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V THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , OCTOBER 13 , 1889-SIXTEEN PAGES. THE DAILY DAILYEdltcr. Edltcr. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Tt'.HMS Of BUIIStltll'TION' Dully Mirt Sunday , Ono Your . Hoot .six Months , . . . . . , . r. or Tlupc Months . . . Stt Nimiluy lice. One Year . arc lice , Ono Yenr with 1'iemWni. . 20C orricia. Omnlm , U > o llnllillng. Chlinpoonice. U > 1 llookr-rjr IlulldliiK Now York. Rooms H unit i ; > Tribune liulM- " " 5n& WnshlnRton. No. f.n rmntrrnth Street , Council II In I ! H. No. VI I'earl Street. J.lnroln , IB9 ! Bucot. COtUtr.Sl'ONDIINCR. All communications relating to now * nml rdl- lotlnl matter ulioiild be addressed to tlio Hilltop Inl Uupurtmont , IIUSNiS3 ! : I.irrmi3. All Inntness letter ! and remittances should IIP nddrcsm-d to 'J 1m lion I'nlillhhlug Company , Omalin , lrnft , chprkH nml postnlllco onion to be nludo jinynble to tlio order of tlie company. The Bee Fnlilisliinrcipaiiy , Proprietors JIF.K. l'ull(1lng ' I'arimm and Scvt-nfcnth 8lrees. Til 10 JA1LY 11I5K. fitvorn StnU'iucnt of Circulation , Elate ofNcliraBkn , I. . County of Douglas , f " George II. TV.scliucIc , socrotaryot Tlia nco 1'ubllsnlng Company , does Bolcmuly sw-oar tint the acttml circulation of TUB IHII.Y HEB for tlie \ \ celc ending October li , 1849. was ns tol- lows : Snmlny. Oct.o 2l.nM Monday , Oct. 7 . . .N WHS TncMtn.v. Oct. 1H.IK7 Wct1nGsdny.Oct.il IH,01fi Tliiitudny , Oct. 10 1H.M1I I'riduy. Oct. H IMXJI btttiiruiiy , Ott. l. IS.ttfi Average 19.OO5 onoitai : it. TxsciiuuK. Elnto of Xebrftskn. ( . County at Do Klns. l ss- Svciitl toucfoiu mo ami subscribed to In my pretence this l-'lli day of October. A. 1) . USD. Ib'caU ( IKOHOIJ N. IIIUKS. Notary 1'ublt-j Ocorto 11. T > schuct. being duly mvorn , do- foifN and f-nystliat ho js secrntnry of The lloo I'ubllthliiK compuny. that iho actual avorapo dally circulation at THE DAILY BUR for tne month of October 1K80. was 1P.CS4 copies ; for November. 1N-8. 18.H copies : for December. 1888. li.2 l copies : for Jim- unry. mi . lr,74. copies ; for Tobmnry. Ibro , 1U.WII copies ; for Maich , Ifb . ISM copies : for April. 1HS1. 1B.KO copies : for -May. IWtl. 18.11 . copies : for Jtinp. if . IAM8. copies : for.luly. WM. 1NW8 copies : for AtiRift. IWS'J. 18.M1 copies : for September. IKS' ) , i,7iu copies. OKO. li.TVscnucif. Fwom to koloio mo mill mibscrlbcd In my preti-nco thls-ith duyof October , A. ll. . 1RSO. [ 8EAL.1 N. P. KKIIN Notnry 1'ubllc , Til H popular reception accorded the czar in Berlin probably reminded hia nmjcbty of niid-winter ucnther in St. Petersburg. Tin : eighty miles ot cable , electric motor and. borso ct.r lines in Omaha ( ilmllciijro comparison with any city of double its population in the country. Tinwest : will pour between nine and ten million dollars in dividends into the capacious 'pockets of Boston this month. Though the Hub lost the ponimnl , she certainly tnUos the pot. Tin : frightful death of a , linommi in New York should spur the authorities of every city to drive the man killing wires under ground. Human Hie is too precious to bo .sacrificed oven for material progress. TIM : summary man nor in which the English courts have disposed ot the directors of the late Comptoir A' Ks- compto would indicate thntbanl : wreclc- insr is not so profitable there tis on this aide of the Atluntii * . THE statement made by Mr. Krastus " \Viinnu some time b'uiRo th.xt the United States can manufacture sup plies for tv hundred million people while wo only Iwvn bi.vty million of home con- liumcrs , affords burious food for reflec tion. DKSi'iTi : tlio warm embraces and joy ful weeping of Alexander tind William , there is no relaxution of war prepara tions. Germany signalized the e ar'a visit to Berlin by a demand upon the im perial parllumontfora few more millions for death dealing machines and forts. Bismarck in hound to preserve peace if Emperor William has to fight for it. .TuiiuGiiorF's decision in the Burr case displays a keen sense of the natural order of things. Ho holds thut a man nnilifo cannot maintain separate re lations at the sumo time and in the same house for the purpose of perfecting ad joining homestead entries. In union there is btrongth , but not sulllcient to deceive Uncle Sum's knowledge of domestic ulTiiirs. AtTKii u prolonged controversy it has been decided , in Chicago that women tire eligible us police olHcors. The duties of the police women will bo the inspection of factories and tenement houses. It is questionable whether women are qualified to do police duty in ovoti such a capacity , and the exper iment begun last week by the uppoint- monL of two women on the Chicago police force will ho watched with in terest. TUB supply of natural gas at and near Pittsburg Hoomsto have boon oxhuus- tcd. There hus boon no supply for ncnrly ono woolc and the indications nro that the How will not bo resumed. This will not merely ho a great blow to Pittbburg , hut the failure of the natural tratf supply at any manufacturing center creates npprohoiiHion of dec-lino in other localities and destroys confidence c&sential for inducing capital to embark in industrial enterprises. a Tim London Times professes to believe - liovo that the Intor-Ainerlcan congress will not accomplish a great deal for any ol the countries concerned in it , espe cially the United States. The paper says : "Jf the delegates go homo pleased with their hosts , impressed by the mag nitude of the country and anxious to re- vifait it in 1802 when the world's fair wiH bo hold In Now York , the American congress will hnvo done as much ns can reasonably bo expected. " The results of the congress us mapped out by the 'limes are all very well , and this country hould , and doubtless will , fool deeply grateful to Kngland for the admission of benefits it is pleased to allow us , but \ro have inherited ono trait from the Pv mother country which lias always per fc- - vaded the English breast , and that Is to do the best wo can with the opportuni ties afforded. Our leading men can forsoe far greater results than the Thunderer will admit. Manifestly most of the reciprocal trade between this country and South America will curtail tlio commerce of Great Britain. Such a projout very naturally can not gratify the London Times. DETttACTOHS OF OMAHA , "Whenever anybody from the interior of Nebraska registers at a Now York , Chicago or Philadelphia hotel nine I lines out of ten his name will appear on the register ns hailing from Omaha , Tliis is done very much for the same reason thnt Americans traveling abroad prefer to register themselves as citizens of New Yorlc , A man registering from Omaha is no more in need of adding "Nebraska" than a man from Now Yorli needs to ndd UU. S. A. " In marked contrast with this ac knowledged pride in the metropolis ol their own state , many Nobrnskans and notably the papers published in the interior towns and cities of Nebraska take special pains to disparage Omaha at every turn. And these malignant thrusts are often applauded by thought less pcoplo who iinnglno that they can build up their own towns by belittling or miflroprcj'ontuig Omaha. If a blather * skllo who Inows ; nothing about Omaha declares that this is the wickedest city on the continent the sentiment is ap plauded to the echo and bout broadcast as gospel truth. As ti matter of fact there is not u city in America ot equal population bettor policed , more orderly and less immoral than this city is to-day. Comparatively speaking there is no city in the union of equal sl/o having a smaller popor- tlon of popular ign orancc or a larger proportion ot school attendance ; and nc city in America , of equal population patronizes public libraries ns Omaha does , and contributes more liberally to ward charitable and benevolent Institu tions. But the detractors of Omaha are not content merely with stabs about Oma- lui's alleged lawlessness and immorality. Whenever Omaha suitors any damage byout throatcompetitionototttor cities , discriminating rail road. , rates , or com binations of capital at other trade con- terrf , the dotraolors of Omtihn exhibit their glee and the smull-souled editors of certain towns and would-bo cities join in the chorus. And the kcy-noto for those tirades tigalnst Omaha is always struck by the Lincoln papers. Now why should anybody in Nebraska want to build up ICaiibtis City , St. Joseph , Chicago or Sioux City to tlio detriment ot Omaha ? Why should any Nobruskun &coc to divert to rival towns out of this state the trade that bhould by rights come to Omaha V What would Nebraska be without OmahaV With one-ninth of her population Omaha piys one-seventh of the entire state tax. Of the MX millions which the two Itibt legislatures have appropriated for public buildings , stale institutions and expenses inci dental to statehood , Omaha hns paid eight hundred and fifty thousand del lars. In the last fifteen years Omaha has paid more money into the state treasury than would build the blutc house and all the public buildings at Lincoln. Beatrice , Kearney , Norfolk and Grand Ish-nu put together. This may be very startling , but it Js a fact. _ Omaha , to-day is larger than the four largest cities ot Iowa combined , and Iowa has over two millions of popula tion , while Nebraska lias less than one million , two hundred thousand. Omaha has a larger population than the five largest cit'tos in Kansas combined , and Kansas has a population of nearly two millions. Why should any Nobraskun disparage the metropolis of his own state of wliosc marvelous and substantial growth he has just reasons to feel proud. N WE AllE GKUAT. Edwin Arnold , the distinguished English poet and editor , now visiting in this country , ib one of these liberal , broad-minded and thoroughly friendly Englishmen whose opinions and sugges tions all intelligent Americans will re spect. Without in tlie least degree dis paraging his own country , without sur rendering any measure of his devotion to the land in which ho is deservedly honored as an erudite scholar , a wise and honest journalist , and a brilliant noot , Mr. Arnold can do full justice to all that is meritorious and commend able in the character and achievements of the American people , while not omitting to point out and criticize those faults and blemishes which are perhaps unavoidable inacomparatively now and rapidly auvancing country , but which none the less need attention directed to them in order that they maybe bo corrected. Mr. Arnold is on titled to the respect and honor of all patriotic Americans for the reason that ho was the earnest friend of the union at the time when it greatly needed the courageous friend ship of such men abroad. In the years of conflict and peril no man in England stood forth more bravely than Edwin Arnold in defense of the cause of the American union. Shoulder to shoulder with .lohn Bright and a few others , ho fought the overwhelming sentiment of England hostile to this government , rendering a service to the American people which could not well bo overesti mated. The opinions and suggestions of such a friend , with hlg wealth of wisdom and experience , is surely entitled to our most respectful consideration. Mr. Arnold has said many gratifying and encouraging things of the United States and its people since ho If , been among us , and when he shall htu'o made a tour of the west and witnessed its superior energy and enterprise ho will undoubt edly have much more to suy favorable to us , In a recent article , after specifying a few things , easily Improved , in which wo are deficient , Mr. Arnold referred to. our colleges , libraries , museums and observatories as leaving positively to American . ' . ' no excuse youth. 'They must henceforth create , " ho said , "and not import poets , authors , artists , sculp tors , scientific geniuses and astrono mers , " and ho concluded with the dec laration : "You really owe us , with all your glorious chances , a galaxy of great names. " 1'n her educational institu tions the United States is great. She may have no ono college or university equal to the foremost institutions of learning in England , but in the multitude of her educational facilities , available to the whole people , this country is not behind any 'other. If indeed she Is nol in advance of every other. And there is a steady growth and Improvement from yonr to year , a constant reaching out to higher attainment and loftier achievement , an cnger and zealous effort to elevate the standard niul widen the scope of educa tion. Very truly was it said , then , by Mr. Arnold , that with all this ample provision for culture there is positively no excuse to American youth. The means to intelligence In this country are broadcast and the way to a liberal education is open to all. As to supplying the world with a galaxy of great names in learning and literature there need , bo no anxiety. Thnt wo shall do in time. Wo have conquered the world in invention , and wo are forging to the lead in most prac tical respects. When wo shall have more nearly accomplished the great work ot malarial progress wo have in hand , and have a nation of two or thrco hundred millions of the most enlight ened and prosperous people on the earth , wo shall not bo wanting in great names ot the class to which Mr. Arnold referred. Wo shall have poets , authors , artists , sculptors and scientific geniuses whoso rank in the world will bo as prom inent and potential ns will bo the mate rial and political influence of the re public among the nations of" the earth. AX oniarxAL IUKA WANTED. The Eiffel tower is an original and imposing feature of the Paris exposi tion. It is perhaps its greatest attrac tion , giving character and individuality to the exposition. It has given world wide fame to its designer , and long after most other features of the great show have passed from the memory of the millions who have visited it the great tower will he a distinct recolloc- tion. tion.As As sentiment rules the world , it is felt to bo of very great importance that the proposed World's fair of 1892 , to commemorate the discov ery of America by Columbus , shall have some distinct and original attraction some great feature that will illustrate the originality of American genius and which all pcoplo will want fo bee. Upon this idea the Now York Sun a short time ago invited- suggestions , and it is nn evidence of the widespread in terest that is taken in the proposed ex position and of the readiness of the American people to submit ideas , that that paper has received such u volume of suggestions thut it hns boon compelled , as it states , to exercise quite freely tlio editorial prerogative of se lection and condensation. Some of these projects , of course , have no originality whatever , others are extravagant or wildly impractical , but not a few are ingcnius and interest ing. For example , ono suggestion is that the main building of the exposition bo constructed in the form of a statue of Columbus , of gigantic proportions , day two or throe hun dred feet high , of iron and colored glass , the ilguro to bo modelled after the style of dress of the fifteenth cen tury. Another suggests an immense cluster of electric lights oqualititr in number the American states , to bo held in place one or two miles high above the location ot the fair by captive bal loons. Anotiior suggests tin 'imitation of the tower of Babel , and there are suggestions of an cndlcbs road , of aerial trains , of a great nyramiil , of a giant cabling of a boll , and others in largo variety , altogether making u re markable and very interesting fund of valuable buggebtions. But a really great original idea is still wanting. There is certainly an opportunity for bomo one to make fame and perhaps fortune. The field is open to everybody on equal terms. There is incentive and inspiration in the object sought. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ELECTRICAL I'ltOOTlESS. American progress and development in mechanical arts admits of no compe titor. In ttiat line ns in all others , en ergy and ingenuity have placed us far in advance of all other nations. The creative genius of the people is never at rest. It ib constantly devising now and binpier ) forms of old mcthodsorbringing out original designs and appliances to lighten labor atid contribute to the sum total of human comfort. This develop ment is particularly prominent in the domain of electricity , but wo cannot measure our advance in that department without a comparison with the progress of Kuropo. Mr. Thomas A. Edison , who has made tin extended , tour of the old world , draws an unfavorable picture of electri cal progress there. Franco and Ger many are on a par with this country in electric lighting , while England is progressing backward in this respect. The olcctrio lighting plants of Paris and Berlin are unsurpassed. A system technically called "general consump tion" is used , and all wires are under ground , thus obviating the dangers of contact. In London electric lighting is confined to a few select points. This is largely duo to the ob structive laws of the country , and the fact that tlio original investors sunk money by adopting wrong theo ries nt the outset. Electric motors are coining into general use in Ger many , and enormous sums are being invested in electric plants. Franco docs not advance as rapidly as Germany , bu.t the marvelous applications ot thnt potent power as shown at the Paris ex position will accelerate its adoption in all departments. "Tho Europeans , " says Mr. Edison , "have not yet adopted electric motors as wo have. They have , on the other hand , ono thing that wo have not , but which wo must have u more economical system for consum ing coal. With this cheaper system of making electric light , which is sure to come , I predict that within five years it will bo cheaper by far than gas. " The question of fuel is the ono great barrier to the general adoption of oloo- tric light in this country. It is espec ially true of towns and cities distant fiomtho mines , and if an Edison or u Brush succeed in increasing the heut- producing power of fuel , they will not only solve the light question , but vastly enhance the industrial progress of the country. Mr. Edison's observations confirm the fact that in the application of elec tricity tonTI opnrtmonts of activity we lend the ujorlil , As a light and motive power its pro = cnt succcssand quite gen eral use , with the improvements which oxporloncoH\vlU \ suirgost , Insure its universal ndojHlon. It is destined to work a revolution in all lines of in dustry. A scir.NTine expedition of morn than ordinary importance sailed from Nov York yoste'rlltty. Its destination is wosl Africa , and ts object to observe the eclipse of tlfo'sun , which will occur December - comber 512. ' The party is composed of n number of well known scientists repre senting Columbia , Princeton , Amhersl and Bowdoln colleges , with Prof. Todd , of Amhcrst , at tlio head , and it it equipped with the host astronomical and photographic Instruments. The last congress appropriated flva thousand dollars for the expense * of observing the eclipse , but since then the intended scope of the expedi tion has been much enlarged , and Boinn of the scientists nro making the trip for tlio purpose of studying marine biology , the trade winds of the ocean , gravita tion of the earth nt different points , the depth of the ocean , anthropology , am' the flora and fauna of Africa. The un scientific will hardly appreciate the wisdom of so long n journey to a most Inhospitable region of the world to wit ness nn eclipse which will last only four minutes , and all the observations ol which will last riot longer than three hours , but to the scien tific investigator the event is regarded us of surpassing importance , and all such will await the reports of this ex pedition , and of others which will observe - servo the eclipse from other points whore it will bo visible , with the profoundest - foundest interest. The destination ol the expedition which sailed from Now York is a portion of Africa abounding with dangers , and it is more than prob able that some of the party will make a dear sacrifice for the information ob tained. Tituin : million acres of Indian land , valued at fifty millioa dollars , will be added to the public domain in Minnesota seta this year. The ceded land includes a large area of pine forests. The money derived from the sale will bo placed to the credit of the Indians , in the na tional treasury , at five per cent inter est. A largo proportion of it will be devoted to schools and to aid and encourage - courage agricultural pursuits. Tlio re mainder of the reservation will bo di vided on the severally plan , thus forc ing the Indians into Useful and benefi cial lines of industry. TmuTY-riyi : jyoars ago .Tames G. Bluino , secretary of state , and Melville W. Fuller , cliiof justice of the United States , wore both reporters on papers at Augusta , ' iMo. Tlie prominent position taken by both gentlemen indi cates that a newspaper ollieo is a splen did training school for brainy men. BEE FLATS. Mr. Coburn wllf tall outside the breast works. The NcbrasUan , in every day life , is a daisy ; as a KniRht Templar he's a polden rod. Tlio sonorous voice of Mike M.ml is heard ail over this city warbling "I've a Casket at Home. " The Douglas county grand Jury and the Chicago Cronin jury oinjht to become ac quainted with each other. Time and decay threaten to do what the Union Pacific Bhould have donu many years ago remove the depot cowshed. The NcbrasUu thieves who carried oft a 1,309-pound trip hammer have secured steady employment nailiiii ; campaign lies. A reliciotis exchange says "tho idea of a ational council has been pan-Congro re vived. " What won't these church sociable ptople think oft If consumers o city water find the liquid rather turbid for the next few days they will plcaso remember that the great unwashed have just held their convention. General VanderhnTn is holding a surprise in store for us. Ho has picked out a judge nil unto himself , who will deal out Justice ac cording to the standard ot the roustabouts. The veiled profits revealed by the Union Pacific to the senatorial prying committee did not equal the St. Louis article in tinsel trappings , but they were gilt edgcil and gold lined. Ono of tlio fashionanln colors for the COID- IIIR season , according to an cnslnrn paper , is called ' -calf's liver. " A very pretty com plement , if such n shade were possiblewould bo "dudo's brain. " During the past thousand years 1.000 ed itors of tlio 3'okin Gazette have boon be headed. PcUin would bo a good field for Colonel Vaughn and the Juvenile editor of the hyphenated to emigrate to. Kx-Sccrotnry liayard will bo married to Miss Mary Willing Clymer next aiunth. There is no special significance m the lady's middle name. She is a relative of the late ileister Ciyiner , of Pennsylvania. The rumor that the Daily Democrat will Boon consolidate with the Svcnaka Posten Is not well founded.Colonel" Jacobson Bays that fiuch u move would ruin his polit ical chances and disgrace him socially. A mob nt AVnycrofs , Ga. , lynchedn colored man because ho threw a stone nt a citizen with whom ho was quarrelling and hit u by. slander. No wonder the bravo Georgians talk so much about threatened "negro upris- i Ks. " Yanclcrvoort went to Hastings with a pass covering seventy cHalk-inarlced patriots no names were nccossari * . II. M. Wnrlng hove to with u pass covering thirty-nine persons not named on the unss. Other counties not yet heard from. In St. Louis Jay'Gould ' told the reporters ; that ho was In favor of that city for the world's ' fair , fn Ojpujia ho declared to the young moa that liolmjt given the matter no thought. In ono SCJJSQ of the word at least Mr. Gould is no Jay. ' A rarpet trust is icportcd from the cast. If the operations of this benevolent organiza tion can bo extended so as to Inuludo other articles of furniture it will flu a long felt want In the ponUotbookof the average house holder at this season of tlio year , It is said that the papers in regard to the silo tot Omaha'a postofllco building Imvu reached Washington , but by the time they have the requisite amount of rod tape attached to tliom it will be ccncrally realized thut this Isn't building the postofllca by a good , big night. The balance of trade is largely In our fnvor. The Iluntlngtoii millions unil heiress will lomain at homo for the winter social season nt least. Impecunious princes with titles for sale nro convinced that marriage without American bullion is a failure. The county commisslonersulus of Chicago rejected n bill for bcor furnished the lumntci ot n lunatic asylum for the ronson thnt thcj did not partlclpalo In the bath. This 1 < Round and lofty reasoning. While sane met thirst for the amber fluid at public expense It Is nn outrage to saturate lunacy with do IIrluin tromcns , Any attempt to raze the railroad cowshci will bo vigorously resented. It must bo pro nerved as a monument to broken pledges urn misspent municipal treasure , The county commissioners must bo plvct crodlt for utilizing the services ot the Af rican In the cordwood. As n trader ot ftoo ond-hand buggies and other rare bargains lii proved n convenient medium of exchange bo twccn the members Individually nnd thi commissioners oalcially. A Detroit miss demands $ - > , OM damage- for the painful Impressions of n kiss im printed on the vestibule ot her plo trap. II is a civil action , yet n court la the Bruno cltj fixed iho price of a violent kiss at ttO. II the tdrlfl persist In maintaining thcso c.xhor bltant rates nnd grades they will force met Into bankruptcy or marriage , The jnil U tin only medium ot escape. The failure of Gabrlol to toot his trumpcl at the behest of the Attvcntlsts has thrown the Jersey branch of the sect Into great dls tress. Midnight of October T was the titn < set for the ascension , but the frenzied fol lowers of IJII1 Miller shivered In their spotless loss robes for the slcnnl thnt never camo. I they will mlng'io patience with porsovoranci they xvlll got thora in time. The literary genius who edits the Onmh Double-Header has Just discovered that llel ford , Clarke & Co. , linyo failed , nnd in tin red heat of excitement ho has wrllf.cn a hnl ' column leader upon the failure of 'this bool concern. The readers of the Doublc-tlcadci will probably remember that the failure o Uollord , Clarice & Co. , occurred about tw < weeks ago. A local contemporary recently dlscuasoc "Woman as a Mystery. " The writer ovl aontly did not grasp the subject In the rlchi mood , or was too modest to solve the quos lion with his strong light arm. The fact ii there is nothing mysterious about a womnr when you get thoroughly acquainted will her , c.\poit ) an Irresistablo weakness to hldi her gum in the carved recesses of the bed stead. Frost Hilton llnulni : Tips. Chicago I\Viu. The market for tips on the races has ruled strong for some months , but the outlook for the future is rather dreary. The Town U'ns Their.- ) . H'aslitnvton I'uitt. Sir Knights , you are Free and Accepted Masons Feeo to paint the town , and Ac cepted as bail for each other. Op on null Ahovo Ito.iril. . St , Lmili ' I'mt-DliipnMi. Connecticut will not cut down her orchards , nor will she have to hldo behind the barn when she wants ti drink of cider. Iho Grip of tlio OH Vtlttlmv .DNjnfch. Most of the trusts are weakening ; but the Standard oil monopoly tightens its grip and promises to stay with us till the craek of doom. Abntir a HlamlofT. CMcnuomi fit. St. Louis is hopeful that Jay Gould will contribute to her fair fund. It is not unlikely that Jay will i-ivc as much to St. Louts as to Now York. . .j A Jolly Hum Old I'nrty. Trnn 'J-'imti. A pamer mneue ticket on a free rum plat form that is the picture of the dotnocratlo party in the state of Now York as drawn by its o\\n hand. Major /'nit n'mtli Cntrllc. There is ono thing the St , Louis Uopubllo would do well to remember when it comes to Texas. The democrats ilown this way bo- lievotho war is over thej fought in it. Blnko Wny for mills. Clitaiao Trliiunc , Room is requested for the Hon. Roger Q. Mills of Texas. Make wnv , there , gentle men , if you please , for Mr. Mills. The Hon. Mr. Mills is the person that is ' kindly going to take the job of running this country en tirely upon himself as soon as congress as sembles. Boulanecr'8 lintost Manifesto. Motion Gtnbe. Great heavens 1 It is announced that Don- anger will now call on the army to follow him and descend upon Paris like Aluric of old. Since the famous capture of Now Jer sey by the Fenians nothing so startling as this has fallen upon peaceful nerves. All "ISmpIoycH * I'nsscs. " Kearney Knterpiltc. St. Peter ( to applicant at the gate ) Hold on f say. You can't come in here. Applicant Can't , ohl Well , I guess I can. I'm ' n delegate of the Nebraska state republi can convention. St. Peter ( humbly ) Walk in , my friend , wall : in ; why didn't you sny you hud a pass , in the first place ? - William Waldurl'H Enthusiasm. Clitcauo Ifcus , Mr. W. W. Astor of Now York , is reported to have said nt a dinner party given by him self to a carefully selected crowd of gentle man thut , if necessary , ho would pay for a $20,000OOD world's fair in that city all bv liiuiself rather than see it no olsewhuro. After n Judicious application of crushed Ice to his forehead Mr. Aster probably has no recollection of making such a statement , oven if bo over actually mudo it. The Only Certain Ilnntl to Vlccnry. Tno best possible ubances of republican success will lie in the making of an udminls. Irntion satisfactory to the country. If that Is done there need ho no fears of the democ racy coming Into power again in 1393 ; and if It is not clouu It will como into power. The republicans now have u fair majority in both branches of congress ; they have the execu tive ollico , nnd can do what they llko. From now until Novombsr of IS92 they will bo sub- | ect to tlio criticism ana attacks of the oppo sition , mid every mistake they make will be known , proclaimed nnd magnified. They cannot , therefore , uo too much for the coun- Lry'a welfare , nor commit too few blunders , if they would keep control of the govern ment. It will depend much more upon them selves than upon the democrats whether they win or lose in 1SU2. Stniiillui ; in the It.-iin. Ho stood upon the corner of the busiest street in town , Supporting an umbrella while the rain was coming down , And now nnd then hia wicked clunco went up and down tlio street , To see if he could catch u glimpao of some younu woman's foot. Juat then a maiden passed that way with slightly lifted skirt , To keep her dross from dragging in the water nnd the dirt. "May I loan you my umbrella whilu I'm ' walkIng - Ing by your ldo < Alay I ask you where your going 1" The maiden quick replied : "No , thank von , sir ; I'm looking to find a dude with brains , Or a loafer who has bcr.so enough to go In when it ruing ; And I huvo looked on every side , from Car roll street to Main , And uvcr.v loafer I have soea U standing iu the rain. " STATE CONVENTION ECHOES. The Wohoo Wasp deeply narcts the de feat of Judge ttcosc , anil says that whlio Jutlgo Norvnl mixy bo just ns good a man , "tho fact that ho was backed by tlio com bined railroad interests of the state Miouk bo sufllclcnt to lo.id every thinking mnn to ponder well tlio gist of public affairs. No mnn In the convention had aught to nny nfjnlnst either the character , or the public or ofllelnl acts of Judge Hcosc , and yet it was apparent that a combination of railroad loiv bylst.s hud control of Iho.'convontton from the very start. Judge Norvnl stands hlghnsn Jurist- , but no man stood higher In the minds of the pcoplo of Nebraska than did Judge Hccsc , nnd his retirement will bo deeply re gretted throughout tbo stato. " The York Times suonks of the late state gathering as a "hoodoo" convention , and one of the wildest nnd woollcst over hold In the stnto. It was "a legitimate sequence to the corrupting nnd disgraceful menus resorted to by the railroad crowd. Judge Norval Is n good man , nn ofllclcnt lawyer and n just judge. Whllo wo rojolco with him nnd bis friends at his good fortune , wo can but tic- ploro nnd denounce the moans which were resorted to by his principal supporters. " The Norfolk News , whllo it believes the convention blundered in not ronomiiiutlng Judge Kccso , Is also of the opinion that "it was Jtnigo Norval'a mlsfortuno rather than principles that drcnv the railroad support to him. Mnny delegates who voted for him were ns strongly nnti-ruttroad ns wore the supporters of Judge Hccsc. lie being the strongest candidate In the Hold , the rail roads supported him out of a supreme doslro to dotcat Hcosc. Tlio nomination may not bo relished , but all straight republicans will vote for Judge Norval , " The Hastings Nebraskan , after severely ar raigning the "fanatical antl-rnilroai' ' faction In Nebraska polities , " remarks : "It may be true , atul perhaps Is , that the influence of the railroads was oxcrted to secure the nomina tion of Judge Norvnl , but It by no moans fol lows that the judge upon the bench will bo governed in his administration of justice by impure motives. The system of electing Judges Is worao tl'.in n farce It favors can bo mctcd out by the courts in return for friendly aid at tuo polls. " The Grand Island Independent has readied the conclusion that ttio whole convention system Is rotten and "always gives the vic tory to the corporations over the peoples' in terests. Kccsc , " says the Independent , was hated by the railroad companies on ac count of his honest independence , nnd they did all in tbolr power to boat him. Their original nnd most preferred candidate would huvo been u man like the present secretary ot state , 7-iaws , but such n ono was not to bo had , so they contented themselves with Judge Norval. That ho was tlio railroads' candidate against Uccso Is proven by the character of the men who worked for Nor val. They wore nil railroad employes or other servants of these corporations. " The Hcatrico Express of course fails to tuko notice of the railroad inllnonco winch dominated the state convention , but lays the chief blnino for Judge Kecso's defeat to "the active interest in his behalf taken by At torney General Lecse. It had tlio effect of concentrating against htm every intnrcst hos tile to the latter , and it v.-as n load heavier than ho could carry. Judge Heeso had gooi reason to pray that ho might bo saved from his friends. lie has fallen a sacriQco to their unpopularity. " Accoiding to the Kearney enterprise the 'state cam paign in Nebraska this fall will not bo nn Inspiring spectacle. Tno masses of the party bcliuved In the honesty and capacity of Judge Kceso. They expected to sco him re-elected without , trouble. Judge Norval's nomination smacks too strongly of railroad influences to command the hcuity support of his party. " The Kearney Hub sny.s it "hoped to see Judge Hcoso renotninated. ' Thnt tie was de feated by the railroad influence nnpenrs to bo certain. That the railroad influence was re-inforced by the anti-prohibition crowd is quite evident. That the Laws influence went to Norval to take him out of the Second dis trict congressional race is something moro than guess work. It looks at this distance as though the convention had done an un wise tiling , and done it with deliberation. The outcome depends very much on the character of the candidate put up against Norval ; and republicans will not forget , but remember with shame and mortification , how Loran Clark was laid out a few years ago , ana that republican leader , C. H. Gcro , was saved fiom the wvesk by the skin of his tooth. Says the Schuyler Quill : "The republican state convention was ono that bore the rail road stamp nnd was a dl.sgraco to the party it represented. It was not only captured by the railroads of the state , but the party was attached to the railroad cnmp as an addition for revenue purposes only. " AS OTHERS SEE US. The True Silvi-r Polfuy. Dinver Kcun. The suggestion of the Omaha Bee that In its silver policy the Uuttcd States must as sume "absolute indcpendonco" is eminently the correct ono. lly restoring sliver to its full place in the coinage , the United States can force Kuropo to do the same. All that Is lacking is u disposition on the part of the national treasury ofllcials. A. Sucirt'fftioii to ntr. Van. IjHHlHilllc Cmti Icr-Jtmrnal. Mr. Van , of Nebraska City , who has boon burned out fourteen times , must bo getting somewhat behind. If Uo has anything left , lie would do well to tuko part of It and buy lumsolf a fire-engine. Little St. Josuph'H Honst. St. Juteiih A'tici. Omnlm and Sioux City are quarreling over the question as to which in entitled to the wholesale trade of the North Plutto country. Aa the wholesale houses at both these smart towns buy all their goods of St. Joseph , wo are willing to let them fight. Ot'vctoplni ; tin : Arid Dein'tr Ifcirt. Tin : OMAII v Dm : makes un Intelligent and able plea for the development of the arid region of ttio west by the proposed system of storage reservoirs. 'Iho advantages of tlio HyHtotn to the trans-Missouri region are very clcjirly set forth. Ncln-nHlca. Kite Ui leant I'lcfluiinc. Nebraska Is ( sometimes called "tho Sun flower State , " which makes U appear a wild country of the Oscur Wilde sort. An iMloriuitfonal Town. St Jnociih Kens. Tno International Funeral Director's association will hold Its next convention In Dmaha. As Shakcspouro would remark , "How exceeding pat. " * COUNTRY BREEZES. ( iuvo Him the Itiijlit of Way. //l/oii H Mrrttr , Wo forsook the lield without a struggle. ! ) no morning this week , baforo It was fairly Ight , wo mot nu individual of the genus nephltls just nt our doorstep. Ho ruland lijn cauual appcmlugo in a very pluuioloso man- icr unit showed that ho was ready for com- jat. Wo recoynued liU musk ( ular ) powers mid ictlrcd gracefully , and guvo him the privilege tu depart in peace. Ktolo lllh Cinir In' Clotln-H. I'-itmtmt I'lall. Somebody broVo hito.ihu residence of 1C. M. lickon , of Snundors county , whllo hn j ( | was nt Morse sparking Iho widow nnd Mols ' . two now suits ot clothes ho had purchased f for the cllinnx. Hut illckson has bought nu otbor suit batter thnn the others. A Queer liiRcriiitlntn Mr. LcComto told us of a queer lusorlp tlon bo snw In his rounds written on nn cmi- grant's wagon. Itveadi "Farewell to Kansas and Missouri. Wo bid you bold adieu. VYo'll emigrate to lioll some day , but never back to you. " Has Mii-o .lust. Llko tt. li' < ninrti Hitttc , This is n town , and not n hog pasture. If this local don't linvo the desired effect wa have several more just us nlckoning. * FO R THE FUILIR E. IlcnnrH llrxhl < n Tlie AMffoilnllif. Turn , turn from thocnvo'a dark hollow ! look up to iho light nnd sec , Though thlno oycs bo dazed In tlio glory , the man that Is yet to bo I Time's wings bra at pause beside him , nnd calm In Ins heart's strong beat. And the dust of thcso old dominions is lloworful round his feet. Kxult , wo have won the midway , nud tlio light has scared the gloom , And wu Hinllo nt the old sad sentence , wo nro freed from thu endless doom , Not licirs of a forfeit Godhead , degenerate , waning nwny , Hut climbing , and all too slowly , from itiu-U- ness into day. Thcro Is light In my nyos of dawning , of n fair world weary ot sloop , I sea the new peopling Islands , dominions over thu deep , Awav to the undent forest , nnd tbo wilds that nro yet tinwon , Where tlio envious growth of creepers goes rivalling up to the sun ; Whom Iho streams of the Orient land roll out through their gates of gold , When the d lyrical mountain summits were shrines of the faiths of old , Wnoro the well of the desert waters gives lifo to the lonely trco , Where the tent of iho turbanca nomad Is sot by the inland sea. From tbo zone of the torrid summcra to tlio uttermost v-nys of snow , From the inlnnd-mcn to the island-men , shall the greeting of good-will co ; Pence , pcaco on the earth forever , and we all forgoltcn so loner , Hut the nlr that they brcatho Is holy because of our sighs aim Bong. And their tnn'ds ' shall bo pure ns morning , their youth shall bo taught no Ho , But the way shall bo smooth nnd open fo all men under the sky ; They will build their now romances , new dreams of a world to be , Conceive n suhllmcr outcome than the cud ol the world wo see , And the shadow shall pass we dwell In , till under ttio sell'-snmo sun The nuincs or the myriudjnatious are writ in the nutno of one. I'HI5M S COLM'V UI'JI'UIJUCANS. They Are hi Urvolt Acnlnst Rus-ilsm nnd ItnilrmiU Itttlo. H.iniiai : , Neb. . Oct. 12. [ Special to Tint Hun. I An independent republican mass convention met at Phelps Center Wednes day , October 0 , which was the largest politi cal convention over hold in Phclps county. Mr. J. E. Hedlund , of Hertrand , was nomi nated ns an independent candidate for treas urer and \V. U. Axtell for county superin tendent of schools. Tlio dissatisfaction against the recular nominees is so universal that the independent candidates are almost sure of election. The committee on resolutions , consisting of P. O. Hedlund , S. M. Millnrd , J. C. Stun- Icy , John Urbom and M. ( } . HraUIoy , re ported n set of ringing resolutions that were unanimously adopted , of winch the following are a part : AVc , the people of Phclps county , in mnsa convention assembled this Oth day of Octo ber , tbo majority of us having been and nro members of the republican party , finding it i imperatively necessary fot-'tho preservation \ of our inalienable uolitlcal richts , do hereby repudiate the action of the Into republican convention , wherein it did not represent tlio will of the people , nnd wo hciowith set forth the reasons which impel us to this notion : Wo fully recognize the importance and vnluo ot party organization , that it is : i powerful and eflleiunt machine for the no- comullshmcnt ot good ends nnd reforms in it republican form , ot government , and that a party should not oo cripnlod or disrupted ox cent forgood and valid reasons , but when a partv becomes a vein do of opprcsssing the people , nnd falls into the hands of i > o lltlcnl venal nnd corrupt men , then It becomes not , only the right but the duty of the right-thinking and iiidciiendetiL members of such parly to disciplineund oven overthrow such party. For n number ot years in the past the re- [ mblican party of PIu-lps county allows u long train of abuses and usurpations by a set of unprincipled , effete political shysters who hnvo fastened themselves upon the party anil used their power , through Hhanieless In triguc , hynocrisy , chicanur aud double deal ing , for mercenary and selfish purposes. ThohO. political shysters have acted an go bo- twootiB'jiid abject tools of corporations and monopolies in their wicked schemes of op pression of the people , in every countv con vention paukingslato and congressional dele gations with railroad attorneys or their aer- vile tools. That the last republican county conven tion , through the secret nmnipulutlons of tiroiomontioncd political tricksters , degraded the convention into u mere political broker shop where those- who could descend to the lowest depths of political duplicity and trick- 3ry came out the victors. In the selection of delegates to the repub lican congressional convention political intrigue - triguo run riot , when the friends ot the cor- Derations bent their energies and strained ovcry point to pack the delegation with their illlos , or men who could bo used to further the schemes of tlie corporations , by which a candidate for congress would bo foisted iipon tin ) people- who would owe his nom ination to tlio railroad Influence and not the lioopio. Tbcrofuro in order to overthrow and ount Croni power the ring and cabal of political tmrimclcs who have fastened themselves upon the ronublican parly of Phelps countj ( for the purpose of subserving their uollish Jiids nnd Hiding the corporations in oppress ing tlio pcoplo ) , and to purify and reform the itarty wo love and aru mumburti of , we huvo met In mass convention , and have Invited find tolicitsd the co-operation of all good citiioiib interested In good government unil u higher md purer standard of pnlitie.il ethics , in the ( election of a county ticket that shall repre sent the will of the people , nrd xuch united iction an shall tslva a glorious victory to the > ooplo , and a t-ompluto overthrow of oor- loruto and monopolistic influence. Hosolvod , That wo condemn In the so- sorest terms the notions of iho men oioctod is delegates to the lust , state convention who ; uvo their proxies to men who nuver would iavu been elected by the convention , and vho its proxies grossly misrepresented the ouubllcun voters of Pholpi county , wlion ut lie behest of the whiskey interest ami rail , onil corimratloiiH they draggou the faithful , lonust and unpurchusablu Jurist , Judge ( cose , off the Hupromn bench. Thut wo loner and uphold our fellow clti/.ens , Hon. Crio Johnson , A. O. Lirson , H. Corbln , A. > \ . Vundoll and IS. Bodormaii lor their oyulty to the people a * delegates to the upubllcan Btuto convention. JU-solved , That the delegates elected to the opublican congressional convention are leroby instructed , if thu.v wluli to represent n overwhelming majority of the republican otors of Phelps county , to use all honorable : ieans to defeat tlio nomination of Gilbert , . Laws , because , by liU past action as u leinbor of the railroad commission wo Imvo ist nil faith in hia r.saltv to tlio interests of ho people , mid that wo will hold every mom- ier roBpoiialblo Iq thu future fortholr action 11 the selection of u uamliJato who shall ruly and fairly rpprofcont this , pro-cminontly n agricultural district.