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Tlio Impending session of llio legislature
vrlll ho of vital concern to the people of this
state. It Is of tlio utmost Importance that
members of the legislature Hlmll understand
the wants of their constituents and bo prepared -
pared to prapplo Intelligently nnd ndvlsedly
with the Issues that must corno before them.
THE ItKi : therefore Invites hiiirgostloiiB from
these who nro familiar with any particular
subject that Is HUoly to engage the attention
of tlio legislature. 1'nrtles fuvorlns us , how
ever , arc requested to mnko tliolr communi
cations ns brief ns possible nml to the point.
It Is to bo understood tlnit TUB HEB will not
bo lesponslhlo for tlio published views of con
tributors , nnd It reserves the iirlvllCRo of dls-
( GussliiK tlioin In Its own way and from the
standpoint wbtoh It dooms best for tlio Inter
ests of tlio people.
IKKLAND , divided nRiiinst Hsolf , will
teen full a i > roy to the tory wolves.
To HAVE his own , Pnrnoll dislocates
the spine of the Irish parliamentary
party. - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
To nis laurels as a successful loader ,
Pnrnoll now adds the blighted .wreath of
a distinguished wrecker.
THHlti : is hope for a , government that
indicts railroad presidents for holding
up the public in broad daylight.
Tin : farmers of the state cannot ho
hoodwinked by the mild-eyed yarns of
fanatics whom they repudiated at the
polls.
BY TILLING the hostile chiefs with
Bubstnnllnl fodder , General Brookomado
ti masterly movement in the direction of
ponco.
Tin : recent action of a Chicago federal
jury tends to concentrate managerial
interest in the advantages of Joliet as a
wlulur resort. *
IN TUB struggle between homo rule
and homo dishonored , enlightened pub
lic opinion is unanimously for Glad
stone , Morlcy and McCarthy.
il
Tun ghost dance , as depicted by the
I artists in the illustrated papers , ia not
nearly us frightful as the harmony in
tlio average democratic ward caucus.
1 UISCKNT events at Pine Ridge agency
strengthen the opinion that the most ef
fective way to roach the good will of the
Indian is through the alimentary canal.
THOSK who Iwvo railronds to build in
the west will save themselves consider
able 'financial annoyance , if not bank
ruptcy , by consulting 3ay Gould in ad
vance.
IU
il'fl TIIK man who suffers real pain on ac
count of the collossal fortunes of this age
is the man who doesn't possess ono of
them. Ho is very numerous and consequently
quently noisy.
GKNKKAL PALMKK is now a candidate
for vice president. When lie is not a
candidate for something ho can't sloop
nights And ho has slept soundly for n
great many years.
POOR old Now Hampshire la threat
ened with ttfo legislatures. The many
states that nro now groaning at the pros
pect of a slnglo aflllctlon should think
of Now Hampshire and tnko heart.
SruAunn Cuimcu HOWK would bo a
product of anti-monopoly reform worthy
to go on record by the sldo of Jay Gould's
chum , Gordon , Bonator-oloct from Geor
gia. Lool ; out for funny things at Lin
coln next month.
IP THIS contest engineered by Dictator
Burrows was honestly doslgnea to bring
out the truth , why are responsible citi
zens of Omaha Ignored and the witnesses
confined to these who vllllflod the people
nnd assailed the credit of the city and
state ?
Tins is a hard winter ( kf. George W.
Delnmator of Po'nnsylvanlo , Ho was
tf dofr " " 'l ror governor as the candidate of
lit n party that has u normal majority of
. 60,000 , nnd now ho has fulled In business.
Ho had a very largo stuko iu the election
and lost it all. He Is still u young nwu
and may bo on top again in a few years.
CLKIIK McPmuisox of the house of
raprosontatlvos has prepared a soml-
ofllclal list of the members o ! the next
congress , showing 234 democrats , 88 re
publicans , 8 Farmers' Alliance and 2
vacancies , This Insures a clear demo
cratic majority of 138 , and throws n
melancholy light on the breadth and
uopth of the late lamented landslide.
TIIK HUSH C1USIS.
The disruption of the Irish parliamen
tary party is complotd The opponents
of Parnolllsm , unnblo to force the ques
tion of deposition to a. direct vote of the
[ > arty , retired from the mooting to the
number of forty-four , leaving Pnrnoll
master of the situation with a following
of twonty-sovon. With the return of
iho American delegates the rolntlvo
strength of the factions will bo forty-
line against to twonty-nino for Parnull ,
caving flvowlth unknown preferences.
The direction events have finally
Inkcn will unquestionably redound to
iho power of Pnrnoll. From the outset
of the internal contest Parnoll had tlio
advantage , and with consummate skill
coupled with a reckless iudllToronco to
mrllamonltirv usages , ho wove the web
ivlilch places his opponents in the un
favorable light of Becedoro. The origi
nal question precipitated by the dlvorco
court was buried out of alght , and the
! BSUO adroitly turned to the higher
ono , Involving the vital issue of homo
rulo. Gladstone urged the retirement
of Parnoll , not from political motives ,
but because as an honorable man and a
champion of the purity of homo Hfo , ho
could not maintain political re
lations with the Irish loader
without Imperilling the life of the lib
eral party. With extraordinary audac
ity Parnoll parried the request of Glad
stone , betrayed a confidential interview
and boldly assorted that the demand for
Ilia retirement had for its object the di
vision the Irish mrty und the passage of
an emasculated homo rule law , In event
of the liberal party coming into power.
The trick succeeded. Aa chairman of
Lho party , Parnoll had the power to
liandlc Its deliberations to his advant-
ago. lie fought foi * political lifo with
passion and desperation and scrupled
not at the moans to gain his ends. The
successive delays wore cleverly dosigr.cd
nnd the miinnor in which ho entrapped
his opponents into a futile conforcnco
with Gladstone forces admiration for
Ills generalship , even though it ends in
disaster to the homo rule cause.
Tlio division of the party transfers the
conflict to Ireland. Both sides will bo
compelled to appeal to the people ,
and in that forum , if the exist
ing sentiment is reliable , 1'arnoll's
confidence in the outcome will not bo
misplaced. In shrewdly relegating the
coarse Intrigue which dims the bril
liancy of his career and cutting loose
from all "entangling alliances , " hobo-
cures the support of the radical element
which prefer an indefinite continuance )
of oppressive laws to any measure of
local solf-govcrninont that does not go
to the verge of Irish independence. Ap
pealing to the emotional electors of Ire
land on the issues ho has so adroitly
sprung and against what ho terms the
"betrayal o ! homo rule , " it Is safe to
predict that temporarily ho will over
whelm the decent members of the party
and successfully overcome clerical oppo
sition.
But the gain to Parnoll Individually
will bo at tremendous cost to the hopes
nnd aspirations of the Irish people. To
sustain him in the face of universal pub
lic opinion Is to alienate the friends of
Ireland throughout the ivorld , to dis
gust the English democncy and con
geal the well springs of generosity
which have heretofore sustained the
struggle and furnished the sinews of
war in abundance. Viewed in any light
the disruption of the party through the
overshadowing ambition of Parnoll must
provo a disastrous check to liberty , and
plunge unhappy Ireland into a demoral
izing strife , the like of which 1ms not
boon experienced for a generation.
L131ITKD
There Is a delegation of railroad men
in Washington urging a modification of
the interstate commerce act so as to per
mit limited pooling , and it Is stated that
the proposition is approved by the mem
bers of the interstate commerce commis
sion.
sion.A
A bill for this purpose , drawn by Sena
tor Dawos of Massachusetts , was Intro
duced in the senate last winter nnd is in
the hands of the interstate commerce
committee , by which its early considera
tion is promised. This measure pro
vides for allowing railroads to divert
freight from ono road to another ac
cording to Bomo agreed proportions , the
details of the agreement having pre
viously boon filed with and ap
proved by the interstate com
merce commission. This is es
sentially different from the old system
of pooling , which divided earnings , and
is believed to have all of the virtues and
some of the vices of the old method.
Senator Cullom , author of the interstate
act and chairman of the sonata Inter
state commerce committee , Is in favor of
the proposed modification of the law ,
nnd it is not doubled the committee will
report favorably the bill It has In charge ,
in which case there Is every probability
that it will pass.
There has boon a great change In intelligent -
tolligont public opinion within the past
year or two regarding the principle of
pooling , and a great many pot-sons who
had boon strongest In tholr hostility to
pooling , believing it impossible that
anything but injury to the intorcsts of
the public could result from it , have ba-
como convinced that a judiciously regu
lated system , subject to acceptance and
approval by the Interstate commerce
commission nnd liable to bo sot aside at
uity time by the commission whenever
it should bo found not to operate satis
factorily or to bo against the public in
terest , would bo a good thing , florvieo-
able alike to the railroads and the pub
lic. The principal objection to pooling
is that It gives an opportunity to carriers
to exact extortionate rates , but this ob
jection would not hold In the case of a
regulated system practically in the con
trol of the Interstatecommorca commis
sion. Doubtless in the readjustment of
rates advances would bo made , but
these would have to bo reasonable
and just In order to obtain the ap
proval of the interstate commerce com
mission. The great gain to Lo expected
from the system would bo In having
rates , whatever they should bo , estab
lished with a measure of permanence
and charged to all alike. Under the
proposed plan of limited pooling there
would probably bo an end to the manip
ulating of rates , for which several rail
road olllclnls nro now under indictment
at Chicago and inoro are In danger ol
jolng , or at nil events this sort of thing
would be r&ducod to a minimum. Indeed
It IB not apparent why any road should ,
under the changed conditions contem
plated , seek business by offering rebates
) r other Inducements to shippers. It could
gain nothing by such a proceeding , but
would almost certainly in the end loow.
What the public would got , therefore ,
'roin ' the proposed pooling plan , would
jo steady rates , In some instances , per-
nips a little higher , but always adjusted
so ate moot the requirement of reason-
iblonoss. The railroads would enter
upon nn era of pence and mutual holp-
lulness , onch receiving a just proportion
of the trafllc in Its territory nnd having
no incentive to struggle for any moro.
These are very satisfactory conditions
which the advocates of limited pooling
say would result from the application of
that plan , and there Is very good reason
io bollovo that/ such would bo the caso.
At any rate this view appears to prevail
so largely in congress that an amend *
mont of the interstate commerce act ,
permitting limited pooling , is bollovcd
to bo highly probable.
SELLING AIlMti TO JATJMA'S.
It la presumed that there will bo no
opposition to the bill introduced in the
liouso by Representative Ilansbrough of
North Dakota , which prohibits the sale
of arms and ammunition to Indians , ex
cept these who hnvd taken lands in uov-
oralty , and provides a penalty of im-
[ irlsonmcnt and line to bo inflicted upon
any person convicted of selling Indians
these arms. The measure nlso provides
that all arms and ammunition in the
Imnds of Indians not upon lands in severalty -
oralty nhall bo confiscated , but this maybe
bo modified so as to require that Huch
Indians shall receive a reasonable ro-
Lurn for tholr property when taUon from
them.
The Indian bureau hai never had au
thority to arrest persons selling arms
nnd ammunition to the Indians , and
events TIOW happening show it to bj high
.imo the buroiu was given suuh author
ity. There is not a sound reason why
these Indians who Invo failed to take
up lands , and continue whollj dependent
upon the government , showing no dispo
sition to change tholr mode of life , should
> o allowed to have arms , and of course
there is hut ono wny to prevent this , ami
that Is by such legislation iw is now pro
posed , making the penalty for it' ) viola-
ion severe , as is ilono by Mr. Ilans-
jrough's bill , which provides for im
prisonment of not loss than two years
mil a line of not more than $300. The
North D.xkotn representative slated that
; ho idea of such a law was tuggostod
jy the fact that last fall ho s.iw
ibout one hundred Indians in the
town of Minot buying arms and
immunllion , and they had plenty of
money to make the purchases. An In
dian with a gun nt command and a sup
ply of ammunition is a dangerousfollow ,
lo bo at large , particularly if wholly free
[ rom obligation and responsibility , as
these are who have not taken lands in
sovor.alty. When a largo body of In
dians having nothing to do possesses a
supply of arms the tendency of that fact
is to arouse in them the spirit of mis
chief. It is n contlnualincantivo to luu
lossuess nnd violence , and it H the m iii- :
fcst duty of the government to prevent
this. Were such a law as is now pro
posed already on the statute books and
properly onforuqd , the existing trouble
with the Indians , which m ly bo yet
more serious before it is ondoJ , and if it
cost no loss of lifo will involve an ox-
punso in money of perhaps a million dollars
lars , could not have ociiiirro.l. The gov
ernment has made a grave mistake in al
lowing the s'llo of arms and ammunition
to all Indians , and although the pro
posed legislation is somewhat in tlio ua-
turo of locking the stable after the horse
lias boon stolen , It will servo a good pur
pose if the present difficulty shall bo sot-
tliul without the use of arms. Thora is a
favorable project that this will bo done ,
and In that event it will thereafter bo
the fault of the government , in case tlio
bill In question becomes a law , if there is
any future menace from the Indians tiny-
whoro.
TUB PROSl'KttT OP A. NKlf PARTI' .
There will bo an ollort tn put a third
party candidate In the presidential race
Jn 1892. To the general public this
is the most interesting fact brought out
by the results of the Octila convention.
It is important news for the politicians ,
and especially for these of the west.
And yet it may not bo so important as it
appears at , first glance.
The Alliance lias unjoyotl a phenome
nal growth and cut an unexpectedly
largo flguro nt the last election. It
would have banu strange indeed if this
had not been followed by a demand for a
separate party movement at the next na
tional election. The managers display
some shrewdness in the manner iu which
they moat this donnnd. Refusing to
openly commit the Alliance to
the support of n new pirty
at this time , the Ocaln leaders
have sanctioned n call for a
convention at Cincinnati next February ,
at which all tlio discontented political
element : ) In the country will bo invited
to got together nnd "found a new party. "
The results of this convention will bo
submitted to the various farmers'organi
zations , the labor unions and radic.il reformers -
formers of all sorts throughout the coun
try. If the platform is ono on which
they can temporarily merge their diver
gent interests they will endeavor to
agree on u ticket early in 1892 nnd go
into a campaign on a grand scale. This
is the present aspect of the third-party
movement , which has grown out of the
alliance in Nebraska , Kansas and a few
southern states.
What will bo the effect of the now
development on the standing and proa-
poets of the old parties ? It is a long
time yet to election day , 1892 , but some
thing can bo learned from the past and
from certain weaknesses already visible
in the now movement.
There is nothing now or startling
about the appearance ot n third party in
a national election. It has been a part o (
the phenomena of presidential contests
from the beginning of the republic , nor
is there any novelty about a political
demonstration based on the demands of
u class for special legislation , That has
been experienced over and over again
and the results have been monotonously
uniform. Wo have soon the rise and
fall of the know nothings , of the nntl-
Masons , of "ITio grconlmckors , nnd of n
long proi'cttjfon of labor movements.
Nonoof these attempts to build up thlrd
parlies for class purposes have over
nmclo a sonioujfl Impression on American
politics , tjront constitutional reforms
have boonWccompllshod In the course ol
tlmo , but they have como through the
operation ii the old parties , guided and
moulded ) ) V tlio sound sense of their
rank and file. There IB no reason to ap
prehend that In these respects the
future will dlJTcr from ths past.
Thcro Is ono serious obstacle that al
ready looms up In the path ol
the Alllijnco when the ques
tion of political action Is con
sidered. ThU Is the fact that Its south
ern element has not deserted and
will not desert the democratic
party. It cries : "Down with sec
tionalism , " which Is iv sounding
phrase , but all its acts say : "Up with
democracy , " which Is a significant fact.
The activity of ho Alliance lends an
unseasonable Interest to politics , but
there is nolhlnjf yet In sight to justify
the conclusion Unit the old parties uro
about to go out of
LIMIT Off IOIIVI DAttKKt'.SS.
The executive council of Iowa has just
completed its olllcial canvass ot the votes
ca t on November } , and the figures shed
considerable light on the dark subject ot
Iowa's sudden plunge to democracy.
Iowa wont democratic , almost for the
first time within the memory ot man , in
1889. Horace Boles was chosen gov
ernor by a plurality ot 0,504. This
surprising result , occurring in an off
year when no national Issues were at
Btako , was generally attributed to the
baneful inllucnco of prohibition on the
party responsible for it. It remained ,
liowovor , for the figures of the election
of lb)0 ! ) to'pi'ovo beyond n shadow of a
doubt that this diagnosis was correct.
Tn this connection the significant fea
ture of the returns Is not the fact Unit
the republican candidate for secretary of
stuto was elected so much nn the manner
In which tint result was accomplished.
The change of sentiment which made
the ditToronco between republican defeat
in 1SS ! ) and republican victory in 18)0 ! ) ,
occurred in the 12 counties which
contain the larger cities , Including
Burlington , Clinton , Council Bluffs ,
Sioux City , Dos Moines , Cedar llaplds ,
\ValorloonmlBooao. In these 12 coun
ties the republican gain was 0,501 al
most exactly the majority that Boies re
ceived the year before.
To complete the lesson of these
figures it is only necessary to recall the
platform of the par by in the last two
yenrs. In 1859 it was a stiff declaration
in favor ol the continuance of the pro
hibitory policy. . The republicans in the
large cities know what this meant and
thousands of thorn refrained from voting
or supported Holes. In ISilO this radical
ground was abandoned and tlib platform
declared that support of the national
principles of republicanism was "tho
only test of party fealty. ' ' On this plat
form the party-rallied something of its
ol < ? strengthand c.iino out once moro at
the head of IV poll.
The time cannot bs far distant , if it be
not already at hand , when the legisla
ture } will rapoaf a law which has wrought
havoc in MioT-uik4o ( the old dominant
party and done Injury to the material
interests of tlio stato. In the mointiino ,
thh illumination of the caines which
have led to the strnngo upheaval In
Iowa will not bo lost on western republi
cans generally.
EMIMUOU : WiLUA3t manages to pro
ducc a sensible idea occasionally in the
midst of his consoles activity. lie has
begun a reform ot the school system with
a demand for the leaching of the Gor
man language and history in preference
to the prolonged cour.so of Latin and
Greek. That is a reform which will be
generally commended. The omporoi
has much of the freshness of youth ir
his statesmanship and sometimes brlngt
a hard , metallic smile to the face o ;
Bismarck , but no ono can deny that he
Is sincerely ambitious to make an honor
able fame as the ruler of a great people.
THE Pulit/.nr building , the now home
of the Now York Worldwill bo formullj
opened and dedicated to its purpose.
Wednesday. The occasion is likely te
bo a memorable ono , preparations having
been made to entertain n host ot newspaper -
paper visitors. This building is ono ol
the boat appointed and equipped news
paper olllces In the world , and is a mag
nificent monument to the energy , ability
and almost phenomenal success of Air ,
Joseph PuliUor.
Si'KCUliATlON as to the political posi
tion of Farmer IIowo in the comlnc
legislature" is needless. Farmer Howe
will bo found cultivating the majority ,
outshining the most zealous alliance
man in the interest of tlio opprossoil
producer , and incidentally drawing
water to the mill of Farmer Howe aiu
the Missouri Pacific railroad.
SKNATOU JJvuirrs solemnly remarks
that if ho had'his life to live over agair
ho would bo a.1 journalist. And yet Johr
Galnes IngullSlurns his b-ick on an olfoi
of $15,000 u ypar from a Now York news
paper and contiuues his struggle will
the Kansas grangers for tlio senator
ship. ,1 .f
DOUSKY'S activity
dispensing poaiolllcos In the Third d
trlct lnulcnto A philanthropic desire
ease the dutIerfJ6f his successor.
rtr heeler Intro * .
On the rlvorof life , ax I float along ,
I BUO with thusplrU'a Bight
Tliut many a nauseous wood of wrong
HUH root In a HOO < | of right.
l"or o vll l-i Rood t lint mis KOIIO astray ,
And sorrow la only bllmlniHs ,
And tlio world Is always under tlio sway
Of a changeless law of kindness.
TI'O commonest error a truth can maUa
Is shouting HM Hwcot voien ho.irse ,
And HII | H only the Haul's mUtaUo
And misdirecting Us force ,
And lore , tlm fairest of nil fair things
That over to moil doscondoil ,
Grows rank with nettles und poisonous thine
Unless it In watcliett uud tended.
There could not be anything hatter than th !
Old world In tlio way It bogan.
And thnuiih some mutters huvo KOIIO amUs
From the great original plan ;
And howoverourk the skins may appear ,
And however Boiiltt niny blunder ,
I tell you it will work out clear ,
1'or Kootl lies over and under.
JVJSll'S OF THK KOJITIIWKST.
Ncbrnskn.
Mrs. Cnrntah , an aged resident of Sovrnrd ,
fell from her doorstep the other day and broke
her arm.
Adam 1'rctleg1. a prominent citizen of
I'lnttsnumth , aledathbi homo Saturday , aged
llfty-slx years ,
Tha llutler county court house Is under
roof , nnd It will bo pushed to completion. It
will cost 150,000.
Thomas n. vnn * Alstlno , nn old resident of
Columbus , died of acute pncuinouln , aged
soventy-two years.
The now court house donated to Ilex Hutto
county by the citizens of llommcford will bo
completed by January 0.
Vesta's now Methodist church cost $2,500 ,
all of which lias boon raised aad the now edi
fice dedicated free of debt.
Two hundred and fifty Schuylor people nto
beans at tlio supper given by the Grand
Army post of that city to the Women's Hchof
corps.
A team of horses stolen from Mlle Hayo. % a
Uvcrytnau of Ccrosco , was recovered near
Columbus , hut no trace of the thief wan
founu.
The now German Lutheran church near
Arlington , ono of the boat county churches In
tlio state , will bo dedicated a week from next
Sunday ,
Uha'rlos Nelson , a prominent cattleman liv
ing near Whitman , was accidentally shot
and killed wlillo carelessly bandluiK n gun
recently.
The Uox Duttu county commissioners have
mot for the last time at Nonpareil. Their
nuxt meeting will bo at HemlijRford , the now
county sent.
1' . mid .T. McDonald , Columbus snloon-licop-
crs , have settled with Mrs. Slawins'.tl , whoso
husband was killed wlillo Intoxicated , by
pujliiKher $1,000. ,
The oivnni7atlon of a militia company at
O'Nolll has been completed , oOlcors have
bi'on cloutoJ and the member * are fast learn
ing the manual of arms.
Mr . James Millanl. while vtsitlnir nt the
homo of A. n. Boone In Broken Bow , dropped
ile.ul the other day while stanilhiR iu the
doorway. Heart disease was the cause.
While Herman Hermit of Palestine was
husking corn ho nnd ono of hlshorso ) reached
for the same car at the same time and the
horse got ono of Bcrudt's ' lingers as well ,
which Itblt off.
Tlio society amateurs of Beatrice will put
on n spectacular production of "The Mlkauo"
December ! ir and MO. A professional musical
director nnd stn o manager hns been engaged ,
and ( 'logrnnt costumes , a strong chorus and
largo orchestra will bo some of the features.
William Khitfcn , the Scotts Bluff county
cattle rustler , has boon convicted of stock
stealing at Cheyenne , Wyo , The case has
attracted much attention nnd there Is much
rejoicing among the cattle men over the re
sult. Kin gen has stolen over four hundred
head of Wyoming cattle , running them into
Nebraska , where at the head of an organl/cd
baud of catilo thieves ho has Intimidated his
neighbors und the county authorities for sev
eral years. There are twelve moro Indict
ments against Kingeii.
Iowa.
A medicinal spring has been dlscovoredtwo
miles from Jefferson.
Polo Alto county's hay nnd flax crops this
season are valued at $350,000.
Many cattle have died near Woodburu ,
from eating smutty cornstalks.
Hog cholera Is playing navoe In the vicinity
of New Providence , some farmers losing as
many as ! > OJ from tlio disease.
A little child of GeorgoBnmbo of Hlchland.
has bc-fii living for some time with its skull
fractured so as to expose the brain.
A boy named Huntchbnck of Geneva , some
weeks ago ran a nail into his hand , and delay
in calling a physician has resulted in having
the ana amputated.
Mrs. ChrU Bauer , of Highland township ,
Tatna county , while in a lit of Insanity at
tempted to kill her child. She has been pro
nounced hopelessly demented bv" the doctors
und will probably be sent to the asylum.
While boring for water on the farm of R.
M. IjCO , in Concord township , Louisa county ,
a few days URO , u strong flow of gas was
strueic. The gis coma ) up with such force
as to throw mud aud water 200 feet Into the
air.
air.D.
D. A. Ptigh , living near Montlcollo , while
cutting Up n black oak tree for wood the
other day , found Imbedded six Inches from
the outer covering n bullet for which there
was no visible entrance. , The tree was
twenty in dies iu diameter and had stood the
storms of many winters.
A young girl named Brooks , living near
Ontario , Boone county , while alone in the
house with the younger children fell down
the cellar wny and broke her back. It took
some tlmo t procure a doctor , und the girl
suffered terrible ivyony , belnp unubVo to move
until help arrived. She may recover.
The Muscatino News-Tribune contains n
call to the furniei'3 and others In llwt vicinity
who have ruiood sugar bet'ts from the
seed sent out by the government department
of agriculture , asking them to bring in their
samples t > o that they may bo sent aw.iy for
mmhsis. Muscatlno is in dead curnost is re
gard to the establishment of a beet sugar
factory.
At Oubuquo the other day a man-led woman
distinguished herself in a novel inannor. Her
husband had taken a fancy to n girl und
bought her a pair of shoos. The wife heard
of it and immediately donned her war paint
and went on the w.npath. . Meeting- the ob
ject of her se.irch on the street shu compelled
her td remove the shoos , which she carried
off in triumph for her own use , leaving the
indiscreet maiden to walk homo in her stock-
iiiK feet.
Kossuth county is about to provo to the
state thut tlio airriailtur.il graduates are
farmers. The Misses Mann , two young
ladles who received thuir diplomas at the
late commencement , have plans already per
fected for carrying on n horticultural farm
next season on scientific principles. They
will begin with ten acres , which will bo de
voted wholly to small fruits and apples.
They expect , however , to branch out into
othe'r lines nnd test sugar bsets and other
vegetables. They have a flno farm about
throe miles from Algona , and their father ,
now dead , was ono of the pioneer fruit grow
ers in the county.
Tlio Two Dalcotns.
Speatflsh has a mill with a capacity of flvo
tons of plaster of parls dully.
Tlio quart lto aiuirrles near Parker are to
bo dovolopjd , and about Sl.OJD worth of ma
chinery has bc-en put nn the ground. From
fifty to 100 men will bo employed ,
A state dairymen's association will bo
formed at DoSniot on December 11. The
Stuto horticultural society holds its annunl
"
session at the same place "December 10 to 1'J.
To the Women's Kellof corpi of Water-
town belongs the credit of furnishing sup
plies mid fixtures for the first room to bo fit
ted up In the Soldiers' ' homo of South Da-
kiuo.
The Spring Crook cheese factory nonr
Onlda was in operation fifty-four days this
hist summer , durlngwhlch timo'- ! ! , , " * ! ) poumls
of milk were received nnd 2,4 H pounds of
chcoae made , all of which found a ready sale.
The Deadwood gamblers who have boon
arrested for the ofTenco of gambling and
allowed to go on their own recognizance nro
many ot tu m leaving the country. Indict
ments , however , will bo found against them ,
to bo prosecuted ir. case of their return ,
A'cteriimrjaii Shah says the 'distemper
which lias become epidemic among the horses
of Sioux Fall ) is regular old-fushloned in-
Huona. Hgocs through every barn Itstrlkos ,
nnil from.present indications it will tulto in
every stable of horses in town. It has Just
broken out In the street car barns.
John Cook , a pioneur of the Black Hills ,
having como from Montana in 1670 , committed
sulcido by cutting his throat at U'hltewood.
The dead man was subject to fits of melan
cholia , induced by protracted drinking , and
it was during ono of tboso spells that the
rash act was committed. Ho had boca drink
ing for nearly u week , und his friends desir
ing to bobcr nun up donrivcd him of all kinds
of Intoxicants. The sulcido was committed
with a common pocket knife.
Thin is Not Original.
S ( . Jnieih llemld ,
"The democrats of this country nro In peril
by moans of too much temporary success , "
snys the Now York Herald. No ono doubts
that the democratic success ia temporary and
that the democrats themselves are in danger.
The Herald ought to remark something new.
Goliath as u llorrihlo Kxainplo.
Chitayo Tribune.
Learn a lessen In temperance from Goliath.
Ho was a man with a great bead , but 0119
altng brought him low.
SAFE CRACKERS IN LINCOLN ,
They Make a Haul of Over Nine Hundred
Dollars.
PREPARING TO AMEND LINCOLN'S ' CHARTER
Tlio llnplil TrnnHit Stool * n MnruU on
the ISlcetrlo Ilnllwny Stnyor Ora-
linin'a 1'olloy A. Murderous
Assault Mnuolu Notes. .
Neb. , Doc. 7. [ Special to TUB
l Burslnrs cracked the safe in II. It.
Nlssloy's store on Tenth and P streets some
lime last nlgtit and managed to secure $1KX ) .
f ho burglars effected an entrance by prying
open the Iron shutter In the roar end of the
store. Tlio window was then easily raised , It
JoliiR unfastened. Tlio afo stands In the
iiack em ! of the store near the stairway. A
; iolo was drilled midway between the combi
nation and the handle for opcnlnc the door.
After the hole was drilled n stool rail was in
serted and a blow or two on this \VM &ufUctent
a annihilate the combination. Tlio door was
.hen easily opened unit the safe rilled. There
was over $700 In thosafoln paper money ,
; old nnd silver. All thU was talton ami also
ibout fc0t ! ) woith of checks , nil worth their
fnco value.
Close to the safe was over S3,000 worth of
ollUs , but none : ol these \voro taken , or any
thing else In the store as fur as can yet be
ascertained. It was therefore evident that
the thlovcs were after money only.
Tlie burglars in.idotlielr exit through the
sldo door opening on Tenth street , having
mcrelv to lift the heavy bar on tlio In-
bide to get out. Close to this door , on the
outsldo , Is an olccrlc alarm which au L. D. T.
watchman Is supposed to use overv fifteen
minutes to turn In his report ot everything
belli ) ; nil right.
Nothing wa > Itnown concerning the dopro-
ilatlons ot the burglars until 1 n. in. , when
Mr. II. U. ICrug , a member of the linn , who
luul returned from Chicago on the noon train ,
discovered tbo sldo door open.
TO
The work of preparing amendments to the
charter of the city ot Lincoln to bo submitted
to the legislature for Incorporation In the
laws governing the city bus been divided as
follows by C. A. Atkinson , chairman of the
board of trade committee , and L. C. 1'acc ,
chairman of the council committee : The matter -
tor of water was referred to Mr. McClny ;
taxes and finances to Hon. 11. U. Moore : oHl-
cors' duties , salaries and accounts , Hon. H.D.
Graham ; paving , sewerage and public im
provements , .N. S. Harwood ; parks anil pub-
lie grounds , Hon. II , II. Oakloy ;
claims , II. D. Hathaway ; public schools
and buildings , S. D. Cox , escj. ;
water supply , Hon. H. M. Htco ; taxes nnu
finances , lion. Henry Vuith ; duties , salaries
and accounts of ofllccrs , Hon. F. A. Bochmor ;
paving. Hon. H. M. Uushnell : sewerage
and public improvements , lion. A. Halter ;
paries and public grounds , Hon. ii. W. Orr ;
eliuins , William McLaughlln ; public schools.
Messrs. Uushnell and Orr : police , lire and
health , Messrs. McLaughlin and Haltur ;
contracts nnd street railways , Messrs. Ulce
and Uoehmcr.
Thcso subcommittees are requested to meet
at an early duto so that the two entire com
mittees m.iy unite at the council chamber at
10 o'clock a. m. on December 20.
llETTnil TltlUTltlCALS WAXTED.
The thoalro people of Lincoln are becoming
disgusted with the Cheap John dramatic
conip.inlcs that are boltiR Imposed- upon thorn
and the question Is being asked why n city
the sUe of Lincoln cannotonjoy an occasional
tlrst-class play , instead of havlm ; to suffer
such inflictions as that of "Arizona Joe" last
night.
STOI.i : A MAttCtl.
The Rapid Transit street railway company
stele a march on the Lincoln Electric street
railway company , by taking possession of
Twelfth street. A double track , consisting
of tins dropped hastily hero anil thcro wcro
fastened to rails laid on top of them. TUo
trucks nrc practically useless In tliolr present
condition but they accomplished the purpose
lor which they wore laid to Iteou the elec
tric company from having the use of the pro
posed vlmluct on north Twelfth street. Sun
day was chosen because no injunction could
bo served today. Tito woik commcncad two
hours before midnight.
TI1R MAYOU'S I'OMCT.
"It Is intention " Graham
my , says Mayor ,
"to drive all the fallen women from the busi
ness and residence portion of the city as
rapidly as possible. I don't believe in toler.it-
IiiK such a business In the midst of respecta
bility. The social outcasts should bo driven
down to the bottoms , adjacent to lumber
yards and other places whore nobody lives
ind where the contaminating effect of their
immortality can affect no ono cxcont the crea
tures of their own class. "
A HKUTAL ASSAULT.
A report has been received here of a brutal
assault on Thomas Leu , a farmer who was on
his way home to his farm about tniio miles
northeast of this cltv. Mr. Leu was dragged
Iroin hU wagon , kicked nnd beaten Into in
sensibility. Ho was then U'ft lying appar
ently dead In tbo middle of the road. Ills
tc.irn took fright during the assault and ran
nway , tearing tlio wagon to pieces. The fol
lows who madu the assault are snhl tn ho Bill
Kolan nnd two brothers named Meyer. Leo's
injuries are not considered fatal ,
WANTS HKK MAIDIIN KAME AOVIX.
Mrs. Lizzlo 15. Bamitt Is the latest recruit
in the great army seeking Uivorocn In Liu-
coin , Mrs. Barratt says that Mio has boon
married to huV husb.uid George for ton years ,
that she has been without fault or Haw and
at all times a faithful , chaste and obedient
wife. Despite this LU/lo says that Ueorgo
transferred his affections to n woman named
Mrs. CSibson In Fremont , and in substantia
tion recounts seine scandalous actions in
which the two are allowed to have figured on
August 14. She therefore asks for a divorce
mid the lostor.ltion of her maiden name , Llr-
zloBulloBilnk.
A. TeasiiXA.il nuMVAY.
The Lincoln .S : West Lincoln terminal
railway company has filed its articles of ln-
poratlon with the secretary of Btate. Tlio
places of the torintul of the roil to bo con
structed under this organi/ation .shall be the
city of Lincoln , the Lincoln stockyards and
packing houses connuctea therewith and such
manufacturing Institutions as may bo located
nt or within four miles of West Lincoln. TUo
capital stock U $50,000 nnd the Incorpor.itors
aid 1C. E. Brown , E. A. Kantian ) , Clmrlos A.
iliintia , C. T. lloxgs nnd Isauu M. Raymond.
Tim principal onicns shall bo in West Lincoln
and the aim of ttio company is the construc
tion and operation of a railroad between the
termini for gcnerjl railroad business and the
switching of cars for all railroad coin panics
desiring to avail themselves of I la sorvleoa.
MINRUVA'S nni-i.Y ,
Mrs. Minerva Young Is very Indignant at
the statement inndo by her linslmnd , James ,
that nho has Iwen living with him slnco her
application for n dlvorco. Slio denial that
she has had any tiling whatever to do with
him sineo the application was rn.ido by her
aim declares that such n statement Is merely
ndodgo to keep from pay ing alimony pending
the action of the court in regard to the peti
tion for dlvorco.
Lieutenant Wilson of Fort Klloy Is In the
city for the purpose of securing recruits for
the regular army. The lloutrmint buys that
nil applicants for infantry and artillery the
height must ho not less than live foot four
Inches , and weight not loss than one hundred
nnd twenty-eight (128) ( ) pounds and not more
than ono hundred and ninety (100) ( ) pounds.
oi > n % A.ND KNDS ,
Just look at Tut ; lii'd sworn statement of
circulation ,
The Capital City Courier , the society Jour
nal of the city , celebrated its fifth anniver
sary yesterday.
The supreme court moots on Tuesday to
hoar the Custor and Knox county division
cmoi. It is probable that the Judicial elec
tion In the Sixth distrlct.wlll also then bo do-
cidnd.
The work of transforming the Capitol
Heights car line Into an electrical system has
commenced. In about ten davs or two weeks
almost caw will ho running from Thirteenth
to Fortieth strefit by electricity.
Kovlvnl meetings are In progress at the
United Presbyterian church , on Sixteenth
and H streets. TUo First BnptUtchurch will
also Imvo a orlo3 of meetings every night
this week. Tha Craca M. E. Church in Kast
Lincoln is also holding revival meetings.
A nit 1,11 it .
Texas Slftings.1 A corn dodRcr the total
abstainer.
Boston Transcript ! First-class sccurltlci
ImmlculTs and time-locks. V
PltUburff Dispatch : It's a question of rest
or arrest with the Sabbath reformers. '
Dlnglmmpton Hnpubltcant Tlia iilmnbor's {
poems are probably written In RO.S motor.
St. Joseph News : It Ii liiird to mnkoA
cheating grocer sea the error of his weighs.
Ham's Horn ! The survival of the flttost ly
the doctrine that always wins In n dot ? Rs\yC \
Now Orleans Pleavitnot Princeton Irf'aa
institution of foot ball and accidental learn
ing.
ing.Dallas
Dallas News ! Does the devil multo men so
bad , or Is It the men who make the Jov 11 so
bad )
Atcblson Globe : There nro two sides to
every story , and some of them have four and
a rolling.
Sun Francisco Altai These coiirUhip.s uy
telegraph may properly bo called smirks from
the wires.
Haiti moro American : The ninn who lends
a double lifo cannot bo oxpvctcd to bo single
Iu purpose.
Somorvlllo Journal : There Is something
fundamentally wrong about the nmn whenever
never gets mad.
Washington Post : It may bo "Lo , the
poor Indian , " la poetry , but Indians como
lilb'h to the United States government. " *
Lock Haven Kxpress : Chorlih the chrvs-
anthonmm and foudlo the fjoldcn-rod , but do
uot forget to put on your winter ilnmiola.
bt. Joseph News : The Kunsaa whom a
cyolono has cruelly separated from his house
and family cannot bo blamed for fooling blew.
Munsoy's Weekly : She What tlo jou
suppose has takrn all the color out of her
cheeks ) Ho Her husband's nose I shoiilil
think.
Washington Post : Tumlntr down the up
per corners of the visiting rani signifies vlsito
nnd felicitation ; the lower corners congo and
condolence. Both styles are In appropriate
congressional uso.
Boston Courier : "Why do they call the
boys In the pnllorios the goJs , Mr. Tragedi
ans ! " "To distinguish thorn from the devils
who sit in the orchestra chairs and \vrito
criticisms. "
Washington Post : "I wonder If that msjt
reads my articles before ho rejects them , " re
marked a writer. " 1 suppose , " responded
bis nonadmiringfriend , "you want tlio com
fort of rovongo. "
Now York Press : "It's n most remarkable
thing , " said Smlthers. "but I never sot foot
in that place without llndlnir a vorv disagreeable '
able person inside. " And Smlthcri wondered
why his friends laughed so infernally much.
Posing For nrrcct.
Kiimat Cttu Time , ) .
Railroad managers in conforcnco and bent
upon reform always begin hy resolving to
issue no moro free passes , and then each of
them goes homo and endeavors to got ahead of
the other follows by scattering them broad
cast among shippers , whoso business can bo
influenced in this wny. The country Is qulto
familiar with these spasmodic manifestations
of this particular virtue , but it has very Httlo
faith in their genuineness.
The Heroic Klolil.
7i"i/i8iM ( / Cilii Journal.
There have boon casualties but no fatalities
on the football field this year. No young
man lias Oled a hero's death in the rush line ,
but many have had their noses honorably
broken , and the hilloeky condition of their
heads would puzzle a phrenologist.
PUBLIC SPEAKING AS AN
Why it Is Ululcult. Whut its Uunucra
Aro.
Sir Morroll Mnckenrli1. the imperial doctory
und highest Known authority on the Tl
and LIMIRS. htis Jiml published a phamphlot In
which ho gives iidvk'o to public spankers.
"It Is u great mistake , " bo nays , ' 'to tlilnlc
that speaking requires no apodal training
nnd o\erclso. Kven In ordinary coiiversationr
spo.ikln ' is an art and a dlllciill one , tlio bii-
prumu duvolopmont of which is oratory. A
man who knows how to spunk In ptibllu and to
spire nls voice , mnkos hlmsolf heard with lit
tle or no ufTort , while an iintr.iluod era to
wears hlmstilf out qulto raplilly. "
\fo liuvu nil \per'oncod the hoarsncss , duo
to too much speaking , but the hoarseness
which 1ms its origin in u cough , cold or thro it
affections , or the levi ofolcu from asthma
bronchitis or pulmonary trouble , Is the most
readout nnd most annoy Inf. In sueh <
Sir Morroll Maekonzlu rccommtinilH the iii > r
Boden Mltier.il 1'astllios , troches. He'say. ' "
"Thoy are specially bonodolal In oatftrrh.il
( IKoanus of the air passagoNhlch Inoludo
sere throat , coughs , bronchitis and lung trou
bles und I have found thorn of groatsorvlcu In
the cuso of singers : md public Bpoakcrs. "
The treatment of throat nnd lung diseases
In Kuropo had udvnncod far boyoud anything
known In AinerioH , und whoa the highest
kuown r.uropoan authority Hjioaks In such de
cided tones In ri'Kanl to these wonderful So-
ilcn TroulicH , It bhotild bo a vuiuubln Buggcst-
lon , not only public spoakura and singers , butte
to the vast army of sufferers from coughs
colils , thriiut and lung diseases , which are bo
dangoious nnd so constantly fatal.
Obtain the go nil I no Imported article , which
must luivt ; the Hliinntitre. und tvstlmoitlalof
Morroll MncUcnzIo wllhciicli box. None other
Isguuulno.
THE
North American
FOR
DECEMBER
Contains ;
THE RECENT ELECTION.
By Senator JOHN 0. CARLISLE.
Victor I Tuco : en Voyage.
Ily ALCI1RNON UURLCS SWINRURNB.
rartian ! > lilp and the Ccniui.
Ily R. I' . PoKTxit , Sup't of Ceiuui.
A Topic for Clirluraas.
Ily HT. HON. SIR LVON rLAVPAiR.
The Future of Warfare.
Hy CAPT. E. L. ZALINSKI , U. S. A.
The Partition of Africa.
Ily Tim MARQUIS or toRHn.
Maidens nd Matrons In American Society.
Uy MBS. UUKTON HAKHKOM , Author of
" Hie AiiglomanUo , "
Oter-Productlon In Securities.
Uy LKASTUS WIMAN.
Dr. Koch'f Discovery ,
Ily PAUL GinicR , M. D.
More Testimony against" blialfperc. "
IJyTiiuIlox. IGNATIUS DONNELLY.
SHALL OUR DAUGHTERS HAVE DOWRIES ?
By C. S. MESSIMCKR. MRS. II. 1 * . SHOF-
roKU. MK5.A.K. UAKH.MRS. HUNBV\VHD
IlKKCiirR , MKS , MAKV A. I.IVBHMOREMRS ,
ALICU WKLLINGTOM KOLLINS ,
.uni oinra mrosTi r iincLio.
60 Cent * u Copy ) 80.00 n. Year ,
OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Subscribed and Ouarant3od Capital. . . . WOOO
I'aidhiOupllal 350,000
Iluyi and Hulls stocks uud bondfli negotiator
commcrolul paper ; receives uud oxoculm
trusts ! nets na transfer tiKcnt and trustee of
corporation * , iukus cliuruu of property , col
lects luxe * . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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SAVINGS BANK.
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S 1'erCent InlurestPatd on Deposits.
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