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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY NOVEIMBER 10 , 18801 THE DAILY 13EE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. or Dnllv ( Morni.i7 Edition ) liicl.ulln B.mdny HUB , Ono Ycnr . f 10 01 rorBIt Montln . . . . . . . . . . r. l J For Tlirro MonlM . B CO Tlio ( iTinlia nmlnrr.r \ \ , niHliol to nny ndIrc < ; i , one Ycnr. - . . . . . 200 OMAN * nrrirn , No. nt AVII 911 PATIVAM p- NEW VIIIIK timer. Uirni n' , , Til1 I s ItlMUilM ) , WAS UI.SU TOX OKKICF. , Nl ) . All communloUiotH iclntlnif to new * nnd rillI I torlnl innlto-should bo luliliossoil lo tliu hlil Ton or TIIK HER. All ttt ) > tnc 4 Idler * niMruinlitnncMBtintild tic Aililrcssoil to TUB lit : ; rimi.l-niMi COMI-ANV , OMMM. Draft * , elm ! un < l pi toffli-o order * to boiimcloimyalilo to thoonUrof tliocoitijMiny. III ! BEE PDBLISBISTSW E. KOSENVATKIl. Ki Till' , DAILY IlKIC. Hworn fitntemcnt of Clrciilntlon. State of Nebr.iskn , I County of Doinjlns. \ " ' " ( Ico. li. Tz'chuck , secretnrv of Tlio UPO Publishing company , due * Mik-mnh swoiir tlini the nctinl circulation of the Dally lice lor Hid week enillng Nov. Mli , IbVi , was as follow * : Hnttmlnv , Ocf.M l.l.O'O HtiMilav. : u l . < w Alondny. Nov. I in.X ( ) Tticsditv. 8 1'.Miri Wcilnrodny , II 16.4W ) Thurcilnv , 4 in.lW Prliiny , l > 1:1,145 : Avcrncc I4.03T ( JKO. H. Tx.sciiurK , Sworn to and subscribed In m\ presence this Clh day ot November , A. I ) . , 1-wr , . N. 1' . KKtr. , fMEAlj ] Notory 1'ubllc. ( ! eo. 15. T/sclutck , liolne llr < t duly sworn , deposes and si.ijs Hint he is socictury ot thu Bee riihllsliimcompany , that the actual av- erniro daily nlrciilntbn of the D.illv Dee for thu month of January , 18 > 0 , wns 10 ifis eopios , for I'Xbrmirv. ' ItWl , lu,6 ! > . > copies ; for Maich , ItWJ , 11.W7 copies ; for Aptll , IKsrt , la.HU copies : tor May. 18sf > . 12,4R ! ) copies ; for .linn- , iSH.'i , I2ais copies : lor. ) uly. ihM- , , i'n : i copies ; for Aia-nst. IbM ) , 12 , KVJ cup'for ' ; Heiiteinber , IftSfi , iioJO : , : copies ; lor Oc'nher ' , ISsi ( , I'J.lls'J copies. GKO B. T/srnucK. Subscribed and sworn to before mo this Sill tiny of November , A.I ) . , I860. N. I1. FKII. , ISEAhl Notarv I'libllc. Accoitmso to n prominent architect Omaha hus only two fireproof buildings. According to Sam Jones , it has very few "fireproof" inhabitants. Onmlui seems to be in u very bad wny. Tim Hon. Jim Laird is urged to use his efforts to secure Commissioner Sparks' removal from the land ollicc. Mr. Laird In Ills various encounters with Commis sioner Sparks lias so far come off second host. Ho can wisely dovolu his energetic efforts in other channels. THE official vote of Douglas comity has been canvassed. Kvory candidate declared elected by tliu Hun within twenty-four hours after election proves to have re ceived n majority. Our frequently re vised contemporaries , as usual , were sev eral days later with their figures. REI-UBUCAN leaders arc speaking very Inndtyof Henry Georgefiitiue that brainy and vigorous candidate fought through n political contest in New York with nearly 70,000 brawny arms at his back. Repub lican leaders missed their great opportu nity in Now York who.i tliny failed to elect Henry George to the mayoralty of Manhattan. Such a stroke of political tactics would have taken New York out of the list of doubtful states in 1638. Dit. MII.I.KU denounces us "a malicious slander" the charge that a heavy com mission was lost when Holly's contract went up the flume , so to speak. But how about the promised stock in the Holly company winch failed to materialize when Omaha flattened out the Herald and its pet water works job with such a dull and sickening thud. Dr. Gushing's letter-books tell a sad tale about the venerable reprobate who edits the Herald on a revenue reform basis und the in terests of his private bank account. TIIK Missouri democrats appear to bo thoroughly aroused over the removal of District Attorney Benton , and the presi dent must have learned by this time what the democrats of that state are capable of when they start on the war path. If reports from Washington can bo trusted , Air. Cleveland weakened at his first inter view witli Senator Vest to the extent of proposing to give Uunton some other ofUco , but the Missouri democrats will bo satisfied with nothing short of his rein- btatement. The reference of the case to the attorney general was certainly evi dence of a partial surrender on the presi dent's part. It is intimated that a report favorable to Hontou is likely to be made by Mr. Garland , in which case the presi dent may decide to yield to the double pressure and restore lionton to the posi tion. Hut Mr. Cleveland is an extremely self-willed man , and the chances are that ho will aclhoro to the action hn lias taken. In which case the anti-Cleveland chorus in Missouri will become very much btronger and much more noit.y. TUB purpose of the visit of .Mr. Blalne to Now York continues a subject of cu rious speculation. That it is political Is generally agreed , but the dilllculty that perplexes is to discover in what particu lar direction. The euiliim teport gave out that it had reference to a reconcilia tion with tliu leading organ of tliu mug- v/umps. and the latoht is that the aim is to bring together the hostile factions ot the republican party in Jvew York , u con dition to which would bo the return of Mr. Conklin to ihu Hulled Stilus senate as the huccessorof Warner Miller , whose term expires on tliu Urd of next March. This last conjecture is not particularly Imprcfiivu as a plausible proposition. It Is very likely that Mr. Klaino would not object to such an arrangement if he could see in it the promise ot an improvement of Ms presidential chances. Anything that should give tliu least assurance in taat di rection would be acceptable to him , Hut it would be-vliolly impossible , we believe , to indueo Mr , Conkling to bo a party to any such plan. It may bu very wifely af firmed that under no circumstances would the dKtinguibhod stalwart do any thing to promote the politlcalambition of Mr. Illume , Moreover , it is understood that he does not desirfi further senatorial honor ? , In public lifu he was compara tively poor , while bincu his retirement lie has made himself rich in the practice of his profession , and npw has an annual income greater than tliu entire salary of a full senatorial term , liu could hardly liopo to increase his political fame by returning to the senate , and if he aid so ns the result of any such arrangement as is suggested that fact would certainly not improve his future chances politi cally. There are few loss possible occur- twees than A union of Conkling ami lllaino. 'Detent * nnil Glbrnltnrs. " Our cstccmi'd contemporary , tlio Tc- ) iul > tlcitnt takes as n test the rousing ma jority of Congrf ; sman Dorsoy and preaches n mormon on stalwart republi canism in tlio Third district. It rails at tention to the strength shown by Mr. Dorfcy's republican constituency , the absence of factionalism and the union of all elements. "The Third district , " nays the Hi-publican , "is u republican Gibral tar. They 'o ' not carry personal non- MJIISO tlicrn as far us the pulls. Hosides , they do not squabble much. ' ' If the editor of our esteemed contempo rary had been long nntmeh in Nebraska to read and digest the political hiMory of tlio Third district ho would understand more about the causes which have led to its present condition. Knur yours ngo the Third was tliu battle ground of Nebraska. U contained then , as it now docs , as largo an independent voting constituency ns ttnv in I ho st-ito. Hut tlio railroad repub lican managers failed to appreciate what this meant , and nominated lullsroputable republican for congress in tliu person of K. K. Valentino. Republican revolt was the reoult. For tlio llrsl tlni" since Nc- bra ka became a slate a republican can didate for congress wu cleeteit by a bare plurality , the votes of the democratic und independent republican nominees cvceeding by B.IHK ) tlio < e o.isi for K. K. Valentine. Whpru Mr. lor ) oy re ceived u majority of ovprll.OOH , Valentino through bolting republicans was elected by a potty plurality of 1,115. ' . More than 7,000 republican voles wpro ea l for Turner , tlio independent candidate , and 10,00(1 ( votes were polled for Altinger , dem ocrat. Valentino's total vote was only 11,291. U w.is something of a "squabble" as shown by tlio returns and was carried not only "as far as the polls"but beyond it. Mr. Valentine secured his election to congress , but was buried forever as a political possibility. Tlio medicine was strong but it cleared the republican oagani/ation. At the ne\t convention Mr. Valentino's henchmen were promptly escorteil to ti back .seat and a clean , hon est and cap.tblc candidate was placed in nomination in the person of Mr. Geo. \V. Dorsey. Republicans were united , factionalism coaled. A reputable candidate polled the full party strength , ami Mr. Dor.suy was elected by nearly live thousand ma jority An excellent record of honest on dcavor on behalf of the state and his con stituency has now nearly doubled tiio majority of two years ago. TliiH is the history of the "Republican Gibraltar" of' the Third dis trict. It is an interesting one and points a moral very dillerunt from that in tended by our esteemed contemporary. Dishonest party methods and disreput able candidates will not do for Nebraska republicans. No district is so btrong as to be a Gibraltar for tlio protection of fraud and corruption within the party lines. Republican revolt always follows , as it did in tlio Third district in 1882 , and in the First in this year of grace 18SO. If tlio republican managers in the First dis trict learn the same lesson which tlioso of the Third have committed to memory , Mns district too will bo a "Republican Gibraltar" whoso minority of to-day will two years hence bo converted into a splendid majority for acloau and honest republican candidate. jMlller and It is very well for the Herald to claim that it made a square and honest light against Church Howe and in favor of McSliano. The files of tlio Herald tell a different htory even if it wore not notori ous that the editor of the Herald during the campaign was closeted with Howe by the hour. At the very outset Dr. Aliller sought to block McShanu's way to suc ceed by serving notice upon Edward Rosuwatur and the liii : : that no assistance was wanted from tiiat quarter in the campaign. Letters poured into tlio office from lending democrats nil over the 'district including editors of democratic papers apologizing for the insult on the ground that the Herald was pither demented or deliberately soiling out to Howe. It was asVell known to Doctor Miller ns it was to anyone that Howe's election was an assured fact unless thousands of republicans who witli the Hii : : resented his cadididany , cast their votes against Howo. In spite of this fact and tlio Insignificant circulation of the Herald among farmers , the doctor made every effort to antagoni/.o the republican element on which McShanc depended for his election. Not content with warring upon triendly republicans , ho waged n bitter war upon democrats who do not train under him , but who were working with might and main lor McShano's success. In view of tlioso facts , how much did Dr. Miller contribute toward tlio defeat of Howe ! If McShuni ! and his political friends really believe that the Herald made n square and honest light for MeShanu , they are morn Mnpid as poli ticians than they have shown themselves to bu : is business men. Tlio lliislncns Situation. Elections and the consequent excitu- iiient have had the usual quieting effect on trade during the last week , especially in the east. The grain trade has been moderately active , with little change in prices. The export demand for wheat Juts been fair , but not .siilliciently active to advance valnea in tliu face of the large visible supply and continued free move ment from the hands ot farmers , The corn markets are strong because export demand is n little more nctlvc and the husking of the now crop is not roali/.ing earlier estimates of tliu yield. It is gen erally expected that tliu next ofllcial tisti- mate of the season's production \\ill bhow a material reduc tion from the figures of previous reports. Tlio labor troubles in Chicago have checked free soiling of hog products tor future delivery , and tlio markets ate stronger , with pork showing au advance of IJj ! ( cents per barrel , and lard an ad vance of 15 cents per 100 pounds ns com pared with the rates current a week ngo , The summer packing of hoga in the west is estimated by the Cincinnati Price Current to have boon approximately 5,011,000 hogs , against 4,001,000 , last year , and for the twelve months ending No vember 1 , at 11,010,000 , against ll. 'S.OOO for tliu corresponding period in 1831-85. Cotton is lower and trade quiet , and the wool market Is reported dull. The jobbing distribution of dry goods is not so active as U was a nhort time ago , but it is very fair considering the back ward season and previous activity , and stocks in nil departments ivro under strong control. The irou trude situation Is strong , but there is ft pause In now business owing to the fact that makers arc asking higher prices , while consum ers , having bought freely , are In a posi tion to hold off for ft few weeks and await developments. Capacity Is closely sold up In all departments except nails , ivlilch are accumulating both at mills and n warehouses. Tliuro is a largo amount of business in prospect thatirivcs assur ance of sustained strength in values. Local jobbers report the fall trade as well sustained. The volume of busl- icss Is slio'vn by the clearings , which 'not up a total of more than four mil- ions lor thu week closing Saturday , an noreaso of 44 per cent over the corrc- sp juding week of last year. Tlio Unilroads nnil Politics. The refusal of the Union Pacilio rail- oad to meddle with politics in the last 3luction was s > o unusual as to tixcilo com- iient. For tin' lirst time in maliy years tfhuii a legislature and the selection of n United Status senator liutig in tliu b\l- : inro , a great railro.id corporation In this Mate declined to dlclalu the men for whoso election its strungth should bo thrown and the measures to wiioiu IMS- 'ago it pledged this votes and nffbrls ) f its employes. In Douglas county , and we believe elsewhere , the people weio allowed tti conduct their own primaries , c.irry on their own conventions ami elect what candidates seemed bust and proper without iulorferencu from Union I'ueilio managers , bosses or &option men It is charged that this new departure , which ought to bo n source of gratifica tion to every honest voter , is duo to a oocrot contract between the editor of the Hit : : and the Union Pacific railroad. Thu Hurhiigton organs are particularly amaxud at the imi/.oiioll'rontry of its great rival in declining to join in once more cor rupting Nebraska politics. They de- nouncu the neutral attitude of the Union Pacific as clear oviilunco of a hoerol al liance with Van \Vyck and Hose- water and a selling out of anil- monopoly leaders to its old toe. There is not a word of truth in sucii re ports. There has been no agreement , open orsecrot , direct or indirect , between thu editor of tlio Hni : and the railway managers or any of its agents or em ployes. Months ago when Mr. Adams assumed control of the Union Pacific lie announced that it would no longer at tempt to run a railroad and a state gov ernment at the same timu. For th ! & hu was openly commended in tlio columns of this paper , as hu was for his later an nouncement that the changed policy of his road would bo to deal fairly and im- paitially with all its patrons. Such a policy after tliu MiHor'nigs ot Nebraska under thu management of tlio old gang was in everv way deserving of praise. We do not withhold it now. It has been carried out to a much greater extent than we be lieved it would bo. What employes of the corporations do in their capacity us private citi/.onb is nothing to us At the last election several ot thu leading , officials of that road worked long and persistently at the polls against tlio editor of this paper , as they had a por- feet right lo do. The railroad in politics is a very different matter from the railroad employe following out his own con- bcientious will as.an American cili/.un , untrammelled by the orders of his em ployers and unassisted by corporation hcerot service money. Tliis paper has ho requests to make of the Union Pacific , personal or political. It never lias had , except to domain ! that the. lailroad as a corporation bliould keep its corrupting hands from thu politics of this state and build up its own interests by upbuilding these ot the communities which it served. If the fact that the Union Pacific lias refrained from ob structing the will of the people of this statu by interference with its politics is proof of an alliance with this paper we shall be glad to incur tlio sumo charge under the same conditions with thu Ihir- lington management. It would bo a for- tunalo arrangement for thu public , even if tlio Uii : : ami its editor gained nothing in consequence. The President at Harvard. The speech of President Cleveland at the Harvard banquet on Monday after noon was in some of its utterances most commendable , while as to others it would have been improved by tlioir oinihion , or by their statement in different language convoying less strongly the Imprus- Hion that tho3r were prompted by a lingering feeling of bittor- ness. Such wore the reflections upon the course of the press , or a part of it , in the treatment of public officials , which if not wholly out of place on such an occasion wore presented in terms not compatible with tlio spirit And sontlment which the time and citcumstanccs called for , and which the president especially should have regarded. Mr , "Cleveland's dislike of the newspapers is well known , and wo will not say it is causeless. Ho has re ceived somu.soveroeastigations from the press , and has doubtless bou n to homo ov- tent villllied and misroprcs cnted. Hu hat just reason , also , to find fault witli the way in which his personal and private affairs have boon ruthlessly Invaded anil sensationally spread before the world by thu metropolitan newspapers. Hut , op tlio othur hand , hu is largely u debtor tc the press , which hud a great deal to do with building up his poll tical fortune ami placing him whore he is , L ct it bo eon coded , however , that it is the right of Mr. Cleveland to forget the favors hu has received < coivod and remember only tlio wiongs ho bollovcs have been done him , still tin Harvard banquet was not tlio place at which to proalaim his griovancn , und tn denounce in coarse terms tliu newspapers of the country. It was a proceeding which did not comport \\llh the dignity of Ills position , it was a violation of hos pitality , it was ill-mannorc'd in tlio pres ence of many representatives of the press wbo must share in thu sweeping condom * nation , and from evoiy point of view il was ill-timid and improper. After suoh an exhibition of seated dislike of the newspapers Mr Cleveland need not bu surprised if ho shall hereafter find them less disposed than they have been to ( real him with favor. Omitting the unfortunate refercncb of tun president to this source of personal griuvanco , and all else that ho said on the occasion is commandablo. Especially ho is Unit portion of his remarks in which he urged tlio duly of educated men tc take an active part in politics. "Anydism clination , " hu said , "on the part of tin most learned and cultured of onr citi/.on ; to mingle in public atl'uiri , and the CPU sequent abandonment of political acliv ty to these who have but little regard for , hc student and scholar In politics , arc lot favorable conditions muter n govern ment suoh aa our.s. " Tlio manifest growth of a Qdtsmollnation among ho o lucatcd cl.isj of people o engage in tlio struggles and con ditions inseparable from politics , shown in the fact that In nearly nil the argor communities tlio political power is n the control ot tlio uncultured elements of society , ougjil to arrest tlio attention of the lutoiligout and patriotic citizen as lorliaps the mo t serious monnco to our system of government if allowed to con tinue. In most of tlio largo cities of the country the management of political affairs - fairs is g'von ' over to the demagogues iiud irresponsible charlatans who have Inlluutico with the nibble , and these ele ments elect congressmen and public oiR- olals , exerting au unwlinlosomu and de moralising inlluenco upon politics and through all tlio channels of municipal , state and national government. At in tervals , when pollt cal demoralization has reached the intolerable point , the bettor ulomunts comu forward and effect n change , but their dislaslo for the work it involves does not permit tlimn to con tinue in it , anil very soon the rabble re trains control. Any ono at all familiar with politics knows there is necessarily much about it that is obnoxious and re- pulhint to natures which do not enjoy lipated controversy and conflict , and can not outer into the hchoinlnir and chica nery which are a part of it. Hut ovury such clti/.nn ought to bo able to convince himself that ho has a patriotic duty to perform whenever there Is a demand for Ills suffrage which should super.sedo every other considera tion ; that liu is ono of a great army every soldier of which is as much bound to do his part in fiej peaceful battle at tlio bal lot box us if hu were ulothud in tlio uni form of his country and required to moot a foe in arms. And if tlio bettor element ot society pursued this course , if tliu pro- ional and industrial classes and tlio substantial business mon of every com munity were found giving regular and earnest attention lo their political duty most of the more borious evils of our po litical system would disappear , and poli ties boeomo less distasteful and loss do- morali/cd. There may come a time when the importance of this matlor will press more urgently upon the clashes which now largely disregard it , and when it will bu less easy to remove the evils anil dilll' cultius which indilferonco and neglect Have permitted to grow and multiply. WIIILI : oilier cit'es are putting ilieir telephone and telegraph wires under ground , Omaha is increasing the forests of masts and poles , which disiiguro her streets and form dangerous obstructions whenever a lire breaks out in tliu city. Our blocks are now literaly fenced in with wire fences , , , from ten to fifty wires deep. Some day wo shall pay dearly for a costlj leniency in this matter. SAM .Toxns thinks wo pay too much at tention to terrestrial real estate and too little to lots in a celestial clime. Mi : Jones is welcome to Omaha , but when ho attempts to depress real estate values to boom those in rival communities ho is going too far. Five hundred real estate brokers will decline to attend his meet ings. Tin : two new packing houses start operations in South Omaha to-day. South Omaha promises to bu one of tlio best hog markets in the west during the com ing winter , with a strong demand and a hteadily remunerative prices for ship- pora. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ACCOICDING to Sam Jones money is what makes the religions mare strike n two-forty gait. Mr. Jones lias a frank anil open way of combining business witli religion which leaves no ono in doubt concerning his position. KING CAUCUS will not bo enthroned nt the coming session of tlio legislature. That can bu taken for granted. KINGS AM ) QUEENS. The empress of Austria now gets up at 4 a. in. and walks ten or fifteen miles. King Otto of Bavaria is suffoilng fioni a violent atlaek of Insanltv. The worst Is ex pected. Kaiser Wllholm Is economical. He uses a second time nearly all thu envelopes ot the documents addiessed lo him. Queen Marie , mother of Bavaria's two lunatic kings , visited Otto the other day , but ho failed to recognize tier. I'duco Carl of Sweden Is such a beauty that his photograph Is found on every toilet article used by Stockholm wofuoti. Kx-Khcdlve Ismail 1'ailia. of Kgypt , has been consulting I > r. Metzgcr. of Amsterdam , Holland , about his tiualth , which has been failing lately. Tliu klnK of Holland Is an iiilmlrcr of American Institutions. Helicals his pidncu at Astordam with an American bisc : burning coal stove , and ho lias his eye on a tin eft ; poacher. Queen Christina of Spain has won for her self the enthusiasm of the people by paidou- iiit ! Villa C.impn , and his comrades nnd wiping out Cuban slavery. She is no longer the American woman to them , but their mon arch's mother. KiinfTlu-cbaw's state cannot has lately been exhibited in London , it l.s of the pat tern used In Kuropo a bundled yea is ago , and It islilieially coated \\ltii sheet uold , In laid with bits of fjlass , \ \ ithln them Is. only loom for one pcrnon. The members , of Iho loval family of Swe den frequently take part In iiiuinnlsed dm- matle I'ciloimnncu.viin the 1'al.ico theater. Tliu other day -'Hamlet" was purformcd , thu ciown piinee execution thu inlu ol tliu piinco ot Denniailc and his.slater , 1'iincos.a Alox- anilrn , lliat ot Oplieli.i. The cmiMiror ot Aluf occo Is a Kie.it lover of velocipedes , only tliu roynl loot must not touch the treadles , JJlu lias sla\e.i lortlils purpose when liu goes out for his i ambles In tlio p.ilaeo wrdens. He bus just ordered a velocipede broad enough to bold a com toll able bed , on which ITis majesty reposes while the situ us take the exorcise. The kma of Itaiy Is thinking seriously of constructing an hotel for his oldest son , the prince ot Naples , unit to ti\\o \ him his major ity. If It t > o tlioii''litUiat ' thu prince Is intliur youni : to be emancipated , It may bo remained that the now hotel will not bo linished fora long tlmu , especially If Ihowoik KOC.S on as slowly as thu coustiaction of thu Victor Km- mauutil monument nt thu I'.intheon. Kmpress Augusta , of ( ieimany , bavins some time nj-o set ( lie oxampluof rewarding iHltlitut servants wlio had served fortuity years in the same family by the contcimunt of a yolileii cross , tliu dul > u of Saxo-Alteu- btuic lias now Insutiitcd a similar decoiatlon for servants who have faithfully served lor tblrt > years In the same fatally. It consists cf a silver cross , bearlUK on thu obverse the number BO , with thu Inscription. "For faith ful Mil vices. " ; on tliu reverse the ducal chiific , with crown ; and it is to be worn on the bieast attached lo a green-undo ilbbon. JllsOnly VIoo. Chicago Herald. Cousin Uen Kolsom , who has just been appointed consul at Sheffield , Knglund , has written poetry. This , however , Is hplloral to bo Ids only vice , nnd .should bo excused along with the other errors of youth. AVliy tic Is Sent Atiroatl. fttuMnofon Crtlff. It now cornea to llelit that Cousin Hen Pol- pom writes poetry nud tlio reason for send ing him nbioad Is clear. Whipped Acnln. Chteago Actrt. IJpswcll 0. Herr Is whipped airalu In the I.lKlith Michigan district , so , lor two years nt least , Ids so-called humorous yawps will not bo lii-aid in the halls ot coneross. Wo pro- sumuliu will take n hideous revenge upon the public by returning to the lecture platform. We pity the public that It hns never been able to mnko Mr , Herr understand that It has had cnoiiRh of him , Jt fllntlo n lin > rcneo. Mill Street AVuv. ' 'Gpiittcman Just called to see you , but wns In n huiryand had toco , " ealtl the private si-ciPlnry ns the inllroad president relumed iroin lunch. " \Vlmt did ho wnntV" "A pass to Chicago. " "If ho returns , luluso It. " . "Ho has just been elected to the legisla ture. " "Oh nh why didn't you say sol Uun out nnd see if you can't find him , nnd toll him I'll willingly pass his whole tnmlly to San Kratielsco. " Nnvemln-r. Sop/ifc / Ji Sclifiick < n ItritiMiin MiWdztne. Tlio > enr Is waning I boloinn Hounds nro heard A mon ? tliii hraiielicsof each wind-toss dtu-o ; Hrown looks the mass ; no lloi.il wins wescc ; Koisnkuu nests by winds nl'ino nro sllrr'd , And not by wini ; of bhd. The skies look cold wind-driven clouds MMitl by. Wl.ilo fitful ak" whirl sere , drvlpnvi-snwny : Viilr otnv , liUo filcnds who coiuo to us one diiv , Ciccp to the heart , brine louvlMit lo theejc , Then dump and fadoandille. Vet , while winds chill and summer Joys de- pa it , A host of othpr plpasuics now doth come : Hrotlieis and sKter-tscatteied. all come hoitip. Thanksgiving dicer abounds , while fond smiles start. As heart lespnnds to hcnit. Then , curtains down , aiouiul the lire wo pi ess. To sing and jest , to romp nnd laugh and "plav ; But while tliu fun goes lountl , each heait can sav , "November brings Thanksgiving. Loid , va ble s Tlit-o for our hnppluesst" "OLD BOB JONES. " 'llio Originator or tlio Term , "Drunk ns n Ullod Owl. " Jiisl before the late war between tlio states there died in the city almshouse of L.ynuliburg , Va. , a man ot line education , brilliant intellect , and varied accomplish ments , lie was a recogui/ed authority in grammar , geography , arithmetic , his tory , and religion. Ho was upwards of six feet high , straight as an arrow , and had long black hair , ami a flowing beard that readied to his waist. His hair was black and glossy as the raven's wing , but an utter disregard for the simplest , rules ) of cleanliness precipitated premature old age and death in tlio nhnshonso. His penmanship was like copper-plate , and liis knowledge of inun remarkable. llu never foryot a name , a face , a kindness , or an insult. Ho was universally known as "Bob Jones. " Hu was u nutivo of Campbell county.and descended from ono of the lirst families of the state. Ho inherited a handsome fortune , which by some hocus poous was spirited away , and from that limn lie be came a vagauond , without a penny or a friend. llu wandered aimlessly through all the counties contiguous to Lynchburg , scantily dressed , and an utter stranger to soap and water. He boastcilglhat hu had been in every jail in Virginia , and was especially' severe in bis denunciations of Liberty , in Bedford county , which cor poration lie christened "Dogsboro. " He said the authorities there always arrested him tor vagrancy after breakfast , forgot to give him his dinner , and rclcasod him beloro supper. Un one occasion Bob , who had just been released from jail , called at the liouso of n wealthy resident of Bedford and asked for something to cat. He knew he was not welcome , and that the lady of the liouso was rarely , if ever , in good humor. To his surprise ho was cordially received , tlio reason being that tlio pro prietress expected Bob to do some much- needed work in lior gardon. Bob seated himself at thu table and "asked a blcss- nifr , " as follows : Q'ho Lord bo praised while woman's pleased , For'tis now nnd then ; We'll eat our diet in peace and quiet In thu name of God , ammil Ho linishcd his dinner with celerity and escaped through a rear door. Tliero was n heavy frost , and poor Bob , friend less , penniless , and disconsolate , must have felt lonely indeed , with nowhere to lay his head. Finding that a herd of hogs had made their beds in a grove near the house ho had just loft , he turned in with them. Ho was just beginning to fuel comfortable when a negro with an ax opened thu skull of a hog lying by his sido. Bob simply said , "Nigger , mind which hog you nit ! " The darkey dropped his ax and ran , and Bob shouldered thu slaughtered hog and placed it on the porch of the owner. Bob was nearly 70 years old before ho sunundcred to the inevitable. Ho had slept in the woods and in open Holds ; had discussed every qucntion with all sorts of people ; and hud been exposed to all kinds of weather with no clothing lo speak of , aud seldom , if ever , received a kind word of cmcouragumunt. During all those long years hu had swallo-vcd ovury description of intoxicating bever- agus ever invented , and never closed his eyes whun hobur if it could bo avoided. It wtis ho who invonlo'l Iho inelegant phrase : ' Drunk as a biled owl. " .Shortly before the city ; authorities found it necessary in thu interests and for the sake of humanity to take charge ol Bub , Sergeant Onuy of Liberty , wading kncu-duop in the snow , discovered tin ob ject , covered with snow , sitting on tlio court liouso stops. It proved to be Bob iloucs , wearing a linen coat and no shirt. Ho remarked that hu was comfoi table , nnd was simply attempting to make "it medical. legal , ivloutilic aud historical diagnosis of Dogsboro , and its futnro prospects , if it had unv ; and whun hu wanted assistance hu would ask for it " Buforo sunset , Bob , gloriously drunk , was in the Lvnohburg jail. How he got there is not known. His remains woru interred in the old Methodist cemetery on the hill , and very fuw persons could find his gravn to-day. Dot ) never had but ono enemy , and lie was the most formidable himself. I'nstoflluo Changes In Nebraska and Iowa during tlio week ending November 0 , 1880 , furnished by Win , Van Vleck of the postolllcu depart ment : Nr.llllASKA , Established , ( Irani , Kuith county , Hob- ort M. i oiing , postmaster. Disconlinuud'-Clooria.Sherman county ; Kuunsburgh , Maunders county Grcor , Hlchurdson county ; Summit , ( Jrcoloy county , Postmasters appplntcd : Adrian. Ivoya Paha county , J , S , Canialiatr , Burton , Koya Paha county , Lyman Crandall ; Cusier , Frontier county , Oliver P. Kibbon ; Pekin , Koya Paha county , Louis Slobodisky ; Tiickorvllle , C'usler county. Philip McKcan , 1CMVA. SDADOto EVEimVllliltG , The Perils That Surround Express Mes sengers. A RATHER REMARKABLE CASE. Olsnvponrnncoora $50,000 I'ncknKO Tim Suspended .Messoniror Is Trailed iny nnil Mglit l > y n Detective. There is a slory lliat until to-day , says the St. Louis ( Jlobu'Dumocrat of n recent - cent dale , has never been told bv the press , anil will show still further the perils that hang around an expressman , and that is tlio strange disappearance of a $50.000 package , which was shipped from Now York to Chicago , in n sealed safe , the non-appearance of which , when the safe was opened , has placed several men in awkward positions that tliuy will only bo relieved from when tlio mystery which now surrounds the nfl'tiir is cleared up. Thu two men specially Involved in the affair are .John ( i. Wilson and Miles II. Jackmau , who were , until the lo s of thu money package , check clerks in the Chicago United Slates aud Pacific express ollii-o. As this story lias most to do with \Vilsuii , a short history of his career may not 1)0 amiss lie was born in Cannonsbiirg , Pa. , in 1851 , and came west with Ins parents soon tiller tlio war , settling on a farm live miles from this city. Not likinir farm work ho applied to the agent ot the United States impress company , at Aloberly , for a position. It was givuu to him ami for yeans lie iravo peifect uatlstaotion lo his employer. Ili.s position was a tryinsr one , as hu was compelled to be up all day and about half of the night , but hu never com plained and was always ready to do his duty. At the end of that time he was given a run as messenger , and in tin- next two years ran between Moberly and ttimwa. St. Louis and Kansas City , and was finally appointed messenger 611 the Chicago iV Alton ronto , and took the lirst express run from Kansas City lo h'cago ' over that road , After running into Chicago cage for somu time hu was given a posi tion in the ollloo thorn as money check clerk , which position lie lilted to the sat isfaction of the companv until thu disap pearance of thu $50,000 on the iitftli tlavof March , ISSli. The money was checked in and , nut of the ollicu by four mnn Jackman , Wilson , French and Stewart. On week days , from ( i to 10 a. in , , all would bo on duty. After that two only would have to stay. On Sundays two wore .sulliciiMil to attend to thu checking , and Jackman and AINon were on duty. Sundav , tho'Jtith of March last , Jackman was silling in a pen at a table writing up the delivery book for the Monday morn ing delivery , while Wilson was chocking in the messengers1 runs. OPK.NI.NO Till. I'APKARIl. The practice was to check in the mes sengers' loosu money and packages first , ami afterwards check tlio sealed safes. Having got through with the mi-ssengurs liu pioeucded lo give his attention to thu healed safe by lirst examining tlio seal , which appeared to bu all riirlil ; then he jerked it to sue if thu wiru was unbroken , then unlocking the safe he pulls the safe open , breaking thog wire and laying the contents bare. It is the custom in put ting up a sealed package to have all small packages of money tied up in a bag , and the waybills arc put up in the same way with two slips of paper on which all way bills are registered ; iiionuy way bills on one and valuable package way bills on the other. The slips wore chucked first to see it the right number of way bills were there , then thu small money packages were checked. The bulky money packages were loose in the safe witli thu valuable packages. As Wilson cheeked down the money way bill before him , ho saw entered a package of $50,030. Thinking it must be a large one ho turned to and looked in the safe. Not seeing anything that looked like a pack age of money , ho stopped back , and look ing up met the gaze ot Jackman , who , at tracted by Wilson's step-back , had just looked up from his work. "What are you looking for , John * " said ho. "Nothing much ; only a $50,000 package - ago and , it it is one of those largo onus , from the looks of the safe , I do not think it is in there ; if u small one it should have been in the bag. " To explain Jack-man's next remark it will be necessary logo a liitlo further into the details of Ihu business. The New York oflieo puts up u through sealed safe for Chicago and another healed safu for the Buffalo and Toledo route , which is opened by the messenger on that route at Buffalo , and after using the safe on his route ho reseals it for Chicago , putting in what matter he has gathered on his run. This second safe was also in the car. Jackman , in answer to Wilson's remark - mark , said : "Perhaps it is in the other While this conversation was going on Iho agent , Mr. Wygnnt. came into the ollicu and walked upstairs. Huaringhiiii , Wilson turned , with a view of telling him of the shortage , but tliu thought struck him thai hu lind not looked in the other flatu , and knowing that Wygnnt would come back that way lie did not call him , but proccuucd lo cheek m > what was left and then checked the other s'ufo. Kven when it was not found in the not safe Wilson did not worry , as both money and valuable packages hail been tlunt before and turned up all right , but waited the return of Wygant , going on with Iho usual work. After some time Wygant i eturned nnd ho was then informed ot the .shortage. A I'OSITIVi : bIlir.Mr.NT. After some conversation , examining Iho seal n.'id looking about the pun , \Vy- gatil soul a message to Now York asking what they knew about the packngu Wilson , on going to dinner Hniida.v noon , to let him know if any dispatch came from Now York. French did not got to tlio room until II p.m. Wilson asked him if a 113- answer had been returned to the telegram. Kucuiving no for his tin- bwor ho Hum began lo worry , and hud awake tlio best part of the night , only faihug asleep in tliu small hours of thu morning. On account of Iho loss of sloop ho overrent himself , and when lie did nwako found thai it was U o'clock , ton late to go lo the allied for tlio early rush liu woke up Baker , Iho mesiengor who roomed with him , and told him that as lie was HO lalo ho would nut go to Iho ollicu at present , but for him to got up and they would go to the liotul for break- last , wnich they did. After breakfast Wilson started to the ollicu , and on his way mot French , who told him Dial Uy- gunl was anxious about him anil wanted to Know why bo had not got down to the ollicu sooner. T'ronch also told him that a telegram find boon received from Nuw York saying that the paukngu had been put in thu sale , \ viu7x10 incf'cs ' in si/.u , and had been placed in tne right hand corner. They went lo tliu ollicu together , and Wilson explained his ab-uncu to Wygant. Then began interviews , ques tions asked and answered. Superintend ent Shepherd and General Sujierintuiid- out Co no took a hand , and finally Pmkci- ton WIIH oalli-d in and thu sloiy was all gone over witli again , and finally Wilson and Jackman worn suspended MIADOWKO DAY AM ) NIGHT. Plnkertou told WiUon in just so many words that ho was the thief. U ilson wontto 1'coria to visit rulaivisand ! ! whilu there discovered that two mnn were watching him Hu went hoinu lo MobrrU and Iho detucliyo came with Him. Whotis O.UT Wilson was them WJIH the detective , Wilson kuovf he was a detective aud so did every one else Thov were on terms and remained o until last mouth , when the detective was ordered ole. where , ( 'no day , shortly after the do. tectivo left , a gontlomiiu registered nt thu Meichauts hotel , Moberly , by flip iiiinio of Pierce. It was soon noticed that hu was Inking a great Interest in WiKon , and Wilson's friends told him tlml the man was following him Ono day Wilson stopped it ) ) to him and told him that Im know who he wa , tiud that ho wauled him to slop following him ; if he wished lo know what he W < M doing lie could accompany him wlienner ho went , but liu would not stiller him to follow him. Pierce never ncUnowledgMJ llmt he was a dctcelivo , but accepted the oiler , and now they nro great ftiemli They ire to choir mot-ting * nnd sing in thuclioli. Pierce is n line singer , and the young ladles designate him as "Mr Pierce , Wilson's detective. " The qui-s- turn is , how lo tig Is this to last , nnd u ho l.s paying for tlio detective ? Wilson can not got anything- do because of the olotiil hanging over him No one who knows him thinks for a moment that he has anything lo do with the disappear mice of Ihu monuy , but somu onu mu < a bo ( sacrificed. Has Pinkurtoti got detectives tracing up the men who made up tne sealed safe ? Is ho watching tlio mes m. ger who curried thu safe ? Is ho watt-lung i-very man who had anything to do with any sealed safe that wont out of New York on that day ? Tlio packngo might have been put into a safe going to some other point , aud there would bo m > nheek on the man who found it. This proves that the perils that sun-omul au express- man are very great. A WILFUL BmDE. Count lllinlcyN Stitrmy rotirtflilp , Two couturios ago , Sir John SobiesKi of Poland , tliu saviour of Vienna. r.iNcd the family of Hhedey to thu dignity of counts. A direct descendant of the nobleman who lirst boru the title to-day figures IIM thu hero of a romantic but dis honorable tale. . In thu COUHO of twenty decades tliu family lost its importance ami wealth , nud the present scion , to earn Ins dailv bread , learned tlio lock smith's trade His mother , whose "light Italian hand'to Iho hurt or of tliu gen try mid aristocrnny , brought her Imloro the Berlin courts moru than onou , to an swer the charge of thefl. was litllo honor to the naiiio she bnro. Her son , inherit ing the maternal vices olfsot by few vir tues which oueo wore thu distinguishing qualities of his ancestors , at the court of tin1 Polish Kings , was also con victed _ ( > l larceny nnd condemned to six mon'hs'H imprisonment Freed from Iho same , ho shook the dust of tlio Prussian capitn1from | his feel , and fled to Hungary , who.ru , by the inllu- unco of his name and Ignorance of his antecedents , ho became superintendent of a largu estate in the possession of Count Karoryi.VhiIo in this position ho became acquainted , a fuw months ago , with Baion Lndislaiis Podmaiiis/.ky , onu of thu wealthiest of tlio neighboring no blemen , whoso daughter was the bounty of the region. Thu spirits of Ins ances tors whispered ambition in Ihu count 'n ready ear and hopes of retrieving lost fortunes fired his soul. llu quickly toll in lovu with the pretty baroness as tlio first stop in thu fulfilment of his desires. His npncarnnco and man ners , despite his earlier history , weru in his favor , and his suit was rewarded with flio promise of her hand. The. en gagement was published on IhuHli of last June. But on July 7 thu baroness , accompanied by her family and betrothed husband , started for Slavonin , where she had purchased thu minimise estate of Kaptol. She. at once invested Count Hhuduy with the Mipurintcnduiicu of thu uropurtv. This displeased thu members of her family , and brought an avalaneho ol troubles upon tliu Head of tlio unsus pecting groom. Daroii ( Jnbnel llheduv , chief of a Ilimgnrinn branch of thu Prussian family , published a declaration necnsipir the count of an unlawful as sumption of his inline , and branding him as a "tnlso Demetrius. " The Pod- mtinics/.ky family , oxciled by the insinu ations , demanded a refutation from the prospective son-in-law , which the latter , however , completely ignored. Their suspicion confirmed by this omission , the baron announced the engagement biok- 0:1 , aud compelled Ithudcy to Icavo Kaptol , at thu same time placing his dnugntcr under fetnolest guard. Khedey remained in Ihu neighbor hood , however , till the baroness succeeded in eluding her sentinels ; whun , reunited , the pair lied to Biidapestii. The relatives , not uxpuetiug this , sent woid to the infatuated conplo , as soon as thotr whereabouts were known , to celebrate the marriage without further delay , that no further disgrace miuht tarnish tlio name. Thu two repaired to the church , and standing before Iho altar were about to receive the bishop's blessing when a Berlin dispatch shocked thu latter with the assertion that Khedey already had a wife in Berlin , wlnoli prevented his "entering matrimony on such a reckless and prodigal sealo. " The reiloratud as sertions ol Khodey. who lias a perfect and indisputable right to his noble title , that hu had been divorced from his for mer wife , availed nothing , and the baroness was taken back to Kaplol nnd placed again in confinement. But tinough Iho connivance of an old servant , a correspondence was continued with Rhedey , whom she still passionately loved , informing him ot her uncomforta ble situation and begging tlio interven tion of law , s-lio having attained her ma jority. A Knit was tlio consuqtionco , whic'h summoned thu family to Hilda pesth , where thu Irutli of thu daughters asser tions wns proved. She again declared her intention to protect Hhedey and deed him Hit ! estate to keep him in Her neigh borhood. While wailing in thu museum park , during the cournu of thu trial so vital ( o his niton sin , Itliedey was sur prised by a policeman , who conveyed him to prison us a "dangerous individual against whom charges rested in Berlin" On tint tallowing day hu wan banished from thu city , and accompanied by thu baroness and detectives , .set out for Berlin , wheiotlio linnlo of the advcntnio id awaited \vilh interest. Tliu I'lincoof Wales bus set the Inslilon of \\ei\rini : widu nnd cuilj biiiiiined hats in Kii'-'huid , IT AHHOY5 pALSAv | ? at caw .DRUGSTORE : FAKE : IT FAITH FULLY , AMD You YV-IIA43J- THAT THE Re5 BUT OH E I El EPY FOR COUGHS & COWS BY