THE OMAHA DAILY lUONDAY , FEBBUAHY 25 , 18S9. THE DAILY BEE. I'UHMSHHl ) KVKitY MOUNINO. TKRMS or Diitly ( MornlnR Kdltlon ) Including SU.NIUT HK.rOnnY&r . Si For Plx .Months . . Jj JO J'orTlirco Months. . . . . . . . . 2WJ Tun OMAHA SIINIIAY HEC , mailed to any ntliln-si. On Yenr . 200 Wr.rKLV Jlr.E , One Year . . . 200 OMAiiAOriiriNos.iHnmHUaKAHNAM8TiiF.KT. ! CiiicAOoOrriur. , M > 7 llooKBitr liim.tiiMi. NKW I'niiK 0 wo : , HOOMS 14 ANI > 1ft TIJIIIUNK ItUtt.lllMO. WASHINGTON OKFIOK , NO. 613 FOUKTKKSTH STUBKT. COUin'.Sl'ONDKNOK. All communications relating to MOWS and edl- totlHl matter should be addressed to the Kuirou " " - 0"HBlI"-niwiXhssLirrrBiis. . Miouiit be AH IniMnein IctterM and remittances addressed to TIIK HKK I'um.inmMi COMI-ANV , OMAHA , Drafts , chorus nnrt iiostolllro orders to be made imynblo to the order of the company. Me Bee Pablisliing Company , Propricte E. KOSHWATER , Editor. Til 13 llAlljY 11151 : : . Sworn Btntcincnt ol' Circulation. Btato of Nebraska , t „ County of Douglas , f ' Clcorpoll. TzsclnicV , fecretaiyof tlic lleol'ub- Ilshlnu ctimpnny. dotm Koloinnly swear that the actual clmimtlon of TUB DAILV llr.i : for the week ending February 23. IBS' ' , was as follows : Bundny. 1'ob. 17 . IK. Monday. Fab. 1H . . . . .ll'.HiU ' Tuesday. Feb. in . 18.WE. Wednesday. Feb. : ! ) . l .u 5-initrdnv , I'oli. 21 . IWW Itidtiy. Keti. ft ! . H . Si Bnturdar , Feb. SJ . .I8. & . . . Avcrnco Btnto of Nebraska County of Iiout. George II. 'JV.schuck , lining duly sworn , da- IIOSM nnd says that ho Is secretary ot the Ilea 1'iibllshlng company , that thu uctnal average dally circulation of TUB DAILY KK for the month of February. IMS. wns ir.Dcople. . : for Muroji , Ibfvt , iiioaj copies ; for April. 1S8 ? . 1K.7U copies ; for Jliiy , 188. If.lSI copies : for .liino , 1WW. 1W.24.I copies : for .luly. Iflw , 18,0.71 copies : for August , iwm , 1S.1S1 copies ; for September , IBS1 * , 18,154 routes ; for October , ISHfl. 1H.OS4 copies : for Kovom- lier , IPS ? , 18,1'f-O ' copies ; for December. 1881S , ' U , IKM > . 1C.W4 . copies ; for Jnniiury roplos. GKOIHifc II. 'lV.S(3IIUCK. ( Sworn to bcforn mo and subscribed In my presence this 18th day of February. A. I ) . 1889. N. 1' . VKllt Notary 1'ubllc. Tun inaugural waltz Is becoming' the fashionable slop for every body about Washington except democrats. NKW YOUK is always a doubtful state. It is doubtful whether President Harrison risen will recognize it with a cabinet appointment. TliK venerable Hannibal Hatnlin is visiting Minnesota for the purpose of llmling out whether it is cold enough to wear an overcoat. Wii/r. , the committee on public lands nnd buildings toll the legislature why two-thirds of the state buildings are ramslmcklo structures1:1 MONTANA'S anti-gambling laws just signed by the governor uro peculiarly significant. Tlioy prohibit all games of chunco "except faro and roulotto. " Wir/r. the council hand the streets of our city over to the electric overhead wire companies when every other city in the country is putting the wires un derground':1 NEXT to a revised charter Omaha must have a rigid registration law to protect the purity of municipal elec tions. The Uouglns county delegation should keep this well in sight. K there is general rojoicingover the early admission of Nortli and South Dakota , it will bo remembered that Montana and Washington Territory hnvo greater cause for congratulations. SKNATOH CHANDLKK'S oar was not pulled by Senator Blackburn after all. This will relieve the country of the great tension to which it wns drawn at the first report of the quarrel. IT does not speak well for the local butchers of Saint Joe to protest against the dressed beef of packing houses , and then bo caught slaughtering and soil ing lump jawed cattle for home con sumption. A SunuiuiAN train to Papillion is promised on the Missouri Pacific. Un doubtedly the Union Pacific will extend its South Omaha service to the sumo village. It may bo that Papillion will Bomo day become a fashionable suburb of our city. TJIK festive , book agent is at work , nnd has succeeded in gottintr a proposi tion before the board of education to change music text books at a cost of sixteen or eighteen hundred dollars. The taxpayers , of course , will bo ex pected to pay the tiddler. JAY Court's retirement from the directory of the Delaware , Lackawanna & Western , coupled with the well de fined rumor that ho is about to step out of the Missouri Pacific , gives color to the reports that ho is ready to pass over the active management of his utTairs to his son , Gcorgo. And George is a young man fully as Icoon in the rnco after wealth us his father over 1ms boon. IT wns to bo expected that Wyoming would bo spurred on to renewed zeal in pushing forward nor claims to state hood by reason of the admission of Dakota. There can bo no question that the next territory to bo clothed with sovereignty will be Wyoming. Her rapidly increasing population , her rich tuinornl resources , her advantages us a stock raising country and the develop ment of her railroad and commercial enterprises will all combine to force congress to an early recognition of Wyoming's fitness to govern herself. Tin : Oklahoma hill in all likelihood will receive-its death blow in the sen ate. Despite the fact that the house lius passed the measure , there is a pre valent feeling that the monsuro as passed for thu opening of the Oklahoma lands to settlers is but a thin disguise in the interest of land grabbing syndi cates , railroads and boomora. The bonu lido settlers would be crowded out and the purpose of the bill to open a largo area of public hinds for actual liomosteadors would bo defeated , The bill sent by the honso to the senate is called a curious crazy quilt of legis lative quackery. It had to deal with a complicated situation /rom the ejurt , and to satisfy a multitude of clashing interests. For that reason the measure Is looked upon with suspicion , and will fail of becoming a law at tin ? session. THAT PLEDGE TO TI1U11STOS' . The country at largo , and the citi zens of Nebraska in particular , have been let into a profound stale secret concerning the invincible influence which John M. Thurslon will wield with the incoming administration. The startling revelation is made by the double-barreled local contemporary which holds the patent as the only paper In America that straddled all the issues in the la to national campaign nnd sup ported Harrison and Cleveland at the same time , without seriously impairing its usefulness nnd influence. The story as given to its credulous patrons reads as follows : "During the Chicago convention nt a time when Harrison nnd his friends wore Htraining every nerve to got votes Mr. Tliursiton secured from General Harrison nn absolute pledge that In the event of the hitter's nomination niitl election certain Nebraska gentlemen should have nothing whatever to say about Nebraska's patronage. As a re sult of that pledge Mr. Tliurstnn not only gave his vote to Benjamin Harrison other for him * * son but secured votes * * The unfortunate Nebraska gentle men who wore mentioned in General Harrison's pledge include the Hon. E. Rosowntor , lion. C. II. Van Wyck and Hon. Alvin Saundors. ' ' This would be very interesting if it were true. On its face it boars the un mistakable oar-marks of the profes sional liar. General Harrison Vas not present a' ' the Chicago convention. If ho hnt boon present ho never would hnvo thought of making such a. pledge , oven if Thurston's support had been essential to his nomination. Nobody nuthomci to pcak on behalf of General Harrison at Chicago ever made such n pledge am General Harrison would promptly have repudiated it if it had boon made. Gen eral Harrison would not bo guilty o base treachery to personal friends , lensi of all , to Alvin Saunders , the onlj prominent man from Nebraska who ai Chicago talked and worked for Harrison first , lust and all the timo. His loyalty to Harrison will hardly bo called in question. General Harrison is under no obliga tions whatever to John M. Thurston for anything ho said or did in Chicago in his behalf. Thurston was opposet to General Harrison from the vcrj outset nnd did all ho could to keep members of the Nebraska delega tion from giving their votes to Harri son until after the crisis when Harri son had votes enough in the convention , and some to spare. That fact affords sullicient refutation of the story about Harrison's pledee to Thurston. . The only services Thurston rendered to General Harrison in the lust cam paign were in the capacity of stump- orator. In that service , Mr. Thurston was on an equal plane with scores of campaign stumpers , who , like him , con sider themselves well paid when they can gratify their ambition for notoriety. While Thurston and other stumpers were talking to from two thousand to five thousand people once or twice a week , every loading republi can daily in the country was talking to tons of thousands every day from the 6th of Juno to the 5th of November. Tliurston's claim upon President Harrison risen scarcely reaches the proportions that would entitle him to dictatorship in Nebraska political affairs , to the exclusion of republicans who stand much higher in the confidence of the nresidont-eleet than does the general attorney of the Union Pacific. STATE TARIFFS Off JiKEF. The latest expression of the hostility to western dressed beef that has boon exhibited in proposed , legislation to exclude - cludo such beef from the eastern mar kets , is in a bill introduced in the New York assembly. This measure is in tended to supplement one previously presented providing for moat inspec tion , and it proposes that residents of the state of Now York shall ho perm it- ted to sell the meat of animals raised by them without such inspection as is re quired in the enso of moat or cnttlo brought from another state. Ridiculous as such a proposition clearly is , it has been seriously made in the legislatures of several states , and will very likely be enacted into a law by some ofthorn , though it is hardly to be supposed that it will in NotYork. . Inspection bills , designed to exclude western dressed beef , are now pending in the legislatures of quite a dozen states , so that this menace to a most im portant business has a. very serious as pect. In all these states the cattle growers and the butchers are firmly united in the effort to obtain leg islation that will so far us pos sible shut out western beef from their homo markets , nnd every selfish argu ment they can invent is being urged to that end. The politicians are not in sensible to this influence , and as there is no organization of consumers to pre sent their side of the question it will not bo very surprising if the combina tion that is warring against western dressed boot succeeds in accomplishing its purpose. The contest is being car ried oi ) chiolly by the butchers , and their complaint is that the western meat is sold at so low a rate that east- orn-killod hoof cannot compote with it. Tlioy therefore demand the enactment of laws that will practically shut out western hoof , for the proposed inspec tion bills can have no ether effect , since it IB well known that the western moat is carefully inspected before being shipped and that the beef sent to the eastern marttots is of excellent quality. The urotoxt that it is not , and thufdio- onsod meat finds its way into the east ern market from the woat , will not stand the test of honest investigation. The Now York 1'imea says of all this proposed legislation that its aim is to raise the prlco of beef to the consumer in the east by methods that would nt the same time lower the quality of a considerable part of the supply that l > art furnished by the importation of live cuttle from the pastures beyond the Mississippi. These results would inevi tably follow the enforcement of such In spection laws as are proposed In a num- : > or of the eastern states , but the quos- , ion is , can public sentiment bo so forci bly brought to see the certain consequences quences that it wll } assort iUolf with sufficient vigor to defeat tlio nmbitlor of the butchers nnd political dema gogues ? Wlmt shall bo the fnto of this proposed legislation , and n docisioi must bo soon reached in most of the states wliero It is ponding1 , is n irmttoi of very grout Importance to the wostcrt dressed beef interest , nnd indeed to the entire cattle interest of the west , inn 110 less important to tlio millions o eastern consumers. KASTKltX AXXIKTV. Some of the eastern papers represent that there is a foelltiff "bf anxiety In that section caused by rumors that it is the intention of General Harrison to adopt a western financial policy , and to emancipate Irononry management : uu1 the national finances from the domina tion ot Now York ideas. Washington correspondents of certain papers report that loading republicans of the easl view the situation with alarm , us threatening political consequences likely to prove disastrous to the party returning to power in Now York , Mass achusetts , nnd some other eastern states. To inline tlio channel through which this information is imparted would bo sullicient lo show tlmt it has no more substantial foundation than n , desire to awaken distrust of the new administration at the outset , nnd thereby if possible compel it to give "heed wholly to eastern counsel in shap ing the policy of the treasury. If the financial and business interests of the cast could ho led to believe that the next administration 13 likely to adopt any radical changes in the govern ment's financial policy n vigorous pressure would probably ho brought to hear to prevent any such departure , but a loading and very in telligent organ of thcso interests says they ' 'show no indication of being dis turbed by the reports of a contemplated departure from conservative and sound financial policy , because they are con vinced that political influence , if no others , will prevent such mistaken and dangerous action. * ' The reported nnxtoty in the east regarding the future administration of the national treasury is doubtless a pure in von lion. It is undoubtedly to bo expected , as It certainly is to bo desired , that the finan cial policy of the government will not bo BO entirely dominated by New York during the next four years as it has been for the last four , * but this possibility does not involve the substitution of any distinctive western financial policy. It is an entirely gratuitous assumption that the west , considered as a whole , has a financial policy differing in essen tial respects from what is desired by other portions of the country , and it is an injustice lo the west to imply that it wishes any departure that might impair the soundness and the smooth and healthy operation of the financial system. " There is no reactionary sentiment as to this matter in the west at largo , whatever there may bo in limited sections of it , but on the contrary it will bo entirely satisfied with a continuance of that re publican policy in the administration of the national finances which in the past contributed so largely to the general prosperity , to sound and stable condi tions , and to the upbuilding of the na tion's credit. "Tho west has no selfish purpose to sub- servo , bo far as a rational financial policy is concerned , at the expense of any other section. Wlmtovor inlluenco it may have in the next administration will bo exerted with reference to the general welfare. It believes that no section should dominate the financial policy of of the government , but that that policy should bo formed on abroad national basis , with a judicious and conservative regard for the interests and welfare of every section. The west is as practical as the cast , and understands thoroughly the necessity of pursuing a course that will not shako confidence nnd create dis trust. Its progress and prosperity are de pendent upon a sound , stable and healthy financial condition , and it will not imperil its future by demanding anything inimical to the continuance of this condition. There are no wiser , sounder , or moro conservative financiers in congress than the men who represent the financial views of the west , and these will exer cise a very great inlluenco upon the financial policy of the next administra tion , whoever maybe at the head of the treasury. Tlio fact that General Harri son invited ono of these , Senator Alli son , to bo secretary of the treasury , is in itself evidence that no radical departure - parturo in the financial policy of the government is intended. With Allison and Sherman as counsellors of the ad ministration there need be no anxiety uny where that the policy of tlio national treasury for the next four yours will ho far removed from the lines which have been found safest for the interests of the government and the welfare of the country. A coituKSi'ONDKNT asks an explana tion of the direct tax bill. An act was passed by congress in 1801 providing that direct taxation to the amount of twenty million dollars annually should bo collected from the people of the United States hy assessment upon real estate , nnd that these taxes should bo apportioned according to population , as required by the constitution. All of tlio northern slates nnd a few of the south ern states paid the tax in whole or in part , the aggregate amount thus re ceived by the government being about twenty million dollars. The direct tax hill provides for refunding to the stales nnd territories the HUIII.H thus paid to the general government , und f01. remitting and relinquishing all moneys due the government under the act of 1801. ' Tim Chicago board of trade has at lust hied its report with the interstate commerce committee to the effect that the rallroadsaro discriminating against lhat city in charging higher rates for the transportation of live hogs than for jacking house products. All the lines ending from the Missouri river to Chicago cage are charged with the offense of violating the provisions of the inter state Itiw which forbid unjust dlscrimin- itlon aud of giving undue advantages to a particular locality. It was hardly expected thnt Chicago , favored so long ) y railroad discrimination , would carry out the threat of running into courl with its colnplnlnt. For , if the trutli bo made khown , Chicago can bo shown lo hnvo been bendfltted by unjust rail road iliscrUninatloii to the detriment ol ovcry other city within n radius of live hundred miles of it. There is nothing for the porfc'pRoking centres along the Missouri rlVcr lo fcnr from the investi gation. It has already been demon- strate.d thntdtacrimlnatlon docs not ex ist in their favor as against Chicago Tlio difference of rates on live stock as against packing honso products is one which railroads nro bound to innko on account ot' greater cost nnd risk of transportation. It would appear , thorp- fore , from the undignified stand taker by Chicago that the pork packing in dustry is slipping through its finger ; nnd in desperation Chicago catches nl straws. A CITY minister yesterday scored the press for entering to the appetite of the public it serves. Incidentally ho wan dered into politics , hut while this was in 'questionable taste , it was not without precedent. But why should minister * score the press for doing what they themselves do ? Only yesterday n SiioO,0K ( ) church was dedicated in Wash ington. To meet a debt , 825,001) ) in cash was raised there in n few minutes. This church will bo for long purses. The rich will be the minister's constituency. Hu will cater to thorn. lie will not find fault with their weaknesses. Ho will not loach humility but it will ho his part to help them squeeze through the' eye of the nccdlo without disturbing- their figurative pumps. Perhaps wo are all poor creatures anyhow. FoitTt'N'ATKl.Y the differences be tween the master and journeyman plumbers have been satisfactorily set tled and no interruption in their busi ness is anticipated. It appears that the whole difllculty arose from mutual mis- uudorslanding which was quickly cor rected the moment the two parties carne together to discuss the question in dis pute. The agreement of the plumb ers is to bo commended. With a desire on each side to come to amicable terms , the dilllculty was adjusted promptly in a businesslike manner by mutual concessions. The action of the iJfutnbors in reaching a satisfactory ur- rangoment as to a scale of wages will undoubtedly inlluenco the other crafts in the building trades , in fixing their schedules for the season. TIIK stir imiilo by the death of Flood was hardly noticed outside the apart ment wliero the event occurred. The bonanza king on a death bed is only a poor , weak creature , and his follow men seem to realize , the /act. TIIK people of Nebraska have a right to know who was responsible for the recent boiler explosion at the Lincoln insane asylum.- STATEjAND TKilUlTORY. Nebraska Jottings. It has been decided to organize a Y. M. C. A. nt York. Thcro are l.iop.moinborsot tuo. Farmers' alliance m Antcio'pc county. Another large wildcat was killed by Weep ing Water sport ? last week. The Nebraska City papers nro advocating n rock pile , on which tramps can be utilized ! A number of Crcto youngmcn hnva banded themselves together .to organize asocial club. E. D. Canfield , the Dccatur banker , is pre paring to go to Chicago to bo treated for a cancer. A. Sehuyler young lady is said to have been the recipient of $1,000 as a birthday present from her father. While playing football at Indlanola ono day lust week Orin Cramer nad his arm orolccn by a kick. A detachment of the Salvatiou army is about to move on Wymore , barracks having already been secured. A meeting is to bo held at' Reaver City Wednesday to organize a ITurnus County Sunday School association. A doc with pronounced symptoms of hy drophobia attacked William Oswald , living near Odoll , and badly lacerated his leg. Wymoro is in need of many now residences , new arrivals being obliged to domesticate in hotels , owing to the scarcity of nouses to rent. rent.At At the meeting of the executive committee of the State Sunday School association the next convention was located at Tcctimich , to beheld on Juno 11. There tire 7 , UK ) members of the G. A. II. in good standing in Nebraska , composing 2.M posts , and $1,51:1.01. : has been spent in assist ing needy veterans during the year. The citizens of Tamoru are making an ef fort to secure the removal of the countv , scat from Seward , and will endeavor to raise iJjO.OOO to hnvo it located in that town. Willis Record , of Paxton , who was n mem ber of General Harrison's regiment , is circu lating a petition for his appointment us re ceiver ot the North Platte laud olllcu. The Woman's Holiof corps of thu state has a membership of 1,1 ( > 0 , has expanded during the year S722.1 ! ) in charity , turned over to posts a balance of $000 und has' a reserve re lief fund of ? 1,090. The buffalo grass along the track at Mo- Cook was ignited by a spark from un cngiha and a number of cara were not on tiro. The Humes , however , were extinguished before much damage was done. lowii. There Is something over 13,500 in the city treasury at Cherokee. A raid on a gambling house at Oslraloosa rojultod hi the arrest of fifteen Inmutos. It is cxpcctod tlmt the now Kdlson olcctrio light plant at Carroll will be hi operation In ubout two weeks , ' Charley Ashley , n alxteen-vcai'-old boy living at Uoonu , w.aa sent to jail for thirty days for stoaling.ii revolver. Mrs. Judd , of fyn.W3 , has filed the neces sary papers to conunnnco action against G. C. Jameson , u banku .o/ that place , for $500 for slander. , Sixty civil case.- ) , ono murder and one rape case , nnd four nctiotia for divorce compose the docket of the district court now in session at Jefferson , mm Clerk Collins , of the city of Creston , has boon exonerated lifrom the charges that were brought against hini'uud ' has uued two of the dally papers for f5UOD damages for libel. The Perry District Agricultural boclety .has amended Ita tfh alter HO as to leave out lloono and Qreeuec counties , nnd have the district confined i t6 Dallas and Guthrlo counties. * An effort Is belng'madu to secure the loca tion of a piaster mill at Laramlo. The Colorado and Wyoming G. A. U. en campment will bo held at Grccloy , March li. ! Thcro nro fewer prisoners In the Laramlo county jail than at any time during the past live years. It Is estimated that * S8,1TG will bo required to run thu city of Cheyenne durlug the present year. . The stock raisers of Uintali county have united In offering a reward of $1,00) for the conviction of ovcry thief during the next your , for tnutllutlnir brands , killing' cattle or stealing homes or cattlo. The Greou River stock association has elected officers for the ensuing year uud will take active ntupn to bring to Justlco the or- gunUed baud of cattle thlovus which now In fos t Carbon , Swcctwntcr , iVouiont und Uintuh counties. SERVANTS OF THE MASTER Words Spokou by Thorn la Loon Pulpits Yostorday. MUCH WHEAT ; LITTLE CHAFF One Divine Spcnkn of Heavenly Man slons The Tress Gets Scor ing An AiUlross to 1'ytlilau Knights , Gotl null .Mninmoti. "You cannot serve God and Mtimmon" wni the subject of tho- sermon delivered Ins night nt Central United I'rcsbyterlnn churcl by the Kcv.lolia 'VYIlllnmson ; "for the levi of money is the root of nil evil , which whili some coveted nftor , they luwo erred from tin faith , and pierced themselves through will many sorrows , " "Alnny persons seem willing to Illustrate the Impossibility of which the Saviour bun sjiciilts , " snld the reverend Kcntlomnn , com inundui ; his tnlk. "Tlio wisdom of his word : they I'.iiiuot doubt ; yet they enlist i * tin servant * of Climt ami than nmko the chiu eflort of their lives the sorviro of the world Money , money , with nil thy Ruttlnn RO ( money. Wlmtovor also you may full to RCI , J best-cell you full not to et money. Anil ye' ' with all their purposes set In this direction they will turn nsliie , In body at least , upor the Lord's Ony , to enter the snnetimry am : to bo reminded Hint tberc Is something clsi for a being created with Immortal power * , ami designed to servo and enjoy the Goil it : whoso lumL'o ho wns created thnt Is iullnltolj better tliun all the xvcnllli uftef which tlioj are striving , "I want to spank mainly of some of the tendencies of public thought , ns these ten dcueics exhibit , themselves in thu public press to-dny , tlmt show a decided purpose to cast oltall pretenses at servinn God , mid Ui enthrouo mammon. 1 wish it distinctly un derstood too , In what 1 nay , I neither wish to underrate the power , nor the blosslng of the press of the land ; and I presume 1 could done no better than to acknowledge that I do tot , and so far ns I know tlio church does not pray for this inlghty director of human ener gies , ns wo nil ought to do. I bchcva this is largely true , thnt tlio proas gives to the public wlmt it wunts to read.Vlieu wo see what it dishes out to them day by day , wo surely cannot form a very exulted idcu of the public appetite. Hut I fear the press forgets that there is a rollcx lulluence , that people are Influenced by that upon which they feed : thnt giving them unwholesome reading viti ates their taste ; thnt the press Is the moldcr as well as the propagator of public thought. Many Immoralities nro decried by all our daily papers. Home of them seem never to weary in denouncing trusts and mo- nopolles because they nro greedy anil grasping , nud because they grind nnd oppress the poor. And the masses of the people are ready and In many cases rightfully too , suy anun. God's disfavor - favor , ns well us that of men , rests upon thu man or tlmt company that oppresses tlio poorer or robs the hireling of his wages. Yet wo may well doubt from what wo sec in other directions , if these sumo papers would de nounce these things wore it not popular to do so , in short did it not make money for tlio papers. How many of the daily papers of our land uro ready to take a stand for any question of right , assured that they will lose money bv so doing ! I will not say none will dare do it. But how many do you think you could name ! What constitutes the ethics ol the daily press to-dny I Or may wo not ask , what has lowered the ethical standard of our dailies throughout the land , and shall 1 say ofOmahnin particular ! Is it not the ton- doncy.to worship nt the shrine of Mammon ? Let us take a single and living illustration. The legiilaturo of our state has. nftor a severe struggle , by : barely sullloicnt ma jority , agreed to submit the question of the constitutional prohibition of the liquor trafllc to a vote of the people. Though the republican party , which is in the majority in the legislature pledged itself to submit this question in its platform , how uniform was our city press iu opposing that submission. What was the great argument brought to bear upon.our legislators to induce them to prevent the people from letting their voice ue hoard through the ballot box oa this question. Why should anyone labor to prevent - vent the people from being heard , iu an order - dor y way , upon nny question of public in terest ! IB not this u government of the people plo , by the people mid lor the people ! Vet every step toward the submission of this question was persistently opposed by all our largo and intiuentinl dailies , oven of the party that in its platform was pledged to submission. "What are the arguments brought forward to defeat this movement ! By the force of what pursunsion is it thought to turn the winds of men against voting for this pro posed amendment ! Is it the best goad of so ciety ! Should this prohibitory amendment bo adopted , will it have a tendency to de- grudo society ; to lower its moral tone ; to imperil the peace of communities , endanger life or morals ! Will it unsettle or render in secure the homes and home life of our land , close our churches nnd pollute the minds of our children ! Will it tend to increase ! crime nnd pnupcri/c the musses by cultivating idle ness and by opcnim : the doors moro widely into the haunts of vieo ! Is there danger of its bringing upon the people the displeasure. of God , and so closing the windows of heaven and inviting disease and pestilence , since the God of heaven who loves holiness lias forbidden the adop tion of any such motsurol : Some of thoao things uro llkcjy to bo considered by think ing men. who wUli to act wisely nnd are dis posed to meet their responsibilities ns citi zens. And thcso uro prominently the ques tions which the nil wise Clod is consiunily pressing upon the. consideration of men to inllucnce them In all their lives and acts , public and private , us citizens of the realm und ns subjects of his authority. Hut in stead of thcso or such ns these receiving consideration with the press , it is simply nnd constantly a matter of money. 'It will itiiuovcrUb society ; ' 'It will prevent the growth of our city ' 'it will drive out cap ! till ; ' 'it will empty our houses und dcpopU' late our btreuls"H ; will unsettle business1 'BCO the vast amount of money invested in this business and tlio number of men they employ what h to become of all thcsoJ' 'It will divert the How of money to other places where these industries uro encouraged ; ' 'tho anger of Mammon will bo turned against us and wo will bo ruined. ' The press will close Its eyes to thu direful results of the truftlc , to the number that it brutal- Ues , the homes It destroys , the poverty nnd disease It engenders , the prisons that it fills , the courts tlmt It is crowding , and even the tuxes that it forces upon an unwilling people , the murders that it dally psrpo- tratutt , and the eternal ruin into which it plunges its victims , for the Uod of truth declares that 'no drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of Go J. ' It considers not that 'sin is a reproach to any pcoulo , while righteous ness oxalteth u nation,1 Tnp ono chord it sounds In thu card of people is 'It will endan ger our wealth. ' It will dethrone Mammon. And as ono that believes -that morals are worth as much us money , that nurity Is moro valuable than pelf , that righteousness is worth mom to a people than riches , I main tain tlmt tliosd should huvo Home considera tion oven from the ftcculur press In the dis cussion of Mils question , And If they cannot li'ive then must the pulpitt ) , oven though they bo charged with preaching iwlUlcs , cause thohwoico to bo hoard ) Manhood Is worth something to socuetv. What is society without it ! It would perhaps bo an un- ohuritnblo view , and I nuvor want to bo so uncharitable us to accuse the press of being Influenced unduly by the patronage It re- cclvcs from the trnftlo ; but when papers will publish advertisements that arj calculated to delude , ami are contrary to the spirit of the laws , lioth state and notional , oven if within the letter , they certainly invite suspicion. For duroly they who advertise lotteries do this for the money tl.ero is in it. Yet the state laws prohibit them from advertising lotteries within iho suite. And the law will not parmtt these lotteries lo send their own advertisements through the mail , .vet some of our papers will tidver- tlso for them und send their papers through the mail , doing for these gambling bchuuiors what they cannot do for themselves without throwing thcmscluus subject to prosecution , [ s it the money they hope to muicu for their readers , or I IIP hope of deluding their reader * into the loss of their money for the snko of the money they mnlco for publishing the do- udlng schema I Great is Mammon I" To J'yililun night Trinity church was thrown > pen to the Unlfo'-m runic of Iho KnlghU of . 'ythlas who attended iu a body , ou the twenty- fifth anniversary of their orgnnln tlon. There wore no pi ro sent * In th edifice , and these present were amply rcpnl by the sermon ot Uov. Whltmnrsh , bngftJ chnplnln of the order. Ho chose for hi text the words in Kptieslnns 2-1 : "God who is rich in Mercy. " Speaking o the order ho said : "Looking from the hill top of our twenty-fifth anniversary , wo cm look back on the rich mercy of our God nm estimate what Is evidently within reach o our order in tlnys not far remote As nn Instrumentality of good t ourselves , usefulness to others \ve can thank God tlmt our order has bcoi permitted to attain so marvelous u growth Twenty-livo years r.go our founder gatheroil dcvon friends around him , nud under plrdgo : of secroey , for the first time road the rltua of wlmt ho considered n brotherhood , nnd 01 trie UHIi of February the llrst I'yUmui lodgi WHS formed , .Indco Unthboito , with hi : friends , acknowledging their vows on hi ! mother's bible. Since thc'ti whnt do wo be hold I A quarter million of our clllr.cn * bear Ing the J'ytlilnn ling in ovcry state and terri tory of our union , with one member in o\-or\ \ 250 of our entirepopulation. . All of unsul lied character nmt white blood nro welcomei and Hide hy nldo stand In its nxaku , the mo' chnnic , the clerk , thu merchant , the imu of leisure , the artist , soldier , Arctic cxplor or , advocate , physician , dlvino. tcncher , logis Inter , judge and governor. Wlmt mnrveloti ! results of n twenty-four years' history ! I'ythlanlsm Is not a religion , nnd is no rival or substitute for the church of Christ , Cn- Bullishness , nolf-sncrillcing interest in n brother's cause , friendship proved by siieri- flee in n brother's need , is thu lesson laugh' , by the order wo love , and Is the demand It ninkos of these who Join its ranks. Personal experience proved tlmt the lessons so taught were not heedlessly forgotten. Once It was the speaker's duly to watch by the bed sldo of a ( lying knight. Ho was n stranger in the town in wheli ho " died , and while endeavoring to aid n stranger brother had risked hlg Hfo nnd contracted an Infectious disease. Tlow truly ho hml risked It wns proved by the Hfo ho gave up in a few short hours , and Ills devo tion to the order was shown by his lldellty unto death. Once it was the burial of n young man who died far from the homo of his childhood , where ho had loft two young sisters. How lovingly the Pythian brothers hastened to his solitary room I How the i-astlo hull wns draped m crane nnd ndorned \\lthnoworswlienho died I How carefully the body was guarded day nnd night by the brothers in that ball I And then when the mourning sisters arrived , they were tenderly welcomed by the knights , nnd instead of being given the cold comfort of n hotel , wore taken into the homo and family of n brother knight. They cuino to meet strangers , but found kindred for their brother's sake. A third time was when n knight was taken siclc a way from home , and for eight long mouths , night after night , month after month , was watched by knights ho had never before seen , and whoso names ho did not know. When at last he died , the saino brothers sent ono of their number to accompany his wife nnd child to take n last fond look at the one they had lost. The ritual of the Pythlaus Is no empty form , and the question "Docs any ono know of a sick brother , or of a brother's family in distress ! " ns It is asked in the ledge room , is one that every member awaits with the full determination to go and aid thu ufllietcd if need bo. We may bless God for the rich mercy in which ho has reared up such nn in strumentality , to set nn example of uuseltlsh- ness nnd sclf-sucrilice upon the nltur of f riendship. Judging by the twcnty-fl vo years we can see ahead possibilities grand and glorious , we see the order growing in num bers , inlluenco and moral strength , nud spreading on cither hand those inllucncss of brotherhood nnd fra ternal love. Wo sea it standing as no other association of men , save only the church of Christ , can stand as an arbiter be tween contending classes. It may bo said the alms of the society are Utopiuu , but they will be only so , if the members of this so ciety uro false to their principles uud negli gent in extending their inlluenco for good. It is no easy task. To light with selfishness is no child's play , but each member , has en listed for that war. The battleriuld is wide , and the battle is to bo waged between right and wrong , truth nnd falsehood. justice and injustice , selfishness unb nnd loving care for others , an'd it is the Pythians who hnvo voluntarily plnced themselves as champions of the rignt , the true , the just and the unselfish. In conclusion the speaker said : "You nro banded together in order that iu thnt war your power inuy bo the greater for the union. Hcad'your obligations. Go back to the nour when the sprig of myrtle was placed within your hands , remember the solemn vow you tool ; that vow repeated and yet aunin re newed , and bo true true to honor , to your word before God and man , nnd to yourself. " THE HEAVENIjY HOME. Jr. A. It. Tliain ItcRlna ilia l'nsorulo : In Kountze Place. Dr. A. II. Thuiu , recently of Galesburg , III. , but now pastor of the Plymouth Con ( 'relational church in Kountze place , in this city , preached his first sermon to his ncn charge yesterday. The members of th- - church wore delighted with the effort nnd thcro is every indication that ho will ba ni popular hero as he was at his Into charge A number of graduates of Knox college who while students wcro regular attendants at his church , wcro present , ana with the mom bora of the congregation extended n hearty welcome to Mr. Tliain nt the close of the dls course. lr , Tliain is n tall , somewhat angularly built man of possibly fifty years. His features , frame nnd voleo are nil indicative of strength. His eyes nro keen but kindly in expression tmd there is a quiet reserve in his manner that Is probably boru of modesty. His locks are utmost raven , but his nions- tucho is gray. Ho possesses nil the elements of an orator and his voice , which is one of rare excellence , is ducp , resonant and riplcn- didly moderated. It is hi this gift thnt his power , to n great degree , lios. Added to this n sincerity und kindliness that wins the auditor. Ho wns pastor of the First Con gregational church of Gulesbnrg for twelve yc.trs und the great majority of the Knox college students wcro regular attendant. ) at his church. The reverend doctor took for his text yes terday , "In My Father's Homo are Many Mansions. " Ho said in brief : "J , Howard Payne struck a chord to which every heart vibrates when ho wrote "Thero's no Piece Like Homo. " Tun homo to which his memory looked buck was very humble Indeed , yet it Inspired him to write thcso sweet words which have sung their way to millions of hearts. The homo feeling is so strong in us that wo set up our household gods in almost every place and call it home ; but the homo of ail homes to us is thu place where wo passed our childhood. Tlio roof tree may Inivo fallen , not a vestige of tlio homo may remain , tuo spot where it stood may be thousands of miles distant , liut thtiru Is room In the memory , where 2very post aud beam und rafter is restored , ivhero oven broken panes of glass are repro- luced , where a mother knits uud a father reads nnd brothers and aUtor * laugh und ilny. " Then followed a graphic and poetical do- icnptlon of thu chilhood homo of the speaker , mil the minister continued : ' 'That ample lire ceased to burn long ago , .hut father and mother uro hymning their Jrcator's prnlso In the tipper courts , the 'uuiily Is scattered , but they all carry In holr memories an Idealized copy of homo , 'iitlior ' , mother and nil the Inllncnces thcro. t'ho toxi has n hocnoliko sound. It speaks of i father , of n father's house mid of the man- ilons or roams In it preparoJ for his chil- Iron. This hoinolikenuss runs all through ihrlsUnulty. We Hud In It all thu endearing onus of home ; Its dicclpliuo in parental , und ti object Is to gather the human family inder the high roof tree of un eternal homo. jomo religions uro ftp1 iftvny nnd mysterious Ike that of the Persian 11 ro worshipper , vhoso temple was the viuilt of heaven , nU where gods were the sun iiut s'tara. Other religions are uvugo nnd brutal like that of the Goths.who veru taught that nrilmal courage is thu chlof Irtno , nud whoso Ideal of hcavua was un 1m- : ieusu hull whcro , In company with Tlior und Mill , they wcro to drinl : strong mead out of he skulls of slain enemies. Others , again , ro gloomy , llko the Uruldlcm of Iho ancient irltons , poetical llko thu mythology of the ireoians , or political llko the religion of thu tomans. Christianity alonu has a strong omo uloment in it. The llrst grand fact IB lint God Is our father. Wcro it not for ! od's ' fatherhood , our feelings toward Him /fluid not bo what they nowuro. Wo might uvorence Him but would not love Him. Ho ai tauirht us to say "Our Father , " and tralghtway we are brought near Him , Wo rorsnlji the God none the less because w a love the leather. Ho Is h Father in lovo. No love save n father' * could stand the strain to which we have subjected the love of God , Hell a Father In caro. Ho gives us golden harvests nnd ripening fruits , and onuses nil forces In n iv t uro to contribute to our benefit in answer to our prayer. Ho is n father In forgiveness. Wlmt love save n father's could say to rebellious children , 'Come , now , lettis reason together , sallh tlio Lord ; though your sins bo ns scarlet they Bhtill bo ns white ns snow. ' The homo- likeness of Christianity Is seen in the fact that Christ is our brother. Whan Ho oamo on earth Ho took not on htm the nature of nngcls but bodies like ourselves. Ho wns made HO much like ns that the Jews would not nckuowlodga that Ho was anything morn than n man. lint this only shows the moro clearly the reality of His brotherhood. Ho was not ashamed to call us brethren nml would not Ignore even thojthlcC-on the cross. Another Important point of the subject Is tlmt the jitivsonl Hfo Is our Fathom * family discipline. In governing His children God hns ever shown Himself to ban kind and wlsa father. The home-likeness of Christianity Is Hi eu in the fact tl.ut nil of God's redeemed children are to bo gathered together In their Father's house thcro to nbldo forever , Some of the snared writers inoro pnrtlculnrly the Apostlo.lohti describes heaven In language of grent sublimity and beauty , but much of the language Is evidently llgiir.itlvo. Tuo re sult Is far from satisfactory. Heaven is de scribed ns glittering with gold , and gems ami cold material splendor. Kverythlug Is on a grand si-nlo. Individuality Is swallowed up. Familiarity Is linimsslhlc. Now this may please the Imagination but It does not warm the heart. Don't the perpetual song some times bcromo n little wenrisomo nud monotonous onous ! Do the feet of the ahgols never be come tired and cold standing o long on the golden pavements I The trouble with thcsu pictures is thu homo element is left out , Christ said : 'In my Father's homo are m.iuy mansions ; if it wcro not BO I would have told you. Igo to prepare u ploco for you. " Ah , tlmt satisfies the heart. I leaven is my Father's house. Heaven Is a homo the dearest spot In God's wide universe. " TIIK WKKTKUN THV1N noiilllSllY. A Very Slight Chin Furnished ly Tltreo Tramps. Tui\iin , Cn ! . , Feb. 21. Onrecolutof Intelligence - ligence , Friday night , of the trnln robbery at Pixloy , a special car was ordered Immediately to carry ofllcors to the scene. A pool of fresh blood was found several ynrds from the track , whcro ono of the unfortunate passon- gent had been shot down. There were indi cations of horses having recently been hitched to one of the telegraph poles near by. Two tramps wcro found who told the follow ing story : "Wo wcro waiting for a train to ride out to Pixley , nud noticed two moro men who seemed to be walling for n tram. Wo went up nnd commenced talking to them. " "They acted in peculiar manner. "It was so dark tlmt wo could not tell ex actly how they looked , but think both wcro good sized men. Hoth wore overcoats and white shirts. Hoth had wlmt appeared to us to bo shotguns. They asked us where was a good place to get on u train , ns they were going to Delano to shoot jack rabbits. Wo asked them what was the matter with shooU ing jack rabbits ut Pixley. One of them said he had a ranch nt Delano. Just then the train came along and the men jumped on the Iront part of the engine. " Ono of the tramps continued : "Something seemed to warn mo that all was not right. As the train passed a third man Jumped out from somewhere and boarded 0110 of the passenger cars. I fell uneasy and walked over to the depot nnd told some ono what had happened. I was only laughed ut , but it wns not long till wo hoard what had hap pened. " A mnu who was riding on the blind bag. gagosuld : "Tho train commenced to slow up when wo got some 'distance beyond Pix. ley. When it nearly stopped I discovered that there wns trouble of some land and jumped off. When they commenced shooting I ran nnd jumped a wire fence and laid down in a field near by. I heard some ono say , My God , I nm killed.1 Then moro shooting occurred , and thca I heard an explosion ol some kind. When the robbers had gone I skipped out and got among the passengers. Ono of thu men shot had his side torn all to pieces with bjickshot. Tlio train backed u . to Pixley , wliero ono of the passengers claimed that ha saw a man fall some dlstanco from thu truck. Tlio train went back and we-scnrched for the man. Wo soon found him. lie had evidently been instnntly hilled. The shot entered near the temole. Ho hud u ticket in his hat for Po.io. " From people at Pixley nnd other sources it was learned that when the traiu was stopped , nnd ns soon as the express messen ger found out what was the trouble , ho barred the doors of the car , but the , , robbers threw a bomb under It aud gave him such a shaking up that ho was glad to open the doors. The amount taken Is variously esti mated , sonio placing it ut from $50,000 Uo $00,000. Men are searching the country , though there is no clue ns to the direction taken by the robbers. Kelly , the messenger for Wells. Farpo & Co. , on the train robbed .last Friday nicht , says thnt there wiis something loss than CiOO m the safe ut the time of the robbery. The amount wns small owing to the money order system now in use. Ho opened the door mid let tlio robbers in only because the latter threatened to kill Iho engineer and fireman , whom they also forced to beg the messenger to open the door. Kelly says thcro wcro only two rob bers , but IJngpagcmaster Lohn says thcro wore live ut least. Kelly says the robbers ivcro undoubtedly novbcs. Detectives of the Southern Pacific loft lioro last evening for Pjxloy. A description of the robbers lias been obtained and it Is .hought they will BOOH bo caught. A special lispatch from Los Angeles to tlio local pa ws hero says : "When it became known tliatthotrain was n the hands of highwaymen n scene of wiU jonfusion occurred in tlio Pullman sleeping loaches. The porter locked both doors , while ho inmates of the cur hastily hid their vilu- iblcs in places whcro they would escape do- cctlon. Ono of thu men threw a diamond ing in n spittoon , and the ideaproviugcutch- tig , cuspidors were rapidly converted Into afo deposit boxes. The party hen prepared for the attack. Two evolvent comprised the ordnance , and the nviiers were stationed nt each door. Tlio econd Pullman car was equally barred , rho people in the regular coaches being un .bio to lock the doors , were In the very irorst of a dilemma , and when ono , more vcnk-knocd than his companions , crawled nidcr his scat , iho others took iho cue. and hero was a general und systematic diving ndor benches. " A dispatch from Dolnvo states that E lontley , u deputy constnnla of that place , ud ono of the men shot last Friday night ear Pixley by the tram robbers , died to-day , Stolen DlanionilH Ilconvnrad. SAxDiEno , Gal , , Fob , "I , Tlio diamonds > nt by Mrs. Snyder , daughter of ox-Gov- rnor Oiilosby , of Illinois , wore recovered estordny. The valuables bad boon mislaid y tno person accused of stealing thorn. Constitutional Catarrh , KoBliiKli'dlHeaso HUH onlalluil morj rhnittmed I lie breaking un of the cmixtltutlun , inn Cnturrh. 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