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WE do not want to misrepresent any
candidate , Judge Weiss la not so much
n judge of lager as of Weiss beer.
BOOK roads his title clear , now that
the worklngmon have endorsed him and
Mr. Blank la running against him.
WE have not yet hoard whether Mr.
Boyd will vote for the democratic half of
the citlsans1 ticket or the , republican
half.
AMONG all the appointments thus far
made by Grovcr Cleveland , Nebraska has
not yet boon honored even with a post-
, f- office. Nebraska democrats arc getting a
llttlo weary of this sart of thing.
IP Mr. Mnrpby haa over shown any
love for the workman , lot him file a , bill
of partlcnlaro. The workmen of Omaha
are anxlons to know what a friend they
have In Murphy. Herald ,
The boat bill of patticulars that Mr.
Mnrpby can file is the pay-roll of the
aliopa In which ho has workod.
THE workingmenof Omahahavo voiced
tholr sentiment by endorsing Mr. Mnr
pby an their choice for mayor. And
while aomo base * scoundrels who belong
to tbo working classao will sell themselves
and tholr votes , the great body of the
working people of Omaha are above the
influence which money and the promise
of cYlico can exert in tbo coming elec
tion.
EX-DBLEQATE POST , of Wyoming , who
la endeavoring to oust the recently ap
pointed governor of Wyoming , Hon. 3 ? .
E. Warren , in order to have hlmtelf ele
vated to the gubernatorial chair , Is evi
dently afraid that President Cleveland
will forgot all about his candidacy , and
houoo ho makes a dally call at the whlto
ho as 3 to post the chief executive as to his
moths for the position.
MISHOUKI'H claim to nine-tenths of the
federal patronage h not very likely to
bo honored by the president. About the
moat important office that has been given
to that state so far Is the suporlntondency
of foreign mails , which was awarded to
au elocutionary dude named Nicholas
Bell , of St. Louis , who performed the
duties of reading secretary of the nation
al democratic convention. No one ever
hoard of him outside of St. Louis nntll
his elegant voice was raised In the con
vention hall at Chicago.
J. STERLING MOUTON brands as a false
hood the Herald's article concerning
him in connection with the commission-
orjhlp of agriculture. Mr. Morton says
that ho was never recommended for the
place by any chnrch , sowing society , ag
ricultural board , grange or Chicago dele
gation for the position , which ho didn't
got , and , furthermore , ho emphatically
assorts that he has never had any dcairo ,
aspiration or oven any yearning for the
placo. That ought to settle all doubt on
thia momentous matter.
YKSTBUDAV was Arbor Day In Kansas
and no doubt the event was quite gener
ally obaorvcd. Kansas only a few years
ago was a treeless ototo , and now , accord
ing to Governor Martin , it has more
,
than twenty millions of fruit trees and
moro than tire hundred thousand acres cf
forest trees , all plan'.od by her own pee
ple. The increased rainfall In that stoto
,
U attributed to those trees. Nebraska's
.
Arbor Day will aoonbo hero and it Is hoped
that our people will plant more trees than
in any other year.
IT did not surprise ns In the least to
learn that the St. Louis Qlobe-Dcinocrat
artUt-correspondent , who has been car-
looniug the statesmen of the Texas leg
islature , had been stabbed , bnt wo wore
nonnwlut surprised at the action of the
souato in promptly and unanimously
expelling Sampson , the calendar clerk ,
who did the deed. Every prominent
senator had boon cartooned by the pencil
of Mitchell quite as absurdly as
Sampson was , and thta makes tbo unani
mous vote on the expulsion all the morn
remarkable.
Ii'-thoro Is any ono Issue above others
which nbould bo avoided In a campaign
l > y all parties it is that of capital against
labor , and the antagonizing of tbo work-
fugmun against the employer. llcpubll-
can.
can.Who
Who forood the Issue between capital
and labor , if there la such a thing In the
present campaign ? Why was the nomi
nation of James E. Boyd forced upon the
community ? IB bo the only heavy taxpayer -
payer ( It to be mayor of Omaha ? Did
not the political and personal friends of
Mr. Boyd , who nut up that citizens' job ,
know that his nomination would bo re-
wonted by tbo worklugmou of Omaha as
an attempt to endorse tbo criminal out-
j-age perpetrated throe years ago In this
olty when the bayonet and galling gun
-wore called Into requisition , when in fact
.Mayor Boyd and the sheriff had dona
othlng towarjs maintaining order ,
NO DIVERSION.
MR. BOYD is a candidate of the people ,
and not of the democrat * , the republi
cans , the Trorklngmcn or the capitalist ] ,
no was nominated at a mass mooting In
which all these factions were Invited to
participate. Republican ,
The staunch republicans of Omaha will
not bo diverted from tholr duly by ancb
treacherous deception and Imposture.
Mr. Boyd was ns much the democratic
candidate for mayor before that bogus
miss meeting of citir.ans as ho was when
ho condescended to accept the unanimous
nomination of the democratic conven
tion. The attempt to foist James E.
Boyd npon republicans as a people's
non-pattltan candidate caps the
climax of irapudonco. Mr. Boyd
haa been a life-long active
democrat. Ho glories In all tncro Is and
has been of democracy. Ho was n dole-
goto to the last democratic national con
vention , and as the chairman of the Ne
braska delegation and member of the
national committee bo ranks and Is roc-
ognlzod as n leader of traders of Nebraska
democracy. His solo object and am
bition is to add the power , patronage and
prestige of the mayor's odico to the
power and patronage ho already controls
with a view of establishing a democratic
bossism that ehall have a controlling in
fluence In his party for the next four
years. The pretended citizens' move
ment was a preconcerted scheme to draw
the republicans into the Miller-
Boyd drag-not. The masj meeting
that nominated Boyd did not
nominate him. Ho had himself nominated
by petition , and the meeting was simply
a farce as well as a eham. No other can
didate was proposed or balloted for , and
the meeting was over before the hour
arrived for which it was called , It Is
not likely that intelligent and conscien
tious republicans will allow themselves
to bo hoodwinked and led astray by the
treacherous aud unprincipled machina
tions of the Omaha Republican. All its
efforts to divert attention from its
disreputable course in deserting the re
publican standard before a gun was fired ,
and before any nomination was made by
its own party , will provo unavailing. The
worklngmen have cause for opposing Mr.
Boyd , but republicans have no
cause \ whatever for deserting Mr.
Murphy. His nomination was unsought
and unbought. Ho was ready and
anxious to give way to any other candi
date whom the republican party might
see fit to nominate. But 'tho desertion
of the Republican and the attempt of
certain extra select republican citizens to
force Mr. Boyd upon the people virtually
made Mr. Murphy's nomination a neces
sity. No other candidate could have
rallied around him the elements of labor
to offset the boltera and mugwumps who
follow the lead of the Omaha Republi
can. This la why Mr. Murphy was
nominated by acclamation , and this is
why republicans who do not want to dis
band and surrender to the democratic
bosses will support Mr. Murphy.
MALIGNING MAYOR MURPHY.
Everything may be fair In war , but
deception , dishonesty and slander are'os
dishonorable In a political campaign as
they would bo at any other time. The
attempt of the Omaha Republican to
place Mr. Murphy before this commun
ity as' a candidate pledged to support
lawlessness and jiots , to tolerate violence
and destruction of property is contemptible -
iblo and cowardly. Mr. Murphy has
been acting mayor of Omaha for nciriy a
year , and during that tlmo wo have had
better enforcement of law and order than
wo have over had. We make tbo broad
assertion and defy contradiction that there
is less violenceturbulence and law break
ing In Omaha at the present time than in
any other western city. Every effort
has boon made under Mr. Murphy's ad
ministration to suppress the low dona and
dives and to enforce decency. The
crooks , vagrants and vagabonds have
been driven out of the city. Unlicensed
saloons have been closed , and complaints
have boon filed egiinat places llko tbo
Buckingham , formerly the St. Elmo ,
which remained as a legacy of the Boyd
regime. The failure to suppress the lat
ter place and similar resorts Is simply duo
to the dilatory action of the police judge ,
who is thus trying to assist the
democratic candidate. In his efforts to
enforce law and order Mr. Mnrpby can >
challenge comparison with Mr. Boyd at
any time , and the more the record is
compared the worjo it will ba for Mr.
Boyd. Mr , Murphy'a appointments
monts on the police force and on the
board of public works afford ample proof
that ho baa no disposition to play into
the hands of outlaws , crooks , jobbers
and rings.
In any conflict which might arlno be-
twooa labor and capital Mr.
Murphy would bo much more
likely to repress violence and protect
cty
property than Mr. Boyd. Mr. Murphy >
Is a level-headed man who respects the
rights of capital although In sympathy
with the laboring men who are the crea
tors of wealth. Be would not losd his
head over a labor disturbance a * Mr.
Boyd has done and call for troops at the
beck of a greedy corporation which
wanted to employ the army to help it to
keep dawn wages. The loss the friends
of Mr. Boyd refer to ' . 'tho riots , " the
better they will be off. There were no
riota ; there was no disposition to destroy
property ; and there was no astempt on
the part of tha mayor to maintain order.
It was not Mr. Boyd'a bravery and
promptness in executing law that pre
vented the labor troubles of 1882 from
becoming bloodyandjdoatructlve | rlotsbnt
the peaceable disposition , good sense and
forbearance of the Omaht workingmen ,
who oven-when one of tholr number was
murdered and tie murderer was shielded
by connivance of the authorities did not
rise In open mutiny to resent the out
rage.
RAILWAYS IN CHINA.
The Introduction of the railway and
the telegraph Into China is of compara
tively zocent origin. The first line of
railway , twenty miles long , was built In
1870 between Shanghai and Woosun ,
but since that tlmo there has boon bnt
very little , If any , railroad construction
In the country , owing to the decided op
position of the people , who , for some
reason or othor.jhavo notboonlat ] all favor
able to such enterprises. It Is , there
fore , . comowhat surprising as well as
gratifying to learn that a change has re
cently taken place in China in regard to
railroads , and that the government is
considering a proportion to construct a
complete system of railways to spread
ovet | the [ entire kingdom. Wo can
only account for this change of sentiment
with reference to this great modern con
venience by the fact that a largo number
of prominent Chinese have boon educated
in the United States , and having become
acquainted with the operation , methods
and benefits of railroads , thay have urged
the building of such roads in tholr own
country until at last the government haa
concluded , notwithstanding any objec
tions that may exist among the people.
to undertake the grandest enterprise of
modern times. It may bo also that the
progressive spirit of their neighbors , the
Japanese , u at last exercising a wholesome
Influence npon the Celestial empire. The
railroad project of the Chinese government
mont contemplates an expenditure of
about § 200,000,000 at the very start ,
which , calculating the cost of construc
tion at $10,000 a mile although rail
roads can probably bo built in China
for a much loss cost than this will pay
for 20,000 miles of road. The Chinese
legation at Washington has received in
structions to thoroughly investigate the
prospects of inducing an organization of
enterprising American capitalist to
undertake the whole job for a round sum
of money. If this cau bo done , the
Ohlnoto government will submit just
what in wanted , and then the American
syndicate la expected to ecnd out en
gineers and skilled railroad builders to
make estimates of the cost , the tlmo re
quired , and to furnish other in
formation. It would Boom that
the Chinese government means
business , as Us agents In this country
have already begun to act in accordance
with the instructions and are In consul
tation with Now York capitalists. It is
to bo hoped that this scheme will ba suc
cessfully consummated. If an American
syndicate undertakes this gigantic work
it will provo a great benefit to this country ,
as all the supplies will bo purchased in
the United States , and employment will
be given to a largo number of skilled
nun. It will certainly open up a big field
for American enterprises , and will afford
an opportunity for us to got a commercial
foothold in the vast empire that will un
doubtedly provo Immensely profitable.
At the eome Hmo [ this railway project
will create a complete revolution In the
business affairs and in the customs and
habits of the Chinese. The railroad Is
bound to modernize them with a wonder
ful rapidity. The Russian government ,
it Is aald , la In full accord with the project
and will extend the rallwaysystom of that
country so as to form a connection with
tbo proposed system of China. It will
bo seen , therefore , that the contemplated
enterprise Is ono that is likely to be
carried out. The government In con
structing the railroad will give employ
ment to a largo number of laborers , .and
in owning the read It can operate It
equitably and justly. It has the advan
tage from tbo start in making the railroad
a government Institution , and oystoma-
tlcally operating it us any other branch
or department of the government.
DOUINO the last year 303,001 persons
emigrated from Great Britain , being a
decline of nearly 24 per cent from the
number of emigrants In 1883. It Is
stated that quite a considerable proper-
tion of the emigrants coruiated of persons
born on the continent , who had taken
up a residence In England 'and Scotland
for the apparent purpose of earning
money sufficient to carry them to their
203,510 came to the United States ,
45,944 wont to Australia , 37,043 to
Canada , 4,099 to the Capo of Good
Hope , and the balance to various other
countries. The number of persons who
entered Great Britain with the purpose
of making It their homo is stated to have
boon 123,460 , of which a large propor-
tion were persons of moans. The in
crease was about 20jOOO over the Immi
gration of 1883. Of the persons emi
grating the Scotch showed a preference
for Canada , while the Irish preferred the
United States. Relative to the prosperity -
perity of emigrants , It is shown that be
tween 1848 and 1884 they remitted to
friends loft behind about 9150,000,000 ,
and thh does not inclndo the sums sent
from Australia , India and South Africa.
THERE Is before the Massichnsetta
legislature a bill providing that all cor
porations shall pay , at intervals not ox.
cooding seven days , all aperitives em
ployed by thorn the wages which they
have earned to within six days of the date
of said payments. The object of this
law la to relieve tha working c'assea of
tbo necesilty of asking for potty credit ,
which almost invariably proves a burden
to them and an annoyance to tradesmen.
These weekly payments will abolish the
monthly pay day and enable the work-
legmen to pay as they go , and make
thorn more independent. The measure
la aimed more directly at corporations bo-
ciusa they are creations of the sUto , and
In this way the benefit intended to be
conferred will reach a largo proportion
of the wagB-workora. Of course the corporations -
porations ralso objections to the bill
mainly on the ground that weekly pay
ments will bo too onerous for them.
There la an advantage in tbo corporate
form of business , says the
Springfield JRcjyitblican , and , there
fore , the state In return for
conferring lhat form may make regula
tions of corporations , designed for the
general welfare and wronging no man.
So far as the factories of Massachusetts
' 0 concerned the experience oi aomo of
ho largest shows that there is m serious
bstaclo to weekly payments. Concern-
ig the railroads , the JiCjntblican , which
rongly urges the passage of this bill ,
iys :
On railroads a now system will bo nee-
itsary , but It need not bo expensive.
\-\llroada have a fiduciary agent at every
atlon , Why cannot the man who ban-
lea thousands of dollars a year In soiling
Icknts and receiving freight payments
ash a pay-roll ? The railroad objection
a mostly prejudice in favor of the exist-
ng system of a "pay-car" and paymaster ,
Inch Is grotesque in its inconvenience ,
not in Its expense.
Two somewhat aged and high-toned
udcs of the Union Club , of Now York ,
ot into a quarrel the other day over a
, nmo of cards , which resulted in calling
iaoh other "liar , " "scoundrel , " etc. , fol-
owed by a harmless passage of blows ,
ho affair wan telegraphed all over the
onntry as a piece of Important now * ,
ud a duel was predicted , as the parties
TTOro eald to bo of so great social promi-
enco that the matter could not bo soi
led In any other way. Why such a
rlvlal occurrence should bo telegraphed
ill over the United States Is something wo
an't comprehend. It was of no moro
importance than a fisticuff between any
.wo . other genteel club gamblers , about
whom the people outside of their own
irclo absolutely care nothing.
AMONG the letters recently received at
ho postoflico department was one from
Kansas woman making application for
ho appointment ot postmaster in her
.own. . Her self-recommendations nro
; hat she is thirty years of ago , does not
wear short hair or a bloomer costume , is
not a loader in the woman's rights move
ment , although of the opinion that women
upht to have equal rights with mpn ,
and lastly eho belongs to the prohibition
party , to whoso vote President Cleveland
argely owes his election. She is evi
dently a business woman , endowed with
a sufficient amount of self-assurance to
carry her through any emergency. Wo
cannot ece how the gallant Cleveland can
resist granting her request.
THE democratic newspapers will soon
bo given their share of the spoils. The
commissioner of Indian affairs has Issued
cbodulos of the supplies required by the
Indians this spring , including $500,000
worth of beef and § 750,000 worth of dry
oods. Advertisements for all such pro
posals will bo printed in democratic news
papers hereafter.
Work for the Spring.
Rural World.
A later spring wo lave not known fora
eng time. The weather still continue !
cold , though the grass is beglning to turn
groen. There is yet , however , no pas
turage for stock. We see the plowa are
beglning to run. There haa been no rain
at St. Lonla for months. Cisterns are
dry and macadamized roads are dusty.
Farmers should bo ready with strong
teams and plenty of good men to put id
crops at the earliest moment that the
; round is in good Border. Bnt by all
moans have the soil in good conditlonand
well prepared , and the seed the very
best. Turn over a new leaf Jew , and put
no moro crops in cultivation than can be
well put In and receive thobeatattentipn.
Put the balance of the laud In grass , 'for
it la the moat profitable crop the farmer
raises. At the low prices the cereal crops
command , it la batter to devote raoro
land to rearing stock or to dairy framing.
The farmer ohould look ahead and try
to raise such crops or such stock as will
pay best. Don't do just ns your fathers
did unless yon are snro that it pays boat
bnt keep up with the spirit of the age ,
The time haa already come when the old
fogies are being left behind. The men of
progress , of enterprise , of brains nro tak
ing the load , and the laggards have all
they can do to keep body and soul together.
And every year the difference between
the farmers of progressive ideas and tbo
"atand etills" will bo mora marked.
There are so many farmers , tbero la ao
much competition ; there Is so much over
production in certain lines , that only the
intclligei't fanner can succeed. It is on
the farm aa In the learned professions ;
there is plenty cf room in the upper
stories bnt the groond floors are crowded
almobt to suffocation. It is brains that
carries ono to the top. The farmer should
boar this in mind and do all ho can to Im
prove his mind , that ho may get there.
Card Playing at tlio"\Vlilto House ,
Baltimore American ,
There has not been a pack of cards era
a game played In the White House since
two months before General Grant left it ,
During Gen. Grant's term euchre and
whist were often played In the library.
In thcso days it was often long after mid
night bofora tha latt visitor wont away
from the mansion with ono of the Gen
eral's good cigara In his mouth. "Ad
miral Porter , Gen. Van Vllet , the pres
ident and Col. Dent wera the moat reg
ular players , bnt Col , Horace Porter and
Gen. Schenck often took a band. Gen ,
Grint was fend of euchre , and was knowu
as a good partner. Ho would sit as silent
as you can Imagine during a game and
hoidly lift bis eyes from the cards except
to call for or light a fresh c'gar. ' There
were no poor players at the table , how
ever , ana tbo Interest in the game was so
Intense that these who participated
seemed oblivious to everything else but
the plsy. The president and Gen. Van
Vllot wore usually partners In the euchre
contests against Admiral Porter and Col.
Dent ; but frequently It happened that
ono of the latter pair would bo absent ,
ia which cue Col , Porter would tit in to
fill up. Gen. Van Vllot was onthnuaat-
ically devoted to the game , and never
missed a night when he could 'possibly
Help it
The highest chimney In the world is
tald to bo the circular ono built of brick
and stone at Port Dundis , Scotland. It
toweri to a height of 45G above ground.
PAN11KMONIUM ,
The SalvAtlon Army's Congress of
The Now York Sun says : The congress
of war that the Salvation army lias been
holding day and night for the last throe
days to find out the "best way to over
throw the devil in America , " ended yes
terday In n jubilee meeting , which cele
brated the resolution of the army to
nash all the wicked things in the country
9 pieces , and plant the variegated colors
f the army firmly In every city in the
nlon. Captains of the army came in by
ail , from all over the country to join in
ho jubilee , 250 of them wcro packed In
ie barracks over a dry goods store at
'Igbth avenue and Eighteenth street
osterday morning , when the police came
unning around tno corner to find o ut
hat the disturbance was. Most of the
laptalns wcro women in red jerseys aud
ilack bloomer hats , and they banged
mbourincs and shouted hallelujah salu-
ationa to each newcomer.
The camp followers finally got hold of
,11 , the spare drams and trumpets they
ould find In the barracks , and blew the
humped with all their might till Major
nk Smith , who la commissioner of the
diolo army In America , tald it was tlmo
o go up town and got some army provla-
ons. A great crowd of people who
Idn't belong to the Army followed the
aptaln to the Grand Union hall at Sov-
ntb avenue and Thirty-fourth street ,
, nd through the open doors of the hull-
ay watched them cat up sandwiches and
rink coffee from china cups ,
Ono of the Army's brass bands from
ilasaathusotta , and another from Ponu-
iylvanla , inarched out into the snow at
, wo o'clock , and the Army formed in
attlo line aud marched to the Academy
f Music. The Now York Salvation
asses marched at the head in double
anks. Tholr captuin marched back-
rard all the way. flourishing her tarn-
ourino in front of the band like a drum-
najor In the inllttla. The women bed
itood-red ribbons wound round their
loomer bonnet ? , and sang while they
cat their tambourines with both hands.
Behind the oulvatiou lassos marched
.ho soldiers. They all bad red shirts let
: orod "Salvation Army" in black , and
rouaer * of blue with rod stripe : . Tholr
aps were half red and half black , and In
ho middle of. tholr ranks rolled the war
iharlot with the Michigan captains. The
war chariot was a big open barouche , and
ho Michigan captains carried banners.
Male officers with spurs rode astride cab
torses on either side of the chariot.
There were nearly 400 of the paradora ,
nd they burst into the academy llko a
.ornado painted rod. The army maescd
tsolf tier on tier on the platform nutil it
filled up the whole stage.
Major Smith throw the full volume of
Ills lungs into a burnished car conductor's
whistle /or sixty seconds , and knocked all
; ho rest of the noise in the building end
wise with the unexampled metallic sbriok.
Then tbo major smiled , and announced
bat the jubilee would open with a holl-
nets convention. It opened two seconds
"atcr , and Sapsrintpndont Murphy of the
academy clapped his bauds to lila cars
and ahoutcd to Janitor Glllamo that ho
lover again , in all his life , expected to
look upon such a marvelous and unexam
pled spectacle.
The Major said * ho Salvation Army
wanted the whole community to bo blest.
ThoArmy aald "Amen" all together with
a roar. The Major was a trapeze per
former before ho became Army com
mander. His bushy hair stood out in all
directions , and his spectacles danced en
his nose while ho spoke' . When ho heard
the cyclonic "Amen" ho pulled out a big
red handkerchief , waved it in the air auct
called out Captain Waleh. The Captain
used to be a drunkark. Ho seized a
banjo , and sang , shutting up his long
body and opening it out straight again
while ho sing , and tbo whole of the
Army stood up and joined in the chorus.
It was modeled after the introductory
song of the King of the Penztnce Pi
rates , and act to the tame tune. No pi
rates on earth over heard anything like
the rendering of this extract :
I'm a salvation coldler
One of the uolsy crow ;
I shout when I am happy ,
And that I mean to do.
Some say I am too noisy ,
I know the row on why ;
And If they felt the glory ,
They'd about as well as I ,
I nm a child of a King , I am ,
I am a child of a King ;
It ip , it is a glorioua thing
To bo a child of a KUJR.
The male soldi crs whirled around aad
around and shouted. The women
banged their tambourines and waved
from eido to side. Staff officers stood up in
the aisles and waved the army flags , and
everybody howled.
In ton minutes the 250 captains , who
cot § 10 a week each from the array
treasury , sat down together with a thud ,
and gave Staff Captain Shirley and Mrs.
Captain Evans a chance to pray. Cap
tain Shlraly prayed on his hands and
knees , with his head bent down till his
nose touched the stage carpet , and Mrs.
Captain Evans rocked like a trao top
caught in a WJcRlns gale. .
Captain Blandly , who says ho used to
bo a loafer in London , held up wbilo the
prayer wont on the first war banner over
presented to the army. The banner Is a
field of rod with a blue border. There is
a star of golden Ore In the center , and an
edition of the stars and stripes in a
coiner. '
Mrs , Captain Jeffreys , a llttlo woman
In a blue bloomer , who tald It took the
entire police force of Keysport , with
drawn revolvers to take her to jail , made
a speech. Major Smith's llttlo clrl baby
crowed happily at Intervals. The baby
wore a wbito dross and had a tiny red
Salvation bonnet tied over her curls. She
sat in her mother's lap ,
"Ash Barrel Jimmy , " the first convert
in America , said that Police Captain Wil
liams know all about him , .because ho
had of tun picked him up drunk out of the
ash baucls of the Fourth precinct years
ago.
ago."Lat's fire a volley for Captain Wil
liams ! " cried Major Smith.
The whole army got up together , and
let Its lungs out in a quick , sharp and
tumultuous cheer. They fire volleys that
way.
way.At C o'clock the army marched to the
Thlrty-fourth street birracka and tat
down or stood up and ate up tbo " rand
mammoth feast and banquet. " There
weroniuo long tables piled full of tongue
ham , pork and beans , aausago , tripe col-
fee , tea , sponge cake ; lemonade and oral-
it w. The array paid the commissary 25
cents a head , ate It all up , and then went
out and formed themselves In a torch
light procession and marchpd down
Broadway to the Academy. There never
was a torchlight procession like It In
town before. Car horses ahlod at It , and
policemen and citizens stood atcck ttlll
and looked at It with mouths and eyes
wide opan. The torch bearers sang all
along tne line of much , and danced on
their tiptoes like scrobata.
Five hundred people paid from 2o
cents to $3each to got Into the Academy ,
after the ptoccsilon had blown out its
battlo'axo torches in the corridor and got
on the stage. The evening gathering was
called the "Grand real blcod-and-fire ,
Holy Ghoit hurrlcano gathering. "
George Washington ! , the colored cap
tain , got up to play an accordion , bnt the
top dropped off as soon as ho touched
the koya. Major Smith said the devil
had got at the accordion , and Captain
Kayser and her lieutenant sang a prison
eng with the chorus act to the tano ,
'When ' the Opera ii over. " The c p-
* ln looked llko a Quaker in a slate col-
rod gomi and n French cook's cap. A
tring of Salvation hssos boating silver
ambourincs , marched out on the atago ,
cadod by a optatn hss , who boat n
> aas drum. They marched around and
round each other until they looked as
hough they vrcra tied up in a giant knot
f red and.bl.ick , It was an exhibition
f how the army works to reclaim sinners ,
' 'ho spectators applauded , and Major
mitli asked them why the ontsldo world
honld wonder at the success of the
Vrmy when converts had n spectacle like
.hat nightly to attract them. Thou the
uajor bogged everybody to look at the
'little canaries" on their scuta. The
marks were canary-colored subscription
ilips , and the spectators hauled out pen-
: ils and promptly put down their uamos
when the major blow the whistle. They
allied coin on the plates in addition n
cgular shower when the sergeants wenl
hrough the aisle to collect contributions
'or the "spiritual extension fund" of the
\.rmy. Then the Army relit its torches
lud marched back to the birracka in
Thirty-fourth atreot very tired , but
; ocd deal richer than when they started
at In the morning.
THE UADIXS OP T11K BCOUl'ION
tin Insect "Which Kills ( lie Mother
Ucforo Going Into tlto World ,
iniid and Water ,
A few years ago , while In the island o
Jamaica , It was my fortunate chance to
bavo an opportunity of observing sam
cry curious facts in connection wltl
junuo of the arachuitU class , commonly
known as the scorpion , and the curiou
traits of character In thcso inseots. Tarn
ng over some old papers In my office on
day , I suddenly cjmo upon a largo blacl
scorpion , who promptly tried to boat i
precipitate retreat. Having read o
hoard some < rhoro that if yon blow on a
scorpion ho will not move. I tried th
experiment , and was greatly astonlshoc
to find that it had the desired effect. Th
scorpion stopped instantly , llattonec
himself cloao to the paper on which h
had boon running , and had alt the np
pcaranco of "holding on" for dear life
While I continued to blow oven llghtl ;
ho refused to move , though I pushed him
with a pencil and shook the paper to
whclh ho clung so tenaciously. Direct ) ;
I coarod blowing ho advanced cautiously
only to atop again at the slightest breath
I was thus able to secure him in a ghei
tumbler which happened to bo within
roach , and then determined to try an
other experiment aa to tha suicidal ton
donclos which I bad heard runs in the
veins of the podlpalpl family.
On the atone floor of the kitchen at
taclicd to my office I arranged a circle o
the burning sticks about three yards ii
circumference , the sticks being so placet
that though there were no means of oxl
through the fire , it was not Intoucc , bn
small and quite bearable as regards hea
within a few Inches , BO that the centra' '
part of the circle was perfectly cool. Inti
this centre I according' } ' dropped mj
scorpion , who , on reaching terra firms
darted off in a great hurry , only to bo
quickly brought to a halt on reaching
within a few inches of the periphery of
the circle. After a abort pan 39 of rcfloc
tion , ho deviated to the right , and rjn
once completely around the circle as near
to the fire sticks as It was prudent to von' '
tnre. This ho did three times , often ap
preaching the burning a ticks quite closely
In his anxious endeavors to escape. In
about a quarter of an hour , finding thaf
his efforts wcro useless , ho retired almost
Into the exact centro of the circle , am
there in a tragic manner raised his tal
till the string or spur was clojo to hli
head , gave himself two deliberate proda
In the back of the neck , and thus mlsora
bly psrishod by his own hand. As
placed the body of the suicide in a bottl
of spirits , I almost regretted that I hat
not lot him cscapa bofora he had reaortoc
to such an extreme measure.
My last experience is oven moro curl
ons than the preceding , aa it shows a remarkable
markable provision of nature that is a\
moat incredible. All I bavo over roai
on the aubJFct is contained in the follow
inpr words :
"Tho young scorpions are prodocad a
various Intervals , and are carried by tli
parent for savoral days upon her back
during which tlmo she never loaves ho
retreat "
I was playing a game of billiards in
small village in tha Blue mountains
there was no celling to the room , the roe
being covered , as is the universal cnatom
la Janaca , wlthcedor wood shingles. M
opponent was smoking a Jsr o pipe , an
suddenly , just as I was about to make
stroke , what I thought waa the content
of my friend's pipe foU on the table cloe
to the ball at which I waa aiming. In
srinctlvely I was on the point of brusl
ing it (11' with my hand , when , to ra
amszomont , I saw It waa a moving HUB
which oa cloror inspection turned out t
bo a very largo female tpocimcn of ascoi
plon , from which ran away in every d
roction a uumbtr of prrfect'y ' formed \
tlo scorpions about a quarter of an inc
in length. The mother sorpion la
dying upon the billiard cloth , and see
ended her feeble struggles , the whole o
her back being eaten out by her own of :
spring , of which , as they could not oscap
over the raised edge of the bllliaid tiblo
wo killed tbo astonishing number o
thirty-eight. They had not only bee
"carried by tholr parent , " bnt they ha
lived on her , cleaning out her body froi
tbo shell of her baok , i o that she looke
like an inverted cooked crab from whis
the edible port'ona ' have been romovet
She had clung to her retreat In the ehln
glod rcof until near the approach o
death , when aha had fallen aad given u
this curious npcctaclo. I waa told b
the attendant that , the young scorpion
alwnya live thus at Ilia expense of thoi
mother's life , and that by the time ho
strength 'n oxJiausttd the horrid olfrprln
are ready to shift for theimolves.
FUN \VITII A'UKASBD ' ITO.
Tlio Ancient CnHtom " 1" Calohlnjj
Grciibcil Porker In Nevada.
Virginia City Chronlcls.
The announcement that a greased pi
would be liberated at the Carson skatin
rink attracted a largo crowd , A yonn
porki r , well loaded with fat from the rib
of somu of its lute relatives , was tnrno
loose In the rink. It la estimated tha
500 people were in the rink , about 400 o
whom were the fair sex. They wante
to tee that the pig got fair play. Tn
pij wai liberated amid breathless excite
lent , and after looking about fo r a few
moments , laid himself flat down and ro
used to move. The proscnco of to many
adlcs overcome the animal and ho ox-
icrloncod the usual atago fright incldeu-
al to a first appearance.
The bashful pig was berne awy by a
cater , who soon disposed of It to n Chi-
cso porker sharp for 04.
Mr. Cagwin attributed the cheap fall-
ng down of the pig to a lack of sand , nc-
onntcd for by the fact that it was not a
lioroughbrod , and that it hailed from
Hiurohlll county ,
On Saturday afternoon ho secured n
horoughbred Berkshire , and dead game
rom the snout down. Ho and Sommors
ttomptod to grease It , Sormnors hold
ho pig while Cagwin smo&rcd on the
aixl. The pig slid under Sommors , and
10 tried to hold him by locking his legs
around him. The lock didn't hold and
ho pig got away , but Sommors didn't
ese the lard. Ho kept it there right on
iia clothes. Then Oagwln hold the pig
while Sommors greased It. The pig getaway
away again , and Cagwin hold on to the
ard just as bravely noSommcra.
Thou they got Modcr to keep hold of
ono of the pig's logs. Modor tald when
10 couldn't hold a forty-pound pig he'd
Utit painting carriages. They got the
rig well larded , nud then it began to
; limb up onto Modcr , and the three men
throw it down on its back and lay down
on it to hold It. The pig got away however -
over , aud each man accused the other of
letting go holds. They didn't lot the
ilg got nway with any lard , though ,
jut hold onto It with their clothoa every
lime. Tney looked like buttered crack-
era.
era.Then Mcdor got the pig In a corner
and grabbed.him by the hind log , like a
Carson editor grabbing a cold log of mut
ton on a lunch counter. The pig broke
For the door and Modcr was pulled
after him , stretched at full length ,
and larding the loan earth aa ho slid
along , Mcdor was dead game , however -
over , and hold on llko llcno to a public
buildingA lady was passing and the
pig struck her juat at the auklo and she
wont down all over Modor. The pig dis
appeared around the bink corner , upset
ting Evan Williams , who was juat coming
out. The Infuriated woman disentan
gled herself from M6dor and began to
balabbor him with a parasol. *
Herj was where Medor lest most of
his lard , It having been transferred to
the now grotgralned silk of the young
lady ho mot on the walk by chance
the usual way.
Thia ia why there was no greased pork
at the rink last night. Sommora and
Cagwin say they like the groased-pig
chase , but the oport requires too much
preparation.
Johnny Sweeney , the live man of Carson -
son , Is trying to make terms with Sam
Davis who is noted for his grip on pork
to give a champion exhibition , and the
elite of the capital are in a state of joy
ous anticipation.
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