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. mrwj THE OJVLAIIA DAILY BEE : . SUNDAY FEBRUARY 10 , 18 -TWELVE PAGES. THE DAILY BEE. It - ) liviniv MOUSING. M TT.HMS OF SOlWCIlllTtOS. IMly ) ( Morning Rdltlon ) Intludlns Su wAr lll . , < ) ne Vear . FnrSlx Months . r. 00 rorlliitaMontli * , . . . . . . . . 00J J 'Jut , OMAHA. HnsiiAV HI.K , mulled to nnjr ulrirefm. OnnYenr. . . . . S On WrRtci.r ItKK , Una Your . J J . Ciiiruio oitin : CUT HOOKKIIV Iliitunrfo. Kf.wVoiiKOincr ROOMS 14 AM > ifiTmnuN lirti.tiiMi. WAHIHNOTON OKI-ICE. No. 613 lounihhMii HTIIKHT. rounKspoNDr.NcK. AllcommunlcRtions rclntlntj to news nnd e ll- tot In ! inntlor should bo tuldrossod to the hiiiTon 0""Bllfcr-inwNiBB Lirrrmw. A 11 business letters mul remittances should 1 > mli1rpf ed to TIIK HKB t'unumiivo CIIMPANV , O n n \ . Drnfls , checks ixnd po-itolHce nrdati to beliiado payable to the onler of the company. ProDric K. UOSI3WATBK , IWItor. Sworn Htntomotit ol Circulation. . Countyof Doimms. ( Bl3i ( JcorRfi I ) . Tr < rhnc1Rncrot.iryotTh Hot Pub- llBhltiL' ( Jompiny , don * solemnly Hwc.ir Hint the ctiiarclrcutatbin of TUB DAILYHKK for tin wcfk ending rebnmry 0 , 18SU , wa * as follows : fiundny , 1'ob. 3 . lB,7fiC Mondny , Tob. { . WWiC T w lnv. reb.fl . " ' .i' WcaiiMdav. K b. 0 riiin < itnv. Fob. 7 Inday. Peb. b Baturday , Tob. U Ait nice ' . Snoru to before mo and subsorlbod In my iirri-enco lliU lith clnv of Poliruarv. A. D . 188i. ; ca N. p. 1'KIL , Notary I'ublio. BtateoiTNohras'a. i County of Doitgiai. f ' Otorao II. 'JVichuck. helns dulv aworn. dope - po o i nnd nnyi that ho is secretary of the Uo I'ublisliliifr company , ttiat the actual avorug * ilfllly clioulatlouoC TUB DAILY llr.K for the month of .Innimry , J8W , 1BOfl ! ! copies ; for Fob- rnary , 1HW. 15.1B8 conies : for March. 188f. 19.6 9 copies : for April , 18SW , If.UJcopieB ! for.May.18S3 , IS 1H.1 copies ; for Juno , l aHltl.l ! ! I copies : for July. 18 . 18 , < ta copies : for AllffUit. 1S38. J8.1SI coploat JorSfcptomlior , 18R8 , 18lfi < coplasj forOctobar , IfHS. was 18.W4 copies : for November. 1853 , 38 * 1 copies : for December , 1W . 1H.2 ; | copies. Sworn to before mo ami subscrluoa In my Prenenco thin ; inl day of January 188l . N. T. KBUj Notary Public. Now thai the Knights of Labor have determined to oppose the niovomont in the cast to create a monopoly of fresh moats in favor of the local butchers , the prospects of ndvorso legislation against western Jresscd hoof nro slim indeed. Foil the honolit of the uninitiated it mtiy he well to say that the committee on public lands and buildings in this etato is not a free-for-all excursion party , although a great many members of the committee are laboring under thU ; delusion. TIIK people of Colorado want to know why their state treasurer should ho , per mitted to poolcot the interest on n , mil lion dollars of deposits while the state Is paying interest on that amount of debt1 ; A similar conundrum has boon propounded in Nebraska , but nobody seems capable of answering it. A VKltY interesting mcdico-tnoolog- ical question has just been passed upon by an Iowa tribunal. The presiding judge of the Sioux County district court IIIIB ordered the discharge of two Chris tian science doctors on the ground that praying for a sick neighbor cannot ho construed as practicing medicine with out a license. A QUESTION of great importance to railroads und shippers in gonornl is now pending with the intor-stnto commerce commission , A decision in the so-called car-load cases is awaited. The com mission on previous occasions has rocog- ni/.ed the right of railroads to dis criminate between car-load and less M an car-load shipments duo to differ- oiii'o In cost of service and loss of time. The point to bo scttlod Is ono of appli cation rather than of principle , and the interpretation of the law should go far lu settling the difllculty. DimiNG the recent disastrous conflag ration at Buffilo whore property to the value of millions of dollars was de stroyed , the lire department was badly impeded in its efforts to control the fire by the maze of overhead wires. Omaha should tak" hoed of the re peated warnings from the experiences of Bullalo , St. Paul and ether cities which have Buffered severe losses from lire , and put a btop to the indiscriminate Btringing of electric light , telephone und telegraph wires by the various companies whorovcr they please on our business streets. A coMJirrriJi : of the Produce Ex change of the City of Now York has organized for the purpose of making n special exhibit of corn at the Paris ex position. The exhibit , if sullioiont funds can bo raised for the pur pose from the hubscription of the people of the country , is to be under the supervision of the agricul tural department of the American com mission. Tlio plan involves the erec tion of a corn pavilion of unique design and graceful architecture. This is certainly a high compliment to corn , und n recognition of the worth to the coun try of the corn raising states. And well may corn bo crowned king , and Bupphint the reign of cotton. Last your on sevenly-ftvo millions of acres , a crop of two billion bushels of corn was raised , whoso value at a low estimate is worth six hundred million dollars. Long llvo king corn ! PliOJt the very outset eminent law yers have regarded the dual submission bill as of doubtful validity. Whllo this may sound as a paradox to say that a constitutional amendment can'bo un constitutional , yet this is literally true. Its constructive form may bo so dofoot- Ivo us to mnho its submission to the people inoperative. The doublo-ondor amendment belongs , in the opinion of eminent jurists , to that category. Mr. Dempster's resolution , requesting the supreme court to submit nn opinion as to the constitutionality of the submis sion bill as it passed the legislature , is doubtless inspired by a desire to as certain whether or not the bill would Bland the test of the highest tribunal In case its validity was assailed after the legislature had adjourned , The ques tions proposed to the court involved points that go to the very hod rook of constitutional government. The opin ion of the court will bo looked for with great interest by the law makers and lawyers , and the people generally. AltTA' / TttE SIINAVE , There wns recently presented in UK United Stntos senate a bill from tha committee on library , proposing to nit- thnrizo that oommlttco to purchase r Hfc-sl70 portrait of Abraham Lincoln to bo hung in the capltol. The portrait was painted during the lifo-timo of Lin coin by G. W. l\ Travis , a painter ol high reputation , if not of great fame , and the price asked for it la llftcon thou sand dollars. There was a discussion which terminated in an order rolcgat ing the bill to its place on the calendar , but which possessed some interest , as showing the estimate of art by certain senators distinguished in other depart ments of culture. The principal champion of the bll was Mr. Voorheos , who described tin painting as miporb , and who was quite willing to pay the sum asked for It. Bui the more practical , If not less generous and patriotic senator from Ohio , Mr. Sherman , objected tha * . fifteen thousand dollars was an enormous sum to pay for a portrait. Ho Knew that portraits of the highest style of art , by the most eminent American painters , In full life sl/o , are painted nt from twenty-live hundred to ftvo thousand Uollnrd. To the support of Mr. Sherman rnllloi' ' Mr. Halo , Mr. Ilawlcy. Mr. Clmndlet and Mr. Palmer , connoisseurs whc knew nothing about Mr. Travis , the painter , and professed little acquaint ance with the Lincoln portrait , but nV of whom were quito'confident that the sum asked for the picture , was vor.\ much greater than it was worth because portrait painting is done both in Eu rope and in this country by distinguished guishod artists for very much Ios4fc'hi Michigan senator , Mr. Palmer , who has perhaps devoted to art as much time ns ho could bpara from politics nnd the lumber business , observed that it scorned to him that "probably the portrait may be worth twonty-llvo hundred dollars if this artist has a very high reputation : otherwise not , because reputation Is very often what determines the prico. " It always does with the class of buyers who have no ether basis of judging n picture. It was to no purpose that Senator Evnrts reminded these gentlemen that the question was not what would bo the rate by which an eminent artist would now produce a portrait of Mr. Lincoln. Doubtless a life size portrait of the mar tyr-president could bo had from any of the several distinguished American painters for one-third of the sum asked for by the library committee to puroha&o the Travis picture , but a portrait trait painted to order would possess none of the historical interest of that produced by a portraiture from life , anil that interest has a value quiet distinct from the worth of the portrait ns n work of art. The view of Mr. .Sherman that "tho measure of value is the cost of producing a like article" may bo par doned of a statesman whoso habit of mind is to value everything from the economic standpoint , but a principle that may properly bo applied to deter mine the value of a locomotive , a mow ing machine , or n pair of boots , will not apply to a historical painting , the merit of which , as a work of art , is admitted. The is but ono lifo-slno portrait of Abraham Lincoln , painted during his life , and it is conceded to bo an admir able picture of tliatgroatman. It should have a permanent place in the national capital , and no patriotic citizen will llnd fault with the cost of giving it such a place , oven though it bo three or four times greater than the price which the most eminent artists charge for paint ing portraits. There are some things the value of which cannot be measured by the cost of producing a like article , Mr. Sherman to the contrary notwith standing. In a number of cities preparations are making to properly observe the centennial - nial anniversary of the birth of the na tion , wnioh falls on the 30th of April , the date of the inauguration of George Washington in Now York Cityin 1789. This event , the beginning of the consti tutional existence of the government , is to bo grandly celebrated in Now York , and there is every reason that patriot ism can suggest why that celebration should bo supplemented by an appropri ate observance of the day throughout the country. No event in American his tory surpassed in importance the tran sition from the colonial state to a con stitutional form of government. The splendid courage of the founders of the republic in declaring their independ ence of Great Britain wns not moro ndmirablo than the great wisdom which led .them to the consummation of a union of the colonies under a national constitution. Thus the achievements of the ono were made secure and per petual by the ether , nnd n great re public created whoso influence is now felt throughout the world , whoso mar velous growth Is without a parallel in the history of mankind , and whoso des tiny Is yet far from fully accom plished. There is no portion of our history which presents moro to stimu late admiration of the wisdom of the founders of the republic nnd to strengthen the love of country than that which records the framing of the constitution , its acceptance by the colonies nies , and the Html establishment of tha government under that instrument in comparably the greatest in the wisdom of Its provisions over framed by any people , und measured by results the most important political compact in the world's history. These considerations urge Its general : olobratlon ns In the interest of the universal education of the people in patriotism and the knowledge of the foundations of their government. Chi - : ago and ether cities are arranging to liavo suah celebrations , and why should lot Omaha'/ / The question is ono that is commended to our political organiza tions in this city , TIIK past week has shown a quickon- ng in the puUo of the iron market the Irst barometer to fool the revival in , rado. Prices in this commodity have .ouciied their lowest point , and as the icason advances the market must of no- lOBslty become active , duo to the in n-eased demand for all kinds of iron. \nothor favorable fact to bo noted ; omo3 from the cotton manufacturing districts. Despite the fact that year was one of great prosperity to the nulls and largo 'quantities of prln cloths , cottons and calicos were put 01 the market , to-day tlioro is absolutely no stock on hand. The mills of Ne England are running full force. The total production ot the week , is said have boon shipped nt once , and the sales for future delivery nro reported tt bo extremely satisfactory , with no fall Ing off hi the demand. The signs o the times certainly point to a prosper ous season. Tin : passage by the legislature of the law authorizing the consolidation o street railway companies will ire far tc insure the extension of cable nnd slrco railway systems generally during the coming season. It may now bo counted upon as an assured fact that the Oraaht street railroad systems will bo consoli dated under one management. With the franchises properly protected hj legislation the local companies wil have no difficulty In interesting oastcri capitalists. The extension of tlio cable and perhaps other systems will result lu the outlay of moro than a half a million dollars this year. Without n doubt a line will bo extended from Kort Omaha to South Omaha and our citizens will bo given the best of soryico. The prospects are that Omaha will within a short time rival Kansas City in the extent of hoi cable lines and in the facility for rapid transit to all parts of the city. " PA UIS has another sensation. Aswon duel has just boon fought in which a man was cut twice on the upper lip. SutiHiitton. IHoneer 1'irsi. Current gossip divulges that 'Alias HuIClng Kng , n Chinese beauty , is making quite o sensation in Washington society. But lot no ono misunderstand the true significance 'o the word "sensation" as understood In Wash Int'ton society. The inadvertent dropping o a lump of sugar or taking the wronu wlno n the second course are considered Washing Ionian sensations. Next Summer Will Tell. A'eu1 York 11'orM. A Rood deal of discussion has boon c.iusci by Max O'Rell's ox cathedra assertions ro garcling the richest mon In the country. It IR claimed that ho unxdo great blunders in his list. The truth of the matter will bo loarnei next summer , when the public finds out what families are imlulghitf in ice. nu howoll. Lord ColcridRO pleasantly observed at the dinner to Minister t'holps that "no minister had loft England amid so much universal and unwinglcd regret. " Vorlly , this is rough on that ether eminent mugwump , Jnuios Russell Lowell. Ijlstcii , Koqinn. ffoith American. It is said that Roslna Yokes will manage n Now York theater. Well , next to running a newspaper there is no way in which the charming Rosma can moro rapidly part with her surplus money. His Partners Might Object. CMcaao Times , It Is announced that Mr. Cleveland will have moro time for fishing this summer than ho has had for four years. Bangs , Stetson , Tracy nnd MaeVeagh may have something to say about whore he fishes. Waiting For the Kctiirna. C/iloaoo / Herald. Mrs. Harrison has finally concluded her Now York shopping expedition , and the gonernl is waiting for the figures with nn anxiety almost us intense ns on the night of the presidential election. Democratic Malice. Chicago Tribune. Senator Sherman's friends hereabout look upon the story that ho pronounces Samoa Samniyo is merely a fresh ovidance of the Samould hatred the democrats have always felt for him. VO1OI3 OF THE STATE PRESS. All Caused by Monkeying. Ucatrice Democrat. Money was made scarce in Nebraska , ana interests high , because of the absolutely un reliable disposition of our legislatures. They are always monkeying with the usury laws , and threatening foreign capital that seeks investment , and whllo they rarely over make a change that disturbs values to any extent , the continual ngltutlon tends to keep things unsettled. Again for the past few years the extravagance of our law-makors tends to alarm eastern investors. This is the reason that Kansas has had more foreign capital to assist In Us upbuilding1 , than Ne braska has. It Will Settle It. CnlumMw Join nal Tlioro are several reasons why this is a good thing. As matters are now , any legis lature BO minded , can alter or repeal the present ( local-option ) law. If either of these proposed amendments carries , a change of policy cannot so easily bo made under a constitutional proviso. This mode of sub mission brings the present law and prohibi tion to a direct issue , one against the othor. In cither event the probability is that the subject will not for homo years thereafter engross public attention , liook Doforo You I/onp. ScJntykr HcraUI. It is now for our citizens to got ready for the light nnd prevent the enactment of a law that will kill the prosperity of this growing state ; a law that would bo an imposition upon the free born American citizen. Lot the laws regulating the liquor traffic In this state remain us they nro. They can not bo improved upon nnd nro meeting nil emergen cies. To change them for prohibitory laws would bo , to say the least , going from bad to worse , Hlzlnji l'p ' n Judas. Grand Julantl Independent. A man who violates his pledge and betrays his constituency is not to bo respected by any honest man , whatever may be his opin ion as to the catiBo to bo effected by violation and betrayal. Kvon those who profit by the betrayal must , In their seorot hearts at least , hold the betrayer la contempt for his dishonest method of helping what they doom a righteous cause. Beneath a traitor tlioro is nothing. The vilest reptile that crawls the earth is king by tbo side of a Judas , AVorao Tluin a Misfortune. Grand Island Indoxsndtnt. The appointment of an abjoot railroad tool , talented as ho may bo , for secretary of the Interior , would bo the greatest misfortune that could bofull the republican party. The onomloa of the republican party are anxiously waiting for such a false step to bo made by our president-elect , in the correct hope that it would bo a hard blow on ropubllciam , blunder hko those that Cleveland commit * ted to the ruin of democracy. Tlio WtfNt Disappointed. 1'ork 'flma. There arc many good people In Nebraska who will bo sorry that Senator Allison has lecllued to go Into the cabinet. They do not : uro BO much what becomes of Clurltiou or Thurston , or any other "feller , " but tfiov would like to see thrvwost represented in the cnbhict by a man fc Allison , who Is largest enough to fit the > st chair In thd nation. Jllow McNIOU c "wn Caught. * i h McNicklo , of whoso deciding vote passed the in bill , is bitting up nights wondering 'h6w "Attorney General" will sound before his name. That was the sop offered him by thy subinlsslonlsts. They took him upon n IiUr and offered him the earth , when they hadn't a tltlo to It. But ho took the bait. Mnko FoolX'iif ' 'Hionisolvc9. Omaha dallies are cngasjod in the foolish but to thorn pleasant pustlmo of nghtlug At- tornoy-Gcnerul Lccso , There is not another state oftlccr , wo think , with ns many warm friends all over the state us General Loose , und these paporo make themselves ludicrous while accomplishing no good oujiJct. A Ulinnuo lor Knme. Ttcumttli Juut mil. If BOino member of tlio Nebraska legisla ture wishes to lininortall/o himself , lie will Introduce n bill to establish the whipping post for the punishment of such crimes ns petty stealing , wife beating , etc. The crimi nal would have fur greater fear of twenty- five lushes than of thlity days in Jail. A Klllinoro Count y View. The result of the agitation of tha prohibi tion question will , wo firmly believe , bo the eradication of the greatest eurso of clviliz.i- "on from our midst. Prohibition will carry , i&.l prohibition will prohibit , notwithstand ing the false statements of the liquor dealers and these dependent on them for support , It Caused No Anxiety. , The Omaha Republican seems to "havo it in" for Attorney Gonornl Loose , but that does not worry anybody. All the railroad Influence In Nebraska pitched into him last fall without success and the Republican will have n hard job to make people believe that Locse Is not all right. The l > cnd-jcttor Kirfiifl Demociat. legislation and fewer laws would bo moro beneficial to the people generally than the vast number enacted by the legislatures of the various states , only to be violated or totally ignored. mm or TIIK PKKSS. Chicago Times : Why didn't Senator Sherman Samoa ! Perhaps ho wanted to Sadaam. Philadelphia North American : The French cabinet wanted to resign , but the president of the republic when they made the request to him Sad I Cnrnot permit you to do so. St. Paul Glebe : A bill in the Texas legis lature provides that all executions shall take place in the penitentiary before aayllght. This is evidently in the interest of io morn ing papers , Boston Globe : A Frenchman In Chicago has muscular power over the drum of each ear , so that ho con make himself deaf at pleasure. He ought to bo ono of the hnpplost men in the United States. Chicago News : The latest news from Haytl is that President Legtiuie has cap tured the insurgent town of Marmalade. Ho is evidently poaching on General Ilyppolyo's preserves. Philadelphia North American : "Does Religion Pay ! " wns the subject of ono of Rev , Do Witt Tajraagc's recent sorinons. Considering the faut that he receives some thing like ? 12,000 per anmiui , wo would say " it did. Chicago Times : , The ladies composing the Society for the Extension of Sympathy to Murderers are said to bo preparing a circular requesting gentlemen who contemplate the assassination of their wives to postpone nil such displays of eccentricity during the present - sent inflation of florists' prices. A fair and buxom widow , who had buried three husbands , recently wont with a gentle man who in his younger years had paid her marked attention to inspect the graves of her dear departed. After contemplating them in a mournful silence she murmured to her companion , "Ah , James , you might have boon in that row now if you had only had a little morocourago. " St. Paul Pioneer Press : He Well. Mabel , I would Hko to ask the old , old question. She O , George , this is suddor. but what is it , dear- He If Joseph A. Moore , of Indianapolis , had stolen only $50 instead of a million , don't you think ho would have boon pinched ? " A Neglected Grave. FraUrle Alllsun Tapper. The grass grows ronlc and the grass grows high , And the weeds grow too apace , Apace Till a name on n stouo is hid from the sky , And n cold neglect seems to rule the place. Why , oven the stone bonds lowly down , Like ono in grief to earth , To earth : And closely the mosses green nnd brown Cling to the dates of death and birth. The hedge untrimmcd and the grass uncut , Tha violets choked once blue , Soblua ! The path is gene , and the gate that shut With an iron clank has vanished too. But a red wild rose that no neglect Or winter's storm could blight or kill , Moro kind than thou to recollect , Thou son or daughter , blooms there still , 1 tear the moss from the sacred nnino , And hold the grass from the crumbling atone. What name is this ? The very same I love more fondly than my own I Onlv a word wns hidden there , 'Mid ' woods and grass nnd clinging moss , "Mother" it was , of names most fair , The loss of whom is the greatest loss , I smoothed tha grass on the sunken mound , I pulled the weeds from the violets weak , And as I passed from the burial ground , I felt the tear dions on my check , The crotlo In American fiction is u recent and oxotio growth , not native to the soil , writes the editor In the tast number of Bel- ford's mugazlno. It is , therefore , unhealthy and unwholesome. It Is out of place In this cold northern air. In > lt own climate it is a gaudy flower ; In this tmiiporato rene It Is a lolsnuous , spotted Illy- rank of smell , and > listoring to the touch , , The licentiousness jf Thcophilo Gautier , Is elevated by the t > ewer of las transcendent genius of the ano of the art. In America It sinks Into a denizen of the gutter. - The styles of now gowns Indicate that hero will bo a return > tq full sleeves. Even icavy cloth dresses , nml wraps huvo made ho step by lengthening tbo anouldor and el- JQW pufTs. A pretty young woman in town voiirs with her simple Htroot dross a long : oat of cigar-brawn ladies' cloth that ( Its the iguro closely , has a touch of brown velvet it the collar and full wrinkled velvet sleeves hut extend from the puffed shoulder to the to moot D tight brown cloth cuff. It Is said that Colonel Dan Lament , Jprl- rate secretary to President Cleveland , has ) ocn offered the position of general passenger went of the Now York Central railroad , vhlch was vacated some weeks ago by the loath of Henry C. Monett , and that ho will issurno the duties of that position as soon as > os3lblo after the 4th of March , Now vork World : Grocer What dud of tea will you have , madam ? Black , I Etipposo , as I uni In mourn- ug. T Tories. Slnco I5i3 German } mid Franco liavo bet ntorothnn doubled the actual Riiongthp both of their armies , says the ICantni Cli , Times , nnd the total war strength of th seven continental tjoucra , counting th Balkan states ns one , has risen from0,113,00 to 10,4M,000 ) , or nearly cloven million. If w ndd to this host of trained lighters ou n wa footing of the classes of partially tralnoi moo In the second and final reserves , we go nn Imposing total of 1 ,000,000 noldlers al Hnblo to bo drawn Into the no\t Europca ; war , and now moro or less withdrawn froi peaceful vocations , at n total nnnuiil cost o * ' ! 00,000,000. 1 his vast war taxation , wrnn from people who do not hate eac ! ether , who ilo not want to flghl who nsit onlv for opportunities fo peaceful Industry und mutual trnfllr , is a tot riblo burden This blood tus. or blood mono , must bo borne , however , for no better reasoi than that It I * still in the power of a few fun : illes Huhenzolleins , Hiipsburgs , KomanoflN Bourbons nnd Coliurjts to set all of Huropi on lire with their dyimstii- Intrigues nnd am billons. It is onl.N when these modern figure of nriinos nnd wur taxation uio .studied , il urcs ul wliU'li Piedorirk the Irout ! or Nape loon would have parnlv/od with unmzemcnt tlint one can thoroughly and perfectly icallz what Itlngshlp means. A negro ovodus from South Carolina ha started up within n few weeks. Aikunsu ! nnd Louisiana uro the states benclltcd o burdened by this movement. One wouh t'jink by the press discussion In the south elate late that a commonwealth with n colorei population of 000,000 or more would bo qulti resigned to sea n small percentage of then drift to other pints , says the Sprlugflcli Republican. Such , however , is not the cas in South Carolina. The farmers there an furious over the activity of coloniratioi agents. Ono fanner is quoted as saying- : I don't know but ono remedy for tbo evil nnd that Is to keep otT the emigrant agents A year or two ntro they became so obnoxiou In the upper part of the state that tlioy wcrl warned to stay uwuy. Tills warning wai sulHcicnt , und I know it would bo unhcalth ; for any of the agents to go back to any o the places whoio they were warnedto dis continue their visits. It's a bad Astute o affairs in my section , and I hope nnd trus that somebody will suffer for the liter * Invasion In our country nnd farms. Wi fin-merit uro heavy losers by this exodus , um if It Is not summarily ended 1 fear then will bo much more trouble. Aicnmrkublo feature of this noxious di velonmcnt Is the prominent part taken in it by women. It Is somewhat startling to fine upon the title page of n work whoso cold deliberate Immorality and cynical dlsregan ot all social decency have set the the tcetli on edge , the name of a woman ns the author. We are so nccustumcd to associate modesty of demeanor , delicacy of thought and word , nnd purity of life with women , that u certain set of adjectives , expressive ol virtue nud morality , have como to Include the idea of femininity in tlioir signification , It Is certainly surprising , if not rcpelhutt , tc find women the most industrious laborers in the work of tearing down the structure of honor nnd respect for their sex which has so long boon rognrded ns the basis of social ex istence. If this breaking of the holy images bo but another manifestation of tliu rnvolt ol women against the too narrow limits of in- ciont prejudice , it is only additional proof that misguided revolution easily becomes nicru anarchy. It is probable that the women who write this kind of llction arc misled by vanity rather than actuated by evil im pulses. They imagine that in thus tlnnwlnp off all restraint they uro giving evidence of originality of thought und force of charac ter ; whereas they tire , In fact , courting un worthy suspicion und winning only that sort of uuplnuso which is thinly veiled contempt. Such n colonization policy ns Germany is pursuiuguan result in nothing but ultimate disaster , says the San Francisco Chronicle. The very first serious reverse will inspire the anti-colonial party In Germany with new courage , nnd will bring the timorous nnd wavering over ; and before - fore ho knows it Bismarck will have stirred up such a fierce opposition at homo that ho will bo only too glau to inaUo his peace with the people by abandoning his ambitious schemes. Germany is u mon archy , it is true , and Bismarck is almost un autocrat ; but m the end the people are al ways stronger than their rulers , and emper ors and chancellors have to bond before their will. There ls more danger to tlia iui- poriul power in Germany from the colonial policy of Bistnarclc than from the combined armies of all the hostile powers of Europe , for it cannot full to excite domestic discord and dissension. It Is tlu testimony of public prosecutors overywheio that , the effect of very severe penalties for vote-selling or bribery Is to render convictions almost Impossible , says the Now York World. Wo should like to see the experiment tried of disfranchising for five years any man convicted of selling his vote , and providing for posting his name and sentence on the registry lists. This would take venal voters out of the market as fast as discovered and tona to bring tne practice of vote-Belling into greater disro- puto. For the briber severer penalties tniuht no imposed , and could probably bo enforced if the person who accepted the brlbo were offered indemnity against prosecution for testifying to the cor ruption. Such n measure , In connection with n ballot reform law , would go fur towards purifying elections. M. Curtcret , the leader of the Swiss radi cals , whoso death is announced , was an Illus tration of the extremes to which men In power may bo carried wiion It Is proposed to grant to the people the full possession of civil und religious liberty , says the Philadel phia Record. Whllo ostensibly seeking to divorce church from stnto , M. Curtorot proved himself to bo autocratic and Intolerant erant , suppressing the Roman Catholic shurch und setting up in Its place a subsi- 3i7cd establishment In which every man waste to be u law unto himself. The result , of : ourao , wnsdisorgnni/nUon , nnd religious In- Jifforentlsm. Centuries ugo Genovu was the : cntnr ol theological dissension , and it ? eoms to bo perpetuated to day oven under u jovernmont puioly republican. Lilto the Marshalsca und the Fleet , Now- ; ate prison is scon to become u thing of the iastnnd London will bo bereft of another of Is old landmarks. A body of architects has ust been paying It a visit to note the peeu- iarltlcs of its structure. The original build- .vas . in use for the confinement of prisonoi-H ) f rank as early ns 1210. It was rebuilt two inndred years afterwards , and again otter ts destruction by the great IIru in London a 1000 , Just before the Gordon riots of 17SO t was reconstructed- the Interior being jurnud In those disturbances , HO vividly do- icrlbod in Blckun's "Burnuby Rudgo , " was ihortly afterwards restored. In 1357 it was iltciod to bring it moro in accordance with ho humane spirit of the ago. Now It Is , loubtless , to disappear finally. Though the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius vas a great success on her trial , she wus a allura as a financial venture for her con- motors. Though built by Cramp & Sons , f Philadelphianho was contracted for by the 'noumatlo Dynamlto Gun company of Now fork , and the onlcora of this company any hat tlioy liavo lost about 1100.0JO on her , H her total cost amounted to 81 no,000 , while he contract price was only M51),00l ) ) . In con- eiiuonco of this loss on too VcHiiviuj , appro , 'nation * for vessels of her class to bo au- liorlzod by the present session will bo $450 , . 00. They will also carry a premium for the ttalmncnt of a higher speed than that guur. nteed in the contract. On the subject ot morning prayers PrcsU out Eliot , of Harvard , In his annual report ust Issued , aaya ; "Tho assured success of ho voluntary method in the religious orvl- e of the university , concerning which some nxioty wus felt during the first year of trial , run a solid satisfaction to every mouibor of tie university , whether teacher or student. t meant the permanent removal of a quos- ion of conscience , the drying up of a con Unit source of Irritation und 111 fueling , the apuratlon of what many ballovod to bo. a ruve Injury to religion and the establish , lent at the heart of the university of a fresh , troug intlucDco for good , " IT'S A PARADISE OF TOUGHS A Town Whtoli Alwnya Wonra Vornillllou Huo. TOO MANY FOR THE MARSHAL Ho Tries to Keep Order , Hut llio liar Citizen Is OvcrulicltuiiiKly Nmii- ciotis Dnt-k M > storlog of tlio Ilhor. 1'criUtloii's Ante I'uutn. Neb , , Fob , ( ( . [ Correspond cnco of Till ! Hr.n. ] Tlio Inconsistency of tli prohibition law could not bo more plainly tU monslrated limn It is tlally , hero nt Coving ton. Tlioro nro organlrcd nt this place froi twelve to twenty rum-selling Institution known ns "Transportation companies , whoso sole objects mo the currying of whlslc from Covlugton to piohibition Sioux Clt\ and thcio peddling it out to the thirsty null titudes , and from tlio number of trips tn.ul each day by the wngons of these concerni they nio doing a liiml-onico business tight 1 tlio heart of the city that 1ms ilono mor boasting over the great accomplishments o that king of nil known tcRlslatlvo furocs- prohlbltion than all ether towns mid I'itic in Iowa. In fact , a m.in may stait on tlio Ice In th center of the river between this town nn the ono on the opposite sldo , for ton hour each day , mid It would bo a very iltfllcnl matter to determine from which dircctioi the largest number of drunken men wil pass during tliat time , There is. since the closing up of the rlvoi a constant stream of humanity coming an going from morning till night. They get drunk in Sioux City nnd conn here to clean out the town , and get drunl hero and go there to do the Dame thing. The only perceptible difference botwoci the two places ie > that hero they can tfiv vent to their eussedness without taking MI many chances of bolng "run in , " us the ; would be compelled to take on the othci side. side.And right here , 1 would Ilka to correct I falsa impression which has been sprcni throughout the country by n projudlcci wi Itcr on a local paper to the effect that tin marshal of tlio town , Frank \ \ illlams , doei not attempt to keep order. This is ( also , uni docs that ofllcial a grave Injustice. He cannot always keep order. Nolthci could any other ono man. He has too man.y hat d characters to deal with , ana the only surprise to mo is that ho has been able tc keep his life as long as ho has. The place is filled with tin-horn gamblers , prostitutes , tramps and outlaws from every iiuurtcr of the glebe , whoso very countenances nances , ns well as their actions , btamp them a dangerous , daring lot , Last evening ubout half past 0 o'clock , I stopped out of John Puvson's Hiiloon next tc the rlvor , and. leisurely strolled up street till 11 cached the corner where the Boy'n Home is located , and while btunding there mentally - tally admiring the sparkle of the electric light across the street , I hoard the Hhrlok ol a woman as if in distress. Hurriedly look- lug to the rear of the Boy's Homo and on tea a vacant lot , I saw two men , one of whom seemed to bo holding a largo fur coat over the head and shouldcis of a woman , while the other was apparently dragging her by the wrists to some point against her will. I hastily stepped into the bar room of the Boy's Home , and informed a good-natured looking man who was standing near the stove , and whom I took to bo a farmer or laboring man , of what I had hoard and scon Looking mo square in the eye. ho growled : "What of lU Arc- you looking for a lost friend ? " 1 got out of the scrape the best I could , and permit me to here remark that since that occurrence I have been less inquisitive while meandering about this little criminal resort , for such is certainly its proper and most appropriate name. The respectable people of the town as well as residents all over Dakota county , are justly indignant at the way the laws are do- linutly violated in this place with impunity , and threaten resorting to mob law unless something is boon done to stop it. Hut how , pray , can the county attorney or any other ofllcial prosecute and convict n man of a crime until it is first proven that he is guilty i Where is this proof to como from which is so essential to successful prosecutions and convictions ? The sad fate of the Kov. Had dock is to fresh in the memories of the respectable - spoctablo and honest pot tion of Covington's citizens to warrant one of them In making the first move to suppress the rapidly in creasing crime that to-day surrounds and curses tlioir heretofore peaceful and happy homes. In conversation with one of Covington's oldest and most highly respected citizens , whoso name I would give had ho not especially requested me not to do so , I yes terday gleaned the following information in reference to the state of affairs existing hero to-day : "How long have you resided hero ? " " the latter of "Twnnty-nmo years ago part last October. " "Well , " I continued , "do you consider this place any worse than other places in the county ) " "Yes , sir ; I do most emphatically believe this town to-day is the wickedest and most dangerous place I have over been in ; and I lull you , young follow , I have soon some tough places. " "How IB it , then , there seems to have been no murders reported from this place , ex cepting ono or twosome thirty odd year t ago ? " "That is easy to explain , " the old gentle man explained , as ho pointed toward the river. "Do you mean to tell mo that you sincerely believe that men have boon murdered and thrown into the river , and no inquiries made after them by friends I" "Exactly. Many of them. " 'If that is the ease , why do not you and some of your friends commence a regular legal war against them. " "My friend. " hn said , "it would bo far cncaper and much safer for us to leave the country and lot thorn have the boll-hole that it Is , than to attempt to run them out , and that is what sovaial of us Intend to do in tlio early spring , " "Then , you ore absolutely afraid to com. plain against them ) " "I am , sir ; and I am not the only one , either , who four thorn. " Many ether good citizens of Covlngtan fcol the Banio way , and uro beyond doubt completely Intimidated by the lawless cle ment surrounding them. JULIUS , A QUAINT LilQUOK IiAW. How the Trnlllu Wan rtogiilutecl Throe JitimlrcHl Years A o. To the Editor of TUB Itir. : In a moment > f leisure I was looking over tlio notes and lucrlcs , and ran across the following license aw , adopted Just three hundred years ago ; ind it occurs to mo that It may Interest your readers in those days of prohibition , "local jption , " "high llooiiso , " "no license , " "moral suasion" and "hurrah for Flsko and Brooks. " It shows that the evils of drink- ng was then very much as they arc now , jut that our forefathers wcro more wisely itrlct than wo nro In our legislation. Tliuv lid not drouui'of prohibition , and though : oalous rcliglonUu , as an act shows , they md no scruple in "licensing an Iniquity , " tut worn anxious that good pco- > io of that day should bo protected 'rom bad beer , unit that they should have It : hcap ; and that there should bo no nora saloons than "a convenient number , mil no moro , " The phrase , "Tbuy that had 10 ether means to llvo by , " reminds mo that n my early days In the highlands of Scot- and It was no uncommon thing for church icoplo , to assist Bomo worthy widow , to open mt her house as a dramshop , In compliment , is it were , to the good conduct and the ro- iglous ardor of her late husband It was In- looa. ns I remember It , a good wav of "visit- ng tliu widow In her alllictlou , " und was mlcml n curious form of "puru religion , " liowiny thu force of custom anil association , i'lioso good pooulu , who cuffed Uia young ; ener.iUan for whistling on Sunday , and who cmild not tolerate breaking the Sabbath by playing o " n ' 'klstof whtstlos , " saw nothing strange In the deacon's widow opening a "tippling hmuo. " It wns also the custom and considered the proper thing for the inin- iMcr when ho married a conploln U country to rein itn nlwayft until the first dance was over , nnd ho was looked upon as no gcntlo < 111,111 If ho did not do so Today the sumo good divlno refuses to sit nt the communion table with his American Prosbytorinn brother because of the organ question ; and hit Amci'- lean brother , on the ether hand , Is more or less scandalized by his Scotch brother's love of n dram nnd his approval of dancing It seems strange how much wo all make of small mnttora ; nnd to mo the moral Is that wo nro all creatures of habit nnd rurol.v u\ toad beyond our environment t consequently \\o often "protend to be frightened at a mouse ami have daily to do with the devil " Following Is the license law referred to : Ceitam orders conceived and sot down by the Lords and others of Her Majesty's Privy council , for icformatlon of great disorders committed by the excessive number of Ale houses und Tippling houses , und brewing Rlningt'r Ale and Hoer than Is wholesome for man's body , which nro by the .Instlcos of the 1'eaoo In the several Counties to bo put in execution and strictly looked Into , A. D , 1MM. 1MM.The The Justice * were to "tnko view of the number of Ale houses , Victualling nnd rip pling houses In every town , parish , vlllago and Iminiet within their Jurisdiction , " "To consider upon view in every plaoo what number of thum nro necessary and lit j nnd thereupon to discharge the supcrlluous number , and to permit mid allow n conven ient number nnd no more. " That those that \\oro allowed nhonld bo of honest conversation , and that had no other means to llvo by , and to give now Bonds to perform the Orders following ; I. To take strict order with the Urowors that they servo no beer or nlti to any nle house keupor , but nt mich rnto mid prices us by the Justices of the 1'oaco should bo sot down nnd appointed by the Statute of 'JJ Hen. VIII. cap. 4 ! . ' . The Justices to sot down and appoint a reasonable price for every barroll and kilder kin , or other vcssull of Boer , ns they mnv nffurd the same for half a penny a quart. And yet the same to bo well sodden , and well brewed of wholesome grayno us It ought to be , upon pain , etc. ! l. The Ale-house- bond in Alehousekeeper to give a competent sum not to utter any beer or ale but such as is wholesome. 4 The keeper of the Alo-houso to certify to the Constable of the Parish or Vlllajro whereof they bo , the iniinos mid surnames of nil and every person or portions Unit they shall lodge In their houses or dwelling place , mystery and condition of every ono of them , mm whether every ono of thorn omomloth to travel , as the guest shall Inform thum , and this to bo part of the condition of their bond. 5 , Not to have Cards , Dice or Tables , nor to suffer any to play In their houses , yards , etc. This to bo part of the condition of the bond. 0. No Alo-houso keeper , etc. , to permit any person or persons to lodge In his House above n day and a night , but such ns ho will answer for , as the Statutes yet In force do require. Also condition of bond. 7. Not to dross , or suffer to bo dressed or eaten within his house , any llosho upon any forbUden day , saving for himself or his ser vants in cuso of necessity , according to tlio statute in that bohnlf provided. Also n con dition of bond. 8. That no Victualler , Tipler , or Alo-houso keeper shall permit or suffer any persons dwelling within a mile of their houses to cat or drink , except substantial household ers and their wives , children , nnd servants in their company travelling to the Church , being a mile distant from their house , or for some other lawful occasion ; nnd that only for their reasonable time of their eating and drinking for the necessary repast and rollf. 1) . The constable to search and enquire after disorders every llftcon days. 10. The Justices dividing themselves into certain limits ono in twenty days , to see the execution of thobo articles within their di visions. ( Signed ) JOHN HAUNK , H\o. Yoir.vi , TIIOMVS WAUD. ' A "COLORADO IUOICKU. " Some Highly InCorns ! ing Items From the lloylolco Advocate. The now town of llolyoko , Colo. , just across the Nebraska line , has mi enter prising piipor called , tlio Advocate. Amen r the interesting items which ap peared in its last issue are the follow ing : During1 the progress of the Sullivan- Pearson hearing , a witness was asked by defendant's ' attorney : "When you llrst entered the saloon did not Mr. Sullivan treat you kindly ? " The wit ness , in a straight-forward and honest tone , replied : "No , sir. Ho didn't treat us at all. " Fred Brobst sued us for stealing his leads nnd slugs from his outfit. After hearing our side and hearing him de liberately Ho under oath , tlio justice throw the case out without hearing any more testimony and charged it all up to Brobst. How they will got the cost from Brobst is a question , us ho WIIH uovor known to pay anything lie eould got out of. If ho was not able , it would ho different , but ho simply wont pay. Wo hoard it said ho owes for his wifo'H cofiln to this day. Oh , he's a bird. Ilocr Anderson and his man Brobst have reaped the harvest that comcb us ii reward lor perjury and loiv-livodnos which these gentlemen have done dur ing their short stay In this city. Tlioy \ro despised and abhorred by all the 3iti/cnfi of this community. They have fully branded themselves with an odi- ) us niuno. Have demonstrated their ack of faith in God , and their con- /ouipt for honor. They have shown low little they care for an oath by their iruzon conduct on the witness stand , [ lad these mon two grains of common lonso to a cubic inch of brain , they .vould . keep out of sight of all honor- iblo mon , like whipped curs. Hog Anderson gets his work in on > nu moro unfortunato. Ho fori'doses > n Old Man King. hloknoHs in his fam- ly and poor business places Mr , King n tlio clutches of thin human vampire. Bhyloclc will have his pound of llosli. dn Monday evening , between thu lourh of1 and 5 o'clock , n shooting icrupo took place in Kiilllvan Bros' , ulooii , in which Dan .Sullivan shot ono loll lAmmoll , tlio hall entering the left n-enst just above the nipplu. Fortu- lately thu ball struck a rib und ran ironnd the side , lodging under tlio ihouldcr. This man Ponrfioll 1ms on ormcr occasions played the had imui tot in the above mentioned placeshoot- ng through the iloornnd Nourishing his r , i } with the usual amount of Jimo level quotations , cleaned out the Pntu totol , and his success In his former nets lad evidently impressed him that ho ntH to ho the Billy the Kid of Ilia time. Vliat Poarnoll did In the naloon to irovoko the shooting wo have not ot learned. Reports nro conflict- ng , hut that ho gave HUlllcicnt auso for Sullivan defending hluwolf nd getting the llrnt shot lb understood , 'ho days for blood and thunder uutuand ndividuuls Blurting grave yards of heir own , it would hoom have gene by. Vo think the young man has lonrncda assail , nnd will take it well into his ieart und try in the future u moro enlul path of life. Later As wo go to press wo loam lint Sullivan was acquitted. Fred Thompsonthe editor of the Sun , -as smacked over tlio mouth by a young idy on tlio street on TuebJayfor ( , Inbiilt- igly coughing at her whtm she pasted im on the htroot. Thompson ( a just Lartlngoutin life , perhaps too young > see right from wrong , ' mid may have nought his notions smart , hut the re- uJto ho received will , no doubt , teach im n lesson. It don't pay to bo too Illy ii this western country.