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OMAHA DAJliY BEE ? SUNDAY , JUNE 2 , 188ft SIXTEEN PAGES , ' DAILY BBB. 1'imuisiiBU EViaitY MOUNINO. TERMS osunscnirTioN. Dttly ( HornlnR lldltlon ) Including SUNDJIT 1 HKK. Ono Y-nr . , . JforSIx Months . i . Jj For Thrco Months . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 W TUB OMAHA SONOAT UBP rnnllod to any mlclrtss. Ono Year . * Jj > WEEKLY Li-.r. Ono Year . - w OMA.IIA Orriot , Nos.tiH nnd W F.AUNAM BTHBRT. CiticAnoorvicit. MI : Itootcniiv litm.t > ino. NRW yoriK OrrirK. HOOHS 14 AND 16 TIIIHUSB Jiuti.iiiNO. WAPiiiNntON OrnoE , No. 613 FOUIITKKMll BtHBBT. COimR3PONlRNCR. All oomnuinJcstiiins relating to news nnd edi torial mutter Ehoula benddresscdtotliB Uuixon All bnslnosi letters and remittances should be Addressed to Tine HKK I'unMsmwi COMI-ANT , Oil AHA. Drafts , chocks nnrt postolllc * orders to be made payable to lha orilor of the company. ftcBce PQWisliin&cipany , Proprietors , E. ROSEWATEK. Editor. ' 11115 KAll.V llUli. Kworn Btntctnunt oroiruulatlon. Etate of Kebraikft , I. . County of DoilglRS. f * CJeornoll.T/srliuck , eecrotnryofTlio Ilee Pnb- llflilinC ) < minnny. dno * solemnly swear thnt tlio actual circulation of TIIK UAtr IIKK for tlio vcck ciullnc.luno 1. 1M . VMnt followai " i" I9.nvi Monday. MnyST 3ur lnv.Mny 2 * ct. . TJiursdnv. MnyjlO . , rridiiy. May ill . I Ml 7 Saturday , .luno 1 . ' " . " " Average . 1 S.H55 UKOltOK D. T7.SCH1JOK. Enorn tolirforo ino nnd subscribed to In my TircBtnco this 1st day of Juno. A. U. J841. 8caL N. P. FK1L , Notary I'ubllo. b'lntoof Noliraska. 1 ' County of Douglas. ( " Ucorgu II. Tz-icrmck , being duly sworn , de poses nnd snys tlmt lie Is secretary of thu Hoe Publishing company , that the actual average < lallv clrcnlntton of TIIK lAit.v IIKK for the month of April. ISSS , 18.741 copies : for Mil18S3. . 18,183 coplci ; for Juno. 183H. in/JI.'l copies : for July. mIf.ittl copies ; for August , iwn , 18.1S1 copies ; for September. 1HSS. 18ir > copies ; for October , 1E83. 18U4 coplni ; for November. 1RSS , OlXtHGK n. TZSfltUCK. Bwora to before me and subscribed In my presence this loth day of April , A. ! ) 1883. N. j . FEU. . Notary 1'ubUe. VOTK the non-partisan ticket and oil in inn to politicians from the school board. fj spoilsman tire n monaco to the public schools. Vote for Wood man , Points , Poppleton , Martin and Dufrono. TIIK uoinmoncoinont season is upon us nnd the pwcct ijirl graduate blooms as fair and as fresh us the Juno roses themselves. THE Sioux commission is certain to encounter sharp opposition at its first sitting. There is no Rosebud without its thorn. TIIK Blunderers of the public schools of Omaha ar.o men who have little character to lose. They flourish best in public odium. Fouu days huvo passed without a sin gle riot in Oklahoma. An armistice has boon patched UD pending .the location of a few more cemeteries. THE school census of San Francisco nhows a falling oil of six thousand chil dren in a year. The speculative fever "was fatal to younfj and old. A RKMAitKAiiM ? revival is in progress in Wyoming. It porraeatos all classes. lEvory pulpit and rostrum issinging the Tiraisos and joys of the future stale. McGAiMGLK's trial , flight and return cost him less than five thousand dollars. His receipts are estimated at soventy- iivo thousand dollars. Who says bood- ling does not pay ? MRS. JjAXOTiiY has just loft the stage , 4tmt Mrs. Carter , of divorce court fame , announces her intention of going upon it. Blessings evidently are not wholly unmixed with ovils. WIIKN one reads the vile attack of the Courier-Journal's Washington cor respondent upon President Harrison , it mvalcons , almost , a desire to have the old alien nnd sedition law re-enacted. A SIAONIVIC10NT hotel is the culininat- Ing-idoa in the average American mind us to one of the needs of every growing .nud prosperous city. As Omaha in both growing und prosperous , her want of a superior structure of the kind can not "bo gainsaid. But this is trite. IT is gratifying to our national pride to learn thnt England nnd Germany , in the Samoan conference , have yielded to the terms insisted on by the American commissioners. 'It is the triumph ol right and'justico ' and sufficient , n appli cation of the Monroe doctrine to give pleasure to every American patriot. ANOTIIKK eminent divine has come forward to favor high license as the only effective moans of chocking in temperance. Cardinal Gibbons , of Bal- -iraoro , has announced himself as op posed to prohibition 1'ocnucn it does not prohibit. The conclusions ranched by this prominent man are not only sound liut are likely to influence a gruat many people through the country. A'snsuiCAonco more demonstnitcs her proud position us standing at the head of the nations of tlio world in thn ux- Jiibltof machinery. At the Paris ex position the United States occupies Wore than one-third of the space in the Croat machinery building. What IB Tnoro gratifying to uur national pride in thu fuct that the exhibits of other coun tries are to ft great extent imitations of cur work. American ingenuity has yet 'to find its equal. TIIK phenomenal rebound of Franco from the "buriluiiB of the war of 1870 , and the prompt payment of the milliards f tribute levied by Germany , oxoitod the admiration of all friends of the i'oung republic. Notwithstanding this exhausting drain on the ro&ources of the country und the enormous expense of maintaining a vast army , the coun try IB in a most prosperous condition to-day. The envious assertions ot sur rounding monarchies thut the country is on the verge of bankruptcy is did- proved by the reports of the savings "bunIts. These banks hold more money and Imvo u larger number of patrons than ovur before , clearly proving that the condition ot the working clashes vw never bettor , And they are the 'pniars of the republic. AX EXCBLlEirf TICKET. The candidates selected for the sup port of citizens who dcsiro to divorce our school "board from nil party tics are men * whom we can sincerely command for U < o sufTrneos of all electors. They nro men of intelligence , integrity nnd ability. Mr. Clark Woodman is ono of our most successful business menthoroughl.y versed in public nITnirs nnd well equipped for the responsible duties de volving upon members of the board of education. Mr. A. H. Dufrono is also a thorough going business man. Ho Is an archi tect and practical builder , whoso ex perience will bo invnluablo to the board. Being a retired capitalist , Mr. Dufreno will bo In a position to glvo more than passing attention to thu schools. It goes without saying that Mr. Euclid Mra-tln will make an ox- ccllont member of the board. Ho is a man of energv nnd exceptional business training. As president of the board of trade ho hasdtsplnyed admira ble executive ability , a qualification most needed in successful school man agement. Mr. W. S. Poppleton Is a bright and level-headed young man , whoso collegi ate training fits him for a membership on our board of education. B rn and raised in Omaha , ho is especially enti tled to the active support of our young men. men.Mr. Mr. J. .T. Points was for years a mem ber of the board of education and is thoroughly familiar with on'school ) sys tem. Ills record in the board is unim peachable and his character above re proach. Such a ticket should receive the undi vided and cnthubioatiu support of all who dcsiro to see our public schools In the hands of men who can bo safely trusted with their management. l CITY OF Omaha is becoming a city of churches. In the race for the things material , her spiritual wants nro receiving duo con sideration. There are , to-day , eighty- two churches , chapels and missions in Omaha , and their number is rapidly increasing. When the census of 1890 shall have been taken , there will bo very nearly ono hundred houses of Avorship in the city and it ? immediate suburbs. For a population of one hundred and twenty-five thousand this would moan ono church for every twelve hundred and fifty inhabitants. Tins will enable Omaha to make favorable comparison with any city in the union. This fact certainly must be gratifying to tbo devotees of all creeds. The prosperous condition of our people ple is conspicuously evidenced in the architectural taste and1 cost of the churches recently constructed and in those now under way. The crude nnt shapeless structures of the pioneer period are no longerin the fashion. Though hallowed by memories of joy ous bridals and christenings , or the melancholy requiems of the dear de parted , they "are pas'sing into the shadows like their founders and in their stead are rising a now generation of magn ificont buildings , imposing in architectural design , solidly constructed , nnd display ing the taste and munificence of the worshippers , Trinity cathedral was the first radical departure from the jumbles of timber and brick of the early days. St. John's , the Congregational and the Kountzo Memorial , are monuments ments to the zenl of their respective congregations , and would be a credit to any city. Brownoll Hall chapel , on the Tenth street hill , now nearly finished , is undoubtedly the handsomest ant most attractive structure for its size in the west. It is a model of gothio sim plicity and solidity , devoid of ex tornul ornamentation or bogus trim mings. The Pickering Memorial wil bo , when completed , one of the most imposing and ornate church edifices in Omaha. No better evidence of the substuntia' progress of thocommunity in a spiritua and worldly sense can bo produced. The elegant edifices of the well-to-do , a < 3 well as the humble temples ol the poor , all denote the grow ing strength of faith in the hereafter , for , as the lamontoi Prentiss expressed it , "It cannot bo * that our life is a bubble cast up by the ocean of eternity , to float-for a inoinon on its waves and then sink into nothing Wo wore born for a higher destiny thai earth. " The rocunt brilliant success of sovora American girls who are singing in - Europe rope suggests that w hile the old world holds unchallenged the supremacy in musical composition , the new is supe rior in the production of singers , par ticularly soprano singers. The list 01 women of American birth who have at tained eminence in the realm of song is much more extensive than most people upon hasty reflection would support ) . Most illustrious among them is Adullnn Patti , and utter her come suoh familiar names as Aidant , Nevada and Vat Zandt. To those must now bo added as fully meriting the association , by the testimony of the best critical judgment Ella Russell , a nattvo of Cleveland , O. Sibyl Sanderson-a native of San Fran cisco , Mary Eamos and Ada Adlng. All these last mentioned Amoricai girls have recently achieved distinction before the most cultivated and critica of European audiences and C8tablisho < themselves as great popular favorite * Miss Russell has boon siuging in J2uroju ) for .several years , but her great out triumph wns attained with in the past two months at War saw , whore with brilliant success she sung the roles of a dozou operas , receiving coiving the moat unqualified praise o the critics and a popular approval so enthusiastic that she was inducml to de cline an engagement at St. Petersburg in order to remain at Warsaw. Miss Sanderson was no less successful it Paria , whore she sang in a now opnra by Masseuot , "Esalalrmondu , " crealliit the tltlo role to the infinite delight o the author and the groal gratiflcatloi ol the critics and thu public. The successes of Miss Eames und Miss Aa ing , if loss distinguished than those of Misses .Russell and Sanderson , were stilt notable. It ii a moat creditable record that America has made in producing dlslin- itishcd soprano singers , particularly vhon it is considered how relatively ncagre have been the moans with user or cultivating the musical taste and nlcnt. May it not reasonably bo ox- ) octcd thnt ivs the means of cultivation and development are enlarged and Im- irovett the contributions of this coun- ry to the interpreters of the highest " est forms of musicvljl in- roaso , and that a generation or two hence America may count a number ot singers as great in every xcollonco as she who Is the grcatcst'ln hiB generation' , ! ' More than this , may wo not hojw from the evolution manl- 'cstly in progress that wo shall also in time develop an American opera thnt will worthily rank wilh the best work of the European masters ? An Ameri can Shakoapoaro may not bo thought possible , but why not American Mozart , or Beethoven or Vordl or Wagner - nor ? At any rate. wo know that we are becoming a 'musi cal people , aiming steadily at liighor and higher attainment. The gratifying fact is be fore us that American-born girls have achieved the first place in the realm of song , and the future holds out only the fairest promise. QUALITY AXD SERVICE. A comparison between the price of gas paid in Omaha nnd that paid in eastern cities would indicate that , all things considered , consumers hero are by no means paying excessive rates. While the rate per thousand cubic fcut in Omaha is two dollars , the discounts allowed bring the price to the general consumer at one dollar and sev enty-five cents , and largo users of gas pay from ono dollar and a quarter to ono dollar and a half. In Alloghany , the heart ofthe coni and natural gas region , the municipality pays fifty-five cents , private consumers , not including the discount , pay ono dollar and twenty cents. PiUsburg , which burns natural gas exclusively , makes a charge of BOV- onty-livo cents. Cincinnati , Cleve land and Detroit , all within the natural gas bolt , or within easy reach of coal mines , make a rate ranging from one dollar to ono dollar and a quarter. At Philadelphia the municipality is furnished gas free , while consumers pay one dollar and a half. Boston pays from ono dollar to one dollar and ninety cents , according to the quality of gas. Milwaukee and Chicago consumers are furnished gas atone ono dollar and thirty cents. St. Louis is charged ono dollar and u half , while Minneapolis pays Ono dollar and eighty cents. While it is quite evident that the price of gas could bo somewhat re duced , the chief complaint should be directed against its quality and the wretched street lighting service. A bettor quality of gas should bo fur nished to the city and private consumers - ors at the price at which it is now sold. The obsolete street village lamps with their dirty glass panes should bo re placed by boll globes of the latest pat tern , which should bo kept in the best of order. These demands can not but bo recog nized by the Omaha Gas company as just and reasonable. THE'(3EM OF THE UNIOlf. The growth and development of Mon tana is a prosaiu chapter in the his tory of the west. Possessing mineral , agricultural and industrial wealth un surpassed , she has never felt the fever ish rush of frenzied men in search of fortune. California sprung into world-wide notoriety almost in a day. The finding of gold at Suiter's mill was a star of hope , u rainbow of promise to the Argonauts of ' 49. The men who braved the dangers of the overland journey , or escaped the miasma and marauders of the isthmus wore men cast in Spartan mold , and the commonwealth which they founded and watched to maturity became ono of the richest jewels in the cluster of states. Nevada flashed on the horizon like a golden meteor for a decade , sputtered and collapsed. While tho' mines of Virginia City poured out their treas ures , she prospered in population , but lacked the essential elements of por- nmney. In the height of prosperity she was the speculative football of Cali fornia mining sharks , and the record of nor decline is a history of human wrecks , despair and suicide. Tbo flashing ot gold in the sands of Clear Creek gave Colorado and Denver their first boost into worldly promi nence. It was the beginning of the influx of settlers which culminated in the wild stampede for Loadvillo , and has continued to ebb und flow , in vary ing moods , for thirty years. Montana never felt the impulse of a mining stampede. The nearest approach preach to it wsis the Diamond City ex citement of thu sixties. It was a pass ing fever , but it convinced the planners who crossed-tho in those - plains danger ous times that the country possessed the germs of u rich and prosperous fut'uro. Time lias fulfilled their oxpeotutions. In the twenty-five years since the terri tory was carved out of Idaho , her progress has boon gradual but certain. Thu lack of railroad facilities opera ted as a serious drawback for twenty years of that time , but a total luck of means of reaching outsldo markets served 'to demonstrate that the territory pos sessed every element necessary to sup port a population without outside as sistance. In this respect Montana has low equals nnd no superior. Ilor mines are among the richest on the continent. The mineral wealth in the hills surrounding Butte City cannot bo computed. Ilor treasures of silver , copper und load surpass any camp in ox- iHtenco , und the supply is apparently inexhaustible. This cluster of mineu is only a fraction of the wealth uncovered in various sections of the territory. The valleys of the Missouri , Missoula nnd Yellowstone possess a tillable area capable of supporting a largo imputation. The amount of land cultivated is steadily increasing , and the wheat harvested ranks with the host quality producud in Dakota. Stock raiding uw\ sheep husbandry are indus tries of unlimited possibilities , and * . * w * closely press the mineral output In act ual returns. " This combination ot mineral , agricul tural and pastoral resources Is the car dinal element of 4' roat nnd powerful commonwealth. iw territories can present to the union such an infinite variety of wealth in precious metals , fertile valleys , gfrtzfug foothills and in dustrial possibilities. uoiyu JJltOAD. The number oT A"t lot-leans who will , go to Europe _ iminor promises to bo cxcoDtlomiltv [ } i rge , nnd n . great many who desire tjo go will bo dlsap- pointed for want ot transportation. It Is said thnt nil the berths on European steamships Imvo been engaged up to the middle of July , so thnt those who nro not provided for must remain at homo nl least until midsummer , unless they deckle instead ot going nbroad to visit some ot the many points of Inter est in their own land. The unusual dcsiro ot Americana to go to Europe this season is chiefly duo to the special attraction which the Purls exposition offers , but upart from this the tendency of our wealthy people to summer abroadis , steadily growing. These people are continually being told , and the more intelligent of thorn certainly must know , that there are at- tractions' ' ! ! ! our own land quito as inter esting ns any to bo found in Europe or nny other portion of the world , but these do not in vita them for the reason thut there is none of the glamour connected with nn American tour that is associated with a trip to Europe , albeit the dangers nnd discomforts con nected with the latter may bo much the greater. Of course it must bo granted that Europe oilers to the intel ligent tourist opportunities for instruc tion and the acquirement of valuable knowledge uowhoro clso to bo found , but how few of those who go abroad dose so witli a view to intellectual Improve ment. Sight-seeing is the chief incen tive , and probably not twenty per cent of these who go to Europe are any bettor for it so far as the enlargement of their information isconcornod. The largo majority get really nothing for the money expended , not oven recrea tion , for roaming about Europe is quito as laborious ns traveling in this coun try , if not more so , for the accommoda tions of travel and entertainment are generally not so good there as here. And what a vast sum American pious- tire seekers annually leave in Europe. It is estimated that , in average years , not Ie3.s than ono hundred ' dred million _ uollars nro spent in Europe by Ajnerieans , and doubt less this year the amount will bo very much larger Than that. But it is to little purpose to tell people who have money to spend and a vanity to satisfy that it w uld bo wiser to distri bute their summer ? rwcrention expendi tures in their own "Country and bettor acquaint themselves with its greatness nnd its beauties. A few may hood such counsel , but the vastmajority : give it no regard , and the number of this class grows with the 'increase of wealth among us. Jf thonj were reciprocity there would be less reason for giving the advice , but very few \\-ealthy Europeans who travel visit the United States. TIIK wine industry of California ap pears to bo making very little progress. For the pastsix or seven years the annual production of wine has been between fifteen and eighteen million gallons , while during the same period the raisin industry has grown immensely , and the shipments of table grapes have largely increased. The acreage in vineyards has also grown -with each year. The Sun Francisco Chronicle says the reason the wine-making industry does not flourish is not on account of any defect in the quality of the wino. It remarks that all genuine connoisseurs in wino arc coining to ap preciate the merits of the pure juice ot the grape , and to give California wino the rank it deserves. One cause as signed for the failure of the wino inter est to grow is tne discrimination prac ticed by the transcontinental associa tion against wino in glass. It costs con siderably more to transport wine in glass than in wood , the difference , ac cording to the Chronicle , being virtually prohibitory of transportation in glass. Doubtless the greater secur ity against breakage is the rea son for the discrimination in favor of wood , but it would certainly seem to bo a mistaken policy to make the dis crimination so great as to be fatal to the wine industry. The wiser course would appear to bo to give the industry every possible encouragement , as it is sure to prove highly profitable to the transportation companies and to the state. There la no serious danger of the California wine industry dying out , but keeping it alive is not sufficient. It ought to bo making steady und substan tial progress. TIIK question regarding the separa tlon of the Black Hills tin ore from the ' been accompanying micA-'hasapparontly settled by the tosjtnnbny of exports that there is no difllculty. 'in separating the metals. This is rfnrit the professors of mining nnd metallurgy of the Dakota school of mlnouysny , and they are reputed ' puted to be cnpablo'nnd trustworthy mon. The alleged dilllc.ylJi'i'.TJOlng disposed of , it only romains-uto'- demonstrated whether the tin airnpsnta 'in the Black Ilills are of suoh ox { .eat and richness OH to justify the investment of largo amounts of capital in tholj-j flvolopmont , and in the construction ot'wills and purchase of machinery neiiObstvry to the manufac ture of tin platq.yi'i ho claim is that thoHO deposits aroAf vast extent , nearly equal to these of all the rest of the world , and that thn quality of the tin is equal to the best. If this claim can bo established , and it should not take a great while to determine whether it is well founded or not , there will bo a great opening for the invosltuontof idle capital , and the manufacturdof tin plate is dost in oil to become an industry of great importance , TIIK appalling destruction of life und property in the Concnmugh valley , of Pennsylvania , is a counterpart of thn terrible floods which'dovnstatod several provinces of Clitnn last your. The darns of thu Yellow river burst und soul a torrent of water through the country , lostroylng hundreds of thousands of Ivos and an enormous amount of prop erty. The reservoirs of cnstorn factory towns liavo time and again wrecked scorns of lives and librae ? , nnd spread ruin over miles of beautiful valleys. In the destruction of Johnstown and contiguous towns fire added to the horrors of the flood. The force and fury ot a vast body ot water descending from a height of two hundred foot swept the town out ot existence in a moment , nnd plunged hundreds of people into a boiling torrent - rent , from which few escaped. The loss of lifo roaches into the thousands , nnd days must pass before an accurate . estimate can bo made of the destruc tion wrought by the dolugo. The dis aster demonstrates the folly of storing vast bodies of water in a settled coun try. Human ingenuity lias not yet produced a safety valve for the furies of the elements. THU slate department has been offi cially advised by the Haytion minister at Washington of the termination of the insurrection in Hayti. In the opinion of the in in is tor both sides grow tired of the conilict and concluded to end it. Both the lenders , Lcgitimo and IIIppo- lyte , it is understood , have agreed not to again bo candidates for the presi dency , and a new man will be proposed. After the exhausting war experience the pcoplo have had. they will now doubtless settle down to a period of peace and an effort to restore their badly damaged prosperity. TIIKIIK continues to be tain of possible trouble between Great Britain and the United States , growing out of the Beh- ring sea issue , but no such feeling seems to exist in official circles in either country. A member of the British gov ernment has publicly stated thut the report that war ships had boon ordered to cruise in Bohring sea was not true , and our state department manifests no uneasiness in the matter. Pretty much all the talk originates at Ottawa , and is very likely nothing more than Cana dian bluster , which is a caiito common and very cheap Commodity. TIIK non-partisan ticket combines the three essential elements needed in the board of education : Business capacity to properly manage the vast interests of the schools ; legal ability to define the powers and duties of the board , and a man of practical experience in design ing and building schools. Such emi nent qualifications strongly appeal to voters honestly desirous of elevating the board above ward politics and job bery. NKIUIASICA feels honored by the high compliment paid to Governor Tlmyor at the opening of the Texas Spring Palace at Fort Worth last week. As the orator of the day , Governor Thayer was ac corded a hearty reception , and his ap pearance on the stand was the signal for greater enthusiasm than ever before accorded by Texas to a northern gov ernor. The people of Nebraska will not be slow to return the compliment whenever they shall be given the oppor tunity. ONK office is enough for ono man. There are plenty of good responsible men to solect'for the board of education without imposing additional burdens on officeholders. The Ijottary or Po In buying colTco the consumer has twonty- five chances out of cighty-thrco that lie will bo kindly pivcn cliiokory. roamed bcuus nnd burned sugar. In cream of tartar ho nm.y have thrown in chlorate of potash , phosphate of lime , phosphate of iron and a number of other gratuitous substances. In the purchase of mustard alone ho lias thirty-four chances out of fifty-four that ho will get Hour , tur- inonoo und a large number of olhor equally roumrkublo articles. Ills GniPO'H Iloynl Jnj. Cliteaya Time * . Ills grace the duke of Kdinliui'Kli , who , during a rccout cruise on board the war-ship Sultan , got n royal jag on himself and o mismanaged the vassal that she came uoar being wrecked , Is having u sort of u trial be fore the admiralty board at Portsmouth. The evidence so far adduced gees to show that the but which the dulco got on differed in no material respect * from the ordinary , low-down , ovory-dny drunk. Punishment 1'or Train Wreckers. riittaildphlfi Jtccnnl. Train wrecking in the west Is again forc ing itself upon the attention of the whole country. Last Thursday's dark ilicil tvas a peculiarly fiendish manifestation of the spirit of plunder. A penalty to lit the crime Is manifestly needed. Mora imprisonment will not do. Somu drastic deterrent Is re quired. The Outlook in I'liiludclphU. I'litlutleltihla llffnnl. The managers of the anti-prohibition can vass have roonivod returns from ovcry ward In the city except the Twentieth , Twenty- third , Twenty-eighth and Thirty-second , nnd the result shows a majority of 50.ril ' over the combined votes of the prohibitionists and these classed as doubtful voters. 'Iho lUiHtuUcH ( if Abraham. St.Viiil { Honcei-IVcM. Tlio Richmond , Vn , , Iisjimh informs us that "Mr. Lincoln positively violated his oath of office when ho set the negroes fruo. " O , no. Ho might possibly fUi'o violated Ills outh when ho refused to hang .Toff Davis- ana lion Uutlor und AJmiral Portur. KuuHonnblo AllnncaimUs Tritmnt. Now that the Minnelnuka season Is approaching preaching , It might be well for ui to toll young men out rowing ivitU their sweat , hearts , to follow thn old sailor's ndvico and not be soon hugging too class to thu shore , A Clilunuo Ditty , < dilmun Tritium. Ulow wo our trumpbt , blow , With glad triumphant sound I Lot all the nations know , To uartli's remotest bound , Tlio year of annexation's coma , Yo wandering suburbs , gather homo I . Ho Ought l Know. Clittnua JlcraM. Mr , Cuniesio has written an article for ono of the magazines , entitled "Wealllu" Air. Caruegio's iaooaio Is Sl.WW.OOO u year , and ho Is probably qualified to apeak as an export on that subject. O , Ooortfo , How Could Von ? Chlemiu YrUiunc. Wo have always Ktood up manfully for EdU tor Oeorgo W. Ohildn , of tha 1'nilaauljihlu Lodger , uud hiwu frequently tukea occ-utoa to express our hearty namtratlon for his many excellent qualities , but If ho over per petrates another one ns bad as the following , which was published in his paper n day or two ago , ho will put it outot our power over to say anything good of him again : The WolM-Tschlgorin chess tournament was composed mostly of draws , bat tbo ad miration of the public was not among thorn. It's a Weiss player that knows what Tsoul- gorln on. _ Cleveland's Ingratitude. diteaoa Tribune. Not a word in that speech about mo I Base ingratlludol Relinquished I Renounced I Repudiated 1 . Chlcnco Nerd * a Solomon , What Chicago needs is a Solomon to decide cido which is the criminal ami which the do- tcctlvo. ' 9 i BUZZINGS. No wonder the Republican despairs of heaven. These circulation affidavits Ho on the emerald desk of the recording angel. Where Is the vaunted chivalry of the men ot Hlulr ! Men who conspire to deprive a young und winsome woman of her mall com panions are "onl.v lit for , "treasons , strata gems and spoils , " especially the latter. The warlike dispatches sent out from Brit ish Columbia are characteristic of that sec tion. It is as easy to work up n war sc.iro la Victoria ns an Indian scare among the squat ters ot the Sioux reservation. When the Omaha excursionists Invaded that section thrco ycarsago , Undo John Crolghton headed a small p.irty of foragers on the telegraph odl co. The pompous manager did not exert himself to wait on the party. They retired to a corner. In n loud , anxious tone of voice , Uncle John recounted the chances of taking the city , and insisted that they had secured sufficient Information of the defenses to war rant the expedition la moving at onco. A bogus cypher telegram to a mythical indi vidual was handed tbp manager wltii a re quest to "rush. " "Strangers from the states , boyl" "Vos , " responded Uncle John , ' 'but you'll soon got acquainted with us. Wo have cotno to cxamino the country to determine how much of it wo want. Wo are the advance guard from tlio states , sent out by the gov ernment to annex enough of this territory to connect with Alaska , and by St. Jonnthan we'll have it or wade in blood. It belongs to us. " ] J.y this time tho' manager's hair wns per pendicular und ghastly pallor enveloped his face , but the spokesman gave him no chance for breath and continued : "This Is American soil. You blasted Eng lishmen were whipped out of the country twice , and bv the great Jehovah if you don't clear oat we'll do it again. " And the foratj- ors retreated before the echoes of the perora tion died away. Dispatches were hurridly sent to all the parties in the city and to the British fleet in the harbor , and active preparations begun to intercept the invasion. The excursionists were so closely shadowed and harassed by the police thut they discreetly retreated ftom the country , but not before the ofllcials seaichod their baecago for contraband of war uail , confiscated nine cases of "Ilcr's Celebrated Antidote 'for SnuUe Ulto. " But their nervous systems have not recovered from the shock given them on that occasion. A brief experience with beans convinced tlio White Caps of Iowa that tho.v wore loaded. One Bonn and n stout iron stick crippled six of the regulators. Affairs in the county building continue stationery. 'Slander , the worst of poisons , over finds , An easy entrance to Ignoble uiluds. " Holvey had Bocaecio Vnndorvoort in his mind's eye when he penned these truthful lines. COUNTRY BREEZES. lion Voyncn. Madrid Ifewi. Although the air is cool and bracing oa this nltitu-Je , it became too utterly sultry tor him and ho was compelled to abandon it. The probabilities are that it will reinasu too hot and that ho will return to us no more. His occupation was such that ho could not pursue it with safety to himself. Among tha hcuthcn Chinese he may rind the realm of his desire. May the Uends of the lower regions so order it. A Modest Apology. Kei/a , 1'aha J'rai. If there Is a lingering doubt in your mind as to whether there Is sufllcient local news In this issue to make it interesting reading , please bear in inind the fact that we are located In u town of : K > 0 inhabitants , twenty- flvo miles from a railroad , and that until three weeks ago , the acting editor never sot his No. 11 foot inside the huilts of your beautiful town or county. I'rol'cusioii.-il Ability Itcco nizod. n'ymore Ttciioi'ter. B. F. Thomas , of the Union , as a menu mental. willful , malicious and unconsciona ble liar , has DO peer. \ \Varnln to Oolinuonia. | Cltt'eva Itcuinl. The Record has received notice from the postmaster of n neighboring town to the effect thnt Its visits ivlll not bo further re ceived by either of the two uieti receiving their taall from that ofllca. Ordinarily wo offer no remonstrance to a circumstance of this kind , but In thn Inntnnce wo innlte an exception for two reasons , ono of them that neither of the parties has over con lit to liunu In u cent on n auhturlptlon that has bcun gunning some years lu both Instances , un > l for the further reason that for some tiuie the Record has kept from Its columns , out of regard for friends of ono and the wife of the other , Uio daUtils of a social romance that would make an spicy reading in was over given to the renders of a l-'illmoro r-ounty pa per. . If you want to stop the paper all right , but pay what you owe on subscription for there Is nothing so fickle as the lenience of a uowuupitr man. _ _ _ _ _ Very I/llcua Itonin Just as wo are going to pro * * Downey has hud a revival of trade. Milt Lewis drove In With his pncumatlcu ! colt , ta get some repairs for u washing machine , ami ovonil loads of corn arrived from tlio south. It begins to loolt like a boom. . _ Ulio Vineyard U'JIH Too Our local sky-pilot expects to return to the effete east in a few days , This Is but n na tural ennsequeico. Mr. Vo seller does not understand thu "rowily west , " am' ' there has l > en much dissatisfaction oxprossoa by church people and others who Imvo liberally contributed to nis nupport with his conduct of uffdrs , which finally resulted In the with drawal of most of that patronage. Not to Ho a rilled With. Sluart iMtger. Thcra U a certain family which , an far as local history and acquaintanceship goes , has n very unsavory reputation for stirring up neighborhood brawls , defrauding thu poor , Milling mortgwed property , Jumping < Jobts , dcadheatUai , etc. , that will bo written up to the minutest dot if we are not let alone. Now , we shy , bo worn ! As imicu us tin mat ter Is distasteful to us it will bo done if wo are forced to It. It is a matter of surprise to ui that parties who are vulnerable at. etrory point should forwj u flifht. U Joexi't jhovv good scuta. FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK. Every observer must bo Mruck ivllli the vast imnrox'etnont jnndo In these strocU from which tlio poles nnd wires which Imvo so long disfigured , them have been removed , snys the Now York Herald. .And all must wonder at the time It has taVcn to effect n reform so much needed. It Is more Uian five years tlnco the movement to abate the nui sance began In earnest. With dogged deter mination the companies first opposed tlio enactment of the law nnd then resisted Itti enforcement. Kxport electricians insisted that the undertaking was impracticable. Lawyers nrgucd that the statute was uncon stitutional. Mayor Hewitt posott ns the in sistent obstructionist to n law which it was his ofllclnl duty to execute. But the will of tbo people has at length begun to prevail. The unsightly poles and wires nro fast dis appearing from view , the success of under ground lines Is assured , nnd oven tho'stout est opponents must soon ndmlt that the change is a great boon to the nubile. It is a triumph ot substantial value for tlio pcoplo. England Is suffering heavy punishment for Its long inisgovernmont of Ireland ) unya the St. Louis Globo-Domocrat. When the homo rule- question forced all other political issues aside , some great schemes of reform wcro Indefinitely postponed. John Morlcy , In his great speech last week , reminded hia audi ence ot this fuct , and also in their zeal to im pede Irish measures the electors had hin dered national reforms of at least ns great importance. The liberal party now stands pledged to a policy which Includes legislation to abolish trusts , excessive and perpetual pensions , and state nld to or interference with religion , to reform nnd reorganize the house of lords , to abolish real In place of nominal county self-government , and to of * feet a reduction In national expenditure by abolishing a whole host of unnecessary of fices. Such a programme should surely reconcile the most anti-Irish radical to the much-aroodcd pulley of justice to Ireland. The senate of the Massachusetts legisla ture has passed a bill giving women the right to vote on the issue of liquor licenses. The democrats , of course , combattod tha meas ure , and it would scorn that a great many republicans also wore opposed to It , but wore afraid to record their votes against Its passage. The bill has yet to pass the house and the governor , and its success is probably not assured. But should this measure be come a law , Massachusetts will have the dis tinction of presenting to the world the novel spectacle of a state which has entrusted to the charge of the gentler sex the most UlfU- cult problem of contemporaneous politics. This , at least , would bo the effect of the bill should it bccomo a law , inasmuch as the women are in n largo majority in the state of Massachusetts. The purpose of the meas ure is plain , says the Minneapolis Tribune. The object is to force prohibition upon tha people. It was defeated by an omphntlo ma jority at the recent general election , but It women wore given the right to vote on the issue ot liquor licenses , It Is cxucctcd thnt every city hamlet , county or township would vote "No license. " The prohibitionists would thus reach their illusive goal by a circuitous route. Whether prohibition would prohibit If the sternness of the law were tempered 1 by the sweetness of woman Is quite a differ I ent question. It would not be safe to answer in tno alllrmatlvo , while doubt might bo con sidered unchiralrous. Whatever the prac tical consequences of such a law , Its enact ment would bo a great compliment to taa supposed civic virtues of women. The Boston Globe thus comes to the defense - fenso of the American muses : No wonder wo are now passing through the "twilight of the poets I" Hero Is Har per's Magazine for Juno , devoting ten pages to two poem3 , ono \Vinthrop Maokworth Praed , and one by William Wordsworth. Pracd was an Englishman who has been dead fifty years , and Wordsworth an Eng lishman who has been dead about forty years , though bo was dead as a productive poet nearly twenty years before bis funeral. Why should American magazines rob Eng lish graveyards for their poetic livery , whoa there are so many achlnc bards of native breed , "who die with all their musio la them , " Docauso they cannot find a publisher , tbo highway of whoso literary uilgrimago la paved with rejected manuscripts ) Messrs Harper , we can read Wordsworth In his book partof him voluntarily , part under extreme compulsion. Lot us hnvo some native Amer ican poetry , fresh with the dew of recent In- spirution. Give a little boost to our contem porary home bards , who are climbing up Parnassus under dlulcultios , and not wusta so much encouragement on deceased foreign ers , who are already warmly ensconced la a Puntheon of their own. The motion to abolish the house of lords as a part of the machinery of British legisla tion was regarded as a grotesque joke when ; It was first brought forward a few yoara ago. It impressed men's minds very muea. as might a proposal to abolish the tides oa Goodwin Sands , or to reverse the order of the seasons or in some other way to change the conditions established by nature , taya the New York Commercial Advertiser. For the house of lords has existed as a part of British legislative machinery over sluco I hero began to bo legislative machinery la the kingdom , and to the human mind , and especially the British variety of tuo humau mind the fact that atiytbing has always boon scorns conclusive proof th t It must always continue to bo , In form and natno , at least whatever may happen In effect. AS OTHERS SEE US. IMll'a Uronchos. Chicago Time * . Buffalo Hill Is doing very nlcoly In Parts , The bucking bronchos are particularly pleas. Ing to the French , whom they resemble In many respects. Nebraska Hprlglitlluess. Cheyenne Leader. Mighty slow people these Nebraskan * , Iluvu no idea of the value of time and com tinually delay until to-morrow Instead of act ing to-duy. The latest exemplification of tin truth of those assertions Is ttiooocontrlo busi ness policy of a Sidney livery man. Ho rodfl horseback from that place to Cheyenne to present u bill to a man who owed him (07 , The former patron told him to call again week after next , and It Is supposed that tha Sidney business man will again maka thi trip. _ _ _ _ _ T io lo Will Hnvo Ilia Bay. .Uftmsapalfo Tribune. The following appeared ID an Omaha paper last-wock ; "Ownon of dogs must roaster them before trie 10th last. , or they will ba filial by the police. " While death Is an uu- necnssurily novcre penalty to dog owner for fulling to register the animal , yat perhaps it Is preferable to existence In Omaha. Mr. Shields Wan I'oo Previous. San Viancitto CliroiMe. The Puyallup Cincmuntus , Bblclds , was a trillopronmturo la bis rejoicing over tbo for tune of $30,000,000 that lie expected soon to handle. Ho claims that while ho watt hoeing In his hop field ho received a dispatch de claring tnat he was adjudged by jtio hlfhost court in thu land the rightful owner of the town slU ) of Omaha. As no melt decision hat boon linndod down , the Washington granger roust have drawn on his Imagination far hi * facts. 1'erhup * tba report of M.vrs Clark Gttlne- ' victory turned hi * bead nnd diode Ultaiiucy be bad tuftl with wjuul * uo- c * § .