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THE OMAHA DAILY BEff ; THURSDAY , APBIL 14. 1887 , THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. ' TKTIVS or Dnlljr ( Mnrnl.13 Kdltlon ) Including Bunday BIT , Ono Vcnr . , . . . . $10 01 ForBlx Month * . . . . . 500 For Three Months . 260 Tlio Omaha .Sunday UKK , mailed to nny , One Voor. . . . 800 OMAHA Ornns. No. 911 ANII VW TABWAM BTBUFV. NFW TOHK or PUT. llooxi tt.TmmrxR IIITII.IIIMI. WASH i XUTOX urrict , No. 513 KOUHTHXTH Briimr. All communications relating to newt and edi torial in HI lor should bo atMrcMod to thu Bui * TOII or TKR BEE. Alt hu'lnoM letters androinlttanoogihould bo addroMod to TIIK Use I'uiii.uniNQ COHI-ANV , OMAHA. Drafts , chocks ami po lolBco orders to bo made payable to the onltr of the oompuny , THE BEE PUliuMJllT , PROPRIETORS , Z. ItOSEWATKn. KpiTon. THE DAKjY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btate of Nebraska , I . . County of Douglas , f " Geo. B. Tzschnck , secretary of The Bee PubllMilng company , docs solemnly swear that the actual circulation of the Dally Bee tor the week ending April 8th , 1SH7 , was as follows : Baturdav.Aprlia 14.7TO Bundav , Aprils.T.-- 18.H50 Monday , April 4 14tXVi Titewlay. April 5 14.H5 : Wednesday , ADrl16 U.tt-i : Thiirsdav , April 7 14 , M Friday , April 8. .14.330 Avcrace 14.430 OEO. U.'lZSCItUCK. Subscribed and s worn to bo fore ino this Oth dayot April A. D. , 1SS7. N. P. FKIU ISEAL ) .Notary Public. ( ico. ] ) . Tzschuck , bclnc ( irst duly sworn , deposes and says that ho is secretary of The Di-ePubllfthlne company , that the actual av- crace dallv circulation of the Dally lice for the month of March , Iis80,11,037 copies ; for April , 1880,12,191 copies : forfor May , 1880.12 , . 439 copies ; for June , 1886 , 12,293 copies ; for July , 18bC , 12,314 copies ; for Aueust , IStiC. 18,401 copies ; for SeptenitMsr. 1880 , 13.OJU copies ; for October , 1880. 12,039 copies ; for November. IbbO , 13,343 copies ; for December. 1S80.13,2r7 : copies ; for January. 1887. 10,200 copies ; for February , 1887 , 14.10S copies. _ . . . GKO. U. TrsciiucK. Subscribed and sworn to before mo this Oth day of .March , A. D. 1887. [ SEAL. I N. P. Fnir , . Notarv Public. TUB people of Texas are praying fet rain. A boom and a drought can uovor go hnnd-in-hanil. GOVKKNOK HILL liaa vetoed the Crosbj high license bill. It Is hard to toll what a man with a boom will not do. ADVICES from Qiiccnstown state thai emigrants are leaving for the United Status at the rate of from four to live thousand per week. POSTMASTEU-GENEKAL VILAS will vigil the west this month. If he wishes to sea a real llvo city , let him corao to the geographical graphical center of the United States. WnnsTKR defines "chump" as a short , thick , heavy piece of wood. The only dlfforeuc9 between the ical and a legis lative chump is that the latter car breathe. THE telegraph yesterday recorded a"h' " other attempt to assassinate the czar. Unlcsa Alexander intends to adopt the stage ho might as well call oft' his tulror Using agent. A FEDF.UA.I , judge in Oregon ha ; knocked out the first section of the inter stale bill. It would not bo at all surpris ing if ho would like to knock out the re mamiug sections. THE big DosMolnos distillery has been sold to the Northwestern Distiller's pool and will bo closed for a term d ! years This naturally causes much dissatisfao tion at Iowa's capital city. A LOUISVILLE , Kentucky woman wai fined iivo dollars the other day foi screaming "Ah , there , " on the streets , It would never do for Sain Jones t ( preach in cultured Louisville. THE Connecticut legislature has passot law prohibiting the 1'mkorton detectives ivos from operating in that state , a ; special police. Their last work then was to kill three inoffensive boys. JEFF DAVIS has declined an inyitatioi to visit St. Louis In Jimo. The petti coated hero of the lost cause is bohavinf himself grandly here of late. Ho appro elates , it seems , that there la an end tx human endurance. 'A NEBUASKA. editor has been arrestec for giving a friend a drink of liquor 01 election day. This shows the advantage of attending strictly to your own bnsi ess. Had the editor drantc the Hquo himself , the humiliating arrest wouli Borer have been made. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND ban final 1 ; promised to visit St. Louis. When hi paya Jay Gould the 85 oonts extra fo crossing the brulgo to got into the eli town Mr. Cleveland will see where In missed it not appointing a western roai on the inter state commission. IT certainly is tlmu to bring the Mrs Jamo Drown Potter boom to an end Her dismal failure , of course , carries witl it a moral. It will teach ambitious wo men with little money and -a very ordi nary understanding of elocution that i requires talent to make a successful ao tress. UOFFUAX , the Nebraska traln-wrcokci tras found guilty , there bolii ? scarcely an ; attempt at tlofoiuo. Now then for a pcnnlt commensurate with the crime of which h was eultty. St. Joe Herald. Mr. Hoffman will bo hanged at Nc braska City , July 33. Nebraska has fo criminals compared with Missouri. Am the few we have are not hero long. IT is now thought that the Kansas prc hibilion law is perfect. Under the prc visions of thft now net a druggist can so ! liquors only for medicinal and luauufac turing purposes , and to do this iio urns first obtain the signatures of twcnty-flv men and twouty-llvo women. He mus bo : i graduate in pharmacy , of goo moral character , have a stock of good exclusive of liquors valued ut not les than $1,000 , and ho must not himself us lutoxloiiuta aa a beverage. Ha must als give a bond in the sum of $1,000 for taltl ful complinnoo with the law. The ma who purchases the liquor must obtain permit from the county judge , which I furnished free of charge providing th \l \ applicant makes affidavit that the hquo is to bo used as medicine , stating undo oath the nature of the disease. This i certainly Iron-clad , and will jro a Ion way In solving the question of the age 'Does prohibition prohibit ! " tfhoTrno and the Faithless. . When the legislature convened on the 3d of January last thpro was a clear working majority of men In the house pledged and elected to support GcnorUl Van \Vyck , the people's choice for sena tor and to legislate on the anti-monopoly IssCics In accord with the matidato of the constitution and the interests of the pee ple. Every attempt to combine the rail way and jobbers' factions In organizing thu house , proved a signal failure , and the graceful capitulation to the popular choice for speaker , was only made be- cnuso the majority at that juncture could n ot bo handled by the lobby. By the middle of January the insidious and corrupting machinery which the railroaders and jobbers had set in motion , manifested its influence. Mon who had como to Lincoln under the most sacred pledges and solemn obligations wavered in their faith and butrayod their trusts undnr the most flimsy of pretexts. Men who had called high heaven to wit ness that they would not accept or receive - coive any bribe or valuable thing from any person or corporation for * any vote they would civo or withhold as members be came guilty of ran * pnrjury and treason to the people. After the infamous soil-out of VanWcyk tin ) scoundrels who had violated their oaths and obligations were reinforced from the ranks of the venal and weak ling members until the house toward the last , became a more degraded mob , doing the bidding of the hireling lobby and the railroad bosses who had debauched them with bribes and liquor. Wo have already divided the sheep from the goats in the review of the upper branuh of the legislature , and placed each member bcforo his constitu ents in the light in whloli ho appeared to thcoyes of impartial observers. Wn shall n6w complete the task and do justice to the faithful and loyal , and fearlessly hold up to popular opera tion' the dishonest , untrustworthy and unprincipled. In the first class , wo can commend as among the tried and true , Speaker Har- lan and Representatives Andres , Daily , ISallard , liarrott , Bontly , Uick , Cameron , Dempster , Ellis , Ewlng , Gamble , Gilmore - moro , Harrison , Heimrod , llorst , Joary , Keiper , Lord , Matthicson , McConaughy , Overton , Raymond , Rief , Salcholl , SchwabSimms , SmythTracy , Truesdcl , Turner , Tyson , Underbill , WetheraKl , Wilson , Wolonwobor and Wright. Mr. llurlan Is a man ot the most unswerv ing integrity and unyielding devotion to principle. lie w.is beset from the stait with numberless obstacles , and manfully fought for railway legislation that would afford re lief , lie took a very active part on the floor In opposing many bad measures and urelnc needed legislation. Even after the house had degenerated Into a mob , his mistakes In one or two instances In appointment of com- mittcos , ware largely duo to his anxiety to appear fair to all factors. Mr. Audics was not a blind partisan , but voted his convictions , lit ) represented the laboring classes faithfully ana was an Intelli gent and painstaking member. Mr. Dally Is an honest straightforward man who stood by Van Wyck from beginning to end and nearly always voted right , but was often subject to much pressure by the railroad banker lobbyist , Uostwlck. Mr. Billard was among the truest and most faithful inon In the legislature , and made an excellent record throughout. Mr. Barret acquitted himself nobly toward his pU > dxos on the senatorial issues , but taken dangerously sick soon after , he was kept Irom his seat during balance of the session , Mr. liontley was a quiet , lirm , and Intelli gent member. Ills Integrity Is unimpeach able and his record good. Mr. Bick proved himself as loyal and re liable this time as he had done In former ses sions , lie stood throughout as a t rue repre sentative of the people. Sir. Cameron Is not a mnn of many words , but he always stood up and voted for the right and may bo depended on. Mr. Dumpster was ono ot the most clear headed , fearless aud faithful representatives 4n the house. Ho talked and voted his con victions and lived up to his obligations. Mr. Kills , although not a man of very groal learning , proved himself to bo trustworthy on the vital Issues. Mr. Ewlng was quiet , dignified and always reliable. Mr. Gamble wasiruoto his constituent ! and Is recorded rlzht on nearly all questions. Mr. Gil more Is a man ot more than ord Inarj ability , and his record this time was a.s good as It was at the session ton years ao , whet ) he was known as honest Joe Ullmore. Mr. llarrlsou was a very creditable repre sentative , and reliable on all vital Issues. Mr. Heimrod was as firm as the everlasting rocks on every vital Issue , and made a brave and manly fight against Jobs , steals and ox- trava ant approbations. Mr. llorst Is as true as steel ; never MAV ered In his support of measures calculated t < Improve the condition of tbe producers , and was at all times an outsp k n opponent 01 Jobbery and extravagance. Mr. Joary was a very Intelligent , palnstak Inn and faithful member. Mr. Keiper was one of the most well In formed , clear-hoaded and reliable men In th < legislature. He has a very exemplary rec ord. ord.Mr Mr , Lord acted out the pledges of his con stltueuts in Kood faith and was always tob < relied on for proper legislation. Mr. Mattuleson withstood all the pressun of his corporate employers and maintained his reputation for Integrity throughout Mr. McConaughy was ono of the few mer elected In opposition to VanWyok , who bore himself reputably , and was free f rout the BUS plclon ot dishonesty. Mr. Overtoil made a very commendable record. Mr , Raymond was the only representative from Lancaster In the house who was In nc way tied up with jobs and steals , and whoso skirts are perfectly clean from the taint o ; corruption. Mr. Kief proved .htmsolt to bo a man of courage and the highest Integrity , lie alwayi called things by their right names , which subjected him to the jeers of the rogues wh < coula not repress nor control him. He I : eccentric but knows the dlllereuco between i hawk and a handsaw. Mr. tjatclioll proved himself to bo reliable , steadfast aud honest Mr. Schwab was a very quiet but usefu and honest representative. Mr , Slmtus represented the wishes ot his constituents with fidelity from beginning t < end. end.Mr. Mr. Smyth was ono of the brightest an < most eloquent members. Ho made t clean record , and antagonized tin jobbers and railroad lawyers 01 the floor with % great vlgo and effect. Ho sometimes foujht too hard but most of the time for the right. Mr. Tracy made an excellent record as i representative of the laboring and produclm classes. Mr. Truesdol was In the main honest and reliable. Mr. Turner carried out th wishes of hi constituents to the byt nt his ability. Mr. Tyson was always at his post at an uu flinching advocate of tna best interest of tb people. Mr. Underbill stood manfully by the pen pie who elected him. Ut. Wttherald wa a t ry Intolilctat am iprlght member , whoso votes were dvpn fear- essly for the restriction of corporate monopoly ely and extravagant appropriations. Mr. Wilson wont back to Vork county with ho consciousness that ho had discharged his duty faithfully to the best of his ability. Mr. Wollenwebcr discharged his obliga tions with unswerving Integrity. Mr. Wright was a very niilut but honest mil loyal representative. Ills mistakes were those of Inexperience and never Intentional. In the Nccotut class wo group members ivho matlo a fair record but proved weak kneed or unreliable on vitnl issues. , and were more or less under the control of corporation Influence or appropriation traders. Among thcso wnro Messrs. Ab- raliiuu.son , Aikon , Alexander , Andrews , Bttbcook , Cannon , Cole , Cope , Craig , Diller , Dickinson , Egglostou , Eisloy , Fox , Frantz , Fuchs , Gaflbrd , Green , Hayden , Kcnncy , King , Kuox , Latin , Llosvald , MoGrcw , Milter , Mlnnix , Norrls , Sim- anck , Sweet , Thornton , Veaoh , Ward- law , Wilholmson , Watson , Yutzy and loung. Mr. Abrahamscn Is In the main honest , bjit aaslly misled by political associates who trained with tbe railroad and jobbers' lobby. Mr. Akin Is a second edition of Mr. Abra- homson ; was chiefly Influenced by Agee. Mr. Alexander would be.called a chump Dy some persons , lie bobbed up and down be tween Church llowo and Tom Majors. Ho violated his pledges in trie senatorial choice. Mr. Andrews acted honorably excepting In trades with the appropriation combine. Mr. BabcocK was very much the same sort of a man as the two first named in this class. Mr. Cannon was a doublo-endur , playing fast and loose between the lines , not to bo dcprndod on. Mr. Cole exhibited a disposition to act honorably and squarely , but was more or less handicapped by appropriation schemes and his proclivities to train with the railroad-Jim Liilulciowd. Mr. Cope was ratlujr dull , and while ordi narily honest , cast most of his votes with the railroad and jobber clement. Mr , Craig maintained his reputation up to within a few days ol adjournment , when he weakened aud became subject to peculiar In- iluencfs. Mr. Uillor would make a good running mate of Cannon , with slight variations. Mr. Dickinson , as ono oC the representa tives of Lancaster county , made a tolerably fair record considering that tie was tied down to trades with jobbiirs and claimants In exchange for votes on appropriation bills. Mr. Egglestou was also staguerlnjc under a heavy load of Lancaster obs and railroad tics. tics.Mr. Mr. Eisloy Is an upright man but In his anxiety to pull through the Noifolk Insane asylum appropriations fell In with the job bers toward the cud. * Mr. Fox professed to have good Intentions but voted aud trained with the jobbers and frauds. Mr. Frantz was the dummy of Tobo Castor , the B. & M. right of way buss , and never moved far away from his associations. Mr. Fuchs is most decidedly unreliable. Mr. Oafford was posing a good deal of the time as a man of high integrity , but was quietly playing into the hands of the rail road gang and appropriation grnbbou ! . Mr. Knox may not bo dishonest , but no wis so completely under the control of the railroads and bootllers that wo can only ex cuse his conduct on the gioun d of imbecility caused by advanced age. Mr. ( keen , as his name implies , was very verdant and easily Influenced in the wiong direction. Mr. Hayden was competent , but more or less under the railway lulluonce. lie was mainly opposed to rocklesi appropriations but was the champion of the saline land job. job.Mr. Mr. Konneyis a blatherskite and ready tool of the bad elements of the lobby. Mr. King was a stick and wrong most of the time. Mr. Latta was disposed to bo fair , but could not nlwayj bo rolled on. Mr. Llosveld labored under the same burden - don that weighed down Mr. Egitlcston. Mr. McUrew Is an able but very unreliable member and like his colleague , Alexander , wavered between the Influences of the two Nemaha county tricksters. Mr. Miller may ba regarded a sort of back slider on the railroad Issue. Whilolenjoylng general confidence ho dodged many impor tant questions aud votes. Mr. Mirinlx was strictly honest and relia ble in the main , except when yielding to pressure on appropriation bills with which his countv was tied. Mr. Norrls made professions of honesty , but was generally untrustworthy. Mr. Stmanek Is a well meaning but rather weak sister , in many questions ho was dis posed to do right , but was sometimes misled owing to a lack of nerve. Mr. Sweet was very quiet , but always could bo depundod on to go wrong at the critical time. Ho always trained with the corpora tion gang aud the jobbeis. Mr. Thornton was one of the well-meaning but poorly Informed men. He was au ardent admirer and follower ot the bell-wether ot the j udlclary boodlers. Mr. Veach was mainly disposed to do rleht , but at times was weak' and unreli able. able.Mr. Mr. Wardlaw was very much -a pattern after V each. Mr. Wllhelmsnn is very thick around the ears. During the first part of the session he was the dummy ot Jim Paul'and In tne latter part be was In tow of Fran * Walters. Mr. Watson made a good fight 'dur ing the senatorial contest , but found himself In the railroad camp before the ses sion was halt over. Ills Influence as a leader was rather pernicious than otherwise , inure especially in connection with appropriation "combines. " Mr. Yutsy was common place , uncertain and unreliable. Mr. Young disappointed his frlouds by falling Into bad company and yielding to their Influence when ho was expectad to bo firm. firm.Tho The third class , made up of railroad men who wore strictly honest in ether respects - spocts , was "precious small. " Mr. White has the honor of bulng the only representative of thia rare species. Ho opposed all Improper or extravagant appropriations , bogus claims and jobs. The last group or black-list comprises mon who have proved themselves utterly untrustworthy and dangerous as law makers. Ibis class includes Messrs. Agoo , Baird , Bowman , Brown , Caldwell , Crane , Fonton , Fuller , Garry , Marshall , McCann , McKenna , Newcomer , Newton , Nichol , Peters , Pombcrton , Randall , Rus sell , Shamp , Slater , Sullivan , Tingle , Wllsoy and VYultmoro. Mr. Agoe was defiantly a corporation chain plon , aud Just the kind ot a man to play lnt < the hands of the Jobbers' lobby. Mr. Baird betrayed his constituents on the senatorial issue , aud made a most disgraceful record all the war through. Mr. Bowman was a stoek rascal , who pu his acknowledged abilities as a lawyer to bad use. use.Mr. . Brown Is a dissolute corporation cap per without a ( park of decency or honor. Mr. Caldwell was a frothy fraud without a single redeem Ing quality. For further par tlculars see oar explanation of charg * against judiciary committee. Mr. Crauo took great pride In his auocla- lion with UIB boodle gang anil was at the leg Ulatura for rerunue oaly. Ifr. Fonton ( Uayed into to * bauds ot Uu railroads and jobbers whenever his vote was wanted. , Mr , Fuller was the most blatont blather- ikitn and fraud that over held a scat In the louse. He always fiimctt llko a madman and voted llko a rogue. ' Mr. Oarvoy was blackshocp from Omaha , and grossly misrepresented his constituents. Mr. Marshall unjvoil a traitor to every jiedgo he miutc before the election and from Beginning to end. trained with the monopo lists anil fraudsi si Mr. MuKonna-aold himself nml the people out for the scati to which ho was never elected. i < ) Mr. McCann Hood fn with the jobbers , toodtcrs and br.vis collared monopolists. Ho was reputed to bo on the make and his coin so fully Justified thu prevailing opinion. Mr. Newcomer was very bad when sober and much worse when In his normal condi tion. Ho would have made a mate for Sena tor Vandemark If ha had been In thu upper Imuso. Mr. Newton came In with fair professions which were tailed by his desertion of Van Wyck , and the record ho made after the san atoria ! contest. Mr. Nichol'never pretended to remember any of his pledges or obligations to his con stituents. Whtlo strictly temperate , ho was superlatively bad. fcMr. Peters was always In close communion and active sympathy with all the worst ele ments and while keeping UD a show of re spectability was at all times a ready tool of the corporate lobby. Mr. Puinborton Is a man very much after the style of Mr. Peters , excepting more so. Mr. Randall was a noisy hypocrite and impostor pester , always pretending to bo actuated by high moral ptinclplei and never failing to get down to the low. level ot the oil room disciples when It came to a square Issue be tween decency ami combined roguery. Mr. llussoll was traitorous Pharisee who played the SPV In the Van Wyck camp , and gave aid and comfort to the senator's onomles aud kept his record clear todccoive Ills'constituents. . This con fidence gamu ho kept up throughout the soss- ' Ion. Ills intimacy with boodtorj , jobbers and railroad cippurs was an open secret , while Ills collusion with the gambling con spirators was cunningly concaalod. Mr. Shamp was a sort of a joti'.ior ' with railroad attachments. Mr. Slater was the most audacious among the judiciary conspirator j. llo started out with the conspiracy on the senatorial Issue , and became bold enough toward ho last to solicit bribes. Ills career was thoroughly dlsioputablo. Mr. Tingle who conducted hlmsolf honor ably at the opening of the session , foil from grace soon after tlio senatorial contest and trained with the boodle gang. His rec ord toward the last was extremely dl.sre- patablo. Mr. Sullivan was a bright young man , but his conduct was that of a railroad at torney , and belonged to the gang who called at railroad headquarters for instiuctions nearly every day of the BPSblon. Wh'sound \ on some imma terial issues , ho refolded hlmselL with thn jobbers and claim-fraud supporters most of the time. ' " , Mr. Wllseywasa very fit colleague for Aicc , with a slight ; difference in favor of Ageo for reliability. Mr. Whltmorc's oiroor in the late bcsslon was noted for insincerity of purpose ana double dealing. Misconduct In thu sanatoria ! contest was simply Infamous , and his subse quent course was a'masterly ' effort of cauy- lu- water on botli ' .shoulders. Uniform Biiicvnlks for Omaha. One of thu most valuable recommen dations ombodied'in ' the report ot the late city engineer is that with regard to the construction of sidewalks. Everybody who desires to see Omaha a metropolitan city in fact , as well as in name , must concede that our streets must bo materi ally improved by uniform and substan tial sidewalks. At present Omaha can truthfully boast of being the most die- gimtly paved city in the west , but our wretched side'valks are an eyesore and a public nuisance. Ihero is scarcely a single block in the whole city that has sidewalks constructed to grade and of durable material. Under the present method each property owner builds just such a sidewalk as bulls him sometimes above aud sometimes below grade , and of such width as suits him. Wo c n point to blocks where property commands from $1,000 to $1,300 per front foot , whoso owners are too stingy to build a decent sidewalk , and in muny in stances have left ? patches of mud four feet wide between the curbstone and their buildings. This disgraceful state of affairs is largely duo to the negligence of the board of public works and the worthlessness of the street commissioner. These officers , even under the present system could have compelled the prop erty owners to comply with the side walk ordinances , which require uniform sidewalks of durable material on our paved streets. The most effective way of securing uni form sidewalks of materials authorized by ordinance , is suggested by the late en gineer , tiot the city contract for build ing and repairing all sidewalks , just as the paving , guttering and curbing of the streets. The board of public works should designate the various materials with which the sidewalks may bo built , advertise for proposals on each of those materials and let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder. Have the contractors lay the sidewalks under the direction of the city engineer and tax the cost against each lot abutting. Under this system sidewalks would all bo laid to grade , of material best adapted for each street , uniform in width and without jogs at each connecting sidewalk or crossing. Another advnntngtt * would bo that the non-rc3klent property owner or the man who is too stijjgy to build a decent sidewalk dwould d not have to bo coaxed to make a needed improve ment , which would'aflbrd convenience to the public and nvikc our sidewalks ns safe and cleanly as the center of the paved streets now | SD Wo hope Unit the present council will enact an ordinance that will ntt'ect tins' lunch-needed change in sidewalk construction. The now charter gives the cbupcil ample authority and it should bo cxjtrqised without delay. There has boon nJucI ) talk from time to time about building another story under the Douglas county court house , and there have been foolish schemes to build a tunnel from tbo street level to.tho base ment of the buildlnc , to accommodate people who get tired of climbing the stone stair way. All such projects seoni to us a waste of brain tissue and breath , The moat practical , as well as the least expensive project that suggests itself to any intelligent observer , would be the construction of east and weat wings to the main building , which would afford an entrance on the levels of Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets. Those wiugi would not in any way de tract from the architectural beaut ) and design of the prueat building , which would become the centre of the structure. Built from the same material and m the same style tlioy would glvo Uio court house a more Imposing appearance , and make it one of the handsomest publlo buildings in America. With elevators in each end , visitors or parties who had business In the building would bo ac commodated. The construction of tlieso wings would hardly post more than put- tmg another story under the present structure , which at best would bo extra hazardous. Being four stories in height , cnch wing would aflbrJ. moro olllco room than could possibly bo had in the proposed additional story under the building. It would not bo necessary to build and finish both these wings nt the satnu time , so that thu expense could bo carried over savcrul years. Wo make these suggestions , not with a view of having the building of these wings begun this year , but merely to show tbo folly of agitating the construc tion of another story under the court house or tunneling Into It. In n Nut Shell. Months ago wo urged upon our mer chants , manufacturers and real estate owners the imperative necessity of tak ing some action that would Imurqvo our tnifliu facilities with sections of the state that should bo tributary to Omaha , but from which we arc cut oft'by the rainbow railroad system. While thu situation is by no means as alarming as it is pictured the peculiar interpretation of the inter state commerce law by the railroads forces the issue and compels prompt and concerted action of the jobbing and manufacturing interests that center here. The most effective remedy at this junc ture must bo the pooling of freight ship ments upon such railroads us arc giving Omaha fair treatment. This , of course , is moro in the nature 'of a temporary expedient than a permanent solution of the problem with which Omaha is contending. Followed up by the proposed entrance of the Mil waukee road into Omaha , and its exten sion into the territory monopoli/.ed by the Burlington and Northwestern systems , Omaha would have permanent relief from discriminative tariffs and policies pre judicial to her interests. A LOCAL paper has just discovered that the Union Pacific railroad is discrimin ating agaiust Omaha. With a boast of unparalleled enterprise it is prepared to provo that the Union Pacific receives lumber billed from Chicago and carries it to interior Nebraska points at a less through rate than -is demanded from Chicago to Oruitha. The statement is also inudu that the Union Pacific is un- willmgly forced into such unfair treat ment of our jobbers. Such prattle par takes of the nature of ancient history , as President Charles Francis Adams would say. Read the Bun liles of ten years ago. ago.WE WE still hear about thu decline of this paper from readerloss sheets tliat have a frco-gift , buck-yard circulation , but iti forty-three (43) ( ) carries who deliver the BKI : in Omaha , continue loaded down with all they can carry , to paving sub- sciiberd , who take the paper on its merits unsolicited. EACH act of Lohengein is very long- so long in fact that largo numbers of men in the iuuhencc were overtaken with an unquenchable thirst. The saloon across the way did as largo a business as the National Opera company. Ilo.NK.9T mon should keep an eye on Paul Vandervoort until after tho'pri- manes , if they value elojm city govern ment. By the way , who employs Mr. Vanderbum now , aud what is his bus ! ness ? THE city council transacted a land oflico business on Tuesday night. It would have taken an average Nebraska legislature twenty days to do us much as they did in three hours. KINGS ANDQUtiENS. Queen Margaret of Italy drinks beer at breakfast. She ureters It to wine. Quueu Itunavalona HI. of Madagascar Is only twonty-livo years of a o and a sincere Christian , The heirtb King William III of Holland , Is the Princess \ \ ilholmlna , a child In her seventh year. Prince Montleart , who died recently , left the whole of his fortune , estimated at 3,500,000 , to the queen of Italy. The queen regent of Spain has given Cap tain Xeliitf of Staten Island , N. Y. , a big gold medal for saving some shipwrecked Spanish soldiers. Queen Elizabeth of llouraanla , has discov ered that she hasn.t a voice superior to Patti. A Bucharest professor told her the truth and disillusioned her. The queen of Sweden , who Is very seriously 111 , has lately undergone a painful surgical operation , all tbe absent members ofher family having been summoned to her bed- sldo. sldo.The The queen-regent of Spain sees her son.the baby king , only once a day , Itoyal etiquette must bo rather an Icy affair when it can so freeze maternal love that a mother will re main twenty-three hours without seeing her child. London Figaro : The queen , as J. men tioned a short time ace , was able to draw dui Ing l&SO only 50,000 for her private use from her duchy revenues , whereas the heir apparent has bad no less than GO,50i : Ss 3d placed to his bankers' account. King Christian IX. ot Denmark , famous forhaUng married off his children so well , Intends to be In London on the occasion of ( bo celebration of Queen Victoria's jubilee. He is the only sovereign llvinc who was present on the occasion of her majesty's accession In lt > 07. The princess of Wales and empress of Itussla are his daughters. The king and queen of Italy will open the national exhibition of line arts In Venice on April 25. Great preparations are being made to prepare tne royal palace for the probable visit of the empress of Austria. The num ber of artists exhibiting exceeds 1,700 , among them being many English painters residing In Italy. Prince Leopold , of Davarlt , second son ot the regent , was recently named commandant of the first corps ot the Bavarian army. The prince Is forty one years old and is tbe hus band of the Archduchess Olsale , eldest daughter of the emperor of Austria. The Emperor William by this appointment shows be Is not Inimical to any appointment that Is agreeable to his old friend , Prluco Lultpold. Powderly'a Position. New York Star. The most important and significant sen tence In Mr. Powderly's address of Sunday last was tbe lost one bd spoke : " 1 am In favor of building up instead ot tearing down things. " Thta Is the position he assumes as "captain of the Knights of Labor , " which 00 believes to bo "a position second to none on earth. " Ho regarded tlm occasion as au un usually Important one , and t > poku wry delib erately under an evident deep sense of the responsibility Implied In the direction of the great affairs by ono who does not forget that "wo are nil human ami all have our faults. " It Is evident that the conservatism , tact and firmness of Mr. Poudcrly's recent course have lesulted In mnkliiiihlm stronger In his control of tm | great army of knights than ho o\or was before. Tnlmnitc'fl Oritnlpn of the West. The Hcv. Dr. Talmage , Who has just re turned to lirooklyn from his western tour , said In a late sermon to Ills congregation : "I have ne\cr scon such signs ot life In busi ness 1 would call It a boom If I did not dis like the word. The men who took Horace Urevlcy's advlco were right. 1 would glvo thesamo advlco to-day ; nay , I would go iny- self If any necessity was laid upon mo , as I told some of the western people. " ' Honnllile Ktw OHtiinf'lniwie. | . The strenght of railroad bridges should bo tested at least once a week bv running over them a heavily-loaded freight train , carrying all the watered stock , the commissioners , construction contractors , presidents and olll- cers of the road. It the bridge goes down that settles it. IJIIndfoId. AiMrtw llfdlitiiohe. What do wo know of the world , as we grow so old and wise ? Do the years , that still thn heart-beats , quicken the drowsy eyes ? At twenty we thought wo knew It the world there , atom feet : Wo thought we had found Its bitter , wo know wo had found Its sweet. Now , at foitv- and fifty , what do wo maKO of the H nrld'.1 There In thu sand she crouches , the Sphinx with her gray wing * furled. .Soul ot a man I know not , who knoweth , can lortell. And what ran I read of fate , oven of self I have learned HO wulli' Heart ot u woman i know not ; how should I hope to know , I that am foiled by allowcr , or the stars of the silent .snow ; 1 that have never t'lics ed the mind of the blight-eyed bird , Whom oven the dull rocks cheat , and the whh ( wind's awful word ? Let me loosen the hllet of clay from the shut and darkened lid. For life Is a blindfold game , and the Voice from view is hid. 1 face him as best 1 can , still groping , hero aud there , For the hand that has touched mo llghtly.tho lips thgt have said , "Declare I" Well , 1 declare him my friend the friend of thu whole t.ad rac ; And oh I that thu game were over , and I might Mo ) his face I Hut 'tis too much , though I grope In blind ness , tun Voice that is hid from view May bo heard , mav be men loyed , In a dream that may come truo. BTATK AND TKItniTOUY. Nebraska 'Jottings. The Pierce Call is hushed. The Kansas City & Omaha road will reach Alma by the 1st of August. Two slices of the earth near Fremont were sold to a syndicate last Monday for $30.000. The Beatrice jail is emptv , the occu pants having moved out without inform ing the landlord. A prairie lire destroyed 15,000 ash trees on the farm of West & Schlotfcldt , Hull county , lust Friday. A genial and agile young horse thief died of an overdose of lend in Sherman county last Monday. Major Marshall and Colonel Kinkaid , recently appointed judges by Governor Thayer , are charged with being chronic bachelors. A white crane weighing fifteen pounds and measuring seven feet from tip to tip of vings , was captured by a hunter near Crcighton last week. Saturday's gale did considerable damage - ago in Grand' Island. Outbuildings , fences imd tender cupolas were tumbled and some glass broken. Sheriff Balden , , of Jefferson , chased a horse-thief into Kansas , a distance of 12 , ! miles , amlicorrolled the crook. The job was done in thirteen hours. Noligh's now cemetery is said to bo a daisy. This is cheering news , but is modified by the "fears that it will prove too small tor the growing demands of our thriving city. " A Blair carpenter name.d Jensen at- temntcd to square accounts with the world and ripsaw his interior with mor phine , but a stomach pumu quieted the commotion in his bay window and saved his life. QAn early settlement of the fisheries squabble is now assured and the COHII- try ean roll along in poacq for another season. The news of a militia company being organized nt Norfolk will set all anxious hearts at rest. The editor of the McUook Democrat bus been arrested for the grave urimo of treating a friend to wino. Served him right. Any man guilty of such a rash breach of professional etiquette deserves ninety days on prctzles and Missouri water. A hair-lifting plea goes up from Madi son against young ladies mutilating the "crown" by cutting their hair. Thu boys , however , unanimously agree that the fashion is a blessing , as their coat col lars will no longer boar evidence of pressing cng-igomeuts. A well-picked item is running loose in Albion , to the nttoci that a nugget of gold was fished out of a well there last wook. The owner of the surrounding earth is convinced of the riohuoss of the find , but is unable to develop it on ac count of the Blender condition of his purse. Ho is ready to sell cheap , how ever. IOWA' Itotn * . Creston is figuring out a now $40,000 hotel. A $0,000 Methodist church will bo erected ut Denisou this spring. A wngon aud plow factory plant la to bo moved from Buffalo to DCS Moincs. The civil service commission will sit in judgment at Davenport on the 10th iust. on nil applicants for government posi tions under the civil service rule. The Chicago , Burlington & Qiiincy road pays $183,103 it ) taxes to the stale treasury. It pays the largest ainouut of any of the railroads running through Iowa. Fishermen with seines and traps are pulling out fish by the thousand pounds , ' .wo and thrco times a day , in the lakes of Pottawattumio and Harrison counties , in direct violation of the laws. The Crcslon Water company , having a capital stock of 1 00,000 , hits filed articles of incorporation in the ollice of thu secre tary of state. The iunorporutors are John Gamble , O. Q. Hulnian , A. E. Keith and 11. Kingston Leonard. The ( Jriswold college , Grace cathedral , and the Episcopal dioouso of Iowa , were among the benelioluries of Catharine Lorilhird Wolfe , whoso death occurred in New York a week ago , and her father , who died a fuw years since , to the extent of $00,000 , at least. The Sioux Rupids Press reports a pe culiar elopement.Vm. . Hess , a simple blind boy , and a blind girl named Dm- cilia Congrovo , fell madly in love with each other , aud receiving HO mo objec tions from the boy'a parents , concluded to elope. Thn young man managed to get fifteen big round tin dollars , and then purchased tickets for Omaha , hav ing $ J left , ( t is a .sure coso of the blind leading the blind. Dakota. Rapid City is on the lookout for thu 11. & M , , The Northern Pacific is distributing eoveral carloads of seed wuuuj ; and otf r grain along its line to the poor farmers. Thirteen saloons have bo'en licensed iu Rapid City. A proposition if , forming at Sioux Fall * for the city to purchase Soupy Island and cultivate it as a park and fashionable summer resort. Secretary Emllcott has ordered the commandant at Fort Yates to issue sup plies of food nud clothing to seventy-six flood Biilferurs on the bottom lands , . "Died By His Own Hand , " says the headline of au account of the recent Mil- bank tragedy , when the fact Is the man took off his boot and pulled the trigger of the shotgun with his too. At the lute municipal elections in Da kota the following cities cast the follow " ing votes : Fargo , 1,078 } Sioux Falls , 1,100 : Vitnkton , 803 ; Aberdeen. 703 ; Hu ron , 703- , Bismarck , 550 ; Mitchell , 620. P. II. Trudoll , who was convicted of manslaughter In the first degree for kill ing Joseph Connolly , was sentonrod at Deadwood to twenty years In the peni tentiary. As Trudcll Is over forty yoara of ago , the sentence amounts to almost a life's imprisonment. VI "After Investigation. " VIT A * ir 1'orfc J/miM. Congress enacted that the inlor-stato commerce commissioners may "in special cases after investigation" authorize cor porations to disregard the fourth section of thu law the long and short haul clause. That is the law. Have thu commission ers obeyed the law ? They have issued a dccrou "authorizing existing rates to bo maintained for the time being 'until thu commission can make u complete ox- amlnation of the matters alleged. " ' Supposu a different case. Suppose A man set up a gambling shop , which is forbidden by law. Would the commis sioners , If they had jurisdiction , deeroo that he should go on dealing faro until they hud made : m Investigation into the circumstances ? Would they not shut up < -l5 his gambling shop at once , pending their investigation ? The Intur-.stato commerce law was IJjW . adopted by congress after full and care f ; ful dcbato by both houses. Its provi sions were intended by the law-making power to make chtuiqes which it was known would bo Inconvenient to "com mon carriers. " Congress Insisted on these inconvenient changes In the inter est of the pcoulo ; but it provided that if in any "special cnso" the change should prove to work injustice , in that case , ' 'af ter investigation1' that is to suy , after the commission had been satisfied by full inquiry that such injustice was worked in the "special caso" then , and not before , the commission should have authority to decree a suspousion of the clause of the law. Congress cleuriy intended that the law should bo obeyed until "after investiga tion" that is , until the inquiry Into Uio "special caso" is completed. That it is not complete , orovon begun , the com mission confesses , for it appoints certain dates in April and May when at certain places it will meet "for the consideration of the snbjoe.t matters of said petition. " The law may bo a good or a bad one ; It is the law , und we do not like to co the commissioners undertaking to violate it In their first ollichil act. The petitioning corporations ask to have the long and .short clause of the law suspended or nullified in their cn&es , on the plea of "Iho existence of water aud other competition. " Wu do not suppose the commissioners expect to remove - move this kind of competition. Or do they moan to dam up thu Ohio , Tennes see , Cumberland and Mississippi rivers , burn up the steamboats and fill up nny canals which may provo inconvenient to the petitioning corporations'1' ' It seems to us that the complaint of the roads is frivolous and that the commis sioners have violated thu law. The object ot eongrcbs vrno to force the railroads to conform themselves to a new system. Tim railroads complain to the commis sion that this would bo inconvenient , which every man who votud for the bill know beforehand. But on that shallow plon , and the other that , they are dis turbed by "water competition , " which congress perfectly well knew to bo the fact , the commission , not "after investi gation , " ns the law says , but before , au thorized a violation of the law. The great question to bo decided in this country in these days is whether the people ple or the gruat corporations are "on top. " By the intor-stato commerce law congress intended in certain matters to put the people "on top. " Hut if the laws of congress are to bo broken by the very men appointed to carry them into effect the corporations will bo moro "on top" than ever. ' GIVING AND TAKING A LIGHT. ii fk The Manner of Spanish , German , I2nR- lUli nnil American Huiokors. There is a certain variety in the man ner of giving and taking a light for a cigar that Is interesting to till smokers. The Italians and I'rench successfully copy the Spanish style , which is the most graceful anil elegant of all , the only pos sible objection to it being that it may sometimes carry politeness beyond a reasonable range , But , after all , it is simple and friendly enough. Thu Span iard bows and asks his neighbor for a light , The latter , roturnlg thu bow , immediately presents him with his cigar , holding out the lighted end at a slight anglo between the thumb and second linger. The ether takes the cigar , and , after procuring the needed lire from it , reverses it skilfully and returns it , thu ontlro operation being accompanied by another graceful bow , and each raises his hat an he turns to go away. The Spaniard always smokus through his noso. He considers it extravagant to waste any good smoke through his mouth , and inveterate smokers in all countries njrrco with him. Thu German is moro polite in asking for a light than ho Is In giving it. Even with the bojt intention in the lattur case his olforU have all the tippoarancu of re luctance. Sometimes , when hln cigar is smoked down nearly far enough , ho will throw it away Immediately after grant ing a roquust fur lire. This among the Latins in considered rude and boorish in the extreme , and is sometimes rug.irdod as positively insulting. Tljo avor.igo Englishman hesitates before - fore he gives a light , und finally acts as if ho had achieved a mighty feat m con - doscension. Instead of lifting his hat , his hand is moro likely to go into his pocket , and ho is apt to give u parting pull' with .an nir of indiirnutlon as ho atiilks away. Possibly this comes from the fact that ho novnr asks for -light hlmsolf , aud is always well armed with imilohus. The American , ot late , seems to bo SQiiiowlmt iiyersa to lettiug anyone tuUo u li ht from ills cigar , lie talced it for granted tlmt it must bo much butter than Ills neighbor's , and , not wishing to con- t\miiuito : It , he answers an appeal for flro with a mutch. Sometimes ho politely lights the match , and iu Hiioh cases ho presents it with an air good enough for any Spaniard. But this bomowhut now custom may poss.sibly bo of Irish parent- ugu. The Irish peasant always strikes a match for hl.s firoiess frionil or follow traveler , and even In a uulu of wind ho will hold a Imtlicd match in the hollow of hands and humorously issue orders for the capture of thu precious flamn. The giving or taking of n light for a cigar is a small affair , but little things often revealed a grout deal of the char acter , disposition and breeding of men. U should always be ollured cheerfully und taken politely. In tills country ft need nut bit done with that extreme po liteness and ulognncu which may ho said to bo the exclusive property of the Latin and which is piolmbly beyond the reach of colder ami moro hobfir races ; but it should bo HCcompanied by that good fel lowship which i * governed by common souse , the foundation ot all pollteuuk * !
