Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 12, 1886, Page 4

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Feil, cashier of the Bee Publishing eompany, does solemnly swear that the ac- wial cireulation of the Daily Bee for the ‘week ending June 4th, 1556, was as follows: Saturday, l-.-mh. PR st. Tuesday, 1st., . Wednes b hursda; riday, 8. th, Average...... N. P, FEIL. Sworn to_and svbseribed before me, this Bth day of June, A. D, 158, SimMoN J. FIsnER, Notary Publie. N. P. Feil, holn‘x first duly sworn, deposes ind says that e is cashier ‘of the Bee Pub- ishing cmulmuy. that the actual average daily cireulation'ot the Daily Bee for the mnth of January, 1885, was 10,378 copi February, 1586, 10,505 copies. , 11,637 copies; ‘for April vopies; for May, 1580, 12,430 co) N. P. Fem. Sworn to and subseribed before me this ~8rd day of June, A. D, 188, SioN J. FISHER, Notary Publ o8, Posey Witson, well known to many of wur citizens, has been rejected as assayer of the Denver mint. He is now one of @he posies blooming in the democratic graveyard, Just now the most profound sceret 1s the location of the cable road. Can not some of the managers take their wives to their confidence for a few days and t them whisper it in confidence to their “eighbors. It wonld pay the board of public,works Yo walk down karnam strect from Six- jeenth to Tenth in a body and see how ine pavement is being rumed. If the same kind of work is ‘allowed to go on another year the whole pavement will have to be taken up. THERE is promise of interesting events im the kingdom of Bavarin. The erratic pourse of King Ludwig,- who for a year or two has been thought to be little better g¢han a madman, has at last brought sbout a formidable effort to dethrone bim, and unless the king is without a fol- Jowing a serious internecine conflict is assured. In any event, Bavaria is for the smoment the most interesting spot on the European continent. 2 THE county commissioners, in acting . #s aboard of equalization, can neither } raise or lower the aggregate county as- sessment, They can simply distribute the burdens of taxation more equally where mistakes have been made by the msseasors. But the ocity council are re- strained by no such proviso. They aro | not bound to accept the returns of the wssessors as the total valuation of the . wards. If they see fit they can raise the @ssessments of any or of all the wards of ~ 8he city to figzures which will make the ®ity assessment represent something like & fair valuation of Omaha real cstate. emm———— Tue Ber to-day is a twelve - page paper. Besides the usual quantity of telegraphic, state and city new: Rains an interesting variety of mis The *'Story of Trembling Hand—The Le- gend of Crazy Woman'’s Fork,” written specially for the Bee by General James * B, Briston, will no doubt be read with @reat interest and be appreciated for the moral it draws. Will, L. Visscher con- ~ tributes o Wyoming story, entitled ‘*'Rose ~ Winthrop,” written m charming style. Fhe letter from Milan, Italy, by Miriam Chaso, an Omaha lady, is well worth weading, as is also our special New York Jotter, headed *‘Life in the Metropolis.” Among other articles that will attract at Rention, is “The Capture of Generals Lrook and Kelley.” Thers are still other delectious which will entertain the read- © srw of the Bee, 4 Smep— 1IN the United States senate on Thurs- Mr. Beck of Kentucky sueceeded ‘with very little difliculty in having passed [ by a large wajority his bill to prohibit . members of congress from accepting | retamnors or employment from railroad - @ompanies which have received land i ts or pecuniary mid from congress. suthor of the bill rightly regarded it earrying its own argument, while ‘other senators doubtless realized the ex: 1 ency of avoiding discussion. An upt was, however, made to send the 10 a eommittee where it might be d, but this plan of getting rid of the re was not very persistently urged it was passed by a vote of thirty against eleven. It will probably the house by an equally decisive ority. The measure 18 a good one. 18 notorious that mewbers of congress, d more particularly senators, have for mecepted retainers and been the d attorneys of great railroad corpora- ons, ana it is hardly questionable that legislativo action of these congressmen h respect to anything aflecting the in- of such corporations, has been or less colorad and influenced by connections with other corpora- . The result has been the almost plote loss of public confidonee in the y of nongress Lo legislate justly and veference to the paramount inter- of the people regarding any matter’ ,which the interesis of the great rail- corporations are to any degree in- d. Aitisquite ime that this stigma cas were removed and the dence of the people reassured, 1t is jot certain that the biil of Senator Beck will fully accomplish this; » way may be to evada its requirements. But it ong stop in the t direetion, and bavo gencral popular wpproval. The Diplomatic and Consular Service. The democratie party during all the period in which the republicans held con- trol of the government was not partial to the diplomatiec and consular service of the country. The representatives of that party in congress persistently demanded the most rigid economy with respeet to this service, and with the democratic press united in characterizing it as for the most part an exteavagant luxury for which there were few compensating ad- vantages. Appropriations for this service were fought more vigorously than those for any other. The policyof the govern- ment has at no time been so generous re- garding this branch of the public service a8 is that of other great nations. While England, France and Germany encour- age their diplomatic and consular repre- sentatives by liberal allowances and the assurance of permanent tenures, those of the United States, with a few exceptions, aroe ill paid and Iraye no sceurity in their positions beyond the 'm of the ad- minstration which appoints them. There was nothing extraordinary in the fact that a service thus treated, and the representatives of which were re- garded by a large element of their conn- trymen as mere pensioners upon the publie, should have become somewhat degenerate, and thereby in a measure given warrant to adverse criticism, There came a time of improvement, however, since which the diplomatic and consular service of the United States has been on a better basis as to eflicicucy than ever before. One of the first dutics to which Mr. Evarts addressed himself, when he became secretary of state, was that of infusing new life into this seryice and stimulating our representatives abroad to greater care and thoroughness not alone in the performance of their rou- tine duties, but in supplying valuable commercial and other information to the department, whicn was made easily ac- cessible to the press of the country for the information of the people. It would be quite impossible to compute the value which this generally ac- curate and trustworthy informa- tion has been to numerous in- rerests, but no reasonable man will doubt that i¥ bas been very great. There are well attested instances of the material benefits that have resulted from it, and the more intelligent among the great merchants and manufacturers of the country who are ever on the lookout for foreign markets could undoubtedly sup- ply hundreds of such examples. In an- other field of inquiry our eflicient consul at Marseilles last year supplied the de- partment with elaborate information re- garding the origin and development of cholera in that city which may yet prove to be of priceless value. There has been no period when capa- city, care and efliciency in the diplomatic service of the country were more neces- sary than now. Speaking on this subject afew days ago, Senator Conger ot Michi- gan said: “To my mind to-day the great demand in the condition of the American people is for agents—intelligent, bright, enterprising men—in cvery country on this globe to see what kind of products American manufacturers and American producers can find a market for. In this great teeming country of ours, with its industries and its wealth and its produc- tions, while business is in a state of stagnation here at home, and while thou- sands of men are either idle or dissatis- fied for want of full employment, I think the wise thing for this government to do is to look over the face of the world and see where the productions of the indus- tries of our people may find a market, so that the cry, whether true or false, of overproduction, which leads to a lack of demand and sale of our productions, may be obviated, that industries may be encouraged, that there may not be over- production, because we can find markets all over the world for one or another of those productions which fill and glut our own market.”" Since the necessity of maintaimng a diplomatic and consular service is obvi- ous and indisputab's, the only question is whether it shall be given a parsimonious or a liberal maintenance. Every man who adequately understands the matter will support a generous policy m re- spect of this service. Match the Pavements. Mr. Frenzer has put down a very sub- stantial and sightly stone sidewali oppo- site the post oflice, Milton Rogers, Mr. Hellman and other heavy property owners have laid slagolitbic pavements that are a pleasure to look at and walk on. Mr. Strang is showing his usual en- terprise by placing a cestly slagolithic walk in front of his iron block. Now: let us see whether other property owners will follow suit. Itis tne duty of the chairman of the board of public works to compel the owners of property on Farnam, Douglas and other leading thoroughfares to level their walks to grade the full width and cover them with substantial paving waterial. This duty has been shamefully neglected. Every other block on Farnam is an eye sore and disgrace. The plea that the owners can't afford to lay good sidewalks will no longer hold good. People who ean’t afford to pave their walks should dispose of their property and buy acre tracts outside the city. We have spent more than a million dollars in pavements within the last three years, and we cannot allow dilapi- dated wooden sidewalks on paved streets to mar the beauty and destroy the effect of costly public improvements which have given Omuha s reputation that no other city in the west enjoys. Good pave- ments must be matched with good side- walks, Pronibition in Rhode Island. The little state of Rhode lisland, which is about as large as a small Nebraska county, is all torn up over the question of prohibition. The people last fall thought they wanted a prohibitory law and the legislature lost no time in giving it to them. Prombition was declared and the most rigorous execution of the law was at once adopted, A state con- stabulary force was installed and Colonel Brayton put at its head. And now the good people of Rhode Island are receiv- ing a full dose of the prohibition medi- cine with the resultof a tremendous reaction aguinst prohibitory legislation. Public meetings are being held all over denouncing the law as vindietive, des- potic and iniquitous, and as opening the door for the detestable spy system. This is decidedly entertaining. It would be interesting to know what the good people of Rhode Island really want, After giving their approval to. prohibi- tion, do'they imagiue for & mement thiat it could be enforced without a spy sys- tem? Prohibition and the spy sys- tem are inseparable. Every prohibitory law has been a dead letter wherever introduced, with hordes of spies and informers to secure evidence for its en- forcement. Thishas been the experience in Maine, in Kansas and in Towa. 1f the people of Rhode Island had been earnestly anxious to check the evils of the liquor traffic and to repress its worst features by alaw which eould be enforced they should have adopted a high license system, which is to-day operative and ef- fective in Nebraska. Prohibition never has been and never willbe enforced. In- stead of crushing out the liquor traffic it means free trade in the sale of intoxicating beverages. It is a material injury to every state where it has been put in oper- ation. High license throws the business into responsible hands, gives communi- ties where public sentiment can maintain local option the power to suppress ligquor selling, calls to its enforcement the opin- ion of the best classes of citizens, and gives to the state a handsome revenue for the schools.] * THE board of county commissioners is now sitting as a board of equalization and will remain in session for some days to come. If the commissioners do their duty they will find plenty of work to en- gage their attention in revising the assess- ment rolls and in equalizing the value of property listed. Their especial attention 18 directed to the shameless discrimir tion practiced in the asscssment of the property of wealthy capitalists in the First, Second, Sixth and Third wards of this city and to low listing of lots in outside additions which are held for sale at prices scarcely below property of like character within the city limits. Last year the as- sessment roll of Douglas county footed up less' than $10,000,000 which was about one-twelfth of the value of the real estate within the county limits. This year on the assessment roll as handed in, the advance will certainly not be over $£2,000,000 or $£3,000,000. On a proper equalization of as ments by the commissioners, Douglas should have at least 20,000,000 upon which to make the tax levy of 1887. That sum would be scarcely a sixth of the act value of real estate alone, leaving personal prop- erty quite out of consideration. It is the desire of Mr. Drexel, the owner of the cottage on Mount Me- Gregor, in which General Grant died, to convey that historic property to the United States. There arc excellent rea- sons why it should pass into the posses- sion of the government. As the property of the whole people it would be preserved, and for generations to come would be re- garded witha patriotic interest and afleo- tion equal to that which attaches to Mount Vernon and to the tombs of Lin- coln and Garfield. Leftto private owner- ship there is the possibility of it falling into the hands of some mercenary per- son who would degrade it to the purpose or personal aggrandizement. More than two months ago a bill was introduced in the house authorizing the United States to take a conveyance of the Mount Me- Gregor cottage, and it was sent to tho committee of which Mr. Beriah Wilkins, of Ohio, is chairman. Wilkins is a bour- bon of the bourbons, and consequently the measure has slumbered in a pigeon-hole of his committee room or been more securely hidden away in the recesses of his pocket. It does not ap- pear that any leading democrat among Wilkins’s colleagues is opposed to’the object of the bill, but Wilkins represents a constituency which would be more at home in South Carolina than in Ohio, and their representative doubtless feels that his claim upon their respect would not be strengthened by a favorable re- port upon this bill, and since he could not, with any decency, report unfavor- ably, the safer alternative is to bury it. Ohio 18 not greatly honored by its pres- ent representation in congress, and the least worthy of the lot is Mr, Beriah Wilkins. Other Lands Than Ours. Mr. Gladstone’s home rule bill re- ceived its death blow on Tuesday in parliament, and on Thursday the an- nouncement of an approaching dissolu- tion of the session was muade by the premier Parliament will be dissolved before the end of the present month and the new elections will be over by the 1st of August. There is general satisfac- tion expressed over Lord Hartington's refusal to form a coalition ministry. It is well understood that he was pressed by the queen to undertake the task. Such an attempt would have been foredoomed to failure, only postponing for a few months at least the inevitable appeal to the country. The coming elections are now the topic of ab- sorbing political interest, for which all parties are making preparations. Mr, Gladstone will enter the campaign in person, lssuing an appeal to his Mid- lothian constituents, which will also serve as a general appeal to the liberal party. The split between the whigs and that branch of the liberals in favor of home rule is so complete thata whig candidate will oppose Mr. Gladstone in Midlothian. *" The electoral campaign will be made on the sole issue of home rule, for which 250 members of the present parliament voted. Whatever may be the complexion of the new house, it will at least have the merit of knowing its mind on the subject of home rule. During the month or six weeks interveming between the speedy dissolution which all agree in expecting and the general election nothing but Ire- land and the Imsh guestion will be dis- cussed, Every whig, liberal and radical candidate will stand or fall by his attitude toward home rule. The general political advantages of a house chosen thus iu the daylight, upon clearly drawn 1ssues, are obvious. It seems probable that the advantages to the ra- tional demands of lIreland will be equally manifest. The improved organ- ization of the new voters and the force of the Irish electorate in England and Scot- land, thrown this time where it belongs, will be powerful elements, too, in achiev- ing the great final victory over olass in- tolerence, religious narrowness, and race violence which the coming election prom- ises. . I’. ‘T'he determination of the French gov- ernment to expel the Orleans princes from France is not surprising. So long a8 they represented but one of three THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATU monarchical parties theit infiuence was not of much importance, But since the death of the Count de Qhgmbord and the prince imperial they have become prac- tically the chiefs of the reaction in all its forms, for Bonapartism' 1¢ 1n a state ."' collapse. Aud 1t is said that their in- trigues have embarrassed fhe diplomatic relations of France with both Germany and Russia, the former hating the ()rlvl_m.l family and the latter ooquetting with them. But it is a confession of weakness on the part of the republic to propose their expulsion, and the weakness has been earned by the crude and violent policy of the republican leaders ever since the resignation of President Mac- Mahon. * A dispateh from" the (ity of Moxico reports that a careful egimate of the fiscal year ending with this month shows that the earnings of the Mexican Central railway will be slightly more than $4,000,000, and that the running ex- penses will be about $2,4(0,000, leaving a net income of $1,600,000, or about 4 per cent on the capital. This is avery favorable showing, all things considered, and may do something toabate reported opposition among some of those most heavily interested to the present manage- ment of the road. e The Chulian president’s recent address to congress offers further evidence of the prosperity and growth of the ‘‘model re- public’’ ot South America. It is a fact of no small significance that in this little country of Jess than 2,500,000 people, there are 910 public and 508 te schools, besides several educational institutions of special character; that immigrants in groat numbers are being attracted, and that still greater effectiveness has been given to the army and , and exten- sions to the postoflice and telegraph sys- tems. Certainly the rapid development of this order loving people isin marked contrast with the other republics of South America. * *x Doks Russia mean war or peace? The fact that she still keeps her q 1 with Prince Alexander open, ihat Greece has not acceded to the demand for a redue- tion of the army to a peace footing, and that the czar reg es an address speak- ing of the hope that the orc will yet shine on Sovhia, seem to indicate the probability of a war in the east. The conversion of a large part of the Russian debt by the Berlin bankers on favorable terms rather points the other way, as showing that the bourse believes in the continuance of peace. Perhaps the czar is waiting for an English general election to furnish him a favgrahle opportunity. S It is indicated from Washington that the Pan Electric investigation will result in a whitewashing repert. 1t is under- stood that the majority of the house com- mittee can see nothidg wrong in the fact that federal officials speculated in the stock of the Pan Electric company, and are equally obiivious to any-irregularity in the course of the department of jus- tice in the obvious interest of this corpor- ation, of the stock of which Mr. Garland isa large owner. Thisrésult was to have been expected, albeit every reputable democratic journal in the country has most vigorously condomned the course of the attorney general and all others iden- tified with the evident conspiracy. ——— T PERSONS. Dr. Sunderland received $100 for marrying the president. Lord Healey's debts are $230,000, and his assets nothing. Mr. Henry M. Stanley hasreturned to Paris and may probably visit this country. Willlam Weightman, the patent medicine man, pays the heaviest taxes in Philadelplna. The Rey. Dr. Sunderland reeeived a hand- some fee, but Colonel Lamont’s fee cannot be paid in money. Secretary Manning bore the journey to Iot Springs remar ly well, and suffered no fatigue from the trip. Sunset Cox writes that he finds the diplo- matic services tiresome and frequently wishes himself back in the house. Gov. Abbett'of New Jersey is one of the patentees of ‘“anew device for regulating and enriching illuminating gas,” The handsomest lady elerk in the interior department is Miss Lane, sister to the newly appointed secretary af New Mexico, John Plankinton used to keep a little butchershop in Milwaukee. To-day he can hop up a million-dollar bill and never feel it. Dr. Henry G. Hanchett, to whom it was sald Miss Murfree, the novelist, was engaged to be married, writes to the New York World denying the rumor, Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland will in a few days return to her home at Holland Patent, N. Y., and foliow literary pursuits hereafter. Her book has thus far brought her §12,000, Mr. Henry Irving, accompanied by Mrs. Terry and her eldest daughter, expects to leave Laverpool on Saturday, July 31,for New York on a short tour for rest and recreation, Mrs, Mary A, Livermore is one of the latest vietims to nervous prostration and other troubles caused by overwork. She is not able to attend the New England anniversa- ries, —_— Concerning the Duty on Wool, Galveston (T'ex.) News, “There Is no duty upon the growth of wool that is pulled over the eyes of honest voters, Ll L s Qbservation. Beecher.. 1 Whenever you see a man with his chin in the air you may know thére i§ nothing in the frout of the head. An Ola M. = e Why Indeed? Puck, We hear a great deal of tall about the con- sumption of tish, We wonder they don’t try 1o codliver oil, et Spoken from the Pulplt, Sam Jones. Every man is full of opinions, but few peo- ple think., Two or three great minds do all the thinking for the coyntry, and yet every man, woman and child is fulk of opinions. Dan Takes the Cake. New York Sun, Whether Dan Lamont got a piece of the president’s wodding cake or not, history has not yet revealed; but never mind if he didn’t, ‘The eake, the cake of eakes, the cake unive sal, is his. He takes it, el A Peaceful Sun, Ohicago Tribune, Let it go to the eredit of the Canadians that they fired a salute when the president of the United States was married. They did it even in erratie Montreal, Hideous war may yet possibly be averted. — A Oh f Scene, Lincoln Jowrnal, The condition of war that once made the Omaha council the pride of the rowdy west has been transferred go the school boasd of she sawe city, There was a howling old tiwe RDAY, JUNE 12, 1886. at the last meeting. The members roared and ranted and aceused each other of jobbery. Sam Jones is indeed needed up there, —— Will Pan Out More Than Expected. Washington Hatchet, The president is said to have paid $3,000 at Tiffany’s for boxes in which to send out bits of the wedding cake. Grandpa Folsom's estate will probably pan eut more vav dirt than was expected, ————— A Rumor About Ben Fotsom, Chicago News. The reckless tongue of rumor is wagging about Cousin Ben Folsom. He is said to be guilty of wearing a scarf-pin that bears the likeness of a gaudy rooster, with red and green feathers. If there is a man who can he excused for such a failing at the present moment, surely Mr, Folsom is the person, But public patience will be exhausted if the charge is proyed against him that ‘‘he has an indolent carriage and speaks with a drawl.” 1le should let th -~ The Venom of Ingalls. Philadelphia Record. Senator Ingalls of Kansas took occasion to drop some of his superabundant venom upon Land Commissioner Sparks. Since Mr. Sparks has been in oflice he bas done much to protect the government as well as honest settlers from the rapacity of land speculators. For this he has incurred the bitter hatred of the land pirates and their representatives in congress. The Kansas senator, wholast week made & brutal assault upon Pension Commis- sioner Black, scems to have an instinctive hostility to every publie oflicial who manitests an honest zeal for the public service. Growth of Nebraska. New Vork Freeman's Journal. In 1880 Nebraska had a population of 0003 now its latest census shows it tohave tly 750,000, Then its people owned 205,000 horses, 758,000 head of cattle and 000 hogs: now they own 590,000 horses, ,000 head of cattle and 2,156,000 hogs, In the same period the wheat acreage has been increased from 557,000 acres to from ¢,272,000 acres to 3 000, and an almost proportional increase has also been made in the acrenge of rye, barley, oats and potatoes. There is still room for improvement, and in- dustry and thrift can make themselves felt in that state yet. In Praise of June. So sweet, so sweet the roses in their blowing, 0 sweet the daffodils, so fair to see; So blithe and gay the humming-bird a-going From flower to flower, a-hunting with the ~Nora Perry. Then camg th’ jolly Sommer, being dight a thin, silken eassock, colored greene, vas unlyned all, to'be more fight. ==Edmund Spenser, I gazed upon the glorious sky And the green mountains found And thought that when I came to lia At rest within the ground, *Twere pleasant, that in flowery June Wlien brooks sehd up a cheerfuil tune, And groves a joyous sound, The sexton’s hand my grave to make, “The rich, green mountain turf should break. —William;Cullen Bryant, It is the month of June, ‘The month of leaves and roses, ‘When pleasant sights salute the eyes, and pleasant scents the nos —N. P. Willis. N The News from Crete. CreTE, Neb., June 10.—]Correspond- ence of the BEE.]—Professor kd Healey returned yesterday so changed by his long sojourn among the aboriginees that some of his best friends failed to recog- nize him. Mrs. Healey stopped in Bur- lington to visit her sister living there. Those who visited our capital city yes- terday were Mrs. John Reid, Miss Anna Reid, Mrs. Geo. D. Stevens, Mrs. W. H. Morris, Rev. W. P. Bennett and Mrs, J. L. Tidball. Mr. F. L Foss returned yesterday from a trip in the interest of the Ne- braska Chautauqua assembly. Mr, Foss is full of assembly and reports great in- terest and enthusiasm everywhere. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Johnston went to Sutton to spend Sunday with Mr. and Mrs J. J. Bonekemper. Judge Cory of the Wilber Union, who is always ready with a good story and a fresh joke, spent yesterday in Crete. Mr. Alex Neilson just returned from Cheyenne county. ives a favorable report of that part of the country and predicts for it & grand future, The members of the Grand Army of the Republic post of Crete are very much in- terested 1n the assembly. They have sent letters of invitation to one hundred and fifty posts to meet them on Grand Army of the Republic day, July 5th. A very startling aceident oceurred over at the depot yesterday, whicl ulted disastrously to a Swede named Fred Mes- ser. It scems the man was not feeling well at noon and had eaten no dinper at his huurdiu;.i place. He was sitting or lying on a flat car on a side-track, when a switch train backing up against his car threw him off between them and he was run over. He only hived twenty minutes, Mr. F. B. Stephens left to-day for To- bias, on lc}nl business for the firm, Mr. F. J. Foss yesterday received a Iading receipt trom Brattleboro, Vt., con- veying the information that an Estey chapel organ had been shipped to the Nebraska Sunday school assembly. piano also will be provided. Mr. and Mrs. Rollins, of Lincoln, eame down yesterdayto select lots on the as- sembly grounds. Those who want the best locations will do wel! to follow their example. These lots are in great re- quest, and as the time for assembly ap- proaches they go off' like the proverbial “hot cukes." Improvements are steadily progressing on the assembly grounds, and the inter- est grows more intense as the time ap- prouches. Sixteen feet have been pur- chased rwmlllly of Mrs. Bickel, adjoining the rondway leading into the grounds; This will broaden the roadway and i;ive ample room for an eight.foot walk or the use of foot passengers. Everything is being planned fwith a caretul forcthought for all the litle things which are so often overlooked or forgotten. Peopla coming from abroad will find all thelr wants attended to with the prompt courtesy which distinguishes our superintendent of grounds. The increased interest manifested by the peonle of our community, and the accommodation and generosity of the railroad, furnish an added impetus tor the leaders iu the enterprise to make the assembly meet all expectations. It will do so, and more. Efforts and plans are being made to add to the already may niticent programme that has been adver- tised, The famous Schubert quartette of Chicago hus been secured. Everyone who hui heard of their soul-thrilling music will seize the rare opportunity o hearing their splendid performance. They were at the New York ussembly last” year, are engaged -again for this year, and by numerous other assemblies* among them that at Ottaws, Kansas. —-—— She Hustled, Wall Strect News: A California widow who put her all into a deal in stocks and was shrunk out, calied upon her broker sna said: “‘When will this thing probably come out in the papers?’ “To-morrow, probably."" ““How long 0an you suppress it “Why, night keep it out two days, but not . “Ounly two days? That's pretty short notice, but 'm & hustler when I get iny bonuet on. I'll depend on the two days.'" L the third day the papers chronicled her loss and her wedding on the same page. |THE GREAT PATHFINDER. An Autobiography Which Will be Read With Great Interest. THE LIFE OF JOHN C. FREMONT. Other New Books of a Useful and En- tertaining Character—Fice tion, Poetry, History, Fremont's Memoirs. The announcement that General John C. Fremont is about to publish a book, entitled the “Memorrs of My Life,"” will be received with satisfaction thoughout the country. There is no more pictur- esque figure in American history than this brave pioneer, who did so much to give the west the civilization which 1t en- joys to-day; and coming, as the story does, from the storchouse of such a varied experience it is almost certain to read like a romance. From specimen pages sent out by the publishers—Messrs. Bel- ford, Clarke & Co., of Chicago—the terse and epigrammatic style of the author is atonce scen. A notable feature of the book will be a sketch of the life of Sena- tor Benton by his daughter, Jessie Ben- ton, whose brilliant conversational powers still delight social circles in Washington. The steel engravings of the work are in all respects worthy of the subject matter and of the scenes which they illustrate. The drawings, which are from the pen- cils of Darley, Jlamilton, Schus: Kern and Wallin, are all from sketches and daguerrcotypes made and taken during the author's explorations, yspaper accounts of the re- cent etion of Belford, Clarke & Co's building in Chicago it was gener- ally stated and feared that the plates of the Fremont Memoirs were destroyed. This fortunately is not the case. All the original plates were in vaults in Phila- delphia and New York, and only one original copper-plate nmr was destroyed; of this General Fremont had a proof, and a new one will be at once reproduced. ‘The fire will only delay publication a few weeks. “The principal subjects of which the book will consist,” suys the author in his preface, “and which, ‘with me, make its raison d’etre, are three: the geographi- cal explorations, made in the terest of western expansion; the presidential cam- paign of 1856, made in the wterest of an undivided country; and the ecivil war, made in the same interest. * * * The published histc of the various explor- ations have now passed out of date, and are new to the present generation which the region between the Mississi and the Pacific ocean presents a diffe face from that to which these accounts relate.”” Out of these expeditions came the seizure of California in 1846. Gen. Fremont, at the head of the Amer: settlers, took possession of the country in the name of the United States just about the time that Commodore Sloat, hearing of the declaration of' war, hoisted the United States flag at Monterey. = Con- |hcv.in,,i explanations of Fremont’s act have already gone into history; but addi- tional light may be ex ed when the present work, shall have been completed. In the exploration tives, accord- ing to the synopsis, the description of the regions traveled over will be simply of what would in Gen. Fremont’s time have met a traveler's . “The pre ing impression on his mind,” the preface states, ‘‘would haye been one of constant surprise that so. large a portion of the earth’s surface should have so long re- mained unoccupied and unused. Mihimm of people now gccupy the ground where then he encountered wild animals and wild men. But nothing of this present condition will be given here.” Among the proof sheets is a fac-simile of a characteristic letter from the poet Whittier to Mrs. Fremont. He expresses his pleasure at copying the verses he had addressed years ago to ‘‘thy husband who struck " the first brave blow for lib- erty.” The chapter containing the sketch of Senator Benton is written by his daugh- ter, Jessie Benton Fremont. Itis done with spirit and a laudable sense of pride, and the memorial is worthy of the piace it holds 1n the autobiography of General Fremont. My father [writes Mrs. Fremont] so proudly and thoroughly American that his departure from all the influence that had created and until then governed his thoughts shows the power of innate force against inhorited and educated in- Z fluence. Born of English parentage on the English seaboard; brought up i English and intenscly colonial-royalis surronndin, ned by a scholarly Englishman to English ~thought and aims; and with his profession of the law keeping his mind down to a habit of deference to precedent and safe usage, my father had reached his thirticth year before he discovered him With™ the great river and his instincet of what the west must become, came to him the re- solve which governed all his after life; and, by the happy chance which mado me the connecting link, this resolve was continued and expanded through that of Mr. Kremont. And so the two lives be- came ono in the work of opening out our western country to emigration and secure settlement, and in the further acquisition of Pacific territory which ‘gives us from sea to sea the whole tomperate zone," and brings to our Pacitic ports, across our continent, that long-contestéd-for India trade. In the park at St. Louts stunds a bronze statue of my father, and upon its pedestal, bo- hand which points west, are his low the h: prophetic words: “There Is the east : There lies the road to Indi Mrs, Fremont, by the way, pl conspicuous part' in the first “exp sent out under her hushand in 1542 Fremont,”' as she herself tells it, at the frontier gotting his camp and an- imals into complete traveling condition when there came an order recalling him to Washington, where he was to explain why he had armed h 'ty with a how- itzér; that the howitzer had been charged to him; that it was a niitic and not a military expedition, and should not have been so armed; and that he must return at once to Washington and ‘explal Her course was taken without hesitation. ‘The important thing was to save the ex- pedition and gain time for a good start which should’ put it beyond interference. It was before telegraphs were known, and nearly a week was required to get letters either to the frontier or Washing- She sent a message to her husband im to hurry his arrange ts adding that she conld gi reason, but that there was a sufli one Then she awaited the conse- quences, which, hapnily, did not prove very serious. Her object was gamed and the expedition was beyond recall. Cassell & Company, of New York, have ad to their National Library issued weekly at ten cents a number or §5 a year, a volume entitled “Lives of the English Poets—Waller, Milton, Cowley,'’ by Samuel Johuson. The best class of standard literature is being published in this Library. Dr. Felix Oswald’s “Houschold Reme dies” for the prevalent disorders of the human organism, published by Fowler & Wells, New York, is a very useful book 1o have in the house. Dr. Oswald pos: sesses a rare and monioas combina- tion of genuine literary ability, pro- fesional eulturd, elassical attainment and fondness for rescarch, us well as & wide experieuce of men and the thungs whish affect their well being. If the advocates of temperance desire to employ an_able pleader in their cause, let them make a tractof the chapter on “The Alcohol Habit,"" and send 1t everywhere, The entire book is like draughts of pure, frosty morning air, after anightina iper-heated sick room under the ance of an old-fashioned nurse The causes of prevailing ailments, tho diagnosis of each and the natural reme- dies by which & high-way of eseape from chronie invalidism is opencd up are ade mirably presented and arranged. The author is an enthusiastic apostle of tho ospel of hygiene—we predict that his ook will win many converts to the faith and prove a valuable aid to those who are already of the faith but are asking for “‘more light." “Fore-ordained," published by Fowlee & Wells, New York, is a story of horedity and of special parental intluences. It covers a large area of disputed ground with such simple convincing directness that the er is thoroughly impressed with the importance of guarding against defects of body and mind by pre natally laying firm foundations of the bess materials, upon which may be bLuilt up an admirable marihood or womanhoo Very impressively the author teaches that “a child's inheritance is to ba well-born."" The guise of & neighbors hood story adds to the interest of the lessons taught. The motive of the writee —avparent on every page—is: ‘‘Verily 1 woula do good to my fellows, and_giva them to_drink from’ pure fountains of knowledge. Cassel & Company’s “Rainbow" series of original novels is quite a new departs ure. They are bound in paper covers and sold for 25 cents, and are books that one can carry in the hand and might ba stowed away in a pocket The cover has a lurid hm‘! shading the colors of the rainbow, and has a trick of catehing tha “T'he titles of the two first rainbows e sufliciently torilling to go with tha cover, “Morgan's Horror,” a wolls drawn story of an attempt to murdes and the murderer’s haunting feary and terrors, by George Manvilla Feun, certainly ~gives fine pictures of scenes and localities, and has a free, dashing style that has a singular charm, carrying the reader along m pleasant ex- tement. A Crimson Stuin, " the second inbow, is by Annie Bradshaw. Itisa Spanish_story, laid in the time of Ferdm nand VIL and has for its subject the animus of the Sj through generation by the le\z\mI of the insulter. It is well written and interesting and holds the ate tention of the reader. Among the novels recently added to this seriesare “Witness my Hand,” being a Fenshire story by tha author of ‘“Gwendolen’s T Prince of Darkness,"” by Florenc den; ‘Marvelous In Our Eye: Hornibrook; and “Scruple H. Walworth. ~All these written, with ingenious and clever plots, mull are interesting from beginning te end. , which last: (is only appeased Leg & SHEPARD, of Boston, published a very useful and instructive volume entitled **‘A Handbook of Enge lish History,” by Francis H. Underwood, This work is based on the lectutes of th¢ late M. J. Guest, and is brought down to ar 1880, with a supplementary r upon English literature of the Guest’s “Lectured on English History'* were prepared for the “College for Men and Womer ifi London, and apparently were printe substantially as they were delivered. :\‘i have just regards style they have the merits an faults of composition intended for ora delivery; but m substance th re of the highest order ot excellence, For its come pass, Guest's history is claimed to be tné most interesting, impartial, completd and satisfactory ever pub . It is written from ample knowledge; and the treatment is origmal—presenting the topies and events in a fresh and enters | talning way, It rejects the common abs stracts and dige: bus - writers, and is largely with citations frome the old chroniclers, taking the readen back to the origin: of informa- tion, 1t will be s rfore, that Mr. Underwood has drawn his material from a most excellent source. Mr. Guest, however, did not continue bis narrativé beyond the teign of Georgg 111, in fact, there is little mention events after the battle of Waterloo; and, to make Underwood’s work morg complete, chapters have been adulufi bringing the history down to 1880, an com‘lunfim{ with a concise survey of Enge lish literature during the present cene tury. 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