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- . . . . _ - . . _ * 77 ' pfiipwww im wf ' 'T . ; . ; _ ; . A THE OMAHA DAILY BEEWEDNESDAY. . APKIL 0 , 1887. DAILY BEE , PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. DMlr ( Momlrtsr Edition ) Including Sunday DEC. Ono Vonr . $100 ForSIx Monthn. , . f > t > KorTliroo Months . , . 3 l > Tlio Omiitm Hundny HKK , mailed to nuy adJto-9 , Ono Ycnr. , . SO OMAHA nrnrr. NO. 511 AVII tni FARVAM Priten NKW vonK orrtrr , UOOM is. Titini'.vr. Ili'ii.niMi WASUI.NUIO.V umci , .N OOnnESI-ONDKNCEt All communication ! ! lolutliitf to ncwB nnilcd torlat mutter nliuuld bo od'lrusaoU to thu Km zen or Tut HER. IIUSINBRS Lr.TTDHS ! AH bililnosfi Ictturs luidromlttancon should It 'ldr MoJ t ( > TllK IIEK 1'Ulll.tSIIIMI L'OMI'AM OMAHA. Drnftg , cliorkR niul pn tolllco ordnr to bo made payublo to tbuoiiltrof tliecoaipunj THE BEf PDBLISHlSliPAHT , PROPRIETORS , E. noSEWATF.R , Kniron. THK DAItjV BKK. worn Statement of Circulation. Btnteot Nebraska , 1 _ County otDouKlas. I8-8' Gco. H. Tzschnck , secretary of The He Publishing company , docs solemnly swea that the actual circulation ot tlio Dally Be lor the week ending April 1st , Ibttf , was n follows : Batunlav.Mnr.2rt 14.or Sunday.Mar. ; 27 l3r > T , ilondav.Mnr.2s 14irj Tnewlay. Mar , 29 M.fXl Wednesday. Mnr.30 14.41 Thursday , Mar. SI - . 14 , : i Friday , April l .14.3C Ave.raco 14.40 UKO. il. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed nnil 8 woin to bo fore me this 2t day of April A. D. , 1837. 1837.N. . P. FKIU ISEALI .Notary 1'ubllc. Ceo. U. Tzschuck , bclne lirst duly sworn deposes nnd says that he is secretary of Th Bee Publishing connmny , Unit the actual av eraee dally circulation of the Dally Uce fo thcmonthof March , HsS5 , 11,537 copies ; fo April , IBbO , 12.1U1 copies : forlorMnv , lbbf.,12 , 439 copies ; for June , 16b6. 12,298 cbpic ? ; fo July , IBbO , 12,314 copies ; for Alicnst. 18b ( 13,464 copies ; for September. IBSf. , 13.0H copies ; for October , 18M5. 12,989 copies ; fo November , 1SSO , 13,348 copies ; for Decembei 1B80,13,237 copies ; for January , 1887 , 10,20 copies ; for February , 1837 , 14.19S copies. _ . . . Quo. U. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed nnd sworn to before me this Utl day of Maich , A . 1) . 18S7. fSEAL. I N. P. PKIT , . Notary Public. Lv society as in church , preparation are in progress for the joyous Raster-tide WITH gambling only a misdemeanor i Missouri now , poor old St. Louis may cj poricnce a boom. THE Salvation army is becoming nuisance. Mayor Bo'yd should order th police to suppress it. THK season for cyclones of the "rinp tailed peeler variety , " as youthful IJi Nye has said , is upon us. SINCE the inter-state commerce law he gone into effect , a Milwaukee milkma has been lined ten dollars for adultcrn ing his milk. POSTMASTER GENEUAL VILAS deni ( that lie is a candidate tor vice prcsidcn It appears rather early to commence di nyliig presidential campaign jokes. Tun town-lot boom has made star-gas Ing an unprolitablo business in St Josepl Mo. Accordingly I'rof. Proctor will g to Florida and divide his time betwce astronomy and alligators. M us. GENEUAL LOOAN , it is riporloi will soon publish a novel on Waslnngto society. If a true picture is prescntei several "great conspiracies" will doub less bo portrayed within its pages. " P , T. BABNUM , the great showmai who for years has been an earnest proh ; biUonist , comes out for high licons against prohibition. This is one of Mi Bamum's hobbys that is not a luimbiif Tins seems to have boon a good ye.i for appropriation fiends. The lllino legislature was asked to appropriate half million dollars more than ovi known before in the history of the slut THE anthracite coal pool came to : i end April 1 , and hereafter , until winte It will be every coal corporation f ( itself. The next thing we hear of Omi ha's street cars will adopt stoves for th Bummer mouths. AKTKII all , Mr. Cleveland has done voi well. Of the great army of president ! ; postmasters in this country , all but 5 pi cent of the whole have been change And yet the democrats are wonderii "what are wo hero for ? " ANOTHER terrible death from rabies recorded this time at Chicago. The are several mad-stones in that city , ai they always receive longer write-ups the press than the bitten men whom tl mad-stones do not save. AN illegal voter nt Sacramento , Ca fornift , has been sent to prison for 01 year. It is safe to venture the predicth that a few such examples will make t "purity of the ballot" an existing fact , i Btead of a boasted sham. THE publisher who paid the late Hen Ward Uoocher in advance forlho life Christ that was never written will lo his money. No preparation was made refund it. The moral to this trausactti teaches u good business principle. ( .1 what yon pay for. "Siu UOUKU TicmiouxE. " now in N ( York , expects to have his case re-open in the English courts. That is , he pi elbl.v hopes to have a chance to get ba in Poutonville prison. Ho makes a f : freak in the dime museums , though no means so good a freak as the walk ! man of Hartford , Mil. WE are not alarmed over the repi that the gas company is laying pipes capture the next council with a view raising the price of gas. Wo can saft predict that the gas company will content to lot well enough alone , present rate is prolitablo enough. Tun late Chat-lotto Wolf was , after t nmrrlngn of the Haroness Uurdett-Cout perhaps the richest spinster in the worl She leaves $000,000 , it is said , to bo t ponded , under the direction of liish i'otter , In thu erection of nn Episcoj cathedral , thus following tiiu example the late A. T. Stewart. She is thorofc evou wild Stewart on cathedrals , and I abuad of him In the general run of go dttt'dx , for which nhu was noted. It c be anl by the fair BOX that their woaltl f | > r int tlvcx inaku K butter use of tlu tliuu do the rich men , all thin Htlck a 1'ln Hero. A village editor haa furnished the news paper combine at Omaha and Lincoln another marc's nost. Ho has made the astounding discovery that the clrculatloi of the KKK , ns computed by its published receipts from subscription , do not tallj with the claim of over 11,000 daily anil ! W,000 weekly circulation. The Lincoln member of the combine goes so far as t ( assert that the HIE only claims to have received $50,000 in subscriptions durltif the last year , which indicates that it has about -1,000 daily and 4,000 , weekly sub scriber.s who pay. The figures of the village calculator anne no less startling. If it is really true tha less than one-third of our daily and one seventh of our weekly p.itrons have pan their subscription for the last year , llu lir.i : is indeed in a terrible condition. The figures published by us were copiei from the annual balance sheet of the HKI Publishing company , and are correct t < the best of our knowledge nnd belief These figures do not , however , in th least discredit our statements of circtila tion. tion.For For the year ending February 1 , 18S7 the total receipts from daily subscriber were $01,2(19.18. ( nnd from weekly sub scribcrs , ? r : ) ,032.r > l , or a total from sub scriptions of $11-4,030.9 ! ) , which is $01 , ( WO.IW more than we are credited with b ; the Lincoln lightning calculator. As a matter of fact the raw print papo consumed by the HKB last year aggregates gates over $00,000. These figures quotei are exactly as they appeared in our is.sm of March 11 , 1837. They represent tin net receipts from subscription after do iluctinir commissions to agents. The city circulatipns at Omaha , Lincoli and Council Mull's are leased at rate that enable the lessees to pay their owi carriers nnd collectors and stand al losses. The lessee of our Omah : circulation pays for an avcngi of over 5,700 dailies , which ho circu latcs in Omaha by carrier deliver } There are at least 125 local agents ii Iowa and Nebraska who purchase pa pcrs for local patrons at the dealer' : rates. The village donkey has gone to worl and ligured out that 1-1,000 dailies fo ,303 days , would make 5,110,000 papers ! year , which at 2 cents each should yiuli ibout $102,000. Our exhibit of receipt makes the amount only about 1J cent for each paper , therefore , our swori statement of circulation must bo a fraud The trouble with these calculators i that they purposely misquote our llgurc and misrcprcbcnt the facts. In the fir : place the BEE only commence the publication of a Sunday ci ition on the first day of Augtia 1886 , which reduces' the number c publication days for the year endiii February 1 , 1837 , to 330. In the next plaoi the Hir. : does not claim that thu circtila tion for the year quoted has average ) 14,000 , On the contrary , on the 1st o February , 1830 , the total circulation o the daily was only quoted at a fraetioi over 10,000 , and the aggregate for the en tire year was about 13,000. The $151,208.4 show'ovcr $3 a year for every papo turned oil' the press , including the e.\ change list and exclusive of all expense of handling , delivery and commissions. Now let some member of the combin compare its subscription receipts from it own balance shoot and verify it will sworn statements of circulation for th last year. Present Status of Civil Service He form. The subject of civil service refon possesses an interest for two importar reasons. Ono is , that both of the politic : ! parties have made it one of the chief i : sues in national polities , where it seem likely to remain if organized oflbrt t keep it there can accomplish that object The other reason Is , that tlio ndminislra tion , having made this reform a cardimi part of its policy , will be tried before th people largely with reference to its n form record. A special committee ot the natiotiii civil service reform league has just con ; plctcd ono elaborate report. Inasmuc as the reformed state and municipal sy : tern has boon introduced in only tw states , Now York and Massachusetts , th report deals almost entirely with ti national aspect of the subject. The n formers composing the committee wet careful to suy that they entere upon their task with the fee ing that it was -no part of the duty "to extol the administration nor I accuse it nor to apologi/o for it , but I take a reckoning. " Interest in the resu lies wholly in the character of the reel oning. This is not altogether favorab to the administration. There are indie : tious , despite the professed complete in partiality of the committee , that it wn disposed to find excuses tor the pros dent , and it seems that it has done in th respect rather more than the facts jus ify. The ollect , however , instead of o : tonunting the shortcomings of theudmii istration.is rather to increase thodamai ing force of the facts which the commi toe was compelled to see and acknow edge. The report credits the president wii having done well as to the department : Washiucton , notwithstanding his misUil in appointing , as the heads of those d < partments , men who were not in fu sympathy with the reform policy. Du ing the first fifteen months of the admii istration the removals in the dopar mental service wore only Cfr per con But when the committee extends its ii quiry to the country outside of the n tioual capital it docs not Hud the rosul so satisfactory. It discovers that , vei generally , the president lias not show adequate care to appoint only such ra < as wore known to bo friendly to the r form policy-and what is worse , tl avowed hostility or inditt'orence of c ticials to the cause of reform has n boon made a reason for their removal , it bo granted that a fair excuse might t found for appointing a man not favo able to reform , thorn can certainly 1 none for retaining him in olllco after h hostility to the policy had been unmi takably shown. The president has doi this , after conclusive evidence was pi sentcd to him , and has justly subject ) himself to a suspicion of insincerity. The committee concluded , from tl facts , that "tho course of the admimstr tion in regard to appointments , removr and suspensions lias been irregular , i consistent , and sometimes inexplicable The justice of this judgment cannot 1 successfully questioned. The rope very plainly implies , also , that the r formers who prepared it arc not sanguli ' that the reform they champion is like ! to receive any further advancement fro his administration. They do not say what they evidently believe , that Mr. Cleveland has determined to hedge , They admit that "tho admiulstra- lon standa at the parting of the ways , " and cloarl.v defray an a pprehi'iislon that the path he will c'looso ' Is the one leading to a com > lete partisan change in the public ser vice. The drift in tills direction ha ; icon plainly seen for some time by poo- > lc whoso perceptions are not impaired jy that , In this country at least , is an es sentially false thing. The simple faol s that Mr. Cleveland has been loaruinf practical politics. Our Water Supply. In 1881 a franchise was grunted to the city waterworks company to establlsli ind operate a system of waterworks ir Omaha. Under this franchise a contraci was made with the city to supply Omalu with clear and pure water for domestic use ind lire protection. The Missour river was designated as the source of thr water supply , which was to bo clanliei in settling basins and distributed througl water mams by gravitation from an eight million gallon reservoir. Direct prcssim was only to bo used in emorgeucicji foi putting out fires. That the company has not strictly ful lilled its obligation is notorious. The Bui has time ami again pointed out the dan gerous defects of the system find urgei the waterworks company to connect it ; works with the reservoir by a doubh main , .so as to be in condition to kec ] up a continuous clear water supply fron the reservoir , and avoid the danger o cutting oil' the reservoir supply in casi of a break in its single line of pipe. But the clamor raised by local papers tor action by the council looking to n Forfeiture of the charter , is senseless aiu ill-advised. It is proper enough to stir np.thc water works company by expressing the prevailing vailing disgust with its service , but it i utterly impractical to talk about repeal ing its franchise or cancelling its con tract. Comparison of the Omaha water sup ply with that of Council Blull's is simpl ; out of question. The Council Blun" waterworks were planned for a city o iiO.OOO to 10,000 people. They are mon than ample for all present demands. The water supply of Council Bluil' has plenty of time lo clarify in the set Uing basins and the reservoir exceeds ii capacity the most extensive demand fo both domestic use and tire protection Hence the water supply-for Coiinci Blull's can bo kept perfectly clear. The Omaha water workswero plannei and constinoted for : v city of 40.0JO t < 50,000 population but the demand by thi time , is equal to that of any other city of 100,000 population. The contract will the city called for twenty miles of wato mains , but within loss than live year from the completion of the works , wi have forty-six miles of water mams It is utterly impossible with the presen settling basin and reservoir facilities t supply Omaha year in and year out witl ciear water. Water pumped directl1 from the river is of course hari'ly fi for use. When the Ben roforrm to tlio direct pressure nui.sanco ins fall the managers of the waterworks called attention to the fact that the rap'n growth of the city would compel a re moval of the works several miles up ttu river. This cliaugo of base could not b < made until the city charter was amendei to authorize tlio condemning of land , n the new location for basins and reser voir. Machinery with capacity to operate works for supplying a city of 150,00 population is to bo substitutcr for the pumps and engines now In usi and the entire system will have to bi reconstructed on an extensive plan. In view of these costly proposed im nrovements we regard it as unroasonabl for the council to require the company to make any further putlay at its works All the council ought to do In the prom ises is to insist that the company shal take prompt stops for the relocation o its works and their completion at the earliest possible time. Allen hand Owncrn. The Nebraska legislature , which ai journed last week , lirst of all offered it attention to the needs and behests of coi porations. As a more blind , it gave it odd hours to a little work for the peoph Of cour.se , there wore laws to bo passe which the people demanded , and wluc the corporations already on the groun did not oppose. To such light tasks th corruptioni.sts applied themselves ocea sionally , rather for the sake of doucivin than of helping tlio masses. For th public interests they cared nothing. Thus they passed a law forbidding t aliens the ownership of land in Nobraski So fur , good. Such a law would be a di parturo of advantage if it .should comp < land ownership by actual settlers , or r least by American citi/.cns. But does the law ell'ect any such thlnp While a foreigner may not own lant what is to prevent him from buying stoc in any American corporation , and who is to prevent that corporation from owi ing all the land it can grab or buy ? Aland-owner , when ho is a man , dk in America , his sections are divided hit quarter-sections , and his quarter-section into forties , that his four aons may stai alike. By that means the forefathers e : pected to prevent entail. But a corponi tion lives forever , and has no sons. 11 corporate powers are immortal. In il eternity of youth all other things , incliu ing the rights of the people , puss away. The railroads of Nebraska are corpor : tions. They may own all the land the can acquire. And the lords of Enghui may own the stock of these corporation What use is there in passing a law again ; individuals that does not reach corpon tions f How will the law , for which tli Nebraska boodle legislature takes s much credit , prevent the formation ( syndicates of aliens , who , organized : i American corporations , may own a pice of land as wide us the state and as Ion as the 1'latto river. Of what virtue is law that prevents Sir Morton Fro we : from buying land in Nebraska , when thi same Sir Morton Frowen may , if Ii choose , organize the Bay State Cattl company , and the Bay State Cattle con pany may buy any amount of land bcgii ning with 10,000 acres f Wo all know the wickedness of th foreign ownership. The county of Liv Ingston , in Illinois , on a line half way bi tweou Chicago and Springfield , is alrcad under the sway of an Irish landlon Scully , who , without lot or hindranci c-vlcts farmers , controls local election ; and imposes out-throat leases on' hi thousands of tonarita. What la ( o PC vent R repetition" this mocking ol human rights in Nebraska , notwithstand ing the virtue the late legislators as sumed , though they had it not ? It Is safe to say that the mlsrepresonta- tlvcs of the people , who were , soul and body , controlled by railway monopoly , would never have passed an alien land' owner bill if such a statute'would ) ' by any means have traversed the interests of any corporation with a lobby at the capital. WHATEVER may be the consequences to the projected national drill in Wash ington next month , by reason of the re fusal of white military companies In the south to participate if organisations ol colored men shall bo allowed to take part , the managers should adhere to their original purpose of admitting the colored militiamen. It may bo that the compan ies from other southern states will show the good sense not to dishonor their man hood and their military character by ac quiescing in the objection undo by the Albania companies , in which case the ahsccnc of the distempered sons of tlio "restful commonwealth" will not in the least degree interfere with the success of the event. But should every southern company make the alternative of its par ticipation in the drill contingent upon re fusing entrance ) to colored companies , it were better that the enterpiso be aban doned than to make such acone-cssion. II the managers of the drill yield to the least extent to this southern demand , il will bo the duty of i-very northern com pany entered to withdraw. Such in stances as this of race narrowness and hostility servo to .show that there is still a great deal to bo done in the "new south'1 before it shall have advanced to : i position abreast with tlio age. SOMK mugwump admiration has been spent on the present national ad ministration because a few republican.- were allowed to hold their olllees nnelei the government. But , for tlio republican party , it would liayo been better if tin pretense of a non-partisan civil service hail not been kept up by Mr. Cleveland , Now we have some figures that show tin real condition of things. Tne democrat ! have been K ) olllcc a year , nnd the lirsl assistant postmaster , general , AdlaS L Stevenson , of Illinois , has already ap pointed 10,000 domoer.Us to the place ? made vacant in the 50,000 of such ollice ; under his control. Out of 2,310 , postmasters tors who draw over n thousand dollars a year , and recoiyo their commission ? fron the president , only 200 republicans re main. Now with such a wee little share of the spoils , the republicans cannot tif ford to bo thankful. Two more years ol democratic pressure await the heroic baud of old-time tax-eaters who have hung on. They cannot stanu that pres sure. Turn them out , Mr , Cleveland , ami quit the hypocritical pretense of pleasing foolish sorehead republican leaders. NEARLY every small lawyer in Chicago cage , Detroit and Toledo had hopes o ! becoming receiver ot the Wabash aftei Judge Thomas E. Coolcy resigned to go on the intor-btnto commission. The re fusal of Mr. Callaway to servo hai brought about the Appointment by Judg < Grr.sham , of the SSvenlh United State < judicial circuit , of General John Me Mtilta , a well known politician and law yer of Illinois , who has already managet a narrow gauge railroad. The greal things o\pected from Judge Gresliam1 ! overthrow ot the purchasing committee have not come to pass. The haughtj Wager Swayne has at last won the day The railroad lawyer and receiver , as hi has been developed by the wreck of rail roads and the conflict of courts , is a vcrj patient , resolute and persistent man Mr. Crawford and the alleged reform in tcrosts that he represented have no shown any such staying powers , Two years ago the Missouri legislatun passed a law which made gambling ane the keeping of public gambling houses : felony. When the law wont into ell'ec them was an exodus of the sporting met from St. Louis and Kansas City , whcr < they had been nourishing for years. Tin Kansas City gamblers foune a harbor of refuge across the Missouri line in Kansas City , Kansas But Kast St. Louis was too unhealthy and too remote lor the St. Louis denier ! and bankers. A tew days ago a rcpea ot the Missouri gambling law was smug gled through the legislature in a bil amending the criminal code. And nov the sporting population will Hock bad to Its old haunts. Tin ; decision of the supreme cour against tint national banks of Now 1'ori ; and New Jersey is an important victory for the people. The banks believed thej could evade a levy of $ 'v , ( lOO,00 ( ) ot taxc : in two years , and did evade the payment ! of the tax for that space of time. Tha thu highest tribunal hu : taken the side o the people when there was a good plot for both complainant and dcfendan should be remembered to the credit o the supreme bunch , which has of late been the object of much popular criti cisiu. A ST. PAUL paper cries aloud for t family hotel. It says upon tlio subject "The family hotel is a thing which we dt not have , and for which scores of fain Hies , over-burdened with househok cares , have sighed in vain. The preson hotel accommodation * are taxed to thoii uttermost to provide for tlio traveling public. " Omaha also has room tor i family hotel and patronage enough te give it a healthy supp'ort. IT is said that the wife of one of tin luombors of tliu last legislature threaten * to sue her husband - fordivorce , unles ho mends his ways. Kve/ry / night bo ha- a terrible night-mut'o. ' Tim hutbani claims in justification of jhi.s actions tha he imagines in his loop ho hears the Hamilton dodo , Mr. . Agoo , making : SDceeh. Wo had honed thu Icglslaturi and its ravages wore ended. JAY GOULD , speaking of the inter-state commerce bill , said : "I have porusci that bill about a dozen times , and havi not yet been able to grasp its meaning. ' And thereupon the corporation-server o the Chicago Times got oil'n rasli piece o wit. Ho said that was bad for the bill , for Jay Gould was the most grasping man in the country. Now the cruel jokers are saying tha the venerable Adam Foropaugh has of fercd Mrs. James Brown Potter an excellent cellont salary to travel with his tnree ring show. It la to be' regretted that t ' woman'who can wring tar banda am weep and do high tragedy should bo nskcel to cntortatn an audience from the saw dust ring. THE Hon. Ignatius Donolly says that in July his now book will go to the prin ter. In this wonderful book of which so much has been said , Mr. Donnelly claims lo prove that Bacon wrote Shakespeare's works. As a member of the Minnesota legislature this winter , Ignatius attempted to prove that the railroads should bit re stricted , but his chlpor failed lo work. THE eastern Irtink. lines obeyed the law with reference to posting rates It issaiil the Erie paid the printers $20,000 , for eard < enough to servo 450 stations. If so , Prnni ; must have printed them. Doubth-ss the soap men will eventually secure the priv ilege of supplying the rate-cauls free tti the poor railroads. Pmi.Anr.U'HiA has for years wanted the elevated roads to reduce fares to C cents. Tlio companies claimed that bank ruptcy and ruin would follow if tlio re duction was made. For over a month the 5-cont faros have prevailed and the cars make their trips on schedule time. KINGS ANUQUHKNS. Queen Victoria paid JC.MX ) for the privilege of witnessing the1 exclusive performance which she attended at the Olympic Hippo dioinc. Queen Kaplolanc , of theSaml\vich Islands , Is contemplating a tour of the Unlti-d States this year. She will bo accompanied by o largo retinue. The czar of llussla will soon visit the sceup of the famine In the Don Cossack country , provided his courage does not tail him before the hour of starting arrives. ( Jut'cn Victoria has slgnlfled her Intention to be present at the grand nivlew to be held at Aldcrshot to cclcbiate IHT jubilee .Inly 5 , More than 70,000 troops of all branches ol the bcrvico will be reviewed on that occasion , The pilnce Iinpeiial of Germany IssinTcr- ing Irom bionchitls , which has assumed sucl acluonlc form as localise uneasiness. The prlncu will shoitly luavo Ue-rllii for tin Tyrol , where ho will spend the sprlnc am early summer. The klnc and queen of Italy will open the national exhibition of line arts In Venice April - " > . Great piepaiatlons are liein inaili to prepare the royal palace for the probabh visit of the empress of Austria. The mini bor of artists exhibiting exceed * 1,700 among them being innny Kngllsh painter ; residing In Italy. The Emperor William's physicians an anxious to get him away from Berlin ns soot as possible , and it is uxpt'cteil that he wll lemove to Welsbaden for three twccka abou Apill 12. The empress Is then going to Ha den-Baden for a month , ami she will not re turn to Berlin before November. Prince Leopold of Prussia , who is makini a tour of the world , designs vlsitlne thi country after leaving China and Japan. Hi will be landed at.Snu Francisco nnd a specin car or the Pennsylvania railroad will awal him there and transport him from the Pacil'u coast lie Is accompanied by Count Kami : and Baron von Nicklsch. Mora ! Verses For Children. Smmrrttle Journal. The ostiich is a foolish bird That lives on sandy plains , lli''s noted for his tunthcis , but He's not renowned tor brains. For when the wily hunters como To make of him their prey , lie spreads his wlms and swiftly runs Amilo or so away , Till Uniting tlmt bo's close pursued By all the1 cruel band , lie stops and hides his foolish head Among the brush ana sand. The rest of him , of course , meanwhile , Is all exposed to view ; And he gets caught. 1 think that ho Is very dull don't you' ' MOUAL. Now children , dear , this lesson learn , You'll line ! it woith your pains : Fine leathers always muko line birds , But they can't compare with brains. The Music of "Homo , Sweet Home.1 Lomlon Telegraph : The doubt ns tc the authorship and nationality of the beautiful and popular melody of "Home Sweet Home , " still appears to bo un settled. Controversies are every now line ! then started in the newspapers on the subject. With the view of putting an end to them once for nil. I write this letter ho that the publicity it will obtaii in the widely read pages of the Dnih Telegraph if you will bo kind cnougF to give it a place will bo sufficient tc prove to the most incredulous that the air is English , and was the composition of the ) very emincnt : anel'gifted musician , the late Sir Henry K , Bishop. Durinp the progress of our work on the"National Melodies of England , " published in the Illustrated London Neiws , in a series ol musical supplements to that journal cjommonced in I.Sol and continued at intervals until 1854. I was thrown tntc friendly and constant intercouso with thai gentleman. Inonuot our very many con versalions on well-known English mclo dies I took occasion to ask him foi information on the subject of "Homo , Sweet Home , " the authorship of whicli was often attributed to him , and as often denied by many who claimed it as a na tional Sicilian all which Sir Henry hail discovered and rearranged. Ho there upon favored mo with the whole ) history Ho had been engaged , in his early man hood , by thu oneo eminent linn ol Goulding , D'Almano&Co. ! , musical pub lishers , of Solio square , to edit a collec tion of the national melodies ol all countries. In the coune of hi ; labors ho discovered that ho had no Sici lian melody that ho thought worthy ol reproduction , and , as a "Sicilian mcl ody" had been announced in the pros pectus whicli Messrs. Gouldinp : and 1) ) ' Aimaino had issued to the trade , Sit Henry thought ho would invent ono , Thu result was the now well-known ah of "Home Sweet Home , " which he com posed to the worils of tlio Amer ican author , Mr. Howard I'ayno , then resident in England. When the collection was published the melody became ) so popular that , tei tiso a common phrase , "it took the town by storm , " ami several music publishers , believing it to be Sicilian , and non-copy right , reissued it at a cheaper rate than that at which it could bo procured from Messrs. Goulding anil D'Almainu. The nwult was a bones of actions for piracy nnd breach of copyright against the pub lishers who were implicated. When the cases came on for trial Sir Henry Bishop was called as a witness , and depose1 ! on oath to the fact as above set forth , ami as ho stated them to mo many years after wards. Messrs. Goulding nnd D'Almalnc ! obtained a verdict on this evidence against the pirates , with purely nominal damages. This statement ought , 1 think , to end nil eloubt and controversy on the sub ject , and divide the honor of the author ship of the touching song and the beauti ful melody between the United State- and England , in both of which nations it has become national In the most uil'eu- tionato sense of the word. Yours truly , CHAUI.KS MACKAV. Michael McCullongh , who died in Pitta- burg recently , aged 81 , was bonier mem ber of tlio firm pt McCullough , Dalzoll & Company , manufacturers of steel-moltinc crucibles. He was noted for decided aversion to all forms 'of speculating , and invested Ins proliU in real estate. lie accumulated.3.WOQOO , LEGISLATING FOR LABOR What a Frenchman h Doing for Wage Workers- CAPITALISTS AND CONSUMERS Unlntm to lie Made Obligatory Uouc Ut Therefrom "Syndlunl Cham bers" Choice id IMcco anil Day Work , ( tfiK , Franco , March ISth. [ Correspondence respondenco of the Bin : . ] Tim opera lives of tlio foundries of tlio Fnintlisturc or "Social Palace , " In this city , wlnoli ] founded , and of which 1 am the inana gor , arc soon to solid a petition to oui legislative boily , the purport of whicl may prove interesting lo both working men and employers in the United States where I understand similar evils obtaii to those under which we arc at prosen sulVoring in Franco. Our employers' have of late com monccd a most disastrous computllior among themselves , by means of cuttiiif down wanes. Some amonirlht'iii begai by reasoning to themselves in this way "I employ , say , COO men. If 1 roduei the daily wages by one franc , that savci me daily 501) francs. With those saving ; 1 could easily compote with the othci establishments in my line , and mak < handsome profits into the bar gain. " Said , done ! Their com petitors , to save themselves , hai to cut wages down lower still , and tin consequence is that in many faetorie ; wages have been reduced by as much a two or three francs a day. Now , 1 say and our workmen with me , that since tin law protects the resources and property of the employer , it should equally pro toet the resources of the operative , tha is to say his wages. For that purpose i would bo required to give the workers ; right over the rate of wages , analagou to that which the employer lias over tin manufactured products. It would bi requisite that the employer should n < longer bo able to speculate on a reduc tion of wages. We insist that A itr.nrcTiox or WARES , if over necessary , should not be left l < the arbitrary will of the employers , am that the latter are never justified in pay ing lower wages than their competitor in trade ; we insist that a lowering o wages should never take place , excop after a serious examination ot the wlioli economic Held ; and we even go so far a1 to say , that it should never bo rcsolvci upon except with the consent of the op eratives. These arc the reasons that leat us to demand that trades unions shouli have the right to decide , in the last in stance , how many hours should const ! tuto a working day and what shoult bo average wages. It is an economic fallacy that cheapness is the stimmun bomitii. It is precisely cheapness whicl to-day causes the misery of tlio working : classes , as well as the ruin Jof the manu faoturers and the stoppage of our inelus tries. The present crisis is a result o want of equilibrium between productior and consumption , and this want of eqm librium again is caused by the fact thai the mass of the workers arc unable to bnj what they want. Wo have here in France a law , passet in 1831 , legalizing trades unions ; but it ii worse than useless , because it depends 01 the employers whether the workmer shall or shall not organi/.o themsolve.1 under it. Indeed in most factories tlu employers discharge those who try to dc so , and such discharged workmen find il impossible to got work elsewhere. Tin objection often made that I'OUKIUN COMl'LTITION necessitates low wages does not apply tc our industry at Guiso. Our products have no foreign competition to fear ; il our wages _ were higher there would not b ( one single stove less sold , rather more ol them. And as to other industries , we are assured that if once wages were reg ulated within our country , a great stej would be taken towards settling the wage question internationally , as now qucs tions of customs duties arc settled Therefore wo ask the legislature tc amend the law of 1884 as follows ; 1. To inako unions of operatives obllgaton in all Industries. 2. To nmlco the workers ol each factory form a union , i ) . To have eacl : union appoint a committee with Us president and secretary , which committee Is to be ttu representative of the workers of each fac tory or establishment. 4. That each nmor appoint delegates that are to be members of i "synilieal chamber" a trades iisscmbly- whlcli Is to be constituted , ono for every in dustry. a. That the employers likewise con- stltutu themselves Into "syndlc.il chambers , ' to decide All questions relating to labor , ii : conjunction with the operatives. 0. Thai the place of meeting of the two chambers be , as Inr as possible , the same. 7. That the twi ' syndlcal chambers" of employers nnd em- ployes may meet together as ono body , 01 separately , as they choose ; that , If the former , employers and cmployosshall havonn equal number ot repiesentatlves , and every re | > retentativo one vote , a majority to decide all questions. 8. That , In case the two cham bers meet separately , nnd disagreement arises , each chamber shull elect two delegates to , eUln the question ; If tin-so four persons cannot aitree , they tun to choose an umpire , and If they cannot ngiee on such umpire * . then the piesiditnt of the local council of "Pruil'honime.s" a locally constituted body of master tradesmen and workmen is to act ns such. V. That tho".syndlcil chain her" of the operatives , as guarantees to bo given to ( he working clans , shall have sola power , in the absence of n snlllclont number of employers tor deliberation , to lix the num ber of worklnir hours , and the avcruno wngos to be paid In all establishments of the Indus try wlilcli is repiosonted by the chamber , consiilcrhu the. similarity ol ttiolr products. and the competition between them ; nnd that no establishment shall bit null ) to disregard the decisions thus made. 10. That every "syndlcal chamber" can compel every in dustry that competes with those It represents to send representatives to it. Tin : LAW 'a EiTr.or. When thus the institution of Unions of workers and of employers , as well as of "Syndicnl Chambers1 , to sbttlo all questions of labor enumerated in the law , on the demand of the unions , has become obligatory , employers can no longer act arbitrarily In regard to their employes. Let us now see what would be the prac tical working of such a law. Suppose the averages wage , established by the "Syndical Chamber , " bo $1 a day , then an establishment which employed 100 workers of nil kinds would have to pay its stall of workers $100 dnily ; another that occupied , 1,000 , persons would pay $1,000. The president and feecrntary of the union In each establishment would exercise control , and if the employer did not pay a sum , equal to the average wages mullpllcd by the number in his employ , lu < would bo compelled to pay the dillercuco to those entitled to it. All establishments of the same industry would thus bo placed on the same foot ing. Jn this way would bo abolished the com * petition now made by lowering wages ; CO.S'SUMITION WOULD 1USK. and production bo regulated ; all causes for strikes abolished. Competition would bo changed into emulation us to who could ma > io the best products and wares. Hut in order to do away with the antag onism of interests belween employers and employes , ns well in the deliberations of tlio " .ynulcal Chamber , " us in the factory - tory , t should be well understood : That the rules as to the average wngo and nor mal working } da.v bo strictly followed both by employers and employes ; that , nevertheless , the employers have perfect freedom to ctioose piece-work or day- work , to iiy during. what boim vrork hall bo elonc , nnd distribute wage's as they think fit and proper ; that all that Is required of them is to pa.y mi amount in wages proportlone-d to the number they employ , and bo satisfied with the number of working hours dotorminQil upon , while otherwise they have ) perfect freedom of notion ; that tint "Syndlcal chambers" must havii ' power to punish employers for violation : f of the rules , compel them to pay tlio amounts they respectively owe , ntiel ap point committees from among them selves for thai purposoi Unit the chain- tiers Interfere only In such questions , and that all establishments bo treated alike. Such a law , wo are assured , would have other most happy results besides thu direct ones 1 havei enumerated. Among other things it would rniso thu condition of the whole working class and It would enable us to make statistics of all produc tion and consumption which would bo of incalculable value to our chiefs of in dustry and commerce , and finally It , would put an end to our porioiiii'nl crises. Our proposition , in faet , would bo the beginning of the solution of thu social problem. Gouix. * 8i\VAIU : ) STIUCKT CUURC1C. Important Master Services A. New Building Promised. There will bo special services at the Seward Street M. E. church on Eiistor. j , < , The church will bo appropriately decor ated. The pastor , Rev. C. W. Savldge , has prepared a special sermon , and some line music may bo expected from thu choir under the direction of Mr. Meyers , late of Kansas City , but now with the choir of this church. The Seward Street church choir now consists of the follow ing well-known singers : Mr. Meyor.s , , basso ; Mr. F. A. Colcman , basso ; Mrs ) . J. I-V. E. Newman , soprano ; Mrs. C. U. Ba aur- man. Miss Jewel McCune and Miss Katlu Shields , nltosj Messrs. J. J. Jonea and William McCune , tenors , and Miss Bull , soprano. A cordial invitation Is ex tended to all who can come and enjoy the services on next Sunday. Scats free and all arc welcome. At a meeting of the trustees of Seward street M. E. church last evening a com mittee of four was appointed by tlin board to consult as to die feasibility of tearing down the present building and erecting a larirei aim fine ono in its place. If this is done North Omaha will have a Methodist church second to none in the city , as the people mean business. The church is crowded to overtlowimr caeli Sunday and the trustees sec the necessity of providing more room for the people. Tlio Barker Brothers Ijet Contracts nu Their Building. The Barker Brothers have made prep arations to have their burned block on the southwest corner of Fifteenth nnd Farnam rebuilt and that without delay The contract for teat ing down the granite walls which have been allowed to stand since thu disastrous fire , 1ms boon lot to the contractor who is now working on the Paxton block granite work. Ho has been delayed in getting steam power for his now derrick , but will commence ) work in a very few days. The contracts for the brick , iron , wood and cornice work , have also been let. The clement of wood will enter yery sparsely into the construction of the building. The girders will bo for the most iron , while the framework of the ba.v windows will bo " of the sumo ma terial , instead of wood , ns before. Georga Barker says that the iron contract will be , in fact , throe or four times what it was before , so that the structure which & 1 - . is to be one of six stories , will bo nearly ' ) fire proof. The architects , Mendelssohn & Lowric , have the plans all prepared. It is hoped to have it completed by fall or winter. Til AM WAY N13W8. The Council Blutr * nnit Omatia Bridget Company NOICH. A meeting of the stockholders of the Omaha ami Council 151 nil's Bridge com pany , which was to have been held Mon day afternoon , wan postponed to next Saturday , on account of the absence of Mr. .1. T. Stewart who Is in Chicago. Mr. Frank Murphy , one of the directors , said the bids on the structure will be called for within the next ton days , and work will bo commenced as soon as possible this spring. The structure will cost in the neighborhood of $000,000 and the chances are that il will start from the foot of Farnam. Dr. Mercer stated yesterday that hn ! company will lay twenty miles of track under the right of way franchise granted them by the county commissioners , in two years , TAYLOK t'l.KADS GUILTY. Ho Is Sentenced to Only Ono Year's Imprisonment. Charles K. Tavlor , formerly clerk of the board of county commissioners , was arraigned before Judge Neville yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock nnd pleaded cuilty of forgery nnd ho was sentenced to ono year's imprisonment in the peni tentiary. In rendering the sentence Judge Neville said that ho gave the prisoner the lightest sentence provided by the jaw. This was done because of n resolution bv the county commissioners ] and a petition from a lending minister and others asking leniency tor Taylor , and alllrming that his moral character had been excellent. Ununil House Destroyed. The Missouri 1'acilio company's round house at the end of North Fourteenth street , cast of the Saratoga house , burned yesterday morning at 3 o'clock. The alarm was sounded at the engine houses , but the companies did not respond ns it was not possible to obtain wnter at thut point. The lire started in the oil room of the hotiso , nnd three tenders who were engaged In washing engines wore driven out before they scarcely were aware tlio tire had started. Four locomotives wore in the building , three of which were freight engines ar.d one a passenger. All were damaged bo- .Vond repair , except by entirely rebuild ing. ' 1 hn engineer of ono of the loco motives was near the house when the lire broke out ami made desperate efforts to got hi.s machine oui , having twenty- live pounds of steam up. As ho mounted the cab n portion of the roof of the roundhouse - house fell in directly above him and ho was frightened out. The loss was about ? .T > ,000 , with $20,000 , Insurance , The roundhouse will bo at once rebuilt , School District No. nil. The annual mooting of this district was hold at the school house on Lowe avenue last evening. Notwithstanding the fact that this suburban locality will bo taken into the city under the now charter it was deemed proper to proceed according to law with the annual business just as if no future municipal existence was contem plated. Strange to say but two of the BIJC trustees were present , which does not Bhow that they take very much interest In their positions. Mes rs Tagcart and Hlgby were the only ofllcers present. The former was called to the chair and II. I , . beward selected us secretary. The elec tion of trustees resulted in the choice of II. L. Seward nnd R. l > . Knight. W. H. uibbs was chosen to ( ill a vacancy. A tax was voted tor teachers'and genera * liind. ' 'Can't eat a thing. " . Hood's Sarsapa- rllla Is n wonderful medicine for creating' in appetite , regulating digestion. nud , giving strength.