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il THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY MARCH 11 , 1887. THE DAILY BEE , PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. or stmscntpT o ! : Dflltr ( Mornl.iir t'dltlon ) Including Sunday Br.it. Una Ycur . $10 0' For Blx Month * . / Of ForThrno Months . . . "U Tlio Umaba Smulny HEE , mailed to uny lulJtcss , Ono Ycur. . , . . . . 3 ( X OMAHA omr * . No. on AMI flW FATUJAM Rrncn' Nn\v VOUK orricc. UIIOM rA , THIIIONK Ilirii.niNfi VVAMUINUTO.V omci , No. 613 KOURIEIXTII bniitr All communlontion minting to news nndcdl torlul matter slioulU bo ad'lroisod to the Eui Ton or TUB B.KK. BUSINESS i.r.rrr.asi All bii-lno * , ! ) lottery nml remittance * , should t > < addressed to TUB Ilex I'UIII.IHIIINII COMPANY OMAHA. HrnftB , chocks mid po.toflico ( irclori to bo uiado paytiblo to the ordir of tlio company THE BEE PUBlMINlillpm , PROPRIETORS , E. UOSEWATEU , EDITOR. THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Clrautntlon. Btntcof Nebraska , ) - County of Douglas. * - Gro. 1) ) . T/schuck , secretary of The fici Publishing company , docs nolcmnly swea that the actual circulation of the Dally He lor the week tndlng Mar. 4th , lbS7. was a follows ! Saturday. Feb. 20 14.B9 Sundnv. Fob. 27 13.0S Monday. BVu. 2H. 14.S.V Tuesday , Mar , 1 U.-M Wednesday. Mar. 2 14.20 Thursday , Mar. ! J 14,1ft Friday , Mar. 4 .14.8.1 Average 14.27 liEO. U. T7.8C1IUCK. Subscribed In rnv presence and swoin to be fore me this 7th day of March A. D. , IBM N. P. FKIU ISKALI Wotnrv 1'tibllc. Ceo. U. Tzschuck , being first duly sworn deposes nnd says tliat ho Is .secretary of Th llco Publishing company , that the actual av crairo dully circulation of the Dallv Due fo the month of March , lBSo.ll.G37 copies : fo April , 1880,12,101 copies : forfor May , IbSO. 12 , 439 copies : for June , 18MJ , 12,29s copies ; fo July , 18SC , 12,1)14 ) copies ; for Auetist. 18M 18,404 copies ; for September. 18bO , 13l copies ; for October , ISbO , 12.9S9 copies ; fo November , IbMl , 18,348 copies ; for December 1880,13,237 copies ; for January. 1887. 10,20 copies ; for February , 1887 , 14,193 copies. . OKO. J . TZSCHUCK. Subscribed and sworn to before mo this Oil dav of March , A. D. 1887. [ SEAL.I N. P. FEII , . Notary Public. TifKiiB are ninny proceedings of tin legislature , wicked nnd slminoful. His tory must never repent itsulf. THE committee on misccllnncous sub Sects made a favorable report on the pro hibition bill. Death nwnlts it on final nc tlou. IT is to bo hoped that Hugh Con way will not bo called upon to finis ! the second volume of the late Beechcr' book. ' FHEEDO.M never shrieked like Mi Ageo did when ho spoke on the Oniah charter. Freedom could not do it , an < . hold its job. IK a fit of unguarded generosity th legislature legalized the bill donating 23 lots to the city of Lincoln. The lots be longed to the state. THE third party organized nt Cincin nati , when it adopted the grecnbac safety valve , peacefully died before i had been christened. IT is wonderful how unanimous th Tote of tbo legislature always is , who the names are culled on an approprhi tion bill to pay members. THE railroad lobby is about as stronj as ever at Lincoln. At least it is a strong in numbers. The winter dissipa tion may have physically weakened it. 1 THE members of the legislature so devoted voted and honest to their constituoncj refuse to patronize the lending oper house of Lincoln , but all go to the "Pec pie's Theatre" as n matter of policy. 1 MR. CAX.DWELI , was once an actor. 1 may bo possible that ho can act. I "doing" the character of the animal wit ! extenuated ears , nature has done mor for the Lancaster statesmen than ho eve did for himself. THOSE who opposed the sale of the Sn line lands , and issued the circular np pealing to the people , could have nccoii : plishcd more good had they signed the ! Jiamo to the document. Moral cowardic accomplishes nothing. Oun esteemed senator of many bills Colonel Colby , is something after the styl nnd habit of a century plant. He bios eoras but once in ten years. And fo this reason when ho is in bloom ho pro poses to make up for lost time. 1 THOSE members , or some ot then : voting against the appropriation bill t pay themselves , were shrewd and fai Bcoing. They had already drawn th Warrants sold them to a Lincoln bankoi and then voted against the bill. AN exchange says : "Tho yards an orchards of California , nt this time c year are green and beautiful. " Wail ine the beauty of the picture , it can b remarked that our legislators bear most striking resemblance to the yiiri ! of the Golden state. t IK all his plory , Wednesday , in tli senate , Mr. Kobbins arose and cagorl wondered : "What arc wo hero for ! Just as ho naked the question , Vandi mark came in , in a salubrious state < enchantment. That solved u probloi which a few moments before seemo trango and bewildering. IT is to bo regretted that Mr. Aloxai der , of Nomaha , Tom Major's mn , Friday , so far forgot himself us to sni whatever individuality ho might po BOSS. Mr. Alexander , the Johnson me chant , voted for Majors to succeed Vai Wyck believing Majors stood n prnyln chance. Men who cling to the mnrvc lous and hug such wild delusions wl newer again secure , the confidence of tl people. t THE Saline land bill Is nothing mo : nor less than n job. Its passage won ] bo n crowning piece of infamy. It ' Tom Kennord's latest effort to pluntti the state under the most fiimsy protox 9 Two years ago the fifty year's lease i the Saline lands was pushed through tl lgl lnturo under thu pretense that t ) land was a part of the Fa'lno ' grount which the atato was forbidden to so ! Vow , with forty-eight ynnrs more i ' 'IMM at a nominal rental , the luglslatui 4 * fc importuned to make to the parties wl . - ' -jMiVo tlio lease , a deed for the proper wM h tk T bayn uo.ritfbito sell. Infamous Liawmnkcrs. Ono hundred and tlilrty-throo lawmak crs are holding daily sessions in the logis ativo halls at the state capital , On tin ifth day of January each of these met liold up his right hand and bound him self by a most solemn oath nilmmlstcrci publicly by Chio/ Justice Maxwell of tin supreme court. Each of these member called Almighty God to witness that In 'would discharge the duties of legislate : o thn best of his ability , and that lie hat lot accepted nor would ho accept or re colvo directly or indirectly nny money o other valuable thing from any corpora .ion , company or person , or any promisi of ofilco for any act or inlluenci or for any vote ho may give or wlthholi on any bill , resolution or appropriation.1 At tlio principal hotel of the capita city thirty or forty men are holding dail ; and nightly gatherings and orgies , whos notorious vocation is to improperly in lluencc and corrupt men who have takoi the solemn oath above cited. The bold ness with which these conspirator against the public welfare carry on thol criminal system of bribery , and the reck Icssness exhibited by members ii their intercourse with them , afford the most shockingoxhibltion of dopravci public morals in this stato. Pur jury and bribery linked togetho seem to have lost all terre upon men who only two month ago would have shuddered and boon a ) : palled at the mere suggestion. It is nov common to hoar the procurers of th lobby , nnd even members , as each other , has Senator Such-and-suc orlloprcsuntatlvu So-and-so been "fixed ou this or that bill or resolution. Former legislatures have boon tan : pored with , nnd hnd their blac sheep , but never before has : legislature tolerated and countenance such a lawless mob of braxe dealers in legislative dishonor. Bargain arc openly made to defeat moritoriou measures and to carry through th most gigantic jobs. Members who hav oncu bartered away their souls and iutcf rity aru hold in chains more degradin and abject than the fetters that eve bound a slave or felon. The honest an unpurchasnblo minority are batllcd an disheartened over the lamentable dcmoi all/.ation. The state is watching the di : graceful proceedings with alarm. Th truth is dawning upon the people thii the criminal farce in progress at Lincol for sixty days foreshadows a tragedj The utter hopelessness of being honest ! served by men elected under the mot solemn pledges , points to a remedy bt yondtho pale of law. What else can th people do , ami what shall they tlo who the conviction becomes universr that representative government i a doomed failure unless representative are made personally accountable fo their treason ? Courts of justice do nc reach such offenders , and political deal has no terrors for men whoso acts an votes have placed them beyond all hop of political resurrection. The Bee's Policy Endorsed. The Herald under its new managemer has surprised its readers by the onuncii tion of a "policy. " The BEE had charge that the opposition to the Omaha chartc carao from the "monopolies and ring that seek control of our public works ; that "tho secret of that opposition lies i the fact that the provisions of the no' charter are very stringent with regard t the regulation of gas companies , strce railways and telegraph companies , " nn that "thij now proprietor of the Herat is evidently in full accord" with the core blnation of corporations , syndicates nn rings against a charter designed to prc tcct our city from their dark design : This smoked the Herald out of its holt and compelled it to declare its bulicf t be : That every gas , water , street car , telephor or telegraph company , enjoying public prlv leges , should be subject to regulation by th city council. This papar holds that the clt has the right to fix the pnca citizens s ha pay for either ens or water ; that the city ha the right to regulate charges for telephones that the city has the right to llx amount o fares and the Lours ot running horse cat and cable cars ; that It has the right , an should exercise It , to tax the property of co poratlons and Individuals alike ; that to many privileges have already boon grante to corporations wltout adequate return , an that there should be a stop put to thu pra tlce. tlce.In In a paragraph our neighbor gives c " " that " whic a "quiet tip" "newspapers are endeavoring to formulate the Herald policy will do well to call at these heat quarters for pointers. The Herald is ct itod at the Herald office. " For one , it is not necessary that w should call. Our editorials have gen there , nnd from the quotation mail nbovo it is evident that though tii Herald is edited In its own ofilco , it he drawn its inspiration from the BUE ofilc on the question of civic control e granted franchises. The creed which the Herald publish ) as its own is neither now nor originu The BEE has for years boon proachin this doctrine ; it has claimed the right an duty of the state to regulate and contrt the railroads of the states so that prh iloges granted for the public good slut not become agencies of public oppre sion. It has also contended that pri ilcgcs or franchises granted by the cil are to the same general end the publ. . coed and comfort and convcnlenco. i holds anil-has always contended that 01 municipal authorities , as agents of tli people , should vigilantly guard the pot plo's rights and compel every corpon tion enjoying granted privileges to de : fairly and justly with the public. Tl Hcralrt under Its new ownership echo us , whether sincerely or from motives t policy wo will not inquire. The papt that should venture to declare that cil privileges and franchises once grante ceased to bo subject to municipal re ; ulatlon ami control In the public intoro : would exhibit the courage of the bu that attacked the Jouomotlvo , and all repeat that bull's folly. Wo hope tl Herald is sincere in its adoption of tl BEE'S policy. Conservatism of Ownership. Shortly before the late municipal cle tion in Philadelphia Henry 'George vl Ited the city and made a speech to tt workmgmen on his hobby of the fita ownership of land. The result was doul less disappointing to him , for at thu elc tion the ticket designated by his nan received only 1,061 votes out of ube 155,000 votes cast. This was explained tbo time by the statement that mat workmen in Philadelphia .owned the homea , and many more were strlvii and saving with the same end. in vicn The matter has received further nttontlot since from a Philadelphia ! ! , who hns ob tnlned statistics from the assessor's ofilc < md communicated the result to Th Nation. These statistics show thai then ire about 00,003 Individual owners of lain in that city. These owners roprcson about one-half of the population , al directly interested In land as owners There are 183,000 dwelling houses in tin city , of which about -10,000 are valued including the lots , at less that $1,000 cacli and about 00,000 are vnlucd at botwcoi $1,000 and $2,000. Those facts sulllciontl. explain the smallness of the George vet in Philadelphia. There is nothing mon conducive to conservatism than the abso lute ownership of a home , however hum bio , or the possession of savings devoid to the acquisition of a homo. It is nc those who own something , but those owi nothing , that accept Air. George's thcorlc about state paternalism. It has been well said in regard to th socialistic theory of an equal division c property , that those who before hai nothing and claimed that division wa right , would as strenuously oppose : second division which would involve i reduction or loss of their share in th first. In no country in Europe is thcr so many small holdings of land as amoiij the agricultural population of Franci nnd in none is that class of the populn tion so conservative , so loyal to the ex isting government nnd so zealous in th upholding of law and order. Let n work ingman bo once inspired with the idea o saving until ho can get n little home o his own and that very ambition , bowcvo remote Its realization , becomes a bond t his community for his diligence , sobriety good conduct and exemplary care fo his family. And when at length lie ot tains that which ho has worked an saved so long to secure , there is a prid of ownership that gives that intlopciul once nnd self-respect which arc the rues valuable qualities of the citizen. If the great corporations of the countr were truly wise they would aid the ! workmen everywhere to become owner of homes. The pride in these homes the care and improvement of thci would establish a community of intorcs between employer and employe thn would make strikes and lockouts ui known , because the disposition to adjus all differences by friendly arbitratioi would leave no room for passion am prejudice. If the workinenion of Nov York were like those of Philadelphia largely owners of their homes , howove small or distant , or wore saving to sc euro them , the land theories of Mi George and Father McGlynn would no have called ont 70,000 votes in their sup port. It may bo more difiicult for labor ing men in Now York to acquire home than in Philadelphia , but it is not in possible , nnd especially is it not in ou newer cities in the west. Let every work ingman in Omaha strive to own the roc that covers him , and every employer rcr dor such aid as he can to those strivin in that direction , and in time the happ ness , prosperity and comfort of our toi ing thousands will be as marked and or vied abroad as our excptional progres us a city is to-dny. "Drummers" Not Taxable. Every manufacturer and merchar who sends his representatives , commonl termed "drummers , " to extend his bus ness into other states than the one i which his business Is located will bo ir tercstcd in the decision of the suprem court of the United States , handed dow n few days ago , that state laws subject ing sucii representatives to a tax are i conflict with the constitution. A simila decision was rendered some months age Both were based on that clause of th constitution which declares that congres shall have the power to regulate con merco among the several states. Law taxing commercial travelers exist in number of the states , and are quite ger oral in those of the south. It is enl rarelv they encounter any opposition , an for this reason the first decision of th supreme court against the validity f these statutes , which should havobrougl about their general repeal , was give very little regard , only one or two state repealing the obnoxious laws. Whethe the later decision will have n more o.\ tended effect remains to be seen , but it questionable. So long as the commerci ; travelers pay those demands , rather tha suffer the expense and detention incidor to arrest , they will continue to be mail in those states where the necessities ( the public treasury are a stronger argi mcnt than respect for constitutional lin Stations upon the powers of the state. In rendering the decision , the snpron : court expressed the opinion that tli question was of great importance to tl : people of thn United States , both as res pccts their business interests and const tutlonul rights. The constitution civt to congress the power to regulate con morco among the states , and that powt is necessarily exclusive whenever tl : subjects of it are national in their elm : actor or admit only of ono uniform sy tern or plan of rogalation. The fnilui of congres to act whore it has oxclush power indicates its will that the subjei shall bo loft free from any restrictions c impositions , and any regulation by tli states , except in mutters of local conccr only , is repugnant to such frucdon -The only way in which commerce b twcon the states can bo legitimately a fected by state laws is when , by virtue < its police power and its jurisdiction ovi persons and property within its limits , state provides for the security of lif limb , health , comfort and prosperity , c when it does those things which may ir cidentally affect commerce. Bi in making such internal roi ulations n state cannot impo : taxes upon n person passing through ( coming in merely for a temporary pu pose , nor upon property imported an not yet become part of the common mas and no discrimination can bo made L any such regulation adversely to the pe sons or property of other states , and n regulation can bo made directly afl'ec ing intor-stato commerce. In the mattt of intor-stato commerce the United State are , in the opinion of the court , but on country , and are , and must bo , subject I ono system of regulations and not to multitude of regulations. It seema to b forgotten , said the court , that the poop of this country are citizens of the Unite States as well as of the Individual state and that they have some rights under tl constitution and laws of the former , ind pendent of the latter , and free ironi ai interference or restrait from them. It is rather for the broad principles ei uciatcd and the explicit definition give respecting the rights of the state in ma ing regulations affecting the common of the country , thaA for the specific matter tor under conslduraMon , that this dcclsloi possesses : a general ifitorost. Wo have reached the time w.hcn stale authority 1 ; to bo exerted In the regulation of commerce merco to an extent not'thus far attempted and there will bo a demand for the clour cst and fullest light upon the limitation ! of that authority. Tno decision rcfurrci to is a contribution to the required inter matlon , and therefore has a largnr inter cst than its applicationMo the single quos tlou with which it primarily duals. Captain ilainot B. End * . In the death of Captain James B. End : this country loses nnothcr of Its eminent mon. Ho was , like so many great Amor' leans , of humble origin , scant opportunities itios in youth and essentially self-made. . A man of original genius , indomitable courage and great enterprise , ho has lof worthy monuments of his engineering skill In the magnificent stool bridge al St. Louis and the jetties at the mouth o the Mississippi , and could ho have lived would have added another In his ship railway across the Isthmus of Tchuan rcpcc. The comtructlon of the first Hoc of Mississippi iron clads In ono hundred days was a remarkable achievement Much of the timber for them was still growing in the forest when they were begun gun ; they were novel in design and mani. of the appliances for their constructioi had to bo Improvised as the work pro grossed. In the second year of the wa ho designed and constructed a socoiu ! licet of heavy iron clads , in which for tin first time steam was applied to the hand ling of heavy guns. Those vessels wore the principal agencies in recovering possession of the Mississippi and othei rivers from the rebel forces. In the construction of the great St Louis bridge ho applied for the first tinn in this country , and for the first thin it any country on so great n scale and t < so great a depth , the caisson principle o : sinking piers. Throughout the whole work unexpected and peculiar engineer ingelillipultics wore mot with which onlj his original mind and wonderful re sources could have surmounted. Tin jetty principle was nlso not now , but tin extent of Its application nnd the result ! obtained hero tar surpassed any in Eti rope. Captain Ends undoubtedly rcgardei his ship railway as the greatest projec of his life. It was daring in conception but the most eminent engineers , in tlii country and Europe , have pronounced i entirely feasible. Without his mastoi spirit to push , it is possible that thi great enterprise may now fail. We hav > produced many great engineers , bu none greater than bnmos li. Ends , am the enduring monuments of his hand will remain to give lustre to his uam < and perpetuity to His fame. More Talk of Cabinet Changes. Secretary Manning has taken his fmti departure from thc 'lrcasury department If Washington advices iare trustworthj he should be in New lYork to-day am will sail for Europa'noxt ' Tuesday. "Whoi Mr. Manning tendered his rcsignatioi thn president requested that it should nc take effect until the 'close of the cut rent month , to whicji time it was desirei that the secretary should remain in suci active control of the ollico as the condl tion of his health would permit. It aji pears , however , that he has been unabl to hold out until that time , and that hurried journey to Europe is urgent ! , necessary. The falling physical condi tion of the secretary appears also to hav had a depressing effect upon tno no\ bank project of which ho is to bo prcsi dent if he shall again bo strong cnoug to assitmo the duties. There is no deli nito information as to who may bo hi successor , and while it is believed quit generally that Mr. Fairchild , the assis tant secretary , has the best chance fo the place , the delay of the president i naming a successor suggests a doubt tha the appointment will go to him. Th latest surmise coming from source worthy of consideratioi is that tha president's preforonc is for Mr. Carlisle , but the fact is that al speculation on the subject is valueless and it is not improbable that Mr. Cleveland land wilt surprise the country by the appointment pointmont of a man who has not bee thought of in this connection. Other cabinet changes continue to b talked of. A Now York paper presume to have favorable opportunities for cor root information states thut about Ma , first Secretary of the Navy Whitney wii retire to private life. According to thi journal the secretary has recently be come very much dissatisfied , causei chielly by the reflections indirectly cas upon his administration of the doparl ment in congress. The expressions c prominent democrats of a want of conli dunce in military and naval boards migli very easily have boon accepted by th secretary of the navy as a thrust at som of the boards of his creation , and the ! operations certainly gave warrant fo the distrust of these congressmen. It i quite probable , also , that the secretar may have found a grievance in the aj parent fact that his influence hn not been very great with the dome cratic house , although in this re gard his experience has not bee different from that qf other heads of eh partmcnts in the present ; administrator The truth Is that tholnaiy department i not a Hold in which 'cri is much chance under present circumstances , to wi glory , and it has beeh'vciry apparent thn this is what Mr. Whitney has desired t do. Unless ho is misrepresented ho ha an ambition for higher political honors and it would not ba surprising if ho ha discovered that the p"athjto their achievement mont docs not Ho through the navy de partment. However , , there is bettc promise for that much neglected arm c the public service , ImiOf Mr. Whitno , can bo patient ho may yet bo enabled t ito something for wliich'tho : country wil comment ! him. li1 1 There are guarded rumors of othc cabinet changes , but they lack substan tial foundation. They serve , howovoi to warrant the suggestion that the presi dent has refrained from nominating on cabinet officer when so much else in thn line was in view. It may bo romarkei that these rumors have censed to bear t the public car the name of Attorno General Garland , The conclusion seem to have become settled that the Pan Electric representative is there to stay. TIIK genial Congressman Butterwortli of Ohio , is an earnest advocate of reel procity with Canada. Ho introduced ; bill just before the adjournment of con cress for this purpose , and he is sanguin that this question will ( row in popuU regard. Ho is reported In a recent interview torview to have said that the failure ol the fortifications bill may have hastcnee the progress tbward the time when then shall bu complete reciprocity bctweci this country and Canada. The passngt of a bill for warlike preparations inus have retarded movement In that way , "A complete reciprocity , " said Dutter worth , "Is to the interest of both conn tries , and it is In accordance with tin fouling in both countries , except ainonf n tow fishermen. The progress of civill /.atlon cannot turn oil' its course on ac count of the smell of * rotten mackerel The Canadians are the st mo people ) will ourselves , all except n very few hall French that don't count In the popula tion. There should bo no distinction bu tween the trade between Canada and tin United States , and that between Nov York and Pennsylvania. There shoule bo n unity of interests and ono gram American brotherhood from the Gulf o Mexico to the region where you mlghi read the declaration of independence b.i the light of the aurora borealls. " Cana tlian auncxatlonists would respond will a loud amen to these sentiments. " PUKSIDKNT CLEVELAND having cleauet up the work that pressed upon him jus before nnd immediately after the adjournment mont of congress , is entering upon a sea son of relaxation , which he will uiuloubt cdly appreciate. The president is no afraid of work , and the executive oflici allbrds abundant opportunity for the ex crciso of industry of the most labonou kind , besides the strain of its many an noying and perplexing incidents. Thi president of the United States who faith fully attends to his duties earns his sal nry. llo works harder than the head o nny other nation on earth. No ono woult deny him whatever release ho can prop erly obtain from the various , anil mud of the tinio onerous duties of his ollico. Tin : Herald says that it "holds tha every gas , water , street car , telephone 01 telegraph company , enjoying public priv ilcgcs , should bo subject to regulation bj the city council. " The course of tin Herald , however , does not support thii declaration. It has aided the lobbyist : of all these corporations in every waj possible in their tight against thi charter. Ex-GovEitNOH FUUNAS is asking to < much of the Nebraska logislaturo. Ar investigation of the merits of his clnin ot' live thousand dollars will show that hi is fairly entitled to nothing of the kind Ho lias been well paid for his services a ; Nebraska's commissioner at the Nev Orleans world's oxposition. It is abou time to close the legislative grab-bag. OMAHA claims no great boom , but tin city's growth continues to be steady am substantial , with no prospect of a stand still or set-Dnck. More handsome build ings will bo erected and more money wil bo expended for Improvements during 1887 than during any two previous years How about that much talked of unioi depot ? Isn't it about time , now that tin now Union Pacific bridge is rapidly approaching preaching completion , for the propose ) enterprise to materialize in some sub stantial shape ? The old cowshed ough to go. THERE were but two dissenting voice1 in the house when the Furnas appropri ation was voted on. " But when a bill wa introduced to reduce the salary o teachers in a prominent state institution ungrammatical statesmen shrieked tha it was best "for to cnt down salaries. " LINCOLN'S real estate boom is spread ing. If a man owns ono lot down there he at once sub-divides it , puts it on tin market , charters a few columns of adver tising space , and then piously proles o his ' ( addition" to the city , "just on tin rnurket. " IT begins to look as if there is a grca deal of natural gas in the recent coa discovery in this city. The gas , hovsover is not of the kind that is used for heatin ; and illuminating purposes. THE street cleaning gang will clean tin streets if it takes all summer , and it wil probably require all that time at the rati they are now doing the work. IF Nebraska gets an oil inspector In will find plenty of work at Lincoln. Tin oil rooms in the capital city alone woult keep him busy. THE Republican says that Mr. Garvo ; as a legislator is a man of much merit "Birds of a feather , " etc. KANSAS CITY'S busiest establishment ii a wind factory. Si'itiNC candidates arc beginning t < blossom. IjlTEKAKY CHAT. J. E. Cabot's authorized life of Emerson 1 : now completed. J nines Mussell Lowell will sail In a fev weeks for England. Joel Chandler Ilnrris has been trying hi hand at a war story. The novelist , E. P. Uoe , Is writine a bool In Santa 13nrbara. Cal. Klchard It. Dealey , the Lancashire poet died at Nottingham lately. Kobert Louis Stevenson has three nuv books ready for publication. Mark Twain Is , In Germany , the most pop ular of all American writers. Sir James Stephen has abandoned his at tempt to write a life of Carlyle. Mr. Gladstone contemplates a work of semi extent on the Olympian religion. Congressman S. S. Cox's book on Con staiitlnople U to bo published this spring. The attempt to found a Shakospcan library at Stratford-on-Avon has proved i failure. The holoraph manuscript of "Tho Mask of Anarchy , " by Shelley , was recently re covered. Marion Cwwford's "With the Immortals" Is said to be half romance and half llterarj criticism. M. Talno has begun a scries of articles In the llcvue dcs Deux Mendes on the First Napoleon. Miss Mary Bootheditor of Harper's Bazar , Is going for recreation to Europe. Shotias worked like a slave for twelve years. Itls said that the mikado and the leadinc statesmen of Japan favor the EnicIUli lan guage for the official purposes of that country. The Earl ot Rosslyn has written a "jubl lee lyrlo" entitled "Love that LasU Forever , " which the queen approves of and has deslrod to see published. M. Feulllet de ConcuM , whose death U a- uouncrd , edited the correspondence am papers of Marie Antoinette , Mmltuno tl Malntcnon , Madame Elizabeth and Lou ! XVI. It Is now twenty-four years slnco tlio firs volume of Klnglaku's ' 'Invasion of th Crimea" was published. The author has a last sent the conclusion of his manuscript t his publishers. Not i'roor Against Sin , AVii1 Orltam J'taii/iwf. A eood position In society Is not proo against sin. Attain and Eve weio tlio verj bust people In the world when they were c.isl out of Eden. _ Ami 2.OOO Wives llellcvcd They Dill A Uoston paper recently published a com munlcatlon on "Tho Model Wife , " nnd 2,00i ISoston husbands swore next morning thn they wrote It. Ingnlla. CMemja Times. Senator Ingnlls has gene homo to Knnsa Fortunately for a man of his nrdunt mllltar ; temperament , the county-scat war * of tha state nro furious enough to satisfy his tlilrs for war pending the completion of his nr rungcinents for Ihn destruction of Knislnnd The American Bounce. A'cu1 ln fc Commcic/iil / AitecittMr , The abler us < ) of the English Innnuiu'o In America than In the mother country Is Illus tratctl by the circumstance that the Engllsl newspapers , In describing uses to which the public moneys were put , assert that wnze ; were paid to "olmckors-out" to preserve order at political meetings. How imict shorter , neater nnd more eloquent , graphic and picturesque Is our word ' bouncer" tt describe gentlemen of this calling 1 Tc bounce convoys the Idea of suddenness foice , swecplngnoss nnd grace all In thi same motion ; but to chuck signifies an awk ward , dragging and labored ejection , Tc bounce is to scl/.o the bouucee by tlio trousers and the collar , swing him clear oil the flee nnd throuirh the door In aclean-uut parabola To chuck out Is to heavily tir.is the chuckei to the door and laboriously shove bin thiouKh it. _ DcHtiny. Samuel ir. Diiffltld tnnie \ Awctltc. An elm tree nnd a pine tree Grow by a castle wall ; Tlio ono was stroni ; and full and broad , The other straight and tall And the elm ticoand the pliio trco Grew by the castle wall. Them came a shlpman to the shore And hewed the pine tree down ; There cnmo a woodsman to the wood And felted the elm tree's crown ; There came two men who needed both And marked and hewed them down. And now the ptno tree sails the sea A topmast stiaight nnd tail ; CS7 And now the elm trcu cradle stands Where little children call ; And the elm tren and the nine tree llavo left the castle wall. STATE AND TKHUITOIIY. Ncbrnnkn Jottings. Hastings has a board of trade in run ning order. Loup City is promised another chtirc ! nnd a skating rink. Ord business men declined to put ui § 5,000 for a creamery. Fremont threatens to brace up with i starch factory imported from Ottumw for the purpose. The $10,000 hotel project has bcei thawed out in Tecumsch and shows sign of returning life. The First National bank , of Fremont lias increased its capital stock fron $50,000 to ? 100,000. Burglars made two calls on Gram Islanders Tuesday night and oxtractci $ t.50 } tor their trouble. Fifty thousand sheep were fattened ii Dodge county last winter. They are nov going to market by the thousand. The Johnson County Journal has pnssci the eighth mile post with its democracy brightened by age nnd experience. Fremont and Norfolk are indulging ii a little commercial rivalry , and there L no danger that either will sutler from ai overdose of confectionery. A new station on the Seward branch o the Elkhorn Valley road will bo plantct within a mile of North Bend , and tin residents are sorely troubled. Two precincts in Fillmore county do * " .ttod the bond proposition for the Elk horn Valley extension , so that but flO , 000 of the $00,000 bonds were voted. The town of Taylor has n genius win combines the talents of u druggtsTand i barber , and guarantees to scour man kind "with neatness and dispatch,1 boxed and stropped. A dark cloud , nbout the size of : woman , hovers over a prominent busi ness man of Albion. The female expect him to award her damages for nonfulfill mont of a contract to link his destinies t < hers. He preferred not to link. Work will bo rosumc-d on the government mont building in Nebraska City nox Monday. The walls are now to the see end story and it is desired to get the roe on , if possible , by fall , that work on tin interior may proceed through tlio winter The bridge company in the employ o the Northwestern railroad , commoncci work acnin March 1. on the first bridgi west of Lindsay , and will work townn Albion as fast as possible. The road wil probably bo all completed nnd trains run ning by the 1st of May , clear through t < Oakdalo. The ilnughtor of a prominent rc.sidonl of Ayr is said to have sloped with a liver , } stable chambermaid named Jim Davis , The Ayry manlon is only sixteen and silly , while Jim is streaked with the odors of thirty livery seasons. Tidings ol the pair are anxiously wanted. There is nothing strange or startling ir the story that the noted "Coal-oi ; Johnny , " a reminiscence of Oil Creek , is hustling baggage at a station of the U. iK M. in this state. Experience entitles liin : to the job. llack In the sovmitieis ho wa' chief trunk tos.scr nt Uousvillc station , on the Oil Creek rontl in Pennsylvania. The tearful interview with whicli Colonel Snbin rushed to Lincoln propping up the rotten foundation of the Beatrice Mutual Benevolent Insurance company , recently ventilated in the BEE , is going the rounds of the state papers , paid for by thu yard. The dolotul colonel forgets to add to the euro-all certificates that little card of withdrawal published by the Lincoln "advisory board. " ThoSchuylcr Qmll is snturntctl with envy at the contimmnco of the real estate boom in Omnhu , nnd predicts an cnrlv collapse. There nro scores of just sucii evil prophets in Omaha who , lacking the grit to keep up with the procession , am cursing their moro fortunate neighbors and their own stupidity. With $2,000,000 worth of buildincH contracted for , exten sive public works mapped out for the summer , two bridges across the Missouri , nnti scores of lessor trifles , there is no such tiling as fnil in Omaha's future. lOWIl ItOlllH. A basket factory will locate nt Diibuquo. Dtibuquo has thirty-six miles of Im proved streets. Senator Allison will bo fifty nlno years old on April 14. The school enrollment at Cedar Rapids for the past year reached 3,011 , The Cedar Haplds National bank has been authorized to begin business. Miles Aldrloh , the oldest man in Dubuque - buquo , died on Saturday last at the ad vanced aged of D3. An ordinance is pending and will pass at Uubuquo making the oluco of captain of police a continuous position to the oc cupant as Ion ? as ho behaves himself. J anU Wrjgat , of AlbU , while helping her father nave his tonm in an lee gorge , had bur liantl ciaught between a rope ami a trco and died before assistance could bo rendered , . . . - Five bachelors of Fort Dotleo gnro a ' reception at the opera house at that place on the 6th inst. , that for brilliancy of conception , taste and elegance eclipsed en orytiling in tlio social line that city has over witnessed , Dnkotn. There are 133 prisoners in the two pen itentiaries. Deadwood authorities will make war on thu opium joints. Under the now territorial marrlac'o law , boys of eighteen and girls of fifteen years of ngei may marry with the written consent of their parents. A scheme is being worked up nt Arling ton to attach n cnno mill to the creamers' machinery nnd raise a crop this year to bo worked up as an experiment. Mixing hard and soft wheat and mak ing the whole hard is an old scheme , but the latest device in Dakota towns is to mix soft coal and sell It for hard. There is complaint of this In several towns out 1 west. ! Under the now postal law Huron , with ' flO.UUi.Uti gross annual receipts , and thu ( Sioux Falls with 113,803.117 are entitled to t frco postal delivery. Grand Forks , with I * Um,87 : falls just below the flO.003 limit. j William L. Sackctt , ox-county commls- 8ionor of Lawrence county , was arrested last Monday , charged with attempting to rapt ! the eight-year-olddnughtorof James backett. The prisoner is about fifty years old. is married and has heretofore bornu an irreproachable character. The miners talk of lynching. Sackult claims to bo a victim of blackmail. The Fnclllo Const. Grccloy proposes to Invest f 15,000 in the construction of drains. A party of Missouri Pacific railway surveyors began running a Hue cast from Pueblo last week. Real estate transfers in Denver for Fob- runry amounted to $1,013,011. The Snntn Fo engineers nro sinking the route of extension trora Pueblo to Denver. Tlio Tabor Grand hotel In Lcadvillo , which cost | 75,000 , was recently auction- cored for $33,000. The Union Pacific has opened a librnrv for employes nt Como. The company has nlso stnrted a library at Cheyenne nnd Pocatello , Idaho. W. E. Bakers , assistant sorgcant-nt- iirins of the house of representatives , hns been arrested for attempting to bribe a j member to oppose the pawnbrokers' 1 license bill with $100. < Among the parlor mottoes left by a Into , revivalist at Denver nro the following : "No man who wears tight pants can bo a . Christian , ami no woman who pays s4 } ! for 1 an eight-button pair of kid gloves can ever enter the kingdom of heaven. 1 see that you girls are Inclined to kick nt that , but I don't caro. Hell is full of people who kick nt the truth. " The biggest strike ever made in the Aspen district is reported in the J. O. Johnson mine. It is impossible to got at nny particular ? , but it is pretty certain that a body of ore as Inrgo or larger than ' tlio famous body in the Aspen mine has ' been developed. A largo part of this 1m- ' mcnso ere body runs as high as tiOO | ounces of silver per ton. The manage * i ment is very close-mouthed. North Nohrnnka llonlth Resort. LoNfi PINE , Nob. , March 8. To tlio Editor of the BEE : There have been a great many people who have come to northern Nebraska , and were suffering with pulmonary diseases , and a great many with ague. These people were poor and did not coino hero particularly with any idea of being cured of any of these diseases but to secure for them selves a homo. Within the last five years it has boon gradually coming to light that there are some curative qualities in the climate and water of northern Ne braska from the fact that these people have either been cured entirely or in part , so that it hns attracted the atten tion of the medical profession. These who have been cured of their ailments , without any particular attention being put forth to that end have been herald ing it all over the country , so that people of means have heard of the advantages of this country and have been sending their invalid friends horo. The railroad mon have been agitating the advantages of building a largo hospital along the line of the Fremont. Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad. They have been solicit ing the aid of the company and have finally boon promised the required assist ance. At n meeting this week it was de cided to locate the rnilroad hospital at Long Pine , Nob. , and the grounds are now being located for the erection of us line nn institution as there is in Nebraska. The building will cost nbout forty thou sand dollars when complete. The main reason for locating it at Long Pine was on account of the healthful climate , and more so because the water of this plnco possesses properties that nro conducive to health. People have been shipping this water all along the lino. No other part of Nebraska has anything similar. The efforts of Dr. Loose , of Noflgh , Nub. , railroad surgeon , have been towards the location of tlio hospital at this place , and ho has finally gained his point , and under his supervision the institution will ba managed. M. The Car-LightInc Problem Solved. Kew Ynik'i \ \ < iM. The Boston & Albany Railroad com pany deserves great credit for the prompt ness with which it has attempted to solve thu problem of safe car heating nnd lighting sinca it has boon determined that the old and dangerous methods must bo bo relinquished. While the company may not have decided fully upon thn sys tem of heating to bo adopted , it is mak ing practical experiments which will lend to thu desired result. But in thu matter of lighting by electricity thu com pany appears to have found what it wa ? seeking for. It lias for some weeks been touting an apparatus for storing oloctriolty and giv ing light in a car which has boon running regularly on ono of its branch roud , Enough electricity is stored In cells car ried under the car to last all night , yield ing n much bettor illumination than can bo obtained from the lamps commonly used. Tlio batteries , charged dally , are guaranteed for two years at a certain price by the company furnishing them , The cost each night per car Is 83.03 for the two years. But the batteries will last moro than twice the time guaran teed , it is said , and the cost will bo thus much lessoned. At all events , the com pany hns given largo orders for the apparatus , boinir sntisllud thnt the ex pense Is not n sufiicient , if any , objection. Thus is the problem of doing , away with oil lamps solved. rflt is now proved to bo entirely feasible to do awny with all danger of rnilway holocausts , except that which lies In tha fire in the locomotive , and thlr , as shown by oxpcrienco , Is very littlo. Hallway manager ? may as well untlorstnnd that the fact Is recognized thnt only their wills stand In the way of adopting these safety Improvements. Don't Get CAUght ' This spring with your blood full of im purities , your tllgeiiion impaired , your appetite poor , kitinoys nnd liver torpid , and the whole sygtotu liable to bo pros trated by disease but got yourself into good condition , and ready for the chang ing and warmer weather , by taking Hood's SarsaparllU. ititanda uneqalled for purifying tbo blood , giving ; an app . tlu\ and ( or a general spring nedlon * .