' - - F THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY. DECEMBER 22 , 18S& THE DAILY BEE. ) HVKKY BtOBNtNG. TKHMS OF HUllSCIUtTION. nMly ( Morning Kdltlon ) Including Hu.vrur llp.K.ne Venr tip * > Forflx Months S 00 VorThree Months 260 TIIK OMAHA SUNDAY HKR , mulled to any address. One Vrar SCO Wr.RKi.rllBK.Ono Voar 800 OMAiiAOri < iCK.Nos. MAMiP18KAi NAM STRUM. Ciiio.Afui omen 687 KooKKnr HIIIM > INO. NKWrOIIKOFMCK , HOOMH 14 AHI > 15THIIIUMK Iiuii.niMi. WASIIINOTOS orricr. , No. C13 rouutEEMii STIIKKT. OOfllir.9PONDKNrB. , All communications rclatlnit to news ana dl- lorlnl mutter should bo addressed totho l.niTOit ol > " : ! ' T"Kllii'nusiNns3 Lirrnuw. All business li'ttors and remittances Miotild bo adlUPKSCtl tO TIIK IlKK 1'UIII.IMIIMI ( 'OMIU.VV. OMAHA. Drafts.checks and ixistofflco orders to beumdo payable to the order ot thu company. The Bcc PttblisMnglSaiiy Propriete E. ROSEWATBH , Kdltor. TUBDAUjY I1BK. Sworn BtntotncMit ol Circulation. BtMof Nebraska. | ' County of Dimnias , " ' ( leorco II. Tzschuck. secretary of The Ilpo Pub- llshlnir Company , doc * wilcmnly uwttvr that the Bctunf circulation of TIIK DAILY UKK for the week cndliiK Deoombcr 15.188S. was as follow * ! Pnndny. Doc. 9 Monday , Doc. 10 Tuesday Dcr. 11 - . - . Wednesday. Doc. 12 JiV. ! Thursday. Doc. l.'J latin Frlilnr , lec. ) It :2'S ! ! Batimlay , Dec. 15 .18.Hi ATernze 1M2J 0 KOUJ115II. TZ80IIU CK. Sworn to before mo and .inbscrlbed Iu my Jiiesenco tills IMh day of December A. D . 1888. Seal N. l . KKIU Nolarr 1'ubllc. State of Nebraska. Ig3i ' " ' ' ( iv'onte "l. Tzacl'i'iick. 1 > atn duly sworn , de- roses and says that ho is secretary of the Hoe rnbhsliliiK company , that the actual avernse dully circulation of TIIK DAILY HKE for thu month of December , 1 I87 , 1B.041 coplos ; for .Jan uary , INS ) . 1B9X ! ) copies ! for February , 188. K.m copies : r .r March , 1R83. IB.Crt ) copies ; for April. 1SW. 18,744 copies : for Mny. 1818,17.181 copies : for June , llw * . 10.213 rople : Tor July , IRW , icn ( copies : for AiiRiist , isss , is.lKtcopies : for feeptcmber , IOHS , 18,151 coplns ; for October , I8KH. was IH.O cojilos : for November. I8SU , 18.HWI copies. OKO. 11. T/.SCIH'CK. Sworn to before mo nml subscribed In my Presence this 8th dny or December. IMS. N. 1' . KKIIj Notary 1'ubllc. IT r.ooics as if the old council was too busy fixing the sluto for president of the now council to give any attention to such trilling subjects ns charter re vision. TIIK formation of a window-Rings noel has taken place amonp the glass manu facturers. If congress should throw a stoneat the concern there would bo a very loud crash. i GOOD , honest local government is what the people of this city demand. It can never bo accomplished so long as boodling politicians , rings nnd com bines rule the council. TJIK recommendation of the charter committee lor the creation of an inter mediate court in which appeals from the police court can have a speedy hearing is one which has long impressed itself as a necessity. KANSAS CITY , Denver , Lincoln aud other western cities are like Omaha , wrestling with proposed charter revis ions. Municipal government appears to be one of the problems always press ing for solution. TIIK democrats of Dakota appear to bo equally as anxious as the republicans to divide the territory and to urge im mediate statehood for the two sections. But the democrats in congress are turn ing a deaf ear to their appeals. TIIK United States will dispatch one of the government vessels in southern waters to Panama in order to protect American interests in that quarter. The dilliculties which surround the Panama Canal company are likely to lead to disturbances of a serious na ture. CITY TJIUABUKISK AXWORTHY , of Cleveland , has made a restitution of the funds belonging to that city , which he carried away to Canada' . This unlooked - looked for precedent gives Kentucky high hopes that her delinquent state treasurer , "Honest' Dick Tale , " will send a substantial Christinas present all the way from Montreal. Tins idea of Building Inspector Whit- lock being consulted by anybody in re gard to charter amendments is prepos terous. In the first nluco the man is utterly incompetent for the" position ho holds , and in the next place he has shown himself utterly untrustworthy. Reform in building inspection and' su pervision is within reach of the mayor and council under the present charter. All they need to do is to revise the building ordinance and put at the head of the board of inspectors , which the charter creates , a competent - builder who can keep sober at least six days out of seven each week , and will do his duty impartially and conscien tiously. IN ins recent discussion of the rn.ll- roud problem , President Charles Francis Adams , of the Union Pacific railroad , lias this to say of the western roads : The railroad system of this country , 'es ' pecially of the region west of Chicago , Is to-duy managed on principles which , mi lest- a change of heart occurs , utul thutsoon , must. Inevitably load to financial disaster of the most serious kind. Tlioro Is among1 the lines composing tuut'systom an utter disregard ot these fundamental Ideas of truth , fair play and fair denting which lie nt the foundation not only of the Christian faith , but of civiliza tion itself. While Mr. Adams applies these stric tures to the dealings of railroad imui- agors in their relations with onoli other , how much more forcibly his words ap ply to the policy of the railroads in their contact with the people. Conor uss hua taken a recess to Jan uary 5 , which is n shorter time than usual , the credit for this being duo to the soimto. The session thus far Las been quite u busy ono , although beyond the the progress mnd with the souuto tariff bill little of importance ha ? boon ac complished. A vote or. that bill will bo reached January 21 , according to pres ent arrangement , unJ moan while the republicans will probably modify the nugar schedule. Thcro is still tulU of sulHcicnt democratic support in the Louse to pass the bill iu that body , but the jroneral opinion la that there will be no tarll ! legislation by ths present congress. The republicans , however , Intend to perform v/hat they have prpai- IBSI ) , aodlf thcra is 'allura the respon sibility uill res ; trlth the democrats. A conx ExmniT. AT PAWS. The farmer * of Iho great corn bolt , in Which Nebraska ia embraced * will bo interested in a plan submitted to the produce exchange and grain merchants of Now York for a special corn exhibit at the Paris international exhibition to bo held next year. The idea is to erect a separate pavilion , to bo covered in side nnd outside with maize iu the form of grain , car , stalk nnd sheaf , within which will bo prepared and dispensed free , the various articles of food made from maize. The design of the pavil ion would rentier it ono of the most unique and attractive features of the exposition , and the intention is to have the food prepared by real southern "Dltiuhs" nnd Now England rooks pro ficient in making all the palatable va riety of pones , dodgers nnd cakes that can bo prepared from common ! . It Is proposed that lectures shall be givnu on the value of corn for human food and its methods of preparation , and to dis tribute pamphlets in various languages. The object ot demonstrating to Eu ropeans that wholesome , nutritious and palatable food can bo prepared from corn is ono ot genuine bcneliccnco. Statistics recently obtained show that few Europeans have become maize eaters , nnd its value and ap petizing qualities as food remain almost unknown to the toiling classes on the continent , who continue to eat their bitter black bread or spend more than they can ntTord for whenlon loaves. Millions of Europeans would ba greatly bcnefittcd could they be induced to sub stitute , in part at least , corn bread for the wheatcn article they now use , and American corn raisers would also secure a very material advantage. It is In teresting to note that while our exportations - tions of wheat and wheat Hour range from twenty-five to thirty per cent of our whole crop , the exports of corn and corn meal are generally only two or throe per cent of the whole crop , and have never gone as high as feeven per cent. A very small part of our corn export goes to Europe , the larger proportion going to the West Indies and British possessions. Last year Germany , France and Bel gium together imported only about six million bushels of. our corn , and this was principally for feeding live stock. The commissioner of agriculture says of this project : "Thcro is not a rail road running through the great corn belt of the United States , not tv produce exchange at our principal corn aud export centers , that is not es pecially and directly interested as a beneficiary in this work. If carried out it will enhance the value of every acre of laud in the corn belt. " The project has the support of many members of the New York produce ex change , and the only difficulty in the way of carrying it out may bo found in securing an additional appropriation from congress , which will bo asked for. An endeavor will also bo made to in duce the legislatures of the corn-grow ing states to make appropriations for the object , and it is quite probable that such slates would consider the project favorably. No other exhibit the United States will make at Paris would proba bly bo more- valuable in results than that of a corn exhibit in the manner proposed , and the project merits hearty encouragement. ANOTHER PLAN TO BE TltlED. Thcro appears to bo a very earnest effort making among railroad managers - ers to arrive at some practicable plan for putting an end to rate-cutting wara. Tno latest plan was formulated at a meeting of railroad men and bankcrs-in Now York. The details are not at hand , but the principal loaturo of the plan ap pears to be that in cases where the ad ministration of a railroad manager is found to bo unsatisfactory , with the effect of damaging the securities of his own and other roads , other rail road ollicials shall bo notified of the oiTenso nnd the offending official bo asked to resign. There is aprotiably some provision for dealing more or less summarily with a manager or other official of the class described by Mr. Adams , in the event of his refusal to resign , for otherwise the proposed plan would not amount to much. A manager who was found violating his.agreement with other railroad oHcialsand ( bysuch unscrupulous and unlawful means as liavo recently been exposed , seeking to Uvlco an uuduo advantage of his com petitors , might bo cut off from all re lations with them summarily boycotted in case ho insisted upon retaining his position after boincr asked to sur render it ; or his road might bo dropped from the list of the stock ex change and ignored by the bankers who deal in railway securities. Ob viously a simple rcquoslj.o resign , with no penalty for a refusal to do so , would have no weight with the railroad ollicials described by the president of the Union Pacific. The plan tlrat will keep thcso iu line , and according to Mr. Adams , they are numarons , must have- severe penalties and bo relent lessly enforced. Perhaps such a plan may result from the agitation of the subject , without at the same time menacing the rights and interests of the public. Meantime the discussion of the question of bringing about better relations between the railroads and obviating rate wars grows in interest , The public is obtaining from it a great deal of instructive in formation which it might not have been possible to obtain in any other way. The managers themselves have .turned the light upon each other , and the dis closures have gnno far to justify the long- prevailing popular distrust. o ( the men who control and maungo the vast rail road system of the country. , The oll'oct has certainly boon to strengthen the public conviction of the necessity of a htrlct and firmly enforced national reg ulation of the railroads , and .to silence much of thu objection that has b6cu made to tha oxlutlng law for this pvrpose , Thcro is a more earn est demand than ever bufora that the policy which Isns been entered upon shall bo maintained anil mudij stronger1 in whiUovpr directions it may be shown to need strength nhift , If the ruUi'ondb can establish nnd maintain batter rota tions between thtmuolvfp it will bo well. Stability ia thnlr business rela with the public would updoubt- bo for the general welfare. All the people require , nnd this they will insist upon , is that there shall bo no combinations that would jeopard the rights and intercslsof the public. Even Mr. Depow sees that this will not bo tolerated. TIIK refusal of the council committee on charter revision to confer with the committee appointed by the board of trade , goes to show how utterly domor- ized the present council has become under the malign innuonco of the coterie that makes its headquarters in n Farnarn street saloon. These so-called representatives of the people confer with nobody unless ho hangs around the bummer resort night and day. The action of these conncilmen can have no other tendency than to revive in the coining legislature the disgraceful methods by which the charter was mutilated in the last legislature. ' Tim sympathetic message which the sheriffs of Iowa in convention sent to Sheriff Smith , of Birmingham , Ala. , who so pluckily held out against a mob in that city , ia a recognition that the sheriffs of the country are proud of Smith. OTlIKIt LAXDS THAN OU1JS. Two dispatches came from London yester day with news from Stanley , ono of tvhlch is perfectly cnlRUintlonl , but the other Is plain and clear , nud shitcs Unit Henry M. Stanley , with Kmin Pasha , him arrived in the Aruwlni. This Is n river which Hews Into the Congo at the head of navJKiition , nbout twelve hundred nnd seventy nilles from the mouth oV the great stream which Stanley has done so much to develop ns an artery of trndo. At the junction of the two streams ia the native town of Ynmbrcgn , where Mn'jor Uarthclot was stationed with 100 men to puard the stores which Stanley In tended to take to Emlii Hoy. Ilo wus forced to leave the greater part behind because Ttppoo Tib never sent the GOO porters whom ho had promised. Hartholot was immlorcil. and Dr. .lainlson , who succeeded him In command at Vambrcga , died of yellow - low fever , and this part of the expedition , nftor waiting for many months iu expecta tion of news that never came , returned to the mouth of the Conpo , nnd the white patt of it came back to England , bearing news of Uarthclot's death and tcllinR most contradictory stories about it. News from this point should bo true , because this is exactly whcro Stanley would cnscigo If successful. But has this news ' really uomo from West Africa , or was it manufactured in Lomlonl The West African Telegraph company , to whom the dispatch is is credited , do not send it , but claim to have received it from St. Thomas , nn island be longing to Portugal , in the Gulf of Guinea , considerably to the north of the mouth oCtho Congo.Vithout a complete knowledge of the telegraphic arrangements in that part of the world , it is difficult to understand why the dispatch should come from St. Thomas , and not from the Congo station of the AVcst Africa Exploration company , who must bo so immeasurably interested in the fate of their chiof. Further details are promised which , when received , may clear up n story which at present is doubtful. The most dubious feature U that a statement , prac tically to the same effect , but with utterly in comprehensible details , comes from Zanzibar via .London , and this was. clearly manufac tured. * 4 # Representative Huttcrworth of Cincin nati has not earned the love or the esteem of the Canadians by his annexation proposal. The general drift of public opinion among the blue-nosed Canucks is that the initiative must come from tborn , and that all such propositions as Mr. 13utturworth's ' simply postpone thu time when uniou will bo possi ble. At the same time it is certain that in their hearts the Canadians desire It. Can ada is at best a poor country , and that part of it which is capable of being developed and of attaining great prosperity is geographic ally and commercially a unit with our own northwest. In the concessions made to the Canadian Pacific by the English government a power has been given to that railroad which maltes them virtually the rulers of the countr.v. The exponenco of Nebraska and of Omaha will enable the readers of TIIK BKE to comprehend that this situation will create , and has indeed created , an irritation and bitterness of feeling which must inevit ably lead to assimilation. But the request must bo made by the party wishing to bo as similated , for nations , like queens , must pop the question for themselves , and must bo the wooors. And therefore the verdict of the northwest will undoubtedly be that Mr. Butterworth is u blundering , * well Intcn- tioncd booby who has outraged the suscep tibilities of the predestined bride and de layed the proposal which was on the lips of the dear creature by his awkwardness. * * - Now that Russia Jias succeeded In obtain ing a loan in Paris , the tone of the czar has become more bellicose than over , and no ono knows upon whom the sullen storm of Slavonic war will descend. His latest throat has been directed against the poor shah of Persia , in splto of that potentate's change of heart about thra Russian eonsuhita at Meshed. The Cjsar now says that if ho does not in stantly revoke his concession to the British , giving them belligerent rights In that corner ot Persia which lies between the Khanates subject to Russia , and Afghanistan , it will become his painful duty to take certain steps that may paralyze his royal brother. The fact is that 'Russia wants to pick u quarrel with Persia for reasons of her own Some very awkward discoveries have boon made in Armenia , which have annoyed the white czar beyond measure. Armenia formerly belonged wholly to Turkey , but a good sllco of It was won by Russia , a long time ugo , and some was added in the lust war. Hitherto it has been universally believed in Russia that the Armenians were devoted to the czar , and the most reliable agents of Intrigue In Ori ental countries wore from that nation. And now it has been found that the whole of Ar menia , both Russian "d Turkish , Is honey combed with secret societies , on the model of these established by Mazzlni , to further the cause of a united Italy. The desire of the Armenians is to revive n kingdom of Ar menia. The czar hopes , by a war with the hereditary enemies of Anuoniato , rally them to their pristine- fidelity , and to find n vent for those energies which were nbout to bo turned against himself. Ho will , therefore , be compelled to fight both Turkey and Per- siu , und the menaced Galllclans will breathe more freely , Naples has been the lirst community to re- tipond to the crusade against the Arabs , preached by Cardinal Lavlgorlo , nnd an AntiSlavery - Slavery society has been formed there. But the action of the dreamyj * voluptuous , art- oving , archoiologlcal city of Naples , U not very important , and It probably was the re sult of an outburst of temporary piety more rave In Naples than the eruptions of Its own Vesuvius. It is very clear that the Qor- nmns and the English are the only nations really interested , nnd they have not been able to resolve on united action , because they ro enemies nt hoart. Old Pnnco Bismarck has comoout with some statements , however , which may be tukcn as rolluctlug the senti ments of the nation , for ho Is really a typical German , nnd whenever a Teuton finds himself thinking differently upon a national question , ho hastens to reform his views , and get himself In llnu with Germaula personi fied by the Iron Chancellor. Bismarclc suys that tlin whole blame far the disaster at Zan zibar must bo ascribed to the reckless blun dering of HID onlciulsof the East Africa Colonial company , who treated-most injuJ- iciou'jly both the natives aud the sultan. Mhelrcourgoof conduct em-aged tno people nd gnyo itrcat Jnlluenco to Uio Arab mer chants , who , underhand , wore working for KB outbreak , epoutully ono of thorn , who is knpwn at U'jshlri , because ho ooinos from Bmulro. friil * city , though nominally Per sian , IB In rualty Arab , ] Prince Bismarck undoubtRiUjr recommends an inland oxpocli- iiou , aud tuuu up the situation tersely by tUs uioiatcl tlmt Germany iuu V olther conquer absolute supremacy , or abandon the enterprise. The Panama canal company has nc knowlcdgcd Its bankruptcy , nud the Frcncl government refused to shoulder its re'sponal billlles , or to nlTonl roller. The number o shareholders In this scheme of monumental folly was 350,000 , almost a million , all ol them belongic > gU ; > the lower classes. Thcro s no nation more Industrious or moro thrift } than thu French , nnd the success of the Suez canal emboldened this enormous multitude to stake the whole mass of their savings upon the new scheme of n man whom thoi regarded ns the greatest engineer In tin world. The French have a proverb tha money wounds nro not mortal , but it Is greatly to bo feared that the wounds 1 ron the Panama canal company's failure wll prove an exception. This Is a worse blow to the untlou than Iho surrender at Sedan , foi this will strike nt the very roots of n.itiona lifo. The French have great olasticitj of spirit , which enables them tote to bcnr misfortunes with actual gnvcty , hut they have neither the doggcdnoss of thelirlt Ish in the hour of defeat , nor the ferocious su ponority to disaster of the Poles , und whoi their mercurial light hcartodnoss fails them tlioy nro In danger of utter collapse. This was the case with the great revolution o 1J3 which wns the consequence neither o : noble tyranny , nor of royal despotism , nor o priestly greucl , but of bankruptcy , The financial wheels were all clogged , and there was an utter giving up the ghost by all par ties concerned. Agriculturalists ceased to labor , taxgathorer's did not oven try to col lect tlu . Internal revenues , trailesmci dropped their tools and harangued on the sit uation , nnd then they nil How at each oxhor's throats like so many wolves. The Frond national debt has become so enormous thu the revenues are utterly Insulllclcnt to pal Us interest , and meet current expenses , nmi the fall of the Panama company will , with out any doubt plunge Franco again Into bank ruptcy. The beginning of the end has come Various straws in motion Indicate that Italy Is by no means as firm in its alliance with Germany ns Its own government is The Berlin correspondent of the Uiritto of Rome has been expelled from Germany be cause his paper has shown more and more antagonism to Germany ns the time for prob able action has drawn nearer. Also at the very time when all Germany is enraged against Russia on account of the undisguised hostility of the entire press , the nope lias seized the opportunity to display his syuipa thies by making remarkable concessions to the czar. The Russian plenipotentiary , Mor.s. Izvolsky , was sent some time ago to Uomo to demand the appointment of MOIIB. Simon , Rector of the Unthollc seminary in St. Petersburg , to the bishopric ofVilna ; to demand the filling of the bishoprics ol Lublin and Plasko ; nnd to obtain the privilege of using the Russian language in all non-liturgical services in Little Russia nud Lithuania , These have been granted. Also the statesmen who are most identified with conservative politics in Italy are strenuously urging an alliance of fensive aud defensive between all the mem bers of the Latin monetary league Franco , Italy , Spain , Switzerland nnd Belgium. The league is simply an arrangement for the maintenance of silver money at par , and for the recognition of the silver money of each country ns possessed of the same value. Thus each of the countries belonging to this association has a coin equivalent to our own dollar which passes current in all of them as money. So nt present there arc two well defined parties in Rome , the Turin party , composed of the government nnd the army who are for the Emperor William , ana the Itomnn party headed by the pope against him. It is the Guelfs nnd the Ghibllines over again , anilVii the long run the pope will triumph. * - * All's well that ends well. The president of Hayti , Legitune , has not waited for the arrival of the Galena , the Ynntic and the Richmond to surrender the Haytien Republic , but has sent her homo under her own cap tain , aud a crew sent down especially for the purpose by the Atlas steamship company. The .steamer people were very wise , and 'Legitiine also Blidvcd ( < a level head , for if , he hntl surrendcro'irtho vessel to n hostile force , his rival Hlppolyto would have hold the age , fo to speak , and his own supporters would have deserted him. Whereas now when the three American terrors steam into the har bor of Port-au-Prince and run up their Hags , and run out their cannon , there will be in vitations and libations and fraternizations , nnd ev.ery man , officer and boy in the three steamers will spend his last coin In the port , with the result that there will bo moro ready money iu the place than was over known ueforo. This will greatly strengthen Legitimo's adminis tration , and will rally to him the doubtful people who always wait until events have happened before they declare themselves. Also it will make the Americans zealous for Lcgitimo nnd opposed to Hippolyto. But the Atlas company has been the smartest. If the government had rescued the Haytien Ilcpublique , she would not have been turned over to the owners for a dog's age , and there would have been a bill of expense which would have been terrifying. Now there is nothing to paywhat bliss 1 And the steamer can go at once into the coffee busi ness , as Innocently as If her hold had never boon polluted by cartridges und rilles and other contraband of war. But how grateful the Atlas Co. must bo that the government corvettes uro so slow , for otherwise they would have been too late. No Santa Glaus For Them. Gtulii-Dcinocrftt , ' No Santa Glaus for democrats this year. The old man is in better business. T ifH Not Water. Clitcaun Ilentttl. M. do Lessens was affected to copious tears In his interview with his stockholders , and more water stood in his eyes than will over stand In his Panama canal. Hale niul Hourly ut TO. I'Mhiileliilttii llecord. Illinois \vas seventy years old on Monday a very supple , healthy , promising septuagen arian , with a great deal of colic In the Chicago cage corner , but otherwise healthy. The prairie region Is beginning to cut Its teeth. Tlio ISailro.uls in Wisconsin , Itcconl. That railroads nro dangerous In moro senses than ono is evidenced in the way the Undijer state has sharpened Its claws to fight them. The governor of Wisconsin Is a granger ; the Wisconsin legislature is as full of farmers as a pin cushion of pins or a strawstack of straw ; and they propose to bring the rascals of the rusty rails to terms. A Grniul Iili-u , Hut Impracticable. l\'cir \ Yorls World. It is grand , this Idea of a big municipality composed of New York and Hrooklyn. It would bring us up at once , without waiting another ton or twchty years , to the slzo of Paris and nearly that of London. Hut there nro clouds In every Bky. Imagine New York with a board of ahlormen increased by the addition ol a scoreor so of city fathers owing their positions to the favor of the Hrooklyn political bosses ! . j ( Projilintio 1'liutos Talula CommtrcM , i < /t. . $ fi * * * TUB UNITE ! " STATES SENATE IN 1003 , Hiuisoniihlo. H'rtU Strut New * , A man may shop from morn tiil night , From now till Christmas day , But ho can't got n bargain like his wife , Because ho ain't built that way , PKOMlNK.Vi1 1'J'JHSONS. And now the question Is , did Harrison post Morton I } ' . T. Barnum drinks no wlnos , but bo has a great fondness for Bridge-port. Dom Pedro , emperor of Brazil , has been enjoying very good health since ho returned from Euiopo. Admiral Luce will bo placed on the retired list next ironth. Ills successor will bo cither .Commodore Harmony or Commodore Ben- ham. ham.Now Now is it . ssertcd that "Tom" Platt is to bo secretary'of the navy. His alienee on the subject Is considered nothing moru than H naval reserve. licprcsontntlvo Henry Cabot Lodge Is nbout through with the second nnd final vol ume of the life of Georgu Washington , for the Statesmen series. "Mine" Kelly , the base ball star , is to re. reive $1,000 for two weens' work ns nn actor , hostile * the present of n hnmlsomo overcoat , Ho will earn the overcoat in nil probability. First Assistant Postmaster General Steven son will turn over his ofllcc on March 4 nnd turn to the practice of law nt his homo In Bloomlngton , 111. Mr , llnyne , his chlnf clerk , will become n member of the Inw firm ot M. H. Day & Co. , nt Rapid City , Uak. Count Herbert Bismarck made his maiden speech In the rclchstng last Friday , Unlike his father , ho drank no brandy during the thirty minutes ho was addressing his col- Ic'ngtics. But he resembled his sire In his delivery. His voice , enunciation , gestures nnd abrupt method were much like these of the elder Bismarck. STATI3 AM ) TKUlUTOttY. The prohibition town of Union imports its Whisky with n "lubricating oil" brand. A Woman's Relief Corps has boon organ ized nt Beaver City with twenty members , The IJoWitt elevators tire so full of corn tlmt many loads have to bo refused for lack of room. Sneak thieves are getting In their work nt Plum Creek , nnd so nro the police. A num ber of arrests have been made. 'J'lio United Brethren church at Nebraska City has liepii dedicated. It is free of debt and there Is a surplus In the treasury. MissMnmloB. Lyday , ono of the best known society young ladies of Beatrice , wus married on Thursday , to R. P. Smith , of Houston , Tex. Two members of General Harrison's old regiment reside nt Beaver City , and there is talk of raising a purse to enable them to at tend the inauguration ceremonies. The business men of North Platte have or ganized a club for the double purpose of ad vancing the interests of the city and social enjoyment. An elegiint suit of rooms will befitted fitted up by the new organization. In chronicling the failure of J. B. Foot , lit North Bend , THE BEI : credited the First Na tional bank of that place with holding n 11 rat mortgage on the stock. This was an error , the mortgage being held by the Bank of North Bond. A queer suit was decided nt Kearney the other day. A young man hired to work two \vooks for u farmer. At the expiration of four days the young man quit on account of sickness. Ho brought action to recover his wages , und lost his case , besides having to pay : jy per day to the farmer for hunting an other man. The little son of James Stoddard , of Bene dict , unset n lamp , breaking it and setting fire to the carpet. Mrs. Stoddard ran ou with the child and then went back to put th < _ fire out , when her dress caught , nnd she again ran out turn jumped into a tub of water. Her hair was badly singed mid she was badly burned. Her presence of mind nnd the early arrival of her husband and one of the neigh bors saved her and the child and the house from burning up. Iowa. A five-foot car was taken from the river nt Muscatine n few days ago , After n wedded life of sixty-two years , Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Nagle , of Polk county declare that marriage is not n failure. Luther Blood , a boy ol twenty , living near Rouwiok , Humboldt county , forged a note for ? 160 to raise money with which to marry a school teacher. The officers have been un able to capture him yet. The Rev. Dr. Reid , of Mason , has returned homo from the western coast of Africa , where ho has been as a missionary. He was reported some time ago to have been eaten by cannibals on the coast of Africa. The programme for the twenty-third an nual session of the State Horticultural so ciety , which convenes nt DCS Monies JniiU' ary 15 , 10 and 17 , is elaborate aud interest ing , und the meeting promises to be highly instructive to those who attend. J. Hummel , a Waterloo printer , has a lieu that is a stayer. She was covered over last summer with hay when the barn was filled , and Saturday , when the hay was removed , she was found still sitting on the nest. She is totally blind , but otherwise in good con dition. A letter has been received from Thomas R. Gaston , of Dix , 111. , who wishes to know if L. Cornwall , who is a farmer near Demson , Iu. , was u member of company C , Twenty- second Illinois infantry. If ho is the same man , n number of his relatives in Jefferson county , Illinois , would like to hoar from him. C. C. Horn was shot whilp working iu his field near South English , the other day. A young man approached him nnd uskcd him if lip wanted to hire n hand. Mr. Horn told him where he would be likely to get work , und then started to resume his work , when the man shot him just behind the loft oar , and then ran away. Ho is still at large. It is thought the assailant was insane. Dakota. Madison will soon have n board of trade. Register of Deeds Gantz , of Rapid City , is in London on business connected with the mines. The Black Hills pioneers are to moot at Dead wood January 8 , to form a regular or ganization. Graton wants Brown county split up into three parts , with Graton for the county seat of onoof , the thirds. Over forty-five conversions have been made tit a revival In the M. E. church , at Scotland , during the past week. Two car loads of buffaloes on their way from Canada to Kansas , wore unloaded at Grand Forks for rest. Three died. Winter Is so late in coming tlmt the young people of Onlda have organized a Inwn tennis club and arc calculating on lots of fun before cold weather arrives. There is talk of reorganizing the hut of the Oriental Order of Humility nt Sioux Falls. Thcro are nbout 2JO members in that city and fully fifty who are desirous of Joining. John Fogloburg. of Grand Forks , worked up cases against about thirty saloon men in Grai.d Forks county for violation of the local option law. On Saturday Fogloburg disap peared , telling his friends ho would bo back on Monday. Nothing has since been scon of him , and it Is supposed ho loft for good , after being well paid by the saloon men. If ho cannot bo found the county is liable to lose several thousand dollars in fines. Something to Loam Yet. Chicago Tribune : Young physicitin ( at a consultation ) I have no hesitation in pronouncing the disease nnaginn pectoris complicated with muscular atrophy. Old physician You haven't , hey ? Young man. when you have boon prac ticing forty years you will have learned how to hesitate , sir. It is important in i case of this kind , sir , to hesitate'and It is also moro professional , sir. " Young physician May I ask you , sir , what your opinion is of the disease ? Old physician ( impressively ) The disease , sir , is muscular atrophy , com plicated with angina pootoris. Young physician ( humbly ) Yes , sir. A Slow Trill n. Philadelphia Record : Judge The aIIroad conductors , engineers and Lirakomen all testify that the train on which you worn a passenger was moving it the time of the accident at the rate of forty-livo or fifty miles an hour , yet you insist tlmt it was only going about , hroo miles an hour. Witness Well , maybe it was going a ittlo faster than that , but it didn't seem to bo. "What was the object of vour jour- noyV" "I was on my way across the atut j to neot my best girl , whom I hadn't jeen for six months. " I'arlHlau Dyiininltiir * . PARIS , Deo. 21. An nttompt Uft neon nade , to blow up the oftloo of the of polica with a dynamlto bomb. SOME GEMS FROM SAM JONES , Kxtrnota From a Rooout Addroas iu Ohioacro. HE ADMIRES THE GARDEN CITY , But. Thinks It's Terribly AYlckctl rinco nnd Hoyontl n Doubt the Champion Divorce Milt ofttie World. How Ho Docs Hate Dmlcs t Kor. Sam .Tones appeared In Chicago Thursday night with n now lecture chuck full of now slang , nnd 1,500 people paid 50 cents eneli to pet Into Mattery 1) to hear it , lie announced the RUbjoct of his lecture ns "Get ihcre , with the Kit left off , of course , because , as you all know , I am constitu tionally opposed to using slang. " The thread ol the lecture upon which the many slang ex pressions , funny illustrations , and occasional pathetic Incidents wcro strung together , was simply a parnphraslng of the Idea that true success In lifo is only to bo attained through earnest , honest and conscientious endeavor. Some of the characteristic slung illustrations and expressions which worn used are these : "Tho dude and the dudccn are the highest typo of modern society. The Almighty never dreamed of a dude when ho created Adam , and the whole business has got thu stnrt of xho plan of creation. A dude is a little pimple on the body of society , indicating that Its blood is out of order. Did you never wnho up in the morning with a llltlo white pimple on your face ) Well , that pltnplo is a dude nnd whou you squeeze It It is n du dccn. " "Hell itself is only selllshness on nro. " "There's such n thing as getting thcro po litically , but it doesn't amount to much. I've been down in Kentucky and Tennessee a good deal lately nnd they nro all in mourning ilown there. 1 ain't ' shouting much myself. My man got badly left. Hut we're trotting over it and arc looking forward to four years of prosperity under General Harrison. If we can't got puddiifg wo'll ' take pie and try to make out wo like it best. I'd rather bo n preacher of the gospel than bo president. The Job lasts longer. " "There nro some real men In the world , but thcro are also a lot of these little fellers. A fly can sit on the nose of ono of them and paw in ono cyo and kick in the other. You can put 100 of such little fellows in u sardine box , put a 1 cent stamp ou it nud send them anywhere by mall. " "You hear some of these old Christians singing 'Oh , to Ho Nothing.1 Yes , old man No'.hing goiiiK nowhere and old woman Noth ing going with him. What do you want , to bo nothing for ? How can God crown noth ing , and how can nothing play ou n harp ! " "Never were there so many people simply trying to liavo a good time , to enjoy hog heaven plenty to cat and nothing to do. Th highest nmbition of nine out. of ten girls is to dance. There is some good in eating , bu my ! my I my ! what good Is there In cutting u pigeon wing with thu arm of a dudu urouni you I" "I don't believe wo came from tadpoles am monkeys , but I do think many of us an headed that way now. " "You can never put gambling out of Chi capo until you put progressive cuchro out ol your parlors. You never play progressive cuchro without playing for something , am when you get up from the table , whether you win or lose , you arc as aiuch of a block , leg gambler in the sight of God as is any faro or poker player in Chicago. " "I never did have but one objection to a saloonkeeiwr , and that's the same one I'vo got against a house , nud that's because of the way ho gets his living off the heads of fuini- lies. " "I think a barkeeper will feel very comfortable fortablo in hell with n lot of you Methodist and Baptists all about him. " "I admire Chicago because its alive ; but you'vegot enough hell in this town to star n branch oftice of damnation , nnd you've ' go' ' plenty of men ready and lit to tuko the pluct of the devil in running it , and good locations for the olll tcou nearly every corner. " "If nn angel should come down from heaven and announce that not another man would die in Chicago for 100 years , and yet believed it , not a preacher in town coulil got a salary above $5 a year. " "Tho meanest pcoplo are In the church. They pack their pastor in an ice box for n year , nnd they grumble because ho don't sweat. " "Tho more dignity a man gets the nearoi dead ho is. A dead man is the most dignillci ; animal I know of. " "Tho people complain of being priest-rid- den , but , excepting in Illinois , of course , there's not a preacher who can't bo ridden. 13ut here's one they don't ride. They come up and put their foot in the stirrup , and the llrst thing they know , when the dust has blown away , I'll bo standing at the trough eating , with ono of their galluses wound around ono of my hind legs , and they won't know what's happened to thorn. There's not a church in the country that would Imvo mo for its pastor , and not ono I'd ' liavo for my sheep. " "I like physical courage. Do as the Quaker did , turn both cheeks to boslappcdfnndwhen you've got the bible on a man , then pitch in and whip him till his wife don't know him. " "Whom God hath joined together let no man put asunder , and whom the devil hath joined together let them come to Chicago. More people can get unjoined quicker in Chi- capo than in any place 1 over heard of. " "Don't stop making love to your wife when you have married hor. Put your arms around her once in while nnd tell her : 'You dear old tiling , you nro the sweetest old thing I ever knew. ' Some of you will have to toll a lie to say it , but tell the lie once In a while and your homo will bu happier. " TIIK XJ3W KNGIjANOHRS. A I ton nt il'ii I Spread anil SpecciiRRnt IjiiHt Nl lit'fl Two hundred nnd fifty hiippy faces framed the tables that groaned with Now England delicacies in the parlors of the St. Mary's avenue church last night. It wus the cvo of Forefather's day , nnd the rod-borried holly ( scattered over the snowy table cloths , or worn uliko by the ladies nnd gentlemen present , told that it was being colobrutod. Wax candles Illuminated the tables us In days of yore , but their dim light was lost In the brighter gleam of the gas that is needed to make n modern onlortainmont a success. But lust night's festival would have been n succusi without the aid of gas. It was under thouuaplccsof the Omaha Congregational union , nnd knowing what best would please their guubts , the union loft the preparation of the supper to Iho ludica of the church. It , too , was of the Now England style , und chicken pie , Boston beans , pump kin pie and all eatables nocossury to give it tune and character wore thoru In profusion , serving to put the guests in the proper frame of mind to thoroughly enjoy the programme that followed. The Hev. Wlllard Scott , pastor of the church , pro- Bided , and in a few well uhnsen remarks In troduced as the first speaker Mayor Broatch , who had for hl& thomu the "Evolution of the Connecticut Blno Laws. " He had hoard of then ami road of them , and found In an old edition of the Encyclopedia American thutns quoted there thuy seamed to bu too ludlurmis to bo true. Thuy attached the death uunully to the worship of unj other god than thuuno they adored , to bluaphumy , stealing , witch craft , bearing fulso witness , and In cursinu- of parciitn by n son over sixteen yuars uf agu. As a rule thuy were not mi forced , but wuro put on record to bo used in case of necessity. Tra.lltion pointed out that theselawa und thn plantationcovunautorlslimtoil In New Haven. The one thing to bo considered now was Hint lawn bhould Uo rcuhoniiblu If they u'cro to bo obeyed. There wcro some In Nnbrasita like that which prohibit * tro.ittng - which , wlillo KOOI I" themsclviH , could not bo enforced. it the Inwa wora to l-B respected. Irtgislutora bliotilu put none on the ( statute booUn which It was iin- possible to enforce. The authorities , how vur , arft not always to blame. Chief Stuvuy hail recently bten on u tuiir of luspeiUkm , and anioNir other thins * , Ino.uirstl into the workings of lisa liquor Inw. Ai ICaiuan KHy he wan told tha front door * of ihc were lo ed on Surusy. but Jfiftt It talco 4,000 policemen to loolc after the baoV doors. In OmixhaJ it was different , ami in closing his remarks , ho said : "I know what the bolter clement re'qiitro of me , nnd I trust thnt before Igo out ot office I will bo nblo to fulfill these roquiro- int-nts. " Nov. A. H. Thraln , of Gnlciburp opoko humorously of "i'lio " Yankee. and explained thnt ho only missed being ono by nbout two hundred nnd twenty-live years , having boon born in Scotland. The Yankee , ns ho know him , wns born down cast , und , although ho cunto Into the world ns n baby , wns never young. As ho took nn Inventory of his baby clothes there was Kpooulnllon In his eye , nud ho looked nt his crib nn though to nnk , "How much did It cost I " Ho climbed from his crib nnd clamored for boots , niul spent Ills boyhood duys In trailing tops and strings. Ho cut his eye teeth sooner than nny other mortal , and wns scon nt his best In Iho oearoh for the dollar , As n pedillor , ho Imd few equals nnd no su- pcrlor * , nnd nsnu Insnranco agent ho could nlmo.st persuade u coriisu to tnko out n lifo | XHey. As n lightning-rod agent he was smarter than Iho lUhtning llsclf. Ho lind cut uown Iho forcslM till HIP earth wns bald , nnd had roofed tno full * of St. Anthony till the stream rarrled dollars to his eoCTnrs , Ho came west ni a farmer , but If the soil win too poor ho became u cuttle raiser , nnd If poorer at 111 ho wus found us a miner. If It wns too poor to bo farmed , mined or used ni grazing grounds , ho would stnlso It , off in nn liuilnn rpwvntlon. Ho closed with an eloquent peroration in which ho said that the safety of the hind depended on thu Now England element and thu American character. Miss Lizzie Pcnnoll then sang of our "Great Grandmothers , " In n style that won a well deserved encore. The Hon. W. .1. Council thought the time nnd place n fitting ono In which to extend u greeting from the ( ircrn mountains to the grcon prairies. Althciigh not n Vennontor , lie had married n genuine Vermont girl. Ho then drew a word picture of thu New Eng- Inndcr In his prairie home , and among other things predicted the admission of Dakota to statehood soon nftcr March 4. The Kov. L. f. Berry , of Fremont , told of the Now England deacon ns ho knew liliu1 n coni | > oslte creuture , different from nil other dcucons. Formerly ho was a man of mature years niul npo i xpoi lonec , now ho Is a man of business ns well ns of religion , nnd quite ns liable to drive n last horse ns Ills pastor. But Now England had a right to be proud of her deacons. As ho could remember thorn tuoro wus the dcaron xvilh the deep voice , nud thu ono that could say grace and get to the carv ing knife quicker than any other mini ho 'know. Thcro wns the old man , the friend of the young , nnd there was the deacon that could never keep u scernt , but stnek to his pastor through thick and thin , There was the punctilious deacon , who never mlxiMl hi.s religion with his business , but always know when his rents were duo ; the obstinate deacon , the progressive euchre doncon , nml the heresy hunting deacon. There were nil kinds of deacons , and though those he spoke of were long since Ocad , there wore others still like them filling their vacant chairs. Miss Georgia P. Boulter then rendered a. . musical selection suitable to the ocoaslou , and received n hearty encore. Prof. Lewis was unable to bo present to toll of Now"Englu"d Puritans in Literature , " and as the hour was growing late short speeches were made by Messrs. C. S. Chusc , W. H. Alexander and 1. , f. Manatt , of Lin coln. coln.Miss Miss itenh B. Wllcox , of Kansas , niado many admirers by her excellent rendering of : i solo , and in response to an nncore , gnvonsc- lection from "Marguerite. " Mr. JayNorthup sang thu tenor solo , "Tho Pilgrim leathers. " nnd the Now England banquet was over. AMUSEMENTS. The story of "Daddy Nolan" is simple , in teresting , and easily told. An Irishman , \ > y means of lunnblu though honest effort , rises to wealth nnd social position. His son la charged with a crime and banished from the father's home. The father , mother and daughter-in-law return to their former siuiplo statc.tho first mentioned embracing his old av ocation of a carter. In this way ho pays off tha indebtedness which his son's alleged crime has imposed upon him , Five years elapse , the father's obdurate heart softens toward his absent boy , especially when ho observes tliut the hitter gives evi dence of penitence and reform , A meeting takes place , an explanation it mudo , a reconciliation is effected and tlm family is reunited in a homo which the son's providence and filial gratitude have prompted him to provide. It is n story whiuh has boon told thousands of times In active lifo in every port of the world. It readily olidts nnd re tains the sympathicsof the average audience. It Is rendered doubly alTecting by the unfold ing it receives throimh Daniel Sully's im personation of thu father , Daddy Nolan. The star uoos not appear to act. Ho seems the character ho enacts in method us well UH In appearance. Ho is an Irishman as well in the drawing-room us in tha kitchen of his homely cottage , and such an Irishman as may bo seen in numbers wherever Irishmen are found. Ho Is in dustrious , affectionate , witty and lunost , aud his voice , whllecusily conducing to laughter , may almost us r cadily move to tears. Ho Is supported by a company of requisite strength , the leading mamhon ; of which are Max Arnold , Con Malvoy , Mrs. ICueass and M'lle. Ar/ula. Young Malvoy's is an admirable im personation of thu mischievous , ye.t dutiful lad , with whoso pranks u person may bo dis pleased for but a moment , only ut a timo. The audience wus highly entertained and seemed disposed to mnko allowance for some improbable situations which , in their ex aggeration , however , conduced to almost con tinued laughter nnd npplauso. Bliot and Killed n Tucsos , Ariz. , Dec. ! 2I. At Port Grant , Corporal William Wellington , of troop M , Tenth Unitud States cavalry , yostcrdny Hhol , anil mortallywoundcil Sergeant Jamos. LITTLE MARY CECILIA BRUNOLD HUH JiiHi lxuii Citrod nl'tlio w ir.il I5o 7inn over HOCII by tli'j duoiori wlio tnntcil tier. Kroni htii > l to IIKIHH of'dlHcnHiiil Hid n. Scvtirol liliy- HlcliuiH. n median ! uollnuo , anil all rmnnillcB rait. Cured l > y Ciuluurn My llttloilnuJitor , Mury ccrilln lirunoUl , was nllllctuil with tiui worst rumi ol' ucziinui over ueun by the doctor * ) who treated hor. Shu was lltor- ally covered from head to root wit hscntw. Tlieso Phyalcians tried Iholr best to euro hor. but I liu- llovfl they wcroonlytixjiprlmontlnc. 'I1i y ki'pt on oxpcrhnuntln' , ' for over tun niontliM , but , In- fitoad of trotting better tliu child got uorse , uud I did nut Know what courio : to pursuit. My wlfo tookhur , uflnr wohnil ( mid all WH could ulli.rd for medical treatment , to a iRoilli'iii college wliera there worn nomotivunty orthlitydoetors afpom- bind , butlluicuhubatlloiltlKimml. Mywlfiihad to go ivory ( lay , und aonictlnu'H Uvleumlny , In fuel the mi'dlchio tlioy KIIVU my ehlld did not liavn tlint ; l < > not , even It tliuiij wuaniiy vlrtu in It , It wan cliuugod no of tun by 01 iler of tan ilovturH. 'J'lio latter part iifjanunry , iitlfrovorytlilntjlmd fiilli-d , Knd patience nnd irionny More both ox- hunzted , I made up my mind to < iiilt all ilociyrli.x nnd try the tiriiiitt ! IlKmnm.1.- 1 dfd to , an.l now , I can say Hint my tlauchttrlHCiireil. * oiind In hitutth , ami wull , to DID Hiirprli.t ) of humlivOH , Tlio ilrntrulst , Mr. If , 31. Kructfur , coriiPrfJlwa- lean and Ijivlng A venues who nold us the Cirri- ci in HI.MEIIIIH ; ; li n * inm-huKtonUhudiiH unyot IB. The CUTIUIMIA KKMDIIICH liavo workml u * cure , and wo liavo IIKOI ! lint n Illllii nero llcan tlirco fniirUiiofuli'/iHu'if I'I' IlKNOiiVKN'r , aud n piopurtluTiiite amount o ! CtJTiUiuiiwliTiri.'iiAS ! ( ; ; < iAi- . 1 nm ivudv ot my tliiiD to iniihi ; iillliluv.il lial r.iyilaaxliler luul Jio\vor teaBi > ' > ffCi' < iiin.i ltJi ifoi > * , ors ai.d all ftUnilt , tivtirnoonlii this city , mid Unit uliu ha < l x-dii cm-oil solely by the C'UTJIUIIIA Iti.vn.niiK , ul lor HID l < oat ii'iytilclaji * arid miK-tllii fallod. I tluill IM ( 'U'I ' lo iiiivu uny otvi uill iiio-j | or vrltnmo wlifiliib H child f.lmllury ullllcio.l , or uiy person who IK trouble ) with a H'On illntif/o , hat ho 11111 ? bet * for hlmsulf what your ( "irnui , u\ IKMIIII : > .S hive : done , I < ! o tula lu imUltmlnfor hoeuri ) that hai buonrll'rrlortliiMyclillrtacaHO , I'llA'J. II. llaUNOM ) , 2M ( imtlutfitrflet. Hi , f.'jiil : , ) to , ujs ( , sullluatrntlonv , und \W \ riilKST , White-it , Uloarcftt BUn nn1 ; Uostllnmls produced b ) CinicprtA BOAT. KIDHEY'PAINS 'it' vviih 'heir jury , dull , nc.iins , Uf4' „ Kl . KM. os ruatlo , rnllcv iitn > iiu I'l ( nlnuta by Iho Cutlciua Aatt-l'AUi .J.v l'liiiter. Tau flr i td only ptlu siiV lutig ! l"f..itir , All Ui'ii/t'ltU , M ceut . wec , con/t.