Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, December 02, 1886, Page 4, Image 4
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , THURSDAY. DECEMBER 2 ; 1880. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TTTIMB Of fU'lUCIIfPTtOX ! Dnllv 'Mfx-ni.iir Kdltlon ) Including 8 titular BKC , Onn Vonr . . . . . . 810 ( V ) ForBlx Month" . . . . . 1 CO rnrTlirooMmiflM . 60 Tim Onmlm SKiulny HKK , mnllotl to nny udJio * * , Ono Venn. . . . 200 nirtrr , N'o. mi AVM flirt FAimjt stnisrv. Nr < v urn * firrtrK. HIXIM 3. Titinrsr IIIMMIIIII. WAMIIMJTOX OFFICE , ' All cnmmunlontiorn rolfltlnir to now * nnil rill. torlnl mntlor fht/uld bo iulilrc 8C < l to the UlU- Toit OF IIIK LlJr ; All liti'lno i Idler * nnrt rcmlttnncoi fhmild bo niliinwcil to Tin : HE * Pimt.isiiiso COMPANY , ( hunt. lriin , phm-ks nnil po lolHco order * to bo iniulopayiibJo to the onltroftlii ; company. THE BEE POBLBHIHllipM , PROPRIETORS , K. JIOSBWATEU. r.niTou. Til 13 DAIIiY IH3B. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Slnlo of Nebraska , ' County of Donjons. fs'St ( U-o. U. Tzschuclt , secretary oC Tlio Hco PuhlNdtiK company , does solemnly swear that tliuni-tii.il uircnlntlon of the Dally lloo tor ino week undine Nov.UOlb , ISiC , WHS as follows : Saturday. Nov. 00 n\ta \ Hundav. Nov. 21 I'MHO .Monday. Nov. 23. ia.T75 Tuesday. Nov. 1M I'-M'.IO ' \Vedncsdny , Nov. Ul m.Htlfi Thursday. Nov. ii.W VJ.NM Friday , Nov. SO .13.183 Average 13.119 ( Jno. 11. TzsciiurK. Subscribed and sworn to heforo me this 37th day of November , A. I ) . , ISSrt. N. ] ' . 1'Y.it. ' , [ SKALI Notary I'ubllc. Oco. U. Tzschnclf , being first duly sworn , lopoMM nnil says tlmt bo Is f > eeretnry of thu Uco I'libll.shiiiKcomDnny , that tbo actual nv- craite dully circulation of tinDullv Itco for tbo iiiontb of January. IS'tf , was 10.378 copies , for Fubrnarv. 18Ni , lo.SU. * ) copies ; for March. 18SO , 11..W copies ; for April. USffi , 1'J.lDl copies : lor May. IbsO , 1'-inu ropli's ; for Juno , ISM. r.jB98 copies' : for .1 uly , issfi , l'iil : I copies ; for Anirust , IbSO , 12-KVl cnplcsfor ; September. 1SSO , l , oo : ; copies ; for October. lb l,1U.OSU copies. GKO. U. TZRCIIUCK. IJKT us foster enterprise by every legit- inmtu mentis. This does not necessarily niunn tbut we nuist foster monopoly. Jli.lANiiAt.i/siilcnKoti ? revenue reform are short , and to llio point. They are oomiirlscd in the proposition to romml Urn tax on tobacco and increase the duties on tin pails and blankets. Kit lias put in an oarlyappearance and with its first heaving in sight the eastern coal carriers have promptly ad vanced thu price of coal. Man's extrem \ ity is the coal monopolist's opportunity and they never fail to take the fullest ad vantage of their knowledge of the fact. Nebraska members-elect to the legislative are being besieged by emissaries of the railroads , who are mov ing heaven and earth to create a defec tion among the supporters of Senator Van Wyek. The people of that section have their eyes foeussod on several of their pledged representatives who are suspected of turning a listening cur to the minions of monopoly. IT is not often that Saul is found among the prophets , but General Duller , who was sent to Ireland by the tory govern ment to aid the landlords in carrying out evictions , has actually tola Lord .Salis' bury's royal commission that lie bcllovct the Irish peasantry are oppressed and tlmt their demands are just. General liullcr is naturally more popular now nmotig Irishmen than be is at the minis terial olliees in Downing street. ST. PAUL has lately been discussing tier proposed park commission in open mooting , at which members of the Min neapolis commission were in attendance. The Minneapolis members pointed oul the great results of the commission in that city , but urged that such a bod.y would bo more cllicient if composed ol live members only , selected by the ilta tnct court , with a three years tcntiro ol ollloo nnd chosun front the best class ol citizenship who would bo willing to serve without pay. lloro'aro some hints for our charter committee to ponder over , IT is now announced that Russia will not insist upon the choice of Nicholas ol Mlngroliii us its candidate for the Bul garian throne. Sofia papers nro clamor ing for an American candidate , and promise a soft job to the right kind of n roan. If the Austrian mission has beer bestowed elsewhere , wo respectfully sug < gcst the name of the Sago of Soymoui Turk , Dr. Gcorgo L. Miller. His known fondness for the sooietj' of crowned heads , and his courtly condescension tc people not of royal blood , make him em incntly lilted for the place. THK government has postponed the L'nso against John Dillon until the llth ol the current month , Mr. Dillon's case promises to be as cpocli making as Mr , . PttrneH's was three years ago. Mr. Par null's arrest and imprisonment was the beginning of an uprising for homo rule in Ireland which has already converted threti out of four political divisions ol Great Britain. John Dillon's arrest nmj bo the last spurk needed to spread the lire of agitation throughout English liber alism and change the small majority ol "unionists" into an overwhelming ma jority for homo rule and justice to Iro' ' land. A General Search Cor Coal. Whatever the llnal rest/It of thu invest ! ' gallon for coal in tiio Omaha well , it is likely to settle forever the question whether coal oxibts in paying quantities in Nebraska. The Omaha find has stinui- 'atod inquiry all over the state and several 'jompauies are forming to prospect in other places. Fremont's citizens have "jlroady organized to sink a drill to a nuOk'iunt depth to make certain whether he reported coal measure extends under Dodge county , and other towns are mov ing towards the same end. If there am coal measures underlying Eastern Douglas county the veins are probably not confined to this section of the state alono. The samples exhibited lead to the conclusion that they are extensions of the iowa coal beds. Farther south wo know that the Missouri coal measures send spurs up into Richardson and Puwnco counties , but not as has generally been believed , In sutllelcm quantities to pay foi working , The excitement Omaha's over un doubted discovery of coal will now force a general Bear eh for the black mineral in the only proper way to decide whether Nebraska possesses It In large and pay ing quantities and in veins which can bo worked. No ConI iMonopoly. Mr. Her and his associates in the newly organized coal company liaro made an application to the city council for per mission to use nil the ground underlying the streets and alleys on the bottoms for coal mining purposes. The grant nskcd is a most extensive and far reaching one. In effect It would give n perpetual mo nopoly of the coal mining business to the company receiving it by excluding other companies which may be formed from the ground occupied by Mr. ller's concern. 'J he right to run drifts nnd tunnel.1) ) through every street ami alley of the oily along the river front , If granted to one com pany , would mean the refusal ol tbo right to other companies. And that would forever bar mining operations on the bottoms unless with the consent of the men who held the right from the city. For this reason wo arc decidedly opposed to the proposal , When the company to drill the well wa < ? formed , the BKI : urged liberal concessions from the city , and approved the grant of the city lot under which the discovery of the coal was made. Wo believe in encourag ing enterprise by every legitimate means. Wo are in favor of putting a heavy premium on enterprise. But enterprise itself Is not payment in full for every concession that can bo granted. The city has no business to barter away the rights of its oilivjonB to buikl up a monopoly ely , however enterprising may bo its membership. If conl in paying quantl ties is discovered by Mr. Ilor's company other coal mining companies will un dotibtcdly bo forme.d. It is to the inter est of this community that they shotih bo. Each and all will doubtless re-auiri right of way under streets and alleys n : which to run their drifts and tunnels The city must be in u position to serve al alike. It has no right by n sweeping do nation entirely without consideratior to bar out all competition in coa mining on the bottoms and create a monopoly of ono of the necessities of life. If Mr Her and his associates have struck a seven foot vein of coal they hayo a bouan/.a as it stands. Coal within .a few rods of the river is a tich fortune in Itself. The necessities of de velopment may require m the future right of way under adjoining streets and neighboring alloys. Should this prove to bo the case wo shall favor : i liberal policy on the part of the city. But it is absurd and highly improper to ask at the very outset , before oven a shaft is sunk or the direction and trend of the vein is exposed , that the city shall grant a right to what is practically the entire river front , a right so sweeping and far reaching that it would destroy the min eral value of every piece of adjacent property nnd prevent all competition in coal mining on the river bottoms , while it would bnilel up a gigantic monopoly which could dictate the price of coal and appropriate to itself all the benefits and advantages ot the discovery of mineral. The committee of tlw council to whom the matter has been referred , should em phatically refuse the request. the Union Puclllc icl > r. The report of the directors of the Union Pacific has found Us way into print. It repeats the recommendation of last year m favor of Mr. Hoar's bill for extending the timeof payment of the debt due the government , and devotes most of its space to arguments in favor of the measure. The BKH sees no reason to revise its opinion of this scheme. The time for discussing debt extension has not arrived. Under any circumstances wo are opposed to a plan which will perpetuate - potuato for years the exorbitant tolls charged by the Union Pacific and which are'maintained under the pica that they are necessary to pay interest on the bonded indebtedness of the road. To a larcc extent the high rates on that road regulate those of every other railro'ad in the state. Public policy is opposed to any method of financiering which will make them a permanent and enduring tax on the people of the west. west.What What the government should do is to adopt some method by which the scoundrels and swindlers who have sad dled the road witli this enormous burden can bo brought to justice and compelled to disgorge. The greater part of the Union Pacific indebtedness represents wholesale robbery of the stockholders in the first place , and a pitiless brigan dage upon the people thereafter. The funding bill of Air. Hoar would legalize all the iniquities of the past twenty years in the Union Pacific management , and bind our uooplo for years to come with the bands of monopoly. The BEK is in favor of any bill which will afford needed relief to the road In the way of branch lines which wil ) at the same time not invalidate the rights of the government or act as a perpetuation of high tarifi" . For this reason it gave its sanction to the board of trade bill allow ing the use of a portion of the Thurman fund in brunch line construction under rigid regulations us to national control , honest building nnd full government lien upon the property so acquired. But there is a vast diflercnco between such a men- sui'o and the one urged by the govern ment directors , which wo believe to bo unwise in its conception and certain to prove oppressive in its subsequent opera tions. Stanley AfrleaniiH , When Lieutenant Grcoloy , at the Lotus club in New York , christened Henry At. Stanley , Stanley Africanns , amid pro longed applause and the echo of popping corks , he very properly translorrcd to an American citl7.cn a name- made famous centuries ago by a Roman generalv But the conquests of Soipio in the dark con tinent did not possess a tithe of the im portance which will bo derived from the discoveries of the reporter-discoverer who is now being honored in the 01(3 ( * of his early struggles. It was just twenty years ago that Stanley left Omaha for the cast , and meeting the present editor of the Bui ; on the street announced ( his intention of sidling for Abyssinia. He was then nn enterprising and active correspondent of the Now York Herald , with this city as his actual headquarters , from which ho wrote thrill ing letters , presumably from every other section of the great west , No ono who know him then had any reason to predict Ins subsequent triumphs us traveler and explorer. It remained for James Gordon Bennett to discover Stanley's value nnd to start him on the career which has placed his name on the roll of fame as the greatest explorer of modern times. The discoveries of Stanley following those of MoQ'at and Livingstone have opened up Central Africa to the com merce of the world and cleared a path for the entrance ot civilization to the in * tcrior of the dark continent. PresidentInl I'olntcrs. Every few days some ono ot more or less political prominence delivers linnselt of an opinion respecting the chances of possible presidential candidates , ami hero and there a newspaper indulges in pro- phccv , the parties always indicating with suniclent clearness in their lorecasts who Is their preference. It may not be unin teresting to note the present statin and drift of this somewhat important matter , with the remark in passing that it may be of very little value a month from now , nnd still less two years hence. With re gard to the democratic ; candidate there is not much speculation , the very general br.lief evidently boingthat Mr. Cleveland will bo rcnoininatcd. Republicans per haps more generally than democrats re gard this ns prae-lically assured. There iSFomo probability that Governor Hill , of New York , may , if ho wishes , divide the democratic delegation from that state in the next national convention , but he will not venture to do this without a sufficiently strong support from oilier stales to give him a reasonable hope , and there are no present indiealions that ho will get this. There are Hill demo crats in moat of the stales , but the Now York governor has n.it thus far been able to impress himself upon the party as a distinctively strong man with whom to make a na tional campaign , although conlcsse'dl.y nn adroit and skillful politician. Mr , Cleveland is at this time the preference of n majority of his party , not because they approve his general policy , but foi the reason that he is the only domocnn who has any availability outside of parti lines. As there is not the least likelihood oi a "dark horso"eomingfor\vard , thoproba bilitiesaro all in favor of Mr. Cleveland obtaining a rcnomiuatlon without rn effort. The speculation is therefore all on the republican side , where there is an abuml ant supply of material of various grade ; of availability. Until the episode between Mr. Blaine and Mr. Edmunds at the fu neral of ox-President Arthur , the Maine statesman appeared to have a long lead among the possible candidates. But while still in the van ho has doubtless lost some ground since that occurrence. Without discussing the merits of the case , concerning which there may be an honest differcnco of opinion , the fact must be admitted that it has damaged Mr. Blaino's availability. Wherever Mr. Edmunds has friends and they are quite numerous in New England they may safely be put down as enemies of Mr. Blaine , who would oppose him with their inllucnco and their votes if lie were nom inated. It is hardly to bo doubted that the element in New York which opposed him before would find in this circumstance fresh reason for opposing him again. Mr. Blalne's best friends must see this , and it is said that some of them have so advised him. The oilier possible candi date who seemed a litllo while ago to stand second in favor , General Logan , appeals to have dropped almost wholly out of consideration. His rather vig orous boom began to decline immediately after his action in the Payne matter , and has since gone all to pieces. There is great respect among republicans for the party services of General Logan , but in one or two ways ho badly damaged his availability , and it does not sersm prob able that ho will bo able to repair the injuries. The experience of these two leaders illustrates the fatalities of pol itics , showing that the most prosperous and favored politician of to-day may to morrow by someunlookcd for occurrence or one misstep have his political hopes utterly wrecked. A remark of Senator Edmunds , that the next republican candidate for the presidency should bo taken from the west , helped to swell the boom that was started for Senator Allison , of Iowa , but which really never attained to very great dimensions. Mr. Allison has never , so far as wo are aware , referred to this question as afienling himself , but Con gressman Runnells is authority for the statement that the Iowa senator is not a candidate , although in a certain event he might become ono. There have been a good many favorable things said of Senator Allison in this connection , but it is evident that ho cannot bo regarded at iircsent as a. likely winner. A man whom all republicans ought to respect , and whose ability and fitness none will ques tion , Senator Sherman , of Ohio , appears at this time to bo certain only of the del egation of his own state. It is a curious fact that notwithstanding the uniform success of Mr. Sherman in Ohio and the evident esteem in which he is hold by the republicans of that state who know him best , thare is elsownore a doubt as to his availability , due almost wholly to n mis apprehension of the senator's personal characteristics. Some interest was awhile ago shown in Governor Forakor of Ohio , but ho is too young to aspire 10 such an honor. Evarts , llawloy and Harrison risen have in the past received a moro mention , but are not al present referred to as among thu "possibles. " Edmunds , of course , is out of the question. This , we think , is a candid presentation of the situation with respect to the men who have been most prominently talked of in connection with the next republican nomination for the prcbUlcncy. But republican material is not exhausted with these. Hereafter another name may command some con sideration , that of Judge Groshum , who was postmaster general and secretary of thu treasury in the administration of Pres ident Arthur. Distinguished as a soldier , a statesman anil a jurist , with an un blemished record in every station , the republican party might easily find a less worthy presidential candidate- than Judge Grcsham. _ _ , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The Supply Depot Question. The committee to urge Omaha's claims as an Indian supply depot in place of New York should start for Washington as soon as possible , Properly presented , our case is u strong ono-but ft is doubt ful whether nny presentation will bo strong enough to counterbalance the St. Louis influence , St. Louis is a southern city nnd the gift is in the bunds of south , orn men , Secretary La mar hails from Mississippi , and naturally looks with u kindly eye upon southern cities and listens with a favoring ear to their re quests. Mr. Atkins , the commissioner of Indian aflairs , hails from Tennessee. St. Louis is nearer to him than Chicago , Kansas City or Omaha. If the depot is removed from New York we ha\o na in to fear that It will bo placed in some southern democratic city. Indications point in that direction. Tor all that Omaha owes It to hersplf to makri a light for the prize. Her location is superior to that of nny of hop rivals. She stands midway between the great Indian reservations , with easy rail access to all. Her eastern rail facili ties arc ample fdr the shipment of all supplies from the factories and ware houses to her doors. Senator Van Wyck has already done good work in present ing Omaha's clahii. * > and securing n delay in the decision until representatives of the city can bo on Ijie grounds. The Fishery QiteMlon , The respite which the public has enjoyed joyed- from the discussion of the fishery ducslion will probably bo broken some time during the coming session of con gress. ' It is understood that a proposition has been .submitted to the government for a commission to consider this ques tion , especially with reference to the amount of money this country shall pay for the right to fish within the three'-nillo shore line of Canada. It is behoved that the administration favors such n com mission , and if that is the fact the mutter will bo presented for the action of congress - gross with an urceney in proportion to the degree of interest fe.lt regarding It by the administration. Talking of this subject m n recent in terview , Senator Fryo , of Maine , who is doubtless as familiar with the require ments and desires of the American tish- ing interests involved as aii5' man in the country , expressed himself as confident that there would be no legislation on the question at the coming session of con gress , llo said our fishermen need no fishing privileges in Canadian waters , Even the right of buying bait in the ports of Canada is of doubtful value. All that is essential to them is a reasonable enjoy ment e > f their rights under the treaty of 1813. On the other hand , the Canadians need our markets. In the opinion of the senator their uolioy of the past year toward American fishermen lias been ex ceedingly un profitable to Canada and damaging to her own fishing interests. It has cost that government hundreds of thousands of dollars lo keep up the armed blockade , thus increasing the already heavy debt , seriously crippled the fish- cries industry of the provinces , discour aged the fishermen , deprived Iho coast people of the only ca h market they had for fresb bait and fishing supplies , and created widespread discontent. There is no laek of evidence of the popular hostil ity , nt least in the coast provinces upon which the hardships of the difficulty chiefly fall , to the government's policy , and it is not unlikely that there will bo a very strong pressure trom Canada for a settlement of the ( jucslion. In the opinion of Senator 1'rye , how ever , England will not acquiesce in n treaty which will bo of any appreciable advantage to us and command the sup port of two-thirds of the senate , lie' thinks also that no commission will bo created looking even remotely to the payment of money or the granting of privileges for the right to fisn in Canadian waters. The only probable legislation is such as will give the president ! i larger retaliatory power than was conferred upon him by that of the last session. What the fishing interests of the country' will expect , and all they will require in the view of Mr. I'rye , is that the govern ment shall insist upon their havintr the full and free enjoyment ot the'ir rights under the treaty of 1818. I-UOMINI3XT IMiltSONS. Colonel Ward Lanion will receive a fee of SiTAOOO in the case of the Choctaw nation against the United States , Andrew Carnegie , the Plltstnirg million aire manufacturer , who hns been dangerously 111 for several weeks , Is now pronounced , out of dancer. Ex-Covcrnor Pllisbury" has sued the St. Paul Globe Jor 5100,000 damages for alleged libel. TlieCIobe is of the opinion that the ex-covcrnor wants the earth. The late Francis Palms , of Detroit , left a fortune of S25,003ou0. lie never owedn dollar lar in his lifo. His daughter Is the Inay Senator Jones fell In love with , Colonel "Pat" Donan Is back from Hondu ras , nnd 1ms brought back with him a mag- nliicent opal as largo as a hen's CSKTheio is only one larger opal In the world , aiul that Is among tlio Uusslan crown Jewels. Kx-Sonator Uoscoe Conkllng Is thought to be in these days a happier man than when in tlio HUimti' . Those who know best pay that political ambition Is wholly dead with him , and that be not onlv inuie Keenly enjoys the practice at the bar than lie ever did any exer cise ot political duties , hut that the apprecia tion of the value of money and the proper use of it have come fully to him now. He en joys Ids social life , suuli as It is , his athletic exorcises , his last horses , the companionship of witty and agreeable companions , and the wrestling with acute Intellects In the court room , lie also still enjoys the maUlimot' sententious and sharp cnfcrams ami striking metaphors about some or his old colleagues whoittmaln in imbllc life. Ouulit to l > o Copyrighted. Detmtl TrltiUM , President Cleveland ought to have his ad ministration copyrighted lor his country's hlllCO. A Question , ir/irclfiiu / iHltUt'jeiiecr , These little diplomatic rackets In Mexico are they , too , in the direct line of civil service icfoim , Tlio ItlirnrKt Miimlmj ; . Iloclinter tltmocrat. Of all the huiiilnijrs known to man the president's peculiar civil bcrvlco hiimhug Is the biggest , It smack1 ot cheap despotism. True to Its Tradition. Jmf/imu / > "lfuiimal. / . 'llio democratic partyjby Its own pleading , 1ms shown that it la moro intenton Iho spoils , that not ono In ten of'tlibm could enjoy , than on measures inlluonclng ; nil the people , from the highest to the lowest. ' Democracy Is true to Us traditions. > TJio President Cleveland hoems to bo Rivlnc a great deal of unnecessary brain-power to his message. According tej Washington special , he has been ten days , writing lour columns. There is not a repoitor in Louisville that couldn't have done it In four houre. Ilotrospoction , Toronto \\'ctk. \ \ Had I but measured by tlm midnight oil Tlio hours tlmt have moat foolishly been spent In madcarouseand careless merriment l-'auiu might have recomposed the nightly oil , And of my Soul Sin's lingers shnulit not eoii With tntaftouch tlio fairness Innocent. Nor would I Btaj'cer , like an old man bent Ucuoaili the weight of years , from this iccoil , Lost years of youth I how beautiful ye seem , As for life's length ot faith nnd fear we loeik ; How doth KemoiHu roprouoh us that wo toolc llio iirst false step that BtlrrVl us trom tlio Ono sorrow vain for nil Is born of that fair seeiio That wo might bo but now the inch wo inli-lit have been. JdTKUAHY NOTES. John ntirroughs conhUnites to The Popular Seicnco Monthly for December , under the title of "Science and Theology , " a review of Professor Drummond's "Natural Law In the Spiritual World , " nnd a sharp criticism of the position ? taken by tuo author in that work in so fat ns thev are assumed to bo scientific. Dr. 1'olk L. Oswald ' - / -/o-ological Super stitious"controverts a number of tra ditional beliefs that prevail about mon keys , parrots , serpent-charming , bats , joint-snakes and gluttons , InEnergy ol Plant-Cells , " Professor T. II. MoHrltPo re lates some incidents from his own ob' scrvation. Professor J. P. Cooke de scribes "Tim Now llemilsltiou for Ad mission at Harvard Colloco. " In "How to Warm Our Houses , " Mr. E. V. Kob bins objects to stove and furnaneo-heat' Ing and steam-heating , and all devlccf for warming the air , as unnatural and uuhi'althful , and makes a plea for heal ing by direct radiation as from a lire place so us to warm objects and leave the air in its natural condition. W. 11 , Flower gives a brief but clear description of the btruelure and disposition of "The voyages in those quarters , has n very intiwstfiic article' oir'Lifo In the South-Sea Islands , ' A portrait and sketch are given of M Francois Arago , one of the most eminent of the French inen of science of the former generation. 1) . Appletou & Co. . publishers , Now York. Though the earthquake shocks til Charleston gave occasion for a gooil dea of speculation on the causes of seismic phenomena , an authoritative and generally ally intelligent .summary of the conclu sioiiH of geologic science ) upon that Inter estlng subject was needed. This task has been performed by Major J.V. . Powell director of the United States geologieu survey , In an arliole in the Forum foi December. In the December Century the million of the Lifo of Lincoln state that Lineil.n ! llnal release from the service of lie United States after the Black Hawk cam paign "was signed by a young licutenani of artillery , Uoberb Anderson , who twenty-nine years later , in ono ot the most awful crises in our annals , was te sustain to Lincoln relations of prodigious importance , on n scene illuminated b\ the Hash of iho guns of the civil war. ' I'ho authors further state that Iho storj that Lincoln was mustered into service by Jefferson Davis is not continued by ttio strictest search in the records. They publish in a foot-note a statement by Ail- jnluntUciieral Drum giving all the known tacts in relation to this story. The Deccnihor St. Nicholas will bn made especially attractive as the Christ- inns number. It will contain the lirst part of a new sen-story by Frank II , Stockton"A Fortunate Opening , " which is something al'tor the manner of the author's "The Casting Away of Mrs. Leeks and Mrs. Ale.shinb" ; anil also the lir.st purl of a short serial by Mrs. Bur nett. The first number of the new Scribncr's magazine to published by Charles Scribner's sons , New York , will appear December 1.1 , and ( he lovers of bright and original and periodical literature are not likely to bo disappointed in it. Judging by the publishers' announce ment it is to abound in popular features , and Its cheapness , at 25 cents n number , will ensure it a wide patronage. Among the papers promised for the coming year are n series of unpublished Jotters ) of Thackeray , illustrated by his own hither- Louis Stephens ; ul"o novels by Harold Frederic , II. C. Biinner and J. S. of Dale , ( l-.J. Stlmson ; ) an article on Ciusar , by J. S. Ropes and one on Coast Defense , by Captain ( Jroenc of the United States En gineers , and many moro in poetry and prose by the Dostuulhorson timely topics. Thoi advent of The New Seribnou's is awaited with universal interest. liound volumes of tlio St. Nicholas Magazine are a perfect mine of retinod juvenile literature , garnished with the most exquisite illustrations that the best artists can produce. It seems strange enough when such volumes can bo ob tained in handsome and attractive bind ings , that there should bo any sale at all for the slop work HO commonly issued under the title of "annual" and all that sort of tlnng.for children. Some of these annuals are cheap reprints of common place English productions in which stock cuts , used over and over again are printed in connection witli moss covered anecdoti i and "goody-goody" stories. The s ipcriority of St. Nicholas Maga/.ino over all other produc tions is too obvious to need any extended comment , and when buying Christmas books parents would do well to keep this superiority in mind. The St. Nicholas tor 1880 comes to hand bound in two handsomely embossed vol umes. In it the maichless juvenile story of "Little Lord Fatmtloroy" is complete. Tnoro are also othercomploto serials and an infinite variety of short stories , sketches and poems of genuine literary merit. Indeed , these beautiful volumes constitute u child's library sullicicnt fern n twelve-month. Published by iho Cen tury company. The bound volume of the Century for 18feOin its bravery of old gold is at hand , Tho.valuo and interest of such a volume is well understood by the tons of thous ands who road the muga/.ino o * ery month. Not only Is it rich m ( lotion from the ablest puns , but the famous war sketches invest it with an absorbing in terest that is better understood than de scribed. But in addition to thcso features the special biographical articles , the stories of travel and ndvontiiro , the de partment matter and the exquisite illus trations all serve to add interest and value lo a volume which at $2.7.'j [ s ridicu lously cheap. Published by the Century company. The Worthlngton company , publishers. New York , have issued several beautiful holiday books for the young. Most promising among then ; is VVortliiiiglon's Annual a scries of interesting stories , biographies , and papers on national his tory , illustrated by about three hundred ongruvlngs by the best artists. This is the lirst book qvor printed in the way it Is , in alternate tints. It la an entirely now process , for which the publishers have made application for a patent. The Annual for 1837 is certainly a handsome novelty , and will no doubt meet inith deserved - served appreciation at the hands of those who desire to encourage a healthier tone of juvenile literature. "Under Blue Skies" is another ve.ry bcautitul juvenile publication from the house of tlio Wortlilngton company. The versos and pictures are by Mrs. S. J. Brigham , The illustrations are in colors , harmoniously mingled. * * " ( ionovrn , or thoOld Oak Chest , " is a Christmas story by Susan K , U'allaco , with illustrations by General Low Wal lace. The authoress tolls her story In prose , and is followed by the well known poetio version : "Tho Mistletoe Bough , " and Samuel Rogers' famous poem , " ( icnovra , " " 'I'is un old tale and often told. " but as told in prose by Susan K. Wallace it is fully as entertaining its it is in poetry. The volume , which is hand- Epincly printed and bound in illuminated covers , comes from \Yorthington \ company's pi' ss. Lee & Shepard , Boston , ill'O issuing some very .handsome little IIOO'MI , utlruc- tively bound , and beautifully illustrated , They arc intended , for the holiday season and are very appropriate. Among those received by us are the "Kock of Age's , ' "Nearer My Uod to Tlico , " "Curfew Must Not King To-night , " "Abirto Witli Me , " "Homo Swcot Home , " "My Faitli Looks up to Thee. " "Mistakes in Writing I-'nglish and How to Avoid Thorn , " is the "title of n very useful little volume by Marshall T Uige- Ion * , author of "Punctuation , nnd other Typographical Matters. " It is published by Luc & Shepard , Boston. "Man and Labor , " Is a little volume ol short and simple studies of the great labor problem , by Cyrus Elder. Amonp thu topics discussed are : Principles ol human nature , the nature ot labor , the ; family , thu community , religion as an economic force , tlio national reward ol labor , real wages , co-operation , lluldltv of labor , private property in chattels , property in land , national hnv of popula tion , Imaginary wrongs and Impossible remedies. Tins book contains the sub stance of informal talks to free classes In political economy in the Cambria Scion- tilio Institute. Tlio publishers are Iel ! < ford , Clarke & Co. . of Chicago. Hand. McNally < & Co. , of Chicago have added Oitida's "A House Party" to their weekly 13lobe Library. "Wanted A Sensation. " published by Uassell & Co. , In Iho "Uainbow" series ol oriental novels , shows Iho danger oi being too zealous in overdoing a thing in the way of luiws-liunling for newspapers "Plpoa from Prairto-Lr-nd and Olhoi Places , " is n volume of poems by Minnie Uilmore. It is published by Cassell iK Co. , New York. J. T. TrowbriilgoVTho Little Master" published by Lee i& Shepard , Boston , is an interesting book for boys. "Studies In Social Lile , " is a volume from the pen of George C. Lorimer , LL. 1) . , author of "Tho Great Coniliot. " and "Isms Old and Now. " It is a review ol the principles , practices and problems ol society. Of late much attention has been given to social problems , but not moro than they deserve , for they are the vital ques tions of the ago. To their earnest con sideration the author devoted for several years Iho time ( hat could bo spared from professional pursuits , and in this volume ho presents the results of his observation , reading and relleetion. Freque'ntly he has lectured on these subjects , and some traces of the platform will bo found in their treatment. This defect , as some critics may regard It , was partly una voidable , as the habit of direct address cultivated by one who speaks much in public cannot readily bo overcome. But on the other hand , it may bo said by way of apology , if apology is needed , this style possesses some advantages , espe cially in the direction of freedom , famil iarity and personal appeal. This book is published by Belford , Clarke A ; Co. , Chi cago. J. T. Trowbndgo has written another good story for boys. It is entitled "His Ono Fault , " and is published by Lee & Shepard. Anything that Mr. Throw- bridge writes is always welcome among his host of readers , bo they young or old. Leo it Shenard's "National History for Little Folks embraces hoveral volumes , treating of fishes and reptiles ; sea- urchins , star-fishes , and corals ; bees , but- terllios , and other insects ; quadrupeds ; birds ; sou shells and river snells. This series is by Mrs. SanbornTcnnoy , and is intended for homo and school . Tnese books are all well illustrated. Among the most artistic works in Iho book line this sou.soii is "Nature's Hal- lojnjah , " from original designs by Irene E. Jerome , author ami artist of "One Year's ' Sketch Hook , " "The Message of the Blnp Bird , " etc. It is handsomely bound in heavy old gold covers , with gilt edges , and is printed on heavy white paper , rather , light card-board. It con tains n series ol nearly fifty full page illustrations engraved on wooil by Gcorgo T. Andrew in the highest style of tno art. Miss Jerome's poetic selections to accompany the engravings are very ap propriate , and are as admirable as her designs. The engraver and printer have worthily supplimctitcd her work , and the result is a very beautiful holiday boolc. It is a credit to the publishing house of Leo i&Shopard , Boston. Bound in gold cloth , full gilt , gill edges , the price is $ ( i ; Turker Morocco , $1'J ; Tree calf $1'J : Spanish calf , $12. "Little Miss Woozy , " published by Leo & Shepard , Boston , is n charming story for the little folks by Penn Shirley , whoso writings are so popular in children's mag- axincs. She is a real sister to the author of "Little Purdy , ' . and makes her little characters act and talk as funny as the "Purdy Folks " This is her first Volume. Among the many beautiful holiday books at this season , "The Message of the Blue Bird. " by Irene E Jerome , will find many admirers , not only on account of the poetic sentiment , but by reason of the artistic engravings. It Is published by Leo & Shepard , Boston. The December number of Harper's Magazine excels oven its own high prece dents as a Christum H feast of noli attrac tions. It is undoubtedly the most sumpt uous issue of Harper's Magazine that has eyer been issued , and marks the acme of artistic and literary bounty in the period ical world. A spuelully holiday tone pre vails throughout , from the charming frontispiece by Abbey to the clover Drawer plntu by Dn Manrinr. Nearly half of the sixty cuts are full pages , and four are printed on plate-paper. The regular serials uro omitted to provide larger space for the Christmas features. Every arliclo and slory is complete in it- solf. The phico of honor is holii by the extraordinary article on "Tho Boyhood ot Christ , " by Lew Wallace , the author of "Bon-llur. " The lovely illustrations are all original , and frjni two clover nrtj Ists , Alfred Braniot and Sue ( ) . Mcrson. W. D. Howell'.s farce , "Tho Mouse trap , " is fully equal to its predecessors , I'ho number is unusually rich in short stories , containing no less than six , four of them admirably illustrated. Among the wealth of illuslnitod poetry Llio familiar ballad "Sally in Our Alloy'1 is exquisitely elaborated by Ability's eleven drawings , one of them , " \Vhen \ Christmas Comes , " being the frontis piece. The poetical htory of western minor lifo in Wallace BrucoV Inasmuch" is effectively illustrated by A. B. 1-rost. - "Tho History of Suit Luke City and Its Founders , " by Kdward W. Tullidg , | nib- lished by Ihu author at Suit J/.ike , is a largo octavo of something over u thou sand pages , proscnlingadetailed story of llio Mormon emigration to Utuli and the rounding of their capital city. U is so minute in its details and so full in its quotations from letters , speeches , orders , oto , that it makes a very full rawed from the Mormon point of view , of to | : most curious example of coloni/.ation known to modern history. The book is omliollisheil with excellently executed hteel portraits of niiiuy representative muii. Frances Hodgson Burnett's now fairy late , "The Slory of Prince Fulryfoot1 Lieg'ns ' iu llio Cnristmas St. Nicholas , and will bo tun through three numbers. I'hero is atao short slory by J. T. Trow- ) ridge , which is called " 1 ho Bam berry IJoys and tlinir Flock of Sheep , " and I'runk H. Stockton contributes the first mlfof another of his entertaining ship wreck stories. The most striking feat- ire of the number , however , is the article on "How a Great Battle Panorama is " It is written by Theodore H , who was jiitei'oiUjd in the pruduo- lion of ono of these popular exhibitions , and It is copiously illustrated with sketches bv Iho author , nnd with repro duction of pho'ojraphs. A Christmas St. Nicholas without Christmas stories would bo an anachronism , and accordingly there are Iwo exceptionally good ones ill this issue. The first , entitled "A Schem ing Old Santa Clansis by John 15. Cory- oil. The second is by itnso Latlnnoro Ailing , author of the clever short serial , "NaiPs Uovolt. " It is called "A Christ' mas Conspiracy. " There ia hardly a reader of the Century that will not turn first of all to the "Life of Lincoln , 'so uniipio in its interest have the eraphieullv written opening chapters proved to bin HIM second part deals with "Lincoln as Soldier , Lawyer and 1'oldi - clan ' one might also have said "as wrestler'1 nnd together with what IIIIH already been printed , forms a sortof epi tome of life In the Mississippi valley down to 1KW. The opening articles are on Lincoln's youthful Idol , llonry Clay. His home at Aslduiid is described b'y Charles W. Cohmmn , jr. , and reminis cences forming altogether n definite pie- turoof the man are contributed by his IrieiHl. political opponent and e.veeutor. h. O. llari-Mm , I-M | . rhroe portraits of Clay are given ; one from a daguerrotopo printed as a frontispiece , one as a voiiiij * man , from a miniature , the third' being of hlmsoif nnd wife fn-m a photograph. 1 ho other drawings , enielly by Mr. 1-Viin , reproduce vividly the mansion at Ash land , its surroundings and mementoi. I ho topic In the win scries is "Tho Second end Day at Geitvsburg" treated by Gen erals Henry J. Hunt and K. M. Law , tlm latter with special regard lo "liound Top and IhoConfedcrato Uight. " In meinr.r- unda are notes on "Tho Cupilulationof Harper's 1-errv - " " ' , "Hiploy's Brigade at * ' South Mountain , etc. The number contains two short stories by American writers ; ono a London so- eioly sketch , "An American Beauty , " by Mra. Poiiltnoy Bigelow , the other a mto of the tnr west , entitled "II Coward " bv a new writer , Miss Elloii Mackiibm. Liltell's Living Ago Is issued weekly and gives over ihreo and a quarter thous and largo and well tilled pnires of rend ing matter yearly. For over foi ty years I has kept Its readers fully informed on the most valuable literature of the duv Its frequent issue and ample space oimb'h it lo present , with a completeness and freshness attempted by no other piibllca lion , the ablest essays and reviews , tlu choicest serial and short stories , the most interesting sketches ot travel and discov ery , tip best poetry and the most valu able biographical , historical , scientific and political information from tlio entire body of foreign periodical literature , and from the pent : of the ablest liviiiLc writers I'lirnishing thus tlm only satisfactorily complete compilation of an indispensable literature , Tlio Living Ago is obviously invaluable to every American render. It forms four large volumes a year. It sup plies the place of many iimirai'.iiies. i-o- views and papers , and ulono enables the reader , at a small expenditure of time and money , lo keep fully abreast with the best thought and literature of the lime. The subscription price ( s3 a year ) is cheap for the amount of reading fur nished. Littell & Co. , Boston , are the publishers. A Ilrui'KNi'H niumlcr. Sacramento Kccord-Union : " alking about Iho accidental killing of people , " who holds a responsible position in u railroad employ. ill had a narrow oseano from being on the list of killers. It was when i was clerk in a drug store. Ono night a doctor came and woke UK- out of a sound sleep to prepare morphine pow ders for old Mexican named Fnnieisco. who had been sick for some time. 1 weighed out the morphine and put it up according to direction , but thought while I was doing so that the powders .sconiml to bo unusually largo. Next morning when I was arranging things in the store 1 found that tliero was a ton grain weight in the scale beneath tlm one thu pre scription called for , and each of those ten powders were ten grains lee largo I "A cold chill ran down my back , when I realized the mistake , for it was almost certain death. A short time afterward the doctor eaino in , and 1 thought my time had come. Bracing up as well as possible , 1 said , 'How is Francisco this morning , doctor ? ' 'He's deadl' 'Did those powders kill him ? ' I stammered out , and in fear and trembling awaited the answer , but the first word relieved mo 'No , the powders had nothing to do with it. Ho died half an hour before they got thoroP " .Too Howard lo Oo Now York Letter jn North American : The salary paid to Mr. Hawthorne by the World is , I believe , $ 1,00(1 ( uyear. His work is ralhur light. The World pays many largo salaries. Colonel Coekrell receives $10,000 ; Joe Howard , Jr. , $7fll ( ) ) , and other specialists and editors obtain between fJJ.OUO and * .r)00. Howard is one of the luckiest of all our journalists. For his service as regular correspondent of tlio Boston Globe ho will receive next year $10,000 , A. C. Wheeler ( Nym Crinkle ) was , until recently , another of the World's high toned men. lint Wheeler In no longer associated witli the paper regularly. The mention of How ard's name , by the way , reminds mo that Mr. Henry E. Abbey , the well known theatrical manager , who has ' just re turned from Europe with Patti , 'has of fered him liberal terms for live lectures to bo delivered this winter in Boston. Howard is an immensely interesting talker and his head is full of reminis cences. For twenty yours ho has known every singer , actor , lawyer and politician of prominent ! ! ) . U is lo bo hoped that ho will iiccopt Mr. Abbey's terms. The Pokiir I'liiyitt1 itntraj ed , Bull'alo Connor ; "Oh , no , our biisinrws is not such a hum-drum one as you might suppose , and wo haycour funny little in cidents just the sumo as other people , " said the owner of a well-known laundry yesterday. "IM .pint bet yen ( ho good ciuurs , " continued ho. "ihat I can toll yon ovcry thrtto out of live men who send their linen to our place , who play poker You may smile if you like , but It's trim , just the sumo , anil I'll tell yon how. H ii vo you ever sal in a little iraiini and seen u man charge up some one tit the table with a 'shy , ' and murk It on his cull V I hav.o man ) a time , and wo receive - coivo lots of such indications ihul MJIIIO of our cii.itomur.-i gamble a liltlo oeca- slonally. " _ MOST PERFECT " 'waredwith etrtct reciM toPntlt r , fitronKll ) . n4 UcaUbfulDPtig. Ur.J'rico'uJliVicxfWdtrtiiii'uiu * DoAmmonl , UniOjAluwprl'lio8'Uatog.D | 1'rlco'a liituc la , YuolIUi , Lemon , etc. , avotdtiUduiwly. 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