Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 15, 1890, Page 11

THE OMAHA DA CONNELL 0N THE SILVER BILL ~ "The Nebraska Congressman's Address in the House of Representatives., THE SPEAKER SEVERELY CRITICISED. sed's Coarse Denounced as Arbitrary in Refusing to Allow the Considera- tion of Amendments—A Double Standard Favored. Following is the speech of Hon, W. J. Con- Acll on the silver bill, delivered on June 7, by courtesy of Mr. Springer of Tllinois, who al- lowed him elght minutes of his time Mr. Speaker,I much regret that I am forced to occupy the position in which I now find myself placed. It is by the courtesy of a dem- ocrat, who occupies a seat at the other end of this hall,that I am now permitted to be heard. I thank him for kindly yielding to me a por- gion of his time, @) On this most important question of silver legislation I am denied recognition by the speaker and refused the privilege of a” hear- ing by the gentleman on this side of thehou in charge of the bill [Mr. Conger|, for the manifest reason that T am opposed to the bill in its present form. Mr. Speaker, I have always been a republi- can. My loyaity to the party has never been questioned. T stand ready toserve the party in the future as in the past. I recognizo thatmy personal views and individual opinions, as’a rule, should conform to the judgmentof those who are regarded as party leaders and coun- lors, I cannot, however, blindly follow even a majority of the republican mémbers of this house when I kuow, us I do in this case, the needs and demands of the people, 1 pro- pose to govern my action accordingly, even though my vote be recorded with the minor- fty. This I do under the firm conviction thut he who most nearly represents the people serves his party best. On nearly every question during the pre- sent session my vote has been recorded on the side of the majority. I hope after dis- posing of the present bill it may be so x corded until the close of the pre But I wish to say right here and now, ing only for myself, but at the same time $niz expression to oft-repeated utterances of members about me, that if the speaker and the so-called leaders on this side of the house expect the rank and fite to do their bidding thout reference to what is right, or reason- able, or fair, they will wake up some fine morning to find themselves very much mis taken. [Applause.] 1 most earnestly supported the speaker in his cminently correct ruling that members actually present and plainly to be seen in the seats should be counted as present. It may have been against former precedents to s0 decide, but such decision was in_accord with common sense und in_harmony with the constitution. To have decided otherwi would be to make absurd and ridiculou power given to the minority to compel th tendunce of absent members. There been much vitter invective, as I consider without cause or foundation, hurled against the speaker by reason of this and other de- cisions, When it 1 mani on the other side of this hous ing to prevent legislation by the disreputable methods familiar to the filibuster, it is vight and proper that rules should be adopted and enforced which will prevent into effect of such methods. piople will susta 1 rules as well as the speaker who his the nerve to enforce them. But while this is true, I wish right here to < Five utterance to anothér proposition which I am sure is @ true echo of the voice of the peo- ple, and that is, under no system of rules will @ g on free speech, fair discussion, right to propose honest amendments ¢ > tolerated. [Applause ubmit that the action of the speake ofusing to permnit the consideration of smendments which would remonetize silver und climinate from the bill now under consideration its bullion-redemp- tion feature is an outrage on a majority of the members of this house and on_the people of this country who demand that this should be done. [Applause. | If it is the wish of the majority of the mem- bers of this house to pass a bill in favor of the freo and unlimited coinage of silver it is as reprhensible on the part of a minority, even + though entirely composed of republicans, to prevent such iction by the enforcement of a gagg rule as it would be for democrats, in suance of a filibustering conspiracy, to thwart Jegislation desived by republicans.” We should have an honest aud fair expression of the will of the people as represented. by a majo the members of this house. I recognizo that it is imy member to engraft on every bill his individ- ual opinion; 1 also recognize that it is fr quently necessary to make concessions in or- der to sceure desived legislation. For one, T have been disposed to meet the gentlemen P on this side of the house in that spirit. I re- any republican can, that we were unable in caucus to agzree upon a bill ry member on this sido of tie house support. While a considerable numbe self were in favor of free coinage of silver, we stook ready to compromise on a measure that would eliminate from the pres- ent bill its bullion vedemption proviso, which degrades and continues to demonetize silver and makes mere warchouse receipts out of o treasury notes authorized to bo issued. It 1d0ked ut one time as though this might be done, 1 donot propose to give away any of the secrets of the caucus: I donot propose to tell any tales out of school; I only repeat what has been a_matter of general publica- tion in the public press, when I say that a number of amendments, one of which elim- inated from this bill its objectionable clause, were offered by the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. McKinley], and probably would have been accepted as satisfactory to all the mem- s on this sido of the house, but for ob- jections and protests of the speaker. 1 would have been very glad to have seen a silver bill introduced and put through this houso purcly as a ropublican measure, Thit might been done had gentlemen on this sido of the house heeded the timely sugges- tious of the distinguished und able gentleman from Ohio (Mr, McKinley), and uccepted the amendments which he proposed in a spirit of compromise. While in favor of the free and unlimited coinage of silver, I with other members of similar views would have been willing o accept, this bill with the amend- ments proposed, believing that time would justify our belief that with the brand of demonetization removed the price of bullio would soon reach §1 for 871,25 grains of pur silver, and result practically in free aud un- limited coinag Mr. Speaker, the state which T have the honor to represent does not produce a single ounceof silver, My constituents ave neither miners or mine owners. It is not from u sel- fish standpoint, therefore, that Nebraska or her representatives view 'the question of sil- ver legislation. \What is demanded by my self, my colleagues, aud the people we repre sent is such legislation as will result in the atest good to the greatest number and wiil productive of the largest degree of perity 1o the entive country This question is the most important and far reaching in its consedquences of any that has received the attention of congress for many sars. 1t affects every interest of this great ountry, und if properly determined will bring 10 the peoplo & degree of prosperity without a parallel in the history of the nation. At the threshold of its consideration w are confronted with & condition of affairs which, if not alavming, is serious and deplor- able. A feeling of unrest and discontent per- vades the land. The poor becoming poorer, while tho rich are growing riche T'he masses are becoming more and more di satistied. The people are becoming w under the burdens that oppress them. 1 trade aud occupation exhibits symptom istrust and unrest. The furmer is unable to realize from his crops the cost of production and transportation. The wage-worker finds himself either without employment or com- pelled to work for insuficient wages. The merchant finds trade “dull’ and times Those who are under the hurtow of find it impossible to extricate thems While other causes may have contributed to this condition of affairs, I believe the chief cause is the lack of sufticient money in cireu lation and the establishment of gold as the only standard of measuring values. Tho law of ..u,.‘.x_\ and demand must be recognized 1t is & law that applies to woney as well as to all other property. When you' limit the sup ply of money ‘you increase its value as compared with other property. When you iucreaso the supply you diminish ts value. The value of money, therefore, depending, as it does, upon the law of supply and demund, the question of a suficient sup- ply is one of the utmost importance. It is undisputed that prices generally have fallen $row 80 10 50 per cent throughout the eutire country since the demonetization of silver, It cannot be denied that the limited supply of the circulating medium and the single gold standard has brought about this result. Silver as well as gold, from time imme- morial hes baen regarded ‘as a money metal. 1t is recognized as such by the constitution, which declares that congress shall have the power “'to coin money and regulate the value thereof,” and that “ho state shall* * * make anything but gold and silver coina tender in payment of debts.”” The act of 1873 demonetizing silver was nothing short of a national crime, The only excuse for its passage was that its purpose and effect was not appreciated or wnderstood. 1t has been stated by one who was a mem- ber of congress at the time this act was passed that with scarcely an exception the men who voted for it had since declared their utter ignorance of its effect, and that the president who approved the uct had subse- quently expressed his desire to again see sil- ver restored as a money metal, having been unconscious at the time he approved the act that he was signing a decree for silver de- monetization. Had it been made manifest that the purpose of the act was to establish gold as the single standard of value, it is fair w presume it never would have passed or been approved by the president. There was no sufficient reason for this act of demonetiza- By its passage a great wrong has been done the debtor class,not only those who were indebted as individuals, but those who must contribute to national, state and niunicipal in- debtedness, In the suppression of the rebel- lion the government contracted an_enormous debt which was measured by the silver unit of 41214 grains of standard silver. The act of 1873 demonetizing silver added to this enor- mous burden of debt under which the people were staggering by changing the unit under which it was to be paid from a silver unit to a gold unit, thereby making government bonds payable according to the single stand- ard of gold, which had been greatly enhanced by nlw striking down of silver as a -money niets What is true of government indebtedness is also true and in a_more oppressive degree to state, county, municipul, and individual in- debtedness, It does scem to me we hav reached the time when the cry of the dis- tressed debtor should be heeded. It ought not to be the sole purpose of congress to legis- late in the interest of the creditor clas The capitalists and the *gcld bugs” for once in the history of the legislation of this country should be required to take a back soaty und the power of Wall street should be deficd. My time now having expired I wish merely to declave my position with regard to the present bill. If a vote can be had on amend- ments offered in good faith for the purpose of climinating from the bill its objectionable features, I will support it cven though such amendments be voted down, This I will do on the theory that silver legislation is needed and desired, and that if the amendments pre posed ave not. favored by a majority of the members of this house, the minovity should accept the bill in its present form, as being the pest m can be passed. If,how- ever, the speaker arbitravily refuses to allow the ‘consideratien of such amendments or motions to recommit, T will nost emphatically vote against the billl [Applause. ] - MPIETIES. “It’s hotter than ——," began the deacon, when the minister interrupted him with h-h.”” But the deacon wouldn’t be bluffed. “It's hotter than yesterday,” he said. s climbed the glorious golden stair; He's passed the portal pearly; Because he changed his underwear A week or 50 too carly. 1 pass,” said the deacon on Saturday night, As he looked at bis cards and cussed his fat Aud the next day—I think it was bardly ht— In the church he passed the plate. New York Herald. Weeks—A town out west has discovered a brand new wrinkle in the faith philosophy. Simpson—Iudecd! Weeks — Yes, they're curing hams by pray “Muaria, you will please start the him,” called out the parson from the stairway at 11 p. m., and young Doodely, who had accompa- nied the parson’s daughter home from church, took the hint and left. 2 Deacon Goodenough—What do you think of our new pastor! Tribulation Jones—I helped him take down his stove yesterday, and he never used a single cuss-word. Deacon Good- enough—Let's try him with a fountain pen. Miss Devout (at Sunday dinner)—Have you been to chur Mr. Hardened? Mr. Hardened—\Why, yes, indeed! Miss Devout —Where was the text! Mr. Hardened— Well, 'm_afraid T've forgotten, but probably you may remember; it was the time Lincoln was shot. “Do you always practice what you preach asked the tived deacon of the long-winded minister. “I do my brother,” said the long- winded minister solemnly. *Well,” said the tired deacon, *I don’t wonder, then, that you don’t seem to get any time to make any pas- toral calls.” “Curious how t: “Why, H ‘Looking E wife.” “Is there a man in the church today Who'll come and give me his hard,” The preacher said; “and go our way' On the trip to the promised land ¢ “There i 1 the editor, near the door, While hi with rapture glowed; And the minister said, as he eyed him o'er: “Free pass on the Heavenly rond ! story goes that a Lewiston (Me.) gentleman gave his little givl a bad quarter of a dollar the other day, telling her that it would do to play with, ~She kept it for a day or two and scemed to be 1 it for a pu pose. *You must not attempt to spend it, my dear,” id he. No, 1 am not going to, papa,” was the reply, *but [ know what I shall do with it. I shall put it in the basket at Subbath school next Sunday and the Lord will male it good.” The trastful father ‘re- sumed payment’ on the bad quarter and is- sued a substantial half. - PEPPERMINT DROPS. Jetting up a broom. Saudbagging may be cl base hits, Tain’ de pearl han'le on de razih dat docs de cuttin “Phe aguostic has a mind to eat hash. asks not to knaw. Rameses was recognized by his mummy. It was a “dead give away.” The course of true love never did run smooth, und it would ot be half the fun it it did We hear of killing costumes, but the H lander's apparel goes abead of all; it is ready “kilt.” At the concert-—“I want to ask you a ques- tion,” ““Don’t talk now, wait until the con- cert begins.” Itis better for ayoung man to have his trousers bag at the kuees than to have his brains bag at the cars. “Well, T called on Miss Bobbett last night and broke the ico.” *How unfortunate when ice is s hard to replace,’” “The man's & brute, He threatened to put a head on me.” *And youlet the opportun- ity slipt You foolish boy."" 1 beg of you to pay me what you owe me.” “Can't do it “Well, just give me enough $0 that I can begin a suit against you,” Mvs. Bunting—I seo that Emin Pasha is to ve o salary of $0,000 4 year. Buntiy You don't say! What club has bLe signed with? “Clara,” she whispered. you a little mista and T am Sarah.” Mr. Staid—And is Miss _Gigglegaggle well cducated ! Mrs. MeFad—Educated (1 should Why, the ribbous on her graduating dress ulone cost over §0. What do you do with _your flannels huve Dogun to shrink® I let shriuk a little more and then put em by use for pulse-warmers in winter.” First Tramp—I suppose you struck a ten- der chord when you told your pitiful story to the lady. Second Tramp—Not a bit of it, It was tho toughest wood 1 ever tried to saw, Probably the ice man has never noticed the duinty little tongs that are furnished with boxes of confectionery. They are ncat, inex- pensive,and would be quite useful in h.s busi- ness & Wife—~Well, the servant gave me notice to- day, John. Husband—So she's going to quit, bt 'Wife—Well, she didn’t put it exactly that way. I'm very much afraid, Jobn, that she wants us to quit Briggs—Is your office boy still p duties with the same feverish avidity he ex- hibited at the start! Braggs—Not exactly He is exhibiting what might be called a spring: terverish avidity now, ange.” “Howi" afortune out of ard, but it swamped Lot's woman's club—raising a d among the two He said he, “Clara”— *“Thomas,” I 'do love you, but aren’t ui Thisis Friday night after ‘em to rsuing his VALUE OF A COLLEGE 0URSE What the Heads of Leading Educational In- stitutions Say. TRAINED BRAINS * FOR BUSINESS, Ordinary Trades and Large Enter- prises—President Andrews Holds Liberal Views—Shall Pecuniary Returns Only be Considered? (Copurighted.] The practical question whether a college education is advantageous to a business man is one of especial jnterest at this time when 50 many young men in all parts of the coun- try are either preparing to enter college or are leaving the universities for the business life. From time to time the views of business men on this topic have been expressed in essays and in speeches but the views of the best educated men of the ountry themselve the leaders of the college side, have not been put forward. The following articles supply that want, and it is interesting to note that the representative college presidents discuss the question on a broad rather than a parti- san basis, The references made by President Andrews of Brown and President Carter of Williams to Mr. Joseph Wharton's vicws apply to his recent address at the Wharton school of finance in Philadelphia when he as- serted that “‘a very small proportion of the successful business men of this country have been college praduates and a very small pro- portion of the college graduates are success- ful business men,” and when he advocated an “evolution of our college system.” THE PRESIDENT OF HARVARD COLLE No education can supply a youth with nat- ural shrewdness and_good judgment, but col- education makes of a youth who possesses those matural faculties o much more effective man of business than he would be without that education. T am nov sure that thorough mental train- ing helps & man to buy and sell profitably in ordinary trade; but it is clear that in ever business which is conducted on a large scal and therefore demands administrative power, the college-bred men have a great antage. They get u large share of the highest posi- tions in manufacturing, mining, vailvoading, insuring and banking all over the country. Cisnies W, ELioT, TIE PRESIDENT OF BROWN UNINERSITY. There is much in Mr. Wharton's addres as veported, with which Ishould agree. is perhaps, however, in dunger of forgetting certain things. Collegiate cducation” might be justified even were it admitted or proved not the best sort of training for young men intending a business life. Not all men are to be business men in the ptation of that term, and it is greatly more important thoroughly to cducate men_thau to cducate mere business men. Mr. Whavton alsc should think, loses sigit of the change which is vapidly taking place in college methods. We secure nowadays in college work an orig inality, a power of application, a first hand grasp upon knowled which, I pr Sume, he has little idea. Thes traits and others which could be named are, so fur as o, indispensable qualifications for a business life On the othier hand, those who might feel 1i ovposing Mr. Wharton would do well to v iember one or two facts, Who can deny that a vast deal , superficialty and narrowness have hitherfo characterized col- legate education? It has been in many r spects needlessly unpractical and dry, well as stupidly conservative. These qual ties we ave having the good fortune rapidi to lay aside. The reform is destined to be sweeping one. 1t will extend not only to the methods but to the matter of cducation. We shull find that without s : atall from the central purpose of building through education the noblest manhood, it is still possible to introduce more than has bitherto been done subjects of a practical nature, Let business men become actually ac- quainted with college work and let colleg take their criticising into kindly consid- We shall sooner or later see eye to I, BENJ. ANDREW THE PRESIDENT OF TITE MASSACHUSETTS INSTI- TUTE OF TECHNOLOG It is unnceessary to discuss at length the tion whether a college education is pecu- rofitable to young men, for two re sous. The first of these is so evident that T need not state it The second reason is that 1 exceedingly dislike to see the question of college educition put upon such low ground. n who would allow his decision i going to college or staying away to be determined wholly or mainly by the p pect of pecuniary return is unworthy of the benefit of a liberal education. IraNcis A, WALKER, THE PRESIDENT OF WILLIAMS COLL It is a question not easy of solut 3 actly how far the college coilrse as at present arringed helps the man intending to zo into business. ‘The question whether the ccllege kept pace with the changing condition of the country and the increasing demand for men of high and special training for busincss, Mr, Wharton answers positively in thenegative, T happen to know several college graduates o cupying the foremost places in business ¢ cerns, and could mention one in Philadelphia about forty-gve years of age who has for several years managed admirably a business great in all senses. This would scem to prove that the college course may be not a hindrance but a possible aid toward asuccessful business career, It would be possibles, doubtless, to show a large number of college graduates who on leaving college scemed unpractical and help- less. Very likely some of them were very good scholars in colleze, But it does not fol- low that, if they had pursued a course of study, the best adapted to prepave for busi- ness that successful business men could y scribe, they would not on 1ts completion have been equally helpless. The helpless be in the composition of the man. i some knowledge of history and economy, some strengthening of the logical powd algebra, geometry and other matehmat large knowledge of moderan langunge include English in that term), abov training of the judgment which th tion of Latin gives when by years of study, some knowledge of the world in which we live, its chemistry, phy ics and triology, and some understanding of mind, its powers and processes, und especial- ly of ethics caunot be unsuccessful. All these factors may be more helpful to the man who is to have lurge control than to subordinates All cannot be at the head. But I doubt whether for those who make the most of the college course and have latent talent for business this broad, liberalizing training will not help more to eminence in business than special lines of preparation Iven the Greek has not been lost in some of the best business men whom I know. There is another question involved, far shall a man deny himself th enjoym mastered How vower and 1t that come to o citizen and gentle. man from this liberal training for the sake of special training! Were it proved that simple money making might be more rapld, if the years given to this liberal training weve giy en o something else, would it follow that bus. iness as & profession, the influence of busi- ness men as a body would be purer, stronge more helpful to the community without iti Would the men themselves be stronger or happier! Lhave believed that the business men of the future are to come from the col- leges. But then they must be trained men, disciplined and developed in all mental direct tions, not overfed mollusks. Undoubtedly a course or two of lectures having special ref- erence to methods usages and laws of busi- ness might be profitably added to the prosent curriculum. But whatever scheme proves most certain to ennoble business, or fit men for its ennobling activities the college profes- sors will welcome and bid it God-spee f FRANKLIN CARTER, e Indigestion results from a partial paralysis of the stomach, and is the primary cause of & very large majority of the ills that humanity s heir to. The most agreeable and cffective remedy is Dr. J. H. McLean's Little Liver and Kiduney Pillets.” 25 cents a vial R An Undertaker's Strange Suicide, J. Charlton Simpson, & prominent un- dertaker of Fincastle, Vi., committed suicide the other day while preparing a coftin for the burial of his little girl, He broke from the wareroofi{tian half a mile to a secluded spot ang plunged a knife in his breast. Helived only a minute after a pursuing pmiy'found him, i . CONNUBIALITIES, Mrs. George Marshall of Anflston, Ala., a bride of four days, commitied suicide the other day. She quarreled with her husband about the arrangement of the furniture, and then went to her room and swullowed three grains of morphine. Alfred Bacon and Susanna Rped Bacon of Bedford, Mass., recently celebiated the sixty- fifth anniversary of ‘their marriage, N Bacon is eighty-eight and his wife eight four. Both were born in Bedford and have lived here all their lives. Constance 1 care not for your poverty, George. Let us wed at once. \We can live on one meal a : orge—Can you cook, lovel I cooking school for two months.” T will wed, 1 think one meal a day v swer,” The comment of the Sacramento Bee on the Oelrich-Fair wedding: *“The apotheosis of gush, the ultima thule of slush and the South Pole of sickening sycophancy were all reached in the San Francisco morning papers of yesterday in_the accounts of the Oelrich- Fair wedding. Miss Tessie Fair that was is a good, ordinary, sensible California girl nothing more, Sheis not a Venus in beauty nor an Aspasia in_intellect. The Fairs have never set the world on fire with either intel- lectual brightness or generosity The marriage of Mr. William Cox of Ohio and Miss Belle Turoer of Boousboro, Mo, was to have been solemnized at the bride's home the other me at 10 o'clock, but it will not occur. The night previous to the wedding Cox cloped with Miss Katie, the only daughter of Mr. L. L. Kingsbury, a wealthy farmer of this vicinity. It i not known what divection they took, but as they ave both of age itis supposed they are married before now. Miss Turner, the expectant bride, is a leader in society and one of the most popular and beaatiful yound ladies in the coun Miss Kingsbury, too, is accomplished, hand- some and a favorite in society The_little village of Linn Creck, Mo, is stivred from cente umference over the clopament of Dr. J. W, Marvell, a marricd man, with Mis aughter of one of Linn Creek's its. The doctor located there a little less than a year ago. During the Christmas holidays he met and fell w love with Miss Moulder, and the passion was r ated. The other day the iffaiv reached its climax when the parties en- tered @ buggy on the public square and, in- forming the gaping crowd that was looking on that they loved each other better than life, drove off. The other morning Miss Flora McCary, a pretty school girl of Avondale, a suburb of Birmingham, Ala., went to church with her mother. While_there she met a_sweetheart, J. W. Vanderbilt, a young busincss man of the town, and he suggested that they get married at once. She uceep! i for fear of parental objection they went to another chureh while u friend wis sent post haste for the license, He returned in an lour, and the srvices in the chureh were stopped until the ceremony could be performed. The young couple have apolozized to the old folks und have been forgiven. In Knott county, Kentucky, near Hindman, adouble wedding has just 1 place, @ man named Johnston ma iss Snow and Johuston's s mother The relations of the contracting partics, as a rosult of these mar peculiarly com cated. ‘I'he older Mr. Johnston found him- 1f to be the son-in-law of Lis own son and wof his daughter-in-law. The . Johnston found bimself to be the Step-father of his step-mothor ind the fathe in-law of his own father. The lute Mrs, Snow became the daughter-in-law of her own dangh- ud daughter-in-law to her son-in-layv,and the youngzer bride occame the mother-in-law and the step-mother to her owi mother. A weather beaten old man of asun-browned country _girl came to the city hall in New Y afternoon sceking a license to grirl's mother, who was of the sented to the matchand was reparations. In some way they were di reeted to the city hall police station. Ser. geant Ryan was about to help them fiud a en he discovered that the child was to be the bride, and not.the woman as ho 1 supposed. He frightencd the mother by telling her that she would be guilty of a seri- ous erime if she married her daughter to tho old man. The interesti o came from Orange, the would-be groom being Benjumi Moyer, & mason with a bank account. He and the woman were locked up at the Ouk police station, while the girl was put in charge of tho Children’s Society, il SINGULARITIES [t isa curious fact that the Australian swans, being black and so not showing the dirt as'much us their white brethren, pay le: attention to the bath " £d Holeroft, living near Hartford City, Tnd., saw a white squirrel inatree_on his farm. He cut down the tree, and, aided by his wife, effected the capture of the little rc dent. It is a perfect albino, wite as snow, with pink ¢ and the size of th common gray squirrel. It is a ver imen. James Compton, a_blacksmith 0., has a cat which is remarkably prolifie, a few days ago giving bivth to sixteen kittens, and when they were found five of them were dead, while the remaining cleven are thrivin, and doing nicely. Th very neat spe mens of the feline race, being only th small mice. A large Belgian poodle dog astonished promenaders in the corridors of the Fifth Avenue hotel, New York, the other night by Strolling leisurely =up and down and pufting with apparently iutense sat ion_at a small pipe, which he held tightly in his mouth. Max Somerville,a wealthy Philadel- phian, bought the animal in Paris several years ago. The other evenin: 3 nd [ twelve had con- ling in the of Marion, while Henry Febring of Columbus, O., was sprinkling his yard, the nogzle of the hose apparently became stopped up, and, taking it off, he found in the hose un cel thirteen and one-half inches long. The eel had been drawn into the waterworks and through the mains and hose, a distance of about a mile through the streets from the waterworks, A Braiutree (Mass.) telegram says: A re- markable freak of nature, which equals in similarity the famous Siamese twins, has just been reported from this pince, Mr imon de Leroy on last Thursday evening gave birth to what was appavently one child dead. Close amination, however, revealed two distinet, well-proportioned male infants with two heads, two bodies, aud each with two legs, but joined at their sides with what ap- peared to be strong muscle A. Weber, who lives near Wapakoneta, O., has u freak of an unusual kind. Among a litter of pigs recently given birth to by o full-blooded Poland-China animal were two jgether at their bellies, Their ) o the the size of the usu newly born pig, and where the growth begin is impossible to tell, and this fuct gives the freak the appearance of having but one body The monstrosity possesscs eight legs, which project outward and give the animals the appearance of lying in each'other’s embrace, two perfect heads, each hiving eyes, cars, nose and mouth West Gardiner, Me., is bragging on a pecu liar specimen of a horse which is a denizen of the place. The animal i3 owned by a gentl man named Jackson Benuer. * He has always been @ sober, industrious animal until one day lust weeld e showed liking for vathe peculiar dishes, and made @ hearty meal of twenty pounds of honey and a large part of the bees. This proved unsatisfactory, aud ater in the week, while enjoying a caper about the yard, he captured and swallowed every oue of a brood of ten handsome chicks. The animal bids fair to be rather costly, as his owner does not know what will be his next gastronomic undertaking. Rev. Mr, James of London writes as fol lows to the Pittsburg Dispatch of a remarka ble canary bird: “Immediately I begin to play upon the flute she chirps about as if en joying the music. If 1 open the cage door and leave her she will come as near to me as possible, but does not attempt to fly to the musie; butif T put her upon my desk and lay theé flute down, she will perchi upon the end and allow nie to raise the instrument and play. 1 often take her into the church and play there upon the organ, and she will perch upon my fingers, notwithstanding the Inconvenience of the motion of the hands and chirp in evident delight at the ot sounds,” New Coates House, Kan, City. Absolutely fire proof. Fiuest and hotel In Kunsas City, Unexcelled pointments, argest in its up HOMES OF THE FIRE-KINGS. A Rambler's Visit to Omaha’s Eng ine Com panies No, 4 and No, 5. WHEN THE DELUGE WAS The Clay Banks Which Stare No. 5 in the Face and the Relic of Other Days Which She Controls, FOUNDED. No. 4 engine house is at Eleventh and Dor- cas, From the front door there is a very pretty view over the western part of the city. All the disfiguring features which come out of @ near inspection are buried by the foliage of the trees and there may be seen only an expansive valley through whose green covering peeps the roofs of the houses, The Eleventh street motor dashes along in front and a steady stream of trafic elivens the street. The immediate vicinity is taken up with residences, whose green lawns and ornamental trees and shrubs add to the at- tractiveness of the location. The building itself is stantial frame, tastefully decorated. Along the south side a plot of ground has been leveled and sodded by the fireman, and presents the ap pearance of a soft carpet of clover, relieved with flower beds and a large figure 4" in folinge plants. Over this side of the building hangs a dense drapery of clinging vines reaching above the second story. Along the north side is a broad and well-laid sidewallk, where the firemen bring their armchaivs and read and talk during the heat of the day. The interfor corresponds with the neatness of the extarior. The floor is smooth and clean, the walls and ceinng are tinted with soft shades, the horse disconnecting apparatus is enclosed in a beautifully carved case, man- ufactured by some of the mechanically in- clined ~ firemen; the hanging haviess alarm gongs, and all the elec- tric machinery is of the neatest design and finish, The hose cart is a_beauty with its searlet wheels, light green deam and profuse brass mountings. The magnificent span of greys, “Rowdy” and “Dan,” are among the finest in the department. The machinery which sets them free works to perfection. In fact, what No. 4 lacks in the operating department is not visible to the visitor at least. The second story is divided into two com- partments, In the front is a room accommo- dating_the five cots, the walls decorated with pictures and with fots of reading mat- ter couvenient. Back of this room is a_large hall with a floor s0 smooth that many a young miss at sight of it would shuffie her féet to the measures of an imaginary waltz. The room was intended for a ball for the convenience of the citizens of the neighbor hood when erected for the occupaney of Del- uge volunteer company. I'he volunteers used it only about three months, however, and the room is mot occupied. It hus handsom tinted walls and is furnished with gasolic and every convenicnce, As soon as the sewer is pat in ‘part of it will be cut off for bath und toilet rooms. T il stili be space left for aspacions and well lighted pool or billiard room and the boys are waiting for some ap- min of wealth to furnish the table, bout the liveliest oceasion this room ever witnessed was at tie time of the marriage of the chicf's driver, Bluke, when, as onc of the oceupants 1, “there was a good old- fashioned *ho ) All thing ed, No, 4 is ahout as well situated as a fire company could expect to be. The beautiful surroundings, the finely-ap- pointed house and the congeniality of the ¢ cupants combine to render bearable as nearly as possible the monot- onous eter vigilanee e life of a fireman. Al of the men at the garden, though it is the particular pride and pet of Captain Sam Crowly. Then always a cool spot for a quict confab 1d a good deal of time is spent in hing quoits or at athletic i The men who spend their { Crowly, who has been on tne for six years; George Miller, dr Williams, Ed O'Neill_and Nels Nelson, pipe- men. Nels' Nelson is the only man in the company looking for a wife and the indic tions are that his_search will soon be ended. All the rost are Benedicts and say that they ¢ have twelve hours a sub- and a good, painted > for about calls on the fir alarm to all points within the tervitory be deved by aline in the neighborhood of the railway tracks. NUMBER FIVE. Out on South Twenty-eighth street, near Leuvenworth street, facing & huge bank of dlow clay and with surroundings very far from romuiitic or picturcsque, is the home of hose company No, 5. Itis not the pleasuntest place in the world for an engine house, whe men must live through the woeks, months and years in some fashion. If one could chose, they would be survounded with trees and look out upon all the life and moticn of the city. There was not much choice and there they are conveniently lecated for get- ting at the fives in_their séetion of the city, but not very near the tre birds and flowers, The men who spend their ti are Horace Clemens, captain; jam Swith, aiver, and Michael Goggins, Thomas Gray and Chris Witzpatrick pipeman, Michaeél Goggins is the only one of the company who icd the sweets of *“‘unbounded do- v and he says he is inno hurry. The chief object. of interest In the house is the hose cart which has a histor Years ago it has been hustledabout the street by the ved jacketed volunteers us a two-wheeled jumper. Since then i has jou od from house to house until finally located with com- puny No, 5, transformed into a four-wheeler, There is a fine team of hovses Prince” and Jerry,” and the company has'a_good record for quiick and effective The sleeping om has its five cots w e dainty white s and the walls ave decorated with pic- tures of five scenes und photographs of old volunteer compauies, In the rearis a carpenter's beneh with a full mplement of tools, where many a long, y day has its vedious hours shortened. Here, too, there is a lawn similar to that at No. 4, where the men take turns at the gar- dening, On the wall of the lower room is a pessi- mistic silk-worked motto which rcads When fire Is called and dangor nigh, God and the firemen s the ery; When the fire 15 quenched and all Is righted, God Is forgotten and the fir slignted, An Absowte Cure, The ORIGINAL ABIETINE OINTMENT s only put up in large two-ounce tin boxes, and s an absolute cure for all sores, burns, wounds, ehapped hands and all ¢kin eruptions Will positively cure all kinds of piles, Ask for the ORIGINAL ABIETINE OIN MENT. Sold by Goodman Drug company at 25 cents per box—by mail 80 cents Mrs. Cleyeland, for her trip to Marion a couple of days since, was prettily attived in a snug fitting Jacket with white flannel collar and cuffs. 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