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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.
