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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
