Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 27, 1889, Page 4

THE DAILY BERE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING, TERMS t:l \l'l'\: RIPTION, Paily Morn, fition) Including SUNDAY LeR, One Y 0 00 ForSix Months [ 4.4 250 Fibree Months ; OMANA BUNDAY Fi s, O 3 et 20| ter, One ¥ oar 200 OMATA OFPICE, NOS. 918 AT 016 FARNAM STREET, CIHICAGO OFFICK ROGKKRY BUTLDING REW YORK OFFICE, ROOMS TEAND 15 TRIBUNE BUILDING, WASHINGTON OFFicE, No. bl FOURTEENTH STIRET led %o any CORRESPON DENCR Alleommunications relat onaws and edi Sorinl mattor should be addr to the EDITOR OF THEBER: 1y N RS LETTERS, Allbustness ettors and remiltances should ho nddressed to THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, ONAlA. Drafis, checks and postoffice orders o be made payabls (o the order of the compar 'llJCBCflPIlNlSlIin!‘B’HWW Pronrietors B, ROSEWATER. Editor. THE DALY Sworn Statement ol Cj Brateof Nebraska, { County of Douglaa, { e 3, Tzachuck, socro (3010} alation. as £ Tha flea Pub. Yishing Company, doss solemnly swear that the actual ulation of THE DALY B or the week onding Janinary 2, 185, was as fo Bunday, Jan hursaay F¥riaay, Faturaay, Jir sl TZ8CHUCK. ped in my A D I8 Average, Eworn 10 1 Piesence this Fewl Etate of Nebras Count . Notary Bubll lick, being duly sworn, de that ho jy se ¥ of U J that the wetinl a Tuk DALy Bee for the R osos and sa Publishing daily circulnt month of January, S0 coptess for K Tunry, I8 10,00 coples: ToT March, 1858, 19,65 copi AP 1855, 18,141 copies Ly, 184S, I 1K coples: for e, 1 for July, JREE, 18, or Angust, &8, 15,164 copin for 13 coples or September, JERE, was 18084 cople 34,08 coples: for Decembe Bworn to betore mo Presence this i (22 coples, hoa in my D I¥ the worst comoes to tl Samon, it muy be conside ton, as well ity to know that the honor of sixty millions of will bo defended by the “Omaha.” people TH fact that largo oil deposits are said to oxist in western Colorado the Utah line, in all probability plaius why Colorado was so dete 1o remove the Ute Indians from reservation, TrAT Governor Thayer is in favor of making a display of Nebraska products ut the Paris exposition evinced by near their his recent communication to the logis- lature. Whether Nebraska ofticially will be able to take part in the great world’s fair vests with the legislature. Tie rémarkable movement of emi- grants westward for this time of the year, duving the past fow woelks, do- serves more than a sing notic Many of them are bound to the far northwest, Washington territory and Oregon, which have been widely adver- tised duving the t six months. It would be interesting to leara what efforts are being made at present to at- tract a thrifty farming immigration 1o our own state. WiHiLE Omaha points to the develop- ment of the parks and boulevards of Minneapolis und St. Paul as worthy of example, Kunsas Uity calls attention of her citizens to the progress made by Omnha in laying out a park system. This certanly is gratifying to our van- fty if it does not exactly tell the truth. The fact is, however, that every city of amportance in tnis country is making great efforts to improve its sightliness and reputation by magnificont parks and drives. EveErY day brings forward a new candidate from the south for a position ingGeneral Harrison’s cabinet. This sorves to show that the republicans of that section are not without material, but most of it will require to be care- fully inspected. This the president- clect can bo depended upon to do, and it is reasonably certain that no such politicians as Mahone and Powell Clayton will be seriously considered. There should be no place anywhere under the next administration for men of that clas: UNDER authority of the health de- partment of Chicago a stafl of three in- gpectors is regularly employed in the work of inspection of the Chieago stock yurds, By such precaution undesiva- ble cattle are kept out of the market, and if by chance diseased stock is brought in, 1t is immediately con- demned and sent to the rendering works. T'he movement sot on foot by the board of dirceters of the South Omnha live stc exchangs tointroduce a system of inspection modeled after the Chicago plan should receive the en- courngement of the stock yards com- pany. Such a precaution is not neces- sary 10 protect the puacking houses of South Omaha or elsewhere where buy- ers exercise their careful judgment in the selection of animals., But inspoc- tion is needed to prevent the shipping or the sale of unmerchantabie or unde- sirable cattlo South Omaha to any parties for meat produc e THE corps of engine running a bogus survey for a mythical railroad in Towa and bleeding com- munities under the promise of the loca- tion of depots and round houses, illus- trates how easily people can be imposed upon. The trick, however, is an old one and has been tried with variations time and aguin, The confi- dence game which this party of surveyors engineered in & small way, railroads and construction com- punies arve playing on a magnificent scale. They go into communitios, map out a road on paper, get large grants of money, subsidies and lands and fail to oarry out their agreements. The most profitable business is the building of railroads on paper so long as the com- munities through which they are sup- posed to run pay for them, It is useless to warn people that they should not allow themselves to be gulled by im- practicable and visionary schemes. The mere mantion of a proposed railroad is sufticient to send counties and towns inw a railroad crase nnd ioto & frenzy of speculation. which was A RETIRING DIPLOMATIST. It was a very distinguished company that sat down at the farewell banguet given to Minister Phelps by the lord mayor of London., The oc ion was marked, also, by exuberant evidences of good feeling rd the American ambassador. a4 mayor declared that the high esteem in which Mr. Phelps was held by the British nation had helped to a clossr friendship be- tw tho two nations, and when the minister arose to respond to the toast in his honor he was given an ovation. tnoss, as- S ompany that he f the array wound snid Amer| to England for li " 1 mee, an acknow- le tireed his listencrs to t most enthusiasm. To crown the [ ion of English admiration for Minister Ph he will to-morrow vith the queen and remain over ot the palace, American minister has received nore Mistinguished consideration from any forcign people, and yet it is not a th is that all this show and courtesy, if it has any sincerty, is personal rathor than onal. One London paper that has the courago « convictions declarcd that the recent action of the United States government, veferving to the dis- missal of the British minister, the entertainment to the Uni wminister inopportune, if not indee It cannot be doubted that thisexpre | the general ment of the ruling cluss in England. The tribute paid to Me. Phelps was p .l wot national. He had most fuily commeoended himself ship of the no- Eneland, by sions how much more is in pathy with English policy and pri than with those of his own country, and they were anxious to attest their appr ciation of this condescension. oy three months Groat Britiin has not been represented by an ambassador in this country, and the indieations aro that the British government does not intend to send one here during the term of the present administration. There could be no more distinet expression of unfricudlinoss than this, and it would scem to be suflicient to have justified Mr. Phelps, not only as the representa- tive of this government, but as the ap- pointeeof an a wion which it is minist the obvious desire of the English nment to rebuke, to have de- clined any public entertainment. But can minister to Bagland has nosuch patriotic impulse. If he nas evor been able to understand that Lord Salisbury has deliber v intended to affront this country superior ve- speet for Knglish opinion would not permit him to show the least 1bsent- ment, Never before has the United States been represented at a foreign court by amin who so complately lent himself to the influences surrounding him or did so little to elevato his coun- try in the public opinion of the nation to which he was accrodited. From the outset Minister Phelps has shown a ncession to Knglish opinion, and a sycophancy to the ruling class of Eng- land, which have justly caused himto be contemned by all self-respecting Ameri- cans at home and abroad, and none such will feelany gratification at tho honors marking the close of his diplomatic career. However pleasing his own memories and the recollections of those with whom he has associated abroad, his record is not regarded by his coun- try men as greatly to the honor of him- self or his count ANOTHER NATIONAL PARK. The leading spivits of Denver and of Colorado are betraying the same woak- ness that was showu by Californians twenty years ago. At that time it was taken as o matter of course that anyone who visited the Pacific slope came to see the sights, and every Californian was cither an amatuer or o professional showman. Invalids who came to recu- perate under their golden skies were pestered to take long and fatiguing trips to see petritied forests, big trees, a wonderful beach, a soda lake, tho Yosemite, and ovher matters of no special interest. In vain djd the sU say that he was nant air and th and cxplain that he w nger within their gates protest and wtisfied with the benig- revivifying sunlight antea to be a hu- man lizord, and busk and do nothing. Al was . of no avail, and he had no peace until he had gone the rounds and spent his money with the impactiality of woariness and indifference at cach successive show place. Now the man who goes to California and wants to see the sights is regarded with undisguised contempt, and the serious men of San Frauncisco will beseech him not to waste his time and money going to such places, but to visit the raisin producing district of I'resno or the fruit ranches of San Ber- nardino and Southern Californ In Denver the showman spirvit at the present moment is excessively strong, and the principal streets wre made ri- diculous by museum stores where curiosifios that come from svery part of the United States are sold solemnly and hought eagerly by the tourists who pu aflying visit from Colorado Springs to the chiof city of the Centeunial state, It is now proposed by someof their lead- ing citizens to have a portion of Gar- field county, in the westof the state, set apart forever asa national park in immitation of the Yellowstone park. There is no particular objection to this, and if the proper authorities are will- ing, no harm will happen if it is done. But it must not be supposed that the projectors will be greatly the gainers, and it may be doubted if people wil not be deterred more than attracted. At present Gurfleld county is visited by many hunters from every part of the world, for there is no grander sport than can be met with along the Hagle, Grand and White rivers, and in the mountain fastnesses that surround them. If Garfield county becomes either as a whole, or in part a national park,shoot- ing will be prohibited, as in the Yel- lowstone region, Thnere each new ar- rival is relieved of his gun which is sealed until his departure, and if he is a keen sportsman he has the additional mortification of seeing mountain lions, and great gray wolves enjoying privi loges forbidden to him, For the prohi- bition against shooting made game of every kind increase wonderfully, and the wild beasts to whom deer and hares and grouse are as agreeable as to man- kind, have quartered themsolves perm nently in the park, and highly apprec ¢ humane regulations. Show places cannot be made to pay unless they are much nearer to civiliz tion than either the Yellowstone park 1d county in Colorado. The sotting apart of the Yellowstone lake rogion was an act of patriotism which looked into the future far away. There is in the wonderlund of Wyoming ter- ritory much that will make it a resort for Americans as Switzerland i resort for Europeans. But that will only bo when theve are lotels in the valleys like the Swiss hotels. Garfield county is grand and picturesque, but it eannot be compared with what may be ealled its vival. Yet it is n magnificent shoot= ing ground, and many a sportsman who loves big game will be sorry to hear that it is to be protected from him and his kind hy the broad folds of the tional bauner. The Denvervites who liave sprang this scheme upon the pub- lic wiil make no money out of their brillinnt ide; A DIVERSION OF CAPITAL. An onstern paper recently rece the fact that a large sum of mon peen subseribed in Boston and other portions of New England forinvestment in the south, and thus remarked upon “Phe ease with which this sum v ed in oomonth’s time is a true ind - cation of the ready eapi that muy be had from this seetion when any mevi- torious enterprise is well presented. There wre many vich fields as yet un- outh, and if the western ny rash and incqu wm mortgage matte New Bngland mone, rowing sections of the n now.” sentence covered in the legislature table steps in the there will be more for other try than ev The last is suggestive, in view of the fact that there is just now a ood deal of solicitude being manifestod in the eastern farm mortgage markot. Advices from that seetion are to the ef- fect that u quite general feeling pre- vauls among bankers and brokers t investment in western farm mortga has been overdone, and that 1t is expe dient to put a restriction upon it. In Massachusetts, legislation has been pro- posed with this end in view, and there is evidenee from other portions of New lin- gland that capifalists are becoming e ceod ingly carcful and conservative ro- garding this class of investment. This feeling is not really of recent growth. It has prevailed to o greater or less ey tent for a year or more past, stimulated by many false reprosentations in the stern press regarding the condition of tern farm interests. Buttheallusion made to possible western legislation shows that the feeling of caution and distrust has been intensified by the proposed “three year stay law” in the Kunsas legislature to prevont the col- lection of mortgages. THE DBEE e pressed the opinion at the time this coun- proposed law was intvoduced that its effect was likely to he bad in the direction 1t proven to be. Itis d that one result of it is that New England parties who 1large loansou farms in have given orders to eall in those due and to collect the rest as fast as possible. Not only must groat em- barrassment to many farmers, and bankruptey to some, ensuc from this, but its tendeney is to create distrust generally regavding western farm mortgage investmentsthat may cause an offort to push colloctions everywhere while at the same time vestricting loans. Obviously a poliey of this kind would work hardship to thousands of wesiern farmers, and some who are hon- est, industrious and thrifty would suffer with those who perhaps desery to. Statistics exclusively show that in- vestments in western farm mortgages have been safe and profitable, But evidence of this sort would have little woight in the fuce of proposed le tion such as the legislature of Kansas asked to enact. Whatever is necessa to protect western favmers from unjust rbitrary exactions at the hands of stern money lenders should be pro- vided, but to make laws permitting the violation of contracts would bhe a very dangerous and damaging cxperiment. The honest farmers of the west do not ire or need protection of that kind. Tue movement in [llinois to secure o reform of the divorce laws of that state ought to be successful, The laws as they stand are admittedly loose, and have long been o reproach to the state, though, in fact, no worse than the divorce laws of somo other states. There is a growing sentiment, however, against the principle of making divorce easy, and it is well that it should find legislative expression in the state where this principle has been conspicu- ously carvied out, One important amendment proposed to the law prohibits the marrage of any divorced person within twelve months from date of the decreo of separ- ation, and gives power to the court to extend the duration of prohibition to ton years. This could not fail to be con- ducive to good morals, the scandal of a marriage before the ink on a bill of di- vorcement is dry being frequeunt undor the present law. The proposition to amend the federal constitution so as to authorize congress to enact a national marriage and divorce law, will probably never prevail, The matter is distinetly one for state regulation, and there is every reason to expect [rom the in- creasing sentiment in favor of divorce laws that will prevent the miscarriage of justice and protect society that in a few years no state will be without them. E————— A CORRESPONDENT asks ‘‘whether the basis of representation as given in Article I, section 2,0f the constitution of the United States has been changed, and if so, what is the basis of represen- tation at the present time,” The arti- cle provides that the number of repre- sentatives shall not exceed ene for every thirty thousand of vhe population, and also that gepresentatives shall be appointed among the several states ac- cording to theid respective number, each stato to halfat least oue represen- tative. The fencteenth amendment changed the methoa of determining the number of persons for the purpose of the appor- tioning represomtatives, by providing that presontatives shall be appor- tioned among the aceording to thefr respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons state, exeluding Indians not 1,” but three-{ifths of those in & ery having been counted under the orig- inul provision of the constitution. soveral statos in each There have been ten changes in the ra- tio of representation sine tion of the government, coeding the organiza- chango suc- weh docenni uni- Pt aftor the fivst consus, the r thereaft The ra- tio of representation is 151,912 1 census exoe prosent How the people national capital is s in the annual report of the secret of the United States senate. On the pay voll o large number of porsons wre en- nume din menial and chanical emplogments, at good round salaries. Some of these pe do nothing at all about the senate, though they may be of personal service tosenn- tors. They deaw public money with un- failing regularity, though the alleged shoveller or varnisher may be w sten plunderad in the estively shown me- arious ons rapher or newspaper reporter. Among the numerous thu puid for by the government for the use of senators during the were hundreds of quinine pills, while a solid silver wreiting set for the dent’s room cost the people four dred and fifty dollurs far less caveful of the public money, in the matter of making provision for theiv wants, comfort or convenience, than the members of the housc, and the annual veports of the expenditures of that body for various eommoditics are not en- tively ereditable to it. But worse than this is the dishonesty of keoping on the pay roll under false pretenses men who perferm no service whatever for the government. The national senate needs reforming. vice prosi- hun- © senators A NOVEL theory for const defenso has been advaneed to protect our seaboard from the attack of a hostile fleet and the landing of an enemy. It is pro- posed to flood the entrance to harbors with petroleum by a system of sub- merged pipe lines, to be supplied from rvoirs on shore. At the appronch of a hostile lleet this floating oil could be set afire and so, ealmly barn the in- vaders' ships, without firing a gu Tnere is, undoubtedly, novelty and a sort of spectaoular ferocity to commend thisscheme. Butviewed inthe light of common-sense and practical oxporionce it cannot be adopted, Until the winds and the tides can be controlled this burning would as likely be swept into the harbors and destroy our own shipping as to be earricd out to sea and cavelop the foe VOICE OF THE STATE PRESS, The Ingradients on Hand, Beatrice Democrat, Lincoln might be casily turned into a large pickle factory. They have the brine, and the pickling mate Plonty of Fossils Already. Fremont Herald. A bill hias been introduced to the logisla- ture for a geological survey of the state. Ley want to dig up a lot more of old fos- Only For the Dear People. Plattsmouth Jovurnal, The legislature may submit prohibition to the people, but it is doubtful if many of themselves would submit to it 1f it became a law. May the Prayer Be Answered. Fremont Flail, T Beg is writing up prohibition in Towa to the great discomfiture of prohibition, 1t the statements of Tr BEE arc true may tho good Lord deliver us from prohibition, But the picture may bo overdrawn. But Few Are Chosen. Fremont Tribune. Thenumber of bills introduced in the lower house of the state legislature already ap- proaches three hundred. Fortunately they are like tho elect —many are called but fow are chosen, It May Be Possible, Ttis rumored in a mys! Tre Ovans Be's Towa correspondent will s00n send in a detailed account of the man- ner n which he and u friend uncarthed an opiam and whisky joint in Governor Lazra bee's cellar, S Heave the Lead. Beatrice Times, The present legislature vroposes to make a move in the direction of cconomy and reform. “Thus far the ship scems to be stemming the current stern foremost but, when she gots herself fairly squared, and proper steerage, she will make a run at reform or snag her bottom—presumably the latte Would Break Up the Picnic. Wood River Gazelte, The committee on public lands and build- ings will probably bo a littlo cautious about their expenditures on their visits to the dif- ferent public institutions, as the senate has passed resolutions that they shall present an itemized statoment of their expenses, and only such as are nedessary bo met by the state. it will not be such a picnic to be a member of the committee in future Simply a Suggestion. York Tunes, S0 far the times has not been dictatorial to General Harrison in regard to the make-up of his cabinet, but has been constrained to allow him somoe choice in the matter himself, He will have to assovinte with them more than we will, and he gray have some choice n regard to who he plays “high five" and goes fishing with, Tf'Me gets cranky, how- ever, the Times will be compelled to straighten him out. Wp mildly suggest that Senator Allison, as secretary of the traas- ury, would be very acceptable, and if Sena- tor Paddock could be removed from his present position to a more exalted one it would leave an opening that we think some Nebraskan could be prevailed upon to fill. 1f the president elect wants a very smooth rail- road lobbyist ho should not neglect to secure the services of John M. Thurston, leader of the Union Pacific lobby. Joln is likewise a very emotional speaker. He can weep’ over the sorrows of & sick cat and blow his nose with such a pathetic accent as to draw tears from a chrouic office-seeker. ey Couldn't Dodge the Reporters, Chicago Times, Mrs. Harrison and ber daughter, Mrs. Mc- Kee, undertook to fool the reporters by get- ting out of Indianapolis without the report- ers' knowledge but failed. doesn’t manage these little details with diplomatic cunning of Colonel Lamont. - Political Ague Cincinnaté Enquirer, tical mind ats of West They are shak To the o the democe of quinine. - Mr. Bavard as a Relic, Chicago Tritune After March 4 the Hon. Thomas F. Bay ard, of Delaware, will still have somo mar ket value as a relic - Plumb Fall of Chicago Herald. Kansas' favorite but hie must not prine the tarift, sas farmer will know the raisin why. - eaded That Way. or the Kan Noi Chictgy Tribune. An Ohio preacher prayed: “Oh Lo teach these members (logislators) to und stand that there is no free. passage to heaven.” This will not annoy the average Ohio member, e isn't headed in that di rection — - ATen Years dob, Chicago Tritnns. “Blim, it's my treat. D've just got the promise of a ten years job, SWhat is the job, Flim “Senator Dashdash is going to proc a position as assistant compiler of next v census returns.” - AMUSE S, Bartley Campbell's dr notone of those plays that is foreed to de pond wholly upon seenic effeets, the vein of human nature and realism running through it boing so strong, that the drama of itsolf would carry, even in the absenco of elabor. ate stage sottings, Although it hus beon s sineo the drama has boen se Omaha, the public mind is still imy with the thrilling situations in whic play abounds, The po which the piece is inves starthng force the charac nltho t are so intermingled with iblie is enabled to extract from it aughter than tears, I'he strength of ma and its drawing powers, have i 1 the management to ext he en MacDonough's “Sibo Hout the ertire week at t ra hoi I'he m humor, duc ment of M. e Now pors of the al profes st 1o pany thi ¢ well known in the theatr, the sion and comprise one of organizations upon the r “The play of *Monte icnows, has had a lon Prosperois nd is still considered a v a'shining example, to “Monte 1 will be seen at the Boyd the i of this ‘week, T dedly more jolly and or s eve ci popular sto, first is of ade of mind th the same | Marseilles to the gi Wandon and disi s through harbor of ris, with (tional m the lon in 1 for ¢ itios that are thor x highly satisfactory 8 wdpoint The young gentloman will bo personated who will bo assisted by a'company of fifty, all possessing the ability required by a first-class performance, Prob- acter which the little lady has hns she achieved such a decid The extravaganzi witl open with a fine representation fo the harbor of Marscilles, with the scone very prettily il ishermen 3 1 vory gorgeous and extonsive robe aud cffects are beautiful, large and well traine host of peas: 10 scener the ward- the chorus 18, M. B. Leavitt’s Grand European Novelties play aroturn engagement at Boyd’s opera house on uext Thursday evening. their last appearance here Mr. Loavitt’s com pany played a most successful engagenent at the Bush Street theator, San Francisco, and the pross of that city were liberal in their praise. In addition 1o their many ster ling features sevoral new ones have been added, ehief among which are Melutyre and Heath, the well known comedians, who are great favorites in Omaha, having played a season of three months in this city several years ago. The list of spocialties includ the following: Tho Zanctto troupe of j glors, from the Alhambra theater, London Jules' Kellor, the wondoerful pedro-r phenowmena, irom the Court theater, Mun the wondrous Pylades, from the' Theat Royal, London: ¢haracter mimics who malko up as colevrated personages in full view of the audicnce; Duncan, the ventriloquist; the Milton sisiers; dance and sketch artis the funny Avocs, acrobatic comedians, fr the Eden theater, Brussols; tho Donnells, English sketch artists aud ' dancers; the Brothers Gilleno, musical clowns, from the Hippodrome, Paris, and Farrell and Willmot, the Dublin laas, vocalists and punsters, The first tragic eng will be_played at Boyd's, Friday and Satur- day, when the brilliant’ heroic tragedian, Robert Downing, under the management of Mr. Joseph H. Mack, is annou The rise of th une actor b B remarkable. ne years ago in the support of Mary And on, he was looked upon as a player of very considerable ability, but it was little thought he would soon develop into a tragic _star and of such magnitude. Next to the Booth-Barrett_company he is to day undoubtedly the most popular legitimate star now before the public. Downing has the peculiar advantage as re- gards, voice and physique of belonging to a school in which he alone stands pre-eminent, gement of the year ¥ to-day—that of the heroic‘romantic school. The fragedian will appear at the Boy threo grand and realistic productions ginius,” Friday night; “St. Mare, the Sol- dier of Fortune,” Saturday matinee, and “Spartacus, the Gladiator,” Saturday night. attraction at (ioos’ of Pifteenti ch and Frioda There will be a spe inter garden to-night, corn ackson streets, Lous K Roepenach appear in two plays, “David ick” and farce entitled “Sachsen and Prassen,” in which latter Mr. Koch will ap- pear as the scliool master. In the former he will ussume tho title role which is one of t prettiost on the American stago. The Eden Musee hus many interesting at- actions for the coming week, Among these will be Lizzie Sturgeon, o woman born ithout shoulder blades, who plays the piano with her feet, [n all parts of the house the attractions ure good, L Knights of Pythias, Thursday evening, January 31, the ofcers elect of Bnterprise lodge, No. 79, Knights of Pythias, will bo installed. The following William Boumann ; V. C., R. A. Carpen K. Wells; M. of I, V M. of E., John D. Robinson; P., s H. Bulla; M. at A., James . Hayes; LG,J. W 0. (i, Charles Jone trustecs, for one year, Messrs. John Barda, John Yates and Jumes H. Bulla; represent” ative to the grand lodge, William Boumann; alternate, Frank Lake, The grand loago will meet in Omaha in October, 1559, Oriental Princes,” A lodge of the order of Oriental Princes has boen established in connection with En terprise Lodge, No. 79, Knights of Pythias, South Omaba, and the following ofcers have been elected: Grand pa di shaw, R, A Carpenter; grand visor, John D. Robinson erand pashaw, W. A. Schrei; grand prophot, . K. Wells; grand scribe, A. N. Shriver} grand herald, Charles Jones krana wards men, 8. M. Pross and James H. Bulla, The lodge meets in Knights of P’ythias hall every Thursday evening. An fortunate Womn For the last few days Mys. Annie Ford, re- siding at 105 North Thirteenth street, has shown signs of insanity. Yesterday she be- came violent, and it was found necessary to remove her to the county jail. Deputy Sheriff Greebe was detailed for the work, wnd re. moved her to the bastile, where she had to be strapped down to prevent her from doinyg herself an injur; -~ The Mopument Committee, At the Millard hotel last night the commit - mittee of the soldiers' monumental associa tion held a short session for the purposc of vising plans of organization. Littlo was s;nc beyond organizing, There will be wn- other meeting next Saburday. political fruit is Plumb, “Siboria," is is Since Lagh Halford the it would appear that Virginia need adose | CURRENT TOPICS, A most intoresting relic of carly days in the northwost has boen discovered by Mr Charlos 1, Griffith, of Montana, while pros pocting at the ioad of Belt canyon, He dis covered n Atout pillar of stone round which was clamped a sheet of copuer bearing wn i pression of tho arms of Prance under the Bourbons. The Montana Historical society is about to take stops for the possession and care of the motal plate which Mr. Grifith did not disturb. A memboer 81 that assocta tion sugggests that this must have bhoen placed whore it was found by the French cxplorer Verendrye, who took possession of all the lands in the wame of the I'eonch king in the belief that he had come to the hewd wators of the Missouri, though in_reality | was following the V¢ owstone, T massacred most of his party.and Verendrye's acconnt was supposed 1o be chicfly fabulous, but it is now ascortained thar he' really did what he claimed to have dono, and that e was the first white man whe ever pla ot on the soil of The mssion of the Chica, nothing if not educationa " world owes to it the discovery of the Haliar poct Dante, who had never be il of until the Chicago paper, ramima noth limbo of obscurity, discovered Divin Comedy, and announced the fact to a list ing, awe-struck world, A club was imm fately formed to do justice to the oce and to disseminate Dantesque knowled among the ignorant, but it hns not don it expected to do, in consequence of the members upon a The question was, how what sion amony pronunciation name of the poet should bo sounded it be Darat, or Dant, or Dantee! In the heated arguments that arose, so much il fecling was created that the uscof the Dante club has been provokingly curtailed. Aud now the Chicago paper has discovered John Keats, and itis probable that a Keats club will shortly be announced. As ho was an Englishman, there can be no dificulty about his name, and the prospects of such an or: ganization would be bright. There is one Little circumstunee which it is important that the Keats elub stould ki he had a special and particular way of drinkine iced claret, which shonld undoubtedly be adopted by any association bearing his name, The present eraze of wealthy neople is for orehids—air plants—and astonishing sums ure being paid for rave specimens. Jay iould in this country and the duke of Marl berough in England are the most renowned for their orchid houses, but the center of operations is Hamburg in many. There are florists there who have dozens of travelors in their regu! whose business it is to wande forests of South these al natu mens come i, and esp from the forests that are liable to inundation from the Ama- zon. Hore the orehils are not found on the roots of trees, or upon the trunks, but hang from tho upper brauches like rare jowels, so that the discoverers have to b gazing upw Itis ids thing else that coll crazed The most valuab rarcst, mot those that are most bea The Catleya is really one of the most e quisite flowers of the floral kingdom, but it is not dear by any means. The duke of Marl- borough has his own travelers, and whenover he gets anything particularly rare it is sold to a dealer after a short exhibition soason at Blemheim. He recently sotd one for a sunt only a little short of w thousand dollurs, which had been sent i by one of bis orchid hunters, ththe eternal Afric nd hunt jons of trom | about ones Phe state of Novada has been famous in the past for its silver mines, but they fallen from their high estate and the peoplo are turning towards agriculture very gener- ally wherever water can be obtained for ation purposos. Unfortunately tho woest ern boundary of Nevada was established by congress in 1864 in such an arbitrary fashion that the head waters of all the streams available for irrigation on the western side arcin California. The 120th meridian fixes the line of the state from the north to the center, and from that point it runs back at an acute angle until the 1l4th meridian is reached, There has bsen a movement in N 1 in favor of agitation for the adop- tion of the crest of the Sierra Nevada ns a proper boundary, o that all streams running to the castward shall belong to i, The legislature of the Silver State has uppointed a committee of seven members to confer with the legislatuze of the Golden State upon the question, and if Barkis is willing, then the aid of congress 18 10 he invoked. But if Barkis is not willing, then it is dificult to sec what Nevada can do in the matter, The people of Nevada propose to compensate Californin by giving to that state the whole of Arizona, but it is to be observed that Cali fornia has no hankering after Arizona, und Arizona is looking steadily towards inde pendent statehood, which must come, and P d.q. for the matter of that, Arizona will some day astonish the world with raisins and figs, just as San Bernardino county has sur- prised the resf of California, Miss Julia Marlowe is sation, and her performanc of Ttosalind in one of the leading Philadel phin theaters have confirmed the good opmion which competent and unbiassed ities had formed of her, [t secms now an accepted fact that she is the great acteess of the time, and veteran stage-goers prodiet for ler u carcer far more brilliant than Mar Ande The s was lacking to the impersonations irown Ma five of genin elocution was so derful, her voice 5o musical, and hor face so beautiful that people who heard her woro grateful for getting so much, and criticized under their breath if they eriticized at all. Miss Marlowe is undoubtedly ius, und wn most carefully trained by her aunt, sating a re s of Julict and sen- 8, 80 that there are no draw- mances, and hor aeting is not marred by faults mscparable from a sl noviciate., Sheis young, she is beauti- ful, she is gifted, she is well trained; thero fore she will go far unless untoward acc deuis intervene, ‘The theatrical world been aching for a great oughly tired of the Langtrys and the ott who under pretense of wishing to clevate the stage have brought into it an cloment c questionable decency not improved by a thin lucquer of pretentious fashion. ctress, and is thor- A rumor is prevalent among railrond men that the Canadian Pacific is dissavistied with its prosent terminus at New Westminster, on the straits of Georgia,which every Omaha schoolboy kuows is the northern eutrauce to Puget sound. It is also said that this rail road wishe or into negotiations with the nresic Northern Pacifie, Mr, Oakes, for the building of & union depot at ‘Pacoma, in Washington Territory. This is ¥ nutural, b Il the life of Puget Sound 15 at the Awerican cities of Tacow and Seattle. Victoria being on Vancouve island, 15 limited in trade operations to tiat island, and cuts no figure at all in the « lations of the Canadian Pacific. But it is amusing to obs with what innoceat un cansciousness of inconsistency this rowd, which blew cold to iciness when the North- ern Pucific wanted to connect with their v line shall and St arry to and fro betwoen Win. Paul, There is something in cssontial nature of a through Pac | raur that breeds pure s and utter cussedness, a faot which Omaha has arned by a long and painful consideration the Union Pacific and its allies, i ! flo ad selrishn 0so head was level oxclain e man wh o | 11 Providence will deliver me from my | friends, will take care of my encmics Chavneey M. Dopew, the president of the w York Central, suffers nutold anguish it tho hands of the Now York pross, which | covors him with fulsome flattery Lavish way that the with thing is | n the samoe % Of an Ashanti vutter. To westorn and followe near him n this sort of athsome, 1 Mr, Depew met the men of the west at ago last year in the presidential conven | ton hie discovercd that his goose had baen |« s praises of the New Y nt of blandishments, | could induce the tern men to faney Mr. Depew, and ho | w v nominally inahe interests of party | harmony, but in sober truth because hie real | ired that was cutting o most ridienlous fizure. And now this little great man has rained s a ves, spramed his ankle, vl papers have been Alled o splendid cournge with manipulations of tho on to whom he confided his oxperien injured foot h aprima mon he could not bo more fulsomely puffed. 1t is to be noped that torcizners do not accept New York journatism as a sample of newspape over the whole country, foraf they do, they arc apt Lo form o very erroncous impression Phe worst is that this hogwash about Depew's anele is telographed as news, as it wyone u the west cared a copper cent for the man, or 1 be concorned if ho had broken his leg in fifty places, COWARDLY DESERTERS. The Kansa . City Times Talks Plainly About,Van Wyck's befeat, Lincoln (Nob.) Nows takes for a Senator C. H. Van Wyekof that state, says the Kansas Cliy Times, and begins its lugubrious sermon by saying How the mighty have fallen! How sentis that bauble called fame \ 0 the man whose name was in everybody’s mouth, C. 1. Van Wyek, o the wave of popularity. Now he is forgotten and his namo is but aplaything in the mouths of all. And where is the man of brain and brawn? Alas! from morn till night on a wind swept farm on the lonely praivie land in the county of Otoe, may be soen a bent, form and'a pair of legs toiling at tho protruding ends of corn. Indeed, it is a hard task to say where famo’s eternal amping ground is located But who mado this man full, this ox- wator of the United States, this ¢, T Van Wye Who, indeed, but the farmers of Nobraska. These leaguod shamefully and most cowardly with the vailronds ind struck him down. He had stood for their Plghts in the senate s they have never had a roprescutidive to do before or sinee. He made the land-grabbers and the railrond grant boodlers disgorge millions upon millions of acres of ground splendid for cultiva- tion, and yet the poor, monopoly-rid- den, eringing farmers of Nebraska saw with perfeet indifference the combina- tion made of railroad attorneys,general ma wnd the handy henchimen of all dirty work, no matter what kind,put him to a political death. Nay, moro- for a few rebates here and there and a few passes handed about on the sly— they helped to do it. False, greedy and treacherous, by and Dby you sell-out farmers will not only not a friend in the American congress, but you will not deserve to have on Talce care in the future how you cry, SWolfl” “Wolf! s i “FY NHYWN DYFODI L." The Prophetic Coznomen Given to Stanley by His Welsh Grandfuther. “One Who Knows' has heen strangely misinformed as to the birthplace und wly name of Henry M. Stanley, says a writer in the London Times who signs bimself “*One Who Knows Better.” His bivthplace was not Mold but Denbigh, where he was born Thursday, January 28, 1841, His mother, whom I knew woll, was the daughter of a butcher in that'town, and hfs father, John Row- lands, was a farmer who lived at Segr- wydydn the near vicinity. The ehild wits & great favorite with his matornal grandfuther, who somewhat propheti- cally named him Ry nhyn dyfodi i'— that is, my man of the future. When lic was five yearsold his gr father died suddenly—as his daughter deseribed it, “he fell dead in the den.” The home was broken up, and the child was placed with one Richard Price and his wife, who lived in the bowling-green in Denbigh Custle. Shortly afterward the son of this man, also nimed Richard Price, carvied him on his buek from Denbigh to the St. Asaph Umon Work House, whore ho was brought up and bore the nume of his father, John Rowlands, Tis subsequent career muy be read in alittle book published some ) 1o by Camden Hotten, of Piceadil an- titled, if T recolloct aright, . M. Stanley, Story of His Lifc lader Rowland,” ‘The name of Stanley is derived, not as stated by your cor spondent, from alady whondopted him, but from n storekeeper in whose se he lived when he fivst arvived in Am i His mother dica in her sixty-third ¥ Mureh 23, 1556, and wis bur the ehurehyard of Bodelwyddan, near St. Asuph. 1t is recorded on her coffin- plite in these simple words, that sho was “Mother of H. M. Stanley, tho African Explorer.” AN EGYPTIAN BELLE'S BEAUTY, ‘Tooth of a Donkey Dipped in Honey for S Zihe i Her Hair, Hair dyes and toilet beautifiers do not belon lusively to our day and gen- eration, Indeed, at the present time thers is ron g sentiment against the by Codwal use of cosmotics and preparations for Simproving” the hair. The Woman's World publishes the following toile vecipes that were given out in the days of ancient Egypt’s glory Curious hatr recipes oceur on some of the papyri, some of whnich ar surd, Onn to prevent the h from turning gray directs that o salve should be made from the blood of a black call cooked in oili in another thatof a black bull is preferred for the swme object; evidently the color of the animal was to pass through the salve into the hair. In another place we read of the tooth of u donkey, dipped in honey. being used for really strengthening the hair, and the ingredients for an ingenious compound sre given for njuring the hair of a rival, and the counfer-remedy 10 be used by those who think their hair o0il hus been tampered with by a sus- picious friend, Calkes of 50me composition which ub- s0vh oil were always placed on the heads of the guasts at a feast, and from them the oil gradually trickled down through the hair. A most disagreeable practico line at Winuipex, now blows ot to tronica'- ness when it wants to make conucotion at Pucoms. It is esger to carry Amcrican goods or its owu line, bhut it will plunge all Manitobs uto wourning before tie Aneri- this may seem to us, but to them it appears to have given great pleasure; and with the yptinus as well as with tho Hebrews, ofl was symbolical of joy and gludnoess.