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WIIKIIK was , fobn Sahlcr when the
lights went out ?
THE worst tired out men are the judges
and clerks of election.
THE Ncmaha fraud will not have a
chance to divide his salary with any one.
TIIK political firm of Hoyil & Miller are
trying to appear hilariousbut , their looks
belie their feelings.
CIIAHACTKU in candidates docs have
some weight with the republicans of the
First district after all.
Mn. SIMKKAL is probably elected
county attorney. Ho made an able and
manly canvass and polled a heavy party
vote in consequence.
THAT tremendous reaction in favor of
Church Ho we which was predicted as the
I- result of the HEE'S opposition failed to
- put in an appearance.
THAT Pawnee county rooster which
IIowo's hoodlums carried in triumph
through the streets of Beatrice will not
put iu another appearance.
COI.HT , as vvns to hnvo been expected ,
traded Church Howe liberally for votes
for himself. In a tie up between two
frauds one or the other is certain to get
loft.
ACOOHDINO to the Republican "Church
Wowo , in three weeks' campaign , has
ihown the capacity , the vigor , the man-
incas , and the courage necessary in the
tmiko-up of an able leader. Judgment
day will como. " Judgment day has
Dtne. _
WE nro not likely to hour in the future
tduch about "a jailer dog11 being able to
carry the First district , "provided always
he is endorsed by a republican conven
tion. " Tarty sentiment will count for
southing hereafter in making party
nominations.
CIIUKCH HOWE and prohibition arc re
sponsible for the result in Douglas
county. The Beatrice nomination wag a
fatal mistake. Thu folly of the prohibi
tory resolution at Lincoln made the re
sult all the moro certain. The foreign
vote with few exceptions protested In the
moat effective way they know how by
casting their ballots for the democratic
pixudidatcs. It U remarkable that anything -
thing has been saved from the wreck
Which this combination has wrought.
So far as returns have boon received
from the 818 congressional districts in
which oleulions wore held on Tuesday ,
- tl'A indications point to a continued derii-
ourntio control of the uouso by u slightly
decreased nuijorlty. Tha legislative
tickets ulcered in tha various states
wjiero elections will bo held this winter
for United s < ales senators will maintain
republican supremacy in the senate.
THU most I'eCCUt reports regarding the
European wheat crop indicate that there
will bo a demand this your for more than
the usual amount of American wheat
and that with the prevailing low prices in
this country the demand should be very
largo. The statements from abroad show
the crops for the current year In the
European wheat-growing countries to bo
considerably less in amount than thosoof
last year , when the importations of
American and Indian wheat to make up
deficiencies amounted to about 151,000-
000. It Is estimated that the requirements
of Great Uritian alone before the next
harvest , in excess of her home supply ,
will bu quito 100,000,000 bushels , while
Franco will have to Import from 50,000-
000 to 70,000,000 bushels. India and Aus
tralia will export less wheat than last
year , owing to diminished acreage and
shorter crops , and consequently the Eu
ropean demand must bo directed chielly
to the United States. Fortunately thu
country has ati ample- surplus from which
to moo * , any demand , ami will bo able to
supply Europe with bread and put money
in the national purse by doing so. For
the llrst three quarters of the current
year , pmled with September , the receipts
for American breadbtulTs were con
siderably larger than for the
same period last year , and
it is expected that ( be last quarter will
show n greater proportionate Increase.
The situation oilers present encourage-
niont to American wheat growers , which
may be increased and extended in the
oyeiit of n European . war , which if
.entered upon ut all will bo general and
ui'olouired.
V
riio Itc-mlt In DotiRlan County' ' .
With Church Howe buried beneath hn
iivalancho of live thousand votes , the re
publicans of Douglas county have carried
, a majority of their legislative ticket in
the facn ol heavy odds. The two sena
tors and live members of thu house have
been won. When placed side by side
with the overwhelming and stupendous
majority given to the dumocratio canill-
date for congress , the result cannot but
bo regarded as a surprising republican
victory. The candidacy of Church
Howe , combined with the prohibition
folly , is responsible for the
uprising. Hundreds ot republicans ,
disgusted with Church Howu's candidacy
and unwilling to vote for a democrat , re
mained at home. Many foreign born re
publicans alarmed by the prohibition
scare voted for democratic candidates ,
Thu friends of Senator Van U'yck and es
pecially the working men Irrespective ol
party rallied in support of the republican
nominees who have secured their election
nml saved the legislative ticket from ( ho
crushing defeat which was administered
to tiio pretensions of the Ncmaha fraud ,
The vote polled for Church Howe was
pitifully small. Hundreds of republicans
decliiivd to bo whipped into line to sup
port the trickster and the fraud. The
laboring element voted solidly against
him in spite ot Murlingtou money and It.
it nl. bosses. His defeat was the most
stupendous and overwhelming which has
ever visited n republican candidate in
Douglas county. It was not a tribute to
the popularity of his opponent but a ro-
huku to thu audacity of acamlidate whom
the people believed to be thoroughly cor
rupt and dishonest. All the means at
McShanc's disposal would have failed in
defeating an honest and capable republi
can who had the confidence of his party
and could have united them in his sup
port. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tlio Next
It will be several days yet before the
relative strength of the two parties in
the popular branch of the Fiftieth con-
gresscan bu accurately ascertained. The
dispatches at haii'l at this writing give
very little information upou which to
found a judgment or claim that would beef
of any value. The democratic majority
in the present house is forty-three , and
the probability is that this will be re
duced by at least one-half in the next
house. The democratic congressional
committee have virtually admitted for
some titnu past that they expected a re
duced majority , and all the indications
have been plainly iu that direction , but
it seems not unlikely that it will be less
of a , reduction than they had probably
apprehended , or than the republicans
professed to expect. But with the little
information at hand , the only statement
that can be safely made is that the next
house will undoubtedly be democratic by
a good working majority. There ! B
nothing in this result that should cause
serious regret among republicans , unless
it bo witli respect to the possibility of tbo
next house having to choose the presi
dent an extremely improbable con
tingency. Regarded from a purely
party standpoint the continuance of the
house in democratic control will
undoubtedly be to the advantage of the re
publicans in the next national campaign ,
if it shall maintain , as almost certainly it
will , the course and character that have
distinguished the present house. It is in
evitable that another two years' experi
ence with the factional nntiurouisms , the
contentions , the disregard Dredges , the
indifference to the public welfare , and
the generally unwise and ttnstatcsman-
like conduct and policy of the democratic
majority in congress , must convince the
country of the perilous folly of entrust
ing power to that party , and arouse the
people to the necessity of its complete
overthrow and the restoration of the gov
ernment in all its branches to the repub
lican party. Looking to that result as
the probable itnd almost inevitable out
come of two years more of demoo ratio
supremacy In the popular branch of con
gress , wo cannot see in the failure of the
republicans to get the house ut this time
any cause of regret. Having the senate ,
which will In all probability continue in
republican control , there is in thu situa
tion no reason for apprehension or dU-
tvust on the part of republicans.
The senate , wo think there is hardly a
ground of doubt , will remain republican ,
though with a reduced majority. It
consisU of 70 members , of which at pres
ent 43 are republicans and 81 democrats
a republican majority of 8. The terms
of twenty- five senators close on the 3d ol
next March sixteen of whom are repub
licans and nine democrats , Of these ,
twenty-ono uro yet to be chosen. The
niuo democrats will bcauccoodod by men
of that party. Of the twelve republicans
the chances of six have boon regarded as
doubtful , but the returns indicate that at
least live , anil probably all of tnese , will
bo ro-oleoted or succeeded by republicans.
If such should oa the case , the senate of
the next congress will contain forty-one
republicans and thirty-five democrats , the
latter having gained the ecat of Mahono ,
of Virginia a republican majority of
six. It is still possible that the republi
cans may lose the seats of Harrison , of
Indiana , and Sewell , of Now Jersey ,
which would reduce their majority to
two , but the Indications are favorable to
the retention of thc.so goals , with all the
others that have been regarded as doubt
ful. With the senate iu Its control the re
publican party can very well bo content
to have the house remain two years moro
under democratic control ,
Naval
The statements recently sent from
Washington of the disclosures of smug-
Sling by naval ollicurs appear to have
been well founded. The faot has been
Virtually admitted by one ollicor in nn
interview with a newspaper representa
tive , who , however , endeavored to belit
tle the matter by saying that there was
simply a little wine brought over. This
nil mission was sulliclcnt to establish the
fact of smuggling , and justilies the pre
sumption that the oit'cnso was not lim
ited to this. A Washington correspond-
out who has bean investigating the mat
ter with evident industry , says the real
facts are that some otlicers have made a
irood thing out of itnugglin/ / ; when or-
Jprcil abroad , and others have turne ( |
themselves into commission merchants
with a view of obliging numerous friends.
It very often happened that after an ofll-
3'er was ordered to a ship the vessel
would not sail for three or four months ,
iiul pending Its departure orders would
t > o sent to I'arii and elsewhere for goods ,
ivith directions to forward them to a
! > ort where the vessel was to call. These
poods would bo addressed to arr officer
who was a friend of the person ordering
them , who would send them homo nt the
first obportunlty , cither by return
ing naval vessels or through other
naval connections. Such nn ar
rangomcnt is by no means Incrcd
iblc , though of course it would necessitate
collusions not very diflloult to cstub
lish , of course , If the practice was eon
oral , ns it Is said to have been. It Is als <
not entirely Improbable thatccrlaln nava
olllccrs had recourse to those means to
increase their emoluments , but it is
questionable whether smuggling for
prolil was carried on to any such oxlcn
us has been intimated.
Thu solicitor ot the treasury depart
meiit has just given an opinion that wines
purchased abroad by naval olllccrs for
consumption aboard the vessel are no
dutiable If retained on shipboard for use
but articles brought by the ollleers for
the use of other persons as irlfts or other
wise are dutiable , while wines , gloves
clothing , etc. , brought for the ollicers
own use , if in fact wearing nppuro
and personal cfTecls not merchandise
are frco of duty. U should bo said tha
these disclosures refer chiefly to offenses
committed several years ago , but they
are none the less valuable since they
have afforded the opportunity for an oil !
cial decision as to the class of goods
which naval ollicers may bring homo
without violating the customs laws am
those that are subject to such laws.
Franco anil Germany.
While Kussla is pressing her claims for
ascendancy in the Balkans and Europe
hesitates to dispute her progress thu oh !
report of a strong alliance of the Empire
of the czar with Franco to hold German
Influence in check is once moro revived
on the French boulevards. The policy 01
revungo formerly urged into prominunco
by ( lambetta is again discussed and the
probability of a conllict with Germany is
openly canvassed. About the fitness of
France to cope with Germany opinions
differ. It would .scum , however , as if the
best and most mature military minds
both French and otherwise , have serious
doublH about it. Tacticians of eminence
consider that , although Franco has
made vast strides in advance in her mili
tary organisation and discipline
the Germans have done the same
and , starting in 1871 from a point im
measurably ahead of France , Germany ,
by keeping step with the latter , is still far
in the lead. Although the army has been
tue pet of French legislators ever since
tlio war , and although the most unheard
of appropriations were never bcgrudgei
for tlio improvement of the army , in some
essential points the French soldier is stil
wofully delicienl when compared will
the German , notably in discipline. A
recent writer in the Nouvcllo Ilcvtic , a
French military man of sonic prominence
gave it as his opinion that the French sol
dicr still lacks discipline and resiiect for
his superior , and all the popular meas
tires , modelled moro or less after German
patterns , such as the boys' battallions , the
"turner" companies , etc. , were Frenchi
fied , and lost their usefulness in thu pro
cess. Still , France as a whole probablj
believes herself now strong enough to
whip her neighbor , and it would bo sur
prising if that belief did not ungendor
something tangible before long.
So far as we have observed , Postmaster
General Yilas is the only member of the
cabinet who was publicly active in
connection with the campaign just closed
That gentleman reached Madison , Wis.
from Washington , at an early hour Mon
day morning , and was active throughout
the day in behalf chielly of a candidate
for assemblyman , in whom ho appears to
have a particular personal as well as po
litical interest. He is said to have put a
thousand dollars into thu campaign fund
and to have gone about freely among the
"boys , " ending up by making the prin
cipal speech at a mass meeting Monday
night. It is to bo supposed that Mr.
ViliiH received a special dispensation per
mitting him to thus violate the presi
dent's civil service order , or is it to bo
understood that the application of the
order docs not roach to cabinet ollicers.
Pcruu Cooi'Kit's son-in-law will bo the
next mayor of New York , Mr. Hewitt's
name was a tower of strength among the
business men of Manhattan , and thou
sands of republicans seem to have voted
for him through fear of the possibility of
Henry George's success.
Kditorlnl Meeting At OrlcuiiB , Nov.
12. 18HO.
The second semi-annual mooting of the
editors and newspapermen of the Repub
lican Valley and tributary country , will
bo held on Friday , Nov. 13 next. Ample
arrangements are being made to make it
one of tlio most interesting over had.
The following partial programme has
been arranged :
AKTKIVKOON SESSION.
1. Address of Welcome , T. J. Cleaver ,
a. Kespoiisc , C. L , Watkins.
: i. Roll call.
4. Judge Isreal.
fi.V. \ . T. himlsoy.
6. F. M. Kimmel.
7. Will N. King.
8. A. . ,1. Graham.
! ) . A. C. H-aKmor.
10 , Business meeting and impromptu
speeches ,
EVENING SESSION.
Music Orleans Glee Club.
Oration Life of Abraham Lincoln.
Colonel Pktkett , of Bloomington Guard.
Music Orleans Glco Club.
This will bu followed by a grand ball.
Those parties whose names appear in
tha programme are requested to choose
their own subject.
It is to bo hoped that every editor will
bo on hand , as much good can bo accom
plished by gutting acquainted and ar
rangements can bo made to got laws
passed at the coming legislature that will
bo of benollt to the craft.
Parties from the west will have to drive
from Oxford down ami can return by
train in the morning. Everybody is in
vited to bring their wives.
A grand banquet will bo .served at one
of thu hotels.
hotels.H.
H. M. PIUNE , President ,
U. B. WALQUIST , Secretary.
I'ltOMlXKNT 1'RItSONS.
Hlla Wheeler Wllcox hnlf-coufcsses that
sue contemplates writing a play.
Harry CSariield , the- oldest sou of the late
President C.arileM , is soon to marry tils
cousin , Miss Mixson of Cleveland , O.
Charles A. Jolmeu , tlio great Wall street
scalper , Is worth 31.000,000. , unit be started lu
lite as a boy ; n a broker's oflico.
Mrs. ( Jcneral Grant may reoolve anywhere
frqmS'iOO.ooatoSTfto.oou'rrom th sate of her
noble lulsbanrt'Kliouk.
Cousin Hun Kotsum Is a poet , At least , ho
lias written v r.-Mss , an < [ his fwnily think , he
Is a sotonii Teanyoon.
Cousin lien folsom will take a bride , with
him to Slieflk'lil , the gossips say , and a very
prudent nuuuo Is , too. .
Col. iohn S. M"sby Is eolnp on tlioplatform
tbls winter with a lecture detailing bis ex
periences dtirln * tlto wu , Ho reoulvos $300
uer night rind all cxpi-nscs.
Cl.nrlos Francis Ad mis , jr. , Is nbout 16
beautify Hoston by orectlns a lovely house
on the corner ot Commonwealth avenue ami
Gloucester sheet
James 0. Flood hiw just finished a 52 , CO. ) , 000
dwelling In Sail Hranclsco.
.Mrs. hatmlry Jtihips into an Ice-cold bath
as noon as she wakt > s up in the tnortiltu.
Mrs. Mra ClarktCalnos' live itrainlclilidrcn
will get a million eitch from her estate.
Ex-Mnlster ! Cox Is lecturing In New York
on Turlcoy. , ,
Senator Kilmurti li only lifty-oluht ycnrs
old , lie began hU public life as town repre
sentative from Burlington In the Vermont
legislature In 18.Y > . He bus been a public
man for thirty-one years , ami If he completes
thu senatorial term for which ho has just been
chosen , he will have served thu puuple aumit
thirty-eight years , and will bo only sixty-live
yours old.
Jlrs. Jesslo Uniiton Fremont , who Is now
sixty-two , pnuerves the strong Intellectu I
tastes of her voutli. Situ Is possessed of ure.it
physical courage , and she itro.Uly desired tn
follow tier husb.uitl In Ids e.irly western ex
plorations , and was only dolerreil by the fear
of making him ridiculed , about thu only fear
oC which she Is ca pable ,
How Ho Onn Oet n Pension.
If Mr. ( ilntlstono should fet no ponilon
from the British uovcrnmout , lie can apply tn
the United States. Nobody Is roiusi-u a
pension over beio.
Well ,
A'cuVnih Sim.
"Uns prohibition turned a fnlluro In this
town ? " shouted a temperance orator.
"No sir " Ihedoor. "Two
, , on 1110:1 : voice near
now drug stores were opened last wet-k. "
To lUrtliolill.
Afitd (
Tim sou of France his Uindllm : glance
Threw o'er this radiant 1-Moiu ,
And like a tiyir ) ; ; < i of lonmueo
Knelt to the strength ol Fre domj
He saw nrise athwart thcsUio.-t
A ( ioddess ever , ever llviusf ,
lllumhuuioii In herc\es
Ami llame to darkness giving.
I.I It high thy torch and forward march ,
U dame of Uovolutlmi I
All heaven thy triumplml arcli ,
All progress thy solution :
And Irom the earth and all Us dross
May man behold the story
Friumbhip is pi colons ; is the Cross ,
And only Art Is glory.
ART BY THE YARD.
V Gllinpso at tlio Ma n iliac I uro of Oil
1'alntiiiK" .
New York Commercial Advertiser :
The production of cheap paintings has
given rise to an equally large amount of
equally cheap wit , but to the artists who
create the pictures and to the public
which buys them they are anything but
laughing matters , The desire to b" sur
rounded with color is inmate with man ,
and if ho has not the money to buy the
canvases of old and modern mastersand
has not the acquired good judgment to
know that b-ul col jring is worse thuii
none at all , then he will be quite sure to
Invest $5 in a picture that was done by
the yuril.
Ono sees these marvels of artistic
cheapness displayed in manv large sh.ip- . ! ,
and the inference is that some one beside
the poorer clus.ses must buy them. Any
one who has ever looked about New
York for board knows that the best board
ing houses often depend largely upon
them too tbo decoration of their walls.
Nearly all Iho furniture shops in the
Bowery and many others in Grand street
: uul Sixth avenue have a.judicious sprink
ling of them among their stock , and in
several streets may bo found auction
rooms that dc.p/md upon their sale for ex
istence. A trick that is resorted to in
European cities is seldom practiced in
New York. Abroad one may go to
some quiet , out-of-the-way quarter of u
city , hoping to pick up a bargain , and at
every turn the eye will be met with
atrocious daubs purporting to be signed
by Corot , Millet. Uoubinjry , Rousseau
and other well known but unconven
tional artists. That anyone nhotild be
for a moment deceived seems impossible ,
but the presence of those pictures proves
that some one must nibble at thu hook
that is even nut baited. But the New
York dealers are either too honest or elne
they are too modest to attempt such a
game and a picture of thu cheap order is
usually allowed to sell on its merits.
There are a. multitude of phioos in Now
York whore these paintings are manufac
tured , but the headquarters for the busi
ness the place recognized by the trade
in other cities is in Cortlandt street. It
had its beginning in thu brain of a sharp
English born Hebrew , who started with
one room , and now he occupies a block.
Ho buys his canvass unsized and prepares
it for use himself. Thu frames are all
made in the house , and even the rough
outer'cases for packing are sawed out
and put together on the premises. Some
sixty men are at work producing the
paintings. Tiioy work in small rooms
and for small pay , some getting $1.50
and ot lairs as high as $3 a
day. These wovkmon turn out the
paintings at a lightning speed
They do not stencil the designs , as many
suppose , neither do tliuy depend upon
nature nor upon other pictures. They
simply use their brushes nearly hap
hazard , and iu thirty minutes u new
canvas comes from their easels. A $3 a
day young man can turn out twenty ot
these daubs , thus making the average
cost for the work 10 cents ; the materials ,
In the shape of paints , canvas anil
stretcher , represents t0 ! cents moro , and
a good-looking Dutch uietul frame can
bo added at a cost of $1.50 , making a
grand total of iJ. Thus thu picture
may bo sold at any price between $ : j.50
and $5 , and the dealer will makuns much
money as most people do in business
transactions.
But tills is the very cheapest kind of
painting , the grade finer takes an hour to
complete , and from this they pass to
tho.se that consume an entire day. Muni
of the latter pictures are copiud from
photographs and make some little pro-
lension to perspeelivo and color. They
are often made by * men who once had
some little idea of drawing , but who
found insurmountable dilliculties in tbo
way of becoming Ijnst class artists. Their
pictures , which they duplicate imleli-
iiitoly. do not cost over $5 , and framed
from $8 to $12 , and aomolimes they sell
as high as $ : ! . " > . Tlio small panel pictures ,
done on wood ami often copied from
some popular French or German paint
ing , are freqiteutly very pretty
mil are cleverly done. Many of them
are imported , aud cost almost
nothing at lirst baud , though Broadway
iciuses , which buv.them cheap enough ,
often ask $10 fdf.i them. However ,
whether of Now Yk > rk or continental or-
gin , they pass through thu Cortlamit
street depot. This place is a specie * of
foster parent for improvident artists ,
many of whom send their work hero un
signed and are glad to get a $3 bill in re-
urn. As the proprietor says , numy of
ho profession leave New \ork early in
-ho summer with pockets well lined with
reeniiaeks , but a season of idleness and
jxtravaganco finds them well reduced in
mrsc in the autumn , and they struggle
jack to the city , glad to lay in the price
if a few weeks1 board by turning out u
IOKCII or more hastily dona pictures.
I'heso are thu paintings that
ire afterward signed by any
lumber of mythical persons and
ire sent * tit in the care ot u
harp auctioneer to Chiengo , St. Louis ,
-lOuisville and other western cities , and
ire .sold for $75 to flOO , and oftentimes
loiible these sums. \ \ ith these oil'puiut-
Ings water-color sketches are- frequently
mixed. They may bo bought in Italy fet
n Sjtig , and even when duty is paidwhich
is not always the case , thov can bo sold
nt low ligiires. Hut they are not. for sr
oopttlar have they become that in Fiftli
avenue auction rooms sketches that cost
in Kurope three or four franks apiece sell
for 1" ) ami $ . ' 0. Had they nny beatity.ot
were they characteristic of nny school ol
art , It would 1m diffurentbut , they are not
they nro mere hasty water color sketches ,
nml because thcru is a popular clamor lot
tins kind of picture they ibid ready sale.
The demand for crayon portraits is sc
great that , in addition' landscapes am !
figurei pieces , the cheap art house is or
gani/.ing a portrait department. The
artist , will work by thu pitee. getting on
an averagn $1 for each portrait As Uiest
are all orders thai have been placed at
$15 and $ . ' ( > each , the prolit is not
bud , oven after an agent , who may have
solicited the work , has hid 25 per cent
given him.ator color portraits are
aUo made , but the same percentage ol
prolit i-an not bo had. No artist the
hou.se could biru nan paint without hav
ing a faint .solar print as a foundation ,
and this co > N a good deal , and thu work
must noeesiarlly be slow and painstak
ing. In the iu dst ot this temple devoted -
voted to the iirts it a ves emu a slight
shock to Hud that it is alsu
the wlmlctuln abiding place of
the ehromo in its different
varitles. Here are those sumo georgeoun
works of art In bron/.e frames , repro-
Minting Kalclgh at tno court of Eliza
beth , Charles I. on his way to execution
ami others like them that look so tempt
ing when dtspluvd. brariui : : iond : stat
ing that they have been reduced to $11) )
each. As the pictures can be bought at
about $ j.riu ( ) do eii , and the frames have
a minimum of brou/.e and a maximum of
brown paint , and all told , boxed for
shipment do not represent over ifl ! 50. I *
can nmdiiv In1 iveKoui'd that even at the
r dleitlously low liirmv ot $10 the dealer
ii not mulng ; ! Inm-elf poor. The frames
are probably tinbcit work donias
gold leaf IN jolil loaf , and it they
do put a gold leaf mould.tig arouuil
a nil-lure , u.-i they often do when espe
cially ordered , tue.y charge much less
than up town pnr.es. Ono numlri'd and
lilty men urn busy in this one place and
twenty-live mure are working for thu
linn ouUidc. I'luui add to this number
the pitoph ; who are working for other
hotisis , and it w.il be MCU : that tluo
coustitiitn a small arm.y in themselves.
One house ha.- . -M.OOl tin.shed . paintings
stowc'd away lor this seasons traifis.
Wherethiv will go to or who will buy
them is a nr. stcrv , but their owner is
not worried about the size of his stock-
and unless one has 1:001 ! reason to .sup
pose that , some Hum he will b compiill d
to srazo on one or more of these ctnvasos
there is no cause to borrow trouole
about them.
Tlio Ilaliiit of a Ontcnarlun.
"Chevrcul lit a Hundred , " by W. H.
Larrabce , in Popular Science Monthly
for November : .M.Chevreiil has a con
siderable library at the museum , which
has been regularly increased by the ac
cession of valuable books which Ins sou ,
a bibliophibsl like himself , has helped
him to find. His yraud life has been en
gaged in ihouirut. and concentrated upon
Mm studies from wbieh such useful dis
coveries have resulted He bus kept
himself in trooi ! condition and happy by
work and moderution. His wife , who
has now been dead for more than twenty
years , attended to his comforts with ail
devotion which such superior
minds are able to invoke.
His only .sou , a retired magis
trate lives at D.joii. The illustrious old
man lives , theroforu , alone , with bis
books for companion.by the akl of
which he is able to con verse with his
brethren , the gn-at ones of mankind , the
Newtonsand Galileos. When not among
his books he Is at bis laboratory .in the
Gobelins , where he irons on with liU i-x-
porimiints with a dexterity still quite
juvenillc.
M. Chovreul possesses a largo fortune ,
which is augmented from year to year by
the rewards ol his scientific labors. Hi's
life , therefore , passes along placidly ,
enlivened by the tileasure of seeing the
closing years of his career omphaai'/.ed
by ovations to his merit. He has wit
nosseil thn birth of all thu scientific dis
coveries of our eenttiry , and lian beheld
the marvellous sncctnalc Of the develop
ment of modern industry.
M. Chovrfiil is tall , aiid hears to this
dav an erect body. Of elegant manners
and incomparable it liability , he rarely
fails tn receive you with a smile. Hi's
head is a very line one , with a broad ami
massive forehead , shaded with white
locks. He is a man of wit as well as
genius. Recently , when engaging n new
"
proparator for his laboratory , "he said to
him : "You must have a good deal ot
courage to take misplace ; we have killed
four preparatory already. " Wo recol
lect , says M. Tisaudiur , seeing him at a
ball in the Elysee , at midnight of a winter -
tor night , fresh and lively , surrounded by
ladies whom ho was gaily entertaining ,
with an exquisite and charming crace.
M. Chevreul is very sober , lie drinks
nothing but * water and beer , except that ,
by special request of Minister Goblet , he
for the first time in his life departed from
his abstinence to drink a glass of chain-
iiaguo in response to thu sentiment
"Vivo la Francol" at his century ban
quet ; and to Ills temperance , with his
robust constitution and his prudent
regular , and industrious life , he doubt
less owes his survival to so high an ago ,
Homo Short Mun.
Now York Sun : Abe Hewitt Is barely
five feet four. In an average company
: > f men he is obliged constantly to look
up while in conversation. A ten min
utes talk with him compels the brainest
men to look up to him. His force and
| ) ewer nro all above the shoulders ,
The handsome and vivacious Theodore
lloosevelt is short in stature , 'out bit is
ivell proportioned In crowded as.sem-
ilitge.s ho seeks a chair or bunch to stand
ipon while speaking. In gatherings
ivhero such informalities would be mi-
liguified , Mr , Itoosevult spuaks under
; omo embarrassment , though he con-
: cals it.
Sunset Cox will measure back to back
list about even with Abu Hewitt. Yet
n congress be has so often proven it
) avld to republican Goliahs that no one
ivor thinks of him us a small man. Mr.
Jox is able to make Ills pre i'iico full
vitliont such adventitious adds at. Inch
; olus on his boots or a chair or dusk for a
iliitlorin.
Governor David Hill's eyes are cast up-
van ! as he talks with most men for lie is
liort. But ho is one of those who appear
horte.st when first seen , and ho scorns to
rrow In sl/.u whemtver one meets him.
I'liiit is because lie impresses men with a
orceful manner , a clear intellect and a
iugiieslioii of jrreat powerhuld m reserve
md complete control ,
Dan Lamrmt carries an old hi'iid on
oung shoulders and short less. l-Vc. i-
liiit Cleveland could almost button him
usiduof one of the capacious executive
vercoats after ho hail himself put tun
oat on. Dan'6 influence in the \vuU ! >
ottso , nowevor , is to be measured inver-
ely to the inches of his beight.
Senator Spooncr , of AYfcuoiiBlii , is only !
vc feet'Jireo , but bethinks it lucky that
0 Is no taller. Had he bcnn he would
ot have made the efforts necessary to
vercomo tlio prejudices of the VViscon-
in lumbermen against little fellows.
Jay Gould is so short that youths' sizes
1 trousers fit him. Yet hu looms like
unison before the Philistines among the
tidiness giants of the world.
Phil Sheridan is only live feat four , .yet
10 people In the Shcnandimh valley
ivunty odd years ago thought that
lighty warrior was rushfng down to
verwhclm them.
Stntlitios.
The Paris municipality publishes tmcl
month a. pamphlet devoted to iho statl.s
ties of the city. The following article i ;
condensed from tlio number giving tin
results for the year i8S , " > ,
The pamphlet opens with tables on tin
climate of Paris. During the year 188 ;
it rained or snowed 1)5 ! ) days , or mon
than half the year. The average foi
twelve .years isJill day.s , which bring :
out still more strongly the pluvial nattirt
of the I'ariiian ulini Ue. July seems ti
bo the driest mouth siv rainy days ami
October tlio wettest -twenty-four tlavs
The highest the thermometer rose was
43.3 centigrade , iu the "tin , and ! ) . !
in the shade ; the ItmvM , U.V. The
averatie for iwela ; years gives 111. ln. uin <
mer and S.lMn winter , which in Fahren
heit would bonhnui 111 in the lir.st ca < c
and 111 below zero In the second. The
coldest spot in Paris si-vms to be Mont-
maltre , winch is very natural as this h gh
hill N as "windswept" us any spok of
by llomar. The warmest purl of the
t'lty U near the upper end of thu Luxem
bourg Gardens--.f we are to believe
the-e - Utisties.
Tlie figures eoueornini : married life
are very interesting. More men get mar
ried at ' , ' 11 ami between il. ) and : j : than
at any otln r aire. . ICurly marriages are
very rare on the part ol the man. No
boy under 18 was married at Paris In
ISJ'i , while oulv > il wetv married at that
aite , fil ut III. 1J5 at' ' ' , J'J at 'Jl , 53 at 22 ,
MlH at 'Jlj , and so on. But old age dot's
not check the matrimonial fever among
Frenchmen. Suveral hundred widded
last year afler they had passed their lit-
tli'th ' , veir : , Sd between 55 and ( iO years old.
lil ! bi'tweeu tl.l and ifi. ; ! ) between 05 and
70 and one forlorn od ! bachelor after he
had jrot beyond 75
French women bogm to marry when
under sixteen. There were twenty-two
such foolish irlrls in Idrtii. A whole hun
dred ventured in at just "sweet sixteen , "
and from nineteen to twenty-six they get
married at the rate of about one thousand
for eaeh iiiro. Women who have parsed
their prime have no trouble In bnding
husbands in France. Thus from torty-
live to fifty not less ( ban 'JIS wute wedded
in a Miiali' year in Paris ; I' ' ! ! from llltv to
lifty-lillv live ; sixty from tlfty-live lo
sixty ; nineteen trom sixty to sixty-live ,
and tluee-ifler seventy-live. Two thou
sand , three hundred and seventy-four
widowers were ready to try matrimony a
second time , but only 'l,831 widows ,
which shows perhaps 'that Frenchmen
do not make more perfect husbands than
tin-men of other nations. Hut the di
vorce table would seem to contradict this
last statement , for wiillu ll'J husbands
were granted divorces , only forty-one
wives succeeded in obtaining the same
favor.
There wore over 20,000 marriages in
Paris in 19S5. and over ( JUNK ) births , of
which number -11-178 wore legitimate ami
1GH'J2 illegitimate. That is , nearly two-
lit'llis of the children in Paris are born
outside of wedlock. These figures will
startle Americans. During the year ,
3,353 poor liitle waifs \yero immediately
acknowledged by their parents to be
their children , and about fl.OOO more
legiliini/.i-d later , making a grand total
of a little over 8,000 legilimi/.ed during
the year , to bo set against the 1(1,1)33 ( ) ille
gitimate births. That is , about one half
of tliu illegitimate children are acknowl
edged sootier or lalur , leaving some 8.0UO
to go through the world without a known
father or mother.
When Jefferson was minister to France
he wrote home that ho had not seen a
drunken man since he landed iu the
country. Dunnir the year 1885 , 177 per
sons died in Paris alone from alcohol
ism , and of this ntimbiuthirtysix were
women. Morn than 1(1,000 ( died of con
sumption. In nil Paris there wore 51,010
death ; ' in a year , or nearly 150 every day.
In this number are included 11,877 babies
uii'lcr one year. What a slaughter of in
nocents !
Thu progress of free-thinking In France
i ? shown by the 11,278 "civil" burials ,
t''at ' is , Interments without thu presence
of any minister of religion. The pro
verbial frugality of the French is seen in
she total saving bank deposits nearly
sixty-two millions of francs in Paris for
the simile year 18S5. There were 001,7.1 ! )
depositors. The pawmibroking table reveals -
veals , " ' .s ttie other hand , considerable
miuccuniosity in the Parisian population ,
for over two million objects were pledged
on which more than iifty-livo million
francs wore drawn. There were 2,155
failures during the voar , the liabilities
being over fifteen million francs.
The omnibus and horse-car statistics
arc interesting. They show that duriujr
a twelvemonth all the lines m.ike4 , < l80,740'
trips , ami carry 11)1,218,501 ) passengers.
This number 'Iocs ' not include nearly
13,000,000 passengers carried on tlio
.Seine boats and several other millions
transported by the steam cars that circu
late inside thu walls. The busiest omni
bus line Is that which runs from the
Madeleine to the Bastille , the whole
length of the grand boulevards. It alone
carried nearly 14,000,01)0 people in
18S5. The line of horse-cars that follows
the Boulevards Seb-istapol and St. Mich
ael carried over 11,000,000. , The
trains brought into Paris 1,231,77 , ! ) travel
ers , and took out 1,217,078. of which
numbers-10JOH3 wore provincial French
men und l-l4f ! | > foreigners ,
Thu lire department has some curious
things to toll. Of tlia 833 fires only 30 required -
quired to be put out by the steamers ,
while jr li ) were extinguished by buckets.
These figures would alone show thateon-
llagratioiM arc almost unknown at Paris.
But It further appears that in 230 of these
88'J fires , there was a Jo.ss of 1,000 francs
or over , wlillo in 010 the loss was only
1.000 fraue.s or less. Insurance com
panies should thrive iu the French cap !
tal.
Tlio nnrher in Mforaturo ,
J'ickwick Papers : Oh , the pleasure of
stropping the ra/.or Hay after day , feeling
the .sharp edge , and thinking of the
jrash one stroke of its thin , bright point
would maku.
Lord Chief Jiialico Cockburii : "Thoro
s no trndu wbieh furnishes .inch striking
samples of ready wit , of entertaining
information und of agreeable manners.
Jnu of the mokt intimate. Ineniln I Imvu
M-or had in the world was Diek Dauby ,
ivlio kept a hair dresser's shop under the
iloisters in tliu Inner Temple. * * *
Poor fellow , ho died middmily. and his
lr. ih has threw a irloon : over Wcstmin-
Jterhall. "
Washington Star : A good burbot- can
wako from $ 15 to $18 av .ik if the shop
: un furnish iho customers. There is one
ibop in town that might give $ in worth
> f wori. , but It would he Jivoly hustling
oget the oilier * 3.
Barber , in London Dally News : Tom
lood had . < unio Humorous lines on the
'Burlier ' Ili'unluil. " Consider what pro-
; ress thuir trade had made in tlm way of
ocietios. mid how it had grown since the
mrbiir , and afterward statesman , Joseph
Imntt first istarted the notion of opening
uuscums on Sundays , down pisnt the
iiii-1 of Traquair , who was fond of razor
otting , to Arab ! Paihu , at one period of
lislifu a ladies' ' hair dresser.
I'ho biggest money taken m by any
larbur in Washington on inauguration
lay V.'UH $1 ! ) or $ 'M , and down-town bar-
> i > rj diil that. That man tok in over
30 inauguration week , but , great heay-
ns , how ho had lo work. He .started in
bout a o'clock in the muniiiig. when
icopiu who .rid bneii out cm the .street all
Ight Hocked in to get a shave and a
uth. Ho was jioing until after midnight ,
DO , so lie didn't gt.t much sleep that
p-Bok. There is one man in thu Ehbitt
ou.se.hop who turns in a reat deal
lore money than uui' of tin : others. Ho
i a lightninif shaver , but he can't cut
air any butter than an apprentice. Yet
K-ro is aKyays a crowd wading for him ,
ho think that he tun cut hair as Well as
0 euu .shave. ,
HIE AMERICAN COWBOY ,
His Llfo is Ono of Excitement and Roiimntio
InUrcst.
Organization , Desalpllno nml Ortlor
( in the Northern
Joseph Nimmo , jr. , in Harper's Mnca-
x.inu for November : Tlio cowboy of to-
diiy , especially on the northern range , is
of entirely ilill'crent type from the orlgl-
nnl cowboy of Texas. iJow conditions
have produced the change. Tlio raugo
cattle bu.iincss of Kansas , Nebraska , Col-
ormlu , Wyoming , Alonlanii and Dakota
Is , us already stated , a now business.
Those engaged in It as proprietors are
ohiclly froln the states situated east of
thu Missouri river and north of tbu In
dian territory. Among- them are also
mimy Englishmen , Scotchmen , Frenchmen -
men and Germans of largo means , em
bracing titled mon who have embarked
in the business quite extensively. Many
of these came to America originally as
tourists or for the purpose of hunting
buffaloes , but the iiUraetlvouosa of tlto
cattle business arrested them , ami they
have become virtually , if not through the
aelof nattirali/.atlon , American herds
men. Some of this class have , from the
force of roimiuUu temperament and the
exhilaration of range life , tbemselvea
selves participated actively in the duties
ot the cowboy.
Organization , discipline , and order
characterize the new undertakings on the
northern ranges , lu a word , the cattle
business of that section is now anil has
been from thu beginning been carried on
upon strictly business principles. Under
such proprietorships , and guided by such
methods , a now class of cowboys lilt's been
introduced and developed. Some have
eomu from Tc.xasand , have brought with
them a knowledge of the aits of their
calling , but the number Irom the other
states and territories constitutes a largo
majority of the whole. Some are gradu
ates of American colleges , and others of
collegiate institutions in Kurope. Many
have re-sorted to the occupation of cow
boy tomporardy and for the purpose of
learning the range ciiltlo business , with
the view of eventually engaging in it on
their own account , or in the interest of
friends desirous of investing money in
thu enterprise.
The lilo of a cowboy is always one of
excitement and of romantic interest ,
ilis waking hours when ' 'riding on trail"
are spent in the saddle , and at night ho
makes his bed upon the lap of mother
earth.
Tlio great herds which are yearly
driven out of Texas to the northern
ranges usually embrace from 2,5UO , to
4,000 young eatthi each , and the move
ment has since its beginning , about
eighteen years ago , amounted to about
4,000,0(10 ( head , worth nearly $00,000,000. ,
Euoh herd is placed in charge of a boss ,
with from eight to ten cowboys , a pro
vision wagon and a cook , .four horses
are supplied to each cowboy , for the
duty is an arduous one. The range cat
tle when away trom their accustomed
haunts are auspicious and excitable , and
need to be managed with tin ; * greatest
cure to kcop them from stampeding.
When "on trail" they are "close herd
ed" at niglitlall , and all lie down within
a space ot about two acres. The cow
boys then by watches rule around tliom
ail night long. The sensible presence of
man appears to give liio animals u fool
ing of security.
The journey from southern Texas to
Montana requires from four to six
mouths. Herds are also driven from
Oregon and Washington territory to Wy
oming and eastern Montana. It is im
possible tor one who has not had actual
experience in "riding on trail" to imag
ine the dilliculties involved in driviuir a
large herd oJ wild cattle over mountain
raUK * a , across dcsurt lauds where in
some oases lood ami water arti not found
for many miles , and where blrcams must
bu crossed which are liable to dangerous
freshens.
A largo part of the northern ranges is
embraced in the area which Silas I ( out ,
an accomplished meteorologist , ternm
"the birthplace of the tornado. " Thun
der and lightning are hero frequent , and
they are especially terrifying t.o tango
cattle. The most thrilling incident in thu
life of a cowboy occurs on the occasion
of a thunderstorm at night. Such an oc
currence is thus described from personal
observation by Mr. William A. liaillio
Urohman , an English writer :
"On the approach of one of those violent
lent outbursts the whole force IB ordered
on duty ; tbu spare horses-of which each
man has always three , ami often as muny
as eight or ten -arc carefully fed and te
thered , and the herd is'rounded up,1 ,
that is. collected into us small it Himco an
possible , while the men continue to ride
around the densely massed herd. Likn
horses , cattle derive courage from the
close proximity uf man. The thunder
peals , and thu vivid lightniiigllaslics with
ama/jii" brilliancy , as with lowered
hcada the hard eagerly watch the slow ,
steady pace of thu cow-ponies , and no
doubt ilc.rivo from it a com torting sense
of protection. Sometimes , however , u
wild Blocr will I HI unable to control his
terror , , and will maku u clash thiougn a
convenient opoiilng. The crisis is at
hand , for the example will surely bo fol
lowedand in two minutes lliu v/holii herd
of 4.000 hund will have uroknn Ihrough
the line of horsemen mid bo away , one
surging , hollowing mass of terrified
beasts. Fancy a pitch dark night , a
iiouriiig torrent of rain , thu ground not
July stnmgu to the men , lint ver.s broken
mil full of dangerously steep water-
uoursus and hollows , and you will have u
iiioturo of cowboy duly on such anight ,
riioy must head oil' the leaders. Ouco
fairly oil' , they will stampede twenty ,
.hirly and oven fort. ) miles at astrntcli ,
mil many branc'hes will stray from tins
innin herd. Not alone thu wrechle.si
iil"r , riishiuir headlong at breakneck
iaeu over dangerous ground in dense
litrkuo.s.s , but also the horses , small , in-
lignilii'aiit huiihtsbut matchless for hardy
iiidur.mco and willinguii.S'i , are perfectly
iwure how much depends upon their
ipnml that night , if it kills them. Unused
ill tliu last moment rmnams the heavy
iowhido 'yulrtp'or ' whip itnd the powerful
purs with rowels the si/.o of liv't-sliilling
liccos. Urged on by a.shout , the horses
jiood alongside the terrified stuurs until
noy manage to reach the leaders , wlum ,
iiYingiii < r around , and tearless of horns ,
hey prass buck llm hollowing brutes till
hey turn them. All the men pui-Miing
his iiiaiiumvru. the headlong rush is nt
net checked , and the leaders , panting and
iishing their sides with their mils , nro
irniiglit to a stand , and the wh'ile ' herd
a attain rounded up.1 " - " *
Throughout iho northern ranges so-
irict.y , self-restraint , deeeitt liuliaviorand
aitlifiilnesM to duly are enjoined upon
he cowboys. A great improvement i.s
Iso observable In the cowboys of Texas ,
) ui'ds of violence , among them are n > w
uw. Tiie morale of tlm entire range and
anch cat tin business of the United Ktutet
ow compares favorably with that of
their large tmttrprisi.s.
Thu man who was found dead Tiles
ay in O K. Mnyno'i buck yard has bt-m
Jeiitilled as Henry Lewis , a laborer of
uls city. The cuuse..of his duath is not
nown ,
An ovMcir fiiippor Vs to be given < . . ' .
hur.-.i.la.y 'night ' at tliu Walnut IJdi
hureh , the jM-fieeed-i to bu used for Hie
-e of an organ.
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