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TEE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY. DECEMBER 29 , 1833 , .THE DAILY BEE. ISVKIIY MOUSING. TKI1JI8 OF StniPCUIlTION' , nnllr 'Morning Kdltlon ) Including . Hi K , On * Year . * > { ror si * Months . jw Korllirce Months . . . . . . . . . . . . . -w Tnr. OMAII i Ht'siiAv HKK , limited to nny mlilrM.1. One Ycnr . , . - "J Hun. Ono Year . fill' * 00 OlTICK tiffi KOOKF.IIV IIIMMIINn. NKwYoitKOmcK. UOOMS M AMI IflTiiiiiuNK lit II.IIIMI. WASHINGTON ornut * l < o. 613 I'OUHTKK.VTII 8TUKKT. COUIlESrONUKNTK. . .AUrommimlr-Rtlotn relating to news and tul torln ! matter should b addressed totlio huiiou All business nr8INBSSLmT. letters nnd remittance * should , , lie ndrtreved to TUB HF.K I'tnit.isntNC ) COMI-ANV. OMAHA. Drafts , checks and ixvitolllceordun to betnailo payable to the onlcr of the company. TlicBccPiililistiini Company Proprietors , K. UOSKWATI3K , Editor. Tin ; i ) . \i iY itn& Sworn StiUoinent ol Circulation. Btntflof N'obrntkn , I. , County of Dougim.Bll | > ( leer no 11 , Tzschuck , secretary of The lien Pub lishing Company , does Boloinnly swear thnt the HCIimlclrcnlatlon of TllK D.vil.V HUB Cor the week ending December J. 1S83. was as follows ) Sunday. Dec. in . IH.aq Monday. Doc. 17 . 18.0-j Tuesday Dec. 1H . 1W12 Wrdiitwlny.-Ilcc. 1 . UWO rimrwlnv. Dec. 20 . IWM1 Fmlny. Dcc.SI . . IWTCJ Saturday , Dec. 22 . .18.117 A * rnco . is.li'i GKOKOi : II.T/.SOIUJCK. Sworn to licfora me nml subscribed In my jirraeiica UiU"nil day of Derember A. D . 18S\ Penl N. p. FKIU Notary Public. Btiito of Nebraska. | County of Douglas , f " * George II. 'IVjichucIc , being duly sworn , de- tiosci mill says that ho is secretary of the lloo riiWl.shlni' company. that thu actual uverago dolly circulation of TIIK DAII.V HKB for thu month of December , ISO" , 15.1141 copies ; for Jan uary , Itw ) . ir > .aw copies ; for Kohrunry. 11W , J5.ic.rj copies ; fi < r March , IKSJf , Ui.finy copies ; for April , li * . ls,74t copies ; for Alny. IMS. 17,181 coplox : for June , IwSS , ili,24n copies ; for July. JfltW. lKrrtl copies ; for Aiignst , 1WW , IX.IKIeople ? ; for September. 18W. inliil copies ; for October. 1NW , was IH.Otfl copies ; for November. ISS * . 18.111 coplM. ( HX ) . II. T7.SCIIUCK. Sworn to before mo and subscribed In my Presence this 8th day of December. IMS. N. P. FKlIi Notary 1'itbllc. TllK man in everybody's mouth just now mnoiifr tlio gnthoriiif ; ineinbers- elcct of thu legislature at Lincoln Is the comingsponkor. . T CMiVHLAM ) is SSlill to bO writing the word veto with a big stub pun. That looks ominous for the river and Imi'bor bill. Tun spectacle of wheat going down nnd Hour going up in price would indi cate that some trust or other was pull ing the strings. COLORADO proposes to send a com pany of cowboys to President Harrison's inauguration. They should make their headquarters the Lottp City sod house. PHILADELPHIA chooses her inspec tors of the bureau of street cleaningaml highway departments by competitive examinations. Civil service in the departments - partmonts of that city must bo death to ward patronage. WnKK n banking institution can bo established under our state law by simply hanging out a. shingle and filing papers of incorporation with the secre tary . of state , it is high time "for a thorough revision of our banking laws. Cosiixo events cast their shadows be fore. 'Our ox-contingent-congrcssmnn , Mr. P. O. Ilawes , will have his hincl- quartora in the saddle within sight of the gorgeous dome of the state house , from and after New Years clay. Till" net gold fund of coin and bullion hold at the end of the current month in the United States treasury will bo two hundred million dollars. Within the past ton years the gold reserve has exactly doubled. WITHIX a few days Governor Thnyer's annual message will bo given to the legislature. The .people of Nebraska will nwait with no little interest the recommendations for the solution of the pressing questions of the hour which his excellency may suggest. HOKOKAIILH GKOUQK W. E. DOKSHV may now bo considered fairly on the senatorial race track. The con gressman from the Third district is evidently willing to exchange his seat in the lower house for a cushioned chair facing the desk pounded over by John James Ingalls. NoivriiisiiN Dakota is sending out the news broadcast of the mild and lamb like nature of the weather enjoyed. It would bo n serious joke , however , if a full sized blizzard should swoop down suddenly and nip these individuals wearing linen dusters nnd straw hats. NicnuABKA already has slxty-livo pres idential postofllcos , and that number will bo increased during 'the coming year. A , scramble1 for these plums may Do expected to begin very promptly after the fourth of next March. And then woshall , got the first intimation of what the now administration-inlands to , do in the line of practical olvil service reform. CONQUKSSMAN SPKINOKU , the oppo nent of the bill , for the division of Da kota , has evidently withdrawn his ob- joctloiiH , and the pro.spquls for the nd- miBslon of that territory us two slates 03 soon as congress con vonos after the holidays , are favorable. Dakota , in comparison with the other territories clamoring for admission , stands head and shoulders above them. In popula tion nnd In material prosperity the growth of Dakota has been phenomenal. The territory 1ms increased her popula tion since 1850 almost six fold , At that time the census gave Dakota a ponulutlon of one hundred and thirty five thousand. This year it is claimed to bo six hundred thousand. The prop erty valuation according to the assess ment roll U put at one hundred and sixty millions , while the actual wealth is three hundred millions , Utah , with its estimated population of two hundred thousand , has a property valuation of but fifty millions. Washington , with ita population of one hundred and seventy thousand , hasnn assessed prop erty valuation of forty-five millions , while Wyoming , with Its sixty thous- ( luid people , has an assessment property roll of twonty-dVo millions. WOT VERY F7MAT/C. Tnn OMAHA Hun is quite frantic In Its efforts to clofent the re-olcctlon of Senator Manilerson , but thli is probably the best evidence on record of the general's strength nnd iwpulnrity with the people. Lincoln Journal. This \3 \ n startling revelation , espe cially when it comes served up through the JleintbUcnn under the caption , "It is the Will of the People. " If TillUIK : has made frantic efforts to "defeat the re-election of General Mnndorson , " its readers have not been taken into the secret. The only frantic effort TIIK Dm : has made in the senatorial campaign so fur has been to restrain its temper nmd main tain a strict neutrality. Up to this hour Tliu HKK has not laid n straw in Senator Mnnderson's way , IJc has been treated courteously and his true friends have no reason to com plain of nny ill-treatment on our part. Senator Mumlcrcon has a largo monied interest in an organ which has sounded his praises dny in and day out. Unless the receiver recently appointed by the court turns his back on the senator wo cannot conceive what benefit ho would derive by enlisting Tin : HKK in his cause. On the contrary , the quotation wo made from the Lincoln Journal af fords striking proof that the support of THIC HKK would have brought on a stampede of his followers. This danger to the senator has boon manifest from the outset of the cam paign when .John M. Tlutrston cntorod the lists for him , and gave the keynote to the railroad faction nil atoni ? the lino. It was not expected nor desirable that Tin : HICK should fall in witu this following , and it lias conscientiously kept aloof. It has not meddled witli the "will of the people , " but it feels ag gravated to bo taken to task for not meddling. If the organs of the Burlington road and the Union Pacific road keep on prodding THK BKB because of its refusal to join the procession headed by the Thurstons , the Cadet Taylors , the Geres , the Vandervoorts , and that ilk of patriots it may have to tear the mask oil' the Pharisees and expose their ar rant double-dealing nnd detestable hypocrisy. If SenatorManderson isde- fcatcd for re-election it will not bo through the frantic efforts of TllK DUE , which has no interest to subserve in op posing him , but it will bo through the treachery of loud-mouthed friends. TI1R SOUTH IX TllK UAIllXKT. The understood desire of General Harrison to have a representative re publican of the south in his cabinet will doubtless meet with no objection. The wisdom of his selecting one of his ad visors in the administration from that section is certainly defensible on the general ground of strengthening repub lican sentiment and zeal in the south. If the next administration is to exert any influence upon the politics of that section it will bo important that it shall have in its councils a representative republican who is thoroughly in formed ' what is regai'ding neces sary to bo done , and who can command the respect and confidence of the party in thu south. If the adminis tration should attempt to frame a policy for advancing the cause of the republican party in the south upon the representa tions and demands of all the politicians that will seek its attention , it must in evitably encounter much perplexity and very likely failure. But it is obviously desirable on other than political grounds that the south shall be repre sented in the administration , and it is very likely these , with a sense of justice to a largo section of the country , which chiolly influence General Harrison in the dc- sire to select a cabinet of ficer from . the south. His evident wish is to make his administra tion thoroughly national in character and policy , and it would bo a drawback to such a purpose not to have in it a representative of the south. It is possible that ho may not bo nblo to easily find tno proper man. There are many republicans in the south who are qualified to occupy u. place in the cabinet , but who of them is there that is a leader without factional objection ? Pol-Imps Got ! , of West Virginia , is as free from this objection as any one , but would his appointment quite answer the demand for n representative south ern republican ? Thorn are several good men among the eighteen repub lican congressmen from the southern states , but none of these can bo taken out of congress with the small majority that the party will have thoro. Ma- hone can hardly bo deemed a possibil ity , since his presence in the adminis tration would give olTense to many northern republicans and do more harm than good to the party in the south. The man for the place should bo n thorough republican , with no factional quarrel in hand and who will merit general confidence. The number of such on the south is not largo , but doubtless one can bo found if wanted. A iiEAssunrxa PROMISE. The revised railroad rates which are to go into effect at the beginning of the now year have been agreed upon by the presidents of nearly nil the trunk lines in the uost. The assurance that future readjustments which may bo found de sirable or necessary will bo attended to by these ofllcials , will go far toward checking exhaustive rnto wars which have unsettled commercial values and crippled railway investors. It is an en tirely gratifying uircumstanco that the railway presidents have boon brought to a sense of their duty in this matter. The investigations of the Inter-state commission recently conducted ut Chicago cage , disclosed the fact that the rail way presidents know very little of the details of the business under their con trol. The methods by which the law has boon evaded or violated , and numerous - morous evils and irregularities Intro duced and perpetuated , were largely the work of subordinates , of which the presidents know little or nothicg , Tralllo manitgora wore allowed to shape policies , make rates , and doothor things with a freedom that ren dered contention and controversy inevitable , and made impossible sta bility and permanence in the business relations of the roads. The proposed change contemplates n more thorough nnd vigilant supervision by the res ponsible head of ench railway. II honestly carried out it means thai freight agents nnd others are not to be Dortnittcd to do as they plcnso in their respective departments , cutting rates at will , practicing all sorts of discrimi nations , nnd keeping faith with nobody. H is a decision of the men who repre sent the stockholders and investors in railroad property to perform the obvious duties of their position , in ordei that such property shall not bo at the mercy of the reckless or the un scrupulous. These railroad presidents uniformly charge most of the existing difficulties to the dishonesty and faith lessness of subordinates. No such ex cuse will bcrvo thorn heroaftor. It remains to bo si-en whether or not these railroad officers nro honest in their professions , and meanwhile public attention must not be removed from thorn. The coming year may bring a most material improvement in the rail road situation in this country if the policy promised by the chief officials o ! the roads is faithfully carried out. A TIMKLV Now is the time for the bricklayers , masons , stonecutters and mechanics engaged in building trades to confer together and if possible , fix ti scale that will be satisfactory to contractors nnd builders for the coining year. The disasters of building strikes \vhich \ almost always result from a lack of harmony botwcon building mechan ics nnd contractors can and should be forestalled. Huilding miilerial an tl especially bride will be abundant for use.in the early spring. Nothing is in the way of an active building season if the wngo scale which is to govern the building trades during the coming year can bo matured and agreed upon this winter. This should be done within the next thirty days. It takes boveral months of preparation to draw plans for any coed building. Hut no capitalist will venture to order plans until lie can have a fair estimate of its cost. No architect can bo ex pected to iniilce a reliable estimate until ho knows the average wages that will bo paid during the season. THK recommendations of the charter committee to s > top reckless expenditure through the creation of overlaps will commend its-elf to our citizens. It makes councilmen voting to incur any liability in excess of the amount fixed by law , and the mayor approving the same , personally liable for the over lap. The committee's amendment more over provides that such an obligation or debt shall bo prim a iacio evidence of malfcannnco in office , for which such councilmen and mayor may be im peached and removed , from ollico. The incorporation of this recommendation into the charter would prove a check to recklessness and jobbery. The pres ent section of the charter on the subject provides that no money shall bo paid out by the city except in pursuance of a specific appropriation made for that purpose by ordinance , and no debt shall bo created in excess of the amount limited. This is manifestly weak. The penalty for creating overlaps as now provided .makes the bond of u council man liable for unlawful excess. This is evidently insufficient protection for the city. The present clause of the charter has been ignored by the council in cre ating1 overlaps , and for all practical purposes is a dead letter. The proposed amendment together with the limita tions to bo imposed upon the council in confessing judgment and paying unlaw ful claims out of the judgment would bean an insurmountable barrier against ex travagance and reckless waste of the taxpayers' money. BUILDINO INSPKCTOH WlIITI-OCK TO- quests the charter committee to raise his salary , which is now only one hun dred nnd fifty dollars per month. Mr. \Vhitlock says his present salary is in sufficient to entertain visitors and friends in accordance with his position , The charter committee seem to bo of the opinion that a building inspector could do bettor for the public if he would skip all places where refresh ments are served for officials and strangers. Tin- : decision of the secretary of the Interior has rightfully restored several thousand acres of rich agricultural lands in Oregon to the public domain. The swamp land scheme to despoil the government of valuable tracts of land was from the first a clover swindle en gineered by the state officers to enrich interested parties. OTIlEll LAS US 'I'll AS Fnlthful to the English policy of investing capital unywhcro else than in England u syndicate of moneyed man , presided over by Lord Donouglimoro proposes to redintegrate Peruvian ilnnncinl tilTnlrs by reviving that era of Industrial progress which was inter rupted b.v the fatal conflict with Chill , The minister of Peruvian llnnnco nnd the com missioners appointed to represent the syndi cate and the long sufTcrlng bondholders mu tually Binned a rough draft of the contract by which oaoh party binds itself to do cer tain tilings. Something in this contract , It Is not known what , gave umbrage to ( Jhtli , and n request was transmitted to Peru that a change should bo mado. This was some- tliin- , ' which the minister of finance wits most unwilling to do for two reasons. In the first place his pride as a Peruvian was hurt that Chill should attempt to dlctata In a matter that did not concern - corn her directly and concerned her Indirectly to uu insignificant extent. Secondly ho was morally certain that if the change was made , the Peruvian chambers would reject it. Under thcso circumstances ho communicated his dllomma to the Hrltish legation at Lima , und the minister sent u dispatch to the English foreign onlco. The answer came back that the English govern ment would not tolerate any Irrelevant ob jection on the part of Chill. This is very spirited language , but It cannot bo bacuod up , for when It comes to n question of ships and guns in the south Pacllie , Chili and not England rules the waves. His to bo hoped that the Chilians will bo as merciful as they are strong , and not Interpose objections to the Uonoughmoro contract simply for the purpose of keeping Porn In the dust where she 1ms been lying so long , Chill can well alTord to Imitate the dlguiliod attitude of the United Slates , to whom u short month ago 1'eru uhosoto be very concise and laconic , nnd Insulting. Peru's weakness is her best protection. The Callfornlans nnd'tho Australians have rejected thu Chinese after a full trial of them , nnd no ono can doubt their full Justin- cation. It was believed , however , that U would bo impossible to keep tlioin out of the United plates , as they could easily smuggle themselves across the long Canadian and Mexican frontier's. Clnnn isjiin over-peopled country , nnd thousands of them must emi grate every year or starve. Therefore , it seemed Inevitable that they would still pour Into this country in spite of the law ngalnst them. Hut a new door has been opened In place of the one Justeloscd , and it will bo In teresting to wntch how they will faro In their new habitat. Umsln hus opened southern Siberia to the Chinaman , and ten thousand coolies have been promised work on the new railroad that Is to connect Klachtn on nn nniuent of Lnko IJnlknt with Viadivosstock on the Pacific ocean. Many p.irts of southern Siberia are capable of being highly developed , particularly in the Haiknl region. Kiachtu la well-known to the Chi nese of the north , for It is the frontier town where they carried their goods for sale and barter. They crossed the Desert of Gobi on dromedaries , but this system was becoming insupportable and Impracticable ns the trade developed , und the railroad is to take its place. Doubtless many of the Chinese will settle down contentedly in southern Siberia nml make It their home , ns 11 is almost their own land. And it may bo that .under an autocratic government they will ba better behaved than in the states whose freedom was too much for thorn. * * * Whilst English news agencies nro fabricat ing the most obvious falsehoods with regard to Stanley's whereabouts , King Leopold of Helgtum has taken the matter to heart , and has shown more agitation and sorrow than kings are in the habit of feeling when any one of their agents comes to grief on their business. It was always surmised that Stanley would not have accepted the com mission to relieve ICiitln Key , If it had not been his intention to do something in the in terest of the Congo slate of which Leopold Is the founder. What that something was is not known. Hut Leopold has shown real grief , as if blaming himself for the misfor tune whieli has befallen Stanley. Thin king of the bravo Belgians is n wonderful fellow , very queer , an undeniable ernnk , nml .vet possessing sound , good sense , lie uses his royal privilege of doing what he likes by going bareheaded on all possible oppor tunities , which is thu reverse of ItiiiRs generally , for they keep their hats on whilst all the rest of the crowd around then nro reverently uncovorod. Some may thlnti that thu Iting N Inclined to be baldhcaded and does this to preserve his hair , but the fact is that ho hus a strong aversion to a cold m the headand believes that this ma.v he averted by accustoming his unprotected nod die to weather at all times. He has spent very large sums over his west Africa state , nm : probably would have reaped considerable benclit from his venture hnd it not been for the outbreak of the mahdi. Tilings look gloomy lor Leopoldyille now , for the ivory comes from the regions around Albert Ny- nnza lake , and there can bo no doubt that this whole region is up in arms against the white men in Zanzibar both Gorman and English. It probably will be long years be fore ti-anquiiity is re-stored. The girls of A ] > hroifites' isle are being eriti cized very freely by a correspondent ii : Cyprus , of the Chicago Times. He cannot sec any beauty in them , but detects rescm- blenees in their physiognomy to the inmgc of Venus Aphrodite found by General Ui Ce- suola in his temple on the island. It is , says this correspondent , nil interesting fact that all tliu women of Cyprus except the most de cidedly ugly ones have the sauio contour to the nose as seen in the image of the goddess made Mi ) to 1XW ( years before the Christian era. And then he iitt.ielcs the characters of the poor things , and says that their want of beauty is caused by thenwnnt of virtue. It is the prevalent , belief that General Ii Ccanola never founllt ) statue of Aphrodite in Cyprus In nny tenfpjq , and the warfare be tween him and Man's Feunrdcnt'which so thrilled New York , was based on that pceu liar fact. Di Ccsnolii DcliRvect that a small statuette of a feinalb mttlllod up in garments obviously fashioned by tjie milliners of a eold country , with long loose sleeve like those that Chinese nnd Japanese ladies weep in , was Aphrodite , nnd he was continued in this view by the fact that'slie ' hold pressed against her side a mirror shjitliir'to these manufac tured of bronze -"by both Piuunieiiins and Etruscans. Feunrde'nt said that this was a statuette of the goddess "Elpis , and volun teered to make an aflldavit to that effect , and ho charged that 1)1 Cesnola had employed a workman .to carve the mirror out of the abundance of the lady's robo. IJi Cesnola declared that this was a fabricated lie , and microscopical investigation showed that the stone hud been untouched for thousands of years. 13ut its position also showed that in the remote past , nites before Uomulus and Kctmis were suckled b.v the she wolf , the mirror had been added. Xo one has ever dis covered who Elpis was , nnd why Feuardent knew that tillswas , a statuette of her. Hut this is the only statue of Aphrodite that Di Ces nola found , 'and ns tlie nose is decidedly chipped , the resemblance that the correspon dent found must bo largely the cveaturo of his imagination. * * * For the first time in his long career an nn heir apparent , the prince ofValos is under a cloud of unpopularity. Ho who is colonel of so many regiments and has worn so many uniforms gracefully and uncomplainingly , has found ono of them too much for him , und has resigned his command , nnd possibly given uwa.y that particular uniform to his valet. Ho .was captain general of the An cient and Honorable Artillery of the City of London , which was originally nn archer or ganization , but did not disband when bows were broken and arrows Hung nway , simply yielding to the inevitable nnd adopting match locks nnd calivcrs. When these had become old-fnshionod and were succeeded by the nrquebuss , the London artillery company adopted the arquebuss. The day came when the arquobuss was superseded by the musket nnd the London nrtlllery armed themselves promptly with muskets. Following the American idea of the rlllo , the Hritl sli army chiefs furnished their soldiery with Enlleld rifles , and tliu London artillery promptly repudiated Brown Has * and pre sented arms with the Enlicld. Lastly came the days of the Martini-Henry and the Sharp , and the London artillery havo.hand led both. Hut did the London artillery ever go forth to baitloI Not precisely ; that is not for some tiuio past. They distinguished themselves highly in the middle of the sev enteenth century , and under the leading of Fairfax and Cromwell wiped the floor with some of the liing's choicest troops. Slneo the coming In of the Protestant suooossion they have not < lone any lighting , in the present tlmo these bold artillerymen nro rich bankers , brokers and merchants , and they never even fire off their guns. Public opinion for the moment Is swayed against thu princu by the moneyed men of Lombard nnd Threnduoodlo streets , but the whole of the volunteer corps , nnd the militia , nnd the regular nrmy nro tickled to death over his action. The organisation is a farce , and in days like thesu when the battle of Dorking looms nearer , nnd darker , and deadlier than over , its disbanding would bo n public ser vice. * In this column last iyeok it was stated that the news about. Stanley from Zanzibar was obviously manufactured , imd that this cast u doubt upon the simultaneous news from West Africa. A dny or two ngo the London Telegraph , t > y far thu nblcst and the most trustworthy of the English dally papers , mbllshed a dispatch from Zanzibar to tlio effect that all reports' ' r < Jai that place with regard to btanloy anil ( o Emln Hey were ub- sokitoly untrustworthy , .and that nothing was known of thorn , It MS difllcult to com- irehcnd how news from the Aruwiml could -ot to the Lower Cotiito unless Stanley him self brought it. The communication be- Cwcon Ynmbugn on the Aruwlmi and Leopoldville - oldvillo on Stanley Pool Is not regular ; nor do boats ascend the Congo to tliu mouth of .ho Aruwimi unless there Is a reason for It , Iho most reasonable coujeoturo about the nattor is that Stanley , having arrived nt Wndolnl. and having found that Emin Hey was likely to be hard pressed for the military stores which bo left behind nt Ynmbuga un. dor charge of Bartholot.sont runners to hurry ilm up , und that thesa having arrived in the Aruwlmi region , n ruinor nrose that Stanley was thoro. Hut if Stanley had left Emm Joy , ho would himself have been the bearer of his own news. A moment's thought will show that Stanley would not nnd could not envo Emlu Hoy. Ho is , or was , If ho Is dead , u very bravo man , and loyal to the ooro. Ho sot out to relieve Emln Hey , nnd hrough the treachery of Tippu Tib was com- lulled to leave boulud him the stores whlcU hnd become nbsolutoJy nccessnry for Emln Hoy's safety , for his men had guns without cartridge * . Ho trusted that Hartholot would get porters nnd would bo nble to follow him without much lost of time , but ns wo know , Hnrthelot wns murdered , and this rear guard abandoned the expedition. In-thlswn.v Stan ley wns unable to relieve Emm Hey , nnd was compelled to share his fato. It is exceed ingly probable Hint Osimin Dignn's story is nbsolutely true , for the Khedive's letUir to Emln Hey , which formed Stanley's ere < li n- ttals , was recognized ns authentic b.v Gen eral Oronfoll , who command' nt Sunklin for the Khedive , nnd who himself drafted the letter. * * * The gentlemen connected with the Nlca- raguan eannl enterprise nro Jubilant about tin. ' collapse of the Panama scheme , nnd some of them hnve boon interviewed by the me tropolitan press , and have spakon with n freedom which was Impossible so long ns there wns nny pJsHlblllty of further belief In thu rival undertaking. Hut it Is manifest thatall the reports that have boon circulated so audaciously about the continuance of the works nro merely efforts of spoc'UlntOM to give the shares n transitory loom to onnblo them to iut out. It U certain that thu French government will not nssutno any responsi bility because the nation Is in the throes of Ilnnncinl dilll-'itlty and cannot spare n franc from the expenses of the army. The minis try are , therefore , exceedingly glad that they nro nbli1 to shield thomsi-lvi's under n pro fessed reluctance to net agninst the Monroe doctrine. The Hoods in the isthmus of Pan- nma have been terrible recently , and thu Chagres river has , ns usual , lllled with de tritus , thojcanal excavations , In fact , it Is clear to the merest tyro In engineering that the work at Pnnuiim is labor lost. Thu Nicaragua men say that they will begin work next spring , nnd that it will bo pushed with tlio utmost rapidity , it is an nugnry of sue- eons that they propose to commence with the hardest lot of nil , n rock cutting of three miles. A railway will be laid down from Ui-eytown on the Atlantic to this spot , nnd the rock when excavated b.v blasting will bo carried eastward for thu eonk'inplntcd breakwater nt Oireytown , and westward to the big dam for Hacking up tlio San Carlos river , the out lot of the waters of Lake Nicaragua. These are the two big Jobs on Nlcnragim canal , nnd they will Do tnckled In a resolute American spirit without nny boast ing or bravado , or nny pulling paid for b.v finance agents. Success is nbsolutely cer tain , not only in nn engineering point of view , out linnnelall.v. Interesting .News Notes. Congressman Perry , of Helmont , O. , has been appointed American ministerat Madrid. Not. si > Plain ns It Appear. * , In polities the great problem is how to put n twenty-foot elephant In u ten-foot caninet without splintering the doors or raising .the roof. And yet that's n HIaine proposition. Good Time For lmk. I'liiruya AVlCJ. The unmarried young men who have thus fnr escaped the pitfalls of leap year arc be ginning to come out of their hiding places. Ovcrconiidence having made them careless , this week is a good time to go gunning for them , In the .Soup. San fniHftnco j\iiimiuut \ , The slang expression ' 'in the soup , " seems to have n remoter origin than that given bv the several newspapers. In "Les Miscra- bles , " Vol. HI , on "The Oauiin , " Vic tor Hugo says : "The Gamin points out the guillotine nad calls it * * * * end of the soup. " Not KVCII Rood I''or Wnste 1'upcr. ( 'litcauu A'dft. Tlio gloomy reports concerning railway se curities whieli are heard on every hand uro said to have made the vato paper dealers very cautious. It is understood that they now examine all purchases very carefully to prevent evil-minded persons from selling them railway stock certificates by the pound. ICol'oi-ni Needed in Chtcttii'i ' lleralil. This nation needs two volumes like the "Compendium of the Tenth Census. " More than that is a waste of time and money. More than that is undemocratic , and con duces only to the engrossing and forestalling of products by scoundrels. To be printing the census of 1SSO in 18SS disgraces the most ignorant inhabitant. It should make the in telligent legislator turn starlet to think of it. One UCUHDII orjlnilroitd Abuses. Ceniwicrefnl Ilullctln. Tlio fact is that railroad abuses and losses to investors are largely due to the failure of security-holders to assert their rights , and urc still more largely duo to the failure of lead ing ofllcials to perform their duties and to exact obedient n"d faithful service from their subordinates. Reforms in railroad management can only bo secured by the more faithful nnd elllcient discharge by the responsible parties of the duties confided to thorn. _ Jj/Uitm NOTES. Bakers in Chicago are now required bylaw to Htiinip the weight nnd their names on every loaf of bread. There is n house in Atlanta , On. , made en tirely of paper , "from turret to foundation Btono , " No other material is used in its con struction. A writer on trades unions nnd strikes says that thonppaivnt outcome of n strike is fre quently no indication of its real effect. "Ai > unsuccessful strike often succeeds , " ho writes , "while n foolish strike may prevent n raise of wages. " The largest nnd heaviest building stone over quarried in England wns recently cut out from the Pilkington quarry , Norwich , It is in one piece , without crack or Haw , nnd weighs over thirty-live tons. It is llftcen feet long , six feet high nnd five feet vndo. The extraction of oil from wood is "becom ing nn important industry in Sweden. Even tlio stumps nnd roots of trees are utilized nnd subjected to methods of treatment by which , jt is said , not only 'rood ' oil but nlso turpen tine , creosote , acid of vinegar , charcoal und tar nro produced , The Now York assembly numbers 123 mem bers , nniong whom there nro lifteen farmers , ono eignrmalcor , ono tanner , one hat manu facturer , one street ear conductor , two shoo dealers , two carpenters , ono steam litter , ono iron founder , thrco clerks , three editors nnd three undertakers , The other mombcrti nro lawyers , merchants or doctors. Sunday labor 1ms boon greatly Increasing during tlio last few years. In the city of New York alone there uro fully 100OOJ men and women who work every Sunday nt their trades or vocations. . A religious organization there Is trying to prevent tlio growth of this encroachment upon ttm day of rest , und it has already begun its work with the cigar- makers. STATK AND TTJIUUTOHY. Jottings. The Tccnmseh canning factory Is putting in tlio winter grinding feed , A petition has been prepared for n now ; ledge of Knights of Pythias at Beatrice , . The II. & M. tlyec is to stop ut Crete after . January 1 , und the people of that plucu are happy in consequence. A now bank has boon organized nt Kear ney to bo known as the City National , and > officers have been elected. . Benjamin Aviso , or Nordcn , has become violently Insane through loss of sleep nnd worry in caring for ono of his children , which was sick with diphtheria , The Norfolk papers claim tliat the sale of an addition to that city last Wednesday , for $100,000 , wns "tho biggest real estate deal over consummated i north Nebraska , " A Koy.i Palm county man hung up his stockings on Christmas eve , und while nu did not llnd anything in thorn In the morning ho did not regret his uction. The airing did thorn good , Fifty-four horsemen , with n pack of hounds , indulged in a grand rabbit hunt at Shlckley and managed to catoh four of the animals , ono valuable dog having his leg broken during the excitement. W. H. Hartlett , publisher of the Campbell . Press , celebrated Christmas b.v committing matrimony , the bride being Miss Hattie K Orr , of Blue Hill. The happy couple wil bo at homo nt Campbell nfter Janunry 1. At n recent meeting the olty council o Stfbmsbtirg passed ii very stringent ordl nnnco quarantining the city nnd forbidding nil public meetings , nnd closing the schools on account of scurlol fever. Some of the good people didn't propose to obey the ordl nance , nnd opened up their rhuivh on Sun day , nml the result wns that on Monday Kov Olnnger , vustor of the Baptist i-hnroli , wns nrrested nnd brought before .ludgo Llnd strom , nnd lined fcM. He refused to pay his line nnd went to the enlnbooso for n day nm n half , but wns then pardoned out by Mayor Hcadstrom nnd the line remitted except f I. tmvn. The revival meeting in progress nt Wood bine hns resulted in sixty-four conversions , It Is said that one of the belles ot Carroll found n piano in her stocking Christmas niorniin ? . A Clinton special says It is generally be lieved that there ore about forty saloons In Hie city. The stone pllo lias Imit n healthy effect on trnmpsnt Mnrshalltown and policemen say tlie.v cmi'l get within n block ot one. Oska'oosa has "holes in the ground which are realities. At least Sheritr Smltli dug up three gallons of the contraband. Klulmrd Williams , nged eighty-eight years , the oldest Inmate of the soldiers' home , died , last Tuesday night. He came from Johnson county. A gang ot burglars cracked the safe in Neweomb's dry goods store in Cedar Kapids , hist Monday night , and sectred ! $200 in currency nnd n largo number of linger rings. The stnto council of the Catholic Knight ; of America will meet in les Molnes. .Inmmr.v 8. Arrangements have been mnilo for head quarters of the council nt the Aborn house. Kev. W. A. Pratt , of Cedar Rapids , no ccpts the invitation extended by the On/otto to thu pulpits of the city to preach upon thu Uicmc , "Can n man with n family work for fJlO n month and be n Christian } " Secretary SlmlTor is at work averaging the yield per acre of the Iowa crops. The uvor- erage yield of corn , ho says , isI1'4 ' bushels per ncre. Thu nvorago is obtained Irom two sources , the county reports and the reports of thu regular crop reporters of the agricul tural society , Dnlcota. A new bank is to bo established soon at Kupid City. One of the wants of DcnJwooil is a lire bell , to weigh nt least 2iHU ) pounds. A fanner jiving near Miller planted forty acres of spring wheat last week. A G. A. ! { . post will be organized by the soldiers livinir in La Grace and vicinity. There is said to bo n man In Faulkton who recently whipped liis little seven-year-old boy into insensibility. Thu seminary at Plnnkinton is in n flour ishing condition. Students have beun turned awny on account of n lack of accommoda tions. C. .T. Cotter , of Elkton , has challenged O. II. Smith , thu champion heavyweight of Da kota , to light for $30 n side and u percentage of the gale receipts. The Dendwood Pioneer reminds the super intendent of the street railway that there is in the intcr-slntc , law nothing - commerce pro hibiting the issuing of "annuals" to news papers. The base ball season hasn't ended in Da kota yet. MeCormie's Blues and Bayard's Heds played n game of base ball at Fargo last Tuesday. At the end of the fourteenth inning each Hide hnd scored one run , and darkness made the game a draw. Winfrcd has n horse importing company , lately organized , that received its Jirst car load of imported horses last week. The company is composed of E. .G. Kice , presi dent ; F. A. Hico , secretary , nnd C. A. Duel , treasurer , till of Winfred. FAIR , SUXXY ITAliY. IJcv. AV. .F. Har.slm'H lcttmv on the Art Gallery of the World. A fair-sized nudiencc of refined and well- dressed people greeted' the Kov. Mr. Barslia Thursday evening nt the Hoyd opera house , kindly offered gratis by the proprietor , in aid of the Women's Christian association. The uttrnc- tion was Kev. W. .1. Haralia ami his lecture , "Leisure Days in Italy. " Thu Union Pacific band , which also volun teered its services , discoursed some of its choicest selections , botli outside and in the hull. hull.Dean Dean Gardner of Trinity cathedral , in n short nnd felicitous speech , in the name of the W. C. A. , thanked ail for their presence , and paid an earnest tribute to the activity nnd zeal of Mr. Harshsi in nil good works. "I shape myself to idleness and tnlto fools pleasures. " George Elliot. "How much a dunce who has been sent to Home , excels n dunce who has remained nt home. " Such were the opening remarks of the speaker , who , nt first , seemed somowhnt em barrassed , us "a fish out of water and a monk out of his coll. " might be. The theatre is not ns the church to n preacher , oven ns "Our Own Mary" hesitates to bo bridesmaid at her brother's forthcoming mnrringo. Genoa was the starting point of the lec turer on Italy. Us unique cemetery , the prison of St. Andrea , the autograph of Christopher - tophor Columbus In his own nutiva city , nml , 1 b.v the way , tlio plaeo wlfero n great Irish man. Daniel O'Conncll , died ; where WyehofT , n friend of Edwin Forrest , met with n sad ronmnce.und ninny oilier interest ing events touched upon. Hero n digression wns imide , and , for soiiio time , the audience wandered in thought through many places in Switzerland. They returned through tit. Gotliurd , that monument ment to the genius of Louis Fabre. A long extract was read from Charles Dickens do- scriplivu of the scenery in tlio vicinity. Next they H topped in Milan , and were treated to n humorous description of n Mila nese hotel porter and n eabmnn. Thu portraits traits would serve for typos of most Italians of thnsu classes , A pathetio porlniituro of u poor cobbler asking the spcalrer if ho had met his son in America , who had been for twclvo years in Chill , was next given , The merry-making Milanese , the Italian hurry , "A niilo un hour , " tlio flno shops witli large windows , the cathedral were rap idly sketched. Thu plcnsnntest memory of Milan was that of its great saint , San Carlo Horromeo , entombed in tliu great Gothic cathedral. "I honor his memory for his sterling worth. Ho was u great good man , \ the founder of Sunday schools , the reformer of tlio clorgy. " Two monuments pleased tlio speaker , ono the resurrection of n young man from the tomb , the other u widow with n nursing child nt her breast. A glide was then taken along the rail through the marshes Into Vomco. No none of cab or cabby , no trucks , no bustling hur rying , pushing , but quietly the dcscoiit was mndo on the long marble that stretches out ulong the Laguno from the Kinlto. AH ijuletly they untorcd the cushioned gondola , " Lhosn bind : hoari.es of Venice , and quiulily ; Iho skillful oar of Iho gondolier brought \ them through n black watorwuy nmldst the Iwollings of the poor , n short route to the liotel. Tills backway called to mind the Hig Muddy when It leaves her own bed , when ilio wants to get into the beds of thu denizens 3f Council Hlulfs. Next they listened 10 a band of 200 pieces , Maying as only Italians do play , in ilio Pla/za San Marco Titian's home , . ho homo of the "Merchant of Venice , " ' jrmging back to mind Shyloek nnd Portia , .ho Uiullo with its duns , when Venice wu .ho mistress of the seas , nml all Hint liuskin mil Hyron und Shelly nnd hosts of others lave written and sung of her lovlinoss. Tliu jatbsof Tide , the blue Adriatic , the Hridgu f Sighs nnd n thousand other thoughts rowdcd the mind. Turning baeksj on Venice they alight in Florence. And hero the lecturer oxcluimetl , 'How shall wo commence to tell her Klory , o name her pools , her painters , Irer Boulp- e-rsi" Michael Angela and Dante , Snvonn- oln nnd Lorenzo do Medici , Quolph and Ihlbcllino , Komola and Tito , thu Ijuoino of " jhlotto , the PittI Palace , with its Venus du ) ilediei , the Marble Faun , its thousands of wriralts , and the old brldgo over the Arne , in winch Michael Angelo Cant and Hentrluo londorcd , Thu urtlden , ho said , wa-j blended Into the ivcryday life of the Florontino. No wonder ho rich und cultured American loves Florence. The very children of thu streets ire urtlsts. "Omaha hns nn art gallery , " ho continued , n nonument to Its noblo-huui-ted founder , r .ud uU work will knit Itself Into the lives of the coming tlon * of the great nnd growing cltjv "Men of wealth , his Is nn example to b < j praised nnd copied , lor the deeds uiou do , shnli Hvo after them. " Patient , sweet-tempered , poetic , bUclc eyed Florentine , In every fragment ot youtf fnllen temples , in every nook of your nticlcnt city , poetry nnd music nml nrt make thelt liomo. Fair , sunny Italy , thou garden of tN world , thy very weeds nro beautiful , thy charms can never be effaced. " VIS INVESTIGATION , An Uneventful Series of 15sntiilnn < lldllH. The legislative contest wns resumed yostec dny morning In the examination of witnesses for the contestecs. J. M. Wolf , publisher of the Omaha direc tory , testified that tlio population of OmSli.t m IS I wns .19,710. In ' 37 it was M.710 , ami In 'S3 121,113. I make my estimate by tlia names I get for my directory , 1 multiply these names by three , When Mr. Wolf , In eross-OMimtnntlon , wn nsked if Omnlm's great growth did not oecut between 'SO niid'S * rather than ' ! J7 and ' * 3 , ha was Instructed not to answer by Mr. Smyth , nnd refused to answer. James Henderson testilloil : f wns one o ! the Judgcsof the Second district of the First wnrd nt the lute election. I was sworn in bv thu county elork. 1 swore in the other Judges und clerks. They signed to the oath in thu ( Mil-hooks. 1 did not sign the Jurat , ns t thought m.v certillcato wns sullleiont I re turned this certlleatu with the poll-book. \ \ e used tally-shoots. They worn put Into the box ami returned. They contained a correct return of nil the votes. All votes were properly credited to each i-inuluiate. There wns no dispute among tlio Judges ns to making thu return. Cnrn-e.Miinlncd I nm u democrat. I was onuof the regulnrly appointed judges. I was the only one who appeared at the polls election morning. The vacancies were illicit bv the bystanders. McCaffrey judge , Jensen - son judge , nnd Davilt and Hitter were Iho clerks clumen all democrats , I received tliu votes all day. Mr. Henderson refused to answer the question as to how much beer was sent in to the Judges mm clerks on In structions Irom Mr. Smyth. Mr , Mercer had his protest ngalnst this instructing of wit * nesses nntoil. Question If another name thnn your own nsrfitlaehed to tlio Jurat on the poll-books would yon say thnl thu poli-boolc had been tampered with I Thu witness refused to nnswcr , although. Instructed to b.v the notaries. Ills attorney insisted that thu witness should not nnswor. Question How did you uttaoh your Jurat I Answer I was nailed upon up at the court honso during tliu canvass of tlio votes to at- ' Inch my signature , and t wrote my mime to both boulis. County Clerk lioeho testified that the rn- turns from tlio Second district of thu Fourth ward weru in n bad condition. That tlio liallots were Just dumped promiscuously into thu box. K < l Wolcott in Colorado. "I noticed with interest , " said n Colorado statesman Tnursilay evening , "tha editorial note m Tin : liii : regarding ho Colorado senatorial contest and Cd Woleott's loss of strength. You are evidently on to thu racket. Wol cott is losing every day. Hollas been play , ng a great game of binIV and is about to lave his hmid called. Hois not yet n winner jy n long chalk anil the ilraw is likely to cave him a loser. ' The Colorado senatorial light is iroing to ) c mighty interesting. It is u close call ilready. Bowen , Tabor , Chilcott and Synmies are all candidates and Wolcott has suddenly discovered that ho hasn't thu thirty hrco votes needed to make n majority. The inrlington road , which has beun backing lim , is as scared us its attorney. Tabor , who las plenty of money and more ambi- ion , has divided the Arapahou onnty delegation. Chilcott has a irood ollowing in South Colorado , and Bowen lolds u good position ns the second choice of everyone and the llr.st choice of n good mi- leas. lie lias made no antagonisms mis icpt his month Mint , anil is now on Iho round watching the contest from a personal itandpoinl. Bowcn's suceuss In passing tliu Junver mint bill will help him considerably , lo has been n hard worker for Colorado in- erests , ami that will count , too. He has t long personal friendships , nml his intimacy vith Senator Quay will not hurt him among fliccseekers. . "Wolcott is a bright young railroad attor- oy , but that tells the story. He has spent 100,000 already in the fight and is out of funds. The stories of his dissipation and his railroad connections aru hurling him all along the line. . " Hor.sford's Acid Phosphate For Abusu of Alcohol. It relieves thu depression therofrom. Hnllwny i A caboose on the H. & M. came In from the west heavily draped. U is in memory of HID brakcman that was killed near Lincoln sev eral days ago. Simon station , on the Kansas division of the Union Pacific , has been opened jointly with the Chicago , Kansas & Nebraska , witli J , E. McMahon ns agent. Oscar A. Olson , formerly in the general passenger depnrtinont of the Union Paoill'1 , lias been appointed secretary to .1. S. THi- bits , general passenger and lirk > > l agent , vice George Uopor. who lakes charge of the local car service of that road. \V. H. Dodilridge , recently promoted ti t'lo ' general managership trf thu St. Louis , Arlc- nnsas & Texiu ro.ul , camu into town last night nnd Introduced Ins successor , ( . ! M. Kathbun.as superintendent of this division of thu Missouri Pacific. Tliu hitler's huml- quarters will bj ; at Atelilson. PicturcB of the monster ice palace at Kt. Paul , to contluie from .innmir.v ill to Febru ary I , ornament tlm olllcu of Iho Chicago & Northwestern road. ECZEMA CAN DE CURED , Tim must iiKOiii/.lnir , Immtlintlnt , ' , . Kcaly.uiul bin nmtr Kozriiin * nrn ournil liy ilu > f 'nllcn fa Itemed ie-j when iihynic'laiiH and all older rum- cdlttH fall. Dlhavw bi-on allllotcd hlnco last March with a iKlndlscaso thu doctors culli-d Ktv.rmi. : iMyfm o ivns covcroil with scabs and t > orrfl , nnd thu lt 'h- \nu and IIIIIIIIIH ; wwo nlmi si iinbiMintblu hoi-- * ini'yoiir Cirni.i IIA HKMKIIII.M M > highly rui'oii" nondi'i ] , conrlinli-d to 'ivu tljein u trial , nil 14 no ( uncciiA HoAiM'xtfrimlly , nnd KCIDI.VI T ntiTiiully fur four iimnih . I cull myself < in'o I , 11 ( 'ratltudo for \vlllrli I make Ihlx nub Ir ta o Mi-lit. MIIH. r'lAIA ( A. I'UlJDIJIia'K. llroiid Ilruot , COUM. lOc/.oinu Three VourH Curc.d , CIITICUKA ltiuiun.s : : : lira thu 1'rc'uto.sl modi. lines on cartli , Hail the worst cu e of Suit tlietim In tills country. .My mother liad H Mfiity youra , and in fuel died fnuu It. 1 bolluvu "CTH'iniA would have Mived inr llfu. My itnns , r mst. nnd head weru r.ovijrod fnrllirro yBuro. \hlchnothluu rulluvu > l or cured until 1 UNOil 110 ( 'L'IICITICA ItUliOIi' KNT. .1. W. ADAMH , Kuwark , 0. lOc/.i-in i nn llaliy Unroll. My baby has beun troubled with Kczonia nn ilgracu , neck , litiad , tu.s. uuil entire ) body. Ho TOH on'i inasf of scabs , and \vu vorci olillijod to lolil.t liiuiils to prevent Ills nrrntclilnc. I hava P'int ( lollurs nn ruinodlos without Direct , but .Her uihiB one box Ci'iimu and ont < cakii of 'UTJIIIIA : Htui' tliKctdld IN entlri'ly t'litvd , 1 lannot than ! ; you enough for thi-ni. K W. IIHOWN. 13 Mull Bt. . Ilrooklyn , K. I ) . , N , V. on JlnnilH ( , 'nrod. Two years nnd u naif as" mlt Illionm brok in on my rliht ; hand. It ui'li"rel ( In whltn illhtern , uttuiiilnd by ttirrlblo Itchlne. mid rucl- ully Hjiruail until It covered the uiitlni bud : oC liu liiinil. Tliu ( lIxeiisunuM appeared on my lofC nnd. 1 tried tii.iny reiiiuiUuii , but could llnd 10 curu until I obtained thu ( Jirncuiu KKII- lili : , which uireclcd a xpuedv and porniutienC uro. JAMIW P. KIJAIINI'.V , yl U'ool Avenito , Detroit , Boldovpry lic-'o Prlu'iTJCin. : , We I OAI * , "ic. ; ltixnijVKriT : , * 1. Prepared by I ho I'OTTCU IIIII ( AMI ( 'IIIIMICAI. ( , ' ( ) . , IIOMT'IN , MASH 'Honil for "How to C'uic. . Hkln Dlsca-ic * . " 01 , [ JO lllUKlrattoai and lixi tuutlinonluht. Hkln mid xcalp preserved and bcautl- lied liy < I.THMWA MiinmATiiSo.M' : . " STBAIHS , PAINS In thu HOCK , Klduoys , lll | > . Blrtei , or I'lie-t rollovod lu ONK JIIMITK by thu . ri'Tii'Uii * ANTI PAIN I'liAhTiiit. Tin * t and only paln-killlug I'listfr. fiow , I ueoua , lut.illlblu , > ceuti.