Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 19, 1892, Page 4

1 e e e e BEE E. ROSEWATER, Eotrcn THE DAILY — PUBLISHED " OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY TERMS OF §UBSCRIPTION DatlyBee (without &unday) One Year....# 8 (0 Paily and Sun; MORNING. BVERY £ixM onths 5 00 Three Month 25 Eundny fee, One Yoir 200 Baturduy Beée, Ono Your 15 Weekly Bee, One Year " e 10 OF FICES] Omahae. The Bee Building EouthOmaha, corner N nnd 2th Stroets Counell BlufTs, 12 Pearl Street a0 Office. hamber of Commerce. York.Roons1”, 14 and 15 Tribune Bulldinz Washington, 613 Fourteenth Streot. CORRESPONDENCE All communieations relating to news and editorial matter shonld be addressed te the Editorial Department BUSINESS LETTERS, All 1 romittances should e addressed to Tho Bee Publishing Comp: Ownha. Drafts, cliecks and postoffice or 10 Lo made payable to the order of the ¢ vany. 'Ite Bee Publishing Company, PFflBl‘ifl'Dlj EWORN STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION Btateof Nebraskn, s County of Douglas. {5% ’ George B, Tzschuck, secretary of Tho T Publishing company. does solemnly swe that the actual eireilition of for the week ending April 16, 1802 wus as fol Jows L 98,100 Sunduy. Mondi Tuosda Wednesd Thursday, April 14 Friday. April Saturday, April 16 April 10 April i1 April A Average GRORGE B. TZSCHUCK Sworn to bofore mo and sibseribed in my presenco this 16th duy of April, A. D, 1502 SEAL. N EIL Notary Public T Nebraska Central promises more benofits to Omaha than any recent proposed undertaking. It desorves consideration and fair treat- ment, enterprise [DRN ATOR BrLAIR is believed to be the only man inall New England who believes in the absolute exclusion of Chinese and in his pique has more to do with his belief upon the subject than politics. GENERAL PALMER fought the south- ern confederacy in person. Grover Cleveland senta substitute. This is one veason why the Palmer heom languishes 1 wanes while that of the other gen- tleman grows and waxes strong. NEBRASKA republicans can organize a fight for victory or they can demoralize their and invite defeat. They have their choice. If the conventions are to be manipulated for the gratifien tion of personal malice or devoted to the revivification of dead issues the pa will simply invite disorganization and disaster. forces SENATOR MILLS, in his friendly latter to Governor McKinley, admits by im- piication that he does not expect to live tong enough to another democrat sected president. Ho says ho has seached tho top round of the ladder of his own fame, while his fricnd Mo Kinley may look with hope to greater political achievements, seo THE necossity of a thorough spring street cleaning should impel its coun- il to make provision at its nexv meet- ing for the employment of a force under the street commissioner adequate to haul away the accumulated Adirt from tho paved streets and alleys. This should be followed up by the Board of Public Works with an order to the streot sweeping contractor to place our principal thoroughfares in a presents ble condition. —_— CONSIDERING the fact that a very ox- pensive foundation would be required for the Central school building if it were erccted on the Johnson site, porhaps thera will be no tears shed on aceount of the legal proceedings instituted. Tho site is by no means a desivablo one and unless the board has gone too far to recede, the d should be abandoned und a site selocted wheroe a good founda- tion may be secured and motor lines will not threaten the lives of the little ones in going to and from their play grounds. THE work of the Omaha City Mission and Co-operative Charities for the past winter has boen highly gratifying to tho benevolently inciined people of Omaha. Nover before has the charity of the city been so systematically distributed, and nover bofore has it been possible to feel that the worthy poor wers reasonably cortain of roliof and imposture likewiso rensonably cortain of detection. The rosults of the season huve emphasizod the importance of co-oporative, syste- matic charity. —_— the s for securing parks, the whole eity is tobs taxed for their purchase. Under the plan contomplated by the charter, property immediately benelited will bo required to pay pro- portionately more than the city at large. This isright. The value of adjuacent lands will be largely incrensed by the purchase and improvement of these ks. The owners of such adjacent lands should be expected to contribute more toward the cost of such purchase and improvement than the owners of lunds in no wise benefited. UNDER the plan proposed by park commissione PAvL VANpERYOORT and Joe Edger - . the twin champions of the toiling masses, are campaigning for ‘*‘the people” on their own hook. Neither of these foes of corporate monopoly has any known source of income or even visible meuns of support. The question naturally suggests itself: How do these men support themselves and their fumilies? How cun they afford to devote their eutive time to spouting polities and where do they get the wherewith to meet the exponses of vol- unteer campaigning? In other words who pays their hotel bills and where do they get the money to pay theiwr car fare? To a man up a tree it looks as if Puul and Joe had secured a seascn’s ongagement ut railrond headquarters for wusquerading as anti-mouopolists, SRL "5 | pendent rofinc A FORMIDABLE MONOPOLY, There ought to bo no delay in passing the resolution introduced in the house of representatives, calling on the attorney general for information regarding viola- i trust ns of the anti-trust law by the sug It is tima an offort was made to determine whether that corporation, which by its latest operations in absocb- ing the Claus Sprackels and other inde- ar s become a formid- able monopoly, is to the law. As soon as the trust had completed the which trampied out all competi- n, it began to execute its plans of lim- iting production and advancing - the price of sugar. The big Spreckels vefinery 1n Philadelphia was shut down and other refineries are expected to fol- low. Representative Scott of Illinois, who introduced the resolution in the house, stated that the advance in the price of rofined sugar since the trust annihilated all competition will give the monopoly extra profits ding $25,000,000 per annum on the basis of last yoar’s consumption. Ho also said that the trust is enabled to extort enough monoy each year to pay 90 per cent of the value of its plants and equip- ment. This is a matter which interests every household in the land, and if the a trust law passod by the last congr to be of any value in protecting the people against combinations to control production ana prices it ought to be promptly brought to bear in the sugar monopoly. The act of July 2, 1890, de- s to be illegal every contract, com- bination in the form of trust or other- or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce among the several states or with foreign countrios, and provides that every porson who shall make any such contract or engage in such com- bination or conspiracy shall be decmed guilty of a misdemennor, and on con- viction thereof shall bo punished by a fino not exceeding $5,000 or by imprison- ment not exceeding one year, or by both, in the discretion of the court. The same punishment is prescribed for persons convieted of monopolizing or at- tempting to monopolize any pacy of tho trade or commerco among the several states or with foreign nations. There can be no reasonable doubt as to the ap- plication of this law to the sugar trust, rior deals t oxcoe wise, which is undeaiably n conrbination to monopolize an article of commerce amony ilie several states, and one, more- over, of universal usc and necess It has been proposed in congrs to attack the trust by repealing the duty ned sugur, and it is probable that a measure for this purpose will bo prought forw means committee. If it should be found that this is the only way to insure the overthrow of the monopoly the proposi- tion would undoubtedly meet with gen- eral popular approval. But the law, which secoms ample for the purpose, should first be invoked and the prosecu- tion of the combination be pushed as vigorously as possible. The courts were on found to he strong enough to compel the dissolution of the Standa-" Oil trust, and certainly the sugar monopoly is not more formidable. The legisiation of the last congress for the suppression of trusts has had no effect, notwithstanding tho fact that the constitutionality of the anti-trust act has been affirmed. Com- binations have been made in defiance of A determined effort should be mado to enforce the law, and it can be the law. put forth in no direction with greater promise of benefit to the public interest —the interest of every houschold in the nation—than in the prosceution of the formi nopoly. RT ON IMMIGRATION. Colonel Weber, views on the question of immigration, in which to those who demaad extreme measures of restriction. Having given this sub- ject very thorough study and investiga- tion, with the best possible opportun- opinions will ities for doing so, his command respectful consideration. Colonel Weber maintains that little new legislation is necessary regarding immigration, a view that has been ronched by all the move intolligent Ho says that Europe docs not emigrate, and ho gives it as a students of the problem. the constitutional vagabond of ard by the house ways and ble and extortionate sugar mo- the United States commissioner of immigration, has con- tributed to an oastern magazine his ho gives no encouragement THE allow to take passago for this country; and provision may be made for a more thorough inspection and investigation | of emigrants abroad than is now made. But, beyond new this charhoter, to which can be no reasonable objection, not likely that there will be any argement of the restrictions upon immigration logislation of there it is en REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES or the first time in the history Omaba politics un opportunity is sonted for an honest and unt primary eiection, if the rules adopted are fol- on to beliove that of Dre by the eounty central committo lowed. We have r the republicans of the city are deter- mined to carry out the regulations of the committee in spirit and to the let ter. Itshould be the duty of the cen- tral committee men from each ward to attend the primuries in porson and non- estly supervise the proceedingy in ordoer that the now system may bo given a fair trial. As has repeatodly been stated in theso columns, THE BEE believes the reform cannot bo complete until the caucus is cntirely eliminated from our system of pre-election methods. However, the committee has provided for caucuses and delogatoe tickets were adopted in all the wards on Friday night. In al wards the caucus nominations have not been satisfuctory to all the republican As 0 consequence new names boon prosented and the contest for places on the dolegations to the county ventions will bs renewed at the pri- vies, Hore is the danger which must be con- sidered by the friends of reform. In the sharp and in some cases bitter compoti- tion botween factions unless the author- ity of the county contral committee and their judges and clorks is fairly cxor- cised and the regulations aro insisted upon there may be frauds committed which were impossible under the old free for all systom. THE BEE warns re- publicans in, advance of this possibility and urges them to stand by tho regula- tions to tho lettor regardless of the re- sults to their factional or individual in- sov terests. The reform is being tested. It is por- haps fortunate that the first primary election held under theso rules should be one in which there is comparatively little at stake. The incentive of fat of- fices to be captured will not be a foature of the contest. The new regulations can therefore be enforced with move than when the o sional, state and county oflices are at stake. MeMBERS of the Grand Army of the Republic are petitioning congress against the passage of bills to remove the charge of desertion from the records of persons who were guilty of that crime during the rebellion, This is well, and it is to be hoped that the Grand Army a8 o whole will make a vigorous protest against such legislation, The views of THE BEE on this matter were clearly ex ssed a short time ago. It is an out- rage that the men who dropped their muskets and deserted their colors in the days of the nation’s greatest peril should, twenty-seven yours after the war, have their records urged by act of congress and thereby be enabled to ask the government for a pension, for this is the well understood object in asking to have their records ‘‘corrected.” It is an injustice to the brave and faithful soldiers who remained at their post of duty and suffered hardships and priva- tions to relieve deserters of the penalty of their crime, and when such persons et on the pension rolls of the govern- ment a wrong is done to every citizen who contributes to the pension fund. It is an abuse that ought to stop, and if the Grand Army can put a stop to it it will perform a service that will merit hearty commendation. Tk San Francisco Chronicle refors to an incomplete list of seventeen rich men in California who died leaving estates valued at from $1,000,000 to $10,000,000 and yot notone of them bequeathed a dollar for educational purposcs. The California millionaire is not ordinarily made of philanthropic stufl. He gots his monoy without much regard for the methoda of acquisition, hoards it during his lifetime or spends what he needs for his own pleasures and dies with & will which his heirs strive o set aside. Then comes a scandal with which to tarnish oase ngre. vesult of his obsorvations that the | i pume, a compromise with the con- genoral character of eligible immi- | yo51ante and he is forgotten. Rich men grants to tho United States is sub- stantially the same as that in past years, the evidence of this being in the of the Atlantic slope usually endow col- loges or charities, Their lives may have been no botter than thoso of the large percentige of prepaid tickets | pycific, but they loave behind them a bought in this country and sent to | yopument which helps future genera- rolatives and friends in Europe. With | yion to forget their faults and makes veforenco to tho outery mude against | yho contests over their wills something the 1mmigration of Italians and | yayter than a scramble of selfishness. Hungarians, Colonol Weber takes the | for in most cases the charitable be- position that it is advantageous to the from United States to draw popuiation various European sources. Ho does not shave in tho apprehension of some, manifestly absurd in the light of experienco und of an intelligent ap- preciation of the conditions that provail hore, that this country may become Buropeanized,” observing that the sharp corners of the various nationali- ties coming to us are largely rounded off by contact with each other rather thun with Americans. Colonel Weber has a just sense of the great results accom- mmigration to the plished by European United Statos, and he gives due credit to the people of the ties for what they have ing with the proc stoppage of 88, In tho event of a immigration he asks: *Wiiere wpuld the supply come from to make good not only the waste by death. but the needs of the continued expansion and development of our still gests that if incresse of population for country would be changed to a wail, It is pretty well understood that there will be no legislution by the present to satisfy the de- congress intended mands of the extremists on this ques tion. various nationali- contributed to the work of development, each improy- hardly touched natural resources?” and he sug- wao should deduct from the the last de- cade the pumber of immigrants and their incrense after landing during that poriod our boast over the growth of this It is probable that greater re- sponsibility will be imposed upon the steamship compuanies, 80usto compel them Lo exercise groator caro regurding the character of the emigrants they quests or part of them at least are con- codod by the contesting heirs by stipu- lation. Mg. MURAT HALSTEAD has had enough politieal experience to entitle his opinion to respectful consideration, and he is in a position to express it with candor. Mr. Halstead has no doubt that President Harrison will be renomi- nated. He regards the withdrawal of Mr. Blaine as final, does not think Gen- eral Alger will get more than & compli- mentary vote, and it is now question- able whether he will get even that, and there is nobody elsw in thu list of possi- ble candidates. The opposition to the president, Mr, THalstead does not be- lieve, will hive any influence at Minne- apolis, and it is not ensy to see how it can have in view of the fact that all of the strongest party leaders ave fully committed to the renomination of Har- vison., The great majority of repub- licans see the situation as Mr. Halstead does. YouNa MR had confined now wishes he BRYAN himself w0 his duties in Washington us a “‘representative of the United States,” It is humilating for a congressman to return from his con- stituency to the capital with his eye in a sling. A THE Board of Trade should not rest until all the railways centering in Omaha have agread to a milling-in- transit rate. WiLLIAM HOLMAN has already served the Fourth Indiaua district in congress OMAHA DAILY BiSE: TUE: for about thicty years, and has been renominited. When one thinks of Holman an@®Rig rocord as a perennial cheosa-parer, haapturally wonders what ort of propletmiwke their homes in that indiana congrgssignal district. P e The Iighway to Prosperity, Kanse City Journal. The prople of linbis seem to bo impressed that the roaa “to ‘prosperity is tho puvlic highway. laturo for §10,00400), with country roads. which to improve guinting Vronibition. Ghiewn Tim's T'he counerl of iDavenvort, [a., has determ 1ned 10 nereaso the prics of saloou licenses from $100 por annum te £300. lowa is a pro- hibition stute and citie s ure forced to tako stringent measures to keep down the num neer Whecling intellig Earthquake shocks were exparionced at soveral places in New York state yesterday very soon after the appearance of the morn- ing papers containing Mr. Clevelaud’s epistio to Mr. Isible, 1n which ho almost doubts the propriety of his own renomination. -— A Chan for a Howl, New York Tribune. The exports of SheMeld cutlegy to the United States have fallon off one-half since the passage of the Mcikinley bill. Of course this moans a chanco for American man- ufacturers, but democratic crivs against the “swindling cutlery tax" ave now in order. Tnconsistency Explained, Chilatelphia Ledger. Kentucky, w appropriating £100,000 for & state exhibit at the Worla's fair, noxt year, ndded a proviso that no intoxicating liquors shall be sold on tho premises controlled by that state. Many Kentuckians will think this is adiserimination against other liquors 1n favor of whisky, which they do not class as an intoxicating drink, 2 N i A Poverty of Argument. Phitadelphi® Press. What a poor opinton the country must form of the quality of democratic congressmen’s brains when :t is shown that they have prac- tically reprinted Henry Georgo's book on “F'ree Trade” in tho Cougressional Rocord as part of theirspeeches. Sinco Heory is m such high favor and such an able democratic think-tank, why not have him appointed as the mental pooh-bah of the democratic party! 1f sufficiently remunerated Heonry would doubtless trado bis dialectics for dew- ocratic cash Harper's Weekly, present democratic legislature of New York rivals in shamelessness the old car, bag legislatures in the sonthern states as de- seribed by democrats, The impression pro- duced by it is that of a band of robbers who, with the assistance of honest citizens, have obtained possession of tholaw making power, which they are abusing monstrously in order hastily to curicn themselves, conscious that they will be driven from thoir places as soon as the pedplo can reach the ballot box. The New York logislature is as tremondous 8 handicap upon tho democratic party at the oponing of the yoar's campaiga as the house of ropresentatives in Washington. Dot s SHELVING SILVE Kansas City Star (ina. dom.): The action of tho Nebraska democratic state convention in aefoating a free coinage resolution is an indication of tho change in public sentiment that is going on in the west. iKansas City Times faem.): The action of the Nebraska convention in defeating the free coinege resolutior: does not iean that Nebraska opposes'silver money, but that the present is no time to push sido issues. With tho party united Zor lower taxes, disrupting opiuions should be waived. Now York Evening Post (mug.): action of the Nebrasga democratic state con- vention vesierday shows how rvapid 1s the collapse of the free silver movement, There is 00 part of the dountry where this move- ment scemed steongor two yoars ago than in Kunsas and Nebraska. Republicans and democrats alike appearcd to be carried away by the craze. MinneapolisJournal (rep.): The Nebraska democrats placed no financial plank in the platform yesterday, but an attempt 1o put a freo coinage expression in was defeated by a vote of 247 to 220, The majority would have brought more cradit to themselves by saying what they really believed about silver in the platform, But they carefully avoided doing 80. Their position is a cowardly one! Chicago Herald (dewm.): The action of the Nebraska convention will serve to con- tradict the assumption so gonerally made that everybody west of the Missouri river is spending his days and nights in clamor- ing for nulimitea silver and a cheap dollar. It will havea wholesome effect upon the national convention, and =ssist in steering it cleal of tho mistakes of some former national demooratic couventions, Philadelphia Record (dem.): The defeat of & freo silver resoiution in the Nebraska democratic convention will be received with almost as much chagrin by the victims of the cheap woney delusion as was the defcat of the Blang bill in the houso of representa- tivos. The vote in the convention wasa close one—247 yeas to 220 nays—but it was a back-breaking blow from an_unexpected quarter, and most welcome. Tho indorse- ment of Cleveland and the repudiation of light-weight dollars go well together. Denver Repablicar.: What a wretched sot of tricksters and mountebanks the leaders of the democratic party in this country are, to be sure! In 1890, and again in 1591, for in- stance, the democralic stato conventions in Nebraska deolared unequivocally in favor of the free and unlimited coinage of silver: but in the state convention held on Thursday to elect delegates to the Chicago convention tne deniocrats of Nebraska voted down the free silyer plauk offered by Congrossman Bryan by & majority of eightoen. Every democratic state convention held thus far in the United States this year has voted against free silver, and yet wo aro told daily by the one horse democratic organs of Colorado that their party is friendly to silver. Out upon such frauds aud false pretenders, Genoral Gaorge W. Jones of Dubugue, Toww's first Unitad Statos sonator, 53 ycars ola, is dead, He had never been sick a day in hus life, Mr. Boutwell, secretary of the treasury under Goueral (irant, is now and then out on tho streets of Washington. Ho is almost the only survivor of that gabinot. G Prince Bismarck’s physician has selected Nervi, ltaly, as a place'of winter residence for the ex-cuanceilor. Nota bad nawme for the home of Lhe grigyold man. For the first tims 1u the history of national political couventions th next republican na- tional convention “II have as a delegate a full blooded Iudiamy 14 will represent Okla- boma. 4 Gladstone attribees: nuch of his present healih to the fact that (o drinks a quart of Wino with bus ovening dinner. Tho grand old man evidently wouldn’'t do for a stunding probibition argument iu & weu o dry cam- puign. W. C. Crawlford is now, at the ago of 86, living in destitutignnty Alvaredo, Tex. Ho /11 solo survivof fof "tho baud of patriots who sigued the declaration of Texas iude- endence st Wasbingtou on the Brazos river, Marah 2, 153, Governor Pattison of Ponnsylvania is s0id 10 5o the haudsomest of all tho man who are standing out 1 the open with presiden- tinl lightuiug rods elovatod. Ho is over six foot in height and is gracofully aud strongly proportioned, while his featuros are cloan Cut'and bis chin ludicates firmaess of char- acter. Mr. and Mrs. George Montgomery of Sau Francisco have renoucad the pleasures of the world and are devoting their energies and o large fortune to the advancement of the Salvation army, Mr. Montgomery is & willionaire. Ho owns valusblo mines in Mexico and much real estato in Californis. An enduring monument to their philanthro- hy is tho town of Beulab, on the outskirts $1” Ouklaud, Cal, which ey have estab- Tueg” tidve potitionod the legis- | DAY, APRIL 19, 1892 o ot Pt At et e e ————— ———————————— lished. It is a Salvation army town, as pe. ouliarly oharacteristio of the people with which It is peopled, as is Pullman, Il Here Mr. Montgomery nas given land on which & rofugo for fallen womon is being built, and ho is to estabiish thero a home for worn out ‘'soldiers of the cross." Ex-Governor Robuert L. Taylor of Tennes soe is vory much in 10vo with his work in the locture flold. ‘I have more fun in a wook now," ha said the other day, “than I had in ayeur as governor. I'm glad I'm out of of fice, and think that 1'm done with politics. What on carth does a man_want to by in_of- fice for whon he can travel around over tha country in good style, with overybody glad 10 see him, and make moro money in a_week tian ho could 1 ofMee in three months ! They were watching the peovle going to church Sunday morning from the hotol win dow says the Datroit I'ros Pross. “Thoro's a nico looking man, a comfortable oking sort of & man, one of thoso men _you always havo a feeling or dosiroto trado places with," remarked the visitor, pointing out the one in question. *Yos,” replied tho rosi- dent, **he is one of our best known men, and e has for years been taking lifo vory quiot Iy, indeed.” “A capitalist ! inquired tho vis itor. “Ob, noj a doctor,” and thero was a lull in the conversation ——— THE IDEAL WIFE, London Answers recently requested an swors o tho question: *What sott of wo man would make an fdoat wifa!" Many re- plies were roceived. Hero aro a fow that serves as types of all: A woman writes: M helpmate in the truo sense of tho word; ono who is on an equality (as far as possivle) with her husband, who can groot him with smilo after a hard day's work, who welcomes his friends as his frionds, and has the home 0 bright and cosy that “a follow doosn't care to turn out again, don't you know.” idenl of a wife isa IRog " writes; “In my opinion an ideal wifo should bo heautiful,” fascmating, good- tempered, lovablo, sympathetic, wisical, ar- tistic, litrary, not jealous, and thoroughly domesticated, Whon 1 find a woman pos- tessing all these qualliies I shall morry hor."" “Don" writes: “Heslides being thoroughly Aomesticated, a wifo should be cheorful anit musical (for music is & great oloment in a home), and sho should know just a littlo about the topics of the day, in order that sho may bo a ploasant compauion for her husbana as weil as his housekeoper.” “Ton Dhu” requires as a wife somo ono who s affectiouate, strong hearted and brave, cheerful, bright, industrious, and yet not a busybody; » girl who 1s clever and well enucated, but not—oh, not a bluw stock ing!—able to cook well and to sow and darn neatly In his opinion, walling on the darmne of the modern school is liks tramping over o plowed ficld on a dark night. SM writes: I makto no mistake when say an ideal wifois a woman who can make achump chop palatable. As for th soul in tho modern girl, I again say ste hus none. Allthat your ninateenth contury young p plo think of is love-making puro and simple bread and cheese and love.” g, wants to marry an_oconomical widow with whom he is acquainted. Her week runs this way: On Sunday morn asimple joint, On Monday fricassce; On Tuesday ave as carriea voal We hiave it servea at tea; Then dat pun stually at That joint comes up as Irish stew. e PARASOLS, The more scrvicoable parasols aro in the darie shades. A beautiful parasol in lavendor has the silk top trimmed in points with a lace ruche of a paler shade. Ruflies and puffs, ribbon aud lace and flowers, all form tho 'chief attractions in the way of ornamenting the new sunshades. Many very odd handles are formed of crooked sticks, twisted apparently without method or reason, but_with all they aro very stylish and look real ehic. Make a large rosotto of chiffon and rib- bon, and sew it around the stick at tho top. A large silk tassel or bunch of rivbon gives a pretty finish to tho stick. Some girls who greatly love flowers would put a small bunch of buttercups or violets (artficial, of course) here and thero, all around in'the chiffon puff on the banale aund minglo a few in with the rosetie on top. A very handsomo parasol of red twillod silk and trimmed with black gauze. The trimmings consisted of a full puff of gauzo all around the edge and on the top at tho center. It has a black stick resembling a gentleman’s walking stick. sl B HITS, Philadelphia Ledger: Whittier bezan life but it was as a poet that he won his lasting fame. Wasiington Star: Perhaps aftor,_ail the children uro our greatest patriots. They are 50 foud of their nutive soil thut they got it all over their fuces. New York Herald: Young Mimnister—I've heon praying for you & long time, Miss Dora. Dora (astontshed)—Why didn’t you let e know it? 1'd have been yours after tho first prayer. Hon. Joseph Mulhatton appar- od & position upon the edito- tho Foreus Falls (Minn.) Jo of thut v r of thi n this ye Peck's Sun: antly has se 15tal of a8 Lho Tust 188 81y that i fu bushels of vopeol r and stored a barn. The barn caught firo, the cc he to pop and filled u ten acro ficid. An old mur in a neighboring pasture hud aefective eye sight, suw the corn, thous Tald down and froze to death, it was snow, and Philndelpiia Record: Gent on Arch stre to old acqualnunce—well, old follow. wi aro you working at? Old fellow—Begein' Gent, surcastically—It's u fino trade. Oid fel- low 5 100 muny at it, New York Sun: Old support my daughter. sir. myselt. oung Brac every littlo hulps. oL now; theére ley—You couldn’t Lean hardly do it Possibly not, entlrely; but Judge: Wite—John, I want 810. Husband— Maris, T am »urr( 10 8; y that I haven't that amount today. Wife -John Hondsrson! I do bollove you st up with auothor sick man last night. MOLDY BURRS, Chicago Times. In the spring the paragruphists Thelr poetic talonts ¢ To thoir wid In fabricating wrodies on “Lockley Hull." ho spring the suffering ronders Far away their papors ing When they see some Hnes bezinning With the ehestnut, *In the spring New York Iferald: One of tho sinzular fucts in the publishing line '8 that polsonous literature Is never e druz in the markev. Washington Star: I toll you.” said the busiuess man. “that son of mine is no fool." “Whnt mukes you think sor" asked tho younz man's uncle. “H ) *fools rush In where anzels four totread,’ and Augustus hasn'tenergy eaough 1o rush any where Columbus Post: A Boston pupor prints an utitled “What Snall Wo Eat for That question has bothered mil- lions of poor devils for ages, Binghamton Republicun: It Is curious how a Womin Who Screaws at i mouse is not startled by w mitlinery oiil that m akes tremblo. — —— WHEN JI) 5 DEAD. L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution. Wi wus deud. 11t sarved hin abers said, led, s ol Words they sed When Jim was dead. " Kafled sselr.” #Too moan They didn't hisve one word ¢ Of confor hoverod *guzed ond m oa-lying there ir wlu't no use tor talk,” thoy sed, “He's botter deaa ! But suddenly the room growed st While God's wh'te suashine seemed ter fill The durk place with a gleam of life An' o'er the dead she bent—Jiu's wi An' with her 1ps close—close 1o his, As tho' he knew un' telt the kiss, sobbed—i touchin' sight ter hiJim was always good ter m I tell you when that cun ¢ 1t kinder sot the dead o A and the weepin' we Throwed kindly arms of love that And winglod with her own they shod The tendorest teurs—whon Jiw was dewd, DAHOMEY'S BURIED MILLIONS French Hope to Oapture the Tmmenso Treas- ure Acoumulated During Two Centuries, HIDDEN IN PITS UNDER THE PALACE ot the Kin Army of Flerco and Intrepid Amazons and Will Defond Abomey and His Money to the Uttermaost, onbles s Loxnoy, April 18.~The (lobe correspond ent says the F'rench preparations for war u Dahomey have s the real object th capturo of Abomey, the capital of Datomoy, whero it is reporteq, that successive kings for two centurios have boen burying large amounts of treasuro in pits under the palace. This treasure, says the corrospondent, allowing to 100,000,000, for exaggerations, amounts | which the Fronch bobs to capture. It is said that the king of Dahomoy has doubled his | foree of fomale warriors and will not sur- render the treasure so long as ho has a for foft. If tho king of Dahomey has doubled bis forco of Amazons he has now avout 6,000 of these soldiers. The femalo warriors are an old feature of Dahomey's army. Tho first corps was raisod about the year 1720, whon a body of women who had been armed and supplied with banners, merely as a stratagom to make tho attacking forco appear largor, benaved with such unexpected gallantry as 10 lead to the forming of o permanent rogi ment of women. They are kept under tho most rigid discipline, aud the aim is to mako them positively tearloss. The statement that s0mo of them wero shot for cowardico after the war with France in 1500, shows that a warrior’s full auty is required of them. Mr. Borghero, one of tho fow white visi tors to the capital, Abomey, tells of a sham fight which proves that mana:uvers of this sort in Dahomey are not tho playful affairs that they are in civilized countr| teo used as a drill ground there had ea o bank formed of bundios of thorny cactus bushes about 1,300 feet long, twenty foet broad and soven foet high Forty feot bevoud and parallel with this heap rose the frame work of a houso of the samo length, but about sixteon feot broad and high. The two slones of tho roof were covered with a bed of thorns. The wholo n-yrcwu-cu a fortifled town, The barofootea women warriors wero to surmount three times tho heap of thorns, d seend into tho clear space,escalado the house, which represented a citadel _bristling with defenses and take the town, They were to bo twice ropulsed by the enemy, but at the thira assault they were to be victorious and drag the prisoners to tho kiug’s feet in token of success. The first to surmount all the ob- staclos was to receive from the king's hand the roward of bravery, The king placed himself at the head of the column and harangned his women soldiers, Tlen at tho ~ignal they threw themselves with the utmost fury upon (ho bank of thorns, erossed it, leaped upon the thorny house, tired from it as if drivon back, and returned threo times 10 the charge—all this with such rapidity that tho eye could searcely follow them. "They clambered over tho thoray ob. structions as lightly as a dancer vaults upon a floor, und that although their naked fect were vierced with the sharp cactus needles. At tho first assault, when the most intrepid had already gaived the summit of the hou A woman soldier, who was at one of tho ends, fell to the ground from a height of sixteen feet. Sho was wringing her bhands ana ro mained seated, though her comrades wero trying to reanimate her courage, when the kine bimself camo up and uttered n ery of 10- dignation. The woman sprang up as if eloctritied, con- tinued the manauvers, and carried off the first prize. Thres thousnnd w omen took part in this astounding exhibi sola- TROPE'S WIN of England Sno Bitter Cold Loxvox, April 18.—The sovere woather sovin hore last weel continues. In many places the ground is coverad with snow a foot decp, uud rogular blizaras have oc- curred. Enormons damage has been done to fruits and vogetavles, In many places rivers have overflowed their banks, the adjacent country is flooded and crops are d In some places the situation is ious. Snow and slect have prostrated telegraph poles and cut off telegrapnic commuuication. scrious was the de- struetion to wires that the ordmary forco of linemen were unable o cope with the difi- culties and soldiers were ordered to their us- sistance. (ireat damage was done to crops in the Channel islauds. A heavy storm is raging today in the north of Wales and Cheshire. Advices say tho cold wave is baginning to bo felton the Bultic. Dispatches from ’aris and the uorth of I'rance say hail and sleet are falliug. The weather i3 bitterly cold. WEATHER, Portions ed Under and A FEAR TROUBLE ON MAY DAY, ropean Countries Taking Precautions Agalnst Outbreaks by Socinlists, Loxpoy, April 18— /Thore are grave fears of troublo in somo parts of the coatinent on May day. In Germany all demonstrations will bo forbidden. It is expected tbat tho socialists and anarchists will vor to show their strength, but the; overely repressed. ‘Thero ars s of trouble from genuino workingmen, who will spend the day quietly with their tamilics. Tn Italy it is thought the authorities will have their hands fuil in keopiag & somblanoe of order, and preparations are being made to uso sary forco In France the socialists are preparing to hold processions everywhere, It is oxpectad At 2,000,000 people will be in live togethier. Whilo disturbances are not looked for, the authoritios aro prepared to moot them in onse they occur. Tho demonstrations are chiefly in favor of tho eight-hour day. CHILUS INHATITANTS DIVIDED, Several Combinations Are Areanged to De- feat the Party in Power |Copyrighted 1592 by James Gonton Bennstt.\ Savtiago, Chili, (via Galveston, Tex.,) April 18, [By Mexican Cavlo to the Now York Horald--Spocial to Tue Bee.|—1 had an {atorviow last ovening with a prominent member of tho commission conservator in regard to tho presont volitieal orisis, He said that upon today's decision depouds the fato of the now cabinot, 1f the commission finds against the policy of the minlstry, all the cabinot ministors will resign 1a a body. 17, on the contrary, tho ministers’ action 1¢ sustained, it will be taken as an ludication of confidence in tho cabinet. Everything points 10 the triumph of the ministers. 1t appears that five of the railroad directors, whose threatenod romoval has led to the latest row between tho clericals and tho liberals, thought they had the support of Prosident Montt. Greatly to their surprise ho backed up his cabiet in its position. but refused to give any de cision, proferring to allow an appoal to bo mado 1o the commission consorvator. Thero are ramors all over Santiago of ovortures and alliances between the Balma cedists and consorvatives—anything to boat tho party in power and no thought of tha terriblo straits in which CLili finds horself, The government is dotermined to pursuo a system of economy iu ordor to try to lift the country ont of its financial difliculties. One measuro in this direction will be the stop- s of tho construction of several railronds being_ built. This nlono will effect & saving of 5,000,000, Minister Ezan has filed ton claiws, dating back to the war with Peru. AN INSTRUCTIVE DOCUMENT. Report of the Subyw: vission Appoint Tux BEx has just received an ofticial copy of the published report of the electrical com mission of tho District of Columbia relatiug to underground subways and the electric ico in the city of Wasnington. This mission consisted of Andrew Rosewatornow city ongineer of Owana, Prof. Houry A, Rowland of John Hopkins university, and Licutenant Shunks of the the army. Although advance were heretofore publishod, thero volumo & vast amount of information great value, not ouly to electrical peoy to the property owners and municipalities ory- com engineor corps of avstracts is in this of generally. It is substantiaily an itlustrated eneyelopedia of tho state of thoart and col lation of practice in all tho great cities of voth continents, On tho subject of franchises it presents valuable illustrations of the methods abroad, showing in strong countrast the shipsnod methads of giving uwconditional fra iscs n this country as compared with U cities of Kurope e laws e ating o olective franchises of Lou don and Pans are presented in full The experience of Now York, Chicago and Philadelpbia are fully given ana sirong argu wents presented in favor of municipal own erstip of subways snd ail the vavied plunt essential to municipal development. A tablo of the cost of lighting a large number of American citics under public ownersuip iy produced which, after allowing for mterost, Insurance, maintenance, taxes and deprocia- tion on & most liveral scale, shows by its summary that_public mumcipal lighting can be more cheaply effected than under contract with private corporations. In treating of the telegraph se after preseuting many pages of soplistry by the Western Union company as to the impracticability of operat- ing multiplex systems of telegraphy without great vetardation in delivery, the commission rushes it all asido with a fiveldino lotter from W. . Precce, tho eminent clectrician of Great Britain, who s “Ono to five miles of wain circuit placcd underground on entoring or pass. lug through & city would have ne practical effect whatéver in_operating a wiplo or quadruplex circuit. Nearly all our cireuits entering London have from five to ten miles under ground. We invariably uso throe inch cast iron pipes into which wo ablos, : Tuterviews with the Postal telograph ofi- hington ns to the experienco of that company confirm the same conclusions. The report contains over 150 pages of closely printed matter with fifty pages of finoly ii- lustrated exhibits of the best American and foreign suoways aud conduits in_addition to aseries of large maps emvodying the pro- posed plans, the present overhead lues of londing companies with the location of every electric pole in the city of Washington, the number of arms and wives on cach pole aud also tho extent of the underground service at tie date of the report. Pere Marquotte, one of the early I'rench Jesuit explorers of the great lakes, is o have a statuo placed 1n the capitol at Washington by tho stato of Wiscousin. Tho ashes of this herolc but gentia priest aro believed to be interred at St. Lenace, Mich., aud tho spot is marked by wsmall shaft thiv wadequately represents the interest of Michigan in his 8 W, Corn Like L been here. tailor's prices. them fit perfectly. Open Saturdays till 10 p. 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