Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1889)
OMAHA PAIM BEE : SUJNPAY , AUGUST 11. 1889/-SIXTEEN PAGES. THE DAILY BEE. 13. 110SEWATEU. IMHor. eUDLiISHED EJVI3HY MOUNINU. OF SUBSCRIPTION. D ullj ( Morning Udltlon ) Including Sunday UFO , Una Venr . , . , . . , . . .4. .110 00 ForSlx Months . . . 6 00 J'orThree Months . . . SIX ! The Omaha. Sunday Ilco , mailed to nny _ , address , Ono Ye r . , . . , , . Sn WoeUjr IIPP. Ono Year . 800 Omnna OITIcp , Hca linlldlnj. N. YV. Cornet Eevontccnth nd I'nrnatn Streets. C'nlcaifo oince. W.7 Hoonorjr Hnltdlng. Now Tort Ofllce , Uooms 11 and la Trlbuna Ilnllrtinp. Wiunmgton Place. Ko. 613 Tourtocntu Strtot , All communications rclntlnit to newa nnd edi torial mutUr should be addressed to tha Editor Of the Uea. Uea.HU8INKS3 MtTTKnS. All bnIn ss letters and remittance * should b addrcMort to The Jleo Publishing Company. Omaha. Drafln , checks and postolHce orders to toxnadopayabla to the orderot tb company. TIic Bee MfehlDgcSany , Proprietors , BEE Building Farnum nnd Seventeenth Sin. TUB BOB , Sworn Statement nf Circulation. Etate of Nebnukn , J Countj-of Douglas. JBB < George U. Tzsclmck , secretary otTlio net FnbUftilni ; Company , does solemnly swear th'tl the actual circulation of Tin : DAILY ! ! IE : fni the week ending August 10 , 18S9\\as as tallows : Sunday. August 4 . t8f f Monday. August fl . . . . . .IS.Sfii Tuei-day , August 0 . 18.IS71 Wednesday , Auijustt . 19,07 ! Thursday , Augusta . 18,580 Friday , Augusta . 18.MH Bnturdiiy , August 10 . J..13.C3J Average . 18,002 OKOUGE B. TZaCIlUCK. Sworn to before me amlxuoscrlbed to In mj presence this lUtn day of Auuust , A. I ) . 1W-9. IHeal. ] N. p. 1'Kl C. Notary I'ubto Btato o f Nebraska. I County of Douglas.ss - Georcn 0. TsrKchuclc. being duly sworn , dopes - pos and says that ho is secretary of The net ! i Publishing company , that the actual average dally clrcnlatlou of TUB DAILY BBS for taa ! f mouth of August , iss-i. nusj copies ; for 3 p tsmlier. 1KW. 1X.1GI copies : for October 188) ) . 18,084 coplits ; for November , rW.lB'Jsn copies ; for Docnmbor. lt < 88. JH.SZl copies ; lei January , 1 89. lSr,74. copies : for Febninry. IPS' ) . 1 , W copiox : for March , ISda , 1S.S51 copies : for April , 1869 , Kjya coplcw : for May , 18H , W.tM copies ; for June. INK ) , 1WS8 , copies : for July. 1833 , 18.T38 copies. G EO. U. TZSCHUCK. Bworn to betora mo and subscribed In inv presence this M day of Augutit. 18 9. [ DKAL.1 N.K FKH , Notary Public FitOM Pan-electric to Union Pacific would not bo auch n. dilllcult descant for px-Attornoy General Garlnnd. Hkipper of the Dlnclc Diamond ( tooling Ins own vessel is looked upon us good joke In Washington. Now Unit Kivlnkaua has squelched in incipient rebellion ho can go to the Paris exposition aa si conquering hero. A iiBVUL bet might bo made ns to whether the Cronin murderers or the now postoUlco foundation will bo on view first. TltE opening- the Sioux reservation Is already acting like a strong magnet In drawing the Missouri Pacific and Other roads in that direction. OMAHA wants the Woodman collec tion of IroplcaLplants. Gardner Cleve land's objections should bo dropped into the park commission waste basket. Foil every bushel of oats raised by the ( armors of Nebraska , two-iifths goes tc the railroads for transporting it to mar- kot. This is about nil that the tralllc will boar/ TUB struggle for the right of way over the streets of South Omaha be tween the two rival street car compa nies has developed a good sized hot-box in the municipal affairs of that city. LIKU the smnll boy who wants to trade back , , the Chicago , Milwaukee & St , Paul railroad is trying to recall its letter - tor to Attorney General Leosu an which the company throw up its claim to the abandoned grade in Holt county. 1-THK outlook for Merchants'Week is most promising. Unusual interest among the committees in charge of the celebration , as well as the merchants themsulves , insures the success of the movement. All that is now necessary SB to keep up enthusiasm and to spread its influence all through the slate and in western Iowa. THE early completion of Stanford university is now ussurod , nnd within n year the great school will bo dedicated for the high purpose for which it is in- toruleil. The main buildings tire al most finished , and the work of selecting the faculty and professors is now going on. From nil appearances So nator Stanford is in no haste to open the If doors of the university until ita scope Bhall have been fully dotarminod upon. There is in contemplation a system of education from the kindergarten to a post-guulunto course. Should this plan be carried out Stanford university would combine completeness with thoroughness and stand preeminently the model school of the land. THKhoard of education has had it : interest revived in extending the course ol manual training in the public schools. It la now proposed to make it co-extensive with the other branches of Instruction in the high school and to lonphton its course to four years. This is as it should bo , A merely super ficial system of manual training suoh as now exists is both a waste of public money and the time of the pupil. If manual training IB to bo retained in out aohools it should bo crivon that character ana importance which the subject de- mauds. Manual training has roachot that stage in Us development where il is no longer 1111 experiment. The a * porionco of Philadelphia with manual training as a part of public I school instruction has boon oral nontly successful. The graduate ! from this department are well proparoi to take up mechanical pursuits withou loss of tlmo and error ii the choice of occupation , whili the increasing interest developed by th < pupils is a most encouraging sign of it usefulness. It can not bo expected tha the work of manual training in tlii city at present will bo ascomprohonslvi aa that of Philadelphia and other cities But it should bo planned intelligent ! ; and broadly so that it may 'dovolo gradually into its proper functions teaching a thorough knowledge a drawing and the use and application o tools in the industrial arts , In ehorl that it may educate all the faculties o the eohool boy and train him in on lull j physically and ethically for hti life' ' work. OMAHA AND Omixlm has always ontortninod the most friendly fooling toward Denver. The pcoplo of the metropolis of Ne braska fully appreciate the beauty nnd the honUhfulnoss of Colorado's capital cltj' . They have never failed to duly honor , also , the energy and enterprise of Denver's citizens , and to fool grati fied nt the growth and prosperity of that city. Oraahn is profoundly interested In all western progress. She thoroughly believes In the tnagnillcont dostlny of the imperial region lying between the Mississippi and the Pacific ocean , nnd observes with pride and satisfaction every stop in the march toward the at tainment of that destiny. She has no jealousy or envy of nny western city , nnd among thorn all the very lost of which she could have such a fooling is Denver. The two cltloff are not and can not bo rivals. They nro more than six hundred miles apart , and the conditions of tholr past growth and future projpor- ity are wholly different. The Colorado metropolis is the market for a rich min ing region still , it is believed , but in the first stage of development , nnd a re sort for people whoso ailments rcquiro the health-giving climate which its altitude affords. As the mining In terests of Colorado are developed , with the aid of Omaha and other capital , Denver will inovltibly reap a largo measure of the bonollts , while her cll- mate is a possession of which she can never bo deprived by nny circumstance within human control. As a great mining find medicinal center , therefore , the future of Denver is assured. Oma ha's prosperity rests unon other and different foundations. She is not merely the metropolis of a great state , but of n vast region whoso agricultural resources and possibilities are unsurpassed by any equal extent of territory on the face of the globo. She is not wanting , either , In a most salubrious and healthful cli mate , as tha mortality statistics attest , but this is not a sou rep of dependence. As the center of the great corn belt and the natural market for the cattle and hogs of a v-iist region , with her founda tions of prodnority lirmly laid , Omaha looks to the future with a serene and unquestioning confidence. The suggestion fo. " these observa tions is found in an interview re garding Omaha which a reporter tor a Denver paper recently had with a business man of that city who endeavored unsuccessfully to establish a branch of his business in Omaha. When a merchant does not succeed in accomplishing what ho claims to do ho is pretty sure to ascribe his failure to something else than his lack of enter prise and good judgmont. Thus it is with this Denver merchant who repre sents Omaha to bo on the verge of finan cial rwin . the population steadily do- creasing'Tio building going on , the city filled with unemployed mon , and a state of affairs generally which would in deed be deplorable if true. Unfortu nately , however , for the veracity of the Denver merchant , he made the mis take of referring to the Omaha mana ger of R. G. Dun & Co. as authority for some of his alleged facts , and that gen tleman's attention having boon directed to the statement ho disposed of it us fol lows : OuAiit , AuirustO. To the Editor of Tna 13KB : My attention has boon called to an ar ticle in the Denver Republican of the 2d inst. under the caption ol "Baric Days in Omaha , " in which my numo Is mentioned as voicing the viaws or Mr. Hart , formerly of the Hart Carpet company of this city , but now of Denver. I wish to state in Juatlco to myself and t'.io city of Omaha that Mr. Hart's assertions nro absolutely false and bear the unmistakable ear marks of rank prejudice. My views of Omaha and her lu- turo are clearly sot forth in our aoml-annual business outlook of Juno 39 , which was freely and favorably oommcntotl upon by the press of this city. Yours truly , CIUHJ.ES J. BKLL , Manager H. G. Dun & Co. It would bo a waste of space to point out in detail the absurdities in the Den ver merchant's interview , to which wo should have given no attention what ever but for the communication of Mr. Bell , which destroys whatever force the alleged fncts of the moichnnt's htatomont might otherwise havo. Omaha cannot bo injured by reports of this character with" people who will take the trouble to ascertain the truth. N KANSAS. The article of Senator Ingalis in the August Forum oil prohibition in Kansas has elicited a reply from Mr. liailoy Waggoner , mayor of Atchisou , which will bo found elsewhere in our columns. Wo have already referred to the Ingalis article as evidently written without any olTort on the part of the author to thor oughly investigate the opor.ition ol prohibition in Kansas. The exhaust ive reply of Mr. Waggoner fully justi fies this judgment. It shows conclu sively thut had the senator taken the trouble to look up the facts , ho could not possibly have reached the conclusion us embodied in his arti cle. cle.Mr. Mr. Waggoner is a far hotter author ity regarding prohibition in Kansas than Senator Ingalis. Ho was an advo cate of prohibition before Souator In galis bociuno n convert. Ho haa boon constantly on the ground and his official position affords him the best opoprtu- nity for observing the workings of pro hibition. The senator is not in the state more than two or three months in the year , and at boat could not bo pre sumed to pay much attention to the illicit liquor traffic. In the one case there is practical dally experience , and in the other merely horosay nnd casual observation , The statement of the situation by Mr Waggonor shows that prohibition has never boon enforced in the cities and larger towns of the state , and that the legal proceedings taken to enforce the law are for the most part a farce. The adoption o ! the constitutional amend ment drove the hotter elabs of saloon keepers out of the state nut "brought in their stead a groal army of disreputable scoundrel : and irrepressible vagabonds. " Thes < follows established joints which now in test nearly every town In the state dealing out generally the vilest liquor : and reaping a moro lucrative harvest than could reputable saloon keepers al lowal to do business under a judtolou higli license system. Besides thus < joints the slate swarms with drug 8toro9whoro liquor la sold as blttors , elixirs and other concootlons , while so cial clubs for tippling are numerous , nnd thcso places nro tolerated because - cause they pay a certain amount toward defraying the expenses of the government. It is true that the practice of a little discretion is gen erally necessary in order to obtain liquor , but there nro few places In the state where it cannot bo had. Meanwhile , nearly every olty in Kan sas , says Mr. Wag-goner , la groaning under the burden of taxation , and relief must come from some source. The popu lation of the state has increased , but the burden of taxation has not de creased. The cities have advanced , but the percentage of taxation has not de clined. The explanation of this anoma lous condition is found in the greater cost of police departments of the cities since the enactment' prohibition. The facts presented by Mr. Waggonor nro a conclusive refutation of the claim that prohibition is a success in Kansas , nnd prove , on the contrary , that It is as great a failure there as it has boon olsowhero. They will repay careful perusal by all who are intcrostod in this question. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A PERSONAL APPEAL NECESSARY. No one will bo inclined to find fault with the object oi the State Develop ment association to collect reliable sta tistics of the products and resources of Nebraska and to spread this knowledge broadcast through the land. Suoh in formation can not fail to influence the advent of both capital and immigration in the state and to contribute to the general welfare of our people. With this purpose in view the association has addressed a circular to the boards of supervisors , county commissioners , boards of trade nnd other organizations , soliciting both their co-oporation and a guaranty of financial aid to carry oh the work until proper appropriations can bo secured by legislation. It is doubt ful , however , whether such a circular of itself will bo wholly effective in bringing about the desired results. Circulars , no matter how well written , as n rule , are laid aside and are either forgotten or thrown into the waste basket. To make the State Develop ment association representative both in narao and in fact , it will bo nec essary to make a personal appeal to the various county organizations. This can be done through the vice- presidents of the association inasmuch as each county in the 'state is entitled to one vice-prosidont. ' In a measure , however , the circulars" ! ! ! bo valuable. They will call attention to the objects of the association in the counties of the state who failed to respond to the Invi tation extended some peks ago. They will pave the way forTho co-operation of local boards. But Tt"wili take the earnest appeal of individual efforts to influence suoh bodies to contribute the necessary financial backing promptly in order that the work of the association may not bo unnecessarily delayed. EASTERN RECOLONIZINa. It is curious to read of the efforts to recolonizo portions of the east. The common impression is that , that section is eroatly overcrowded , and that the desire is to reduce rather than in crease population. There is a move ment in Vermont , however , to ropooplo the abandoned lands of that state , esti mated to amount to two hundred thousand acres , and to that end a com missioner appointed under an act of the last legislature is 'devising a plan for accomplishing this object. Ho is said to have conferred with a promi nent Swede of Nebraska , who is experienced in the business of founding colonies of his countrymen , and this man proposes to oxa'mino the depopu lated lands in Vermont , and , if found satisfactory , to bring n colony of fifty Swedish families no'xt spring. There are some difficulties in the way , but these will not bo found insurmountable. This attempt of Vermont to ropeoplo its waste lands will bo watched with interest , particularly In Now Kngland , and if it shall prove successful the plan is likely to be widely imitivtod in the cast. Other states there have moro or loss waste land , which they would doubtless like to make pro ductive if a practicable way to do so can be found , and the Vermont move ment will , perhaps , demonstrate what may bo done. But so long as now sec tions are opening in the west , of fortllo nnd cheap lands , promising creator profit to the agriculturist than ho can reasonably hope to obtain in the east , the ropoopling of the waste lands of that section is certain to bo slow , under the most favorable conditions that may be offered. The idea of an eastern contemporary that the western ca pacity of immodlato absorption hub boon stretched to near the bearable limit would not bo sustained by an investigation. Nebraska , for ex ample , could absorb a hundred thousand families , or more , as rapidly as they mierht comoj and there is a great deal of territory outside of this state offering favorable opportunities to homo Bookers. Whenever the pursuit of agriculture shall become moro profitable in the east than at present , and this will doubtless happen in time , the waste land problem will bo easy of solution. Meantime no harm can como of trying suoh an exper iment as is proposed in Vermont. HAS the "elixir of lifo" at last boon dis covered , nnd can old mon bo rejuvenated by n hypodermic injection of pulverized lamb in distilled water ? The experi ments of Dr. Hammond , of Now York ; Dr. Longfellow , of Cincinnati , and othoi eminent physicians through the coun try , based on the Brown-Soquard the ory , would have us believe BO. But before fore this great life-restoring "elixir1 will be universally accepted it must be subjected to testa moro searching than have yet boon attempted. The truth is , however , that the new discovery if likely to turn out to bo nothing moro not loss than one of the reviving stimulante familiar in medical science , whicli every surgeon has time and again used hypodormicnlly , It is well to know thai alcohol injected under the skin has i reviving effect providing the real elixir of life , the vital snark itself , has 1101 burned too low. Whllo beef tea , ano dliio , cocoaluo , solutions ot quinine arc frequently used wltn satisfactory effect in rallying old nnd infirm mon whoso power of absorption of stimulants by the stomach has boon impaired. There la nothing so far to show that the Brown- Soquard lamb's-toa h anything else but such n tonic. A ronl elixir moans a re- WHBK it la understood that the an nual Ios3 to the farmers of the United States from hog cholera amounts tc twenty million dollars , the importance of finding n way to prevent this disease can be appreciated. Upon this point nothing of value resulted from the in vestigations of the commission ap pointed by the agricultural department. As a contribution to the lltoraturo ot the subject the report of the commis sion may have merit , but what is de sired is a mean a of preventing the dis ease , and as to this the report is alto gether inconclusive. The opinion is ex pressed that the only real hope of pre venting hog cholera lies in inocula tion , but this the commission was not prepared to recommend without further investigation. The positive opinion ot the report is that disinfection cannot bo made effective under the conditions which exist in the west , and that that treatment of the disease is utterly futile. In vlow of the enormous annual loss from hog cholera , it is manifestly necessary that investigation , with n view to discovering a means of prevent ing1 the disease , shall not bo abandoned. Visrrous to Omaha during fair week will doubtless admire the sym metrical poles that adorn our streets. erected by the tasteful generosity of the motor company. In Antwerp they have had electric cars run ning for years , with storage batteries In each car. This , of course , ia a trifle moro expensive , but there the public is considered more important than the increased profits of a street railway company. UiiRrntoful Missouri Democrat * . Chicago HeraW. Does noro-worship stop at the fjravo ! No monument yet marks the resting place of Missouri's illustrious citizen , Jcsso James. From Force of Habit. Chicago News. Train robberies are becoming so frequent that whenever tha conductor shouts "Tickets 1" all the passengers hold up tholr hands. T 4 p J- " } Colorado Wn't Boast. J , Ifatuoj. CV Tn * . The Utah train robbery was so danger ously near the Colorado line that the Den ver paper * will be obliged to call in tholr Jokes on tha recent robbery in this state. Are Von There , Ml Jah ? Chicago Tribune. Can it bo possible that Governor Dave Hill , of New York , is laying pipes for the United StatesmenatOjwlth the view of malt ing connections ultimately * with tno whlto house ! Up , Majah Ofrncs , 'arid at him. A Rich Field. Kansas City Journal. It is rumored , that the civil service com mission will next turn its attention to Balti more. This is getting down into the terri tory of Senator Gorman and Eugene Hig- gms , and tha.ro ought to bo some rich finds. Editor Onna's Vfay. Cincinnati Enquirer Charles A. Dana , of the Now YorK Sun , remembers the old adage of the man of "words and not of deeds , " &e. Accordingly ho seasoned his talk in favor of the World's exposition by sending in his check for $10- 000 to Mayor Grant. A. Hint to Pernicious Gotham. . New Yortt Prest. But while talk oC the fair Permeates the nir Let Knickerbocker do his duty. ' ' Lot him ilalsh Grant's tomb Bra the crack of doom , And make Washington's arch a beauty , Gannila's Coolness. Kearney Enterprise. It requires an iron sort of cheek for a Can- aulan to get oxcltod over the seizure nt an English vessel by nn American man-of-war in view of the fact that his English vessels have been seizing American fishing smacks for several years east with perfect freedom. And it is pleasant to BOO him wax indignant over his own medicine. Gottlnc Rnndy to Got Mad. St. Louts Olobe-Democrat. A railroad trust could not bo attacked by the same weapons or the same methods as an ordinary commercial trust , but it could DC smashed Just as readily. The trusts will have no "show" when the pcoplo got aroused , and the people are on the road to that frame of mind Just now. The Kentucky Prohibition Vote. New Yurlt Sun. The astounding news comas from Ken tucky that the prohibition vote in Monday's election was very light. This sad news Is enough to drench the dryost dry with salty and shining tears. The tlmo for a prohlbl- ory amendment to the Kentucky constitu tion is atill hidden iil the dark forward and tabyss of time. ' AS OTHERS SEE US. Haw City ron'f Undorstand. Interstate Commorpe Oouimiss loner Grofl would bo a name that would make the cars ol every Nebraska republican tingle with pleasure. ° * St. LinJilb .I'litased , Kearnty 'E\terprl \ e , Queer tennis tue.vi , ( > Jay up in Omaha. The Republican , in its description of a tourna ment , says that thai-players took tholr posi tions nnd two inert 'faftrfyjd ; the games were played rapidly aud toq fjcoro was soon "thir ty deuce.1 * Wo pr tuiiio that this unheard of score can only bo made when two players sorvo. _ Was Tills an Omaha ( landlord ? Ull/ttt Herald. Frank Stiles was In Omaha last week and disposed of his residence property in the metropolis. Frank suya ho wouldn't have kicked if ho could have got half of tha rent , but when the agent commenced keep In or the whole business and charged Stiles up with street car fare extra , bo thought it was tlmo to sell _ Olio of kilo's Amenities. Kccinuu Enttrprlte , Social llfo at Fort Oinaua must bo quite aplcy aud interesting at times. There is notlilng like a trial , either by a court mnrtial or before a Jury , to find the true Inwardness ol affairs , Tlioy Were Imoky to Escape. Kearney Iftib , The republican state central committee assemble - somblo nt Omaha to-day. If reports in the papers of that city are reliable the tnombori of the committee nro liable to bo run In foi vagrants by the police. Our Diamond Ulnnt. Chicago Ken * . The potrlflod arm of a giant has been dug up In Nebraska , It hold In Its clinched hand nlno largo diamonds. It Is evident that the arm belonged to a prehistoric hotel clerk. tst , Paul WnntH Him llcmovoJ. St. Aiul J'ioneatlYeu. Chief Hubbard'i attention ia called to the fact that Coonoy , the Cronin suspect , la catching for the Omaha * . No Prohibition Kor Him. Chtcaao Times. The lieutenant-governor of Nebraska has had n narrow oscnpo from drowning. Ho soya that ho Is no longer a prohibitionist. Hoping Against Hope. JLflnncapnirt Tribune. The young gentlemen from Omaha rather put a crimp In our athletes yesterday , hut lot us not bo discouraged. The summer is not yet ended nor Is the harvest passed. We shall bo happy yot. STATE PRESS COMMENT. \Vahoo Wasp : Judge GrofT , of Omaha , has boon summoned to Washington and will bo appointed either to the vacancy in the Intor-stato commerce commission or the United States land commissioner. Judge Groff can fill either place completely aud Ne braska will be satisfied with cither. Nobraika City Times : It now seems to bo Bottled that Thoyor will not be a candidate for re-olcction for governor. We propose Major John C. Watson for governor , and would have Otoo to go to work with a deter mination with the vlow to send Colonel Ran som to congress. We don't ' want tha earth down tola way , but we'll bo satisfied with this. Hastings Nebraskan : The Ncbraskan would like to aeo the next republican ticket mude up of men who are rooted firmly In the faith. A man is not fit to represent his party who thinks it good policy or Incumbent upon him to propitiate his opponents with ofllcial patronage to win strength for himself. Orleans Courier : John Clark Kldpath , the historian , late professor in Du Pauw uni versity , is spoken of as the coming man for chancellor of the Nebraska state unlvorsitj. It not known whether ho will accept the po sition , but if so , ho would In a short time give our state university a national reputa tion. As an educator and scholar Prof. Rldpath stands atvtho head of the list. Fremont Tribune : The Telegram clamors for the next demoqiatto state convention to bo hold in Columbus. That paper boasts of that city having four good hotels and thinks the crowd could bo entertained iu good shape. But how many saloons has Coluin- tbusl Almost any town has ample hotel ac commodations forTlho democratic convention of Nebraska , 'itgrequlres something moro than hotels to satisfy the democrats. OreoloyNows : A great many Nebraska editors are trying to throw a damper on the work of the State , Development association. by spreading the rumor that Omaha la mak ing it an Omaha advertising dodge. This noctlonal feeling won't do , bo vs. Wo must all work together to make It win. The state is well represented on the oxecutlva board , and in the vice presidents , and the directing and pushing depends largely upon them. If the Omaha members are allowed to bo tha only ones to put life into the concern we think Omaha should reap the benefits. Fairmount Signal : Judge Lewis Graff , of Omaha , Is being urged for the vacancy on the intor-stato commerce commission. Judge Groff has made such a very creditable rec ord during the past ton years that no doubt of bis fitness is entertained. COUNTRY BREEZES. Evangelizing Under DifUouUles. West Point HciiuliUcan. Owing to the fact thatiho reverend gentlo- man's teeth wore shot out at a revival mootIng - Ing in Texas ho cannot properly frame and speak all words correctly , yet his general discourse contained much of truth and inter est ! and what it lacked inelegance was offset by earnest and forcible expression. He had a fund of anecdote wbicii was vandwlohed in with sacred topics in an attractive manner. He Was Too Effusive. Iccumsc/i Chieftain. An exchange concluded a neat little notice of a wedding by "wishing the happy couple a sonny futuro. " The results of the flourish are an angry husband , a discomilttod editor , a typo looking for n job , and the loss ot one subscriber , nnd possibly moro. Draws tha Ijino at Scrap Iron. FulijunDemocrat. / . Wo are willing to take anything In the pro duce line on subscription , but wo draw the line at old Iron. The enterprising gentleman who wanted us to take $1.50 worth ot scrap iron last week will please take notice. A Summer Song. St. 7/ouls aiolie-Democmt. Fair summer , from lands of the far sunny south , Comes gayly with music and dancing along , With light , springing stops o'er the heath- Delia and daisies ; From shady retreat , with a reofl In her mouth , She pipes to the echoing woodlands her song , And hears them repeating , repeating her praises , And laughing rejoices in days that are long. The hyacinths bend nttno fall of her feet , And shine as tlio shaken bolls rustle and ring ; Her Bwoot-scontod breath in the valleys is blowing : She sits , flower-laden , where bright waters meet , On banks where the happy birds twitter and sing , Her llfo like n fountain of Joy overflowing With pleasures tha purest that nature can bring. The green snas of corn wave am ) swing as she passes , The wind of her wings In their billowy song , To waUcn the wooas to her wide exultation ; She scatters her pears on the silvery grasses ; Where kino rest In day-droamlng peaceful and long ; Her notes touch the song of a fairer crea tion , Her heart it Is light and her spirit is strong. She chases cloud-shadows on sun-llghtoj wing , WIUi llclit foot and laughter she runs on the hills , She walks on the waters and bathos In the billow ; Her beautiful motion * her draperies lllng On glenus where ahe trip * to the musical Till deep in the twilight , the rotes her pil low , She sloops , and her vision white lanouenco fills. BUZZINGS. "Do you know why It Is Illegal for n court martial to alt nftor 3 o'clock I" atkod Mojo Clnpp , the courteous counsel tor Colono Fletcher , now on trial at Fort Omaha on i charge of conduct unbecoming a soldier nm a gentleman. "Well , " said the major , liavlni received a negative reply to his query , "al ot our older customs wo derive from eli England , and there in 'yo olden tymo' gentlemen tlomon wore expected to bo too drunk by : o'clock to transact business , nnd therefore 1 was matlo Illegal for governmental bodies t < sit after 3 o'clock. Ucnco the law govorninf our courts martial. * "Thoro goes the finou lot of boys , " inli a young business man to the Buzzer , a a squad of uolloomon marched past , under i sergeant , to their boaU. The Buzzer lookoi somewhat astonished , when ho contlnued- "that over robbed n hen roost. " "Now you see that stoop shouldered police man thcro , with a profusion of long , ragged whiskers , and the lunch basket. I know him. Why , ho couldn't catch a strcot car II ho had three 'fly coppers' to head It off. " "I said to him one day , 'you'd bo in n nice fix If you tried to arrest a follow some time nnd ho got his fingers In your whiskers , wouldn't you ! ' " ' I'd take club th 'Why , mo billy and ( dom'd head off'n him , that' what I'd do , bo gerry , ' ho replied.1" "My friend. " said I. "ho would have enough of whiskers to stuff a mattress before fore you could got at it. " " 'Well , ' said thta economical ofllcor re flectively'that * ud save the price uv u nhavo wudn't It ! Say , cau't you say something to-dny. " "Yes , " continued the business man , " 'oui finest' make mo vary tired. Some of then don't know enough to pound sand down a rat hole with an elm club , but some of then : are fairly intelligent aud do good work. " "Not very long ago I wa& going homo from the club , where n little party of us had boot playing high-five 'to a finish. ' It was a few minutes after midnight. When within t block of my house a policeman stopped me , nnd In a thlctt , fragrant brogue asked me what Iwas prowling around for at that hour. i told him 1 was going homo , and gave hiir my name ( which is well known in Omaha , b > the way ) . "P'f wat hev yoz got under yor arm there,11 be asked. " 1 don't consider It any of youi business" ' I replied. "I have answered your questions , and I consider your interference an Impertinence. " With this ho bridled up , and flourishing his baton , said : "I am an olllccr av the Itx-a , nnd I'll vag ye , Como along wid mo. " I saw the predicament I was In , and real ized that my wife was waiting up for mo , nnd would bo very much worried if I failed to coma home , so 1 said , "Hold on , ofllcor , "I don't want to go down to that beastly police station. " Tlion I told him moro minutely who I was , showed him my house nnd told him I only bad some flannel shirts that 1 had purohatod that day , in the bundle under my nrm. " "Ho than graciously consented to walk down to my house with ma to verify my statement , remarking ou the way , "Yo'd botthorkapo a civil tongue in yo'ro head , young folly , when ya moot an ofllcor of the " la-a. " , "I could have reported him , but what good would it have done. His superiors would have said ho was Justified in stopping mo aud enquiring into my business at that hour of the night , and I would get the laugh. " "Rats , " ho concluded ua good many of them make ma tired. I wouldn't mind it o much if tboy only had horse-sanss. I wonder If they couldn't accumulate a little horse- sense if they \vcro to porsue n diet ot baled hay. I believe I'll suggest it to the police commission. " * A short time ago a young practicing physi cian of this city was called upon to attend a Flnlandcr who had broken ono of his logs. The man laid in a nondescript shanty upon the bottoms , and , putting It mildly , the &ur- loundlngs wore somewhat uncleanly. The man's log was sot in pUstor of parts moulds , and the doctor visited him dally. Uuou ono of those viaits the physician found a laigo bowl of cream-topped milk upon the table , and uosida it a plato of broad. Ho helped himself , dipping the bread in the ore un and then eating it , and found the combination very palatable. The good woman of the house could not spoalc a word of Euglisb.but noticing ttio avidity with which the doctor devoured the broad and cream , she was par ticular to have a goodly nupply of each upon tha table at the hour for the pliyaician'a daily call. She refused to accept pay for these little luncheons and so the good doctor would leave n bright quarter with ono of the chile reu each morning. Quo day ha chanced to make his call at an earlier hour than usual , nnd while examining the man'a lot , his hand came in contact with a sticky , doughy substance. Ho throw back the covers and there , close boaldo his patient , was u pan of dough , set to raise by the na tural heat of the man's body , a custom very prevalent among tha Inhabitants of the icebound - bound regions. That morning : , and upon all mornings thereafter while the doctor at tended the case , the cream and bread ap appealed to him in vain , and tno youngstsis missed their bright quarters. K * * There i asides upon West C'arnau street a most reputable ynung married man , who , for many months past , has boon a martyr to insomnia. Ua tried about ull the alloyed remedies the market affords , and bad about resigned himself to bis unenviable fate , when a friend suggested that ho try drinking a small glass of whisky before let'.rlnc for the night. The young man had never drank any liquor in his llfo , but thought ho would try the recommended remedy , and with this ob ject In vlowha purchased a half pint of "Old Crow. " Inexperienced In the use of liquor , and unacquainted with its effect , this mis guided young follow , thinking ho would bo aure to bring about the desired result , drank the whole half pint and rolled into bod. He wont to sleep all right , but before long , with dlfllculty , was aroused by his wife , who was ignorant of her liege lord's condition , and told to go to the front door , its some ono was knocking. Ho took his staggering away through the hall , and with out stopping to make any inquiries , throw the door wldo open. Under the full glare of tha hall light ho stood In robe do nult before the astonished gaze of the estimable daughter of the landlady and her best young man. The situation was embarrassing to the two , but not BO with the victim of insomnia. Ha stood leering idiotically at the young lady , seem ingly perfectly Ignoront of any misbehavior upon his part. The daughter of the house was equal to the emergency , however , und turning , bade her young mon good-night and ran upstairs. The causa of all the trouble calmly closed the door In tha other young man's face and returned to bed , Next mornIng - Ing at breakfast ho was conscious of an un usual frigidity upon the part of the landlady and her daughter , and later In the day his wife Informed him as to tha causa ot the coldness. It took dayu and days to effect a reconciliation , and now whisky is tabooed In that household and the young man , still suffers from insomnia. A newly married man rotates that a abort time ago ho took his tlr t degree in the Knights of Pythias. His wife , with true wifely ollcltude ( may hap curiosity ) , questioned him closely upon his return as to what the ceremonies woro. "Woll , " ho aia , "tho chief feature of the Initiation was the riding of the iroat , which , you know , Is n standard coromonyAimonf ? secret societies. An nnclont goat , which could glvo a bucking broncho cords nnd spades nnd boat him , was led out , with n little rod saddle on him , aud I wna ordered to mount. When I had got seated n follow with long , rod whiskers , drcmod In a green swallow-tail coat , stuck a pitchfork Into the goat , and I thought n oyclono had struck mo. " 1'ou see , " ho continued , "you must stick on anil rliio around the hall , or you are Inol- Iglblo to belong to the society. " "And did you stick on , Qcorgol" she asked. "Oh , yes , I got around all right , " ho ro- pllod ; "but that's not all ; there is another and larger goat to ride , and ono still larger , before I am regularly installed. " "Why , how dollghtfuU" exclaimed the fond young brldo. "Why don't they lot ladles Joint" -I ] "Bccauto they have no sitlo saddles , " re plied the bruto. Iho sllonco which followed was BO cold that both shivered. The bride had "tumblerd. " % "Whan I was 'cowboylng' ' In the Nlohrara country , some years ngo. It was a rather dangerous occupation. The country was full of Indians nnd the cowboys , on the round-up , always rode In pairs , or by throoa or fours. "Thoro was u man In our carap who owned a largo number of cattle , anil who was tha moat particular , und also the hardest man to rldo with In the outfit. "On a round-up ho would Insist that his party search every 'couloo , ' and ovun would look down prairie dog holes , for cattle. "Ono day ho wont out with a party , hut became separated from them anil got lost. On account of the proximity of the Indians wo hud made u compact to gather to the rescue when anyone was roiwrted lost and send parties out Iu every direction to search for the missing. "Oh this occasion wo were all called In and told oft m parties to go In search , tha agreement being that no man should Ilru a gun , unless absolutely uoccusary , until the loat man was found. 'Along In the afternoon wo hoard two shots la rapid succession , and hurried backjto camp. Wo found the cook with a dead unto- lope , but our mau was still missing. "Tho cowboys were very indignant and "cussed" the cook from ' 'rook to soda" for firing the gun , saying that tha mau was still missing , nnd that valuable tlmo had boon lost. " "Tho cook took tha matter vary philosoph ically , and exonerated himself uy atvying , "Woll , what in h - is Jim Creighton along- aldoof fresh meat , auyliowi" This stor.v was related by a wealthy and Jolly cattleman from the west , who has grown up with Nebraska , and passed through Omaha on his way oast. * * "This is a deuced straugo kantry , don't ' yo know , " said a whlto-llanncl trousurcd young Englishman , the other day , us ho toyed with a U. and S. at the Paxton bar. "Yo go Into a tap-room hoah , and find a lot nf mon , doa't yo know , standing- front of tno bar. They lift tholr glasses aloft nnd sal : 'Hoah vro KO , ' and blawat mo eyes If they go for au houah. " X1S BEBU , MY COUNTIIYAI1SN. Xlio True Explanation of Knglanda Itoynl Grant .Imbroglio. ( Commwilratcd. ) No ono need assuuio to understand the English constitution or give an opinion aa the royal grants , to pay which Johnnie Bull has annually put his hand into his brooches pocket , until ho has mnstcrcdjtho supjocjof ; boor. Beer is at tlic rootof The question. In tracing the course of the political stream in that country , the explorer will cross the the verdant fields of commerce , the rocky wastes ot party interest , the lofty peaks ot Imperial ambition , the muddy flats of per sonal vlndlctivancss , but whun ho reaches the source and fountain of this broad shoot of a nation's destiny , ho will find it in the plain , round , well coopered b irrol of malt liquor , on which the Inland revenue officer , with much deference and con side ration , puts nls stamp. Why is it that Victoria can present a peti tion to parliament for money to support her children and grandchildren , nnd why is / that in spite of the remonstrances of the radicals and of these affected , contempt Is a form of ouvy aud Jaundiced regret that they , too , are not counted worthy of public recog nition ; why is it that the house always comes forward and ncceeds to tha request ! Beer , whv it's ' beer , don't you knowl Wo must go back to the tlmo when the par liament had King CUailes II. bv the nock , so to Hueak , and that gallant gent Ionian was bargaining awuy many of the prarouativuB ot tlio ii own ; and principally among them his rights accruing under the feudal system of Kind tenure ; for , up to that time , the king was but only the nominal loid of nearly every square Inch of real estate in the king dom , but he was the practical recipient of a largo fee , exacted fiom nny ono who was for tunate enough to como Into piopuity by do- Bcont , or whenever un army Jind to bo raised. But what had all this to do with boar ! you will say. Bo patient. To understand the question wo must Rtart at otlginal rorum ( or bec-riun In this c.iio ) . The parliament , hard as it was on the unfortunate monarch , imva him something in return for thcso conces sions , ( which ho could not help ) to his be loved pooplo. It did not rob the poor king of his beer. The pirlUmont undertook to pro vide a purse Rutllciunt for maintaining the honor and dignity of the ciown , und amongst other things Huuurod to him and his heirs forever the liurlditary duties on malt liquors , amounting to 15 pence per barrel ou beer , Tills was what Victoria Inherited when she ascended the English tluono. But by act of parliament , suction % of 1 und 3 Viet. c. 2 , she surrendered thin endowment dm Ing her own llfo , tno condition of which was that , "Her majesty felt confident that her faithful com mons would gladly make adequate provision for tlio suppoit of thu honor und dignity of the crown. " This act was passed in order that by the reduction of the imposition of 15 pence per barrel the honest worklngman would bo ro- llovod from contributing in nn undue pro- poitlnn to tlio punllo revenues , and bo ublo to secure his onu luxury , or , as BOUIO eminent Btutosinon have claimed , ono ot his neces sities , at a reduced price and of a bettor quality. Jolmnio Bull knows when ht > has a good thing , as a rule , and ho has availed himself of this concession to such on extent that the last census shows In thut year there was consumed two ( ralloiiB of ucar to ovary man. woman und child In the three kingdoms , and by the annual budgut it appear * that the excise on Johnnie's 'ulf ' and 'alt ' , Bueh as It la , for It would amount to a good deal less than the excise taken by the average Omuna saloonkeeper froth , yields a larger amount than any other Hlnglu item In the schedule. The country has ically made money by this deal , and oven at Hut present flKura of the yearly grants to the royal family , if Via had kept tier beer , the balance would have been in her favor. The end of It all U that parliament , having ordered aud cot Its beer , fouls it has to pay for it like a gentleman. Tlie Hnllor'H HcHolvo. J. U. 0 , in I'uclt. A sailor on the topsail yard White reeling softly sings : "I'd rather pick souio chorrlei hero Than pull on tucso 'ore string ! . "I'd sooner of a kicking mule Bo undisputed boss Ittfli Than haul this xvbatlier-oar-rlmj out On this 'era rloinish ho s. "I rather steer my Betsey Jane Up to tbo altar rail Than be aloft on thla o'ro night. A-reofing this 'ero a ail. " 1 awear that vrhon I get atbor * I'll Bplicu that lovely Ian , Buy that aforexaid mule as kick * , And peddle garden eass. "