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OWING to u failure to mtiko cloao connections
noctions with the steamship mails , for
two weeks Mr. Curpontor's A iiit'ic let
ters have not been received. Wo are
notified , however , that n totter will
ronch us for publication next Sunday
and that no further delay is anticipated.
Gi.Oiitrr.AR glass ballot boxes are not
wholly unobjectionable. Democrats
would be trying to drink something out
of Ilium.
ELOPINO with the driver of a beer
wagon is Omaha's nearest approach yet
to the coachman style of love and
flight. But the city is youug. It has
comparatively few coachmen.
CONOUKSS is trying to restrict the
Immigration of vicious people. Them
should be no pains spared to accomplish
this. Idiots , paupers and criminals' are
to bo found here plentifully enough
Without being imported.
Till ! purely ornamental character of
the Tennessee lawsuit has boon illus
trated again by the sudden death of one
of the contestants in a case at Knox-
villo. The winner of a suit who gets
killed by the loser , really gains very
little.
TIIK policeman engaged in ridding
the postolHco corner of loafers , is.eal -
ous , but his xoal is occasionally misdi
rected. It is often necessary for very
respectable people to visit the postoflico.
Tiio policeman beems to have lost sight
of this fact.
MARSHAL MCCHAUKHN , of South
Omaha , has long needed admonition of
stronger sort than more advice. Mr ,
McCrackon should before now have
Bworn out a warrant against himself ,
alleging extreme giddiness , and served
the document untlinchingly.
TUB Paris reporter of an American
paper know that a man was going to
challenge him to n duel. Ho hunted
the belligerent up and interviewed
him , surprising the light all out of him
and getting the news besides. Thoro'3
diplomacy and enterprise combined.
TimuK is much nonsense being talked
nlKHit Colorado's newly olcctcd senator ,
"Wolcott. Ho never had anything like
yearly income of $50,000 , nor is his law
practice by any moans the largest in
the stato. Patterson , Macon , Butler ,
Hughes , Markham and others receive
greater fees and more of them. But
Wolcott is brainy and aggressive. Ho
will let people know that ho is in the
BonaU ) .
TIIK people of Missouri are finding
fault with the agricultural college of
their stato. It is charged that the college -
logo is of no service to the agricultural
interests ; that the attendance of
btudents is mythical , and that at best
Oho college is nothing more than an ox-
' /onsivo experiment station , and u poor
One at that. The people of Nebraska
can feelingly sympathize with the poo-
ploof Missouri , If that is any consola
tion to them.
Tin : now agreement entered Into by
the general managers of wnslorn rail
roads may unquestionably prevent rate
cutting and a domorali/.ation in trans
portation rates. But the agreement
entered into , that each road is entitled
4. . in 1889 to approximately the same pro-
i portion of tlio entire competitive pas-
eongor rovonuu between terminals us it
secured in 1888 , suggests 80 nearly the
existence of a pool as to call for an ex
planation from the oillclals.
Tim project that has boon brought
forward to advertise Nebraska at the
Paris exposition by the erection of a
Jao-shullo of the Are do Trlompho in
corn , has so many elements of novelty
that it should bo carefully considered
it it be thought advisable for our state
lo make a display. The matter properly
belongs In the province of the board of
trade. If that body thinks best to enter -
tor lain the proposition , the co-operation
ot similar organisations through the
Btato should bo invited. By this means
the whole state would become Intor-
estud In the project and the necessary
arrangements could bo made. Un
doubtedly Nebraska would got her
ehuro of praise for the original and ap
propriate Idea. Such advertisement
would amply repay the cost ol the en
terprise. ,
AS TO nrr HALL
Within Urn weeks from lioxt Tuesday
our viUgcns uro called upon to doi'ido
whether the city hall ahull rouuln
hero it was looatod by an overwhelmIng -
Ing popular vote in November , 1SS > , or
whether it shall be removed to Jotter-
sou Srjuaro.
The form in which this vote hna boon
submitted hi the city council lca\os uo
nltoriiulheoxccttting a vote for F.irnam
street or for .TelTerson Square. To ills-
cuss any other locations or interpose
any change in the proposition sub
mitted is at this lime entirely out of the
question.
The champions of relocation are , for
the moat part , the Bamo persons that
have persistently interposed all rts of
obstacles in the way of carrying out In
good faith the work contemplated in
the original cltv Imll ordinance and rat-
illod by the people. These parties have
reported to mean ? both desperate and
Infamous. They purpoiofy delated the
letting of the contracts for the building
originally ordered by the council , and
after the b.iscment was finally con
tracted for they manipulated the
council and extended aid nnd comfort
to the contractor who was charged with
delaying the work and failed to live up
to plans and specifications. It was
principally through this pernicious in-
lluenco that the contractor was finally
released and the work entirely ttban-
donod.
Tlio utter perfidy of those men \\as
strikingly shown in the injunction trials
last spring when they solemnly swore
that they had no intention lo change
location or abandon the basement on
which nearly forty thousand dollars had
been expended , but merely wanted to
revise the plans so as to rmnuln within
the limit of two hundred thousand del
lars.
In order to make the foundation as
unsightly as possible , and forgo an ex
cuse for abandoning the site altogether ,
the conspirators who have been plotting
to thwart the popular will and get their
clutches upon the jobof erecting the now
building on JolTorson Square allowed
the materials and foundation walls of
the city hall to bo left entirely unpro
tected from the elements. In this design -
sign Chairman Balcombo and Major
Kuray , of the board of public works ,
have played into the hands of the job-
bori. The council ordered the board
to protect the foundations and tauo
proper care of the buildintr materials
which belong to the city. After wait
ing several weeks the board concocted
and submitted an ingenious rig
marole declaring that it would
cost several thousand dollars to protect
the city hall foundations and since they
had no such means at their disposal ,
nothing could be done. This , in the
face of the fact that ono hundred nnd
Bovcnty-fivo thousand dollars of city
hall bonds wore In the treasury at the
disposal of the council.
And now Major Puray , who is at the
head of the Jefferson Square literary
bureau , has had thostonn-piloandh.ibo-
ment walls photographed and proposes
to circulate the picture of the hole , as he
calls it , among the tax-payers as a
plea in favor of Jollerson square. Wo
hope he will do so by all moans. It will
ullord a proof to taxpayers of his own
knavery and treachery in allowing the
city's property to go to wreck and ruin
and giving aid and comfort to the gang
of wrccitors who have kept the council
in turmoil and forced a boodle cam
paign upon the city to its everlasting
disgrace.
Divested of all subterfuge and side
issues the main question that
presents itself to every taxpayer
and every citizen who has the good
name of Omaha at heart Is simply this :
Shall the city of Omaha countenance
and encourage repudiation in its most
offensive form , or shall this city keep
faith with her own citizens and with in
vestors from abroad , who nave pur
chased and improved property adjacent
to the court house on the strength of
the city hall location ? This loca
tion has been advertised far
and wide. It has boon placed
upon the city's maps , and millions have
been loaned by eastern capitalists on
the faith that the location was per
manent and the city's credit was
pledged tocomploto the building. This
is really the vital point upon which the
vote on the Cth of February will hiugo.
A QKAVi : STATJ2 OF AFFAIRS.
The latest intelligence from Samoa
will bo likely to aroubo the patriotic
indignation of the country. A steamer
that arrived yesterday at San Francisco
brought the report that the Gorman
consul and naval oflicors at Samoa have
boon guilty of the gravest possible out
rage in soiling American citizens , de
stroying their houses , and tearing down
and burning United States Hags. The
American citi/.ons made prisoners wore
taUun in the neutral water of Apia ,
a fact which greatly intensities
the offense. The Germans are shown
to have been the aggressors , and the
course of the consul , who is presumably
acting under the instructions of his
government , indicates very plainly that
it is the policy of Germany to take
forcible possession of Samoa , regardless
of the treaty arrangement to co-operate
with Great Britain and the United
States in maintaining the autonomy
and independence of the Sainoua
islands.
Our government will doubtless soon
bo in receipt of ofllclal advices from
Samoa , and if the intelligence
brought to San Francisco shall
bo confirmed the duty of the govern
ment will bo to promptly demand of the
German government nn explanation of
the conduct of its representatives In
Samoa and an assurance of full indem
nity for the losses and outrages suITorod
by American eitl/.ons. The representa
tions made by our government to that
of Germany regarding the Samoan situ
ation and the elTeut on American inter
ests there have , it appears , received no
attention beyond n renewal of the pro
fessed doslro to co-operate for u sottlo-
rnont of the conflict between the
native loaders. It eooms evident ,
however , that this profession is
not sincere , and it will bo
conclusively shown not to bo if the news
at hand rocolyoa oflloiul comfirinution ,
The government of the United States
has boon in no respect aggrosslvo re
garding' Samoa and has uot sought to
obtain any ndvnntngo there over the
other powers in interest , Germany nnd
Great Britain. Jt has simply taken the
steps necessary to protect American clt-
l/.eus In Samoiiindasked thalGormany
should respect the agreement regard
ing the Islands. There xvuiconsoquontly
no provocation for the outrage on Amer
icans , tindiho insult to the national flng ,
which the Gorman nnvnl forces
tire reported to ha\o committed by
direction of the German consul. As
now presented It is certainly a very
grave and serious matter , which may
easily Icud to ugly complications. Wo
have no idea that anybody desires a war
with Germany. It would necessarily bo
n naval conflict , and at the outset wo
snould be bomowlmt overmatched. But
there will bo a universal demand that
our government shall ( Irmly insist upon
every right it has nt stake. Having
pursued a fair , moderate and
honorable course , nnd noUhor
asked nor sought anything not
warranted by international agreement ,
wo should now surrender no just claim
nndyleld no deinaiid tlmtono nation may
rightly make upon another under such
circumstances.
A FEW Monr : /.r.s
My amiable friend , Jim Crelghton ,
who is known to bo modest and retir
ing , insisted upon being hoard before
the republican club of the Seventh
ward to discuss the merits of b'ur-
nam street and .lulTorson square
as competitors for the city hall loca
tion. This privilege being granted ,
ho launched out into a personal
harangue in which I was painted in
colors that would belli his baumSo
majesty , nnd the most slupiuidous false
hoods were palmed oil as Indisputable
facts.
Now a liar ought to have a good mem
ory , but Mr. Crolirhlon is very deficient
in that Obscntial pirticuhir. The only
possible excuse that c.tii bo made for
him by his friends is that the man is in
his dotage and no longer responsi
ble for what he says.
Some people in Omaha may not know
his failing in regard to voracity ; hence
I am compelled to correct some of the
most trluring misstntomeiits that ho in
dulged in nt Hanseom park.
In doing so I bhall avail mi self ot
Creighton's paternal advice not to bo
too dolicat" , and if his friends find mo a
little too blunt they nuiot charge it to
their champion. *
According to the reports of Jim
Croighlon's speech he pointed to
the fact that he was the chair
man of the board of public works
when the city hall was located on
Rirnam street , aud he ( Creighton )
begged Ed Ilosowater to fccll his adjoin
ing lot in order to have room enough in
which to build a city hall. "No , sir ;
jou couldn't get Roaowater to bell. He
knew it would be to bib advantage to
have the city hall next to his lot. "
What a whopper ! What preposterous
nonsense this man tries to impose on a
credulous community 1 What money
had the city at its disposal to buy these
lots with ? The people had voted b.ircly
enough bonds to construct the building ,
and including the twenty-live thousand
dollars contributed by the school board
the sum total at its disposal was two
hundred and twenty-live thousand dollars
lars and that exceeded the amount of
debt permitted under our assessment.
The building was to cover n bpaco liiUx
li'O feet What object would there have
been to buy two more lots'A'l feet
square adjoining ? The city hall
is to bo a business building.
Did Creighton want the city to expend
a hundred thousand dollars to plant a
posoy garden around it ? And what had
the chairman of the board of public
works to do with the purchase of lots ?
The whole story is a fabrication.
Again , Jim Creighton bays ' 'Rose-
water was responsible for the Meyers'
plan. Meyers was his special architect
and was his tool. "
This is utterly untrue. Meyers never
has been employed by mo in any capac
ity. I have never asked him to draw any
plans for mo , and ho has never
done u dollar's worth of work ( or me.
Meyers is an architect who makes fire
proof public buildings a specialty. He
had planned some of the grandest and
most costly public buildings in Amer
ica , and was the architect of our court
house. That building ana the United
States postotllco wcio the only lire-
proof buildings in Omahaattho time the
city hall was located. No local
architect could point at that time to
any structure in Omaha that would
have justified public confidence in nis
ability to coiibtruct a public building
thai would stand the test of time.
Mayor's work was before our city in the
shape of the court houio , the best and
by far the cheapest public building in
this section. The confidence In him
expressed by the county commissioners ,
including then practical men like
Fred Drexel , Richard O'Kcofo and Will
iam Knight , resulted in the choice of
Myers. Another reason for employing
Myers was that ho had agreed to have
his plans ready within ninety days nnd
the city olllcord wore occupying fire
traps.
Jim Croighlon's declaration that the.
foundation and basement ( jf the city
hall building is useless , and that the
cost of concreting the space between
the city hall nnd TIIK BKK building
would bo six thousand dollars is of a
ploco with the imfamotm slanders and
downright lies which this old
fraud has concocted In. connection
with the city hall controversy. Every
body remembers Iho false alarm raised
by Groighton and his mob about TIIK
BUB building foundation and the pretended
tended danger to the foundations of the
city hall , because ot a portion of the
cast wall being higher than the base
ment walls of TIIK BUK building. This
roorback was started at the time to
help out the contractor for the city hall
ba8omontwho wanted to leave hU work
unfinished. Mr. Boouinntho architect of
tlio Boo building , who ( a ono of the
ablest architects in America , Archi
tect Meyers and Mr. J. F. Coots ,
who knows more about building
when asleep than Jim Croighton does
when awake , after u careful inspection
pronounced the city hall Avails per
fectly safe and in no danger whatever.
But in order to avoid any further delay
aud escape further uuuoyuuco from the
Jim Grolghton sujs it would cost
thousand dollars. "MK'CooW olYored tc
do It for nine hundred , dollars , find ho
nlso offered to take urfiho enst Wall nnd
lower it to tin equal Jueptli with the
wnlls of Tun 13ifi : milhtlng for ono
thousand , oicht hundred dollars. I'A
Bronnan offorcd Id rebuild the entire
wnllf or from two Ihbtisand , two hun
dred to three U\qusnnd dollars , but
Knglneor Tillsoir nnd Chnlrman
Bnlcombo thought that sum too high.
Jim Croighton cupped the climax of
impudence by declaring that ho would
not consider si frame house safe on the
foundation walls of the city hall , and
he boastfully added , "I know something
about building. "
Does Jim Croighton have the inso
lence to ohargo Unit the lead-
lug architects of Omaha and
such builders ns Richard WIthnoll ,
John T. Cools and Daniel Shane
have entered into a conspiracy to mislead -
load the oily wlion they certified after
full o\miiuiitlon : of those basement
walls that they are In good condition
and wouldwith about otio thousand , dollars
lars of repairs , sustain a .live or six
story building without risk.
Yes , indued , Jim docs know
something about building , as
Omaha tax-payers have learned
lo Ihoir Mil-row. Jim knows
how to build lop-sldod bridges , how to
lay rotten pavements , and how to lllch
hundreds of thousands of dollars out of
the pockets of tavpajcrs for wrotuhed
work that will have to bo done over
again within lesi than IIvo years.
It was lion t Jim once , before people
found jouout , but it is Uottou Jim now ,
and will so remain after the history of
our public improvements comes to bo
written.
In conclusion lot mo admonish Jim
Croighton to keep closer to the i * > 3uo
and the merits of .Icllet-aou square. If
ho persists , howovur , in making me
the IHSUO , I will not shrink
from tlio encounter. The paoplo of
Omaha are not all of Jim's ptttorn.
They ronll/o ami fool that in building
a four hundred thousand dollar , Ilrc-
proofblonk by the si lu of the cityS lots
I improved the cit.\'s property full.as .
much as my property will bo improved
by a three hundred thousand dollar city
building. i : . UOSIWATKII.
DtruiN'u Uio comparatively short
period of the existeiue pf the Western
Art association , that association has
made mot gratifying1 progress in stimu-
latingalo\o for theJiuo.arts mourcity.
Tlio association has a membership of
nearly tluco hundrodjund steadily
growing in favor with our citi/.cns. The
prospect- ) are cortilnly oncoutaging for
the further development and influence
of art in our community. Omaha has
at last reached that'stago in her do-
velopmoat when in common with the
cities of Minneapolis , . S - Paul and Kan
sas City , there is a longing to become
un art center ofjnitroihinun/cor The
Western Art association hiisjormed the
nucleus. It has gathered together the
artists and amateurs of Omaha , and is
making the laudable effort to raise Iho
standard of art in o ir midst and to edu
cate the people to an appreciation of art
for its own sake. But in order to
make the iulluence of art permanent it
is necessary that in the near future art
schools be established and that a public
art gallery bo built. To fully carry out
these high aims the association must
depend upon the support and muni
ficence of the public spirited citizens of
Omaha. The appeal should not go un
heeded. Omaha has reached a high
commercial importance and a place in
the list of the loading business centers of
the country. It is now the time to seek
for those arts und embellishments which
reflect civilisation in its highest forms.
Clinch * SKAVKY proposes the adoption
of a plan which will tend to make the
policeman'b lota happy ono. He would
retire a policeman after twenty years'
borx ice on full pay. U disabled in por-
'ormnnco of duty the officer would bo
entillcd to half piy. The widow of nn
officer dying in the soi vice , would receive -
coivo half pay , or in the event of her
lenth. the sum would go to the youngest
child until sixteen yoarof ugo. Of
course this moiitiuro before going to the
.cglslaturo for indorsement , may bo ex
tensively altered. But the central idea
will bo at once recogni/.cd as praclica-
jlouml humane. The scheme would not ,
as might appear nt first glance , loid
the municipality with pensioners. Few
oolicomen servo continuously for
iwonty years , nor do many die in the
service. If ono Is injured , ho is fairly
entitled to bo kept from want , nor should
: io bo concerned for fear of his fam-
.ly having to sulTcr. A pension system
would tend to got good mon on the
'orco and keep them tbore , would pro
mote sobriety and faithfulness and thus
pay tor itself. The commission should
at least give the matter careful atten
tion.
Mil , Si'illvejiK wa able to command
iho ) full support o h s partin the
liouso for his territorial omnibus bill ,
and that moilsuro was'-passod by a strict
party voto. As was1 satj/ically said by
Mr. Grosvonor , It should bo entitled a
! ) ill to try to convirtfco * the ppoplo of
Dakota that the dojinpcrnllc party is
willing the territoryi'should come into
the union , but in "fabtjto keep out all
Lorrltorios whoso voUj Is fopublican for
an indefinite period. This action of
the IIOUBO was quite generally expected
'
pected , though thqro , , was a hope
that Cox and somoi other democrats
who have professed a friendly interest
in Dakota would vote against placing
this obstacle in the way of that terri
tory's prompt admission. Of course the
bill will full in the senate , and in the
event a conference agreement is not
probable , because it is not likely that
democrats will recede from their posi
tion , obviously unfair though it is.
Such an outcome will give added force
to the demand for an extra session of
the Fifty-first congress.
A AVBSTKUN farm mortgage scare has
taken hold of certain parts of the Now
England states , where this form ot in-
YosUuoat bus boon unusually attractive.
It Is said that over sovunty-flvo millions
have boon invested in Vpstorn lands ,
the payment of which certainly has
given tlio holders no reasonable cause
for alarm. The decline in railroad se
curities Is undoubtedly the solo cause
of the agitation in Massachusetts and the
other New JJnglaiid states to shako the
confidence of small holders in western
lauds. But the value of western farms
Ls not nt all guagcd by nor docs It fluctu
ate with the value of western ralU-oad
securities. They are wholly Independ
ent of each other , aud the causes which
depress rnllroiid stock have no fnlluonco
on Iho value ot western farm lands.
The vjsry fact that Kansas , Nebraska ,
Dakota , Minnesota , Illinois and other
stales have moro than doubled
holr populations within the past
sK or eight years Is an Indica
tion that the value of agricultural
lands In these status has permanently
advanced. Moreover , the Immense
crops raised for the past two yenra are
evidence that the western farmers
uro solvent and able to meet the iulor-
cst and principal on their mortgages.
has been received from
official sources that the Knights of
Labor , ns a body , have taken no action
concerning the city hall location. It is
further stated Hint such assemblies ns
may desire to take action have an un
questionable right to do so. Cortalnlv
laboring mon are inloiostcd in defeat
ing the Jellorson square plotters , and it
would bo unjust to restrict expression
of opinion from an organisation of such
men. tt is also unjust for n few tools of
Jim C'reighlon to bo allowed to pOiO as
representatives of labor sentiment. No
knight will bo imsl ed by a game of thib
kind. No ono else will , either.
Iv justice to the men ot the United
States ship of war Omaha , Tin : BII : :
is only too happy to credit the gift of
the picture of that vessel presented to
our city , to the crow. The impression
had gene abroad that the present canto
from the otllcers of tlio Omaha in recog
nition of the library of books given by
borne of our citi/ens to the war ship. It
was a matter of right and duty that this
orroncoub impression should bo cor- '
iccted , and TIIK BIK can assure the
uii befoie thu mast who contributed to
the niomenlo that their gift is all the
more appreciated b.\ the city of Omaha.
TIIK time was when tho.usaiuls drew
their religious inspiration from the
teacher of Plymouth church and
crowded that phico of worship to listen
to the gifted tongue of Henry Ward
Bcechcr. But his death has changed
all this. Now it is said that the mem
bership of the church has fallen away
and the society is in debt.
voicr : oi'1 THU STATU PKBSS.
I'oor Men Will Oro.ui.
KctiliHhil Cltll I'fC * * .
You mai luusli at the ice men now , hut j ou
will 1101 luugh at thuir bills next summer , if
they fratlicr no ice tills season this will bo u
c.ibC of "lio laughs bcsg who Inughs last. "
A Very Slim Kotiiul.itlon.
Attorney General Luosc is not Injured
very much as a utlblio ofliiil if tlio attacks
upon him Imvo no butter foundation than
lli.it he has given employment in his o.llco to
an assistant untla stenographer.
All Thing * to All Men.
Fifimmt rtnll.
TUB 13r.r. claims that Doraey's brotlier-in-
aw , the Hon. Tom Uonton , is in league
with the railroads. If Doisey's ' brother-iu-
dw is any thing like Dorsoj's lirothor-in-
uw's brother-in-law ho is anjt'ilnu ' for popu
larity. _
A Slight Hint.
1l < wtn ! < r < AV/miyfrffii. /
To the squatter governor and the officers
under his go vornment : The asylum for the
chronic insane at Hasting * is nearly ready
for occupancy. Its accommodations arc
ample , and suitable rooms are provided for
Iho care of the most violent.
Kpliriani is Joined to Ills Idols.
Yoilt Tlmex.
Speaker Watson's reckless abandonment
of his anti-monopoly piofcssions in making
up the committees of tlio liouso reiniiulH ono
of the passage of scripture : "Tho UOR hath
returned to his own vomit , and the sow th.it
wo.8 washed to her wallowing In the mire. "
Tlio Gicat liejiislnuire Ornza.
J"oiilNcut. ) / .
The fellows who want normal schools are
getting in their work in a way that doesn't
leave the coclclo bur crusadcra oven a show
fet third plnoo. Up to Unto the legislature
tub been uskeil to provide for llfteun normal
schools , while only tluco aiitl-sunflower bills
mvo been picsented.
Save tliu School hands.
Kent lieu Hul > .
The best interests of the coming cnorn-
tlons demand that those lands should bo bet
ter taken caio of. The lugulatuio could done
no Creator public service than to take the
school lands off the market , mid thereby save
to the people the best Investment for a school
'mid that it is possible to duvise.
118 Heal Mourco.
irjyiimu ltcn ] ter.
The attempt that has been mnilo to injure
Attorney Gcnoi.il Lceso in popular regard by
clmiBiiighlm with extravagance , violation of
tlio law , and nopotlbin , doo- . not spring from
nn honest desire to coricet oxlstiuc ; ovlls end
abuses In the ntibll" service of Ihe state. Jt
coaOs , on the contrary , from the settled do-
slro of real oncuiica of icfonn , to leave no
opportunity unimproved to depreciate , If
possible , In public esteem , the odlolal who
'or four jears has fought bravely and un-
linchingly in the Interest of the people
against corporate aggression and oppression.
Tlio Political Situation In n Nutshell.
St. Paul Pioneer I'reu.
It scorns to bo Tippccanoo and Silence too ,
Must Hnvu lloon a Western Sinn.
The Salt Lake Trlbuno makes known to
Goii. Harrison Us belief "that the experi
ence of the last twenty years has shown ,
whenever tired , lliat an eastern man cannot
iitelllgentty or satisfactorily administer the
ntei ior department. " _
What Iho UiihtSnyrf of UH.
It cost a county In Nebraska $3,893.25 , to
run the poor farm last year. As there were
only two paupers , the dally cost per capita
"as slightly moro than $1 about the same
us a tlrst class hotel would charge.
JliHUnly Kcdoomliii ; Trail.
Wo BCO by ono of our exchanges that ox-
Senator Van Dcmark , of Maunders county ,
a spoken of as a sulUblo man to bo placed
on the Nebraska board of transportation Ho
a democrat , at least ho claims to bo , but wo
hink that that is thennl > redeeming trait
vhlcli ho has. Ho wutild be of no more u o
to the people of this state in thut position
han would Jay Gould. Ho b simply putty
In the hands of the railroads. Such mon ,
bo they dcmocrati or republicans , should not
bo given any position whore they would
Imvo the clmnco to servo the corporations at
the expense of the people.
To Protect Nntlvo Talent ,
SON ! YnncHeo.U/ <
The proposition to exclude foreign actors
from this country is futllo unless accom
panied by n law compelling nil Americans to
attend performances given by native talent.
I'crhnrn It could bo arranged penally by
having police magistrates sentence ofTcmlors
to attend n certain number of performances
at the theatre by approved barnstormers ,
The All-Kind Mother.
J < tinr Wtittcninlililleu.inttie IVtnmry CVnlwv
Lo < whatever Is nt ImnJ
Is full meet for the demand :
Nature ofttlmes glvcth best
When she seemeth chariest.
Slio hath shapcu shower and sun
To tlio need of every ono
Summer blnml and winter drear ,
Dimpled pool and fiwen more.
All tliou laukcsi she hath still ,
Nenr thy Uncling nnd thy fill.
Yield her fullest faith , mid she
Will endow thce lovully.
loveless weed and Illy fair
She stnmloth , hero anil there
ICImlly to the weed an to
' 1 ho lorn Illy tcnrtul with dow.
Kadi to her hiith use as dear
As the other ; nn thou clear
Th.cloiod souses thou inuy'st see
ll.iph nil the mystciy.
Thou shall * eo thu Illy got
Its divinest blixsom , vet
Shall the wccd'H t p iiloum < io less
With the som : bird's glcofulncss.
Then art poor , or thou art rich
Never lightest matter which.
All thu glad gold of the noon ,
Ail the silver of the moon ,
She doth lavish on lliee , whils
Thou withholdest nn.simlo .
Of thy gratitude to hur ,
liasor used than usurer.
Shame bo on thuo an thou seek
Not her pinion , with hot cheek ,
Ana bowed huad , and brimming eyes
At her nietcifnl "AriseI"
KTOU.V : JMjKASANTIUUS.
Klch relatives are like wlno--they grow
dearer with age.
Polish helps a man in society , but not
when it is on his coat.
The man of wiiom society makes a lion Is
never inclined to growl.
There Is but little poetry In n gasbill when
the metro is out of ordor.
There is not nn honest chimplon in the
\\hole country unless it bo the champion
liar.
There mabe u difference between homeo
pathic and allopathic pilU , but thcro la little
perceptible in the bills.
Never give money for any purpose to a
man who looks lllto a sneak thief. A man
w ith suih a countenance should not bo sent
out canvassing.
Mr. Kerry Wall's intentions regarding the
stage arc not vet clearly defined. He certainly - '
tainly has genius -Indeed , wo hear that the
latest returns mvo Mr. Wall forty-eight
separate and distinct pairs of trousers.
' It is rumored that there is one violent situ
ation in Mr. Ho well's forthcoming novel in
which thu villain throws the hero's hat out
of a window ; but the author's friends are
confident that ho has not icsorted to the ex-
travngant methods of the sensational ro
mancers.
"What do jou think about the race ques
tion at the Southi" "O , dear ! don't ask me.
You know I never did taku any intciest In
sporting matters. " "Hut this is a matter
which concerns the human rnco. " "So
much the worse. I detest } our nlasjuoy pe
destrian tournaments , as you tire pleasoil to
call them.
"Who is the distinguished gentleman
across the street ! " "That is the Hon. Mr.
Hilgoway , of Cooper's Corners. " "Drinks
pretty hard , doesn't ho I" "No , not a drop. "
"Hut Ins face is remarkably red. " "Even
so. Ho has boon mentioned in connection
with a cabinet position , and since than has
been holding his breath. "
Tlio City Hull Site.
The following has boon received at this
ofllco : Uegarding the city hall location aad
in reply to a letter appearing in the Horuld
of the 15th , signed "Geo. Smith , " 1 desire to
say that the stand laken by the gentleman is
untenable. Does ho suppose if the building
Is located elsewhere than on Funmm and
Eighteenth , Douglas , Eighteenth and Nine
teenth streets wilt remain in the present al
most insurmountable condition t The locu
tion of the city hall has nottiinp whatever to
do with the grading of thostroets in question ,
for , whether It is located at Eighteenth and
Fiirnani or on Dundee place , the city will bo
obliged to graao Douglas street between Sev
enteenth and Twenty , and Eighteenth nnd
Nineteenth streets between Kirnam and
Dodge , In less than ono year i\ml a half.
These pirties having the greatest toasons
for claiming damages are now showing a
willingness to lot the work bo done without
making any trouble. Of course , the work
must bo pild for from the general fund , but ,
' .vhnt citizen would not rather BCO $ HKOOl ) )
spout in beautifying the streets In the hcait
of business property , than sinking double the
iimonnt m a clay bank four miles from a
switchman's shanty ?
Tlic Knights and ( lie City Hull.
OMAIU , Jan. I' ) . To the Editor of THE
HUB : At a regular mooting of the United
assembly , hold Sunday , .lanuar.v l.'t , ISS'J , the
secretary . . 'an authorized to Kay that the
Knights of Labor of Omaha have taken no
pait in the city hall question. It is true that
ono assembly In its individual capacity has
taken action , ns tliey had u perfect right to
do , on this question , but their notion is not
binding on thu Knights of Labor us a body
or Individually. Joiivlliu , ,
Secretary 1'ro Tcm.
Tlio O m Him Mission.
The ropoi t of the Omaha city missionary
foi the week ending January 18 , IS'si * . 'l ' as
follows : Tno total number oJ calls made and
meetings uttSud ( ; wore forty-one. Twenty ,
seven garments woio given away. Mrs ,
.lardlno gave a buiullo of clothing ami a pair
of blankets to a family who had been burned
out of everything. Ono ( imirtor of a ton of
coal was given by the county. In the snow
and ruin of this wcoic people walked long dis
tances In the hope thnt they would got some
thing to tuko homo with them that would
mauo them moro comfortable. Wo did all
wo could for them , but our supplies ore ill
most exhausted , and In many casus thoio Is
no longer anything wo can give which would
ho of fiorvlco to these who cotno to us. Warm
clothing of every description is much needed ,
also shawls , wraps and coverings for beds
One bundle of clothing has been received
this wcolr , and 75 cents In money was given
for a special purpose. The attendance at the
sowing Bchooll wus 100. Tlio attendance at
Iho Sunday school was 1W. The attendance
at the goffpol meetings about eighty , The
meeting last Sunday evening was ono of the
bust thut wo have yet had. Wo hoio soon to
Imvo u light at the door , which will make it
both plousuntor iitul safer for these who at
tend the evening meetings Wo shall try to
Imvo at least ono week night mooting here
after.
The County CommlsHioiiprd.
The county commissioners were la session
yesterday uftornoon , A communication from
the Edison Electric Light company , making
a proposition to supply the new county hos
pital with un electric light plant , Including
un ongmo with a caprclty of 300 lights , for
W.fiOO , was received und referred to the com-
uilttuu ou construction. A uiinmuiiluilloii
from County Treasurer Uolln , asking for un
increase In tlio salaries of tils clorka oa ac
count of au Increase In tlio buxtnosB of the
ofllco , wu loferrod to tlnieammittoo on
flnanco. The report of Judge Slilolda was
reteivod and apuroved. Tuo board ad
journed lo moot at 2 o'clock p. ui , Tuoaduy.
xoncs ,
There scoras to bo n very unnecessary con
fusion In the minimi report of the production
ot the precious metals prepared by Wells ,
Fargo & Co. , for Iho slates mid lorrltorloj
west of the Missouri river. Two tilings contribute -
tribute to this confusion ; the natural doslrd
of all the localities concerned to mike the
best showing posslblo , nnd In the second
place n wish to please the banking cloinout
of Now York , which has shown , since 1373 ,
n determination to have Its own way with
regard to the laws respecting gold and silver
colnngo. According to the report the out
put Is $1H,3U,5W , but this Is absolutely
false , for it Includes the copper nnd lead out
put of the reduction works that hnndlo the
low grade ores of Montana and Colorado.
The true product Is : Gold , $30,403 , 053 ; sil
ver , f5l'U3,4. 0. California leads the way in *
gold with atrllloovor f 10,000,000 , Nevada U
sdcond with n trlllo ever f',000,000 nnd Mon
tana third with n trlllo under the same
amount. In silver Colorado loads with a
yield of J17,000OJO , nnd Montana conic * second
end with $11,000,000 , poor Nevada being a
bail third with not quite J OOO.OOO. If there
Is ten per coat of truth in the statomenls
made about the placer mines of Harqila
Hula , in Arl/ou , nnd of San Miguel , in Lower
California , the present year will sue < i mala
rial increase In the output of gold. Hut
since the failure ot the Comstock Lode tlioro
have been no discoveries warranting nuv
hopes of maruod gains In the world's stock
of silver.
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It will bo remembered that nt the time
when tlio discovery was made that the mortj
gage clerk ot an eminent law linn In New
ork'iil o n > ! ' . < ll ,110.-j 1111 a urur \ ot
a million by forging mortgages upon fictit
ious property , n sudden scrutiny revealed the
fact that the Produoo K < cciungo ! of that city
hud been lobbed by a lawyer named Foster
of moro than 11 hundred thousand dollars in
thosame niamiar. The culprit escaped , nnd
no ono knows wi.nt has become of him. IJut
his old father recently scut the sum of fc > i-
000 to the oxclmngo with n note in which ho
expressed his sorrow for what had occurred ,
nnd tils dcsiro to make amends for Iho mis
deeds of his oi ring son. Therefore ho scut
them the sum which would have been his
sou's nt his death , but could not send them
moro without robbing his other children of
the share that was justly theirs. This not
recalls the old days of this country when
men had not become absorbed In the lace
for wealtn , nnd were noled for Iholr Cato-
llko scnso of Justice. In Mr. Foster's act
there wii not the theatrical fine sentiment
\\liichwouldbuvoglvcn up everything , for
that would have been at the expense of these
who had not gene astray. It wus pure equity ,
nnd so long as this country produces uiou
with such even balanced Intellects and such
just souls thcro need bo no fear for the fut
ure in spite of trusts aud monopolies.
. #
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Some ladles In Brooklyn have established
n coffee stand , whore a man can get a stoaiu-
iug hot cup aud a doughnut , or a slice of
broad and butter for 2 cents. This Is , ot
course , below cost , but they are certain they
do good , nnd they give their time and money
to the work. They nro now appealing for
funds wheiowith to hlro rooms well warmed ,
well lighted and provided with papers
where the homeless can come in bitter
weather , and road and fall asleep If they
wnr.t. Some objection is being made to this
part of the scheme , and it has boon pointed ,
out thut in the Cooper Institute this used to
be the case until steps were taken to prevent
it. The chairs wcro monopolized by tramps
who foil asleep in them , nnd snored witu
their noses touching the most brilliant litera
ture. Thcro is now a policeman with an
cnglo eye , who Immediately bounces every
reader who falls asleep. Hut tnero uro
seine rclormors who thinlr modern sympathy
is lopsided. Either it is all for the criminal
or it is alt for the ambitious struggler after
wealth. Thcro does not seem to be any
sympathy with suffering pure and simplo.
This Is why the tramp Is so scorned , and
whv soup kitchens Imvo boon suuprcssed by
public sentiment. 13ut there Is a vlsiblo
Uiango in men's opinions , and the ladies of
Jtrooklyn are simply loading the way in a
movement that U destined to hocoma na
tional.
Cleveland has not given proof of mucli
equanimity since his crushing defeat in No *
veinber , and In many little things has shown
the bitterness of his disappointment. Tno
latest instuncu of this Is the tall ; of the
whole country , and is the alleged snubbing of
Senator Ingalla , who Is the president of the
senate. It is tbo practice at the first ( ires ? ,
doutiul dinner of each session to invite tlia
two congressional presidents , that is , tnS
speaker of the house and the president of tlio
senate. Ingnlls was not invited , and all the
lady correspondents of the democratic party
huvo bneu writing to their papers that In-
galls is maddened to the heart because ho
was snubbed. There is n little too uitich
woman In this view of tlio case. A woman
is hcart-biokon if she does not receive an In
vitation to which she thinks herself entitled ,
but n man considers state dinnei s the most
wearisome of duties Most senutoiH would
gladly subsciibofSO to any chanty for per
mission to oxcusis themselves. A woman
wants to Bhow her llnery , and has only thcso
occasions for Its display. A man has no
imcry , with llio exception , perhaps , of Tabor
of Denver , and m his American heart looks
upon the whole business as u snobbish imita
tion of foreign courts. American men believe
liovo in sta , } paitios , and the president who
Inuuguiates them will bo sure of ro election.
As n matter of fact , Ingalln wont to the
theater on the night of the stutu dinner , and
enjoyed himself very much. Ho wus as nutou
hurt at Iho Incident ns ho would Imvo boon If
a Hix-yeut-old boy hnd. put his tongue out at
him ,
* *
It Is to bo wished that uomo one would do-
line with precUion the exact meaning of thu
words tornado , whirlwind , hurricane and
cyclone , which aio now being employed very
loosely. Whcu the Amei lean coins a word ,
It expresses what ho wishes to Imnly whh
absolute precUion , as , for example , blUziml.
No ono doubts , for a moment , that a blizmrd
In Iho result of u combination of two factois ,
coiiHldorublo mist In the atmosphere , and a
north wind which congeals the vapor Into
iinow of the Uncut character , whoso exces
sively small particles nro driven forward
with frightful velocity. Hut when wo como
to the oyclona , such as punned of late over
ihuddorlng Pennsylvania , wo do not know
jxiictly what It means , There are two kinds
) f storms , both of which nro called cyclones ,
jutthov are very different. Ono of them Is
; ho circular storm , In which the wind moves
n n clrclo , not at the Bamo time , butprogros-
lively. It stirts In at the cast , for example ,
iwcops steadily round to the north , thoiico to
.tiu wiiHt , thanco to the south , and thence to
ho cast nguin The danger on the ocean of
.hoso HtoitiiAls that there Is no wind at/ all In
; ho center , but a frightful sea , BO that the
ililp is unmanageable , nnd nt the mercy of
, lie waves. Hut there is another , which Is
.ruly a whirlwind , und IhU Is caused by Iho
vinlllct of two current * of air , creating u
.plral force which takes up trees by the
oots , whirls roofs off houses , lifts steady
'Olng old COWB into the air , and playa u thou
iand pranks. Now , tornado nitut bo Iho
fuaulah for the good English word whirl *
, vlnd. Hurricane Is the Toltoo word Hurra-
Cuu for the bamo thing , but as they believed
t to bo the volcu of a god , they worshipped
ho being who spoke in the whirlwind aa UiO
; UIof of their Ti lad.
