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tional. Advertisements.
TUB defeat of the clmrtor will be a bad
black eye for the real cstnto boom.
FAMOUS Joe Howard contributes an in-
lorostins letter to the SUNDAY UEP . Ilo
Is the king of Now lork correspondents.
A KI\V : moro factories built of brick antl
mortar and fewer built of wind would
mutcrlnlly assist the growtli of this tliriy-
ing .
city. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
NEW YOIIK is sullerinK from n coal
famine. Jf present prospects hold out
Omaha will soon be in a position to help
the clVeto east out on the coal question.
Ir corporate monopolies uro to dictate
our laws and make and unmake our city
charters at will our state houses and city
Imlls should bo changed into railroad
headquarters to save the oxuenso of
double runt.
Hinv will Omaha enjoy operating nor
oityfeovornmont under a charter framed
for a city of 80,000 ? This will be the in
evitable result of the defeat of the new
charter which the confederated corpora
tions are now assailing.
Crn/.i.vs : of Omaha will see to it in case
.of the defeat of the now charter that the
responsibility for the damage done to
this city is placed on the shoulders where
Jt belongs. There is such a thing as sow-
Jug tlio wind to reap the whirlwind.
Tiiotis will bo wailing and gnashing of
looth among the long haired mon and
Short haired women throughout the coun
try. The supreme court of Washington
territory has declared unconstitut'onal
the law of 1835 granting female sullragc.
WAIEU UKKCHHU scores the
Knights of Labor. Air. liocohur is a
liroaohor of spotless character and high
Standard of morals who some years ago
Jjrosoribeu brottd and water as u healthy
illot for American workingmon.
Mil. HAIIID , of Dakota county , has In
troduced a bill to prevent swindling.
This will bo highly appreciated by Mr
Jlaird's constituents who wore swindled
V.V the gontloinim from Dakota out of a
professed friend of Van Wyok in the late
pontitorlal uontust.
for positions on the na
tional railway commission are said to bo
legion in number. General Van \Vyok \ ,
nil reports to the contrary notwithstand
ing , is not among the number , Import
ant business will occupy him in Nebraska
lor several years to come.
TUB third boodle alderman has reached
plug Sing and ills contluontly expected
that the remaining three will plead guilty
nnd saro the expenses of a trial. Tlio
Bword of justice is glistening In unpleas
ant nearness to thu head of Jake Sharp ,
who la to bo the ne\t to receive thu atten
tion of the Now York authorities.
MINNKSOTA is to pass a law compelling
railroads to furnish annual passes to htatu
ofliciuls , judges and members of the legis
lature. The theory is that what is now
done by the railroads as a favor will be
changed to an obligation on the part of
the companies from which they cannot
-reasonably look for returns to the detri
ment of the public. The idea Is a good
one. It could bo adopted In Nebraska
with great bonolit to the people. The
deluge of annuals which is showered upon
tivcr.y ollicialstate , county and legislative ,
to intluonco their action upon matters
relating to tlio railroads , would not bo in
creased. Thu transportation account of
the companies would sutler no loss. Hut
the state and the public would bo the
Special Feature * of the fiundnr Bc'cC'
The Sunday Bsn has taken rank s
one of the best Sunday papers hi Iho
United States. Among its-leading special
features arc the Now York Uerall' *
cablegrams from the principal capital. )
nnd IKJWS centers of Europe , Clam Uclle'3
gossip , Adam Ibito.tu'a Jotter , William ,1.
I okV > "Literary Uaves , " P. S. Heath's
Washington chat , 1'ranv ; Sepel's Boston
budget , and soyoral Knropuitn loiters ,
ue.sMos special telegrams from all impor
tant points In this country ,
To-day the Btn : adds another very at
tractive special feature a wcokly letter
from Joe Howard , the famous New York
journalist. Howard U beyond all ques
tion the most brilliant , versatile
and entertaining correspondent in
this country. Tor over a quar
ter ot a century ho has boon a prom
inent llgnrc in metropolitan journalism.
His letters to thu Her. will no doubt bo
Greatly enjoyed by our readers.
With such a brilliant spread of good
things the readers of the SUNDAY UKB
will certainly have n literary least. All
these special contributions cost a great
deal of money , but as the public appre
ciate enterprise the Hnr spares no ex-
punso in civing it.s readers the very best
the market allbrds.
Our Trade llolntlons U'llli C'anudn.
Kvcrybody understands that : \ policy
of commercial non-intercourse toward
Camilla would not bo entirely one-sided
in its i-f.suUs , The Dominion alfords a
liberal market for the products of the
United States , the loss of which would
certainly bo felt by many interests in this
country. It is not thu policy of the
United States to lesson the number of its
markets , but to increase ' .hem , and toon-
largo its bnsinesj with these it already
po.vje.sses. Only the most extraordinary
circumstances could justify a departure
from this policy. On thu other hand ,
Canada finds the largest market for its
products in the United States , and there
is scarcely an interest in that country that
would not sufllir very seriously if de
prived of this market. A protracted
period of commercial non-intercourse
would undoubtedly bring ruin to thou
sands of business men in the Dominion ,
prove most disastrous to labor , and well
nigh paraly/.o the financial and indus
trial all'airs of the country. Hero the ef
fect upon thu general business and pros
perity would bo hardly percoutible.
There it would bo most marked and de
cisive. The United States can stand non-
intercourse without serious detriment to
the general welfare. Canada can not.
In view of these obvious facts , It is
inost remarkable that the Dominion gov
ernment has persisted in its aggressive
course until It has reached the point of
compelling the United States to consider
the necessity for a retaliatory policy. Yet
there are mon prominent in that govern
ment who profess to think that such a
policy would fall not less severely upon
the United States than upon Canada , ap
parently not understanding that if it
were possible for the former to lose ten
times more than ttio latter the efl'ectupon
its general welfare and prosperity would
bo less serious than m tbo case of the
latter.
According to a statement furnished by
the Dominion minister of customs , the
imports into Canada Irom the United
States during the fiscal year of 18SO
amounted to about $10,000.000 , while
Canada exported to this country products
to the amount of ? 30,000ODO , leaving the
trade balance in favor of thu United
States $1,000,000. In the thirteen years
from I85 ! to 1883 Canada purchased in
this country products to the value , m
round ligurcs , of ifOlO.000,000 , and sold to
the United States products to tliu valuu of
$150,000,000 , showing a balance
of trade against the Dominion
for that ] Joriod of $154,000,000 ,
an average of a little less than $12,000,000
a year. It will bo scon from those figures
that the loss of business to Canada from
being deprived of the American market
would very nearly equal in value the loss
of the trade of this country with tbo
Dominion. In the case of the latter it
would bo an almost complete loss , since
Canada could not readily find new mar
kets , while the United States might not
find it dillicult to Fccnro equally profitable
markets elsewhere for the few million
dollars , worth of products the Dominion
annually buys hero.
Hut if the material consequences to the
United States were certain to bo twenty
times more serious than they possibly
could bo under existing conditions , this
country could not all'ord to avoid them at
the sacrifice of its national character ,
which has already sutlered from its
patient forbearance under the outrages ,
insults and aggressive hostility of the
Dominion authorities. The insistence ) of
the government upon a recognition of its
international and treaty rights should bo
firmly adhered to , and it will be sustained
in every policy decmod necessary to en
force them.
Sparks anil tlio Laud Thieves ,
( iuueral Sparks is pushing the prosecu
tions against the land swindlers , boirns
pru-otuptors and fraudulent homesteaders
wherever found. Recently H. U , Prosson
and John U. King , of Hunklemon , H. D.
Habcoek , of Hastings , and U. H. Criswell ,
of Imilauola , all of this state , were con
victed in the federal courts of conspiracy
in connection with bogus timber claims ,
and scores of other indictments are
now drawn up awaiting presentation in
bimilar cases. Commissioner Sparks is
doing his best to presurvu the public do
main for honest settlers in spite of the
huwls of the land grant corporations and
tlio rage of cattle syndicates and claim
sharks. His poliny of rigid investigation
of all entries is already bearing fruit In
this section of the west. Actual settlers
are taking possession of ownerless claims
and communities which contained thou
sands of acres of land which had noyor
seen a plow or a sod house are being
built up by honest proprietors and hard
working fanners , So far from Uenoral
Sparks' policy having injured the west it
has boon of inustimablo benefit in htitmi-
latlng actual settlement and in wresting
from ringators and land syndicates
millions of iicrun of land held for spoon
lation. The fences have gone and with
the illegal fences havu disappeared the
pliant tools of the cattle syndicates who
monopolized the best locations along the
streams in order to "hold the rango" for
their employers. Compliance with the
law is now being generally enforced
through public sentiment and moro care-
tut supervision of the local land ollices.
Land is being preserved for the landless
and not for the landlord , and the public
Is being correspondingly banofittod.
The iiowls against Sparks in this
'section ot the wcat come from
the throat ) of men who never
| ) .iss ; i federal court without n shiver
or road the cnll for a grand jurf without
a nameless tlreiul.
The Fish Commission's AYorlt.
In their eighth annual report , the Nu-
braska fish commission nrocnl an inter
esting resume of their excellent work in
stooklng the waters of Nebraska with
food fish , The duties of the commission
ers seem to have bcetrperformed as much
as a labor of loyo as a requirement of
the oDlcu which they hold * All three arc
old residents of Nebraska , old sportsmen
and ardent students of fish cultnr-e. That
they have made the most of 'tho small
appropriation placed at their disposal by
the legislature the report very clearly
shows. During the past year
5,050,005 wall eyed pike , 10S.OOO brook
trout , 55,000 salmon trout , 0,000 California
mountain trout and 8,720 Gorman carp
have been distributed from thu hatcher
ies and planted In various ponds , streams
and lakes In the state. Kcporls from
every section of the state have been re
ceived showing that the fish are rapidly
multiplying and that fish culture N no
longer an experiment in Nebraska. The
work of thu fish commission is a practi
cal one. The aim is to furnish our i > co-
] dc with an ample supply of fresh
water fish for food as well as
for snort , to determine what
streams aru .suitable for thu
various species of fishes , and what
conditions are most favorable for their
development. Thu legislature owes it to
thu state to support liberally the work of
the fish commission. For Iho no\t two
years estimates have been handed in for
? li,2oO.OO a year , which will cover all ex
penses of salaries , labor , apparatus , free
distribution , repairs and buildings. The
state funds could scarcely bo bestowed to
better and moro economical advantage.
Korclnt ; tlio llrnin.
In a recent address before the Nine
teenth Century club of Now York Dr.
William A. Hammond discussed the in
teresting topic of brain forcing in Iho ed
ucation of children , deprecating some of
the prevailing mcthodslof the schools as
unnatural and harmful , and making a
plea for more object lessons in teaching.
The views of Dr. Hammond are worthy
of attention , oven if all of them cannot
bo endorsed. The schoolmaster of this
ago , hn remarked , forgets that children
become mentally fatigued from light
causes oven when they are interested in
them. An hour of intense mental over-
tion will weary an adult moro than will
an equal time of physical labor. How
much more , then , will it wear out a
youngster ? The pursuit of knowledge-
begins with the infant at the very earliest
period , and the perceptive organs arc the
*
first brought into play. For the first toner
or twulvo years of a child's lite system
atic education should be conducted
through the perceptive organs , and until
a child has attained this ago it wore
better , in tlio opinion of Dr. Hammond ,
not to con line it to the close study of
books. Giving a child a multiplicity of
studies at once is condemned as dis
astrous to the mental faculties. It
is as if a man wore asked to
look alternately for ton minutes
through a microscope and a telescope ,
which would wear his oye.s out. Dr.
Hammond would banish the grammar
until the senior year in a university
course , characterizing tlio study of it in
the schools as nn"inircnious device todrivo
a littlu brain into early decrepitude. "
lie boldly affirms that "no child ever
learned to speak good English by study
ing grammar , "and says the only reason it
does no man harm is that no one really
understands its rules.
The school child learns by memory ,
ami memory is not knowledge. Jt is
culture gained at the expense of other
faculties. The text books take too much
for granted on the part of the pupils.
Memory passes for knowledge in the
schools. The pupil recites well so does
the parrot. Tlio men and women wlio
have made the most of themselves arc
these who began to study after adult life.
Students of mature life study the things
themselves and not the description of
them. Object lessons should bo moro
generally employed. Tlio extreme views
of Dr. Hammond are these of a physiolo
gist rather than of the practical educator ,
and yet almost every intelligent experi
ence will give approval to much of what
ho says. The practice of giving a
multiplicity of studios at oncu , and of
putting the whole labor upon the
memory to the exclusion of all thu other
faculties , aru errors of the prevailing
system of teaching which are rccogni/.od
by many practical educators , whoso in
tluonco is at work for their removal.
Some progress has been made in this
direction , but lharo is room for much
more , and such radical reformers as Dr.
Hammond can help it on. There is cer
tainly no matter of greater concern to
every citizen , and none to which bo
should plvo more careful and solicitous
attention.
is taken to the HKK'S criti
cism of the touching of Ucrman in our
public schools by the Instructor in Unit
branch. The trouble with Mrs. Wuinlm-
gen's reply is that her criticism * do not
apply to the points raised by the HIK : ,
which failed to refer directly or indi
rectly to her ability as an instructress.
Thu objection of the lir.r. was to the lack
of method by which instruction in Gor
man is given to one class only , in which
all pupils of whatever degree of previous
advancement are indiscriminately jum
bled. As the HKI : said a week ago , these
who commence the study are not
given time enough to advancu
and thu pupils who are advanced must
wait on these who are learning their
primer. These are the cold facts. Airs.
Welnhagcn makes a mistake in losing
her temper and assuming that the editor
of thu Hii ; : has no children stinlying Ger
man in tin ) schools and does not know
from personal Investigation thu truth of
his assertions. The contrary happens to
bo the caso. Wo are not calling into
question Mrs. Weinhtigen's ability. Hut
U certainly requires ability of a high
order for a single teacher to make head
way with a class ilvu or six times as largo
as it should bo and composed of children
of all grades of advancement in thu study
of Gorman. The ablest teacher might
well shrink from thu attempt. In doing
so ho would bo heartily endorsed by the
parents of children who are trying to ac
complish Urn impossible.
Tup Union Pacific is not very far out
of politics this year , so far as is percepti
ble to the pcoulo of Nebraska , It still
intcrcsU itself In UefoJtting all popular
legislation which might aflect the reven
ues of the road. Mr. 'Chariot Francis
ASanis li a charming Vnd delightful
theorist. As a practical railroad re
former he is not a monumental success.
TO M TIC A TTTo1NTS.
Jesse Jameses nowVernhled alive In Ari
zona. This can fcaicrly be true , or the Mis-
sour ! dwnocrats would hayo long since dls- '
covered nnd placed him In some Important
ofllce.
Tlio rc-clecllon of Senator Daww In
Ufaihachusetts Is leciuiUsl by the Brooklyn
Kaglo ns a triumph of Urn bald-hea < 1s , and as
n proof that the Iwys nrp no match for tholr
grandfathers In pollllrw.
Them Is a strotnr classical atmosphere
nbout Frank llseork' ! < s life. He was born at
Potnpcy , vrai'tleed law nt Tullr , went fre
quently to Home , liimllj settled In Syracuse ,
ami li. UOXT a s < MiMor.
Senator-elect Qimy , ot Pcnnsjlv.inla , Is de
scribed as a Teiy rommonplacoman , but ho
nnd Mr. lilalno attended the same college.
The senator-elect cannot nlfonl to have any
of his strong points overlooked.
President Cleveland , says Henry Watlcr-
soti , U a Rood clulstlan in one respect nt loaM.
"lie takes mom Joy In one republican who
lins repented nnd bocunmn mugwump than
In ninety and nine democrats \\lio have
never Rene astray. "
Secretary Mannlmr. It Is positively asserted ,
will shortly resign and accept Iho presidency
ot a bank In Xe\v York. Unfoitunately
tlicro Is nocunfiiniatlon of the rumor that
Mr. ( iarlnnd ulll ie-.lin ; to accept the presi
dency of a telephone company.
Seven-Mule Itanium makes nil iron at his
Salisbury woiks "so tough that barsaii Inch
square have sustained a presiiiro of JiO.OOO
pounds withiiut bio.tklng. " Mr. Itanium's
alleged political eoti'-clenro IB supposed to bo
made of thesuuo niateilal.
.ludne lloiidly's removal to New York Is
thought by sumo knowing ones tobomndo
with an eye to his appointment us one of thu
Justices of the United States supreme court.
Ohio already bavin : ; two justices his changes
would undoubtedly bo belter as a resident
of New York In ease Piesident Cleveland
should have an opportunity to appoint.
Philip Xeiu'ler of Hulf.ilo Is evidently try
ing to qualify himself for the position of
United States senator fiom Klmlda in the
place of . ( ones. For thiity-slx consecutive
days ho eallcil at tlio hou o ot pretty Lena
nicckmnn and , tliouirli ho was never per
muted to s > ee her , ho left thirty-six consecu
tive offers of maniaso. Then the cruel gnl
had him arrested.
Keprescntatlvo Grain , the nnlv native-born
Texan In the Lore Star state delegation , was
educated hi Urn ninth. Husays : "We don't
bulido/c. We don't have to bulldo/e , even it'
wo have the Inclination. The majority Is
too blsr. Do you know what apaitvwllha
blc majority ib like ? Well. It's like a huzc ,
splendid locomolivti with a wc.ik brake on it.
It's uloiIons when it gels point ; , hut thorn's
iiuthiuc to stop It if thenj'Sidangor ahead. "
Now York Mercury : Mr. Prank Illscock ,
who will succeed Warner .Miller In the sen
ate. Is lucky as well as lazy , lie lay quietly
back , opened his mouth and the senatorial
plum dropped Into it. , tt will bo twenty
years next .luno since ho accidentally
dropped into politics. Ills elder brother , a
member of the constitutional convention ,
was shot and killed atfStanwK hall , Albany ,
by Oneral Cole , for the alleged seduction of
his wile , anil Indignant Syracuse at once
elected Frank to take his place. It was a
piece of pure luck , and the vein has held out
ever since. Yet Mr. Hiscock will make a
very icspectablo senator , Of fair ability and
average honesty.
SOME ODDIiY NA.MISU PKRSOSS.
Coflln U. Uicr Is the appropriate and SUR-
pestivi ! name of a prominent undertaker at
lleuo , Nov.
Mr. Moon Is brought forward as a dark
hoiso in the Now .Teisey senatorial contest ,
liui'ure this Moon gets full of senatorial
honors ho will prob.ibly bo reduced to his
last quarter.
Colouol Jack Kiost Is editor of the Chrcnco
( Mo. ) Courier. He Is careful to give credit
for all selected matter , consequently lie Is
not the "nipping Frost , " wo ottcn hear of ;
but his editorials ate sometimes quite biting.
John Steer of DCS Molncs , Is a genuine
wicked wair. He lately gave a money-lender
a chattel mortgage on ' 'live ' white steers"
and when on officer went for the stock ho
was shown Mr. Steer's live promising boys as
the property covered by the mortgage. A nd
for tills little Joke Mr. Steer is compelled to
answer to the icd-eyed law.
A Good Man.
Clitratio Times.
Senator Van Wyck Is mentioned for one
of the new railroad commissioners , lie Is a
good man to appoint. He wouldn't allow
the railroads to construe the new bill In a
way to please only themselves.
KycH of Two Iloinloiilieros Are On Him.
fhteaun Trlliitiie.
Wo trust Hint cousin Hen Kolsom is com
porting himself with becoming circumspec
tion In the picsnnt crisis nnd icmeinbcring
that as a iclalho of the administration the
eyes of two hcmi.sphrics nro upon him ,
JJy Dlroot Vote of tlio 1'cople.
Jletntlt rite 1'itst ,
Senator Van Wyck's proposition to amend
the constitution so as to provide that United
Status senatois shall bo elected by a direct
vote of the people will bo sine of at least two
votes If It Is brought up In the senate. Sena
tor Vance , of Ninth Carolina , Is the convert.
The tactics pursued by thu legishituio In In
diana and New Jersey ouiht to be enough to
couvuit a good many senators besides Vauce
Biilllvnn'ri Arm.
C/ifdiou / Tuna.
The Minneapolis doctor that undertook to
set John Sullivan's bioken arm bccm.s to
ha\o made an Imperfect job ot it , ami the
limb has had to bo ru-sct. lint U may boa
question , perhaps , If the suruery that inter-
feies with Sullivan's business Is not the best
surgery after all , how ever unsclentlllc and
unskillful It may bo In the eyes of cxpeits.
A "Winter
Scnllatil In Tiunlem' IttfMil ,
Around the chimneys of tfiu town
In fitful uusts tluuiQith Wind blows ,
While o'er tlui hills comes hustling down
The icy \anguard of tlio snows.
I sec along the dismiilislreet
Tim few who braut tlio uulni : air
Go huirying bv with quickened teet
To join In anthem and In prayer.
The bell It.s parting peal has Hung
From out the church's crannied lower ;
Tlio choir its hymn of praise h.is sung ,
And now the picachcr holds thu hour ;
While I , before the cheerful bla/.e ,
Wherein companionship 1 lind ,
Look outucioss thu vthituncdvays
And hear my tscrmon In the wind.
It has beheld each passim : scene
Since dawned creation's earliest day-
Tim mighty wliolu from which wo gleam
The beauty knowledge that Wi ) may ,
It Eivcs the tongueless past a voice ;
Jt prophesies ot time to Liu ;
And seems to sorrow and rejoice
in turu with wcuk humanity.
And as upon my tense-wrought ear
A soothing bound falls , soltly llown ,
1 dream o'ur nil thu earth 1 hour
( iod's benediction In ltd tone.
HenHlorlul Qualifications.
Clrreluiui i'fciOi-/Var r.
There are two questions that govern the
election In must of thu icpubllcan states in
the selection of a Vulted States senator.
First , lit the candidate favoiablu to tiu | rail-
Second , it bis bank account largo
f nough to siflaldlze tite leWatnro ? Vnlcu
the answers to tluvn questions nre In the
ft Clriu * ll TO UicroIt not inuoti clinucc of *
CfimlldaU seourlnc the pi he.
OiVh TfoJs Un
The Menioilal IMplomatlquo announces
that "Coiiilu Won" ToLsom has Kulgned life
* ( ll < ? o of United States consul at .SlietHelil ,
Uan this be possible ? Why , H' was only the
other day that we Itearil that Cousin Hen tvfts
alHgcnlly encaged In Introducing base b M to
the UrIUshci * .
Home llopn for St. Iiouifl.
( Vitottfo Ntwt.
With , Iese Jnmcs alive In Arizona and
llrlcliam Young still astir In Nebraska there
Is f ome liojic that oven old .St. l.ouls will ono
ot thesodays arlso , shako out. the folds of her
shroud , and walk forth a breathing thing of
llfo. If this Is the ago nf miracle ? , nothing
of counc , Is to Ix ; ImpoisUile.
TIIATCAIMNET I1AHY.
TIII : TimjMrn.vnrKA.vr I > II > A.KTMK.NT.
Aiitfomtf HtwMlean , Jim. ? / .
It Is appioprlato for the president to order
n national salute In Uonor ofthc state of Now
York. Mrs. SecroUry Whitney has won the
prlr.o In giving btith tola daughter the first
administration baby. The llrst new vessel
for the Amoilcan navy should receive her
name.
Ho glint upon your decks.yo sailors of the son ,
And toss your bumivrs gajly to our own
naveol
The shore will answer back , and pledge you
ghss lor ulnss ,
To the pretty little ciafl , to the wltibomo
Whitney lass.
Hall her I Hall her' . '
Landsman I Sailor !
First administration baby I the ulnsomo
Whitney lass 1
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THK NAM1.VO Ol1 TIIK I1AIIV.
A'cic Void1 ; Sim ,
Mrs. Secretary Whitney's new baby has
been named by Mrs. Cleveland. Frances
Cleveland Whitney Is the name under which
the child will grow up ; and If she has the
beauty , the goodness , the sweetness and the
Intellectual abilities of her namesake , Mio
will Indued bo one of the most fortunate of
moitals.
TUT FIFTH
The birth of Secretary Whitney's daughter
is the filth Instancn In twenty years ot the
occurience of such an event in the lamlly of
a cabinet member while In olllcc. Secretary
McCulloch and Postmaster General Dcnlsoii
under Johnson , General IK-lknap and Secre
tary Itolicson under Grant were the fathers rf
the four other cabinet babies.
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TIII : IIAIIV.
ir < ivhfniif ( i offfc.
Theio'.s a b.iby up at Whitney's
And the Secretary's glad ;
lie Is waiting , only waiting
Just to hear it call him dad.
Theie'.s a charm about a baby
Which is utleily unknown
To every living person
Till he has one ot his own.
Then ho swears by all that's holy (
With a ciazysoit of miith ,
That this individual babv
Is the prettiest one on earth ,
It's the same if theie's a dozen ,
With a twin or so beside ,
For bv multiplying babies
Ho but multiplies his pride.
Now , hurrah for Hilly Whltncyl
And huirah lor Billy's kid ;
And may some lolks that \ve know of *
Do as well as Billy did.
P. S. The fourth stanza of this poem may
not bo as trulhtul as it Is poetic , but that isn't
what we are hero for.
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aiovii : : : r.ooici.vo OUT rou A HO.UAI.L.
.Mldr.ln Conttttuttim.
' Dan. " said Giover , "havo jou notified all
the cabinet about the next meeting' . " '
" 1 have , sir. "
"And will all the members be picsent1'
"Yes , all , sir , except Mr , Whitney. "
"And why not him'.1'1
"Well , sir , the baby , you know , and he's
been kept up lots this \\cek mixing panigorlc
and slncing lullabies. "
"Well , lan , we must excuse him. Wo
must be lenient with the unfoitunate , for
theie's no telling when tiouble will overtake
us. "
SUNDAY GOSSIP.
"THK election of Fiank Hiscock , of Syra
cuse , to the United States senate
from the Empire state , vividly
calls to mind a very sensational trag
edy , " remarked an old Now Yorker last
nUht. "Politically Frank Hiscock grow no
from the grave of his brother , for hislirst
piomlnenco was given when ho succeeded
the deceased relative to a membership in
the celebrated Now York constitutional con
vention of 1S07. 1 was on the
ground In Albany when that trag
edy occurred , and It roquiicj the
sweeping of but very few cobwebs from
memory to see Hall vividly , bloody , stall-
ling nnd sensational , to-day , The con
vention had assembled and organUed. Hon.
William 11. Wheeler , of Malone , late vice
pie.sldent of the United States , had boon
chosnn president of the convention. Scats
had been selected by drawing and general
preliminary work commnncod. The Onondaga -
daga county delegation , on which the de
ceased Hiscock was , were very much dls-
.latislied with their luulc In the lottery. Tlioy
had nearly all secured back seats In the
assembly chamber , tvheie the convention
was held , and moans ami ways wcro bclm :
discussed outside as to some method to bettor
their position. Ono night In June , 1U07,1
crossed ovur from thu Dolavaii house to the
side entrancu of Stanwlx hall , the old polit
ical hall of Albany , In company with the
lion. Patrick Corbctt.thu young Irish Kaglo
of the Kast , ' who was a inembar of the Onon-
dnga delegation. As wo entered
the olllcu lobby Corbatt espied
Illscock and , saying to mo ,
'I must see what has bOv'ti doud about the
scats''Coibdtt started towards hlscollaag.ua ,
The latter stood with his back towards us ,
his loft arm around ono of the Iron plllar.i ,
and ho was talking to a gentleman from the
west part of the state. Huforo Ooruutt had
taken two steps a d.irk vlsagcd man
with a small military shoulder cloak
carelessly thrown around him pissed
rapidly towards the place where
Illscock was standing. As he appro.ichoil
ho made some extraordinary remark and as
lllscock turned the nuwcomur shot him.
The assassin was Guncral Cole. Illbcock , a
largo , heavy man , full on the marble floor
like a log. Cole cast 0110 clanco to syo that
his work had been well done and then turned
toward the Droadway or north entrance of
the hotel. Corhutt knew him well , for both
weio Syracuaati.s , and Kminging towards him
liofald : "My God , general , what Is this !
What have you done'/ ' '
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"Tho thunderclapof excitementhowever ,
had broken out among thu crowd ot politi
cians in the room and Corbotthe.idedtho rush
ing crowd to the body ot Hiscock lying cold
In death. A dark stream of blood Inugiilarly
marked 1U crimson course over the floor.
Doctors In the hotel seized tlio silent pulse ,
usulcfla messiijes were sent for others ,
tender hands raised the head of the
dead man , but all was over.
Meantime General Cole had leisurely
walked across Uroaitway to a restaurant ,
hesitating in his stops as If waiting to bo
arrested. About an hour afterwards ho was
taken In clmrgu by a policeman and electric
tonirucs had Informed the whole nation that
Albauy Had bad Its Slcklea cua. All that
General Cole would say was that ho had .shot
lllrccx.'i ; boCAUio ho hal : , outraged his wife.
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'Among the firM friends ot the murderer
to arrive WM his urotlicr , Cornelius A. Cole ,
United Statofl seintm-at tiiattiino fiom Cali
fornia. The ease was duly tried by the press
and the s.illent facts , somclhtui : like Uicscj
worn brought tu light : U < > loand HlscocK. hn tl
been Intimate friends In Syracuse , The
foimcr went to the war and no man
who inrr were the blue wasbmcr. Uefoio
departing ho plaiHvt the care of all
Ills pro | > erty In Lawyer UUeock's charge.
This was the occasion of many visits to Mrs.
Cole a woman somowliat of the Mrs. Sickles'
weakness of character , though older , and edu
cated In a less evcitablo school. Tlino ran on
and the doings of. the lejral adrlsor became
gossip. Syracuse became too small to holrt the
venom of the scandal tongue and
It soon hissed In the cars of
the soldier before the walls ot
Itichmoml. The bUslng grow louder and
niino fatal to ttio husband's mind. Ho
blooded over It , anl testimony showed It un
balanced ills mind at times. Ho catno home ,
and It Is said , after .1 time , his wlfo" made n
confession most damnable to Illscock. She
wai remnvM to Pompcy , near Syracuse ,
where the lllsrocta and Coles hail long r v
sided. Thu general determined to slay the
sixjilerof his happiness , and ho followed
llbcock to Albany for that purpose.
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"When the trial came olt the best criminal
legal ability in Now York was secured.
Among the attorneys for the defense was
James T. Brady , the 'little giant of the bar , '
and the most famous cilmlnal lawyer In Iho
land. All Colo's military acquaintances and
army associates sided with him. In fact
the case partook somewhat of the political
feelings of that day In New York. Senator
Cole was w ith ills brother all the time , and It
Is said spent all his millions earned In Cali
fornia on the defense. The defense was in-
fianity and the Sickles * case was the stand
ard authority of the defense. When the
summing-up eamo the old Albany couit
loom could not half hold tlio legal fraternity ,
nud state notables , to s'iy nothing of the
crowd. Everybody wanted to hoar Brady. Ilo
undo a long speech to the jury but It was
disappointing In every way to the spcct.ituis
a mere ranting resume of the evidence ,
which every ono who had licaul the gro.it ad
vocate on other occasions , said was not a
Urady effort' at nil. It had Its effect , how
ever , for the jury disagreed six to six. An
other tiial was ordered. The Jury p'lld a con
gratulatory visit to the general Intlmjall.
the bad taste of which and their disagree
ment called down the criticismof ; the prcs-
on all sides.
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" 1 had occasion to call on James T. Brady
at the Dclavan house on the ovonins of the
day on which ho spoke. An admiring mem
ber of the visiting party commenced to com
pliment him oil his address to
the Jury. haughlncly lie lopllcd :
'Gentlemen , 1 thank you alncciely ,
hut 1 know full well that i desci vo no praise.
l'i fact that was the worst addiess In a certain -
tain way I uve.r made In my life. It was for
cfl'eei on the jury and I succeeded. On that
piiiul wow two or three dog fanciers you
iccollcct how much time I devoted to man's
love for dumb butes. In fact i know before
hand every man's whim and hobby and my
aim was to tickle them. Tlio result shows that
the dog-lovers were the Hist to start out for
acquittal , and they held the jury and would
have done so until doomsday. Yes , eloquent
remarks to a jury are all very well In tholr
place , but sometimes other kind of talk Is
more effective. '
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" 1 believe that was the last trial of Impor
tance in which James T. lirady was engaged.
He died a .short tlmo aftervi arils and
no lawyei'.s name not eon that of the great
Charles O'Conor Is more rovcroil In Now
York than his.
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"The second trial of General Cole resulted
In an acquittal. The jury brought In a veidict
which to tills day stands on the rccoid as the
most peculiar in the history of American jur
isprudence. The twelve \\lse men found that
"Iho defeudaut was .sane immediately pre
ceding the fatal shooting , Rane Immediately
afterwards , but Insane at the moment of tir
ing. It must have been something else than
a 'dog-love' that worked upon this panel.
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"Colo was set fiee. Ho went with bis
brother to California where ho Is now lost
to public sight and almost public memory.
Frank Hisccck was almost unanimously
chosen to succeed his deceased brother In the
constitutional convention , ami from the echo
of that terrible shot in the Stanwlx started
the political progress of the Bcnator-olcct
from New York. "
_
BurrAf.0 HIM , closes his Wild West sea
son at Madison Sqiinio Gaideu , .New York ,
this month. Ho will then pay a bilnf visit
to Nebraska , after which In the latter part of
March he will take Ins uhow to London.
Ho has made a bushel of money In New
York , and ho expects to mnkoa bairel of It
acioss the water. Accoiding to thu Now
Voile concsiiondent of the Philadelphia
liecord , the latest society "lad" In the mo-
tiopollsls Buffalo Hill. "The ladles listen
to his wolid sloilcs of ndvi'iitiire , " says the
conospondent "as to a second Uthcllo , anil
love him for the enemies he has made and
shot. Kx-Senator Conkllng also cgttons to
the hero ot Iho Wild West , and delights to
paiadu Broadway with him. Their neckties
aio alike unique. A sympathetic point ,
probably. " _
Tun eighth annual report of the Nebraska
fish commission , which has been Issued In
neat pamphlet form , Is on Interesting docu
ment. Besides giving complete Information
about the state fishery , it contains several at
tractive lithographic pictures , among which
are Illustrations of tlm trout pond , superin
tendent's dwelling , nud vailous fishes. We
reeiet , however , that thu little volume does
not contain a picture of Hon. W. L. May , ot
thu fish commission , who has dona more than
any other man towards advancing the lish
Interests ol this state. Ho Is an enthusiast
upon the subject , and has spent considerable
of his own money In piomotlng fish cultuie
In Nebraska. _
"Tiu.si : Moiles about Brlglmm Younir
being alive are getting rather wiiaiisome , "
said a man Jiom Salt Luku City at the Grand
Pncillutoa Chicago Hur.ilil representative ,
"About live > ears ego a newspaper corre
spondent at Omaha slltfd his Inulns of all
their Imagination , and with thu material
thus secured constructed a uolid ser ! > iiliout
the Mormon prophet's death and builal.
This yarn was to the nil col that Ilriglmm
was still alive , and that thu mock binial was
only the part of a gigantic schunm to assist
thupiojihet In getting a better gilp on his
people when Im should sudden ! } appear like
ono risen fiom thu tomb , The story was
sent to Chicago and Now York , wheio it was
printed simultaneously. In Salt Lake City ,
where Brigham's death and interment weio
a matjer of history , tlio scrcod was received
with consulurahlu meriiment. It was such
an Ingenious , not to say ingenuous lake , that
even the Mormons who had seen their leader
In his colllu could not help itdmirlnc the man
who was possessed of such vivid imau'lna-
tlon. To a person who knows Hrlgham
Yoiiui ; to be as dead a > Julius Ciusar all this
rot Is very amusing. "
A case of delirium tnnnons in a
girl , caused bv chowin tea loaves , is re
ported in thu Lancet.
John Manning , keeper of the Mont-
cft lo hotel at Niagara Falls , is a brother
of Secretary Dan Mannin < r.
The ISostonlans are much delighted
with Sum Joucd' proviuciallsius ,
Mormon AposHo's Historic Jonrnoy
Across tlio Rockier.
NELSON , THE FRONTIERSMAN.
How He I OV tlio Mormon Ctilcf Orcr
tie Mountains mill Into Snll Itakn
Valloy-A Patriarch U'lio IMnyoil
Kuoliro In n GcnlnlVny. .
Now York World : John Y.
the iiida who in 18-10 piloted I > riihain
Young across the plains ami over the
Kooky mountains to the site of Hie pre.s
out capital of mormomtom , l.s one of the
most ilitorostitiK of the strnngo band of
pioneers and savages now depicting the
pleasures nnd perils of frontier life for
Iho delectation of clVoto easterners with
lUill'alo 1)111 ) in the Madison Square gar
den.
den.Nelson
Nelson mav not be as handsome as was
his namesake of naval fame , but lu.s
spare- sinewy fr.\mo , long gray hair and
board , and keen blue oyw. mark a man
whoso slxtv voars of life's battle have
called forth something of thu heroic.
For forty years and more Nelson has
lived the free lifo of the frontiersman
hunting and trupuing , mining and ranching -
ing , now a government scout and guiilo
in war or exploration , anun leading his
clan In the tribal warfare of the rod man.
For he cast nis lot with the nomad race
that roamed the pralrios.
He told the tale of his Journey with the
apo.stlu of mormondom , to which later
ovonls have given historical importance ,
amid surroundings irresistibly biigsjest-
ive of Tennyson's thought :
Mated with a squalid savage ,
What to mo were sun or clinic
1 , the heir of all tlio age..s
In the for cm est files of time'.1
Ho was seated on a camp-stool in 0110
of thu seoro or so of tont.s that line thu
sides of the broad upper corridor at the
Twenty-sixth atrect sulo of Madison
Square garden , his wife , a Sioux squaw ,
squatted at his foot industriously stitoh-
ing with sliruds of bulValo tendon for
thread , a boy of tWelve stretched on si
coneh of deerskins in ono corner , and a
copper-colored lassie of eight sleeping
peacefully on a bank of blankets in an
other corner. Others of their dusky
brood romped in tlio long passiujo outside
with the pappooso of the Pawnco or the
the Sioux , and came at their
white father's bidding to shako
hands \ylth the visitor. Bright eyed ,
black-haired , blilho and quick , the ele
ments of savage and civilized blood
scorned straiigly bhmdud in their natures.
Then ; had boon nine children of this
marriage , the old trapper said , of whom
live wore living , the oldest , a girl of fif
teen , pursuing her studies in a Brooklyn
boarding school. To earn provision for
their support and education ho has turned
his back on his loved mountains. Occa
sionally the tent-opening was darkened
as the tall form of a Sioux or Pawnee
bravo in all his glory and war-paint and
feathers stalked past , taking his afternoon
constitutional. Altogether there was a
.strangely interesting realism about this
Indian cam ] ) , visible only to the initiated ,
that in many respects is more MriklnK
than any of thu scenes presented with
elaboration in the regular show below
stairs.
"It was late in the fall of 1810,1 think,11
Nelson began as he lit his pSpu and
( moved back bis broad sombrero. "I was
ut Cotton wood Sprjng.s , Nebraska , living
with an old Moxiean half-brood , who
know every inch of the Kockics like a
book. Wo were doing nothing in partic
ular and ready for a job when 15ri < rham
Young came along and asked 1113- Mexi
can friend and my.su If to be his guldos
across thu Kockius , promising us good
pay. Ho had four companions , Mormon
uliler.s , 1 think , but 1 cannot remember
their names. Seven in all , wo started
with two oinisrrunt wagons , one of them
loaded with Hour , bacon , coll'cu and bis
cuit , enough for two years' supply. I
don't believe Bri < ; hain liad any idea when
he started just where ho was going nor
when ho would gel back. It was a sort
of a prospecting trip. He and the elders
called each other 'brother , ' nnd the old
man was a good natiircd , jolly sort of
fellow. His talked a good dual of relig
ious lingo , but iiu was not the Sunday-
school , pious Jonah kind ; would suy
'damn it1 just the samu us I would , and
played a good hand at isiichru. 1 wan
quito a young fellow in those days , and
aslhu old Mexican didn't ' speak much
Knglish , Jlrigham talked a treed deal
wit IMHO and tiied to convert me to Mor-
inonism.
"lie was about forty , well sot up and
with a big , strong head and nook. I
didn't lulco muck stock in his urgnmonts
defending polygamy which ( Jou Smith
liad recmitly introduced as a revolution
among the saints. But lirigham gave mo
tlio ulo-i of a man who was prott y firm in
his opinion and actually believed what ho
preached.
"Wo didn't hurry ourselves much , mak
ing only about twenty miles a day with
the wagons , pitching our tents for three
or lonr'days at a timu when wo got into
a like.ly region wliuro ( iaino WIIH plenty ,
and exploring thu country for milei
around. I don't think wu met a wluto
man all thu way across. There were lota
or Indians , but thuy didn't trouble us ,
just coming into camp to trade nil' fresh
moat or bkms for bacon and isolleu. To
wards Christmas wo struck Ham's Fork
after making a journey of nearly a tliou
sand miles. I'lieru wu wuru biiovrcd up
until thu spring.
"That was a particularly hard wlulor ,
and the snow was forty iuet duup in
places wlii'ru it had drifted ovur the
canyon. But wo didn't suHur ; provisions
wuru plenty , there was lots of game , and
when wu couldn't get wntur wu got snow
and molted it. Our camp at Hum's Fork
was pitched in a sheltering vallor , and
wo got all the elk , unlclopu and boar wo
could shoot.
"Luto in the spring , when the snow
had melted , wu struck camp and started
straight up the mountain about forty
milos. Bight up on top ol Iho mountain
wu found a hirgu lake , fed by a living
spring , uliuuk lull of trout that beat nny-
thing in thu world. Thu smallest of thuin
wus about two fuel Jong and wuighod
live or six poundri , unit thu flavor ! "
Thu old trapper smacked ! ns lips us the
iccolloctmnol the gustatory gratification
of forty years before rose in his mind.
"liriuhiim was all the limn spying out
the lay of the land , and us ho looked
from thu top of the mountain ovur the
love ! stretch ot desert nearly llfty niileu
away , ho said : 'Thu promised land ) .s In
sight ' Wo nindu our way down the
mountain without any acuidnnt worth
mentioning and when wu struck thu
water now known as Salt Laku , Bri ham
swallowed a mouthful and named it HID
Great Salt Laku. Then wo struck out
about six miles to thu northwest and
lirltcliaui Young stopped suddenly in the
middle of thu valley and shouted : 'This
Is the spot , this in spot rovcalud to mu by
thu ( Jruat Spirit in a dream long ngo.
lluro wu will build thu Now .Jonuuluni ! '
"We stayed in thu neighborhood about
six weuks. lirigham staked out the placu
ho that wu could find it again easily and
madu a sort of map of It. Thun wu
started back to Cottonwood Spring ,
which wu reached latu in thu summer.
Drltiham and his friends went on to
Nauvoo , 111. , and 1 wont oft' on a dc-op
hunt with my Indian fiienifi. Next year
llriglmm took u lurgu parly of Mormons
ovur and Salt Lake city wan built on the
vury spot to which I guided him. "
Not an actor or actress attended Allco
Dates' funurul in Philadelphia.