Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 5, 1889, Page 4

“'HE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. e TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dadly Mornin, W!.llomln(,ludln( nu-mr ik, One Ye r Bix Months. ... . Months. . B OMARA SUNDA nadress, One Year WERKLY One Yeni OMATA OFFICR, No#, 014 and 910 FARNAM BTREET. 10AT0 OF) ROOKRRY BUILDING. W YORK OFFICE, ROOMS 18 AND 15 TRIBUNE BUILDING. WASHINGTON OFFI No. 0] FOURTEENTH BTREE CORRESPONDENCE. All communications relating to news and edi- TALLor Ahotid be addTessed (0 the EDITOR OF THE BE) BUSINKSS LETTERS. 11 business lettors and remittances shonld be dressed to TirE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, OMAMA. Drafts, tofMice orders to o made payablé to the ord rdar of th company. Y7k¢ Beg Publishing Company, Proprictors. ROSEWATER, Edito . THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btate of Nebraska, (, County of Douglas, George I, Tzschuck, secretary ot The fioe Pubx AishingCompa ny, dovs solemnly swear that tho Betial circiiation of Tax DATLY B for the week ending May 4, 1850, was as follows: Eunday, April 28 0K, ana subscribed to tn my of May. A. . 1889, P. FEIL, Notary Publie, Btate of Nebraska, | Connty of Dougl: bt George B. Tzscl , being duly sworn, de- oses and says that ne i8 secretary of the Bes bublistiing company, that the actial averae daily circulation o D, BEE for th month of April, 188, 18,7 5”” copies: for June, July. | Al 14 copie: Joww 10,343 coplos; tor wxu ceplus; for Augist, 1, 18183 T, 1fw cnp(ox. tor Ne 1060 wpm o December, 1885, 14,223 coples for 80, 14674 cobles: for. Februney 50, e copte rur Murch 185, 1 Sworn to betore sme A subsciibed I mhy Ppresonce this 16th di oc A rll A, N. L, Notary Public. TaE Honorable \Vumar Seeley has gone to meet Jake Robberts down in Oklahoma, IT may be well to remind the water- ‘works company now that the summer season is approaching, that the stone drinking fountains promised to the city have not yet made their appearance. THE withdrawal of the Northwestern from the agreement to run stock trains between Omaha and Chicago on & thirty-four-hour schedule would indi- cate that the fast stock trains on all the Chicago roads are to be revived. THE award to the shipyards of San Fraucisco of a contract to build another armored cruiser at a cost of over a million and a half will have the effect of stimulating the iron industry on the Pacific coast. THE National Educational associa- tion, which held its annual meeting at San Francisco, in 1888, will open this year at Nushville, Tenn., July 16. The success of these annual gatherings of teachers hasbeen phenomenal and there is every prospect that the Nashville meeting will call together a large num- ber of instructors from all parts of the country. E— THE tax payers of Omaha will be gratified with the unusually low paving bids just opened by the board of public works. The spirited competition of con- " tractors from other cities contributed to ghis result. It behooves the ovroper .uthormea, however, to protect the city " mgainst inferior paving material and defective work. TwE merchants of Omaha who went o the Black Hills, with a view to ad- *wancing the trade interests of Omaha In that direction, will know how to re- gard the efforts of a newspaper of this - oity to disparage their enterprise and _Enjure the business of Omaha by false representations regarding the relative gost of transportation from this city and other trade centers, and by depreciat- fng Omaha as a market. ONE of the centeunial orators pre- * flicted that before the end of another century the English language will be ®lmost universally the language of weivilization. A noteworthy innovation _has taken place in the decision of the © Berlin conference to conduct its pro- eeedings in Eoglish, French has long been the language of European courts, _ butitis undoubtedly destined to give ‘way before the rapid advance of English .speaking peoples who will demand that precedence be given to their language ‘$n matters of diplomacy with which they are concerned, ‘THE indictment of a number of keep- ers of the Jefferson insane asylum, at Chiecago, for the brutal murder of an dnoffensive patient, reveals a shocking state of affairs at that institution. A " mewspaper reporter, by shamming in- ' sanity, became an eye witness to the _inbuman treatment of unfortunates. His revelations of the barbarity prac- ticed before the grand jury of Cook | county are almost incredible. It is to ‘be hoped that in the course of the trials, the true state of affairs will be- come known, and the officials guilty of the crimes charged will be punished to the fullest exteut of the law. — THERE will go into effect to-day on the Vanderbilt railroads, the new policy for that system, of discontinuing ~ the running of all freight trains on _ Bundays, except those which carry live stock and perishable goods. This policy was introduced some time ago on the ~ Erie road, and subsequently on the Deloware and Hudson and several of the southern roads, in all these cases with satisfactory results. The New Eogland roads have also found it ad- wantageous to discontinue Sunday ‘freight trains. The arrangement is understood to have been under con- sideration by the managers of the Van- rbilt system for a considerable time - before the decision was reached, and it 4s understood that the plan is to be in- mduan.d simply as an experiment, the ' order not contemplating its permanent " establishment. It will afford a large " mumber of employes & day of rest, but - b will also reducs their puy to that ex- teat. If the plan works successfully on the Vanderbilt system it will very likely become general. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY MAY STILL FORGING AHEAD. Omaha is still forging ahead. The present building season promises to sur pass that of last yenr, and will beyond a doubt equal that of any other city west of the great lakes. The figures we present olsewhero of buildings under way and projected, and of public improvements about to com- mence, aggregate over eight millions in value, The substantial growth of Omaha is nowhere more manifest than in the suburbs, where hundreds of cottages and scores of elegant residences are being erected, not for rent, but for occupancy by the owners. While the superb business and office blocks which will be com- pleted this season cannot be surpassed, either in this city or elsewhere; the factories and industrial concerns that are about to begin active operations show the remarkable vitality of Omaha and unbounded confidence in her fu- ture. And yet this is not what could be called a “boom” season. There is no disposition toward reckless speculation and no wildeat schemes of improve- ment. There never was a time when real estate prices were firmer than they are this spring, although the sales are chiefly imade tw parties who intend to improve the property. A fow salient points with regard to the building outlook may not be out of place. Firstand foremost comes the cold fact that the building permits this year aggregate over $950,000 which is an excess of a quarter of a million over the total for the samo period last year. These permits never represent more than two-thirds of the actual cost. It is therefore safe to say that the build- ings now under construction will cost over a million and a quarter, Omaha architects report plans now being prepared for buildings projected by citizens which, at a low estimate, will cost over two millions. The public works by the city, county and board of education, together with the improve- ments and extensions now being made and contemplated for this season by the street railway companies, and the gas and waterworks companies, will full very little short of four millions. Last, but by no means least, come the public buildings, depots and via- ducts, that will be begun this season, and will necessarily take from two to to five years for their completion. Few American cities will make a better exhibit for 1889, WOMAN'S TRUE PLACE. ‘Woman’s place in nature is the theme discussed by one of our local contempo- raries in a recent issue. Exception is taken to the salient point made by Grant Allen, in the current number of the Forum, in which he maintains that the males are the race and have built up civilization, while the females ‘‘are merely the sex told off to recruit and produce” the race. In other words, that all that is truly woman is repro- ductive—the home, the nursery and the school room. This terse expression of a a homely truth is sniffed at disdainfully, as if maternity were a degradation, when in fact it is the greatest of woman’s functions. The mother of man has always been regarded with veneration. When Na- poleon was once asked by Madame de Stael, one of the most brilliant women of the last century, *“Who is the great- est among women?”’ he answerea, “The woman that brings up the largest family of children.” This was of course intended as a hit at the childless Mad- ame de Stael, but 1 fact it expressed a great truth. The woman who can raise a family and educate her sons and daughters up to adolescence is as great in her sphere asany man who conquers nations or navigates the seas. The ideal woman is not the one who walks about in masculine attire and in- sists upon unsexing herself, as did the wife of Macbeth, but the mothers of the ‘Washingtons, the Lincolns and the Garfields are among the greatest of their sex. There is a great deal of false theory and harmful teaching regarding woman’s place in nature which, partic- ularly in this country, is damaging, both morally and economically. Ma- ternity, the crowmng glory of woman- hood, has for years been steadily grow- ing in disrepute and disregard. Thou- sands of American homes are not cheered and brightened by the pres- ence and chatter of children. The in- stinct of motherhood may be naturally as strong In American women as in those of other nationalities, but it is re- pressed in obedience to a fear of the duties, cares and responsibilities which motherhood involves. It 1s not very long ago that several prominent ministers in eastern cities publicly deplored the decline of motherhood among American women, on account both of the immorality which it implied and the injurious phy- sical consequences involved. The high privilege of recruiting the race has been relegated to the iower strata of soclety. This is largely due to the dis- semination of false ideas regarding the place and functions of woman. The re- sult is & vast amount of domestic un- happiness which finds vent in the di- vorce courts. Thousands of homes from which the strongest and most sacred bond of marital relation is absent, and our women falling into physical de- cadence at an earlier age than those of almost any other country. Motherhood is nature’s law, Itis woman’s highest and holiest function. Whatever inter- feres with it is wrong, and its conse- quences cannot but be calamitous to the race, THE PARIS EXPOSITION. To-day the universal exposition will be opened in Paris, and the republic of France will begin the commemoration of the revolutionury struggle for free- dom in that country a century ago. Re- garding with disfavor what they were pleased to consider the political signifi- eance of this exposition, the monarchies and empires of the old world refused to have any part in it, yet it prom- ises to be a very complete and at- tractive display of modern industry and art. The United States will be repre- sented by a generous exhibit of the pro- ducts of its farms and faclories, and other American countries will have & more or less liberal display of their in- dustries. So'that while the exposition will not quite answer to its title of uni~ varsal, it will not be wanting in attrac- tions that will appeal to an enlightened civilization, and very fully illustrate modern achievement. In its purpose of commemorating that most remarkabloe of the numerous epochs in French history, the revolution which had its beginning in 1789, brought forth the republic of 1792, and cul- minated with the ascendancy of Na- poleon Bonaparte, the influence of the exposition ought to be beneficial. In recurring to the character and events of the first revolution for constitutional government in France, the Frenchmen of to-day learn the valuable lesson, needed by many of them, that in order to render republican institutions se- cure, there must be a patriotism capa- ble of subduing passion, a love of lib- erty so strong and deep as to be proof against the conflicts of factions, and a profound reverence for law and justice It has been justly said of the Frer revolution that it defied God and de- rided the law, Many of its principles were sound, particularly those which the statesmen of America had enun- iated and successsfully maintained. The Declaration of the Rights of Man which was the charter of the French revolution, proclaimed that all men are born and continuq free and equal in rights; that sovereignty resides in the nation, that is, the poople; that all citi- zens have a right w take part, through their representatives, in the making of the law, and that law must be equal for all; that all men are free to hold what religious views they will, provided they are not subversive of public order, and that freedom of speech, of writing and print- ing is one of the most preciows of the rights of man. These and other equally wise and just principles were the basis of the KFrench revolution, and they might then have been firmly established in France had the people of that coun- try been imbued with the lofty patriot- ism of the American people, whose ex- ample was fresh before them, and pos- sessed a leader so strong in wisdom and integrity, and so unselfish in his strength, as to have commanded the universal popular respect, confidence and support. But while the French republic of 1792had only a brief existence, the principles which led to the fall of the bastile, the execution of Louis XVI., and other bloody incidents of that most eveuntful epoch, did notdie. They have ever since been before the French peo- ple, not always exerting a great or gen- eral influence, but never without sup- porters, and now the most vital of them are embodied in a constitutional re- public which gives better promise of permanence than those which preceded it. There are, however, menacing po- litical eonditions in France which cause serious anxiety to the friends of that re- public, ana popular government there must still be regarded as an experi- ment. The third republic has continued nearly nineteen years, and the popular sentiment in its “support has undoubt- edly grown year by year. Itis the hope of the friends of free government every- where that France has definitely aban- doned her imperialist traditions and that the great majority of her people have learned the benefits of a constitu- tional republic. They have scen the country grow and prosper under that system, and they have to inspire them the example of the United States, main- tained a hundred years and productive of unparallelled results in every condi- tion of national progress. The opening of their exposition will lead them to re- flect on all chese things, and the effect ought to be good in elevating their pa- triotism and strengthening their devo- tion to the republic THE SPRING ART EXHIBITION. The Western Art association will open its second exhibition on May 15. ‘We may confidently look forward to a marked improvement in the products of the brush and peneil of our professionnl and amateur artists. The success of the fall exhibition has infused in them con- fidence in their ability, while the standard of excetlence insisted upon by the association has given them an in- centive to strive for better things. All this is in harmony with the spiric of the society. The Western Art association has demonstrated its usefulness and made for itself a place in the work of higher education. The exhibition of last fall was in the nature of an experiment, and its success was most gratifying. Encour- aged by the favor with which the exhibition was received, the asso- ciation renewed its efforts to awaken 8 love for the fine arts, and that its endeavor has been crowned with success is uttested by the membership roll of nearly four huu- dred. What progress it has made in an artistic sense, will be demonstrated at the forthcoming exhibition, which is destined to prove an agreeable surprise to our citizens. To the lover of art this will be pleasing information. It is proof of the growth of the art feeling ready to expand with every effort made in its behalf. For that reason the spring exhibition deserves substantial encouragement. If all the people in Omaha who have a taste for art and de- sire to encourage art culture will mani- fest sufficient interest to visit the ex- hibition, they will instil additional en- thusiasm in the artist and in the stu- dent. Every one who daubs paint on the canvas is by no means an artist, and many of those who imagine they will “fill & long felt want in art circles are doomed to disappointment. Omahu can be made an art center, and not many years hence may rival Cincinnati in the culture of fine arts, This depends, how- ever, on the public spirit and taste of wealthy citizens, and men and women of leisure who are inclined to devote their time to the cultivation of art. The Art association is a nucleus for such work. It remains for the citizens of Omaha and the people of this section to foster and encourage the art spirit through thé association. E——— Tuk criticisms of the centennial ad- dress of Bishop Potter, of New York, which exalted the past and took a decidedly gloom, and future of th account of the fa old man, and th: live largely in 4] Was unnecossary jow of thn present itry, did not take hat the bishop is an 1d men are apt to past. Perhaps it such an occasion for Bishop Potter§o say what he did, yet it was in the tain true, if in some respocts a little overdrawn, and doubt- less no harm cad eédme of being re- minded that there isn great deal of cor- ruption in our political and social life, the removal of which would increase the security of our Institutions. We do not believe that the ‘‘old times” were free from corruption. We know that the political leaders of that period were charged with being corrupt. But it is certain that corrupt methods invade almost every relation of life at present, particularly that which is political, and there is a demand for reform in this respect which cannot be too often or too loudly urged. Bishop Potter struck discordant key, but he awoke roflec- tions that may bear good fruit. —— OUR Canadian neighbors who profess to be 8o greatly exasperated over the action of this government in closing the Behring sea against their prowling seal fishermen will gain nothing by in- dulging in threats. The United States will not be frightened from the poliey deemed necessarv and proper in tho circumstances by Canadian bluster, from whatever source it may proceed. The question of the exclusive jurisdic- tion of this country over Behring sea, by virtue of a treaty made with Russin when Aliska was purchased, will doubtless in due time be determined by an interna- tional convention, but meanwhile this government will insist upon its claim to such jurisdiction, and will maintain 1t, regardless of Canadian opinion or men- ace. It could not open this sea to Cana- dian fishermen without permitting those of other countries to enter it, and this would mean the speedy destruction of the seal fisheries. No such folly 1s likely to occur under the present ad- ministration. Tue Paris exposition which opens to-day contains a special exhibit of. corn as one of the features of the American display. Nebraska has reason to bo in- terested in this project. The corn pro- ducts of the seven surplus states, includ- ing the different varieties of corn in the earand grain, the various food prepara- tions, corn fodder, all the several corn- fed meats, glucose, or grape sugar, alco- hol and the mode of distilling corn into alcohol and whisky are to be carefully set forth and 4~\(|\l<um=d The result of this exposition cadnot' fail to attract universal attention ia Wurope. The scope of this undertaking is not confined to the present yoar pdd the Paris expo- sition, but is intendod th be the nucleus of a series of similar pxhibits in the leading cities of the cotinent toextend over soveral yoears: TBhe purpose of this undertaking is.plafn. It is intend- ed to familiarize the fhasses of Kurope with corn as a food produet and thus inz crease our export in that cereal. e A COMPULSORY education bill has just been passed by the New York as- sembly. The measure is significant in that it provides sovere penalties for the neglect of parents and guardians to provide for tle proper education of children in their charge. A feature of the law which commends itseif is that it provides for officers whose duty it is to look out for truants. It remains to be seen, however, whether the enforce- ment of scheol attendance is practical in this country, especially in rural dis- tricts where the population resides chiefly on farms. Tue promised early extension of the Council Bluffs and Omaha motor line into Fairmount Park will afford the people of botn cities an easy means of reaching this charming pleasure resort during the summer. Its commanding elevation and sightliness make] it ex- tremely popular Also there is an elevator trust, and now it only needs a combiuation between the cleva- tor boy and the sieeping car porter to put a ball and ciain upon American existence, The Harrisons and Clevelands. St, Lowis Globe-Democrat, It turns out that Mrs. Harrison has a smaller hand than Mrs, Cleveland, just as it turned out thather husband held a better ono than Mr. Cleveland. — One Consolation. Chicago Tribune, Inall the misery of the reaction from the centennial and moving day it affords a feol- ng of grateful relief to reflect that the play of “Robert Elsmere" is a dismal and hopeless failure, First in Everything. Utica Observer. One would think, after a oconsideration of the prices that were charged for the various privileges in New York, that George Wash- ington was first 10 the pockots of his country- men, e —— Profitable Hospitality. Eansas City Joyrnal, New York City has afforded entertainment this week to people from every state in the union, and her patriotic eitzens, who opened their houses for ths accommgdation of strangers, will take thefr families %o the sea- shore for a month on the profits. ———— — ' The Oivil Service Commission. Globe-Democrat, The civil service commission lacks two members and hence is practically unable to trunsact business; but ‘it (loes not appear that the cause of civil seryice reform is los- ing suything on that accoupt. In fact, 1t is not at all certain that said' cause has ever derived any benefit lrofll that profound and mysterious body. B In Congenial Society, Kansas City Times. The New York Sun pleasantly alludes to the ‘‘jays" and “waybacks" who are in the city, and the Herald contains & spicy reference to the “*hayseed legislators at Al- bany.” This is calculated to make the rural visitors feel comiortable and perfectly at home. Claus Spreckles has .made mavy millions out of the Hiwaii treaty, has several sugar retineries, and proposes t0 go into the beet sugar business. Mr. Spreckies bas de- nounced the sugar trust up hLill and down dale, and declared bis intention to smash it, but in view of the rapid advance of prices in all grad8i there is room to suspect that the 5 1889, —SIXTEEN PAGES. report that ho has become a momber of the combino is true, A man with $30,000,000 will do & good many disreputable things to get lold of $50,000,000 more. —— The Diplomatic Tongue, Chicago News, At the Berlin conference: Count Herbert Bismarck—All the dele- @ates present speak German fluently, I be- lieve! The other delewates. “And English also!" “‘We do.” “Well, being diplomats, of course we Ger- mericans and Englishmen will trans- act this Samoan business in French.” - Woe do. Ghastly Testimonials to Corporate Gread. Providence Journal. There aro eightoen charred skelotons from the railroad disaster at Hamilton, Ont., as memeontos of the groed and selfishnoss of railroad cornorations and the supineness of legislatures in using and permitting to bo used mothods of heating cara which con- songoers to bo burnt in case of acci- Thero 18 no other civilizod country in the world where such carclessness would bo tolerated. D Multam in Parvo. Kansas City Jonrnal, It occurred to the Oklahoma correspondent of the Chicago Herald to interview an aborigine and ascertain what ho thought of tho great rush of settlers into the promised land. And the Indian, with a comprehen- sive glancg at Guthric and the sand hes boyond, replied contemptuously: *White man, d——d fool.” The Am a master of the art of conder HITS AND MISSES. There «s a painful lack of truth in the assertion that everything remains at a dead stand still because the postoftice is not defin- itely locatod. With a total of eight and three-quarter million dollars worth of build- ings and public works tndortaken and pro- jected, there is no cause for alarm outsido of the few people interested in lots near the Planter’s house. The apostles of St. Paul threaten to invade the Rlack Hills and unreot the seeds of com- mercial amity planted there by the Omaha excursionists. T'hey are welcome to the crumbs. Omaha enterprise is spreading in all direc- tions in Iowa. An Omaha contractor has secured a job of granite puving in Burling- ton, and Omaha architects are furnishing plans for buildings in Sioux City. Charley Beck, the reporter who recently achieved fame by personating a lunatic and invostigating the methods and management of the Cook county insane asylum for the Chicago Times, is well known in the west, having received his oariy training from the wild and wooly of Cheyenne. Heck suc- cecaed in securing the indictment of the koepers for murdering one of the immates. "The incident recalls the mercenary cry of rival paper: ins® Tk Bee becauss it at- tempted to secure, by similar means. a true insight into the management of the Douglas county poor farm. The Rapids City Journal roasts the Omaha Republican for its uncomplimentary write-up of Deadwood. ‘‘It was not what was ex- vected,” says the Journal, ‘‘after the lavish entcrtainment.of the visitors. It may be said that there was truth in it, but it must oceur to even a casual reader that less prom- inence might have been given to the dark spots in the city character and more promi- nence to much that may be seen to commend. Deadwood deserved better than she received at the hands of at least one of her guests. The Journal’s strictures are just, but allow- ance should be made forthesource. A guest ‘who abuses hospitality is beuneath contempt. Our estcemed contems. are exceedingly cheerful and supremely happy. The Herald boasts that it is “the Sunday paper.” The Republican pathetically points 1o a two cent piece, while the World drops in a fresh bar- rel to grind out the ancient tu “I'm Sad- dest When 1 Sing.”’ Meanwhile Tur Bre prints all the news, Sunday and weel Its literary features, its corvespondence from all sections, and its unsurpassed cable letters speal for themselves, while its advertising columns attest that its patrons know that their money is placed where it does the most good. ‘The surgeon of the motor proposes to ap- ply the knife to the cousohidated company and amputate the limbs of the concern. Mer- cer’s experience as a scalpel wieldor comes handy to the motor company. A caveat for a patent has been granted to G. M. Hitcheock, of Omaha, U, S. A, for an ingenious device for exhibiting a coustant and never-failing increase of newspaper cir- culation, whether subscribers discontinue, move away or refuse to pay. This ingenious arrangement 1s very simple. Instruct your carriers to throw papers right and left, koep up the gif-delivery for a few months and help the pressman to make a true statement of the number of papers printed, and have the bookkeeper supplied with the names necessary to make an exhibit of bouna fide subscribers on his list. By this process your circulation will never show a decrease. AS OTHERS SEE US, Our Union Depot. Springfield Monitor. The promises of a million dollar union depot for Omaha have bocome o chestnutty that the latcst announcement to that effect does not oceasion the least disturbance in the oty’s business circles. The Grandeur of Our Bill, Chicago Tribune, America’s eminent citizen, the Hon, Buf- falo Bill, will assist 13rother Whitelaw Reid 10 representing this country in Paris during the coming season, The Hon, Buffalo Bill may be easily distinguished from Mr. Reid, and in fact from any other man on earth, by having a look of stern grandeur about him that is immeasurable, appalling, unapproach- able, indescribzble. In his greatest days George Washington could never have neld a candle to the Hon. Buffalo Bill, Chicago Times, Buffalo Bill is again on his way to Eng land. He became very much impressed with the mother country when he was over bo- fore. It is not unlikely when he returns ho will have Lis hair cut, wear trousers cut by o pillow-case pattern, and gnaw the end of his cane. Srer Palmyra's Plety. Bedford (Ia.) Republican, Owing to the scarcity of bibles at Palmyra, Neb., the local paper there publishes the ten commandments “*by request.” The Fly ana the Ball, Stouz Clty Tribune, The Omaha people are so sore because Sioux City 1s taking their business from them that they can no longer couceal it, This 18 shown by the abuse of ths city in nearly every issue of the Omaha papers. It is @ sure sign of & large aud walignant sore. Bury the Mossbacks. Norfolls Ne: The newspapers of Omaha are unanimous and fully alive to the fact thut the metropolis needs a railroad to the north. Tne newspa- pers of Omaha, and of every other city for that matter, are usually alive to everythrng that tends to build up and benefit the com- munity long before the people whom they serve wake up to & realization of a good thing. Tt is to be hoped that the newspapers of Omaha will flay the mossbacks of that city alive, 1f they allow the opportunity now \presented to slip through their flagers—a thing which, by the way, tho mossbacks of Omaha have proviously done and are liable to do again, Omaha has grown more through shoer good luck than through the efforts of her richest citizens. Omaha and the Hills, ~ Raptad City Journal. Considering their short stay in the Black Hills, the Omaha excursionists have acquired a great deal of knowledge of this region. They came to learn all that might be learned in their limited time, and they found the people of the Hills not only willing but anxious to show them all there is to see and to give them all the information possible. Every member of the party confesses pleased surprise. All now believe that the press and the people of the Hills have not exaggerated the resources of this region either as to variety or abundance. They will carry back to their business houses and offices a knowl}) odge that hero is a region the trade of which is worth fighting for, and a determination that Omaha shall secure her full share. Their visit to the Hills must be productive of good results. 1t cannot be otherwise. i BUZZINGS, The other day an interesting relic of pre- historic times was uncarthed at Deflance, Ia., fn the shape of a mammoth tusk, found on a farm three miles northwost of that place, at a depth of twenty-seven feet, It is now in the possession of Mr. H. B. Sooy, and it is smid to measure seven foet, This story calls to mind an interesting reminisconce of a tusk which was on exhi- bition in the store ofJ. S. Collins, in Omaha, as far back as 1865, It was alleged to have been discovered in a cave near Green's quarry, some miles below this city. The tusk measured was six feet in length and was an object of curiosity. It had a white, ashy appearance and bore hieroglyphics which gave it the stamp of antiquity. People came from the surrounding towns to see it. The government surveyors who at that time were running the meridian and setting stone columns on the high school campas (which will be noticed there to-day), examined the tusk and appeared to be as greatly m.ystitied as everybody else. After the tusk had re- mained an object of wonder for a consid- erable length of time it became whispered about town that it was counterfeit, and an investigation revealed the fact that a number of local jesters had perpetrated a huge joke upon the confiding public. The principals in the scheme were Mr. G. H. Collins, deceased ; Mr. John Creighton, Mr. Andrew Simpson and Mr. E. Rosewater. It was developed that tne tusk was made in the carriage fac- tory of Mr. Simpson. “Yes, Irecollect quite well the painted and daubed up representation of antiguity that was placed in our shop window some twenty-four years ago.” said Mr. J. S. Col- lins, *dt was labeled, ‘Found in Green's Quarry,’ and the people who looked at it were easily fooled, for they were not per- mitted to get their hands ou the imposition. It was, of course, just a joke. John Creigh- tou was as great a wag as were the rest of the practical jokers. “However,” continued Mr. Collins, “I don’t consider it at all remarkable tuat such a retic should be discovered in the great val- leys of the country. Iremember that during the gold digging days in Montana, in Adler Gulch, I saw miners digupat a depth of about thirty feet, a seven foot wsk, Exposure to the air soon checked and crumbled the find, and in the course of a_short time it was a pile of ashes. When first unearthed the bone was iridescent. Thave seen a tooth weighing fifteen or twenty pounds found in the same guich. Nick Janice brought to me from what is known as the Pratt & Ferris’ ranch, situated thirty miles below Fort Laramie, on the Platte viver, what seemed to be the knuckle of the leg-bone of a mammoth. It was at least two and one-half feet high, in composi- tion similar to stone, and it was all that a stout man coula do to lift it. Mr. Collins thought that these prehistoric animals had followea the assuaging waters of the earth, and could on that hypothesis readily believe in the find reported from Towa. - ““When in New York the other day,” said a prominent newspaper man of this city, “I saw & meager description of the latest im- proved invention for the transmission of tel- ograms. I'rom a cursory examination of, and what was told me concerning the pat- ent, I propiesy that it will work a complete revolution in the matter of sending and re- coiving telographic dispatches, both in the commercial and newspaper worlds. “The sending nstrument is fashioned somewhat after the idea of the typewriter keyboard, and is manipulated very much in the same way. At the receiving end the message is typewritten upon puver, and leaves the instrument as perfect a specimen off n typewritten page as well cun be im- agined. ““You may have scen something apvroach- ing the wonderful invention in the stock broker’s ofiice where little instruments aro heard ticking away and printing with lotters the market quotations on a narrow paper tape which is reeled off a spindle, ““Phe messages which come by means of this new patent referred to, which by tho way is of English invention, are printed on sheets of the ordinary size of letter paper, and with the usual number of words upon a page, and also a given number of words to each line. They are printed upon a roll of paper which is automatically cut o a uni- form longth after the page had been printed. No operator is required at the receiving end, In the matter of press reports this phenom- inal instrument will work & great change aud be best appreciated. “I understand that the Western Union company 18 endeavoring to secure the patent for its exclusive use in this country, and I was told also that one or the other of the leading press associations was endeavoring to secure the vatent. If the latter is suc- cessful it is among tho possibilities that special wires will be built by the association exclusively for the use of the new device, in which event the transmission of press news will undergo another RrLul. stride.! A DAUGHTER OF EVE, Boddon Globe Eyes liko the sky, and hair iike the sunshine, What is sho thiking, the precious pet, As she sits there, holding, 'twixt pink patms tiny, ‘That gold-streaked avple, untasted yett Is it the flush of joy's red dawning That runs round the little waid’s rosebud lips? Is it the shadow of & In the curve of the dips! »w that lurks there outh that downward The light in her cyes that dims and darkens, ‘That glooms till the violet grows w gray; Tho glance half glad, and yet full of wonder, Wiiat, ob, what do'all these things sayt Ah, me! the apple that child-hand holds there, Is it & sign and a symbol sot, Since time bogan, of woman's taking And giviug! Of love and grief and rogrett Will its taste in her mouth be sweet or bittert Will it be bothi Ab. sweot little maid ! She gazes with eager oyos on the golden ¥ruit, not afraid or unafraid. Clasping it close, she sits there waitig, With wistful wide eyes while the weird sistors weave The weft that forc'er from her childhood's den Shall shut cut this littie daughter of Kve! FOR PEHOPLE WHO THINK, Elmira, N. Y., is to have a police matr among whose duties, savs the A||\'rrlln:‘ will bo that of a motherly care for young girls whose arrest bas been caused by thele own foolishness, indiscretion or force of oire cumstances rather than through Intentional and voluntary wrong doing. When sene tence of such is suspended they are taken te the matron’s house and cared for, until soma other disposition of the unfortunate's case is made. The soclety for the uplifting of women has appointed a committee composed of about thirty women, selected from all tha churches and charitable institutions of the oity, and it will be their enaeavor to provide homes or employment for such young girls, The lady chosen for the office of matron has been an honored resident of that city for many years. The house will bo provided by the city, and is to have a commodious and cheerfull sitting-room with smaller rooms supplied, not with prison cots, but neat single bedstead clothed with white linen. It ishoped that a noble work wiil be effected. According to the Univorsalist, pessimism is sciontifically dofined as the gospel of despair, which teaches that the pains of hfo outweigh its pleasures; that the fate of man is to strugglo laboriously by paths that aro distrossing, to ends that are unsatistylng, and tnat it is the unhappy constitution of humanity to be unconscious of its happiness, but keenly alive to its misery. It polnts to no land of promise, the prospect of whoso milk and honey will Inspirit the weary travelors through the wilderness; it sings no paeans over a coming era of freedom, plenty, enliglitenment and peacg; it bluntly informs humanity that its lot is ovil; that its best efforts will never achieve aught but somo trfliing mitigation of its sufforings, and that there 1s hope neither in the future of the race nor beyond the grave. Mr. Mason Kinne is a quict gentieman who has lived for many years in this city, says the San Francisco Call. Heis an onthusi- astic momber of the Microscopical socle! an honorary member of several foreign sci- entific societies, and contributes to several scientific journals. He is an indefatigable investogator. Some time ago he deolared thathe had discovered scxuality in atoms— that is, after examining the smallest frage ments of inorganio matter, iron and other mineral substances, he had discovered cer- tian traces that led him to belive that all atoms, animal and vegetable, are either male or female, and reproduce their species. The importance of such a discovery cannot be es- timated. If veritied, and Mr. Kinne is confi- dent that it can be verified, it means the rev- olution of science—a new alphabet for geol- oRy, chomistry and natural philosophy. ‘While in the United States the qestion of the least painful mood of execution is being agitated, in Europe there isarapid growth of sentiment in favor of abolishing the death penalty altogether, In Italy on the 1st of January next such a law will go into effect. This is the more rewarkable in view of the frequeney with which murder is committed among the hot-blooded inhabitants of the Italian peninsula. Notonly are killings more numerous in Italy than in most civilized countries, but the murderers are more foro- cious and cruel. Though frugal in every- thing else, the Italians are frightfully prodi- galof life, Yet, in spite of tius, the states- men of Italy have concluded that the death penalty has no influence in diminishing the frequency of murder, and that the stato would not do credit to its intelligence and humanity by clingmg to a barbarous method of punishment. Though Italy is the first of the great states of Europe to abolish it, the death penalty by law has, in practice, been abandoned by a number of others, In Bol gium there has been no execution since 1863- In Prussia, from 1870 to 1880, while judg, ment of death was pronounced upon 55§ criminals, but one—Hodel, the would-be-as- sassin of the late Emperor Wilhlam—was ex, ecuted. Of twenty-one death sentences re cently pronounced in Sweden but four have been carried into effect. In France of 100 death penalties pronounced in 1830 sixty-five were executed; of 100 death penalties pro- nounced in 1884 only fifteen were carried out. In Austria the percentage of 16 in 1869 declined to 3 in 1884. Portugal, Holland, Roumania and sixteen of the Swiss cantons have also totally abolished the death penalty, and Russia is taking steps to abolish it fo# crimes below the degree of treason. In private life the love of ‘‘effect” is gen. erally pernicious, says the Philadelphia Record. Everybody romembers that the ime mortal Pecksnift always contrived to inform his daughters of the comingof any visle tors in order that they might be found suite ably employed; and everybody remembers, moreover, that those charming girls were greatly surprised and blushed furiously when the visitors arrived. Somowhat analagous to this little picce of dissimulation is & story which is going the rounds of ‘the American press. One of the most popular of American authoresses has five sons, of whom she is exceedingly proud. When a visitor s an- nounced 1t is her invariable custom, accord- ing to the story, to direct her sons in what position to place themselvos, 80 that the vis- itor when entering the room may get & briof glimpse of a pleasing family group. This may be due to mere harmless vanity, al- though the profession of the lady 1s strongly against such a supposition, At any rate, the harm m cases of this sort is not great, nor can any objection be taken to That vivacious versatility, ‘Which many people take for want of heart, They err—'tis merely what is called mo-~ bility— A thing of temperament, and not of art— Though seeming 80 from its supposed faciiity; And false, though true; for surely they're sincerest Who ure strongly acted on by what is nearest, This makes your actors, artists and ro- mancers, Heroes sometimes, though scldom—sages never; But speakers, bards, diplomatists and dan- cors, Little that's great, but much of what la clover, In private life especially the “effoct” tends to bring about an artificialiy of mauner and of lifo that cannot be ine jurious. “What is it that most makes man happy here bolow " asks the London Echo, Car not,the grandfather of the French president defined the elements of happinoss under ten heads, which may be compared with the list compiled by Count Tolstor; GARNOT, 1. Heallh, 2. Anindependent con-| Aition, 8. A taste for work, 4. Tho worth b. L love of TOLSTOL. 1. Natural life in th open air, with i mate connection with oarth, |ty Platits and ag bal 2. Physical labor, brin g, kood “apputite of3, mm..ls “fectiouste famlly life. X nid fawiliar (o % A tendency to aid) ourso Wit YouE the unfortunate, fellow men. 10. Companionaip “ofls. Hoalth and s pasural, a0 amick Painless deail Woman, The lists are curious and suggestive, Most men cau have all Tolstol's ingredients, Some of Carnot's are unattainable by all bus the gi oo ot ¥ poople. ofaoctoty “Kiowledage Dbusiness £ Moderation. T te e us of Ohio Assured. Piiladelphia Inguirer, By the new education law of Obis every cnild must atiend school long enough 1o gob 0 education. That selties flnu a8 8 repub. can state hereaftor, The 8