Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 11, 1889, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 1889~SIXTEEN PAGES THE ] B, ROSEWATER, Editor. e PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING, g TERMS OF RUBSCRIPTTON, (Morning Edition) including Sunday. orSix Months orThr ee Montha. |, e Omaha Sunday i One Year ne Year.. , Bee Bl eyenteenth ahd Farnam Serects; Chicago OfMce, K7 Rookery Building. Now ok Ofcs, Hooms 14 and 15 Tribune Building, Washington Ofce, No. 513 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. g, All communications relating to news a 3 Rorial matiet houid be addressed to tha Bditor of the Bee BUSINESS LETTERS, Al business letters and remittances should Do addressed to The lleo Publishing Company, ahn _Drafts, ehecks and postoffice orders made payable to the order of the company. The Bec Publishing Company, Proprietorse Bz Building Farnam and Seventeenth Sts. THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. State of Nebraska, Jon. County of Douglas. George B, Tzschuck, secretary ot The Tee Publishing Company, does solemnly swesr thut #he actual circulation of Tuk DAILY Due for week ending August 10, 1859, was as follows: Sunday. August 4. Monday, August 5 August 6 day, August 7. Phuraday, Angusc s ny, Al Friday, 51 Baturiis, Kugus Average........ GEORGE B. T7ZSC Bworn to before me and sunseribed to in my presence this 1Uth day of August, A. D. 1850, (Seal.] NP P, FELL, Notary Publiz Btate of Nebraska, | County of Douglas, { %% ., Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de- % and says that he 18 seeretary of The Bee iblishing company, that the actual averags daily circulation of Tne DAILY B for the month of August, 1884, 141K} coples: for Sep- tember, 1888, 14154 copies; for October 1884, 18,084 coples: for November, TSSK, 15,080 coptes: for Decomber, 1888, 18,223 coples: for January, 1880, 18,74, coples: for February, 1880, IA0W les: for March, 1849, 18,8 £ 18,350 copies: for June, 180, 18,858, 8T coples. 52O, B T780) rn to before me and subscribed in my Presence this Sa duy of August, 185, [srAL.) P. Frn, Notary Public. 1 A ay, coplos: Froy Pan-electric to Union Pacific would not be such a difficult descent for px-Attorney General Garland. THE skipper of the Black Diamond pealing his own vessel is looked upon as & good joke in Washington. Now that Kualakaun has squelched #n incipient rebeilion he can go to the Paris exposition as & conquering hero. A LEVEL bet might be made as to whether the Cronin murderers or the mew postoffice foundation will be on view first, THE opening of the Sioux reservation Is already acting like a strong magnet In drawing the Missouri Pacific and other roads in that direction. OMANA wants the Woodman collec- tion of {ropical plants. Gardner Cleve- land’s objections should be dropped into the park commission waste basket. FoR every bushel of oats raised by the farmers of Nebraska, two-fifths goes to the railroads for transporting it to mar- ket. This is about all that the traftic will bear’ THaE struggle for the right of way over the streets of South Omaha be- tween the two rival street car compa- “nies has developed a good sized hot-box in the municipal affairs of that city. LIKE the small boy who wants to trade ‘back, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad is trying to recall its let- ter to Attorney General Leese in which the comvany threw up its claim to the abandoned grade in Holt county, - THE outlook for Merchants’ Week is most promising. Unusual interest among the committees in charge of the celebration, as well as the merchants themselves, insures the success of the movement. All that is now necessary is to keep up enthusiasm and to spread fts influence all through the state and in western Iowa, THE early completion of Stanford university is now assured, and within a year the great school will be dedicated for the high purpose for which it is in- tended. The main buildings are al- most finished, and the work of solecting the faculty and professors is now going on. From all =appearances Se nator Buanford is in uo haste to open the doors of the university uutil its scope shall have been fully determinoG upon. There is in contemplation a system of education from the kindergarten toa graduate course. Should this plan carvied out Stanford university would combine completeness with thoroughness and stand preeminently the model school of the land. THE board of education has had its interest revived in extending the course of manual training in the public schoois. [v is now proposed to make it co-extensive with the other branches of instruction 1n the high school and to lenghten its course to four years. This 4sas it should be. A merely super- flcial system of manual training such as mow exists is both a waste of public money and the time of the pupil. If manual training is to be retained in our schools it should be given that character and importance which the subject de- mands. Manual training has reached that stage in 11s development where it is no longer an experiment. The ex- perience of Philadelphia with manual training as a part of public school iustruction has been emi- mently successful. The graduates from this department are well prepared 1o take up mechanical pursuits without loss of time and error in the choice of occupation, while the increasing interest developed by the pupils is a most encouraging sign of its usefulness. 1t can not be expected that the work of manual training in this oty at present will be as comprehensive @8 that of Philadelphia and other citie: But it should be planned intelligently snd broadly so that it may ‘develop gradually into its proper functions, teaching a thorough knowledge of drawing and the use and application of tools in the industrial arts. In short, that it may educate all the faculties of the echool boy and train him mentally, physically und ethically for his life's work, OMAHA AND DENVER. Omnaha has always entertained the most friendly feeling toward Denver. The people of the metropolis of Ne- braska fully appreciate the beauty and the healthfulness of Colorado’s capital city. They have never failed to duly honor, also, the energy and enterprise of Denver's citizens, and to feel grati- fied at the growth and prosperity of that city. Omaha is profoundly interestod in all western progress. She thoroughly believes in the magnificent dostiny of the imperial region lying between the Mississippi and the Pacific ocean, and observes with pride and satisfaction every stop in the march toward the at- tainment of that destiny. She has no jealousy or envy of any western city. and among them all the very lastof which she could have such a feeling is Denver. The two cities are not and can not be rivals, They are more than six hundred miles apart, and the conditions of their past growth and future prosper- ity are whoily different. The Colorado metropolis is the market for a rich min- ing vegion still, 1t is believed, but in the first stage of development, and a re- sort for people whose ailments require the health-giving climate which its altitude affords. As the mining in- terests of Colorado are developed, with the aid of Omaha and other capital, Denver will inevitably reap a large measure of the benefits, while her cli- mate is a possession of which she can never bo deprived by any circumstance within human control. As a great mining and medicinal center, therefore, the future of Denver is assured. Oma- ha’s prosperity vests unen other and Qifferent foundations. She is not merely the metropolis of a great state, but of a vast region whose agricultural resources and possibilities are unsurpnssed by any oqual extent of territary ou the fuce of the globe. She is not wanting, either, in a most salubrious and healthful cli- mate, as the mortality statistics attest, but this is not a source of dependence. As the center of the great corn belt and the natural market for the ecattle and hogs of a vast region, with her founda- tions of prosperity firmly laid, Omaha looks to the future with a serene and unquestioning confidence. The suggestion for thesa observa- tions is found in an interview re- garding Omaha which a reporter for a Denver paper recently had with a business man of that city who endenvored unsuccessfully to establish a branch of his business in Omaha. When a merchant does not succeed in accomplishing what he claims to do he is pretty suve to ascribe his failure to something else than his lack of enter- prise and good jucgment. Thus itis with this Denver merchant who repre- sents Omaha to be on the verge of finan- clal ruinm,. the population steadily de- creasing, mo building going on, the city filled with unemployed mon, and astate of affairs gencrally which would in- deed be deplorable if truo. Unfortu- nateiy, however, for the veracity of the Denver merchant, he made the mis- take of referring to the Omaha mana- ger of R. G. Dun & Co. us authority for some of his alleged facts, and that gen- tlemaun’s attention having been directed to the statement he disposes of it as fol- lows: OmanA, August 9.—To the Editor of Tae Bee: My attention has been called to an ar- ticle in the Den Republican of the 2d inst. under the caption of “Dark Days in Omaha,” in whick my nume is mentioned as voicing the views of Mr. Hart, formerly of the Hart Carpet company of this city, but now of Denver. I wish to state in justice to myself and the city of Omaha that Mr. Hart's assertions are absolutely false and bear the unmistakable ear marks of rank prejudice. My views of Omaha and her fu- ture are clearly set forth 1 our semi-annual business outlook of June 20, which was freely and favorably commented upon by the press of this city. Yours truly, Cnawes J. BELL, Manager R. G. Dun & Co. It would be a waste of space to point out in detail the absurdities in the Den- ver merchant's interview, to which we should have given no attention what- ever but for the communication of Mr. Bell, which destroys whatever force the alleged facts of the me.chant’s statement might otherwise have. Omaia eaunot be injured by reports of this character with people who will take the troubie to ascertain the truth. PROHIBITION IN KANSAS. The article of Senator Ingalls in the August Forwm ou prohibition in Kansas has clicited a reply from Mr. Bailey Waggener, mayor of Atchison, which will be found elsewhere in our columns. We have alveady referred to the Ingalls article as evidently written without any offort on the part of the author to thor- oughly investigate the operation of prohibition in Kansas. The exhaust- ive reply of Mr. Waggener fully justi- fics this judgment. It shows conclu- sively that had the senator taken the trouble to look wup the facts, he could not possibly have reached the conclusion as embodied in his arti- cle. Mr. Waggener is a far better author- ity regarding prohibition in Kansas than Senator Ingalls. He was an advo- cate of prohibition before Senator In- galls became a convert. He has been constantly on the ground and his official position affords him the best opportu- nity for observing the workings of pro- hibition. The senator is not in the state more than two or three months in the year, and at best could not be pre- sumed to pay much attention to the illicit hquor traffic. In the one case there is practical daily experience, and in the other merely heresay and casual observation, The statement of the situation by Mr Waggener shows that prohibition has never boen enforced in the cities and larger towns of the state, and that the legal proceedings taken to enforce the law are for the most part a farce. The adoption of the constitutional amend- ment drove the better class of saloon- keepers out of the state and “brought in their stead a great army of disreputable scoundrels and irrepressible vagabonds.” These fellows established joints which now in- fest nearly every town in the state, dealing out generally the vilest liquors and reaping a more lucrative harvest than could reputable saloon keepers al- lowel to do business under a judicious high license system. Besides thuse oints the state swarms with drug gtores where liquor is sold as bitters, elixirs and other concoctions, while so- cial elubs for tippling are numorous, and these places are tolerated be- cause they pay a certain amount toward defraying the expenses of the government. It is true that the practice of a little diseretion is gen- erally necessary in order to obtain liquor, but there are few places in the state where it cannot be had. Meanwhile, nearly every city in Kan- sas, snys Mr. Waggener, is groaning under the burden of taxation,and relief must come from some source. The popu- lation of the state has increased, but the burden of taxation has not de- creased. The cities have advanced, but the percentage of taxation has not de- clined. The explanation of this anoma- lous condition is found in the greater cost of police departments of the cities since the enactment” of prohibition. The facts presented by Mr. Waggener are a conclusive refutation of the claim that prohibition is a success in Kansas, and prove, on the contrary, that it is as greata failure there as it has been olsewhere. They will repay careful perusal by all who are interested in this question, A PERSONAL APPEAL NECESSARY. No one will bo inclined to find fault with the object of the State Develop- ment association to collect reliable sta- tistics of the produets and resources of Nebraska and to spread this knowledge broadcast through the land. Such in- foemation can not fail to influence the advent of both capital and immigration in the state and to contribute to the general welfare of our people. With this purpose in view the association has addressed a circular to the boards of supervisors, county commissioners, boards of trade and other organizations, soliciting both their co-operation and a guaranty of financial aid to earry on the work until proper appropriations can be secured by legislation. It is doubt- ful, however, whether such a circular of itself will be wholly effective in bringing about the desired results. Circulars, no matter how well written, as a rule, are laid aside and are either forgotten or thrown into the waste basket. To make the State Develop- ment association representative both in name and in fact, it will be nec- essary to make a personal appeal to the various county organizations. This can be done through the vice- presidents of the association inasmuch as each county in the ‘state is entitled to one vice-president. I[n a measure, however, the circulars:will be valuable. They will call attention to the objeots of the association in the counties of the state who failed to respond to the invi- wation extended some geks ago. They will pave the way for*the co-operation of local boards. But it will take the earnest appeal of individual efforts to influence such bodies to contribute the necessary financial backing promptly in order that the work of the association may not be unnecessarily delayed. EASTERN RECOLONIZING. Tt is curious to read of the efforts to recolonize portions of the east. The common impression is that, that section is greatly overcrowded. and that the desire is to reduce rather than in- crense population. There is a move- ment in Vermont, however, to repeople the abandoned lands of that state, esti- mated to amount to two hundred thousand acres, and to thatend a com- missioner appointed under an act of the last legislature is devising a plan for accomplishing this object. He is said to have conferred with a promi- nent Swede of Nebraska, who is experienced in the business of founding colonies of his countrymen, and this man proposes to examine the depopu- lated lands in Vermont, and, if found satisfactory, to bring a colony of fifty Swedish families next spring. There are some dufficulties in the way, but these will not be found msurmountable. This attempt of Vermont to repeople its waste lands will be watched with interest, particularly in New England, and if it shall prove successful the plan is likely to be widely imitated in the east. Other states there have more or less waste land, which they would doubtless like to make pro- ductive if a practicable way to do so can be found, and the Vermont move- ment will, perhaps, demonstrate what may be done. But so long as new sec- tions are opehing in the west, of fertile and cheap lands, promising greater profit to the agriculturist than he can reasonably hope to obtain in the east, the repeopling of the waste lands of that section is certain to be slow, under the most favorable conditions that may be offered. The idea of an eastern contemporary that the western cu- pacity of immediate absorption has boen stretched to near the bearable limit would not be sustained by an investigation. Nebraska, for ex- ample, could absorb a hundred thousand families, or more, as rapidly as they might come, and there is a great deal of territory outside of this state offering favorable opportunities to home seekers. "Whenever the pursuit of agriculture shall become more profitable in the east than at present, and this will doubtless happen in time, the waste land problem will be easy of solution, Meantime no harm can come of trying such an exper- iment as is proposed in Vermont, E—— HASs the “elixir of life” avlast been dis- covered,and can oid men be rejuvenated by a hypodermic injection of pulverized lamb in distilled water? The experi- ments of Dr. Hammond, of New York; Dr. Longfellow, of Cincinnati, and other eminent physicians throvgh the coun- try, based on the Brown-Sequard the- ory, would have us believe so. But be- fore this great life-restoring ‘‘elixir” will be universally accepted it must be subjected to tests more searching than have yet beenattempted. The truth is, however, that the new discovery is likely to turn out to be nothing more nor less than one of the reviving stimulants familiar in medical science, which every surgeon has time and again used hypodermically, It is well to know that aleohol injected under the skin hasa reviving effect providing the real elixir of life, the vital spark itself, has not burned too low. While beef tea, ano- dine, cocoaine, solutions ot quinine are frequently used witn satistactory effect in rallying old and infirm men whose power of absorption of stimulants by the stomach has boen impaired. Thore is nothing so far to show that the Brown- Sequard lamb's-toa is anything else but such a tonie. A real elixir means a re- newal of tife, a rejuvenation which calls for new teeth, ‘naW hair, now strength new activities Bothiphysical and physio- logical. A read aliikir should make the blind see, the lhme| walk, the deaf hear and the dumb spoalf. Until such a life- giving fluid shall found, it is folly to speak of BrowA-Se§uard’s stimulant as an “‘elixir.” —— WHEN it is understood that the an- nual loss to the farmers of the United States from hog cholera amounts to twenty million dollars, the importance of finding a way to prevent this disease can be appreciated. Upon this point nothing of value resulted from the in- vestigations of the commission ap- pointed by the agricultural departmont. As a contribution to the literature of the subject the report of the commis- sion may have merit, but what is de- sired is a means ol preventing the dis- ease,and as to this the report is alto- gether inconclusive. The opinion is ex- pressed that the only real hope of pre- venting hog cholera lies in inocula- tiou, but this the commission was not prepared to recommend without further investigation. The positive opinion of the report is that disinfection cannot be made effective under the conditions which exist in the west, and that that treatment of the disease is utterly futile. In view of the enormous annual loss from hog cholera, it is manifestly necessary that investigation, with a view to discovering a means of prevent- ing the disease, shall not be abandoned. VISITORS to Omaha during fair week will doubtless admire the sym- metrical poles that adorn our streets, erected by the tasteful genorosity of the motor company. In Antworp they have had electric cars run- ning for years, with storage batteries in each car. This, of course, is a trifle more expensive, but there the public is considered more important than the increased profits of a street railway company. E—— Ungrateful Missouri Democrats. Chicago Herald, Does hero-worship stop at the grave! No monument yet marks the resting place of Missouri's illustrious civizen, Jesse James. —— From Force of Habit. Chicago News. Train robberles are becoming 8o frequent that whenever the conductor shouts “Tickets!” all the passengers hold up their bands. - ————— Cotorado 't Boast. & Kansas OifYy Times. The Utah train robbery was so aanger- ously near the Colorado line that the Den- ver papers will be obliged to call in their Jokes on the recent robbery in this state. — Are You There, Majah? Chicago Tribune. Canit be possible that Governor Dave Hill, of New York, is laying pipes for the United States senate, with the view of mak 1ng connections ultimately with the white house! Up, Majah Jones, arid at him. —— A Rich Field. Kansas City Journal. It is rumored that the civil service com- mission will next tura its attention to Balti more. This is getting down into the terri- tory of Senator Gorman and Eugene Hig- gins, and thare ought to be some rich flads. P R itor Dana's Way. Cincinnati Enquirer Charles A. Dana, & tne New York Sun, remembers the old adage of the man of ‘words and not of decds,” &c. Accordingly he seasoned his talk iu favor of the World’s exposition by sending in his check for $10,- 000 to Mayor Grant. e — A Hint to Pernicious Gotham. New York Press. But while talk of the fair Permeates the air Let Knickerbooker do bis duty. Let him finish Grant’s tomb Ere the crack of doom, And make Washington's arch a beauty, Canada’s Coolness. Kearney Enterprise. It requires an iron sort of cheek for a Can- adian to get excited over the seizure of an English vessel by an American man-of-war in view of the fact that his English vessels have been seizing American fishing smacks for several years past with perfect freedom. And it is pleasant to sce him wax indignant over his own medicine. ———— Getting Ready to Get Mad. St. Louts Globe-Demoerat. A railroad trust could not be attacked by the same weapons or the same methods as an ordinary commercial trust, but it could e smashed just as readily. The trusts will have no “show" when the people get aroused, and the people are on the road to that frame of mind just now. —e— The Kentucky Prohibition Vote. New York Sun, The astounding news comes from Ken- tucky that the prohibition vote 1n Monday's election was very light, This sad news is enough to drench the dryest dry with salty and shining tears. The time for a prohibi- ory amendment to the Kentucky constitu- tion is suill hidden i tke dark forward and tabyss of time, ¥ e~ AS OTHERS SEE US, Kaw Olty Don't Understand. Kanaag Wy Journal, Interstate Commerge Commissioner Groff would be & name that would male tho ears of overy Nebraska republican tingle with pleasure. St. Lotis Pleased. Kearncy Hpterprise. Queer tennis they play up in Omaha, The Republican, in its cescription of a tourna- ment, says that the:players took their posi- tions and two men ‘Bér¥ed; the games were played rapidly aud the geore was soon *‘thir- ty deuce,” We presume that this unheard of score can only be made when two players sorve. ‘Was This an Omaha Landlord? Ulyses Herald. Frank Stiles was in Omaha last week and Qisposed of his residence property in the metropolis, Frank says he wouldn't have kicked 1f he could have got half of the rent, but when the agent commenced keeping the whole busineds and charged Stiles up with street car fare extra, he thought it was time Kearney Enterpris Social life at Fart Omaua must be quite spicy sud interesting at times. There is nothing like a trial, sither by a court martial or beforo a jury, to find the true inwaraness of affairs, They Were Imoky to Esoape. Kearney Hub. The republican state central committee as- somble at Omaha to-day. If reports ia the papers of that city are reliable the mombers of the committee are liable to bo run in for vagrants by the police. Our Diamond Giant, Chicago News, The potrified arm of a giant has been dug up in Nebraska. Tt held in its clinched hand nine large dinmonds. Itis ovident that the arm belonged to a prehistoric hetel clerk. st. Paul Wants Him Removed. St. Paul Pioneer-Press. Chief Hubbard's attention is called to the faot that Cooney, the Cromin suspect, is oatching for the Omahas. No Prohibition ¥For Him. Chicago Times. The lieutenant-governor of Nobraska has had a narrow escape from drowning. He says that he is no longer a prohibitionist. Hoping Against Hope. Minneapolis Tribune. The young gentlemen from Omaha rather put a crimp in our athletes yostorday, but let us not be discouraged. The summer is not yot ended nor is the harvest passed. We sball be happy yet. —_—— STATE PRESS COMMENT. ‘Wahoo Wasp: Judge Groff, of Omaha, has been summoned to Washington and will be appointed either to the vacancy in the inter-state commerce commission or the United States land commissioner. Judge Groff can flll either place completely and Ne- braska will be satisfled with either. Nebraska City Times: It now secms to be settled that Thayer will not be a candidate for re-election for governor. We propose Major John €. Watson for governor, and ‘would have Otoe to go to work with a deter- mination with the view to send Colonel Ran-~ som to congress. We don’'t want the earth down thia way, but we'll be satisfied with this, Hastings Nebraskan: The Nebraskan ‘would liko to see the next republican ticket mude up of men who are rooted firmly in the faith. A man is not fit to represent his party ‘who thinks it geod policy or inoumbent upon him to propitiate his opponents with official patronage to win strength for himself. Orleans Courier: John Clark Ridpath, the bistorian, late professor in Du Pauw uni- versity, is spoken of as the coming man for chancellor of the Nebraska state university. It not known whether he will accept tha po- sition, but if so, he would in a short time give our state university a national reputa~ tion. As an educator and scholar Prof. Ridpath stands at the head of the list. Fremont Tribu The Telegram clamors for the next demdoratic state convention to be held in Columbus. That paper boasts of that city having four good hotels and thinks the crowd could be entertained in good shape. But how many saloons has Colum- bus? Almoat any town has ample hotel ac- ‘eommodations fosthe democratic convention of Nebruska. Ititequires something more than hotels to satisty the democrats. Ureeloy News: A great many Nebraska oditors are trying to throw a damper on the work of the State Development association by spreading the rumor that Omaha is mal- ingitan Omaha advertising dodge. This sectional feeling won't do, boys. We must all work together to make it win. The state is well represonted on the executiva board, and in the vice presidents, and the directing and pushing depends largely upon them. 1If the Omaha members are allowed to be the only ones to put life nto the concern we think Omana should reap the benefits. Fairmount Signal: Judge Lewis Groff, of Omaha, is being urged for the vacanoy on the inter-state commerce commission. Judge Groft has made such a very creditable rec- ord during the past ton years that no doubt of his fitness is entertained. ——— COUNTRY BREEZES. Evangelizing Under Dificulties. West Point Republican. Owing to the fact thatthe reverend gentlo- man’s teeth were shot out at a revival meet- ing in Texas he cannot properly frame and spoak all words correctly, yet his general discourse contalned much of truth and inter- est, and what {tlacked in elegance was offset by earnest and forcible expression. He had & fund of anecdote which was sandwiched in with sacred topics in an_ attractive manner. He Was Too Effusive, Tecumseh Chieftain, An exchange concluded a neat little notice of a weading by ‘“wishing the happy couple a sonny future.”” The results of the flourish arcan angry husband, a discomfitted editor, a typo looking for a job, and the loss of one subscriber, and possibly more, Draws the Line at Scrap Iron. Fairlury Demoorat. We are willing to take anything in the pro- duce line on subscription, but we draw the line at oldiron. The enterprising gentleman who wanted us to take $1.50 worth of scrap iron last week will please take notice. ———— A Summer Song. St, Louis Globe-Democrat, Fair summer, from lands of the far sunny south, Comes gayly with musicand dancing along, ‘With light, springing steps o'er the heath- bells and daisies; From shady retreat, mouth, She pipes to the echoing woodlands her song, And hears them repeating, repeating her praises And laugning rejoices 1 days that are long. with a reed in her The bhyacinths bend at tne fall of her feet, Aud shino as the shaken bolls rustle and ring; Heor sweet-sconted breath in the valieys is blowing: Sho sits, flower-laden, where bright waters meet, On banks where the happy birds twitter and 8Ing, Her life like a fountain of joy overflowing With pleasures tho purest that nature can bring. The green seas of corn wave and swing as she passes, The wind of her wings in their billowy song, To waken the woods to her wide exultation; She scatters her pears on the silvery grasse: ‘Where kine rest in day-areaming peaceful and long; Her notes touch the song of a fairer crea- tion, Her heart it is light and her spirit is strong. She chases cloud-shadows om sun-lighted wing, With light foet and laughter she runs on the hills, She walks on the waters and bathes in the billow; Her beautiful motions her draperies fling On glenns where she trips to the musical rills; Till deep in the twilight, the roses ber pil- low, She sleeps, and her vision white lnnocence - Alls, BUZZINGS. ‘Do you know why it is illegal for a court- martial to sit after 8 o'clocki” asked Major Clapp, the eourteous counsel for Colonel Flotcher, now on trial at Fort Omaha on a charge of conduct unbecoming a soldier and a gentloman, “‘Well,” said the major, having received a negative reply to his query, “all of our older customs we derive from old England, and there in ‘yo olden tyme' gon- tlemen were expectod to be too drunk by 3 o'clock to transact business, and therefore it was made illegal for governmontal bodies to sit after 8 o'clock. Henoce the luw governing our courts martial, . o*e ““Thore goos tho finost lot of boys,"—said & young business man to the Buzzer, as asquad of policomen marched past, under & sergennt, to their beats. The Buzzer looked somewhat astonished, when he continued-— “that evor robbed a hen roost.’ “Now you see that stoop shouldered police- man there, with a profusion of long, ragged whiskers, and the lunch basket. I know him. Why, he conldn’t catch a stroat car if he had three ‘fly coppers’ to head it off.” I said to him one day, ‘you'd be 1n & nice fix if you tried to arrest a fellow some time and he got his fingers in your whiskers, wouldn't youl' “‘Why, I'd take me billy and club the dom’d head off’n him, that's what I'd do, be- gorry, he replied.’ " “My friend,” said I, *“he would have enough of whiskers to stuff a muttress be- fore you could get at it.” “*Well,' said this economical officer ro- flectively, ‘that 'ud save the price uv a shave, wudn't it! Say, can’t you say something, to-day.' " ‘“Yes,” continued the business man, * ‘our finest’ make me very tired. Some of them don't know enough to pound sand down a rat hole with an elm club, but some of them are fairly nteltigent and do good work." “Not very long ago I was going home from the club, where a little party of us had been playing high-five ‘to a finish.” It was a few minutes after widnight. When within a block of my house & policeman stopped me, and in a thick, fragrant brogue asked mo ‘what 1 was prowling around for at that hour. 1told him 1 was going home, and gave him my name (which is well known in Omaha, by the way). “P'fwat hev yez got under yer arm there,” he asked. ‘I don't consider it any of your business*” I roplied. “I have answered your questions, and I consider your interference an impertinence.” ‘With this he bridled up, and flourishing his baton, saiu: *‘Iam an officer av the la-a, and D1l vag ye, Come along wid me.” Isaw the predicament I was in, and real- ized that my wife was waiting up for me, and would be very much worried if I failed to come home, so I said, “Hold on, officer, “Idon’t want to go down to that beasuly police station.” When I told him more minutely who I was, showed him my house and told him I only had some flannel shirts that [ had purchased that day, in the buadle under my arn.” ‘“He then graciously consented to walk down to my house with me to verify my statement, remarking on the way, “Ye'd betther kape a civil tongue in ye're head, young felly, when ya mect an offcer of the la-a.” \ I could have reported him, but what good would it have done. His superiors would have said he was justified in stopping me and enquiring into my business at that hour of the night, and T would get the laugh.’’ “Rats,” he concluded “a good many of them make me tired. I wouldn't mind it so much if they only had horse-sense. I wonder if they couldn't accumulate a little horse- sense if they were to persue a diet of baled hay. Ibetieve I'll suggest it to the police commission.” " A short time ago a young practicing physi- clau of this city was called upon to attend a Pinlander who tad broken one of bis logs. "Phe man laid in a nondescript shanty upon the bottoms, and, putting it mildly, the sur- roundings were somewhat uncleanly. The maw’s leg was set i plastor of paris moulds, and the doctor visited him daily. Uvon one of these visits the physician found a lar go bowl of eream-topped milk upon the table, and besideita plate of broad. He helped hiwself, dipping the bread in the oream and then eating it, and found the cowbination very palatable. The good woman of the house could uot speal a word of English,but. noticing tha avidity with which the doctor devoured the bread and cream, she was par- dcular to have s goodiy supply of each upon tho table at the hour for the physician’s daily call. She refused to accept pay for these littlo luncheons and so the good doctor would leave a bright quarter with one of the chilcreu cach morning, One day he chanced to make his call at an earlier hour than usual, and while examining the man's leg, his hand came in contact with & sticky, doughy substance. He throw back the covers and thero, close beside his patient, was @ pan of dough, set to raise by the na- turel hieat of the man's body, a custom ve provalent among the inhabitants of tho ico- bound regions. That morning, and upon all mornings thereafter whilo tho doctor at- tended the case, the croam and bread ap appealed to hun in vain, and the youngstors mussed their bright quartors. There resides upon West F'arnam stroot a most reputable young married man, who, for many months bast, has been & martyr to insomuin. He tricd about ull the alleged remedics tho marke: affords, and had about resigned himself to his uncnviable fate, when a friend suggested that he try drinking a small glass of whisky bofore retiring for the night, The young man had never drank any liquor in his life, but thought he would try tha recommended remedy, and with this ob- ject in view he purchased a half pint of *Old Crow.” Incxperienced in the use of liquor, and unacquainted with its cffect, this uis- guided young fellow, thinking he would bo sure to bring about the dosired result, dranik the whole half pint and rolled into bed. He went to sleep all right, but before long, with difficuity, was arcused by his wife, who was ignorant of her licge lord’s condition, and told to go to the front door, as some one was knocking. He took his staggering away through tho hall, and with- out stopping to make any wnquiries, threw the door wide open, Under the full glare of the hall light he stood in robe de nuit before the astomshed gaze of tho estimable daughter of the landlady and her best young man. The situation was embarrassing to the two, but not 80 with the victim of wsomuia. He stood leering idiotically at the young lady, seem- ingly perfectly ignoront of any misbehavior upon his part. The daughter of the houso was equal to the emergeucy, however, and turning, bade her young man good-night and ran upstairs. The cause of all the trouble calmly closed the door in the other young man's face and returned to bed. Next morn- ing at breakfast he was conscious of an un- usual frigidity upon the part of the landlady and her duughter, and later in the day his wife informed him as o the cause of the coldness. 1t took days and days to effect a reconciliation, and now whisky s taboced in that bousehold and the young man still suffers from insomnia. 0 o A newly married man relutes that a short tme ago he took his first degree in the Knights of Pythias. His wife, with true wifely solicitude (may- hap curiosity), questioned bim closely upon his return as to what the ceremonies were. “Well,” be said, “the chief feature of the l initintion was the riding of the woat, whioh, you know, is a standard coremony /among secret socioties, Anm anciont goat, which could give a bucking broncho cards and spades and beat bim, was led out, with & little red saddle on him, and I was ordered to mount. When I had got seated a fellow with long, red whiskers, drossod in a green swallow-tail coat, stuck a pitchfork into the goat, and I thought a cyclone had struck me. You see,” bo continued, ‘‘you must stick on and ride around the hall, or you are inel- igible to belong to the society.” “And dd you stick on, George!” she asked, “Oh, yes, T got around all right," ho ve- plied: ‘‘but that's not all; there is another and larger goat to ride, and one still larger, before I am regularly installed.” “Why, how delightfull” oxoclaimed the fond young bride. “Why don't they let ladies join1" “Bocause they have no side sadales,” re- plied the brute, The silence which followed was so cold that both shivered. The bride had ‘‘tumbled.” “‘When I was ‘cowboying’ in the Niobrara country, some yoars ago, it was & rather dangerous ocoupation. The country was full of Indians and the cowboys, on the round-up, always rode in pairs, or by throos or fours. *‘There was a man in our camp who owned a large number of cattle, and who was the most particular, and also the hardest man to ride with in tre outfit. *On a round-up he would insist that his party soarch overy ‘coulee,’ and even would look down prairie dog holes, for cattle. “One day he wentout with a party, but became separated from thom and got lost. On account of tho proximity of the Indians we bad made a compact to gathor to the resoue when anyono was reported lost and send parties out in every direction to search for the missing. *Oh this occasion we were all called in and told off iu parties W go in search, the agreement being that no man should fire & gun, unless absolutely necessary, until the lost man was found. “Along in the afternoon we heard two shots in rapid sucocssion, and hurried backto camp. We found the cook with a dead ante- lope, butour man was stiit missing. “The cowboys were very indignant and “cussed” the cook from ‘rook to soda" for firing the gun, saying that the maa was still missing, and that valuable time had been lost.” ““I'he cook took the matter very philosoph- ically, and exonerated himsclf by saying, “Well, what in h—— is Jim Creighton along- side of fresh meat, anyhow " This story was relatod by a wealithy and jolly cattleman from the west, who bas krown up with Nebraska, and passed through Omaha on his way cast. ““This is & deuced strange kentry, don't ye know,” said a white-flannel trousered young Englishman, the other day, us he toyed with a B.and S. at the Paxton bar. “Ye go into a tap-room heah, and find a lot of men, dou't ye know, standing in front of the bar. They 1ift thoir glasses aloft and sai: ‘Heah we o,’ and blawst mo cyes if they go for an houah.” GRS oo 'T18 BEER, MY COUNTRYDMEN. The True Explanation of Englands Royal Grant fmbrogho. (Communicated.) Nooneneed assuwe to understand the English constitution or give an opinion on the royal grants, to pay which Johnnie Bull has annually put lus hand into his breeches pocket, until he has mastered the sunject of beer. Beer is at the rootof the question. In tracing the course of the political stream in that country, the explorer will cross the the verdant fields of commerce, the rocky wastes of party interest, tho lofty peaks of imperial ambition, the muddy flats of por- sonal vindictiveness, but when he reaches the source and fountain of this broad sheet of a nation’s destiny, he will find it in the plain, round, well coopered barrel of malt liquor, on which the inland revenue officer, with much deferenco and con side ration, puts nis stamp. Why is it that Victoria can present a peti- tion w parliament for money to support her children and grandchildren, and why is 7 that in spite of the remonstrances of the radicals and of those affected, contempt is a forw of euvy and jauudiced regret that they, 00, are not counted worthy of publio recog- nition; why is it that the house always comes forward aud acceeds to the request! Beer, Why iv's beer, dou’t you know ! Wo must go back to the time when the par- liwment bad King Charles IL by the neck, so to speak, and that gullant gentleman was bargaining away many of the prerogatives of the crown: and principally among them his rights accruing under the feudal system of land tenure; for, up to that time, the king was but only the nominal lord of nearly overy square inch of real cstate in the king- dom, but he was tho practical recipient of a large feu, exacted from any one who was for- tunate enough to come into property by de- scont, or whenever an army had to be raised. But what had all this to do with besr! you will say. Be patient. To understand ‘the question we must start at original rerum (or beerum in this case). The parliament, bard as it was on the unfortunate monarch, gave him somothing in return for these conoes- 8ions, (which he could not help) to his be- loved people. It did not rob the poor kiug of his beer. The parliament undertook to pro- vido a purse sufiicient for maintaining the honor and dignity of the e: nd amongst other things secured to h his hoirs forever the heriditary duties on malv liquors, amounting to 15 pence per burrel on beer. ‘Pnis was what Victoria inherited when she ascended the English throne, But by act of parliament, section 2 of 1 and 2 Vic 2, sho surrendered this endowment during her own life, the condition of which was that, *“‘Her mujesty felt confident that hor faithfu mons would gladly muke adoquate pro for the support of the honor and dignivy of the crown.” “Chis nct wus passed in order that by the roduction of the imposition of 15 pence per arrel the honest workingman would be re- lieved from contributing in an undue pro- portion to the public revenues, aud be able to secure his one luxury, or, as some eminent have claimed, ouo of his neces- a reduced price and of & better qualit Johnnie Bull knows when he has a good thing, us a rule, and he has availed himself of this concession to such on extony that the last consus shows in that yoar thore was consumed two gallons of beer to every man, woman and child in tho three kingdoms, and by the annual budget it appears that the excise on Johnnie's 'alf and 'alf, such as it is, for it would amount to & good deal less than the excise taken by the average Omuna saloonkeeper froth, yields a larger amount than any other single item in the schedule. The country has veally made money by this deal, and even at the present flzuro of the yearly grants to the royul family, if Vie had kept her beer, the balance would Lave been in her favor, ‘The end of it all is that pa ordered and eot its beer, e for 1t like & gentloman, The Ballor's Resolve. J. H. C, in Puck, A sailor on the topsall yard While reefing softly sings: “I'd rather pick some cherries here Than pull on these 'ere strings. “pd sooner of a kicking mule Be undisputed boss Than haul this westher-ear-ring out On this ’ere t'lemish hoss, 4 rather steer wy Betsey Jane Up o altas Than be aloi liament, having s it bud to pay r ra t on this e're night, A-recfing this 'ere sail. “) swear that when I get ashore Il splics that lovely lass, Buy that aforessid mule as kicks, Aud peddle garden sass.”