Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 1, 1889, Page 2

9 SCORED A SHINING SUCCESS. The Towa Board of Health Makes Some Interesting Experiments. IT DOES NOT GROPE IN THE DARK, Put Promptly Applies Scientific Tests to the Solution of a Few Light Problems—Glaring Bvils Remedied. Lamps Trimmed and Burning. Drs Morxes, In.,? March 81.—{Special to e Ber.)—The Towa state board of health has two hobbies—contagious diseases and keroseno oll. When it isn't busy devising some scheme to head off diphtheria, scarlat fever, ote, it is studying the matter of 1l luminating oils, how to give the peple as- surance that their oil is safe, and how to use it properly after they get it. The assistant secretary of the board, Mr. L. F. Andrews, 18 the bright particular genius who does thoe most of this pro bono publico business,and he .does it well. He takes special delight in in- vestigating and experimenting upon the different propertios of the subject before him, and his conclusions are after very valu- able and of great public service. For several months he has been studying the lamp prob- lem. A great many complaints como to the office that inferior kerosene was being sold through the state. As thoro is a very reid system of oil inspection carried on under the direction of the board of health, he became satisfled that the trouble was not so much with the oil as with the way in which it was being used. So he procured a large number of burners, lamps and wicks of different varietics, and a supply of oii of different qualtics, and made some thorough tests. His conclusion is that the most of the troublo complained of arises from the improper use of oil, and not from its quality. The results of his in- vestigation have been embodied in a circnlar which is s0on to bo issued by the board for public information, He discusses first the different kinds of oil, and suows what is best according to the Iowa standard. This_is kerosene that, when heated to 105 degrées fahrenheit, will not throw off a vapor which will ignite when brought in_contact with a flame or lighted match. That is what i known as the Towa flash test, and is the only test which ‘‘goes” in this state. The five test, as it is sometimes called, indicating the degree of heat at which oil placed in an open vessel will ignite and burn without the aid ot @ wicl, is not recognized by the lowastatute, and if branded all over a barrel of oi1 will do 10 good. O1l having a flashing point of 105 degrees to 110 degrees will give better illu- mination, burn freer and with greater satis- faction in ordinary lamps than an oil with a flashing point of 120 degrees or 125 degrees, The higher the flashing pomt the denser and heavier the oil, aud consequently the more sluggish is the capillary action. Having settled the oil question, the circu- lar passes with lamps and makes some help- ful suggestions about them. It recommends that they be of metal with no feeding place except for the wick tube, The bowl should Dbe large in diameter and shallow, not exceed- ing two and one half inches in dopth, so as to bring the flame as near the oil as possible, to socure an even combustion of the contents. With deep lamps the wick will fail to rai the oil when half consumed and_imperfect fllumination will be the result. The lamps should be filled and cleaned every day, and once cach week be entirely emptied of the contents, to ramove the dregs and sedimen This will enable the vapor which forms ove 2 half filled lamp to pass away safely. The circular especially cautions the public against Jeaving a lamp burning with the wick turned down. Air currents are liable to cause the chimney to break. The wick tube will then become greatly heated and the lamp will be filled with a_dangerous vapor. A burning Tamp with a broken chimney becomes liable to explosion in about fifteen minutes. Some general suggestions arc made as to 1he style of burners which will secure best results, The burner, says the circular, should be adapted to 'the oil to be used, whether heavy or light. It should be properly coustructed for draft and ventilation for the escape of vapor from the vapor chamber of the lamp. Burners should be kept perfectly clean and free from crustation on the wick tube, and accumulation of chared wick on the perforated disk. The vent tubo along the wick tube should be kept open and clean, @s it is the safety valve of the lamp. Gummed and clogged burners can be easily cleaned by boiling a few moments in sal-soda or concentrated lye and water. A great many other suggestions as to lamps, oil, and things pertaining thereto, are made in this circular. They are very useful and valuable, and if the people of 1owa, for whom they are principally intended, 'will carefuily ob- serve them, lamp explosions will be almost unknown, and everybody will get better light and more of it. The “Q" Retrenchment. BURLINGTON, Ia., March 31.-—[Special to ne Bee.]—The work of retrenchment has actively been entered upon by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy management, and will be oxtended where a dollar can be saved. On April 1 all shopmen, trackmen, bridge carpenters, and other laborers with whom ten hours now constitute a day’s labor, will ‘e cut down to eight hours a day, equivalent o a 20 per cent reduction of pay, and all such employes whose services are not de- manded by the most rigid necessity, will be dismissed. Not less than 250 men will be thrown out of employment in Iowa alone, while an equal number, probably, will be displaced in Lllinois, with proportionate re- ductions in Missouri and the west, The two ain line passqnger trains which were to ave been taken off on Sundays, commenc- ing u weelk ago, but which wera then contin- ued, will positively be abandoned upon that @ay, one being cuv off this evening and both |of them every Sunday from now on. This " reduction alons will curtail the train service ® thousand miles a week. - Two more pas- jenger trains, now doing a local business be- tween this city and Creston on week will pe degraded to mixed or accommoita: tion trains, run on slow time and made to earn their way, instead of being run on ex- pense, as they now a The end has not et been reached, as the management is en leavaring, if possible, to keep expenses within the Imit of the recoipts as dxed by the Iowa commissioners. A reduction of dorical forco will probably come before 0, though not positivoly announced as yet. The New Chief Justice. Dss Moiyes, Ia., March 3L—[Special to Wax Ber.)—A pleasaut little incident con- mected with Judge Given's promotion from the district bench of this county to the su- Preme bench, was the presentation to him of ‘$he chair whicis iie used Rere for nine years « §u the court room of this city. At the sug- gestion of the locul har the board of super- gmu made him a present of the chair and “put & suitable silver plate upon it with an sppropriate subscription, sbowing that he * began to sit in that chair in 1550 as judee of the circuit court, He served uatil the cir- cuit court was merged into tho district «gourt, and then in 1857 was placed upon the district bench, where hie retained the same chair be had used so lunf. He now has it at his home. As a chair it {5 not very much of »n ir, but as an heirlocm it will com- agreat value in the Given family. now chief justice is taking hold of Lis very firmly. He goes to the capitol m @ day and puts in several hours bard work in catching up with tne delayed busi- Bass of the oourt. B The Kennody Case. Dus Moixes, la, March 81.—[Spccial to ©ug Bes.)—-The Kenunedy case at Dubuque Still bangs fire. His attorneys thinkhat his is t0 be commuted to fmprisonwent for life. Bub the governor denies that he Bas made sny promise to that effect. Some musunderstanding arose over the governor's visit to Dubuque. The attoruey for ‘wrote the governor asking fora to confor in regurd to the case. governor delogutod bis private secretary 10 any provositioun thut might be Q‘l‘fi not give any assurance that ' t that if the attorneys tod. Tt i thi sucoceed wi e 10 %00 Bupreme Goury fl‘:.. the lnwmnrmnflan- cnnao'm.ad With the app tion will carry the case past the expiration of Governor Larraboo's term, and then they may have a chanco at a now governor. So it 18 likely to be some time before the Kennedy case is settled. PRGN Interesting Meetings In Prospeot. Drs Morses, Ia,, March 81.—[Special to Much interest is being felt in southwestern fowa in the moeting of the Blue Grass league, which 1s to bo held at Creston, April 1. Adams, Adaiv, Appo- noose, Clack, Cass, Decatuer, Fremont, Lucas, Madison, Montgomery, Mills, Page, Pottawattamie, Taylor, Union, Warren and Wayne counties are especially urged to send representatives, The objoct of the meeting is to continue tho advantages of soil, climate, water and natural resources in these coun: ties. where the blue grass especially flour- ishes, Another meeting next month of state inter- eat is the Grand Army encampment at Bur- lington, April 9. The attendance promises to be unusually targe and the citizens of Bur- lington are making preparations for a very hospitable reception. The governor and most of the state officers will probably at- tend. R A Popular ldea. Des Moixes, Ia., March 31.—[Special to e Bee.]—The idea of having the old sol- giers present flags for the school boys to cherish is proving a very popular one. It 2 at Mt. Pleasant, when the Grand Army post there gave a flag to the high 0ol. The practice has been repeated in eral cities. The members of the Crocker post G. A. R., and the Crocker Wowen’s Relief Corps of this city, have just decided to present a flag to the pupils of the new high school. The building is not quite fin- ished, but when the dedication takes place one prominent feature will be the presouta- tion of a regulation United States flug to the young Americans who are fast coming on to take the placo of tho veterans who are as raphdly passing awny. A Curious Suit. Des MoiNgs, Tn., March 81.—|Special to Tne BEg.]—A rather curious is pending in the district court of this coun and will be heard next month. Sarah Freed asks the court to dissolve her marriage with Abra- ham Lincoln Cox, for the reason that 1s null and void. The question arises if it is null and void, why 18 the court asked to dissolve it. The explanation is that Sarah committed matrimony the second time, supposing that her first busband was dead. But like Knoch Arden, he turned up, and unlike Enoch, he was not willing to go oway again and give No. 2 the right of way. So Mrs. Freed de- sires to have the second marriage formally dissolved as a protection against a tecnical charge of bigamy. The Des Moines Ball Clab. s, Ta., March 81.—|Special to The members of the Des Moines base ball club are expected to assemble here in a few days. Another player has recently been signed, Fred M. Tilden, who wili guard center field. He is a Harvard mun, and was a great ball player while in college, leading the entire league in batting. He lives in Chicago and played last year with ono of the city league toams there. He has refusod heretofore to join a professional term, but bas finally consented to come to Des Moines. The club Will have new uniforms this season, quite novel and neat. The suits will b black tight-fittng Jerseys with dark red trunmings. e SHE KISSED HIM, How Mme. Farsch-Maai Expressed Her Gratitude to Her Lawyer, Mme. Fursch-Madi gave Lawer Abe Hummel two smacking kisses at the close of the trial of the singer’s case against Mrs. Thurber ana the other members of the National Conservatory of Amer- ica, in which the well known lawyer made an argument that woun for the plaintiff a verdict, for $10,000. Mme. Fursch-Madi had a contract to teach the American Jenny Linds—"‘budding Pat- tis,” Lawyer Hummel called them—two yeurs at §10,000 a year. After the first rear there was o misunderstanding, and Mvs, Thurber discharged the madame on the charge that she was inducing the pupils to take private lessons from her. The school was abandoned, and the teacher gove many of the old pupils private lessons. In the suit to-day an attempt was made to show that Mme. Fursch-Madi had induced the young woman to leave the schwool und take lessons from her, but the jury did not believe that por- tion was sustained by the testimony. The jury gave a verdict of $10,000 and 81,100 interest in favor of Mme. Fursch- Madi., She was overjoyed. As little Lawyer Hummel, cmmsj, pushod his Ay out of the court room Mme. Fursch- Madi placed her arm around his neck and thanked him for his services, tell- ing him ho had made a marvelous ad- dress to the jury, and that he speaks as well as she sings. She called him en- dearing names. When the awinging doors of the court-room closed hehind them she scizod him in her arms, her rosy bps puckered, and she planted a smacking kiss on his left cheek. It popped like o champngne cork. Tt takes a good deal to disconcert My, Hummel. He calmly turned the other cheek and she, still clinging to him, placed a warm, lingering kiss upon it The little lawyer arranged his coat col- lar and remarked as he left the build- ing: “They all do it.” —————— A ROMANCE IN " OIL, An Income of Five Dollars a Min That Did Not Last. The death of Mrs. James S. McCary, at this place, recalls .an interesting reminiscence of the oil region, says a Franklin (Penn.) special t0 the Phila- The M ys owned a smell farm on top of Oil Creck hill, near Petroleum Center, Venungo county, for which they paid $2,000. In Octobelr, 1870, Keefer & Watson struck a flowing oil well on lands adjoining it, and Me- by farm was at once in the market property. He leased the farm in lots at $1,000 au acre bonus and half the oil. In ashort time the furm wis producing 2,700 barreis of oil aday, and il at that time was worth $5 a bar- rel. McCrae's share of this production gave him an income of % a minute, night and day. le was offered 8500, 000 for his farm but would not accept it, He did not sell his oil as fast as pro- duced, but built iron tanks and stored it for a still higher price. He was of- fered another #500,000 cash for his 150,- 000 barrels he had in tanks, but wunted an even 85 a burrel. The market soon afterwurd dropped much below this fig- ure, and a large part of McCray’s ol was destroyed by lightuing. Sone of it leaked and ran into the creek, aud he Me- te v delphia Revord, as snall sold what was left for 81 a harrel. Cray huas been the vietim of m sharpers, but he hus stiil enough of lis bonanza fortune left to live at his ease, Ho is now an old man, and the desth of his wife leaves him alone. She Kissed the Winning Jookey. After “Hughy” Pouny had landed Fountain a winner of the third vace at Guttenburg yesterduy says the New York Morning Journal, ha stavied for the joekey room, bus beforve he reached it an excited lady rushed after him into the paddock, and, before Penny could rexiize what hud happened, she had kissed him by way of congratulation, 1t is said She had won a lot of money on the victory of Fountain, whose party are said to be her reistives, - for commutatior would Le See Ilu.’pc';%u. pictures this week. REST FROM THEIR LABOR With Laurel Wreatas Upon Their Bulging Brows, DOUGLAS COUNTY'S STATESMEN, They Arrive Home and Téll of the Work of the Session—Some Good Legislation Accomplished. Hon, Riochard Berlin Talke. “Thank (ied the legislature is over,” said Hon. Richard Berlin yesterday afteraoon to areporter for Tie Ber. I feel somewhat tired and am now home for a rest. Iam glad that we are through with the session, although I formed many close attachments whilo in the Capital city. We bad a love- feast last night, and ‘when the boys shook hands to depart for their respective homes there was an cxpression of regret that came over their countgaances. They hated to part. “Perhaps it would have been hetter to the state and city had we never met, on account of the submission question. The submission- ists have a little the best of us, considering the moral side of the question, but when the electors are to determine whether it will be prohibition or high license, I think the pro- fiibs_ will. bo dofoatod. From n busitoss point of view, Omaha can’t stand submission. “‘There were several goods bills for Omaha and Douglas county passed while we were in session, Among them was one for the al- lowing of non-resident aliens to hold prop- erty within the corporate limits of cities and towns ; and also providing for the. foroclos- ure of mortgages by non-residents and against them, This will get more money into the town and help our city. ‘‘Another good measure was the bill ‘for the establishm@nt of a public park system in Omaha. It is not exactly what is wanted, but I find in all legislation thero is more or less compromise. 1 was glad 0 accept what we got, for God knows wo noed a park sys- tem bad enough, The present measure is a good starter and 18 the foundation of a good park system. “Iaiso consider the bill for divorcing the liquor element from politics by the establish- ment of an excise board, a good one. I un- derstand, however, that this is not approved by some of the liquor men, but I am _confi- dent that the law will prove beneficial ana will give satisfaction when put_into offect. Kor this we are indebted to the Hon. Church Howe. He worked hard for the pussage of the biil. *‘We got a measure through for a better system of drawlng jurymen, It is proposed thereby to raise the standard of jurors, and I think it will be a good thing. A bill was also passed reducing tho number of justices of the peace to six for Omaha. The bill was introduced by Hon, George O'Brien and was highly recommended by members of the bar. This will put the justices in bet- ter standing and their "offices will be more dignified. The county commissioners, by the passage of a bill, were cmpowered to expend funds for the improvement, of roads within the corporate limits. This is princi- pally intended to improve the streets to KForest Lawn cometery. “Iintroduced o bill'which I think will be a great benefit to _employes residing in this state and working for corporations dning business in this nufi other states. I foun that great impositions were being procticed upon those kind of employes. Say, for in- stance, an Omaha laborer was working for the Union Paciflc railroad company and owed a small bill in Council Bluffs. The creditor could sue him in an Iowa court, get judgment and garnishee his earnings without the debtor knowing anything about it uutil he called for his week or month’s wages. In this way the exempiion laws of Nebraska were evaded. ‘This bill doesn’t annul any luws of this state, but_it provides that ail such clams must'be tried in Nebraska courts wlhen the employe is a resident of the state. Thus he is protccted by the exemption law. The bill passed and the governor gladly signed it. There were 7,500 signers to the petition requesting me to introduce the measure. ““The session was not so expensive as we first thought it would be. We got through quite economically, and I think to_the_satis- faction of all, 1 want to say that I give great credit to my colleagues, for they stood by me and worked faithfully with me on all important matters.” Captain Ijams. ““The senate adjourned at 2 o’clock Sunday morning,” remarked Captain William Ijams, in speaking of his return trip from Lincoln. It had been agreed upon to wind up at 11 o'clock, but when it was found that we could not get through at that hour one-or two of the senators set the clock back and kept us in session until 3 o'clock. This delay was occasioned by the conference committees on appepriation bills. The senate concurred in the umendments of the conference commit- tee, and its action was unanimously agreed upon. All in all, the senate reduced the ap- propriations at least half million dollars, The session has certaiuly been an economical and a good one_for the people of the state, By cool, calm deliberation, considerable bad legislation has been avoided. What do I consider the most_important legislation for this city? Well, there have been several measures passed that will be beneficial to Omaha when they go into effect. Of course the city charter takes precedence, and since its revision and amendments it is one of the best, I think, that could have been adopted, There may be some_defects that_were over. lookea, but they will be few. The bills for e board, the drawing of juries, the n of justices of the peace, authoriz- ing the county commissioners to expend money from the rond funa for the improve- ment of roads leading into the city, estab- lishing a fund for the relief of disabled po- licemen, providing for the sale of property conflscated by the police and its realization to go into the police fund, are all important measures that have gone throtigh both bouses. The bill providing for. a_city charter of the second class for South Omaha is a wise piece of legslation, There are other bills worthy of due mention. One for the condemnation of postoffice grounds for the Omaha government build- ing, and for the condemnation of a tract of land, not exceeding 1,000 acres, i cither Douglas, Washington or Sarpy counties, for a military fort. The bill allowing non-resi- dent aliens to acquire title to property and hold it for a limited length of time is a far reaching measure. The purpose of this legislation is to prevent the landlord system in the stave, It wil make cheaper money, and prevents large English land syndicates from gobbling up balf of the lands within the borders of the commonwealth. A good bill was passed Saturday. It provides for taxing insurance companies on their benefits of firc premiums, The bill directing the governor to deed the bigh school property to the city on condition that the premises be forcver used for school purposes, passed tho senate Saturday and went to the gov- ernor, The state agreed to deed the premises to the city in 1869 when David Hutler was over:nor, but he neglected to make out the nstrument conveying the property to the oity. ‘The gunbling bill, of course, was not passed, for the reason that a two-thirds vote was required to suspena the rules to get it off the general fiie. Few members wanted to on record tho measure, but I would have been in favor of getting it before the senate. ‘The roason that the bill passed the house was that tho metabers knew thut the gam- biing Inw wus a dead letter and that gamb- Ling was being varried on without the stute y enue from it. wound u{; meely. It was said to Le the most respectable adjournment the gislature ever nude. There was no un- secwly conduct sr.d little drunkenness.” Hon. Adam Snyder. “1 am glid 10 get back howme w wy busi- ness," said the Hom. Adam Snyder last night, when tallong about the adjournment of the legisiature, 'l am ured, und dido't get much sieep Saturday night. 1 am goiag 1o bed 10-night at 9 o'clock and get rested up, The session of the legislature was an iu- portant one and mavy bills were of great consequence. 1 feel olated over ihe uct deeding the high school property to the city instead of to thc senool board. I consider of the smendments charter among the mnost inmportant pleces of work doue by the body. There were wany moas- ures passed thut wall be beneficial to the city and council. When the house adjovrned thore wis uet that rackel Wat occurred two Ash 2 bivkets and tho like at eaoh other when the assembly broke up." A aes Hon, Clyristian Specht. Reprosentative Chris Specht experiences no mingled feslings of sadness and pleasure over his eseape/ffom the legislature. Ho 18 heartily glad thas the seigo is over, and gives it out in as plaln English as he can master that he don't WAt any more of it. ‘It was a fight for mo ! tho time I was there,” sald Mr. Spefhi“to w Ber reporter last evening. “Thé ‘finsm of senato file No., 8 protecting the Hbtflers of insurance policios from having their losses cut down by adjust- ors was Brsbfight. Thero was lots of boodle there to defeat the bill, but we got it through. I made lots of encmlos among the boodlers by my fight against the state prin- ters' bill.Omaha had anumber of profitable measures passed. The number of justices of the peace has been reduced from eighteen to six. ' The bill deeding the high school prop- ertp to the oity instead of to the school board settles that question. The city hall will be construsted under the super. vision of the city council in- stead of under the board of public works, ~The saloon license business 18 trans- ferred to the fire and police commission and the city council given power to licenso pawn- brokers, auctioncers, circuses and thelike, Tho fight in favor of the Butler and Kennard claims was a bittor one and I received abuse enough for my opposition to them to last mo the rest of my natural life.” o v el BACH. onderful Musician Who Was Not Appreciated Until After His Death. The names of Bach and Handel throw a flood of glory over the ecighteenth century, says a writer in the Youth's Companion. They were both born in 1685, Bach at Eisenach, Handel at Halle. But though Bach was twice at Halle, the two great masters never met. In a prosaic century these two great men united in_their “own sphere those tendencies of modern thought wh brought about the revolution from the Italian art of Palestrina to th music of the present day. But their stini ore widely different. ed in poverty, Handel in competence. Bach lived in retiroment und comparative obscurity, Handel in the blaze of publicity and fame. Han- del, during his own lifetime, enjoyed an overwhelming popularity; ' but Bach, though he has affected quito as deeply the minds of modern composers, did not begin to produceqay marked impression till fifty years after his death, and but for the fluence of Mogart and Men- delssohn his music mi have fallen into oblj 1t has been said ‘“‘music owes to Bach debt as a religion owes Johann Sebastian Bach great family of musician: early taught him the violif§jand, what was move important, inspired him with those deep Protestant feelings of piety which influencedii all his life, Un- happily, howevar, the boy was left an orphan at the age of ten, and became dependent on his harsh and uncongenial @lder brother, Johann Christoph, who was then organist at Ohrdruf. The little Sebastian learned his ex- ercises with a skill and perfectness which gave his brother the extra trouble of constantly supalying new ones, and, perhaps, also awoke his jealously. Christoph possessed a manuseript volume of music which he consgntly studied, and which »S 3 possess; but Chuistoph sternly refused to lend it. Thé:. precious book was locked up in a railed cupboard; but the little hand could mass through the rails, and, when opportunity offered, Sebas- tian could not x the temptation to abstract the boo! d. copy it surrepti- tiously. His progress, however, was very slow, as he could only work at in the even- ing, and nce he was allowed no can- dles---only on moonlight nights. Still, vith heroic perseverence, snatching his chances when he could, he was able in six months to copy out the much- coveted book. His task was havdly achieved when his brother discovered the b ret, and, with cruel tyranny, demanded the surrender of the copy 80 Jaboriously made. Sebastian gave it up with tears, and saw it no more till the year 1698, when he was thirteen year® old and his brother died. But the death of his brother threw the young orphan upon the world. Happily he had a fine soprano voice, and teudging off to Luneburg with a companion, he got an appointment as chorister in the school of St. Michael, His education was thus provided for, but his passion for music often made him go on! oot to Hamburg to hear Reinken at St. Catharine’s church, and even to Celle to hear the kude’s French band. One day when the hungry, foot-worn buy was tramping all the loug way home from Hamburg, and stopped be- tore an inn from which came llnc SaV- ory odors of the dinner which he could not afford, a pitying stranger flung to him out of the window two herrings’ heads. When he picked them up and opened them he found in each a ducat, which enabled him to buy some food and get home in less misary. But the days of a chorister who de- pends on his voice are doomed, and when Bach’s voice failed his outlook would once more have been very dark had he not been appointed violinist, at the age of eighteen, to the duke of Saxe- Weima: In 170 nann that as great a j founaer.” 5 one of a His father he was chosen organist at Arnstadt. Living contentedly on less than £10 a yeur, he continued his studies, and during the whole of his long, uneventful i"ilu—uutil, like his Rgreat coutemporary, Handel, he be- came blind just before his death—he devoted his whole powers to musical composition. He obtained various humble appointments as organist, and lived in patriarchal simplicity, always struggling with poverty, but noble, modest and contented, to the last. His first wife was talfen from him by a sudden death. F narried again, and had thirteen chifdfen as his second family. Though kings $nd princeshon- ored him for his ;n us, he seemed never to have been **passing rich” even on 80 much as *“forty pounds a year,” Yet *Father Buch,” asihe was lovingly called, was very ha His art and his family were the two motives for which he lived. ardly, his life was humble and in ificant, but in- wardly it was ric d productive. Maintainivg to the L ecalm dignity of his charucter, hp ke Buffou, be- lieved that *‘genius is patience.” It was neariy for death that Mozart, is motets at Leipzig, , “Thank God! here is something hew, and 1 learn somevhin, Still later, Mendelssohn revived the half-forgotten Passion- musie, and it was through him that the Bach soviety was founded. T Sparks of Wi New York World. Played out—Serenade musie, Hard to work—A lazy person. Local toughs—Boarding house spring chickens, Bargains—Till profits. Always on tap—Leather. Even the most successful newspaper is subject to ad-ver: Why is grammar a plous study? ceuse it mainly depends upon parsin’, Be- the OF INTEREST T0 THE FARNER ‘What Grasses Are Best Adapted to Nebraska Soil? HINTS FOR EARLY GARDENERS. Stockmen, Look Out For the Raw Spring Days—The Testing of Clover Seed—The Chinoh Bug Question. Some Hints for Early Gardening. The Western Stockman and Culti- vator, published in this city, gives the Tollowing hints on early gardening: Potatoes can be started before plant- ing by cutting as for ordinary planting and spreading the pieces thinly over o layer of dirt in a shallow box, and kept in a warm room. When started, trans- fer to rows in the garden, handling carefully so as not to break off the young - sprouts, cover shallow with earth, and then cover the row with horse manure to keep from frost. This is worth trying with one or two rows. for by this means new potatoos may be had ten days or two weeks earlier than by the usual method, All such hardy vegetables as onions, beets, radishes and lettuce may be planted as soon as thesoil is dry enough to rake the seed in. Only a small pateh of each need be planted early, as there is no hurry for the main crop, but a small amount of these coming very early is a great luxury. A few plants of early cabbage and to- matoes, say one dozen” of each, given oxtra care will prove very satisfactory. They ean be set in the open ground at almost any time and a glass fruit jar turned over them. It won’t hurt the fruit jar, and the glass attra warmth and aids growth. Early Jersey Wake- field cabbage will make pretty good heads by June 20th, and the Asme or Trophy tomatoes with good treatment will ripen by August 1st. The earliest garden vegetable 1s as- paragus. This vegetable is not in very genoral use on farmers’ tables but should be. Tnue old *‘sparrow grass” of the Virginians is very hardy, forms per- manent beds, requires almost no care or labor after once rted and should have a place in every garden. It takes about three years to geta good stand from seed. A" bed four fect by ten will supply u good sized family, andisas palatable as green peas. Connover's Colossal is the favorvite kind of aspara- gus and should have directions for growing on seed package. Churn Often. Unless one has good facilities for keeping crenm cool it should be churn- ed within twenty-four or forty-eight hours after skimming, says a writer in the New York Tribune. Much butter is rendered abominablo by allowing the cream to get very sour and even moldy before churning "it. It will not do to keep it long in kot weather, when the air is full of all forms of microscopic life, both animal and veg Keep it from the air as much as possible, keep it cool and stir it thoroughly as often as new cream is added, and churn as often as every other day. better, but good butter can be made by churn- ing every other day if cream is proper- ly kept. Nebraska Grasses. Perhaps the most nteresting general discussion held by the Nebraska [m- proved Stock Breeders association grew out of Prof. Bessey’s paper on expe ments with our wild grasses, says the ‘Western Stockman and Cultivator. The truth expressed by Prof. Bessey that ‘“fine stock requires fine food,” turned .the discussion on_to the subject of the Most of the members tion have tried timo- blue-grass, orchard red-top, with vai ending on the season and method of seeding. The general experi- eems to be thut seeding with the named grasses on praivie sod is unprofitable.owing to the time required to get o good stand of tame grass, and the uncertain f getting a stand at all. ng with timothy ana or, with rye in the fall, or with flax in the spring,’is the most generally suc- cessful. Some have had good results from seeding with grass alone in the ng.but the summer growth of weeds must be cut in ghis case, As to the value of grasses named, clover stands first. Mr. Bartow, president of He ford association, said of clover, in a pri- vate talk with the editor of theStockman *‘that clover would stand in our soi longer than a of the tame grasses; would smother ouat timothy if given proper treatment the first son limothy inclines to form bunches with Blue grass won’t stand our hot suns—is good spring and full pasture. Orchard grass is not valuable, Red-tap is valuable with other grasses on damp ground. We think every farmer in the state ought to sow a fleld of clover this spring. Testing Clover Sced, Clover s should by tested befor i Farmer. Much of the e cle is of a poor quality, and will scarcely germinate. Many who would not t of planting corn or sowing wheat with- out first testing their wheat by germin- tion, **go blind " as regards clover seed. But we seldom hear any one say that lack of success in securing n good "stand of clover is properly attributable to ced. The fact of the matter is, clover seed is much more common one would suspect, and we strongly advise our readers torun no isks of failure by not knowing the true nature of the seed before using it. The supply of seed should be purchased be- ‘body is ordering, 50 it will be received promptly. Germinate the seed on flannel, kept moist and in suitable temperature. Couwgt the sceds so the e which grows can be estab- tame grasses. some farmers. carefully ¥ lished. A Caution to Stockmen. The raw, stormy days of u:\rl"." spring ave quite as trying on stock as the colder weather of winter, and unlesds this is guarded against by tiberal rations, says the Nebraska Farmer, they wiil be likely to lose as much flesh und general coudition during the next two months 1o offset what has b gained in the way of food saved during the winter. Experienced fi ers do nov need to be reminded of the advantage of liberal rations at this season, but there are many who will be surprised to find tho mild winter hasnot in the end saved them anything. The wint has been 50 wild that many will relax their care of stock now spring is upproaching, ut o loss in the end 1f they are not careful. Chinch Bugs. The ehinch-bug question is still re- ceiving at attention from entomolo- gists and experiment stations. The Tilinois state entomologist draws tl conclusions concerning the may be done by the chinch bug must be wone early, or not ut all. If action be e layed year aft ts become ¢ abandonment of urewidcrq.wmdonom d takon A hi 1 & phovontive v . i dial measure. 2. In the beginning of an outbreak, the acrenge in wheat, barloy and rye should be promptly re- duced or wholly nabndoned. 8. If the chinch bug continues to increase, tho oats aren should be rapidly diminished —corn and grass remaining the princi- pul dopendence, and clover being sub- stituted for the latter wherover prac- ticable, Prof. C. V. Riley, in a lotter to the Northwestern Farmer, exprosses the theory that Dakota has so far been oxempted from the depredations of this Post because the state is so far novth, and tho chinch bug 18 by nature a southern insect ———— HANDEL, In the Lifo of the Great Composer. Tven Handel, though genorally pros- perous, had his own early struggles, saygawriter in the Youth’s Companion. A father should hail with enthusinsm any signs of natural genius in but when Handel’s fathor notic genius for music in his son George he did his best to suppress it and to con- vert the boy from a musician into alaw- Fortunate his_mother was not allowed the garret a spinot on which he was able to play where noone could hear him, and at the agoe of seven he could play and improvise. He owed his emancipation from his father’s opposition to one of those un- seen acts of “God’s providence which men nickname chance.” He had an elder orother who was in tho service of the duke of Weissonfels, nnd one day his father went to sco him. Ho re- fused to take George, but the boy sturdily followed the carriage on foot, till his father gave way to his obs nacy, took him Into the carriage and bore him forward to the fulfillment of his destiny, In the d’;lku'l chapel was an organ, and George, unable to resist tho tempta- tion, erept up to 1t after the service was over and began to play. “Who is_that who is laying so re- markably?” asked the du?(e. ' “‘My little brother,” answered the page. The duke, who was wiser than Dr. Handel, at once persuaded him to let the child follow the bent of his genius. The father veluctantly consented, and Handel became pupil of Friedrich Zachau, the organist of flalle cathedral. By the age of eleven he had learnt all that Zachau could teach him, and the cdnscientious organist advised him to 2o to Berlin,where his talents surprised all the musicians, and woke the envy of his future rival Buononcini. The elector offered to send him to Italy to sh his musical education, but his father refused theoffer. At Dr. Handel’s death George had to accept the post of violinist in the opera house at Hamburg. His superiovity to all the members of the orchostra’soon became evident, and when on one occasion he suddenly took the place of the absent player on the harpsichord, Mattheson. one of his fellow-musicians, got so furi- ous with him, that their quarrol ended in a duel. Duving the fight Mattheson’s sword broke short either on a metal bution of Ilandel’s coat, or on a mus score which he carried in hi pocket: and so hiz life was saved to rich the worid,1n due time, with the matchless choruses of the ““Me & 2 gt An Ancient Bible. The fourth Mazarin Bible sold within the last sixteen years has been knocke: down to Mr. Quaritch for £2,000, sny the London Globe. Sir John Thorold’s copy fetched as much as £3.900; that which was offered at the Perkin: in 1873 went for £2,690, and Lord Craw- ford’s, in 1887, was secured by Mr. Quaritch for £2) So far, then, the work would scem to have depreciated a very little in value. Novertheless £2,000 is not a bad figure even for a copy of the first edition of the Bible—and, in- deed. the first bools printed with mov- able types by the inventors of printing. This version of the holy seriptures was the work of Guttenburg and Faust, and though more than four centuries haye elapsed since it was given to the world it has never been surnassed---probably never has been equaled—as an avtisti production. Of course we have our edi- tions de luxe, which, especially in the case of those turned out in France, are veritably things of beauty; but, loving as is the care often hestowed on modern books, not only by the publisher and master printer, but even by the ci- ployes who work only for pay, we do not nowadays produce such inaster- piec: came from the press even at the beginuing of the printers’ avt. This is mainly because the public tuste for such elaborate products has virtually died out. Incidents ———— Bight Milllon Dollars an Acre Chicago Journal: The highest pi ever paid for a piece of Chic estate was that given by Kohlsaatt for the north Dearborn and Madison stre dimensions of tho property are feet, and tho price paid wus § which is cquivalent to 7,560 per foot, $187.50 per squarc foot, $1.30 per square inch, or about $5.000,000 per acre. This corner is counsidered one of the finest in the city, and Mr. Kohlsaat did not make the purchase for the pur- pose of throwing any money away. T'he ] is known as the Daniels and the in Mr. Tolman Wheeler, Bweet I London Funny Iollis: Fond and Newly Marvied Hubby — Good-bye, dovey. Swectbreads, then, for dinic at 6 shavp. Fond and Ditto Wifie—Yes, ducky: and,as I don't want to gooutin the snow, please order u dozen at the con- gectioner’s as you pess! March A Are the best months In which to purify your | blood, for at no other season much need the ald of & elinble medicin itke | Hood's sarsapanils, as cow, Dusiug the cold winter, the blood hecomes thin and impu the body becomes wewk and tived, the appetite may be lost. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is peculiarly adapted to purity and enrich the vlood, to create a good appetite and to overcome tuat tired focling. It has a larger anle than auy her Sarsaparilla or blood puritier, mwi it im- creasos In opularity every year, for i iathe | ideal fee 15 ocence. Spring Me L pring L wus Jus headachie, felt I was very much hen rilla and MRS, J. M, Tay “Early had uo that Sarsa) friends.” nue, Clove 1119 Eucitd Ave- Zaparilla has cured me of salt rhewm, wiich Phave had for y 8, 1o think it is a splenidia medicine, and my skin i3 i pece of glass uything (47 ! blood puvi el tho systom so | rilla, Dundelion, ries, and other well known vegetable remedies, | medic | tha power of medic! soves, boils, pimples, all Diliousness, sick headache, hidigestion, general deLulity, catarrh, complaints, | foeling caused by change of clinate, season, o¥ EVERYBODY WAS DISGUSTED Another Gigantic Fizzle In tY Pugilistic Line. MURPHY ANXIOUS TO FIGH But the Spider Prefers to Give Al Exhibition of His Sprinting Powers a the Affair Ends In a Row, The Weir-Murphy Figh Cnicaco, Mareh 81.—The long talked-of fight between the feathor-woights, ke Well otherwise known as the Belfast Spider, an Frank Murphy, of England, for the ohal fonship of the world, took place at Kout this morning, but resultod as so many fights have recently, in a most unsatisfactory man! ner. The refevee after the cightieth roy was obliged to declare the fight off for day, and announced that it would have to shed somo timo before Tuesday. Tt i uely doubtful, however, if the men como together again—coertainly not with that time-—and anothor draw will probabl have to go on record. The fight this morning was a most peculiar one. For eightee.. rounds it was as scientifio and hardly fought battle as has ever beon| soen, but the other sixty-two rounds, sava the sixty-seventh and sixty-eighth, amounted to absolutoly nothing. In not more than ten; of them was a blow struck, and most of the time the men aid not even put their hands, up. The explanation for this lics in the tact that after ten or twelve rounds the hands went back on him, could do nothing with them. Murphy, who l»run-nl himself to be a most plucky fightod but a most wretched goneral, failod to got any advantage out of the predicament of Weir, who was dancing just out of Lis reach, Another thing was that Murphy was not in the best of condition, as was shown by they great welts left from oach blow., The spider proved himself much the, cleverer of the two, and the way in which he sailed at Mucphy during the first few rounds, smashing first one cye and then the other, then on the nose, and twice knocking hin down with a sounding crack on the neck, convinced many that he could have won the fight had his hands heid out. There were) others, however, who were loud in their as-, sertions that Murphy showod himself the better man of the two. He certainly prove himself one of the gamiest men that ever en: tered a ring, and with his two eyes almos closed, and In spite of naving been sent to grass twice, he rushed his long, limber an- tagonist ail over the ring. This was in thd rly part of the fight, however. During the rest of it neither seemed nelined to do'much of anything, and the two men alternately chaffed each other, the speotators occa- sionally varying the monotony of the pro- ceedings by “taking a hand in the talking match and urging the fighters to give them their money's worth. After round after round had been without a blow, Weir u The sixty o us’ live fought splendid rally. -eighth rmm(ts y as the most blood-thirsty eould desire, and Weir almost had Murphy knocked out. The spurt was a_short one, however, and the old tactics were again re. sumed undor instructions of the backers, When the spectators saw that nothing could be expected they soon tired of the show and the postponement was really at their demand, Weir's backer acted ally repeatedly in and fight, even if he " got licked. Davies' management of the affair was excel- ¥ lent, and his arrangements were all - carvied out well. After the fight Weir showed but little pun- ishment, though he said his ribs v fully sore and he thought his jaw was broken. Murphy was bad ln'\\m‘j up. His eyes were alnost closed, and on his ribs was a’huge lump. During the morning there were one or tso encounters hetween the sports and natives of Koutts that served to enliven the pro- ceedings, Near the end of fight the owner declared that he had not rented the prom- ises for a week, and unloss the fight was fimished pretty soon he would have it stopped. Shortly after this a queer looking specimen representing himself to be an ofcer rked his way through the crowd and cried, “‘This firht is stopped.” Before he had a chance to anvthing more he re- ceived a crack behind the car that sent him over the chairs, and with the aid of several moro vicious blows he soon reached the outer air in a very dazed condition. It is understood to-ni, that the match will not be fought again. The Parson said that to have the men como together again would be brut > is willing to divide liy between them, i mean that the figl obtain one-half of pts. The purse and gate receipts are one and the same thing. The affair, therefore, was a contest for the gate t by that time the; it would be most on and not injure s by a knock-out. -~ aerceable to mal their future busin StiLLwATER, Minn,, March 81.—([Special Telegram to!l'ne Brx.) —A miscreant deliber- sct fire to a lond of hay on Pine street, which the owner, Nicholas Lics, wat The fellow then ran awaj attiie top f his spead. Several boys who aw the nct yelled to the farmer, who slid doswn off the load, detached the horses from the wagon aud securing the assistance of 10 chanced to bo near tipped the wagon over and pulled it away from the burning mass, The horses, wagon and harness were saved, but tho unlicky owner was soverely burned. The polica tiink they - Death of James Fenwick, rick, a gentloman of Seventy- , diod yestorday noon at his resi. Douglas streot. His complaint = was intlamation of the bowels, His remuius wiil bo shipped to C Neb,, for interment, i Lo The Weather Indications, Wor Nebraska and Towa: r, slightly oler, followed Monday by stationary tem- atare, variable winds. Tor Dakota: Fair, ds, warmer, southerly e The Fire Record, Cuicao0, March 81 ~Dacker & Unrath's packing house, at Fulton and Green streets, was burned this morning. Loss, §50,000, pril Mav arilia (s prepgyed from Sarsaps andrake, nck, Jun r fler Flood's Sarss in such a peculiar manner as to derive the full anl vilue of eacl, It will cure, whun 1 . sorofuln, salt rhetm, humors, dyspensis, atizn, kidney and lvee It overcomes thut extrerie tired o, ard fwparts life and strenvth to the whole matic mbaygoe “Abont a yoar ago | was troubled with rlieus maric lumbago, and seeing Hood's Sarsaparills commendod for that, thought I would try King three bottlos T felt like a new 2 also unalle to slecp nights, bus aparilla has made mo. sleep a5 well outl pmend H0od's Sursapae L. ¥, CABtIAY, Omahs 1 think 1t s the b DaNtEL BEAv, Kausus City, Sarsaparilla Sold by ull drueglst, #1; six for 86, I RER TR anly by (. L HOOD & € v 100 Doses One Dollar Boloby ell drucglets, #1; six for 85, Propared culy by G, L HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass, 10¢ Boses One Dollur