Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 25, 1882, Page 4

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I'wo important legislative measures have boen passed by congress at the prosent session, the anti-Chinese im- migration bill and the anti-polygamy bill. ——— AcooRDING to the Omaha Herald brought about this struggle, 1 da know that to carry it _out you are right in co-operating. I ean say now. as heretufore, that my sympathies aro with the workingmen of Omaha. [Applause.] The working men have as much right to associate for mutual protection as those who have capital. You have as much right to withhold your labor as the manufacturer has to withhold the product of your labor, or the banker to withhold the loan of his money, and you have as much right to fix a price upon your labor as employers have to fix a price upon their wares. Now comes the question of discre- tion. Labor is gauged by the de- mand and supply, and by the cost of living. The question what it costs to maintain life and to live in decent quarters is essential, Every American workingman is en- titled to sufficient food and a comfort- able home. The second question is the supply and the demand. At present the demand for labor every- where is greater than the supply. Hence workingmen who are disposed to work are nowhere starving. The only question is, for what can the laboring men work? You have a right to say what you will work for, It is a notorious fact that the capitalists and great monopolies always cry out ‘‘commu- nists” and “socialists” when a gather- ing of this kind assembles. As Isaid yesterday to a meeting of ors, the true oconservators of prope ind the eace of this country are the pro- ucers—the men who dig out of the s0il or who shape the products of the soil. I don't believe the workingmen the principle of compromise ought al- ways to be appealed to in advance of a strike. When the principle of com- promise was urgad in Omaha the Her- ald denounced the proposition. E—— Tex days hence our citizens will be called on to elect six ward councilmen and the members of the board of edu- cation. Who are the coming men? Do citizens most interestedfin the growth of g and the officiency of our publ s let this election go by default? — In view of the fact that only three members of the toard of education are te be voted for at the coming city a\axn, would it not be well to se- lect@e candidates at a non-partizan ‘msoting? The management of Gt pablic schools should be kept free from political bias and only competent and reputable citizens should fill these positions. — No BetTER evidence is needed to show the growing influence of sound views among men who control in the ls of the workingmen of the coni country than is furnished in the numerous strikes that are ocourring in New England and elsewhere in which violence is every- where avoided,—Herald. And no better evidence is needed of the sound views which controlled Omahs workingmen in their late strike than the forbearance and the peaceful conduct of the strikers under the shameless abuse heaped upon them by the editor of the Herald who as usual 18 trying to take backwater on his in- cendiary remarks. THE CAMPAIGN OPENED, Five years ago last month the mo st memorable senatorial campaigu in the history of Nebraska was formally opened by a murderous assault upen me. The would-be assassin was in- dicted, convicted and sent to the pen- itentiary. The cowardly couspirators who planned and instigated the as- sault swore themselves free. The po- lit#al desperadoes that were foiled in their, effort at assassination through the murderous assault of Dick Curry have opened the campaign of 1882 with another deadly assault. For more than two weeks these minions of monopoly have kept up a perfect shower of vicious and violent abuse, of which the following extract from the Republican is a specimen baick; Ruin, sot Rosewater are Bynonymous that will forever evoke the hearty desecrations of the eath an: 0 i‘:bbsrfl;g jobber of Tik Bex Wil b wgbny man, Rosewater excepted with the power of a daily é:reu to aid him, ke so blind and fiendish to enco! e, cocntenance and abeta mad mob to acts of violence that en- dangers every dollar's worth of prop- erty in a state's metropolis and the lives of all who dare by word or deed defend their own? Oould anything be more vindictive or villainous? The strike of Jim Stephenson's workmen took place on Monday, Feb- ruary 27th. On that day I was at ‘Washington, in attendance at the me- morial services to Garfield. 1. left Washington on Tuesday night, Feb- ruaty 28th, and was at Pittsburg on March 1lst, the day when the sewer gang was raided, 1 did not hear about the strike until 1 reached Omaha Saturday. T re- mained at howe all day BSunday, started for Pleasant Hill Monday morning and delivered an address to the Saline county Farmers' Alliance in the afternoon. I returned to Omaha Tuesday, and was called upon st my residence by the seeretary of the Labor Union, Tuesday evening, with un urgent request to attend the workingmen's mass meeting at the Academy of Music that night. My speech was published next morning. Tt reads as follows: My, Chairman and laboring men of Omahs: After an absence of four weeks I to find the working- wen of engaged in & very im- portant strugele. ~ Although ¥ em not bl very familiar with the causes which of Omaha are any more ir- ous of destroying property than the men who are , en- gnged in manufacturing, railroading, and other enterprises. I take 1t that one have just as great rightsjand in- terests as the other The only de- struction of property within eighteen years since I have lived in Omaha was tby men hired by corporations to cut the throat of some other corpo- ration. We have seen these cor- porations massing men on lower Far- nam street to destroy the property of each other. Wae have seen the flood- gates of the Missouri opened by accident—that resembled ~de- sign—and the whole river front flooded todestroy the property of some corporation. I take 1t you will not be uniltf of any such vandalism. You should leave this to those who claim to preserve, conserve and gather in all the property this country produces. I hope there will never be any oc- casion for saying that you are out- laws. I trust your present contest may be amicably settled. Ihope that you will soon be at work in the line of prosperous producers. A great man; business men of Omaha and outsile of Omaha have their eyes upon you. I would mot urge upon you anything that would retard the growth of the city. "There is no doubtiut that many con- tractors are anxious to know what the ruling wages will be this season. It is well thav the wages ruling should continue through the season in which they were adopted. When the rulin; rice of labor can be determined, ope that the agitation will cease. T cannot nf what the price of your labor should be. You yourselves know the value of your own labor. It would be well if you could come to some understanding with the men who employ labor. ~ Arbitrate, and then go to work peaceably. But,above all things, maintain yourselves as American citizens, who do not re- quire the surveillance of officers. Let each of you appoint himself a special policeman and see that law and orde] are maintained. Now, can anybody extract blood and carnage from this speech! It is *he only speech I have made to work- ingmen since my return and the only gathering of workingmen I have at tended--although T have since been repeatedly invited. The so called riot on the dump occurred Wednesday afternoon, March 8, and next morn- ing the following editorial from my pen appeared in THE The labor troubles flf this city have reached a crisis, THe turbulent de- monstration at the B, & M. dump causen serious concern for the public safety, even among the most ardent friends of the workingmen. No mat- ter how reasonable the demands of wage workers may be, they cannot justity a resort to force as a means tor obtaining cencessions from em- ployers, No matter how earnest the desire of workingmen may to enforce their demands by peaceable means, they are conggonted by the fact that public peacggBas been violated by an effort to pré¥gnt others from working. These riotous proceedings may be no part of the programme o¥ the {nboring men’s union, Their leadens have time and again publicly urged strict compliance with law, and they disclaim most em- phatically any intention to create dis- turbance Bul it is evident they can- not always control the body of labor- inf men, and consequently lay theni- selves liable to the charge of organ- izing mobs and labor riots, aving failed to maintain law and order with his imported special police Mayor Boyd deems it his duty to ap- to the governor for military pro- tection. For our part we do not hes- tate to express a doubt as to the wis- dom or necessity of calling out the militia, because we believe the labor troubles could and should be amicably adjusted by arbitration, There may be nothing to arbitrate on the part of the B. & M. road as Mr. Holdridge maintains, but such a course might prevent fresh labor troubles during the building season. In our opinion, an amicable under- standing with workingmen and an adjustment of & scale o f mechanics and laborers' wages for the season would be var{)s desirabla for all concerned. Webelieve that an agree- ment made by workingmen fora given time under cortain oconditions will be lived up to as faithfally as a contract between builders and capitalists. Those who desire to suppress work- ingmen by bayonets should remember that cheap labor under coercion ls desmer in the end than volun well r. Before Governor Nauce the wmilltia or makes requisi- r re!ulu-o, every available ef- fort should be made to secure a peace- able adjustment of these labor trou g’ o8, » Is there any blood, wnq" or [k OMAMA DAiLY BRE: SATURDAY MARCH 26 108%. rain in this editoriall Not a line has appeared in Tur Bee since that day justifying disturbance, violence or foree and I defy any of my traducers to cite a single sentence from any edi- torial in Ter Ber that incites mob violence or blvedshed. On the con- trary, from first to last I have coun- selled arbitration and concession. To cap tho climax of infamy, the scoundrels who have opened this cam- paign of defamation by publishing the most outrageous lies concerning my alleged collusion with the so-called riots and mobs have the audacity to claim that public sentiment in this state is unanimous in condemnation of my course, The Republican prints nearly two bolumns of extracts, teeming with per- 'sonal abuse and slander, which is palmed off as the ‘‘unanimous voice of the state press. The whole state press quoted from comprises justseven papors, Each of these is edited by notorious monopoly cappers who con- sider it part of their duty to villify and slander me. First among these 1 notice the North Platte Nebraskan, edited by the renegade Church, When this shyster was a candidate last year for the ‘legislature the charge was made and sustained that he had stolen a counterfeit $20 gweenback that had been put in a bible by hia room-mate, passed the counterfeit note in payment for his board bill, and when detected had to replace it with genuine currency. T had magnanimously refrained from publishing his disgrace last year, but my generosity has been wasted upon a villian who does not know when he is well treated. Next comes the Fairmont Bulletin, published by Oalkins, This miserable fraud played capper for the B. & M. last summer in wrccking an anti-monopoly paper, the Lincoln Globe. After he had wrecked that paper he defrauded his workmen by beating them out of their wages. Among these defranded printers are John Vedder to the tune of $256.00; D. Myers, $38.00; A. Crole, $30.00; H. Pickett, $70.00; J. Malley, $15.00 And this pink of journalism has no sympathy with strikers. Next in order, if not equal in ras- cality, is John C. Santee, of the Knox County News, and Neevis, of the Geneva Review--who are in excellent eompary with Church and Calkins. These rogues, like Tray Blanche and sweetheart, aro all barking at my heels. Ihave exercised as much for- bearance as any ordinary human could but forbearauce has ceased to bea virtue, and it these maligners hanker after an active campaign they will find me propared. E. ROSRWATER, A maJoriry of the judiciary com- mittee of the house has finally agreed to report favoribly on Valentine's bill to give Nebraska contingent congress- man, but there is no more show for that bill to pass than there is for Val- entine to become his own successor. The committee has been grossly im- posed upon by downright perjury. The only basis the claim for a contin- gent congressman rests upon 1s the pretense that the census of 1870 was incorrect and fell many thousands be- low our real population. Affidavits which can be procured for a drink of whisky among the cowboys on the frontier have been filed to sustain this pretense. These aflidavits declare that he census-takers of 1870 were afraid to take the census in the west- ern and northwestern sections of the state, and the number of people thus omitted is estimated by state census returns taken two years later. But why didn't the people of Ne- braska ever hear of these errors in the census? They had a legislature in session in 1871 and again in 1873 and 1876. The legislatvae of 1871 made the apportionment for legislative and judicial representation for five years. Why wasn't the shortage in census returns brought to their notice? Why did not they rectify the so called error in making their apportionment? Why congress asked to give representa- tion to people whom their own state disfranchised? Why did the legisla- ture of 1871 adopt the national census in apportioning representatives for the constitutional convention held in the same year! Why was there no men- tion of this pretended shortage made in the legislature of 1876, when the convention was called that framed our present constitution]? I it reasonable to presume that these mistakes in the ocensus were not discovered until after Pat O, Hawes filed his claim for con- tingent congressman? Will it not be just as easy to discover shortage in the census of 1880 in 1885 by com- paring the national census with the :uuluemul taken two or three years ater NOTICE TO WEARERS OF SPEC TACLES, Our attention has been called to the fact that others arc representing to the publio that they are sclling the Star Tinted Spectacles. This is an unwitigated fraud. The celebrated protectors to that valuable organ, sight, can only be had at the leading jewelry establish- ment of EDHOLM & ERICKSON, ogpouw the postoffice, they being the sole agents in this section. Then to those who are suffering with smart- ing, tired and watering eyes, throw away your glasses at once, as they are only injuring your sight, and repair at once to leading jewelers and secure a ir of those genuine Star Tinted and secure immediate relief. EDHOLM & ERICKSON, e popular Jewelers, opposite the Postoffice. MI6tf, HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. The news of the death of Henry W. Lonfellow, which ocourred ycsterday at Oambridge, Mass., will be received with general surprise and universal re- gret throughout the country. It is less than three weeks ago that five thousand school children of New Eng- land, united in comemotating the happy arrival of the seventy-fifth birthday of the venerabla poet, and joined in congratulations over the prospect, which seemed assured, of a number of yea.s yet to come of useful activity. Mr. Longfellow’s life has been coeval with the most productive period of American literature. He w8 born in Portland, Maine, on February 27, 1807, and at the age of 14 entered Bowdoin college, from which he was graduated in 1826, Supplied by his father with ample means for pursuing the life of a student, in the following year ho accepted the position of pro- fessor of modern languages at Bow- doin and immediately sailed for Eu- rope, where he spent four years in preparing himself for the duties of his position. His studies in continental languages during this period bore rich fruit in after years, in a number of vigorous translationa from the Span- ish and Italian, which now form one of the most valuable portions of his collected works. Returning to Bow- poin, Mr. Longfellow devoted hve years in discharging the duties of his professorship, during which time he | P! contributed several articles to the “North American Review” and pub- lished his ‘‘Outre Mere,” which at once attracted wide attention. Among a small band of New England literateurs he was already known by the fugitive pieces which had found their way into journals and magazines, among which were the ‘“‘Hymn of the Moravian Nuns,” ‘“Woods in Winter,” and “‘Sunrise on the Hills,” They were marked by a grace of style, a polish of diction and a_transparent lucidity of thought which gave their author at once & place among the small brother- hood of American poets. In 1835 Mr. Longfellow was appointed pro- fessor of modern languages and belles lettres at Harvard college, which po- sition he.continued to hold until 1854, when he resigned to give way to James Russell Lowell. The seventeen years of his Harvard professorship were the most fruitful period of his literary and poetical ac- tivity. During this time he wrote and published ‘‘Hyperion,” ‘“Voices of the Night,” ‘“Ihe Spanish Stu- dent,” ‘“The Belfry of Bruges,” ‘‘Evangeline,” “The Golden Legend,"” ‘‘Hiawatha,” ‘‘Poems on Slavery,” and a number of smaller and less pro- tentious productions. Later works weré “The Courtship of Miles Stan- dish,” ‘“Tales of a Wayside Inn,” “Flower de Luce,” ‘‘New England Tragedies,” “The Divine Tragedy,” and ““Three Books of Song.” ‘The Hanging of the Crane” and ‘‘Moruturi Salutamis,” a poem read at the fittieth anniversary of his class at Bowdoin college, were the last extended pro- ductions from the aged poet’s prolific pen, Since his ret'rome ¢ from the duties of his professorship, Mr. Longfellow continued to reside in Cambridge where he occupied the old Washing- ton mansion until the time of his death. The writings of no American poet are 8o widely known in his own coun- try and more highly esteemed abroad than those of Longfellow. His very popularity is used as an argument by critics against the intrinsic worth of his verses. But however much origi- nality in thought or novelty in ex- pression may be denied to the author, none have ventured to question the grace, the polish, the sweetness of his metrical compositions. If he failed to create, he never failed in adorning. Though he seldom put into metre thoughts absolutely new, of all other American poets he succeeded most admirably in putting our best thoughts into the best language. 1Tt is as the poet of our quieter and less restless moods, appealing to the instincts of a universal humanity, kindled by wide sympathies and touched with tender emotions that Longfellow’s place in our national literature will be lasting and powerful. The melody of his verse alone proves him to be a genu- e poet, and there are passages in the ‘‘Arsenal,” the ‘‘Building of the Ship,” and “Household Poems" which are unsurpassed in this respect by any in English verse. As a translator Longfellow ranked among the first. He has given to the Euglish speaking world the best translation extant of Dantes *‘Divine Tragedy,” while few of the contivewal lteratures have been unnoticed in his etforts to repr duce in English the sweetest songs of other nations. Other poets will arise of greater creative powers, possessed of more concentration of thought and perhaps of less conventionality, but there will always be seasons when the poems of Longfellow will be preferred to those of the grand old masters, when au anodyne is more grateful than & stimulant. For above all others “‘His songs have power to quiet The restless pulse of care.” em— Ledies Fine Kip BurroN Smoes at $1.50 at Eeency & Connolly's, 512 |9, 16th street. wm22-tf MEDIUM FRAUDS. The Bogus 8pirit of an Indian Brave Oaptured at Hrie, —— A Medicine Man of Flesh and Bonee Captured. Erie dispatch to Cleveland Leader. The Foster-Fox spiritual frauds were thoroughly exposed here at their first public seance, and the rich har- vest which they had anticipated was not theirs this time, Dr. Foster ap- peared before a large audience, and, in a deeply injured tone, complained of the injustice done him by the Spir- itual society of Erie, and the newspa- per correspondents who had telegraph- ed all over the country that he was a fraud without giving him a hearing. The richly-endowed lady at his side, Miss Fox, had been made to share the odium of these villainous dispatches, she who was as chaste as ice and as pure as 800w — 30 pure that the angels were able to manifest themselves through her in a more remarkable way than in any living medium, ete. It was infa- mous to condemn a man unheard; it was unlike Americans to do. The Cleveland Leacer and the Spiritualist society of Ene had denounced him an impoator, but in their teeth he cast back the asser- tion—the wicked, slanderous lie; he would let the audience see that he was a true spiritualist medium, and that the dead can return to their loved ones, ete. By his dignified man- ner he won the sympathy of his audience, and when this point was reached he proceeded to get his committee of investigation. He called out from the list the names of four rominent citizens of unimpeachable integrity to serve on the committee. The names were not. responded to, as the paople were not prosents—a fact Dr. Foster was well aware of. He was then about to select a committee himself. A CUT AND DRIED ONE, when Rabbi Stemple sprung up and nominated The Leader man, who in turn nominated Rev. Stemple, with Mr. John E. Boyle, editor of The Sunday Graphic. Dr. Foster did not look approvingly upon such a committee, but the audi- ence insisted upon the selection and the two took their seats on the stage, whereupon Dr. Foster informed the audience that, owing to the sudden in disposition of Miss Fox, several of his best nlanifestations would have to be omitted irom the programme. The conditions were such that the in- visibles would not be able to ma- nipulate the elements in Miss Fox's composition. The Leader man asked if the trouble did not originate in the ; New vests ars pointed, Bullet butt ne pre vail, Guipure lace is revived. Puffed flounces are stylish. Eoru tints remein popnlaz. Bmall euffs are becoming, Puffed sleeves ar- disesrded. Printed fabrics replace brocades. Small mantles find most favor. Surplice necks remain in vogue. Changeable silks combine four colors Polonaises are draped to form paniers. Hooks and eyes fasten many dresses. Dull jet is not ¢ nfined to moursing. line, Small buglosmake up new jot trimming, Jet curtains are on black straw bonnets, dresses, Piping folds and cords of satin are re. vived, Cuirass basques ore pretty for plump misses, Ecru batiste neckerchiefs have polka dots and scalloped edges, Red bronze is new for buttons .nd buckles on chameleon stuffe. Sashes are #o wide and long that no other skict drapery is needed. Handsome parasols have frills of lace, snd others a bunch of flowers on the top. Sllinlnfi rows of gold, silver, or bronze enail shells are seen upon the brims of new F.ench boanets and hats. A prem entitled ‘“Three Ki well” has been received from in Iowa. The old gentlemam seems to have come home rither early that evening. The e are many hard tasks for woman in this wo 1d, but few which she finds it impossible to perform, Still there never was & woman who oould keep a fur-lined circular from flying open and aowing the BRI e Newly imported French woven under- wear of all kinds, white «r in_pale.tinted clors, fit the form perfectly, and _are without seams or one unnecessary fold or even wrinkle, These goods are purchased very largely by stout people, both- men and women, = A shrewd Grand Rupids girl caused a re ort to be circulated that she will have $21,500 in cash the moment she becomes of age. She is now get ing fat on oyster supy.ers, ice cream, and invigorating imflu- ences by bu, rides tendered in profusion by the wealthy dry goods and grocery clerks in that town. The poke bonnet, shorn of its exagger- ated propurtions, will still be the popular shape for the large class of ladies who make one handsome ‘‘best” bonnet answer for a season. This bonnet, neither very small nor extremely large, is becoming to nearly every face, and ean be made very elevant or exceedingly simple, as taste and length of purse may dict te. Very few prettier girls have I ever seen than one who 8at near me an evening not long ago at tabled'not - at the C ntinental, Philadelphia. The loveliest of auburn hair, beautiful features, smallest of mouths, and prettiest of teeth—ail combined to make her excéedingly attractive. Turning to a queer-looking little old lady at her committee, to which Dr. Foster indig- nantly replied, ‘‘No, sir.” SEVERAL MISERABLY POOR TRICKS of charlatanism were performed that the committee thougnt to be of too small importance to trouble them- selves about, and then the grand cab- inet manifestations commenced. The spirit of a Tuscarora Indian was to enter the cabinet in which the bound medium and one of the committee were to'be seated, the latter blind- folded, “‘for his life's sake, beciuse no man can see God and live.” Dr. Foster and Miss Edith Fox had a decided cbiiec'.ion to The Leader man being selected for the honor of sitting in the cabinet, but the com- mittee appeared to think that if there was a risk of seeing God in that cup- board and dying, The Leader man was best prepared to go. In vain did the two mediums protest that the presence of such i A VINDICTIVE SKEPTIC would drive away good epirits and at- tract demoniacal ufluences, to the great danger of all their lives. The committee would not let up, and into the cabinet the Leader man went to meet the disembodied spirit of Weep- ing Willow, the Tuscar ra chief. The | curtains were closed, the lights were turned down and the materialized hand of the Indian descended with rather spiteful force upon thereporter’s head. The hands of the spirit passed over his face, causing him to wonder if Indian angels wear signet rings similar in shape to the one worm by Foster. Thesgudience heard a sharp movement i&t}w cabinet, and the next momen?Roster and the reporter appeared, the latter as the captor of the spirit, which, of course, was the imposter at his side. The fraud was then explained to the audience and Dr. Foster side she suddenly exclaimed: ‘“Oh, me, ain’t them mince pies beastly!” -[New York Hotel Mail, While the new Russian minister to ‘Vashington, Baron Str.uve, was the rep- resentative of his country ut Tokio, his wife became deeply iuterested in the col- lection ot Japan:se ceramics. Teapots were her especial delight, and she found berself signally successfal in a.cumulat- ing choice specimens. But when her col: lectiongnumbered nearly 800, she dissov- ered t» her dismay that the child like and bland Jape were msnufacturing the pots especially for her, each one being made more attractively groteeque and more venerably antique in appesrance than its predecessor. It scemed a pity to blight the mew: industry, but nevertheless, Baroness Strouve's collection of *“antique Jupunese srt” was from that day no }m,ver open to additions in the teapot ine. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. “‘The Black Crook” is shortly to he revived ut Niblos, by the Kiralfy Broth- ers, Mr. Defowsez, of Paris, is negotiatinyg to bring a Fren:h opera company to New Orleans, Madame Sarah Bernhardt is leoking e ceedingly il, and it is thought in b: that she cannot live much longer, Liszt’s symphonic poem, *'Hungaria,” was given tor the first time in London at the second concert of the Philha'monic Society on February 23. Massenet’s new opera, ‘‘Herodiade,” first brought out at Brussels, was per- forzed at Milan on February 22, Modjeska has recently had great success at Warsaw. This actress revi-its America next se son, under the management of Juhn Stetson, Miss Kimpson, of Chicago, now in Paris, has accepted a propositio, for a concert tour throughout the Unite ! States in the fall and winter of 1882."3, The receipts at the Detroit opera hou e on March 13th and 14th, when Edwin Booth acted there, as Richelien and Ham- is WITH CONSUMMATE IMPUDENCE, walked boldly to the front and stated that he had intended to expose spiri- tualism at the close of his seance. He had intended to tell his hearers that all Spiritualists were either knaves or cranks; that if it were possible for & departed wife, mother, or child to re- turn to the earth, the great God would surely let them communicate to their loved ones without wanting them to fiist pay some medium the palury fee of 86. Was it possible God wanted pay for his favora! After Foster was through with this little but sensible speech, the Leader reporter confronted him with a list of names of people booked for private seances to be given at Foster's parlors at various hours for three days follow- ing the exhibition of that evening, all of whom had been promised a com- munication from their dead ones at from 83 to 86 a head He was asked to reconcile his speech, wher found out, with his acts and intention. A more contemptible cur was never seen. He WHINED YOR NEWSPAPER CHARITY because *‘we must all live, you know, The extraordinary hold which spir- itualism has taken here causes these vultures to hover over the ci your correspondent proposes to inves- | tizate every one that s ttles here--te he indorsed as true, or denounced as false by the spiritual society. In justice to the spiritualists it should be said that they invite investigation, and, in a letter addressed to the cor- respondent of the Leader, they say that if the reporter succeeds in de- tecting fraud in a medium indorsed as genuine, no one will be more grateful to the Leader than they, because they will be protected in common with the public, y, but | disgruntled and s uoed him s el b and the rost of bis life wil b pent I the fo est of Ardin, v iling at mankind, let, were $4,005, ‘‘Hamlet” drew the bet- ter of the two houses, “0ld Shipmites,” by Robert Grifiin Moiris, has passed its 200th consecutive representation, and is g nerally accounted a thoroughly satisfactory piece of the domestic kind, It will shortly be pro- duced in New York. The Cincinnati people are_beginning to make preparations for t'e May Musical Festival, which is one of thetwo Eraul gala seasons in that city, the other being pig- sticking tinie, Emma Abbott and her opera company were in Cincinnati recently, the repertory comprising “'Patience,” “‘Olivette,” **Mar. tha,” **Chinses of Normaudy” and *‘Paul and Virginia Paffal plastron< extend to the walst Shirred basques will be seen on summer | — e HONEY FOR THE LADIHS. for ita charm either upon the words or upon the plot of the libretto, PORTRY OF THHE TIMES. One by One. One by one the roses fa'l, One by (me the Cashiers go, Mince pies fade away in Spring. Boys begin to play base ball. When the gentle Bummer comes, With its wealth of blooming flowers, Then a picknic gently sprouts In the sylvan dells and bowers. Let usnever waste a day, Let us always forward push, Or rome other duck will take A yrtle to the matinee. .- Summer. Two summer weeks— oh, short the time! How awift the sweet days rollt ‘Then every morning brought a row, And every night a stroll, These two were never seen apait, _No matter what the weather, For rain and shine, in door or out, But brought theee two together. WINTER, On Beacon street they meet and pass A bow, and that is all, Says the, *“The fool I met at York— Hope he won't come to call,” He sees her bow and lifts his hat, Politeness to the letter. Says he, By Jove, I've seen that girl, wonder where 1 met her|” — Harvard Lampoon. PHPP sRMEN [ DROPS, Shonld Russia and Austria go to war somebody is going to make money on wooden overc ats,—N. Y, Com. When a man's chestnut curls beein to turn gray, it means that he is fifty ye rs old, But when they begin ¢» turn black —that means that he is sixty.—Paris pa. per, The moroing is the best time of day to pick buckwheat cakes, A strong health; man can pick fifteen fromadish at a niugf- sitting, so we've been told, Ioe cream is now served in molds to re- sémile asparazus. T'his won't do. The only way that will wean the girls against it is to make it resemble onions.—Phila- delphia Chronicle-Herald. ‘The first brigade of Illinois militia is without.a general. This accounts for the easy attitude of Europe.—Louisville Cour- ier Journa', S A man who detected u_piece of bark in his eausage visited the butcher shop to know what had become of the rest of the dog. The butcher was 8o affected that he could give him only a part of the tale.— [Courier-Jou: nal. The most remarkable case on record is that of a Yankee soap man, who, in a vio- lent storm at sea, saved himeelf from death by taking a cake of hisown soap and wash- ing himself ashore. It is a mystery to most people how 0 many doctors make a living, but the mys- tery is sulved when you come to think that the un fertakers may give them a commis- i n. [Lowell Citizen, An Oregon man fell on the icy walk and broke his nose, and when he came to sue for damages the jury held that his lovks had be:n improved thirty per cent. He therefore got nothis g, and will devote his time to improving the looks of the jury.— Boston Post. Popuiar cenversation upon the ferry boats: *Yes, sir, March is & bad menth.” “I've been doctoring for muscular rheuma. tism; up balf the night.” ‘‘How's your cold?” * “Not a bit better. Yes, m: gout’s somewhat easier, but not much.” Terible pam,” “Ever try wasp stings!” 0, yes; n good."—New York Commer- cial. It has been discoverad that some ex el- lent counterfeit hulf-dollars are being made by the Chinese of San Francisc which contain only .6 cents worth of » ver. American counterfeiters can nev hope to compete with a wmoon-eyed leper who will work for only 16 cents on the dollar, ““Is there a letter here in a scented eu- velope for my wiie?” he asked the pust- mas er, while the green fire frum his e es made the office look like a leafy forest. “Yes sir,” answered the postmaster, as he handed it out. The jealous man tore it open at once, whau lo and behold! f the mil iner's bill f r fifty dol as succeeding ch pt r= was No New Arithmetic—It is twenty-six rods from Swmith’s house to the saloon where he akes a nip KiX wmornings per week. fi teen years how far_has he walked! How many voys thrée feet tall wiil it take to climb over a wall five feet high and carry off a bushel of harvest apples? Tais must be figured by the rule of three—two boys and the ol | man’s dog....If it takes a boy twelve years ot uge twenty-two min- utes to bring in six small sticks of wood, how lung wili it take him to walk a mile and a hulf to e a circus procession?— Free Press. The widow Flapjack, who keeps a fash- ionable boarding house on Austin avenue, is in ths habit of giving h r board rs oysters for dinner on Sunday, but last Sunday, in tead of gettivg t.o eysters, one of the boarder: only got one: “*How s this, Mre, Flapjuck?” he asked in wild dismay. ‘I usually get two oysters, but Touly find one in my plate.” *I reckoa the cook forgot to cut the oyster in two this time,” responced Mrs, Flapac-, re- mevinz the oyster from his pl te with her fork. ‘That's what he got fur “kicking.”— Texas Siftings. IMPLE LLEIS, *1 gee that Mr. Miln does not believe in a Great Spirit, and I ulso notice that he has been offered weveral good jobs, Lt is seldom that the paleface gets left.”"— Bitting Bull, In consequence of the overflow in the Mississippi valley Talmage wili postpone his proposed lecturing tour through that section. How wonderfully does Provi- dence temper the wind to the shorn lamb. Texas Siftings, May Maretzek, who suc Theo- dore Thomas as director of t! uati ¢ llege of music, has thrown posi: tion in a huff «nd gone back to New York, He claims that nis wife was not treated with due respect, which is probably owing to the fact that his wife was noi included in the contract he had with the . incin- nati concern, Maretzek has had a pretty rough time of late years, He is undoubt edly a musiciun of great ment; he bas done more for music tian Theodore Thowss has, for he is not ouly an inter preter and a performer, but also a com poser. Hi: opera, based upon the legend of Slespy Hollow, i~ a be utiful work, one which entitles him to s high rank amoug modery cowposers. But § mehow or other, Marctzek has never e med to scatch on.” His dissppoiotments ha e | Kossi, the tagedian, will go back to Italy with wore fleas i his ear than ducats in uis purss, His company went to pieces in Uleveland, which, by lile way, is the chief thutrlm“firuvs yard in Ameri. ca. “The manuger s i he had lost nine. teen thousand dollars by the venture and was completely cleaned out, Rossi had to pay the expenses of his distressod com. parions back 10 New Yok, The critics speak of Rossi asa graceful artist but quite inferior to Salv'ni, The fact that he spoke his lines in Italion while th rest Bucklin's Arnica Salve The Best SALVE in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Ohapped Hands, Chifblaine, Corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi- tively cures piles. It dve satisfaction or mnn.yF refunded. rice, 25 cents box. For sale by Schroter and Becht, ) best singers will sing caly in Italian oper of the company spoke in English detract- od largely fmm the merits of his pestorsy. ances, as viewed and heard by Awerican audiences. Salvini and Bernhardt suc- succeeded 10 this country beoause each was superlatively great, but no one with unlg'amodcnla or even fine ability can hope to be favorably received here in foreign drama, Italisn opera would not be pre- ferred here but for two facts; First, the A croy that could ::F:lk a dozen words ‘zhflnl{ has just died av Bedford, Mass, e might haye becou.e famous but for his shocking vmfuult{. which made his seclu- sion necessary. IHis e.rly education had been bad, The Rev. Mr, Swing sats *“‘that a novel is the world’s truth with a besutiful wo.uan walking through it,” Generally, we may add, withs man after her.— Chrisiian Union, Jasper, the Richmon! preacher who teaches that the *“sun do move,” has a dis- ciple in the Iev. Adam flucger, # Lu- theran clergywan of Perry county, Ohio, who is preaching a sermon taking the same view, At a church festival at New York the fried oysters were spoiled and condemned asnt £ for food pio & aud benevo- leat nunagers, b ! to the Old L 0 ing the sou ce fiom which they cawe, Thus aaother unostentatious act of charity is rovistored above.—{New York Evening Post, Rowland Hill once declared that he would be willing to receive comtributions of money for the spread «f the gospel if offered by Satan himself at the end of red. hot tongs. And an old colored preacher in Wa hington during the life time of Thad. Stephens showed similar liberality of opinion. Meeting the grand old com- moner oue day, the preacher said: *‘Mis'er Stebens, ou’ chu’ch is pow'fully lebt, sab. an " would o please gib us alif. saby dis mo'nin?’ Old (had thoughtfully put his band in his vest-pocket, pulled out a hundred-dollar bill, snd handeq it to the colored brother, saying, *“T'here, take that, I won it last night playing poker.” The rateful Ethioplan took the money and wed low in_scknowledgment, saying “Thank yo', Mis'er Stebens, De Lo'd moves in myste'ious way his wonde's to ,sud, second, Italian opers does not depend pe'fo'mn,” * < Cop——