Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 14, 1888, Page 4

DAY, OCTOBER 14 THE DAILY BEE., - PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TRIMS OF 8UBSCRIPTION. Paily (Morning Bdition) including SUNDAY K, One \ ear arvennirenb or 8ix Montlis Por Three Monthis ik OMANA BUS address, On OMANAOFFICK, Kew Yonk O BULLDING, FOURTEENTH STRE r 08, UL AND 016 FARNAN STREET. ROOMS 14 AND 16 T1 A K CORRESPONDENCE Al communications relating to news and edi. ter.al matter should be addressed to the EniTon ¥ THY. B o BUSINESS LETTERS, 1 business | mittances should bo it MATA. made payal e Bee Publishing Company, Proprietors. RC WATER, Editor s and postoffice or( 10 the order of the company. THE DA Sworn Statement ot Circulation. Btateof Nebraska, g o Couaty of Douglas, | ® George 11, Tzachuck, se Mabing comipany, does xolomnly swe sctual circulation of Tie DAILY By week ending O ry of the Iee Pub. hat the for the ober L, 145, was as follows: X080 140 15,088 GEORGE I3. TZS UCK Sworn 40 befors me and subscribed in my presence this 1dth day of October A, D, 188 Seal, N. P. FEIL, Notary Fublic, State of Nebraska, | County of Deuglas, {5 George B. Tzschuck, being duly sworn, do- oS md saya that b s secretary of Tl liso shing com y, that the actual average irculation of Tk DAILY Bk for the montn of Octoher, 1887, 14,343 covtes; for No- yember, 147, | oples; for December, 18% 16,041 cOples; fOr JANUATY, 134, 15,20 copios for Febriary, Ik, 16,92 Copies: for March, 1884, ummm&xm or April, 1955, 15,144 coplos; for May, 1888, (X151 copies; for June, 1488, 10,243 es; for July, 1845, 18,003 coples; for August . 18143 copies; {oF Septem ples. GEOR n, CHUCK, iworn to before and subscribed in my pres- ence, this 9th day of Ot . 1), 188, arsday, Oct. iL... dday, Oct 12 turday, Oct. 1 Average 1T 18 said that when the Princo of ‘Wales was in Vienna he broke a rou- lette bank. Asa sportsman England's heir is evidently much more of a suc- cess bucking the tiger than shooting bears in the mountains. Tik democratic primaries have beca held and Councilman Van Scamp is looming up as one of the coming men ou the slate for state senator. Shades of Daniel Webster and Henry Clay! What an {mpressive and cloquent ora- tor Van Scamp would make ! Tue medical fraternity will read with fatense interest THE BEE'S special cablegram presenting a carcfully pre- pared compilation of Sir Morell ‘Mack- enzie’s diary covering the period of the jllness of the late German emperor, Frederick IT1., with the diagnosis and treatment of the court physici this, as in all events, political, scientific, artistic and social that transpire in the Old World, Tuk Bre is fully abreast with the greatest of metropolitan dailies. THE warden of the Michigan state penitentiary has introduced a novel plan likely to prove eflective in encour- aging good behavior among the con- viets. He has adopted rules by which the prisoners may earn the right to w - plain grey clothes in place of pr stripes by obeying the prison rules for six months. Convicts, as a class, posi- tively loathe their badge of disgrace. By taking advantage of their disliko, the authorities have found a way much more effective to induce obedience to prison rules than the harsh rules of other prisons. The plan commends it- self to other institutions of tho kind. —_— THE rovelations of Nell Nellson of the atrocious character of Chicago stglop shops™ has led to the formation of & Woman’s League in that city, and Miss Frances E. Willard, so well known in temperance organizations, is the rresldcnl. The association held a meet- ng recontly, and what passed on that occasion showed that noone present had the remotest notion of any practicable #cheme for ending the state of things ‘whose intolerable wrongs had led to the formation of the league, They talked and talked and talked, and somo one suggested the necessity of providing gresh air excursions during the heated summer for the babies of women work- fng in these dens. Well!l well!l And et women want to vete, and claim they are fitted for public life. Ir18 not at all hkely that Mayor Broateh will yield to the impudent and arrogant demand from a readeriess per to withdraw Mr. Kierstcad's nom- ation. Mr. Kierstead is one of our Mot enterprising citizens. He is identi- fled with the material growth of Omaha and understunds thorougly tho machinery of city government and the wants of this city in the d tion of public improvements. H tegrity cannot be successfully as: even by his worst enemies, tead voluntarily resigned his seat in the council at the request of the mayor, wi th the understanding that he was to filla vacancy on the board of public works. Good faith, if nothing else, would dictate that the mayor should leave his appointment before the coun- eil until it has been definitely acted upon. e— MR. LEVY, proprietor of the Loudon Telegraph, who died last Friday, was one of the most remarkable and most suc- cessful of English journalists. He was the first man in England to break out of the old ruts in which the papers of that country had always moved, and to sce that in order to win wide popularity for a newspaper it must give the news. He fashioned the Ttlegraph on the most approved American plan at that time, and his reward was & rapid and extraordinary success, the Delegraph speedily passing all competitors in circulation and mount- dng up to unprecedented figurcs. It kept on in this course, and though it has had fmitators among the Loudon new- papers it has maiotained the foremost place in popularity. Edward Sterling won for the London Zimes the tit.e of $“The Thunderer” sad there are other eelebrated names in the histery of ¥ng- Mish journalism, butunone of them did 80 much to popu'arize thie newspaper in Eugland as Mr, Levy. | ean prim The Local Campaign. The local campaign has now fairl gun. The democrats b held primary election and the de! chosen will place the county ticket in the field on Wednesday., The republi- es take place to-morrow and the convention will held the day after. To the people of this county th legislative and county ticket is of more vital concern than the presidential el Whatever the outcome of the na- Al campaign may be, the country is and republican institutions will ve- in in It is, however, a matter of grave con- cern and involves hundreds of thous- ands of dollars and thousands of popul tion to Omah to what m; makes up our representation in the coming legislature. And it of no small concern whom the people choose’ for their board of county comin county attorney and Tn com- mon with other citizens who have every thing at stake in the growth and pros- perity of Omaha, Tne B sdeeply in- terested in the outcome of the local conventions. On behalf of this city and county, it appeals to both parties to nominate their very best men und let the issue be between the respective p ties rather thun a choice between see- ond rate men, slippe men, political haclks, shysters and rank boodlers. The republicans have virtually thrown down the gauntlet by fixing the date of their convention one day ahead of the democrats. They eaunot take it for granted that the demo- crats will nominate a weak ticket. They must make good their challenge by putting forward the ablest and most utable men that can be in- duced to serve. Anything else will bo suicidal, since at best they enter the present campaign handicapped. On the other hand, the democrats cannot afford to rely upon the preponderence of the anti-prohibition crusade ana South Omaha. If they nominate offensive, in- competent or unpopular men, they will be defeated, horse, foot and dragoons, in spite of McShane and his invin bles. As far as T BEE is concerned, it will repeat what it has often said be- fore. Public interest demands good government, and while all things being equal, its preference is for republican candidates. It will not support dis- honest or disreputable men because they bear the party label. e« their tion, ssioners, A Denial of Justice. There could be no more striking ex- ample of the tardy course of justice in this country t furnished in the fact that the docket of the supreme court of the United tes contains now about twelve hundred ed id that the very large majority of these cannot get a hearing in less than from three to four years. It is to no unusual cause that this excess of business is due. The cases unheard have been increasing in number from year to year, and under the prevailing conditions they must in- evitably continue to grow. As congr has been repeatedly informed, and as it ought to clearly see from the fact: the court is mnot equal to the demands imposed upon it. The conse- quence is there 1s an absolute denial of justice at the very fountain head of our judicial system, for only those who ea afford to wait need to go there. For others there might as well not be such a tribunal, and it has been well said that nobody knows this better, or is readier to take advantage of it than wealthy and powerful defendants who have been defeated in the courts below. The remedy can be found only in leg- islation, but although the matter has been many times presented to con- gress, and plans submitted which would give the required relief, the national legislators have done nothing, and from year to year the supreme court has been held practically closed against the needy. Nor is relief necded for the highest tribunal alone. Many of the lower federal courts in the more popu- lous portions of the country are several years behind with their business, and at the rate of accumulation, if permit- ted to continue, it is only a question of time when hundreds of cases will be in almost hopeless abeyance. The dockets of the federal courts of New York are crowded with customs cases, a very large number of which cannot und present conditions be heard for years, and these are being steadily added to. When one reflects upon the great waste of time by the present congress, and the small amount of practical legislation that has been accomplished, the failure to take any notice of the urgent demand for giving relief to the federal courts and therchy aiding the cause of justice, appears wholly unpardonable. But this matter is becoming too pressing, the wrongs incident to it are being too widely folt, to allow of a much longer delay in supplying the required rolief. The denial of justice involved cannot be allowed to grow to much larger propor- tions. The fact that the supreme tri- bunul of ti:e nation is cvery year hecom- ing a safer vrefuge for wealthy and powerful defendants, who have lost in the courts be- low, is becoming too conspicuous to be much longer tolerated. Tt is possible that the chief justice, being fresh from the people, may be able to exert an influence that will cause con- gressto give serious consideration to this matter and provide the relief i lation necessary, and nothing he might do could be of greater service to the cause of justice. The supreme court of the nation should not be the bulwark bekind which money and power may find security to oppress and wrong the poor and the powerless, s Night Schools, In another part of Tie BEE appears a cavefully compiled statement of the and progress of the night schools of this city, ¢ the four months during which the ht sehools were condueted last winter in obedicuce to Mr: Cope- land’s resolution, eight schools were opened, employing thirty-three teach- ers ot a cost of sarly four thousand dollavs, There were en- volled during these montns nine hundred and thirty-six pupils. The average attendance was four hun- dred and thirty-five, less than one-half the total number envolled. Of these ies | nine hundred students, three nine were past the ag In other words nearly th athird per cent of the towl m pupils enrolled in the night sct beyond th for which the laws of the state provide instruction at the public expense. It would therefore ap- pear that of the four hundred and thirty-five pupils who actualiy attended the schools, about three hundred we entitled toreceive the benefits of instrue tion during the winter of 1885-80, From this statement it is clear that the board of education in spending thir- ty-eight hundred dollavs for night schools paid out altogether too much money, and execcded the authority granted by law providing free instruce tion to persons over twenty-one. The present board of education will soon be called upon to muke provisions for night schools this winter. It behooves that body to avoid the mis- takes made last year. ee instruction should be provided only to persons be- tween the ages of five and tweaty-one, as provided by law. Forthe insteuction of adults a nominal charge should be made. Iustead of opening eight or more evening schools in various parts of the city, the rooms of four buildings centrally located would answer the requirements. Such a change would bring about a saving in fuel, light and janitors’ Thire. It would insure a better attendance and stimulate both teachers and pupils to better work. Superintendent morcover, would be able by concentrat- ing the night schools in three or four buildings, to increase ov diminish the force of teachers as the attendance would warrant. Last year the thirty- three teachers employed in these schools had an average attendance of thirteen pupils each. Clearly, tho stafl was too large. But in spite of the large corps of teachers used and the large amount of monev expended, the night schools were not as effective as they ought to have been. Nearly all of these teachers were employed in the day schools, and consequently theiv eflic ency for evening work was impaired. At the rate of pay which the teachersin the night schools received, notonly com- petent, but fresh instructors could have been socured. The conclusion can not but force itself upon our citizens in view of these facts that a reform is necessary. and thirty-six night hundred and thirty- of twenty mber of 0ls was James, Modern and Medimval Universitics. The venerable president of Columbia college has addressed a communication to the faculty which contains the germ of a great reform. He makes the com- plaint that the advantages which the liberality of citizens has bestowed upon that institution of learning ave not of corresponding service to the commu- nity. In fact, he hints pretty broadly that they are absolutely wusted, because the students ave not only youthful in vears, but 50 in ition. They ave very properly called freshmen when they matriculate, and they man porsistently fatally fresh duving the whole four years of their collegiate carcer. Cotumbia college has manu- vipts of great value which nobody ever touches, a telescope and an obse which nobody cver profits, a maguificent library stored with ex- pensive books, including the standard authorities upon all subjects, which ave never callea for, and in short, a thorough equipment for men of seien- tific and literary proclivities who have made themselves conspicuous hy their Those who enter themsclves of the college are green luds who never get beyond the green stage so long as they remain within the collegiate por- tico, devoting all their encrgics to the boyish pursuits of base ball, rowing, lacrosse and foot ball. Prof. Barnard suggests that there must be something wrong somowhere, and that a college is something more than grammar school, but that the boys who come to college are more fitted for that grade. Thinking men everywhere ave back- ing up the white-haived president, and some offer the explanation that this ex- sive youthfulness of tone was always a chavacteristic of American colleges, being a survival of the times when they were really nothing more than gram- mar schools. But this is insuflicient,for the same deterioration is visible in Inglish universities, and even in the groat German haunts of learning. It i notorious that men of middle-age in circumstances enter themselves as post-graduate students in German uni- versities, not for the sake of study. but for the pleasures of beer-dvinking o the singing commerz. A leading Ger- man caricaturist, hits the thing exuctly. **Who are these two fat old men in stu- dent costume?” asks the inquisitive stranger of the affuble citizen, “*They are post-graduate students,” is the reply. ‘““*And who was the smooth-faced, youthful-looking gentieman to whom they touched their hs “One of the old professe the answer No doubt the German university has a pervading tone of art and science and literature, but this is not strong enough to form an incentive to work, and only adds a flavor to the 1 ud a velish to the toba 3 all over the civilized world the stor; the same that university students ave wmere boys who do not wish to study, and who ave sent by their parents to obtain the hall- mark of a university diploma. The con- sequence 1s that universities are prac tically useless. When we contrast them with the uni- ies of the middle ages we ave ns- tonished at the difference, The merest cursory survey of mediwval times will demonstrate how faithfully, how thor- oughly the universities accomplished the great taste committed to them. They represented the su warriors who, under various names broke down the domination of the Roman empire, and hewed out provinces which became nations through thuir settlement. The at first smashed aud plundered, and spoiled everything with which they came in contact, for they were soldiers under lax discipline, and they were suvages, aud rapiue and devastation were natural to such beings. descendants were men of milder mood, and they grieved at the destruction which Liad been wrought. Step by step theysot themselves to conguer the arts, the literatuve and the sciences of the remain dispc re- absency eas; which they had de And they did this so thoroughly that a t the end of the fifteenth ceatury, when the for tion, systems and to forge 18 were in process of incubas to end existing had pos<essed themselves of a knowledge of Greek and Roman times which makes the best educated man of to-day feel himselfa pigmy in comparison. They had found in nooks and all the great authors of antiquity. had com- pared duplicates, had vevised editions, and had created out of chuos a wonder- ful library wholly Greek and Latin, It was a stupendous achievement. The underlying wenkness of the medimval university was precisely that feature which had once coustituted its strength—its alliance with religion. Fvery man who felt drawn to science, or to severe literature passed his whole life in the university of his choice under monastic restraints even though under novow. The great work of winning back classicism was done by these men, and could not have been done except by such continuous efforts as devoted men will give from theiv enthusiasms. No great work can be done by boys and hoyish professors, selected for their sympathy with the outdoor pursuits in which boys delight. Therefore when the reformation divorced religion ana universitics, the latter lost the men who were vowed to learning, and for whom the cloister was a retreat where prob- lems could be brooded over in peace, far from the madding world’s ignoble strife. Honceforward the universities became places where boys came to learn and where professors came to teach, and they ceased o be the homes whero studious men passed tranquil years in patient study, and in the slow elabora- tion of great thoughts. adually the great heritage of classic love faded from the grasp of the moderns, until to-day a library of classic authors is a drug upon the market. Gradually the plane of teacher and taught descended, until, as Professor Bernard has remarked, it has at last sunk to the standard of a gram- mar school. Tt is obvious that what is wanted is the endowment of fellowships for the creation of a class of life stu- dents, who shall be released from those absurd monastic restrictions which are still maintained in the universities of Protestant England. Not otherwise can the moderns accomplish their tre- mendous task, the winning back of the history of that race from whom the Greeks and Romans devived their eivil- ization. which © about W oones, the cornet T impression conveyed by the daily police court record: off vagrancy, that Omaha has an exceptidhally large num- ber of unemployed people who are des- titute and unable to obtain work, is shown by the careful ipvestigation of a reporter of Tie Beiztd be unfounded. A very large majority of those who daily appear in the police court charged with vagrancy ave n'oul¥'mml vagabonds, who do not want work and would not work if the demand for labor was very much greater than it is. Every ci more or less infested wath this cla it would simply appear that Omaha has for some time been harbor- ing rather more than her share. Our reporter ascertained that there are rel- atively few idle people among thos who seek employment, except of young women who desire positions as book- keepers, stenographers, type writers and clerks, of whom the supply is largely in excess of the demand. For skilled mechanies there is ample employment and has been throughout the summer. In nearly all departments of 1ndustry the supply of labor is equal to the de- mand, but theve is very little complaint from trustworthy and capable men in any branch of labor that they cannot find employment. The vagrant vecord is a misleading index of Omaha’s labor market. THERE is very little encouragement for the advocates of commercial union and annexation in the speech delivered at Montreal,on Friday, by the Canadian secretary of state. He disparaged the idea of commercinl union and annexa- tion, and said that the movementsin the United States looking to these conditions meant but one thing, the destruction of Canada’s industr and whatever she has steiven for during the last ten years. This is unquestionably the view that dominates the controlling political ele- ment in Canada, and it is ono that will not he easily overcome. Nevertheless, there is a growth of popular sentiment in favor of commercial union, if not of annexation, and as to the latter there arc very few in the United States who think favorabl STATE PRESS. ‘The Bloomington Guard remaris that the “day after cloction Sterling Morton will say ‘Oh, for a lodge (arbor) in some vast wilder- ness.' " The Hastings Gazette-Journal observes that McShane's brief letter of acceptance is a great deal longer than his term of office will be. The Falls City Journal observes that “General Leese will rom ahead of his ticket. And it will be good running to run abead of the republican ticket this year The South Sioux City Sun, evidently with a great deal of suppressed feeing, remarks that it “would like to see Dld Chump Bone- steel boaten for senator in this district.” s the Strang (Fillimore county) Record: “Captain Real’s action {n submitting his case to arbitration is a commendable one, and clears his skirts of the disreputable means that procured his alleged nomination. It was the only honorable course to take, and the captain will not be without his reward." The Wahoo Wasp suggests that the “dem- ocratic nominee for cougréss from the First district signs his name after this style: ‘1. £ Morton.” It would save tithe in writing, and would also express the: interest that he and his party represents in this campaign, viz: the English sterling.” The Grand Island “Direct regulation of railroads by al laws is the only safe method of protecting the intorests of the people from encroachments of railroad cor- \d it is safe to sit down upon all pts of the railroads to foist commis- sioners unon the people as a means of feating direct legislation.” The Wayne Gazette gives its ressons for bolting Laws as follows: ‘‘Uilbert L. Laws has shown himself to be an out-and-out rail road man. thoroughly subservient to all their wishes, and republicans who betiove in anti- wouopaly should vote for his democratic op- ponent, Hon. Patrick, Hines, who has never Independent says: rates and control of | been known either as a member of the rail- road gang nor a frequenter of the Lincoln ‘0il rooms.* The Humphre! political situat “The republicans have put honest men, that to attack per Ly wil bring thew votes, and no campaign slander Lavail ust them. Let the democrats v the good exam , for, if by any ‘hook or crooi,’ a democrat should chan be clected, we would like to see o worthy, upright man, who will bring houor and re spect to himself, aud a credit to the count Referring to the republican nominee for enator from Otoe county, the Nobraska City Press says: “Frank Runsom has, time and time again, refused to take railroad cases and has always boen a square-toed and consistent friend of the people. Van Wyck has had no more valiant ally in his battle with the cor- porations and no stronger advocate, politic ally. If any man can sccure the United States senatorship for Van Wyck it is Frank Ransom, who may be depended upon to take a leading place in the legislature, at onc He has energy, experience and intelligence. dependent spaaks of the in Plat o 8 s il With One Exception. Chicago Tribune, The nut crop of 1888 is an exceptionatly large one. Everything, in fact, 1s shelling out well this year excopteontributions to Chairman Brice's democratic campaign fund. phdedis oo A Sad State of Politics, Rochester Post-Erpress. @o to, all things have changed. A new era is upon us. The artiodactyle, ungulate mam- mal of the genus Sus has succeded the scholar in politics. The Hog is on deck! IRty Nothing to Be Proud of. Philadelphia Press. The present congress will thunder down the ages as the one that consumed more time in proving its own incapacity and doing noth. ing than any other on record. That is the record, but there is mighty little in it to be proud of. ey The Shotgun Safe, Tribune. “What T want to know,"" said the patriotic Mississipian, as he bit off & hunk of tobacco and crunched itsavagoly, is whether this yer bill of Congressman Mills reduces the tarift on shotguns or not. 1f it doesn't, I'm agin it. Why, dang it all, it costs too blamed much to carry on honest election in this countr; R R Six Hundred Thousand Disfranchised. Tribune. It is only by the exclusion of Dakota from the union and the trampling down of free suffrago in the south that Cleveland can hope to secure a sccond term. The systematic frauds perpetrated in the cotton states are not suflicient. In addition to all this the peo- plo of Dakota must be disfranchised. Not only must the south usurp power, and in 80 doing weaken and degrade the just vote of all the northern states, but a great com- munity of 600,000 northern people is disfran- chised absolutel Th ———— r Usefulness at an End. Commercial Bulletin, The spectacle is presented of the absenco upon clectioncering tours of we do not know how many prominent senators and represent- atives from their post of duty, at a time when, were they animated by a desire to promote, in the spirit of their oath of office, the “‘welfare of the people,” their presence there might tend to make the session less abortive than it is likely to be as regards the most important business of the session. 'Lhus giving to party what is due to the country, we repeat, their capacity for usefuluess in the great work of reducing the public bur- dens is at an end. - The Little Runaway. Julia €. R. Dorr. The church was dim and silent, With the hush before the prayor; Only the solemn trembling Of the organ stirred the air. Without, the sweet, still sunshine; Within, the holy calm, Where priest and people waited For the swelling of tho psalm. Slowly the door swung open, And a little baby girl, Brown-oyed, with brown hair falling fn many a wavy curl, With soft cheeks flushing hotly, ‘Shy glances, downward thrown, And small hands clasped before ' her, Stood in the aisle alone. Stood half-abashed, half-frightened, Unknowing where to go, While like a wind-rocked tlower Her form swayed to and fro. And the changing color fluttered In_her troubled lite face, As_from side to side she wavercd, With & mute, imploring gra It was but for a moment— What wonder that we. smiled— By such_a_strange, sweet picture From holy thoughts beguiled ! Then up rose some one softly, And many an eye grew dim, As through the tender silence He bore the child with him. And T-T wondered (losing The sermon and the pr: 1f, when sometime I cutes The many mansions fair, And stand abashcd and drooping In the portal's golden glow, Our God will send his angel To show me where o go. e CURRENT TOP'IOS. The Fastest Yacht Afloat. It will be remembered that the He Duilt a littic steam yacht called the Stiletto, which beat Jay Gould's Atlanta by half au hour in a forty-mile race, but the great rail road wrecker presented a clond of afidavits that the Stiletto had Wi m the se, and the Atlanta was therefore placed first by the obedient judges. Now the Her- reshoffs have built for a Baltimore merchant m yacht about the same size as the Atlanta, which they predict will walk away from anything that floats. She has beeu christencd the Ballymena, after tho distriot in Ircland from which her owner emigrated to find wealth in tuis country. The Ball mena is one hundred and forty-eight feet long, eightecn-foot beam, draws seven fect, and carries engines of eight hundred horse power of the quadruple expansion type. The Ballymena is fitted with a four-bladed Her- reshoff screw made of American aluminum bronze, a singular fact, because 1a tho fitting out of the United States steol cruisers the secretaty of the navy declined to use alum- inum brouze when it was patrioticaliy offered by Mr. Cowle. He alleged us his reason that bronze could not be used on steel vesscls, because the two metals when wetted dovel oped a galvanic current which ate up the negative metal. The Herreshoft brothers seem to have had no such scientifio scruples, for their wheel screw was made of alumi- num bronze ufter an exhaustive series of ex- periments. But the Herreshofls have con- stautly sought to develop American product aud the Cleveland guministration has stead- ily ignored them. Drank ¥rom the Wrong Jug. There are cities whera the organs of taste are so little developed, especially on Sundays, thatmany persons cannat tell the difference between luger and woissbier. Especially uas this been the case with policemen, But recently a party of friends at & wake drank a can of embalming fl1id with much cheer- fulness, and without any suspicions, until internal movements warncd them thut some- thing was wrong with that beer, Tuis goes eshoffs a ste: agreat way toward exonerating thosa po- licemen who have testified that they could not tell whether the liquor sold was beer or weissbier, and shows a censorious world How prone it is to suspect without & cause Coral and Amber: There will shortly bo an immense rise in the fprices of pink and red coral, and no doubt many persons will attribute this to the formation of a syndicate among the Neapoli- tan and Parisian jewoelers. 1Bat this would be doing these men & palpable injustice, for the fault lies with the zoophytes who have at last become tired of making housoes for them- selves for the benefit of the bipeds above the waves. The coral fisheries of the Le vant are practically exhausted, and the mar- ket now depends upon such coral as may be picked up at Aden at the mouth of tho Red Sea, and in the archipolago of Polynesia There will come @ time when the Baltic sup- plies of amber will fail also,and then there will be another howl, especially from tho Turks and Persians, for whomn mere tobacco hias no charms unless the smoke reaches the lips through an amber mouthpiece. Local Development in Art. No less than three art galleries have been opened this fall in three great cities of tho west. This is a most encouraging sign of the times, showing a disposition towards local developmont and a reaction against the old idea of aggregating all things noble, all things curious and all things interesting in the national eapital. The Smithsonian Insti- tute and the Corcoran gallery at Washington arcof no appreciable beneflt to Nebraska, and if any young men of Omaha show un mistakable tendencies towards science or art it is to be hoped that some way will be found for the development of their talents here, so that the ultimate benefit may be reaped here The traveler in Southorn France and Italy will find that each great city developed schools of art and architecture which were strongly local, and yot at the sawme time thor- oughly artistic. So it should be here, and 8o apparently it will be. The New Dog. The new dog has not yet appeared in Omaha. He is to bea lady's dog, and is a Tartar fox terrier with many amiable quali- tics. He is the color of turkey-red floss silk, and his fur requires considerable washing and combing, but as he repays such little at- tentions by extreme fondness for his owner, he will no doubt be considered worthy of the time and trouble, A Prince After Bruin. The Romanian method of hunting baars, as depicted by the Hennett dispatches to Tie Ber,will strike Americans who have “loaded for bar' " with astonishment. An army of boators went into the forest suspected of har boring bears, and began driving all animals indiscriminately towards the spot where the Prince of Wales and the Crown Prince of Austria were waiting to pepper the bears. But none appeared, for these knowing creatures perfectly comprehended the de signs of the beaters and remained calmly in their dens, or perhaps continuea browsing philosophically on acorns and beech nuts in spiteof the din of horns and tae shouting around them. Tho bear has no business with hunters, and will not go to them; if they have business with him they must find him, whether they are kings orclowns, The Great Firenzi. e greatest equine performer of the year is urdoubtedly the Californian four year-old mare Fivenzi, belonging to J. B. Hagein, of an Francisco. She has defeated all the greatest horses of the east, has lowered tho time record on several occasions, and has lengthened the faces of IKentuckians until they were in just proportion with their legs. California will now ba a point to which all breoders of thoroughbreds will turn anxious eyes. Tea Drinkers, Both Russian and English tea drinkers do- rido their fellows of the United States, be- cause the latter use Japaneso tea, which is considered to be wanting in aroma, deficient in flavor, excessive in astringency, and rack ing to the nerves. This fearful piling up of esthetic foreign criticism will go far to con- vince the people of Kentucky that they have not entirely erred in their choice of bever- uges. The statisticians and political econo- nusts who are paralyzing this land, and will probably continue to ao sountil the end of the campaign, point out that this country pays cight million dollars aunually to Japan for this bad tea and gets back a paltry two million dollars for good kerosene oil. Japan invests another million in American clocks, watches and rubber goods, but still the bal ance of trade is against us, to the tune of five million dotlars, and this isa grievous thorn in the flesh of the patriotic statisticia He does not lament over the cleven million dollars paid for raw silk and for cocoons, be- cause that helps business here. But the transaction in tea sticks in his heart like an arrow. Hemp Plaster. The atteution of those citizens of Omaba who are building or are planning to build is directed towards a serics of cxperiments made in plastering by o firm of Philadelphi architects. Thoy had for a long time dis- trusted the eflicacy of cow-hair or goat-hair in_ plastering, and they determined to ascer- tain definitely whether manilla hemp was not infinitely superior. They mixed two heaps of plaster, adding goats' hair to one and ma. nilla homp cut into lengths from one to two inches to the otner. When the two had been thoroughly worked they were placed in arate barrels and deposited in o particularly damp ootlar, where they remained for nine months. Then the barrels were exhumed and examined. The hawr plaster crumbled and broke readily, very little of the hair being visible, for the lime evidently consumed five sixths of it. But the hemp plaster showed extraordinary cohesiven The fibres of the hemp permeated the mass, and had not been acted upon at all by the lime. This is bit of real progress, and it is astonishing that it has only been arrived at now, for bad plastering in houses is the rule, and good the ption as every housckeeper well knows TALKS ON TRIFLES, speaking of insurance,” observed Major Whecler the other day, “I believe I take risk when I say Connell will g0 out of Doug- las county with two thousund majority. Morton is too well kuown 1 these parts.” President Licchiel expresses the beliof that the recent jaunt of the ity conncilmen will result in a great deal of good in addition to the information they obtalned about garbage crematories. 1t opened thoir eyes,” said Mr. Bechel, *“to what other cities are dolng in the way of improvements. The Chicago parks gavo them a dosire to have something in thatling in Omaha. I have always advo cated the beautifylng of the parks we now have and the securing of others. We would have had them, too, but for the juggling of the charter, Even Jefferson Square could be made & boautiful spot, instead of the eye sore it is, by the oxpeaditure of @ little money. 1 think the conncilmen who went to Chicago reulizo the importance of the park questica tow, and I believe some steps will be taken this winter for improvements in that ne." I'mot a friend the other day who was ro- turning to his home in New York stale from @ trip through the great wost. Ho was glad 10 se0 me—at l6ast ho said so. *'You are the only man 1 know in Nebraska,” ue rs- marked, “except General Van Wyck. I was in during the ‘lato unpleasantness,’ and ale though I was on private I had a spoaking acquaintanco with him, I remember whon he started west. I happenod to meet him on the train, and after talking over old times [ asked where he was goingy ‘I'm going to Nebraska,’ he replied, 'to grow up with the country, and you may hear from me In the United Statos senate.’ 1 dida't think muoh about it at the time, but lator I ‘heard from him.! And, by the way, he is about the only Novraska senator [ ever did ‘hear from,'" . goneral's rogimont “Tdid a very shooking thing while I was gono," remarked ono of my lady frionds who had just returned from a trip to Chioago. *'On the train with me w widow who was accompanying her husband's remains to Conuccticut for interment. We struok up a conversation, and she told me of hor recont beroavement and its attendant (ncon. venicnces. ‘I've got along 80 far all right,’ said sho, *but I hardly know what to do when [ roach Chicago. You soe, I'm not usoa % traveling with theso sorts of things," with a motion towards the baggago oar, & laughed right out—I couldu't help it . ““Tho gripman of & cable car on which T was riding yosterday loaned over and wh perod: ‘We've got a great gag on his whis. kers [roferring to the conductor. He jumped off the car this morning, rushed into saloon, bought a hot lemonade, drank ft, planked down a dime, and then pulled his bell punch twice. That drink cost him twenty cents, and it will cost hima good deak more when the boys find it out. “The little change boxes which woro ro- contly put in on some of the horse cars havo been a mystery to a great many passengors,” said a street car driver yestorday, *'I only wanted to pay for one,’ shrioked a lady tho other day whon the gentloman who was pass- ing up her fare dropped the 10-cent picee in the change box. ‘You'll have to give mo back a nickle.' ‘I'll do it if you'll only giva me time,’ ho replied, and the woman soomed disappointed when she saw him draw two nickles back out of the box. A woman al- ways is disappointed when sho censures a man and then finds ho had doue just right, ‘'his one didn't apologize or oven say thyuls you.” & “Major Reno's troubles and attompt to commit suicide remind me of his trial beforo a court of inquiry following the Custer m: sacre,” said o former private secrotary of General Sheridan, who is now located in Omabia. “I was prosent at tho examination 1n Chicago, and the evidence went to show that Reno was ‘pretty full’ at tho time of tho battle. After he had rotreated and was joined by Burteen, he walked up to his pack mule, picked up acanteen of whisky, and took & big drink. This stimulated his cour- age and he dashed to the front of the troops, where he fired his revolver at the Indians, who at that time were over a mile away.'" The court, however, held that Rono was courageous enough not to be found guilty ot cowardice and accordingly whitowashed him. AM TS. Another large audience witnessed the pro duction of the play of “Saints and Sinners" by the Madison Square theater company at Boyd's opera house. The story is familiar to playgoers gencrally—a story whoso theme 13 not new on the stage or in real life—a story of woman’s weakness and man's deception— told in this drama with a force of pathos that strikes o the core of sympathy. Last night the old minister, Jacob Fletcher, was i tho ands of that almost uncqualled aotor, Mr, J. H. Stoddard, and it need not be said that e portraiturd of tho purcinded, dor vote o-tried old preacher detail, The simple agh of this vetoran of the stage always holds tho mirror up to nature, and in nothing mora completely than in this cha ter, Letty Fletcher, the minister's daughter, and the victim of a misguided love, most accop- tably personated by Miss Marrie Burroughs, while Frod ouis Massen and E. M. Holland we dmirable in their spo v The entertainment heartily appreciated by the large and discrin- inating audience, us it deserved to be, for certainly no fi production of this drama would be possible. The attraction at Boyd's opera house next week will be the people’s favorite artisto, Maggie Mitehell. Miss Mitchell will produca a new play on Friday evening called “Ray," which has been most favo received everywhere it has been played in tho east. The majority of critics pronounce it the strongest pl at Miss Mitchell has yot ap- peared in, v was written for Miss Mitchell by C. Wallace Walters, Esq., and the principal part, that of Ray Golden, is perfectly adapted to the clever littlo artiste's peculiar powers. It is a beautiful romantio comedy drama, laid in a Now England mane ufacturing village. There are many oppors tunities afforded for character acting, which Miss Mitchell's clover company makes tho best of. On Saturda be repoated, and Su Mitchell and company will vorite, *Fauchon, the Cricket. ly Miss the old fa- Mrs, Langtry opens her season at the new Grand opera house to-morrow evening 1n “As in a Looking Glass." ‘The sale of ro- served scats has been very larie, indicating a full house. Mr. Langtry visited Parvis dur- g the past sum especially to have her costumes made by Worth, the greatest de- er of ladies’ appa e world. [u her ning play she we hand- somest dresses that ever Artist's hands. She will arrive here this morning direct from New York i the rin which she resia ing. arvel of beaut fort, and was b Mann Boudoir company and o Prof, Gentry's Canine Paradox will b at the new Grand opera house on Friday and Saturday of this woek, It is the most astou- adox of tie age. The ca- sats of Prince, the king of vonderful sed at the musee in pe of all kinds of babies on exhibiti for fat babics, An excellent company 14 atorum, and all told, tho not be a whit behind in the of this popular resort. Ag the sh Prizes are offere twins and trip billed for the present weelk w gencral exceller Owing to the great wight by this colehrated souoreite with thy man comy Manager Koch lias so- cared bo o this evening again ub Boya's, when she will appear in the laugha- ble couody, “k alze.” Mr. Axtman tho comedtan, will play the title roll and all the members of the company will appear in the cast. last Sunday Art Exhibit. At the last meeting of the Western Art as- sociution held on Monday evening it was do- cided to Lold an exhibit of the efforts of the local and other artists upon the complotion of Mr. Linniger's gallery early in the month of November. Three days will be given to local artists and three days to Mr. Linniger's collection, thus offering a week to be 6njo; by those appreciating art. The following ladies and gentlemen will compose the coms mittee in oharge of this final exbibition: Mr, Cloment Chase, Mrs. Thomas M. Orr, Mrs, . B. Mumaugh, Mrs. Edwin Davis, Miss Molona Buttertiold, Mr. I. Hodgson, jr.. Mr, Fred Kuight, aud Mr. C. D, Kent. Thosé intouding to exhibit will send u list’ of pic- tures by namo with outside dimensions of frames. Irom the interest manifested it 18 thought tac enterprise will be highly successs tul Cutting Off Contractors' Extras, Ryan & Walsh, the coutractors on tho new count; hospital, last week put in 8 bill for about $500 for extra work, which they said they had done because they doemed it neces for the stability of the buildig. The co missioners have rejected the ciaim, and have notified the eontractors that not a dollar will bo sllowed for extras unless ordered by the board. Furthermore, such order muss be of- ficial and in writing. An order from iadi- vidual members of the board will not be ag~ cepted by that body 95 biading vpon ity