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Tmi moro the returns arc revised the
more clearly they fullill the HKK'S predic
tions , made the morning ufter the elec
tion.
Six out of ton of the legislative delega
tion , including two senators , is n sub
stantial victory for Douglas county re-
publicans.
COIJNTV Attorney Sinioral ran way
ahead of the republican .state ticket , ilis
BIICCUSS is gratifying to members of the
bar without regard to party.
"Tin : Two Jolina" wore in town last
night John L. Sullivan and John A. Me-
Slittno. They bear a striking similarity to
each other in one respect. Each has
knocked his man out.
!
I Bin. CI.KVIM.ANII has perhaps observed
that the leading organs of democratic
opinion in New York do not agree with
his view that the administration was not
on trial in Tuesday's election.
Tun Knights of Labor did valiant work
ngainst Church Howe throughout the
district. The labor vote throughout the
country on Tuesday was powerfully ex
ercised in behalf of good government.
Mit. MOUNT was another candidate who
felt the pleasant cflects of popularity , re
sulting from a good record. .Tho reputa
tion which IIP won in the assessor's ollice
aidud him materially in the canvass , and
landed him in the board of commis
sioners by a handsome majority.
DOUGLAS county has taken the first
slops towards providing for its sick and
unfortunate in the projected hospital.
Months must , however , elapse before the
building can bo constructed. Meantime
our people should see to it that the many
rases ot suH'ering in the city are relieved.
URNKKAL H.utiuso.N's splendid cam
paign in Indiana is said to have con
siderably advanced him in republican
opinion at Washington as a possible presi
dential candidate in 18S8. Ho , has cer
tainly shown ability in organization and
leadership worthy of all admiration.
TUB viaducts arc greatly delayed but
tlmy will doubtless bo completed before
winter sets in. Thu value of thoso'con-
ncclions with that part of the city lying
across the tracks will bo shown next
spring in increased travel and hcavv
building operations in that portion of
Omaha.
Tin : nomination of Judge Pccklwm iu
New York was duo to the magnanimity
of ( Jovcrnor Hill , the judge having been
among the most pronounced enemies of
Tammany and an out-and-out Cleveland
man. His rescue from defeat is also
credited to the same source , he having
made n personal appeal to the governor.
NeverthpJcf s , the vote for him shows n
heavy democratic loss as compared with
thu vote of lust ynar. Only the president
Js capable of deriving any satisfaction
from sueh a showing and eoiistrulng it as
nn endorsement of the ndniinistnitioii.
IN a fmv weeks wo shall probably know
the fate of the legislative amendment lethe
the constitution providing for an increase
in the length of the legislative session
from forty to sixty days. At present it Is
extremely doubtful whether it has cur
ried. The decision of the courts that .1
constitutional aiiumdmunt must receive a
majority of all voto.s cast at the election
iuakc..s its adoption in a campaign whuro
ollinr Issues are paramount , a doubtful
matter. In addition , the practice of
printing the governor's proolumation in
papers which circulate most heavily
among exchanges is a drawback whoso
cD'eot is invariably soon in each election
when the pconlo nru called to vote upon
mioh propositions.
TDK burning of the new Marker build-
iiigin lest than thirty minutes after thtulls
covory of the Hro shows what aitangeroiis
iiro trap it was. it WHS simply a wooden
tinder-box , veneered with a mere tnvtonso
of brick , If the building inspection law
had been strictly enforced wu don't be-
lie.vo suoh a structure could hnve boeu
erected within thu Iiro limits. . It is
to bo hopcil that it will not bo puvmittud
to l-o rebuilt according to the originu !
plaus. Siich a iiro trap in the Imnrt o !
the city is too dangerous to life ami
property. Jlad the Wilding bn-'h 'oc-
oupii-d , several live * ) would undoubtedly
linvo been lost. Had there been a he-.ivy
wind the tire would have swnpt the city.
It would have been n Culoago conlhurra-
tion from the starting point 'to the city
limit * . .Let us hwu no mure tuicli tire
The Next House.
The last report of estimates maJo al
Washington as to the probable strciiRth
of parties in the next liouso of represent
atives , gave a Fiiiall majority to the re
publicans over the democrats , the labor
representatives , live in number , being
set aside as an unknown ( juantity. Ad
vices received since the estimates wore
made , however , nssurn the election of
lomocrats which was then regarded ns
doubtful , and it appears safe to conclude
Hint the democrats will have a small ma
jority over the republicans , with the not
unlikely circum.itanco of labor represent
atives holding the balance ol power. In
such an event the question of the organ
isation of the next house becomes n matter -
tor of supreme interest , and linked
under any eirctimstaiiccs it is likely to bo
u most interesting matter in view of thu
exceptionally Humorous changes that
will occur in the membership of that
body and the inllucnee which lliu popu
lar opinion implied in those changes must
exert.
It is already determined that tlm next
honso will contain a less number of dem
ocratic turilV reformers than the present
body , and the probability is that they
will be less aggressive also. The defeat of
Morrison , the narrow escape ot Carlisle ,
and the reduced vote for Springer ,
all ascribed to the opposition to the
tarlft"views of tiioso gentlemen , will bo
very likely to make a deep impression
ujion the men in the next congress whoso
opinions take a similar direction and
render them timid in advancing their
views on this subject. For these reasons
the chances of Mr. Carlisle for ru-ulec-
tion to thcspeakor.shp will bo materially
uHected. With a diminished democratic
mr.joritv ho will encounter a disposition
to pursue a more conservative policy than
ho represents with respect to the taritl' ,
and thu indications are that he may bo
compelled to yield his leadership to
another. It is already intimated thai the
Hon. S. S. Cox , who is not unknown in
this relation , is likely to have a consider
able following , and ho ought to have ac
quired some additional prestige with the
party by reason of the exceptional cir
cumstances of his re-election to con-
gross. JJut lii.s very cordial relations
with the administration , implying a sup
port of its entire policy , would probably
not promote his chances. If Mr. Cox is
devoted to civil service reform and the
Wall street system of finance as reflected
by the administration , ho has litllo to
hope for from a democratic house. Mr.
Kimdall will of course be a candidate ,
but manifestly n hopeless one. It is
hardly possible to conceive of
any combination of circumstances
under which that gentleman
could bo elevated to the spoaker-ship of
the house so long as there are democrats
in that body who remember his course in
the present congress and regard it as
having been inimical to the welfare of
the party. Certainly in the next house
the democrats who fool this way will bo
snflicieutly numerous lo easily defeat
him. Moreover , the majority of the party
at largo has no desire to promote the as
pirations of Mr. Randall , and nothing
that could happen would moro com
pletely demoralize the party throughout
the country than his election to thespeak-
orshin. Obviously the democratic di
lemma promises to be moat perplexing lo
thu parly and interesting to the country ,
Assuming that the labor vote will hold
the balance of power , as now appears
not improbable , and the possible situa
tion presents another interesting as
pect. To which side would this
vote bo most likely to go ?
While tiioso live representatives would
undoubtedly demand conspicuous con-
sideralioa4 , in the oraanixation of the
house , tiioy wonld probably not presume
to ask the speakor.ship for one of their
own number. Hut ou the other hand
they would not give their votes to any
man not in full sympathy witn them.
So far as the tarill'question entered into
the contest and it seems likely that it
will play no inconsiderable part it is to bo
presumed that the sympii thy of the labor
representatives would lie with the republi
cans. Whether wisely or not , the or
ganized labor of the country is evidently
favorable to the existing tarilT system ,
and its inlluenco would be exerted upon
its representatives in congress. It would
not support Carlisle or Cox. It migjjt
support Uamlall , but ha cannot have the
following of his own party. In such a
contingency the possibility of electing a
conservative republican a man who pos
sesscs the confidence of thu labor element
could not bo regarded ns out of thu
( Hicstion , and clearly such a result would
give the labor representatives a greater
vimtage ground than would the election
of a democrat by their support. An ar
rangement of this kind wotild of course
dismiss from consideration thugoutlonieii
who are now prominently named us pos
sible republican candidates.
It will thus be seen tliat thu probable sit
uation , as it is now presunted.gives prom
ise of a contest of unusual interest , with
possible results of vast importance to
elthor of the great political parties.
rut it J.nvn.
The slugging matches with which
Omaha is being infostcd should bo
"knocked out. " They are u diFgitbllng
nul ance , brutal iu their iiitliionue. and
injurious to thu morals of the commun
ity. Other cities are promptly suppress
ing them. Even Now York no longer
purmilK Mich exhibitions , The manly at"
of snlf-defent-'n is right enough in iis
place. "Learn to box , my son,11 sa'il an
Knglitih lord , "because goino brute may
Insult you , and as you cannot call him
out yon Miould bo ubiu to knock him
down. " In eortaiu situations a man's
lists may seno him , They should not ,
however , be permitted to take Iho placn
of brains in making him a
living. Just nt present the art
of sulf.ditfun.su is a struggle on
the part of a fo\v drunken and disrepu
table brutes to "knock out" dollars from
tliw public pocket and to defend "hippo-
dromers" from Inti.-rfcroneu on the part
of the polieo.Vccallupou \ thu mithori
ties of this city to put down the slugging
tmitch abomination.
Tlm Valtio of TlciputiUloii ,
The results of Uionlectiou in the First
district show the surprising value of
reputation in nn appeal fur popular en-
donienifpt Thediifeut of Church Hewn
by nn agricultural and laboring cou.stlt-
uoncy quite oulside tliH vote of the largo
cities was thn rebuke which honest men ,
entirely frryspective of party , gave to. a
cunditiatu whoso name hud been' stench
in the nostrils of Nebraska republicans
i for more than .too years. ' Year nflcr
year the political trickster and lobbyist
had succeeded in twisting local pride tea
a local ondorsomuntt The present
canvass was the first in which a
large part of Nebraska republicanism
was given n chance lo oxprcssits opinion
of the man and the politician. It has
been done so effectually and so emphat
ically that Church Howe disappears for
ever as n factor in the politics of the
stale. Olhor elements contributed doubt
less in rolling up the monumental ma
jority under which lip was buried , but the
personal and political record of the can
didate was the loading force which over
whelmed him.
If tlio lesson of the election is taken tc
heart by the great jiolitic.il party which
disgraced Itself by placing Church Howe
in nomination , it will have been cheaply
bought. Personal reputation counts in
business. It carries Its weight In litera
ture and art. It Is ofTcctlvu In every Held
of human endeavor. The political parly
which imagines for a moment that repu
tation has no weight in determining llm
success or defeat of partv organization
simply closes Its eyes to a fact which
soone.r or later asserts itself against the
most obMinatu unbeliever.
Out of Polities.
Thu Into ( lovernor Dawcs was beaten
out of his boots in his own county through
the republican nominations for the legisla
ture and .stale convention. Ho joined
hands with Tobo Castor , the democratic
bo s in Saline county , to beat the repub
lican ticket and especially Durus , the re
publican candidate for senator. A llur-
llngton contractor , named Lnnlrim , was
sot up as an independent er-.ndidale for
Iho senate and the railroad democrats
under Tobo Castor's lead endorsed him
witli the private understanding that
Dawes would pull him through. Mr.
Durhs is elected and Dawes hasn't a soul
to represent his burstod senatorial boom-
let in the next legislature.
The Honorable Kd Cams is among tlio
missing , lie loaded the republican stomach
ach with an anti-Van Wvck ticket , and
the load was too much. Seward county ,
which always lias elected republicans to
the legislature by large majorities , has
returned u solid democratic delegation.
This leaves Cairns out in the cold as a
factor in tlio senatorial fight.
The senatorial air castle of Albinus
Nance will no longer disturb his dreams.
Polk county , which is his homo and
stronghold , sends a Van Wyck represen
tative lo the legislature and a Van Wyck
senator to the upper liouso.
Last but not least among the dead
ducks is Church Howe , who only a few
weeks ago regarded himself as the pos
sessor of a scat in 'congreKS and heir ox-
pcctant to a cushioned chair in the son-
ate. The Nemaha renegade will now retire -
tire to his farm and prepare his spring
crop of railroad ties for the Missouri
Pacific.
O.v Sunday next wo begin the publica
tion of a weekly letter from New York by
General Adam Hadeati , formerly consul
general at London and Havana , and so
long the military and confidential secre
tary of General Grant , liadcaifs "Mili
tary History of Grant , " liis Cuban ro-
inanco of "Conspiracy. " and his work on
"Aristocracy in Kiigland , " have made
his literary ropntation familiar , while his
longollicial residence abroad , his posi
tion for many years at the headquarters
of the army , and his life at tlio white
house , liavo given him a wide oxpori encu
and an acquaintance with many of the
most notable people of the time. Of
all this ho proposes to make am
ple use to embroider his papers
with recollections and incidents known
only to few and many familiar to him
self alono. He does not , however , expect
to confine himself to reminiscences ; ho
retains his relation with political , fash
ionable and literary people , and will
endeavor to keep abreast of the day in
mailers pertaining to society , literature
anil art , 1-Juropoan as well as American.
When ho discusses politics , it will bo
with no partisan purposes , bill rather
from a personal .standpoint , and bits of
secret history , foreign aiid domestic , may
often be revealed to illustrate current
events. We invite tlio attention of our
renders to these letters , .which we trust
may become an important feature in the
journal of the day.
NOUODV hassaul anything about the
board of public works during
Iho campaign , but Hie JJernlil
has kept harping on ono string
about the danger of its being abolished.
As a matter of fact the board has been an
expensive luxury since Jim Crcighton
transferred his energies to contracting.
It has not earned its pay. The board may
have to be roorg.uii/.od or ils duties moro
clearly defined. There is ono tiling cer
tain. If the board is retained there is no
use. for a street commissioner. The
whole cam and supervision of our streets
should bo under thu control of the boarder
or ulse under iho control of ( hu council ,
with a board of public worKS made up of
city ollictjrs acting as an advisory body ,
Thu campaign being over , the canard
about Ihe schema to make City Kiigineor
Ilosowativ head of all our public works ,
may as ' .veil bo dropped. . Il has swell
Us purpose on the part of lloyd and Mil
ler , late contractors iii patronage , and
can safely bo shelved. Andrew Itosu-
walfir intends to retire from the city en
gineer's ollico next April , if not sooner ,
and will probably sfioud next summer in
Juropo in professional study and travel.
Otliur ImmlH Thau
Uussia scums lo be slowly winning bur
WHY to a realization of her dopes in the
lialkaiis , Stondily , but with Muscovite
porsislcncy , the agents of the c/.ar are
ballllng opposition and wearing out thu
Uulgarian regency with alternate threats
and inliigiKi , The. t > obrunju has opened
at Tiniovft with an overwhelming ma
jority in favor of Uulgarian indepen
dence , but the menace of Russian gun
boats at Varna and Kusslaa threats of
occupation , has made its mpmbors more
eonscrvutivo than was expected. The
powers decline to intorfero. The occu
pation of Varna is excused by Austria
am ! Germany under the circumstances
muter which Kitfsia explains it by main-
luioiiig that it U only done to protect
Kussian subjecls in Ihilgaria from moro
or less pronounced tribulations at thu
hands of the untl-Hussiau government of
the little country. And u slight demon-
Hlndionof the kind now going on iu
Varna and Tirnova may sulticieutly
reduce the bcllic-oso spirit of .Bulgaria to
iiinku her'nmenublu once more to Russian
muudUts : ! , Bulgaria Is'not free to choose
her form of government , this having
been import ! upon ncr by tuo power * lu
the treaty of .Berlin. She will probably
be glad to end the contention by selecting
for prinpo any candidate in reason whom
Hussiivyill suggest , nnd will perhaps tie
fortunulo if Russia Indicates nouody
more objectionable than Prince Waldo-
mar.
The ienoral reduction of rents in ono
districf qf thu West of Ireland is a proof
of the inability or unwillingness of the
lory government to protect the landlords ,
Ol coursx ) , the landlords havu given up
part ofho \ renl in order to make sure of
what tjury do not remit. If this process
goes on ever all Ireland It may result in
a postnonomont of the critical struggle
for homo rule. This postponement can
bo only temporary. The Irish are In tlio
unfortunate predicament of having' what
ever line of conduct they adopt used
against them. If lliey are quiet their
quietude is adduced as proof that they
need no now legislation , If they are out
rageous their outrages are adduced as
proof that tlmy need coercing. Irish his
tory justifies them , however , in expect
ing that , so long as they do not make
themselves acutely disagreeable to Kng-
lishmcn , Englishmen will do nothing for
them.
At the session of the Belgian parlia
ment , which is about to open , tlio reor
ganisation of the army will bo the most
important matter discussed. At the
present time ( ho Belgian army Is recruited
according to the old system a system
based upon conscription and replacement
by payni'Mil ' of a certain sum. Ever since
1870 this method has been found lo bo
very defective , yet no ministry lias dated
to propose a change and substitute an
obligatory service , such as it exists in
Franco amUJernmn.v. The riots of last
March demonstrated clearly th.t : Iho
recruiling system would have to bo moil-
itied , and since then public opinion has
forced the government to take the matter
in hand. A law , prepared by M. Adrlon
d'Oultremont , deputy for Brussels , as
sisted by several stall'oflieors , will be
submitted to Parliament as soon as it
moots , and it iff understood the govern
ment accepts this law and will favor ils
. * "
passage. *
The misery is great in all llm larger
Russian citios. In Saint Petersburg ,
within a stone's throw of the Imperial
palace , poverty lifts its hideous head.
Out of DM,000 inhabitants , ( ttu.OOO are
poor. These unfortunate wretches sock
shelter in out-of-the-way corners , cellars ,
anil night refuges. Tlio luckiest ones
crowd together in bauds of twenties or
more in miserable houses , and sloop ou
the ground or on boards. In the houses
of the poor where thuro are beds , each
couch having u mattress is occupied oy
three persons , wilhout regard lo age , sex
or relationship. Invalids or well persons
are crowded into those places , unit poor
workmen who have no place to sleep are
also received into thesu same houses al a
price which is less than two cents a night
from each lodger. With such statistics
it is not , surprising that lii'ty-soven per
cent of iho conscripts of the Russian capi
tal have.been found unfit for military
service , ,
Mr. H. E. Bornur , of the Norwegian
Storthing ( Parliament ) , has boon visiting
London , Paris and Burlin. He says that
the burning question in the Scandinavian
peninsula at present is not whether Nor
way shall declare for the republic or not ,
but whether the union bulwuen llic sister
kingdoms , Norway and Sweden , shall
continue. Mr Berner , although a radi
cal on nil other questions , i.s an "oppor
tunist" on this ono. Ho believes that the
true interests of Norway ho in "letting
well enough alone. " In the rccnnt
struggle with King Oscar , liis royal
highness was forced to capitulate
to the "peasants of the Stroth-
ing , " and Mr. Berucr thinks that
the wisest policy to pur.suo is
to go quietly on in t tic way of internal
reforms and general progress , so that
when the day comes ( or the adoption of
tlio republican form of government , Iho
country will not have exhausted any of
its energies in a struggle for what must
happen naturally sooner or later. "You
have about half a million of people in the
United States who speak our language , "
said Mr. Bonier , taking up another topic ,
"which was the number of inhabitants in
Norway when our present constitution
was adopted in 1811.Vu have now ever
I wo millions. So you sec wo are increas
ing in population , notwithstanding the
largo annual emigration to the United
Stales. "
Tlio titlio war in Wales continues to bo
waged with unabated vigor. Meetings
have been hold al Caorgwrio , Nannorcli ,
and in the Vale of Llangollon. The solo
apparent difference in the sentiments of
the farmers in Iliesu different , localities is
in regard to the amount of abatement
claimed. In the Caorgwrio district the
tithe-payers scorn an ollcred reduction of
10 per cent , and demand 25. In Nun-
nerch and the Vale of Llaugollcn on Iho
other hand , an abatement of 10 per cent ,
would bring the quarrel to an cud. Jl is
staled that in the latter district thu vicar
has al length yielded the point.
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TUB slow-moving Russian government ,
finding th railroad facilities inadequate
for carrying tlio output of petroleum
from Iho-Miores of Iho Caspian sea to Iho
Black sea , has now made propositions
lor the b lilding of anoluoduei , or "pipo
lino"fro ulBiiku to Batouni capable of
transmit ! nig 10I,000,0W ( , ( gallons of oil a
year. Tmv pipe is to bo laid in three
years , and for twenty years the company
laying it is to bo allowed to charge $ 3.2r
per Ion , ar about 1 cent a gallon , for
transportation. The line will be (100 (
miles long , , and presents no creator en
gineering dillioiilty than a lift of n.'OO fuel
in crossliur the elevated lands between
the two heap. Tlio pipe line company will
not bo allowed lo iiiicngo in refining oil
nor become the owner of oil wells.
UUUltliNT TOl'ICH.
Them are over a million negro .Methodists
in the United States. .
The Brotherhood of Locomotive
has raised the salary of Uhlct Arthur to
55,000.
The Vermont legislature hns passed an
oleomargarine law prohiblliuc the bale nnd
niantifactmo of spurious butter under a line
of 8500.
Five suul'jiiU of Eulham collesc , Indiana ,
have boc-il expelled' au.'l ' seventeen placed ou
their BOW ! behavior for ottendliij : a repfcscn-
tation.of "Richard III. " Now is the whiter
of their discontent.
Fr.iukH. Wiilworth.-wlio Killed Ids father
.atiheSturUivauthouse , New York , iu 1SW to
nvenRolus mother's -wTomrs , Is dead , Ho
was sentenced to Imprisonment for life ,
but was pardoned In 18T7.
After Chnunccy M. Depow had concluded
his oMtlou nt the tinvellln r of th llartholdl
statue he said It wns the first time hn hail cur
addressed an nmlionco of nwhiuillmt steam
boats. He ml lit have addressed them as his
cs-steamed friends ,
John Heard and Annie I'crtao , of Auburn ,
N. Y. , wet o to have bet n married on Friday.
i he uroiuii and his Iricmls went to church ,
but the bride did not appear , ami a visit to
her house disclosed the luct that her lather
had tied n knot other than a matrimonial ,
having fiulcncd lu.-r lo n bedstead with a
rope.
Roland Worthlnclon , editor of the Boston
Traveller , recalls that when he took hold of
that paper , thirty year * ago , it wns the most
successful one in tin ; city nnd printed l.-t- >
copies each of the live days of Iho week and
ten extra conlrs Saturdays. The paper Is still
travelliii : on its ancient reputation , and has
lo t little of clictilatlon.
Holier ! (5. ( InciTMill Is ntlornev for Chailrs
H. Revnolds. who Is tmucrS.VX ) bill at Morris-
town. N. .1. , ehnrued with plii.spliemy. This
Is the ilrst ease of tlio kind ever tried muter
the unropi-aleil "blasphemy laws" wlilrlt are
Incorporate ! ) in the. statutes of New Jersey.
Reynolds was ntrested In lloonloii. S. ,1. , a
few \\ceks ami. He delivered leoliiic.s aj'idiisl
the bible , and afterward wrote n p.nuiiihlet
called "ulaspiioiuy. "
Tlm Traveler.
; : . 1 1' . dihtcr.
I met a traveler on the road
Whose bark was bout henentli a load ;
Ills face was worn wllh moral care :
Ills trame beneath Its burden shook ;
Yet on ward , restless , lie did fnio
U'itli men nnleldiiu'ly , lixed , a look
Set t'oiwanl lu theeuiptv air ,
As If he load al ) unseen hook ,
What was It In his smile that Mil red
My snul lo pity' ' When I diew
Moie nar it seemed as if 1 hoard
The tirokcn echo ol'a tune
Leaiiicd lu some tar and happy June.
His lips were patted , but unmoved
Hy words. He saup as dreamei.s do
Ami not as If he heard and loved
The so iii,1 ho saiif , ' . I hear it now.
lie stood bi'.shlo the level lirnok ,
Nor ilH-iielicd | Ids thirst , nnr bathed his brow ,
Mnr from his hack Iho imrden .shook.
He stoiid , anil yet lie did not rcsl ;
Ills eyes e.lliulveil up lu aimless quest ;
Then close did to that mirror bow
And looking down , I saw , lu place
Ol his , my own familiar face.
The rmidy nutolicr.
St. Louis Globe Democrat : "ft takes
nn artist to sell books on Iho railroad cars.
You ncvor see an artist slam into a car ,
bang tlio door , and start right down the
aisle , hit or miss , throwing a Lifo of
tles.su James down by a. minister , Gems
from Moody 's sermons by a Texas cow
boy , A'lan Pinkcrton's detective books
by a voting lady from Vassar , and Bou
quets of Verso by a sherill' taking a pris
oner lo Sing Sing. Your artist saunters
noiselessly into a car without a book ,
tells the brakeman a funny story , while
ho si/.es UP tlio crowd , and moves leisure
ly down tlio aisle pickinir out suckers.
When ho has studied the people long
enough he determines just how ho will
strike each one , and gets liis stock ready.
Then hu sits down by the minister and
talks to him gravely and in a pleasant ,
subdued tone about Moody's great work.
Ho drinks sonic of tlio cowboy's whisky
and tells him a story that keeps him
laughing all the war to Utica. Ho dis
cusses ! poetry with the y < Miug woman
from Vassar , and converses in an engag
ing manner about "trends" with the
slim young salesman from the dry goods
store. The re.Milt is that lie catches everyone
ono of them. Those are the men who
make $50 or § 7f > a weeK and throw the
peanut and fruit stock out of the window
rather than bother with it. Ain't they
artists' The Hebrcwclothing merchant's
down in Baxter street think that it is a
great thing to sell n man a coat at all.
Thai's simply nothing to selling a man a
book that ho doesn't want , can't road ,
and has been importuned a hundred
times in three days to buy. And that's
what booksellers who are artists do.
"Now , there was 'Homely Dave , 'red
headed , uirly as a hedge fence , without a
single handsome feature ho could talk
any man that ever lived into buying a
bo'olc. Did you ever hoar about Senator
Kvarts' experience with Davu ? It was
when Mr. Kvarts wan secretary of state
under Mr. Hayes. Ho had been out to
California on a Kind of a jaunt , and was
coming back with a number of distin
guished gentlemen senators , congress
men and ollicials. They struck Dave's
run at Council Blull's. liufore they had
trono ton miles Dave had looked thu
party over and determined to still them
some books. Ho decided thai he would
make his first assault upon Secretary
Kvarts. Mr. Kvarts was not fouling very
well that day , anil when he saw Dave
coming ho turned away impatiently and
motioned tlio poster to put him out.
" ' 1 been bored death
have to by news
agents and book peddlers ever sine ? 1
left San Francisco , and I am heartily sick
of it. '
" 'Homely Davo' wiis not frightened in
the least. Ho said , with a bland smile'
' "Kxcuso mo , Mr. Secretary , but I
don't want to sell you anything. I just
want to read you a page or two oul of a
book just issued. Have you seen it ? '
"Mr. Kvarts glanced at the title page
and said he hadn't.
" 'Now ' lot , the
just mo beguile tedious-
nos.s of llio journey by reading the first
page to you '
"So , Dave , who had a remarkably clear
and sweet voice , read on , not only the
first , but the second and third pages , with
Mr. Evarts a deeply interested listener.
When 'Homely Davo' stopped Mr. Kvarts
simply said : 'I'll ' take that book. Name
your price. Now , what olfco have you
Kol1
"That book was 'Edwin Arnold's Light
of Asia. ' It had ju.si come out then.
After Mr. Kvarts had picked out a lot of
other books ho called the senators and
congressmen , introduced Dave to ihnm ,
and made them sit down and listen
while Dave read a lot of tilings. Ho sold
moro than $ -J0 ( ! worth of books to the o
people bcforo they got to Chicago. You
bet ho didn't touch Iho peanut basket
that trip.
"That was red-headed 'Homely Davo.1
There ain't ' miinv now.s agents in the bus
iness nowadays that can equal thai per
formance , "
HnlilicrM for Oinahn ,
"Tho concentration of the soldiers of
Iho Second infantry at Fort Omaha clous
not mean anything ; " said a member of
the Department of the Platte .stall' to are-
porter for the Bii : ; yoHcrday. "Tho fact
is. that all the poils of this department
are crowded now , and each one has moro
than ils usual quota of soldiers. Ton
companies will lie stationed at this post
alono. No , I do not think that the num
ber of regiments in this department is
too largo. An uprising of the Sioux In
dians to the north ol us would demon
strate tlio fad that ( hi ) number ot soldiers
was not iargcrthaii , for rcasonsof .safety ,
il ought to lie. "
The companies of the Second infantry ,
which will ha transferred to this depart
ment , are expected to arrive hero from
the western posts within a day or so.
Mcs-rs Handle and Kay will probably
Icavo to-day tor Lcavonworth , Kail. ,
to attend a meeting of the roprosunta-
tives of the western loniruo to bo held
in that city- Upon Inoir return a meet
ing of tlio Omaha stockholders is to beheld
hold , probably on Tuesday evening to
take the final stops of organization. I'lio
lirst assessment on the stockholders will
theii bo levied , and the work of signing
players commenced. It is thu intention
/ > f tlto Omaha men to got together a lir.st
class nine , arid good jdayuH only will bo
engaged-
LINCOLN'S EARLY LIFE ,
Ho Wns Born nnd Beared to Poverty and
Haul Work ,
Grniul fill her ijlncotn nnd Dnnlcl
JliiotiR In Kontmiky A Sorry Hini-
nrnnl : ; Train In Indiana
The Kutitro President at
Work and Study.
Abraham Lincoln , the grandfather of
the president of that name , went to Ken
tucky from Virginia with Daniel IJjono
some years after that great frontiersman
lirhtmailo himself famous. Tlo ( Lincolns
and Uooues wore distant relatives. In tlm
November Century Js'lcohiy and Hay
give the following account of thu Lin
coln's adventures in their now homo :
The life of the pioneer Abraham Lin
coln teen came to a disastrous close , llu
had settled in Jell'orson county , on thu
land ho had brought from the govern
mc.nt , and cleared a small farm in the
forest. One morning in the ye.ar 1780 lui
started with his throe sons Monlecal.
ilnsiah , and Thomas lo tllu edge of the
ami began the day's work. A shot from
the brush killed the father ; Mordecai , thu
oldest sou , ran instinctively to the house ,
ilosiah lo the neighboring fort ( Hughes
station ) for assistance , and Thomas , the
youngest , u child of seven , was loft with
the corpse of liis father. Mordoeal ,
reachinjr the cabin , seized the rillo , and
saw through Iho loophole an Indian iu
his war-paint sloooiug to raise the child
from the ground , lie took dolibcrato
aim at a white ornament on the breast of
the savage and brought him down. The
little boy , thus n.loascd , ran to the cabin ,
and Mnrdecai , from tin ; loll , renewed his
lire ution tlie. savages , who began to show
themselves from the thicket , dosiali re
turned with assistance Irom the stockade ,
and the assailants lied. This tragedy
made an indelible impression on thu
mind of Mordoeai. Kilhor a spirit of revenge -
vengo for his murdered father , or a
sportsmanlike pleasure in his successful
.shot , made him a determined Indian
stalker , and ho rarely stopped to inquire
whether the red man who eumo in range
of his rillo was friendly or hostile.
Tlie head of the family being gone , the
Widow Lincoln soon removed to a moro
thickly sol tied neighborhood in Washing
ton count v. There her children grow up.
Mordecai and .losiah became reputable
citizens ; the two daughters married two
men named Online and lionfield.
Thomas , to whom wuro reserved the hon
ors of an illustrious paternity , learned
the trade of a carpenter. Jlo was an
easy-going man , entirely without ambi
tion , but not without self-respect.
Though the friendliest and most jovial of
gossips , ho was not insensible ! to all'routs ;
and when his slow anger was aroused lie.
was a formidable udvisar.y. Several
border bullies.at. dillbrcnttimes , crowded
him imliserotely , and were promptly and
thoroughly whipped. Ho was strong ,
well knit , sinewy , but little over the me
dium height , though in other respects lie
scons to have resembled his sou in ap
pearance.
On the 121li of June 1800. while learn
ing his trade in the carpenter shop of
Joseph Hanks , in Kli/.abothtown , ho mar
ried Nancy Hanks , a niece of his em
ployer , near ISccchlaml , in Washington
county. She. was OIK ; of u large family
who had emigrated from Virginia , with
tlie Lincolns and with another family
called Sparrow. They had endured to
gether tlie trials of pioneer life , and their
close relations continued for many years
after and were cemented by frequent
inter-matriage.
Thcro was no hint of future glory in
the wedding or the bringing home of
Nancy Lincoln. All accounts represent
her as a handsome young woman of il ! ! ,
ol appearance and intellect superior to
her lowly fortunes. She could read and
write a remarkable-accomplishment in
her circle and oven taught her husband
to form .ho letters of his name , fie had
no such valuable wedding gift to bestow
upon her ; ho brought her to a little house
in Klizabethtown , where ho and she and
want dwelt together in fourteen foot
square. The next year a daughter was
born to them , and tlie young carpenter ,
not rinding his work remunerative
enough for his growing budget , removed
to a little farm which he had bought on
the easy terms then prevalent in Ken
tucky , on the Dig South fork of North
creukin what was then llardin.and is now
La Kuo county , three miles frum llodg-
cnsvillo. The ground had nothing at
tractive about it , but its cheapness. It
was hardly moro grateful than Iho rocky
hill slopes of Now 1-Jtighind. It required
full as earnest and intelligent industry to
persuade a living out of these barren
hillocks and weedy hollows , covered
with stunted and scrubby undorbrunh , ns
it would amid the rocks and sands of tlm
northern coast. Thomas Lincoln settled
down in this dismal solitude to a deeper
poverty than any of his iiamo hud over
known , and there , in tlie midst of the
most unpromising circumstances that
ever witnesseil the advent of n hero into
this world , Abraham Lincoln was born
on the 18th day of February , 180 ! ) .
Of Thomas Lincoln's removal to In
diana and his life there the following ac
count i.s given ;
Thomas Lincoln , concluding that Ken
tucky was no place for a poor man , de
termined to seek his fortune in Indiana.
Ho had heard of rich and unoccupied
lauds in Perry county in that slate , and
thither ho determined to go. He built a
rude raft , loaded it with his kit of tools
and 400 uallnns of whisky , and trusted
his fortune to the winding vvator-coiiretth
lie nml with only ono accident on hm
way Ids raft edpsi/cd in iho Ohio river ,
but he fisiied up liis kit of tools and most
of the ardent spirits , and arrived safely
at the place of a settler named IVsoy.
with whom ho loft his odd invoice of
household COOIH ! for the wilderness ,
while he started on foot to look for a
homo in thu deu = e forest Ho selected a
.spot which pleased him in his lirnt ( lay's
journey , lie then walked buck to Knob
eivel ; and brought his family on to their
new homo. No humbler cavalcade over
invaded the Indians Umber. linsldcs hi.s
wifii mid two children his earthly posses
sions were of Ihu slightest , for tlio batiks
of two borrowed IIOIY-OS siilliecd for the
load. Jii-iiillicicnt bedding and clothing ,
a low pans mid kettles wore their s.olo
niov.-ihid wealth. They relied on Lin
coln's kit of tool * for their furniture , and
on liis rillo for their food. At Posoy's
they hired a wagon and literally hewed
a path through iho wilderness to their
now habitation , near Liitlel'igeon creek ,
a mile and a half cast ol U-tuitryvillo , in
a rich nnd lerliln forot country.
Thomas Lincoln , with the assistance of
his wife and ohihlrcu , built a temporary
nholtor of the vort called in the trontier
language "a half faced namp. " merely a
.shed ol' poles which defended Hut in-
mated on Ihreu hides from iho foul
weather , but left them open to its in-
rilemHiicy in front , l-'or u whole year his
family lived it. lids wretched fold , while
ho was clearing a litllo patch of ground
for planting corn and building a rough
cabin for a. permanent residence.
Voting Aura ham's efforts lo gain an
education after receiving less than a
year's schooling in various log Kohool
hoiiKOs are related as follows :
"Hut ho road everything he could lay
his hands upon , anil ho was certainly
fortunate in Iho few books of which ho
became the posnctisor. It wonld hardly
bo possible to select a bettor handful of
classics for a youth in his eircumstaiice.s
than the few volumes ho turned with a
uiiihtly nnd daily hand--the bible ,
'vfcsop's l''ablus , " "lUibinson Crusoe. , "
"The Pilgrim's Progress , " a hlst..rN Oi
the United States , and "Wcema1 L.I , ol
Washington. " These wcro ( liu br < M M < ( (
those ho road over and over unt i itl )
knew them almost by heart. Hyt Ms
voracity for anything printed K.JC u , .
satiable. Ho would .sit In the t\till iit
and road a dictionary as long as he rould
Mio , lie used to go to David Turn < mi
the town constable's and devoid tjP' ,
revised statutes of Indiana a boys
in our day do the "Three ( , . , , ,
men. " Of the books I e d > . | not
own ho took voluminous notes , ( iiim iiiS
copy-book with choice extracts , and | , , lir |
Ing'over thorn until tlmy were liv -i m
his memory , Hu could not uil-.i- . | iu
waste paper upon his own oiigiimi , . , ti ,
position. Hu would sit by the IT- -\i \
night and cover the wooden sno\c ! , , ( ,
essays and arithmetical exorcises | , . |
hu would shave oil'and begin ag-mi. It
is touching to think of this great - \ - . \ , . ,
clilld battling year nflur year against In *
evil star , wasting his ingenuity iqmn < lc
vices and makeshifts , his high iui
gcnco starving for want of the xnupfij
pliaiiccs of education which are now
fored gn.tis to the poorest and most. . .
dilleroiit. Ho did a man's work Irom iiie
tlmu ho lull school ; his strengtti and
stature were already far beyond tin.Mof
ordinary men. liu wrought his up.
pointed tasks ungrudgingly , tl\i \ , ht
without enthusiasm ; but when Ins , -m
ployor'.s day was ever his own begun
John Hanks .says : ' 'When Ahcumll
returned lo the house from WOIK no
would go lo thu cupboard , sium-lt
piece of corn broad , take down a I k
sn down , cock his legs up as liiirhm : *
head , stud road. " The pictuio ma. . lie
lacking iu grace , but its trulhfnin , - ,
beyond ( ] iieslioii. The habit rcni.iini-ii
w.th him . ,
always. Sonic of Insgn i T
work in later years was done m , , H
grotesque Western fashion "silti n < tt\\ \
his shoulder blades. "
Ol his habits and dealings with > : . T
moil at tins early period tnc fulo\wn ! \ ; , - <
given !
Uuo of his eniiloycrs | , undii//lcd l > x ro.
cent history , taithlully remembers Unit
young Abe liked his dinner and Ins nay
bettor than his work ; there i.s Min-ly
nothing alien to ordinary mortality iii
tins. It is also reported thai he stum-
times impeded tlio celerity of harvest op
erations by making burlc.-quo npecelus ,
or worse than that , comic .sermons , from
Ihe top of some tempting slump , to tin1
delight of the hired hands and ( he ox.
porution of the tanner. His budding
cuts us a writer were not always ifo * ' '
erectly. Ho was too much given to
coarse- satires and chronicles in prose ,
and in sonielhiug which had to him ami
his friends the air of verse. From tins
arose occasional heart burnings and
feuds , in which Abraham bore his part
according to tnc custom of the country.
Despite Ins ( junker ancestry and hi * nat
ural love of peace , ho was no nonresistant -
ant , and when he mice entered upon a
quarrel the opponent usually had tlio
wor.il of it. Hut ho was generous ami
plaealile , anil .some of his best friends
were those with whom ho had had ( tiller-
encus , dud hail sol tied them in a w.iy
then prevalent - in a ring of serious spec
tators , calmly and critically chewing
their cuds under tlio shade of some
spreading oak , al Iho odgu of the timber.
He was not remarkably precocious ,
ills mind was slow in acquisition , and Ins
powers of reasoning and rhetoric im
proved constantly lo the end of his life ,
at a rale of progress marvclouslv regular
and sustained. But then ; was that about
him , oven at the ago of lil , wlueh might
well justify his admiring friends iu i re-
paging for him an unusual career He
had read every book ho could lind , and
could "spell down" the whole country
at their orthographical contests. Bduij \
of constant practice ho had acquii
admirably clear anil * serviceable
writing. He occasionally astounded ft ,
companions by such glimpses of ooeul
science as thai the world is round mnr
that the sun Is relatively stationary. Hu
wrote , for his own amusement and odili-
calion , essays on polities , of which gt-n
lldiiun of filandinir who had been favored
with a perusal said willi authority , at the
cross-roads grocery : "The world can't '
bout it. " One or two of these eoinpoM
lions got. . into print and vastly increased
the author's faiiiu. Ho was also a mag
nanimous boy , with a larger and kindlier
spirit than common. His generosity ,
courage , and capability of discerning
Iwo sides to a dispute wer remarkable
oven then and won him the admiration
of those to whom such qualities wore mi
known. But. perhaps after al ! the ( lung
which gained and fixed his
mastery ever his fellows was
'
lo a' great degree his gigantic
.stature and strength He attained his
full growth , six feet and four inches , two
years fore he came of ago. liu rarely
met Wilh a man whom lie could not
not easily handle. His strength is Mil ! a
tradition in Spencer county. Ono aged
man says he has seen him ' . 'pick up and
carry away a chicken house weiulnng
000 'pounds. " Al another time seeing
some men preparing a contrivance for
lifting some largo posts , Abu quickly
shouldered the posts and look them
where Ihuy wuro needed. One of iiis em
ployers says : "il could sink an ax
deeper into wood than any man 1 ever
saw. " With strength like this and a
brain to direct it , a man was a born
lender in tliut country at that time.
Honoring Alum Mater ,
On next Sunday the S.IOth anniversary
of the founding of Harvard college Will
be celebrated throughout , the country.
In this city the occasion will be littingly
commemorated by all the uradtialen of
Alma Mater and especially so at the )
Unity church , whore iho paMor , Key , *
E. Copc.land. graduate of the el > * (
1 SCO , will hold special services. 'I hef.o
services will b < ! of a most interesting cihur
neter , and will bit nllendi.d iu a body
by lias Harvard club of this city , which is
composed of a number of our prominent ,
cili/.ens , ami of which Judge S.iv.ige Is
president , The.-c services , as pre\io < ly
noted , are hold everywhere throughout
the country where a net of IJ.'n.uvl'H '
graduates arc to ho found. In thi > manner -
nor the memory < if liie ci h-br.-ited .n-'i . w .
tutloii , with its lonsf and in ' . -fi ,
cent career , i.s happily perpeluated i
Died iwiiy from lloiild. I
The death of Mr. Patrick Furlong , ft
father of Mrs. Thomas ( tenth unii , of !
North Sixteenth hired , was a > id 01 f
runcii. It happened while lioth t ; . < i -
cuaM.-d and his wit'ow ' wcro h-'i- ou a
visit from Springlh'hl. Ills , 'o ' t'ur '
daughter , nnd was uucMieeii-il i i i-i' ,
whou both loft home , iMr. 1urloiisii ) > in
tlio enjoynioni ol good Inmlth for u to iii
hc.vciily-thrco years of ngo. Hold of t.i'i
sous wuro telegraphed ol Iho sad n- " < r-
rnnco and arrivedI liiiru last uit-'U ! I'ic '
l'iini-ril : look plai-i ) today Irom < M >
eliuroh of the Holy Family , and i > " i- -
maiiis wnro iiilurroi ! m the Holv o i----
ttiry Jiupidoliro.
A VcrillcM I'mO'llrioii
Tiilogruphic \ \ ports from L > iu . . ' < i . - to
that the supreme court al Lincoln t'Jj
just rendered a decision for d ix-niP
( i , M. O'Brien in the ao bt'iw > i-i t' ' at
gisntloimin ami < ! ud"oiialiti. . ivi.-h h.is
for yours been pcuiimg. The * > u t iaono
which involves about about sis . tl ivo
acres ot land jntt we t of llansi-mti j/nri. ,
worth .soiuii iflt.rjOil or .fl.U'JO ' an aero ,
and Iho ownership of wlm-h i.-t
clauucil by both O'Brien and ( Jasliu ,
.liickiniio in ciiic-n o.
Private advices received in the citjva
tentaylstatothat \ \ . il.-.Iaekmitn fi.-rw '
capture Nat Brown , of the Merrhai.ts
ollerod a reward oftlOO , is nou u , (
cago. Ho Is laying-low il : ro. c.-uii-i
'lusirliig to uiuajiij hu IK/lieu tt p.-- ' .
cage polieo.