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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY TTEBRUAEY 24 , PAGE& THE DAILY BEE , I ) HVHIlY" MOHNINO. TKIIM'J OP SfllSI IUPTION , . . . . . . ? iiiiiioiniwiu : < : llt.h , < > nn Vt-nr ' j * 1'or Six Monthii { TOT Tlireo Jtonllu . . . 2 CO TUB UMIIU Srsmr Hir : , nrnlleJ to any inMri n , One Wnr . . . . . * IS WII.M.V HrB. Onn Vcnr - < * OHAIIA Oci ic K. Nos.filinniiot * PIUNAM BTIIKKT. ClIICA'IOOH'll'K , fifl : HonKKIIl III'IIIIIMI. Nrw VIHIK on it K. Ito.iM" . HNI > n Timiu.vK Htm.lilNll. Vl A IIIN < ! TOX OU'ICI , NO. 613 rouiiTl.K.NTll STIICKT. COIlItK-il'ONDKNCK. All communloatl" ! ! * rolntini ; t tiows nnd cdl * Inrlnl niHllir shoulil boaiMrviseiltiitho KIUTOH UBNfc rrr All i it-ttprsniiilreinlttiini PS should no I UK llin l'i III.KIIIMI COMI-ANV , OMMIA. Jlmd * , fluvks ami post > lll < comers to bo m.vlo pnya'ilf ' to tlio order of tlio company. ViioBcc Piiblisliiiiglipy , ProDriclors , K. ROSKWATKK , F.ditnr. m 10 DAILY nii : : . Sworn Stntoincnt iirCircitlatlon. Btntcof Nt'lirnsVa. ! ( oiiniy ot lloaglns. f ( li'orgoll. T/'Phiick , Kccrc'lnryof the Itee 1'ul- ) HshliiK company , does Miluninly swe.ir that the nctimrrlreiilntlnn ot Tun DMI.V llir : for thu \iefk ending 1'obnury 2.1. IR-'J , was M follows : Fluidity. I'oli. 17 I1- ! ' . ' " ' Momliiv , rob. li I':1' ' : ' Ini'Mlnv , 1'vli. Ill le.s'i'- ' , WMlnmUny. l" li. So IWiW yii r ilnv.'foti.Sl I/.7TO I rnfiiv. 1'e'i. ' ' . . ' tntnuJny , fob. 2J 18.Sn AM'1T > C" 18/111 Btulo of Nobraskft. I Cinility of OoimM" . I ' OenrKO II. 'IVkclinck , Itclng duly sworn , da- JIOTS mid Hnys that liuls soiTotury ol the lloa I'ulillihliiK p niiniiy | , tlmt the actual nvcrnuo ilallv rlrrnliitlDii of TIIK I\it.v HIK : for the iiioiitli of I'oliriiary. 1"W , as ViVtt coplt" > : for Mitrrli. IS-tH , | y,0.v.l coiilcs ; for April , 1SHI" , 1S,7M roplos ; for \fiiy. IS > H , 1-.1M roples : for .nine , IHhS. ll''JII ' topics ; for .Inly , l fK , Is.O.C ) copies ; for Aliens ! , 1W. I- IS.l li-opliss ; for September , less , IKII | ( oiiles ; - for Octolii-r. iws , ] , o roplos ; for Novom- IIIT , l w , i iio topics ; lor Di-ci'intnT. Ib&S IH , ' ; ) Kuorn to bpforu mu nnd snlistrlbid In my rinacnru this ibthilny of 1'oliriniry. A. II. Ivi'J. N. 1' . rr.II. Notary I'uullp. Sr.N'ATOK Iti.AcKiintN' , of Kentucky , has ovhlonlly inUsod his onllintr. IIo wns cut out for the pn/.o riuj , niul should .stand up against Sullivan or Kilralti the next time a chullengo is ibsuod. Til 12 uiinsinil spccliiclo of u governor of a sttito burntf brouifht liofurc a jury on a libel suit ia now presented in Iowa. Governor Fjarrabco was indicted re cently by the Polk county grand jury for criminal libel , and the ease is now being tried. Tlio outcome of the trial is likely to end in full vindication of Governor Larraboo. The proceednga ! ntfaiiiit the Rovernoi1 have , from all re ports , proven a lia.sco. Tin : sudden death of Dr.Villard D. Blibn from a paralytic stroke last week removes the hocond of General Gar- Hold's physicians whoattendod him dur ing liis fatal illness. Of the three men , Agnew , Hamilton and Bliss , whoso names are still familiar to the country during that memorable period , the forntqr alone remains. Dr. Hamilton , like Dr. Bliss , was suddenly stricken down. There can bo little doubt that the health of these iihysicians was se verely impaired , duo to the strain on their constitutions from anxiety and work in attending General Garlleld on hib death bed. EVICXTITAMY the eight-hour flay , for which the trade and labor orga.nl/.a- lions of the country are bonding their energies , will become an accomplished fact. It depends , however , upon two factors , skilled labor and labor saving machinery. In certain high grades of manual employment the eight-hour system is in force to-dnv. It extension I to wider circles must be left to the laws of progress and invention , by which nine hours work can be accomplished in eight. That appears to bo tlio only true solution , as proved in the light of oxporioncc. Just as the hours of labor dropped from fourteen to twelve , and from twelve to ton , true to the employ ment of improved methods , so it is likely that the present hours of labor will bo lessoned in the future. MIMVACKKI : is likewise to have anew now postoflieo , a sister building , as it were , to the one to bo erected in Omaha. The dimensions of the lot called for in the Cream Oily is 210x2ii ( ) feet , while the one in Omaha is to bo not less than UOOxiMO feet. All bids mu-,1 , be in by March 0 in Milwaukee , when a govern ment agent will inspect the sites of fered. Undoubtedly the same inspect ing architect will first como to Omaha , whore ho will , on March 1 , examine the piles ofl'orcd for sale in this city , and then proceed to Milwaukee. As the Omaha and Milwaukee postolllco bill was practically one measure appropri ating the same amount to each city and passing congress at the same time , it is more than likely that the two buildings will resemble each oilier in design , and their erection and completion will take place at the x.-imo time. BY a provision of congress some twonly-fivo years ago each stale of the union was invilod to send statues of its HUM ! distinguished eona to bo placed in Washington as a memorial of America's ' great statesmen. Michigan has just filled one of the nlchos rosorvud for her in Statuary hall of the national capilol with a uusl of howls Cass. That state may well feel proud of her adopted son , who for half a century served his coun try in high olllco. While it may bo true that Cass has noUoft the impress of liis Individuality upon tlio history of the United States Biich as was stamped by Webster , flay or Calhoun , novorlholo s lie was looked up toasono of the lenders Of the democratic party during his long porlod of public service. The career of Cass was a most notable one , In the war of 1812 ho was a brigadier gonoral. Two years later ho was appointed the Prst governor of Michigan territory ttud served in that capacity for ntxteon yours. Under Jackson ho bocoino scc- l-otary of war. Van Huron honored him With the French mission. On his re turn to the United Stales in 18k. , ho Was elected sonalor of Michigan and fcflorsorv'ng his state in congress for many years Cass closrnl his long public life as secretary of state under Buohnn- hn. The luslro of his name has been dimmed on account of his attitude on the slave question , but his place as a Etatosman of the nation cannot4be dis puted , anil Michigan has iiUinfjly hon ored Ins me1 Tun orvmiEAD WIKV QUESTION. No graver mistake could bo irmOo than to permit a further extension ot overhead electric wircsulong the streets of Omaha , a * It is proposed to do by nil ordinance pending in the council. The business-portion of the city i ? thickly covered with a web of wires , and every body who is in n ixjsilion to form a can did opinion krows them is danger in thorn. Why then increase the diflicul- ties and the danger by additional wires strung along the rily's streets ? When most othercitieshavingoxperlcnco wilii the overhead uiro nuisance are making tin effort to rid thomsolvoa of it. it is most extraordinary that any member of Omaha's city government should bo found willing to give a new privilege to further oceupv our streets with poles and wires. It must be apparent to ev- erybodj of ordinary intoUigoni'o that if this is done it cannot but be detri mental to the thoroughfares. Wires stretched at an elevation of sixteen feet , as would be the case if nny rail way ulcetrlo motor company should be allowed to place wires along the streets , would certainly bo more or less of an ob struction , and though the eircittnalnnuos might be few in which they would bo in thoway.it is manifestly desir able that the fitreels shall bo kept abso lutely free from all .such obstructions. The proposed ordinance is further ob jectionable , and very seriously so in the fact that it would give a monopoly of the streets to the llrst electric motor company that got possession of them. The franchise contemplated by the pro posed ordinance would consequently beef of the very highest value , [ t need hardly bo wild Hint the people will not approve such a concession to any com pany , whatever a&-uirauces it may give for increased facilities of travel , or for otherwise subserving the public inte rests. The plain duty of the council is to defeat any and every attcmnt to further occupy the streets of the city with poles and overhead wires , from whatever source the request to do bo may come. L UAXKIWl'T LAW. The associated wholesale grocora of St. Louis have issued an in vitation to the commercial bodies to bend representatives lo a con vention to be held in that city on the 23th of this month for the pur pose of formulating for presentation to the next congress an equitable banlc- rupt law. A good deal of interest in this matter of securing a national bank rupt law has been shown by the com mercial bodies from time to time since the last law wai repealed several years ago , and we think the national board of trade has regularly at its annual meet ings expressed itself in favor of such a a law. At any rate most of the com- uiurcinl bodies of the country have , within the 'list year or two , gone on record in favor of a national bankrupt act , and it was expected that legislation would bo obtained from the present congress in con- phaiice with this very general senti ment of the mercantile interests of the country. It is now proposed to make a concerted effort through the medium of a national convention , to inlluencc the next congress to give the country the desired law. There is something to be said on both sides of the question as to the expedi ency of a national bankrupt law , but great weight must bo given to the fact that such a law is almost universally favored by commercial men , who certainly - tainly must bo regarded as the best qualified to judge of its necessity and expediency. The circular of the St. Louis grocers says the demands of commerce merce- are equally as urgent as hereto fore for the enactment of a uniform col lection law in the form of an equitable bank"upt act , which shall preserve the respective rights of credit ors and debtors , Irrespective of tlioir residences or pi-ivonnl re lationship , and adds : l > The essential clement necessary to extensive com mercial intercourse is conlidonco. There is a want of absolute confidence so long as it is possible for fraudulent preferences to bo made and goods to be spirited away and swallowed up. There might be an adequate law for the cor rection of commercial wrongs , and an adjustment of the rights between credi tors and dobtori. ' ' Past experience with national bank rupt laws in this country has not been altogether satisfactory , but this may have been due to remediable defects in the laws , and does not necessarily prove that the principle is wrung1. Most other commercial nations have found a bankrupt law necessary and its opera tion beneficial. The Omaha and PHtts- moulh boards of trade are among the commercial bodies invited to bo ropro- sontcd in the St. Louis convention , and it is to bo presumed that both will send delegates. Tlio merchants of the west are quite as much intorostei1 in this question as those of any other part of the country. T11ADV SCHOOLS. The establishment of trade schools in the larger eitieof the country for the iiirilruclion of young mon in the various mechanical purii'iu ' , is doubtless only a quontion of timu. Such t-chools liavu been in operation in New York City for a number of yours , and it is expected that during the pronont year similar schools will booponod in Philadelphia and Boston. The incentive to the es tablishment of Mich schools is the decay of the apprenticeship system in this country , with the result that compara tively few Americans are now employed in the skilled branches of mechanical industries. The restrictions that have been imposed upon the apprentice sys tem allow but very limited opportuni ties to the youth of this country to learn trades , and as aconsequcnco Iho value of mechanical hvbor must bo constantly re cruited from abroad , at least to bupply the highest requirement * of such labor , It ia a fact that American boyj generally - ally are not partial to moohan- icnl pursuits. The average youth of native birth , under tlio inllucncu of u mistaken pride , or by reason of the fallacious notions of parents , pre fers employment that will not require him to wear overalls or sol ! Ills hands , oven though such employment exacts longer hours ol work and is k-hs nwiu- norattvo than that of tlio skilled mo- chntiic. But there are largo numbers ol boys and young mon who would will ingly learn trades if they could got tlio opportunity , and it is for the benefit of such that the trade school opens its door. . The trade school is not peculiar to this country. Franco owes much of her wealth to her industrial schools. Ger many has wrested a considerable portion tion of the American trade from Hng- land by her trades schools , and the London guilds are now expending their nci'umulated wealth in the establish ment ot similar schools throughout England. The foreign trade schools are of two kinds , those whore a Irnilo is learned during the four or IIvo years re quired lo obtain a good education , and schools where young mon employed in shops can learn what Iho workshop does not teach. From a recent address by Colonel H. T. Auchmuty , of New York , the founder of the trade schools in that city.tho information is obtained that the results have boon in the highest de gree. Young men attend the schools from all parts of the countiy , and sev eral thousand mechanics , having a knowledge of all parts of their trades , who have gone oul of these schools in the past bovcn years , utlust their useful ness. The purpose of Iho Iradu school is nol lo graduate journeyman. This , said Colonel Auchmuty , would bo both expensive and unnecessary. But the Irauo school can teach far bettor than the workshop a trade in all Us parts. "More than that , it can teach what no workshop pretends lo tench , thosoionco on which a trade is based , and which is in danger of being forgotten. Speed of execution and the experience necessary to meet tlio varied problems over pre sented to the mechanic can only , on the. other hand , be acquired at real work. It is therefore the combination of the trade school and the workshop that of- fei'H the best ' estilts Ihc trade school first to learn how to work , then the workshop to gain speed of execution and experience. " The object sought to be accomplished by these schoolsthat of educating Amer ican mechanics , while at the same time raising mechanical pursuits in popular regard is certainly important. This country should not bo compelled to de pend wholly for its skilled labor upon Iho product of foreign schools anil work shops , nor should American youth do- airing to learn trades be forced into other pursuits less remunerative and less certain of giving them Hie me.ins of a comfortable livelihood. The me chanical talent of Americans is at least equal to that of any other nation ality , and it should be given a fair op portunity for development. This the trade school will in a measure all'ord , and it seems quite probable thai it will in time become a widespread insti tution. COMMissiON'iiit Wright , of the na tional bureau of labor , presents inter esting statistics in his recent report on marriage and divorce iu the United State ? . It appears that while the popu lation of the country has hardly doubled within the past twenty years , the num ber of divorces has tripled within that period. A decrease in the number of divorce cases has taken place in the older states , while an increase has been noted in the west , especially in Illinois and Dakota. Sixty-fivo per cent of the total number of divorces were granted to wives. The most prev alent cause for seeking divorce was that of desertion , while intemperance fol lowed next as a reason. Commissioner Wright's statistics allord sufficient food for reflection. Undoubtedly the loose and easy marriage and divorce laws of many of our states are largely responsi ble for the growth of infclicily. The fact that Illinois and Dakota enjoy the dis tinction of granting more divorces than any other states would prove that hus bands and wives all over the country have taken advantage of their liberal laws in severing Iho bonds of matri mony. The divoreoquestion has grown to be a serious one , and the wise heads of the nation are endeavoring to pro vide a means of checking the very dam aging social disorder. Titr. proposed scheinu of cattle men to form an immense syndicate composed of slock raisers In all the states west of the Mississippi , will bo watched with con siderable interest. Their purpose is to do awnv with the commission and middlemen who , they claim , by combin ing with the packing houses , have divided the profits of the cattle business and have left nothing for the stock grower. The now company to bo com posed of leading caltle growers , is faaid lo have plenty of capital at its com mand. Its purpose is to ship its. slock to that market which will pay the high est prices , and for tlmt reason will have its ngouLs at Chicago , Kansas City. Omaha and other cattle centers. On the face of it , the plan appears fcasiblo. If it bo true that a combination exists between commission men and packing houses to depress the cattle men's pro fits , Iho now company can go far in breaking up such an understanding. NKITKII : : with Lo Caron , tlu ; spy , nor with Pigott , the traitor , has Iho Lon don TIiiirn been nblo to besmirch the clmraclor of Parnoll. It is almost con- fesfcod by the Thundoroi1 that it has been most brazenly imposed upon In its wild geese chase. VO1CI3 OK TJ112 B-LVlTfi IMIKSS. Jiriucon tlio VlriiH. - Fir ; < uit 'J'i-t > iHHf. Dr. Hillings should Inorahilo Frank U. Morrlssoy. Frank is utTuc'.eil with nwino plague. _ l\ot Hi > Very Near , l-'fuannt lleralil. Tluiratoa will probably conic about as near boloff secretary of thu interior an Dr. Miller wua on two or three occasions. It's one tlilnn to wnnl It an'1 another thing to gut U , somo- times. _ Penny Wine , 1'omiil Foolish , Abolish the slnoujros about the capital anil money enough would have boon saved ami bettor spent If used to pay the expenses of Nebraska representatives In the Washington colubratlon ia $ fcw Vorlc. Nol u Wont to Sny. Ki ttiut Tcltyravh , g NolwltlibtaiiJIiij ( the county republican cnvcn > . .im luaon > ed the action of Auurncy General LcoiS"nml dffclnreil In fnvdr of a more rcmonnblp rate of transportation , notn single pnpcr In/tlivf county oulslilo ot tnoTol- epraiih hai lls | > od n Mnglo word in favor of currying out tho4o principle * mid relieving the people ot tip * burden that nnuunlly takes more than ono-hntf ttio farmers earn- A SyiinintliJTu-Clnlin. fi'Miiil hlnniliKfivmlciif. / . If our legislature pantos ft bill for the rolicl of an ex-KOVcrnor. who In the tinst misappro priated the people's funds , thU wlto boJy ouijlit conslsU-atljito extern ! Its kimlnoss to nil future euibcwUn-s , robber * , horio thlesves , niul tonUconlliletico men wlio nro working their schemes on the same principle. There Is nothliiK Uko consistency and thoroughness. All such men tuivo the s.une claim on the leg islature's sympathy. A Few Shining K\aiuplo * . Crete rtilctle. Would prohibition prohibit In Nebraska ! \Vo ilon't have to look over into low.i or take a neep at Kant is for the answer. The lowm of our own state that have prohibition now , point nut the shallow mockery of such n law. Take f nuntl for Instance. Tliece are no sa loons there , yet more ilrunlten IlKhts occur In that city in a month thiui Crete , with six sa loons , has in n yc.ir. Mlllonl , another no- license neighboring town , knows what prohi bition lawlessness Is. A StHkitm lAnmplc. .1/iliu ( < iij | ( < Trilnui' . about suspended animation , what Is the matter with the department of state ! Tin ; Ground H < > All Hlght. St. l\tnl lllobf. The ground hog understood his business when ho went b.iok to his hole on the ' M of. February. AVlint I'Vnni'o ' Needs. IViflaitcWidi Tfnir-s. Tlio sort of n cabinet they need to construct In Franco is one strong enough to keep Uou- langcrironi breaking m. 'J'lie Three Deliut inles. Dakota , Montana nnil Washington nro coming into the sisterhood of states , anil ttioy iniirht as well gut their picnic dresses laundrioil. Clevelantl anil , A'diisus C'lly 'Jiuicg. The impression is now Intensified that President Cleveland , instead of turning out Civil Service Commissioner Uilgerton , should have kicked him out. Tlio Km her t > r Hustlers. Cllteuun 'I itnti. George Wn8liincton'.s birthday comes but once a year. When George was alive chasing the red coats around they used to think U came It every day. George was a hustler. One Mop in Advance. y\ins'-ij ( City Jimnm' ' . "Tho republican press is the meanest that civilisation has ever known , " says the Louis ville Courier-Journal. Wo must get even for that. The ucmucratio press is a relic of barbarism. . - Its the Girl * , Joe. I'liiliKleliihia Xiiith Ameitean. Joseph Chamberlain has declared that the school system in America is its greatest glory. The American girl claims tlmt dis tinction , and nooody knows it bolter than Chamberlain. At Ijoast Onn Good I'oiiit. .Ifi'inicdjMjIix Join mil. President Cleveland is but a man anil ho has made mistakes' , but can still retire from the highest olUce in the girt of his country man with the proud consciousness that he has never written spring poetry. Ail Appeal tn nismnruk. Lliicayo iVcii'R. ITeJir us , Rismnrck , we implore yo , Man ferruginous and gory , In tli.it isle where grows the mango , Likewise cocoanuts-anil sago , Is our bay called Pango-Pango Or Pago-Pago * DciiinorntH Not Included , Cliicfi'jD 1'illiunc. ' "Praise God from whom all blessings flow1 ! sang the members of the legislature in session at Uisnnrck when the news came that the territorial bill had passed both houses of congress. It will be observed that , the democratic party was entirely ignor cd in this outburst of thanksgiving. Couldn't I5o Tuscott. St. Paul 1'umctr I'rets. A Gorman tramp in Wisconsin , whoso badly frozen Icet were amputated in u hos pital , was declared by the sapient town au thorities to lie Tascott. Uut as the tramp is still in the hospital the story falls to the ground , as Tuscott , minus both his legs , could easily elude any detective in this country. llioy'vo Tried A < Vifci/i ( ) 'J'unCii. A monkey in InUia was the means of cap turing a iniirdoror. With all duo respect to the slirowd Hankshaws of the Chicago tlu- teclive bureau it may not bo amiss lo call the attention of Acting Inspector Klliott to the peculiarities of the monkey as a detective. The suggestion is not made with any expec tation that Tascott may lie overtaken. Mon keys have been used to capture Taseott and the result is a failure. 1'OTEVriAlj H Clucnco Times ; Windoiu has been called , but this may be a moro bluff. Philadelphia Hccord : Society Editor Learned anything new about Mary Ander son ? St. Paul Glebe : The detective service is falling into iiisrcpntc. It mis almost ceased find ing Tuscottii. Clilcniro Times : The state of Iowa will not be represented in the cabinet , but it will furnish the bustles for the white house. Chicago News : A man committed sulcldo at Mount Healthy , O.1 , by free/Ing himself to death. The 1131119 oi the town must have discouraged him. > , ) Now York Sun : Gentleman ( in Yorltvillo restaurant ) -Glvo ma u glucb of milk , waiter. Walter Yes.sir ( guing to thu back door ) . Jinmilo , ketch do gout. Heporler T sa her nod ycslcnlav to young Mr. J31ank , of Hlank & Co , "Well , don't anndnnce it as a positive on- t'agonicnt ; Just put It In ns a rumor. " Philadelphia Noritf/American : Max O'Hell says that "America Is' composed of 00,000,000 ' people , mostly colonel's. " Ho must have spent a long tlniu In thu drinking places of Ken tucky. St. Paul Glebe : Word Is gout from Indianapolis that Mr , Harrison has bought 11 pair of stout No. 0' ' ulioo * to inaugurate , with. Is tlmt a hint to democratic ofilce- holdoiii ) .Minneapolis Journal : A Kansas City judge recently gnuilod four divorces in six minutes , Kansas City's claims IM a rival of Chicago are at last based upon something besides wind. Chicago Herald : Oscar Wild has just pub lished a magazine article entitled "Tho Decay of Lying. " ThU In London , too , where Lo Caron has been on the witness stand for over thrco weeks , Oil Olty HlUzard : Thobiby bolng a helpless - loss creature , is subjected to much mhtroat- ment in thu matter of naming and kissing. It is reported , for instance , that a little .one 11(1 ( In McICenn counly has Just boon nnme < l James Jordan Quay .McCluro Harrison. The day uiny cony when lie will rise tip to reproach preach his parents for itroilxlmr.to his natural name such a directory ns that Puck"Pardon me , " unlit the detective , doferciilially , "but t have noticed , mndauie , tlmt white you have been making your pur chases In the store yon have appropriated several small article * . " "Allow mo to con- gratulnto yon on your polite bearing , " re turned the lady , producing a card , "you will see from this that the firm has employed mole lo sou that Its detectives act with good man ners toward anybody they may suspect I" ciiivi < ; u wo sins. Knto Clnxton has hail n stroke of paralysis , She does not e < cpccl to be able to go back or the stage. Mrs. S. V. White , wife of the congressman from llronklyn. hnsconscientious scruples on the subjeclion of prohibition , ami she is sail ! to bo the only hostess in Washington whe has refused to servo wine to her guests. Miss .leaunetto lliilford , daughter of the presldent-clcot's private serrttary , is enjoy- Imj hrr rural life in Florida immensely. She is frequently seen soatctl on lop ot a load ol hav and driving a team of frisky mules. Mrs. Monn Calrd , the famous author ol "Is Marriage n Failure" discussion , is described scribed n ? n handsome brunette , tall nml graceful , witn line eyes and a very sprightly expression , the very opposite of the conven tional ideas of the clever woman. The Kmprcss Frederick , It is said , is aboul to join the noble army of authors or tlic army of noble authors by writing the me moirs of her Into husband. The book will have to bo published in England to avoid the terrible blue pencil of liditor IJisinarck. Miss Susanna Warfield , who resides nonr SykcsvIHe , Carroll county , Mil. , composed the march played at the inaugural ball of ' rippocanoo" Harrison , and her friends want it played at the inauguration of his grandson , March 4. Miss Wnrllold , who Is wealthy , Is aged over ninety years. Miss Julia Fletcher , Ihe author of "Kis met , " has a new novel In press in lioston , It is entitled "The Truth About Clement Ivor1 ami promises to bo n story that will sell. Miss Fletcher is described as n singularly fasdnallng young woman slight , graceful , with n delicate , pale face , big blue eyes and plenty of yellow hair. She is very witty In her conversation. Three years ago Dr. Maria M. IJean raised her first sign as n homeopathic physician at Helena , Mont. To-day shots one of tllb most popular nnd prominent residents of the oity , and her income lust year is reported to have been $11,000. 13r. Dean was graduated from the Wisconsin university nnd from the Bos ton Medical school , and has also studied In Herhn. She is about thirty years old , nnd is said to be n woman of remarkable nullity , and , although lull of pluck , is not a bit mas culine. G1M3A.T MKN. Or. Calling's latest invention is a pohco gun or street piece for use in riots. The most inveterate "first-nighter" in Chicago is U. P. Ilutchinson , known as "Old Hutch. " Chicago has a deaf and dumb lawyer , Joseph G. Parlsinson. He is a specialist in patent laws. Mr. Sargcant , the American painter who has won such fame in London , has a line , powerful figure. Vice Prcililcnt-Ulcct Morton pays $ V)1 ) for Ihe use of a furnished house in Washington during inauguration week. Miles Standish's monument , on Captain's Hill , Duxbury , will be finished Ibis year. It was begun &cviintocn years ago. The late Ur. IlnelTcr , musical critic of the London Tunes , liatoil tlio idea of a coflln and believed in cremation. His body was riot burned , however , but buried in the ordinary way. way.The The coflln of Colonel Goslien , the dead cir cus giant , measured 7 feutfl inches by - foot S inches. No hearse could bo found big enough to hold it , and it was carried to the grave in an open wagon. ICdward Willctt , new.- > paper man , pool and novelist , died in Now York on 'Wednesday. Ho was fifty years old. His work on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch , ChicaRo Tribune and New York Sun was of the boil order. His successful novel was "The Search for the Star. " James Russell Lowell is in poor health , lie writes to the Harvard society of Balti more : "I have been compelled to avoid so far as I could all excitement and fatigue. I have therefore steadily declined nil invita tions that would in any way expose me to the risk of either. " Kev. Qlark Wright , pastor of the Metho dist Church of the Saviour in Harlem , New York , Is almost an exact reproducttan in face , form and manner of the lute John A. Loifan. The reverend gentleman was a sol dier In tlio Ninth New York regiment , and takes much interest in Grand Army matters. Colonel Blanton Ounenn , the distinguished Kentnekian , has taken up his nbaile in Los Angeles , Cal. , the adopted homo of several other Bluu Grass exiles. Although actively engaged there in business pursuits his old- time nowipaper instincts continue to crop out , as is evidenced by a roonnt , iirtlclo from ms pen in the Los Angeles Times , in which hedeals botnc hard blows .it railroad monopoly ely in true pri/o-ring stylo. Ho will make himself felt on the Pacific coast. OUUItKNT TOPICS. The reappearance of Sir Charles Uilkc is one of those neciillur features of British life which no American can understand , says the ban Francisco Chronicle : Dilke hcoms to bo in n fair way to regain the position which he lost BO suddenly and so absolutely through the Crawford scandal. The case was proved against him , although it may have bren made blacker than it really was by the de tectives employed by hiB political enemies. At nny rnto ho was suddenly hurled from one of the foremost positions In the liberal party into political mid uoclal o.xlle. But he Is an iiblu man , anil ho has been n ided by a wife who has championed his eauso and re fuses to bcllovo any evil of him. The result is that ho has slowly made his way back into the world , and lias gained at last tlio recog nition of tlio minister of Paris. There are IntlnintiniiH that ho will sunn lie seen in Lon don society. The only Hlmllar case in recent vcara In Kngland wm that of Valentino Baker. The hitter's ofi'enso wns no moro llagrant than Dillto's , and had hu lived u few years longer there Is no cjiicmlon that ho would have been pardoned. The English tire nrodigal of their favors In condoning of- reuses when the offemlerH are men of good family und llrst rate ability , H has uoon estimated , says the I'hlcngo Herald , that by far Iho greater cost of labor involved In the transportation of the crops may bo charged to that ulioi t passage over the country rondu lying between the farm und Urn depot. The highway railed the railroad Is superb. The turnpiku romuliib in its primitive state. KfforU , therefore , dirbctod toward the jetterini. of the road between the farm und the railway station will bo wisely inspired. 1'ho people nro but lately arrived at thu knowledge that ono railroad , rather than two , thrco or four , is to bo wished for , The I'uclllo roads at Omaha divulo their jiusjen- eight uaionc no less than ! lre trams , though 6no would cnry nil. The people of Iovv. % however , must support five crews of railroad operators With the main nrterlcsof commerce romc to this pass , it Is time to dwell upon tlmt neslected portion tion of the public travel , wlicrcin the fnrmet plods , tliiouph mud or snnd , over hill nud swamp , with fifty bushels of wheat , giving n day's linul , nnd vast relative expense , to lie Initial operation of delivery In Hurope , K. H. Mc.ntynrd ! < 0110 of the Inquirer. * who have done the country peed tcrvlco in culling - ing the attention of legislators to this sub jecl , Commenting on the recent defeat of tlio Saturday half holiday bill in Penns.Uvanla , the Public iici'gcr observes : llollilms arc like roads in one rcspect--whero the people mnko them or the lines for thorn arc laid out by nature there they are pretty sure to be adopted. ' 1 he holiday * the people make have no necessity of being backed by law , and Vihero they have not ueon made by the people ple no net of the legislature can , by itself , compel ! their observance or give them nny popular force. The.v must be established by the spontaneous action of the people. Hence the public may look with complacence on the defeat of the Saturday half holiday bill In the state senate , as that lias not \et worked Its WH.V BUflleicntly Into popular favor. Law cannot make it acceptable or advisable lill the right tluio comas. Several papers in the cast have been com. tni'iitlng on tlio fact that San Francisco alone , of all the great cities In the countrystill per mits and oven encourage ? pruo-flKhtiug. The examiner thus comes to the defense of the city of the Golden Gate : Some ultra- virtuous journals of the east have recently experienced heartrending pangs nt the thought of the wickedness of San Francisco as "the only city in the union where pri/e- lighting is openly permitted. " Pugilism may or may not bo defensible on hiirh moral grounds , but wo beg to remind certain of our shocked eastern contemporar ies , that there nre some excellent precedents in justification of it. To the Now York Kvonmg Post , for cs-iimple , which takes lofty ground against the merest mention of n ring battle , wo might recall the little nfftiir described in the thirteenth book of the Iliad of Homer , translated by a former tospcclod editor of that highly esteemed publication : n "And the twain set upon each other. Then Peisandro.s smote the cncst of thu helmet shaded with horsehair close below the very plume , but Menelaos struck him ns ho cnmo forwnrd , on the brow nlxn'o the base of the nose , and the bones cracked and the eyes all bloody , fell at his feet in the dust. Then he bowed and loll , and MimMuos set foot upon his breast and triumphed. " Shall this ancient "scrap" bo excusable and not the moro decently conducted affairs of modern days ) And if our effeminate friends will search the scriptures cm they not Unit precedent for lighting , and for the graphic reporting thercol i We commend to their attention the llrst book of Samuel from the thirty-eighth verse onward. In nu editorial headed "The Prohibition Folly in Uliodo Islaiul , " the New York Evening Post says : There are encouraging signs of a popular uprising in Khodc Island which will put nu end to the prohibition folly which has done the state such serious harm during the past few years. The llrst step toward the change was taken when the lower house of the leg islature , by a vote of 4."i lo 2,1) , rejected n proposal lo engraft Ihe injunction clause of the Kansas Prohibitory law upon the statnto books. This proposal had been urged by the prohibitionists with great zeal , and as the agitation has advanced it has been recog- ni ed by both sides that the failure of the proposal would involve the safety of the present prohibitory law. During debate n monster petition , signed by ( Wo names , representing millions of dollars lars of taxable property , was presented , asking as follows a resubimsslon of the pro hibition question to a vote of the people : "Tim underbigiied laxpayors and business men of this state , feeling that the amend nicnt to the constitution prohibiting Ihe man ufacture und sale of intoxicating liquors no a beverage is injurious to the bes > l interests of the state , as well as incapable of enforce ment ; that U has placed the llijuor business beyond control and supervision , has disar ranged business and depreciated the price of real cslalc , respectfully pnlilion your honor able body lo put before the people of this state an amendment to tiic constitution , ab rogating the prohibition amendment , 0 called , and as in duty bound will over pray. " Jt is thought by the best Jiultres of thu sit uation that the legislature will vote to resubmit - submit the question , and that the ultimate result will be the repeal of the present law. "It has been represented , " says the Plnla dclphia Record , "that Judge Hrewer's de cision sustains the claim of the Granger companies tlmt the railroad commissioners have no light to Imnoso on transportation companies fixed schedules of freight charges ; yet tlmt , having done so , there is no legal means of hindering the enforcement of these rates. Nothing in the printed ropoitrif the decision warrant such a .statement. The doctrine of law Is that wherever there is a wrong there is u remedy. The judire re fused to grant a invlinunary injunction on the ground that the rateslixed by the railroad commissioners appeared to be compensatory to the company. In re fusing the injunction ho Intimated that by tlio time the case should come to a final hearing the fact that the rates were reasonable would appear to clearly that no injunction upon the commissioners could equitably be issued. In the opinion of the jndgo , the weight of evidence w.i.s thai the freight rales llxud by the lown commissioner ! ; are not unreasonable But , following the decision of Justice Woods in a former case , lie concluded that It would bo best to let thu schedule go into operation and bo subjected to the test of experience. While Die law nuthori/es the railroad com- mlssloiipis to establish reasonnulo rates of transportation , Ihe court * may intervene to restrain thu spoliation of railroad btoekhold- ois should unreasonably low charge's bo fixed. The New York World is by no means so well pleased wMh the picscnt administration of the office of secretary of state as is Mr , Bayard himself. Commenting on the scries of poh'irnl ' reviews now liuing published In thu Baltimore Sun , thu World hays : "Secretary Bayard'rt retrospect of his ad ministration of the state dcpaituiunt , a1 : pub lished In thu Baltimore Sun , shows tlmt the premier of the administration nlmrrs to the full the complacency of his chief In regard lo the recoul now closing. " 1'ho failure of every important piero of diplomatic work undertaken by Mr. Bayard , the universal complaint throughout the coun try that the government has had no foreign policy uxcept to avoid unpleasantness by giving cvury big nation Its own way and to seek renown by bullying the weak , and oven the overthrow of the democratic party after n singlt : term m office , through the failuiu of tlio administration , do not ttulHco to Itiiprcni upon the secretary of ittatc that lucre has been anything lucking In hi * conduct of llio department. "If ttio lo ie of events IHH nut instructed Mr. liayaril , U Is not likely that any words can show to him his wealcnoss and his errors. Ho plumes lihnsetf upun having priHCrved JHUCO with all nations. Peauo with pusillan imity is generally possible. But Kucmlary Alurur mid Secretary Syward found il not diflleult to preserve peace with h.onor by a ready and luld abortion of thn rights uul : the JuatoipeotatloiH of the government und people of the United .Stut-oa , "There ib a goldea uiean between bluster nnd yielding belwcen Jingoism nnd Amor ! canlsm Which Mr. Bayard 1m * failed t ( strike Bat his pcrfcitaelf-sntisfnctlon tenders dors it quite unnecessary to express cithe > regret or wyinpath.v for the lapse of rcputn lion which lie has snlTercd In his present ofllce.1 Herein H Love. Siivtf M. He < f < n I'uliltf lit tljcr. Herein is love to tnko this strange , sweet thing That wo call life , nnd for lovo'.s sake to flim ? It to that outer dnrknu s men deem death , That love may have a longer , sweeter breath , To face with unnffrlghted hearts llio gloom The terror nnd the ngouy of doom Heroin is love to lift another's cross , To give nwny thp gold and keep the dross , To trample into dust the worm of self , To crowd Us ciaia'rlags on the soul's back shelf ; Nor let It over dare upraise Its head - Deny Its every call till II lies dead. Herein Is love to strip the shoulders bare , If need be , that a frailer ono may wear A mantle to protect it from the storm. To bear the frost king's breath , so ono l > i ) warm , To crush the tears it would be sweet to shod , And Millie so others may have Joy instead. Herein is love-to daily sacrifice The hope thai to the bosom elososl lies , To mutely hear reproach and sufTer1 wrong , Nor lift tlio voice to show where both be long ; Nay now , nor tell It e'en to God above. Heroin is love , Indeed herein is lovo. TALKS OX TIUFLHH. Among the relics which have been nro served from the late city hall war Is the following interesting document In the hand writing of Major F'iray , which the nmjot loft on tlio table In the board of trade head quarters of the Parnnm street people Norici : ' CnMIIMVV FAUV\M STiicnr "Uominis" What in the 0-1 alls you buggers' Why can't you be civil and observe oflli u hours and receive the embraces of the fellows who nio swallowing > ou out of sight I I called in siniplv to express my condolence , but , in harmony with Iho support of the gen eral public , 1 find .vovr rooms like Tarn's halls , without a hat p or n voice , or a present c deserted. Come down and see me. lo- { ligiously thine. j. B. FIKAU In the light of subsequent event * this notice of condolence is rather amusing. Tlio Iron Cross decorates but few breasts in Omaha , nnd it Is n matter of doubt whether more than one party In tlnsclty is entitled to wear it. It is black , inexpensive , unattractive , and wore it not for n slight polish mid beveled edge would scarcely bo noticed upon a somber garment. H la a symbol of the poverty of tlio kingdom with which it originated , but 1ms been the incon tivu lo deeds of valor which , though they niny have been equalled , have rarely been excelled. To have been distinguished on a field of battle in America , to have been wounded on Waterloo , to have merited thu commendation of the Llttlo Corporal is nltin to be deserving of Iho Iron Cross. This dis- tinctlou belongs to Prof. F. M. bteinhauscr of this city , who , however , neither wears the symbol nor refers to it in conversation. Ho won it in the baltlc of Orleans in Hie Franco-Prussian war , January 1S71. Ho was nt the lime music- meister of the band of the Bavarian infantry regiment of King Carl , of Wurteni- berg. The balllo had turned in favor of Ilia French. A retreat of the Bavarians was ordered , but il was discovered that there was nobody lo sound Ihe call. Kvory bugler had been killed. Stelnhauser , from his posi tion with ins band , spurred to the head of the regiment in the face of the enemy and issued the call at Ihe peril or his life. The body retreated , avoided declination. The inusic-meistcr escaped uninjured and won his distinction. Thomas II. Moffat , well known in this city , did business in the placa in Galena from which U. S. Grant marched to victory , the highest preferment in the gift of his people , and lo fanio which was co-oxlenslvo with tlio limits of the globe. H was in 180'J , and the silent chief had but Just returned from his victories. Upon his former place of business still hung the old weather- beaten sign nl tin , which proclaimed to the surrounding farmers tlmt hides wore there bought and sold by "U. S. Grant .t Co. " Photographs of the great leader wcro In great demand und miy souvenir of him which could not bo duplicated was deemed of almost priceless value. Chicago was frenzied zied with devotion to the soldier who had Just been her guest. Packing the lin sign between two boards , Mr. MolTatt forwarded it as ho would nn heirloom to the secretary of Iho board of trade , imagining that it , would be received with the jralrlolic feeling which insplicd his shipping of iu Bui the secretary sent back a notu suggesting that Moffatt forward to him 75 cunts which ho had paid as express charges ! A patriotic ciluen later found an honored resting place for Hie lelie in his museum on the north side und , with the destruction of his man sion one of the earliest relics of the Ameri can Kpannnondas was blolled oul of exist ' ence. _ _ The dcalh of Ihe lati ) Klehard K Imlmll recalled called a number episode * in his eventful life. One of these displayed liis giant strength nnd firmness of character. lie had loaned money to n party who ran a saloon on Tenth sticct south of Jim Stophensou'H. The money wns never paid nnd thu saloon became thu property of Kimball. U was a mountain on liis hands. lie hud no moro inclination to go into the dispensing of pionuor drinks than ho had to take thu lujturu platform. Ho hud a young friend who had recently como from Wisroiinln. Ho gave him a half Interest m the ei'ierprlso in consideration of the latter's conducting the business , II was Iho time of golii , gold dust nnd scrip. Husluosi Hcuineil good , but Kiuibnll had to pay the bills und his partner divided with him regularly , sat isfying him , for soinu time , with scrip. Serif ) uas woilh a little less than thu paper il was printed on. It was poor pay for Klmb.dl. In fuel it was no pay at all. Out ) morning lie got a well- dovolopcil roll of Ihn stuff. It w.ts moro de veloped than any ho hail received. It was so well developed , in fact , that it destroyed Mr. Kin-limit's patience. Unlocked the sa loon door. Hu turned tils partner to give 1111 his cash. Thu accommodating partner mild Ins cash was scrip also. The partner's trunk Htoo'l ' behind the bar Klniball ndsivl II nbovo Ids hiu'l and dashed It in fragments npnn the floor. Gold dollars , gold caglus , rolled upon Ihc floor. The puttier caught the Jlrnt train. Kimball picked up thu money , closed tils dour and abandoned the liquor truffle 8ovcr.il years ago a man then wall known in this community died. In life ho hail his friends and fituiuius , nnd the latter wcro not placated by hla death. The poor man was buried HIH liurial was supervised by ono who bad contemned him In life , whoso ) mto fol- 1'iwotl him to the grave and led to his bonig pluceJ near atiouior man with whom , wldlo living , ho was unablii lo agree Tins un happy aa-.ocintion of thn remnlnr , of theto warring mortals , wan a murcaof almost in- flnilo but btiurut natiifaotion to the muluvo- lent spirit who lutd oiuiompussud It. The ucrot , however , i cached thi ! family , nnd u short tnnu since the victim of u inisur.Uilo ipitu wnt i-o-lntoriod In unothnr city of tbo