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IbMJ , 11.037 copies ; for April , 18SO , lllit ! ! copies : lor May. issrf , 12,47.1 copies ; for June , Jbifi , 12,203 cnple : for .Inly. 1S < > nrjU : I copies ; forAnciist , Ibhfl , 12-ir > l coplosfor.September. ; IbfcO , HUM ) copies ; for October , ISsfl , ia , S'J ' roples ; for November , issn , iais ; ( copies ; for December , IbsO , 111 , 7 conies , Quo. U. Tzsrmjric. .Sworn to and subscribed before mo this li-t clay of .Jannary A. D. 1W. ( SKAL.I N. I' . Fiur. . Kolary Public. Mu. DODO Ar.r.H lias become a sadder if not ii wiser man since the legislature assembled. ALTHOUGH tlio thermometer is away below zero a heavy tlennuul for lightning rods is nolcd : il Lincoln. Tun proposed prohibition ainendmcnt which was introduced on the first day of the session will probably bo referred to the committee on ] "Internal improve ments. " _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - , Tan message ofiho governor of New York occupied just two newspaper col umns. The message of the retiring gov ernor of Nebraska spread out over seven. At this point comparison etuis. Mug , Cor.UY desires it distinctly under stood that the Br.E misrepresents the cause of female stifirago when it says that it is a forlorn hope. Wo cheerfully give Mrs. Colby the benefit of her confidence in the triumph of the cause. Mrs. Colby has always been of a very hopeful east of inhul. Tin : senatorial situation in Indiana is in such a shape that it is impossible to make any confident prediction regarding the result. Thcro really appears , however - -over , to bo very little solid foundation fern n liopo that the republicans can re-elect Senator Harrison , however desirable such a result may be. IT is rather remarkable that no report about the organization of the legislature and the senatorial outlook was tele graphed from Lincoln to the associated press. Thcro was so much gloom and despondency in the Jottrnul ollico that they had not time to make up the usual dispatch that "every indication points to Van Wyck's defeat. " Mu. CAMrnKI.L , who illls a seat in the senate from Douglas and Sarpy counties and prides himself on being a straight out btalwnrt dyed-in-the-wool demo crat , could not ease his conscience enough to vote for a republican colleague from his own county for acting president of the senate , bat lie could vote for a radical republican from Nance county who was on record for prohibition two yeard ago. Tun inevitable panacea of the protec tionist politician for all commercial ills is to'increaso the lanll' . The governor of Maine in his annual message recom mends as a rcmedj'for the fishery troubles the levying of such increased duties on the fish sent by Canada to Iho United States us would practically if not wholly exclude- Canadian fishermen from our markets. Tun prompt action of the sonata on Thursday , in voting Mrs. Logan a pen sion of $3,000 a year , will bo heartily ap proved by the country , and there is of course no doubt that the bill will pass the house without opposition ami be promptly approved by the president. It is a grati fying fact in connection with this legisla tion that it secured a just recognition of the widow of General Francis P. IHair to an equal claim upon the bounty of tlio nation , ( ieneral Blair was hardly less distinguished ( ban Logan among the volunteer soldiers of tlio war for the union. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ „ _ DUIUNO tlui past two years ninety fives were hut at the railroad grade crossings within the limits of Philadelphia fifty- two in 1885 and thirty-eight in 1880. Such a sacrifice of life duo to the neglect of the railroads to provide adequate protection for tlio public at the places of danger re flects more severely upon the authorities , who Imvo tolerated the neglect with u full knowledge of the danger , than upon tlio heartless corporations , to which the expenditure involved in providing pro tection outweighs all consideration for the lives continually endangered , A Philadelphia paper states that ttio I'enn- eylvauia railroad operates forty-six miles of roadway within the city limits , and of the persons killed on crossings last year twenty-seven owed their death to this company. Nearly all of the Heading's roadway in Philadelphia is a menace to the publio , ana the charge ngainst the company for last year's deaths ia eleven. At this time a young woman is lying at horhomo in Philadelphia in a critical condition , the victim of a collision in wiiich a train of the Pennsylvania com pany ran into a street car. The authori ties of Philadelphia are inexcusably cul pable in this matter , which may perhaps Uo fairly regarded as another evidence of the pernicious intlueucp of the rail road corporations over these who adujiu- Jter the affairs of that municipality. llic InniiRtiral , Governor Thaycr's inaugural follow ing Immediately after the long and tedi ous racssngo of the retiring governor was necessarily brief. General Thayer made no attempt to deliver a flowery oration , but contented himself with a plain mat ter of fact expression of viowa on a few important topics. After warning tlio legislatuto against hasty legislation , the governor makes an important suggestion with regard to the separation of the in curable insane from patients whoso minds are only temporarily clouded. Our insane hospital was or- iginall intended only for the treat ment of those who could bo cured , but it lias , now become a mad-houso and hospital combined. The keynote of the governor's inaugural Is an appeal for a radical reform of our rovcnuoaw3partic ! ularly in methods of assessment and tax equalization , General Thayer urges the legislature to revise the rdvcnuo law in two essential particulars. In the first place he recommends that all properly shall bo assessed at Us full market value , but that the levy thereon shall be uni form at cither one-third or one- fourth of the anspssment. This would do away with the wholesale perjury which the assoseora are obliged to com mit tinder the present methods of under valuation , and would put an cfleetual stop to the exemption of moneys , mort gages , bonds and slocks which are not rc'.nrncd under the present law. In other word : ) , Governor Thayer recom mends that a man who owns a mortgage of $1,000 shall bo laxod on ifaS ! ) or ? -50 , as the case may bo , in equal proportion with the real estate appraised at § 1,000. The capital of banks would bear Iho same proportion of the tax as the bank building and lot which the bank lists lor assessment. Another very important suggestion is that the state board ot equalization , made up of state officers , shall bo abolished and its place taken by a board made up of one commissioner from each county. Such a board could act intelligently and fairly in equalizing assessments from the vari ous counties. On the railroad question Governor Thayer takes practically no position whatever. lie makes no reference to the railroad commission and has no remedy to suggest for Imperfect railroad laws to remedy notorious abuses. Labor and education are viewed by the new gov ernor from the standpoint of the masses rather than from that of the favored few and his remarks on both are forcible and timely. The inaugural , as a whole , while in no way brilliant , in a creditable and com mon sense production. Care of Now York. It was made evident several months ago that the president had made up his mind to the expediency of taking the best possible care of New York in the distrib ution of political patronage. His indiffer ence during the first year of his adminis tration to the demands and claims upon his consideration of the democracy of that stale operated to the serious detri ment ot his popularity. The democrats of New York felt , warrantably or not , that they had the first call on the presi dent's favor. They took to themselves all the credit of his extraordinary politi cal advancement. They refused from the first to acknowledge a divided claim. Without denying , as they could not do with any show of reason or fairness , that except for republican disaffection Cleve land would have been dcfenlcd. they nevertheless hold that this impojcil no obligation upon the president to go out- .side of his party lines in distributing his political favors. Mr. Cleveland , how ever , entered tinon his administration with a different view of his obligations. Ho knew perfectly well that "for every elective oliice to which ho had been chosen , from shorill * to president , he was indebted to the votes given him or with held from his opponents by disaffected republicans. His disposition waste to recogni/.o this and give tangible evidence of bis gratitude , which ho did in several well-known instances. In the ordinary till airs of life such an impulse is always to be com mended and is followed generally with advantage , but it is dangerous In politics , and earned too far may prove disastrous. Mr. Cleveland has apparently learned this fact. Ho found , or his faithful lieu tenants for him , that his friendship for the mugwumps was rapidly and surely sapping the foundations of his strength with his party at homo. An adroit and ambitious politician , having the advan tage of constant communication with the party , was profiting by tlio president's neglect of his political friends and sow ing broad and deep the seeds of dissen sion. The situation was nearing a crisis when the shrewd perceptions of Manning and Lament discovered the dangerous drift of the tide and convinced the presi dent that he must act at once and hero ically , The first Hill outpost was carried when Ilcddcn fell , and since then Now York democrats wearing the Cleveland brand have been in demand for every ollieo to which thov wore eligible. Sev eral of them are now making their hab itat in Washington , others have gone or been appointed to go to the territories , and all the opportunities have not been exhausted since Mr. Cleveland has still a year and a half in which to provide for his friends before the next national 'con vention. There is very good reason to believe that the president's change of front improved his position with tlio democ racy of Now York. Ho is un doubtedly stronger at this tune with the party in that state thanjho was six months ago. Hut there is also reason to believe that his excessive solicitude for Now York democrats is losing him friends in other directions. There are symptoms of a very decided revolt in at least two quarter's ngainst the overflow of the Cleveland contingent from the Kiupiro state. Our Washington dispatcher of yesterday morning contained reference to a spirited interview between the presi dent and the doU'gato in congress from Dakota , in which the latter sharply crit icised the appointment of Now 1'ork men to be governor and assoclato justice of that territory , disregarding the form ally expressed voice of its people and ignoring - noring the platform declaration of the dem" ocraoy with ruspcctjtosuch appointments. It was also noted that the leading demo cratic club of Washington had passed resolutions denouncing the course of the president in appointing men from New York nnd othdr states to offices in the District of Columbia and tlio territories , in contravention of the party platform. It is for Mr. Cleveland and the friends who arc supporting his ambition to suc ceed himself to determine how much farther Jio can safely go in his partiality for Now York politicians. Of course if the question wore one simply of the relative influence of tlio aemocrals of Now York and these of Dakota and the District of Columbia , there would bo no difficulty in deciding the matter from the politician's point of view. The territorial demo crats would bo ignored. Itut the party elsewhere must have some interest in the discriminating policy of Iho president , which also involves the repudiation of a pledge of the party. Governor Daxvcs' Farewell. The farewell message of Governor D.iwes , although unusually lengthy , is a very creditable production. It treats in detail every important question that is likely to require action on the part of the legislature. While we do not agree with many of its recommendations and con clusions there is much that can bo com- njonded. Tno exhibit of the state finances nnd revenue is very complete , but the estimates for running the state during the next two years are cxtravncantly high. This , of courio , is done with the idea that the legislature is always sure to cut down when it makes its appropriations , Wo most decidedly disapprove of the gov ernor's recommendation to continue the present unjust method of exacting from counties pay for each patient that goes to Iho insane asylum , when the legislature makes a general appropriation for the maintenance of the asylum , and the taxes therefor are levied upon the prop erty of the whole slate. ] f this system is proper with regard to the in = ane. , it should bo also applied to the peniten tiary , deaf and dumb institute , reform school , feeble-minded and other institu tions. Mr. Dawes makes very brief reference to the dismissal of Superintendent Mat- thowson. Ho simply says that for cause sufficient to himself a change was made. The legislature before confirming the now superintendent will doubtless make in quiry as to the pressing reasons for Dr. Knapp's appointment a few days before the session opened. On questions of education tlio governor is in the main sound. Mr. Dawes is a little vague on the question of the penitentiary and con vict labor , lie recommends the continu ance of the present lease system without material change. This is a problem with which the present legislature will have to grapple. Wo are now taxed over $100,000 a year for the maintenance of the peni tentiary , and this tax will increase from year to year. Quite apart from the ques tion of Iho propriety of employing con vict labor in manufactures , it is a problem whether or not we cannot make the penitentiary nearer self-sustaining than it now is. Mr. Dawes wobbles and straddles the railroad question. Ho admits that slate and national regulation of railways has become a necessity , but he hangs onto the bogus commission as the only propel medium through which the shippers and producers can be protected against ex travagant tolls , favoritism and discrim ination. Since the governor was practic ally the creature of the railroads through their policical machinery , hi.s recom mendations on this point will carry very little weight with honest representatives. Tin : lobby sit Lincoln are putting in their time in the interval between the opening of the session and the senatorial election , with poker playing- and wire pulling. A visit of tiie salvation army to tlio state capital would boa timely assault upon the outworks of the enemy. IT is prnbab'lo that the ready made leg islature manuals which the Lincoln Jour- nnl had on hand before the legislature met will be dead stock- unless they come down to the market price of the lowest bidder. CniCAfio is thrilling with news of an olopmcnt in high life. Chicago is bound to on metropolitan from its pork packing houses to its society sensations. WHKN the legislature reconvenes on Monday , the Douglas delegation should be in trim to attack the intricacies of the now charter. Oilier IjaiulH Tlinn Oirs. The British cabinet has at length been reconstructed on a coalition basis. Mr. Goschcn , the former liberal loader , enter ing the ministry as chancellor of tlio ex chequer. Mr , Gosehon is a man of con spicuous ability. As an authority on finance he stands perhaps next to Mr. Gladstone , while ho is hardly loss skilled on the loading subjects of domestic ami foreign policy. The offer of a cabinet scat to Mr. Goschen is the widest thing Lord Salisbury has done during his min istry. He makes n man of conspicuous financial ability chancellor of the ex chequer ; ho keeps the liberal unionists together , refraining from removing their loader to the government benches , and ho places Lord Randolph Churchill whore ho cannot with good grace antago nize the government. Lord Salisbury could make concessions to Mr. Goschen with more dignity than to Churchill , and while there is little prospect of avoiding a rupture between the old and now lory- ism , tlio elevation of Goschen is a very clever makeshift. One elfoet of tlio appointment of Mr. Goschen as chancellor of the exchequer will bo the encouragement it will give the blmctallists. Mr. Goschon has for the past two or three years taken the ground that the general fall in tlio price of com- modules , an well as the tratlo depression throughout the world , has boon duo , in a great degree , to the demonetization of silver nnd an advance in the value of gold. As a represontati vo of the banking interest * of Great Britain , his opinions on this question have had some weight , but in the impoi tant official position to which tin has now been called bis'views may have effect on the policy of the gov ernment in its attitude toward the silver coinage question. * * The reported alhanco of Germany and Russia has been the leading topic of continental discussion during the week. The agreement is more in the nature of a compact by whoso terms Russia will remain neutral in a war be tween Germany nnd Franco , and Ger many in a war between Austria and Ru ia. Even in this limited form the covenant would bo a direct sacrifice of Austria by Germany and of Franco by Russia. . It would be a fresh proof of Bis- nmrck'fi resolute determinfttion to main tain peace iu Europe , pven at tho. price of giving Russia a right of way in Bui garia. For Russia it would TJO a cool re- liiiquishmcnt of the doubtful chances of a French alliance for freedom to work her will in the Balkans. The bargain certainly would not be one-sided. Yet it might have its drawbacks. Suppose Austria and Kngland should com bine against Russia , with Ger many neutral , how could she look to Franco for aid ? Or , when Germany's struggle comes with Russia for the military nrbltorship of Kit- rope , would she expect help from humili ated Austria ! The reported alliance may force Kngland to light single-handed against Russia in Central Asia nnd de prive her of an opportunity to contend ngainst this enemy inn general European conflict on European battlefields with tlio assistance of European allies. Continen tal powers will not grieve if this shall bo the result. None of thorn is moved by warm friendship for Great Britain. It has been plain for some time that Russia has strengthened lief position on the northern frontier of Afghanistan am India slnco the temporary settlement ol the boundary dispute. Next spring may see a war in that region with conlinnhta powers complacently looking on. * - * The rumor that nn alliance is content plated between Bulgaria , Servia and Roumanin , and that these small Dan ubian powers have made up their mind to maintain a composite army of no less than four hundred thousand men , np pears to bo founded on n certain basis of fact. The idea of a Danublan eonfodcr ntion arising suddenly out of this ruins of Turkish tyranny and offering ' powerful opposition to the ambitions of both Rus sia and Austria , as well as affording a substantial barrier to their progress toward Constantinople and Salonica , would very likely find much favor in the eyo.s ot the Latin nations , but it is to bo feared that it would got small comfort and smaller support in Berlin. King Charles in Roumania , King Milan in Servia , and Iho Bulgarian government , all have formed a high esti mate of their collective importance , and each realizes that , taken alone , the coun try which he or it represents \f \ likely to be ruined by the shock which would come from the conlliet of the great national' ities * So much attention has been devoted voted , since 18Ti" , in Servia , Roumania and Bulgaria to the development and shipment of armies that each nation pos sesses really line troops. Everyone re members how the English sneered at the Roumanian army in 1877 before it took the liold , and all-remember also how well and valiantly that army behaved when it had got fairly at work. * < V The British government have deter mined to countenance and support the expedition for the relief of Emiii Buy at Wnddy Ly ( or Wadelai ) , and it is stated that the British representatives at Xan- xibar on the east and the Cameroons on the west of Africa have been instructed to give all the assistance in their power. The Egyptian government add $ . "iO,000 to the funds already raised by private par- tics in Great Britain. Henry M. Stanley will be in absolute command. He left London for /Zanzibar on Thursday , and will take his old route through Uganda , thus directly facing the hostile tribes that have KO long threatened Dr. Emin , if indeed they have not already destroyed his small force. It will be re membered that Dr. Eniin'.s last received letter , dated early in' July , expressed small hope of holding out miieli longer. Stanley is said to have declined an oiler of sj 10,000 to return to America and com plete liis lecturing tour. It remains to bo seen how he will settle with his man agers in this country , seeing that he docs not go back at the command of the king of the Belgians , but on an entirely dif ferent business ! . V There is a firmnoxs , and a cheerfulness withal , in the present attitude of the Gladstone liberals toward the ministerial party and the liberal-unionists , tlmt indi cates a belief in the minds of tlio former that all things arc working well together for the ultimate pacification of Ireland and the general good of the United King dom. They seem to have grounds for believing that they can return to power whenever the situation justifies them in seeking to resume Iho reins of govern ment. * e # * The refusal of the Rothschild syndicate to join in any further loans to Russia malces the prospect of immediate war very remote. Russia is in the curious position of being compelled to knock at Teutonic banking houses in order to se cure funds to fight Teutonic Interests. The science of war is becoming more and. more the science of finance. Russia could light a defensive war without money ; self- defense is the privilege of the poorest nation. But grand aggressive movements demand sums beyond the ready command of n minister of finance. These enormous debts of the great powers are exorcising a very conserva tive influence upon Europe. The artificial war cries raised in Berlin to create a scare as to the intentions of Franco do not t.iko the popular thought oil'of the financial burdens of the fatherland ; nor do the energy and histrionic acts of General Boulangor save the army esti mates from being wl/ittlod / down. Russia finds her application for money denied , and the demand of the French ministry for a largo budget is denied. Therefore it is safe to say that for the present the burking powers of Elir ° l)0 will not bite. Vopy Iilkoly. "Family wines" are advertised out west , They are probably fixed up in "family Jars. " I'llOMINKNV PJ3USO.VS. ( ieorgo W. Childs Ims'an Income of gflOO.OOO a year. M. Bartholdl has been piomoted to the rank of commauder of the L6b'ion of Honor. Michael Davitt will bo the guest of honor at a banquet iu New York on the 17th in stant. The wlfo of the well known. Dr. W. H. inondofNow York hag Just falleu holr to 5400,000. PIlKrhn Is the nnmo of n now "boy preacher" of sixteen , The publio will take nn interest in Pilgrim's progress. Dr. Evans , the American dentist In Paris , wliq used to plug Louis Napoleon's teeth , Is now owner of the Paris Morning News and the American Register , Congressman Tlllmnn , pf South Carolina , never wears an overcoat , and In the coldest weather leaves his sack coat unbuttoned , fie Is sixty years old and In uqod health ) Bob IiiKcrsoll recently signed his name ) o a sentiment on 'exhibition In u Wall street cliar-caje , whoso proprietor lately sent the eloquent freethinker a complimentary box ot Havana ? . Ho wrote : "Let us have a good smoke in this world not In the nest , " Better Sc.o Him Imtor. 7v" < iiiM , Cily Jimninf , been suggested that Tennyson rewrite - write "God Save tlio Queen" for N Ictorla's reining jubilee. Better see him sixty yenis later. _ _ A Mint to Sailors. ft'ctr Jtttftn Xcicf. Sailors should always carry n little Western Union stock nbout them. Then if they cet wrecked and without water they can squeeze the stock. To Accommodate the " Over eight thousand miles of new railroad track were built In the last year. The In crease was made toaccoiumotlalo the theatri cal companies , which must have ties to walk back homo on. Tottipcraiico and Prohibition. I'lillailrlitfila Jiujiifirr. It seems a little singular to rend In a cur rent news Horn that "crent tompeianco work Is belm ? shown in Maine ; " but we presume it's all rich ) , llaviui ; tried prohibition for a tiencrattoii , the Sunrise state Is now nbout to try temperance. To Critics. U'aHrr Learnni in ' { 'lie Ctntary. When 1 was seventeen I heard I'lom ' . 'neli censorious toiuue , "I'd not do that If 1 were you , You see you'io rather yoimi ; . Now that I number forty vears , I'm quite as olten told Ol this or that 1 shouldn't do Because I'm quite too old. Oearplmr world 1 If Nino's an nto U'liuio youth and nmnhooil keep An eipial poise , nlasl 1 must Have } iisscil : it Iu my sleep. GIRLS WHO WENT TO WAR. KofjxtlnIn In niiio Who mid Doubtless Swore a lilt. An Old Army Surgeon , in Chicago Ledger : I know a girl who at the begin ning of this war was so filled with patriotIsm - Ism , and BO weighed down bv a sense of duty , so carried away by an adventurous impulse that .she followed the squad of boys who had enlisted in her neighbor hood , and dressing as a boy enlisted ir. the county town. J lor friends , discovering the long nuir she hud cut from her heat' and the clothing she hail thrown oil' it her father's barn , gave immediate pur suit. As they were driving into the city they saw walking uloiig the sidewalk smoking a cigar a young fel low who had the same sort of face as Hie girl they were in pursuit of. They stopped and accosted the young fellow , and were treated to such a shower of epithets and such an exhibition of bravado that they admitted their mistake and apologi/.ed for it. An hour later ono of the party found the same young fellow deal lily sick from smoking a cigar. Ho called him by the girl's name , and found that after all the young fellow who had done such hard swearing was the girl they > were looking for. She was taken homo , and afterward entered the service as a hospital nurse. In tlui last year of the war I found her again in men's clothing , crying as only a broken-hearted woman can cry , over a light-haired man , shot dead in the charge at Resacn. She cared nothing then for exposure , and went homo in a willow's dress. Another girl , 1 remember , had a picas niitcr experience. I was thoi examining surgeon at ono ot the recruiting camps early in the war , and on one occasion as I passed down the line of a company formed in open order for muster and in spection , I noticed as the hands were held out one sot that to my practiced eye belonged to a woman , i xiid nothing at the time , but after consultation with the colonel had the recruit with the feminine hands brought to headquarters. The bright-looking soldier admitted in two minutes that she was a woman , and in two days she was at homo , A year after that 1 was at a ball in Washington. As 1 stood a little aside from the main party , wishing that I was in front with the army.a young lady came toward me , bowed with exaggerated stillness , and as sjio straightened up wont through the motions of obeying the order : "Eyes right , " She offered mo her hand and thanked mo for something that she sup posed that I had done and walked away. She was pretty enough to bo the belle of the occasion , and I saw that she took considerable delight in my confusion of mind , all of which I understood later when 1 learund that she was my recruit with the ladylike hands. She afterward told mo that she owed mo a debt of grati tude for stepping in at the right time to break down her romantic notions. G.iriiolll at College. Brooklyn Magazine : Ho had a wonder ful capacity for study , a genuine love for work , anil the ability to ' 'keep it un. " His mental activity was far from being limited to the requirements of the regular college work. Ho was just as earnest in the debates and other literary exorcises of the Philologian ; ho road widely and thoroughly , ; pursued with practical dili gence more studies than wcrq in the reg ular course , was editor-in-chief of the college magazine , taught a writing school , and engaged in various other lit erary work , and all with a hearty thor oughness that would not slight any portion tion of the field of effort , it was not in him to do anything by halves. What ever his hand found to do ho did with Ids might. There was a remarkable balance and symmetry in his mental constitution , not amazing strength on ono side , counter balanced by ama/iiiLr weakness on another. Gifts originally considered at variance worn happily combined in him. llo could excel in pure mathe matics , and in poetry in strict logio.nnd . in the , beauties of rhetoric ; in tin * pa tient study of minute and numerous facts , and in masterly grooping and generaliza tion ; in clear conception of a plan of action , and practical ability for its execu tion. tion.His His energies worn never expended in aimless etlorts , They wore guided by good judgment and thoroughly under control of his will. Indeed , of all his mag nificent intellectual endowments , the grandest was this , the ability to concentrate all his force when and where ho would. And this ability ho kept al ways in exorcise , so that his powers were over in process of development. Intel lectually uml morally ho never stopped growing. Where others lagged or worn lost in the intricacies of the plain , ho would go on and gam a commanding height. A noble thing to sea is the human will directing the onward march of human powers. A nobler thing by far is the will subordinated always to the supreme right. And this last crowning glory must in all justice bo awarded to him , that ho rocogni/.ed and obiiycd what was rightfully dominant. Nor did this obedience result from a more cold and severe sense of duty. Ilia unflinching courage was united with the most loving tenderness. * The young men rooming in Crcighton block , who , by the way , are a clover nnd popular set of gentlemen , entertuinud their friends Thursday night at a euchre Carty. The affair was thoioiighly enjoyed y the twenty-live or more couples pres ent. The ladies' prize was won by Miss Ella Scott , the irentleman'o pri/.o by C. U. Sherman. B. 11. Smith secured the gent leman's booby prize , a valuable tin horn. S. IJ. Jones , assistant general p igent of the Union Puciiic , left for the yesterday. STORIES OF ABE LINCOLN , Judge Uahct'a ' Katlicr Bemftrknblo Tale , How ( lie llnml of fan Assassin Was Stayed by Otio ol'Olil Abo'a Yarns Other Anecdote * of the Ijnincntud President , Tiulgo Usher , of Lawrence , Kan. , re lates this incident : After Pnino was lui. prisoned for his attempted assassination of Seward , ho for a long time koi > t a stoical silence. But ono day , after his sentence , he broke info tears as ho made his sorrowful confession to General Eckert. Among other things lie said was this : "I was appointed to assa si- nsito Lincoln , nnd fully intended to do so. Everybody knew his custom was to go over to the war department after all the duties of the day were over for the latest news from the seat of war.and 1 expected to shoot him on ono of these trips. But after i took the contract he did not go over at nights for two weeks , and 1 was reprimanded , so 1 determined to find an opportunity. 1 stood behind a tree the night after my reprimand , when Mr. Lincoln and another gentleman unex pectedly pushed inn. 1 wailed for their return. As they j-assed Air. Lincoln was telling a story , of whieb 1 eanght a sen tence. J followed with my pistol cocked , but waited to hear tlio rest of the tttorv. " Then lie related the story. "The delay saved him , for they were soon joined bv others , which prevented my shooting. It was a night when the shee.t-ioo < JH the ground made so much noise it was not easy to hear. " By this and the particular story mon- tlontid , General Eekert identified the night as ono on which he had accom panied Mr. Lincoln to and from the war department. In the fall of 1S03 t was sent ( by Gov ernor Ted ) with Governor Deifnisou , John A. Gurley and Lars Anderson as a committee to Washington to inform Mr. Lincoln of' tlio threatening of the bor der. At the while house wo were in formed ho was at the cottage at the soldiers' home. Wo drove out there and found Mr. Lincoln had gouo to bod. J sent him a card stating our business , and | wo were taken upfstairs. . We were in formed that Mr. Lincoln would see us in a few minutes. He soon followed the messenger. Air. Lincoln had on only his drawers , shirt , slippers without socks , and a long robe do ehanibro. Ho sat down , crossed his long limbs , then throw Ills robe over him. Ho dissipated any ideas of royalty wo might have had. We then told him our business ; among other things I told him if the rebels knew how exposed wo were they would soon bo upon us. Wo had no trained soldiers , and wo had rebels in our midst whoso treacherous communications might bring the south upon us any day. When we had finished Mr. Lincoln said : "Well , what would you advise ? " "Advise , Mr. President ! We did not conio hero to advise the president of the United States ; wo came here only to tell. " "Well , what would you do if you were IV" I said : "Mr. President , as yon ask mo , I will tell yon what wo have thought. Wo need gunboats on the Ohio nnd bor der states of Ohio. Indiana and Il linois should be. organized into ono mili tary department and put under the con trol of a good soldier and sensible man. And , further , if the soldiers could bo sent when recruited to Cincinnati , and drawn from there as needed , it would at least afford us the appearance of de fense , and restore the feeling of &eeurily to our citizens. " Mr. Lincoln replied : " 1 will think of your first suggestion , but 1 have tried the camp business and 1 do not like it. It is all draw out and no put in. 1 do not like it. 1 have no regiments to put there. The fact is I do not carry any regiments in my trousers pockets. " Jin then gave us a card to the secretary of the navy , to whom wo repeated the story next day. The secretary replied mipereiliously : "This department is dif ferently informed. A current story in Washington circles oven yet is that at the funeral of Colonel Baker Airs. Lincoln wore a lilac silk dress with bonnet and gloves to match. She was much ridiculed at the time by the papers , and Washington society circles felt outraged. So much was said of it that ladies who wished her well at last persuaded an intimate friend of Mr.s. Lincoln's to tell her of the impropriety. The friend went to see her barely worked up to the point of remonstrance. Mrs. Lincoln met her in the vestibule , exclaiming : " 1 am so glad you have eomo. i am just as mad as I can be. Mrs. Crittondon has just been here to re monstrate with mo for wearing my lilac suit to Colonel Baker's ' funeral. I won der if the women of Washington expect me to inullle myself up in mourning for every soldier killed in this great warn" The lady here said : "ButMrs. Lin-coin , do you not think black more suitable to wear at a funeral because there is a great war in the nation ? " "No , I don't ' ; I want the women to mind their own business ; I intend to wear what 1 please. " Further remonstrance was not offered. After ono of tlio receptions at the while house Judge Peck was walking up and down the east-room with Mr. Lincoln , who looked exceedingly sad and every now and then throw out hi.s arm with a pathetic gosturo. The judge Haul : "Air. President , may ] inquire what distresses you to-night ? " "On , Judge , " ho Biiid , as ho clasped closer the judge's arm"this is Friday , black Friday , hangman's day. The dr.y they execute farmers' boys for falling asleep at their posts down on the Potomac. If 1 say an.ythlng they say I interfere with arn'iy discipline. Oh , I can't bear it ; 1 can't bear it. Once I heard certain politicians ndviso him to prevaricate on a certain subject. Ho said : " .Now , gentlemen , it. is of no use , 1 can't liu ; I'vo tried it , and 1 always make u failure. " "After 1 had been in Washington some time , " said a well known Washington lady , "my husband , an army ullietir , was ordered to Hilton Head , and I desired to follow him. I applied to Mr Stanton for permission to do NO and was refused. 1 told Mr. Lincoln , and ho wrote mo this note : " DKAH STAXTOX Mrs. Is a personal friend of mine , ami 11' not very danueroin to the public wclfuru 1 wish you would nivo hur u permit to vibit her huslnuid. Li : ; < ui. : , ' . The permit was refused. I remained in Washington until near Iho close ot the war. About November , before the assassination , Judge Peek- went to Mr. Lincoln , who was staying out at the cottage , and said. "Air. Pres ident , General Jlunlcr and I bolh feel un easy to have you hero without a guard. " . "Mow , Peek , " Baid ho , "no one wants to kill me ; Hamlin is u great deal wor o limn I am. lie's a black abolitionist. What good would my death do anybody ? Besides , 1 can't always be thinking of death. Our soldiers look the grim mon ster in the face daily ; why .shouldn't 1 ? Now you want mo to ride with six of these tall fellows to the front of nt , and six to the rear , like old Frederick , 1 sup " " pose" "Yes , and six on each side of yon , too , for that mutter. Now , .Mr. Lincoln , if you don't object , wo shall place an un > obstrusive guard over you.1' ft was done ; no one te.are.il nHsus.ina : - tlon , only abduetiiin waa The result is well known. Charles Ross , fo.rnu'rly ' a clt-vor and popular P-a.Uoii ho.ti'l clerk , has Liken a uimji.ir position at Ute 'Mor.oiaiils ) , MEN OF THE DAY. Stories Altoiit Statesmen nnil Anoo dotes of the Average American. Washington Correspondence Boston Traveler : Senator Cnmden was busy at his desk looking over his correspondence when n gentleman entered and shook him cordially by the hand. Cnmden had n puzzled look upon his. face , but ho con versed with the visitor for some llitlo timo. When the gentleman left , the senator turned round anil said to Mr. Kcnnn , his colleague : "John , who is that young follow ? " Kenirti replied : "Great Scott , Cainden , that is the young lieuten ant who is going to marry your daughter next week. " A few evenings ago Cam * den thought he would go to the theater. As it was raining , ho borrowed an tur- ' brolla from his private ferretarv , nnd marched down the street. When no ro-t turned , his secretary was astonished to- see him como Into ( ho house dripping with rain , and Ills new silk hat all but ruined. Camden had walked homo in tlio storm without his umbrella , simply because ho had forgotten that ho carried one to the theatre. New York Correspondence llarlford Times : Oneo in a while even the un- nwed humorist meets Ids match. Mark Twain was traveling In a car on the Now York & New Haven road a short time ago with two clerical friends who o com pany ho Is particularly fond of. The throotSiit together In the ear , and onlv a'i ' export could have distinguished Murk from the clergymen. The three heailH were bent to a focus while Mark was re lating ono of his pilgrimage experience * , when 11 fourth head was unsteadily in- sorled in the eirele , and a boozy though sympathetic faeo was upturned to llstm. Tlio head was gently shoved aside and tlio three resumed their pow-wow. Ag'i n the ruby-tipped nose was inserted , and again it was shut out. When , for a third time , the head appeared unabashed , hlui .1 jaok-iti-l bo-box , Mark lost patience , and , hunehiiiir up Ins broad shoulder , ho slid the head back along the top of the scat , remarking gravely : "My friend wo are settling a delicate doctrinal point touching damnation , and wo want you to keep your bond out of danger. " AH ho drawled out the last word the drunken head fell over the end of the ( > eat back with an emphasis that made its teeth rnlllo , but the owner soon lifted it nnd stuck it back in the ring , muttering plaintively ; "Why , dea con , you don't seem to care a - lor my EOtlll" Washington Correspondence Boston Traveler : Ike Hill , tlio dopnty wrgotint- nl-nrms of the house of representatives , is a character. Ho is a democrat of dem ocrats , and hails from the state of Ohio. Ike never refers to the republican party as such , but calls them "abolitionists.1' When a member desires to bo paired in the house , ho notifies ono of the "whips. " Mr. Connors , of Maryland , is the republi can "whip , " and Ike acts for the demo cratic side. Those two men arrange all the pairs , and so careful are they that there has never yet been any trouble made or dissatisfaction at the manner in which they have conducted the matter. Boston Record : Ono day an Andovcr professor slopped in at one of our town stores to buy a hat. The shopman showed him two one for sfit and ono for § , > . While the old gentleman stood hesitating. us if he could no happy with either were t'other away , the salesman said blandly : "If you will permit mcprotc tier , 1 should bo pleased to make you n present of thid hat , " holding out the most expensive one. The professor took it , tried it on again , shaped it teiiderly to his while head and replied sweetly : "Oh , thank you , 1 am very much obliged to you , but what did you say the price was ? " "Five dollars , " answered the shopman , bowing ; "lint nothing to you , sir. " "Well , i really thank you very much , but if it is all tlui same to j'ou 1 think L will take Iho % ' ! ) hat and you can give me the dill'orenco in change § 3 1 think you said , " Washington Critic : One of the mm employed in the ireasnary vault was d H- charged , mid the order took oll'eetit once. When ho failed to appear the next morning it traiisnired that ho was the only man in the department that knew the combination of a certain safe in the vault. Thereupon a message was sent to the discharged employe , asking him to eomo to the department and surrender the combination , but his answer was to the elf DC t that ho would not do anytlmig ot Iho eorl unless he was paid $ l.V > tor In.- * information. To break open tinFII o would entail an expense of at least , fifty dollars , and , after considerable haggling , the money demanded was paid and the government regained the combination. Tliu 1'i'ospcctor. Chicago Herald. "The queerest thlnjr in the whole mining business to mo , said a bright eyed and talkative passen ger from the west , named Eastman , "is tlio prospector. 1 .should think KOIIIO good writer could take up the prospector and make a hero of him , or put him in a play as a central figure. Ho comes into town all excited ; ho flics so high ho can hardly touch the ground with his feet. His fuca is radiant , and ho can hardly ab stain from talking with every ono Im meets. Finally , ho picks out u well -to iln citizen , takes him aside and whispers iu liis ear : " 'Pvo struck hnr. Slrnok her rich this time. Got her sure. A big lead ; sum fortune. All I want is a chance to .show her up. Say , grub-stake mo and I'll give you half , it's ' a fortune for both of us , ami no mistake. ' "Probably this citizen doosn't put up the grub-stake. Ho has heard Iliii same story before. But somebody does aprub- Nlake , you know , is an outfit for working a mining claim , consisting chielly of food to keep the prospector going while at work digging and away ho goes , hop ping and Hk'pnini ' ; into tlio inountaiiiH. "In a few months ho returns. Hi/ / ] plumage hangs between his legs , ns it wero. Ho looks sheepish ami shame faced. Ho siieaks around the camp a few hours and finally musters up couni o enough to go to his backer und report Urn failure of the claim. In a few wool. * or months the name per- fouiiauco In gone through with again. Again hu is jntt as confident as he was bcioro , jiut us radiant , quite as sure that hu ha.s 'struck bur struck her at last , nnd big at that , by gush. ' Ho gets anotl r grub-stake , and fairly files with wings into the mountains. A fi < w moro months and he is iiaok again , just as shamefaced as liu was the other time , quite as crest- fallen. In this way ho goes un year after year. Why , I know men of tins sort who liuvo boon engaged in that way for ten or twelve yours. Two or three limes n year they are rich and as many times poor , llopo seems ittornully spring ing from their breasts. They are notv no less confident when they think t"iy Imvo htrui'k a rich thing that tiny were us tenderfoot no loss radiant or oxtrnva- .Cant in their promi-ies. Most men would , xftursix or eight yoar.s of this sort of tiling , losn a liulo ot their buoyancy , lit least lone tlieinailve ) down a litllo. But not so with the prospector. Ho gees on \nd \ on , hunting lor grub-stakes , winning fortunes in his mind anil lining HIKIII , in Fact , until death comes to Ins relief. " 'I lie stockholder * of the Pacific I\ . > ross coiiipuny held their nnni.'al < O.TI it'll rtiursday for the purpose of sole-cling ire colors. The follow ing goiitlemi-n v\ , ro sleeted : ( ' . F. Ailunis. Boston ; A. H Jalof. New York ; IJ. ti. H. buiith. .SiM. /oiiis ; L. A. Fuller , .St. Loulr. K M.N. . Slarsman , A. F. lieclicl , Omaha. J. N. i , Kansas ( 'il.y. The board of traTuTill nU-ot atG I'olook this afternoon to siilout a n i.lh ncmbor of the board of di.rwetor > . The ijiiiu.ul inuutuig of thu tourU will bi. ] 1C HI Mupdny