4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEEnyHUKSPAY : , DECEMBER 20. 1889. M
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H [ Eeal.l N. P. Feu .
H Q'lli : Parisian la grlppo 1ms all the
H clotnonts of a enoutragc
H Chicago has not found the worlds
H fait in her stoolang , but ? lie Is reaching
H out for it across the Maryland line
H If congress would refuse to reimburse
M contestants for the expenses incurred ,
H , the business would deprcciuto rapidly
H Riat , estatu is very quiet just now
| . in Oklahoma City , but the festive six
B shooter is us uctlvo and rociforous as '
A ever _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
H Sdna'ion Allison has no time just
| f tiow to give to courtship His heartbeats -
boats tire monopolized by the political
H goddess
- Pjioi'lt : tire never satisDcd with the
, signal service When the thortnomotor
' " * "
Hi' gees down they want it warm , and when
' ' it is warm they want it cold
- Tin : jircss of Chicago insist thatJu-
H > ror Culver has earned the contempt of
r mankind Compared with "Mo and my
Coachman , " Culver is an honorable
k .
_ _ man _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
B Tin : new state hanking law has not
H > proved a sure euro for bank failures ,
R but it is rapidly driving reckless rind
Hi dishoncbt men out of the business in
H . " Ncbtiiska '
' Lincoln has hopes of securing an
H electric street car scrvico in plnco of
'
H the mule motor The Capital city mus t
BY hurry up or allot the third cities of '
H . the state will surpass her in that line
M Sknatoii Bkcic of Kuntucky thinks i
H' Iowa will make a mistake if she falls to 1
B " ' send William B. Allison back to the
H. Eonnto All other able mou in congress , i
H ! ' rognrdloss of parly lines , are of the 1
H eamo opinion
; A Kansas City judge has decided 1
B that a veal ostttto ngont is under obliga-
H' nous to deal fairly with his client
B | IDustncbs is llkoly to bo rather qulot in
t
BL' ! the city by the Kaw until it gets used
Hf | to thu now order of things
HE' Mil John \V. Pockkthookwaltijii
HL' is also in the contest for Unltod States
H t eonator from Ohio This makes throe
H | millionaires who are now in the race
Hr , ttud the pri'/o will no doubt bo to him of
H' * the higgost bank account
< v
Kf l Wiur.K the British torlos are fighting
K , : liberal principles on the hustings , the
Hri ; leaders nro-adoptlng the in in sootions
H. ; ' i It would not surprise any one to see
HV them Introduce a homo rule bill before
He * ' ' the sosslon of ptirllnmcnl ends ,
f > A PENNSYLVANIA pri/o lightrosultod
Hjj" in n bad case of lockjaw Unfortunately
HtjV the disease Is not contagious The
Hf elugging profession displays such a
Hi * wealth of jaw just now that It would bo
H | ' * ft pleiisuro to the public to see the dls >
H ! t case getting In its deadly work
HL Loud S.U.imiuhy's opponouta have
H . unearthed a speech ho made twenty
Hr five years ago in which ho expressed
H' : ' ' very liberal views on the Irish question ,
B That was soma time before his lordsliip
1 thought of becoming prime mlnistor on
| the conservative ticket
H GlJNiniAL SlIKllMAN'rt dinner list is
' ' now mudo out far into January and in *
_ . ' ' eludes eugngomonts for every night in
R. the wool : . The dauntless lender of the
| march to the sea may yet bo obliged to
H < > yield to a fusllado of champagne corks
, or Ml victim to an umbuscado of mlneo
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B ' ' Til 12 stitc papers have been assorting
H\ that Church Howe is now acting gover *
K- nor of Nebraska This is a mistake
K ' Lteutonunt-Govornor Moiklojohn has
B been holding the reins of government
K ' with u tight grttsp blnco Governor
K' " Thayer luft the state , The granger
H * statesman from Nomaha Is still a long
B way from the throne ,
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TIMK3 HAVH CIIANCWD
And now wo tire Informed that legal
proceedings nro to ho begun to condemn
a tract ot land which adjoins the slto of
now Port Omaha ncnrliellovue , because
the owner of said land rotuscs to soil
Bald trnct at a rcnsonablo prlco This
shows what nn nrrant plcco of jugglery
has boon plnycd upon our citizens by
the promoters of the now Fort Oraalut
land speculation
When it was proposed that
the government should onlnrgo
the present fort by annexing
whatovornddltlonnl land was nccdod
wo wcro told that the owners nskod too
much for the land and the government
never would cxorclso the power of cml-
nont domain for acquiring land for mili
tary purposes This was an unanswer
able nrgumont , but now thcro is no ob
stacle In tbo way of condemning lnnd
for the new fort The parties that
profit by that deal have found no diffi
culty in trylnjto nnnoxwhnt they
could not convey by purchase
This is only , however , n repetition of
the postofllco deal The secretary of
the treasury Invited bids for a slto ;
lmlf a do7on sqttnros were ofTerod for
which the title could have boon pro
cured within ono wnck But instead
of accepting any * ono of those bids the
chief juggler , wlio hns engineered the
Fort Omaha removal job , in
sisted that a square for which
no title could bo procured with
out condemnation proceeding should
bo taken in preference to all others
The pretense under which this was
done was as hollow and flimsy ns tbo as
sertion that the government could not
extend the area of the present fort
The outcome has been whnt might
have boon expected litigation and
damaging delay But wo shall not bo
surprised If the promoters of the now
Fort Omaha speculation shall seek to
put the ultimo for all this upon Tm :
Hik which has opposed the removal of
the fort from the outset , because it be
lieved It to bo dotrimcntal to the city
of Omaha and without compensating ,
advantages to the government
A. FVDUUAL VLKCTIOXLAW
It is announced that iv law to regulate
the election of members of cougross will
bo introduced into the house of repre
sentatives immediately after the holi
day recess Already u , hill for this purpose -
pose has boon brought forward In
the sonata , framed by Mr Sherman , and
the measure has received a great deal
of comment The bill proposed in the
senate ia a much more radical mcasuro
than the house bill and consequently ,
much less llkoly to receive favorable
consideration The house bill is very
conservative in its provisions , the evi
dent purpose beiug to follow the policy
suggo8tod by the president in his
message to congress , and for
this reason it is moro likely to
sccuro the attention of congress than
the moro radieul mcasuro , which some
members have dmii understood to do-
sire
It is orotty well assured that the present -
ont congress will , if nosstblo , adopt leg
islation iutouded to sccuro a moro sat
isfactory expression of sentiment in the
"
choice of congressmen in the
congress districts ot the south The
party in control of congress is
fully committed to this policy , and it
will not bo satisfied without action to
carry out this purpose It is an entirely
legitimate purpose , but It will not bo
accomplished without a very vigorous
fight It is already indicated that any
effort in this , direction will encounter
the most active and persistent demo
cratic opposition , and it is threatened
that any attompton the part of the gov
ernment to moro fully regulate federal
elections in the south'will bo vigorously
resisted This should not deter congress -
gross from making such modifications
of the existing law as justice domauds ,
but it suggests that the conserva
tive views of the president rognrd-
ing the question should bo respectfully -
spoctfully considered Justice to the col
ored citizens of the south is demanded
by every consideration of political pol-
icy , but the moans by whicn this is to
bo secured is still an unsolved problem ,
and the plans that have boon suggested
for its solution , so far as they como from
the dominant element of the south , are
far from satisfactory to the intolliguut
and uiiprojudiccd sontlmout of the
country
It Is ovtdont that this question is to
bo a bono ot serious contention in the
present congress , and It can not be
Bafoly predicted what the result will bo
But it is the mnnifost duty of the major
ity in congress to correct the evils inci
dent to federal elections in the south ,
if it bo posslblo to ao so , and a grave
mistake wfll bo made if they fall to
adopt the legislation necessary to do
this The election of representatives
in congress should bo as free and fair in
every district of the south ns it is in
other sections of the country
QUA USES II SrUIiOEOK
Civblo advitos from London foreshadow
the early demise of Charles H. Spur
goon , tllo most popular clergyman in
Great Britain Mr Spurgeon , In many
respects , has boon the counterpart of
the late Henry Ward Booehor [ lis won
derful success ns a miulstor was mainly
duo to his sunny disposition and innate
sympathy with the common people
Ho Is a whole-souled , manly and liberal
oxnonont of the gospel of brotherly love !
and a common humanity Natural and
unaffected , impassioned and improsslyo ,
ho was capable of arousing religious
fervor among vast audiences that al
ways thronged to hoar him Mr Spur
geon is yet comparatively a
young man Ho was born In ,
Essox co ' unty , Kngland , in 1834.
Ills father was a Congregational mlnis .
tor , and the training of youngSpurgoon
from the outset took the direction ot the
church , At the ago of flftoon ho en
gaged In the profession of school teach
ing , which , however , ho did not pursup
moro thau two or throa years After u
r3tunrkablo religious otpsrlonca ho
gave his thoughts to the ministry of the
Baptist denomination , of whtoh ho had
bocorao a member His first sermon
was dollvorod while ho hold the posi
tion of assistant master in a school at
Cambridge , was pronched In n tiny vil-
lngo ehnpol , and wns hoard with remarkable -
markablo intorust His services were
sought eagerly after this , and ho was
known 1 over a considerable ploco ot
country ns the boy preacher " At sov-
ontccn years of ago ho assumed the pastorate -
torato 1 ot a Baptist church nt Water
beach 1 , whence ho removed to the Now
Pnrk 1 streetchapolSouthwarkLondon ,
where ho attained marvelous popu-
larlty 1
His congregation so tar outgrow the
accommodations i provided that In 1859
the croctlon of n tnonstor building wns
decided i upon , It wns opened free of
debt i two years nftorward nnd from that
ttmo until now has boon nttondod by a
congregation i averaging ever nix
thousand persons on Sundays when the
great preacher occupies Its rostrum
Mr , Spurgeon once preached to a
congregation of twonty-throo thous
and nt the Crystal Palace near
London When , during the progress
of repairs at his Metropolitan Taber
nacle , ho preached In the Agricultural
hall , Islington , his audience numbered
nbout twenty thousand persons at every
service Connected with his church ,
outgrowths of lis encrgios nro the pas
tors1 college , from which Bovor.il hun
dreds or young mon have been sent out
ns ministers , nnd nn orphanage which
was begun at the instance of a lady
friend who sent Mr , Spurgeon it chock
for ono httndrod thousand dollnrs with
which to bogln it About three liun-
drod ornhans are fed , lodged , clothed
and educated in this institution Other
institutions connected with the tabor
uaolo are a colportago association ,
nlmshouso for aged women , missionary
stations , Sunday schools , a mission to
the blind , ladles benevolent and mater
nal societies , and many ethers Mr
Spurgoon wns happily married when a
young man His twin sons ho has no
ether children are ministers Charles ,
whoso church is at Grcon wich , England ,
recently vlsltod this country and
preached frequently Thomas lives in
Now Zealand
Tun nnmtal meeting of the ' state
farmers nllianco , which convene in
loss than two weeks , promises to bo an
event of unusual interest and Import
ance to the agriculturists of Nobraskn
The questions which will bo discussed
jind the policy outllnod will rccoivo the
closest attention from a largo portion
of the farmers of the staio , and much
good chould result The past year has
been an active ono for the nllianco and
the order has grown enormously in
Nebraska
St Louis has started an inquiry into
the means and methods employed In
forcing the passngo of a gas works
charter which strikes the city treasury
for a quarter of a million a year for
thirty years and a lump sura of four
millions at the end ot that time Evi
dently the St Louis councilman is not
holding ollico for his health Perhaps
the climate of Canada will assert Itself
before the Investigation ends
GovjntNOK Hill is not talking much
in public these days , but ho is doing
some inightv smooth work with his or
gans against Cleveland The Now
York Sim and the Albany Times are in
serting the knives of David into Gro-
ver's cuticle and , drawing blood with
every inbortion Tito " vigor of the war
already raging iu the Empire state
promKes some lively family lighting
from now on till November , ' 92.
Beit sugar is the absorbing topic in
n do on prosperous cities nnd towns in
Nebraska Grand Island is pushing
ahead with its extensive plant , Schuyler
is making arrangements to secure a
factory , . Wollfloet almost has the deSired -
Sired industry in its grasp , and ether
places are taking the necessary steps 'to
provo to the people that the sugar boot
will thrive and become prolitablo in
• their midst Lot the good work go on
Tun reports from Kansas that farm
ers are burningcorn for fuel are not sur
prising Low prices and high freight
rates combine to condor thocrop unrc-
muncrativo When It takes thirty to
forty bushels of corn to buy a ton of
coal , as Is the case In various portions
of Kansas and Nobraskn , farmers save
money by substituting corn for coal
KeAunky felt bad because the fast
mall flow through the city without stoo
ping , and the only concession she could
secure was that the train should run
through the corporate limits at a ton
mlle rate In this case a half loaf docs
not appear to bo better'than no bread
But Kearney still enjoys the blessings
of Tnis Bii5 flyer every Sunday morning
ing-
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The aggregate value of the provision
and dairy products exported from this
country during the past your is one
hundred and live million dollars This
is almost double the amount of the ex
ports for the previous year , and shows 1
that the general prosperity Is not on
the wuno , as many seem to think
Judge Giiesiiam confirms the pat
cntsof the Brush electric light com
pany , covorlng nil systems of oloctrlo i
lighting in which carbon is employed
The dcoislon is a warning to the public 1
to Iceop their hnnde oft the Brush wires
nnd save funeral as well us legal ex ,
penses _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Anton IIuhenstein says that only
two per cont'of English and Americans l
can distinguish good music from bad
This swooping judgment docs not apply
to Now Yorkers , who have just licensed
tliroo hundred organ grinders
The State grange of Michigan de
plores the wholcsalo election of mll-
llonalros to the United States senate
The grief of the graugors is timely , i
and it is to bo hoDod it will Bproad to i
the legislatures ot the various states
NEIVS COMM13NT.
Slugger Smith ot England hat at last
definitely put himself down utnonK tbe ruf
fians-where ha belongs and wbero ho will
stay
stay.A now railroad In Wisconsin Is namo3 tbe
\VauUosbo , Pov/aukoo , Oconomowoo < fc East
ern This name was no doubt Invented to
scare away train robbers
New York is bound to lead ia soinettuuK ,
Tbo city now boasts ot spending f 1,250,000 ,
yearly for strcut cleaning and having tbo
dirtiest thoroughfares in the country The
present name ol the metropolis U mud "
Tbe Philadelphia Tclograpa Is looking
around to find the cause of the "extraordi
nary i popnlnrityjf ox-PrcsIdont Clovolnnd ' ,
The TolcRrahVlS evidently laboring under
a ' dense halliicfantlon What does not exist
can ' not tmvoncuuo ,
EdwardHeUArny.tho author ot "LookinR
Backward , " ( * & out lecturing Ho said
recently , In Un ton , Shut your histories of
Grceco , and .Itoino and look nbout jou and
bco , how a republic Is dyln ? . " lhls sounds
well , but Mr Ucllamv slipped his grip on
the ' truth , for when wo look nbout us wo see
a very prosperous and vigorous nation
Supcnntoridcnl Porter of the conaus
bureau knowJ iow It Is himself now Ho
says 'ho is "watal deep In congressmen who
are ' clamoring jff r positions for their con
stituents ' Ho will wish now thntho had
not ooposcd the reform system as appli
cable ( to his bureau as he did
Emln Pasha Is not at all pleased with the
accident which bnfol him recently Ho
appreciates the ridiculousness of falling out
of n window and cracking his skull after
traveling thousands of miles through a hos
tile country m rnfety Stanley Is also said to
npproclatotho Joke and occasionally rubs It
In" on his follow explorer
Amcnitlrn of Ia Grippe
Clihaga ITWtjmic
"La Grippe , " though aovoro while It lasts ,
soon runs its course The victim , thcroforo ,
is exhorted to sneczo not as ono without
hope
The Crank Turns the Wrong Way
PliltIclWa ( ] Record
Probably the worst use that can bo made
of n crank is to put him on a Jury In that
sccuro position ho can set usldo the law and
the facts nnd turn ovorj thing to crooked
ness _
The Caused of Trouble In tin South
lluffalo Exprtu
The Galveston News thinks the hip-pocket
causes moro trouble In the south than any
thing else Innate hatred of the no rornco
plays a still moro promlnont part in southern
troubles
Uio Majority in Juries
Denver Itepuhltcan
A majority vote controls in many govern
mental matters , which nro of far greater Im
portance to the public interest than the ver
dict of a Jury In an ordinary ease A ma
jority vote will elect the governor or any of
tbo other oxccutlvo ofllcors ot the state gov
ernment By a majority vote wo chooio our
judges nnd by n majority vote the aupromo
court decides tbo cases that como before it
lor review
Abolish the Secret Session
Philadelphia Ztfrgiapft ,
Tbero may be occasions when treaties with
foreign nations of exceptional character
should bo considered privately , but to close
the doors , or make protease of closing them
every tlmo thoprosldunt'smosseugerappears
with nn appointment , whethsr it bo that of u
postmaster , cabinet minister , or Justice of
the supreme court , is a practice which the
country has long ainco outgrown Abolish
the secret sessiAn for the consideration ot
executive npi > olntniont3. Throw open the
'
doors Lot the record of every man ap
pointed nnd oviJry man who votes on the ap- -
polntment be , as'jt ought to bo , public prop
erty , and not tljo subject of evasion , decep
tion una misrepresentation
rnt •
Sl'ATKiWND .TtSIlIUTO IIY
Ndwku Jnttlnes
Picuics uro still being held on the Chau
tauqua grounds at Long Pine
A Chicdtro | i.iu hns mudo an offer to put
iu n pontoon bridge at PlnUsmoulli next
year , , ' jf ,
Dj M. Gwlnoy and John lleno , on trial at
CbapiSell for shobtlng Koso MfiNoul in Aug
ust last , have neon acquitted
The Wcstorn Headlight is the name of a
new piper at Nonpareil , Box llutto county ,
J. V. Parker editor nnd publisher
The now Mothocii3t church in Mead town
ship , Morrick county , was dedicated with
fitting ceremonies and free of debt
Wolves are doing great damage in the
vicinltv of Stratton and n grand hunt will
bo hold in a few days to exterminate the
pests
Butler county farmers report many cattle
dving from the effect of eating dry corn
stalks Thirty head have died u rth of
Uraiuaid • *
The Gothenburg canal is very nearly com
pleted and if thu weather continues favor
nolo It is behoved that water will be flowing
into the reservoir befoio February 1 , 1600.
The Capital City Courier , Lincoln's society
Journal , hns Issued nn elegant Christmas
number It Is ono of the finest efforts in the
newspaper line ever attempted in tbo state
A. G. Strong nnd Ezra Murphy will pull
straws before the Juago of Cass couuty ,
December III , to decide which ono Is entitled
to bo justice uf the peace In Liberty precinct
The vote at the election was a tie
The commltteo appointed by the Columbus
board of trade to devise means for securing
tbo state fair has organized by electing Hon ,
J. E. North chairman A joint Block com
pany with a capital stock or $100,000 of $50
per share was organlzea and the stock is
being rapidly tauen
The fall term at Doano college , Crete ,
closed on the evening of the 231 with the
unnual Forbes contest , for preparatory
students only Six contestants entered for
the prize It was easily won by Miss Alice
SherriU of Crete The full term has boon
highly satisfactory In attendance nnd work
done The winter term opens January 8 ,
18'JO.
Iowa Jtnrs
The foundation for a now Catholic church
is being laid at Clinton
The mayor at Fort Madison has ordered
a'l the gambling houses to close
A wneelbarrow takes the place ot a patrol
wagon in hauling drunks to tbo Oskuloosa
bastilo ,
John Cushman ot Hampton will spend six
years in the Fort Madison pen for incen
diarism
For smoking clgarottes and writing poetry
Otto Link , a FortDodge nine-year-old , has i
been sent to the reform school
John Lutbor gees to the penitentiary for
two years from Fort Dodge for criminally
assaulting MIsaEUa Weisingor
Union couuty farmers have petitioned con
gress for the paBsago of a law prohibiting
speculation in < rnw and manufactured farm 1
products
Mayor Gobble ot Muscatino has resigned ,
and Alilcrmun yus , Schmidt has boon elected
by the council to jUl the vacancy for the un ,
expired term Mayor Gobble takes his seat ,
in the Iowa senate/next / month ,
AcornjublleoWis hold at Weldon Friday
which was attended by delegations from all l
the surroundl g < fyowns The jubilee was >
a grand succoflf'nna ' the visitors were en '
thusiastic over tutifr reception by the Wol
donites , r ni
Bertie Boydstotf ! aged flftoon , son of Lon 1
H. lioydston , oulHlr ot the Leon Itcporter ,
bus boon inisymr from bis homo since last :
September , nmyui parents are very anxious 1
for his welfaroj.bUu Is rather largo for his i
age , has a UghUcoinplexiou aud blue eyes
Wbun lust heard , of lid was uttonding tbo 1
fairs at IndianqjU' nd Charlton ,
Willie Itobortson , a Muscatine small col-
orcd boy , iuveuted a dynamite bomb com
posed of a combination of stove pipe , gun
powder , old rugs nnd mud To tott tbo cM- ]
cacy of the bomb ho applied a lighted match
to ono and of it It was a success that Is , it
succeeded In filling little Willie'ssystom full I
of pieces of stovapipo Ilo will recover , but
muy lese his eyesight
The Chinese divorce case is causing a , big
sensation nt Keokuk Long Sum Fee now
thinks bo would have been ahead it he had {
doubled up with a buzz saw Instead ot with J
pretty Edna Wert Sua is malting a very J
warm spoil for Long Sam An attachment
has been placed on his laundry and contents ,
and Sunday the citizens of Keokuk had to go
withouta eleun shirt They also raised the
toiuperuture considerably for Long , Mrs
Fee charges that her husband bus neou
rather siveot ou u married woman , aud now
the woman's husband is contributing no
small amount ot wr.rmtb for the bonotlt of
L. S. K The Gate City , lu summing up the
Chinosoquestion , thinks that it may yet bo
como a subject ot International dispute nnd
arbitration
llio The Dnkotns
A now opera house bnsbecaoponod at Lis
bon
bon.Thoro
There are soventy-sovon students In the
Wcsslngton Springs seminary
Thieves rlflod a car of relief goods nt Iroquois
quois nnd stele seven ancles of Hour
A publlo spirited citizen ot Sturgis has of
fered to donnto a slto In that city for a now
court house nnd county Jail
Plymouth church Grand Perks , which
was damaged bv flro November 10 , has boon
repaired nnd opened for service
S. O. Masters of DoSmot hns invented nn
Instrument with which ho c.in dotcct the
prcsonco of any kind ot mlnoral or vein ot
water at any depth below the surface , nnd
toll the exact location , depth and extent ot
the vela
Sheriff Sundbach of Sioux Falls nrrcstod
Wilhnin Perkins nt Plorre and took him
back to the former city on a chnrgo of ap
propriating $750 bolongltig to a Sioux Falls
saloonkeeper for whom ho worked , nnd
skipped out ,
The house of John Sllfonnonr Bare Butte ,
together with contents , was entirely de
stroyed by Ore last week Sllfcn is n poor
man , with a wlfo nnd seven chlldron and
the liberal people of Sturgis and vicinity
came to his rcllof and helped him out in his
need
Lehman , the murderer ot Constable Burns
of Custor county nnd who was a Bhort time
ago found guilty and sentenced to death , has
been granted a now trial bv Judge Nowlin on
account of nn Irrogularitv In charging thu
jury Ho is thought to bo Insnno nnd will bo
examined by the commissioners ou insanity
The Pierre Capital repudlntos a recent
boom publication entitled Pierre Illus
trated , " nnd says the compiler , ot the work
has llshod up pictures of public buildings
from Now York to San Francisco and tries
to palm thorn oft on the public as correct portraits
traits ot the numerous handsome buildings
recently put up in that , city , to which thov
boar not the slightest resemblance The book
even gees so far as to claim that tbo hay of
Naples Is located at the capital city nnd
moves llnrnc.v peak , in thu Black Hills , clear
across the reservation to do service us Mount
Vesuvius ,
TIIK AI-TKKVOOX TEA
It is with love as with soup the first help
ing is always too hot nnd the last too cold
At a wedding m Birmingham , Aln , ono of
the lady guests stole a watch , diamonds and
inonoy ,
Love is blind " Nouaonsol Just pay a
little attention to some other woman and the
woman who loves you will see it oven if the
transaction occurs ten rnilos away with liulf
a hundred brick walls Intervening
TJrgont Suitor With any sort of manage
ment wo could ccitulnly keep alive on $ S00
a j car
Who Yes , dear , but I would sooner bo
comfortably dead
Perhaps the most tr.vlng experience in the
career of a maiden who has passed the llrst
Hush of romantic girlhood Is when she
braces herself to meet the shock of a pro
posal of marriage from some man nnd the
hhoclc doesn't ' come
The fair ladles of Pans nro much given to
Gallicizing English verbs Some time ago
they sci7Cd upon " 5 o'clock tea nnd made
nil manner of comical phrases from it Now
they have annexed the verb "to shop "
A young lady broke off her engagement
with a suitor \ \ hen a wealthier lover ap
peared upon the scene She wrote to her
old lover requesting him to return her photo
graph Hero was a chauco for revenge ,
which he took by ending her the following
note : "I would gladly comply with your
request , but if I do it will spoil my euchre
deck I have a collection of photographs
which I use for playing cards , aud 1 do not
want to bieak It by giving away the queen
of diamonds "
Some men urs disastrously superstitious ,
says the Burlington Free Press A Burling
ton swnin came to the determination to pro
pose on a certain evening Entering the
parlor in considerable tiepldatlon , ho picked
up n book and glanced at the title page It
was a copy of Dent " llouidn't , and on
the very next afternoon his girl consented to
bo Mrs Somebody Else
The henpecked Benedict who may desire
occasionally to sit lu a quiet game until the
morning breaks , or take a night off upon any
ether icasonablo pretext , will welcome the
pocket suspenders us a helpful ollv 'iho
tooth biush , buttonhook , nnd : ho little roll
of carefully secreted ' bills may be , with
proper diplomacy , put beyond the palo of
discovery and suspicion The pockets are
attached to each strap of the braces , just
above the buckle ,
Several years ago a rustic couple from
Waldoborough visited a justice of the peace
in an adjoining town for the pm nose of being
united in the bond3 of matiiinony The
bnle , being somewhat bashful , objected to
going into tbo presence of the Justice unan
nounced , and was concealed In the bushes by
the roadside while the groom called at the
hon o and arranged to give the justice a
bushel of potatoes to mr.rry them Then ho
went to the door and called , Como out do
alders : trades all made I" and the bride
stood forth In all her finery
ROMANCE OF THE SOUTH SEA
Itcmarknbln Kxpericnco of Ship
wrecked Snllors in the Pacific
A special dispatch to the San Francis
co Examiner from Portland , Mo , ro
tates the following thrilling story
A tale of shipwreck in the southern
seas , of sav.igo islanders and the ro
mance of it modern Robinson CrUBOo is
what Captain William Goodjng tells
He was commander of the Portland
hark Tpwksbury Sweet , lost in the
South Paclllo lust spring , and has jdst
arrived in this city on his wav homo at
Yarmouth , N. S , Ho and his crow had
boon given up for dead
The lirst Intolligouco that they wcro
alive was received nbout two weeks ago ,
Their escape from death from the
wreck and from savages makes un inter
esting story
The stanch American bark sailed
from Newcastle , N. S. W. , on March
17 last for Kong Kong ; On' April 0 she
encountered a gnlo and was driven
ashore on Susan no roof , tiour Pozont
island , ono of the Carolines A very
high wind was blowing at the snmo
tlmo , the surf was running high , and
the vessel commenced to go to ploces
soon after bIio struck Nothing was
savod'from the wreck but ono ohronom-
oter The crew escaped In one of the
ships boats and managed with didioulty
to roach a small islet to the northward
From this islet , when the storm bad
subsided , they made the island of Po-
v.cat , which is inhabited by llorco sav
ages
As the boat npproaohod the inland a
fleet of canoes put off from the shore ,
There were about thirty canoes , with
eight or ton mon in each , all armed with
Knives and spears , and some of the sav-
ngos in their oagorticss jumped over
board and swam to the bout , each with a
long , wicked looking knife hold between
his tooth The llrst of the savages to
roach the boat clatnborod In until It was
nearly swnmpad Th n thoybognn to
strip the sailors of their coats and outer
garmoiitsthrowing , the garments aboard
of their own canoes The mon were
soon despoiled of everything but thuir
undorsliirts ; then the whole Hoot drew
In towards land
The snvngos had all this time kept up ,
a tremendous din of shouting nnd slng-
ing , and n crowd of women and ohildrun
on the shore were danolng and jumping .
about with shouts nnd cries The sail
ors expected no hotter troutmont than
to ho kiliod and eaten , but as they
learned afterwards the natives of this i
islantl are not cannibals
While the shipwrecked crow were
standing surrounded by the noisy
crowd , u man dressed as all ethers , with
only a cloth about his hips , came for
wnfd and spoke to thorn in English Ho ,
gnvo his name as Charles iron . , tin
Englishman by birth , and olTored to ,
tender any assistance possible
It seems that ho was left at Pozeat by
a trading vessel ubout four years ago ,
his business bolng to represent tbo \
traders tn coconnuts on thu island , but ;
the vessel never called for Irons since ,
leaving him , and ho had gradually as
sumed the habits of the natives Ho
finally became like thorn in nppearunco
and tnannor Ho had tnlcon to hlmsolf
bo von wives , nnd was regarded by the
natives as a man of importance , second
oaly to the chief ot the tribe Irons
hade von forgotten many of the com
mon dotnlls of clvlltztillon , but ho was
of good sorvlco to the castaways , no
doubt saving the lives of nil
A day or two after landing at Po/.ent
Caplalu Gooding , who had boon uncer
tain nbout his reckoning of time , not
knowing exactly whether the day wns
Thursday or Friday , nskod IrotiB if ho
know whnt day of the week It was , but
ho did not Irons Interested hlmsolf in
bohnlf of the shlpwrockod mon and
hired a ennoo of the natives
Gooding , Second Mnto George W.
Harrison and ono of the ships crow sot
sail ton days niter their arrival , leaving
the rest of the mon and First Mnto
Hlchard Watciion , seven men in till , at
Pozeat The captain nnd his mon ranilo
their way from the island , touching nt
eight tUlToront points , making stops nt
each varying from two d.iys to a month ,
They finally arrived nt Huk , where
there is timisslonarystiitlon Hero they
were carotl for by the missionaries nnil
obtained the use of a boat holoiigmg to
the station The missionaries did not
like to lot tboin have the boat , becnuso
if doprlvcd of it they would bo exposed
to the danger of nttttckfcoin the nntiva s
and deprived of their only moans of
leaving the Island , but llnally gnvo
their consent
The lnissionnrios also told thorn that
had they came nshoro tit Pozeat with
any valuables the natives would cer
tainly have kiliod thorn , ns thov had
ethers
In h missionary boat with n stanch
contorhoard the captain made sail back
to Po7oat. Ho thnn returned with the
crow to Missionary island Two months
luttor the missionary vessel , Morning
Star , arrived and took them all to Hon
olulu , where they arrived Novomboa
18 , From Honolulu Captain Gooding
nnd tt part of the crew were brought by
the steamer Australia to San Francisco ,
arriving thcro November _ 0.
The iirstactof Captain Gooding on
rcachingSati Francisco was to telegraph
the vessels owners , Messrs Chn o ,
Leavitt & Co , of this city This message -
ago was received as veritable tidings
from the dead , all hope of ever hearing
from clthor the ship or men having
long boon relinquished Cuptain Good
ing states that ho loft two of his mon iu
tbo hospital at Honolulu , two moro nro
coming on ti sailing vessel from Honolulu
lulu , one man , the steward , hits shipped
ns a hand on the Morning Star , and two
mates nnd two seamen accompanied the
captain to San Francisco He estimates
that his voyaging in canoe anil boat
around by way of the island of Huk , and
thence the return to Pozoatnnd bnckto
Ruk , was about ono thousand miles
During these voyages and stay on the
islands , covering a period of about six
months , the men subsisted on cocoauut
broad and natural products which form
the usual food of the natives In con
clusion Captain Gooding said :
"It was the most thrilling experience
I have ever had in nil my seafaring life ,
captured as wo were by such beinirs and
saved in such a sensational manner
After it was decided by the natives not
to kill us the sailors were given the
widest possible liberties You can
imagine our gratitude to Irons , aud wo
lost no opportunity to express it "
UNCLE SAM'S EMPLOYES
Their Number ! q 200,000 nnil the Pay
roll Amount * to $1 < 15,00U,000.
An accomplished statistician has just
complotcd a series of interesting calcu
lations , showing the total numboiof
persons employed in nil mnnnor of
capacities by the United States govern
mont
The results of his calculations show
that there arc 88,000 omuloyed in nil
branches of the postal service alone and
Uli.OOO others filling positions in tbo
legislative , judicial and m scollancous
divisions of the government , with some
itf.OOO privates in tbo army , navy and
marine corps , and between 112,000 and
16,000 , men and boys who gain their
livelihood from the government for
work directly incident to the increase
of the navy and the construction of
heavy guns , making a grand total of
about 200,000 persons enrolled in the
glorious sorvieo of Uncle Sam
The number who would like to add
themselves to this vast army tn the ox
purlonco of the active politicians , i
probably something like 0,000,000 or
8,000,000 more " , says the Philadelphia
Press The postal employes coraprlso
in _ addition to the clerks at the peat
oflico department , all nuiil contractors ,
mail messengers , clerks in the railway
mail sorvieo , postmasters with their
assistants , nnd letter carriers In the
mllltury and navnl list oropor only the
nnmes of oilicors nro given , while the
privates are not " counted
There are 25,000 of thorn in the array ,
8,2o0 In the navy tin a 2,000 in the marlno
corps The civil service branch in
cludes besides the postolllco people
ple , all omployos subordinate to
the oxecutlvo departments , the elli
cials ol congress , all the secondary
and independent bureaus , the govern
ment printing office , the Smithsonian
institution and tintional museum , nil the
Indian agencies , mints , customs houses ,
all the benevolent and philanthropic
institutions in Washington nnd the
government of the District of Columbia
Taking the statisticians estimate of
the average salary rocolvod by all the
governments servants , - not counting
the privates In the army , navy und
marlno corps , the annual payroll ag
gregates not loss than $105,000,000.
Assuming that out of the 05,000,000
inhabitants of the United States at
loost 20,000,000 nro grownup oorsons ,
mon and women , there would Boom to
bo only ono officeholder in every circle "
of 157 grown persons , nnd ono offlco-
holder in every collection of 393 mon ,
women and chlldron
For the Coming Influenza
Dr Cyrus Kdson gives the following
ns the proper troatraont for the Lure
pean Inlluonzn , just imported :
Lot the patient who fanclos ho has
the influenza procure 10 cents worth of
solution ot quinine and spread it fre
quently ever the affected raombriino ,
and tnko internally three grains of
quinine , ono-hult grain ot campborniid
ouo-quarter grain of extract of bella •
donna , all mixed either in liquid former
or in pills , the dose to bo taken four or 1
11 vo times a day
Frank Gibbons , who died recently at *
niborniu , NY , wus the greatest guesser
of the ago Ills faculty was first de
veloped In a homely way , und did not ,
attract a grout deal of attention It
became a recognized characteristic
when the boy would stand at the oiid of
a row of potatoes and guess , with singu-
larly close approaches to accuracy how
many of the vegetables would bo found
in ouch hill Ho could guess the num
ber of eggs In a basket , the quantity of
milk in u pall , the number of sticks of
wood in a load , how many bushels of
corn would bo husked from n patch , and
in a hundred instances ho guosscd
within ono or two how many grains of
corn there were on nn ear
The force which a California pump
kin exerts while growing Is equal to the
strength of a largo horse attached to a '
stick of timber
CHRISTMAS AT THE CAPITAL , M
The Day at the Pou , the Asylum nntl V S H
the Ohurohos ) ( H
QUIET THROUGHOUT THE CITY l M
Business Prnctlonlly Suspended ! Q' l
Wcfmcl Bnnqiiots llln Uniplnycs ll fl
Dnuglitcrorltoboknli Km tor- lii l
tain 1. O. O. P. Notes li H
Lincoln lliimutroF Tun Ovtuu Bun , ) ll l ll
10.11 P Stiikrt , } Ai H
Lincoln , Neb , , Dee 25. ) ll l
Thcro Is nothing remarkable to record ll H
nbout the Christmas festivltlci nt the capital ll H
city "Crls Kringlo" enmo after the usual H < H
milliner Last night nnd today church pcoplo fl l
gnthored together nt the usunl plnoos for I ] H
worship Sunday schools enjoyed the con fl H
vontionnl Christmns tree , Indon with trcasjfij H
urcs for the little folks , rich nnd poor alike \ ) H
Occupants ot the mansion fared lavishly , ft'l ' H
while those of the hovel were thoughtfully , i ] H
remembered , Indeed , City Missionary ' j H
Howe states that Lincoln's ' poor wcro pro . : |
vldcd for ns never before But all this Is H
characteristic ot festival days nt the canltnl , H
Iho convict at the pen enjoyed Ins feast ' , H
nnd attending recreations , nnd the unforiiiiifl
tunnto at the hospital for the insnno was , |
provided with special attractions , with the ' M
hope , perhaps , that reason might bestrcngth- < M
onod nnd ngnin lifted to its throne Warden ; > ' B
BopkinsnmlSupcrltitcndcntKnnppvi6d with < f |
cacti other In giving their respective charges ft H
n glimpse into the life of ether days The ( i * |
"bojs in stripes also enjoyed impromptu r H
theatricals , religious exorcises , 11- ' H
brnry privileges nnd opportunity to ' |
write to friends nnd loved ones at ' ' |
home " The dntt enjoyed music , dancing < |
nnd ether practical recreations Y M
Business was practically suspended during ' H
the dny State , couuty nnd city ofllccs were ] ' H
all closed With the exception of the absent . } M
excursionists , state oftlcnils spent the duy , H
with thuir families nt homo The afternoon , tf H
especially , was quiet , giving but little uvi- B
deuce that Lincoln is tin uctlvo , bustling city j j H
of SO.000 pcoplo ' . H
Ttuco mass service * wcro held at St H
Thomas , the first ut 0 , the second nt 0 and ' M
the last at 11a.m. Kov LuUlviero preached . ' H
ut thu first and ttov U'nlsli nt the last muss ' ' ' s H
Bishop Bonacum held three mass services nt i H
the convent , commencing nt 0 o'clock this f H
innrnlng Kov LnHivlei-o sung tbo mid . H
night mass at the convent The music nt , - - H
the muss services is said to have boon vcrv ( i LH
The Christmas exorcises nt the chapel ot J H
the Seventh Day Advcntlsts last evening H
were of a very interesting character They H
consisted of singing , recitations and n catKfiiiiH
echlsm , The World being the subject The < H
Jug-breaking at the First Congregational H
church wnss well attended Something over t H
? < W was realized ror the Tabithn homo by l M
this somewhat novel entertainment , Good i H
music interspersed the recitations nnd other , l H
exercises 'Iho Sunday school of the First , H
Baptist church enjoyed n creditable Christ I H
mna tree The temple of this church at the c [ B H
corner of Fourteenth und K strcnts was j H
IIllod to overflowing St Paul's M. E. j H
church entertained tonight In u similar man s H
ncr The laden tree was the flncstevor seen i H
in the city The rccitatioa and song oxer- li H
cises were also exceptionally interesting , ; H
The Sunday school of tbo First Presbyterian > H
church ontertalns tomorrow evening Tbo ' H
cantata , Santa Clans will furnish the . H
principal part of the evenings programme ; H
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Snmo Quo Wns Intoxicated ' |
Last night betweou 13 und 1 o'clock a l |
young man by the name of John Allen wns M
m-rcsted on the charge of maliciously do- , |
straying property Henry Bell , It is learned , H
pi efcrrcd thu charge There was a bull in ' |
progress at the complainants house , near H
Thirteenth und T streets , nnd that Alton , § H
upon being refused admittance , secured an f H
nx and burst open the door On seeming j |
entrance iu this uncivilized mnnnor it is said [ H
ho proceeded to demolish ovcrytning ho i H
came iu contact with Some ono of the mon ' H
in attendnnco sought to provcut destruction i' ' l
of property and 11 red several shots at him ? k B
from a : W-culibro bulldog Nona of tbe , 1
shots , however , hit him and bo succeeded iu i H
knocking ever a table und cieated havoc K H
generally Ball nppoarcd before Houston l H
and swore out n warrant for the belligcr- ifl H
ont's arrest and ho was taken into custody i' l
nt the time indicated Ho will have a bear v H
ing tomorrow , Tbo man was drunk ii H
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Cltr Mows anil Notes 'i H
Low Wessol ot the Capital City Courier , ' ] H
banqueted bis employes and a select party of ! fl |
newspaper mon at Browns ' last night The ' | |
spread was all the cplcuro could ask t |
It Is said that D. Bigwoll will ba made lij H
superintendent of .tbo Burlington road ho r l
now controls as assistant superintendent as it l
soon as Mr Thompson's ' successor is appoint iti l
cd His friends bopo that this rumor is li H
true t H
John Bishops will has been filed for li l
nrobato in the county court It is said that l H
his wlfo is his sole legatee nnd also that she , H
has been named us executrix Hearing has ' H
been Bet for January -5,18U3. lu H
Bishop Bonacum loft fur St Paul , Minn , ! ' H
today at noon to take part in the services and 'liiH '
ceremonies attending the consecration oftlio i' H
new bishop for the dloccso of Winona , Iu- ll H
luth and Jamestown , which occurs on the 'XH '
37th. He will be from home the rest of the | H
week ial
Members of the I. O. O. F. wcro royally < H
entertained lust night by the DaURhtors of J H
Itebokuh , The principal feature ot the pro H
grammo of tbo evening was the farce entitled - > | H
titled "A Quiet Family , " Procodlng this , i H
however , the tablouu , "UeboUali ut thu In H
well , " Impersonated by MlsS Ella Snomnbor , jjii l
was presented At the plose a banquet was gi H
served that did the originators proud i H
Hoglstor of Deeds John D. Knight was f H
appropriately remembered by uttachos of his Ivi l
oOIco yesterday evening Ho was prcsoutcd rJiiH
with a huudsomo leather covered lounge mH
The donors were J , II Frahwoll , John ) j's ' |
Harmp , Will McClav , Miss Alice Bnardsloy , j H
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Miss Helen Qumar , Miss Mat tie Holwi g , t'liH
Miss O. B. Wells und Mrs Emma Cook g H
L. C. Bun presented tbo Elks ioilgo with a f H
fine elks head lost evening While on a v H
trip to the llocky mountains a little ever a f ' H
year ago , Mr Bun shot a lurgo oik Ho ! < H
brought tbe head home with him and had it I M
dressed at the state university The bend it l
is said to bo a very valuable one for the rua * 7 * * t |
son that tbo horns still contain the velvet A li H
that Is shod every year The lodge acknowlZ H
edges the receipt with thunks , l l
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O , II Clark , n dcalor in pictures , i H
opened a store in Lnnciistorii few weeks OL I
ago , Ho tried to got it license to sell V M
his goods by auction , but u local law /jH
Eroventod him Ho wis determined to | H
ave an auction , and ho got around the II
law by having his clerk issue un oxocuB
Hon against him for $1,000 , and now tbo
shorill will soli his goods at auction ) j |
The local picture dealers are greatly H
exercised about the mutter , but can do H
nothing to prevent the BhorllT from sell H
ing the goods In that way dark will H
roali70 moro from his goods In this way H
than If ho had an auction of his own , H
because a sheriffs sale will draw a big H
crowd H
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SICK HEADACHE I
f ' _ - ' 1 Positively cured by H
It kOTCuQ tboso Little PiB . H
iffAlll Ll\0 They aso rellcv0 t > 13' | H
i tress rro'a DyspepsU , In- H
IHHTTLE dlec&Uon and Too Hearty B
fll P * p Eating A perfect rem H
H I w'E > n cdy for Dizziness , Nausea , H
H PILLS , "ro'tt'lneas , U < 1 Taste H
_ B _ _ _ UH 'a ' the Month , Coated H
1 Tongue 1'ola In the Side , H
1HH55555 Itohi'jii uvkil The M
regulate tbe Dowels 1'urtly Vegetable ' ' H
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