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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , JANUARY 12 , 1887. TUB DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. of suiiscnitnoxi Dally Ctornl.11 ? Edition ) Including Sunday 0 > f. , Ono Year . . . (10 0) ForSlr. Months . . , . f > (0 ( For Thrro Monthl . . . . . . . 210 hn Ornnlm SHndny IIEE , mailed to nny s , Ono Voar. . COO ornrr , Ko. PH jtvt ) ms Nrw vniiK timer , lloow r.V Tntiii'NE IIUIMHND. WXIII.VQTOM orrict , Mo. Conncsrosnr.scE : /If eotniminloition ? rclntlnpr to news nnd edi torial matter should bo iiJ'lruJSoJ to the Kui- TOH or THE IIF.K. All bti lno i'5 ' letter * nml remittances nhould l > o Bdilrowod to Tun HIK : I'unusiiiNd COMPANY , OMAHA. Drnflf , nhorks nml t'o tofflco orders to bo mmlo payable to thoortlerof the coiuimny , THE BEE PROPRIETORS , E. IlOSEWATEn , EPITOH. TUB DAI TAT IHJK. Sworn Rtntomcnt of Clrcwltxtlon. Stale of Nebraska , I . ' County of Douirlas. Is'8' ( Ico. II. Tzsehuck , secretary of The nee Publishing company , does solemnly swear that the nctual circulation of the Dally Ben lor the \\cck ending Jan. Till , 1SS7 , was as follows : iiatui lnr.iT.nn. 1 W" aundftV. Jan. 8 87.100 .Monilny. , ian. 3 13is5 ! TiiestlaV. Jnn. 4 13.U.V , Wednesday , Jnn. 5 13.305 Thursday , Jan. 0 Vtffrt Krldny , Jan. 7. 13,375 Avcraco 23.020 tiKO. 1) ) . T/.RCIIVCK. Subscribed and swoi n to hefore mo this 10th dayof.lnnu.iry A.U. , IBS" . N. P. FKIU IhKALl Xotarv Public. ( ! co. 11. Tzsehuck , brliiR first duly sworn , deposes nml snys that ho Is secretary of the 3ee ? I'ulillshlmcompany , that Iho actual nv- erneo dally circulation of the Dallv Hee for the mouth of January. 18iA was 10.3f8 ropier , for February , 18N1 , JU.Ut'iJ ' copies ; for All ill Wl If ISM ) , 11.M7"copies ; for April. ISSrt , 12,1'Jl copies : for May. 18-sfi. V2,4" ' .t coplesfor : Juno , IBbfl , l'JM3 ! copies ; for.July , 18MJ , 12,314copies ; for August , ItfcO , 12.4(11 ( coplcsrfor September , 166rt , IIWIO ropier ; for October , IBbO , iaOS'J copies ; for November , 1SSO. I3y-18 copies ; lor December , 1880,111,237 copies. Gio. : B.TZRCHUOK. Sworn to anil subscribedbeloru mo this 1st dnv oi January A , 1) . IBS ? . fSKAL.J N. 1' . Fiir : , . Notary Public. Tur.ni : la a { jront deal of uscloss brcatli expended In speculating who will get Van Wyck's strength. AVhon it has fin ished with the general no other candidate will have any use for it. ACCORDING to the Hamilton , county dado , ho sat down upon Itosewator with T a dull thud at the opening of the icgis- 1 $ ) Jaturo. Tins is a painful disclosure.Vo had the impression that when the speak- orsliii ) contest was over Mr. Agco's friends were busy looking for him with a dustpan and a broom. MK. Gnitn will have to charge double prices on his U. & M. job work to make up for his loss of state patronage. There is no "false economy" shown by railroad managers towards their personal organs. The paper may bo thin , the impression blurred and the typo poor , but the use of the editorial columns makes up for the difference. Tin : llock Island road is running sur veys into Omaha from Gilmorc. The St. Paul is looking across the river in the same direction. The Missouri Pacific is meditating further extensions and the Northwestern lias already driven its stakes iuto the city. Como right into camp , brethren. There is room enough and to spare for all and sullicient trallic to keep all well employed. It is to be a great your for Omaha. SCKATOH V\N WYCK was necessarily absent from Washington yesterday which was the day sot for the consideration of the Knoyals lands bill. The bill was , however , presented to the senate by Senator Mandorson anil that body promptly passed it with all the Van Wyok amendments , including that re imbursing settlors' purchasers at the rate of $3.50 an acre. The bill now goes back to the house in committee of conference. AN irresponsible scribbler from Lincoln assorts that for two months the BII : : has kept its mouth tightly closed about the necessity of abolishing the bogus railroad commission. There has been scarcely two days in the period named in which the HUE has not urged upon the incoming legislature the abolition of that useless fraud. Such a statement is cither u ma licious lie or the result of perverse igno rance. If the present legislature docs its duty it will swoop the railroad commis sion device from the statute books with out shrift or benefit to the railroad clergy. A coniiESi'ONDENT at Cliadrqn writes to know what has become of the house bill making appropriations for our fron tier forta. The bill passed by the honso making appropriation for rebuilding Fort Hobinaon and completing Fort D. A. Russell was referred to the senate mil itary committed , and by it placed in the hands of Senator Manderson. It was re ported , by Senator Mandorson bacir to the senate with the appropriation cut in half in the case of the Nebraska post , nnil sent back to the house for confer ence , where it passed yesterday. The es timates of the department of the Platte for rebuilding Fort Robinson amounted to § 8n,000 , In addition to $20,000 recently appropriated. The bill as scaled down by the Nebraska senator appropriates $55,000 , or HUtu more than half the amount required. Tin : legislature of Indiana is passing through an experience in some respects similar to that which the Ohio legislature had a year aeo , in which the demoeiats were defeated. The indications are that bad counsels are prevailing with the members of the democratic senate in In ditum , and that while they may make , a : they manifest a disposition to do , a great deal of trouble , they will ultimately bo forced to recede from their position anil accede to the requirements of the law. Tlio attitude of the majority in the senate in refusing to concede the election of Rob- orison us lieutenant governor is obvi ously untenable , and their whole course thus far has been so unwarrantable ) ami so nearly revolutionary that it will bo condemned by judicious , candid am ! law respecting democrats everywhere. There was nothing in the circumstances thai could justify them in resorting to the ob etructivu tactics they have most foolisnlj adopted. All advices at hand indicate that ilui republicans have pursued MnUirlitforward course , nconformliif , ttrlctly to the requirements of the law ami they will undoubtedly adhere to this policy under all circumstances. It seems certain that , the cojillict is to bo prolong ' ' long * d and bitter. . . The Thieves Bulked. A double breasted wail of ngony is rising from the printing sharks of the combined job offices ovcrthobrcaking of ho pool which had for its object tho. rob- ping of the state treasury by exorbitant charges for printing the legislative records. The contract for the scnato files and the house bills has been lot out side of the ring at figures which will save the tax-payers $0,000 , of their good money. Some weeks ago the "ringstcrs1 own" at Lincoln put In n bid for the work at 53 cents a quire , or $11,459 for the entire amount of work. This bid was so manifestly n , swindle that the board promptly rejected it. Compari son proved that the work two years ago was done at a profit , when the bid was less than half the amount , and in vestigation showed that a combination listil been made among tlirco or four prominent job ofliccs to divide the state printing at their own figures. Secretary Rogeon rose to the occasion and the board promptly put its veto on the job. New bids were called lor with the result of crowding out the ringsters and securing for the state the same work for half the money. There is no icason why the state of Nebraska should pay a cent more for its printing than would bo paid by a good business nifiii lor the same class of work run off on the same quality of paper. The gang of harpies , headed by the Lincoln Jour nal , which has fed and fattened from jobs , jobbery and railroad pap ever since it began its career , should bo taught a lesson by their latest disagreeable ospcri- cnce. In the long run an honest nimble sixpence is worth several dishonestly earned dollars. The Cimrlly Ball. The custom of dancing for sweet charity's sake bids fair to bo a fixed one in Omaha as it has been for many seasons in other largo cities. There are good reasons why it should bo so. Hundreds of men and women will gladly contri bute liberally to the success of an enter tainment from which they are to obtain personal gratification when they would draw their purse strings closely at the sight of a commonplace subscription paper. An indirect lax is cheerfully borne where a direct tax is denounced as oppressive. This is the verdict of all experience and it applies to alms-giving as well as to governmental revenue. Tlio best answer to all the ob jections against charily balls is found in the fact that such a method of collecting funds for distribution among the poor gives the largest financial results with llio least expenditure of honest qudcavor. It is the most practicable means of attain ing the end. At the same time it places a largo amount of money in circulation among retailers at the dullest season of the year. Dry goods merchants , mil liners , shoo dealers , livery stable keepers , florists and glovers all reap the benefit , while the poor lose nothing by the double expenditure for tickets and trinkets. The third annual charity ball which is to take place at the exposition building on Friday should be the most successful of the series. All indications support the belief that it will bo so. No detail is being spared , by the committee which has the affair in charge to surpass all pre vious entertainments of the kind so far as the comfort of the guests is concerned. It only remains now for the publio to respond spend liberally and generously ii their subscriptions. A IJiisliwliaekine Hireling. Senator Mandcrson's private secretary , one Ham , lias been for some time busily engaged in filling the columns of the state press with abuse of the senior sen ator for the sole object of influencing the senatorial election at Lincoln , and assist ing in encompassing the defeat of Gen eral Van \\yck. Ever since Mr. Manderson took a fourth-rate scrib bler into his committee room as clerk the capital has been used as the shelter for this anonymous assailant of General Van \Vyck. The special dis patches of the Lincoln Journal , which have been absurd in their malicious false hoods and misrepresentations , have emanated directly from Mr. Mandcrson's representative and spokesman , and are as directly chargeable to the senator's inspiration as if they came from his own pen. pen.Mr. Mr. Maudcrson may bo shrewd enough to see future political capital through this style of newspaper bushwhacking. If ho can ho has more foresight than his best Iricnds civo him credit for. But how ever much ho may expect to build him self up in certain quarters by this sneaking method of warfare , it is doubtful whether honorable men gener ally will ngreo with him. Certainly po litical usage will not sustain such a course. 'NVo question very much if an other instance can bo named in the coun try where a United States senator would retain a day in his employ a private sec retary or clerk whom ho know was per sistently assailing behind the mask of an anonymous correspondence his sen atorial colleague. Mr Manderson is said to bo a great stickler for senatorial cus toms and the comity of the senate. A comity which strains at the gnats of minor points of etiquette and prerogative and swallows the camel of such gross abuse of ordinary civility between gentle men cannot bo clearly perceptible unless viewed through the glasses of personal prejudice and factional bias. Tim IIiibiucsH Situation , The first ton days in the year are always marked by seasonable slackness in most lines of distribution. It is too early for any widespread renewal of ac tivily in the distributing markets , but matters are shaping for an early improvement mont in many departments , anil the sur roundings of the general business siliw tion are favorable for a goou spring trade , The failures during the past week throughout the United States and Can ada aggregated SOU , ajjainst 273 for the week preceding , Low and medium grades of wool have been in decidedly bettor demand , and a better feeling characterizes tliu entire wool trade , The improvement is duo in part to trade cables announcing a re vival of activity and increasing strength in continental markets. Woolen goods are moving fairly in completion of back orders for spring weights , but the season for the general line of fall clothing wool ens has not yet fairly opencdand , business , as a rule , continues quiet. Indications point to a good volume of trade , but at little if any advance in .prices as com pared with the llgurei 'current a year ago , Th.o position of the iron aud steel trades continues very strong. An 1m- meno amount of material of all kinds lias been already contracted for by the larger consumers , and only the strong upward tendency of prices aud the reluct ance of makers and sellers to further en- cage capacity except at a sharp advance in quotalions prevent llio booking of nu merous additional orders in nil branches of the trade. In steel rails especially a large percentage of the probable output , at least 1,200,000 tons , has been sold for this year's delivery , but the bulk of this business was taken at between $31 and i30 per ton , mid quotations now range at from $37 to $10 , according to the relation of the mills to the market the higher rates being quoted by manufacturers who are so heavily sold ahead that they are not in a position to fill orders for conve nient periods of delivery. The grain markets have lacked the strong forcicrn support that was the basis of strength during and prior to the holi days , and although the interior move ment of wheat has not been largo it has run a litllo ahead of that of the previous week , and there has boon n liberal country movement of corn. These features of the situation have dampened the ardor of speculation , and the bears have taken advantage of their opportunity to depress prices. In this uudcilak- ing they have had the aid of more liberal selling by parties who had "gone long" of wheat at lower prices , and who have regarded this interval of compara tive dullness as a fitting time to reali/.o profits. Prices have consequently de clined 1 to 1J cents per bushel in wheat and J to 1 cent per bushel in corn. There is not much shipping demand for corn , and new business in wheat is com paratively small , but clearances ot the latter are liberal , and , from the amount of business previously reported under contract , are likely to continue largo for weeks to come. Inadequate JU'itictlir.i. Wo took occasion some time since to refer to the profitless platitudes of the president in his last annual message rela tive to the condition and requirements of labor , and to reflect upon the narrow view which publio men generally are dis posed to take , doubtless from a sense of political expedience , of this always fresh and vital subject. As Governor Hill , of New York , occupies in his relations to his party a position second only to that of Mr. Cleveland , and is unquestionably an aspirant for a higher political honor than that of governor , it is interesting to note his opinions respecting what is desirable to bo done in the interest of labor. In his commcndably brief mes sage to the legislature. Governor Hill de voted more space to this than to any other subject , but it is perhaps needless to say that his treatment of it is marked by the same narrowness and obvious constraint which characterise the utterances of all mere politicians regarding the labor prob lem. Ho recommends the careful consider ation of the demands of workingmen for ir rcduction of the hours of labor , and says it is the true policy of the state to elevate anil dignify labor , "not by exacting the greatest amount of toil that the laboring classes are capable of furnishing , but by legitimately encouraging every honest cll'ort to improve their condition and requiring that only reasonable hours of labor shall constitute a da.v's work , for which full and adequate compen sation should be received " Rotter com pensation , ho affirms , will best preserve the dignity of labor , and he proceeds to instruct the members of the legislature as to what better compensation would ac complish in details. It would furnish greater facilities for education , more1 comfortable homos , more contented fam ilies , better opportunities for recreation , as well as tend to develop nobler aims and purposes on the part of workingmen - men , greater interest in the peace and prosperity of the state , and higher ideas of citizenship. Plethoric with platitudes , Governor Hill emits them freely. "Poverty is one great source of discontent , " ho sapiutitlv remarks ; "overwork , poorly recom pensed , is another.11 Therefore , ho sug gests that the demand of wage-workers for shorter hours and increased compen sation is entitled to respectful considera tion , with a view to legislation that may aid in the accomplishment of such re sults. Rut if the attainment of these .de sirable conditions by statute should not be practicable , the legislature has the unquestionable power to dcclaro certain days to bo legal holidays , and the gov ernor suggests that it may Do advisable to exercise this power , in order that the workingman may have a part or the whole , of every Saturday , or every other Saturday , to devote to his personal en joyment. In any event ho recommends that ono day of the year bo sot apart as a legal holiday , to bo known as "Labor Day" though in fact non-labor day and to bo observed by all the people as a day of festivity and recreation , and devoted especially to the interests and welfare of labor. Now all this is well enough as far as it goes , but who can fail to see that it is nothing more than the politician's cheap sop to labor. Unfortunately , too , labor permits itself to bo caught by it , and con tinually builds hopes upon such shallow professions of regard -for its interests. Every intelligent workman understands the situation set forth by Governor Hill quite as well as ho does , but all working men do not understand , as wo have no doubt the governor does , though as a politician he would not dare to publicly proclaim it , that thcro is another way widely different from any suggested by the governor by which the interests of labor can be most directly and effectively promoted , and it is a way lar more simple and practicable than that of in creasing the compensation nnd lessening the hours of labor , That way is to pre vent the combinations of capital and thu creation of corporate monopolies for plundering the people , such , for example , as the anthracite coal combination , which annually robs the consumers to the extent of ut least $20,000,000 , which keeps an army of minors out of employment dur ing one-quarter of the year , and which by advancing the price of coal to every manufacturer in the land who must use it as fuel precludes the labor in snc.li in dustries from receiving better compensation , Remove the tax imposed upon the people by the exactions of corporate monopolies and unnecessary tariff duties , and the buying power of the wage-workers' dollar lar would bo increased by one-quarter or one-third. That is the most direct , the most feasible and the most just way of helping the workinguian , but politicians like Governor Hill do not dare to recom- rncmd It. They tickle the cars of labor with harmless professions of solicitude for its interests while they leave organ ized capital nnd nionopoly to the free ex ercise of its pernicious power. THE judiciary committee of the house of representatives are now considering two joint resolutions introduced at the last session , which propose to change practices that have prevailed almost since the foundation of the government. Ono of these provides fdr the extension of the president's term of oflico to the last Tues day in April , the extension also of the terms of senators whoso terms would otherwise cxplio on March , and substi tuting the last Tuesday in April for the 4th of March as the commencement and termination of the official terms of presi dent , vice president , senators and repre sentatives. The other proposes that the constitution shall bo so amended that the term of the Fiftieth congress shall end on December 01 at noon , that the Fifty-first congress shall meet immediately there after , and that the meeting day for con gress shall in the future bo the second Tuesday in January in each year. There Is something to bo said in favor of both of thcso propositions. As to the first it is unquestionable that the last week of April would bo a much more favorable season for the inauguration of a presi dent than thn first week in March , Tlio rule is that inauguration days are uncom monly inclement , so that participation in the ceremonies is a source of discomfort to everybody. As there will probably never be a return to Jeffersonian - ian simplicity in connection with this event , but rather the occasion will bo made more ostentatious and imposing in the future , it will be well to have it occur at a time when the weather conditions are pretty certain to bo favorable , As to the other proposition it would avoid llio break of a holiday recess in the session of congress , which is a loss of valuable time , particularly in the short session. Jt would al = o afford a chance for making each session of congress twelve months long it the majority should decide to do business for that length of time. The committed will probably report n resolu tion comprising the best points of Doth. Tiinnn is a ring of business in the ac tion of the reorganized board of county commissioners requiring a closer super vision of expenditures for county pur poses. Looseness has been the order of the day in times past and there is largo room for radic.il reforms. In a county of the size of Douglas , the annual rev enue and expenditures reach a total which few tax-payers appreciate. Three men control its distribution and virtually audit their own accounts. County trov- eminent in counties ot over lilty thou sand population is in need of thorough reorganization. Tliu board could be ad vantageously increased in size from three to five or even seven members. A county auditor should bo added through whose hands all vouchers should pass. Hero is a field in which the leg- islatuio now in session can do good work for the stato. Ix III-KM : < TJXO President Max Meyer to a third term as presiding officer of the board of trade , the members ot that body paid a well deserved compliment tea a faithful ofiicer and an energetic and publio spirited citizen. Max Meyer has been the right man in the right place , as president of the Omaha board ot trade. He has infused energy and life iuto the organization , and with the co-operation of an efficient board of diiectors has lifted the board into prominence and usefulness as a medium through which our citizens can voice their sentiments upon matters of commercial interests. The board consulted their own interests in refusing to accept Mr. Meyer's refusal to be again a candidate. GKNUitAL VAN WYCK'S strength is held well in hand and will bo found on the spot when the balloting opens. It is not an unknown and speculative quantity. It does not depend upon a dozen contin gencies or hang upon the edge of a com position of factional prejudices. Rased on popular approval and gained by the expression of the people's will , voiced through the ballot box , it has a solid foundation upon which that of no other candidate rests. OUUUKNT TOl'ICS. Isaao Muiphy , Lucky Baldwin's jockey is woith Si'JWJOO. As many ns 27,000.000 persons useil the great Brooklyn bridge In ISSO. Pierre Ijorlllard's toboggan slide at Ttixcdo Is exactly ono mile lout ; and the descent is frequently made In tust ono minute of time. The Sandwich Islands have lurnlslied seventy-one subscribers for General Grant's book , 'llio subscribers on the Paclilc coast number ' , ' ' 0,38'J. It Is said that James Urown Potter has be come suddenly rich by the rise In coffee. Ho Is leported to have made § 110,000 on one day and 830,000 the day following. Mrs. George Saso ; of ] Iarlanfa. , Is reported to have traveled 11,000 miles In pursuit of her husband , who last fall ran oil with the hlieil trill. Sirs. Nancy Gorman , who is ninety-one years old , at a recent Hnntist church festival in New Haven hang a song ot herchlld- hooil In a most agreeable and vhncious man ner. . [ j The widely clicutatJil Item to the effect that Mark Twain Is nvAitli § 1,500,00 : ) Is not true , Mr. Clemens ln'acalthy man , but his fortune iloes not nearly icach that figure. Stephen Jiryant , ' d negro aged 123 years , dleit icocu.tly at lieaufonl , S. C. Ills only 'claim to distinction , aside from his meat ago , was the fact that ho hail never scuvcil as a body servant to George Washington , though ho had once waited at table where the father of his coun try feasted. v Ubezlah SInyton , of Fa yet to county , Ga , , is the father of so ninny , children that he can not remember their , names. Ho has been mauled twice and hail eighteen childien by onu wife and twelve by the other , Ho had iivo sons in ono company of a Georgia iezl- mont during the war. When Jay Gotilil scribbled off a check for Sl.MO.OOO to pay Tom Allen lor the Iron Mountain road , it was thoucht to be the larg est Individual check ever written , Gould wrote It on a sheet of note paper. John H , Alley once dashed oil a check for 5400,000 nnd gave It to Senator Dorsey for a half In terest In the scuatot's cattle ranch. There are several Unlteil States government checks for 1 cent , to square up accounts , in existence. The man who framed the original legal tender act is stil ) living. His name. 1 * K. ( ! . KiKUildlnu' , of liutialo , Jle Is nearly oiulily years of au'u. At the breaking out of thu war lie was a l ( < adli ! member of the lower house of congiess. Ills famous bill , known as the lecal tender net was slightly altered before Its introduction by Secretary Chase and Mr , Lincoln. Tlio original billla now In the possession of Its n.ulhor. Mr , bjvmM- Ine Is a bank president nd IsTOTtn 910- 000,000. _ Van Wyelt's Cimnces. Duller CoioifiJVrs . Thus far the skirmish line shows up a pre ponderance of strength In favor of the re election of Van Wyck. The old mnn Is the best organizer In the field , nnd unless some thing blpRcr than a volcano turns tip , his chances for ic-elcctlon are quite llntteilncc. I'ny As Von Go. Kanm Cttu Star. Nebraska Is a gooit example of a tlnlo that proceeds upon the wholesome economic prin ciple ot "pay ns you co. " Uy the showing ot the governor's message the state only has nn Indebtedness of SJ50.000. Nebraska Is pro gressive nnd prosperous , and yet the state has wisely contrived to avoid the Incubus of debt. IXvhlrd Into Two Olnssc * . XilmtiM Citu I'/w. Tlio members of the legislature are divided Into t\\oclnsscs-tho Van Wyckers nnd the railroad men. The singular part of It Is that the latter nro the more vigorous In Impressing the distinction on the multitude of lookers- on , They seem rather proud of being mon opoly henchmen , Nebraska llcvcniio Jliatitcc nctnucial. The legislature cannot nmcnd the revenue laws lelatlng to assessments ton quick. Under the present system u government , piopeity Is placed so low that taxes , ns n gen eral thing , amount to 5 pur cent upon assessed Valuation. The pievalllng custom of assess ing properly at less than tine-fourth Its real value , ami then not at all uniform nmong the counties , makes a bail showing In the eyes of the oatslilooild , Pioperly should bo as sessed at Its ical woith , nnd the limit of the levy ll.scd at a lower per cent. It Is Not Ills Immoral. Kiimuka Cflu J'/w. Hon. John Watson leUirncil fiom Lincoln last evening , and was Intel viewed by tele phone by a l'rc s reporter. "V'ou may tell your people , " said he , "that Senator Van Wyclc was never In bettor spirits tlmn now , that ho will not occupy the heaise nt the funeral booked to occur later In the month ; that there Is a general feeling nt Lincoln to this effect ; that none lealizo It moio fully than the ilng opposition. " "Y"ou do not think thcro Is danger of his losing uiomul in the ne.\t ten days1 "No , sir. His men will stick to him to the end , nml ho is gaming , rather than other wise , every day. The member who ROCS back on his pledges to his constituency In this matter wants to leave Nebraska ; thcio will bo no room for him here. " Initialization. 7'iemont lictdhl. The new goveinor doubts the propriety of the state ofllccrs acting as a board of cquall/ntlon , as docs everybody else , and suggests that it would bo more practical to constitute the boaul of one from each county ( the chairman of the county board ) nnd ono from the state at large , who shall meet once n year at Lincoln for tliat purpose. Ho also piopose.s that all taxable property be appraised nnd assessed at its full actual value , anil that the levy then be made on one-third or one-fomth of Its appraised value. Then every man should bo sworn to return all that he owns , and tlio assessor bo made to swear that ho has sworn them all. Then send them to the penitentiary when they commit perjury , nnd confiscate enough of their property to pay lor sending them there , anil wo may have a little moio justice In the collection of taxes. Olil-Yeiir Memories. Mauaztnc of Ait. Why do wo mourn tlio lays that go , for the same sun shines each day ? Ever n spring her piimioso hath , and over a May hur muy. bweet as the TOM ; that tiled last year is the lose that is born to-day. Do we not , too , return we men as ever the louml earth whiils' . ' Never a head is dimmed with gray , but another Is Miuned with cuiH. She was a girl and ho was a boy , but yet there are boys and girls. All , but alas for the smile of smiles that never but ouu face wore ! Ah , toi the voice that has llown away like a bin ! to an unseen siioiel Ah , for the fuci' , this flower of flowers , that blossoms on uaith no morel STATE JOTTINGS. Rising City shipped 003 cars of produce last year. Henry Mason , a Craig bricklayer , hur ried hence by taking a dose of chloral. A rabid dog in Nebraska City is run- nhiir wild and biting cattle , hogs and mules. A warm wave is a dead certainty in this vicinity. The Dakota legislature has assembled. The hairs of Samuel Stewart in Platts- mouth have sued the 15. & M. company for 10,000 damages for causing his death while switching in the yards. The harvest of hymen in Platlsmouth last year was 157 pairs. March was the popular month with a record of twenty- four , while tlii ) mercury of love in September - tembor icgistered only six. The husband of the brainy Mrs. Colby , of Gage , says the Fremont Tribune , "fired ten bills into the semite at ono shot , and that body immediately adjourned for three days to recover from the shock. " A Cedar Rapids man has been arrested and thrown into jail for three straight months for pullinc the balmy winters ot bygone years in Nebraska. As a speci men of sure-footed justice it cannot be emulated too soon throughout the state , Clyde Wycolf , of Burnett , is recovering from an attack of what the doctors call "smokers' . " is paralysis. Clyde credited with smoking an average of seventy-five cigars a week with a pipe between times , and it is probable that old nieotinn left his mark when ho attempted to swear off. The Lincoln Courier con'os out this week in a now suit of fashionable brevier , with plni ; trimmings. The Courier is thn mirror of social life at the capital ami with the aid of Now York artists suc ceeds in reproducing the freaks and foibles of femininity at homo nnd abroad. The lay of the advertiser flanks the pro duction of professional pens and banishes the dyspeptic symptoms of tlio cashier. The fury of a mob loft a fatal imprint on nn unfortunate named Henrv Pohrcr at Stoekvillo on 1'riday last , Polirer hud become obnoxious to the mob because ho was a prominent witness in a contest case , and also because it was charged that he had attempted to outrage ti woman living near the farm. The mob dragged Pohror Irorn his residence to the nearest tree , but with a rope about his neck and strong arms ready to string him up , ho continued to protest his innocence of the alleged rape. A con sultation was hnld and the mob , in the absence of positive evidence , decided not to hang him. Polirer. after being horri bly maltreated , was left under the tree in a dying condition. A doctor pro nounces his recovery hopeless. Mr. J. K , Stnblcton , principal of the Nebraska Central college at Central City , writes to say that "Ono issue of your paper last week had a slanderous article btating that the faculty of the Nebraska Central college were quarreling among themselves , etc. As this is false , 1 , us a member of that faculty , want the name of the author of that article. " Mr. iita- bieton is refreshingly modest in his do- mniius and assertions. The item referred to evidently demolished the cold wave in the nejghborhod of his collar and per petrated an optical illusion. It did not state that the "faculty waswwiug nmonj ; thcmsolvqs,1' but thittho sludertts robcllcrt against a rule forbidding their attendance at theatres. Mr. Stableton is too soon , ami the tlomanil for the author's nnmo Is vigorously nnd per sistently rejected. There was a double wedding in Ash land last Thursday in which a mother ami daughter were the brides. The ed itor of the Herald , Mr. William Todd , captured tlio daughter , Miss Kate Nor land , while Mrs. norland took the ring from Mr. Dwight Davis , of Chattsworth , 111. The Herald assures us that it was "ono of the grandest weddings that over happened in this country. " Evidently Todit was impressed with the ccstacies of the occasion , TUB VANIsTllNO tjADV. Ono of Herrmann's Cleverest Fonts Htiowti Up. Ono of Herrmann's tricks which mysti fied the audience last night was that of the "vanishing lady. " The BKE of Octo ber 10 contained nn article which ex posed the feat in its entirety. For the benefit of those who witnessed the per formance last night , as well as for those who did not , the article is reproduced : "The Vanishing Lady is Iho wonder of the town. She was Invented by Dtiatior do Kalta , n Paris conjurer , and she has been performing at the Ktlon theatre there. She is also puzzling the public In London and Merlin. The secret , of her illusion has been kept in the u cities , ami scientists have written the'ories about her as learned and conjectural as those which Pee devoted to tlio chess antenna ton. The inventor has an agent in New York to sell her at $100 per copy , lie- has made a dozen sales. "Every purchaser is astonished by the simplicity of the trick ho has acquired , and puzzled anew to command the manual skill to utilize it. Dexterously performed , the feat IE like this : The necromancer ap pears in full dress. A pretty girl ac companies him. Ho talks to her pleas antly while ho moves about the stage , and presently ho picks up a chair. W ith seeming carelessness ho places it in about the miditlo of the stage , on an open nows- paper. The girl scats herself , assuming the ordinary , womanly , restful position , From the table ho takes a largo piece of foulard silk.a fabric not transparent , but sufficiently soft to show the form of the girl after it has completely enveloped nor and the chair , still talking , he in nn instant lifts the veil. The girl is not there. The chair is left exactly ns it stood before she sat in it ; the newspaper is beneath it precisely as it was placed. No sounds have been heard in the mean time ; there is no darkening of the stage , oven the silk covering has shown no shrinkage , but preserved its form up to the moment it was lifted by the fakir. How is it done ? Very simply. Every body correctly guesses that a trap is used but the investigator stops thero.dcfeated. The chair , Iho newspaper , thn trap , the confederate below the stage , and a bright , slim girl , are the things that are used. The chair is not , as it looks , an ordinary article. It is of the heavy , old-lashioned mahogany kind , without rounds , thickly upholstered on the seat , with nn open back. It is so built that by touching a concealed spring the seat is made to drop down from the rear on a hinge , leaving the girl tree to sink down the trap , which is manipulated by the confederate below tlio stage. ' I'hero Doing no rungs on the chair , the girl has an easy job , When the illusion ist has seated her he throws over her head the sillc veil. At tlio moment she feels herself completely covered , she works another spring , which causes a thin wire framework to rise up from the back of the chair and spread itself about her form , thus preserving undisturbed the outlines of the cloth , and decuiving the audience into the belief that pho is still seated. The mystery of the open newspaper spread under the chair , to kill any suggestion of a trap , is even simpler. The paper has been deftly cut so as to contain a trap-opening in itself. It is so handled by the operator as not to reveal the slit , and when he gathers it up after the trick ho is careful to fold it partly at least. His own work consists , lirst , in .spreading the newspaper so that the trap cut in it shall cover exactly the trap in the stage ; and , second , in setting the chair precisely over both traps. Ho ought to be clover in talking , to divert the spectators1 attention from botli newspaper and chair , and the more he speaks of the absence of a trap the belter he can puzzle those who are watch ing him. Of course , ho cannot submit either the chair or newspaper to inspec tion. The trap used in tlio stage is the ordinary demon's drop , of creed size After tlio girl has passed through , the confederate below the stage puts his hand up and snnngs to its place the hinged seat in the chair. Then lie raps , and tliu illusionist above knows all is ready lor him to pull the veil away. Added mystery is gained by making the girl run out into the auditorium as soon as she can. A neat sleight-of-hand man can also cause the veil itself to disap pear up his slcevo after ho has lifted it. OMAHA. President IjouiR Jleiinrod'M Annual Germania hall was crowded Monday night with members of thcTurnvorein and prominent Germans of the city. The oc casion was the reading of the reports of the various ollicors among which that of the president , Louis Heimrod , was so ex haustive and showed so clearly the pros perity of the society , a synopsis is of in terest , as the whole report Is rather long for publication in full. After a pleasing introduction President Hoimrod said ho was glad to bo able to announce that the Turnverein had largely increased in membership during the last year , there being now on the roll 101 against MO in January , 1880 , The regular instruction in calisthenics and gymnastics has been attended to with praiseworthy punctual ity , and as n consequence physical devel opment and athletic skill have rapidly improved. The honorable fact that the Omaha Turnverein carried ulf the first and fourth class prizes and several spe cial prizes at the last Missouri Valluy turnfost held at St. Joseph , Mis souri , was remembered with pride by Oinahans , AH this Indicated diligence and high perfection among the classes and was a proof of the skill and ability of Professor lly Kumiiiorow , to whom President Heimrod paid a deserved and very high tribute as a gymnastic timelier. Reference was maiio in brief to the dlllioultioH between the Turnverein and the German association , which arose dur ing thu past year Ho said the matter was familiar to all present and in Jiis opinion the German association had very little cause for being offended. Continu. ing , ho regretted to say that the past year had not homo as good fruit as tint verein expected in ( ho line of intellectual devel opment , ThU had boon caused princi pally by the great pressure of business affairs. These had boon satisfactorily arranged , howover.aiul everything prom ised prosperous work in the intellectual department during thu coming year. President Heimroil expressed his great pleasure at the election of Mr. Max llcm- pel as chairman of the committee on in tellectual development. Unsaid no ono in ( lie society was better suited to the position and no ono would do it more justicu. The German-American school , which was now a standard educational institution in Omaha , had been soluly supported of late by the Turnveroin. The executive committee of the latter had caused the organization of a "School Society" composed ot Gor man Imlie.s which will take chnrgo.of the school. They 1mvo already done good work and deserve grcnt credit for UieJr exertions. After touching on many points of less general interest , President Heimrod re- forcd to the fact that the annual conven tion of the delegates of the Missouri Val ley tumors , and that the delegates had chosen Omaha as the headquarters of the executive committee. The members ot the society were congratulated on the concert lately hold for tlio benefit of tlio Charleston sulfiirorg. It had resulted in securing a larger amount of money than that raised by any gvmnastio society In the country. In closing the president congratulated the soeloly on the good work done during 1SSO , and the br.irht prospects for still greater achievements during the romiiig year. As n whole , President lloimrod's messMgo was llio best ever given in the history of the Tttrnvercin , and indicates that ho has given a great deal of attention to tha work of which ho has charge. UAKNUai WANTS S Manager Sliecily Itocoivcfl nn Inter- estliitr ItiiRlncot licitcr. "I have jusl reeeivcd a letter from P. T. Uarnum , " said Manager Shcody , of llio Sullivan combination , yesterday to n reporter for the lluu. "Ho makes Sulli van a splendid olfor for next season logo with his show. Ho oilers $ 10.C03 n month , and expenses of Mr. nnd Mrs. Sullivan , nnd myself and wifo. That shows just how badly ho wants to got the chant plon. " "Will you accept this oner ? " "No , wo cannot. We have arranged a tour in Europe which will occupy nil of next season , and hence cannot accept Mr. Hnrnum's generous olfor. 1 have written him to that effect. " "However , " said Mr. Sheedy , "I liavn made a proposition to him for a sit weeks' engagement. Wo will go with him for this length of time for not a cent less than iJi'O.OUO nml expenses for Sulli van and myself and our wives. This may seem to be a pretty stiff price , but there is money for Uarnum oven at , these figures. I have written to him , making this proposition. Whether or not he will accept it remains to bo seen. " 'JC1113 I'OlilVK Ab Altar. All Important Question Dcciilcil liy the Council. r -j Last night Iho city council decided Iho question of adopting a police alarm for Omaha. A representative of the system now in vogue in Chicago is in the city , and his syslom has been adoplcd. The street bov. in this system consists of a little eight- Bided house erected around a lamp-post and. containing within a common tele phone and the police alarm apparatus with wires reaching to the police station. In the Chicago boxes the dial ot the polieo alarm machine has marked upon its face at different parts of the arc "police , " " . " " " " " "riot " "fuo "wagon. , "burglar , , "drunk " " " . thcro br , "corpse , oto. > - ing liftccn or twenty calls. The olliecr turns the hand around until it has a position on thu index point ing to the word ho wants to announcn and pulls down a small lover wuoh ! sets a machine buzzing in the police station , and tolls the desk sergeant just what is wanted as well as the corner from which the alarm is sent in. TJ1K CUAUITV Tlio Details of Arr.anKCinonts Tlio Grand Marcli. "People don't seem to realize that the charity ball is only four days off on Fri day night , " said a member of the com- mittcoyesterday. "The tickes are not go- ii > K oft"as fast as they ought. Wo ought to have a larjrc crowd , and must have if wo propose to make the affair a success. " The committee met last night and de cided upon a novel liirure for the grand march , which will bo entirely diller ent from anything heretofore seen in Omaha. The four leading couples will bo Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Boyd , General nnd Mrs , Wheaton , Mr. and Mrs. Guy Barton and Mr. aud Mrs. S. R. Callaway. Supper will probably bo served In the north gallery by Biildulf , at ? 1 a couple. The same method of handling the car riages , by numbers , which obtained sueh Hood results at the last charity ball , will bo adopted this year. A Practical Joko. Ab Waggoner , of the firm of Hondo & Waggoner , and W. E. McClowl , of Me- Cloud & Love , commission merchants at the stock yards , are great friends. The other night Air. McCloud stepped out of his olllcc leaving his gold watch and chain in his vest in his desk. Mr. Waggoner , think- inc to teach him a lesson for being HO careless , put the watch in his own pocket. Finding that Mr. McCloud did not miss it , he went to bed , intending to jrivo it back in the morning. During the night Mr , McCloud had occasion to visit the lower story of the building , in haste , and while there hoard Fred Dpud , the watch man , whom ho had met in the hall but did not recognize , walk down the hall , stop in front of his ollico door and subse quently go out of doors. In a moment ho thought of his watch and hastening back as .soon as possible found it gone. Burning with rage ho wont below and when lie met the watchman was ready fo chow him up in .short order , as blunt ; the thief. Things wore becoming desper ate , the watchman was phmilmp inno cence and for moro time , while Mr. Mc Cloud was standing in front of him with a club demanding that ho produce the watch instantly. At this moment un in spiration struck Mr. McCloud and ho hounded up stains to sou It his friend , Mr. Waggoner , had it. When thn truth became known Mr. McCloud was KO overcome that ho could hardly Hpuak , and had to try several times before ho could slammer out an apology to thn in jured wiUehiniiii. Ab says the Jenfon was a thorough success. Vnliiuhli ) llolrlonms , No ono can have any idea of the de mands in tliu name of charily that are madu upon the wives of piibliomon hero , writes a Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia I'rcss. I was told by Iho wife of a leading Hcnator , the other day , that already she had been visited this winter by twenty-six applicants for thu promise of her discarded clothing at the end of tlm season. None ol the pcoplo could bo termed beggars , but most of ilium belong to that unfortunate class known as gentle women. A little while ago a granddaughter of Bushrod Washington was on thu vorgn of actual want in the city which bears lu > r illustrious family naniu. Finally an in significant place , with insignificant pay , was found lor her In the agricultural do partimtnt. A widow , delicate , niuned , and proud , she lias struggled on as best she ( jould , always clinging to the few- val liable heirlooniH of tlm \ \ ashington fnm Hy in her possession ; but at last fresh misfortune overtook her , and , worn out , with mental and physical suffurin , the poor ladv set her foot upon her pride and went to Mrs. Logan with the treasured relics , among them the valuablu baptis mal bowl Iroin wlnuli the great George himself was sprinkled. Mrs. Logan promptly put the lady in communication with Mrs. Henry It. Clalliii , of New York , and Mrs. Hereford , and between ihe.se two ladies the hen- looms were divided and munifloenlly paid for. 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