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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , MARCH 1 , 3887. HIE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Dully ( Mrwni.ia Edition ) Including Sundfij- Ilrr , On Yonr , . . . . 1001 For BIX Months . li < ) For Tlirte Months . ZM Tlio Oirmlin S n < ! ny HKE , mMleil to any , Ono i'our. . . . . . . 2 00 JWATH. Ofrirn , No. flli ASM tin TAIWAHI RTIUCIT. NKW umKomoic , lionu ( & , TnnntNr III'IUHNO , SYA3IIINUTUN UIKICC , NO f.U I UUKtEINIH HlllIIT. eymnr.sposnr.scitt All cotnmunlo'Uions rolntlnff to ncwg nnd nil. torlal innttor should bo luldressod lo thu i > l * ton or TUB 11 KB. BUSINESS Lr.TTEIlSl All business Icttors nml rornlttnncos should be lOilrossed to Tim HE * I'um.tsiiiNn COMPANY , DMAIIA , Drafts , cheeks nnd poMofflfo onion to bo tundoim ) able to tlio orUtrof the comimny , TBE BEE POBLISHIRBlipm , PROPfllEIORJ , E. nOSEVVATKlt. KniTon. T11E DAIIjY BKB. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Stnte of Nebraska , I * County ofDouclas. J ( leo. U. Tzsclmck , flrcrctnry of The lice Publishing fotnpjxny , does solcnmlv s tlint the nctunl circulation of Ihe Dally Bee lor the week ending Feb. 'Joth , 18t > 7 , v as follows : Sntiiidav. Feb. 10 14 " 10 Sunday. Feb. 0 13 ( Monday , JVb. 21 14,800 Tuesday. Feb. 23 ll.Ufl W lni-silavFi' ) .23 UOM ) Tlimjsdav , Feb. ! W 14,1W Friday , Feb. 25 14..33 Averaco 14.201 I.EO. 1) ) . TZSCIIUCK. Subscribed In inv prc onoo nnei swoi n to be- foie me this zoih doj of Febrimiy A. D.lBb7. N. P. Fr.iu ISKAliI Notary IMbllc. Oco. U. T/sclitieU , bcliiK firnt duly sworn , deposes nnd says tlint ho is secietary of The JJeo Publlshlni ! company , flint the nctual nv- crnce elnltv circulation eif the Dallv Hee for tbo month of Fohru\ry,188ilwas ! 10,5'J" > copies ; for Alnrch. 18W5 , 11K7 ! conies ; for April , 18bO , 12,191 copies : for for Mny , Ibsfl. 12,4T. ) copies ; for June. 18iO. 12,2U8coiile ; for .Inly , 18WT , 12.R14 copies ; fe > r Aucust , JSbO , ia,404 cnj > lesfor ; Scotcmbcr. 18SO , 18.CK.O copies ; for October , 18W5.12tib9 copies ; for No\embor , IRjO , inn-18 eoDlcs ; for December , I'-sfl , 13,237 copies for January , Ib87. in,2fif ! copiea. Ore ) 15/1 ZVHUCK. titibscrlbednnd s\\orn to before tno thlsbth dnvtif February A. I ) . lRt,7. [ SKA L. I N. P. Fin. : . Notarv Public. LIT tlio bribe-Rivers und their pals bo called before thu bar. Tlio extension of twenty days and the iticrcaso of salary is , wo suppose , what might bo termed a long haul on the treasury. are willing the cholera should visit us this summer , but what have wo done that thu legislature should continues twenty days t Mn. SNHLL'S car bill , reducing the fare- has been put away in a berth by itself , nnd the man who sleeps and snores will do so at the same old prico. TUG mumps loft Colby's cheeks unim paired. It 19 also said that laughing gas shrinks in dismay when aduiinistcicd to tlio Gage county statesman. Tin : Philadelphia llccord predicts a "lively circus season. " Just how it is down cast we arc not informed , fn Ne braska it lias boon extended twenty days. IT is said that during six years in con- cross , Senator Fair has never made a speech. Comparing this record with the work of Mr. Ague , tlio ditlercnce in truly great men is at once apparent. Tin : twenty days of grace , together with the § 180 extra pay , will continue the legislature almost to the first day of April. This will make it a little late to get in the crops , unless Providence should favor the statesmen , with a backward spring. The bill providing for a doxon new judges in difl'ercnt districts in this state is being watched by many of the lawyers in Nebraska. And it is said that six times a dozen petitions are being circulated , praying Governor Thayer to make cer tain appointments. There is an old and homely expression about counting eggs before they are placet ! in the incubator , boatifully apiiropnate. hero. TUB law made it a sheriff's duty to hang Mrs. Druse in New York yesterday. President Cleveland used to be a sheriff nnd presumably did n little hanging. Governor Hill desires to bo president and although ho cannot bo sheriff and do the hanging himself , it was in his power to allow or prevent the hanging of this woman. Does Governor Hill bcliovo that there is any necessary connection between the stretching of a human neck personally or through another and the goal of his ambition ? AT Ilorkimor , Now York , yesterday at 13 o'clock , Mrs. Druse was hanged for murder. Her husband was the victim. She claimed lior innocence to the end. Less than thirty people witnessed the awful spectaclo. It is sad enough to see a man hangod. When it is n woman no matter how bad or wicked the bare thought suggests horror. The prayers , nntreatios and petitions of all the good people in the Onolda valley had no effect on GoTornor Hill. It was the law , ho said. And thu price of a passionate , mad dened act was that a woman should step from the gallows into eternity , IN thu United States bonato lust Friday morning , Senator Van U'yok made a strong and powerful speech in support of his joint resolution proposing an amend * incut to the constitution providing for the election of United States senators by direct vote of tlio people. Thu speech was published in full by the BUG. The senator reviewed , briolly , his own cam paign in Nebraska. Beyond nnd above self interest , ho advocated in his vigorous nnd forcible style , the measure , be lieving it tlio only way for the people to be represented , The American hoiuo of lords now elected by money nnd mo nopoly Influence , can offer no redress to the burdened and oppressed , The sena tor gravely assorted that there was an impending crisis , That the republican party was stumbling , falling , reeling with the terrible load of monster corpor ations. Ho kninr that the "humble war rior waving tlio llag of danger was run down nnd crushed as an enemy in the path of bloated , unrelenting ami un reasonable power. " In support of his position ho quoted from Juil'oraon , Mor ris ami other acknowledged statesman prominent in history. The monopoly press sneers at his efforts to relluvo the toiling masses. It is not probable that bis resolution , will be accepted. Yet his grand and eloquent speech in its support brings him siill closer to the hearts of his jcnstitueuoy. . Prltclioti's Endorse . It is remarkable that two papers pro fessing to be each honest exponents of op posite political views should always harmonize on every position. The link that binds these organs to each other is wrought steal attached to rail road couplings , On the same morning these two papers , democratic and republican , expressed great joy over the temporary ap pointment of Mr. Pritchult as U. M. district attorney. The Jlcpnlhcan had the assurance to state that Mr. Pritchott had been for years an active nnd faithful worker in the cause of democracy. Tim writer of this startling statement has only been in Nebraska about four months and knows as much about Prllchett's activity as ho docs about the Di\on county volcanic eruption. Hi1 has never heard of the latter and knows nothing about the former. To democrats who have boruo the brunt of battle in this state , 1'rltclictt's activity ns a loader will bo great news. The man has never been known to enter n political canvass or make a speech for n candi date. All ho has over done was to pcddlu tickets at the Fourth ward polls with Pritrhott as n delegate. luL ! the endorsement of such a stal wart paper as the Omaha JlcpnMicun should go a great ways with a democratic administration. It is Hot fur us now to disparngu thcinlluencc of thu Republican in those quarters , nor to berate its nl- lianco with n railroad democrat , The Jlcpublican's support of IMtchett , quite apart fiom the railroad links , is doubtless duo to his activity nt Lincoln against the new charter for Omaha Prllchctt is just the man to give us good government for Omaha. Wo still remember how efficient ho was in promoting the Holly water works job before - fore the city council , in which ho made himself a party to an attempt to rob the tav payers of hundreds of thousands of dollars. A lawyer who tried to engineer a job tin otigh tlio city council by corrupting the members is the kind of a man the star iouters and land grabber. ! will want for United Slates district attorney. By the way Cushiuc's letter book , with the full particulars of the Hollj campaign in. Omaha , is still where we can borrow it when proofs are wanting of the Holly job and Piitchott's connection with it. Time to Call n Unit. Many people are apt to imagine that fioe institutions and a public sentiment would make parties nnd politicians above corruption. But the history of govern ment demonstrates too plainly that sta tion is not proof against bribery. The greed for the honors of place and power and the "almighty dollar , " which latter , after all , is the controlling motive , too often excites an ambition to overleap itself , and leads to conduct justified neither by honor nor policy. A fundamental doctrine of the republican party has been and is , equal and exact justice to all ; a free ballot and an honest count. Assuming its own virtue , our party points with indig nation to Danville and Copiah mid night marauders and a solid south. Wo need not go so far from homo. Kevela- tions of the iniquities which , enter into the elections at the polls , are not of so much importance as proof of the base frauds attempted nnd achieved against the popular will after the election , appar ently Indulged in and defended by self- styled party leaders. Those brazen trans actions bring the question of contamina tion and bribery to our own doors , and give room for the greatest fear for the future. It is idle to recount tlio facts of this winter's iniquitous proceedings. Political rogues often evade detection. They baftle legal inquiry. In thu present legislature the day as well as night raid ing politicians have been at work. Hon est men of all parties admit the fact. There have been few voices raised to de feat this treason against constitutional rights. Few newspapers have had the courage or independence ) to denounce the coiruption or poiut out tlio authors of thu consummate villainy. Credulous mem bers hnvo been hoodwinked , while well- meaning and honest ones have been im posed upon with wilful misrepresenta tions of double-dealing friends. In all the wholesale of the ' delivery people's ex pressed wants and needs into the hands of corporate powers there has been but one protest iiled by individuals. That one came from twenty democratic Van Wyck supporters. This Is not enough. The presence of drunken and disreputable lobbyists In corrupting legislatures must bo made odious , whether in the overt act of giving "aid and comfort" to a doubt ful member or in the more stealthy mid night rendo/.vous. Swift and just punish ment should overtake every one impli cated in the conspiracy of defeating the people's choice. Without this they have only gained a con- bpicuous notoriety. Immunity from punishment gives encouragement to crime. Must wo suffer this outrage to bo again repeated ? Will the people of this great state bo satisfied to bo con trolled by abandoned boodlors and bum mers all In the Interest of giant monopo lies and their dissipated henchmen ? Shall our representatives forever follow in the footsteps of preceding legislatures ttnd helplessly Ho subject to the in triguers and other wretched apologies for men ? Is thu moral element of Nebraska so weak , or the corruption of the parlies so great that the railroguo slriicors may with impunity trample on justice and law and truth ! Will thn moral souse of the state stand a repetition of the actions presented since the legislature convened ! Are not the frauds com mitted early in the sos-sion and being repealed - " pealed to-day the progressive stop and bolder act of men accustomed to similar crimes ? Those are grave questions , nnd Iheir giavity places them outside the bias of put ty It is time to call a halt. Iris now given out that the demo cratic state ticket for 1833 Is lo bo Daniel Manning nnd Speaker Carlisle , and that Is why Manning goes out of the cabinet before longer association with Cleveland would make him a shnrer in the latter' increasing unpopularity with his party. It is also stated that Cleveland will not be a candidate , but will go to Now York city at the cud of his term and be made president of one of the Jarge life insur ance companies , at a salary nearly equal to that he has now. Wo can sou in him no special fitness for the presidency of a life insurance campiny , unless it bo the practice ho lias acquired in vetoing pen sion bills for tlio rohcf of dependent soldiers and tiiuir poor widows. Life in surance is a device for the relief of the widow and the orphan , nnd we cnn see iiow useful to a company n man could bo who nan make jokes nt human ills nnd disabilities incurred in the service of the country ; how easy it would bo for him to jrcr the widow nnd the orphan out of their rightful claims by showing how ab surd it would bo to pretend that the hus band and father did not die by his own procurement or connivance in order lo defraud an honest company. Ho could show , as in the Texas seed veto , that while the people support the companies the companies cannot bo expected to support the people. Ulovcland would make a daisy life insurance man , and ought to save all ho costs , thoudi It wore twice his present salary. Wo hope it will bo soon known wh.it company pro poses to employ him , lhat the people may bo fully warned. A Strange Alliance. At the risk of scorning repetition , nt least in idea , the UKK dooms it appro priate to direct tlio attention of its readers to the curious nnd close "com bine" of thn Herald nnd Itepnblican ngainst it. A change in tlio management of the latter has made no change in this respect , except to make tlio alliance , of fensive nnd defensive , ngatnst the Bit : : all the closer. Opposed as those lo papers are In politics ; differing , us they do , on nil party questions , methods and policies , they yet sink nil discussions on the general questions which usually en gage parly papers lo devote their com bined energies against the IJci : . What ever thu Bun docs or proposes lo do in llio interests of the city or state as it ap prehends them ; whatever it approves or disapproves according to its convictions of duty to the public , is , in the estimation of thcso papers , necessarily wrong. The odilor of Ihc Jfcrald denounces the editor of tlio BEK one day , attributing every dishonest motive , every unscrupulous purpose that ho can conceive in language as vituperative as ho can command , and the next day the llcjntblican's editor heartily commends his ally , and prays for more power in that ally's elbow. Similarly the day following the Itcpublican's editor blows his horn in the same strain and the Jfcrald in turn pats him on the back effusively. The friend ships of David and Jonathan , of Damon and Pythias , are cast into thu shade by thatof these ) two editors politically di vided yet personally unitcelin the attempt to "down the UEB. " Unconsciously and unintentionally all this is a tribute to the BIE'S : power and influence. If it were not a gicat and strong newspaper ; if it wore not closer in its relations lo the intelligence and culture , the bone and sinew of the state than any other paper in Nebraska ; if it did not do more to mould public opinion , to direct public attention to tlio con stantly increasing aggressions of corpo rate power and to encourage the people to resist those aggressions than all other papers combined in the siate , wo should ot see it made the target of envy , jeal ousy and all uncharitableness. Nor , when argument fails to meet our tren chant reminders , should wo see the ci't- tor of the Republican suggesting lire arms to accomplish what his words fail to do. When wo noted this as a suggestion of tno duello , the cdilor of the Republican hastened to disclaim it , on the plea that in such cases it was neces- sao- for a gentleman to bo at the other end oT the pistol and looking down its barrel. By this assumption of a claim to bo called a gentleman superior to that of the cdilor of t'.io lir.i : , the editor of the Kcpubhcan disclaimed a purpose to chal lenge , and us he could not expect the ed itor of this paper to do anything so un lawful , nor to attacic with arms whore he already had the advantage of argument , it was an intimation that ho , himself , might do so. But that is simply silly ; it docs not lisc to the dignity of origiii'ilily nor to the level ot respectability. Every tough and rowdy is ready to shoot ; cowboys on a spree scatter lead without provocation to sustain a reputation for being "bad men ; " negro bullies are always ready with their razors , and every Dago is quick to use his knife. Can men claim ing public consideration as gentlemen , discussing public nfhiir.s with the pen , done no boiler llian imitate these vulgar ex amples when worsted in discussion ? The Herald was quick to commend its ally in this also , and thus in a civilized nnd cul tured community , it is suggested thai the people's affairs can best be discussed after the fashion of thu border. Yet llio "harmony" between our contemporaries on this subject amuses , but will not deter us from pursuing our course and discharging our public duty. Wo shall continue to call a spade a spaelc ; wo shall expose all deals and de nounce nil jobs which hnvo for their aim the robbery or the oppression of the people ple , and time , which vindicates the right , will establish in the public mind that in the future as in the past the BKI : seeks only the promotion of the public welfare , nnd will bo content with the public approval , though It may continue to excite llio jealousy nnd envy of its nearest contemporaries , Hill's Hand. There nrc evidences that the speech of Govoinor Hill , of Nuw York , at the din ner of the Young Men's democratic club of Brooklyn has mnde a very decided im pression upon the party. It was pre pared , and nil the circumstances con nected with ils elelivory were arranged with a view lo effect , The dinner was quite as much to honor the governor as for any other purpose , and as far as the power of the club could extend , nothing was permitted to occur that could mili tate against the prime purpose of making Governor Hill the central figure of the occasion and giving him the largest op portunity to prolit by the advantage , It was not within the province of the club to direct the expressions of the gentlemen who responded to the toasts , ami consequently quently there were some things said , par ticularly in approval of civil beryico reform - form , which were not in accord with the views of the governor. These features rendered the occasion a little incongruous , but they wore not permitted to disturb tlia harmony , for with all the dislike of the average dem ocrats for ci\il service reform ho can bear iU commendalion with a great deal of fortitude. But when the question of reading Mr. Hewitt's letter on the labor issUu , with its reflection upon Gov ernor Hill , was presented , tliu Club de ferred to the governor ana suppressed the letter of the democratic mayor of New York , As between Hill and llowitt the preference of the Club was easily inado. Referring to Oils snc < ch Immediately nftor its delivery wo expressed iho opinion lhat il would attract wide atten tion. It has done so. In Iho tlomocralio prcos 11 has been Very generally com mended. They'approve it ns n plain , blunt , strnlghtfoi vnrd enunciation of democratic principles. The Now York Il'orW said of it that "It rings upon the nlr with the baldness , clearness nnd pcnotrntivo force < Ja ( bugle call , " and that seems to bo about the way In which It is regarded by the democratic editors generally , The appeal of the governor for si "moio vigoious nnd aggressive democracy , " n walpablo hit at tlio ad ministration , is heartily endorsed by the democratic jomnnllsls. But the part of the speech which touched the most suscepti ble democratic chord is this declaration of Governor Hill , mining nlsoa very plain and severe thrust nt the administration : "I dislike hypocrisy in politics , and would not do indirectly what I would not do directly. 1 would remove republicans from olllco in proper cases , not upon technical or trumped up charges or false grounds , but because they tire republi cans nnd are opposed to the principles of my patly and to its success , anil their ro tenlioii in public places is detrimental to the public interests which wo seek lo pro mote. " It need hardly bo said that this declaration was enthusiastically received by the audience , and it cannot be doubted that it has been quite as joi'fully received by the great majority of democrats who have road it. In the columns of dreary platitude which Governor Hill utlercd on Uns occasion , Hie above was one of Iho few scintlllant gems in which his demo cratic heaiers and renders could IIml real delight. And it will allure many to the standard ot Hill outside of New York. The mugwump press may continue lo decry nnd denounce it , as they have doni ! , but it has gone forth on its misiion and the leaven is working. It puts the governor squarely on record in full sym pathy with a majority of his parly , anil his candor and courage will not be for- gotten. If there has ever been any doubt about the political aim of Governor Hill there is no lonccr any reason for ils existence , lie not only wants the presidential nomi nation of his party , but he is playing the strongest hand of which he is capable lo obtain it. Tlio Now York World says ho is growing in favor with the democratic party , while Cleveland is losing. That ho is nearer to the hearts and confidence of most of the democratic politicians than the president theru poems little reason to eiucstion , and yet , nnd for that very rca- sou , hu might be less available as a can didate. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Tlio Fraternal South. 1'very evidence of real progress in the south is heartily welcomed in Iho noith. Tlio rapid material growth ot that suc tion is icgardud by the noi thorn people with mi interest no lc s keen and sincere than that of the southern people. The facts that attest its developments and piospeiity arc freely givcu in the col umns of the northern press , inviting the attention of capital and exhibiting the inducements to emigration , thus aiding southcin effort to build up and extend the industries and develop the resources of that section. With equal heartiness of welcome is every assurance of moral ad vancement in the south received by the peoplu of the north. The growth of Iho means of popular cducalion , the exten sion of the agencies of moral improve ment , and the advancement of n hatcvcr of the instrumentalities lhat conlribulo lo Ihu mtullcctual progress and moral elevation in the south , nro all welcomed by the people of the north , who arc dis posed now , as they have always been , to give them generous aid and encourage ment. So , too , the northern people have sincerely welcomed every indication of improvement in the sentiment of the southern people which tended towards a more fraternal feeling between the sections. Tor twenty years the uorlh has ap pealed lo Iho south lo abandon all feelings of antagonism nnd distrust. The folly and the loss of maintaining such an ullilude have been pointed out and demonstrated. A decade passed bo- foio any marked impression seemed to be made. Il was a striking example of Ihc lenacilyof prejudice oven in disaster , escape from which was almost impossible while the prejudice remained. An im pression once made , however , it grow vigorously , and Ihe lasl few years have witnessed its benefits in a remarkable development and growth of portions of the south which promise a degree of wealth anel prosperity in Iho fuluro that it would bo idle to now attempt to com pute. The northern people nre glad of this prosperity and its splendid promise. It is their vindication , and their practical judgment tolls them that whatever ad vantages it brings to the wealth and wel fare of the nallon they will share. They fool no envy or jealousy at the growth of enterprise , the increasing wealth , and the advancing prosperity of the south. On the contrary they have capital , energy and experience ready to assist in pushing forward the enterprises of that section. They believe that the lesson the south has learned will not bo horujUtjor disregarded , but rather that Iho inyti } vho shall direct her destiny in the future will respect that lesson more fully lltjm do those of to-day. And they feel thus despite the apparent insincerity of so'ni ? who have talked most freely of the "fraternal south and the vmdictlvencss of others who still nurse their hostility as If itfwcro a holy passion , that it would bo cowardly and dishonor able to renounce. It Is discouraging to friendship to find the hand that grasped yours with areleut cordiality turned against you when you arc no longer face to face with thu niuu who gave it , but the duplicity of a Scores of Gradys must not bo permitted to mar a link of the chain of fraternity that is to bind the sections moro closolyand firmly together. It is an invitation to doubt and misgiving when southern editors proclaim their de testation of the new ordur of things and still find an approving constituency , but it should be icmombercd that the new order has grown in spite of them , anel that it has icucheJ n point whereIhoy are powerless to &tay its progress. The practical judgment oi the southern people ple having found the right course they will uot bo diverted from it , whatever hot-headed politicians itnd rhapsodical editors may say. Tlio sentiment of fra ternity in too south Is creeled on a ina- tcrial foundation which grows iu Qriu- ncss and strength with every now rail road that is constructed , every now mill and factory that is pulinoporattonovory now mine tiiat is opened. It is the safcsi nnd most secure of nil foundations , nml it grows stronger with ago. Tin ; rotnliatton bill adopted by the house of representatives gors beyond any demand for any such legislation mndo by the fishing interest of the country At n convention of luprcscntalives o this interest held last week al Gloucester Mass , in ailvnnce of Iho ncllon of the house , il was resolved that "while it may seem wisdom lo empower our chief map iblralo with authority lo deny all com morclal privileges to our Canadian neighbors , we do not deem it just or ox pcelicnt , under present circumstances , to carry it into effect beyond tlio fisheries and the impoitntiou of Canadian llsh , unless the other industries of the country have hko grievances and ask retaliatory measures. " There has been no complaint from any other industry , and it is not ap parent that any oilier has been nllecled Hence llio senate bill was nil Hint the exigency required , or lhat Ihe intcrcs concerned asked. The mailer is now ii llio hanels of n conference commlltuo.nm ns Iho house has instructed its conferees not to recede fiom its position nnd the senate conferee" are equally firm , the failure of legislation on this subject is slrongly probable. TiUTsoinowlintcrralie politician , ex- Governor lloadloy of Ohio , has jtis.1 sur prised his party friends by shooting offal nn unexpected tangent lie made a speech al the iccoption of the Ohio club of Cin cinnati on last Saturday evening , and in stead of its being n laudation of thu dem ocratic unity it was a roasting of the elomoerats who had perpetrated and con nived at fraud in the Cincinnati elections. There was n time when it was assumed tluit lloadluy had a slomachfor anything that proceeded from democrats , but il appears that oven ho lias sickened of the party methods in Ohio. No further oU- dunce is ncccfsary lo assure the country lhat the charges mnilo by Ihc republicans against Iho ilcmocrany of thai state wore just. It is now possible to hope thatdcm- crats may turn up in Indiana and New Jersey with honesty and candor enough to denounce the rascally conduct of their party in those stales. Tin : attempt of the Standard Oil com pany to block legislation looking to oil inspection in this stale should be resisted by the logislatuic. Nebraska has been Hooded for years with low test oils , anil the lives and property of citizens have been placed in jeopardy. The oil inspec tion bills now before llio legislature aio drafted to throw safeguards around the sale of illuminating oils in this slate such as oilier states ha\c adopted. Public in terest demands the passage of a law which will prohibit fraud anel impose heavy penalties on those who break it , TIIKV tell it on a member of the legis lature that he came to Omaha to hear Palti. Some way or other he got iuto Boyd's and with open eyes and mouth listened to a song by lilly $ Emerson. Upon his return a friend askeel him how ho liked Palli. "lie is tlio finest singer 1 ever hoard , " said the ilclightcd states man. A s\vriT-rAcr.i > child of seven j-cars , the oilier morning nt family prayers , just as her father had finished praying , screamed "Hals" And thus does the slang of.this nineteenth century break in ou tlio solemn services known through all ages. Lnn's surrender once saved this coiiDtrv. The surrender of the passes over all railroads , April 1st , will be an other monumental event in the epoch of history. LINCOLN , it is said , vtanls n cleaiing house. Il 13 possible that the clearances of some of the lobbyists down there , would place the capital city first on the list. NINA YAK ZAKDT SI-IKS has been waxed. It iias been legally decided that she cannel prevent the exhibition of her wax liguro in a dime museum. THE midwinter boom is evidence that the springtime will witness wonders in the giowth of Omaha. AViTiiMr. Ingal Is as president of the son- ale , Iho native mackerel imqiicslionably feels more secure. THB cily is safe. The junketing conn- oilmen have returned. Too Ijnto. Not a I'errv- What silence keep , year after year. With those who are most near to us nnd dear 1 Wo live beside each other day by day. And speak ot myriad things that fculilom say Thu full , sweet word that lies just in .our reach , Beneath the commonplace ot common speech , Then out of sight , and out of reach they ice , Those close , familiar frlnnds , who love us BO ; And , Bitting In the sluulow they have loft , Alone with loneliness , and sere bcruft. Wo tliink with fond regret ot some fond word Thai once wo might lm\o said nnd they Iiavo heard. This Is the cruel cross of life to bo Full vlslonod when the minlstiy Of denth has boon fulfilled , nnd fn tlio place Of seine dear presence Is but empty space , What recollection service cnn then ( ilvo consolation for tlio "might have been. " JMIOMJMSNT 1'KKSONS , Theodore Itocmnelt and brlelo have tnlu'n a house In Washington , Luther Needier proposes to glvo the Diddle house and grounds for the benefit of tliu poor of Detroit , It Is nn immense Etiucturu , nnd \nlued at 8WO.OOO. Hani Jones oud Hani Small received over S3S.OOO for their month's "religious work" In Huston , filnny a country minister could kcop his family an entlro year on that sum. Dr. William C , dray , n close friend of the Hoy. T. DoWltt Tal range , says that the preacher will soon have to rjult the Brooklyn tabernacle or die , as tlio work there is too hard for him. Princess Colonna , the daughter ot Mrs J. \V. \ Mackay , Is to accompany Her husband to this country in the spring , lie Is coming over to look after his railroad interests In Mexico and Texas , Philip JBIUCS Ualley , the author of "Kcs- tu , "n poem which made a great literary success twenty-fivo years ago , but now al most forgotten , Is seventy years of age and lives In Ulncklieath. Johnson Whlttaker , the colored cadet who was charged dmo jcare ngo with mutilating his own oars while at West Point , Is now u member of a successful law firm in Charles ton , b. U. He also docs a llttlo uousjupcr work. Hld ) cy Dillon 1ms adopted Hie Yaudeibllt Indies , barring profanity , toward the public. Inn late In ton low ho E.ildt "What elol cnrnfortho public ? Tlio public amounts to nothing I" And ho looked so llcrco and thundered so that the reporter trembled for the iKHir nnd patient public. Clnrlcs A. Plllslmry , the great Minneapo lis miller , \\as poor when , In 1S53. ho was Kradimted front .Dartmouth. Tour years Inter , still poor , hoentto Minneapolis and established n business \\hlch to-day Is the largest of its Uml In the world. Ills mills turn out 10.000 barrels of flour dally , and ho ja\s for freight alone ou his vthcnt Slr > 00COi ) yearly. Tlio Valley county Farmers' alliance moots at Orel on thoSlh. The U'ayne ( la/i-Uo hemls the name of Hon. C. 11. Van \V\ck for senator in ISdlJ. I'unnro county prospectors have in- vcstcd in a coal augur and will born into their cash pile. John Ilawes , a former resident of Crciuhiou , perished In thu late bhz/ard In Colorado. The Loup county Farmers' alliance is harrowing thu tin 111'uuistion and sowing scuds of ul.ssenslon. Broken Bow and Callawny have formed a mutual admiration society , but they carry arms on lodge night. The Beatrice papers decluro thai the Pattl u\f ursmnists from there , llnanelully speaking , arrived homo at $ 10.40. Ik'iiry Paul dropped his burdens of care in Albion nnd slept. He n as sixty years ot ago and leaves a wile and several childien , Out in Cheyenne county a cross roads' bign lends. "Look out for mad dogs. Dog carl down the road with ils longuo hanging down. " A bad , bold , gay female peddler is wanted by thu police of Not folk for steal- in : jewelry and clothing , beating a board bill and peddling without a license. Hastings gels tin on Us roval car and fo-ims alike a fresh tapped ki'g over the story that lliero was not a brewery in tliu town. It was a malicious invention of a rival. The Fremont Tribune declares that "Wo know a uood thing when wo see it , ami , seeing il , wo go lor il. " This ex plains llio bald wildurucss on Ihocdilo- rnil dome. The cily council of Grand Island has stirred a hornets' nest by proposing an occupation tax. Nearly all business men are in favor of applying it to saloons and peddlurs onlj. The debating club at Kent has jronu stark mad over the question , "Resolved , That it were boiler for the people of Loup county to send a goose rather than a Cianito the legislature. ' ' A grand circle hunt is booked In South Keith county , Match 17. The hunters will be armed with sliillalalis and plug hats of antique pattern. Thcv " will bcour Iho country for lions and "other wild beasts. A Columbus speculator , who "rushed in whore angels tear to tread , " declares that he was bit in a real estate eleal in Council Bluil's. His name is I. Cluck , nnd Ins invcstmonl nrstlcs snugly in Iho bottom of a creek. Ho proposes to sue the shaipcr. Central City is a temperance town of the most. rigid kind , and no trilling vtith thu red-eyed demon is tolerated in pub- lii1. A recisnt amate-ur performance of "Mikado' * there broke up in a row bc- causu the prince exclaimed in the kissing act "Hum Yum. " The , royal jeater es caped ihiough the trap eloor. The swept , mellow voice of the Fre mont Tribune critic , in tones of a stiamlcd lliike , declares that the squeal of tlio porker educated tlio Omaha ear to a proper appreciation of Palli. This must bo the same Fromontcr who walked out while the diva was singing the "Last Kosc of Summer , " anil expressed his ells- gust to Llio doorkeeper , "Drat that calli ope ; I'd rulher a Hum sight hum u old Jack Haverly rattle llic boucsl" Two knotty ovuuts are booked in Nebraska this month , unless Ihe gov- ptnor or the courts intcrlorc. Sohacflbr , the murderer of a constable near Mindcn , will lost hump on the 22d , and Leo Shellouberger , at Nebraska City on Ihe 25th , for mmdcring his , daughter. .Jcfl Long , the murelerer of tlio Biiseomb family near North Platte , has two months and nineteen day * to repent und negoti ate lor a cool corner in the hereafter. Loup City has hoisted a signal of dig- tress nnd onus out for deliverance from llio hoodlum olcmcnl. Here JH a picture of the town"The pr-ncoand quiet of our little cily is daily and nightly broken of late with impunity by a curtain class who take delight in riding rough shod over law , oielci and common decency. Small ak'cks with more vacuum than brains , amuse themselves and disgusl spectators by ruling furiously through the directs yelling , while nightly their drunken orgies arc earned lo yet fmt'ier ' excess. Thu peaceful slumber * of honest citi/.ons are disturbed by drunken yells , pistol shots and riotous demonstrations. " BOSTON CORBETT , Iho Man Who Shot J. AVllUes Booth iinel Ills Career. The news of Boston Corbotl's lalogl misfortune , writes a Washington cones pondenl , arouses sympalliy huro , where not u few ucople mot the man Iwentj odd years ago , and made some little ac quaintance with him , They remember him as a queer perpendicular character , combining a good dual of llio hero and something of the crank. Ho wns purlieu larly religious and applied Ihe tcsl of piety lo other people's couduct strictly and offensively. Hu never spoke of thu shooting of John Wilkes Booth unless ho was asked to talk about il , and titan ho told of the paiticulars of the ail'air with great apparent sorrow. Jlc received a Uenorous share of tlio $7fi,000 , which Secretary rotary Stanton offered an reward for Iho capture of Hooth nnd Harold , his pro portion being something like $ ft , 200. Them was a determined light over this pri/o money. Lafajctto Baker , who was then at llio lumitof the secret service , thought hiu bureau was entitled to Ihu \\huluof it The distribution was made , after considerable1 discussion in congress , upon a very cunons plan. Tlio only pieci'donts for the distilbiilion of pn/es aru thosii of tlio navy It was decided thai Captain IHaiL'hoity.whocoinmiimlecl a detail of the Sixti'i'iith New York ouv airy that captured Booth , was in the- po sition of an nllicer in command of a vessel passing from one squadron to another , and on the way capturing u \n'uu \ In tiiat ease all the pn/.u money in the navy goes to the captor * Dough orty received & 7fXH ) , and the privates in Ills detail reeolveil , Uiuut ! fl , ( > 00eacli Most of them invested their money around I'laltsburg , N. Y. , whore they now live us prosperous Cormati faimei.s Jorbett put his hliuni into thei hut justness in Camdun , N J , where ho failed in 1H7B. llu went to Kansas and bellied near Uonconlia on a homestead entry of eighty acres. Ho pro\ed up and ipplied toi a patent for his claim two years ago. and last summer acted in it very frantic way ever tlio detl tv occa " sioncd by Commissioner Sparks' ' policy of withholding land patents Poor Cor- jell was so siek that lie could hardly work , had no money , could not pay his laves , could not gut title to hU land , nnd seemed to bu in a constant quarrel with us neighbors. In lutterd which he wrotei to Captain Dougherty within the last few nonthdjiu said ho thought no should go enuy , und hu wished thai ( Jou had stricken him with lightning before hu uvur reached Kansas. borne very interesting stories are told jy Cuptaln Dougherty of C'orbt'tt'fc eour- ige At one time , in 180'J , in Virginia , out on a scouting expedition in search of Mosby , under Iho command ot an Lngllsli captain , a big , red faced six- footer. The entire elay was spent iu inarohlnc , and no sign of Mosby wns seen. The captain look his men into thu middle of a largo fluid and went into bivouac early. While they were at sup- pnr Mosby swooped down on them , stir- jirlscd the entires detachment o.xcopl Ihu big captain , who in some way escaped nnd walked back into Hit ? union lint.1 * Corbott tiieil lo oscapu , but being hard pressed took refuge in nn old stone well From this coign of vantage ho leisurely re'urnod lini mid kept his pursuers at n distance. Ho winged several of them nml kept up n random lire for ovpr an hour , Finally Mosby deployed a skirm > n line aioiind the well and centered the in.- of thirty e > r forty turn upon Coruutt's hi ! fort. The bullets lore the curbing all t i pieces , and the confederates support I they had killed Iho solitary ganison About nn hour afterward a couple of graybacks wandering up to thu \\e 1 looked elowu and saw Corbotl at the boi torn , braced across on the big boulders with which the well was wallcel , coolly online n lunch from his haversack lie had omplicd his carbine nnd his six shooter , and half hoped that Mosby would go on and pay linn no further at tontion. Ho was taken prisoner and sent down to Libby and Andursonrillo lie \\a-s finally exchanged , and at the lime hu was ordered out to Ihe pursuit of Booth wag just recovering from a long attack of scurvy. There was an uflort inaelu to Iiavo Corbott Iripd for filing on Hooth without orders , bnlCaptain Dough rrty believed that Corbelt saved his lik by his timely shot , ami his explanation to Secrclary Sttinton prevented nnu : tion against the sergeant. Duel IMornlH in the Sued Mi Capital , Stockholm Letter ; Tlio recent expul sion of only-two young men from iho loariK'd schools e f lliis city for immoral practices 1ms madu a great scandal. The culpriUs belonged nearly all to old ami weill known families , and bore honored name's. The newspapers tried vainly to suppress ( he facts , but have bpon foioed to publish thorn In refutation of the dam aging rumors that have been in circula tion for a fortnight. Iu all conscience it is bail enough as it is The banished ones W9tti proven guilty of all manner of vil- lainy.from putty thieving to highway rob- bery.nnd the grossest unmmallty. The question is not here e > f the ordinary pucca. elillocs of a lot of wild boys.bul ot atioci- lies that admit of no such excuse. In fact none is sought. Their authors appear to have put their pride in llium.iuul challenge ! ciitiosm with a scornful defiance that is the saeldi'st svmptom of all. There can be no doubt that wo are reaping the legitimate harvest of the crop of realistm literatuic lhat has fallen like a pall upon our country and upon our age. Sn.x is Ihe alpha anel omega of Ihu new school , Ihe one string upon which it harps fiom the bottom rung to Ihe lop of the lilerary ladder. Ihe reproach of encouraging the trash that masquerades in one wav and another as the "idea of a century , ' tbo "spiril of Iho age , " and in like false disguises lies especially al the door of our nation. Books that are prescribed in Denmaric and Norway find Iho readiest sale in Sweden , where the authorities nro less captious. Considering that Ihu names of their authors should bo in most rases a sufficient introduction to decent society what wonder that the minds of ourjouth aio corrupted. Need we com plain ? Thu ejut'stiou is asked by some of oui more conservative journals with the facts of Ihis lalpst scandal before them , anil tlio necessity for answering il catego rically evidently worries them. Few Know What They Di-lnlr. Buffalo Courier : "Jt is a fact , " said u famous mixer of fancy drinks last e\en- intr , ' 'that lliero are very few good judges of liquor. Jt is \cry old chest nut to sol out whisky when brandy is called for , and not one in tun can tell the elill'eiunoo. 1 liuvo often been told by a customer that ho has never tastud finer brandy when lie was drinking a vorv or- elmary whisky There are few people who can distinguish between high and low priced wines. I remember nearly splitting my sides once laughing nt a man who was ordering champngnc. Ho was drinking Werner's American oxtia dry , and tolel his friend how he once drunk Jt with M Werner in Paris. Ilo thought it was the highest priced Ftencli wine until ho found out it was costing linn only a dollar n bottle , then he wilted , hveu manufac turers aie sold. Once at a convention of beer blowers of the country I hoard a brewer boast that he coulei name uny kind of beer with his eyes blindfolded. Wo tried him and when the handkerchief was ever his eyes we gave him nine Hips out of tlio Kiuno ojass and heard him name nine elifferont drinks. That wan very good spoil. As n matter of fact this te'liinc liquor by the taste Is a very delicate business By modern processes eltstillers can asn whisky so as lo fool even the old timers. The worst easel ever struck was a fisherman who rowed mo down the river last summer. I eiflbied him o swig out of a bottle containing very line whisky , llu rotmned it , Haying U was poor stun" . I handcel him a bottle containing some 'rot gul11 used lo oloiin mygun. He took a long pull and said it was as good liquor as hu over lusted , " The Congregational ministers of the cily had a private conference In the Paxton - ton ycslerday J > 'or MAItUIJ Conlainm ADRAHAM LINCOLNi A HIS TORY. By Messrs , Nirolay and Hay. The present chapters open the second of tlio three periods into which Lincoln's life naturally divides , and present a review of the movement for slavery extension. Numerous portraits of leaders concerned in the history are given. "GRANDE POINTE , " BY CEO VCABLE. . A complete twenty-four JWJM novulottu of Acadian life in Louisiana , vtith eight drawings by Keinblo , RECOLLECTIONS OF SECTRETARY STANTON. By Charles P Bcnliimin , late of the War Dupartmcnt , with fioiuispioco portrait trait A vury interesting anel full cliap ter of anecdote of one wno wiltus intim ately of his lihiuf's personal eharaclorls lies and habits of thought tui'l ' work , and of his 11 latious vutli Lint oln ami others. FAITH-HEALING , PRO AND CON. 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