Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 13, 1885, Page 5

OMAHA'S AFFAIRS. A Long and Tidions Meeting of the City Conneil. Needed Ordinances Recommended by the Mayor—A Long List ot Communications and Com mittee Reports—No New ’ Marshal Yet, The clty council met yesterday after- noon as & board of equalization, but the only business It transacted was the intro- ductlon and reference of the rough out- line draft of a resolution then adjourned until 7 o’clock, at which time they were called to order by Presldent Bechel, and Councliman Dally was olected chairman. Alderman Beshm made the report of the meeting, which eetting as a board of equallzation for the purpose of correcting errors, and equaliz. ing the propozed re-levy of special taxes to construct sewers in districts Noa, 13, eh, 19, and 21, proposes that in these districts the work be done less two-thirds of the cost as reported by the clty englneer and that after the two-thirds of all extra costs hay been deducted any errors dls- covered shall be corrected. A special re- ductlon is made in the following speclal onsen: S. Jacobs, lots in Preston’s addition, 00. Willlam Preston, lots in Preston's ad- ditlon, $100. Frank Schultz, lots in Oak Knoll addi- tlon, $25, The total amount of sald extra cost from which 1t is proposed to deduct said two-thirds, in each ot sald districts, as reported by the clty engineer, are as follows: Sewer distrlct 13, $12,000. Sewer district 15, $3,000. Sewer district 19, $3,000. Sewer dlstrict 21, such sum as the clty englneer may find upon investigation to be correct. The report was adopted, wfter which the board adjourned and the city counctl met In regalar weekly session, Presldent Bechel on deck and all members present. Alderman Behm Insisted that the pro- coedings of the last meeting should be read, and his wish was complied with. Ho also gave notice that the proceedings will be read at all future meetings. This thing of passing them by with a motion that their reading be dispensed with, he considered entirely too loose a manner for doing business, FROM THE MAYOR. Communications were recslved from his excellency, Mayor Boyd, approving ordinances changing the grade of Tenth stroet from Mason to Pierce, snd of Pa- clfic street from Nlath to Eleventh; a special ordidance making appropriation for payment of liabilities incurred during the month of April; regulating and clean- ing privies, cess-pools and water-closets, otc, ; declaring the necessity of construct- ing a viaduct over the Union Pacltic and Burlington & Missourl tracks at either Tenth or Eleventh stroets; declaring the necemsity of conatructing a viaduct over the Unlon Pacific and Barlington & Missourl tracks on Sixteenth street. These were p'aced on file. Acting as requested at the last meot- ing, Mayor Boyd reported that he had consulted the county commissioners and they had acreed to give the city the use of the large rcom ia the northeaat corner of the new court house basement acd it will be ! ready} for occupancy on the 18th, The englneer has selacted the sotuheast corner room, Thera is aleo a large room that might be used by the clty council. The report was adopted. Calling attentfon to the fact that Gen. 0, O. Howard end J. A, Gillespie have beea appointed by Governor Dawes, ay dolegates to attend the natlonal confsrence of charitles and cor- rection, at Washington, June 4. The mayor requested that these gentlemen be asked to invite that society to hold thelr next meeting In Omsaha. Referred to tho jndlclary committee. W. J. Kennedy was named for the position of property appralser in place of A. R Dufrave who refused to act. Mr. Konnedy was aftirmod. L. W. Hill, A, R. Sauer, and W, A, L. Gibbon, were confirmed a committee o assess and determine the damages to property owners by changing the grade on Tenth and Eleventh streets, John Barsol was confirmed & spocial policoman, without pay, to do duty at the “Tivoli,” OTHER COMMUNICATIONS, The city attorney reported that he had already gtven hie opinton at length con cerning the ladics communication regard- ing llquor licenses, and that sald opinicn can bo secn any time at the city olerk’s office, placed on file. He also gave as- surance that action will be taken at once to got possessfon of the lot required by tho W. C. A., on which to erect a home for fallen women. Marshal Cammiogs called attention to complaints reselved by him daily regard- ing the neglect of the city scavenger to call for garbage when notitied. Rsterred to the committee on police, Mr. Woolworth sent in a letter, giving it as his opinion that wood pavement should be put down on St. Mary's ave- nue, A large nomber of property owners slong St. Mary's avenue, in Paving Dis- triot 32, expressed their preference for Bioux Falls granite for paving to the top of the hill, and ssphaltum the balance of the way to the end of the ovenue. Re- ferred to the committee on paving. The bond of Jefferson O’Neale, to lay gas malns, etc., was approved. A protest wes sent in from Henry Jen- sen and others protesting against turning the water from Willow Springs distillery to the south side of Plerce street. N. D, Spellman and wife made a pro- osltlon to purchase a strlp of ground fmn the city that lies 4 feet wide by 132 feet long, n block 6. Referrad to the commlttee on streets and grades, A communication was recelved from John Bush snd others requesting to have the grade established on Twelfth streot, from Center street to the south limit of the city. Referred to the clty engineer. Attention was called by Mre. William Stephens to the alley on Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth street, between Far- nam and B{rne)u Referred to committee on finances snd commerce. David Van Etten ssks for the appoint- ment of some civil englneer other than Mr. Rosawater to establish the grade on H et from Fifteenth street Willism F. Flyon sent in a protest #galost the manner In which he was re- moved from the police force and asked to have a ra-heariag placed on file, Several property owners on Harney vear Twenty-Eighth street beg that no No. 17 n favor of J. E. Riley & Oom. pany. An ordinance ordering that part of Thirteenth street in paving district No. 33 paved, and requiring the board of public works to cause sald work to be done* $ An ordinance to amend section 2 of that part of chapter twenty-six ol complled ordinances entltled, vehleles Roferred to the committee on police. The amend- ment in this ordinance is to allow the payment of §5 lizenses for cabs or han. soms carrylng only two persons. An ordinance changing the grade of Jones a‘reet between Tenth and Kleventh streets, Referred to the committeo on streets and geades An ordinance amending section 1 and repealing section b, chapter 14, comptled ordinances of the clty, This amendment fixes the regular meetings of the counoil on Tuesday evening of each week. Re- ferred to the committee on rules, An ordinance establishing the grade of Douglas street to the east curb of Jeffer. son etreet. Referred to committee on streets and grades. An ordinance to annul section 1 of ordinance 500. Referred to the com- mittee on police. Declaring the necessity of changing grades on a portlon of Sixteenth. street. Passad, Establishing the grade in a portion of Plercostreet. Referred to committee on streets and walks., Ordinances were read eatablishing grades on Davenport street, Twenty-fifth street, South avenue and Leavenworth atreet. They were all referred. An ordinance changing grades on cor- taln portions of Phil Sheridan stroet, and appointing appraisers to assess dam- ages, was passed. The ordinsnce ordering that part of St. Mary's avenue, in paving district thirty two be paved, was read a third time and paesed. The ordinance establishing a grade on portions of California street was read a third time and passed, Commlisstoner Daily offered a resslu- tlon establishing the curb lines on Doug- las street east of Ninth, twenty feet from the center of the strest, and cancel- ing the contract for curbing and gutter. Ing sald street. The resofution was lost. SPECIAL COMMITTEES, The following speclal committees, as provided for fin resolutions were appointed: To consider the market house matter, Meesrs. Behm, Goodrich and Leeder, To inveetigate the Farnam street pav ing matter, Messrs, Lee, Dally, and Thrane. To Investigate the propesition of build- ing a city hall, Messrs. Goodrich, Faray, and Schroeder, Adjourned. ——— ‘'Notes from Fort Omaba.” The letter of ‘‘Members of Co. D ” has been a subject for comment and has caused unusaal jtalk among the enltsted portion of the garrison since its publica- tion. 8o far as the commanding officers of company D and its first eergeant ara con- cerned, right thinking men and men of good intelligence consider such a state- ment o8 made by the writer to be falze and unjast. That It was written with a mallclous Intent there is no doubt. Yet it might seem strange that some of the men in company D failed to take notlce of the letter in question before this, with a vlew of contradictlng this statement, but, in a conversation with refsrence to the matter between myself and the radioal grade be made as contemplated. Thelr grievance was referred to the com- mittee on streets and grades, A petitlon asking for the establishment of the grade on Douglas from Twenty- fifth to Thirty-first strecta was referred to the committee on streets and grades. A. Evans, of the sanitary committee, sent in proteat putting himself on record againet ralsing the price of cleaning coss. pools to more than ten cents per cable foot. Referred to board of health, Several citizins filed their protest agafust paving Fiftecenth street between Capltol avenue and Douglas street. The city clerk stated that he had em- ployed John S. Wood as his asslstant, and atked to have hls compensation of $100 per month allowed. 1t was done. The street commissloner reported that Mr. Stanley has half of Jones strest blocked. Placed on file, A large number of petitioners pray for the erection of a market house on St, Mary’s avenue. Referred to a special committee. David Van Etten wants more of Fif teenth and Marney streets graded than was provided for, He was referred to the committee on streets;and grades. Several petitloners pray to have Twenty-eighth street opened to its full with. Referred to the committee on streets and grades, The board of county commissioners indicated In a communication that they are ready to change the grade of Heraey streot as required. Referred to the com- mittee on streets and grades, A grievance from Max Boehneke against being over-aseessed on hls house and lot was received and referred to the judiclary committee, Charles Fanning puts in a bld of §75 for all the loose stone piled on Seven- teenth street, belongiog to the clty. Re- ferred to the board of public works. The contract and bond of E. J. Bren- nan for curbing a part of Cnming street was recelved and approved. Mr. James Oreighton informed the council that the amounts due contractors for making improvements in districts 1, 14, 17, 21, and 22 can now be pald. ORIGINAL RESOLUTIONS, By Bohm—Two resolutions for new sldewalks on Howard, Harney, Thir- teenth and Fifteenth streets. Referred to board of public works. By Ford—For sidewalk on Theth streat. Referred to same committee. By Furag—Ordering the lamp-posts on Cuming street changed. Referred to committee on gas. By Behm—Instructing the board of public works to repair the Intersection of Fifteenth and Douglasstreets, Adopted. By Goodrich—Asking for the appoint- ment of a committee of three to eottle damages Incurred to property owners on Farnam street caused by the change of grade. Adopted. By Behm—Instructing the engineer to make plans for a sewer on South Four- teenth street. Adopted. By Bohm—Iostructing the street com- misstoner to draln the pond of stagnant water on Fourteenth and Plerce streets. Referred to the comm!ttee on eewerage. By Goodrleh—Providirg for a com- mittee of three to confer with the board of educatlon with regard to the erection of a city hall. Adopted. By Goodrich—Instructing the city en— glneer to establish a grade on Phil Shert- dan street between St. Mary’s avenue and Howard street. Adoptea. By Leeder—Instructing the ‘fire chlef to sell all the old houses and other mate- rial that Is of no service to the depart- ment. Referred to the committee on public property and improvements. By Goodman—Instructing the board of public works to have a sldewalk, twenty feet wide, constracted of stone, |msjorlty of this company, I wan in block 122, on north side of Farnam |intormed that it was not worth street. the trouble, as it was considered By Furay—Providing for dividing the work of the committes on streets and grades. Referred to committee on strects and grades. the writer Is “‘non compos mentus.” To my knowledge the company has heen and is living as well as the average through- out the service, and the company com- mander, who 1s a good and efficient offi- cer, and thoroughly appreciated for his good “qualitles has done a great deal towards promoting the welfare of the company, and having been promoted from the renks is naturally conversant with the life and wants of a soldier in every particular. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES, The ordinance establishing a grade on Californla street was recommended for passage. Adopted. The committee on police recommended the Investigation of the police records under Judge Beneke's term of office, Adopted. The writer refers to his first sergeant The committee onp olice, Who|as a *foreigner.” Parhaps he does not bad =~ under consideration the ap-|attach sny materlal value tothe servicos of pointment of Andrew Frank for clty marshal, recommended that he be not confirmed. A motion to adopt the re- port was amended by Mr, Ford to con- tirm the appointment. The amendment was lost and the report adopted. The mayor’s communleation appoint- ing Eldrlage G. Floyd was recelved and referred to the committee on police. Two of the commlttee, Jno, B, Faray and Jno. F. Babm, having under consid- eration the appointment of James B. Oallahan ss strect commissioner, reported that he be not coufirmed. Mr, Ford made a minority report asking for his confirmation. The majority report was adopted. Immediately the mayor's communica- tion, nominating Patrick W. Lynch for the poeition, was read and referred. All the ordinances referring to grades of streets were reported on favorably. The committee un pollce recommended that the cow yards cn Twenty-fourth and Mason streets be moved, Adopted. The twenty bills sent in at the last mesting, for goods and labor furnished the clty, were ordered pald. The committee on paving and gutter- Ing recommended the passage of the ordinance providing for the paving of St. Marys avenue, in district 32, with Sioux Falls granite. Adopted. The committes on public property re- ported that they had examined Hanscom park and found it in very bad condltion, The committee was given authorlty to have the park olemng out and fitted up The comimittee that considered the communleation of Mayor Boyd at last meeting recommending that all cross- walks on Farnam street be lald with stones, and all other streets that are he; after to be paved, recommended that the councll take such action in the matter as it deems best. The petitions relative to paving Thir- teenth street, In district 33, were recommended for adoption, The claim of R, T, Shanuon & Co., for bullding & sewer on Dedge street, was np;‘mnd. 'he commiitee on board of equaliza- tlon reported that it had fulfilled its la. stractions with reference to the specisl s proposed, to pay the cost of con- structing sewers in disiricts 13, 15, 19, and 21, Adopted, The board of public works was author- ized to make settlement with Hugh Mur- phy & Co. and the Barber asphalt paving company. a foreigner. There are to my knowledge excellent and thoroughly efficlent cfficers and enlisted men in the army who came to thls country when the aid of foreign- ers was necded and welcomed, and who gave that ald willingly without consider— ing thelr nationality as a stigma. It Is bardly neceesary to make furthor reply, but if the man who wrote this scandalous letter was only known and not protected by the honor of journallsm he would find that the poor miserablo trash that join the army with this idea of ‘‘commission on tne brain” could and would not be tolerated in the ranks when abuse was to be heaped unjustly on elther com- missloned or non-commissioned oflicers. ““ALma.” ———— —The new county court room was carveted yesterday. —The Union Pacific general office building is being painted red, —The Nebraska state druggists’ association convenes in Omaha this aftsrnoon for a three days sestien, —Frederick Tachenhagen avd Anna Schroe- der were granted a license yesterday to pet married, —In the guardianship matter of Anna Maria Theresa Hansmannel a petition snd bond was filed yesterday with Judge McCul- lough of the county court, ~—A trio of three-card monte men attempted to get their fine work in on a Ppassenger com - ing up from Lincoln to Omahs yesterdsy, but he was too smart for them, ~The district court clerk will commence moviog his effects up to the new court house to-day, A force of men began laying carpet yesterday on the new court room floor, Among the many crooks, vags, drankards, and other sinful creatures pulled in out of thie cold last night was oue by the name of Con- stance Ford, who had a regular old-fashioned Italian dirk on his person, ~—The police saptured twosleek individuals last evening: who gave thelr names as J, E. Prico and Dave Hurst. Vagrancy fs the charge preforred against them, They are well dressed but have no visibls means of support, —A small wreek oscurred yesterday morn- g ot Papillion. Freight No, 40 of the Mis- when freight No, 25 came along and struck one car loaded with lumber, It was wrecked and the pilot of the engine was knocked off, —The championship game of checkers, be- twoen Whiteside and Waters, was concluded yesterday, resulting in a victory for White- side. Ten games iwere won by him to the otber man's seven, There were thirty-three draw games, —Ezra Ebright and the girl of his choice, NEW ORDINANCES, The followlng new ordinances were passed : Appropristing certaln monies out of the varlous speclal funds to psy for public works. Appropristing 8300 out of paving dis triot No, 1; $170.77 out of sewer district No. 14, and $133 b1 out of sewer districs THE DAILY BEE---WEDNESDAY, ouri Pacific was standing on a side track h Oora Bowman, made their appearance bef: Judge McCualloch yesterday morning and were married. Soon aftor the ceremony was over and they had gone the old womaa who claimed to be Ebrights undivorced wife also appeared on the scene but she was a little too late, Mr. Johnoy Bull, the “fiy” rooster wno has fonnd Omaha rather warm for him to stay in, made desperate efforts yesterday to get himself equared. His wife arrived on the soene from Denver, and Johnny had letters in his pocket notifying him that a number of his crook friends will be here shortly, Judge Stenberg says that this will not baa healthy place for lhemw; His Honor's 1dea. Judge Stenberg iy greatly grieved be- cause of the difficulties he labors under when It comes to dealing with crooks and confidence men. This difficnlty is con- fined to one source, and that ls the want of an attorney whose buslness it would be to look after and prosecute cases In the police court. The clty attorney ls either absent or too busy so much of the time that his honor is compelled to grant repeated ocontinuances In cages that ought to be put through at once. In conver- eatlon with a reporter yesterday the judge Indlcated that he proposcsto ad- vocate the fessibllity of having created the office of polica court attorney. “‘Why,” sald he, ‘‘glve some youg lawyer his 85 for every case that he prosecutes and convlets and in Jess than six months time I will bet that there would not be a dangerous character in Omaha,” The Idea eeoms to be a good one. e — The Hon. William McBain, commissioner of territorial and United States peniten- taries, Sioux Falls, D, T., is in the citv, at the Millard, o — TRAOED BY HIS MAIL, Arrest of & Man Who Has Been Guilly of a Great Many Bratal Orimes, N. Y. Times, The villisges of Reading, Stoneham, and Wakefield, suburbs of Boston, were groatly exercised during Janusry and February by assaults to which young women residing In them were subjected at the hands of an unknown frequenter of the loneeome places. The first of the assaults was upon Pha:be Philbrick. She was walking through the woods near Reading, when a tall, well-dressed young man surprised her and attempted to gag her. Her faithful Newfoundland dog, her only companion in the stroll, went to her reacue and drove her agsailant away. Within the next few weeks thirteen women returned to thelr homes with storiesof vlolence suffered at the hands of the prowling villaln. Excitement ran so high that it came to be a custom, with every fresh tale of as- sault, for the town authoritles to sum- mon the men to assarch by the ringing of the town bells, but the man always escaped. Finally, after a particularly bratal assault on a 15-year-old girl,which nearly resulted in her death, he disap- peared. The country people concluded —rlghtly, as the sequel proves—that the vigor of his pursuit had at last put him to flight. Unfortunately for himself, ho had given a photograph to one of the glrls ho had assaulted. She placed it in the hands of Constable John A. Maloney, of Wakefield, and it was discoyered that the man wanted was Staphen T. McCall, au Englishman, who had served In the royal armies. He had engaged in the Zalu war in South Africa, and at the closs came with his wife and ohild to this country and ssttled near Boston. All efforts to secure information as to his whereabouts were baflled at his home, but eventuslly it was learned he had fled to Jersey City, where he passed under the name ot Robert Sinclair. Saturday morning Postmaster Gopsill informed Chief of Police Murphy that he had re— cetved a dispatch from KEast Orange directing that all letters addressed to Robort Sinclaic be remalled to East Orange postoffice. Detective Hutton took the first train for that village, where he waited at the postsffico for the fugi- tive all day Saturday. Just before the postoflica closed Monday night, a hand- some-looking fellow stepped up to the window and called for Robert Sinclalr’s msil. Hutton heard tke nsme. ‘s your name Sinclair?’ he inquired of the strarger as he stepped up to him. “No,” was the quick responze, ‘“‘my name's Willia=s,” “‘What, then, are you doing with Sin- clair's mail?” “I am going to take It to him.” “‘Well,” Hotton finally sald, *‘1 guess yeu will do for Staphen T. McCall.” He clapped the handcuffs on the man’s wrists, und formally acqusinted him with the fact that he was a prisoner. McCall was brought to Jereey City and arralgned in Justice Stilsing’s court yesterday morning. He r.fused at rirst to return to Massachusetts without a requisition, but he reconsidered that determination and lator in the day left with the detec. tlve. e —— It 15 8 Sure as the Sun Rise To-mor- row, As sure as to-morrow’s sun rise is the Girand Drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery at New Orleans monthly, The next, the 181st, an Extraordinary Grand Drawing will take place on June 16th, when over $522,000 will go hither and yoo, to holders of 100,000 tick- ots at $10 each, or fractionsat 81, of which full information can bo had of M A.Dauppin New Orleans, La, At the 179th Grand Drawing, on April 14th, 1885, the following was the result: Ticket No, 59 076 drew the First prize of 875 000; It waa sold in fifths at 8leach one to John W, Haywood & L, Verdery, No. #8 Charles St , Savannah, Ga,, ono to J, A. B. Potnam, Mt. Pleassat, Texas, one to F¥. Szendrup, Donaldson- ville, Lia.; one to W, O. Parker 'of Windfall, Ind.; and another to & party in Washington, D, 0. The Second Prize—$25,000—won by No, 65,518, sold also in fifths— one to Henry Orban, U, 'S, Marine Hospita), San Franclsco, Oal,; one to Fred'’k Maas, New York city; one to Fred 8, Beach, 2.6 Fitth Avs,, N. Y. city; the other fifths went elsowhere, No. 64,68 drew the Third Prize of $10,000 was also old in fifths~ one held by Dan b, Mori- arity, No. 696 Sscond Ave,, New Yerk city; one by W. J. Collier, 621" G 8, N, W, Washington, D. C.; one collected by Eritton & Koontz, Bankers, Natchez, Miss,; two others by John M, Gles, No, 217 Croghan Stacet, Deteoit, Mich. The Fourth Prizes, . | each 86,000, drawn by Nos, 6,617 and 29,671 were scattered in fractions to Boston, San Fraucisco, 8t. Paul, Hanly, Ky., Gainesville, Teaas, and Mostaomary. Ala. Less Account, Arkansaw Traveller, ‘What's the matter?” asked a colored man, addressing his wife, who had come “Oh, T kain't work for dat oman,” “Yer ain't quit, 1s yer?” “Den wut's I gwine ter do? Gwine ter stan’ roun' heah an’let yer lawful husban’ starb ter death! I 'clar ter goodnesr, wimmln is gittin' lees eroonnt ¢bry vesh MAY 13. 1885. An Obeervant Resident of Long Ex- perience Tells the Truth About a Famous People — J Women - Patrioti Marriage and Di. vorce, New York Mall and Express Japan has been open to the world for a qaarier of a century. Her progress In that time is unparalleled in the history of nations. Or thls progress, her peo- ple, their customs, manners and ambi tions, much less 1a accurately known than we could wish, What is known has been gathered Jargely from books and maga- zine articles, written by superficlal ob- servere— mere ‘‘globe troitere,” who got their information where and from whom they may. The seaport towns, the two great citles of Yokohama and Tokio, are skimmed over ~-something new, strange or afartling ls recorded, the materials for the book ob. talned and the writer is eatisfied. The scenery of Japan fs unsurpassed in beauty ana varlety; mountaln and valley, ses, rlver and garden-like cultivated fields oonspire to make thls count.y a land of wongroun beauty. Here is the home of the tea plant and the maulberry tree. Here are the homes of craftsmen whote ekill and patlence and canning handi- work have made a high place for Japan- ese art In the western world, It is evl- dently impossible for the l‘m{vlu traveler to do justice to Japan, as a lifetime will hardly suffice. The writer’s residence ia this country of a quarter of a century, his knowledge of the language and of the people, gained In the practice of his prcfession among all classes and conditions, from the prince to the peas- ant, give him the right to speak for it. Japan was well advanced in oivilization when her ports were opened to the world, and her customs and Inmitutlons were not only worthy of study, but in many oases of imitation by nations who looked cn her seemingly from a vantage ground of Christianity and cultare. On no point has there been greater misunderstanding than in regard to the family and its re- latlons. Polygamy never existed Concublnage, which was formerly recog- nized, was confined mostly to the princes and nobles for the avowed purpose of se— coring perpetuity to the family in the male line. Early betrothals have never been as general in Japan as In other eastern countries, and they are now decreasing yearly, Marriages are arranged by the respertive parents asslsted by a man and his wife (mutual friends of the families) as an iotermediary. Contrary to the usual notion on thls subject, the wlehes of 1he young people are generally con- sulted. The statement sometimes made that the wife In Japan is a mere chattel, to be lightly acquired or disposed of, is absolutely false. Divorces among the better clastes are scarcely more srequent or more frequently sought for than in many parts of our own country. Our trlcky dlvorce lawyer would starve in Japan. If a divorce is demanded, the matter must be laid before the families of the coupls, with the inter- mediary spoken of, as arbitrators, aud peither the man nor the woman can be relessed from the marriage vow with- out their concurrence. As divorce must resalt in the sending of the wife back to the father for support, separations, ex- cept for a grave and sufficient reason, are not easily obtained. The position of a wife, and especially of amother, In Japan ig all that a true woman can deslre. It {8 not the custom, except on special oc- casions, for women to mingle soclally with man who are not of thelr own tamily by blood or marrfage. This restrlction 18 not impossd by the legal lord elomne, it is a part of the family organization and by the family imposed for the promotion of morality and good order in soclety. Nothing can exceed the beauty and har- mony ot the Japanese home. Disreepect and disobedience to parents arerare, and we have often been compelled to con- trast the famlly discipline of Japan with that of ourown, much to our mortifica- tion, The Japaness like the French, do not seem dispoted to emigrate ner do any considerable number seek other than temporary employment outside of their own country. There are in the United States west of the Rocky mountains a few more than a hundred Japanese. Of these, over half are government cflislals and their familles students and heads of mercantile houses, nearly all belonging to the families of the old feudal aristoc- racy: Many of those employed as sales. men in the Japanese shops are also de- cendents cf thcse famtlies. It may have been observed that the Japanese show frritatlon and annoyance at their being mistaken for Chinese in this country; but it baing once known that the Chinese here are exclusively from the lower clesses, except In the case of goveroment officlals, thelr resentment of this mistake can not be wondered at. Concerning the morals of the women of Japan, much that has been written and epoken s false, We venture to say that those who are most severe in their adverse criticlsm never entered a house of the Japaneso of the better claes, nor spent fifceen minutes In the precence of a Japanese Jady. Japan has provided a unlversity which compares favorably with msany in our own country in breadth and scope, and every day sces & step in ad- vancg of the old position, along the lines on which Enrope and America are marching toward sound scholarship. The young Japanese who are pursuiog thelr studles here are studious, at- tentlve and successful, It Is the testi- mony of thelr instructors that they stand elde by slde with our young men, and In some Instances outstrip them, and M. [ this {s done under the disadvantsge of study and recltation 'In a new langusge, Within & month a Japanese, Dr. Yokurs, won both wedals In a class of thirty-two members in the veterinary college In this clty—the first prize for scholarshlp and the firat for a thests. It may ob- served that the course of study In a veterlnary college is qulte £s complete as in many of our medlical colleges, Duane B, Sommons, M, D, German Insurance COMPANY. 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