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TKB OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY NOVEMBER 25. 1888.-SIXTEEN PAGE& ' THE DAILY BEE. i'uiiiisiui : ) nvimv MORNING. TKI1MS 01' SLMlSrilHTION. Dally'Morning ' IMItlom including i vn \ v lixVone Year . . HOW J'urSMx Months . . . . . . . f'I" rorTbrco Months . . . . . 3 M TIIKOMAIM HI-MMY libs , mulled to any ncldros . One Vonr S OT \VKhKi.t llr.p. Ono Year 3 IW UMAiiAUmt V.NOH.IHI ANiiPIO KAHN MKTUK .T , CHIPtuo Ornch ( W7 Kofmrnr HI-II.DIMI NKW YOKKOHICK. ItOOMS H AM > 16TIIIIIITWR Urn DIMI. WAMIIMITO.S ( JUICE , ho. oil SlItltT. AUrommiinlrntlons rolatln towwinnit dl- tonal matter should he mldroiseil totho MIITOII . All business letters nnd remittances should , ha mldrossed to TIIK llfh I'UIII.ISIIINO I'OMIMVV , OMUI * . DrnfK chucks nnd iMHloiUce orders to bu maclu pa ) able to t ho order or the company. TlicBeePablisliing Company , Proprietors I1. . UOSKWATKH , Ml tor. TIIK iiAir < v IJKIJ. Suorn fiintcnirnt ol Olroulatlon. Stnttiof Noliraikn. I , . County of DmigKs , l" ' ( IcorKo U/IVsc.hucV.sivret'uyorTho Hoc Pub- IlshlniH'ompanjri dors solemnly swear that the actiwl circulation of TIIK IKn.v HKK for the ncokomlltiuNoveniborSl , ItWi. was ua followai Ruiiday , Nov Ifl 1H.VW Monday , Nov. HI .1VKI Tut-mlny , i < ov.j : ) 1H.2I7 Wpilnrnilny. Nov "I Thursday. Nov 2J . Friday , Nov 1 . . . . IH.IOI Saturday , Nov. K4 .IS.2T7 niXit'iin.T/.sriii : CK. Sworn to before mo niul stibs'rlled ( In my picionce tills 3ltli ilny of Novt-mbur < \ . I ) . 1SS.1. M-al N i . I'KIU iS'otaiy Public. BUlo ot Nebraska. | _ County of Itoiiuins , f s > ( .cor u II. T/si-linck , lielng iliily sworn , de poses ami unyt that lie Is secrotnry of the llco rnbllHlilnKroinpiiny , that the iittnnl ixveraco dally circulation of TIIK lUir.v IK for tii month of November , 1HH7. was IV--"copies ; for Dcreinlicr , 1M7. 1" > .UI1 copies ; for .liinniirj , ll i I6.MH ! copies ; for tobrniiry , 1H < 8 , r > , HUJ ( .oiiles ; for March , I8S * , 1'l.ilv ) copies ; for April , I4S 1K.74I topics ; for Miiy , lss % 17,181 coplus ; for Juno , 1KHH , 1'VM ! copies ; for July. IMSi , IHu.l.l coplus ; for Aniust , K K , 1H.IK.I coplws ; for Sep tember , IKWt , 18ir.l conloB ! for Ottobnr , ls 8 , was 18.US4 copies. ( ! io. : II T/SriHJt'K. Sworn lo before mo und eubscrlbud lu my presence this 7th tiny of November. 18SS. N. I * . I'lillj Notary 1'nbllc. SlNCK Judge Dundy's decision in the Douglas street railway injunction suit vvo look for the lion and Iniub to lie down together , with the luinb iiibiile of the lion of course. Sioux CITV proposes to be ropro- Rented at the limugurutlon of President Harrison with a company of her citi- 7ens bearing corn-stalks. No provisions huvo boon inado , however , for oiti/.ons bearing corn-juice. I'OMCKMr.x are forbidden to frequent Hnloons on their boat. Hut this is an order constantly violated , which threat ens the discipline of the police force. Ollicial attention should be immediately directed to the matter. GovnilNou Ciiritcir , of Dakota , has spoken out like a man. He is a demo crat , but ho is emphatically for state hood , nnd he has said that if his resig nation would hasten the solution of the problem he will tender it. Tin : Valparaiso bank failure turns out to bo one of the most flagrant defal cations and swindles over perpetrated in Nebraska. The two rascals who caused this ruin should bo run to earth and made to pay the penalty of their crimes. Tin : nstromical world is amused at the rivalry existing between the university of Southern California and the Lick observatory on Mount Hamilton. Ever since the remarkable discoveries wore made at the Lick observatory the uni versity of Southern California has been jealous of its fame. The latter has just ordered a powerful lens , said to bo the largest in the world , and the two ob servatories will soon vie with each other in the business of atarga/.ing. THE present year has not been a suc cessful one for expositions , judging by the recent financial failure of the Cin cinnati exposition and the unprofitable season of the Kansas City exposition. Both cities made heroic efforts to os- tablifah great exhibits , nnd it must be admitted that their endeavors wore most creditable. Kansas City especially fools chagrined over her financial fail ure , and it is doubtful whether there will bo another exposition in that city for some time to come. PAT Poiti ) Is up for n third term in the council. Ho expects the working men of the Third ward to help hiln. Wo don't believe , however , that Mr. Pat Ford can pull the wool over their oycs again as ho has done for years , Pat has been playing workingman's friend while ho has been railway man agers' tool. Ho was put on the Union Pacific pay roll ns a special inspector of tracks and switches within a few weeks after ho got into the council. To bo bitro , ho introduced that famous resolution against the Pinkertons , but ho took good care to have it pigeonholed. AND now California has u favorite son for a cabinet position , in the person of Mr , Hstoo , who presided over the na tional convention at Chicago. Wo jnust concede that CalifornUi'd fnvorito Bon has prior claim over John M. Thurston , Nebraska's oil-room candi date. Thnrston only presided over the convention a couple of hours , while Estoo hold down the chairman's ' cushion and swung the silver gavel for four mortal days. Wo imagine , however , that President Harrison can butlsfy Estoo's ambition with a bureau , and Thurston ought to bo content with a jnarblo-ton washstand. TACOMA , the future metropolis of Washington Territory , is certainly a go-alioad place. Circumstances compel it to put on metropolitan airs , for it has u very largo shipping list , and is there fore forced to make provision for a floating population out of all proportion to Us own numbers. The crows and offi cers of the many foreign steamers and nailing vessels require places of amuse ment , and if recreation of a superior Icind Is not provided for them experi ence has sliotvn that vicious resorts would spring up like mushrooms. Tu- coma has actuully had the ontorprho to establish a zoological garden , which has oil manner of birds nnd beasts and am phibious moiibtora. Tho.ro is a muslo pav.llion and there Is a rotunda for dancing and all the conveniences of a modern pleasure resort. The idoaueems to have boon taken from Wood ward'j Gardens In San Francisco. Fen Kx-iinismnxTS : , Not for the first time the question , What shull wo do for our ox-presidents ? is receiving attention. It is nn inter esting question , because it involves con sideration of the generosity and dig nity of the nation. Having elevated a citi/cn totho highest olllco in the world , and by an unwritten law prescribed thnt after his retirement from that lofty position ho cannot , without a sacrifice of dignity , resume the battle for existence once in competition with his fellowmen men , is it not a duty to make such provision for his future ns will cnjjjlo him to live out his life without the necessity of worrying himself respecting the means of living , nnd without being required lomako nny sicrilice of the dignity which nil Amer ican clti/ens nro proud to accord lo the olllco of chief magistrate of the nation ? None of our presidents have been rich men. SOUKS of them possessed modest \ competence , but no one of them belonged to the millionaire class. The salary of fifty thousand dollars a year , while It may seem largo to poisons o f small in comes , is not remarkably generous when compared with the Incomes of the rul ers of other nations , oven of the o who o ability to bo generous is inmu'a- urably below ours. The president imiy .save a part of this "alary , ns Mr. Hayes and Mr. Cleveland are under stood to have done , but to sa e much of it he must do &o at the cost of the liber ality that is expected of him , and therefore to borne extent at the sacrifice of thn dignity of the olllce. lie is ex pected to entertain libor.illy , and in deed that has grown to be one of the conditions nnd requirements ot the olllce. The white house is a Mx-hil renter where the most generous hospi tality is looked for. I'oroign ambassa dors , cabinet ministers , supreme judges , senators nnd representatives arc enter tained there , and not those alone , but otherdistinguibhed citi/ensand foreign ers. The occasions of buch entertain ment must not be marked b.\ any parsi mony or mommes * . There have boon numerous instances where a single state dinner cost more than a week's salary of the president , nnd undoubtedly more than half the annual salary of the ex ecutive is expended in entertainment. After he has provided from what re- mnins for his personal expenses and those of his family , it is certain that his saving cannot bo large. A very careful man may in four years put away fifty to seventy-live thousand dollars , but it is doubtful if more than two of the presi dents who hiivo received the present salary saved so much , while it is a matter of record that the presidents who received the former salary of twenty-five thousand dollnrs a year , could not save any of it , some of them even being compelled , in consequence quence of their generous hospitality , to draw on their private means , thus re tiring from the presidency poorer in purse than when they entered it. It is a curious fact that most of our presidents have , at the end of their terms , retired to rural lives. Washing ton found contentment at Mount Vor- non. Jefferson , Madison , and Monroe retired to their Virginia plantations. Jackson found peace in the quiet and seclusion of his Hermitage farm. Van Burcn vuthdrew to Kinder- hook. Buchanan became almost a her mit at Wheatland and Hayes is finding a full measure of happiness on a farm. Had Grant gone into rural retire ment his life would very likely have been prolonged , and the experiences of his closing days would certainly have been less trouble some and harassing. John Quincy Adams remained in politics and repre sented his district in the House of Rep resentatives , dying at the post of duty , while Andrew Johnson wont back to the Senate and died while a member of that body. Arthur resumed his con nection with the law firm of which ho had been a member , but he simply gave the prestige of Ills name , not participating actively in the business , The most common suggestion is to provide a liberal pension for ox-presi dents , and another is to make them lifo senators , The objection to the last is that it would violate the principle on which the senate is based. The pension plan is doubtless the least objectionable of any that could bo devised , the only question being ono of national goner- ALLISON THE CAUIffCT. If the great and growing west is to have recognition in the cabinet coun cils of the administration of President elect Harrison , no man can present a higher claim to sucli honor than William B. Allison , of lowu. Mr. Allison has been in pub lic lifo , us a member of the national legislature , nearly a quarter of a cen tury. During fifteen yours of continu ous service in the United States senate ho has acquired a familiarity with na tional alTairs possessed by few men of our time. No man in congress , not oven excepting John Sherman , who K conceded to bean an eminent financier , is as familiar with financial legislation and the prob lems of our fifacal system , Mr , Allison's experience as chairman of the appropriation committee of the senate would be invaluable to the coun try if ho wore placed at the head of the treasury department. Ills sound , conservative views would inspire und assure confidence in the management of the national finances without arousing the suspicion that the treasury is being managed solely In" the interest of Wall street. To the republicans of this section , who complimented Mr. Allison with an en dorsement for the presidency , his selec tion to the secretaryship of the treas ury would not only bo extremely grati fying , but accepted as a recognition of the claims of the banner states of the party , Kansas , Iowa nnd Nebraska , that gave .Benjamin Harrison one liundiod and twenty thousand majority over all competing candidates. VUfVGA'S. . Nothing can more conduce to the de- vfilopmont of refined homes than the particular culture of the intellect , the feelings and the fingers , to which wo owe works of art of every kind , From the ruda log cabin to the stately pal- nee of a merchant prince , ovouy stop of the long ladder has been the result of a desire foi- the beautiful. Ono thing suggests another , nnd ono advance is but the foundation stone for the no\t. Much of this progress in the west is however , borrowed , and not indigenous , appertaining to the architect nnd the upholsterer rather than to the Individ ual to whom belong the house beautiful , nnd the objects of beauty it contains. To supplement this Inevitable condition , inseparable from all now communities , nothing can bo suggested more admira ble than thrs formation of art asso ciations including the professional nnd the nmatcur. and every one whose mind receives impressions of iho beau tiful In nntiiro. These impressions are the basis of all art productions , nnd therefore those who have them are truly artistic in heart , oven if they never touch fusnin , crayon or brush , lie whodelighU in the wandering loop of Iho Missouri , and thrills with ecstacy over its borders of vegetation , whether in the lush green of the spring , or in the mnny-hued llvory of the fall ; he who murks the splendid panorama of the skies , the ctherecal green of the sunset , the deep blue of noon , and the various grajs of the storm cloud ; ho who sees In the broad expanse of n Ne braska plain no dull monotony of brown , but a subtle mingling of grays and whites and russets , nnd an almost end less succession of masses of elevation and depression , and never ending lines of delicate con tour such a man is aland- scape artist , though ho never draws n line in his lifo. But to go slowly is the true law of progress which Americans are apt to ignore or to disdnin. When such nn asssociatlon is formed , there is a burn ing desire for action , for the formation of schools , and for an exhibition of artistic objects. True to our trading nature , we desire to take stock of our resources , and find out what wo can do. It is certain that such exhibitions would bo bettor if delayed for some jenrs. Tne commingling of the members of the association in the friendly inter course of convcrsa/.ioncs does at the outset all that can bo done , or that should be attempted. When , through the medium of those reunions , a work ing knowledge has been gained of the aim and limitations of nn art associa tion , an exhibition will be of service to the community at large. But it is ab solutely necessary that ttio public must not bo misled. The members of the asso ciation have taken upon themselves the responsibility of educating their com munity in art matters , and they must fool that responsibility to the backbone. There must bo no attempt to make as good a display as possible at the ex pense of honesty. There must be a rigid exclusion of all work that is not original. If the committee to whom is entrusted the onerous duly of examin ing contributions to the exhibition ac cept work that is copied , they stultify themselves and act against the object for which such an association is formed. There is no point more material than this one. To the uninitiated a good copy seems a good thing , but art asso ciations are for the purpose of teaching the uninitiated bettor things. Nothing can bo more absurdly unjust than to hang side by aide an oil painting that is a copy of an engraving , or of a pic ture , and an original study. No one who is acquainted with art matters can conceive the difficulties with which a young student has to contend in orig inal studios. Place half a do/.en oran ges on a mahogany table nnd endeavor to paint them , and it will be found that the complexities of light and shade and of reflections and of color shadows make the work ono of very great dlfllculty. There is as much difference between the two things as there is in solving an arithmetical problem , and copying the one solved in the book as an example. Therefore noassociation worthy of being considered artistic over admits a copy , or a painting over a photographic nega tive. If the rejection of thesn morotri- cians objects should leave the gallery walls too bare , it is conclusive proof that the exhibition was held too soon. t NOTJIEIl CnKTDNKrA L. The ono hundredth anniversary of the inauguration of George Washing ton as president of the United States will take place in New York City , where the first president of the repub lic was inaugurated , on April 30. The first congress under the constitution of the United States assembled at Now York on the 4th of March , 1780. There were present delegates from all the states excepting Rhode Island nnd North Carolina. On opening tha votes of the electors chosen by the several htatos , it was ascertained that George Washington was unanimously elected president , and John Adams , having the next highest number of votes , vice president. On the 2Jd ! of April the president-elect arrived at Now York , where ho was received by the governor of the state and conducted with mili tary honors through an immense con course of people to the apartments pro vided for him. Hero ho received the salutations of foreign ministers , public bodies nnd private citizens of dlstilic- tion. On the i'.Oth of April the presi dent was inaugurated , the oath of ofllco having boon administered by the celebrated Chancellor Livingston , who , when the ceremony was completed , exclaimed , "Long live George Wash ington , president of the United States , " which was re-echoed by the throng that surrounded the senate chamber on Wall street. The occurrence of those two inaugu ration events so near together will pos sess a peculiar interest in the contrast ing conditions ; Buggestml between the re public at its birth and after a growth of acontury. General Washington's jour ney from his home at Mount Vernon to Now York was necessarily slow , and ho entered that city from a barge which convoyed him from ll'i/.abothtown ' , Now Jersey. Ho was the recipient of hourly ovations along the route , which helped to delay his journey. With several times the distance to travel , General Harrison will reach Washington from Indianapolis in one- tenth of the time occupied by the first president in going from Mount Vernon to No r York , while for every one hun dred people who cheered Washington on his way there will bo ton thous.vml to make ovation lJ ( garrison , In many ways these two inauguration o vents lo occur in next Mnr'fh'anil April will bo suggestive nnd instructive , and both will possess an intercut even moro than national. * Tun board of education of Now York City tins ordered nn examination of the scholars in the public schools in order to ascertain how uianj of them have de fective eyes. Upon the result of the examination will depend what action will be taken to improve the light of school rooms. It is1 a fact based on good authority that many affections of the c.vcs among school children are brought on by poor light in school buildings. It would not be nmibs if the board of education in Omaha would in stitute an inquiry into the condition of the eyes of the pupils of our public schools. VOICI2 OF Til 10 8TATI3 L'HiS9. Schuvler Iler.iM , Cents to dollius Thurs ton steps into Mundcrson'i shoes. Columbus Journal Church Howe vvns out of politics. Ho now seeks to bo lucsidcnt of the senate. Notfolic News : It takes seventy six : policemen to look after the good people of Oiniilm. The thugs nnd wine rJotna seem uble to take c.u-o of themselves. ICeiirnoy Hubs The democrats liavo ceased to claim the house unit admit that they lost everything In the last election. "All is loit but honor , " and that is n thing a demo crat has no use for. Auburn Post : To the victors belong tlio spoils. Fire the onlco-liolilers ns fast as competent republicans can bo found to re place them , and there's plenty of them run- niiii ; loosu. Johnson County .Touinnl : It used to bo said Unit tlioro wore two things the ungcls did not know. One was who a woman would marry , nnd the other was how a jury would decide. To tlicso may bo added , how will New York vote. AVayne Herald : The submission of a pro hibitory amendment will bn the one thing that will worry the legislators , and in all probability put a largo number of the mem bers in their political graves. Plattsiuouth Herald : Mr. Perry nelinont has just bean appointed minister to Spain. Mr. Blaiuo , as secretary of state , will take great nlcasnro In bringing the young man home to his boieavod parents early in March , Bloomington Guard : If McStiane pur chased the influence of the two afternoon dailies in Lincoln , ho made a poor invest ment and did not place his money wlicro it would do the most good. It was even worse than the pastor specu'atton. York Times : It seems as though the trio- graphic columns of the dailies were more enriched with accounts pf horrible minders than of yore. Perhaps if there vvero more good , fresh hangings and loss maudlin senti ment , there would be fpwer inurdors to re cord . Ulysses Dispatch : J" , C. McBride is a candidate for speaker of the Nebraska legis lative house. Ho is a gentleman In every way qualified , and a mhn of the people and not a creature of the railroads. This paper would bo pleased to sec "Mac , " the next speaker of the house. ( Fremont Tribune i Now thr.t the Young Man's Christian association is gaining a good footing In Nebraska City , it is expected that the monstrosity and f roak atories sent out from that place will bo toned down and possibly abandoned. Evving Democrat : The serenity of the weather at present may be due to Harri son's election , but wo wager there will bo a torrlflo blizzird in the republican camps after tho-lth of March , when nine-tenths of the gicat army of ofuce-seelcors will be snowed under. Ulysses Herald : To democrats holding places under the federal government , a sug gestion : Don't be in a huiry to resign. It wore hotter to submit to the process of being Hied. You will got out about as soon and as smoothly , nnd it will bo as well to give the countrv a front view of republican civil ser vice reform.Vo will need the example in our business in 18112. Schuvler Quill : Just mark it down that the railroads are in politics and are there to stay. They watch every nominee for the legislature , every state ofllcer , and in fact everything politically that can affect their interests. All vou have to do is to note whether the ofllcor affects corporation inter- oats , and you can decide if the corporation influence is in the light. Nebraska City Press : It is entirely safe to say that in the postoulco department the people have never had so thoroughly shift less , incompetent and worthless a sot of pub lic servants as they have had for the past year or two. In the interest of true civil service reform , both democrats and republi cans pray that when the Harrison adminis tration comes into power the rascals will bo turned out. Grand Island Independent : If all important public positions under this government were filled by a direct votes of the people , It would bo more In accord with our boast of a gov ernment for the people and by the people , and much annoyance in the line of clamor for appointment would bo done away with , and corruption diminished at the same time. Thoio is no reason why United States sena tors , postmaster , ministers to foreign coun tries , cabinet ofllcers , etc , , etc. , should not bo elected by the diicct voice of the people , nnd eventually that change will come. Dlair Pilot : The only reason so far given in support of ex-Kcnator Saumlers for the senatorial succession is that his daughterand Gonnral Harrison's son vvoio , once upon a time , married. This equals the Fourth of July orator who could toll some wonderful stories about Benedict Arnold because his grandmother was a mictnbor of the same church that Uonodlct Arnold's mint belonged to. If the claim is hnndrcd , and Suuaders elected , anil later Hen'i son and Alvin's daughter should disagree , would that dis franchise Nebraska in tlip senate i Seward Hoporter : , Ono of the impor tant measures to , which the legis lature will have togivo / attention this winter , is tbupassage of some kind of an election law ' { providing for regis tration in cities oftlin llrst class While thin matter IB under1'icolislderation , It would bo well to make a general election law for thu whole stato. A linv'tint would provo an effectual safe guard 'n ' a\nst \ fraudulent or irregular ballots , aiil ( 'would secure a voter from being hurrassod' ' by the Importunities of the workers for the different tickets , would bo a good thing. In some states the law prohibits anybody but regular challeng ers from approaching within ilfty or ono hun dred yards of the voting place. This provi slon , wo think , would bo a good ono to incor porate In the Nebraska law A system of registration is imperatively demanded in largo cities , and it might bo well to extend Its operation to cities of thu second-class Too inuny safeguards cannot be thrown uiound the ballot. Naming the Infant. Detratt Tribune , Let us add the hope that they will not bo named North aud South Dakota.Vo can do bettor , DakoU U good for one ; the hU- , tory and legends of the region tvlll supply an equally Appropriate name for the other ono having a flavor of the locality. In n Hnd Kit. The democratic party Is n pa/ty twoay without an Issue in any sufllcicnt sense. V party without an issue is In a bad 11 x. 1'ovvorlotH I'roliibltiimifttg. OM'f-Demociat , The prohibitionists bo powerless In future political contests to do harm to any thing except to the temperance cause. JtiHt DlHCoveroil It. Atnintii I'oiHlfftilfflii , No ono man is absolutely indispensable to this great republic.'o cnn Ret along with out CJrover Cleveland or any other iloino crntlc iiresidcnt. The Now lloRiies' Mnrcli. I'MMifclpMrt / ' ( ( < . Now is the time for some Piitorprislmj inusl' clan to compose n grand March nnd dedicate it to the democratic postmasters , A Duty to I'crforin , The first duty of the icpublican paity vvll ho to frame and pass a proper icvenuo measure uro , and wo believe there is not the slightest danger that that duty will be neglected. Is Scliloin Noisy. A * . V. liilmne. The interesting Information cotnus from Washington that President Cleveland 10 mains "calm. " Of course. The gentleman on whom the coroner is holding the inquest Invariably is "calm. " n llronU View of It. t/ifciiii / > UciaM. liver } body is asking where is Mr. Cleveland land to go , as if ho wore the only ono ttuV must go. This is taking a very Incomplete and narrow view of the situation , Wheio are the 120,000 , other democratic onlee-holdcrs to go ! She Taken Two Scats. A'tlO I'DI'fH. ) / . Mr. Harrison Who's that Knocking ! Dakota I , sir. Mr. Hat risen ( busy ) Come In and take soat. soat.Dakota Dakota ( proudly ) 13ut I am Dakota , sir. Mr. Harrison Oh , ab , indeed. Then take two seats. And she will. Stop the IXtrnviigaiico. C/iffdi/o / AVll1 * . The public display made in Washington at the inauguration of GarilcKl cost 6311,00000 The show made at the inauguration of Clove laud represented an outlay of SS'J.SlO.oO. Har rison's inauguration is expected to cost $ " > ,000. Where is this thing going to stop At this rate cf increase a few moro presi dential inaugurations will bring about un ex penditure as largo astho national debt merely to supply flrowonts for every now executive to goto bed by on his llrst night in the whita house. Statesmanlike Uctlconco. 1'rUtnnc. Reporter Well , senator , I have como ac cording to your request. What feature of the late campaign do you wish to discuss I Distinguished , Senator ( with ponderous gravity ) I have sent for you , sir , to say that I positively refuse to bo interviowed. Put that down positively refuse. These public men that are ahva\s rushing into print in eider to keep themselves before the public got that down ? might take a lesson from the statesmanlike reticence of mun who icallyknow the causes that contributed to our late defeat , but who maintain a dignified reserve when approached by the thoughtless interviewer. Add something about my evi dent unwillingness to thrust my personality on the public , and let mo see the article before fore you punt it. Good day. - On the Henri's Stage. Klla n'lictler inicur. In the rosy light of my day's fair morning , Ere over a storm cloud dot kcnod the west , Ere ever a shadow of night gave warning , When life seemed only a pleasant guest , Why , then , all humor and comedy scorniug , I lilten high tragedy best. I liked the challenge , tha florc- fought duel , With a death or a parting in every act ; I liked the villain to bo more cruel Than the basest villain could bo , in fact , For it fed the fires of ray mind with fuel Of the tilings that my life lacked. Hut as time passed on and I mot real sorrow , And she played at night on the stage of my heart , I found that I could not forgot on the morrow , The pain I had felt in the tragic part ; And , alas ! no longer I wished to borrow My grief from the actor's part. And as lifo grows oldcrand therefore saador , ( Yet sweeter , majbe , in its autumn haze ) ; I find moro pleasure in watching the gladder And lighter order of humorous plays , Where the mirth is as mad , ormaybo madder , Than the mirth of my lost days , I like to be forced to laugh and be merry , Though the earth with sorrow is npo and rife ; I like for an evening at least to bury All thought of trouble , or pain or stiife , In sooth , 1 like to bo moved to the vary Emotions I miss in lifo. II. Wins the Hot. Giuvn ISLAND , Nob. , Nov. 2J. To the Ed itor of Tun HUE : Wo wish to submit for your decision through the columns of THE HER a betmado in the following words , to- wit : W , bets H. that Thayer will not get 15,000 , majority over McSliauo. Who wins the bet VV. or H. I Yours rt-spoct fully , YV.nmiH. by Telephone. Electrical World : From time to time ono may notice events that bring out , with unusual force nnd clearness , the fnct that great inventions are chief among the conditions that hhnpo mod ern life. This is recogni/od in regard to the civili/.ing elements with which people have been familiar , such as the railroad and the telegraph , but is not bo commonly accepted with respect to an innovation like the telephone. Yet that little Instrument in most * emark- able for the now relations into which it brings men nnd their affairs , and it In cessantly calls for novel adjustments of our ideas and actions. The legality of contracts by telephone has boon an issue for the courts , and but recently wo men tioned u case in which a defendant sub mitted himself for judgment by telephone - phone nnd received sontcnco in the same way. Moro lately again the point has arisen whether gambling curried on by telephone can bo lawfully and effectually stopped , In medicine , numerous instances have occurred wherein it is unnecessary for the doctor to bee his patient , the prescription or advice being such as the telephone shows to be desirable. And now the Catholic church is troubled to decide as to the ofllcacy of a confession by tele phone. The question has boon referred to Home by the French bishops , and among the Italian Driest also the sub ject is also and utibottlod ono. Homo luthorition hold that the telephone can be used for censure but not for absolu tion , while others consider that as the telephone annihilates distance , the con fessor und the penitent are actually to gether. Evidently the question goes far deeper than all that servos to sur round a solemn act with sentiments of two. And how solemn itself , after all , , h the thought that the telephone ih ihus among the Instrumentalities that release us from the clogs und bonds of ) hyBiciil soiibo arid lilt us to a realm iVlioro mind and &oul , as if clarified and disembodied , can have freest coinmim- on , xoncs. Robert LouU Stevenson has not yet reaped ftn adequate pecuniary reward for his liter- nry labors , At least such is the. bollof among those who nro likely to bo well Informed on so delicate a matter. And yet , ho wields A greater Influence over contemporary fiction than nil other story tellers combined. His not claiming lee much for him to say thnt the Hyde and Jckyll phastliness Is going to create an epoch In Imaginative literature. Alt the bright story tellers of the mngn/Iuet are cudgelling their brains for scientific horrors rors , mid wo are about to bo deluged with necromantic forms and magical formulas. A case In point is it story In Hclfiravia , ono of the most fashionable magazines of London It is called "Doctor Unlonus , " and It turns upon nn old mcdiiuval superstition called the "Handof Glory. " In the middle ages the necromancers believed thnt hidden treasures could bo discovered by using ns a candle stick the hand of an executed murderer cut when ho had been swinging on the gallows fiom the new moon to the full. The camllo used in these researches was worthy of the candlestick It was inado of the fat of a black bear , a wild boar , nnd nn unbaptlzcd baby , the xvick being formed from the shroud of a young girl taken from the eouln anytime be tween n full moon and the next now moon. If nnj of tho'io eastern explorers who are hunting on Staten Islnndnnd along the hanks ot the Hudson for Captain Kidd's treasures succeed in llmlnig thorn by using the Hand of tJlori , n pcicontago is claimed by Tun Hr.i ) which has given the true recipe for the candle. It is omitted necessarily in Helgra- via by the peculiar turn given to the story thiough the iullueiice of Stevenson's hoky- pokoj science In the H.vdo and Jeki 11 story It is singular thnt no clitic has icmarkcd the stinngo and beautiful view taken of Sntun by Stevenson In ono of his most vvicid tales. When this has been commented upon sunl- j'iently it will create n greater revolution In men's minds than Ingersoll lias effected by denials of Satan's existence. * # Those who are Interested in the subject of n deep water harbor on thu coast of Texas wilt leceive considerable enlightenment by the completion of the work at Montreal in Canada roily-four j cars ngo the St. Law rence river at Montreal had only n depth of eleven feet , but by steady , persistent digging nnd dredging theie is now a depth of twenty- seven feet and a half , and large ocean steamers come up the 000 miles from the mouth of the ilvcrtotlie city without any delay or dlfllcully. It is n great achieve ment , and the Canadians are justly proud of it. The work has progressed slowly but steadily , making no rushes , but also making no stops. In one place eight million cubic yaids had to be i amoved , which it has been calculated was equivalent to the work involved in building 800 miles of the Cana dian Pacific. A similar , though much easier work , is being done at the Sibino Pass , at the mouth of the S ibine river , which is ono of the bouud-maiks between Louisiana nnd Texas. Congress , which unfortun ately often maltcs appropriations for engi neering purposes thut have little save politi cal reasons to recommend them has always recognized plans of real mciit. Apuropiia- tions were made for deepening the mouth of the Sabmo river some yeari ago , but the work was temporarily suspended by n cy clone , n thoroughly abnormal occurionce. In the fullness of time perhaps even within ten years , there will bo twenty-seven feet of water on the bar , and Inside there is now a depth of from twenty-eight to foity feet , the only difficulty being caused by deposits at the mouth. In spite of this well known fact , there was a deep water convention this summer nt Denver , and Galvcston sent hun- dteds of delegates , more or less , to form a clique for the grand plan of deepening an open roadstead. It was nothing but a rc.il cstato advertisement , and in that light almost every ono logaidod it. Such devices injure Texas far nioio than they servo the state. The work that is being done nt the mouth of the Sablne river will give the Toxnns the deep water harbor for which they seem to bo hankering. te * The question has often boon asked whether ? lierc was any foundation for the theory that railroads caused an increase of rain. Some persons have proven it by actual observa tion , and others have denied any connection between the observed facts and thp rainfall. But a locomotive engineer puts the matter in a moro practical Shape than any scientist has done. Ho says that there are 30,01)0 ) loco motives in use in the states and Untisli America , and that these puff Into the atmos phere billions of cubic yards of steam con densed into vapor , and this necessarily re- turus agaiu m the form of rain. It is undo ulablo that more lain falls in California than formerly , for during the past wee'c ' live in ches descended in two days in the vicinity of San Francisco , at a point sufficiently near the great terminus of the Central Pacific to bo affected by the locomotives. Also the dienchcd country presents a pictuicsfjuo mountain range , whoso elevated slopes would attract the condensed vapor , and would receive the downfall. As this range is connected wilh a roscivoir , there is a rain guage at the water vvoiks , and tins shows that this particular spot has received four times more ram than any other part of Cali fornia. There is notoriously an increasing probability 01 rain in thnt state , nnd thu wheat crop m no longer the gamble that It used to bo when by no calculation open to human intellect was it possible to foretell whether there would bo rain enough to yield a harvest. Pessimists are in the habit of conjuring up frightful visions by jiuro biliary force , and then of endeavoring to muke the world nc- them us noliil truths ilo'.v many a man has uaraly/cd manufacturers anil englncots by hinting at tliu inevitable exhaustion of our coal fields ! Not a few thinkers vvhobo logic proceeded moro from a c-onijciteil liver than an intellectual brain , iiavoduscribod the world of the future without coat , without trees , without coal oil , without iron. To these readers of TIIK HKK who have ncoidcntly fallen within the haunted circle of posslni- ism , the theory of Prof. Mcndeloy concern ing the production of patroleum will bo moro than usually intertilling. Ho claims that petroleum is produced by water which , after penetrating the north's crest , comes In con tact with glowing carbides of metuls , espe cially those of iron. The vvntur is decom posed into its const ItucntKnses , the oxygen uniting with tlio Iron , while the hydrogen takes up the carbon , nnd ascends to n higher region vvhoro part of it is condensed as min eral oil , and part remains as natural gas. This theory scorns to bo u bubstautlalono , and ns tlio professor makes niliflcml petro leum with the greatest loadiness und ease it ought to bo accepted ns a icnl truth. Taking it us such , we have thu prospect of a supply of petroleum that Is practically inoxhaustl- biu , unit that can bo made U > 1111 the pluco token by coal , whenever ttm supply of the latter Is exhausted. Courage , brothers. Humat. lifo on this planet is by no means drawing to o close. * * How little does the sportive paragraphor rclloct upon the consequences of perfunctory pleasantjy1 There is the joke iibout tno young wife's loaf , vvluon was so heavy that tlui young husband had to prop up the table with umbrellas Now , light bread , with the lightness proulmr to bakeries , is neither pal atable nor nutritious , nor wholesome. All that spongincBs , wh Ifh seine consider a vir tue , is obtained by adultoratloas lulnous to the coats of the stomach ntul the dlRostlra nppnrnttts. Rroad oltglit to bo heavy to a certain extent , if It Is to bo nourishing , Graham bread , for cvamnlt1 , is very much heavier than tua ordinary loaf of the baker's shop , nnd the old fashioned whenton loaf was very much moro nutritious than that Idol of sanitary reformcts. That It should have held its own of all the diutctio devices propounded by Graham is tin ) oonso nuoneo of the abominnblo clinraetnr of light bread , linkers probably llnd it to their w- torcst to cater to the doliislou ot Atnm-ievis , but the time Is coming vv hen thov will have to chaiiRO their tactics , for tlui world Is becoming thoroughly sick of tlir'r ' light broad , In all the cheap restaurants of the entho country , oven In the dlvoj fre quented by New York newsboys , vvhoro food Is sold at abnormally clu'ap iirloos , the pro prletora have boon compelled by the force of public opinion to Keep sovornl kinds ot broad , besides tlio ordimry household broad. Whenever a humorist strikes a liomo-maild loaf fiat teems to him to bo as heavy as londi let him cat it with Joy , for ho has found tlio real , true , unadulterated article upon which tlio civilization of tUo white man has been built up. * ? Of nil the fails and isms which transi'oml. cntalists beget for the pestering of plain people , not ono Is so obnoxious ns psvchio.il research. The Idiots who devote themselves to this balderdash ntTcct n manner that Is mysterious nnd adopt n Jargon thnt is incom prehensible. There Is a journal published in tlio east for the purpose of solving the un solvable , nnd of knowing the unknowable. Occasionally it Anils Us unaooustomoil way Into the den of a western editor , and con fronts him with pioposltions that make Ills hair stand on end. "If , " says this delightful periodical , so vdapted for thu homo circle "a sensitive llnda himself in coinpiny with a vampire , If ho will only go in for sympathiz ing with him ho will ibid instead of the drain ho had expected , n new living force strain Ing through him from n source that is Inexhaust ible , He could yield power to n thousand men aud bo stronger for the yielding. " Now , we cannot yield nn unqunlllled assent to this proposition , because evidently the writer's vampire has not the same points as the ordi nary Ameiican vampire , and it is possible that ho has confounded two very different creatures the 3 root vnuipiro nnd Kiner * son's red slayer. The American vampire 11 politely culled the B Hat , or bed bug , and sensitives usually when they make his nc- iliiuintanco burst into vigorous Saxon , strika a match , light the gas , turn over the pillows , and commence a strenuous pursuit , which , usually ends in n gory but odoriferous massa * ere. The Slavonic vampire , being unable to leave Slavonic soil , has not como to America , and therefore nothing is known of him It is possible that the wilier referred to it , and not to our own H Hat vampire. * * The nhilosphcr who assorted that every man , nt least ouoo in his life time , wore a velvet coat , did not moan to be taken liter ally , but desired to propound the great moral truth that uwuy In the depths of man's ' heart is n liking for liuory. Perhaps this Is so , hut if this axiom were to become generally known it would give the fair sex a torribla weapon. When paterfamilias would ; up braid inatcrfamillns for the costliness of her new chuich-going bound , his spouse would be able to retort upon upon him his sneaking desire to bo clothed In velvet. There is a dreadful rumor abroad that after Christmas the men of society will appear in embroidered vests nnd pants , or , to be more Webstorian , trousers. The vests nro to bo embroidered on the collar , and along the edges of the but tons , and below the pocket. The trousers arc to bo adorned with a strlpo of embroidery similar to the strlpo of gold lace on the pants of a cavalry oQl- cer. If this movement is carried out the great problem of distinguishing guests from the waiters will have been triumphantly solved. But will It stop at embroidered tiousors and vests , or will the secret passion for frippery In the male breast gather strength by indulgence , nnd lead to embroidered ooats of velvet , and silk , nnd satin ? Are wo really moving in a cycle , and are we going back to the dajs of George the Second ) If this should be the case , wigs will once moro bo the fashion to the great comfort of bald- lieadcd men who will no longer be exposed to the rude icmarks of the small boy , and to the \vhisperedcommcnts of thoator-goers if they inppen to be in the front rows at a burlcsqua opera performance. * * * A paragraphlet is going the rounds of the ircss to the effect that the oldest known manuscript is a part of the Iliad , found in Upper Egypt. Nothing can bo more erroneous - ous than this statement , which Is obviously the condensation of a well knowu fact. Tha oldest manuscripts are P gyptian papyri both In hieroglyphic and demotic characters. Ono of these known as the Hook of Thotli or the "Romance of Setna , " vva found under I the feet of n royal sciibc , and was translated by Hnigsch Boy , the famous German Egyptologist , and formerly curator of the Musc'uin nt Bo u Ink , near Cairo. Egypt/an chronology is not in n state oven appiouching to ceititude , nnd though desperately bravo historians have classed the dynasties as suc cessive , nobody would bu astonished if it should prove that three-fourths of them wore synchionous. The very fact upon which onthuHiastic cluonologistsbase their system1) is capable of another mtci ( notation. But the fragment of the thirteenth book of the Iliad , which was found In Upper Egypt , notoriously belongs to the Ptolouioau dynasty , and may bo a thounand years younger than the amusing Book of Tlioth. And so also with icgnrd to demotic and hieroglyphic manuscripts there may bo on. onnous intervals of time batvvoon them. 'J lie Turkny'H 8ollliiiy. ( | T , , It , Jn\n\ircu \ \ //i/num'/t / ' lfitn l'iem. "What a difTorenco it mattes , in "Just what light you view u thing. " Said u meditative turkey. As lie softly stroked his wing. " "Now tlio simple word Thanksgiving To u turkey or n him , Has a meaning quilo distinctive , To that understood by men. > Tis to them n time of feasting Full of pleasures and delights ; Hut 'tit kept within thu bnrnyaru , By observing fun'ral rites. It nuggcsts to Kouio u Mtuaon , When the town Js palntmi roil ; But to us it moans the soasoii VVhon wo mourn our martyr dead * HI ] Turkey dinner means to man a / Gasttionomlcal event ; While to us it seems more like a , Slaughter of tlio Innocent. During all the fnt'ning procesi , How degrading 'tis to feel , That the destiny assigned us Is to furnish man a meal. Do men think the finer feelings To a turkey mo unknown i That the height of his ambition is to cover up his bone ? Wo should bo the nation's emblem , U'o New Hnglunil's ' proudest bird ) And with patriotic feelings , Should our honored names bo heard , Should the honor duo to ttirkoy From Americans bo paid , We rould knock that croocliln ( ? eagle , Most completely la the snado. Why should oi .cs stride the fingstafTul VVIiy bu fulled the birds of utato , While the turkeys' fond ambitions , Moot with such a bitter fatal A I'hun Crook bourbon has taken a solemn nnthnot to touch a drop ot Intoxicant ! until thu democrat * elect another * pr Jdeut.