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4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; TUESDAY , DECEMBER 14 ; 1880. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TTOJIS OF Hrit. ClUPTtOS ! D.illr 'Morni.ifr Edition ) Including Biimlftr IlKf. , Dno Ypixr tlO < V1 TorSlx.MonttiB r ( n iJt-VnrThrfp Montln Sta /Thn Omnlm Swmlny llr.K , mailed to nny M ndilrc 8 , Ono V'onr. 20) oxuit * ornrr. No , fit ASH Bit KAns-AM Snicrv. NKW VnnK ( ipftrr. , HOIMI r.i , THIIICNK HI-II.IIIVO. WASUI.-IUKI.V urncc , N All cmnrminlc.ition rclntlnc to nowg fltnl oil- tonal innllor fliuuM bo uil'liimtxl to the llm- ion of TUB Ilii : : . nusixr.ss i.r.rrr.n < < s All bii lnp s letter * nml remittances houM bn hililroRfocl to Tun HUB 1'imi.mttMi COMPANY , OMAHA , Drnflfl. checks nml poMofllfo nrrtors to bu mwlo imj uljle to tbo nnltrof the company , THE BEE PUBLISHIsTSpllliy , PROPRIETORS , E. nOBEWATEH. Kniroit. TUB JDAIIjY 1J13E. Bworn Statement of Clrciilntlon. State/ Nebraska , I County of Douglas , f ( ! co , B. T/ . chuck , secretary of The Hoc Publishing company , docs solemnly swear llmt tlio actual clrr.iilntlon of tlio Daily ilco for tlio week cmllng Doc. Mill , 1SS0is \ as follows : Bntutdnv. Doe.-I 1rt,27n Siimlav. Dec. r > 1:1.075 : Momlny , Di-c.fl l .HSrt Tuesday. Doc. 7 ia.tiM \Vcilnesilny. Dec. S 1:1,070 : Thursilnv , Dee. v. iil.wv. Fililay , ) ) rc. 10 1,135 ! ) Avcinpc 1H.SOS ( ino. H. TzsntucK. Subscribed mid sworn to before ino this 11th flny of December , A.D. , 18bO. N. P. Knir , . ISKALI Notary Public. ( ioo. 1J. Tzschuck , hclnc first duly jnvorn , deposes mid says that ho is bcerutary of the Jlcc I'libllMilnicompany , that tlio nctual nv- rrnifo dally cliculatlon of the Dally Bee for the month of January. 18SO , was 10.ii8 ! copies , for 1'Vhruarv ' , 18N ) , 10,595 copies ; for March. 18SO , n KIT' copies ; for April. issfl , I2iui copies : for May. 1SSO. 12.-I.7J conies : for Juno. IBM ) , ,39S coiilcs : for July , lBbolil4 , ! ! : copies ; for Auciist , Ib i , 18-151 copicsfor : September. 1880 , l ! > .a)0 ) copies ; for October , ibbO , 12'jsu copies ; lor November , ik-SO , iniis : conies. Quo. 1) ) . T/sciirnc. Sworn to anil subscribed licfore ino this Olh day of November. A. D. IBS ) , [ SKAL.I N. P. Fun. . Notary Public. is working hard ami tlio ses sion promises to be a business ono iu every fjcnso of the word. Mn. DAWUS insists that the republicans must favor tariff reform. To bo snro they must. Over-taxation is tlio ono na tional issue which cannot be dodged much longer by either political party williout serious damage to the party or ganization. for coal has not been dropped , as some of our envious contem poraries suggest. The coal company have loosened thuir grip on the drill simply to moisten llioir hands and take a frcsli hold. If coal is there they are bound to liaro it. IT 13 a singular commentary on Wall street methods that Jmliro Gresham's .scathing rebuke to Gould ar.d his rail road wreckers sent the stock list tum bling down the incline of several points. Watered stocks of bankrupt roaus cannot stand the test of publicity. Gnxr.KAi. VAN Wvcicis sticking close D his work in Washington and letting , iis senatorial canvass take care of itself. 3 senator is working hard for his con stituents and their interests at the na tional capital. They will see to it that his own do not suffer in the meantime. OMAHA bank clearings passed the live million point last week with a record of 80 per cent increase over the correspond ing week of 1885. Comment on such a showing is unnecessary. Omaha , likc.Jus por's sun , "do move" and itjs moving very rapidly along a well defined line of gen erous prosperity. Mit. HUOHITT'S survey from Omaha to ward tlio Elkhorn valley taps the Sioux City &Pacilic at Arlington or Bell Crook , as the station used to be named. Such a road will not lill the bill unless extended northwesterly to a point between Hooper and Nickorson , cutting off the Fremont ox-bow. Thou wo should have a practl cal and direct connection with tlm Klk- horn valley. The route surveyed will not materially help matters. SENATOR MANKEKSON writes that ho will help Mr. Allison's Omaha and Council Bluffs bridge bill. This is proper. Perhaps if wo obtain a few more bridge privileges wo may ulti inatoly secure another bridge between the two cities. Wo need ono now and wo shall need it none the less when the Union Pacific ) bndgo is completed and all trains run across it into the Union depot at Omaha. Tin : question for the council to con slder is whether the gas company is overstepping stopping its rights in maintaining a mon opoly of gas fitting within lot lines. Is any privilege which puts it in the power of a public corporation to refuse service to citizens a proper privilege ? Must citizens go without gas in the winter time because the Omaha Gas Manufac < luring and ( ins Fitting company refuses to make connections with its main ! ' and declines to permit others to do it for them ? . Xcoosslty in Grading , livery ordinance for a change in grade declares It "necessary" to make the pro posed changes This declaration refers to the public interest involved. It means that to make the street accessible and tit to sustain continuous travel its grndlonl must bu bo altered. When such a MC cossity actually exists , prlvato interests along tlm route of the proposed grade must give way to thu public demand. If damages are sustained thu city steps in and makes the property owners whole. It rests then upon the city to show the public necessity before ordering a change in grade , The bunulit of a few individual property owners does not create a pub llo necessity , The feeling that a dead level street across the hills will on- Iiancu property values in the suburbs does not make such a grade a public necessity. Less than all , the dcslro of some intlnentlul holder of realty along the street or of a corporation which desires to USD thu thoroughfare for ts rails or vans does not create a ncces- jsity such as is contemplated by the law. Omaha desires streets easy of access anil practical of ascent. But she cannot hope to level down the bluffs and extend every city street on a dead level over tlio hills , The rights of private property oppose such an idea. Private damages will in evitably more than counterbalance any ; illo benefit. There is a line which it t thu city OUOJIUQUS amounts of nio.neylo Step over , Open. IJxecntlve Sessions. Among the matters brought over from the last session ot the United States senate ns unfinished business is the resolution of Mr. Platt providing that the executive sessions of the senate , in which the presi dent's appointments to office are consid ered , shall be open. The object sought i that the public may have full know ledge of the proceedings , information re garding which can now only bo obtained surreptitiously. If the resolution is per mitted to come up In its course it .should be considered during the present week , but the indications arc that this may not tie clone. The opponents of the proposed change will of course take advantage of every opportunity to postpone considera tion , and thoFO who wcro favorable to It at the last session , except the author of the resolution , appear to bo now less zoalotts in its support. Our Washington dispatch expresses the opinion that the resolution is foredoomed to defeat , and desire to postpone action as long r s pos sible grows out of the unwillingness of the majority to go on record in opposition to public opinion. Tins is characteristic cowardice , and it is ( o be hoped that Mr , Platt will carry out his reported pur pose to call frequent attention to the subject and ask a vote on it. The matter was quite fully debated in the scnato and discussed in the newspa pers when it was brought forward at the last session , so that its merits are well un derstood by the public. Popular opinion is adverse to the system of secret execu tive sessions. 11 is undemocratic in its character ; and in its tendencies and pos sibilities there is danger of wrong and injustice ! , if indeed these have not actu ally and frequently resulted from it. It is a system under which a part of the legislative branch of the government arrogates a prerogative that was not contemplated by the frumers of the con stitution in devolving upon the senate the power of confirming presidential ap pointmcnts. It is a star-chamber method of rendering judgment upon the character tor and qualiltcations of citizens ap pointed to public oflice which is revolting to the American idea of fair play. It allows the unrestricted exercise of that "senatorial courtesy" which too often , it is reasonably believed , masks personal prejudice or malice. It shuts out the cit- i/.on selected by the executive for a pub lic position from all knowledge of any charges that may be brought against him , ami from all opportunity and means of defense , thus denying him a most sacred right. It nor- mils a senator to secretly place upon the character of a citix.cn an indolliblo stain that may do him irrepar able injury , cutting off all remedy and shielding the author of the m justice from all responsibility. Such are some of thu more serious" objections to this system , and they are quite enough to condimm it and to justify tlio demand for its aban donment. The people have an iinqucs tionablo right to know tlio full reasons which influence thu action of the scnato in respect to appointments in thuir ser vice , anil the citizens selected for this service are by every consideration of justice and fair play entitled to have their case publicly considered , so that if there are charges against them thuy may have opportunity to answer them. The veriest criminal is not denied this right. It is probable , however , that the supporters of the secret session system in the senate are strong enough to maintain the practice , and that the resolution to abolish it will fail. But if this shall bo tiio result it will simply postpone the desired cousumma lion. The movement for open executive sessions has been well started , public opinion demands the change , and while the result may bo delayed its ultimate ac complishment is certain. TUslit. or Tux Exemption. Whatever the revenue law may or may not contemplate the fact is that its am biguous language is used to cover the wholesale shirking of municipal taxes by the railroads. The monopoly organ conducted by Charles II. Gere comes once more to the rescue of its patrons with the charge that the railroads only escape city taxes on "right of way , " or that if they are not taxed on other prop erty it is the fault of those who read the law. Wo imagine that Mr. Gere's apol ogy would not be stamped with the ap proval of the general attorney's oflice. As a matter of fact the railroads of Nebraska escape municipal taxa tion on about nine-tenths of their prop erty real and personal. In Omaha the depot grounds alone which wcro donated by the people of Omaha to the Union Pacific wore recently valued by Mr. POD- pleton ia a public speech us worth if 1,000- 000. Not ono dollar of city taxes is paid on this single item of property. Some suvon hundred city lots which formerly paid taxes are now entirely exempted from city taxation as "right of way. " Scores of private enterprises pay no taxes on real estate because they are built on "right of way" leased to their proprietors by the railronds. "IHeht of way in Nebraska , " besides carrying with it the power of eminent domain , means right of tax exemption. It is wrong , illegal , unconstitutional. Such a posi tion would not stand the tests of the courts for an instant if suit were brought to determine its equity. There is no reason why Omaha , Lin coin , Hustings , Grand Island , Beatrice ami Fremont or any other Nebraska city should foot thu tax bills for the railroads. The railroads , themselves the great tax gatherers , are the last of all citi/.uns who should bo permitted to shirk the burden of city taxes. A I'olioy to liu Sitstnlnml , Jl turns out that the reason why Baxter was set asldo for Moonlight as governoi of Wyoming was on account of a heavy land speculation in which ho had entered at the oxpunsu of thu publio domain. Charges were iiitulu that Mr. Baxter having purchased railway land in alternate nato sections , enclosed thu public ! lane by a wire fence and then undertook to transfer the property to a Scotch syndi catu. Mr , Sparks promptly brought the matter to the attention of the president who as promptly nominated Baxter's successor , The policy of the administration in respect to the publio lands is ono which is deserving of the support of congress quite Irrespective of party , . The government for years ha ; been ruthlessly robbed by private am publio corporations , land syndicates bogus pro-umptors and sharks who hav < not hesitated to employ perjury am suboniatiou of perjury to gain unlawfu possession of the publio domain. Commissioner Sparks , of thu Unitec States land oflice , makes ( he curious taloment that , if the railroad corpora- ions were stripped of the lands they have lot earned by a fair compliance with the crms of the grants , they would still bo eft with enough land , estimated at the iverago price , to pay for the juilding of their roads. That is , hey would 'slill gel their roads for lothlng , after thu forfeited portion of heir lands was taken from them , The commissioner admits that , in cases where the corporations have done what thcv promised to , there is no remedy , and they must bo allowed to hold the andsj butinagreat many cases they have not complied with the conditions of the * ? rant they have not done what they promised to and portions of Hie grants , therefore , are for- Toiled. These unearned portions amount to 110,000,000 acres enough to supply a homestead of 100 acres to nearly 700,000 actual settlors. Forty million acres of this amount has been forfeited by the Northern Pacific company alone. Cattle syndicates and land companies have added millions of acres to this list by hiring prc-emptors and proving up on timbcrlcss tree claims. Mr. Sparks' pre decessor called attention to the rapid de crease of the public domain through fraudulent entries , but it remained for the present commissioner of the land olllco to inaiignrato a relentless wnv on the thieves. In carrying it on he has doubtless made mistakes but ho lias suc ceeded in closing the Muicu gales of fraud and in making wholesale jobbery more difficult. For this Mr. Sparks deserves the national thanks. Called to Account VHV Political l. Catholic society iu Now York is a good deal stirred up over the case of the Kev. Dr. McGlynn , who has been called to Koine to give an explanation of his re cent active identification with politics , or more particularly his espousal and pub lic advocacy of the views of Mr. Henry George. There have benn contradictory reports regarding the action taken by those superior to McGlynn in the church , some of which would give a wrong and unjust impression , the fact being that the doctor has not thus fur received any disci plinary punishment , but has been simply notified to go to headquarters , so to speak , and explain his conduct. Dr. McCtlynn is a man of superior attain ments ami an excellent speaker. Ho seems also to have a strong political bent and to take advanced views of political policy , which jar somewhat upon the traditional and conservative opinions of the church. When the labor organiza tions of ISew York started the political movement , the Doctor was among the first to identify himself with it , and doubtless his influence had a good deal to do not only with making Henry George the labor candidate for mayor , but with securing him the large volu he obtained. Dr. McGlynn vus active in thu campaign , making speeches , work ing among the people , and in every way manifesting the heartiest interest and concern in the struggle. Ills advocacy of the doctrines of George were even more earnest than that of their author. It seems that early in this cour.su the at tention of Homo was called to it , anil two or three letters were addressed to the archbishop relative to the matter , leading him linally to prohibit tlio Doctor from further participation in the canvass. To this no attention was paid , and until the polls closed on the day of election the earnest and indomitable priest was y.calous in the cause of labor's candidate. The large labor vole gave a very serious aspect to the matter , and evidently to counteract the influence of Dr. McGlynn the archbijhop issued a pastoral letter , iu which the George doctrine - trine regarding private right in land was condemned. On last Friday a cable dispatch sum moned Dr. McGlynn to Rome , and since then there has been a good deal of con jecture as to what course ho will probably pursue. Onu statement was that ho would refuse to comply , and would leave tlio church to become a labor leader. Another was that ho would go to Kome and justify his course on the ground that similar views to those he advocated are held and proclaimed by eminent Catholic clergy men in Ireland. The doctor has said nothing as to his intentions , but he per formed his priestly functions on Friday and Saturday , showing that up to that time ho had not been suspended. He is said to bu a mun who will not bo driven from his position , and that if ho goes to Homo ho will not hesitate there to main tain the views ho has so bravely and per sistently asserted hero. It is quite possible that thu issue may command iv much larger interest than it now does. So far as we arc aware it is an exceptional circumstance in this country , and it is easy to see that it is ono which the church will need to treat with great prudence and circumspection in ordur to avoid possible ill-consequences to its interests. It has signilied its sense ot the importance of the matter by calling the offending prelatu to Koine , and if ho obuys the summons , which wise policy would prompt him to do , thu result will bo uwaited with great interest by Catholics , particularly these of Amer ica and Great Britain. The Catholic church is most largely composed of people ple who labor. What will its decision bo in thu case of tnu priest whoso earnest devotion to what he bclmvcs to bo in the Interest of labor has led him to bravely challongu the church's disapproval ? The answer may have very much greater im- nortaneo for the church than for Dr. IMcGlynn. Turin : have been nine changes in colonels of regiments this year , llotlro- monts for ago are now following each other very rapidly in the army. The otllcers who fought through the rebellion and who have many more years of active service before them are few. Promotion will come to their subordinates with each retirement. The next ten years will realize the wish of "Bonny Havens" fora rapid rise of juniors. It will bu a harvest for thu youn gorofllcers , OMAHA has enough monopolies on ham ! without creating and maintaining a mo nopoly of gas fitting. The gas company must drop it. KINGS AND QUUUN3. Queen Victoria's dessert service of old Sevres thu liueit In the world Is valued al 5230,000. Princess Jourluwskl-Dolgoroukl. wife ol the late C/ixr Alexander II.'of Kussla , will pass the winter at Cannes \vlth her chiUlren. King Charles .1. of Wurtcrnberg , Germany , iml his wife , Queen OIp.iIcolMewnn. . Imo arrived at Nice , France , to spend the winter. The king Is ti hopeless Invalid , txml must bo iclped by ids assistants from place to place. The empress of I'hlna 1m * reigned twenty years , nud will resign next February In favor of her son. She Is said to be exceedingly rtrogresslvo , and but Cor the men who formed icr council would have had railroads thiouah- oul the empire. Queen Matin , the mother of the two luna tic Kings ot Bavaria the one dead , the other rclgulni ; now by a regent paiil a visit the other day to the present Irresponsible mon arch , Kins Otto. To hergitcf lie was In one of Ids most hopelessly Imbt-clle moods and neither recojrnlze < l nor could talk with her , so hrr majesty left at once . The following are the presents wherewith Queen Victoria recognized the Sultan ot Muscat's present of six bcaiitlftil Arabian stallions : A gold watch and clmln.a hall clock , a tea-service , and a few oilils ami mills In thu way of rltuvi. etc. The unsophisticated Sul tan will believe her majesty has gone In for unredeemed' pledges. The king of t'atnboilla. according to the correspondent of a P.uis journal , has BOO wives , chosen fioin the handsomest women In the country. The entire population and territory belong to the king. All the Cam bodians ate the king's "cannon , " or slaves ana pay him rents. The king hlmsclt be- loncs to the French rcsltlcnt-Ronoral. A dispatch from Spain says the royal youngster over tltuie conies down to bre.iK- last at noon and sits down with the family. lie cannot share their mulllns , but ho surv eys the proceeding. It Is conflicted very bad form for a pramteo to bo Interested in revolu tions anil other tilllet while his majesty Is wheezing , so says a serious letter trom .Mad rid. rid.The The I'llncpiS Beatrice Is In good health. Thu bulletins of her condition Imobccn stopped. She Is able to enjoy company. Tlm most iccont Mr. ( iuclph , It may interest mothers to know , on the authority of a huly who hail the honor of carrying him. was very roil a Mgn , 1 believe , that he will bo fair. llo rarely cries , which Is but icasonaule con- siueiinghls uieaUfast. About once a day , It Is saiil , Queen Victo ria receives thiouuMi the mall a copy of some newspaper with a hlue pencil-mark around an Item pertaining to thu empress of China ami her contemplated resignation In favor of her son. As an aUVctioiiatu and loyal subject the prince of. Wales Is properly shocked and very indignant at the unknown party who semh llie-e. ' papers to the An UlTcctitnl Kcniody. The IScv. Dr. Ulcedum says that In case a riot broke out in New York he would dis perse the mob Iu live minutes. He would simply send out half a dozen of hN dc.tcon * to take up a collection. It never falls In Ids own chinch , Clicnp I Considering tlio amount of license the Chicago cage saloons have , they ought not to object to pay ! > 1,000 for it. Tlio lOaslcst i'lan. trufhfiii/tuu / Ciltlc. A Chicago pork pac ker , who had once run for congre.xs , was at the Kbbttt the other day , ami a friend met him. "You arc out of poll- Uic.-V he said , intrnogatlvely. "Ves , I have gone back to my legitimate business. " "NVhnt's that for1. ' " "Well. 1 tried both , and 1 found it so much more to my taste to can vas a ham than to canvass a district that I went hack to ham. " It Was a Chest nut , CViffdi/n AViiw. Congressman Mr. Speaker , 1 wish to in troduce a hill which - .Speaker Is it the bill you spoke to me about'.1 Congiessman Ves , sir. Speaker Oh , well , -end it right up to the clerk's de k. Jiveryhoily Iso familiar with it 1 don't bolleve it will require an introduc tion. _ To a Child. Daniel / ; . .Sii/Iliviii / In Hie Huiitltcrn lllroiuir. The stars' untarnished gold gleams in the meshes of thy hair. The heavenly hue of April's ulue lives in thy wondering eyes. The lips which kiss to crimson the pale clouds that Hush the skies Have pressed tlnnn own and lingered lightly on thy cheeks so fair ; No wave of passion on thy heart hath sobbed in sensuous sighs. Nor hath ambition hrought to thy smooth brow one touch of care. The gods , with gifts supernal and supreme , have dowered thce. Youth , purity , and beauty thine a priceless legacy. STATK AND TKRItlTOIiV. Nebraska Kushville's pressing want is a public library. Grand Island is promised a barb wire factory. Ainsworth claims to have put f 75,000 in improvements this year. A. II. Baker will build a $12,000 resi dence in Grand Island next spring. Rev. W. E. Howell sued the Methodist church of Gordon and obtained judgment for sf'.ij ' back pay. The Holt County Agricultural society cleaned up ! ? 2fiOO after paying all ex penses at thu fair last fall. Samuel Hardy , the murderer of Ralph Cowloy , in Boone county , was sent to the penitentiary for fifteen years. Arrangements have been made with the railroad so that Wyoming- coal can bu sold as far cast as Valentino for iJS a ton. ton.Dick Dick Thompson , the bachelor philoso pher of the McCook Deinut-rat. in a lec ture before the Bachelors1 club recently , apostrophr/cd the hairpin as follows : "As a woman's mechanical tool thu hairpin is unrivaled. It is to a woman what a lack-knife is to the boy , and excepting her tongue , is the only pointed instru ment she can usu with skill. She pounds her linger with the hammer , she jabs thorn with the screw-driver , but a hair pin she can twist and turn into all kinds of family uses. With it shu buttons her gloves , and occasionally her boots , tears open her letters , cuts the pages of the latest periodicals or fashion mugi/.Incs , draws out corks , picLs out nuts , mends a rent , fastens In her ( lowers , loops up the curtain , tinknots her shoo laces , mends her jewelry , pricks pieces from the pniiers , cleans her nails , snuffs the wick , in fact , if there bo any ordinary uses to which a woman cannot put a hairpin , then it is not included in our directory of wants and needs.1' That's the kind of a hairpin Dick is. Rev. Andruw .1 , ( . 'Imnbois ' , a colored clergyman of Wilm.ington , N. C. , has written to Prcsidcn .J'itzgorald , of thu Irish National leagiie/thaiiking Him for a copy of the Gladstone pamphlet on home rule. Mr. Chambers says ; " 1 am in a fever to cross the sea , and lift my voice on Ireland's soil against Kngjish tyranny. , r . . , 1 am i the . HUTU i . _ i . iitit anxious _ . * _ _ _ uineu . _ . thu eliorts made to hu Dillon's voice and the attempt to en sh the people of SJigo with military foi A > and threats of blood and butchery. L bog you to lot Africa have a word wi h your country's fou. I may be forbid on to speak , but what otl'cct such an injunction would have throughout the worlil ; proud Kng- land silencing the humble son of u for mer slave from America rising as it were from his own ashes to voice a protest against English misrule in Ireland ! I would not bn still if so commanded by all the constables of thu Hritish empiru ; while to put mo in jail would BO st.nrtlo this land as it has never been before in Ireland's causu. Imprisonment ! why to die for her would bo an cnviablo immor tality. " town Items. Algona's building improvements for 1830 foot up $ 18\J,000. \ An enraged wifout Uubuquo to cool her anger poured boiling water on the head nud neck of her liusbaud. The lolal assessment of the four tclo- phone companies In the state , made by the state board , of equalization , amounts to ? 11G,2SO , and the total tax J3.IS3.-10. At Webster City Cliarlcs Sloddard sinlt some gasoline on hi. * clothes and walked over to the stove to dry it otV. By the tinio outside help had succeeded in subduing the fiery garments , Stoddard's clothes were burned oil' and hjs hands and face badly blistered. A rather peculiar weddinc incident happened at Davenport. Dayld Mct'all is serving out a sixth months1 term of Imprisonment in the county jail for burg lary at LeL'lairo thai sent one of his ac- eompjicesto tlm penitentiary. Like sev eral other dashing Dick Turpins David carried the heart of n charming young lady in his pocket , and the adverse fate of the young villain but intensified the feminine passion of love and drove her sympathy along mi a reckless gale of reciprocity. Anil so she came from her home at Port Byron , the kind shcrllV brought David from his cell , and sur rounded bv count v olncials : x justice made them man and wife. Dakota. The new clly directory of Sioux Falls contains 3 , 1-innninc * . Over $ TOO per week is paid oul at Deadwood - wood for laundry work. It Is now thought thM the s-chool of mines at Hniml City will be opened on the 1st of January. A bunch of live valuable lior. < .e were killed by a passenger train on the road to Rapid Cily las' week. An < el Gammon , who hud a lloek of 835 Mieep in the Hare Hutto vallev , lost all but about 250 during the lalo blrzziml , A large number of Nebraska farmers are crossing the ice : it Vankton and marketing hog * and grain in that city. Mammoth snow balls cover the prario in Brown county , which were rolled by wind dtinngtho late storm whilt ! the snow wasuamp. Marvelous weather in Dakota. Deadwood patters tell of an old gentle man in that villiigo , who has a suil of clothes in which he has been married three times , and is now desirous of re pealing the performance , Farmers who invested in the cooperative tive warehouse at DcSmet are congratu lating themselves , for their money has paid 5 per i-ent. a month for the past year with a large undivided balance on hand. Wyoming. Ln-,1 ; brags of a forty room hotel , Thu Hock Springs coal mines arc in full bljst. : The railroad company is furnishing cars in abundance , and coal is hurrying to the cast and to the went. A syndicate ol rich Now Yorkers have secured control of a vast body of land in Carbon county , which they "propose to irrigate and cultivate and prospccl for oil and mineral. The marriage of 15. S. Van Tassell and Miss Louise Swan last week brought out swell soelety in Cheyenne in large num bers. Thu lather of tl.c bride is a million aire several times. The summary removal of Governor Baxter after a few short weeks of ollicial gloiy , was a paralyzing Mrfprisc to the territorial mossbacks , and it is doubtful if Moonlight can penetrate the gloom in the wigwam. _ Ltnh. The new union depot al Ogden will con ? 100,000. There are now 100 prisoners in the pun. As the bunk accommodations are lor 1 111 , the tloora and odd nooks have to bo util- i'/.ed. i'.ed.The The banks of Salt Lake City report the receipt for thu week ending December 8 , inclusive , of $ ( ! ! , 7.V.I.17 in bullion and ? 30,421."J in ore , a. total of $120.180. ; ! ! ) . The output of bullion and ore in Salt Laku City for hist week was twenty cars of bullion , 500,857 I OS. ; liftcen cars ore , liVT.GuO lbs.clcvcn ; curs copper ore , 2S- ! ) aOOlbs. ; total , forty-four cars , 1,212,78 ? Ibs. Ibs.The The product of the Ontario mine for the month of November was IDo bars of bullion , bl'J07. ' 08 line ounces ; ore sales , nine lots , SWJtf.ll , ti total for the month of ? 155)14.7 { ) ! ) . This , added to the product ot the previous ten months of this year , gives a total for cloven months of $1,510,171.10. The output of the Daly mine for Kovembur was thirty-nine bars of bul lion , 5,18G.24 : ! line ounces of silver , ; ! 5S13 , ounces of gold and $7i2.01 ! : ) ore sales , a total valuation approximately of § iit,82.-.51. This , added to the total tor the previous ten months , gives an ag"re- gate ot $077,8:54.11 : for the eleven months past. _ 711 o n I iu : a. The bullion shipments from Unite 'ast ' week amounted to sixty-onu bars , valued lit $107,872. A rich strike is reported in the Peerless Jennie mine , situated near Uimini. Thu ore assays $200 a ton. * The Bluebird Mining company has se cured thu Little Darling group of mines. i'he price paid was $12 ,000. The Smithsonian institute collectors. who are camped at the Head of Sand crook , have killed twenty-five bullalo and are ready to return to civilization for the winter. William Kemp Robed 3. who , while treasurer of Lewis and Clarke counties three years ago , squandered ! j)8,000 ; ) , of public money , escaped with a suntoncu of two years in tlm penitentiary. His bondsmen made good thu amount. Tlio I'aclllo Const. Hundreds of bushels of apples are being brought into Los Angulus from Kansas. A silver mine with ore assaying $500 n ton has been discovered near Tin Juana , San Diego county. About 200 car loads of wino have been shipped trom Santa Hosa thi.- , season , ag gregating 450,000 gallons. A single Eale of wheat was recently made inTchama county , the money pay ment involved being ! f2'5,000. The combined outflow from twenty-six artesian wolU sunk in Sierra Valley is 707,520 gallons every twenty-four hours , The ( 'ruination society of southern Cal ifornia has sent east for plans for a cre matory which will shortly lju erected at Los AngeluH. In prospecting for coal with a diamond drill hi ilo-lyn , on Ihu upper Yakima , Ihu Northern L'aciliu Hailroaduomianv.struck ) natural gas. The Chinese pork combination has for years been a powerful organization in San Francisco and completely controlled the market. The Butchers' 1'rotectlyo association recently started Is making war on Chinese pork and has a good show of rescuing tlio business from the hands of the Chinese. A festive bachelor , sixty years old , hairless and toothlcs.i , will have to pay $1 1,0'H ' ) for trilling with thu all'ccnions of a dumuru maiden of about forty-livu living at Portland , Oiegon. Ho refused to come- to the scratch , EO she sued him for breach of promise and the jury awarded her the above amount. There were 1,530 real estate transfers in Los Angeles county during Novumbur. Two hundred and thirty worn for a nomi nal consideration , OU'J under $1,000. ag gregating $21)1,012 ) ; fi.VJ between $ lfMU , ) amf $5,000 , aggregating -fl,237t.'M ; ttt between $5.000 and $10,000 , aggregating $ .732,452 ; Cl over $10,000. aggregating ? 2,401,10.jgrand ; total , t.SJ&.Tlt'J. . ' A Portland Chinaman wrote the follow ing note to a lady who wanted to engage a cook ; "Mrs. Lady Friend Shu : You when at there told to mo want to boy cookinjr. 1 had have a boy is good man and honest man ho neat and clean awl doing nicely that this ouu bust one never you have Luforu like hu docs. I wish could takp him to stay with you and Luang Uitt recommend to him comu to sho. " Tlic Thinking llnlilt. A nrtr Tn'MiilMiVjiuMfMii. The pleasures of thought sire hardly secondary to the genial delights of con versation , Why , then , should conversa tion be made an art and thought given only a sort of catch-as-catch-caii nlace In one's every day life ? Why should not thought be made an art lee ? Wo do not mean that harrowing , me chanical thinking of which every one does more or less , but that dreamy , retrospective respective and speculative condition of the mind which bring * perfect calm to llic imagination , The delight whii-h ono receives from the perusal of a romance or an essay , one of Lamb's ' for Instance , is not greater than one can evolve from one's own con sciousness , if ono will only taku the trou ble to acquire the "thinking habit. " Kvoy man has moreor less originality. There is something in him that makes him different from others' . This quality , whatever it may be , constitutes his indi viduality. As the Concord philosopher would say. it gives him a himncss which is distinct from u iomebodyelseness. A man may always Unit congenial com- panionsliii ) in his own individuality. For this reason ono can never bo in"bettor company than when ono is alone. Of course , thin does not Iiicludu men whose consciences are stained with crime. Good thouglitsaretliefruitsof good lives , but thought itself is hell to evil minds , where one's eyes are turned in upon one's self and every foul spot detected. We are speaking to those who can af ford to think. Have you never , good reader , charmed yourself into a .state of blissful calm by an almost unconscious process of contemplation in the twilight of a winter's eve when seated comforta bly before : i glowing lire , whoo flicker ing light cast fantastic shadows on the lloorr" Sueh condition * invite thought , and one thinks without premeditated de sign. sign.But ills jusl as ea .v for ono to erealo the conditions designedly. The only es sential is that one must have only olio's self for company , and you Irivo no idea how much better acquainted ono gets with ono's self in thesu periods of what is called solitude. A man can form no better habit than that of separating himself "from the mad ding crowd" for a time eacli day , that ho may ilcvotp himself to a frcu nml sin cere communion with himself. Onu who has never tried it has only a faint idea , if finy , of the recompense it brings in the form of eontuntmcnl and refreshment In this busy world of the nineteenth century social intercourse has been car ried to such alarming extremes that too many people of to-day are like a ship without a rudder when loft to their own companionship. If they are not in the mood for reading , they are half frantic with nervousness until they lind the com panionship of another mind. Il has been said by some another thai a man who lias read good books can find no bolter company than his own thoughts. Truer words wore never written. And it might be added Ihat ono who does not frequently in his mind renew the delights - lights which came with the reading of sonic good author , lias not half Icninud the pluasuro or the value of reading. For every hour ol reading two hours should bo given to thought. ' Indeed , one can better aflord to stop reading than thinking. Many great readers are wofiilly barren of idea , but there was never a irreal thinker , a frequent thinker who was not strong in individuality. MRS. CLEVELAND'S PORTRAIT ill p. KcppleiDoHcriboH Ho\v lif Came to Alako her I'icture Tlie President' * * Notions. New York Sun : Mr. Joseph Kupplur says , as to his making of a portrait of Mrs. Groyor Cleveland : "The sittings look place in Washing ton , where I went for the special purpose of securing tliem. There was little dilli- ctilty about it. Mr. Cleveland seems lo be a plain , honest man , who sincerely dislikes the cxcitssivu notoriety that comes with Ins ollieo , but ho recognizes that it is unavoidable , and is desirous Ihat only the truth should go out about him and his wife. So hu had to trust in this matter somewhat to Iho skill of the arti&l , and in doing so was only anxious that Ino matter should bo kept private as long as reasonably possible. I told him that 1 did not propose to make a carica ture , but a portrait , and that it should bu excuted faithfully. 1 did not attempt to conceal or disguise the business siiriiili- canco of the project , and ho said that ho should be glad to do what , he could to ac commodate me , 'But,1 he said , 'Mr. Kepplor , why are you in such a hurry about it if the picluro is not to bu pub lished until CliristmasV So 1 had to explain - plain that it took much timu to execute the work , and that when a publisher gets an iilea he is desirous of being the first in the field. So ho appointed a time for a sitting. I ought to say thai my original design was to make apiulurufrom a photograph , fearing thai the president would not con sent to a deliberate sketch , and I went at once to Washington for the purpose of seeing Mrs. Cleveland , that 1 might get somu points about complexion and thu like that photographs do notgivu. But when I saw her I was convinced at once thai thu project was hopeless without pri- vuto .sittings ; for the photographs are far from presenting a worthy likeness of the lady. Therewere EO many characturisiio touches in her features lhat the photographs omitted cnlirely you see Iho photojrraper uses his judgmental erasing lines that ho might think would mar the beauty of the photograph , and as u matter of fact , thuy frequently usu such bad judgment in doing this that the character of the like ness is destroyed you gut the features , thu outlines , perhajis , but tlm life is not them. I was anxious to produce a pic- turu that should bu what it purported to be , ami so dropped thu photograph idea nt once. "Well , wo came lo thu first sitting. You may bu very sure it was tlm lir.st lime Mrs. Cleveland over wont through thu experience. It was plain from thu way him acted that .sho did not know what was expected of bur or what was going lo bu done with hor. She thought , however , that it was the simplest thing in thu world to sit for a mutiiro , but I told her she would fall uslcup trom fatigue within half an hour. And so shu would had insisted that shu sit so long. I am n hand , as .some artists aro. lo entertain Mibjuul with pleasant talking during Iho work. ' 1 he duration of thu lir.st sitting was only tun minutes , and I conllnud myself to making rapid sketches. Tlii.s was early in Suptumbur. 1 went to Wash ington twice after that for sittings , and thu time occupied . - > about twenty min utes < ir half an hour imch timu. ' 'Mr. Cleveland said in rufuronco to thu general subject of picture" of himself and wifu : ' 1 have u gruat man.v request- for photographs both of mysulf and Mrs. Cleveland , and have constantly to ro ordur conies from the artists. Whe.il n littlu girl calls iiuru and ask * for a pic. turu of mu or Mr& . Cleveland , with an autograph , t cannot refuse it. And puo plo frequently write to mu. several a day on the average , enclosing a photograph of mu , with a request that 1 inil my autograph on it. And , Mr. Kupplcr , thu photographs I hey send aru somutimcb frightful. 1 dun't like to have such mi.sropro.Mm tat Ions of mysulf abroad , and so 1 usually return onu of my own with the autograph instead of thu ouu sent ino. ' Mr. and Mrs. Cleve land nru overwhelmed with requests trom artUts of every sort for sittings. That 1 was fnvurud with onu was probably owinu as muoh as anything to thu dcxlni of Iho president to do mo u.personal kindness. " El rose All of .you who have not visited this busy place al some time , and those who have , take note of Iho wonderful changed thai have taken place there in the past twelve months , From a dozen little shanties thenyou can now sou she smoke carling heavenward trom hundreds of cottages. Brick blocks can bo seen on almost any corner. From two stores then the number has swelled to twenty or morn now , with others opening out everyday. They now have bamcs , u daily newspaper , and a dozen other mi nor enterprises. But these tire mere nothing compared with the great pack ing industries , which are in operation there , with their thousands of employes and such men at their head us Hammond , Upton , Fowler and Morris , thu problem is solved. South Omaha will bo the fu ture packing town ol the World. Thcru has been more money made in real es tate in South Omaha , for Ihu amount in * vksled , than any other part of town. Lots that ono year ago sold for $ 'J7fi are now worth from $2,000 to ? ; ) ,000 and cheap at that , and there lire just as good chances now as then , and better , for the reason that we now know South Omaha will have a population of tt)0 ) ( ) in less than live years. Now is the time to buy. \ \ n hiive a large list of property hern , and would bo pleased to show It to one and all. Call and examine our list and take n ride oul and see the town. Wo have a list of bargains in all parts of town ; coino and sco same. We are also selling very rapidly , lots in Hush & Solby's addition lo South Omaha. This beautiful addition is only live minutes walk from the U. P. depot. Parties buying thcsu lots will make ! ! 00 per cent on money invested before next May. They tire soiling-tit $ ! WO witli $00 cash. Balance in 1 , 2 and 0 years. EXAMINE THIS LIST And see if you do not find something you want. A great harg.v.n , 3 large lots , GO foot frontage , each , on 22il at. , with small house , in K. A . Smith's add , cable line built within 2 blocks. This will make four lolsof-lOlxMOcaeh. $0,800. Oniv $2,000 cash. Must bo taken al once. This will sell for $10,000 in the spring. A bargain. House 7 rooms , lot 100x120 , in Omaha View. Price ? ; ! ,800 , ? 1,000 cash , balance to suit. A bargain. IGOxlOO , on Sherman ave. , in Kirkwood. 1,000 , § 1,000 cash. Corner lot , 00x120 , in Fairrnount Place , $2,000 , § ( ir)0 cash. A bargain. 50x1-10 , on 20lh si. , in K. V. Smith's add , S2.700 , § 1,800 cash. \ 25x150 , near William st , on S liilli. store building , 2 stories , rents for 02.50 per month. $ liOO ( , terms easv. This is a bar gain , will net you 17 pur 'cent per year JH investment. * ' 25x150 , adjoining the above , with two story frame stern building , rents for $ GU per month. ? 1,000. terms easy. Tlii.s is a f great bargain. Call at once as this is on the market but a short time. 1 Onu whole lot in South Omaha in busi ness part , $1,200. , A bargain. Two homes , one of 12 rooms and one of .1 rooms , rents for $50 a month , in Hor- baon's add. J-I.OOO , $1,000 cash , a bargain. A bargain. House of 10 rooms , rents for $27.50 per month , in Horbaeh's add. * 0,000 , & 1.000 cash. Eight-room house and barn , Horbaeh's add. rents for ! 0 per month. ifU.OOO , if 1.000 cash. Itloek IS , Credit Fonder jultll- ton ! , § lolH , Irticka u vueli Hide , ivilliiii two blocks of coal mine. lEurgaln. f > -room IIOIIHIIdlewfltl , H5,1OO. D-rooin liouc , I < iliivil l , nu\v , $ ( ( ,000. ( ( -room house , Improvement As M > ciiitionlol \15Jeasl front ] ) -room house , Georgia avenue , healed l > y Nteain , water and pas , full lot , Itarn , etc. , near Ieavcnworlh , $7,700. House , 8 room * , tt lots , Windsor I'laee , ii block * went I 'ark , 95'JOO. House and lot In l-oxvcV addi tion , $ I,8OO. Fine now IIOIINC in llnntcoiu IMace , C'alherlno Hlreel , IO rooms , heated l y furnace , l > et ( mill In Ihu clly. collage , new , corner and Ohio NlreelH , l.nkeV addition , $ ! , NOO ; BOO eas.'i , balance giVff per month. Fine lol in % Va. * > hli > ; ; lon Siiiare Beautiful lol in DPIHSO'K add. fiOOx 1 ' , ' 2 $1 , ! ) ! ) ( ! , $1,000 cash. This a bargain. . ' ! lots in Mnynu Place , Call nml gi < terms. Wo have several lots in Doncukeii'iri ml to Walnut Hill on easy terms. We him * properly for aaht in nJl purls of town , ( . 'all and M-O us. 1500 FiRIil STREET Koom 9 , Ifceflick's Block 2nd Floor.
