Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 22, 1887, Page 4

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Jan Monday, Tuesday, Jan, Wednesday, Jan Thursday, Jan. Frida Average,. 8. GEO. B, Tz8c1 e Subseribed and sworn to before me this day of January A, D., FEIL, [} stary. Public. Geo. 1, Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, de] 8 and says that he is secretary of the Bee Publishing company, that the actual av- erage daily circulation of th v Bee for the month of January, 185, was 10, 8 coples, for February, 185 b copies; for. March, 188, 11,557 copless for April,’ 1856, 12,100 copies: for M’IV. I\"r. 1 LoD for June, 314 copies for. August, 155, 12,164 copies:for Septembe for Octob Y B. T75CIuck. Sworn to and subseribed before me this 1st day of January A. 1), 1557, [SEAL.| N Mn.TriursToN's boomlet has collapsed He now finds himself flat on his back, like the man who carried a box of nitro- glycerine and dropped it Tur Knights of Labor and the working- men generally will probably request the Hon. Pat Garvey to explamn lus stubborn refusal to support Van Wy GENERAL VAN Wyek was defeated, but the railronds failed in sceuring either Attorney Thurston or Attorney Marquette as his successor. There is room for re- Joicing in this fac Tuar little speech of Whitmore before the Douglas county convention has ex- plained itsclf. The gentleman from the shadow of Bunker hill was already under the shadow of Thurstol HoN. PiriLie ANDi s entitled {o the highest respect of his constituency. When offered §2,000 to desert his colors he an- swered by changing his vote from Dr. Miller to Charles H. Van Wyek § s SENATOR-ELECT PADDOCK was a good second choice, 1Ile is a veteran N braskan, expesienced 1 publie life and possessed of a host of friends. e is en- titled to the ecredit of having made o square, open and manly canvass for the Van Wyck succession, and of having won without suerificing his honor as a man or Ius eredit as a n-puhlu . mbition o’erle; tho case of John M. timely candidacy b ped itself in Thurston. His un- s shelved him for- ever as a senato possibility. He created antagonisms which will rise up to confront him in the future and will effectually bar the way to political pro- motion. Mr. Thurston is the last man who can_congratulate himself upon the defeat which he aided to compass. IN passing the inter-state commerce ill, congress gives the first national en- dorsement to the principles of anti- monopoly. The date marks the close of one epoch in our cconomical histor; the beginning of anoither. It ends the years during which the advocates of na- tional regulation of the railroads stru gled to awaken public sentiment in favor of the reform which they cham- pioned. It begins an era in which the people will demand that public corpora- tions shall be conducted with a proper regard for the principles of legitimato business and in the interests of the gen- eral welfare which they are created to subserve. ——— GENERAL MANDERSON warmly resents an editorial paragraph which was based on a Washington dispatch charging him with responsbility for the reduction of the appropriation for Forts Russell and Robinson. 1t is due to Senator Mander- son to correct an error which inadvert- ently crept into our columns. He bas faithfully and earnestly labored for our frontier posts for two years past, and worked hard and loyally in their inter- ests. Goneral Bragg, of the house com- mittee on appropriations, was solely re- sponsible for the reduction, which was opposed by General Manderson and car- ried against his efforts. It is due to Sen- ator Manderson to say this much and to correct what seemed a reflection upon his zeal for the interests of his Northern %Lobrx\sku constituents in the case referred Tue two Louisianians—Congressman King and Cuthbert B, Jones—who are en. guged 1 a bitter feud at Washington which may terminate in blood-letting, are getting more notoriety than they merit,or could have achieved by behaving themselves, 1t is a personal quarrel, each having published most insulting re- flections upon the other and most of his relatives, leaving the world to infer that both are blackguards by inheritance. Jones seems by far the more anxious to secure ‘‘satisfaction,” and to that end appears willing to comn murder ac- cording to the code. King, however, doesn't manifest any taste for this sort of settlement, and with a complacency - tolerable to the Louisiana view of such matters has taken uuresistingly all sorts of insult, even to a slap in the face. At last accounts the friends of the congress- man were insisting that he must fight or leave Washington, but it is more than likely he will not do either, Meanwhile the irate Jones, like General Boum, *‘thirsts for blood aud howls for gore.” 1t isun- certain what the eud will be, but it would not be surprising if one or both paid the penalty of their made folly with their lives, At best it is & disgraceful A, | A: 8. Paddock. The nomination made by the republican cancus has been ratified by the legisla ture and Algetnon 8, Paddock will rep- resent Nebraska for the next six rs in the senate of the United States. 0 Jection is by no means a surprise, except- ing o far as it registers the defeat of General Van Wye whose re-election seemed to be an assured t. Mr. Pad- dock did not enter the race this time as a dark horse, but had staked his chances of upon a careful can- ss of the members of the ure both before and since pvember election. He possessed ‘ments of strength which made him the most prominent of Van Wy comp: tors. He had the experience of a former term in the United States senate and the advantagoe of a pioncer in the founding of It was his fortune not to be Yoice of the monopolies but to n position to profit by their bitter relentless warfare on al Wyek. The struggle which culminated in his sclection was - open fight in which the majority finally centered upon the mon who was to them the least objectionable, The attempt to displace Van Wyck by John M. Thurston, the railroad y of the Union Pacific, was regarded al most as an insolent menace to popular ignty. While quite a number of reckless men in th islature were will ing to risk r odium mght attach itself to the t, the more sober-minded and reputable members did not dare to go back home with a monopoly lawyer as the successor / Quite rt from the political signific of the change, Mr. Paddock’s re-election will afford general satisfaction. e has n a citizen of Nebroska for thirty rs, assisted largely in building up the state and its institutions and contributed greatly to its material welfare. Ie has made a very useful member of the na- tional legislature in promoting the mter- ests of his state, and will return to the senate better equipped than ever for the work he hasto do. Among all the com petitors in this race none were more di- interested in the growth and ad- ment of this city than Mr, Paddock. was his home for many years and hege he has large property interests. The business men of Omaha will therefore feel gratified that Mr., Paddock did not draw a blank in the legislative lottery. success Van Wyck's Defeat. The defeat of (‘h.\rl\s H. Van Wyck for re-election as United States s will cause deep-seated resentment among the masses of this state, who have been defrauded of their choice, proclaimed through conventions and expressed at the ballot-box. The reversal of the pop- ular will is in this instance not merely the upsetting of a factional leader, but a base betrayal of popular confidence and trust, All the desperate exertions of cor- porate monopoly with the combined en- ergy of ocorruption and high pressufe, all the combinations of vindictive personal enemies, would have proved unavailing had it not been for the cowardly treachery of members of the legislature elected under solemn pledges to voice the will of their respective dis- tricts and the state at large. The true blue men who stood by Charles H. Van Wyck through thick and thin made a brave and manly struggle against all odds and were sure of success but for the in- famy of half a dozen oudases who sold out their maker for paltry gain or prom- ised political advantage. So far as Gen- eral Van Wycek is concerned the result can be borne with equanimity. But the preople whose cause he championed and for whom he gtood boldly as the embodi- ment of vital 1ssues that concern the wel- fare of the entire nation, will regard ns withdrawal from the United States senate as a deplorable loss of a strong, able and faithful public servant. It is needless to say that this paper has fought the battle of Charles IH. Van 'yek with loyal devotion, not only to 1f, but chiefly to the great cause which he championed and represented, Finaneially and polit- ically the defeat of Mr. Van Wyck, is of no moment to the Bk It has fought this battle unseltishly, with- out expectancy of any other reward than that which the people of Nebraska would share in common with it. Men go down, but principles survive, Political leaders fall by the wayside, but the great news- paper conducted in behaif of the populur welfare hves on and prospers so long as it is not recreant to its supporters. To General Van Wryck himself the heartfelt sympathy of thousands of pro- ducers and workers all over the country will be extended without stint. He will retire from the position which he has honored with a consciousness that in the discharge of his duty he has been fol- lowed not only by the approval of his own conscience but by the esteem and confidence of the people whom he has so well represented during his senatorial term, —— Passed the House, The house of representatives vesterday, by a vote of 217 to 41, adopted the report of the inter-state commerce committee, which carries with it the passage of the bill. The discussion of the report in the house, which was continued through three days, developed an opposition which was expected to show greater strength in the vote than is shown by the result, and the very large majority by which the report was adopted is a sur- prise. 1t is gratifyingly so, too, since it demonstrates that the efforts ot the cor- poration attorneys, which have been most assiduously exerted upon the rep: sentatives since the bill passed the senate, were unavailing. A more complete tri- umph of the popular voice, in a matter of the greatest importance on which the people and the corporations were dis tinetly arrayed against each other, has never occurred in the history of the gov- ernment, It i a vietory on which the people are to be most earnestly and heartly congratulated. ‘The bill will now go to the presi The question of regulating inter-s commerce, as affected by railroad tran portation, is one of the two or three im- portant subjects which Mr. Cleveland omitted any reference to in his last annual message. During the discussion of this question in congress, also, nothing has bgen said by the president to indicate what his yiews are regarding it. It is, however, not probable that he would put himself in op- position to the very nearly unanimous public opinion by withtolding his ap- proval of the measure, snd he will be loss likely to do so since the votes by which the bill was passed in the two houses of congrass insures 1ts passage over A veto. It is not conceivable that the president dould present any new argument to justify a veto that would have sufficient weight to now defeat the measure. The inter-state commerce bill may safely be regarded as a law of the land. ——me Tue tragedy at Jersey City, i the kill- ing of a lad by one of the Pinkerton men on guard at the yards of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad com- pany, will again eall public attention to the question whother the employment of these special police, supplied as oceasion may require, and generally made up of a more or less reckloss and irresponsible class, ought not to be prohbited by law. It will be rememoered that the shooting of several men at Chicago, at the time of the last sivike of the packers, caused a wide discussion of this ques- tion, but wo are not aware that steps were taken anywhere to provide against the use of what are known as “Pinkerton men."” The latest out- rage, for such it was, wili recall attention to the matter, and ought to resultin some ‘tion by the state legislatures. Men who discharge their revolvers with deadly purpose into a erowd of boys are unsafe guardians of the public peace. Tur Douglas delegation, with the ex- coption of Whitmore and Garvey, be- havea splendidly from first to last during the senatorial campaign. All honor to Lininger, Tzschuck, Heimrod, Matthie- son, Young, Knox, Smyth ani Andres. True men like these may go down in de- feat, but they retain their manhood and the confidence of the people whom they represent. Other Lands T Ours, The parlinmentary recess bids fair to prove the last sty k down the tory government. First came the Church- ill episode and the reorganization of the cabinet, followed by Lord Iddesleigh's tragic death, and now Irish landlordism ding terror across the channel and winning votes for home rule among indignant Britons. The Kerry cvictions have roused England and Ireland to a realizing sense of the horrors of tory landlordism. No such brutal scenes have been perpetrated under the shield of the law since the famine days of '47. At Glenheigh the rain was pouring in torrents when the processes were served. Old and young, the strong and the sick, were ruthlessly turned out of doors. One mother begged piteously to be allowed to remain under her poor roof over night to nurse her dying child. The agent of the landlord threw her off when she clasped his knees, and ordered the doors to be nailed up. The weeping woman laid her sick child in the pigsty and went off to feteh some straw for its bed. As the bailiff was nailing up the door he wa struck down by a young girl in a frenzy rand indignation. Ten volie men seized the girland attempted to take her off under guard, but she was rescued by a wild rush of the mo%. The Kerry evictions are rightly styled by the Lon- ly News shameful outrages on v ion and humauity. [If perpetra- ted in this country, no government which justified them could bear up under the opular storm of righteous Indignation. he tory administration will reap the whirlwind. M Another step toward the abridgment of tory powers in parliament has been taken in the conference of Gladstonians and liberal-union at the residence of Sir William Vernon-Harcourt. The con- ference was adjourned until parliament meets, but there is little doubt that the political ties which hold the liberal party together will then result, if not in bring- ing about a complete reunion of the two factions, in at least helping on the disin- tegration of the coalition cabinet. Mr. Goschen still stands b i al prin ples, and if the liberal-unionists and the (Giladstonians are,able to agree upon an Irish bill he will be obliged either to join them or cut aloof from them altogether. It 18 posible, too, that the cabinet may not last until the meeting of parhiament, and, in any event, Sulisbury has declared that he will appezl to the country if heis not promised the support of the liberal- unionists. *n The outlook for a mee warm reception to Russsa in case she ventures upon war with Austria and England over the Bul- garian question is seen from the exten- sive war preparations on the part of these countries. Austria has resolved to call out » portion of her reserves in Feb- ruary and not to wait until April, as was intended. She has large contracts for military eguipments, which are being filled with the utmost dispatch. England has decided to purchase 50,000 new horses for use in the army, and has ordcred 500,000 Mannlicher repeating rifles, to be ready by March 1, Italy's preparation is rapid and as thorough as the circum- stances will permit, and she will also be a factor of no mean proportions for Rus- sia to reckon with. **e . The long expected dissolution of the Dominion house of commons has taken place, and the premier, Sir John Mac- donald, has appealed to the country for support at tie election which will be held on the 22d of February next. The 1ssues contested in the different provinces are so diyerse that it is difficult to state succinetly the grounds of contest be- tween the liberals and conseryatives, The main point raised against the late administration is its reckless extra The gross debt of the Dominion is 1,000,000 in round numbers. Eight years ago it was only $160,000,000, Tt annual expenditure has increased in the same period from §23,000,000 to 45,000,000, exclusive of $3,400,000 war ex penses. Every practicable sonree of rey- enue has been drawn upon. Itis out ot the question to propose an increase of taxation, yet something must be done shortly or the Dominion will be bank- rupt, for the annual expenditure now ex- ceeds the revenue by $6,000,000 yearly. Retrenchment and reform will be the election cry of the Canadian liberals and it is very likely to sound the death note to Sir John's long lease of power. * Aflirs in Italy sem in a rather entical condition. At the last reception at the vatican—held on Christmas eve—the pope anunounced to the cardinals that the situa- tion in which he found himself was eyery day becoming more difficult, and he com- pared the freedom which was left to him to that of the early pontiffs who held their courts in the eatacombs. Of course the government does not desire open rapture with the holy sec. Tts situation with relation to Anstria 1s almost feli- cate. That alliance has never been popu- lar with the Ttal The memory of the Venetian océupa’ ill survives, The friction is most felt where that ocen- pation, in a certain sense, still lingers The southern provinee of the Tyrol is in- habited by Italians and governed by Aus trians. These Italians have an insur- monntable dislike to the German lan puage. Even to the English, a phle matie, Teatonic people, the antipathy intelligible. Already the question qualified separation has been mooted, of * e In Germany no class of persons are more agitated over the prospective out- come of the February elections than are the socialists. Their course of late has not been such as to readily command the respect ot large numbers of other classes, and they have great fears lest thoy t as large a vote as at the last election. PROMINENT P Frank Hurd made £25,000 as a fee in a case for Mackay, the millionaire, recently. Ex-Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, re- cently had an operatlon performed on his right eye, sightless for twenty years, by which sight has been completely restored. Mrs. Langtry has told a friend in New York that shé 15 engaged to be married to Freddie Gebhard, and that as soon as sho obtains lier divorce the ceremony will be cele brated. Joel Chandler Marris (Unele Remus) is a son of the late judge Harris, of Knoxville Tenn.,, who was the author of the “Sut I engood” sketelies, famous among the lovers of humor some thirty years ago. Mme, Christine Nilsson has written to friends in New York that her marriage tothe Count d’ Amaranda will take place during the present month, She has just concluded a very successful concert tour through Belgium and Hotland, Miss Clara Foltz, theSan ¥rancisco lawyer, has arrived in Kansas City to take part in an important land suit in the United Sta court. She traveled alone, declining all sistance from the other passengers, and is described as “‘remarkably pretty,” Herr Windthorst, who has just Dbeaten Prince Bismarck, has been the leader of the German Centre for many years. Prince Bis- marck and Herr Windthorst are the best of wood friends socially. On the occasion of the Prince’s receptions Horr Windt: ost is usually at his right nand. Secretary Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar hasa clerk in his department who staggers through life bearing the burden of the name of Washington Jefferson Lincoln Gerrit Smith Jones. There is also William Andrew Jackson Sparks. Yet the govern- ment at Washington still lives, Mr. Joseph W. Drexel, who has retired from business and lives comfortably on his accumulated fortune in his Madison avenue house, began life on a salary of SL a weck. He spent 75 cents of his first week’s earnings for a box of water colors, and now in later life exercises the same early forpletures as an accomplished amateur photographer. il L Correctly Defined. Macon Telegraph. The man who wrecks atrain is a murderer; the man who wrecks a whole railroad a financier, Just the Same. Merehant Traveler., Tobogzan doesn’t make a very good rhyme for hugging, but—well, 1t gets there The Bee Gots There. Fremont Tribune. ‘The Omaha BEE sustains its reputation for news in its complete reports of the legt ture, badly seooping the other Omahia paners and equaling the Lincoln Journal, which has the advantage of being on the ground. e It Depends. Detroit Frec Press. “Father, when a man_ wants to bribe an alderman does he go to him and offer him a certainsum®” “T'hat depends, William,” “On what?* “On whether the alderman hasn't first come to him and fixed his own price.” AT The Yesterday. Pat Hendervon. I tell a tale of the vesterd In tones that aré sad and 10w, And the tale is W his and tears, 01 plasted hope : And many a voice from the van Thro memory’s portals flows. I sing a song of the yesterday With the burden of many tears, And lhli(\lvllllg has the sound of a funeral nel And mingling, make the \\Mrd\M spell, When echoing thro' the S it llmhn a sketeh of the yesterdays, n colors of somber hue, And the sketch is on canvas now faded and worn, Whose 1? arp and woof are theyears long own, And the colors are mixed with the tears they've borne, And the tints are of ashes and rue. I dreamed a dream of the yesterdays, That memory’s whispers bring, And the dream is of hopes forever fled, That manhood’s ardent tires fed, Ah, agels a n‘f]ulum over them dead, ‘That only a few may sing. But I'll glve a smile to the yesterdays, For smiles from tears are won, Such smile as will dawn on & young child's faco When looked-for joys its grief efface, Or its fears, yet hopes, for a parent’s grace, With thie rays of the setting sun. ST STATE AND TERRITORY, Nebraska Jottings, Hog cholera 1s ravaging several pens in Washington county. Eggs are too high to reach in Craw- ford.” They are also old enough to yot A force of men have begun tracklaying on the Missouri Pacific extension to” Ne- braska City. rge Davis, o life-wearied resident of Nemaha City, choked himself with a rope in a corn erib, Wednesd Hastings burglars yisited sten’s gun ~Lun~ a fe W red Bruen- _evening: and £30 worth of stogk. California claims the oldest chestnnt on this continent. This_exp the stunning tales tokl by the Nebr editors who™ excurted to'that regi summer. The mischievous small boys of G Island are acning for § vigorous spank ing. Their chief sport is rapping on_the windows of churches and throwing Kisses at the girls inside. The town of Blaine Center, Blaine y, has been sold out, and is making grand move on wheels to the new county seat, located a quarter of a mile outside the corporate imits of Brews la day in Sutton of the Inlulll) wils city of the Kans: Thursday was a g The immediate caus the compiction to t City & Omaha road. All "ages and sexes turned out in their Sunday meetin’ togs and celevrated the event enthusiastically. Whisties screeched and chureh bells pealed and high burrahs went up when the excursion train from Fairtield ar- rived. Rivers of coftee and other stimu- lants flowed, bearing on their bosom rafts of ham sandwighes, the luseious bean and other interior dados. The festivities SATURDAY, JANUARY 292, 1887, continued late with joy. and everybody howled Towa ltems, Coasting is vrohibited in Burlington. Centerville is about to construct' an clectric light plant and dig an artesian well. Missouri Valley people declare in court that they have forgotten the taste and smell of beer, whisky, cte. Their mem- ory stops shortat B, B. Arrangements are being made for the erection of a Methodist and a Catholi chureh in the spring Holstein (lwm'-n»ry for the town is also bemng agi- K Toothacre, of Jefferson county, had several teeth knocked out last weck by the limb of a tree he was felling. A dentist is cultivating his name and a bill for a new set, Two young ladies of Missonri Valley caused " n_small sensation recently by jumping the frame of a young man, one armed with a stove poker and the other with a butcher knife. As soon as the pummeling and slashing began people in- te od and rescued the young mashe One of the youngest suicides ever known, Willie Koch, a_boy of but fiftc years, hanged himself last Sunday in QOtter'Creck township, Crawford county. No can s assigned for the rash act, but the boy’s father committed suicide some years ago, and it is thought that the suicidal intent was inherited. An enterprising young farmer in Des Moines county, who had saved up 200, of which §100 consisted of bank bills and $100 of gold, thonght it a safe place to put it in the chimney to keep it out of reach of burglars. He recently putup a heating stove without thinking of the de- posit of wealth, and the bills were 1 duced to ashes and the gold badly figured, Dakota, The earnings of the roud station for 1836 000, A Kingsbury county thicf stole a pic- ture of the Saviour which was being sold at auction, The progress of Vermillion r amounted to § Denel county s charged to the fact that all the commls- sioners are church members., OA Dakota citizen has invented a Kind of a prairie schooner, or, rather, snow yacht. It will comfortable carry twenty persons, and in recent trial trip twenty-two miles in an hour. Itis ud, of course. J, Mannix, a Sioux Falls genius, has ] vented what he terms a ‘‘rot dispatch recerver.” It consists of « wheel mounted horizontally and armed with hooks to receive copies of dispatches in telegraph oflice: For a new town Clear Lake cquals in the way of church work, there being two prosperous organizations and Sun whmrL, two church buildings costing nearly §3,500, both complete in finish, furniture, organs, lamps, ete. new has few Utah and Idaho, The banks of Salt Lake City show the receipt for the week ending the 12th, inclusive, of $148,506.55 in bullion and $16,150.50 more, o total of $19. 5. A natural gas well has been struck at a depth of fifty-five feet in Salt 1 City. ‘L'his, however, will not diminish the flow of wrath between Mormon and Gentile. There are no less than a dozen ditch enterprises under consideration in southern Iowa, and the amount of land covered amounts to more than 1,000,000 ae The talk of annexing the panhandle seetion of Ldaho to Washington territory has been revived by the governor of the latter, who usges congress to take action. Most 'of the residents prefer to go to Montana. The bullion and ore shipments from Salt Lake City for the week “ending yes- y, W Seventeen e bullion, 0 1bs.; 50 1hs.y te re, 230,330 1bs; total, fifty- two cars, 822 1bs. “The mining outlook for the coming sea- son on Wood river is the most encour- aging that has been presented for several years. A good deal of time las was passed in doing dead worl ad- e of which will be shown on the resumiption of active operations next wson, The Pacific Const, The population of the city ot San Dicgo is now estimated at 13,428, Los Angeles is praying for rain. One speculator ands offers a_bonus of #10,000 for ten inches of rain in the next six weeks. Two thousand two hundred and eighty beef cattle, 16,310 mutton sheep, and 596 horses wore moved from Washington '1l|-rnlnry by the Northern Pacilic road in 86, Portland, Ore, has a surplus inits treasury of $37,201.11. The city fire de- partment expenses are estimated for 1857 at $60,000 and police department ex- pens ss»fl 000, Alot of tramps attacked a gang of in- dustrious Chinamen at Colton the other day, and for a few minutes had a fine time mauling the Mongolians. But the heathens rallied, smote their assailants hip and thigh and chased them out of town for miles. Governor Stevenson’s message to the legislature gives the property (real and versonal) valuation of Washington Ter- ritory at #$17,021,040.31—an increase of #782,518.47 in the past _year over 1885, ‘The estimated expenses for the noxt two years are placed at $144,943, and esti- mated income 511500() which will leave The United States land office in San Francisco is overrun with business. Over 81!)() 000 has been paid in to Receiver Leigh during the past thirty days by set- tlers making final proof on government lands, He thinks that the taxable prop- erty of the state will be increased from £8,000,000 to $10,000,000 in the next year mmugh the drllllng ap of the Atlanti & Pacific grant. s ONE HONEST MAN, Forty Thousand Dollars From an In- vestment of One Thousand, shington Letter: Among those sust Room was Dr. Weiting, of Sy , N. Y. Dr. Weiting owns the o in Cle nd was nominated goyernor, The president shook the litt doctor’s h n.l‘fiuim cordially. There is a told of Dr. Weiting, Some rs aro he was lecturing in New York, ftor the lecture he was approached young man who was an enti rto him. The doctor was, there tly surprised to hear him make ry request. He had been in the audience and heard the lectur and was captivated by the doetor’s el quence, and he made bold to speak 1o him. ‘I'he you man 1 he desired to 2o to California and wanted money ive me $1,000," suid he to D ing, “and 1 will send you one-halt every dollar 1 make in California,” Thie doctor was so surprised at the re quest thut he did not say anything for some time, and finally asked the young an who he was. The doctor learned his name, and then asked him why he did not go to his relatives for the money The young man replied that he had no relative and Wit of v days' thinking over the doctor coneluded 1o give the ey to the young man, and he did so. r or so afterward Dr. Weiting received 5,000 from California, It was warked, One-hulf of the money | have made.” Dr. Waoiting then wro to th \mm, man that he considere that he had ‘complied with his promse, and released him; but the young man replied that he did not consider huuselt released, and would s gain, Money (-nmn\m‘l& to come from California, until Dr. Weiting had re- cerved $10,000. Then it stopped, and he could not find the young man, and the doctor came to the conclusion that he was dead. The doctor took the $40,000 and invested it ina block of buildings. He had hardly made the purchase before the entire block burned down, and he lost all the money made for him by the honest young man in Californis. - - ry out his bar A S Oxanna, Jan reostion, L'o the Editor of the Bee: Inor rotect responsible and honorable contractors and at the same tim1 honest journeymen and wage-work ers, against irresponsiblo and unprinei pled parties, who attempt to carry out il legitimate methods of competition, why would it not be a good thing for Omaha to follow the plan adopted by the me- chanies and contractors of St. Lounis. In that way the interests of all concerned in mechanical or any other accompanying work wounld be protected. In St. Lou the rule is that no architect will receive bid from or let a jobot work to, any irre- sponsible party ‘or partics—those who cannot furnish good and suflicient bonds to cover all dama that may oceur from any violation of the contract. This has worked well wherever tried and why not try it here. T merely make this as a su stion to those whose interests at stake in the prem . W. GREEN. Two or Three Providence Journ about thirty-fonr years partial to blue flannel for str 18 short and solidly built common in_the north, 11 smooth, without a sign of moustache. It is k almost to ness, and has very markoed features, jot bl eyes, e nose and the mouth of a genius, that 1s to y, & good-sized mouth. The thick hair of his he jet black, and his hands are small,and his feet are still smalle There 1s a strong hint of Irish paternity in his face, given to n by its high cheek bones. Altogether, dy is_a marked-looking man, of le of Thomas Jeflerson somewhat \dfather was Irish,” he said, ther was American and south ernaby birth, e was a union man in his sympathy, but entered the war on the southiern \nh, of course, for he was loyal to his section of the countwry. He was Killed fourteen.'” Mr. Grady was so situated that neither the w nor his fathel fate deprived him of the blessing of & thorough edue: me & graduate of the Un! ty of Georgia and of the Univel of Virginia. At nineteen, impelled L the uncontrollable bent of his geniu (which is journalistic above all else), beeame the owner of a d Rome, Georgia, and later of in Atlanta. James Gordon Benn appointed him southern correspond- ent of the Herald, and he held that place six years, doing notable work_ ther as in the posure of the Florida electoral consy n 1876, and in the publ ion of a digest of Jeflerson Davis' book before it wus issued. Six years ago he bonght into the Atlanta "Constitution, paying §20,000 for a quarter interest, the cap of the concern being §100,000. To-ds the stock is quoted at five dollars for on Whether it was luck or foresight on his part, he has got what in business circle oft thing” for his y without competitors, 1t find room for a picce of ne to-day he can hold it over row and it will still by Under Mr. Grad l'()ll\lllnli(?u. ragement the 1 originil, enterpris at its weekly edi 95,000 copics, o “rlllw)\ Dresden, somo interestin L are given on the ct of the hours of labor in parts of Germany. ing to the hours of labor,which haye latc been colleeted, show that the greatest di yersities preval even within the limits of ame place and ela of oceupation. The average length of a German work- ing day (intervals of rest deducted) s cleven, or, at most twelve hours. But a day of ten hours or icss is very common The industrial employments connected with stone, earth and the necessaries and luxuries of life entail exceptionally severe and prolonged Inbor. The same may said of certain textile branches, espe ) spinning, and of iron founding, in which, however, long periods t are usi Pirsons machinery and boilers to unbroken at mee of > to thirteen hours, althongh higeh degreo of ~ymn~lhwl||\ 0 gxn.uL fations from “Place to 1t 18 a maximum i east and wesl Prussia; in Pomerania, 1t averages eleven hours; in Posen, ten toeleyven;in Hanover and Schleswig-Tolstei, eleven; in Dres- den and Bautzen, eleven; au and Meissen, eleven to twelye; Leipsic, ten to u\-ulvu;l amburg,ten to en; Bremen, ten. In the Silesian of pein there 1s a twelve-hour day in bl furnacs lead, silver and coke-works, flour milis, dyeing-works and printing ofices. In the mining mdustry the rule is continuous day and night work in twelve-hour relays, two hours of rest in- cluded. For part of Bavariu it is roported that in the larger part ot the industrial concerns (employing 30,000 hands) the daily time exceeds eloven’ hours, and in 200 concerns (with about 5,000 hands) the period is more than twelve hours. In 600 concerns (employing 18,000 hands) it is less than eleven hours. On the whole, if extra work is deducted, the labor in the manufacturing industies is lighter than that usual in handicraft and trade, but is more closely tied down by rules, it f it -0 i Devil Extracting in India, nes of India he Madras Small Cause court hgs brought to light a gen tleman who gains his living by devil e tracting. This highly lucrative emplo; ment appears to be récognized as feetly legitimate profession. There wa no disguise in court as toth of the claim, In fact, the judg gentleman, appearced to. resent the skep- ticism of the de ant's pl the possibility of ecasting out de his jocularity at the expense of the plain 11’8 profession. “What, 1f a doctor does not cure, he cannot recover!” his honor exclaimed on one oceasion; and on an other, when the defendant’s pleader eox pressed his dishelief in devil extracting, he mcousequentiy observed, *'but you be lieve in - haunted” hou To (his 1 wiark the pleader replicd, *“There may bo v spivitual manifestation,” from which it would anpear that he is not altogethe free from the superstition which he ridi enled The plaintifi’s very diverting. cross-examination was Disc he said, were | of three kinds—mental, spiritual and physical. Somo physical sicknesses he could cure by his art, but not every « Asked if he could eure love pains, Tie plicd, “That is a very hard pain to | cured; even my father could not cure that.”” He could not cure a person un less he we L negative, Other witnesses called deseribed the nature of the plaintift’s treatinent and its success. It was inferred that the evil spirit of the patient in this wus of the fomale kind, At the 1sion ot the evidence the worthy judge dismissed conct the st not because he was of opinion that there wus no eause of action, but because there Was DO e¥IGence Lo suppor the contract sued upon., LIPTON PLACE. Situated within 4 Dblocks of tke Lip'on & Iowler packing houses, and within 3 blocks of the new B, & M. depot. All the lots are very fins, On Easy Terms Which will be worch double within a yea making soveral hundred per cont profit on the cash invested. umber Yard A splendid location for a whole- sale lumber yard, as the R. R. company has 150 feet right of W ch side the track, afford- ing excellent facilities for load- ing or unloading. Brick Yard. A fine opening for a brick yard adjoins the addition. Cotner & Archer’s ADDITION, We also have a few choice lots left in Cotner & Archer’s addi- tion.Have sold very rapidly, and are increasing in value every day. People are buying these lots for homes, consequently they will prove a good investment to any- bedy. We also have ARGAIRS In all Parts of the City. oF Improved and Unim- proved Rroperty. Call and see us before purchas- ing elsewhere. Baker Place Situated within 5 blocks of the Walnut I1ill depot, on the Mili- tary road. Benson's street rail- way will be completed and run- ning witlin 6 months. Prices from §300 to §500, One tenth cash, bal easy terms, These lots will be worth $800 as soon as the street ears are running which are guaranteed to be running within 6 months. D. R. ARCHER AND H.S0BOTKE Room 9 Rediek's Bioek, 1509 Farnam St,