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April , 1886,12,101 copies : forfor May , 1886,12 , .
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July , 1880 , 18,314 copies ; for Atitrust , 1880 ,
12,404 copies ; for September. 1880 , 18.0SO
copies ; for October , 1880. 12,089 copies ; for
November , 1S80 , 18,3-18 copies ; for December.
1880,13,237 conies ; for .lammrv. 1687. 10,203
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CAUTEH lUnmsoN affords an example
for James I ] , Boyd. Ho is determined
i not to bo snowed undor.
! i
IT is always well to remember that
scorpions whether bred in Kentucky ex
ported to Colorado or imported to Ne
braska have ft natural propensity to sting
themselves to death.
TIIK Washington paper which makes
the statement that Mr. Cleveland's weak
point is his heart cannot fairly claim
for itself priority of discovery. The fact
was demonstrated when ho sent that remittance
mittanco to the Charleston sufferers
THE opponents of Mr. Randall may
find encouragement In the fact that ho is
receiving free and frequent laudation in
the columns of Mr. Charles A. Dana's
paper. The destructive power of the
Now York Sun's praise can bo attested
by several hitherto hopeful politicians
Who are now In obscurity.
IT is an established fact that the nails
and hair of dead people sometime grow
months after they are buried. It is also
well known among scientists that the
ears of political corpses have a tendency
to grow and may grow after the corpse
has been laid away in its coffin. Judg
ing from the ear marks left on a West
Point sheet , the late . K. Valentino Is a
specimen of that species of defunct mon-
strositles. ,
IT may bo a great crime for a man to
bo born in Bohemia , and with Kentucky
know-nothings it was worse than crime
for any man born on foreign soil to aspire
piro to social and political equality
witn the blue grass bourbons. It is oral-
r nontly in accord with the eternal fitness
of things , however , that the degenerate
son of a German refugee , whoso father
migrated to Kentucky , should insult the
memory of his sire by swearing at for
eign born citizens. The meanest know-
f nothings always have buon of foreign
t parentage , just as the most zealous bigots
are always found among apostate con
verts. Scorpions !
IT is an awful thing to contemplate the
rapid decline in the BKK'S circulation.
Our published sworn statements show an
aggregate daily circulation in December ,
1880 , of 18,937. For the weekending
March 25 , 1887 , 14,428. A gain within
three months of 1,100. Within the post
six weeks , without soliciting or throw
ing away tree papers into front or back
ynrdf , 6ver two hundred names of car
rler-delivory subscribers have been added
to our list in Omaha. A paper that has
gained more paid circulation in the last
throe months than the entire city sub
cription list of the oldest dally paper in
the state is iu no immediate danger oi
llapso. _ .
* IT Booms that Secretary Whitney had
feally talked of resigning , but has do
tormlncd to remain whore he is and dom-
oastrato to the country that ho knows
something about naval afllairs. His re
tlrcment now would certainly leave a
grave doubt In the public mind on this
point. But there is understood to bo still
another influence holding him in the do
elro of the president to use his services in
New York. This is credible. The retire
ment of Mr. Manning from the cabinet
and the uncertainty respecting his ability
to help the administration in the future
has devolved a larger task on Colonel Lament -
| mont that oven so industrious a politician
as ho can successfully execute. Hence
the necessity of holding Mr. Whitney ,
Who can attend to the least objectionable
labors. It is said that the reward of his
loyalty has already boon guaranteed.
MRS. CLKVELAUD in her garden at Oak
View ought to suegest a subject to some
enterprising painter from which ho
might reap a rich harvest. She might bo
presented In several attitudes , as when
curiously watching the gardeners arrang
ing the tulip beds , smilingly observing
If the first blooming crocuses , longingly
p viewing the growing spring onions ,
If. lettuce , cabbage and other vegetables ,
| Jt and delightedly contemplating her flne
poultry , particularly tha hens that are
"deporting themselves as though they
were thinking of setting. " There is ob
viously chance hero for a number of
charming pastoral views that ought to go
_ of like hot cakes. It is an entirely novel
% na unique situation for tha "first lady
I tot land. " and it ought to be nut in
ItapenshabJe fora both for its Intrinsic
worth as a most happy subject and for
Ut value as an example.
The New Apportionment.
Under the constitution representation
in the two branches of the legislature is
apportioned every live years on the basis
of population , as shown by national or
state census. According to the state cen
sus taken in 1885 , Nebraska has a total
population of 740,015 apportioned into
thirty-three senatorial and one hundred
representative districts , nnd there should
bo one senator for 22,413 peoulo , and one
representative for 7,400.
The manifest duty of the legislature
Was to make an impartial apportionment ,
regardless of partisan advantage or lo
cality. The apportionment agreed upon
Is in many instances partial , unfair and
irregular.
The discrepancies in the now appor
tionment are readily noted when com
parison is made between the representa
tion allowed to each district ,
and the county census returns.
Beginning Owlth senatorial districts wo
Una that Richardson and Pawnee coun
ties , with a total population of 28,400 , are
to have ono senator. This leaves a sur
plus of 0,017 people in those counties
without any share in the senatorial rep
resentation. Otoo county with 19,300
people gets ono senator , in spite of the
shortage of 8,007 from the senatorial
standard. Cass with 1,380 moro people
than Otoe is linked in with Sarpy county
for ono senator leaving a surplus of 4,120
people in the two counties without rep
resentation. Saunders county with 278
less population than Cass , and a shor
tage of 2,010 , is allowed ono senator.
Douglas with a population of 72,028 is
given three senators which leaves the
surplus of unrepresented population at
0,829. District No. 0 made up of Auto-
lope , Boone and Greoly counties , and a
population of only 13,014 is given a sena
tor , although the population in that dis
trict is 8,709 less than the standard. The
Tenth now district of Cumlng and
Dodge county on the other hand , has a
surplus of 8,220 unrepresented population.
District No. 14 , consisting of Brown ,
Koya Puha , Cherry , Sheridan , Dawcs ,
Box Butte and Sioux counties , has a
population of 10,733 , or 5,711 le&s than
enough to entitle it to a senator. Lan
caster county is given two senators with
a shortage of 5,107 , while Scward and
Butler together secure only ono senator
with n surplus of 0,090 people unrepre
sented , and Gage county retains ono sen
ator with an unrepresented surplus of
3,731 , while Saline guts ono senator with
a shortage of 3,083. The Twenty-fourth
senatorial district , made up of York and
Fillnioro , has a surplus of 0,091 popula
tion unrepresented. In contrast with
this , the Twenty-ninth district , compris
ing Pheips , Gospor , Frontier , Chase and
Hayes counties , and an aggregate popu
lation of 14,857 , are allowed ono senator ,
notwitbstand ing the shortage of 7,580 ,
required for each district. The climax
of irregularity and unfairness is capped
by the Thirtieth district , which includes
Lincoln , Keith , Cheyenne nnd Lo
gan counties nnd the unorgan
ized territory west of Blaine and
Logan counties. Lincoln , Keith nnd
Cheyenne counties had a total populu
tlon of 7,795 according to the census of
1885. Logan county did not exist then ,
and that county with the organized ter
ritory could not possibly have had over
3,000 population in 1835 making a short
age of 11,048 from the standard of scna
torial representation.
Less glaring injustice and unfairness
are manifest in the new apportionment
of the lower house. Wo will , however ,
cite a few of the most striking instance :
to show how some localities are favored
at the expense of others. Nemaha county
on a population of 10,039 secures two
representatives In spite of a shortage oi
1,078. Douglas county , with 72,653 , se
cures nine members and a float with Sarpy
out ot her surplus. This leaves an un
represented population in the float dis
trict of 4,405. Madison has only ono
member , with a surplus of 2,405. Polk
county has ono member , with n surplus
of 2,308. While Hamilton has two mem
born , with a shortage of 3,747.
For the next five years the people o :
Nebraska will bo compelled to abide ty
legislative misrepresentation based on
this irregular apportionment.
That iilbel Bill.
The parties who are so anxious am
persistent to have a criminal libel law
passed by the legislature , designed to
cause annoyance and put to expense a
paper of general circulation which talks
fearlessly about men and things , may
get themselves and some of their friends
into the pit which they are digging for
others. If an Omaha editor can be
dragged away from home on a flimsy
pretext or a trumped up charge of libel ,
so can the Lincoln , the Beatrice and
the Hastings editors bo brought to
Omaha to answer to the charge of crimi
nal libel. Almost every paper in the
state has a general circulation , al
though it may only circulate promiscu
ously among Its exchanges. Tha pub
lishers , proprietors , editors , reporters
and correspondents of such papers will
be subject to the provisions of the pro
posed libel law. This is not all , The
fellows who instigate libels and cause
them to bo published will all be subject
to the extravagantly severe pena Hies im
posed by the proposed law. Now if every
man who has written and published ma
licious libels concerning this paper and
its editor , were to bo brought to Omaha
for trial , the Douglas county jail would
not hold one-tenth of them.
Cabinet Cnntl ( dates.
The statement that Postmaster Genera
Vilas has conceived the idea that ho
might become a presidential candidate
will not bo discredited by those who
know something of the mental organiza
tlon of the Wisconsin statesman. An as
piring ambition is united with largo faith
in his political acumen and a strong self-
consciousness of power to command men
This has made him the most self-assertive
man in the present administration , am
his egotism has not suffered by reason of
the ludicrous positions in which ho has
placed himself in the exercise otthis
quality. His well-remembered circular
to democratic congressmen , which
brought upon him the ridicule of the
country , was an example both of how
little Mr , Vilas really know about the
fine work of politics and of his high opin
ion of his political astuteness. His offen
sively partisan participation in the last
state election in Wisconsin was an in
stance of his overweening desire for pub
llo attention , regardless of a principle
which every other leading member o
the administration of which he is a par
has carefully respect * ! . This violation
i-'ii
of order was overlooked by the president ,
nit it is not doubted that Mr.
filas chafes tintlcr restraint the
wisdom of which ho must
question , nnd seeing the probability that
ho democratic choice of a presidential
candidate next year may bo confined to
.wo . individuals hn * determined to on-
argo the opportunities of his party by
ncreaslng the list. The outlook Is not
very encouraging for Mr. Vilas , but that
will not trouble him. If the rumor re
garding him bo true , ho is now the only
: ablnct ofllcor who Is fostering presiden
tial hopes tor the Immediate future ,
Secretary Whitney , it is said , will sock
Iho Now York governorship txs a steppingstone
stone , with the advise and consent of Mr.
Cleveland.
It may bo Interesting to note , what a
little reflection will show to be entirely"
natural , that a cabinet position is crea
tive nnd stimulative of the presidential
aspiration. With most men proximity to
power produces a covetousness of power.
In the memory of living men every calil-
nct has had ono or moro presidential
aspirants who were not averse to
scheming and plotting for the place of
their chief , and the same is true through
out our history. Jn the cabinet of Lin
coln the most conspicious example was
Salmon P. Chase , who nursed the
presidential boo down to 1873 , showing
in the later years of his life n
willingness to gratify his ambition oven
at the sacrifice of the party which had so
greatly trusted and honored him. The
administrations of Grant developed pres
idential hopes in the bosoms of Marshall
Jewell , a predeccssar , by the way , ot Mr.
Vilas , and Benjamin F. Bristow , both of
whom did not hesitate to cultivate a per
sonal boom while in their positions. The
Hayes cabinet had John Sherman nnd
Uichara W. Thompson , though as to the
former it should bo said that ho was nu
aspirant before he entered the cabinet ,
nnd promoted his ambition while in of
fice with the full concurrence of the
president , to whom ono term was the
constrained limit of his desire. Garliold's
executive lifo was so brief that there was
no chance for the development of now
presidential aspirants in his cabinet. Ho
hud ono there , however , who early made
it apparent that the administration waste
to bo usrul for his advancement. Another
might have boon found in Mr. Windom ,
who later enjoyed for a brief season the
favorable regard of a few politicians as n
possible candidate. The Arthur cabinet
presented two , Judge Gresham nnd Rob
ert T. Lincoln , but it Is probable that
neither of these gentlemen used their
official opportunities in their own inter
est to the extent that some others had
done.
Yet it cannot bo encouraging to cabi
net candidates to know that of all the
eminent statesmen who have held cabi
net positions , and who hoped and sought
for executive honors , but t > ix became
president , Jefferson , Madison , Monroe ,
John Quincy Adams , Martin Van Buron
and Jamea Buchanan were cabinet minis
ters who realized their presidential as
pirations. But the list is very long of
these who did not Clay , Webster , Calhoun -
houn , Cass , Ewlng , Crittondon , Bell , Ev
erett , Chase , Seward , and others less dis
tinguished. Perhaps this docs not show
that to have neon a cabinet official has
since the earlier days of the rnpublic
been a bar to the attainment of higher
political eminence. They do prove , what
may bo instructive to any present aspir
ant in such position , that it is not a sure
stepping stone to the loftiest summit.
And still there Is a very remote possibil
ity , in the present distress of the democracy
racy , that even Mr. Vilas may get as
near the top as some of these above
named who barely failed ,
Money in Politics.
' There are themes that possess a peren
nial interest. The corruption of politics
by the reckless and extravagant usn of
money is not a new subject of discussion ,
but its consideration is perhaps not less
timely and important now than it has
ever been. Political conflict is almost
continual in this country , and hence the
current of corruption flows on with only
brief intervals of cessation. It is not con
fined to any locality , but is found in vary
ing degrees everywhere. It grows with
the growth of communities. Attention
has just been renewed to this subject in
New York by public addresses of Mr.
Ivins and Mr. Bishop in behalf of reform
m election methods , in which have boon
given what appear to bo authentic details -
tails of the cost of elections in that city
and the vast sums in the aggregate that
candidates are required to pay. Ordi
narily an election in New York involves
an expenditure of 11,000,000 , , extorted
from candidates and their supporters
who expect favors in the event of their
election. Extraordinary elections , in
which the candidates are numerous and
the contest unusually bitter , the expen
diture is probably greater than the above
sum. It is said that under the present
assessment system f 310,000 are paid an
nually by candidates. The effect has
been to make the city government a matter -
tor of bargain or salo. No man who bus
not had twenty-five or thirty thousand
dollars has had a ghost of n chance to re
ceive the mayoralty , and so in proportion
tion with all other offices. For years past
the successful candidates for the minor
offices most of them , however , carrying
fat salaries have literally bought theii
places. Having in many cases expended
moro money to get the offices than the
legal emoluments amount to , there is
great temptation to use the positions for
unlawful gams.
All this is in some measure true of all
the large cities of the country. It is a
statc f affairs that continually menaces
overv considerable and growing com
munity where public office is sought for
the power and opportunities it gives
rather than for the honor and legal cmol
umcuts. The difficulty of finding an adequate
quate and ccitain remedy seems to bo as
great now as in the past. An endless
number of expedients have boon tnet
with little effect upon the evil. Ono o :
the reformers in Now York suggests that
'the city should take upon itself the work
now accomplished through assessments
as providing and distributing ballots ant
giving information regarding candi
dates. But he has little experience in
the business of politics who docs not
know that these requirements involve a
very small part of the expenditures for
which assessments are made. The do
maud upon a mayoralty candidate in
New York for these legitimate purposes
ought not to exceed at the very ntraos
$5,000 , yet it is seen that ho Is called
upon for five or six times this amount
It would be superfluous to explain wha
> ccomc4 of the residue in excess of legiti
mate requirements. Under the stringent
election laws of England against corrup-
ion and the oxorcuo of undue inflnonco
there have bocnisatfcftxctory results. The
cost of elections has bocn greatly re
duced and their character somewhat im
proved. But a cnnrtldncv in England is
still nn expensive- matter beyond what
: an bo clearly defined as a legitimate out-
; ay , nnd it is by Ho means to bo supposed
.tint elections inlthdt country are wholly
[ rco from corruption , And there Is much
less difficulty in enforcing such lans
there than would bo encountered hero.
Nobody will question that our election
methods generally are bad , and in some
localities utterly demoralizing. The evil
can bo clearly seen and its fruits are to
be found in every legislative body and in
the official composition of almost all
municipal governments , but like some
other admitted evils that continually
confront us It defeats all efforts ior its
extirpation. Wo can check and restrain
it , but thus far the best wisdom has been
bnffiod in attempts to wholly suppress it.
Nevertheless the search for an adequate
remedy should no t halt.
Things People Would Ijtko to Kno\v.
How soon Leo Estcllo will bo appointed
ono of the judges of this district ?
What induced Senator llobbins to fly
the track on railroad legislation ?
How much the Judiciary committee
boodlers got for mutilating the Omaha
charter ?
How much Gad Slaughter expects to
get if ho succeeds In losing the anti-
gambling bill ?
How soon that bright , young oil-room
capper , Gurlcy , will resume his criminal
practice at Omaha ?
How much Colby's retainers as corpor
ation attorney have amounted to since the
Oth day of January last ?
How many moro suppers are to bo
given to the members of the legislature
by the Saline hind syndicate ?
When Vanderbum will take charge as
associate editor of the boodlers' organ at
Omaha , for which ho has been acting as
chief of its Lincoln bureau ?
Where the Honorable Mr. Russell was
between midnight nnd 3 a. m. on Satur
day night , March 12th , while ho was a
guest at the principal Omaha hotel ?
\VhotherSnollfatherod \ the gambling
bill in the interest of the fleeced lambs , or
simply tried the game which Church
Howe plaved so nrolitably two years ago ?
How many different stories Russell will
invent to clear his skirts from the effects
of collusion with Slater and the other
boodlers in the gambling bill conspiracy ,
and how many people will be credulous
enough to believe him ? .
PeitnArs Church Howe lied when ho
said ho had to plank' down $1,000 last fall
for the support ot the Omaha paper edit
ed by the brash son-in-law of the ex-
government printer. Perhaps Howe has
lied. It is a fact , hWevor , that the same
concern charged Iho Dawson county cen
tral committee $4.80 per thousand for
printing election tickets , when they
could bo had in quantities at a private
job office for sixty cents per thousand.
It is a stalwart and strictly honest out
fit. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Oou local contemporaries appear very
much interested in the police commis
sion. This is suggestive.
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KINGS AND QUEENS.
The crown princess of Portugal has given
birth to a son.
Emperor William will RO to Weisbaden for
a few weeks after Easter.
Tha czarhos graciously adorned Bismarck's
son with the order of the White Eagle.
The necklace just made In Germany for
the empress of Japan contains 140 diamonds.
Queen Victoria has promised to knight
twenty-five Canadian mayors in honor of her
jubilee.
Queen Victoria has declined to accept a
jubilee cheese made from the milk of MOO
Canadian cows.
King Humbert of Italy never dances , but
Queen Margaret generally moves Uirough a
few quadrilles at state balls
Queen Victoria ordered a special ser
vice in memory of the duke of Albany on
Monday. March 28 , the third anniversary of
his death
Prince Alexandria , late of Bulgaria , Is get
ting over the smallpox slowly , and has boon
removed to his father's country seat near
Jugenhelra.
Queen Victoria's jubilee will be officially
celebrated in Canada the 21st of June , the
authorities of the various cities having
agreed up n that day.
Queen Victoria's secretary acknowledges
the receipt of every poem gent to her majesty ,
and then chucks the dally grist Into the
waste basket None of them are read ,
The princess Imperial of Austria , wife of
Crown Prince Rudolph and daughter of the
king ot the Belgians , is seriously III. Hhe
left Vienna to pass two months at Abbadla
"It was a case of Lord Methusaleh and
Miss Blushrose , " says London Truth , mak
ing mention of the marriage of Princess
Emma to King William , of the Netherlands.
The king had lost one queen and was well
along toward the sixties.
Among Queen Victoria's jubilee gifts is a
magnlllcont dinner service ot brUht yellow
Dresden ware from the Gorman emperor. It
Is profusely ornamented with medallion pic
tures of notable events and portraits of fa
mous persons of hor.relgn. It will contain
In all 4SO pieces. , ,
All the reigning hounos of Europe taken
together muster only 40S male members ; so
that the royal "castle" Is not an extensive
ono , especially whoii we consider that ono
family alone , that of Llppe , which rules over
barely 18,000 souls , counts thirty-five princes.
The most prolific lioysij Is that of LlolsUjj
with fifty-three members , embaeUHfli
royal families of Russia , inprtMcr Qnaee
and some small prlnclMlltlM. Tbejuaee t
Wollln , to which belongs the. J5rJ3THH
family , as well as ThowtSf Belgium
Portugal , counts ilftyYthe Bourbons muster
forty-seven , the Hapb'urgs thlrty-threef
liohonzouerns twenty,1 the bouse of Orangd
forty-three. 'Ihe smaljest of all Is that of
Ubronovltch ( Scrvlawhlch ) is limited to two
males.
Bluacovite Grievances.
What's the worth of a glittering crown
When the nlhllirts everywhere lark ?
Is there value In klnglv renown
That Invites the revolver and dirk ?
Can a monarch have rest or repose ,
Or enjoy the Industrial hum ,
When girt by invisible foes.
All equipped with the dynamite bomb ?
The omens of danger Increase.
The murderous plot never cemses ,
And small is the value of peace
To the man who is blown into pieces.
There Is a gloom in the thouclitsol the bomb ,
And menace of bodily hurt ;
While the weather , when summer has come ,
Hakes heavy the wroaght-lron shirt.
How happy the lot of the clerk.
Or the follow who drives the street-car ,
With no dread of explosives or dirk
Like that which makes wretched toe czar I
THE JOURNALS OF PARIS.
Tliclr Circulation , Immense Profits ,
mill Great Influence.
Paris letter to the Now York Sun : It
Is n curious fact that daily newHoapors
almost sullico for the reading nppotito
of the French public. Compared with
that of Iho news sheets , the circulation
of the weekly , fortnightly , ixtul monthly
periodicals Is very small. Franco is not
n great reading country. In round num
bers the pomikition may bo sot down nt
83,000,000 , out of which about 0.000,000
only are newspaper readers , If wo may
believe thn statisticions. whoso conclu
sions are based upon the total average
circulation of all the newspapers pub
lished in Franco. If wo reckon nowspn-
purs and periodicals of all kinds and on
all subjects published in France , whether
daily , weekly or otherwise , wo shall find
that Paris produces about l.COD , and the
departments and colonies about 2OrO. If
wu analvxo these numbers wo shall find
forty daily political papers in Paris , and
about double that numbers of daily
political papers published in
the great towns. like Bordeaux
Marseilles.Lyons , Lille , NantesHavro. In
order to roach the figure of 200 dally papers
published in Franco we should booullged
to Include very small sheets whoso circu
lation is less than 1,000 copies a day. In
deed , wo may say , with very little ex
aggeration , that the greatest and almost
the only French newspapers worth speak
ing about is Lo Petit Journal ; for.suppos-
ing that wo take itsclrculation.vnrymgbo-
twocu 1)00,000 ) nnd 050.000 , nnd supposing
that each copy is read by three or four
persons which Is a low average wo
may safely say that this paper is read by
half the reading population of Franco.
Next in circulation to the Petit Journal
como the Petit Parlsicn nndLaLanterno ,
with daily circulations exceeding 120,000
copies. The largest provincial circula
tions nro those ot the ono-cont papers ,
1x3 Petit Lyonnais and Le Petit Mnrsoll-
lais , each about 70,000 a day. All these
one-cent papers are splendid enterprises ;
for instance , the annual profit of Lo Petit
Parisien is in round numbers $100,000and
the annual profit of Le Pottt Journal
$800.000. The papers at two and three cents
cannot como near these one-cent papers ,
oithcr in comparative profits or m circu
lation. Lo Figaro is the only three-cent
paper that can bo quoted as a fine enter
prise. Even now , although its circula
tion is 10,000 or 15,000 loss than it was
three years ago , the annual profits of Lo
Figaro amount to100,000. . The Gil Bias ,
circulation , 80,000 , is also n paying con-
corn. The most serious and well in
formed of nil the French papers , Lo
Temps , barely gives a profit at all.
Amonjr the two-cont papers , Lo Matin ,
circulation , $00.000 , is beginning to pay
fairly. But with these exceptions , there
Is not much newspaper stock in Paris
woith rovoting. How the various minor
newspapers manage to live is a mystery ,
but n mystery only to these who are un
familiar with the fascination which news
paper ownership posscscs for the vain
and for the amoitious , for financial
speculators and political intriguers.
lo sum up once more , we
may say that there nro two Icadintj
m France , Lo Petit Journal and
o Figaro , the former appealing to the
great populace , the latter appealing to
the middle nnd upper classes. The pub
licity of Le Figaro is all powerful ; it Is
n speaking trumpet whoso sounds re-echo
through Europe a fact which enables
the cynical triumvirate which now pre
sides over its destinies to soil short puffs
on its first paeo for $3 n line , and to
charge a publisher , for instance , 1.000
for a loading article by Albert Wo ill on
a now book which ho may desire to push.
The system may bo reprehensible , but it
helps to account for the profits of the
paper ; and above all , from an advertis
ing point of view , the money thus spent
is well invested , for the publicity of Le
Figaro brings in a sure return. In all
matters whore criticism comes into play
the influence of Lo Figaro is incalcula
ble. The dramatic author whoso piece
receives a favorable notice in the Figaro
need not pay heed to the remarks oi the
Paris Journals. "If 1 can only count
upon Figaro and Gil Bias , " says the nov
elist who brings out a now volume , "I
don't care a continental for the rest. "
Satisfactory Collateral.
San Francisco Wasp : The other morn
ing as the Janitor of a bank not very far
from the Palace opened the door he was
purprisod to observe three rather tired
looking citizens seated on the steps , the
centre one of whom held a scaled envel
ope carefully in sight of his companions.
"Want to made a deposit gentlemen ? "
asked the cashier , who shortly arrived.
"Step inside. "
"No , I want to negotiate a loan , " said
the man with the envelope , "and there
isn't a minute to lose. I want $5,000
quicker'n hades can scorch n feather. "
"What collaterals hayo you govern
ment ? " inquired the official.
" nothin * . I've
"Government got some
thing that beats four-per-ccuts. all hol
low. You see I've boon sitting in a
pokorgamo across the street , and there's
ever four thousand dollars in the pot.
There are three or four pretty strong
hands out , nnd I've every cent in the
center , the boys have given mo thirty
minutes to rniso a stake on my hand.
It's in this envelope. Just look at it , but
don't give it away to those gentlemen.
They're in the game , nnd came along to
see I don't monkey with the cards. "
"But , my dear sir , ' * said the cashier ,
who had quietly opened the envelope
and found it to contain four kings and
an ace , "this is entirely irreguar ) wo
don't lend money on cards. * '
' But you ain't going to BOO me raised
out of a hand like that ? " whispered the
pokorist. "Those fellows think I'm bluff
ing , and I can just clean out tfto whole
gang. You see wo ain't playipg flushes ,
so I've got 'em right in the door. "
"Can't help it , sir. Never hoard of such
a thing , " said the cashier , and the disap
pointed applicant and friends drifted
sadly out. On the corner they mot the
bank's president who was himself just
from a quiet little all night game at the
Union. They explained the rasa again ,
and the next moment the superior officer
darted into the bank , seized a bug of
twenties , and followed the trio. In about
ton minutes ho returned with the bag and
nn extra handful of twenties , which ho
filing on the counter.
"Here , credit five hundred
account , " said he to the c
I thought you had morp
sir. Ever play pokorW
"No. sir > . ' ffif
any other man .
accomplished play pirato. " * ! . ,
one time a member of a draraat
pany which traveled exclusively in the
west. "Hazel Kirko" had become greatly
popular in the cast , nnd a manager of a
western company wanted a copy of it ,
but ho did not want to purchase the rights
in an honest manner. The young actor
hit upon a happy scheme. He proposed
that the company should bo cast for the
play , as though It were went already in
their possession , and that for several
nights they should be scattered through
the theater at which it is being per
formed , the understanding with each be
ing that ho should fatnlliuruo
himself with the character Ior
which he had been cast , and
then jot down his lines after each per
formance , finullv handing these notes to
the manaccr. When all these watchful
actors had turned iu their stealings their
tC2"nfcftf1vw t * + &r # ? ( * f *
chief had "copy enough" to provldohim-
* elf with a fair vcniion of the desired
play , 'Iho sumo Ingonloiis young man.
spurred bv the success of his "Ha/el
Klrko" robbery , afterward turned his at
tention to such dcsirnblo theatrical prop-
" ' " "Uo-
ortynn"Tho Bunker's Daughter , -
" " Cose.1 ' "Koso
many live , "A Celebrated .
Michel1 "Fedora , " "May Blossom , "
"Called Hack" nml "Mlolmol Strogoff. "
But It was not necessary always that his
companv should boar the expense of nt-
tnmllng the theatre in n group. The
majority of the plhys iiiimcd uro
published in the cheap libtarica. The
voting plrato purchases two copies of the
book. Ho blocks out his nets after the
original ( which he , nt least , has scon ) and
then , with Iho aid of scissors und pa.Mo ,
ho cuts the dialogue for uacli act or scona
nnd fixes it in its proper plnco. When
tills is completed ho fills In a llttlo hero
nnd excises n little there , adds original
speeches , elaborates with a bit of humor
or pathos and gives the stage directions.
Then the play complete is copied by a
typewriter , after which each part is du
plicated Individually in the same manner
nnd bound in n llttlo oil cloth covering.
A scone plot is prepared for the scenic
artist , a property plot for the property
man , and the musical director takes
the manuscript and at designated places
interpolates music. This Is n quick way
of obtaining a play , nnd the young man
only needs to see a performance once
and have a copy of the original noyol ,
IN THE MONKEY TEMPLE.
A Hindoo 1'lnon of "Worship in the
Sacroil City or Ilonnrcs.
This Is the temple whlcli is commonly
culled the monkey temple , on account of
the largo number of monkeys , all living
cods or goddesses , which were formerly
there in great numbers , says a writer in
Sunday Magazine , describing.n Hindoo
place of worship. Sonio time before our
visit a great many of these monkeys had
been sent away in tha jungle , because
they were really becoming dangerous in
the neighborhood.swarming upon private
houses around , thieving , and in some
cases injuring the liltlo children. As wo
entered the sacred inclosuro wo were
asked to take from plates some trrain to
feed the monkeys which were still there ,
nnd this feeding of the monkeys is con
sidered by the people to be n most meri
torious act. Before entering the inner
inclosure of the temple there is a build-
in c to bo soon called the Nnubutkhana , iu
which a largo kettledrum is boatcn thrco
times a day. There are two small tem
ples beyond this , and between these two
stone pillars , one of which is used as an
altar for sacrifices. Here wo saw a goat
ofl'ercd up. It was first taken to the
riost and covered with oil and then
rought out.all unconscious as to its fate.
Its head was bound to n wooden post ,
and while ono man held its hind legs
another with one stroke of nn ax severed
the head from the body. The head was
then laid on thn altar , while the body
was taken to the priest. In the interior of
the temple is a small shrine where sits in
nil her nideousness the goddess. She is
coycrcd with tinseled cloth , and it is said
that the priest keeps several masks on
hand , which ho puts at will on the imago ;
some are of brass , some of silver , cto.
It is decorated with garlands and chains
of gold ; n small lamp Is kept buining on
the shrine and a silver bath sunk into tlio
ground. While wo were watching the
priest as he offered his flowers nnd tinkled
his litlo boll , an old pilgrim from Luck-
now came up nnd asked alms of him.
The merciless man answered him that it
was rather his business to give alms to
the temple than to ask it there , nnd ad
vised him to bo contented now that ho
had reached Benares , for the best thing
for him now was to die in the sacred city.
The poor follow seemed very luingry.aud
I offered him a biscuit I had with mo , but
I soon found that I had made a mistake ,
for the priest frowned on mo , took the
biscuit from the old man , nnd brought
water , which ho poured over his hands to
wash away the polution which had
reached them from contact with my
biscuit. _
NEW YORK CHURCHES.
About Sixty Million Dollars Invested
in Church Property.
Now York Express : Gotham , for a
town supposed to be mortgaged to his
majesty down below , has a good deal of
money invested in churches. The total is
about $00,000,000. It vexes the soul of
Colonel Ingorsoll that nil this property is
exempt from taxes. If it bore its share
of the tax burden like other property its
contribution to the city treasury would
bo about a million aycar. Trinity church
heads the list in point of value , thu lizuros
on it being $3,000,000. The Roman Cath-
olio cathedral on Fifth avenue comes
next at $2,000,000. Trinity is actually
worth at least $4,000,003 and the Cathedral
not loss than $3,000.000. tit. Paul's is sol
down at $1,750,000 nnd Grace at $355,000 ,
which is hardly half what any rual estate
broker would say it is worth. The fash
ionable St. ThoniHfl church on Fifth ave
nue is valued at $700,000 , and the Fifth
avenue Prcabyterian church ( Dr. Hall's )
near by , at the same figure. One Dutch
Reformed church on the avenue stands nt
$700,000 and another at $450,000 ; and the
stylish synagogue , whernin the more
progressive Hebrews worship , at $ G50- ,
000. One Roman Catholic church ( St.
Paul's ) , is valued at 4500,000 , nnd the next
highest figure in that denomination is
$360,000 on St. Stephen's , the scone of
the Dr. McGlynn. trouble , ' now at en end.
Too well known Little Church Around
the Corner is pn the list at $250,000.
Along Fifth avenue and Madison ave
nue , the arteries through wlijch the lluo |
blood of Gotham flows , there are some
thirty churches ranging in value from
| 200,000 to $750,000.
Kepttlea In a Big Theafor Int.
Chicago Journal : * The latest story
that is going the rounds anent the hat
nuisance at the theaters is rather florid
in texture , tut , if generally known ,
t > hpuld effect a re/volution of at least ono
phase of it. if anything can. It treats of
a young lady of Pittsburg wio | wore at
the opera a hat of the conventional di
mensions , and surmounted , as most of
them are in thnso days , by an aviary of
stuffed birds. Presently the young lady
in question' had her nttenJjo.M call <
orRVvs of
, .j0MU < t of Jilt Obsnrvntionfl : "If you Trtjy a
V PM < ? jlifcpublii , though oilurod s a
1 courteous 8i mt&mnrtt any .Information' '
is given to the select momhars both shall
"bo whipped or fined. But thu irood-
humored lasses , to make you amends ,
will kiss the kinder in n corner. A cap
tain of a ship , who had been on a long
voyage , happened to meet his wife and
kissed nor in the street , for which he was
lined ten shillings nnd forced to pay thn
money. Another Inhabitant of the town
wan fined ten shillings for kissing his
own wife iu his cardeu , and obstinately
refusing to pay the money , endured
twenty lashes at the gun. At this rate
ono of the dellghtfulcst customs of the
world will in time bo quite thrown out of
fashion , to the old folks' satisfaction , butte
to the young ones' lamentations , who
love it as well in Now England as wo do
in the old. "
A CARD ,
TO THE PUBLIC
With the approach of spring
and the increased interest man
ifested in real estate matters ,
I am moro than ever consult
ed by intending purchasers as
to favorable opportunities for
investment , and to all such
would say :
When putting any Proper
ty on the market , and adver
tising it as desirable , I have
invariably confined myself tea
a plain unvarnished statement
of facts , never indulging in
vague promises for the future ,
and the result in every case
has been that the expectations
of purchasers wore moro
than realized. I'can refer with
pleasure to Albright's Annex
and Baker Place , as sample il
lustrations. -
Lots in the "Annex" have
quadrupled in value and are
still advancing , while a street
car line is already building
past Baker Place , adding hun
dreds of dollars to the value of
every lot.
Albright's Choice was se
lected by me with the greatest
care after a thorough s'tudy
and with the full knowledge
of its value , and I can consci
entiously say to those seeking
a safe and profitable invest
ment that
Albright's Choice
offers chances not excelled in
this market for a sure thing.
Early investors have already
reaped large profits in CASH ,
and with the many important
improvempntis contemplated ,
some of wjiich are now under
way , every lot in this splen
did addition will prove a bo
nanza to first buyers.
Further information , plata
and prices , will bo cheerfully
id. Buggies ready at ally
' \y property.
ffTEBWGHT
SOLE OWNER ,
218 S. 15th Street.
Branch oflice at South Oma
ha.
N. B. Property for sale iiialJ
parts of the city
