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A REFORM IN REOUISITIONS.
Governor Thayer Determined to Stop the
Wholesale Granting of Them.
HE RECOMMENDS LEGISLATION.
Further StatlHtlou About Insurance
C'oiniwiilcH Agitating tlio Ques
tion ol' Municipal HufTrnco to
Women Capital News ,
CiMiOM THE mi's : LINCOLN IIUIIKAI' . I
, j " Governor Thayer has Inaugurated n much
needed rofoim in the matter of obtaining
, : ; loqinsltlons tor tlm icturn to the state of
if' parties who violate laws and scolc to escape
If , fiom justice. In conversation a few days
ngo the governor expressed surprise at the
demands of this kind that had come to his
notice during his lirst month of service , nnd
to a paity securing a loqulsltion ho laid
down the statement with vigor that If the
requisition , as granted , , was used simply to
biiug theollendor back to the state for n
moneyed cumpiomiso settlement without thu
ciimlnal prosecution that the law icquiied
flor ollenilcis retained to the state , that ho
would KCC to H that the paitlcs securing the
Requisition papers should be piosecuted for
piujiiry. To those who have watched pro
ceeding1) In requisitions the past tow years
they have not failed to notice that they have
been granted In largo numbers , and that in
nnmeions cases settlements on them have
been made without ciimlnal prosecution.
.Detective agencies Und lu the work of requi
sitions and tlie bilngini : back of offenders
for removing moilgaped inouorty , for obtain
ing money under false pretenses , and like
offenses , a rich ticld to cultivate , for In such
cases the state pays the bills. Some of these
bill have gene through thu usual loullno In
the past ami been paid when they have bnon
seaicely itemized at all , and u review of them
might produce some Inteicbtlng llgures The
uovernor has given notice that thesuclalmsln
fulinc must bo iteml/.ed In oveiy paitlcular.
In an Interview with the governor on this
question of requisition , ho said that It was
his purpose to urge some needed legislation
In thu law fh these matters , nnd thesii pur
poses he has loimeit nnd presented to tlio
Icclslatuie In a special message. In this
communication ho uses the following lan
guage : "Kuqulbltlons are licquently bought.
1 am led to believe , tor the iciurn of alleged
tugatlves fioiu Justice to tlm state fur the
purpose nt enforcing the collection
of a debt or coiimiuiiilsluK with
the accused In cases wheie the ofleiito
charged Is obtaining money under
talsy pietenscs or culling or running elf
moitgiigcd property. Kxpunsos Incurred In
leturuiug fugitives ai paid by thu Mate , and
the state Is thus made the Instrumentality
for the collection ot debts In such cases , in-
Mead of blinking thu accused to punishment
lor the commission of a crime. ] icsuccttully
n commend the i > n-.sagc of a law which shall
pioyulu that lnc\erv case viliocntlm party
on whuso oath the warrant \\as issued t-hall
tall to pios-ecuto criminally and enter Into a
compromise with the otlender , such paity at
whoso Instance the wairauta.s Issued shall
bo liable to the state for the lull amount of
the costs In icttniilng the luglilvu to the
state , " It will be ohsen ed that the govcinor
puts nothing In thu way ot the vL'iirnus
prosecution of this class of ciimnmls , but he
proposes that thu state shall not become a
collection agency or an employment bureau.
THU I'lllKXIX III.ADSIIIK I 1ST.
In the continuation of the annual returns
ot the Insurance companies doing business In
the state , thu two companies that headed the
list two yours ago have. Hied their limnes , and
while they will head the llt again the pies-
cot j car , both show a decrease in business , a
fact that is truu also ot almost evciy other
company. The Nebraska & Iowa is tlm second
end in the list , and the returns received at
the auditor's cilice yesterday from different
comp.\nics make the followlni : showing ;
Plumilx ot Brooklyn Premiums , Sii7,53a,7U- ,
losses incuired , $ S3.i:54.lt : ) ; losses paid !
61,600.70 , Nebraska it Iowa Premiums ,
SKi3 , U.44 ; losses incurred , 814,010.01 : losses
" Jd. 814.410.ot. Homo of Now York Preuil-
inns. 571 , 6.21 ; losses inclined , : Hf.tr.f.O ;
. Continental -Pre-
losses paid. SrW.SfilUO. .
IJoylslon of Huston Premiums , & -V''il.l ' > ;
losses inclined , : j.o.m ; losses paid. Sl.sxu- ; .
l-'arragut ot Now Yoik Proinlnnis. 'ill.'Jl.
81 A IT. IIOl SKNOII S.
There is a gic.U demand fin commissions as
lotaiii-sat the present time , as a bill has
jeon Introduced that will gioatly change the
node of procedmo in mociu lug such author *
ty if the bill pistes. In consequence ot this
isplrantsaro nulling in then-petitions and a
, u-go liumber v.lll undoubtedly bu Usiied in
the ntNir present.
The governor was engaged yesleiday pie-
iailus tlio proclamation to Issue or-cnni/.iug
.he new county ot Hex Uutte , which was by
a vote of the people taken from the south-
ein part ot the present county ol IMwes.
soMinvn.vr r.xi.r.cisrn.
Theie aie a good many clll/.ens ot Lincoln
who mo somewhat excited these days over
the fact that the bill giving municipal Iran-
cldso to women Is liable to become n law.
'i'liopiophecy Is lieely tniido that It the bill
passes moiu prohibition will he enacted In
the different cities and towns In this .state
than could ho bioUKht about myeaisin any
other way , and it is believed thai
with the ballot in the hands ot
the women ot Lincoln that a pro
hibition nisuoriind emmcd would bo elected.
The discussion upon this question that con-
tionts Lmeolnltes takes a wide range , and
next to the liquor dealers themselves a good
many leal estate men view tlio piospect us
detiimeiitid to themselves and their property
interests , and some go so far as to predict a
collapse of thu real estate boom if the eltv
should become a prohibition center. This
question of mtiiileliul siiffragf , therefore ,
will bo very generally canvassed by the In
habitants of the capital city and undoubtedly
n powerful lobby on both sides will watch
proceedings.
AllOt T TUB flTV.
The lire rouorted In > esterday's Hin : tiom
this city was fully as expensive as I'nst .stated ,
and thu I ! street school building , where the
the occuued , Is damaged beyond any fnluio
use In that cnimeltv. A review to-day of the
damage lixes it at Sl&CO , fully covered by In
surance.
It Is staled that L. C. Hurr yesterday nur-
. 'based ' the resilience property of K. T. Itoh-
bolts en N t > lwit tor S.OOJ. This Is voiy near
the buslines center of the city , ami the icport
is imtlierciiculated thatrluht In that vicinity
is to bo eicctcd the comlmr spring and MIIII-
mei a largo hotel to eclipse anything west of
Uiu'MlsMiiiil liver.
Policeman ilalono was In Oieston yester
day , where ho wont to eet a man named
Not ton , who Is thu chap who assaulted Po
liceman ( Juntiim on the goxernmeiit square
about UNO weeks ago. Policeman Malouo
telegraphed to headmmrtcis In this city jes-
tculay that ho Had his man and ho Is ex-
pnetud homo with him to-day.
Pollen ofllccrs were mitllied yesterday of a
parcel of .stolon goods that were found near
the waicrooius of the Wisconsin I'mntturo
company. The goods consisted of some silk
handkerchiefs , u toilet cat-o and a tew other
nitides of lesser valuo. They ere thought to
have been taken troin Will Maatcrman's
The receipts of the West Lincoln "stock
yaids yesterday wcio flou head of rather an
in lei I or quality , and consequently prices fell
off slightly , ruling yesterday Horn 84.50 to
54.75 per bundled.
T. I' . A. NF.W6 Or A WKKIC.
A , H. AibucUo. of the llarlan Times , and
Isaac Lo Juyt , of the Hastings Independent ,
wciu vlsltois at the club rooms lust \\euk.
The committee en thu era ml ball anil uan-
quet to bu given the cnmliiL' month tcport
prospect * very ll.itterlng lor an iiiimonsn at
tendance and It U expected that a special car
of visitors will come trom Omaha and a large
number will also come from Hastings and
Ui.ind Island.
J-.UOU , iv.ins.vs my , u , u. m < iu , > ui | > .u i3u.
U. H. Cuthhert. Omaha- : John Mullouey , tat.
Piiul ; E. L. Half , Chicago ; 0. 11. Cat son
Omaha ; Albert Voorhecs , Jsewark : 0 , h
WilUenson , Uroken BowV. ; . H. 'taper '
Omaha : LeM Cox , Phillips : H. F. HubbarJ
St. Loins , Tcmplo Pierce , Boston ,
SOCIAL NOTES AND TKUSONAIA
It was a quiet wees In social circles , com
paratlvely ( .peaking , this last one past
Among tlie most pleasing , however , of Hie
different gatherings was the informal recep
tion t.ivcu to the members of the Chautau
q ua circle by 51 r. and Ms.s. H. T. Leautt at
tlua picas-nit houio on II street. Fully
hcvciity-uve of the membership ot tlm ciiclc
volt' present anil a very nloasaiit anil : it-
lYictive riioL'r.imim' was cnntilhutod , while
lie ciiteitidnmciit extended by the host and
lostess was gicallv enjoyed by till. Iti-fresh-
iieuls well1 sen oil ! > y the I'liion league.
The Chase nml Wheeler oratorical contest
rom among the members of thu P.ilhuliun
oflnty was Iho attraction lasl e\cuiiig in
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iiiivc'rsity elrcl'-s , a ho-4 ol the triouds ot the
oiitestaut.s IjL'ing present at the exorcises.
Mr. Clement Ch.isc , of the Omaha Kxcelslor ,
) iicot the piojectors ot thcsn annual con-
estsasiirceut In the city yesterday.
.Mi ° s .Mliinio Muddern was one ot the at-
laciions at the Kuiikc opera house the past
week and was gicetcil by a very laige audi-
nee. who were greatly delighted with the
\isitolliei-eltatid compuny to the capital
Mr. and Mrs. .folin Baisby. of Kalrmont ,
weic visiting \Vcdnes.lay in Lincoln.
Mrs. K. Bolmnnon. who has been visiting
n Kansas , returned homo to Lincoln the past
H. V : . I'roudiit , of Madison , WK , was visit-
ngfi lends in Uncolu the jinst week.
C. K. Willin , formeily nt Lincoln , came
low n fiom .Broken Bow the past week on a
\st | | ot business and iilcasurc at his eld
liomc.
K. K. Gordon has gone to Denver , at which
place hoil \ he dcla'ncd ' for some time on
business imdteis.
.Mr. nnd Mrs. W. K. Woodruff , who have
been visiting with trlonits In Lincoln , have
i dinned home to llaitfor.l , Conn.
1) . H. M.dlliy , "I I 'PS Mo'iiii's. a Diomiiicnt
oluci.il in the older of MudernVoodmen ,
\\as in Lincoln J-'ilday.
.Mrs. li. ) Htouffer , of Tilth , passed ilnniigh
Lincoln Friday en route tor a \ isltilh rela
tives at Noin , 111.
W. A. Koot , formerly of the Lincoln Xews
staff , has acccpteit a position with the lea- !
tileu Ji\pre s and departed lor that city.
Haiiy Uurtee is home to Lincoln horn an
extended visit with Irlcnds and relatives in
Illinois.
ills. J. 11. McMurtry and daughter , who
havt ) been visiting In the cast , returned honm
to Lincoln Tlunsday.
Mis. M. llustcd has gone to Chicago for n
two weeks' visit with friends In that city.
M. L Massey , who has been in thu boot and
flioo business In Lincoln , has retmncd to his
former homo In Dccatur , 111.
Dr. C. I1' . Ktownit. of BrowmiHe , was a
Lincoln visitor Wednesday , whore ho has
many Irlenils and acquaintances.
.Miss Cora H. llosmau. who h : s been visit
ing with lulatives In Lincoln lor some week.- ! ,
has icturned to her homo in Dulutli , Minn ,
Tlio Plillliarinonio Coucerr.
Tim second concert of the Philharmonic
orchestra will be given at Boyd's at o ( ( 'clock
this afternoon. The tollowlng Is the pro
gramme ;
1. March , Narcissus . Bramlels
2. Oyuituic , Itaymoud . A. Thomas
t ) . Walt"On the Beautiful Hudson" . . Blal
-I. Mlnnot , for.vtriugiiiIntette..Boeclicrlni }
5. Ballad , The two ( iienadieis. . . .Schumann
Mr. Conrad ticlimldt.
0. "Itemlnlscences of Tanniiauser , " .
It. Wagner .
7. Largo , for tillingOrchestia. . Organ and
Piano . Handel
Violin snlo , > Ir. Nahan Kranko.
8. Cavotto. Amarjlhs . Ivliig Louis XIII
I' ' . Cornet Solo , "Oucuirain" . . T. tJullium
Mr. Henry Liitz.
10. Potpotnrl , Lu Puiiehulo . Offenbach
11. Serenade , tor String Qiuitctto .
Mimko wall ! .
12. Waltz , Dolores . Watdtmifol
Cio to South Omaha to dav nnd buy
gome of those beautiful residence and
valuable trackage lofs , ( beiiifi the nearest
trackage for sale in South Omaha ) . These
lota arc located on the main line of the
Union Pacific railway , within ten min
utes' walk of the stock exchange build-
in < r in South Omaha , and arc known as
Jefleris' rcnlat. Terms ID per cent cash ,
balance on monthly payments. This ad
dition is across1 the railroad track west
from Albright's choice addition , which
was sold in one week. If you want
choice lots don't delay. Omaha property
is all good , but South Omaha has jjiven
the largest and quickest returns. For sale
at the olh'cn of T. O. Jetleris , nest ; door
to thu postollice , South Omaha , or on the
grounds.
Fiyo acres in SotUli Omulmfors ale at
bargain. EVA.SS & Jon
TOiIFOOLER\\OF \ \ THE TOADIES ,
Americans V/lio Tliink Everything Sight
if "Its Eagliab.yon , Know. "
APING ARROGANT ARISTOCRACY.
Oioiinral Grant nncl the DukeorRtithci-
l Vin.eo ! and HritlHli ! ' "ox-
r Good lluliils
to Imitate.
Niv. : ' YOISKTan. . St. fC'orrospondcnco
of the Ilr.K ] I was paying a viiit , the
other afternoon , at n fashionable IIOIIMI
when an Englishman of position came in ;
at once the whole parly fell to dKcussing
the approaching marriage of an Ameri
can belle with the son of a ISritiah duke.
The foreigner said th.it the f.mily of the
bridegroom was very amiable , and likely
to treat the newcomer without any
hauteur , "for , " ho added , coolly , "in
families like that , when there is. a mar
riage nitlin person without rank or high
position , the reception isometime - , not
cordial. " 1 bridled up mentally at this ,
and was getting ready to say : "That is
very well in England , but Ameri
cans think their young ladies , in
good company , cfjual to the first
" Uut the aininble hostess
anywhere. per
ceived my pugnacity and got the start of
me : "Yes , " she replied meekly , "do
manv American gills have married into
families of distinction in England , and
not been pleasantly received , that wo are
glad to know this one is likely to find a
better welcome. " I could have bitten
my lips in rage , lirt-t , at the quiet inso
lence with which the .stranger assumed
the superiorly of English rank to any
thing in America ; und then , tit th tin-
bamty with which the lomark was re
ceived. Hut perhaps there was a satire
to this civility.
Vet how can wo wonder , if the English
think us inferior , when people of distinc
tion submit to tliuir condescension , and
carry out the humility in acts as well as
words. Thuy crowded around the duke
of Sutherland , the other day at a
parly , as if lift had been a great man
their duke , u nd they his vasaals ; there
was oven a bagpipe to play for his
grace as lie entered the room ; and I am
told that women of position were taken
up and presented to him till he got tired ,
and exclaimed to one of his cronic.s : "I
don't sou why the grandehilaron of cob
blers want to known duke at all. " Ho
must havu u sovereign contempt tor the
republicans > vho abase thoniaolvcs before
him , whoso principal pononal distinc
tion in London is that he rims with u lire
machine , and in tins country that ho
owns H rndrbad nnd works the engine
with his own ducal hands.
Till : GKNUHAl * ASP Till : IlfKf. .
Ho owns n uaiinty besides , and when
( ieneral ( iranl yiritcd him he chanced to
bo at a station on a railroad some dis
tance from his caMlo. Grant had a spe
cial car , and scoing the duke , ho rent to
invite hU host to aliaro it. ills grace ,
however , also had his car ; he had known
that thu ex-president was in the train , but
hud not seen lit to pay hi * respects.
When at last ho entered the car , ho took
pains to assure ( JciwraTJrant that ho was
there by accident , leat the man who had
been the guest of 5o\ercigns should sup
pose that the duke of biilhwluml had
come thus far to greet him. Ho doubt
less thought he was paying Grant nn
honor to receive him at all a mere sol
dier who ti.id happened to bo presi
dent of a democracy. \ \ hen the duke
was next in New } ork General Grant
called on him , but his grace neglected to
return the visit.
It is not only dukes gennino grandees
to whom American * pay this sickening
homage ; but every Englishman with a.
potty reputation in literature or politics ,
or with a title hardly recogin/.ed at home ,
receives sin ovation that makes him nil )
liis eyes like Christopher Sly when he
woke and found liim slf in the bed of a
lord.Vo make no distinction between
people of real eminence and achievement
and the iniivust third-rate pretenders.
Dean Stanley : md Mr. Ilaweis were
treated in the same fashion , the lord
chief justice ot England and Mr. I'etor
I'ottcr. Sometimes the msisnilicnnt for
eigner is not to blame ; lie does not set up
for si personage , but ho linds himself
lionized almost before he arrives.
Al'INC. AltlbTuriSACV.
But to return to the aristocracy. When
the American fashionable * can't catch a
lord for their company they do the next
best thing , and model themselves , as they
suppose , after the original. And nothing
is droller to those who have seen the
originals than to murk the antics of tlio
mimicry , The copyists dress themselves ,
they think , like the high English , and bu-
ca'i > c in tlio autumn when the English
aristocrats are in the country they wear
country clothes , the.sc followers of a
fashion they do not understand , sport
traveling suits nnd derby hats in tlie
Filth Avenue. No Englishman of posi
tion is seen in London except in a high
bat and a dark coat ; a jacket
or a tweed suit is unknown
in Pall Mull or Piccadilly , unless one
is dimply pacing through town. There
fore , not a man in New York who sots
up for fashion can bo seen before Christ
mas except in a derby hat and perhaps a
shooting jacket. They think il is English
style ! Save the mark ! Even now in the
dead of winter you may notice some ultra
exquisites of a Sunday afternoon parad
ing their country suits to show an ac
quaintance with foreign modes. An
Englishman , it is true , may sometimes
wulk our streets in such continue , because
he considers New York provincial , but if
he should do it at homo ho would bo the
laughing stock of the cubs or uancatured
in "Vanity Fair. " As long 111:0 as the
days of Fra Diavolo , Lord Allcasli was
dressed as n.satire in the style Unit some
New York men jillcct who think they
know the world.
Then , in England wlioro the climate is
mild and the winters are warm , where I
have seen roses blooming in the open air
at Christmas , and snow is ulino.it unknown
( they have no name for .sloighs , and call
them American sledges ) ; there the people
with great country hou.scs till them in
December and February , because an out
door life is possible anil agreeable. There
fore in the hyperborean region when the
thermometer is below zero , nnd the
trrouml covered with snow lor months ,
when the blasts are most penetrating
nnd the forests most biting , thu line folk
must imitate the English mpdo. They
too must open their country houses , built
and furnished for summer , und invite
"country house parties" to sports that
nearly kill them by the exposure. Tlioy
shiver and froc/.o nnd Miller , und some
times die ; they take diphtheria and pneu
monia , und ondiiro agonies of torture
because the high English go to the coun
try at the some time.
ruoi.iNG WITH Tun rox.
So , too , the English hunt , and wo for
sooth must do the same , lint the English
possess treat estates and preserve their
game ; they Keep live foxes and have u
right under the English law to ride oycr
the crops and liclds of their tenants , or
the prerogative is stipulated in their
leases. They hunt on their own land. A
lord with an estate of 60,01)0 ) acres invites
a party to rule to hounds. Therefore , on
Long Island , where n man may hold , per
haps , a 100 acres , und his next neighbor
is u farmer , us much u proprietor ns lie
is , tiio imitator of aristocracy sets m > n
kennel , und attempts to follow
the hounds. Hut his neighbor pro
tests ; ho is no tenant bonnd to
allow the descendant of a feudal lord
to destroy his fences und trample on his
crops. Not lon < ' ago one of these far-
mcTri gave notice to u gidlsiat muster of
tbe lioun U that ' ' would shoot the first
man who attempted to ride over his
grounds. ( Jood sport , however , could
not be interrupted , anil the whole "lield"
swept proudly down. lut ! there stood
the farmer with musket in hand , and like
the kins of Franco with twice ten thou
sand men , the huntsman bold rode up a
hill and then rode back : i < : aiii. They
had no feudal riirhts and were only tres
passers.
They even do not find the good demo
crats of the country willing to give them
the road. When a lady ot the neighbor
hood was thrust aside , her vehicle broken
and herself injured , she absolutely went
to law with the would-be aristocrats.
These gentry should reserve their sports
for regions where they can own jand
enough to enjoy thenihelves in aristo
cratic style , and not on n potato patch
put on tin ) airs of lords of the manor or
masters of a demesne.
"Tis ns good as a screaming Jarce to
sec a little "Jiold" of twenty or thirty
people , the men in regulation "pink , "
with high top boots and hunting
brceche.s , following not a lo.x , but a buy ;
of anise seed tied to a horoo's tail ,
stopped by the farmer.s and turned oiV by
the old women anil callin/ / ' this fox
hunting. They oven invite Englishmen
to join them ; real lords and real .sports
men , and these English go back to the
country of preserves and privilege , and
many a joke they toll about the demo
crats who aspired to their company and
thought themselves aristocrats' because
they wore red coals , and hunters because
they rode after unibo seed.
WHAT K.Nlil.ISil I.lKIl IN AMKKICAN'S.
For the scorn of _ n genuine aristocrat
for liis copyist is intense. Many n lord
or duke likes n real republican ; they re
spect a man who stands up for his coun
try and its institutions ; they believe in
Americans who declare themselves self-
made ; they like mnny American customs
and admire many American women ; but
what they do not nuder.itand is why
Americans and dcinourats fchonld pretend
tend to what they can never attain , what
the whole world know.s wo claim to have
discarded , why we should throw aside
our national dignity and character to
parade in the borrowed plumes of an
aristocracy.
My English acquaintance told the
truth when he said that the high English
are unwilling to receive Americans intq
their families , More than one , or two ,
or half a dozen well-known American
women havu married within the last ten
years Into noble houses in England and
in nearly every instance the heads of
1110 = 1) houses exerted themselves to pre
vent the marriage ; disgraceful condi
tions have been imposed before the core-
monv could bo performed , and after
all , the new comer was often neglected
and insulted by thu aristocratic
connections to whoso society she
aspired. 11 beauty or genius conquered
at last , it was sometimes not till thu hus
band had pawned the pearls of his Amer
ican wife , or both had sulh'ircd , or al
most starved ; within bight of their
haughty and semi-royal relatives. Even
then success did not always las I. An
American who might one day bo a pov.r-
cs.s is said to bo planning a return to her
democratic homo , and another , a march
ioness , has been discarded by her hus
band , her coronet a mockery , and her
self refined at court , though admittedly
without fault.
'llicso tire the wavi of the very high
aristocrats. Lower down , among the
connections of peers , it is thu same thing ,
even these think themselves butter than
thu rest of the world , though they have
only rubbed again" ! tin- nobility , and the
baronets and knights uud "honorables"
uro as indignant when American daugh
ters uro proposed to them as dukes and
marquises themselves. Women bearing
the oldest names in America , names that
were obscure , although aristocratic , in
England , but have been made distin
guished by public services and brilliant
talent hero havu been barely welcomed
to homes not equal to their own , and
of less distinction than those
a * r c * a ani M.v < aoifm " 3 iMi am J < MIMJJJMIJ UUI
they lolt IIHVP positively repelled them.
ror. iNi ( r.u.si. ri'roMS. .
Yet there uro Americans or cducalioi
anil importance anxious to imitate , i !
they cannot outer , tlio tinglish sirifdoo
ruey. Alas ! they often miss even thil
humble marl : For many of the habiti
copied lioro arc not tlioso of the aristoo
racy at all , but of the middle ulasa ; tnoj
arc taken from novels or tlm &la < e , faslii
ions set by authors or ; utorn who Jiav <
novur seen aristocracy or known itt ;
manners , and iirnnrantly followed by UJQ
Americans as ( specimens of the hifrh Kng <
lish life and behavior. The exeessiva
drawl , the languid manner , the stupid
btammcr , tlie broadness of speech , thu
insolent stare that are assumed by thosa
wlio wish to poem Kngllsh , and indeed
nearly all the peculiarities of lan uugq
and demeanor imitated in America , urq
but the shadow of a shade ; the copy ol
some poor cockney , himself the cnncn-
ture of a lofty original.
OTlio real beliavior of the great liiiKlish.
is simple , though sometimes arrogant.
There is u superciliousness which one not
bom to the "manor" never catches ; 11
euiolessncss of other * that comes not
from intending to uU'ronl. but from u
genuine indiUbroncc impossible to atTooti
the consciousness of a superiority so reo-
ogniy.ed as to be almost forgotten. Noth
ing of this e.xihts hero or can exist where
the neoplo who alleot superiority neither
feel it nor possess it ; and where thu show
of it is resented as soon as manifested.
No one can have the English manner
which spurious democrats so much ad
mire unless other people admit the supe
riority , for this manner is the opposite of
ellbrt , or assertion , or pretense. Even
when it li real it is no belter than the Im
itators might have without ellbrt and tlio
effort always fails.
There is indeed abundance in England
and in the English to admire , and to em
ulate , if not to imitate , lint the disease
that is called Anglomania is in realify
aristocrntomnnia. Its victims do not imi
tate the lawyers , tlio men of letter , the
merchants and manntacturers , who give
England her power and glory and impor
tance to-day , but peers and peeresses who
take them tor all in all , are less deceiving
of imitation by Americans than
any class in England. These imi
tators uro especially apt to prate
of family descent which they think
the distinguishing mark of aristocracy ;
.yet tlio very men of greatest deeds und
most illustrious named from whom some
of them have sprung , wore noli-mndo ,
and it they worn alive to-day , would bo
culled parvenus in England , while the
claims of the "oldest" American families
to gentility would bo scouted by EnglUh
peers , who regard such protcnso as wo
might the etiquettes of ants or prece
dence among pissmlreij.
ADAM DAIHA'U. :
Crclglilon
Less than two weeks ago a syndicate com
posed of W. II , Alexander , Dr. Spaldlng , N
A. Kiihn , A. P. ( Jinn , J. II , McCiilIoch , .1.
'
C. Whinncry nnd C. I ) . Wnodworth ,
purchased n tract of land lying north and
west of Orchaid hill and christened thu prop
erty "Orelghton Heights.1' The "Heights"
embraced \ \ lots which were placed in thu
hands of Benewa A ; Co. and thu C. W. Mount
Investment company lor sale. Through thu
energetic woik of timso entcrpilslng leal
estate lirmn the last of the property was dis
posed of yest.erday at prices ranging fiom
4' < 0 to l'5VJ per Jot ! The gentlemen wl o
composed the syndicate , teiuluiod the real
estate linns mentioned and their employes ,
twenty-live In all , a tiaiiquet lit the Omaha
club last nluht in appreciation of tir ir ex-
cellcnt vttnk. _
31,000 I'orAoro.
I have aj acres of land i mile cast of
South Omaha , at $1,001) per ncro.liw
\\oll , ami is it bargain. If not sold thi
week will 1)0 platted.
( lUOVKItKTr.VKN'S ,
1'luce ,
On Liaen worth struct.
