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Too much care cannot bo exorcised.
In rovisinp the city clmrlor.
IlASCAi.T/S city hall scheme hns a
Lolo knocked into it bip enough for a
couch and four to drive through.
iX , the famous French actor ,
claims that Philadelphia is the intel
lectual center of America. There are
extenuating circumsttincca to explain
this. Doston baked beans gave him in-
tMgestion.
TIIK proposition to establish a bureau
of agriculture and animal industry in
the state , should find its way into the
waste basket. The stuto is already
burdened with too many bureaus of
general usolessness.
Tin : unique proposition coining from
Colorado to send five hundred ladies
from that state to take part in the pa
rade of General Harrison's inaugural ,
will , in all liklihood , bo declined with
thanks by the managers.
THE attempted disruption of the Grand
Army of the Republic has flashed in the
-pan and the danger is over. The
veterans who have clung together
.through . battle and through peace will
'hold their ranks unbroken until death
claims the last man.
WITH the prospects of tbo ETaytian
affair ending without the firing of a
single shot , the Galena should steam
right back aud burn a little powder
over the backs of the oyster pirates in
Chesapeake bay. The rights of the
oyster must bo protected , come what
may. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IT IS said that Governor Larraboo , of
Iowa , and his stall will bo present at
the inauguration of Governor Thayer
January 1. When the two governors meet
on the first day of the year , it is possi
ble to conjecture what the governor of
Iowa will say to the governor of Ne
braska.
AND now the poor American player
is forced to appear bcforo the senate
committee on investigation of immigra
tion and rtppeal for protection against
the imported foreign actors. The sock
nnd buskin has evidently fallen in hard
linos. Lot not the appeal bo made to
the gallery gods In vain. Touchstone
in tears and Hamlet in rags should re
ceive sympathy.
IOWA continues to bo the banner edu
cational state of the union with her
total cnrollme nt of four hundred and
Boventy-sovon thousand pupils in the
public schools. The annual report of
the stuto superintendent of education
shows n remarkable gain in the attend
ance and school facilities as compared
with other states. Not only is the
Btandnrd of her public schools high , but
the percentage of illiteracy ia less than
in any other state.
Tins charge that our police c'ommisr
slon Has boe-omo a political machine is
utterly groundless. While it is true
that the mayor invoked the aid of the
jiolico oij election day , the fact remains
that the question of politics has never
entered the commission in anyof its
actions. Both the ohlbf of the flro do-
liartmont and chief of police are
democrats and nearly all the pollcomou
in Omaha are democrats. With the
mayor , the republicans in the com
mission are in the majority , and could ,
if they desired , to oxorolso their powers ,
make all of these appointments repub
lican. The proof of the pudding is in
the eating.
Tine official announcement has just
boon made by the Jacksonville board of
health of the complete stamping out of
* the yellow lover scourge in that city.
In view of this fact the people of Flor
ida propose to have a day of thanksgiv
ing and rojolomg. The people of the
vrholo country will join with Florida in
the heartfelt wish that the epidemic
may novcr again ravage the south.
During the existence of the disease
' * Irom July to the present month , a period
of six months , the total nurobor of
deaths was four hundred and ton. It is
fortunate that the pestilence was not
mere fatal. Tito small number of deaths
ia proportion to the total number of
, ' persons affected , speaks well for the BUC-
i eoss of the medical profession , nud the
| , precautions taken by local and national
f uuthoritios in preventing the spreading
j ! the scourffo ,
TUB STATE MI HI J A ,
A question of very considerable itn
portanco , which the next legislature
will be called upon to consider is thn
of simplifying the state militli
system. The tendency is to g <
to an unjustifiable nnd wastofu
extreme in this matter , and it needs ti
bo checked before the system hn
reached a stage when the prevention o
extravagance will not be so easy as now
It is undoubtedly desirable that No
bra&ka should haven militia system , l u
it should bo arranged on a peace foot
ing that would require but a very moderate
orate expenditure to maintain it. The
ortly object of n militia force ir
this state is to suppress riots , and foi
this purpose it is manifestly unnccos
sary to maintain a lnrgo force. Nebraska
braska is in no danger of a hostile in
vasion , there is not the same reason tc
bo urged in favor of an extensive mill
tin system here ns could bo used in nnj
of the border states , as Minnesota , Mich
igan , Ohio and Now York , for example
and extravagant expenditure in thii
matter cannot bo justified on the ground
that it is desirable to cultivate the mili
tary spirit among our people. Wo have
had sullicicnt evidence that this spiril
needs very little cultivation In this
country , and should occasion call it intc
activity at any time in the
ftiluro'iio one doubts that the response
would bo equal to every domantl , and
that the sturdy nnd patriotic sons ol
Nebraska would not bo behind those of
other states in offering their services in
the common defense. All argument
about creating , by means of an elabo
rate militia system , the nucleus of a
great national army , if it has any value
anywhere , is worthless so far as Ne
braska is concerned , and this state can
find far wiser and more profitable use
for the public money than in expending
extravagant sums for annual encamp
ments and other requirements of an un
necessarily extensive militia sys
tem. What need is there of
brigade and division drill , or for u
week's experience once a year of camp
life and duties ? This sort of thing
gratifies the vanity of a few officers , who
find in it the opportunity for personal
display and a little notoriety , and it may
be regarded by &omo others as an emi
nently proper and necessary thing to
do , but we.do . not think any practical
man can regard it as a paying invest
ment.
The last legislature appropriated
seventy thousand dollars for the militia ,
nearly the whole of which was ex
pended on the useless yes , worse
than useless encampments , for not
only is there no evidence that the en
campments ivoro productive of any
good , but the testimony is that they
v.'cro so badly managed and conducted
as to create great discontent among the
men , while there was such a lack of
discipline and such freedom of dissipa
tion ns to reUcct discredit on nearly all
concerned. Their purpose was thus
defeated and the money of the people
squandered without the least apparent
benefit to anybody except those who got
the mouoy. It is not unreasonable to
apprehend , that future encampments , if
permitted , will bo no bettor in results ,
for it is the experience pretty much
everywhere that those military assem
blages partake more of the character of
holiday occasions than of the practical
affairs they are professedly intended to
be , and therefore largely fail to accom
plish their professed purpose. The
overtaxed people of Nebraska cannot
afford to maintain a militia system that
involves extravagance of this sort , or
one beyond any probable demand for a
militia force , and the next legislature
will disregard the public interests if it
shall fail to reject all demands for future
waste of the public money in this direc
tion. The militia system must bo kept
strictly on a peace footing.
FAITHFUL TO THE END.
' The retiring state board of transpor
tation will go out of existence with its
majority faithful to their servile sub
mission to the behests of the railroad
corporations. The mooting on Friday
showed that the mon who have persist
ently followed the dictation of the rail
roads from the hour that they became
members of the board of transportation ,
ready at all times and in all circum
stances to find pretexts for defeating
the will of the people and opposing
their interests , are prepared to go into
retirement without an effort to purge
themselves of the charge of being the
subservient tools of the corporations. An
opportunity was given them to in part
at least atone for their past disregard
of the people's rights and interests , but
they rejected it , perhaps fooling that
thoiivlong record of hostility to the pub
lic and subserviency to the corporations
could not bo obliterated by a single act ,
in behalf of the people. They will re
turn to private life very generally
reprobated , and thoi r course will bo so
well remembered by the people that a
long time must ensue before they are
[ ) ormittod to again hold any public posi
tion in which they will havosuchpower
over the publio interests as they will
soon surrender.
Bettor things are hoped for from the
now board , .and certainly its mombord
liavo before them a lesson which ought
not to full of effect in enabling thorn to
juard against the insiduous and soduc-
Live wiles of the corporations , which
will unquestionably bo employed as in
dustriously and persistently upon the
next as they wore with the present
board.
WILL HE DK SO FOOLISIIf
Great pressure will bo brought upon
Lieutenant Governor Molklojohn to
push him into the footsteps of his pre
decessor in taking upon himself the ap
pointment of the son a to committees ,
This usage was introduced by Ed Cams ,
n the interest of the Union Pacific ,
whioh was his chief backer in the nom-
natlon. The act was repealed six yenra
ago by the legislature when John Con-
lor was made president pro ( cm and reenacted -
enacted again two years ago by that
pompous nonentity , Lieutenant Gover
nor Shodd.
The president of the senate , in th6 very
mtureof things , stands in a different
relation to that body from the speaker
of the houso. The speaker is elected
jy the members of the house ; the presi
dent ot the senate ia nomi
nated at the state convon
tlon and elected by the people
Ho ia simply vice governor , just as th
vice president is made the presiding of
fleer of the somite. The nationa
senate never permits the vice preside n
to appoint its committees ; they ar
always made up by the members of tin
senate.
It ia to bo hoped that Mr. Molklojoln
will not allow himself to bo totnptei'
into assuming this responsibility , ttc
matter what pretenses are mado. H (
has nothing to gain by exorcising
those powers , but on the contrary ho is
liable to make many enemies and bu
few friends.
There is an atlngo that "fooh wil
stop in whore angels fear to tread , " se
it was perfectly natural for Mr. Shodd
to imagine that the honor of making \ \ \
the committees was something ex
traordinary. But in reality it was an
evidence of weakness on his part. The
next lieutenant governor will bo verj
foolish if ho allows himself to bt
tempted into assuming the powers
which properly belong to the body o
the senate.
A TO3I1I FOH G K.I AT.
Some one , it appears , has nnony
mottsly made a suggestion in an ovoiv
ing paper in Now York for a tomb foi
General Grant , which is attracting
some attention , and is likely to attract
more bccauso it contains some striking
points. This is precisely the feature
that is usually lacking in modern mon
ttmental art. The world has nowadays
so many perfunctory and ephemeral he
roes and statesmen that not a yen
elapses without the erection o f some
perfunctory and ephemeral monument
But Grant was a truly great man , ami
for our national hero it is not fitting
that a monument should bo erected
differing only in size and not in
quality from the specimens in the
noighborfiood of cemeteries. What
is wanted is something that shall be
suggestive , something that shall be
ditforont from the thousand and one
abortions that have been miscalled
monuments. If this suggestion is of
this character , and itappoars to be , then
the nation that has hitherto held aloof
will join with Now York in contributing
to the tomb of one whom it has always
honored , and whom it can never forget.
And it is very probable that when the
Now Yoric public mind is relieved of its
nightmare of apprehension that the
usual vile mockery of art will bo per
petrated in the name of the national
grief , and the usual commissions di
vided among the perpetrators , there
will bo more alacrity in stepping up to
the subscription desk than 1ms been
shown heretofore.
The idea of the tomb seems to bo
simply a windowlcss dome of red
porphyry covering a sarcophagus of
silver , lighted by electric incandescent
lights hidden in silver foliage and hold
by four silver figures at the corners of
the sarcophagus. The public will view
the tomb from a circular gallery run
ning along the inside ata proper height
trom the lloor , and will themselves bo
in darkness. Nor will they be able to
see anything of the dome in which they
are , save for such gleams of light as
may wander from the sarcophagus to
the i > olibhed porphyry wall. Under
such circumstances , the elVcct of vast
size will inevitably bo produced ,
no matter what the size of
the dome may really be. From
the moment that a man is unable to use
these accustomed measuring instru
ments , his f5ycs , ho gives himself up to
his imagination , and will readily believe -
liovo anything that is told him. The
complete darkness , and the strong light
thrown upon the sarcophagus , and the
halo of twilight between the two will
produce an effect of chiaroscuro In
which Rembrandt would have do-
lighted. The sarcophagus is to bo of
enamelled silver , admitting of a gor
geous play of coloring , and on the top
is to be the effigy in high relief of
America's greatest general. As this is
also to be in enamelled silver , it is to
be supposed that it will represent him
In the uniform of a general of the
United States army , with his victorious
sword by his sielo. This will bo an
agreeable fiction , for in reality ho was
juried in civilian clothes , and of his
mauy swords , not one was spared for his
obsequies. _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ll
THE castipation which Thomas M.
Cooley , the chairman of the inter-state
commission , administered to the rail-
oad officials who persist in violating
, ho inter-state law is having its desired
effect. The railroad managers have be
come frightened , and realize the fact
, hat the commission will no longer bo
.rilled . with. Judge Cooley has all
along conducted himself as a man of
cool and considerate judgment , and of
unquestionable integrity. In all his
decisions on cases brought before the
commission ho has maintained a digni
fied and judicial demeanor. The cir
cumstances , therefore , which brought
brth his just condemnation of gross ir-
opularities on the part of certain rail
road managers in Chicago must have
) eon of such n nature as to stir up all
lis virtuous indignation. It has conio
o pass that a strict enforcement of the
ntor-stato law is in ordor. The rock-
ess managers have presumed too much
on Judge Cooloy's good nature , They
lave aroused the sleeping lion in his
) renst , and woo betldo these railroad
officials who attempt to evade their
obligation to the people and to the
stockholders.
THIS anniversary celebrating General
Washington's inauguration , which
comes next spring , promised to bo a day
of great pomp aud solemnity. The
oxoculivo committee in charge of the
affair has been petitioned by the Now
York ministers , representing nearly
every denomination , to allow religious
ceremonies in all the churches of that
ulty on that occasion. The request will
undoubtedly bo granted , and it is raoro
.han . likely that the anniversary will bo
observed by religious ceremonies all
over the country ,
IT appears on good authority that the
otters alleged by the London Times to
invo boon written by Purnoll were the
orgorios of a paraon by the name of
Plgott. The English should not fail to
ily the guilt of smirching Pamoll's
character where it belongs nnd to expose
pose the plots iutpiidcd to injure th
Irish cause before ; ho world.
VOIUIS Ol-1 TUJB 8TAT13 THESS.
Tobias Tribune : Jvfalt Scoloy must go. Hi
days of usefulness to the success of the re
publican party ot Nebraska nro past nm
gone.
Fremont Tribune * : * * tfho newspapers havi
nearly quit talking about turning the rnscal
out , but It Is believed that the scuUmcn
still ] > rcvnll3.
Tckauiah Ourtonlan : Mr. Tlutrston say
ho doesn't expect n cablQct position , nor doe :
ho intend trylnft for the United States sonn
torshlp. People frequently change thel
inimls when they Imvo to.
Nebraska City News : Paul Vamlorvoorl
is mentioned for the ofllco of commissioner o
pensions. The mnn who made the suggcstloi
ought to bo shot , The News trusts that a
least a respectable republican Will bo up
pointed toonlce.
Beatrice Democrat : In the God and inor
ulity states of Iowa , Kansas and Nebraska
it is no uncommon thing for n mob to take :
mnn from jail and hang him , but down In UK
rebel state of Alabama , the oflle-ers do tlicii
duty , and protect their prisoners.
Schuylor Herald : In about thrco wcokfl
that great ami honorable body known as the
Nebraska legislature will moot again. Nc
doubt John M. Thurston , Paul Vandorvoort
and the rcat ot the oil-room Bn"B will be
there to entertain and "enlighten" our Icgls
lators.
Nebraska City News : Dr. Billings Is salt !
to bo writing u book in answer to the manj
charges made against htm and his theory ,
The farmers who lost their hogs by Inocula
tiou would doubtless prefer that ho write
certified checks ou some bank to pay tucni
for their loss.
Schuylur Sun : The democratic press IF
still arguing over the late issues again.
They remind us of the boy who has been
vigorously spanked and can't dry up all of a
sudden. They have to blubber and murmur
for ; i time. It scorns not to bo the demo
cratic Instinct anyway to yield readily to the
voice of the majority.
Arapalioo Publiu Mirror : Among the at
tractive features of the state to which the
people of Nebraska may point with pride la
the weather. If a vertical section of the
weather extending from October 1 down to
date could bo put on exhibition in the effete
nnd shivering cast , it would bo the most po
tent of inducement to immigration.
Kiiox county Democrat ( referring to n
vile contemporary ) : If the leprous scaven
ger had the casli value of the suits of tar and
feather he has earned , and of the kicks and
cuffs he received from indignant citizens , ho
could purchase and iron casket for his rotten
carcass and thus prevent the pollution of
earth when loathsome disease terminates his
existence.
Springfield Monitor : There is nothing
that demands the attention of our state leg
islature so much as a revision of our present
assessment laws. Lauds , instead of being
valued at next to nothing should bo assessed
at their full valuation all over the state , and
there is nothing that will determine that so
easily as its selling price.If a farm is bought
at .f 10 per acre it should be assessed at that ,
and if this were done all over the state , it
would not increso taxation , but merely make
a just equalization of-it.
York Times : There are a few things upon
which there seems to bo no difference of
opinion among the papers of the state. So
far as heard from they all agree that insur
ance companies should bo regulated , and
there has been a goner al expression of the
opiuioit that in case of total loss the company
should pay the full amount of the policy.
There is also an opinion generally expressed
that some law in regard to school text books
is needed. This is a subject will bear very
careful handling , and one m which a blunder
is very liable to bo expensive. Uniformity
through out the state would undoubtedly bo
u good thing if it could bo accomplished
without too much expense.
Grand Island Independent : In the naino of
the hpnest men who are opposed to being
ruled by the railroad monopolies , we must
protest against the attempt of railroad bench-
men , to drive Loose , the attorney general , out
of the board of transportation , nnd to foist
that notorious railroad tool , W. F. Griffitts ,
( who peddlfcd through the country those delusive -
lusivo jctitions against the reduction of
freight rates ) on the board of transportation
os one of their secretaries. It Is an attempt
to swindle the people by making the board
subject to the will of the railroad bosses and
their "oil room" directors. Yes , those so-
called "republicans" meant well who pro
posed Thurston for the cabinet , Mandcrsou
for the United States senate , Means for the
state senate , Griultta for the board of trans
portation , nnd who propose to crowd Loose
out of the board by altering the law. Ves ,
they are great patriots 1 Aud the people
ought to remember them.
Boa trice Democrat : Nebraska has n glan-
dorod horse commission , composed ot a few
supcranuatcd politicians , whoso business it
is to kill horses and state the pay for them.
But the priuclp.il branch of the business is
to draw their mileage and nor diem , and if
they performed other with the same prompt
ness that they discharge this latter duty ,
they would bo an ofilclent sot. One branch
of the glandcrcd commission looks after hogs
also. They have on export , Dr. Ullling.s.
All commissions have an export. The cholera
hog export has inoculated several hundred
hogs , and they have all died. It Is said that
ho can kill a whole liord in three days after
inoculating. There has boon no appropria
tion to pay for the hogs thus killed , but the
next legislature will "reduce the surplus" by
appropriating money to carry on the slaugh
ter of hogs , as well as to ro-omburso thuso
who have lost their stock by reason of thin
etato agent. The coal oil commission , the
glander commission and the cholera commis
sion should bo consolidated with militia , and
tbo wliolo outfit should bo abolisbod.
o
"Wticn ( ho HVlf\ViiH Hlclf. "
When the dcmcraticiparty is out of power
It looms up munificently as a civil service
reformer. ( j -
Tbo Womnu.f n the Case.
Atlanta CjiiutUutton ,
Lionl Randolph CliurqlilU is now acting
with the Gladstone party. ' The Italian hand
of his American wife may-bo seen in this.
To Knock t lie.HUJ-linns Silly.
JVcu ) Tor/t / * * .
If the government r vlnjies to knock out
General Legitlino the fiost-way to do it is to
send ono of the president's tariff messages
down to the Huytlun anil make him read it.
Cluumcoy la nu Able Flnnnolnr.
HI'dill I'lonttr I'resi. ,
The financier In Chauncoy M , Dopow rises
ibovo the polltlcluu. Ho declines an 53,000
cabinet position ( in advance ) and offers to
accept a $17,000 , ministry to the court of St.
Tames.
Milk in ttin Colorado Coconnut.
Denver Ttmei.
The admission into the union of tbo north
ivestern territories means an additional safe
guard for silver , The republican party Is
u favor of their admission ; the democratic
larty , huadod by an anti-silver man , , is op-
rased to their admission. Is it any wonder
.hut Colorado guvo nearly 14,00 ! ) republican
plurality ]
OUKHENT TOPICS.
It would bo unfair to blame the sue rotor
of the navy for the expenditure of money 1
the trial of the cast stool guns , for If ho ha
yielded to the universal feeling of naval me
and refused to deal with the contractors wh
were anxious to make them , a howl woul
have gone up to tlio seventh heaven aboi
Injustice to American Industries. The mo ;
experienced naval officers dreaded them , an
said that It would bo nssa&slnntton to pu
thorn in a turret or on a gun deck for the
would certainly burst. The first one tbs
was tried with a normal charge did bursi
nnct very effectually. The muzzle was blow
off In one piece , the breech blow into flft ,
fragments , nnd the heavy oak platform , th
property of Uncle Sam , was complete ! ,
wrecked. It Is to be hoped that there- will b
no more trials with cast steel guns.for cnoug
is ns good ns n feast. Secretary Whltno
lias , however , been guilty of breaking th
tenth commandment , nnd coveting the bi
guns of the Hcubo-.v , and the Ho Uu :
berto , but the news from England will pre
vent others from falling into the same orrot
It is now learned that the men who practlci
tlicsoblR guns bccomo disabled by the re
vcrboratcd concussion ot air In a conflnci
space , and cannot work thorn inoro than 1ml
an hour. The makers of big guns have es
cceded human powers.
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There Is a reaction among musical pcopi
with regard to Wagner , aud this is basoi
upon the claim Unit his musio plays sai
havoc with the throats and lungs of singers
It "is said that In consequence of his tola
ignorance ot the art of singing , and his al )
normal development of the orchestra un
natural demands are made in his operas upoi
the vocal organs. The reason why Ailclliu
Pattl still remains the unquestioned queen o
song , is that she was trained in the tradl
lions of the old Italian methods of vocallsm
the only true system of cultivating the voice
Her superiority is so great that she appears
in the operas which she likes , and she hiv
ever given a wide berth to the Lohen grii
find Tannhausor nnd Dor Fliegendo Hoi
lander operas of Wagner , which have ruineil
all the young fresh voices of the prescn !
time. The old German music of Gluch am
Mozart was essentially Italian in its methods
with a deeper intellectuality in the motives
There probably will bo a return to that for
gotten music , ana Wagner will bo banished
from the operatic stage for good. Ho will
live in orchestral music only.
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* *
It is [ so much easier to undo than to do , tc
destroy than to create , to knock down pros ,
perky than to build it up. The engineers of
the Montana Union railroad struck for trades
union reasons , und not for wages , or for anj
real wrong done to them by their employer ,
the owner of the Anacouda Copper mine.
The railroad is only about thirty miles long ,
and it brings the ore to the smelter from one
direction and wood from another. As soon
as the news of the strike reached the owner ,
Mr. J. B. Haggiu , of San Francisco , ho at
once ordered the mine and smelter to be
closed. Then the engineers declared the
strike off , and now Mr. Haggin is being
prayed to recommence work , for the sake o
the 3,300 men who have been thrown out ol
employment. It is to be hoped that ho will
yield , but ho is a very tenacious , sot man ,
and there are fears in Butte that he will not.
It is in the power of the railroad employes to
seriously embarrass their employers , and
they have not been slow in attempting it.
This conduct is not to the advantage of the
trades unions , and wilt corroborate the feel
ing entertained by the general public that
strikes are often commenced without ade
quate cause. The consequence is tliatjjubhc
sympathies nro not enlisted"whe rc there is
real reason for striking , which is only too
often the case. It is in the interest of labor
not to discredit the one weapon which they
possess by using it indiscriminately , aud for
the most puerile causes.
*
# *
Mr. P. W. Scott , an English gentleman
who possesses property in the vicinity of
Richmond , Virginia , nnd has become n nat
uralized citizen of this country , desires to
travel iu search of Stanley and is in commu
nication with the Uoyal Geographical society
of England. Ho has been asked to submit
bis plans , and ho bus clone so , aud is await
ing a response. Mr. Scott was vice consul
at Tangier Uurin g the Grant administration ,
and is familiar with Arabic aud witlf the dia
lects of the Moors and tne notnadio Berbers
aud Touarcgs. Many Am cricans have solic
ited the favor of accompanying him iu his re
searches , but ho has ro fused upon the ground
that it would bo detrim ntal to his plans , it
is thought from this that ho intends to travel
alone as a Moorish merchant , which would
not bo difficult as bo is extremely dark , with
busby.pyc-brows and dark piercing eyes , and
lie is thoroughly acquainted , not only with
Moorish , but with the ways of Moorish mer
chants. His plan is to approach from the
Niger region , which is partly iu the bands of
fanatical followers of the Mahdi , according
to the most recent advices. Mr. Scott bj-
lioves Stanley to bo either deader a prisoner.
# *
*
During the convention of the Knights ot
Labor at Indlunnpjlis some fu cts were
brought before the notice of the assembly
uoucorning the manner iu which women are
lieine degraded by being o uuagcd In labor
thut is unsuitable to their sex. They are
being hired in Iron wills and wire factories
in the neighborhood of Philadelphia , and
there is one bolt factory In Pittsburg run
xlinost entirely by female operatives. A
jorrespondent writes also of a foundry where
women worked , stripped to the waist u
spectacle so piteous , so disheartening that it
ivould excuse pessimism. This is the logical
result of considering labor as a thing in the
market with lluctuations like wheat or pork ,
ivhich the wlso man will buy at the lowest
ittainablc rates. Women can always bo
ilrcd at a chcapor ruto than men , and notli-
ng so tends to lower washes us the horrible
legradatiou and hardening of the softer sox
#
There is much talk about air-ships , foj
Peter Campbell , of Brooklyn , 1ms tolvcd
; ho problem beyond any question. Ills air-
> liip wont trom Brooklyn to Coney Island , a
listanro of six miles , not very far it is true ,
jut with regard to aerial navigation , It Is the
faculty of steering , not of progression , which
ias hitherto eluded the woulcl-bo wanderer
'n ' the seas of air , Campbell's air-bhlp was
sonnectcd with a bott om shaped lllto a cigar ,
uul constructed of uncommonly tough ma-
.urial. The Inventor himself nnd an nssis-
.ant sat in the ship below , and changed the
llrectlon of tha machine at will , steering
taslly , and golug off at r ight angles repo.it-
idly to the great joy of all who witnessed It ,
L'hcn the air-ship was put dead before the
vind , which was blowing off shore , and
ttcored for Coney Island , which was reached
n'a few minutes. Thcro is a rival Inventor
n Chle-iigo , a Frenchman named Do Haussut ,
vho hns not hitherto succeeded , but who has
ibUlnud the confidence of capitalists , and
important results may bo expected from him
n the dawn of steam navigation thcro were
> thcrs besides Fulton who were engaged in
ho great work , even In this country ; but thu
vorld has too much work on band to lose
Imu in sifting the claims of rival Inventors ,
.ml therefore the credit was given to Fulton ,
iccuuso he had the greatest number of
ricudg arid backers.
The United States census for 18SO is now
: ouiplcted , and the lost nnd twenty-second
olutno has come borne from the printers ,
'ho whole business lias cost from first to last
0,000,000 , aud there is u gutmral feeling Iu
the west that It was on Inlqmtout job. Tl
tlmo has not yet cotno when tha Unite
States requires an elaborate census , nor wi
It come until the west , and particularly tl
northwest , lias attained Its full growtl
Whoa will that ttnio bo I These inllllor
liavo been spent avowedly to tell facts whlc
everyone needB to know , nail they mlgl
hare boon arranged Inn cheap presentab :
form , ixnfl published one year after the tal
ing of the census. Instead ot doing this tli
work has been elaborated nnd enlarged , tin
tbo professor In charge has been permitted t
dceoratoilt with so many frills of pseud
science nnd of questionable utility that It bo
been spun out into twenty-two volumes
And the mischief of It is that It is all wren
and misleading now , for in the growing sc <
tions the changes wrought slnca 1SSO nr
simply overwhelming. All the statement
nro Incorrect , all the deductions are uiooi
shine In water , all the assumptions are s
muchovnpor. Its only value lies In the fac
that future generations [ can consult .It as
matter of record.
*
Ono fool makes many. Ever slnco the trl
umphs of the Lick telescope on Moun
Hamilton were made known to the public
thcro lias been a gnawing feeling of envy li
many quarters , mid n determination to oxcc
it. Mr. Butler ia n member of the house o
representatives , and ho halls from Tennessee
Ho is one of these who cannot , sleep fo
thinking of the big telescope iu California
Tossing ou his uneasy coucii and muslnj
over the way things happen , and perliap
secretly repining over the fact that Mr. Llo !
was not a native of Nashvlllo , Mr. Butloi
was suddenly hit by tin idea. There was i
monstrous surplus in Uncle Sam's treasury
and there is no big telescope , that Is no ver ;
big tolttscopo. There is nn excellent twenty
six inch refracting telescope belonging to th
Smithsonian but Mr. Butler perhaps wa
not aware of it , being accustomed to lool
through glasses of another kind. Mr. Butler
of Tennessee , therefore introduced n bil
authorizing the secretary of the navy ti
spend n million dollars on the construction o
a telescope with n sixty Inch aperture , UK
instrutrcut when completed lobe mounted ii
nn observatory in the District of Columbia
Well , well I The Lick telescope has only i
lens of thirty-six inches in diameter , nnd Mr
Butler wants ono twenty-four inches largei
than the largest in the world , and then pro
poses to clap It down In the marshes of tin
Potomac , close to all the exhalations of t
huge city. And for wisdom like this the
country pays Mr. Butler55,000 a year. Why
it would bo almost impossible to do more will
that proposed telescope than is now done bj
the twenty-six inch refractor of the fjmith
soniau. That instrument has earned foi
itself a deserved reputation , but its work h
becoming more nud more limited by rcasoi
of its surroundings.
- * -
As 1 Cnino Down from Licrmnon.
Clinton Scotttinl.
As I came down from Lebanon ,
Came winding'wandering slowly down
Through mountain passes bleak and brown ,
The cloudless day was well-nigh done.
The city , like an opal set
In emerald , showed each minaret
Ailro with radiant beams of sun ,
And glistened orange , fig nnd lime
Where song-birds rnadu melodious chime ,
As I came down from Lebanon.
As I came down from Lebanon ,
Like lava In the dying glow ,
Through olive orchards far below
I saw the murmuring river run ;
And 'neath the wall upon the sand
Swart sheiks trnm distant Samarcand ,
With precious spices they had won.
Lay long and languidly in wait
Till they might pass the guarded gate ,
As I caino down from Lebanon.
As I came down from Lebanon ,
I saw straugo men from lands afar
In mosque and square and gay bazaar ,
The niiuri and the mosleui shun ,
And grave Effcndl from Stumboul
Who sherbet sipped in corners cool ;
And , from the balconms o'erruii
With roses , gleamed the eyes of these
Who dwell in htill seraglios ,
As I came down from Lebanon.
As I came down from Lebanon
The limning llowcr of daytitno died.
And night , urravcd as is u brnlo
Of some great king iu garments spun
Of purple and the finest KOld ,
Outbloouied in glories manifold
Until the moon , auove the dun
And darkening desert , void of shade ,
Shone like a keen Damascus hlauo ,
As I came down from Lebanon.
Respect for tinISuiinco. .
P/iHiidclji/ila / Piess.
Lord Sackvillo is abusing this country
among his European friends , which is really
too.bad. There is ono thing over here , how
ever , for which Sackvillo must liavo a cer
tain amount of respect , and that is for the
American grand bounoc.
< t >
Blunders Impartially Distributed.
DCS Muiiirn llt'jMcr.
It Is to bo said for the present management
of the postoftico department that it is gen
erally impartial in the distribution of Its
blunders. In this respect it uuows no north ,
no south , no east , no west , which fact maybe
a slight consolation in the midst of daily
grief.
lie ling i IK ; Ail vantage.
TliiKtun Herald ,
General Harrison has one advantage in
this matter ( of selecting n cabinet ) that was
not possoased by his predecessor , for his term
[ > f service at Washington guvo bun an oppor
tunity of becoming acquainted with the load-
3rs of the republican organisation , and ho is
thus very much bettor able than Mr. ( Jlevc > -
land was to judge of how different men
ivould pull together iu shupiug the policy of
Lhu administration.
A. 1'luco For Wind-Broken Politicians. *
JAiirotn CM.
The announcement is made that a bill has
lioon prepared for introduction when ttio
legislature meets that will have for Its object
Lho creation of a bureau of agriculture and
inliiml industry in the department of stuto.
It should be mot promptly with astutTod club
ind be batted over the transom. A bureau
if that character would simply bo the crea-
.1011 of a liulf dozen places for wlnd-broiccn
politicians anil glaudored Btatosmon. It
would only bo adding to the expense of the
itate in supporting parties who howl for the
, ic1ct ono month iu the your and who cannot
iupport themselves the other cloven months ,
Tito County
The members of the lionrd of county com
missioners who are not Junketing mot yos-
: erdoy afternoon. There were present
Messrs. Tumor , Anderson and Corrlgan.
Mr , Turner called the board to order and the
: lark road the appropriation from the gen
eral fund of USUM > 4 , tor miscellaneous items
luring November. One chanro of i5 wui
niulo by William Green , of Florence , for
vatchirig a duad man 'who had bcori washed
ip by the Missouri river , Mr. Mnhonoy re-
narked that thn dead man wanted no watch-
ng and thut when ho found the body It was
jxuctly where the river had washed It.
I'lie claim wus , however , allowed ,
Chore were two other claims for
li-UK and medicines , ono by Max Buuht for
ilO.75 , nnd another by Max Conrad for $5.
I'liuao were also allowed , no comment being
nado. The county keeps u drug stora and a
mm to dispense medicines , In the basemunt
if tbo building , litmou thu ntrangu appear-
inco of a Uruggiit'ti 1)111. An appropriation
if ? lV)3.Ni ( wus ma.lo from the bridge fund
o dofrav expenses for lust month , and the
loard adjourned.
A MnotliiK ot Now Knulnndors.
There will bo u nicotine of NowKnglandori
.t . the Milliird hotel to-rac-rrow evening tit 8
'clock to hear the report of the committee
ppolutcd at thu lust meeting and to IIIUKO
rrai'j.'Oincats for the diunur ou ForofutUors1
; uy.
TillO3IN1UUH : BIl.Ii.
Several Important Amonrtm-nts I
parnil by Mr. Sprlnir < i\
\VASIUXUTOX , Dec. lS. In necorJiinco
the expressed Intention of the damocratla
caucus ot last Thursday night , to support
the omnibus bill providing an cnuoiin < act
for the admission of the territories of Da
kota , Montana , Washington nnd Now MOM -o ,
and of giving the people of Dakota the privi
lege of determining whether that territory
bo admitted as ono or two states , Kepresontu-
live Sprlngor , chairman ot the committee on
territories , has boon engaged In formulating
the necessary amendments to the bill reported -
ported at the lust session to mike the pro
vision conform to the proposed dinngca.
To meet the change in the tlmo of
holding elections for the constitutional con
vention , Mr. Springer has prepared nn
amendment providing that the elections In
the four territories shall bo hold on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday hi May.
lv3'J ' ; that the delegates so elected shall mooB
in convention on the following Fourth of
July ana prepare constitutions to bo sub
mitted to the pcoplo for ratification or rejec
tion , on the first Tuesday after the first Mon
day of the November following , to dotcrmltu )
whether or not the .Territory ot Dakota shall
bo admitted as a whole or divided.
The proposed amendment to the omul *
bus bill provides ttiat the elec
tion for delegates to the con
stitutional convention in Mny each
qualified elector may have written or printed
on his ballot the words "for division , " or
"against division. " If n majority of votes
cast in that part of the territory south of the
seventh parallel duo west to the western
boundary of the territory shall bo "for
division , " tha delegates elected shall ns-
somblo nt Sioux Palls. It a majority of the
votes cast north of the seventh parallel shall
bo "for division , " then the delegates so se
lected who may reside north of the said par
allel shall assemble in convention at His-
inarch. Each convention shall then
form a constitution for its stuto.
which constitution shall bo submitted
to the pcoplo for ratification or rejection ,
Each state shall bo entitled to ono represen
tative in congress. The tiporoprintions to
meet the expenses of holding the two con
ventions Is Increased so as to provide for
each convention the sum ot $2,001) .
It provided that should the pcoplo reject
the rcspcctivo constitutions , the territorial
government of Dakota shall continue in ex
istence the same as If the act had not beieu
passed ; or. if tbo constitution for cither
north or south Dakota should bo ro-
joctcd , then that part ot the
territory rejecting shall continue under
the territorial government of Dakota.
In case the pcoplo vote for a division n pro
vision is made for the appointment of a com
mission by the two conventions to readjust
and agree upon the amount of territorial
debt to bo assumed by cacii of the proposed
states. = =
Mr. Springer will call a mcctingof hia
committee some tlmo next weelr , for the1 pur
pose of submitting the proposed amendments
to them for consideration. Ho proposes to
report the amendments to the bill to the
house nt an early day. IIu will also aslc the
committee to consider the propriety of pro
posing an additional section to the Omnilnui
bill , providing that whenever nn orga
nized territory of the United States
shall have a legally ascertained population
equal to the number necessary to entitlu
to iiieprcscutativo in congress , such terri
tory will bo authorized , through its legisla
ture , to call n constitutional convention , to
consist of not less than seventy-live mem
bers , who shall assemble at the seat
of government of the territory ana
form a constitution for submission to the
peoplo. If a majority of the people vote for
it , it is to bo transmitted to the president and
by him laid before congress , and if the con- j j
stitutinn so adopted he republican in form. '
and in accordance with the constitution ami > !
laws of the United States , the territory shall
be admitted into the union whenever con
gress shall pass an act therefor.
'MORE OIMUSI SMUGGLING } .
A. GiRautic Conspiracy DisooToreil by
Officers nt St. Paul.
ST. PAUL , Doc. 13. The Pioneer Press
this morning made a statement that the
United States secret service o.Tlcsrs hero uro j-j
on the track of a gigantic opium smuggling
conspiracy. They have learned that an or-
guulzcd and well equipped band of smugglers
lias for years been operating across the northwestern - . _ . ,
*
western border. One of the Bang was arrested " >
recently at Denver , Colo. , nnd ho made a full
confession. Acting upon the information
given by him , the deputy collector at St.
Vincent , Minn , went west to a point on the
Dakota line Wednesday , and intercepted n j ,
wagon load of 800 pounds of opium in crude | \
form. The whole outfit wus seized and the '
driver of the wagon arrested. Last night >
two government detectives loft St. Paul for
the north to arrest the man to whom the
opium was consigned. )
Dn-ntoiT , Dec. 15. A special from Port '
Huron says that for some time it has boon <
known thcro aud at other points along the <
border that a big consignment of opium was (
en route through Canada , and that an effort ,
would be made to smuggle it across tha bar- . - I
der somewhere in that customs district. Of- ij !
flours were dispatched up-shoro with instruo- A' '
tions to look after the consignment of the j
drug. They found the opium last night , but '
a confederate who was guarding It escaped.
The drug is valued nt 1311,000 , and was '
brought from Vancouver , 13. C. Arrests are
likely to follow.
Tilli COURTS.
Dulled Sinic-H Court.
Ira Barns , of Alliance , Nob. , was yesterday - a >
day brought into the city D prisoner of tha j (
United States marshal , and will bo tried for ;
selling liquors without a government license.
Kivo witnesses for the prosecution uro also
iu charge of the marshal.
An attachment has boon , issued for A. It ,
ICIliswicti , a lawyer , for sending obscona
matter * through the malls. Also for Mrs.
Lipp , ut Fremont , this state , for soiling
liquor without a license.
'
District Court. , '
Witlinoll Brothers began null against tha , ' /
r-ity for f 1,155 , balance duo thorn for construe- ' <
Lion of bower.
Henry J. Abrahams vs Benjamin M. NIcU- ' Vt
olsou ib a suit brought to recover $1,000 oa u ( ' ' ;
promissory noto.
David Van Elton commenced action against
Joseph P. Manning to roeovor $130 for pro
fessional services.
County Court. . \e \ I
Henry II. Mead commenced action ngnlnsl ft' i
Lhu Fisher Printing company yesterday in , ,
iho county court , The action Is to recover L
ftnii for services rendered , The judges RiPtl
granted un order of attachment , 'if 11
lny.
The Congregational union , of Omaha , nrfl
[ iroparing for u colobratlon of Forefather's .j.
Day on Friday evening , December 21 , when Jf |
i dinner will bo served the union by the
ladies of the St. Mary's avenue church In
' .lirlr now church parlors , at 50 cents an In-
llvldual. The dinner will be laid for 250
i > ooplo at 8 o'clock , and the friends ot Fore
father's Day memories , whether members of
, ho Congriigatlonal churches or not , and
ivliutlicr born in Now England or not , ure ia-
k'ltod to attend ,
It Is Tlitiro.
The Omaha World , in commenting upon
.hit merits of the school board Investigation ,
ms this to say : "The witnesses were not
mdor oath , und could not bo put under oath ,
lust enough talk cncapod Friday night vo
ionvlnco disinterested persons thut someone
ms lied outrageously and that thcro Is Infor-
natlon in the un fathomed caves of Bill Mar-
oiv's mind which somebody having judicial
luthority might bring before the pcoplo , "
Thu Art ICxIillilr ,
The Linliigcr art exhibit will bo open to-
lay from 10 a. in. until ft p. m , Mr. Llolngcr
t very doHlrous of having It understood that
very ono Is welcome to visit the gallery frea
f charga There nooms to bo uomo mlsuu-
lorstundingaipon this point aud the laforuia-
ion In therefore repeated.
AVowt Vlruiiiln'H ISIcotoral Vote ,
GiiEBSWoon , Neb. , Doo. 15 , To the Editor
f Tin : BIR : To dccldo n bet will you plensa
tnto through your paper which party will ro-
eivo the electoral vote of West Virginia ,
tetipoutfully youro , J , U.
I'l'iiu uluctorul vote of Wast Virginia will
o cast for Cleveland and TUuriuan.i