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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; SATURDAY. JANTJAltY 1 , 1887. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Dnllr ( Mornl air Kdltloii ) Including Bumlftjr Ilur , Ono Your . f 10 01 for Bfjr Months . f > 00 For Three Month * . . . 2 W Tlio Oinahn Suriili ? UKK , nmlloJ to nny ntltlicst ) , Uno Vonr. . . , , . . . . . " 03 OvutlA Ornrr. , Nn. PH ANO Pin FAnA Smrrr. NEW vonif OfrrcB. tlonw ( V. . Tiuntr.iR ntni.tiiNn. \VAtnr.NOTO.v orncc , No. M,1 PouitTti.XTii Sir.zrr. AH communications relating to ncira find cell- toriAl rnnttor Miould bo iuMrow l to the JJt > I- Ton or THK lirr AH Inif Inos * letters nnd remlttanoM should t > jvldrOKi-od to TUB HIM runusutNO COMPA.IV , OmilA. Drnfta. olionkg ami po tomoo orders to be mode payable ) to the onltr of tUo company. W DIE PDELISHINTciPASI , PROPRIETORS , E. KOSEWA.TK11 , Kmron. TI1K BAIIiY HEE. Sworn Htntomcnt of Circulation , Blntc of NrJiraakft , I . _ County of Douglas.f " B < ( Ico. 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Tun railroads nro preparing- ua blnnk'ot tlicir dark liorso with tlio opc-n ! ng of the legislative ecshion. It Is noodles to romavk that his other nunio is not Clmrlcs H. Van Tun county commissioners arc now busy with bridge plans , -while tlio plans for the nou- county hospital still lie un adopted upon their table. There Is such a thine as suspicions slotvnaia. \Vnv should railroad corporations bo exempted from city taxation on their ronl estate lying within the city limits , Tvhilo every other corporation and citizen Is forced to divide the burden which the railroads shirk ? "JIM CtiMMINGS' " success as n letter writer was his ruin as a I hi of. The clue to his discovery was found In his letter Bftnl to the Globc-Dimocrnt for publica tion. Contributors to the waste-paper basket should take the moral to heart. HUSSIA , it is said , has called out her re- fiorvc troops , 'lliis looks decidedly like war , and especially so since the czar has not declared in favor ot pence. The only way in which Europe may have a long continued peace is to give Unssia a good thrashing so that she will stay thrashed. Tun year closes with no attempt made by congress to reduce the burden of national taxation. A few inoro years of Buoh neglect will work a political revolu tion among intelligent and honest voters. The obstructionists of tariff ref , rm whcrovor found will be hold responsible for the result of their work. Taxation for monopoly only will not long bo per mitted to bo a national rallying cry. IT will take twelve tons of u.iper to print the HHK'S annual review , but there will be twelve tons of valuable and abso lutely correct and tinmlltitcd statistics printed. The growth of Omaha up to the last day of 1880 will bo clearly and con cisely , but fully presented to a half n million readers of our mammoth edition As an advertisement of tlio resources nnd prospects of tills thriving metropolis tlio JjEii's annual review will bo wortli its weight in gold , twelve tons down weight nnU ovcu sixteen ounces to the pound. TUB now roar opens brightly for Ne braska and her leading city. Tlio year just closed has been the most prosperous in our history. In the state at largo n hoary immigration has been steadily pouring Into the frontier counties nnd settling up regions which two years ago were given over to the ranchmen and prairie dogs. Railroad construction has Leon pushed , in every direction. Now lines and extensions of old systems have followed In the track of Battlement and nloivt-1'in.rftils ' towns nnd villages have epruncup llko inngic in spots which twelve mouths since were desolate patches of prairie and sandhills. Juunii WAJCIII.EV'S decision that under the law the railroads In Nebraska are not mibjnct to municipal taxation on the s.itno basis as other corporations , renders \ prompt action by tlio legislature impera tive. Tlio revenue law which was Jug gled through at Lincoln with n pretended view of bcnellttlng interior counties by giving thorn a largo proportion of rail road taxes , was so drafted and passed aa to exempt the corporation * from all mu nicipal taxation on nino-tonths of their property. It Isaafo to pay that in Omaha nlouu fully live millions of real cstato has been withdrawn from the tax lists and is now occupied by corporations who do not contribute ouo doll.ir in taxes from tins Imiucnsa domain to the support of the city government. With hundreds of thousands of dollar.1) wortli of property claiming the protec tion of our police and lire departments , the bonelits of street lighting and clean ing , the aid of the city trwuury in paving etroot intersections and promoting publio improvements , the corporations under the .shelter of a law of whoso working ! ) the Mate at largo had no conception when it was passed boldly refuse (9 ( us- numo their burden of the expense of maintaining municipal government and du'y this people to help themselves if they are ablo. The answer to the chul- lunge must bo given in the prompt remedying of the wrong through n clause in the uow charter for the benefit of Omaha , and through un amendment to > the revenue law which will protect every pthoi city in the state Irom the- tax Chirking of the corporations. 'Tho Old.nnl ( | he > Nc.w , Thd departed year contributed liber- nily to lhp pages of history in all depart ments of human nffnirs. If not n period of exceptionally grave nnd momentous events , its course was still marked by oc currences of very porious concern in the present , nnd of possible consequences in the future , the effect of which the wisest mny not bo ably to foresee. In the ag gregate of results , it cannot bo doubted , the world has improved nnd advanced. In nil material possessions most of the nations nro richer thnn they were n year ago. This is unquestionably the fact as to the United States , nnd there is good reason to bolicvo thai ic Is also true of the chief countries of Europo. The moral nnd intellectual forces linvo been active , nnd everywhere there hnvo boon growth nnd progress. The march of political improvement has met witli obstructions in certain directions which for the mo ment created misgivings , nnd srcmcil to threaten the defeat of the efforts nnd hopcB of those who nro battling lor polit ical justice , but these are disappearing , nnd ns they fall the promise grows stronger , that when tlio march is resumed it will not halt again until victory Is achieved. The clouds which for nearly n year have threatened to break lu the mightiest war of modern times still hang lowcrlngly over Europe , but the light ning llashufl that bespeak the angry Im pulses of nations have bccomo Jess fre quent. There is better promise that the rclpu of Dcnno will not yet bo broken. Our own land mourns the loss of an hon ored citizen , yosterd ny entombed , nnd of tills sorrow tiicdeparledycargave us more than our share , but nave this no shadow darkens the record ot the old year or mars tlio outlook of the new. The very important events in Europe during 1880 were not numerous , butbomo of them were attended with grave clr cumstanccs nnd complications which pave them momentous importance. The Bulgarian tlilliculty , still awaiting bottle- ment , is familiar to nil readers of current history. Not leea important , though in volving possible consequences less gen eral in their cflect , were the elections in Great Itritain which resulted in tlio de feat of tlio Gladstone ministry on the Is sue of Irish home rule. In Spain the death of King Alfonso for n. time threat ened serious consequences to that government mont , but the great majority of the pco pie accepted the regency of the queen and thus far with satisfactory results. Prance experienced some political dis turbance , culminating in the retirement of the Do Freyclnet cabinet nnd the for mation of a now ministry , since which nfl'airs in that country have as sumed n moro peaceful aspect. Gcr many has attended closely to her domes tic allairs , while keeping nwatchfulcyo on tlio conduct of her neighbors , with particular refercnco to 1 ranee. Austria has been playing n conspicuous part in connection with the Bulgarian question , nnd assiduously preparing for si possible exigency. Italy's career during the year was peaceful. The record of the other countries of Europe presents little in which the world at large , nnd the Ameri can people particularly , can find any in terest. In tlio United States the political events of the past year were not of great sig nificance. The year was exceptional in the number and extent of labor contro versies , but notwithstanding these the business of the country Increased , and it is undoubtedly the fact that the average prosperity is bettor than a year aco. ' The occurrence which gave the country tlio most complete shaking tip during the year was the great earthquake of August 11. ! Another memorable event of the year was the dedication of the Bartholdi statue. Except these there was no na tional event that demands to be held in memory. As already observed , 188C will be memorable for the number of distinguished publio men who died dur ing the year. In this respect it probably exceeded any other year in the country's history. Hancock , Seymour , Tildon , David Davis , Arthur , Charles Prancis Adams and Logan constituted n galaxy of soldiers nnd statesmen whoso peers it would bo diflicult to find in any other country. The record includes also pov- cral other public men , less conspicuous than those named , but whose lives had been useful to the people , though in a lass extended field of action. The new year opens Avilh favorable promise for all interests. The improve ment in the trade and business of the country which has been in progress for the past six months Is likely to bo ma terially enlarged with the opening of spring , assuring bettor profits to tlio manufacturer , bolter wage's to labor , and better returns to the merchant. In the general advance Omaha is certain to se cure her share , uud she may do moro than thin if her business men show the energy enterprise nnd pluck necessary to win it. There is a hearty welcome for 1887 , in the full confidence that it will bring to the country and to our city a greatly augmented prosperity. Tlio City Attorney and tlio Mayor. Mayor Boyd's organ has been placed between two Hres by the opinion of City Attorney Council. It is a stab under the lifth rib of the paving contractor * whoso mouth-phcn : the Jfertiltl has been for months. At the same time it endorses in olliuiul form the private opinion of the mayor recanting the illcgaiityol the pro posed contract for which Creighton , Murphy & Co , hnvo been working the council tor weeks past. The Jlcralil tries to squirm out of the dilemma by attack ing the city attorney and endorsing the mayor. It wisely assures it3 readers that , after such tin opinion it will bo impossibles for Mayor Uoyd to approve contracts mndo in 1830 which must bo paid for out of funds to bo se cured in 16S7. This is amusing. Mayor Boyd docs not need to hide behind the opinion of the city attorney. Weeks ago ho openly declared that ho was con vinced that thn proposed contracts would li ( illegal and that hn should decline to sign them if passed by the council and transmitted to him for his approval. No one know tlio position of the mayor bet ter than the paving contractors them- solves. The game was to have the contracts rushed through the council nnd approved if possible by not ing mayor Bo.chel during Mr , Boyd's Absence from thn city , Mayor Boyd him self was not unwilling tlmt Mr. Bechol should shoulder the responsibility of of * iicial action which whould furnish his political opponents with forty rounds of ammunition to be used ttgalnst him when occasion might demand. As the mutter never ronohcd Iho ncling major ho vrns cot called to pass upon it. If opposition to illegal conlrncts 3s evi dence that General Vnn Wyok's friends are interfering in city business , wo stip- pose Mayor Uoyd must be classed among Iho senator's followers. Perhaps the ITcrahl will make the correction. Needless , Oinnhn business men have no cause for alarm when they view the prospects of inlor-stnto commerce regulation on the lines of the Culloin bill. The men who fear th.il the interests of the west will bo unfavorably affected by the long-haul proviso nro men who hnvo not read the provision referred to. That proviso is flexible enough to meet every necessity. It does not nr vide for pro rata , ns has been mistaken.y proposed , but simply prohibits a greater charge for n short limil than for n longer haul , In the same direction , "under similar conditions , " with full power on the part of Iho commission to waive the opera tion of Iho law when occasion mny demnnd. "Under similar condi tions" gives aniplo leeway nnd elasticity to the operation of the law , while inter mediate rates can be adjusted to what ever scale the railroads may select , pro vided only that such rates are not moro than the rates for nn equal dis tance. For instance , the rntofrom Conn- nil Blufl's to Chicago must not bn moro than tlio ralo from Omaha to Chicago. But It can bo made tlio saino under the law. Nothing whatever is said about proportioning rates in accordance with the distance. There is absolutely nothing winch would require the prorating , which some of our business men hnvo as sumed will so greatly injure the com mcrcial interests of this city. Other hands Tlmn Onr . Tlio cnbiuct crisis in England has bcci the one topic of foreign news which nsv awakened widespread discussion during tlio week past. Lord Randolph Church ill's resignation lias loft a vacancy in the cabinet which is still imliHo'd. All the ef forts of Lord Salisbury to induce either Lord llartington , Chamberlain or Goschcu to tlop ) into thn breach nnd form a coalition inlnislry have failed. The disorganization of tlio tory government scorns complete. Parliament has been postponed until February , by which time Lord Salisbury hopes lo reorganize His shattered forces. \ Tlio resignation of Lord Randolph Churchill has been followed by another sensational event a remarkable speech by Joseph Chamberlain ut a meeting of the Birmingham liberal council , which he and his friends organized after lie failott to carry with him the liberal federation of caucuses. Mr. Chamberlain's posi tion during the present Salisbury ministry has been worse than political oblivion. By the compact of the unionists , so called , he bus been compelled to stand by and cry "mo too , " whenever llartington made his repealed calls for coercion iu Ireland anil medievalism for the rest of the kingdom. But the retirement of Churchill naturally opens Chamberlain' mouth. Although tiic liberal declarations that Chamberlain nud his faction arc not wanted in the opposition are not month old , we find Mr. Chamberlain in dulging in the most extraordinary tone of conciliation. Ho feels his liberty and ho uses it freely like a thirsty man ; it a spring. Ho reviews the whole situation that led to the liberal split , and the more ho looks nt it the more ho is convinced that the points of difference are few in deed. "Wo liberals , " ho says , "agree upon ninpty-nino points and disagree upon only one point , " and he adds : "If we do not agree on every point at least we can sigreo to carry these important re form on which there is no difference of opinion between us , and leave it to lime and a frank discussion of the subject to say whether , when wo have accom plished tiicsc reforms , wo may not go a. step further in the direction of the views of those who are now , unfortunately , our opponents. " This has the defect of all of Air. Chamberlain's political utterances. It is not as frank as it seems , and is .simply a bid to the Gladslonitcs to make con cessions also. * * * Austria , especially the Hungarian half of the empire , is getting very uneasy over Germany's plain intention to avoid u rupture with Knssia , now or in the fu ture , and llioro is talk of insisting Umt Bismarck shall choose between his south ern and his eastern neighbor. Such sput tering must be very amusing lo the Gor man chancellor. Tlio vital difference be tween ( ho position of Germany and Aus tria is that the former power can select allies nny where , while tlio latter must ac cept any In the market , in time of need. Bismarck knows perfectly well that Aus tria will gladly join him whenever he wishes , no matter how much she mny protest meanwhile , and can deal with Hussia exactly ns if the question of Aus trian friendship did not exist. The dual empire of Hapsburgs has not n natural ally in Europe , except , possibly , Great Britain , and iu this one case thu sympa thy of common fears and hazards is not strong enough to make n thoroughly re liable alliance , while each nation greatly doubts the power of the other to do effective - foctive work against Hussia. Tlio proud and pugnacious Mag.vra may fume and threaten , hut they will note make a so- rJous attempt lo coerce Bismarck or hurry his decisions. A U was quite snporlluous on the part of the ( Journal do St. Potcrfibourj ; to state tlmt Russia's refusal to accept tlio candi dacy of Prlnco Ferdinand of Saxo- Coburg-Gotha for the Bulgarian throne is not due lo personal objections. Any nud every action vhich the Bulgarians may take will bo disapproved by Russia or rather by the czar , for it is the ox- trcino of absurdity to speak of Russia doing anything , there la no Russia except in tlio czar's solo person. Their present ation of I'rinco Ferdinand , like their ad herence to Alexander , their election of Waldcmnr of Denmark , tholrrofnsal of the Mingrclian puppet , Isauactussortingeelf- government , How long the other pow ers will allow the czar to carry on his dog-in-tho-manger policy is the question. They would do well to stop thu zionsenso bp adopting the nomination of Ferdi nand , which is by far the most promis ing step jot taken. There is no tolling how blind and besotted the obstinacy of Alexander III is , but it is linrdiy proba ble that ho Is beyond the reacii of sucti un argument as the nnited action of England , AusJro-IIiuigary nnd Germany , Thn French alliance , if Franco bo indeed so | fpolish as to think of making an nllint.cc , would not cover the odds. vV ' The latest of the outbreaks ngnlnst Portuguese rule inMc-znmblqna promises to bo also one of the most formidable , einco the hostile.natives scorn to have al ready routed n combined force of Portu guese nnd friendly natives in a great battle , in which the killed on both sides nro thought to have numbered 0,000. The uprising becomes the moro serious from its reputed origin In a refusal of natives in Iholnhambnno district to pay Portu guese taxes. Hitherto Inhambnno , one of the principal oqast town ? , nt vhloh , nfl at Dolagoa HnyMoznmbiquo nnd Quit- imane , the Natal steamer calls regularly , has been faithful lo the Portuguese , who in return have supported its unlive chief or king against the encroachments of surrounding tribes. The town , which nt latest accounts wns barricaded nnd awaiting ntlnck , is opposite Gnsa. whoso chief or king seems to bn tlio loader in the present ottack. The Portuguese have done very little cither to develop the re sources of Mozambique or to extend their sway beyond nn occupation of a narrow strip on the shore , Nominally the col ony extends moro thnn a thousand miles along Iho East African coast between Dolagoa bay nnd Capo Dclgado , but practically there nro only olght soltlod ports , nnd thcsu carry their jurisdic tion very litlle further Ihtui Iho lire of Ihoirguns. Prague was recently the scene of n great German demonstration in honor of the sixtieth birthday of Dr. Schtno.vknl , lender of Hie moderate German party in Bohemia for the past twonty-tivo years. An address bearing 100,000 signatures nnd representing over 1.C30 political corpora tions wns presented , and congratulations came from all parts of German Austria and tlio Gorman empire. It insignificant that the great hall of the Gorman Casino , where tlio festival took place , was adorned with a statue of Gcrniania. GKNKKAT * LOGAN'S funeral was worth } ' of a great soldier and a statesman who , moro than any other , was hold in afleo tionato esteem by the survivors of th war of the rebellion. Longevity or the Dominant Typo o English Statesmen. The longevity of famous statesmen if remarkable. Imagine Lord Pnliuorston actinc vigorously us brimo minister of England when over eighty , govoring the vast British empire with steady hand making speeches three hours long in the house of commons , and rising next day fresh as a man 40 ! Think of the venerable Gui/.ot , the French statesman , who. at the ago of eighty-seven still writing his tories , prosidinp over religious conven tion , and carrying on lively discussions in the French Academy. The late Tord Lyudhttrst made able speeches in the house of lords when ho had passed his niutieth year ; nud his long time rival , Lord Brougham , wrote his autobiography , in throe goodly volumes. when lie had nearly reached ninotyycars. Tno Marguis of Lntwdowne. wlio , tis Lord Henry Potty , was a leading mem ber of the ' 'All the Talents" cabinet of which Charles Jr.mes Fox was the chief in 180li , was still an active member of the house of lords nearly' sixty years later , in 1803 , and died in that year at the ago ot cighty-thrco. The Duke of Wellington took part } n public allairs until his death in 185" in Ills eighty-third year. In former generations energetic states men in advanced years-are found thickly scattered through the passages of history. There was the old Marquis of Winchester - tor , who could remember Edward IV. , the lirst York soyerign , in 1013 , and who , when he died in 1075 , at the ago of ninety-seven , was holding oflico under Queen Elizabeth. As to the presidents of the United States , it is : t familiar fact that John Adams nnd Thomas Jefferson , the second end nud third presidents , both died Die 4th of July , 1820 , just half a century from the day on which both signed the declaration of independence , Adams being ninety-one and Jcflerson cighty- thrco. President Andrew Jackson lived to bo eighty-two , John Qliincy Adams to eighty-olio and Madison eighty-live. Prohibition in lown. Chicago Mail : Prohibition works wonderfully in DCS Moincs. A man who has just returned from that city says that while there ho felt tv little quaniish ouo day nnd concluded that ho would like a nip of something calculated to warm the heart and uromute a healthy action of the liver , so , seeking a friend , ho made known his longings. The friend led him at ( nice to the saloon of a heading holol , behind the bar of which there ware no signs of "spiritous or vinous liuuors. " The whito-nuroncd attendant set out two pairs of glasses , however , one-half of each puir "being empty and the other half containing the usual quantity of cold water which is customarily thrown into a dram. For an Instant ho was pux/.luu. as to whore the "conversation water" was to come from , but in the eamo moment ho observed a sad-looking colored man , who had followed thu couple in , and who took from his coat pocket nn old. . fashioned "Pike's Pcak'Mlask containing "red liquor , " winch ho placed upon the counter. They poured out as much as they ddcsired , whereupon the darkey de ; liberately stoppled the bottle , placed it in , his pocket and walked bactc to his stand just out.sido the barroom entrance. They paid the barkeeper twenty-live cents for ( the water ho had furnished and left , the poor darkey getting nothing whatever for the wluaky. Where They L'NO Stilts. It is ill Ilia largo plains called "Lliiu- clccs , " in southwest Franco , that pnoplo use stilts as a mutter of course , These plains are generally floqdcd , though not to asulliciontdeptii to c'nablo people to Ret about In boats. The stilts are not hold in the hands like thbKu we are aeons- tomiid to see , but arc tinuly strrppud to Iho side of the Ing. Tlip person wearing them carries a long polo , to balance him self and nid him in walking. This polo has usually a cro-splcco at one end so that by nutting it at aslant on the ground behind him , the person' 'On stilts otn ; sit down on it ana rcsty It is n common Dcuurronco in that country to sue men luul women sitting and knitting in this exalted position , while the sheep thev nro tending wander about the plain. They wear their stilts all > day long putting them on , when they go out in the morn ing and taking thorn oil .only . when they ruiiini homo at night , > > .Sounds and 'i. As the ear cannot distinguish between two sounds occurring at an interval of less than one-sixteenth of n second , that time must necessarily elapse between the utterance of a sound and its return to form an echo. An echo isslmplya sound reflected from some opposing body , which must be thlrty-livo feet nwny from the ? ati3o of the sound. The bound will Imvj to pass through seventy feet , and this will take about ono-slxtceiith of a second since sound travels at the rate of 1,100 foot per second so that the direct and collected sounds may but ho same. The Further the rollectlng body is away tlio longer of course will tlio sound take to reach the oar after reflection. , * . An ocean steamship- siid ; to huvo used.f .20,000 worth ot coal on a ' 'recent royugo. . . t ' GATHERING OF THE CLANS Gaunt and Hungry Statesmen 'Waiting to Swoop Down Upon tbo Legislature. THE WIRE-PULLERS AT WORK The Iilucoln Journal "Corners" Mo- For the Purpose ofGlvlnjj Rlslntors "Tnfry" Hess Stout to Ko On Hand. floforotho Rattle. LINCOLN , Nob. , Uoc. ni. [ Special Cor respondence of the BKU. ] The clans nro gathering. The city-llko appearance of Lincoln , presented once in two years , nnd continuing some forly odd days , Is again mnnifost. Even the strcot cnrs-nro patronized. Tlio slate house will bo besieged - sieged in a day or two. 'I ho hotels nro comfortably filled , nnd it is indicated Hint to-morrow's nrrivnls will number several hundred. It is the same old crowd , composed of Iho snmo statesmen rallying every two ycnrs. They are guant nnd hungry. Their patriotism Is produced by promises nnd their waver ing nllegenco commuted bj tlio dollar of our daddies. The button-holing has been bogun. The nnli-Vnn Wyok henchman md railroad oniis = nrlcs are lliickor than iiddlors in school. Trip passes nro being Issued and moro bummers will arrive to-morrow. But few members of the legislature have yet arrived. The strikers , who get board from their mas ters , commenced ( o come four dnj's ago. The air is rent with cries for caucus- caucus when there will be no caucus. The rumor is abroad in Iho land that I ( ho Lincoln Journal company has pur chased nil thu sorghum molasses In the state , with which it will mnko "tnfl'y , " with tlio designed view of calching the mcmburd. Every "heeler" and ward politician will bo nulled by that great homo newspaper. Every scalawag will bo nn honorable nud nil sinners saints in tlio eyes of that great reform sheet , for the next two months to come. It is predicted that its editor will slop over each morning with gushing effu sions , congratulating each individual member until , nt luast , that , ollieo ii awarded Iho contract for printing house bills , etc. The Journal has a. job ollice. In jobbery it is unexcelled. It is said that its editor him been chewing coco loaves , for six days past , in order to write with that siiblimo candor necessary to catch. To do this well , it is necessary lo chow the coca , ns n rational human could not exhibit the brazen impudence required nt tins time. Boss Stout , who always yells himself hoarse for the dear old flag and an appropriation , will bob upnorcncl , and show his hand at the right time , Place hunters ' are more numerous than Chinamen'in'Frisco or paupers in Lon don. They nil want a winter's job. A fellow who labored hard at the polls for n politician , nnd who had been promised nnd expected u "sit , " was to-day figuring on going homo. He bnd learned that his" fiicnd had promised twenty positions nnd would not bo able to redeem n single promise. This accounts for the great rush. White folks laughed at the colored man's credulity , when ho believed that ho could get a farm and a mule by going to Kansas. Tins winter will furnish abundant evidence that some white men believe the moon is made of green che.eso. The persimmon known as tlio "speak- crship" is just now being reached for by many politicians. It is believed here now thatllarJan has the longest pole. The ox- lieutenant governor , Mr. Ageo , lias been in town again this week. He is getting the shako from the railroad 'llooence , nnd his nnrno will bo Ague. I saw him nt Seward yesterday. His face were a troubled look , and 1 think lie was quoting from Shakespeare , something about in gratitude. Ho was going in thu direction of Broken Bow. jSlnny broken-bowed politicians will go that way soon after tlio organr/ation is complete. ft has been reported by some politicians and his homo newspapers that the Hon. John C. Watson , of Otoo , would bo a candidate for speaker of the lionso. While Mr. W. has many friends nnd pos sesses the necessary qualifications to iill that position with credit to himself , ho wishes it distinctly understood that ho will not bo a candidate. Unlike other years , Church ilowo has not yet rnported. It ia wondered union' ' a few of his friends if ho has a senatorial : bee bugging in his bonnet. They lliinK his chances as a dark horse arccxcellent. Whether he is actually a candidate can not lo ) learned. If hu is , and thu sena torial bco is ns disastrous as tbo last ItuE that buzzed in his bonnet , ho will think n nest of hornets has opened out n . [ roc-for-nll roller rinktum in the dome of lis pantaloons. Tlio plot deepens. Judge Broadloy w accident from Nemalia whoso cloc- : ion was made possible three years ago jy Colby's nomination , has rented rooms . md will put up n lightning rod , Hi > thinks it might bo struck with some of the senatorial electricity this winter. F. S. Hassler who was in Lincoln to- . lay , reports an amusing incident occur- ing a few days ago at Pawneo. When .he Butler-Holmes contest was in prog- ess. In taking evidence Judge hd wards mule a statement regarding Humphrey , lmt that gentleman wanted to know if it v.is an intimation that ho had lied , hd- yards bluntly told him that was the in- 'nrcncu that he was at liberty to draw. Iiimphrov struck Edwards a left hander -about like Laird gave Cobb and the jonseqiionce wns a peeled proboscis and ho lirst bloood for Humphrey. Not u nilly not u brag but ! < quictinolfonslvo iltixen is Judge L. S. Edwards. Ho is an > lder man than his adversary. Conolud- ng to resent cuch nn impudent insult. Cdwnnlf picked up a chair , and placed ilmself in position to scatter the orginnl worn liond all over the corporate con- incs of Pawned City. With the courage if a lawyer marks Humphrey's made for ho door , and it is whlsphcrud that ho lidn't etop running until ho reached L'alJlo Rook. Sheriff J. H. Hamilton , of York , whoso , icket was delualed because it 'was anti- 'anVyok , is in tlio city , Ho presents ils claim as a corporation stalwart , and iskn to bo made warden of tlio penitent- nry. Sinuu Dr. Knupp stepped into ilatthowson's moccouins : , York county , laving in , to the demands of iiaturo , vnnts thoenrth. Ed Cams , the bloom- ng blusterer , who luxuriates upon tlio lorruption of Iho legislature , Knowing say , is in the city , to boost Iliimi on. The inconsistent swontinpntid gronn- ng stalwarts , who coin lies with the ruslniMs of creation , have u now nut to rack , and wonder how they can explain i'hy 1) . P. Newcomer is entitled to the : losition of spencer of the house. I am nformed upon excellent authority , that his man Newcomer who now prates of hid oynlty nnd patriotism to tlio republican arty , was. before he trod the blooming irnirics of Webster county , n Maryland icmocrat. and that he was in the ranks f those who followed Leu , and sung thu eng : Where my in Longstroet. whore Is my Lee Three cheers for old Maryland ; 'hree cbtcrs , and follow me. ' Ar. Richard Mnuslielcl , E. 1) . Price and liss It. ' Cameron , of the Prince'Karl ompuny , arc at the Millard , ' THE SON OF A SLAVE. A Kontttoklnn'8 Atnnomcnt For tlio Htnsol 111 * Youth. A Chicago special to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat says : When the oxtuii- slvo land owner nnd banker , J. K. Mo- Cnllistor , died nt Henderson , Ky. , last August , no left nn cstato valued vari ously nt from $120,000 lo $200,000 , the In. oomo of one-third of which wns bo- qtKinthml to his widow during her life time. The testator has been married three times , nnd had a son and daughter born to him by his second vifo. The daughter died when quito yottnir , but the son lived until ho wns iwunty-ono years old , nnd also died , leaving Mr. McC'allia- tor without nny known direct issue. Near Henderson Mr. McOnlllslor owned nine Inrgo nnd line farms , and for many years was president of tlio Fnnnors' ' bnnic of Henderson. He had been n member of the Kentucky legislature nnd was n prominent liguro in his state. Before thn war ho owned a number nfslnves , nnd nmoiig hia retainers in 1818 , employed as n nurse for his son , was n young woman known ns Elisw JDooson , described as pos sessing striking boaiily , but disclosing In her features n trace of African blood. She remained at the AloCnlistur honiti- stead until 18.ril ! , nnd then wont north into Ohio with n young son of ton years , who took.tho name of Charles H , McCallLstor. In thu will of the Kuiituokv banker n bequest - quest Is mndo to Charles H. MeCnllistor of three farms , comprising in nil 010 acres , nnd valued at $18.000. Al'K.NOWl.tttHIKU ' in * HIS tfATIIKM. Tim will also provides that upon the decease ot the widow Iho testator , Charles 11. McCallistor , is to receive as his per tion one-fourth of her portion , and is also given a royersionary interest in other portions of the largo cstato. The legatee thus named resides in Chicago , where he is following his profess on as a physician. On one 01 thn walls of his ollicu is the picture ) of the Kentucky banker whoso name ho boars. The picture is that , of a man of possibly 70 years , with n rugged and strongly marked face , having a side growth of whiskers. Looking nt the other MuCalllslor there is the samu strik ing characteristics of countenance , very nearly the samn growth of board , nnd except perhaps in stature , n limn of most unquestionable resemblance. Iho Chicago cage McCallistor is stated to be the only living issue of the dead Konluckian , nnd is recognized IIB such in tlio bequest mndo in his behalf. In n conversation after hu had at lirst declined to speak of his lifo , except iu a general way , Charles H. Ale- Cnllistcr said , pointing lo the picture : "Ho was my putrou , and liberally nr- ranged for my education and care. Ho was my father. I have always felt that. 1 did not care to hnvo the world know the story of my lifo , as 1 cherish the memory of my mother ; but am led to think the American peopln are beginning to recog nize moro clearly thu peculiar social con dition of the south before the wnr , nnd that it also recognizes such a parcntngo IIH mine as tlio legitimate outconio of ot such n strange relation ship between the whites nnd those- who had even n slight strain of the btooil of the darker race. 1 have uinnr letters from my lather , written to mo during nil the years since I left Kentucky , exhibiting tlio greatest concern in my welfare , nnd expressing a desire to sec mo succeed in lifo. " SOCIAL LIFE IN THE SOUTH IinPOllK THU WAI- The narntivo of the cnrocr of Charles II. McCallistor , linked with that of his mother , combines lo make u romance which , probably , has its parallel in many ways in the social life of tlio south antedating the rebellion , but. in tin's instance thcra was n palpnnle desire to make a restitution , which gives the narrative something of n romantic llavor. As near as eould be ascertained from the narrative of her son , Eliza Decson was the daughter ol u slave mother in Louis iana , and was 'the offspring of her mother's owner. Stio developed into n child of extraordinary bounty. Her half- sister , the legitimate ollspring of her mother , married a Now Orleans mer chant named Uoeson , who , owing to certain Tlc T tain financial troubles , removed ns far north as Henderson , Ky. The girl Eliza , who nsHumcd Iho name of Deeson , ac companied them to that , point. Mr. Decson became involved 111 gome trouble of n financial character iu the now place , and moved to some point further .south , leav ing Eliza penniless nt Henderson. She then entered the service of Mr McCallis tor as a nur.10 , and hu bccnmo deeply en amored by her beauty. Her son snys she was not a bond-woman or at least ; he never understood so having been given her freedom in Louisiana. In ISI'J she lind n son born to her while at the McCal lister homestead Mr. McCallister wns it that time a widower , his second wife tiaving died. The young boy remained 311 thu plantation until 185' ) , and then , just prior to the breaking out of the war , iis mother took him to OberJin , O. , ivhoro lie entered Iho school nnd college it that place , rcmaing there vbout Hovun years. She afterward r .vent with him to Alfred umvonsity , near [ lornullsvillo , N. Y. , where he studied ! or four years. His mother afterward lc oturncd to Kentucky , and died in 1874 , md is burled on the Indiana side of the 1 : river , opposite Henderson. Young Me- Jnllistor studied at the Jefferson Mo Heal iollego at 1'hiladclphjn for three years , md graduated , receiving his diploma , .lo i'f forward went to Vincennos. Intl. , vliero ho taught school for two years md continued lu.s medical studies wilti in old practitioner there. He then came .0 Chicago and has succeeded in estab- ishing himself hero. OTI1KII IIKQUESTS. The will ot J. K. McCallister provides hat if Charles H. McCallistor should die vithont issue the property will revert to he other heirs mentioned in the will. In iddition to the direct bequest of $18,000 o IJr. McCallistor is n bequest of $18,000 o John S , McCullinter , a nephew , and 118,000 lo Laura J. Barnett , a niece ot the cbtator. A bequest of $8,000 was nlso undo to William Knight , an orphan , who nis adopted by Mr J. h. McCallistor. Dr. Charles McCallister has a photo- ; rnph of his mother , which ho is having nlnrired for training. Un speaks o her s u woman of great effect ion and Kindly raits , and says that her memory is ni- rorul at her former Kentucky home for ior charities and the simple mode of Jife hu led. He says hu visited thu old home- tend two or three times after reaching iianhond , but has not been there wince ho death of his mother. The Jiuida bo- ucuthed lo Chitrle * 11. AlcC'nlllster , ec rhile llxod at a valuation of $18,000 in -ilj , nre supposed to bo worth consider- blv more. These incidents were related by the re- ipionlof tlio portion of thu estate of u ullier whom ho had hardly known was noli during his lifu , and with great hos- alien , 1ml with extreme frankness when T ' o finally decided to speak of any of ( lie icidontd of his career. Jin had only light memory of his lifo at the MrCal- Istcr'n homestead , and what ho know of is mother's early lifo in Louisiana ha * eon explained to him by her. He bo evod that if the dictum of society had ot Interposed his mother would have eon married in duo form to Mel'nlliHter , rhoio tenderness and regard equaled int ho could have bestowed under nny irouniMancoa , Mr. McCallister exhibited n bundle of ntors addressed to him by the todlntor , no of ( hem dated jusl prior to his death. The loguteo is not married , but bays int ho now thinks seriously ot marry- ig , in vluw of the bequest mid tlio tcrmu f the will. For sick headaches , fcmalo troubles , miralgio pains iu the head take Dr. ' . H. McU-iin's Little Liver mid Kidnej 'illota. 20 cents a vial , 1 ! Miss Ellu ChlhoutC present rwshier of ) 'irrnl & Cook's , loavou .this evening for , * & onio at Marshnlltown , lown , whore &ho | rill spund a few weeks' v.ueutioui . Cohicr & Archer's atlilitiou lo South Oirmlin , consisting o 101 of llio finest lots ever Jnid out. Every lob is a beatify. Gnu bo seen and the en tire surrounding country is vist- , blc. It is located From tiie PACKING HOUSES. ! 5 Minutes Walk frov , * i tlie New Brewery. ' H Ind on a perfectlyleW Piece of Land. i ) 111) ) 'lieyai'ODOwoiitlieMai'kr ' ' ' As there nro no poor lots , you can either buy them 3y Mail Telegraph , Or Telephone ) o not wait for every Dt will be sokl by Jan , st. UD AVOID THE RUSH 25 Lots Sold llio First Day. f Or you will be left. ITem I Tom 100 to 300 PER CENT > lade on money investj \ 3. in these lots in 3 Lontlis , Price & 250 to $500. 'er.ms Easy , Title Perfect , or sale by 509 FARM ! STREET 001119 , Hedick's Block Slid Floor.
