and he Is now back nt his place In the house as lively as the joungest member in It. Senator Mitchell , of Oregon , says : "I like- a lobust nitlcio of politics something that you can take piIdo in and avow any\\here , Men like Conkllng axe men to lead. They are honest and able and aggressive , and no body is culled-upon to dcleud them or to npolo Ue for them. " Mr , Spooucr , a iicw member of ( ho United St.itrs senate , has Icnrncd n pointer. "I am nfralil , " ho said , "lo sit In my scat when senator begins n set speech , lest Ihoso who see mo listening think I amcrdant. . 1 go out w Itli the other * . An old senator said tome mo recently that I was 'green' to listen to those long speeches , ami that n now senator could bo pointed out by his patience In hear ing them. " Hero Is n simple sentence from Senator Evnrts'first speech In thn scmlo : "I then think It will bo found ccneinlly Impressed upon the constitution. I would say Imbedded In the constitution , that periodically nnd ac commodated and adjusted periodicity In all the notion of the grail di'paitments of the po\ eminent , cxcopt the judicial , Is not to bo ticntcdascltcumstniitlnl or only of consent * cnco nnd propriety , but that II enters Into the very scheme by which the election ofpicst- dent by the people , without the aid and with out the contiol , nnd without regulation by congicss uosslblo was presided , alidltcni- ilesvlth It that tlicpirsldeiit Is tooomo upon the scheme of the election and this aiinugo- nient of periodicity with a concuncnl nnd nt- lemlant action of the people on the other branches of election. " How the llusbnml Gets 12vcn. KOI Hi Ainti lean. Mnud Mlllei's story of her dosoitlon by her husband hns gone the newspaper loitiuH iSosv the husband's defense Mutm ; ijlvcu In the shape \\ood-outs of thu woman. Not So Had Alter All. SI. l\\ul I'ioneer l'rti. The unconditional suiieudcr ol ( icionlmo will doubtless bieak the back of the Apache tiouble. ( .ten. Ciook's method of conducting acamp.dgi'appears to bo a pretty good ono after all. No Gambling Allowed. rrcmont Titbitiic. The committee of airuugcmonts for the state firemen's touinamcnt at its meeting on Monday night unnuhtinimly ngieed that nil devices tor gambling shall bo excluded liom thogiounds. This Is a move In the light dl- lection and wo commend them lor it. Ono ol' Them. Kew Oilcans I'lravunc. "Youshould visit the aumuiuo couit to- moirow , " Judge Bradley Is ciedited with has Ing said once , ' 'for theic \ \ ill bo some in- teiestiug a > gumcnts made. Mr. Sidney U.ut- lett , of ltostonls on onc.slde and Mr. Ito coo Conkllng is on the oilier ; and ono of them Is a gical lawyer. " Eminently Proper. Ficiiiunt Tilbunc. The Karnipis' State Alliance have dcclnicd for thoie-election of Senator Van AVyclc. That's eminently piopur. They ought to oiganlzc In evciy county for that pin pose. If they want to see their will thwaitcd by correlations nnd machine politicians they will sit supinely by and penult their rights to bo tiampled Into the mile. Nothing Stingy About Him. Wall Street Keivg. He entered a bank In Atlanta , Ga. , the oth er day , cairi ing a bundle weighing about one handled pounds , and inquhcd for thu cash ier : "What mo confederate bonds selling at to-day ? ' ' "They nio no longer quoted. " "Whnt'll you give lor a million dollais' woithV" "tfotacent. " "A 11 right. I've got four daughters , and I'll glvo each one ot 'em SiW.OOO in these bond * for a wedding gift. Nothing stingy about inc. " Shoemakers as Authors and Actors. St. Loult Globe-Dcmnciat. AVe nio glad to know that the theateis tlnoughout the country have been doing a poor business this season. The business done at the bo\-olllco cannot possibly have been as bad as the business clone on the stage. Thoplaisof thopicsent time create in thoobseiviiig mind the Impicsslon that tlic shoemakers have left their legitimate vo cation , and that one-halt of them have tuincd nuthois and the other half actors. Chivalry ol' Kcw Ytnlt Journal. Truer gnllautiy Is often found In n humble snow-shoveller than In the wealthy dan dy whoso chivalry is but skin deep. Witness the Boston knight-errant who can led an In tellectual dic.im of beauty over a puddle on hls.shou'I , Would a clubman have done this ? Ah , no ; he would have icturncd to theclub for the purpose of getting some ono toouch foi his social position. * . A Nebraska Itomauco Spoiled. Lincoln Journal. . Some time ngo Col. J. W. Savage built up a beautiful romance about the Spanish dls- coveiy of the great aboriginal city of Qulvcia locating it In the 1'lstto valley. Hut now comes the cold and ciuel Popular Science Monthly and locates the place away down In southwest Texns.nnd ino\es It , too. It ic.illy docsseoiu that Nebraska can't get or keep an > thlng under a domociatlc administra tion except a largo assortment of the most iclcntless bi//ui ! < h and the deepest snows known to her hlstoiy. AVIuit Patrick E nn is Doing. Mutton Hcialil. "What , " I asked John Boyle O'Kellly , "is Patrick Kgan doing at such an out-ol-thc- way place as Lincoln , Neb. ? I should think ho would want to be somowheio In the vicin ity of ono of the gieatlcitle"Mr. . Kgan , " icspondcd Mr. O'Uoilly , "is going to make a s ei y great foi tun o for himself as dealer In gialn. Ho is nhcndy handling an Immense amount of II , and I nm told that n whlla ago ho came over to Chicago and cleaned up § 10,000 in n single day by a shrewd specula tion. Mr , Egan Is a thoroughly sagacious business man , nnd ono ot these days ho is going lo bo a capitalist of vciy gicat 1m- . " poitancc. _ Atcro. . MUlillcliniii One by ono the nosclcts iculdon , Two by t\\o the e.ulels nee/.u ; iciiulii ) a cold , And cataiih will no erdesoit you , Though lor filings you glvo much gold. 1'itclt. Out on the shining hill Thocoastcis their rapture whoop up , nil the tanner runs with u will His hens fi oin the cold to coop up. And the milkman's as black as yom hat , Kor joy doesn't nil his cup ; In splto of himself ho's selling piuo milk , J''or ' the pump Is nil fio/en up. A Musical .Notable. Mr. Nat M. Brigham , for many years ono of the tenors in the renowned Lotus inulo quartette of Boston , and n solo singer of much prominence in that cily has decided to make his homo in Omaha , Mr. Brlglmm is greatly pleased svilli our city , and greatly surprised , as well , at the advanced condition of all things that maku a metropolitan town , Whllu music will not bo the profession ho will engage in here , his voieo is too charming to bo silont. As a kind of general introduction in a musical way , hu has decided to give u song locilal assisted by Mr. W.T. Tabor , svlth the organ numbers , on Tues day evening next , at the rink on Capitol avenue. 'J his building being now used by the First Congregational society as n houseof worship Is in excellent condition for the purpose. The programme will appear later. The Weather. At last the elements have yielded u point or two and yesterday was fairly bearable. It was 2 9 below a.t dawn and the mercury ran up steadily to 20 ° above at noon. In the biinshlnu the tempera- turn was molting and Ilia streets bucume slightly slusuy. STATE AS1) TBUlUTOUy. Nchrnslca JotllnRS. Crete had nn nttaek ot the rabies last week. A dose of lead stopped It. ( iraud Island flanks the hydrophobia procession by n case of trlehlnro. O. U. Uhon a Weeping Water barber , bilked liis patrons of various sums and lit out in the darkness between tsvo cars. A stack of railroad ties In the yards al Iremont tumbled on ( 'has. Nelson and pinned htm to the ground. His right leg was crushed. A reward of f 125 is offered for the re covery of the body of Dr. Qulnton , svho was drowned in the Missouri river near Niobrara last month. 'A coa lcr named Crnwford on Gosnol 11111 , U'coping Water , collided with * u telegraph polo and eiacked his skull. Ills injuries arc dangerous. Hastings hopes to induce the Ulkhorn Valley company to extend the line Irom Lincoln to that city. The managers have the subject under consideration. The business men of Shelton threaten to boycott their new postmaster because of his intention to remove the ofileo from the north lo the south side of the railroad track. Bill llotlins , of MeCook , whose svifc skipped svith Hiram Illder , appears to bo lonesome , nnd offers a reward of $700 for Ihuprlvilcgnof putting a rider on lllruin for ses'cn minute ; " . Smith , the North Bond horse thief , ran into the arms of the Iowa ollleexs nnd was sent lo Anntnosu penitentiary for three years for bigamy. The hor.-u thief charge will hold for three years. Stale papers conspicuously show their faith in the dollar of the dads by announcing that silver in any mmiitily will be taken on subscription. There is no discount in tills movement. A movement is on foot among llio col leges ot Nebraska to organize tiio presidents - dents and profo'.ord in u state organiza tion for mutual improvement and benefit. The place of the first meeting will be Lincoln. John I'urcell , of the grain firm ot 1'nr- cell Bros. , of North Bend , died suddenly Wednesday night. He had been a resi dent of the town thirteen years , and was prominent in all movement to promote the material and social inlcicstsof the people. Holt county is a largo county , over fifty miles square , and by good judges said to bo ono of the very best counties in the state for cither sleek raising or grain r.iiMiig. In I860 Holt county had only : ) ,000 inhabitants. Now it lias near 20,000 good live citi/.ons. A flrobiuj attempted to burn the school house at I'airbury last week. A reward of $ 100 is offered for the capture of the fiend. The townspeople au uncommonly hot over the outrage , and If the lircbug is captured ho can safely calculate on a sweating reception. The proposed route of the Rock Island extension through Nebraska strikes the stale at the southeast corner of Pasvnou county , runs noilhsvcst through the county , and makes a bee line for Beat rice. The road of course will not stop here , but its course and destination are yet -ceurcly sealed in the grip of "A Man. " Iowa Items. All the saloons in the town of Madrid are closed tight. The mnror of Des Moiuos threatens to sue the Times for libel. Lev ! Pratt , the Keokuk counterfeiter , got three years in the pen. Elijah Hall , ono of the pioneers of Pottawutlamie county , died at hi- , home in descent on Saturday , aged 83 years. It is estimated that 000 head of hogs were smothered to death during the Into bli/.inrd in Harrison county , by huddling together to keep warm. James Fitzgerald , a br.ikoinnn on the Milwaukee road , fell from u ear at Lime Springs. Howard county , and was in stantly killed , the car running over his head and one of his arms. Uiirinc ; the year 18 $ . > there were shipped from Red Oak 813 carloads of produce and 1,100 carloads of .supplies were re ceived. Among the receipts is mentioned an item ot ten car loads of beer. The celebrated case of the Ancient Or der of United Workmen , which the su preme couit refused a rehearing , has been rcdocketed for the ciicuiL court of Bluckhawk county , before his honor , Judge Utt , for retrial , nnd the same has been continued to the September term. Fort Dodge , with about ( i.OOO inhabit ant.- , , has cheap taxation , is thn owner of the water works and furnishes gas at § 3.150 per 1,000 , feel. Coal , sand and lime stone are cromiing out on the hillsides , and copper and iron nro found along the river edge. Plaster paris and the linest potter clay are to be found there. A span of the bridge being put up at Pittsburg , Aran Buren county , over the DCS Moines river , fell into the river Mon day , a distance of fifty feet. Five men sveio carried down with it. .191111 Jami son was fatally hint , 11. B , Oilman nnd Ed Booth weii ) batlly injured , nnd the two other men e.seaped with slight inju ries. ries.A A hold attempt was made to rob Tick Sanford , the night express agent at Churl- ton , one day last week on llio depot plat form. As no stepped out of the door of bind , but succeeded in breaking asvav , drew his revolver nnd begun firing ut his assailant , when a blow on top of the head from behind felled him. The shots at tracted oilier employes about the depot to the scene , and the would-be robbers lied without securing the largo sum of money which Sanford had upon his per son. _ Dakota. A chimney sweep and n hand organ struck IJcadsvooil together last week , Jamcstosvn proposes to give a Milwau kee company the solo right for tlm-j.-s . years to. put dmyn jrtcsiau , wells and SVlppiy the city with water. A market man at Fargo ads'orllses " 200 dressed chickens raised in Dakota. " This ought to bo an evidence of thn success of the clmiato whnn it will permit of the raising of dressed chickens , Manjuis do Mows lias just returned from 1 ranee , nnd report ? that lie has made arrangements to export from Da kota young cuttle for feeding ami breed ing purposes. He la cntiiUMlaetio ever the matter. In one settlement In Cuss county four families lately took a census of their living children and counted im ill ty-lsvo. none of tlio.ii of figo. Ono family had seventeen , all bom in the Red river valley. E. B. Collins , the silent old-timer , a man svho hns been in every mining camp since 1811) ) , has struck a ledge of very high grade silver ore in the Galena dis trict , which is four feet in widtlt and wliieli assays 200 ounces to the ton. Colorado has 500 school teachers. The Mexican gomnmont supports 10,000 public schools , ssith facilities oijual to many ol our colleges. Henry Ward Jjcceher Is said to ha > o given 55,010 of his last year's salaiy for the iiiiiin- toiKinte of the 1'lymoulh chinch choir. Pennsylvania has what maybe railed a standing niiuy ot ignoianco aii.ooo dilution svho do not attend thu common schools. The now annual c < tlalo'iic , mnv hi pices , bho\\- : i total of MrM'i'li'iib ' in Cumuli mil- seislty , nenily 103 moio limn urn bt-toie. OverJSlT.OJO luii bi-eii inlscd by Ihoalumni association of Vasi.ir cfiMo.o to.t.ud a fund ot S20.0JO lor the department ol i-hjs.r.i1 c.ul- tine. It Is propose. ) to nbjllsh thu ) > t pit depaitment In Vai-ar c-olli-go and i t I. , \ lelutlons between thuiolltuiMind piei > -.i' ' < i ) schools. The "Sabbatical ycai" la tin nairn ? given by Cornell to the jcar ot vacation ftranlcrt t each professor after soscn years of continu ous service X The onlj female student that the Yale l sv r' school ever hnd , Mlw Jordan , has left the Institute because the faculty notified her thai they could not grant her n diploma. A Canadian educational authority thinks that the danger of cramming would bo obvi ated If teachers would itlvo sufficient time to explaining the next day's lessons and In- stmctlng pupils how ( o proceed. The piojcct for establishing n nosv Hebrew college In the east Is meeting s\lth fasor. Mlis l' | er , of Nosv York , offers lo subscribe 810,000 , nnd snrlous other IniRP amounts has n been promised In that clly and In Philadel phia. phia.AtvonlltiK lo the president ot Vnssar there W 111 be ! 0 names of students on the coming catalogue. In the legular coiirso there nro thlity , while the lenmlndrr nro conditioned students. The regular cense Is undergoing a biMtitlfully natural dcath-n kind of outfia- nnsln. Of thoCri Ynlo graduates who died In the ( oi enMbelsscoii 18W ami 1885 there s\cro J71 sslio ssore past 'iOyonis of ngo. And these moil leeched their education when candle llnlits\\eiouseilnt morning iirajois. [ i'nlo Couraul. The ad condition of Mr . Catherine Scales the mother of the St. Louis 1'ubllo school1 * , Is n displace. She hns passed a long , useful mid honomblo Ufa In the service ot the people of St. Louis , and How TO j ears old , sick and poor , shots svlthoul ( ho necessaries of life. Fiso bishops tiffed Ihclr glasses to the toaster or "Old 'lilnll > "nt the-last dinner of the > > ew Vork Alumni association of Trinity college , llnitfoid. After dinner the Minimi looked over plans fora new irynnmslum for the college , nnd the piesldunt snld that ho hoped to see a Trinity rollcRe boat ciosv on thu Connecticut rlsci next Hpilnir. Ho Kissed llio Toucher. 1 slopped Into the loom one day And saw stimochlldu'ii thoio nt piny ; 1 soiuiht my little uhl , nnd found her \Vlth hall a doyen .umn tei.s loinut her , And , 1 Kim the way she slapped the uilo , " I knew that they wcio "playing school. " en 1 ( 'nvo my llttlo ulil a kiss A pleasme that 1 never mis ? . A murimu through the school-iooin ran , A smile pervaded escry leatme "He must be a comnilltcc-mnu I" They loud exclaimed "ho kissed the tcacliciV" Dr. Newman Is said to expect n call from his old coiiKiegatlon nt Washington. A church In West Hold , Mass. , Is Riving cluomos to induce nttcndancu at Its evening set vices. There me In the United Stales 21,089 Methodist prcachcis and U/iD-VTJi chinch membeis. The Methodist Kplscopal church Is about to spend $30C05 on a new building for the New Orleans coloicd unlvceslty. A minister In Rooks county , Kansas , rides loity miles and preaches four. set nions every Sunday for a salary ol 8-00 a jear. The Methodist Woman's missionary so ciety In India Is about tostnit n newspaper In thn Intuiest of the T/c'iinua mission , and $ : ! 5,000 1ms been raised tor the pmposo. It has been decided by the missionary bo.iul of the Piotestant Episcopal church that the 3.200,000 Vandeibllt legacy shall bo Kept us a ncinmncnt land , the Interest of which Is to bo applied to mlsslonaiy svork. A convention of Piesbyteilaii mlnlslcis nndeldeis Is to bo held In I'lttsbuigon the 1st ol Kebrnaiv. Its object Is consultation and prayer with a view ot seeking a gieat iovivalof icllgion In western Pennsylvania and Ohio. During the month of .Tnuuaiy the mission- aiies connected with New Yoik city con ducted ' . " .H ) which gospel meetings , sveio at tended by l ! , m poisons ; 6,100 visits SVCTO made upon thu sick and pooi ; lellct wa.s given to .ill lamilio ? , and 1,084 people sveio supplied with lood , clothing and medicine. It Is calculated that the disestablishment of the Chinch of Kniiland would set lien funds equal to H'.tlT.r.oo.OW , of which , after the pay- input of nil claims bv the clersry for compen sation and simUni demands , them would re main a net gain of S.r > 0UMW,000. ( , Xo nondor that ninny signs ot the Dimes indicate. the speed ) downfall of ( he chinch Is a state institution , It is leported In Chicago that the younger Cyius 11. MeUoimlelc had lutjionded to D. L. Moody'h call ioi funds lor evangelical woiic uiiong the non-chinch coeisot that city with i check tor 510,000. Whether this Is con tinued or not , it Is known that hu headed iv subiciiptlmi with SW.OOO , and pioinlseclto consider Mr. Moody's suggestion that he ought to double it. Bishop Slim tor , eoloiod , of the Sixth Kpls- oopal diocese , has been rclused ndmlsilon to Uethcl All lean M. E. chinch , ot U ilunibhi , : ho l.ugust In South All Ic.i. Two factions luvo been at war foi a year past , so that the sci vice- , have been held under police piotcc- lon. Bishop Slimier liad been scut for liom Ueoigia to compose thu dKlicttltv , but the wai- iiigbietlnen slammed the dooi in his lace nndtlicn milled It up. The ' -missions" In the Kplscopal churches of Now Yoik and ol Detiolt pioved so sue- ccsslul that similar scivIccKuic contemplated n many ol the leadini ; cities. A "mission" o continue foiuteen dajs Is to open In Mil waukee on the Idlli day of Febiuaiv. This will be in ch.uue ol thn llcv. Futlici.- , Hall , of loston , and .Matin in , of New Voik. Both if these cleicyiuciT have pioved themselves eminently lilted lor this department ul Cluls- lan elluit. A Sunday school missionary In W ) online enltoiy tumid an old Scotch lady svho n her youth used to hear two Heinions every iiinday. Since hci goliiK svest .slut hud not leaid OIKI seimon In sixteen JC.IH until this nlsslonaiy cauui along. Although this sei- iion was. uccoidlng to III- , own account of It , iclthci the most eloiiuent nor the mn i pio- foiiml that hud ever bciiii meachcd , she list ened to It as II It had ( alien fiom thn lips of ild Doetm Chalmeis hlmsell , mid Hhosald she wa1gioatly edllicd bv It. . ' A colored man has just been inndo pas senger ngent by one of the southoi n rail- oial companies1 , un not that attraets no ittlo attention In that section. "ECZEMA' And ICvory Spcolcs < iC Hulling tuul and ItimiiiiK DIsciiHO ! r , ' Ciiilourn. | 7UyiM.\ ; Bait Itlioum with Its i -l-J Itrlilniriuul hmnliiK , Instantly luliovoil liy u win in Imtli vvltli ( Mtlciini t-O'ip , mul u lnxli up- plicutloii lit ( Jutluiiiii , tin ) tmmt Hlilii IMIHI. 'lliN lopuntud dully , with InoortliiuoilosuH oi ( 'ull- cum lU' olvriit , thu new tilooil purlllnr , to liocp the Mend cool , tlui puispliiitloii pine nnd mill- i Hilt liif ) , thu how els upon , tlui Ihuriiinl kldnujM iidlvn , will speedily rino tr/unm , tottrir , Hiw- norm , pborlasls , Huliuii , prmllii * , ccaM huud , daiuliull , mul ovury eprulrs ut llt'liliitf , Mjuly nnd pimply hnmore ot llio Muilp mul nkln , vvliuu the best ph ) sldaiis and nil luioun inmodlos full , - ' > ! - Dual bom Rt. , ( 'hlciixn , Kral ( lully iic'kiioulcj/oi u uuru of tuvciim , or t-nlt i huu m nu hi'iul , mult. Into , iinns mul luita lorBuvcnluoii yours ; not ublo to vuilk o\c < > | it on hniuU mid I.IIOPS foe oiiu jrnr ; nnl iililn lo help hlmsoirior ulglit ji an ) ; tiled liumliiHUof'iomo- cllus ; iluutoiH proimiiiK't'd lil ru u Impolite ; iH'rimitH'iHIy uiirod by Cutluiiu -olu.mt ( blood purlller ) Internally , tuul Cutlcuiu nnd Culluuiu Hoitp ( the Hicut siiln euros ) mtornulty. CliAS. HoufiUfON , KM ) . , linvyor , W Btntii 61. , Doston , reports a i.ufu of oc/.niau iimlur hlHob- scivntloii lor ton yeuis , whkh coveiwl lliopu- tlonl'ti l > ody nnd Ilinlib , unil 10 uhlch all luioun methods of tiuutinont hud been uppllod without bonollt. which was uomjiloluly t'liitxj oololy by the Uuilcuiti JtcuicJIcs , Juuvliif u clean and beulUiv fakln , Mil , JOHN TIIIFTSVIIkosbniro , ! ' . , writes : "I Im\e hiilloiril fiom hull ilionm fororur oL'ht years , nt lliiKUBO bud thut I could not attend to my business for weeks ntu I lino. Third IKUCS ol Cutloinn nnd four bottles Itusolvrnt Imvo entirely - tiroly cured niu of this dreadful dlsottic. " rilVHICIANBl'UERCIIIIHl'rilF.M. I llttVO IIOthlllf ( but tliu hlKho't pruise for the rnaulliobuilnotl Jifim your Cullotmi lUmieillos , ot which Ihuvo rtulJ moic thiin nil olhors of the kind. MUMIO llo.M ) , M. I ) . , 2.XW N. Ilrond bt. , I'hlludclphlu , Pa. Sold by ull druKfrUU. 1'rlcoi Cutlouin , fO [ cnls ; JtiisoUont , (1 ; Boup , 'J5uiitti. 1'ropurod hy tlui I'oriru DKUIJ AMI CHUMICAL Co. , llos- ion , M.IKS , timid lor pamphlet. HrV the Oornpluxlon nn ( } Bklu tf uhlnu the Ciitloura boap. HHKt'MATIO. HHIIUA CIJO SijA'lJI' riiiiliiun.ihurpuad nerv ( iUhijiiulitoluloly | umilhllutcd by i HUM. i AMI l'ln | Piaster , ate to ruin mid hilUua- orfcuiul , infuuikiltii