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I5i.c ! i-o tember. ] $ * A , l-UKt cophu ; for October. IfW , wus ItVM ro'ile-i. OIIO.II TXSCIUVK. Hwomto before mo anil snbnLVlhi d in my prosuiico thU 7th ilnv of Novi-mbor. IHSS N. I' . KlJIIi Notary I'tlbllr. IT is safe to sujthut the taxpayers ivlio litivo paid for ration pin-omen Is xx ill not support the con tractors' figure- THIS Kceley motor ) ms boon pro nounced a fraud , but Mr. Keeloy will probably keep right on with his glitter ing promises. CoMMissioxi'itSrocKSLAOKn , of the general land ollico , in his ropoi't states that Dakota received sixteen thousand land patents , the largest nutabor issued in an.\ state or territory. WITH the horse car company tugging at ono end and the motor line holding fiibt at the oilier , the bone of conten tion over the occupation of lower Dotifjliis street evidently must be a wish-bone. * Jolt Jon is hunkering -xfter the faugar plums which hang1 so tempt ingly on the taxpayers' trees. Lut the citizens of the Fifth ward will never pivo him another opportunity to feather liis nest ut their expense. LKT the city physician , Dr. Taxpayer , vaccinate the candidates for the coun cil against the boodlors' itch. That is u disease more threatening to the city's her.ltli than small-pox to the com munity. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ WnAT arc bo many of the rural mem bers of the incoming Nebraska legisla ture doing at railroad headquarters in Omaha lately ? Are they negotiating for ft voluntary reduction of freight rates or organizing an excursion to go down to Now Orleans for Mardi GrasV TIIK county commissioners have com pleted the work of apportioning the number of jurors for each county pro duct. It will now bo necctsary to draw the panel for the Fobruavy term of the district court. It is to bo hoped that the proper authorities will sco to it that the professional juryman's naiuo does not appear on the list. TIIK fifth railroad bridge to span the Mibsouri river between Iowa and Ne braska and the second bridge over that river which the Chicago & Northwest ern bystem controls in the state , will be formally opened at Sioux City on Decem ber ft. The completion of this bridge marks an epoch in the history of Sioux City , and will bo of vast importance to the territory tributary to that town. TIIK government directors of the Union Pacific railroad have just made their report to llto secretary of the interior. The road-bud wib found to bo in excellent condition. The rolling block of the directors' car was in excellent condition. The ser vice" was good , the champagne bettor , and the attention received suporb. As for the little debt of fifty-three millions to Uncle Sam , it wore bettor , so say the government directors , for the United titatos to lese every dollar of itb debt mul oxccuto a release to the company than to insist on prompt payment from the Union Pacific when the mortgage Jiecomus duo. The only way to pay this debt Ms to saddle it on the patrons of the toad , and let them sweat under the burden for throe more generations. IT sniCMS that natural gii8 , as a con stant fuel supply , cannot bo rolled upon. 1'lttsburg complains thut the gas sup ply is being exhausted , and the price of flnttiral gas has recently boon raised to city consumers , In Indianapolis and l-'lndlny , O. , the supply is so Irrpgulur that it is often ditllciilt to moot the de mands required by manufacturing es tablishments. Experiments are being jnado for the use of gns manu factured from coal , and manu facturers nro obliged to use that mibstituto in their plants in the natural gas region. The prospects are that coal and petroleum' must bo depended - ponded upon for fuel. The success which has attended the use of orudo petroleum , especially in Chicago , Augurs well for the extension of pipe lines to other manufacturing cities. In time the cities of Nebraska and Kan- fas will have u decided udvuntugo in the matter of cheap fuel over the cities of the oast. The inexhaustible petro leum beds of Wyoming and Colorado will one diiy bo imturo's reservoir , from whence crude petroleum for fuel will be forced through pipe linos' to the Mis- pouri rlvor , nr oA'o.ira y//i. Governor Thnyor ha' hit the nail on the head when hosays Unit the appoint ment of John M. Thurston or nny other pretentious railroad attorney as head of the interior department would npt only be u lamentable blunder , but a crime. I5ut the governor is altogether too charitable when he expresses the opin ion that Tluirston did not know that a petition was being circulated for him among slate ofllccrs and other leading republicans. Mr.Tluiraton undoubtedly was consulted before that petition was drawn up. lie docs not , ot roure , expert that General Harrison risen would for u moment con sider him available or desirable. Hut Thufoton is I inanely ambitious to bo talked about far and wide as a mighty leader. This bus become his mono mania. In all his campaign speeches ho thriHis himself to the front as a man wliOMj grandfather "fit" ' in the revolu tion , and wlioio'ovulution from n Chicago cage exprcs-i driver to general attorney of the Union Pacific , can only bo matched by the evolution of Abraham L'ncoln ' from a Mississippi flat-boatman to the presidency. Tlic parallel Is not well taken , howexer. Abraham Lincoln was a man who never had n dishonest dollar between his lingers , cither be fore or after ho achieved world-wido fame. Abraham Lincoln never be trayed the people for filthy lucre ; never debased his manhood as a pro fessional lobbyist and never led young men estray into the pit-falls of the legislative oil-room. Tliuraton's candi dacy for the cabinet is inspired by \ unity ity and unconquerable thirst for note riety. Nebraska cannot feel flattered by the prominence .which lias been given to Thurslon since Church Plowe had been appointed temporary chairman of the national convention , to which ho and six other railroad attorneys were made delegates by a brass-collared conven tion. For a man who publicly an nounced that he was out of politics from the hour he stopped into A. J. Popple- ton's brogans , Mr. Thurston certainly lias shown himself to be perniciously active in the political arena. Tim PIIOJECTKD IIAIIMOAD 'CltUST. The project of uniting in n gigantic trust the corporations owning half of the railroad mileage of the country and occupying- territory stretching from Chicago to the Rocky mountains and from Wyoming to the uttermost bound ary of Now Mexico , is the most formid able scheme in the way of cot-potato combination over presented for the bo- rious attention of the American people. There is sonic doubt expressed as to whether this project , which contem plates the union ot borne twenty-five railroad systems , can be made practica ble. Railroad men of intelligence and experience have been quoted who question the feasibility of the scheme , whatever they may think of its expediency. But it ib not : i matter of doubt that the plan has > been seri ously'discussed and received the ap proval of many loading railroad man agers , and that the conditions under which it would be carried into effect have in part at least been drawn and submitted for consideration. Those contemplate thu formation of nn im mense pool , to bo called the Western Railroad clearing house , which shall embrace the railroads in the territory bounded by a line drawn through Chicago cage and Milwaukee on the east , St. Paul and Minneapolis on the north , Colorado , Now Mexico and Wyo ming on the west , and Arkansas on the south. The object is to prescribe the rates , rules and regu lations which shall govern in the con duct of the passenger and freight trafllc within the territory named , and insure their strict maintenance by all mem bers of the pool ; also to prescribe the character of the service atid the con veniences which fihull bo olVored the traveling and shipping public. ' The control is to bo in n board of managers consisting of ono accredited representa tive from coch company member of the "clearing house. " Such in outline is the project by which it is proposed to unite in a mighty trust railroad systems having a mileage ot bixty-si.\ thousand miles. The defense of the scheme is that the railroads cannot go on doing busi ness under present conditions without lees and the danger of ultimata bank ruptcy , and that something of this bert must bo done to prevent rate cutting , special advantages tonhippors to secure business , and other methods by which each railroad companj1 sacks its own uggrandi/.oment to the loss of its com petitors. The public cannot fail to regard - gard it us an attempt on the part of the corporation to cstablinh an organised hostility to the national control and regulation of the railroads so far as now provided by statute , and a now device - vice to defeat or override the purpose of the inter-atnto commerce law. By what ever term the proposed railroad trust may bo designated , whether as a "clearing hoiiHo" or bomothinp else , it will be none the less a vast combination that must invite popular distrust ns cer tain lobe inimical to the public inter ests , Pertinent to this project , and most timely , arc the viowd submitted by the inter-state commission in its just pub- llbhod report. Arrangements between carriers for the convenience of the pub lic it is reasonable to expect , and in the opinion of the commission there should bo some means of enforcing among car riers obligations , moral or legal , grow ing out of such arrangements. The tendency to consolidation as the only moans of mutual protection against * rate wurs is recognized. "But anything equivalent , " says the report 'of the commission "to thu creation of what is now technically denominated as a trust could hardly bo supposed possible , even If the par ties wore nt liberty to form It at pleas ure , It the parties could como into harmony on the subject , an arrange ment of the sort would bo so powerful in its control over the business interests of the country , and so susceptible to uses for mischievous purposes , that public policy could not for a moment sanction it , unless by statute it were hold in close legal restraints and under public con trol. " Having In view the monaco to the public intercuts of like arrangements in other lines of business , the commission say that "tho most ardent advocate of conoonlrntion ot railroad authority cannot rcmonnbly expect that anything of the sort will bo provided for by the legislature. " Obviously the character of the arrangement referred to nnd condemned by the commission ns capa ble ot mUchicf nnd hostile to public policy fits exactly with the "clearing house" project now being considered by more than a score of wcstorn rail roads. If consummated according to the plan submitted , nnd allowed to bo carried out as designed , this scheme would establish a power the vast and dangerous control ot whichever over the business interests of the country cannot bo estimated , and hardly imagined. It is by far the boldest i-flort over made in this or jjny oilier country to consolidate corporate power , and OH such makes an excep tionally strong and urgent demand upon public attention. It cotttomplatos tlio most formidable trust the world has over known , nnd its mere proposal gi\od added force and urgency to the demand upon the representatives of the people in congress for legislation that shall render such combinations impossible. A scheme ot this character that has the approval of Gould , Sago and Huntington - ton cannot bo supposed to have been conceived in the interest of the general public. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ K coxoitnss. The second session of the Fiftieth congress will xflgin to-day. It is the short session and will expire by consti tutional limitation on the Hh of next March. It promises to bo a busy and interesting session. A number of im portant measures of general concern como -over from the last session , but the leading matters of public interest will bo the tariff and territorial questions. The attitudeof the democrats upon these questions will bo disclosed pos sibly within the present week. As to the former , wo noted some days ago the expression of a hope among republicans that a com promise would bo agreed upon that could be passed in both houses. It is thought probable that the senate bill , with same changes , will pass that body before the holidays. That would enable the majority of the house to manifest its disposition regarding the bill within a few weeks after the recess. It la not to bo expected that the house democrats would accept the measure in whatever form it might go from the senate , but if a spirit of concession and compromise is bhowif the senate republicans will un doubtedly bo dispjsed to moot it half way. Ab to the territorial question , the outlook is not altogether hope ful for legislation at the coming session. The indications are that the policies of the two parties will bo as widely apart as over , and if the views of Mr. Springer and a few others shall prevail in the house all the territories will have to wait for the next congress to provide the legislation necessary to their admis sion. Besides those questions congress witl find the popular demand for legislation regarding the trusts as earnest and urgent as over , and it will hardly omit giving to this subject the attention it merits. There are other matters of less pressing importance which will call for consideration , and congressmen will find their time fully occupied during the th TOO months of the session if they discharge their duty to the people. Tnu movement of gold from the United States to Europe btill continues and is an unusual occurrence for this time of the year With the regular fall shipments of cotton , brcadstulls and moat products there ought to bo largo shipments of gold in favor of this coun try. So far this year the shipment of bullion abroad amounts to over thirty- six millions , as compared with fourteen million for the corresponding period last yonr , while the receipts have been about eight millions as against thirty- nine millions for the same time in 1887. Various explanations have been given to account for this remarkable phenom enon. The exportation of bullion is accounted for on the ground that at present a hoavv drain prevails on the Bunk of England , duo to the flow of gold to the Argentine Republic , which is passing through a period of high infla tion. In consequence , the gold reserve of the Bank of England is lower than it is generally allowed to go at the jjrosont ralo of discount. For the rea- bou thut the bank desires to kcop the rate of discount down the bank finds it necessary to accumulate all the gold it can from this side of the Atlantic. Moreover , our exports liuvo fallen off somewhat , while the demoralization of the stock market Uas frightened for eign investors from buying American railroad securities. The novel specta cle is therefore presented of a country with a balance ot tradeIn its favor ex porting surplus specie along with its broaustufls , cotton , meat and petroleum. IT is a desperate game which the boodlors nro playing to got back into the council. They showed their hands nt the primaries. Nothing was too des perate or too dirty for them. It is a fair warning to the respectable element what may bo expected at the polls if measures are not taken to prevent re peating and illegal voting. BTATB AM ) TKUUITORY. Nebraska Jottim ; * . Hard times sociables arc rnKiug at Repub lican City. A jull is the greatest need of rranUlin county nt present. The street car company at York has put stoves In the cars. The David City slicker factory employs seventeen luincls. ScUuyler poulterers are shipping largo quantities of fowls to San Francisco , It took sixty turkeys for the Thanksgiving dinner ut the Kearney reform school. Suites for the offices are being mndo by the vrholcsalo In tbo now county of Keck. The Falls City canning works put up 315,1)00 ) cans of vegetables tlio past season , A wolf chase was ono of tlio Thanksgiving sports at LSluu Hill , resulting In the death of I ho wolf. Columbus merchants want the Platte rlvor brltlgo completed before the sprint ; trade commences. Tup tiger growls In a magnificent dor , at Kearney and many youuic men of that city coinributo their wads to satisfy his growing appetite. As tisuol , the police hnvo not ns > ot discovered UI6 Inlr. The York foundry turned out about thirty elevator outtlts this scusoa and is still crowded with work. The soml-qnntml tncoUni ; ot the Hoputillcnn Valley Editorial association has been post- pontM to January s. A Mormon baptism drew a bio crowd nt Xnrth Plntte tlio other day. Mrs. II. J. Johnson was the victim. John Mchlln , who tried to kill Dr. Morris near HuinbolUt , fins been put under J 1,000 bonds to nppcar for trial North I'lutte is n prcat town for crlrK Kleven bnbips of the fpnnilo parMtaslon were brought into the world there inoiio nlijlit re cently. The compulsory education law Is not bolng obeyed In Knlls City , and the school board has hern requestud to look nround u little find do its duty. ' A horse belonging to an Albion tnnn stopIK-d on a lion nnd the Imndlo flew up , entering the animal's stomach. Death re sulted in live minutes. The HloomliiKton Guard lias entered upon Ha noventocntli year with a change of pro prietors , T. J. Piclcett retiring , and T.iltli & Baxter steppinir Into tlio editorial hiirnt'.ss. A scandal In high life Is running loose In D.iliotn county mid n reporter is close upon Its track. In cnso ho catches it the air will be fully us redolent as it a polecat had bucn captured. Mrs. O. II. Willard , who , sinoo the traRic killing of lier husband ( .nine eighteen months ape , 1ms ably edited nnd managed the I oiip City Times , IIIIH rctlicd f mm tlio paper mid Kd A. Brown has succeeded to the manage ment. Rome parties llvlnc south of Superior were tadlctcd at the last sittltiR of the grand jury in Jewell county , and nt In&t accounts they were entrenched in n stone house , where they live armed with AVinehcstors , and ofllcers and men arc llgnrini ; how to get them out. Some of the ticoplo of Uanipbell who do not believe In n saloon without n license , entered the "temperance billiard hall" at that place the other night and destroyed all the licuior that could bo found. The proprietor of the place threatens to arrest all the business men as necessaries to the crime. _ A petition Is being circulated and exten sively signed , praying that the United States district attorney compromise the iudgmont against the bondsmen of ox-Receiver Love- Joy of the NIohrara land olllee. Homo of the bondsmen are dead , some are insolvent and only a few are left to bear the burden. I own. Akron Is In need of a brick yard. Marcus would be happy If it had a flouring mill. mill.The The Catholic church at Xcola will bo do- dlcatcd December 12. Tlio new Catholic church at Hock Huplds Is nearly completed. Uov. Henry Date , of Chicago , opens revival gospel services in Anauiosa U'educsday. The Donison Uuslness Men's association has spent upwards of S400 to improve the roads leading into town. Stubbs and Butler , the Boone hog thieves , were sentenced to thirty days in jail , to pay $2 , " damages and costs of suit. L. Cornwell marketed the largest hog at Donison last Tuesday that lias been brought into that maricct Cor many years. It weighed 780 pounds. At Ida Grove each school is dismissed sep arately and the teacher in churgn goes to the gates with the class , cheeking all loud talking and seeing them well away lioin the grounds bol'ore the next class is dismissed. In this wav all running and screaming is avoided and the lit tie children are in no danger of being injured by older ones. Oakoui. Forest fires are again raging In the Block Hills A new jail will be creeled at Deadwood as soon as possible. The roll of the Aberdeen public schools shows nn actual attendance of 450 pupils. An appropriation of $12,7.10 has been set apart for Dakota by the M. K conference at Now York. The ladies' cornet band at Vcrmiliion is making preparations for a concert to be given in the near future. A new enterprise in the shape of bottling works for soda , pop , etc. , is to bo established soon at Jtapid City. A few magpies linger around Rapid City and put in their spare time killing canary birds which uro hung out in their cages. Miss Annie Martin , of Abcideen , died last Wednesday apparently from the offoctb of an overdose ot morphine. It is not known whether or not suicide was intended. The Deadwood reduction works use up 0,000 coids of wood every year , ut a cost of $4 ti cord. At that rate it will not bo long before the Black Hills are denuded of their timber. Camp Fires of the G. A. U. General W. T. Sherman , in the No vember North American Review , tolls some good stories of the fellowship of the camp live and brings in some rare tales of the pioneers. Witness the story of tlio "petrified forest with petri fied birds singing petrified songs. " Speaking of the great encampment of thib year which ho bays was attended by 10,000 , ox-soldiers and 00,000 , non-rchi- dcnt civilians , according to his profes sional cbtimato based on calculations , ho faays : "I miiiglod with this crowd in halls , In great louts and on the streets , and though individuals took liberties witli my hand and peraon not contemplated p.y army regulations , I bear witness that in the four days of my stay 1 did not hoar a course word , i-co a single drunken man or observe any in fraction of the common police reg ulations for crowds. I have known Columbia from boyhood , and I am sure the people to-day are bettor and more refined than they were fifty years ngo. In accomplishing thib result the civil war and the Grand Army of the Jlo- puhlic have been important factors , and in this paper i desire to invite public attention to ono feature of the Grand of the its " " Army Republic "camp-fire. General Sherman throws ofT tno coat of mail that encloses his heart when ho pictures the camp-fire. "Imagine a group of intelligent sol diers after night the march done supper over , and things put away for an early start ; a. clear sky above and a bright fire beneath , you havoiho per fection of human comfort , and the most perfect incentive to good fellowship. Of course , to make the scone more per fect there must enter the element of danger , but thut la now past , and the 'cnmp-Iiro' of the , Grand Army is a mere absemblngo of comrades abso lutely on an equal footing , re- giirdlobs of former rank , yet sub ject to solf-imposqd discipline. For mathematical accuracy , one should go to the interesting table of statisticscom- pilcd by adjutants general , but for the living , radiant truth , commend mo to the " " "camplire. Hero arc some rnro touches of thorough rough diamond typo of human nature about the camp fire of the pionuors : "My memory of camp fires goes back to the everglades Of Florida , and the days of the trappers in the Rockies and California ; and rtfcoplo suppose these men were rude , course and violent are sadly mistaken. Roubidcaux was the gentlest , leastollonslvo man I oversaw : but If a thieving Pi-Uto tried at night to steal his picketed mule ho became a good , i. o. , a dead Indian. Kit Carson always avoided danger , sometimes would go two or thrco days out of his Ilia courno to avoid danger , but when it stared him in tlio face his eye was as clear us crystal , and his nerves us steady as forged steel , Carson was usually taciturn , but on occasions would 'swap' with the most export. "Tho Douts , Cnmnbolls and St. Vrnin were tradora of u higher typo than the trappers. Of this latter class. Jim Bridget * always at n camp fire carried off the palm. Ono night after supper , when gathered around a real camp fire on Bear Creole , a comrade Inquired : "Jim , wore yon ever down at Zunl ? " "No , the-ro are nn bonvor thnr. " "Dnt , .litn , there nro sonic things in this world be sides beaver. I was down there last winter nnd saw great trees with limbs nnd bark on , all turned into stone. " "Ohl' ' rejoined Jim , "thorn's called petrifactions ; como with mo to the Yel lowstone next sumnu'r nnd I will show you pptrilled trees a-growing , with petrified bird * singing notrinVd ongs , " Now , it PO happens that I have been to the Yellowstone , have scon the petrified tree 'n-grow. Ing , but not the petrified birds'or pctrilled songs. The geysers of the Yellowstone nt intervals ojcrtliot water supersaturated with carbonate of limo and goyoritc to a height of a hun dred nnd tlft'y-feot. Tills water is car ried by inir-t , laic-rally by the wind t\vo or throe hundred foot saturating grow ing trees , gradually converting that f ldo to stone , while the utT side bus liv ing nrunohos. So Jim KHilgor'n story wn not all n lie , only partly so. Mr. Tiffany , of Union Stjunro , is at this mo ment working up the petrified trees < if Xuni and of tlm Little Colorado into ex quisite ornaments. " General .Sherman furnishes Ibis de lightful npoloiry for the exaggeration of soldier's yarns ; Falsus in uno falstts in omnibus , is good enough doctrine for the courts , but not the camp firo. Does any ono question the truth of Gil Bias or Don Quixote ? Are not Pickwick papers lit erally Imp ? Or what American will permit a bloody Britisher to dispute the entire truth of Kin Van Winkle , or the Legend of the Kloepy Hollow:1 : As well doubt that Tarn O'Slmnlor saw the dance of tlio witches , and had a close call with his "Mnggio" tit the bridge of Ayr. Tlio cami ) lireof the Grand Army of the Republic is only a continuation of what occurred during the war , add ing wit and romance to relieve the great mental strain , when ouch soldier reali/cd that the next day might be his Inst ho did rot dread death , but inniifr- ling , wounds , the hospital and captivity were ever present to his mind , sleep ing or _ waking. These fears and appre hensions are now far in the past , nnd no wonder the soldiers of 1S01-5 moot again at thoircamp-firosto "swap lies , " and should they exaggerate their own powers and deeds of valor , I know that n sweet nngol will blot out the sin. " Then comes the illustration. "I was seated nt my table in St. I.ouis , when I became conscious that a man in rough garb , with a broad-brimmed lint , was addressing me. lie grasped my hand familiarly , called mo Uncle Billy , was delighted to see me in apparent peed health nnd inquired about the family , and finally announced that he was dead broke nnd must raise $ iG.50 ! eomohow to got his trunk out of pawn nnd to reach his homo in Ohio. I natur ally inquired what claim ho had on mo. Oh , of course , ho was ono ot my boys ; ho had been n lieutenant in the th Ohio cavalry , had fought with mo at Chattanooga , ICnoxvillo , Atlanta , etc. , and being a perfect stranger in St. Louis had como to nip as his "uncle. " Ho did not remove his hat , which made mo suspicious , btill ho gave correct date and place for every event ol his regiment from lukn , Miss. , to Raleigh , N. C. At last ho tripped. "Don't you remember , conoral , " he said , "tho grand day at Washington when we passed the presi dent in review ; that was a glorious day " ' -Yos , my good sir , " said I , "I left the th Ohio at Raleigh with Kilpat- rick. " With hut still on , no pondered some minutes , and then , with bcnmintr face : "Unclo Billy , it was not all a lie" ; I confess I lied some , but I was in truth a lieutenant in the th Ohio cavalry , and have since the war boon out on tlie plains as n , teamster , nnd have told the story so often that I believed it myself ; the story is true up to Raloighbut nftor that it is fiction. The Cheyonnes jumped our train near Fort Wallace got the mules , burned the wagons , and left me on the ground scalped and dead , The soldiers ) cnmo out from the forti took mo into the hospital , where I was kindly and skillfully treated , and got well , but the scalp is gone. " With tha1 ho removed his hat , bowed his head and the "hair was gone. " This was the reason why in my pres ence ho had not stood "hat in hand" ii the presence of his superiorofllcor as he should have dono. It so happened that I had been to Fort Wallace about the time when that train was "jumped , and General A. .1. Smith also happened to bo near by at that time , confirmed the general fact. So that among us wo raised the $20.50 to got his trunk out of pqwn , nnd buy a ticket to his homo in Ohio. I have completely forgiven him , and have never scon him since , ' 'Nevertheless , for this very reason I believe in modern "cumplhes. " They afford opportunities for wit and humor , they prick the bubbles of the boastful , and stamp us genuine the pure gold of heroic action and of putiont endurance. No man can , to-day , go lo a cumpliro of any Grand Army post and auopossfully boast of deeds not gcnuina without certain exposure. Brothers roared nndor the sumo roof know nnd love each other well , but a day , or week , or year of war comrade ship in tlio same company bollte aknowl- edge of character not possible olho- wlioro. In peace wo must accept a man on his own word. Not so in war ; the truth is then revealed , as it were , by the lightning's Hash. In the twinkling of an eye wo segregate the true from the fnlso , the bravo from the timid , the earnest from the doubtful. Sharp Triokn ! ' IlpporlcrH. Now York Sun : The newspaper cor respondent at Naples who gained a posi- tlbn behind the chair of Kmporor Will iam ut the recent banquet bydisguibing himself as a waiter was able to study the royal visitor at shout range , but ho can hardly claim the merit of original ity. IIo evidently borrowed the bright idea from similar exploits of the Amor- cnn-ro porter. Now Yorkers will remember the dln- nor that Mr. Low , of Brooklyn , gave to R. B. Ilnyes , u quiet and elegant ulfair , of which Mr. Low didn't wuntany news paper mention , Ono of the waiters win u newspaper reporter , who took the spread all in and gave the world the benefit. A few years ago , when Chicago de faulted In paying the Interest on its bonds , the finance committee of the common council had a conference with u committee of the Now York creditors. The greatest pains were taken to insure the secresy of the proceedings , but all the sumo two newspapers next morn ing printed two columns aploco of the discussion. Two reporters had crawled under the city hall and found u knot hole in the floor of the committee room , to which ono of thorn applied his car while the other took notes. A bocrat meeting in a Sherman house parlor of politicians who were planning u cummiign was reported ut column , length in a Chicago newspaper by a young man who was snugly tucked away in an unsusntaions-looking cabinet , But this sort of journalism is not so funny for the linploss reporter who is caught in the act , like the young man in Missouri hist spring , who was led shamefacedly and in his stocking foot from Ills porch among the ruftor.4 before a convention of Knights of Labor , who wanted to lyoch him on the spot. No Oliriitmna Tuhlo should bo without a bottle of Angostura Bitters , the world renowned nppotlzor of exquisite flavor. Beware of counter foils. WALliINd TONGUES Perfectly Sutlsfl3d with n Multiplic ity of Sonsntlons. MAYOR HEWITT'S CROOKEDNESS. The nrcnt Storm A Good 1'lilnc It Accomplished nnd tlio ImuijU of the Ilroolclj-nlios Tlio Great Wnlkhiir IHutch. Now VorU'fl Many SoninUoiiH. NKYoiiK , Nov. ii" . ( Special Cor respondence of Tin : Unn. ] This city is never happy except when it is onjo.\- Ing a big sensation. Our happiness , then , can bo imagined when wo have sovornl. We have on hand a meteoro logical excitement In the shape of a iiorthon&lorn gulo that blow from Hali fax to llattor.is and played the luUohlcf with the co.ist , and inoro particularly with the south side of Long Island , where Now York's ! pleasure grounds lio.Vo have n political excitement caused by an attempt ot Mayor Hewitt lo cheat Tiunmuny out of the spoils of victory by unconstitutional means. Wo have a great pedestrian contest , pre sided over by the most noble , the Marquis of Queonsbur.y , and wo have the prospect ot a fight between Jack Dcmpsoy and Charlie Mitchell. The consequence of all this la that Gotham feels lively throughout Us island , nnd everybody is enjoying himself in spite of the beastly weather. The adjective is risky , I know , bul as Iho marquis is here , it must bo allowed , as it is very Bnglish. and wo ha\e nn extra English spasm at this time. MAYOIt limVITT'S CHOOKKTJXr.Ss' . Abraham S , Hewitt has done a very scaly thing with regard to the commis sioner-ill ip of public works , and his best friends nro compelled to admit that he is so carried away by his combatlvoncss as to bo incnpablo' comprehending that there is a line between what is permissible and what cannot bo per mitted. Ho has shown tliis repeatedly in his correspondence. Whoever writes to him Hewitt will write back , and if ho cannot tackle hia man fairly , he will do itunfuirlyleaving unnoticed the gist of complaint and fastening upon some unimportant sentence which offers him an opportunity of contradic tion or of uncivil comment. TTis offense on this occasion is that he accepted General Newton's resignation as coin- in isaioner of the public works dcpart- mono , and immediately appoiuled to the position D. Lowbor Smith , who is no toriously ti tool of the contractors ' against'v\hom Hewitt pretended to bo so anxious to combat in the interest ot the public. Grover Cleveland ha ap pointed General Newton to bo the head of the Coast Survey , so that ho is out of politics ] in the city for good. But if ho had cared for his own honor ho would not have resigned , but would have completed his term of ollico which ends with the year , if ho had done this , then Mayor-Elect Grant would have nominated his successor in duo course. But ho resigned , to enable Mayor Hewitt to do n very dirty nnd contemp tible action. h > r he has appointed Smith to the place without any statement that it is only to the expiration of General Newton's term , and the county democ racy are loudly exulting and swearing Hint he will stay in the ofllco as long a's the law will lot him. Thorp would not bo so much disgust at this if Newton and Ilowitt had not put on such airs of superior gentility and superior virtue. Hewitt may bo quite sure that Ids polit ical career has closed delinitoly. TIU : OUIAT STOHJI The telographio dispatches of Tun BIE will have informed your readers of all the moving accidents by Hood , along the coast. But probably the disasters of Coney Island have not been sent to the great west. In Brooklyn wo are talking ot nothing else , but wo are overjoyed with what has hiipponed , which'wo look upon us a Nomesisa real aid-fashioned Presbyterian judgement. That parof Long Island which is called Conoj Island is in reality two beaches , or rather , was two beaches , for it is now throe. There were Manhattan Beach and Brighton Beach. Tlio for mer b"longcd to the Long Island rail road , which is n monopolistic ; institu tion owned by a banker named Austin Corbin , who is the incarnation of arro gance and sollishncss , IIo has always run things lo suit himself , and carried matters with a high hand. Ho look udvuntugo of the short inlet between tlio two beaches to build a marine railroad on trestle work , and charged every one live oonts for carrying thorn from the custom end of Brighton Bench to the \\cstorn end of Manhatton Beaoh , a few hundred yards. Now working people in New 'York like to save their nickel , for ono will buy twenty bridge promenadu tick ets , and therefore a great many persons walked around the inlet which was not dilllciill , for it did not oxtoiul very far to the roar. Then this millionaire built a high fence of wood , topped with barbed wire , around Iho inlet , but car ried it vciy far back to the mui'.sby land , and oxultcd in his victory. Next ho built bulkheads to fortify Manhattan Bouch from the attacks of the ocean , though ho was remonstrated with by nil the gentlemen connected with llio Brighton Beach Improvement company , and Iho Ho to I Brighton and the Brigh ton Bench race courou , who had boon studying the changes of the beach for juars and knew well what would bo the rcbiill. But ho would not listen to thorn and curtly told them to look after Ihuir utTuIrsand he would attend to his own. MA.jnu ui\i'.s : jiscoviuv. ) : It must bo told that something vary curious is happening on the eastern coast of America which was first disi- I'oveml by Major Heap , the United States inspector of light houses for the harbor of New York and the coast of Now Jor.oy , and which is at the bottom tom of the troubles at Coney island , Major Heap found out that , in the long line of benches along the Jersey shore , which like the southern bpaehos of Long Island arc Htrlp.s of islands , a gradual chungo has tulcon pluco. The north ends were being swept away , and the south ends wnro being prolonged simultaneously. Burnognt light house has already boon fihifteil onco. and preparations are being made to shift it again in consequence of this action which in uninturimttod. I learned this from Major Heap , and immodiatuly communicated it to the secretary of Iho Brighton Beach Iinprovomontcompiiny , and learned from him thai Ibis movement was also acting on the Long Island beaches ; , only tlio ouslcrn ends were being washed nwny and the woslorn pro- long'od. Mr. Austin Corbin hud boon tola this , but ho did not care. Ho put up his bulkheads to protect Manhattan beach , and immediately the sea began Lo Invade Brighton Beach at Iho east- arn ond. The management ot the property cnmo to the conclusion that they could not flght u nulural law , BO Lhpy moveJ the Hotel Brighton back ? fi6 foot to Iho line of Broo/.o avonuo. I'ho sea al Ihnl lime was actually un- lernoalh the cellar of the hotol. and I the nilniio wave ? were murmuring against the brick work. The last storm In Iho fall of 1K87 developed a totulonoy In the ocpnn lo mnkoan inlet cast of thu Oriental hotol. on Manhattan Beach , close to the 11 [ ( saving refuse , but Mr. Corbin thought nothing of It. iiiriiiiiu : i -itittmKiA MI is : t , u-o 11 , iu ! 11 \ ! The storm of yoMordnx has made iw even with Mr. C'orbin. The < i > n in iU fury has created something more than nu inlet nt Iho throntenod point , for it has cut right Ihrough Iho Island nnd Ihore is now nn angry torrent swooping into Shocp hend bay.whichlll poriiapi by spring develop futon chnnnol practi cable for sailing boats of a jrood si/o , and iu n few years may bo so enlarged thai stoamoisII1 gollirnugh it. Thou Iho rnco loving New Yorker ot lower Broadway can go lo Conov Hand trade nil the xvay by boat. The sou next proceeded t.i ) sweep nwaj the beach and gardens in front of the * Oriental and Manhattan hotels on Manhattan bench , and lo carry off into mid ocean the xvholo out lit of the Mart no railway. For this roltof.inuch thanks ! kind ocean ! The sea monster calmly \\lnkcd tH eye at the hotel Brighton nnd muttered "Ah there ! ntny Ihore ! " and Ihen con tinued UH work of devastation by at tacking Kiigonian's Ocean hotel , nweop- ing it away , and carrying on"a choice selection of xvincs and brandies In the bar and cellar. It no.vt vIsltod the ab surd bulkhead of Dutch mattrass which the park commisdioncrB had not up to protect the eastern end of the Con course and the lots Ihoy had boon tilling in. It tnimshod the bulkhead , U broke the concrolo Into great cnkos and devoured - voured them , and spread Itself In foam ing fury over the lots , washing out all the filling in. It is clear that n now beach Is being formed , which probably will bo pormancnt. If the two hotels of Manhattan beach are not curried back ward they will bo swept away , for the formation of tlio inlet untlics ihoin now the oiihlern cud , which must go , accord ing to Major HeapM hypothesis. Till : UltUATVA1MNO JI.VICII. The marquis of Queensbcrry comoi nightly to the Madison S | iiaro ( Jarden , and beams upon the pi-deali-inns. L'or- bnps It is on thai account thai there Is every night n big attendance , always more than six or seven thousand poi sons. But [ fancy there is particular interest in Iho contest because of the insane hatred which ono of the crack English pedestrian" , Cartwright , shows for another Englishman , Litlloxvood. The latlor is a beautiful walker , but his stomach troubles him and when ho is wincing with eolio pains , Cartwright passes him in a iaunty way and bursts into a loud taunlfng laugh , Then Llt- tlowood shuts his lips together very tightly , fixes hia ojcs on vacancy ahead of him , and walks on with renewed dc- lorminalion. Lltlloxrood has boon Iho xvinnor ot ono of those contofils and I predict that ho will bo n raiu in this , although it is clear th.it Corlrlirht will bo willing to upset his oxvn chances of victory if ho can only knock out his rival. Moore , of Philadelphia , is in the lead , and is in excellent condition bodily , but they say Unit hib feet arc beginning to Iroubla him. Heity , of Boston , is a good second end , and as ho is known lo bo n stager , it looks as If , barring accidents , tha real battle will be between him and Littlcxvoou. The pinch xvill not como until Saturday , so thai the conte.st may then bo international , between a Bps- a toner nnd a Britisher. If llorty wins ho will get a tremendous ovation , and I should not bo surprised if the proud and happy Brahmins , of Beacon Hill , pre sented him on the track with a plato ol baked beans , or borne olher cosily mark of their c'ritcojn and approval. The Omaha man , HoiTman , rolirod very early. IS MfTCIIKr/L A ClIIlV Jack Dompse.x is determined to fight Charley Mitchell , and the sporting mon are all agog about it , because Mitchell when ho was hero before shoxved a great reluctance to entertain any pro position from the Nonpareil. In fact , it in asserted that ho left hex-oral cllies abruplly to got axvny from Deiupsoy's porsislont challenges. Dempsey openly calls him a cur , and has boon so aggressive - sivo that Mitchell derives no reputa tion nor pecuniary benefit from his battle xvith John L. Sullivan. In a quiet way il is said that Dempsey in de termined toavongo Sully , whose condi tion from drinking xras such that ho could not train , and did not , for his balllo xvith Mitcholl. Uoiupsuy looks upon Mitchell as nn intriguer , not a lighter , and as- sorts that his batllos xvilh Burke were mere hippodromes. Mitchell's niihxvors to Dempsoy's dhullongos are ridiculous , IIo takes a high tone , and odors to box him for receipts und a thousand dollars , but .Inulc xx ill have nothing but a light to a llnish. The marquis has misled Mitchell by holding the Nonpareil too cheaply , be cause ho failed to knock out Donovan in t.ix round * with the gloves ( kids ) . But Quooiihbury docs not know Iono\in ) , xvho is a xvondorful man , and basso much f-cionco and so much power that , in hpito of bib llfly years , ho can hustle the best of thorn. That is xvhul coinea from decent living und belf-rustr.ninl. Donovan is the professor of tlio manly art of Lolf-dofoiibo to Iho Now York Athluiio club , and is fairly xvoll olT and much respuclud. SMI.M.V THOU. Woman's HufTrnKo Association , The annual convention of the Nebraska Woman tiultr.iKo associ.iUon xvlll bo held in this city lo-dnyandto morrow. The llrst session xx'ill U < hold In BOA 1's opera house nt 8 o'clock this ovctiins. The programme will bo : President's uddroas and iiddresios by Mrs. Kli/abotn Cady titunlon und MIHH tiusun H Anthony. JJulc-B.itos and visltois uro i aquas ted to meet ut the Indies' nut lor of the opera house it 7 p in Jfthuv are not cnli.rluinL'd by Crlumls they xvlll obtain reduced niton at the I'axton liotul. Catarrh to Consurnpt'en ' , i In Its dust ! iirtivo forr-o Ht.inds next to i ml iinilnulituillloudtun toumNiimmlun. It H hcri-furo Hlimuliirtliut HIOKU uMIUtfilHlj lliltf 'oarfiil dlt iiso Hliunlil n it make It tin1 nlijoct t ll ir llvui to lid tliiini-selvou ot It. Jteteptlvii omodloi concuctuit by ignorant prutundi'm lo ni-duul knowlolf" liuvii wwikoni'il Ui remit' loncoof n KiuntnuJorltj nt miiror in In ull ml- ruillHod romudles. 'Ili i lie umelunleiiud to u Ifi-of mlM-iy nilliei tiiuii tuitniu tnunibolvoa vith doubtful [ ml1 itl\oi. 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