Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 26, 1887, Page 4

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B, Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing company, does solemnly swear that the actual circuiation of the Daily Bee for the week ending Keb. 15th, 1857, wus as lnllo:]s' ;hunrll[:, . 17, 'riday, Feb. 18,.. AVErage........ PERTCTIRTYEITTROes (3 I GEO. B, TZ8CHUCK, Bubseribed in my presence and sworn to be- foreme this 19th day of Fubrunriy A. D. 1887, N. P. FriL [SEALI Notary Public. Geo. B. Tzschuck, htlni first duly sworn, leposes and says that he is secretary of The Publishing company, that the actual av- eraze daily circulation of the Dally Bee for the month of February, 1886, was 10,505 copies ; for March, 1886, 11,637 cflr(m; for AJm 189, 12,101 copies: for for May, 1856, 12,430 coples; for June. 1886, 12,208 coplea; for Jul 1 314 coples: for August, 1856, i3, coples;for September, 1886, 13.030 coples; for October, 1856, 12,980 copies; for November, 1886, 13,348 coples; for December, 1886, 18,237 copies for January, 1887, 16,206 coples. GEo. B, T28cHuck. Subseribed and sworn to before me this Sth day of February A, D, 1857, I{BEAL.I N. P. Feir, Notary Publle. THE next time Patti comes to Omaha her manager will find no difficulty in socuring a §6,000 guarantee. Tue amount of Kansas City capital which 1s seeking investment in Omaha alarms the envious city on the Kaw. Hence these tdars. OymAHA may not stand above Kansas City in her bank clearances, but her musical clearance returns double those of the city on the Kaw. INSURANCE benevolent humbugs should be givena wide berth by tue people. Cheap insurance, like other cheap goods, s generally mighty unreliable stuff. A sixTy days’ session of the legislature seems now assured. The exhausted rail- woad lobby is not particularly exuberant over the news. But they are no more disgusted than the taxpayers. SENATOR MEIKELJOHN's bill to regulate fnsurance companies and to compel non- forfeiture of policies is stirring up every wild-cat concern in the state. The howls from the swindlers is all the more reason for the prompt passage of the law. Tae democratic house has sustained the president in his veto of the dependent ponsion bill. Several congressmen will discover that they need something more than the president to sustain them when they come again before the people for a re-election. It was very unkind in Senator Van Wyck to call attention in the senate to projected junketting trips of committees. Mo was unanimously voted a very dis- egrecnblo man. A senator's perquisites &re no business of the public who are forced to foot the bills. . TuHE veteran soldiers of the country have long memories. They will not for- got that a democratic president is re- sponsible for the defeat of the most 1m- portant legislation in their interest ever enacted by congress and that he was sustained wholly by democratic votes. SENATOR STIRLING'S wicked insinua- tions about legislative bribery at once brought Colby to his feet in indignant protest. Such things rufile the sensitive feelings of the immaculate senator from Gage, who stands as the perpetual cham- pion of the purity of the lobby and the guileless innocence of the railroads. — TRE right to condemn property outside ot the city for city uses gave New York heor Croton aqueduct. Unless Omahase- eures the same rights we can nover move our waterworks to the distance which the growth of the city is already demand- mg. Back water from sewerage will not be a healthy beverage , 1o be sure, but a neral epidemic of typhoid fever may lag another legislature to its senses. Tue distinguished actor, Henry Irving, Mas just given further evidence of his exceptional genius in a most remark- able personation of every character in “Hamlet.” The task is not unvrece- dented, but the complete success which Mr, Irving achieved unquestionably is. It is not too much tosay that itshows Mr., Irving to be without a peer among living actors in the range of his versatility, and ro deservedly rank in this particular with the great Garrick, — MissouRi is indignant over the tactics of Jay Gould's lobby at the state capital and the St. Louis Republican warns the democracy that the issue to be met is one higher than party itselt. The west will sooner or later be a unit on the question of compelling the railroads to loosen their grasp on the law waking power. The issue must be met and will be met in spite of the howls of ‘‘straight out ro- publicarism' and “straight out democ- raoy" from the subsidized party organs. Sm————— Tue supreme court of Indiana agreed with the republican view that it had no jurisdiction of the question whether or not Robertson was elected lieutenant governor, the right of determination zesting wholly with the assembly. The returns showed Robertson to have been elected, the fact has been regularly de- claved, and he has taken the outh of of- fice. The revolutionary element in the seuate, however, headed by Smith, the president pro tem., persists in refusing to allow him to assume the duties of the oftice. ‘The democratio kickers are play- ing a desperate und a losiug game. What Next? The failure of railway legislation at the present session will be justly laid at the doors of the republican party of Ne- braska. Under pledges ot conventions and eandidates an overwhelming repub- lican majority was elected by the people to carry out its will. For the third time promise has been belied by performance. The tobby has proved superior to the un- written law, while the favors and argu- ments of the corporation attorneys have outweighed the burden of popular expec- tation and public demand. What next? How do the republican lenders who have assisted in the defeat of the peoples’ hoves and who have sac- rificed convictions and conscience on the altar of personal interest expect to ex- plain their course? How will the men who sawed the air and filled hall and platform with their eulogiums of republicanism as the veople's party face an indignant and exasperated rank and file when the next campaign brings them face to face with the men they havedeceived? What will be the next move to convince the people of Nebraska that the railroads no longer dominate the actions of republi- cans in this state? The republican not hoove to evade the responsi- bility. They were ontrusted by the producers of this state with a sacred duty which they pledged them- selves to perform. The sentiment of Nebraska republicanism on the para- mount issue of the day brooked no ques- tioning. It was expressed in terms too clear and decisive to admit of dispute. To thousands of voters the choice be- tween railroad domination through the republican party and relief by any party from the burdens of overtaxation through corporation exactions will never present itself a second time. The moment that the voters of the state become convinced that anti-monopoly success is only possi- ble through republican defeat republican- ism in Nebraska will yield to something better. Party supremacy and party sucgess cannot be erected on any lasting foundation except that of popular con- fidence. Triekery and treachery may postpone the mevitable, but the day of reckoning will come. majority ean- A Disagreement., The apprehension of danger to the pro- posed retaliatory legislation in congress will be increased by, the refusal of the senate to aceept the substitute for its bill passed by the house, and the appoint- ment of a conference committee. Owing to the radical difference between the measures of the two houses the chance of the conferees reaching an agreement cannot be regarded as very promising. Thero is reason to believe that all the material concessions necessary to an agreement will be demanded of the sen- ate, and it is very questionable whether that body will be disposed to yicld to the extent that will probably be asked of it. Despite protestations that party or politi- cal considerations should not be allowed to aflect this question, there is reason to believe that they are doing so. The sen- ate took the initiative in this matter, and it is quite probable that this fact is not regarded favorably in administration circles or by the leaders of the majoritv varty in the house. The adoption by the house of the senate bill might have given whatever political capital could be de- rived from the legislation to the repub- lican body, notwithstanding the fact that it received the nearly unanimous support of the democrats of that body. The administration, also, would doubt- less prefer not to take direction in this matter from the senate, to which it has shownonly an enforced respect. Hence the delay In reaching this legislation m the Louse, the consultations of the chairman of the foreign affairs committee with the administration, the invitation to the sec- retary of the treasury tosubmit his views, and other circumstances perhaps in- tended to indieate to the country a pro- found sense of the gravity of the matter in hand, while reflecting upon the ap- parent haste and want ot care with which the senate had dealt with it. Having kept the subject in committee until the closing days of the session, a month after the senate bill was passed, the house nf.lx‘)pls a substitute radical in its pro- visions, concerning which there may be serious nternational objections, and thereby throws the matter into a confer- ence committee. If the senate conferecs should accept the substitute, the political benefits will be claimed byits democratic projectors in the house, although it re- ceived the support of all the republicans. Should failure of all legislation result, there will be a divided responsibility, each party finding reasons for charging the cause of failure upon the other. ln such an event, however, there is little doubt that the intelligent judgment of the country will see that the weight of responsibility is upon the democrats. JIn case of failure, what will the proba- ble effect be upon Canada? The elections in the Dominion have resulted in favor of the government, and its policy regard- ing the fishery dispute was one of the issues in the campaign. It will not be quite 80 strong in the next parliament, but it is enough that it has succeeded. Having the popular endorsement 1t will necessarily adhere to its policy, and its purpose to do this would naturally be strengthened by the failure of this country to provide any legislation for the pro- tection of its citizens, or for applying to Canadian interests the same policy she employs toward similar American inter- ests, The Dominion authorities are pre- pared to carry out the hostile statute which a little while ago received the as, sent of the crown, and have announced their intention to do so. If the proposed retuliatory legislation falls, they may be expected to pursue the course they have prescribed with increased aggressive- ness. And we shall be powerless to help ourselves or to hold the aggressorsto any immediate responsibility. Such a posi- tion would, to say the least, be a most humuliating one for this government and people to be placed in, e——— It is announced that the president will not appoint the inter-state commerce commissioners until after the adjourn- ment of congress, which gives color to the expectation that several retiring mem- bers will have places on the commission. 1t is said chat thus far the president has offerod 8 commissionership to only one wan—ex-Senator Thurman--who posi- tively declined it. It is also stated that noone will be appointed from the Pacific slope. The commission will consist of one man from the New England states, another from the Middle states, and prob- —F\bly from New York, another trom Ohio, Indiana or llinois, a fourth from the northwest and a fifth from the south. The applications are said to exceec four hundred, but a very small proportion of which will receive the exoccutive atten- tion. This and other matters may neces- sitate an executive session of the senate. Bexsamix Fr. and journalist, died at Cleveland, O., where be had resided for several years, on Thursday. Ho was in the sixty-fifth year of his age, having been born in 1822 at Low- ville, N. Y. He reccived a college education, and was for a number of years connected with the Chicago Journal as its literary editor ana during the civil war as a correspondent with the armies. In both these capacities he acquired reputation as a meritorious writer, but he is best and most widely known by his contributions to literature a8 a poet. Several volumes of his poems een published and attained a con: siderable circulation. He possessed ex- cellent qualities of character, which aro reflected in the best of his writings. Tre letter of Muyor Hewitt which was suppressed by the president of the Young Men's Democratic club of Brooklyn, it is said in deference to Governor Hill, upon swhom 1n partit was supposed to re- flect, has been published. 1t is an attack upon labor leaders and their methods, which are characterized as tyrannical. The labor question is recognized as a new force in politics which the democratic party must confront or be destroyed. It is very likely to create something of a stir 1 labor cireles, and democrats gen- erally will not regard it as a politic ut- terance. In one way and another the democratic party is getting into a most embarrassing position TaE house of represontatives non-con- curred, as it was expected to do, with the proposition of the senate to appropriate half a million dollars to be employed as gubsidies to American steamship com- panies for the transportation of mails to Central and South America, A confer- ence committee has been ordered, the probable result of which will be an agreement on a less sum than that pro- posed. As the postmaster general now desires an appropriation for this purpose, the house may be willing to gront per- haps half the amount named by the sen- ate. TrE railroad commi that the town of Algernon can't b depot. The reason is that the B. & M. inside townsite ring laid out a town on each side of Algernon. The only relief for,the people of the oppressed town is to appeal to the supreme court and then sit down and wait. Justice is sometimes very slow, but in the end it is generally pretty sure, Tre Kansas legislature has wived the name of St. John from the map of the state. The name of St. John county has been changed to Logan. This is throw- ing a bucket of cold water on the great prohibitioni Other Lands Than Ours. The success of Bismarck in the German elections was o foregone conclusion from the time of the alliance with Rome. The vatican was prempt to throw its influ- ence on the side of peace and the seven years' term of military service the Moment that the promise of the abtoga- tion of the Falk laws was held out as an inducement. Catholic Germany at once ranged itself on the side of the Iron Prince with whom it had been at war for* thirteen years. ‘The latest election re- tnrns give the government a gen- erous majority. In the - strug- gle between mihtarism and parlia- mentary rule the former has won. 1t was a bold move of Bismarck to go to the people on an issue of this sort, but his triumph was all the more emphatic. His opponents played their cards weil. They avoided all appearance ot want of patriotism by granting the entire increase of the army asked for by the govern- ment’s bill, and even consenting that the increase should take eflect this spring. Yet Bismarck adroitly turned their own liberality against them, making them appear, with these main points conceded, guilty of captiousness in insisting on a reduction of the old septennate term of the budget to three years, which might inflame French hopes should it be suc- cesstul, It is impossible to conceive of the continuance of the present thralldom of militarism over the German people after the death of the great chancellor, and when it has once disappeared the main wonder will be at the audacity and skill which so long maintained it. ** * The earthquake in Southern Europe seems to have exceeded in violence and disastrous results any which have oc- curred during the last dccade. The loss of life already foots up two thousand souls and the destructiou to property has been enormous, The area visited covers Northern Italy and Southern France, Details of the shocks recall the awful earthquake which visited Southern Italy in 1851, when 14,000 lives wese lost, *, *"n The jury in the Dillon trial were dis- charged on Thursday evening, finding it impossible to reach an agreement, The result was a general surprise, The gov- ernment had packed the bench and the jury and a conviction was confidently expected, Dillon and four associate members of parliament were charged with conspiracy to defraud Irish land- lords, for advising certain Irish tenants to withhold the payment of extortionate rents and for receiving the money of tenants on deposit. By reverting to a statute of George 111., enacted in the dark ages of Ireland, a change of venue was secured from the city to the county of Dublin. By this de- vice a sheriff in charge of the triat panel was obtained who is the head of the Orange Emergency association, and his power was arbitrarily used to obiain a panel which would make sure the deter- munation of the prosecution. But even his efforts were not accepted as satisfac- tory. Inselecting a jury, twenty-nine Catholics were ordered by the crown to stand aside, and there was not a man in the box whom the government did not believe to be an enemy of the prisoners, Under the circumstances the disagree- ment will be a disagreeable surprise to the tory ministry. e The history of parliament shows that any serious attempt to check a free de- bate makes trouble. ' Englishmen in the time of Charles I were known to protest, with tearsin their eyes, at infringements of free discu!s‘nn n the commons. The home rule crisls ‘i:l not pass without serious differedceq on this matter. It is clear that the Hroposal to reform the pro- codure rules cannot be passed in a calm. A aespotic closure bill in the present temper of all parties means another Irish coercion bill close upon its heels—and after that the deluge. - *"s The entire !nlxri(fv of the lately rumored English schemo ‘of abandoning Egypt falls to pieces under Sir James Fergu- son’s explanation in the house of com- mons, The Briush grip on that country is as tight as over, and the decrease of the army of occupation in April will be mainly a measure of economy. AnEgyp- tian rumor of the most preposterous sort was the one lately current that Bou- langer's movements of {roops on the German frontier are only a cover for a grand invasion of Egypt. Boulanger may or may not be the modern Bonaparte for France, but at this juncture he will neither lead nor sond his troops away where forty centu- ries can look down upon them from the pyramids. France has her eye on Berlin Jjust now, not upon Cairo, and she is too vividly aware of her dangers from the former quarter to spare any more forces at present even for Tonquin, Madagas- car, New-Hebrides, or Algeria, - e The large number of medical students inGermany has set to thinking the great statistician, Profossor Conrad, of Haile, who declares that the time is past when the medical carcer affords chances of lu- crative success, ‘I'he country now con- tains about 13,200 doctors, according to this learned nuthority, while Borner's Almanao for 1887 puts the total still higher—16,202. To fill the vacant places in the profession 8,500 to 3,600 would be a sufficient number of medical students, which was the case twenty years ago. But the last report shows that there are now 8,465 students in the German medi- cal schools. In Prussia 250 doctors would fully supply the usual demand, but in- d of that 431 were graduated last year. If this continues nobody will be left to be cured. e The Chinese frontier of Tonquin is again reported in so disturbed a state that serious fighting appears to be inevit- able. Two small French gurrisons are said to have been wiped out of existance by Chinese pirates, and these bold fros- booters swarm along the frontier and tho northern part of the coast of the French protectorate. There is no doubt that Tonquin, already the expensive nnd dangerous conquest of France, will be a heavier load to carry in the future than it has been‘in the past. It cannot be profitable uptil many years shall have elapsed and it may causc very seri- ous complicatiohs. KINGS AND QUEE . The king of Corea has furnished his palace with American furniture. The prince of Wales has engaged quarters for his stay in Ireland at 8500 per day. A Berlin dispateh says that the Emperor William’s illness is not of a serious nature, Queen Victoria owns proverty in the Dis- trict of Columvia, but she is not expected to occupy it—not this jubilee year at least. Among the Tast cutlous jubilee objects s a jubilee dress improver. It plays “God save the Queen” whenever the wearer sits down. The queen has written a kind letter of con- dolence to Sir William Jenner, who has just lost his last surviving sister, Miss Hannah Jenuer, who has lived for many years at the Palace House, Bishop's Waltham. The czar of Russia, according to the French pavers, secretly visited Paris and had a per- sonal interview with President Grevy a few weeks ago. He traveled in diszuise, accom- panied by two attendants and a big dog, and during his stay in Paris lived ina retired private house occupied by the Grand Duke Nicholas, There will be splendid and elaborate fes- tivities at Berlin, lasting from March 19 to 26, in houor of tke emperor’s $0th birthday an- niversary, The prince of Wales will be there, with the king of Saxony, the regent of Bavaria, and Prince William of Wurtembera, and possily the Emperor Francis Joseph _and tho czar of Russia. For nblers, Baltimore American. The value of a human life, estimated from life assurances and wage statistics, is 814,600, The valae, however, Is not realized without work and growth, Grumblers should remem- ber this. el B His Services are in Demand, Chicago Tribune, Itisa pity that Boston Corbett, who so successfully adjourned the Kansas legisla- ture, has been sent to an insane asylum. There i8 a demand for him in almost every state in the union, ———— Victims of Strong Drink. Chicago Tribune. There 15 a blll now before the Nevada leg- islature disqualifying from holding offico any one who Is a *victim of strong drink,” The wording should be changed. Such a bill would eut off from eftizens’ privileges many @ bright son of a drunkard, They are among the real “victims" of strong drink, -— A Remembrance.’ W. J. Henderson. Gray clouds that h“"f low in the west, Slow rain that waiteth not for rest; Limp leaves that moan a weary song, Dull daylight, diswal, dim and long. Half shadows on the floor and wall, Talf 1ight that markg the gloom o'er all; Lone room with wa!lé and’ mantel bare— One bust alone with marble stare, Three blossoms of tie heliotrope, Bruised and broken .like a man’s last hope; One letter, torn andskattered wide On the table, on the toor beside, That's all; excopt 4 whirling sound Of crested sea, of sky, and shadow'd ground A mass of memories—a phantom throng; A}I inward wail: “How long, alas, Low ong? sl STATE AND TERRITORY, Nebraskh Jottings, “The principal”’ study in Omaha," churrups the Blair Republican, “is addi- tion," I A dizzy troupe o s mokes camped in Red Cloud last mfi and fed the resi- dents on gray-eyed chestnuts and rocky pretzels. ‘Tné town bit to the extent of $100, A company has been organized in Beatrice to manufacture cultivators for listed corn. The cultivator is the patent of Samuel Irwin, & prominent local farmer. Algernon, loveliest town in the vales of Custer, we greet theel But thou canst not have a depot. Thou wert not bap- tized by the B. & M. Townsite company. Recant and be saved. Barbara Schnyder, of Fairmont, a sweet sixteen, is laid up with a charge of birdshot in her body. It was the only method left to the family musket#o resent her playful caresses. That was a bright and profitable 1dea of the Samnders county statesman to secure a recount of the legislative amend- ment ballots. An increase of $180 in the pay ot each member of the legislature wiil endear him to his colleagues while the money lasts, and stamp his name on alm treasury ledger to the extent of §23,- Melchoir Nehr, a gambler of surpass- ing gall, has had the mayor of Crote ar- rested for interfering with his business. Admiration for Nehr's cheek, however, did not modify the demand for his disap- pearance. Ho is possessor of suflicient cold cash to secure the support of the lawyers and boldly defy the natives. ‘I'he Blair Pilot warns Omaha_to be- ware of the blundishments of the Elkhorn Valley road. The Pilot accuses the com- pany of having squeczed Missouri Valley of c\‘arythlng%n sight, sncked the juice of Blair's lemon and milked Fremontdry. The company will tind a rich pasture in this neighborhood, but must pay for it. Score another for the progress of civilization, A burly buck, the leader of a band of Omaha Indians camped near Fairmont, strode majestically into a hard- ware store, selected a stock of goods, and remarked to the proprietor: “l taken em now and pay Friaay. Heap honest Injun.” The stand-off’ did not impress the merchant favorably. Plattsmouth has successfully coralled a moderate section of the boom running loose in the west, and evidently intends to put 1t in harness at once. A cor- poration with the sweeping title of the ‘Plattsmouth Railway, Land and Im- provemont company,” capital $250,000, is the latest. The purposo of tho com- pany is to build 1 operate a street rail- \v:x, build dwelling and other house: and the purchase and laying outof parks, lawns and places of public resort. The incorporators are: John Fitzgerald, William Neville, E. B, Lewis, F. E. Wite, Fred Gorder, Joseph V. Wi bach, F. R. Guthmann, S. Waugh and M. A. Harti- gao, Towa Items. The famous Modjeska is booked at Bur- lington, April 12, Hunters in the eastern part of the state are complaining of the poor prospects for duck shooting. Davenport will soon have a canning factory that will furnish employment for 800 to” 850 people during the canning season. Wilton, Muscatine county, is forging ahead. Last week one of her mills re- ceived an order from Liverpool for 80,000 sacks of flour. The state board of health has issued a circular for instruction definng the duties of physicians in recording births, marriages and deaths. Major Anderson has issued an order to the boys of the Eighth district, stating that a competitive examination for recommendation for appointment as ea- det to the naval academy at Annapolis will be held at Osceola on March 16, S. W. Coftin, of Fairchild, started a c.'u-r vond four years ago, commencing with fish abouf two inches in length, which he obtained from Commissioner Shaw. He has now, he thinks, about 12,000 of ditferent ages, and bas sold hundreds for stocking other Iowa ponds. But one of the original three remains, which is about thirty inches long and weighs sixteen pounds. . Dakota. Cass county employs 186 teachers. Water of good quality has been struck in the Highmore artesian well and a fing flowing stream secured at a depth of 1,640 feet. A Rapud City capitalist paid $1,300 for a year's privilege of taking water from the hydrants and selling it to residents, He expects to_cultivate a taste for agua by strict attention to business. Mayor Harris, of Yankton, has applied to the war department, through Delegate Gifford, for a supply of dynamite for de- molishing ice gorgzes, and_ has asked that an army oflicer be detailed to use the exploive. The failure of the Merchants National baunk of Deadwood affects the Stock Growers’ National of Miles City, the First National at Billings, the National Park of Livingston, and Christie & Jenny of New York. The congressional bil providing for the refund to the various states and ter- ritories of direct taxes collected during the war and to remut all balances found due on_that account, will return to Dakota $8,241.33, Negotiations are stated to be in progress tor the purchase by eastern parties of a whole or half interest in the famous Gor- man mine, just above Pactola, in the hills. The saime authority states that re- duction works are to be erected there in the -spring, The Gorman was first worked as a silver mine, but well in- formed persons say there is more gold there than silver, — Miss Randall’s Presents. Waterbury American: [t's a very nice thing to be the daughter of a statesman with as wide a circle of fricnds as the Hon. Samuel J. Randall. Miss Annie Randall, who was married last week, re- ceived enough silverware in presents to furnish a dozen houses. The enumera- tion of them takes up three-quarters of a column in a local paper, and among the names of donors are many senators, rep- resentatives and other men with national re?utntion. It is noticeable that as a rule the biggest man gave the smallest present. In all there were exactly 160 gifts enumerated, seven-cighths of them of silver. An uncle of the bride, George A. Brandreth of Sing Sing, gave her $500 in cash, and several other smaller gifts of cash were also made. The silver spoon appears in force in the list, which is so curious as to be worthy of analysis. The members of the house committee on ap- ropriations sent a fine onyx clock, H‘hruu solid silver seryices were received from Philadelphia friends of the bride. Two lamps were sent from Philadelphia, There were seven sets of spoons—tea, coffce and dessert—-and no less than twenty-seven separate spoons for sugar, salad, berries, etc., while there were knives, forks, ladles, china, cut glass, screens, fans and other little mementoes, useful and ornamental, in great profu- sion, It is doubtful if Mrs. Cloveland herself received as many wedding pres- ents as did the daughtor of the Pennsyl- vania statesman. e —— The Actcr and the Lion Hunter, Baltimore American: Wilson Barrett, the English actor, said that this week he had been called upon b]x ayoung y man o ashington, who req '« to attend his mother’s rece Barrett declined, because he did not know the lady and was not in the habit of going out” for exhbition. Later the youth called again, and informed him that the family’ was most desirous for him to attend.” Again Mr. Barrett de- clined to go and make ashow of himself, A third time the iouth came back, and this time burggsd Ir. Barrett to com e if only for a few moments, Mr, Barrett said he felt sorry for the youth and so at last he said: (30 home and tell your mother that I shall try and tind among the gentlemen to wbom I have letters of introduction one who is gpin{lo your reception, and I will call with him." Mr. Barrett lhouflnt that would settle the matter, but to his surprise the youth come a fourth time and begged him to say he would cowe any how, Mr. Bar- reitsaid he gave his consent to go, and he added: ““When the reception comes off I shall attend.” e The peculiar purifying and building up powers of Hood’s. Sarsaparilla make it the very best medicine to take at this scason. ARY 26, 185.. THE JUDICIAL DISTRIOTS BILL. Wil Judge Gaslin Emigrate? Not is the Conrt Knows Itself To the Editor of the Ber: It 1s becom- ing evident that the judieial districts bill, making a multitude ot unnecessary judges, will become a law. ‘Chat there is no demand for such an increase of judi- ciul force 18 plain enough to the common mind. That there is no demand for such increase from the people is equally plain, That it is gotten up by and is pushed in the interest of cortain lawyers can admit of no quostion. The predic- tion is hero proftered that the great in- crease of expense to follow from the pas- sage of the bill will not resnit in furnish- ing either a better quality or a more speedy administration of justice. Mere- after, as now, alitigant will want to com- mence a suit early in life if he expects to reach a final judgment before his locks are silvered with gray. Banking on the certain passage of tho sonate bill by the house, speculation is already rife as to whoshall fill the vacan- cies. Adams county is taken from the Fifth district and attached to that in whicl' Judge Gaslin resides. It was early pre- dicted that the ]\xd¥e would move west 80 as to be In the frontier district. In this the wish was father to the thought in the minds of certain Hastings lawyers who are figuring for the appointment such & move would make nocessary. But if Judge Gaslin bas half the gritand pop- ularity he is generally given credit for, there is no truth in the report. 1f any one thinks Judge Gaslin cannot hold his own against Dilworth or Ben Smith in a district composed of Adums, Webster, Franklin, Kearnoy, Havt and Phelps they certainly are not very well acquainted with the sentiment_or the history of the counties mentioned. The judge has al- ways had the lawyers against him, but he gets there just tho same, and this re- arrangod district, constructed for the benefit of Hastings lawyers, would re- tain him as solidly as has his old district, Gaslin may have his weak points but I don’t think he will scare worth a cent. If this bill can't be defeated it will bo a comfort to know that some of the schem- ors who, for selfish purposes, are in ing 1t upon the state, shall fail to legis- late themselves into office. CITIZEN. —— RAILROAD RATES. Resolutions by the Farmers of Polk County. Resolutions adopted by the Farmers’ Justico union at a meeting held m Stromsburg, February 19: Whereas, We know that the principal rail- road companies in Nevraska are now charg— ing 50 per cont too much for hauling freight, and ‘Whereas, We know by experience and otnerwise that those actually engaged in farming are not afforded a living by farm- ing; henoe, deprived of their living portion by said railroad companies, and Whereas, The increasing value of land, which has been the farmers’ principal means of support (by mortgaging) has ceased, we,ns farmers, must now eitlier continue farming and be ruined, or quit and remain about as weare. If tho present rates are not immedi- ately reduced at least 30 per cent, therefore e i Resolved, That we demand that the present Nebraska legislature enact a law reducing the present freight rates atleast 30 per cent., and that when we ask for bread do not give us a stone but give us our right; give us what we need, understand, and demand; then gquit, and'we can tako'earo of ourselves and the railroad companies can ao the same. Resolved, That we demand thatthe present session of the legislature be continued until, if possible, a law giving aforesaid relief is enacted, and that we {ilmlgo ourselves to pay our representatives 83 per day for such extra time needed, and we hereby call ubon all constituents, who agree with us in our de- mand, lu&nln with us in making a similar re- quest’and promise to their respective repre- sentatives. —_— The Hot Water Cure in Washington. Chicago News: Looking into one of the retiring rooms of the house of repre- sentatives the other day 1 saw a large nickle plated tank, such as is used in res- taurants to make coffee, and noticed that there was an alcoholic lamp underneath and steam escaping from above. I asked the colored attendant what it was for and with a sententious tone he answered: “It’s for them that drinks het water, boss.” ‘*“That drinks hot water?” I answered, *“Do they drink it straight, oris it to tem- per their toddy with?" ““Thar’s no liquar_hyar,” was the re- ply; “‘at least ways I've not got any, un’ the members don't drink none while the ole man's hyar; they does drink a pow- erful sight 0’ hot water though, an’ keep me runnin’ with the glasses sometimes, t00.”" And by enquiring I found out that the old darkey told the truth. Ever since the commencement of the session the coffee boiler has been in operation, and hot water has been served s a bevernge to those who have taken champagne or something with more body to it the night before. One of the members told me that a colleague, whose habits are well known, but who never drinks till after dark, generally took about twice ns much hot water in ‘the morning as he took of other beverages at night, and nearly all the memoers have gotten into the habif of using it. e Browsing Upon the Stranger. Savannah News: A Strange Creature, witn 1ts hair filled with Hay seed, wan- dered into the magnificent Union Passen- ger Depot at Birmingham the other day, beanng in its hand » Flattened Carpet Bag, “‘Who are You?" said the ticket agent, leaving his cheerful Coal Fire and peering through his Iron-ribbed window. “1," rephed the Btrange Creature, “‘am the Ghost of the l“nrmln% Interest of Alabama. 1ran afoul of a Coal and Iron Boom not long ago, and was Knocked Out in the First Round. All the Farms have since been Cut Up into Town Lots, and I now desire to emigrate to thn Great West,” ‘“‘Correct you are,” said the ticket agent; *‘we now have no Use for the Fruits of the Earth in Alabama; wo are living on the Innocent Investor,' Whereupon the ticket agent %nvu the Strange Creature a pass to the Great West, and sat down to Concoct a Boom for the growing town of Lickskillet. b L8 M Noisy Enthusiasm Chieago Tribune: The President—Dan, I've been a good deal annoyed about that post office at Blankville, Kan, Vilas had the postmaster turned out on account of noisy enthusiasm. And now here’'s a lotter to me personally from half the business men of the place protesting azainst the charge as anjust. The man ‘s doaf and dumb. How are we going L make that charge of noisy enthusiusm stick? . Dan—That's easy enough. His wife managed the oftice for him, didn’t she? The President—That’s what this letter 888, ; Dan—S8he wasn't deaf and dumb, was she? The President—Ot course not. 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