Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 19, 1886, Page 4

s | BELE. | THE DAILY JBLISHED EV Y MORNING 8fx Months Threa Month torinl matter shoald b 701 0 Al busine ang romi Wddrossed to Tis BE: PUKLISRING COMPAS Y, ONATIA. Drafts ks and postofice ordors | 0 be made pay ablo 10 the order of the cot| THE BEE PUSLISHING COMPANT, PROPRIETORS, E. SEWATER, Eorror g B ROSE THE DAILY BEL Sworn Statement of Cireulation, State of Nebraska, 1, o County of Doulas, | % % ). I3, Tzschuck, seeretary of ‘The Deo Publishing company, does tolemuly swoar that the actual cireulation of the Daily Beo for the weck ending Dec. follow Saturday, Dee. 11, Bunday, D Mondav, Dee Tues, Thursday, Dec Triday, Dee. 17.. Anoos sho't AVErage.....oovues . Gro, B, ‘Tzaciive Simseribed and sworn to bafore mo this i day of December, A.D., 155, N. I, (SE, Notary Publ Geo. 1 nek, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that he s secretary of the Bee Publishing company, that the 1Ay erace daily cireulation of the Daily Bee for the month of January, 189, was 10575 copies, for Fobruary, 189, 10,505 copios; for March, 1856, 11,597 copie 18 copies: for May, 1886, 12,430 copies; for Jung 1886, 12,208 coples ; for July, 1856, 14514 coples; for August, 1856, 18,454 copies i for September, 188, 13,030 copies: for October, 1835, 1 coples; for Noverber, 155, 13543 conics., Gro. B, Tzscnves. Sworn to and subseribed belore me this Gil day of Noyenbe 1). 15%, i Fri ary Tubl Contents of the Sund vage . New York Flerald Specials 1o the Bik.—General News, Page 2. Miscollany Page 5. Speclal Advertisements,—Geners and Local Markots, age 4, Lditorials, Press Comments,—Sunil Pago 5. Lincoin News. vertisements, Page 6, Council Bluffs New: —Advertisemen Page . Social lany. Vage 8. vertisements, Page 9—An Interesting Tetter trom Clara Belle.—The Fasliions in France, by Parisian, —Hloney for the Ladies.—Smokins and Hea Disease.—At the Cross Itouds, ments, Page 10 -What Makes a True Girl—] Ways of thie Wedded—iscellany.—Adave tisemonts Page 11— Ihe Home and F of Wits and Wags.—Religi —Musical and Dramatic S Veppermint Drops. 150 12 Gould Goes to Churel, Omar James.—Seenes in Public” Cates, by Adum’ Badean.—The Dixey Ball in Bostou, by Franz 1y Bee. Cahlograma. “Telexraphic Telegraphic News,—City News. — Tolitical Polnts,- Gossip, Miscellany.—Ad- Svents i Omaha.—Miscel Loc: teneral Clty Nows, Ad- Tales eational roside, Tur peace of mind which runs against the snag of operatic management is lost Now that the senate has repealed the absurd tenure of oflice act the house should promptly follow suit. Publie oflicos ought no longer to be a private trust. SEVEN thousand miles of railroud have been bt in the United States'this year, or morc than twice as many as were built in 1885, Almost us many have been built on paper m Omaha, STEWART'S magnificent art collection in New Yorkis to be sold “under the hammer.” The other name of the ham- mer which has dismuntled the Stewart tate since the death of the merchant prince, 18 Henry T, Hilton, Mg. MozniLn might combine with Sam Randall in 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 onopolists. FrANCHISES are worth sowething in New York. The supreme court has de- nied the right of cable cars to the streets of that city without special char- ters in each instance granted only after value has been received, Nebraska might well follow the precedent. CINCINNATI surgeons have performe what is called a “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 o lifetime without any backbone atall, Mui. Newcoven is as fresh as his name would imply. Ho pronounces himself strongly opposed to V and ex pects 1o be elected to the speakership by # combination of republican stalwarts with anti-Van Wyck democrats. Mr, Newcomer's map is a pretty one but the ronds planned out do not lead 1o the spakership. Tak recommendation of the president and seeretary of state, that a commission be appointed totake testimony in velation to the losses aund injuries suflered by Awmerican fishermen through the action of the 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. 1t is undoubtedly desirable that the facts shall be oflicially ascertained, and’ it ought to be prac ticable to do this without any great ex penditure of time or money, as the nuw ber of those who ean present just claims cannot be large and 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 throu Jabyrinth of diplomatic it way be safely 1 lmost endless rontroversy, and id that no one of thy injured will live long enough to get cent, if the ¢ all ever be allowed which is extremely doubtful. Certainly there will be no chance of such a result 80 long as the Canadian officials main- tain the independent and somewhat de- fiant attitude they now show in threaten- ing to continue seizures regardios: of the opinions or demands of this goverment, and witbout much refergnce to any view of colonial duty that may emanate from London. 17th, 1955, was a3 | | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: The Nati ral Opera Company, tt Opora orth com ty Mrs Inst r McVicker literaliy at Mrs. Thurber and to drive her company of ( s they dared to play m a funds in b were arly every night at ¥ v vent the perform by in spite of ample vonds gi citizens of Chicago in mo an treble the amount that McVicker claimed The columns of the Chieago papers with onc or t honorable exceptions which MeVicke patronage did vot af cemed wit ports of the financial failure complete disrwption of the company. Of soon Mrs. T ver could enstern bankors, money mat promptly straightened out and complete earrying out wtic programme gave the lie to that the compuny was dis- But much damage was doubt through the press, which re us troubles and false repor with the organization. 1| Opera is an enterprise the brain of a cu thy lady, anx ustain musical art in furnishing only operatic performances of the highes excellenee, a school in which 14 be tramed at home without the goers and expense of aneducation abroud. To the enthusiasim of n woman Mus, Thurber hi dded the unselfish loye of art for art's sake nlone i carry ing out her tar-reaching plans for Ameti can opera. : has spent $100,000 of her large private forfune in organizing her company, has ransacked Burope for ma terials to . settings, cos- tumes and scenery of the operas and artistically correct, and n frecly of her time and money furthering the work. Theodore Thoy is her right-hand man, a conductor who has doiie more to foster a taste for the best in instrumental music than any other man m America, In 4 year iwmmense progress has Been made in replacing foreign singers with American voc suntil now more than a third of the entire company is na tive born. In addition, the work of or ganizing auxiliary societics has gone on until nearly every leading ety in the country has joined in the movement of making the National Ops v permanent educational institution. Itis due to the brave and generous woman who is sacri- ficing so mueh for the public that the publte should know the origin of the re- cent malicious attacks. Chicago has only been made the cat's-paw of cow- ardly rivals and jealous professionals in New York who look with envious oy upon the suecess of the National Ope under Mrs. Thurber's patronage. wet on the part Opera company ont nk larger house by the leading re- and course a8 her ore the charge tled doue country, no other tured, int to tost cour this ry by not ge isto has in The Boon Omaha still grows, Last y las been outgrown. The eity stretehed itself out of its clothes far into the suburbs and is vigorously calling for more room. Even winter’s snows e not chrck the advance. Buildings are going up in every direction and the arch- itect< are perhaps the busicst of profes- sional men. As for the real estate deal- it is only necessary to s that the legion find new reernits daily, while bank and wholesale houses report a & business. Propoerty Its advance is due to law of competition among buyers based upon demands for business and residence locations, A growing population requires more room and the transfers in the county clerk’s office toll the story. For many weeks past the BEk has been gathering the sta- tisties of this eity’s growth, its progress in building, its advance in business, its developments as a financiul and commer- cral center, Inanother week it will present the results in a connected story. And a remarkable navative it will be. Those who read it will learn the solid foundation upon which our prosperity is based, They will readily understand why merchants are cheerfal, labor contented, munufac turers hopeful and real estate dealers and property holders sangaine ets talk, Correct figures do not lic. Omaha Is growing and prospering beeause all the clements of prosperity are here. Sho has the location, she is acquiring the pop- ulation, and the push and business are coming as & matter of course. The boom is here, But the boom of 1887 1s to be a surprise to all hands, A Conference of Catholic Dignitaries, Announcement was made a few days ago that Cardinal Gibbons had sum moned Archbishop Eider, of Cineinnati, to Buitimore, and other movewments on the part of these dignitaries of the Catholic church led to the conclusion that a conference of unusual importancs to the church to be held, Quite naturally this is assumed Lo have relation to the matter for which the Rev. Dr. Me Glynn has been summeoned to Rome, and it is not unlikely that the conference has been dirceted by the Propaganda in or {0 obtain an official statement of titude and views of the chureh in viea regarding the question at issue raiscd by the course of Dr. MeGlynn Whether or not the mformation hus ! Rome, it scems to be the faet weight of Catholie sentiment in country is favorable to the offending st, and there is little reason to doubt it will be found g0 in Ireland, In a ent interview Michael Davitt said that while Dr. MeGlynn ought. both as a priest and a reformer, to procecd to Rome in obedience to the summor felt contident that would achieve victory as complete as that which the arehibishops of Cashel and Dublin have already scored there nst English intrigue d m sen- n. He said fur that “Rome can no more ty of the in justice or stupidiiy ndemning the advoeates of the doctr t there can- not in ju or in reason be private property in laud, i the seuse i which Mr. George ‘opposes it, than ehe could now venture to support the doctrine of is Here. suit has st the mexorable is he e private property in human beings.” Me. Davitt concluded by saying that if France and Ttaly had had foarless priests of the 1 has to-day, and lovers champions of the McGlynn, instead of kings and ton faithful aristoer: Catholic A not be in the sad position the nent Dr of ey, tho pres on cont of sorious, and 1negeasing embar to the Catholie church, and it ot unlikely that the churen dignita <co 1n 1t the danger of an alarming crisis. It is comparatively a new difi . hiaving its origin in Ireland, but it has given the church a good deal ¢ trouble. Thus far the prelates in reland who have espoused the popular side on the land question, in opposition to the polic, of the church, have maintamned their position, While the church has not acknowl- cdged the propriety of their course it has withheld any vepressive or disciplinary measures, Without surren doring any part of its policy it has simply not enforced it. This it could do in the case of Ircland without perhaps seriously endangering its policy, sinee Ircland pre- sents & wholly anomalous and exeeptional case. But the sitnation beeomes very much more aggravated and the danger is greatiy inereased when this policy is openly an- tagonizd in the vast Catholic field of Ameriea, Here the Catholic church is not only a great and growing foree, both in material and moral power, but what- ever prevails and is tolerated here in con- nection with it has tar-reaching influence. It is probably the fact that the United States is the greatest stronghold of Cath- olicism, mnot certainly 1n 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. Itis nlso beyond any other the field in which innovations and departures from traditional principles and methods are constantly threatening and most hkely to oceur. Hence the supreme impor- tance which the nuthorities of the church must attach to every action of its repre- sentativesin America not strietly in line with the tenets and poliey of the church vegarding both temporal and spivitual af- firs. The cmbarrassing nature of the issue thatnow confronts the Catholic church can be understood when one reflects upon the hopelessness of any attempt to im- pose upon American Catholies all the conditions which may be enforeed in cer- tum countries of Europe, and yet to abandon which in respect to this country would be to invite disaffection eleswhere and thus introduce a cause of discord and iptegration. These and other consid- crations which they suggest show that the Catholie church has presented to it an exceedingly knotty problem, its solu- tion of which will be awaited with great interest by the entire religions world. ment Administrative Evils of the Tariff. In his supplementary report on the eol- leetion of diities, sent to congress a few days ago, the seeretary of the treasury points out clearly the dofects and evils ofthe present admnistratiye system, and indicates strongly the urgent necessity there s for its radical change. Making due allowance for the fact that specific duties is a hobby with Mr. Manning, it certamnly must be granted that he ma avery convineing argument, chiefly in the presentation of facts showing the difticultics that constantly arise, against the mixed system of specific und ad valorem duties, and in fayor of reducing the latter form of levying duties to the natrowest limit. [0 the matter of in- voices the complaints of the inability, or professed inabulity, of foreign manufac- turers and importers to understand the requirements of the law are continual, nd while the sceretary he eannot sympathize with the pretended diflicul- ties of a shrewd business man who has carcfully read the text of the law, and be- lieves the plea of confusion is made in many cases to excuse or extenuate viola- tions of the law, he expresses a doubt of the probability of making 1t certain that each and every invoice will be perfectly Wl trathful so long as we attempt ¢y ad valorem rates, and rates in part ad valorem and i part specifl more than 4,000 difforent commoditio: and classes of articles. The effect of the misconstruction or intentional disregard of the requirements of the invoice law Dy foreign manufacturers and importers is to render the work of the appraisers extremely difficult, while the false state- ments of value common with foreign manufucturers result in losses to the treasury where such stateme 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 impor ers, which is another source of great an- noyance and expense to the government. It is the duty of consular oflicers to ap- praise merchandise in forei, conntri destined for the United States, but Secre- tary Manning frankly confesses that he appreciates the difliculty of finding and appointing, under our present scale of salaries, ofticers who will discharge this duty correctly, and he properly says ti if it cannot be well done it were boette not done at all, so far as the appraising officers at our ports are conc rhe remedial recommendations made by the secretary may be such as the eir cumstances require. Most of them o incorporated in the Hewitt bill for sim plifying the collection of duties and im proving the administration of the cus- ice. But the impressive fuet that stunds out from these demonstrated diffie and evils is that the com plicated and cumbersome machinery of our tarift system is badly in need of a general overhauling and remodeling, with the primary object of cutting off the parts that long ago ceased 1o be necessary, and arg o source of endless trouble as well as injustice. toms s The Bonnet Quest A good deal has been written, both scriously ana by way of ridicule, of the noyance and inconvenience of the tow- )g bonnet at places of wmusement, imperturbable and unyielding fashion has kept its ground and threat- ens to continue to occupy it. There can be no question that the tall bonnet has its werits, It is a boon to thejshort woman, and it adds to the imposing presence of the wearcr whose altitude is above that of the ave or sex. On the street )t may be g thing of beauty, But in the theater, or in auy other place where those who ar unfortunate as to get behind it must tind their enwertainmont in what but | exy UNDAY, g on in front of them, it er beantiful or interesting, and be ceasos to tion an In comes an an - centive to sinful r and an irrnt the bonnet tions, ting nuisan question has b ing how to « seyve those who do not wear and not oftend those who do, and it need not be lthatit is a2 v zling problem manager of the Lycenm in Now York has tried the s for the mets, of course optional bonnots o theater iy dient of providing faciliti removal of ladies’ leaving the ma with the w We have no informa tion at hand as to how 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 pect that a majority of women will make so great & concession as to sacrifice their bonnets at the theater. is the one thing in which a woman takes chief do light, and is most desirous to have scen by the envious cyes of other women, To a woman there is a power and glory in a well regulated bonnet that no man can understand. It is her crown, the emblem of her taste, and the embodiment of her vanity. In its construction she has con centratod all the energy of her judgment and all the resources of hor fancy. It is the highest attainment of her infellectual possibilities in the matter of personal adornment, Sho feasts upon it in happy admiration at home, and walks forth with it into the world conseious of Lhe at- tention that it will atteact to her, There- re an invitation to women to volun ts ily luy aside their bonnets at the theat isnot likely to be Yery generally ue- cepted. A few may make the concession but the msajority will. adhere to the honnet Heneo we have little faith in the Lycenm manager's plan. Alter that, w! Absolute proscription of the hgh bonnet is of course out of the question, No manager would dare venture upon such a course. There is really nothing that can be regavded ns certain to bring the desired rolief until the towering strueture shall have run its course and the fiat of fashion replaces it with some other less objectionable form, or ot doing 0 wers, this Ever Confldent De Lesseps. The cver sanguine De Lesseps written a magazine article in a Lrench periodical with the Panama canal as the subject. The article is being extensively copied in this country and i3 exciting & ood deal of unfavorable comment. The great engineer of course sces fow 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 canal is doing at present This point is clearly debatable, even by men not versed in the science of digging nals. The Panawma company is now ea about $15,000,000 annnal interest on its obligations, and if it could do the business of the Suez canal it would be able 1o pull along. This heavy interest burden due is to the ruinous discounts at which the five great loans have been securcd. The liabilities of the company are now about $287,000,000, but the amount actu- ally received is $180,000,000. If the money in hand would meet the cost ot its com- pletion, Count de Lessep's figures would not cast so 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 developed. But how can any man figure so confidently upon profits when the greatest engincering obstacle to the 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 eanal, ant yet in his magazine article he suy dam is tobe built. A RESOLUTION Was introduced in the senate on Friday and laid over providing for the appointment of a select commit- tee of five sénators to visit, during the re- cess of congress, the frontier and capital of Mexico and nvestigate and report upon any disturbances that may have oc- curred between the citizens of the two countries. Hasn't there been - quite cnough special inquiry made in this di- rection to satisiy any urgency that may be assumed to exist? lsn’t the Sedgwick experience, supplemented by the fall of Manning, about all that the people ought to be expected to stand in a single year? Why expose five senators to a danger which blasted two reputations and humiliated the country? Seriously, why cannot the proposed inquiry, if it is deemed necessary, be devolyod upon the aceredited diplomatic representatives of the government in Mexico, whose duties cannot be 50 onerous as to eccupy ail their time? It would seem to be a most proper and essential part of their busi- ness, and they could do the work with very httle additional expenditure to the regular cost of the service, It lookslike o reflection upon the ability and trust- worthiness of these officiuls to appoint a special commission. Possibly this is jus- titied, but if so the remedy should be fould in putting men in the positions who are competent and can be trusted Commissions are a dovice which a prop- erly represented sountry can rarcly re quire, has Tie Bk likes enterprise and is always glad to commend it wherever found. Mr Uhase’s Cheistmas Ezcelsioris most ered itable to the taste of its proprietor and to the city to which it deévotes so much of its 51 The illusteations of buildings erected and to be erected are notably excellent, and the large amount of, irter- esting original matter is set offin u broad frame of advertising which bespeaks the intelligence of the Ercelsior's adver tising patrons. Mr. Chase is to be con gratulated upon the suecess of his Christ mas edition. Itis am excellent number of an excellent publicati Ovr New York cos notes that Jay Gould has rented a pew in the Preshyterian churel Having invested in everything else, Mr. Gould is now “taking stock™ in religion, But why did select the Presbyterian denomination? uld’s natural wclination should have led him to turn towards the Bap- tists, There is more water in the doc- trines of that excellent church organiza tion, SpesEses—e——t—— Froy the repeatpd -calls to the eouncil artillorymen to “fire’* Cunmings it looks as if the marshal must be primed and lodded. DECEMBER 19, POLITICAT, YINTS. Hearst of Senator lered reason etion cons Pennsylva: tinucs to elect a o Thurman and 1l i liead of Charles lie field f esider John € contest will result in a rison is elect Senator Sabin says Bl dential eandidate meuti nesota republicans, Cassius M. ( ident that Ken tucky is going over to the republicans that he wants the nomination for governor. Senator Blaiv of New Hampshire eall himself the champlon ecrank of his party, and some people think he is about right. Governor Alger, of Michigan, declare lie bas absolutely prohibited the use o name us a candidate for Senator € seat, “The Tato Congressman Price was elected by 18,000 plurality, so that his death will proby ably not change the complesion of the Wi consin delegation, Timothy Tarseny, who well G, Horr, of Michigan native of America, but ha and wit of his [rish ancestry. Senator Mearst, of California, is propriet of the San Francisco Examiner, but is said to have nothinz to do with the paper except to draw his clieck each month to make good its losses. Senator Blair, of New Hampshire, is said to have the vice-presidential beo buzzivg in lis bonnet. He thinks that a ticket bearing the names of Loxan ane e ex- ceptionably strong. John Conness, who represented the state of California for six years in the United States senate, was recently unsuccessful in his efforts to becomo an “Alderman of his native village' of Boston, Kate Field must have some scheme upon which she wishes to secure favorable con- cressional action. Itis mentioned that her occasional dinuer parties at the Arlington hotel in Washington are the delight of the cxclusiyo irele whom that brilliant woman honors with invitatione. Welhorn Bray is a member of the Geo legislature, and recently made a speceh a committee, of which one member said: SIF this speech continues it will convert the world,” Another member afterward said “It simply paralyzed the committee,” Mr. Bray appears to have been rightly named, Senator B varts confesses to o friend his weariness of public distinetion, It might be wentioned in this connection that, when he gets upon his feet to make a speech there is noman in tho country who las greater ca- pacity to 1 his hearers tired than the junior senator from New York, Congressman Singleton, of chairinan of the house committee on the li- brary, has appointed Miss Mary Johuston as clerk of his committee,0 Miss Johuston is the fiist woman 1o receive an appointment to any office under congress, and is happy in knowing that she will be paid at the rate of $6 per day. Distriet Attorney Benton,whio has racently done so mueh to ageravate the president’s Lewmatisw, i a grand nephew of Thomas il, Benton. He s thirty-five, good-looking, and a machine politician of the most pro- nounced type. e enfertains a very exalted opinion of himself, and thinks his great unele’s overcoat would not coulain sufficient to make him a v —— PROMINENT P Miss” Winnie Davi Philadeiphia this month. rs. Elizaboth Custer, widow of Geueral Custer, is about to write another book. Lady Randolph Churehill is a clever pian- ist, and often plays at charity conee: Joe Howard. the voluminous newspaper writer, is lecturing in the east on *Cranks.” Ienry Stanley wears an old brown Derby hat and an old fashioned linen collar, and is generally careless in his dress Miss Rese Cleveland’s so-called “‘poem’ has tended to widen the grief at hLer failure in the work which would have kept Ler em- ployed in the field of prose. Joseph Wiener has presented to New York city a bustof Washington Irving modeled by the sculptor Beer. Wiener and Beer ought to be able to get up an eminently satis- factory bust, Miss Cathiarine Wolfe, noted for her enor- mous fortune and boundless charities, is very ill at her residence in New York, and all hopes of her recovery are abandoned. She is sixty years old and has been an invalid two years, Roscoe Conkling generally rides on the rear platform of a street car because he is fond of conversing with the conductor, 11y has lately developed a great liking for Buf- falo Bill, and the two are socn together near- ly every night. Emma Abbott says sheonce met Oui‘la, th famous novelist, and doseribes her as *'a big, bold, voluptuous looking woman, with the blackost eyes and hair and a very high eolor, just sucha person as might be supposed to be inspired with the sentiment embodied in her novels” Arxcher, the jockey, died worth $500,000, He might have married the Dichess of Mont- rose if Lio was content with tough years with the title, He was the chum of noble lords, and commoners of high degreo sought the recognition of thoe prince of the pigskin, and looked round them in pardonable pride when he gave thom a nod, It must be a very delightful thing to be a really famous man, One morning recently wm Cody, better known perhaps as “Buffato Bill,” was entertained at breakfast by David Yu ne, of New York, Among the guests were the Marquis de Mores, the Baron de Selliere, Colonel Robert G. Inger- oll, Adwiral Hetberan of the French navy. e Conkling, Colonel Tom Octultree, Amos Cummings, Lawrence Jerome Russell Young and Steele Mackaye, for K Macon Tc Motto for Santa Clauss these pres ents.” among M nzer's s to 0ad Ros- in congress both the isa be- will visit friends in Motto £rin “Know all ien by - sipp1 Libr phia Press sipp wo packs of cards and @ volue Ty, The average Mi livrary eonsists of a stone jug, t of Hoyl The Presiden Philadelplia Noy The gout in the presid legs is not the only indication thathe will never make an- other great run, 1al Gout, b American. A Long Time Between Drink It is indeed a long time between drinks in the prohibition south, and the stern enforce- went of temperance laws of unheard of se- verity lends a mournful pathos to that cheery observation once made by the genial governor of South Carclina to the uo less genial governor of North Carolina, —— Asa Deteotive, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, The president’s eivil sarvice reform policy continues 10 seeve & good purpese in the de- toction of eriminals. A man who ab- sconded from Racine, Wis., five years ago uuder a vharge of theft, bas just been tound 1886, ~TWELVE P | the GES. by reason of his app: nt e In Dakota, Better Mail Boves Want len't on ths e al bee fn b payroll of any “bee line' Gould system, Payvoll Gresham has In the Opposite Direction, ¢ conso tion that ned to lation the consumer has is the refle ome time the conl rin - - A Cutting Memark, Chicagn T Mr. Cutting s ays that Le s backed Mexican schome by Chicago capital amount to 815,000,000, Moxico, it will be remem Cutting into jail for Iylng. The Influence of an Al New Or Picayrun There is nothing qui cheap as the in- fluence of an alderian excepting only the alderman’s feelings after he has sold his in luence, n his ew Mi erman, erything Lxcept Clvil Service, Chicago Another discovery of diamonds has been made in Kentucky, near Paducah, Almost rything is diseovery in Kentucky except tvice reform Times. Barna His Salary. ator Jones, of Flovlda, keens a the national capitol, and thereby nearer earning his salary than the democtatic senator. ay (rom comes average 5 A Blow at the Legislature. St Lo Repn The report that the Pennaylvania railvoad companies are about to abolish free passes makes it doubtfal whethier there will be any session of t egislature this winter. g An Order for a Bath, The queen has b owed the Order of the Bath on Prince Alexander, lato of Bulgaria. She onght to zive him 1‘\\(]1v ders for a bath itonics, News 1f tho western territorics had been a for- eign state, or owned by n foreign country, they would lave zained some recognition by the president in his message. As it washe ignored them entirelv, excent to condemn the hoodiums who mobbed the Chinese, Well-Known People. 2 C Under the head of *Wi a Pittsbure paper has a patagraph on General Stambouloff. The general may be a very well- Kknown person, but Lie is neither as well nor as favorably known as_ Colonel Standemoft, ot thie United States of America, Monkeying With the Buzz Saw. It was the nzzing of bee,” was it, Mr. Gould? From the way you jumped there were those who thoughi it might be the buzzing of a_cireular saw_moy- ing al the rate of £5,000 revolutions a minute. The Old Schoot Books. 2. W, MeAlpine, What pleasant memories_cluster vound these volumes old and worn, With covers smirehed, and_bindings creased, and pages thumbed and torn ! ‘These ave the books we used to con, poor brather Will, When we were boys togethier house on the hill. Well Lrecall the niglfts a by side wo sal Beside the fire, and o'er the in whispered chat, And how, when father’ chided us for idling timo away Our eycs bent {0 the task as though they'd never been astiay. "The old-time proverbs scribbled here, the eau- tion to beware, (“Steal not this book, my honest friend”) scrawled roughly liere and there, Theblurs, the blots, the lunchieon spots, the the numberless doz's ears, ‘e faded pames, the pictures, and, alas! stains of tears, All take me back in ‘mind to the days when cloudless was the sky, Wien grief was so short-lived 1 smiled before my tears were dry When, next to father's augry frown, I feared the awful nod ‘T'hat doomed me, trem} humbly kiss the rod, How bright those days!” Our little cares, our moimentary fears, And e'en our pains, evanished with a burst of sobs and tears, And every joy scemed g ance all our woe; What pity that when' griefs are real th can't be balanced so! The school house stands in ruins now, the boys have scattered wide, A few are old and gray like me, but nearly all have died; And brother Will 1s one of these; | head was laid Down by the brook, at fatlier's side, beneath the willow's ghade, “These books, s0 quaint and queer to you, to me are Lving thimes: Lach tells a story of the past, message brings. Whene'er 1 sit, at even DPAes 0'er, They seemed to speak in tones that thrilled my heart in daysof yore. The sehoolboy of to-day would laugh and throw these old bools by, But, L you, neighbor, could | stitution, nown Teopl nie. the presidential Tand in the school lome, when side e books indulged he %, to advance and at enough to bal- s curly and e de, and furn their heart Fouic o othor dux satd “Lealled upon Lenry M Stanley, at the Everett house, where the African explorer make s his Leadquarters, 1 was intimately acquainted with Stanley when e lived In Omaha about nineteen 0, but had not met him sinee he hid become famous, [ expected to man matured in years, with a fuce br the tropical sun, and hairand monstache turned white, as he had been time and again pict ured. I was much surprised to fiud Stanley but very slighily changed in appearance as 1 remembered him back in 1567, He was somewhat stouter and his face more i, On close nec- tion T found that e had dyed his halr and moustachie jet black, which rej enated him in appearance. At first Stanley did not rec ognize me and was disposed to be rather surly and wered. Hle seemed Lo retain ar ust Omaba because the paners did not stand up for bim when his diseovery of Livingstone was questioned, He thought Omaha ought lo have stood up for an Omaha man who bad distinguished bimself abroad. “1 reached Paris,! said Stanley, “from my travels in Africa, with clothes worn and tat- tered, and | had hardly got a new suit be & telegram from London announced that my fallure to at ouce communicate with the Geographical society brought Sir Menry Rawlinson out with a caust declara that Livingstone had found Stauley, i of Stanley haviug found Livingstone, was taken up by your Awmeriean press, was branded as an {mposter in spite fact that I bad brought with we Livig Journals aud other proofs o1 1ay dis s0e a nzed by on tend This a1 o the tont " “Wariing up 88 ke weat along,’" con- |t | Mt ater, “Stanley seemed to resentment towards Omah: din L interest about the town, its ud his former associates. @ 1o was Know \"u‘l Charley as mayor ahd_polico Mac against Stanley 1L 1e ked about Little Ma and was te prised to learn aeh was dead. “How about Annia ilred Stanley, 1 repliod that she, ry about General for whom Lo had totatned nis heart, and Dr. Miller, M on DeBar, Jean Clara Waltee othets wlo those days. et i ed with m ine dead, ar <0 made inqu VWi fon of Cential possibiliti to the ditcu its climate, av trade, Stanloy apy enthusiastie i some of the who interviewed him would hiave the people betieve, Central Africa, Staniey says, 1s an excollent eountry for barter, and has groat possibilitics for traders, but as 1o its being capable of verma nent settlement by Europeans he his doubts, He statos, however, that there are three zones in the higher portions of the in terior, with elimates corresponding to;the al- titude, 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 ho discovered, the walaia is 50 all-pervading permanent European population there tof the question, o Afti less porters y s under contract to Major Pond liver ifty lectures in this country, and Mujor Pond aerced o bring him to Omabw, | assired Stantey that he would receive n royal reception, and that any doubts entertained of his discovery of Livingstone by our people who simply kiew him two decades ngo as o veporter, iad long sinee been dispelied by his plucky achicvement nee of the Abbo! opera Omaha during the past week,” ro aked an old newspaper wan, “brings to miad the death of Ned Seguin in 1879, in Rockester, where 1 was then at work. Seguin, who was a fine looking fellow, and very pop ular, was a merber of the troupe. Unon ar riving in Rochester he complained of feeling 1L and the consequence was that he did tiol sing that night, Al two o'clock m the morn ing his wite heard him groan. and wpon in vestigation found that he was dying beside berin bed, In a fow mowents ho was dead. Mrs. Sezuin aroused the hotel folls and tha membersof the troupe, who assembled in the room to resider to Mra, Seguin all the assist ancoand comfort In thelr power. ‘The eity Physician was ealled and he pronsimecd tho cause of Lhe death as heart disease Mrs, Sexuin continued with the troupe for some time. She matrled second husband being a young mau from Indianapolis, who induced herdo Ieave the troupe, notwithstanding her unexpired con tract, She did this { tting bett terms from some other company. 1n this, Lowever, she was prevented. She nttempted to sing for a charitable entertainment in In- dianapolis, and the management of the Abbott tronpe notitied Lier that she could nof legally sinz Her reply was that as sho charged nothing for her services she certainly could sing, But tnere was an admission charged at the door, and thereupon Wetherell & 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 eighteen months. As R or to return to the Abbott troupe and sing she lost all this valuable time. Abbuit ve Anattempt was recently made by a rival manager to get Pructte away from the Abboit conpany by the offer of a larger salary, but when Pi wias given to understand that he would be served In the same way as Mrs, Seguin had been, he concluded fo let woil enough alone and remain with Abbott, “You can’tmake a_ singer sing, but if e doesn't sing yon don’t have to pay him,” said Mr. Wetherell, “but, under eertain ecireum stances, you can prevent him from singing » me Wetherell, husband the richest man con- nected with the Awerican stage, Ihat e Is a shrewd business man is & fact conceded by every one who knows anything about hini. Tie fins made a great Geal of money in roat n Kansas City, St. Pauland Minne ud he has made some big strikes in ally Lackawanna. He is a close observer of the markets and studies the seports each day. 1t 1 said that he is actually worth over two million dollars, Wetheie!! was formerly a drugeist In Olio, “How did vou get the title of ‘colunel? asked an army oflicer of his friend, Colouel E. D. Webster, as they were swapping rom- imiscences 1 the rolunda of the Millard hotel the other evening. I got that title through William 11, Seward,” replicd Colonel Webster. “I was apvointed colonel duting the war. and [ must tell you about it, For somc time previous 1o the acquisition of this title 1 had been private secretary for 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 regular army, togethier with an assiznment for duty ot the office of the secrefary of war. It was believed that my knowledze of en W my scquaintance with with officlals at Washington would be valu- able 1o Mr, Stanton, and while | had no Kknowledge of wilitary afiwirs 1 thought 1 would be as weli fitted for office work many of the ofiicers who were then wearing shotlder-straps on duty with the soft-seryics brigade in Washington, My nomination, nowever, never reactied the 1 e miined Just iwo weeks in St oftice. 1t was a time of storm und Wi ton, ‘The union v of rolx lion, and the se the wost hampered wan outside of t Lat the national « the day was long, and his h core \ ) rats, W 1t is said that of Emma Abbott, is of senat nton’ tress at in the throe etary W ( most beset probably loyul M. ot of h s to aut's ‘0 he raced the language was positively awful 1 never happened (o exjperience 1t ing the short time I was convineed that if L re an outburst whieh 1 would pro One day after hearing o vo!l Lurled ‘at Generad Hitel 1 ovin ¢ office of the relary of state and said to My, Seward: ‘Lsball be glad {0 return to my old position. 1 know that if Mr, Stan ton talks to me 1o General Hiteh cock I shall proba lap bim in the face nd then I am likely to b betore sun. ywn, or sentoff 10 comuand whiell will be equally disa entirely ignorant of military tactic Wiy COLMIISSI0N Was never made oul ined to Seward’s office,” with him, e d b ent ined ther shiot a regiment as L am and © Bulgarian Afdairs. Paws, Dee, 15.—The Journal des Devats publishes a dispatch frow Berliu stating that Germany, France, Kussia and Turkey are in complete accord on the, Bulgaran question "The dispateh adds that Turkey is to continug Baving the initiative in advaueing proposals respecting Bulgaria, and that the other pow ers named are Lo aceept the proposal s made, but does not hay whether or not there 18 to Jbe @ previous uliderstanding as to the nature 'of what will be nroposd. Lu addition to the oing the Debats' telegran eontalng tie ut that Germany advised Austria to upborting the Turkish “propessis fused Lo euarantes her against the cobe