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\ * * " THE OMAHA DAILY BEft : aUftlfAE. .JANUABY 30. 1887.-SIXTEEX PAGES. I'o Latest Oraze in Gotham Sofciety Originated by the Diamond Dozen. WINES , WOMEN , WIRED.OYSTERS. * NoTlinnks for ClRfir-llclitM "Slum- mini ; " Now n KANlitonuMo. Clicst- mil Tli c Clioa"Cliroino- liomicu" Nr.\v Yomc , Jan. -Correspondence [ of the HKK.I The dinnor-danro is tliu suddenly modish diversion among tlioso \vlio mnko pleasure tlio chief object in life. A cloven matrons in tip top society ngroo to simultaneously glvo dinners in their sopnrnto residences , ntul after the banquet tin ; dl lib rout companies inert in one liotiso for waltzes and quadrilles. Tor n wonder , this is not an imported device , but was invented solely and orig inally by the wife of young I'erry Hoi- niont. The llrst combination of dinners and balls had all the social weight and brightness to * bo natur ally Rained from its givers , w1 > wro Mrs. August Belmont , Mrs.V. . W. Astor , Mrs , Lull L' . Moiton , Mis. Kilgor- ton Winthjop , Mrs. Frederick liron&on , nnd Mrs.illiatu K.Vamlurbilt. 1'riority of invention has been claimed for Mrs. Wnthrop , because she gave a bull last winter whereat some of nor cticsts had Ijuen invited to dinner earlier in the Gvuninu , while .some others chanced to liuve dined collectively elsewhere ; but. after a careful , exhaustive and judicial examination of the evidence , I am con- Hlrnmcd to decide that In Mr.s.Winthrop's case there- was no dellnite intention. while the entertainment planned by Mrs. Ik'linont was a fully worked out and complete alVair. I trust that 1 have set tled the question fairly and permanently. TIIK ANm-DANCi : DISNKltS nro careful affairs , it need scarcely bo bald , for they are inevitably compared , contrasted and discussed by the guests when they assemble immediately after- wards. Mrs. William Waldorir Aslor's ilh'iior , on the last of these occasions , was for only twelve couples. The long table had no cloth , the beautifully pol ished mahogany being bare , except for a strip of lincly embroidered velvet through the centre , on which stood rare ( lowers in art vases and wax candles in elaborate candelabra. At each nest's place a hand-painted lull of fare , with his or her name not on it , but in- Hteatl a caricature portrait , by means of which locations wore made. These pictures diil not distort the faces , nor at : ill ollensively exaggerate any personal peculiarities , but wore merely big heads on .small bodies , and altogether rather flattering than otherwise. They were exquisitely drawn by some clover artist , and duo who did not care to be known as having done such utilitarian work , for no mark of his identity could be discovered on the cards. To every lady was also provided A inn I'qiiRAnn uoi'Qi'ET , lied with satin ribbon lo hnrmoni/o with lior toilet. A great variety of colors must have been provided before haul : , nnd selections hastily but accurately tnadc by some expert , after the arrivals , because no instance of a bad match could bo seen the table round. The gen tlemen got buttonhole tranches of ( lowers. l\lr \ and Mrs. Astor led the way into the dining room , but separated , and took i > laccs opposite each other at the centre of the board. The rest found their as signed chairs , in pairs. The feminine toilets woio beautiful and costly , but in 310 instant gorgeous. Simple elegance weeiuod to bo aimed at. The bodices went all low and the arms bare to the fihouldors. To this there was no excep tion. And no long gloves gave covering < o hands and forearms. A look across the table revealed ho very little of fabric , nnd so very much of llesh , that the inter- hporsed men in solemn white and blade were necessary to convince the observer that this was really a full dress allair. IVk bl mis ON W11IK. The repast began with raw oysters , tiny ones , opened on the deep shells , the out- Rides 01 which had been burnished until they were lit for jewelry. They were not served on plates , but in frames of twisted nnd silvered wire , each of these novel contrivances holding ten. The next roursu wan clear soup in hand-painted ilishcs. Boiled salmon , with whife sauce nnd Parisian potatoes , came third. The iish was not brought on dishes orna mented with pictures of fish. Such crockery has gone out of fashion with the extremely swell , and now it is not thought refined to have representations of anything eatable painted on dishes. ICven ( lowers are not approved of for Mich purposes. The idea is that if , in ] iftinir a morsel of delicate food a rose hhotild be uncovered , the highly educated nnd acute palate cater might be offended. Chicken croquettes and asparagus were iourth ; next small broiled birds ; then lllluls of beef with mushrooms ; then ices with cake ; and finally cotl'eo. It will bo hcon that no great rarity was allbrded , but the cookery was perfect. The dinner 1 > egan at 8 o'clock and lasted until 11 , Talk occupied much of the time , but thorn was hearty eating generally , lor it is considered stylish now for women to have robust appetites. WINK I OK TIIK "VVOMUN. Was there alcohol in this dinner ? 1'lonly. Total abstinence is not prac ticed in any swell New 1'ork family that I know of. A di Huron t wine was brought with every coiir o. And each wine had its separate and fanciodly appropriated glasses , C'hablis came in u hiuall ghiis , with a slender stem concave sides holding no more than a good swallow which was taken down at one irulp by most of the guests. That was regarded s an appotber , ami accompanied the oysters , The soup was simultaneous with red wine , tastinu , like Macon , and served in steamed j'lass whose hides were convex , thus holding enough to sip slowly during the course. The lish was contemporane ous with a Khenish wine in a green , thir tumbler , and in this case decanters wen left within reaeli of all the diners , sc that relillmg was handy. Uitli tin chicKcn came red and white Bordeaux ir tliifougina ) bottle.s. , Just attcr the bee : u rum punch was served in tiny cups o homo rare eliina ware. The clrimpagm arrived with the desert , and was a choice of three makes , j o THANKS rou I.IOIITS. Two men stood near the door of tin MnoUing room looking carelessly at UK hieiio at a fashionable public ball. "Harry , " h.iid one of thorn , " 1 am go ing to make you pay for a bottle o wmn. " "How ? " "By belling you that I can within ( if tout minutes do a favor tor at least lei men in this room without getting a won of thanks for it in any case. " It was a queer proposition , but after i brief consideration Harry took it. Hi M-niuresonio companion went gravel1 to the cigar counter and bought a weed w hieli ho proceeded to light and got iliti good burning order. Just as no wa about to throw his match awav a mai approached whosaidlmlf interrogatively half imperatively : " ( ii'mo u light. " "Certainly , sir , " was the response , am the match was passed to the stranger who took il , applied it to In * eigat pulled vigorously a moment , and wen uwav. "Take out your watch , Harry , " sal the wagorer. "That's one. " Then , followed by 'Harry , ho mean dertul about the hall smoking ostonta tiouily , aiming to get uwu1 thos whoso clears had gone out , or who were not smoking. HE FISIir.D WKI.L , for by attracting the attention of some people and appearing to enjoy his smoke hugely , he Incited some to indulge who might not have thought of it , nnd before fifteen minutes had elapsed nearly as many men had asked htm for a light. How the wager stood may bo gathered from the experience with Iho fourteenth. Ho took the proffered cigar , ct his own to burning and returned the first with a gracious "I thank you , sir.1 "Believe mo , " exclaimed the wngoror , starting forward and grasping Iho stran ger clluslvely by the hand , * 'tho oblign- lion is entirely on my side. 1 thank you most heartily. " The stranger stnrcd. " 1 don't under stand you. " he snid "Why , " returned the wagerer , "if you hid met me UNO minutes ago I should have lost a bottle of wine.1' Then a further explanation followed , and the stranger , much amused , sat xlown to join the wngeror and Harry in the bot- tliMyhieh the latter paid for. sicnir : ; or su MMINO. Slumming 1ms had its Jay in .Now York , and Is now a toothless , gray headed and tottering ora/.c , employed nt very rare intervals for an evening by somebody who liked the fun and wants to repent it , or somebody who hasn't had the courage to try it before. There is one young woman in this city , belonging to the bettor class , who for the last few days , has boon wishing she had novcf heard of slumming. She tried il recently , and it took away nil enjoyment of life. She is a young woman who never does a thing until it has been tried by everyone ol.se in her set and she is perfectly sure that il is quite the proper thing. That is whv she nut off her slumming ex pedition until this winter. If she had undertaken it when the crn/.u was in iU prime , mid everyone went slumming as the regulation thing to do. she would be happy yet. As it is she is sunk into a melancholy so deep that it is proof against daily visits to a candy store , or the promise of a new pearl necklace. She is the possessor of : i bonnet for which she paid $ ( i ( ) . It was wonderful , stun ning , Kreuchy , the very climax of the milliner's art. When she bought it mudame told her with ecstatic little shrugs thnt IT WA35TUAIRUT I'BOM I'AItlS , that the eyes of customers had never rested on It , thai she certainly would never see its counterpart here , and that she would not be annoyed by a repetition of it even if she wore to go to I'aris itself , because it was n work of art , the inspira tion of a moment , which the artist-crea tor could never duplicate. So she bought the bonnet , and her heart has been sing ing a song of joy ever since JYellshe went slumming , that is properly accompanied chaperoned , and guided , she started to go. But she thought she would lik to Begin by going down through Division street to see the millinery shops there , Tlmt .street is an institution in itself , as unique as iinvthing to bo seen in the whole city of Now York. It has the flavor of the Bowery , tlio "peosness" shrewdness of Baxter street , nnd un airiness and pieturoiqui'iiOFS all its own. It is full of milliner shops. Ono after another , for block after block , there is nothing but big show windows filled with the most gorgeous concoctions of ribbons and feathers. Cases stand before the doors , holiday hats covered with lly-away wings , and bonnets built up to astound ing heights. And before each door stands a woman TO INViiOI.n : CUSTOMERS. If a woman in passing turns n wistful eye half way toward the window , the door-guardian is at her side in an instant , ringing all the possible changes upon an in vitation to step inside , and bu//.ing in her car until the girl at the next shop door takes her up. My young friend had heard of this unique plnco.aiid thought --he would like to hco it. They sauntered Ihiongh it , and her heart was tilled with tender pity for the poor creatures who would wear all those dreadful things nnd think them nice , while her thoughts now and then turned to that love of a bonnet lying at homo in its satin-lined box , and she was happy. Suddenly right there be fore her eyes , in the showiest and vulgar- cst ono of the windows , was tlio exact re production of her pride and joy. And on one of the strings was a placard ANNOUNCING IN HIG UTTiitS' : "Thi i magnificent bonnet only $5. ' Of course it was inaite of cheap materials , and was to her bonnet as the cliromiost k Ind of n chromo is to a master's original. But it was a lower-class counterfeit of her own beloved bonnet and at a little dis tancu only a practiced eye could tell the dillorenco.Vhilo she stood and stared at it , the girl came up : "That's a stylish bonnet , mum. Won't you come in and look at it ? It's awfully cheap. You could't buy it anywhere else for loss n three times that money. Bettor come in an'try it on , mum. It'd just suit your style of beauty. " " The young swell didn't go very much further on her slumming expedition. She wont home and cried. Ami would not bo comforted. She lias had no pleas ure in lifo since that night. The b onnot reposes in its satin case unworn , and its owner lias lost his faith in milliners. "How can I ever wear it , " she wails ' 'when 1 fully expect every day to sec ono of the servants going out with that dreadful caricature of tlio dear thing. How can 1 ever trust a milliner again ? Oh , dear , I shall never have anolhor minutes1 peace about my bonnet as long as 1 live.1 CI.AUA Bin.i.r. . I10NUV FOll TJ113 RADIUS. Uoucle stuffs are much \\orn by ehll dren. ( Jlilsunderlhliteen wear their frocks with out oveiskirts. Yellow shaded , light , tin fly. badiser boa and mutts am allectcd by young ladies. Kiench taste Is nt its best this year in the production of textile fabrics lei women's wonr. All of Iho light wools this season nro In cicat tavor , nnd they aio used both for day and evening wear. Plush Is moro In vogue than overwhile vel veteen , corduioy , niuluoidcrlno nio In higher tavor and moiu extended use. It Is n sad nnd a curious fact that n great many men nave n much better notion ot an Ideal wife than ot nn ideal husband. ( iiecn nnd black , hi own nnd wine , nnd palo sea-ciuon nnd holiotiope ate tnshlonably combined in wlntoi toilets made in 1'nris. Underskirts of striix-d , barred , baymlou' . and lijruml stuffs ate wein with all Hie other patts of the dicss of plnlu stuir. Homo while tmuclo jorsejs have been put upun Ihe inniki't nt low prices. They mo admirable lor Uicsaluf ? loom ami wcnr. The Normandy loque , uiiitlo of vnrloiH kinds ot tin , is hlu'li-l't-akeil on top , and makes its \\carci look like an Impelled hs- style that srems lo obtain ( his winter oonsisu in Iiavlm : the train ot a lomr dress to Imimoni/u with thu ilo = s , but ot ndilierunt nmtuiial , There is a decided return to vchct skirts of evi'iy degree ot worth , llidudiM' ' , ' velveteen in Mimics ot m.iy. KoUion blown , olhoaud d , til ; gat not. Plaids nro very fashionable , but they must boin aitlstlecoluis only , Thr crude , bill- llnnt pluuliof eten iwo years uo ; arc casl " . . " aside as "vulc.ir. A mutt ami boa arc the correct fuis lo wear with a tailor suit , no mutter how cold the weather , the clmmoN mulct wear in thnt case supplying the warmth. Sixty Chlcaco gU \ \ organized a co opera tic establishment for makim : men's , clothIng - Ing foi wholesale dealers1. Tlmy h ivo o good plant foi their establishment and the piomiso of pk'iity of work. Fan-pleated plastrons and labllers ore still scon upon closant cvenliiSKOwus of Mile and satin , with cnrsiwo nud panels each ldo of tlio rlcliDit Wntteau brocades. I'lnuls ) are very lasliioimble forundprsklrts , and the half concealed , half revcilcd p.nts of costumes , ttu > uppoi skirts , tusipioa or bod- tecs and sltx'ica being invaii.ililjr of the same S" T / * IHI , * t * M. r < JARTNDALE ] ! 'ALBRIGHT'S ' CHOICE OMAHf. Neb. , .Inn. S1.18ST. 1 hereby certify tliftl ,1 hnvo ncotirfttnly sur STREET TO } od nnd staked out tip | lots nnd stroolsof Sulft 1'ldco. ns shown ou nlioro plat ( xnil thnt tlio said Swift 1'lftco Is u sub-djvlston of tlio fot- lowing ilescrlboJ li nd ; Couitncnelng nt n point on confer line of section IS. township It , north of rniifre Kl , cnt of Ctli ptinoipnl morldlRii , that Is 7 chains irest of ccntor of snld eocllun lh , 14 , 13 , thence west 0'4 chains ; thoncp north SO 10-31 chuln ; ; thcnco eastCVi chnltn and tnnnca soutb SU 10 K ) chiilns lo bottlnidiif ; . w. U. HVWI.LV , Sur > pyor. I.Oco. 0. Hobble , owner nnd proprietor of Swift 1'lftco , ns pho n In tliu nbo\o plnlnadln wtioin the title to tlio cnld promlcos Is now voMcil , dostntonnd ndnilt tlmt nltl pint ( sin uc- cordnnco with my ilo ire nnd nlolics ; nnd Ida hereby dudlcnto to the public thu streets n * iho\rn on the nbcno pint. Witnc'smy hnnd thlsaut ilayof .Innimry,18s7. ( Slsnoa ) o. C. lloiimu. In presence of Hurry I ) . Iteod , , BUTT or NV.musK \ , i , Doiifflns Co. I On tills -1st dny of .Inininry. A. T ) . 18S7 , before ran , notary public In nnd lor nld county , por- nonnlly npponrod Ooo. C. lldhlilc , who Is per H sonally Known to mo to be tlio Meiitlcal poison whoso nnmoh afliiod to the iibovo dcitlcitlon W anil ho noUno\\lplfcd ( thoEninoto bo his volun tary net nnd iled. . W Wlt.io 8 my hnnd nnd Notarial soul tlio di'.to ( SKA i. ] nforojald. M HUMIV I ) . ItLEt ) , Notary I'ubllc. H (0 UK H J XXI G TO- SIDNEY STREET These Seventy-Two " 7,2" lots , located just south of and adjoining Albright's ' Choice. They are daisies and the price will make them go , < quick. 10 per cent , down , balanqe-in monthly payments In ch of home--now is chance w sea a - . - your , I ( wo Tiow is your chance to get in on the ground floor o Don't go into the bottoms , or so far out as to lie tied to a street car line for invest ments. Call for plats and any information de sired at my office , i / \ \ li rn 1 111 Qf Do vi AH II At A ! "R1 A ' d lilO i aludllloL.,1 , dAlUll lluluDliL 5 G. C. HOBBIE , Proprietor , stuff. matcUliic tlio in-omlncnt color ol the plaid. Keatlicr fans arc sliou n mostly In loiuid or oval Bliapos. Tlio tips usi-cl ou tlioiiiiuu fiom cldit to twelve inclios In IciiRtb , o plncod as not to show the qtillHa ; liiimmiiiK-blrd or dainty alcruttu ot homo sort Is placed In tlio center. The list of slelsnliiK lioods tills winter is mucli moro varied In style than o\or lioioie. Tlio Kusslan hoop or sable fur is tlio richest nnd most expensive , and tlio Knullsli hood of plusli , fiir-llucd and fur-bordered , is tlio most protective. Kxtra larso ( ilnlds of cold nnd lilno. hlnclc nnd cardinal , blue nnd fawn color , mnsh-Kicen nnd pale almond , mauve nnd bishop's purple. and wine color and nun's moy am combined with plush orTliit in the construction ol pay , rlcli skatlns ; or tobo an costumes. 1'ink Is n very fnvoilto tint wltn ynunt ; Indies tins season , and n clmrmlni ; cobtumo ronsUtb of n nross of pink nnd whlto 9irlH | > i | SIcllldiilH1 , ultli u bodice anil drnpcry of mnU silk tulle , with bcrtlia of lace mound tlio half-open bodice , or bietelles of velvet , with u irnrintiiro of velvet pinlts bPt nt onn side. Ka&liionnllo younj : eitls o | blender build nro wearlnt ? gownb this winter made in an- tiQiio fnshion , with full-cntliorod fchnrt- walstcd bodices , slioit pulled sleeves , and \\lilo bi'lts , nround which Is snii.'lv drawn an India silk snsh. witli luiu emlbliich tic in wide bows nt the back. Amonvthe now tlio s woolens to bo nsod lor \ IbitliiB sowns iluiini ; tlio winter and for iiamisomo pronienndo diesses in tlio bpiinir. me line soft Indies' cloth tabrlcs in novel palo hues of heliotrope , chanioi * , ii.ile ropppr. ninplo leaf LM eon , i.xspbeiry red , amaranth , i of.o color and cieim yellow nnd bluoof the tints seen on biequo uud ItujaMVorcCbter wares. The new Trench polonalso is very effec tive. made of the lineal enmol'i , hnir or ladiea" clotli , OMT nlalnelet bkirt.s. The limit turns back from belt to hem , nnd hit ; wide re- vei of % el vet are set upon these. The front of the corsage nlso turns back in i overs Irom the waist up to the shoulders , and discloses n vrst of embroidered silk or of wit In laid In line pleats bolted nt the wnlst nnd terminating there. At the .sides mo wlilo u-het poeketn nnd the back of tlio polonaise Is M-iy lonx , and but little dra i d Lester Wnllack lspend \ \ the lest of tlio winter lu Florida. A movement Is on foot In Louisville to erect n monument to Itainey McAnloy , Uernlinnlt'a tniaieiuent begins at tlio Chestnut .Street theatre on Monday. March 7. Soigne U reported to luve made a ( ? ieat hit In Clilcago as Ond.xido ! n "Lor- mine. " K. I ! . 1'olk has acccptod a now comedy for next season , \\hich he will pioducu anony mously. .John W. Keller , the nuthor of "TniiRled Lives , " isiltini ; nnotlier play for nn nctiess. Ucn Maginloy will star next f-eason In an Iilsh iilay , under the iminaKement ot ( Smiles 11. Illcks. Al. llayman has liroucht suit for WOO ! damacpsugnlnst Lilian Ulcott lor cancelling her 'Frisco date. ills. John K. Owens Is niannirliKf her hus band's estate , theCliailcston ( b.C. ) Ac.ulemy ot Alusle included. Suah Jlornhatilt , say tlio passeiiirers from llnvana , Iscniwdlnii the Tncon theater theie , nnd receipts am enormous. Jlooloy's thuater. at Clileago , has followed the lead of Hid Columbia theater and icdiiced the prlco of the btet ' .eat-s to SI. Wilson Hautitt s business in Chicago w.is light dining fiis Unco week's piiKnet'inunt. lie iiiodnced ' 'plitii" last instead ol at llit. . Lawrence fiariV'tt has purclmsed outright iiom the atitliorV. . \\r. \ \ Young , hit ) tr.usudy of "l'oinlrn ( > ii1"Mlilcli is being enlliely ie- written. < Svilnoy ItoLonleld dcclnies his Intention of making , nwie ojier.i 'Hluetto out of Flunk btucUtuu's no\el , "Tlio Lady nnd the Tiger. " Ml s Adelnldn.rThornton , who has wade a hit ns I''rnncesciu in "The ( i.illoy Sln\o , ' i- , the wifn ol I'awl NK-lioKon , n Now'ioik journnlist. Dinlnu' thn flint Americaii tour or Mine. Hintoil , In istv ) , Theodore Thomas ( illed the poiition ol k'ader ol the oiclieatra at n salary of { - liOavcok. . Kdwln llooth's first nppearanco ns n star was matin when ho was but eighteen , ns Hlclinrd III. , in C.bbcr'a Noi.sionol hhaku- bpearo'b tragedy. It Is now asserted that Hartley Campbell shows mnikcd indications ot incroabed mental vitror. and tliat theio Is a fair chance lor Ills entire ieco\ery. ( ieorn'leCajvan has been engaged by Mr. Douclcault to play n leading part In his new Ameiicaii plav.hleh he Intends to produce In lloston on Kebruar ) " Augusta Van Uoren , n giadunto of the lioston Museum company , who lias been seen in the support of Modjeska and Ithea , is prcparin ; to star In a new comedy of lubtuonable society. Kobert IStoepel is writing the music of nn original Ainu lean comio. opera that will bo pioduced at an eilydatc , lie has been at work on it for .somo months past , nnd com petent ciltlcs nio highly pleased at the style of the music so far. j These nio tlio long rnnsnt the Mow York i Casino under the AronsonV management : ' "Nanon , " 1W ) niKhtj ; "Kal'.n ' , " 110 ; "Amoiita , " 110 ; 'Mleggar Student. " t r : " 1'ilnco Methusalem , " tiv. "I'ho ( lynsy Union , " 8nnd "Kimlnle" has leaclied Its tilllth peifoiinnnce. Cora rannor , who Is meeting with suwois ns the slur ol "Alone In London , " was bom on Tridav , the l.'ith dny of thu month ; made liur debut on the sta'o on Kndiv. hhoho- lioves that the ith : : of each month is her lucky day. Klin has bi'on mndo an honorary member of tln < Now York Thirteen club , nnd Is the only lady connected \\Uli that lumou.s cotciic. LlncoIn'H l The nntliors of tlio Century "Lifo of Lincoln'1 thus rofur to Lincoln's isscnpo from li'coiniiiK ti ros'ulont ollleo-liolilur iiiidof tliuV usliington rovornineiit. ultor liis conjrossionii ; term iiiul oxpircil : "It was in ttus way th it Abraimm Lincoln mot and escaped ono of tlio greatuit iliin- KOIS of Ins lll'o. In nftor dnys lie rouog ni/.cd Iho cirror ho had onniniittcd , nnd uonjjrntiihiteil himself upon tliolnippy do- livernnco ho hud obtained through no merit of his own. Tim loss ol nl luust four years of the active piir iiit of his m-ofossioii would hiivi ; hoon irreparable , leiivintj out of view tlio htroiifj iirobability tlmt the singular nlmnn of Washington lito to niun who hnvo a pas sion for polities mi ht have kept him there forever. It lias boun said tlmt a residence in Washing ton leaves no man precisely as it found liiin. This is an axiom which may ho applied to most cities in a certain oonse , but it is trno in a peculiar decree of our capital. To the mun who coino there from small rural communitius in the south and the went , tliu bustle and stir , the intellectual movement , Mich as it i.s , the ordinary subjects of conversa tion , of such vastly { ircater importance than mo thing tln-y have previously known , tiio daily ami hourly combats nn the lloorof both hoiuos , thu intri im and thu strii lo of olllee minting , which in tero.st vast 'numbers beside.s thu olllco- seekers , the superior puinnncy and inter est of thu scandal which is talked at a conyc-s-iopal boardinix-hoiisi ) over that which scions the dull ilaib at n ullagv tivorn : nil this gives a savor to lifo in \Vashinitlon.the memory of which doubles the tedium of the sequestered vale to which the beaten legisla tor returns whnn his briuf hour ot clory is ovor. It is this which brings to tint stiito department , alter every yon- oral tileotion , that crowd of hpuetors , with their bales of recommendations from pitying colleagues who have boon ro- oluctcd , whoso diminishing prayers run down the whole gamut of Mipplication Irom St. .lames ( o St. I'anl.of Loando.and of whom at the la t il must bo Bnid , as Air. Kvurts onc'o Miid uftor an iiiinsnally lioavy day. ' .Many called , but few chosuii.1 Of llioso who do not aehicvo the ruinous success of going abroad to consulates that will not pay their board , or missions where they only avoid daily sliuino by hiding their penury nml their ignortinca away from observation , a great portion yield to their fate and join tlmt Ill-lit of wrecks which lloats forever on the piuomontotVashingtoii. . "It is needless to cnv tlmt ftlr. Lincoln received no daiimgu from IIH ! lorm of ollici ) in Washington , but w ? know of nothing which MIOWH M > strongly ( ho perilous fnciii.ttion of the place as tlio faot tlmt a man of his oxiraordinary moral and mental qualities could over have thought tor a moment of accepting a position HO iii iiiiiilicaiil and mnon- grtious f.t. tlmt which lmwa.s ; moro than willing In assiimo when ho lelt congiess liu would have tilled the place with honor ami cnditbut at a monstrous ospunsu. Wo do not no much rotor in his cxei-ptiiiiiiit caroci and IUH gn-it liijtiro in history ; these inoinentou.s con- tin 'i ne.es could not have suggested tliumsulvcs to him Hut the pl.ieo ho was reasonably sure ol Illlinc in the battle of lifo hhouldhavumadoa h'tibordinato ollico in Washington a thing out of the ques tion. He was already : i lawyer of bkill and reputation ; an orator upon uliom lii- > party relied to speak to thu people. An innate love of combat waa in his heart ; ho lovud dibuiission like u inodioval .scl.oolman. Tlui air was already tremulous with faint bugle notes that heralded a conflict of giants on a Hold ot moral .si nilicanco to which ho was full * alive and nwaue whore ho was certain to le-id at U-n t his linndnIs ixnd thou-aiUla. Vet if Juallli liuturlii'ld had not boon a moro supple , more adroit , and less scrupulous suitor for ollice than himselt , Abraham Lincoln would have sal for lour incstimnblo years at a bureau dck in the interior department , and when the hour of action .sounded in Il linois , who would havu lillud the place which ho took as if ho had boon born fpr itv Who could havu done the duly which ho bore as lightly n * if ho had been fashioned for it from thu beginning of timov" ICiio\ County All'nlrs. ( Jiii'.inirrox , Nob. , .Jan. 23. [ Torn ) . Hponih'nco of the -Hcprcseiitalivo ] \Y. L. Turner and .Senator U. K. Bono- htccl relnrncd from Lincoln Saturday Jan. 25 , and worn mot at the depot by a delegation of Van Wyok republicans and democrats , accompanied bv the Cruighton cornet band , and wore given an ovation for their honorable course in trying to f-eunro the ro-ulection of lion. C. 11 , Van Wyok. Although both were democrats , they promised to support tlio senator n < j second choice , and Ihoy Kc.pt their faith , winch is more than inanyho ealleil romib- llcans have done. If we had moru enuh men the people's choice would have -won against "boodle" and traitors , but traitors are short lived and will be remembered by their ( masters ) constituents despised and hated by the \\Iiohavogiven thorn their positions of trust ami honor , \Vulmv it btii'ii having iiuito a revival have tortlie past two weeks It was commenced under the Jcadoishipfjf Mrs. 1'almer , the gospel temperance revivalist of the National Woman's Christian Temper ance union , ot Iowa. Much good has been accomplished. Petitions are being circulated here ask ing the legislature to grant a permit to vote on the prohibition amendment in thu Mute of Nebraska. ( ) : ir defaulting ovconiity treasurer , Kadish , has not returned the ? 1U,000 ho borrowed from Knox county over two years ujo. The hist grand jury failed to indict him by a vote of eleven for indict ment and live of his friends airainst in- diriment. The pvoplo are crying for s > ni < thin to be done , but I ho Knox county ( ing if aluiiJilinix the guilty.