Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 11, 1887, Page 4

A Soldiers’ Monumeat. The trinmphal arch improvised In this city for the reunion of Grand Army vet. orans suggests the propriety of a soldiers’ monument. Other cities, notably Cleve- land, Detroit, Buffalo and Washington, have erected monuments to the volunteer union soldier of 1861-1865 on the public squares and in the city parks. These monuments to the valor and patriotism of America's citizen soldiery are not only historic milestones, but afford an opportunity for artistic adornment, of which the older cities of Europe have until recently had & monopoly. Although Nebraska is pre-eminently a soldier state no monument has up to this time been erected or projected as a trib- ute of respect to the memory of the gal- lant volunteers who died that their country might live. The incessant struggle to subdue the virgin soil and build up homes in what was a compara- tive wilderness up to the close of the war is primarily responsible for this neglect of the heroes of the union. But now Omaha and the state have reached THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. 4 A qg FARNAM STREW! Epfl RIBONE BUILDING. A-nnn'ovnn. 0. 613 FOURTRENTH BTRERT, AL conmzsroNpENCE: p— ‘eommunioations relating to news ‘matter should be addressed lo the Kl OF THE BRR. BUSINEAS LETTENSE buriness letters and remittances should be w ’l‘lll Bl LIBAMING COMPAN! HA. and postoffice ordei Iudcplylhluwmunrdnol the company, ¢ Bit PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETORS, E. ROSEWATER, Epiton. THE DAILY BEE. BSworn Statement of Uleculation. of Nebrask I, s nty of Douglas. o "T'zsc] huck, secre w{o' The Bee | that stage of prosperity and bining compan; does joemny svost | growth * which _onght to _epur on local pride and inspire a patri- otic sentiment toward emulating the ex- ample of other states and cities. Insteaa of building the conventional soldiers’ monument, we would urge a the week ending Sept. 9, 1887, was as A 14350 ld“:v..’ Sent v 14,200 % ‘14,300 | new departure. Omaha, with her wide 3 114,206 | streets and her elevation, affords an op- o portunity for the .introduction of the v 'Gro. 15, Tzecuuck. | @rand Parisian arch, which adorns many X Sworn to and |nb|erlbed in oy fieunm of the boulevards and broad thorough- ‘ N'wthd-y of Septeuiver, A. fares of the French capital. A perma- FeIT, Nou‘r’y Pubile, | Rent triumphal arch, resting upon m o( N'(%“E granite pillars, surmounted with a group Douglas County. representing the republic surrounded by 3 g:;”;’nl;l:::h“' b'“" first (::g ml stn‘;utel iof ln!r:;:try,bofiva:lri. nrtlilllehry i ul that the actusl | and marines, and embellished with the S8 average dail PW“';:'““ °( the n'"V Bee for | national nroxd' state !:mntg of arms, at the the month 886, 13,030 coples; n ¥ October, &IL “‘m mlm. for Novem- | intersection of Sixteenth and Farnam 1886, 13,343 coples; for Decenber, 185, | streets would be a magnificent and 257 copies: for Jan 1887, 16,200 | gightly monument. It would be some- cwlmu. fnr lfabrn-ry. 1887, 14,108 coples; for March. 14,400 oo ies; for Anrll. 1887, ; for May, 167, 14,227 coples: for 147 eopln for July, 1887, 14, nopler for August, 1887, 14,151 coples. thing entirely novel in America and at- tract attention trom tourists and visitors. On festive occasions the arch would ad- Gro. B Tzscrucx, | mt of artistic decorative dis- “flmn d:yng‘ g;bpf‘lahi’) in wmy presence | play. The location is central « Diy 1 and always will remain so. The cost of REAL B 7 V""" R such an arch need not exceed $20,000. Half of this sum can be raised in this city by voluntary coutributions. Two prom- inent citizens have already assured the editor of the Bk that they would each donate $2,000 toward this project if his 1dea is carried cut. Others will doubt- less contribute proportionately. ‘Len thousand dollars ought to be raised by the grand army veterans. Twenty-five Contents of the Sunday Bee. Page1. General Telegraphic News. 62, General Telegraphic News—Local. 3. Speclal Advertisements. e 4. Editorial—Political l’ulnu—l’nsu 0.ll|llelllll—5undly Gossip—Current Topics ~—Miscell Page & Llncnln Letter—Miscellany—Ad- {‘ua fl\" Council Bluffs—Miscellany—Ad- me! 0 7. gmnh- Social Matters—General arkets, 'age 8. City Nows—Advertisemants. i @9 A Visit to The Ifncnarllnd. by Sepel—Book luv|ew—A Trib to lvan Clark—New York “Slummlnn"— ureh Notlces—Advertisements. 10, Numerous Electric Devices—Mu- and Dramatic—Impletus—Matrimonial lences—Connublalities—Women that l Ralls—In the Funny Man’s Domain ional —Advertisements. 11. ‘Tales of the Gentler Sex—tioney Ladies—Religious—Singularities— nuol of Yokahoma—Peppermint Drops lu-vnu An Afternoon_in Chinatown, by Dun Hunt—As to Rip Van Winkle— G. Astor's New llnmew Clara Belle— into Life by 1.0ve, mmo:l;ln:l the Rev. G. W. Crofts—Advertise- would exceed that sum. In a few days we hope to see prelimi- nary steps taken. If the effort is sec- onded, the soldiers’ monument can be completed within twelve months. —— A Merttorions Charity. There is no charity of greater intrinsie merit, or which better deserves the favor of the benevolont than the Home of the Friendless. The state has thus far made only very moderate provision for this institution, and in order to meet the de- mands upon it private charity must be invoked. Mrs. Ebright, the late manager of the Home, is now in Omaha on this mission, She will this evening deliver an address on behalf of the institution, Egep up the boom by all means. But don's, if you please, impose upon poor 1aborers and working women with $10 swamp lots and suburban sites fifteen ! miles from the court house. e ——— i Tue first question which was asked the ils of the public schools of New York ast week was, “Have you been vaccin- ated?” This is as it chould be. The sanitary condition among children is of more importance than the intellectual, and it would be well for every large city £0 1mitate the example of New York, zens and solicit donations. It isto be hoped she will meet with a generous response, Of the inmates institution 103 are from Omaha, 80 that thore s liberal, It is our manifest duty to pro- vide for the friendless and heipless who grudging manner. of the home is Mrs. W, B. Slaughter, | Tue Now York Stock exchange and the Ohicago board of trade, it 15 eaid, have ' begun a reformatory movement looking goward the cultivation of & higher com ! gmercial standard. It1s about time for a | mfion of this kind. Besides our Can- colony, we might start another one c.:t. Helena. But prevention is better cure, zens as a lady in every way suited to the peculiar duties of the position. aged and is fulfilling its mission as ac- ceptally as could be desired, and even . AT LAST vacation is over and the pub- o schools aro again to resume work. ‘Teachers and pupils haye had plenty of Sime for play and recreation this season, mnd the serious work of mental and phy- r\ culture can now be carried on with- il maintained. This must be done largely from private benefactions, and every ungradging generosity. it impediment. With well-paid teachers, modious school houscs and a modern jpment of appliances for elementary i ning of mind and body, there is no n why Omaha should not have the mnblic schools in the country. — The Week's Festivities. . THE most fearful disasters of recent , leaving out the railroad horrors, been caused by the burning of rs. The recent calamity in Eng- 5 , and tiose in Paris, Vienna, &) klyn and in many other cities \\guring the last docade or two would G to argue that something ought to done to avoid these fearful sacrifices human life. There1s only one way sccomplish this and that is to build fireproof theaters. ln such buildings, with ordinary precautions as to lighting R heating, an audience might feel safe. # jcity will probably be used to illu- # the theaters in the near future Ik ?'ldthhwulbnn decided step towards AR abundant facilities of welcome and ment, the enjoyment if seeking it. 3 opportanity is very small, I 18 stated, on what is said to be good ority, that ex-Governor Pattison of sylvania can, if he desires it, have positien of secretary of the interior ‘on the retirement of Mr. Lamar to take + ghe vacant place on the supreme bench. Bovernor Pattison’s appointment would be acceptable to the country, excluding .. ' #he portion of it constituting the sub- | pldized railroad corporation These “would undoubtedly regard his selection ! flor the head of the interior department as B very grave mistake, but alFthe rest of people would accept it as an assur- that the'mew policy respecting the o domain would be faithfully ad- to and firmly executed, and is what they desire to see As a member of the Pa- railroads investigating commission rnor Pattison has gained an insight the character and methods of these pporations which would doubtless be Kreat value in the administration of interior department 8o far as it re- to theln. and he has shown himself of the qualities necessary to 'llh these corporations. The vre oould not make & better choice or that would be more satisfactory to every class of business reason to wonder at the previous wisit. extended and leug felt. cents from every veteran in Nebraska and will probably also call on our citi- of the s special reason why this community should be have been taken from this city, and wo should do this in no mggardly and The superintendent who is well known to many of our eciti- We are enabled to say upon trustworthy author- ity that the institution is admirably man- better than could reasonably be expected with its limited resources. Of the neces- sity of such an institution there will of course be no question, and this granted it follows that it gktould be properly reason urges that in this matter Omaha should set the example of a large and The past week was one of exceptional experience in the history of Omaha, marking an epoch that will long be re- membered, and by which subsequent ex- periences of a similar character will be judged. There is happily little to be said regarding the events of the week that is not congratulatory, and perhaps only the 8spirit of hypoecrisy or inveterate cynic- ism will find anything to have been seri- ously at fault. More fayorable weather could not have been vouchsafed, the citi- zens entered heartily into the occasion, the thousands of visitors found cordial entertain- travel were perhaps not perfoct, but were found to be sufficiont, and there was not a per- son in Omaha during the week who was not enabled to find abundant means of And the num- ber who did not take advantage of the Estimates regarding the number of wisitors during the week range from 60,000 to 75,000, and doubtless the latter is the nearer correct. KEvery part of Ne- braska was ropresented, a large part of Iowa, and there were people from other states. At a moderate computation these wvisitors svent not less than half a million dollars while here, in which pearly shared. But the immediate benefits derived do not comstitute all the value of this occa- sion. It was an unequalled advertise- ment of Omaha, the advantages of which will be continuous. Thousands of people realized for the first time that there is really a great city here, with almost infi- nite possibilities before it, while thou- sanas of others who had mot been in Omaha for a few years found ample progress achieved and tho multiplied evidences of prosperity during the period since their In al! such Omaha has found admirers who will not sparingly praise her merits and whose preseuta- tion of them will induce others to visit this motropols. - Thus the practical good of last week's festivities will be widely There is an obvious suggestion in this experience for our business men whioh _THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY. they should seriously consider. That is the expedience of extending their eater- prise to special methods for attracting people to the city at couvenient and proper intervals. It should be practic- able to have at least twice a yoar some distinctive attraction provided that would draw thousands of people to Omaha if they could travel at reduced fares, which there would doubtless never be any diffi. culty 1n socuring. An annual exposition, fashioned and conducted on a liberal scale, is one method that ought to be permanently established, and there ean be no great difficulty in finding others and no risk in putting them into execu- tion. There are thousands of people, and the number is steadily growing, with whomn a visit to Omaha is a con- stant desire which can be readily quick- ened into action by the offer of a sufficient inducement, The city is every year becoming more inviting by the addition of objects of interest, the growth of im- provements, and the taking on of metro- politan characteristics. There will cor- tainly come a time when its intrinsic attractions will draw visitors 1n large numbers without the aid of special allurementas. But meanwhile it will unquestionably be found profitable enterpriso to periodically offer the people of the tributary country such induce- ments to visit Omaha as will render their coming & matter of both interest and pleasure to them. These considerations can hardly have failed to occur to our intelligent and enterprising business menand itisto be hoped they will not prove to be mere passing and fruitless reflections, The Literary Uonundram. Ignatius Donnelly's book dethroning Shakespeare will be published during the latter purt of the month. Minnesota’s all-rouna politician, statesman, lterat- teur, democrat, philosopher, guide and friend will be a great man about the 1st of October, or he will be so sat apon as never to rise again, It all depends upon whether he will be able to prove, as he claims to be, that Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays or not. 1t is generally conceded that this book will decide the Shakespeare-Sacon con- troversy one way or the other, and thus will not have been written in vain, Mr. Donnelly has divided his work 1nto parts, In one of these he writes Shakespeare down, very far down, while Bacon 1s ex- alted out of sight, and he tries to show from internal evidence and by parallel quotations that the latter is the author of the great plays. In the other, he ex- plains the cipher which he claims to have discovered, and which he says tells a secret history of those times and of the chief actors in them. The extracts al- ready published give a general idea of the book, the actual method of applying the cipher only being kept in the dark. A large number of Shakespearian scholars have already given their verdict over Mr. Donnelly’s effort. Most of the critical students of the plays decide that their faith in the ‘‘bard of Avon" has not been shaken. Some are open to conmviftion, and othgrs decide in favor of Bacon. James Parton, Robert Ingersoll, James Bailey Aldrich, editor of the Atlantic Monthiy, H. M, Furness, James Freeman Clarke, John Fiske and others, exvress them- selves decidedly against Bacon. Allen Thorndyke Rice, editor ot the North American Review, thinks that so far Mr, Donnelly's oase is not proven, but comes forward with a cipher of his own, He says that he has in his possession a manuscript which proves that thero is a Bacon cipher running through the in- scription on Shakespeare’s tomb which says, “Francis Bacon wrote Shakes- peare’s plays.”” Mr. Rice says this can be proved beyond a doubt. The manu- seript will be published in his magazine next month, B. F. Butler firmly believos that Bacou is tho author. Julian Haw- thorne is neutral until the proofs are all in, O. B. Bunce, of Appleton & Co., thinks the plays were written by a num- ber of bright young men of the period and adapted for the stage by Shakes- veare. The majority of leading actors and managers stay by Shakespeare. Bill Nye thinks that though the *‘bard” may not have been much of a penman he showed admirable judgment in locating his grave where 1t would catch the tears and attention of tourists, and in selecting such an able brain to com- pose his plays, While the advocates of Bacon, leaving out the question of the cipher, argne that he was the author of the plays because they find so many expressions in his letters and known works that appear in the former, the ad- herents of Shakespeare aflirm that the intellectual qualities shown in the writ- ngs of the two mon are o radically different that they could not possibly have been composed by the same author. ‘While each reader is holding his ver- dict in abeyance it is well enough to re- member that people are tenaclous of old beliefs and wherc there is so much smoke there must be some fire, — ‘What Are We Here For? There is & sprinkling of rock-rooted democrats in this section who have lived long and waited patiently for the spoils of office. For something like twenty- five yoars they have been hewers of wood and carriers of water for the party without pay or reward of any kind. All these years they have lived on hope of the good times to come when the flesh- vots would be within easy reach of every arm that held up the flag of Jackson, Buchanan and Sam Tilden. But the most hopeful are beginning to doubt. Nearly three years of domooratic rule have rolled around and yet the rank and file are as hungry and as ragged as were the confeds. toward the end of the war. To be sure, John A. McShane was elected to congress last fall by 7,000 ma- jority, to the great surprise of Jim Boyd, Andrew J. Poppleton and other old dem- ocrats of mark, who only remember Mc- Shane as a clerk 1n the big house of his uncle, The large majority over Church Howe has opened thelr eyes wide to sena- torial and congressional possibulities, If & man like McShane can carry the dis- trict, why can't guns of great calibre carry the whole legislature? In other words the election of John A. McShane has turned the heads of a few of our leading democrats. A sharp dis- cornment will satisfy any man that James E. Boyd is employing tactics that will better pave the way to congress. Then A. J. Poppleton is taking far more interest in local politics than ever, and undoubtedly has sonse political ambition to furthor. Havecomn hasa son-in-law in Uncle Bam's court house; Jim Creighton has a son-in-law in the postoffice. Why should old wheel-horses be kept out of theerib, and why should the spoilsall bo divided by the rich old settiers and their relations? In the langu of lflunn!zan, what are we here for —— Tue international medical congress that wasin session during the past week in Washington city, 18 &¢ an end. 'l'o what extent its delibe: ns have added to the sum of medical om it is not the province of a layman to judge, but there was developed guite as much dis- agreement upon most of the theories and principles discussed as is usual with con- veation of doctors. There can be no question as to the learning, the research, and the scientific acquirements of the men composing this congress. All these were abundantly disclosed in the great number of papers presented, and the dis- cussions thereon. There were enough, one would suppose, to stock a good sized medical library. But was any- thing settled about which the doctors have been disagreeing, so that the whole medical world shall bere- after be and act in harmony regarding it? Was any surer way pointed out for conserving the health of mankind, and preventing the outbreak and spread of disease?. Was a plan of physical living presented,easily understood and practiced by everybody, which would more certainly than any yet in vogue promote and pre- serve health? How to keep well isthe most important question with everybody, and what have these learned doctors put on record in answer to it? Judged by these not irrelevant, but really most im- portaut inquiries, we apprehond the con- gress will be found to have fallen short of complcte success, though unsurpassod as an assemblage of savauts. E——— THE city of Omaha is greatly indebted to the officers and men of the regular army for the entertainment so well and 80 graciously tendered the visitors at Camp Logan., The army contributed the chief features of each day’s programme, and charmed the people with the beauty and perfection of their performance. MaNY capitalists of New York and Chi- cago are maintaining branch offices in Omaha, where investment brings quick and handsome returns. It is something new, however, to see Omaha capitalis! opening branch oftices in New York City. E———————— POLITICAL POINTS. ‘The Norfolk Landmark admits that Ma- honeism is the sole important issue in the Virginia campaign. Governor Aill, of New York, Is suffering the same kind of sunstroke that Congress- man Holman had to endure, The Charleston News leetures the presi- 1dent for not Laving turned;iggins out and ays the Maryland bolt to his failure to do so. Jobn 8. Barbour Is sald fo have lald iils anti-administration theorigs aside and to have come out for Cleveland for a second term. 2 The Providence Journal says almost any kind of a crank can find footing op the vari- ous platforma now being erected all over the country. Ex-Representative Williiay..of Loulsville, has given as his explamatten of Buckuer’s small majority thedisg¥syof young men with “soldier candidates.” Horizontal Morrison is said not to want a re-election to congress, but second place on a ticket with Cleveland. It is believed, ho ever, that he will take almost anything he can get. *The democratic mule fn Pennsylvania,” remarks the Philadelphia Record. “‘prefers protected thistles to free hay. Small wonder that it doesn’t keep up with the party pro- cession.” Green B. Raum, ex-internal revenne com- missioner, said the other day in an interview at Pittsburg that Blaine seems to be as strong as ever, and will probably be nomin- ated ou the first ballot. Personally, Mr. Rauw favors Sherman. Says the Montgomery Advertiser: ‘It {s really amusing to read in the protective tariff papers of the south that they do not favor ‘protection for protection’s sake,’ when they oppose every proposition that las been made to reduce reyenue and reform the tarift.” “*The simple truth is,” saya the Charleston News (Dem.), *that, in temporizing with Higgins and his “influence,’ the administra- tion s estranging independentj republicans and democrats alike in all the northern states. What Is gained by tolerating him is notclear, What s being lost is plain to everybody, it seems, but the administration itselt.” They Know Their Business, Shelbyille Democrat. The courts of the Pacific slope are corpora- tion property, and they never fail the corpo- rations In a pinch. —_———— The G. A. R. Would be Willing. Chicago Times. 1f a picture is necessary for the democratic flags and panners, why not have Mrs. Cleve- land’s? She is a great deal prettier than Grover, e A Botanical £xplanation. Plans and plots to spend the surplus grow up, like toadstools in a night. Let s dema- gogue but blow his breath on the subject and a fiduciary fungus straightway will sprout. Statesmen know that they must go to tho root for the remedy. L A Disgracing Omaha, Wahoo Wasp, The majority of she members of the city council of Omaha who are waglng such a dis- graceful warfare against thefire and police commission are not only makiug fools of themselves but are disgracing Omaha as well. e ———— ‘What's the Upe? Boston Herald, Mr. Evangelist Moody'says: “You can't pound a sermon into a man with a sledge- bammer after he has gotithrough reading one of these Sunday papers.’ Well, why should you desire to pound a sermon into a man with a sledgebammer?’ | ———————— Just The Same in Omahs, New York Tribune. How funny it would seem to have a really respectable board of aldermen elected. Noth- ing would astonish us more than the extinc- tion of boodlers. 1t would require a long whilefor the city to get used tosuch a strange situation, — More Deplorable Than Funay, New York World. One of the funniest exhibitions ef the year 1s Senator Stanford holding a “star-chamber inquiry” all alone by himself, like Dun- drerv’s poor, lorn bird, questioning and cross-questioning hiwself as to the matters that he would not answer before the commis- slon. It must make Jake Sbarp laugh, sick as he Is, e The Ghost That Will Not Dowa, Mal, ‘There has hardly been :ud‘u- anomaly in history as that of the belated ghiost of another SEPTEMBER 11. 1887.~TWELVE PAGES. age looming up in the light of a new genera- tion and pretending to give advice on ques- tions of national importance. If there were & Jaw Imposing the death penalty upon putrid reminiscences and fools, Jeff Davis would mot be long for this world. ———— Inybc [} comr ‘Was Rnocked Off, ioago Tribune, A plamber in Omnhl. Neb., claims to have been robbed of & diamond pin worth $150 while engaged (n a street fight. tlis profes- slonal brethren feel but little sympathy for bim. His conduet has brought discredit on thier calling. No seif-respecting plumber would confess to wearing a diamond worth only $150. —_— A Threatened Evil, Boston Globe. ‘The big express companies are consoli- dating at such a rate thata good many peo- pleare inclined to think there is considera- ble cold sense in the recommendation of the New York labor men that the business of carrying parcels should be a government fanction, the same as carrying letters. No “express trust,” if you please. ———— Omaha as a Stock Market. Hendley Ruatler, Omaha is fast becomlng a stock market that will be of real value to Nebraska people. There is no necessity of shipping hogs and cattle to Chicago there to de slaughtered packea, and then shipped back for Nebr people to coasume. Western pac afford to pay farmers better prices and at the sametime sell meat to consumers cheaper than Chicago packers can. o ———— Omaha’s Hospitality, Nebraska City Times. The hospitality of Omaha knows mno bounds. From the center to the circumfer- ence of that great city every citizen Is striv- Ing to entertain the thousands of visitors with the chataeteristic generosity for which they are noted, during the reunion and fair this week. Such attention and treatment will be heralded all over the eountry by sol- dier and civilian and add voluines to the glory aud reputation of Omaha and of Ne- braska, P—— A Harvest Song. Toronto Truth., O'er tnelhl\r-ranuhlnz flelds of upland and ain The h;\r‘;mt of summoer is golden again; And the clicking of reapers rings out on the i, For self-binding reanersare harvesting there; Aud as fnl m the teams speed along o'er tho The rIpA- zrlln is cut, ncatly gathered, and And -alnlllul hands foliow to put it in shock, Saving tood for the master and food for the Then hurrnh for the reaper that harvests Let |he Ilpu that speak well of its high merits tell, For we harvest to-day with comfort and ‘With the mercury standing at ninety degrees. Oh! we dread mot to enter the harvest to- As we u‘lz' in the years that have ciroled No old- l‘uhmned _sickles our skillful hands No mlu m swung by the strong-hended there: Now few o a burden oppressive complatn, For with self-binding reapers we harvestthe And \h%mw?:;k is so quickly and skilfully We're pl%lm of the triumph that genius has Tluvn“gldmh for the reaper, ote. ‘The nld fnsh[onm tools that were once used As t.hlngq (h‘fi are worthless are now set For the nozt'h o(‘lza times have inspired men And things al nlgll mcm and power have And thmh betler things skillful hands may re. To add to o‘:u comfort aud lessen our care, A marvel of skill such as is seldom seen, Is this uxehll. time-saving, self-] hlndmx ma- chin Tnen nurrlnh for the reaper that harvests Wme llpu that speak well of its high merits For we_barvest to-day with comfort and ease, th thé mercury standing at ninety de- grees. ———— SUNDAY GOSSIP, ‘THE new rules of the Union Pacific head- quarters prohibit smoking in the building. ‘There are no exceptions to this rute. This s rather roughon Mr. T. L. Kimball, who is a great lover of the weed. It is intimated that this rule originated with Mr. T. J. Pot- ter, whois a striet prohibitionist, so far as tobazco goes. Whether Mr. Kimball will obey the rule, or resign, or smoke on the sly, remains to be seen. . EvoeNE FIELD, who is one of the best known newspaper men in the country, has recently had published by Ticknor & Co., ot Boston, a very entertaining little volume entitled “Garland’s Culture.” It Isa com- pilation of Mr, Field’s best humorous con- tributions to the Chicago News, and treats malnly of culture In the city by the lake, as viewed from Mr. Field’s humorous stand- point. lo all that Field writes, whether prose or poetry, serious or humorous, there 13 a vein of refinement which shows him to be a careful, thoughtful and accomplished literary worker. A WRITER 1n the August overland has this to say of the early legislatures of Nebraska: “The early legislatures of territorial Nebras- ka were of rather extraordinary cumposition. Nearly all the members of the tirst assembly came across the Missouri river from Iowa for the express purpose of being elected, To make perfectly sure of this devoutly wished for consummation, some of them even went 80 far as to bring along their entire constit- uencles from the older state, Thus, two wagon loads of citizens from Couneil Bluffs provided themselves with ballot-boxes and election blanks, and very refreshing refresh- ments, and on election day made a little ex- curslon into the tract of prairie and wood land that Acting Governor Cuming had marked off as ‘Burt county,” where there was not, at the time, a single bonafide inhabi- tant. The result was a set of vastly formal election returns, which entitled two repre- sentatives and onecouncliman to seats in the territorial assembly. The second, third, and fourth assemblies, were, of course, made up of men who were, for the most part, citizens of the territory, but all through the fifWes the legislative body was of such a nature that at any time muscle was liable to become a fae- tor in lezislation, and ‘the revolver to act as a representative of the people.”” “Tue SUN"is the title of a newspaper recently started at South Sloux City, form- erly known as Covington, Neb., ‘The Sun is a very neat and spicy sheet, It is in fact, one of the handsowest country weeklies in the west. Will Jay aud Al Falrbrother are the proprietors and editors, Mr. Jay is an experienced newspaper man. Mr. Fair- brother, who wields a very caustic para- graphing pen, s a graduate of the Omaha Bee. Wishing to become proficient in Jjournalism he took a year’s course in the Ber office. This explains the bright sunbeams which f{lluminate his latest venture. The BEE wishes him and his partner success, SEBASTIAN BECK has turned upagain with his pitiful tale of captivity among the Sioux years ago. He claims his wife and children are still captives, Beek’s latest statement is that he made his escape last spring, .Four years ago ha told his long-winded narrative to an Omalis Brre reporter, who priuted it in good faith, - Sinco that time Beck has re- ated the same story to at least tifty different pewspapers in the east, all of: which have published it Beck isan old fraud, with & vivid imagination. He tells his story mainly for the purpose of getting drinks and trans- portation. Tur first hmumer. Danlel Freemen, of Beatrice, Neb., has given a cane grown on the first homestead In the United States to Galusha A. Grow, of Pennsylvania, speaker of the national houso in 1%61-3, and often called the father of the homestead law. Jiw SterneNsoN's Deadwood coach, drawn by six horses, attracted considerable attention at the fair. There is no reason why the tally-ho should not become a popular in- stitution on the streets of Omaha and the eountry drives hereabouts. It is quite the rageamong New York swells, and as the metropolis sets the fashion for the country, ‘We may soon expect to see the Omaha swells out on tally-ho excursions, now that Omaha possesses coaches as good asany in New York. ‘THE Omaha fair proved a financial success, thanks to the weather clerk. The erowd on Thursday was the largest ever assembled in Omaha, “Anrk these the veterinary soldiers? asked & granger, a8 he viewed the passing line of the Grand Army of the Republic. “ZERO,” whom we .suspect to be a well known Omaha business man, writes us a let- ter which applies more to the other papers than it does to the Bre, We agreo with what he says, as follows: *‘The public are all tired out reading about general freight agents, general passenger azents and general ticket and passsenger agents, and general managers, and all that sort of thing, and demand a respite, a rest, & breathing spell for a short period. The gen- eral public care no more about who is or who is not made a passenger agont, ora ticket agent or any other agont than they care for John Doe, or Jim Crow, and I am sure take about as much Interest reading about them as they doreading long columns eoncerning base ball, which [ have my doubts about any- body reading. But we call a general halt of this sizing up of ticket and all other agents, a8 it concerns the public no more than does the hiring out of any other hired man.” ‘Tue sham battle Friday afternoon will be considered the greatest event of this event- ful week. The thousands of people (some say 50,000) who witnessed il are enthusiastic 1n their pralse of the soldiers who took part in the engagement. Their manoeuvering was perfect, and their action in battle wasso realistic that an old veteran was noticed giving vent to his feelings in tears. The oc- casion undoubtedly recalled to his mind many a scene of carnage where his comrades and'mess-mates were cut down by his side. o T CURRENT TOPICS. Tne French republic has just completed 1ts seventeenth year. For a republic In that country, this is pretty old. * HANNIBAL HAMLIN, of Maine, recently completed lLis seventy-eighth year. He is now the only ex-vice-president living, and his estimate of lifo is that it is *‘all a dream.” " A NEW YORKER, Who tralns fleas, has ad- vertised for 100,000 of §those enterprising insects. Here Is an industry in which the noble redman can engage with little expense and big profits, PR GrNERAL BoorH, lho leader of the salva- tion army, is planoing an invasion of Zulu- iand. Thisisas it should be. The Zulus ‘will appreciate the methods of the salvation- ists. Let them all go. w*e A LAW compelling hotel keepers to supply each room with a rope as a means of escape In caso of fire, went into effect in New York recently. The principal result sofar has beon an exodus of dead beats. **x Norsina in this world equals the enter- priso of some of our Awmerican newspapers. ‘The Toledo Blade has *'scooped” ail its con- twemporaries by announcing the date of Christ's second coming. The important event is set down for 191";—14 A BARTENDER in Chlcngo recently shot one of his patrons dead becanse he asiked for more beer aud less froth, Such treatment of grumbling by drinkers is quite effective, but the trouble s It ends tho patron as well as the grumbling so much more rapidly than by the usual method of slow polson that it can never become popular. e OLD age is very popular this season, Ac- counts of persons who have passed the cen- tury mark are numerons, Just now a Mexi- can family named Waldonado iu Vera Cruz leads. The tather of the family died recently at the age of 153 and his tuneral was attended by his three sons who claim to be 130, 120, and 100 years old. Maybe they are theosophists. e 11 would not do for the Sultan of Turkey tocome to America. Some of the Vienna journals have been publishing caricatures of him of late which s0 annoyed him that his oriental majesty sent a request to the Austrian government to have the offensive pictures stopped. The comic editors of Vienna have consequently been enjoined from ridiculing the sensitive monarch. e Mus. RARR(ET BEECUER STOWE IS in her TTth year, but still has all her bodily powers perfect, notwithstanding the reports to the contrary, She says she can walk from three toseven milesa day without fatigue, has a good appetite and can sleep well. She does not intend to write any more for the public, giving as the reason her opinion that authors should stop writing be fore readers stop reading. It can be seon from this expression that Mrs. Stowe's men tal powers also are stlll unclouded. e Proresson Procronk thinks that peopie can learn to fly as well as to swim or ride a bleycle. lle says men have allowed them elves to imagine difticulties ‘which do not exist because of failures brought about by their own Inaptitude. This will be good news, especially for such men as McGarigle, who seems to have much trouble in providing asafe retreat on terra firma just now. It would be an inter- esting sight to see hun cleAving the upper alrwith the swiftness of a swallow and a posse of winged United States officials in Lot pursuit, GENERAL LONGSTREET. who Is writing a history of the late war, says that he will probably arouse a good dzal of opposition, both north and south, by some of his state- meuts, This he will no doudbt succeed in do- ing, for the general generally speaks right out in meeting re- eardless of consequences. Mis comparison between Grant and Lee 8 as follows: “Grant probably had the most moral ecour- age. In tacties the two were about equal. Lee probably excelled in strategy. As moral courage 18 to tactics so s strategy to the answer.” This seems to be rathernon-comunttal, ‘The reader is at liberty to make the fourth term of the cquation what he pleases, **e Di. Cyres Ensox, in the Epoeh, tells peo- ple to wear dark cloties iu summer, This is quite couteary to the pravaient idea as to the best color of ciothing in hot weather, but Dr. Edson supports his doctrine by stating that Arctic animals have white furs. This color he claims does not allow heat to radiate from the body at rapidly ag black, Tns is not the reason given by Darwin and the evolution- 15ts for the white -fur of Avetic animals, ‘Their réasoning is that white animals are less easily diseovered by their enemies iu the Arctic snow fields, and hence escaps, whil the dark furred animais are destroyed. Lt Edson may be right, but it will be a long time before he can change the spots of summet dresses, e Trx women's rights women seem to have come to the end of their arguments and pro- pose mext to try ridicule. Mrs. Luey Stone suggests that it would be a good object lesson to have Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, Mary A. Liv. ermore, Lucretia Mott’s daughters and Mary Grew appear somewhere in the great audi- ence at the centennial celebration of the adoption of the constitution in Philadelphia, seated with Chinese men and unpardoned criminals from the state prison. Leta ban- ner over them say: “Political Equals.” Then in the procession let the army of educated women eraduates of our schools and col- leges follow bohind the still larger army of Ignorant, unwashed men who are voters, and let these women bear a banner with tho words: “We Follow Our Political Superiors.” It would no doubt please the vagrants aforementioned to have nice, sweet girl graduates In the procession with them, but would not this method be s waste of self« respect and preclous time? Do the intellic gent women of this country waut to turn themselves into a volitical salvation army? 1t would be much more profitable for them ta spend their time and energy in qualifying themselves for some of the good-paying vo- cations that are now open to them. -ty THE IRISH BLOOD-LETTING. Commentas of the English Press on the Mitchelstown Outrage. LoxNDoN, Sept. 10.—The Times says: “The blood of the Mitchelstown victims is on the heads of O'Brien, Davitt and Labouchere, whose inflammatory and cynical language drove the men against the muzzles of the ritles. This teaches the people that althouzh their leaders have amusement and proit, the ple pay for 1t with their skins.” ’rln J‘:nd-m hopes that the spectacle at Mitchelstown will convince Labouchere and Brunner of the goal whereto their steps tend before it is too late, or they will held ;umy for the suffering which otherwise en- sues. ‘The News this morning says: ‘‘Coercion was not long in bearing its bitterest fruits, The government meant to provoke bloodshed in Ireland. Blood has been shed in perfect wantonness, and butcnery 18 its most revoli- ln% feature.” lhe Post says that the Mitchelstown affair shows the necessity for the full application of the crimes act to prevent such meetings al ether. ‘%‘he government has issued an urgent whip to their supporters to attend tho sitting of the commons Monday during the debate on tbe prociamation of the Ennis meeting. The Globe says that’ O'Brien and his friends have at last succeeded in bringing about bloodshed. Upon them rests the entire moral responsibility for the death of those killed at Mlmlwlsmwn yesterday. Du: , Sept. he Freeman’s Journal Bays o bloodstain is indellibly attached to Balfour, chief secretary for Iréland, and to the government.” The Journal mccuses the officials of sending a force of polics and a reporter to Michelstown, on whose evi- dence warrants against 0'Brien and Mande- vIHu the poor law guardian, were issued for J:oc\ul purpose of exasperating the urow e CROP CONDITIONS, Official Government Report of the Country’s Produce. ‘WasHINGTON, Sopt. 10.—T'he statistical re- portof the department of agriculture for September presents a heavy reduction in the condition of corn and potatoes, with liftle change in the status of wheat and other small grains. There I8 a further loss In the conditlon of maize from 80.5 to 72.8 per cent, four points lower than last year’s erop in September. The depreciation is neatly all in the west The states of the Atlantic coast and those of the gulf report larger crops than those ot last year already beyond the reach of disaster. In the seven corn-surplus states the average of last mouth was 74, now 64. The tigures are: Ohlo 68, Indiana 61, Illinois 57, Missouri 67, Kansas 42, Nebraska 72. averago condition of ' wintor whoat and spring wheat whon haryested is year, BT.8; n 5 n the spring wheat region, Dakota returns 80 n emell et Minebeoth and Wisconsin, 72; Iowa, 71, and Nebraskaka 76, a slizht re- duetion from Iast month. The increaso of acrease will make the difference still less_be- tween the present crop and that of 188, The average for rye s 82.2; that of oats, 83.4, against, 5.6 last 'month, showlng & slight ~ decline. The ~ average for barley 18 83, against 8.3 last month. A re- duction in' buckwheat has occurred from 99 last month to 89. The average condition for potatoos is veg much reduced, from 80,5 last month to 67. ‘This 18 four points lower than in 1581, the lowest record for September that the department has ever recorded. T he condition of cl.fnr tobaceo i3 slightly dep ress« in Wiscons WANTS HIS OWN WAY, Cleveland Will Run the Campaign 1 Renominated, New Yok, Seot. 10.—|Special Telegram to the 1=The Sun’s Waahington special says: A gentleman who bas just returned from the northwest says: *“While in 5t. Paul a few days since I saw a letter written by President Cleveland to a personal friend, in which he discusses at some lencth the prospects of his being a candidate for a re- nomination. The president says that he has vot fully determined that he willbe a candidate for a second term. ‘The results ot his administration thus far have not been, as they could not vosssibly be, apparent ag yet, either in practical effect or in their im-« pression upon the people at large. The Frnhldcnllx desirous that the country shall lave an ovportunity to study the effect of his general policy and to give it such fair ~eriticism as may ~be obtained after actual consideration and not such as hasbeen he; generally given on the spur of the mowment. Should he determine, however, to become a f!:ndhlnm. he says that ho proposes to take i3 ¢ npalgn into his own hands, e inti- that the ticket upon which he rung be made to suit himself, as he is detor- minad to lay out a plan of campaign which must be suceessful. He says that he shall decide npon his eandidacy at a sufticiently early time to zive the partv every opportunity to make good selections for its ticket and to secure th benefit, if any can acerue, from his administration,” ~Ile then further says that the president is not satistied with Post- master-General Vitas, and that he probably will want Pensions Commissioner Black nominated for vice-president if he himself runs again., i Wrecks on the Lakes, Derrorr, Mich., Sept. 10.--A specia! to the Journal from Sand Beach, says: The life saving crew at Point aux Barques has just telegraphed that the schooner Mona is a total wreck near their station. ‘The crew were all saved. ‘The shore north of Port Hope for miles i stre with lumber, which was washed off the deck loads of passing boats, which were caugnt in the sudden storums, MALQUE Mich Sept. 10.—The sehooner David Dows, whieh was supposed to have foundered with all hands in Lake Superior during the wale Tuesday “and We ay, arrived at this port at 5 this morning She weathered the gale without a mishap, -— All Quiet at Mitchelstown, LoNDON, Sept, 10.—The police at Mitehels- town assert that the trouble there yesterday was due to the nationalist leadors shouting for the mob to hold together, The town 1s quiet to-day. ‘The natlonalists are exuitant over the good fight they made yesterday, All was quiet throuzhout the nicht at the scene of yestord, fighting, — Fitty-four constables were in 1 1o such an extent that physicians’ s 68 were required, One hundred and bity-tour civilians wore also lojured. 1 -~ Gholera’s Many Vietims. LONDON, Sept, 10, ~The Austrian consul at Bombay reports that deaths froum cholera oceurred in Oude ng Iast May, 1 HON,Bept, 10--During the past twenty- four hours, six cases of ehclera and four duaths. from the Jiscase sre roported . in Malta,