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iTroMiiico this Jrd dnvof .luiitiarr IHW.
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HT wouldn't , bo n bad idea for the read-
dni , ' clerk of each branch of the legislature
Ito ilovoto llttoen minutes every morning
lo reading aloud Llic wtate constitution
llo members. Withu thorough knowledge
iOf our organic law , the members would
mot introduce one-fourth the bills , wob-
iibly , thitt they otherwise will push to : i
.Hucoud rniiding , to have them die in
committucH.
'Tiiosicvlio are liitorcsleil in the
growth of America's more-hunt marine
, will bo gratified to learn that within
; the past few months unusual activity
"liiis boon gotnir on in the various Kliip
ynrds.Vbilo It it hardly to bo ox-
.pccted that our shipping interests will
renuw their old-timo vigor , it ia pious-
ing to fool that the American merchant
marine is not going to decay.
witu her vast area of lauds ,
3ms no longer any publio domain. The
only lands on which dcttlors can liud a
Jioinestcad belong to the schools and *
asylums which have boon richly cn-
idowod with millions of acres. Tlio
truth is that Texas has acted like a
spendthrift with her patrimony. Her
aunds wore most livitmly dquundorcd
nnd to-day milliona of acres are in the
{ hands of syndicates and laud grabbers.
Tins Honorable Frank Roustabout
Jtforrissoy , who is busy trying to ride
; the two hor. os of Lincoln uorretipond-
lontoftho Jferuhl and * inombor of the
Pouglas dologntion , prints an editorial
purngrtvpli in the last issue of his paper
in which ho warns the republican con
testants from this county that each and1
every one of thorn arc to continue
counted out. Is the Honorable Frank
Roustabout Morrisscy speaking from
.inside railroad information ?
TUP bailer inspectors of the United
'States nnd Canada arc urging upon all
Btato legislatures the necessity of pabs-
itg | such laws for the inspection of
fltoam boilers and liconsingof engineers
us shall be doomed necessary for the
'protection of life and property. The
laws of Nebraska on the subjoin are 5n-
isutliciorit. and proper legislative atten
tion should bo directed to this matter
4n view of the exigency of the rapidly
( developing industrial condition of the
, etato. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THK storage electric cars which have
lioon in use on the streets of Now York
for soiiio time have given omiuent satis
faction. They are able to nmko throe
round trips of twelve miles each with
out a change of battory. But more im
provements are in view which will
nmko this system as economical at least
as horse power. When this is accom
plished all diincultics in successfully
operating electric street railways will
, lo ) removed. The opportunity should
jnot bo lost to give the electric storage
eystom a trial in Omaha.
Tin : efforts which members of the
Onvflha liar are making to raise the sal
aries ol the judges of the district court
is not likely to bo crowned with success
oven if the legislature bo invoked. The
salaried of such judges are tlxed at
twenty-live hundred dollars a year and
no judge of the district court is per
mitted to receive any ether compensa
tion. This is thu law dollnod in the con
stitution of the state. Unlcsa the ques
tion of salary bo made a constitutional
utnondrnont , the petition of the Omaha
Jjar to the legislature will be labor lobt.
Tins report that Charles Francis
Adams had resigned the presidency of
the Union Pacific road to become presi
dent of the tutor-state railway associa
tion , could not bo confirmed by the
local olllciala of the Union Paeitlc , hut
it was thought not to bo impossible that
Mr. Adams contemplated such u ntop.
It is very likely the report is prema
ture , for the rctiRon that the inter-state
association Is not an assured fact. The
assent of a number of roads has not
boon given. Should the arrango-
tjuent8 bo perfected , however ,
under conditions that would
IK not coniliot with the inter-state
law , it is quite probable that
Mr. Adams would bo invited to
( like the presidency , and doubtless no
potter selection could bo made. He
npssoflsca probably to as great a degree
iis any ether railroad president the con
fidence of railway managers and stock
holders , and his ability is unquestion
able. The chances of effecting the now
to bo favorable.
THK ATTACK O.V
Th < - altc-mpt that has boon made to
injure Attorney General LCPSO in popu
lar-regard by charging him with os-
IraviHjntiPo , violation of law. anil nepo
tism , does not spring from nn honest desire -
sire to correct existing evils and abuses
in ihe pnolir scrvlec of the state. It
roines , on the contrary , from the settled
purpo o of the enemies of real reform ,
tnlunve no ojmirtunlt.v unimproved to
depreciate , if possible , in public es
teem , the oflleiril who for four years has
fought bravelj and unlllneliinglj in the
interest of the people against corporate
aggression and oppression. All tlio
instinctive and inspired malice of the
"rcaturcs of corporate power is coii < r.i-
tratcd uion the attorney general. They
are united as one man to strike at him
whenever a chance shall offer and upon
any M > rt of pretext. That they are un
tiring and relentless is well under
stood , but public conlidence will not ho
withdrawn from the attorney general
so long as ho continues to laithfully
nnd fearlessly represent , as he has thus
far done , the interests of the people
and the rights of thestato.
Tin : Itii ; : has been foremost among
the papers of NVhraskti In demanding
tlio removal of every supernumerary
from the public service. It will , in the
future as well as in the past , advocate
rigid economy mil retrenchment in
each of the branches of the executive
department. Mut it will never choke
at a gnat while swallowing a camel.
The arrant hypocrisy of organs that
subsist on publio plunder , nnd the howl
of mercenary banditti that prowl in the
capitol lobby , over rcadj to prostitute
the noble profession of journalism to
tlio basest of end * , will receive no coun
tenance from reputable , fair-minded
moii. If Attorney General Loose has
Ulched money from the pookots of
Nebraska taxpayers by employing one
deputy at Mftuon huudroO a year and
ono shorthand clerk at one hundred
dollars a month , let the legislature take
him to task. Hut let them bear in mini1
that every attorney general from Trojan
Horse Uoberts down to General Dil-
worth has been permitted to employ as
sistance when needed in the discharge
of his duties. Under Governor Gar
bor's administration the state paid T.
M. Mnrquctto live thousand dollar * at
torney fees for one singjo cat-e which
Attorney General Uoberts had grossly
neglected. And reducing the force
when the broom of reform is sot in mo
tion , don't stop in theattornov yer.onil's
oltlco. If General Lcese is guilty of high
treason in employing his own daughter
as stenographer at the same salary that
any other competent and trustworthy
clerk would receive , how will the other
officers of state fare who have not only
favored relatives with lucrative em
ployment , but drawn thousands of dollars
lars for deputies and clerks that are no
more needed than a wagon needs five
wheels. It must be apparent , however ,
to any fair-minded citizen who has any
conception of the duties and labors of
the attorney general's olHce , that a
deputy and a stenographer are abso
lutely necessary to the prompt
and olllcicnt discharge of the
duties , and that without such
assistants it would bo impossible for the
attorney general to keep up with the
largo and steadily increasing work of
his ollico. The city attorney of Omaha ,
\vith a salary of 8.5,00 ( ) a year , is allowed
a deputy at fifteen hundred dollars a
year , and employs a stenographer , and
certainly his duties are less exacting
'than those of the attorney general.
As to the point made that tlio
employment of those assistants
is illegal , wo are quite willing to ac
cept the opinion of the attorney general
to the contrary. He is a lawyer quite
as compotoiit to construe the constitu
tion as his assailants , and he would cer
tainly not willfully violate it in a way
so conspicuous that it could not possi
bly escape public attention. Tin : Bun
lias to say that on general principles it
does not approve the employment of
relatives by public officials. But the
practice did not originate with General
L.COSO. It has long prevailed in the
legislature and the several departments
of the state government , and is still in
vogue with some of those who profess to
bo shocked at the nepotism of General
Loose.
The attorney general will not suffer
in the estimation of intelligent and
fair-minded citizen by those malignant
attacks. Their inspiration and motive
nro too obvious to work any harm to an
official whose record has been clean
anil straightforward , and who has Iho
strongest incentive in an overwhelming
popular approval to continue in the
course ho has pursued.
A 'l'RrjlfO JUDICIAL Uf.OW.
The dispatches of a few days ago gave
a very inadequate idea of the great
merit and importance of tlio decision
rendered by Judge Barrett , of the Now
York supreme court , in the case against
one of the sugar refining companies in
the great trust. The full text of the
decision shows it to bo by far the most
tolling judicial blow that has yet been
struck at this form of combination. Its
clear statement of the law in relation to
trusts , Its thorough analysis of the char
acter of these combinations , and its
vigorous and incisive logic , present -
sent the subject in a fuller , broader
and more comprehensive way than has
over before been done , and cannot fail
to have great weight with public opin
ion. Although the decision is not
final , it is still u great victory for the
people.
Having found from the evidence that
the rollnlug company against which the
suit was brought had , as a corporation ,
become u member of the trust , the orig
inal shareholder in the corporation
having thereupon surrendered his re
lations with it and been treated an a
shareholder in the trust board , Judge
Burrott , after stating the conditions of
the arrangement , concludes that the
trust is a combination of cor
porations , rogiudlcss of the terras
of the contract framed to
give it another character. The
Question then reached was whether the
acts of the corporations in entering the
combination wore illegal. The de
cision says : "Tlio corporations whoso
conduct wo are considering sought by
the scheme under review to effect a far
broader and deeper purpose thuu more
consolidation under these
acts. In doing so they have plainly
abused their powers , and have exor
cised privileges not conferred uixin
thorn by law. As legal conetusions ,
forfeiture ot the defendant's franchise
and dissolution justly follow. "
It was held that the cases n.l
hold the tame doctrine , that the
corporate franchises ar granted
upon a trust on condition
that the corporate privileges shall not
be abused ; that t'-o corporation under
takes nnd agrees , upin condition of for
feiture , that It will so manage and con
duct affairs that it shall not become
dangerous or hazardous to the safety of
the state or community in and with
which it transacts business , and that the
franchise may bu forfeited for a breach
of the trust condition and perversion of
the objects of the granti ' 'Those rules. "
says the decision , "rest upon the In
herent right of sovereignty. The
franchise , whether resulting from general -
oral or special laws , are grants from
the sovereignly of the people. Bouollt
to the country at largo from the
objects for which the corporations are
created constitute the consideration of
the grant. It therefore follows logic
ally that when those objects are per
verted , when the country suffers injury
instead of receiving benefit , the state ,
because of such minuses , may withdraw
the privileges and resume its fran
chises.1
The whole force of the decision , for
general application , resides in this
opinion , which recogni/.es the authority
of the state to withdraw corporate
privileges that have been abused and
] ior\ cried to objects other than
those for which they were granted ,
thereby endangering the pub-
lie interests and welfare. The
position of Judge Barrett
appears Impregnable , as applied to the
trust form 01 monopoly , mid it is a roai-
enable expectation that it will be sus
tained by the higher court , lu that
event , it must prove fatal to the whole
system of monopolistic combinations to
which it relates. But meanwhile there
must bo no abatement of the olTort to
secure adequate legislation , national
and state , for the suppression ami pre
vention of trusts.
nn :
r/oy.
The centennial celebration of the in
auguration of Georire Washington , as
the lirst president of the United States ,
will be observed with unusual pomp and
ceremony in Now York City April ISO.
lit order to make the occasion one which
shall most fittingly commemorate the
real beginning of our actual govern
ment , the centennial committee in
charge propose to hold a loan
exhibition of historical portraits
and relics as a part of the
celebration. The scope of the exhibi
tion of such portraits and relics , however -
over , will be confined to those relating
to Washington , his cabinet , members of
the First congress , members of the con
stitutional convention of 1787. superior
afflccrb of the United Slates as recog
nized by the First congrcsi , and such
other portraits and relics as are con
nected with the inauguration of Wash
ington. There is no doubt that the
public will appreciate the interest and
importance of this exhibition and will
co-operate with the committee of which
Mi- . William A. Colling , of Now York
city is chairman , hi an endeavor to
make 11 as complete as possible. Descendants -
ants of some of the men who ligured
prominently in the First congress and
federal convention of 17S7 or who were
otherwise conspicuous in the making of
our history ono hundred years ago can
no doubt bo found in Nebraska. Their
aid would especially be invited to lend
whatever relics they may possess of
those historic times. In the coming
celebration and exhibition the whole
country is directly interested. Valuable
contributions from all the prominent
historical societies as well as from other
sources have been promised. And it is
safe to predict that the exhibition will
bo worth- tlio great occasion which
it will commemorate.
THK board of directors of the Na
tional Conservatory of Music of Amer
ica , of which Mr. Jcaunettc M. Thur-
ber is president , has issued its circular
regarding the semi-annual on trance ex
aminations , to bo held this month. To
all persons showing aptitude for re
ceiving Instructions , tuition is given
practically gratis , the nominal fees
asked in some cases being merely in
tended ns an additional stimulus to the
student's industry. The board desired'
to gather fvom all parts of the United
States pupils whoso labors after leaving
the conservatory will advance the cause
or music in their native land. The laud
able object of the conservatory is the
development of American mu
sical talent , and its success , thus far has
boon most gratifying. The examina
tions , which are hold at the conserva
tory , will take place as follows : Janu
ary -I. singing classes ; ! 2oth , piano
classes ; " ( Ith , violin classes. Applicants
are required to show positive aptitude ,
regardless of the state of progress , and
also to have a wull-dolincd purpose.
After graduation pupils will bo afforded
opportunities of making known their
accomplishments and thus securing en
gagements. The conservatory employs
the host teachers that can bo engaged ,
mid the course embraces operatic
and miscellaneous singing , solfeggio ,
Btajjo department , elocution , pi
ano , violin , harmony , counterpoint and
composition , fencing , Italian , etc. This
institution , which is maintained largely
by thu contributions of a few wealthy
patrons , is doing nn excellent work for
musical culture In the United States
and merits thu heartiest encourage
ment.
THK election of a United States sena
tor takes place in the Nebraska legis
lature nn next Tuesday. Balloting will
occur in each house separately "between
12 o'clock noon , and the hour of ad
journment for the day. If on the first
ballot any ono person receives a ma
jority in each house , that is , in casonny
one candidate receives seventeen votes
in the fenate and fifty-one votes in
the house , no further balloting can
Uvko place ; but on the day following-
Wednesday the two houses will meet
in joint convention at noon , and the
licutcnnnt will call the
two houses order. The
secretary ( i. thj * senate , wil
rend u report of to action takoi
by the ard to the clee-
ti'ii ; of a 1'nilcd States senator , and tin
speaker of the house rtill | call upon the
clerk of the house to road the minutes
of the journal with regard to the volt
on Itilted State senator in the house or
the pi-eroding day. Then , in case auj
ono candidate hns'r.crul ved a majority in
each of the two hou.ses. , no further ballot
ing takes place in1 tho-jolut convention ,
and the licutunaiit governor declares
that Iho candidate1 having received a
majority of the inotnbM's-oloct of both
houses i.s elected United States seuntoi
from the Ith day of March , 1SS ! . to the
Ith day of March , IS ! ) ) . Then the
convention will adjourn nine i/iV. / It is
now generally conceded that General
Mandor > , oti will receive a majority in
each house on next Tuesday , so the
continireiicy of a contest in joint con
vention is not worth while reviewing.
Tin : service which St. Joseph's hos
pltal renders1 to Omaha should bo reeog-
ni/ed mid duly appreciated. During
the past year nearly nine hundred pa
tients were received and treated , of
which throe hundred and twenty wore
non-paying. To all Intent and purpose
this charitable institution , supported
by private gifts , has become a city hos
pital. The completion of the county
hospital this spring , it is oxpcctel , will
relieve St. Joseph's of a great share of
the burden which the city has liunoscd
upon it for year- . . Hut the sick and
distressed will never cry in vain for
help M ) long as there is a cot vacant
under the roof of St. Joseph's hospital.
'llio Sui-eis ill'Ailvorslty.
A'cii' I'mIt'mM. / .
Tlio victims of the electric sugar conspir
acy should comfort themselves with tlio
thoimht tnat "sweet nro the uses of adver
sity. "
The Watch Oi > i .il'tlir Treasury.
/I'CIJ.KCH f 'ily 3' ( 1C < .
Congressman Holnmn scum ? to h.ive do-
Rcncr.itoil trom u watch doj into a rathur
inferior onlcr of shepherd dog nnd in the In
terest of thu cattle syndicate.
Honored.
mrfcix/ow mil.
lilsmnrck is probably not aware that ona
of the striiots of Louisville boar * his name ,
anil that no American or other hogs aru al
lowed to run on that thorough fare. .
CnrlU P. lliiiit.niitoti.
Nun /'niiKi-cni ; torn filer.
Corlls P.
Huntington , he '
Is exceedingly fond
Of the heathen Chinee.
Franklin an 'Aiiiu'x.itlonlst.
lltMtitit Juunial.
If Henjamln l-VauIcIln li'ail ' only stuck to
his original idea of milcjW u part of the
treaty of | K.v ce with .England that Canada
should bu ceded to Hie Untied States , what a
heap nf trouble miifht hav6 been saved. Hut
Kniflaml would not listen , anil the idua was
abandoned. , t
Whal's the Matter With Congress ?
Clilcqoo JVijii'n.
The house of representatives at Washim ?
ton is in a bad way. jlti anombsrshlp squtns
to bo made up otn faw.yioleiithiranlcs and a
great many peaceful lunatics. The wholu
outfit should bo supplied with conservators
nnd keepers without uulay. The congress
men apparently do nothing but empty
schooners and llllbustor. The spectacle is
very depressing on the spirits of sane men.
What May Be Ijooked for in Oinnhn.
Clikaun Tribune.
What people are pleased to call the "un
seasonable weather" of the last thirty odd
days is now over for a tlmo at least. There
are to be no more rains anil no mud. The
thermometer is to go down to zero. The
coal nnd ice men , the furriers and the
plumbers will rejoice. There will be skatIng -
Ing in the paries and shivering in the homes
of the poor. Tlio only out-door work will bo
the clearing away , of saow and the sale of
ear muffs. .Rails wil snap from the frost
and railway trains heated with coal stoves
will bo thrown dowu high embankments.
Pleurisy and pneumonia , which huvo oeen
much discouraged by the recent mild tem
perature , will take heart and como out of
their hiding places. There will bo merry
sleighing parties , but there will also bo
bursting ranges and freezing water pipes.
Eternal vigilance will bo the price of the
water supply. There Is , In short , a bad as
well as a good side to cold weather.
One ol' rjonKlulltm'H lOnrly I'netn ,
A Boston paper publishes the follow
ing poem which was written by Henry
W. Longfellow , while a professor at
Harvard , Ilfty ono years ago.
TWO OITElUNOs.
The day was Kaater ; like a dying Goil In
pain
The organ groaned aloud
The while the sunlight , chastcnoJ by the
window's ' stain ,
Fell on a motley ciowil.
On lord nnd peasant , prlnco and pariah , who
bore
As down the aisle they trod ,
As they had prospered , each according to his
store ,
An Easter gift to God.
Among them walked a lordly prlnco of lino-
.ago lair.
Wild lips of scornful curl , ,
Who laid upon the altar with a lofty air
A priceless Indian pearl.
There also came a woman , in whoso face was
BOOH
Shame , sin and sorrow , blent :
A woman of the town , 11 second Magdalene
An harlot penitent ,
Who seemed the figure of ( ncarnato sin and
vice
As down the uislo she , reeled
Anil on the altar lull ) , btpido the pearl of
price ,
A lily of the Hold. , '
The priest blessed him urhJ ( gave the pearl ,
said mass an hour ' '
That God his soul mfibt save ,
Hut with contemptuous hand swept to the
ground the llowor
The outcast harlot giivo.
IIU piety was praised , by by Bishop , Lord
anil churl ;
'Twas God alo'io ooulu toll
That while ho unto Him gave nothing but
the pearl , i >
She gave her heart a % woll. *
Huxitv W. LONGFELLOW.
Cuuminnu , April 10 , 1883.
SOMJ2 1'HOMINJONT NKHIt.VSltANB.
Tlio Lincoln Call announces that Colonel
Colby will rlilo Linden Tree through the
senate chamber at 2:80 : to-morrow afternoon.
nit U reported that the third house will
convene the ISth , and that Captain Leo , of
the second house , and Church Howe , of the
first house , will sing a quartette or some
thing like that.
The Lincoln Journal tries to protect Frank
Walter from the thrusts of the Call , claim
ing the right for this protection from the
Billy pretense that the Call wants to "ex-
tormlnuto" all railroads.
It is said that David Uutler U at Lincoln
to abolish the railroad coimqiMlon. The
Call , however , thinks the chances nro thai
ho Is there to see to it that the fri'idulent '
commission U sustained.
They say Jim Paul , of St Paul , has do-
slcns on the Grand Island land oftlco. Hut
the Scotia Herald opines the same thing that
bnat Paul out of hisohances for governor
will knoek him out of this ambition. His
friends will sco to It.
The Crete Globj notes Hint the flrU name
on the petition fora siloon license , presented
ny "one of the most delimit nnd unruly wine
I'cioni proprietors" of Omihii , was that of C.
K. Yost , the le.tilmij lUht of thu newspaper
which made a Crusade against the wine room
last fall.
A couple of lawyer * ware explaining to
J ud ce Chapman at Phutsnniith the ether
day , why ease that had bwii sot down for
trial , was not re ulyVo : wired our clients
yesterday , ropsitolly to bu hero this mornIng -
Ing , but wo are tlisi | > | lnti'l , and thev fallc 1
to gut here.1' "Von hail hotter 'ropo them
in' next time , " duly sug-feUod thu ciurt ,
ntul an aiiiliblu titter passud around the
comt room.
Speaking ofV. . H. Tmcolt's remarkable
success In eluding the grasp nf Justice , the
Fremont Tribune rises to inquire what's the
mutter with the success of Quin Uohnnnon ,
late of Nebraska City , in the same line of
business ! To ho sure Quiu r > 'iiy killed an or
dinary nini'tnl with no pirticular amount of
wealth , but some people behove- is u crime
to kill that sort of a in in. Until Mr. llili.m-
non Is brought home to his constituents no
loyal Ncbraskan should 1 > 3 guilty of joint
ing with jirido lo the record made by Tascott.
IlKIKK STATi : XOTIJS.
"When the llobius Cjiiw A .iia , " dotMii't
apply to Nebraska , says the Hjatrico Demo
crat. Thu robin is hero now , hunting for u
nest , all of which Is thu boU evulunou of the
near approach of spring.
A Minden young man whoiu teeth , though
sound , were Irregular , lu.s had all his tnolart
extracted to pleas , ' thu fancy of his sweet
heart The couple will bu inarriu.l us soon
ns his store teeth are secured.
It IH said tliat a Houricu editor has a
schumo on foot to skim the foam oil' the river
ami rotnpioss it into meerschaum pipes. The
gentleman's head must have boon befuddled
with foaming beverage when he evolved the
A meeting of the Mariette ( maunders
county ) vigilantes was called for last , night
and a full attcndanee requested , as "impor-
taut business" was to bo trans icted. If any
body was whitecapped or hung , tlio news has
not yet reached Omaha.
A social oru | > ti'j'i ' is h-itilo to stirtlo the
jcoplo of I)3\Vltt \ any day now , for the
Times of that place observes : "We have
been watching certain jiroueedings in town
for some tinu , .ui'l if everything continues
to move as they now di vvj sh ill before long
be able to give our roaJcr * a choice bit of
sensational news. "
I'Yom perusing the Crete Vidutlo there is
reason to believe a breach exists batween tlio
editor .ol that pipjr.uul ono of the local
gentlemen of the cloth. "U'e Mnrcrolv
hope , " remarks tlio Vidette , "our good
brother will forgive us for h iving our house
painted the same color that his was , and thus
made it necessary for lain to Incur thu ot
pensc of rej'auiting. We are also thankful
to be spared that expense ourself "
Thu liostoii Symjihoi.orc'ustra : ' gave an
entertainment at Kearney tnu other ni ht.
At a C'jit'iia jiomt in tlu programme it bu-
came the duty of the It ! ulor of the orchestra ,
Mr. Willis Newell , to visit thu winss to escort
cert MUs Cushin. ; to the footlights lor her
soto. 'lle * rose gracefully from the maple
chair in which In * was sitting , and which is
Mrtoftho regular furms'imsr ot the ojiora
lousu ; then from bstwucnhls vest and shirt ,
Front , ho pro luojil a dehuata wliita handker
chief ; this lie sprea 1 uj > on the hiirhly
mlished seat of tlio inajilo cluiir , laid his
violin upon it and carefully withdrew.
O wing to this precaution the chair did iut
suftur in the least fro.n abrasion or contu
sion. iSotiin , ' this circu'iiUuiLvs in all the
Minuteness of detail , the Hub thinks th it
Mr. Newell would bj a gooJ renter ot a
lincl.y furnished lio'He ' , an 1 daa * him that
ustice which his though-fuluess and con
sideration call for.
WAYS OF THKVI33T. .
There is a boy in Iowa who has lost both
lands , both feet , ooth oars and most of his
nose by frost bltos , and , a ? he has not'iing '
else to lose , he is having lots of fun out doors
; his winter.
An exchange remarks that in Bii , 1 li vic
tims were strung up without the fonnility
of a trial , as against 1'i I during the previous
year. The woUcrn industry of h itigniz jioo-
) le hi making u flattering growth.
Mrs. Frank Leslie will soon start to southern
orn California with a coips of artists and
lescriptivc wnterb. Sno would find a better
and less worn Held in the Hlaak Hills. At
east so thinks the Rapid City Republican.
Under the. . terms of a will left by an Iowa
man the same gold watch was loft to thir
teen different persons. He was not friendly
iVith any of them , anil lie probably did It
iojing they would fight each other , which
they are doing in a lively manner.
The town authorities of iJlarkivillo , la. ,
are experiencing trouble In collecting pay
for lots in the camotery , and an ordinance
vill bo jiisaed providing for the ra.nov.il of
ill bodies to the potter's field it payment for
he lots Is not made In flix months from the
Into of interment.
California's eclipse was a brilliant success ,
as everything Callforniaii la , says the San
'rancisco ' Examiner. Those supercilious
lOuropcnn astronomers who declined to como
lero on the ground that the weather was too
uncertain will now have tin opportunity to
mint the linger ot scorn at themselves.
The Kansas State To.ic'iors' asioslatiou
cccntly adojitodja resolution condemning the
"
use of tobacco in any form by the instructors
of the young nnd recommending that thu
use of tobacco by pupils in or about school
wildings bo entirely prohlbltoJ. ICunas is
bus ready to take another step forward In
ho great work of reform
An Iowa editor wrote an editorial and a
ovu letter. Ho put the love letter on the oJ-
torial hook , sonttho editorial to his girl , and
oft town for a short visit. The love letter
ippeared in the | > aper , arid a wild-eyed , tan-
'lo-halrod editor is roaming around the
ountry L-haiing compositors with toma-
niwlts and scaljilng knives.
Thursday afternoon n dllapld lion-looking f
nan , who has been noticed loafing about '
Armourdalo , Kan. , for BOIIIO days , entered
ho Armourdalo bank , anil dr.nvini ; u bead
on Cashier P. F. Pocock with n heavy reveler -
or , ordered him to hand over the t\.0)ln \
gold which ho was counting. Assistant
Jashler A. S. Lemon grasjied a revolver ly-
ng conveniently at hand , and , pointing II at
ho would-bu robber , told him to hold up his
lands. The man was taken by surprise , anil
lid as ho was told. Ho was then disarmed I'o '
and handed over to the police , o
11
London McCormick and his wife , Maud , .
filler , daughter of Joa'juln Miller , uro at * a
3hon > itco , Kan. , and dcstltuto. They huvo ao
icon playing " 40' ' In western Kansas anil (1fi
met with j > oor success , A hotel keeper from fiB fiI I
tlcCnno followed McCormick hero , and the B
lair adjourned to the street to settle their of
llsputo. In thn light tlmt follownd the actor
( necked hU man out. This exhibition of
iluck made many friends for McConnk'k ,
nut bo was given the Opera house for a
night. As scores of citizens IntorcMcd them
selves In his behalf he Imd n profitable ) houso.
1'OINTS Foil IjKuTsfj.VTOUS.
The Crete Globe notes that the "upper
house of the last legislature employed six
teen JanltoM almost ono for ovorj two mem
bers. Jt ims b"en sugi atcd ns a mutter of
economy that an npjropriatlon ) bo made to
purchase a door mat nnd a scrnjier. Some
would even go further nnd have a card
tucked mum the door Ic.idlng to the chamber
notifying the members Hint It Is no longer
considered u nrirk of gcntlo birth to spit on
the xvlmlows or wljio their foot on the
eiHliioiis And yet it Is doubtful If cutting
down the foivo of janitors a trlllo would
coni | > el many 01' those loft to work them
selves Into heartrending , uleedlng wreck * of
once proud , manly martyrs. " Tlio same
lujiertheti ilrojis into poetry on the same
subject :
Ho was AOUII ; ? , not twentv live ,
A wreck , u grave-inurKeit frame ,
A victim of the senate's greed ,
A Jiuiltor by mime.
The Norfolk News hopes that the legisla
turn will spare time enough from the sub
mission question to cut down expenditures
and Improve the assessment laws
It l < v > ks now as though our law-linkers
would ha\e to jiay railroad faro or get con
siderable notoriety by nccuptlng IMSSOS , remarks -
marks thu Wei-plug Water Republican.
Reprosentiitivu liiiheit's homo paper , the
York Times , in speaking of that gjntlonmn'.s
usury bill , says : "Money loaners generally
me ojiposed to It , as also are oilier * . There
is , however , an inijireselon amoim the jieo-
> lo generally that a more stringent unury
law will reduce thu rate of interest. It is u
Itii'stion which will bear caruful investiga
tion , ami Is woithy of study. "
The hill prohibiting the bringing of foreign
lotcciivoi into the state to do | > ollro duty ,
should bepassoa , nr.v thnjl'o'tam ' ill Hurton-
tan. I'he experienceItiriMJ ( ; the < ? t qtnito
should bo sulUeicnt argument in Its favor.
Phis jn'acticu , which has become quite popu-
.ar of lute among largo corporations , is an
outrage of the sovereign authority of a statu.
It breeds a contempt for the olllcers ami laws
of thu statu , which are , ift should bo , sufll-
dent to protect the citi/ons ami tlteir prop
erty therein. If they nro not sufUciunt.au
nteilisjcnt jieojile can make them so. Hut ,
irohibit thu bringing of bums , reckless and
responsible hirelings into thu statu for the
) urjoso ) of over-awing thu jicople , it is giving
tlio law into the hands of individuals and
corjiorations an element this statu must
irotcct herself against ,
The Lincoln Call , in its crusade against
he livestock commission , remarks : "Mr.
iansoin , who has introduced a bill to ro
jie.il the law , will bo found backing up his
ini'iisinc with some facts and figures that will
show just about what it has eost to romovu
valueless and diseased stock per head.
General Connor , of Kearney , is also
assisting in tlio work of shedding
li lit on tins commission. When the
statement that he has called for shall be
forthcoming , the Call predicts that it will beef
of more than ordinary interest and tli.it it
will open the eios of the legislators to thu
necessity ' of a radical pruning of tlio ways of
the live stock commission appropriations. "
The schema of passing a cotinty option
liquor bill is attracting some attention , and a
stateevcliangc comments on the matter as
follows : "This , it is hoped , wlulo it will
hardly sitisfy uithcr extreme of thu liquor
nucstion ! , will win thu support of the major
ity. ' There tire counties. Douglas for in
stance , where prohibition would always be a
practical failure , while at the same time
tharc are many cniilitiei in which a decided
prohibition sentiment prevails. Such u hill
as thu ono. projioscd would bo most satis
factory to all concerned. Countius that
wanted saloons could have them , and they
could readily and effectively bo dispensed
with where they wcru not wanted. "
IJKIGHT SHOUT SAYINGS.
are made of- the Chinese pudding.
Time : Wool triumjihcd this year , but in
the long run'it will be worsted.
Life : President-elect Harrison's pathway
is strewn with ( lowers forget-me-nots.
Puck : "Do darkov'.s hour tun jcs' befo'
day < , " said L'nclo Aaron , as ho invaded his
neighbor's chicken-roost : it II a. in. h
Rochester Post Express : Artificial eggs v
lire manufactured in a Pennsylvania town. ]
The inventor probably wanted to holj ) the "
hens bear their yotlc. o
Burlington Free Press : A Chicago cler-
married three couples on the cars tlio J
other dav. Ho has refused to allow himself
to be jutented us a car coupler , however.
lioston Hullotin : A spiritualist may tip
the table , but it is the chap who tips the
waiter who gets the most attention.
Omaha Dame ( walking with her little son
on a Philadelphia sticet ) "Now , if you do
that again I'll punish you severely. " Little
Son ( jertly ) "You can't whip mo before
folks. " "Xo , hut I'll I'll put you In n hack
and rule you over Uiono cobblestone jiavo- <
mcnts. "
Somcivillo Journal : The icason Lot's
wife was turned to salt was evidently because - ,
cause bhe was too fresh.
Hinghamtoii Hcpubliean : Perhaps the
mostpotoritl.il letter of the alphabet Is "n , "
because It can mnko a man of ma.
Merchant Traveler : It Is hard to toll nt ?
this time of year whether a man has euro on
'
his mind or a piece of mince jilc In his .
stomach.
San Francisco Wasp : Whut is tlio differ
ence between grand and comic opera ) At
comic opera you ought to laugh , but can't ' ;
at grand opera you must not laugh , but .
want to.
FMitor Clioan Monthly- " ! tell you It if
makes a man feel good to do a noble action.
I'll sleoj well to-night. " Admiring Wife
"Have you rescued some children from
mwed . dear"1 "Woll ;
cruelty or a IJfo. my ,
no , not exactly ; but to-day a young woman Pi >
who has been furnishing us with beautiful
jioetry for three years without charge c.mio
into the olllcc and 1 gave her M ) cents. "
in
NoWfielc.H AttrnolloiiH
The revival of William Oillotto's "Private
Secretary" at the New Grand Opera hou o
;
lo-i'iorrow evening will he a dramatic event
of KI eat interest. It will bo Interesting to
the public to know that nearly ail tin ) old
memberi. of the company are lu the piosent jl
cast , the only ones of Importuned no * In the
hands nf the old members are the Secretary
nnd Kdlth. Mr Oavld P. Sleelo is sutd to
make a great liit Inthajiart created by Mr.
Uillbtte , being ci edited by Homo with even
Huncrlor comic power in some particulars. )
It goes without saying that thin company
will present the piny with ovury attention to
detail that the fatuous comydy and the repu :
tation of the company deserve. The engage-
mnnt Is limited to three nights and Wednes n
day matlneo , commencing Monday evening ,
The Irish drama , Tlio Ivy Leaf , will bo
presented at the Hoyd Friday and Saturday
evenings. The high character of the play Is
well known , The company uus Lena miloetod i
rather with u view to Hinging than noting '
ability. In the beconu ucl thuro is a norlos
special performances , u > r.sstlni [ ; of a outo >
danuj by a child , moro or less muiioal per .
formances on tlio Irish bug pipes , three or .
lour touching Iribh ballads , Smith O'Hrlon's
song , "When Ireland Has nn Army nnd Navy
Her Own , " with dances and jigs thrown In ,
:
F Fitzwllllams , known as the American :
Hercules , is the attraction at the Kdon Musco
during the coming week. All the attractions '
will be peed and the show interesting ( o all.
CUHltKNT TOPICS.
H scorns very certain that the charge ?
made against the Alaska company In two
Xow York piiior | * wore utterly fal e. One
of these , though the least sensational of all ,
referred to the wholesale slaughter of the
fur seal , nnd was accepted by many as true ,
for there have been so many instances of the
very same thing in other localities that it wai
very likely to bo truo. Hut nil the same It
was false. So for from being true It was n
total misrepresentation of the situation. The
Alaska comjianv trom the llrst dreaded the
jMssibllity of the souls being frightened away
from their breeding places , and dotormliieit
to domesticate them , which is by no moans .1
dlnleult thing , for they ore very iifTectlonatu
anil grntoful for kindness.
. The souls are
caught near nhore by their employe * and
driven to jions prcjurod for them where-thov
arc kent and fed on live fish until killing
time when they are dispatched bj a blow on
the noso. which It seems is their vulnerable
point. None are killed iimlor I\M. jr r. . , , , nr
over four , because the former are kept for
breeding , and the skins of the hitter are ton
tender. The skins nro packed in brine and
Bent to London , where thoi are jirep.iroil for
djoing anil then colored. It Is llrst noeessnry
to get rid of the
long coarse hair which com
pletely hides the fur , and this Is done by cut
ting away the roots , for it happens qtioorly
enough that the long hair semis down IN
roots decjicr than the fur , so that by luring
away the skin they are got riil of , ami then
the longlmir can bo pulled nwnv as easily as
feathers can bo plucked from a chicken.
*
*
One of the greatest discoveries of modern
times was the treatment of caoutchouc or
India-rubber with sulphur , or vulcanising , by
Wnodioar , and it is painful to rolled that ho
was Uio.ucil out of
his rights and died a poor
man. The application of vulcanized rubber
to overshoes really marued a now era In our
daily lives , and has been adopted everywhere
In the eivill/ed world , so tliat ( iooilyoar
tYmr } , ' 1 MlUue " ' " ' " ' - ly ' " ' " -o than ono half
oT'rubbe'is ' oSe.VlH'T ' % " < fl
aio not mindful of the cMraoruiii.11. 1
trivances which were in vogue before th'u '
beiielleent discovery of vulcanised ruhlier.
So completely have overshoes rttbbod patterns -
terns and clogs out of jieoplo's memories
that it was found difllciilt to recall them
when nn unalywr of words sought to llinl
the origin of goloshes , the fearful nama
which the Knglish apply to the beautiful
rubber ' overshoes with which American linns
kindly I supply them. Hut by dint of trying
llrstono trail , and then another , it was dis
covered that the word originally meant a.
wooden , i-log strapped over the shoo in wet
weather , and tliat it eamo from the Spinlsh
through rranco to England. It \\-as orig
inally iinloeha in Spanish , and galoelio in
I'rencli , and tticn became goloshes In Hug-
llsh , mid tlm boofy-brained Hntons nettially
retained the name of the old thing for the
new A met lean invention , which was a philo
logical ciimc of the worst character.
Almost every French paper has what is
called a feuillcton , \ \ Inch is a jmi t of the pa
per devoted to a continued story , and many
journals have risen to the front rank , not by
the merits of the news columns or the- force
of their editorials , but by the success of
their feuilleton. it lias become aj > | i irunt re
cently that many American pajtcrs are disposed -
posed to copy the French in this rcspeot.
Some of them have their story , only on Sun
days , but there are others In Chicago and.
in Hoston and in Now York , which hava
every dav an installment of a romanco. It
cannot be said that thcso papOM hava
mot w.th the same success as tiioir French
moduli , for there is a innrkcil difference in
tlio public to which they appe.il. The French ,
as a jieoplo , are not particularly fond of reading -
ing , neither arc they desirous to keep them
selves well-informed upon current events ,
and thcrnforo they prefer to get as much
general reading for their money as they can.
Hut this is not the case with Americans , who
are fond of ro.uling , and who make a point
nf being informed on all the topics of tlm
day. They , therefore , iircfer to huvo their
news and their novels in separate Jugs , so to
speak , mid this is why tlio American foulllo-
ton papers have not scored a bewildering
success ,
#
Tiie sugar swindle sturloil by the Friends )
has fnlrlv startled the whole country. It
was commoiif-ed some live years ago by a man
known as Prof. Henry M. Friend , and after
his alleged death , which was said to have ,
oci-urrcd In the month of April of last year ,
the woman , Mrs. Friend , became tlio nutivo
spirit In the company. Friend's ' scheme waste
to make nilliH.'d sugar out of raw sugar or
nyrup by electricity , and a cuinjiany was
formed in Hrooklyn which jiroposed to carry
nn business on u largo scale whenever thing *
worked thoroughly well. Friend received in
hard caslil.0OlO , and B,250 of the company's
stock , and it is pretty nearly certain that tha
widow disposed of these at about $330 ,
though the par value was only $100 , so that
iho must have netted a very largo sum. Her
business alT.iirt , were managed partly by hcr-
elf and pai tly by her father , a Mr. Howard ,
mil It is heliovud that though the lady may
escape prosecution , her father has put hint-
elf in Jeopardy , for ho swore before a notary
imblle that ho had seen the juofessor rollnu
raw sugar by electricity. The treasurer of
Iho company , a Mr. Kobcrtson , made thodis-
jovery that the process which hud been kept
iperot ' by Mr. Friend consisted in innnlpu *
latlng sugar that hud allonily boon refined ,
mil that the raw sugar which was Drought
into the "dark room" remained untouched.
I'ho losses of people in this country and in
ICngland amount to nearly $2.000,000 , and thn
extraordinary fact remains that so much
money should have been paid out by the
.lircctors of the company , who woio
ihorougly honest , without a full knowledge
the secret. Hut they wer < > carried away
iy the magic of the word oleotrlclti , and
ictnally spoilt M'U.OOJ in n building and
machinery in u tr.insautlon which was ,
iUivulcnt | to nutting up a blind at draw
oker.
The poor old Conihtock lodol Silver U
jotting very scarce there , but there Is u
itrango and abnormal devourment of fungi
two of the minus which the supotstltioim
ncn of Nevada regard with awe , and con-
ddor jiortentous. The two mines tlmt are
hus fimgilled ate tlm Mexican ami Ophlr ,
mil the formations on the timbers of the gal-
erics , as described by Mr. Donaldson , of :
nrgmla City , uro undeniably queer , Some
them nro t'irco foot long und look lilto
form * covered with sheetsj othorx hava
unruled heads likn owls , anil others , ugaln ,
ja\o nondescript forms , but nro topped with
lumun Hko Imailr , with long beurda , nnd
arn curling like lams'horns. These fungi
vsemblu the stalagmites and stnlactltos ot
avcs In ono particular , for they grow from
he bottom and the top Indiscriminately , and
some drifts the two have Joined together
md have formed n wall. Some of the
jrowthsaro In Htrands.is line as human hair ,
md othnra nro as thick as a broom handle- ,
mil have litUid stones , weighing from ilfty to
hundred pounds tevoral feet Into the air.
I'ho heaviest growth Is In the darkest part
f the mines , and no miner would go there
.vllhout a comrade for untold wealth , for In
.hcso depths the walls are covered with the
fungi , us well as the top mm bottom , and
hcso siilo growths nro like snakes. Ono
annot help conjecturing that the gruesome
icnnnn descriptions of magical roods to
nchantcrs' caverns originated In some such
'ungiu developments in dcsoitcd silver
nines in Saxony ,