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J torlsl matter should on addressed to too Kdltor-
till Iepnrtmtnt
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AlMmslnesslrtlers wi'l remittances snoiiM
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l > osiMref < etltoTlioloe'ublnlitng
B Oiniilin Dmtrp , rlieeks ntul IVntottlon onl-m
to lie innilepayable to Hie orderot the Company
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_ on the train * . All newsdealers have been noli *
• llcil to carry n full iiipilr ; 'iravolurs who wont
.Tiif Ih.R and rnn't get It on trains wheM otuer
llmshn papers ute curried era requested to
_ linliry Tiik Her . . . , . . .
_ _ I'lenno be pnrllrillar to slvn In ll canes full
Informiitloii ns lo ilnW railway una number
_ of train . . . . . .
_ ( I1y lis jour nnlue not tor publlrntlnn or mi
nen-ersaryiw , huinsa B'inrnnty of good fnltn
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H Notary Public
H tlsteof Nebraski Iu
H County of DourIm , I
H * ( icniKu II 'I rschtirlc , bclmt duly sworn , do-
H foes rind ss > Hint ho In lei rotary of The Una
H ii j ulillililnR Loinpnny , thnt the Rctunl nvnrau
H ( tally clrriilftlloD of Tub Daily IIkk for tlie
H mouth of January lffM , w 1H.B7 * copies ; for
M I brtiary.IWIH.v5ilcoiiles ( ) : for Jlnrcli.li-MJ. ltl.B-
H coplesstor April , IBM ) . m.W.l coplo : forMay INI'J ,
H 3 8copies : for June , im1HN , > H coplen ; for
H July , IKS ) , ! ! * . • : copies ; lor August , Iffli , 1\-
H Lfil coploHS for September , lmi , . 18.710 copies ;
H , for October IfW IC .IJX copies ; for Norcmlier ,
H ltm , 1U.II0 ; copies ; for Ducember wo , aims
H topics nrnitnn 11. IVnctiucK
H ' BTiom to before me nml snbscrlbod In rar
H : i presmce tliiHUIidny orlnnuary A I ) . . I8JJ.
M . ( Bsnl.l N. r. IKU . Notary llibllc
H ' Unmcss llio Uiiilotl StntoH buccociIs
H in niinoxiuj , ' Can ml it buforo the cloio of
H tliocontury , the mortKii ( , ' 0O3 will foru-
H close on Hint country
H Till wooldy Imnlc statamont hIiowb
H the rcficrvo hits incronsod $7 , 'i')0.C ( > 0.
B . The Imiilts now hold $16,0:11,000 : In ox-
| cuss oHo/jiil / requirements ,
| ! j O.Ni : of the unthuHiiiHtlo ndvocatcs of
| j I MouiiihIiIp subsldioH iji VV II T. IIughoB ,
H prenldont of it line of stomnora , but that
H | I does not nffoot bin prttrlotio devotion to
Hj i the old fliitf .tnd nn upproprlation "
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B I TlUC froiuonoy ] of Mr Clovolnnd's
letters o n the tariff indlcnto thnt ho is
J * not overwhelmed with law business , nn-
_ , , loss the Cobden club ia playing the role
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H ; Tint revival of thu Chinoso-Amorlcnu
H linuUinir sohoino insures another crop
H j of ntianclal suckers It is not prohitblo
H that MUl < Unvlez,8 successor will sucuro
VAVA ; : ' > s Inrgo a hnrvest in cash as thoscham-
h ing count
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Tm : ColumbiiH explosion , following a
l similar one in Plttshurpr , furnishes ' a
| forceful illustration of the manifold
H vsos of natural its , particularly as a
B , : domestic elevator and promoter of
H' I higher life
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> i Ik Nkw Vohic docs not pot the vrorld's
| j fair , it will conbo'o itself by fotlnpr the
B J X'rlnce of Wales The dudes nnd nnglo-
B. ] iimnlncs of Gotlutin will contribute del
BAVm' ' i lnrs to entertain Albert Edward whoie
H ' | they would not ulvo dimes to honor the *
| > j luomorv of Columbus
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* - Tin : reported squeeze of Old Hutch
| i for twontv-llvo to forty thousand dollars -
| ] lars will bo a crumb of consolation to
| liis numerous victims in these parts
| The force of bad example extended t ( >
| | his employes Two of tlioin are now
J . feastiiif , ' on boar moat in Caunda
| Apyioi'.s from the national caplUl
H nssuro us that the Nobraskn dolopatlon
BAVfl is a happy family This is most com
| for tine ; to the lurp6 ; and very unhappy
| family of dosei-vlnt , ' p'iriy ' workers
B | whom the delegation has loft out in the
H cold in the distribution of political
favors *
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| i T AT"honoyiuooii of harmony which
| l i Union Pnoillu Attorney Thurston pie
1 turod hb jirovalllnt ; between the people
| { and the railroads in Nobrnska , proved
| as brief as It was unnatural Governor
H 'I'liayer and Attorney Ooneral Lou2 < o
H have Illod a vigorous petition for stnto
BAVfl divorce ami alimony
H It is pretty nearly ton months since
H , the new postolllco was located , and wo
i are very much pleased to learn thntthe
H- appraisers nVo U > hold auothur nuiotlng
B early in February to rovlso tholr work
_ _ _ _ _ , Whllo it la not yotdullnltoly sattbiu jut-t
irhon thu corner stone is lo bo laid , wo
I foci UHHuru'l that wo violate no coull-
_ _ _ _ ilonco in predicting that the great
H _ H _ B Btruotiiro will bo completed by the mid
B dlo of thu twoutluth century , or anne
_ • Domini 1050.
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BBS _ WABiiltVOTONM famous camping
B _ Bfl | grouudat Valley Forgo , eoiiBlfltlug of ono
BJBfl hundred and ninety acres , la tobouutup
BBBJ nnd sold In business lota It is a mat
* " ur of rourot that patriotism is at such
1 a low ebb in the rich and populous statu
_ _ _ _ of Pennsylvania that this spot , hallowed
BBBJ by the struggles and privations cf the
B _ Bfl continental tinny during the winter of
B _ BB . 1777,1ms not been preserved from the
B _ Bfl vandullsm of progress mid dedicated us
B _ Bfl u public
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j II' Mayor Cushlug proposes to apply
B BH business prluoiplos to city a Hairs , his
BBBJ opportunity ts at hand , Thu annual
B BH tax levy must bo mndo on the HrslTuu-
BJB r d y In Pobruary , "bythomayiiraudclty
BJBJR council " The pia > or should not von
BJBJK , tent to the plauh of the Dodlln coiublno
BBVf | to inurcaso the present oxcebsivo luvy
BJBJK I On the contrary ho should insist on it
BBwM | reduction , nnd thus compel every dc-
BBVJ ; jwrttnentof the city to ocotiomke , and
B Bl ; llghtoti thu bunions of licxntlon
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HON VAIITISA S 7 n.M 1'IUIAS Oil I
The coiirnc of llio Womon's C'lirlstlnn |
TotnperatiPO union , under the lc.ulor-
hblp til Ml s iVillnril has fosulled as it I
was expected In , In thu formation of a
tiowortiiil/.atInii | ) to Imttln for temper *
unco on non-imrltsan llno . The lonp
contest In the Women's Christian Tem
perance union between the advocates
and opponoutsof partltan nctloti uuluil-
iintod at the lint national convention of
the union In fator of the former , where
upon the I own moinberi nnd
homo otliors seceded Durint ! the
past week a largely attended con
vention of women uppo od to nny nlli-
uuro betAPcn tomporunco nnd jrolltlcH
was hold ill Clovelnnd , Ohio , and an
orgniilzntlon formed whoso title , the
"Non-l'nrtlwiu Women's C'lirlstlnn
Temperance Union , "dlBtlnct'y oxplalns
its ohnraclor The resolutions unani
mously adopted as the platform of the
new organization alllrin as n central
and cardinal principle frooilom from
nny alliance with nil inuvomrnlM or ie >
forma rugnrdlng which Its mombots
may hold different opinions , and par
ticularly from polities The right
of members to tholr polllicnl views , or
lo opinions regarding moral or social
reforms , is not truostioncd or to bo in
terfered with , but none of these arc to
bo allowed to olTcct or onibiirrnis the
ono object of the orgnnl/.utlon , that of
promoting Christian tomporunco wmk
l'roviilnn wns mndo for urging the now
movement upon * the attention of the
women of the country , and thpro was
uvory Indication given of an uctlio and
/calous campaign
It is not to bo doubted that the now
organization will draw largely from the
partisan body It Is safe to assume that
it largo majority of the temperance
women of thu country will not , when
the Issue is fairly presented to thorn ,
approve of any alliance botwocn torn
perauco and politics When they arc
plainly shown , ns will bo done , that it
is an unntiturnl connection , imposing
the disadvantages of party limitations
and thereby curbing and restricting
the Hcope of Christian temperance
wm k. they will very generally refuse
to Idontlfy thomsi'lvus with the or
ganization which has mndo oirlisiui
notion Hi central idea and cardinal
purpose Hut there is more than this
operating to bring about the disintegra
tion of the old organization It is
ehnrgod that Its leaders urostruiiuouslv
ondoavorlng lo have it tnko a stand in
favor of so-callod Christian socialism ,
which if done will drive from it a. very
largo p.irt of those to whom its policy is
still acuoplabie It is by no means im
probable that It will tnko noma such
coin-so ns this , for the restless nnd ill
advised spirits Hint carried it into the
partisan abyss will hardly bo satisded
with that
The Non-Pnrtisau Women's Christian
Tctnporanoo Union is formed upon the
lines originally adopted by the older
organization and long followed with
marked success It is the onlv true nnd
safe course for a tempo nine 3 reform
movomout of thin kind to pursue , and
undoubtedly it is nut a question of time
when the now organization will sup
plant the older ono us an oftocUvo force
in Christian temperance work
THE CASK OF UnNEIIAL MOItOAX
After the bonato pommittco hnd
reported , with hut ono dissenting vote ,
iu favor of confirming the appointment
of General T. J. Morgan as commis
sioner of Indian nHairs , it wns reason
ably oxpoetcd that the opposition to
him would cease , or at any rate that the
souiito would dcclitio to give it any
further nttoution Such , howeverhas
not boon the case The attacks upon
General Morgan lmvo boon kept up ,
with no apparent abatement in persist
ency and nggresslvnncss , uud it would
80om with quite as much countenance
nud consideration from senators as at
any time slnco his nomination was
made
The character of this opposition has
boon heretofore explained The most
formidable pari of it la based on the
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allegation that General Morgan , in
making removals from the Indian school
service , has discriminated against
Catholics It is not questioned that a
number of the persons who wore dis
missed from that service are Cath
olics , but the commissioner as
sorts , and there is evidence
to sustain him , that these removals wore
mndo for cause , neither religion nor
politics having anything to do with
thorn A qaso upon which particular
etrobs is laid by the opponents of General
oral Morgan is the dismissal of P. W ,
Moss , suporintoiidciH of the ICnw board
ing bchool iu the Indian torritorv who
also anted ns n bub-agent. Regarding
this Mr , h. .f.Miles , , Indian agent nt
the Kaw agency , snyn that ho found Mr ,
Muss inorticlcnt and Incompetentand it
was for this roasou ho wus removed ,
"It has taken it largo amountof clerical
work already , " writes the Indian ngont ,
"to correct the errors ho made in the
keeping of tha property account " * As
to the other bource of-opposition to General
oral Morgan , the charges based upon
his military record , they havd boon
shown to the satisfaction of nil fair
minded men to bo essentially unjust ,
nnd they are moreover wholly irrele
vant The military record of General
Morgan after the incident upon which
the uhnrgos are based , and his pro
motion , made upon thu recommendation
of four ot his roglmonlal com
innnders and endorsed by ( iOiicr.il
GeorgoII Thomas , Stonemun , which
the sonnto confirmed wtthoutadlvisiou
absolutely wiped out nny previous mi * ,
takes or indiscretions , flu action of
the soiiato In 18il5 oomplotolv purged
the military record of General Morgan
of whutovur errors or faults there wore
In it The career of General Morgan
lu civil life has boon useful and honor
able He had the bestpocsiblo endorse
ments for the position ho is occupying ,
and his ability lo perform lu dutius is
not now questioned
Tiik Din : bus deprecated the t ictthat
u religious or dcuomluutional tight was
bolug mude against the conllrmullon of
General Morgan , It has bald that the
client would inevitably bo Jo bring thu
opposing religious elements into
sharper hostility and Intensify their
antagonisms , Wo do not kuow to what
extent this ts being lualizod , but it
cannot bo avoided it the denomlualumiil
opposition to General Morgan Is main *
tilnod and the semite glvo3 It counto-
nnnco That body lsnottliopropornrona
for such a contest Us true lunctlon
Is simply to lliqulroas to the qualillca
tlons of the candidate , and if these are *
( shown to bo sufllclent tills duty uf the
sonnto Is to confirm ttosnorinlbUlty for
ins conduct in olllco rests upon the ad-
ministration Gonor.il Morgan's quali
fication * being unquoUtonod there
( light to bo no doubtorilolay regarding
his conflrmntion
JLSOO .10 ( J ItK A uxsr
Ill the language of the devout Mos
lem , Allan ho pralaod " - Great Is
Omaha , but greater still is the mighty
potent ale whoso ainbass.idOM • are In
coiiflitoiiltnl lolation with omporow ,
mlKndoi , rajahs and prince * , of the
blood
.lusl ns the bells were ringing In the
now . oar , llio • American consul at
Tanglors was aroused from hlsslnmbors
byscMldnlous reportthnt rovnfbdrntod
neroi the MuditoiTanoaii to.Glbralttr ,
and caused a great dgnl off Jl lfjioiis
gosilt ) In the Afhorlenn colony at,1'arlH.
But America might hnvo nJinanio iLin
profound ignorauco of the fact had not
the special envoy of the Omaha H'oiW-
llcuild located in Tangiers cabled the
full particulars on the 4th Inst , for the
odlllcation of the readers of the Sunday
edition , „
Having undertaken todofond Consul
Lowii from the vllo hags of Morocco ,
the good work was kept "up with jina-
batcd vigor , for on the 10th a special
and oxcluslvo cablegram from Lon
don Informs the Ainorican people that
Consul I.ouls purilusad two copies of the
Uniia-llcmU.
Thli coulrlbulioii to the treasury of
the Omaha Hyphen crontod a commo
tion To bo sure twopouco of the
queens own is a trillo , but It affords
conclusive evidence of widespread ap
preciation ITnfortunntoly the "spcclnl
cablegram ' failed to state whether the
consul gave the nowsdonlor his note era
a stand off The consul wassodollghtod
with Omaha ontorprlso In maintaining
a bureau or wnshsland nt the English
metropolis that ho poured his tale of
woo into the ear of the London repre
sentative of the Hoi M-J/mtM , who
called on mo immediately nflor my ar
rival "
On the same dav the W.-1L prints a
special cablegram from Loudon an
nouncing thnt ;
The ltov T. DoWiUTalmago.D.D.of DroDk
lyn preached In this city today
The fact that the reverend doctor did
not reach London until the 23d , four
days later , and did not deliver the ser
mon which appeared in Omaha as a
special cablegram , " was not consid
ered of sullluiont moment to dim the
brilliancy of the journalistic scoop "
Another special cablegram from
Inris , Januarys4 , contained the cheer
ful assurance that •
The irorkl-Ifiro'd'j corrosponleut called
today ou Lnpou the lloulanglst deputy , etc
From this it will bo seen that our dis
tinguished contemporary maintains a
numerous embassy at the loading capi
tals of Europe , Asia , Africa and Polyne
sia Public mon , not approachable to
the provincial press of Londoji , Paris ,
Berlin , Vlonna and New York , gladly
commune with these ambassadors and
glvo up fchcir plane andt purposes to
please the patrons of the "iiifmiaf/oiuif
Tawu aa , ' of Omaha
The absorbing interest awnkonod by
the Worhbllerald's staff abroad , and
the purchase of two papers in London ,
murks an epoch in western journalism
Only those who are born to the profes
sion and inherit goniu3 , nerve and
gonernlsblp can successfully grasp the
planet by the nape of the nock , regardless -
loss ot expense , and compel monnrchs
and cabinet olllcors to cough up diplo
matic nnd political secrets It would
not bo surprising if the Wothl-lferald
commissioner invaded the homo of Bis
marck nud compelled the iron prince to
unload his plaus for preserving the
peace of Europe , or suddenly swooped
down upon Premier Salisbury for an
exclusive tip on the Portngoso
raid The court of the Romanoffs
can protect Itself from nihilistic con
spiracies , but the palace gates swing
open to the ambassadors of the Omaha
WIT Omiuprosont and irrepressible ,
wo see ihcm kissing the baby king of
Spain , condoling with Carlos of Portu
gal , cajoling the sultan of Turkey ,
cavorting iu the harora of the shah ,
pressing palms with the hobo of Kolat
and hobnobbing with the galoot of
Timbuctoo
Nolho Bly encircled the glebe in
soventy-llvo days The World-Utrahl
correspondent , guidtd ' by the pen of sin
expert Omaha tolegr aph editor , can
mnko the round in seventy-five miuuteaj
without blushing in publlo or claiming
crodlt for the bald bonded imposition
A KTI-HOSOPOt. V.
True autl-mono poly 1b that principle
which Is opposed to unfair urlvilogos by
certain clti/ens of the community or
nation , individuals have gifts and they
have prlvilogos There can bo no com '
mon control of gifts The 3lngoc Pattl
and the slngor Nilsson may exact enor
mous sums for tholr labors , nnd thpro is
no ono to call them to ucoount But as
to privileges , there is a fjonoral baliof
in man that these who enjoy thorn
should have first rondorcd same udo-
quuto retut'n to society
Thus the invohtor has a privilege be
cause ho has done the state it ser
vice The reward of such a citron , if
oxnggeratod , creates or tends t'o t' crentp
a private monopoly , ' whereby ourlaih
citlz.ous trot more than a fair shuro of
the products uf labor
Dm it is certain that an nntl-tnouup-
olisl may bo in favor of monopoly , uud
lu this way : If the people , altogether ,
enn do a thing so It will bo done cheaper
and bettor than any byndlcate of citl-
xons could do .it , or would in human
events do it , , then , it monopoly bo a
necessary moans to such an and , well
and good Thus the postolllco Is a true
monopoly and n worthy ono If you
carrry letters for a living you must put
a Untied Status postage slam p on them
So must thu oxprosa company The en
terprising citizen at Now York city who
tltids ho can serve the downtown mer
chants fnstor nnd choaparthun too post
orrfcu can , goU cl.tppad Into jail for his ,
enterprise This is hard ou him and
hard ou his outsrprisj , but il it iu the
interest of thu people Lot him sot to-
work to romoly soma greater wrong
than the wropj ; of two-cont postage for
ono ounce ormiinuscripl
And now , a flu rjaultofri ooniploto
poital inonrmily * What dri the paoplo
got ? Thjv jilMn n * 3aylci5 which car
ries oa-jpjrfttjj' and iUboncllU olmoit
into the ula.iUu rjilm ) . If voj ask a
buy iu O.nihi to black your b ots it is
ton cents flityoi mill alettorntSin
Prancisyo ; a man take * , it from the hot
and cnrrlos It to the toitonico * , nnothor
man handles it there ; anotlur mancar-
rloslt to thu ' "traiir , another man Irvn-
dtes It thorej an nrmy of mon touch It
insoma wayiwhjlo it is going to Now
York Flnnjlv.a win puts it in u bag ,
useonds to tlfo lonlh story of soms offlc.i
building in Now York and gives it to
the parson with whom you are in corre
spondence All this for two cent * . Yet
every toiler connected with this stupendous
deus work is batter paid than the boot
black to whom you gave such a
largo sum fdY auoh a small plucVbf
work There aronoatrlkes In the post
olllco nnd no labor unions If MrJ
vVnnumakcr discovers a union he kills
it off It is monopoly carried to Us *
furthest conclusion But it is monopoly
in the interoslof the true antl.monopo
list It is an economy of labor , whereby
no two pcoplo are doing the same work
when one might as easily accomplish It
In * the postolllco system and its
economical triumphs the citlzou
should beheld his opportunity to loncn
tno possibilities and proper limits ot
monopoly by the people
The citizen should study the post
ofllce wltn it view to the cxlonslon of its
principles of co-oporatlon to ether ilolds
of public Borvi ' co The aafost avenues
of prosoduro would aoom to lie through
the postolllco Itself The postal tele
grams would naturally tnko pracedonco
union g needed reforms , The press
should bo sorted Jthrough the poUotllco
'Pnrcols Bhould bo dollvorod Small
savings might possibly bo banked there
although with Now York as the govern
ing factor in the flnauclal policy of the
nation , the tender of the people * cur
rency to a hoarding administration
might well bo regarded with ropug-
nanco _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The success of Nolllo Bly In her trip
around the earth is unquestionably
yory croditnblo to her The undertak
ing required both intelligence and
courngo True , the route was carefully
laid out for her , she was supplied with
ajnplo moans for nny probable oxtgenoy ,
nnd she found everywhere an interest
in the adventure which worked to her
advautngo Still a cool bond and a
strong heart were necessary to avoid
mistakes that might hnvo caused delay
andtoineetwithout hesitation the dan
gorbylnndnneTsea Miss Bly haw demon
strated that she js amply equipped with
both But wiiethor there is anything
of real importance in the result may bo
questioned It demonstrates that the
time of the imaginary trip of Phlnoas
Fogg can bo beaten , but this could hnvo
boon shown just as satisfactorily by a
compilation of time tables It shows
that u woman , if she have the intelligence
gonco and noccef can make the circuit
of the world quite as well ns a man , and
that she doda qqt require an enor
mous wardrobe * in order to.sv do ,
'itliuV ' * tills k > tJ < jvlcdgb } isdf too very great
vnluo . Realty , therefore , there is noth
ing of much coasoquonoa gained from
this exploit of Nellie Bly It may bo
expected however , to produce a host of
imitators , and for the next year or so
globetrotting is very liitoly to become
a mania The fact being that Miss Bly
did not make the best time possible ,
since she exporioncodono oi two delays ,
will bo nn Incuntivo to the adventurers
to try beating her time , nnu racing
around the world lor records may bo
expected to boeomo for a time quito
common This will bo all right , though
it is not clonr that anything important
can coma of it As to Miss Bly she has
mo3t creditably performed her task and
merits all the attention and'commenda
tion she is rocolving
Tun dinner given at the Union club
rooms last night in honor of Prof
Aloxnndor Graham Bell , was * a merited
trlbuto to ono of'thc most useful labor
ers in the hold ot scientific research
nnd achlovomout the world has pro
duced The invention of the telephone
was a triumph of genius which takes
equal rank with the other wonderful
sciontltlc achievements which have
distinguished the ninotconth century ,
nnd produced its miirvollous and unpre
cedented progress in all material affairs
What the telegraph did in bringing
into instant communication widely
separated communities the telephone
"
has accomplished between the mcmbor3
of such communities Il has boon most
signally a revolutionizing and reform
ing agent facilitating the operations of
trade , roduciug to a minimum the cost
in time and labor of business and pro
fessional intercourse , and In all practical
respects doing a service inflnltoiy use
ful nnd which has coino to be regarded
in the larger part ol the clvillzod world
as indispensable , - Besldos his clnlm to
distinction iu connection with the in
vention and perfection of the telephone
Prof Boll is entitled to honorable con
sideration for wttiit ho did lu imuraving
the methods of caching deaf mutes , u
work to which hoi doyotod many yonrs
with results that1' aVe him an almost
worldwide famqo The dlnnor to Prof
Boll was u brilliirnr success , upon which
all concerned arjf"jo [ bo cordially con
gratulated ,
MASsACHL KTTt > Vauka second among
the states ot the rjjojn iu the amount of
money deposited ! iru savings banks
Last year twontV-s avon now oo-opora-
tivo banks wore opened and twenty-live
millions nddod toothoasots of benefi
cent * n8tltutloigj. , > , J The aggregate
assotsin the savjpgj banks amount to
more thnn throotrfhundrod nnd fifty
millions , a sum oxceqdod only by Now
York The laws ot the state afford
every safeguard for dopoaltors The
amount ot each account la llmltod to
ono tfiousand dollars , and doposltors'
books must bo handed in at
stated periods for verification with
the books ot the bank Stole
agents maintain n vigllnn * . supervision
over accounts a * well as securities , aud
require autllcient assets to protect the
depositor in cjao of failure Patrons of
savings banks are working people , who
can ill-nfford to lose ono dollar of tholr
means It Is important therefore that
every moans should bo employed to
guard the savings of industry , and thus
otiuourago the pcoplo in laying asldo n
portion of their earnings for the rainy
drty ( " The Nebraska law is a stop in
that direction , but it Hhould bo vastly
Improved , and mndu to cover every pos
sible loophole of fraud Too much care
cannot bo taken by the authorities to
prevent the robbery of iho poor by reckless -
loss bankers
Tun now nquoducl which is being
bulft togivo Now York a sulllelopt rue
ply pf wntot for all purposes Is without
doubt the greatest uublic work over un
dertaken by any mutncipil body It extends -
tends to the Croton rlvor a dlslnnco of
thirty miles , The capacity of the old
aqueduct is ono hundred million gallons
a dny , en amount Insiilllclcnt for the
nocds _ of the city To moot this demand
another nquoduct was undertnkon ,
which wlllsupply thrco hundred million
gallons per day For seven mlles the
nquoduct Will have a dlnmotcror twelve
foot tllroo Inches ; for the remaining
twonty-lhroo mlles it will ha thirteen
foot seven inches An Idea of the work
may bo hnd from the fact that the tun
nel ranges from fifty to ono hundred
and sixty feet below the surface The
original estimate of the cost was four
teen and a half millions , but It has
tnlronly reached twenty millions , with
tit least two yenrs' work and several
important political campaigns before It
It Is reported in the east that n com
pany has boon organised in Omaha , de
termined to outbid nil competitors for
the Alaska seal catching privilege
Evidently the drain on the patorunl
purse for the manufactured articles
forces husbands nnd fatties to secure
the rnw material us the only escape
from bankruptcy
The Ion Worm lu , liily
fcoufjullle CourbjvAiuntif
4
Possibly It U the lee worm that gets away
with so'mueh of the July hunk in the front
yard
m
Insulin at lit * Itjst
St JVjnfa Glolif-iJcmocrnt.
Infills Is a daisy when ho gets af tor the
democrats
Facts Boom tn ho A-lnit lllni
St haul * Olobe-DjmjrJ ( .
It may bo true , as nsscrtoil bv the governor
ot Mississippi , that mora than 8J school
houses have been built In that state in the
last two yours , but the latest elootions make
the story hard lo baliovc
A llcfloollon Tor ilu ( ) erutIoelorF
Sioux City Jiimnal
Both republicans aud democrats at lies
Moines should bear la mind that corn is only
15 cents a bushel , and that it takes a number
of bushels of corn to pay a weeks board nt
Dos Moiaes hotel prices at this juncture
I'onoo uf Any Prio- .
Weic York Cfimmcnlal Adccittttr
Russia has Just asked for another loan ,
this time for 1100,000,030. The modesty or
the request would be more conspicuous if
Germany had not recently asked a loan al
most as largo Peace Is to be kept tn Europe
Tlie ArjiuniMit U Irrnoistiblo
NewYoiKlIeiitltt
As to the quarrel between England and
Portuul everybody can see nt a gianco that
Portugal is in the wrong Casland has more
froaelads than"her opponent Wbut ftirthor
evidence of the justice of her cause da yea
wantl
Colonel Uentli'n Ciinarpssionat Boom
Stonx Cltu Jnurnit
The news from Indiana is to the effect
that Colonel Perry S. Heaths congressional
boom is in a robust condition But it ouzlit
to bo discouraged What is the use of spoil ,
ing a good correspondent just to make a con
gressman of hlinl
Blaliou Horn anil tin I'rohili * .
TCartsrts City TlniM
The fanatics of South Dakota want a pro
hibition law which will prohibit the use of
wine oven tor sacramental purposes Bishop
Hare is praying against the scheme and all
with the good of the new stale lit heart are
working against it
Every Man Ills Own Sulonnlcccpsr
SU IrtUtJ riMt-Dlspa'ch.
A druggist of Leavenworth , Kun , status
that ho sold 200 flasks ot whisky in ono day ,
and that fifty pints a day Is a moJorato busi
ness Prohibition abolishes the saloon but
multiplies the saloonkeeper ; la fact , every
man becomes his own salnonkoepsr under it
In the Interest of thn Trust
St 7/OUl' Globc-DcmiKrat.
England mny.vet find it necessary to letup
up" a little on Portugal so as to prevent the
republicans from upsetting the throne in the
latter country Every member of the big
royal trust In Europe is vitally corioorned In
defending every other member against the
wiuthof bis subjects
The Par-Milan af Booillors
,1'Mladclvhia Kfconi ,
A Montreal judtre has decided that it is
illegal to try and collect a debt any where but
at the domicile of the debtor , and that to ask
on the street : or money that is duo consti
tutes an assault , Canada must be as pleas
ing a place for debtors as It appears to bo for
defaulters and Doodlers
Poor Hut llonost M. in Are Itarroil Out
A o Voik ll'iirid. .
Sucli a contest as that between Brica and
Foster in Ohio moats the dollaitiou of a
plutocracy given by the Do Tocquoville , as a
government whore the ofticos arc put up at
a sort of auction " In such a contest a poor
man and u scrupulously honest man is barred
out , though ho were a Webster Murcy , a
Chase or Tburnion
Senator Hutlor'H beheme
CltMland leader
i
Of aH the proposed solutions ot the race
probloui the ono that Is the most utterly
foolish and essentially woik is the emlgra-
tfou"pltin of Senator Butler of South Cor-
ollna , Senator Halo well characterized It as
Ibe most astonishing proposition ever heard
in our Kgislativo history Ho could , with
truth , have c'aUod It the most silly ,
Quito nn Appronrlitp
ClltMWI frlliUM
' WpuUlu't there ba a howl froai the dean *
cratio side ot the fenea if soma comgresunan
should offer a resolution appropriating WO-
030 to build a statue to Jamas ( J. Hlalno ,
elcctod president of the Halted States In
IbSI , but not inaugurate ! on account of
gross fraud in certain states whereby the
votes actually cast for him were not counted I
rtio Mischiefnt * Millionaire Senators
Sew York Xluiw
Ono of the worst mischiefs of electing
millionaires to the senate us millionaires is
the discouraging effect of the practice upon
a legitlmato" and honorable political unjbl-
tton Until williin a few years , sad even
until now lo the poorer aud less commercial
states , esiwcially the southern stales , the
seuatorshlp Los been rcvatdod as the ulti
mate prise of a successful political career
•
A briithtyoung mnn who "too'x the stump
for his parly hnd it la hU eye at the goal of
his omblllon Under this si stem when o
scnntors 'htp became vncant It went to iho
member of the dominant party of whom the
- party was proudest nd who could do It most
credit nnd most service on the floor of the
sonata
"ihn Wlnrtom Mllvcr
St rn il * ; . * -tljm.T.if. .
IVhilo llio WlndoTi silver monsuro Is onan
to some objections , there is much In it which
is worthy of favor Thorn have bson ob
lections nlsoto every other plan of this clas
which has ever baon proionlod All thst
the champions nt the moasura wilt claim for
It Is that It seems to 1)3 , as n whole , more
satisfactory than nny other method over yet
brought forward for dealing with Iho silver
problem
llio It-nl yicBtlon Unsolved ,
IMIIImiiffenild. .
Senator olott Calvin S. Urlco has boon
talking lo a ropjrtor , and profottss to have
told how the sucoeistul cainpilgn will ah
ond0.1 In his election was conduct ? ! . Ho
talis nbout having u < eon the lorulntors , of
securing oudorsomonts from politicians
throughout the stale , nnd of subsidising the
njiwspapors so.to speak Hut the real tiling
thnt pcoplo euro to know Is not dlvulgoJ >
how much did that brilliant nlcca orstr.itogv
cost In silver dollars ! ' 1 hat It the baruttig
question ,
m
The Neitrixn nnd Oltlnliomn
C11C17' 7rilmit ,
The colonization movement of uogrocs
from North und South Carolina to Oklahoma
promises to bo nu event of moro than ordi
nary importance It is ostlnittod tint there
uro now nliout twouty-two thousand nourocs
In tlie now torritorv und thnt bv spring there .
will ho at least tirty tlioisiml Under the
treity stipulations with the Chorokcos It
was provided that the government might
sjiid Indians or frooJmon to tlie Chernkco
strip It has done neither , thu guvurument
preferring to hold it subject In the demnnds
af whlto settlers As the Ohorokc-03 will not
accent what the government offers , nnd what
is n fnlr price for the land , why would It not
bi well to revert lo the treatv and llll up the
strip with froodmonI It will not solve the
rnco question la lt3 entfrdty , but It will help
towards the solution und will tend to relieve
soma of the congusled suctions of the south
The Itlnd of n Navy \Vn Want
Jfont'in .liliYil ( ri
The United States do not recpilro nnvsueh
navy ab that of Great Britain Wo do not
aspire to bo mistress of the seas ; " that is ,
not of any seas but our own Wo hnvo not
for near uoiglibors a congcrios of nations ,
each ono stronger by land than ourselves ,
and all armed to the teeth There is no
balance of | > ewer which wo are pledged to
help maintain Wo are fortilied by : i,000
mlles of salt water against the utlnckrt ot
any power with which It Is conceivable that ,
In this conturv wo can bo nt war We not
only do not need such a licet ns Eucland
needs or thinks she does ; but leaving na
tional pride out nt the question , national
safety can bo sufficiently nrovided for by a
much smaller itennol of sea dogs than that
which Germany , Prance and Russia sev
erally maintain
But wo ought to have a few ships of war
equal to nny that float , ships that no other
could out-sail or outmaneuver , of no lefts
tonnigo than the greatest of tholr possible
antagonists , ships that could have no need to
run away , yet perfectly able to do so from
the Terror or the AJax
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Mr , Jrsepli Gutschow of Ulair recently
wrote Tub Bre for information as follows :
How many millionaire United States sen
ators are thare , and which parly has the ,
majority ! , -'Ciivo names iilld stilts in which
they boloug
This query was raterred to Frank G Car
penter , the Washington correspondent , who
replies us follows :
Ttiorc are twentv-savon millionaires in the
United States senatelit whom oi ht mo
democrats and nineteen are republicans ,
The republican senators hive u bighor aver
age In their wealth than the democrats , but
the poverty of the democrats largol } comes
from the fact that the southnrn states were
Impoverished by the war , and we have no
senators at present who own their ncgrocs-
by the hundred The richest demo
cratic senator Is Joe Brown ot Geor
gia , who looks llko a book agent
made out ot a broken down preacher ,
but who has a head packed full of bramB
and who has a long slondor-fingorcd right
hand which can write a chocx for $8,000,000
and got it cashed Bock of Kentucky Is
worth $1,000,013 , jnuch of It mndo In land
speculation Blodgelt of Now Jersey hus a
superfluity of cash crjual to bin paucity ot
hair , and ho could piato his bald pate with
diamonds if he ehoso East's of Louisiana
has inherited $1,003,030 nnd George Hearst
bos almost as much as Joe Brown Henry
II Puvno , the millionaire , will bo succeeded
by Urice , another millionaire , and Gibson
and Gorman hnvo enough to stuff their bed
ticks with greenbacks * 1
As to the republican senators , Stanford of
California loads the list with $103.033,03.1 ,
Squire ot tVashinstoa Is a milhonaira
Stewnrt of Nevada Is w.irth a dozen tlmiss
his weight la gold , and Stoukbridgc of Mich
igan Is a millionaire Amoug Iho ether mil
llonalro republican senators era Ossoy ot
North * Dakota , Evarts of New York Pur-
well of Illinois , John Shermia of Ohio ,
Eugona Halo of Maine , Prank HIscock of
New York , John P. Jones ot Nevada , Jumcs
It , McMillan of Detroit , Preston U. Plumb
of Kansas , Cameroa of Pennsylvania , TU
munds of Vermont aad Pettlgrewaf South
Dakota
Where .f umbo Died
Hastimis , Neb , Jan _ . To thu Editor
of'J iik Hue ; Pkase state in Tub Scmiav
11 kk (1) ( ) , wnen and where Jumbo was killed
Also , (3) ( ) , state whether Tub Ueb tlycr rau
to Hastings the first day it was put on
Ans 1. Jumbo was killed In ISstI at St ,
Thomas , Ontario , near London , on the Chicago
cage & Grand Trunk mllwuy
_ -KdiJ.
Stanley in Oninha
Lkmiville , Cole , Jan 20. To the EJIlor
or Tun Bee : Abets B 8100 that Hon ry M.
Stanley never resided m Omaha und it was
agreed by both thnt the editor of Tub IIkk
was to decide An early reply will bo
greatly appreciated S , B. L.
Ans , btanley lived tn Omaha for 0 or S
months , possibly longer , in 1317. * During bis
residence hero the editor of Tiik Bkr was
Intimately acquainted with biin , Stanley
announced ono day , utter his return from
Fort Laramie , that James Gordon Bennett
baa asked hiai to go to Abyssinia ns a war
correspondent Soon after receiving this
offer Stanley left Ounha for Now York nnd
thence lo Africa Ho sent thn first report of
the battta of Magdola and the killing of King
Theodoras In this the New York Herald
scooped tto press of the world nun own thu
British war olllca received its llrst news of
the bnllle through the Herald
The editor of Tub Bbe mot Stanley about
two tears ago in New York and toucher
they talked over old times und Incidents of
Stanley's residence in Omnhx •
Clilo-tiM va Vienna ,
Omaua , Jan 2t To the Editor ot Tun
Uek ; Pioaso statu the population ot Chicago
at the present time Also the population of
Vienna Austria , SiiisutluEU '
Ans The population of Chicago at the
prcscut time is estimated to bo 1,150,000.
The population ot Vienna at thu last oftlctal
census was 1S7U,000.
[ SUNDAY PARABLES i
4
Let mo see , " said Major dishing to his j
prlvnta secretary as ho plckod up his list ot _
appointments and ran his eve down the t '
double column ot nnmes , have I given the / ' V.
boiis all the oftlecA provided for In the charter - _ _ _ >
tor ! " -mJsVJp
Yes , slro , but " *
This is nn administration of roforni-a '
Yes , sire , but " /
And my policy is ono of cconimy "
Yes , slro , but "
"I propose to carry it out to the letter "
Yes , sire , but • >
"It Is well to' mnko n good beginning "
Yes , slro , but "
"Taxpajcrs complain that there are too
many tcedcrs at the publlo crib "
"Vos , sire , but "
"flierr-foro 1 inloud to sot no example
Yes , sire , but the nnto-room ia nlrendy
thock full ol u dlsnppolntod and Hungry
crowd ot the bojs "
"Is thnt.so , " said his honor , opening his
eyes , Just double Uio number of assistants
nnd give every city ofllcml n private sccrs T'
tary , l'vo tried to tnko care of Bronlth'a BT
noble twenty-eight nnd must provide for the Bj
renr ituan ) , H
Hm
"I dent care liow distinguished our connW
cilmcn mav look on a photogriiph , " said m
Frank Moores ns ho ordered the llfth round I
of beer , let mo catch slirhtof the cut of I
their mouths and Ill road their ehnrnclors I
llko nn open book , " I
Toll mo whether n mans mouth looks ns I
if it Und boon silt with n choaso knlfo or I
whether it resomolcs a pattern cut with n I
circular iaw , and Ill make an affidavit free I
of charge that I can nnmo the combine ho's J
tied up to " „ J
"iho public , " contlnuod Colonel Moores , BHI
drawing his ehnlr closer to the Ublo nnd sip PF
ping the croani oft his glass the pubha
keeps Its nye lltcd on a councllmsn's ' itrhlng
palm There's whore it mukes Its mistake
It should study the Hues of n councilman's
uioutn " And Colonel Moores winked slgnlll-
cunlly ,
Some months are born great , somoS *
achieve greatness and some hnvo grontnoss "
thrust upon them I do not refer to the
'
president of the council , " said Colonel , ,
Moores , noologotlcally , ns n smllo stele
around the table Who , for Instance , " con
tinued Colonel Moores , growing coutldontial
and shading his voice a tone lower , can nils-
tnko the delicate curvature of Ed O'Connor's )
mouth It ho could only screw it oft it would
lmvo it priceless value as a rival to the
famous peach-blow vase Or take Moro
arlty's ' tuberose , so chaste and cold pearls |
. would not melt between his lips Then think .
ot Pat Fords apology , shaped like a potato t
und twioa as mealy Or what is the matter I
with Wheelers stooMrnp , closing with a f
soap on everything that falls into its maw " I
Ono should not look a gift horse in the I
mouth " resumed Colonel Mooros , us ho .
drained the seventh glass of Grambrinus and
looked wise The same rule , however , '
does not apply to councilmcn , not If this
court knows itself bv a jug fall , jit depends
upou how you look : at It It has altogether *
a UifTercnt nppcaranco from Coopers brick
kiln , which is getting in saapo to supply th 1
citv with paving matorlal But of nil titer * . / |
wonders Davis mouth Is the greatest Why , v I _
slnco the second Tuesday in January it bofLjAMdl
been us tightly locked tu a burglarproof BjF
safe He must have lost the combination , " f
sighed Colonel Moores , as ho stopped to
light n fresh cigar , and another smile stele
around tno table
* ,
• • i
Hands up , "hoarsoy ) whispered the foot
pod , sboving a pistol , under tno nose of a
portly gontlomantho ether night . - ,
' 'Cxcnso ' md 'Tjut' I'm a chaUel-mortgago j
oroker , " replied the latter in u conlldont
voice t
"rou thousand pirJons , " sit J the tramp \
deferentially , "I didn't know you were ia t
the same busitiets " . . I
And the next moment ho disappeared 1
* '
•
"Wlint's the matter with you , " askoi the '
Frothy Boer Keg rolling up lo the Empty
Beer Glass standing disconsolate on the ma
hogany counter , cant you get your Hconsol"
"No , I've been drunk o" Sundays , " whim J
pcrcd the latter bursting into tours - J r
JBfl
Get out of my way , " sneered a Chunk of y4 IWm
D.idlln Graulto us aehlp fell into a modest
heap of Nebraska Hue istoao at ths now city
ball , you are altagothor toocimruin for my
aristocratic company I asiocmto oaly with
Mayors and Councilman and the man who
bosses the mail sack transfer between the
postoMco and railroad depet "
A crowd was nttractod yesterday to tha
corner of Fifteenth and Farnam where a
queer individual was vninly trying to escape
the blows ot irate citizens This parsonage
wns a noon-eyed heathen His sliver legs
bent under the weight of an enormously de
veloped pavncli which exctod [ in thu specta
tors dorlslon ratnsr than pity It was with
diniculty that ho could mora bU body ; nnd
as ho clung terror strlckon to the friendly
lamp post his shrill , piping voice ceuld be
hoard repeatedly ubava the tumult : Alv
name , is Ah Sin , I am Mayo Blontch's
sulplus
"He's an Impostor , " shouted one . ' " * " " "HHi
"Ho's u cheat und a fraul , " ba.vlci aa- s
other •
Call the patrol wsgan , " valtol a third *
"Ho hasdoublai ray taros " growled a
taxpayer , shaking his list in the Mongolians
face
"Ho bos caleu up all my profits , * ' shrieked
a merchant , getting rel In the face
"Ho has put n mortgage on my horns , "
walked a worklngmao Look at hi * spider
legs "
Where did he get these pipo-stoai oraisi"
Its all in his holly "
Stick a pin into him "
The crOA'd roared its It closoa about the
hapless freak
A moment later u loud report Ilka tha
bursting of a bladder was heard For ways
that nra dark and tricks that ara vain the
ticatbea Chinee Is peculiar ,
* '
" ! . 'i\iiir-lu . "
Orn'iiim It Tomum in .Ynr V.irf , Iiiffpeiidfiit ,
The faint bells chiino ntliwart tha low-lit
' ou
And all the air is mellow with their sound ; W
With bowed , barad heads , upon the tillage §
ground , B
Still as the sculptured marbles ot Old Ji
Grence ,
Tvwi tellers stand , in rorereat rureeate , .
With burdens laid usido , with bondsfjif
bound
Thulr bumble brows , U.oir heavy labors
crowucd
At ovenlido with sunset gold and peace
Shill not Deaths music sweetly call to us I
All wo who till our bare , unfruitful InnJ ,
Our Holds bestrew n with stones und sleriiu
sand , ,
l'or scanty harvests , poor and piteous ;
Shall wo not joyfully nruo and stand >
To hear tua sound of our last Augelus I
i
FOIl TWO MlllilUNS
The Hounto Coiuiulltco Favors the
Omnlin I'liHtnllluo Incrnase ,
Washington Jan tifi [ Special Telegram
to Tub lltn.l Thu scnato rommittoo ou
public buildings and grouuds has voted S.
unanimously in favor of Mundcrson's bill
luVreoshig to fJ.UOO.ooo the upproprialion for flj
the site aud structure Xorlho Omaha publlo _ ffl
building Its adoillon | by tlie full senate Is
insured The house committee ulsu favors
It