Nebraska Newspapers

    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. ;