Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 20, 1890, Page 2

TRINK SLAVIN 1S BLUFFING, Little Stock Taken In the Austral- inn’s Challengos. JOHN L. TOO MUCH FOR HIM, Gandaur Anxious to [ow Some of the So-Called Chambion Oars- nen—A Budgetr of Baso Pan News. The Old English Blofr. New Your, Jan. 19.—|Special Telogram to Tie Ber.]~Sporting men here take little stock in the bonafideness of Slavin's chal- lenge to fight Sultivan, London rules, in this country or Europe for although Slavin is said to have posted $ 1t Sul livan will not fight him London rules, hoe is willing to meet him with small gloves before the Californin Athletic Ciub, for £,000, pro- vided the club will add §15,000 to_the stake The opinion is_that Slavin 18 working th old Buglish bluff, for the advertising thore is in it, and that he would have no show in any kind of a fight with Jonn & Gaudaur Will Onat r. Lovis, Mo., Jan. spocial Tel gram to Tue Bj Jake Gaudaur and Al Hamin, the oarsmen, leave for Florida Thursday, whera they are engaged for series of exhibition races. On their return Gaudaur will indite a challenge tor the con- sideration of the so-cailed chumpions of tha world, World. Gentl n's Driving Clab, St._Lovis, Mo, Jan, 1 pecial Tele- gram to Tne Bee, |—The eighth annual meet ing of the Mound City Gentlemen's Driving club will be held tomorrow evening, when the officers for the ensuing year will be clected, Old Mick (0 B: Displaced. Crxersyar, O, Jan, 10.—[Special Tele gram to 'L ~It is now a fixed cer- tainty that “Lefty” Marr will displace Hick Carpenter on third @ for the Cincionati league team next season. Columbus has ac- cepted Cincinnati’s terms for his relgase and he will be signed tomorrow. The nimerous friends of old Hickory are much put out over his being ousted from the team, and he ‘will probably be retained as a sub. The Dam of Nancy Hanks. LexiNetoN, Ky., Jan. 19.—[Special Tele. gram to Thp Ber]—Hart Boswoell of this city has sold to Samuel Gamble of San Francisco his bay mare Nancy Lee, for $0,000. Nancy Lee is one of tne most valu- able brood mares in the country, by Dictator, dam Sophy, by Alexander's Kdwin Forrest. She is the dam of the famous Naucy Hanks, ‘who was never beaten, Arrived at New Orleans. New ORLEANS, La., Jan. 19.—|Special Tel- egram to Tue Bew|—Willam Muldoon® Mike Cleary and Mike Donavan arrived here tiis evening in charge of au officer en route 10 Richburg. These threo gentlemeu were interested in the Kilrain-Sullivan_fight as soconds and were extradited from New York on a requisition granted by Governor Hill. Muldoon and Cloary are much broken up over their arrest, but Donavau is as jolly and indifferent as could be imagined. Jackson Anxious to Meet John L. New York, Jan, 19.—'‘Parson” Davies ar- rved in New York today by the Britannic. Jackson, the colored pugilist, is now on his way here on the Adriatic, which is due about the end of the week. Davies says that Jack- #0u is anxious to meet Sullivan. It is said that the “parson’” has cleared $32,000 by his forelgn trip, Oarsman's Searle’s Funeral. SAN Fraxcisco, €al, Jan. 19.—Australian ndvices by steamer Maricapa say that the funeral of Henry Searle, the deceased cham- pion oarsman, took place at Sidney Decem- ber 14. The ceremony was witnessed by fuily 170,00 people. The mayor and alder- men and a deputation of members of parlia- ment formed a pard of the procession, which ‘WAS one of the largest of the kind ever seen in Sidney, e SHE HAD A COWHIDE. A Banker's ‘Wife at Helena Attacks an Assayer, HeLeNA, Mont., Jan. 19.—An exciting event occurred here today which which in o measure compensated politicians for the lack of political news for the last few days. Mrs. L. H. Hershfleld, wife of L. H. Hershfield, Yauker, who was a prominent candidate for the United States senate before the Mon- tans legislature, cowhided Spruilla Bra- den, assayer of tue mint at this place, on the public street. Early this morn- ing she armed herself with a revolver and cowhide and started to look for Braden. She anet him on the coruer of Sixth avenue and Clore street. - Mrs, Hershfield ran toward him with a pistol in her hand. Waen within o few feetof Braden she attempted to shoot, but be sprang forward, grasped the weapon nod wrested it from her. She then drow the cowhide and played it in a lively manner on len’s face and shoulders. He attempted to take it away from her, but she cvaded hun. Finding be could not secure tha whio ne turued aud fled. Mirs, Hershfield then Jumped into her sleigh and to celebrate her victory fired two shots in the air. Braden Bought @ pharmacy and bad his wounds dressed. Mr. Braden is quite a society mun and for the last year has paid Miss Hershfield, Mrs, Hershfield'a daughter, marked attention, whieh was distasteful in the extreme to both auother and father., The girl was remon- strated,with and promised to have nothing nore to do with her lover. Ihey were at an eotertainment last night, and when Mr. Hershtield went after his daughter he found her at supper with Mr. Braden. He spoie of the matter to his wifo and she went on the warpath, Strenuous efforts have been Juade to hush up the aftair, and owing to the yrowinence of the parties the local press has Bup pressed it. e I STATE NEWS, County and District Clerk Fees. Loxo Pixg, Neb,, Jan. 18.—To the Editor of Tur Bre: Isee thut vhere is some siir in the papers regarding the fees and saluries of county clerks and cleriks of the district eourts throughout this state, It seems that ‘when the county clerks held their concluve In Lincoln there was a curiosity among some of them regarding the fact whether they should report the fees they receive from flnal proofs and United States land ofice vork i general: and after polng the differ- ent members then prasent, it developed that ooly Ltwo eounty clerks, who were also clerks of the district court, had ever made any re- port whatever of uny of thess fees. They all Baid that there was no law or decisions in this state that compelled thom to report any sueh fees, and tor U reason they would tun. give any account of them. The fact of his mutter 1s that one Walter L. Whitti- more, when county clerk and clerk of the district court of Hawilton county, did no re- L the fees recewved from the land depart- ‘Lment, by virtue of his being clerk of the court, and these were the only fees not re- acud. #Nd Upon an application for a writ msuduiys Wi the supreme court, he was compelled to pay -hou::l,wo of such fee: The decision, State vs Whitlimore, 13 Neb., speaks of fees received by Yirtue of being clerk of distriot court, but these laud fees were the only oves involved. Now, If that is the case, théve are o great wany olerks and ex-clerks wbo may have to b up, il matters of this kiud will be looked El'olv the commissioners of the different alies uow in session. W, Notes t'vom Caadron, Cuannoy, Neb., Jun. 14.— [Special to Tus Nlss. )}~ This is the dull time of year but Chadron is never dull, Now is the vime When her go-ahoad busiuess people are plouning for aext sumaer improvemepts. Already a sugar factory aud several fine business blocks are being arranged for, Tae B. MaLroy, - THE OMAHA DAILY BEEXNVMONDAY, new creamery and cheese factory is en dorsed, 80 work can be progressing on the inside of the building. It is to be ready for business in March, The Richards have had ono of the finest residences built in the northwest. It is nearing completion. Tho different woods used in the building are excitiog great ad- wiration, The farmers aro loud in_their praises of the new managemont of the land offce. They are now troated as if they had some rights which land officers were bound to re- spect. District court is set for March 51, 1500, 80 lawyers ure busy getting cases on the docket. We aro having clear cold weather with plenty of snow for wood sleiehing—mo winter weather—though until after Christ- mas 1t looked as 1t summer would last all winter. -~ Russian influenza has about half of the peo. ple of Chadron in its gri Fort iobinson Notes. i Fort Rominsox, Neb., Jan. [Spocial to Tne Bie]—La grippe has roached us in great shape. The hospital vroper is full of its viedms and several additional cots have beeu brought into use. Dr. Adair, post sur- geon, and Hospital Steward Reynolds are on the sick list. Lieutenant Ladd and his ice detail are busy packing ice. He has three houses tull and there 18 some talk of putting up two more. 1t Hayden, Eighth infantry, and rrived home on the 10th iust, Fuhrman Acquitted. Wesr Porxr, Neb, Jan. 10.—[Special to Tur Bre.]—The jury in the Fuhrma n case brought in a verdict of acquittal thig morn- ing at 5 o'clock after having been out seven hours, The trial developed some racy mate ters, but the whole matter hinged on the fact that the defendant was acting in the discharge of duty and was defending his own Iife. The trial was ably conducted on both sides and wns remarkable for the absence o: all personality. The verdict is something of surprise to many, but all seem to be glad that the matter is at iast settied, SOUTH OMAHA NEWS, The Woodmen Kntertiinment, The castle of South Omaha lodge, No. 1095, Modern Woodmen of America, was full of well entertained and well pleased friends Saturday night on the occasion of the first social and banquet. The general comm ittee on arrangements, consisting of Messrs. Theodore I*, Elliott, James H. Bulla, E. O. Mavfield and Dr. W. H. Slabough, haa been most careful in perfecting everything that could add to the success of the entertain- ment. The reception committee, consisting ot Messrs, R. H. Lawrence, Eli H. Doud, Theodore F, Eiliott and William A. Bennott, were quite as much at home in entertaining guests as friends were easy when once in the hall. The followine programme was well rendered and gave excellent satisfac- tion : Prayer—Tha Rev. Mr. Robert L. Wheeler. Address of Welcome—Venerable consol, Theodore I, Elliott, Vocal Quartette—“Welcome Tonight”— Messrs. James H. Bulla and E. S. Danie. l\\:ull Mesdames C. J. Collins and James Al ail. Rocitation—Miss Nellie Root. Duet—Mesdames C. J. Colling and C. W. Gee. Vooal Solo—""Grand Old Ocean’’—Mrs. C. W. Gee. Recitation—Miss Swias L. Eiliott. « Banjo Solo—Mr. Fred Blaukner. Solo with chorus—A Medley of National Songs--Mrs. C. J. Collins. Tostrumental Music—Miss Kate Wyman. Recitation—Miss Mavel Mayfield. Recitation—Miss Alice Grifith. Vocal Quartette—*‘Moonlight Will Come Acain’’—Mesdames Collins and C. W. See ana Messrs. Jomes H. Bulla and E. S. Daniel. Address—J. T, Yates of Omaha. Vocal Solo and Chorus—Goodaight, but ot Goodoye”—E. S. Daniel and Quartette. A Firm Hold on ihird Place. South Omaha hata firm hold on third place in the packing centers during the sea- son of 18389, But now her record surprises even her friends. While Kausas City hgs fallen off 35000 hogs for the corre= sponding season of 18889, or more than 7 per cent, South Omaha has increased from 199,000 t0 233,998, or more than 20 per cent. Should the expected run of hogs prove as large us well-informed men believe it will be this winter, South Omaha will be hugeing second place with & possibility of displacing the hog metropolis of the southwest. ? Lost a: Valuable Diamond. Alady came over from lowa Saturday evening to visit some friendsin this city. On going to the Union Pacific depot she discov- ered that she had lost a diamond valued at 8125 She at once returned to the motor car on which she came down from Omaha, but found no trace of her lost valuable. The lady did not divulee ber name or address. Notes About tho City. *'Tne eity council will meet tonight. A dance was given last evening in Turner hall. William A. Schrei has been notury public. The South Omaba Athletic club will give an entertainment in the club rosms Saturday evening, February 1. A private masquerade ball will be given Wednesday evening at Mrs. Fannie Ryan’s, on Twenty-fifth streer, between N and O streots. District Deputy George J. Seltzer will meet members of the Independeunt Order of Foresters in Knights of Pythias hall this evening to organize a lodge of the Glenwood degree, Uniformed rank, Independent Order of Forestors. The switchmen are making great prepara- tions for their fourth annual ball, which will be neld in Exposition ball Wednesaay evening, I'ebruary 12. A special train will return after tne dance brioging down the South Omaha delegation. Messrs, Jucob Jaskalek, John Frey and Rudolph Hartz, delegates from South Omuaha lodge, No. 53, United Order of True Bund, went to Omana Sunday to attend the aunual meeting of the graud lodge. Rudolph Hartz was elected grand treasurer. appointed a About People, Simon S. Reiner has returned from New- man's Grove. W. A, Jackson of the MeCloud-Love Com- mission company has gone w Chicago. Misses Annie and Tina Sneider of Chicago are visiting their purents in this city, Miss Clara Knuth will today ga to Beemer, her former home, where she will reside, L. T. Redington of the commission firm of Hake & Redington has gone to Chicago. Alfred Harder of the tin department at the Armour-Cudaby pucking houses has returr.ed from Caicago. + Andrew Hass of the Exchange has gone to Chicago to meet his family on their way home from the east. J. 8. Woods, who renr sion hovso of 'Dorsey Brothers & Clifton, sturted for Chicago Saturduy eveniog. Hon. George H. Hastings, Jobn R. Joha- ston, president of the Stite bank, and W. H. Barstow, a prowineat real estate dealer of .(‘l:slc. made the Mugic city & welcome Vi ‘Lhe Rev. Father Wallace, who has been temporarily assisting the Kev. Father D, W, Morlarty, has heen transferred to Wayne, aud the Rev, Father Nugan of Wayne has been transferred L0 this_cily under the Rev. Father Moriarty. The Rev. Father Nugan said his first mass Sunday morning at St. Brigget's at 9 o'clock and high mass at St. Agnes ut 10:30 o'clock. Tnsist on having the genuine RedCross Cough Drops, & cts a box. Sold every- where. nts the commis- S b S A sagzacions bog. Roscoe Whitcomb of Waldo, Me., has 4 shepherd dog which he prizes nighly. Oue day last week a colt ‘K“ was fas- tened b{ & halter got his feet through the stall and fell in such a manner that he was choking to death. The dog was in the barn, saw the trouble, snd, run- nivg to the house, caught Mrs. Whit- comb by the dress and attempted to pull her out of doors. The dog would run toward the barn and then catch Mrs. Whitcomb by her clothes. She finally went to the barn, arviving just in time to save the colt, IN POLITICS OR IN LIQUOR. Two Circumstances That Reveal a Man's True Character. INORDINATE GREED FOR OFFICE. Brothers Korgat the Ties That Bind Them and Sons Straggle with ‘ather:—Martial Nepotism. Tales with Morals. Wasnixarox, Jan. 19.—[Specal to Tnr Bee, |—If you would know the true charac- ter of a man you should get him drunk or into politics. This thought is suggested by the moreiless machinations of politicians 1 all political parties who seek oftice. Under the Cleveland administration I knew two brothers situated in a large west. ern city who sought apnointments in the treasury department. These brothers wero as good friends as brothers generally are. They belonged to the same church and were both ardent friends of Mr. Cleveland from the moment he announced at Albany his in< tentions to be a candidate for the presidency. Shortly after the inauguration each of them msked for an appointment. They must have known, if they exercised their minds, that it was a physical impossibility to convince Mr. Cleveland that two brothers, located in the same city, should be given appointments in the same department, and they must bave kuown that 1t was next to an 1mpossibility to induce Mr. Cleveland to give each of them appointments in any branch of the govern- ment service, These men entered the con- test. however, and their eagerness for a situ- ation uvder Uncle Sam led them to grow jealous of each other. The friends of one were the friends of the other and each se- cured general endorscments. A long strugele for appointment had ‘the effect of dividing the two brothers and today they ure not good friends. Neither secured a po- sition, while either could have had a place bad tne other wll-hllru:vn. Shortly after President Harrison was in- augurated o father and son in one of the southern eities applied for a consulate each. The otd gentieman had been a candidate for governor of the state, was a delegate to the uational conventions for many years and was @ general favorite awong the republi- cans of his state. The son has for many years also been an active politician, He had his friends and his claims. Each of these men started out to get a consulate upon his own hook. Certainly 1t could not be ex pected that the president would appoint both of these men to positions in the consular service or in any other branch of the gov- ernment service. lhere are not enough offices to warrant un administration in @iv- ing more than one member of a fafily o promiuent place. The father and son were told of this fact @ number of times, but they were inexorable. Neither would withdraw in favor of the other. Finally they were told that the father would be given o lucra- tive position in the consular s:rvice, so tbat there would be a deputyship which he could bestow upon his son. ‘T'he old gentleman re- ceived his appointment aceording to arrange- ments and tendered the deputyship to the son. The latier declined, saying that he did not *‘propose to play second fiddle;’ that ne had rendered sufficient service to the repub- lican party to warrant the administration in giving him an appointment upon his own merits. The oid gentleman went abroad. ‘U'he young man remained here for several months, still contending that he should be given a place. - e It is almost a universal feeiing amons officers in the urmy and navy that their sons should have entailed upon them the favor of the government. In nine cases out of ten an officer of the army or navy seeks to have his son appointed either to a cadetship at West Point or Annapolis or insists that ho shall get into the government service in some other branch of Uucle Sam’s vineyard. There is more nepouism in the army wsud navy than in any other section of the gov- ernment service. Recently I learned of an officer in the army who was making s des- perate fight to secure a promotion. He had a son who had but recently emerged from college with the popular feeling that his father being a regular participant in the wonthiy distribution of salaries from the governmeut, he himself ahould get on tha roll. The futher had but one source of in- fluence in his effort to secure a promotion. ‘I'he son knew this, but his great desire to be in un eusy berth led him to bear all of his influence upon.this source of the father's in- fluence, to the destruction of both men's am- bitions. The father learning that his friend was trying to get an appointment for the son, did not have the heurt to ask also for his influence in order to get & promotion, although he was entitled to it and could have had 1t had not the son interfered, and the old gentleman s thus without his promotion. It thus occurred that family greed destroyed the ambitions of both the father and the scn. * e An honest and frank man is Congressmun Neidringhaus of St. Lows, He is a plain, blunt German, without any of tae arts of de- ception. He was elocted as a republican in what has for many ‘years been a democratic stronghold on account of the crispness of his character. The peovle bad come to the con- clusion that a sort of political legerdemain had been practiced upon them for years by a professional politician, and they wanted a mun who was honest and straight-forward from the ground up, so they elected Mr. Newdringhaus. One of the latter’s most inti- mate friends soid the other day : “If Mr. Neidringbaus is induced to run for re-election his idens of politicians will ' have to be materially changed. He told me only a few hours ago that it seemed to him a man only had to go into politics in order to be thoroughly demoralized, morally, politi~ cally and financially, He could never de- pend upon u politician for anything in_ the Tuture; only the pust and present were dealt with in politics. Mr. Neidringhaus thought one term of congress would be sufficient to last him ddring his hifetime. As honest men as ever the sun shone on, without the slight- est art of deception or trickery, enter poli- tics with good intentions, only to find that one must placate his enemies at the cost of his friends, prove basely ungrateful, and disappoint those who made him, 1 order to succeed from one election to another. I have ad & good deal to do with politics myself and I think Mr. Neidringhaus hus about arrived at the proper conclusion. If a man must lose his manhood in order to succeed i pohitics he would be better consigned to the oblivion of obscurity,” . e There is probably no subject invelved in the complicated tariff question which is giv- g more trouble to the committes oun ways and means than cotton bagging. The south- ern states have been up in arms against the votton bagging trust for years and the words *'cotton bagging” are to them like a red flug to 4 bull. They inflame the southerners o & height of passion that is uncontrollable. Sen- ator George of Alabama is waging & warfare iu the upper branch of congress against the cotton bagging trust, and demands that ma- chinery for experimentiog in the wanufact- ureof a commodity which will take the Khwa of cotton bagging be adwitted free of uty. Mewmbers from the south ave demund- ing in the house that jute aud sisal grass uod similar articles which enter into the manufacture of cotton bugging shall be ad- mitted freo of duty. These same people always raise their hands in holy borror when propositions are made by men in the north to “admit free of duty machinery to manufacture reaper twine, sugar from beots and the wa- chinery for the manufacture of raw materials produced in the north. The unmense interests lnvolved in the vroposition to place jute and aisal grass und kindred articles on the free list will make lEl‘«u fight, but it is not likely that it will succeed. There is some tallk of a reduction of the duty on these -lx o, u'tuuTh:m&v' will :o‘: g0 upon the free & trust is the bone of contention, 'rnum“:ax loded by the adoption.of Seaator Sherman's bill. Senator Sherman’s bill has been reported favorably from the committee on fluance. »%e A southern member received a letter the other day from an old friend at Cleveland, asking 1f it would be to trace the record of a soldier 1 the revolutionary war, The cougressman went to the war dej meat gave the name of the soldier w) record he wisbed Lo have looked up, together with the regiment and company in which he served. Some timeeiaps One day a lot- tor reached the conmeessman from the war department, and ut {t were the tracings of one of the moss jnterestiug records the annals of war 1 Rhis country have ever re. cited. It was fgund that the gentlemnan whose history was wanted enlisted as a private with the Cammecticut volunteors in 776; that he served 1 the campaign which went west, ‘going a8 far as tho easiern bounaary of Vennsyivania, and that for gallantry in the fisid'he was by Taeutenant Colonel Grosvenor--grandfather of Congress- man Grosvenor ptf ' Ohio—promoted to a brevet major. Liriie the struggla under General Washimgton Jor the maintenance of an independent government a 13ritish buliet vierced the major's 1dg, In the early purt of the nineteonth century congresa passed a bill placing the major on the pension roll, and the papers sent to congress upon which the claim for a pension was based gave a sketeh of his subsequent life, These pape furnish the basis for the war department in making up the history of the fuan. They stated that about 1700 the major_emigrated 1o the west, locating at Sarutoga, New York In theearly part of the present centufy he moved far'into the west, locating in a little settlement on Lake Eric kuown as Cleve land.” The history is hero lost. The vet- eran must have moved so far into the west when he wont to Cleveland that the histor- ianaof the war donartment lost trace of him, The son who made inquiry about the record of s father is at present one of the million- aires of Cleveland and is more than three score vears and ten of age. How wonderfully rapid has this: country developed indeed ! Prnny S, Hearn, —~— CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAMME. Ingalls’ Speech on the South Will Be the Fearure, WasnixaroN, Jan. 19.—The southern question 1 its various phases will occupy a largo part of the time of the senate during the coming week, The feature of the week 18 expected to be Ingalls’rexposition of his views with regard to the south and the political situation there. Bills for the adnnssion of Wyoming and the organization of-a territorial form of gov ernment in Oklahoma will be reported fa- vorably. The ways and means committes is pre- pared to request the house to take up the ad- ministrative customs biil, and as thisisa mensure of great length and complexity, 1t mayp be expected to oceupy the attention of the house tor n nuwmber of days whben it is under counsideration. Should the speaker appoint a special com- mittee on the world’s fair early in the week, it is probable it will speedily report back somo plan for selacting a site by a vote of the house. CRAZY IN TEXAS. One of Longenecker's Assistanta in the Cronin Case a Maniac. New ORLEANS, Jan. 19.—A San Antonio, Tex., special says: At 11 p. m. one of the nurses at the hospital telephoned that a man who assisted Judge Longenecker in the prosccution of the Cronin murderers at Chicago had been brought here in an insane condition. The man is possessed of the haliucination that the Clan-na-Gael is after him with kunives. The name of the crazy lawyer was given ut ‘the hospital as Bab- cnck, but it 18 not believed to be correct. - Ready to Suppress the Strikers. Brussers, Jan. 19.—The infantry nas been confined to the barracks today in readiness for any emergency in connection with the labor troubles. A squadron of cavalry has gone to Charleroi where the miners are arming themselves with axes and other im~ rl?‘meuu and assuming & threatening atti- ude. it WANTED POUND SWEETS. A Rear's Punctilious Taste in Apples Costs Ham His Life. A Blakesley, Pas,. special says: Ina copper _shop ix_sro‘v.he other evening, Tzra Hubbard whose ‘home is at tie base of Leverst ridge, related his ex- perience with a'bear last fail. The night was 80 warm that they had to . leave the windows up, and the moon was shining brightly. Mr. Hubbard said he was aroused some time in the night by a noise in his orchard, and when he looked out he saw a bear shaking apples from his best pound sweet tree. . The tree stood on a steep hillside, and the hig apples rolled down against the fence as fiist as the bear shook them off. As soon as the bear had shaken off all the fruit he wanted he slid down the tree, waddled to the fence and began to devour the apples greedily, Then Mr. Hubbard pulled on his trousers and hoots, loaded his rifle, climbed out of the window, and stole along where he could get a good shot at the thief. He said he let the bear take in a pretty good jng of apples before he fired, and then he blazed away and put a bullet into the bear’s head, just below the left ear. The amimal flounced and tumbled against the fence for a minute, but he soon kicked his last. He weighed 383 pounds. "Mr. Hubbard said he ascertained that the bear climbed the fence at the upper side of the orchard and passed seven tons of winter apples to get at the ppund sweet tree, — Willing 1o Pay for Good Advice, When D. K. Tenney was admitted to the bar he was one of the **boys,” says theMilwaukee Wisconsin, He enjoyed a good time as well as anyone, and many good stories are told about him. It is said that ou one occasion he went to'a country dance near Madison and became smitten with one of the country girls. He danced with her nearly ail the evening, regardless of the fact that a certain six-footer in. the room kept watching him threateningly. Finally a friend approached. *'Dan,” he said, **do you see that big fullt{w on the other side of the voom?, “*Yes. ““Well, he’s going to lick the life out of you,” *What for?” asked Tenney. ‘“You’ve been dancing with his girl all the evening.” =1 dido’t knowdt. What shall T do?” “Well, if I were you, I'd put on my coat and make u sneak for home. L'd get away from. here just as quicik as I could.” Ay The embryo lawyer said never aword, but reached down sin his pocket and pulled out a $2 Bill: **What are )é'u‘ Ydoing?” asked the iriond. 35 “Take it,” | #I don’t wantauy money.” *Take it,” repeated Tenney. “I've taken $5 for a blamed sight worse ad vice than that.’! Kneaks of the s, Utica Observer! uawrence River, ‘“The St. Lawrence river,” said a O n member of the Cogburn club lagt @vening. “is & most erratic as well, a8 beautiful body of water. You hayesprobably noticed sev- eral items in the newspapers of vessels sailing on it runnéilg aground because of low water. Just think of it—low water with the almost continuous rains we have had the last spring, summer, aod fatl | But such is the%wt. And in some other generally dry seasons the St. Lawrence has been unusually high. It is said that the grand old river has one of those low speils—sinking fits, so to speak—every seven yeurs, but I can’t vouch for the truth of that. The fact remaing, however, that it is unlike any other body of water I know of, and when other streams and neigboring lakes are high the St, Lawrence is apt to make a contrary seowing.” v e —— A Poodle Shot with a Bucket of Water Feels no worse than the man who has smoked a poor cigar. Buy your fine cigars of W. E. Hamilton,Barker bloels. Exclusive tobacco, JANUARY 20, 1800. WINDON'S SILVER MEASURE It Will Be Introduced in Houses This Week. OF Both FULL TEXT THE BILL, Foreign Metal, Coins or Bars ite- sulting from the Melting of Refined Silver of Other Nations Ruled Out., The Adminfarration B/ WasnixGros, Jan. 19.—The following is the textof tho administration bill, prepared by Secretary Windom, embodying the silver measure proposed in his annual report and which will be introduced in both the house and senato,during the coming weok: A bill authorizing the issue of treasury notes on depostts of silver bullion. “Section 1. Be 1v enacted, that any owner of silver bullion, the product of mines in the United States or of oros smolted or refined in the United States, may aeposit tho san at any coinage mint or at any assay office n the United States that the secretary of the troasury may designate, and receive therefor treasury notes hereinafter provided for, cqual at the date of the deposit of such sil- ver, at the market price, such price to be de- termined by the secretary of the treasury under the rules and regulations prescribed, based upon the price current in the leading siver markets of the world, but no deposits consisting 1n whole or n part of silvor bul- lion or foreign silver coins imported into this country, or bars resulting from melted or refined foreign silver coins, shall be re- ceived under the provisions of this act. *sec. 2. ‘That the secretary of the treasury shall cause o be prepared treusury notes in such amouuts as may be reavired for the purpose of the above section and in such form and denominations as he may prescribe; provided, that no notes shall be of u denomi- nation of less than 31 or more thau $1,000. “'Sec. 3, That the notes issuod under this act shall be receivable for customs, taxes and all yublic debts, and when received into the treasury may be reissued; and such notes, when held by any national banking association, shall bo counted as part of its rational reserve, @"Sec. 4. That the notes 1ssued under the provisions of thie act shall be redeemed upon demand at the treasury of the United States, or at the offices of any assistant treasurer of the United States by the issue of a certifi- cate of deposit for the sum of the notes so presented, payable at ono of the mints of the United States in an amount of silver bullion cqual in value onthe date of sad certificatos to the number of dollars stated therein ut the market price of sil to be determined as provided i section 1, or such notes may be redecmed in gold com at_the option of the government, provided, that upon demand such notes shall be redeemed in silver dol- 5. That when the market price of sil- s determined by the secretary of the treasury, shall exceed $£1 for 371.25 graius of pure siiver it shall be the duty of the secre- tary of the treasury to refuse to receive de- posits or silver bullion for the purposes of thus act. “Sec. 6.4That it shall be lawful for the secretary of the treasury, wita the approval of the president of the United States, to suspend temporarily the receipt of silver bul- lion for treasury notes at any time when he is satisfied that through combiations or the speculative manipulation of the market, the price of silver is arbitrary, nominal or fic- ticious. “Sec. That silver bullion doposited un- der this act represented by treasury notes which have been redeemed in gold coin or in silver dollars may be comed into standard silver dotlars or any other denomination of silver coin authorized by law for the pur- pose of replacing coin used in the redemp.ion of notes. “*Sec. 8. That so much of the act of Feb- ruary 28, 1878, entitled *‘An act to authorize the coinageof staudard silver dollars snd restora its legal tender character as required,’ and the monthly purchase and coinage into silver dollars of not less than $2,000,000 nor more than 4,000,000 worth of silver . 9. That any gain or seigniorage aiising from the coinage which may be exe- cuted under the provisions of this act shall be uccounted for and paid wto the treasury as provided by the existing law. “Sec. 10. That silver bullion received under the provisions of this act shall be sub- ject to the requirements of the existing law and regulations of tha mint service govern- ing the methods of receipt, determining the amount of pure silver contained and the amount of charges or deauctions, if uny, to be made, Sec. 11, That nothing 1 this act shall be construeq to prevent the purchase from time to time, as may be required, of silver bullion for subsidiary silver coinage. “Sec. 12. That a sum_sufiicient “to _carry out the provisions of this act is hereby ap- propriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise aporopriated. “Sec. 13, Pnat all acts and parts of acts in- consistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. “Sec. 14, That this act shall take effect thirty days from and after its passage.” _ EMINENT OLD BOOZERS. Distingnished People Who in Their Day Transported Prodigious Jags. Great men have their weaknesses the same as little men, says the Keokulk Gate City, and the number of the intel- lectval giants who have lacked the moral courage and stamina to control their appetites for strong drink forms one of the most astonishing portions of biographical history. Going way badk we fimnd Plato taking a mututinal cocktail, Horace warming his system frequently by means of alcoholic stim- ulants, while Aristophanes, Ei ides, Alcmus and Socrates were all given {0 imbibing wine freely. The austere old Cato the possessor of was often o jag that paled the best efforts of * the habitual lushers, Tasso would violate the or- ders of his phsyicians to aggravate his mental ireitability by potations, and Goethe used to make it a business -to drink three bottles of wine daily. When Goethe attended the theater he was never guilty of annoying the audi- ence by going out between the acts for a drink, but withwommendable consid- eration had his glasses of punch served to him at his seat. Schil- ler, who did most of his work at night, wrote regularly under the influence of Rhenish, strong coffee and champagne, with which he would lock himself up in the evening and stimuluto his jaded brain through the hours of the night. Ben Jonson had a record for being constantly pickled, aund this habit entitled him to stand among the first of his class. The poet Savage used to get on some high old times, and would spend his weel’s earnings in an evening’s rev- elry. Churchill drank porter to ex- cews, and Addison bounded his walk at Holland house by a botile of port at each end, and sometimes lingered so long over the bottles that he was compelled to apologize for his illegible writing, made so by his shaky hand. Domestic unpleasantness and & <cold temperament ure Adadi- son’s excuses for his intemperance. Pitt drank wine to excess, but his head was 80 stroog that neithar his speeches nor his public busiuess often suffered from his indalgence. Fox was also given to “weotting his whistle” occasionally to drive dull cave away. Blackstone wrote his “Commentaries” under the influ- ence of successive bottles of thut wine i:ortl which, Beutly said, claret would il it could. The frigid, eautious author of the Pleasures of Hi " was, according to Barry Cornwall, “vivacious, not to say viotous, in his cups,” Rogers, afler go- ing tw see his stutue, observed: 1t is the first time I have seen him stand straight. for many years.” Pleasant complhiment, wasn't it? Porson, the giant of classic lore, “tho greatest philosopher of the age,'” as Macaulay calls him, was often tipsy with drink. yron, whe saw him at Cambridge, says: “1 can never recol- lect him except as drunk or bratal, and generally both. He used to recite, or rather vomit, pages of all langunges,and could hiccough Greek like a helot; and certainly Sparta never shocked her children with a grosser oxhibition than this man’s intoxication.” Porson had of sneaking back to the dining- room after the company had withdrawn and pouring into the tumbler the wine drops that the guests had left in the bottoms of the glasses, which he would drink. Fielaing, Stecle and Storno also bowled up frealy, Keats, stung by the ridicule of the envious, flew to dissipation for reiief, and for six months be was hardly ever sober. | den, the painter, says of Koats: show vou whata man of genius does when " his passions are aroused, Keats once covered his throat and tongue with c pop- per as far as Le could reach, in order to enjov, as he said, the dolicious coolness of the claret in all its ‘glory.’ The last time I saw him was nt Hamp- stead lying on his back in a white bed, helpless, ireitable and heetie. He mut- tered, as I stood by him, that he wounid cut his throat if he did not recover, Poor, dear Keats.” Moral: Be go “SERVE GOD AND WHISTLE," Uncle Winchester Gives Colonsi Alfsiend Some Good Advice. Old Uncle Winchester Wallaco was standing opposite the new custom houso yestorday, whistling an old-time lively mmelody and watching a goat licking a freshly pasted illustrated theatre poster off the bill voard, says the Louis Times. Colonel Colin Alfrienad happened along just then and he paused to listen to the old darky’s morry melody, ag with twinkle of delight in the whistler's eyes he watched the goat skinning the poster off the fence with his tougue. Presently Coin approached old Win- chester and, layimg his heavy hand apon his shoulder, said to him: “Old man, I've known you for many years, and I always wondered why it was that you were always in a good humor and whistling. Arve you cver worried or bothered about anything? I'a like tojknow the secret of your h: piuess.” “Nuftin® don’ nebber bodder me, Marse Colin, an’dey ain’t no secret about me bein’ in er good humor all de time. I jes go on doin’ two things.” ““Well, what are they?’ “Serve God an’ whistle. An’ T al'nys feels sorry fo’ de man dat won't do de one an’ cain’t do de tudder,” and the gallant colonel shook hands with him and came on down the street leaving old Winchester watching the goat and whistling that good old tune. “I'm er Gwan ter Git ter Flebben Bime By.” —— PREACHERS ARE SCARCE. Dakota Pines for Rustlers to Whoop it Up on Relizion. A gentleman who came on from Da- kota to attend our presbyte held be- fore the school term ended, wanted more men alone thun all the schools were to turn out, says the New York Sun. He wanted them to go to Dakota and had charges waiting for them and salaries of $800 a year each guaranteed for the first year. We couldn’t let them all go out there to that one state, for ever other growing state like Dakota wis represented by a man who had just the snme sort of a demand, Perhaps you can understand from this why so many little Presbyterian churchesin the thin farming districts of the east have to be locked ulp‘ The young man who goes to a Dukota town and begins to preach in a tent or a dugout finds him- sell in a brick church inside of two years, with a handsome parsonnge alongside. They are rustiers’in church matters out there because they think it belps to advance the price of real es- tite to huve fine churches in the town. Naturally the young preacher catches the rustling infection, and, to use the veraacular, whoops up the people on the subject of religion. S - A Newspaper Office Romance, All newspaper work is not either pro- saic or dramatically sensational. There are certain sentimental episodes sand- witched in between the humdrum and the red fire, says the St. Paul Pioneer- Per istance: Two evenings after the late attempt of Young Hyde to murder his pacamour, followed by his suicide in Kun City, a tall, good- looking, well-dressed and dignified gentleman called at the exchange room of the Pioneer Press. He wished to look at the Kansas City Times. It was given him—the Sunduy edition then the scribe turned to his works gentleman commenced reading the paper attentively, Absorbed in his work, the, writer took no heed of his visitor unfil n deep sob burst faom the latter, and he was seen to be in tears. He then laid the paper down on the deslk, opened at the two-column account of the tragedy. The matter was illus- trated by two cuts—pictupes of Hyde and the gtilty woman. The latter was beautiful. “Rathe the visito *Indeedshe is.” “Would you mind selling me this paper?”’ he continued. T was unabie 1o tind u copy at any of the newsstunds,” *We do not as a rule sell exchanges, but if it is particularly intervesting to you I guess you can take it along with- pay. Is it really important?” “Yes, I would like it,” replied th stranger, and tears coursed freely dow his cheeks. *You really think the woman is beautiful?” “Yes, if [ am u competent judge “*‘Her beauty was her ruin. woman was my wife,” Under the circumstances he really seemed more eatitled to the paper than the exchange roo He carvied it away, folding it fie were wringing the neck of her would- be assassin and muttering - a few inar- ticulate curses on the dead man’s name. —_— The Costliest Book Extant, The vatican library. at Rome, cele- brated for 1ts thousands of valuable books, has a copy of the Hebrow bible, for which Pope Julius in 1812, rofused $125,000, says the St. Louis RRebubli The would-be purchasers were a syndi cate of rich Hebrews. They i not exactly offer Julius #125000 for his biblical treasure, they simply told him they could give its weight in gold. As the book weighs 325 pounas, the offer they made is equivalent to the figures given. a fine-looking woman,” suid e “Box and Cox" in Iceland, Speaking to me about his Icelandic tour last summer, Mr. Hall Caine told me the following amusing incident, says & writer in the Pall Mall Guzette: A&houqh Iceland is the home of the old sngas, yet. until within the last three years, a pluy has never been seen by the inhabitants. But three years ago, fiuding the long winter absolutely iu- tolerable, shut in by ice and snow and the everlasting mountains, the inhabi- tants of Reikajavie resolved to attempt the druma, Of all plays on ear*h they Tk Noods Saxsapaiia NS QLo holar ©Cood Aponotite 1s essential to good healths but at this senson the blood may be im pure, that tired feeling prodominant, and the appetite lost. 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Rawbling passnges from the plays in which he acted were recited in oico of wonderful power nrd pathos, but ut the end of age the uctor would stop and say, a_ voice to chill the blood, *But now I'm mad—ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, bu, ha, ah-h-h-h.” The end ol the luugh was all but indeseribable, for he drew in his breath with a sound that was purtly a shriek and partly a gasp. If there ever was a voice heard from the tomb, it is when this eylinder is put in the phonograph. Bee News Stands. The morning, eveninz and Sunday Bes can be found regulariy ut the following places: norrLs. Paxton Hotel Nows Mitlard Hotel News Stand, Murray Hotel News Stand. Aroade Hotel News Stand. Metropolitan Hotel Nows Stand, Windsor Hotel N Cantield House Ne cns Hotel News Merchants Hotel Naws Stand. HOOK, NEWS AKD TOY STORES, Jophm & Co., 308 North Sixteenth, Dick Castello, 506 North Sixteenth. J. Rich, 600 North Sixteenth. J. P, Hoy, 1115 N cuty-fourth, Rubin Bres., 514 Souta Tenth. Frank Kolble, 318 South Tenth. 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