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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1886, THE DAILY BEE. OMATIA OFFICR,NoO, =~ Nmw Yonk Orricr, It WasHiNGTON OFFic . Published eve f ony; Monday gm- Yenr. .. ix Monthis, Tor WeekLy Dee, Published TERMS, POSTPALD e Yenr, with premium & Year, without promitiin ix Monthis, without premiuim e Month, on trini e 914 AND gIAFARNAM ST 5 65, TRIBUNE BUILDING No. 518 FOURTEENTH ST, orning, excent Sunday. The orning paper published in the TERME BY MATL: £10.00 Threo Months. 5.00/0110 Monith .. 100 ry Wednesaay, CORRESPONDENCE! Al communications relating to_nesws and edi- forial matters should be addressed to the Ept- HOR OF "HE: VEF. PUSINFSS LETTERS: All b siness | % and Hodressed to Ty Rer Po OMAA. Drafte, chocks n 10 be made payable to the THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETORS. E. ROSEWATER, Eprron. cos ghould bo COMPANY, postoffice_ orders jor of the company. New York ice dealers have stored ¥ 2,000,000 tons on the Hudson which, if prices ean be maintained, will be worth $£10,000,000 at retail. The harvest being in, the retailers will now have plenty of timo to invent the usual excuses for rais ing the price with the rise in the ther- mometer. Tue city council nas _eral terms for flat stone cross-v presume the rnam street erossi will be replaced first. The question ariges as to their width. Those laid last season on upper Farnam are too narrow. The crossing-stones should either be made wider or else there should be more than two lines of stones, GeN. HazEN, the signal service chief, has sued the New York Zimes for libel, laying his damages at $100,000. This is hoisting the black flag with a vengeance. Tho Times, however, may causo such n hot wave to strike Gen. Hazen that he will be compelled to call for ice with which to cool his head. 1 in gen- ks. We g Ir the Law and Order league will take the bogus butter sellers in hand it will receive the thanks of a much-swindled community. It has been discovered that there is a law on our statute books against the oleomargarine swindle, and, although the law up to date has been a dead letter, §t can be enforced. Its provisions are pufliciently stringent, the penalty for ench wiolation being one hundred dollars, ‘WheN a federal oflicial is dismissed he usually retires for ill health. But in China things appear to be done diflerent- ly. The imperial decree cashiering the Chinese minister to Germany goes right to the root of the matter. *“Li Fon Pas, who wears a button of the second rank, is a person of low type of moral charac- ter and depraved conduct. He is an ndept in the art of pushing his own ends, and his misdeeds have frequently been the subject of denunciation to the ghrone.” LiXon Pas had only bought some costly but cheap wvessels for the Cbinese navy. Tre Philadelphia Record says that illu- minating gas can be made for fourteen Bents jer inousand fect in that city, and can be delivered to consumers, after pay- ing for distribution and interest on plant, at forty cents. ‘“Why, then, should the s consumers of Philadelphin,” asks the Jecord, “‘be subjected to the rule of a syndicate that proposes to charge $1.60 per thousand feot for gas?” If gascan be made in Philadelphia for fourteen cents, it certainly can be made in Omaha for fifty cents, and profitably dehvered to consumers for $1.50. It may be asked in Omaha if the gas consumers are to be subjected to the rule of a syndicate that proposes to charge $3.00 for gas? AN Indian isn't so very much different from a white man under some circum- ptances. Geronimo having heard of the universal demand in Arizona that he should be promptly hanged as soon as he dehvered himself up to General Crook, wery naturally declined to surrender and has returned to Mexico with his band. This is no doubt a disappointment to Crook, but there scems nothing for him to do but to set to work to perpare an- other expedition to the Sierre Madre mountains which may succeed in round- ing up Geronimo if 1t is not itself mean- time rounded up by the Mexican bush- wackers. Tug editor pro tem of the Herald is a Jittle fresh in Nebraska politics, and par- ticularly so in regard to the politics of . this community. When he vouches for the staunch democracy of Mr. C. J. Brown, the new post office inspector, he oauses great surprise among Mr. Brown'’s most intimate triends. No ona will be more surprised than Brown himself to Jearn that he has been a lifolong demo- eorat and an unflinching supporter of Cleveland and Hendricks. We don’t know what views Mr. Brown holds at this time on political issues, but up to very re- oently we have always classed him as a straight republican. But even if Mr, Brown has gone over to ‘the temporary L majority, his fitness for the position of “Inspector is undoubted. Brown is the ~ pight man for the place no matter who endorsed him, Taw Republican goes out of its way in " republishing a spiteful attack on Major - Lewis Morrill, which is reproduced with- - out eredit from the editorial columns of " tho Chicago Herald. It scoves Major ~ Mexrill for his work in protecting south- . ern republicans and negroes in South ® Oarohina auring the reconstruction days, denounces him as a radical eary tool of Grant, accuses him of pe southern citizens, and is in other respects . the usual rchash of vindictive abuse ~ against the men who held the fort in the . south during the old ku-klux days. This paver -bagger secuting 8 a fine performance for a . which pretends to champion the princi- ples of the republican party. Major Mer- ¥ill was stationed in Omaha when ho re- eelved his orders to proceed to South ~ Carolina to protect the ballot boxes from fhe frauds’of unreconstructed rebels. He ¥ performed his disagreeable duty faithful- and zealously under orders from his ' puperiors and uncomplainingly endured the ostracism and storm of hatred which el to his lot as the result of his military " administration. It is a late day for a pre- ‘tended republican exponent to revamp " the stale democratic slanders of twenty s ago against an officer who labored M the reconstruction period to protect property und the rights of the ballot rebeldom. " complish a two-fold ob Better Than the Hoar Bill, Senator Van Wyck’s bill permitting the use of the Union Pacitic funds, de- posited in the treasury undet the Thur- man act, for the building of branch lines in Nebraska and Kansas, is better for the people of the United States and the gov- ernment than the Hoar bill. It has none of the many serious objections which can be made to the latter measure. It leaves the present mortgage security untouched and the time of the maturity of the debt unchanged. It says nothing about re- ducing the interest and is not artfully contrived to scale down the amount due and to bocome due to the government. More than all, it does not legalize any of the iniquities of t mismanagement. For these reasons it is better than the bill which Mr. Adams and his friends are now so earncstly pushing at the capital. Senator Van Wvek's bill aims to ac- et. It will re- lieve the company from the condition of practical insolvency into which it has been plunged by a series of corrupt man- agements. The road has been milked dry of funds and its present owners find themselves unable to meet competition by oxtending branch lines into their in- vaded territor By the use of the funds Iying idle in the treasury or invested in bonds bearing a low rate of interest the road will be placed upon its feet in the region where it is now,handi- capped and helpless. Another result of the Van Wyek bill, if it sccures a passage, will be to inerease the value of the gov- ernment lien upon the road. The sinking fund, now unproductive, will be invested in lines of road on which the government will have a first lien, and which, under the provisions of the bill, must be hon- estly constructed with their debentures based on an actual expenditure of money. ated, is the gistand ob- ject of the bill which the howling der- vishes of the brass colored brigade are pointing to as aviolent ‘“‘somersault’ from the anti-monopoly ranks. Nothing would suit these nincompoops better than to succeed in demonstrating that objection to railroad abuses and obstruc- tion to railroad extension are one and tbe same thing. It cannot be done. Lacking Public Spirit, The wealthiest men of Omaha ave by no means the parties to whom Omaha is indebted for her most important enter ptises. When the Grand Central hotel ‘s ngo, the Omaha million- bed justone thousand dollars to its stock, and some ninety odd citizens of very moderate means put in an equal sum each. In the present scheme to raise funds to ercet a hoard of trade building, our bankers and heaviest capitalists have only subscribed onc hundrea dollars each. There is only one exception and that is Mr. Paxton, who is largely inter- ested in property on Sixteenth and Farnam. Why do not the men of large means who have made fortunes out of Omaha real estate do more than the av. erage business man who is paying rent: or at best has no capital to withdraw from his business? In other cities, Kan- sas City, St. Paul, Minneapolis and else- where, capitalists arc wise enough to un- derstand that every immwavament which adds to the facilities for trade and the appearance of the city adds to the value of their own securitics. In addition, they are public spirited gnough to feel that great wealth carries with it ob- igations to bear a proportionate share of the burden of citizenship. In St. Paul, $200,000 in private donations assisted Dennis Ryan to build his great hotel whose magnificence has advertised St. Paul's wealth and enterprise from one end af the country to the other, A single citizen willingly headed the list with $50,000 as his contributian to the building fund, In Omaha the private enterprise of our wealthy citizens hangs to the coat- tails of the men of moderate means. The capitalists who have made the most from the pluck and push of others inva- riably hang back when any scheme for advancing the interests of this city is prosented for their support. Itis high time that there should be a change in this condition of things if Omaha is to keep abreast of the enter- prise of her competitors. No city can stand still nowadays without losing ground. The development of western cil one of high tension. To earry it forward as couditions demand requires the united endeavors of individuals as well as the official action of committecs. In building there is no reason why the few thousand dollars reqaired should not be raised in twenty-four hours if the parties who owe it to themselves and to this community to assist respond as they should to the call for bond subscriptions. Farmers' Institut The value of farmers’ institutes cannot beoverestimated. The best thoughts of practical and ntelligent farmers are brought out for the benefit of the whole community, and the result is very ben- eficial. Nebraska is a striotly agricultural state, and in every well-settled county there ought to be a farmers’ institute. As yet we do not believe there are many institutes in this state. The model insti- tute, however, is that of Buffalo county, which has just closed its fifth annual ses- sion at Gibbon, The session lasted for four days, and was in every respect n gratifying success. The object of the institute, as stated in the programme, is to give the masses an opportunity to rn, at little or no cost, the knowledge ined by the oldest and best agricultu- rists of the country, at the expense of much money and many years; to help farmers to make more money, at a great- er expenditure of brain and less of mus- cle. ‘I'ne programme was of a practical and entertaining nature, ineluding pa- pers on “Corn raising and marketing,"’ “Disounses of cattle,” ‘“‘Diseases of swine and their treatment,” “Judging stock by a scalo of points,” “Some foeding prob- lems,” ““How can we best build upon and improve our common dairy stock,” ““The test churn in the creamery,” “‘Winter dairying,” “Grasses and forage plants,” “Tame Grasses in Buffalo county,’” *'Ag- ricultural education,” and other subjects. All these papers, addresses and disen sions were by practical men of many years’ experience, and they are therefore of more than ordinary value. The iusti- tute has wisely made provision for their publication. It is to be hoped that every county in Nebraska will follow the ex- ample of Buffalo county and organize a farmers’ institute, —— Tae Peunsylvama ralroad eompany through its New Jersey legislature, re- ceutly passod & law to the effect that no the matter of the board of trade | railroad company ecould construct a bridge across the Arthur Kill or any other intor-state body of water touching the boundaries of New Je without the consent of the legislature. This was done to obstruct the construction of the proposed Arthur Kill bridge of the Balti- more & Ohio, which is seeking s to New York in that way. The Balti- more & Ohio, however, appeals directly to congress for a charter, and Senator Frye, of the committee of commerce, has reported favorably on the bill, authoriz ing the construction of the bridge and es tablishing the same as a post road. The action of the New Jersey legislature 13 simply ridiculous, as it is in direct con- flict with the well-established principles of inter-state commeree, as laid down by the federal constitution. The legislature of Towa might as well pass a law prohi- biting the construction of a bridge over the Missouri at Omaha, unless the Iowa legisiature first granted p fon. Tur Salvation army proposes to move on Council Blufls, This fact may explain the declination of Mavor Vaughan to be o candidate for re-election. It 18 sur- mised that he proposes to add new laurels to his fame by becoming a distinguished leader among the salvationisis. Larter—Since the above received advices tha Mavor ughan, upon second sober thought, < concluded to try politics once more Defore taking to religion. NG tothe Herald *‘the BEE isn't ilarious over ‘slaughter house as it was.” Well, what do you expeet? Do you want us to publish a new batch of B. & M. (Boyd & Miller), letters every day in the year? There are a few more on file, but we don'’t want to make it too hilarions in one wee written we We are informed that the council is holding back on the city hall matter un- til the board of education has made a transfer of the fund authorized by the voters to be invested in the new building. The board will probably take action at an early day. T1re Chicago Mail ealls upon the people of that city to try to clect men of brains and men of ability to the city council,and keep the scoundrels in the background jor once. This applies with as much force to Omaha as it does to Chicago. How would it be if Marshal Cum- mings should run for councilman in the Fifth ward? That would relie the P. H. organ from further distress over the republican marshal. MARSHAL CUMMINGS as councilman of the Fifth ward would represent the labor element, which is in large majority in that section of the city. Other Lands Than Ours. While parlinment is slowly proceeding with the consideration of the fiscal bills introduced by the government, Mr. Gladstone is reported to be devoting all his spare time to formutating his prom- ised Irish measures. Cablegrams on Wednesday announced that the first out- line 5f these bills had been presented by the premier to the cabinet and that Mr. Gladstone proposes to go the whole length of restoring the Irish parliament. ‘Whether this report be true, it is certain strong divisions have already taken place in the cabinet on Mr. Gladstone’s polic) and that the tenure of of- fice of both Chamberlain and Trevelyan is likely to be of short dura- tion. Both threaten to halt on the home rule issue, The Parnellites profess them- solyes satisfied that the government is traveling in the right divection. Salis- bery and his followers, on the other hand, appear to be committing themselves more fully every day to an attitude of hostility to any home rule legislation. 1t is tolerably certain, however, that if Mr. Gladstone's Irish legislation is such as Mr. Parnell is ready to accept and sup- port, the liberal party will follow its leader with suflicient solidity to insure its passage by the commons, It seems to he assumed that the lords will throw out the bill, whateyer it way be, and thus force a second appeal to the country. But this may prove to be a too hasty as- sumption. The house of lords has for a long time past been quite chary of throwing out bills which vass by a strong majority in the com- mons. The hereditary legislators are sonscious of the fact that the very ex- istence of their chamber may at any time be challenged if they stand in the way of the national will clearly expressed. So that we shall not be surprised to see them drive as hard a bargain as possible for their clients, the Irish landlords, by way of amendments to Gladstone’s bill, and yield the rest with the best grace they can. It will all depend upon how many whigs, or moderate liberals, as they are styled, can be induced to desert Gladstone on division night in the com- mons. 1f thebill is carried by a majority of 100 in the popular branch, the lords will think twice before rejecting it. As the nationalists can furnish all but four- teen of that majority, it is quite on the cards that it will be obtained. It is too early yet to say that there will tainly be another general eiection hefore the 1rish question is settled. * "% Lord Churchill's escapade in Ulster where he has boen arousing the excitable Irishmen of Belfast to opposition to home rule, has won him little but ad- ditional notoviety. There are not many orangemen, but they are very cantanker- ous, und both in numbers and temper they form an appropriste enough follow- ing for Lord Randolph. No doubt they repay with interest the dislike with which they are regarded by the great body of the Irish people, and that I land wishes anything whatever would be a conclusive reason why the orangemen should oppose it. But the results of the “bloody struggle with the nationalists” for which Lord Randolph urges them to prepare would be such that the orange- men are not likely to respond with en- thusiasm to his appeal. * **5 The efforts of Bismarck to secure the passage of the spirits monopoly bill and the prolongation of the anti-socialistic law continue tobe the prominent features of the present session of the reichstag and will overshadow every other ques- tion. Doubtless the monopoly bill will be defeated. Indeed Bismarck appears to expect as much, and hus a substitute for itcn hand, so that, although he is certain to make a formidable fight to get it pussed, he will submit to the inevitable should the final vote ba .an adverse one, But he certainly will not as readily sub- mit to a rejection of thp anti-socialistic Taw, and, although he has disclaimed intention of dissolving the reicl generally believed thet ‘this declaration will only hold good ir regard to the mo- nopoly bill, and that the rejection of the socialistic law by the reichstag will su There is no guestion that the chances for the adoption of the law are exceedingly slim. When, May 10, 1884, the second prolongation was adopted by a vote of 183 to 158 this was made solely possible the affirmative vote of thirty-nine als, three Alsatians, and twenty-six Is. Then those twenty-six liberal s wore given under p isno doubt that ever, will vote against the measure. 180 votes are necessary for adop- tion in a full house. The govern- ment commands only 156, being the votes of the conservatives, free conseva- tive and national liberals, Consequently it will have to win over forty-three mem- bers of the clerical party, and that it will be able to do so is generally doubted, in spite of its late concessions in regard to the May laws liberal this time * e Greeee continues to splutter angrily, and it is possible that th some fighting between the their Hellenic foes. 1f so the saltan will be likely to find many embarressments of the kind hinted at in a dispateh from Salonica which states that torpe- does placed in the harbor of that city have been removed by stealth. Turkish waters swarm with Greek seamen who are all ready to stab the hated Moslem power in secret, and it would probably be discovered incase of war that many Turkish harbors have been rendered de- fenseless and many Turkish vessels placedin the grasp of Greek cruiscrs. ** M. De Freyeinet appears to be ambi- tious of fam structed the French minj support the demands of the Porte for the speedy evacuation of Egypt by the Eng- lish, and the substitution of Turkish and Egyptian troops. In case of a refusal on the part of England, it 18 smid that M. De reycinet will attempt to combine the powers in support of the sultan’s n rights. Very likely this is all ster on the t of the ench pre- mier; but English tories will not be slow even to exultin the news as one conse- quence of Mr. Gladstone's return to power. From their point of view, only Lord Salisbury can successfully defend *‘the integrity of the empire.” e President Bogran, of Honduras, has the despotism without the shrewdness of Barrios, of Guatemgla. ) His military conseription, martial law and censorship of the press have producéd a reign of terror. The flogging to deéath of a young manwho drew a cartoon represonting Brogan with the head'of tin ass bringing sot,of Birrios, has in- disgust with the The constitutional changes in Japan, doseribed by a Tokio eorrespondént, may appear somewhat obscure to the ordinary read eries of eas politics, but they may be deserib- ed in a few words, In 1890 the first par- linment of Japan is to be elected, and in order to prepare for representative gov- ernment it has been necessary to sweep away the supreme council of state, which has hitherto practically ruled the country under the Mikado himself. The heads of departments will now form a cabinet, each member of which is directly and personally responsible to the sovereign. The German system is taken as the model to be followed as closely as possible, although it way be hoped that the Japanese premier may get on better with his parliament than Prince Bismarck does with the reichstag. * Balkan #*x Every day the old trouble in the provinces is cropping out in some n acute malady. Russiarefuses torecogn even the terms of the proposed European convention for the scttlement of the terms of union between the Bulgar-Rou- melian union, and the Porte and Austria are at odds both with Russia and Turkey. It isnot likely that the larger northern nations will attack Turkey or open hos- tilities on account of these disagreements, but it is probable that somehow between Servia ana Bulgaria or between Greece and Turkey war will soon begin, and in this event that Russia will interfere as in 1876, and that Austria, too, will take a hand, unless tho international syndicate for the wholesale moving of obstreperous nations can get down to its work before the flowers bloom in the spring. * % Canada is preparing to send a flying column of volunteer troops to intimidate the Indians of the Northwest territory, who are supposed to be meditating hos- tilities in the spring. The much lauded victories of general Middleton and the hanging of Riel and several of his allies appear to have fallen tar short of estal ishing quiet in the northwest and confi- dence in Ottawa. ¥ Although the city of Berlin has a fund- ed debt of a little over $38,000,000, and will have to borrow, about $12,000,000 more in the immediate future to com- plete its sewerage system, its finances are notat allin a bad way. For, with the exception of about §40600,000, this money has been expended for gad works, water works, stock yards, :Bet halls, ete., from which the city gerides annually a net'revenue over and §boye all expenses and interest chargest§o the amount of $1,500,000. L ¥ The woman nun'rul»a measure, or as they say in England, e -parliamentary franchise to spinsters, Ol which passed its second reading in the house of com- mons last week, was more favored by fortunate circumstances than by power- ful popular sentiment. Many of the ene- mies of the measure were absent, while the Irish members had a special reason for advancing it. In Ulster, upon the death of a Catholie rate-payer, the author- ities put his widow on the tax-rolls, while in the place of a deceased Protestant rate- payer the eldest son goes on the rolls and can vote. POLITIOAL POINTS. The more they Investizate Ohio politics the less they seem to know about it. The Virginia legislature seems decided to enforce the Riddleberger plan of debt settle- went. Flood, the bonauza king, wauts to go to ely be followed hy its dissolution. | stest, and there | the senate from California in the event of enator Miller's death. A correspondent gaye if there 18 any change in the cabinet Thurman will have the first refusal of the vacancy. The Mississippi legislature I8 considering a eeneral local option bill, Twenty-six coun- ties have already adopted pronibition. 1t fs claimed that Michigan and Connecti- | cutare the states in which the political influ- enco of labor organizations will be most | speedily seen, | Itis predicted that the next congressional | elections will show whether or not the low- | tariff democrats can afford to separate from | the protectionists, Col. A, R. MeGill, who s talked of for the republican nomination for governor of Min- nesota, 15 saiek to rival Logan and St. John in the matter of moustache. A correspondent says fifty of the senators are accompanied by their wives or daughters in Washington, and the only really and com- pletely bald-headed senator is not. Maine politicians agree that the labor move- ments will materially affect party lines in that state, Just where the weight of ehang- ing votes will fall is not yet apparent. Stephen Merritt, the undertaker at Grant's funeral, who was beaten at the last New York election in the race for state senator, has joined the New York county democracy The republican contestant for Congress- man Weaver's seat claims to have evidence of 500 illegal votes cast for his adversary.and partof these he traces to the insane asylum. New Hampshire is to vote next month on the question of calling a constitutional con- vention, the chief matter to be considered being a change in the date of sessions of the legislature, A correspondent says Ben Butterworth made a mistake when ho went back to con- gress instead of profiting by his experience in the patent oftice to build up a lucrative law practice in patent cases. The New Orleans ‘Times-Demoerat notes that northern congressmen are weakeuing in their support of protection, and it urges southern representatives to fight for the suioke-stacks and spindles of Dix A Georgia paper prints a story that in the campaign of 1876 the South Carolina electors were for sale, andactually opened negotia- tions to cast their votes against the candidate in whose interest they had been chosen. Richard Trevellick, one of the chief orz: izers of the Knights of Laboranda well- known politician of Michigan, is talked of as possible successor to Senator Conger. He was a war democrat and served in the navy. It is reported that & prominent eandidate for governor of Texas was concerned in_ the wurder of two women on Christmas night. But it is not known whether the report 18 a campaign document for oragainst the can- didate. A Philadelphia paper has information that the decision of the Missouri prohihitionists not to vote for any man for the next legislat- ure unless he pledzes himself to support a prohibitory constitutional amendment and a local option law may disturh the plans of some candidates for the next United States senatorship from that sta T Not a Sporting Matter, Kansas City Times. Thero ought to be great rejoicing in the diocese of Missouri when Betts is declared off, Making Himself Felt. “ullerton Jowrnal. Van Wyek is making himself felt in con- gress ina manner that elicits tha warmes admiration of all right thinking people. S T An Unwarranted Omission. Philadelphia Press, Obviously the man who quoted Talmage as saying, “flirtation is devilish,” made a seri- ous omission, The word “nlee” was left off the end of the sentence, R O ‘Will Cause a Wail, Fremont Herald. George Q. Cannon will be fired into the penitentiary instead of congress this time, as an exchange puts it. This will cause a wail to arise around Herald headquarters in Omaha. ———— The Sense Required to be a Chrig- tian. ones, Tt takes as little sense to be a Christian anything else. I beliove that a man that ha | Bense enough to be a first-class bootblack or n good blacksmith has sense enongh to be a first-class Chr Setting a Trap For Thomsclves, PhiladelphiaRecord. When a combination of speculators manage to corner a business by establishing what 1s called a syndieate, but which is really a con- spiracy against the public interest, they dom grasp the fact that they may make smooth the way for being cornered themseves. g To Catch the Reportorial Vote, Chicago Current., Governor Robiuson, of Missachusetts, has advised the newspaper men of his state to abandon editorials and to devote their papers to the publication of news exclusively, Gov- ernor Robinson is probably striving to catch the reportorial vote. = A Boom for the Pickpockets. St. Louis Republican. In a very fow days the Chicago pickpockets have cleared $3,000 by attending the Sam Jones meetings, The meetings are very popular in Chicago, as they keep business moving regardless of the fact that the board of trade is not in session in the evening, —~ - The Specialist, Phitadclphia Press, The most careless lad, beginning life now, in the modern erush and struggle,soon learns that it will never do to scatter his shot. Only the specialist, and the thorough able special- ist, has a chance in the professions, sciences, or trades. Parents are beginning to find that the natural bent of a boy’s talents or skill must be discovered, and his whole train- ing be directed to strengthen and develop it it success is to be assured to him, - Temperance Talk in Georgia, Sam Jones. “This talk about my being too rough on the liguor dealers reminds me of the man who was attacked by the vicious dog. He stuck a pitehfork eclean through him and piuned him to the earth, The owner came out very angry, and said “*What did you through my dog for? “sWell, what made your dog attack me? Well, why didu’t you hit him with the k that pitehtork Why didn’t he con t me with the other {Laughter.] hat is just my p at me with the teeth with the fork end.” plause.) SRt G Handy With Their Pen, Fairmont Sigel, Doctor Miller and James E. Boyd seew to have been remarkably handy with their pen in recommending aud denouncing demoerat- ic candidates for certain ofices; often giving identical encouragement to two or three ap- plicants for the same position, and just as frequently throwing cold water upon sowe aspirant who supposed himself their chosen one. Rosewater published the substance of ¢ letters and telegrams, and the expose caused confusion in the democratic ranks. ‘Fhé two gentlemen mentioned above sup- posed be was working ouly upon soume rus fon, If they come nd 1 will meet them [ Laughter and ap- mor, and indignantly denied the whole business, Then Rosewater came out with authentic coples of the whole correspondence with names, signatures and dates, and the democratic wrath is transferred from Rose- water to the villainous officials at Washing- ton who have been base enough to give aws the confidential letters of the Nebraska dem- oeratic leaders. It don’t pay to be two-faced, even in politics, and found out. Poston Transeript, No wonder that the world seen And all the people in it queer, For round and round it whirling goes, Day after day, year after year, strange, No wonder that the whirlwinds blow, And eyclones cleave their pathways drear, For earth and moon a-waltzing go ar after year, When age ereops on we long for rest; T pause amid this mad career And ask: “Why need we waltz g Day after day, year after year? nd whirl, But if our thoughts, like winding stair, Tend upward to a higher sphere, ‘Then nobler, purer, shall we grow, Day after day, year after year, DTN HONEY FOR THE LADIES. Large buttons will proyail, Blacklace dresses ar yular, det is as much the ‘The rage for tinsel is unabated, Trains are made nunusually long. Flounces are entirely out of fashion, Stockings are worn to mateh drosses. Dinner dresses are de rigneur trained. Ribbons will be in demand for trimming, Powdered hair is quite the correet thing, “Porchon lace in all colors is entirely new. Black crape is used to cover crimson satin, Round hats will be more worn than bon- nets. Hluminated shioes, Tlush continues the favorite mantles, “Why, ‘Wanted a Husband,"® replied the painter, "Phere are elght female physic s practic- ing in Pavis. Strings of beads are used to loop up long trains when aaneing. Cliemisettes of fancy white muslin worn under Figaro jackets, A woman’s frame of_mind is usually a hat frame.—| New Haven News, Embroideries and beads being still in fa- vor, flat trimmings will predominate, Woman is not much of a philosopher, but she is proverbially a clothes observer. Tuile in evening shades is studded with large pearl beads of corresponding tints, Loops of narrow ribbon arranged in cas- cades are very fashionable for ball dresses. 'Oh, yes, I see,” she ed. “It was very thoughtful'in you, her dollar extra. Col'ars and dresses will be higher than ever ll|‘| spring and cut perfectly straight on the edyge. Curcau covers come with the ends elabo- rately embroidered, and finished with knot- ted fringe, n lawn is much in favor for white 1 1 it is inexpensive, and leather is fashionable for fabrie for are Matador jackets of jet grenadine odged with good-sized beads with collar to match are eflecti she chooses. Large drawing-rooms ber of screens, They tate flirtations, Quida says if the Venus de Medici could be animatéd into Jife, women would only re- wmark that her waist is large. There ave 545 worl ingland and Wales, The; 280 diferent branches of w . Fivo o'clock tea aprons, made entirely of whita lasa ava vary fashionably worn oyer short dresses of surah simply made, Dresses of ceremony, when made of two materials, have the train ‘made of the plain waterial, and the front of the figured. Bonnets are to be small and hats high, and the turban so fancied by our English cotisins is the juste milicu between the extremes, Alpaca mobair isone of the new fabrics used in for evening dresses, the favor- ite tints being turquoise blue and shell pink. Plaited skirts and full bodices will be worn by little girls, Iull blouscs of white cash- mere are worn with colored skirts and zouave Jackets, Soft woolen fabrics, with striped borders with mediwval designs and_coloring, are to be worn, as well as those with tho brighter Roman Stripes. SUIIN’_I)’”](‘ Cilli“‘”': l‘lflllr koods for ea SUMTE have borders composed of alter rows of beads and frise braid, corresponding in color to the fabric, A Brooklyn woman is keeping in a booka list of things she ought to purchase, but ean- not afford to wea Is the book ler ought-to-buy-ography. The fashion of mingling a plain fabric with narrow stripes and tiny cheeks, in one costume, is noted, but the style, though la mode, i not admirable, Woolen canvas, in all the spring colors, has tiny flecks. of bright-colorod wool, and. Is uséd incombination with material of the sume toue with darker stripes. In a ball-room, Mis. Brazen—"Ah, Dr. Pillsbury, I sceyou oling at m t is very loy o, 1 know what do_you think of it?” “Pncumo- nia, niadam, pncumonia ” A ruddy blonde of Washington boulevard, Chieago, Tastens her fat little hands to thé headboard on retiriug, so as to reduce the supply of blood and prodiuce the delicate com- plexion of an invalid friend, Abachelor poet propounds the following conundrum: *What is warmer than a wo- man’s love?” In response to which a married prose writer would like to inquire: *What Is colder than a woman’s feet?’—[Chicago Ledger, Maul Muller was barefooted when she raked the judge, It is thought that if she had worn stockings and had holes in tho heels without caring a darn she could hav o worked the hay racket all ner lite without bagging a single tourist, Miss Diftident: “‘Auntie, you don’t under- stand Ialian, and your applauding at the wrong time attracts attention to you from all ver the house.” Mrs, Vulgarein, sharply: {y dear, you see’ this new wrap? 1t cost $500 to imvort. What do you think I came here for?” rseys are made in A variety of ways, Some of them have plaited ehemisettes of v vet with cuffs to correspond, others are lnced over full plastrons of contrasting or harmon- jzing surab, and still others are covered with braid so that but little of the original mater- il is scen, Cotillion favors are In great variety, They are dainty “cundlesticls iy Japaiicso tea bots, quaint bottles holding the precious at- B Gtbone, £ holdors, And queor-looking spoons, which look a3 if they wight be the accompanimen s (o thy orated bowls from whichi the dwelier in anel, thongh by no means an angel, drinks his daily tea. “Confoud these dressmakers’ bills,” said old Bosys to his young partner, “I'Ve just paid for Mrs, B's last ball dress and 1'tell you they come hizh.” cchoed the junfor; “not th t the mu- sicalo the 'other nig Excuse 1 was thinking of And ilence conld a knife. A widow who foity filled with a num- supposed to facili- ing women in aro employed In “Comp hig somnething else, i cut witl might have be Grand River o jove was to got n i of asign-painte were securcd, hie linished his wor lie put on Lis “imprint,” by placing his ini- tials, “W. A. 1L, down In the left-hand cor- ner of the siyn.” When the widow came to critieise the work she queried: *“What does W, AL L stand for?” A new mode of fastening tailor made cloth dresses is to dispense with the time-lonored method of elosing the bodice. 1t is, instead ened by & number of minute buttons an d ttonholés on the left side seam; the wround the arm, following tl eveand thence proceeding shoulder seam to the throat, In this lice Is made to fit the figure like a fine figures this style is effective, ut indifferent ones should shan it, IAALE 4 PEPPERMINT DROPS. Fifteen newspaper men sit in the lowa leg- islature. The rest sit on it “Comporud milk” is the latest invention, The other ingredient is water, In close application to business nothing on this footstool exceeds a musiard plaster. A new make of stove is called *“Ihe In faut.”” 1t is not supposed 10 be & self-fecder, The Japanese have a high respect for eats when they are dead. 8o have most Ameri- cans, They assert that rml is nnlmnl(hr. cat pork until you have examined its and felt of its pulse. "There 1s no place like home when yon have bid your mother-in-aw good-by when she s going away for good. Sitting np with the girl is pieasant pastt but remember, young man, that it takes hog and hominy to keep house. Cocaine has proved a fallure as a enre fop seasickness, This is not surprising: nothe ing will cure sea-sickness but death or stay- ng on sho The town of Glenelg, Md, is remarkable for the fact that its name spells the same back- ward or forward. ‘That’s what the matter with Hannah, It is some satisfaction man who holds a homestead, Ho i your Y “1 look for the moon in the sky,” sings a Tural poct. Ihat’s proper, young ma P plo would think you were a fool if they caught you looking for the moon in a haymow. A temperance lecturer asked a raflroad magnate to sian the pledge, “Excuse mo, sit,” ho replied. “Ldraw the line there, 1 am_ willing to introduce water into cvery system but my own.” s one has invented a thes tp be worn by the ladies, Iright. Now Tet “some one invent thing that will lold a young man in_ his seat phioen the aets, aud two- nuisauces will bo Never tongue to argue with tho Wb mortaage on your always ready to aceept ab . Visitor of the dime musenm to the little gitl who takes the cash—="We have made a bet, and we want you to scttle it, 1s the bearded lady your ‘mother or your aunt?’ The little gitl~"You are all wrong. She Is my tather, “What time did_you g elub last ni Bronley morn W CAwakening your wife, no doubd™ “Yos, Darrineer. "That's my tsual Tuck, you know.” “What did_you say to Dot S1 didi’t say anything. There wasn't 1y thing left to say aiter she got through.” A coat of paint,” cried Mr. Dauber joous Iy from the ladder, “is the only coat you n |uu on_ without buttons.” *Ya-ns," ree plied_the houscholder, dubiously, as Le amined the work on the side of the house, “but 2 reckon yow'll have to put buttons on Ilhi-nlu I you want it to stay on afterit dries,” “1t seems to mo we havehad moro eold waves this winter than usual,” observed Mrs. Fangle to her usband. “Yes, we have, b then Gen. Hazen, the chief signal offic had a personal reason in ordering soman “Indeed ! 0 e finds himself in that he orders a cold w lhome from the *UUAL S in the ever sneer at collections for the mission- 1f there were none how could u tellow d of his plugged quarters? burg minister has denounced “Theo {rom his pulpit. ‘The advertising nt could only persuade him to do it onee, lowever. “What_ straits are the most perilous?” ked a Sunday-school superintendent, and & little boy spoke up prowptly: **Whisky straights. “Nearer My God to ‘Thee” is an aria for tenor or soprano, and is destined to take its place as one of the most popular gems for church rendition, These fashionable women who happen to £0 to heaven will be awiully disappointed on arriving there to find that sealskin sacques and bonnets are not worn ther There is & man in Philadelphia so mean that when he is usked to join in singing )ld Hundred,” ehurns off ““Ninety-Nine instead. 1lesays he has got to make one per cent., anyway, these hard times. The Hindoos are complaimng about the noor quality of idols furmished them by the Birmingham manufactu People” who would “foist an adulterafed article of idol upon their customers are utterly de- void of all the finer and nobler attributes of manhood. It is told of a Chicago alderman that he onee remarked in the presence of his fellow- 18 of the city goveriiment; “Every get down on ‘my knees and say my little prayer, and Idon't care a — who secs me.” " He is'n eandidate for re-clection, A certain divine who hud wandered in the courso of his. travels beyond the conveni- ences of the railroad was obliged to take to a horse. Being unuecustomed’ to riding ho said to his host: “Ihope you are not so un regonerate i these parts that you: woul give me n horse which, would thow a good Preshyterian ministor?” “Wall, I dunno,” was the reply, “we believe in speeding the gospel ! Trialbalance,” said 014 Tyson to the kkpoper, tyou werd away two days last , ) ll{mn; T wad sum- y £9 ottend the fimavel =% “Ah, yes,” said tii Lo rieht, duito’ rixht. "Accopt, ny condolences. Did you bury the old lady?" Yes, sir,” ““Ah, yes, buricd hers T thought from your breath ‘you had embafmed her.” (Loud and long-continued silen: ‘The exploits of the Pennsylvania Mennon- lto prencher, In baptlzing converts in tiio Seliuylkill river amid floating cakes of ico at the peril of their lives, reeall the negro vreacher who baptized members of his flock under similar_circumstances during the old ays of slavery, and when the current would ceasionally carry an- unfortunate calididato under the ico and far away. rolled s eves leayen and exi o Lawd gibbith and do Lawgl taketh away. Pass on annud- der nigger.” SCALL-HEAD Milk Crust, Dandruff, Eczema and Al Scalp Humors Cured hy Cuticura, TAST Novembor, my littlo boy, wzod throa Jyours, foll_agalnst the stovo” whilo ho wis running, and cut his hond, and, right aftor that, ho broke out all ovor his hond, faco and loft oar. Thadn good doctor, Dr. ——, to uttond him, but hie got worso, and the doctar could not curé him. His wholo head, face and I a foarful state, and Lo sufforc caught tho disense from him, overmy faco and neck, and evon got into my & Nobody thought wo would ever get hei- r. T fcll suro we wore disfigurod for life, I heard of the Cuticura Remedios, and procured abottle of Citicura Rosolvent, a box of Cutle ourn, and a cake of Cutioura Soup, and usod them constantly day and night, “After usin two bottlos of Resolvent, four boxes of Cutle curn und four cakes of Boip, wo woro porfoctly curod without ascar. My boy's kin 18 now like Litiue BPTING, (t our wore in torifbly. A it sprond 1 Grand Streot, Jorsoy Clty, N. J, Sworn to bofort mo this 2/t duy of March, 1885, 0 P, ROBINSON, J. P. THE WORST SORE HEAD. Have booi in the drug and modioine businoss twinty-five years. Huvo been solling your Cutl euri remedios since thoy cumo wost. Thoy lead allothers in their lino. Wo could not write nor could you print all we have hoard said in favor tho Cutioura Romoiies, Ono your o tho uti: 1in our house of soro log, while the ph 8 aro trying to huve it o 11t will save his lo i perlinps hls lifo. uch canuot bo sl in fayor of Cuticurd Remedi . 1i. Sxitn & Bro, Covington, Ky, CUTICURA REMEDIES 010 & positive euro for overy form of skin and blood diseasos, from piipies 1o scrofuln. sold_overywhore. i uticiira, e.; Resolvent, $1.00; Soup, Send for “‘How to Cure Skin Diseas s](l“ Rlemishos, pimplos, blackh humors, ube CUTICUIA SOAX FULL OF ACH AND PAI which no human skill goems able to allevinte, 18 the condition of thous sunds who 08 yet know noihing of S v Fufnflure Co. Munufacturers of Bank, Office and Saloon Fistures Mivrors, Bar Sereens and Hotel Furni- ture. 218 8. 14th Street, Omaha, Nebraska. Wiito for.cos gus aud Particulaie