Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 18, 1889, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY PUBLISHED TRRMS OF EUBSCRIPTION. D ally Morning Edition) including Pes, One Year. o, One_ Year. M o Buflding, N W, Beventeenth anid Farnam Streots, Cnicago OMce, 567 Rookery Building. New York Office, Rooms 14 and 1) Tribune Bullmnu ‘ashimgton Ofce, No. 513 Fourteentn Street. CORRESPONDENCE. All communications relating to news and edi- Mflal ‘matter should be addressed to the Editor or the 1 °® BUSINESS LETTERS, A business letters and remittances shonid e addressed to The Bee Publishing “ompany. Omaha. Drafts, checks and postofiice orders to ‘e made payable to the order of the company. The Bee Poblishing Company, Proprielors. Bee Building Farnam and Seventeenth Sts. THE DAILY BE Sworn Statement of Circ Btate of Nebraska, County of _Douglas, George B, Tzschuck, secretary of The Res Publishing Company, does solemnly swear that the actual circulation of Tk DAILY Bree for the Week ending August 17, 153, was as follows: Sunday. August1l...... Monday, August 13 Tuesday, August 13, Wednesday, August 1i Thursday, August 13 Triday, Angust 15, . Baturday, August 1 lation. | fus s 18,008 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Sworn to befors me and subscribed to in my presence this 17ta day of Augugt, A. D 1450, [Seal. NP, FRIL, Notary Publiz. State of Nebraska, o Douglas, { 5% Average y_sworn, de- ublishing company, that the actual average dally circuiation of s DAWLY BEr. for the mionth of August, 1988, 18,183 coples: for tombor. 1 NI capled: foF Foctover 1 18051 coples: for Navember. i, 1408 coptos: for December, 1t 2% coples: o} January, 1880, 18,574, copies: for Febraary, 159, 180w Soplos: Tor March, [0, Inait copled; for April, 169, 145 coples: for May, 1 for June, 1w, 154, coples 10738 coples. G Bworn to before me and Dresence this dd d [8BAL] SINCE St. Joe has gravely announced itself a candidate for the world’s expo- sition of 1892, the citizens of that burg spell its name Saint Joseph. Wi vitizens inake up their minds to tender the park commission suitable grounds for park purposes they should attach no unreasonable conditions to the gift. T hystm ing barnacles who infest the police court and prey upon prison- ors have occasioned a great deal of ad- verse criticism upon the force. They should be run out. OMAHA’S poiice judge,in a recent decision, declared that ‘‘Even a king has no right to invade the sanctity of his moat humble subject’s home.” Pos- sibly his honor is not aware that install- ment men and policemen are the power behind the throne. —— Born Norvin Green and Postmaster General Wanamaker are at Saratoga. ‘When under the influence of Vichy and congress waters there should be no dif- ficulty in adjusting the question of gov- ernment rates over the telegraph lines of the Western Union A ST. PAUL paper has discovered that Minneapolis has packed its last city directory with the names of a large number of dogs. The ch: is prop- orly authenticated and goes to prove the desperate character of the struggle between the two ies for numerical supremacy. arge THE third and last series of competi- tive drills in marksmanship at the gov- ernment ge at Bellevue will begin to-morrow and the contest will include soldiers and officers from all commands in the army. These target drills have attracted attention in army les in every section of the United States, WESTERN railroad men declare that the difficulty with which they will have to contend this autumn will be a scar ity of equipment. While the Union Pacific and the Nebraska roads have ‘been constantly adding to their rolling stock, the number is not yet nearly large enough to handle the vast pro- ducts of the state with suflicient dis- pateh. NEBRASKA was the first state in the union to treat prize fighting as a felony and enforce the criminal code by send ing one of the principals in a prize fight to the penitentiary. Since then sporting men of the prize ring have given Nebraska a wide berth. Missis- sippi has only fallen into the footsteps of Nebraska in treating John L. Sulli- van as a law breaker that must share the ignominy aund hardships of the felon’s cell. PEOPLE who are afraid that Omaha is losing ground asa stock market had better examine the records. For the seven days ending August 7 the re- ceipts were twonty thousand, nine hun- dred and thirty-four, while at Kansas City they were twenty thousand, eight hundred and oighty-two, making a bal- ance of fifty-two in Omaha's favor. From the third packing center of the United States Omaha will soon advance permanently to second place. —— GeorGr P, BeMis has offered the park commissioners & tract of between five and ten acres of land situated at Thirty-fourth and Izard streots for park purposes. If some minor differences can be satisfactorily arranged between the commissioners and Mr, Bemis, the work of improving the land will be commenced 1mmediately, While the tract is not large the location is favora- ble, and the park would make a nice resort for all classes of citizens. INasmall w it appears, Nebraska s represented at the Paris oxposition. The state board of agriculture quietly prepared an exhibit of Nebraska’s prod- uet, and the state has the honor of be- ing the only one in the union which has a display of corn at Paris under the auspices of the American agricultural department. While there may be some satisfaction in knewing that Nebraska has shown more enterprise than her neighbors, it is neverthelesy to be re- gretted that the state has been alto- gether too modest in its eforts. It cer- tainly is news to many people in the state to learn that Nebraska has a corn show in Paris. WAS IT A CRIME? In commenting upon the killing of Judage Terry, THE BEE said that “not- withstanding his infamous character, his killing under the circumstances was a crime,” that “there was apparently nothing to justity the deputy marshal in killing the assailant of another man who was free to act for himself, and whose life does not seem to have been necessarily in jeopardy.” Our local contemporaries have oriticized these The World-Herald made this comment: What would Twe Bee havel Does it desire that & member of the highest legal tribunal of the land be open to the danger of assassination at the hands of a bloody. minded villain, who alroady has the death of soveral human beings to answor for, or would it have a justioe of the suprems court of the United States go armod lLike @ desperado to defend himself against ous men who may be offended at his rv The Republican commented as follows: "This is a queer viow to take of the case, in face of the fuct that Terry’s provious throats to kill Justice Field led to the employment of the deputy marshal to protect him in the dis- charge of his official duties. Terry's record a8 a bully and & murderer sufficed to justify the deputy marshal in killing him when he deliberately slapped Justie Field's face, and that tho sheoting was none too quick was proven by the subsequont discovery that whilo Ter- ry was provoking the tragedy his amiable wife was in quest of a satchel containing a revolver, of which she was disarmed before she could find opportunity to use it. Thus far Tue Ber been the only newspaper to declare the killing of Terry a crime. The action of the California authori- ties, and of the judge of the circuit court of the United States, is a sufficient vindication of the view taken by THE BEE as to the criminal character of the killing of Terry. The deputy marshal was promptly arrested and held in custody by the state authorities. Justicé Field was arrested on a warrant issued by a magistrate and indorsed by a judge of a state court. Both were released from the custody of the stata authorities upon habeas corpus proceedings by Judge Sawyer, of the United States circuit court and held under bml. It is therefore clear that both the state authorities and the federal judge re- garded the killing of Terry as a crim- inal act, for which the responsible party or parties should be held account- able in the manner prescribed by law. We cannot undertake to say what fur- thersteps California justice will take in this matter, but the action thus far has distinetly regarded the killing of Terry as a crime. The conviction of the dep- uty marshal, if he isever brought to trial, is extremely improbable, and doubtless he is already acquitted at the bar of public opinion, but this does not change the oharacter of his act from the legal point of view. THE BEE is as solicitous as any of its contemporaries can be for the security of public officials when in the discharge of their duties against threats or as- sault. It fully approves of all proper and lawtul means for their protection when their is reason to believe they are in danger, as there unquestionably was in the case of Justice Field. The ap- pointment of an officer to accompanuy Justice Field for the purpose of pro- tecting him was eminently judicious and proper, though it is quito possible a more discreet officer might have been selected. But it must be borne in mind that in this country there is no privi- leged class for whose protection human life may be taken without the justifica- tion which the laws recognize. What this 1s every intelligent citizen under- stands, and every such citizen must confess that it is not to be found in the act of Deputy Marshal Nagle. To ad- mit that the record of Terry as a bully and o wmurderer justified shooting him to death under the cir- cumstances would be to make a prece- dent, by which police officials every- where could find justification for killing some ono almost daily. In every city in tho country judicial officers ave be- ing constantly menaced by desperadoes whom they have punished, but no rea- sonable man will pratend that a police officer in New York, Chicago or else- where, appointed to protect a judge, would be justitied in shooting down an assailant, however desperate his char- acter, who had simply slapped the judi- cial face. The duty of an officer would be to attempt to prevent a further assault and to arrvest the assail- ant. A justice of tne supreme court of the United Statesis the equal before the laws of every other citizen,and that is all. The protection to be given him in the performance of his duties is neither more nor less than should be provided for any public official under like eir- cumstances, and goes no farther than to restrain anyone attempting to interfere with him in the discharge of his official functions. There are,unquestionably, oc- casions when an officer charged with the duty of giving protection would be jus- tified in taking life. No such circum- stances were present in the Terry trag- edy. What might might have occurred 1snotto the purpose. The taking of human life can not find justification in an assumption of possibilities. We might quote from a aumber of leading papers, whose views of this af- fair are exactly in line with those of Tur BEE, but our position does not re- quire such support. It is fully sus- tained by the judicial proceedings that have already been had in California, and by every common sense cousider- ation. views, D BANNER. Considerable interest is being shown throughout the couniry as to the form into which the new arrange- ment gf the stars of the flag will be made on the entrance of the four new states into the union. There is no pro- vision of law for the arrangement of the stars on the flag. Custom has de- creed that the acrangement shall be in a series of rows, but this rule has not been absolutely obeyed in the American flags of different epochs. If in making the new flag, which is to be studded with forty-two stars, the accepted plan be followed out, thera would be six rows of seven stars each, making square work on the blue field. A different ar- rangement has been suggested, however, by F. E. Spinner, the venerable ex-secrctary of the treasury. Itis his iden to arrange the stars of the flag in such a mannor as to represent one large white star, made up of forty-two smaller ones. There is mueh to com- mend this conception. It combines utility, inasmuch at a aistance, espec- ially at sea, the one star-arranged flag would make the field of blue far more conspicuous than it is at present. In an wsthetic point of view the star-ar- ranged flag is decidedly more attractive than one of stiff, parallel lines. New states could be easily represented on this flag by vlacing additional stars in the center of the great star without de- stroying its symmotry and beauty. Thore is, finally, move significance in this lat- ter arrangement, inasmuch as the ideality of the union—E Pluribus Unum—is preserved and brought viv- idly before the mind through the lan- guago of the eye. It is to be hoped that Mr. Spinner’s beautiful conception will be consummated, and that the ‘‘Star Spangled Banner” be maude one in reality as it is in ideality. DEATH OF JAMES LAIRD. The announcement of the death of Congressman James Laird did not como unexpectedly. While his political triends have sought to conceal the fact from the public that his malady was incura- ble and his recovery beyond the reach of human skill, his real condition had been an open secret for many months. As apublic man Mr. Laird had his ardent admirers and bittor opponents. He was cast in that mold that dispises a fight from behind ambush. His natural instincts and impulses were those of & brave, big-hearted man. But his political and personal associates led him to champion policies not always popular, and into paths not always commendable. While by instinct a man of the commo people with an inborn aversion to mon- opolies, Mr. Laird’s ambition made him the camp-follower and eventually a leader of that political wing of the re- publican party allied with the rail- road It is a sad commentary upon the frail- ties of humanity that a robust man in the prime of life should fade away men- tally in the midst of a career that was so full of promise. HOW TO FILL THE VACANCY. The vacancy created by the death of James Laird becomes at once a subject of interest, not only in the Second con- gressional district, but in the country at large, by reason of the closouess be- tween the two parties in the lower house of the national legislature. The first question that presents itself is how the vacanoy is to be filled and when. The statutes of Nebraska, Section 108, provide that vacamngcies in the office of representatives in congress shall be filled at the next general election, un- less a session of congress is held or to be held prior to the general election in November. In other words the voters of tho Second congressional disirict will, among officers to be voted for at the general election 1n Novem- ber, also be required to elect a member of the Fifty-first congess to fill Mr. Laird’s unexpired term. Shouid President Harrison call aspecial session of congress for October, as is now expected, the govornor will be re- quired to call for a special election in the Second congressional district to fill the vacancy at the earliest practicable time, which would be- within ten days from the date of the governor’s call. A BE EN CHAMPION. The law has vanquished John L. Sul- livan. Tho man whose muscular pow- ers has overcome all antagonists has been beaten, to use vhe vernacular of the prize ring, to a “stand still” by a Mississippi governor. The world’s champion slugger will do a year’s ser- vice for the state whose iaw he violated. Such is the sentence of a Mississippi court, and while an effort will be made to secure a change of the just deeree, there is vory little probability that it will succeed. By a very large majority the chances are that tho most famous of pugilists will pass the next twelvemonth in a suit of stripes doing honest labor for the commonwealth whose governor and laws he defied. There 1s great proba- bility that there will be associated with him in this useful service others who were his aiders and abetters in violat- ing the law of Mississippi. The vindication of the law and of ex- ecutive authority accomplished by the conviction and sentence of Sullivan will be approved by all who are not supporters of the brutal business of prize fighting. Except in a few states popular sentiment in op- position to this demoralizing sport, so- called, has been embodied in statutes which make it a penal offense, and among the laws prohibiting and punish- ing prize fighting, those of Mississippi are not the least severe. They pre- scribe both a heavy fine and imprison- ment, and Sullivan and his friends had hoped that only a fine would be in- flicted, which they would gladly have puid, but the authorities evidently felt that this would not have been a punish- ment at all, would not have vini- cated the law, and would have been a bad precedent, and the court therefore seutenced Sullivan to serve a vear in the penitentiary. There was lenionoy in this, the maximum term under the law being two years, and the state will lose financially, since it could have fined the pugilist a thou- sand dollars; but the example was nec- essury, aud ouly Mr. Sullivan and his friends will find fault with it, Governor Lowry has been subjected to a good deal of ridicule because ot the failure to prevent the fight, as well as for his subsequent eofforts to capture the fighters and thosa responsible with them for the occurrence, but it is now his turn to laugh. He must be given due credit for his persistence in pursuing the violators of the law and bringing them to an accountability, and the example he has set of fidelity to duty is to be heartily commendad. As to Sullivan, 1t is to be said in his favor that while he had an opportunity to escape prosecution he did not accept it, and when arrested he went to meet his fate without the least opposition. That he would have taken a different course but for assur- ances that nothing more serious than a BEE: be inficted may be ch morit as there was in his cou t him have credit. He will doubtless an obedient and dutiful prisoner, #nd a year passed apart from temptations and corrupting associates will ao him no harm. The experience will=yoty likely put an end to his career as o pugilist for champion- ship glory, though he may be expected to again appear ag an exponent of the “manly art of sblf defense.” heavy fine woul presumed, but r.! COLORADO, with its varied mineral resources, promises o make an inter- esting exhibit at the approaching fall exposition at Chiengo, which opens Sep- tomber 4 and continues six woeks. Would it not bo an excellent opportu- nity for the Nobraska state develop- ment board to secure suitable space in the Chicago exposition building and present to the bost possible advantage the products of this state? Thousands of visitors from Illinois, Indiana, Wis- consin and Michigan attend the Chi- eago exposition. They are just the ss of people who would be interasted in Nebraska's resources. An exhibit, consequently, would ndvertise the state and would attract their attention, with the result of 1nducing the immigration of a thrifty population to our borders. —_— ADMIRERS of Davy Crockett, the fa- mous pioneer, are going to celebrate the one hundred and third anniversary of his birth at Nashville, Tonnessce. He was the man for whem the coon always came down out of the tree without being shot at. If Davy were alive to- day he would be disgusted with the present generation of clay pigeon shooters. Two Sure Winners, Chicago Tribune. Jowa republicans are enthusiastically in favor of Hutchison for governor and Chi- cago for the world's fair. R ik Its a Stand-Off. Chicago News, Opinion is divided as to whether Peoria, St. Louis or Bloomington should have the world's fair 1 case it don't go to Chicago or New York. -~ Enough of Jeff. . St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Another letter from Jeft Davis, reiterating his confederate sentiments, suggests the hope that in his case, at loast, the Brown-Sequard elixer will not prove successful. T A Pacific Coast Ilustration. San Francisco Alta, The Canadian papers which are jumping up and down over the Behriug sea matter appear to kuow as much about international law as an angle worm does about making apple butter. A Hundred Years May Tell. Chicago Herald. Dr. Hammond shys that it will takd a hpo- dred years of experimenting to prove the value of the elixir of life. Probably few of us will live to sep the result of these experi- ments—if we tale the elixir. The DiAmond Corner. Chicago Times. Poor people must economize on diamonds Quring the coming winter. Prices have ad- vanced 30 per cent, whjle the entire European and Africun output is w the hands of a New York and Philadeiphia syndicate. Thus are the necessaries of life_controlled by a fortu- nate few. £ SETR ander Kor Grady. New York World, We observe with pleasure that those south- ern newspapers which are edited by men who proved therr courage as soldiers during the war denounce these two fellows (the duelists) as miscreants and urge their pun ishment. But editors who, like the partic pants in this duel, were born too late to face batteries at Getuysburg or Spottsylvania are rapturously applauding the *‘heroism’ whicn does not shrink from the pistol practice of one excited man in the dark. A Le!t e il Just the Judge For Sullwan. Indianavolis Journal, Is there anything significant in the romark of the Associated press reporter at Purvis, Miss., that Judge Terrell, who is trying slug- ger Sullivan’s case, is *a splendid specimen of physical manhood.” Ordinarily, the phys- 10al attributes of a presiding judge are not a matter of moment to the public; but in this case it looks as if the possibility of a personal encounter betwoen that ofiicial and tho dis- tinguished accused in case the latter is not pleased with the rulings had suggested itself 10 the writer of the dispatch, Iy Otvilized. Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser, Itis evidence of & marked change i pub- lic opinton with respect to dueling that the duel in Cherokeo county Saturday last bo- tween two Georgians has excited so much comment throughout tho state, and it is ng to know that this comment is so emphatic in denunciation of that barbarous custom. There can be no mistaking the strength of popular opinion on this subject, and the statute aimed at the practice is well supported in s widespread sentiment against the so called code of honor. e HITS AND MISSES. Mr. James Morgan, of Morgan county, In- diana, offers $5,000 for & wifo, who must be both young and protty, He has had many applications, but the muitiplicity of charms displayed by the different candidates con- fuses the old gentleman, and he cannot make up his mind which maidento take. It might be well for hum to call in . jury of young wmen, who are entirely competent to decide on all questions touching female loveliness, and abide by their decision. The recent uprising of the Sandwich islanders against Kalakaua seems to have scared all i doglish education out of the sovereign of that kingdom, judging’from an official message writtea by him shortly after the rebels had beea captured and led away to prison. The kifig said: “Hon. S. M. Damon, Sir: The feoliug or rumor ex- pressed by Mr, ——— that I am in league with the movement of, Mr. Wilcox, I make this solemn declavation that these reports OF rumors are not truej nor the semblance of which is connected with the matier before the cabinet yesterday. ' Kiragava® Those Omaha ladies who danced with his majesty at the reception given him in this city several years 8xo,'will undoubtedly feel grieved that time and a steady pursuiv of Gambrinus has dealt so unkindly with his mental powers, A young man in the south has invented a device which will do away with the umpire and his depotism. The inventor figures that the calling of balls and strikes allows him to givethe game to either club he pleases. The patent will do away with the objection- able feature. ‘T'he iavention consists of a propelling muchine which will allow the man who stands in the box to throw every ball over the plate. He can elevate or lower it #0 &8 to throw the ball auywhere between the knee and the wawst. The velocity of the ball can be regulated, aud the team with tha best catcher can throw the swiftest ball. Only three balls will be throwa over the plate and the batter must strike or run. The AUGUST 18 eame will not then goto the nine whose pitcher can most befuddle the umpire. The pooularity of the russet leather shoe sooms to bo on the decline in Omaha. The cost is considerable, and rainy weather ap- poars to act harshly with them. None but bankers' sons can woar the russet with any degree of permanoncy, as an average salary would melt away bofore a shoomakor's de- mands like dew before a summer sun, A short time since the nearts of Hoston spinstors woro sot into a flutter by an an- nouncement that Tacoma contained a large number of marriageable bachelors auxious to wed. The feminine plurality of Boston is 80 large, and offors of marriago aro so few, that immediately stops woro taken for a vast hegira of spectacled maidens to the west. Local booksellers declare that Hub girls have abandoned science, ana that books con- taiving information about the wost, and par- ticularly Washington territory, are the only onev valled for. — COUNTRY BREEZES. One on Uncle Jimmy. Geneva Record, Last Wednesday morning Uncle Jimmy Toghry milked his cow as usual, and inside of an hour she dropped one of the best calves of the soason. This is fairly one on tho old gentloman, and ho has been setting up the cigars to all who apptied in consequence. Editor Burr's Apology. Franklin Republiean, This is how Editor Burr, of the Enterprise, gots out of a bad prodicament: “We are sured by the mother and grandmother of the Sheperdson baby that we made a mistake in designating it as red-headed. The grand- mother doclares that the hair is auburn, while the mother thinks it may be described as golden. Wo stand corrected. The hair is any color they please. We are not such a fool as to dispute with & mother or grand- mother about the color of a baby’s hair; we only know that it is a protty baby.” The Times Meant Well. Rulo Times, The Times has lost a subscriber! [t was all on account of trying to get thoso weeds cut down for the benofit of the ladies. He was an old and valued subscriber, too. One of the kind that grow dearer year after year by the value of unpaid subscriptions invested in him. In the “paid till when” column of our subacription book opposite his name are the characters, Vol. 1, N It was the honest, endeavor of the Times to stir up a little more pride among our townspeople, but, like a gentloman wio received a cake of a choice brand of soap from his lady love, he drew an unkind inference from it, and or- dered us to stop his paper. But, bless his shillalah! we can't do that until he goes through the ceremony of counting out threo and a half standard units of U. S. legal ten- der and squaring up for past favors thank- fully received. That's law and gospel on that point. e AS OTHERS SEE US. Through Jealous Eyes. Denver News, ‘The prominence which Omalia and Kansas City are giving the Missouri river as & waterway demonstrates that their prestige as railway termivals is gone, and gone for- over. What Omaha Air Will Do. Chicago Tribune. Explorer Stanley was once the Omaha cor- respondent of several eastern papers, and a man who was a chum of his at that time says that Heary M. was the readiest and most ac- complished liar ho ever know. Knock Out the Snakes. Denver Republican. The sea serpent and snake stories incident to this season of the year have their monoto- ny somewhat relieved by the reports of the finding of diamonds in Nebraska, pearls in isconsin and paying gold mines in Ohio. He Profited Iy the Example. Washington Pos Nebraska had no sooner unearted a giant with his petritied fist full of diamonds than Wisconsin comes to the front with a wonder- ful tale of pearls found in the Sugar river clamsbells. The Wisconsin romancer, in his de tion of the size, bumber and purity of the pearls found, has quite taken the wind out of the sails of the Nebraska liar, Mr. Boyd and the Mayoralty. Niowx City Journal. James E. Boyd, of Omaha, 18 as groat a' man as Benton J. Hali, now of Chicago, or Peter A. Doy, still of lows. Mr. Boyd does not want to be mayor of Owaha uny more. It is not but what Mr. Boyd might be elected, but that it is getting to be a more unsatis- factory thing to be mayor bf Omaha than Mr. Dey pictures to his democratic frinds it is to be governor of low: Fertile Nebraska Intellects. Chicago Times. ska people aro fertile in the matter of expedients. A man out there had his wife arrested on o charge of faithlessnoss, and when it didn’t stick he found she wouldn’t livo with him. This called out his talent. He remembered that back oast there was an indictment against himself and wife for rob- bery, aud ho had the ofticers come on and ar- rest them both. He said he thought a term of imprisonment would do them both good. Such a man ought to be in congress at the very least. Nobr: i o farEy SONGS OF OTHER DAYS. I'm Still a Friend to You, Ah! years have come and gone, dear Tom, (The past scems like & aream), Since you and I togethor met Down by the winding stream; When, hand 1 hand, we promised, Tom, To each we would be true. 01d time has made no change in me; I'm still a friend to vou, How often have I wept, dear Tom, When thinking o'er the joys, The happy scenes of long ago, When you and I were boys ! Buv now, I'm told, you're very poor, And your duys of life are fow. It gives me joy to meet you, Tom; I'm still a friend to you. Old friendship often withers, Tom; Whene'er a man grows poor The rich and proud forget *‘old friends,” Aud know them then no more. But keep that honest heart of yours, We'll make old friendship new; I care not what the world may say, T'1a still a friend to you. In the Cottage By the Sea. Childhood days now pass before me, Forms and scencs of long ago, Like a dream thoy hover o'er me, Calm and bright s evening glow. Days that know no shade of sorrow, There my young heart pure and free, Joyful hailed each coming morrow, In the cottage by the sea. Fancy sees the rose tree twining, Iound the old and rustic door, And below the white beach shining, Where I gathered shells of yore. Here's my mother's gentle warniog, As she 100k me on ber knoee, Aud I feel again life's morning, In the cottage by tho sea. What! though years havo rolied above pie, Aud mid fairer scenes I roam, Yot I ne'er shall cease to love thee, ; Childhood's dear and happy humo, And when life's long day is closingy Ob, how pleasant it would be, On some faithful heart reposigg, In the cottage by the sea. 1880~TWELVE PAGES. BUZZINGS. “Some years ago whon the suffrage agl tation was going on in the old court house, where the Paxton block now stands,” said a local raconteur, “Dr. Coukling took a great interest in the matter, and did all he could to help the Iadies. He would go around town and tell his friends that they ought to go to the court house and do what they could for the ladies, and actually succeeded in steer- ing a good many of them in.” “At noor. the ladies spread a nico little lunch of sandwiches and hot coffes, which was oxaotly what the doctor wanted. He devoured overything in sight, and laid for now supplies.” ““When the sandwiches and coffes were all gone, he said: “Now, ladies, you know how deeply interested I em in this groat cause, and that I think it shou'd prevail. And I am doing all I can to further it. My wife is down in the First ward working hard, the servant girl is in the Third ward doing all she can, so, ladies, you will ploase excuse me for I must go home and get dinner.” ““They fired tho doc. bodily," he concluded, “and wouldn’t let him come back that after- noon. He acquired a large able-bodied dose of dyspepsia, and declares he hasn't got over 1t to this duy." “Isaw o ‘Buzzing’ in last Sunday's Be said an Omaha business man, *“‘that touched me strangoly. ! “It was in rogard to ‘cowboying’ in the Niobrars country in early days. I was out there iu the winter of 1873 and 'i, at the time when the Cheyenno Indians were on the warpath. There was danger everywhere.” “Ranches bad been devastated, ranchmen murdered and stock run off.” ‘At last the patience of the ranchmen be- came exhausted and a party of good men, and true, wore organized to go after the ma- rauders, regain the stock and punish tho guilty, if caught.” “Tho party consisted of fifty well grmed men, who started out on a frosty January day to vanquish the foe.” “We had travoled all day, and towards night saddle-worn and weary, came to camp n a deserted log cabin in a ravine.” ‘“‘We made ourseives #s comfortable as possible. A fire was lighted in the amplo fire place. and the boys stretchea themselves out on the floor forthe restthey had earned. Some of the timid ones curled themselves up in the corner to sleep, with their viflos’ near at hand, and started up at the slightest noise.” “It had passed midnight when we heard a noise in the snow outside, as of something ap- proaching the door. Then something rubbed againstit, and wa started to our feot. Every one was on the alert in an instant.” “It could be nothing but an Indian raid. ‘With blanched faces we laid our plan of de- fense, and resolved to sell our lives dearly.” The noise at the door continued, and we knew that we must act quickly. It was de- cided that one of us must open the door, the others to stand in the background with every riflo leveled at the door, and when it was opened pour a volley in the foe.” “No one wanted to open the door, for it meant almost certain death. Mose Howard, Cap. Caufman and Bill Sharp were in the party, but none of them seemed anxiogs for the job." “Finally an Englishman named Allsop, who was absolutely fearless, said he would open the door. With determined faces the men aimed their rifles at the door, and stood ready for the critical momeut.” “Allsop threw the door open and sprang aside. Fifty rifles rang out, and—a fine young steer fell into the room completely riddled with rifle balls.” ‘“‘He had been engaged in the peaceful oc- cupation of scratching himself against the door, and met an undeserved fate.” “Our rehief was intense, and many brave men actually trembled.” “We took up the hunt agan next morning, but never found our Indians,” *. **e A man who will figure quite prominently in the forthcoming county election, said Iast evening, “Tue Bep editorially struck the key-note the other day in the coroner busi- ness. Inmy opinion a coffin shop is no place for the coroner. That official should be a physician in * good standing and fully equipped for the work. He should be inde- pendent and should choose his juries from the best class of citizens. This coroner business in Omana has been wrong for years, and Tug Bee's editorial ‘Nobody to Blame,’ has found many endorsers. As long as an undertaker holds the office of coroner he 18 looking for the main chance in the cof- fin trade, An accident may happen on the U. P, or B. & M., or any other road any- where within a rudius of fifty miles of Omaha and of course the railroad cowpany will buy its coffins from the coroner and when the bill is presented will ask no ques- tions. The same applies to other large corporations who are liable to have accidents happen to their employes. They influeace u coroner very readily as long as he has a cof- fin shop. His bilis are pbaid cheerfully be- cause they know it is much cheaper to buy coftins than to pay widows and orphaus for the lives of their husbands and fathers, For myself T hope we will have a new departure this fall and put a stop to these coroner and undertaker combines. The whole thing is wrong from the ground up, and should be changed at the fivst election, Isay this with no unkindly feeling to Mr. Drexel, or his varteer Mr. Maul. They are both fine young men, but human nature is bumau nature, and business is business.” . o Mr. Charles Dewey, the great American traveler, is in reccipt of an interesting letter from J. W. Love from Cologue, Gerzany. Mr. Love is 8 wealthy citizen of Fremont, Neb., who has been doing the continent, He says: "“There are a great many Amer- icans in Paris this year, Buffalo Bill1s doing very well, and has a better saow than ever. “The national show is a good one, but the United States exhibit is very poor for such a nation. Many o smaller country makes & bet ter showing, and some of the so-called heath- cus beat us all hollow in every department. Wo can learn many Icssons from some of tho countries we cousider the most benmighted, “The Eiffel tower is & magniticent struc- ture, and is a marvelous monuwent to skill, money and labor, “The Rhine Deutebland s somethiug like France, but hardly as good. This people will possess the earth if they keep on being so prolific. About all you see are babies and soldiers. I found many deformed people thore, especially women, “The soldiers are everywhere, and they are good ones, too, Germany will be ready for war, without douby, if called upon o protect her claims, “The cities of Germany are very fine und imwproving wonderfully,” Mr, Love wishes to be remembered to his Omaba friends, I was interested in the methods of run- ning saloons in New Orleans,” said & saloon bartender. who nas traveled. “Down there they do not keep their goods on ice,but keep the bottles ranged behind the bar before the mirror.” “Fhey have no work bench uuder the bur, the space being filled by an immense box filled with shuved ice. An ice box 18 always handy in which to keep bottled beer and goods of that deseription.” A burtender has & pretty soft thing there, a8 ho is not supposed to wash a glass, buving colored porters to do that for biwm.” “Mint juleps, and all the fancy mixed drinks are in great demund by the southern- ers; the mint julep being the favorite. When a man doos take a straight drink they hand him a largo tumbler of wator on the sido, instead of the swall glass as we do." “In San Francisco the fco is all manufao- tured artificmlly and comes in thin shoets, which are then ruled off in small squares, and is a mighty precious commodity. The cubos that are used 1 mixing drinks are thrown into a box, washed and used again until they meit,” ‘“The San Francisco dude is very fond of a well mixed driuk, and thero aro many of them. The drink called the ‘plsco punch’ is one of tho smoothest drinks imaginable, You could easily imagine you were drinking a do- lightfully flavored lemonade, but it is the most insidious of all drinks, and three of them will make a man rob his own trunk, stern tourists who are introduced to ‘pisco punch’ and dally with it, nover forget the experience.’’ “Another drink in San Franciseo which you can got in many saloons, but oftener chop houses and the California markes booths, 13 the ‘oyster cocktail.’ This is made by filling & tumbler threoquartors full of the small native oysters. Into this is injocted popper sauce, tomato catsup, cayenno peper and sait. It Is drank from the glass and it a very appetizing mix- ture, I assure you. It is a great bracer when a man has been out late and has what is known as his “jag" with him,” ‘“The latest thing in drinks here 18 what we call the “Brown-Seok-hard.” 1t is an elixir of great potency, and is composed as follows : You tako half a jigger of sulphuric acid, & modicum of cayenne pepper, a dash or two of electrioity, and — what, going! Well, 8o long.” " H. B. Kooser,the popular traveling freight agent of the Missouri Pacific has gone east fora two week's vacation. He gave it out before leaving that he was only going to visit his old home, and roview the scenes of his early triumphs in the railway business, but it is darkly hinted in railway circles that ne will bring back one of Pennsylvania's fair- est daughters as an exceedingly better half. Howaever,this is a mooted point,and can only be decided upon his return. If he returns douvled up, 50 to speak, the railroad boys in- tena to turn out with the flambeau club and make things warm for him. “'Koos," as he is calied, tells a story about an absent minded man who is not unknows in Omaha. Says ho: “I was stopping at an botel in Wabash, and about bed time was standing at tho desk chatting with the night clerk. I noticed a man sitting in one of the rockers looking rather absent-minded and troubled. *‘Presently he came up to the desk and smd to the clerk, I wish to remain.’ ‘Al right,’ answered the clerk, ‘just register, please.’ ‘I bave registered,’ answered the absent- minded one. ‘Then that's all that is neces- sary,’ replied the clerk. “1looked on the register,” says Koos, “and saw the name of an Omaha man of whom I had heard a great deal but did not know personally. The clerk and 1 continued our chat, but after a few minutes the gon- tleman again stepped up to the desk aud'said ‘T'd like to remain, please.’ ‘All right,! said the clerk, ‘just register! ‘But I have rogistored,” ho rephied. ‘Then that's all that’s necessary,’ again replied tho clerk. “This struck me as being rather remarkable and [ looked at the gentleman, who had en- sconsed himself in a chair in a corner, and sat there with a thoughtful, troubled face, “ “Thore must be somethiug wrong about that man,’ said the clerk, ‘that's tho fourth or fifth time this evening he's come up to the desk and said he wanted to remain.’ ““Ho camo to the desk again, and stood around aimlessly for a few minutes, in the meantime I wanted to go to bed, and said to the clerk, ‘Well, I think 1'll rotire.” “The face of the abscnt-minded man lit up, a burden scemed to be lifted from his soul, and, with a happy laugh, he said, ‘Wiy, damme, that's the word I've been trying to think of all evening. That's what I want to do—retire. 1 knew it commenced with ‘re,” but couldn’t think of the rest of it. The only word T could think of was ‘remain.’ Young man, let’s have a cigar.! And 1t cost him about four doliars for cigars aud things before he ‘retired.’ " . THE KIRMESS. A Novel Entertainment Soon to Be Given at Boyd's. What is the Kirmess! Two hundroed or more of the young folks are rapidly finding out, by their f equent rehearsals, and will svon give a satisfactory answer tothe publio, The Kirmess is, i briet, an entortainment made up almost entirely of the various na- tional dances, with the appropriate cos- tumes. This' gives, however, a very feeble idea of what the Kiriess really is. Nothing short of s ceing it upon the stage, with all ita brilliancy of coloring and grace of move- ment, can give one a true idea of the Kir- mess. Every nation on earth is represented by their most picturesque costumes and most graceful dances. Prof. Jonu A. Mabler, of St. Louis, who has already prepared and managed successfully similar entertainmonts in St. Lonis, Kansas C where, is in charge of the reh There are about two hundred participants,” b girls, young men and maidens, To- hearsals are being held in Conncil Blufls These dances are unique, tirely different from every other, and the costimes are strikingly varied, Not only so, but there is a great variety of movements in each dance. ‘T'ne costumes for the gentlemen are to be imported from St. Louwis. The ladies will have their costumes made to order, and they will nawrally indulge in much individuality of form and ornament, The costumes for the Russian dance are of course entirely dif- fereut from that of the Tyrolean band. The former is a la militaire, decidedly, the latter airy and romantic. Then there arc the Dutoh with their wooden shoes, the Italians with their Roman scarfs, the Spaniards with their black lace mantilla, the flowers and the bees, and thus on through all the numbers, a bes wildering kaleidoscopic showing of ' grace and beauty. Mrs, Lyman Is really in charge of the en- tertaiment. It was by her planning that Prof, Manler was sccured and the ciasses formed, No local eatertainflont nas ever been started on s0 extensive and expensive a plan, Mrs. Lyman is an jndefatigible, san- guino worker, with much managerial ability. She has been 'wonderfuliy successtul in rais- g money for St. Paul's Episcopal church but this is a little the largest eoterprise s! has taken bold of. No one doubts but that it will prove very successful under her mane agement, ‘The Kirmess will be given in_the dpers house in Council Bluffs, August 27, 28, 2 and 0, and at Boyd's opera bouse, in Omaha, on the 3lst. The Marquis». The I im Theatre company closed its engagement at Boyd's opera house last night with presentation, for the first time in Owae ha, of *“The M o, one of Sardou's thoroughly French plays. It is strong and affords this excellent cowbany scope in which to do some very superb aoting, The work of Herbert Kelcery, Henry “Miler, n Wheatcroft and Georgia Cayvan wi ially fine, and the largs audience en- it immensely. Miss Cayvan was seen 1o better advantage asan artist of versatility and power than in any play in which she has neretofore sppeared here, As it is Mr, Probman’s intention to send this company ad next season, Omaha will not L.ve sure of seeing thein again soon, by abry the p The next attraction at the Boyd will bs Richard Golden, the well known comedian, in the Yankes play, “Old Jed Prouty. Three performances will bé givan on Monday, Tuesday and Wednosday evenings, Augzust 26, 27 and 25, The play deals with tho same olements as “The Old Homestead” and “A Miduight Bell," and is an engressing picture of New England rural life, It comes with the endorsement of successful runs st the Union Square theater, Now York, aud ab the new Californiu theater, San Francisco.