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Pace I. New York Herald Cableernms
Specials to tbo Uii : . General Telegraphic
News.
Page 2. Iowa and Nebraska News. City
Nows.Mlscdllany. .
Pane ! l. Special Advertisements. General
nud Local Minuets.
I'aai 4. KdltorialH. Political Poiut.s-
Pi ess Comments , Hiuulay Gossip.
Page C. Lliii-oln News. Fieedom's Hreatli
of Firo. by Allied Sorenson. City News.
Advertisement ! ) .
PngoO. Council HlnlTs News. Miscellany.
Advertisements.
Pngo 7. Tlin Week In Oniaba Society.
Miscellany. Adveitispinents.
Pngo 8. General City News. Local Ad
vertisements.
Pngo ! . Assorted Talk on Ties. Theatrical
Accidents. A Tin filing hlto Konmiico.
Tlio Bonanza Family. A Cannibal King's
Boss.
Pnpo 10. Among tbo Wits and Wags.
Hall Y'nrns Hunnins : Wild. Five Fields for
Womoti. The Lost Souls of Siberia. Dogon-
uracy of tbe Dance.
PaRi ) 11. Adventuies of Major North , by
Alfred Sorcnsoii. Educational. Slngulnu-
tlcH. Houoy for the I.adles Connnblalitles.
Mu.slcai and Dinmntic. ' KnllKlona liu-
plotles.
Pai-o 13. Tlio Nebraska I'lsborles , by E.
A. O'Brien. Women and their Ways. Some
Old Persons.
Mit. liKiX'iir.ic has been Riving the Lon
don clergy Ills opinions upon retribution.
The experience ) of the lust cloven .years
onnblos Mr. Hcechor to speak on the sub
ject with feeling and from bitter experi
ence.
IN ( Inmanilinn ; bettor nnd fairer trans
portation facilities the merchants of
Omaha , ask no mlvuila : u over rival
cities , except such advantage us ih Riven
by Oniaha'.N nearness to markets which
slio is able to supply. Tlio grave injust
ice ncainst whicli they protest and which
they are moving to remedy is the defiant
discrimination which , for private ends ,
overrides u general public interest. Our
citi/.cns cannot ami will not permit them
selves to bo barred out , by artificial bar
riers , from trade territory which Is theirs
by the luwa of nnturo.
OuoANixni ) labor is making itself power
fnl by showing Its enemies , political unit
Hocml , that it is able and ready to defend
itH own interests. Every politician who
has risen on the ruins of laborers' homes
by the favor.s of corporate capital should
bo taught to nspiro no longer for work-
Ingmon's ' \ote.s. In his place should bo
put men whoso record and character have
shown them lo bo friends of the producing
elates , open to convention on issues be
tween labor and capital , and willing to
endure the jeers and gibes of the mon
opoly press rather than to surrender
their convictions of right and justice.
TIIK Now York Jlonilil believes that the
presidential ulentiou In 1868 will hinge
upon the mayoralty eleqtion in Now York
oity this full , and is therefore urging all
the democratic factiona to unite on Hew
itt , lint , with tlio committee of 100 In
dorsing George , and the prospect that ho
will draw largely from Tiuninany and
Irving Hull , the chance for the cleotion
of Uoosovolt , the republican candidate ,
arc very bright indeed , and should that
glvo Now York City and , consequently ,
the slati ) to us lu 1B8S , vro wjll tiauk | Mr
Ucorgu muchly.
Gr..NiitAi : < TiiAVKit should , take his oqat
rjght oil' and work for Church Hovvo in
this district. Church is such a good
friend of tlui general's. A year ago liu
worlced hard to prevent Thayer from
Jwlng nuulo uhalrman of the republicun
convention. 'J'his year when General
% 'hayor had received H015 v ° tcs on the in
formal ballot , and the proposition was
mad a to make his nomination by tic-
plantation , Church llo\yo rose in his
majesty and protested , remarking that
( hero had been too much of this acclama
tion luihiness , Later hi the convention
Church Howti torgot' all about his con-
scruples and voted to nom- ,
RCoSnTAfttl f ? "tU r odloer *
on the sfito : ticket ,
TIIK hauling down of the American
Hag on the schooner Marion ( JHints in
Sholburno liarbor by Captain ( Julcloy ,
of the Dominion cruiser , was a mistake
which has greatly disturbed the govern
ment at Ottawa. The cohoouor had not
been sei/Gil for a violation of the fisher
ies law , but was detained for omission to
report before leaving the harbor. Hut
Captain Limdry , of the schooner , niHilo a
mistake also. At the roqiicst of Captain
Quigley ho liaulml down his ling when
he wm notified that the vessel was under
detention , but afterward , remembering
that it was his birthday , ran it up again ,
fend refusing to lower it , Captain Quigley
did U for him. One mistake may oll'sot
tbe other Mid let the Canucks out of au
embarrassing dilumma.
HIP KlBlit to lrolilMt.
When \\Vntlpll Phillips , In his Intcnso
real for abolition , denounced the consti
tution ns "n league with hell1 lie fur-
nihci ! n text for every preacher in the
fcouth who was holding up slavery as a
divine institution nnd had the Bible to
) ) rove it. And yet Wendell Phillips was
right. Thu fugitive slave law , which the
courts interpreted as In aceord with a
roti'tilulion guaranteeing the right of
properly was us cruel an edict us could
possibly emanate from the Prinec
of Hxil. The bedrockupon
t
Which the. fabric of constitutional
government rest * h the inherent right of
uvory indivldu.it , to life , liberty
nnd this pursuit of hnpimicsH.
The right of every human bein : to bo
free to oi'joy the fruits ot liia own labor is
nbove all constitutional enactments. The
Thirteenth ttnii'iidment to the constitu
tion which prohibits .slavery and involun
tary servitude was suporlluotis except as
interpreting the declaration of Independ
ence nnd doing away with n national
crime whieli had been tolerated for three-
quarters of a century. Take the reverse
of this nmundment. Suppose congress
had been composed of slave own
ers , nnd they hail submit
ted a constitutional amendment
to legalino slavery. AVonhl its adoption
by three-fourths of the states have been
binding upon the whole country ? We
claim that it would not , any more than
an amendment to make the Protestant
religion compulsory upon all the people
would be.
The -amis principle Is Involved in the
proposed submission of n prohibition
amendment. It is not aqucMion of regu
lating the liquor trallie , whicli we con
cede as right nnd proper , but it is nil
attempt to violate an important
principle underlying our system of
government. The right of the
people to volu upon any question or to
adopt any constitution they may sec lit
may at first blu.sli appear unquestioned.
Hut there is a limit beyond which free
government cannot go oven under the
forms of popular sovereignly or consti
tutional law. Let ns illustrate. 1'ifty years
ago during the excitement following the
disappearance of OHO Morgan who was
said to have divulged the secrets of Free
masonry , a political party was formed
known ns the anti-masonic party. Its
following was more numerous in proportion
tion to population than the prohibitionists
niustor at this day. The excitement swept
over the settled states like a prairie fire.
A national convention was hold in 181)1 )
and nominated Wlrt and Ellmnker for
president nnd vice president of the United
States. The party became so strong that
it carried the state of Pennsylvania in
1835 and elected lUttncr , the anti-Masonic
candidate for governor. Like the prohi
bitionists of to-day the anti-Masonic
fanatics of 183r > had but one idea and that
was to dave the nation by prohibiting se
cret benevolent societies and to make it
a crime for any man to belong to them.
Now snppo.se that these fanatics had
asked the legislature of Pennsylvania to
submit an amendment to the constitution
of that state to abolish Masonry ,
Odd Fellowship nnd other se
cret societies. JJoes any rational
man at this day concede the right of the
legislature lo submit such an amend
ment ? AVouhl any friend of free institu
tions recognize the right of the people of
any state to suppress secret societies by
constitutional prohibition ? Would not
such a co institutional prohibition bo null
and void on licfncoof ) it , because it de
stroyed the personal liberty of the in
dividual citizen ? H may bo said that
abolishing secret societies , prohibiting
any particular religions sect or establish
ing slavery is not in any way parallel to
prohibiting the manufacture and sale of
Iquors which so many regard ns the
prime cause of nil the crimes
and vices which niToct humanity. But
the bed-rock principle of individual
liberty rests under nil. We all know that
thousands of men nnd women in asylums
have gone cra/.y over religion , Wo know
that fathers have butchered their own
children boliovin/j / that they were follow
ing the example of Abniham. Wo know
that Mormpnisni in Its doctrine of
polygamy saps the morals and strikes at
tlio tools of well ordered society. And
yet no rational thinker has over nroposcd
to abolish religion in any of its forms.
All wo have done with regard to the
Mormons Is to punish crime.
Constitutional prohibition is an attempt
to override individual rights guaranteed
by the Declaration of Independence.
Majorities in some states have overridden
the unwiitten law which is the strongest
barrier jigainst usurpation and tyranny.
Majorities are often more tyrannical than
kings , but their might docs not make
right. The regulation qf the liquor traf
fic , where the courts have pa.sscd upon it ,
has only boon adjudged , legal as a police
measure. In its nature it must be local
like all ether police measures because its
cflioionoy depends- entirely -upon the
moral support of the community in which
it is put into effect. In other words ,
homo rule through local administrations
is the most practical as well as
the most equitable way of pro
tecting society against fjio evils , of
intemperance. Wo dnny the right of
JIni'lan or Imfl'alo' county to proscribe
domestic police regulations for Douglas
county. For the same reason we deny
the right of Douglas county to regulate
the liquor tralliu for Ihill'alo and Adams
county. Wo deny the right of the state
tq establish constitutional prohibition
oven though nine-tenths of the people
should vote for it.
How They I'oy.
The impression which a ildvq around
Omaha , made upon the visiting delega
tion of Pennsylvqnln railroad olllcials , is
that gained by all visitors to the olty.
"Tlic bvst pnYctl city in the west , with
. . : ,
the mosl n'oinplcln system of public im
provements , " Is the universal expression
of opinion. Omaha's public improve
ments carefully conceived ahi ! conscien
tious ) j carried out have more than paid
for themselves in the added attractions
they have given to U thriving ami pros
perous oity. With their inauguration
began tlio first genuine- growth tnat
Omaha has oxpcrienL'L'd for years.
Our muddy streets , dirty alloys ,
impure water and lack of drain
age had operated to disgust tdl
Visitors , to banish now enterprises and to
build up our rivals at our own expense.
TJie changed appearance of the Omaha
of to-day ever the Omaha of seven years
ago is largely thn result of the wisdom of
our people in mortgaging the future to
jidvancn tliu interests of the present.
Capital , attracted by the vigor and enter
prise of our municipal government , the
evidences of push , the spirit of our citi
zenship no longer passes us by for other
fields. Our population has quadrupled ,
our factories have quintupled in number.
Our streets , formerly sloughs of despond
lined with rickety shells now ring out
from their pavements the sounds of a
heavy Imfl'io which echoes from
thn five and sit story blocks
which line them. Pure wftter is
abundance and a complete system of
sanitary sewerage which has tunnelled
our open creeks nnd driven out mhisnm ,
has taken the place of our wells nnd
malaria breeding streams. Our grades
ns established will make Omaha the most
prettily situated city on the Missouri.
Hy the co-operation of the county with
the city officials the thoroughfares into
the adjoining country arc being made
brond and easy to travel while the foun
dations are being laid for a series of
suburban residence centers whie.h will
ndd greatly lo the attractions of the com
munity.
Omaha has proved that public improve
ments pay when wisely inaugurated on
the basis of experience and honestly car
ried out to meet the wants of the people.
With all the expenditures of tlio past six
years there is not u property owner who
watches the steady rise In his real estate
investments who is not ready to admit
that the monny paid has been welt spent
ami the indebtedness entered into wisely
incurred.
Ills Time Occupied.
Church Howe's slumping tour hi the
First district is wearing heavily on his
constitution. His speeches so far have
consisted of nine parts of personal ex
planation and one of straight republican
harangue. If Church expects to get
through explaining his entire record be
fore the election he will be well occupied ,
even if he takes the subject up in sec
tions. He should begin with his
Massachusetts career and his army ex
periences. ' 1 here is a largo field of oratory
tory in that branch of his record to
which one speech would scarcely
do justice. Another .evening could
bo well devoted to his Wyoming record
when as United States marshal
ho bled every poor suitor who
fell into his clutches and acted ns general
nuin-of-all-work in arranging court mat
ters for the Union Pacific road. His ap
pearance in Nebraska with the money
twisted out of the marshalship , and his
connection with the state grange , which ,
as grand master , ho slaughtered at the
dictation of the railroads , could not pos
sibly be fully treated in less than a week
of oratory.
But when this mountebank and fraud
takes up his legislative record there
should bo a series of protracted meetings
held , in order lo give him time to do it
ample justice. His vault from granger-
ism to the democracy , his employment
as one of tlio agents of the Til-
den bar'l brigade and his hard
work to prevent the count of the elec
toral vote of Nebraska for Hayes and
Wheeler will boa fruitfulthomoof whose
intricacies every republican has a right
to demand a full explanation. The facts
are on record in the journals of the Ne
braska legislature and cannot be laughed
dowh or turned aside by a joke by this
wily trickster. Shippers will bo particu
larly interested in Church Howe's ex
planation of his work for Nebraska
monopolies. Our browcrs and liquor
dealers will listen with open oars to his
theories regarding the disbursement of
the fund raised to buy oft'Church Howe's
advocacy of prohibition. Sporting men
will insist that a whole evening at least
bo devoted to his remarks about the best
way to kill bills making gambling n fel
ony , with special reference to a certain
purse gotten up in Omaha and Lincoln ,
Citizens of all classes will not conceal
their anxiety that lie should deal in de
tail with all these varied and various
subjects. To do so satisfactorily to the
voters of the First district will keep
Church Howe well occupied.
Tlio County Inllrmary.
Tlio county commissioners snow a desire -
sire to take plenty of time in selecting
plans for the new hospital and have ex
hibited commendable sense in throwing
the doors wide open for competition.
The proposition to sell a portion of tlio
poor farm will doubtless carry by n heavy
majority and funds in abundance will in
consequence bo provided for the con.
atruction of the now building. There
should be no penny-wise and pound-fool
ish policy adopted in selecting plans for
the proposed structure. The building
should be constructed on the mosl ap
proved models , It should bo sightly anil
convenient. Above nil it should
bo built with the most careful
regard to its sanitary features.
The HUE lias already suggested
Hint an advisory board of physicians
should bo called into consultation with
tlio commissioners before any plans are
finally adopted , and Commissioner Cor
liss assures us that the suggeston has
already mot tlio approval of the board.
The hospital wards for contagious di
seases and the maternity wards should
certainly bo isolated In the plans from
the remainder of the structure and so ar
ranged that they may bo destroyed and
replaced at a comparatively trilling cost
in case such action is demanded , The
best hospital wards are built on the
pavilion plan of cheap maternls
with their replacement in view
should their walls become saturated
with the gonna of disease , A
hospital which communicates disease
instead of loading to its cure Is considered
now-u-days a costly investment.
Douglas county is anxious that its poor ,
sick and unfortunate should bo well
cared for , It is a.blo and willing to pro
vide comfortable quarters for this pur
pose. It remains for the commissioners
to see that we are pot saddled with an
arohitectiirftl iiioiwirOSlty or \ U lina !
which will prove inadequate for the pur
poses intended
Our National lliinlca.
In view of the rapid calling in of the 3
per cunt bonds which largely form the
basis of our national bank circulation , a
correspondent in the Now York Evening
Post t > nggusts that the threatened reduc
tion of bank circulation in this way can
be avoided by the banks leaving the gold
paid to them for the called bonds in the
treasury ns a security tor nn equivalent
amount of circulation in lieu of the bonds.
Of course no better security for u bank
bill could be had than its face value in
gold coin , but the same ditllculty would
exist in this ease as in that of leaving the
called bunds .after interest ceased on
thorn , viz : the letter of the law , whlcli
requires that "interest-bearing securi
ties" of the United Slates shall bo dopes *
itcd for sueh circulation. The law can be
changed , it is truei It will soon have to
be changed in nuy evcnt , if our bank sys
tem Is to bo perpetuated.
United States bonds bring gold in the
market on demand ; the banks have there
fore practically gold dnpositcd for their
circulation now , but they receive only $00
in bills for every $100 bond deposited.
They are required also to deposit
C per cent of their circulation
for n redemption fund. Should
the law be changed to substitute coin for
bonds , dollar for dollar , this 5 per cent
fund , of course , would be abolished. The
banks would then receive $100,090 in
bills lo use for an equal amount of gold
deposited , instead of $1)0,000 for $100,000
of bonds now , which is reduced to
i8.j,500 by the redemption fund. With
this increase in circulation lor amount
deposited ami a removal of tax oti cir
culation , the banks could well forego the
present interest on their bond deposit.
If it should be objected In this scheme
that it would lock up too much gold , the
coin deposit could bo half each in gold
nnd silver.
Complaint is made that the fund for
redemption of notes of national banks
failed , in liquidation or reducing their
circulation , amounting to nearly forty
millions , is a needless withdrawal of
circulating medium. But it is not so.
The notes of those banks arc in circula
tion until presented for redemption in
greenbacks , which constitute this fund.
The exchange of one for the other neither
decreases nor increases circulation. It is
clear that some important , legislation
must bo had very soon in regard to our
national bank system. Some other than
bond security must bo devised for
circulation. The 3 per cents
will all bo redeemed with
in two years , and the banks
rvre not likely , indeed , cannot aflbnl , to
pay if 112 to $128 for -li and 4 percent
bonds to deposit and receive only 85.50 in
bills to use. No banking system was ever
devised so safe as ours , but we arc rapidly
paying the debt upon which it is based" ,
mid vet no nrovislon is made for its con
tinuance when the debt is paid. No
greater question , none so important
awaits the action of congress to-day.
But , as usual , not until the very last mo
ment will it bo taken up , and than in the
hurry crude and undigested action is
likely to result.
DOBS.
The dog has boon from the remotest
ages the companion of man. It has been
man's sentinel , savior , defender and ser
vitor in nil countries , and woman's pot
and plaything asvpll. \ . It is the syno
nym for faithfulness : t'nd affection. Jt
has never shown ingratitude or revenge ,
and it licks the hand of1 its master when
beaten. There 5 nor human creature
however wretched'but , some dog equally
miserable will love hini.'follow him , starve
and die with him.
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In the early days' , ao runs a talc , dogs
had human speechTJiore reigned then
in the cast n king who "had " many minis
ters and friends , bu't the. one ho loved and
trusted most was Ills ' 'dog Ilderim. In
those days dogs we're ( fie. comrades and
counselors of men , who'know now much
wiser than they , < vcrov dogs , and they
sought to take profit of th.it wisllom , and
throughout all the land dogs were hold
in high honor. They were guardians of
gold , and took no bribes ; they were war
riors , and asked no star or spoil ; they
were public servants , and made no pri
vate purse ; they wore counselors of
kings , and trnlHckod in no nation's
liberties ; they were strangely unlike men
in all things.
W
But Ilderim , when no one else dared ,
told the king , his friend , that the young
and beautiful wife whom ho had taken in
his old age was playing him false. The
king , in his blind love for his wife , forgot
Ildcrim'fl great services , and the many
times lie had saved his life , and drawing
his dagger he killed his faithful friend on
the spot. So from that hour , seeing that
death by the hand of n fool and ingrate
was the only recompense that fenlty and
truth brought to lldorim , his race de
clared that nevermore would they utter
human speech. The oath was taken anew
by generation after generation , and grad
ually tlio knowledge of that speech passed
from the race and has never been learned
again. They still know the moaning of
men when they speak , but they know
men to bo still what they wore in the days
of that king , and dogs are still the same ,
only now they are silent.
* * .
Among the Greeks and Romans the dog
was hold in high cstcom , and in the sculp
tured history of Egypt on monument
and temple the dog is always found , lint
the decadence of the later generations
of the East is marked by the light esteem
in which dogs uro jield. In Constantinople
ple , Jafl'a , Jerusalem , nnd all ether cities
under Moslem B\yny , sneaking , mangy
curs tluong in thousands ; they are
attached to no household , belong to no
master , but prowl the streets and grab
their food where they can. The measure
of dis-csfccm in which a dog is held by
Mahomet's followers is shown by the use
of it8 name to indicate the acme of con
tempt , us when they say : "Dog of n
Christian ! " >
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Tlio instinct of u1 < loj ? , which almost
equals human iiite'ltyiro/ico / , the docility ,
the susceptibility to education and train
ing , make him a ruP/y valuable servitor
of man in many situations than any
otiicr animal , and in some where no
other animal could'dervd ' , as in drawing
sledges In the arctic Jrpg ons ami in res
cuing lives in the Bijqwsjpf tlio Alps , A
dog's vigilance as uihentlncl never tires ,
and ho will iaco. any clangor
in defense of 'hfa ' ' trust or Ills
muster , The only moiin thing a dog is
ever known to 0 fctesj * "ll" > Vn f
dog In a fight. " This ho always does ;
but in joining the rijajority against the
weak and defenceless ho but follows the
example of most men and women ,
. "
Wo have scon right hero In Omaha a
man do n meaner thine than a dog could
be found to do from the creation to this
day. A miserable creature , gleaning
odds and ends in our streets and alloys ,
as Until gleaned in the fields of IJoaz , and
ns the Chiffonier docs in the streets of
Paris , picked up nud thrust into his sack
n lot of paper , strings , etc. , which had
just been swept out of a store into the
alloy. Only the wretchedly poor who
are still to proud to beg know the ficunt
value that is in the refuse of the street * ,
aud only they could turn U into use and
food. But the poor orcnturo w.is ob
served through the windows ns lie gath
ered up the spoil , nnd ft man came out
and compelled him to empty his sack of
Inls refuse paper nnd warned him away ,
while n lighted match was applied to the
pile nnd the meanest man that lives stood
by till it was consumed. This might bo
compared to the fable of the
dog in n manger , but the dog ,
though ho could not cat the
hay , yet found it n comfortable bed , nnd
hence his refusal lo nllow the oto touch
it. But this man preferred to destroy
that which was worthless to himself to
allowing it to bo made useful to n
wretched , decrepit ! creature.
* %
Dogs arc thoroughly improvident by
nature. Jinny inseets store their winter's
food ; woodpeckers store ncorns in the
bark of trees for winter use , nnd squir
rels and other animals lay up n store of
food from one harvest season to another.
But n dog , however homeless or friend
less , never provides n dinner until ho
needs it ; he gives no thought for the mor
row. Ho may Imvo supreme faith in his
capacity to "rustle , " or his faith may bo
that the human family , to which ho has
attached himself has provided some
thing , or loft something somewhere for
his use. When he gets it ho no more re
members his last hunger or thinks of his
next than the Bohemian typo of man
who is equally careless nud improvident.
The dog may have learned this from
man ; if so he Is to be congratulated that
from Ins long association ho has learned
nothing worse. By contrast with men
his character shines resplendent with
many virtues , and ho was a wise man
who said : "The more I know of men ,
the higher I respect dogs , "
THUS far 1830 is a year whicli will long
bo notable in the history of this country
for the great disasters it has brought us ,
and the polls are not yel closed. Wo
have had cyclones , tornadoes , earth
quakes and tidal waves. The destruction
from winds was most extensive in tlio
west and north , while the earthquake
and tidal wave did their work in the
south. The loss of life in all cases has
been very great , but that at Sablno Pass
probably equals if it docs not surpass all
the others combined. These destructive
natural phenomena appear lo bo on the
increase , not only in this country , but in
Europe , for recent statistics in Germany
show that violent thunder storms have
greatly increased there , and the deaths
from lightning during the past year wore
greater than ever before. What this In
crease in natural violence portends ,
scientific men have not explained prob
ably cannot explain , nor have thoj' yet
been able to teach us how the destruction
of property may bo averted. Man's hand
cannot control the winds , the waves or
still the .shaking earth. All that science
can do and it may yet bo able to do that
is to forewarn us in time of approach
ing convulsions , and so enable us to pro
tect human life by getting away from
the locality of danger. To this end
let all the resources of science be di
rected , mid possibly the future maybe
less disastrous to life than the past.
SENATOH VAV WYCK'S canvass , like
John Brown's soul , goes marching on.
The general is strengthening himself
with the people wherever he goes. Ho
has no llattcring promises to make of
future performanca. He contents him
self with pointing to his six years of earn
est and hard work for his state , in which
the interests of the poorest of his con
stituents have boon as fully considered
as the wealthiest of corporations. As n
man of the pconlo , Senator Van Wyck
confidently submits his record to the people
ple who made him their representative
and asks a ro-election on the judgment
drawn from its study.
Evnuv voter should see that the name
of C. II. Van Wyck is on his ballot on
election day , The popular vote , now first
appealed to under our constitution ,
should bo so largo as to force the con
tinuance of tliis method by which the
people will in the future choose their
senators by clipping the wings of un
scrupulous and ambitious politicians.
Tin : boodle colony at Montreal are re
ported happy. The only singular fact of
their Canadian residence is that nine out
of ton of the embezzling cashiers , fugi
tive aldermen nnd defaulting bank
presidents report that they have moved
from tlio Slates to educate their families.
POINTS.
Kx-Senator James It. Uoollttlo Is Iho dnino-
cratlc candidate for conuress lu Iho First
Wisconsin district.
Kx-Senator Wallace , of Pennsylvania , will
not go to congress. Ho withdrew from the
contest for the nomination.
A heater in an Akron Iron mill has been
nominated for comness by the domocrata.
Ho Is a Knight of Labor and a member of
the honworkeru' union.
Governor Alger , Senator Conger and cx-
Senator Ferry are republican aspirants lor
the Michigan senntorshlp. The first thing to
do is to carry the legislature ,
Kupresontntlvo Murphy , the Iowa demo
cratic congressman , flhcds no tears because
ho was not renomlnatcd. "Leaving mo at
home , " he says , "Is one of the most sensible
things the Iowa democrats have done.
liob Taylor nnd his fiddle have aroused so
much enthusiasm amoiu : tliu susceptible
Ttiiinessecans that he U now confidently
spoken of as thu coming United States sena
tor.
Oliver Ames , the icpubllcnn candidate for
governor of Massachusetts , Is to appear before -
fore congiess poisonnlly next winter with a
petition to Imvo the btuln from his father's
nnmo itinovcd.
Andrew W. JIcOIII left Crawford county ,
Pennsylvania , nt the ago of sixteen with 83
In Ids pocket. Ho is now running for gov
ernor of Minnesota , nnd hopes to have at
least 83 left at the end of his canyasg.
Itoberl iSmnlls , the negro statesman , has
liccu olEptf t to congress jive ilmes. He will
fie doubt secure iiis'sfxtli election ! Novem
ber , ns ho has been renomlnnted In the Sev
enth district of South Carolina , where there
Is a dense colored population.
President Cleveland's administration , say
the democratic organs , has paid 918.5,000,000
of tlio national debt In the last eighteen
months , lint they carelessly omit to men
tion the Important fact that the president
and his cabinet have paid this amount out of
their private pockets.
Colonel Iiigersoll Is credited with the wish
( lint the laboring men could have a president
of their own and a majority In conjrrcsB , that
they might learn how little could be done by
legislation. "They will find , " he thinks ,
"that making n living In this world I * an In
dividual affair , and that each man must look
out for himself. "
Abe Hewitt , the melanchply Dane ol New
Yorfc , has reconsidered his determination In
retire from politics. While loltcrntlng his
Inability to do any coed nt Washington , ho
now says : "If they see nt to go nhend nud
elect mo after my declaration of my powerlessness -
lessness to do nny good , vvhv I shall go b.ick
to Washington even If I should die there. "
[ Cuitaln to slow music. 1
The iltev. Myron W. Heed , formerly of
ImllannpolKlias been nomlnnled forcongross
by the Denver democrats , but the old Hour-
bens do not take to him very kindly. They
say that lie is In politics what ho Is In iell-
glen neither llsh , llesh , fowl , nor red her-
rlne. They iton't know whether ho Is n re
publican , n democrat , or n gieenbaeker. One
ot Mr. Heed's ' admirers sought to satisfy
them by saying that ho had been nil thioe.
H would porhips bo proper to classify him
as a mugwump.
Vnll nt 1'nrmloves.
Xoiit. < i-ill < i C'um ( fr-Jomiiil.
Todil county lias voted ngnitist liquor.
Kentucky Is full of paindoxea.
Ge rcm I mo Should Uo Congrnttilntcrt.
(1if i0o Tlintt.
( Jcnoial Miles has issued an outer form
ally announcing the close of the Apaclio
campaign nnd "eongiatulntlng the troops on
the icsult. Hut the pal ty that Is next to bo
concintulatcdon the lesult Is npnity by the
name of licionlmo.
A Touching Sight to See.
Dottim llcconl ,
Wnslilnston Amateur Photographer 1
have had a gicat season lu making pictures.
Kathcrlno ( admiringly ) In England you
mean.
Amateur Photographer I did very well
in England , to bo sine took Gladstone cut
ting down a tice. lut ! that's nothing to my
tiliunphon this side.
Amateur Photographer I secured an In
stantaneous view of Cousin lien Folsom
weeping nt Washington's tomb.
Sublimity.
John .1. Juiicc.
1 hear In the voice of the thunder
The glory nnd greatness of Hod ;
1 see In the flash of the lichtnim ;
The sweep of his glittering rod.
I frel In the rush of the rain
The flow of his melting tears ,
And 1 hear In the mldnluht winds
The music of all the spheres.
I see In the limitless ocean
The swell or his heaving breast.
And 1 long for the hour whin 1 shall sink
To his bosom of Infinite rest.
SUXDAV GOSSIP.
Ai/rnot'oir there arc a great many good
business buildings going up In Omaha there
Is plenty of room for them. This Is especially
true of Xorth Sixteenth street , which is ono
of the busiest thoroiielifaies in tlio city.
There aio too many squatty two-story build
ings on that street. Ground Is becoming too
valuable for anything but
four-story stiuct-
ures. and the man who builds anything else
makes a serious mistake.
.TISSE : L. Wiri.r.\MS , who died the ether
day at his homo in Fort Wayne , Ind. , In his
eightieth year , was oncn n government direc
tor of tlio Union Pacific railroad. He was
appointed by Lincoln , and was the only gov
ernment director retained by Presidents
Johnson and Grant. It was from his reports
and estimates of construction that the credit
moblller scheme was llrst brought to the at
tention of congress. Ho leaves property val
ued at upwards of 51,000,000 , largely lands In
Dakota , Michigan and Indiana , and stocks in
various banks and railroads.
TUB New York Tribune's gosslpper has
this to say concerning one of Nebraska's
brightest young men : "J. Sterling Morton ,
of Nebraska , has a son Paul , who probably is
the youngest general passenger ngent in the
country. Mr. Morton spoke to mo about him
In tills way : 'Paul is twenty-nine years old
and at twenty-one ho was the second man in
the freight department of tlio Chicago , Bur
lington & Qnincy railroad. Ho held that
position through eight years nnd has now
been made general passenger agent of the
same road. 1 advlsedhhn against taking the
position nnd wrote him that I had never
heard of n general passenger ngent being
promoted ton general manager. You see It
is the freight department that earns the
money for the railroads. Pnssenger trafllc Is
not largely profitable. But youth Is ambi
tious and Paul wrote mo back that no thought
a general manager ought to know nil
branches of railroading , nud that ns ho know
the freight business thoroughly , lie thought
It wise to accept a position wheio ho could
also learn the passenger business.1"
J. Srnnr.iNn MOUTON , who recently ro-
tuined from an extended European trip ,
says he saw mnro drunkenness on Saturday
night In the streets of Glasgow than ono would
see Inn whole year of travel in American.
To a Now Yoik Tribune loporter he said :
"They ascribe It to the climate , but 1 think It
Is due ratlior to their habits of living. They
breakfast on a bit of marmalade nnd toast
and a little tea. It Is pretty light diet nnd by
U o'clock a man feels so faint nnd empty
that lie resorts to stimulants 10 ennblohlm
to work. Ono drink is followed by
another until by niglit lie becomes -
comes satmnted with liquor , I was
greatly amused at nn Incident which oc
curred hero In tlio St. James hotel just after
my nrrlvn.1 homo. There were three English
men and a Texan who had coma over on the
steamer. The American Invited hs | com
panions totako a ilrlnlc with him. When the
liquor wns set out on the bar so that every
man might hiIphimselfthtiEniclfihmon ) , | were
astonlslmJ. In the old country drlnku are
carefully measured out nnd served by ( hi )
bar-keeper. No man helps himself , One of
the Englishmen said that If thl > APWicni )
custom prevailed in London , n person would
not bo able to reach the bar for the drunken
men who would bo ulk'il up on HID street In
front of tlio saloon. Ho seemed further as-
toniBhea when I told him that out In the
western country a host gcncinlly showed the
genero-ilty of Ida hospitality by turning his
back when hla gucit poured out the
that was set on the table bofuie him. "
"Tins Is my third or fourth visit to
Omaha , " said Mr. U , (1. ( ! rceie ) , n prominent
ru.il estate owner nnd capitalist of Cedat
Itapdslo\va. ! ' 'lam on my way wo.st.to taken
look nt some 13,000 acres of land which Iliavo
recently purchased In Uuwson county , tfo-
braska. I have Mopped over a day In Piinha |
tonoto once again the romaikable changes In
this city , There ( s no question In my mind
and 1 have traveled extensively throughout tbo
west during the last three years-Unit Omaha
Is the future creat city between Cnlcago and
the Pacific coast , Her situation with refer
ence to the river nud her conimandlnc a
position with reteienco to the
oxi&ni Si < fllr"W W ono "
arguments to suppoit my views , whllo the ac
tivity and push of your cltl/cns , nnd the en
terprise ns shown In the advancing public
Improvements all go to rein force 1L Omaha Is
tMilnc more talked about to-day than any
other city lu the west. Every visitor who
drives over your pavements notes the large
number of now business bnlldlngaaiul private
icfildcnces and the limnmibo amount of busi In
ness done In the tallroad yards. Ho goes
away to spread his impressions In other com
munities , and thus Indirectly aids to boom
your town. "
'Tun crowded condition of the railroad
yards , " bald a railroad ofllclal the other day ,
"Is becoming u moat serious queitUon for the be
consideration of railroad uianagera. There It
Is no doubt In lay niiud that a large portion ud
ot the transferring business must be t.i ,
n-ross the river at nn early day , niul ( im. 1
no good reason why It should not bo ( ! < > . ,
soon na possible. Omaha Is growing < < > i
Idly that a year from now the inerrlunK v ,
ilso in revolt against the provoking del n ,
the yards If more loom Is not novld. . < ) i ,
no other place of Us stoo do railroads niii m t
tlio business of making up trains in the h , t
of the city. Theie Is nlonly ot room mi i .
bottoms opposite for thirty or forty mill ( t
side tracks nud switches , and with n\ \ . ,
double-track bridge ncioss thorlvrr , tl i < t- - \
could be biouglit o\er hero with inirli I , *
delay than Is now experienced In swit , i ;
them from ono crossing to another. .Si , \
move would not Injure Omaha tutlie in
The eiews of men loqulied In the In ,
switching heio would lie laigo In mm > , .
whllo the few railroad employes whnwn i
do the work on the other shlo of Die \ \ \ ,
would scarcely bo missed In a growing ( >
like Omaha. All our commeiclal mteir *
demand that freight should bo delhore.i . <
rapidly as possible. As matters now n >
merchants wait from two lo tlneewn <
alter tholi eais nnive In Iho yards lu On.
whllo the switchmen , jniduinsleis nnd <
glneers me vainly endenvoilng to luul a i
tlcular car among the thousands of emj i . i
nnd loaded cms. "
O.vn of the greatest deficiencies of Oma ! > ,
with all her public linpioxfluents , hcrtwei.tv .
miles of paved streets nnd alley. * , nmltlo
better class of bulhllngs which megoH c-i
on the principal sheets , Is her lank of ; >
distinctively residence quailcr. Tlio test
residences arc scnttcied from Dnn to Hen-
Hhcbn , so to speak. Wo have no sticet whli h
can be called our best residence sticnt nnd
no quarter which can bo falily denominated
our best residence section. Mr. Poppleton's
honso stands at the end of .Sherman luetiuo ;
Mr. Woolvvoi til's residence Is on St. Mary's
avenue : three or four handsome icsltlutuTs
are located on the extension of Ciimini ;
stteot. and ado/en others arc scattered hero
and thcio. There aie Indications that this
condition of aUatrs will shortlv bo i war-
died by the action of several largo projicrty
owners who are placing on the maiko
under certain rcstiictions largo tracts of valu.
able land which have been withheld from
sale for years. In Noitli Omaha Mr. Her
man Kountzo , for Instance , has platted
twenty acres of his homestead , which he IH
selling only to patties who will build resi
dences to cost not less than a certain amount ,
In other portions of the city the high price
placed upon lots Is attracting a better class of
residences , which llttlo by little nro driving
out the smaller houses. The moat marked
effort In this direction Is that of Mr. Kountzo
with his South Omaha property , adjacent to
his beautiful homo , ovcilooklng the river.
] Mr. Kountzo has lately divided his piojtorty
in that section , in the nolghboihood ot
Browncll hall and Ulshop Worthington's
now residence , Into large lots , and is soiling
them only topaitles personally known to him
self , who will agree to erect houses of either
stone or brick , not to cost Jess than 67,000.
Mr. John F. Coots is building nn elegant
mansion In that vicinity. Messrs. Stoubbcn-
dort' and Vrexel are following suit , lilshop
Worthlngton's housi ) is nheady constructed.
A handsome Episcopal chinch edifice will bo
built on the corner opposite the new Brow-
neil hall , which Is rapidly approaching com
pletion. Wealthy and well-to-do citizens
have purchased lots lu that locality ,
end bofoio another year rolls round
they will have built bamlsomo and ,
costly houses. This movement ol
Mr. IConntzo Is likely to make that Ecctjon
across the tracks one ol the most distinct
ively residence quarters of Omaha , aa no
stoics or places of business are to bo allowed
there by the terms of the deeds. The same
plan Is under consideration by property own
ers In West Omaha , nud lu other parts of tlio
city , and Deforo many years wo slmll doubt
less be able to drive visitors through streets
lined with as beautiful ana nttiactlvo lesl-
doncos ns these whicli now adorn the ave
nues of .Minneapolis , St. Paul and Denver.
"ADJUTANT GKNKUAI. Dittm , while re
cently acting as secretaiy ot war , attempted
to crush General Crook " said
, an army oIU-
cer. "It was rather a funny episode. It was
In connection with the case of Lieutenant
Mclilaln , ot the A'intb cavalry , who was tried
at Cheyenne for having procured nn nllegcd
fraudulent divorce. General Crook , as cum-
mander of the department of the Platte ,
ordeied the court which tried Mc
lilaln , and , deeming the sentence of dis
missal unwarranted by the evidence , disap
proved the sentence and restored the ofllcor
to duty with His tioops. When the ordeis In
the case readied the war depaitmont , ( Sen-
oral Drum telegraphed to General Crook to
revoke the court-martial order , setting aside
the sentence , and General Crook did so In n
general order. General Drum , as acting seo-
rrttary , assumed that Gonoinl Crook had no
right to take act ion In the case , but ns soon
hid own action became known bo received
advice which led to fuitlier telegraphing to
General Crook , who Issued another general
order to the effect that 'acting secretary ot
war , having lecalled Ills Instructions direct
ing the revocation ot court-martial 01 dors , the
cider of September 2. ! la heieby revoked. '
Thus n distinguished ofllccr sat upon him
self , and now that ho has been relocated to
his proper duties It Is probable that lie * will bo
called upon to administer upon himself In
ether cases. 1 understand that Secretary
Kndlcott when Informed of tlio piocecdlnes
wns highly Incensed at the conduct of Gen
eral Drum , nnd oxpicssed surprise and aston
ishment nt the way the case had l > c < m man
aged. "
"I UAVIC read with considerable Interest
the recent publications Hoarding Dr. I'uvy's
daughter In France , who appeals ( a Amuri-
caus for aid , " Bald an Omaha gentleman.
"It recalls Homo Incidents In the career of the
Into Dr. Pavy , v.vhlc.h was related to nut some
lima ngo. In the Kraiico-1'i iibsiun war ho had
nniler his command lor n time a company of
100 guerillas , whom ho equipped at hltt own
expense. He was captured and condemned
to death , but as he was belig ) conducted to
tbeplacoqf execution his gumfllaa rescued
him away iroin hlttgimids mid can led him
away In safety , Coming to America ho
traveled all over the continent , as ho had
done In Kurojie , vIMIlug all the principal
cities and places of juiciest ; , nnd moutipff
with adventures of every description. While
In San Francisco ho became an enthusiast In
the mutter of Arctic exploration * , nnd do-
termed to organize n North Polo expedition.
Itccomlng acquainted with Italston , the
banker , ho Induced him to buck
the enterprise , but the suicide of
JJalston prevented Us being carried out.
Pavy was In attendance at a ball and WUB
dancing at the time lip hcnul the news of tliu
sensational auleidc. Ho stopped In the middle -
dlo of the dance , bade adltm to his partner ,
and left the hall. Fiom that time ho becnmn
wanderer virtually a tramp. He finally
landed In Missouri , and one day whllo lie was
libhlng In n river , Hev. Mr. Stone ran across
Wai , a d heard J'lin ' nunflnc Litln from Her
ace. That a tramp should 5/e 80 Well po letl
In the classics ratlior astonished the reverend
gentleman , who Invited him to his tiouso
near by and learned his history. To make a
long stoiy short , Mr. Stone aasUted him In
various ways , and llnally gave Ids daughter
in marriage to Pavy , who had fallen deeply
love with her. Mrs. Pavy Is tbo sjstcr ot
Dr. Stoiio of this city. "
Marriage und JJlvoroo.
I'Mkultlphla llcconl.
If the now canon proposed for adoption by
the Episcopal convention relating to inar-
rlae and divorce could , M far as appropriate ,
Incorporated Into tbe laws of all the slatoa
would bo a reform ol widespread moral
vantage.