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IN Ottawa , Out. , parliament proposes
to do awny with bucket shops. A ma
jority of the members have presumably
boon buyiner short.
WITHOUT consulting the weather
bureau or the goose bono , there is all
tha internal and external evidence nec-
cs ary to convince the most skeptic that
gentle spring is hove. But look out for
the oquinoxial.
A PAUTY of Boston excursionists
were left high and dry in Now Mexico
in consequence of the Santa Fo men
going out on n strike. It was a beautiful
spectacle , no doubt , to witness cultured
Bastonitvns entertaining curious Mexi
can greasers und chasing tarantulas
nnd centipedes for exercise.
* reports from the northwest show
cattle to bo in excellent condition. In
the agricultural districts of the west
' and northwest , also , every indication
far a prosperous year is most flattering.
There will be tides of humanity como
tvest of the Missouri to find homes
and they caunot como too soon.
IT is said that Prince William of
Prussia has ceased to bo the holder of
season ticket on the railways. His Wife
always pays the regular fare when she
travels to and from Berlin. Prince
William differs in this respect from the
-UVerago American ofllcial who , it is
needless to say , seldom pays his railroad
laro but often charpes mileage when ho
| s carrying an annual in his pocket.
THIS exhibition of pcnmapship and
Drawing as well as the samples of mod-
ibling in clay in the primary grades of
Vho city schools are stops in the right
direction. It encourages pupils to do
good work and is an incentive to the
teachers to raise the standard of scholar
0hip. The movement sot on foot in
those brunches may profitably bo followed -
lowed in some of the other departments.
A PiULADisiA'HiA judge , in laying
awn the law in its bearing upon the
| t Conduct of policemen in making arrests ,
euid : "A policeman owes u double duty.
Ho is an ollicor of the law , to preserve
respect for the law and obey it himself ,
and , while acting in that capacity and
ill the line of 'his duty , ho becomes
equally guilty with las prisoner when
lie oxcocds his authority and inflicts
violence upon the person ho has in cus
tody. " The circumstances that called
Out this explanation of a policeman's
floublo duty have their counterpart in
every city of the country , and are duo
to a false conception of authority. All
policeman should understand that they
are conservators of the peace , and not
breakers of both peace and law guard-
fcuis of the poisons us well as property
6 ( citizens , and that they are not to bo
a luw unto themselves.
Tins women of Now York liavo long
boon knocking at the doors of Columbia
College. Admission into some depart
ments of that institution of learning
has not boon denied thorn , but the re
quest has always boon granted with ro-
jUictanco , while in other ( tapartmoiits
women are rigorously excluded. An
CITort is now ripe to open wide the
floors of Columbia and give young
tvomou an equal chance with their more
fuvorod brothers , Mrs , An nio Nathan
Woyor , a graduate of Columbia's course
( or women , has taken tin active part in
Bringing tlio matter before the trustees
> f that college. She has enlisted the
Co-operation of prominent Now York
people to establish an annex for the
tiighor education of women tit Colum-
Jbia. No financial aid is asked for from
Iho trustees , since funds sufficient to
place the woman's college on a footing-
liavo already boon raised. But iho con-
BoiH of the trustees is necessary to os-
tablibh this auxiliary , It is a more
question of but a short time when the
J'oto of the board of directors will open
tlio way for the higher education of
Women. Columbia must Uiko such a
tjton to keep abreast with the first uni
versities of the country. The ago calls
for. broad and liberal vlaws in the
matter of tho- higher education of
% vomon , Harvard college recognised
his principle and established an annex
jvhoro women enjoy the'samp educa
tional privileges as man. ' 'Cornell-owes
its success to co-oducution , and Johns
flopkfns university showers its favors
) n men mid women alike.
A .TtidlolotiB Counsellor.
At thin UmOWhon there 'isf so much
professed fcnr tlmtthc social life of this
country is being threatened , and dema
gogues in public life and pessimists in
uo\vspapcr editorial rooms are prophe
sying disaster to American institutions
if we do not orcct the most formidable
barriers to prevent further addition to
our population from the outsldo world ,
it is reassuring to hear a strong nnd
able voice , such as that of Bishop J. L.
Spaldlng , proclaim thnt there is no
alarming danger threatening us , nnd
that it is unworthy of n great people to
give themselves up to fears for which
there'is Httlo substantial reason.
In the March number of the
JFbi'KMi Bishop Spaldlng dibcus&os
with great clearness and force the ques
tion , "Is our social lifo threatened ? "
nnd very plainly points out that there
is no adequate ground for apprehending
that it is in imminent danger. Ho ob
serves that it would bo willful blind
ness to maintain that our country and
its institutions are beyond the roach of
harm , but this is not to ho averted by a
discipline of fear. "Tho notion , " ho
says , "that there is peril because cer
tain customs and constitutionalitics
which our ancestors approved of have
ceased to commend themselves to our
judgment , is primitive nnd provincial.
Not only our own history but that of all
the civilized nations has boon a history
of developments , here nnd there inter
rupted or arrested , and consequently a
history of alterations. " This country can
not expect to escape the universal experi
ence , which is in fact a law of civiliza
tion , nor will any one but a reactionist ,
an ono'my of progress , deslro that it
should.
Those who insist that the social llfo
of this country is in danger flnd their
chief argument in the policy of immi
gration which still admits to our shores
all proper persons from other lands.
In answer to this Bishop Spalding for
cibly says : "The" fear of immigration ,
which the bomb-throwers have inten
sified , is foolish. Known criminals ,
idiots and paupers are excluded , and
that suffices. For the rest , the peasant
millions who come hither bring to us
the best and purest blood of Europe
and of the world ; and as the
great nations of Christendom
are of mixed descent , there is no reason
for thinking that the intermingling of
different noble races on this continent
will lead to degeneracy. Rather is it to
be believed that a higher typo of man
hood will be the result. Lot , then'the
disinherited of the earth still seek thcso
shores , and if their children prove
wiser and stronger than ours lot thorn
inherit the land. Hero is a fair field
and wide ; hero an opportunity and in
vitation to every man to do the best ho
can. " What intelligent American , not
prejudiced und narrowed by a bigoted
sentiment of nativism , will not heartily
indorse this generous and genuinely
American view ? Why should wo fear
anything from the annual inflow
of a few hundred thousand of
the "disinherited of the earth" if wo
have faith in ourselves and in the mer
its of our institutions ? After a hundred
years of republican government , in
which this nation has realized a mater
ial , moral and intellectual progress
without a parallel in the history of
mankind , shall wo now in the greatness
of our power and wealth , with such
magnificent evidences of the worth of
our political system in full view , pro
claim to the world that wo are losing
confidence ) in our ability to continue
our experiment of government on the
lines wo have thus far pursued ? Shall
wo send forth a declaration of loss of
faith in ourselves which monarchs
would hail with unrestrained gladness
and which would destroy the hopes
and aspirations of the millions every
where who are looking to this
republic to vindicate through all time
the capacity of man for self-government ?
Or what would bo equally deplorable ,
shall wo give mankind to understand
that having grown great , and powerful ,
nnd rich , wo have become at the same
time utterly selfish and are unwillintr to
share our prosperity and advantages
with the peonle of any other land , how
ever worthy they may bo or however
anxious to do their part for the nation's
further progress ? No American worthy
of his country will say that any of thcso
things should lie done. Wo have still
room in this land for many millions of
the industrious , thrifty nnd honest
people of other lands whoshtill como hereto
to make homes , conform to our laws and
accept the conditions imposed by our in
stitutions , and all such will help to in
crease our wealth , our power , and our
greatness among the nations.
The conditions that threaten havoc to
the country and its institutions do not
como from without , but nro of our own
creation and toleration. "A democracy , "
says Bishop Spalding , "whore the mil
lions own nothing and the few own mil
lions , must fatally fall a prey to socialis
tic , communistic , and anarchic turbulence -
lonco ; and though so far there is no
proper soil here for such germs to
sprout in , the policy which uses all
the powers of government to build nests
for paupers who , like unfledged birds ,
shall cat only when capitalists
drop food in their mouths , will soon sup
ply the lacking conditions. " The
growth of corporate power and arro
gance , the incroasa of combinations to
control the products of the country and
arbitrarily fix their price , and the ex
pansion of monopoly in every form made
possible by an onerous and unnecessary
fiscal system these are the conditions ,
wholly of homo production , which are
putting a heavy strain upon American
institutions , and which , if not removed
or greatly abridged in their power for
mischief , must eventually do great harm
to those institutions and to the country.
National Defenses.
There is very llttlo probability that
congress will at the present bossion
adopt a liberal policy for putting the
coast defenses of the country in the con
dition which all military and naval au
thorities have urged us desirable and
prudent , Notwithstanding the fact that
the foremost democrat of his time , Sam
uel , J. Tilden , sought to impress upon
the prfl'sont administration soon after it
came in to power tire duty of'providing
adequate defenses for the protection of
, the vast property pa the .sea-coast
npw almost unprotected , tho. party
which professe.d to so 4iorior
him in Ufa and elill pretends
to hold his name and fame in sacred
memory , has manifested llttlo disposi
tion to give any hood to his earnest ad-
vlco regarding the nntional dofonsbs.
Having disregarded it unlll ndw , the
representatives of that party will not'bo
likely in the present juncture to give it
any serious attention.
The committee on coast defences of
the senate is favorable to the bill ol
SenatorDolph which proposes a total
expenditure of $120,000,000 for coast and
harbor defenses , $2-5,500,000 to' bo ex
pended the first year and $9,000,000 a
year thereafter. The Cutchcon bill in
the house only provides for the expen
diture of $7-175,000leaving other appro
priations to bo made from
year to year. The senate bill
provides for a comprohonslvo plan of
coast und harbor defenses , such aa have
boon recommended by military and
naval boards. The house bill contem
plates supplying those improvements in
the plcce-menl fashion in which nearly
nil national public works are carried on.
Obviously , if those defenses are neces
sary , the house method of providing for
their construction is not the wiser one.
It would probably result in either a
greater expenditure than is provided
for in the senate bill foran equally com
plete plan of defenses , or in the aban
donment of the improvements before
completion , and thus practically wasting
whatever sum would have boon ex
pended.
A San Francisco paper says that city
is defenseless against the attack of any
well armed naval foe. " "There is no na
tion of Europe , " it says , "which could
not , with a few ironclads , compel the
surrender of the keys of commerce held
by this city , nnd , through it , of the entire -
tire Pacific coast. " The cities on the
Atlantic coast , are no bettor off than San
Francisco , and at least two of them rep
resent a vastly greater risk in the value
of the property that would bo at the
mercy of a foreign foo. True , there is
no present danger and may not bo for a
great many years to como. But is it
wise for the nation , when abundantly
able to provide adequate defenses ,
to leave populous and wealthy
cities on its coast without pro
tection and in a condition
vulnerable to any power that has a few
modern ships of war ? Is it judicious to
reason that because danger appears re
mote there need bo no hurry in making
preparations to avert it ? Under the
Dolph bill twelve years would bo re
quired to complete the dofo.ises , and
who can say that within that time the
nation will not find use for them ? The
construction of these defenses would
distribute from the treasury a consider
able sum to various kinds" labor , and
thus would bo a direct and desirable
contribution to the public welfare. Is
it not manifestly expedient that the
government should use a portion of its
surplus revenue in this way rather than
in buying up its bonds at a premium to
the holders ? It being granted that the
country ought to have n thorough sys
tem of harbor and coast defenses , and
there are very few who question it , evi
dently the wise plan to pursue is to
make such ample provision for them at
the outset as will assure their comple
tion. Such a plan , however , is not
likely to bo adopted by congress at the
present session. It is much more prob
able that there will bo no plan at all.
SINCK the terrible storm which , dur
ing the early part of tha week , rugod in
the cast , destroying all communication
by wire and rail in the seaboard section
of the country , and for two days paralyz
ing business in Now York , eastern
papers will probable bo a little more
chary in their assaults upon western
winter climate. No storm during the
past ton years in the west seems to have
so thoroughly blocked business nnd in
terrupted all communication as did the
storm of Sunday nnd Monday in the
strip of country east of the Alloghanios.
For three days no trains ran in or out of
Now York. The East river was a solid
mass of ice. People lro/o to death in
the very streets of the metropolis and
no telegraph instrument clicked in the
great building on the corner of
Doy street and Broadway. From
the accounts which are obtain
able it does not appear that
the eastern railroads are . as well
equipped for battling with the elements
as these in this section. The most ap
proved snow plows , such as are used on
the Union and Central Pacific roaus ,
would soon have cut their way with
their rotary knives through the drifts
which blocked all transportation be
tween Now York and Philadelphia.
Western line men , accustomed to re
pair wires in fatrong gales , would not
have refused to climb poles aud connect
broken wires as those in Washington
and Now York nro said to have done on
Monday. As a matter of fact , long ex
perience in battling with the elements
on the roads traversing the immense
strips of prairie and mountainous coun
try in the west have so stimulated the
inventiveness of western railroad man
agers that they jiiuko light work of the
problems which in the east seem to
have staggered every one.
Tim easy destruction of the Union
Square theatre of New York City by
fire is apothor warning that ought not
to go unheeded. The los&on has boon
taken to heart by the fire commissioners
of that city , who forbid the erection of a
theatrical building on the H ! to unless it is
thoroughly Are-proof. What holds good
in Now York holds good in Omaha. No
building intended for aplacoof public
amusement should bo granted a license
unless it complies with the city regula
tions concerning entrances and exists.
Moreover the city authorities should see
to it that in the future all uuch theatres
and halls shall bo lire-proof in con
struction.
Tin : strike is in the air. Over in
Polla , Iowa , sixty high school boys
struck owing to Hie decision of tlio
fcchool hoard not to grant the usual
spring vacation , The school was tied
upior.one day , and although no violence
was throatonpd , not a single scab took
the place of the strikers. Contrary to
expectations and justice , the parents
joine.4 themselves into a co'ipmlttoo of
arbitration nnd came to a unanimous
nnd vigorous conciastan that the strik
ers were wrong , frf o strike is over
and the strikers liaojllL boon allowed
to resumework. . | i > )
A ROOKFOHD. Illinois , minister , who
has boon a promlncntj'ot unsuccessful
'politician , has-suripfeal his" coilgrpga-
tlon by anhouncitg th"ftho ( would' ho rq-
after have nothing to dd with politics.
In thd goodness oflUs heart ho proba
bly docs-not know that to "bo out of pol
itics" is a graceful , yet lifeless chestnut ,
of which John M. Thurston is a living
POLITICAL POINTS.
It Is apparent that tiio republican party can
not have its Phil.
Governor Heaver lini a B in his nnnio but
rene in his bonnet.
Senator Butlor. of South Carolina , sponks
French as ho dresses fashionable.
Hcprcscntatlvo Jnmcs Pholan , of Memphis ,
is the best Gorman scholar in congress.
The Boston Glebe suggests that the Repub
licans nominate John L. Sullivan for presi
dent. As n "rlnu candidate , " of courso.
Thomas D. Tongue is the npproprlnto nnmo
borne by n prominent politician of Washing
ton county , Oregon. Ho will bo heard from
during the coming summer.
Congressman McKInlcy , of Ohio , is said
to boar striking resemblance to Nnpoloon I.
Ho Is also ambitious to become a loader Of
men , not In war but In the civil contest.
Close observers think that the republicans
could carry Ohio with olthor n Sherman-
Fornkcr or n Fornker-Shorman ticket. Such
n combination would realize the latest "Ohio
idea. "
P. T. Barnum comes forward nnd frankly
assorts thnt ho would gladly accept the re
publican nomination for president : The P.
T. of his signature , ho says , stands for Prcsi-
dental Timber.
Senator Ulddlobcrgor told a senate com
mit too last week that ho was "a prohibitionist
of long standing. " Don't laugh. lUildlo-
bcrgcr knows what ho is. If ho says ho is a
prohibitionist , why , ho Is n prohibitionist.
German Is the mother tongue of Congress
man Leopold Morse , of Mnss.ichusotts , Ilor-
uinn Lchilback , of Now Jursoy ; Uotneis , of
Ohio , and Kicharu Gcunthcr , of Wisconsin ,
while John Lind , of Minnesota , was Swedish.
The presidential boom of Governor Louns-
bury , of Connecticut , now weighs fourteen
pounds and bus cut its first tooth. It has
grown n great deal since Lounsbury's name
appeared in a presidential anagram in a
Bridgeport newspaper.
Colonel R. G. Ingorsoll is apparently In no
danger of becoming a democrat or mugwump.
Ho recently declared that ho would "never
again vote for a man who Is not distinguished
for something , who hasn't made his mark in
some calling , who husn t'got some brains1" a
The republicans of Erie nnd Crawford
counties , Pennsylvania , in convention as
semblcd , took a straw vote for a presidential
candidate Wednesday. The result was as
follows : Lincoln , 17 ; Blfutie , S ; Sherman ,
4 ; Grcsham , 2 ; Alliaod , 1 ; lEvarts , 1 ; Hawley -
loy , 1 ; Dnpow , 1. (1 ,4
Representative Dinglpy of Maine , says
(
that during the seven' ' yearn ho lias spent in
Washington ho has never seen a congressman
unijor the influence ofjirjuor. Bills Introduced
' * '
duced by Dlngley sta'mi a good chance of
favorable action by the Usvf cr house ,
Thomas F. Bayard D fWonly living , man
who was balloted foi ? injtb < r St. 'Louis con
vention in 1870. Tilden , Hcndrioks , Allen ,
Hancock and Parker.allof whom had en
thusiastic supporters for the nomination , are
dead , and John Kelly and John Morrissey ,
who wcro prominent figures at the conven
tion , have followed tholr chiefs.
Charles Voorhecs , son of Senator Voorhecs ,
Is the congressional delegate from Washing
ton territory. Although ho has no vote In
the house he can introduce all the bills ho
chooses. He has presented ono measure , nt
least , which shows that ho has statesman's
blood in his veins.1 It is a bill to roguloto
spelling by law , the amended orthography to
bo taughfin nil government schools. The
measure makes war on the silent "o , " ns in
"live , " "bronze , " etc. . nnd advocates the
adoption of "ako" for "ache , " "anker" for
"anchor , " and other abbreviated forms for
certain words.
To Bury Them All.
frhllatlclpMa Preti.
The coffin trust Is a grave undertaking ,
but it ought to flourish long enough to pro
vide all the other trusts with burial cases.
Will Wear Bloomers.
Philadelphia Enquirer.
It would be Just perfectly awful if some
horrid republican should turn loose a cageful
of mice when the Mrs. Cleveland club is on
parade.
The Boston Idea of It.
Jlflwiaipolfs Tribune.
Thorn has been some great news in the
Boston papers lately about the famous John
L. Sullivan , tlio celebrated Charles Mitchell ,
and ono William , who was an emperor or
something.
Accepts the Trust.
CMcwjo TrOnme.
George Bancroft ( anxiously ) My dear
friend , I am still n vigorous man , compara
tively speaking , but I may not live more than
forty or fifty years yet , and my history Is far
from complete. Promise mo that if I am
called awny with my great work unfinished
you will complete it.
Simon Cameron ( with emotion ) George , I
accept the trust I'll do It.
Striving Tor Fame.
G. I' . Crnnch.
I started on a lonely road ;
A fuw companions with me went ;
Some fell behind , some forward strode ,
But all on ono high purpose bent ;
To llvo for nature , finding truth
In beauty and the shrine of art ;
To consecrate our joyoup youth
To alms outside the common mart ;
I turned aside and lingered long
To pluck a rose , to hear | i bild ;
To muse , while listening to fho ? eng
Of brooks through leafy cqvers heard ;
To llvo in thoughts th t brought no fame
Or guerdon from the houirhUoss crowd ;
Td toil for end that could no\ claim
The world's applauses , course nnd loud.
But still , though oft I bind my sheaf
In Holds my comrades have not known ,
Though art is long and llfo is brief.
And youth has now forever llowu ,
I would not lese the rupture wcet
Nor scorn the toil of earlier years ;
Still would I climb withjeager foot ,
Though towering hclgjit oi height appears.
A Just Criilcjsm.
Hiiladtlpiita. ttetorii.
An unexpected development of the wostoru
railway strikes is the disclosure of an as
sumption of power oil the part of a United
States court to prevent any state bon.nl of
railway commissioners from performing the
duties devolved upon It by stnto lawn. Under
the plea that Inter state commerce would bo
interfered with , the Union Paclflo railway
company has secured an injunction from a
United States judge | n Nebraska restraining
tbo board of transportation of that slata
from making cei tain regulations which luid
been deemed necessary by the board. The
attempt to sot tip federal power in opposition
to the decrees of tho'stato tawmaking power
Is full of danger to the rights of the people.
If the validity-of sucli proceeding * should go
unchallenged a single federal Judge might ot
any time paralyze the entire polloo power pf
n cohimonwcnlth In its application to the reg
ulation of. railways In the state.
VO1CI2 OF THK .STATE . I'UICSS.
The Orfl Democrat denounces'the. Importa
tion of armed detectives In language Justly
vigorous.
The Dumly Democrat finds that Bcnkhv
man will Invest fT > 0,000 In now buildings in
1888. As another evidence of Improvements
the sumo paper fliuls-thut 5,000 acrqs of prai
rie were broken In the month ot February.
The South Sioux City Sun longingly lingers
In Iho hope of n never ending spring boom for
Its town , As the annex of the great pack
ing center of the northwest , the now town up
the river will fairly hum.
In n moment of confidence the Plnttsmouth
Journal records the fact that "tho farmers of
Nebraska nro mortgaged to an amount of n
hundred nnd forty million dollars as n rcsul )
of high protection and high freight tariffs. "
The Grand Island papers nro Indulging In
n personal war with the Independent well
on top. The Times , n hide-bound monopoly
organ , falls to receive Its share of applause ,
hcnco has lushed Itself Into a harmless fury.
Allianco.tlio now town in 13ox Uutto county
has three newspapers already. All they lack
to Insure future porninnocy Is to find
Tuscott there. All other growing towns In
the great northwest have enjoyed this dlzy
scoop.
The general expression of the country
press la to the effect that honest laborers
should enjoy the right to protect themselves
against the oppression of corporate power.
Accordingly the brotherhood of engineers
llnds warm friends in the majority of Ne
braska newspapers.
The Falls City Journal says : Judge
Grcsham gave the "Q" system a black eye
in their suit to enjoin the Wnbash road nnd
the brotherhood fiom refusing to haul their
cars by tolling them that t'liey had no cause
for action. Judge Grcsham Is no respecter
of persons when action Is brought before
him. It makes no difference whether the
claimant bo n railroad with nil the arrogance
usual to such corporations , or whether It be
a penniless beggar , his case Is treated with
the same degree of fairness.
The Oakdalo Sentinel very properly says
of the most recent outrage In Nebraska :
"Tho armed detectives who nro now sold to
be stationed nt Important points on the line
of the B. & M. railroad In Nebraska calls for
prompt and decisive action. Nebraska Is a
civilized state whoso executive is clothed
with ample power to protect the llfo and
property of every citizen within Its bound
ary. The Importation of armed men Is a do-
ilanco to the state nndshould bo promptly
checked. "
In that same dreamy and dreary style of
composition that endeared John Bunyan to
the people of the earth , the Nebraska City
Press clamors for an opera house. "It is far
less Important to the present generation , and
will not bo thought of by the next , " says that
paper , in its wild desire to secure the end ,
"whero the opera house is built. " There Is
no doubt a long-felt want concerning the
amusement pnlaco which papers have
builded for years past. Paul Schuiinke ,
the Otoo statesman , owns the
present barn where actors and
actresses storm and wring their hands , and
do high tragedy. It was on those boards that
Mr. S. first apeared before the world and
the good citizens of the down-river town
should spare Paul the humiliation of seeing It
rudely torn away.
The McCooK Gazette very wisely talks
upon the subject of congressman in the
Second district ns follows : "As long as the
railroads are permitted to choose legislators
for the people so long will they have an ad
vantage. Mr. Laird of this district when
elected was an attorney for the B. & M. , and
right well has ho served his master. Tlio
people should taUo deeper interest in these
matters. Tlie republican party should select
men for their qualifications , instead of their
business associations. It is not necessary for
a man to bo a railroad employe in order to bo
elected to congress , or the state legislature.
What we need , nnd what wo must labor to
secure , is to send men who are untrum moled
by associations with any clique or corpora
tion , but who will do justice to all ,
whether they bo rich or poor. Not that
wo would have a man elected who woula
in any way injure or imperil railroad inter
ests , but a man who would not bo led by the
nose by rich monopolies. Give us a fair man
who belongs to nobody but himself. * *
The contest for congress in this district is
rapidly assuming an interesting phase. The
latest move to secure the nomination for
James Laird , the railroad candidate , and defeat -
feat Mr. Harlan , is to put congressional as
pirations into the breasts of several promi
nent men in the eastern part of the district ,
and in consequence two or three candidates
have already appeared , the Litest being Mr.
Hastings of Crete. This is a shrewd move ,
as it is expected that it will divide Harlan's
strength. But wo think when noses are
counted it will bo discovered that Mr. Laird's '
strength in the western part of this district
has been greatly overestimated. The people
are waking up to a fact which the corpora
tions liavo long known , and that is , the ad
vantage of having n man in congress to rep
resent their Interests. Wo think it Is about
time the peopio had an inning.
MADE THKBI TIItED.
Counullnioii Grow Weary Over the
I'luiiibliiff Ordinance ,
Thirteen councilman responded to
their names last night when called to order
by President Bechol. As the meeting was
one of Iho committee of the whole to con
slder the ordinance for the regulation of
plumbers aud the repealing of the existing
ordinance regulating the sale of liquor after
midnight. Mr. Bechol gave way to Council
man Leu , who presided.
"Which ordinance will wo take up first ? "
asked Clerk Southard.
"Tho plumbing , " responded Ford ,
'Do you wish it read by sections ! " ap
pealed Joe , ns he picked up the document ,
which consists of twenty big pages of typewriting
writing ,
"Yes ; we're here for nil all night session. "
said Counsman , who settled down sleepily
into his chair ,
"St. 'Patrick's day night Is n
bad ono for local legislation hummed
Huscull , who seemed discouraged with C'ouns
man's remark that they had como to stay all
night.
"Whero is your green ribbon I" quired
Lowry of Leo us ho took his seat on the
rostrum , to which Inquisitiveucss there was
no response ,
The clerk then settled down to the reading
of the ordinance , and Saloonkeeper Charley
Hlggins , who was on hand to champion the
passage of tha repealing of the liquor ordin
ance , made his escape.
The ordinance inspired a great deal of talk
nnd discussion , und by the time the clerk had
vvuded through a quarter of it Lowry moved
thut the commltteo adjourn. This received
a happy second from Ford , and adjournment
was ordered.
A Fiendish Crlino ,
ITIIAOA , N. Y. , March 17. Robert Barber ,
n farm hand , went totho house of Uluhard
Masoii Bgdd seventy , living near Trumans-
burg , last night , and after horribly boating
him rith a club , ho attacked Mason's wife ,
and beat her head into a slmpiilebs muss.
Barber tlion poured the contents of u lump
over the couple , got the house ou fire
and fled. Muson recovered sufilciuutly to
crawl from the burning building into a snow
drift , but his wifo's body was burned to a
cinder. Harbor was caught before m6nllng
und lodged in jail in this city. It is reported
a mob is forming to lynch Barber to-ntyht.
Mubou cannot llvo. Tha'motrvafor the en mo
19 supposed U ) havp been robbery.
AMUSEMENTS ,
nAt.tADT'3 AT THIS
Hallndy's minstrel * will glviy n sacred concert -
cert nt tlio Grand to-nigiit , with ha attrac
tive programme. The company is a flno ono
and has drawn largo housoi this week.
All next week , at lonst after Tuesday-
the Grand opera lionso there will bo on exhi
bition the great original painting by Muti-
kacsy entitled "Christ befOre Pllato" which
cost the present owner tlOD.OOO. The simple
nn neil ncenicn twill bo sufllctcnt to draw a
largo attendance.
TR OLD FOI.KR'B CONCEIIT.
Yo flrsto publlck slnglncc meetingo of y6
Plymouth club will bo holdo nt yo Congrcga-
tlonalo meotingii house at yo coniorof Nine
teenth nnd Spruce streets of yo good city of
Omaha on Friday ovo. Mnrcho Jo 23d , Anne
IJomino 183S. Yo price of admission Is but
two shillings of yo coin of yo realm , nnd yo
proceeds will bo used to pay expenses of mu-
sick In ya house of worship mentioned above.
Slngingo will begin at yo eighth hour of yo
afternoon.
AN OIIOAX FUND ,
On Tuesday , April 3 , the Catholic Knights
of America will give a grand concert nt
Boyd's opera house. The proceeds of the
concert nro to bo for the beenllt of the organ
fund of St. John's Collegiate church.
Tlioso who will lake p.irt In the concert are
the Temple quartet , Ilevel Franco , MliR
Fnnnio Arnold , Miss Potvln , of Lincoln , the
Mandolin club and n number of other well
known artists.
AMKHICt toil AMEIUOAX8.
Mrs. Carrie Lane Chapman will lecture on
the 80th lust nt the Christian church , corner
of Twentieth street and Capitol nvuuuo ,
under the nusnlccs of the Young People's So
ciety ol Christian Endeavor. Her subject
will bo "America for Americans. " Mrs.
Chapman's discourses arc replete with novel
nnd striking ideas , und she discusses without
bias tbo most vital subject of to-day's civiliza
tion. Her subject Is an Intensely startling
nnd graphic criticism upon the defects and
shams of modern politics , nnd is a strong ex
position of the Influence of foreign power in
the social , political and moral life of our
government.
Mrs. Chapman has been connected with
San Francisco Journals for some time back ,
having previously resided in lown. It was
during this period of lior life ou the coast
that she conceived the Idea that n new party
was necessary. Tlio foreign clement hud
gained such control over governmental affairs
that moral , social and political life had been
fairly Infected with corruption. It is to
remedy this growing evil that Mrs. Chap
man Is now directing her energies. A year
ago she returned from California nnd since
thut time has been laboring in lown nnd ad
jacent states. It is designed to form a club
in every state possible so that at the proper
time the party can bo put In working order.
FU'ST AT norn's To-finiiT.
This evening at Boyd's ' the German theat
rical company , under the innmiRomcnt of
Batlrcis & Puls , will give , beyond a question
the finest dramaticperformanso that has over
been presented in German in this city , It
will bo Goethe's Immortal "Faust , " pro
duced in the original language and by a com
pany of actors nnd actresses superior to that
of the German company now playing in Mo
Vtcko'r theater in Chicago. The aim of
Faust's lifo , as Interpreted by many of the
writers who have selected the same ns the
subject of their choicest work , seems to bo to
sacrifice the future , however prcrious , even
salvation itself , to Immediate gratification.
In this drama nro combined the wildest out
bursts of passion , the most sublime
and touching Innocence of the heart , the
flattest and most trivial stages of intellect
and tbo. highest aspirations nnd innermost
longings of the soul. They form a picture of
human nature to which , probably , no litera
ture has an equal. Tlio piece will bo pro
duced with all the scenic resources of the
stage of the Boyd , the original music , nnd
magnificent costumes brought from the cast
nt great expense. There is not a member of
the company whoso soul is not interested in
the production of this piece , which will bo
played for the benefit of Mr , Eiscmunn , tbo
new and successful leading man of the com
pany. Ho will appear In Mcphistopholes , a
character in which he has in other cities
made a great success. Miss Roomer will ap
pear in the always grateful character of
Marguerite. Mr. Koch will appear as Faust ,
and all the other members of the company
will render excellent support.
Attractions of more than ordinary interest
are announced to open at the Eden Museo the
coming week , principal among which is Texas
Cody , the cowboy pianist. Cody is a boy of
eighteen who has never had any musical edu
cation , his life to within a few months having
been on a ranch in Texas. Ho plays the most
difficult music utter having heard it but
once. Ho has received very Mattering no
tices from the press in the east and is justly
styled a musical marvel. The tableaux of
Christ before Pilate remains , ns does Miss
Lizzie Sturgeon , the pedestrian pianist. In
theatorium No. 1 the royal Italian fanto par
lor circus is presented , while in the bijou
theater John T. Kclloy closes his engagement
at the Museo with his laughable farce-comedy ,
"In Hot Water. " This comedy is considered
Mr. ' best and the
Kcllcy's production , com
pany will bo materially strengthened for its
presentation.
THIS AIlAniAN NIGHTS AT IIOYD'S.
There uro said to bo very novel features in
"The Arabian Nights ; or Alndian's Wonder
ful Lamp , " which will bo presented by the
Iniper.aU Burlesque company ut Boyd's opera
housei Monday , Tuesday und Wednesday
evenings. Captain Alford Thompson , whoso
work m Hobinson & Crane's production of
"Tho Comedy of Errors" has been stcn in
this city , is responsible for the hbrotto , and
for the designing of costumes and scenery of
"Tho Arabian Nights. " Jessie Williams , of
the New York Casino , arranged the music of
"The Arabian Nights. " The scenery is the
product of the artists of the Chicago opera
house , where the piece was first produced ,
und Dazien , of Now York , made the cos
tumes , which are the most artistic and
unique over witnessed in u spectacular pro
duction. In Chicago , "Tlio Arabian Nights"
scored a run of IbO consecutive performances.
This was followed by l.r > 0 consecutive per
formances in Now York , thirty in Philadel
phia and thirty in Boston , at the new grand
opera house. The play possesses many of the
best features of tbo English Christmas Pan-
tomino , the quiet notion and comedy of the
most popular American burlesque und spec
tacular features , not surpassed even in the
palmy days of "Tho Black Crook. " There is
a ballet of twenty , led by Mllo. Morondo ,
Mile. Dorseamt Mons. Oresto and a chorus of
forty trained voices. Nearly ono hundred
peopio will appear on the stage.
itooiii-inuuEiT COMPANY ;
The appearance of Edwin Booth and Law
rence Barrett lu Omaha next month will bo
nn event of great Intri cat , They will bo seen
in tlio following plays ; "Julius Cowar"
Monday evening , April 0 , with Mr. Booth as
Brutus nnd Mr. Barrett as Cassius. "The
Merchant of Ventco" Tuesday evening , April
10 , the entire play of six arts being per
formed , with Mr. Booth ns Shylock and Mr.
Barrett as Dnssauio. "Hamlet , " Wednes
day matinoc , April 11 , with Mr. Booth as
Hamlet and Mr. Barrett as Laortos ; nnd
"Macbeth" Wednesday evening , April 11 ,
with Mr , Booth as Macbeth and Mr. Barrett
as Macduff. The prices for reserved seats
will bo ? 3.30 and $ ) . Manager Boyd an
nounces that the first t'lioieo of seats will bo
sold at auction on Monday morning , April 2 ,
This is done to avoid speculation in tickets
by outsldo parties. The engagement will un
doubtedly attract a great many people to
Omaha.
A Now Dnlly In Chlango.
CHICAGO , March 17.Spccal [ Telegram to
the BKB. ] Chicago Is to have a now demo
cratic organ , established by Messr.s , Hurlbut ,
Patterson and Goudy. Hurlbut was for
merly receiver of the Times and Patterson
has been business manager of the same
paper since Storey's ' death. Goudy Is a law-
ver. It is understood that Colonel Martin J.
Russell , wno recently resigned the editorship
of the Herald , will take editorial charge of
the now paper. Ono of the Incorporators
says they are going to make it a rodhot
paper , und a strict supporter 01 the adminis
tration. There has been much complaint
among democrats hero for u long time thai
there was no out-and-out democratic papo
in Chicago ,
Cnlumily In China.
SAN FIIANCISCO , March 17. The steamer
Ocoanlca arrived from Hong Kong nnd Yo
kohama this morning. China papers confirm
the reports of a disastrous earthquake In the
rovinces-of Gunavo and Tijcchuen and give
additional detail * . Several attics were de
stroyed and about 20,000 lives lost. The
latest reports from the scene of the Yellow
river llpods several months ago , place the
number of lives lost at between l,50JOUO aud
aud 8,000,000.
A COLD BIDE ' ]
t _
On o boia Dayin a c&id Oar }
AND REPORT OF THE
A Hide on the Cable LJrtft 010 Cat Of
Corroborate Sonio Interesting
Testimony la the bars
Case Tlio ErtClQTisft
- In
Tlio m n who desires ft ! * M l ot ttic fhf
tonstty > ' the cohl artlo regions need not tnko a
trip to the north i > ole to satisfy his curiosity. 4) )
fi-cont rid on the grip car ot the cabla line on Or
moilernt y cold Any \ri\l give him all the Infer ?
mntlon o.i that score ho will want , pins A pair ol
feet so told thnt they will moko hi * bond ache ,
Tlio vrorl I's cola clmrltyvlll seem red-hot lit
compnrlsi n. At least that was the oxpotloncfl
otthorcpirtoronarocont trip In search of In'
formation to corroborate certain testimony
concernlu n young man whoso roslflonca Is afr
the corner of Cumlng nnd Elizabeth street * . bjf
jmino Mr. r.awroncoll. LftHCB , A laiclt-WOUMcs
byoccupn'lou.
The repo. tor after loaVltig the grip cur , almost
frozen , IUP tulcrcd around until the fjontlommt
above refe rod to was fonml , stated the object o
his visit , w jon Mr. I.arsen related the following
account of Mis romarknblo oxporlonca ilurlua
tlie last six years :
" 1 am ulutewi years of Ago , A bric&monUlott
by trade , losiilo with uiy parents corner OB
Ciimlnff anl lillznbcth streets. otW work at >
Myers1 brii-s j-anln. My tronblo bomm about ?
MX years a ( o , aa the result of n cold icottla not ;
net rid ot. From a simple cold In the hed Iff
gradually spread until iny throat nnd cars weror
also affected. My head generally ached , nn
when I WIXM free from headache I would b"
back , ami I.equentlyl would bo afflicted wit
both. I think 1 must have had all tha prnu.-
toniH of ohr mlo Catarrh. My nose would stint
up. ilrstonnnoKldoand then on the other , nnr
nt times both titles would be stopped up BO tha' '
1 could not hreatho through It. 1 would havi
frontient kjio'ls ' of dizziness , and was troubloc
1.0 < T VI.BSH AND SinENfltlT , ,
rapidly. 1 did not rest well at night , and nlwnya
foit tired nnd languid utter arising lit t ho morn ,
inc. I had no oncrgy or ambition to do nny-
ttiliig , nnd the least exertion I made seemed to
bo a hurdan to mo , and It was only with the
greatest dliikulty thnt 1 could remember my
plans for the day or what I wanted todoucxft
And then , too. 1 was compelled to hawk and ;
cough and Mcpjctorato until my throat felt raw
nnd sometimes sore , r became worse day by
day , and had nearly given up all hello ot ana
being ell BKal.i.
"As I said bafore. I had rlnelntt and BUi *
zing HoundH in my
cms , but that did not an
noy mo near as much aa
tlie fact that my honrlnK
was growing more falne
ev cry day , and that during
conversation persons
would have to spunk Torv
loud to nio before I could
understand what they were
talkliu ? about : this , with
the other troublna I have
ounmerntcd , had a tend
ency to make mo feel low
spirited and despondent ,
fund often felt us though
'life ' was not worth living'
for and that 1 would bo
better off dead than to go
through life in tliu condl *
IA WHENCE n. t.Aitst.N. lion i as anu coutmu *
ally gi owing worse.
"Tnls was my condition a few months ago.
You could scarcely think such was the case to
.see me now. Indued , ns I bald before , I can
uardly bollovo it myself now. Hearing of the
success of Dr. McCoy and his associates In troaW
ing cases such ns mine , I detcnnlned to give
them n trial. After careful and minute examina
tion the doctor told mo ho could help mo and that
my disease was Catarrh In the head and throat ,
and that my eustachlan tubes were affected , duo
from the Catarrh , and that as the Catarrh
got better , \\1th the treatment he would give my
ear , my hearing would also Improve , and In hH
opinion tlio tubes -nould noon become normal
again and I Mould hoar a well us over.
' In conclusion , " continued Mr. Larson , "I
want to any thnt they have done all for me they
snld they could do. 1 feel like nn entire differ-
cut man. I eat hearty , feel strong nncl well ,
have no more pains in my head or clicst , sleep
well , arise refreshed in the morning , my former
ambition beums to be brighteningnnd I feel
more .cncrgctla and like working again. The
rinsing and buzzing nolto In my head has ceased
and I c.m hoar un ordinary tone of voice In any
conversation , and 1 inn thoroughly satisfied with
the mnnnur in which they ho successfully tieated
mycase. 1 have no hesitancy in recommending
them to the public us men of medical ability
and skill. "
Mr. Larson Is a young mnn of more than ordi
nary ability , and as above stated , lenities with
his parents ut the coiner of Ciimluguud Ultra-
beth streets , whore ho tan bo. found to verify
the above statement.
T1VESTY-ONB QUESTIONS.
A Few Symptoms of a Disease Tim
Alny Prove Serious to You.
Do you have frequent flts of mental depres
sion ?
Do you expeilence ringing or buzzing nolsel
In your ears/
Do you feel ns though you must suffocate
when lying do\\n ?
Are you troubled with o hacking cough ahd
general debility ?
Are your eyes generally weak nnd watery , and
frequently Inllumed ?
Does your voice have n husk , thick sound ,
and u nuh.U sort of twang ?
Is your In I'uth f rcqueutly offensive from some
unaccountable cause/
Have you n dull oppressive headache gener
ally located over the eyes ?
Io you have to haw k and cough frequently In
the eflort t clear your throat ?
Are you losing your HCIISO of smell , and 13
your sense of taste becoming dulled.
Does your nose alwajs feel Ktoppud up , fore
ing you to breathe through your mouth ?
lo you frequently toel dizzy , particularly
when Htoofilng to pick anything elf the tloor ?
Does every little dinught of nlrnuu every
slight change of tcmpcratuiu give you a cold ?
Are j on nnnoj cd by a constant desire to hawk
and spit out an imdless quantity of phlegm ?
Are you always tiled and Indisposed to oxerj
tlon , hother 01 business , woi k or amusumenl ?
JH great rlloit rrqulied to keep your thoughts
llxoii upon mnttoiB that formeily wuie easily
performed.
lo you rise from bed as tired and v > onk as you
w cio the night before , nnd feel as though you
wanted to llo theie f mover ?
Is your throat flllod with phlegm hi tlio
mornlug , which can only bo dlschuigcd aftop
violent coughing , and hawking nnd spitting ?
Do you occasionally wake fioma tiouhlml
sleep with a ut nit and fool as if you had just es
caped H horrible death by choking/
I o you loht all interu t in your calling or
biiHini'SH or former pk-usures , all ambition
gone , und doou fei-llmllllerent whether to *
morrow tlnils you ullvo or dond ?
Are you troubled with u discharge from the
head In the throat , Hometlmos watery nnd oxn
ecBstvf , domatlmes mucus , thick stfcklug to
whatever It touches , gometlmcti bloody nud
nearly always putrid and offensive ?
The abovit uro t > omo of tliu many symtoms ot
catarrh and the ln-glning of lung troubles , Not
one CIIHU In a hundred will have all of them , but :
ovwjono iillectcd will have few or many of
them. The greater or more serious your H ) mp-
toms , the more dangerous your condition. This
class of diseases Is treated very successfully by
Dr. McCoy or his associates , The many cases
reported through thu column of the dally papara
piovo this , and each wtatrmcnt published la
Hiihstantlally the name as given by the p.itlont
cuiod. Dr. McCoy nnd his associates ,
use no secret nostrums , but rure dlHonnfs by
tlieirHkillful combination of the bent known re
medies , applied in the most approved manner ,
and by using tlio latest and most highly recom-
innndvd appliance * known to the profession.
They thus produce results thnt speak for them-
M'lveH In the many patients cured , and we as
sure our renders that these eminent physicians
hat o achieved ft success In curlnir dUeasu w hlcll
few or no other doctors can duullcutv.
DOCTOR
J , GRESAP M'GOY ' ,
late of BelleyiiG Hospital , New YorK ,
Has Offices No. 310 and 311
HAMOK IH'IUJINO , OMAHA , NKII.
Wheioallcurnblouisusuro treated with BUO-
( !
CI3edlcal diseases treated skillfully. Consump
tion. llrlKlit'a dlseaso , DyKiieiwiii , Hhoumitttsm ,
ami all NKHVOUH 1)IHI5A 1W , All dUaiisus pe
culiar to the Boxca n upoclulty. UATAltUII
°
CUNBUI-TAT10N atofllceorby.niBJUl.
Muuy diseases ure treated successfully by Dr.
McCoy through the malls , and It - U
thus possible for thoutt unable to make the jour-
toy U ) obtain eucci'Uiful hospital treatment at
their Uotnes.
Ulliro hours 0 to 11 a. m. : 8 to 4 p. m , ; T to 3 p.
in. SUNDAY HOUU8 r'UOM 9 A. W. TO 1 I'.M
Correspondence receives proinpt < attention.
NolettersauMWemlunUiis noccnupouled by 4
Hs all mall to Dr. J , 0. McCoy. Uoomi
aiUtumau Uul 141ufc' , UiaauaNeb.
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