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' A. H. Fitch , Manager Daily Circulation ,
R O. Box , 488 Omaha , Neb ,
WB cannot toll whether it Is Frad Nye
or Pat Ford who Is firing these volleys
oat of the Republican shot-gun.
Bovi ) for mayor moans Angoll for
mnrah.il Again , and that moans a do-noth
Ing pollco and a town fall of crooks and
vagrants.
TUB American house of lords has ad
joarnod sine die , and Grovcr Olovoland
will now rah the realm In his own sovereign
eign v y.
\Vn will glvo the Herald credit for
botng the only paper in Omaha that sup
ports Mr. Boyd without money and with
out prico.
IK the desperate fight ever the mayor's
office , wo shonld not forgat the city coun
cil which hni the controlling Influonca In
onr municipal affairi.
PJIECIOUS few democrats will vote the
citizens' ticket next Tactday. These
democratic citizens will take theirs
straight and lot the silk hat republicans
throw away their votes.
WE understand thai Jadga Weiss has
been invited to fork over $150 to the
democratic campaign committee. The
judge would prefer to spend that money
hlmsflf for Weiss beer.
A GREAT many people labor under the
Imprcsjlon that Mayor Murphy Is a
brother of Contractor Murphy. This is
a mistake , as the mayor is no relation to
whatever to the contractor.
THEY t.iy that Mr. Boyd began his
career ai a carpenter. Jay Gonld began
.is a peddler of mouse-traps. Mr. Boyd
bai Riven employment to a good many
working people , but Jay Gould has given
employment to a great many more. That
doesu11 inako Jay Gonld a workingman's
favorite or friend of labor.
WISCONSIN , like Nebraska , taken a cen
sus this summer , and a resolution which
will probably bo adopted has been intro
duced in the legislature authorizing the
governor to call an extra saoslon after the
completion of the census for the purpose
of making a legislative reapportionmontof
the stato. This is what ought to bo done
in Nebraska , and wo ballovo that the gov
ernor will bo warranted in calling an ex
tra session of the legislature for that pur
pose next winter.
DR. MILLER regards the vote which
Mr. Boyd received at the workingmen's
convention as a compliment which speaks
volumes for Mr. Boyd. It was just as much
of a compliment as that paid to tome ac
tress who has herself presented with a
costly bouquet at her own expense. In the
language of one of the worklngmcn there
was a good deal of lard used in greasing
the throats of the foil OTTO who shouted for
Boyd.
Mn. Bo YD is a friend of the workingmen -
men In the ono rospeot that ho pays out
more money for labor in ono week than
Mr. Murphy liai In the course of hla
whole career.ltepublican. \ .
What a powerful argument ! Sidney
Dillon , as president of the Union Pa
cific , paid out moro money In a day for
labor than Boyd pays out In a year
Therefore Sidney Dillon is a bettor friend
of the workiagmen than Boyd , and ought
to bo made mayor of New York by the
workingnion of that city.
A buiiEEit In an evening paper alleges
that I ho gamblon are supporting Mr.
Boyd from the fact that daring his pre
vious administration the sporting classes
were allowed more liberal llceneo than
ever before or since , and that Marshal
Angel gained fat subsidies from the
crooks. Jiqntblican ,
Nothing has been Bald about Angoll
gaining fat subsidies from the crook * . It
la truehowever , and can bo shown by the
police court record that the gamblers
have been made to pay heavier fines and
p vo been c'cilt with moro strictly under
Mayor Murphy than under Boyd. It is
also an Indiiputable fact that the gamb
lers are almost a unit for Boyd and
ngainit Murphy.
Mn. ADOU-U BUKMESTEH , who has
boon nominated by the republicans for
councilman , Is ono of the best men on
_ the ticket , and It glvoi > the worklngmen
great pleasure to endorse him. He is a
steady , sober and hard-working mechanic ,
being a tinner by trade. Mr. Burmestor
came to Qmaba in 1801 , and shortly
afterwards enlisted In the First Nebraska
regiment , and served throughout the en-
tlra war. Ho returned to Omaha In
18G5 , and bai resided here ever tiaco.
For several years ho was employed by
Milton llogcw , and for the past seven or
eight yean ho has been engiged in busi ;
ness for himself In thestovo and tinware
trade. Ho ii A staunch republican , a of
good citizen , and will mike an excellent
councilman ,
THE PANAMA TROUBLE.
The revolutionary war that has broken
out In the llttlo st to of Panama has ren
dered it necessary for onr government to
interfere to the extent of protecting the
Interests of the United States on the
isthmus , and accordingly savoral navnl
vessels with reinforcements have been
ordered thither In addition to these
already thoro. The seizure of a Pacific-
Mail steamship at the ccmpany's ' wharf at
Colon , the capture of a shipment of arms ,
the arrest and imprisonment of the cap
tain and a purser , and of the company'
agent together our consular officer and a
United Stotcsnavaloffioor , were the actsol
rebels. Although the oillctalsof the state
were In no way personally responsible for
the outrages committed upon our Hag
and upon the persons and property of onr
citizens , nevertheless they will no doubt
bo called upon In duo time for an indom
nity. It is not likely , however , that this
episode will lead to any trouble between
our country and the United States of
Columbia , of which Panama la a part.
The revolutionists , after seizing the
arms from the steamer Colon , showed
groat'activity , but they have since been
defeated and routed by the Colombia
government troops. The robot chieftain
when ho bocamo'convinced that ho could
not hold his position , set fire to Aspin
wall , a thriving port of 9,000 people , re
duclng It to ashes , after which ho escaped
with n few followers. [ In all probability
the Colombian troops will bo able to en
tirely suppress the rebels , bnt if not
then our government forcjai willdo _ it for
ttiom and punlsh the rebels for the out
rages that they have committed against
this country and her citizens.
Under the treaty with Colombia , formerly
morly Now Granada , that country
guarantees to the United States the
right of way or transit across the
Isthmus , while the United States guarantee
too to Colombia the perfect neutrality of
the isthmus. The result of the confer ,
once upon this matter between our secre
tary of state , secretary of the navy and
attorney-general is a decision that wo
probably have no responsibility for In
ternal broils at Panama , although wo
would have in case Colombia could not
keep the passage across the Isthmus free
on account of war with another country ,
but having guaranteed to keep the transit
open our government now proposes to do
it. It is in accordance with this decision
that United States forces have been
ordered to Panama for that purpose.
TIIE joint resolution in the Illinois sen
ate to appropriate $200 for the Lincoln
memorial services , was opposed by the
democrats on the ground that it was un <
constitutional to vote away money by
"private or concurrent resolutions. " The
resolution included also a clausa provid
ing for the decoration of the Lincoln
monument in Oak Ridge cemetery. This
was likewise opposed by the democrats ,
who claimed It was unconstitutional tote
to appropriate money for any such pur
pose. A hot debate ensued , and finally
the resolution was carried by a strict
party vote 28 republicans to 19 demo
crats. The action of the democrats was
certainly in full accord with their record ,
but , nevertheless , wo are somewhat snr
piised that the democrats in the Illinois
senate shonld bo BO unanimous in oppos
ing the paltry appropriation of 8250 to
pay the expense ] of properly honoring
the memory of the martyred president
who came from that great state. But
a bourbon is a bourbon at all times
and under all circumstances. Had the
democrats in the Illinois senate been
called upon to pats a resolution of thanks
to Secretary Limar for closing the inter
ior department for ono day , at a cost of
several thousand dollars , end lowering
the Hag in honor o ! the late Jake Thomp
son , they would no doubt have votjd
unanimously in favor of It.
A rnEACUER at Palmyra , Missouri ,
does basinets on business principles. On
the first of every month ho draws his
chock on the bank for his pay in advance.
The bank pays the chock and charges it
up to the deacons , nod the minister has
nothing to think of but the miration of
souls' Ho probably made It conditional
upon accepting the call to that flourish
ing town that the deacons of his church
shonld become personally responsible for
his salary. This Is a good idea , and is
worthy of general adoption. ' 1'hero is no
reason why a minister thonld be expected
to bo placed in the position of a beggar
for about eleven months in the year , and
bo constantly compelled to dun the con
gregation for his salary , which is gen
erally altogether too small. Unless a
congregation la able and willing to
promptly pay their pastor a living salary
they bettor go without religious services
for a while.
WE would advise Mr. Boyd to muzzle
the young man who Is editing his mug
wump paper. His fire in the rear upon
James Crelgbton and his son In-law , Mr.
Gallagher , Is very damaging. According
to the Jtepubltcan , Mr. Gallagher , who
Is secretary of the board of public works ,
has also been a contractor , and Mr.
Orelghton has winked at a good deal of
crookedness tnd jobbary. Now , Mr.
Oreighton was appointed by Mr. Boyd to
the position ho now holds , and if Mr.
Boyd la elected ho is sure to bo re-
appointed. The Jtepublican is for Boyd ,
and Boyd can't go back on Crolghton ,
and Crolghton can't go back on Galla
gher. , Tha ( Is a pretty kettle of fish for
Sir. Boyd'a mugwump paper.
Hiau llcenio , which was first adopted
y
n Nebraska , has slnco found Its way In
o halt a dozen or moro states , and Is
destined to become the popular method
dealing with the liquor question. The
Wisconsin high license bill , which ii
awiiticg the executive approval , provides
for a minimum fco of $200 and a max
imum of $500 In cities and villages of
ever 500 Inhabitants , and a minimum fee
of $100 and a maximum of $400 In com
munities of less than GOO population.
The amount of the license fee between
the limits fixed by the act is to bo de
cided upon by popular voto.
A STRICT anti-gambling bill has boon
Introduced in the Illinois legislature , and
it has boon favorably reported upon by
the honso judiciary committee , It Is
sue to say that at the last moment II
will bo lost in the shnftlo , something after
the manner In which Church Howo'a Ne
braska anti-gambling bill dlsippoarod up
some ono's sleeve just before the leglsla
tnro adjourned. Chicago gamblers are
SB tmart and have just as much money to
give up as the gamblers of Omaha.
EVERY day thut the Illinois legislature
postpones the sanatorlal election , Genera'
Logan is brought ono day nearer the
United States senate , for if the legislature
fails to elect , the governor will in al
probability appoint Logan.
TUB Piattsmouth Herald , which sale
some excellent things in favor of the re
publican mayor of Omahn , has suddenly
subsided. The B , & M. , which Is for
Boyd , hai suddenly put in Its veto.
TUB republican candidates for the
board cf education are sure of an olec-
tlon.
OTHER LANDS THAN OURS.
Tha peace of Europe Is once moro rei
assurred , and while the lamb and the lion
have not yet become bed-follows , the
Russian Boar and the British lion have
harmonized their differences for the time
being. The game of bluff which John
Bull played in making war preparations
on a colossal scale had the desired effect ,
and a halt has boon called by the Rus
sians in their invasion of Afghaaistin. It
is by no means certain , however , that the
temporary truce puts an end to the
Anglo-Russian complications. It has
only put off to a later day the Irrepressible
conflict which must bo fought out in Cen
tral Asia between the two lival powers.
For the Gladstone ministry this oplsodo
has been a veritable godsend. At n time
when the crisis was impending
and liable at any moment to de
pose them , they have succeeded in
diverting popular attention from Egyp
tian dlcaster to the peril that menaced
the Indian empire. The call for the
reserves and preparations for war over
shadowed all other issues , and gave Mr.
Gladstone an opportunity to regain his
lost popularity through the patriotic
fervor with which the British people
rallied in defense of the union jack.
In the midst of the uproar abont
Afghanistan , the British house of com
mons latt week considered and ap
proved by a majority of forty-six
the government's Egyptian financial
arrangement. According to the dis
patches little attention was paid to the
matter by the exckod legislators. What
In a calmer period might have proved a
fatal obstacle in the path of the Glad
stone ministry , was failed over in this
stnrm without mishap cr alarm. It is
scarcely fair to say that It was a triumph
for the cabinet , yet If the Afghan fron
tier dispute is amicably ecttled before
summer , the tory leaders , in looking
back on parliamentary journals , may per
ceive that what may prove to bo a turnIng -
Ing point in England's policy toward
Egypt was olio wed by thorn to pass al
most unchallenged.
The financial agreement , which is
joined In by England , France , Italy ,
Russia , Germany and Austria , is based
on the theory that Egypt , the nation , Is
bankrupt in the hands of Its creditors ,
and that these creditors have almost un-
rights in dealing with the internal affairs
of the financially distressed people. Re
peated assertions of this principle and
repeated exorcise of the functions
made nccsssary In applying
it , would present to future
historians one of the most remarkable
and tuggoitivo phenomena of modern
progress. The creditors in this iustance
recognize England as the solo receiver ,
in whoso hands the affair * of Egypt are
placed for the term of three years. To
facilitate tbo receiver's operations the
creditors allow Egypt to contrast a
further debt of § 45,000,000 , and by way
of Insuring its success , they become its
indorsers , and also guarantee its interest.
Having committed themselves for a
term ot years to a friendly and tolerant
attitude toward the Eagllsh ofiicUh in
Egypt , the European cabinets may now
take a kindlier interest In the success of
the military and civil operations In pro
gress in that wretched country and its
conquered districts. If French Intrigues
in Cairo and the Soudan can bo stopped ,
England's task on the Nile will bo an
easier one. Now , too , that England's
right ' to act is no longer questioned , and
that by ga'ning ' tbo rights her duties are
made moro distinct , it Is probable that
a firmer , leas hesitating stand will be
taken In the matter of the retention or
conquest of tbo Soudan. If common
sense and the demands of moro than half
the liberal party are followed , General a
WoJscloy will ba ordered to make hla way
from the bond of the Nllo at Debbeh and
Dongola to Assouan at the normal and
historic frontier of upper Egypt , and
General Graham Trill bo commanded to
abandon the insane project of fighting
climate , precipices , and iniuriated Arabs
In midsummer. "Smashing the Mahdi"
may then bo reserved fora day when that
unpleasant task is insonn degree an ob
vious neceisity , provided such a day over
comes ,
The defeat of the French forces under
Gen. Ncgrler was more disastrous to the
ministry at homo than it was to the army
in Tonquin. Within lets thau twenty-
four hours after the dlipatcbos announc-
tbo disaster to the French army had
reached Paris , tlio Ferry ministry was
overthrown , and a now cabinet was
farmed under the leadership of Dp Frey- on
ciaot. The oft'oat of this change , however -
over , was not of a reaction against the
war policy , but an expression of discon
tent at the conduct of the war. But
while the crof "On , lo Pekin , " now of
rings all over France , and reinforcements
and supplies are being hur
ried forward to China the
announcement Is made that the Qhlneco
government has decided to accept the
terms of settlement with regard to the
Tonqnln dispute which Ferry had offered
before the battle at Langson hsd boon
fought. What tbo ontcomo of this now
turn of affairs will bo Is very hard to pre
dicate. A year ago the French , after a
contest of some months had got every
thing they wanted in Tonqnln ! They
had driven the Chinese marauders Inown
as the "Black Fl gs" out of the Delta of
the Red River , and had taken the fortl
Red towns of Sontiy and Bacnlnh , with
out any opposition from the Chinese ,
who claimed suzerainty over the whole
region , although the latter had formally
announced that the attack on cither ol
these places would bo treated as a casns
belli. In fact It was plain that the Chi
nese did not want to go to war bonl
Tonqnln , The treaty known as the con
vention of Tientsin was accordingly con
eluded between Franco and China in May
last year. It lef t the French in posicssloi
of every thing they occupied ; It gave up the
Ohlneso claim of suzerainty ever Tonqnln
opened the Red river to navigation as far
as Yunnan , and opened the three princi
pal towns tf Hanoi , Thin Nni , and NInh
Hal to foreign trade , and to the residence
of a French consul In each. More xhai
this , it gave Franco the fortified town o
Langson , commanding the principal pssi
in the northern mountains through whiol
the Chinese obtain accocs to the Ilc <
river Delta ,
Pease seemed to bo secured , and
small body of French troops started to
take Lang Son. On the march they
caino on a Ohinoso post bairlnt ; the road
The officer In command said ho had IK
orders to allow them to pans aud ha :
hoard 1 nothing of the treaty of peace , one
proposed 1 a halt until ho could got In
structlons. The French , however , refused
fused to wait , attempted to force their
way , nnd were ropukcd with heavy leas
This i was really au unfortunate accident ,
There was no reason to doubt the gooc
faith f of the Chinese. But the French
would receive no excuse. They demand
an enormous indemnity for the repulse
inflicted on their troops. It was refusei
and then they withdrew their minister
from Pokin , bnt Instead of declaring war
began to make "reprisals , " such as thi
bombardment of Kolungln Formosa , ant
that of the Foochow arsenal and the forts
on the Mln river. Thcso operations were
successful enough , bnt they only stung
the Chinese without frightening them.
The Ohinoso Empire is , In splto of Its pa
ternal organization , so loosely constituted
that attacks on its frontier make no seri
ous Impression on the government at Po
kin a fact which the allies recognized In
18GO when they marched on the capital.
Consequently the operations of Admiral
Courbet along the cocat seem simply to
bavo roused the Chinese government Into
actlvo and formidable preparations for at
tacking the Frcuch where they trero
most vulnerable , namely , in the Tonquin
mountains , Into which they had success
fully penetrated , and had captured Lang-
son.
son.The defeat of Gen. Negrior , who oc
cupled Langscn with a brigade Is likely
to bo the forerunner of other reverses
unless Franco can throw a very largo
army into Ohica for actlvo ops-rations ,
which will require sm& considerable
time.
time.Tho
The remedy in favor now in Paris Is an
advance on Pekin. The best French
military [ authorities in Tonqnln are slid to
doubt whether it would bo safe to at
tempt this with leas than 60,000 mon.
Its difficulties have boon immensely in
creased since 18GO. The entrance
to the Polhp river was then found to
ba an impossible task. The i forts had to
be turned by hand attack. Slnco then
they have been Increased in number aud
completed on the land aide , and are
armed with Armstrong and Krupp guns ,
and the river is full of torpedoes as far as
Tientsin. All things considered , the re
public is face to face with a job which
may turn out far more dleastrous than
the invasion of Mexico by Louis Na-
polcan and Maximilian.
It appearjtj bo qulto forgotten tha
little Denmak has now the first grinc
event of her own for the past twenty
years in the form of a real government
crisis. The moct extravagant stories
come from Copenhagen of the height to
which political passions have rltcn , and
the king Is taid to bo prepared to fly
from the capital in cieo of popular
riots. Ho seems to bo ontlraly in
the wrong In this quarrel with the
Folkothlng , and is said to have bacn
counseled from London to abandon his
mulish attitude and let the offemlva min
istry fall. Unless ho does surrender ba-
fore the end of this month , which is the
end of the fiscal year , financial and offi
cial anaicby must ensue , and a revolu
tion wonla not bo improbable. Prince
Bitmark is paid to be watching the development
velopmont of the situation with peculiar
Interest.
Recent statements by the English jour
ti.ils regarding the British navy ara not
unlikely to give the general reader an
erroncona Idea of I to strength. It Is thu
strongest In the world. That of Franco
is generally supposed to approach moat
noaily to it , but a fair official compirlaon
shows the superiority of the English lleet.
Of Hhfps of the first class , Iron hullc , not
leas tban nine inch armor , displace
ment over 8,500 tons , England has ten ,
aggregating 95,840 tons ; Franco has
three , aggregating 28,900 tons. JnlSSG ,
or sooner. England will have fifteen ,
aggregating 140,310 tons ; the French five
with a total of 49,070 tone. Of the second
end class , hulls of Iron or wood , but the
latter built since 1870 , the English have
sixteen with a total displacement of 79-
740 tons ; the French have eleven , total.
79,338 tons. Of the third claw , hulls
iron or wood , sound and In good order ,
armor four and a half to six Inchoe ,
the English have fourteen ,
with n total displacement of
112,410 tons. The French have 12 , with
displacement of 55,981 tons. The
English ships In this class are many of
them obsolete , In the sama sense in
which nearly the whole American navy Is
obsolete. In coast defence vessels Eng
land ha fourteen , of 41,530 tons , against
eleven French , ot 29,440 ton * . In 188G ,
Ftanca will have Increased this fleet to
fourteen , of 30,425 tons Wore the
whole Italian fleet added to that of
France , England would bo more
than a match for the com
bination , yet the Italian fleet Is consid
ered a strong one. Were the whole Rus
sian navy added to the French , the re
sulting armament would not ba so for
midable as Franco nd Italy. In epite ,
however , of those facts , England is en
gaged in Increasing her ileotand In build
ing a swarm of torpedo boats , while her
merchant ateamors , 3,050 In number ,
form a reserve which could bo drawn up
for certain purposes of war iu case of
need.
Litott advices from Central America
represent President Barrioi at the head
an army invading Ban Salvador. A
combined Nicaragnan and Coa a Rica
force will attempt to head him off and if
poislblo prevent a fur.ber advance.
Meanwhile Mexico ia awaiting the oppor
tune moment for playing a decisive part
In the strife , and as the press of that
country Is very extensively subsidised by
the government , the savagery of Its In-
voctlves against Barrioi is significant of
a desire of President Diaz to work his
people up to supporting any measure of
interference , however violent.
"Women's Noses , llalr , nnil UottnotB
London Daily New * .
Before deciding as to the arrangement
of the hair , the noeo should bo carefully
interrogated. If that feature bo Roman ,
or what a learned author describes ai
"cogitative" i. o. , long and curved in ]
ward toward the point the hair shoulc
bo somewhat pronounced in its arrange
ment. It should bo rather massive , or
olao Iho largo noeo will , by force of con
tract , make the head look meagre. I :
the uoso bo Greek , an approach , carefully
guarded from being too realistic to th
clastic knot , may bo ventured upon. Th
varieties of the Anglo-Saxon nose , aonio
of them quite childish in their want of
decision and firmness of outline , uro too
numerous to bo specially comtncndoc
upon , bnt ehould bo treated variously
according as they approach the nqulllno
the Greek , or the hiiab varieties. Thi
lust requires n rather coquettish arrange
ment of the hair. Madonna bands assor
badly with a snub noso. So does th
Venetian coiffure , which has boon eucl
a favorite among our lusthotlc phalanx
for aomo yean. A "little head runnini
over with curls" boot suits the suu
"tip tilted llko a flower" ; nnd tcnsibl
women who perforce wear turnod-ui
noses will carefully abetnin from follow
ing the height and depth of fathionabli
coilTures , bub remain faithful to the quas
simplicity that goes MO well with the in
fantile formation of their notes.
The silly young women who have elate
late gouo abont the wor'd with the !
hoada cropped as close as these of boyi
will now regret the ranhnets that robbci
them of their locks. For the catogan is
coming in again. The hair Is to bo worn
curled In front , then simply brushed back
to the nape of the neck , where It Is to bo
tied with a ribbon matching the trimming
on the dross ; hanging down the back In
curls for evening wear , but arranged In a
thick plait for the work-a-day hours. I' '
is a style that has its advantages , moro
especially as displaying to good effect a
plait of burnished chestnut hair , which
the present mode , with its tight llttlo
bnskotplalts , rather enviously conceals.
But the catogan needs n very epocla
neatness to commend it , and If again
adopted hero as It now is in Paris , it wll"
bo well for Its patrons to boar in mine
that when rullled or disarranged , the
queue will loco all resemblance to the ex
quisitely neat littloappcndago of the name
as worn by our ancestors.
It will have Its effect upon the shape o :
the fashionable bonnet If It becomes general -
oral , and will ncccesitato a lowering o ;
of the crown at the back. This portion
of the popular headgear has bocrmo pi
late years smaller aud smaller ; while ii
hats , on the contrary , there ia some'
times an enormous preponderance ol
crown over brim. In the shape known
as the Tarn o'Shaator this is notably the
CJBO , and there was never , perhaps , in
the whole history of headgear , a form
that moro readily loads itself to the
ridiculous than this when ssen upon any
save the youngest and freshest of faces
A mlddleagod woman , with a hard-sei
color in her cheeks , who ehould bo so nt
terly blind to the fitness of things ( im
there have been such iattancee ) as to don
a Tarn o'Shantor , is one of those phenomena
mona -which make one desire the raviva
of sumptuary laws. If the style 01
hairdiosslng ought to bo dependent in t
great degree upon thu nhapj of the nose
tbat cf tbo bonnet or hat should , to bi
consistent , be so too. There Is a very
thin variety of the nasel organ , inclinec
to redness along the tidgc , which look ;
sharp enough to cirve with , that requiroi
extremely deicatotxeatment ] [ in the matte :
of coiffure. The erect of the nose Itself
is painfully meagre , and this muat be
counteracted by a sort of amplitude in tin
arrangement of the locks and in the trim
mlngs of the bonnet. But then , on the
other hand , theeo must not be too ample
or they will produce a contrast so oviden
as to bo practically a ropro&ch to the nose
for Us thinness. The other extreme of a
very fleshy ness demands a certain sever
ity In the bonnet ; bat the outlines of the
latter must not bo too ligld , elao they
will throw into disagreeable prominence
the inclination of the note toward s. real-
ing and width. So fir as regards form.
With respect to color , it Is another mat
ter. It is one of the moat difficult tasks
of the clever milliner to deal with a noen
that remains obstinately red deuplto all
the waters aud washes dovited for such
cases. It Is a sad thing to BOO a bunch ol
popios in a bonuct and to note that their
rcsy tint is precisely that of tbo mosl
prominent feature in the faco. Yet oven
this ia less startling than it would bo to
leave surroundings dark aud unrelieved
by color , eo that the nose , especially on
frosty days , lights np the gloom like a
nowJy painted pillar-Doxin a dingy street.
But , fortunately , there are but compara
tively few such hopeless noses ai these ,
though ono occasionally sees them end
regards their owner with pity and per
haps mistrust. The ordinary English
nose ia whlto , though free from the blood1
less look of the French feature , The
nostrils are daintily touched rrith pink ,
aud yet no color spreads further than
these , oven when the rest cf the com
pletion Is sensitively subject to sudden
change. Such as these relieve the modlsto
of all difficulties , so far aa color Is con
corned.
Uul ned by the Holler Bkalnfj Fever
Kentucky Stflto Journal ,
"Well , what's become of old Powle ? "
asked a viti'ing ' former resident.
"Well , ho has four boys and three girls
you know , and they all got the akate
fever and spent moro money than the old
man had , and ho had to make an assign
ment. "
"You don't tell me ! "
"Yea ; and worae still. The man he
unsigned to collected all the money ho
could and then skipped out with a akat-
Ing link girl. "
"Well , well ; that's too bad. "
"Ye , it's bad ; but It could have been
worse , for tbo girl. "
"flow ? "
"Why , if see hadn't got married about
; he time she did she would bavo to bavo
seen sent to the lunatio otylum. "
Mall ,
YORE , April 2. Cable advices from
Axpmwall , received by I'oetmaster Pearson ,
repoit a serious IOIB of mail matter in the de
struction of that part of the city by fire on
ho lit , ult , The entire ra&ll for the .South
L'acifiu , despatched from Now York on the
2Ut ult , , by steamer Colon , hu been do-
etrojed , aud ulion-Rleterod mail and ordinary
) per mail for Aitiluwall , lent by thu lame
teatner , The letter mail was nearly all do
hcreJ before the fire broke out. As accur a
ately as can uow ba Uted the mail for Cen-
ral America and the Pacific coast of South
America wus burned , end consisted of 150
packages of registered mall , 10 eacko of ordm-
try lotteis , and 63 sacks ot papers.
A phyilcUn Informed the reporter yes-
orday tbat diphtheria la beginning to show
Utlf to a coneiderablo extent In Omaha. De-
ay in thli loathsome diieaee la death ,
RUSSIA'S NAVY AND ARMY.
What England Most Cope With by Sea
and Land ,
An Array of Ironclads Formid
ably in Name if not in
Nature
RtiBfjln' Itolnctftiico to Do Bnttlo on
the High Sens ,
Iluesla's navy consists of three divls
ions. These divisions are a necessity o
her geographical ponltlonr , ono of thi
most peculiar over known in history
Praotlcilly her great Hoots of war vessels
can bo restricted to her imtnodlato coasts
because any outlet Into the great ocean is
forbidden by the narrow passages througl
which those vcsiels must PAID , and which
cnn oasJIy bo blocked by a much Inftrio
flcut. In fact , llusala'H navy is mostly
confined to two great lakes , or seas , hav
ing mrrow ontrinccs , Tha Baltic la i
l.ikoilh \ a narrow ontlot , of which Den
mark holds the key ; the Black Sea la an
olhor , of which Turkey Is the water
Rate keeper. Any naval power , there
fore , uhlch seeks to meet the Buisian
on sea must go to look for them. AVheth
er they will Imd thorn or not | j auolhc
question , la the hat war the Bnlti
lie. t igcomlnlously sheltered it
self behind the fortifications of Oronstadt
and no Inducement was aufliclisnt to on
lice them out to interview the Frencl
and English men-of-war which were wol
in siftht for months. It was a dccide (
case of "ono wai afraid and the otho
didn't dare. " The fortifications of Cron
stadt were , beyond doubt , Imprcgnobl
to all naval attacks of that time , and n.
the allies contented themselves with look
ing nt It. The llusehn Baltic licet wa
safe from assault , and the Grand Duke
Conntinline , the admiral , never yoarnoi
for glory bad enough to seek it broadside
to broadside with the French and Eng
lish. Neither French , English , nor Una
elan ships covered themselves with glory
and but for the exploits cf the Hocla am
Drlrar , both email ships of the BrltisL
Hoot , scarce a laurel wns gained on an
side.
side.In
In the Black sea , after the Rueslan
destroyed the Turkish fleet at Slnop
boy , they retired to Sebistopol , and wer
either sunk , to obstruct the channel , o
burned at the time of the capture of thi
fortress. No ono of them ventured out
side tbe harbor to greet the invaders
and no ono ship of the allies could or di <
gor In to carry on invitation. By raooni
of torpedoes tbo Russians , in the las
war with Turkey , managed to destroy
several Turkish ahlpa , but
NO JfAVAL 1UTTLE ,
as the term Is understood , has been
fought by llusaia for many years. It is
poseiblo , howorer , that the Baltic anc
Black seas both hold vessels capable of
meeting the Encliah ships to-day , and as
Ironclads ore now the general accepted
strength of the navy , It trill bo of In-
teroat to oeo juot what strength Russia
has In these modern marine monsters.
In the Baltic fleet there arc ton-rca-
gotng ironclads , eight of which are afloat
and and two building. The biggest Is
the Peter the Great , built of iron ia
1872 , of OG55 tons displacement , 8 Inch
armor plate , and which carries four 40-
ton guns , has twin screws , ia of 800G
horec-powcr , and calculated for a speed
of thirteen knots. The Admiral Nakhi-
mcff , steal , 7000 tons , 10-inch compound
armor , with four 15-ton and ten 4 ton
guns , 8000 horao-power and gauged for
sixteen knots ; the Moskwn , not yet
built , does not materially differ In con
struction or armament. The Admira :
Arkaoa , a steel ship w.th from six to
twelve inches of compound armor , and
the Dlmitri Donskloa , o ! the simo class
and build , each carry two 9i-ton anc
fourteen 4-ton guns ; the Vladimir Mon-
omach and Minim are nearly
alike in bni'd , 5740 tons , G-inch
armor , two lU-ton and twelve
4-ton guns "each ; and the
General-Admiral and Horzcg Edlnburg-
hakl , the former of which , with G Inch
armor , carries four 9J-ton and tvro 4-ton
gmu , and the latter ten 4-tons. A now
ship to bo launched next yoir is of good
pattern , designed end armed like the
celebrated Sacheen of the German fleet.
In all , there are eight servicjablo Iron-
c'nds In the Rustian Baltic fleet.
The Ironclads before noted are classed
as effective. Russia possesses about
iwcnty-soyon ironclads of an obsolete
lype. It ia purely conjectural how use
ful these aro. The Grelg , Lazareg ,
SpIridolT , TchitchagofF are Iron turret
ships , built from 18G3 to 18G8 , of 4 to
Gt inches of armor ; four uthors , whoso
names any ono might epoll if they eavr
hem in print but none could read , cf
iron and wooden-armored lype. Of coast-
defence monitors In Iho Baltic , Russia
)03S68ees thirteen , none of which , it is
aid , can swim out of smooth water. The
names would look pretty but
UMNTELUOJIILK TO THE NAKED KK. .
Theeo sro also from 4i to Gl Inch ar
mored. Though the above ' 'obsolete"
ships are not of the first line , It should
not bo forgottsn that many of them uro
; oed ships , and would bo likely to do
ifi'jctlvo war service , thus adding twenty
.lues iron or aroiorod vessels to the tun
already given.
In the Black Sea there are , or will bo ,
'our font-class Iron-dads , thu best cf
which , thoKstarlna IIis to be launched
n 1887. She is to bo of iron and steel ,
10,150 tons displacement , ID inches of
armor , and will carry eiz 4U-ton and
seven 4-ton guns. The Slnopc , Tohcsmo
and Alexander II. , all of which are on
.bo stocks , are smaller ships , wita 18 .
nches of armor and the tame armament. e
Then two circular ironclads are classed as
tmoDg tbo obsolete , tbo Novgorod and
.ho . Popoff. Thess were considered egre
gious failures , and in this case there ia
10 rcuson to doubt that they ate
itterly useless , Two river gun-
> oalB"captnrod from the Turks , are nls *
numho.td in Iho Ironclad Black Sea fleet , \i \
Of unarmored ships , Russia pcsiosies in
ho Baltic twenty-one cralcctK , fourteen
; un vessels and ono torpedo cruiser
hlrtysiz visiels In tbo Black sea , one
crulair , eight of the volunteer Jlect built
by the Mono nv subscription , and eight
'Uzillary ' cruiser ; , making twelve in all.
< ? o certain Information Is obtainable ,
lowever , abont the Black tea flotilla.
? ho numbers given above are the host to
.ttilnnblo , but the naval bureau at St.
'oleisburg can best toll the real sir jcgth ,
and rumors have been beard of war ves-
els floating in the Black tea , which are
match for the best ehlpa of thobejt
lavy. They have not yet appeared be-
ore the world ; they may not ozltt ; but
hero is little doubt
that the Black sea
Ictt , as given above , does not comprise
he whole of the Ruamn naval strength
o the Euxico
There Is also a Russian naval station on
bo northern Pacific coaatat Nicbolasvsk ,
The place is well fortified , list dock-
rarda for the repair nnd rofitlirig of ehfpi ,
) nt no construction is carried on nt that
In the Caspian sea there are n number
of ships , all of wood , but ns theio are
oven moro out of the way than the Black
sea vessels their strength or weakness is n
matter of llttlo Interest.
THE UUSSIAN AHMY
la recruited by a levy on all men who
bavo completed their twenty-first ycnr
and are not physically unlit , and no
substitutes cnn bo provided. The period
of service is fifteen years , six with the
colors and nlno In the reserve. The
litter are only called on In case of war ,
except for drill purposes ) , and then only
near their homes , The educated classes
are freed from consciption only by the
alternative of voluntary enrolment.
Yming men of this clacs are pormittcd to
outer at 1 ? years of oqo , and after a short
term of service may pass an examination
and either go to the reserve or , by a
stricter examination , qualify as o Hi core.
The well known Oossack regiments nre ,
however , recruited under different condi
tions , Their enlistment ia by terms of
treaties made with their chiefs. It Is
found in practice that a levy in Russia of
two on every COO male produces 90,000
to 100,000 mon. The Russian army on
a recent computation oantalnod 1,213,259
oflicors and men. Add 129,000 Oosiacks
to this , and the total fotco on n pcaco
footing , is given. The peculiar military
tystoms of Finland and of the Oosiacks
demand moro than a posting notice. Fin-
laud provides a certain number of mon ,
graded according to districts , The dis
tricts pay the soldiers , while the state
government supplies their material wanis.
The Cossacks of the Don , the most Im
portant , are liable to service from fifteen
sixty years of no , and no substitutes are
permitted , "Tho Cosuacks are a race of
free men ; neither serfage nor any
other dependence upon the land Is
ever existed among them. The ontlro-
territory belongs to the Cossack com
mune , nnd every individual has a right
to the use cf the land , together with the
pastures , hunting grou.ids and flihorlos. "
The Cossacks pay no taxes to the gov
ernment , but in lieu of tbat they are
bound to perform military service , which ,
under various conditions , they do until
their forty-seventh year. Every Cossack
it obliged to equip , clothe and arm him
self at his own expense and keep his
horse. If ho serves beyond the frontiers
of bis own country ho receives rations of
food and forage and a email amount of
pay. Instead of imposing taxes upon
them the Russian government pays the
Cossacks an annual tribute and distrib
utes grants among the widows and or
phans of these who fall In battle.
A Victim of April First.
Merry , merry Granger ,
Note the changing Spring !
All thinps lure thee , stranger ,
Hero thy flight to wing.
All the bumming city
Wakes to lifo once more ;
Spring has taken pity
On our climate eoro.
IJero the park beda bourgeon ,
Fresh m beauty clad ;
And the vrintory sturgeon
Yields his place to ( had ,
Gather up thy dollars ,
Comb thy hoy-decked locke ;
Pack thy Rrip with collar ]
And a pair of eocks.
Come , O merry Granger ,
Seek the clty'a din r
We chall take theo , stranger ,
Gently , firmly in.I'uck'a
I'uck'a AtinuoJ ,
Tlio American Copyright
NEW YORK , April 2. The Amerion Copy
right leaeuo to-morrow will iasuo
anaddrcsa to the public explaining
, ho Bin justice done to native and
Foreign authors by want of nn inturnatiunnl
copyright , and calling upon the people to aid
n demanding n favorable action on thin sub
ject , by 1'Jth congress. Among the signers of
; his addresa nro Bidhop Potter , K. C , Stod-
nan , 11'arkn Goodwin. Kdvvard Epftloaton ,
Thonidlko Kice , Hov. Robert Collyer , ChnrleK
Dudley Warner , nnd John Uigolow.
'Fools Hugh in , AVhero AnfolH Four
to Trend. "
Co impttnoua youth Is often givoa to
'oily and indiscretions ; and , as a rosalt ,
lervous , mental and organic debility fol
low , memory is Impared , self-confidence
a lacking ; a * , night bad dreams occur ,
iromaturo old nga sceun setting in , rum
s in the track. In confidence , you cm ,
and should wrlto to Dr. R , V. Pierce , of
liMo , N. Y , the author of u treatise
' the bancfit of that class cf patients ,
ind describe your symptoms and suffer-
n&s. Ho can euro you at your home ,
and will send you full particulars by
mall.
Inonalndlana town tharonrc ever 1,000
nen engaged in the manufacture of roller
kates , and in another , of only 2,000 In-
inbitantuBIX inventions have boon patcnt-
d. An attempt Is making to substitute
> uck wood for boxwood , nnd If successful
hn cost of skates will bo riduocd one-
IHlf.
Now is the Time to Cleanse the
Blood and Beautify the skin.
Wm. T. Totten , B72 North Tenth Street. 1'hlla-
elphla , rq > urta that one ol bin cuutomera ttitcd t *
iloi Incidentally that ha wai feeling to well and bad
; alnod twenty-Kevin pounili m tha last year , all cl
hlrhhe attrlhuUd in a tjitfinttlo cour'o of the
uticuralleuolvcnt , which honpioved Ufuctua ! whtru
II ether rimodlts ( ailed ,
80RKS ON NKOIC
Cliai. Drady , Somrrvlllo , Mum , who rifers to Dr.
J. Wood , drugilat , ot tills ctty.certlllm to a ou-
rful o ire ol running : sere * , op the neck which had
been treated by hosplUI nlijalclani without cure ,
and wblchjleldod oomjiletely totho Cutlcut * Item-
odleu.
CURKD UY CUTICURA.
JfyrLln disease , which refilled icveral popula
remxlle and other lemudlei idvleed by chjelc/snn ,
has been cured by your Cutlcurt Itemedlee. They
iurj ) < w ed my meet mxugulae expec'atloni and rarld-
ellecUd a cure. J. C. AKKNTHUE.
Vlnoeuici , Ind.
KNOW ITS VALUK.
All ot your Cutlcura lUmedlei elve very good ot
Uftctlon. The Cutlcura I i especially roocmuiend fur
the dlseisca ( or which It la uaod. 1 know Irom tirtr-
lenceltv value.
DIt. H. J I'lUTf , Uonttllo , Wia.
OUTICURA A1JROAD.
Tbrouh ( a home-returned NorwigUn.I huv e Icarnixl
know your Cutlcura , which his lu a short time
cured meol an Kczenu tbat mYtihyelclan'utnedlclniB
could not heal
CIIIl. HKLT2KN , Bcrifon , Nonray ,
Aciuturtuirctuing.
THE 1'OKT POWERS.
A leMoK ol Kratltudo Impe'g me to acinouled'o )
tke creat uierlta cl your Cutlcura , ind I cordla ly rt < o.
omiuend It to the public aa a very valuible remedy.
11 , fV. I > OWKItS , 1/rldKcport. Cono.
tor n'e ' everywhere. I'rlco CutiLura , the ( rrett
BLln Cure , tOc Outlcura Ho * | > , an fujuliitu Kklu
Iltautlfltr , ! Da Cutlcur * tesolvcnt , tbe new UK * !
i'urlfler , II.
POTTKlt DUUQ AND CUEllICAIi CO.BOSTON (
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CUUA UOM' , an fXiuUIU'TUl
