Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 7, 1887, Page 4

i THE DAIL BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERME OF SURSCRIPTION ! uding Sunday The Omaba Swnday [ix, mailed to auy 8ddroas, One Yeur. ... «.ooooiiieiiins ATIA OPPICR, NO. 014 AND 918 FARNAM STREPT ORK OFFICE, ROOM 66, TRIRUNE BUILDING. ASHINGTON OFFICR, NO. 513 FOURTRENTH 81 CORRESPONDENCE:! « g AN communioations relating to news andedi- $forial matter should bo addressod to the Koy TOR OF THE Brr. 2 BUSINESS LETTENS? All bueinesa lettors and idressed to Trik BEk PUBLISHING COMPAS AMA. Drafts, checks and postoffice orders %0 be made psyable v the order of the company, THE BEE POBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETORS, E. ROSEWATER, EpIToR. THE DAILY BEE Sworn Statement of Circalation. Btate of Nebrask: ! s County of Dourlas. | Geo. B. 'Tzachuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing company, does solemnly swear that the actual circuiation of the Dailv Bee g{l the week ending Augustb, 1557, was as ednesday, ursday, August 4, day, Augustb.... Gro, B. TZSCHUCK. Sworn to and subscribed in my presence this Gth day of August, A. D. 1847, ISEAL.] Noiary Pusi T otary Public. Btate of Nebraska, | L Douglas County, { Geo. B. Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, flonm and says that he is secretary of The Publishing company, that the actual average daily circulation of the Daily Bee for the month™ of July, 188, 12,314 copies; ‘:r Au&xst 1558, 12,404 eoples; for Septem- r, 185, 11 or October, 15 13,040 copies: for November, 158, ' 13,343 copies; for December, 1556, 13,2 pies; for January 1857, 16,200 (-ux“iw. for Febriiary, 1887, 14,196 coples; for reh. 1857, 14,400 e&l’en; ‘for April, 1547, 14,310 copies: for May, 1857, 14,227 coples; for June 1887, 14,147 coples. Gro. B. TzscHUCK, Bubseribed and nv;gnn to before me this 1st largm .lul{ A, 3 EA L. P. Frir, Notary Publl ‘Contents of the Sunday Bee. yl‘;gn 1. New York Herald Cables to the EE. Paced, Telecraphic News.—City News,— Advertisements, 4 % Special Advertisements, o <:ll':;rl;;ls.xl’ul(l ('llll l‘%mls.— Sms ‘ommen! unday Gossip.—| the ath Tub Route—f urrl-uty'l‘np'cn.' t/ Page 5 Lincoln Letter—In the Ante- m—Miscellany—Advertisements, @6, Council Bluffs News—Miscellany ~Advertisements. Page 7. Geoeral and Local Markets— Miscellany, ml’-&ns. General City News—Advertise- ents. Page 9. Omaha Soclal News—John Swin- ton on Strikes-~The Kxplosion of the Major —Advertisements, Page 10. The Life of a P’rospector, by J. G. 8.—Pepermint Drops—Fanze Sepel in Liverpool—Music and Dramatic—The In- fluence of Books—Memoirs of the Metropolis ~Impleties—Boauties of Los Ankeles, by J. T, B.—The Small Boy. Page 11, The Faith Cure Discussed, by rancis Power Cobbe—Siberian Diet—~Singu- arities—Surrounded by Electricity—Spark- Ing Summer Smiles —The Shooting of Stone- wall Jackson—Advertisements. Paze 12. Maidens, wives and Widows— Honey for the TLadies -Religious—Educa- tlonal—Some Matrimonial Stories—Con- mublalities—Advertisements. e Tue Kansas City base ball club, it is true, can play a little ball. They could do better were they not so possessed of the Kansas City spirit of hog. BoME of our able local contemporaries are very much wrought up regarding the question of ‘‘associate editor.”” From a careful review of the columns of the able journals discussing this very important subject, it would appear that both the editor and the associate perform their duties with a scond shovel E— FArMER HALLOWAY, the owner and captain of the craft Manawa, which by courtesy was termed a steam boat, ad- mitted yesterday before the coroner’s fury that he knew nothing about steam navigation, but had a fair knowledge of the science of baling hay. Mr. Hallo- way should apply for a captaincy in the American nav. Wirriam O'Br has published the first of n serios of letters called ‘‘Cana- dian Rights.” in the United Ireland. In these he wll detail his experiences in his recent crusade against the governor gen- eral of the dominion. Mr. O’Brien first ‘won fame as aracy correspondent, and he willno doubt ven an entertaining chapter in the story of the contest for home rule. ‘Tne sugar industry of Louisana is de- elining. A New Orleans paper, review- ing the business of sugar-raising for the past five years, admits that it has been steadily diminishing, and that the sugar crop is barely half what i1t was at the highest point. As Louisiana sugar is protected against foreign competition by & duty of 75 per cent, the facts reported by the New Orleans paper conclusively show that in this case tariff protection has not proved to be a stimulant to de- velopment. BAN FRANCISCO takes the first rank as a divorce centre. According to the Call of that city, it is doubtful it so large a provortion of marriages prove failures in any other t of the world. That Journal says that in San Francisco in 1886-87, there were 430 judgwents ren- dered granting divorces, which is 49 above the average for the past tive years, As there were 2,977 licenses issued it may be said roughly that there was one mar- riage dissolved for every seven that were eontracted. This is about the average for the past five years, ‘WAsHINGTON will have next month the most important gathering of medical men ever brought together on this cont ment. This will bo the international medical congress, composed of the most eminent surgeons end physicians of all nations, of which the scssion in Washe ington will be the ninth, These gather- ings, which have year by year increased in importance until now they have en- Msted the active co-operation of leading medical scientists the world over, are usually held in the capital city of the se- lected country. It is oxpected that the attendance at the coming congress will number five hundred, and among those ho will be sent as the representatives of ‘European governments are 8 bumber who enjoy world-wide fame. A consid- erable part of the proceedings will be in the French language, and the cougress will sit in sections, o to speak, there being of course no hall large enough to . ascommodate the entire body. The ses- Hon will Last a week. THE OMAHA DAILY BE ‘What shall be dono with the boys is an extremely important question alike to parents, society and the boys themselves, and becomes graver and more urgent every year., Nearly half of the last ane nual report of the bureau of statistics of labor of the state of New York is devoted to boy and girl labor. The apparent ob- jeet of the commissioner was to show that the widesproad employment of this kind of labor is an obstruction and a pindrance to the material progress of the country, and in & measure at least to Justity the anti-apprentice policy quite general among workingmen. He cxplamns that he was led to examine thi snbject by the fact that mechanics and artisans are moved to put restrictions on apprentices by the fear that if they do not limit the number of boys at trades they will soon be com- pelled to work at lower wages or per- haps be thrown nut of work altogether, The inquiries and investigations of the commissioner resulted in bringing to- gether a large array of statistics which show that boy labor is always in large supply and that there is also much of the time a good demand for it. The natural conclusion is that in many branches of employment this labor is brought into competition with adult Inbor to the dis- advantage of the latter, and this ap- pears to be borne out by the great number of advertisements for situations regularly appearing in the newspapers, in which nearly all departments of in- dustry are represented. While the New York commissioner makes plain his hos- tility te the promiscuous employment of boy and girl labor and his partial sym- pathy at least with the restrictive policy regarding apprentices, he is still forced to make the following admission: “We may as well look the fact square in the face that thereis a rising generation, and that it cannot be allowed to grow up without industry and self-sustaining ability-" This pointedly presents the situation so that the least intelligent can comprehend it. The boys are here, and it 1s not only a duty to maintain them as boys, but to permit them to acquire the practical knowledge and ability necessary to their self-maintenance when they grow to be men, and to enable them to provide for the boys who will fall to their care. We should not act upon the seltish and nar- row principle that each generation must take care of 1tszlf, for we can only repay what we oursclves owe to the past by making just and generous vro- visions for enabling those who suc ceed us to secure whatever advantages their ability and labor shall entitle them to. It is the unfortunate tendency of the youth of this generation to avoid mechanical occupations, S0 that instead of putting obstructions in the way of the boys of to-day learning trades they need to be encouraged to do 80. ‘There isa great excessof young men in all of the large vities who are willing to be clerks, salesmen, or anything else that does not involve manual labor, even though the service be more exacting in other respects and less profitable. The professions are full to overflowing, with thousands engaged in them who can never hope to rise above mediocrity, and scores of schools and colleges are adding to the number every year. The American youth has learned to regard manual labor as unworthy of him, view for which the folly and pride of parents are largely and perhaps primarily re- sponsible, and it is’ getting to be more and more the fact that this country must depend for its skilled labor upon foreign- ers. If the prevailing tendency 18 per- mitted to go on unchecked it must inev- itably happen in time that the great ma- jority of native-born Americans will be lawyers, doctors, clerks and salesmen, while the vast mechanical industries will be operated by artisans from other lands. Such a prospect i8 not one to be looked upou with complacency, whether re- garded from the material or patriotic standpoint, or both, tor the skill and muscle that manage the in- dustrial power of the nation will most surely control it financially and politi- cally. A movoment has recently been started by two organizations, the master plumbers and master painters, which have held conventions in Chicago and New York, with the object of restoring the apprentice system to whut they re- gard as a fair and just basis. The view of the matter taken by the master paint- ers was expressed in a resolution, unani- mously adopted, asserting it to be the duty of each master painter to have as many apprentices as the state of his business would warrant. The reso- lution contained a further provision that an apprentice who served his full termand proved himself proticient should be given a certificate setting forth his capabilities. There was manifested a unanimous determination on the part of the members to return to the old system, A similar spirit was shown in the con- vention of master plumbers. ‘The results of the movement will be regarded with a great deal of interest. That it will en- counter a vigorous opposition is to be ex- d, but if pursued judiciously, with a just rogard for all interests and not solely with reference to advantages to be derived by the employers, it is more than likely to be successful. A restoration of the old system in its en- tirety is probably out of the question, and is perhaps not to be desiced. Butit is possible to establish a fair basis on which all parties in interest ean meet without disadvantage to either, but rather to the benefit of all, Tho selfishness of one party or the other will ne the chief obsta- cle to reaching such a basis. It is clear, however, that something must be done to giva the boys a chance. —— The Fate of the Boodlers. The penalties awarded the Chicago boodlers by the jury are said to have greatly surprised and disappointed the prosccution, as doubtless they also did a very large majority of the public. Itis to be expected that the twelve citizens who endared the hardships of the jury box during the hottest weather Chicago had known in a dozen years, patiently listening to the wrangling of the law- yers and unflinchingly taking the pelt- ings of the closing arguments, with other privations such as only a jurymaa knows, all for a consideration not much above the wages of & day laborer, will now have to suffer the ordeal ot being ruthlessly impaled on numerous editorial pens and held up to public scorn aud ridicule as men un- worthy to have been entrusted with the sacred duty of administering justice, or asfellows incapable of undersianding e the character of the crime for which the boodlers were tried. This is the eort ot treatment usually accorded to juries that come short of public expectation, and it will doubtless not be omitted in this case. We are disposed to think, however, that the jury reached its conclusions con- scientiously, and with eareful and in the main just discrimination. Every one of the conspirators had the stain of Ruilt fixed upon him, but it ought not to be surprising to any one who followed the evidence that there should have been a dificrence made ns to degrees of guilt in order to justly apportion the penalties. The law contemvlates this and presumes that there are grades of conspiracy to defraud, the most aggra- vated form ot which it makes punishable with imprisonment of only three years and a fine of $1,000. Differences among jurymen are often adjusted by compro- mise where there is a_ chance of com- promise, and this doubtless ex- plains why no one of the boodlers re- ceived the full penalty, That the penal- ties ure lighter than they should be is the fault of the law, which should have pre- scribed a three years' term of imprison- ment as the minimum instead of the maximam punishment, with the addition of a much larger fine. The boodler cun hardly be dealt with too severely. The conviction of the Chicago conspir- ntors ought to serve as a wholesome warning. There are men elsewhere whose official garments are as badly soiled as those of the Cook county bood- lers who should wisely determine to at once mend their ways, lest at an unexpect- ed moment the lightning bolt descend on them. The popular demand everywhere is that the boodlers shall be hunted down and punished, and those who persits in conspiring against the public for their personal gain are certain to be overtuken sooner or later and brought to an nc- counting. Varnell, Van Pelt, McCarthy, and the rest of the Chicago conspirators have their autitypes in nearly every con- siderable city in the country, and som of them arc pretty certain to reach a similar fate. —_— The Value of College Education. The newly-fledged college graduate has now been fluttering about the country for about a month, The old question as to the value of a college education in the actual affairs of the world will begin to assume a personal interest for him. He has hitherto treated it lightly, called it an old *‘chestnut” with the complacency of youthful inexperience, and considered it too absurd for serious consideration. That anyone should doubt the eflicacy of a college education, only showed to him that there is still much ignorance in the world which it will be his task, perhaps, to dispel. But during the past months his eyes have begun to open in some astonishment. He has run against snags that jarred his brains into an unwonted train of thought. The value of a college education to any man must depend almost altogether upon his character and the calling he means to upon the object he hus in life, If mainly to make a living, to take a detinite place in the business enterprises or the political evolutions that surround his daily life, the oducation he may have acquired in college will be of no material benelitto him. On the other hand, if he has the capacity to become a promient figure in affairs either national or local, a college education, every kind of educa- tion will aid him. Many sneer at a col- lege learning on general princivles, but this is no wiser than to form unreason- able expectations or make unreasonable claims because of college training, Lin- coln might perhaps have been stronger than he was 1 some respects nad s earlier advantages been better. There was nothing to indicate that Clay was weakened because he was a college man. The main thing is the character that dominates a man. It is well known that you cannot make a wise man of a tool by shooting him through a college institu- tion from a tinancial catapult. The strong nature will torce its way forward to recognition and a detinite place in life be it through college or through the rude surroundings of a pioneer life. A col- lege education will aid such a nature. The instruction and experience a man gains at our educational institutions are not calculated in these times to aid him to an immediate hold upon ] Fairs of life. The time seems even to have come when the possession of a college sheepskin is a detriment to him, It has been proved that the gradu- ate must go through a course of special training to be fit for any special position, just as any one else must, Hence his ex- pectation to step right into the promi- nent places at once is treated with con- tempt. It is a sign of the times when advertisements appear announcing that the college graduate need not apply. The fact is that American coilege edu- cation leaves a man, In most cases, half educated but wholly dis- qualitied for trapoling with the stern problems ot cxistence. But perhaps our institutions of learning, and those who attend them, are not wholly to blame for this. The tendency of the times is to look upon life as an affair for which we are in no way responsible, which in reality is not worth the cxer- tions required to maintain it, and which it1s well to pass through as easily as possible. Our ancestors looked upon ex- istence here on eurth as a matter of su- preme importance. Whatever exists seemed to them fixed by the de- crees of heaven. A man born 1n the humbler ranks of life con- sidered himself placed there by the ruler of the universe and he accepted the toll, the privations of his life, as an allot- ment to him from all eternity, from hich he had no business to try to escape. Life was real, earnest, of infinite importance. The sentiment now is that life is not worth living. Let us get rich as soon as we can, by any means, and pass through it as comfortably as possible. So none now becomes an apprentice, or takes vears of pains to make himself qualihed for the calling he wishes to follow. The world 1s full of young men hunting about for a ‘‘soft snap," and existence has become 8 universal scramble, without diguity, repose or comfort, In this scramble college education 1s of little avail as a means to attain most of the ends of life. In itself, as a source of intellectual enjoyment or satisfaction, it has 1ts value and in some situations it is indispensible, but in summing up the Question it must be admitted that a col- t day affords g aud little t ns an accomplish- little aid 1in maki thne 1s left to enji ment, A CONVENTION which is likely to create some commotion in Catholic circles has been called to meet iny Chicago on the Oth of September. At i4 to be a conven- tion of German Catublics, and the object is stated to be to consider the differences existing between the German and Irish Catholics. The complaint of the former appears to be that they do not get equal recognition, and they desire to enforce their claim by dcxnnnstrntinz the strength of the German Catholies in the United States, who are said to number ubout two millions. The favor shown to Irishmen in their appointment to dis. tinguished positions in the church in this country seems to be a chief cause of com- plaint on the part of the Germans, but there are other causes of displeasure which they think justify them in eall ing the convention, The feeling that prevails was expressed by a German priest, who after reviewing the causes of complaint, said: “Itell you these things must be remedied, or you may count the next generation of Germuns out of the Catholic church. We have already borne enough of this odious elimination from the considerations of the church authori- ties, and the time is now ripe for an en- ergetic and persistent endeavor to right our wrongs. Rome will be called on to apply the proper romedies, and if she fails to act then I dread to think what will become of our German people 1n this country.” There wonld seem to be i this matter the conditions and the spirit for serious conflict. Ir the bullet headed editors of Kansas City will devote more space to mortgages and unpaid judgments in their courts, and refrain from misrepresenting the commercial prosperity of Omaha, they will supply a long-felt want and at the same time show a disposition to deal fairly with their readers. Omaha is not jealous because Kansas City vresented to the president a *‘plush covered' invita- tion to help out the boom. Omaha did mnot have to send an in- vitation to Mr. Cleveland. As much as one year ago the president and his charming wife said they were coming to Omaha this fall, It is only the obscure, and unknown villages that find it necessary to solicit subscriptions with which to pay for a gilt-edged invitation to induce the vresident of the United States to come within their boundaries. Upon this question, as upon all others, this growing metropolis 18 able to ta care of itself, and iu doing so it sacri. fices none of 1ts dignity. President Cleveland is glad to come here, without being coaxed and the people of Omaha will be equally glad to welcome him. e IN our special cable dispatches this morning will be found! an interesting though, somewhat sénsational plan asal- Teged to have been, conceived by Bis- marck for the acquisition of Holland by Germany. The capturing of Holland by the Dutch is familiar to almost every school child; but that Germany has now set its eagle eye in that direction may be considered in the nature of news. E——— POLITICAL POINTS, “Anything to beat Foraker” s the demo- cratic policy this year in Olno. The mugwumps are aking a faint effort to be pleased with the civil-service plank of the Ohio republicans. Jefferson Davis says he has no wish to en- ter publiclife. That wish will always be re- spected by the American people, The watchword for the republican party in Now York 1n the coming campaign appears tobe *“Harmony and Hope.” Ben Butler has fully recovered from the effects of his fall last winter, but his presi- dential boom is still unable to move. The Ohio democrats ure playing for the same stake as they did in 1885, Boodle is trump, and the same dealer is now running for governor. ‘The Union Labor candidates ran remark- ably well in Kentucky. and the democratic claim that there is room for only two parties in that state seems to have been upset. General Edward J. Powell, of Delaware, 0., the democralic nominee for governor, is a man about fortv-five years of age, erect in figure, with bright blue eyes, a red head and very pleasing manner. Chicago Mail: Mr. Sherman is now before the country as the chosen candidate of his siate, as he is of a mizhty army of republi- cans in other states fot the presidency. En- tering the raca with such an adventure, it will take something more than bluster to prevent his nomination, Chicago Tribune: John M. Langston, ex- minister to Liberia who is sald to have come out in favor of Fitznugh Lee for vice-presi- dent, 15 no longer spoken of by the demo- cratic papers as a “nigger.” He 1s the dis- tinguished Prof. Langston now. A remarkable omission Is noticeable in the platform adopted by the democratic conven- tion recently held at Cleveland, O. The civil service reform vlank is absent. and not even a crack in the joiners’ work is left to show where the pretentious imposter crawled out. e See That You Become One. Juidge, 1t is pleasing in this weather to think of the angels. For instance, they needn’t wear any clothes but their wings e Meant for Omaha Councilmen, oronto Glabr, An unclaimed postal card lies in the Bow- manville postoflice addressed to *‘the wicked- est man in the town.” - ———— Newspaper Mau Descriced. Atlanta Constitution, ‘The man who works every day in the week Is a leading member ofthe, anti-poverty so- clety. Industry, sobriety and economy are the only remedies for poverty, —— ———— Give the Rich Mag a Show, Boston Euat, Andrew Carnegie thinks that “public sen- timent will come to by that the man wno dies rich dies disgraced.” As long as he is not disgraced while he lives rich, the man will not be greatly troubled. - Better Come o Omaha, A Tucson (Arizons) véstaorant advertises to give for dinner, chicken soup, roast mut- ton, turkey and pig, with mushroom sauce, chicken fricassee, boiled ham, oyster patties, jelly rolls, lemon pie, ice-cream and cakes, all for 25 cents, g Beware of the Tail End of a Boom, San Francisco Chronicle, It is of the nature of booms that, at their tail end, operators of asanguine tewmpera- ment come in who never can understand that there 18 any top to a0 upward move- ment; they fall vietims to thewr hopefulness. e College Training Does Count. Pittsburg Dispatch, A student at Vanderbilt university, In ‘Tennessee has just beat the world’s record in high kicking, having succeeded in hitting a wark at the unprecedented height of nine fest, three and one-balf luches And yot : SUNDAY. AUGUST 7, 1887 ~TWELVE PAGES. some people belleve a college tramning help to & young man. ——— Grammar Not a Specialty, Chicago. Tribune, Some sareastic comment lias been caused by the fact that the Missouri delegation that went to Washington recently had a banner on the side of the car chartered for the trin containing the inseription: “The people of St. Louis invites the president to visit St. Louis,” It should be remembered, howe ver, that Missouri’s specialty Is not grammar, but colonels, - Life's Journey. Ella Wheeler Wilsor As we speed out of youth's sunny station The track seems to shine in tne light, But it suddenly shoots over chasms Or sinks into tunnels of night, And the hearts that were brave in the worn- n Are nfied with repining and fears As they pause at the eity of SOrrow. Or pass thro' the Valley of Tears. But the road of this perilous journey ‘The hano of the Master has made; With all its discomforts and dangers, We need not be sad or afraid, Paths leading trom light into darkness, Ways plunging from gloom to despair, Wind out thro' the tunnels of midnight ‘To tields that are blooming and fair. Tho' the rocks and the shadows surround us, Tho' we catch not one gleam of the day Above us, fair cities are laughing And dipping white feet in some bay. And always, eternal, forever, Down over the hills In the west, The last tinal end ol our journey, There lins the Great Station of Rest. "T'is the Grand Central point of all railways, All roods centre here when they end; 'Tis the final resort of all tourists, All rival lines meet here and blend, All tickets, all mile-books, all passes, 1f stolen or begired tor or bought, On whatever road or division, Will bring you at last to this spot. 1t you pause at the City of Trouble Or wait in the Valley of Tears, Be patient, the train will move onward And rush down the track of the years, Whatever the place is you seek for, _Whatever your aim or your quest, You shallcoine at the last with rejoicing ‘' the beautiful City of Rest. Yon shall store all your baggage and worries, You shail feel perfect peace in_this realni, You shall sail with old friends on fair Waters, With joy ana delight at the helm. You shall wander in cool, fragrant gardens With those Who have loved you the best, And the hopes that were lost i life's journay You shall find in the City of Rest. O e SUNDAY GOSSIP, ANK J. RAVMGE has raason to feel proud of his new building, in which he has placed over £100,000, It is one of the handsomest structures in the west, and is an ornament to the city. The architecture is both beautiful and striking, and at once commands atten- tion. The Interior is elegantly tinished, and is supplied with every convenlence. Thers are two passenger elevators,in the same shaft, for the use of the tenants and the publie. Every floor and room s well righted and ventilated owing to a spacious rotunda which extenas from the ground floor to the top story. The building is completely wired for electric lights and electric cails. The waterworks system in this structure is admi- rably arranged, while the plumbinz is the best and handsomest that could be obtained. ‘The circumstances under which Mr. Ramge erected thisbuilding are proof of his public en- terpriseas well as of his unbounded faith in the future of Omaha. It waslargely duato Mr. Ramge's enterprise that Mr., Joseph Sheeley concluded to put up a somewhat similar building on his lot at the northeast corner of Howard and Fifteenth. The Omaha telephone exchange, now lo- cated in the too story of the Ramge building, is claimed by Manager Drake to be the finest ana most perfect exchange in othe country, ‘The operating room with its new multiple switch-hoards, Is equipped for the service of 1,200 subseribers. The capacity can be readily increased to 5,000. Eighteen young ladies are employed as operators. The few improvements have done away with the con- tinual shouting of “hello,” consequently the operating room no longer reminds one of a lunatic asylum. There is no noise or con- fusion, and the work of an operator has been made a very pleasant task to what it was under the old “‘hello” arrangement. Under the old system subscribers always did their own calling. This was not convenient with a multiple board as or- dinarily operated. The new system has a special clearing-out drop which only signals by the action of a straight or direct current, alternating currents not affecting it. A commutator placed in the subseriber's bell enables him, by pressing a button on the side of the bell whiie turning the crank, to drop the clearing-out annunciator. Without pressing the button, he cannot, of course, get asignal to the central office. This system enables the operators to work very rapidly, while at the same time thay can attend to double «he number of subscribers. The switeh-board is of mahozany and the oftice Is furnished throughout very tastily. At one end of the operating roomare a lunch room and other conveniences for the opoar- ators, At the opposite end Is a large window in the corner of the room affording a magnificent view up and down the streets and over the buildings opposite to the valley of the river and the hills beyond. Adjoining the operatiug rcom comes first the man- ager’s office, next the stenographer’s room, then the general manager’s room,and further on the book-keeping department. The woodwork is of hard pine finished In oil, with ground glass partitions between the various departments. The whole arrange- ment I8 exceedingly convenient and com- pact. Beyond these rooms is a large and well lighted room for directors’ meetings. In the basement of the building are the store room, battery room and the linemen’s room. There are twenty-nine linemen em- ployed. Inthe rear of the building is the repairshop, in which the instruments and machinery are repaired, some six or seven mechanics being constantly employed at this work. ‘The telophone company employs over one hundred persons in Omaha. IN the south end of the third story of Ramge's bullding is a beautiful hall, about sixty-six feet square, well ventilated and lighted on throe sides, ‘Lhe public library board are negotiating for the hall and two “other adjoining rooms for the new home of the library. The location is central, access is convenient, and probably no better place conld be secured for the li- brary until the completion of the city hall, in whieh permanent library rooms are to be pro- vided. The probability is that the board will rent the rooms in the Ramge buildiug. Frep NYE 1s very anxious to find the whereabouts of the sout of David Hoffman. 1f he will only advertise in the want columns he will no doubt reccive an His obituaries, which have been read with a good deal of interest, especially by his old Omaha friends, have been filed away for future use. PAt O. HAWES has been heard from. He is in Kentucky, That accounts for the black eye received by the democrats of that state, Here is another pleasant piece of news for Omaha. The West Daveuport Furniture company, which established a branch office bere some months ago, bas found Omuha and its tributary territory to be a splendid field, and it has determined to move its en- tire plant to this city sometime during this month. The company will purchase grounds and put up a large factory, It ewmploys over a hundred mechanics, and proposes to in- crease its foree. Eatox, the ploneer phatographer, who has been qut of business. for somse - litle time, fiually regained possession of Lis gallery tment litigation. Whilo he was looking over his fifty thousand negatives, a representative ol the Brx asked him whether he had any speeimens of the nude art, after the Boston style. Mr. Eaton replied in the negative; he had never taken any such photographs. He was then asked if he had ever had any applications from women to be photographed in the latest Boston style. 1o answered In the affirma- tive; he had had hundreds of such requests, Corox "RANK 00RES has erected & liberty polo in front of his new residence, from which he dally flies the stars and stripes. Colonel Moores' patriotism is only equalled by his mania for playing with his garden hose and watering his premises, From 9 o'clock till midnight the chances are that he can be found any pleasant evening throwing water. One of his great enjoyments is to throw a stream over his liberty pole. The nelghbors say that the pole has begun to sprout in con- sequence of this constant sprinkling, Oxx of the most romantie and pictaresque &pots in this part of the west is located just south of the southern city limits, a short dis- tance east of the extension of Ninth street. It is within the limits of the property owned by the South Omaha land syndicate, On either side ot the deep canyon are tall and majestic forest trees, The littlo stream run- ning down the canvon Is formed by numer- ous springs which gush forth from the hillsides. The stream has been dammed up and a lake or reservoir of clear spring water has also been formed. It is from this take that the South Omnaha stock yards are suppliod with water, the pumping house boing located at the lake. Several pic- nics have been held in this delightful place, and all who have visited the spot have been eharmed with its surroundings. ‘The South Omaha land syndicate, at the suggestion ot Mr. b L. ller, proposes to make this canyon and the immediate vicinity into one of the most beautiful parks in the country, ‘Three lakes will bo constructed, and the grounds laid out in the most artistic and picturesque manner by a landscape art- ist who has already been engagod for that purpose. Nothing will bo left undone to make this park a most attractive resort. Tie Brr has received a lotter from n Hoosier crank, who styles himself king of Eneland and proposes to rezulate railway affairs. 1t is to be hoped that he will earry out his level-headed intentions as expressed in his letter, which is as follows: A. D. 1857, Ezra, 57-8-1.--1 1 to reduce the fare on the Union fie and Central Pacilic_railroads to one cent per mile between Omaha and Sacramento on all through and loca! rats Also freight shall be carried at the rate of 1 per hundred be- tween Omaha, Kansas City and Sacramento. Iam determined that the road built at my ex- pense shall.bo used for the development of the country through which 1t runsand not the enrichiment of thedirectors, I am also de- termined that California shall have opportu- nities to market her produce on an even foot- Ing with the other states east, which do not row one-half the fine fruit and vegetables hatshe dovs. 1 shall make the runninz time of passenger and freizht trains 35 miles an hour. United Ezna, .Is‘lmlen King of Upon the envelope Ezra, king ot England, writes this axiom: he theory that the ma- jority must rule woutd make hell right and heaven wrong, for you all know that the ma- jority go to the former place.” HoN. JonN W. BookwALTER, of Ohio, 18 an extensive land owner in Nebraska. He had intended to go to Europe this summer, but owlng to the fact that the railroads are pushing through his lands and the country in the vicinity of his large possessions is be- ing rapidly settled up, he remained here and cut up his land into farms of 160 acres each, He has leased 125 of these farms on long term leases, The leaseholds vary in price according to location. The farms near the railroad are, of course, more valuable than those remote from the line of transportation, The rentals averago about $200 ver year for each tarm. *“This is much better,” says Mr. Bookwalter, “than farming on a large scal for several reasons. In the (irst place, it de- velops the country and makes the property erty more valuable. 1In the next place it makes each farmer an eventual settler, who will want to buy the farm that he has been improving and making valuable. ‘Then it is more remunerati e BY THE BATH-TUB ROUTRE. @ d Pa Written for the Sunday Bee by J. F. Riley. ‘The recent escape of McGarigle, in which he sustained the character of the lightning- change artist, as the theatrical people say, transferring himself from the American con- viet in Chicago to the Awmerican freeman in Canada. affords a theme for comment to the average every-day mind, and the the be- comes more puzzling in Its soiution by the recollection that the king-bee boodlers, from Tweed, of New York, to McGarigle, of Chl- cago, made their escape while in const tive, not in actual imprisonment. Complicity on the part of the decamping boodlers’ cus- todian must be entertained only to be scouted, for in each individual case of bood- ler flight from constructive imprisonment, tull investizgation has shown the characters of the jailers as spotless as the record of Sherifl Matson. Imposition of misplaced confidence on the sherifl's part must be accepted as the verdict exonerating him. e And this verdict is full of grim humor in the reflection that confidence should be placed in the honor (?) ot a thief. That the man who could betray publie trusts, corrupt the integrity of public officials, and plunder his taxpaying fellow-citizans with the au- dacity of a highway robber, should have herolsm enough to prefer the penance of his guilt in striped clothes in a prison cell to freedom in escape, is 80 ridiculousiy droll that a man in the throes of cholera morbus would forget his misery a moment to smile atthe thought. Yet tho fact is that sheriifs and court officers have ever placed implicit confidenes in the honor of big boodlers, charmed, as 1t were, by the nerve, the dash and noblesse obiiye swagzer of the men whocould steal hke kings and spend like Thus petty larceny] is abhorred, ism apostrophized. *te Funnier than all 1s the method of Me- Garigle's escape, ropeating faithfully the his- tory of hoodle flights all over the country and its imposition upon alaw officer at this late day, sug¢ests the formation of a library filled with books called *‘chestnut” escapes, wherein young oflicials may read as they run. The bath-tub, as a channel for escape, is like the drop game, three-card monte, and thimble-rig rackets, threadbare,and should be so well known by jailors and constables that the mere suggestion of the adage, **Cleanli ness is next to godliness,” should be sufli- cient to cause them to “turn in"” a general alarm. The only wonder is thata man of Mr. MeGarizgle's Inventive mind should re sort to such an antiquated method of obtain- ing freedom. e 1t will be remembered that Prince Henry Genet, of the Tweed ring, while enjoying the eomforts of his own howme one day with a special officer, suzgested an ablution asa finale before returning to prison. The special was delighted to acquiesce in the pro- posal, and Genet, in his private bath, swam to Canada, 80 to speak., The elegant Cap- tain Howgate, who pocketed @ hundred thousaud with the airof & man rendering the general goverament under obligations to him for his peculations, Was adso offered prison bounds under au officer's escort not once, but a half dozen times and 50 great was the confidence in Howgate's honor that hig request tor permiission to- visit his owu bome to Inspuct private papers, was but on such ocensions was but a custom of legal precedent. The eaptain took a refreshing bath one day and when tho officer awoke from his sleep, superinduced by the caplain's drugged wine and In a dazed way Inquired for her father from the captain’s daughter, who carefully fingered the keys ot a pianoho received as an artless roply, “Oh, p: fust stepped around the block.” From that = walk around the block,’” after the refreshing feel- ing of the bath the captain has never returned. And now McGarigle by the self*same way has sought flight, thus proving himself a base im- ftator. Really if America boodlers cannot seok a more original method of escape from sher!ffs who confide in their honor (?) than the bathtub medium, they need never expect pardon for their stupidity, however much their peculations may be forgotten, e st - CURRENT TOPI10S. Mr. Drexer, of New York, proposes to turn the Mount MeGreor cottage in which General Grant died, into a home for old soldiers of the latd war. It could not be turned to a more fitting use. ' Tur swindling fraternity never allow any rust to gather on their faculties. As soon as one method of fraud 1s exposed they must devise a new one. Their latest dodge in New York city Is to put well known names on cheap watches and sell them at high prices. * **x Tire sea serpent which gained such news- paper notoriety last year by his frequent ap- pearancs on the Atlantic coast, Is turning up in his old haunts agaln, If the wily old ser- pent would only give some newspaper man an interview at close quarters, we might be able to form sowme reasonable opinion regard- Ing him, but he evidently believes in the en- chantiment of distance and indistinctness. ¥ Tiry put their convicts to strange uses In the Sandwich islands. A wmurderer was given his chofce of a sentence of death or becoming u subject for leprosy, about two years ago, Ho chose the latter, and was In- oculated and subjected to the closest per- sonal contact wiih lepers. After sixteen months of such exposure he betrayed no symptoms of the disease. But his life could not bave been a happy one. **x Tur London 'lelegraph is the richest newspaper in the world. It has a reserve fund of 830,000 and its yearly income Is about 1,500,000, 1Its circulation 1s about 275,000, ‘I'he London Times has fallen off in circulation, as it keeps up its high price of 6cents percopy. Its cireulation is about 60,000 and its annual income about §750,000, Almost every kind of newspaper that can ret a foothold in London is successful on ac- count of the great size of the city. x¥y JonuNy Wanavaker, of Philadelphia, is erecting a building in that city which is to be used asa home for working girls, The cost to each dweller will be 5 por woek to begin with. 1f found to be practicable this price will be reduced later on. The cast-iron rules which proved fatal to Stewart's woman’s hotel in New York will be owitted. *%e T'ue youngest and wealthiest race horse owner in the world hails from California. He comes from San Francisco and his name is D. J. McCarthy. His father bought him a span of ponies two years ago. Last vear the boy traded this team for the racer C. H. Todd which won the derty in Chicago last month. Youne McCarthy made 814,000, lle took $10,000 of this sum and purchased Todd's brother which gives promise of becoming fast also. The bu) years old. Verily young America is making rapid time in this day and generation, ¥y A MAN in Buffalo, N. Y., was last week brought to life again after having been dead for several hours, to all intents and purposes, from the effects of an over dose of morphine. Artificial respiration was resorted to by a professor who had been experimenting in viviseetion, with the success above noted. "Thus medical science ad vances. 1lereafter people apparently dead from similar causes may be restored to life and usefulness. There is no question but that countless numbers have in the past been put beneath the sod who might have been saved had their friends or plysicians known more of the laws of life, **x Mrs. JouN A. LOGAN is anotherand a striking fnstance of the fickleness of for tune. Itis putashort time since she was a happy, ambitious and suceessful woman with a fair prospect ot one day occupying the white house and taking rank as the tirst lady of the land in social position as well as in ability. ‘To-day she is broken in spirit and injured in body to an extent that may make her a cripple for lite. All the color has been taken out of her life and betore the accident which injured her arm and shoulder she showed a listless apathy toward all the affairs of life that alarmed her frienfls, Mis- fortune when it begins to hound a person is slow to release its hold. #*x Not ouly does our Buffalo Bill play poker with duchesses and such like, over in Old England, but bis cowboys are penetrating into the higher circles. An English paper, which has evidently been left, growls about heir popularity in this + *“T'he presenco of these men would not be tolerated in the salons of New York or Boston, yet in Eng- land these adventurers are welcomed with open arms, flattered as though they were Bayards or Crichtons, permitted to flirt with the prettiest girls and married women, and readily excused if, perchance, they have to be sent home in a state of semi-intoxication, Some women, who ought to know better, have even begun to call upon them in their tents and sip afternoon tea with these rough fellows.” Whata jolly time these ‘“‘rough fellows” must have to be sure, and how jeal- ous this newspaper man seemns to be. WiAT is clalmed t6 be the oldest document in the state of New York is in the posses- sion of Stephen Wormuth, of Fultonville. It is the original Kennudy patent, a grant of land from King George L., ecomprising 775 acres in Albany eonnty, on the south side ot the Mohawk. ‘The document is dated April 18,1827, I'he Indians were to receive two shillings and six penco per s rent for this tract. But though the rental wgs small the wax seal on the manuscript was large, wmeasuring over one foot in cirenmference. The agreement is written on parchment, aud the chirography 18 small, cramped and frreg- ular. The whole is said to have the apoear- ance of aZulu wac-map, and it would make a real estate agent smile. A Frescuvax uamed Molinari b novel sclieme for keeping the peace of na- tions. We wants the powers that have the most to 10se by the wars of others to associate themselves into an alliance for the purposa of offering armed assistanee Lo any eountry that should be wantonly threatened with war from another. He puts England first, the others being Holland, Belgium, Den- mark and Switzerland, Tl nations could put a willion men into the field and have by far the preponderance of naval power in ease of war Molinari clains that the kuowledee that such a tremendous force was ready to be thrown into the seals agninst any nation, wonld ultimately render war in Europe impossible and bring about & general disarmament. But who would settle the war that wight arise among the members of the alliane Universal disarmament can- not be brought about by any sueh aid. It will have to be accowmplished threukh the growth of unlversal sentiment in. that direction, ‘T'nat such a sentiment is growe ing up and spreading {s unilstakeable,