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THfl OMAHA DAILY 13EE : SUNDAY. JAyTTAHY 16 , 18S7.-TWEI ArE I'AGES. , , TJIE DAILY PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Tf.nvs or sr Y7 | , iir ndltlom Including Sunday BIK ( inn tear $1001 , ' For Rlx Months I > ( ) I'or'I liri'o Moulin . . . . 3 M ( Tlio Miimliu SHriilny lite , mailed to tiny - -f ! Ono Year. 2 0) orrtrn. JJn. 511 > vn FA FAHVAH STflzrv. Nt.w tome omn : ium i ia. THIIII'VR nrit.uiNa. WAHHIMJTO.V UKMCE , No (13 KUUIITEKSTIIHTHLI.T. All communlc-Uioni relating to nnwo nnclMll- torlnt iimttornlicmlU bo ul < liot.g < xl to tliu I'.lil- ton 01 itIK HI.F All htilno < slfltermuirl ! remittances dhould lie tlilrostcil to Tin : HUB I'fm.isiilMi COM PAN r , OUAIM. Drafts , clioi'ks nml po'lofllco orrtont to bo tunJo payublo to tlio enl ref the company , M K ( THE BEE POBLISBIKliPAir , PROPRIETORS , Ma XII K 1)A1I < Y IIBB. Sworn Stntetncnt of Circulation. State of Nebraska , I . , . County of Douglas. fs-8 < Goo. B. Twchuck , secretary of Tlio Boo Publishing company , does solemnly swear that the EiLtiml circulation of the Dally Boo Js tor thn week ending Jan. llth , lbi > " , was as Jstj follows : tj Sntiudav , Jan. S . 13.V > 0 tjll Sunday. Jan K . lil,0" > ) llJ Monday , , inn , 10 . 14HO ( llfl J TuoMiav. Jan. 11 . iir.s3 : flit Weilnewlay.Jan. K . 1S.720 flt fli Thursday , .Inn. 1 . ly.T.V. flt Friday , Jan. 14 . in,740 13.008 t liKO. B. T/SOMt CK. it .Subserlhed nnu swoin to hefoio mo this 10th J dayor.lnnnaiy A.D. , IbbT. N. I' . KIII : ISCALl Notary Public. Goo. II. Tzschuck , being first duly sworn , deposes nnil 0.1)8 that ho Is t-ociotary of the Bo < Piilillshing company , that the actual nv- ernire dally circulation of the Dally Bee for the month of January , 18WIvas 10.3'a ropk-s , lor February. 18SO , 10,5' copies ; for Mnrch , 1K-0 , 11.KJ7 coplt-s ; for Aplll , lltoO , 12,191 copies ; lor May. HWi. 12,430 copies ; for June , IBbfl , 12,2113 coploi ; for July , l sf , , I'j.itl I copies ; forAimust , lbt > 0ZiM copiosfor ; September. ISSTt , ii,0'iO : copies ; for October , isso , 1COS'J , copies : for November , 18W , tU8 ! ! : copies ; lei Jccumbcr , 1B80 , in , 237 copies. Quo. B. 'I ZSCHHCK. bwnni to nnd subscribed belore mo lids 1st day of January A I ) . . ISKAL.J N. P. FIIL. : Notary Public Coiitrntn oi' tin : Sunday Hon. ' go 1. Now Yoik Herald Cablegiams Specials to the Bii : : . Gunoial Tek-giaphlu ! ' ews Pfigi'2. Telegiapldc Nows. City News. MIscellaiM. Pare : t. General nnd .Local Markets. Sieeiiil | Advertisements. i'age I. Kdltorials. Political Points. Picss Comments. .Sunday Gossip. Pngo5. Lincoln News. Miscellany. Ad- \oitisemcnts. Page 11. Council Blulfs News. Miscellany. Ail verttsonionti. I'ago T. Social Events in Omaha. Miscel lany. Pages. Geii'-ral Clly News. Local Ad- Vortlst'iiiunts. Page'.i. Soiinil. Sensible Solons , by Al. I nil brother. The Insatiable Giuud ot Uall- way.s. by K. II. Ageo. The Giant-Simpson rainllv , by James S , Brlsbin. Bolaud Bona- paile's Brldn. Aihertisemonts. Page 10. Minds Mellow nnd M'oodv. Call- loiniaii Sketches. A Beai on a Walking Beam. - Personal Ttalts of Vanity. Nixie , a htor ) . Advertisements. Page 11. God Blu's ( ! oed Women. Finns lor Domestic Peace. Musical and Diamatic. Coiimiblalltles.-lmplellus. Honey for the I.ndios. liellglous. Advortisuments. Pnge 12. Carmen's Cuban Changes , by Hdwaid King. I'lo.isme's Punishment , by Con , Uopmtoiial Daring I'lio Thimble. TnteiMowlntr Indhectly , by P. S. Heath. Alan Aithut's Sweetheart. Li\tiitsinr : ) : and coherence are the two proat needs of the republican party in congress. They are responsible for much of Iho w 'alcnessexhibited in the present session. Wi ; want it distinctly understood that Jim Paul , who has been a cheerful at tendant on the legislature since its bcs- MOII opened , is not a dark horse for the Van Wyck succession. A ii.M.r n do/.en railroads are pointing Omahawurds We should lake a new census in Ihe spring when Iho corps of surveyors are working briskly in oveiy portion of our city limits. l > oi III.AS county will have thirteen members in tlio next legislature and a controlling fraction of a fourteenth mem ber. This means that Douglas county will bo the pivot of all senatorial lights in the future. i ; Representative Andres is fcai- Jc s enough to say what he thinks and net his own convictions ho is lampooned as a dangerous and very bad man by the nnti-Van Wyck small bore that repre sents the whole earth at Lincoln. TT is the eve of Iho senatorial battle and ( ionoral Van Wyok'.s supporters iiavo no reason to fear the conflict. They hold tlio position of advantage , have numerical superiority and are backed by an overwhelming public sen- t timonl In llioir favor. KANSAS CUT is showing an unreason able jealousy of Omaha , Both cities are prospering us only great distributing points for a great section ol country can. Potty jealousies between two cities of the K\O \ of Omaha and Kansas City are un called for and cannot advance the inter- this of either. Tin ; attempt to make Speaker Ilarlan n dark horse candidate is very ingenious but it is not likely to pan out when put to the tost. Air. Ilarlan Is for Van Wyck first , last nnd all Iho timo. That is the issue on which ho was elected and ho is not the kind of a man that would desert ids colors at any price. Mit. WIAVIU : : insists that it is danger ous to elect Paddock for many reasons , the least of which is that ho would estab lish n marine hospital at Nebraska City nml a naval observatory at Kearney. Mr , 1'aiKlock responds that ho will have to mount the largest telescope in thn United States to como within eight of Weaver's chances for Van Wyck's bro- Anr.it considering the interstate com merce bill n liltlo more carefully the rail roads e.uuo to the conclusion that it might be worse than it was , und that prudence dictated its passage to prevent a more stringent law in the future. A do/on of the corporation senators there upon voted for the passage of the bill as amended in the joint confoionco. The measure now goes to the house. THK professed solicitude of President Cleveland for the political recognition of ( ho colored man , as exemplified m his ap pointment of Matthews to bo recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia , ap pears not to bo apirrcclated in at least one southern slate. A resolution indors ing the appointment , introduced in the legislature of North Carolina by n col ored man , was summarily defeated by a rote of 107 to 3. 4s , McHhnnc ntiil Iho Democrats. Mr McSluinc is credited with being level headed enough to know a hand spike froni.i handsaw when ho sees it. lie knows that thirjycoii democrats can * not cast sixtyecn * votes. He knows that there is not money enough in all the syndicates of which ho is a member to buy thirty icpublieans. and even if they Were purchasable he could not n flout lo take a scat at the priceof wholesale- bery. Those who want McShanc to enter the race are not his fueiids , but cither personal enemies of Van Wyek , boodlors who want McSltanc's money , or railroad Idtclings. They want to use Me- Shane as a cat paw to mill railroad ohestnuls out of the lire , or they want to act as go bctwcens to cotrtipt members while the } are lining their own pockets. The test ol men's characters comes when they are subjected to templing hon ors at tlie liamU of fool friends or hypo crites No honest friend of McShano would advise him to the reckless and dis reputable scheme of Inlying a legislature. No real friend of Mr. McShano , whether democr.it or republican , would like to see him act the stool pigeon for the mo nopolies against the man who has the largest popular following in the .state and enjoys the conlidcncc of the laboring und producing classes. Tliu McShanc movement originates and ends with the faction of railroguo democrats that trains under Miller and Hoyd on the one side and the railroguo democrats thai are doing Iho political dirty work of the Burlington road. Mr. MoShane himsell has publicly und pri vately disclaimed all responsibility for the introduction of lib candidacy us n factor in tlio ptescnl senatorial cam paign. Even if he were so cra/.y as lo imagine that ha could buy thirty repub lican members it is notorious and well known to him that he could not get all thu democrats in the legislature. A Itaptiyt University. The Baptists of Nebraska propose to establish at an early day an institution of learning which , while under the auspices of lliuir own denomination , will be free to bestow its advantages upon any who may seek admission. There is no such college ii ) this portion of the west and it is believed that the opening would draw n hearty support from a largo section of the country. An effort is now being made to secure the location of the pioposed university in Omaha. Plans are maturing to awa.ken public sentiment to the advantages which would accrue to this city from the establishment of a university in our midst strongly endowed , built on a substantial foundation and well supported locally and from without. Jt is greatly to be hoped that the effort will prove a success. The , stun required , $200,000 , is a large one but the organi/.ers of Iho project aio wise in declining lo found a new college except on such a basis as will assure ito success and pro vide for ils permanency. One of the banes of western colleges is the great number of small aud .struggling institutions which never acquire reputation or attain a lariro sphere ot i elulncss be cause f'ey are hampered and restricted by poorty and compelled to sacrifice a high standard to the desire to scenic pupils : il any cost. Omaha ought to bo able to compote with any other city in the state for the honor of being the homo of the new college. She has only ono collegiate institution in her midst , tlio gift of a generous family who have immortali/ed Iho name uf Croighlou by associating it with their handsome bene faction to education. Our citi/.ons should interest thcmsohes al once in Ihe mailer and lake prompt steps to ascer tain what Omaha can atl'ord to do in the premises. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Oil Inspection The legislature should not fail al ils present session to pa s a law providing for the inspection of illuminating oils and the proper branding of all packages from which tuoy are .sold lo consumers. In the absence of such a law , which is borne on the .statute books of all neigh boring states , Nebraska is being deluged with petroleum products of the most dangerous character which are palmed oil'on the public as high test oils. In Omaha and elsewhere oils toslin , ; as low as 80 ° are sold lo Iho poorer classes of consumers as 110 ° test aud 110 ° oil for 100 ° . There is of course a large margin of profit in this kind of cheating , just as there has been in selling biitterine for pure butter. In the ono case , however , there was no danger involved lo life or property , while in the other case both are menaced. A proper law for public protection modelled after either thu Illinois or Ohio statute should piovide tor the inspection of every package ot illuminating oil which comes into tlio state , its thorough test by the most approved apparatus and the stencilling ot the grade on the barrel , cask or can. It should be made a crim inal oll'etiso to adulterate such oils when once inspected or to sell any oil of a lower test than specified. A btatc inspector specter ami deputies should huvo Iho matter in charge under regulations and restrictions wnich ought to be spccilically provided for in the slalulo to afl'ord tlio widest protection to the public from the nvarieo ami greed of conscienceless deal ers who are willing to endanger Hfo itself in order lo Inereaso their profits. It is remarkably that Nebraska has had no such law on Its .statute books. It should have been attended to long ago. . - the Movement. The movement in behalf of Industrial education is advancing with a vigor and rapidity cliaracterMic of Ihe American people when they become earnestly de voted to a principle. One of tha instru mentalities for furthering this movement is tlio Industrial Educational Association of Now York , recently organised , ami which promise * great usufuluess in its field of work , The object of thu associ ation is best oxplaned by the code ot principles upon which it is founded , some of which are : That the complete develop ment of all the faculties can bo reached only throiiL'h a system of education which combines the training found in the course of study with the elements of manual training ; that the current tsybtem of educalion Indus Iho memory lee largely , the reasoning powers loss , the eye uiui the hand too little , that industrial training to have Its tidiest vuluo must be an integral part ot general education , that as children wherever found possess the same powers and develop the same characteristics , this system should bo in troduced into al } classes and grades of schools , tliu private as well in tlic public school , ami not alone m tlic primary public schools , but in nil those of morn advanced { Trades. Tim claims of tl.c system arethat it tends to the devel opment of certain moral qualities , as well as to the development of the intel lectual facilities ; that the varied occupa tions which it gives totlio children render study loss irksome than any system can in which the exercise of llic faculty of memory Is alone involved , and that it will do much to remove the widespread disinclination to manual labor which ex ists in this country , and which the present system of education seems powerless to overcome , The association proposes thoroughly practical methods for dissem inating its views , and has just increased its means and facilities. Among the prominent educators of the country who have become- advocates of industrial education the latest accession is President Oilman , of John Hopkins university. In a recent lecture ho argued that instruction in the use of the hand was not simply the training of a phy sical or/ran / , but a means of cultivating the brain as well , and therefore had : i legitimate place in any schmno of intel lectual development. Hence ho advo- caleM the introduction of the rudiments of handicraft into the schools of the nation. The scissors and needle , the knife , aw and hammer , and above all , the pencil , he recommended as lit appliances to rest on the desk by the side of the grammar and arithmetic. Ho contended that the great defect of education nowa days was that It taught the young to value the printed book alone , spoiling their eyes wilh bad type anil bad light , and ne glecting entirely the cultivation of the eye and hand. A large part of the shallowness - lowness , inaccuracy , slovenliness and vagueness of the present day was - undoubtedly doubtedly duo to this failure on the part of school systems to teach the iaithtul , careful reproduction by the hand of what tlic mind lias . "As thought out. to man ual training schools , " said President Oil man , ' 'they should be-in with rudiment ary work , advancing by stages adapted to the capacity of each scholar. Drawing .should bo the fundamental branch taught. The system of training .should be lilted to school hours and school days. Above all , the principle should be en- lorceiPand repeated that the hand trains the mind , the mind the hand , and the eye both. " Thus it is shown that this important movement is making steady progress in popular regard , winning to its stippoit the ablest educators of the country , and developing on wise and sound principles a system that will assuredly in time be come general and permanent. lOvlls ol Chilli Ijnlior. Child labor , with its attendant evils , has commanded a good deal of attention in this country within the past twenty- live years. In a number of the states laws hav been enacted regulating the employ ment of snch labor , and in localities these htatutes have been 1 airly well enforced. But quite generally , where child labor can be made available and is freely ot- fered , it is still largely employed regard less of legal inhibition , and the nvils and Sbu es incident to it , if less grave than formerly , are yet so perious as to make a demand upon the interest of all good citizens , ai.d especially of every humani tarian. Professor Felix Adlur , in an ad- drcs-i delivered last Sunday on this ub- jcct before the Society of Ethical Culture in Now York , .said that while this is called a humanitarian age , and in a cer tain sense is so , vet with this humanita- riauism exists a most deplorable indiller- ence totlie miseiies of tlic masses. In England not long ajro child labor was one of the darkest blots of modern civil- i/.ation. Children of three , four , live and six years of age were found working in English factories , mines and brick yards ten hours a day and longer. But English law , due largely to the great work of the Earl of Shaftesbury , now prevents the employment of children under ten years of age , and children under four teen are restricted to live hours' work a day. No child is admitted to a factory without a doe- tor's certilicato as to age and and phys ical condition. In tliis country the professor said the evil of child labor is growing to an alarming extent. He cited the fact that in one district of Now Jcisoy there were -170 children under ten years of ago in 178 factories , employed from tcu to twelve hours a day , one es tablishment having r > 0 children between the ages of ten and lifteen years. So far as known , there are 21,000 childien cm- proved in the state of Now Vork , of which number ! ) ,000 of both so.xes , rang ing Irom eight to lifteen years , are at work in the factories of New York city. But these ligures really convey a very small part of the startling truth regard ing the employment of child labor in the United States. They are merely suggesl- ivc and must bo supplemented by the figures from the oilier slates where the labor of children H largely employed in order to give the subject its dug imprcs- siveness. It is doubtless not an c.xngger- ation to state the number of children now employed in the United States at 150,000 , a majority of whom arc under the age at which children should bo kept steadily at work. The condition of these children at ma turity , saia Professor Adler , could bo im agined. It there was an immediate oflcet on society what would it be on generations to come. Investigations showed a frightfully low average of intelligence among factory children. Many of them could not reader or write , did not know the state they lived in , and arithmetic was Aiabio to them- The children of the factories would bo the fathers tind mothers of fu ture generations , and what that means for society it Is not diflicult to imagine. England is ahead of this country in its treatment of this question of child labor , and a ntill better example is Switzerland , which has shown a care and wisdom in this matter beyond every other country. What has been douo in those lands can as surely bo accomplished here , when- eyer public sentiment is sullicicntly aroused to the "urgency of the question , The existence of the evil is duo quite as much to the cupidity or iulolcnco of the parents of thousands of these unfortunate children as to the avarice of the employ ers , but it is with the latter that the laws of restraint mid regulation must pri marily deal , as they do an England and Switzerland. Without the collusion or cqnnivanco of the employer the most ob jectionable features of child labor could not exist , and the law .should provide its severest penalties for those who know * Ingly or indiU'eientli unploy children at an age when they are unfitted for the labor required of tln.ni , and when such employment dcpiiu- them of the men tal and moral training they should receive - ceivo , Till' American side of the fisheries dis pute has an advocate in the distinguished English statesman , John Bright , who has the fairness and manliness to say that the claim of this country is reasonable. He also has the candor to confess that if Canada wore not supported in its unjust tcotirsn find attitude b England it would jieldits assumptions , while England is forced to connive at the injustice because it possesses Canada. It is noteworthy that Air. Bright rcforml to this matter as fiunishlngan argument against fed eration , the force of which must bo felt by every fair-minded Englishman. Such distinguished and disinterested testimony to the justice of America's position ought also to have some inlluencc in strengthening the purpose of this gov ernment to adheio to its position. JriHJi : Bitr.wiit : has rendered a de cision against the Pullman company in their suit to restrain the collection of taxes on rolling stock used in Iowa. Judge Brewer very properly decides that movable property like the Pullman coaches must bo taxed whore it is used and not at the place of domicile of the company controlling it. It is safe to say that the Pullman company pay no tax'es on any coaches run in other slates. Their attempt to evade tax-ex in Iowa is an attempt lo evade taxation altogether. Kiunr.ui.r.ss Nebraska papers are greatly horrified at the way Hie Bri : handles legislative matters at Lincoln without gloves. The public , which do- sues to got at the true inwardness of matters , docs not share the horrors of the railroad oigans. POINTS. Seventy-four ineinhcis of the Aikansas legislatuio mo fnuncis 01 stock men. Them aio more democrats In Veimonttlmn federal appointments aftci all , and a low has lesulled. The sons of Senatots Colqnilt , Hampton , Harris , .McMillan , Mound and Vance arc In the employ of the senate. The Now Yoik Trihane says every day makes it clearer Hint llu > battle ot IbSb will bo fought on a iovenuc issue. l\-io\cinor ? William Smith ot Viiginla ( IXtin Hilly ) , is ninety years ol < l , but ho still beais a Imnd in the politics ot the state. Congressman William Waltet Phrlps con templates withdrawing from public Hie lomr enouch to take a yachn voyage aiouml the woild. i Congiossmaii 'Inisney Is now known ns the humorist ot the Michigan dele-gallon. Tim Wohcilncs always Ium > a hunioilst in con cress. Ito-poe Conkllng is thc-Iegal adviser of the New York Woild. but itwould probably be unjust to intimate that this lad has c\cn the ipmotost connection with Iliat jmpci's nd\o- caey of his claims lei the United .States sen- nloiship. Speaker Caillale , it Isaid , will shoilly an nounce his candidacy foi the United States senate from Kentucky. The Liuls\illo ( I'ommcioial expresses the i pinion that Mi. Cailislo is "a second Clay , bolovcd of all men. " ( lOvcinor Hill , while In Xew Yoik rc- ccnllj , dined with .Inscuh I'ullt/ci. This caused Iho political gossips to dcclaie thai ho Hives sanction lo the lalk about hlmsflt for picsidont that constantly appears in the World. tiovcinoi Cmtln will rcthe from congress at the close of the session , and attci thai he will iluvoto hiinsL'lC to pieparlng data for a bistoiyot Pennsylvania. Thn hook is to be edited and compiled by Colonel Frank A. Bun , the well-known coiicsnondent. Congressman Ilolman having leaped into thu glow ing arena ol the M'liatoiUi contest in Indiana , the woild Impatiently wails to lioar his characteristic " 1 " object" to the mini- cious schemes of dcmociatfc villainy which aio concocted theic. The world will probably wait in vain. The rumor that Senator Jo Biown , of Georgia , inlands to resign soon elicit- , from the Savannah News Iho remark that "those who know the senator best mo conhilent that ho will not rcsicu unless lie becomes con vinced that the retention of his ollice will shoitcn his Illo. " Would even the tear ot immediate death induce a democratic ollice- holdci to loosen his grip' . ' Homo llulo. . .IMIIIJournal. / / . Since Michael Davitt has been mauled agi tation w 111 cease and homo rule begin. ilabblc. Sun Fititirti > cnAltii. Tennyson's new poem declares that Hn- Bland is to "go dow n In babble. " Ills poetic lordship seems tuha\elaken the contract lo supply the babble. Gets Away with the Type-Writer. St. Louis Itrimliltran. The pen may bomlchtler than the sword , hut the piesetit condition of a 11 a Ira In Kmopo goostoshow that the muchluc-L'un has the call on the tipe-wiltur. Itccelpt for Cliocrl'ulnesH. 'J'niiis [ < ifc < ( / / < mi tlic flcnnuii. Come , children , and listen a while to my On the brewing of cheerfulness , pine and simile ; For not o\oiy method Is sure to succeed , And this ono , jou'Il lind , will yield just what > ou need. Fust look to your lie.ut and bo sure you take C.1IO To wash all the selfishness out that is Ihero ; An ounce of Indulgence then take In jour hand , ' And of patience , well tiled , what amount you command ( For with these , note it well , you cannot dis pense ) , And stir them well round with an ounce of good sonso. A diop , too , of lethe now add to the three , For It sets ) ou Irom pain and old griuvances free , A dash of good humor then fling In the bowl , f , And a touch of line wit to fetvo taste to the whole , And a touch of seU-contidcnco now , and bo sure To remember a little cool blond to proemo , An ounoo of quiet courage , and perhaps 'twould bo best To add a good Imiidlul of ho DC to the rest. Mix well , so that smoothness and sweetness you gain , And then with u pure heart the cup you must dram. And should It still throb while for pcico you still sigh , ( Banco upward lo heaven then with pload- ingoc , Soon , soon \ou will lind thnt your comago will rlso And the world will bo changed to your brightening eyes ; Vour tears will bo dried and ) our lips will smile. And others will see it and wonder the while. Vn Sceoiut-Ilato Oily. f'uf/4 / ( Hit LC'itcr'fntlnch / Tin : Bii : : gino acry thorough and com prehensive 10.3111110 of Omaha's progress dur ing the past year , In the issue uf January 1. The showing was a magnificent ono , anil clearly demonstrates the tact that Omaha Is no second-rate-town but a thorough bustling , booming city , and oiw that all residents of thn state are proud of. Omaha Is no longer second to KJnsas Citj in unpoitnnco , but is now hustling the city nt thu mouth of the Kaw , for the suprcmacio I' Omaha and Nebraska. VVlint Mmlc Htm Side. 1'tnila 7'iiltl " > ljf. ) Mi. Thiirman was tukcn # uddpnly ill at the Jackson u.inqucl rho other night. The natu ral snppo Mlon is that 1'iank Law let's speech nuuto him sick. on Porter" . blnco the courts hn\e decided that sleeping- car companies must protect their passoncors from lobbciy the poitcw begin to tear that their occupation is gone , 'the Uoomor. MliwcaiMll * 7'itMnir. "Tho Wcsti'in l > ie , " is the title of a poem locently published in an eastern journal. The wilier had doubtless been reading the "boom edition" ol some St. Paul paper. SUXJMY GOSSI ! ' . LtnCTEN'AJCT SCIIWATKV , WllO Is to thoroughly exploic the Yellow stone pirk for the New Yoik Woild , was. while In the army , stationed lor a considerable time at Camn Sheridan , on the Nebraska fiontlcr , a lew miles fiom the place where the town ol Itushville has since been located. Srhwatka wasabiiuoolllcor , ot tiemcndoiis physique , who , In the piping times of peace , enjoyed his botllo ns thoroughly as nny other olllcerofhis regiment. Ho had nttnch"d to him a soldier who acted as his Milker or sei vant , iMid who was devoted to his Interests nnd often cxtiieatcd him fiom embarrassing situations nnd scrnpos. One day the paj- master Iriuu Omaha art I veil nt Camp Sheridan to pay oir the hoops , and when the payment was linlslied he was requested by Scliv.-alka to come oer to his quarters tor a little social llppliug. "You will find every thing in apple-pie older"said Sclnvalka"for Jim Is the best .striker 1 ever saw , and no matter what the ciicumstanees aio ho ne\er permits himsi'lt lo get diuuk on payday with thoicstol the lioops. " Upon opening Iho dooi of his room the lieutenant and the pay master wcio paialy/ed to lind the stillur lyluc dead drunk on Iho lloor with n bottle of whisky by his side. Sell w.ilka shookitho man in a rather lively manner and asked , "How comes this1. ' Don't you know t told you n \ er to got drunk while 1 was full1 The stiiker braced and "That's up icplled : so , lieutenant , but if 1 should obny you , you would never dhc me a chance togrl diunk. " * * * Schwatka resigned Irom Iho I'ldnl cavahy about tin re j ears aco. lie was on General Miles' statV at Poi Hand. Hn quit the sei vice to engage in eatlle raisins ; In Alaska , but which enteipilse ho no\ei cmicd out. Since his teslgnatioii liom thn niiny Schwatka has con a fierniont cotitilbulor to the maga/.lnes and newspaper.Vhen he left the aimy he abandoned his convhial habits. ] ) ritxo ! the recent engagement of , loc Murphj at Bojd's Opeia house , a policeman ainioaiC'd nt Iho door and applied lei free nd. mission , at the same time pulling back his coal ami disilaing ] his htai. "That's uir neecssaiy , " said Murphj's manager , " 1 know jou weic a deadhead the moment J taw jou Pass in. " 4. * * Joe Muiphy is one of the lichrst men in the thontilcal piolcssiou , his loinmo being esti mated at over half a million. He is veiy close and saving , and lor thai reason they tell some liinny stories about him. "WhatI Is Joe Mtiiphj staying hoie' " ' cxclilincd a pioml- mmt liishman , as he looked over the Mlllaid hotel icglstcr and saw Aimphy's name tlioio , "he evidently has no lelallons In Omaha , or hu would be Mslling them. " "I XEVr.n perpetrated bill one conundium In my life , " said Colonel Jim Way , "and I want some cicdit tor it. " "What is If.1" asl.ed a lejirescntathe ot the Uii : : . "When can you emphatically and positively tell a man's politics'.1" "Give it up. " "When he Is nn oir-fiMice-Ive partisan. ' The next llilng on the programme will be "When Hie swal lows homuwnidlly. " HON. C. J. SsiM'ir , one of the legislative loprcsenlalhes lioin i > ouclas county , is making an excellent iccoid. So lui his evciy action has been In HIP inlorcsls of Iho poo- pie. To Mr. Sinj Hi belongs the cicilllof having insetted In the now city charter the clause c.xempting from city taxation real or peisunal property to the amount of S.300. This is Intended for the benefit ot poor people ple , to whom It will bo a great icllcf. They will nol fornel Mr. Smylh's elloils In their behalf. Ox-n evening not long ago a number of prominent gonilcmcn pa\c a lllllo bnnqucl tea a visiting .stiangcr nt the Mlllard hotel. John L. Sullivan , the pugilist , happened to bo a guest of thn Milhud at the time , and ho was invited to bo present nt Iho banquet , II being thought that possibly ho might in some way add to the amusement ot1 the occasion. Sev eral speeches had been made , and finally Sullivan was called upon to make a few re- minks. The champion .slowly to u to his feet , and assuming n somewhat sti iking atti tude , he said , voiy slowly and dellberalely : " 1 can't make a speech , but If you want a little amusement I'll light any feller in the room. " Sullivan sat down amid thundoiing applause. Xo ono accepted his challenge. Ho made the hit ol Hie evening. THE announcement of the dissolution of the linn of Byron Hccd&Co. has caused considerable comment. By the dissolution Mr. howls S. Heed withdraws ami A. L. Heed , son ofMr. Byron Iteed , takes his place. It is an entirely umlcnblo arrange- mont. Mr. Lewis S. Jteed , who Is ono ol the best business men In Omaha , has become pretty well li.xed. Ho has become tired of confinement to oflico woik. Ho will now hnvo moio time to dovolo to the vnilouscn- tci prises in which he Is interested , nnd at the saino time ho Is fico to engage in any busi ness schema that ho may consider woitliy of his attention , The firm with which ho was so long connected was the oldest leal estate agency In Omaha. Byron Iteed is every where known ns "tho old lelinblc , " and his time has been hugely UK en up with the placing of loans for other parties. Ho is ono of Omaha's largest property holders and wealthiest elti/ens. "Ir Is singular how men sometimes he- como famous , and deservedly so , by so mo meio accident or incident , " bald Klclmrd Manslield , while in Omaha recently. "There wan Fargus , otheiwlso known as Hugh Con- way. Ho had bcrn wilting his stories for jeais , and had hard woik loget them pub lished or to get recognition of Ills merit In nny way. Hotlnahy bucccoded in Inducing n publisher in Bristol , wheio ho lived , to pub lish an edition of tOOcoplcsol 'Called Buck , ' The publisher sent a copy with his compli ments lo ono of the clubs where It fell Into the hands of a newspaper man n reviewer who picked it up nnd lead U through without laying it down. Ho wioto u lengthy review of the story , and published It In his paper next morning. Jt caused n great demand lor 'Called Had ; ' and the edition of 700 was soon exhausted. Other papers noticed thostoiyand ttioconsequence w as thai Iho publisher for a time could not print copies fast enough to supply the du- niand , Tlio result was that there was an Im mediate market for all of Conw.iy's mauu- scripts , and a fortune , was soon leallmt both for him nnd his publisher. But Conn ay , Who had for years work.wl haid and starved , found his constitution undermined , and ho soon after died iu Soulhern Kuiopu , so that uls fame and fortune did him but little good. " T11H C11AH1TV llAMi. The ! Inntirinl roporl of the Committee on Mnnaucmoiit. The committed who had in chnigo the man- ngomcnt of the Charily ball met last night nt ilio rooms ot the Omaha club and prepared the tollow Ing report : Hon. Jnmps K. i > o > d , chairman of the ex- rontho committee ( it the Chniitv Ball : Dear Sir. Wo In-row Ith hand i on a repoit ot tlio thi ! t annual loharlty ball. iinrr.tris. from subscriptions . S 2,01fi 00 Sale of tickets . t'7.00 ' Total . S3J , H"bo in minsr.Mi.NTs. : Kentof Imposition building. . . . 3 l.Vl 00 Music anil caller . 10.'i 0(1 ( Tickets , programmes and badges , . . llii 00 I'aiuna foi lloor . 100 00 Decorations . 67 70 Sundry Hems , help , etc . f IX ) Total . S M > 0 00 Net pi oeeeds . S 3'JtW 40 In connection with Iho nbovo n-porl your committee deslro to tlmnk the picss of Omaha lor the liberal IHO ol their columns and the very courteous treatment extended. Thanks also aio duo to the American Dis trict Teloginph company tor the gratuitous ttsii of their wngons and t-eivloo of their messengers , and to Chase iv Snndbnrn , who , nt a iiorsontd espouse of over fclOJ , furnlsheit thtilrstatidaid JiiMxcotre to the guests ot ih evening. Voiu commlttoc are also indehtnd to the headqiiaitors Uep.utmcnt ot thn Plntto. oillcersof Foil Oiiuiha and signal service Mation. I'uioii r.icilio lalltoad enmiiany , Kepubllcau I'lihlislilng company , S. P. Morse it Co , X. B. KiilconiM , Clmilos Shl\ wick , Dowi'.v A Stone , lOinmet Monumonl associa tion , Henry Lehman , Grand Union Tea company , John F. Lehman , Swiss Singing ooii'ty , llnhoinlau Tin not ooolcly , Max Meyei ACo. . , Collins , V Gordon , G. it. AJ. . is. Collins. Mis. S. It. tlonos , A , llosi > u , lloin-y Thlozaaril , l.otils lloimiod , C. W. Waildol , Grand Aimv of thu Kopnbho , A. M. Claik , Omaha Towel company , ung St. Bar nabas ehuich lei valuable her\lce.s rotuleicd and matcil.il used in tlecoialmg the halt. Your committee also dcsho to mention the work peifoimod by the committee on decora tion , nnd In this connection to specitUy thank the chairman , Mr. Nuto Ci-ary , LIou- tonauts Alien-nimble and Konnon , and Dr. Justus M. Blown , lr. S. A. , assisted by Jacob Walters nnd Frank K. Collins t < whoso un- tlrliikcIToits tJio nitlstto ntipi-niance ot the hall was due. Ke Di-cttiillj Mibinittt'd , FIIANK Coii'nT/.iu : , J. S. Cot t.t. vs. NATOX hiiKi.Tox. J ( > sl'II | : ( lAIINI.AU , Jit. , JNO. T. Ci.Ainci : , Board uf Managers. nusiNicss or TIIH itoAiin. Jloarfl of Trnilo Ciiiiimltteos The Jtiilldinir. A meeting of the diiecloih of thebonid of tiado was held at I o'clock ycstoiday attcr- noon. 1'icsidenl Meyeis announced the announced the .standing committees for the ensuing yearns follows : Waj sand Means-John A. WaKdicld , i' . ] ] . Her and C. F. Goodman. Auditlng-H. G. Claik , Kuclid Mattin nnd John Kvans. Momherships C. F. ( ioodman , John A. Wnkehold and II. G. Clark. Importation Kiiclld Martin , F. W. Gi.iy , Thos. Miller , B. Gallagher an 1 John S. Brndy. Mnnntactnrlng P. 13. IJor , Clark Wood man. Joi. ( inrnoiiu , ji. , ( i. W. Llninger aud I' . C. lUmuhaimh. Arbitration C. A. Fried , Fnmnol Cotnor , F. W. day , U' .1. Wclshaiib , Cluuchill PaiKer and F. P. Klrkendall. Mcti-oiology . ik-IIman , Andicw Uo o- water , II. I'undt , Dtvmi D.IMS and .Samuel Itl'CS. Memorials John K\ans Kdwaid llosc- wnter , A J. Pouplelon , C. S. Chase audJ. C. Cow in. Lue Stuck P. P. . llei , J. F. . Boyd , J. A. McShune , 11. II. Mcdixy and William A. P.ixlon. Thoillioctois spent some time In n discus- Rlnn concoinlng the rontoJ of the ollioos and looms in the new building that ill soon bo icadv foi occupancy. It was finally decided le enetliu second , third and ImutJi lloois abo\c the haspincnl , nt lonst tomporatllj- ( rent only to main and commission hioKois. A committee was appointed to looommond compctoilt aud suitable engineer and janitor foi tlio building. The secietaiy was Instinctcil to advertise foi liids tor liirnishing thn new chamber ol commerce witu gas tixtiuo' ! , etc. Also to re- cohe bids fet fiunlshing coal foi the coming nine months. _ THIS SI MINT STHUI ) . Interosttna Rinyclo Unccs at the Kx- position ItulldiiiK I'Uht Xluht. The seilcs of bicycle races at tlio exposition building hist night were enjojcd by half a Ilioiisand people , among whom moio a num ber o ladles. The hi si race was a livo-mllo amateur contest between Clmiles Pcabody nnd Finnk Mittaiier. It was a pretty race liom the stall , and excited great enthusiasm. Peahody won by a wheel length In 10 minutes and ' ! seconds. Tlio hoys' one- mile lace was a most pleasing fea- liue. The .staiteis were MaUor Dick Gray , George Minor and Ncal Wert/ . Master Gray was given 2 laps the stall nnd won by nearly n lap. Thoeiil of the evening wan IhuliV mlle rnco holwecn Bullock and Dlngley , In which Bullock was given an advantage" 0 laps. The lace was a pietty ono for the first 10 miles , when Bullock took n header and was badly bruised up. By the accident Ding- ley trained noaily two laps. Bullock came mi smiling aud pluekily continued thoiaco , nltliough his wheel nas so hadl > wienelied thnt good tlmo was impossible. Dingloy leisuii'ly made his Rhorlagc add passed Bull ock for the sixth tlmo on the home-.sttotch of the last lap and trained Urn racu bj less than n foot In 1 hour , ! > minutes and M seconds. The race cave veiygoneial satisfaction not withstanding Bullock's mishap. The gieatest athelollc touinamonl over ghen In thu city will tnko place nttho oxposl- llon building next Saturday nlgtit in which the bicycle and 'luinvctcln talent will com bine toices. TI1LJ HAPTIKT A Great Kiiiouilnnul IiiHlitutioii AH- hiiroil for Onmliu. An enthusiastic moetlng of the commit tees appointed to canvass thn city with a view of ascertaining what aid can bo ten dered In securing the louallon of the Baptist university in Omaha , was held In Chtnchlll'ri law ollice yesterday after noon. The sub-committees made highly encouraging reports of their success in can- \assingamonutho capitalists and business men ot the city. On thn bhowini : made the committee decided thai the Institution shall bocallod the Unhorslty of Omaha and that the bulldlngb bo named alter Individuals. It IH piopnscd to muKo tlio unhcislty coeducational tional , the courses to compilso tlio classical. Bclcntltic , polyteohnlo , business , legal nnd medical. No pledges made in support of this Institution will bo considered binding unless the following conditions are fulhlled : 1. That Omaha ralso S.MX,000. ) a. That the Baptist denomination ralno 8100,000 morn , whicii wlthSlXOOOof ( ) that raised In Omaha Is to bo hold as an endowment fund , the In terest onh to bo lor the running expenses of the unhcn > ity. ! l. That 8100,000 ol the amount laiied In Omaha bo Imosthd In lands and buildings foi the university. No dormitories will be used , the students having to board in pilvato families. While under the general careot the Bantist denomination , nb Princeton is under that of thu J'niesby- terinns the school will not bo Fcctaihm. A meeting ot the business men of the city to consider the project Is called tor Tuesday nt a p. m. at the 1'axton hotel. rj.AU.V MOHHIS IN "ilISS Ml'J.TONV1 Thobtory ot "Miss Million" In Its main features lieais a close resemblance to "JJast Inline , " MI familiar to theater-goers. The wile , In a lit of jealousy , loaves her husband and childtcn , nnd after somu ) ears , during which time and remorse play sad havoc with her youth and beauty , and tuin hair to sliver , she reaches her husband's homo ns a gover ness , and finally by her exhibitions of gen lioness ness nnd lo\n inuoh cade.irs herself to the entire household. In the meantime she has been sutlerinc from an incurable disease , and knowing bho may dlo at any tlmo , desires above all things to make- herself known to her husband and obtain tils pardon. This ho JiuallygrauU , and when tUo cUUdreu again ' mil her mother Iho sudden shock of jov o\or comes her , and she dies wltb hrr'fnmilt niimiul her. Tlio French authors , with uut wonderTal knowledge of human natnro nnd stngo-ciaft lor which they nro colcbralon. lm\o evolved ti difltiia. the story underplot nnd ilot ot which nioJntoiostlng nnd touching In extreme. Indeed the moU blaso thontrii. goers are not inoof against Miss Morris' won del fid symj > alh tjo powers in the principal pail , and ns the Xew York Hcintd pootliiiliv puts it : "Miss Million , liUon inlnbow , la seen through the falling diops. " This play has been chosen by the actress for her re entree lieic on Wednesday ei on * lug next , when she will doubtless repeat the tiiuinphsfilip has won In otnor pirts pla.uvl hen ? . On Tlunsdaeonmg Miss Mould will appear In "Aitlclo 47. " Sale of seals open to-motrow. fANTASMA. The world-renownod H.inlon Brothers1 grand spectacular tally ptodiictlon , "Fan tnsma , ' will again bo piosontod at Hujd'i opeia house next Frldaj and Satuulny , AVIll Co Into IttifllncoN. 7r. Franklin S. Smith , who has for ten > onrs past boon connected with the I'nlon Pacific land department , latcrly nstownilln agent , has leslgucd his position to go Into business for himself , lie has occupied a most responsible position , nnd Haltering In ducements to ronmin with the land depnit * muni were hold oul to him , which. IIOWOA or , lie was compelled to decline. Ho has deter mined to go Into the real estate business \ \ Ith Mr Wat nor L. Welch , who has occupied .1 position ot responsible tiust In the quurtor * master's olltco fet jonrs past. The loam Is a good one , and their ft lends will wish them nil MICPOSS in their new UMitinc. Mr. Smith's tlio * : sli training In the service of the land ( lep-vtmout will en.xblo him to do a good bitMiipis in Notnnskii town lot * , In which cpocios ot town prupcity lie Islnigoly lntet cstod. _ Uulldlim I'oi-mlttt. Suporintcndonl Whitlook isstiod build- ins pcrmils yesterday us follows : Charles Gardner , 2 one-story ftamo cot tages , Nineteenth and Slioinmn . Sl.OOJ J. A. Lawrence , twostorliamodwoll - Inir , Spiueu lictwoen Twenty-second nnd Twontjfourth . l.'JOO Boltus Clamor , ono-s-toix framu cottage , ffinenteonth nnd Hitkniy . 500 II. K. Llvosoy , fjnme dwullfns , Twenty- tirntli nnd Capitol uumiio . 'JOO K.V. . Hulso , two-stoiy frame icsldenco , Sixteenth near ( Srnoo . . . 2fi03 Flo pei mild nggi egaling . 50,000 toVeil. . KO McCnlloeli granted marriage licenses yesterday to the following pav- ties : Name. Kosidenco. Ago. ( W. 8. Knapp . Omaha . 27 ' ( Annie Ishmaul. . . .Omaha . HI i H. N. Yapp . Omaha . 23 \ Hattlc K. Hood. . . .Omaha . 21 i It. P. Peterson . Omaha . 'ii ] Carrie LiiMin . Omaha . 2.1 i Kniloll KniKp. . . .umilia . " > ! j Barbara MoiUo. . . . Omaha . ai Winter Suits. W. P. O'Neill commenced suit In UIQ county coml jCbtoulay ngulnst Cnssell A , Co. lor S225 toi money bond. H , Kalish commenced suit iu Judiro Me- Culloch's court ycstoiday to sectiro SKK ) trom J. Arondct lei commission on ical estatu hales. Moiris Mori isou commenced action Iu the disti let comt jcsteiday lo got possession Irom William Klgg of eleven acics ol land near Floience nnd lo ( pilet Iho title to thu bamo. Another Constinu Acolrcnt. Kd Vandorpool , oxpioss agent for tha Wolls-Fnigd company at tlio B. it M. depot , mot with an accident whllo t-oastlng with n paityol gentlemen on Pucllic stieet Fiiday evening. Two lia\oiseis collided , and Mr. Vandei pool's ilghl font wascuuhl In such a maiinui as to rtialu his ankle .sinen-ly ami lumovo the cutlclo fiom tlio tip of his lllllo too to his Uneo p.m. The injured gcutlummi will be coiihned to the house tot a tow days. _ Another Suit Against I < Jljertii. ( Constable Kdgoiton Is Iniliilging iu Ilia luxiiiy of another damage .suit. Ho hasn't paid all of the ? 2i.OOO that Mis. Fountain dcjiiiiiided ol him , but Is now asked to gho Sl,00ilo ( F. B. Kobeitson who eommoncod snil in the county comt yottciday asking damages In thoabo\o amount lei an alleged w 10114111 ! detention ol goods taken by Kdnei- lon to secuie a jinlgmont obtained against Kobeitson In Justice Berka's couit. OoniMilssioncrH The enmity commissioners ycsteiday the contiact tor tiiinishing 100 tons of coal foi the county at S'.V-'S pci ton to C. Ii. Havens it Co. An m dor was ghen to KioU Kious for SO do/on brooms at § 2.Ti ( per dozou. The bids for IninMiing the stationeiy lei the dlileiont county olliees were opened and held open lot consideration. Itccoption. The ladles ol the Thiid C'nngrogntlnnaHst society will hold a locepllon at tlio churdi , corner Nineteenth and Hpruro streets , for tholr now pastor nnd wlfo , Mr. and Mrs. IVnnlman , luixtThuisday ovuning , January 18 , Irom H to 10. The consiicgatlon and fi lends aie cordially Invited , Senator Van \Vjok. WASHINGTON' , 1) . C. , Jan. 11. To the Editor of tlie Bii : : : 11 is hard for those who do not seethe tendency which capi tal has of drifting towards oppression lo understand Ihe interest with which the Van Wyek campaign is being watched by the nisiss of politicians , statesmen and capitalists congregated hero at the capi tal of the nation. The most moagro re ports are pounced upon and voraciously devoured , aud Iho most unreasonable and absurd distortions of Iho press urn perused with eagerness. It can bu easily observed that the opinion of Ilio majority hero is lhat General Van Wyck will bu Ids own successor , but , of course. , owing to the uncertainty of politics , all ideas upon tha result of the campaign are pef- moated with doubt. Whatever may bo the surprises of the future , it is to bu hoped that as the remedy for existing evils must como in the way of legisla tion , thu people of Nebraska will fix thu anchor of their doiiondoiici ) on a man of tested and unshaken Intogiity , nnd at least in the present crisis , in ono of Jong and varied oxpurionc.0 in publlo Hfo , By all moans should those men hit avoided who have accumulated wealth through the inlluoiioo of monopolies , and are now seeking the ballots of the people in oidur to save themselves from the dreadful alternative of having nothing to do but nuraii their gouty legs and foot over their punt life and present inac tion. ( Jiiiieral Van Wyck has always denounced - nouncod with withering iini the aristoc racy of wealth , which is fully as contemptible - temptiblo as the aristocracy of fashion or blood , if not more so. Ho is now en deavoring to arouse the people to a just appreciation of tholr power , that they may not bow down with truckling servil ity to ilio insignia of weallh unaccom panied by merit , but pour forth their voices against those who deny the claims of the unfortunate to their assistance. May honest Van Wyck succeed in wip ing away the plaguu spots that have ap pealed ujioii the facn of Nebraska , that the rosy lines of health may again bloom upon her checks. UKANIMI. MACKEV. Speaker Ilarlan. Yuri , 'J'tmci. Our people recmed the news of Mr , liar- Jan's election 10 tlio spoalterMiip with grout enthusiasm. It Is the highest honor CUT con ferred upon a citizen of Vork county , and Is so spontaneous and unanimous as lo tw highly grutlfilng. The iinanlinoiw favor with widen Ids election Is received by the press of the slaty , Is surprising. Not a ivoid of criticism has been uttered , Mid all Jolu in commending the action of the rcpublicAUb ol the house.