EKE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; .SATURDAY , JANXTABY 20 , 18S9. THE DAILY BEE. I'UIJUIHUKI ) KVMIIV MOUSING. THUMB OK BUIiaCllIITION. UK Ildillou ) Including Siwur ltKVOne Ve r ' < > { * > 1'orThrcc Month's " "W ; , , . a UK OMAHA HONIIAY IIKK , mulled to ny ailrtrMs. Ono Vear - ' " WrKKi.v HBK. One Venr " ' " OMAiiAOrn(7K.Nos.i'M ' ASI.OU TAIINAM BTIIBHT. Cine fie OKKIC-B MI7 HnoKwir Iiwii.iitNn. Nr.W VlHIKOFI'ICK , ItllrtMS H ANIll5TlllllU'B ! Ilini.DiNO. WAHIIISOTOK OFITICB , No. oLJ STIIIIT. : : Allcommunlcultons relating lonowsand . 6 < ll- torlnlmMtcr should bo udarcasoil to the hiuroii . rcm' . should bo All business letter * ami tnncos artilrvxswl to Tim IIKK. I'uni.isniNO COMPANY , OMAHA. Drafts , checks nnd iiostolDce orders to be made pnynblotothaonlerof the company. istiiui Coinw Prourictori 13. UOSKWATI3U , Editor. T1I1-J DAIIiY tiwnrn Statement ot Circulation. Btntrof Ncbrnsltd , I [ . . County uf Dougl.is. I" ' " ' Oeorgn II , Twchuck , secretary or The HBO Pub lishing Company , does Holamuly swear that tbo nctual circulation of Tim DAILY HKK for the werkumllnR Jmiuiiry 19. IRS'J , wad as follows ! Humlny. .Inn. 1:1 : . JJ.TSJJ Mtimlay , Jnn. II . JJ.SJJ Twsdixy , Jan. ir > . \W \ < } t Wcdiu-iidny. .Inu. 10 Tliursdftv , .Ian. 17 I'riilny. .Inn. M tnltirdiiy..lnii. ? ll > IW5M K II.T7.SCIHJOK. 6wom to lieforo mo anil subscribed In my jilcsciHo tills llHli ( Inv of Jmiuury , A. 1) . 1B I , S ul N. V. KB1L. Notary 1'ublic. Stole of Mcbras 'n , i Couuty of Douylas [ " " ( Icorfic II. Tzacimck , lioltig duly sworn , do- twos nnd says thnt bo is secretary of the Heo I'lihllslilUK company , that the actual nvornffo chilly circulation of TIIK luir.v IIKK for thu month of January , less , 15,3)0 ) copies : for Fob- rtmry , IJHfl. in.tnrj copies : ic.r ilnrch. 1IW , 19.GSV copies ; for April , IbM. 1H.TU copies ; forMny.lsw , is | KI cornea : for .lune > , lwt < .li..Ml ! ; copies if or July , 1W-H. l . ( tll copies ; for August , 1W , 1H.IKI copies ; lortfpptemliiT. IMS , HUM coplaji ; for October , If HA wns JR.OH1 copies ! for N'ovomlior. IKSS , JF.tW ! copies : for December. ISStt. )8l ) i coplos. Bnonito before mo and mibscrlboa In my Presence thlsllril tlixv nt .limuiiry IfW.i. N. I' . 1'Klfj Notary Public. TIIK SUNDAY IJI3H. Some of the IntcrcHtliiK Feature * of To-niorrow'H Pancr. The nimnnrek of All CMnn. Carp inter views 1,1 Hung Cluing nnd writes nn Interest' Ing letter on how the great viceroy looks , acts and talks , together It ti nu Insight Into hid family alTalr.s. Our Jftirlltcrn Apcfif ; / or . A former No- brusknn gives his Impressions of Canada and the customs of the Canucks. Ho draws the conclusion that thcro Is no prospect of pcaco- nl ilo annexation as tiio natives tire decidedly Ainonii tlic Piu.r wiel r.oiojA / UBB re porter detalU sniiio of thu startling scenes uud Incidents wltnussed during n visit among the county charges. Life nt I'ort Oiixilin. How the soldier boys atotir own post live ; n description of their quarters and their duties as gathered by n civilian. Awwla ( iNeltniHlid Town. Hncy do- hcrlptlon of the ris of c'ovluirton , the Jules- burg ot KebrasKn , mid some of the scenes ot Woodshed and debauchery seen there. II'MJoy's / Lust Ci'rciiliKws The famous Clioyonna chief , long Hlnco supposed to Imvo been deiul , returns to Fort Robin-son anil vlowsthe Imttlo Hold on which his bnnd of brnvos was wiped out ot existence by the United States troops. T/iroi//i ( / a Frcncltuiun's Efic Max O'Uoll tolls charming , lint fanta.stlc talenof America and Americans as ho saw them on his recent trip to the United Status. PoirtZsr Hirer Musxucrc General James S. llrlsbln relates the thrilling Incidents ot that terrlblo slaughter , in which moro lirosvoro sacrificed than In the famous Custor massa cre. " Echoes from thcAiitc-rtontn T'utt proceed t ings ot the Nebraska Veteran Masons nssocla- tlon , together with other Interesting secret so ciety events. SlinHYc \ Sininl ; lllxninrcli' Fresh and. readable extracts from the metropolitan press on the Samonn situation , Tlio derail on the Urcclie Hull Opinions of n dozen Omaha pastors. Ju Omaha Social Circles Full description of the brilliant fancy dross ball and reviews of otncr Hovlal happenings of the week. Other Features of Intercut The Now York Herald's cable dispatches from Kurnpoau can tors ; our own special service from the na tional and Mtato capitals ; all the happenings iu Nebraska nod Iowa gathered by our corre- Hpondents , nnd the brightest nnd most com plete local news. MAYOII DICOATOII does not look lilto a nitin who fears tlitit ho will bo legislated out ol olllco by the "boodlo gang. " OMAHA is not , behind her contempo raries in fashion or sensation. Slionleo can boast of her "Juolc the Ripper , " w that the Doujrlas county delega tion lias boon iiotird from on tho-Otnaha charter , the committee on cities and towns cnn proceed witli its work. TJIK Douglas county delegates to the house are getting exceedingly nervous those days at least tlioso members who hang onto the ragged cdgo of their chairs. 1MIE recent drop of ono cent per pound in the price of cotton seed oil ehould not necessarily make everybody believe that lard will bo sold ono cent cheaper. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NiXK-THNTH.sof the businossof Oiiiahn IB done south of Dodge street , and yet wo nro told'thnt the business center of Omnhiv is between Cass and Chicago streets , near Joilerson square. Tim lord mayor of London tendered a faro well banquet to 'Minister Phelps , anil it would bo intorostlng to loam whether n sout was reserved for Lord Sackvillo West or for Mr. Murchison , of California. IP IT bo true that certain disgruntled saloon keepers and politicians in tend to test the validity of tiio Onmha o.xeiso board on constitutional grounds , they are going to spend their money in rain bow chasing. | Tni ! Omaliu branch of the Oklahoma .boomers are patiently uwtvlting the passage - sago of the Springer bill. They don't .propose to bo tied to wagons and pulled , out of the territory hko their moro venturesome friends. 1 ! Tun fact thnt the stool rail mills of P England , Franco , Ltolgium and Ger many have formed a trust patterned after the American idea is a lluttoriug tribute to our monopolists , who have BO long hold the secret of squeezing the people. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ K second trial of deary , one of the "boodlo" aldermen of New York City , has just boon called , The great metrop olis sots a queer example , She never wonrioa of frying the guilt out of her derelict ollloluls uud always keeps her ehumbles full of suoh fattened stock. MAKE HASTE The submission amendment has boon railroaded through the senate by nn appliance of the lash , and it no\v remains - mains to bo soon wholhor the lower house will commit the Btato to n policy thnt would provo moro disastrous to its material wolf arc _ than thrco successive seasons of drought. The o.xporlonco of Iowa should have boon a warning to this state. Prohibition has decimated her popftla- tlondc | > rcclatod her property values , and promoted local strife and litigation without materially lossonin ? the ovlls of the liquor tralilc. Prohibition has boon moro oiroclively enforced In Ne braska under our local option laws than it has in Iowa or Kansas with their ironclad prohibition amendments. In every largo city of Iowa liquor is Bold as freely aa it cvor has boon , the laws are openly bOt at deliaiico , and drunkenness is moro frequent than It would be under the strict surveillance of a high license system. If the submission of a prohibi tion ninondinunt was simply an olTort to gratify the sentimental gush of parties who delude thomsulves with the idea that a legislature has no right to refuse to submit any proposition to the people , no objection could be raised. But submitting the prohibition amend ment is liable to produce very serious consequences. It is certain to keep away thousands who desire to locate in Nebraska , and drive away other thousands who are already lioro. It is certain to create a want of conlldonco among capitalists in Uio future growth of our cities , and will tend to paralyze local enterprise. At the present stage , when Nebraska is on the eve of another boom , such a setback would bo disas trous to every class of our citizens. No resolutions passed by any convention can make it obligatory on any member to vote for a measure which ho knows will bring disaster upon the state. In such an emergency as this it is best to bo deliberate and make haste slowlv. STATE OF PltEPAttATlON. In view of the possibility , remote though it may b' ' > , of hostilities between the United Slates and Germany , which would necessarily bo a naval cunllict , it is interesting to inquire what olir btuto of preparation is. The hnt report of the secretary of the navy supplies the desired information. At the time of the writing of the report there wore in the North Atlantic squadron four war vessels , in the South Atlantic squadron three , in the Asiatic squadron live , in the Pacific squadron eight , ana in the European squadron three a total of twenty-three unarmored war vessels in good lighting condition. About a do/.on more were engaged on special and detached service or undergoing repairs , all of which are doubtless now available. There wore in course of con struction , as provided for by congre&s , eight armored vessels , some of which are now nearly completed. The report of the secretary of the navy says : "Tho" department is able to report that whoa the ships in course of construction and those authorized shall nave boon com pleted , the United States will rank second among the nations in the posses sion of unarmored cruisers or "com- inorco destroyers , " having the highest characteristics , viz , of a si/.e thrco thou sand tons and upward , and possessing spead of nineteen knots and upward. It thus appears that the government lias at command with those soon to bo completed over forty war vessels whose capacity for preying upon the commerce of another nation is hardly excelled , England and Franco only surpassing us in this particular. With this force , and additions which might rapidly be made to it by transforming the larger steam ers in the coastwise service into cruis ers , it would seem that wo ought to be able to inllict very severe dam age upon the commerce of Germany , and having little maritime commerce of our own to protect , nearly the entire naval force could bo occupied in de stroying the commerce of our oppo nents. But the question is naturally suggested as to what we should do for homo defense that is , the protection of our seaports in the event of Germany sanding Hoots into our waters. She has a navy moro than double ours in the number of vessels , with some of the best ships in the world. Here ap parently is our weak point , but Ger many would probably require.nearly all of her naval force that she Could safely send away from present employ men t to guard her commerce , and would thus be unable to seriously threaten our ports. Tno possibility of such a con tingency , however , btrongly urges thnt wo should not be in a condition to war rant apprehension on this score. It might happen that in the event of a conflict Germany would decide to make some sacrillco of her commerce in order to strike us where wo are confessedly vulnerable , as the most direct and cer tain , vay of bringing us to terms. It is seen , however , that wo are in n much hotter condition to defend ourselves - selves , so far as the naval establishment is concerned , than wo were throe years ago , wiiea the United States did not have one vessel of war which could have kept the seas for a weak as against any first-rate naval power , and the prcsont circumstances should impress congress with the duty of still further strengthening the na tion is this direction. The time has gene by when this country can rely for security against hostile complications upon its isolation or the good will of other nations. Our enlarging interests and expanding relations make us more and moro a competitor of other nations for commercial advantages , and wo must bo prepared to maintain our rights or bo forced to surrender them. Whatever may bo the outcome of the controversy with Germany wo should not fail to sou in it un admonition to bo always in a good state of preparation , JURY REFORM. It happens as an interesting coinci dence thnt the Bar association , of Omaha , and the legal fraternity of Chicago cage are both agitating the subject of n. reform in the methods of selecting juries. It is also interesting to nota that the lawyers of the two oitios take somewhat similar views as to what should bo-dona to bring about thd desired - sired reform. As stated in Tim BRR u few days ngo , the Omaha Bar associa tion proposes to empower the judges of the district court to appoint a jury com missioner , whoso term of ofllco shall , bo four years , and who shall ascertain by visiting residences the names of ove\v person qualified for jury duty. This is to bo dona once a year , and annually there shall bo published a jury list for the ensuing two years , in order that persons claiming legal exemption mny produce proof. The service of potlt jurors will not exceed two weeks , In stead of being appointed , as now , for the entire term of court. The bill Introduced in the Illinois legislature proceeds on the principle that no man or sot of men whatever should have power to say who shall and who shall not bo grand or potlt jurors. It provides that the judges of eacli county shall appoint two jury commissioners , ono from each of the leading political parties , who shall place the names of all registered and qualitled voters of the county upon tickets , and then place the nnmes of voters in eaeli precinct in a box. shako the box thoroughly , and draw ono-tonlli of the number of names therefrom. This shall be none as to caeli precinct In the county separately. The names thus drawn shall bo placed in a largo box to bo known as the "jury box , " which slnll lie locked and placed in the olllco of the jury commissioners. The clerks of all courts desiring jurors shall repair to the oflleo of the com missioners at the proper lime , and nfter the jury box lias boon shaken , and in the presence of the com missioners , the clerk'shall draw from the box n sulllcient number of names for jury service in his court. It is made the duty of the shoritT to summon the persons thus drawn , who shall bo ex amined by the judge of the court as to exemption and qualifications. The names of the persons accepted by the judge shall bo placed in a bo-x in eacli court , and as jurors are needed for the actual trial of cases they shall be drawn by the shorilT or cleric impartially from tliis court room jury box. This system , it is hold , would ren der such a thing as packing a jury impossible , and every person desiring - siring a tair jury trial would got itr. A nearly similar method is provided for selecting grand juries , but' the court may order a special grand jury to bo .summoned if satisfied the ends of jus tice require it. No person shall bo compelled to servo as a grand or petit juror for more than ono term in throe years. Jurors must bo able to road and write the English language , and grand jurors must bo householders residing with their families. Tlio necessity of jury reform is widely recognized , the fact being the miscar riages of justice are largely due to the methods of selecting juries which now generally prevail. The Omaha Bar as sociation will do a valuable service if it shall secure the reform it is seeking. CONFIDENCE Jf/-JAT AND IMPOSTORS. Among the various falsehoods which are being disseminated by Jim Croigh- ton's literary bureau is a statement over the name of George Smith , ox-county surveyor , as regards the estimated cost to the city of grading Eighteenth and Douglas streets to the level of Fnrnam. Mr. Smith estimates that ono hundred and five thousand yards will have to bo removed at an expense to the city of over ono hundred thousand dollars. In other words , it is given out that the city will have to pay about ono dollar per yard for grading , when in fact con tracts were let for such work at from twelve to oig htcon cents per yard , and private citizens have had grading done in that neighborhood for much loss. At Ilftcon cents a yard the 105,000 yards of grading would cost just fifteen thousand aovon hundred and lifty dollars , of which the city only will have to pay one- half and the adjoining prop erty the other half , so that instead of ono hundred thousand dollars the expense of grading would bo loss than eight thousand dollars. Tiio estimates about damages to bo paid by the city are even a worse im position than the estimate of grading. The charter expressly provides that all damage must bo paid by the property owners , and not by the city. This provision of the charter is as well known to Croighton , Balcombo , Furny & Co. as it is to every council man. But those people have started out on a campaign of slander , falsifica tion and repudiation , and they will doubtless continue in their course to the end. NKW Yoitic is fully aroused to the danger of overhead wires. During a recent storm the weight of the snow broke the wires of the telephone and telegraph companies , and those falling carried down the electric light wires. In consequence large portions of the city were plunged in darkness and great damage was dond to telephone and tele graph instruments. In many places about the city the wires sent out a shower of electric sparks Hying about the sidewalks , implying instantaneous death to any ono unfortunate enough to come in contact witli thorn. A further testimony of the perils of overhead wires comes from St. Paul. During tiio recent lire which destroyed the opera house of that city , the way of the ilro- mon was barred at the cost of valuable tlmo , which helped to swell the list of losses. The testimony could bo Indefi nitely multiplied , and gees to provo' that overhead wires have bccomo a dangerous nuisance. Electric com panies themselves recognize the neces sity of an underground service. Tiio cost of repairs which they nro compelled to mnko after such frequent breaks is a matter of no little expense. Efforts are being made in the loading cities of the country to adopt a system of under ground wires which will give the best satisfaction , and within a year the prob lem is sure to be solved. POSTMA8TI5U GALIiAOIIKll , who by the way is Jim Crolghton's son-in-law , is a very fair writer but he ought not to hide his light behind a colored postal carrier when ho wants to discuss the city hall issue. Mr , Gallagher's very clover appeal in behalf of Jefferson squar6 loses all 1U force whoa it au- ponrs over Ilia nnmo of E. R. Ovorfllij Everybody knows that Overall is incapable of coniposliifrtho letter wiiich appeared in the //craft ? over his name and it is a spectacle that would mnko a horse laugh to see nn nblo-bodiod democratic ofllcial llko Gallagher standing behind the back of a coldrod man to shield himself from the missiles ho expected to pro voke. . . _ Till ! frlcmlfl > Vf the movement for a deep water hnrbor on the coast of Texas are having n great deal of trouble In congress. As was to liavo boon ex pected , the wild project , which woti'd ' cost the government millions of dollars beyond any present compulation , ia encountering - countering a strong and determined op position , and the olTort to engraft an ap propriation for it iu the river and har bor bill would certainly defeat that bill in the house. The friends of the scliomo nro now building thor hopes on the senate ate , but there b probably loss chnnco for them there than In the house. It Is not a good time for such impracticable projects as this. IT would be in accord with the eternal fitness of things that the now wing to the state asylum for the blind should bo in a rickety condition duo to faulty con struction. Here is a lield for the inves tigation of the committee on public funds and buildings. But the question may well bo asked , what does the com mittee know about construction , any way ? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ CorNTYCi.KUK Hui'iu : claims to hold in his possession the poll books and other paraphernalia of the legislative election last November. The committee on privileges and election at Lincoln is likewise sure that it has the returns in its keeping. There is evidently a dilToronco of opinion somewhere. OTirEll LANDS THAN OUHS. Thomas A. Slovens bus boon commis sioned by tiio Now York World to go to Africa anil find Stanley and Kmin IJjy , nnd inetdeiitnlly to miku : himself nuitunintoil with all Hie details of the Arab slnve trade. This is the Kontloinnu who wont round the world on u bicycle for thnt lively ningiuino Outing , and his porsovcninco , courage ami promptitude of resource nro us conspicuous as the same qualities In Henry M. Stanley , lie ROCS by way of Zanzibar , anil has acquired n fund of information respecting the regions which ho will have to tr.ivorso , that has been published by the World , mid forms very intorosltnjj reading. It aoonu tint the tnblo land boyoml the frontiers of Zanzibar is oc cupied by the Mussni , n pdoiile who are thorough froo-boaters nnd whoso way of living has somuthin < j in it that recalls the heroes of Homer , nnd Is much moro Ilcllonia than moral. Tlio territory of these Moon inon , as thuy call thomselvoi , reaches to the eastern shores of ' the Victoria Nyauz.i , mid marches with the land of Uganda , which Is now m possession of the Arabs. Stevens proposes to get through these hostile counties - ties somehow , but 0110 does not quite under stand upon what ha bases his hopes of suc cess , and this .information shows that Stan- Icy was right hi choosing tiio western route in splto of its delays. Singlu travelers may slip through from , Zanzibar without great difficulty , but au expedition bearing supplies seems certain of being plundered , if not mas- snurced , either , among the Mussai or in Ueaiida. * * * Ono thing must be admitted by the most frenzied enemy of the Hu.ssi.ms. They nre rustlers , mid nro always doing souutliing , that something being generally of n charac ter to annoy and perplex the ICuglish. Tno latter have so many possessions and such a complication of interests that no other na tion can take a step iu advano j without a yell of blue murder from England , and un intimation thnt Britannia's corns cannot bo stepped upon with impunity. But the Cos sack colony for Abyssinia , headed by Atta- man Aschinoff Is n puzzler , and many a dip lomntist quotes ( Jyruno do Uorgerac's famous " diablo nllait-il fair " "quo - j dansceltogalere , after n vain attempt to Jind out what the Russians arc driving nt. The vessel con taining the band touched at Suukim for water , und probably but for that circum stance no ono would nave known that nneli n step was being tUen. ; The Nogus , of Abys sinia , must have agreed to receive them , be cause otherwise they would have been mas sacred by the warriors of Has Alula , the general and prime minister of Ni'gus. It is extremely probable that souio excellent ar tillerists and machinists are members of the colony , and that Asch'nolY ' and his friends will do for that potentate what a famous French ofllccr did for Hyder AM In Soring- npatnin , In which case the Italians will lese control of Mussowuh. There is a bond of unity brtwecn the Cossacks and the Abys- siiilans , for both are christianized serpent worshippers , and both are suspected of hav ing mixed their old and their now creed in a most astonishing manner. * * Tlio French minister of war , Mons. do Froyciuut , has obtained a grant of f ISU.UOJ- OOt ) , which will bo chiolly expended in forti fying the northern frontier * of Trance. This means beyond question that t-Yanco calcu lates upon the annexation of Holland by Ger many as soon us the breath Is out of the old king's body. Misiimrclc has already given what diplomats cull a protocol to declare in tentions , llo has signillud that Luxembourg will bo admitted into the Gorman Xollvcroln , and he has refused permission to the old duke of Nassau , thu heir presumptive , to ab dicate his rights in favor of his son. IJy de claring their intention to fortify their north ern boundary the French like thu high- minded notion they are , mnko proclamation that they will not annex part of Holgmm in compensation for Germany's too probable annexation of Holland. Therefore they cnn- not luitvo their northern frontier defenceless , for a Gorman army of occupation in Holland could march to Paris in n week if there were not lines of fortification tit important points , connected by strategic railways. The French are praying that 'ttioro will bo tlmo given them for the \vorlt , , jinil this depends largely upon the vital thread of the king of Holland which is already within the shears of Atropos , If they are ready they will not bo molested ; if ttiey are not molested they will have u grand exhibition ; if they have a grand exhibition many citizens of Omaha and the United States propose to have u good time in ] ' ( < rls. So that wo nil liuvo a personal inter- Interest in the fate of the. king of Holland. * * The news comes from Qormnny that the young emperor hat ordered the discontinua tion of French cookery in the imperial pal aces of the Fatherland. Some people have an idea that this is done to show enmity to Franco , out this is certainly not the true explanation. It springs probably from an honest preference for Gorman cooking. In Now York , where there cortalnly Uiio ro- pulaion to French thlngabut on the contrary a cordial genuine regard for Franco , and an idolatry of French art , thcro has boon all the same a revolt from French dishes , nail the most popular restaurateurs are Italians. The day of French cookery has gouo by , In almost every European country , oven m Spain , which follows the load of Franco in so many things. Every hotel in Madrid has iutorpolnted iuto the menu dishes of Spanish origin , such as puclioro nnd various alias. Frederick the Great was a passionate ad mirer of French civilization , and made it court etlquotto to speak French , to rooj French literature in preference to German , to Ureas in the Fro noli style , nnd to oat French dishes. His descendants have adopted a healthier standard , a manly Gor- munlsin , which deserves imitation , not con. aura ; sudiu stimulating this UisinuruU has shown himself a true patriot , and hna ren dered an Inestimable service to his country men. Onbr In ono thing bus the great man blundered , nnd that is in the retention of German letters , because these have u bad ef fect Upon the eyesight. Ami they nro uot particularly Gorman , for they were used both by French nnd Spanish In the middle ftRCS , to say nothlncof England. Any ono who visits old cnthodrnti will see the al leged Gorman lettering under very un-Gor manic conditions. Things probably move in waves. If so thcro is at the present moment n wave of re action towards paganism on the part of many christianized barbaric people. Some pessi mists have asserted that this Is becnuso Christianity simply resulted In the subjection nnd degradation of the Inferior races , llul this argument will uot npply to the fonrful scones enacted In Hnytl , whore the colored rncu with every opportunity for improvement has steadily retrograded , The latest news is thnt the whole army of Logltlmo hns a ban doncd him and joined the forces ot lllppolyte , and this u sliin that the man of Hixytl are in favor of open votidhooism , or the worshin ol the serpent with cannibalistic rites. Hut , sumo of the eastern papers nro drawing largely un their imagination when they rep resent human flesh us being openly sold In the markets of Hiiytinn towns , From moro voracious correspondence it appears that on the contrary vomlhooism nnd a diet almost entirely confined to fruit suotn to go to- golher. Thcro Is , however , enough of the liorriblo and revolting In Hnytl vouched for by official statement to place the republic under thu ban of civilization. And men imi beginning to nsk themselves whether such a state of things should ho permitted to exist under the name of liberty , it makes one think of Madame Roland's oxrlnmatlon at the footof the guillotine ' 'Oh , liberty , what crime * nro committed In thy nnmo ! " It seems to bo the duty of the United States to assume a protectorate over Haytl ami it is deeply to bu deplored that this was not done whllo Salomon was alive , nnd president , * It nppcnrn thnt the discoveries of gold- bearing ledges in Mexican California nro far Inferior to those In the llaniun Ilnla region of Yumu county , Arizona , und anyone who thinks of trying his luck In the new gold Holds must not leave the state * if he wishes to do well. In the first place , the Mexican Kldonulo Is being worked by a party of Urn- clmmtlans for all that it Is worth , nnd in the next place , It requires expensive tunneling nnd timbering , and the ore only samples $75 n ton on tlie average. Of course largo for tunes are miulo In Just such mines by cap italists , but they are the ruin of small in vestors. Hven the host specimen assays from these Mexican mines do not show moro than 101) ) to the ton , nnd nt Iliirqnn Hala many of the lumps of quartz contain so much gold that they Jiwt weigh thorn as pure gold ami deduct the estimated weight of thu quartz. A ton of such ore would bo beyond the limits of the assayer. Much of the lodge In the Mexican district has been al ready worked by * Mexicans , who abandoned It as exhausted , but no doubt the Cincinnati company will meet with adequate compensa tion for their rislc and enterprise. The president is a Mr. Haumgarten , who speaks in thu highest terms of thu Mexican mining laws , and of the treatment they have re ceived from the ofllcials with whom they hare done business. He says that the Mex icans have 110 idea of selling Lower Califor nia , nnd that the Senor Vandcvor of the Congreso Americano has spolccn for himself alone. ft W The Chinese railway is a pronounced suc cess , und has been running very satisfacto rily ever since the beginning of last Septem ber. This Is n government work , connecting the small but commodious port of Tnku at the mouth of the Pciho river , whcro the English and French Heels smashed the forts some thirty years ago , with the muuufactur- im * city of Tien-Tsin , nnd the coal mines of Tongsau. It is only seventy-live miles iu length , und it is n single track with very long sidings on the plan Of American western roads. There are no complicated switching arrangements , but the depot station masters Inivo the old-fashioned rod and white Hags , ami do their business very satisfactorily with them , precisely as we illii ourselves in thu beginning of railroads here. The line is now to bo extended to Pokln , which it will reach iu a round-about fashion , but if the now emperor proposes to burn Chinese coal , as well as inaugurate Chinese railways , then the route is nil that , could bo desired. Ap parently the Celestials intend to export coal , and if so , they nrounbly have mi eye on Cali fornia as their market , for the government is no party to the movement against the United States. This boycotting is simply done by the Six Companies who trnlllo In Chinese contract labor , und enforce their contracts by highbinders or braves. The government does not recognize the Six Companies , and is as much averse to contract labor as tbo Callfor- nians can bo. No greater mistake can bo made than to estimate the educated Chinese according to the degraded creatures who sell themselves for n term of yours to the Six Companies , a trust of the worst character , being the consolidation of a number ot spec ulators in human flesh and blood. - * Chtcatio Tribune , Secretary Haynrd ( fiercely ) If any man attempts to hnul down the American flag apologize to htm on the spot. A Fourili Unto Corn Irtliuiie. St. Louis Is frantically demanding that her corn trade shall not be diverted tu Chicago. She is mistakenly grasping after the unat tainable. Her real rival is Sioux City. Itoialiation. Oil City IHItttml. The people are not naming HO many babies after Cleveland now as they were some tlmo ago. Hut Cleveland is getting oven with them to a certain extent ho is naming no babies after the people. A Cabinet IHflioiilty. "It is Blame to bo seen , " observed the exchange editor , reaching for the paste- brush , ' 'that the race for cabinet positions Is not always to the Swift. " "That , " remarked the literary editor , whetting his scissors on his boots , "Is "Ma hout ) opinion , " "And yet , " said the exchange editor , slightly raising his voice , nnd scowling darkly , "tho dlfilsulty Just now , what Kvurts outcome may be , is to Teller reason why - " ' G'off with you ! " retorted the literary editor , severely. "This is no time for Plattl- tudes.1 "You'll Buck against something that'll hurt you If you keep on I What's the matter - tor with Algerl Don't you Kstco'm lilmt" "Tho matter of all-Germany Is that sho's Thurston for a light. " "Great Allison Phobo Caryl There has been too much of this Shormnny talk. It docs beat the Dutch 1" "Tho Pennsylvania Dutch i Do you mean n cabinet slno Quay I Notil" "Bo calm. At least bo Cameron you are now , or I'll - " "Wannumakor riot , do you I" The timely and determined interference- this juncture of the tlimnclnl editor , the real estate editor , the art editor , the horse editor , the base ball editor , and the religious editor put un end to the disturbance. J1NOMNC. JESTS. If marriage Is n success , dlvorco U a suc cessor. Puck. A naval engagement Popping the question at sun , Time. The Germans have a great deal of terri tory , but they want Samoa , lioston Hull- ctin. In ancient times everybody played tuo lyro. Nowadays the liar plays everybody. Merchant Traveler , The man who never forgets people's names is well up In kuow-mon-claturo. Pittsburg ChronlclO'Tolcgrnpb. The cat is tbo unluial to count her sorvlcoa as a rat-catcher as worth so much purr annum. Kochuater Post-Express. Some claim that ttiu pulley is the oldest mcclmnicnl invention , Imtprobnbljr the crow bar lias n pryor claim. Texas Sittings. When some men draw themselves | > to tlioir fool liolcht they imagine they nddlo little to their stnture. Yonkers Gnzotlo. Esenlapiiifl began practicing medicine when an infant , which gnvo rlio to the sontr , "M. 1) . is the cradle , baby's gone. " Texas Sift- Ings. "Do the duty that lies nearest to you , " ns the man said when ho tackled the mlneo pie before the soup had boon scrvoJ , Uansvlllo Hreozo. Paradoxical ns it mny seem , they say thnt Chicago's oldest settler never paid n olll in his llfo without being sued. Somcrvlllo Journal , Mrs. Westward , of Chicago , sold her bus. bnnd tried almost everything , but never made money until ho tried lard. Uoston Dullctlti. It Is altogether useless to ask a favor of n happy bridegroom who is wearing the Jlrst bosom shirt that his wifeeverumde. Somerville - villo Journal. if Christopher Columbus had only waited until now before discovering America , liow much blgcer n discovery ho would have made ! Somerville Journal. "Ah , Mr. Do Dooil , Is your face for rent ! " She languidly said ami stow. 'Ot.conrsunot , " ho salil , "butwhyl" She said : "Because It looks vacant , yon know. " Washington Critic. MHX OK T1IH TRACK. AVIint TlioyAro Oolni * Ami How They Arc Doing It. It Is staled In railway circles that the Kock Island nn'il the Hnrllngton have tied tip on division of territory , niu ! that this is the reason thnt the Uoelc Inland hns called In Its rolling stock from Omaha amlt.hu contiguous territory. Inquiry was made , but nothing ilcllnlto could bo ascertained. It was learned , liowuver , that the demand of llimokiugh fe Merrlmn for Hock Islam ! cars li.is boon mot by the Burlington , nnd this morn Ing forty curs of the latter ivcro sot over on the spur tracks ut tbo sorvlco of tiio grain men in question , .lust what the actual dual in which the Keck lalund is summed to bo Interested la , bus not as yet been developed. Trou bin lircwinir. It in statuil Hint the Union P.icillu hns nl- ready taken the initiative steps in the matter of cutting down tbo number of inon omiiloyud in the shops nt this place , nnd work that hns formerly been ilnlio by 'Jmalin laborers is now being executed at tbo Pullman - man shops in Illinois. Several days ng ftvo narrow-gauge sleepers on the Utnl Central were brought here for repairs , bu' for somes iliiiiceountablo reason they wen taken out of the shops nt this phiL'O nnd sent to the Pull man shops nt Pullman , 111. It is stilted that on February 1 a nnmbo of the men employed In thu shops will b dropped from the pay-roll. The initintivi step has been taken already , fifteen of tin twenty men employed in the bridge ant building department having been lot out. The report that the number of men omplo.yoi was to be thu minimum number required is backed up by tlie rumor that a large number will be discharged , and that nfturw.ird they will bo taken buck nt reduced wages , and when a requisite number is obtained nt the cut rate , the old men that had been rcininci will DO dropped , and in this way n cut in wages can be effected without resisting in any great commotion. This in said to bo the theory of George W. dishing , who Is to succeed Clem Hackney as superintendent of motive power of the Union P.ieillo February 1 , It was Minted yesterday that an upris ing would certainly result should Gushing attempt to resort to his old tactics , and thai it would have occurred anyway bnd not the men boon assured by tbo officials of the Union Pacific thnt ho would not molest thoui or their wages beyond n rcasonabln point. M. D. Williams , general freight ngentol the Wnbnsh , with headquarters in Omaha , has tendered his resignation to take effecl February 1. Ilo is to bo succeeded by George Entriken , contracting ngont of the Nickel Plate road. Mr. Williams , it is stated , has not decided just what lie will do at tho.present time , but it is intended that ho will soon associate himself witii the Union Pacific. Nothing dcllnito could bo learned in this respect. Mr. Williams will go to St. Louis ns com mercial agcntofttio U'nbash , vice Hudson , w'o ' ; retires uftcr years of sorvlco at that point. Two General Superintendents. It is oDlciiilly announced that J. M. I3arr , who succeeds G , M. Cuming as superintend ent of the Wyoming division of the Union Pacillc , is to bo general superintendent of thu Wyoming nnd Idaho lines , and nlso of the Oregon Knllwny , t Navigation system. Superintendent Kossoqufo of the Nebraska division is to be general superintendent of the Colorado , ICnnsus , Nebraska nnd tribu tary lines , lioth will rank ns general super intendents and will bo so recognized by the beads of the Union Pacific. New Hoitd Acquired. On February 1 the Union Paeillc will take the exclusive management of tbo Leaven- worth , Topcku & Southwestern road. This road , nnd the Manhattan , Altny & Hlr- mlnghum , are owned jointly by the Union Pacific and the Atchlsoii , 1'opuku & Santa Fo , Arrangements luivo been made between the two whereby the Union Pacific absorbs the former mid the Santa Fo the latter In management. FiiKl Train TrotitI'H. At the mooting of the general managers of the western roads In Chicago , trouble has arisen out of the demand made by the Jowa lines , that the Chicago , Hurlington & Qulncy take off its fast train to Denver. The latter refuses to do this unless the Union Pacific will otnko off its fast train from Omaha , nnd the Iowa lines now threaten to cut rates to the 1 Hulls if the mutter Is not satisfactorily adjusted. .SuicrlntCMdinlH | Culled Iu. The superintendents of the Wyoming , Ne braska , Colorado , Kansas mid Idaho divi sions of the Union Pnuillu have been called in , nnd will meet nt Union Paeillc. hcudqmu- ters to-morrow and arrange the time-cards In their divisions. Superintendent Hc.sKoquio states that nothing but matters of tnis kind are to occupy their attention at the meeting. unit In view of the request of the Intcr-stato commission , that nil railroads make separata reports of the passenger mid freight earn ings , u meeting of the general auditors Is now bolng bold in Chicago to devise n plan for an accounting of the sumo. Erustns Young , general auditor of the Union Pacillc , is in atteiiduncj at the mooting , Pacific Hotel Company. There was n rumor In rnilroad'Oirclcn ycstcr day to the effect that the Pacific Hotel com pany had boon absorbed by the Union Pacillo , but General Manager Klmball , of the Union Pacillc , and President Mnrkol , of the hotel company , denied thu report. A New .Mnnncur. The management of tbo hostolcry of the Puclllc Hotel company , nt thu Union Pacillo depot has been vested In the hands of J. S , Willis , vlco A. II. Davenport , who gees in a similar capacity to Ogdcn. M'ageH Uediiood. AU trainmen on the St. Joe & Grand Island , aside from conductors , will suffer a reduction In wages of from 10 to 15 per cent , commencing February 1 , The reports ro- reived in this city to-day , concerning the muttur , are to the effect thnt un eruption among thu employes is likely to result. A New Itond. Yankton , Dak. , lias raised f 100,000 for the railroad project between Yankton mid Nor folk , Nob. , and the money bus beim placed n the hands of the agent of the English yn dlcato that Is bucking It up , J. T. M. Piurco , Work on the proposed line will bo com menced in n few weeks. Itnllrond Notes. The Atlantic express on tbo Union Pacific was doluyod four hours by DO u them connex ions yesterday. J , U. Phllllppl , of the Missouri Pacific , has returned from Lincoln , Major J , M. Bullock , commercial agent , J , t S. Uovnnt , nsslstnnt general freight atrent , T. ,1 , Barnnrd.Ronornl traveling njfont of thu Memphis Charleston , nnd It. S. Mc Allister , of Uio American Uofrlgoralor Transit company , i ro gneots in railway circles In Oiualin , KAMI ? OF OMAHA AltUOAl ) . IH Such na to Scunro Millions of I'tijf. Nh Cutiltnl. Attorney John T. Uattiors Is clroulntine n petition among the business men of tbo < < llv for signatures asking the state loglslnluro tu modify the law prohibiting lion resident aliens from acquiring tltlo to real oshitolu Nebraska , so ns to allow them to UCIMIIKI owners of property within the corporate llm * its of cities nuit towns. "I nm In hearty sympathy witn the law ' ' snld Mr. Cuthors , "In so far as It applies to real property not Included within niunlolp.kl boundaries. The manifest intent of thesta. lute was to prevent the acquiring of largo tracts of farming hinds by non-resident nllens to the exclusion of netuul settlors. Great damage to thu future prosperity of the state might occur It thin stntnto were not In I'xUU'tico. Bui it Is ridiculous to swpi > ese thnt nny non-resident could acquire enough real es Into together In any of the cities of the slale to make him a sort of Nchrnsicu Sculb t have n letter In my possession from nn Hug- lish gentleman who owns eonsldornblo real estate in Omnlm. Ho complains of tbo harm this Inw Is doing Oninlin. 'I nm comMent' ho writes , 'If the law were inoilillud as I suggest 1 cnuld scctl'-o ! T > ,0)0IX1 ( ) ) for Invest. meiit in Omaha mid South Omaha during isS1. ' . so thorougnly nrc > their advantages reo ognUed among British capitalists , The fame- of Omaha is abroad in Kngland , and the name l.s ns familiar In London as it is In Chi cago. ' " "I know of an instiiu'e."coutlnuoi1 Mr ( . 'a. thers , "whoro this law ilrovo caiiltnllsts out of South Omaha. A Scotch syndicate was formed to Invest CVWKt ( ) in South Omaha , but abandoned the schumo when the law was passed. " The potltlon Is being fully signed by busi ness men. A SCIHNTIST'H DKATII. CluirlcH Pouter , Union P\clllo Chem ist , I'liMseH Away. About 9 o'clock Thursbay night , in his mod est homo at No. 1501 Webster street , one ot the most practical scientists that Omnliu has overseen qniotly drew his last breath. The The person referred to Is Prof. Charles Pontcz , chemist for the Union Pacillo rail way for over twenty years. He was n man profoundly versed in all the sciences , and by his rare faculty of practically applying his knowledge bo Is ono of the few who have proved benefactors to mankind. It was lia who invented Uio present caisson method of sinking river piers for bridges , a most in genious contrivance that marks an era In bridge building. Thu first experiment of this method was made by him in the Sehuyl- kill river In Pennsylvania , it proved such a decided success that it was adopted by nil architects of bridges. Ono great industry thnt owes its discovery to him are the oil Molds of Wyoming. Through his geological knowledge he maintained and demonstrated that there must be oil in that region. At his instigation n well was sunk , and the rich oily stream that burst forth con tinued his assertions. At ono time thu pro fessor was very wealthy , but owing to the treachery of persons In whom hu trusted ho he lost nearly nil his possessions. Mr. James Leonard of North Omaha who iliud Thursday morning of consumption will bo buried Sunday. Mr. Loonnrd Is onu of Omaha's /ir.Ht settlers and hud reached thu advanced ago of ninety-eight years. His family were all present when ho passed away. - Ijlkod to I'iMctlon Horn. D. E. MeGrow , a young physician who has como west to grow lit ) with the country , was in-rested by Serccant Slgwnrt 1'or prac ticing medicine without being registered. McGnnv said bo was not aware that regis tration was required in this state ; no 0114 bad asked him lo register , and ho would readily have compiled with this law had ho known of its existence. Judgu Berku told him that Ignorance of the law uxcusos no body , and hu would have to Ilnu him $3'J..r > 0. McGrew paid it , and said ho would register I in mediately , as ho liked Omaha and pro posed to stay hero. Special Council Meeting. A .special meeting of the council has been called for to-night for the purpose of considering ordinances now in the committee of the whole. Among the most Important measures to bo passed upon is an ordinance declaring certain acts unlawful nnd defining certain offenses , misdemeanors nnd nuis ances , and imposing Hues of thu provisions thereof. Several other ordinances of no lit tlu consequence which have been slumbering in thu committee for souio timu will ulso bo considered. Cli itu > in en'H PennlticH. AU the Chinamen mulcted for bolng in mates of nn opium don have paid their 13 fine except Owen Ling. Ho is u quarrelsome sort of a celestial nnd was also lined $13 for brenkmg n teapot over a follow countryman's bend In a reputed opium Joint near Mayor Bronteh's establishment on Hnrnuy street Ling's aggregated lines , Including costs , amount to $ .73 , ns thm exceeds his pllu nnd bu hns no moneyed friends among his country - men , ho will board the amount out with Jailer Miller. For coughs and throat troubles lisa "Hrown'H Uronclilal TrncluiH. " "They stopnn nttaclc of my asthma cough very promptly. " C. Falch , Miamiville , Ohio , AIIIOHK 'hi ' ; Sinning Onon. Fred Pugont , tbo Kuropean liotul boarder who m charged with plundering the clothing atoro burned Thursday evening , has been nrreated and had his case continued until to day , _ NOT A PIMPLE ON HIM NOW. Hail with I'jL'/.euin. Hair nil cixin. Hcjilp covered wild orupnoiw. Tilting hi li'14 ' li'i'r ' would never K'ow. Curoil I ) } ' riitiaiirn JCiMiindioN. llnir nploiirtIII and not n iilinpli- lilni. I cunnotKoy 1'iiouKli In prulHuof tbc Cirriuini v HKMIUIIS. : : My boy. when one your ofnjr , was so baa with itcxoma that bu foil nil nf lus liiur. HlHKctilp wns rovornil witli eriiplfonH. iviilili the doctor nald wuu Mcalil lu-ud , nnd thnt his liiur would never grow iiL'uln. Dotqmirlligol ii'-ti'D from phyrflcliinH , I fie un tlm IIHD or tlmci'i i- inia.v IIHJIHDIIIH , and , I urn huiipy tohiij , WMI thu mo t porli-ct Hiicre.sH. Ills linlr IH now splendid mill tliero Is nit a pimple on him. I recommend tlioCiiriririiA KEiiuiKri : to mothers 3 the moNt miiiL'dy. ocononilrul , mid Hiiro euro for nil skin diMmHusof Inriint.i and children , und fool Unit every inoihpr who lius an ullllcted child will ihnnk me for HU ilolm ; . ilns. M. 15. WQODaiJM. Norway. Me. A Povrr Here lOliillt YniirH Ctiri'd. I miiHt extend to you the tlmnkH or one of my customer * , who lias bi-on riiri'd , by uMni ; tuo CIITICIJIIA ItUMKDiKS , of un old S'iru , niiued l > y u longopoll of KlcktiBHior fnvcrolglit , yearn ago , Ilo vviitiho bud be wus fearful \Miiililhuvoto Iiuvohls lug amputated , but IK Impiiy to Hay ho IHIIOU-mitlndy ui'll , bound an u didlur. litro - ( incuts ma to HBO lilH naini ) , which U II. II , GABON , morclmnt of tlih place , JOHN V , MINOIt. llriiKltlst. CiiliiHljuro , Tonn. Hnvord Konlp Il--inHii Currd , A few weeks ngo my wife auiTuroil v ry murti from nculaiu'oim dlHun o of tlm huilp , und ro- celvinl no rullof from the various romodlobblio used until Him tried ( 'uriuilUA. 'j'lio iUo ! > > i ) promptly ylolilc-a to tills treiitniont , and In a short whllo nhi > was entirely well. Tlii-rn lias been no return of Dm dhenKH. nnd ( . 'DTK IMA. ranks No. i Iu our estimation rordlaaiiNcH of Ui > ) , slclu. IlliV.J. I'HUHBI.KY IIAHUl.Ti' , 1) . it , . Halolfh , N. 0 , I'Voiti IMinplim to Horofiiln ' . 'urnil. CUTifiMiA , the Kivutskin euro , uud Pirmimi v BoAiMM-upuivil from It. KXturnally , nnil Cirri- uuiu HKSOI.VKHT , tlie new blood mirlllur. In- tpriitilly. lire n positive cure for oveiy form nt skin umlblooil illsBaHu from plmplestosBrofnlu. Sold every wh io , I'rli-o : L'imuuiiA , We.Ho n 2Jn.s Kmoi.yiiNr , l. J'repiircd-liy the I'orrii : ! tWHi > nilfr"Jow ( to cVir Hkln' l easV , " ci ' ' .II. . Hi llliHtralloi.H nnd 1 l tcmiiitonlulH , rQ } Hkln mid Htulp preservoil nnil liTntiM' jlBll by 'U-fK-UIU MKUIOATKOSU/U' . f EVERY MUSCLE "ACHES. " , Blmrp Atliaa. Dull 1'mns , Htraliw , , and Woitknv < . IIKUKVKD INIINB n5 11 IllTi : by tlie ( 'UTKll'UA ' y\Nrl-l'AIN JI'I.ABIKII , A | ) flrflCtuUtlllotl ) topulll uml wumcnuav. Tiio Urat and only " " > luxtar , if'ic.