Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 19, 1886, Page 11

4 TIHE PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. DAILY BER.| Moeniae kd One Yea Dy [ Yorix Foe Th addross, Ono ¥eu OvamA Ovpic LAY c All communioation torial matter <hould 201 OF THE B n Al bueiness ot ddrossed to T OMATIA. Drafts, o be made payublo 10 the ords THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PA0P E. ROSEWATER, Enrror e ] THE DAILY BEL, Sworn Statement of Clrceunlation, State of Nebraska, | County of Douglas, | Geo., B, Tzschuck, seerctary of The Dea Publishing company, does eolemuly swoar that the actual cireniation of the Daily Beo for the week ending Dec. 17th, 195, was as follows: Saturday, e Sunday. Dec [ SN i postoffice or of the conij ke IETORS. Dee. 5., Thursday, Dec, 16, Friday, Dee, 17, Average..... . . Gro. B, Tzscint Sihscribed and sworn to before mo this it day of December, A, 1., 155, N, P, Frrr, ISEALY Notary Public. Geo. B. Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that he 15 sscretary of e Bee IPublishing company, that the actual av- eraze daily ecirculation” of the Daily Bee for the month of January, 18 | for February, 185, 10 pies; for Mareh, 1856, 11 copies: "for April,’ 159, 12,101 copies: 1846, 12,40 53 for Jun 886, 19,208 copies ; for July, 1556, 1% for A 1856, 12,404 copios:for Sent 0 copies: for October, 153, for November, 153, 13543 conics, Gro. B. Tzscuves. Sworn toand subseribed before me this Gih day of Noyetber, A 1), 153, [SE. N. I Fi Notary ubl tents of the Sunday Bee New York Herald Cablograms the Bee.—General ‘Teleixaplic coples Telegraphic News,—City llany., Page Speclal Advertisements, and Local Markoets. Page 4. Editorials.—Tolitic Press Comments,—Sunday Gos: Page 5, Lincoln News, vertisements, Page 6, Council Bluffs News. Ivertisements. age 7. Social Events in Lany. City Nows. Miscel- Omaha, Page 8. General Loeal Ad- vertisements, Page U—An Interesting Letter from Clara Belie.—~T'he Fashions in France, by Parisian —lHoney for the Ladies.—Smolkingand 1lea: L At the Cross Rouds—-Adverti Girl.—The iy —Adver- 10.-What Males a T Ways of the Wedded.—Misce tiseimonts Page 11— Ihe Hlome and Fireside,—Tales of Wits und Wags.—Religious.—Educational, Musical and” Dramatic.—Connubialities. - Singularities.—1’eppermint Drops, Pago 12—Jay Gould Goes to Churel, i Omar James.—Scenes in Publie Cates, 1 Adum Badean.—The Dixey Ball in Bostou, by Franz Sepel—Advertisements, ue Tue peace of mind which runs against the snagof operatic management is lost. Now that the senate has repealed the absurd tenure of office act the house should promptly follow suit. Public oflices ought no longer to be a private trust. :VEN thousund miles of railvoud have been built in the United States'this year, or more than twice as many as were built in 1885, Almost as many have been built on paper i Omaha, STEWART'S magnificent art collection in New Yorkis to be sold ‘“under the hammer.” The other name of the ham- mer which has dismantled the Stewart estate since the death ot the merchant prince, 18 Henry T Hilton, Mg, Mogiin, might combine with Sam Randallin securing a tarrifl bill. Both seem to hold the same views on the neces- sity of an increased amount of pap for “struggling” but millionaire industrial monopolists. FRANCHISES are worth something in New York. The supreme court has de- d the right of cable cars to the streets of that city without special chs ters in each instance granted only after value has been roceived, Nebraska v well follow the precedent. —— CINCINNATI surgeons have performad what is called & *‘rare” surgical opera- tion. It consisted in taking out a section of a man's backbone and the patient still survives, There is nothing remarkable about this, We have known politicians to live a lifetime without any backbone atall, Mi. Newceoner is would imply. He pronounces strongly opposed to Van Wyck pects 1o be elected to the speakership by # combination of republican stalwarts with anti-Van Wyck domocrats. Mr, Newcomer's map is a pretty one but the roads planned out do not lead to the spbakership. Tk recommendation of the president and seeretary of state, that & commission be appointed to take testimony i to the losses and injuries suft Amcrican fishermen through the action of tho British authorities, imperial and colonial, has been responded to by the introduction of a bill in the house, from the committee on foreign afluirs, to cre ate such a commission. It is undoubtedly desirable that the facts shall be oflicially ascertained, and it ought to be prac. tioable to do this without any great ex- penditure of time or money, as the numn. ber of those who can present just claims cannot be larze aud there will be no dif ficulty n finding them. But after all there is great probability that the whole matter will be a farce, and a more or less | costly one. The way to a concession of damages lies through an almost ¢ labyrinth of diplowatie controyersy, anc it way be safely said that no one of 1h; injured will live long enough to get a cent, if the clains shall ever be allowed, which is extremely doubtful. Certainly there will be no chance of such a result 80 long as the Canadian oflic main- tain the independent and somewhut de- fiant attitude they now show in threaten- ing to continue seizures regardless of the opinions or demands of this govermment, and witbout much reference to any view of eolonial duty that may emanate from London. l als | reach | that it will be found g0 in Ireland, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: The National Opera Company T of Nat 1O r for the patt of | | Inst | compuny cker literally disgrace Mrs, Thurber and and her company out of 150 they dared to play in a Her funds in bank were nearly evory tan at tempt was made to prevent the perform vy tho sherifl, in spite of ample onds given the leading citizens of Chicago in more than treble the amount that McVicker elained The columns of the Chicago papers with one or two lonorable exceptions which MeVieker's patronage did ne ports of tl complete dis her eastern e promptly and com © progr t, teemed with re ancial failure and n of the company. Of Mrs, uld ba , money mut shtened out lete carrying out me gave the lie to the charge that the compuny was dis- mantled. But much damage was doubt less done through the press, which re tuiled fictitious troubles and false reports throughout the country, with no other than to injure the tion, Nutional Opera is an enterpriso had its origin in the beain of a cul- tured, inteligent and woealthy lady, anx to toster and sustain musice tin by furnishing not only ic performances of the highest . but in which Ler. 1l be tramed at home without langers and expense of an education To the enthusiasin of 1 woman iurber has added the unselfish f art for art’s sake alone in carry- out her far-reaching plans for Ameri can opera. She has spent #100,000 of her Ia ivate forfune in organizing her company, has ransacked Europe for ma terials to make the stuge settings, cos- tuwes and scenery of the operas histor- ically and artistically correct, and has wiven freely of her time and money in furthering the work, Theodore Thomas i-hand a conductor who more to foster a taste for the instrumental music than any other man m America. In 4 year immense progress has been made in replacing foreign singe; with American voealists until now more a third of the entire company is na born. In addition, the of or ganizing anxiliary socictics | until nearly every leadin country has joined in the ing tue National Opera a permanent educational institution. Itisdue to the brave and generous woman who is sacri- ficing so much for the public that the publte shiould know the origin of the re- cent malicions attacks. Chicago has only been made the cat's-paw of cow- wdly rivals and jealous professionals in New York who look with envious cyes upon the suceess of the National Opera under Mrs. Thurber's patronage. npt ters v of the op The organiz 1003 school M loye in, is hor i man, has done be: in ety in the movement of The Boom is Her Omaha still grows, Last yemr's suit has been outgrown. The city has stretehed itself out of its clothes far nto the suburbs and is vigorously calling for more room. Even winter’s snows ean- not chxck the advance. Buildings arc going up in every direction and the areh itects are perhaps the busiest of profes sionul men. Asfor the real estate deal- ers, it is only necessary to that the legion find new reeruits daily, while bank clearings and wholesale houses report a steadily incroasing business. Property is still rising. Its advance is due to the exorable law of competition among buyers based upon demands for business and residence locations, A growing population requires more room and the transters i the county clerk's oflice tell the story. Tor many weeks past the Bek has been gathering the sta- tistics of this city's growth, its progress in building, its advance in business, its developments as a financial and commer- cial center, Inanother week it will present the results in a conuected story. And a remarkable r it will be. Those who read it will learn the solid foundation upon which our prosperity based, They will readily understand why merchants are cheerfal, labor contented, manufac turers hopeful and real estate dealers and property holders sanguine ots talk, Correet figures do not lic, Omaha Is growing and prospering beeause all the clements of prosperity are here. She has the location, she is acquiring the pop. ulation, and the push and business are coming us & matter of course. The hoom is here, But the boom of 1887 is tu be a surprise to all hands, is Conference of Catholic Digy Announcement was made a ago that Cardinal Gibbons moned Archbishop Eider, of to Baitimore, and other the part of these dignitaries of the Catholie church led to the conclusion that a conference of unusual importance to the church is to be held, Quite naturally this is assumed to have relation to the matter for whick the Rev. Dr. Me Glynn has been summoned to Rome, and it is not unlikely that the conference has been directed by the Propaganda in order to obtain an offivial statement of the attitude and views of the church in America regarding the question at issue sod by the course of Dr. MeGlynn Wheth or not the wformation has reached Rome, it scems to be the fact that the weight of Catholio sentiment in this country is favorable to the offending pri and there is little reason to doubt Ina recent interview Michael Davitt said that while Dr. Mctilynn ought. both as a priest and a reformer, to procecd to Rome in obedience to the summons, felt confident that he would achieve victory as complete as that whi archbishops of Cashel and Dublin have alrendy scored there i English intrigue tation He [t “Rome ean no n ! ity of the justice or stupidity of condemuing the advoeates of the doctr At there can- not in justice or in r vate proverty in laud, i the seuse in which Mr. George opposes it, than she could Low venture to support the doctrine of tavies, few duys had sum Cineinnaty, movewments on he wson b in rivate property in human beings.” Mr, Javitt concluded by saying that if France d Ttaly had 1 riests of the s [relana has to-day, and lovers ampions of the McGlynn, instead 1here kings and too fai ¢ of aris the Cathol wouid not be in the sad position on the of op like Dr of 1 nts of continent 1t is evident that this issue is one ¢ already megeasing embar ment to the Catholie church, and it unlikely that the churen dignita et the danger of an alarming ratively a now diffi- gin in [reland, but it h a good deal of tos in Treland popular side in opposition the chureh, their position. not acknowl- their course renressive or Without surren serious, and is not ries crisis, It i culty, having its o en the chur trouble, Thus far the pr who have espoused the on the land question, to the policy of have maintaine While the charch has edged the proprioty of it has withheld any disciplinary measures doring auy partof its policy it has simply not enforced it. This it could do in the case of Ireland without perhaps seriously endangering its policy, since Ircland pre- com has gi | sents awholly anomalous and exceptional case, But the situation beecomes very much more aggravated and the danger is greatly incrensed when this policy is openly an- tagonizd in the vast Catholie field of Amerien, IHere the Catholic ehurch is not only a great and growing foree, both in matevial and moral power, but what- over provails and is tolerated here in con- nection with it has far-reaching influence, It is probably the fact that the United States is the greatest stronghold of Cath- olicism, not certainly 1 numerieal strength, but nearly if not quite so in material wealth, and immeasurably be- yond any other nation in the promise and onportunities of growth and expansion. It is also beyond any other the field in which innovations and departures from traditionul principles and methods are constantly threatening and most hkely to oceur. Hence the supreme impor- tance which the authorities of the church must attach to every action of its repro. sentativesin America not strietly in line with the tenets and policy of the church vegarding both temporal and spiritual af- fairs. The embarrassing nature of the issue that now confronts the Catholic church san be understood when one reflects upon the hopolessness of any attempt to im- pose upon Amcrican Catholies all the conditions which may be enforeed in cer- tamn countries of Europe, and yet to abandon which in respect to this country would be to invite di. ction eleswhere and thus introduce a cause of discord and disiptegration. These and other consid- erations which they suggest show that the Catholic ir has presented to it an exceedingly kuotty problem, its solu- tion of which will be awaited with great interest by the entire rel s world. Administrative Evils of the Tavif In his supplementary report on the col- leetion of diities, sent to congress a few days ago, the sceretary of the treasury points out clearly the defects and evils otthe present administratiye system, and indicates strongly the urgent necessity thereis for its radical change. Making due allowance for the fact that specific duticsis a hobby with Mr. Manning, it certainly must be granted that he makes avery convinemg argument, chiefly in the presentation of facts showing the difticulties that constantly arise, agninst the mixed system of specilic und ad valorem duties, and in favor of reducing the latter form of levying duties to the natrowest limit. To the matter of in- voices the complaints of the inability, or professed inability, of forcign manufac- turers and importers to understand the requirements of the law are continnal, and while the sceretary says he eannot sympathize with the pretended diflicul- s of a shrewd business man who has carefully read the text of the law, and be- lieves the plea of confusion is made in muny cases to excuse or extenuate viola- tions of the law, he expresses a doubt of the probability of making it certain that each and cvery invoice will be perfectly legal and teathful so long as we attempt to levy ad valorem ratcs, and rates in t ad valorem and i part specitic, on more than 4,000 different commoditios and classes of articles. The effect of the misconstruction or intentional disregard of the requirements of the invoice law by forcign manufacturers and importers is to render the work of the appraisers extremely diflicult, while the false state- ments of value common with foreign manufacturers result in losses to the treasury where such statements are ac- copted by the appraisers, or in litigation where another and higher valuation is made. The federal courts are now crowded with suits brought by import- ers, which is another source of great an- noyance and expense to the government. It is the duty of consular oflicers to ap- praise merchandisc in forcign conmtrics destined for the United States, but Secre, tary Munning frankly confesses that he appreciates the difliculty of finding and appointing, under our present scale of salaries, oflicers who will discharge this duty correctly, and he properly says that if it cannot be well done it were botter not done at all, so far as the appraising officers at our ports are concern T'he remedial recommendations made by the secretary may be such as the eir cumstances require. Most of them ure incorporated in the Hewitt bill for sim plifying the collection of duties and im proving the administration of the cus- toms service. But the impressive fact that stunds out from these demonstrated difficulties and evils is that the com plicated and cumbersome machinery of our I system is badly in need of a general overhauling and remodeling, with the primary object of cutting off the parts thut long ago ceased to be necessary, and are o sonrce of undless trouble as well as injustice, The Bonnet Question. Agood deal has been written, both seriously ana by way of ridieule, of the aunoyance and inconvenience of the tow- ering bonnet at pls of amusement, but iwperturbable und unyielding fashion has kept its ground and threat ens to continue to occupy it. There ean be no quest at the tall bonnet has its werits, Itisa boon to thejshort woman, and it adds to the imposing presence of the wearer whose altitude is above that of the sverage of her sex. On the street 1t may be 4 thing of beauty., But in the theater, or in auy other place where those who are so unfortunate as to get behind it must tind their entertaiomont in what ces hful | is grolng on in front of the be either beantiful or intores comes an aggravating obstruction, an in- centive to sinful refl and an irritati th tions, an ey ) In the east on has become serie have 1 wlying how to deat with it so tve those who do not wear not oftend those who do, | that it is g Thoe manager ¢ arer in Now has ently tried the expodient of providing facilities for th removal of ladies' course leaving the matter ot doing so optional with the wearers, We have no informa- tion at hand as to low this plan has worked, but we shall not be surprised to learn that it is a failure, or only partially successful. It is rather too much to ex peet that a majority of women will make S0 great & conce: rifice their bonnets at the thes is the onc thing in which a woman takes chief do- Iight, and is most desirons to have scen by the envious eyes of other women, To a woman there is a powerand glory in a well regulated bonnet that no man ean understand. It is her crown, the emblem of her taste, and the embodiment of her vanily. In its constraction she has con centrated all the encrgy of her judgment and ull the resources of hor fancy. It is the highest attainment of her infellectual possibnlities in the matter of personal adornment. She feasts upon it in happy Iration at home, and walks forth with it into the world conseious of the at tention that it will attract to her. Ther fore an invitation to women to volun tar- ily luy aside their bonnets at - tho theater isnot likely to be Yery generally ne- cepted. A foew may make the concession , but the majority will: adhere to the bonnet Heneo we have little faith in the Lyceum manager's plun. Atter that, what? Absolute proscription of the hizh bonnet is of course out of the question. No manager would dare venture upon such a course. There is really nothing that can be regarded as certain to bring the desired rolief until the towering structure shall have run its course and the fiat of fashion replaces it with some other less objectionuble form. 12 nuisance. bonnet quost sonnet quoes! tly s bonnots and and it need not b problem Lyceum bonnets, of Ever Confident De Lesseps. The cver sanguine De Lesseps has written a magazine article in a French periodical with the Panama canal as the subjeet. The article is being extensively copied in this country and s exciti ood deal of unfavorable comment. great engineer of course sces few obsta- cles to the suceess of his enterprise. He estimates the tonnage passing through the canal at between ten and twelve mil- lion, or about 40 per cent. more business than the Suez cunal is doing at present. “This point is clc wle, even by men not versed in the science of digging The Panama company is now about 215,000,000 annnal its obligations, and if it could do the business of the Suez canal it would be able vo pull along. This heavy interest burden duc is to the ruinous discounts at which the five great loans have been secured. The liabilities of the company are now about $287,000, but the amount actu- ally received is $180,000,000. If the money in hand would mect the cost ot its com- pletion, Connt de Lessep's figures would not t s0 black a shadow, for the inter- est on the actual amount invested in this enterprise would come much nearer the earning capacity afier the trade has been sveloped. But how 1y man figure so confidently upon profits when the greatest engincering obstacle tothe canal has not yet been met? De Lesseps himsolf has said within a year that there would be no need of a dam at Gamboa to regu- late the waters of the Charges river, which crosses the course of the canal, and yet in his magazine article he suys this dam is to be built g interest on A RESOLUTION was introduced in the senate on Friday and laid over providing for the appointment of a select commit- tee of five senators to visit, during the re- cess of congress, the frontier and capital of Mexico and investigate and report upon any disturbances that may have oc- curred between the citizens of the two countri Hasn't there been quite enough special mquiry made in this di- rection to satisfy any urgency that may be assumed to exist? Isn't the Sedgwick experience, supplemented by the fall of Manning, about all that the people ought to be expeeted to stand in a single year? Why expose five senators to u danger which has blasted two reputations and humiliated the country? Seriously, why cannot the proposed inquiry, if it is deemed necessary, be devolved upon the aceredited diplomatic representatives of the government in Mexico, whose duties cannot be so onerous as to occupy all their time? It would seem to be a most proper and essential part of their busi- ness, and th could do the work with little additio expenditure to the regular cost of the service, 1t looks like a reflection upon the ability and trust. worthiness of these officials to appoint a special commission. Possibly this is jus- tiied, but if so the remedy should bo fouRd in putting men in the positions who are competent and can be trusted Commissions are a dovice which o prop. erly represented sountry can rarely quire re Tuge Bek likes enterprise and is always glad to commend it wherever found. Mr Uhase's Chyistmas Ezcclsior is most ered itable to the taste of its proprietor and to the city to which it devotes so much of its space. The illustedtions of buildings erceted and to be ted are notably ud the large amount of, irte ter is setoffin a bro: of alvertising which inteiligence of the £ adver. tising patrons. Mr. Chase is to be con gratulated upon the success of his Christ mas edition. It is an excellent of un excellent publication bespe nuimber Oir New York correspondent notes that Jay Gould has rented a pew in the Presbyterian churel, Having invested in everything else, Mr. Gould is now taking stock™ in religion. But why did lie select the Presbyterian denomination? Mr. Gould’s natural wclination should hav Lim to turn towards the Bap tists. There Is more water in the doc- trines of that excellent ehurch organiza tion ———e Frou the repeated -calls to the council tillérymen to *‘fire'* Cunmings it looks as if the marshal must be primed and lodded. UNDAY, DECEMBEI The | fornia, Penr 19, YINTS, POLITICAL ¥ of Senator 1 election of ( is cons nsylvania is the of » elect a concr an and 111l is {1 al licad of the St John € contest will result in a rison § nator Sabin says Blaine i dentia nesota Cass: deadlock unless Hare < elected, 1 candidate mentioned republicans, 1us M, Clay is so confident {hat Ken tucky is going over to the republicans that lie wan Sena himsel and sor its the nomi: ion for governor. tor Blair of New Hampshire call t the champlon crank of his parly, me peaple think he is about right. Governor Alger, of Michigan, declares that he bas name seat, The 18,000 plurality, so that his d absolutely prohidited the use of h 8s & candidate for Sanator Conger's Tate Congressman PPrice was elected ¢ L will prob ably not change the comploxion of the W consin Timo well G. Horr, of Michigan, in native and wit of his Lrish an Senator [1¢ of the delegation, othy Tarseny, who is to succead os- congress the isa of America, but has both brogue try. rst, of California, i | San Francisco Examiner, but opriet is said to have nothing to do with the paper except to dray its los his bon the names of ceptior John Conness, who ey, of California States his eflc native Kate which gressional action, occasional hotel i excl honc Weln legisla fore a SIE this speceh world, “It sin Bray a Senator I varts confesses to o f weariness of publie distinetion, mentic gets up 10 mar pacity junior Congres: chairinan of the house cou brary, clerk of his committee.a Miss Johy first woman to any oflice under congress, tnowing that she w $6 per W his chieek each month to make good ses. or Blair, of New Hampshire, is said the vice-presidontial beo buzzing in nnet. He thinks that a ticket hearing Lozan and Blair wouid be ex- 1ably stron, uted the state for six years in the United senate, was recently unsuccessful in rts to become an *Aldennan of his villago™ of Boston. Field must have some schome upon she wishes to secure favorable con- Itis mentioned that hier dinuer parties at the Arlington u Washington are the delight of the o circle whom that brilliant woman s with invitations. horn Bray is a member of the Georgia ture, and recently made a speech committee, of which one member suid: continues it will convert the Another member afterward said: uply paralyzed the committee,” M ppeats to have been rightly named, end his It might be ned in this connection that, when e Jon his feet to make a speech there is 1 in the country who lias greater ca- tomake his hearers tired than the senator from New York, an Singleton, of Mississ nittee on the li- d Miss Mary Johuston as ton is the an appointment to and is happy in 1be paid at the rate of has appor receive day. Distriet Aftorney Benton,who has racently done s¢ . Ben to ageravate the president’s nephew of Thomas ive, good-looking, 0 much m, is a grand nton, He is thirl and & machine politician of the most pro- nounced type., opinio; unele’s overcoat would not conlai materi M, He entertains a very exalted n ot himself, ana thinks his great ufficient al to make him a vest. — PROMINENY PERSONS. " Winnle Davis will visit friends in Philadeiphia this monthi. Mr: Custer Lady Randolph Churchill is a clever ist, and often plays at charity Joe write Hen hat an Elizaboth Custer, widow of Geueral . is about to write another book. ¢ plan- oneerts, Howard. the voluminous newspaper , Is lecturing in the east on “Cranks,” ry Stanley wears an old brown Derby dan old fashioned linen collar, and is generally careless in his dress. Miss has ten in the ployed Josel city a by the sculptor Beor. ought Roso Cleveland’s so-called “‘poem’” nded to widen the grief at ler failure work which would have kept ler em- in the field of proso. ph Wiener has presented to New York bust of Washington Irving modeled Wienen and Beor to be able o get up an eminently satis- factory bust. Miss mous { ill at hopes Catharine Wolfe, noted for her enor- ortune and boundless charities, is very her residence in New York, and all of hor recovery are abandoned. She is sixty years old and has been an invalid two years, Roscoe Conkling generally rides on the roar pl fond of has lat atform of a street car because heis f conversing with the conductor. Iy ely developed a great liking for Buf- falo Bill, and the two are seen together near- ly ever. ¥ night. Emma Abbott says she once met Ouila, the famou: bold, v s novelist, and doseribes her us *a big, oluptuous looking woman, with tho blackost eyes and hair and a very high eolor, Just su insl novels A Hem rose if the tit) and co recogn looked he gay It must be a very di really wm. “Buffalo Bill, by Day the guests wore the Baron cha person as might be supnosed to be d with the sentiment embodied in her cher, the jockey, died worth $500,000, ght have married the Dichess of M Lie was content with tough years with e, Ie was the chum of noble lords, mmoners of high degrec sought the ition of the prince of the pigskin, and round them in pardonable pride when @ them & nod, ghtful thing to be o famous man, One morning recently F. Cody, better known perbaps as was entertained at breakiast of New York, Among Marquis de Mores, the o Selliere, Colonel Itob 1 Yuenglin oll, Admiral Herberan of the French nay Roscoe Conkling Auios Russel Mott, these pres ents The A stone of oy The gout in the presid only indication that he will other g A Itis Colonel Cuammings, Lawrence Jerome, I Young and Steele ) p— Kris fir Telzgrapl Santa Claus: “Kaow all men by Tom Oclultre John - A Mississipm Library, Philadelphia Press average Mississippi o jug, two packs of cards aud a volume library consists s - Presidential Gout, th bz legs 15 not the never make The Philadelphia N Amarican reat run, -~ Long Time Between Drinks, indeed a loug time between drinks in the probibition south, and the stern enforce- ment of temperance laws of unheard of e verity lends a mournful patlios to that cheery observation once made by the genial governor of Sou govern The ith Carolina to the less genial or of North Carolina, Asa Deteotive, St. Louls Globe-Domocral, president’s eivil service reforim policy uo continues to seeve a good purpese in the de- tection seonde uud of eriminals, A man who ab d from Racine, Wis., five yeurs ago & chiarge of tueft, Las just been tound 1886, ~TWELVE PAGES, e r—— e e e —————————— by reas In Dakota, Better M th Payroll, Whet! dential bee in the payroll o May Go In the O Chicagy The only conso: the consumer has is the reflection that e time the conl ring will be doomed to o direction. - A Cutting Remark, Chicag 1 Mz, Cutting § ays the an scheme by Chi 15,000,000, M in his ital amount ico, it will be vemen Cutting into jail for lying. - - The lnfluence of an Al N Orteans I lie i< backed 8o , threw Mi erman, There is nothing quite so cheap as the in. fluence of an alderman excepting only the alderman’s feelings after he has solc fluence, o - erything Bxcept U Chicagn Times, discovery of diamonds has been itucky, near Paducah. Alwost overy in Kentucky except . Servie other made in K everytil civil ser is d vice r¢ Barna His Sa Peoria T tor Jones, of Flovida, keens away (rom the national capitol, and thereby comes nearer earning his salary than the average democratie senator, tavy, - A Blow at the Legislatur report that the 1 nia railvoad companies are about to abolish free passes w doubtful whethier there will be session of the legislature this winter. - An Order for a Bath. Washington Post, The queen has bestowed the Order of the Bath on Prince Alexander, late of Bulgaria, She ought to zive hin two orders for a bath if he is like most of folks, hnegbe ug the Territories, Dututh N 1f tho western teritorics bad been a for- eign state, or owned by a forcign country they would have gained some recognition by the president in his message. As it washe ignored them entirely, excent to condemn the hoodlums who mobbed thie Chinese, e Well-Known People. Atlanta_Constitution. Under the head of *Well-Known eople a Pittsbura paper has a paragraph on General Stambouloff. The general may be a very well- known person, bat he is neither as well nor as favorably known as Colonel Standen ot the Unifed Statesof Amer Monkeying With the Buzz Saw. It was the “buzzing of the bee,” was it, Mr. Go! Jumped there were those who thought might be the buzzing of a_cireular saw _moy- ing at the rate of U5,000 revolutions a minute. The Old Schoot Books, R, W, MeAipine, pleasant memories cluster round these volumes old and worn, With covers smirehed, and bindings ci and pages thumbed and torn ! ‘These ave the books we used to con, Iand poor brother Will, When we were boys toke house on the hill. Well Lrecall the nigfts at home, by side wo sat . Beside the fire, and o'er these books indulged in whispered chat, i And how, when father chided us for idling time away, Our eyes bent fo the task as though they'd never been astray. The old-time proverbs scribbled here, the ean- tion to beware, ‘Steal not this book, my honest friend”) serawled roughly herc and ther ‘Theblurs, the biots, the luncheon spots, the the numberless dog's ears, ‘The faded names, the pictures, and, alas! the stains of tems, All take e back in mind to the days when cloudless was the sky, When grief was so short-lived 1 s my tears were dry; When, next to father’saugry frown, I feared the awfulnod ‘That doomed me, trembling, to advance and humbly Kiss the rod. How bright those days! Our little cares, our momentary fears, § Ande'en our pains, evanished with a burst of sobs and tears, And every joy scemed great enough to bal- nee all our woe; What pity that when griefs are real they cin’t be balanced so! g ‘The school house stands in ruins now, the boys have scattered wide, A feware old and gray like me, but nearly all have died; And brother Will 15 one head was laid ’ Down by the brook, at father's side, beneath the willow's shade. These books, so quaint and queer to you, to mo are lving things: | tells a story of the past, message brings. T kes any Tand Wha sed, her in the school when side led before f these: hiscurly and each L and turn their paes “They seemed to speak in tones that thrilled v heart in days of yore. The scehoolboy of today wonld lat throw these old bools by, hbor, conld | SUNDAY GOSS ¥ in New York the othe M, E. Ko “Lenlled upon Lenry M. Stanley, at the Evereit house, where the African explorer make s his Leadquarte 1 was intimately acquainted with Stanley wheu he lived in Omaha about nineteen vears ago, but had not met i since hie had become famous, I expected to man watured in years, with a face by by the tropical sun, and hairand monstache turned white, as he had been time and again pict wed, I wa much surprised to tind Stanley but very slightly changed in appearan as 1 remembered him back in 1507, He was sowewhat stouter and his face more florid, Ou close inspec- tion I found that he had dyed his hair and mou jet black, whieh rejuvenated him in appearance, At first Stanley did not ognize me and was disposed to be rather surly and ill-tempered. e seeied to retain a resentment against Omaba because the paners did not stand up for biw when his discovery of Livingstone was questioned, He thought Omaha o t fo h tood up for an Omaha man who bad distinguished himself ad. ‘1 reached T sald Stanley, ‘from my travels in Africa, with clothes worn and tat- tered, and 1 had bardly got a new suit before telegram from London announced that my failure to at oun commu ate with ¢ Geographical society brought Sir Meury Rawlinson out with a caustic declaratiol that Livingstone had found Stanley, instend of Stanley huving found Livingstone, was taken up by your n pre wis branded in spite ¢ fact that I had we Liviagst Jonrnals aud otdier proofs o1 1y dis SWinn day,” said achic and 1 the ne e “Warising up 88 be went aloug! This | | tinned Mr Rosewater, “Stanley seemed to rget his resentment towards Omaha, and iy th much nterest about the town, @ s former associates.aHe was s to know 'm‘l Charley mayor and_polico ut LI ed to »wabout Annie Urepliod that sl lso surptised him, Goneral Fs retatned a warm Miller, Majo: e MeDonagh was Ward? inqulre Uthis o e also mad brook, for whom he had tin bis heart, and Dr ube, Ben DeBar, Jean Clara Waltecs, nel Litehfield and others who ent in Omalbia in those days, about inquiry prom “Tuning fo the discussion of Cential Africa, its climate, and its possibilities for trade, Stanloy appeared enthusiastic than some of the reporters who interviewed him would have the people belicve, Central Africa, Stauiey says, is an excollent eountry for barter, and has groat possibilities for traders, but as to its being capable of pe nent settlement by Europeans he has doubts. He statos, however, that there threezones in the higher portions of the in tevior, with elimates corresponding tothe al- ttude, where residence is not only possible but practicable. Along the great lakos and ma the interior and along the low- tands of the mighty Congo, whose source e discovered, the malaria s so all-pervading ta permanent European population there would be out of the question. less 1es of “Stanley Is under contract to Major Pond to deliver tifty leetires in this try, and Major Pond agreed to bring him to Omab, 1 assured Stantey that hie would recelve a royal reception, and that any doubts entertained of his discovery of Livingstone by eur paople who simply knew him two decades azo as a reporter, lind long sinee been dispelled by his Plucky achieyements,” appoatance of the Abbott troupe in Omaha during the past week,” re marked an old newspaper man, “brings to miad the death of Ned Scgulu in 1579, in Rochester, where I was thenat work. Seguin, who was atine looking fellow, and very pop ular, was a merber of the troupe. Upon ar riving in Rochester ke complained of fecling 1Land the consequence was that he did tot sing that night, At two o'clock 1 the morn ing his wite heard him groan, and upon in vestigation found that he was dying beside Lerln bed. I a fow mowents ho was doad, Mrs. Sezuin aroused the hotel folks and the membersof the troupe, who assembled in the room to vesder to Mrs., Seguin all the assist ance and comfort in thelr power. The city phiysician was ealled and e pronouneed tiio cause of the dea at disease,’ « Mrs, Sezuin continued with the Abboit pe for time, She married e ccond husband being a young man from Indianapolis, who induced herdo leave the troupe, notwithstanding ler unexpired con tract, She did this in hopes of getting bette ter from some other company., In thi: Lowever, she was prevented. She attempe tosing fora charitable entertainment in In- diauapolis, and the management of the Abbott troupe notilied her that she could not legal Her veply was that as charged nothing for her services she certainly could sing, But tnere was an admission charged at the door, and thereupon Wetlerell & Pratt, proprietors of the Abbott troupe, ot out an injnnetion restraming her from singinguntil the expiration of her contraet withthem. Thus did a_singing bird have lier mouth closed for eighicen months. As she did not ofier to return to the Abbott tronpe and sing she lost all this valuable time. “Tar, op some 1z, sho Anattempt was recently made by a rival manager fo get Pruette away from tho Abboit company by the offer of a larger salary, but when te given to understand that he would be served In the same way a8 Mis, Seguin had been, he concluded to let woil enough alone and remain with Abvott. *You Vtmake o singer sing, but if Le doesn't sing you don’t have to pay him,” said Mr, Wetherell, “but, under cor eireum stances, you can prevent him from singing.” e 1t is said that Eugene Wetherell, husband of Emma Abbott, is st man eon- neeted with the Auieric + That he 1 a shrewd business wan is a fact conceded by every one who knows anything about him. He has made a great deal of money in reat estate in Kansas City, St. Paul and Minne apolis, and he has made some big strikes in stoeks, especially Lackawanna. He is close observer of the markets and studies the reports each day. 11 is said that he s actoally worth over two mulion dollars, Wethere!! was formerly a drugeist u Ohio, “How did you get the title of ‘colonel? askedan army ofticer of nis friend, Colouel E. D. Webster, as they were swapping rom- miscences I the rotunda of the Millard hotel the other evening, I got that title through William 11, Seward,” replied Colonel Webster, I was appointed colonel duting the war. and I must tell you about it. For some time previous to the acquisition of this title I had been private se tor Mr. Seward, Feeling that the salary allowed by the government was hardly suflicient com pensation for my services, I applied for an appointment as colonel in the regulur army, together with an assiznment for duty ot the office of the secretary of w It was believed that my knowledze of men and my oscquaintance with with oflicials at Washington would be valu- able to Mr, Stanton, and while | Lad no knowledge of wilitary afiairs 1 thought I would be as weh fitted for office work as many of the oflicers who were then wearing aps on duty with the soft-seryice Wishi My nomination, the senate, 1 re- 1 Stanton’s oftiee, 1t shoulder-st brigade in ever, never mained just two week was a thae of stor tress at Washing- ton, ‘Ihe union was In the thioes of rebel- lion, and the secretary w oy the most hampered and wost beset man: ontside of the lepi at the national capital, Naf urally avrogant and irascible, but Louest as the 5 long, and loy to his h core, M, Stanton Lacame the rat ot rats, When he raved the vi o language was positively awful. Although I never happened to experience it ing the shiort time T was with i, convineed that If I remained 1 an outburst whieh | would prolably resent One day allel ! fauity lirled at € over 1o the office of the aid to Mr, Seward: 1 | be glad 1o return o my old position. 1 kn that if M, Stan ton talks to me as be did o General Hiteh cock 1 shall probably slap him in the face and then 1 am likely to by betore sun down, ot sentofi 10 comuwand a regiment whicli will be equally disagrceablo, as L a entirely ignorant of military tactics.' 5o iy cotiniission was never made out, and ( 1el e to Beward's oftice,” Bulgarian Afdairs, Parrs, Dee, 15,—The Journal des Debats publishes a dispatch from Berlin stating that Germany, France, Russia and Turkey are in complete accord on the Bulgarian guestion. ‘The Qispateh adds that Turkey is to Continu Baving the initiative in advateing proposals respecting Bulgaria, and that the other pow ers named are to accept the proposal as made, but does not say whether or not there 18 to be a previous understanding as to the nature of what will be oposed, Lo addition o the for ing the Debals' telegram eontalns th tement that Gernany advised Austria t jow - in supporting the Turkish “propesais aud relused o guarantes her against the cobe e at's 1 becane Nearing a volley of pr neral Hitehicoek, 1 walked shot eqiiences ol s double-dealing volicy. v o - 4 l i li l | ¢ {