Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 20, 1887, Page 4

U —— S ——— - THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: ~TWELVE PAGES. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERVE OF SUBSORIPTION ! %fi’ (Morniag Mlllflm |ncl!ld]m( Bundly e, One Yoar. . For Bix Months ¢ ldress, One Year. ATA OPPICT, EW YORK O ARINGTON OFFICR, N0. 0. 814 AND, 018 FARNAN O RIRUNE BUILDING. S FOURTEEN TH STREET. OORRESP All communieations rela torial matter should be adds TOR OF THE BEx BUSTNRAS LETTERS! Al Dueiness letters nod romittances should be addressed to Ty BEx PUBLISHING COMPANY. OMARA. Drafts, chocks and postofice orders 1o be made payable Lo the order of the company, THE BEE POBLISHNG COMPANY, PROPRIETORS, E. ROSEWATER, Epttor. THI'J DAII.Y nb B Bworn Statement of Circulation. State of Nebraska, 1, o County of Douglas, | (Geo, B, Tzschuck, secrctary of The TBee Publihing company, does solemnly swear That the actual circulation of the Daily lee for the week ending Feb. 15th, 1857, was as follows: g Saturda l"l‘ll‘ l-’ ceaed 14,900 Sunday, Monday, |'n o u Tuesday, Wednesday, ey Thursday, Feb, 17. Friday, Feb. 18.. Average DENCE! ¢ to nows and edi- cssod Lo the K- UCK. Subscribed in my presence and uwom to be- forowe this 19th duy of Febrynry A . El ISE Notary Budiic, Geo, B, hqcnuck being first duly sworn deposes and says tiat ho is secretary of The llu Publishing company, that the actual av- erage dally circulation” of the Daily Bee for the month of February, 185, was 10,55 copies for March, 185, 11537 coples; for April 1886, 12,191 copiess for for May, 185, 12,430 copuw for June, 1886, 12,208 coples: for July, 12,314 copies: for August, 1835, 12,464 eopm; for Sentember, 1856, 18,050 copies: for Ootober, 189, 12,00 copies: for November, 1886, 13,548 covies; for December, 1886, 13,257 copies for January, 1887, 16,266 copies. GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subseribed and sworn o before me this Sth day of February A D, 18 (S P Fm,. Notary Public. Contents of the Sundny Be 1 Page1. New York 1 g ald Cablegrams— B;mcmh to the B eneral . Telegraphic LS Telegraphic News,—City News,— Miscellany, Page 3. Special Advertisements, Page 4, Editorials.—Political Bunday Gossip. Pago b, L Im‘(rlll News.—Advertisements, Page 6. Council Bluil's News,—Miscellany. ~Advertisements, Page 7. Social Events in Omaha. and local nz/nrkel.q Points.— General Advertisements. Students, by Franz ‘en Thousana Miles.—Clear ry S. Heath.— Coal for Coming Ages.—Wheeling Over tho World.—Life in Wild Siberia. Page 10, Pleasure Producinz Pens.—For the Fairand Favored.—*Dot and Dash® De- partment.—Advertisements. Page 11, Drugs Make_the Drunkard, a Paris_Lotter,—English Lobby Experts, by Bohemian.—Connubialities.— Educational.— Musgical and llmmmlc—lm:-leth-u Honey for the Ladies. —Religious.—Adverti Booth.—Where Ruin Stalks Abroad, an 1 teresting Letter from Ireland by Jingo.—Ad- vertisements. Croren Howe is fending his position. Nemaha statesman coast defense ¢ Jow engaged in de- Why wouldn't the make an excellent committed suicide, She evidently wanted nun of it in her A MARKET report contains the an- nouncement that *‘live hogs are still ad- vancing.” Was it to be expected that dead hogs would advance ¥ *“TuE word ‘it's’ is said not to ocenr at all in the King James translation of the bible and but three or four times in Shakespeare.”” It's very likely. A NEW picture has just been paintad entitled the “‘Conflict of Conscience.” 1t is useless to say that the plot was not se- cured by a gallery god of the present leg- islaturo. A LiNcoLN man has y drama entitled: *“Where Will the End Bet” It is presumed that the audience will hope it will occur at the close of the first scone. Tuk prohibitionists of New York are talking of running Barnum for pr dent mstead of St John. If they do, this will be one of the times that the veteran humbugger will now have the greatest show on earth. Pror. BArNARD has discovered another comet. Itis in the right ascension, 5 hours, 4 minutes, and 10 secondg, and declination south 16 degrees and 10 min- utes. [t is moving rapidly northwest, and as Mr, William Nye would say, “‘has its tail over the dash board.” IN vetoing the bill appropriating $10,000 for the distribution of seeds in the counties of T'exas that suffered from drought, President Cleveland looked o long distance nhead. He had an idea the seceds would not grow, and disliked to put tho Texan ranger to the trouble of sowing when there would be no chance to reup, At last we have it elaimed, has invented & machine or con- trivance ealled the miragephone. The *description of the wonderful mvention relates the fact that “'by placing the miragephone on the end of a telegraph pole in St. Louis, fixing the correspond- Ing instrument at this end, you have & picture of what is going on there.” A wiragephone placed in the B, & M. oil rooms ut Lincoln would reveal sights well worth the price of admi; dison, it is Tue public have some rights which theatrical managers should respect. One of these is the right of vurchasing their tickets for entertainmoents directly from the management, Another is the right 1o trust in the honesty of advance agents in their annonncements thut ticket spee- ulators will not be fostered by wholesale advance sales of tickots, There was a great deal of well-grounded indignation #nd complaint at the sale of Putti tickots yesterday over the action of the box office in selling as many as thirty tickets to single individuals after the pledge that not more than ten should be sold to any one person. As a consequence of this unwarranted chunge of front, scores of citizens were foreed to accept inferior ts when their positions in the line der the rule first announved would have red them advantageous locations. was uo good reasson why faith havo been h"ohn with the line f t waitors. The Bed Rock Foundation. Inducements to a permanent popula- tion form the bed rock foundation upon which any city ecan build up a lnsting boom. Mere swapping of town lots can never do it. Keal estate oxcitement, un- less based on something moro than spec- ulation, can never do it. Blow and brag will not materially in the end affect the actual condition of affairs. Public im- provements which stimulated in turn pr vate enterprise, lifted Omaha six year agooutof the slough of slow advance into the line of rapid progress. New fac- tories were Nnhlphnl old ones enlarged. The « from a collection of streetss which — were half the year mire and tl other half dust put on metropolitan With the advent of pavements and water- works, sewerage and extended grades, eame an inrush of population from the east and from neighboring states, with a liberal number of Nebraska capitalists attracted by the advantages of life in a handsome and growing city. Our whole- sale trade caught the infection and 1 out its fingers into new trade ter- Labor found empioyment and yed labor gave work and business to the rotailers. Then came a natural demand for more room for residences and competition for business locations. "he rise in real estate followed, and the has been steady and continuons v since. Isit to continue? The same causes which ereated the boom must sustan it. In their absence prices wiil all. If manufactures are stimulated, public works prosceuted, mechanies and laborers given steady employment and our permanent vopulation increased in the same proportion as in the past, Omaha's prosperity will be found to have scarcely begun. An attractive city will draw cupital for investment. A Im) city will add to o laboring and industris vopulation whose wages are dnvn.vd month by month into a hundred channels of distribution. Herein lies the urgent need of a comprehensive and elastic sys- tem of municipal goyernment adequate to present requirements und adapted to those which are certain to arise in the near future. On the character of the charter given us by the present legisla- ture depends more of the welfare of Owaba than its members imagine. Concerning Fort Omaha, Nothing has been done by congress at the present session in the interests of Fort Omaha and nothing is likely to be done. The bill of Senator Manderson proposing the abandonment of the post and the remoyal bag and baggage to another location, failed to meet with the approval of the house military commut- tee. General Bragg, General St others who knew the location of Omanha, its beautiful site and its eminent adaptibility to the purpose for which it was founded, declined to recom- mend that it should be put on wheels, They were willing to urge liberal appropriations for its rebuilding where it stovd. They were not willing that the government should losc one of the handsomest sites for a military post in the Missouri valley. There is where the matter now stands. The BEE has the best of authority for declaring that an entire regiment of in- fantry can be comfortably quartered on the present reservation at Fort Omaha if Nebraska, through her delegation, will secure the nec 'y appropriation for that purpose. No more ground is needed. More could be used it owned by the government but the land already in possession of the war depart- ment will give ample elbow room if cco- nomically disposed of. The question of a rifle range is already settled. The building of the Belt line has simplitied the problem of transportation. There is only one lack now and that is of funds. Prompt efforts should be inaugurated to secure them, In the meantime the troops now quart- ored in the old huildings should be made comfortable. There is urgent need of a liberal allowance for repairs until con- gress ean be made to see the importance of rebuilding Fort Omaha with solid brick and stono into & permanent and substan- tinl garrison such as General Sherman in- tended when be named it s one of the twenty-five most important military posts in the country. How the Nations are Armed. At the beginning of our civil war the best guns in the world were the Spnng» field, Entield and Mini londers. The Sharpe carbine, a breech loader, had been introduced and was u; on a small scale. Later came the breech- loading Burnside gun, the first in this country using the metallie eartridge, and this was regarded as an important step forward, The Spencer magazine gun followed, a breech-loader carrying seven cartridgesin the stock all of which could be fired inabout ten seconds. This was the best gun invented up to 1865, and was nsed with great effect by cavalry und mounted infantry. As against any muz- zle-loader it was invineible, Many dis- tinguished soldiers, however, condemued it as expensive and wasteful, and their opinicn prevailed in favor of the muzzle- loading rifle, But within the last few years breech-loader maguzine guns have rapidly grown in favor, and all the arm- s of the great European powers are sup- plied with these guns, Invention in this ficld has been busy, both in this country and in Burope. When in 1883 there was created, in pursuance of an act of congress, a board of experienced army oflicers for the purpose of seleeting magazine guns for the military ser- vice of tho United States, about forty gune of different patterns were presented. Many of these were excellent, but the board selected only three as the bhest for further triul by the troops in the field, the.Lee, or Lee-Remington, the Chaffe Ry and the Hotehkiss. These wore thoroughly tested, and in 1884 seven hun- dred and flfty of each were issved. The reports to the ordnance department show a great preference for the Lee oyer the other magazine guns, but comparing these guns with each other and with the Springfield breceh-loading service rifle, as single loaders and for all uses, they show a very large preference for the Springfield rifle. The chief of ordnance reported in 1885 that after a careful con- sideration he was satisfied thut noeither of the magazine guns should be substituted for the Springtield rifle as the arm for the service. *‘The Springtield rifle gives such general satistaction to the army that we can safely wait & reasonable time for further developments of magazine systems.” A dispateh from Washingron a few days ago, quoting an interview of our correspondent with = an srmy officer, showed that the opinion in army circles is still favorable to the Springfield rifle for pn\ch('nl use in the army. “The advantage,” said this officer, ‘“of the single loading Springfield is in the saving in ammu nition. The important question now nrrnmlug the attention not only of our aders, but those of Europe, is not how fast can a gun b fired, but how can we supply men 1 active engagement with suflicient ammunition to iast any length of tima? This is a hard question to answer when single loading guns are used, but with magazine guns in their hands the men would exhaust their ammunition in a little while and then be atthe merey of theenemy.’ Lhe Spring- field rifle seems likely to remain for some tinwe the reliance of the American army. England has adopted the Lee gun, the principal advantage of which is that it cun be changed to a single loader, so that an oflicer can prevent his men trom wasting all their ammunition. It belongs toa classof guns firing by a bolt, and las a detachable magazine earcying five cartridges. With the magazine it can throw sixty-cight shots in two minutes, and ~k|ll(ul|y handled has thrown as high as ten shots in nine seconds and fifty in one munute. European nations have generally adopted bolt guns with a permanent magazine under the barrel, which ean be used as single louders also, Franc has adopted the Kropato- chek magazine vifle, which is being furnished to the army as rapidly as it cav be produced. The infantry and navy of Germany are being armed with the Mauser rifle. Russia has the Berdan cch loader, Austria the Mannhcher ine rifle, and Italy the Bertoldo magazine rifle. Turkey is well provided with the most improved fire arms of American patterns, while the Lee-Rem- ington gun, esteemed to have no superior, has been sold in large quantities to the Chinese. The b American magazine un tires from thirty-five to forty shots minute as a steady business, and wiil kill at the range of a mile. The guns adopted by the European nations are supposed to be nearly or quite as service- able and cffectiv Ocean Mail Subsidies. The refusal of the house committee on postoflices and post roads to accept the senate amendment to the postoflice ap- propriation bill providing subsidies for the transportation of mails to South Ameriea, and appropriating §5 that purpose, was not unexpeeted. will th be any complaint at this fusal from those who have an intellig understanding of the matter and position to judge it with fair b trom the objections to subsily schemes of this cter, ostensibly with the ob- ject of improving commercial relations, the action of the senate in this matter appears not to have beon entirely straightforward. advoeates of a subsidy pretended 1o have warrant for [t proposition in the favor of the postmaster general, or ratherin his al- leged back-down on the subsidy question, ased upon that portion of his last al report in which he said it was desirable toi ¢ mail communieation with por- tions ot South America, and stated that he would like to have congress vote him money enough to enable him to hire per- sons to perform the serviee l‘h plainly nothing in this s subsidy, and yet senators profe be able to deriv uch a tioa from This assumption w. very conclusively disposed of by a letter of the postmaster general to Senator Beck in which he disclaimed any iden of w subsidy in the ianguage of lis report, and clearly stated his position to be in favor of free competition for the carry- ing of the mails. The suc: of the post- master general 1 his contest with the 1p companies which less that two od a subsidy, with ulu suggoes- mate r vantag cent and was too complete to admit of his re ceding now from the position he then took and maintained. That he may have wnged his views somewhat regarding the to American commerce of frequent mail facilities is to be sup- posed and expected from his larger ex- perienc ubsidy plan, in all its various s a means of promoting com- and restoring the shipping in- s of the country, is of very question- able expedieney. The example of Euro- pean nations in this matter cannot be garded as conclusive, because the con- ditions are not alike. But even if it be granted, for the sake of argument, that a system of liberal governmeny bounties to American shipbuilders and shipowners might aid in restoring those interests and building up commerce, it is not apparent that this proposed subsidy would be even a short step in that diree- tion, or t ny interests would be bene- fitted other than the existing steamship linee. The expenditure of half a million dollars a year for the objects which the advoeates of subsidy profess to ha view, would be but a drop in the bucket, It would offer no encouragement to fur- ther investment in shipbuilding, It would simply be a gift of the government to the lines alveady established for the perform- ance of a service which would be just as faithfully and efticiently performed ata fuir compensation that would not call for perhaps more than a fourth of the amount of the proposed subsidy. It may be well to remember that for a number of years the British postoflice, having found the disadvantage of confining the ocean mail service to cerlain steamship lines, has been endeavoring to abandon the practice, but without success until the present postmaster general came in, He adopted heroic measures, and we be- lieve with good success. It will not be wise to put our foreign postal service in vosition to be wholly at the merey of ex- isting steamship companies for a number of years. I is announeed that the Chicago, Mil- waukee and St.Paul railroad company has equipped two passenger trains between Chieago and Milwaukee with an appura- tus for heating by steam from the loco- motive. The experiment, it is also said, has thus far proved successful. This ac- tion is to be heartily commended, and it ought to be promptjy followed by all other roads. It will be interesting in this conneetion to note the method of steam heating on the Boston & Albany road, which has been & complete success and is approved by tha railroad commission- ers of Massachusetts. A dry pipe is put in the steam dome of the lo2omotive and conmected with a valve in the cab. An automatic reducing-valve is near that valve, pressure desired, pipe is ran thrqugh bhe floor of the cab and thence lmckm\rdj: the ears, a cover- ing being used to pri of steam car. ont condensation A main pipe isrun under each avalve. No condensed steam back to the supplg pipes, for each car drips away its owrf water. Any caron the train can be shat off without aflecting any other car. THere is no freezing of the pipes, for the; water is discharged. The temperature of the car can be regu- lated by the valve where the steam is taken in, Couplings of the pipes between the cars can be made as quickly as an air brake. Some five to ten minutes are necessary to force the steam through the tram at fiest, and then, in zero weather, it requires about half an hour to make the cars comfortable. Where steam 18 used for heating the station, the ocar ean be attachied to that apparatus and heated before the locomotive is brought out. The enginecr who has tried it says that he does not see as it makes any percepti- ble diminution of power on his engine. Itis expected that by present methods, the cost of heating one car for the cold ason will be about 860, Hence, this is cconomical, besides being € A car in motion, once warmed, will run for an hour in cold weather after the steam has been shut off without becoming uncomfortable. It is belioyed that eight or ten cars ean be heated without injury to the power of the en- gine, Itissaid that the apparatus has never been taken from a tram after it has been put on. The Peeriess Patti, Adelina Putti will be grected by the largest audience ever gathered together The advance sale of seuts . when half a thonsand citizens struggled for six hours to secure a he the box office, assured that fact. Such a scene has never before been nessed in tois eity. It w. of the artist’s fame which spoke volumes m itself. There are songstresses and singers, but only one Patti. Her's is voice of the eentury in musical art. vurity of tone, phenomenal range and compass and marvelous resources in teehnigue ave unparalleled in the annals of art, There are no impossibilities of vocalism for the peerless diva who has entranced emperors and kings with her matchless genius. Omana is to be congratulated that &fe is to be favored few of the cities of the country are by the appearance of Patti. It is the last and the only opportumty which our people will be given of listen- ing to the queen of song, whose subjects are found in every quaster of the globe. Its SECRET ManNIN resignation from the treasury department scems to be regarded in some quarters as a_public nity. ‘Ihe west 1s'nbt likely to so lerit. He has proved himself to be an able man, more especially from the Wall street standpodint,’in his muanage- ment of the finances, and in his theori regarding the coinage and the currency But from the popular side he has failed in his choice of position. Mr. Manning s looked upon the coinage through gold-rimmed spectacles. He has not suceeeded in ding himself of the Wall street idea that thereis no such possibility as that of gold appreciation in distinction from the depreciation of silver, and has striven to impress upon the country that the panacea for all its linancial evils can be found in the prac- tieal demonetization ot silver and the retirement of the legal tende Upon questions of revenue Man- ning has shown greater clearn of vision. His report upon the tax reduce- tion will remain one of the ablest state papers since the days of Hamilton, and a fountain from whic many arga- ments will be steadily drawp in favor of revenue reform. It is un- fortunate perhaps for Mr. Manning's reputation that his tax reduction policy which depended for its success upon the concurrence of congress has not been adopted. Congress haslooked one way and Mr. Manning another, just #8 each has done in pluns for coinage and cur- rency adjustment. For all that, the see- y retires with the unusual praise of having heightened the public appre cration of his abilities during a two-years’ tenure of public office. Tue king of italy recently contributed ,000 tor the relief of families of the vietins of the battle near Massowah, 1t 18 now in order for his ma tribute a sum a trifle larger for the re of Ami n victims of torturous Italian organ grinders e POLITICAL POINTS, Senator Wilson, of 1o vill havelstub- born opposition to his re-clection, Senator Cullom wants Bishop Oberly ap- pointed on the inter-state commerce commis- sion. Senator Harrison doesn’t scem inclined to make a very vizorous opposition to the seat- ing of Judge Turple. Michigan voted down a prohibitory amend- ment eighteen years ago, but is going to try the experiment again. Senator-clect Bate of Tennessee is a poor man; he couldn’t save a dollar of hix salary as governor of his state. Ohio republicans talk of ‘nominating Con- gressman Little for governor. He was de- feated for re-election last fall, A bill now being con’ideked before the Ne- vada legislature disqualifies from holding oftice any one who 1sa yictim of strong drink, Governor Stevenson of Nevada, aceording to the Cincinnati Tinies Snir. stole his inau- RY gural address in part frpm Governor Foraker, Don M. Dickiuson of Michigan, it is be- lieved, is booked by President Cleveland for a place on the beneh of the United States supreme court, Gt Heury Clay, L. Websfer and "CHaries Hen~ ton were the names‘of the three leading candidates for recelver of taxes at the late election in Philadelphia. Henry Clay Dean was one of the old school democrats from way-back. According to the St. Panl Globe he never forgave Noal for taking a republican into the ark, Governor Hill, of New York, has a great many luerative appointments at his disposal, and being entirely free from mugwumpery, he is very popular with the democrats just now. Congressman Hepburn, of Iowa, has two strings to his bow. Ie wants to be senator or inter-state commerce commissioner, and is working tor both in the bopa of catching one. Senator Palmer of Michigan, is going to be supported for the next presidency by all the women. They can’t vote, but they have begun the cambaign by writing Lfty letters a day to him. BFlavius Josephus has been appointed to s 50 the steam 18 reduced to nny: Eyom this point the | At the middle of the car steam 1s | taken in on each side of the aisle through | ean got | postmasterehip in Malne, and the mugwumps aredivided in opinion whether this is a tri- umph of reform or of the Concord School of | Philosophy. Senator Ingall's venomous attacks on any- body, everybody, anything and everything, are said to have their origin in the fact thata man named Hudson 1s poaching on his re- clection preserves, Secretary Manning’s friends are said by the New York Times to have recently held a secret 1aeeting in Albany to arrange a move- ment having in view his nomination for the presidency in 1888, Amos J. Cummings, congressman-elect from the Sixth New York district, says that it is only right that a journalist should repre- sent his district, as it boasts of eighteen dailies, 187 weeklies and 459 periodicals. Mr. Falrehild, the nssistant secretary of the freasuty, who 1s widely looked upon as Mr. Manning’s successor, 1s a short, stout man, with a large, well-rounded head covered with black hair streaked with silver. His black mustache i also turning gray, and his bright black eyes look out through gold- rimmed glassos. ¢ Bob Taylor, who fiddled himself into the Tennessee governorship, has already fallen mto demoeratic disfavor, though searcely warm in i A leading Nashville der ocrat sy His message was a great sw [rise and humiliation, 1o lias surtounded himself with mu:wumps, and has not done one thini that a single democratic leader in- dorses since his inauguration. 1is adminis- tration will bo a dead failure—worse than Tyler's in 1841 He will not et 100 votes in the next cubernatorial convention.” i Whitelaw Koid Gives Up, New York Tribunce Sending good advice to Washington is like pouring water into a rat-hole. No Charge for Boxing. Chicago Tyitune John L. Sullivan’s book will be delivered to avents on payment of freight, No charge for boxing. e Saree, . The Long and Short of It. Chicago Herald, The member of the legislature who has his pockets full of passes pays no more fora long haul than he does for a short one, — Popular ¥iction, Chicagn News, The most popular work of fietion In the New York publie library is “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” A very popular work of fiction in icago 15 the personal property tax list, e An Asphalt Discovery, Altanta Constitution, Asphalt has been discovered in Morgah on the Louisville & Nast- ville railroad. This rare wineral deposit, known as rock tar, is found nowhere else in the Unite , the sreat lake of Trinidad naving furnished the supply for this country for years. If the recoply discovered deposit as valuable as it is believed it will, it al in importance the vast iron and coal beds of Georgia and Alabama. e “'Cousin Ben™ Once More. Coustn 13on Folsom's socond official act ns consul at Sheflield was to file anapplication for an inerease of salary. The first was to notify her majesty’s government that he had arrived and wonld immediately set about strengthenine the friendship existing between the twoereat inglish speaking nations. From the fact that the call for more pay comes so soonatter the consecration to duty, it is to be inferred that Benjamin has found the con- traet a beavier one than he imagined when he set out. S The Inconsistent Prohibitionists, New Yok Heraid. T'he total abstinence folk occupy the most anomalous position conceivable. They adopt the poliey of no raint at all unless they can have prohibition and compulsory total abstinence. They scorn the motto that half aloaf is better than no bread, and push the peculiar tactics of no rum at all or all ram., Consequently they hobnob with the liquor dealers and violently oppose the folk who say that if the world cannot be made absti- t the next best thing is to make it mod- te, ———— Human Charity. 0. Bouscaren. There is a flower of perfume rare ‘That hides its petals, pale and f “Neath leafy erowns of somber hue, “I'would blush and lose its fragrance pure, 1ts name and nature change, to view “Phe light or praises loud endure, 1t grows beneath the feetthat tread, \ll(l there ity sweetest scent Is shed. head has pierced the wintes m buds tendern blime, Withstood Sa st blow, 1t lives and blooms in every clime. Know you the floweret by name, 113 fairest torm ignored by fame? IHast seen it 'mong the ample folds Stern justice all unbending holds, Lend gweetness to her accents cold, Giraco to her imfen, hopo to her doom? 1ast seen it glmll!cn young and old, \\ ak'n new delights. adiant and full in he With beauty injinite 1t glows, earih a hidden rarity. call it human charity, —— SUNDAY GOSSIP, “I heartily endorse the attitude of the B in regard to the outside real estate craze,” said a prominent man who is heavily jutcrested in inside property, “Cautionary words like those ot the B are always timely. ‘The advice not to get too deep into the whirl should be heeded. People gener- ally, and poor people in particular, should go slow. lInvestments in property within a onable distauce of the city’s center arc perfectly safe, and are bound to return a ood profit, but investments in additions five orsix miles out are rather risky. It is a gambling chance, and should a reverse come it would sweep away a great deal of hard- earned money, and for a tim least, have a depressing influence upon nearly all the property values, Legitimate real estate speculations are all right, but there is too mueh of 8 tendeney to wild-cats chemes, Sueh schemes are already burting the eity in many respeels, ‘They have tied upa good deal of money and the consequence is that the re- tail tradesmen, esvecially the grocer, the clothing dealer, the boot and shoe man, and the dry goods dealer are feeling the stringency, Then again they are exerting an influence against investment in really legitimate property chauces, When wen buy alarge tract of unimproved land and throw it upon the market in the shape of lots I believe they should pgiye some substantial evidence of their own faith in the futureot the property. For ex- ample, take the case of Dr. Mercer, who bought a large tract in the northwest ont- skirts of the city, There was nota house on it when he bought 1it, but he showed his con fidence in it by e ing thereon a substan and haudsome brick residence, and estab lishing a permAneut home for himself ata cost of over 100,000, e also assisted real estate purchasers to build over one hundred liouses, ranging in cost from $1,200 to I'he result is that Walnut Hill to-day is one of the most prosperous additions and one of the most desirable residence quarters of the city. It contains a large namber of handsome residences and comtortable homes, Had not the owner of this property given un- mistakable evidence of his confidence, 1 question whether he could have usposed of one-tenth of the property. As It is he has sold the greater part of it, while the balance las greatly increased in value, although yet very cheap when compared to the prices being paid for the far oublying property. ‘The stock yards syndicate wight have doue better had they shown more coniidence by endeavoring to buid up South Owmaha thas On We to be in such a rush to get every- thing. out of the lands. = Boggs & Hil's work west of Craighton college is an avidence of the confidence on the part of the owners which is worthy of emulation. 1f any one questions the benefits of an owner's efforts in behalt of his own property, let him go out In the vicinity of Walnut Hill. Another thing that people ought to be warned against and that is the advertisement of the location of cable lines, Don’t place too much dependence on what you hear about proposed locations, ‘There has already beon a good deal of what 1 call fraudulent speculation based on cable line routes, It is by no means sure that the ca- ble track on North T'wentieth street will re- main there. So you see that cable routes are mighty uncertain,” “I mado the acquaintance of the late Henry Clay Dean thirty- ears ago,*’ said Mr. I3, F. Williams, of Minden, Nebraska, who {3 visiting in Omaha for a fow days, “I sup- pose it is true that thereare twosides to every intelligent human character, both good and bad. Mr. Dean was a very remarkable man, physically and intellectually, He was a Methodist Episcopal minister in Pennsyl- vania, and came to Iowa as such, early in the fifties, and was stationed at first at Keosaugua, and afterwards oceu- pled somo of the best places, in the Towa conference. It is said of him that at one point in Wost Virginia where he preached, he was threatened by a mob, and on his appearance at the place a number of the roughs were ready for busi- ness, Dean rolled up his sleeves and said to them: ‘Look atthese arms! The first man among you who makes any disturbance will wet the fuil benefit of them.” It w said that peace relgned durlng the services, At his first station in lowa there was a large number of atheists who dofied christianity, but Dean attacked them with his best argu- ments, and then commenced a series of meet- ings in which many people took great inter- est. One evening while thore wero many one McBride, the leading atheist of made his appearance among the seckers, and when Dean noticed him, asked MeBride what he was doing there, to which he replied, ‘Looking on.” Dean took hold of him and began moving toward the door, say- ing, ‘Getout of our way, you are adamned soul already.” Before the meeting closed MeDBride became a member, and a larga num- ber of his followers also. Among them was alawyer by the name of Dalizen Smith, who atonce became a minister and went to the Pacific coast ag a missionary. ** “There are many other might be mentioned of Mr. Deau, but, suflice it to say, that he was one of the ablest pulpit men in lowa. He ended his labors as such in 1861, when the rebellion broke out. Ile pro-slavery in his opinions, and became irulent ‘copperhead.” 1o became so offen- sive to his church that he was dismissed therefrom. e then took up the law, and made itquite a success, Dean was one of the ablest stump speakers the democrats had, and liberally employed his time in that line. Mr. Dean possessed a robust physical frame, being somewhat corpulent, had a fine flow of language. and a well stored mind. e was very negligent of his personal appearance, and from that cause was called ‘Dirty Clay Dean.’ His residence was lacking in order, and had few marks of good housekeeping, but he possessed o fine library in ‘whieh he loved to linger, and gather & ems of thought. wx “Many of the sisters, at whose houses he was a guest, will never forget Henry Clay Dean for the freedom he exercised in throw- ing himself on the finest beds, boots and all, to their great diseust. Then he would use such words as ‘he is a devil of a fellow,’ or ‘he Is a devilish Jiar,” and for the use of such seeming profanity he would justify himself, by saying that no other language would titly deseribe such people. Even though he did say many things that grated upon the re- fined sensibilities of many, yet it must be aa- mitted by all who knew him, that he was a great man, even better and greater than he ever had credit for. But his candle has gone out,and all that isleft is the impress he has made on men, which will long remain for good or evil, and the future will develope what the life of Henry Clay Dean has been for humanity, Although I was not of his polities, I must say that Mr. Dean was worthy the admiration and esteem of all liberal minded people. Peace to his memory.” eccentricities that Mn. MArcrs R MAveR, the tiveless adju- tant of Henry E. Abbey, who left here the other day for Kansas City and St. Louis, to arrange for the Patti concert, writes from the latter city, that he was in a sound state of mind and body, contemplating the extra bur- den soon to be laid upon him of managing Sara Bernhardt as well as Patti—the two most conspicuous professionals, as he truly says, now before the publie. Mayer is a striking oxample of what may be accomphshed by fathfulness to responsibilities. Years ago, when he was employed on the reportorial staff of the San Francisco Call, it was re- marked that the items he furnished had always some details additional to those given on the same subjects by contemporaries, and the fizures of the racing reports were always s0 aceurate that turfmen and othiers accepted them to dccide wag The principle of thoroughness seems to have been the guiding star of Mayor’s career, and coupled with re- markable mental acuteness, has led to valu- able confidential relations that prowmise to make his fortune, OLp “Pop” Whittaker is dead, He died at Greenville, N, J., the othier day after an ili- ness for several months, \When Buflalo Bill gave the initial performance of the “\Wild West” in Omaha in 1834, “Pop” Whittaker, it will be remembered, was the master of cere- monies, Hewas an interesting character, For y ays the New York World, he haa th'n ring-master In a cireus, lecturer for ows and the speaker at all publie tistic s iu and about New York, Me served for atime with Barnum’s shiow, and traveled for a senson with Buifalo Bill's “Wild West,” “Pop,” or as he was tened, Fraueis Whittaker, was pro- verbially unlucky, He continually re- celving injuries in accidents, and it was a standing joke in professional circles that “Pop” would burt the next locomotive that ran against him, \While with the “Wild West” show in 1555 he was run over by the “Deadvwood coach” and had his collar-bone broken, Shortly after his recovery u buffalo struck him wiile on a gallop and nearly killed him. Previous to this be was run over by & Fourth avenue horse-car at Houston street and the Bowery and had his right avm talien off, He was about sixty-four years old, and 1or the past year had lived very quietly, TaY last time that Billy Emerson, the king of winstrel men, was in Omahs, was about » years ago. ‘Then he appearcd at the ademy of Musie with Haverly's ninstrels, ‘The troupe was on its way from 5t. Faul on a special train, which was delayed ot Mis- il Valley, and did not reack Omatia until The andience, however, remained ! wore drilled in the practic ently iu their soats having been informed that the boys were coming if it took all summer. ‘The troups reachod the theatre at 10:45, amid unbounded euthusiasm, the band playing a lively tune. 'The curtain was rung up, and E. M, Hall, who had blacked up on the train, appeared before the foot- Iights and entertained the addience with his banjo, sougs, and wittielsms, for fifteen miuutes, in order to give the rest of the troups time to rig up for the stage. The per- formance concluded at half past one o'elock, the Louse being erowded. Haverly himself 1s now traveling with his troupe, baviog given up w1l outside speculations. The com- pany which appears at the opera house mext Thursday evening is said 5 be ‘one of the best he has ever orianized. Trnowas Kr Ilas roco\crcd from the | paralytic stroke whieh he received over o year ago, and his physiclans think he can re- tuen to the stage early in April. Arrange- ments are accordingly being made for a pro- fessional tour In the east. The last perform- ance given by Mr. Keene was on January ¢, 1586, at Boyd's opera house in this city, and the play was Macbeth. From Omaha Mr. Keene went to Kansas City, and it was thero while attending an Elks' sociable that he was stricken down. s many friends in Omaha Wwill be glad to hear of his recovery. - FROM AN “INFANT” TOW Currsht Events in a Prosperous and Promising Place. CArraway, Neb.,, Feb. 17.—[Corres- pondence of the Bek.]—Notwithstanding the cxtreme cold woather many new faces have avpeared in Callaway and the advance guard of the assured immi- gration to Nebraska during the coming spring has, wo may say, arrived. Most of these are parties from Obio and Illinois who have been informed of the prospects of the place as a big business center and the unexcelled fertility of the soil aronnd for ngru,ullurnl purposes. Callaway 15 lively now, but the fact that it is to be the junction of the douth Loup and Wood River branches of the Omaha & Republiean Yalley railroad makes the near future ox&edingly bright. C. A. Schultze, son oiyum lroprmlor of the Central meat market, Omaha, has just commonced the' butchering and packing business on Poitio street here. He has assooiated with him Charles Thornberg n oattloman of South Loup. Another large livery and sale stable will ba erected hero by an tern party as soon as the season opens. Mr. Newton of Sullivan, 1lls., has been nhere looking over the gmuml for business investment. Lots were sold last week on which there will be erccted several busi- ness lmum-« nul'\hlv a mammoth general sto C. . Johnson, cashior of the bank of C: ull. v, hasalready purchased property on Pacific street on which he will erectat once a commercial building or rent. ~ One of the new features of this town is the Calla Building and Loan associa- tion. Although only a few weeks old a suflicient number of ehares have becn ken to enable the officers to make sov- eral important loans to parties Who in- tend to build at once, The Union Pacitic 1 an office dquarter: chief, is ) doubtedly engineer corps has Pacific street for win- Mr. H. O. Hume, the ble gentieman and up- very proficient in his business. The masquerade ball given at Smuth's Opera hall February 14 was_one of tho leading social events ever held in this seetion. It was the first entertainment of the kindever given in Callaway, and was a ;:r:uui success in every partioulaw. The Rey. Thurber has closed the quar- terly meeting, after holding a most gatis- factory series of meetings. The Meth- odists are now holding services In the opera house, but intend to begin tfie erection of a handsome church build: just us soon as spring opens. Quite a number of persons are corra: sponding with our citizens regn(; to building a flouring )\ at this pumt. The water power cannot be beat in the state. Callaway * fifteen to thirty miles from any mil The soil produces the best grain “in thy state, especially wheat. Hence. there a ;:rm\d opening for amiller to proutubl{ inyest, and of course the first to coft will be the first served. A stage line will be February 21, between Cozad and Calla: way, by Mr. ' Arnold, the eading livery- man of Co; The stages will run from wway on Mondays, Wednes- making the trip in four hours. The runs from laway o L ad will be nmdf‘ on Tuesdays, Thurs- A stago” line wil ul on In-lwm-n Broken Bow ani , the B, & M. railroad being at the hoad of the cuter, p ise. ArGus, rted on Monday, Codar Rapids' Growth. CEDAR Rarips, Neb,, Feb. 18.—[Corre- spondence of the Be.)-~The boom in Cedar Rapids still continues. The direetors of the creamery company have let the contract for putting up 100 tons of ice for their own use. The bufldy ingisto be 1n running order in sixty days. Your car loads of horses are ex- pected here this week, which will be sold to our f.u'mur hummn ants are coming dn In\'nrvholly here is dolng a ul profitable business. Scarcely a duy passes but what some transfer - in real rnsl is made, a8 we have one of the best farming countries that lies out of doors. Our postmaster reccives many letters of inquir, good —~ The Palanquin Trick, Chamber’s Journal: In an opera called :s Amours du Diable," pro- s 1zo, there was v curions scene which puzzled all who A slight palanquin—constructed munner that it was obvious that s no poss bil'ty of its having a doublo hottom—wns brought upon th stage supported on the “shoulders o The actress, who ocenpicd it, withdrew the curtains and gave some orders to lier attendants, Then the cur- tains were closed for an instant, and again reopened. But the oceupant of tha palanquin_ had disappeared. What had In come of her? The feat had been oxes cuted close to the front of the stage, and under w brilliant light; and the spectators could plainly see that it was certain that tho luly hud gono down u trup. Thd mystery remained for some time * solved. The ex nation of the puzzle was simply this: The pillars of the pa- lanquin appeared to be very slight, but instowl of being wood, they wore hollow metal tube lluuugu these tubes rosod lleys at the top of the palan- quin, descending in the inside, and fuste ened to the frame, on which was placed the silk cushion on which the actress re- clined, To the other end of the ropes was altahed a heavy weu_rln which ax- actly balinced that of the Iady. (¢ of the slave; was impersonated by an ex- pert muchinist. S0 soon a8 the curtains were down he' pulled a cord which re- leased u counterpoise, and the fram togother with its burden, rose to the dome ot the palanquin, There the aectress lay quite comfortably, a wire ganze overly Wl enubting her to breathe 18 had Iu-- :n tuken in the consiructing of the palanguin to make iy appear frail, when in reality it was very stronzly huilt, that the roof might bear the serain upon it of the we ight it had to support, The bearers were men selected for their muscular strength, and they of taking up the p quin—after the disapperrance fits occupant—and carrying it off the g at a sharp trot, as if 1t were cuipty. The Flood at Lyons, DETROIT, Feb, ‘I'ie Kvening Journal’s Lyons special says the situation Is becoming bourly more alarming, Foursquads of men are working at the gorge in different places. Despairing of opening the river channel they are working on the overflowed lands whero the least opening can ve found. Despite the most strenuous efforts to open the wa course the river bas risen rapidly, until, thie bridue, It is within lifteen inches of Ih highest mark. The Lansing ice 18 reportec nearly here,and with it is & trenmennous bodv of water. are being anchored In expectation of the ising ice coming \wl(nz the prairie. It is feared the water will req tive teet abovi present limits. Feb. 19.—~No traing n récelved or sent from @ the TRAVERSE CITY, Mlch boel morning. - One traiu iy and no mails have alton, and teams bave here since ‘I'hursda 'b"u‘" fi‘r.l:g l::u Liere to get the passeugery 0 sl and s, i Ve