Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 20, 1885, Page 4

DEMANDING TOO MUCH, The attorney general, Mr. Loese, has suddenly made the discovery that Dong- las county owes $36,660 to the speclal Insane tsx. He claims this money Is due as a per capita tax on each Insane person sent to the asylum from 4hls county, and that no per caplta payments have been made since 1873. The county commissioners, acting under the advice of the county attorney, Hon. John C. COowin, stopped payment of this tax on the ground that the expenses of the state insane asylam were provided for in the general tax, Mr, Leeso thieatens to THE DAILY BIE. Owxana Orrion No, 914 AxD 016 Fanwam St. Nrw Yorg Orrior, Roou 65 TrisoN® BuiL: 18NG, Published every morning, except Sunday. The only Monday morning daily published in bhe state. TRRMS BT MATL One Year..........$10.00 SixMontha ........ 6.00 | One Month... The Weekly Bee, Published every Wednesd TRRNS, POSTRAID. One Year, with premium One Year, without premiu: 8lx Months, without pre One Month, on trial........ CORRRSFONDRNCE ! All Communications relating to News and Editorial matters should be addressed b the Editon 0¥ T $ 200 THE DAILY BEE sleging him at Metz, ly fol. lowing the capitulation of Metz, Man- tenffel took the elties of Dieppe, Rouen, and Amiens, and finally closed the war by defeating the only forces that the French had left In the field. His ap- pointment as commander-in-chlef of the army of occupation was reward for his valuable services. Upon hls withdrawal from France, alter the payment of the last indemnity In 1873, he was made gov- ernot of Alsace and Lorraine, In hls death the Germans have lost one of their most {llustrious soldiers and statesmen, g mandamus the commissioners to compel them to make a levy to meet this alleged deficlency. The commissioners, on the other hand, do not propose to do any- thing of the kind, unless forced by a de- clslon of the sapreme conrt. The actlon of the attorney general is probably due to the suggestion of certain partles who think that Omaka and Douglas county ought to pay the entire ranning expenses of the state. The demand made upon thls county is unjust. Douglas county, it is trae,eends more patlents to the Insane asylum than sny ofher county In the state, but It should be borne In mind that many of theee patients are transients or persons who are deslgnedly unloaded upon Omaha by other clties and towns both in and out of the state. This Is largely duc to the fact of her boing a rallway center. If this class of patlents were excluded, It would be found that this county has no more Insane persons than any other county In proportion to population, It should also be remembered that Douglas county pays about ten per cent of the en- tire taxes of the atate, but when It comes to the benefits this county does not by anymeans receive herproportionateshare. 1t has frequently occurred that accommo- datlons have been denied to our patients on account of lack of room, or by reason that our quota at the ssylum was full, This demand for $30,666 looks very much like a plece of hogglshness on the part of certaln Lincolnites. They are willing enough to let Omaha have the privilege of paying the taxes for the state inatitutlons, only one of which is located here, When the state capitol is completed it will have ccst this county not less than $50,000. The re- form school, one-half of whose inmates come from Omaha, was located 200 miles weat, which compels us to pay transport- ation to and from that point. This school should have been located as near a3 poseible to the city that supplies most of the inmates. Perhaps we shall have an extra bill sent Into this county for that {netitution also. Let Lancaster county apply this rule to the State university, in which about two-thirds of the students come from Lincoln, and she would find that she would owe the city about $100,000. The same would be true of Nemaha county, in which the state normal achool is lo- cated. If Omaha s to pay euch extras as $36,656 for her insane, she Letter have an asylum of her own, as other large clties have. BUSINRSS LETTRRS, All Business Totters and Remittances should be addreesed to T Bra PURLISHING COMPANY, OMAHA. Drafts,Checks and Post office orders 4o be made pay Able to the order of the company. THE BEB PUBLISHING €0, Props E. ROSEWATER, Eprron A. H. Fitch, Manager Daily Ciroulation, P. O. Box, 483 Omaha, Neb. Srary says she does not want to sell Cuaba, and oar goverament saya that it does not waut 10 buy it. We would like to know what Cuba wants. Tae Om Herald s thorlty for thoe statement that Dr. Miller and Mayor Boyd are not in Washington in the In- terest-of any applicant for office In Ne- braska, The office-seekers would now like to know what they are there for, anyhow! Trk splendid display of feaits, flowers, and vegetables that {s belng made by the Douglas county horticultaral soctety Is not receiving the attention from our citi- zens that It deserves, The exhibition 1s befng held In the Capitol avenue skating rink, and the price of admisesion is merely nominal. It is hoped that our people will encourage by a more liberal attendance this first effort of the society. Tie owner of a demooratic paper, who wants to become postmaster at Councll Bluffs, charges Mr. Armour with being an offenslve partisan, Mr. Armour has attended strictly to his business, and is not, and never has been, the owner of any newepaper, offensive or otherwlse, and can in no way be regarded as an offensive partisar: to any one except the man who wants his office. If Mr, Ar- mour {s removed It will only show wnat a sham and farce clvil servico reform is as now adminlstered by the postmaster gener Tae liquor license in W ieconsin citles is $200, and they dignify this sum with the name of high license, and claim that it works satisfactorlly. Milwaukee, with a population of 150,000, has nearly one thousand ealoons, but the revenue there- from I8 not much more than that derived by Omaha—whose population is only about one-third that of Milwaukee— from 140 lliquor establishments, the 1l- cense of which 1s $1,000 each. If Mil- ‘waukee had a thousand dollar license she would have fewer saloons and a much larger revenue than she now recelves. A Milwaukee journal of recent date says: “Total recelpts to date of $192,500 for liquor licentes In this city answer the question as to whether high license is wise or not The recelpts last year were about $75,000, thus makings clear gain of $117,000. This {s not all, for a con- slderable number of the worst saloons have been tuppreesed. Bu' not enough have been ro destroged, and a licause fee of $500 would not only increase the mu- nicipal recelpts in a very marked degroe, but would lower the number of salcons and weed out yer more of the objectlon- able ones.” THE government has been defeated in the star-route eults against the Parkers, which have just been tried In a consoll- dated case at Topeka, This probably settles the fate of all the other cases agalnst the atar-route ring. The Parkers were residents of Kansas, and were backed by influential men and politiclans, among whom were the two Kansas sen- ators, and it is qulte possible that the jury was largely made up of their frlende, Judge Dundy, of Omaha, presided during the trial, The case sgalnst the Parkers was said to be the worst in the whole list of star-route frauds, and hence if the government cannot recover in such sults it will be useless to try to do 1t in others that are not nearly sobad. Commenting on the proceedings, with referance to the Parker case as well as others, the New York Times vags: As attorney-General Garland looks at Mr. Douglas’s expense account his thoughts will inevitably turn to the record of the long fight against this ring and to his depmtments skare of the work, When it was discovered that $8,000,000 or $10,000,000 had been stolen by the robbers the evidence against them was collected and sifted and the work of prosecu- tion was begun, What is the result? Not one cent recovered and not one guilty man pun- ished. The only defendant who has suf- fered imprisonment was a poor tool in Philadelphia who had given information to the government and who supposed that the government's promise of protection was worth something. It was a case of misplaced confidence, But while no money was recov- ered and no guilty man punished, hundreds of thousands of dollars were poured inte the hole that had taken the lost millions, in alleged attempts to inflict puniehment, In the whole history there is one bright page— the page that records the labors of an honest postmaster-general who saved $2,000,000 a year for the people by his fearless pursuit of the ring confractors and his relentless cutting of their fraudulent service, THE attempt to force upon the prop- erty owners of Thirteenth street the Colorado sandstons pavement, at a high. er price than is demanded for Sloux Falls granite, Is in keeplog with the policy pursaed by the sandstone agents ever since they have begun operations in this city. 1t Is fresh in everybody's mind how they sought to override the wlll of the property-owners of Farnam and oth- er sireets, and compelled them at great expense to invoke thepower of the courts to put a ostop to the fraud, The way they have worked up and put through the Thirteenth street pavement is, If anything, more dlsreputable than the Farnam street job which the courts enjolned. It has been shown, as we un- derstand by competent testimony, that partles were Induced t> sign the sand- stone petition on Thirteenth street under false pretenses. They wers assured that the cost would be very much below that of asphalt or Sloux Falls granite. Itls also asserted that many property owners, who were in Union Pacific em. ploy, were bulldozed by threats into signing the petition, A good deal of chicanery was also resorted to in getting property owners to change from one petition to another. It is not necessary to go Into detalls, but It is sufficlent to say that Thirteenth sireet, which could have been made oneof the most elegant thoroughfares, will bp apolled by this pavement If it is allowed to be lald. The blocks lald on Ninth street are s falr sample of what may be expeoted. Within elght months they have worn off more than Sloux Falls granite would in ten years, They will soon be no better than cobble stones, Now, whether or not the court grants a permanent fnjusetion the councll should by all means respect the remonstrance of the property-owners of Thirteenthstreet. They shouldnot force & costly and inferior pavementupon them azalnst thelr will, especlally when it s borne in mind that a large number of the property-owners are poor workisg men. There is auother polnt which the council should take into conslderation, and that 18 that no paving ehould be dene south of Leavenworth etreet until the Unfon Pacific has widened its brldge to the fall Tuz cement of the death of Fleld M, 1 Baron yon Monteuffel, closely following that of Prince Freder- ick Uhulul bas thrown Emperor William into great grief. *‘All my frlends are dylog,” mournfully eays the sged em- peror, who must soon follow them Baron Montenffel, like Pelnce Frederick Charles, was a distingulshed soldier, and by his efforts contributed largely to the success of the German Emplre, He was born in 1800, and was educated in the best military schools :n Prussia. In the army his talents, bravery and energy won for him rapld promotion, He be- ocame aide-de-camp to the king fn 1845, and in every campalgn he won renown, not only as a warrior, but as a military engineer. At the conclusion of the Schleswig-Holstein war he was re- warded with the governorship of width of the street. If the present ob-|Scbleswig. In the Franco-Prussian war structlons are allowed to rematn sfter | Baron Menteuffel commanded the First the street is paved, there is no tellivg | S¥my corps, and asslsted Prince Freder when they will be removed, Ick Charles in defeating Bazaine and be- Wirtiay L, AubeN, who has been ap- pointed consul general at Rome, {s the seml-humorous editorlal wrlter of the New York Times, He ls a highly eda- cated gentleman, and speaks the Itallan language fluently, Mr. Alden has visited Italy twice and has wrltten several news- paper and magazine arlicles en the reli- gious and political affairs of that king- dom, for which he has recelved the thanks of both Victor Emmanuel and the vatican, He will ba missed by the read- ers of the New York 7'mes, who have greatly enjoyed his pleasant and Ingen- lous wit. Dr. LoriNg, ex-commissioner of agrl- culture, has been notified that he will be held responsible for the use of the labora- tory money for purposes other than those for which it was Intended. It amounts to over $20,000, and he has been called on to deposit that sum In the treasury, or else he and his bondemen will be sued for it. His saccezsor will probably take warning and not spend the laboratory money for sorghum seed, as Dr, Loring dld. The lesson sought to be taught by this unplessant little incldent is that there is gome responsibility attached to the handling of government funds. TuE resignation of Presldent White, of Cornell univeraity, Is generally regretted by the friends of that institution, with which he has been connected slnce its foundation, some twenty years ago, we belleve. He has carried out the plaus of the founder, the Hon. Eara Cornell, whore intimate friend he was. It s due to Mr. White’a efforts that this young universlty took rank among the very first educational institutlons of the country almost from the very start. Mr) White goes to Earope for recrestlon and rest, and also to write a work on history and soclal sclence. — Tue people of Nebraska wul awalt, with a good deal of Interest, the publicity of the views which our new railroad com- missloners hold in regard to Inter-state commerce and rallway regulation. Whed Gere, Buschow and Cowdrey diaclose what they know about rallroadiog our people will have something to think and talk about. THE present Omaha postmaster may take some comfort in the statement of the St. Louis Globe Demoerat that “lt s announced that the president has decided not to disturb postmasters at the homes of senatora,” The democratic aspirant will, thorefore, have to patiently bide his tlme. Hox, P. 0. Hawes wants it distinctly understood that he does not wants his namo taken out of that fiva-cont Ist. He says he is not that kind of a man. On the other hand Gere’s man Friday wants bls name ineerted in the glorious list. TuE Crete (lobe calls Freddy's appeal for five-cent contributions boy’s piay. That's pracisely what it ls. OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. The ministerlal crisls precipltated by the dissolution of the Gladstone cabinet has resulted in a dead-lock. Although the Marquis of Salisbury, the tory leader, has been charged with the formation of a new cabinet, and Its members have been selected, the new premler is said to be serioutly embarrassed by the refusal on the part of the liberals to glve him their cheerful sopport in the house of commons, Lord Sallsbury is well aware that the withdrawal of Gladstone wasa piece of sharp practice on the part of the political leader to avold a threatened confllet within the ranks of hls own followers, To try to ocarry on the government In the face of a hostile majoerity in the house of commons, with almost a certalnty that he will be over- thrown in the new parllament which meets in February, s a task which even the Marquls of Salisbury hesltates to un- dertake. Lord Salisbury is, of all men in England, the last to Inspire confidence among the people of Great Britain, Lord Derby twioe refused to frame a cablnet, on the gronnd that he could find no timber fitted for the purpose. Yet on naither of thoee occaslons was the tory party w0 deplorably deficlent 1in suitable materlal as 1t now.. It was never called upon to face & more awkward sltuation since the great Peellte schlsm, and its re- sources in .mhhlnet to concord, disclpline, and generalship, as well as numbers, were never so inadequate. The strongest men it now contalns could hardly hope to mal head agalnst the innumerable obstructlos to a successful assumption of office at this time. But had the conservatives been forced to pat forward Sir Staffora North- cote for prime minster, the difficuities Inherent in the situatlon must have been grievously aggravated by the mischievous sotivity of qualities which for five years bave debarred them from profiting by egreglous blunders on the part of thelr political opponents, The selectlon of Lord Sallsbury is, under the clroum- stances, very much the best that could be made, There is probably no mora distinctively representative tory in Eogland than the man the queen has placed at the head of the ministry. The Marquls of Salisbury is the embodiment of aristocracy and of devotlon to arlstocratlc privileges, His public career has beea marked by more han one protest agsiast the extension of t2e franchize, Ho was the tory leader in the house of lords w the contest was made over the bill which recently be- oame a law, As a sta an, Lord Salls- bary has been dragged along by the times In which he lives. He belongs to a past age. Kven the slow-moving Knglish peo- ple have given the arlstocratic system soveral shocks. He has never moved faster than he was compelled to. The opposition of the Lords to the recent enfranchisement bill relaxed only under the menncs more or less dlstinotly made, that if the lords refused thelr assent the next contest would bo over their own exist- ence as & branch of the law.making power. Gladstono has been, and still ls, the especial dread of this class of tories. His policy exhiblts that masterly blend- ing of conservatlam and radloalism which the tories can least resist. An outright radical might be kept down for some years longer, Bat Gladstone has ad- vanced with the more intelligent voters, who comprehend that the time has ar- rived when the nobility must divide the earth with the people. He has gono as fast a8 ho could take the Influent!al classes with him. His abllity is so superlor that the lords are dumb in his presence. The vote on the beer tax affords the queen an opportunity to make Sallebury premier. She does not seem 0 have lost muchftime in coneld- eratlon, While the leading Liondon jour- nals were calllng upon Gladstone not to retiro, the queen telegraphed her accept- ance of his resignation. 1n o doing she conformed to custom, but under the pe- culiar conditions of the situation she might have shown more reluctance to part with ber minister. It is well known that the Salisbury ministry can muster a majority only by an alllance with the Irish wing of the liberal party. Such an alliance 1s unnatural, and cannot long contlnue. Salisbury 1s not a man of compromizes, He thoroughly belleves in the right of the arlstocracy to rule, and will retire sooner than sacritice hia princi- 18| Yet, to the surprise of all, two ples. The drift of the news from Londcn In- dicates that the bltter war waged by Par- nell and his followers upon Gladstone and the liberal party is to recoil speedlly and with great force on Ireland and the Irish party In the house of commons. The Irfsh leaders demand the end of co- ercion as the price of peace with any min. Istry, but the conservatives cannot pay it. To attempt anything of the kind would drive the great mass of the tory members away from the government and insure its Immediate defeat, while by bringing the Irish question to the front at once and breaking with the Parnellltes, 1t mightbe possible to dissolve tho liberal party. The radicals would go with the home rulers, and the old whigs would surely sympa- thizs strongly with the government. In cage they should join It the Irlsh mem- bera wntld find an oppoaltion majority so strong that their efforts against It would be utterly lmpotent, and thelr prestjge and Influence would end. In any case it ia difficalt to sse how the cause of home rule can fall to lose by the defeat of Glad- stone, The] tories will rot and cannot favor it ss much as the liberals did, and now the best friends of Ireland in Eng- laud, the followers of Gladstone, have been angered and weakened. The tactics of the Parnellites have been singularly like those of the prohibitionists in this country, Becauee they were not all granted thelr utmost demands by the only great party ever friendly to them, they have alded In driving it from power and putting their enemies in office. Just now Parnell is receiving a great deal of attentlon and praise from his admirers, but he may soon occupy about the same place in British politics which John P. 8t. John holds under the Cleveland ad- ministration. Gladstone has done more for Ircland than avy other English statesman of his times, and his downfall is likely to prove a great misfortune to that unhappy country. There will be grave apprehensions in Germany as to the effoct the death of Prince Frederick Charles and Field Marshal Manteuffel may have upon the aged Emperor William,” For some time bis magnificent phyaical system has been glving way before extreme age, and the wholesome and courageous eplrit which has animated him has been greatly affect- ed. His strong affectlons have always wade him suffer deeply from the shock of losing members of his family, and 1t s no- ticed that the recent death of his kinsman, Prince Karl Anton, the head of the Roman Cathollc branch of the Hohen- zollerns, moved him greatly. Until his time the two branches had been estranged, and the reconciliation was of: fected while William was yet prince ro- gent, and by his nrgent efforts, ninco when the kinsmen had been constant and falthful friends. The death of his nephew, the Red Prince, to whose splendid gene. ralship he has owed s> much, and who to the old emperor must have seemed in the very prime of life, cannot be other than a very terious shock. A curlous illustration of the intricacies of Mexlcan polltics has been farnished in the supposcd rupture between President Diaz and ex-President Gonzales, Thiy grew out of the necessity of submitting the accounts of the last year of the lat- ter's administration to en auditing com. mittee of congress. According to the law this committee, which has had all the materlal In hand since last fall, ehould have presented a report on the second day of this spring’s session—that is, two months sgo. But on one flimsy pretext and another, its report was delayed until the near approach of the constitutional limitof thesesslon, This prolonged avasion of duty was rightly surmised to Indlcat irregularities in the accounts which could not stand the light of day. Bat It was thought that Diaz would never allow his frlend Gonzales to be disgraced, and it was alleged that all this unlawfal delay was In accordance with his orders, and that no report would be made at all. 8 be- fore the close of the sesslon, the commit- tee brought In its report to the effect that grave abuses had been found, and resommending the presentation for im- peachment of the last secretary of the treasury and the treasurer-general. The debate which followed gave oocca- sion to most d ng charges agalnst the last adminlstration, the membera of which, from the president down, were openly charged, In the midst of the feantlc spplause of the galleries, with systematic robbery of the public funds. The raport was adopted by a vote of 142 to 40, the heretofore thick-and-thin sup- porters of Gouzales making haste to trim their ealls to the wind from the new quarter. The ex-president himself was reported to have left the capital in a fury, vowing vengeance upon his perfidions friend Dlaz, and It was the common be- lief tha the relations batween the two wounld henceforth ke bitterly hostlle, But the old- er and shrewder obsarvers are of the oploicn that It was all a pretty farce; that Disz found 1t necessary to do somethivg to quiet the popular indigosticn,” sand so ellowed the commiltse to make their re- port; but that nothiog will ever come of the impeachment, and that the whole af. SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1885 falr will now be allowed to lapse. In support of thelr view they point toa large number of technical defenses which might be snocessfally urged In behalf of the accueed officlals, and also declare that Disz wae with Gonzales up to the last me- ment before the latter’s departure, In the most frlendly and confidential conver- sation, 3ladstone has been offared an earldom by Queen Vietorla In gecognltion of his past services, but unlike his predecessor, Disrael', the bauble of a title of nobility has had no temptation for him, He has politely declined to accept, but will re- main plaln Mr. William E. Gladstone for the balance cf his life. MUSIOAL AND DRAMATIO, Effie Ellsler is summering at Long Branch, Mr, Edwin Booth is visiting Lawrence Bar rett at Cohaeset, M; Tho “‘Last Days of Pompeii” is _a gorgeons spoctaclo being presented at Manhattan Beach, Italian opera will be reviewed at the Grand opera house in Paris next winter, when Mme. Patti will appear, ‘‘Andrea” is the title of the new ' Sardou, which Mme. Janish will this country next season, Mme, Sembrich’s fame is assuming colossal proportions. She has been made royal opera singer to the king of Portugal, Mmo, Nilsson recently astonished a Paris audience by appearing in silka of the Swedish national colors, blue and yellow. Tom Keene, the tragedian, will epend his time this summer between his place on Staten Isiand and the sauds of Sea Bright, N, J. Osmond Tearle and Miss Minnie Conway sailed for England Tuesday, They are to play through the British provinces doring the coming season “The Three Mutketeers,” adapted from “‘The Three Guardemen,” will succeed *‘The Black Hussar” at Wallack's theatre, that is i the latter is taken off the boards before next fall, Mr. C. W. Couldock announces that among those whom he has engaged to support him in “‘The Willow Copse" next season are Mr, and Mre. Charles Walcott, Carrio Turner, and A. L. Lipman, Jennie Dickerson, an American, has a con- tract with Oarl Rosa for a provincial tour as contralto in place of Josephine York. Gor- ing Thomas has written a new song in ‘“Na- deshda” for her, The music hall at the expoeition in St.Louis will be opened with a great musical festival on October 28, The seating capacity of this hall will be very large and allow prices of ad- misison to be moderate. Miss Anderson’s tour of the English pro vinces commences in August, and her last performance takes placa in Dublin, on Sep- tember 27th, She will arrive in New York about the 5th or Gth of October, Miss Fanny Davenport has produced “Fe- dora” at the Baldwin theatre, San Francisco. M. Joseph Whelock supporting her in tho character of Loris Ipanoff. The play has been favorably received on the Pacific coast. King Louis of Bavaria has ordered the manager of the Royal theatre, at Munich. to produce Sardon’s “Theodora” at a cost of £40,000. His majesty is to bs tho eole aud- itor of the performanca, which is to b con- tinued during his pleasure, Louis 18 just a trifle exclusive in his tastes, South Carolina has a musical prodigy in the pereon of Miss Edith Plate. only 18 years of age and the dauchter of Professor Louis Plate, of Columbia, She renders the toughest works of Chopin apd Mendelseohn “'with a virtuosity that is truly astoniehing,” Mr. Joe Jeffarson and Joseph Murphy, the Irish comedian, have both etarted for the tishing grounds in Canada, Jefferson takes fishing easily, but Murphy is & great enthu- siast on the sport, and probably goes to more trouble to catch his fish than any other man in America, Still, he likes it. Mr, Henry Irving is adopting Mr. William G, Wille' ‘"Faust” for the Lycsum theatre, and is closely following the story as told Goethe's poem. Ho hopes to make the stag- ing of the new piece eclipse everything hero- tofore seen in London, Mr, Irving will take the partof Mephistopheles and Miss Ellen Terry will be the Gretchen. It may not be generally known that the Iate Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, secretary of state in Arthur's cabinet, essayed the stage when a very yourg man, as jeune promier, at Shire's Garden theatre, that etood on the site where now stancs the Burnett house, in Cin- cinnati, He played under hisown name, too, as the programmes of the time, about the year 1843, will show, There has been a novel idea introduced into London society entertaioments. Re- cently a party wasgiven, and the programme of music was *‘Opera Scenes’ —*‘Martha” and “Trovatore.” A emall stage, which had been orected with very little trouble, and without detriment to the walls or furniture, provided all that was required for the five artists who sung and played the three scenes from theso operas, Mme, Modjeska has just completed an en gagement in Dublin,whére ehe was called and ed after the curtain fell on the last act Heartsease,” until she satisfied ber ad- mirers by delivering a short address, Speak- ing, apparently withcut preparation or de- liberate intention, she disclaimed that the iden that their cheors were due merely to her “poor artistic merits.” “I know,” she imad, “‘that the largest share of the cor- ality with which you greet me is due to your sympathy for my dear Poland, a coun- try 80 akin to'your own in her misfortunes, her oppressions and_her hepes and undying prayers for liberty,” It is needless to say that thia excited the Dublin mob to the ut- lay by ring to te| While standiog so quietly he has most. Tho actress was conducted to her ho tel by a great crowd, headed by the *John Dillor. brass band," and there sho received a patriotic deputation headed by William Red- mond, M. P, The London papers say she will have to clect whether che is an actress or o politician before appeariog again in Eogland, e e— SINGULARITIES, The seed of the petuio grandifiora is worth 2600 an ounce, An eagle kept in Vienna. Austrin, died af- ter & confinement of 114 years, Swans on the river Thames have been” known to live 169 years and more. A stork in Court Square, Memphis, attracts agood deal of sttention, With one of his wings trimmed be cannot fly and will stand for a long time without meving wlnq or leg. requent chances to catch Koglish sparzows, He eats & fow of them each day, Some pest moss which was recently exhum- ed nesr Dumfries, Scotland, was found to contain seeds of plants dating from prehistor- i They were planted and at once bo- nate after a sleep of ages. The big boa-constriotor in Central Park, who has laid colled up 1n an unconscious state all winter, awoke from his lethaigy Iast woek Saturday snd, gradually peoling off bis last yoar's skin, displayed » shiniog new coat. The ng 01 of animals is generall double, but not always located in the head. In the clam it exists at the base of the foot; in some grasshoppers It s 1n the fore legs, and Lt appears on the wings of many insects. The suditory sacs of lobsters and crabs are ut the base of the antennie, Two years ugo several lurge iron spikes were for some purpose driven into 4 very old wpplo troo ne de, N, Y., that for years hud nearly st year 16 was filled wath large fine apples, ind now the blos soms «re plentiful enough to wi i g supply of fruit. The owner believes that the spikea restored to the tree its original prolific qualities, wud is mow trying the cxperiment on_ other trees in his orchir: Dr, J. L. Blair, of New tiavep, has con structed an astronomical clock which shows the earth, moon, and minor planets in motien about the sun, the minutes, bours, days, weeks and months of the year. Mercury revolving about the san, andits superior and inferior copjunction with Venus snd the earth; aleo when it is the eveniog aud morning Venus is shown in its orbit the same ws The clock gives the whole system cf tides, all the phases of the moon, solar, and sidereal time, periodical aud synodical time, snd the earth's passage through the constellations of the z.diac. About u mile ahove Muguolin Dell, in Muckalee Bwimp, G, o colony of beuvers have settled, The site of their home is well chosen, Tt is at a sharp bend in the creek, o long open reach extending southward and In the rame manner wostward, the lind side it Is protected by n boggy morass, which, intersecting above and below with the creek, makes anialand. On this island they have bullt their mud fortrees, and a queer lookin structure it is, made of eaplings and pieces o bark and branches skillfully interwoven. The trees in the vicinity exhibit marks of the sharp teoth of the busy Jittle animale, and o fish trap near by hay been utterly demolished. A correspondent of the San Franclsco Ex- sminor writes from Lake View, Oregon: ‘A wonderful fish is bacoming numerous in (ioose Lake. It is called by rome the greanback fish, for it is certainly an_iuflationist, It has the power to il ftself with air until it becomes very much liko a ronnd ball, OFf evenings about sundown they may be reen playing on the surface of the water, They will swell up by taking in tte air and the wind will blow them over the lake, They reflost all the col- ora of tho rainbow, and when sportinz over the lako are a grand sight. A hunter soveral weeks ago saw o crane swallow one of thes: fish when in & normal condition, but before the crane had got more than fifty feet up above the lake the fish had taken in enough air to explodo the crane, whichy at the sound of areport like that of a gun, flow all to atoms, and the fith came lightly down on the water, 1o worae off for the short ride in the air. The fish is o great curiosity, never hav ing been found, 1 believe, in other waters,” The last statement is authentic, ———— McCulloch’s Re fllnlnccnu(‘s of Lin coln Ex-Secrotary Hugh McCulloch has contributed an interesting article on Abraham Lincoln to a recent Isyue issue of the New York Tribune, from whish the followlng extracts are taken: “The history of Mr. Lincolu’s life,” ho eaye, ‘“is an exceedingly interesting one—more In- teresting In many respects than that of any other man which our country has produced. ©Mr. Lincoln’s character it is difficult to analyze, eo rare and seomingly incon- gruous wera {ts combinatlons, Instead, therefore, of attempting an analysie, I must confine my remarks to a description of his appearance, and of his prominent and sivgalar, it not inconslstedt, charac- teristies. In form Mr Lincoln was tall and angular, lacking In compactness, but strong and sturdy, with great capaolty for work and powor of endurance. His fea- tures were coarse and to strangers un- comely, but_prepoes:ssing to those who became hls friende. Hls face, dall and heavy when in repose, was all alight with Intelligence when in conversation. The first time I saw and heard of him was at Indlanapolis shortly after the con- cluslon of his debate with Mr. Douglas. Careless of his attire, ungracefal in his movements, I thought as he came for- ward to address the sudience that his was the most ungalnly figure I had ever seen upon & platform. Grave and se- date in manner, he was full of kind aund and gentle emotions. He was fond of poetry, Shakespeare was his dellight. Few men could read with equal expres slon_the plays of the great dramatist. “‘The theater had great attractions for hlm, but it was comedy, not tragedy, he went to hear, He had great enjoyment of the ‘plays that made him laugh, no matter how absurd and grotesque, and he gave expreeslon to his enjoyment by hearty and nolsy applause. He was a man of strong religious convictions, but he cared nothing for the dogmas of the churches, and had little respect for their creeds. *‘The habit of story-telling was form- ed In hls early professional life, when, in company with a few other prominent members of the bar, he visited counties at long distances from his awn to try im- portant cases, The hablt thus formed osume that I a playfal way of saging the andlorde are getting ready for business, Strawberry shortoake has been served out to all the prisoners in the Arkansaa peniten tisry, despite the provisions of the con. stitution concerning crusl and unusual pun-~ ishments, A western postmastor says that he has been reported as an offensive partisan because he has refused to lick stamps for the yonng women who sends latters throngh his office, [New York Tribune, Tnan Obio town the othsr day a woman went about insisting that she was mayor of the place. She declared, also, thut she wanted to resign, and then everyhdy knew that she was insane.—[Philadelphin Pross, Nothing makes a man fecl prouder than to find when he has got his garden nicely Iald out and the soeds all in, that every hen with- in a mile of him seems determined to have a claw in the job, and to show him_how she would have arranged mattera if ho had con- sulted him, We would like to find a sciontist in this enlightened countey who cosn satisfactorily oxplain how a boy's shirt gets turned wrong side out o warm day whon he has ben “right to school and bask.” There never was a boy ;vhu could 1imaging how it happened, — [ Boston Yont, Attorney-General Garland decidos that an Indian cannot hold a postoffica, Not having n very voice in the matter this paper will not criticise the attorney general's decis- ion, but it does seem that a man who can hold a buck jumpiog pony can hold almost any- thing.—[Arkansaw Traveler. Meon in New York arn gotting drunk on 112 different brands of liquors, The drunk doesn’t exhibit any marked difference_in the brauds, The snakes that are evolved out of Kentuoky Dew, Golden Wedding, Waterfill, New Hope, Old Crow,et al.,, aro reported to be of about the same color, sizy and twlat, Thbe names are highly fanciful, George Francis Train, as he sits in Madi- son rquare, will speak to no one but children, stubbornly turning away from grown people. The other day he wrote: “T dwell amid the thronging square And am Immortal called; 1 hate the fools who come to stare Anud eat like oxen stalled,” “Pwo beers, two ginger ales and a glass of water,” ordered one of five friends who drop- ped into a German restaurant on Sunday. The waiter seemed bewildered. ‘‘Doe peer, doo goenger, one—" "“Water, water. A glass of water,” “Wader?' ‘‘Yes, water, plain water.” He ehook his head incredulously and fetched two boers, two gingar alos and a rye- bread-and-ham sand wich, The Reno Gazette came out the other day with this strong hint: “If the property- holders expect the boys to turn out at the next fira they had better show them some cigars, as they feel very sore over not getting « ‘thank you' from angbody.” The editor has since explained that he wrote “‘signs’ where the compositor set *‘cigats,”"— [Sacra- mento (Cal.) Bee. “1 don’t see much of my husdand mowa- daye,” sighed & West side woman, dejectadly, conversing over the back yard fonce with & neighbor. “What 13 he doivg most of the time?” “He's working in the pail factory.” “Where's that?” “I don't know exactly, "1t is somewhera down town. He calls it & ‘bucket shop,’ but I think the name ‘pail fac- tory’ dossn’t mound quite so harsh and dis- graceful.”—[Chicago Telegran. e — Seasonable. Now naturo wears a_joyous smile, The girls aro wearing foathers, And the dudo is out in his new white tile, And u pair of patent leathers; Once more the days are warm aud bright, The birds are gayly singing, And the ice cream peddier’s bell at night In the thoroughfare is ringing. —[Boston Courier. Great Gladstone, now thy good axo seize! The Britons yet will have their senses, "Tis easier far to cut down treas Than to cut down Jobn Bull's expenses. —[Louisville Courier-Journal. A cucumber is bad for food It breeds internal strife; became a part of his natare, and he gave free rein to it, even when the fats of the nation seemed to be trembling n the balance. Some elght or ten days after the firat battle of Bull Run, when Wash- irgton was utterly demoralized by the result, I called upon him at the White House, in company with a few frlends, and was amszed when, referring to some- thing which had been said by one of the company about the battle which was so dlsastrous to the union forcss, he re- morked in his usual quiet manner: ‘That reminds me of a story,” which he told in a manner so humorous as to indicate that he was free from care and appre- hension. This to mo was surprising. 1 ¢>uld not then understand how the pres- ident could feel like telling a atory whea Washington was in danger of being cap- tured and the whole north was dismayed; and I left the White house with the feel. 1ng that I had been mistaken In Mr. Lincoln’s character, and that his election might proye to have been a fatal mistake. This feeling was changed from day to day as the war went on; but it wes not entiraly oversome until I went to Waeh- ington in the spring of 1863, and as an ofticer of the government was permitted to have free intercourse with him, 1 then perceived that my estimate of him before his election was well grounded, and that he possessed even higher quali- ties than I had glven him credit for; that ke was a man of sound judgment, great singleness and tenacity of purpose, and extraordinary sagacity; that story- telling to him was a eafety-valve, and that he indulged In it not only for the pleacuroe it afforded him, but for a tem- porary rellef from oppreseing cares; that the habit had been g0 cultivated that he could make a story illustrate a sent- ment and give point to an argument. Maoy of his storles were as apt and In- structive a sthe best of -1l:0p's fables. All of his storles, however, were not of this character, ~Next to the theatre he liked to tell stories and to listen to them, The evening of the day on which the reports of Sherldan’s great victory In the valley of Virginia were recelved I spent with him in company with Mr, Randall, postmaster-general, and a few of Mr. Lincoln's personal friends at the Soldiers’ Home. Mr, Lincoln was in the best of spirits, and Rendall was also s good story-teller. For two hours there was a constant run of story:telllng—Lincoln leading and Randsll following—a contest between them as to which should tell the best story and provoke the heartipat laughter. ~ The storles were not sucl as would be listened to with pleasur very refined ears, but they were ex 8 ingly funny. The verdlot of the listgn- ers was that, while the storles were equally good, Mr. Lincoln had displayed the most humor and skill. o — PEPPERMINY DROPS. The Bwedish government must be opposed to gambling. It is closing up Faro Sound, It is the husband of the woman who snores that has plenty of time for midnight reflec: tion, 1f & man fails he attributes it to bad luck; if he succeeds he aitributes it to his own shrewdness, The bull dog 18 & good deal like & commer- cial traveler, He has about as much cheek and as strong & grip, The butcher who was shot at by the western circuit judge doubtless regards the official as an offensive partisa R. B. Hayes is saic to kill all hls azed heps in June, Look out for tough chicken sand- wiches on the glorious Fourth ! There is an artesian well in Savaonah, Ga , 700 feet deep, and the milkmen in that city all have a sad look. —[Boston Post. An Todian chief has just died in Michigan at the age of one hundred and six years, It took bim a long time to become xoot‘. A New York exchange says: '‘Sharka are beginniog to show st Lopg Brauch,” We Who eats 1t never comes to good, Tt cuts up like a wife. —[George Francis Train. ———— NEWSPAPER OUTFITS. 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