Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 15, 1887, Page 4

4 THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMA OF BUBSORIPTION ¢ fly (Morniag Edition) including Bunday kx, Ono Year... .. E" Bix Months ~ ‘ot Threo Montha . sALip (oo e Omaha Swnday Bk, malied to any address, One Yoar.. ATA OPPICR, NO. 014 AND 018 FARY EW YORK OPFICK. ROOM 65, TRING ASHINGTON OPYICE, NO. 513 FOURT! CORRESPONDENCE ! All communioations relating to news and edi- torial matter should bo addressed o the Kol TOK OF THE LEE. RUSINESS LETTERS! ATl bueinoss lotters and romittancos should be addressod 10 THE BEe PUBLISHING COMPANY, OMANA. Drafts, checks and postofiice orders be inado payable 1o the order of the coupany, THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETORS, E. ROSEWATER, Epiro! THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Clroulation. Btate of Nebraska, County of Dou A il Geo. B. T'zschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing col !mlly. does solemnly swear that the actual circulation of the Daily Bee for the week ending May 6, 1557, was as follows: Saturday, April 30 Sunday, May 1 May 2 Tuesday, Ma; Wednesday, M Thursday, May 5. Friday, May 6 AVerage....ooouie Subseribed and sworn to before Ath day of May, 1857, N. P, Frir, [SEAL.] Notary Publie. Geo. B, Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that he is secretary of The Bee Publishing company, that the actual average daily circulation of the Daily Bee for the month of May, 159, 12,439 copies: for June, 189, 12.208 copies for July, 1395, 12,514 copres; for August, 18, 12.464 fes’ for Septem: ber, 18%, 13,30 co) for Octobor, 1850, 12,05 coplest for November 6, ' 1,148 coples; for December, 1836, 13,237 copies; for January, 1857, 16,260 coples; for February, 1847, 14,195 coples; for March, 1557, 14,400 copics; for April, 187, 14,316 co| 3k0, B. Tzscuck. Subseribed and sworn to before me this Tth day of May, A, D., 1857, ISEAL.] N. P. Frir, Notary Public. Contents of the Sunday €. Page1l. New York Herald Cablegrams— Bpecials to the Bre.—General Telographic ews. Pace 2. Telecraphic News.—City News.— Miscellany. cial Advertisements, Editorials,—Prominent Persons. — ress Comments—Sunday Gossip.—Sunday Chip Basket. Page 5 Lincoln News.—Miscellany. 1’age 6, Council Bluffs News.—Miscellany. —Advertisements. Paga 7. Soclety Events in Omaha.—Gen- eral and Local Markets. Page 8. Gieneral City News.—Local Ad- wvertisements. Page 9. Kaisers Wilhelm's Nephew, by Clara Beile.—Swarming with Blackloss, a —Aestheticism in’ Colors, by Paris Lette Franz Sepel.—Advertisements. Page 10. Our Ministering Angels.— Honey for the Ladies.—Religious.—Advertisements. Page 11.—| trlnxllme’s Sunny Smiles,— ingulariti Jonnubialites,—Educational. ~Musical and Dramatical. —Advertisements. Pago12. In the Electrio Field.—Beating the Bandits,—Grouer and Kapiolani,—Ad- vertisments. Es—————— ! RUSSELL SAGE has been before the in- westigating commission. As a cheerful et puerless prevaricator, Mr. Sage is en- sitled to great credit. Here FALB insists that the earth is gradually drawing nearer thesun, and a collision will soon accur. This1s grasify- ing intelligence. A MONUMENT to Gulileo has been erected in Rome, and neither Jeff Davis mor General Kiefer made a speech, and et the sun do move. m——— THE inter-state commissioners have re- turned to Washington. They have sus- . pended every thing except the clause providing for their salary. THE newspapers of Kansas City have built & “‘newsboys’ hume,” The sum of $3,000 was obtained from merchants for advortising, the proceeds of one day go- ing to the newsboys' fund. eE——— ‘Tue New York World, in its anniver- sary number, boasts of its accomplish- ments. Among other things mentioned 4s the fact thatit brought ‘‘Jake Sharp before the bar ot justice.” What it should dois to get Jake Sharp behind the bars. A MASSACHUSETTS statesman has intro- duced a bill in the legislature to prohibit the adwmission of any child under fifteen years of age, unaccompanied by parent or guardian, to any public show or awusement which takes place after sun- set, The father no doubt occupies a front @eat at the variety show and is afraid the son will see him. OuR old correspondent, ‘A Member of Parliament,” appears with an interest- dng letter among our London cablegrams to-day. His story of the late hours forced upon members of parliament, forcibly reminds us of the last hours of our con- &ress, or the pictures presented during the closing days of a Nebraska legisla- ture. Since the advent of Buffalo Bill in England everything is becoming, “American, you know."” First the Par- mell forgery, and now confusion among the lords and statesmeon. E——— ‘Tuk destructive storms of the past few years have effectually disposed of the theory that there is a distinctive tornado belt 1u this country, and that the west is the only region subject to their ravages. In the oast three years cyclones have vis- ited tho states of New York, Massachu- setts, Connoticut, Delewaro, Pennsylva- mia. Virginia and South Carolina on the Atlantio sea-board, and in each instance lives were lost and much property de- stroyed, Nebraska has been visited by these death dealing storms, yet she has escaped with little loss of life, — **WASHINGTON is more worldly, as bad as when congress is 1n session,” writes & bright young woman, thoroughly ac- quainted with the capital city, its men and their ways, The young lady is cor- xect. Lhere is more of corruption, social a8 well as political, in Washington than in any other American city. There are men without number thriving by job- bery, whose very presence in any circle 4s almost certain evidence of sinister #chowes being on foot. There are hun- dreds of **high-flying" women supported by men or corporations with jobs in pros- pect, who rely upon these women, who wemuin there the year round, to do ser- wices as lobbyists. A bunt for simplicity, womanly modesty aud genuine integrity ‘will prove more successful in probably 4§ say other city in Awerica thau in the i Bation's capital. < . . " 3 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY. MAY 15, 1887 Improve the Park As the summer days draw near poople of all classes and conditions are moved to think at times of the discomforts in- separable from the sweltering heat of July and August, and to reflect upon the means of relief that may be at their com- mand. To a few the weather is not a disturbing one. Their lines are cast in pleasant places, and not only is their time at their own disposal, but they have the means to gratify whatever determi- nation they may reach as to where and how 1t shall be disposed of, Such may hie them to the sea shore, if that shall seem best for social considerations or any other reason; or they may betake themselves to some northern lake resort, where the breezes are cooler than at the sea and the requirements of fashion less exacting; or they may go into the mountains, and sequestered there, away from the busy haunts of men and the “madding crowd,"’ commune with nature, finding gladness in the primeval forest and the sweetest of music in the rippling rill; or they may goto other lands, and there at once escape the dis- comforts of life at home, and gain a so- cial distinction for haviug been “‘abroad.’ But it is only & few who are thus hap- pily situated. The very great majority must remain at the post of duty, no mat- ter what may betide. The wheels of trade end industry van no more be stop- ped in July and August than they can in December and January. They may re- volve g little less vigorously, but they must be kept going, That is necssary in order that the prosperous may continue in their prosperity ' and that those who must labor shall not even for a little time lose the reward of their toil. It is this grcat majority, this army of toilers that cannot stop the daily round, whether the tomperature be cld or hot, who are now contemplating the approach of the summer solstice with forcbodings of its inevitable discomforts. These are the people whoafter the weary work of the day in the close counting room, the crowded store, and the ill-ven- tilated shops, would find relief and re cuperation in some out of door breathing place where there were conveniences for rest and some attractions besides those which nature has placed tkere. Where shall they go? Omaha will undoubtedly some day bave parks—perhups several of them. Atpresent thereis one, but it is not a particularly inviting spct. Many of those who go there do 8o because there is nothing better to attract them, and some sort of change of air they must have. It could be made an exceedingly attractive place, and ought to be. The expendi- ture necessary to accomplish this need not be great, but whatever the sum de- voted to this purpose, there is hardly any other way in which it conld be more judiciously employed for the general good. Hanscom park is beingsurrounded by fine residences, it is easily acoessible, its natural conditions need not be much altered. But the art of the landscape gardener could be utilized to a moderate extent. Some grading could be done, the existing walks could be imvroved and others made, and there might be a more liberal supply of seats, of course of iron. All this could be done at a reasonable outlay, and would render the parka wel- come resort for thousands. Jefferson Square, also, should be improved. It is only an eyesore now, and being one of the “‘features’ of the city which cannot bo concealed from strangers, subjeots us to ridicule. As a central ‘‘breathing spol’ it should be put in condition to meet that requirement. The man who shall bring about these desirable im- wrovements will deserve to be regarded as a public benefacto A Bit of History. A few of the habitual and hardened liars of the state press have taken occa- sion during the past two weeks, to insin- uate that Curry, the brutal, burly negro who was employed to assassinate Mr. Rosewater some ten years ago, wus the “victim of Mr. Rosewater’s cunning," that the ‘‘negro who was respectable' “‘slightly touched Mr. Rosewater with a cane,” for which Curry served several years in the penitentiary. These stories eminated from the traitorous editor of the Lincoln Journal. We do not desire to burden our columns with a story which is yet remembered by all the old citizens of Omuha and the state at large —butto show the utter inconsistency of the reports circulated by the scabs of the country press, headed by the journalstic jackal who presides over the Lincoln Journal, and answer several letters ad- dressed to Mr, Rosewater regarding the assault, we print elsewhere the report as it appeared in the Herald the day after the crime was committed. Editorially the Herald denounced the outrage as a “*brutal and cowardly assault,” and every honest man in the state knows that Curry was only playing his part in a great con- spiracy, conceived by a band of polit- ical rogues and mountebanks, to kill Mr. Rosewater, in order that they might con- tinue unmolested in their criminal prac- tices. Those who read tho Herald's re- port of the infamous crime will at once see how inconsistent and unprofessional itis in the Lincoln Journal to print and cireulate reports bearing no likeness to truth, decency or justice. — Commemorative World's Fairs, France is projecting a national exposi- tion, to which she invites the world to contribute, to celebrate the centenary of the revolution of 1789. "U'he success of the undertuking as & world's exhibition will be shightly impaired by the refusal of some of the European governments to participate. Russia will not be repre- sented, Germany will be represented only to a limited extent, and England is not expeeted to be a large contributor, The government feeling in all these countries is about the same respecting the motive of the project. As monarchies they connot give countenance to any form of commemorating a movement in behalf of republicanism, The unfriendly attitude of these countries, however, doubtless will not, as it certamly should not, deter France from car- rying out the plan., The countries which have no dread of appearing to sympathize with liberty or republican in- stitutions, withthose whose sympathies are all in that direction, ought to give such generous countenance and support to the French oxposition as will convince the unfriendly monarchies that they are not indispensable to the success of such an enterprise. France and tho United States could together mako am cxhibition that would surpass any the world has yot seen, and which would be worthy of uni- versal attention. The republics of Mexico and ot Central and South America could contribute vastly to the objects of interest and attraction. There would be more good and more glory from a successful exposition containing the contributions of republics only than from one under the circumstances which derived any large part of its attractions and its interest from the products of nations not in sympathy with republican institu- tions, It would demonstrate that indus- trial progress and achievement in all de- partments of art can and do flourish in countries whose people govern even more prosperously than in the nations where they are aided and encouraged by royal or imperial bounties. The French exposition should bo purely republican in its character, and from a practical point of view solely it would probably be more successful for being so. The 1dea of a world's fair in this coun- try in 1802, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America, has received some consideration, so far as we have observed wholly of ' a favorable nature. As such an en- terprise would be entirely free from any political objections, no nation could on that score, as in the case of the French exposition, decline to participate in it. That the anniversary of the landing of Columbus on the shore of. America would from a sentimental point of view be an auspicious time to hold a world's fair as a commemorative event will not be ques- tioned. What are the probabilities from the practical point of view? The exhibi- tion of 1876 was a success, and all the conditions that rendered it so will be greatly enlarged and augmented in 1892, 1t is not excessive to estimate the popula- tion of the country at that of 75,020,000, orin the neighborhood of fifty per cent more than in 1876, Inevery department of industrial enterprise and achievement the nation will have made an even greater advance. Progress in the arts and in science has kept pace with all other forms of growth., Not only would every American departmeny exhibited in 1876 be greatly: improved in 1 but there would a number of additional departments to illustrate what the inven- tive genius of the American peoplo had wccomplished since they mvited the world to witness what they had done dur- ing a hundred years of self-goyernment. With a much larger population and a more widely distributed prosperity from which to draw the financial support of such an exhibition, its success in this re- spect cannot bea matter of the least doubt. About 10,000,000 people visited the exhibition in1876. Certainly half as many niore, and probably doublo the number, would visit a world's fair in 1892 that possessed the attractions possible to it. These exhibitions have a value more or less important, as incentives to trade. They are grand advertisements of a people’s attainments and skill, which are shown at their best. They are useful also as educators. From all points of view, in short, these national or international exhibitions, held at in- tervals far enough apart to assure suc- cess, are benelicial. ‘Lhere appears to be the best of reasons in favor of such a one to commemorate the discoverv of America. General Booth and His Army. The Salvation Army held a state en- campment in Council Bluffs last week, celebrating the seventh year of that or- ganization in the United States. If the programme was carried out *‘generals,” “‘colonels” snd ‘‘captains” were more vlentiful in our sister city than they ever were in Missouri or Kentucky. General and Mrs. Booth, the recognized head of the army, were among the crowd, ad- mired by all subordinates, Just what good they accomplished, if any, we are unprepared to state. Whether the introduction of pompous ceremonies 50 much in contrast with the solemn pageants and mysterious creeds of the olden time¢, had a marked effect upon the spiritual pulse of Coun- cil Bluffs we cannot imagine. While the BEE has already expressed its views on the Salvation army, it de- serves to be again remarked that the person who is softened or harmonized by the hushed atmosphere which surrounds him like a benediction upon entering a church, cannot associate ideas of chris- tianity with the jumping and howling of spiritual gymnasts beating tambourines and singing psalms to the tune of the “Girl I Left Beohind Me.” It is those solemn and holy ceremonies painting the christian life a sunny flower garden in- side the dark and toad-inhabited dun- geon of ascetics, which make a man or woman experience an actual change of heart. Temporary reconstructions of moral character do not possess our con- fidence, for they are effected by passion rather than thought. There is no judg- ment—nothing pbut wild emotion. So far as we know General Booth and bis numerous subordinates will not visit Omaha. If he does, and should insist on showing himself, we believe he should be requested to hire a hall, and omit the cireus parade portion of his varied programm An Unseasonable Subject. During the warm days soon to be upon us, when the scorching sun will consume the remnant of the Manitoba waye that attempts to reach us with its cool and refreshing moisture, and sweltering hu- manity will sigh for the shady retreats of Minnetonka, White Bear,Geneva or some other northern resort. California pavers are insisting that the coast is nature's only winter resort. The statement to this effect might be refreshing to the Esqui- maux, the Laplander or a weak-lunged citizen of Greenland, but in most any portion of the United States, the claim is a sun-stained chestnut. Because a slight froat happened to nip the oranges of Florida, the California real estate agents are now hurling volleys of abuse at the nome of the alligator and land of fathom- less swamps, The San Francisco Chronicle says of the state of affuirs 1o Florida: But, sad to tell, one day there came a frost, an eager and a nipping frost, and the glory of Florida departed. The winter visitor no longer dispensed the nimble shilling or the dollar of of his ancestors in that lavish way which had gladdened, the Floridian heart. ‘The vast caravansaires which had been built to receive him and bus sisters and his other relations stood idl ted, a home for the owl and the bat. No more did the beach at 8t. Augustine’s or the beaches of the St Johna ever resound to the hollow cough of the onme-lunged Chicagosn, or the wheeze of the asthmatic Bostonian. Florida's prestige was gone, and the stroam of Paoto- lus had been diverted into another channel. Because of the wild speculation of eastern capltalists insouthorn California town lots, the Chronicle tnkes it for granted that Los Ahgel Santa Rosa, Santa Barbara. aifd’ dozens of other towns in the sands of California need only irrigation and pewspaper puffing to draw countless thousands of coughing consumptives, rheumatic ruins and de- cayinggwreoks to the golden gate. The truth is, the man who goes to Florida or Californin, attracted by the advertising circulars or statements of in- terested parties, is cortan to be disap- pointed. The hired liars who weave sentences to attract and allure tell their tales with Oriental grandeur and un- blushingly furnish cvidence to sustain their most absurd and untruthful state- ments, They paint words into the rarest pictures, and frame them with such asur- rounding of manufactured plausibility that nothing short of the stern teachings of harshest experience proves to the ad- venturer that he has no business there. Half of Florida’s population was gained sololy by the unrestrained imagina- tions of designing men. They offered the settler advantages and opportunities never existing, and which by reason of location and gen- eral surroundings never could exist. Invalids, wild in the desire to finda climate which might restore their vigor, wilingly gave their last dollar and found too late that they had been played for “‘dupes” and “suckers.” California is also overestimated, and 60 per cent of the visitors attracted to the coast are dis- appointed and swindled. There is no section of country entirely free from drawbacics and disadvantages--but until a new region is discovered, N ebraska will oceupy a front chair as “an all around” state. A St. PAUL paper tells how easy 1t is for Bernhardt, the great actress, to be pleasant and entertaining. It cites as an instance how nicely an engincer named Blaine, who brought her train through Valley Junction to Council Blufls, was treated. It says: ‘“During the flight Bernhardt opened the door of her car and had her dress blown over her head, Maurice Grau was knocked over and a colored porter stepped on the pet tiger and nearly turned white when he saw what it was. [t 18 suid that at the end of this fast ride Blaine was given a neat check by Grau and a pass to the Omaha performance ADELINA PATTI 8ailed for Europe yes- terday, and the thousands who heard the peerless diva during her last visit to this countcy will heartily unite in wishing her bon wvoyage. Her farewell tour of America was a brilliant success, and must long live in her megmory as one of the most grateful experiences of her life. Those whose privilege it was to hear her can ¢ongratulate themsalves upon a roc- ollection that will grow' more pledsing with time. Incomparafly the greatest singer of her time, she merits all the re- spect and adulation ‘'whiéh the American peovle have so gengrously bestowed on her. — Tuk Westminster Preshyterian church, of St. Paul, Minn., is hayjing trouble with its pastor, the Rev. C. C: Herriott. The charge against the reverrnd gentleman is that his desire for earthly gains 1n the buying and selling of real estate has led him to almost forget his ministerial mis- sion. 1f he could only convince himself that there were bargains in real estate elsewhere than in St. Paul or on the planet called earth, he no doubt would ecome an enthusiast. S — PROMINENT PERSONS, Hon, Levi I. Morton is erecting a palatial sandstone residence at Rhine CIiff on the BHudson river. The size is 115xS1. B. P. Snillaber (Mrs Partington) is seven- ty-thres years old, but he still supports him- self at Chelsea by his industrious pen. General Fremont and his wife will pass the summer in the west for the purpose of zath- ering aaditional matetials for an elaborate life of Kit Carson. Major Kossuth, son of the celebrated Louis, isa very extensive railroad manipulator in Italy, eontrolliinz the entire network of Western Italian roads. General Schenck is hale and hearty at the age of soventy-eight, and to a recent inter- viewer smiled as blandly ‘‘as though he held a royal flush in the draw-game of life.” Martin Farquhar Tupper, the once popular English poet, Is now almost entirely broken down In health. He I8 hardly able to read. He will be seventy-seven years old in July. Sir Edward Tichborne has offered ‘““The Claimant” a small annuity if he will make an aflidavit for publication after death ot the true facts of the Orton-Castro conspiracy. *Sir Roger” has scornfully retused the offer. Masinl, the tenor, who has just left Milan for Buenos Ayres, whera he has an eneage- ment, takes with him his private physician, his secretary and two valets de chambre, He can afford this, as he will earn $150,000. Latti says that Americans ought to be very proud of Mrs. Cleveland. When the diva was in Washington she and the president’s wife exchanged pictures and autographs. Mis. Claveland promised to visit Pattlat Craig-y-nos sowetime in the future, — Waiting for ths Mail, 8. W Foss, With anxions teatures, worn and pale, He waits the coming of the mail: =» Each day he with hope and fear, My letter, is my letter here?” Ench day he hears in silence dumb; “Not yet, old man, it has not come.” The harmless madman, old and gray, No one would jeer or drive away. “Alme,” he says, "long years have past, But it will come, "twill come at last.” And so he waits In silence dumb, The letter that will never come. Through misty vislon of his tears, He sees the long, far-sundered years, The past comeg up before him thare, When he was Strong and she was fair, Once more he feels in very truth, The leaping pulses of his youth;' A strong, strange joy he feels again The old wild fever in his brain : An angry word, a careless tone. And she has gone and he's alone. Since then he waits in silence dumb, ‘The letter that will nover come. * Alus! his poor old wits are fled, Ho canuot know that she is dead; And so he asks it, o’er and o'er, ‘Che same old yuestion as before. HHe wakos with morning light to say : My letter, it will come to-day.” 'With tottering limbs that alinost fail, He creeps each morning to the mail, And hears with ever new regret, “Not yet, old man, not yet, not yet,” And 80 he waits in silence dumb, The letter that will never come, Ah me! poor madman even we Are dupes of fickle destiny; In coaseless hope we waiting sit, For missive that were never writ, We walit to see the harvest grown. Of seed that we have never sown; We seek the harbor mouth to hail The vessels that will never sail. We wait to see our garner filled With fruit of fields we have not tilled. ‘We wait 1n gathering stiliness dumb, For letters that will never come. —_———— “The Old Gentleman," Bostm Herald, Father McGlynn is not respectful. He speaks of tho pope as “the old gentiewan -TWELVE PAGES. over there in Rome.” The old gentleman has arod in pickle for Dr. MoGlynn. sty An American Exhibition. Chicago Tribune, General Rosser has succeeded, on a small scale, in makiog a groat Awmericau exhibition of himself. U — Give Him An Easy One. Chicago Herald. Instead of giving Kelly, their 810,000 prizo athlete, a gold watch, the Bostonians ought to present him with a ball that he can hit, e ‘What New Yorkers Want. Chicag) Times, A New York paper tells about “a eyclone out west that picked up a barrel of whisky and dropved it into a prohibition state.” But the cyclone that New Yorkers would most 1ike to see 1s one that will blow a few open saloons into their town on Sunday. —e. What Sunday Should Be, New York World, Any law that practically pws the people in Jail after they have worked hard for six days Is not in keeping with the spirit of the age. Sunday should be aday devoted to worship, rest and recreation, and psople should be permitted to select their methods, as on other days. - — Less Millionaires in the Senate. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. Perhaps it Senator Camden had taken a less Lively interest in Onio politics he would not be this day pumping up joy over the election of afriend instead of himsel? to the United States senate. ‘The tide seems to have turned against millionaires for the senate. The objection to Camden was that he had a great deal of money. Those who would have been glad to support him for the usual reasons did not dare to. THF SUNDAY CHIP BASKET, A¥TER the Fourth of July a man can gam- bol, but he cannot gamble. Tury are now using what they call sneeze- less snuff. It cheers, but does not irebriate. It is intended for prohibitionists who vote a straight ticket., Dr. Manry Warker continues to stir around Washington like a big rooster that Justeame out of a mistit store. She is now ing upananti-Chewing Tobacco society. A FANATICAL exchange sa: “Saloons have been the cause of all trouble.” ‘The ice cream saloons are about the main trouble just now; particularly to young men of mod- erate incomes. HeNRY BEraiw, the animal’s friend, has printed rules on **How to approach a kicking borse.” What has long been needed to fill a yawning vacuum in this world of mysteries, are rules, “How to gracefully recode from a kicking mule.” A CORRESPONDENT writes us: “Is thar much stalk raising in Nebrask The gentlemen no doubt had heard of our won- derful corn crop, and wants to know if re- ports are true. ‘There is stalk raising and stock raising in Nebraska. ® “Wiry i3 it,” asks the New York Herald, “that Peter Smith, who was hanged yester- day in the courtyard of the Tombs prison, slept well the night before and ate a good breakfast within half an hour of his execu- tion?” Well, the thought that ho was get- ting out of New York probably accounts for his composure, Tur Herald boasts that it Is the only paper that publishes ‘T'almage’s sermon in this part of the state, The other day one of the rural readers of that paper dropped in and thus ad- dressed the editor-in-chief: “L've jist been areadin’ ‘Talmage’s sermon, and it sounds jist tor all like I had writ It myself. Ther's a splashin’ an’ a dashin'of H--ll—for—Sartin in it, and jist enough circus-bill eloquence to stirupa dimicrat on ’lection day, I won- der why the parson don’t run for congress.” Tur New York assembly has passed the bill allowing concert saloons to be accom- panied with copious draughts of beer. Fire water and music, as hath been said, possess charms to soothe the savage breast, and it should follow that the exhilerating elixer, known as hop juice mash, interspersed with strains of heavenly music drawn from a vlolin by an Intoxicated fiddler, is all that is required to charm New York’s populace. The Herald made a fizht for the bill, and clalms, undisputed, the glory of its passage. THERE haye not been a great many men in the history of the world who have suc- ceeded 1n accomplishing wonders more than onceduring their life times. 1f every man had succeeded in anchoring his name to even one great achlevement, history would neces- sarily have been bullt on & much larzer scale than It has, andour libraries would have been by this time wonders in themselves in size and matter. The man who spent the biblical three score years and ten trying to corral a wonder, finally succeeded, as is attested by the mnew hotel, corner Tenth street and Farnam, and emphasized by other evidences in the cellar thereot. In fact it has been asserted that the wonder was more stupendous than was absolutely essential to the perpotuity of the projector's nmme, and that it would have answered just as well, for all practical purposes, it he had only made theexcavation and not filled it with tin cans or allowed it to be usasl for a base ball ground. Tur unmarried ladies of Newton, New Jersey, have formed an anti-vice association, and resolved to boycott all young men who drink liquor or use tobacco. 1n view ot this hivh-handed and unheard of outrage, the question is presented how will this matter end? There 18 that old featherless and comely saying that what is sauce for the goose Is sauce for the gander, and its apyli- cation 15 Liable to leave the fair creatures of Newton high and dry upon the banks of that land where old aids marryeth not-—be- cause opportunity is wantinz. Suppose the gallant gentlemen should orler a boycott upon every lady who uses, or attempts to use, for any purpose whatsoever,paint or powder? Suppose the royal edict should rule that who- soaver shall practice the savage customs of banging, or frizzing, the hair; or resort to the more hideous custom of maintaining, for man’ssols delight, spit curls or pug dogs-— wouldn't Newton present a lonaly and deso- late appearance? \We shudder tothink of these things, and wonder where it atl will end. Wrrm the street sprinkler, the man with the straw hat, and the days whnen the mer- cury climbs upon the highest building in town and looks down with scorn upon the scorching streets crowded with sweltering humanity, the circas soason comes. The gentleman who has traveled i1n al! countries, and whose stories would make Baroa Mun- chausen weep, comss along a3 the advance agentof the “Earth's Wonder.” He has grown round shouldered earrying the title of colonel. He pervades tho newspaper sanc- tum and expactorates at randow in the hotel corridor. e Is the harbinger of one happy day for children, and the oll folks are aceordingly delighted to know that their stern and solemn duty i3 to accompany the little ones to see the animals, I'he eireus 15 one of man’s richest creations in the.amuse- ment line, and when old Noah started out with his costly consolidation of agerezated wonders, he established a precedent and gave casta to the menagerie business whieh will make it through all azes the adwiration of both old aud young. Tur scales scom to be falling from off the . [ mean every mother’s son of you. eyes of Now York's oftic 1t has been shown that on storied Coney Island—tho boast of ‘every patriotic citizen of the Em- pire state —political corruption has found its way. The wild beating waves ot the wide Atlantic had fallod to wash away the sins of those holding positions of trust and honor. An Investigation is to follow, and the clam- bake, the round-a-bout swings and the mam- moth Jumbo—the wonder of every open- mouthed stranger—all have been polluted by the touch of eorruption.’And they do say that the morals of the tamous summer resort, do not reach that high standard of excellence, which it was said of old should be attained. Yet, to the dust-stained and over-burdened citizen of the great, bustling@andbusy metrop- ohis, Coney lsiand with its salubrious and soductive sea broeze, will always be enchant- Ing and inviting. ‘To those weary aund heavy laden Coney 1sland, notwithstanding 1ts high prices and low morals, will ever pre- sent a picture like the glimpse of paradise the Peri caug ht. NeBRrASKA CITY i8 in a state of wild and rapturous delight because sho has been se- lected asone of the localities for a militia sta- tion. Major John C. Watson is now reeruit- ing the company, and thinks they will be in “lighting trim” within a week or ten days. Among the incidents of the dashing major's experience none perhaps was more striking than the speech he made upon receiving his commission. There was eathered in front of the famous ten-cent store acrowd of admiring and enthusiastic citizens, The major jumped upon an empty barrel, and with all the fire and passion of his soul threw out the follow- ing shafts of eloquence: My FrizNps—And when I say my friends. The war is upon us, I repeat that the war Is upon us. Nay, friends, 'tis no jester’s jest, no dream- er's dream, when Lsay to you that the war is upon us. And whenl look around and about we and see the smile of happiness upon every face, and realize in 1ts fearful’ fullness the fact that I have just stated, namely, to- wit: That the war is upon us, 1 naturally en- quire what is it doing on us, anyway! My My friends, I enlisted only a day or two ago, and am already a major. As Mr. Artemus Ward once said, “I'm doin’ middiin’ well.” But 1 digress. ‘The war 1s upon us. You must enlist. 1 have just made a requisition upon our commander, for the following cruel Implements to be used in civil war: *‘One Aneriol barometer; 1 artillery—1 dis- tillery, 1bilbo; 1 butres 1 pushed gun;1 canister; 1 cimeter; 1 dynamite cartridge: 1 color guard—and 1 told them, my friends, not to be particular about the solor; 1 corse- let; 1 eylinder-gauge and a halt gallon cup.” [Prolonged cheers| ‘The major was serenaded that night by Dr. Bishop's martial band, and it is said that he thought it was the enemy and commenced shooting out the window. It is confidentially reported to us that the major said had he known they were friendly troops, he could not have resisted shooting his own brother had he attempted to make such musie. Doy BUNDAY GOSS1P. ““I AM out celebrating a little to-da Joe Redman, ov Friday last. *““I'hirty years ago to-day, I, with my wife, and sons Gicorge and David, and my father. landed on the sand-bar north of the present site of the Union Paclfic shops. The trip from Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, was made on the steamer Omaha, and took thirty days. My father, now dead, was very enthuslastic about Omaha, and always main- tained that it was to be a great city. 1 have lived to see his prediction fulfilled, and ex- pect to live to see it a much greater place—at least a city of 200,000 people. My father planned the Omaha park on the old tarm, which I now own, and which is now within the city limits. We set our stake on the road half way between Omaha and Florence. 1 started a blacksmitl shop there, and built a small house. The first winter we lived on corn dodgers and salt, for fully four months, Many a time did my wife lament the tact that we had no butter or syrup to put on those dodgers. But we don’t lack for butter or syrup now.” AT the recent convention held’at Ansley, for the purpose of dividing Custer county, one of the interesting questions which came up was with reference to the naming of two of the new counties—the one in the southeast quarter and the other In the southwest quar- ter. The name of Cleveland was suggested for one, but that didn'v suit the republicans, and the name ot a republican would not suit the democrats. It was therefore decided to select the name of some men who were fam- ous for their efforts in behalf of freedom. Accordingly the proposed southeastern county was given the nameof Gladstone, and the southwestern county was called Par- nell. ‘Uhe county seat of Gladstone will be Ansley, and Callaway will be the county seat of Parnell. It is likely that Parnell county will attract many new settlers of Irish extraction. - A VERY artistie work entitled ““Omaha II- lustrated” is soon to be published by Dunbar & Co., ot this city. The early and modern history of this city 13 to be written by experi- enced writers, but the most attractive fea- tures will be found In the illustrations. 7This part of the work is being dene by the best en- graving company in the world. The latest process is being used, and the illustrations will be equal in artistic finish to those which adorn the pages of the Century and Harper's Magazine., The linest residences, the best public bulldings, the leading streets, and picturesque piaces are to be illustrated, and the portraits of leading eitizens will embel- lish the publication. No expense is being spared to make the book a very handsome volume in every respect. The police commission will be in no hurry to appointa chief of police. The appoint- ment will probably not be made for two weoks, as the commission desires to take time in orderto secure the best man for the place. No man has as yet boon decided upon, and new applications for the place aro being made almost every day. Among the latest candidates is Captain W. 8. Seavey, who is endorsed by General Lowe, Major Wilcox, Colonel Matt Patrick, D. C. Sutphen, Martin Dunham and others. He went to the war as a private from Omaha, and came out as cap- tain. e served under | Lowe. From - 1575 10 1870 Captain Beavey was city mar- sial of Santa Barnard, Califoruia, where he wade a good record. 1o I8 a republican. ¥ Another candidate for chiet of police is Major Georgo L, Dennis, wlhio has lived in Omaha six years, during whicli pariod he has been connected with the public works as inspector for the city. At present he is in- spector of asphalt pavement for the city, Major Dennis fought gallantly for the unlon, and hasa good record, both military and eivil. A veteran Boston lireman, in his anx- iety to make a record the other nignt mounted his carriage upon hearing s alarm and drove to ‘the fire, utterly ig- norant of the fact tl 1 his haste he had forgotten to put on pantaloons or boots. Ms his carriage tlew along the street a wag shouted: “Save me, mother, the Indians are after me," but still he drove on. Uvpon arriving at the fire, says the Herald, 1t was laughable to see the way he clung to his carriage, wrapped in his blauket, and it will be a long while before he héurs the last of it from his fellow-firemen S - A violin said to be 236 years old is owned by Louis Dutrow, of Frauklin couunty, Pennsylva e —— A cougar measuring nine feet from tip to tip was killed » fow days ago by an Idaha rancher, SWINDLING THE ~ RUSTICS. the Jackson Btreet Horse CHEATING IN HORSE yFLESH, Tradors Who are Sharpors Sc Scenes on ani s—Thelr Varions Schemes ~“Dootoring up” @ foor Horse, Written for the Su.uday Bee by dfar. Burglars burgle in Omaba a tha public curses; foot-pads knock down anl rob, and wn outraged people ealls for bt ter police protection; the contidence man swindles, and his victun howls aloud for justice. But there is one class of thicyes who work quictly and effectively in this city, being allowed year in and year out to practice, unmolested, their infamous profession of swindling tho rustics who may hapoen to drop into Omaha. They aré the horseteaders, Their manner of conducting business amoun 1s to nothing more or less than robbery, as the reader may infer upon perusing this article. But the robbery cted 80 qui etly and so smoothly, that the victim rarely ever reports the swindle to the po- lice. " If, perchance, gome plucked inno- cent does muster up courage enough to inform the authorities, the swindler es- capes and is nowhere to be found, ‘T'his article hasnoreference to the men who practice horse-traaing and selling honestly. — Thel number of them in the city—despite assertion that when it comes to trading a horse, St. Paul himself would cheat,” And all such need not attempt to wear a cap which is not intended to fit them. The rascally horsetraders referred to may be divided into two classes: First, those who live in the city and practice business here; and second, the ng gypsies who pass through Omaha from time to time, spend a fow days here. 1 then move on to other fields. The latter is by far the more dan- gerous class of horsetraders, The gyp sies are sharp, shrewd and unserupulous, and they possess powers of eloquence which are irresistible to the average granger wiio has a horse to trade, Juckson strect, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth, is known as the horse market of the city. Here the traders do their work. Here many a victim is fleeced in a manner so neat and expedi tious that the most polished confidence man might loarn a lesson therefrom. Saturdays are the heaviest trading days. For then the farmers come into town. But on almost any day there is more or less trading going on. A reportor happened down into that locality the other day, in company with a friend who 1s well posted on the practi of these fellows. A horse trader was trying to induce a farmer to give him a pair of bay ponies for a rather doubtful * specimen of horseflesh which he held by a halter. The horse had a pair of badl bowed front legs, which made him wal lame. The horse trader was a Jew, and a very smooth man at his business, “By sheminy Moses, my vrend," ho said to the farmer, ‘‘don’'d you know wen yon'vegod a snap? I'll trade you dees line, large, elegant horse for dose two geef you ten tollars to boot. Dot vos a great pargain, my vrend"’, “But” 5emurrml the farmer, ‘“the horse’s front legs are crookeder'n a bow.’’ **Dots all right, my vrend,'’ returned the horsetrader, “‘dond you worry mit yourself about dot. Dose legs will po straight eef you geef dot horse plendy of rest. So lmf’lu me Moses, deres noding de matter mit dot horse!” The granger thought & moment or two, and then gave in. “All right,”’ he_said, “I reckon L'll trade ye, stranger. Gimme the $10 and the horse and the ponies are yourn.” The reporter and his friend at this juncture walkea away. ‘“Ihere,” said the latter, “is a sample of the way a sucker is fleeced when he comes on the borse market. There is a horse that isn't worth §10. And yetthat farmer has got him in exchange for his two ponies that were worth at least $150. That is the ver{ simplest way these horsetraders have of swindling. There are a number of other schemes they are 1n the habit of working." “Name some of them,” suggested the reporter. “I could tell you of a fozen plans that they have of ‘working a sucker.' For instance; suppose you come into town with a team of horses that you want $300 for. A, whois a horsetrader, comes to you and asks you what you want for your horses.” You tell him. Ho doesn’t want to buy them him- self, but he knows B, who has a pair of horses that you can trade for, ‘even up.' B, by the way, is another trader, and his team is worth about $75, tihough both horses are fine looking. You hesitate about making the trade. Just then C comes along. He 18 ostensibly a business man looking for a tcam of horses, but really he is the third ~ of the trio of sharks. He shakes hands with A, and asks him if he knows where he can buy a good pair of horses. A replies that B has a good team to seil. ‘Yes,' says C, ‘I know the tesm. 1'd give $350 cash for it, if I thought that would buy it You, the farmer whom the three men aro working, think to yourself ‘Well, 1 can trado my horses for B's even up, and then sell to C for $350, and just have that little $50 myself.’ You go to 1, make the trade, and then take your new team to C, with the remark that he can have it for The three sharpers always arrange that the trade takes place olclock. When you = ap- Y, he tells you “that b t the money Aas it ing hours. He {ells you to come around to-morrow and he will buy the team. To-morrow dawns, but you cannot find C. You discover that you have been swindled, and that the team on your hands is a worthless one,” *“Another scheme these fellows work 18 to trade you & really good animal for yours. Then when your back is turned they prick the nose of your horse 80 a8 to make the animal bleed, or feed it something which makes it sick. You come to the conclusion that you have & worthless animal on your hands and you are glad 1 dispose of it for a small sum, or even giveit away." *In swapping a horse, a horsetrader knows well how to cover up his defects. Old age, which is very csirable in & horse, is remedied by ‘“fixing” up the tecth, In a young horse the toeth have hollow cups in them, which are nearly black. When a horse grows old, his teeth become smooth and the black is worn off. ‘The horsetrader remedies all this by lillng the horse’s teeth 8o as to form the hollow cups, and then using some chemical which causes them to turn bluck, In this way the app nce of a young horse's teeth is very nkil(ullrv counterfeite There are hundreds of such tricks practiced; to deceive people who are not on the look- out.@In selling a broken-winded horse, which is known as a ‘windy' the horse: to exercise a good deal of » knows just how to drive the 50 that it will not become . And as he is careful not to animal go out of bis hands, until 1d, the purchaser does not discover the defect until it is too late. A weak- bucked animal is known as a ‘jimmy.' A horse afilicted this way may go all right for a mile or so at a good pace and then, having rcached the limit of his strength, falls to the ground as though dead. ‘The horsetrader manipulates the animal skillfully and the buyer never discovers the defect in the horse until he is driving him home, And then, again it is too late, ‘The purchase has been made. *‘Yes, there are plenty of other tricks these fellows have. Come around agnin some day (and LI'H . give you another chapter,” it 8o :lfh.\rl 3 cure. animal,