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caJtlcnmmx from the principal capitals of
Kuropc , which arc an exclusive featwc , and
the 'UKiial iniantlty of special tclcyraphto
news from all American ncics centers , the
Jlcc to-morrow will contain several lntcici < t-
inu specialties , ainonu ultlch may lie men-
tinned the following :
General Atlam llnilcaii's New York letter.
A letter from Clara Jlcllc.
Two Hoston letters.
A contribution from. Omar James.
A splcnilld literary httcrfrotn William J.
lioli , of New Yorli.
A Waihlnalfin letter from P. S. Heath.
An article on the Mormons In Xchimha ,
by A. C. Davenport.
In addition to all this , there will be the
iiKiinl quantity of carefully selected mis
cellany.
' lic Sunday Tlcc of to-morrow promises to
be a model paper.
Tin : real estate boom is at fever ho.nt
when Kansas City capitalists uro invest
ing heavily in Omnhn realty.
Mil. Goscnr.N , llio anti-Irish liberal
mugwump , has been defeated in Liver
pool. Homo rule is making steady ad
vances iu England.
iSvKiiv city and town in the state seems
to bo an applicant for a normal school
There is such a tiling as overdoing the
normal school business.
Nr.HitASKA has experienced , her first
shock ot earthquake. The popular in
dignation ever Van Wyok's betrayal is
supposed to bo responsible for the phe
nomena.
Mn. GLADSTONE was reported in good
voice at the opening of parliament. Mr.
Gladstone in full powers means an inter
esting light on the Irish question during
the present session.
GKNEUAI , VAN WYCK'S defeat is gen
erally commented upon as a national
calamity. The Nebraska "stalwarts"
who elected Paddock are a very small
minority of the republican party through
out the union.
Tin : seismic disturbance in the vicinity
of Fremont and North Bond is charac
terised by the Kansas Uity Journal as a
cheap earthquake , probably because it
occurred so near Omaha. There is no
accounting for Kansas City's jealousy.
SENATOR INQAI.T.S steeped his pen in
British gore in his Into speech on the
fisheries question. Mr. Ingalls , if ho
would , could find more important ques
tions nearer homo for the exercise of his
sarcasm. The Kansas monopolies are an
instance in point.
GENEUAL VAN WYCK'S friends do not
fool unkindly to Senator Paddock. They
uro willing to take their cue from the
general's speech of congratulation. Sen
ator Pndaock has his opnortunity to
faithfully represent this state. Ilo will
bo jtu'god ' by his record , not by past
prejudices.
SENATOII MANDKHSON has become ono
of the ohamplona of woman sufl'rngo. He
Voted for thu proposed amendment to the
national constitution placing women on
nn equality with men in the exercise of
the elective franchise. This will enlist
Mrs.'Colby and other female suffragists
In his behalf two years hence ,
IT is estimated by the clerks who
handle the bills introduced in the house
of representatives that more than two
thousand measures have been presented
since it became evident to any wide-
ftjrako member that there was not the
least hope of action by both houses , and
that the measures would die , and that
one-half of these , the authors well knew ,
would never bo acted upon by either
douse. Kvon at this late day a call of the
house will result in the Intioduetion of
from ono to three hundred bills when
committee meetings , with u very few ex
ceptions , have been suspended , and it is
improbable , not to say impossible , that
nny of them will receive attention , Asked
why this was so , an old member said :
"It is to satisfy the constituency. Why ,
I have often received requests from con
stituents during the last month In a con
gress to introduce a hill , and when I told
them that t tie re was not the least possible
chance of consideration they urged that
[ introduce it any way. I have laid con-
stituenU Insist thr.t I introduce u bill OH
the very last day of i nesijo.i , and if I
did not do it they would wsrk us iiu t
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Thft Oront Labor Btrlko.
The great strike of longshoremen , coal
handlers , and. other laborers employed
by the shipping Interests of Now York ,
JJrooklyn and Jersey City , has reached
formidable and alarming proportions ,
Vestcrday's dispatches stated that nearly
fifty thousand men wore involved , nnd it
is probable this number has been in-
crcasad if there were nny more to bo
called out. The plan of the strikers is
most comprehensive. They propose call
ing to their aid every class of workers
who are in nny degree identified with
their interests , or whose affiliation would
strengthen their cause , including oven
the pilots. They also Intend , if it shall
appear necessary , to extend the strike to
other ports. Already the consequences
have bce'n serious and widespread , All
the region in which the strike is centered
has been suffering for two weeks past
from want of coal , tvhlch has been a
source of very considerable loss to many
and sovcro hardship to others. A con
siderable number of factories and mills
have been forced to shut down , throwing
hundred * of people out of employment.
Thousands of families have been niublo
to got a sulliclent supply of fuel lor do-
meslio uses and have to pay two or three
prices lor what they can obtain. The ef
fects have also been severely felt in
Ni-w England , particularly at the manu
facturing centers. More than a week
ago there was a report of general
scarcity , and the supply must now bo
about exhausted. It is easy to under
stand , therefore , that the present status
of this trouble and the menace it holds
out must bo regarded with dismay
throughout the wldo region whoso coal
supply is affected by it. The strikers are
pitiless , refusing to permit coal lobe car
ried into Now York or Drooklyn by ped
dlers or by boats transporting it free of
charge in order that the poorer con
sumers who buy from hand to mouth
may bo supplied. By such stern decrees
they expect to more speedily force public
sentiment to declare itself in their favor.
Hardly less serious are the consequences
of the dillictilty to the foreign steamship
companies , whose steamers have been
delayed , and will doubtless continue to
bo so while the trouble lasts. The ill
effects of such an interruption to com
merce , though it should bo only for a few
days , may bo very great.
The contlict which now involves all
laborers employed by the coal and ship
ping interests of Now York and Now Jer
sey had its beginning in two entirely dis
tinct controversies. The first of these id-
sues was between the longshoremen and
the Old Dominion Steamsliio company ,
on a question of wages. The company
refused its assent to a scale
adopted by the longshoremen , and
a strike ensuing the company proceeded
to ( ill the places of the men who had been
in its employ with non union workers. A
boycott was ordered against the company
and other lines were requested not to ro-
civo freight from it. Some of them com
plied , but the old Dominion company ap
pealed to the court and got a decree rc-
quiiing other companies , as common car
riers , to receive their freight. This tirc-
cipitated the general strike of the long
shoremen. The coal handlers' strike
started in the refusal of the men at
Lli/.abcthport and Tort Johnson to sub
mit to a reduction of wages from 22J to
20 cents an hour , ordered by the new
management of the Philadelphia &
Heading railroad company. Thence
it spread to all the tcrmin.vl points of the
coal roads. In the number of people
engaged , the serious consequences al
ready experienced , and the possible dis
astrous effects if the difliculty shall be
protracted , this strike is one of the most
formidable ever known in any. country.
Viiuluctn and Street Knil\vnyH.
The citizens of Omaha are anxious to
get street railway facilities across the
railway tracks just as soon as possible.
They expect of course that the Eleventh
street viaduct will bo used for that pur
pose , The only question is whether the
mayor and council can , in justice to the
taxpayers and public at largo , grant a
franchise to any company which will be
come exclusive. The courts have time
and again decided that monopoly in gas ,
water , street railways and cable roads is
contrary to the letter of our constitution ,
if it were not contrary to public policy.
Without reference to any grant
that has been nr.ulo in the past ,
the council must now act ju
diciously for the future. Unfair or
unreasonable terms should not be im
posed on the street railroad company but
it certainly in reasonable and just that it
bo made to uay cither a rental for the
viaduct privilege or bear its proportion
of the original cost and pay its share of
the expense of maintenance. The lights
of the city to grant similar privileges to
competing companies should bo reserved
without reference to any bo-called exclu
sive charters heretofore granted.
It is said the company decline to accent
the conditions which the council has en
grafted into its ordinance mainly as is
stated , because by so doing they might
waive vested rights which are
to bo determined in the federal -
oral courts this spring. If this
bo true it will bo safe enough to let the
matter rest for sixty or ninety days pending
ing the decision of Judge Brewer. The
course of the council at this juncture in
volves practically all viaducts now exist
ing or to be built , and it also involves the
right of the city to grant equal privileges
to other street railways , in case viaducts
are widened to accommodate two or
more lines.
ONE provision of the Hiscock bill to re
duce revenue is to exempt from tax al
cohol used in the arts. An inquiry was
instiluded by members of the ways
and means committee to ascertain
the amount of alcohol used in the arts ,
with the result of getting some mter sting -
ing information. They learned that the
amount certainly did i.ot exceed 10 per
cent , of the production of distilled spirits ,
and this 10 per cunt , is not distributed in
bulk , as is generally supposed , but is so
"thinly distributed , " to use a commercial
phra < o , that It would be dllllcult to esti
mate so that any benefit would reach the
consumer. Of 100 barrels for use In the
arts iifty barrels would bo in single lots
and would go to Iifty dltferont purchasers
and bo distributed again to from 200 to
DO ! ) purchasers , The statements made
by some druggists that 50 per cent , of
the entire product of distilled spirits is
used iu the arts are entirely erroneous.
The total amount cannot exceed 10 per
cent , or 7,000UOO gallons , and if this al-
culiol is methylated , the quantity would
b losa , as the use of methyl or wood al
cohol | s an adulteration which is as
injurious for sorno porposes of manufac
ture as adulterated liquors are to the
human system. The theory of the bill is
that alcohol used in the arts Is consumed
in largo quantitieswhich , is entirely crro-
ncous.
SOMEBODY Interested In the character
and credit of Vassar college has taken
the trouble to deny that Miss Nina Van
Zandt is a graduate of that institution ,
for which It is claimed that its aim is to
foster and strengthen good old-fashioned
common sense. The fact appears to be
that the Chicago girl was only for ono
year a pupil in the preparatory school
connected with the college. It Is re
marked that if this case were an isolated
one it might not bo worth while to make
the correction. But the world over ono
meets similar cases. A lady who has
been much in European society says that
Europe fairly swarms with American
girls who pass themselves off as Vassar
graduates , though they have but a poor
pennyworth of Latin , mathematics or
science. Their imagination and that of
their friends sci'in to have been unduly
stimulated. Hiving lived for a year in
that wing of the Vassar building devoted
to the preparatory school , they believe
themselves to have received tin A. I ! . ,
suinma cum laude.
SUSAN B. ANTIIONV was not the least
bit cast down by the failure in the setiato
of the woman Ruirrajre amendment to the
constitution. She again gaily dances up
to the scratch and announces that the
light will go on with oven more vigor
than ever. She also desires it to bo dis
tinctly understood that she is after the
scalps of several senators whoso adverse
vote she alleges misrepresented the sen
timents of their constituents. It is impos
sible to withhold admiration from such
alth and fortitude as that of Miss
Ai.thony.
GovnitxoH TiiAYr.u has appointed Reu
ben W. llycrs , of Cass county , as warden
of the penitentiary , succeeding Warden
Nobes. Mr. I lycra was backed by the
united Cass county delegation , regard
less of party. He has been sheriff of
that county for live years and is consid
ered eminently qualified for the oilico.
He will probably bo a great improvement
on Nobes.
Other fjanils Thau Ours.
Parliament opened on Thursday. The
speech of the queen from the throne was
as usual on lines dictated by the ministry.
It deprecated the disorder in Ireland
and hinted at further legislation to main
tain the supremacy of the crown. In fact
it is asserted in London that the govern
ment has decided to bring in a coercion
bill whose provisions shall extend over the
united kingdom. In this way they will
hypocritically evade the appearance of
exceptional legislation for Ireland. There
is "no conspiracy , intimidation and boy
cotting" in England , but the measure
would meat the event of a cotter's rebel
lion in Scotland. Tha satirical version
of the government's action is "Give mo
leave to tread on the Irishman's corns , "
says Salisbury , "and to remove any ob
jection you might have , I will tread upon
your corns at the same time. "
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Sojn : of the English territorial kings
have been compelled to make remissions
to their tenants in order to got in any
rente at all , and some of the landlord
papers are quoting this enforced gener
osity as an argument ng.iinst small hold
ings. Ono of the most bigoted organs
says : "If those estates were divided up ,
the small owners would bo obliged to
collect full rents in their own interests ,
whereas a rich man can ignore a quar
ter's collection and not feel it. Tenants
lind it easier to support one landlord
than a number. " A more ridiculous the
ory could not be advanced , and it is
really equivalent to saying that every
railroad in the United States should be in
the hands of Jay Gould , since he could
afiord to carry passengers and freight
free of charge. Neither small nor largo
landlords can get blood out of a stone , or
more rent than tenants can pay , but it is
the experience in England and all the
world over that the system of large hold
ings and absentee landlordism is a deadly
upas tree , absolutely fat.il to the success
ful pursuit of agriculture.
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Tin : German and Belgian iron masteis
are endeavoring to persuade their com
petitors in England to agree to a triple
alliance which would prevent any one of
the three nations importing steel rails
made in either of the other two. Such an
agreement would bo very difficult to en
force unless the governments of the three
countries indorsed it , a contingency
more than remote. If carried into effect
it would have every bad influence attri
buted to protection , without ono of its re
deeming features or advantages. It
would simply restrict trade and limit
competition without materially bonifiting
either the trade or revenue of either of
the three nations. Yet the negotiations
nro in an advanced stage , and if the Eng
lish iron-masters prove far-seeing enough
to stand out , Belgium and Germany will
go on with the treaty alone .
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The Spanish authorities of Cuba are al
together too frco and easy in their treat
ment of American subjects. The experi
ence of Meyer Kaufman , tha Now York
merchant who was leapt in a Havana dun
geon nearly two weeks without the least
form of a trial and then discharged with
out an apology or explanation , Is different
in degree rather than kind from that which
many other Americans have undergone ,
and there is a want of deference to citi
zens of the United States that is in marked
contrast with the care taken to avoid
offending British subjects , The stupid
meanness of the petty tyrants of Cuba
leads them to impose upon peaceful for
bearance and toady to aggressive self-
assertion. If they had more intelligence
they woulu goo that thu triendship of the
United States was vastly more important
to Cuba than that of Great Britain , and
that if the queen of the Antilles should
over change masters this country , and
not England , would succeed Spam.
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The fall of the Goblet ministry in
Trance , which European disp.itchcs fahow
to be probably imminent , would not sur
prise many , and probably the prime min-
istoi less than anyone. The situation in
the chambers is what the French 'them
selves term "impossible , " There is no
working majority agreed upon any pol
icy. Either the deputies do not fairly
represent the national opinion , iu which
case a dissolution ere long is unavoid
able , or that opinion is not sulliciently
definite to afford a basis of parliamentary
government , in which case revolution .is
not impossible. In any event , the fall of
a ministry on a question connected with
a loan lor military purposes is not Oalcu-
latcd to strengthen the position of Franco
in the present threatening condition of
affairs on the continent.
Cheap wheat from America and India
is rapidly cutting down the wheat fields
of England and Scotland. Since 1831
the acreage of wheat in England has
fallen 1SJ per ccnti while the decrease in
Scotland is 25 per cent. The acreage of
barley in England Jias been reduced 8fc
per cent , but there has been a slight
increase in the acreage of oats. In live
years there has been a loss of 721,000
acres in the area devoted to wheat and
barley. Ono might suppose that the
abandoned wheat fields in a country so
thickly settled could bo used profitably
for other crops for market gardening or
iu raising the variety of products grouped
under the name of "truck" In some
parts of the United States but a great
and continuing decrease in the value of
English farm property seems to indicate
that there is no more profit In the culti
vation of S'ich products than there is in
raising grain.
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The French wine crop of 18SO is very
small and of poor quality. Tlio quantity
of wine made was only 553,923,000 gallons ,
or less than the quantity produced In any
previous year since 1830 , the live years
18.VJ-0 oxcepted. Tlio quantity in 1875
was 1,320,000,000 gallons. Tlio average
for the five years 1872-0 was 1,230,000,000 , ,
the average for the live years 1877-81 was
833,000,000 , and the average for the last
live years lias been only G)3,000,000. ! ) The
quality of the wines of 18SO is shown by
the olliciul reports to bo "generally bail. "
Unfavorable weather aided the phylloxera
and tlio mildew iu reducing the vintage
and the alcoholic strength. The wine
growers were forced by the poor quality
to use in 1830 nearly live thnus as many
tons of sugar as were used in the preced
ing year. Tlio importation of raw wines
into Franco from the Mediterranean
countries will be increased to make up
for the short crop at home. These facts ,
together with the growth of the wine
industry in Calitornia and the steady im
provement in tlio quality of California
wines , should direct the attention of Am
erican consumers to our domestic supply.
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Pori : Pius IX has had the distinction
of being the only sovereign to recognize
the southern confederacy as a legitimate
government , and a letter from that pontiff
tiff to Jefferson Davis , dated December
3 , 1303 , has just been found in the division
of captured and abondoncd property at
thn treasury department at W ashingtou ,
which shows to what , degree the Vatican
favored the south in tlio war. It has
never been denied that Jefferson Davis
sought the pontifical blessing , but high
functionaries of the church have domed
that he or the confederacy over received
it. But this communication officially
recognizes Davis as president of the con
federate states of America , bewails the
evils of civil strife in such a way as
clearly to reflect on the leaders of the
north , and continues :
And very grateful was H to ns , Illustrious
and honorable sir , to perceive that you and
these people weio animated with the same
feelings of peace and tianqudlty which we
earnestly inculcate ; * * * and would
that other people also of these regions , and
their ruleis , would consider how gilovous
and mournful a thins is intestine war , nnd
bij pleased with tranquil minds to embrace
and enter upon counsels of peace.
The manuscript is written iu ecclesi
astical Latin , of course , on parchment ,
and was found among the records cap
tured at the evacuation of Richmond.
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The strong bontnncnt in Montreal in
favor of an English mayor has induced
the French m ajority to be generous and
allow the protestants to name the candi
date. The resu It is that the two railroad
factions led by the Canadian Pacilic nnd
the Grand Trunk are engaged in a pitched
battle over candidates , and thn French
will accordingly have little difficulty in
continuing their nationality in power at
the city hall.
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Bismarck's organ , the North German
Gazette , shows an eagerness to avoid
trouble with Russia , which indicates that
its master has no relish for lighting
France , together with anj other power.
He probably thinks the Gauls enough for
one war.
TUI2 l''lELiI > OK INDUSTRY.
The Ilusslan government Is about ordering
a lar o number of rcpoatlnc ; rlllcs Irom Con
necticut , and an order for fi.OOO Remington
guns has just been increased to 11,000.
Since the holidays 3.000 salesmen , women ,
cash girls and boys have been discharged In
the stores ot New York and Brooklyn , and
they have no prospects of employment until
the next holidays.
The clumsy Englls ovshels which have
heretofore boon generally used In South
Amnrlca have largely clvcn place to the
lighter and bitter American shotels laijjely
made in 1'Ut.sburg.
The \\oikmen In the Jollet , Til. , steel works
have received an Increase of 13 per cent In
wages. An electric railway manufacturing
company , with a capital o 51,000,000 , has
just been started at Portland , lie.
The carpet trade is beginning to give evi
dence ot life. Buyers have waited for a long
time to see It last season's prices would pre
vail this year. Textile manufacturers enter
tain very bright hopes tbr'the future.
Plate-glass Is In good demandand factories
are overcrowded with orders. The rucn
glass workers are still outand will ho assisted
by the knights. Stocks of shades and globes
are light. .New designs are. soou to be brought
out.
French and German clothing manufactur
ers export to do a lar o hiiiincss In elotlilng
\\ith.lapan. The ompiessrecently placed an
orilor lei S'JOO.OJO worth of lashlonable Euro
pean clothing with i'rcnch anal German
manufacturers , I
The government hns ,520,000,000 worth ol
tools , hardware , nails andstuil ot that kind.
Among them aio 40.WJ auijeis and bits , S'j.&lj
screws and H0is5 hies. Tlieio aio 1,200 tons
of cast and wrought iroirigmd lVJooo pounds
of old copper. Muchot VMS material is 1 > ing
loose around the yauK
The Chicago & Northwestern Railway
company has estiib'Khfd ' a mutual guarantee
fiinii. The cost of Insurance ranges from
sixty-live cents per S10J the lint year to hfty
cents the liftli j ear. It is a very successful
and satisfactory system to the employes , and
It will probably bo extended to other loads.
filmmakers record with satisfaction that
not one ot the Redman guns has ever been
exploited , even though the preasurd goes as
hlirh us'JOO.OOO pounds to the smuue inch.
Tha enduianco ruuees from 80J to S.400
lounds. The life of a laruo stuol gun Is liOO
loumls. The average pressure In Krupps
guns Is 80OOJ pounds to the square lijch.
The manufactures are favoring the estab
lishment ot relief aasoclatlons. Seteial .Now
KiiulandemplojerahaM ) started them. One
in Portland , .Maine , has a membership ot r.xJ.
All persons whose wages are over 55 a week
pay 31 lee auU ten cents per week , \vhlcn en
titles a member iu case ot sickness to SO ] > or
week until 535 has boon drawn out and to 25
In casli In case ot death.
The possibilities of n ponnral advance In
wacea of both common and skilled labor aio
beln considered by employers In all stations.
Many of them think Hint "tho establishment
of arbltratlve methods will help to Increase
rather than to decrease strikes and dissatis
faction bvoffcrln ; facilities for the presenta
tion of demands. The old tlmo employers
imagine they are ns able to inannpe their
business as thov were > ears ago , and they do
not relinquish their supremacy willingly.
It Is apparent that employers will very gen
erally advance wages voluntarily , llundieds
have already done so , o\cn before any de
mand was formally made by organized labor.
Prices nro Improving , mills , factories nnd
mines are overcrowded , orders are far In ex
cess or capacity , ami employers , thorofoie ,
take the opportunity of advancing Nage.9. At
the rate business Is ciowdlng In , the great
majority of employers will not be In n posi
tion to remain idle long ovt-r waccs dis
putes.
Hoston has 1.2. > l firms engaged In the shoo
business. In Massachusetts there are 8,000 ,
of which l.OSU are manufacturing homes.
New York has 50 shoo iiianufActurors and
wholesale dealers nnd f > ' 29 tanners nnd
leather dealers. Philadelphia has ll'J shoo
mauufncturcis , forty-fixo Jobbers , foitv-four
tanners of moiocco nnd thirty-three of sheep
skin and calf kid. Tlm numbnr of tanning
firms In the state Is CM. Ohio has sixty
nnd Illinois has seventy-two shoo manufac
turer" . There are ID.'JIT retalleis ot shoes In
the United States.
It Wouldn't Tny.
iVeiutilt Trtlmne.
If the Rovorninont were to tax conscience
Instead of laud , It would derive but an In
ferior support from the Indiana democracy.
A Kcw IJtlltors Nootlcil ,
7litltm ire .tmrifcaii.
With one or two exceptions , all the United
States senators are cither lawycis or million-
nlies. What the senate needs is a few edt-
tois ,
_ _
Wouldn't Jo.
MempMi .tralanchc.
Miss Van Xaiult is too dangerous a ft oak
lor a dime museum. Shu would be RIIIO to
make trouble by falling In love with the
head baboon.
1'nliiilstry In Washington.
Thepalmlstiy craze has sti tick Washing
ton. Oieat Interest Is taken at present In
good hands. A full hand Is said to indlca tc
an Incicaso of wealth.
Gin anil'Molasses iu Maine.
St. Mint Oo ! ? f.
The Maine legislature Is maklnsr a gicat
complaint about poor molasses In that state ,
but whenever It is accompanied by a little-
gin no legislator has souo on record as dlsap-
pioviug ot the quality.
Jjovo's Harmony.
II' . J , llcmlfisim.
III shall sing lo thee. wilt tliou not listen ?
If 1 letrhymthmlchisueiboutwaidcrcep
l'iomhuio rapt fancy miumuis in her
sleep ,
Shall they not cause the ) dioopins eye to
glisten ,
Or make they pulses leap ?
Wheieforo is song , it not to make tlieo trem
ble
With knowledge , round and living as the
earth ,
Otthatgie.it love which gave the mini-
beisbirthl'
Let passion have its wav ; do not dissemble ;
Or what is winging woithV
Sing thou In silence , with my song airieoing ;
Sing iu tliv heart of love , lor ho Is lord ;
Thus soni.liall have Us Iniinito reward ;
And lind in thy pure soul llio pin feet being
Ot absolute accoid.
PUISCH , PUii. ST.VHK. THRU. "
t llciinrod'H Atldross Itpforc
tlio Tiiriivoreln WetliipMlay Niclit.
On last Wednesday evening as men
tioned in yesterday's Bin : , the tnrnvorein
of this city celebrated in a most happy
way , the fourteenth anniversary of its or
ganization , Incidental to file celebra
tion was < ho address of the president of
the verein , Louis lleimrod , which was
delivered in German , and created a great
deal of enthusiasm among all re ent.
The following abstract , which , however ,
loses a great deal ot its force and beauty
in the translation , was crowded out of
the Bnn's columns yesterday and is now
presented :
For the fourteenth tlmo wo celebrate the
ieoigaul/.ation ot our society. Theexpoii-
onces which the Omnha tiirnvcreln has had
during the past year justlty the great hopes
and expectations wo enteitain tor the futuie.
The Omaha tiirnveiein has always acted
in accoidanco with the piineipies of
our platform , nnd It w ill never do othei wise.
What we. thu turners , have acknowledged as
right and truthful , wo will dolend , and never
abandon wnat wo leel to bo our convictions.
Our motto , "Fiish , frei , stirk , treu , " ( fresh ,
lice , strong and trim ) , shall never bo lorgot-
ten and shall always animate our actions.
"Kiiscli. " Fiesli we always shall iciualn ,
fresh of soul and body. Kiesh we shall 10-
main in our joa'li ; iiesh , too. dmmgoiir.
older jeais. Our heaits shall alwavsbo
fiush and youiiir , in order that wo may enjov
everything which Is really noble , good , meat
and gnutle. Fiesh we .shall be m our begin
nings , lor n good beginning will lead us to a
glorious cud.
"Kiel. " Free be the tumor with soul and
body. Independent hhiill he be , and no othur
duties which he may have to pen form shall be
as those of his profession nnd of humanity.
Wo are not servants and slaves and , theio-
fnrc , lUttery and submission mo impossible
properties ol our character.
"Staik. " Stionir. United powers can do
much Indeed. Therefore the turneis shall be
like brethren. Hatred , envy and the meaner
passions shall not bo found In our ranks.
"Treu. " True. This woid should never
ho misused In the dictionary of the turner.
What is freshness , lioerty and strength ,
without truth or falthi * True and faithful
wo hhall remain to our Issues , to our princi
ples ; true nnd faithful wo .shall bo to our
union ; tiue and faithful wo shall stand to
our Hag In danger and death : In tiutli shall
we pass thn days ot our joy and happiness.
That the Omaha tiiruvcimn always will act
In this sense of our motto Is my wish on
this , its fourteenth birthday. That the
turneis may contlnuetlmlr oxorclscs with thu
same laudable diligence and 7cal which may
earn prl/us and honors as they have done
during the past.ls certainly thu wish of every
trlend of our hociotv. That the Omaha turn-
veroln may flemish and ciow for many yeais
to come , is the wish ot every tuiner. " ( Jut
Hell. "
_ _ _
TOFT AXI ) qilB GAS CO.
Ho Secures a Victory In the Matter of
Street Connections.
The paragraph in Thursday's BIK : an
nouncing that M , Toft had refused to
pay his gas bill because it was too high ,
was n mistake. The objection made waste
to the service. He has u block of three
stores on the corner of Suunders and
Charles streets. In the second story is a
hall. Mr. Toft ordered a motor into this ,
as also a gas pipe i-unncction between
each of the stores and the street main. He
had not ordered a meter for any of
the stores , and had not burned
nny gas In his hall. Yet , on Wednesday
last , ho was furnished a bill for ? 371 ! being
charged for the setting of each of the four
motors , Ho objected to thu bill and was
told that if ho aid not pay it inside of
twenty-four hours , his motor would betaken
taken out. Yesterday Mr. Toft secured
a restraining order against UIH company ,
and in the evening went and saw riome of
the officers of the same. They cut off the
price of the three meters charged to him ,
offered to accept any amount , which , us
a reasonable man , no would oiler. Mr.
Toft offered 00 per cent of the bill and the
same was accepted.
The Third Corner Filled.
Mention was made in the BIK a few
dajsagoof the sale of lion , John A.
McShane's property on the southeast
corner of Farnam and Fifteenth streets
to Rush & Selby for $70,000. Yesterday
the deed was hied , the real purchaser
being a gentleman from Kansas City , Of
the consideration $ -10,000 in cold cash was
paid over yesterday. In conversation
with Mossrs. Rush & Selby , who were
instrumental in getting the K. ( \
gentleman to como hithvrward ,
a reporter tor the BKU was
informed that a sivstorv brick block will
bo erected at once on this corner lo cost
not less than $1'J5,000. Now that Hon.
W. A. Paxton is at work on the splendid
building on the northeast corner , the
board of trade headquarters nearly com
pleted on the southwest , Dr. Mercer , who
owns the "Redick Relic" on the north
west earner , will undoubtedly complete
this "architectural sot" nnd there will
bo a general "all hands 'round" In
Omaha's cotillion of enterprise.
I'OIUMNO AT 1UGUONS.
An IntcrcRtlngSliootinc Tournament
Tlmrfldnr Afternoon.
A number of local sports , with several
ollicers from Fort Omaha mot ntPonroso
& llardiu's gnu storoThursday afternoon
and arrauccd a little shooting tournament
that proved to bo a very interesting nlfuir.
Thn shoot took plaeo near Athletic park.
The lirst mutch was a shoot at blue
rocks at eighteen yards. The score was
us follows :
Parmalco ooiooioilioi-fl
Hiower. 0 1 I 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 8
lehen 0 1 I ) 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0-0
Capt. llaiucs oooioiioioo 0-4
Lshcr 0000000 0011 1-41
Trimble 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1-5
Tapt. Kellcy 10100000010 0-n
BrucUer 10000110001 1-5
After this match C'aiit. Parmaleo and
Capt. Simpson solecleil three men each
and held a side shoot at liftoen birds for
each man , for the priconf the birds. The
score was as follows :
r > AnM.uri's : : sinr.
Patmalee. . . . 11111111111111 1 ir
Hiewer lOfllllllllUlOO 1 10
lehen 000111110001001 7
Capt.llalnes 000010101011001 0
Total S3
SIMI'SON'S Ml K.
Simpson. . . . 011011100101111 10
Hiuel.er. . . . U1001111011011 1 10
Tilmblo. . . . 11111100111010 o-io
Capt. Kellcy 100001011001010-0
Total CO
After the tegular matches a number of
matches were held , In a match between
Brewer and Parmulee , Brewer Killed ! ! S
out of10 birds. "Nebraska's favorite
son" broke this record , killing 48 out of
GO bitds.
If the weather remains pleasant a
number of contests will be held ne.\l
week. _
Parcel ! to 1'ny.
" I've a word to say to the unsophisti
cated , " remarked a btranger yesterday.
"A certain oiieap auction store in this oily ,
not loner ago , adopted a queer way of
selling watches , The salesman arranged
with a young man not well versed in the
evils of a big city to act as stool
pigeon , lie was lo start the bidding on
ccitain articles and then quietly drop
out. This ho did with more or less suc
cess. Ho ran the price of the watch up
pretty high one time , forgetting to cease
bidding. The auctioneer declared the
article sold and actually forced him to
pav the money. lie could not give the
hchemo away to the crowd without crim
inating himself. Them are a number of
atietion shops in this eitv and it would bo
a wise plan for llio uninitiated to beware
of similar traps. "
Stealing Mortgaged I'l-opcrty.
Sheriff McDonal and his deputy ,
Gambs , came from Sioux City , yester
day , in bcareli of some men who took
from that place four horses- , four mules , a
wagon and several sots of harness , upon
which Banker Hedges held a inoitgago
of ? 1,000. One span of mules was found
between Sioux City and Council Bluffs ;
ono horse was secured at the latter
place , and Constable .Kdgerton found
two horses here. Both the Sioux City
officers have learned that the thieves are
between Lincoln and Beatrice , and left
lor the former place yesterday morning.
Costly ImprovoincntH.
The Northwestern Electric Light com
pany of this city has recently completed
the erection of a now steam engine in
its engine house on Twelfth street. It
is of the Corliss make and represents a
power of 800 horses. They expect to run
it at a speed of seventy revolutions per
minute. A number of now dynamos
have been nut in. These are arranged
in a different manner from heretofore.
A special feature is the patent friction
"cluteh'1 lor operating fast and loose pul
leys without sniffing belts. The interior
of the building will bo relinished through
out and painted.
The Union Pacific Signal Horvloo.
Lieutenant Powell , who was sent here
by the late General Hazcn to take charge
of the Union Pacilic signal service , finds
nothing to do , in the connection for
which ho was intended , because of
governmental delay in furnishing the
necessary instruments , lie lias thero-
made up his mind to return to Washing
ton , which lie will do in about ten days ,
as soon as Lieutenant Greely , now in
Washington , can attend to the formalities
made necessary by the dcatli of General
llay.cn.
lilt by a Freight Train.
Himcbaugh & Morriam's old office on
Thirteenth street and Union Pacific
tracks , from which the firm moved a few
days ago , was run into yesterday morning
by a backing freight train. The basement
was demolished nnd the tramo super
structure badly shaken up. The linn
have donated the building to the Union
Pacilic , who will move it to Summit and
use it as a depot.
Blyerfioii , AHH | IICO.
Mr. Mycrson , of Sheely & Myoraon ,
packers of this city , has been appointed
assigoeo by the creditors of Bronnun &
Sullivan , grocers on Thirteenth street ,
between Howard and Jackson streets.
The mortgasro upon tlio slock , nt last ac
counts , amounted to $8,800. The assignee
is disposing of the htoek as rapidly and
advantageously as possible.
A Cure Tor Conmmiption.
JVcio I'm H Trtliwie ,
A novel method of treating patients
suffering from phthisis is described in the
current number of too Medical Record.
It was devised by a French physicianIr. )
Borgeon , of Lyons , who has been apply
ing it for two years to cases of chronic
pulmonary and throat disease. The re
sults are said to bo rcmarkablo. In
acute general phthisis there has been an
arrest of the progress of the disease and
a cure in a few months. In-advanced
consumption marked improvement of
symptoms is rapidly secured , night-
sweats ceasing and tlio cough becoming
less harassing. Two hundred cases have
been treated with singular success by lr
Bcrgcon in Lyonswhure the climate is un
favorable for consumptives. His method
has been introduced in the hospitals
there and in Paris , and the medical au
thorities are favorably impressed with it.
The treatment consists of daily injec
tions by enema of medicated gases. Car
bonic acid gas when introduced into the
system by this method is found to bo
harmless and painless Suli/imrdUnl hy
drogen is mingled with it , thu .entiio
structure of the lungs ispcrrheatod by th <
medicated gas ami remarkable curathe
effects nro obsen ml. The c.ubome aei I
gas is practically inert w hen taken ui > by
the veins of tlio intestines , but the sul
phurous gua reaches every paiticlo uf
diseased tissue in the lungs and throat ,
and is eliminated from the sysleii in thrt
process of expiration. Tlm voltimo of ;
gas used isery large , At the outlet a
simile litre is introduced , but the quantity
is rapidly increased to ten or twelve litres
for each injection
The results of this new system of treat-
1 ng consumption tire so well vouched for
that wo commend the subject to the critt * *
cal examination of medical circles iu
this country. Consumption is the chief
scourge of the Atlantic seaboard. As a
departure in therapeutics so radical as
this method deserves lobe tlioroiifthl.v iu.
vestigated and adequately tested iu
American hospitals. Dr. Borgeon is not
a sciolist , but a reputable physician of
largo practice anil good standing. If lite
method bo as ctfectivo anil successful ng
he asserts , it merits General attention
from the profession In the United SlatojJ
LINCOLN ASA LAWYER.
How Undo Abraham H.ul Power
In Court.
From the February installment ot ( ho
Life of Lincoln iu the Century Magu/.ino
is found 1 ho following relative to the great
president's character na a lawyer , lih
weak as well as his strong qualities huvo
been indicated , lie never luurnml the tecli-
niealitics , what some would call the
tricks , of the profession , The slight uf
plea and demurrer , the Icgculcmam by
which justice-is balked and a wiutk eas'o
is made to gain an unfair advantage , was
too subtle and shilty for his strong and
straightforward intelligence. He met
these mami'uvrcs sulliciently well when
practiced by others" " , but ho could never
get in llio way of handling them for him
self. On the wrong side lie was always
weak. Ho know this himself , and
avoided such eases when ho could con
sistently with thu rules of his profession ,
Ho would often persuade a fair-
minded litigant ot the injustice of
liis cao and induce him to give
it up , His partner , Mr. llerndon , re
lates a speech in point which Lincoln
once made to a man who offered nn ob
jectionable ease : "Yes , there is no reasonable
enable doubt but that 1 can gain your
case for you. 1 can bet a whole neigh
borhood at loggcrheadtf ; 1 can distress a
widoweil mother and her six fatherless
children , ami thereby got for you sj-tiOO ,
which rightfully belongs , it appears to
me , as much to them as it does to von. 1
shall not take your case , but I will give a
little advice for nothing. You seem a
sprightly , energetic man. 1 would ad
vise you to try your hand at making 1(000 (
in some other way.1 Sometimes , after
ho had entered upon a criminal case , the
conviction that his client was guilty
would affect him with a tort of panic.
On ono occasion ho turned suddenly to
his associate and said. "Swell , the man
is guilty , you defend him , 1 can't , " ami
so gave up his share of a largo fee , Tlio
sumo thing happened al another time
when ho was engaged with Judge S. O.
Parks in defending a man accused of
larceny. He bald , "If you can hay any
thing for tlio man do it , I can't ; if 1 at
tempt it , the jury wilj see 1 tli nk lie is
guilty , and convict him. " Oneo
ho was prosecuting a civil suit ,
in the comso of which evidence
was introduced showing that his elient
was attempting a ft mid. Lincoln rose
and went to his hotel in deep disgust.
The judge sent f < u- him ; he refused to
como. "Toll the judge,1' lie said , "my
liandb are dirty ; I came over to w.'islt
them.Ve .ironware that these stories
detract somewhat from the character of
the lawyer ; but this inllexiblo , incon
venient , and fastidious morality was to
bo ot vast service hcieafter to his country
and the world.
The Nemesis which wails upon mon of
extraordinary wit or humor has not no-
gleoled Mr. Lincoln , and the young law
yers of Illinois , who never know him ,
nave an emlloss store of jokes and pleas
antries in his name ; bomu ot them as old
as llowlegrass or Rabelais , But the fact
is that with all Ins stories and jests , ins
frank coniiinionable | : liumor , his gift of
easy accessibility and welcome , ho was ,
even while ho traveled thoEighthcircuit ,
a man of grave and serious temper and 01
an unusual innate dignity and reserve ,
lie had few or no special intimates , and
tliero was a line beyond which no ono
thought , of passing. Besides , he was too
btrong a man in the court room to be ie-
gardeu with anything but respect in a
community in which legal ability was the
only especial mark of distinction. Few
of his forensic speeches have been preserved -
served , but his contemporaries all agree
as lo their singular ability and power
Ho seemed absolutely at home in a court
teem ; his great stature did not encum
ber him there ; it seemed like unatmal
symbol of superiority. His bearing and
gesticulation had no awkwardness about
them ; they were simply striking and on/r- /
mal. Ho assumed at the start a frank
and friendly rotation with tlio jury which
was extremely effective. Ho usually be
gan , as the phrase ran , by "giving away
his case ; " Dy allowing lo the opposite
side every possible advantage that they
could honestly and justly claim. Then
ho would present his own side , witli a
clearness , a candor , an adroitness of
statement which at once flattered nnd
convinced the jury , anil mad ( ! oven the
bystanders his paitisans. Sometimes ho
disturbed the court with laughter by his
humorous or apt , illustrations ; sometimes
ho excited thu audience bv that florid and
exuberant rhetoric which ho know
well enough how and when to Indulge In :
but his moro usual and more successful
manner was to rely upon a clear , strong ,
lucid statement , keeping details in prop
er subordination and bringing , in a way
whiuh fastened the attention of court and
jury alike , the essential point on winch
ho claimed a decision , "indeed , " Hays
ono of his colleagues , "his statement
often rendered argument uuneoossary ,
and often thu court would hlop him and
say , 'if ' that is the cube , we will hear the
other side , " '
Whatever doubts might bo enter
Uiincd as to whether ho was the ablest
lawyer on llio circuit , there was nevi r
any dissent from tlio opinion lhat lie WIIH
tlio ono most cordially and univoMally
liked. If ho did not liimsnlf enjoy hm
full share of tlm happiness of life , ho cer
tainly diffused more of u among his
follows than is in the poworof most men.
His arrival was a little femhal in llio
county seats where his pursuits led him
to pass so much of his limn. Koimt ovo-
\\itnchscn tinvi ) described these ficunes in
teims which would seem oxaggmaled it
they wore not so fully confirmed The
bench nnd bar would gather at the tavern
whoio ho was expected , to give him a
cordial welcome ; hays ono writer. "Ho
brought light with him. " This is not
haul to understand. Whatever his earns ,
ho ncvor inflicted them upon others. Ho
talked singularly well , but never about
liiiiHulf Hit was full of wit which navur
wounded , of humor which mellowed the
liarahncss of that now anil
raw life of the prairies. Ho
nnver asKcd for help , but was always
ready to give it Ho received uvoryboily's
confidence , and rarely gave his own in
return. Ho took no mean advantage in
court or conversation , and , satisfied with
the respectnnd Kindliness which hooveo-
where met , ho bought no quarrels and
never had to decbnu them Ho did not
accumulate wealth , as Judge Davis said ,
"ho did not seem to oaro for it. " Ho had
a good income from his profession ,
though the fees ho received would bring
asmilu to llio well paid lips of the great
attorneys of to da'I ho largest fee ho
over got was om uf $0,1(00 ( from the llli-
noin Central railuaK.mil he- Hud to bring
.suit to i'on > | ) fl iliem to | > av it. Ho tjouiil
what he ri'eeut'd in thu I'liiication of his
children , m tlm caiii of his family , and
ii | a plain < mU gi ncrous way of living.