Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 13, 1887, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, 13, 1887, T"E DAILY BEE.| PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERVE OF 8UM ition) tnciuding Sunday | beowns For 8ix Months b For Throa Months The Omahn Ssnday 1 nddress, One Year. OMATA OPFICE. No EW YORK OPFIC CORRESTONDENCE: 1008 relating th nows and edi- torial matter should be addressod (o the TON OF THE BER. BUSINESS LETTEISE All business Jotters Mdressed to T All communios THE BEE PUBLISHIYG COMPAY, PROPRIETORS. E. ROSEW THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. State of Nebraska, County of Douglas, { Gieo, B, Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing company, does solemnly swear that the actual circulation of the Daily for the week ending Jan, 7th, 1557, was as Saturday. Jan, 1 WMnNdn). s.msr'nnm and sworn to hefore me this 10th Notary Piblie. Goo, B, Tuaclick, being first duly AwWOrn, deposes and says that he is secretary of the Bee Publishing company, that the erace daily eirculation of the l)nllv Bee for HII' lllonlh of January, 189, was 10,5 u'él‘n]vl 1856, 10,605 copies a: for llln 1858, 08 copies ; for | isty 1850, 13,404 Copies:for Sentomber. copies: for November, 1885, 13,348 copil December, 186, 1 3 Gro. B. T7scnuek. Sworn to and subseribed before me this 15t day of January A. I) 188 S otary Publie, 7 i S Ui sl 1y one for himself” of Van Wyck's opponents, for the people’s choic Every vote is the motto of the ul's strong and well organized fol- Tur acoustics of the have not been improved sufliciently echo the whisper of the man who thinks Van Wyck's elee at Lincoln femocrats refus atorial issue. They deny the ity with an overwhelming demo- view which take of asim- eratic majority Nebraska republi. ilar question. A vEW more railroad systemsin Omaha ought to bring us competing el Omaha has no grain market bees is bound hand which prohibits and builds up other cities at the expense of our own. de the senatorial issue there would be a hallelujah of praise in legal cireles oyer the certainty of the outcome, But the bar and the democracy ride that dark horse There can be only one result of present conditions. becoming disturbed 1z growth of Omaha, St. combined ca Paul and Kan the disturbance fluttered kel s hecoming a little ' own remarka- ble advancement and the prospects so temptingly held a is a great sta At city on her eas » foundations a| £ e and she is build- ng up a gre s news service camital speaks for itself. S from the telegraph company. money well expended, years led all rivals be tain to secure all the new: to the cost of collection. 0 do the bills The public is which exhibits than in serving faithfully a large and a i constituency itself less in Tue methods which are being adopted by the bulldozers and railrond shysters in Lincoln to rope in and compromise country membors of the legislature are too disreputable for open discussion. wate gambling rooms, dissolute women, and smooth-tongued rakes are all being used to fasten the chains of railroad terrorism upon rural legislators and to entangle them in the net of the men who have banded together to defeat General Van Wyck The editorial correspondence of the Ber which appeared in yesterday’s edition of this paper will prove an eye-opener to the good people of Nebraska. 1y loss ot a disclosure to a number of well-meaning but rather green gentle- i ncoln who for a weck past have rwhelmed with Kindness and at- tentions without understanding fully the motives of their would-be benefactors. gilded gin mills A rFaor recently devele tion with one of the president's Maryland appointments is interesting as an illustra- tion of the way in which senators take advantage of the star-chamber sy make “senatorial Benator Gorman, most insatiable eountry, and wa. mumber of his political heel while the administration v But it happencd that the ;n.-n.l.-m n,. timore man as s vessels who and whom the sed in connee- of Muryland, vatronage-sceker in the iccessful in gvltinz a inspector of ste in favor with senator found he could not control appointee was capable and worthy, but when his name went to the senate at the last session Gorman sue wooded in having the up'’ until the session was over. endeavored to induce the l.|.~i.1.»m to appoint & man of his recommendati but Mr. Cleveland had by this time had rman and declined to regar. days ago the nomina- fion was again sent to the senate, the dnspector meanwhile having wade an sexcellent record, and there is sowe in- riean will be 'senatorial courtesy nomination enough of G _forest to s “again able to make _available to defeat the nomination. rong, and the danger as system of considering Maots show the v well, of the Pointments iu seerot ses. Photography in Politics Under the above heading the St. Louis G0k Demoeral disousses in & Washing on special the stale dodge which the opvonents of Senator Van Wyek hav tempting to use in the senatorial This plan, which was thought have had some effect in ator Windom in Minnesot photographing the entire hington in wh the senator r and palming it off on his constit as a picture of the which he makes his home in the capital. In order to the lie the publie are dentially informed that the pard $52,000 for this regal structure that here in his off hours he lolls oriental magnificence attended by a retinue of colored servants and inhales the perfumed incense from softly play- ing fountains We are sorry to dispel this charming illusion, but the paper referred to has al- ready accomplished the easy feat. It say “This house is an eligible one, stands on a corner, with other substantial structures close up against it on either side. The photograph was taken from a diagonal point, and not only shows up Van \\ yek's corner in good shape, but makes ppear as if two or three houses ad- joining belonged with it. Indeed, one unacquainted with Washington architec- ture might gel the idea from the photo- graph that the reform senator lived in one of those piles of brick and mortar called in other conntries a palace. Mr, Van Wyck paid §17,000 for the alleged £200,000 mansion presented by photo- graph to the eritical eyes of the Ne braska legislators. 1f the senator wants them he can have aflidayits from all the neighbors within two blocks that there is no style about him. Warm evenings it 18 one of the interesting sights of the local- ity to see the senator hatless, coatless and vestless, with his ‘gallusses’ dronped down, and in his stocking feet, sitting out on his front stoop, just as he would ¢ home in Nebraska.” So passes the glory of the roorback. The Proposed New Department, The house of representatives on Tues: day passed the bill ereating the depart- ment of agriculture and labor, with but 26 votes recorded against the measure, The bill provides for the consolidation of the bureaus of agriculture and labor into a department, oflicered similarlv to the existing exccutive departments. The chicf of the new department would be known as the gecretary of agriculture and labor, and would have an assistant secre- tary. A division of the department wonld be under charge of a commissioner of labor, whose duties are preseribed and consist in part of colleeting informa- tion upon the subject of lavor, itsrelation to capital, hours of labor, rates of wages, cost of production of articles produced, earnings of laboring men and women, means ot promoting their material, soeial, intellectual and moral prosperity, and the best means to proteet life and prevent accidents in mines, workshops, actories and other places of industry. Authority is given the secretary to inquire into causes of discontent that may exist between employers and employes within the United States. The measure appears to ve very thorough and comprehensive ints requirements and regulations, This legislation is the outcome of a number of y of agitation during which the interests involved have been steadily growing in extent and im- portanc We do not re call the time when the proposition was first made to create a department, instead of a bureau of agriculture, but the matter has been urged upon the at- tention of congress for at least o score ot years. Yet until within the past two or three years it received little favorable consideration. 1t is not unhkely that the later concern shown in the matter by congress is largely due to the inereased influence exerted by the labor interest of the country, which demands to be more prominently identified with the govern- ment than it has been, or perhaps could be, nnder present conditions, There is no sound reason why there should not be such a department as the bill in question provides for, and if its ercation will pro- mote the prosperity and welfare of the great interests it would represent in the government, us m; iirly be assumed, that is sufllcient answer to any objections to the legislation. Agriculture and labor are the foundations of the national pros- perity, and it is a wisa policy that pro- yides the largest and most liberal means for obtaining an accurate knowledge of their condition and requirements, and gives them such a place in the considera- tion of the government as will assure them equal attention with ail other - terests, France and other countries Lurope have alw pursued this policy, and if the results with them have attested its wisdom there can be no doubt that they will do so with uns, nsists uents palace” national senator and Those Democratic Votes, A word as to General Van Wycek’s de- pendence upon democratic vole which so much ado is made by th rogue republicans who shed tears of sor row over the mere thought that a repub- lican should think of accepting proflered assistance from the opposing party. Sen- ator Van Wyck entered the cany asa republican candidate with a thirty years' record of service to republicanism. He is us muzh of a republican to-day as he has been for three decades. He will be elected as his own successor by republi- can votes, But he will not and cannot decline any assistance to his eandidacy coming from members of the legislature elected to oftice by republicans, not be- cause they were republicans or demo- crats, but bec defeat men set up by the railrosds to de- feat the people’s choice. Whatever emocratic support Van Wyck receives 1l be n him beeause enst the votes come from constituencics which pledged their mombers in advance of election to kis candidacy will' be in obedience to the lawful de- mands of representative governmert, which should ] dictates of a partisanship whieh eannot advance party interests, and acts as an obstruetion to the general welfare marck and the Reichstag The opening of the German roi or imperial parli t on Tuesda { forded another remarkuble evide the dictatorial powor which the chaneellor wields over land. Before bus autoeratic will constitu encies must bend and deerees of politieal parties vanish at the word. . Fhe question of adding 41,000 weu 19 the Gerwmen army | and continuing the scven year defeating | block in | “luxurions | gild | confi ! in | of use they were willing to the men who Such votes be superior to the | | cortain supplies, been i nored and denicd by the Dowiuion au- scope for th great | the united father- | Y term of under discussion military with the radi and cleriea in opposition. Bismarck dained extended argument. His was a protracted threat and not a portion of the debate. Raising his voice o that it rang in every portion of the he boldly declared that if the measure should not be passed as it came from the government direct “without the slightest alteration, the reichstag would be dissolved.” “The strength of the ' dehantly proclaimed the chancel- 1l not depend upon changing Do not cherish such fantastic It is quite impossible to make parliamentary army out of an imperial wmy. We donot intend to let the de- fense of Germany depend each tune on the vote of parliament, and if you do not enable us, by passing this bill quickly and intact, to mcrease the army to suit what we consider necessary for the seenrity of the country, we shall prefer to eontinne the discussion with another reichstag. We shall no longer submit to & long dis- cussion. We must have certainty. You will either pass the bill or we shall be obliged to turn to others who will give us this certainty.” Bismarck and the government fully appreciate the importance of the con- stitutional erisis which might be pre- pitated by the defeat of the military establishment bill. The support which Windthorst has received from the people in his opposition to further additions to the great burden ot an cenormous stand- ing army is significant of the growth of liberal sentiment in Germany. The government understands clearly t fusal to enlarge its standing army in o time of gencral uneasiness with threats of - war filling the air and rumors of gres continental disturbances permeating the diplomatic atmosphere of all the courts, would be taken as the beginning of a policy of dis- armament and of the subordination of the military power to the néeds and in- terests of pea Such a poliey inaugu- rated by Germany would work a revolu- tion in the affawrs of all Europe. It ean- not come while “the man of iron and blood™ rules with mailed hands over the destinies of the fatherland, But time and an educated public sentiment will certainly bring it about before many years bave passed. The strain on the country eaused by the present condition of afluirs is too serious to be borne much tonger. The tension must yield. viee 1ls was stron biuflly d house Not a Bomb, The name of MeShane, which was ex- pected to prove a bombshell in the sena- torial contest, fell with a dull thud in the open field. It failed to explode. The fuse wuas too long and the pow- der wet. The predicted havoe did not follow. Mr. McShane will not be a can- didate of more than passing moment. The complimentdry vote which will fall to his lot will no doubt be pleasing to his sensc of personal esteem, but it will not increa: his political importance any more (Ium the mnu]:lixm nt; \()lv~ wi\m one b\ lmu- ad- them prominence in own y or in the q Volleys fired in the air may tem- porarily disturb the atmosphe It i still a mooted scientific question whether ccomplish anything more than this, is all that the McShane boom can <pected to accomplish, The chane of the congressman from the First di triet for the presidency as the successor of Grover Cleveland, are searcely more remote than his prospects for success in the senatorial race. A republican would show of an clection in the Shoe- strict of Mis ppitnan a demo- ka legislature as at ent constituted. It is absurd to ue the contrary. The McShane boom s a skyrocket, not a bomb. contests thew Aggravating the Situation, The disposition recently shown by the iadian — government regarding the fisheries issue secems very certain to greatly aggravate the situation. Itis in line with the policy which members of the government had some shadowed, but which 1t was not be- lieved would be scriously undertaken or would receive the approval of the crown. The new statute, which is ex- treme in its provisions, and is believed to contrayene the rights under the treaty of 1818, has however received the assent of her majesty. Thus backed by the home government there can be no doubt that the Dominion authorities will at- tempt to ngidly enforee the law. Under it they are empowered to seize American vessels whenever and under whatever circumstances they are found i British American waters within the three-mile limit, Regardless of whether a fishing vessel shall have committed or intended to commit any illegal act, if within three miles of the shore the Canadian oflicers are required to seize the vessel, run her into the nearest port, search her and ex- amine her officers under oath, It is the tention, as some time ago announced, to increase the Dominion fleet of cruisers 50 that every mile of the coast can be carefully watehed and guarded., That nothing will be omitted by the Canadian government necessary (o carry outto the fullest extent its poliey ot hostil- ity in this matter, now that it has the sup- port of the home government, may safely be inferred frsm the conrse already pur- sued, Notwithstanding the fact that throughout this controversy Canadian fishing vesscls have been permitted to enter and frecly use American portsalon the New England coast, that they have been protected by the government in such entry and use, and have not been re quired to pay any other fees, charges, taxes or dues than have been imposed upon the Is of other governments similurly situated —in short,have been and are still accorded the fullest hospitality and privileges—the Dominion of Canada, in the language of Seeretary Manning in a communieation to congress last Mon y, “*brutally excludes American fishor- men from Capadian perts,” Treaty vights, which allow American fishing vessels to enter Canadisn ports to obtain detinutly ime ago fore- thorities, who hay gressive and host The new statute shown e spirit will give them greater of this spint, and majesty relieyes them they m have felt be. cruisers of the most certainly authority to the The practical -~ con+ the most ag- Xt the assent of her of any restraint fore. The Dowmigion -~ will streteh . their farthest 'l lous sequence, if they are permirted to carry out their purpose, will nhdoubtedly be to re r it extremely hazardous for Ameri can fishing vesscls to fish in waters im mediately outside the three-mile limit, or indeed anywhere on the British-Amer. ican coast. It is ovident that the situ- ation demands of this government a firm and decided stand, to the end that at least treaty rights shall not be longer de nied. The president has authority, under the act of June 19, 1886, to suspend the commercial privilages altowed to Cana dian fighing vessels whieh the Dominion denies to American vessels, und this should be promptly done. Beyond this it will be the duty of congress to take such action in the matter as will assure to American vessels adequate protection, and it will be a grave omission if the present session is permitted to end with- out doing this Tue promoters of the so-called Ameri can exhibition which it is proposed to hold in London nest year do not appear to be managing the preliminary arrang ments in that straightforward way vec- essary to command confidence. Doubt- less Mr. Washburne and some of the others who have been placed in official positions are acting, as far as any action is required of them, in good faith, but there are indications that the project is not entirely free from specnlative fea- tures in the interest of a few individuals It scems, for example, that some parties have been making an improper use of the name of the president in conne n with the enterprise, an exposure of which was recently made in a dispateh from Lon don. When the project was at the form- ative stage Mr. Cleveland allowed his natace to be used as one ot the honorary vice presidents, on the supposition that the exhibition was to be a distinctively Amcrican affair, but iearning subse- quently that its character had not been orrectly represented to him withdrew s name, of which public announcement was made. Recently, however, the Eng- lish public have been mnformed that the enterprise has the endorsement of the president, the purpose being to commit this government to it, which sugge some scheming. An American exhibi tion in London might be a good thing, but to accomplish the best results it must not be a speculation for the benelit of any special int or any set of men, The distrust alre thrown on the proposed exhibition is likely to prove very dawmag- ing to it NEXT to John L. Sullivan, Van Wyck seems to exhibit more strength than 3 one who has recently visited these | PROMINENT PERSONS, Emma Thursby is ding the winter in i ( William and Cornelius Vanderbilt have each given §1,000 to the Logan fund. Governor Ames, of Massa four Harvard graduates on hi Senator Mahone will go into railroad building when he retires from the senate in March. # Dr. Schliemann is aseending the Nile fand examining ruins. In thespring he will be- gin to excavate in Crete, Steve 8. Brodie, the Brooklyn bridge jumper, says he has had enough of the jump- inz business, and he has become a lhorse trader, Ex-Governor Curtin will gress at the close of this session, and will devote himself to preparing data for a his- tory of Pennsylvania’s part in the w ‘The Marquis of Queensberry, who is being sued for divorce, once proposed to substitute in the marriage ritual of the English chureh for the words “Whom God hath joined to- gether let noman put asunder” the words SWhom the government or nature may put asunder let no wan attempt to keep to- gether,” retire from con- ———— None Better Than Van Wyck, Irish Worl ‘I'ne Nebraska legi: as the selection a United States senator in place of Lon. Charles 1L Van Wyck, but we doubt if there is a better representative of the peoble’s in- terest to be found in the state, ——— r Proud, Abnsworth News, The Omaha Beg published a sixteen page review of the business done, and made a very excellent showing of the proud eity, and did itself proud as a newspaper of enterprise and ability, A Por clopedia, ) Gazette, dition of the Omahia D: xteen pages of interesting reading ma It gives a perfect eneyelo- pedia of Omaha’sbusiness and improvements during the past y * % % Tuat Omaha isto be the metronolis of the Missouri river is almost a certainty, and we believe that it will be, not many years hence, a rival of Chicago. - Speak with a Sweetened Tongue. Harper's Baza 1f anvthing imkind you he Do not, I pray you, it rei }hen Jou thit sonte one ehance to meet; For such news has a leaden way Of clouding o'er a sunny day. Last Sunda Bre cont; But if you something pleasant he About some one you know, my dear, Make haste, to make great’ haste 'twera well, o her or him the same to tell; For such news has a golden wity Of lighting upa cloudy day. s STATE AND TERRITORY, Nebraska Jottings, Grand Island has a site in sight for the proposed Baptist colloge. The board of education of Hastings has adopted plans for a $20,000, school, The B. & M. pay-car distributed a wad of $30,000 in Plattsmouth this weck. Norfolk vote will wrestle with a street railway franchise on the 25th, Lo _the poor Indian of the Omaha va- riety is hustling for dog i Fullerton, Valley county voters haye authorize an investigation of the county vecords. The encrgetic business wen of Crete have subseribed §6,000 toward olish- ing a large creamery The Elkhorn Valley road is peeling the park off the Elkhorn river at Crowel [ and pucking 1t up for summer drinks, Hastings has invested in an “Owl club,” strietly maseuline, Thew wives will swing the “ould” club as usual mont is perteeting plans to haye 1l streets e next summer, pro- vided the legislature ¢ autbority Lhe vigils never sleeps” of Platts month jatled nine municipal offenders in Decembe Lwenty-six dollars we tray The Frem Her publican in the st i MeShan an fund » Broken Bow Times, democratic from toe to polished ¢ late ad dition to journalism. . Trefren 15 the chief. Fremont Herald says: *“Whitmore, of Douglds, bright aud nervy, is chair- challenges to duplicate Con 's contribution to the | cents, JANUARY of house. Wyck.” OA little rivalry among the d corn m Norfolk sent the price up to 26 I'he farmers husked 4 cents of the middlemen’s margin. August Vogt overloaded with Grand 1sland beer and_ slocumbed in a snow bank. He was found by section men and tenderly thawed out. A poddler of bogus silverware rested in Geneva last week. He the pantry of a rustic German with glistening ware and relieved him of 800 Alma C. Johnson, an evil minded girl of fifteen, has been sent to the reform school from Grand Island. She had be- come so thoroughly bad that her parents invoked the law m the hope of reclaim- ing her. The scientific cub in the office of the Creighton Pionecer tested the aflinity of benzine and a hot stov The hole in the roof throngh which the youngster van- ished has been reparred and printers ave expectorating on a new ashpan, ames Clark, a stranger in Grand Island, retired to a room with a bottle of strychnine, determimed to kick a_three by ‘six hole'in & cold unfeeling world. A doctor and a stomach pump stayed with nhim all night and sharpened his appetite for breakfast. the railroad commi [his squints a little towards wis ar Towa Items, Cipton Tnid out $25,000 in new buildings year. Tlo tax lovy in Wapello connty amounts to $211,047, Keokuk has Iaid the foundation of a tri- ama county Indians received &17,000 from the government the other day. The total tax levy of Mahaska county and Oskaloosa for ‘all purposcs 1s §121, 81641, The number of business failures re- ported in Towa for 1886 is 378, or seven- teen more than for the year 1885, Donkey parties are the latest social craze in Burlington. Participants wear their ears flowing and sport a paper tail. After waiting and sufiering a great in- convenience for many long, weary years, the people of ()uum\\'l re to have a new and clegant union depot early i the spring. On the 15th will oceur the silver wed- ding anmy y of Dishop and Mre, Perry, of Davenport. 1t will he duly and generally observed by the friends of the couple in the state. The school enrollment last year at Belle Plaine numbered 610, with an average daily attendance of 410, employ- ing cleven teachers. 0 new brick schools w added, costing $23,000 and accommodating 600 pupils. Governor Larrabee reports the follow- mg number of inmates in the different 0 institutions: Orphan’s home, nport, $01; penitentiary, Fort Madi- son, 384; penitentiary, Anamosa, 287; in- ne asylum, Mt. Pleasant, 638; msane Ium, Independence, 783: feeble minded itute, Glenwood, 285; girls’ reform school, Mitchelly 1Ih- boys' reform school, Eldora, f and dumb \lum Counc II‘Iun- 264 N Inhm, 166; normal sehool, Cedar T ate \unnrm? Towh City 500; agricultural college, Ames, 300 Dukota, Canton elaims a population of 2,000, Rapid City has marketed $40,000 park bonds in New York. Two members of the R band to their instruments while parading ently, They will sing in a nasal key tili the poultice heals their mouths, During the past year there have been initintes into the Odd Fellows' lodges ll:\knluJIlcul'nh'rnm\’ numbering 2,955 s 124, The total zes in the territory is Griges county has a §30,000 court house that was erccted over two years ago, but not a term of court has been held in it, I'ne only hope of putting it ito practical use lies”in the bill for two additional judges to become n law. y up the hill to the ceme- at Rapid City is as rd to climb i times of peace us the route up the golden steps. When men started on the Sth st to prepare the grave for funcral they found it impossible to reach the summit of the hill and were foreed to turn k. The Advertiser 1s the latest paper in Dougins. ton has opened a temperance library with 747 book A warchouse and contents in Cheyenne was destroyed by fire last weck, causing loss of $3,000. The Burnetizing works have closed down for the s cord of 121,208 ties singed and s rated, Twenty-six hundred sheep to Mr. Herbertz were burned to a corral newr Lie Siding one night last week, The haystacksin the corral caught fire, destroying fences, sheds and floor- ing. The herders were unable to drive the frightened herd from the dovmed structure, Two cowboys fresh from the range squared off at twelye paces for a duel in Cheyenne. The artillery was raised and ready for the word when one of the com- batants sugg ed that they take a fare- well drink. They accordingly adjourned, much to the disgust of the reporter who had a “scoop” on edge, at Laramic 1son with a atu- belonging death in Montana. The assessed valuation 250,000, !\l:.mnxl:n county has 1,910 children of school ng The real estate transactions of Lewis and Clarke county for 1850 aggregated over §3,000,000, Miles City improved to the extent of about $280,000 in 1836, and Bozeman about ¥100,000, The Union Pacific has also cut its pas- senger rates to 5 cents a mile between Butte and Ogden, with corresponding re- ductions all along the lige. casurer William Kemp Roberts, and Clarke county, has been pardoned by Governor Houser, ie was sent ap for two years for stealing county funds. Last Week the G nwmmnuu paid of Helena is wite Mountain Min- another dividend of ¢, aggregating £ 1 total ulhmulvmi‘ §1,700,000, or 3 e~ Work Again, Work is again progressing satisfactorily upon the foundation of the Merchant's National bank, the ¢ tion caused by the lute cold weather, The pile driv- ing 15 again in operation, and Contractor Coots is putting up his frame to erect the tructure which will enable bim to ut the place all the winter Judge Berka's Work, Ric F. Pierce wus arraigned yester- day afternoon before Judge Berka charged with burglarizing the warchouse of A. J Abrams, on the corner of Thirteenth and Dodge streets. M. Matezviach was committed to jail beeause of his inability to provide bonds to the amount of ¥300 to keep the peace. 1 inspector. bury, of the posta! de- into town yester enst It is under- s some interesung infor- however, he wishics now Post Inspeetor Wi partment, dropped worning on his way stood that he hi mation, which, to conceal: ot tho | Van | ders in | | of his early life that throws light on loaded | ABRAHAM LINCOLN An Interesting Story of His Life Recalled by an O1d Playmate, J.IL Pin the Beatrice (Neb,) Demo crat: Abraham Lincoln is so dear to the Ameniean heart, that every incident the matter of publica- ming character of his childhood is publie interest. The Century tion of his authorized life is awak new interest in that direction, The his tories whet the wish for more, and we gladly listen to fragments from living memories whepever found. The follow ing are the recollections of a very old lady, of the long ago when ‘‘they were boys and girls together.” She evidently was not famil with written histories of the great statesman, and eare was taken not to inform her of their contents, that the statements might be her own recol- lections, pure and simple. How it was obtained may be of some local interest On Wednesday last, trom the Omaha day teain, 1 stopped oft at Brock, in Ne- county, From dark to midnight 1 wasunemployed. Hearing that the Bap- tists were having a revi at the chureh, T went there, 1 was somewhat astonished to see and hear Attorney-at- Law Walker, of \\)umr\' in the pulpit bringing * life and Tmmor lity to Iigln After services, T met Mr s, an old lady late of Brownyille, who says she was a child playmate of Lincoln’s, She had come to chursh near half a mile alone in the dark over the rough frozen roads. 1 asked ber to tell me about Lincoln. She said she wonld if 1 would go home with lie! r and [ went, Igiveas exactly as [ can, her own language and form of ex- l.n dsion, using the tivst person in which shie spoke always lled him Abe, and nis father Uncle Tom, because his father's second wife w my great aunt, My nt's maiden name was Sarah Bush, Uncle Tom sparked her before either of them were ever m ed, but they didn’t make a mateh that time, and she ma ' —— Johnston and Uncle Tom m ried Naney Hanks. Abe and I were both born in the same county in Kentucky. 1 don’t know the name of the county, but vas adjoining Hardin, L was born at sabethtown and Abe s born at Rolling Forks. The first time I ever saw him was when Unele Tom came to marry h. He brought all s children, and two little girls, Abe was My mother says 1 was but two years old then, butshe must be mis taken, because I recollect Tom and his two sist coming to m Aunt Sarah and taking her them to Indiana. My name Neighbors and iny mother's na 7 b R wdley. Our folks foilowed Uncle Tom out to Indiana, where we il Iived pretty much together, Abe was always very still and odd. much to say. When sull, t ways a_sail, dreamy look in his face. Uncle Tom was some that way, but not somuch so. Abe was the stillest boy I ever knew. Hewould sit o’ alone with s sad, dreamy Jook, and seemed to be in a big brown study. I never saw him mad m my life. It was so long ago that Iean’t recollect man ticular things I saw him do. One time 1 saw him get nearly killed by falling out_of a grape- vine swing in the woods. The rest of us swung first, and then we all got him 1n the swing, and he was so big that it broke and he fell and his head bled aw- ful. We rashed about him to help him, and he talked so funny that we liked him better than we thought we did. “Onc time I saw him pull two boys t that were fighting, and start up a 1t something that made them like everything, and the be salioa him Oid Peacemiker. They had another regular nickname for him, but Tean’t think of it I never saw Abe reading in Ing ,and don’t think he could read before he went to Hlinois, un- less it was easy words. Ourfamily went to [inois tirst with some of the Hankses, and Uncle Tom with his family followed! that time b Abe’s sisters were 1. One died your ud the other ad just mavried a short time bef. In Hlinois Abe's step-brother, John John- ston, gave the family lots of trouble. Hoe was o wild drinking fellow, and_ would getinto all sorts of serap I never knew Abe or Uncle Tom (o use either whisky or tobaceo, and this looked odd 1 bothof them. I never knew Aby to be in a quarrel or afight of any kind Never heard that he was a good tighter or lifter. He never felt bz, and didn’t do things to show ofl: neither did Uncle Tom. Everybody liked Abe and belicyed everything ho said. I never heard of either Abe or Uncle Tom ever being accused of u mean thing. Abe was no hand to rk the girls. All the young fellows could best” him at that. He seemed to eare nothing for the girls, Hlis step-brother, John, was different, “Before the Bluck Hawk war, when Abe was a from home. the report came that he was killed in o duel at St Louis. Unele Tom was overcome and said he had no child, nor brother, nox sister, and was the last of his family, and fell to the ground, full of grief, After that a report came that a fellow wanted to fight a duel with Abe, and Abe g the men on his side, and they sct up o job to seare the fellow, and loaded the pistols with paper wads, hauled out to the grounds a collin ready to put into whichever one was killed, They fired and Abe fell, and the other fellow took to his heels, They put Abe in the coflin and hauled him ol into the woodls, and he got out and they buried the cofiin, “Abe was about a head taller than Uncle Tom. Uncle Tom, though, always suid that Abe got his height from the Lancolns, beeause his mother was only common’ size. 1 guess he wus right aboutit, for the Hankes were nott folks. Abe looked very much like Uneie Tom, and I guess he did take most from his people. They both had dark com plexions, and when sitting stll they both looked sad and solemn, but Abe the most 50, even when a b and, from what they say, when Uncle s young he ed more for the girls than Abe ever did. “Abe and John went to the Black Hawk war together. After that Abe was never at home much, and 1 don't know much about him only what I heard. I have heard that all his children are dead but one boy, and I don’t know where he is or \vl at he is doing.” By this time we had re where she lived entirely was an old fashioned loom, such as the pioneer women used in weaving the wool of the sheep into j for the men folks, and lin and {lannel for the women folks. ‘The loom was up, and in it u hatf woven rag earpet, She insisted on my taking the ehair with o back to it, while she ook the stool. Some neighborin, women atthe church nissing her, stopped to see if she had gotten nome safely, She was trying to think up A ry day nick-name for me. We w 1 side by side with the cook stove on one si and the loom on oth She broke ont in a roaring laugh and told them being Al the oldest, shed her hou alone. There - “OLD FAITHFUL." of the Remarkable Geysers of Yellowstone Park. Lotler in San Francisco Chronicle: Old thful, the pet geyser of the upper in, is situated only a few rods from the hotel. You hear it splashing in_the night, and, if you have kept your reckon ing, ean actually tell the pour—he is so ular in his aection over was s gevser better named. Once every sixt minutes, without fail, he asserts himself, The wouth of Old' Faithful protrudes mewhat, as if he were always ready to spout: His is # geverous mouath, six f« by two, and twelve feet above the le \(l of the vlateau; but the face of biw is yis0 One as R et distended, as if fixed in the act of blow« ing, and the slobe o the lips covers an area of 145 by 215 feet, You may walk up to the mouth of O1d Faathful and look down his throat if you hke. There is othing yisible but a passage full of water. Yon may drnH- in a handkerchiof or a bit of cloth and watch it become saturated and sink from yiew; then you can walk a few rods away and sit down under the bushes, and, if it is near the hour of eruption, your wisest way is to do this immediately, Not that there is any particular danger in _delay, for even had Old Faithful begun operations thero would be tie to run out of reach; but it is so pretty to watch him at a safe distance, and then it is only from a distance that one gets any idea of the height of the geyser column. Now, by looking at your wateh you will note that it is time tor the old fellow to begin: he does not vary ten minutes one way or the other during the four and twenty hours. Wit vatel in hand you listen for the prelimi- rumble. ~ There it A Kind of choking sound in his throat and a moan- ing as of intestinal disturbances; this is followed by a splutter and a slopping that is like a futile attempt. r a4 moment you lose contidence; you begin to fear t his day is over—for every geyser has his day, and sooner or later that day comes to an end—and this eruption is bound to be a failure. His reputation is at stake, and_he knows it, for after a half-dozen ‘abortive dise shargos —abortive when compared with what he has done and can do- when he is in good form, but such as would make fame' and fortune _for a spring outside of the Yellowstone re- gion=—after fuming, and frotting, an catehing his breath, and retching for three or four mumutes ho gots mad, and bang! ho is off, with o column of water that curls ontward on cvery side in magnificent Al and veils itsolf in clouds of whirling vapor. Higher and higher it elimbs, as f endeavoring to outdo himself. You sce he s redeeming lusgeputation, untit at 1 its topmost Wi wwummwu wlly to cateh an azure beauty from the sky and to leave part of its diamond dust aloft, there o be ab- el by the sunshine. In five minutes be is fied; he has ex L thu m and his resources moment, and he quietly nd with great dignit wible sigh, He steams vigoronsly for a httle while and pauts as from sheer fatigue, but shortly he s as quict as if ho Lad never done anything out of the com- mon, and he does it so easily and so 1y that it is hard to believe that ho ally, des with ¢ before the eruption the water in ithful's throat stood at a tempera- ture of 200 degrees Fahrenheit. Now it is down to 170 degrees Fahrenheit. That little freshet yonder is the surplus, the overflow from this smail mouth, now hastening to the river in the head of the valley. Here is the handkerchief you dropped mto the geyser before the erup- tion, [t has been thrown thirty feet from the lips of the erater 1 the wind been blowing it might have lodged fifty or 100 feo wriher fy it looks a tangled g but for the knot you thoughtfully tied in it perhaps there would not have been threads enough of it left together to warrantidentitication. Notwithstand- ing the regularity with which Old Faith- ful attends to s duties he is seldom twice the same in appearance. Tho slightest wind sweeps the descending water to aconsiderable disf o and spreads it in many a graceful and beauti- ful pattern; sonmictimes he resembles a colossul ostrich plome of the most daz- z1ing whiteness. The real feather is not lighter or more susceptiblo to the in- tiuence of the winds are many goysers within Old Faithfui. Sometimes it seems arivalry must exist among them, for one will 't olff with 2 grand flourish, and no sooner h 1t got under good headway than another, which perhaps has been anxionsly watch ing for some hours and seems o be ob- stinately refusing to do its duty—no sooner does the one eall for adimiration than the other bur 1 ficently upon the ht and fairly outdoes itsell in the brillinney of i n. = A Big Shovel. The Union Pacifie has reeceiv ed a new steam shovel, which it sends ot to work to-morrow at Dunean, in this stato. It is one of the latest and most approved pat- terns, working with a piston and a num- ber of other deyices. It will be unde the direction of George Meyer, s of the older shoy el engincers in the cmpioy of the company. Building Permits, Superintendent Whitlock issued build- ing per mits yesterday as follows . Brown, 2story frame dwelline s strec $ rds & Co.. Tstory ‘frame ghteenth and Mason streets. . 500 500 nes R shop, Two permits aggr beeeeseiinn 00 Limb, morning Dr. Galbraith went to StJoseph hospital and amputated one of the lmbs of William Fitzgerald, the man who was in jured a few days ago by hav- box ot glass full upon one of his ‘l'hoJmllvnl doing as well as may Rev. ard stre savidge, pastor of the Sew- hodist church, was married yesterday to Anna L. Bloor, in Manslield, Ohio. He will return with his bride on Friday and a reception will be held that evening at 1114 Saund A Good Increase. The sales of stamps in the postoflice during last month amounted to $12,120.88, and of envelopes §: 46. The former fignre is an Incroaso ovar thut of Noveme ber of §1, 666,64, and the latter is ulzo an iner euse ul §227.45 over the sales of the sume period, Broke Her Wrist, Mrs, Mary Hurley, of No. 818 South Twenty-second street, who fell on the sidewalk on Howard street Saturday and broke ner wrist, is getting along as well us could be expected. Dr. Hoftan is uttending her The populurity and success of Salvation Oil, the t pain-destroyer, have made it 4 target for counterfeiters. Buy the genuine, Price 25 ets “Died of ammonia, poor fellow,” Mus, Partington, on learning of riond’s death from pucumonis. 1 bel 1 should haye died, too, but for Dr. Bull's Cough Sur Bull's Cough Syrup she meant, of course Ll RS A New Fireman, John Taggert has been appointed a wher of the engine company number He went to work yesterday, ————— from Coughs, Sore tey “hrowi's said Throat, Sufferer, 8 runchi .h‘."unl it ——— Dl\(lul 2 L. uy morning Meyer & Raupke aehment St William Butt, 10 §324 st filed an amoun The I As the season s aches by which ri st Keen Twinge, the puwing and patism makes itself experi 1 after every ex Itis not claimed that Hood's anilla s 4 specific for rhoumatism we doubt if there is, or can be, sueh & remedy. Buot the thousands benefivted by Hood's Sursavurill wrrant usan urging others who suflc the rheu- mALsI Lo take it before first keem twinge: Ivances posu Sars; BETAR D 95 fl@mv