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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
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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.
Purify jour blood , tone up the system ,
and regulate Iho dignstivo organs , by tak
Ing . Hood's Surriaparillu. . Sold by ul
druggist ?
