OMAHA. DAILY BE 3 : SUNDAY , a JANUARY 1 , 1883. ! DAILY BEE. KVKIIY MOHNINO. TERMS OF 8UII8CHIPTION. J ) tly ( Morning KcllUon ) Incltultng BundA ? Rcr.One Vrar . . . . $10 00 TorRix MrmtliH . . . . . r > co Tor Thrro Months . . . 2 W 'TlieOmnlm Siindny HRI : , mailed to any ml * drrM , One Vcar . 200 OHAIIA Drricr , No.BH ANDl'in KAUNAMSTHRIST. New YOIIK Orricc. lloiiuUi. TKIHUMIC Duii.lc INCI. WAsmvnTOH Urno , No. 613 KOUH Trr.NTH HTIIKKT. _ COKUKSl'ONDKNCK. Alt rotnmunlcatlnnH relating news and tutorial mntter Mmuld bo addressed tu the KuiTonor THK HKK. IIUSINKSS MrrTKUSt All buftlncM * lc tterH nnd remlttancps should bo mddmtited tn TUB llrr. I'umasniMi COMPANY. OMAHA. Draft * , checks and postoiilce nnk-M to * e mada payatilu to the order of thu coinpnn } . % Bee Publishing Company , Proprietors , E. ROSEWATER , Eniton , THK DAILY 11EE. Sworn Blnlcincnt of Circulation. State of Nebraska , I . Countrof Douglas , f Oeo. II. 1 ZHclmck , secretary of Tlio Boo Pnl > . Ifahtng company , iloon Holrninly nwonr that tha ctlial clrcufntlon of thu Dally ( Ice for the week ending Dec. 31.I W. wan ng fonouK. * tiinlny Der. 17 1V' " " Sunday. Dec. 1H IS.IHI Monday. Dcc.lli IV-T5 Tuemlay. ec.3 > 14.1CJ Wednesday. Dec. 21 M.KVi Thursday. Der.W I4.KB Friday , Oac.iy .I4.WO Average 15.011 CiEO. n. TjtSCIttC * . Bnorntonnd subscribed In my presence this Clh day of December , A. U. ItM. ( HI5AI- . ) Notary'labile Btrtte of Nebraska , I Connty of DouRlns. [ " " Oio. I ) . TzscliueK , being firRtdlilynwoni.de- nofcB and nn8 that lie is M > crt tiir ) of The lien I'tibllBliInK company , that the actual average dally circulation of the Dully lleo for the month of December. 181-n , lfl.337 copltsj for .Inntinry , 1W7 , 16,2tifl copies ; for Fein runry. UK ? . 14,108 copies ; for Mnrcli , If * ? . 14.44) ) copies ; for April , 1FH7. 14nin < oppH | ; for-May , 1P 7,14.K27 coplcM ; for June , 1CCT. 14,147 copies ; for Julj , 18H7,14.0S1 copies ; for August. 1HK7,14- Ifil copies ; for 81 titcmVr , 1W > 7,14..MU copies ; for October , 1887 , 14.SB : for November , 1887,15,23) copleB' OKO. n.T7scnunc. Pworn to nnd subscribed In my prefccnio this Jd day of December , A. D , 1887. 1887.N. . p. rnir. ( BEAM Nolnu I'ubllc. THIS bo-,1 gift thivt 1888 can brlnp is si "Heart for uiiy Fate. " Tins progress of the Cherokee ? to ward civilization is not slow. They now claim "No Man's Land" with all the assuianco of a , Black Hills' claim- jumper. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A CITY that has constructed over 2,500 buildings tit a co-t of over $0,000,000 , within twelve months , and made public improvements during thesame -same- period which exceed $11,000,000 , enjoys a very healthy boom that is not likely to col lapse. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TllK year 1887 surpassed all previous ycats in the extent of railroad building. ' Nearly thirteen thousand milcfe of now main line track were conbtructed. In ' 1882 , a year of extraordinary railroad activity , about eleven thousand five hundred miles were built. = T J THK BEE presents its compliments of the new yean to its thousanitsof patrons through an illustrated review which graphically tolls the story of a year's growth of Omaha. It is a record of marvelous enterprise and unparalleled Hcliiovoiiiuiit to which not only Omaha , but Nebraska , may well point with pride. TllK fetnto railroad commissioners of Minnesota have ordered that after to day each upper berth in any sleeping car run or operated upon any railroad in that state shall be and remain closed , whenever the berth beneath the same shall be occupied by a passenger until i such upper berth shall bo needed for actual occupancy by some other passen ger requiring the samo. The propriety and justice of this order will bo hcai lily appreciated by the patrons of sle6ping cars , who will universally vote the Min nesota commissioners a level-headed tody. When the upper berth of a sleep ing car is not to bo occupied there is no good reason why it should not remain closed for the comfort and convenience of the pabsongor who has the lower berth. The rule should become general. TIIKIU : is to bo a very strong effort iniadc to induce congress at the present session to remove the tariff of 80 per cent on foreign works of art. The effort has boon made with great regularity every } oar , but the advocates of the ro- 'tnoval ' are more hopeful now of accom plishing something. The retention o this duty is a stigma on the country which no persons are nioro anxious to have removed than the American artist : abroad. One of those , Mr. R. H. Park the distinguished sculptor , is now ii Washington to advocate the re moval of the duty , and refer ring to the subject , ho bays "The art schools of Europe treat the American artists generously ; why shoul not our government i-eciprocatoV In every city in Italy , there is an art school supported by the government whore American students are taught by the ablest professors , free of cost ; the Italian ggvornmont pays for all. To this consideration add the other that the United States is the only chili/sod country In the world where a tax is placed upon the import of works of art. Art is an educator and should be free , This harsh treatment of the foreign artists who are so generous to us is some thing wo are not proud of. In the world of nrt it is a stigma upon our country and upon us ; it is a protection that wo don't want. To the last congress - gross there was presented a V ° titlon signed by every representative Ameri can artist whether sculptor or painter , whether located at homo or abroad , ask ing for the repeal of that tax which now operates against our foreign brothers. It is a hindrance to American culture , nnd the growth of a healthy esthetic tosto in the country , and if American art ists don't wantitsurely American buy ers don't , and I don't see any reason why the American people should.1 It uouhl com that the average congressman , though he know no more of art than a * * Sioux bravo , must bo impressed by this sort of argument , while to those mem bers who linve an intelligent conception of the educational inlluunco of ait it should bo Kulnclont to call their atten tion to this anomalous and humllating .position of the United States to induce "them to promptly give their inlluonco .and vote for the romcn al of this wholly .inexcusable . duty that scandulUes the oiatlon. In a Nutshell. Ormihu bus planted over 120,000,000 of brick fn stores , bank buildings , packing houics nnd residences during the year just cldKcd. The sales of Omaha's jobbing houses for twelve months foot up o\er $14,000- 000. 000.The The stock yards have handled 2 < V5,000 head of cattle and over 1,100,000 hogs. The smoltng workn , breweries , oil mills , distilleries , shot factory , lead wet ks , foundries and minor industrial concerns have turned out over $20,000,000 , of products. The packing houses have slaughtered over 0-5,000 head of cattle , 875,000 hogs and 60,000 sheep , which were converted into meat products , at a cost of over 1)13,000,000. The sales of Omaha wholesale grocers aggregate over $8,000,000 during the j car. One hundred and twenty-two passcn- gor trains now run in and out of Omaha every twenty-four hours. The national banks ot Omaha have over $12,000,000 on deposit , and the clearings of these banks last year were very nearly $160.000,000. Over 7,000 skilled and unskilled work men are employed in Omaha industrial establishments. In addition to thcao over 2,000 laborers wore cmplojed last season in thu Omaha brick yards. Thcfeo are cold facts. A Iil ( > rrnl IMuenllon. There may easily bo a wide difference of opinion as to what constitutes n liberal education. It is very likely that no t\so persons qualified to render an intelligent opinion would exactly agree as to the range of acquirements necessary to such an education , just as no two have been found to bo in com plete accord as to the best hundred books for special reading. Certain studies must be embraced iwiiy classi- llcation.as certain books wll not bo omitted from any winoly selected list , but after thebo necessary parts are pro vided the rust will become matter of contention. But regardless of the in evitable dilTercnco that must al- . wajs be found between libeially edu cated men on this subject , what is generally understood as a liberal educa tion is a condition that all having the muaiib and opportunity may properly aspire to , alike for the personal grati- litfttion and the advantages. In the current number of the Atlantic Monthly this subject receives thoughtful and intelligent consideration by Mr. Edward J. Lowell. This writer does not regard a college courbo as indjspon- hablc to the achievement of success in the higher walks of life , nor does ho think it useless. Its purpose is both to discipline and inform the mind , and for those whoso circumstances will permit them to have it without too great sacri- llco ho deems it well worth having. And with rcgat d to acollegc course Mr.Lowell has no sympathy with the antiquated view that it ought to bo solely discip linary , while not depreciating the value of the disciplinary power of a course that embraces enough of mathematics and Latin. While giving Latin a first place in the prcp.u-ation for college , Mr. Lowell would omit Greek and substitute therefor Gorman and French. Ho rccog- ni/.os , as every intelligent man must , the essential importance of these mod ern languages , not alone in o\ cry line of scholarship , but for every practical reason. As between German and Oreok ho leaves no doubt of his prefer ence for the former in the preparation for college , and ho would go farther and make Greek an elective in the col lege course. History , metaphjsics and science have their value in a preparatory course , and the acquisition of a thorough knowledge of English is emphatically urged. The province of a liberal education , in the view of Mr. Lowell , is "to widen the mind , to make it turn more readily to new subjects of interest , to-make it understand the ideas of others. The man who is liberally educated bhould possess more varied pleasures , a bounder judgment , raoro sympathy with his follow beings , a higher ideal of life and of its duties , than are hold by other men. " It is not an argument against n liberal education that it is not always found to produce the&o results. Turning Over New Leaves. The first day of the now year might very properly bo christened "good reso lution day , " for there is nothing so characteristic of it as the fact that nearly o\crybody proposes making it the plaiting point of a reform in some feature of their conduct or practices which the mistakes or mishaps of the iwist haxo indicated to bo necessary or expedient. If all the good resolutions that will bo taken could to-day bo writ ten down they would cover paper enough to belt the earth. And what a curious , instructive and impressive exhibit they would make of personal hiltories , nm- bitions anil mental conditions. Fore most in the army of reformers , both in numbers and apparent earnestness , will bo the bibulous fellows. They have all been figuring on what it has cost them during the past year to keep tholr "end up" and crediting ag.iinst it the amount of alleged fun they have had. The result is very generally unsatis factory , nnd the grand resoho is taken that the now year shall not witness a repetition of their folly. The people who have recklessly lived bojond their income , and whom the cloo of the old year loft largely in debt , will to-day bo willing to make affidavit that for the cunning j ear thoyw ill curtail their expen ditures and keep within their receipts. The joung women who have been idling aw.iy their time and allowing mother to do most of the work may perhaps ro- fcolvu that their conduct has been a lit tle ungrateful and ought to bo reformed. Iliisbandrt will promise to themselves to ha\o moio concern for their "bettoi hahes , " and wives will llrmly deter mine that in future their husbands shall have no ground for complaint that the little dutk's of domestio life , such for example , as the supplying of missing buttons , are neglected. And fco on through the whole human family , within the pale of civilization , good resolutions will be the order of to-day. Whether the effects of these resolu tlona are partiiilly good or wholly bai lb a uuttur for individual decision , but this much is certain nnd of general ap plication : Don't luiiko them unlcoH you menu it for nil time. Resolutions fre quently broken take away the stamina of character. For the coming year there arc many things that might bo per manently sworn off. Politic ians might abandon place-hunting , nnd go to work to earn an honest lisoli- hood. Monopolies might stop grinding the poor into the dust and become human. Boodlers might leave oil boodllng , and all kinds and qualities of unscrupulous men in public trusts might ccaso abusing the confidence of the people. But unhappily experience gives nonssuranco that any of these de- sited results will bo vouchsafed , and that although a few may really adhere to and profit by the resolutions mudo to day , the great majority will bo back in the old and more congenial truck before the week is ended. A Pure Food Convention. To the many who cat to live , rather than to the few that live to eat , the quality of food is n matter of vast im portance to their bodily welfare. It seems to bo one of the conditions of this ago of.deccption and bovero competition that pretty much every thing a man must take into his system to replace the waste thereof is more or less something else than what it is represented to be. Time was when inscrutable hash and impenetrable mince pie were about the only dishes in general use which were surrounded by a dark veil of mystery. Science , however , has discovered that adulteration has placed its pernicious grasp on many kinds of food , and people who know this must eat their meals in the unpleasant conviction that chemical rea"tion or microscopical exami nation might find much that is far from nutritious in the dishes placed before them. The voice of the eating world will bo unanimous in declaring that this btato of affairs must bo remedied , and to do this is one of the objects , as wo under stand it , of the national pure food con vention which is to bo held in Wash ington this month. Wo have seen no statement of just what this convention pioposes doing , but it is an easy and bafo inference that it will bo prepared to show suttlcicnt rcabon for mooting in an array of instructive , if not startling , facts regarding the prevalence of im- > urc food , and will urge national legis- ation for preventing and punishing bed adulteration. The convention will find its desire in respect to logisla- , ion already anticipated , at least in part. Senator Farvvell , of Illinois , has intro duced in the senate a bill relating to adulterations of food which seems to bo so comprehensive and complete that its approval by the pure , food convention is well us by congress , ought to bo assured. The aim of this measure is to secure truthful labels on all food pro ducts and drinks that are sold. Such abels shall state the proportions of the ronuino products and of .tho other irtlcles composing the mixture. The bill fixes a fine of $500 for its violation , one-half to go to the informer and one- tialf to the prosecuting attorney , a sum sufficient to secure zeal and vigilance in prosecuting offenders. It may bo well before dismissing this subject to remark that while all efforts Lo prevent adulterations and secure pure food are to bo commended , the public should be cautioned against exaggerated notions regatding the prevalence of im pure foods. Aa a matter of fact it is far less general and serious than is com monly supposed. A very careful and extended examination made among the retail dealers of New York within a'few months disclosed a much smaller percentage centago of adulteration than had been * believed to exist , andit is very likely the dealers of the rest of the country are not less honest. Furthermore all adulterations are not necessarily harm ful , and whore a not unwholesome mix ture is produced the objection is not that it is impure , but that it is a fraud Still , everybody must commend the purpose of the pure food advocates and wish them success. RnroitM is the watchword of the ago and why not with all the ether reform movements a burial reform association. Such an one has been organised in Now York , with some quite eminent names enrolled among its membership , the object of which is to promote economy , decency and sanitary interests in funerals. The plan contemplated plain hearses , no trappings , no "emblems , " no "llornl pieces , " no eating and drink ing , no ride to the grave except by the immediate family ; a riddance of the notion that all club or society money must bo spent on the funeral ; early interment "in soil sulliciont and suita ble , " the use of rapidly decaying ma terial for colllns ; burial plots instead of family vaults , the removal of do ad bodies in crowded cities from the houses of the living to an under taker's mortuary chamber ; finally , "the impressing upon officers of public charities and correc tions of the claims of the pooiostto proper and reverent burial. " The now society is quite as much concerned with the proper burial of the dead as with ending the waste of funerals. The objects in this respect are the best that can bo done with the present system of burial in the ground ; and the last men tioned the encouragement of decent and humane conduct of pauper burials on the part of the authorities has been waiting long for some ono to take it up 't ' for such burials have been nnd are a dis- giaco to our civilizationlittlo more care being shown in putting a p tupor in the ground thanif itworoa dogorcat. Ithaa boon well suggested that the association , would do vastly bettor for reform if it wore but advanced far enough to promote cremation , the only truly sani tary method of burial , and ono which must soon bo resorted to in our great cities from the necessity of the caso. If a urrcat epidemic should visit one of them , for instance , it would immensely increase the bafely of the rest of the people if the bodies of its victinii might bo burned. The cause of crumatioix does not , despite thu unanswerable ar guments in Us favor , make rapid ad vance. The Now England Creinatio. ) society of Boston has juit dUb.mdcd , and recommended its mcmbura to join the Massachuselkfcsqqlety of Worcester , which many of thuirti have done. The new assoointlon"'strfHs under I'plsco- palian auspices , itnifeiihc intention is to draw into it menilJl'i'/of all religious de nominations. ' " 'i'a TllK state of J wa has had for two years a registry lrw"Aoincwhat ? similar to the ono which 111011131 legislature of Nebraska adopted and which the supreme court of till SI stale declared un constitutional. TJijWfc were somedllToi - enccs in the details , ) but in the main features the two lliWtf wore practically similar. The olTccTof the operation of the Iowa law was to materially reduce the vote of the btnlo , partly for the rea son , common to nil such statutes , that they impose a little trritblc that all voters are not disposed to take , and partly because some regarded itasunt constitutional ami would not acquiesce in it. A test case was finally brought under the law , and the supreme court of Iowa at Cedar Rapids has just ren dered a decision that it is unconstitu tional. OMAHA still maintains her position as the fourth largest lumber market in America. Her lumber merchants have handled over 300,000,000 feet of all varieties of lumber in the past year , nnd that , too , in spite of the drawback of flagrant railway discrimination. ONK hundred and twenty thousand more immigrants cnmo into this coun try in 1887 than in 1880. As immigra tion fluctuates in accordance with the prosperity in the nation , it is evident that the past year was better than the ono previous. POINTS. It is said the ox-Congressman Mclvenzie , of Kentucky , will bo iippolntcd minister to Mexico. The iiresldlnp officers of the Pennsylvania and Dcl.ivvmestate grunge conventions ml- vocate tiuilt icfoim. President Robinson , of Hrown university , joins tliu other college pi csidents in approv ing the president's message. Secretary Fcsscnden , of the national re publican committee , Is reported to continue in political vvoilc only fiom friendship for Bluliiu. A petition to congress for a postal tele graph 8 } stem will bo presented to every voter in Pot Hand , Me. , ami then sent to Mr. T. B. Reed. Thecountiynt largo lias not yet been im pressed with the Chicago campaign for the demociatic national convention , but it is under way. ' The Boston HcrulcJ thinks Mr. Sherman's only chance to tn.iko headway against Blalno is to make the speech of a statesman la the senate next-month. , . , , The New York Evening Post miys of the Pacific ; mill oad investigation , that although it has brought out lifyle ttiat is new , it can not bo said that it was usclass. The flerco light between the democratic factions in Louisiana is Bringing out a great many interesting though hardly credible facts about politics hi tha t state. Massachusetts newspapers show that if the import duties on coal wore removed Now England would bo frosd fiom tliu worst cxac- _ tons ! of the Pennsylvania coal rings. The friends of division in Dakota are claim ing Unit the capital i ing stuffed the boxes in the north hulf of the territory. It is true that a suspiciously largo vote was polled in botli divisions. Senator Farvvell is so Him in the belief that tobacco is a necessity that ho wants to repeal not only the internal revenue tux on tobacco and clgais , but also the impoit duties on the samo. Senator Hiddlcbcrgcr is fully as amusing as ho used to bo. Ago cannot wither him nor custom stale his Infinite variety , to adapt a witty remaikonco made by the lamented Shakespeare. The tariff reform wcdgo splits both ways. For every old whig that it will crowd out of the democratic paity it will cleave oft a for mer democrat or a progressive young man from the republican party. The Providence Journal ( Hep. ) comment ing upon the statement that Senator Blair's educational bill has been revised and amended , says that "it would bo best improved by striking out the enacting clause. " The attitude of the republican party is no ( mistaken by any one. That p.trty has u con sistent protection record both in its legisla tive action and in its platform dcel.u ations. Kecent expression on this subject has been freer nnd stronger than ever , made so by the more radical position taken by the demo cratic paity through its ofllcial head. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch ( dein. ) wants the meeting of congi ess changed to October , or November 1 at the latest nnd sajs : "It seems absuid to continue an arrangement of sessions which crowds nil of the vvoi lc of both sessions into the lust joar of the tcimfor which the members vvero elected , and very often makes a miserable abortion of the slant sessions. " Needs no Protective Tariff. I'MlmMiMti lleeanl. Aji "Infantry Industry : " Ago cannot wither it , nor custom stale its Intinlto lapac- ity. " Would Make Very Small lieu < | iict. A'CIP Oidflin I'tcayune : It Is customary now to put white flowers on the desks of congressmen who have been elected without fi aud. Information Wanted. Lni < 1rllle Trtiit tn-Jmirnal. The governor of Delaware owns eleven farms In that stuto. Thojnamo of the owner of the otticr is not given. - - Not In A largo-sized , fuliyxlorcloiicd coal-trust ls in need in this section'of countiy. That is to say , a toiporation that will trust the con sumer and sue that fuU'weiyht Is given. Tlio Opportunity of'a Life-Time. Kcw Yu > l > i'ren . If some leader of female fashion will sit In the theater with her but off until she makes the other women do likewise , the men will see thut she gets a statue as colossal as Miss Libeity or the hats. „ Clic-ap ami Common. Han /Yniirf-d ) Mta. In the work done on the Panama canal already -10,000 lives hav o been suci illced. Hy way of contrast , behold the healthy Henno- pln canal , on w lilch nothing has been sacri ficed but wind. Jutit About. /'nil Wfiire Jnurnal. It is about as fair to ncctibo the man who dcsiipsan intelligent uml Judicious revision of the tariff of being a free-trader us the man who bums the rubbish in his backward of being an Incendiary. Independence in Chicago. , Chlniya With Lake Mlc.hIgr.nfuU of i.aturat pis and portions of the river capable of being et on tire there is no need of citizens taking off Ihelr liats tuionl dealers any more unless they vVisli to dp so. Overpaid. j i > i Cttu Jimrnnt , Senator Sti\it \ font's private secretary draws the senator's salary and mileage , f7,000 in all , for his own wages. Tor tlis | liberal pay we piesume he wittcvs the senator's speechesami If HO , ho is overpaid , Would Depopulate tlie Connlry. There Is not much danger that the United States will adopt thu example of the Kuiopoan icpublic and commence shooting disappointed presidential candidates. That would produce too laigu a hlutus * in the popu lation. _ Signs of n Trying Winter. Vrin-ltlfiicc Join mil. Thcro is every Indication of a terrible win ter. The president has set every tariff and five trade crank in the country in revolution , now Senator Stewart , of Nevada , who ought to know belter , has sprung the silver ques tion upon the unhappy nation. A Peep at the Other Sldo. LnuffilVe CoiiHci-JoWMrtt Thnt a great railroad man who cloven years ago was getting only $73 a month is now getting ttJ5,000 a jear Is all very well ; but before wo go Into ecstasies over this marvel ous increase , let us call to nilnd the various millionaires of eleven J cars ago who today ore not worth a nickel. A Now Ycnr Greeting. Ltlltan Dyntvor Ittct ( n St. KtcliolM. A Happy New Year to all , to day ! Though winds are blowing aud skies are gray , And snow and icicles fill the air , . While mercury stands I'll not say where-- And each one's thinking , "Oh , dear 1 oh dear ! A pretty way to begin the year ! " But I'll change that if you'll kindly wait- For , if iou please , I'm ' 83. I promise you sUn nnd skies of blue. ( And lain and snow storm and tempest , too ) . But it lies with you , I'll whisper hero , To make me a sud or a merry jcar ; For all the sunshine that's In the sky Will not bring smiles if you cheese to cry , Nor all the rain that the clouds can hold Will tainish n soul that's bright as gold. And so , whatever i our score may be , Just please temembcr , and don't blumo nic For once again , as I close , I'll stuto I uiu Yours submissively , . 'S3. HAVE IlEFUSnD TWKIjVK. There Will Ho n Uoxcn Less Saloons In Oinnlia Hereafter. Last evening the excise boat d , comprising Major Uroatch , W. F. Hechcl , president of the city council and City Clerk Southard completed their examination of the bonds and the names of fico holders submitted by saloon kccpcis making application for license. Out of the largo batch the applications of twelve vv cio rejected. Their names will not be made public until they are formally noti fied to suspend business by Chief of Police Seuv.v. This precaution is rendered neces sary by the board , as they fullv anticipate the anuoj unco they would have to undergo fiom the solicitations of pcoplo with self ap plied intlucnco to rescind their action. Took More Thuii Her Share. Lou Austin and Dora Conn , who have been running a bawdy house In partnership , had a falling out yesterday , and each decided to start in the new year on their own hook. In packing her trunk Lou managed to get Into the bottom of it some $15 in money and if 12 vvoi th of clothes belonging to Doi u. The lat ter out warrant for her ' swore a partner's ar- icst and about 9 o'clock last night she was i un in. Lou's trunk was found out la au alley vvhcio she had secretly moved it. A HwcdlHh Ball. The Swedish Library association gave their eighth annual ball last evening at Ma sonic hall. A largo number wore present and a thoroughly pleasant time was enjoyed by all * Kohr's orchestra fuinished some excel lent music and twenty-four numbers wcio danced , _ KDUGATIONATj. Over SO per cent of the high school grad uates of the United States aio girls. Franco has built within flvoyears 43,000 school houses at a cost of $30,000,000. Prof. Woolsey has returned to Yale col lege after spending two jcars in California. M. P. means "Master of Pics" at St. Al- baus's Cooking college. M. 1C. , "Muster of Cooking. " At the Wesleyan univornity , Mlddlotovvn , Conn. . J. U. Henslmw , a sophomore , bus become - como insana from over study. * The Kansas City board of education has de- cldod to nmko the study of Spanish com pulsory in the city high schools. Dr. Charles P. McDonald , head of the postal money department , claims to bo the flist Irish-Amciicun grauato from Harvard. Prof. P. L. O. llochrig , formerly linguist nnd philologist at Cornell , is now managing a French paper , La Progres , ut Los Angeles , Cal. Williams college alumni propose to raise $100,000 for the erection and maintenance of a memorial building to the late Mink Hop kins on the college grounds. Mrs. Emma P. Bwing , professor of domes tic economy in Purduo college , turns out such splendid housekeepers that neuily all her gnls become engaged before their giadu- atlon. Huron do Hirsch bus not yet made his nl logcd magnificent endowment of Jewish schools in Russia , but has invited sugges tions fiom several sources ns to the best means of giving effect to some benevolent in tentions , and has entered into negotiations with the Russian government on the sub ject.The The univcislty of Michigan , at Ann Aibor , has successfully icslstcd n sharp attack of Anglo mania. A determined effort has been icccntly made to Induce the Ann Aibor stu dents to adopt the cap and gow n usedat Ox ford and Cambridge. Ui'ttho lojul Ameri can collegians rose In thu piide and majesty of the now world independent o nnd defeated the suggestion by an ovcrwhelmingvoto. HKIjaiOUH. Theio mo Young Men's Christian associa tions ut Jetusalem , Ueyrout , Dauiauus , Jaffa nnd Nazareth. It is estimated that for every missionary that goes toAfiicn 70,000 gallons of liquor arc sent to that country. The Amciican missionary society has 21(1 ( teachers , 8,018 s < holars in its 0 chartered , 1(1 ( normal and IU common schools in the south , Rov. Hugh O , Pentecost is to preach in a church in New York that will hereafter bo culled "Tho Church of Jesus , the Carpen ter. " The first Piotestant sermon preached west of the Mississippi was preached by Samuel J. Mills , the futher of the American board. The Mount Pleasant Congregational church. Washington , D. C. , has Just secured a building site for a piospcctivo house of worship. The Camellia monks on Mnunt Carmcl of- fcred their 'JO.OOO ucics in Galileo to the Ro man Catholic Pulcstino society , which al ready bus cdtubluhcd a colony on Lake Tib erias. The apostolic vleariato of Dakota has at present UO priests , Kit ) churchs , 100 stations w itliout churches , 20 diocesan students , 21 parochial schoolH , 4 convents , ! ) academies , 10 Indian schools , 1 hospital and u Catholic pop ulation of 80,000. Mr. D. L. Moody , the evangelist , has Just closed u sciies of lovlvul meetings at Pitts- buiv , Pa. After tlio holidays ho will spend u month in Louisville , wlieio a tabernacle seating 5,000 people is being built for his use , and will afterward vtolt the Pacific coast. In Sweden thoio are 400 churches , a guln of 20 the lust jear , 4b.'l preachers , and 81,0 < U members. In Germany theio aio more mom- bcrs ( U3.4M ) , but fewer churches and minis ters. The latter number 4.10. of whom ittO are unorduincd , and thu churches couut up to 103 ouli BRIDGE OVER THE MISSOURI The Matter Thoroughly Discussed By Citizens Last Night TIMELY AND IMPORTANT MOVE. An Appeal to the Secretary of War In Jtclntlon to tlio DoURliiM Street lli-ldgc Charter Postoflleo nnd Fort. Proceedings nl tlio Meeting. The unanimity existing among the citizens of Omivlm for un additional bridge across the Missouri nvor from this city to Council Hliiffs was ratified last night. The cold nnd stoimy weather did not rotaid a good sired number of representative men from assem bling at ono of the hotels in answer to invlta- tlons'scnt out by Senator Mandcrson and Congressman McShnno to discuss the sub ject. Joseph Marker , Kscj , , was chosen to preside and Mr. Fred Giey discharged the duties of secretary. Senator Manderson set the ball rolling by giving a careful and conclso history of the charters granted by congress for the bridg ing of the Missouri at a point opposite Omaha , nnd closed by imiulrlng what the wishes of the pe.oplo of Omaha wore regard ing the proposed bridge from Douglas und Ninth streets. ' In answer to Interrogations from Judge Woolworth , the senator said that the Doug las niul Ninth street bridge was the ono chartered by the Omaha and Council liluffs bridge company , nnd they received their authority from congress , vvliich stipulated that it should bo a wagon and lallroad bildgc combined. Ho did not think that congicHs would sanction the building of any other kind. The Nebraska Cental company has a charter fiom con- giossfortho constuction of n low Inidge with a draw , given them pnor to Unit awarded the Omaha nnd Council Hluffs lom- pany. The secretary of war is opposed to the establishment of low bildges at any point on the Missouri , nnd the senator thought that perhaps owing to this fact , together with the ono that the Omaha and Council HlutTs coin- puny hud seemed a site guvo them priority over their piedecossois. Mr. John Horbach took the floor nnd said ho had it from good authority that the Ne braska Ccnti al had never Intended to build the bridge , but had turned it over to tlio Chicago cage , Mllw uukeo St. Paul railroad to com plete. This deul was ultimately killed by the Union Pacific lailroad lobbyists In Washing ton , who dictated legislation. Unit compelled the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul to aban don the undertaking. General Cowin ventured tlio romaik that Mr. Hoi bach was laboi ing under u mistake. Mr. Grey wanted to know why the Chicago cage , Milwaukee & St. Paul railioad could not use tlio Douglas street bi ido. Ho was told that the gindo und approaches would not peiimt it. Mr. Horbach remarked that the truth of the matter was the Union Pacific did not want to see another bridge across the Mis souri nt this point unless they could control it. Two thirds of the bridge eauilngs of the Union Pacific comes from the tianspoitation of freight over their bridge. A wagon bridge nlono at Douglas bticet would be un obsti uc- tlon , nnd Mr. Horbach agreed to subscribe money to abolish it. Mr. Grey could not ngrco with Mr. Her bach regards a wagon biidgo being an ob struction. It would bo a e ° od thing for the retailers of Omaha. Mr. Max Meier doubted the consistency of Mr. Grej's usscitlon that the retailers would bo helped by a wagon bridge. H might bo a benefit to garden truck venders , but the meichants would not bo helped 20 per cent in their receipts by it. Congicssman McShnno brought the meet ing down to a point by asking. "Do wo want a agon bridge to the exclusion of a com bined bridge I" There are mid vvoro a num ber of objectionable fcatuies in thu Nebraska Central company's bridge , among them Major Button's lequlroments that the Chicago cage , Milwaukee & St. Puul uillroad , If they built. weio to keep and retain , the channel for a mile above and below the bridge. Mr. MiShano said that ho had a talk in Now Yoik with several of the dhcctr orsof the latter road , and they had become imbued with the belief that they could get into Nebraska much cheaper by building a bridge over the Mlssoun foity miles north of Omaha. He had endeavored to disubuso them of this idea , by promising them that if they desired it ho would introduce a bill in congress giving them right of way near or opposite Omaha , which bill ho did not deem ho would have any difficulty in getting through. Several gentlemen thought Mr. McShano would experience considerable opirasllion from the Union Pacific and other competing lines. lines.Mr. Mr. E. Rosewater did not anticipate much opposition , at least nothing very gioat , for if the Chicago , Milwuuko & St. Paul were de termined to come into Nebraska it made but litlo difference to opposition lilies whether they came in at Omaha or forty miles above the city. General Cowan inquired if an investigation could not bo ordered by the govoi nmcnt to test the practicability of running trains over the Douglas street bridge. Mr. K. Kosewater was strongly of the opinion that ho sccietury of war had never been favored with n topograph ical map showing the surroundings and approaches preaches to the bridge. The oriirmal act of 1871 required the Union Pacific railroad to build n wagon and railroad bridge , but the bridge was opeiated for font teen jears bo- foio compliance with the chaitei was under taken. They now have an alleged wagon bridge. This Douglas sticot bridge is u soil of a second edition , u wagon biidgo with a railioad bridge in the future. The other was n t allroad bi idgo with a wagon bi Iiigo m the future. Mr. Rosewater suggested that Ne braska's senatois and membeis in congress petition thosecrctary of war to send engineers hero to examine the topography of the approaches preaches nnd surioundings of the biidgo. It would only take a few mouths , and wo can wait that long. Mr. Uaikcr suld ho was opposed to a wagon bridge if it would prevent the Chicago , Mil waukee & St. Paul from building a laitioad brldgo at this point. Finally the following resolution by Mr. Colpctzcr was cntet tained and unanimously adopted : Resolved , That our representative in congiess bo instructed to procure the necessary action to ascertain if the Omahu and Council HlufTs biidgo company nro com plying with the conditions of their chatter and instructions of the secretary of war when the site nnd kind of biidgo was adopted. Sunutor Mnndorson then addressed the meeting on what Nebraska's ' ropicsontatives in both houses of congiess uio doing to pio- cuio a new postoftUo and a site forj'ort Omaha. Mr. Mundeison said that General Sheridan fnvois the trunsfoning of the foil to a point ten to twelve miles from the city. Mr. K. Ro-iowatcr backed up Mr. Mandor- son In this paiticulor , adding thut while in Washington three weeks ago ho had called on the general and found him inilU ) lively on the subject. The general , Mr. Rosewater Bald , Is iiiitc | friendly towards Omaha , but will not sanction the expenditure of one ponnv foi Impiovcmentson the nicscnt foil. The speaker concluded by sajing that ho thought Omaha had betu r agree with the gcneialin this p irticular , and secuio the impiovenic'iits while the ruonoy is In the trcas uiy. uiy.A motion by M.ivor Hroateh to the effect that our icpiesontatlvcs In congicss oxcit themsc Ivcs to the pa sago of a bill to con- fmin with the wishes of ( Joneial Khciidan was adopted , after which the meeting ad Jouincd. Tliniiktt Fiom ilie City Mission. Tlio ladles fiom the Omaha City Mission dcslro to publicly thank the followlus gentle men and ladles for ( lie liberal donations 10- ccivcd Thursday for the poor children1' * dinner nor : Mcsdames. She .us , CIobu.rn , A. P. Hopkins , Lake , Joseph Harton , Guy Haiton , Shelton , William ROSH , Thomas Ciclgh , Her man ICount/e , ( icorgo W. Doano , Sumuol Huck. N Merrii.ni , O , M. Ilitrucntik , William Klemmlng. V , ColpeUor. Millaid , Downs , Shields , Shaw , H. U. Clluk , Moiiclt , Ken nedy , Muhoney , Condon , D. C. Patterson ; Messrs J. 1C lioyd , W. J. Austin , Hcnnctt& Co , H. Piindl , Hloan & Johnson , I'axUm & Gullaghor , Paxlon Hotel and Millaid hotel. Cash donations were lecoiveU from \Varreu SwIUlor anA Lyman Richardson. Thftrt were many contributions received without the names ot the donors. I'orxonnl tnragr phn. J. L. HramloK of the firm of J. Tt , Hiiuidcis fi Sons , leaves to day for I'tirop * . MUSlOAh AND DltAMATIO. Pauline Lucca Intends to leave the stage for good and settle In Vienna as teacher of sinff- lug. lug.M. M. Kalnt-Sacns has gene to Spain , wlicra he Is woik on u uow opera. D'Oj ley Cnrto'8 I'ngllth opera company Is going to Russia to warble Gilbert and Sulli van be Cote the czar. Two weeks ago Mozart's "Don Giovanni'1 was pcrfoimed for the GOOth tlmo at thu Ho.v ul opera house , Berlin. ' Miss Gwj nn , a sister of Mrs. Cornelius v iinderlillt. ha * written a play founded on in cidents of HarHiubor life. Uthcl Spiugue , the daughter of K to Chase Spi ague , will make her debut oil tha stage of the Hoston museum , Philadelphia's new grand opera houna has a seating cnmiolty of 2 , 00. It will bo run on the combination plan on tUo higher ocalo of prices. Tlio English eomle opera composer , Solo mons , offers to build tui opera uiound John L. Sullivan , In which the slugger will appear la l.Htli m Inn giimcs. Gilbert fi Sullivan's "Pinafore , " performed formed in the original Knglish by ono of Mr. D'Oyly Carlo's companies , has met with hu- nieiiho success in Herlin. A rumor has been cui rent in musical cir cles within the last few daj s that Miss Aus- der Oho. the distinguished planl tl engaged to Mr. Walter Dumrosch. Mine. Putt ! sends word to her American friends that she loves them all nnd longs to i etui n to them "they uro so enthusiastic. " Look out for another furewoll tour. Theio will bo four big minstrel shows on tlio loud next season : Thatcher , Primrose & , West : Swcatnaui , ltlca& Fugnn ; McNash. Rnnuu & Aino , and Johnson & Sluvin. Rudolph Aumson has composed , und Harry Paulton ( who helped to make Eiinino ) has vviitten the text of a comic operu uillud Cap tain KIdd. It will bo seen Hist in Now York city. city.Miss Miss Selome Melboutne , who -was married to llerrv Wall , the "king of the dudes , " was an nut ! ess for Just ono week , having upi > eured utthoNuw Yoikliljouopeiu house m "La Vic. " The tmllfiitlgablo Gounod Is again at work upon H new t opposition. It is u h > mn sot to words by M. Georges IJojer , and entitled "Notio Dame do I'uincc " "Lu , or , Murscll- also de la Vlcige. " Mme. Ilnm dl Mm ska , who was engaged for eight months as Instiuctrcss of singing w 1th the NationalConservutoiy of Music , has hud a low with tlio mugemunt und is nboub to cancel her engagement. Michael Homier , the young American violinist who Is making a conceit tour tbiough Geinmny , must have cioatcd quite k sensation , to Judge from the criticisms that have appealed in some of the Gorman papei s. A new comic opein , enttitled "Slmpllclus , " by Stiiiuss , the biilliant composer of the "Gipsy. Haion , " "Prlneo Metlinsnlem , " ' MeuyWur , " und inuny other Now Yoik successes , had its Hist pcrfoiiimuco hi Vi enna on Sattuduy last. An almost completely finished oratorio : "Tho Creation. " has been discovered among the posthumous inipcis of the Abbe. Liszt. It Is is stilted that the woik will have IU Hist publiu performance ut the next IJiriu- inglium ( Knglund ) music festival. Haiton McGuckln. the Iiish tenor who tnkes the leading Ij no tenor solos during the National opera season , Is u native of Dublin. At the age of ten ho was a lending soprano in the choir of Atnmgh cathedral , and nt eigh teen was assistant oiganist of the cathedral. It Is said that Maud Granger is playing In small western halls nt 10 rents admission , and thut she is the only female in the coin- puny , the liidy characters being interpreted by male Impersonators nnd that the orches tra music is provided by a piano , a fiddle and n big drum. * .losof Hofmann is such a success that al though Mcssis. Abbey , SchoefTol und Gran weio heavy IOSUIH by the collapse of tin ) Gcistcr conceit tour , they will muko through Hofmann more moiwy , over nnd nbovo their origlnul expectations , than they have lost by Geistoi's fulluic. Collier , in his "Essay on Music , " makes thlscuiious suggestions : "I bcliovo It Is possible to invent un instrument that shall have a contrary effect to those nun tlul ones now in use un instalment thut shall sink the spiiits and shake tlio ncivcs und curdle the blood und Inspire despair und cowaidico. Hoj t's now comedy , "A Brass Monkey , " owes its existence to Anstoy's ' novel , "A Fallen Idol. " The biass monkey is given to u man as a Christmas present and brings him bad luck. Ho endeavors to get rid of it. but it is always on hand to toituro him until ho finds a ehnim which rcllovct ) him of hist torment and restores his peace of mind. The statement that Lotta will retire from th stage aftrr this season and devote herself to the management of a homo for orphan chil dren Is ti no to tlio extent that the actress , with the assistance , of certain influential fi lends , who tire prominent In business cir cles In Now York , has laid plans looking to the establishment 01 un institution of thut de scription , The latest European dispatches to some Gciman newspapers brings tidings that Jos. Jo.ickim. tlio greatest of living v lolinlsts has been stricken with parulj sis. In icspoctof breadth of style and volume of tone Joachim stood easily tlrst nnd foicmost among the violin virtuosos of the day. In the Heetho veil concerto ho had no rivals and In his own Hungarian concerto a most difficult compo sition ho was actually unapproachable. Some American playwrights work exclu sively for the English market. J. Taylor Lew is. of New Yoik , has sent over three short fai ces to n London manager , and Ho- aitiu Vokcs has icccntly taken ono from him. Thcio'a nn exchange buic.m of plavs In New Yoik , which has a lepicscntntivo in London. Lewis deposited W3 and a MS. with the bu- loan. The London ugcnt iccelvo the MS. and the money , less u poicoiitugo , und gives u Holcct entertainment BOIIIO evening - ing , to which u number of munugcis uio in vited , and at which ho toads the MS. Ho sells It outilght for JE50 say , and i emits It to tlio Now Yoik buioau , which pajs tlio author. AiiAmcilcan manager cuii sccuro a lUitiuli coiotight thiough the sumo buicau , which for u fWO fco will pioduco n place oicu | for him in London , or hi Puns if u French right should bo desired. When Modjcsku fli st reached Now York , and when Maty Anderson got theio fiom the west , they weio very poor. Modjcska waste to play Cumlllo. a moio expensive fcmalo to ccstumo than Paulino. She had no di esses nnd vciy little money , but the day Camlllo was decided upon she bought cheap , very cheap , white mitin. She got n cheap bit of blue btuff , Homo Inexpensive pink inutcilul. and a woman to sow. Modjeska designed and fitted those dresses , and thov shook up thu female pai t of Now Yoi k to Its centi o. They wcio giucoful , novel and in.u volously becom ing , for , If Moiljetika didn't have the dresses for the play she hud the art. Then theio was poor Mary poor Mary In those days ! She was going to play Paulino. She had no costume - tumo handsome enough for the big act. She went to Johnson'sand they mudo her a cheap white satin with ostrich feather trimming about the neck. The dress didn't ' cost uioru than ? . " > , but Mury looked a beauty in it , und the sweetest picture she over had taken of her handsome fuco wus ono in the cheap white satin. Picparations nro going forward for Mmo. Pattl's South Ainuiliun tour , during which HIO Is to reiolvo for her services the tiltlliif ; honoi.niiunof f.,000 , , In addition to a largo percentage of the gioss uvuipts whcnovor thuso shall bo In excess of the munagor'x total outlay. Mmo. Paul's traveling oxpunscs uro defrayed , of cour o , by her linpressarlo , and as she Is the solo occupant of a car when- cv er Hho travels by railund the solituiy occu pant of half a dozen stat < rooms whenever h < > tukosshlp , It will bo conceded that her tour Involves a llbeiul expcmlituio of money. 'Ilia choice of the artists that are to make up thu company has bw n loft to Higdor Ciacchl , thJ South American Impicssaib who Is intoi- ested with Mcssis Abbny and Crau In the tour. Signer Clucchl and his associates am not to have the Hold to thcniMilvcs during Mmo. Pattl'a tournro , for whllo the Puttl performances uro In progicss u new ami and magnificent opera house will bo opened to the public of Buenos Ayres , with blguor Tamugno ns the chlof ulti action. Signor Tmrmgno Is n sort of demigod In those dis tant p irts , nnd a demigod whoso cult U con siderably costlier than that of Uio deitlea ot ol ( | . Ho is to receive , for fifty ouuiuUo fonuuucca , fJ,2JO a night. 1 i i lit US St. St.nd