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

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1888 THE DAILY BEE, PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. ) M8 OF BSCRIPTION, Datly Morning Baition) including SUSDAY, Wik, One Yenr 810 00 For <ix Months . . . b 0 or Three Mon! s 250 Ty OMAIA SUNDAY BEE, address, One Year 2m WrekLY HEE, One Year 2 m OMATAOFFICENOS D ANH IS Fans AN STREET, CIICAGO OFFICE 357 ROOKERY BUILDING. New York Orrrcr, H M8 14 AND IS THIBUN R B WasHisatos O¥Fice, No. 013 FOURTEENTH STREET. niailed to any PONDENCE ating tonews and edi. £ should be addressed to the Epiroi INESS LETTERS, mittances shonld ba e 10 THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, Dratis, checks and postoffice orders to payable to the order of the company. The Bcc Pablishing Company Prnuneluru ROSEWAT Conn LT B siniess letters and v OM AT be 'IIIIAl)\II \ B Bwnrn Statemen ot Circulation. A Tlen Pab. swear that the Ber for the Aber &, 158 was as follows: 1isbing Compan solenn ctual circnlat week ending Dece Bunday, Dec Monday, Dec. 3 day, Dec Wednesda Thursday, Friday, D Saturday, Dec Average........ GEORG CHLUCK. Eworn o before me and subscribad in my presence thls 8th duy of Dasember A. 1), 1884 Real N 1L, Notary Public. Btate of Nebraska. County of 4 Georgo 1, Tzscnick, being duly sworn, de. sesand says (hat he is secretary of the lee Pubhishing com; that the actial averags daily cir (uk DALY Bek for the i 15,041 copi for Februar, Tor March, 1868, 10,680 copla IKSS, T 44 coplesi for My, 188, 15,181 1R85, 1043 copies: for J for Angiist, 183, W coples r October, 1835, subseribad in my peembar, 1445, A Groct city. The, didn’t trus trust is promised for the would be better off if they JUDGE B tunning rebuke to Pat Ford, printed elsewhere, might be read with intevest before the federal grand jury Tr © isholding its breath antil Webb Faton and Walt Seeley find time, totell what they know®of the missing port of the meat and pectors would indicate that tion of the right sort isa good ng for the health of our people. fruit inspe l Tire contestants” investigation over the late legislative election in Omaha proves ono thing, that the “bloody third” well deserves the name bestowed on that ward. —_— THe T the only Omaha paper with a bureau at the national ecapital, and the only Nebraska journal receiv- ing regular specials by wire from Wash ington. —_— CONGRESSMAN MCSHANE deserves hie respect of the west and northwest in being one of the few democrats who is npcul; in favor of the division and admission of Dakota. CONGRESSMAN MARTIN of Texas evi- dently did blow out the gas when he first went to Washington. He was fined five dollars at the Washington poli court for striking a reporter who cir lated the stor u- v would ho very interesting for the general public to learn what Ben said to Levi andjwhat Levi said to Ben. It W the first time that the president and vice president-elect had met since their names were coupled on the national ticket. Tue state has paid cut something like thirty-four thousand dollars in the past two years for tho killing of eight hundred and fifteen glandered horses, The state veterinarian is making as great a recovd in killing beasts as has Dr. Billings, T comes to light that Nebraska after nil 18 entitled to a fraction over ten thousanda dollars as its share in the di- vision of the direct tax. Ten thousand dollavs would make a very pretty Christmas wad in the heel of Nebras- ka's big stocking. Tue taxpayers of South Omaha have finally awakened to the fact that their muyor and council are ecarrying on so-called public improvements with a gh hand. It 1s time for those ove burdened citizens to call a halt and ap- peal for protection against the reckless methods adopted for squandering the city’s fund; SProIRONT KELLEY, of Penusylvania, announces himseif as a candidate for Qhe chairmanship of the next ways and feans committee, now held by Mr. Mills, of Toxus. But it is very doubtful if the “father of the house” will stand o ghost of u show in view of his leaning toward the monopoiies of his state and Lis unpopularity in the west. Tie rapid settlement of western Ne- braska, especially ot the counties of Cheyenne, Custer, Cherry and Logan, has caused a yearning for two now land districts aud the creation of two new land offices in that section of the state. The scheme is fostered, however, not so much by land seekers and settlors as by the office hunters, who look to a soft berth in the land office with the same greedy eyes us they hanker ufter the postoftices, THE extension of the civil servi: rules to the railway mail service ha been announced by Postmaster General Dickinson. The new vules cover over eight thousand persons, including every part of the service with the exception of the general superintendent and the assistant general superintendent, It is furthermore announced that no imme- diate change will be made, but that vacancies will be filled by promotion or by appointment after examination. This ought to soothe the fluttering hearts of those postmasters who imagined their time had come. They will be reserved, however, for the political axe which way fall any time after next March, THE DUTY OF LEGISLATORS. It somo of the members olect to the coming legislajure should find a little time 1o hestow upon legislative prob- lems, to the exclusion of offiec hunting, they would fill a long-felt want. The orial eloction 1s too far off for de- cisive bargaining. and it will be nearly four months before General Harrison declares his poliey regarding appoint- ments, Tn the meantime the state of Nebraska will have some claims upon her home representatives which ought to 1 respected, The first all-important claim is for ligent legislation. The great mass of members-elect are not too familiar with the problems of state g iment which they will ed on to solve, They owe it to themselves to study the questions upon which they must rec their vot Ihere promin in tho through the ability to discuss clearly and intelligently the subjoct before the house, Unfortunately in Nebraska too many of our law makers been willing to take their views second hand from visiting committecs, corporation counsel, and steering statesmen em- ployed by enem of the people to befog important issues and direct the current of legislation into the wrong channels, Ignorance, next to venality, is the easiest prey of the lobbyist. It would be intercsting to know how many of the members-elect to the next legislature have looked up the guestion of the state expenditures in connection with the anunual appropriations, and are preparved to suggest a definite remeay for the extravagance in the conduct of government, How many have studied the workings of the bogus railroad com- mission, which takes from the people the power to regulate the charges of common carriers and usurps the functions of the legislaturve in the making of rates and remedying of corporate wrongs? What number of the members-clect from the thriving cities of various classes in the state have been engaging the mselves in yr up the subject of mun icipal v and in making themselv th the reforms which other ve of late years been appl to legislation relating tomunicipalities? Our educational interests are b and growing. Their successful main- tenanee is largely dependent upon the proper husbanding of the funds devived from the disposal of state lands. In spite fact that scores of Nebraskans id to have beecome rich through lieavy purchases of school lands at ab- surdly low prices, and in face of the dwindling area of educational lands, it is safe to say that there are not a half dozen prospective legislators pre- pared to discuss intolligently at present this most important question. If the members-clect of the coming logislature will put in their time forthe next three weeksin seeking for informa- tion rather than for offices, both the public und themsolves will bo groatly benefitted. In the first place, there are no ofices loose in Nebraska just at present, while there are several cogs loose in the machinery of government. And, in the sccond place, the surest voud toa political prominence whic paves the way to politieal preferment, backed by popular endorsement, will be found in an intelligent, bold and manly participation in the work of public leg- islation in the people s intercsts. REASSURING INDICATIONS. The caucus of demoeratie representa- tives in congress, at which the terri- torial question was discussed, showed u far better disposition to deal fairly with the people of the territories, and par- ticularly of Dakota, than there was rea- son to expect from what had been re- ported regarding democratic sentiment. Congressman Cox, of New York, led the way as the advocate of a division of Dakota, and it is evident from the ex- pression of views following his argu- ment that it was strong and convineing. A number of prominent democrats in the caucus significd their willingness to deal fairly with the people of Dakota, putting aside all political considera- tions, and while the extremists who fol- low Mr. Springer stoutly combatted this position they were largely in the mi- nority. Bub while these reassuring indica- tions were given regarding Dakota there was still apparent a pretty gen- eral disposition to inelude New Me in the admission programme, This is the one obstacle which if it can be removed will make the way to an carly settlement of the tervitorvial ques tion easy and simple. There has been very little expression of opinion from republicans regarding the proposition to admit New Mexico, but there is no doubt of their general opposition, not on political grounds, but for the reason that there is a doubt whether New Mexico has the required popuiation, and in any event a large proportion of its people are un- questionably not fitted for the duties and responsibilities of statehood, It is also quite probuble that the vepublicans cannot be induced to agree to some other features of the democratic pro- gramme, for the reason that they ar obviously prompted by political considerations. The hope of complishing anything for the ter tories rosts lavgely upon the pos- sibility of & sullicient number of demo- crats accepting the views of Represen- tative Cox to defeat the programme of Mpr. Springer, and there is ground for the belief that this will be done. Some of the democrats in the house, includ- ing the New York congressman, under- stand and candidly admit that the con- duct of the party toward Dakota cost it heavily in northwestern votes at the late election, and they do not see the wisdom of continuing the policy of such leaders as Mr. Springer, whose inten partisanship is proof against all consid- evations of irmness and justice, Further- more, & great many democrats ave very much opposed to an extra session, and if the territorial question can be settled at the present session the chances of the next congress being called to as- semble before the regular time will be considerably reduced. These con- siderations furnish the chief ground for the hope that the territorial guestion will bo settled at the present session be ca uo surer nee legislature t s states | ico ¢ nearly according to the republi- cau plan. UNION WITH CANADA The discussion of a policy of commar- cial union with Canada, and the opin- ion expressed by prominent and influen- tial men in the United States and the Dominion that annexation an event of the not far future, has been steadily growing upon the attention of the people of both countries, Owing to the absorbing intevest of the presidential campaigu in this country the question of our future relations with Canada has received very little popular considera- tion for months, but the subjoct has been of very genoral discussion in Canada, where it is believed the senti- ment in favor of roelations with this country, at least of a commer- cinl character, has made The attention of the Amer will now hoe more fully atteacted to the question by the introduction in con- gress of o joint vesolution authorizing the president to invite negotiations lookingto the assimilation and unity of the people of the Dominion of Canada and the United States under one gov- ernment, such unity and assimilation to be based upof the admission of several provinees of the dominion, or any one of them, into ths union of states, upon the same terms and equality with tho several statos now composing the union. The preamble sets forth the con- siderations which invite and make de- able sueh a union, as identity of race, lineage, history and tradition, supple- mental resources, tho mutual depend- ence of the artories of commerce, and the community of interests, presenting altogether a foreible argument in sup- port of the proposed union. The subjeet is lavge and important, involving numerous questions that can- not be determined off-hand. The au- thov of the joint resolution, Representa- tive Butterworth, of Ohio, is an ardent advoeate of the policy of unity and similation, and Senator Sherman is no less convinced that it is the policy which must ultimately be adopted by the two countrie Iy belief in the futurc common destiny of the two English-speaking nations of America has never wavered,” said Senator Sher- man in a recent interview. But the opinion of even so wise statesman ean- not be accepted as conclusive, and a little reflection will show that there are vast difficulties in the way which it will be extremely hard to overcome, and perhaps impossible for generations. Nevertheless the subject is interesting, and English and Cunadian opinion on the proposed negotiation for unity as- similation will be awaited with a groat deal of cur! som closer progross. i people THE STATE SPEAKERSHIP. The speaker of the house of repre- sentatives holds the key to the legisla- tive situation, and practienlly controls the machinery of that bod Law- making may be expedited or retarded by him. By usage he fills all the com- mittees and selects the chairman of each. While the house elects a clerk the speaker has supervision over him and his rulings while the house is in session very often determine the fate of the most important of hill It is manifestly to the interest of the people to have @ man in the speaker's chair who will realize his responsibility and who cannot be swerved from the path of duty by any press that may be brought to bear upon him. He should not mevely be well versed in the affairs of legislation, but a man who has the material welfare of the state at heart and will not stoop to use his posi- tion for base ends in the interest of jobbers or corporations. Among the men who aspire to the position, several utleast have been men- tioned whose past records are a reproach to the state. These men do not expect 10 be speaker of the house; they simply give themselves airs in the hope of be- ing made chairmen of important com- mittees so as to have something to trade upon. Members-elect of the legislature will have ample opportunity to learn of the fitness of competing candidates, and it will notbe difficult for them to center upon an honest, capable and represent- ative man. JUDGE COOLEY, chairman of the in- ter-state commerce commission, appears to have had his eyes opened by the in- vestigations in Chicago. In an inter- view he said the revelations of willful violations of the law and of illegal means resorted to by railroad officials to secure advantages over each other, were much worse than any member of the commission had supposed, astound- ing the trustful chaivmman. What a commentury on a class of -business men who exercise an enormous power over the trade of the country, and who commonly thought to be governed a high standard of business honor and obligation. The commission having learned something to its advantage, it may now be hoped that there will be no more trifling in the enforcement of the law, and this 15 the promise which Judge Cooley gives the country. A firm and unflinching policy is de- manded, and there is reason to believe that such a policy the commission will adopt. AS LONG as the granting of licenses is put in the hands of men whose inter- ests can be subserved by using the liquor elemout as a powerful political leverage in local elections, so long will the license bowed be a source of danger. It isa temptation which the average politician cannot resist, For that rea- son ambition and avarice too often spur unscrupulous men to enter into unholy alliances. There canbe but one remedy, and that is to divorce the liquor trafiic from all relations to members of the council. No sacrifice of the principles of self-government is involved in the chunge, and the city will be rid of the most cunning and dangerous source of corruption in the council em—— TagParnell commission, instituted by the London Z%nws to connect Mr, Par- nell and the land league with the Irish outrages, drags along its weary investi- gation, Up to the present moment the Times has utterly failed to smirech M Parnell’s character by the host of wit- nesses it has summoned to give testi- T 7.'7‘*7- s Y mony, It has endeavored to prove that the loague had ordered a long series of outrages, and that Mr. Parnell and his Irish colleagues in parliament are re- sponsible for them, The commission adjourns within a week for the holi- days, and 1t is highly probable that the charges will be quietly dropped by the Z¥mes as an unprofitable task. . It 18 officially announced that the convention of the Republican League of the United States, which was called to meet at New York City on December 19, has been postponed. A large num- ber of requests from all parts of the country induced the executive commit- tee to put off the convention until March, in order to enable the delegates to take part in the inaugural cere- monies at Washington. This action will undoubtedly be approved by every member of the league through the country, and will insure a larger and more enthusiastic attendauce at the convention The New Suit, y News. on has donned a new suit of to show that General Harr clothes, There is no evidence lie won it on the election. - - The President’s Famlily. Mail and_Erpress, Who would intrude into a family? general's staff are his military family so the president’s cabinet are his political family. Greatest Show on Earth, Lincoln Cally The next greatest show on earth will bo the legislature, and Jt will cost nothing to look down from the galleries upon the s wen in the pit. of the South ertiser, Representative Oates went a step too far, The south doesn't care anything about the negroes voting at the north. A repeal of the fiftecuth amendment, allowing us to do what we choose, would be all the situation calls for. Excessive S Suggestive Hint From the P, O, Tndianapolis Jowrnal. Officlal changes and appointments come, of course, and in due time; bt there e limitations to the work, both legal and personal, which cannot be disregarded, and we do not think it will be advantageous for those who attempt it. From what we know of General Harrison we arc quite sure he will not be drawn or forced in this matter be- yond his convictions of duty, and that the oficeseekers who attempt to crowd him will not profit by it. We are strongly inclined to believe that in the next administration thoso who are the most clamorous for office will not be the first to bo recognized. Their for- wardness and anxicty will be apt to ovi shadow their real claims or mevits. et ik The Comedy of the House-Movers. Pioneer-Press, President-clect Harrison (to the republi- can leaders who have hielped him move into the presidency)—Well, boys, this moving business is all over now; I guess you would better go home. First Mover Quay—Go home! Ob, we are not tired. We'll stay and help you fix up the house. ond Mover Reid—Yes, we'll brush around a trifle and dust off your pletures and —and your cabinet. Third Mover Clarlkson—No, we are not in the least tired. We've had fun, we have We'll stay right here and straighten things up a bit. Fourth Mover New-—Cio home! Oh, no; T guess not. We mever leave a job half done. “That there cabinet, over there in the corner, is off its rollers, and the door is hanging by one hinge, Fifth Mover Wanamaker—I'm out a_quar- ter for beer for the boys. Sixth Mover Blaine—I lifted as hard as any onc on the piauo. T also thought I heard a piece of pic rattling around in the cabinet. Seventh Mover Medill—I carried a joint of stovepipe two blocks, but I dou't charge anythiug for that. e e The Two Hunters, A Pioneer Press “So Harrison a-hunting went, A-roaming to and fro; And Harrison is eating quail While I am eating crow."—G. C. ity PROMINENT PERSONS. Queen Victoria contemplates writing, or rather dictating, her memoirs. Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain spend most of the winter in Italy. The empress of Austria is, despite her poor health, remarkably young looking for her ag Captain Boycott now lives in the quic village of Flixton, Suffolk, as agent of S Hugh Aduir. Mvrs. Miller, wife of the supre justice, has qm'ulm;ud a fine build Block Island Lord Ten. health, «He weather, and is will will court te on eme ng much improved in o go out of doors in fine heerful in spirit, Mme. Patti-Nicolini is tired of living in Wales, and she intends to buy the castle of Chemonceany, I'rance, the property of the Wilson family. Mr. James Russell Lowel! is living with his sister at Boston, and will probably sty th all winter, He has been invited to d liver a course of lectures at Philadelphia, On his recont tour to the Midlands, M Gladstone stopped for three minutes at We lington, and in that time, iv is gravel corded, he received two addresses, made a speech, ate lunch and was “vusily occunied” during'the remainder of his “'stay” in hand- shaking. Sir Francis Clare Ford, who 18 mentionod as the probable succossor to Lord Sackvillo at Washington, has bad a long diplomatic career. Since February, 1878, he has bees the Britisu minister at Madr| 4 knight Graud Cross of St. Mi and St George and a champion of the Bath, Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, who has been living at Holland Patent, NV, for some months, will soon go to the White House, where she will spend the winte Mr. Cleveland 1s anxious that her sister-in-law should be present at the social ceremonies which will close the present administration, Count Von Moltke's house at Berlin is a very large one, with no less than thirty win- dows looking on the street, But the famous old weneral lives almost exclusively in two rooms of it. One is his bedroom, the other his study ‘The chief ornaments of the former are a large photograph of his wife and a picture of her tomb, Theseare always wreathed with palm leaves, Mme. Munemitsu Mutsu, wife of the Japa- nese minister at Washington, entertains her intimate friends with music on the *‘koto," tho Japanese piano. 1t is six feet long by eight inchos wide, and the silic strings aro drawn lengthwise on the rounded top. Muwe, Mutsu is a elever perfol koto," and she is especially ac en she renders the music of the **Mikado.” B STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jotting, York supports 118 telephone: Prairvio chickens brivg &3 a dozen at Brewstel The Uniol at Coluwbus. The Columbus creamery cleared a dividend of 6 per cent this year, Blaine cuunlfl‘ boasts that it never had a single case of Log cholera in its limts, All the churches and schools at Osceola have been closed by order of the town board on account of the prevalence of scarlet fever. De Merritt, the man who killed King at Broken Bow, has waived examination aud bhas Pacitic disburses $40,000 a year B a4 boen spirited away to York by the sheriff to prevent any attempt at lynching. The engine and pumping outft for the Broken Bow waterworks have arrived A socond creamery 8 being erected at Oakland, wh will bo operated by steam. A petition is being! circulated and signed v citizens of Tekamah praying the city weil to call an election to vote upon bonds for water works, A man living at Marinetta, Pa., thinks he knows where (“\nu Bohanan, tho escaped murderer is, and_ the shoriff of Otoe county has forwarded him one of Quin's photo- graphs, At the annual election of the Grand Army post at Ewing, the following oficers were chosin: Cominander, T Butlor; scmlor vice, C. White: junior vice, D. Brion; (|lH r ter master, John Woods sergeant, H. B, Closson; ehaplain, F. Van Orsdel: officer of day, O, B. Brewster; officer of guard, J. Wart; adjutant, D. A. Cole. The post num- bers fort, members in good standing. A wild-eyed steer had a lot of fun with James Howell, & prominent Albion stock man, the other day. Whilo Howell was sorting some cattle to ship, one of the steers ran into the pony he was riding, throwing Mr. Howell violently to the ground, dislocat- ing lis right arm and bruising hun in a te ble manner, 1t was thought at first he w injured internally, but he is now resting quietly with a good prospect of recovery. Towa. Thero are 1,557 railway stations in Towa. The Des Moines Volapuk club has dis- banded. In ux City they arrest storckeepers whose employes sweep dirt into the street It is reported that two hundred Davenport dollars are thrown away in lottery invest- ments every month, The meancst father in Towa lives at Cres- ton. He is going to have his boy's hair cut for a Ciristmas present. The town of Granger greatly cxcited ove the phantoms who carry lantes when approached. Dr. A, K. Cross, of Mi been practicing as a magnetic doctor in Des Momes, was magnotized by Mrs. F. Ehlers, and eloped with her, leaving a wife and seven children, General Freight Manager Johnson, of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacifie, has issued an order to all station agents and connecting lines th shipments of liquor going into Towa the charges will have to be prepaid. Levi Sheets, of Gireene, a destitute old sol- dier with a large family, while helping to cut wood with a circular saw, stumbled and fell on the saw, both hands being so horribly mangled that amputation was uceessary. 1t is feared that the injuries will result fatally. Secretary Shaffer, of the Agricultural 00 brought with him from Lce county a relic thut he prizes very highly. 1t is a fr of nature in the corn stalk line. Tho stalk and_its vicinity is appearance. of but vanish ollville, who has is like any other stalk up to four or five feet from the ground. At that point it branches and forms-two perfect stalks with tassels, good-sized ears, ete. It will be stored among the archives of the Agricultural soci Dakota. Sioux Falls citizens utilize 150 telephones. A flouring mill is now the chief want of Wessington. The artesian well at Letcher gushes forth 390 by s of clear, soft water per hour. The Fargo business men will make an ef- fort to secure the tevritorial fair for their town next yeur. The board of health at Yankton has or- dered the Sunday schools to be suspended until further notic The Bank of Rugby has been i of £100,000. W. Gordon is cashie Press claims to be armer in that part of the country who neglected to harvest his flax until last wi ured a fair erop. A novel feature of the proceedings Frida; at the district court at Ellendale, was th gument by the plaintiff, Mrs. Landrisce, of Fargo, on her replevin case under permission of the court. She won her suit. Six new students were enrolled at the Rupid City school of mines during last week. They cume from different parts of the Hills, The attendance at tho school 18 now in the neighborhood of forty regular students, The ; .ead City Herald sa HA P youug bachelors in this city expect to s New Year's day in proper style, The tend to have a'big dinner for themselves aline on that day that will luy everything els2 clear in the shade. Married men are ed, and the boys intend filling them- selves up—on turkey—for ouce, at least.” B AMUSEMENTS, corporated : . A, Mears is prosident and J. The Ree Valle acquainted with a Miss Minnie Maddern is deservedly one of the most popular artists who annually visits Omaha, and the audienccs that grected her yesterday afternoon and evening attested the warm regard in which she is held by the playgoers of this city, The afternoon pe formance was for the benefit of the Press club,'and the pretty comedy entitled ‘“‘In Spite of All,” was tie attraction. The audi- ence was large, and it need hardly be said that the entertainment was most cordially received, Miss Maddern being at her best, which is perhaps all the compliment it is necessary to pay to the charming and always itful little artiste. The financial re- we are informed, will add very m terially to the treasn lf the Pressclub, an the members of that oreanization feel deeply erateful to Miss Maddern for her exceedingly generous interest in its behalf. Miss Mad- dern has always manifestea a_kindly for newspaper fraternit and she took advar the first opportunity gard. The occasion spoct ucenss, itication will be 5 romembered with asure by all mtercsted. Miss Maddern was the reeipient of a basket of beautiful flow- ers on behalf of the Press elub, which she re- vod with evident appreciation of the indly In the even th to was in mutual * presented and most cc large audienco, This production is 1o Omaha theater-goers, and the dual ro Merey Baxter, the uncultured country girl, and Lucy Ashton, the accomplished woman, one of the strongest Miss Maddern’s repertory. The charming ess hus lost none of her grace and nat- ness, and easily retains the enviable po- sition in her profession which has long been acknowledged. THE AVERLY-C1 AND MINSTRE name of Jack Haverly, 1 con with minstrelsy, hus still conjuring power to draw the people, und the appearance of the above named troupe at the Grand opera house last night attracted one of the largest audiences of the season in that house. ‘Lhie cutertainment was on the wholo very sutisfactory, witl some spocial features that w ing. The music portion of the programme could be improve put the sketehes and acts were for most part worthy of commendation, particularly the imperial Japanese troupe, which is really yery fine. Mostof the fun' was made by Cushman, Queens and Norcrass, and they are comediaus whose reputations ire oo weil established to require more than & mention of their nimes to assure those familiar with minstrelsy that they were good. There will be afternoon and evening performances to- day. — La Mode a Paris, * Juropean Edition of the Herald: Sealskin is again in high favor among ladios’ furs. Among the most popular perfumes for the approuching season are Le Trevol Rococo, Pr Rosu, Pre d’Automne, Primavera de Espana and the Imperiul Russe. I"or a couple of years past the h life Parisienne has resolutely cschew a displ of diamonds and jewels. Shapely shoulders und well rounded arms have been left unadorned \\lnlu bracelets, brooches and necklaces Lo neglected in their velvet cas his winter all that will be changed, and the ball room of France wid once more spurkle with gems und family heir- looms. rh R . No Christinas Table should be without a bottle of Angostura Bitters, the world renowned appotizer of exquisite flavor. Beware of count fuits, A NOSLEN Extracts me the Circular of Ahmed Aavifi Effondl. NO MORE CONTINUED STORIES, Some of the Unique Weatures Con- tained in the Instenctions of the Government Censor to 1 itors in Islam, For the Guidan of the Pre: Our esteemed Constantinopolitan contem porarics, the Djeridei Havadis, the Vakil and tho Tercjiman Hakikat, together with the Armenian Massis, the Gresk Neologos, the French Turquie, the Arabic El Djezzav, jhe Persian Akhbar, the Italian Tempo, and the astern 1 19 NOWS: pavors published in tho capital of the Otto man empire, are to be heartily congratulatod, < the London Telegraph, on the appomnt. ment by tho smblime porte of a new director and censor of the press, whose uawme is Ahmed Aarifi Effendi. This remarkablo functionary has sent out a circular for the guidance and government of all editors in Constantinople and Pera; and the text of this document, which has just been pubhished in the Prench langnage, may certainly be re garded as almost unsurpassed for humorous aggressiveness in the annals of ofticial com- muniques, It was Figaro, in Beaumarchai immortal comedy, who remarked that a Spanish journalist, 80 long as ho left wholly untouchied such subjects as rei on, politics and law, and if he did not speak ill of people in place, or the reigning favorites of socic or the taxes, or the opera, might write most anything he pleased, subject the supervision of tvee or four censors, But Ahmed Aurifi Effendi’s views of press cen- sorship arve far move extensive than those hinted at by the witty Barber of Seville, “Do not,” says the Kffendi, in the third ar ticle of s’ cireular, “publish scientific or literary articles too long for completion in a single issue. Avoid the notice, “To be con tinued,’” which causes an uncomfortable ten sion in the mind.” There are many Euro- pean readers of periodicals who may feel in- clined to n this respect with the Tar- kish censor, and to whom “to be coutinued” are hateful words. A story is extant of a youug gentleman who had just left a public school, and w0 wnom the perusal of a course of the “British Essavists" had been roe ommended condue t the im provement s style. He began with tne but when he cawe to the sixth number, in which Stecle commences i systematic epitome of the “Iliad,” but breaks off at the tenth canto, promising to give the remainder in an arly issue, the young gentleman flung down the book in deep disgust, saying that he had heard quite cnough about Homer at school, and that 1t was too bad to serve him out in slices from week to week. Curiously enough, ir Richard Steele would appear to have been of one opinion with the school boy; for, although he promised to continue his epitome of the “Iliad,” he neve word, The best valid plea that can be advanced in fav of the notice of the 1o be continued”” is p haps that the appearance of the work in a fragmoentary form enables the reader of the icceeding part comfortably to forget all bout the portions which have jone before; 50 thut when the book is published in a co eted form it bears a new and original look, withor is paid twice ov id blank spaces and in the body of an article. Tl supposition and disturb the tranquility of the der's mind, as was recently seen in the " Well, we are not prepared entirely 1o deny the validit the Effendi’s contention. The tranquility of the Osmanli mind might cortainly be dis. turbed by an article interspersed witie dots, and which contained lu: in Kblis; cont Droiling on e of al- to of tive dots 'nd to raise government loans . drinkers date-stones v fiends nd ictors for erlasting gridiror rers while the in Moscovs 1 particular, mum and_denounced | pleuty of dots betiwe: or, moreover, should we Sftendi when we find him sraph, bidding the Ottoman editors to ““avoid personalities. 1f anybody comes aud tells you that a governor ora deputy governor hits been guilty of embezzlement, udministration, or any other blame worthy conduct, treat the charge as not proved, and say nothing aboutit.”” The Effendi evidently understands to u nieety the art of making things comfortable: but I can alsoplead very high authority indeed for deerying anything of the nature of public scandalum magnatum. What says the prophet of Islam i the forty-ninth chapter of the Koran, entitied “The Inner Apartments? 0 true bélievers! leLnot men laugh other men to scorn, who peradventure may be better than themsclves; neither let women laugh_other women to scorn, who muy be possibly better than themsely neither defame one another nor call-one an- other by opprobrious appellations. O true carefully uvoid entertaining sus- picion of another, for sowe suspicions are crime, Inquire not too curiously into other s failings, neither e of you sp Jother in h ' There it i What though there be something rotten in the state of Krzeroum! 1s any ill-condi- tioned gricvance monger 1o go to the editor of the Anvari Charkie, and tell that o jourpalist that the Turkish garrison ar: upo uldy lentils and sour rice, the nor 18 nddicted to tipsifying himseli with 1 gambling at “nap? and reading Turkish {ranslations of the novels of M. ¢ 1f the pasha of Kleptopol mercilessly ground the faces of the r; his proviee, has popped thrce auar s into his own pocket instead of paying them ingo the treasury, are his misdec be blazoned far and wide by all s { at object in life, to judge from the admonitions, is 1o keep distinetly forbids the edi tors under his control to publish the text of petitions in which iudividuals or associutions complain of acts of misgovernment, and call the sultan’s atteation to them, It is quite bitd enough that the poor dear sultan should be worricd by associations o individuals who fancy that they have grounds for com plaint against somebody or something, but it is intolerable that the casy-going sub- jects of the caliph should have their lives rendered a burd ) them, and be made incapable of ing their coffee and their chiboucks, by reading ng winaed lists of gricvanees submitted to th consideration of th Padishan, Lot Glaours grumble; it is their nature to, but wosiem should never lot his aigry o, I argue entirely from A Aurifi's standpoint, the contempo rary Turk has, all things considercd, a very wood time of it. Atall events, his head is sute upon his shoulders, and if he be a pasha he is not i the perpetually uneasy expecta tion of the arrival offa Tartar from the porte with a firman and a silken by 1, talien at bed time Things were different in the Pasha of Yanina, whom Sir Hudsor told O'Meara at St. Heleua he considerad to 4 much more respectable scoundr thun Napoleon, When Al was in want of ready money --and the luck of pence was a_chronic complaint with him-be used 10 sit down at the gate of s p: vith his head bent down, his eyes closed, and his hands folded in an attitude of supplication, aud on_either side of him wus @ big brazen dish. lc hind him were two slazes who con tinually shouted, “Hehold a poor, & y poor man. Alms, for the suke of the most merciful Allal, alms! The leading inhabitauts of Yuuua were made to defile before the palace; lar 1o relute, if the chink of gold cois was not distinetly audible in the brass basins when a wealthy citizen passed by sou of the naturve of & directing wink might bo noticed i f the eyos of Ali Pasha, and the impru ho had failed 2 lieve the Cry poor w ant Lo lose his e he react end of the street The wodern Tul nothing of that kind of fear; indeed unot for t the Ottoman i « 5 of the day would really not apps much grounds for com plain it s not dificult undogstand spirit in which the positely forbids the editors 10 liah one word about aticmpts on the lives of the to days of Ali Lows 0N JOURNALISM. ! countries; for, adds the Effondi sententiouslys ‘it _is not good that such things should be made known to our loyal and peaceable popu- lation.” Tt might bo likewise almost as inex- pediont to remind the Turks themselves that Mustapha Lt was deposed, that Musa Che- lebi was strangled, that the third Amurath murdered his brothers, that Osman 11, and Ibrahim wore strangled by the janissar that Sclim 111 and Mustapha IV, were dethroned and assassinated, and that the very recont Sultan Abdul-Anz came to an end by the supposititions agency of & pair of scissors, but altogether in a highly equivocal mannor. Why should the con tomporary Turk, loyal and pe ble as ho is, be vexed and disquicted by such ugly historical reminisoences? If he pre- served all his antiquo traditions he would be content to read his Koran and a fow morsels of poctry und let the newspapers go by but the printing press has made its way to Stam boul, lie sound of the railway whistle is audible from the blackened walls of the old glio, and the telograph wircs span the imerce and the porte of war, fie old order of the Turk s changing, and e must have newspapers: but, unfortunately v the cause of Turkish tranquility and red n-nighteapisi, the Sleepy Hollow on Sea of Marmora is blossed withea consor of the press witose object is 19 bathe Turkish journalism in a soft vapor of narcotics, and cultivate loss any unwholesome excitement amoNg Newspape < than o pacifio yawn and an went and the Constitution, Nicholas, long our national caveer over the authority —somo The Govern All the way « find the people divided question of federal favor Lexteusion, others do- mandi that it be held cavefully in check. The right of the government to construct or aid “tinter im- provements’—such the building of national roads, the oponing of wator- ways, and the improvement of navigablo streams—to charter natio banks and carey out other great measures, has been fought step by step: and for this r m the later amendments to the constitution, to guard as far as possible istnew doubts orconfliets, expressly confer upon the government the power to enforce the provisions of such amend - ments. As there are people to-day who believe that the government has far ox- coeded its true provinee, so there are others who believe it has not gone far enough. It is sug government and take ch we as sted, for instan should build rgo of the railroads, of tho telegraph, and of w varvicty of other great interests, and manage them for the common benetit of the people, and t Lif it does not possess sufliciont power under the constitution as it stands, nmendments should be adopted giving it more power. 1t will surprise no one at all familiar with the subject to be gold that the gov- ernment is doing things which, under the constitution. itoughtnot to do; and, on the other hand, that it is not doing things which, under the constitution, it ought to do. And those who blindly de= mand an incrcase of power would do well to first understand the power it actually wields to-day. That amend- ments will be adopted in the course of time cannot be doubted: for new condi= tions provoke new questions. But they foreign sovereigns or acts of sedition in other are, ious affgirs. They should be made with caution. The “person who would offer a change or addition to the constitution to mect every trivial or passing topic of the day is not a safe ade viserof the people. -— BOOKS REC IvE Johnson'’s Universal ( w and revised ed Johnson & Co, lopedia. The . Published by New York. Bulba. Nikolai Vasily- eviteh Gogol, translated by Jeremiah Curtin. 'ublished by John Balden New York. Constitutional History of the United States. By Simon Sterne. Published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, Little Miss Weezy's Brother. By Penn Shivley. Published by Lee & Shepard, Boston. Dreumiliorp of the Series. By Alexande lished by Lee & Shepurd Travelers and Outlaw Wentworth Higginson. Published by Lee & Shepard, Bostun. Biding His Tim By I T. Trow- bridge. Published by Lee & Shepard, Boston. Readings from the Waverly novels Kdited for school and home use. Pub- lished by Lee & Shepard, Boston. Chapters from Jane Austin. Pub- lished by Lee & Shepard, Boston. “Kobboltozo.” A s q\wl to the Last of the. Huggermugge By Christophor nch. Published by Lee & . Boston. onal Memoirs of General P, H. Sheridan, Sold to subseribers only, and not for sale in any book store. Pub- lis by Chas. L. We er& Co, 3 nd 14th sln-u , New York. Crossed.” The life and love of on netress. ¢ an_netress. Published by the Judge Co., New York. **Miss Bretherton.” By Mrs. Hum- phrey Ward, anthor of Robert Elsmore. Published by Rand M; ly & Co., Chi- cago. A history of Freneh painting. By H. Shanahan. Royal octavo. Pri #). Published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York Good Company Smith. Pub- Boston. By Thomas -~ . Too Much for the Gypsy. Detroit Free Press: A gypsy fortune- teller called at a housc on Seventh street a few days ago, and findin young woian at home insisted on qu, ing the future before he ‘I'he young woman seemed to fallin with the’ idea, and to assist the soothsnyer,related con- siderable of her past lilstory, making the details of a harrowing love dis- appointwent very prominent. This seemed o st the gypsy very much, listened atten- i y she took the hand and after stud- closcly. began her one, principally devoted to the love affaits of the young woman, and the comforting in- formation was vouchsafed thateventual- > the estranged rs would be r »d, a brilliant dding follow, the good things of curth showered upou them, and. iu fact, alittle ehunk of the millennium was to come their way, Thon the gypsy spokeas follows “One dollar, piense The answer cume in about this wu “Not a cent?” “Why not? b ¢ haven't youny woman's ing the lines story. It wus a told me a word of | wath, ivery word of it will come true.” At this poiut the young womun's hus- ! band and one-year-old daughter, who had been in aother roow, came in to use of the mysterious con- 1d the gypsy bent o has Jay Eye Sec's hanoces. at Tacine, Wis., the littlo better, and Mr, r, thinks that he will recover unless t y hreals ngain. ome horsemen say that the wound can- not possibly result’ seriously with good are, while others contend that his re- covery depends upon 50 muny contin- gencios that it will be a miracle if ho regaing hisforner condition, There is said to be a possibility that he may be- come blind from the exce 103 of blood, and some foars ave sutertained on that account. trotter inju other day, is a Chase, his own