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THE OjttAHA DAILY BEE : 3TKIDAY JANUAHY 28. 1887. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. 1TOMS OF ROB'C'llrTIO' * ! Dallr ( Mnrnldir Edition ) Including Sunday liter. , Onn Year . . . $1001 rnr Six Month * . fine 1'or Thrno Month * . . , . 2K Ttio Onmbn Sunday DnR , mnlled to any , Uno Year. . . 2 OC OMAHA Ornrr , No. Mi AVD si's FARVAM Rinitn1. Nrw YnnK ornrr. K > ' < * i us. Tnim-sit Ilitii.niMi. . W4IMINUTON UFrtCK , NO. M3 KOUHTttXTH STREET All communication * rclntlnu to news torial mallur fthould bo ud'lrouexl to the V.Dl ton 01 ilir. Ilr.R. IIUSINK8S IXTTr.UI ! ATI rui lne > slPtturn.ncl remittances should lx illt-of" ( Cl ( to TUB HER rtrm.tsm.sei COVIPAVV QuAllA. Draft * , check * mid po tntllco orders to be mode payutile to tlio onJar of tlio company THE BEE POBLISHIKliPW , PROPRIETORS , K. KOSKtt'ATKII , KDITOII. THK IIAITiY IJKI5. Rworn Statement of Circulation. State of Nebraska , I . , County | Bt ' ' ( Ipo. li. Tw-clmek , srcirlary of Tlm Hr < I'libllnhliiR company , does solemnly swcai Hint tlio ncttial clroitlatlon of the Daily lici lor \M-ukfcmllnKJan , 21st , lbS > 7 , was n1 follows : BRUmlav. .Ian. ifi . mm Htmilnv. .Inn 10 . Jil.OM jMotulav , , mn. IT . U , < v. Jan. IS . i Weilne < ilay. .Inn. 11 . 14.10 1'lnimlnv. Jan. ' . ' 0 . ll.ttV Friday , Jan. st . ll.oa A craco . ll.Ott tir.o. II. T/sciitTK. Sul'Rcrlbnl nnil swoin to In inv piesenci thla' u ilny of January A. 1) . , IHKT. N. 1' . Fntu ISKAU Notaiv Public. Oco. Jl. Tzxrlinck , beliiR first duly sworn deposes ntid .snjR that ho Is fierretixry of tin Jte-o PuhlMiInc company , that the actual nv e-raero dully clrculntloii of the Dullv Hue fo : thti month of Jnniiary. 18bf , was lO.ntS roplos forKulirnarv. 18bO. lO.Wf copies : for March JBM5 , 11 / ! ? ' copies ; for April. IbbO , 12,19 ; copies ; for May. IKN ) . iu-in ! copies : for June IbMl , la.SiiScoim" ) ; for July , Itvsfl.l'j.iniropies : for Alienist. 18M1 , 12 , 4&1 coppsfor | September 1835 , ! ; ) , ( ) copies ; for October , IbfeO , 18,0 * copies ; for November , 18SO , I3 , i3 copies : to : December , 1880 , 1,237 ! ! copies. QKO. 11. T/.sriiucK. hworu to mid subscribed before nit ! tills Is clavof Jnnuaiy A. 1) . 1KS" . | SKA1 , . | N. P. FKII. . Notary Public. COLUY has liitroilncutl a bill m.iking i si penitentiary offense to conduct n bucket shop in tills slate. Can It bo Ilia the Gage county .statesman has been buy ingshorl ? A NCW book is announced , "Why He Uolrayed Ilia Trust , " or "Tho Secrel Told. " If thi ) narrative is founded or "Whltmoro's recent actions , a largo sak is fissured. i THAYKII opens his term bj recommending an unwise appoititmoni In the case of Dr. Knapp. To completi Iho job ho should now endorse jS'obes as warden of the penitentiary. Tin : legislature is now up to its cars n work. The avalanche of bills is over \vliclmingtiiocommittcesaiul compolliu < : both houses to make up for lost time b > a stricter attention to business. "Tiiou fool and madman , " is a bunched tip bomb thrown at Dr. Miller's youmj man by the Hon. Charles I1' . Hrown. ll is sad , in this hour of democratic despair , to see such { jobs of gore hanging on the outer edges of the big , full moon. TnxAS , Indiana and West Virginia arc just now experiencing senatorial duat locks. Whitmoro might give up the kp.1 to those exciting contests , by informin < ; an anxious world how his vote was t > o cured against his alleged preference. DK KNAIT'S conlirniation as superin tondcnt of the insane asylum pays oil' ? dubt to Collector Post at tlio expense ol the insane of Nebraska. Dr. Knapp has no more qualifications for the positioi than the average country pill peddler. IT Is hard scratching among the stall press to gnd traces of satisfaction ovei the defeat of Van Wyok. A half a score of papers under railroad control an quotetl anil ivquot ; d by the monopoh orpins , but the list makes a sorry showing IT is a satisfaction to know that tin charge against Mrs. J. Kllen Foster , tin Iowa prohibitionist , to tlio cll'oct that slit had received $1,000 to betray the party has been proven false. Good name ii women who are politicians is tlio immo iliate jewel of their boom. A comtKSi'OMJKNT asks the question "Jf tlio Union Pacilio railroad was Jriendlj lo Van Wyok and Van Wyck to it , as has nil along boon claimed , why was the influence fluenco of that corporation withheld at n tlmo when it could havodonohim peed ? ' The correspondent's question answers Itself , THE W. C. T. U. o f Virginh la making great ado over "tho posi lion Mrs. Clnvoland has taken in tin chief social circle of the nation as a tola abstainer from all intoxicating drinks. ' U is a beautiful custom to bestow lionoi Where It is duo , but with Colonel Dai : nnd ( Jrovor in the white house , Fraukii lias no more clmnoo to drink than did tin nmiablo , ngrconblo and charming mother Ill-law of Daniel Qnilp when that red' nose dwarf hold the decanter. THE latest news from Lincoln is to the effect that unless the Hun's reporter.- show moro "civility" in their commonta on railroguo momburs , those hldu-bouiul figure heads will attempt to oust tin newsgathcrs , It would bo a charming spectacle , would it not , to see Agoo throw iv UKB reporter through the window : Indeed , it would bo so novel in its waj that wo almost fool Ilka sacrificing r man or two. AM , the newspaper men must takt warning from the sad iato of Kdltoi Blmrpo , of Oconlo , Wis. Just as long it ! ho attended to his duties as editor of tin Enquirer n little paper in his little town his life was as pleasant as a fairj tale. Leaving his humble sanctum tc flirt with tlio seductive sirens of wart caucuses nnd county conventions , hi : history Is written among the "P's,1 politics , postou'ico , penitentiary. IN Newark , N. J. , the other day , sovot ; colcstials , led by Sam Fee , forsook tin faith of the flowery kingdom and out oil their "pig-tails. " The tradition of tin Chinese is a pretty one , that on rcsurrec tion morn old Shang-lo is to takt thorn by their queues and pull t litin ) ovci the dark river to everlasting Ijfo. Tin eastern liuen-3.tarehcrs doubtless belicv < as one of their misguided Wyoming brethren ron , to tuo efluot that "Chinaman ho llvi in Mi'lica but go to hello ullo samei like Molican nmn. " I'tish the Clint-tor. The Dpuglas delegation should push the charter to a prompt consideration. Kverithing depends on united and hard work. Several changes remain to bo made , especially the change in the sec tion giving the council tlio power to ex tend the city limits. As at present drafted the whole value of this section is destroyed by the exclusion of incorpor ated suburban villages from the opera tion of the city ordinances. This should certainly be eliminated from the charter in fcpUn of all tlio threats and promises wltli which interested individuals are assallinn tlio delegation. Such exclusion woultl put it in the power of any portion ol our suburbs to block nil extension of cilj jurisdiction. A handlul of. persons could incorporate an addition to Oniahr as a suburban village and reap the ben clit of city taxes in adjoining improvements monts without contributing n dollai towanl tlioii cost. So far ns Soutl Omaha is concerned , the city council has pledged itself to exclude that community from the operation of the law in response to the wishes of the principal owners The pledge will bo carried out. Hill other sections are already moving to in corporate as villages for the express pur pose of evading the operation of the law , anil unless it is changed it will bo practi cully worthless in carrying out the Intenl for which it was drafted. Omaha is vitally interested in the passage sago of her new charter which has boot agreed upon by our citizens and sub stanttally is satisfactory in the form ir , which it goes before the legislature. Van Wyck'H Speech. The clarion notes of General Vat Wyck'.s speech before the legislature art ringing throughout the state. The brave and manly renewal of his pledges to the people , the bold exposure of the wrongs from which the public are sulVering ai the hands of corporate monopoly , and the earnest appeal to the legislature to takt prompt steps to carry out the wishes o their constituents , have touched the pop ular heart , cemented moro closely the bonds which bind him to the producer ; of this state , and won him friends it quarters from which ho never looker for support. In spite of defoa and disappointment , nnd facing tlu scoundrels who had sold him out for : mess of railroad pottage , General Var Wyck most ofl'ectually gave the ho ti the charges that ho was a trimmer ami hypocrite. He had nothing to gain ii that hour when the cheers were stil echoing which had greeted the choice 01 his successor. Ho had everything to lose among his opponents by flinging oiict moro thn gauntlet of the people's right : full in the face of ( lie corporate hunch men and monopoly tools who had com passed his defeat. A trimmer woulil havti glossed over the situation by mean ingless platitudes about "the for tunes of war" and the wiilies o ] the majority , and applied the salvo ol hypocrisy to the wounds of a bitter con Ilict. Voicing , as he always does , the sentiment of the people , General Van Wyek was ouco moro the people's spokes man. \ \ ithout rancor , without bitter nc s , with no visible resentment in lii < tones , he bravely set the ko3r-note for thu future in unremitting warfare for popu lar rights as against tlio wrongs and the shameful political methods from whicli the people of this state are suffering al tlio hands of the monopolies. The man Who has boon accused of secretly curry ing favor among the railroads met their representatives face tc face anil rebuked the presumption ot his accusers by planting himself anil his following more firmly than ever on the unyielding ground of immutable justice tico and popular sovereignty. General Van Wyck is a strong , an able , and an honest man ; a born leader witli a remarkable following , a popular repre sentative with a national reputation , a champion of the most intelligent , tlu mo.st industrious and the best elements ol our citizenry. Such a man cannot hi suppressed. Ho rises superior to torn porary defeats. The people , whose cause lie has faithfully championed , will set that they do not le > so their advocate am loyal friend. Intci-Stnto Commerce Commission The inter-state commerce bill creates : commission of live persons , to bo ap pointed by the president anil conlirmuU bj the senate. The commissioners first ap pointed are to continue in ollico for tin term of two , three , four , live anil six years respectively , from the first day of Jan uary , 1887 , the term of each to bo ties ignatcd by the president , but their sue ccssors shall be appointed for terms o six years , except that appointments tc vacancies shall bo only for the unexpiret term. The president may remove a com missionur for incllicioney , neglect o duty , or malfeasance in ollico. Not mort than tlireo of the commissioners shall be appointed from the same political party No one otlicially connected with or interested torosted in any common carrier subjccl to the provisions of the act can bo a member bor of the commission. The commission ers are not permitted to engage in anj other business , vocation , or employment Kach commissioner shall receive an an ntial salary of $7,500 , nnd all necossari expenses for transportation incurred in miiklng any investigation in any othoi place than in the city of Washington where the principal ollice of the commis fiton shall bo located and its general scs slons held. A very wide latitude ) is given to the an thority of the commission. It may in quire into tlio management of the busi ness of all common carrion subject to the act , requir ing of tlwim full information as to tluiii manner anil method of doing business the production of their books , papers tariffs , contracts , arguments and doeii monts relating to any matter under in vestigation , and take testimony relativt thereto. It may invoke the aitl of anj United States court to carry out id authority. It shall receive and invcsti gate complaints against any commoi carrier subject to the act , nnd when i common carrier fails to satisfy a com plaint the commission shall determine what reparation , if any , should bo made , such finding to bu deemed prima facie evidence in all judicial proceedings. Ii is authorised to require annual report ! from all common carriers subject to tin act , and specific answers to all question ! upon which thu commission may need in formation. These reports must cOntaii in detcil all facts showing the condition business , and general financial opera tious of the common carriers making them. The commission is required te keep a record , of every vote and olllcial net , and its procccd'nc ? shall bo public upon the request of cither party inter ested. It will make annual reports te tile secretary of the interior. Any partj may appear bsfore the commission nnd bo hoard in porjon or by an attorney. The great importance of having llic commission compoed of thoroughly capable and trustworthy men , who will carry out its provisions firmly and impar tially , makes the question of who the presielont may appoint one of great , am oven anxious , interest. There appears te be a most abundant supply of acceptable material , anil Mr. Cleveland's dilllcultj will bo in selecting Iho best out of sc much that is worthy , Ho ought certainly to bo able to form a commission that wll entirely satisfy the obvious demands ol this now experiment in legislation am meet the expectations of the country For the first year or two at least the law will bo on trial , and there will bo greatci solicitude regarding the ability and character actor of the first commission than wil perhaps ho felt concerning those of the ! future. Everybody understands the sorl of men who are required for the impor taut duties under this bill , and there i.s IK reason to eloubt that the president wil make his selections so carefully ant wisely as to respond fully to the poptilai conception. n Civil Pens-Ion Tjlst. The tendency to enlarge the paterna functions of the government increase from year to year. There is a class o benevolently-disposed people , some o whom get into emigres * , who believe it ti be the duty of the nation lo assume al sorts of obligations with respect to tin care , comfort and welfare of its citi'/.cn in addition to its legitimate duty of preserving serving to them "life , liberty , and tin pursuit of happiness. " At every sessioi of congress some measure is introduce ! intended , at the expense of the publii treasury , to help some portion of the pco phi lo better their situation in life , fo which the government is in nowise re sponsiblc. These philanthropic scheme ; have from time to time referred toalmos every material relation , anil could thej be collected would present a most inter esting exhibit of the crude ideas am singular caprices of some men who havi sat as legislators regarding the function ! ami duties of government. A ricl treasury and great ami growing resources with a system of taxation which provide1 moro money for public u e than tin necessities of tile governnu'iit , wisely ad ministered , requiie , invite such method of reprisal upon the public treasury. A few days ago there was Introduce ! in the house of representatives a bill ti provide for the creation of a civil ponsioi list , and such logislat'on ' was not then foi the first time proposed. It provides thai persons in the civil service of the gov eriiment who have served a period o thirty years or more shall be entitled le be retired with a pension. It i not at al likely that any such measure could pas : congress. As at present constituted , tin house at least would not vote benefits U men in public ollieo whose political allili ations for the past twenty-five years liavi not been insvmpatliy with the majority ol that body , and there are lew others U whom such legislation would bring ani early advantage. The danger of such .1 bill becoming a law is not immediate , though legislation of this kind in the fu ture , if the itisposition we have noted con tinues to grow , is not improbable. Fur thennoro , in copying most of the civil service sy.stom in England wo may in time accept the whole of it , ine'linling pensions. Hut for the present itissulli- ciont to say of such a proposition that if would have an extremely limited populai support. Independent of the fact that tin pension demands upon the government are now extremely heavv , the idea of pensioning government clerks is out which tlio people of this generation wil not tolerate. There is not a valid reasoi why the government should assume the obligation of providing after a term o years for those who entered the serviei of their own option , eagerly seeking the the opportunity , ami have remained in i voluntarily. Sueli a policy is not consist cut with our governmental system , am it is not desirable to establish any sucl additional inducement to ollice-seeking Wo pension the soldier for his sull'ering ! and bacriliees. That is as far as the na tion can wisely and justly extend it benefactions. TUB senate ag.un decided on Wednesday day that the Albany colored man Matthews , is not wanted as recorder o deeds of the District of Columbia. Then were throe republican votes in his favor but double this number of democrat ! ! votes were cast against him. It is no probable that the president will make any further effort to have "tho colorei man recognized in polities" in the porsoi of Matthews. Thu fight against him ha been made chiefly on the ground o "home rule" by the democrats of thoDis triet , who resented the importation of i New Yorker to fill one of the most lucrn live olllccs at the national capital , hold ing that it unjustly ignored the claims o reputable ami deserving democrats then and was in violation of the national plat form of the party regarding torritona appointments. U appears that so far ai the business of the ollice is concerned Matthews has carricil it on satisfactorily One thing is certain , ho has had a fat jol for several months , having got thn benefit fit of the real estate boom of the summer and ho will return to Albany miles something else is found for him consid erably belter off in pocket than when h went to Washington , besides haviii ] gained a grea t deal of notoriety. WR r.EAiis from reliable authority tha our reporter was mistaken in asoribiiif the action of Governor Thayer , with re ginl : to Dr. Knapp , to thu influence o Senator Majors , Thu governor had , afte mature reflection , reached the eonulu slon moro than a week ago that Dr Knapp'is confirmation as superintonden of the insane asylum would put an end ti further controversy. The rcsponsibilit. for the change was with the board o public lands and buildings , and the governor ornor has deemed it best in thu micros of harmony among the state oillcors ti let the senate confirm thu appolntmcn made by his predecessor. This puts ; different light upon the matter , and show conclusively that Governor Thavur' credulity was not imposed upon by any body , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "TiiK Fisheries Dispute" is the title o a half column telegram appearing al most every day. It is strange ( hat i country as strong and powerful as tin United States claims to beshould tolernti so much comment on a half barrel o boarding house salt mackerel , when wall eyed pike are so plentiful.- WHAT Stl.YIjTj WR IJX Do tlio Knllronels Control the ttirc ? LiNCOi.X , Neb , Jan.57. fKdilorial Cor responelonco of the HKI : . ] 1 am not hen now to renew the bitter strife of the scna tonal campaign , t will only remark a the outset that members who came hen pledged to Van Wyck's competitors am carried out fhcir pledges In good faitl have no cause to foir : the resentment o their constituents , and ccrtnlnly linvo n < ground o ! just complaint against mo. ' . do respect a man who honestly differ with mo on any qttestion , and have m fault to Hud with these who did not nai under fal'0 colors. 1 have not been nnd could nebo bo too fiovoro in flooring s ; > le deserters and conspirators. In the Ian punge of Hief at the first joint cession Inv Wednesday , "It Is treason to the slate,1 ami there is no higher crime on th criminal calendar than treason. 1 hnv said It from the stump time and agaii that a man who sells out and betrays hi people should bo dealt with like a horse thief. Since my return to the capital I has- been asked what may wo expect fron < hU legislature. H there an ; hope of relief for the poopl from a legislature that is s badly elt > moral/ed ! ? I must confes I am as yet unable to roach * ny conelu siem on that score. A round majority o tiio members came hero with honest intentions tontions and desirous to do the riirh thing , but I have grave doubts about Ihei ability to withstand the corporate pros sure. Tlio railroguos are still here in fill force. John M. Thurston , of the Unioi Pacific , and Dowecso ana Charley Green of the H & M. , have not given up the ! criminal practice. Thurston may go ui to Columbus for a day or two , but he ha loft enough aids in iniquity to giv elleclive assistance lo the U. & M. gang The notorious Paul Vandorvoort , wh is on the Union Pacilio pay roll is still hero playing rallroiii stool-pigeon among the Gram Army boys. I could find fiiull with thi bloated blatherskite for making a vigor oils tight against Van Wyck , whom h considered as a personal enemy. IJu what business has lie here now ? Thor is no occasion for camp-fire stories Irena a man who never came within a hundrei miles of a b.itlli ! , nnd no honest man cat allbrel to countenance his imposture. Thurston's assistant adjutant , Gurle.v is still prancing around the hotels am b.ir-rooms , making himself useful as : decoy for Hie sake of "tho grand oh party , " and going through an apprentice ship with Frank Walters , Doc Ulair am John Sahler as tutors in political chican cry. It is a pitiful spectacle to see : well-raised , young man throw Inmsel away in the company ol dead beats am political lepers. Cams , the Suwarel county reprobate also lingers hero as an emissary of th railroaiN. Tobo Castor and hi. righ bower , Alloy , of Saline , arc elbowin ; around among the democratic members while the burly Uichanlson , of Hulle county , another monopoly lobby ist , is doing general utility work Those are only a few amou ; the force that is operating upon the legis lature and decoying members into tin gilded nnd baited trans. Any one familiar with the peculiar Indies of th railroiyl lobby must feel as I do 'in view ing the situation. There is er-rUiuly : very poor outlook for legislation in tin interest of the people unless by a desper ate resolve tlnS men now m the deaillj coils of the monopoly anaconda all-ill bj a elosporato effort cut loose and stand ii ] to do their duty. Tno effort of Ageo , who is simply a Hur lington coupling pin , to stave oil actioi on the part of Hie house in its cndonvo to abolish the bogus railroad commission shows plain as the nose on n nian'.s faei that the railroad managers mean to per pntuuto this costly fraud. The delay ovci night , which Ageo secured , will give then lime lo count noses and sel their pins t < defeat Ihe bill. If the railro-ul commis sion can't bo wiped out this legisla lure might just as well pigeon-holi all railroad bills and devote the balance of their time to othe important business. They had bette appoint a committee lo wait on Mr Holdrcgo ami beg him lo recall his cap pers and shy.stor.s. so that the Icgislalun can have ) time to attend to the slate in slitutions. Holdrego is the creator of tin railroad commission , llo was on tin floor himself two years ago , with th railroad lawyers , carrying on the tlis reputable and lawless work , which n < self-respecting body of law-maker would havo'allowed. The effort to con tinuu this bastard commission , conceivei in fraud and begotten in iniquity , i again evidently inspired anil sustainci by this man Holdrcgo , who does not scon to remli/.o that a long-sulTuring and pa tient ucoplo may resent Ins Insolent am outrageous interference with their law makers. K. KOSBWATKII. Tun chestnut boll has passed out. Mr Ageo continues to talk. It would appon that the theory of "tho survival of th fittest" is a false one. K1MJ.S AM ) QU13I-JNS. Queen .Marguerite ' df Italy Is writing book of fables. The Kinpress of Russia Is an expert shn with a rifle , and has laiiges for practice at nl her residences. Tim prince of Walts Imvlntr expressed ; deslro to have the 'pair ' of spurs worn b Krcd Arclier when ho rode Ormonde in hi last race at Newiwuki-l , tlio executors h.iv scut them to his royal highness , tosethti with the .saddle used on the occasion. About ilnrch 1 the prince of Naples wil set out on a tlueo months' Journey In Syrl ami Palestine , Queen Victoria's eonchmakers have jus fuiblshed up onu of her six state coaches fo the jubilee this year. ' Queen Victoria's Xinv Year's cifts to th poor of Windsor incliuli-d 1,000 prime joint of beef and 10 } tons of coal. The czar of Uussla threatens to send an ; one to Siberia who ventures to supgest thu the czarewitch's health Is falling. In calling the son of Princess Bcatrlc "Ills Highness , " Queen Victoria has made i decided Innovation In UrltUh court nomeii ulature ; or perhaps revived a style that ha for centuries sluiuberttel In Innocuous dosue tude. 1'ractlc.illy It is the founding of n nev order of princes , to rank Immediately afte those of the blood loyal , and before th dukes. Kmperor William of Germany recent ! ; tnado a Joke fpr thn first time In ids llfu. Oi the eighteenth anniversary of His entry Inti the army one of his doctors tried to proven him from golng-to the open window to re turn the salutations ot tlio assemblages out , slite. Ills majesty replied : " 1 irtustgo. II is noon , and Hacdekor's Guide says that I am visible , at the window nt-thls hour. " Queen Victoria Intends to go to Alx-les- Halns at Easier for tlireo weeks. Hoi majesty , Mho will bo accompanied by Prlnross Hoatrlco and Prince Ilonry of Hat- tcnberjr , will prolmbly leave Windsor Mon day , ( heIth of April , crossing In the roya ! yacht , the Victoria and Albeit , from Ports mouth to Olicrbourg , and proceeding from that point diicct to Alx-lcs-lJalns by special train. 'Iho prince of Naples ciown prince ol Italy , will , at the beginning ot March cm- bark for a voyage In the Savora to Syria am' ' Palestine. The land route will comprise Uoyrout , Damascus , Jerusalem nnd CalTn , 01 St. Giovanni d'Acre , find will , It Is thought , take three months. It Is salil the prince will visit the Italian possessions In the lied Sea but these possessions do not amount to much Undo ilooVs Itoom. /.oiihrlltf Conwifrclul. Uncle .loo McDonald still nurses his proM dptitl.il bexim. With the exception of a broken b.irkshero the Indiana democratic caucus stepped on It , It Is as good as now. Somotlilntr to Make Merry Over. ( Vifrnf/o llrmM , It appeals that John Sullivan's arm was btelteu on Canlilt's head. Xow If Jehu could hieak his head on Oarilltt's fist then \\oulil be something to make merry over. AVn lilMKton Idfc. KJiiiifn t'i i < fffnffim. Three novels of Washington life are sili to bi > In retiree of pieparation. This Is well nt the same time there ate some phases o Washington lite too novel to be dealt \\ltli It a novel. lfo l-j\perloncr. Mnlnm 'Tis not the happiest nor the purest llfo 'lhat Is the rirliest In its coloring , 'Tin not the highest spheie that holds the win hi can brlmr. The sun Is pale whoa In high heaven , bin when H falls , it Rafheis Holiness from the eaith And gives ncuin Its beauty In the west. From underneath a letl and gulden girth. And who would live a life unmnircd b.t pain And lime but rainless days unglonmcd bj cloud' . ' So miit-hol lull experience wo gain Is purchased by those Ills that thleklj eiowel. S l 'lteltl TI113 I'EOPIjH. Tlio Soimtonnl Ilomilt. ns Vlowcel I ) ] the Public. CIUxe-uorT , Neb. , Jan. 20. To the Kdi tor of the 15ii : : : The senatorial cemtest if over anil the people have beo'i defraudet of their choice by traitors 5u their owi camp. But mark it , there is a day of re taliation , and those Benedict Arnold ! will yet reali/.e that their mi.sreprcsenta tion of the Mishes and desires of their con stituents will mot with sure and swif punishment. Cuming county feels prom of its noble representative , Hon. J. II Barrett. All honor to him. Hounded 01 all sides by representatives of corpora tious , cappers and boodle operatives , lie nobly withstood their combined efforts , and remained by the "old man" froir fiist to last. Mr. Barrett has eiishrinei him plf in the hearts of the people o : Cuming county by the manly stud he took in the contest , and he will ever be gratefully remembered here. So , too , will be remembered , but in a dillorenl way , the scab em humanity , one l < "rank Fuller , who misrepresenli'd this senator ial district. Pledged to the support ol Van Wyek , ho basely deserted him from the very .start , and my advice to this noneiity is not to show himself in this end of the district. Judging from the remarks made by several reservation set tlers , he is apt to meet with a reception that would not be conducive to his health or personal appearance , "if we are to be defrauded this w.iy year in and year out , " said ono stalwart farmer , "the sooner a stem example * is mail1) of one or two of the traitors , the more likely we are to have straight goods in the future. " Mister Fuller will tul\i ) heed. Our people are for Van Wyok and the principles he represents forever more , and the olel man i.s nottlead yet by a round majority. JrtvriCK. THI ; wiu , ov Tin : rr.oir.i : W.I.T.A nn. : Ilr.imo.v , Neb. , Jan. 2IJ. To Ihe Kdilot of llio lici : : "Heiimoseal in pace. " Thu reads Iho peroration of an article pub lished in the Lincoln Journal on last week anil written by a gentleman of stal wart corporate proclivities Irom Hebron , Thayer county , Nebraska. Nay , we .snail not let him rest. The defeat of Charles H. Van Wyek for the United States senate by the twentieth Nebraska legislature is increased evi dence of the strength of eorporaln power in Nebraska winch power seeks , at all times , to undo the sovt-reign will ol the people at largo. To-day , the majority of the people in this county espouse and advocate the prmcMples which Ihe senior senator so nobly defended both upon the stump and m the hulls of leginlalion. The alarmingly inereasing power of all corporations gains day by day , gradually swallowing the individuality of those who depend entirely upon hard work as a means of support for themselves and families. Tlio defeat of Charles II. Van Wyck is the defeat of the will of the pjqplo in this county , and wi : I'oliovo in almost every county in this commonwealth. But ho will ere long rise again. Ho is to-day the ) foremost leader of the anti-monopoly party , and if ho selects upon Iho expiration of his term in the senate to make Nebraska his home , ho will infuse fresher and warmer blood in thi ) movements and operations ot that party which t > day is the only party that endeavors by its humane ef forts , though ignominumsly scowled at by corporations anil their designing tools , to rmnovo the shackles of bondage from the masses of honest toilers. His defeat , in our judgment , though wo arrogate no superior wisdom to our selves , is the rise and growth of the anti-monopoly party independent of de mocracy and republicanism. Nay , ho , too , will not rest , not even sleep ; he will rise higher and higher in thu piano of manly independence ; ho will eontlnuo in the organl/.ation of his fol lower 4 moro untiringly than over hereto fore , and they , in return for his /ealous endeavors to free them from bonoed mo nopoly of pnlf , will rally to his standard. By no means do wo look upon Iho stilletto lhat did pierce the heart's corn of thn pooplu'H defender as being directed towanl him solely but wo regard it , ami so iloes every fair minded voter freofrom bias nnd unhampered from corporate monopoly , that it was a direct slab at the liteV blood courbing in the body of the people. S , TlirVlJj HKMKMIIEU WII1TMOHK. VAM.IV , Nob. , Jan. iiO. To the Uditor of the BKK : The almost unanimous voice of the neighbors of Mr. Whitmore , both republicans und democrats , coincides with your editorial in Tuesday's BUB Wo nominated and voted for Mr. Whit- more as a straight Van Wyck man. Hoe o expressed himself to us publicly and privately. Wo sant him to the legis lature to ' 'stay with" Van Wyekism to the bitter oad , and wo undorstooJ him pledgcil to do no , although we remember now with an "understanding11 mine ! that ho refined in the Republican Valley eau- eus last fall to go to the county conven tion "pledged" for Van Wyck , Wo are ) glad to learn so early in his career that he U a railroad man. Wo hope to have the opportunity of rcincmhuriiu ; It at the polls in the future. MKMOKV. tin ? Mo-N'OKQr.ir.8 itu.inu.-i : . IitVl.SOTO.v , Nob. , Ja.n. 37 To the Editor of the Brr. In the election o United Stales . enalor in Nebraska ca.r anyone think the will of the majority ol the electors has bee n voiced t A vast majority of the republican vor } vt of this state evidently elesire.il the reelection tion of Senator Van Wyck , ami many en the democratic party preferred him te anyone else outside of their ranks , am not rcallv because he lielel any elistinc lively democratic notions , but simply be cause in congress ho championed overj interest of our state and every interest ol the great majority nt large , lie may mil have been above criticism in regard te his own personal ambition or persona qualities ns a man , yet in Ihpso respect ; 1 presume he is more than a fair average among his compeers. But I would a < 4 what has he done us a champion of am cause * that ho has deserved defeat. He has done everything that shemld entitle him to success and the enconiums of r great ppoplu. " 'Tis nut in mortal It commaml success , Sempronhis , bu t wo'l do belter , we'll elesorye it. " Such is tnn of Van Wyek , anil everyone tlm has manfully stood by him it the strucrglo against Ids wanton opposeis He is ridiculed for his pretenses of belli } : a friend of the poor man while ho pos sesscs a large fortune of his own. The questiem is , eliel he got his fortune by defrauding the poor man ? lle'securei his fortune in the same way every pool man woulil , if he could" His cour.-si might , for aught I know , be an in pira tion to the poor man. No poor man with an ounce of braim will think the loss of him for his wealth and nouo the less is he the champion o the poor man's interests. Van Wyck ha1 made a national reputation , and one tha has rellected honor on our state , and ha : been feared for his advocacy of measure1 adverse to grinding monopoly line tyranny. In his absence seoundrelisii will lift again moro boldly its delian lieail in the halls of congress , anil soulles1 monopoly will "thank 'the doyil , ' am take courage. " In his elofeat I do not think our legish ture has done anything to feel proud of They have , through thn unseemly inllu emi'o of others , defeated thu will of the people. Van Wyek was the people's choice , 1ml a majority has not governed. J. P. I'uusroK , STATU ANI ) THUUITOllY. Nclirnolcn , Iol tin .i. Fremont hail forty-live funerals las year. Fnirl > nry claims a population of 3,000 anil cries out for a new hotel. The reported shooting of two horse thieves near Hastings is denied , The Pawnee Republican nominate : General Van Wyek tor congress Iron the Big First in 18S8. The waterworks company of Neligl has the material on the ground to pipi the city as soon as the frost vacates. Kerosene oil scratched two victims ir Hartley last week , and e > levcn sinner : were rescued from ruination by the evan gelistie halter. Fred White , of Seribner. laid out 01 tlio prairie a month ago with a eargo ol liquor ami a blU/ard for companions , lie dietl la i week. The Baptists of Bed Willow read salvation by a bath in Bed Willow creek , surrounded by ice two feet thiek , while gaunt consumption hovers on the brink Half a hundred Lincolniles have pet ! tinned congress to abolish the lax on bogus butter. This would enable them to grease the wheels ot legislation ai a trilling expense. Herman Conrad , e > f Seribuer , mourns tnc death of an unclein Germany , but the brine of his fears is sweetened by a legacy of ; ? 10,000. The clouds of 'his gloom have a German silver lining. Contractor Danchy , of the Nebraska City extension of the Missouri Paeilic , ex perimented with dynamite cartridges and a hot ; stove at Weeping Wnter. The ex plosion lorn oil'an arm and blow out -in eye. He was badly elisligmed out still lives. The giddy girls of Arapahoe were hauled into e'ourl last wcelc and taxed a liberal sum for shampooing a masher with beer bottles. The victim was bald- heaileit , and the blind godeless , after feel ing his bumps , asbessed the ama/.ous $1 a hump. Two hundred residents of Gothenburg turned out , afoot and on horseback , to clean out the wolves , last week An in ventory of the expedition showed one .scurvy wolf , four escapes , thirteen lamn horses and a fraction less than a ton of lead wasted. Senator-Elect Paddock declined to name a day lor a public repetition by the eiti- /.ens ot Beatrice * , for the reason that he did not wish to put them to furlher trouble and expense. Ho thought thu money would bn better spent as a dona tion to the public library and enclosed a check for $100 lor that purpose. A horrible story comes from Franklin county , concerning the death ol Patrick and Charles MoDormotl. Several weeks age ) Patrick got drunk , wenl to sleep out ol doors , fro/.o both legs and both arms and had them ampnlateil. On Monday last Pal and jiis brother died , the latte'r from the nllecls of drinking the liquor with whieli his brother's legs and arms- had been washed. Whisper it not in Sehuyler , not oven to thn marshal. That vigilant official was the victim of a cruel joKu last week , and a half thousand ' 'tufera" have not stilled the laughter of thu town. Thu wjfo of Martin Ilebrie presentee ! him with a baby boy. Inquisitive ) children could not account for the addition to the population , so the nursery story of drop ping from thn clouds found adherents and gained in strength as ll spread. When the story reaeheii the marshal it was lhat the y filings tor was found on ( he railroad track in a gunny saek. To forrnt nut the lind anil punish tlm lieml WAS his lirst impulse , and giving his ollicial dig nity an uxtra twist ho marched on thn llnbrio mansion. The procession aug mented rapidly , unit when it reached iis destination the crowil was largo enough to frr.ie'i ! a dog ( igt. The result of the in vestigation will never be known , as llin marshal is per istenlly mum. Lmvu Tiuna county issued 170 marriage li cense in IKSO. The Kooky Fork Coal company , of Fort * ' . been incorporated Dodge , capital fl,00'JOJO.hin porated , Diibuqun has jusl listed her building improvements of last year , and aelds up ttlotalloao , ol. Knoxville is working on an $18,000 sys tem of water works ami it i.s nlfao to have an eleetrio light plant The running expenses of ( ho slate house for tlm last eight and one-half months of last ye < iir amounted to $1 1.U'0.17. Isaac Kastman , of Grinnell , ajretd sov- onty-.six , hied himself away to Chieago Inst week , where he was married to Airs. Dr. Bowers , aged sixty six , and I ho happy pair have taken a bridal tour to Vermont , The financial agontsof DusMoincs who went to Now York rei-ently to rmgotialo a sale of 3250,000 city bonds haves returned home wilh empty pockets. The eastern capitalists positively refused te come down. Scott county has forty-six leglstored physicians , thirty-fight of whom are of the allopathiu or regular Rchool , seven of the homcopalhiu , three ) eleetie , onu com bination and two are not ehf-Eilioil. Tluur average ago it > forty-four years anil ono inontli. An observing Iowa farmer risks the reputation of his prophetic- soul on the fact that the coming season will bo an unusually gond one for the raising of hinallgram Her ba.se > . his prophesy on the drouth of tlm past year , arguing that tlio ground wdl bo in botietvsliupu for re ceiving seed iic\t spring bv reason of its dryness nuel eonniqueut early warmth About W bilu-s of Clarimla petitioned President Perkins , of the Chicago , Bur lington & ( Juincy road lo stop running trains on Sunday. Mr Perkins replied that "when public opinion is so largely in favor of the e'i'ss.itioii of all Sunday work that the majority of people will not ship fre'lght except upon condition that it snail not bo trniisporlrd on Sunday , nudhen the majority of passengers will not travel on Sunday , I think that rail- voatl otllelals will glaelly avail themselves ' selves e > f the opportunity 'to discontinue the running of trains em that day. " Dakota. The Odd Fellow.s of Uapiel City are tliseu sing plans for a i20,00l ) hall. A well digger nt Brielgownter struck an abundance of mica at a depth of eighteen fee't. fee't.A A fourteen -year resilient of Itlsmnrck says the present winter is unquestionably the eoldi's : in all thai time. tA Sioux Tails younsr man nnniod \ \ illiams was persuaded to lap Ids tongue about a fro ly lamp post. Tlm greater part of his tongue is still lapped. Hapld City boasts wilh much vain prldo on the finely furnished nnd elegantly lilted saloons. "And musicians unex celled anywhere are employed to enter tain callers. " During the past week r > 00 additional patents were reevived in the United Stales land ollieo at Fargo , making about 2,000 patents received in the olllen sineo December 1 , 188(1. ( The Pm'itli ; Count. The street ear elnvers1 strike in Sun- Franei.seo eost the companies $70,000. liipo raspberries are being ( lathered In the gardens al Newcastle , Placer enmity. The Nevada legislaimo will repeal tint nnti-lreatint ; law passed at the last ses sion Judge Alfred Cowles , of Pownv " , Han Diego county , will bn 100 years "old m July. He'n Ilogan , the "enlivened pugilist , " is holding revival meetings in Wooellaml. Large crowds are in atleudancu daily. Tlm cost of maintaining thn stnto prison , asylum and orphans' homo ol Nevada for the Iwo lasl years was S180 , noo.wi. A rich silver mine , supposed lo haya been unrked in Ihei days ot the padres , has been discovered in the mountains near Santa Ana. A Santa Cruz constable arrested a man recently , and not wishing to put him m n cell for a trivial offense lie haneleulled the prisoner and his wife together and locked them in a hotel room , where ho found them all safe next morning. The train in which 1'aiti reached T.oa Angeles Irom Mexico had a nariow escape - capo iomewhero in Ari/ona. It got out of tlio control of the hands while running down a long grade , and for a consider able distance a speetl of eighty miles an hour was reached. Onu evening recently a clerk in a . toro in a .small mining town near Muriposa was fondling the household cat on thn store counter when n wild boar from an adjoining thicket rushed into tlm hoiisn and grabbed the clerk by the limbs , and before ho was rescued I'o was badly laseeratct ! about the legs and body. A Prn-Piatnrnof our Korofntlu11. " * ' Ufu 1'ilnc ( I/id Kilufc. It is sometin.es well to take a look back and see what our forefathers used to do in our own line of business. Before Iho advent of thn nairow loom and lancy cassimeres all goods were woven on the old broad hand loom , whieli was an immense institution , and usually owned by the weaver and sot up in one of his own chambers. It was uhviys accom panied by the old ' -bobbin wheel" and a large bowl or lub of water , in which to wet the filling- , the wheel being used to throw out tlm surplus water whieli left each bobbin of tilling ciqmillychargod with moisture. The bobbins were stacked up in thn window until used , sometimes kept covert'd with a cloth. From fifty to 100 bobbins were wet at a time. Only ono shuttle was used , and that a very heavy one. with Iwo largo double wheels undernealh , ami two single wheels on the side that ran against the reed. These wheels used to destroy tlio reed in time. ns the under wheels did thn race-board. There- was no box motion then. A piecu of strong twine was fastened to eaoh nicker anil brought to the center of the loom and fastened lo a handle which Iho weaver held in his righl hand , and with whieh Ihe slmlllo was thrown with great precision while ho workeel the lay with his left hand and the treadles with hit ) feet. The heat was a two-legged allair fastened lo the wimlow-sill , the seat part being at an angle of about forty-live de grees. It eould hardly bo called a seat , as the weaver .stood up while slttintr down , as it were. The yarn was let oil' from tin ) beam by hand , and Ihe cloth taken up in the same way , tlio arrange ment being very crude indeed , but very oflective ; made ho by tlm skill of thn weaver. The cloth was usually woven in the loom eleven or thirteen quarters wide , and , as might be expected , it cama from tlio loom very thin , but felt like a woolen board when tilled , in which statu it was generally sold by Inn small maun- faclurer , thn purchaser sending il to tha finishing mill. Besides tlio single looms in Iho homos of llio weavers there were what weirn termed "shops , " where a largo number of looms were run , usually owned by ono man , single looms being rented at IIIIH-H. As thorn was no power there ) was no bell , and no steam heat , the shops being warmed by the crudest kind eif stoves. When the short days of the year oamo , and it was time to light up , they usually had what was called "a lighting-lip mip- per , " and in Iho spring "a blowing-out supper. " Lighting was done with oil in the crudest kind of a lump , which was made by any tinsmllh , Thn amount of smoke made was fearful. The lamps were open , no glass in any form being used. Coal oil had not boon discovered , and lard oil was not then an article ) of commerce. The weavers were ) generally a very happy set of men , full of jest. song and story , and tlm original wit of SDinu of lliosn iniiii has made the fortune ) of lalnr imitators Thn weavers were often experts at raising window plants , and many of them eould imihoagond showing at any season of the year. Native song birds worn oftiiii kupt , and there was always some kind of pet. it may be a dog , cat or iome kind of bird , lhat was allowed thn freedom eif thn chamber. Money was not very plenty hiMirins worn unknown , Ijnt it lair share of happiness was bccnroil by tlm oM hand-loom weaver. Tim Speaker ol' llio AxHornlily or the Slain of Now York , STATU oi' Nr.w VOUK , ) AJ.'IANY. April 1(1 ( , IBbO ) My family for llio last twelve yemni ! iavo be-on using Allcoe-.U's Porous Plas ters , and havn found them wonderfully ) llicaeious in cexighs , colds ana pains in the side and back. About len years ago I was thrown from i wagon anil badly bruised. In thrno lays tliOKo plasters entirnly removed Iho mm anil sorenesj. Twice thny have unreel mo of MIVCW e-olts | which threat- jiied pulmonary ( rouble , Tlmy also e-ured ny mm eif rheumatism in tlio shouldtr , ; rein which ho had .sull't-red two years. J.uii.b W. At a meeting of Urn dirce-lors ol the Pa- jilio express eumpany. thi ) following Ilie-ers ue-rei e-li'rird K M Moi-Hinan , > risidi-iit and treisurcr , Charles Francis jimu , ir eil il-i-'n'i vjeo president , Will- am F Biflv I i .r . > und auditor ,