THE OMAHA DAILY BBafl : SATURDAY , JANUARY 7 , 1888. THE DAILY KVKUY MOUNINO. TF.MM3 OK SUriSOni'PTrON. ' Ilalty ( Morning Edition * Inoltidlnj , ' Bnttdny . . - - 1'o.r Six Months . T'l'l 1'or 'llin-r Mimths . "W The Omnlin Sunday HEK , malted to nny ad- dro K , One Veur . . 200 O IAII * OFKICI' . N'irt f U AMOIC TAIINAM STHF.KT. NF.W YoiiKOrNKK. IIOI ) \TKIMIIM : Ilitii.n- ll fl. Wj IIINIIOI OfHCK. NO. ( M'l FOUU- TKK.NTH H-rltKKT. _ coiturai'ONDKNc.K. , All communications relating to ncnvs nnd ( tutorial mutter should be addressed to tliu Tiirr.r. : . uusiNKsa i.r/rrr.its. rRH letters nml remittances uliould bo nrtdreofiid to TIIK HFF I'uiii.iHiHM ) COMPANY , OMAHA. Draft * , chockB and poitntflco orders to bo made payable to the order of the company. We Bee PiiiSuinifcilpany , Proprietors , K. KOSKWATKU , Eniroit. TIIK DAIIiY BKK. Hxrnrn Statement oCCirtmlntlon. Btatc of Nebraska , I. . County or Douglas * . [ ' fco. II. Tz'chuck. Kerrotnryof The UPO Pub lishing company , does solemnly swear tlmt the nottinrrlmilntfnu nf the Dally llco for the week pnillnff Doc. o , 1WT , wn ns follow * : f.iturdny , Doc. ! M . 1",4V ) Htmrtny. Dec. ftl . 1VW Mondnv , Der. 31 . i . V > , wn Tue-.day.Dee.7 : . . Thursday , ' Dec. M . HiBli ) 1'rlduy , Doc.in . 15,010 Average. . . 11.110 (1KO. II. T/SCHUCK. KwomlonndsubHfrlbcd In my presence this W tiny of January , A. 1) . , ISbiJ. N. I' . ITII. . Notary I'ubllc. Btnto of Nebraska , I- . , County of Douglass , f B- " Ufo , Hi TrHcluii-k , being llrct duly sworn , deposes - poses nnd says that he Is ecrotiiry of The Hen Publishing toinpany , that tlm nctunl nvprnge dally cliciilntlon of tint Dally lice for the month of .Imiuury , Ih87 , IflJSlti copies : for Kobnmry , 1W7.14,178 copies ; for March. IW7. 14.4U ) cotilon : for April. IW , U.IHH copies : for May , IsNt , 11.2:7 coph-H ; for June , 1W , 14.147 copies : for July , 1HS7 , U , ( l copies ; for August , 1W7,14l.r > l cojiles ; for Beptembor , Wi , HMO copies ; for October. 1KH7. l4'fCI ; for November. 1W , 15,230 copies ; for December , lt 7,15,011 copies. GKO. 1J. TXSCHUCIC. Sworn and subscribed t ( In my presciico this ? d day of January , A. D. 1MH. N. P. KKIli. Notary I'ubllc. Tin : latest periodic disaster by which Explorer Stanley IUIH been overwhelmed rcuuhcd thiH countrv on fcohudulo lime. MOHB nml more Europe lltiUera this" country by imitation. The lutost iniio- viition in the introduction of real bli/- y.arilb. Austria nnd Bulgaria report the severest Moroni on record. Ar.UKAOY indications are cropping out that the coining political Reason will bo n MJVCI-O ono. An Oh'lo paper him WattorhOii'sSlur- lluiifr conlompt on - Eyed Goddehrt l > y tibbrcviating her to S. E. G. As chairman of the committee on pub- lie buildings Congressman McShuno ought to bo ublo to make good his prom ise to present Omaha with a Christina1 gift in the shape of that million dollar postofllce. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Fou n man wedded to the state's rights dogma , it is rather remarkable , as well as late in the day , for Andrew Jackson Popploton to deny the sovereignty of the state of Nebraska over the Union Paoilio or any other railroad that on joy the protection of the stale as well us its patronage. I , GUAKT is reported to have Bald that "When the democrats secure control of the government , gentlemen they will break the back of the tiarty ncropt the Alleghiinies over the taril question. " The party is working ou the filllillinoiit of the prophecy a ; rapidly as possible. A TAKOK number of the six hundred thousand Hungarians in this country nro not naturali/.od. Kcprcsontativcs of this nationality will hold a convention tion at Cleveland in March , ono of the objects of which will bo to urge the ad vantage and importance of becoming full-Hedged American citizens. SKNATOU UKAUST , of California , hiu prepared a bill for increasing the pen Hions of the veterans of the war of 18U from eight to twenty-live dollars po month. There are ten hundred and sixty-nine of these pensioners on th roll. Inasmuch as no soldier wh fought in 181- can bo less than ninct yourb old , the present pensioners ncarlj nil wear petticoats. Ouu enterprising contemporary , tht JTcniW , announces with a grand llourisl that it has donned n now and artistic dross. As a work of art the patrons o that paper will have no fault to find But when they discover that the chung of dress means ft reduction of fully 3 ( per cent in the quantity of the usun ! reading matter they may think tluv they luivo boon imposed on , instead being bonoiitted by the change. UXDKK the now law the commission ers of Douglas county 'receive a salary of $1,800 a.year , instead of 83 a day for each day served and mileage. This change will result in fewer meetings nnd loss junketing. The commissioners no longer have a pecuniary interest in holding sessions every day , and travel ing about the county without purpose. Their sessions will therefore bo les > 3 fre quent and more business-like. This will bo gratifying to the taxpaycrs.who have heretofore boon unable to keep track of t county affairs. With regular sessions once or twice a week , hold in public at llxed hours , the press will bo enabled to promptly report the proceedings in full. THE champions of the cookery school i insist that wo must take our choice be tween bad bread nnd Greek roots in the high school. Who says soV The Greek root is no longer ono of the branches which arc regarded as essential to a pirl's education. In fact , Greek has been dropped from the regular course in Foine of our leading colleges. The threat of bad broad might frighten a bridegroom who has the dyspepsia , but what guarantee have wo that the girl graduates from the cookery school will bo able to make good bread , or for that matter a decent cup of colYeo. Will the Omaha board of education , with its now fanglcd notions , agree to subsist oven for a alnglo wok on the bread which Iho graduated cooks will bake ? It is very questionable in our mind whothcr the would-bo professor of cookery could tatisfy the board's wants in that regard , especially if the bread they are in the habit of eating now comes from a first class bakery. Wo imagine that they would prefer to feed on Greek roots rather than a diet of bread from the fulr linnds of the girl graduates of the cookIng - Ing class. ' . ' . , An Impctlori * Corporation. < For .moro'thnn twenty years the Union Pacific nitlroiid lina onjoyctl the pro.- leelioli of this stat'o. The legislative , judicial nnd executive powers of the slate huvo Mnio' nnd again been Invoked In Its bolmlf. At every session of the legislature its managers nnd attorneys huvo voluntarily appeared before com mittees , nnd often before joint assem blies of the two houses , to discuss , op pose , or urge pending nill- roail legislation. Municipal icgu- lations affecting railroads , including even llio power to compel them to con struct expensive viaducts over tholr racks , have novcr boon called in ques tion. The provision of the state consti tution which requires the directors of every railroad corporation organized under the laws of this state , or of any oilier state , or of the United States , to inuko annual reports , under oath , of Us passenger and freight truffle , has been complied with by the Union Pacific rail road without protest. And now , for the first time in Its his tory , that corporation arrays itself boldly against the state authority and sets up the preposterous claim that It Is entirely independent of state control or regula tion , answerable for abuse of its fran chise as a public carrier to congress alone. And even the national legisla ture cannot repress Its rapacity anil protect Its patrons against extortion and discrimination , excepting after the not earnings of the road shall exceed ten per cent on Ha in Mated and fictitious capital. Tills is the high-handed assumption embodied in the petition of the Union Pacilio to enjoin the state board of transportation from exorcising its authority over that road. Stripped of all verbiage , the Union Pacific railroad company has proclaimed itself an imperial cor poration greater than the state and be yond Iho state's control. This assump tion involves an issue vital to the very existence of the state which it must defend fend with all the powers at its com mand. It is not a question whether the power to regulate railroads conferred upon the legislature by the constitution can bo delegated to any other tribunal , since the Union Pacific absolutely denies - nies the right of the state to exorcise the same control over it which the state may lawfully exorcise over all other common carriers within Its bound aries. It is not a question whether the law creating the present state board of transportation is at variance with the national or state constitution , nor has the question been raised as to llio valid ity of any act or order of the board. The Union Pacific has gone even further than declaring itself above all state regulation. It has also sot up the plea that the state has no right to exor cise its police powers orregulationsovor the Omaha & Republican Valley road. That road , It is notorious , was chartered under the laws of the state , begins and terminates within the limits oi the state , nnd merely holds the relation of a feeder to the Union Pacific. Wo are commanded not only to keep hands off the sacred bull , but also from all the calves that have been sired by.it. The orilor of the board of transpor tation as regards the Waterloo embank ment may bo unreasonable. If so , the Union Pacific has its remedy in an ap peal to the courts. The proposot schedule of freight rates , which the board is said to bo preparing , may bo lower than the railroads could afford to adopt. In that case they have the same right to appen that they would have if the board should reduce the present pnssou- erer rate to half a cent per mile. The board has no right to establish unrea enable tariffs , any moro than the rail roads have a right to exact them. Wo maintain , however , thnt the imperiou platform on which the Union Pacifu railroad has planted itself , in defying , state authority and state restraint , is ai attempt to f > et up a power within th state greater than the state itself. Had the state board sought to establish ruin ously low tolls an appeal from its arbi trary orders would have awakened pub lic sympathy and forced the board to re- \isoitsaction. But when the Union Pacific assumes the role of dictator and arrogates to itself the right to charge what it pleases and do what it pleases , re gardless of state laws , its managers will urou.se nn opposition which will never yield until the sovereign authority of the state over all railroad corporatiotib within its limits shall bo irrevocably es- tublishod. Tlio House Committees. After great labor and travail , Speaker Carlisle succeeded in announcing the house committees on Thursday. There is not apparent in the construction of the committees nny reason why ho could not have announced them within a week nftor congress assembled and it is reasonably certain that had ho done sotthoro would have resulted no greater dissatisfaction than is now reported to uxiht. Probably not less than one-third of the members have boon placed where they have no desire to bo , and quito a beoro of aspiring statesmen are surely disgruntled bocausu their claims to moro prominence than has been ac corded them were ignored. Some interesting features of the now organisation will doubtless bo widely noted. In the first place it will bo re marked that of the llfty-ono cliairman- ships the south gets twenty-nine , while euro has also been taken to distribute the second places so that if the next congress should bo democratic the south will bo assured of at least retaining its present prominence and power in the organization of the house. The com mittees thus constructed are with two or three exceptions the most important , so that the subjects of legislation of greatest concern to the country will bo largely in the control of southern men. Another interesting fact is that Now York , with its vast commercial and manufacturing interests , is not represented on the ways and means committee. The plausible expla nation ot this will bo that Mr. Cox de clined to servo on that committee unless ho was accorded second place , but this will hardly provo satisfactory to the democrats of Now York. Mr. Cox had a reasonable claim to second place in the fact that il'vas held by Mr. Hewitt , I ol Now York , while there was no jues > - ' ' tton'n's to his qunllflcattona. The com position of this comtnlttflo docs not re flect very great credit upon the judg ment of Mr. Carlisle , though it is not n serious matter if , ns suspected , the special work to proceed from the com mittee has already boon cut nnd dried. The appropriation committee was evi dently constructed to please Mr. Ran dall , nnd there Is very little doubt tlmt ho will dominate it ns ho has in preceding congresses. There are other features of the now organization which will not escape criticism. So far as the representatives of No- hriuka are concerned they have no cause of complaint , and wo do not leant tlmt they are making nny. For a now member Mr. McShajio has fared well In being placed on two important com mittees Indian affairs and public build ings and grounds while Messrs. Dorsoy and Laird nro favorably quartered re spectively on the committees on terri tories and private land claims and the committees on military affairs nnd agri culture. THE law of Nebraska regarding the liability for damages from the ualo of intoxicating liquors by licensed persons , ns expounded in a decision of the supreme premo court just rendered , gives the widest scope for redress to persons dam aged. All persons who by the sale of intoxicating liquors contribute to the damage of any ono are severally and jointly liable , as also are the sureties on license bonds , and such sureties arc liable not only for damages directly re sulting from the acts of their principals , but for all damages to which such acts contribute. Furthermore , the liability of sureties is continuous during the dis qualification of a person to support his family by reason of Ills intoxica tion , regardless of the termina tion of the license year , BO that nn habitual drunkard to whom liquor is sold may become a life charge upon the sureties of those who soil him the liquor. The termination of the re sponsibility of sureties is reached only when there is an end to the disqualifica tion of the drinker. This far-reaching liability ot sureties on liquor license bonds must induce great caution in assuming so serious an obligation. SPEAKKKCAHUSLK is having a tough time all around just now. Mot only is the dissatisfaction over the committee appointments worrying him , but the testimony developed in the Thoebo con test makes such a showing that it is hard for him to kcop up an appearance of unconcern. The facts in the election case already adduced show that there are more grounds for unseating the speaker than has been generally sup posed , and if Mr. Carlisle wishes to retain his seat it will undoubtedly become him to exert himself to show thnt the statements made by the contestant are untruo. If , however , Mr. Thoobe's presentation of the facts are shown to bo correct , Mr. Carlisle should bo prepared to step down and out with as much grace as possible under the circumstances. REAL estate agents , and all persons making transactions in real estate , will bo interested in the decision just rendered - dorod by the supreme court of Nebraska relating to such transactions. It is hold that a vendor of real estate has no hen on land for unpaid purchase money after such land has been absolutely convoyed by deed , and tlmt the doctrine that a vendor has a lion on land conveyed for purchase money unpaid is repugnant to the statutes relating to real estate and is no part of the law of this state. It was also held that the policy of the law of Nebraska is to discourage secret liens and to require all instruments affecting the title to real estate to bo entered upon record. It is likely n great many persons will feel the effect of those de cisions. Tnu council keeps on multiplying tax- enters. The last move is to create the olfleo of license inspector at $1,200 a year. What is the necessity of a license inspector ? Why pay him $1,200 a year when a policeman only gets $70 a month ? Hasn't the city clerk' record of all licenses taken out , and why can't the duty of looking after violators of the law bo loft to the police , where it properly belongs ? Isn't this another scheme to pension some ward bummer on the pub lic crib ? PEACE and harmony between council and police commissioners are announced as the outcome of the conference held last night. Now that this much desired end has been accomplished , lot the more desirable result bo hastened of giving the citizens of Omaha adequate police protection. Oilier Ijiuuls Thau Ours. The conservative victory , by an in creased majority , at Winchester , will doubtless servo to strengthen the con fidence of the successful party and may somewhat depress the homo rulers , who made a very vigorous fight , but it would scorn from an American point of view that much greater importance is given it , as an indication of popular sentiment in England , than justly belongs to it. It is probable that such a victory in England counts moro for a party than in this country , but in any aspect of the case it is not apparent that this conservative success justifies any such extravagant con clusions us are being drawn from it. Some conservative victories , perhaps with increased majorities , are to bo ex pected , nnd although there are some conditions connected with this last suc cess that give it peculiar significance , it cannot bo regarded as nn altogether dis couraging nnd disheartening event. It doubtless comes , however , as a burst of sunlight from a clouded sky to the sup porters of the government , who are needing all the encouragement they can got to withstand the storm of maledic tions which the Irish landlords are pour ing upon the ministry for allowing a sweeping reduction of rents. The cut of fourteen per cent or dered by the land commissioners amounts to an annual reduction ol nearly $2,000,000 , which moans a great deal to some of the land owners wlib are largely dependent upon these rents , a least for their extravagant wants. It Is n curious fact' that the govornmon which throws member * of parliament Into jail for ndvocnllng on the platform n reduction of rent * , proceeds to force those reduction ! Ih the face of protestIng - Ing landlords. Jn seven years the val uations in Ireland jiavo declined about $70,000,000. Thlrtls not proportionally more than the decline in England during the same time , but in the latter country the land'owners have accepted the situation as a rule , and scaled down their rents accordingly. The last par liament under 'tho ' stress of politics chose to employ force to carry water up-hill. The policy has failed , and the present notion 'of the land commis sioners simply puts the brand of insincerity upon the tory scheme of government. It may not bo inopportune tuneto recall the criticism of the gov ernment Uxm the nationalist land agi tation. Parnoll , Davltt and tholr asso ciates arc perpetually called publio rob bers in tholr fight for the Irish tenants. The sacredncss of contracts , It Is ar gued , should 1x3 tlofonded by the strong arm of the law. It BCCIUS to have been forgotlon by those defenders of the na tional honor that n contract which is contrary to public policy is null and void. IToro is the nub of the Irish land question. The tory press nro quick to sec the absurd position Iho government places itself In by its recent action , but they are not equal to the emergency. Instead of admitting frankly that vicious contracts cannot bo success fully enforced , they are showing their mortification by grumbling at Lord Salisbury. The land lords are badly demoralized and do not. hcsitato to say that the tory plan of campaign is moro arbitrary than the league's plan of campaign. They have forgotten Mr. Gladstone's warning to them when his land purclmso bill was introduced that the sands were rapidly running out in the glass. If they had rallied to his support in 1880 they would have secured an equitable system of purchase and have escaped disastrous losses. They put confidence in a tory government's pledges , and they are jiow Hung aside and trampled upon The session is approaching. The gov ernment do not care to meet parliament with the confession of having filled the Irish prisons and done nothing to con ciliate the people. The landlords are tlirown over. On the other hand the people arc not fully satisfied , claim ing that the reduction is not sufficient nnd expressing a want of confidence in , ho land commission. Thus what was evidently intended us. a measure of placation - cation has only nerved to add to anil complicate the difficulties with which ho ministry have to contend. * * * Unusually cold weather prevails on , ho European continent , and this is'ono important reason for the cessation ol war preparations nnd of war talk. Movements of troops are prevented for the time , but "tho news that Ger many will shortly send a whole iriny corps easljyard lias anything Lnit a peaceful cfutlook. Embas dors seem to bo moving freely between the Gorman , Ausfrfannnd Russian capi tals. Their busin6'sfs is undoubtedly to prevent war , if possible , but they inspire no confidence in' their success. The publication nnd oxp'osuro of the forgoi1 dispatches , by which the foreign policy of the czar was misrepresented to Bis marck and vice versa , goes a good waj to remove the pretext for a quarrel be tween Russia and Germany , but there are still other matters which those wh < regard war as inevitable rely upon to justify their opinion. That there is i strong war party having powerful ad herents in every country of Europe , which is continually scheming to keep alive old complications and introduce new ones , there seems to bo no doubt. These plotters are recruited from the followers of dethroned princes and other reactionists. Pursuing separate ends in the respective countries , their common policy is to fish in troubled waters , and they join hands to precipitate a great war by means of plots and intrigues. In Franco the plotters are working in the interests of the Orleans familywhoso pretensions to the French throne have the full sym pathy of Baron Mohrcnhoim , the Rus sian ambassador. Certain deposed Ger man princes and their devotees arc also suspected of being connected with this secret war party. Clementine , the mother of Prince Ferdinand , is an Orleanibt princess , as is also the Danish Princess Waldcmar , to whom the czar took such a liking during his slay at Frcdensburg last summer. One of them is suspected of being the woman in the case , if not both. The ensuing two weeks arc expected to have important results bearing upon the future of European affairs , though just what these are to bo is not foreshadowed. * > < * The pope's jubilee has been a most notable success , and will go into history as ono of the marked events of the last quarter of this century. Distinguished Catholicsfromevery nation have visited Rome , and congratulatory messages and rich and co-itly presents have been sent from every quarter of the world. Leo XIII. is destined to bo known as one of the historic popes. His services to the church deserve loyal and affec tionate recognitionjfrom the Catholic world , not only by reason of his o.xaltcd position , but also from his statesmanlike qualities. Ho has adapted the policy of the yatican , to a larger extent-than is generally supposed , to the conditions of modern society , and especially to the political order of nations. Without abandoning the high ground occupied by his predecessor in dealing with gov ernments , ho has wrought a marvelous change in the spirit and method of papal policy and done much to con vince inveterate onomics of the church that modern nations have llttlo to four from the persistence of the Vatican in adhering to extreme claims. Only a statosnnanliko pope could have gained the complete triumph which has been won in Germany for Catholicism , or have adapted Vatican policy to the prac tical necessities of political government in Italy with such consummate tact that the faithful the world over still accent the fiction of an irrepressible conllict between church and state and con tribute Peter's ponce without stint. There 1ms been something characteristic of the Italian mind in Vatican diplom acy during the present pontificate , A conciliatory manner hns been adopted at every stage and n fine discernment of > olltlcnl forces has boon displayed. Talcing upon himself the mission of reconciling the papacy with the poo- iles and governments of civilized states , , ho pope has Boomed ready to moot either Prince Bismarck or King Hum bert half way , yet has never retreated nn inch from the high piano occupied jy Pius IX. The acknowledgment of : ho supreme dignity and absolute hide- [ wndonco of the holy see Is the only l > asls of pacification on which ho has boon willing to treat for peace in nny quarter. To concede nothing , yet to gain a reputation for conciliatory action and progressive liberalism to make no surrender of principle , yet to transform a militant and aggressive Vatican into a pacific stronghold of ecclesiastical pre rogative has required n refinement of mind and a subtlety of method peculiarly Italian. It is vfti-y evident that Hawaii has not seen the end of her disturbances. The difficulties In prospect nro in Fome re spects quito as serious as those of the past because there seems to bo a greater division of public opinion than during the revolution of six months ago. Then the king stood practically nlono , or at least with only the unpopular Gibson mbinotand n few personal followers to aid him , and his cabinet was promptly sacrificed. Now ho finds a small fraction of Iho legislature- sup porting his exorcise of the veto power , and it is said that ho has also at least half the supreme court. The exact question at issue appears to turn on Iho interpretation of the pledge which Kalakatia gave during the Into revolu tion that ho would not "interfere wither or attempt to unduly influence legisla tion or legislators. " The king insists that this pledge could not bo considered as utterly abandoning all exorcise of his veto power. Perhaps , therefore , the next stop will bo to force him formally to renounce even that vestige of royal prerogative. * * * Something of the majesty that hedges a king may bo inferred from the Vienna dispatch announcing Iho permission ac corded the Austrian branch of the Roths child money princes to appear at the court of the Hupsburgs. For twenty years the family have boon seeking ac cess to the Hofburg , nnd now , as the dynasty is drifting into a war that may give the dual empire a fatal wrench , the money potentate is invested with the in signia of court equality. Many a time the coffers of the Rothschilds have up hold the bankrupt credit of the empire , but no service to the state , no fidelity or patriotism , could lift the meinber of the great house to an equality with the most insignificant fribble of the court or the camp. V * After all the rumors of pageants and demonstration ! : , it is surprising to learn that Iho removal of the coffins of Napoleon leon III. and the Prince Imperial from Chisolhurst to Fnrnborough next Mon day is to bo absolutely without cere mony. There will bo simply two hearses convoying the remains to a special train. They will bo 'met at Farnborough by the Empress Eugenie , n few mem bers of the household , and possibly by Prince Victor. Thence they will bo conveyed on gun carriages to the sar cophagi. The old purple velvet cover ing the emperor's coffin has mainly rotted away in the damp during the fourteen years it has boon in the Chisel hurst vault. So have most of the wrcatns and crosses , but they will betaken taken to Farnborough as they arc. TIIK Fim D OF INDUSTRY. Hundreds of sill ; looms are being brought into Patcrson. The manufacture of false teeth for horses is a now industry. The now silk mill at Wcathcrly , Pa. , wil be ready next month. Shipbuilders' wages at Bath , Me. , arc to be reduced 25 per cent. 13oot and shoo Jobbers and manufacturers say money is hard to get. A new paper mill is to ho started at Al bany to make paper out of wood. A company with a capital of $3,000,000 , ha started knife works at Akron , O. The locomotive works at Schcncctaiiy nro to have 840 incandescent electric lights. Silk manufacturers are paying higher wages than they have given for ten years. A largo establishment is to bo built a Macon , Ga. , to put in water and gas works. Toledo capitalists nro building a fJOO.OOO factory and rail-mill 30x100 feet at Jack son , O. A ? 1,000,000 electrical development com pany has just been organized in San Fran cisco. A silk tin-owing mill is to bo established Wudcsboro , N. C. , the first of its kind In the south. The Cincinnati Southern company wil build shops at Somerset , ICy. , and cmploj 400 men. The demand for cottonseed oil consumes about ono-hulf the present pi eduction of cot' tonscctl. A steam yacht is being built at Green Point , N. Y. , tlmt will' make eighteen miles per hour. Some eastern editors nro writing in favor of buying existing telegraph lines at thel actual value. Nearly all the electric light companies are enlarging their plants , and machinery order are way behind. The reduction of the hours of labor in th < state of Matuc to ten has not icsultcd in auj decreased output. The largest profits In nny mill in Pal Ulver are reported by the First mills $150,000 for the year. A silk-mill has just been removed from Newark , N. J. , to Hothlahem , Pa. , on count of labor troubles. New silk mills are springing up every where , nnd the immigration of foreign wcav crs has almost stopped. Leather Is sent to Liverpool from Uoato for less money than it takes to carry it fron , Now York to Boston. The citbens of Athens , On , . , organized company to build a fi.OOO spindleooltonmil at Haruott Shoals , tcu miles from Athens. A wire mill in Loekport , 111. , hns bee running twenty-two hours out of every twcn- ty.four , , except Sundays , for two years. A gas well was struck at Zonia , Ind. , the other day which has a flow of 14,000,000 cublo feet. The flame Is seventy-live feet high. The substitution of steam from the loco motive for the car steve as a method of heat ing ears Is progressing very satisfactorily. The frequency of fires In Now England tan. nine and currying shops has driven fourteen Insurance companies out o ? underwriting In tlmt branch. During the past year scvonty-throo vessels were lost on the lakes , costing $2,500,000 nn'd 201 lives. The Insurance companies have suffered heavily. In order to break up the car famine rail road managers have adopted the rule of charging other railroad companies for the use of their cnrs. A co-opcrfttlon shop Is to bo built at Tain- coosa , ( In. , that will employ KM moulders , Vt ho will turn out farui Implement * , sad * diary , hardware , etc. A blacksmith shop hnd to be removed fifty feet fioin the mouth of it natur.il-g.is well in order to keep It from bulug blown away by the flow of gas. There is talk of the Welsh Ironmnkcrs In the Interiors abondonlng their works nnd turning to the coasts , where coal , ere and pig Iron nro cheaper. Uuslncss numt bo very peed at Fall Illver , since nearly all of the mills nro enlarging tholr plant , nnd two or three now companies are building mills. Where lie IH Knslly First. Hu > ! f > if [ ; < m l-'iec I'icti. The probable failure of the fishery com mission cmphastrca the piuvlously known fact that Mr. liayard knows bolter how not to do anything than any other otatcsuian llv- Some lloozy Ilccs. Chtcayo JlcitiM. A lady In Virginia has a hive of bocs that go to n neighboring distillery and get tipsy. This Is n sad revelation for the moralist who Is fond of holding up the bco as a bright and shining model for thrift , sobriety and In dustry. The didaotlo poetry regarding the little boozy bco scorns to be in need of re vision. A Common View. New 1'wfc Uu > Iil. Lord Lansdowne Is said to tnUo the com fortable view that certain denunciations of him placarded about Ottawa form a pretty good Joke. This view , however , Is probably intended for publication rather than us a guarantee of peed faith. " \Vlirn Ho Was a'Soldier Hoy. " Maiu Stcifait inllic Amnicaii Magtiidit. My love ho went for n soldier once , And marched to the sound of thu drum : With his co.it of blue nml his musket now Ho longed for thu fee to como. There wcro those who wept when ho marched away , A long farewell to joy I Hut his face was bright and his footstep bright When ho was n soldier boy I For who-would stay nt work In the fields When Honor calls to her side ! My love ho heard the bnglo blow1 And ho never would turn and hide ! But ho followed the call through cold and wet , And suns that scorch and destroy , And laughed at the pains of day and night , When ho was n soldier boy I The deadly rifle bullet's ring , The crash of the falling shell , The long dull whirr of the cannon ball , Ho know each ono of them well. And whether behind the breastwork's screen Or out where the troops deploy , Ho took true aim through smoku nnd flame , For ho was n soldier boy. And all the years that ho marched nnd fought I was n girl nt play ; I did not know I should love him nt all , And bo his wlfo to-day. And though ho is truest and best 6f men What love is without alloy ? I wish I had been his sweetheart then , When ho was a soldier boy 1 MAHONIOV'S MATINHK. Passing Scenes ami I'lRcapades nt the Poor Olllco. "Get out of hero , I wouldn't give you order for coal if you stood there until dooms day , " sharply spoke up County Agent Ma- honcy , whoso patlcnco nnd philanthropy are being sorely tried in this weather. Yesterday the person to whom this was addressed , a little Polish woman enveloped from head to feet in several shawls of varied hue , turned her head to ono side und began to blubber , being ably assisted in her dispensation of tears by two moro of her countrywomen. "These people , " remarked Mr. Mahoney tea a I3ii : : reporter , "arc the _ worst class the poor authorities have toaleal with. Hogging seems to bo instilled into them. Besides , they nro tricky ami untruthful , nnd have their chil dren trained in the same way. That woman I just turned away lias property worth J'J.fMl , nnd yet she wants thu county to furniah her with fuel. " "Mister , please glvo mo coal. I have four chlhlrcirnnd my husband has no work , " in terposed the woman again in broken Eng lish"Go "Go nnd sell your property and buy coal , " repeated Mr. Malionoy , at which the woman bcciunu highly indignant and wept copiously. Eventually limllng that the agent would not relent from his llxed course , the wonian de manded more flour. Another scoop full was poured into her suuk , and , picking up the pens , beans and soap previously measured out to her , she took her departure , only to re turn in u day or so again , ns Mr. Mahoney put it , "to plead for coal. " WANTED A SUIT OF CI.OTnnS. "Here comes another Joe D.uidy. " whis pered Mr. Mahonoy. as a darkoy well known about town ambled in and was piofuso in hln bows and acknowledgements , "Wonder what this fellow will want now. A sleigh rldo or nn order for a suit of clothes ( " imjuircd the agent in undertones. It was the lat ter that the dusky gentleman was in quest of , and upon being informed that the county was not issuing orders for cloth ing the fellow shambled off muttering something - thing about man's inhumanity to man. sm : 1.1 A itusn.r.it. "What in the d 1 am I to do ? " squeaked a little wonian as she bounded into the sup- lily room. "I'm a rustler , but 1 can't iiml coal and kindling enough above the snow to keep myself and children warm. " Mr. Mahoney told the woman that her cows ought to bo able to earn her enough to k't'L' | ) her In fuel. "And besides there is your husband , it bricklayer , I believe , " ho added. "Don't talk of him , " was the snappish re- siwnso. "I fired him bodily over u month ugo , nnd ho'll not live oil from nio , the la/y loufcr. I want this county to supply mi with fuel , nnd I'll bo down hero to-morrow again , you see if ! don't , " was the parting ha- lute as the rustling female took her de parturo. These nro only a few of the cases which Mr. Mahoney has to put up with every day and ho has to keep ( i sharp lookout for im postors. TIIK COUNTY COMMISSIONKUS IlulCH Adopted , Contract Ijer and n Salary Fixed. The county commissioners met again yesterday afternoon , Chairman O'KccfTo pre siding. Twenty-seven rules were ndnpU-d for the regulation of the board. Three mem bers shall comprise a quorum , nnd meetings will bo held on Wednesday and Saturday ol each week at 'J p. in. Special nicotines will bo held at such times as the chairman may appoint. Thu yeas and nays shall bo called on nny motion or resolution involving the ox- pcndltnro of money or imposing upon the county a liability for the payment thereof , and all bills against the county except those of officers or employes shall bo filed with the board Ht least two days before they shall bo considered and allowed. Sehlu-ht & Field Co , of Rochester , N. Y. were awarded the contract for book shelve1 , and lllo cases , through their rcpiusenliitlvu , J. II. Comes , of Chicago , at a cost of f'i 0. The awarding of the contract for furnish ing the county with stationery nnd blank books was put over until to-day. The following by Commissioner Mount was adopted ; Kesolvud , That the salary of the nudltoi of the commissioners bo llxed ut the sum o $1,200 per year , payable monthly , and that he bo required to glvo u bonu in thu sum of 11,000 for the faithful performance- his duties said Iwnd to be approved by the county coin imsaloners ana tiled with the county judge. A SCHOOLBOrS DILEMMA , Why the Scholars wore Begin ning to Shun Him. The Hon of Ilrnl K tnto ARPIU Who ICndnrrd Much SnfTrrliiK Finally Hollered KolId Nnnnl Cntnrrli It * symptoms. "There pees the on man who Is mnlnly ro- cpotiHililo for Iho iwi'iit condition oT the alow runsit cur service of South Omnlia. " The spi'ukiTMiii it woll-knouii 0 in aim nier- rlmnt grim Ing prny In thn not of enduring n six 'or nijiinrti'r iu1 "Southward ho. " und\\iuirliif- ho lII-\Mv-cviT'ii'Mhiro M.vlo ( if rotinteimncti uliUlidlMlniiulshcs the South Otnnhii carpal- ron from hU follow rlili-num tlio other roiuN. " \ \ ho Is ho ) " caitvrly ili-nmmlcil his i ompun- lon. a recent prmluuto from tint pooltlun of IIIPI- Ki-iiKor IKI.V , to whom the rar iiiippnrnl to bo going ninety mlles nn hour InrlndliiK stopi. "Ik ! is tlu > mcnncst man in Utnatin , itud his nnnio N " "South Oinalial" nhnuteil thn conductor , IrownliiB Iho iiH-rclmnt.s loply , mul nt thn sumo llmu winiitng the repotler thnt lie linil rouctipil Ills Jonrni-y'a nml. 'Ihunaimt of ( lumlm'.i meanest man IstluiR lo < t to lilitoiy tlirottKh Hut olosn nttuntlon lo duty of tlio ( ouml'lungi'il roiidmtoi. Inquiry miKkint the io lili < ncu of Mr , li. Cnrpi-ntor , the i nil eMnto dealer tesldlliK on II tttrc'ut , between rwcnty-tlfth iindTttontj-idMli utreeM , fulled to Ihrow any ll ht on this xubjocl. Hut Muster liai ry Otrpi'iitor knew all about another mutter of moro Intel oil to our renders , nnd very Miullv ave tlio ipportcr nil the Information lu hi * 1IAIIHV fUllI'KNTKIt. " 1 hnve , " s ild he , "bcemillllctedwltlin rtlsi-mo of the no.Mt nnd tlno.it. My nnsu would Htop up and I would dlHrhaiKO hard Mnbsur ( luinks \\hlcln\hen pressed between the Honors emitted a Imil odor. Tor aulille my no n nnd throat seemed to bo dry , nnd nppe < uod to huvo n burn- IDK sensation , but nftel iiwldlo tluidlsehnrgo bo- uimo moio free nnd 1 would fioqiittntly neil two ortlneo handkerchiefs lu n ilny. 1'ho suiMo nf Hinell 1 begun touolleu was beginning to lenvo me , and niv bieath becnino. very otrenslve nnd seemed to bo xliort. I luid nt times dltllcnlty of brentldng oIng to the Mlomied up condition nf my none , would liuvn Mirlln nf coughing nnd would pplt up coiisldcrnmo. Notli'lnii the ad vertisement of DM , Mc-Coy& Hnnry In the dully pnpois I wns ndvlst'd to consult them , which I did and betran tieatment nt onco. 1 nm now free from the offensive brenth , my head fools perfectly clour , nnd I nm entirely well. IP SO. TIIKN YOU IIAVK CATAKHI1 Few Symptoms ol' n Dltentio Thnt Rlny Prove Bnrious to You , Do you Imvo frequent HtsoC mental depres sion ? Do yon experience ringing or buzzing nolsc.s In yourenrsr lo ) you fool ns though you must suffocate when Ijltifidonn ? Are you troubled with a hacking cough nnd Bonernl ilufilllty ? Are your eyes generally weak nnd w ntery , nnd fiequently liiilanied'/ Does > onrolco Imvo n husky , thick sound , nnd a nn--iil sort of twang ? Is your brenth frequently offensive from some unaccountable cnnsu/ Have yon n dull , oppressive hendnche gcncr- nlly locntod oer tlio oj o4t lo ) you huvo to hawk nnd cough frequently In the etfort to clenr your throat ? Arc you losing your sense of smell , nnd U your sense of tnsto becoming dulled ? Does your nose nlw nys feel stopped up , fore- Ini ? you to bioatho through your month ? Do you frequently feel dl/.zy. particularly when stooping to pick anything off tlio floor ? Does every llttlo driinilit of air nnd every "light chnngo of temperature Rlvo you a cold ? Are j on annoyed by a constant deilroto hawk and hpltout nn endless ununtlly ot phlegm ? ArujounlunjK tired mid Indisposed to oxer- tlon , whether of buslnes" , work or nmusemeiit ? In urent effort roqtiii ed to keep your thoughts fixed upon matters thnt formerly were easily performed. Do yon rlso from bed ns tired and wenk ns you were the night before nnd fcol us though you wanted to Ho theio fmmor ? Is your throat tiled with phelRm In Iho morn ing , which can only bo dlsclinrned nfter violent coughing and hawking and spitting ? Do you occasionally wnko from n troubled sleep with axtaitnnd feel ns If you had Just escaped n horrible death by choking ? lluvo you lost nil Interest In your calling or bUHlness or former pleasures , nil ambillon gone , nnd do you feel iiylllTt-rent whether to morrow llnds you nllvo or dead ? Ant yon tumbled with n dlschnrgo from the head In the tluont , BOinetlme.s watery nnd ex- ces.slve , Hometlmes mucous , thick , sticking to wlmtover It touches , sometimes bloody , und nearly nlwnys putrid and olliMiblvo ? 'Hie above nro some of the many symptoms of cntnrih nnd tlui b"Klniilni' of lun tumbles. Not one CUSP In n hundred will have nil of them , but everyone ntlected will have n few or ninny of them. Thu KI enter or moro serious your Hyinp- toms , the moia serious your Bjmptonis , tlm moro dangerous your condition. Tills class o diseases Is treated veiy bwri'ssfully by Dr. Mil'oynnd his nss-oclntus. 'Iho many cnseH re ported thruiiKli the columns of the dully papers prove tlil- , and each statement pnljlshed IsHUli- tnntlnlly tlio sameasghen by the | > .itlentcmcd. Dr. McCoy and his associate. Dr. Henry , use no Hocret nostrum , but cm o diseases by their skill ful combination of the best known leinodle.s , implied in tlio most nppioved manner , und bv nsfiiKthu latent nnd most hlphly recommended nppllanrcs known to their piofosolon. They thus piodiieo lesiilU which speak lor them selves In the many patients cured , nnd wo na- mire our rondeia that those eminent physicians have nchlined u smcoss lu cmInc disease whlclj few or no other doctors can duplicate. CATAHIIII CAN I H CUHISD. Xho Successful Methods OB U otl by I > r . fllcCoy & Henry. The treatment for cntnrrh. IIIIIK trouble , nsthmu , ihi'uinutlMii and other chronic dUoaso.s ran only bo appllud .success ! ully by onowhohus Investigated nnd inurto u llfo-lont ? Ktnily of such diseases , Careless doctors and the e who nro not thoroughly acquainted with thono trouhlcH are liable to lull , when ft Bklllf ill Hpeclulist who has devoted j ears to that particular buslnosn , nn DIM. McCoy if lleiiry , will succeed. Nothing buttho\ery best treatment known to medical .scleiiro Is given to nil patients , and It can bo safely s-uld that these gentlemen are iniihter * of nil that Is Known of consumption nnd other chionlc diseases up to dato.S 1th them It Is no longer speculation nnd oxporliiient lt IH stralKhtforwmd treatment , resulting from high intellectual and wlentlllc iittuimnuntH , ndded to n thoiouKh medical education In the greatest Ameilcnn hospitals nnd under tlm greatest A met lean musters of medicine nnd surgery. Those gentlemen h.ivo ndded to tlio exhaustive knowledge of their specialties n reputation for modrrato charges , us tlitilicoiumltutloii fee Is but ( I , whether ut tholr ofllco/or nn opinion given by m.ill. DOCTOR J , CRESAP McCOY , Late of Eellcmc Hospital , New York , AND Dr. Columbus Henry ( Jato of University of Pennsylvania ) HAVH OrFICKS No. HID anil 11 IN ItAMOIJ HUJI.OINO. Corner fifteenth nnd HnriiByntH. . omulia. Neb. , wliero nil curable cases nee treated wlih suc < oss. Medical dlseanes iroati-d nklllfiilly. Consnmp- tlon , Itrlght'HdlsiMse. DjHiii-pshi. Hhoumutlsiii. nnd nil NliltVOIIH DlSKASKrt. All disposes pit. ( Ullar to the xe * a upcclulty. CATAUUll CONHIU/rATION at oflicn or br mull , tl. ( llliiuhouru-Uto II a. in.'to 1 p. m. , 7 to b p , in. . Piimlij'H Included. Correopondenco receives prompt attention. Muny dl.suasiis ur treuttd successfully by Drs. McCoy and Henry through thu malls , nna It U thus possible for these unnblo to maKe a journey to obtain successful hospital treatment ut their homes. . . . No letters nnswored unless accompanied by VddrSss'nll ' letter * to Drs , McCoy and Henry , HoouisSlU and 311 Uamto i < ulkllug. OmaUu , Neb. ;