Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 27, 1888, Page 7

THE CITY. The internal revenue collections yes- torday ameounted to $9,028.78. Elizabeth Lyle Saxon, who is in the ity now in the interests of the W. C. ‘T. U. and the woman's suffrage associa- tion, will lecture this evening in the First Methodist church on the subject, “The Living Tssues of the Day.” The Omaha Douglas county colored republican league will meet in the city hall Monday evening, May 28, at 8 o’clock. They urgently request all mem- bers and friends to be present. There is some very important business to pre- sent to the league. By order of the ex- ecutive board. Officer Jesse Newman, who is charged with brugally and unnecessarily assault- ing A. W. Lite on Thursday evening, was arraigned before Judge Berka yi terday afternoon, but secured a contin- vance until the 20th at 2p. m. The future action of the police commission ;,“lllll be shaped by the results of this vial, Personal Paragraphs. Joln Townsend, St. Paul, Neb., is at tho Paxton. B. L. Tamelton, of Vroman, Neb., is at the Paxton. M. A. Metzger, of Beatrico, Nob., is at the Paxton. J. 1, Knapp, of Kearney, Neb, is at the Paxton. A. E. Nichols, of Sioux City, la., is at the Miliara, J. M. Hamilton, of Lincoln, Neb., is at the Millard, H. J, Cosgrove, of Lincoln, Neb., is at the Millard. A. Mitchell, of Burwell, Neb., is st the Windsor. Henry Cassidy, of Missouri Valloy, Ia,, 1 v the Millard. Goorgo N. Forosman, of Lincoln, Neb., is at the Millard. Harry Irwin, of Sioux City, Tn., Is visiting frionds in the ¢ity. G. . Huntingfon and wife, of Fremout, Neb., drc at the Puxton. T. A. Brown and_wife tralia, are at the Windsor. R. I Townlay, a licutenant in the United States navy, is at the Millard, Messrs, 5. M. Melick andGeorge J. Tow, of Lincoln, Neb., are at the Paxton. M. Smith and J. B_Marsh, of Iy, 1n., are at the Millard. Messrs, W. G, Huffman, H. R. Wiley, A. G. Beoson, C. 15, Magoone and J, W. Higin' bottom, of Lincoln, Neb., are at the Millard. Mrs. J. . Clarke loaves the city to-day to visit her sisier in the Black Hills. She will romain there all summer. Mr. Clarko joins her in July. Dr. Ramaceiotta and Messrs. Billy Moran, Dave Miller and John Dougherty, with malice aforothoughi in their hearts, havo started for the Elkhorn o capture the fany of Sydney, Aus- e ) For the School Election. ‘The democratic central committee held a meoting last evening at the rooms of Julius Meyer. It was decided to select a committee of {ive o beappointed by the chairman, Mr. Charles Conoyer, to either endorse or nomi- nate eight candidates for positions on the school board. Announcement of the com- mittee will be made late Struck by Lightning. During the electric disturbances yesterday # flash of lightning took voyage over the roof of the Terrell & Maul building, on Eleventh street, and laid_soveral brick chimneys low The oécupants did not feel the shock and the first indication_they had of the lightning's work was hearing the tumbling of the bricks. No otlicr accidents were reported. St. Philomena's Choir. Worshippers at St. Philomena’s cathedral 8t 10 o'clock mass this morning will bo treatedto a rich musical feast. Mrs, F\. Massey Howard, wife of tho well-known oper i 1 manager of that name, will sing the tory, The lady 18 a highly apiished vocalist und has o sweet and rming voice. W. C. Long, the well Jnown advertising and_press agent of the Union Pa road, has accepted the po- sition of leading tenor in the choir. Bumped Against a Granger. ung man dressed in the Lol or on and carrying s gold headed um- ped up against & granger on gouth Tenth street last night. The young man apologized, lifted his hat politely and disappeared in the darknoss, fow moments later tho man from the country discovered that his sllver watch had been nipped from his pocket, and he suspeots that the passing of time ocourred during the “bumping process.” ne Somothing Wrong. It is highly amusing these beautiful May mornings to glance through the columns of our e, ¢, the Republican, and notice the double-leaded editorials regarding the pro- gress the paper is making, its increasing cir- culation, that it not for sale, that its job de- nent is rapidly pasuming gigantic pro tions, ete., ote, We do not notice, sworn aMdayit testifying to the num- ber of papers accually in circulation. This is wvery essontial to @ metropolitan newspaper such ns the Republican claims it is, and somothing must therefore bo wrong with the editorial munagement. —Excelsior. AMUSEMENTS, THE OMAIA OFERA. As bns already been announced in these columns the title of this picce is **Mr. Samp- son, of Omaha.” It will be produced for the first time on next Thursday night and re- peated on Friday and Saturday evenings and Saturday matinee. The scene is laid in Bul- guvia, The king, by prodigality, has been brought to tho verge of ruin, He is har- rassed constantly by creditors, among them Weresa, a bad-aebt collector, with whom he falls in love, and who tenderly loves him, but who refuses him because as his flancee she would be inclined to treat his indebted- mess with a lenicncy that would amount to injustice to her employers. His prime minis- ter is himself ambitious to wear the crown. The entrance of Margaret, the beautiful daughter of the prime winister, gives the king = soluticn of his dificulty. Margaret has been reading Walter Scott's “lvanhoe,” and cherishes the wish to have u toufnument, ‘Uhis she imparts to the king, Who at first d es her, Finally, how- ever, ho conceives the scheme of offering her hand at a public tournament to the one who can show Lim the road to wealth, The prime auinister objocts to this, for he has already promised {\lulrfi t to a wealthy Bulgarian vy bu tious for the wealth 1o the king hove been advanced by the native knights, Sampson, of Omaha, avpears. He ® &_speculutor on the Omaha board of trade, nd has been unfortunate in his ventures. E:\'uu while traveling in Bulgaria, he is fol owad by telegrams from his Omaha house Bunouncing that the grain market, in which he has been investing for a raise, is constantly going down. Pre- vious to the tournamoent he has, by chance, met Margarct while wandering in the palace, and when be sces her at the joust the feeling of tenderne bad con coived for her becowes int ed, After Yearning the terms of the contest und receiv- an exceedingly pressing notice from his brokers demanding margins on his purchases ©f grain, it ocours 1o him in a sudden wspira- tion that by inducing the king of Bulgaria to declare war he can raise th ¢ of grain in the markets of the United States (Omaha, of course, included), and by puking ronewed investmonts while n general European com- lication is threatoning can realizod a sufi- et profit to satisfy the king, to place him (Swmpson) in the ranks of the millionaires, gnd to secure to him the hand of the beautt: 1 girl who enraptured him. The kiug read- aceedes 10 his wishes, w s wnd the: financial result s cverythi Sampson bad expectad. When' the lance of battle has suft- ient length of tuae, Sampson directs the filn 0 proclaim peace, st the some sen- timo :telegraphing his Omaha brokers to sell grain short for a decline. The offoct of this course is to give him as great a profit _as w bear as he had secured as a bull. The fortunes of the ki and Teresa necessarily hang on the fate of Sampson. Teresa, terrified by the danger which she imagines will surrovnd the king, ‘beseoches him not to go to war and when he aftorwards inclines to take the fleld in per- so0n, she attempts to destroy the bill which she holds arainst him and which represents the barrier that exists between them and the consummation of their love. She is pre- vented from this rashuess, however, by Sampson, who receives a timely telogram from Omaha announcing the brilliant finan- cial success of his Bulgarian war. The story ends with the liquidation of the debt of the 'king, the engagoment of himself and Teresa, and the departure for Omaha of Sampson and the bride, Margaret, whom he tas won at the cost of S0 much sagacity and enterprise. The cast_of the opera is as follows: Mr. Sampson, Nat M. Brigham; king, B. B. Young; prime minister, H. Estabrook ; public_exeoutioner, W. R. Goodall; court crier, W. B, Downing; Margaret, Mrs. Mar- tin Cahn; Tercsa, Mrs, D. Estabrook; Helenn, Miss Bertha Bayliss; messenger boy, va Goodall, The chorus is as follows: cuonvs, Sopranos _and altes —Miss Kate M. Ball, Miss Anna L. Bishop, Miss Rose H. Brady, Miss Mellona Butterfield, Miss Helen Cope- land, Miss Nellie M. Corby, Miss Iidith H. Crandell, Miss Paulino L. Dewitt, Miss May Dundy, Miss Luna Dundy, Mrs. G. M. Hitcheock. Miss Florenco Kimball, Miss Ruth Kimball, Miss Claire Rustin, Miss Mary Lake, Mrs. William A. Redick, Miss Minnie D. Reinhardt, Miss Julia Knight, Miss Nettic E. Totman, Mrs. D. H. Wheeler, ir. Tenors and basses—Mr. Edwin D. Arnold, Mr. Joseph F'. Barton, Mr. Harry V. Burk- ley, Mr. Charles P, Deuel, Mr. Revel France, Mr. Charles A. Harvey, Mr. George W Holbrook, Mr. Orville C. Holmes, Mr. James H. Merriam, Mr. William Peacock, Mr. Richard J. Wherry, Mr. D. H. Wheeler, jr., Mr. A. J. Van Kuran. «The libretto is by F'red Nye and the music by Mrs. B. B, Young. HOPE GLENY. Miss Hope Glenn, the famous contralto who nv{wure\l here in o concert with Chis- tine Nillsson, at Boyd's four years ago and later with the Omaha Clee club, writes from London to a friend in Omaha asking if her former admirers here would be pleased to hear her again. She intends to make a visit to America in Septes next and tako a trip to the various citi which she w formerly Leard and in wh sho also achieved a pronounced triumph. There is little doubt that those who know of the lady's wonderful voice and her personal and social charms and accomplishments would again be pleased to hear her on the concert stage. SALSBURY'S TROUBADOURS, Salsbury’s Troubadours, well known to the amusement lovers of Omaha, will appear at’ Boyd's June 6 and 7, in their new play, “The Humming Bird.” THE TURNERS' EXTUIBITION. On next Wednesday cvening the Omaha Turnveremn will give 1ts annual exhibition in gymnastics and calisthenics in Boyd's opera Touse with an excellent programme. PATRICK GILMORE. This celebrated musical leader, with his renowned band and a chorus of many voices, will appear at the Grand opera house on_the evening of Thursday, June 14, and will draw & full hiouse. THE PEOPLE'S. This theatre presents another varied and interesting programme of varicty features for the coming week, and the excellency of the same and reasonable prices at which the entertainment is offered will draw large audiences. A NEW GERMAN COMPANY. Metz's garden will be opened on next Sunday week, for tho summer season, by & new company of German actors and singers, who will present an interesting selection of light and airy farces and comedies, appropri- ate to the warm weather, Onme of the members of the company is Mr. Molchin, who was formerly an old favorite here. A MEETING OF TEACHERS. An Interesting Programme at the As- sociation Assembly Yesterday. Pretty school marms und pedagogues circled together yesterday afternoon in the law library of the county building, on the oc- casion of the quasterly meeting of the Douglas County Teachers association. Despite the mclemency of the weather there was a large attendsnce, and the interesting programme that had been Dropared was highly oz i r. A. W. Parker's paper, Needs of our nd how to get them,’” was an able and ughtful document, and was ably dis sed by Miss Florence Warner cct chosen by Sva M, and she made some most valt ms during her dis- course. Miss Jossio Noyus and Mr. D. W. ‘Warner aired thgir views on the subject. “What to do with duil p i clever- 1y and happily handled 5. Mo- Moines, and Miss Jennie Alen and Mr. James Ellis, Jr, gave thiir opinions on this obsorbing subj S . Bruner delivered a ursand gave his views as to the proper kizs of books for children to read. PATSY FALLON STABBED. Cut In the Abdomen By a Man He Had Befriended. Patsy Fallon was severely stabbed in the abdomeoen last night by the large blade of a penknife in the hands of John Rohner, a bar-tender who has worked in ious saloons about the city. His last place of occupation was at the, Arcade hotel, and since he has boen out of employment he hasbeen befriended by Fallon, Last night he called at the saloon of the latter on Twelfth street, and winghng among acquaintances he engaged in the fun that was going on. Fallon took part in the sport, and in some manner knocked a cigar from the mouth of Rohner, who demanded a fresh one. To this Fallon agreed, and was in the act of handing Rohuer one when ho drew his knife and remarked, “You had better " This remark exasperated Fa'- lon, who replied, who replied. w I'll not give you one.” Then Rohner struck hin over the head with an umbrella, which he | held in his hands, aud made a brcak for the door, Fallon followed, and the two met on the sidewalk when Rohner stabbed him in tho abdomen and wade good his escape. The woundod man was removed to his room, and will bo out in a fow duys. BENCH AND BAR. District Court. NOTIOR FROM JUDGE VERKA. Judge Borka formally notified the court yosterday that he had held Edward Wise in bonds in the sum of $600 to await trial for burglarizing the house of William Tynch and ing off & quantity of wearimg apparel, BAKRBARA'S COMPLAINT. Barbara Stumphm represents her hus- baud to be & wan of vulgar and vicious habits, and she wants & divorce from him wnd full control of her tywo-year old child, to- gether with alimony, DENIED THE INJUNCTION. Judgo Doane yesterday denied the applica- tion of Thomes Swabe w enjoin the city from cting the ass:ssmont on his and other ¥ in MeCormick addition for cutiing o ot through Twenty-ninth avenue from Leavenworth to Farnam streets. 1f the de- cision of Judge Noane is sustained by the ame court, where it is understood the i8 10 bo carried, the city treasury will be Ded by §23,000 AGAINST ICEMAN, The jury having tnder consideration the action of a butcher nan {olar for the re- covery of 81,500 from Oficer Brady for shooting him through the hand, brougit in o verdict of §i5 duwages for the plaiatify, County Court, A JUDGMEST ASKED, Osborne & Cayzer yesterday asked for a Judgment fo the sum of $368.97 against Can- field & Co. together with intorest on §188,81, from the 1Gth day of March last, A CLUAR BILY, The Kaufman Cigar com Judgment iu the sum of §6u. A. Brown for cigars furnished. DECISION RESERVED. In the réplevin suit of Anderson et al against Patterson et al, tried yosterday, v ask for a wiust James Judgoe Shields reserved his decision until to- morrow. WANTS THE PIANO. John L. Watson yesterday appealed to the court to be given remfl in to replevin a ano in possession of A. W. Cowan and Dell R. Edwards, and to be given damages in the sum of $25. SUIT AGAINST FRANKIR BURN: William L. Hall represents that Mrs. Frankie Burns owes him 8125 on a promis- sory note, and he prays that she be made pay it. — A WEE BOY IN DISTRESS, Oase Which Occurred in igow Royal Infirmary. From the Christian Leader: The other day a poor little waif of a boy, ten or eleven years of age, ;(reuli emaciated and exhausted by lon, i 4 ing disease, was brought up in the hoist to the operating theater of the Royal Infirmary, in Glasgow, to undergo an overation which, it was thought, might possibly have the effect of prolonging the boy’s life. His condition, however, was 80 low and unsatisfactory that there was some fear not only that the opera- tion might not be successful in its re- sults, but that during or immediately following the operation the boy's strength might give way and his spirit pass away. After reaching the theater, which is seated like the gallery of a church, and while the operating table was being got ready, the little fellow was seated on a cushioned scat, and, looking up toward some students who were there to witness the operation,with a pitiful, tremulous voice he said: “Will one of you gentlemen put up just a wee prayer for a wee boy—I am in great trouble and distress—just a wee prayer to Jesus for me in ‘my sore trouble.” The surgeon, patting him on the shoulder, spoke kindly to him, but ashe heard no prayer and saw probably only a pitying smile on the faces of some of the students, he turned his head away and in childish tones and words, which were sufficiently audible to those around him, he asked Jesus, friend, *“‘the friend of wee boys who loved him,” to be with him—to have me; on him in his distress. And, while the young doctor was putting the boy under chloroform so that he might feel no pain during the operation, so long as he was conscious the voice of the boy was still heard in words of prayer. The surgeon, as he stood by the table on which the boy lay, kuowing that he had to perform an operation re- quiring some coolness and calmness and delicacy of touch, felt just a little over- come. There was a lump in his throat SPMTEh SFAVHAT HaiSEIFNEA Y HimgREnDYY however, he heard the words from the assistant who was administering the chloroform, *‘Doctor, the boy is ready;” and taking the knife in bis hand, lump or no lump, had to begin the operation. Soon the surgeon was conscious thut the prayer which the little boy had offered up for himself had included in its answer someone else, for the coolness of head, steadiness of hand and delicacy of touch all came as they were needed, and the operation was completed with more than usual ease, dexterity and suCCESS. On tho following morning, the sur- geon going round his ward from bed to bod, and coming to that on which the little boy lay, saw from the placid, com- fortable look on his faco that his suffer- ngs had been relieved, and that all was well with him. “Going up to the head of the bed and taking the little wasted hand, which scemed no larger than that of a bazar doll, the surgeon whispered into his ear, ‘““The good Jesus heard your prayer yesterday.” A bright happy and contented look lit upon the boy's face, and with a feeblo yet dis- tinet pry re of the little hand, he 1 upin the doctor’s face and-snid: “I ken't He would.” And then he added: ‘‘You, doctor, were gude to me, too.” But appareutly thinking that the doctor was on a difforent plat- form and vequired something “tangible for his care and troutie, 1 o plaintive voice he suid: a0 nothing to gio you, “ight thought came nto his mind, and_with a little cheer in his tone, he i pray to Jesus for v son, before leaving the ward. idding the boy good-bye for the day. him where he i e e lemrned &0 much and t5 iove himsodearly. He 1 come fra were in a Sabbath **Oh, yes, in the Bourock school.” Ouar readers will be pleased to learn that the hoy mude suceessful recovery, and is now at home, e Persistent Model. Two young women who are artists told a New York Sun reporter the other day how much they were anuoyed by models. d one of then "hey don't ive you an opportunity .to say whether you want them or not, but in the same breath with which they announce their business they begin to dilate upon their . I have a perfect say 'my waist has be. by the greatest. painters in town,’ s another; and ‘I have posed for such and such classical paintings on account of the boauty of my shoulders,” is the vecommen- dation of a third; and ‘It won’btake but a minuie to show you my me v of them all, There is one youny woman who ealls every morning at 8 o'clock, in spite of all thit I can say, to ask if I want her for a model that d and all beciause on two or three su sive days I found occasion to use her, rossness or rebuke of mine malke i sion upon her. ‘All I just thought I would vay cheerfully, to in- 1y, upon some other building. I dread the ing, hecausc——"" interrupted the other lady artist. *As the need of mode decrenses, the number of them in- crenses, ‘Chere 1s nothing like the warn: weat to bring the models out. They will work for almost any- thing, The factis, I think. all they wunt is a nice, cool room, where they cun take off their clothes,” “That’s s0,” asscnted the portrait painter; “and the ways they have are amusing, and sometimes exasperating. I had a call to-day from two old ladie! who prought a yovng girl with them. That, by the w manner of introducing mother or aunt or somoe come and recommend her, and urge for charity nd all that that she re caive a little employment, and of course they would not think of permitting the dear girl 10 pose to & painter if il was not toet that painter was & woman, " . and go flict herself, artist in 4l approach of sp: M¥on, yosd g o Mrs. W. H. Remingtou loft for the east on last Tuesday whero she will rejoin her hus- hand, who is now permanently iocated in New 'York und one of the interested parties in the Western Newspager Union, with head- quarters in the Tribune building. She will stop over at Des Moines on a farewell visit to old Iricnds in that place, after which she will proceed divcet 10 hur future home. Mrs. Remington has been so long a member of social circles in this city that her absence will be greatly felt by many friends. ‘Lhere are promiscs, however, of occasioual, if but flooting returns to this city, which serve to keep alivo the numerous and bappy friend- ships created in the past. e s: A gentleman Poucha ., Springs, s5 for preserving , living nea has invented' a novel pros oggs. He has asmall flat pasteboard box made 1n compartmments to hold one dozen oggs. This box is hermeticaily sealed and is pul on the warket iw its alr-ught condition. mand Continues Light. DULL SPECULATION IN STOCKS. \noy® The Produce Market Still Quite Act- ive—Smdl Speculators Consideras bly Squeezed—Large Re- c@ipts of Live Stock. VS Bortowers Are Foew. Crricaco, May' 26.—[Spocial Telogram B Tur Ber.]—Local financial affairs have ex- bited considerable activity during the past weok. Bankers appeared to have increased amounts of money at their command, while the inquiry for accommodations was fair. Business in all departments, however, is gradually improving, and the outlook is favorablo for a good trade during the sum- mer months -rather above the average. The recent advance in the prices of farm pro- ducts has encouraged more active movement in these articles and the activity inthe wholesale trade during the past weck or two has been quite marked. money going to the interior has incroasod slightly, yet is not vory large. In some soc- tions the lateness of the season has greatly interfered with business generally, con- sequently there has not been the usual de- mand for money incident to the opening of spring trade. The uctive spocu- lative business in grain has created little demand in that quarter for money and borrowers have been readily accommo- dated. Margins have been called with con- sidorable freedom and this feature of trade has required more money than usual. Ship- pers of grain and provisions were only mod- erate borrowers, and chiefly to bridge over temporarily. Lumbormen bffered some paper for discount, but their demands were not pressing. Merchants in the wholesale trade presented less paper than for some time past, in fact, they have reduced their indebtedness to some oxtent, as they have boen enabled to secure a larger proportion of their collections in the interior. Intercst rates were little more favorable to borrowers and the regular customers of the banks succeded in obtain- ing slight reductions. Round sums were obtainable 1 por cent on call, while ordinary paper calling for moderate sums was uccepted at 6@s per cent, according to the standing of the borrower. In eastern financial circles money is offered with cousidorablo froedom, and imterost rates are casior. The demand for money, however, has not been urgent and borrowers experienced no difliculty in sceuring money at_about their own terms. Interest rates ranged at 11§@2 per cont on_call, and 4! 615 per cént on prime mercantile time paper. Advices from foreign money markets in- Qicated that an easier feeling provailed in that quarter. Bauk balances are gradually {gm{gnsiug and the demand for money is ight. New York. sfiflhuugn was in fair supply and the demaud was moderate, sufficient to absorb the offgrings and maintain a compara- tivoly steady mirket. Sales were made at 50 @60c premilini . per 81,000 and the market closed quictwt B0c. orcign exchange was in fair aamaxfin offerings were light. In- m.usedsmlmg%a of gold were raquired to pay bulangs... hippers' sixty-day Dbills on London chithged hands at $4.35@%85% and closed firm at$£85}4. The Now:¥ork stock market attracted only fair atfontion and the feeling was un- settled and Wealt during the greater portion of the time and @' further material decline in prices was tted to. Railroad earnings are unsatisfactory. Reports of crop damage have had somo effect and there has been more dispositiofi to close out holdings. There soine inclination to enlarge the line of “shorts,} and ths also had a depressing effect in a general way. Tradi week centered in spoc and St. Pav with the lending operators we sharo of busi incd to do d clse- s purchased spar- on the cxc cated that_they W kness in the properti Wall street dited with doing a gre ness, outsido traders not b much, as thei where, Foreizn s ingly. The for the week Another quite activ in the leading p lative brozl Local operators were fr sides of the market and other leading markets also traded with fr dom. But in the plave of strength considera- ble weakness was developed and a material reduction in prices submitted to. There was, no doubt, considerable realizi “long interest in all markets and also con- siderable transferring of contracts, Foreign markets failod to respodd to the appreciation in prices here while interior cash property wero more inclined to dispose of it atthe recent advance. Consequently the receipts were considerably inereased, particularly of corn and oats, while shipment, of all kinds were moderately free and widely istributed. The decrease reportod in sup- rge as was generally an- “iens WITH ™ Spo most attention tradors on_both peculators i the 3 was not as | ated, and this had a weakening mffuenco also. It was hinted that some of the largest operators on the “long" side of the market were not favarable of carrving the army of small speculatots, and the allowed “the market to weaken and prices® to decline in order to discourage traders on small margins The receipts of grain at seaboard markets were somewhat larger, but a good share of shipments fram lake ports were destined to points not included in the ‘visible supply.” es from foreign encouraging —and were smaller than usual. Repor growing crops were somewhat conflict not much change in winter grain and some little improvement on the late sown grain. Provisions not been particularly active, though prices have averaged slightly higher. “Tho recelpu of live stock is very froo, par- ticularly of cattle and sheep. The packing of the west is not progressing as favorably as last season, and the increase in_the number of hogs packed gained early in the season has been lost. S TRICKS OF PARIS BEGGARS, Obtaining Moncy by Apparent tempts at Suicide, An exciting scene was witnessed by the people who were walking along the quay in the neighborhood of the Pont e I’Alma the other afternoon, writes a s corregpopdent. Just us the erowd 15 ab its thidkest a poor man suddenly jumped o ‘the parapetof the bridge and threw, h'unsu\} over into the Seine. As he was struggling in the water an- other mancjumped into the river after him, and; suceeeded in bringing him safe to the shovo. The spectators of this thrilling incident clustered round the poor fellow and his gallant preserver and asked him why he had taken so ash o stép.s Want, plied, had ven himy to | suicide. Moved tears T by the afllicting narrative, the man to whom this vietim/of eircumstances, over which he had no zontrol, owed his life, put his hand into his pocket, and, producing all the cash whieh he had about him pre- sented it to the sufferer. Inspired by this bright example the crowd, which had mustered in force, pressed silver and copper coins on the poverty-strick ind ual who had sought a water, grave. Soon a ve air sum of mone was in his possession, and, with many protestations of gratitude and promises that he would unSn,u\'ur in future to take the *aps and downs” of life more philos- ophically, he slowly quitted the spot in company with the man who had so gallantly rescued him. Now it s0 hap- I)guud that a police inspector had found his way amoug the throng, and having less confidence in_human nature than the worthy noliday-makers who had heen pouring franes and half-francs inte the pockets of the-would-be. suicide, be- thought himself of keeping an eye on the couple. The pair walked on” until At~ Pa The amount of} they reached a public house outside the beaten track, and into this place of re- freshments the inspeotor followed them, Oddly enough, their arrival appeared to be expectea with some impatience, for quite an assemblage of their friends grooted them with enthusiasm. Drinks were ordered by the v man who had just been fished out of the Seine, and as thoy were beln;‘ldiwuued he gave the oommn{ & graphic acoount of his adven~ ture; but the story was a very different one from that which the hor- ror-stricken spectators of the thrillin, incident would have related. Instes of eliciting exclamations of sympathy and congratulations, it was Treceivel with peals of laughter, in which, strange to say, the rescued man and his gallant preserver joined heartily. The whole thing had heen got up between them. One man threw himself into the river to attract the attention of the crowd; the other followed, and the tale of the suicide was trumped up. The accomplice gave his money to the friend whom he had pulled out, in order that the bystanders might be induced to contribute freely. The “little game,” however, was entirely spoiled by the police inspector marching the = two rogues off to the nearest station. There are many such imposters in Paris. it nadicbow, The Ugly Straw Hat. *‘When win_a handsome straw hat eror be made?” was the question put to a Fulton street hatter yesterday. “What shape would "suit you?” said the hatter. “That is not the question,’ reporter for the New York Mail and Express. “Tam not expeeted to fur- nish dc:lgns. but to criticise them is my—— “lixeuse mo,” said the hatter. “That is the question. Straw hats are made, or have been, in every concoivablo style and shape. If any of these shapes had suited the public they would con- tinue in favor, but what suits one per- son doesn’t suit another. New York is rather peculiar in respect to straw hats. In other cities there will generally bo prevailing styles every season, but in New York everybody seems to want a different kind. and it is purely a matter of luck with the hatter whether he he can strike the public fancy.” ““What will be the style thissummer “It is impossible to say, as I just ex- plained, but a sort of derby-shaped hat, with a half flat top and'anearly flat brim will be introduced. 1 think it will have a go, but that isa mere guess. The trouble is that the season is so short there is no time to wait and seo what is going to be liked, for it takes some four u give your order to get “What liked best? “The Mackinaw straw is by all odds the best. Nobody wearsa Panama now. They are the hottest hats you can put on. They will not hold water., What made them favorites at one time was that they were expensive and durable. The Manilla hat is a favorite with some. It is light and cool, and is made in_any shape. There was a Manilla hat with a vory broad brim worn a few years ago that was very pretty, but New Yorkers will not wear broad brims now. Then the lawn tennis hat of white felt isa fa- vorite for traveling and for seaside and hotel wear. It is better and prettier than a cap for traveling, and goes just as well into the pocket. The helmet at, which was copied from the cork helmet of India, never had much of a go here. It was too clumsy and big.” “What other kinds of straw are there besides the Mackinaw? ” There are English glish Dunstables. Some o so fine that it takes as much sixty rds of braid to make a hat. Then there are the Milan braid, from Ttaly, aud the Canton braid, from Chi- na, but the Mackinaw is the best, ” bkt THEODORE TILTON IN PARIS, The Hero of the Beecher S ing Quietly in the Gay Tiiy. “One of th racte bout Par writes & correspondent of the New York World, **is Theodore Tilton. His long, gl hair, which still be called luxuriant, falls almost upon his shoul- ders, which have a little stoop. His features which have wmore and more prominence and solidity upon him, ave somewhat white; h1 has a slight slouch, but still firm, while his massive form seems to have lost little of its ancient vigor. He usu- ally wears a_soft slouch hat, and his dress is care He lives in a modest way—no American knows exactly where —and 18 occasionally seen at the book stores or on the Avenue de 1’'Opera. His principal place of resort is the Cafe de 'la Regence, which is in the Rue t. Honore, fazing the open place in front of the Comedie Francaise. Here he drops in overy afternoon at 4 or 5 o'clock, and here he may be punctually found thence- forward until dinner time, deeply ab- sorbed in a game of che 1 met him a day or two ago and asked him about the alleged thumous _ statement of Beecher about the scandal. He said he was surprised at the use the American journals were making of it. It was not new at all. In reality it was one of the first documents given to the public when the scandal first began to be talked about, and a reply to it was published immediu afterward. 1t was aston- ishing that the Herald should have made o sensation out of such very ancient material. The only explanation of its course was that there was noone of those now connected with the pape ho worked for it before the Beecher trial, The mistake was not the fault of the autobiography which gave ull the facts connected with the matwer, He was not inclined to talk any further on the subject nor to reopen of the ques- tions formerly pending between him and Beeche Neither does he care to have bis personal affairs in general brought in any way before the public, his only apparent desire being to live—the world forgetting, by the world forgot. He is not engaged, so far as known, in any serious literary labor, though he is said to do some writing for some American newspapers, A8 a chess player he is said to be a success, ———— African Exploration, The Movement Geographique pub- lishes a very interesting vreport of a voy age of exploration undertaken by Cap- tain Van Gele and Lieutenant Lienart- both of the Belgian army, who went up, the riv Ubangi in a small steamer, capable of being taken to pieces and carried overland when required. The En-Avant, as this steamer was calied, left the equator station on the 26th of October last year, and reached on the 21st of Noveuiber the Congo rapids, a point which had already been reached by the English missionary Grenfell in 1584 and by Captain Van Gele himself in 1886, It was at this point that the difficulties began, for after leaving the Congo behind them the explorers had to et through, or rather over, six rapids, ivided from one another by navigable basins. At the last of these rapids the stream is nearly 8,000 feet, and has an average depth of about eightoen feet for nearly thirty miles, at which pont it follows a course nearly due east fora dis- tance of 170 miles, which was the ex- treme point reached by the En-Avant. The explorers desoribed the ‘country through which they traveled as being very fertile and picturesque, while the inhabitants treated them with great ’ said the ur stock i nd of summer hats are andal liv- kindness until they got as far as the tributary of tne Bangnsso (21 degrees and 28 minutes east longitute Green- wich), from which point the astitude of the natives becamo very hostile. the 1st of Januar, their first attao Upon they had to repel L losing two of their men, while five days later thoy were at- tacked by land and wager. Thoy were then 21 degrees and 45 minutes east longitude, or within one degree of iho point reached by Junker upon the Uelle. But the state of the steamer, the shal- lowness of the water, the extraordinary density of the population_and its ve hostile attitude made this appear too great a risk to be worth running, and Captain Van Gele and his companions accordingly returned down stream, reaching the equator station on the st of February. Bottlea Oontaining Notes Found on Distant Shores. The way things drift when left to tho mercy of the winds and waves on the trackless ocean, says tho New York Commercial Advertiser, has always been a matter of great interest to mariners, and as nautical science has been devel- opod within tho present century specinl attention has been paid to the general trend and speed of the various known currents and how they are affected by the seasons, By this means the direc- tion of a derelect drift can be foretold with considerable oxacti- tude, but there is still much to be learned about the matter in de- tail, and experiments are constuntly being made in ocder to determine the points not yet positively decided. The importance of finding accurately the nature of these ocean currents is very great, particularly when from any cause a shipmaster is unable for days to ob- tain a reliable observation of the sun or stars in order to determine his exact latitute and longitude. In such cases he has to work out his position by “‘dead reckoning,” by caleulating the dere tions and distances sailed and the amount of leeway made, together with the probable effect on his course of the currents he has encountered. The instances of long drifts at sea are numerous and sometimes very inter ing. A walking stick with the owner name and address engraved upon it w once dropped overboard in the St. Lav rence river,and many months aftorward picked up on the shore of England and veturned to the loser. The h_\'(irugru})h ) office pilot eharts show the tracks of all derelic nd wreckage orted adrift, and their positions are corrected from every available source of information. The track of the logs of the Leary raft is now shown to extend more than half across the Atlantic. Recently a ng wreck, which was abandoned a short distance from Cape Hatteras, was found in the Bay of Biscay after a long voyage of eleven months. Fre- quently “captains will cork u p a bottle bearing a slip inside with the date and position, so tl its drift when picked up can be ascertained. This practice is encouraged by the hydrographicservice and every captain after emptying a bot- tle of bear at sea is advised to place his date and positionin a well corked bottle and set it adrift. Sometimes, of course, these waifs meet with misfortune, us in the case of two of which it is related that they were found in the stomach of a shark "that was killed by the crew of the vessel from which the bottles had been thrown two days before. The two chief currents at the north Atlantic ocean are the gulf stream and equatorial current, which are, however, practically one under two names, the flow being from the equator up one side of the oconn, across and down the other side. Thorough and aceur; observa- tions of these currents are being now at certuin points by the United States survey steamship Blake, and all obser- vations made by other vessels at about the same time must contribute materi- ally to the value of the resulis obtained. Such reports 2vs inerefor teemed of sspecial yalue by the hydrographic de- ‘tment at the present time. S Colored Journalism. Herald: Journalism among colored men in the country is on the in- crease, and there are several examples of it which demonstrate ability. The eland Gazette is a paper which has 1 years evinced spirit and tact in its Philadelphin Sentinel is one which dis- cuss public affairs with candor and capacity. These are weekly journals, and the time for the daily press repr senting colored men does not appear yet to have rrived, It 15 to be hoped that the period is approaching in which every man will be estimated on his merits, and there will be no call Jor ions on the color while this continues, it is ag find the color line so well repres If we can get him clear of politics on the color line, a great point will be ined in the southy That intelligent journal, the Atlanta Constitution, re- marks that the negro is not now zind never has been a menace in its section. He doe: re social intercourse of an intimate ch with the whites, and nobody apprehends that it will come, The veal antipathy to him ses from .the extent to which poli- rians ve abused his confidence and used him to promote their own corrupt ends. When this is ov race preju- dice will be less often heard of. HAT - HATS - STRANGER THAN FICTION, Strange Reunion of Mexican War | Veterans After Forty-one Years. One of thestrange coincidences which are pflp\llurl{ supposed to occur only in the productions of the romancer, the Detroit News, was oncountored | Snturdn{i afternoon at tho Russell house. Secrotary fi'nrkl\y. of tho wal board, was with some of his G A, comrades, and reminiscences comprised the conversation. Nobody tells & -wrz better than the genial secretary, who is the vetaran of two wars, with pion\*ld vim and patriotism for a third, His recollections of what he had seen, heard and experienced while helping to knook out Santa Ana were listencd to with an interest that called for incident after incident, and those who pulled their chairs closer soon made a crowd in which the old soldiers were in the minority. . “I was pretty young when I first go own among these greasers,” the secre ary was saying. had been foreman of the Kalamazoo Telegraph. One afs ternoon I was setting up a poem write ten by J. Russell Lowell, in which the Mexican war and the issues it involved were the poot's inspiration. I gradus = warmed up -until I reached the ing point, when I threw down the k, gave vent to a few red-hot sen: tences while jorking myself into & coat and hat, rushed down stairs and inside of five minutes I had enlisted, “I saw a good many strange things, I remember one whon was among the boys doing police guard duty in the City of Mexi Some poor devil guilty of & capital offence had been convicted, He was confined in a strong cell within the walls of the Montezumas. One of our licutenants went to read the death sen= tence and I was ordered with him. The cell was opened at his order and the of- ficer grimly read the fatal finding of the court. I have never forgotten the cloa- ing words: ‘And the sentence of this court is that you be hung by the neck until you are dead, dead, dead!’ “The victim of this judicial finding did not comprehand it, and so said in Spanish. ‘It means that you are to be hung until you are dead, ——— you!’ emphat= ically excluimed Lieutenant Black, who had read the sentence, and he clasped his hands about the fellow’s neck to as- sist his understandin The profanity and the pantomime e essential, for they were forms.of language the Mexi- can could take in without an inter- preter. I've often wondered what be- came of Black.” Among the listenors was a tall man with military bearing, whose face was noticed to whiten and his eyes to brighten as the story progressed. He drew closes and closer, apparently re- sisting an_impulse to interrupt the yarn, but he restrained himself until the last sentence was spoken. “That’s a story I haven’t heard in forty years,” he broke in with n.gitnted voice, ‘‘and every word of it’s true. ‘Who are you, anyhow?” The speaker was Colonel Black, in command at Fort Wayne, and he is the former lieutenant who bad read the death sentence to the Mexican prisoner while Private Starkey stood by, forty- one years ago. ——— How to Put on Gloves. A great deal depends on the first putting on of gloves. Have the hands perfectly clean, d and cool says the Dry Goods Chronicle, and never put on new gloves while the hands are warm or damp. Where a person is troubled with moist hands it is well to powder IThem before trying on the gloves; but in most cases, if the hands are dry and cool, th not needed. First, work on Jhe fingers, keeping the thumb outeide of the glove and the wrist of the glove turned back., Wheén the fingers are in smoothly put in the thumb and work the glove on very cavefully, then plac- tng the elbow on the knee, work on the hand. When this is done smooth down the wrist and button the second button fivst, then the third, andso on to the end., Then smooth down the whole glove and sten the first button, Fastening the button last when putting o1 first time makes a zood doal of difference in the fit, al- Though it may seem but a very little thing. It does not strain the part of the glove that is the easiest to strain at first and prevents the enlarging of the but- ton-hole, either of which is sure to take place if you begin at the first button to fasten the glove. When removing gloves never begin at the tips of the fingers to pull them off, but turn back tne wrist and pull off cavefully, which will, of course, necessi- tate th being wrong side out. Turn them rightside out, turn the thumb in, smooth them lengthwise in as near as possible the shape they would be if on the hands, and place away with a strip i nton flannel between if the light, but if dark colored the be omitted, Never roll into each other in a wad, for will never look as well after, s always some moisture in them the hands, consequently, when rolied up this moisture has no chance of drying and must work into the gloves, them hard and stiff and of very little use after as far as looks or it are concernod, ulove they L Ll Our mottorood grades and low prices. Central Lumber Yard, 13th & Cul, st HATS JUST OPENED! I have just opened a hat store at 219 Scuth 14th street, N. E. Corner Farnam. I keep noth- ing but first class goods. Have been selected by Democratic and Republican clubs of Omaha to furnish campaign hats. Correct colors will be here in a few days. Clubs out of the city, send in your orders early. Price $1.75 and $3, to Clubs ARTHUR H. BRIGGS, HATTHR Formerly Manager for R. J. saxe,