Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 18, 1889, Page 4

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Travelers who want e Bk and can't gat 1t on trains where other Omaha papers are carried are requested to no- ity Ts e, lenss be particular to give in all cases fall information as to date, rallway axd number of rain. Glye us yonr name, not for publication or un- necessary use, but as a guaranty of zood faith, I8 DAILY BLE Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btate of Nebraska, } .. County of Douglas. corgre” 1. Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing Compuny, does solemnly swear that the actusl circulation of T1E DAILY BEE for the week ending November 16, 1859, was as follows: Sunday. Nov. 10. 3 Monday, Nov. 11 e Tuesany, Nov. 12. Wednosdny, Thursday, Nov. 14, ov. I oy .. 19175 BOKGR B. TZSCHUCK. Etate of Nehraski ! a, County of Douglas, ("% Bworn to before me and subscribed to presence this 16th day of November, A, (Senl,] N, P, Fit . P, FRIT, Notary Pubiic. County of Douglns, 1"' George B. Tzechuck, being duly sworn, de- Jores and says Liat Lo ls secretary of 'Ind lioa ublishing Company, that the actual average dmly circulation of M DAty Bee for tho month November, 1, 1690 cember, 188, 18,22 copi for Junuary, 159, 18,614 coples; for February, 189, 180 coples: for March, 1680, 188w coples: for April, 183, 8,550 coples: for May, 10, 140 coples;, for June, 199, 1888 coples; for July, 180, 18783 Coples; 1or August, 1640, 15051 copies: for Nep- tember, 89, 18,710 copies; for “October 188, 18907 copies, zORGE 11, TZSCHUCK. worn to before me ana_subscribed in my Presence this 2d day of November, A D)., 188), (Seal.] P. FhiL. in my D. 1880, Btate of Nebraska, IN tho spenkorshit; rice theroppor- nentsot Mr. Reed are armed with silver bricks. THE sinking of the cargo of beer near Pierre wasn’t such a calamity after all, as it would have gone down sooner or later anyhow. ‘THE street railway company proposes 1o 1op off profitless branches. The pub- lic would be under greater obligations + if they would lop off mule motor powor. Tae Standard Oil company has in- vested several million dollars in refin- eries in Kurope. Evidently the com- pany is tired of its investments in Ohio senatorships. GERONIMO, the unhung Apache chief, is drifting toward civilization at an alarming rate. He is learning to pick the banjo. In the hands of men truly great the banjo is as fatal 1o peace as a repeating rifle Ir WOULD be mighty interesting to know just how many persons besides Henry Clarke profited by that real estate speculation near Bellevue. One hundred and thirty dollars an acre leaves a snug surplus for the ring. THE fact that news ffom Brazil comes o0 us through British channels isnota pleasant commentary on American en- terprise. The first step toward improv- ing’ commercial relations with the South American republics “should be direct telegraph connection. SAN FRANC18CO, with a population of about four hundred thousand, has only one hundred and twenty churches. As there are cortain questions which can’t be settled according w0 Queensbury rules the Golden Gate city would seem to be in a pretty ticklish position. THE only surprising feature of the aristocratic scandals brewing in London is that the details should appear in pub- lic prints. The divinity thatdoth hedge a monarch extends to the retinue of titled snobs, and is nothing more than a promiscuous license to commit social infamies with impunity, THE west pre: nomaly of one portion surfeited with crops, another barren and destitute. In Nebraska .. acres upon acres of potatoes are left in the flelds to rot, the price being too low to pay for digging, while many + North Dakota farmers are suffering for the necessaries of life. Here is a chance for the generous to prevent waste and relieve pressing want, SEESEea—— COMMENTING on the recent trial of the Australian ballot system in several states, the democratic Now York Sun remarks that its operation ‘‘did not ' Justify the claims muade concerning its advantages by its democratic cham- pione unless their purpose was to aid in the election of republican candidates.” All devices for securing a free ballot and an honest count certainly do have that tendency, more especially in the territory south of Mason and Dixon’s line. . S——— " Now that the republican primary elections have been called, it may not be out of place for Thur BEE to call at- tention to the fact that it will be ut- terly out of the gquestion to elect a single mau ‘on the republican ticket unless the candidates are known to be + men of integrity, way qualified for the posi- tlons to which they aspire, ‘Thas applies to candidates for the coun- cil jrist as much as it does to those for the offices of mayor or treusurer. It is pot merely a question whether & man can carry his own ward in the primary, but whether he can run the gauntlet of the entire city. And for our part we waut it distinobly understood that good government is vastly more important to * our citizens than mere party success in @ local election. Boodlers ‘and jobbers ' have no business to presont themselves ;‘;pu‘lfiu for the eity counocil. and in every CROPS AND FRETGHT RATES. The abundant crops with which Ne- braska farmers were favored the past senson have not proven an unmixed blessing. Grararies groaning with & bounteous harvest wait in vain a puying market. Pricesare o low that it does not pay to ship from & majority of towns in the state, and even from the towns on the Missouri river the margin of pro- fit is so small, after freight rates are paid, that there is scarcely enough left to compensate the farmer for bis labor, much less pay a per cent on his invest- ment, Corn, oats and potatoes are a drug in the market. A farmer in Holt county, with one hundred and sixty acres of po- tatoes, nogotiated for their sale in Omaha, where the price ranges [rom twenty-five to twenty-soven cents a bushel, but found that he could not de- liver and make enough to pay for the labor of digging. A margin of five conts a bushel would have satislied him, but the railroad rates virtually ab- sorbed the entire proceeds. Asa con- sequenco the tubors are left to rot in the ground. There are hundreds of similar instances. The prices for corn and oats in small towns are equally de- moralizing and discouraging. The more wealthy farmers are not seriously affected, having the means to turn their crops into boef and pork, or store them for futuredelivery. Butthe bulk of Nebraska farmers are not in con- dition to hold their crops nor have available means to secure foeding stock. They arensarule handicapped with pressing debts and depend on prompt marketing of their crops to meet their obligations. Extension of time can be had, and ready money secured to hold the crop for better pricos. This method would only inerease their troubies and place themgat the mercy of the two per cent sharks who thrive on the misfor- tunes of others. Even this risk might bo taken if the outlook warranted an advance. There ave no indications of un improved market, therefore the farmer who borrows money to hold his crop over winter increases his losses to the extent of the interest paid. The only source of relief is a racical reduction of railrond rates. The rates now charged from interior stations are virtually prohibitory. They are detri- mental alike to the railroads and the farmers. If the latter cannot afford to ship at the present market price, the railronds suffer equally. Their cars are kept idle and traflic re- duced, while the cost of operation and maintenance doos not decrease in pro- portion. By a reduction of traffic the railroads will increase their receipts and enuble farmers to realize at least cost price on their crops. To maintain’ the present rates on cereais is detrimental to the best in- terests of the state, apd an injury to the state is an injury to the railroads. Generous concessions to the producers will accelerate the movement of the crops, increase the circulating medium, and viwlize every department of busi- ness from the viilage merchant to the metrapolitan jobber. What the rail- roads would lose by a reduction of grain rates will be made up by increased busi- ness in other lines. PROGRESS OF REPUBLICANISAM. The progress of republican ideas in the world is shown by numerous cir- cumstances of great interest to all who believe in the ultimate triumph of the principles of republicanism everywhere. Conspicuous among these is the revolu- tivoary movement in Brazil for the es- tablishment of arepublic, and thismove- ment is peculinrly impressive because of the very liberal character of the constitutional monarchy: The reign of Dom Pedro, extending over a period of fifty-eight years, has been distinguished by an intelligent, broad and generous policy, ard no modern ruler has enjoyed to & greater degree the affection and confidence of subjects. The emperor is a man of rare intel- lectual qualities, and his tendencies have always been progressive. Yet for a number of years the republican spirit has been making steady progressin Brazil,accelerated in the iast year or two by the fear that Dom Peuro, whose health had become much impaired, might die at any time and be succeeded by his unpopular daughter Isabel, whose disposition is autocratic and in nearly all respects the opposite of that of the emperor. When Dom Pedro was sodangerously ill in Europe last yoar the scheme of establishing a republic re- ceived a decided impetus in Brazil, and its development into & rovolution at this time of apparently careful and deliberate planning, may rea- sonably be expected to result, though perhaps uot without a severe and serious struggle, in establishing a vepublican form of government. The affection of the people for vhe emperor is still expressed, but the determination is that with bim the imperial system of government in Brazil shall end. A no less interesting evidence of the growth of the republican idea is pre- sented in the project of consolidating the Australinn contlnent into one powerful state, and throwing off coloninl dependence. This project has been ripening for several years, but iv is only withiu the last two months that the premier of New South ‘Wales openly announced that the time had come when a parliamentand an ex- ecutive must be created for all Aus- tralia to deal with internationnl ques- tions, and suggested a convention from all the colonies to devise a plan for fed- eration. If such a plan should carry, a8 undoubtedly in time it will, it would inevitably lead to the crea- tion of a republic which would become one of the great mari- time powers of the world. There are great possibilities for a united Australia under 8 republican form of gov- ernment like that of the United States, and no country can have a deeper interest than the United States in the progress that shall be made toward Australian federation. The republican idea is unquestionably gaining in the Dominion of Canada, and it is nos doubted that iu time, and that time perbaps not very rewmote, Canads will either establish an independent govemmment republi- can in form or seek a upion with the United States. Imperial domination @oes not, indeed, rest heavily upon the Dominfon, but nevertheloss many of hor people feel that Canada should pos- sess the right to deal for herself with international questions, and this class is steadily growing in number ana in- fluence. All these signs are highly encourag- ing to the friends of popuiar govern- ment, and should be especially gratify- to the American people. THE ILLITERATE VOTER. The New York Times remarks that “sole difficulty in framing the ballot law that shall fully protect the inde- pendence of voters and the secrecy of voting lies in the necessity of provid- ing adequately for the illiterate voter.” In noarly all the states there is a more orless numerous olass of voters who are unable to read the names of candidates, and in some of the states, New York for example, the namber of such voters is so large as to render the question of providing ado- quately for them a difficulty of no small magnitude. For such persons absolute secrecy in voting 1s of course out of the question. Some one must mark their tickets for them. The Australian ballot system provides that they may call upon the returning officer o do this, and the law requives that officer not to disclose the vote. But this does not afford complete . scorecy, nor does it insure the absolute inde- pendence of the yoter. He may be more or .less subject to the suggestions of some one else, and he may be made the victim of deception. It may be conceded that the chances of his vote ever bocoming known, or of his being subjected to any control or victimized in the selection of candi- dates, are extremely small under a bal- lot system framed on the Australian plan, but the fact remains that the il- literate voter must take such chances. There is no way to insure him abso- lute independence or absolute secrcey. He will under any circumstances have to make his choice of cundidates known to another and be dependent upon that other's good faith. It is possible that this aifficulty in connection with ballot reform may raise the question of the expediency of ex- cluding from the right of sulvage men who cannot read, and establishing an educational qualification for suffrage. It is not questiopable that there are a great many people Who believe this ought to be" done, and the number would very likely be largely increased if itshonld be made to appear that such a policy is esseutial to thorough ballot reform. The illiterate voter is certainly not an element of strength in our poli- tics, but he is a diminishing quantity, and it may reasonably be hoped that in time he will wholly disappear. THE FAUL JURY SYSTEM. The reference made by ex-President Hayes, in his annual address to the na- tional prison congress, to the faults of the jury system generally prevailing in this country should receive the atten- tion of state legislatures. The subject i§ not new, but the agitation for reform has not been wholly ineflective, and it should be maintained until reform be- comes general. Mr. Hayes rightly condemned the practice of excluding from juries men who have read the newspaper reports of ncase to be tried, and urged that it would be far more reasonable to ex- clude from juries men who do not read the newspapers, and who do nov form and express opinions from what they read. “Ignorance, not intelligence,” said Mr. Hayes, ‘*should be shut out from the jury box.” He also deprecated the principle of requiring the jury to be unanimous, declaring it to be con- trary to our republican system. Some of the ablest American jurists have held views similar to those ad- vanced by Mr. Hayes, and he speaks from the experience of a lawyer. In several of the states the criminal jury system has within a few years been im- proved by modifying the ruis excluding men who had obtanéd information of cases from reading the newspapers, such persons being accepted when the anformation obtained has not created a pronounced prejudice, and in the new states & unanimous verdict isnot re- quired in civil cases, but quite gener- ally the old English system provails. There is a progressive sentiment on the subject, however, that is gradually making its influence felt, and the de- sirable reforms will in time be gen- erally adopted What Kentucky Necds, ; Chicago Tribiie. Kentucky's great need 1s the formation of societies pledged to total abstingnce from contealed weapons. o L e Hard on the Lyceum, Beaver Valley Tribune, The articles now appearing ip. the Omaha Hepublican are more like the debates in a country lyceum than the editorials in a great daily. A Litve Too Proevious. St. Louis Glove-Democrat. Figuring out presidential ' tickets on the basis of the November elections is not only counting chickens before they have been hatoued, but before the necessary eggs have been laid, ) -— Water Beats I, Chicago Times, After experiments lasting several years at Frankfort-on-the-Main it was found thata supply of pure air 1 the stables increased the yield of milk about one-fifth. A supply of pure water has been known to have even a greater effect, el Ld Ballot Reform Analyzcd. Buffalo Truth, The reason why ballot reform is opposed by “practical’’ politicians is that they are ufraid of leaving the voter alone with his Goa and his lead pencil, They have the deadliest fear of his conscience aud judgment., They don’t want bhim to vote.as he knows and believes in his inmost heart to be the best way. e OUR CONTEMPORARIES. Brave Men and Bullies. Springfield Republican, If anything could deepen the dismal effect of the Swope-Goodloe tragedy at Lexington, Ky., it is the sentimental drivel into which that community has fallen over the excel- lences of these two desperadoes, One would think from the stories of their virtues, de- tailed from the pulpit down, that they were choice flowers plucked from Virgin stems aod dragged in the mir by brutes. “There seems to be no fesliog of resvnti eut in the o matter toward eitner Colonsi Swo, or Colonel Gm " aavs a looal paper, v"'l‘ho gmnrll expression is one of sorroyr. None 18 been Woaed to utter bitter words against either of the pombatants.” The paper then turns to the family and friends and assures them that ‘4 city and a nation share thow sorrow.” 8 is not journalism, it is Ken- tueky romaretng in full bloom. Tt 18 & pity that innooent persons should suffer for blood spilt in & strget brawl,but the nation is much more incli , %o wonder how a whole com- munity can be 8o lost in its horo worship as not to kno#' the difference betwoen brave men and bullies, “&no 1s tnsane? +' Boston Adgertiser. Tt 18 to b syished that his honor Judge McKim, might have taken occasion of the important procoedings in Citizen Train's caso to lay down, it possible, explicit rules for determining the difference betwoeen that stato of mental unsoundness which entitles a porson to be considered insane, and that which relegatos him only to the goodly num berof cranks. In the absence of sucha judicial opinion, the community cannot, per- haps do botter than to keep on pondering tho tine aistintion which Shakespoaro puts into the month of Prince Hamlet: — Tam but mad northwost: when the wina is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw. A Universal Ooin, New Yorl Commerofal Advertiser., A universal coin appeals strongly to the imagination. For this reason when one of the objects of the Pan-American conference was stated to bo the agreoment upon a com- mon coin for the western hemisphere, tho project was received with considerable favor. The plan of universal coin 18 ono that is certain to be roalized, though cqually certain not to be realized in the lifetime of any one of us. This coutury has alrcady seen marvelous changes toward the unifica- tion of coinage. Thirty yoars ago each of the Swiss cantons had a separate colnage, and what was worse, coins of the same name and appearance had different value in ad- Joining cantons, Each little state in Italy had a currency of ita own, and the petty rulers cluug to the royal prerogative of coin- age for the sake of the prolits of seigniorace. Now, all Switzerland and all Italy not only have'n national coinage, but it is the wnter- national coinage of France and Greece, With such o change, in the I £ coutury, we may look for further ch: in the next. s e STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottinzs. Rushville is to have a national bank. 1,0rd fa belng sticred up with revival meet- ngs. The citizens of Belvidere have voted to abolish the town incorporation. Considerable building is still going on at Arapahoo und u number of dwellings have just been completed. d mun 1s at Wahoo, and pro- Dposes to establish an_extensive canning fac- tory 1f given proper encoliragement. Chaplain McCabe, the well known mission- secretury, is 1o take up his homeo on a m which Lie owns in Butler county. Ernest Dinderman, arrested” on a chargo of forgery committed at Winside, has been held to the Wayne county district court. Tne Custer county court house was com- pleted last ‘wesk “and turned over to tho county. Thé building was begun last April and cost §17,000. M. W. Hunt, of Grant, checker player, he having won the vrize offered by a New Hampsnire checker player for the solutiou of & problem. The grand jdry in York connty has scared all the young sports of York half to death by questioning them closely as to where they buy their beér and as to the size of tho S tenINEE ‘o first car load of flax seed ever shipped from Gothenburg was sent east last week. ‘ho crop proved profitable this year and the amount will; be greatly increased next season. C. . Perkins, prosident of the Burling- ton, sent a checl for 8100 to the Methodists at Kisie to help build a parsonage, Elsie was named in honor of Mr. Perkins' daughter. Rev. H. J. Kirchstein, pastor of the Chris- tian church ut Ashland, and bride were given a reception by the local Kuights of Pythias lodge upoy their return from their wedding tour. The Nebraska City Nows celebrated its thirty-fifth birthday by issuing an illustrated edition and giving & history of the paper's life und adventures. Thé work was very creditably done. A few nights ago some fiend entered & shed on the farm of M. K. Turner, editor of the Columbus Journal, and disembowled two fino yearting colts with a knife. No arrests have been made, The father and mother of James Pride- more, who as roceptly murdered at Scotia, met for the first time in ten years over their son's coflin. They huve beon divorced and aid not speuk to each other even at the funeral. Membors of the Episcopal church of Arap- ahoe, with the help of others, have lately bought the Baptist church buiiding, which was sold to satisfy a claim against it beld by (he Baptist Home Missionary society. Kizht hundred dollars cash was the price paid for the property. While out hunting Friday, says the Schuyler Sun, Mr. Weitner, of ' Rogers, shot. a Guck which dropped into a shallow plice in tho Platte rver. Havingon bigh boots he waded out to got the duck when he discov- ered an immense catfish which was in.a pool of staguunt water. He captured Mr. Fish aud brought him to Rogers. Upon being put on tht scales it weighed exactly sixty-five pounds, is a champion towa dtems. Marshilltown has three lady physicians, The blue grass palace netted Creston A packing company has been incorporated at Oskaloosa with a cupital stock of $100,000. The Eastern lowa Horticultural society will meet at West Liberty Decomber 4 and b. Francis Murphy, the vemperance evangel- ist, begins a series of moetings at Waterloo this week. The Odebolt city council has prohibited the salo of cigars on Sunday by hotels ana restaurants, Frances Marion Wagner, a teacher at Meniden, has been arrested for strikingja pupil with an iron poker. hilo digging & grave in the gometory &4 Littio Sioux numerous relics of the adclont mound builders were discovered. Ed Delfs, of Vinton, husked and cribbed fifty-ono and one-half bushels of corn, driving forty tods to unload, in three hours und a half, 7 v Byron Peor, who was recently indicted at Seranton City 1or bigamy, and who jumped his bail, hus rofurned apd surrendered him- self to the shurifl, “Thore are 0vér five hundred G. A. . posts i the sta r(ll.h a meumbership of about 20,000, and 2 ?lle( corps with & member- sp of some] “fi:“ like 5,000, 5. P. Call , of Keokuk, had a narrow escape from death the other day. He, was driving in s huggy through a of woods near the cxny..‘zudmmy thio_horse. gavo & jump forwand gnd the next instant the dead trunk of a laxga tree fell directly scross the road with & crash, some of the branches striking the buggy and slightly injuring its oceupant. .y, N. B. Dodsouy of Cedar county, bought a team of horjes,from a man named Johnson over a year ago, paving $190. The other day a Mr. Freoman, of Shelbiva, Mo., put in an appearance and claimed the horeos, suying they were stolen from him by Jobuson. He proved bis claim, and Mr. Dodson, who become attached Lo the horses, bought thew over again, payiug this time $275. Johnson Was arres! for horse stealing at the in- stance of Mr. Freeman aud told where he had sold the team la order to got a lighter ‘sentence. Mrs, Haoks, llviog near Santrel, a station on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy road, commitied suicide a few days ago by jump- ing into & well, She took aloug with her two children, @ bov and a girl, which she threw into the well, which is aboutuine feet deep, but coutains seven fect of water. ‘“I'ne girl managed 10 get out ot the water, but the mother and s0n were drowoed. She left a note at home informiog her husband that he could fiud her in the well, She was the sec- ond wife of Mr. Hanks, William Maxwell, an engineer in the Cha- cago, Burlington & Quiney yards at Bur- lington, was found by ofticers the other night wandering aronnd in a dazed condition. An Investigation showed & large red lamp on the back of his neck, evidently oaused from | being struck with a sanabag. Ho was takon | home and cared for, whon it was discoverod | that his tongue was paralyed. He recov- ered his mental faculties, and, aside from being unable to speak, appears to be all right. He writes his conversation and ex- plains the affair by saying someone stepped up behind him and struck him with club and then fled. The doctors fear he has beon strioken speschless for life. ’ The Two Dakotas. Hard coal brings $20 a ton in Deadwood. Clay county’s corn crop amounted to 2,000,000 bushels, The now court house at Canton will be completed January L The river at Pierro 1s full of floating ico and it is difficult to cross. Abridge Is being built mcross the Jim river nino miles below Huron. Guy C. H. Corliss, North Dakota's chief Justice, is but thirty-one years old. The Milbank cheese factory has closed for the season with 6,000 pounds of ctcese on hand. The Commeroial club of Sioux Falls has decided to erect a jasper club house w0 cost §25,000. A full-blooded Indian girl from the Rose- bud agency has been received as a pupil at the deaf mute school at Sioux Falls, A. C. MoDowell wanted to show the rail- road boys how to couple cars at Watertown, and is now minus o thumb and two fingers. One of tho sufferers from crop failure passed through ik Point the other duy in a prairie schooner labeled: , “Busted—Going home to my wifo's folks to ‘winter.” In a quarrel about the removal of some dirt from a street in Sioux Falls, Chief of Police Donohoe assaunited F. W. Pettigrew, brother of the sonator, arrested himself and paid & and costs in tho police court, ‘While plowing on his farm near Media last week James Smitih met with an accident which has since proved fatal. The plough- share struck a stone, throwing the handle up wi h such force as to fracture two* ribs and cause other internal injuries. The territorial board of educationjhas just mado its report to the governor. It shows 1,715,000 acres of school land in the terri- tory, the average value being $5.97 per acro, with o total value of §0,028,003.11. ~ The re- port stiows that 80,775 acres of this land aro illegally occupied by farmers. meoans to an end, but not an end? Men may honestly diffor and yet be men and good citizens. We have not found anyone yet whose opinion is en- titled to serious respect who would urge that such a course be taken. The Register then nsks if the stato can afford on the other hand to wlerate this open defiance of authority in the anti-prohibition counties. The singular epoctacle is presented of the high and low water mark of moral sentiment in the same state, where in one part saloons are rigidly closed and in another they are left open without any attempt at restraint and control. It then cogtinues: But the question will be asked, How can the law be changed o as to put the salcons ‘in these anti-prohibition coun- ties under legal control without also driving the ealoons into the prohibition counties where they are nov wunted? This plan might be suggested: Lot prohibition remain ns it is, the general policy of the etate. Make no surrender of the principle where thie people believe that is the wisest and best mothod of pro- moting temperance. But leaving pro- hibition as the general law, permit it to- be modified by counties where the great majority of voters prefer some other way. Throw the burden of proof that public sentiment favors somo other method upon those who claim it does. Compel the liceuse men 10 procure the signatures of at least two-thirds of the voters of @& county to a peti- tion for a special election before such an_ election to vote od this subject @ean be held. Limit the time for such elections &0 that they may not occur oftener thun once in two or three years, Then, il a special eloc- tion is ordered, ut which the sole issue shall be a change from prohibition to high license, the sum being fixed by the legislature, require that more than a mere majority, say t least two-thirds of the voters of the county shall vote for the change, thus insuring in either event a majority sentiment strong enough to sustain and enforce the Oswald Kendall Miles, the young Engiish- man who bamboozled the “aristocracy of Fargo so beautifully last summer whilo sailing under the titlo of Karl Morris, and who was taken back to England by a de- tectivoon n charge of embezziing money from a London brokerage firm where ho was employed as a clork, was tried tho other day, found guilty and sentenced to eighteen montns at Lard labor by . London magis- trate, 3 One night last week Sam Clark, of Pierre, had occasion to visit his barn and took & lantern along to illuminate things, Ho set ahe lantern ou a stool and an inquisitive pig came along and upset ft, spilling the burning oil all over its back. Thon thero was a wild chase between Sam and the meteotic pig. The auimal finally bolted out of the barn and made for o haystack, with Sam a good socond. Ho captured the blazing porker just as he reached the stack and succeeded in saving his bacon. e e THE SINGLE TAX. An Lxplanation of Heary George's Proposed Scheme Ouana, November 15, 1880.—Dear Sir: Whataro the aims and principles of the single tax party that aro spoken of quite ofton in tho papers! Ploaso give a short history of them in' your paner for the benefit of others who may desire the same information as myself, W. C. Dzvor. The single tax means the abolishment of all other taxes exceptthe present levy on land values. Singlo tax advocites ‘regard tariffs ana internal revenucs as taxes; thero. fore they would be swept away, together with poll taxes, personal property taxes, etc. —in fact every means of raising government, state, county or municipal revenues is to be discontimued, with the sole exception of the land value tax. This tax would then bear the burden alone, consequently it would have to be increased to raise at least as much revenue as all the other methods com- bined now furnish. ‘This schame is defended by Its advocates on the ground thut no man can or ever did make land, and that the great_ value of land 15 not mado by the individual, but is created by the community. If the community gives land its value the community 18 entitled to take this increased value back again in the shapo of taxes is tho argument. Among the benotits which 1t is_expected will flow from this plan, the one on whioh the tax reformers’ eyes are fixed, compared with which all other good things ' hoped for are worthless, 18 the claim that land monop- oly will be destroyed, nnd that every man will be able to have all the land he is able to use, but no more, Under thesinglo tax system Tuz isze build- ing or the New York Life Insurance buil ing wonld puy no more taxes thsn @ one- story shanty situated on a lot of equal value, The lots would all b nssessed alike. ‘The buildings and everything in_them, likewiso the shanty, would go freo. These great buildings benefit the city. Should & man be fined for erecting them? This shanty is an eyesore. It is a detriment to the common- wealthi. Iuis nov'earning its living. If the iot on which 1t stands is taxed at the same rato as the ground on which these nuge palaces of brick und marble stand the owner of the ramshacklo will tear it down and build @ fitung structure—one which ' wrill yield rents sullicient to pay the lot tax and leave him a fair retura for his capital. This in substance 18 the single tax schetme. Ahsieataicarzdy TO GIVE UP PROHIBITION, Clarkson's Paver, the “Register,” Favors Loeal Optuion for lowa, After five year’s experience with pro- hibition the State Register, which has been the leading advocate of prohibi- tion in Towa, suggestsa plan that will adjust the law toall the conditions of the state and glve it latitude in anti- prohiibition counties, suys a Des Moines special, It recognizes that in the rural arts of the state the law 15 well en- orced and has accomplished great good. It insists that wherever prohibition is effective it shall not be changed and then says: But how about the localities where a large majority of tho people do not be- lieve in prohibition and will not have it? For five yenrs they have relused to obey the law. They have insisted that the policy of prohibition was only one wiy of treating the evil of intemper- ance. That while other localities might prefer it to any other system, they did not. That while other commuuities might be able to practically suppress intemperance by closing the saloons en- tirely, the habits and traditions and tastes of their = own people were such that they could not close all saloons, and would fight drunkenness and its attendant vices in some other way, and that so long as the question of drinking was a moral sentiment and education for the con- struction to be put upon it, they could not enforce a prohibitory law until a majority of their people "believed that it was the right and proper thing. Now, looking the question fairly in the fuce without any refereuce to the late election, what are you fiuluz to do with these counties? For five years they have ly ignored tho law. No man living®'so far as we know, hus suggested but one way of enfore- ing the law in those couuties where public sentiment is nlmus- ly ogpa-ed to prohibition. That way is by the un-American, unwelcome and repugnant employment of superior force. By uskmq away from them the right of local self-government, by de- claring them in a state of rebellion, by the use of a state constabulary or mil- itia, the law might be enforced in those counties where a majority of the people do not approve of it and wil! not volun- tarily respect it. But would that pay? Could the state afford to take that course to enfore ® law which isbut & law, whatever it is. This plan would leave undisturbed all the counties that do not now have saloons and do not want them. It would be impossible to secure in those counties & mujority of voters to _petition even for an election on the subject, and so the prohibitory law would remain in force the same as now. Butin the few counties where a majority of the people do uot want pro- hibition aud will not enforce it there would be a legal and decent way for them to change to license and to such legal restrzints and regulations as the state law in that event would throw around the liquor traffic. Those who insist that there is but one way of looking at the saloon question will have no patience with this plan. They wou d rather see open and defisnt satoons, unrestrained and uncontrolled, if the whole state 1s not yet prepared to acoept prohibition. But those who look at things as they are, who earnestly de- sire to do what is best for every county and eyery citizen, may think that the plan briefly outlined above is worthy of consideration. It involves no backward step, no surrender of ter- ritory already taken from the saloon, but_adapts the present law to all of the conditions existing in the state, and makes it possible for evcrfl man who believes in prohibition to keep on edu- cating public sentiment along that line until in no county will there be found a majority who will ask for any change from the present law. CHINESE GORDON'S POWER. arlessness and Quickness of Action the Secr tof It ‘What was the secret of His wonderful powert Much of it lay in his fearless- ness, much in his swiftness of thought and action, and much in what the Yankee would call his capacity in all things, small as well as great. He could ride, and shoot and tinker and conduct campaigns, and. negotiate troaties, all with unbesitating self-reli- ance. Asa matter of course such a man takes command. Gordon never lacked opportunities toshow these qual- ities. ‘When.steaming quietly up the Nile a monkey with wiich he was playing fell overboard. In a twinkling Gordon was 1n the water after bim, writes Colonel H. G. Prout, in- Scribner’s, By good luck the crocodiles got neither gov- ernor general nor monkey. When a nugger was being hauled up the rapids some way south of Lado the cable got away from the men on the bank and the vessel was swept on the rocks. No one would volunteer to go out and pick up the cable, and Gordon jumped 1uto a skiff and went alone. To be sure, the skiff upset and the . gov- eruor-general sat some hours dripping on a rock, but his men had a tesson. On another occasion the garrison of one of the stations was thrown into much anxiety by seeing Gordon alone, rowing across the river to the east bank, which 1n thut region was occupied by intensely hostile negroes. He landed, made his boat fastand tried by a dis- play of beads and wire to induce the savages to come and talk with him, They simply sat on the hillside and scowled. Finally Gordon shot a hippo- potamus and paddled back, leaving the beads on the shore and a fine feast of Lippopotamus meat in the rushes, An- other man would have been killed. I was amused to see on his table at Khartoum handsome spoons and forks with his crest half effaced by rough scratches, I could fancy Gordon, vexed by some unusual flummery, seizing & rat-tail file and proceeding to put out of his sight ono more vanity. It was not that he was mot proud of his family. On the contrary, he could pay & mau no greater comphment than 1o say, “*You wre like a Gordon;” but all the marks and signs of rank sometimes became intolerable %o him, it L The Turks and the Crescent. The crescent was not originally an emblem of the Turk, says the New York Star. It was first used by the primitive christians of Constantinople and the castern provinees of the old Roman empire as an emblem of the growing influence of christianity, It was not until about the year 1453, after the Turks had overrun Asia Minor and aparts of southérn Europe, and had captured Constanti nople, that the Turks adopted the crescent as thewr national emblem, The Koran prohibits the use of images and symbols in the religious ceremonies of the sarict Turk, or the internal decorations of their temples and mosques, the rule being so strict as not to allow the material or civic decoration of their greatest gen- erals or pashas, successful commanders or otber distinguished persons. The adoption of the crescent by the Turks as a national emblem isan oddity which has, so far, remained unexplaived. o p— Rondean of November. Exzchange. As autumn ends across the lawn In eddies whirl the rustling leaves; 'The nosts are vacant 'neath the eaves, And rime-lace rouud her feet 1s drawn When with lingeriog step comes back the dawn, As autumn ends. Southward has summer’s music gon ‘The chilling wind forever grieves; | my overcost's in pawn,” Ay YA0d hutuan ends. THE CAPITAL CITY GRISEe= Hecapades of Dr. Thompkina of Beet Bugar Fame. AN ARTIST MOURNS HER MONEY. Thompkine Invested It For Her— Highway Robbers Do a Neat Prece of Work For Nothing ~City Notes. 1039 P Stener, LixcoLy, Neb., Nov. 17, Readers of Tnk Lze ana other state papers will remember Dr. Thompkins, & reputed London barrister, who came to'™ Nobraska a fow months ago, and, with other ** gentlemen, engaged to establish an immonse beet sugar plant at Wellfieet, Lincoln® county. g On his last visit to Lincoln he was _accom. * panied by s Miss Hastie, a London artist, who came hero to engage in the practive of art. She Is now in this city and located in & room on the sixth floor of the Bure block, and it transpires, it the story of some of his * friends proves to bo trus, that, sho bids fair & to be a finuncial sufferor because of her ucquaintance with tho doctor. It appears that Dr. ‘I hompkins induced hor 3 to come to Lincoln by assur ances that this would prove to bo u lucrative field for a por- trait painter, and she accordingly Acoompa- nied his party w this country, Before leav- ing bome, howover, her brother-in-law gave ber a draft on a London bank for £50, and as * she was in something of & hurry she turned ' it uver to the doctor to get it cashed for her on their arrival in this city, En route she ! paid all of hor own expenses, and sinca their o arcival has only been able to' get a trifle over ¢ £300f her funds, and thia in instaiiments. | When Tompkins paid her all but £20 he i formed hor authoritatively that he proposed = to invest that for hor at Wellfleet, and al- | though not satisfied with the arrangement, being among strangers, she permitted the maner to rest, yot sho protested to the aoo- tor that she might be compelied to send to her brother-n-law for money, but ho cau- tioned her to write to him_instoad. Since when he bas returnedto London,and although she has written to bim repeatodly for the $100 he hus vouchsafed no reply. Invostigas tion develops the fact that ha even fafled to invest any portion of the money for her at Wellficet, and on top of this comas the in- telligence that his associates in tho sugar industry " there havo lostall gonfidence in him, o A't*mntad H ghrway Robbary, This morning about 2 o'clock Mr. Charles Brown was held up by two negroes on K stroct, botween Fourteenth and Fiftecnth, and they went through him in the most ap- proved fashion. Ono of the would-be rob: bers covered him with a rovolver whilo the o her scarched his person for the fiithy lucre. Finding ‘nove they skipped out, and Mr. Brown promptly reported the matter at police headquarters, but us he could not giva & good description of them the police force have but little hope.of capturing thom. M. Brown lives at the corner of Twenty-first and J strects. Laxcouy BuneAv or Tir OMans Bes, } City News and Notes. At 9 o'clock tomorrow morning Judge Stewart will hand down his decision in the McAllster will contest. 1t is awaited with considerable iuterest. Conyressman Laws starts for Washington to-morrow. He will remain at the national capital until the holidays. During the first week of December the ladies of Plymouth church will give a fair. ‘I'ne proceeds will be used to refurnish this temple of worship, From 4 to 5 o'clock this afternoon the Young Men's Christian association held an mteresting meeting at their rooms at 141 South fenth street. E. J. Francis led the song service and State Secretary Nash de- livered tne nddress. ‘I'he taxpuyers’ leagne will meet again on next iuesday evening at Lewis' bail, 1425 O street. At the. meeting last night T. B, Stevens was elected preswdent, G. U. St. John secretary and A. P. S. Stewart treas: ure An executive comwitteo was also wlected consisting of W. W. Holmos, A. P. 8. Stewurt, Joseph Burns, A. Eddy and Thomus Walton. ‘I'he Young Woman's Christian assoclation will hold u state convention in this city from the 12st to the 24th inclusive. Among the sruukurn who wiil be present may be men- tionea Miss Netue Dunn, national secrotary; Miss Anuie M. Reynolds, state secretary of Iowa, and Miss Naomi Knight of Chicago. ‘Lhe Klks will wove into their new quar- ters on N street In the near future. They will occupy the second floor of Mrs. Harris' new building. ‘West Lincoln will soon have the long con- templated broom factory. Work will come mence on the buildiog tomorrow. Rev. J. S. W. Dgan delivered the las mon of his course to young mea this even- ing at Grace church. 1he jury’s verdiot, murder in the second degree, in the case of the State vs John Tay- lor, gave occasion for considerablo unfayor- able commeat in this city. 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