THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 18. 1887.-TWELVE PAGES , THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. OP suBScrurrio * : Duflr ( Mornlrtir Edition ) Including" aunilar . „ „ .Bir , One Year . $10 < M ybrBU Month * . BOO For Thron Month * . SIX ) The Omaha fisndny HKK , mailed to any addrftw , Ono Yoar. . 309 OMAHA omcit. wo. ni AMD in MIMA * Bruin- * w VOHK orncK. HOOM ! , ASHINUTO.V All oemmunlantiong relating to now * anJ edi torial matter should bo od'IruMMxl to the hoi- xou or TUB DEK. riUSirtMi.rrrifts AH butlnM * latter * Hnd remittance * ihould bn MdrMMd to TUB IIIK 1'UUI.ISIIIKO COMrA.NV , OMAHA. Irnfl8 , checks and postnfllco orders to bo made payable to the order of the company HE BEE NILISHIlTciPUT , P80PRIET08S , E. HOSEWATEIl , EDITOR. THE DAILY BKK. Bwwrn Stntomout of Circulation. Btato of Nebraska. I . County of Dotulas. J " * Oeo. B. Tzschncic , secretary of The Jlee Publishing couijianv , does solemnly swear that the actual circulation ot tlin Dally Bee for the week endlne Sept. 'J , 1887. was aa follows : Saturday. Sent. 3 . M.3M Sunday. Sept 4 . 14.200 Monday. Sept. 5 . 15.8M Tuesday. Sept. 0 . 14.300 Wednesday. Sept. 7 . M.aoo Thursday. Sept 8 . 14.oo : ; Friday , S ptl . . 14fl5 Averaee . 14. GKO. li. T7.SCHUCK. Sworn to and subscribed in ray oresenoo Ibis 10th day of September , A. I ) . 18ST. N. P. Fnir. , fSKAL.1 Notary Public. Btate of Nebraska , I . . Douelw County.M Ceo. B. Tzschuck , being first duly sworn , deposes and says that ho is secretary of The Bee Publishing company , that the nctuM venire dally circulation of the Dully Bee for the month of September , 1880 , 13.1WO copies ; for October. lb80. 12.989 copies ; for Novem ber. I860 , W.M copies ; for December. IbSf. 13.237 copies : for January 1887. 10,200 copies ; for February , 18H7 , 14,198 copies : for March. 1887 , 14.400 copies ; for April. 1837. H.HIO copies ; for May , 18S7 , 14,227 copies ; for June 1887 , 14.147 copies ; for July. 1887 , 14- 093 copies ; for August , 1887 , 14lil ! copies. OEO. B TZSCIIUCK. Bworn and subscribed in my presence thin r.fh dayot Sept. A. D. , 1887. f8EAL. | N. P. Fr.tu Notary Public. Contents of the Sunday Beo. Pngol. Now York Herald Cables-Specials to the liRR Conernl Telegraphic News. Pare 2. General Telerarbic News Local. Page 3. Special Advertisements. 4. Editorial- Political J'olnta-l'r Comments-Sunday Gossip State Press Jottings. Pngo 5. Lincoln Lettor-ln the AnteRoom - Room Church Notlc < "i Advertisements. Page a Council Bluffs Miscellany Ad vertisements. Paiio 7. Omaha Social Matters-General Dd Local Markets , Page 8. City News-Advertlscmnnts. PaaeO. Beauties of the City of Paris , by Franz Senel-Klsen from His Own Ashes , by Tbistle--Tbe Lovely Miss Window , by dara Belle Actors' Ages. Page 10. New Electrical Inrentlons-The Childhood of a Diva Serene Smiles of Autumn Homo Decoration Advertise- , Bents. Page 11. Incidents of Matrimony Impt- etIcs-Modes for Men-Bright Little People Found and Lost a Fortune-Educational Peppermint Drops-Tho First TIme-Thn World of Art SinKularltles Advertise ments. Page 13. First Ladles of the Lmnd-Honey for the Ladies-Old People Itallglous-- Musical and Dramatic Advertisements. "Mns PAKVKNUK STEVEN ! " is the way in which an eastern paper refers to the Newport hostess of the much-maligned Duke of Marlborotigh. And nil because the lailv's princely fortune omnnated from sour mush barrels and watered Whisky. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE people of Now York and other places whern it has been tried , arc getting tired of the Saturday half-holiday sham. There ia no uccd of It. Ono daj in seven ffor real has boon found surtioiont over since the dawn of history and will jao doubt continue to bo sufficient until the end of time. OH the authority of the Now York Times Houry Villard has become the owner of the Now York Evening Post. Mr. Villard is an old newspaper man and omethlng of n , railroad Napoleon of finance , but if ho thinks hu can success fully edit a newspaper and run a railroad at the same time , ho is mistaken. It is an open secret , however , that the 1'oat , ever since Carl Sohurz became its editor , liad n very warm attachmant for the Northern Pacific. GENEIIAL UUTLKU has suddenly become Tory tender. In regard to the report that he was to bo employed in the cases of the Chicago anarchists lie says that ho has not definitely decided to take any active step in their behalf , "but the pub lic may rust assured that I will never allow a man's life to bo sacrificed if I can see any ground on which he can pos sibly bo saYcd. " It was not always thus , as the spirit of the late gentleman who hauled down the American llae at New Orleans would testify It recalled to earth. 1 THE republican central committee of 'Antelope and Knox counties recently field a star chamber session and selected delegates to the state and judicial con vention * without consulting the wishes of the rank and file. The Plainview ( - ttlte says : "The only plausible reason wo can give for their action is that they belong to the strnlsrht-riiiK-spceklud-anti- Van Wyck faction. In another year they will probably select the delegates to the diflorcnt conventions and nominate their senators and representatives with out calling any convention. " THE usual insipid dullness character ized the spcecli of the queen at the pro rogation of parliament. It is of course understood that all of her majesty's ad dresses are prepared by the prime min ister , and that crediting her with them U a simple formality. Victoria could hardly be duller or loss interesting , how Tor , if she prepared her own speeches. The prorogation is until November 30 , and during Us continuance it is expected that the policy of the government re garding Ireland will bo pushed to the last extremity , lioyoud the Irish legisla tion the session of parliament just closed did little of importance. THE entertainment givnn President Cleveland by the Clover club of Phila delphia must have recalled to him the days , not very long ago , when ho was _ deemed a "jolly good fellow" in Duflnlo , and enjoyed convivial companionship as well as the next man. There is every reason to believe that the president's pouch on this occasion was felicitous , bo' causa ho lias abundant experience to draw upon for such a deliverance and undoubtedly felt qulto at homo in such ti company ot cheerful opirits. It ia easy to believe that Mr. Cleveland regards hl. < vUlt to the Clover club aa the most agree- ble experience b'e had ic Philadelphia , { evolutionary. For the first time in the history of tilts city and county a bold and brazen at tempt is made to override the will of the rank and file of the republican party as expressed through the usual channel , the primary election and delegate conven tion. Under the leadership of Its chair man , W. F. Uechcl , the republican central committee 1ms arrogated to it self the appointment of delegates to the state convention. This revolutionary nctlon will bo resented by reputable republicans of all factions. It ia an assumption of power which no commit tee hut the right to exercise , and on its face bears the stamp of conspiracy. The republicans of Douglas county never will consent that they shall be misrepresented in the state convention by row dies , bummers and political shy sters , who dare not submit their names nt a primary election. The com mittee which Mr. licchcl selected to make up the slate are for the most part of that disreputable class. Hut even if they were the most respectable of republicans the right of the committee to appoint delegates to the Plate convention must bo repudiated and contested at all hazard. And wo venture to admonish republican candidates who hope to bucketed this fall that unless this revolutionary action of the committee L promptly revoked , their chances of success will be seriously jeep ardized. Tbo Overcrowded School * . It seems that those whoso duty it is to make provision for the annual attend ance in the public schools have this year fallen a good deal short in their estimate of the accommodations that would be re quired. Provision was made for a mod erate increase , but the actual increase is largely In excess of svhat was expected , and additional applicants lor entrance to the schools present themselves dally. The result is that the board and the superin tendent find themselves in a perplexing position , and while they are planning to got out of it hundreds of children are losing their school ing. The ultimate solution of the difficulty for the present must bo found in renting buildings , where they can bo found in eligible locations , to ac commodate the overflow from the city's school houses. The experience is instructive and ad monitory. It suggests that Omaha's population is growing much faster than is generally supposed. An increase of two thousand children ia the public schools is a sigtiiticant fact which very Dointcdly illustrates the city's progress. The admonition the experiences conveys to the school authorities is that they should keep intelligently informed re garding the city's advance in population , and not bn satisfied with estimates based upon past experience , which must neces sarily be unsafe. There is no subject connected with municipal administration ; hat calls for closer and more careful and intelligent attention than that of provid ing for public education. Present errors may be pardonable , but similar mistakes in future will not bo. Omaha must meet every demand upon its public school system. The Catholic National UniTOi-Bitjr. The prelates who recently met in Bait ! more decided to locate the Catholic Na tional University at Washington. There was a strong movement to iix the site in some western city , but the majority ruled adversely. This was a mistake which will become more apparent hereafter The growth of thu republic is westward , and as the university will bo of more benefit to future generations than to the present it should have been located where it would have boon within equal roach of all. Omaha is very nearly ir the geographical center of.thu union , ant this city would no doubt hav < been tbo best location for th ( university that could have been selected There are , besides , more Catholics in the west than in the east , and had a western eite been selected the money required foi the institution could have been raised much more easily than can now bo done The amount required will bo about $3 , 000,000. Of this sum $700,000 has already been secured , including the $300,000 givoi by Miss Caldwell. This ludy is said u have been somewhat offended because Bishop Spalding , of Illinois , was noi ruudo rector of the now university , am to have threatened to withdraw her gift But she could not take it batik if sin would now. Her endowment is in tin form ot a trust deed held by the trustees Besides , no slight was put upon Bisho [ Spalding. lie has been the prime movet in 'this matter , is very papula : among the Catholics , and couli have been the first rector had ho so de sired. He refused the honor. The rector ship was conferred upon Hev. Dr.Koano bishop of Richmond. Of the $300,000 given by Miss Caldwel $30,000 will be used for a site , $170,000 if to be expended on the main building am the Interest on the remaining | 100XX will bo used to maintain one or two pro fessors. The plans for the main buildiuj have boon selected and work will b begun next spring. A letter from Pone Leo XIII approving the founding of the university was roai at the meeting of the bishops. In this hi says that the university must remaii under the authority and prc tcction of American bishops. They arc to regulate the course of study , makt rules of discipline and select the prof cs sors. With the largo endowment of thl institution , the generous support it wil receive from the Catholics of this coun try , and the great efforts that will bo pul forth in its behalf by the church , thor can bo no doubt it will become one of th foremost seats ot learning ia the world Royal Interest In American * . The anxiety recently manifested by th Prince of Wales to associate with di.stln guished Americans , and to acquit authentic information regarding thl country and its affairs , is commuudablc It Is not certain that the prince will eve be the sovereign of the British nation though of course tbo probabilities are ii his favor. But hu is no longer a younj man , and from now on the dissipation of youth and his earlier manhood may b expected to tell upon him withincreasln , force. His expectation of life cannot b regarded as very much greater than tha of the queen , who is still in robust an vigorous health , and whoso pa : life has boon such as to exa < % no penalties of the present. , Howovoi having in view the probability of his b < coming a king , it is well that 'ho shoul improve every opportunity to learn al ho can respecting America , whoso e : paading influence in , the 'world must b apparent to him , carrying with it the as surance that this country must in time become the most powerful force among the nations in moulding the political , moral and social conditions of mankind. A possible king cannot atVord to bo only partially acquainted with this country , and being a man of fair intelligence the Prince of Wales must know that accurate information cannot bo obtained from English sources. The prince has been peculiarly fa vored in his investigations by ho presence In Europe this year f distinguished Americans. Ho np- uears from all accounts to have esteemed t an especial great privilege to meet Mr. Ulaino , which hu has been enabled to do t least twice , notwithstanding that gen- .leman's manifestation of complete In- itiflurence to the roval attention pressed upon him. It is quite the unusual thing or royalty to seek association with the representative of a republic , but it is un derstood that this is what was done by he heir to thu British throne with respect o Mr. Hlalnc , and it is understood also hat the latter responded in his own time and way , iufercntially to impress upon he prince the equality of man agreeably o the American idea. Whether or no such a lesson in the fundamental prin ciple of republicanism was in- ended , there is reason to believe that the cfl'ect upon royalty was salutary , for the prince has since been freely hob nobbing with distinguished Americans , who have found him a most affable , agreeable and jolly sort of n follow. Among those favored with the royal con sideration is Mr. Chauncey M. Depew , who scums to have been recommended o attention by Mr. liluinu as a "typical American , " n distinction which the statesman disclaimed and the railroad president did not fully accept. How ever , the latter regaled the prince in his niaiilablc way , and the dispatches re port that their dinner , which was entirely to themselves , wiis very greatly enjoyed by his royal highness. With such sources of information the prince ought to have ob tained a pretty good idea of America , and it was certainly his own fault if he didn't. His to bo regretted , however , that he did not meet otio other American whom he would have found not less typical and instructive than those ho did meet Mr. Mtirat Halstcad. As the representative of the greatest power in American affairs , it was a mistake to overlook the editor. It is not doubted that the prince has been largely the gainer by his association with representa tive citizens of this republic , the good effects of which ui ay perhaps become ap parent some time iu the future. There U Safety In Canada. The opinion of the secretary of state on the request for the extradition oi McUangle , Hie Chicago fugitive in Can ada , removes all doubt as to the safety oi that individual iu the Dominion from any authority in this country. The ground that his escape was concocted by foreigners and carriud out by them by moans of a foreign vessel the secretary shows to bo insullicient. The chief ol the alleged agents in effecting the escauo , although n British subject , had been for a long time within the exclusive jurisdic tion of the United States , answerable generally to Its laws , and the British gov ernment was in nowise responsible for his alleged criminal conduct. Nor doca the fact that the vessel on which Mc- Uariglc escaped was of British ownership afford a ground for demanding his sur render. The point is made that a ma jority of the fugitive criminals from this country have escaped on foreign- owned vessels , but this has never been made a ground for asking extradition , and the secretary goes so far us to say that were a criminal to make his escape on a foreign man-of-war it could not bo regarded as a valid ground for claiming n surrender. This government has itself EC ) the precedent in support of this view. Regarding the suggestion that a re quest might bo made for surrender on the ground of comity , the secretary says It would bo contrary to the practice of the government and is not to be entertained because this government could not reciprocate. A few such re quests wore made before extradition treaties wore entered into , but as long ago as 1815 it became the declarml policy of the government not to ask another government as an act of comity to de liver up a fugitive from justice , and it has repeatedly refused during the last thirty years to make such a request. A voluntary offer of surrender , as in the case of Tweed , would of course bo ac cepted , but with the distinct understand ing that it should involve no claim upon the United States beyond the require ments of the treaty extradition. This opinion convoys official assur ance to all criminals whoso crimes arc not in the limited list of extraditable offenses tljat they are perfectly secure in Canada , under whatever circumstances they may got there , against the author itics of the United States. It also vcrj strongly emphasizes the necessity for i revision and enlargement ot our extradi tion arrangement with Great Britain se far at least as it relates to Canada. The failure of the senate to act in this maltoi has resulted , as it was expected to do , it a considerable increase of the nnoxtr.i ditablo crimes and a large growth of tin American colony in the Dominion. It i1 not to bn supposed that the interests o : justice in this particular will continue tc be ignored , thereby inviting crime , ant it ia to bo hoped the senate at its nox session will not neglect this very 1m port ant subject. Spelling Keformors. This paper has received a copy of the official organ of the Spelling Reform as < sooiation. Its object is to reform the present rules governing correct spelling That there is greater ncod of reform in incorrect spelling goes without saying The only question is , how the reform can bo brought about and made effective. I is a hard matter to root out ignorance anco ot "English as she is spoke,1 and more difficult to do away will Inexcusable carelessness on thn par of people who profess to bo educated Wo know at least one teacher in th < Omaha high school who misspells com monplace words habitually.Some of tin most eminent ministers of the gospel whi bold college diplomas seldom write ai ordinary letter without making blunder in spelling , and many prominent doctor and lawyers are constantly guilty of pen nlng good English In bad orthography To reform these professionals would bo : task , but when the school master himscl neglects thu rules of correct spelling , th proposed reform would bailie the rues ardent disci plu of writing by sound- i'ehsonnl ami t'olltlcnl. For the past ten'ToafrsIt lias boon the habit of disreputable ) factional leaders and solf-constitutu I pirty oracloi nt the outlet of every caiup jgn to make furi ous personal attacks upon mo whllo tryIng - Ing to cover their own'schemes to control conventions. Thcio periodical outbursts of factional malignity are nearly always coupled with the tigma that I nil ) not only a traitor to republicanism but have also bctruycd political friends and associates whon'cVcr they have failed to respond to my vena 1 demands or refused to obey my political mandate. 4 Just now wo ure'on the eve of another campaign , anil the infamous personal warfare which has been waged so often against me , is again renewed. This time ho assailants are n brace of adventurers who came here scarcely a year ago with thu stain of corruption in oQlco attached to tlioir garments. Inspired by certain malodorous candidates , thuy take up the old cry of the rnllroad faction which usud the machinery of the party in this state to keep the corporate fetters rlvctod se curely around the necks of the masses. Because 1 have scon lit to warn ropub- iciius of Douglas county against nomi nating disreputable or notoriously unfit men for county ollicci I am branded as a traitor to the republican party , and a political Jonah. Thu republicans of this county are told that "no greater favor could bo done the party than for that puffed up little ; viper to oppose it. His inlluenco is of a negative quality. It. de stroys whatever it attempts to help. * * Mr. Rosewater can't 'bolt' the republi can party. Ho is not a republican , and is not to recognized. Neither is ho a democrat. Ho is a hermaphrodite , a what-is-it , a political upas tree. He may oppose republican candidates , but ho cannot hurt them. Hu is a viper whoso fangs have been drawn and whoso hiss is no longer terrifying. " This is by no means the first tinio that such vile abuse and insolent talk has ap peared in the Jlcjtulfliettn with regard to myself. The proprietors of that paper , past as well as present , have always assumed that they were the sole keepers of the republican conscience. For years they have subsisted on railroad job work and eked out a miserable ! existence ! by contributions from candidates and office holders for lack of'logltimato patronage. The rank and file of republicans have as little ceuih'dencb in the sincerity of its utterances as the public in general have in the integrity of its owners. Right here nl its own home , which should bo its stronghold , two-thirds of thu republicans persistently decline ) toread the sheet. I should not stoop to notice the con temptible personalities of the venal rowdies who have ) revamped the musty slanders of the old' ; railroad gang "and their henchmenwori ; ) it not for the fact that moroi than half of the population of Omaha and Nebraska are comparative new comers , who know nothing about tho"ordcal through which the republican partyn , } this state has passed during thcjstrtigglo with the confederated - federated forces marshalled by the rail roads in combination with public thiuvet and plunderers. ' In this struggle.Ir. have berne the brunt of battle and uphold the flag ol true republicanism' which was trailed iu the diibt by the camp-followers and spoilsmen who are repubh < can ? for revenue only and simply use the cloak of republicanism as a cover for their infamous conspiracies to degrade thu republican party to t more surf of grasping monopolies. ' Does this constitute treason to the ropub' lican party ? When a mere boy , in 1850 , I marched with the pioneers of the west crn reserve under the banner of "Free Speech , Frco Soil , Freeman and Free- mont. " In 1858 , while stationed at Oborlin , Ohio , 1 carried letters from tlioir lamllies ; to John M. Langston , Profes sors Fuirchild and Peck to the Cleveland jail , where they were then incarcerated for assisting a fugitive slave in regaining his freedom. In 1859 , while at Murfrces- bore , Tenn. , I was violently assaulted by a southern fire-eater for expressing free- soil sentiments , and the court justiiled the assault by dismissing the complaint , I was a union man in north Alabnmc during the exciting period of the cam paign that gave the republican party iu first president , and with other union men went through the tiory orelcul of facing secession iu its citiulel. It took nerve and moral courage to stand by the ling in that section in those stormy days. But 1 am taunted now about my republicanism When Tennessee seceded I cast mj maiden vote against secession. When the union troops nndo their entrance into the Tennessee capital ,1 volunteerei my services personally to Thomas A Scott , assistant secretary of war , and bj his direction put up the first tolegrapl line across the Cumberland for the unlor army before thu arrival of the military telegraph corps , for which service I neyei asked nor received pay. Within thirty days from that time I en listen ! m the United Status military telegraph corps and made twc campaigns in Virginia. Independ ent of other chances of war , incurred the risk of capture by the rebels els , which .vould have boon followed bj capital punishment , because I had been : citizen of Alabama and Tennessee. Bu I am disloyal now and nct u good cnougl republican for men whofc rcpublicanisu always has been for revenue only. My father voted for Abraham Lincoln my six brothers are nil republicans , and 1 have voted for ever republican presl' dcntial candidate lrbmtjirant ( down te Ulaino. > e During nearly tweihy-'four yeara ' resi dence in Omaha I ha.Vo Always boon ar active republican. Although my b u&incs as telegraph manager was entirely out side of politics , 1 was ? a delegate in half t dozen city and counrj conventions dur ing territorial days , ohd.yvorki-d hard in each campaign withqut nope of favor , of fiuo or rnwftrd. When Nebraska conferred the right o suffrage on thu negro , I was am eng tin handful of republicans who voluntcoree to protect the colored voters against i mob that surrounded the polls urn threatened their lives. But I an not a good enough rcpubli can for the milk-sops who were in thu ! swadillinz clothes nt that time. Since I became thu founder of the liii ; : every republican victory in this city am county was largely duo to my efforts , no only through the paper , but by Urdus personal exertion m the field. When so mo ot the stalwart republican Ieailer of to-day wcru hand In hand wltl the enemy durlug the critical period o reconstruction , my republicanism went unchallenged. When the republicans had i bare majority in the state , my party oyalty was not called in question. 1 was or years member of the state central committee in those days. But when the tarty boasted 95,000 majority , which 1 Udud to build up , rocreaut leaders do- ituitly tramped under foot the cardinal principles for which its founders fought. High places of preferment wore within roach only of corporate lackeys and notorious rogues who made merchandise of themselves in conventions. Such spurious republicanism I have re pudiated , and tons of thousands of good republicans have stood with mo. And now a word about the betrayal of personal and political friends. Whom tavo I ever sold out ? Who has over been lesurtcd by mo in the midst of political jattleV From Thayur down to Van Wyck no man who has merited public confidence has found mo wavering. What is more , no candidate or office- tioldor over paid mo a dime for my politi cal help. Men have been raised front rank pdvcrty to auluonco by my labor , but uono have ever boon called on to repay the service. I have been instrumental in the election of thruu senators , but I defy any man to the proof that they wure made to contribute money or patronage cither to myself or the BKE. On the contrary , I have expended thousands of dollars in fighting the battles of party luadors and of the party , for which out lay 1 have never been recompensed. Those who charge me with the betrayal of any trust or any friend , either before or since I have become an editor , are guilty of uttering the most biusolcss of slanders. K. ROSKWATKU. POINTS. Bob Lincoln supported Grant for a third tcim , and owns u SW modal. Acoloied waiter Isouo of the candidates for the legislature of the labor party In Cin cinnati. " In Iowa , Wisconsin and Minnesota both political parties are looking for relief from the hlgh-tarlll' burden. Congressman Leopold Morse , a stralgutout democrat , Is the probable candidate for gov ernor of Massachusetts. lienry "Wilson used to say U was a bad thin * fora party to be aeiccesful the year Congressman Perry Uelmont Is said to bo Secretary Bayard's choice for successor to Assistant Secretary of State Porter. The president wants the renomlnntlon ; but he thinks it interesting to pose as a political martyr In having it forced upon him. Prohibition leaders In Massachusetts are hot rivals for the nomination fur govcrnoi though they claim only 15,000 votes in the state. Andrew D. While thinks lasting fame nwait the man who can induce the republi can party to take up civil service reform in earnest There is no occasion for an American party , or a labor party or a temperance party. All these Interests are best served in the re publican party. The State is wrong to call Mahone the "Virginia outcast. " lie Is the Virginia broadcast , for he sows the wind and reaps the whirlwind. Pennsylvania has a commission at work framing a'revlslon of the revenue law. ll l.s orobable the report will recommend a material Increase In the tax on corporations. Senator Voorhees.who is now In Colorado , expressed the opinion to a Denver reporter tlint Ulalne can have the republican presi dential nomination for the asking , In the event of lilalne's declination to stand , the senator thinks Sherman will probably bo the candidate. The Indorsement of the interstate com merce bill by the Iowa republican platform is the tirst approval of that charncter which the measure has received since It went into operation. Public sentiment In Iowa la favorable to the law and Is becoming more so all the time. Senator Ingalls says the republicans of the west have abandoned all sentimental ties and are going to mnkc a nomination to win. lie considers that lirvn a big tight ahead and must have a candidate to harmonize the paity if Hies can liucl Mm. The Toledo Blade publishes among the reasons given by "twenty prominent citi zens" of Hutchlnson , Kan. , why they wish Robert Lincoln to bo the presidential nom inee of the republicans next year , the facti that "ho Is not a chronic cilice-seeker , " and "believes In civil service reform. " Congiessman Kelley , talking as to the proper policy of the republican party In nominating its next candidate for the presi dency , expresses the opinion that It would be best to nominate an "obscure" man , and immediately asked , "Why not go out to Iowa and take Senator Allison ? " Senator Charles B. Farweil , of Chicago , says that JudKO Giesliam , Is his lirst choice for the presidency. General Sherman second and John Sherman third. In regard to the recent mention of bis own name , he said II would bo time enough to say what hu would do when ho was endorsed by the convention , The bitterness of Democratic factiona feellnc In Loulslanna Is shown by the fac that the courts there have enjoined the As cfnslon Democrat from supporting Genera Michulls ns a candidate for governor aualns : the present incumbent , McEncry , on the ground that the charter of the paper provide : that It shall bo democratic , whllo Nlcholls I : not a democrat. Iu Trenton , N. J. , where 31r. Abram How Ufa business Interests are , it Is under stood generally that he will enter the Jlsti determinedly as a presidential c.indidati next year. Hewitt gave 525,000 to help clec Cleveland , but he Is down on him now be cause that order requiring the removal o : wire fences in the west was the cause oft loss of 5500,000 to his business , it Is said. Mr Hewitt may make the nomination , but ho ii not popular with his own party. Only a Celestial Tramp. The comet now curvetlnir around Is not i now one , but an old tramp who was side tracked In 131.1 , Discouraging Anti-Poverty People Oilcago Jnter-fktnn , i'oii can never "anti-povertv" by a string of resolution ? , or by lyin ? around the cornei grocery , or by throwing dice for the drinks Another 2vll "f Donnelley' * Cipher lien Duller Is a convert to the theory tha Dacon wrote Shakspenro's plays. Itvouk be just like the old fellow to run for cov- ernur of .Massachusetts on that Usue , out o e idte. Tnxes and Good Cltlzunshlp. ciitcaa ffeux. Every man who pays his taxes Is not t good citizen unless hu obeys the law. ISui every man that dodees his taxes is a bai citizen , that's certain. New 1'lmse in Diiollnc * London , Slandaitl. The combatants were two waiters.Vlill loading Uie weapons , OIHI ot the seconds con trlved to blow olt his own .I'ln orn , and V lodifo a bullet in. the other seconds body The principals thereupon shook hands , de- dared honor satisfied , and convoyed thulr wounded friends to the hospital , Nature's Ilencflcenoe. Xtu > 1'orfc OravMc , A recent phrenological authority has dls- ovcrod that Chicago heads are getting larger. Nature left to Itself . will always irinff about an equilibrium butwoon the ex tremes sooner or later. Asking a Iillllo too Much. The Louisville Courier-Journal published the ten commAtidiiumU the other dav and the Oil Cltv Ullmrd published thu constitution of the United States. If this thine keeps on perhaps some of the republican organs may Imve Urn enterprise to print the tarllf pl nk of the Chicago democratic platform. Thn Corn-Uob 1'lpo Crop Is Uood , LoultvtUc Courfcc-JouriKit. All this wailing about the undeveloped corn In certain sections Is useless and wicked. 1'he cobs are all there , and can ho made Into as good pi pcs as those made from former crops. One might suppose from the lamen tations that corn Is the only product from Which whisky can bo made. Omaha an a Pnuklnc Center. A'e.imeiCoiinly Dtmoeiwt. And now comes the Chicago Tribune and claims that the railroads areglvlng ten cents perluiudted advantaeo to buyers of hogs In the Omaha market to eastern points than Is idven to Chicago buyers In the Omaha mar kets , and says the dre sed hogs market In Chicago la being Injured by the ulscrimltm- tlon against Chicago , and that the charges are morn for the long haul than for the short haul. Wo take It that this Is why the great pork packers like Armour and others nro put ting In hog packing plants at Omaha and other western points , and using the Ian guave of politics , n little out of I ho usual way , we point with pride to the Intcr-stnto law ns 'ho possible reason for this very pleas ant feature ot the present situation. The Now "llntl Columbia. " Oliver Wendell Holme * . I Sung In Independoncu Mjunie , Phlladcl- dclphia , 3aluiday , September 17. 'Look our ransomed shores around , IVaco and safetyvo have found I Welcome friends , who once were foes I Welcome Irlcndslio once wont foes I To nil the conquering years have gained A nation's right , a race unchained I Children of the dav new born , Mindful ot Its glorious morn , Let the pledge our father's signed Heart to heart forever bind I While the stars of heaven burn , Whllo the e > cenn tides returns , Ever may the circling sun , find the many still nru one. (1 raven neep with edge of steel , Crowned with Victory's crimson seal. All the world their names shall mad t All the world their names shall read ! Enrolled with his hosts that led. Whoso blood for usfor all was shed , Pay our sires their children's debt , Love and honor nor forget Only union's golden key Guards the ark of liberty I Whllo the stars of heaven shall burn , Whllo the ocean tides return , Ever may the circling sun Find the many still are one I Hall , Columbia , strong and free , Firm enthroned from sea to sea , Thy march triumphant still pursue 1 Thy march triumphant still pursue ! With peaceful stride trom zone to zone , And make the western land thy own I lilest Is the union's holy tics , J-et our graceful song arise Every voice Its tribute lend- In thu levin * chorus blend I While the stais In heaven shall burn. While the ocean tides return , Ever shall the circling sun Find the many still are ono. SUNDAY GOSSIP , Mn. J. F. nu.ET , a writer employed by the BKE , was somewhat surprised the other day while rending Uen : Perley Pooro's Kemlnls- ccnces upon finding page after page that he himself had written four or five ycaisago. Mr. lllley was a contributor of special arti cles to the Washington papers , and it ap pears that Major Pooro must have carefully filed these articles away for future use In his "Hemlnlscences. " That they have been used , word for word and without any credit being given to Mr. lllley , Is proven by Mr. Hlloy's scrap book which contains the identical ar ticles as far back as lt 3. IT Is safe to say that the state fair man agement cleared over $10,000 out of the exhi bition of Jay-Eye-See. The managers of the Omaha fair could have done the same thing , but they were so short-sighted as to refuse the offer of J. I. Cabo to exhibit the famous trotter for 91,000. " 1 PASSED through Wahoo the other day , and It recalled my lirst newspaper experi ence , " said Ariel N. Barney , the corpulent manager of Thomas W. Keone. "I went to Wnhoo In 1874 , when 1 was about sixteen years old , to work in a drug store. The town was a mere hamlet , and was without a rail road' The drug store was next door to thn Nebraska Itovellle , a republican weekly newspaper published by n man named Mc- Laughlln. I had very iittle to do In the drug store , and so I put in most of my time in the printing olllco and soon learned to set type. In a few months I not only bet all the typo on the paper , which was a patent Inside sheet , but 1 did all the editorial and local writing , and worked oft the entire edition of TOO papers on the Washington hand press , my only assistant being a roller boy. 1 did all this work for amusement I got no pay forit , and McLaughllu who was lazy and drunk most of the time permitted me to have my own way. Occasionally ho found fault with some of my editorial utterances , but he couldn't afford to discharge me , ns I was the cheapest help ho could get and ho didn't want to do any work at all. * * * "One day some democratic politicians made me bellovo It was advisable to cliangu the politics of the paper. Accordingly , the next week , at one fell swoop as It wore , I changed the Hovclllo from a republican to a democratic paper. I apologized to the public for Uie past political course of thn Huvellle , and promised that atonement should bo rondo In the future course of the paper ns a staunch democratic standard-bearer. This radical change created n decided sensation , Imme diately after the publication of tha paper Me- Laughlln came tumbling down stairs , half- dressed , and holding a copy In his hand. lie was trembling with rage , aud denounced mo most bitterly. I of course teltvcry sorry for what 1 had done. The fact Is that I was so young that 1 did not know better , and was easily led astray by the democratic politicians who took advantazc of my youth. To make a long story short , the flop In politics ruined the Kovellle , and McLauEhlln soon wont 10 Montana , where hu died n few years afterwards. Whether he died from grief or drink 1 have never bi-eu able to learn. * * * "Had It not been for my size , " continued liarncy , "I would have been kicked out of town many a tlmn for thu roastlngs 1 cave different men. Jiut I was so thin and slcldy looking that no one would pitch onto inc. My size protected mo then , as It does now. I wtilghrd 115 pounds then , and now 1 tip the scales nt l'J.5. ' This Increase has taken place within two yean. What brought It nbout ? Well , 1 nsciibo It solely to ttiu pro scription of a Nev York physician , wlto told me to drink an abumlnnco of milk and rum. I have etono It , nnd you sen the result , In the > leading bar-rooms of Now York , Chicago anil bt. Louis yon will see the sign 'Hartley's Milk and Kum will make you fcrnw healthy. , strong 'and fat , ' Just you try H. " HTATI2 Fltl'JSH JOTTINGS. The democrats of Uawson county will meet at Plum Crock , October S. The endorsement of Judge Uroady by the Knlxhu of Labor enlarges General Colby'i scat on the mourner's bond ) . The Norfolk News fears that "with four political parties to be satisfied there will not bo olllces enough In this county to go 'loiind this fall. " The Fremont Trlbuno Is convinced that O. II. Itotharker nnd John A. MacMurphy "would make an elegant pair to run a saloon organ" In Omaha. The Scliuylcr Sun declares that the demo cratic party In Colfax county lacks a suf ficiency of brains to suitably llll the office ot county superintendent. The democratic committee of the L'Irst ju dicial district has submitted to the republi cans a proposition to nominate a non-parti- sail ticket for the bench. The Clay county republican convention will meet at Clay Cuntor on the 24th. The republicans of SaundoM county meet at Wahoo on thn same day , The York Republican announces : " \Y leave out a half rolutu * by the W. C. T. U this week because it abuses the republican party In a way that we cannot stand. " The Times congratulates Nebraska City on the fact that her boom "keeps coming to tha front , grander In proportions and realistic beauty than In the gentle sprint ; days. It Is not u stampede , but staid nnd substantial. " In the opinion of thu Norfolk News "the railroads of Nebraska have joined hands In fifthtlng the railway commission In Its at tempt to secure lower nnd uniform rates throughout the state. The people should join hands In biipport of the commission. " General Dllworth Is paring his corns to til the judicial slippers of Judge Cnslin. lint the hitter stands In high favor with the op ponents ot criminals , nnd the opposition to his unanimous election Is said to come from lawyers with crooked clients. "Lincoln will soon have the reputation In the divorce line * , " says the Nebraska City Times , "that once was the glory of Utah , Tlieio nro nearly loity cases pending In tin court to bo tried at thu coming session , and how ninny more will bo commenced bufon then U a conundrum not easily solved. " That ancient and honorable organ ot de mo- cracy. the Nebraska City News , gives nwnj the following federal tip : Socially , otll- dally , tlnnnclally , commercially , nnd iu nil the rninlocations of government , the preaonl democratic administration Is an umiualiliod and eminent success. The people know It , nnd democracy has , deservedly , the credit lor it. " The Fremont Herald prophecies that the season Is approaching for tha candidate to attend church regularly. Yes ; ho will march up the main Isle robed In n uicck mid "holy as tliou" expression , take a front pow , and load In song and prayer while ho counts the voters In an undertone. Ho Is a bird of prey tor the season. The Fremont Herald has heard with Joy the annoncumctit that Colby Is iigaln on tha run against Judge Hroady , and declares that he will "havo the satisfaction ot being again beaten by about 0,000 majority In a republi can district. He Is no more lit for the bench than Church Howe and neither of 'em has brains enough. " The "beardless cubs" who have been BO lavishly slandered by John M. Thurston suc ceed In keeping his name before the public In tender paragraphs. Hero Is ono from the South Sioux City Sun : "The Ponca fair passed off tills week with gaibane and uusto. The largest pumpkin head on the grounds was John M. Thurston. It wore glasses. The FromontTribune says that Judges Post and Marshall , of the Fourth district , are without competitors for re-election. "Sllunco gives consent and accordingly , without bick ering nor strife nor unseemly scramble these two high-bred gentlemen will stay where they nre and continue to exercise tholr judi cial functions. " The Republican Valley Echo wanis-.thet bosses against springing the Van Wyck Issuu In county politics. "We predict that It such a move Is made thte fall that the parties that further this scheme will all bo defeated. What wo want this full Is good , square-toed republicans , wholly cabable to attend to tha office , no matter whether they ire Van Wyck or antl. " The Beatrice Republican does not rush wildly to the support of Colby's judicial aspirations , having cUeortully helped to lay him out four years ago , and warns him that 'it Is the heltflit of folly to rush recklessly and obstinately into another defeat Tha republican pirty cannot afford It , General Colby cannot afford it. " "Wo observe , " says the Lincoln Democrat , "that Major John C. Watson is monkeying with thecongresslonal buzz saw whllo it Is In repose. Wo commend the major's Hubllme prudencr , and venture most confidently thn prediction that when It begins to move itself ariitht , ho will be found at n safe distance. If ho doesn't the biggest funeral even seen in Nebraska calmly awaits him down thu road. " The South Sioux City Sun smites the oppo nents of the governor thus : "Slanderevl nnd maligned by defeated politician * , Governor Thayer stands nearer iho hearts of Nebiasku republicans than any other man within tha state boundaries. And Ills second term will be n wonderful surprise to roustabouts who now oppose. Thu peopln nru only awaiting opportunity to offer thulr rebuke to thu slan derers by a handsome endorsement. " The Lincoln Democrat , nn expert in such matters , deliberately declares that "as blun derers the democratic party usually wears the Ixilt It has adopted moro hermaphrodite platforms than any other party In the world. It has just peiputrated a plank on the tariff In Pennsylvania that may bu and was possi bly Intended to bo read both ways. That was a blunder that was partially utoued for by the nomination of an Irreproachable tlckot. " The Wymoro Keportor comes bravely to the support of the republican county ticket In thin wise : "A delegate from one of the rural districts icinarltcd that 'Cod hath given power to thu intellectual rulers of the state of HeatiIce to make nil harmonious , unanimous and lovely without us. ' It the county delegations will allow the town dele gations to IIx up a ticket , nnd thuy are fools enough to come In and ratify it , they ought to take tholr medicine without a murmur. " The Fremont Herald hears that "J. O. Watson , member of tliu legislature from Otiie. colonel in tliu homo guards and nx- innrrlod man , Is a candidate for congress iu the First dlscrlct , and say.s that Van Wyck will go to the legislature trom Otoo , and thence back to thn.seiiatu. lletlilnUstlioro hni been a falling out brtweion Van Wyck and Hosuwatcr , and that the latter will Aiipnort Thayer as successor to MaiulBrnon. If Van Wyck will locate his summer residence up hero at Fre-mout , so that the South Pl.itto statesmen won't overbalance u . we will take his prospects Into consideration. " The Nebraska Cltj News U a warm admirer of Andruw Jackson Poppli-ton , nnd assault * the Lincoln Demount lor coaching him ns n railroad attorney. The News declaim that "as a democrat nnd iv man of towering auil- Ity Mr. Popi'lpton ' has fesw t-diinls nnel no &u- pcrlors In Nebraska. Ho could , us n candi date uf the democratic patty In this state , poll Its full strength. Hu has bmi a faithful attorney for the railroads , nnd one of powci nnd olliclency. In thu United states scuatu , Iu thu housei ot reprcsuntatlvu.4 , on thu u- prcmo court bfiucl.i , iu n tirst clahS foreign mission , anyuhuiu In an cxallul position fet publicMJrvIn- , J. Poppicton would U n faithful nud strong and \lgoious foe IU people. " '