Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 4, 1885, Page 4

4 THE DAILY BEE. @xana Ovwen No. 914 axp 918 Fanwax By, Myw Youx Ormon, Roox 60 Tarsuwa Bono- xwa, The Weekly Bes, Publihsed every HRMS, PORTPAIR. CORRRAPONDRNCH | Edltorial OCommunications relating to News snd -:lnlcn Whould be sddresssd 0 the EDITOR oF THE B WURTORSS LETTERS. All Bustness Letters and Remittances should be reased 4o THN Brn PUBLISHING COMPANT, OMAHA. aiae Cnocks and Post ofios orders 40 be made pays vl b b order of the sompany. THE BEE PUBLISHING CO., Props. E. ROSEWATER, Eprror A, H. Fitch, Manager Daily Circulation, ®. 0. Box, 488 Omaha, Neb. ‘We cannot tell whether it Is Frad Nye or Pat Ford who Is firing thoss volleys out of the Republican shot-gun, Boyp for mayor means Angell for marshal again, and that means a do-noth- Ing pollce and a town full of crooks and vagrants, Tre American house of lords has ad- journed sine die, and Grover Cleveland will now rols the realm in his own sover- elgn way. We wil glve the Herald credlt for baing the only paper in Omaha that sup- ports Mr. Boyd without money and with. out price, Ix the desperate fight over the mayor's office, we should not forgat the city coun- cll which has the controlling influence In our municipal affai; Precrovs few democrats will vote the citlzens’ tlecket next Taerday. Those democratic cltizens will take theirs straight and let thesllk hat republicans throw away their votes. ‘We understand that Judga Weies has been invited to fork over §150 to the democratic campaign committee. The judge would prefer to spend that money himeelf for Welss beer. A GREAT many papple labor under the impression that Mayor Murphy s a brother of Contractor Muephy, This Is a mistake, as the mayor is no relatlon to whatever to the contractor, Tuey eay that Mr. Boyd began his career as a carpenter. Jay Gould began as a peddler of mouse-traps, Mr. Boyd has glven employment to a good many working people, but Jay Gould has given employment to a great many more. That doesn’t make Jay Gould a workingman's favorlte or frlend of labor, WisconsiN, like Nebraska, takesa cen- sus this summer, and a resolution which will probably be adopted has been intro- duced in the legislature authorizing the governor to call an extra sasslon after the completion of the census for the purpose of making a legislative reapportionmentof the state. Thls is what ought to be done in Nebraska, and we balieve that the gov- ernor will bo warranted in calling an ex- tra sesslon of the legislature for that pur- pose next winter, Dr. MiLier regards the vote which Mr. Boyd received at the workingmen's conventlon as a compliment which speaks volumes for Mr, Boyd. It was just as much of & compliment as that paid to some ac- tress who has herself presented with a costly bouquet at her own expense. Inthe language of one of the workingmen thers was a good deal of lard used in greaeing the throats of the fellowa who ehouted for Boyd. Mx. Bovo is a friend of the working- men in the one respect that he pays out more money for labor in one week than Mr, Murpby has in the course of his whole career, —| Kepublican, What s powerful argument! Sidney Dillon, as president of the Unlon Pa- cific, paid out more money In a day for labor than Boyd pays out In a year. Therefore Sldney Dillon is a better friend of the workiogmen than Boyd, and ought to be made mayor of New York by the workingmen of that city. A screep In an evening paper alleges that the gamblers are supporting Mr. Boyd from the fact that daring hls pre- vious administraticn the sporting classes were allowed more liberal license than ever before or since, and that Marehal Angel galned fat subsidies from the crooks, — Republican, Nothing has been sald about Angell galning fat subsidies from the crooks, It 1s true,however, and can be shown by the police court record that the gamblers have been made to pay heavler fines and pave been deslt with more striotly under Mayor Murphy than under Boyd. It is also an Indisputable fact that the gamb- lers are almost a unit for Boyd and against Morphy. —— Mz, Avorrs BurmEsTer, who has been nominated by the republicans for councilman, Is one of the best men on the ticket, and it gives the workingmen great pleasure to endorse him. He isa steady, sober and hard-workiog mechante, belog & tloner by trade. Mr, Burmester came to Qmaba in 18061, avd shortly afterwards enlisted {n the First Nebraska regiment, and s:rved throughout the en- tire war. He returned to Omaha In 1866, and bay resided here ever eince. For several y he was employed by Milton Rogere, and for the past seven or eight years he has been engsged in busl. ness for himself In the stove and tinware trade. He is & staunch republican, a good cltizen, and will make an excellent councilman, THE PANAMA TROUBLE. The revolationary war that has broken out In the little state of Panama has ren- dered It necessary for our government to interfore to the extent of protecting the Interests of the United States on the isthmus, and accordingly ssveral naval vessels with reinforcements have been ordered thither In addition to those already there, The selzure of a Paclfic Mail steamship at the ccmpany’s wharf at Colon, the capture of ashipment of arms, the arrest and Imprisonment of the oap- taln and a purser, and of the company's agent together our consular officer and a United States navalofficer, were the actsof rebels. Although the officials of the state were In no way personally responsible for the outrages committed upon our flag, and upon the persons and property of our citizens, nevertheless they will no doubt be called upon in due time for an indem- nity. It ls not likely, however, that this eplsode will lead to any trouble between our country and thé United States of COolumbla, of which Panama is a patt, The revolutlonists, after ssizing the arms_from_the steamer Colon, showed gral_t—l;tivit?b:t they have since been defeated and routed by the Colombia government troops. The robel chieftain, when he became'convinced that he could not hold his posltion, set fira to Aspin- wall, a thriviag port of 9,000 peopls, re- ducing It to ashes, after which he escaped with a fow followers, In all probabliity the Colombian troops will be able to en- {icely suppress the rebels, but if not then our government forces will do it for thom and punish the rebels for the out: rages that they have committed against this country and her citlzene. Under the treaty with Colombia, for- merly Naw Granada, jthat country guarantees to the Unlted States the right of way or transit across the {sthmus, while the United States guaran- tee to Colombla the perfect neutrality of the isthmus. The result of the confer- ence upon this matter between our secre- tary of state, ecoretary of the navy and attorney-general ls a decislon that we probably have no responsibility for in- ternal broils at Panams, although we woold have in case Colombia could not keep the passage across the lsthmus free on account of war with another country, but having guaranteed to keep the transit open our government now proposes to do {t. It isin accordance with this decislon that United States forces have been ordered to Panama for that purpose. Tae joint resolution in the Illinois sen- ate to appropriate $250 for the Lincoln memorlal services, was opposed by the democrats on the ground that it was un- conslitutional to vote awsy money by “*private or concurrent reeolutions.” The resolation included also a clause provid- ing for the decoration of the Lincoln monument in Oak Rldge cemetery. This was likewiss opposed by the democrats, who claimed 1t was unconstitutional to to appropriate money for any such pur- pose. A hot debate ensued, and finally the resolutlon was carrled by a strict party vote—28 republicans to 19 demo- crats. The action of the democrats was certalnly in full accord with thelr record, but, nevertheless, we are somewhat sur- prised that the democrats in the Illinols senate should be so unanimous in oppos- ing the paltry appropriation of $250 to pay the expenses of properly honoring the memory of the martyred president who came from that great state. But a bourbon is a bourbon at all times and under all clrcumstances. Had the democrats in the Illinois senate been called upon to pas a resolution of thanks to Secretary Lamar for closing the inter- lor department for one day, at a cost of several thousand dollars, and lowering the flag in honor of the late Jake Thomp- son, they would no doubt have vot:d unanimously in favor of it. A rreacHER at Palmyrs, Missouri, does businees on business principles. On the first of every month he draws his check on the bank for his pay in advance. The bank pays the check and charges it up to the deacons, and the minister has nothing to think of but the ralvation of souls He probably made it conditional upon accepting the call to that flourish- ing town that the deacons of his church should become personally responsible for his salary. This lsa good ides, and is worthy of general adoption. ‘Chere is no reaton why a minister ehould be expected to be placed in the position of a beggar for about eleven months in the year, and be constantly compelled todun the con- gregation for his salary, which s gen. erally altogether too small, Unless a congregation is able and willing to promptly pay thelr pastor a llving salary they better go without religious services for a while, E—— ‘We woula advise Mr, Boyd to muzele the young man who s editing his mug- wump paper. His fire in the rear upon James Creighton and his son In-law, Mr, Gallagher, 1s very damaging. Acoording te the Republican, Mr. Gallagher, who is secretary of the board of public works, has also been a confractor, and Mr. Oreighton has winked at a good deal of crookedness and jobbary. Now, Mr. Creighton was appointed by Mr. Boyd to the position he now holds, and if Mr, Boyd is elected he is sure to be re. sppointed. The Republican is for Boyd, and Boyd can't go back on Crelghton, and Crelghton can't go back on Galla- gher. This isa pretty kettle of fish for Mr. Boyd's mugwump paper, — Hiau lcente, which was first adepted in Nebraska, has since found its way in to halt a dozen or more states, and le destined to become the popular method of dealing with the liquor question. The Wisconsin high license bill, which iy awaitieg the executive spproval, provides THE DAILY BEE--SATURDAY APRIL 4, 1885 for & minimum fee of $200 and & max- fmum of §500 In olties and villages of over 500 Inhabitants, and a minimum fee of $100 and & maximum of $400 in eom- munities of less than 500 population. The amount of the liconse fee bstween the limits fixed by the act is to be de- cided apon by popular vote, A stricr antl.gambling blll has been Introduced in the Illinois leglslatare, and it has been favorably reported upon by the house judiclary commlittee. It ia ssie to say that at the last moment it will be lost ia the shuffle, something after the manner In which Church Howe's Ne- braska anti.gambling bill dlsappeared up some one’s sleeve just before the leglsla- tare adjourned. Chicago gamblers are as emart and have just as much money to give up as the gamblers of Omaha, Every day thut the Illinois legislature postpones the senatorlal electlon, General Logan is brought one day pearer the United Siates senate, for if the leglalature fails to elect, the governor will In all probabillty appoint Logan. Tue Plattsmouth Herald, which sald some excellent things in favor of the re- publican mayor of Omaha, has suddenly subsided. The B, & M., which Is for Boyd, has euddenly put in its veto. Tue republican candidates for the board cf education are sure of an elec- tion, OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. The peace of Europe is once more re- assurred, and while the lamb and the lion have not yet becoms bed-fellows, the Russian Bear and the Britlsh lion have harmonized thelr differences for the time being. The game of bluff which John Ball played in making war preparations on a colessal acale had the desired effect, and a halt has been called by the Rus- ans in their Inyasion of Afghaaistan. 1v is by no means certain, however, that the temporary truce puts an end to the Avglo-Russian complications. It has only put off toa later day the Irrepressible confllet which muat be fought out in Cen- tral Asla between the two 1ival powe:s, For the Gladstone ministry this eplsode has been a verltable godsend. At a time when the crfsis was impending ond liable at any moment to de- pose them, they have succeeded in diverting popular attention from Egyp- tian dieaster to the peril that menaced the Indian empire. The call for the reserves and preparations for war over- shadowed all other issues, and gave Mr. Gladstone an opportunity to regain his lost popularlty through the patriotic fervor with which the Brittsh people rallied in defense of the union jack, In the midst of the uproar about Afghanistan, the British house of com- mons latt week considered and ap. proved by & majorlty of forty-six the government’s Egyptian financial arrangement. According to the dis- patches little attention was pald to the matter by the exclied legislators. What in a calmer perlod might have proved s fatal obstacle in the path of the Gla stone ministry, was Zsalled over in this storm without mishap or alarm. It is scarcaly fair to say that 1t was a triumph for the cablnet, yet if the Afghan fron- tler dispute Is amicably ecttled befors summer, the tory leaders, in looking back on parliamentary journals, may per- ceive that what may prove to be a turn- Ing polnt in England's policy toward Egypt was allowed by them to pass al- most unchallenged. The financlal agreement, which is joined In by Kogland, France, Italy, Ruesia, Germany and Austria, is based on the theory vhat Egypt. the nation, Is baokrupt in the hands of {ts creditors, and that these creditors haye almoet un- rights in dealing with the Internal affairs of the financially distressed people. Ra- peated assertions of this principle and repoated exercise of the functions made necassary in applying it would presont to futare historlans one of the most remarkable and suggettive phenomena of modern progress. The credlitors in this iustance recognize England as the sole receiver, in whose hands the effairs of Egypt are placed for the term of three years. To tacilitale the receiver's operations the oreditors allow Egypt to contract a further debt of $45,000,000, and by way of insuring its success, they become its indorsers, and aleo guarantee its interast, Having committed themselves for a term ot years to a friendly and tolerant attitude toward the English officials in Egypt, the European cabinets may now take a kindlier interest In the success of the military and civil operations iu pro- grees in that wretched country and its conquered districts, 1f French intrigues in Cairo and the Soudan can be stopped, England’s task on the Nile will gom easier one. Now, too, that England’s rlght to act is no longer questioned, and that by ga'ning tbe rights her duties are made more distinct, it is probable that s firmer, less hesitating stand will be taken In the matter of the r:tention or conquest of the Soudan, If common sonse and the demands of more than half the Jiberal party are followed, (ieneral Wolseley will be ordered to make his way from the bend of the Nile at Debbsh and Dongola to Aszonan at the normal and historlc frontler of upper Egypt, and General Graham will be commanded to abandon the insane projeot of fighting climate, precipices, and Infuriated Arabs In midsummer. “‘Smashiog the Mahdi” may then be reserved fora day when that unplesssnt task fs insoms degree an ob- vious necersity, provided such a day ever comes, The defeat of the French forces under Gen. Negrler was more disastrous to the miolstry at home than it was to the army in Tonquin, Within lees thau twenty- four hours after the dispatches announc- the disaster to the French army had reached Parls, the Ferry ministry was overthrown, sud a new cabloet was formed under the leadership of D¢ Frey- ciget, The effoct of thls change, how- ever, was not of a reaction against the war pollcy, but an expression of dlscon- tent at the conduct of the war. But while the cry of *On, 1o Pekin,” now rlogs all over France, and reinforcements uml8 supplies are belng hur- rled forward to China the snnouncement fs made that the Chineee government has declded to socept the terms of settlement with regard to the Tonquln dispute which Ferry had offered before the battle at Langson had been fought, What the outcome of this new turn of affairs will be {s very hard to pre- dleate. A year ago the French, after a contest of some months had got every- thing they wanted In Tonquin. They had driyen the Chinese maraunders known a8 the ‘‘Black Flags” out of the Delta of the Red River, and had taken the fortl- fied towns of Sontay and Bacninh, with- out any op{uulfim. frcm the Ohinese, who clalmed suzerainty over the whole reglon, although tho latter had formally announced that the attack on either of these places would be treated as a casus belll. In fact It was plain that the Ohl- nese did not want to go to war sbout Tonquin, The treaty known as the con- vention of Tientsin was accordingly con- cluded between Franceand Chinain May last year, It left the French in possossion of everything they occupied; it gave up the Chinen olalm of suzerainty over Tonquin; opened the Red river to navigation as far s Yunnan, and opened the three princi- pal towns ¢f Hanol, Thin Nai, and Ninh- Hal t5 foreign trade, and to the residence of a French consul In each. More han this, it gave France the fortlfied town of Langson, commanding the princlpal pass in the northern mountains through whish the Chinese obtain access to the Red river Delta, Peace seemed to be secured, and a small body of French troops started to take Lang Son. On the march they came on a Chinese post barring the road. The officer In command said he had no orders to allow them to pass and had heard nothing of the treaty of peace, and propesed a halt until he could get in- stractlons, The French, however, re- fused to walt, attempted to force their way, and were repuleed with heavy loss, This was really an unfortunate accldent. There was no reason to doabt the good faith of the Chinese. But the French would receive no excuse, They demand an enormous _indemnity for the repulse inflicted on their troops. 1t was refused and then they withdrew thelr minister from Pekin, but Instead of declating war, began to make ‘“‘reprisals,” such as the bombardm:nt of Kelung in Formosa, and that of the Foochow arsenal and the forts on the Min river. These operations were successful enough, but they only stung the Chinese without frightening them. The Chinese Emplire is, in spite of ita pa- teraal organization, so loosely constituted that attacks on its frontler make no seri- ous impression on the government at Pe- kin—a fact which the allies recognized in 1860 when they marched on the capital. Consequently the operations of Admiral Courbet along the covst seem simply to have roused the Chinese government into active and formidable preparattons for at- tacking the Frevch where they were most vulnerable, namely, in the Tonquin mountaing, foto which they had saccess- fully penetrated, and had captured Lang- son. The defeat of Gen. Negrier, who cc- cupled Langson with a brigade is likely to be the forerunner of other reverses unless France can throw a very large army into Chica for active operations, which will require s)ms considerable time. The remedy in favor now in Paris {san advance on Pekin. The best French milltary’authorlties in Tonquin are s3id to doubt whether it would be safe to at- tempt tbis with less than 60,000 men. Its difficultizs have been immensely in- creased since 1860. The entrance to the Pelho river was then found to bs an impossible task. The forts had to be turned by hand attack. Since then they have been Increased in number and completed on the land slde, and are armed with Armstrong and Krupp guns, and the river is full of torpedoes as far as Tientsin, All things considered, the re- public is face to tace with a job which may turn cut far more disastrous than the invasion of Mexico by Louls Na- polean and Mo ximilion, It appearsty Dbe qulte firgotten that little Denmak has now the first grand event of her own for the past twenty yeasa in the form of a real government crisis. The most extravegant storles come from Copenhagen of the height to which political passions have ricen, and the king is eaid to be prepared to fly from the capital in cie of popular rlots. He seems to be entiraly in the wrong iIn this quarrel with the Folkething, and is said to have bzen counseled from London to abandon his mulish attitude and let the offensive min- istry fall. Unless ho does surrender ba- fore the end of this month, which is the end of the fiscal year, financial and offi- cial anarchy must ensue, and a ravolu- tion woula not be improbable. Prince Biemark is eald to be watching tho de- velopment of the sltuation with pecullar intercst. Recent statements by the English jou:- nals regarding the British navy ara’ not unlikely to give the general reader an erroncous Idea of It strongth, It is the strongest In the world. That of France is generally suppored to approach most noarly to it, but a fair official comparlson shows the superlority of tho English floet. Of ships of the first class, ron hulls, not less than nine iach armor, displace- ment over 8,500 tons, England has ten, aggregating 95,840 toos; France has three, aggregating 28,990 tons, In 1886, or sooner. England will have fifteen, aggrogating 140,310 tons; the French five witha total of 49,070 tone. Of the séc- ond class, hulls of fron or wood, but the latter built slnce 1870, the Eoglith have sixteen with a total displacement of 79,- 740 tons; the French have eleven, total. 79,338 tons, Of the third class, hulls iron or wood, sound and In good order, armor four and a half to sfx Inchee, the Engllsh have fourteen, with a total displacement of 112,410 tons. The French have 12, with a displacement of 55,981 tons. The Eoglish ships in this class are many of them obeolete, In the same sense in which nurlfl.lhn whole American pavy Is obsolete. coastdefence vessels Eng- land bas fourteen, of 41,630 tons, agaiost eleven French, ot 20,446 tons, In 1886, France will have Increased this flest to fourteen, of 36,426 tons Were the whole Italian fleet added to that of would be more ma for the com: binatlon. yet the Itallan fleet s consid- ered a strong one. Were the whole Rus- slan navy sdded to the Freach, the re- ble as Frauce sand Italy. In epite, however, of these facts, Eogland Is en- gaged in Increaaing her fleet and In baild- ing a swarm of torpedo boats, while her merchant steamers, 3,650 in number, form a reserve which could be drawn up- on for certain purposes of war in case of need. Latest advices from Central Amerlca represent President Barrlos at the head of an army invading Ban Salvador. A combined Nicareguan 2nd Costa Rlca force will attempt to hesd him off snd if otsible prevent a fur.her advance. canwhile Mexico is awaiting the oppor- tune moment for playlng a decislve part In the strife, and as the press of that ocountry Is very extentively subsidized by the government, the savagery of its In- voctives agalnst Barrlos 18 significant of a deslre of Presldent Diaz to work his people up to supporting any measare of Interforence, however violent. ‘Women's 'y a4 Bonnets TLondon Daily New Before deciding to the arrangement of the hair, the nore should be carefully interrogated. If that foature be Roman, or what a learaed author describes as “‘cogitative”—i. e., long and ourved inj ward towerd the poiot—the hair should be somewhat pronounced in its arrange- ment. It should be rather massive, or else the large noee will, by force of con- tract, make tho head look meagre, If the nose be Greek, an approach, carefully guarded from being too realistic to the clastic knot, may be ventured upon, The varleties of the Anglo-Saxon nose, some of them quite childish in thelr want of decision and firmness of outline, are too numerous to be specially commended upon, but thould be treated variously, according as they approach the aquiline, the Greek, or the snub varieties, This last requires a rather coquottish arrange- ment of the hair. Madonna bands assort badly with & snub nose., So does the Venetian colffure, which has been such a favorite among our wsthetfc phalanx for rome years, A ‘‘little head running over with curls” best suits tho snub “ilp tilted ke a flower”; and sensible women who perforce wear turned-up noses will carefully abetain from follow- ing the height avd depth of fathionable coiffures, but remaln faithful to the quast simpliclty that goes so well with the in- fantile formstlon of thelr notes. The silly young women who have of late gone about the wor'd with their heads cropped as close as those of toys will now regret the rashnes that robbed them of their locks, For the catogan is coming In again. The halr {s to be worn curled in front, then simply brushed back to the nape cf the neck, where it 1s to be tied with a ribbon matching the trimming on the dress; hanglng down the back In curls for evening wear, but arranged in a thick plait for the work-a-day hours. It is a style that has its advantages, more especlally as dlsplaying to good effect a plalt of burnished chestnut hair, which the present mode, with its tight little basketplaits, rather enviously conceal But the catogan needs a very epecial neatness to commend {t, and If sgain adopted here as It now 1s in Paris, it will be well for Its patrons to bear in mind that when ruffled or disarranged, the queue will loge all resemblance to the ex- quisitely neat littleappendage of the name as worn by our ancestors, 1t will have its effect upon the shape of the fashionable bonnet If {t bacomes gen- eral, and will neceesitate a lowerlng of of the crown at the back, This portion of the popular headgear has beccme of late years smaller and smaller; while in hats, on the contrary, there is eome- times an enormous preponderance of crown over brim. In the shape known as the Tam o’Shaater this is notably the case, and there was never, perbaps, in the whole history of headgear, a form that more readily lends itself to the ridiculous than this when ssen upon any save the youngest and freshest of faces A middleaged woman, with a hard-set color in her cheelis, who ehould be so ut- terly blind to the fitness of thiogs (and there have been such inttances) as to don a Tam o’Shanter, is one of those pheno- mena which make one destre the revival of sumptuary laws. If the siylo of hairdressing ought to be dependent in a great degree upon the shaps of the nose, tbat of the bonnet or hat should, to be consiatent, be so too. There 18 a very thin varlety of the nasel organ, inclined to rednoss alcng the ridge, which looks sharp enough t5 carve with, that requires extremely delicatetreatment in the matter of coiffare. The erect of the nose itself is palnfally meagre, and this must be counteracted by a sort of amplittdein the arrangement of the locks and In the teim- mings of the bohnet. But then, on the other hand, theee must not be too ample, or they will produce a contrast #o evident as to bo practically a reproach to the nose for Its thinness, The other extreme of & very fleshy noss demands a certain sever- ity In the bonnet; but the outlines of the Jatter must not be too 1igld, else they will throw into dissgreeable prcilnence the inclination of the note #oward s_real- ing and width. 8o far as regards form. With respect {o color, it Ia another mat tor, It is one of the moet difficult tasks of the clever miliiner to deal with a nore that remains obstinately red despits all the waters aud weshes devised for such cases. It Is a sad thing to see a bunch of popies in a bonuet and to note that their rcsy tint is precisely that of the most prominent feature in the face. Yet even this is Jess startling than it would be to leave surroundings dark and unrelieved by color, g0 that the nose, eepeclally on frosty days, lights up the gloom like & newly painted pillar-box in a dingy street, But, fortunately, there arc but compara- tively fow such hopeless noses as these, thoogh one occesionelly eces them snd regards their owner with plty and per- haps mlistrust. The ordinary English noso is white, though free from the blood- less look of the Krench feature, The nostrils are daintily touched with piok, and yet no color spreads further than these, even when the rest of the com- plexion 1s sensitively subject to suddem change. Such asthese relleve the modiste of all difticulties, so far as color s con- cerned. —— Ruined by the Roller Bkaing Fever Kentucky State Journal, *Well, woat's become of old Powle!” asked a vi:i‘ing former resldent, ““Well, he hss four boysand three girls, you know, and they all got the skate fever and spent more money than the old man had, and he had to make an astign- ment."” “You don't tell me!” { “‘Yes; and worse still. The man he asslgned to collected sll the money he could and then skipped out with a skat- Ing rlnk girl,” *‘Well, well; that's too bad.” “‘Yer, it's bad; but it could have been worse, for the giel,” “‘How!” ‘‘Why, if see hadn't got marrled about the time she did she would have to bave been sent to the lunatic aeylum.” e t— Fire-Ravaged Mail. New York, April 2,—Cable advices from Aspinwall, received by Postmaster Pearson, report & serfous loss of mail matter in the de- struction of that part of the city by fire on the let, ult, The entire mail for the South despatched from New York on the by steamer Colon, has been de- stroyed, and also registered mail and ordinary paper mail for Aspiuwall, sent by the same steamer, The letter mal was nearly all de- livered before the fire broke out. woour- stely as can now be the mail for Cen. tral America and the Pacific coast of South America was burned, and coosisted of 150 packages of registered mail, 10 sacks of ordin- ary letters, and 53 sac ! papers, — A physician Informed the reporter yes- terdsy that diphtheria is beginning to show itself 1o u considerable extent in Omaha. L. Iny in this loatheome disease ie death. RUSSIA'S NAVY AND ARMY. What England Mast Cope With by Sea and Land, An Array of Ironolads Formid- ably in Name if not in Nature, Russia’s Relnctance to Do Battle on the High Seas, Russin’s navy consists of three divis- ions. These divisions are a necessity ot her gecgraphical positions, one of the most peculiar ever known in history. Practically her groat flaots of war vessols can bo reatrictod to her immedlate coasts becanee any outlet Into the great ocaan is forbidden by the narcow pastages through which these vesiels must pase, and which can easily be blocked by a much inferior fleet, I fast, Rusala's navy is mostly confined to two groat lakes, or seas, hay— ing narrow entrinces, The Baltlc {s a lake with a narrow oatlet, of which Den- mark holds the key; the Black Sea is an- othor, of which Turkey Is the water: gate keoper. Any naval power, thero: fore, which seeks to mect the Russians on 8ea must go to look for them, Wheth- er they will find them or not i{s another question, latho list war the Baltic fle.t igcominiously sheltored it- self behind the fortifications of Cronstadt, and no inducement was suflicient to on- tice them out to interview the French and English men-of-war which wero well in sight for months. It was a decided case of *‘one was afrald end the other didn't dare.” The fcrtificatlons of Cron- stadt were, boyond doubt, impregnable to all naval attacks of that time, and so the allies contented themselves with look- ing atit. The Ruseisn Baltlc fleot was safe from assavlt, and the Grand Duke Constantine, the admiral, never yearned for glory bad enough to seek it broadside to broadslde with the French and Eng- lish. Nelther French, English, nor Rus slan ships covered themselves with glory and but for the exploits cf the Heola and Driver, both emall ships of the British fl&ul, acarce a laurel was gained on any side. In the Black sea, aftcr the Russians destroyed the Tarkish fleet at Sinope bay, they retired to Sebastopol, and were either sunk, to obstruct the channel, or burned at the time of the capture of the fortress. Noone of them ventured out- side the harbor to greet the invaders, and no one ship of the allies could or did get in to carry an invitation. By means of torpedoes the Russiane, in the last war with Tarkey, managed to destroy several Turkish ships, but NO NAVAL BATTLE, as the term Is understood, has been fought by Russia for many yoars, It is postible, however, that the Baltic and Black seas both hold vessels capablo of meeting the English ships to-day, and as ironclads are now the gencral accepted strength of the navy, it will be of in- terest to see just what strength Russia has in these modern marine monaters, In the Baltle fleet thero are ten-eea- golng ironclade, eight of which are afloat and and two building. The biggest is the Peter the Great, built of iron in 1872, of 9655 tons displacement, 8 {nch armor plate, and which carries four 46- ton guos, has twin scrows, is of 8000 horee-power, end calculated for a speed of thirteen knots. The Admiral Nakhi- moff, steel, 7906 tons, 10-inch compound armor, with four 1 n and ten 4 ton guns, 8000 horse-power and gauged for sixteen knots; the Moskwa, not yet bullt, does not materlally difier fn con- struction or srmament. The Admiral Arkasg, a steel ship with from six to twelve luches of compound srmer, and the Dimitri Donsklos, of the same class and build, each carry two 9-ton and fourteen 4-ton guns; the Vladimir Mon- omack and Minim sre nearly alike bui'd, 5740 tons, G-inch armor, two 9iton and twelve 4.ton guns each; and the General-Admiral and Herzog Edinburg- hski, the former of which, with ¢ fnch armor, carrles four 93-ton and two 4-ton gans, and the latter ten 4-tons. A new ship to bo launched next year is of good pattern, designed and armed like tho celebrated Sacheen of the German fleet. In all, there are eight serviczable iron- c'ads in the Rustian Baltic fleet. The ironclads before noted ave clageed as effective. Russta possesses about twenty-seven ironclads of sn obsolete type. It is purely conjoctural how use- ful these are. The Grelg, Lezareg, Splridoff, Tchitchagoff are iron turret ships, built from 1863 to 1808, of 4} to 64 ioches of armor; four thers, whose names any one might epell if they saw them In print but none conld read, of fron and wooden-armored fype. Of coast- defence monitors {o the Baltie, Russla possestes thirteen, none of which, it is eaid, can swim out of smooth water. The names weuld look protty but UNINTELLIGIBLE TO THE NAKED EVE, in Theeo sro also from 4} to G} Inch ar- mored. Though the above *obsolete” ships aro not of the first line, 1t should not be forgottsn that many of them wre good ships, and would be likely to do effectlye war service, thus adding twenty- thres iron or armored vessels to the ten already glven, In the Black Sea thera are, or will be, four first-cl iron-clads, the best cf which, the Katarina II.,is to be launched in 1887. She is to be of iron and steel, 10,150 tons displacement, 15 inches of armor, and will carry aix 46-ton and seven 4.ton guns, The Sinope, Tchesme and Alexander 1L, all of which are on the stocks, are {nchea of armor and the same armament. Then two olrcular ironclads are classed as | b among the obsolete, the Novgorod and the Popoff. Thess were considered egre- glous failuree, and in this case there is no rcason to doubt that they are utterly uscless, Two river gun- boats,scaptared from the Torks alse num! e ed in the fronclad Black Sea fleet, Of unarmored ships, Russla pcssesses in the Baltic twenty-one craleers, fourteen gan vessels and one torpedo crulser— thicty-six vissels In the Black ses, one crulser, cight of the volunteer fleet built by the Mosc)w subscription, and elght suxillary cruisers, making twelve in all. No certaln Information {s obtainable, however, about the Black ees flotilla, The numbers given above are the best attainable, but the naval buresu at St, Peteisburg can best tell the real s'rapgth, and rumors have been heard of war ves: sels floating in the Black tea, which are a mateh for the best ships of the best navy. They have not yet appeared be- fore the world; they may not exlst; but there is little doubt that the Black sea fleet, ss given above, does not compriee the whole of the Rus:ian naval strength fu the Euxice There 1s also a Russian naval station on the northern Puclfic cosstat Nicholasvek, The place is well fortified, hse dock smaller ships, witn 18] ' ards for the repalr and refitling of ships, gut no construction fs carried on at that place. In the Casplan sea there are a number of ships, all of wood, but as these are even more out of the way than the Black won vessels their strength or weakness is a matter of little Intereat, THE RUSSIAN ARMY fs recrulted by a levy on all men who have completed thelr twenty-first year and are not physically unfit, and no sabtitutes can be provided. The perlod of service is fifteen years, slx with the colors and nine In ths reserve. The latter are only called on in case of war, exoept for drill purposes, and then only near thelr homes, The educated clastes are freed from conaciption only by the alternative of voluntary enrolment. Youog men of this claes are permitted to enter at 17 ycars of age, and after a short term of service may pass an examinatlon and either go to the reserve or, by a strioter oxamination, qualify as off}sere. The well known Cossack ragiments are, however, recrulted under different condi- tlons, Their enlistment is by terms of troatlos mado with their chiefs, It ls found in practice that a levy in Rustia of two on every 600 male prodvces 90,000 to 100,000 men. The Russian army on a recent computation oontained 1,213,259 officors and men. Add 129,000 Cossacks to this, and the total force on & peace footing is given. The peculiar military tystems of Finland and of the Cossacks demand moro than a passing notice, Fin- land providos a certain number of men, graded according to districts, The die- triots pay the soldiers, while the state goveroment supplies their materfal was Tho Cossacks of the Don, the most fm- portant, are liable to service from fifteen eixty years of aze, and no subatitutes are permitted, ‘“The Cossacks arc a race of free men; nelther sorfage nor any other dependenco upon the land is ever existed among them. The entire: territory belongs to the Cossack com- mune, and every individual has a right to the use of the land, together with the pattures, hunting grouads and fisherles.” The Cossacks pay no taxes to the gov- ernment, but in lieu of that they are bound to perform military service, which, under various conditlons, they do until their forty-seventh year. Every Cossack 1s obliged to equip, clothe and arm him- self at his own expense and keep his horse. If he serves boyond the frontiers of his own country be receives ratlons of food and forage and a emall amount of pay. Instead of Imposing taxes upon them the Russisn government pays the Cossacks an annual tribute and distrib- utes grants among the wldows and or- phans of those who fall In battle. B — A Victim of April First, Merry, merry Granger, Note the changing Spring ! All things lure thee, stranger, Here thy flight to wing. All the humming city Walkes to lifo once more; Soring has taken pity Onour climate sore. Hero tho park beds bonrgean, Fresh m beauty clad; And the wintery sturgeon Yields his place to thad, Gather up thy dollars, Comb thy hay-decked locke; Pack thy grip with collars And a pair of eocks, Come, O merry Grsnger, Seok the city’s din— We shall take thee, stranger, Gently, firmly in, el uck’s Annual. The American Uopyright League, NEw YORK, April 2, —The American Copy- right leasuo to-morrow will issuo anaddress to the public explaining the vinjustice dome to native and foreign authors by want of an international copyright, and calling upon the people to aid n demanding a favorable action on this sub- ject, by 49th congress, Among the signere of this'address are Bishop Potter, E. C, Sted- man, | Parke Goodwin, Idward Eggloston, Thorndike Rice, Rev. 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