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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1886)
'II ' THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 27 , 1880. THE DAILY BEE. OMAHA OrricrNo. l4As-notoFAnxA.M ST NEW YOIIKOrncr , HOOM Ki.Tntnir.sis HUILDINO WASHINGTON OrriCB , No. 813 rouiiTr.EMii ST. Published oTrrj'tnornlnirexcept Sundij-- The onlvMondnr morning J'Upcr published In tUo Sliue. TWIUS nv M.VII , : One Vcnr $ IO.nOTlirrn , Months J2.M Elx Mouths 6.00'Ono ' Month 1.00 TUB WKEKI/T llnr , Publishes ! Krny Wednesday. TFIIMS , POSTPAID ! One Vcnr , Tvlili premium. . . . f2.W ) One Yrnr , without premium 1.23 Fix Months , without premium 7" > Ono Month , on trlnl . , 10 connr.sroxi > EMcn ! All communlontlons rclntlnir to news nnJ odl- torfnl ninttors should bo addressed tu the Kin- ton on nc IKK. ! nnsisr.ss ixrrrns ! All biulnops loiters nnd rcmlttnncos should bo undressed to THE lir.r. I'liuufmtNd COMPANY , OMAHA. Drnftft , clucks nnd poMofllco orders to lo mndo j > ii ) ublo to tlio onlcr of tlio company. IDE BEE POBLISHIRCliPIW , PflOPfilEIOBS , E. HOSKWATEll. EoiTon. Nnw YOHK ice dealers have stored mvny 2,000,000 tons on the Hudson which , if juices catibo maintained , will bo worth § 10,000,000 at retail. The harvest being in , the retailers will now have plenty of time to invent the usual excuses for rais ing the price with the rise in the ther mometer. Tin : city council lias arranged in gen eral terms for Hut stone crosswalks.Ve presume the Fnrnam street crossings will bo replaced first. The question nrlscs as to their width. Those laid last Reason on upper Fnrmuii are too narrow. The crossing-stones should either bo jiuulo wider or oho there should bo more than two lines of stones. GEN. ILvxr-N , the signal service chief , lias sued the Now York Times for libel , laying his damages at $100,000. , This is hoisting the black ilag with a vengeance. The Times , however , may cause such u hot wave to .strike Gen. Ilazen that ho will bo compelled to call for ice with which to cool his head. Ir the Law and Order league will take the bogus but tor sellers in hand it will receive the thanks of a much-swindled community. It has been discovered that there is a law on our statute books against the oleomargarine swindle , and , although the law up to date has boon a dead letter , It can bo enforced. Its provisions are Bufliclcntlv stringent , the penalty for each Violation being one hundred dollars. . WnuN a federal oilicial is dismissed ho usually retires for ill health. But in China things appear to bo done different ly. The imperial decree cashiering the Chinese minister to Germany goes right to the root of the matter. "Li Fen Pas , who wears a button of the second rank , is a person of low typo of moral charac ter and depraved conduct. Ho is an mlopt in the art of pushing his own ends , nud liis misdeeds have frequently been the subject of denunciation to the throne. " Li Foil Pas had only bought Bonio costly but cheap vcbsols for the Chinese navy. Tun Philadelphia Record says that illu- jninating gas can bo made for fourteen fcfilits per tnousand feet in that city , and can bo delivered to consumers , after pay ing for distribution nnd interest on plant , at forty cents. "Why , then , should the gas consumers of Philadelphia , " asks the Jlcconl , "bo subjected to the rule of a syndicate that proposes to charge $1.CO per thousand foot for gas ? " If gas can bo made in Philadelphia for fourteen I cents , it certainly can bo made in Omaha for fifty cents , and profitably delivered to consumers for $1.CO. It may be asked in Omaha if the gas consumers are to bo subjected to the rue | of a syndicate that to charge $3.00 for gas ? AN Indian isn't ' so very much different from : i white man under some circum stances. Geronimo having heard of the universal demand in Arizona that ho should bo promptly hanged as soon as ho delivered himself up to General Crook , very naturally declined to surrender and haa returned to Mexico with his band. Jills is no doubt a disappointment to Crook , but there scorns nothing for him to do but to sot to work to perparo an other expedition to the Sierra Miulro mountains which may succeed in round ing up Goronimo if it is not itself mean time rounded up by the Mexican bush- wackcru. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE editor pro ( cm of the Herald is n little fresh in Nebraska politics , and par- tieularly so in regard to the politics of . this community.Vhon \ ho vouches for the staunch democracy of Mr. C. J. Brown , the now post olllco inspector , ho causes great surprise among Mr. Brown's most intimate friends. No ona will bo moro surprised than lirown himself to learn that ho has been u lifelong demo crat and an unflinching bupportor of Cleveland and Ilondrioks. Wo don't know what views Mr. Brown holds at this tlmn on political issues , but up to very re cently wo have always classed him as a straight republican. But oven if Mr. Brown has gene over to "tho temporary majority , his litness for the position of inspector is undoubted , Brown is the right man for the place no matter who endorsed him. TllK Republican goes out of its way in republishing a spiteful attack on Major Lewis Men-ill , which is reproduced with out credit from the editorial columns of the Chicago Herald , It scores Major tMerrill for his work in protecting south- 'crn republicans and negroes in South Carolina during the reconstruction days , denounces him as n radical cnrpct-bnggcr toolnf Grant , accuses him of persecuting southern citizens , and is in other respects the usual rehash of vindictive abuse ngalnst the men who held tlio fort iu the south during the old ku-klux days.- This is a flna performance for n prrjor which pretends to champion the princi- MS' t pies of the republican party. Major Mer rill was stationed in Omaha when ho received i s ceived his orders to proceed to South R. Carolina to protect the ballot DOXCS from the frauils'of unreconstructed rebels. Ho ' performed his disagreeable duty faithful ly nnd zealously under orders from his R.i superiors nnd uncomplainingly endured the ostracism nnd storm of hatred which fell to his lot as the result of his military i administration. It is a late day for a pre tended republican exponent to revamp the stale democratic slanders of twenty years ago against an ofllcor who labored iu the reconstruction period to protect Jlfo , property und the rights of the ballot in rebellion ) . Hotter Tlmn the Itonr Hill. Senator Van Wyck's bill permitting the use of the Union Pacllio funds , de posited in the treasury under the Thur- man act , for the building of branch lines in Nebraska and Kansas , Is bettor for the people of the United States and the gov ernment than the Hoaf bill. It has none of the many serious objections which can be made to the latter measure. It leaves the present mortgage security untouched and the time of the maturity of the debt unchanged. It says nothing about re ducing the interest and is not artfully contiivcd to scale down llio amount duo and to become due to the government. Moro than nil , it docs not legalise any of the iniquities of past mismanagement. For these reasons it is better than the bill which Mr. Adams and his filends are now so earnestly pushing at the capital. Senator Van Wvck's bill alms to ac complish a two-fold object. It will relieve - liovo the company from the condition of practical Insolvency Into which it has been plunged by n scries of corrupt man agements. The road has been milked dry of funds and its present owners Unit themselves unable to meet competition by extending branch lines into their in vaded territory. By the use of the funds lying Idle in the treasury or invested lu bonds bearing a low rate of interest the road will be placed upon its feet in the region where it is now.liandi- capped and helpless. Another result of the Van Wyck bill , if it secures a passage , will bo to increase the value of tlio gov ernment lion upon the road. Tlio sinking fund , now unproductive , will bo invested in lines of road on which the government will have a iirsl lien , and which , under the provisions of the bill , must bo hon estly constructed with their debentures based on an actual expenditure of money. This , briolly stated , is the gist and ob ject of the bill which the howling der vishes of the brass colored brigade arc pointing to as a violent "somersault" from the anti-monopoly ranks. Nothing would suit these nincompoops better than to succeed in demonstrating that objection to railroad abuses nnd obstruc tion to railroad extension arc one and tbo same thing. It cannot bo done. Public Spirit. The wealthiest men of Omaha are by no means the parties to whom Omaha is indebted for her most important outer ptisos. When the Grand Central hotel was built , years ago , the Omaha million aires subscribed just one thousand dollars to its stock , and some ninety odd citizens of very moderate means put in an equal sum each. In the present scheme to raise funds to erect a board of trade building , our bankers and heaviest capitalists have only subscribed one hundred dollars each. There is onl3' one exception and that is Mr. Paxton , who is largely inter ested in property on Sixteenth and Fnrnam. Why do not the men of largo means who have made fortunes out of Omaha real estate do moro than the av erage business man who is paying rents or nt best has no capital to withdraw from his business ? In other cities , Kan sas City , St. Paul , Minneapolis and else where , capitalists are wise enough to un derstand that every hwyi'CYeHieili which adds to the facilities for trade and tlio appearance of the city adds to the value of their own securities. In addition , they nro public spirited enough to feel that great wealth carries with it _ ob ligations to boar n proportionate share of the burden of citizenship. In St. Paul , $200,000 , in private donations assisted Dennis Ryan to build his great hotel whoso magnificence has advertised St. Paul's wealth and enterprise from one end af the country to the other. /single / cilb.en willingly headed the list with $50,000 as his contributian to the building fund. In Omaha the private enterprise of our wealthy citizens hangs to the coattails - tails of the men of moderate means. The capitalists who have made the most from the pluck and push of others inva riably hang back when any scheme for advancing the interests of this city is presented for their support. It is high time that there should bo a change iu this condition of things n Omaha is to keep abrcnst of the enter prise of her competitors. No city can stand still nowadays without losing ground. The development of western cities is one of high tension. To carry it forward as conditions demand requires the united endeavors of individuals as well as the oilicial action of committees. In the matter of the board of trade building there is no reason why the few thousand dollars required should not bo raised in twenty-four hours if the parties who owe it to themselves nnd to this community to assist respond as they should to the call for bond subscriptions. Farmers' Institutes. The value of farmers' institutes cannot bo overestimated. Tlio best thoughts of practical and intelligent farmers are brought out for the bcnolit of tlio whole community , and the result is very ben eficial. Nebraska is a strictly agricultural state , and in every woll-sottlcd county there ought to bo a farmers' institute , As yet wo do not believe there are many institutes in this state. The model insti tute , however , is that of Butlulo county , which has just closed Us fifth annual ses sion at Gibbon. The session lasted for four days , and was in every respect a gratifying success. The object of the institute , as stated in tlio programme , is to give the masses an opportunity to learn , at little or no cost , the knowledge gained by the oldest and best agricultu rists of the country , at the expense of much money and many years ; to help farmers to make moro mpnoy , at a great er expenditure of brain and less of mus cle. The piogrammo was of a practical and entertaining nature , including pa pers on "Corn raising and marketing , " "Diseases of cattle , " "Diseases of swine and their treatment , " "Judging stock by n scale of points , " "Some feeding prob lems , " "How can wo best build upon and improve our common dairy stock , " "Tho test churn in the creamery , " "Winter dairying , " "Grasses and forage plants , " "Tamo Grosses in Butl'alo county , " "Ag ricultural education , " nnd other subjects. All those papers , addresses and discus sions wore by practical men of many years' ' experience , and they are therefore of more than ordinary value. The insti tute lias wisely made provision for their publication. It is to bo hoped that every county iu Nebraska will follow the example - ample of Buffalo county nnd organize a farmers' institute , THE Ftmqsylvania railroad company through its Now Jersey legislature , re cently passed a law to the effect that uo railroad company could construct a bridge ncross the Arthur Kill or any other inter-stnto body of water touching the boundaries of Now Jersey without the consent of tlio legislature. This was done to obstruct the construction of the proposed Arthur Kill bridge of tlio Balti more & Ohio , which is seeking an entry to New York in that way. The Balti more & Ohio , however , appeals dhcctly to congress for a charier , nnd Senator Fryc , of the committee of commerce , has reported favorably on the bill , authoriz ing the construction of the bridge and es tablishing the same as a post road. The action of the New Jersey legislature is simply ridiculous , as it is in direct con- llict with tlio well-established principles of inter-stnlo commerce , as laid down by the federal constitution. Tlio legislature of Iowa might as well pass a law prohi biting the construction of a bridge over the Missouri at Omaha , unless the Iowa legislature first granted permission. Tun Salvation nrnly proposes to move on Council Blufls. This fact may explain the declination of Mayor Vnuglum to bo a candidate for re-election. It is sur mised that he proposes to add new laurels to his fame by becoming a distinguished loader among the Salvationists. LATER Since the above was written wo have received advices that Mavor Vaughan , upon second sober thought , has concluded to try politics once moro before taking to religion. ACCOUPINO to the Herald "tho BEE isn't quite as hilarious over 'slaughter house polities' us it was. " Well , what do you expect ? Do you want us to publish a new batch ot B. & M. ( Boyd & Miller ) , letters every day in the year ? There are u few moro on file , but wo don't want to make it lee hilarious in one week. WE are informed that the council is holding back on the city hall matter un til the board of education lias made a transfer of the fund authorized by tlio voters to bo invested in tlio now building. The board will probably take action at an early day. THE Chicago Mail calls upon the people of that city to try to elect men of brains and men of ability to the city councilnnd keep the scoundrels in the background } or onco. This applies with as nuicli force to Omaha as it does to Chicago. How would it bo if Marshal Cummings - mings should run for councilman in the Fifth ward ? That would relieve the P. H. organ from further distress over tlio republican marshal. MARSHAL CUMMINGS as councilman of the Fifth ward would represent the labor clement , which is in largo majority in that section of the city. Other Iniiuls Than Ours. While parliament is slowly proceeding with tlio consideration of the fiscal bills introduced by the government , Mr. Gladstone is reported to bo devoting all his spare time to formulating his prom ised Irish measures. 'Cablegrams on Wednesday announced that the first out line Cf uicfae bills had been presented by the premier to the cabinet and that Mr. Gladstone proposes to go the whole length of restoring the Irish parliament. Whether this report be true , it is certain strong divisions have already taken place in the cabinet on Mr. Gladstone's policy , and that tlio tenure of of fice of both Chambcilaiu nnd Trovelynn is likely to be of short dura tion. Both thrcnten to halt on the homo rule issue. The Parnellites profess themselves - solves satisfied that the government is traveling in the right direction. Sails- bery and his followers , on the other hand , appear to be committing themselves moro fully every day to an attitude of hostility to any homo rule legislation. It is tolerably certain , however , that if Air. Gladstone's Irish legislation is such as Mr. Parnoll is ready to accept and sup port , the liberal party will follow its leader with snlllcicnt solidity to insure its passage by the commons. It scorns to bo assumed that the lords will throw out tho. bill , whatever it way be , and thus force a second appeal to the country. But this may prove to be a too hasty as sumption. The house of lords has for n long time past been quite chary of throwing out bills which pass by a strong majority in the com mons. The hereditary legislators are conscious of the fact that the very ex istence of their chamber may nt any time bo challenged if they stand in the way of the national will clearly expressed. So that wo shall not bo surprised to see thorn drive as hard a bargain as possible for their clients , the Irish landlords , by way of amendments to Gladstone's bill , and yield the rest with the best grace they can. It will all depend upon how ninny whlgs , or moderate liberals , as they are styled , can bo induced to desert Gladstone on division night in the com mons. If the bill is carried by a majority of 100 in the popular branch , the lords will think twice before rejecting it. As the nationalists can furnish nil but four teen of that majority , it is quite on the cards that it will bo obtained. It is too early yet to say that there will certainly bo another general , election before the Irish question is settled , Lord Churchill's escapade in Ulster where ho 1ms bcon arousing the excitable Irishmen of Belfast to opposition to homo rule , has won him little but ad ditional notoriety. There are not many orangemen , but they are very cantanker ous , and both in numbers and temper they form an appropriate enough follow ing for Lord Randolph. No doubt they repay with interest the dislike with which they nro regarded by the great body of the Irish people , nnd that Ire land wishes anything whatever would bo a conclusive reason why the orangomcn should oppose it. But the results of the "bloody struggle with the nationalists" for which Lord Randolph urges them to prepare would bo such that the orangemen mon tire not likely to respond with en thusiasm to ids appeal. The efforts of Blaiunrck to secure the passage of the spirits monopoly bill and the prolongation of the anti-socialistic law continue'to bo the prominent features of the present session of the rcichstng nnd will overshadow every other ques tion. Doubtless the monopoly bill will bo defeated. ludced Bismarck appears to expect as much , nnd has n substitute for it Cn hand , so that , although ho is certain to make a formidable iight to get it passed , ho will submit to the inevitable should the final vote bo nn adverse one. But ho certainly will not as readily sub mit to a rejection q hp anti-socinlistio law , and , although holia ? disclaimed any intention of dissolving the rclchstag , it Is generally bolievcd llu.t'this declaration will only hold coed In regard to the mo nopoly bill , and that the rejection of the socialistic law by the rcichstng will surely bo followed by its dissolution , Thcro is no question that.thc . chances for the adoption of the law are exceedingly slim. When , May 10 , 18& , the second prolongation was adoplpd by a vote of 183 to 159 this was uindoi solely possible by the nlllrmativo solo of thirty-nine clericals , three Alsatlnns , and twenty-six liberals. Then the o twenty-six liberal votes were given under protest , and there Is no doubt that every liberal this time will vote against the mcasuro. 181) ) votes nro necessary for adop tion in n full house. The govern ment commands only 150 , bcinc the Votes of tbo conservatives , frco consova- tivo and national liberals. Consequently it will have to win over forty-three mem bers of the clerical party , and that it will bo able to do so Is generally doubled , In spite of its late concessions lu regard to the May laws. * * * Greece continues to splutter angrily , and it is possible that there may bo some fighting between the Turks and their Hellenic foes. If so the sultan will be likely to tind many embarrassments of the kind hinted at in a dispatch from Salonica which states that torpe does placed in the harbor of that city have been removed by stealth. Turkish waters swarm with Greek seamen who nro nil ready to &ln b the hated Moslem power in secret , and it would probably be discovered In case of war that many Turkish haibors have b'l'en rendered de fenseless and many Turkish vessels placed in the giasp of Greek cruisers. * * * M. Do Froycinot appears to bo ambi tious of fame as a "jingo. " Ho has in structed the French minister at Cairo to support the demands of the Porto for the speedy evacuation of Egypt by the Eng lish , and the substitution of Turkish and Egyptian troops. In case of a refusal on the part of England , it is said that M. Do Freycinet will attempt to combine the other powers in support of the sultan's suzerain rights. Very likely this is nil bluster on tlio part of the French pre mier ; but English lories will not be slow oven to exult in the news as one conso- quenoo of Mr. Gladstone's return to power. From their point of view , only Lord Salisbury can successfully defend "the integrity of the empire. " * -i A , President Bograu , iof Honduras , has the despotism without ! thoMirowdncss of Barrios , of Guatemala.'o ' His military conscription , martial law and censorship of the press have produced a reign of terror. The lloggingJto , dqathoi a young man who drew a car.tooa . representing Brogan with the honiTjof sfn ass bringing Honduras to the fcotipf Barrios , has in tensified the popular * disgust with the president. $ . " 'i The constitutional changes in Japan , 'JCocrlbod by a ToklocbYresponiiont , may appear somewhat obsctmrto the ordinary reader unversed in thq mj'stories of far- eastern politics , but they may bo describ ed in a few words. In 1890 the first par liament of Japan is to bo elected , and in order to prepare for representative gov ernment it has been necessary to sweep away the supreme council of state , which has hitherto practically ruled the country under the Mikado himself. The heads of departments will now form a cabinet , each member of which is directly and personally responsible to the sovereign. The Gorman system is taken as the model to bo followed as closely as possible , although it way bo hoped that the Japanese premier may get on bettor with liis parliament than Prince Bismarck does with the roiclistag. * * * Every day the old trouble in the Balkan provinces is. crojiping out in some now ticuto malady. Russia refuses to recognize even the terms of the proposed European convention for the settlement of the terms of union between the Bulgnr-Rou- mclian union , nnd the Porto and Austria are at odds both with Russia and Turkry. It is not likely that the larger northern nations will attack Turkey or open hos tilities on account of these disagreements , but it is probable that somehow between Scrvia ana Bulgaria or between Greece and Turkey war will soon begin , and in this event that Russia will interfere as in 1870 , and that Austria , too , will take a hand , unless the international syndicate for the wholesale moving of obstreperous nations can get down to its work before the flowers bloom in the spring. * * * Canada is preparing to send a flying column of volunteer troops to intimidate the Indians of the Northwest territory , who arc supposed to bo meditating hos tilities in the spring. The much lauded victories of general Middlcton and the hanging of Kiel and several of his allies appear to have fallen iar short of cstab- ishing quiet in the northwest and confi dence in Ottawa. * * * Although llio city of Berlin has n fund- oil debt of a llttlo over ? 38,000,000 , , nnd will have to borrow7abput $12,000,000 , moro in the immediate future to com plete its sewerage syst < 5inUs , " finances nro not nt all in a bad why. For , with the ' exception of about l O.'olJO , this money has boon expended for gaa works , water works , stock yards , ? iuu.r2Jct halls , etc. , from which the cityMovI os annually a nofrovonuo over nndfaboyp nil expenses and interest clmrgostjo the amount of $1,590,000. , , ifXI * * # -15 The woman fiufl'nigQr'e"Siiro , or as they say in England , -parliamentary franchise to splnstors iW.which passed its second reading In th'e Jibusa of com mons last week , was1 njo'ro favored by fortunate circumstances than by power ful popular sentiment , Many of the ene mies of the measure were absent , while the Irish members had n special reason for advancing it. In Ulster , upon the death of n Catholic rate-payer , the author ities put his widow on the tax-rolls , while in the place of a deceased Protestant rate payer the eldest son goes on the rolls and can vote , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ POiaTlOAfc POINTS. The moro they Investigate Ohio politics the less theseoiu to know about it , The Virginia legislature seema decided to enforce the Kldijlebcrger plan of debt settle ment. . Flood.-tho bonanza kins , "wauls to go to the senate from California In the event of. Senator Miller's death. A. correspondent snys i there is anj- change In the cabinet Thurmiui Mill hn\o the first refusal of the vacancy. The Mississippi legislature H considering a ccncrnl local option bill. Twenty-six coun ties hnvo nlicady adopted piohlbltlon. It Is claimed that Michigan and Connecti cut are tlto states In which the political Inllu- rncb of labor organizations will bo most speedily seen. It Is predicted that tlio next congressional elections will show whether or not the low- taiitt domocints can altord to separnto fioia tliepiotectlonlst ? . Col. A. U. McOlll , who ls talked of for the leptibUean nomination for goveinorot Min nesota , Is sairt to rival Logan and St. John In the matter of moustache. Acoricsponitcnt says fifty ot the senators nionccomnanled bj their v\lves or dniuhlcis ? In Washington , and the only leally and com pletely bald-headed senator Is not. Maine politicians agree that tholnbor move ments will inateiliilly affect paity lines lu that state , . .histheio the v > eight of chantf- hit ; \ < > tc < will fnll Is not yet npiuient. Stephen Mcnltt , the mnli'italccr at Omul's funeral , who was beaten at the ! nt Now Yoik elect Ion In the into forstntescnntoi , has joined the Mow Yoik county dcmociacy. The ie.publle.in contestant for Congiess- man Wcnvei's scat claims to have evidence of : 00 Illegal votes cast for his atlversaiyanil pait.of these ho tiacus to llio Insane asylum. Now Ilamp'hho Is to vote next month on the question of calllmr a constitutional con- \cntlon , tlio chloC mutter to bo eonsldeicd beliiR a change In tlio date of sessions of the legislatuio. A coiiosiomlont ] says Ben Uuttcnvoith inailoa mistake when ho wont back to con- press Instead of piolitlns by his c.\peiIcnco In the patent ofllco to bitlhl up nlucintlvo law piactico In patent cases. The New Oilcans Tlmos-Dcniocint notes that nnithcrn congiessmcii mo weakening In their suppoit of protection , and it urges southern icpiosontatlvcs to licht for the smoke-stacks nml spindles of Dixie. A Geoigla paper iiilnts a story that In the campaign of Ib70 the South Cniollnn clcctois wcio lor sale , nnd actually opened negotia tions to cast their votes against the candidate in whoso Inteicst they had been chosen. lUcharilTiovelllck , one of the chief oisan- Izers of the Knights of'Labor and a well- known politician of Michigan , Is talked of ns possible successor to Senator Condor. Ho was a war democrat anil sei veil In the navy. Itisieportcd that n prominent candidate for goveinovot Texas was concerned In the nniulcr of two women on Cluistnm night. Hut it is not known whutlioi the icpoit is a campaign document for or against the can didate. A Philadelphia paper has Information that the decision of the Mlssouil prolilhitlonists not to vote for any man for the nest legislat- mo unless ho pledges himself to support n pinhibltory constitutional amendment and a local option Inw may distmb the plans ot some candidates tor the next United States sunntoislilp tiom that state. Not n SportIIIR Matter. Kansas Citu Time * . There ought to be gicat lejolclnc ; In the illocese oIMissouiiwhc.il Butts Is declared oil. Makitiff Himself Volt. Fuller-ton Journal. Van Mryck is making himself felt in con gress in a manner that elicit * thn wannest miimialion ol all right thinking people. An Unwarranted Omission. Obviously tlio man who quoted Tnlmage as saying , "lliitation Is devilish , ' ' made a seri ous omission. The woul "nice" w.is left off the end of the sentence. Will Cause n Wall. r/cmoiit llciald. George Q. Cannon will be fired into the penitential y instead of congress this time , as an exchange puts It. This will cause a wall to miso around Herald headiuiaitcrs In Omaha. * The Sense Required to be n ClU'is- tinn. Srtm Jonct , It takes as little sense to bo a Christian as an > thing else , I believe that a man that has Bouse enough to bo n llrst-class bootblack or a good blacksmith has sense enough to bo a litbt-class Chiisliun. Setting a Trap For TliomsclvcH. I'MlaMiMa llccoitf. When n combination of speculators manage to coinci a business by establishing what Is called a syndicate , but which is ically a con- ppliacy .igainst the public Interest , they sel dom giasp the fact that they may make smooth the w ay for being coi noicd thomsoves. To Catoh the Rcpnrlnrial Vote. CMcago Ciin'f lit. Governor Robinson , of Massachusetts , has advised the newspaper men of his stnto to abandon editorials and to tlevoto their papeis to the publication of news exclusively. Gov- ernoi Kobinson Is probably striving to catch the repoitorlal vote. A Boom Tor the Pickpockets. SI , Limit Rtjtuliltcait. In a very few days the Chicago pickpockets have cleared 83,000 by attending the Sam Jones meetings. The meetings nro veiy popular In Chicago , as they keep business moving icgaidless of the fact that the boaid of trade Is not In session In the evening. Tlio Specialist. JViflaiMjiJifa Prcti , The most caioless lad , beginning llfo now , in the modem crush nnd stiuggle.soon learns that It will never do to scatter his shot. Only the specialist , and the thoiough able special ist , has a chance in tlio piofcsslons , sciences , or tiadcs. 1'aicnts are beginning to find that the natural bent of a boy's t.ilonts or skill must bo dlscoveicd , and his whole tuiln- Ing bo directed to stiengllicn and develop It If success Is tobonssuied tohlm. Tcmpernuoo Talk In Georgia. .Sum Jones. "This talk nbout my being too lough on the liquor dealeia reminds moot the man who was attacked by the vicious dog. Ho stuck a pltchfoik clean tl.iough him and pinned him to the oaith. The owner came out very angry , and said : ' " \Vhat did you stick that pltchtoik through my dog toiV " 'Well , what made your dog attack me ? ' ' "Well , why didn't ' you hit him with the other end ? ' ' "Why didn't ho come at mo with the other end ? ' [ Laughter. ] "That Is just my position. If they como at me with the teetli end 1 will meet them with the fork end. " f Laughter and np- planse.J Handy With Their l cn , rutimont Stynal , Doctor Mlllei and James K. Boyd seem to have been remarkably liandy with their pen In recommending and denouncing demociat- lo candidates for certain ofllces ; often giving identical encouragement to two or tluoo ap plicants for the sanio position , and just as frequently throwing cold water upon some aspirant who supposed himself their chosen one. Ilosowatcr published the substance of their letters anil telegiams , nnd the expose caused confusion In the demonatlu ranks. The' two gentlemen mentioned above sup posed he was working ouly upon somo-iu- mor , anil Indignantly denied the whole business. Then Uo owntor cnmo out with authentic coples-ot the vvholccouespondonco with names , signatures nnd dates , nnd the democratic wrath Is transferred from lloso- water to the villainous officials at WashtiiK- ton who have been base enough to give away the confidential letters of the Nebraska dem ocratic leaders. It don't pay to bo two-faced , even In politics , and found out A Whirl. llothm 7Yan . * ffi > / . No wonder that the woild seems stiango , And nil the ueopln In It queer , roriound and round It whirling goes. Day after U.iy , year after j eai. No wonder that the vvhhlwliuls blow , And cj clones cleave theli iiathw aj s drear , Tor earth and moon n-wnlmng go Day alter day , year alter ye.ir. When age creeps on wo long for icst ; To pimp amid this mad cnieer And ask : "Why need we wait ? and whhl , Day niter day , year after ycai ? ' ' lint If our thought ? , like winding stair , Tend upward ton higher sphere , Then nobler , puici , shall v\og'-ow , Day alter day , j car alter j ear. JIOXJJY VOll T11I2 1M.DICS. Large buttons will prevail. Hlnek lneo dresses nrn popular. .let Is ns much the rage as over. The i.igc for tinsel Is unabated. Trains me innilo unusually Ion ? . Flounces me entliely out of fnslilnn. Stt > cklngs aic worn to match di esses. Dinner diesscs aic do ilgucur tialncd. Kibbons will bo In demand for dimming. 1'owdoied h.ilr Is quite the collect thing. Toichon laeo In nil colors Is entliely now. Ulnck crape Is used to cover cilmson satin. Itomul hats will be moio woin than bon nets. Illuminated leather Is fashionable for shoes. Plush continues the favoilto fabilc for mantles. " 'Wanted Husband1' the "Why , a , lepllod p.ilnter. Thcionic eight fcmnle physic ins piactlc- iu gin Pails. Sti ings of beads arc used to loop up long tiainswhen iiancing. Chemisettes of fancy white muslin aic woin under t'ignio jackets. A woman's fiamo ot mind Is usually a lint frame. I New Haven News. Embroldciles nnd beads being still In fa- voi , Hat trimmings will picdomlnnte. Woman Is not much ot n philosopher , but she is piovciblally a clothes obseivcr. Tulle In evening shades Is studded w Ith laigo peail beads of conespondlng tints. Loops of nauovv ribbon nii.uiged In cas- c.ules me vciy fashionable for ball diosses. "Oh , yes , I see , " she mused. "It wns veiy thonglitlul in jou , heic is n dollar e.vtin. " Col'aia ' nnd diesses will bo higher than over this spiing and cut peifectly straight on the edge. Cuicau covers como with the ends elabo rately cmbioideied , and linlslied with knot ted U Inge. Poi hlan lawn Is much In favor for white summei diesscs : It Is Inexpensive , and washes w ell. Matador jackets of jet grenadine edged with good-sized beads with collar to match HI collective. Ellen Tcny gets S.5T5 n week fifty-two weeks of the jear , with a vacation whenever she chooses. Laigo diavvlng-iooms aic tilled with n num ber of scicens , They me supposed to facili tate lllitations. Ouida says If the Venus do Medic ! could be animated Into lite , women would only le- maik that her waist Is laigo. Theio aie 7,700,513 working women in England nnd Wales. They nio employed In ! 2bO dilluicut bunches ot vvoik. PIvo o'clock tea npions. inatto enthely of wlilta } < w > a nifl vayu fnKlilniuhlv WOlll ( MCI' slioitdiobses ol small simply made. Dicsses of coiomony , when made nf two mateilals , hn\o the tinin mudo ol the plain mntoiial , nnd the liont of the liguied. lionnets nio to bo small nnd huts high , and the tin ban so fancied by oui English cousins is the juste milieu between the extremes. Alpaca mohair is one of the new fnbiics used In I'm is lor evening dicsses , the lavoi- Ito tints being tuiquoiso blue and shell pink. Plaited skills and full bodices will be woin by llttlo gills. Fall blouses of white cash- meic aio woin with colored skhts and loimvo jackets. Soft woolen fabrics , with striped boulors with medhuval designs and coloring , nro to be worn , as well us those with the blighter lioman stiipes. onigoie.canwar K00lls for Carlv Bi"ig imvo boldeis composed of alternate io\\s ol beads and liiso braid , conespondiiig In color to the labrlc. Alhooklyn woman is keeping In a book a list ol tilings she ought to imicnnse. but can not allout to wear. She calls the book her ought-to-buj-ogiaphy. The fashion ot mingling a plain fabric with nnirovv snipes and tiny checks , In one costume , Is noted , but the style , though In mode , Is not ndmliable. Woolen canvas , in all the spiing colors , has tiny Hecks of biight-coloiod wool , niul Is used In combination with mateihd ol the same toiio with daiK'erstiipcs. In a ball-ioom. Mis. U in/on "Ah , Dr. Pillsbury , I see you nio looking nt my new dress. It Is very low-necked , 1 know ; but ically , what do you think of it ? " "Pneumo nia , madam , pneumonia 1" A inddy blondoof Washington boulovaul , Chicago , lastens hci fat llttlo hands 10 the headboaid on ictiiiiig , so ns to icdiico the supply of blood nnd inodnco the delicate com plexion of nn invalid lilmid , A bachelor poet piopoundN the following comindium : "What Is wmmcr than n wo man's love ? " In losponso to which n mnirlcd IHOSO writer would like to inquire ! " \Vlmt Is colder than n woman's feet ? " [ Chicago Ledger. Maul Mnller was bmofooted when she raked tha judge. It Is thought that if Hho Imdvvoui stockings and had holes In the heels without carlm ; a darn she could hav o worked the hay lacket all her lite without bagging a single torn 1st. Miss Dinident : "Auntie , you don't under stand Italian , nnd jour applauding at the vviong time nttinets attention to von from nil over iho house. " MIH , Viilgaiein , sliniply : "My dear , yon see this now vvinn ? Itcost SbOO to linuurt. What do yon think 1 came hoiofoii1" Jciseys are made In a vaiicty ot ways. Soineot them have plaited chemisettes of vel vet with cutffl to coi respond , othcis nio laced over lull plastions of contiastlng 01 hnimon- irlng small , and still otheia nro covmud with biaidsothat but little of the original nmtei- ial Is seen. Cotillion favois are In gieat variety. They nro dainty camllostiekH , tiny Japanese tea pots , quaint bottle * holding the pi colons nt- uu otiose , inn holders , and queer-looking spoons , which look ns II they intent bo the accompaniments to the decoiated bowls fiom which the dweller In Aichangel , though by no means nn nngel , drinks his dally tea. "Confound thuM > diussmnkeis' bills , " said old J5o'js to his joiing paitner. "I've just l > ald lor Mi.s. li'.s last ball dicss nnd 1 tell > ou they como lilsih. " "Coma high1' echoed the Junior ; "not the one she wore nt the mil- slcalo the othei night er nheml Kxcusu me , 1 was thinking of something else. " And tliu silence could Jmvo been cut with n kill Id , A widow whose ago might have breii loity went Into business on Grand llheralew weeks ago , nnd thoilrut move was to got n sign painted. The sei vices of a slgn-iuinter vvciosecund , nnd when ho finished his vvork ho put on his "Immlnt , " by placing his Ini tials , "W. A. JI."down In the left-hand cor ner of the sign. When the widow came to filticisollie vvoik she quciiod : "What does 'W. A. H. ' stand for/ " A new mode nf fastening tailor made cloth dre.ihcs Is to dispense with the tlme-honoicd method of closing the bodice. It is , Instead. fastened by a number ot mliuito buttons an d buttonholes on the. lett side beam ; these aio continued iiiound the nun , follow Ing the ux- nct slupuof the sleuvonnd theneo wet ceding up th shoulder te.un to the thioat. In this way the bodice- m.vle to lit the ligme tike a glove. For line figmiss this atylo ufecil\0 ! , but Indifferent ones should slum ltv IMU'PUIIMINTDROPS. . Fifteen newspaper men Bit In the Iowa Icg- Islatnie. The icsi sit on U. "Compound milk" Is the latest invention. The other ingiedient Is water. In close ajjjilk-atlou to business nothing on this footstool exceeds n musiard plaster. A new make of stove Is called "Tho In- fdut , " It la not cuppo&cd to bo a sclf-iccdcr. Tlio Japanese have a high rcspoct for cfltg when they aio dead. So hnvo most Ameri cans. They assert that poik Is unhealthy. Norer eat poik until jou have examined its tongue and felt of Its pulse. Thcro Is no nlaco like homo when you hnvo bid jour motlicr-lti-law good-by when she s goln ? nwny for good. Sitting up with the. girl Is ple.isnnt pastime but icmembci , yoiingmnn , that It takes hogs and hominy to keep house. Cocaine has proved a failure ns a euro fof sea-sickness , 'llils Is not smprlslng ; nolli- Ing will euio sea-sickness but death or stay ing on shore. The town of Olcnclg , Md.ls remarkable for the fact that Its name spells the snino back ward or forward. Thais what the matter with linniinh. It Is some satisfaction to argue with the man who holds a grab mortcaco on your homestead. Ho Is nlvvnj-s londy to accept jour piemises. " 1 look- for the moon In the sky , " sings n iiiralpoet. That's piopcr , vonnir man. I'eo- jilo would think jou vveronlool It they caught j on lonMng for the moon lu a haymow. A tempeiaiico lecturer nskod n inllroad ma Minto to sign the pledge. "Kxcuso mu. sir , " hoieplled. "Idraw the line there. I mu willing to Intiodueo water into every nj stem but my ow n. " "Somo one hns Invented n theater hat that .shuts up , to be woin by the Indies. " Tlint'H nil light. Now let someone Invent some thing that will hold a young man In Ids seat between the nets , and two nuisances will be abated. Visitor of the dlmo museum to the little girl who takes the easli "Wo have made a bet , nud wo want jou to settle It. Is the beaidedlady jour mother or jour mint ? " Tim llttlo glil "You mo nil vviong. Sliois my lather. " " \Vhiit lime did you go homo fiom the club last night. UiomleyV" "At it In the inoinliig. " "Awakening your wife , no douluV"e , Daiiiuger. That's my usual luck , you know. " "What did you say to her/1 "I didn't say nnj thing. There wasn't nnj thing left to .say nltei she got thumgli. " "A coal of paint , " ciled Mr. Dauber Jocu- Imly lioni thohuldei , "Is the only coat jou enn mil on without bntloiH. " "i'a-ns , " ie- plled tlio householdei , dubiously , as ho ex amined tlio woik on the side of the house , "hut i leckon you'll have to put buttons on this one if you want It to stay on nltei it diiei. " "It seems to mo wo have had moro rold waves this wlntei than usual , " obscivedMis. Fangle to her husband. "Yus , wo have , but then Gen. Ha/en , the chief signal oftlcm ; had a personal lenson In oidoilngsomnnj' . " "Indeed I Whj'.1" "Ho finds himself lu hot water so olten that ho oidei.sa cold wave occasionally to oqnullrn the temperntuie. " 1MP1KT1123. Never sneer nt collections for the mission- aiy. 11 theiooro 110110 how could n tellow gel ud of his plugged quarters11 A 1'ittsburg minister 1ms denounced "Tl-o Mikado1' from his pulpit. The ndvoi Using agent could only peisuado him to do it once , ho\vo\ . "What stinifs nio the most perilous ? " asked n fatindnvsehool superintendent , niul a little boy spoke up promptly : "Whisky stialghts. " "XeaicrMy ( ! od to Tlico" Is an ailafor tenor or soprano , and Is destined to tnko Its place as one ot the most popular gems fur chinch rendition. These fashionable women who happen to KO to heaven \\lll bo nwlully disappointed on aiilvlngtlieioto llnd that sealskin sncqucs and bonnets. lie not woin there. Thcic Is a man In Philadelphia BO mean that \\hcn ho is nsked to join in slnirintr "Old llundicd , " chums oil "Ninety-Nino" Instead. llosav h lie has not to make one per cent. , anyway , these haul times. Tim Hindoos am complaining nbonl the poor quality ot Idols Cut milled them by the Birmingham nimiulnetincrs. People who would foist an ndulleiatcd article of Idol upon theii cusUmicis aio uttcily de void ot nil the liner nnd nobler nttiluutos of. manhood. It Is told of n Chicago alderman that ho onccicmaikcdiu tliu presence of hlsfellovv- ! ! ie.boi3 : of the city Bovoinuicnt : f'Kveiy night 1 get down on my knees ami say my little pi.iyui , and 1 don't cr.ie n - who Bees mo. " Jlo Is a cnmliilatu for re-election. A ccilaln dlvlnolio had wandered In the com.so ol his tiavels uoyond the conveni ences of the inlho.ul was obliged to take to n hoi so. Ucing umircu'itoiiied to ildlng ho said to his host : " 1 hope you aio not so un icgoneiatu in these mils that you woul- cive ineahoiso which would tluowngood I'lesbytoiiim minister ? " " \Vnll , I dunne , " was the reply , "wo believe in speeding the gospel 1" "Mr. Tilalbalnnce , " said Old Jlyoon to the bookkeeper , "you woie away4 two days last week. " ' ! was , Mr. Hyson : I wus simi- jiioncileii ' } ' , < ie ' ! yiqntuiiid the * r..5miny " " .V..Tiio'mci. "All , yes , " said tlio old moi- chant "quite right , quite light. Accept my condolences. Did you buiy the old IndyV" "Yes , sir , " "Ah , yes , bulled her ; I thought fiomjour breath you hail embalmed her. " ( Loud and long-continued silence. ) The exploits of the Pennsylvania MennonIte - Ito pi earner. In baptl/lnc com cits in tlio Sehuylklll liver amid Ilo.itliig cakes of ice at the iieiil of tholr lives , icrall the nugro preacher who baptised mcmbois of his Hock under similar cfrcimistniicos during the old days ot slaveiy , and when the umrcnt would occasionally cany an unfoitunato cnhdldato under the ice nnd fai nwtiy. tolled his eve to hca\on nnrt exclaimed : "Uo < Lnwd glbbltn nnd do hn\vd talccth awny. P.IBS on nnmul- dcr nigger. " I , > SCALL-HEAD a Crust , Dandruff , Eczema and All Scnlp Huiiioi'a Cured hy Ctiticimx , i LAST November , my llttlo boy , moil three yours , loll nitnlnst the utovo whllo ho wiia * - rimiiliiK , nml cut Ills lioiul , iinU , light aflor that , ho luoko out all over Ills honil , lucu mid loft oar. J hml n ( rood doctor. Dr. - . to uttond him , but lie pot worso. nml the doctor uoiilil not euro him. Ills whole bend , liico mill loft our wore In a font-fill fitiitu , nnd bo stitrorod tonlbly. I cnitRlit tliodlsciisn ( torn 1dm , mid ItBptoiul U over my fnca itml nnok , mid even ot into my 0)8. Nobody though t o would over K"t hot ter. I fell Bum no woio cllbllifiuoc ] lor llfo , I huiinl of tlio Cutloiirn ItomudloH , und piocuroA n bottle ot Ciitlcura Hosolvotit , n bov of Cull- euro , nnd n calto of C'ullourn Hoitp. nml usoil thorn LOtiManlly day nnd nlsilit. After nslnif two bottles nf llosolvimt , four hoxoa of Cut ] . cura nnd fourcnkraot 80. in , wo woio perfectly ouiod without UEcar. Jly ooy'siklu inowllliQ Eiitln. l.n.i n : UTI Grnml Street , Jersey City , N. .1. Huoru to bulorn mo thin 27th day of Ifnrcli , 1685. ( ilMinitT 1 * . IloniNHON , J , P. T11K WORST SOUK JIHAD. Huvoliooii hi tliudruir nnd medlulno business twnnty-llvo yonis. Huvu been syllliu } our ( 'illl- cuni lornoillfSNlnuo they i-aine wont. Tluiylciul nil others In tholr lino. Wo couM not wrlto nor could jou print till HO hnvo lionid guld in favor the Cutlvinu Jlomoilk" ) . tno your ngo tlio Uutl- curnnml Soap omed nllltlu trill hi our hoiibo of the woiat KOIO Uimil wo over ciuy , luitl the Itosol- vent and Cut Ion in mo now cm Ing a yonmifron- tlemnnol nt-oro lop , uhllo tlio phjHioliuia urn trying to have U nmpnlatoil. It will * uo Ida tou mid poihaiis his hfo. Too iniuh ciinnot bo mdJ in tuvoror Cutioimi Hcmoillim. S. II. SMITH & lino. Covlnttoi ) , Ky. CUTJCUHA Iti\iiiui ; : s nio n positive euro for every I erin of Mlu nnd blood dlrtMtos , fiom plimiicato bciolula. fcokl ovorywhuio. 1'iluo : ( Jiitlciiia , Wto. ; Id-soli out , tl.OO : Soap.ito. I'M ) . iiuicd by the l'ornn : Dnuu AND CiinsucAt , Co. , llostmi , Mns > ) . Send for "How to Cure SWn Diseases , " CVIH Itlonihhos.plniplos , liliu.'Uliou-ls - , and buby UJVJii humors , iibu CUTICUIIA HoAi' . FUU , 01' ACllKS .AND 1'AINS which no human HUH Eomna able to , dim lain , U I ho ooi.illtlon ol thou- fciimlg who us > et know notldMK of thai nu\v nml eh'Kum antldclo to pain. _ nnd Inilnmmutlon , tlio UunojuA AHI- I'AIN I WEST DAVMl'OIlT Furniture Co , Manufacturers of Bank , Office and Saloon Fixtures MJn'ors , Uiii- Screens unil Jlotfil J'linil- turc. 210 S. Mth Street , Omaha , Nblinisluu . Wilto for liugus nud I'n