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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.
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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.