Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, October 14, 1888, Part I, Page 4, Image 4
OMAHA DAILY BEE. : SUNDAY , OCTOBER 14. I88aSIXTEEN PAGES * WTHE DAILY BEE. * * I'UIlljISIini ) EVKIIY MOttNINO. TI5HM8 OK HUIIBCIUPTION. JDallr ( Morning Hdltlon ) Including SUMDAT IlKi.Oue : Vear . . . $1000 ForHlx Months . . 6 WJ VorThree Months 2 W TIIK OMAHA HCNDAV HKK , mailed to any Adilrrss. Une Year 2 00 OMAIIAKnCKNS.lltAMPIOKAIINAMHTltKKT. ( ) NKW YaiiKOmcr , UOIIMS II AM IATKIHUNK HiiiiiiMi. ! WAHIIINOTON OMICK. No. Oil FOUIITEK.STII STIII-.KT. COnUESPONDBN'CK. All communications relating to news nnd fcdl. tcr.nl mattrr Hlionld bo addressed to the KIHTOH O'TIIKllKS. O'TIIKllKS.lUWNKSS MflTKIW. All business li'ttcru nnil rumlttuncos should no ftdilri-ssed to Tun HKK I'uiit.isiuod COMPAS.V. OMAHA. Drafts , checks ami iiostofflceurdBrs to be made payable to the order of the company. We Bee Publishing Company , Proprietors. E. ROSKWATKR. Editor. TJIKDAII.V HKK. Sworn StntcniRiit ol Circulation. Btftt * of Nebraska , I. County of Douglas. I B < " ' ( Icorgo II. Tzsthnck. ( secretary of the Hoe 1'ub- llnblnn company , does Holomnly HWCRI- that the actual circulation of TIIK DAILY HKE for th * Week ending October L'l , 1S8S. was an ( allows : Sunday. Oct 7 . W.SM Monday. Oct. H . IN.lXll Tuesday , OCMI . WedneH-lny. Oct. 10 . Vhnriiday. Oct. 11 Friday. Oct. 13 . 1H.OID Saturday. Oct II . Attrace OK.oitr.i : i Sworn to before me and subscribed In my piesence this Utli ilay of October A. I ) . IMS. Seal. N 1' . FKIU Notary Public. State of Nebraska. I _ a County of DoUKlas , | bs' UeorKO II. Tzscliuck , bcln ? duly swnrn. do- povis and sajs that hu N Mjtretnr.v of The lloo I'nlillshlng company , that the actual avi-raco ( Jally circulation of TUB IHII.Y llt.n for tiio Iliontn of October , 1WT. 14.3.B copies ; for No- vtmber. I Nt" . I.VSKI copies ; for December , 1NST , 1A.041 copies ; for January , 1H.SS. IA,3M coplos ; for February , 1HW , 16.h ( copies ; for MurUi. 1W. 19.W ) copies ; for April , 1SSS.1S.7U loplos ; for Hay. inns. IH.ISI copies : for Juno , 1M8S , in/'U copies ; for July , ltw , Irt.O'i : ! copies ; for August. 18B8. IR.18J copies ; for H ptmnl > pr , 1MW , MUS 1H.15-I copies. ( IKOIKIK II.T/.WIIUCK. Bnorn to before and mibscrlb il In my pres ence , this 9th day of October. A. 1) . llWU. N. P. I'KIU Notary Public. IT is fluid that when the Prince of Wnlea was in Vicuna ho broke a rou lette bank. As a sportsman England's heir in evidently much more of a suc cess bucking the tiger thau shooting bears in the mountains. TIIK democratic primaries have beca hold and Councilman Van Scamp is looming up as one of the coming men OD the slnio for 8tato benator. Shades Of Daniel Webster and Henry Clay ! What an Impressive and eloquent orator tor Van Scamp would make 1 THE medical fraternity will read with Intense interest THE BISK'S special cablegram presenting a carefully prepared - pared compilation of Sir Moroll Mack enzie's diary covering the period of the Illness of the late German emperor , Frederick III. , with the diagnosis and treatment of the court physicians. In this , as in all events , political , scientific , artistic and social that transpire in the Old World , TIIK UHIS is fully abreast with the greatest of metropolitan dailies. THE warden of the Michigan state penitentiary has introduced a novel plan likely to prove effective in cncour- offli'ff ' good behavior among the con victs , lie has adopted rules by whicl : the prisoners may earn the right to weai plain grey clothes in place of prison stripes by obeying the prison rules foi six months. Convicts , as a class , posl- lively loathe their badge of disgrace By taking advantage of their dislike the authorities have found u way mucli more effective to induce obedience t ( prison rules than the harsh rules o other prisons. The plan commends it eolf to other institutions of the kind. THE revelations of Nell Nellson o the atrocious character of Chicago "slop shops' " bus led to the formation ol n Woman's League in that city , ant Miss Prances E. Willurd , so well knowr In temperance organizations , is tin president. The association hold a meet ing recently , and what passed on thai occasion showed thatnoono present hat the remotest notion of any practicable scheme for ending the state of things \vhoso intolerable wrongs had led to the formation of the league , They talkoi nnd talked and talked , and some one suggested the necessity of providing fresh air excursions during the hcatetl Bummer for the babies of women workIng - Ing In these dens. Wolll wolll Anc ! ( yet women want to vote , and claim thoj re lilted for public life. IT is not at all likely that Mayoi Broateh will yield to the impudent am arrogant demand from a readerlesi Sapor to withdraw Mr. ICicrstcad'snorn { nation. Mr. Kicrsleud is one of on tnost enterprising citizens. Ho is idonli fled with the material growth o Onmbn. and understands thorougl ; the machinery of city governmon and the wants of this city in the direc tlon of public improvements. His in tegrlty cannot bo successfully assailed even by Ills worst enemies. Mr. Kiors toad voluntarily resigned his seat ii the council at the request of Iho mayor Vfi th the understanding that lie was ti fill n vacancy on the board of publii works. Good faith , if nothing eUo would dictate that the mayor shoulc leave his appointment before the coun oil until it 1ms been definitely actot upon. MU. LEVY , proprietor of the Loiuloi 9Unij < / > /t / , who died last Friday , was om of the moat remarkable and most sue ccssful of English Journalists. Ho wa the first man in England to break out n the old ruts in which the papers of tha country had always moved , and to sc that in order to win wide popularity fo a nowspaucr it must give the HOWE Ho fashioned the 2Ui/r / j/t / on Iho mos approved American plan at that timr and his reward was u rnpii and extraordinary success , th tKleymph speedily passing a ! competitors In circulation mid mount ing up to unprecedented figures. Itkop on in this course , and though it has ha imitators among the London no\v papers it has maintained the foromo : pldoe in popularity. Edward Storllnj won for the London Times the tit.o c * 'Tho Thunderer" and there nro otho celebrated names In the history of Wng 11 sh journalism , but none of thorn di BO much to popularize tie ! newspaper 1 JCiiglaud us Mr. Levy. The Local CAinpnlgii. The local campaign has now falrlybc- gun. The democrats have held tholr primary election and the delegated chosen will place the county ticket in the field on Wednesday. The republi can primaries take pltii'c * to-morrow and the convention will bo held the day after. To the people of this county the legislative and county ticket is of inoro vital concern than the presidential elec tion. Whatever the outcome of the na tional campaign may be , the country is safe , and republican Institutions will re main Intact. It is , however , a matter of grave concern - corn and involves hundreds of thous ands of dollars and thousands of popula tion to Omaha , a < < to what material tnnkes up our representation in the coming legislature. And it is of no small concern whom the people choo = c for their board of county commissioners , county attorney and assessors. In com mon with other cltl/.ons who have every thing at stake in the growth and pros perity of Omaha , TIIK BKK is deeply in terested In the outcome of the local conventions. On behalf of this city and county , it appeals to both parties to nominate their very best men and let the issue be between the respective par lies rather than a choice between second end nxte men , slippery men , political hacks , shysters and rank boodlcrs. The republicans have virtually thrown down the gauntlet by fixing the date of their convention one day ahead of the democrats. They caunot take it for granted that the demo crats will nominate a weak ticket. They must make good their challenge by putting forward the ablest and most reputable men that can bo in duced to serve. Anything else will bo suicidal , since at best they enter the present campaign handicapped. On the other hand , the democrats cannot afford to rely upon the prepondorencu of the anti-prohibition crusade ana South Omaha. If they nominate offensive , in competent or unpopular men , they will be defeated , horse , foot and dragoons , in Hpito of McShano and his invinci ble * . As far as TIIK BKE is concerned , it will repeat what it has often said be fore. Public interest demands good government , and while all things being equal , its preference is for republican candidates. It will not support dis honest or disreputable men because they bear the party label. A Uciilftl of Justice. There could bo no more striking ex ample of the tardy course of justice in this country than is furnished in the fact that the docket of the supreme court of the United States contains now about twelve hundred cases , and thai the very large majority of these cannel get a hearing in less than from three tc four years. It is to no unusual cause that this excess of business is duo. The cases unheard have been increasing in number from year to year , and undci the prevailing conditions they must in evitably continue to grow. As congress has been repeatedly informed , and iu it ought to clearly see from the facts the court is not equal to tin demands imposed upon it. The cense quonee is there is an absolute denial o justice at the very fountain head of oui judicial system , for only those who cat adord to wait need to go there. For al others there might as well not bo suel a tribunal , and it has been well sai ( that nobody knows this better , or i readier to take advantage of it thai wealthy and powerful defendants win have boon defeated in the courts below The remedy can bo found only in leg islation , but although the matter ha boon many times presented to congress gross , and plans submitted whicl would give the required relief , Uv national legislators have done nothing and from year to year the supreme cour has been hold practically closed npains the needy. Nor is relief needed for tin highest tribunal alone. Many of th lower federal courts in the more popu lous portions of the country arc Severn years behind with their business , nm at the rate of accumulation , if permit ted to continue , it is only a question c time when hundreds of cases will bo ii almost hopeless abeyance. The docket ol the federal courts of New York ar crowded witli customs cases , a vor , largo number of which cannot undo present conditions bo heard for years and those are being steadily added to When one reflects upon the great w.ist of time by the present congress , and th small amount of practical legislatioi that has been accomplished , the fuilur to tnko any notice of the urgent domain for giving relief to the federal court and thereby aiding the cause of jiibticc appears wholly unpardonable. Hut thi matter is becoming too pressing , th wrongs incident to it nro being to widely felt , to allow of a much longc delay in supplying the required roliel The denial of justice involved cannot b allowed to grow to much larger propov tions. The fact that the hupremo tri banal of the nation is c\cry year becoin ing a safer refuge for wealth , and powerful defendants , wh have lost in the courts below low , is becoming too consplcuou to bo much longer tolerated. It i possible that the chief justice , boiiij fresh from the people , may bo able t exert an influence that will cause congress gross to give serious consideration t this matter and provide the relief legislation lation nucofsary , and nothing ho migh do could be of greater service to th cause of justico. The supreme court o thrt nation should not bo the bulwarl btihlnd which money and power ma , find security to oppress and wrong th poor and the powerless. Omrvli.Vs NM lH Schools. In nnothor part of TUB BKK appear a ci'.rofully compiled statement of tin cost and progress of the night school of this city. For the four months durini which the night srhooln worcconductci last winter in obedience to Mr ; Cope land's resolution , eight schools won opened , employing thirty-three teach ers at a cost of nearly fou thousand dollars. There were enrolled rolled during those months nim hundred and thirty-six pupils The average attendance was four him drod and thlrtj-flvo , less than one-lml the totftl number cnrollod. Of thes nine hundred and thirty-six night students three hundred And thirty- nine1 were past the age of twenty-one , n oilier words , neiirly thirty-three and i tnird per cent of the total 11111111)01' ) of mpils en rolled In the night schools was ) cyond the age for which the laws of the state provide instruction at the niblie expense. It would therefore up roar that of the four hundred and .hlrty-fivo pupils who actually attended the schools , uljout three hundred were entitled lo receive the benefits of Instruc tion during the winlor of 18SS-89. From this statement it is clear that the board of education in spending thir ty-eight hundred dollars for night schools paid out ullogether lee much money , and exceeded Iho authority granted by law providing free instruc tion to persons over Iwenty-onc. The [ ircsent board of education will soon ) e called upon to make provisions for night schools this winter. It behooves that body to avoid the mis takes made lasl year. Free instruct'on ' should be provided only lo persons be tween the ages of IIvo and tweiily-one , as provided by law. For the instrucllon of adult1' a nominal charge should bo made. Instead of opening eight or more evening schools in various purls of the city , the rooms of four buildings centrally located would answer the requirements. Such a change would bring about a saving1 in fuel , light and janitors' hire. It would insure a boiler allendanco and slimulale bolh leachcrs nnd pupils la teller work. Supcrinlcndenl .lames , moreover , would be able by concentrat ing the night schools in three or four buildings , to increase or diminish the force of teachers as the attendance would warrant. Last year the thirty- three teachers employed in these schools had uu average attendance ol thirteen pupils each. Clearly , the stafl was too largo. But in spite of the large corps of teachers used and the largo amount of moncv expended , Ihe night schools wore nol as effcclivo as Uicj Ought to have been. Nearly all of these teachers were employed in the daj schools , and consequently their effici ency for evening work was impaired , At Ihc rale of pay which Ihc teachers ir the night schools received , notonly com petent , but fresh instructors could have been secured. The conclusion can no but force itself UM | > II our citizens in viev of these fads that a reform is necessary Modern nnd Motlltuvnl Universities The venerable president of Columbi : college has addressed a communicatiot to the faculty which contains Ihc gern of a great reform. He makes the com plaint that the advantages which Iht liberality of citizens has bestowed upoi that instilution of learning arc nol o corresponding service lo Iho commu nily. In ( act , ho hints pretty broadl ; that they are absolutely wasted , bccausi the students arc not only youthful ii years , bul remain so in disposilion They are very properly called freshmei when they matriculate , and they re man porhlstcntlv fatally fresh during the whole four years of their collcgiati career. Columbia college has munu scripts of great value which nobod ; ever touches , n lelescopo and an observ atory by which nobody ever profits , i magnificent library stored with c.\ pensive books , including the staiuluri authorities upon all subject1 ; , which niv never called for , and in short , : thorough equipment for men of scien Uflcnnd literary proclivities who havi made themselves conspicuous by thoi absence. Thee who enter themsolvc of the college are green lads who neve get beyond Ihc green slago so long a they remain within the collegiale poi lice , devoting all their energies lo tlv boyish pursuits of base ball , rowing lacrosse and foot ball. Prof. Burnan suggests that Ihero must bo soinothini wrong somowherc , and Ihat a college i something more than a gramma school , but that the boys who come t college uro more IU ted for thai grade. Thinking men everywhere are back ing up the while-haired president , am seine offer the explanation that this ox ccssivo youthfulness of lone was alway a characteristic of American colleges being a survival of Ihe limes when Ihe ; were really nothing more than grair mar schools. Bul this is insulllcicntfo , the same deterioration is visible i English universities , and oven in th great German haunts of learning. It i notorious that men of middle-ago i easy clreumstancej enter Ihomt-elves a posl-gr.ulualo students in German tini vorsities , not for Iho sake of study , bu for the ) pleasures of beer-drinking ani the singing commorz. A leading Gor man caricaturist , hils Iho thing oxncllj "Who are Ihese Iwo fat old men in stu dent costume ? " asks the inquisltiv stranger of the affable cilizon.'The uro posl-gradualo studonls , " is lh < reply. "And who was the smooth-facei very youthful-looking gentleman t whom they touched their hatsV" "On of the old professors , " is Iho answoi No doubt the ( jorman university has pervading tone of art and scicnco am literature , but this K not strong cnoug to form an incentive to work , and enl , adds-a flavor lo the beer and a relish ti the tobacco. Everywhere all over th civilized world the story is the sam Hint university students lire more boj who do not wish to study , and who inv sent by their parents to obtain the hall mark of a university diploma. The coi sequence is that universities are prac tically useless. When wo contrast thorn with the unl varsities of the middle ugos wo are as tonished at the dllTcrenco. The mores cursory survey of mcdi.uval times wil demonstralo how faithfully , how thoi oughly the universities accomplisho the great taste committed to then They represented the savage warrlot who , under various names broke dow the domination of the Homan empire and hewed out provinces which bccum nations through their solllemont. The at first smashed and plundered , an spoiled everything with which the came in contact , ( or they were boldior under lax discipline , nnd they wor savages , and rapine and dovastatio were natural to such beings. The ! descendants were men of milder moot and they grieved at the dostruotio which had boon wrought. Stop by ate they sot themselves to conquer the art the literature and the sciences of tli empire , which they had destroyed. \nd they did this so thoroughly that u the ho end of Ihe fifteenth century , when ho e reforms were in proi'o-- * of inculm- ion , which Wore1 about to end OKisliug ystems and lo forge new ones , they had )0s-esied Ihenij-elves of a knowledge of JJroek and Roman times which makes he best educated man of to-day fool limselfa pigmy In comparison. They lad found In nooks and corners all the great authors of nntlqully. had com- nired duplicates , had revised edition" , mil had created oul of chaos a wonder- ul library wholly Greek and Lulin. II was a stupendous achievement. The underlying weakness of the nedin'val university was precisely that ciiluro which hud once constituted ils strength Its alliance with religion , ivory man who felt drawn to science , or lo severe U Icr.Uurc passed his whole ie in Ihc tin iverslly of his choice under monastic rcstrainls oven though under 10 vow. The great work of winning' jack classicism was done by these men , ind could not have been done except by such continuous efforts as devoted men vill give from their enlhusiusms. No great work can bo done by boi 8 and loyish professors , selected for their sympathy wilh Ihc outdoor pursuits in vhich boys delight. Therefore when the reformation divorced religion iintl .inivorsitieslho latter lost Ihe men who vero vowed lo learning , and for whom , he cloisler was a retreat where prob- ems could be brooded over in peace , 'ar from the madding world's ignoble slrlfe. Henceforward Ihe univer.silies icciuno places where boys came to learn and where professors came toteacli , nnd they ceased lo bo the homes where studious men passed tranquil years in laticnt study , and in the slow elabora- , ion of great thoughts. Gradually the jrcat heritage of classic lore faded from the grasp of the moderns , until to-day a .ibrury of classic authors is a drug upon the maikcl. Gradually Ihe piano of leacher and taught descended , until , us Professor Bernard has remarked , it has at last sunk to the standard of n gram mar school. It is obvious that what is wanted is the endowment of fellowships for the creation of a class of life stu donls , who shall bo released from Ihose absurd monastic restrictions which are still maintained in the universities of Protestant England. Not otherwise can the moderns accomplish their tre mendous lusk , Ihc winning back of Iho history of that race from whom the Greeks and Romans derived their civil ization. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TIIK impression conveycdby the daily police court record 'bfl ' vagrancy , that Omaha lias an oxecpticBially largo num ber of unemployed'people who are des titute and unable to obtain work , is shown by the careful investigalion of a reporter of TIIK Biiiloj : bo unfounded. A very large majority of Ihoso who daily appear in Ihc police courl charged wilh vagrancy arc confirmed vagabonds , who do not want v'orft and would network work if the demand for labor was very much greater tlmnut is. Every city is more or less infested wijth Ibis class , and it would simply appear that Omaha has for some ti.ine been harbor ing rather1 more than her share. Our reporter ascertained thai there arc rel atively few idle people among Ihose who seek employment , except of young women who desire positions as book keepers , stenographers , type writers and clerics , of whom Iho supply is largely in excess of Iho demand. For skilled mechanics Ihere is ample employment nnd has been throughout the summer. In nearly all departments of industry the supply of labor is equal lo the de mand , but there is very lilllo complain ! from trustworthy and capable mon in any branch of labor that they cannot find employment. The vagrant record is a misleading index of Omaha's labor market. E is very little encouragement for the advocates of commercial union and annexation in the speech delivered at Montrealon Friday , by the Canadian secretary of state. He disparaged the idea of commercial union and annexa tion , and said that the movements in the United Stales looking lo Ihese conditions meant but one thing , the dcstruclion ol Canada's industries and whulevcr she has striven for during the last ten years , This is unquestionably the view that dominates the controlling political ele ment in Canada , and it is one thai will not be easily overcome. Nevertheless , there is a growth of popular sentiment in favor of commercial union , if not ol annexation , nnd us lo the latter there are very few in Iho Unllod Slules whc think favorably of it. VOICK Ol'1 TIIK STATIC PIIKSS. The Hloomington Guard remarks thai Ihc "day after election Sterliiu' Morton will saj 'Oh , for a lodge ( nrbor ) In some vast wilder ness , ' " The Huntings Gazette-Journal observes that McSlunc's brief letter of acceptance- j great dual longer than his term of ofticc will bo. The Tails City Journal observes thai ' General Leeso will rtin ahead of his ticltct Anil it will bo good tunning to run ahead o the republican ticket this year. " The South Sioux City Sun , evidently will a great deal of suppressed' ' fooling , remark ! that It "would like to ? eo pid Chump Houe- steel boatou for scriato ? In this district. " Says the Strang ( FHIhiorb counly ) Uecord : "Captain Hoal's aollon'jii ' submitting his case to arbitration is a comtiipiidublo one , UIK clears his skirts of tbo disreputable mean ! that procured his alleged nomination. It was the only honorable course to talco , and Ihe capUiu will not ho vvltljout lils reward. " The Wahoo Wusp aupgeils Ihat the "dom- ocrntlo nominee for coiigrdss from the Pirsl district slgun his name nfto'r this style : 'J. i Morton.1 It would saVe Umo in writing , ami would also express thui lulcre'st that ho OIK his party represents In this campaign , viz the English sterling. " The Grand Island Independent says "Direct regulation of rates and control o : railroads by general laws is the only safe method of protecting the interests of the pcoplo from encroachments of railroad cor por.Uious , and it is safe to sit down upon all attempts of the railroads to foist commis sloncrs uoou the | > coplo as a moans of do foatiug direct legislation. " The Wayne Qazotto gives Us reasons foi bolting Laws as follows ; "Gilbert L. Lawi han shown himself lo DO an out-and-out rail road man. thoroughly subservient to all tholi wishes , and republicans who beiiovo In unti inoaopoly should vote for his democratic oi > nononl , lion. Patrick Ui'ne * , who has uovui been known cither as n member of the railroad - road gang nor a froauoutor of the Lincoln 'oil rooms ' " The HumphreyImlepcnilnnt spo.iki of Hits | ) olitu-il : situation In 1'latto county thin "The ri'imbluMtH hixvo put forward cloun , lioncit men. that to attack personally will bring them rote * , nnd no campaign slander will avail against them. Lot the democrat * follow the good example sot , for , if by any 'hook or e-rooit. ' u domoor.it should chance to bo elected , we would like to see a worthy , upright man , who will bring honor and re spect to himself , nnd a credit to the county. " Hcferring to the republican nominee for senator from Otoo county , the Ncbnuku City 1'riMssaya : "Frank lUmom has , time and time again , refused lo take railroad cases and has always been a square-toed nnd consistent frieuil of the people. Van Wyck has had no more valiant ally in his battle with the cor porations nnd no stronger advocate , politic ally. If any man can secure the United States senatorshlp for Van \Vyck it is Frank Hansom , who may bo depended upon to take u leading place in the legislature , at once. He has energy , experience and iutulllgcncti. " Wltlt One Kxcrptlon. C/ilrtifld / Tribune. The nut crop of IhSS is an exceptionally largo one. Everything , in fact , is shelling out well Ihls year excepl contributions to Chairman Urico's ' democratic campaign fund. A Sail State of Politics. Rochutcr I'mt-Kfjire't. Go to , all things have changed. A now era Is upon us. The artiodactyle , ungulate mam mal of the genus Sus has succcdcd the scholar in politics. The Hog Is on deck I to Ho 1'roudof. 1'rtM. The present congress will thunder down the ages as the ono that consumed more time in proving its own incapacity and doing noth ing than any other on record. That is the record , but there Is mignty little iu it to bo proud of. _ The ShotKiiii Safe. Tribune. "What I want to know , " said the patriotic Mississipian , as be bit off a hunk of tobacco and crunched itsavagoly"is whether this yer bill of Congressman Mills reduces the tariff on shotguns or not. if it doesn't , I'm ' agin it. Why , dang it all , it costs too blamed much to carry on honest election iu this country. " _ _ Six Hundred Thousand Disfranchised. Tribune. It is only by the exclusion of Dakota from the union and the trampling down of free suffrage in the south that Cleveland can hope to secure a second term. The systematic frauds perpetrated in the cotton states are not suDlclcut. In addition to all Ihls the people ple of .Dakota must bo disfranchised. Not only must the south usurp power , and In BO doing weaken and degrade the just vote of all the northern .states , but a great com munity of 1)00,000 northern people is disfran chised absolutely. Their Urn-fulness at mi End. Commercial IluUtttn , The spectacle Is presented of the absence upon electioneering tours of wo do not know how many prominent senators and reprcsent- alivcs from their post of duty , at a time when , were they animated by a dcslro to promote , in the spirit of their oath of ofllcc , the "welfare of the people , " their presence there might tend to make the session less abortive than it is likely to l > o as i egards the most important business of the session. Thus giving to party what is duo to the country , wo repeat , their capacity for usefulness in the gteat work of reducing the public burdens - dons is at an end. The Mttlc Uunnwny. Jiilfn C. It. Diiir. The church was dim and silent , With the hush before the prayer ; Only the solemn trembling Ol the organ stirred the air. Without , Iho sweet , still sunshine ; Within , the holy calm , Where priest and people waited For the swelling of Iho psalm. Slowlv the door swung open , And a little baby girl , Hrowu-oyed , with brown hair falling In many a wavy curl , With soft checks flushing Xotly , Shy glances , downward thrown , And .small hands clasped before her , Stood in the aisle alone. Stood half-abashed , half-frightened , Unknowing where to go. While like a wind-rocked liowor Her form swayed to and fro. And the changing color fluttered In her troubled litilo face , As from side to side ho wavered , With a uiuto , imploring grace. It was but for a moment What wonder that wo Binilert By such a strange , sweet picture From holy thoughts beguiled I Then up rose some ono softly , And many nil eye grew dim , As through the tender silences Ho bore the child with him. And I I wondered ( losing The sermon and the prayer ) If. when sometime I enter The many mansions fair , And stand abashed nnd drooping In the portal's goldun glow , Our God will send his angul To show mo where lo go. GUIIKHNT TOPICS. The Fastest Yacht AHoat. It will bo remembered that the Hcrreshoffs built a little steam yacht called the Stiletto , which beat Jay Gould's Atlanta by half an hour in a forty-mile nice , hut the great rail road wrecker presented a cloud of aflldavits that the Stiletto had wandered from the course , and the Atlanta w.is therefore placed llrst by the obedient Judges. Now the Her- rcsholts have built for a Baltimore merchant n stc.un yacht about the same sio as the Atlanla , which they predict will walk away from anything that Iloats. She lias been christened the Hallymona , after the district iu Ireland from which her owner emigrated to find wealth In this country. The Ually- inena is ono hundred and forty-eight feet long , eighteen-foot beam , draws bevon feet , and carries engines of eight hundred horse power of Iho quadruple expansion typo. The Hallymona Is titled with n four-bladcd Her- rcshoiT screw made of American aluminum bron/o , a singular fact , because in thn lilting out of the United States stcol cruUers the secretary of the navy declined to us < j alum inum bronze when It was patriotically offered by Mr. Cowlo , He ullegtfd us his reason that bronze could not be used on steel vcsscli , because the two metals when wetted devel oped a galvanic current which ate up tha negative metal. The HerresholT brothers ficum to have had no such scientific scruples , for their wheel screw was made of alumi num bronze uftor mi exhaustive series of ex periments. Hut the Herreiho.ts have con- stautly nought to develop American products and the Cleveland auaiinistration has stead ily ignored them. Drr.iik Kroni the Wrong Jug. There are cities where the organs of taste are so little developed , especially on Sundays , that many persons cannot toll the difference between lugcr and wolssbler. Kspecially has this been the case with policemen. Hut recently a party of friends at a wake drank a din of embalming ll'-ild with much cheer fulness , and without any suspicions , until Internal movements warned them that some- tbW was wrong with that beer. Tiiis goes a great way toward exonerating these po licemen who have tcstltlod thai they could not toll whether the liquor sold was beer or weissbler , nud shows n censorious world how prone it Is to suspect without n cause. Coral nnil Amber" There will shoitly bo an Immense rlso in the /prices / of pink nud rod coral , and no doubt many persons will attribute this to the formation of a syndicate among the Neapoli tan and Parisian Jowoler-t Hut this would bo doing these men n palpable injustice , for Iho fault Ho * with the roophytes who have at last become tlrodof making houses for them selves for the benollt of the bipeds above the waves. The coral llshonos of the Le vant are practically exhausted , and the mar ket now depends upon such coral as may bo picked up at Aden at Ihe mouth of the Hod Sen , and In tha arohpoUto ! of Polynesia , There will como u time when the Haltlo sup plies of amber will fall also , nnd then tlioro will bo another howl , especially from the Turks and Persians , for whom more tobacco bus no charms unless the smoke reaches the lips through an ntubor mouthpiece. Iioonl Development in Art. No less than three art galleries huvo boon aliened this fall In three great cities of the west. This is a most encouraging sign of the times , showing a disposition towards local development and n reaction against the old idea of aggregating all things noulo , nil things curious and all things interesting In the national capital. The Smithsonian Insti tute and the Corcoran gallery at Washington arc of no appreciable benollt to Nebraska , and if any young men of Oiuatn show un mistakable londcnclos towards science or art it Is to bo hoped that some way will bo found for the development of tholr lalonts hero , so that the ultimate henollt may he reaped hero. The traveler In Southern franco nud Italy will llnd that each croat city developed schools of art and architecture which were strongly local , and yet at the same tlmo thor oughly artistic. So It should bo here , and so apparently it will bo. The Now Dog. The new dog has not yet appeared In Omaha. Ho is to bo a lady's do. , ' , and is a Tartar fox terrier with many amiable quali ties. He is the color of turkey-rod floss silk , and his fur requires considerable washing and combing , but as ho repays such little at- lenilons by cxlromo fondness for his owner , he will no doubt bo considered worthy of Iho lime and trouble. _ A Prince After Hruln. The Uomanmn method of hunting boars , as depleted by the Bennett dispatches to Tns HUE , will strike Americans who have "loaded for bar' " with astonishment. An army of boaters went into the forest suspected of har boring boars , and began driving all animals indiscriminately towards the spot where the Prince of Wales and the Crown Prince of Austria wcro waiting to popper the hears. Hut none appeared , for these knowing creatures perfectly comprehended the designs - signs of the beaters nnd remained calmly in their dons , or perhaps continued browsing philosophically on acorns and beech nuts in spite of the dm of horns and the shouting around thorn. The bear has no business wilh hunters , and will not go to them ; if they have business with him they must llnd him , Whether they are kings orclovvns. The Great Tlio greatest equine performer of the year is undoubtedly the Califorulan four-year-old tnaro Fircim , belonging to J. U. Hagtrln , of Sail I'Vnnelsco. She has defeated all the greatest horses of the east , has lowered the time rcoord on savoral occasions , and has lengthened the faces of ICentuckians until they were In Just proportion with their logs. California will now bo a point to which all breeders of thoroughbreds will turn auxious ci cs. _ Ten Drinkers. Both Russian and English tea drinkers do- rldo Uicir follows of Ihc United States , because - cause the latter use .Inpaneso tea , which ib considered to bo wanting In aroma , deficient in flavor , excessive in aslrlngoucy , nnd rack- In ? to the nerves. This fearful piling up of esthetic foreign criticism will go far to con vince the people of Kentucky that they have not entirely erred In tholr choice of hover- ugcs. The statisticians nnd political econo mists who are paralyzing this land , nnd will probably continue to uo so until the end of the campaign , point out that this country pays eight million dollars annually to Japan for this bad tea and gets back a paltry two million dollars for good kerosene oil. Japan invests another million In American clocks , watches and rubber goods , hut still the bal ance of trade Is against u.s , to the tune of five million dollars , and this is n grievous thorn in the flesh of the patriotic statistician Ho does not lament over the eleven million dollars paid for raw silk and for cocoons , be cause that helps business here. Hut the transaction in lea sticks in his heart like an arrow. Hemp Plaster. The attention of those citizens of Omaha who arc building or are planning lo build is dlicctcd lowards a bCries of experiments. made in plastering by a flrin of Philadelphia archltecls. They had for a long time dis trusted the eillcacy of cow-hair or goat-hair in plastering , nnd they determined to ascer tain definitely whether manilla hemp was not Infinitely superior. They mixed Iwo heaps of plaster , adding goats' hair to ono nud ma nilla hemp cut into lengths from one to two inches to the oilier. When the two had been thoroughly worked they wore placed In separate arato barrels and deposited In n paiticularly damp collar , where they remained for nine months. Then the barre-ls wcro exhumed and examined. The hair plaster crumbled nnd broke readily , very little of the hair being visible , for the Umo evidently consumed five- sixths of it. Hut the hemp plaster showed extraordinary coheaiveness. The fibres of the hemp permeated the muss , and had not been nctcd upon at nil by the Umo This is a lilt of real progress , and it Is astonishing thai it hns only been arrived at now , for had plastering in houses is thu rule , nnd good the exception us every housckcepsr well knows. TAIjKS ON TltirjjR.S. "Speaking of insurance , " observed Major Wheeler the other day , "I believe I take no risk when 1 say Connell will to out of Doug las county with two thousand majority. Morton Is too well kuown in these parts. " * * President IJeehol expresses the belief that the recent Jaunt of the city conncilmen will result In a great deal of Rood in addition to the Information Ihcy obtained about garbage cicmatorlcs. "U opened their eyes , " said Mr. Hcchcl , "to what other cities are doing in the way of Improvements. The Chicago parks gave them it dculro to have something In that line in Oranha. I have always advo cated the beautifying of the parks wo now have and the securing of others. Wo would have had them , too , but for the Juggling of the charter. Kvca Jefferson Square could bo made a boautlful spot , Instead of the eye- so ro it Is , by the expenditure of a little money. I think the councilraen who went to Chicago reulizo the Importance of the park question now , and I beilevo seine steps will be taken this winter for Improvements In lhal lino. " * + I mot a friend the other day who wa * returning - turning to his homo In New York state from a triu through the great west. Ho was glud to see mo at toast ho said so. "You are the Nebraska " Uo r-j- only man 1 know In , marked , "except General Van I was In tha RoncrnVa regiment during the 'Into unpleasantness , ' nnd nt < though I was only n private I had A speaking acquaintance with him. I romotnber when ho started vvo.st. I happened to moot Mm on the train , nud after tnlklug over old tluios I asked where ho was going. 'I'm going ta Nebraska , " he replied , 'to grow up with lUa country , niul you tuny hear from mo In llio United States senate. ' 1 didn't think muoli about it at the tlmo , but later I 'hoard from. him.1 And , by Iho way , ho Is about thn only Nebraska senator I over did 'hear from.1 ' . " . "I did n very shocking thlntf while 1 w < u pone , " remarked ono ol my lady frlonds who had Just returned from n trip to Chioago. "On the train with mo wat a widow who wa accompanying her husband's remains to Connecticut for Interment. Wa struck | n conversation , nud slio told mo of her rooont bereavement and Its attendant incon veniences. 'I've ' got along so far all right , * said she , 'hul I hardly know what to do when I roach Chicago. You sec , I'm notusod to traveling with these sorts of things , " with n motion towards the baggage oar. I laughed right out I couldn't help it. " * * # "Tho grlpmnn of n eablo car on which I was riding yesterday loaned ever and whin , pored : 'We've got n great gng on his whis kers [ referring to the conductor ] . Ho Jumped off the ear this morning , rushed Into K saloon , bought a hot lemonade , drank It , Planked down n dime , nud then pulled Ills boll punch twice. That drink cost him twenty cents , and It will cost him n good deal more when the boys find It out. " " "Tho little change boxes which were ro- rently put In on some of the horse oars have boon n mystery Ion urcal many passengers , " said a struol car driver yesterday. " 'I only wanted to pay for one,1 shrieked n lady thii other day whan the gontlomnu who was pass ing up her faro dropped the 10-cciit plcco lit the change box. 'You'll have to give mo back a nlcklo. ' 'I'll do It If you'll ' ouly glvn mo time , ' ho replied , and Iho woman seemed disappointed when she saw him draw twi > nlckles back out of the bo * . A woman al ways Is disappointed when she censures a man nud then lludi ho had done Just right. This ono didn't apologize or even say tuanli . " you. . * " Reno's troubles nnd "Major attempt to commit suicide remind mo of his trial before a court of inquiry following the Custor mas sacre , " said a former private secretary of General Sheridan , who is now located in Omaha. "I was present nt the examination in Chicago , and the evidence went to show that Itono was 'pretty full' at the tlmo of the battle. After he had retreated and was Joined by Uurteon , ho walked up to his pack mule , picked up n canteen of whisky , and took a big drink. This stimulated his cour age nnd ho dashed to the front of the troops , where ho Ami his revolver at the Indium , who at that tlmo wcro ovorumtlo away. " The court , however , held that liono wai courageous enough not to be found guilty ol cowardice and accordingly whitewashed ) hiiu. AMUSKMENTS. Another large audience witnessed the pro duction of the play of "Saints and Sinners1' by the Madison Square theater company nt Hoyd's ' opera house. Thu story is familiar to playgoers generally a story whoso thcmo is not new on the stage or In real life a story of woman's weakness nnd man's ' deception- told In Ihls drama with n force of pathos that strikes to the core of sympathy. Last nlcht the old minister , Jacob Fletcher , was in the hands of thai almost unequalled aotor , Mr , J. H. Sloddard , and 11 need nol bo said that the portraiture ol the pui-e-iulndcd , < lei voted and sorely-tried old preacher was perfect in every detail. The simple aqt of this veteran of the stage always holds the ) mirror up to nature , and In nothing mora completely than In this character. Lotty Fletcher , the minister's daughter , nnd the victim of n misguided love , was most accep tably personated by Miss Marrio BuiTOUghi. whilu Frodunc Hobmson. Louis Masscn and 1 > . M. Holland wore udmirahlo in their re spective parts. The cnteilammont was heartily appreciated by the largo nnd discrim inating audience , us It deserved to bo , for certainly no tlnur production of this drama would bo possible. The attraction at Hoyd's ' opera house next week will bo tlie people's favorite aitiste , Mntrgio Mitchell. Miss Mitchell will produce n new play on Friday oveiilmr called "Hay , " which has been most favorably received everywhere it has been played in Iho east. The majority of critics pronounce it tha strongest play that Miss Mitchell has jot ap peared In. "l ay" was wilttcn for Miss Mitchell by C. Wallace Walters , Ksq. , and the principal part , that of Hay ( Joldcn , is perfectly adapted to the clever little artiste'1 ] peculiar powers. It is a beautiful romuntio comedy drama , laid In a Now Hngland man. ufacturlng village. There are many oppor tunities afforded for character acting , which Miss Mitchell's clever company makes tlui best of. On Saturday afternoon "Kay" will bo repeated , and Saturday evening Miss Mitchell and company will play the old fu- vonto , "Function , the Cricket. " Mrs. Lanutry opens her season al the now Grand opera house to-morrow ovonlni ; in "As in n Looking Glass. " The sale of re served seats has boon very largo , indicating a full house. Mr. L.uigtrv visited P.uls dur ing the past summer especially to have her cobtumos made by Worth , the gioatoat de signer of ladies' apparel in the world. In her opening play she wears five of the hand somest dresses that over loft the gioatartist's hands. She will nrrivo hero this morning direct from Now York in thn "La Lee , " Itm private car in which she resides \\hllo travel- ing. Tills car Is a marvel of heautj and com fort , and was built for Mm. Langtry by the Mann Boudoir company and cost { 41,1)00 ) , Prof. Gentry's Canine Paradox will bo at the now Grand opera house on Friday nnd Saturday of this week. It Is the most uston- ibhmg canine paradox of the ago The ca nine pyramid , the foatsot Prince , the klngot the air , nnd Unrnoy are wonderful. A great week Is promised at the museo in the shupo of 'ill Uimls of babies on exhibition. Prizes uio offcied for fat babies , lean babies , twins nnd triplets. An uxti'llent company H billed for the thoatorum , and all told , tha present week will not bo n whit behind in thq general excellence of this popular resort. Owing to the great hit made last Sunday night by this celebrated ttoiim-nttii with thu German company , Manager Koch has secured - cured her services for this evening again nt Hoyd's , when HII ; will nppcur In the laughable - blo comedy , ' Pochschul/.o. " Mr. Axtnmn. the comedian , will play the title roll and all the members of the company will appear la Iho cast. ArtKxIiitilt. At the last meeting of the Western Art as. Boclation hold on Monday evening It was de cided to hold an exhibit of the efforts of Ilia local nnd other artists upon the completion of Mr. Linnlger's gallery early In the raonlli of November. Three clays will ho given ta local artists and three days to Mr. Lliinieor'a collection , thus offering u week to bo enjoyed by these appreciating art. The following ladles and gentlemen will composethn coin' iniltee In olurgo of this final exhibition Mr. Clement Chasu , Mrs. Thomas M. Orr , Mrs , F. H. Muinaugh , Mrs. ICdwin Davis , Misa Molona Huttcriiolc ] , Mr. I. Hodgson , Jr. . Mr. Fred Knight , ami Air C. D. Kont. Thosd intending to exhibit will send u list of pic tures by nnmo with ouUldo dimensions of frames. Fiom the interest manifested It is thought the cntoi prise will bo highly success , ( ul. _ t Cutting Off Contractors' Kxtra * . Hyan & Walsh , the contractors ou the now count. ) hospital , last week put In a bill for about 4&00 for extra work , which they said they had done because they doomed It neccs. for the AUbUiiy of the building. The com missioners havn rojrctcd the claim , and hava notified the contractors that not a dollar will bo allowed for extras unless ordered by tha board. Furthermore , such order must be of- Aciul and in writing. An order from indi vidual members of the board will not be ao- copied by that body as bbdlnc vpoa It.