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Tuesday tintlt ho throws up tlio sjougc. )
Tin ; pods lie ] > nilf > odl With the nn-
inml sos-iion of tlio Nubrtislcn Woman's
SulTrairo association : it hand , and the
prospects of u crnck base ball nine in
the spriiifj , Omaha's cup of joy is full
to the brim.
FitANic KAsi'Ait is not an orator like
Pat Ford nor a parliamentarian like
VniiBcump , but ho is always in his place
in the council voting honestly for what
ho believes to bo for the best interest
of the city.
DAKOTA is on her < x > d behavior.
But if aho does not receive encourage
ment pretty boon for early statehood ,
"she will send u blizzard eastward that
will make the teeth of the politicinns
chatter all the way from Maine to Key
West.
IIOUY Jon Jon promises to reform
if ho is only re-oleetcd. That was
precisely what Ilaseall promised the
last time he was elected to the
council. Hut the leopard never docs
change his spots , unless you cover them
with a paint brush.
Bit AD SrAUGimK : claims to Imvcthe
Inside track on the United Stales mar-
fih.ilship of Nebraska , which is to be
come vacant in February. If this is a
Mandorson deal , several members of
the incoming legislature will want to
know the reabon why.
the capital stock of the
Atchison , Topokn. & Santa Fo * system
from forty to twenty millions is a phase
entirely now to railroad financiering.
By nil means lot the good work go on.
Wo have in our mind's eye certain rail
road corporations in Nebraska which
fiadly need the water to bo squeezed out
Of thorn.
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Mil. ZIOLiiuooic lias boon asked to
stand for the council by many citizens
of the Fifth ward who desire to have a
creditable representative in the coun
cil. If those citizens take the trouble
to put in an appearance on election day ,
nnd give an hour or two of their time to
the cause of good government , Mr , IIol-
brook will bo elected beyond a doubt.
TIIK chapter from the letter-book of
Dr. Gushing , which wo reprint to-day ,
Bhould be read by every voter and tax
payer of the fifth ward. It shows how
thoroughly corrupt Joe Redman was the
lost time ho t-orvcd in the council. If
after reading these very interesting letters -
tors they still want to send Redman
tack to the council to manage our city
ixllairs. they must forever after hold
their pence.
Tin : friends of Cornell university will
learn with regret that the Now York
court of appeals hits decided the Mrs.
McCtraw-Fibko legacy of a million and a
Imlf to the college to bo void. The his
tory of the case Is us peculiar and as in
teresting as a romanco. It Is n story the
beginnings of which go back to the
foundation of the university , and one
which Is olosoly identified with the
founders and benefactors of the bchool.
ROTTKN PAVKMKNT JIM boasts that
Pat Ford will bo counted in whether ho
receives a majority of the votes of the
U'hlrd ward or not. Wo shall see about
that. Such rascality has boon practiced
in the Fifth wnrd when Honest Jim had
Fanning to fumble among the ballots ,
nftor the' judges had locked everybody
else out. But it will not pan this timo.
Nobody will bo counted out who receives
n majority of the votes cast at next
Tuesday's election.
K general comment an the Iowa
evictions is that of sympathy with the
unfortunate people who have boon
thrust out of th'olr homes , and of hearty
condemnation of the olliclul careless
ness or stupidity which miulo such u
filato of affairs possible. It is u deplorable -
able circumstance to happen in this
country , and while Hall happens under
the sanction of law as interpreted by
the United States supreme court , there
i.i yet an obligation on the part of the
Coverninunt to give these bottlers ado-
qunto redress. As to most of them the
linrdbhip they aru subjcctad to is duo to
oillciul ignorance or carelessness at
Washington , and it will bo the duty of
congees to do Justice to tUu victims of
0 tli rial blundering.
urn
After nine years of tireless devotion
to his clerical duties as pv-itor of the
.Swedish Uvangolical church , Rev. 10-
A. Fojfulslroin has tendered his resig
nation to the council of his church.
Tliis step has been tnkon with a view
to concentrating all his energies upon
the noble task ho had sot for
himself a < * the founder of an
institution that will perpetuate his
memory among the self-sacrificing
lipip'fastora of mankind. Mr. Kogol-
htrom's labors for his church are al
most without a parallel in the results
achieved among a membc'rship made
up principally of working mon
and women. Unaided and lit
erally alone ho has organi/.od
the largest congregation of Swedish
LulhoraiiH in this country. Ho has
btitllonoof IhehaiuKomest and most sub
stantial church cdillccs In Oinnha , and
lenvud it without a dollar of debt , to devote -
vote the remainder of his life lo a labor
of the most un ollsh ( benevolence.
In the midst ot the unremitting *
calls , incident to his pastorate , Mr.
Fogelstrom matured the pi in to estab
lish n great hospital and dunconness in
stitute in Omaha. This plan is now in
process of realization. The massive
walls of Immamml hospital and Doa-
connoss Institute are nearly up to thereof
roof , and within twelve mouths Mr.
Fogel.strom confidently expects to
have the institution open for the
admission of patients. Tlio fea
ture of this hospital will bo the sister
hood nurses , who have received practi
cal training abroad and will come hereto
to devote their lives to this service.
The liberal subscriptions from leading
citizens of Omaha , on .vhich Mr. Fogol-
strom depends as the basis of sweeps ,
will , it is hoped , bo supplemented by
further contributions from all who
desire to aid in the work of
philanthrophy. That Omaha will
have reason to feel proud of this institu
tion goes without saying. With all the
hospitals now established or under way ,
this city is still very deficient in hoini-
tal facilities whore tlio maimed or dis
eased can have careful nur&ing and
ski 2d medical treatment. All who
appreciate the magnitude of Mr. Fogel-
Htronfs undertaking can best show their
sympathy by promptly tendering him
material assistance.
nnott'xixn cr.rn.v.
No greater truth was over propounded
than that man shall not live by bread
alone. The soul must bo fed as well as
the body , and will not bo don led its
sustenance. Wo may throw our ener
gies into successful business pursuits ;
wo may tame the wilderness , and .strike
the b.UTon rock and bid it spout forth
oil , and give up its silver , and its coal ,
and its iron ; we mayannihilato distance
and link our commerce to the inlands of
the llowory kingdom , and yet there will
be a something within us restless and
uiibatisliod , plcjvdiag for recognition
and hungering for its own special
food. Man is compounded of three
entities , soul , intellect and body ,
and these who have studied
the llttlo world within them have comprehended -
prohonded that the intellect is the
great misleader , and that through the
intellect wo lose the happiness wo
might have , and gain the unrest that
poisons existence. Wo make the fearful
mistake of imagining the intellect to
bo synominous with the soul , whereas
they are in no wise connected. The
soul is the spirit , an emanation of the
Infinite spirit. The intellect is purely
material , and is to the body what steam
is to water , what gases are to solids.
Possibly it is the nerve fluid of modern
physiology , a potent force by which wo
move our muscles , and obtain physical
sensation. But not through the nerve
fluid do wo love the beautiful ,
and the good ; do wo hate the
oppressor nnd his suporscrviccablo
parasite ; do wo thrill with awe at the
grandeur of creation , and tremble with
ecstacy at the star lighted heavens.
That which feels emotions , that are not
physical is the soul , not the heart , and
the love of the heart is confined to that
passion which partakes of both our
natures , and tills the soul and thosoiibos
at the same timo.
In obedience to the conviction that
material success and material pleasures
are not sufllciont for our triple nature ,
mon In every age have built up for
themselves forms of recreation that
hould satisfy the inner man. In Amer
ica it must bo confessed that the two
most widely known associations have
fallen very far short of the necessities of
the case , and do not olToran example for
the guidance of Omaha whenever our
own city wiilcos from its materialism and
longs for higher things. Tlio Brown
ing club of Boston and the Dnuto club
of Chicairo could only have boon founded
by society eager to obtain culture at
second hand ; by society prompt to
sham sensations which it could not
possess , and with which it could not
possibly sympathize ; by society more
desirous of newspaper notoriety than of
the real enjoyment that springs from
the expansion of the psychical nature
within us.
If wo analyze the Inferno of Dante ,
having a sulllciont knowledge of the
writer's own llfo , wo are horrllled. Wo
are struck dumb with asionishmontthnt
a human being could live who could use
the most tremendous powers for such
extraordinary purposes. Una to was a
politician nnd an oflicoholdor of Flor
ence , who split his own party In two
wings , and to gain predominance ) for
his particular boction , temporized with
the general enemy of the city. His
maneuvers ended in the triumph
of the other wing , and in
his own eternal banishment from
fair Frhmzo. In his exile
ho wandered from place to place and
from city to city , with n soul filled with a
hatred for his personal enemies that is
inconceivable to us. Out of his collos-
rage ho conceived the idea of the
Inferno , u picture of hell and all the va
ried tormontH of its bolgias , peopled by
his enemies sulTorlng these nameless
ngoniod. To this unappeasable , un
quenchable hunger anil thirst for ven
geance upon his foes we owe the great
est poem in the world. This man
brooded over his fall and his wrongs.
Ho gat amid ruins , silent , immovable ,
absorbed and yet watchful. While his
intellect invented details of hell ,
hlsoyeitook In details of nature , And
ho wove them together with a fire of
thought and a beauty of diction beyond
compare. When ho saw loan dogd
gnawing upon bones , his mind gave
birth to the horrible episodeof Ugolino ,
It is wonderful and terrible ! But how
can vo Americans sympathize with
this apostle of hatred , when
wo nro incapable of being1 ser
iously enraged against any
one for anything. For years wo prom
ised to hang Jell Davis on a sour npplo
tree , and yet all our anger evaporated
in a burst of Homeric laughter at the
ludicrous spectacle of the stiff-backed ,
sour-faced , bilious old confederate dis
guised in a sun-bonnet nnd a hoop-skirt.
Art ; wo men to sympathize with Dan to
by sitting alone with his hellish
thoughts and gloating over the fearful
torments to which in imagination ho
was consigning-his enemies ? D.iy after
day , week after week , month after
month , year after year , ho brooded
over his inferno , nnd thrilled with de
light over his vengeance. This is a
man apart from the whole human rnco ,
and the study of him can feed no hungry
fcoul. least of all the hunger of a Chi-
ciigoan soul.
The Browning club of Boston must bo
judged as moro unsatisfactory in its
aims than the other. For D.into was a
diica'-od boul , but Browning is only an
intellect. Therefore the study of Brown
ing is simply an intellectual effort , par
taking greatly of the nature of problem
solving. Browning is a thinker who ,
from incapacity to write clear , healthy
prose , has been compelled to bo tor
tuous in rhyme , periphrastic and ob
scure , whenever lie leaves the oas > y
paths of description for the rocks of in-
tolloctiml otlort. Ho is one of the great
unhealthy family of writers who have
endeavored to achieve success by study
ing the world , and by practicing upon
its weaknesses rather than by pouring
out of his own heart all that was in it.
.lust as Josh Billings won fame
and fortune by hiding good souse
in had spoiling , uo Browning af
fected obscurity of diction , because tlio
world mistake ) ) it for profundity of
thought. Therefore Browning , who is
only a passable thinker , and has never
written anything that will rise above
the piano of Hans Christian Anderson's
stories , has become a household word
for abysmal depths of reasoning , and
the shallow wits of Boston gather to
gether to find out what the man means
as if it mattered a red cent. Such
childish puzzles may occupy the in
tellect and may please the vanity , but
they cannot feed the soul , and there
fore Boston is given over to men with
isms who labor to materialize spirits ,
and believe in vampires , simply because
the soul will insist upon recognition
and cannot be fed by food offered to the
moUorn idol , the intellect.
; iros7' nncwr.Di.Y OFF.
TUB OMAHA UGH ia near enough to lown
not to blunder into the assertion that Com
missioner Dey of the Iowa railroad commis
sion was rc-clectetl by the railroad vote. It
is not nt nil unlikely that many raihoad cm-
plojesvoloJ. for Doy for personal reasons ,
but tlio votes tlmt cmiblrd him as u democrat
to secure an election while his ticket was de
feated by 31,030 plurality came from republi
can farmers , merchants nnd business men ,
who were willing to waive politics in order to
keep Mr. Doy on the railroad eommi sion as
the democratic member. Dey hold tlio onleo
for ten years by successive rcappointmonts
by republican governors , and now that the
commission has been made elective the people
ple evidently desire it still to be non p xrtisan.
The principle of minority representation for
the democrats is observed in Iowa in the ap
pointment of all state boards. Tlio people are
determined evidently to insist on the same
principle whore a bo rJ Is elective and tlio
dominant party might control it entirely.
The Dos Moincs llc/jlitcr , the leading paper
of Iowa , iu explaining the remarkable fact
that a democrat han been clouted to u state
olllco in Iowa for the llrst time in over thirty
years , says that "several thousand repub
licans who thought the boird ouijlit to bo
kept non-partisan evidently voted for Mr.
Dey , and that's nil there is to it.- [ C'/i / Icayo
Tribune.
The orthodoxy of the DCS Moincs
Jtcyistcr on party issues cannot bo
called in question. But when it comes
to the railroad issue its vouchers do not
pass current at par in this section. The
leading republican paper of Iowa is no
toriously handicapped by unholy alli
ances which make its utterances unre
liable and its conclusions unsound. The
election of Mr. Doy by the railroad re
publican faction cannot bo explained
away on non-partisan grounds and
minority representation principles. The
republicans of Iowa are not squeamish
about partisanship in a railroad com
mission. They know , as everybody
knows , that it is not possible to raise a
political issue before that board any
more than it would bo to divldo the
commission on the question of religion.
Minority representation has never
been attempted in Iowa oven
in the selection of its supreme judges
who certainly are liable to deal with
political problems and divide on polit
ical questions.
It is true that Mr. Doy was appointed
by three successive republican govern
ors , but all these governors wore moro
or less under the baneful domination of
the railroad influence which has hold "
its grip upon Iowa over since the gran
ger laws were repealed , nnd the com
mission substituted at the book of the
railroad managers. In Iowa as in Ne
braska the railroads were the creators
of the commission system. It WAS much
easier to control a majority of
the commission than it is
to control the majority of the legisla
ture. It is only within the post two
years since the accession of Governor
Larrabce that the railroad power has
received its chock.
The utter failure of the appointive
commission to meet the demands of the
people for railroad regulation com
pelled republicans to substitute by law
n commission to bo elected by the
people. Failing to pack the republican
state convention , the railroad managers
interested themselves in steering the
democratic convention. Mr. Doy who
had for ton years done their bidding so
faithfully asa non-partisan railroad com
missioner was foisted on the democratic
ticket and elected iu the face of an adverse -
verso majority of more than thirty
thousand. This political revolution waa
not spontaneous or accidental. It was
the outcome of a well matured conspir
acy in which the brass collared repub
licans of Iowa deliberately slaughtered
the republican couinctitor of Mr. Doy a
the holiest of the rnllrdadg. The load
Ing party organ of jovrti and all the lit
tie organs and orgftn-grindorj that fol
low in its wako winked at this detosla
ble treachery to their party and now at
tempt to hide behind the non-partlsai
screen , which Is altogether too gauzy to
screen them from fyiblte view.
run ro.vw ; LWKXM : MOAHD.
The liquors dealers of Omaha art
laboring under the delusion that thoii
future business dopemls entirely upoi
their ability to control the next council
Within ninety clays the council wil
have no more to do with the liouoi
trnfllc than it has with the appointment
of policemen. Among the lirst bills
that will pass the next legislature wil
bo an amendment to the Slocumb law
that will confer the power t <
grant licenses in metropolitan clt
ies upon the board of police
commissioners. This will relieve the
president of the council and city clerk
from all connection with the llconso
board. The ehnngo will bo made en
tirely independent of the eity chariot
and will go hand in hand with the now
registration law.
With these reforms once made , councilmen -
cilmen will be chosen on their merits
and not merely because of their friendly
or unfriendly relations to the saloon
interest. So far as the saloons are
concerned , the change will b < _
for the bolter. It will relieve them
from contributions to the campaign
fund of councilmen , and place them in
position to resent such threats as Pat
Ford has made time ami again in the
Third ward that they would lose their
licenses unless they stood in with him
in his political fights.
THE
Mr. Charles Wohror has declined the
republican nomination for councilman
of the Third ward , and Mr. Micliaei
Maul , who was choacn to fill his place ,
hits consented to run against Ford. Mr.
Maul is well known to everybody in tlio
ward as u man in every respect bettor
fitted for the place than is Pat Ford.
Mr. Maul should not only receive the
support of every republican in the
ward , but of every man that desires to
bo creditably represented in the council
1'at Ford lias boon in the council for
four years. Ho went into that body
wortli less than live hundred dollars ,
and now boasts that ho is worth forty
thousand dollars. J At the end of his
lirst term the contractors and fran-
chisud corporations made up a purse ol
nearly two thousand ] dollars. With
this money ho bought-liis re-election in
the opL'n market. He stood at the poll
all day , buying' .votqrs within sight
of the crowd. > IIo has done
'
nothing for , thd ward , but
has used his position 'for ' his personal
ends and those of his ! relations. And
now he wants a tliird iorm , and expects
to got it by the teamd ! corrupt method
that ho used two years ago. The ques
lion is , will the decent andlho indecent
people of the ward send this blather
skite and fraud back to the council for
another term : ' We.d.o ; not believe that
they will , when a manly man like Mike
Maul is willing to servo them.
Ford boasts openly that the colored
men who live in the ward are
all for sale. Wo do not bo-
liuve they are PO degraded.
Wo do not believe they will desert
their colors for it paltry few dollars.
Uepontcrs and non-residents' tire re
spectfully warned to keep away from
the Tliird ward. There will be a full
force of policemen and detectives on
hand to take care of them , and Mayor
Broatch is pledged to send to jail every
mother's son of them who is caught re
peating or voting where he does not
belong.
CLOSH upon the heels of the Cham-
borlain-Undicott wedding comas the
news of another international match in
diplomatic circles. Secretary Herbert ,
of the British legation , who is acting as
England's minister to the United States
since Lord Sackville's departure , has
taken to himself an American wife.
This is certainly significant. Not all
the political dilTuronco.s and not all the
Sackvillo episodes between Knglaud
and America can keep John Bull's boys
from falling in love with nnd marrying
Brother Jonathan's charming daugh
ters.
A mioNKi : bust of John McCullough ,
the famous tragedian , in the character
of Virginlus was unveiled at Mount
Moriah cemetery. Philadelphia , a few
days ago. The occasion was unique.
No other actor in this country has boon
similarly honored. It was proper , however -
over , that homage should bo puid to his
ashes. His last resting piaco should be
marked by a monument from his friends
as a tribute to the genius of the actor
and as a testimony of the worth of the
man. „ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TIIK ago of philanthropy is not past.
A merchant of Philadelphia , Mr , I. V.
Williamson , has given the princely
gift of twelve millions for establishing
nn industrial school for boys. It Is to
"known as the "Williamson free school
of mechanic trades. " There is little
doubt but that the \jow \ school will be
come as useful and , as famous for mak
ing honest , industiioug ; men as the ed
ucational institution founded years ago
by the great Stephen Girnrd.
VOICE OK THM HTA.T1S I'UIOSS.
Hoatrlco Dcinocrap Colenol Sabln can
now answer tuut caiiuuudruui , "Is marriage
a failure ! " j
PromontTribunes tf the campaign wag
still in progress tli6 switchmen's strike at
Indlanupolli would' 'be ' charged to General
HarriHon. > _
Nebraska City Press ; Tuov are talking
of John M. Thurston far a place In Harri
son's cabinet. Mr. Harrison , however , will
have the last word In the discussion.
'Wymoro Union ; Tao militia appropria
tions should bo cut off , ttio publishing laws
should ba amended. There is ulonty of
work to keep tlio legislature employed to the
full limit of their allowance.
Ulysses Dispatch ; Tbo Dispatch has no
particular objection to urge against Senator
Charles F. Mabdorson , but it Is not ready to
concede that be is tue only man In the state
of Nebraska entitled to consideration.
Seward Ueportori Too plans for building
tUit nr being formulated by too railroad *
Indicate that thty are not as muoli afraid of.
tlio state laws nnd the board of transporta
tion at they professed to bo a short time ago.
Kearney Hubs U It Is a fact that this cam
paign win fouRlit out on the Mamlcrson Issue ,
U It also n fact that the United-States-
MaMhal-Hrad-Slatishter Usuo w.n also do-
elded I Or did that follow as a matter of
course ,
Madison Ucnortcr * The citizens of Ne
braska will wait patiently for soaio action of
the state board of transportation that will
plvo some honest relief to slilppor * and
farmers , as well as the large iiumbor of cou-
suiiK'rs of this eoiniinnwealth.
O'Noill Tribune : If the statement should
prove to be true tlut the two great parties
are equally balanced In the next house of
representatives , with one Independent holdIng -
Ing the balance of piwor , tint individual will
know how to sympathise with the umpire In
n baio ball game.
Madison Uoportor : Some newspaper hns
said tlmt the bustle is nsurplin and should
go. If this be true it ought to gn , but n cor
rect conclusion should bo arrived nt. When
It is used to supply what nature Iris failed to
do , it ought to \ > 2 tolerated , and art should
stop in nnd supply one doflelenty.
Holdroiro NiKgotVo : notice same of our
exchange * referring to John M , Thurston as
a possible member of Harrison's c ibinot. It
would bu in better taste to sej'.c ' for men wlm
are not bohoUlen to corporations. Tlio or-
gani/ation of trusti In iilmoit every line of
business loads honest man to distrust their
attorneys.
Norfolk News : Norfolk's bit of enterprise
In getting up an excursion from Omaha Ims
resulted in advertising the town more thai :
anything that has been done lately. The
secret of it is that people h ive only to come
here to bu convinced that Norfolk has this
year made greater stride * In Improvement
than nny city In the state.
Fairmont Signal : The legislative session
tins winter promises to be one of unusual in
terest. Tlio election of a United States
senator will undoubtedly occupy tlie greater
part of the session ; yet it is to be houe.l tin' '
it will not bo as heretofore , the means of ex
cluding needed legislation , and of too much
hasty action , which is worsu than If it wore
excluded.
York Tunes : Wo of the serene and placid
west can have llttlo appreciation of the wild
nnd awful storms that sweep the easterr
states with such devastating fury. The
storm which recently laid waste the Atlantic
coast has left behind the most distressing
scenes ou sea and on land.Vo can and
should pity their distress , though we cannot
fully realuo their misfortunes.
Norfollc Herald : The Omaha business
men's , excursion to Norfolk will be a benefit
to this city. It will likewise prove beneficial
to Omaha. An interchange of civilties be
tweeu our big neighbor , and our city c imot
fail to establish relations which must bo nd
vantageoua to all pit-ties concerned. The
Oniahans are invited to c.nno again , in
body or in detail , and they will bo made wel
come.
Lyons Mirror : The Mirror rejoices in the
fact tlmt Owen Lovejoy , Jr. , of tlio Seventh
Illinois distr.ct , who recently Hopped over to
the democracy and thereby offered disgrace
to the name which his ancestois bore was
beaten In the late election 5,01)0 ) votes for con
gross. He'can now retire from politics and
rollout over what he lias been , and wlmi ho
might have been had ho not Hopped in order
to j.'Ct on to what he thought would bu the
popular side.
Indianola Courier : The fact is that while
the Grand Army is not a nolitieil society in
the ordinary sense of the word , its members
are all politicians , not in tli3 sense of being
political workers , but in the sense of talcing
a llvcli interest in whatever concerns the
welfare of the people and the state. All
good citizens ought to bo politicians in this
respect , and those who are not interested iu
cause of good government do not deserve the
protection of the law or its onieors.
West Point Republican : No man in Amer
ica is better eqaiopcd for chief of the bureau
of ngricultuio than Governor Furnas , of Ne
braska. His appointment to that position
would be a. proper recognition of the great
and growing west , a tribute to experience ,
worth nnd merit , and for the best interests
of the leading industry of America. Mr.
Fnrnas is an advanced student of theoretical
and practical agriculture , n profound thinker
untl a ready writer , and is in everyway lilted
for chief of the agricultural bureau.
Grand Island Independent : For the arrogance -
ganco of Thurston and the railroad ma
nates , who try to shove this low oil room
illrcctorinto the cabinet of eur president ,
those miserable wire-pullers and henchmen
are responsible , who elected him chairman
of the so called republican clubs and sent him
as a delegate to the republican convention nt
Chicago. They made of themselves the step
ping stone * , on which lie proposes to climb
into a seat in the cabinet or the United States
senate. The people ought to spot them , de
spise them and avoid them forever , where
and whenever they raise their heads.
Sulton Advertiser : "As the heart pantcth
after the water brooks , so pantoth my soul
after the postolllce. My tonuruo thlrstotu to
lick the stamp , and my loins yearn for the
salary of $ l'Ji)0 ) n year. When shall it come ,
and how long shall that unwashed democrat
continue to stand behind the boxes and hand
out my mall with a sneorl Have I not
prayed Uay and night for the success of the
republican ticket , nnd at the ereit rally did I
not carry a torch , nnd when same one usicod ,
'Whnt'H the matter with Harrison ) ' did J not
shout at tlio top of my voice , 'He's all rightl' '
When I remember these things , my soul is
feverish with impatience , nnd oven In my
slcoi ) I cry out , 'How long , O Lord , how
long1 !
OUHIIKNT TO1MOS.
It has boon decided by the Dwyer Brothers ,
who aru nt tlio head of the Brooklyn race
course association to employ the photograph
'or the decision of closely contested races.
t is claimed , nnd with some show of reason ,
that the eve cannot bo relied upon to toll the
winner , when three horses come driving un
der the wire not only nock and nock , but
lose and nosa. There were constant dis
agreements last year at the eroat eastern
ncetings between the Judges and the public ,
notably In the great Suburban race nt Shceps-
lead Hay , which was really won by Term
vOtta , though the Judges gave the race to
another horsu and placed Terra Cotta second.
The Judges themselves and those sporting
lapers that make a practice of siding with
he authorities have always claimed that the
udgcs1 stand was the only point of obscrva-
lon where the result could bo correctly scon ,
locauso at all other points of vlow there
vus an angle tlmt increased according to the
distance from the wire. Most true. Out
hat angle favors one horse , If the point of
view Is In front of the wire , and favors
another horse If It Is behind the wire. Wnon
observers on both sides of the wire con
curred in declaring that Terra Cotta hud
von , their verdict was inoro entitled to credit
lian that of a Judge dependent entirely
upon > tno quickness and keenness of his
Ight and without any possible corrobratlon ,
The photogVaphlo apparatus ought to bo in
use ia every course ,
A Bostonlan , or at all events , a gentleman
ivlng on tbo Jamaica plains , oae of the
pokes of the Hub , has written to un es
teemed contemporary claiming that ho 1ms
a genuine Rubens , eighteen inches high by
Iftoen Incho wide , and be values it at f 100-
000 , Tk pomtlug r pre $ ot5 a vUlt of
Kubons to tbo call of a monk , and as tbo
moult holds a flask filled with tbo ruby Juleo
of the grape In one band , nud n glass lu tbo
otbor , It Is a reasonable conjecture that It
records an Important Incident in tbo Hfo of
that great painter. There was probably nt
tbo time when tbo Incident occurred , n
spasm of prohibition raging wildly in Uubens1
native place. Eager to wet bis throat , repulsed -
pulsed from ono tavern after another , In
furiated by offers of Weiss boor nnd otbor
alternatives permitted by tbo prohibitionists ,
tbo hapless artist at length remembered that
bo had a friend In n community ot friars
who was u very Jolly fellow , nnd might , nay ,
probably would , bo provided. Ho flew to
the monastery , sought the cell of his friend
and told his sail tale with tbo happy result
depleted in tbo nk'luro. If Micro Is anything
in this narratlvo which will uutto a voter for
Clinton 15. Fisk Iu the recent election pause
and rolled , this current topic will not bavo
bec'n wiitten lu vain.
* *
It Is certain tlmt we do not care stifilclontly
for our oyus , und Dr. Jeffries has written a
very tlmoly pamphlet upon tbo Injury denote
to them In various Industries , by absolute
carelessness. Many nn operator works with
bis face to a window who ought to turn bis
buck ta it. The strong light compels the
pupils to contract , so that the man sees with
more effort than Is nt all necessary ;
whereas , if bo fared about , the light , would
be on bisork , and his eyes would bo acting
under not nml conditions. The best way for
writers is to bavo the light from the side in
the day-time , nnd to shield the eyes from tbo
glare of tbo lamp at night time by suspend
ing a pad from the shade. Or. .loftrics do-
( . lures that tno present s.\ stem of wood en
graving is very trying to the eyes , because
the wood cutter has eontlnuallj to compare
his work with the original in front.of his
block. ' 1 his necessitates n constant change
of focus in the eye. I Hit the engravers will
never bo allowed to go back to the old order
of things , nnd Dr. Jeffries must exercise bis
acuteness in devising something that will
strengthen their eyes. The work they do is
so admirabiu that it 1ms pushed old-time on-
cruvlng into the limbo of obscurity.
V
*
Apropos of the recer.tly reported robbery
in musical circles of Miss Sigrid Arnoldson's '
jewels , a statistician , who evidently fears
neither the wrath of managers nor the anger
of a fair woman , 1ms made u calculation of
surpassing interest. He bus studied tbo flics
of the morning papers and lias found that
jewelry to the amount of sevonty-llvo mil
lions of good hard dollars has been stolen
from sweet singers during tbo last ten years.
Tlio callous wretch turns and twists the sub
ject with much enjoyment. Ho finds that no
i oward has ever been offered for the discov
ery of the stolen gems , though they were
described fully In the columns of the press ,
and the police were never notified , nor was
their assistance accepted when it was volun
teered. On ono occasion Christine Nillson
wus robbed of a bumming bird made of
precious stones , which she usually wore In
berlmir , and which was kept in vibration by
a steel coil. The vexation of the lady wan
apparently so real that it called forth uni
versal sympathy , and nothing was talked of
in New York save Nillson's humming bird ,
The psliee caught tno contagion , nml the inspector
specter of thu detective force volunteered to
find it , but his enthusiasm was dampened by
a very cold reception , and bo real'ued that
Christine Nillson was only obtaining n vast
amount of gratuitous advertising in the
usual way.
* *
Some brave women , disciples of the school
of Ella \Vueolur Wilcox , feeling deeply tlio
many wrongs that women have to endure ,
bavo como out boldly nnd asserted that the
average man does not know bow to kiss. Ho
smacks , instead of imprinting a gentle pres
sure that would not break a cob-web , His
kiss suggests the adhesiveness of a porous
plaster , whereas it should bo n sort of mo
mentary meeting of lips , nnd a toucb light as
the shadow of a glancing bird. These 10-
fowners idently base their remarks upon
the hypothesis that all men In America chow
tobacco , and they , therefore , reason that a
long , clinging kiss , would satnrato a young
woman with nicotine. They should discrim
inate as the railroad men do wit'i ' their classi
fications of freight. The longe-it klosos oinjut
to be for the men who neither chew nor
smoke , and who drink only California
wines. The next in length should bo for
these who smoke aud drink wine. The next
for these who smoke und drink whisk v.
These who chew or smoke cigarettes must
just toucb tlio lips they love without any
lingering.
if9 -
It is extremely difllcult to change the chan
nels of trade , and this is n truth that the Californians -
ifornians arc feeling bitterly. Men who make
wine must uiako brandy , because the latter
is made from such wines as cannot from lack
of nlchohol pass to a second fermentation ,
and therefore the Callforninns produce be
tween four and live million gallons yearly of
brandy , besides seventeen to twenty million
trillions of-wine. The silo of this braimy as
Californlan Is creeping slowly to tbo eastern
cities , but an immense amount is exported to
Hamburg , sophisticate. ! with alcohol nmdo
fiom potatoes , flavored with substances pro
duced by the destructive distillation of wood
in iron retorts , put into French octavo bar
rels , given u beadinoss by the introduction
of .steam through a rubber siphon pipe , und
then ro-exported to Now York , whore it is
sold to dudes as the genuine old brandy of
the Cognac district. In Omaha California ! !
brandy Is sold as such , and everyone who
pjsscsscs a discriminating palate Knows it to
bo ns good in llavor us French Cognac that Is
genuine.
Don't Do It. .
I'liltaitcliriitd llfcnnl , .
Tbo seceding soldiers wno are deserting
the Grand Army of the Kcptibllu uud start
ing n new organization in the west declare I
their organization to bo non-political nnd
charitable , lint that kind of n society will
not grow from the si-cd they uro planting.
Wliorn Will tlio Mua\vmn | > 4 Go ?
Ketr i'oilt H'orlcJ
To the inquiry as to ivburo the mugwumps
will go now , Mr , Curtis says in Harper's
Weekly : "Ho is going to stay. " Why , of
course. Ho has no plnco to go , Like the
blue hen which sat on ono egg , His time Is
not at all valuable , and ho can afford to stay
right whcro bo Is , ?
Domesticity In tlio Wlilto House ; ,
Nearly all the ladies who bavo occupied
the wbito house have been associated In tbo
public mind with some distinctive taste of
Quality. With Mrs. Grant It was Interest In
;
national affairs ; with Mrs. Hayes , lumper-
anco : with Mrs. Cleveland , beauty , and with .
Mrs. Harrison It promises to bu domesticity.
Itousons to Ho Good.
'
I'imtrerl'rtM.
Elijah ! That Is the nnmo of the naw pri
vate secretary. How well bo will Jog along
wltb Benjamin und Levl. Wo never fully (
realized until Thanksgiving day was waning
what a real old-fashioned biblical adminis
tration wo bad Jumped Into. Now lot us all
try and bo good for the next four years and
bccomo a credit to our administrative pa
triarchs ,
Tim Eleoioiul Collouo.
St. 1'aul 1'rett ,
ThD American college of electors , which
moots tbo Bocoiid Monday In January , is remarkable -
markablo tor ono thing , nt leait. It 1 * the
only convention , political or otherwise , wbloh
ia devoid 3f debate , wrautftos , or lontf-wiudod
eloquence Like rianngan of Toxin each
member of the nitgust bod.i Un nvs exactly
what bo is tin-re for , nndviiii > nt .Iwird ,
without qutistiini , I hey sllentlratlfv by their
formal , porfunct iry votes tint will of a mighty
nation. The nloctnr.il college Maud * a * u
concent ration of the mightiest pohtuul power
oa earth.
'Jlic Public
llrrnr.t.
Tbo proposed railroad trust would lu tli 5
biggest thing of It * kind la the world , cov"
Ing n mileage that would reach twice aroind
the earth if It could be laid nn the line of I'm '
equator. This aggregation Is tn bo "held to-
gotbor by the cohcsh o power of public pli'ti.
dor , " as the old whlgs used to say of the old
democrats. It Is possible tli it In schomln
for tbo control of rates the railroad combina
tions may force upon congress such nit
nmendmontof the tutor-Mate commerce law
as shall take the rnto-inakmg business out oC
the bands of railroad directors nn all line *
tlmt nro not witliiu the control of state uti >
thonty.
"X'oti Jinny Imwyers. "
7lie 7'jiif/i. ) /
Tborc are too many lawyers , and tbora
will bo so long us the present state of .society
exists. No other business requires a smaller
capital ; none offers such glittoting tempta
tions ; in 110110 nro there so many precedent- )
to show that merit will rise to high distinc
tion notwithstanding tbo humblest begin
nings. Thousands of young men with very
imperfect educations , scoinlng the honest
manual labor of their fathers , rush Into pro
fessions for which tbov are unfitted by their
qualities of mind and by their early training ,
foolish notion that their "education" un
fits thorn for manual worknnd , that such
work would bring with It .soino sort of degra
dation , 1ms ruined and will ruin thousands
of them every year ; this will continue until
tbo bulk of our people have learned that
nothing can bo more honorable than honest
md : intelligent manual labor.
ruoahxiijNT IMSIISONS.
Mrs. , Tuv Gould had $ iU,000 when sbo mar
ried the Wall street wizard. Ho invented It
for ncr , and now It has grown to & ! , UOO,0M. (
Mnio. Uernbiirdt told n Viennese news
paper man recently that there is one person
with whom she has for years enjoyed teim *
of Intimacy , unbroken by a single quarrel.
It is her dressmaker.
Daniel Groenloaf Thompson , \vlio suc
ceeded the late Court land 1'iiimcr us presi
dent of the Ccn tury club , is n Vermont man ,
and was a page In the senate of that stalu
during tbo early years of the civil war.
Congressman Hobeitson , of Lousiana , i *
said to be the greatest bear hunter in thu
south. He is also an expert deer hunter , and
has followed moro than ono panther into the.
jungle. He keeps a pack of hounds nnd boar-
dogs , nnd bis kennels aic famous all through ,
the south.
Editor Dana , of tlio Now York Sim , ba <
bad the distinction of n banquet thrust upon
him in l ngland. Among the guests present
were William Hlack , tbo novelist , Alma
Tudoina , the artist , and "our own" Hret
Harte , who grew to distinction on American
soil and is likely to go to seed on old land.
Mr. W. S. Clark , n banker and editor of
Hutto City , is said to bo the richest man In
Montana. Ho has speculated moru hi Hoclcy
mountain mining properties than any man in
the territory , and the new house bo Is build
ing for a residence In Butte City is designed
to surpass anything of tno kind iu the nuitb-
west in inasnillcenee.
Miss Uucll , a Cincinnati artist , spent tha
summer at Egmont , on the North Sea. She
lound o potato patch well situated for ob
taining sunset effects , nnd pitched her easel
thero. The owner objected , but she paid no
attention to him. Then bo complained to tbo
burgomaster , and ho refused to interfere.
The farmer , as a last resort , petitioned to tbo
Uinp , and the result was a letter of icproof
to tbo farmer , In which he declared that Misn
Hui'll might tresspass ou all tbo potato
patches iu Holland. -
. . .
The Ktcrnul lirotlicrliood.
Let us struggle up the mountain aud view
the outspread plain ,
With its forges , streams and meadows and
fields of waving grain ,
Glorious in its wondrous beauty , every detail -
tail perfect seems ,
From this elevated standpoint , sparkling In
the sun's bright beams.
There's another elevation that our souls
should strive to reach ,
Where \\o stood In God's clear sunlight lo
learn what Ho would teach ,
That tlio world ho has created is controlled
by wisdom's law ,
And steadily moves onward , without failure ,
without flaw ;
That all the good und ovll ho wisely will control -
trol ,
And blend them in the future in cue harmo
nious whole.
The high , the low , the rich , the poor , tlmt
thinngh this world have trod '
Liclong to ono great family whoso father 1 %
our God.
Then may wo idly fold our hands andUoat ou
with the stream I
Yes ; and dash against some boulder that will
wako us fiom our dream.
There Is individual effort required in this
plan ,
The universal God depends upon tbo God ia
in n n.
Them is Individual duty , and it must control
the will ,
For not one human being another's place cau
(111. (
Each siimlo life Is grand , is great and yet la
very small ,
But not ono could bo dropped from sight
without disturbing all.
Tlio life that is the grandest , I lie fullest , and
tlio bust ,
In nature's wlsu economy , depends upon tbo
rest ,
And none Is BO ignoble but Homo subtle link ,
nnd fine.
Connects it with Its brothers , and thus with
the divine ,
For God'sJn all , nnd all's ' In God , tbo whole
completes the one ,
And ho who planned this universe will see
hlH work well done.
EM/A A. MAIITIK.
Oxford , Muss , , Oct. IS , IbSb.
The County Coiniiiln'ilonnrs.
Tbo county commissioners mot In session
yesterday afternoon. There was n short
but brec/y tilt between tlio chairman , Cleric
Mo ran and the remainder of the Itoaril
touching that iiortlon of the mmuloH roferr-
Hi ? to tlio authority delegated to the poor
farm romtnittuo to appoint unurso to assist
Buporinlendont Mnboncy. The mlnutos
wuro appro veil by 11 vote of three to uno ,
Mr. O'KcoiTo voting no , mid at the HUIIKI
time Intimating tlmt In future bo would not
vote upon any similar applications.
' Why don't you call for ayes und nays If
you arc in doubt us to tlio result of a certain
decision ] " said dor ! : Moran ,
"My memory Is Quito good record enough , "
replied Chairman O'ICnelTo ,
J. T. Evans \\us empowered lo biro an as
sistant In the compilation of county statisti
cal matter , at a salary not to exceed
75 per month anil thu nngagoment to extend -
tend for a period of not moro ( ban
two months. Dr. 1 * . H. Keogh asked that Dr.
Horrigan bu appointed ns Ills assistant , on
nccount of increased lckncss. HoforroJ.
The following ofllclal bonds were presented
mil approved' John Chrlstonson , as nsslut-
int assessor , Ninth precinct , In the sutn of
t.VX ) ; Hunry Eliornfort , assessor , First nru-
inct. In thu MI in of fMX ) ; C. H. Havens &
3o. , in thy sum of $1,000 , as a guarantee for
.bo projter fulllllmctit of their contract to
mpply tbo city and countypoor with coal.
I'ho bond of John H Huollf , In the num of
500 , as justice of the pcuco , was road and ro-
'orroil to tbo Judiciary committee ,
Tbo bill of Louis GreUo , amounting lo
tS.50 , was referred , u was also that of Oru.
Iryant and Hughes for medical services ,
mounting to fir. . County Attorney Slmcriil
iresontcd u bill of costs expended lu the
Clng murder case , /It / read ns follows :
"Cash paid Ofilcer Dempsey , $7.5j ( ! short-
land reporter , W.W > ; for keeping witness , t7 :
tosttigo stamps , ( I ; uxpenscs to Chicago and
oturn , ISifl 7fi ; total , flU.20. " Mr. Hlmeral'H '
till for odlco rent for tlio month of Norum-
terwas uUo submitted and referred , with
ho King bill , to tuo Judiciary cominlttco.
Thu following appropriation shoots worn
oad aud adopted : No. "I , general fund ,
ttM.25 ; No , ' 1 , general fund , 0,7Sy.W ; No.
j , KOiieral fund , * JU.I7.55 ; No. 17 , liridgo
und , Riaj.h'J : No 0 , liOHjiitaffund. * 2CO.
The board adjotirnod until next Friday at
p. m.