Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 10, 1889, Page 4

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County o D § Gearge 1. . being Auly sworn, oses and ays that he (s secretary of Th “ablishing Compay, that the actunl daily clire®ition of Tie DALY month November, 1584 18,0:6 cembor. 19, 18,225 copless' for | TEGT4 coples: for February, 1% M, JR B3 copies W copls for Jnine, 18 % cople coples st tembe: do- i for Do- o1 1o before ma nnd siubs: Presence this 2d duy of Noveinbe [Beal. | T weekly bank statementshows the reserve has decrensed $1,8581,000. the banks now holding $761,000 less than the legal requirement: Tue murder of four persons in one day and fatal wounding of three others proves thut the revolver and the bowie are a perpetual menace to longevity i Kentucky. Tho fighting colonels and majors should be disarmed and reduced 1o a peace fool IDA1O claimsa population of one hun- dred and thirteen thousand, an increase of eighty thousand in nino years. If the fizures are sustained by the census next vear, the rock-ribbed territory will become o prominent caddidate for statehood honos THE defunet Credit Mobilier has been rosurrected in Pennsylvania and a judg- ment for forty thousand dollars of baclk taxes entered aguinst it. In life the concern fleeced all with whom it dealt. It will gratify the vietims to know that Pennsylvania proposes to tan the hide after death. — Tue failure of the sorghum sugar crop in Kansus will prove a great loss to the farmers who plunged deep into the venture on the representations of the agriculture bureau. 1vis a suggestive hint to farmers to stick to the old re- liable crops und leave theoretical farm- ing to those who have money to waste. It is not surprising that Mre. Have- myer, the sugar king, should cry out agninst the prosecution of his pot trust, and declare that it was and is a Dblessing in disguise for the consumer, ivery sharper who bunkoesa victim can with equal propriety pronounce his business legitimate. ——— THAT misfortunes never come singly is illustrated by the condition of John, town and the ill-fated Conemaugh val-+ loy. Thirty-six hours of rain caused another flood, sweeping away recon- structed bridges and causing gros age to residents near the the Conemaugh valley has becom valley of the shadow of deuth,” THE business of the Omaha stock market for the month of October, com- pared with the corresponding wonth last year, shows a marked improvement, The receiots of cattle increased sixteen per centand hogs thivty-three per cent. The sules increased in proportion. With the recent additional facilities afforded shiopers by the fowa rouds, the business will incrense steadily and make Omaha a strong competitor for second place nmong the stock markots of America, E—— A BILL will probably be introduced in the fifty-first congress to restore the rank of lieutenant-general of the army, It is admitted that the grade is nota necessity, but sundry reasons are urged in favor of it that have [gained it a de- gree of support. Oue of the arguments is that the highest office in the army of & great nation ought to carry at least that grade, if not the one of full gen- eral. Another is that the system of rank and command will be made more harmonious, both for peace and war, by reviving the grade of lieu- tevant general. Besides those there is a feeling that justice to General Scho- fleld requires that this be done, It is thought hardly fair that he should bave the duties, responsibilities and expenses of an oflicer commanding the army and living in Washington, hav- ing to meet and entertain foreign wili- tary guests as head of the army, on rank and pay inferior to those which have acopmpanied the office ever since the close of the civil war. There can be no question that all these are sound reasons for restoring the grade of lieu- tenant general, and undoubtedly a pro- posal to do so would have very general popular support. AN OVERBURDENED COURT. A lettter was submitted to President Harrison n fow days ago, prepared by a mmittee of the American Bar assoc tion, setting forth the great accumula- tion of business in the United S su- me court, and urging the ne ity the ennctment of some measure of I'he president promised to call the attention of econgress to the matter in his annual message, The ground of this ion of the bar has been a source of plaint for several ye but all efforts to relieve the situation have failed in congress, perhaps from the fact that the matter Las no relation to party intc Chief Justice Fuller made a brave effort to expedite tho business of the courtand pre . but if he conceived the iden of ciearing the docket he must have concluded after a short expericnce that the task was u hopeless one. the opening of its October term the supreme court had thirteen hun- dred cases awniting final judgment. These wouid keop the court employed at least three years if uo were added to them, but as a matter of experience new suits accumulate faster than the old can be disposed of. Thus, while there is hope of finally disposing of those on hand, though some of them must inevitably linger on for years, there isno hope that the docket will ever bocleared. Few cases roach the suprame court that do not involve im- portant financial interests as well us commanding questions of jurisprudencc that the long delay in their determination 13 often a serious affaiz both to suitors and to the public. Tt moreover furnishes op- portunities for defeating justice and do- ing greve wrong to individuals, Ther, would in all probubility be fower c taken to the supreme court if it were not for the advantage to be derived from delay. This is especially favor- able to corporations and wealthy liti- gants, socintion com= rests, made good new suits 50 Unguestionably the supreme coury judges are overworked. The corres- ponding judiciary in no other counivy has so Iaborious a task, and no- where else are the judicial func- tions performed more eavefully and conscientiovsly. Itisto this fact, quite s much as to the learning of our federal supreme beneh that the eminent character of that tribunal is due. TIts duties have never been perfunctorily discharged, but always with a col tious regard for their grave and import- ant nature. This character of the na- tion’s supreme tribunal should be main tained, and in order that it shall be it may be necessary to relicve the steadily growing pressure upon its members. But if this is wot' a flicient reason for providing relicf the interests of the public and the causo of justice certainly supply it. Several methods of doing this have been groposed from time to time, and we think a committee of the American Bar association was appointed at the last meeting to pre- pare u measure for submission to con- gress, As that boay will be in republi- can control, and partisan considerations can have no influence upon the ques- tion, if they have ever iyt lation to relieve the supreme court may be fen- DANGERS OF ELECTRIC LIGHTING. The progress of electrie lighting and the dangers incident toit which numer- ous casualties attest, give especial 1n- terest to an article contributed to the current number of the North Ainerwcan Tevicw by Mr, Ldison, the first authority in this country, if not in the world, on the subject of electric lighting. Mr. Tdison says that in electric lighting the currents used may generally be dovided into four cl the low tension con- tinuous current, with a pressure not exceeding two hundred yolts, used for incandescent lighting; the high tension continuous current, with a pres- sure of two thousand volts or over; the high pressure, semi-continuous current, with a pressure of two thousand volts or over,and the alternating curreny, with a pressure of from one thousand to three thousand volts and over. The first of these is harmless, the second dangerous, while tact with the third means alysis and possibly death, and passage of the fourth through any living body means instant death., The problem is to protect the public from these deadly wires, and the general plan offered for its solution is to place the wires underground. Mr. Edison does not approve this plan. He says that to place under ground electric wires operating the alternativg current would increase instead of diminish the danger to life and property, and that it would be as rational to bury a mass of nitro-glycerine in order to reduce its danger as to bury wires charged with this agency. “There is no known insulution,” he suys,**which will confine these high tension currents for wore thana limited period, and when they are placed beneath the ground, with the present system of con- duits, the result will be nseries of earth contacts, the fusion of wires, and the formation of powerful electric arcs, which will extend to other metallic conductors in the same conduit, and a whole mass of wires made to receive this dangerous current and convey it into offices, houses, stores, etc, it is thus evident that the dan- gers of such circuits are not confined to the wires which convey the high-ten- slon curronts, but other wires con- ducting harmless currents are liabie to be rendered as deadly in effect as the former. It is evident also that a single wire careying acurrent at high sure would be a constant menuce to the safety of all other wires in the same conduit, Even though these dangerous wires be placed in separate tubes in the same conduit with other tubes the risk is not diminished.” ‘The insu- lation wears out for the reason that the wibrations of the current cause corresponding vibrations in the insulating material and graduslly im- pair its elasticity. When this result takes place an avenue for the ingress of moisture is formed aud an outlet to any other electrical conductor in the neighborhood, As long as the insulat- ing material is new and of good quality the alternating current may be uperated con- par- the | and to use measures safely, but tho safety will be ondy tem- porary. In reply to the all-important question as to how the electrio light wire is to be made safe, Mr, Edicon save the only safety is to vestrict electrical prossure that will keep the currents as steady and regular as possi- ble. Variable pressures are more dan- gerous thau steady ones. Itisthe opin- ion of Mr. Edison that the continuous currents should be limited to six hun- dred or seven hundred volts, with variable range not exceeding a fou volts. He would probibit the alternat- ing current entirely, which he declaves 10 be as unnecessary as it is dangerous, The article of Mr, Edison, though in- tended to apply to the larger cities,and particularly to New York, where the the question of securing safety in elec- trie lighting is most urgent, 18 of gen- eral interest as containing suggestions and opinions of the highest scientific value applicablo wherever eleotric lighting is used. The steady aud rapid incronse in the employment of electric- ity as an illuminating agent makes it important that the: public should have all obtainable information relative to the question of protecting itself from the dangers of this subtle force in nature, and the contribution of <o cmi- nent an author s Mr. Edison to the discussion of this question consequently merits the widest attention. VD THiE FIRE LIMITS. as reached o stage of pro- gress amply justifying a radieal exton- sion of the fire limits. The erection of frame houses near the business center imperils the safety of great business blocks and millions of merchandise. Compaet rows of brick or stono tures give an impression of solidity and permanence and exhibit the confidence of tho property owners fn the future of the city The present fire limits are entirely too narrow. Outside of the heart of the eity thoy merely cover leading thoroughfares to the alluys, afording no protection whatever to property owners who are compelled to erect brick build- ings. In scoresof instances owners of adjoining lots have erccted huge frame tinder boxes, while those who happen to own lots fronting on fire limit streets are compelled to erect buildings of more substantial material, This is wrong in principle and is an injustice. The enterprisicg, liberal builders should be protected from frame five trans. No block sheould be divided by timber and brick lines. The supply of brick is ample at rea- sonable price The difference in cost between brick and frame is bow so slightthat it is a waste of money to build either homes or tenements of the latter material. Quality, solidity and per manence considered, brick is vastly cheaper in the end. The fire limits should by all means be extended as a measure of protection against destructive fires, as well as to beautify the city and give it a metro- politan appearance. strucs THE CATHOLIC CEN NNTAL. The first Roman Cathol congress, composed of clerics and laity, ever held in the United States, will open in Bal- timore to-morrow. The event is one of unusual significance to the church, as it commemorates the centennial of the Catholic episcopate in this country. To thoughtful men of all cceeds it v ses special interest, owing to the wide range of topics to be discussed, and their bearing upon the problems that are agitating the religious, social and industrial world. The progress of the church since Dr. John Carvoll, a thorough American was made bishop of the diocese of Bait more, the first in the United States, has been remarkable. One hundred years ago the total population of the countr was three million two hundred thou- sand. Of this number thirty thousand were professed ad herents of Cathol There was only one diocese, fifty-two churches and chapels and twenty priests. According to the latest statis- ties, the church claims eight and a half million followgrs oatof a population estimated at sixty-five millions, There aro seventy-four dioceses, ten thousand one hundred and ninety- one churches and chapels, eight thou- sand one hundred and ninety-nine priests, nine hundred and twenty-cight convents, twenty thousand members of female orders devoted to church and benevolent works, six huodred and eighty-one educational institutions and three thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine schools, with a fraction over half a million pumls enrolled. This is certuinly an enviable record. It is a monument to the zeal, devotion and sell-sacrifice of the ministers and sisters of the church. A notable feature of the congress will be the part taken by the laity in the discussion of topics presented. Only in rare instances have the laity been in- vited to join with the priests and bish- ops in considering the relations of the church and the people. The questions of education, temperance, the relations of eapital and labor and kindred sub- jects will be cousidered from a high moral plane. It will be interesting, therefore, to note how far the congress will go to meet the reform spirit ot the age and place the seal of approval or disapproval on the various remedies for the cure of social and industrial ills, Judged by the utterances of the pr! mate of the church, the congress will take an advanced and conservative po- sition on these questions, LATer and more detailed accounts of the New Mexican blizzard show it to bave been the most destructive in the history of that section. While it did not equal in force and fury the deadly storm which swept Dakota, Min- nesotu and Nebraska in January 1888, and marked its path with lifeless hu- man bodies; it was terribly fatal to stozk, For eight days the stormm ragéd. Snow foll on the level to a depih of twenty- six inches, and in exposed places drifted to a height of seven feet. A vastarea of country was covered, traius blocked, and trails and roads buried beneath a patbless avalanche., Within a radius of thirty miles of Clayton, thirty thousand head of sheep per- ished, yet this number is but a fraction of the herds engulfed B R P P S S M Syt by the storm. Qhe loss of cattle will be nearly as gre@h; Amt the exact loss of life and propesky sill not be known for months. All accounts agroe that next summe sun will show a country covered as thickly with the dead bodies of animals as wys the old Santa Fe trail in the sixties, 'Great distress will natu- rally follow. The people ot that sec- tion are ill-prepared for protracted cold weuther, Their buildings are not con- structed to resist cold waves like those of the north, antl comparatively few are provided agaiust winter because winter weather is a' rabity. Asa result the storm caused intense suffering and not a few deaths from cold in the towns. COMPARED with the reckless manner in which American young women arve risking their future happiness for the sake of a foreign title, the example of Miss Kato Drexel comes like a ray of sunshine to brighten the path of the poor and lowly, Possessed of amplo weans in her own right, an enviable socinl station, intellectually equipped to adorn the higher walks of life, she sinks all to earry out a cherished pur- poso—to devote her life and her menus to the cducation and care of neglected Indians and colored people. No matter how much opposing creeds may in- voigh against convent life, they can- not help admiring the courage and de- votion which impels & young woman to leave family, friends and fortune and consecrate hev life to works of practical philanthropy, MONTANA makes the forty in the emblerm of liberty. first star Waorthy of Siberia. Minneapolis Tribun, It will cost St. Petersbarg millions of rou- bles to repair the damage done by the freshiet 1n the river Neva. This is not exactly acase of Neva 100 late to meud, however. S i A Mockery of Marringe. Tndianapolis News, The titled husband has no respeet for his untitled wife, and rarely attempts to conceal his contempt for her family. He may treat her with a show of courte: long as she To Keep Our Girls at Home, Toronto Globe, 1t seems neignbors if they wish to lkeep their wealthy girls to themselves van American order of How would it do to give their hewresses a first chance ot a duke of Chicago, an carl of Oshkosh, or a marquis of Louis- ville, Ky. R Taking the Props of Life. Waspington Post, Syndicate trusts” and combines have al- roudy luid their bands on our flour, salt, sugar aud beer. Now that a syndicate has been formed to buy up 500 cheese factcries in New York and New Jersey the caso sedms getting desporate. “They take our life when they do take the means by which we live.” ! e i Cleaning Up, stantinople. Kansas City Star, ‘The visit of the;German empuror to the sultan has at least been productive of some good. The houses in Constantinople aiong the line of the royal procession have been whitewasbed and the streets and premises have been treated to 4 geueral scrubbing. This departure from the ordinary rule of iifo in that city will be nore useful than a dozen conferences of the powers. paswich S e 1] The Fower of the New Northwest, Sioux City Jowrnal, Statehood hus brought the northwest into promivence and given it a definite standing and notable recognition, This is only the barbinger of other advautages which are to follow. With eight new scnators in the United States senate and five represcutatives in the lower orand: of congress, the north- west will be in post.ion to command and en- force attention. It be in position to re- ward friends and punish enomics. Where it has been voiceless it will henceforth have advocates, stic Style. ‘ourier-Journal, The returns take one’s breuth away, As was once said by a distinguished citizen of Kentucky on a famous occasion, *“Ground- swell be dam’d ! It is an earthquako!” Such will certaiuly be the feeling among the re- publicans of the United States this morning. They have lost here and they have lost there. They have been caught coming ana they have been caught going. They are down in the east and they are down in the west. It s so bad that the uew states—not evon the Montana steal—will avail them anything whatever. It is a democratic cy- clone from Cape Cod to Kalamazoo, from Alpha to Omaha, from hell to breakfast! ' —_——— Candidate Caspe Thanks, David City Tribune. ‘The *‘old man" desires to tender his thanks to uot only the domocrats, but those republi- cans in Butler county who deemed him sufliciently worthy to make a fight for him on Tuesday. While u partof that 937 ma- jority ropresents more or less disgust on the part of republicaus over railroad bosses, yet the good will shown us on three different oc- casions, calls for some acknowledgement. We will endeavor inthe future, sin the pust, to show a decent respect for the opin- lons of others, while defending our own, hoping that our walk in life may be such that we need never feel that we have lost the confidence of those who heretofore have been willing to trust us. e The Price of a Prince. Chicago Tritune. O wealthy Yankee maidens, who for titled husbands yearn, Weep, weep, and tear your hear for those who little figures spurn! You may buy a count, or wmarquis, or a baron cheap, but zounds ! No 16-carat prince is going at £200,000. —_— Honora arve Kasy. New York Herald: The Herald's immense circulation yesterday is particularly gratify- ing to us because it testifies so clearly the complete confidence of the public in the Her- ald's news, We promised that all the elec- tion news should be given, and it was all there. The Herald's returns were so much more complete and $0 superior thut we may with fairness claim that we distanced all competitors. 5 New York Sun: It is nothing uew for The Sun to distance every other paper iu tho country in the completeness and accuracy of its news on tne morning after an election, but rarely, if ever, bas it distanced all com- potitors by 8o far and 80 muok as it did yes- terauy. —— Tired of Monopoly Dictation, Nebiraska City Press (Dem.). In the contest for congressman Laws was successful, winulng by a greatly reduced majority, The rallroads were successful in crawmivg thdir candidate down the throats of the voters. fhe monopolies dictated to Iowa until the peoble turned aud the sswe wiil be done 1n Nobraska, THE IOWA ELECTION, Fatal Prohibition, Beatrice Eroress (R2p.). Prohibition has wiped out a republican ma- Jority of 70,000 in Towa, and given the state 1o the democrats. 1f the republicans of No- braska dally with it they will soe the same result here. ‘The republican party must recognize the fact that the choice for them lies betweon defeat in a quasi-ailiance with prohibition, or victory upon a platform of high license, The result in several of the states last Tuesday shows there is no safe middle ground. The Jessou ought to be worth something to the republicans of this state. 1f they do not profit by it thoy will learn from dear expe- rience. Tood For Reflection. Fremont Fail (R+p.) Towa, onoce the banuer state of fre ism, has been forced backward and back ward until it has been fuirly foread 1nto the democratic ranks. Mea of one idea have takencontrol of matters and tho question of what men shall drink has superceded overy other inte Luntil the people are tired, anl thoy have arisen and rebuked the reigning power by an overwhelming d ‘That the question of prohibition has played havoe with the republican_party in lowa is beyond quastion, and that it wili down any party in any state that subscribes to it is just as cer- tan. In this is food for reflection in No- braska. One year hence we will be called upon to follow lowa's footsteps to prohibi- tion aud absolute defeat. OFf course the men Who insist on prohibition muy join the third party funatics and defoat us anyway, but it is certain that the republicans asa party cun- not afford to follow Iowa to disaster and ex- termination, b0 Much of a Load, Lincoln Jowrnal (Rop,) The republicans of lowa wvould have done better in_the last three or four years if they had nov fooled with prohibition as a party, A man has a right to be a prohibitionist if he wants to, or if otherwise, to be agaimst pro- hibition, without being sat upon by a parf convention. Be ority of the re- publicant of Towa were prohibitionists was no good reason for undertaking to force the minority to subscrive to their opinions. People get tired of being dragooned by a convention into subscribing to plattorms or planks, with which their party afiliations 0 morely because a ma- jority of the ntion as it in its power 10 go wandering about in search of new party tests, The republicans of that stato have been losing ground ever since they shouldered probibition, They should have divorced that question from republican con- ventions and republican platiorms, and al- lowed cvery man to vote and think as ho pleased on all matters not invotved in the principles of the national republican party as laid down from time to tiwe in their pl forms. A Revolution 1 Public Scatimont, edar Rapids Repuhlican (Rep.). Prohibitionists who in were on their lknces for the success of the pacty that had come to the rescue of the home from its en- emy, the saloon, were in 89 out upon our streets soliciting the votes of republicans for a ticket whose voting strength meant just so many votes subtracted from the ticket that bad stood for prohibition as the settled policy of the state and for the better enforcement of the prohibitory law. Crophesy of a Prohibitionist. Siowr City Jourual (Rep.). It can be pretty safely predicted that the prohibition amendment will not carry in Neo- braska next year. Drive Out the Bootleggers. Siowx City Tribune (Dem,), Tne democrats of lowa in state convention declared emphatically and uneguivocally for nigh license. This declaration was sup- ported and confirmed by the people in Tues- day’s election. It is now the duty of the lemslature to do away with the foolish pros hibition experiment and substitute for ita high ticense law. - But this law should bo made 80 strong that it will be satisfactory to the people of the state and receivo their cor- dial support. The saloons must be brought under the control of the law and the boot- legger and hole-in-the-wall, those hideous childreu of prombition, must’ be doe away with forever in [owa. & Iuis o great duty and a responsible duty that rests with the xt legislature of lowa, and it should be met and discharged in an honest, manly way 'he Issue in the Battle. Davenport Democvat-Giazetle (Dem). Mr. Boies stood for local self-governmont ; Mr. Hutchimson was pledged to oppose it. Mr. Boies demunded a practical regulation of the liquor trafiic; Mr. Hutchinson was chained toa policy that is ruining the state, Aftor five years of trouble and failure the itelligent peovle of Iowa want sowething better. They have thrown their votes to swell the tigal wave which has swopt over New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecti- cut and Rhode Island. Iu all these states prohivition gets damaging blows. lowa 18 rushing ulong with the flow. A Democratic View. Des Moines Leadsr (Dem), There wus @& combination of stances all tending to work the party in power. In the cities tho gains were made wupon the pro bibition question. They were lurge; Codar Rapids, Dabuque ana Sioux City show dem- crauc gains over one thousand each, In Keokuk, Burlington, Davenport, Clinton, Des Moines and Council Bluffs the gains almost as marked. In northwestern lowa, among the granger counties, the per centage of gains held up close to those of the cities, The majority of republicans charge the re- sponsibility of deteat to prohibition, and openly declare that they will advocate the ;nh»]rllun ol a hugh license by the new logis- ature. circum- against On Trial For Its Life, Lincoln Journal (Rep.), Prohibition met defeat in Iowa on Tuesday. Why? Primarily because anti-prohibition republicans largely availed themselves of tho opportunity as the most timely that had arisen to record their dissent from prohibi- tion as a policy for dealing with the drink ovil, ‘The result aisproves the declaration in the ropublican_platforai that prolbition is tho soutled policy of the state. The result establishes that prohibition is now on trial in Towa for its life. Pending the issue of this trial in the state at large, many localities, where the law has been fairly well enforced, have declared their unwillness to have Ui law further ap- plied. Will the Issue be Foroed, Hastings Nebraskan (Rep.) It is said that the liquor interests of the state are spending money lavishly for news. papers to eapouse their cause in the coming amendment fight, and that the backing for several now journals in the state is directly traceable to the liquor men's fund—and one of these papers is to be founded rignt here in Hastiogs, It is extremely doubtful about the success of any newspaper that begins life baudicapped with any~such aid, Many of those who are conscientiously and hon- estly opposed to the policy of enforcing pro- hibition upon the state, are not by any mweans governed by a motive to further the liquor interests. 1f the issue is forced upon the people that to oppose the probibition amendment is to help build up the liquor traftic, it will be & very owe-sided con- flict - ' indeed. There = is @ vyery strong and conservative element, the balance of power betweeu two extremes, wkLich is loth to brin, pon the state or any portion of it, that deploraple condition of af- fairs which' now unquestionably exists in muay of the larger cities of lowa, Butif to prevent this, it must necds be necessary to submit to the domination and coutrol of & power which should be kept under resiraint and 1ts business regulated by the strong arm of the law, then the beuter seuse of the peo- le will revolt inst it. ‘The extreme pro- Kflnuunm will endeavor to force the issue into one of domination by liquor wen or free- dow from it They know that iu this case the bettar class of ¢itizons will not hesitate to & thoir 1f the brewery men, liquor aealers and saloonkeepors enter into the eampaign with the idea that high liconsa will lessen the resteaint {mposed upon 1nom now, and grant them groater privilgoes, they will'drive thousands o the prohibition’ ban- ner. Lot them manifost a diswosition to sab- mit o stringent laws for the control and reg- ulation of tho traMie, wnd there are many sincere tomperance men who will {avor that lan in proference to a prohibition policy that canuot be enforced. — THE TEKAMAH INCIDENT AGAIN, Smells the Pit, Kearney Hub, E. Rosewater has found a foeman worthy of his steel, and her namo is Helen Gougar, In the encounter at Tekamah he got the im pression that hor name was Holon Biazos, Unbscoming a Lady. Long Pine Journal Bofore Helen M. Gougar gets with Rosewater she will bo a littlo wis probabiy more discreot. Hor charges a becoming a lady, or oven an rohibition is ta carry 1n this s it will be necessary to drop all abusos, through raud o un. agitator. 1f ate next fall, uncalled-for She Made a Mistake, Sidney Telegrap) In the estimation of all fair-minded people Holon M. Gougar is not benefitting the pro hibition cause by her inflammatory denuncia tion of Tk Omawa Bre and ler reck accusations of criminal bribery acaiust Roscwater. Tho worst of it is, when Rosewater weont to Tekamah rges, Mrs. Gougar and the music, and demanded of her i the vresence of her audience some proof of the charges, all the intolerant speaker could say was, “Put him out.” ‘This was a fine opportun v her to stiow that sho had a case against T Bre, but as it is, it rather leaves the impression that Mr. Rosowater hLas a case again Madam Gougar, Entitled to Justice. Grand Island Independent, The Omaha Dispatch claims that it would be inpossible for anyone to slander . Roso- water, which goes to show that the Dispateh is outrageously unfair. No mortal who ever lived has been so mean that it was impossi- Vlo to slander him. To faise person, however despicablo he or she may be, of disreputable acts of which he 1s not ruilty, is to slander him, and 1o fuir-minded man will hold that any person is out of reach, either above or bencath, or before or after death, of the venom of tue foul slan- derer, who of ail slimy creatures on carth is the meanest and most despicable. slanderer can be slandered by another slan- derer, but every honest wman and decont woman detests a slauder, and should, and that regardless of sex, ereed orstation of the slimy pent that slander spreads for either vindictiva o seifish ends. Rosewator may or may not be a saint, but be hoe saint or devil, he is entitled to the benefit of truth anfl justice the same as is every other mun. o AN OLD ORCHARD. Clinton Seollard in New Yorie hudependent. Set in the heart of pasture lands, Far from the broad highway it stands; The hermit cuckoo finds & haunt "Mid twisted branches gray and ganut, And in its somber solitude The nimble squirrels rear their brood. Small light through woven bougls may win. Keen brier and bramble shut it in. The mullein is its seatinel, And jealous barverries guard 1t wel The tri-leaved vy ereeps and clings. Its slim festoons the grapevine swings, And oaly fragile fi rs and wan The venturer's eye may rest upon. Mr. Mr. to face the And yet when autumn’s fervent firo Has touched its barrie: And tipped the leaf of nany With glowing amber alcher A fruitage rare of sun-steej But nover, as the s Do thieves this treasnre-hold invade, Perchance a dragon there unse Is wardor of tho dim demesne; Some charm about it, safe and sure, Still keeps the shady preciucts pure, Robert Downing gave two performances at tho Grand opera house yestorday, and at eacn presented a play never before seen in this city. “‘Count Claudio” coustituted the matinee bill, and last night's performance tld the story by word and action of Herman Merivale's romantic idyl, *“The White Pil- grim.”’ Ineach of these productions Mr. Downing, as well as his charming wife, Eu genia Blair, are happily cast in parts that suit them most admirably. She appeared at the matinee as Countess Ravenna to decid- edly splendid advantage, and gave a partic larly strong rendition' of the chuvacter, Miss Blair is not only one of the handsomest Vouien v tl American stage, but an artist ory senso of the term. She is gracefol and natural in her movements, famitiar with overy point and knows just how to do the right thing at the right time. These gifts, coupled with a fine voice and superior tasts in dressing, enable her easily to captivate and successfully entertain an audicuce. ill Alarm” closed & very brilliant ont at the Hoyd last night, both s yestorday being largo enough to net the management & haodsome profit, ‘The attraction at Boyd’'s opera-house the first half of the ensuin k will be the well known dilineator of Irvish-American churacters, Dan'l Sully, who will bogin nis engagement Monday evening, producing his quaintly delightful “domestic ' play **Daddy Nolan.” Tuesday and Wednesday evenings will be devoted to the first productions hers of his latest comedy “Conroy, the Tail Itis perhaps & work of superor comuend Mr, Sully to the box of vatrons of comedy pe entertuining qualities of his work are kknown. ‘I he fact that he has been always careful, dignificd, and paturel in his stage work, has escnewed caricature and has held up to tho mirror of nature a wholesome, clear, and clean picture of Celtic-American charucters, hus had its reward in giving him the confl- dence of a large class of lovers of comedy. His latest play, and is best, “Counroy, the Tailor,” has in it the dual elements of fun @nd pathos, It has the local coloring inci- dent to life in Noew York city, and Mr, Sully's character is said to be tho best he bas yet undertaken, “The Burelar,” which opens at the Grand opera house to-morrow night, has met with unqualified approval in ali the large cities, The press has given much space to the touching, pathetic scenes of this play! 1t tells the story of a healthy, vigorous, impul sive man., The love of a noble woman has won him from the vicious ways of a way- ward youth, Ho is married to her. She is ignorant of bis past. Each loves tue ouer, and both fiud the light of their happiness in & ahaby girl. “Bill’s" old companions discover hiis houfi His very devotion to his wife bo- comoes leverage o their claim upon him. His ussistance in a burglary is mado the price of their silence, The work is badly done. The crime s detected, Mill is be- trayed. This strongly emotional story is told in @ patural, quiet vein and has a very bright comedy element cleverly iutroduced and it is hard to tell whether toars or laugh- ter predominate, The cast presenting the lady 18 a very strong one ayd contains some of the best known people In the profession. Two now ones, however, are little Annie Stoddard and little Vallie Egar, who alternate in the char- acter of Kditha which is thought o be too loug and dificult a part for one child to play continually, Farce comedy and musical comedettas have never had & more faithful student than the lovely, vivacious, frolicsome, Mrs. George 5. Knight, who appears at Boyd's opera house on uext Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, and Saturday matinee, This charmmg (ittle lady gives a jolly enter- tainment for those who seck diversion in the theatre, Sheis playmg a round of short and pleasing little skits, each one runs aboat threcquarters of an hour, and they are all as bright and sparkling as diamonds. Her re toire during her engagement here will incluan “iseauty Bess,” “Hoop La,’ “M Lord in Livery,” u Actross' Wage “Crazed,” or “Quecn of the Varieties' and YA Lucky Number.” All of her morey con- ceits are the iatost fads in the east, and it may be truthfully said that Mrs. Knight mply revels in the merriment of each one. T'ho costumes of Mra. Knight are rioh and clegant, just from tho latest pattern of the renowned Worth, 1f any play is appropriato for a Sunday on tertaimment it is “Uncle Tom's Cabin.” 1 vill bo presented at the new Grana opera liouse tuis evening at pricos Lhat will ouable peoplo of most limited means to erjoy o Sab- bath evening ontertainment of a high order. The pr will range from nts in the gailory to 50 conts fortho vory bestorcheatra seats and 75 conts for Whose who ure willing to pay for the seclusiveness of box s 4. Reservad seats can be had after 10 o'clock this morning. UP INTH Hon, Charles Riof Visits the Attraction in Pavis, The following lotter is from Hon. Charles Rief, of Grand Island. Ho sends it to T Brr: from Paris, where he has just beon on- Joying the attractions of the groat expositicn, Mr. Rief fs now doing Europe and his frionds will probably hear from him through the cot- umns of Tie Bk on various places of inter- est visited “Paris must be saen to be appr i8 10 the castern homisphore what New York isto the west. The great metropohs of 3 e, where at present the cl ISINE seencs a successful exhibition ure being cnncted, i still crowd to its utmost and the influx of Americans and other sightsoers has not abated, The great Eiffel tower is on tho Champ do Mars, and it is v remain for some time the center of attraction Tho tower is 300 meters, or 084.28 feot in height, and not yery far short of twico tho height' of the Washington obelisk, which reaches the altitude of 160 motes , OF D54 0 Each of the four uprights of the tower is & largo framowork square in sec tions, and about 49 feet on the side, sunk to w dopth of 46 feet on the side next o the and 205 on the other side. N 1assive foundation piers enclose an_arca of two and a half acres of ground, aud have an initial inclination of 5= ap to the first platform of the tower, and are united beneath by huge iron spans, forming thereby four urchways, bouring the same at a hoight of 280 feet o the ground with ) yards, covered with Great ted. Tt than uwelvo stalls, wher coivo o meal at any timo and - buy trinkots and souvenirs inany quantity. This plat- form will support no less than 6,000 persons, and from the open arcadoa gailery cun promenado fora distance of W0 feot Ll about 8 feet wide and soo Paris o ns. The beautiful St. Vidal foun- et high and 37 feet in diameter, is \eatin the tower, ornumented and graced with a group that represents night vainly ing to retard the light. The su rounding figures are History, Love, Activit Cruth and Sluwmbe: Al the 'foot five grand divisions of her globe, the uround to the platform aro four lifts or cages, that will carry 2,350 passengers in an hour. Upon and above this platform, at height of 830 feet is the seeond platform, rearcd by an exteusion of the four upright standards. This platform is ninety-six feet square. [t is also covered with concroto, and wilt hold in the neighborhood of 2,000 visitors, ‘The third platform is mefely a station, and passcngers have to walk trom one lift into another, and uro forthwith carried to the forth platform at the foot of a double lantern which terminates the tower, 844 fect from the ground. 1t is surrounded by a balcony thirteen feet across all arouud. The view nds a radius of nearly ninety milos, aud is subline. Human bemgs bolow, in the exbibition ground, look like ants, busily crawling ana nioving in all directons’ Thi the lighest pratform accessible o the pubi is likewise covered with concreto, and or mented with the names of thousands and thousunds of tourists who have scrivbled their names everywhere, Here stationery sold, and there dre stands 10 write upon. Opporiunities are offered to write to friends from this location, I must confess that tihe sensation was not very pleasing, It soems to be too high for real sohd comfort, and varticularly o when you cast your glance downward, Above this highest platform there is still another clevation of eighty-nine fect to the highest point of tho tower from which tho it cams forth, during the night, hared, green and bright luster alver- nately radiating. In addivon, the tower sheds forth, from an almost endiess array of smallor lights, brilliancy to everything around. There ure ulso two spiral stair- cases of 1,706 steps each leading up to tho summit, which are, also, capavle of holding 2,500 persons. To reach the top wil cost each one 5 francs, or, nearly one American dollar. Tickets are pirchusable at overy plat- form. The tower will hold at any one timo 10,000 persons What s gre airing, its top legislature, at, and sometimes necessary uld afford to a Nebraska THE IRON CAGE. With Which Louis 1ipped State Prisons, For Louis XI., of France—whom Sir Walter Scott and Mr. Henry TIrving have wmade so familiar to the English public—the ron cage had a great at- traction,and he seems to have equipped with it nearly every one of his state prison 's all the Year Round. When the Due de Nemours, previous to his trial, was transferred to the Bustile, he was put 1n a cage of iron; and the king leurning that some indulgence had been shown to 0 illustrious a prisoner, wrote in the most uncompromising termsto the Sire de Saint Pierre,one of the commissaries appointed to try the unfortunate prince, He wasnot pleased, he suid,to find that the fetters had been removed from the duke’s limbs, and that he had attended mass when women were present, And he charged him to take cure that the prince never left his cage, except to be put to the question— that is, to be tortured—and that this should tuke place in hisown apartment, Other important personages in the reign of I uaintunce with these ivon cages of his; among others, William of Harancourt, bishop of Ve dun,and the Cardinal de la Balue. A cording to eminent French antiquar, each cage was about 9 feet long, ‘8 feet broad and seven feet high, and sisted of u ponderous framework of tim- ber, strengthened by solid ivon clasps, and tenced 1 with stout iron bars,weighs ing altogether 200 ponnd, und costing about 867 livrees, atthe then value of money. Phillippe de Commisne, the historian, mukes some characteristic comments upon King Louis XI. and his cages, 1t is quite true,” ne says, “'that the king, our master. orders the con- struction of some ‘rigorous prisons’— cages of iron and wood, covered with plates of iron outwardly and internally, and with terrible iron bars, each about eight feet wide, and about the height of & man, or one toot more, The man who desigued them was the bishop of Vere dun, and in the very first that was made he was incontinually immured and lay rein for fourteen years, Many of us since have poured our curses upon him, and I, for one, having had an eights months’ taste of this kind of captivity. Formerly, 100, the king caused the Ger- mans to make for him some very henvy and terrible fotters to fasten upon pris- oners’ feet, and an iron ring to clasp around the ankle, with a solid chain at- tuched and a great iron ball at the cnd of the chain, These instruments of tor- ture were knows as ‘les fillettes du roy,’ or the ‘king’s maidens.” These, never- theless, I have seen on the feet of many prisoners of vank, who have since riseu into honor and great joy, and have re- ceived many favors from the king.” XL