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THE OMAHA DAILY SEE : TUESDAY , JULY 6 , 1880. THE DAILY BEE. OM TTA OTTICE. No. WM . * j r WIMTIJUM \ St. Nr.w YounOmcK. Itoou Ki.THinu.vB Ittm.iii.vrj \VARIII.NOTO.V Orno : . No. 513 rouuxEEXTii ST. Pnlil ) > hf < 1 PWT tnornliKf. otf > pt Similar- > | 1 ( ' rnly Monday moinlng jixpcr published In tlio SI hit. 7EI1MS nv XAtf , ! Onr Ycnr . JlO.fiO Three Months . J2.W SJxMentiu. . 6.00 Ono Monti . 1.00 Tlll.VS r.EKM-Dl.r. . T'nllllipl Evrry Wcdiiosdor. TT.Il.M' , 1-03TP.UO : rncVpnr. tilth | in < mlum . $2.00 ClnMcnr. without | irc > nilum . 1.2" ) Fir Months Illiotit ineintuni . * ' Ono Month , on tilal . 13 ronnrsroNDr.scB ! All cnmrniinlcntlorn rnlntln ? to n vr < nnd odl- Inrlnl mutter * . pliouM bo iiddroS-iCj to tlio not ion OF 'UK llFE. All tin HnrM totter * IXIKT rcmiltuncn" ! shonM 1)0 Mflrti-oscul to TUP. Urn VUtil.txill.tO COMIUVV , OMAHA lrnft ) , clirrlt * . ninl poMofflro onlt-n , to lie nindo piijnlilotothooidcrof thocomiinnj1. IHt Bit PUBIISHIIUMIM , PBOPRIEIOHS , K. ROBRWATKH. EDITon. TIII ; V iui- ; ; . Sworn SlnlciiHMil urClrctilntlon. Stfttc tit Nebraska , [ , Coimtv of Donitlai. i ' - Clco. H. 'Jv.seliuik.Hccn'taryot the Hfo Pub- HsIiliiK company , iloui solemnly swear that the nrlttnl circulation of tha Dixllv Jlce for the wcclc ending July 'Al , Wa , w.i as follows : Hfttimlny , Sfltli . 12,3V ) Moudny , Ufitli . lis,7.v ) Tuesday. 2'Jlli . 12.UM ) Wednesday , 30th . W.ino Tliur.s.lalst . . 12.UO Friday , 5d . . 12'JOO Average . 1A'J75 ! Or.o. H. T/.SCIUTK. Subscribed nnd swoin to bcfiiu1 1110 this Cllulay of July , 18SO. > i. P. Knii. , [ HKAI. . ] Notaiy Public , ( ! co. B. Tzschnck , bolnKlii'tduly sworn. de poses nud says that ho Is nrrctary ot the Uco J'nbllslilim company , tliat the actual avuraee dally circulation ot the Dully lleo lor the month of Jainmiy , ifaSO , was 1078 , rnplos ; for February , 188f > , K.V ) , ) > conies ; for .March , W80 , llfi 7'coulcs : for Am II , IbSO , 12,101 copies ; for May , is-jO , 12,4.7. ) copies ; for June , 18t6 , IS.U'J'j copies. Cio. ! : B. T/.sciitci < . Subscribed : uul sworn to bcfoio me , this Oth day of July , A. D. 1SSO. N. P. rim. , [ SIAT. : | > 'otai > Public. SINOK 1880 the requirmctit for pontons 1ms oxnccded $ r > 0OUO,000 a year , tlio high est liiriirea having been reached in 1883 , when there- was ptiiil out $00,012,573. The amount required the present year will bo nearer seventy than sixty mil lions. Obviously only tlio most meri torious claims could justify any addition to this euotinous demand upon the public treasury. IK the organs of the Bell Telephone monopoly are to bo believed , that gov ernment suit will never bo brought. AVe imagine that neither threats nor bribes will shako oft' the grip of Allen G. Tlmr- man , who has been retained to prosecute the case on behalf of the people. The history of the telephone patents will boar an investigation and ought to re ceive it. ami Jones of the New York Sun tinu Tunes ate blackguarding each other in the columns of their respective jour nals with a vigor and enthusiasm which puts the pencil-pushers of the "rowdy west" to shame. Ami yet not long ago Mr. Dana was mildly reproving western journalism for its disregard , of tlio ameni ties of cultured , llfo. Messrs. Dana and Jones should , pack their heads in ice and attend Mr. Arnold's lectures on "Sweet ness and Light , " PIUISIUENT CLEVELAND has far outrun any of his prodoessors in his use of the veto power , and , very likely before the end of his term will exceed the aggregate record of all the other presidents. Ho has thus far sent in feoventy-thrco vetoes , while the total of his predecessors amounted to only 109. Of the other pros- dents Lincoln sent in but one veto mes sage nnd Grant led all the rest with twen ty-nine. The exhibit is u rather striking commentary upon the character of much of the work which Mr. Cleveland's party has boon doing in congress , and will not bo lost sight of when the party is again put on trial before the country. THE committee on foreign aftairs of the United Slates senate has a curious docu ment in ono of Its pigeon holes. It is the petition of a Boston housekeeper , who formerly as the wife of a missionary resided In China , asking congress to make an exception to the anli-Chinoso law in her favor , in order that she may import Chinese servant. Thu unhappy lady sets forth that she is almost ruined in purse and health by the losses and the misery she has sull'ercd at the hands of servants in this country , nnd since she must have hired assistance she is hopeless - loss of peace and comfort In the future if I \ compelled to depend upon the sort of domestic help which alone is to bo ob tained hero. It Is n question with her ql Chinese service and happiness , or the imial Celtic or Teutonic nttlclo nfid a llfo of wretchedness , The case invites com miseration , but of course tlio lady must boar her share of tlio ills which every housekeeper who must luivo servants is liolr to or return to China. WK do not know just what iluijfTvlanco Is to be jrlvon to the Young Men's Reform convention which has been in session at BlontrojU. liboussing Canadian allaira and iiulloy , but it is apparently nn assemblage entitled to some consideration. The prime purpose of the convention seems to have been to discuss tlio question of Can ada's : independence , which has taken a * * fltrong nnd extended hold upon the public mind of the dominion , and particularly so upon the young men , who are not so susceptible as are their seniors to the in. fluonccs of a traditional loyalty. The now generation of Canadian politicians Jiavo evidently more faith in themselves than did their fathers , and a wiser view also of the possibilities of the country , or rather of the clianoe of utilizing those possibilities , if the people were left to tlio exclusive and absolute control nllko of their domestic aluilra and their relations * with otlior countries , Tha controversy now pending with the United States in relation to the fisheries 1ms had a very great oiled | u stimulating this sentiment , mid ills inevitable that the advancing power and prosperity of this country will keep the fueling alive and active. The convention decided to postpone consider ation of the question of independence to the next annual meeting , and in the luenntimo itlll assuredly bo a promi nent subject of popular thought and dis cussion. Tlio convention declared fitronglyiu favor of a treaty of reciprocity with the United States. A Not Hopeful Pnrtls.-in. Kx-Sonntor Katon , of Connecticut , who by virtue of long service in the demo cratic party and acknowledged ability as a politician , is entitled to speak respect ing his party and to have Ills opinion re garded , in a roocnt interview did not convey an altogether hopeful view of tlio democratic prospects In the battle of the coming fall for the next house of repre sentatives. Being outside of the political arena , Mr. Raton's vision Is not obscured by the dust or his reflections disturbed by the uoi. o of the conk-ntions going on tin-rein , and ho Is able to at once see and ( iollbornto clearly upon the situation , lie could not therefore tail to discover that the ofl'orU of the leaders of the party are being directed to the possibilities of the futuio specially with reference to the nt'xt presidential election , each and every one of them trimming his sails with the view to catching a popular breeze that may waft him into such favor as shall give him n claim to the attention of the next national convention. It does not require any remarknblo gift of penetration to discern the real drift of the plots and counter-plots of Kandall , Morrison and others among the democratic leaders , nor is it necessary that ono should have the wisdom of a seer to see 'to what re sult this .sort of thing must inevitably lead the party. The consequence of this purely polit * ical struggle in congress is suon in the factional breaches and controversies which have retarded all legislation nnd deprived the country of reforms which had boon promised and which thu people ple expected. Had the representatives of tlio democratic party In congress , with their overwhelming majority , been governed by an noncst desire to con serve the public welfare , instead of al lowing themselves to be manipulated by a few self-seeking leader ? , congress might have by this time or sooner brought its labors to a harmonious ter mination , given the country judicious reformatory and remedial legisla tion , and the democracy would have been stronger than a year ago in the confidence of the people. But when has a democratic congress shown its ability to devote itsulf to the conservation of the public inter ests , or demonstrated that it was tiny bettor than an assemblage of political schemers and wire pullers ? The democratic party is heavily handi capped by the course of the present con gress , and it cannot bo relieved by any thing which the majority in the house may do or attempt to do in the few re maining days of the session. A demo cratic president lias found it necessary to administer to it official reproof , and the more candid and outspoken demo cratic papers of the countryns for exam ple the Louisville Courier-Journal , have condemned it in unequivocal terms. The paper noted recently declared , in summing up what congress had failed to do , that the democratic success of two years ago was to all intents "a fruitless victory. " Its omissions are patent and indisputable , while tlio little that it has worthily done hardly challenges consid eration. Yet tlio party had a splendid opportunity to increase and strengthen its hold upon the public confidence. It has utterly failed again , as it has many limes before , to show that it has the great Interests of the people at heartand it deserves to bo repudiated by the pee ple. Another Sample of ltcfbrm. A chorus of gratulation from the nr- dent advocates of civil service reform bus greeted the appointmontof Governor Thompson , of South Carolina , as assist ant secretary of the treasury. Wo are assured that Mr. Thompson is a sincere believer in civil service retorm , notwith standing the fact that ho is a South Carolina lina politician , and that lie can bo safely trusMd to put his faith into practice. The present Incumbent of the ofiico , Mr. W. K. Smith , is said not to bo heartily in sympathy with this reform , anrt yet Mr. Cleveland has kept him in olllce , and would doubtless have retained him there to the end if the ofl'er of a railroad attor- noyship had not tempted him to resign. It occasionally happens that some cir cumstance arises , of which this under consideration is a sample , that suggests a serious doubt as to whether the presi dent has been as careful as so pronounced n supporter of civil service reform should bo in selecting men for positions having an appointing function , as doe ? that of the assistant secretary of the treasury , and it is just such disclosures that have most to do with convincing a very large class of people that civil ser vice reform as practiced is a good deal of n farce. Hero is a man whom the pres ident has tolerated in a position Inv lvi Ing the oversight of alle.ppohitmonta in the depjivtottjj , who is said by so excellent ' lent authority'oh civil service reform vir tue as the Now Yorlt Evening Post to bo unfriendly to the reform a man who it might bo fairly surmised has boon in col lusion with Illgglns in the oilbrts of that unsavory Individual to east reproach upon the policy , and whenever practica ble tp dtjfcut it. How many more of this sort of men is Mr. Cleveland permitting to remain in olllce ? As to Governor Thomp- ton , ho appears to have a consistent record as a supporter of the now princi ple , but it is not safe to count too largely upon him until ho has been thoroughly subjected to the pressure of the horde of Hpoils neekers which constantly infests Washington. J'lu-lft at the \Ylntn JIoiiRO , Some ono who has taken the trouble to Investigate , reports that President Cleve land is saving $35,000 u year from his an nual salary. Well , why shouldn't hoV Mora than $100,000 a year are appropri ated by congress for maintaining the white house , The servants , u.shcrs , door keepers , messengers and clerks oinploycd ro all paid lor by the people. Twenty- live thousand dollars annually nro appro- printed for contingent expenses , includ ing fuel , stationery , carpels , repairs , car nages , horses and Improvhments , Four teen thousand dollars Is supposed tn bo consumed In lighting tha oxccutivn man sion and twelve thousand for taking earn of tlio green houses , That eminent statesman , K. 11. ilnyos , who economized by looking the uxccutivo wine cullii.v and culling on the boys when Lucy II. had her back turned , was abl to lay usdo fully $3JO,000 , us the ro- suit of his four yours , term. ThU id now tccurely invested at Fremont , O. , and made quite a colossal "nest egg , " so to speak. Mr. Cleveland by following the example of his lllubtrious predecessor would soon be practically independent of the whlnn nnd surprises of nominat ing conventions. Tliirty-hvo thousand a year is n neat little sum for investment. Mr. Hayes in setting the example of thrift set also another example which Mr. Cleveland would be well to study. Ho planted a few dollars in Omaha real estate , and quad rupled his money at a speed that that beat Hlpgs & Co.'s interest on Washington deposits , "hands down. " Let us suggest , now that marringe has given the presi dent a large interest in improved prop erty in tills city , tniit he add to his invest ment from his salary s > a\ings. Thirty- live thousand will soon become seventy thousand. Just at present Omaha real estate bents government bonds and Wall street stocks all hollow. Tito Port Omnlin Illll. Senator Manderson's letter with regard to the Fort Omaha bill modifies in some degree the objectionable features of the scheme , but by no menus convinces us of thu necessity or advisability of the pro posed change. The senator is very tender and touchy. Whilst lie takes pains to impress upon our eiti/.i-ns that his sole aim in this matter is for the pub lic Interest he insinuates that our opposi tion springs either from ignorance or personal bias. Senator Mandcrson is simply mistaken. Our opposition to the Fort Omaha bill is not actuated by personal or political motives. Wo have not a dollar's worth of property within three miles of the foit , and have no pecuniary interest in any land.s within the limit of the re-location which is contemplated by the bill. Wo may bo ignorant with regard to the meth ods by which the now location is to be fixed , but wo wore not as ignorant about the design to make tlio change profitable to a land syndicate whicli originally ex pected to make a swap of a tract of land for the present site of the fort. We had called this Fort Omaha bill a job because we know as long ago as hist win ter that a land syndicate desired to ex change a largo tract southwest of Omaha , comprising about six hundred acres , worth say . $30 an acre , for the eighty acres worth $ loOO per acre now occupied by the fort. This syndicate includes Senator Manderson himself , and that fact was commented on very severely some months ago by the Washington correspondent of the Kansas City Wines. The senator admits over his own signature that tlio original schema contemplated the ex change of sites as projected by thu syndi cate , but he asserts that that idea has been abandoned and free-for-all a - - com petition is proposed in the bill. If such a competition could bo had the suspicion of jobbery would bo groundless. The peculiar methods usually pursued where political mlluunccs and personal pressure can bo brought to bear are , however , just as likely to bo resorted to in this case- as they have been time and again in lo cations of government buildings , etc. But tlio main question after all is whether the public interest and the local interests of Omaha will be advanced by the proposed bill. Senator Mander on assorts that General Sheridan is de- tormiued to have the fort re-located , or abandoned. His reasons arc said to bo first , because the fort is remote from rail road communication , and second , because - cause there is not ground enough at tlio present fort for target practice , and quar ters for a larger garrison. Now we take it that General Sheridan will revise his views on this matter if it can bo shown that the facilities which are lacking can be secured at much less expense than would bo incurred by the re-location. Fort Omaha has secured ample railroad facilities within the past month by the Belt line railroad. The fact that the Fourth infantry was con veyed from Fort Omaha on its journey to * the Pacific coast last week in conches over tbo Bolt line railroad shows that troops can be moved to and from the fort by rail more easily than they can from Fort Leavonworth , which no gen eral has ever proposed to abandon. Whilst it is true that the present sitodoos not afford facilities for target practice and extensive quarters , it is a notorious fact that the government can purchase all the land it needs adjacent to the tort for a sum not to exceed $200,000. The Fort Omaha bill appropriates$160,000 for the new quarters. Wo venture to assert that two-thirds of this sum will have to bo ex pended in putting the grounds in condi tionnot counting the cost of water works nnd other necessary conveniences which have been provided at the present fort at iv heavy cost. It is safe to say that half a million dollars will bo taken out of the national treasury to replace what will bo torn down and . .b.ecomj3yprthln s if the present ; fort is abandoned. From an economic standpoint this is not desirable. From n purely military standpoint there Is no need of u change. General Cnrlin , xvho commanded the fort for several years , is most decidedly of tlio opinion that no change of location Is required for the con venience of the army , General Crook , wo believe , holds the same opinion , Gen * oral Howard , who commanded the de partment for nearly four years , did not indorse the scheme. But Senator Man derson says that Seorotary Endjcott lias agreed with General Sheridan in rocommoding the change. How did ticorotary Kndieott reaoh that conclusion ? Tlio secretary was in Omaha last year , and if memory servo * us right was taken out to the fort by members of the syndi cate who doubtless impressed him with the necessity. Right lioro lot us remind Senator Man derson that Omaha was not consulted about tills project , It was sprung on thu public very suddenly. No discussion was had , and no effort was made to remove General Sheridan's objections to the present fort by a guarantee of railroad facilities and an option of additional land at a limited figure. In view of all this our course as well as that of the board of trade in tills connection should not have surprised the senator. U'o still insist that the public interest will not be subserved by rushing the Fort Omaha bill through the lower house of congress , Tnn difllculty in selecting n jury to try thu Chicago anarchists , with all the at- funding circumstances , is likely 10 strengthen the opinion of those who re gard the jury system with disfavor and add to their number , Thus far 850 njon have been called and but seven chosen. One of the difficulties experienced is the fear tfiat prevails that the men who con stitute the jury , whatever the verdict may be , will bo thereafter marked members of the community of whom a penally will certainly bo exacted. Some are governed by a fear that they may become the vic tims of anarchist vengeance , ami the friends of the accused arc doing all they can to keep alive this feeling , while others are apprehensive of general public reprobation If the men on trial should by any means escape punishment. It is to bo deploped that any citizen liable to bo rilled upon to assume tlio responsible obligations of a juror should be swerved from his duty to conserve the interests of law nnd order by any fear of personal consequence1) , but unfortunately thn ma jority of those who are acceptable us jurors under the restricted condi tions and limitations prescribed by the laws of most of the slater , are of the class that have little knowledge and less care of what is for the general good , and arc for the most part not imbued with very elevated ideas of the sanctity of the law. The man whose claim to accepta bility as n juror rests chiefly upon the fact that he is ignorant of current public events in the community of which ho is a member , or if having some knowledge of them obtained no impression from tlio information , is so much a human tcr rapln that the least intimation of danger to lilni'-elf is sulllcieut to induce him to retire into his shell and with the con sciousness of personal security "let the world wag on as It will. " So long as juries must bo composed largely of this class of men , it will bo impossible for the system to grow in the favor of people who believe - lievo that a fair amount of intelligence , reasonably good judgment , the integrity necessary to impartiality , ami a well- grounded souse of the obligations of clti- y.enship , are among the de sirable qualifications of u juror- Tnn memorial to congress of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Indiana , stating that young and inno cent girls are impoi ted into Chicago in largo numbers for immoral purposes , makes a startling disclosure , if true , and it is probable that the women who offi cially signed the memorial have trust worthy information in support of thu allegation. It may not unjustly bo said that no charge of immorality against Chicago can be regarded as incredible , since her enterprise in that line la con fessedly not le s active than in every other , and constitutes an attraction for a considerable part of her floating popula tion which unfortunately a largo portion of her people are not in the least ashamed of. EVEN Massachusetts legislators are not above voting to themselves an extra al lowance of pay , whuji by reason of their own mistakes , or carelessness , or neglect of business , they remain In session a few weeks beyond thn usual tjime. This year the legislature did not | adjourn until about four weeks later tlyin had been the rule , and the members voted themselves additional compensation to the amount of $100 each. Thus thousands of dollars will be paid out of the public treasury for legislative work that unquestionably might have been accomplished a month earlier than it was , but perhaps the people ple ought to bo gratiftil'to ' their repre sentatives that they a'rc i\ot \ mulcted in a much larger sum. Precedents for salary grabbing arc becoming too numerous. THE readers of the Br.E will no doubt appreciate the fact that they are now supplied with the Now York HcrcihVs special news. These cablegrams arc published in the Br.E on the same day that they appear in the No iv York Herald. Attention is called to the varied and in teresting collection of cable HOWS in this issue of the BEE. C MRS. CLEVELAND attended a session of congress on Saturday and was discovered in the pallory of the houso"keoping tabs" on the members. It is pleasant to note that the president's wife is not inclined to conlino her knowledge of housekeeping to the executive mansion. YALE's university crew broke the record on 1'riday. They also "broke" half of Harvard college who wcro staking their father's money on the result of the great boat race. SKNAIOK MANIJEKSON'S request that we publish liis Fort Omaha bill was not com plied with because wo had already pub lished the bill twice , first soon after it was introduced and again two weeks ago. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A FHENOII lion tamer has invented a new kind of savings bank. Ho keeps his cash in a box in the lion's cage. No at tempt has yet been made to burglarize that bank , Mn. GLADSTONE'S shirt collar Is four inches high. Speaking of shirt collars , Omaha can furnish an oxnmplo which would make William K. wild with envy. THE "must go" business has been some what overworked , but wooden sidewalks on our business streets can bo put under no otlior heading , "TRANSFIXED by a Sky-Uockot" is the latest novel appropriate to the season. The title promises a rapid "flail. " JPOIUTlCAIj POINTS. Finnic Kurd predicts a split in the democ racy which will leave tlio protection demo- ciats outside the paity. , After the excitement , over the guberna torial campaign In Georgia them IB complaint that the people won't le/ister. Stove Klklns Is llguringto , elect a lepubll- cnn IcglskUino in West Virginia , so that ho can go to the United States senate. Wisconsin agitators nro trying to form anew now jmity on a platform if ) opposition to Uovcinor Itusk's attltudu during the stilke. Congressman Itandall , l > lls ( fair to be the next lepubllcancnndiilalb foi ; thu piesldcncy , to judge fiom the plaudit ? bestowed on him by thooigaiis. , The campaign In Now1 Jersey premises to boa meinoiablo one. The lepublicaus are still threatening to Imlm'oo the prohibition candldato tor governor. Goveinor Jloblnson of Massachusetts hav ing vetoed tlio bill exonerating cx-soldleis from the operations of the stiito civil-service law , tlio mugwumps mo happy again , From away down cast come rumors that the republicans of Missouri nro going Infer for a thorough organisation to snatch the state from the grasp of the democracy. Kdnards , the man whom the Maine demo crats have nominated as a soldier candidate for governor , Is abused by the republicans be cause ho doesn't belong to the Ur.ind Army of the .Republic. Judge Klsdoii F. Bennett , conqre sman-at- large from North Carolina , will not bo a can didate for ro-electlou , He is the member who declared that " 'to the. victors belong- the spoils' Is God's o\vn gospel dowu In my country. " Kx-fcnntor Barnum Is reported to be. plan ning a specinl rnmpalgn to elect a democratic legislaltuciu Connecticut , In the event ot success ho would go back to the senate. Samuel Fe endpn , secictarv of the repub lican national committee , will piolublj lie a candidate for Senator llawley's place on the rcpublle.in side. How the \\hitlUli ; of time changes men and things. At the clew of the wai Paisnu IltovMilow , then goveinoi of Ten n two dro\e his piedeeessor. Isliain ( } . llairis , out of the counliy bj oflVriug a rewind of S"i,000 for his en phi 10. A few days snto the same llnirls , now a senator fiom Tennessee , fnttodnced a bill for the relief of the widow ot P.xrsoii Drownlow , nnd heatliiy Mijir-urts it. It is nnnounci'd that Senator 'VYIiillliorno of Tennessee will not seek to bo ivtuined. The prlnel ] al candidates for his place arc timornni Bate. evCoiipiessman House , ami ex-liouTiior .Matks. \\nsmnjoi-general In thn confederate ntmy , nnd limps fiom wounds received. Mniks was n btlgadlei- general and uxt a leg. 1 Louse was a colonel. Whltthmuu expects to bo elected member ot congtcss. Unit Over by n Hwltl Cart. tMfoan lltiwM. Algernon Swinburne , having attacked Gladstone In a poum , the old gentleman is now In a position to sympathize with the man who \\as inn over by a swill call. "Will Not lie IncoitvciiIcnocU. SI..niif * ( Jlulic-Dfinitctat , .Missouii colonels traveling In Ucotgla will not bu IneonvenlenciMl by the prohibition law iccciitly put In fotet ! In that state. Liquor Is still sold by the quart there. I'ald Mm ioir Tnv. St. LouN Gliibe-Demafiat , Mr. Cleveland Is said to bo the Hist picsl- dentol the United Slates who e\er luld a dog tax In Washington , lie Is evidently de termined to attach some liuiioitanct and over whelming fact to his name that will carry It down to postciity. o As to Morality nnd Ilrlclcuats. iYeiti Yiiih Haute , /onnnil. Judge Kk'liaulson , on tlio English bench , condemned a felon to death who thiewa brickbat subsequently atohis head ; but , as ho happened to stoop at the moment , It only knocked oil lil.s hat. Ills litends congratu lating him on his escape , ho said : "You see how , that II I had been an uurlcht judge , 1 had been blulu I" ! > y JjylnR Portraits. I't'orta Juuinal. The 15ev. Dr. Sundetlnrid , who ofllclated at the Clovoland-Fol&om nuptials , bus com menced suit against a newspaper for publish ing a picture of him that , ho says , resembles CJtiiteaii , the assnsslu. The coed pieachcr man feels as bid over it ns does Miss Lillta Mitchell , of St. 1'anl , who in her suit against n newspaper of that city dcclaies that an al leged likeness of her recently printed was a worked-over cut of "Lydla Plnkham , " of patent-medicine fame. Wliy Not Try High Ijlccnse ? Theio is a wide conviction among many earnest ofovcivors that It is more effective than piolilbltion , because piohihition does not enforce Itselt , while high llren.se does. High license has worked well whcio\cr it has been tried. It cuts elf the low saloon ; it shuts up the majoilty of the worst places of debauchery ; U inteic'sts evciy licensee in the enforcement of the law ; It produces a great revenue and relieves taxation ; It leaves no argument of pilnclplo with any temperance man , but makes U only a question ot method. Its results in Ohio , Illinois and other states nave been highly satisfactory. Why shouldn't it bo openly avowed and fairly tiled ? Slippery Fellows irall Street Nnvs. The cashier of a private bank in Nebraska lately skipped , and the next morning after bis departuio a notice was uosted on the door that the bank was closed. Theio was the usual excitement , and It was filially ascer tained that the amount embezzled was only 8300. The president was appealed to to know If such a trifle as that would swamp his bank , when ho replied : "Gentlemen , I've closed the bank to look over the books. While it appears that ho didn't take but $300 , I'm not colng alicad until 1 discover whether it really Isn't 550,000. You can never tell what a cashier has been doing until ho skips and gives you a chance to look over the books. " Tims Huns the World Away. Ctiaik * J. Dnntihte. Like snowy HIIcs , licet ns Hue , Whose fragrant coiuse is run , Like dewdrops on tbo eglantine , Like frost-work in ( lie him : So vunlsn youth's delightful dicams , bo beauty's charms decay ; Like blossoms strewn on sparkling streams Thus inns the world auay. Like foam upon the billows bright , Like sunset's gorgeous dyes. Like moonbeams .shedding silver light Over the jeweled skies : So sillily irom our vision glldo Hopes , plans and projects gay , Alone wo loam at eventide ; Tints runs the world away- Of filondjj V/IIQIU ruthiow Hi : Wo to ilay by day beroll ; The spectres of our perished Joys Ale all the comrades loft. Love's chain is broken link by link ; Wo sin if the mournful lay. Foilorn upon life's river brink ; Tims runs the world away. BTATK AND _ TIS R HITO ItY. Nolrnslca Jolting" ! Four thousand of the 0,000 loaohors in Nebraska are women. The Arapahoes tackled the Lyndon base ball club Friday and laid them out 10 to 5. J. T. Clarkson odors a premium of if ICO for the best five acres of corn raised in Cheyenne county. Arnpahoo celebrated Saturday and en joyed a delicious rest from tire and fuus on Sunday and Monday. Tlio Hurt County Touchers' institute is to bo held at Tokuimih , July 10 to 30. K. IS. AtkmMHi , conductor. 'I'ho ' barbers of Hastings recently wont out on a strike , and alter a compromise was made the price of shaving was imme diately rnibcd to 10 cents , The Uin : correspondent at Arnpahoo writes- Politics are beginning to occupy the attention of the ollico-seeker , and there are already three candidates for county attorney , Taylor , of Arapahoe , and Lindsay and Scevors , of Beaver City. There are two for legislative honors Dr. Annies , of Heaver City , aud Babcoclr , of Cambridge. Leo for state senate , ot course , comes in. The democrats have not as yet named any candidates for the legislature. Mr. McClure , of Oxford , is talked of as tlio democratic nominee for county attorney. The campaign prom ises to bo a warm one , ns nil the candi dates for nomination are well known and tlio usual amount of mud slinging will be indulged In. Iowa Icorn * . A gang of Indiana are skinning the country. The farmers near llolstoin have organ- ix.ed n stock company for ihu purpose of handling grain , seed , live stock , etc. An effort is being made to beouro Gen eral I egan at the reunion of tlib First Iowa cavalry , to bo held at Cedar Rapids in September , The trainmen on the whole lovra divi sion of the Chicago , Hurlington & Qulncy have received moru pay for the mouth of June , on account of overtime , than they have for any other month for the past two yours. David Foster , of Columbus CityLoui < n county , was recently kicked on the side of the head by a playful pony and re' ceivod a fracture of tno skull which may prove fatal. tOn July ! 1 , nt Thayer , there were twc rival celebrations , thn citizens propel and the workers in the gravel pit , both observing the natal day. Tno pntrotism was shipped in kegs labelled "naiN. " The DCS Jloines city council * has grunted a charter to the llroud ( itiago street car line , which will at once pro ceed to build several miles of road in that city nud compete with the old street car company. A burglar entered n house at Marshall- town recently , and in his midnight re searches could only tlnd $ , ' 0. Consider ately thinking that thn first of the month was eoininjr around , ho left $15 to pay the rent and put the other JU5 in his poekc and Ic.ft. The Wesleyan university , at Ml. Pleas ant , will make nn effort to raise $100,000. to be u ed as follows : $ , ' 0,000 to increase the endowment fund ; SJ 10,000 to build a chapel , and $10,000 to cancel the indebt edness of the unh crsily. Timothy Whit ing , of that place , has given $5,01)0 ) con- ditionalh to the endowment fund. Dakota. Dcadwood Is curbing her streets. llismarek is building a street railway. Tlio first through passenger train from Chicago will arrive in Hapid City to-day. The steam flour mill going up nt Knn- nail will be ready for business Decem ber 1. There are 211.080 head of mules and horses pastured upon the plains of Da kota.Vitli \ these feed 8U.-101 head of o.\en. Mr. James Wilson , of the Ilarney Peak liu company , purchased for tlio company u group of valuable tin mines located two and a half miles north from Chester for a consideration of if'5,000. Deadwood citv has a mine within its corporate limits. The locations are in thu southeast corner of the city , in ingle- Hide , extending over the hill to Little Spruce gulch. There is a possibility ol a valuable mine being discovered there. It is said the ore assays ? ! ! 00 in gold. in 10iigln.tul. llemM , "The Knghsh system of baggage carry ing seemed to pu//.le Mr. Heucher , " says the cable dispatch announcing the arrival of tlio Hrooklyn preacher In London , "and his perplexity afforded Dr. Parker considerable amusement. " Probably Mr. 13eccher would bo greatly perplexed at seeing people fail down stairs as a regu lar tniug , but if they assured him that that was the way they always came down they would have a right to derive consid erable amusement from Ins wonderment. Nothing in this world is more atrociously stupid than "the English system of ba"-- gage carrying. " The fact that it is per sisted in alter methods of bringing order put of chaos have beoa devised and put in force in other countries is the best of evidence that the traditional conscnatisin of the liriton is ot a character that will yield to nothing less emphatic than ( arth- quakes or boiler explosions. The check system lias boon tried on several roads in Lngland , but its abandonment has soon followed , because popular prejudice waste to great that it would not oven admit of tiiu adoption of a manifest convenience so simple and inexpensive as to invite no criticism on grounds of delay or cost. Should a hundred pas.sengor.s , each with a trunk , present themselves at an English railway station , intend ing to take the same train to London , their baggage would bo in their own keeping until tno train arrived , when they would be com pelled personally to .superintend its load ing. If the "luggage van" becomes overloaded the passenger must wait until the next train or go without his trunk. To leave it is to lose it , and to send it without also going himself is to lose it , for the railroad company acknowl edges no responsibility. At the journey's end every man who ban a trunk or nsachel in the uaggngc car must claim it , and while the hundreds of passengers are climbing over eacli other in thoiroflorte to lighten their possessions au army ot oabmun are doing their best to claim their victims in tlio throng. It is pandemonium , a confusion as senslcas and idiotic as it is vexatious nnd perplex ing to men accustomed to the order and security which the check system guaran tees , Mr. IJeechor's perploxitv _ is not to bo wondered at when it is remembered thatt although an extensive travolcr.ho has conlinod his journoyings principally to a country whure , in cities large or small , near or remote , a man's baggngo is as secure as ho himself , and whore the station regulations are such that the arri val or departure of a train which may bo destined to cross the continent creates no moro noise and confusion than thu arri val of a gentleman's private carriage. If Dr. Parker , who Is a great preacher himself , had been pained instead of amused at his guest's annoyance , ho might'bo expected to give the stupidity of Ins fellow subjects an airing , but ho is too thorough an Englishman to admit that tlioro is anything wrong about a sys tem which makes pack horses out of travelers turns railway st lens into ijeur gardens , and causes the loss of thousands of dollars worth of propeity every year. Farmer Soumlly'H Politics. "Sou hero , my friend , wliatdoyou know of Van WyckV" said a gray-haired old farmer to n young man of the flame voca tion , who appeared to bo very free in hia expression of disparagement of our senior senator , "How long have you known Van \Vyck ? You appear to bo quite a young man nnd if I mistake not , have boon a voter a very few years , What has Van Wyck done that justifies your tirade against him ? What did you say ? Voter against tlio party ? Works witli the democrats ? Pretends to bo a republican but won't sustain tlio party measure ? Just ns apt to pitch into n re publican as anybody , lioyf U'cJJ , now , you think those are pretty praro charges , don't you ? Of course you do , or you wouldn't pitch into Van Wyok so roughly , but if your facts would justify , you could bring a much graver charge against Van Wyck. You don't know what it would bo , hey ? Well now that's strange. If you have the facts to back it up , charge him with lighting against the interest of his country , charge him with class legisla tion , with trying to build up monopolies nnd rich corporations , at thn expense of the poorer men ; charge him with help ing to give away millions of acres of our public domain to powerful corporations ; charjre him with shielding the rich catUu syndicate , who destroy annually , hun dreds of poor homesteaders on the grout western frontier , charge him with the refusal of his co-ounnition in the efforts of congress to rucorcr the millions of acres of rich land , illegally held by powerful railroad corporation ! cliartrt him witii placing n higher estimate upon his party uililiatiou than his -Juty and fidelity to his country , Thesa nro charges that moan something Can't bring any such cliurge , httyJ Well then I'd drop the other , if I wus In your place , 'I hey'ro not worthy your manhood. They're too Ulmsy. What's ' that ? Think you maybe a llttla too fast * That's right , honest confession Is good for the foul My son , if you keep your uji ) and ears opun , by thu Ututf you nru as old as I urn , jou may hnvo lent tied npood bit bv cxpoHonon and ob oration. . You may fiavo lonrnod that Iho mnii who is worth anything to his country la n mail who is Rinded moiv by the intorost.s of iho people thnn more Interest of party. You will linil thit : thn trttc t nnd bravest man is thonno wh dares to net nnd vole against the purl stun of ills own party , when his ri-n- st'ictico and judgment so direct , v. ' 1 even dare to vote with an opposing partv wlioro tin' 00(1 ( of his country requires . . . Mv son , it yon permit yourself to ! > u uitidt'il in political a in other inntl by the highest instinct * of yotirnianho , " ' , jou will never permit this party l li ; > whip you into party traces ajjamM .11 dictates of your own con cleneo n- I good jiidument. When partv roprcsei is n prand principle , U is light , It is iiiilu , il. that men should rally to its support u light for its principles. Hut tlio IK. comes to all political parties it has h , so In all the ages pii t when pu : i must permit independent action comes now as in the past w hen Ui degenerate from high and noble air Into u scramble for place , position : u . emolument. Thou it is that thoioii ii organi/ation is oll'ectcd. Tlicn it is , t' ' : it whipping into party traces becomes i important factor of success. When pii- ! ciplo binds Iho party together mid prompts to Jiigh aim noble endeavor , tl.o party lash is ncvor rcsoited to. eannol safely used My son , beware of thu imm wlio lias nothing hotter to oiler ns nn m- ocntivu than the party lush. K var PERRY DAVIS * PAIN-KILLER 18 ItlJCOMMKNDKO UV I'lij slclnn * , Ministers , Mlislonnrlos , Mnnngon ot Tnctoilis , Work-shops Plnntatlous , Nur c1 ! In Itopllnls In snort , everybody - body cvoiywhoio lm has over irtvon It n trlnl. TAKKN INTKUNAt.t.V IT 11,1 , UK FOUND A NnVB 1AII.IM ! CUIU : MH ) SUDDEN COLDS , CHILLS , PAINS IN T1IK STOMACH , CUAMl'S , SUM- MKK AND IJOU'KL COMPLAINTS - PLAINTS , SORE THROAT , &c. Appi.u.n r.xTt'.nx u.t.r , IT 13 THE MOST F.rTKITIVF. VND IIKST MNIM3NT ON hAHTII MH CtfltlAO SPRAINS , nilUlSKS , KIIEMATISJI KEURAL01A , TOOTH-ACHE , BURNS , FUOST-HITES , &o. Prices , 2flo. , 50c. and $1.00 per Bottle. FOR SALE BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS 2T Beware Of Imitations. J $ Hebnsb National Banfc OMAHA , NEBRASKA. Paid up Capital $200,000 SuplusMay 1 , 188C 25,000 II. W. YATIJS , President. A , E. TotMAMN , Vice President. W. El. S. Iluatius , Cashier. . . . . . . , . DIIIEOTOHB : W. V. Mown , JOHN S. Cou.ws , 11. W. YATK3 , LlC\VIS S. llKKl > , A. E. TOITXAI.IK , BANKING OFFICE : THE JMON BANK. Cor. 12th and Farnnm Streets. 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