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THE.OMA.HAJJJLYBEE-MOvrJAY MOUNTtfGL MAY 30 1881. . THE DAILY BEE. E. ROSEWATER , EDITOR : VAM > BRBILT AKD GOULD are said tc be a pair of stock-kings. Hose ? DAVID DAVIS says the only Safi place in politics is the fence. Davic should try his balancing abilities on i irbicyclc. EVERY'man that crosses the Oinalu ' "creek-must be convinced that it would be a blessing as well as an _ improve ment to-have then * . clwu-ucuons done forever. TALK about there being no benefi from the oewurs ! ! Look at Thirtcent ] street and compare it's condition wit ! it's former appearance before Sout ] Omaha creek was sewered. OMAHA'S real statistics of growtl are eurprising enough without distort ing and exaggerating their real pro jwrtlons. Bragging and wind neve built up a great city. THE Republican's "special" hea < lines which are invariably contradic edby the dispatches under them arc "features of journalism" on which i should get a patent. THE education of colored voters in the south is making itself felt. The Raleigh , ( N. C. ) Obsetrer remark that nt the recent prohibition conven tion , a negro named Price made the best speech delivered and carried ol all the laurels. A "COCK A > D BULL" utory , starlet by the New York Sun , connects Secretary rotary Blaine with the Dorsey gang McVeagh and James say the charge is absolutely without foundation. Dana must do batter than this or the repu tation of the Sun as the champion liar will seriously suffer. SIXTEENTH street bridge SB the bes crossing over the North' Ornalia creek and yet a number of serious accidents have already happened there withii the past few years are more will con tinue to' happen until that creek is 'turned into a sewer and closed up. TUB poverty of railroads Is provcr bial. The Chicago & Northwestern has been balancing up its sheets am lias discovered that its earnings for the last year exceeded those of the preceding year by only $2,000,000. It will now b6 in order for our farmers to present a few statistics. THEUB appears to be a misunder standing about our comments upon Engineer Cook. Wo did not cliarge him with improper or unprofessional conduct in. connection with the Hell } waterworks scheme , but we merely fclated h'ia stock ideas on sewerage could , by no means , be construed Into a condemnation of the proposed .north and south Omaha sow era. THE revelations made by the Den ver Tribune concerning Dorsey's New Mexican land grab , only confirms what THE BEE has so often charged that the administration of the national land office under Williamson was in very bad hands. If the man at the helm of that bureau had not been in collusion with Dorsey these schemes of plunder could not have been perpetrated. THE same old chronic objectors who ; have'been fighting every public im provement are fighting the sewer | bonds now. A majority of this class of people have never put a dollar in brick and mortar , but they simply ) want to double their money in unim proved real estate. If Omaha's future greatness depended on that class ol grumblers she would shrink into a third-rate country town. CHUKCII HOWE , that pink of gran gers and champion anti-monopolist , took it upon himself to keep General McBride out of the Lincoln postofKce because McBride's paper helped to d - feat Church for speaker last winter. Senator VanWyck-nas ajipealed to by the Nemaha acrobat upon the score of great sen-ices rendered , but the senator inclined to the opinion that the statesman fromNemaha was pok ing his nose into the wrong closet. WHEN General Joshua was fighting the Pliilistincs ho was all right as long as ho could hold up Moses arms , but just ng soon as Moses got tired his arms weakened and the Phiiistines got in their work. WhenYanWyck was fighting the battles of McBridc , ho couldn't make any headway as long as Bob Ingersoll held up the arm of General Funke , but just as soon as Bob weakened the Philistines * got in their work ; captured the Lincoln post- office , and marched off with Funkc's baggage. TUB attempts of the Chicago jour nals to throw cold water on the river route to the sea are not meeting with .success. The movement is steadily growing , the shipments are increasing weekly , and English vessel owners are seriously considering the establishment of a number of transatlantic stcam- , t ship lines between Liverpool , Hamburg - ' " ( burg antl tow Orleans. The contract I was closed a few days since for the | shipment of 30,000 bushels of wheat \ > " " from St. "Paul'to Glassgow , Scotland , by barges to St.-Louis and thence by ' * ' " steamer. Several large shipments of sacked flour to Europe from New Orleans liavc just been made public and the rates are so extremely low that other heavier and shipments will doubtless speedily .follow. The .producers of , the west should encourage by every means in their power the development of the water route. Their interests are inseparably bound U in the success of a system of cheap transportation which will release them from the clutches of the corpora tion cormorants who are .now levying _ - * their extortionate tolls upon com- * , merce. The river will bo a competition - * tion which railway kings cannot con- jlTol or consolidate with existing lines. "a tUpisa broad highVay , open to all rno cHose to take advantage of its op- jwrtunities. It remains for every far mer constituent to use his voice and vote toward forwarding the improvement - ment of our rivers and the cstablish- ' , ment and encouragement of barge transportation of food'products. . Hen-pecked husbands never catch * the.nmall-por. Life witk them is one f steady vaccination. New York Com mercial. FT TC * m. < E.Ki' ' m > TPfV , JLiir oJuinrXirw J3\J t The proposition at i dispoM ifJth city council to the construction , of ; ei on by our. citi zens next Tuesday. * ' of this _ jej8cijiHance'SObOO amoiuit will Save to be expended in the extension of the south Omaha sewer , and $50,000 in the construction of the proposed sewer that is to drain the bed-of the north-Omaha creek. The objectors to the proposed sewer bonds claim Jhat the build ing of these sewers is premature. They insist that plans must bo adopted for our entire syBtenfof sew erage before they vote the money to build them. They -want to know , at what point the proposed sewerage from the north and south Omaha sewer will empty into the river , before they-vote for the bonds , and they want this city to go slow before engaging in tliis enterprise. Now in the first place the proposed sewers arc in reality canals or acqueducta to carry off the water and filth that passes through two creeks. Everybody admits that these creeks are detrimental to the public health and seriously obstruct travel and traffic. Every bridge is an obstruc tion and It costs more to keep the un sightly ricketty bridges that span these creeks in repair than would pay the interest on the sewer bonds These canals or aqueducts must be built sooner'or later , and in our opin ion it is sound economy to build them just as soon as possible. We can afiordto trust the city council with the location of the outlets of these canals into the river. The creeks , with all their nasty con tents empty inta the river now. Could it be any erse if these canals were temporarily allowed to drain into the river until a lateral main sewer can be built to carry their contents off to some point below Boyd's packing house ? As long as these creeks re main , a large quantity of garbage and filth that is now washed into them will continue to flow through these malaria breeding drains. If these creeks are closed this filth will liave to be carted away. It is all very Troll to advise people to go slow , but it strikes us that it is not ad visable to stop moving altogether. Omaha has been going very slow in the matter of public improve ments for the last fifteen years , and that is why she is so far behind Kan sas City , St. Joseph , DCS Moines and oven towns , of less pretensions in everything that goes to make up a city. According to the city engineer ; he proposed sewers or canals cannot M built very rapidly. It may take eighteen months or two years x > finish them , but if the bond propo sition is defeated , no move will be made for at least another year. Mean time the dilapidated old bridges whicl span the creeks will bo a constan source of expense and danger , and the [ Kjison-breeding crocks will prostrate mndreds of children and even adults causing , apart from probable loss ol lifo great loss of time and doctors bills to people who reside in exposed localities. ' The only tangible point made by the opponents of the- sewer bonds is thai it will cost less to build sewers a few years hence than it docs now. These economists .don't take into considera tion tliat the expenditure of $100,000 on the proposed acqueducts or canals will add half a n.illion in absolute value and fully quarter of a million to the taxable value of our city. Thej do not take into consideration thefacl that the city cannot prosper and grow without affording employment to laboring men ; that $100,000 put into circulation will have the tendency to increase our commmcrcial and indus trial prosperity. Taking it for granted that Omaha is to be a large city and that wo shal soon have an economic system of sen es adapted to our locality the building of the North and South sewers or canals cannot in any way be avoided. The details of the work must neces sarily be Jcft with the city council ano engineer. HONEY FOR THB LADIES. Almond color is very fashionable. Lvdiea' satchels are large , flat and square. Pompadour flowered cretonnes are revived Neckties of beads are becoming very ashionable. Very little jewelry is worn with white costumes. A bunch of flowers is pinned on one ide of lace parasols. The "marine" fishu of embroidered mullo is new and pretty. Steel and gold are the admired com filiation this summer. Wliite and pale pink bonnets are most worn at receptions. Enormous rings are once more ashionable for ladies. Spanish blonde is the darling lace of ashion at the moment. Shirred sleeves grow more and nore in fashionable favor. There is a brisk demand for batistes , cersuckcrs and ginghams. Sashes of ombre ribbon will be much worn with white toilets. All young women wear short , un- raincd skirts on all occasions. "Wall flower tints reappear again in lowers , ties and ribbons. Tan-colored undressed kid gloves are worn with white costumes. Mixed , black and white feathers aroused used to trim black rou li straw hats. Bright gold color , hot to say yellow , s one of the most popular shades in dress. Black costumes are "brightened with ombre surah or bayadere striped joods. * Gilded bambooand. violet wood ticks are the most popular for para sols , t The less of'the neck that is seen the irettier does the face of a pretty woman ook. ook.The The nearer the bangs come to the ycbrows the more fashionable is the wearer. Cream white hemstitched handker chiefs are worn either in the neck or xjcping from the pocket Poke bonnels have bnms longer in rent and shorter in the back as the eason advances. A sentimental woman at Mayville , Canada , has put a strong iron fence around , the tree whereon a sweetheart f youthful days once carved her name. A puffed pocket on each side of the kirt , falling under the1 arms , not in rent of the hips , appears on many of lie Mother Hubbara dresses for little oiks. oiks.Lisle Lisle thread cloves , with long , loscd , loose , wrinkled wrists , come in all shades of ecru tan , brown , gold , ; ray , .and cream shades , and in black ' " and'-white. Young girla "in society" wear their hair falling "in curls in the back , looped together with , , a bow or long clasp or a.puff of hair , and banged and frizzed itffront. . kiss from : she _ mt hear that there is mumps in your fam- ily. " [ The Sanitarian. _ Three-ponged combs for the black hair frequently have a long clasping top , set with jet , jewels , or gold 01 silver balls , which encircle the chignon or black hair like' fillet. A Troy lawyer asked a woman on the witness stand her age , and she promptly replied"I sold milk foi you to drink when a baby , and ] haven't got my pay yet. " "Sets , " composed of a collarette , pocket , and fan of colored surah silk , trimmed with Spanish Jace of the same color and a bunch of flowers on each piece , are used to enliven black , whlte.and , sober-tinted costumes. Colored underskirts are no longet .fashionable on the other side of the water. Neither are white skirts worn , except the short petticoat The correct Jong underskirt is of black silk 01 black cashmere. When Blifkins assists Sarah's young man our of the front door and down the stone steps with the too of hie boot , he calls it "expediting the male. " Thus do the evil influences or the star-routes swindle enter into the sweetest and most sacred realities oi life. Some people can invent awful mean slurs. When the Jenkins girl was whaling away on the piano and pestered the next-door neighbor , the next-door neighbor come out on the steps , listened to the noise a minute , looked up to the Jenkins girl's mother who Troa at the window , and said , "got plumbers at work fn your house , haven't you ? " No wonder those fam ilies don't speak now. " Mother , " asked Mary Jane nt the breakfast table Monday morning , "don't you think gray hiur is awful becoming ? " "Mary Jane ' , it should be remarked , has a beau'whoso locks are silvern. "Yes , I do , " remarked her mother , grabbing at something on Mary Jane's shoulder ; yes , I think it becoming too common. That makes the tenth one this morning , " holding it up between her thumb and finger. [ Boston Transcript. How is this for woman's rights ? An American gentleman ( it shouldbe idiot , ) residing in Paris , recently paid $1,400 for a fan for his wife. The de sign was painted by Edward do Beau mont , at a cost of $800. The lady's monogram on one of the ivory sticks is set in diamonds. The same devoted , indulgent husband paid $4,000 for an evening dress for his wifo. The entire train was hand-painted , the design be ing wild flowers and Greek scroll work. The drapery was point lace. They were bidding each other good night , the rich man's daughter and the poor man's son , when she took oc casion to remark : "You say you have no expectations from your tather ? " "No , " ho answered frankly. "And all your other relatives are dead ? " "All dead , darling ; but don't feel gloomy on my account ; I'll come round to-morrow evening , and all will bo bright and cheerful. " "Perhaps you hadn't better come , " she replied gravely , closing the door on him. "I feel as if I had a sick headache coin ing on , and it will be pretty bad by to morrow night. " And the next eve ning she engaged herself to the son of Niagara hackman. [ Brooklyn Eagle. POETRY OW TF El TIMES At the Restaurant. It ia the pretty waiter girl , She's one among a score ; And 'tis not that I love them 1 But oh , I love her more ! Down to the feitthe board I sit ; She stands behind my chair. I catch the slight wagsestive cough That tell ice he ii there. Sly pretty , pretty waiter girl ! She hath a nleauntoice ; Of chojw , and Bleaks , of fUh and fowl , She biddcth me make choice. I ponder on my little joke While fingering the menu ; Then : _ "If I were to order duck , I might , perhaps , get you. " Her eyes are on the tablecloth ; Her glance , it I * severe ; "Or , ghould I auk for \enison. Twere you again , my dear. " She -wears the lofty look of one Who aearcheth the top shelf ; "Pray do not ask for gooae , " says she ; " .For you might get yourself. " TooGroen. A young girl who lived up in Racine , Got married when only sutine , AndTicr fin > t rhubarb pie Caused her husband to die , For the rhubarb the used wan too grine. Spring has Come. One knows the spring in "coming There are bird * ; the field * are green : There's bairn in the sunlight nnd moonlight , And dew in the twilight between. But ever there In a silencp , A rapture great and dumb , That day when the doubt is ended , And at last the spring M coine. { Unmarried Poet. One knows the spring is coming ; There fa whitewash ; the lamps are ( mashed ; There's rags on the husband's forefinger , And he often remarks hell be dashed. But ever there is a carpet. For him to shake out nnd pound , Or a tack to step on and swear nt , Or a hammer that cannot be found. [ Married Poet To Haggle. Maggie , dear Maggie , do you suppose That you're more charming in your fine clothes , Than in your commonest calico ? Maggie , dear Maggie , that's a mistake , Etery young lady js likely to make In her efforts at catching < v beau ! Clean , tidy nnd neat , though humble my dear , [ n calico at the wash-tub appear ! Your charms anon your beau will dis cover , [ n your every-day clothes nnd blushing sweet face. Doing your work with a lady-like grace , Catching meanwhile the genuine lover. Burlington , Iowa. [ Pousson. EDUCATIONAL. The school of British Columbia had in average daily attendance hist year af 1,293. Expenditures for this year imounted to $47,000. The now Catholic Theological Semi nary for the archdiocese at Boston , to bo built at Brighton , will contain rooms for 200 students , and is expected to cost § 300,000. The "Christian Church"-the sect to which PresidentJGarfield belongs is about to establish at Dos Moines in Institution for the education of both sexes , to bo called Drake Uni versity. Ten women are pursuing a regular course of four years in the Harvard Annex. The ancient languages and mathematics are the most popular branches with the female students. Calcutta University is a remarkably prosperous and useful institution. Lastyear out of 2,703 candidates for tdmission 1,005 passed. Six women took the entrance axamination and ; our were successful. It is understood that President Bartlctt , of/Dartmouth will send in lis resignation to the trustess next n5nth. The feeling against him in he college and among tie alumni , is eported to bo strong. The population of Maine during the ast decade has increased 22,000 , but .he school population has decreased in ; ho same time , IOCS. There were r02 summer terms of district schools ast'year in which the average attcn- lancc ranged from two to ten pupils. Che state superintendent declares that lothing but the entire abolition of Jie old outworn district system and. .he substitution of the township sys- m will remedy the trouble. The Hebrews of Washington liave requested the school trustees of the listrict to give public school holidays 'or national , sanitary , social or intel lectual reasons , and not on account of religion or its observance. They say "no days , celebrated by any sect , be it Christia or .Jewish , ought to bo recognized by the school board , " .and refer with feeling to flie recent rule made by the board that "children , Christians who desire to stay at home on Good" riday and Easter Monday shall not KJ counted absent. " They ask that if on a day kept sacred in the familj to which the scholar be longs , the oupil ia .absent , let him or her bo ma led absent aa for any other cause , thu avoiding , even by implica tion , the ecognitibn of any class aa favored ; , ms the child absent on Good Frii y is marked absent ; the child abse t on the Day of Atonement is in an e lal footing ; any different rule is unj jst and un-American. Col Bono. What Ls pe ? A smiling rainbow Childrt i follow through the wet ; Tis not h .re Btill yonder , yonder ; Xe > er i rcnin found it j et. What is 1'le ? A thaw ing iceboard On a soi with sunny shore : Gav we BAil , it melts beneath us ; We are sunk and beeii no more. What ia iian ! A foolish baby ; Vainly thrives , and fights , and frets : Demanding all , deserving nothing , One tin .11 gra\e is what he gets. { Thomas Carlyle. MUSICi AND DRAMATIC. Miss G .evieve Ward will sail for Europe 01 June 1. The COE nencement exercises of the Chicago I\ \ laical college will take place June Ii. Mr. Wi lack's company will begin an engage itnt in Boston on Septem ber 1. 1.Mr. Mr. Ed vr L. Davenport \ \ ill be a niembpr i John T. Raymond's com pany nex eason. "Danie Rochat" has been brilliant ly success il In Boston a fact which ia ccrtainlgratifying. . Miss Cl ra Morris will spend the summer a "The Pines , " her country place on t le Hudson. Mrs. Sc > tt-Siddons will appear at the London Haymarket' next Septem ber for a short term. Marsha , itown lias a Church Choir company \rhich proposes to make a tour of tliD small towns. Miss F nny Davenport has closed her seasoi.nnd . will pass the summer at her hoi e in Pennsylvania. Mr. Th odore Thomas continues to examine i ndidntes at Steinway Hall , for his Ft tival Chorus , to participate in his pro ; cted musical enterprise. John J cCulIough is drawing large houses in jondon , but the practically unanimoi vcrdict of the press is that his OtheL is coarse and declamatory. Miss nma Junch , the young America ! who has gone to Europe to join Coin Mapleson's opera company was a pui of Mine. Murio-Celli. Signor ilvini , who is now on his way to E'ope , \\ill direct a theatre in Florence .ext Autumn. Tliis theatre will bo ni ned alter the eminent actor. The Lo.idOn News states that Mr. Edwin Bi jth is now giving his fare- wellj > erformances in London previous to returning "to resume the manage ment of ( he famous theatre in New York which bears his name. " Negotir lions are now in progress for the es ablishmcnt in London of a theatrical institution based upon tli principle : of Comedie Francaiso. 0 a requiri sum of § 100,000 no less than 870 KX ) has been raised. Tli intention is to build a theatre in tli neighbor. ) od of the Strand , and forir a commc .wealth in the profits of which tl j actors shall participate. The leade of the enterprise is Mr. E. W. God in , F. S. A. , and Severn' eminent -amatic artists enter into with him One of the features of the new the * re is to be the American system ol movable stage ; only in thi instance.ere will bo three stages in stead of to. . Among the passengers who sailed for Europ j Thursday morning in th White Str steamer Britannic was Signor Cario A. Chizzola , who has ii ; conjunct ) ! n with Mr. John Stetson of Boston BO successfully directed the recent toi r of the Italian tragediar Salvini in America. Signor Chizzola proceeds : n the first instance to Loiv don to re.Mn . his family and will coir sequcntly cross to the continent , and afte < risiting Paris and Berlin mate his ay to Trieste , where he will meet the rent artist Ernesto Rossi who com. to this country next sea son undo Signor Chizzola's manage ment. 'J .e tour of Signor Rossi in the Unite . States will begin in Bostoi early in ( : tober , and will extend to the folioig April. Signor Chizzola says that le recent visit of Salvini to America a boon jn every way suc cessful. M appeared in ninety-six performs cs , which produced a total of $17 076 , or an average of § 1,81 < 5 a performance. Of this stun Salvini received , as his share , nearly § 00,000. He played "Othello" forty-one times dur ing the season , the "Gladiator" twen ty-eight times , "Macbeth" eight times , ' " "Hamlet" six times , "Ingo- mar" five times , "La Morto Civile1' five times and "David Garrick" three times. Ho is now on hia way to his homo in Florence , where ho will open his now theatre , the Teatro Salvini , next winter. Signor Chizzola says that Ross 's repertoire includes a great many pla.s in which his colleague lias not appe ired. Rossi will bo seen during th coming season in Macbeth , Othello , ] omco , Merchant of Venice , King Lp = Ivcan , Louja XL , Hamlet , Francesc 'i Rimini , &c. . Ho will give six > resentations each week. The Yoi er and the Elder Booth. William Wi r in Harper's tor June. Fronu early ago Edwin Booth was asBOC ted with hia father in all the wand -rings and strange and often sadadven'.ures of that wayward man of genius , and no doubt the many sorrowful experiences of his youth deepened the gloom of his inherited temperament. Those who know him well are aware that he has great ten derness of heart and abuudant playing humor ; that hi ? nu'nd is one of extra ordinary liveliness , and that ho i > ym- pathizes keenly and cordially with the joys and sorrows of others ; yet that the whole man seems saturated with sadness , holated from companionship , lonely and alone. It is this tempera ment , combined with a somber and melancho'y aspect of countenance , that has helped to make him BO admii ible in the character of Hamlet. * ) f his fitness for that part his fathei ras the first to speak , when on a nigl nany years ago ni Sacra mento tn had dressed for St. Pierre Mid Jaflt f inrcnico Preserved. " Edwin , a laffier , had put on a close- fitting ro tel. black velvet. "You look like lamlet , " the father said ; "whydos you-play it ? " Tljo time was dosti ja to corno * when Edwin Booth wo Jd be accepted all over the jountry tn. the groatcat Hamlet of the icntury. In the seasons of 18G4-C5 , it the Winter Garden theater New STork , ho acted that part for a hundred lights in BHogession , { accomplishing : hus.a fea1 unprecedented In theatrical umals. f lincc that time Henry Irv ing , in London , has acted Hamlet 200 xmsccuthc times in one season ; but thin hitler achievement , Jn the present lay and in the capital city of the ; x > rld , seams less remarkable than Edwin Be pth's exploit was , performed n the clor ; ng inonths of our terrible u'vil war. The elc c Booth was a short , square , nuscular tan , with a splendid chest , i symme ical Greek head , a pale xmntena. x , a voice of wonderful jompass a id thrilling power , dark hair md blue ves. Edwin's resemblance o him is hiefly obvious in the shape jf the 1 d and face , and arch and , wist of t 3-heavy eyebrows , the ra- liant and -coatantly shifting light of ixpresalo widen animates the countc- ianao , U natural grace of carriage , indthect arity of movement Edwin's syes are d uk brown , and seem to turn uackinjromcnts of excitement , and they are capable of conveying , will electrical effect , the most diverse meanings the solemnity loft ) thought , the tenderness of affectionj the piteousness of forlorn sorrow , the awful sense of spiritual surround ings , the woful weariness of despair , the mocking glee of wicked sarcasm , the vindictive menace of sinister pur pose , and the lightning glare of bah- ful wrath. In range of facial expres siveness his countenance in thus full ) equal to what his father's was , and t < i all that tradition tells us of the coun tenance of Garrick. The present writer saw the Elder Booth but once , and that in a comparatively inferioi part Pescara , in Shiel's ferocious tragedy of "The Apostate. " He was ? . terrible presence. Ho was the in carnation of smooth , specious , malig nant , hellish rapacity. His exultant malice seemed to buoy him alwve the ground. Ho floated rather than walked. His glance was deadly. Hia clear , high , cutting.meas- ured tone was the exasperatingnote of hideous cruelty. He was acting a fiend then , and making the monster no only possible but actual. Ho certainly gave a greater impression of overwhelming power than is given by Edwin Booth , and seemed a more formidable and tremendous man. But his face was not more brilliant than that of his re nowned son ; and in fact it was , if any thing , somewhat less splendid in pow er of the eye. There is a useful book about him , icalled the Tragedian , writ ten by Thomas R. Gould , who also made a noble bust of him in marble , and those who never saw him can ob tain a very good idea of what sort of an actor ho was by reading that book. It conveys the image of a greater actor , but not a more brilliant one , than Edwin Booth. Only gone man or our tip' has equaled Edwin Booth in this' sirigular splendor of countenance. That man was the great New England actor Rufus Choate. Had Choate been an actor upon the stage aa he was before a jury with those terrible eyes of his , and that passionate Arab face , he must have towered to the bight of the tradition of George Frederick Cookc. The Best Bait. 'What ' bait do you use , " wiiJ a saint to the deul , "When you fish where the souls of men abound ? " 'Well ' , for special taste * , " said the King of K\il , "Gold and fame are thelest I've found. " 'But ' for general use ? " asked the saint. "Ah , then , " Said the Demon , "I angle for iuannot , men , And a thing I hate Is to change my bait. So I fi-.h with a woman the whole year round. " PEPPERMINT DEOPS. "Hot ! " "Well , I should perspire ! . " "Did you call your brother a liar ? " asked the stern parent , and the cul prit replied ; "Well , I said he was a sowing machine agent. " Banmm's Zulu chief had the ef frontery to ask for a week's leave of absence in order to go home and vote at the recent election in Indianapolis. It has been reported that a Penn sylvania family had been poisoned by " butter. " In all eating "apple proba bility some fellow is about to spring cider oleomargcrino on the public. New Orleans Picayune. Wheeler in "I often Ella poetry , says : ten dream of love , holy as the moon light on a grave. " We should like to know if moonlight on a grave is any more holy than moonlight on a wood shed roof. Boston Post. ' 'Clara Belle" has discovered how to tell a ballet girl's age. Clara says a notch appears on the limbs of the dancer every year. This explains why they called those India dancers Nauch girls. Philadelphia News. Says an eminent physician : "A change is beneficial for well being : That is very much so. A small quan tity of change five or ten dollars for instance will at times do a fellow lot : of good [ Syracuse Standard. A gentleman , calling on a farmer , observed : "Mr. Jones , your clock is not qSto right , is it ? " "Well , you see , sir , " said Mr. Jones , "nobodj don't understand much about thai clock but me. When the hands o ! that clock stand at 12 , then it strikes 2 , and then I know its twenty minutes to 7. 7.Tho The meanest thing was done at Keo kuk , Iowa , the other day , by the heirs of the Magone estate , who got togeth er and settled thuir differences. Th estate is worth fully § 75,000 , and tin lawyers had only qot § 14,500 of it , It is believed there has been trickery. How doth the busy little wife im prove spring's shining hours , and chuck the carpets out of doors as around the houao she scours. Hov skillfull } * she sets the tack upon its head so neat , and wonders whether "hub" will run the darned thing ii : his feet. [ St. Louis Times. "What beautiful butter you have , Mrs. PLiinface. Some of your owi churning , I'll bp bound ? " "Yes , I've always ghurncd my own butter ever since. " The conversation wan brok en up then by a sudden turn of the butter dish , displaying the label "Ole 3inargarino , " which Bridget had omit ted to tear off the pound lump. New Haven Register. The law of Massachusetts compels saloon-keepers to take down their blinds , remove all screens , and go it in public. It always was strange that i barber shop , exposing men half .Ijv/ed and en dishabille , should 1 e jpen broadside to the public , and sa loons should get behind stained win- lows and board screen ? . The law makers of Massachusetts scein desir ous of having things done in publjc , as it were. Professor Swift's cqmet , as wp pre- licted , doesn't get many % vorda of eil- : ouragement fron\ \ big endlesi rivals , riiey are noklng fun at his tailwhich , they say , is a very insignificant affair , being much shorter than any respecta ble comet would wear. They want to nake it appear that the professor's lew comet lost a portion of : ts caudal ippendage in a steel trap s.et by some istronomical sharp years ago , a.nd. fet/ t was not , worth djsCQVory , anyhow. [ Norristown Herald. The inhabitants of many rural vil- ages seeing the birds and blossoms , md expecting from the warm vrea.th.9r , hat summer boarders. wll ? soon 3P iroach , have d.rqpped.to \ old. fashi oned winter nairtca oi the villages and ) ui on the summer ones. Frog Hoi ow is again talked of by its summer ailway station name , AngelicajSwAmp. Healows are Ch.oiu.s Siuuiesj Wsvah. ub Rxn ; becomes Silver Creek ; skunk's Misery is regarded as Bloom- > each , and Dreary Point takes back ts warm weather styla of Zephyr- mica. [ Herald F. I. RELIGIOUS. There are 900 Mcthodjat churches n the FJji lalanda. TheMethodjsta _ of all classes average no minister to 141 church members. There are 28 Hebrew Synagogues n the United States , valued at about ? 7,000,000. The number of dissenters from the reek church in Russia ia estimated , t 14,000,000. Joseph Cook is now engaged in de- ivering a series of lectures in Spur- eon'a Tabernacle. An anonymous gift of $100,000 has ust been received by Princeton Theo- sgical seminary. Nearly all -prominent ministers f the Universlist Church are attend- ig anniversaries in Boston. Rev. Miss Oliver , the female readier of Brooklyn , has decided note o accept the call from Colorado. In 100 years the Methodists have icreased from about 55,000 members 11780 to 4,630,780 members to-day. It appears that there are twonty-fivo istinot Methodist denominations * in he world , with a total of 4,030,780 icmbers. Mrs , Yoong Sam Toy , said to be the first Chinese woman in California to embrace the Baptist faith , has been admitted to Saptiun. The Methodists of Minneapolis have purchased an elegant residence in that city for Bishop Foss , which Ids family will occupy after the 1st of June. Pennsylvania has 5CS Baptist churches , containing 64,572 members. The smallest lias five members. , and the largest , the Fourth church , Phila delphia , has 7C2 members. It seems probable now , from recent advices , that Mr. Moody will forego his original intention of going abroad this summer , and will spend the next year in Christian convention work in this country. The Presbyterian church in this country has 9i)0 ) empty pulpits , with no minister in them. The theological seminaries of the church graduated in the last year only 144 clergymen , but this proves nothing. Members of the Christian church in Iowa have combined to establish in DCS Moines a college to be known as Drake University for the education of botk sexes in the highes branches. The college now at Oskaloosa is to form the nucleus. The Methodist churches of Ohio number 2,014. Ohio has also 2,042 Methodist Sunday school * , with 22- , GGO'officers and teachers , and scholars numbering 172,325 a trifle less than the entire membership of the church in the state. There are fifty-nine clergymen canonically - onically connected with the Episcopal diocese of Missouri , and two others resident. The parishes and missions are more nearly tilled than they have been for a long time. Of ecclesiastical dignitaries in the church of England there are two arch bishops , twenty-nine bishops , thirty deans , eighty-one archdeacons , 810 rural deacons. There are 23,000 sti pendiary clergymen. Nearly all of a class of fifteen graduating from the United Presby terian seminary at Xenia , Ohio , have volunteered their services .is foreign missionaries , but for lack of funds only two can be sent out , one to Egypt and another to India. The following shows in part the strengh of the Presbyterian church : San Erancisco , 2001 ; Cincinnati , 3787 ; Cleveland , 3131 ; Indianapolis , 2044 ; Pittsburg , 3065 ; Newark , N. J. , 185 ; Chicago , 4936 ; St. Louis , 2630 ; Phila delphia , 23,000 ; Brooklyn , 10,093 ; New York , 18,359 ; Rochester , 3671 ; Louisville , 2790. Two years hence the Protestant Episcopal church iu New Jersey will bo one hundred years old , and the fact is not to be allowed to pass unnoticed. But how it will be fitly commemorated is the question. In the Diocese of New Jersey they propose to pay off all the indebtedness upon church proper- pioperty , release all encumbered land , and thus mark the jubilee. They could hardly signalize the event more fittingly. Messrs , Moody and Sankey con ducted the services last Sunday night at the Gospel meeting in the great hall of the Cooper Union. The plat form as well as the body of the hall was packed. Ex-Governor E. D. Morgan , William Dodge , Jr. , and other prominent citizens were present. Mr. Sankey sat at the harmonicon and led the singing , while Mr. L. Thatcher beat time with his hand. Several hymns ere sung by a numer ous choir from different churches , the whole audience joined in the refrain. WOMAN'S TJIUE FRIEND. A friend in need is a friend indeed , This none can deny , especiall when assistance is rendered whoa one is sorely afflicted with disease , more par ticulary those complaints and weak nesses so common to our female pop ulation. Every iv onian should knoi that Electric Bitters are woman's tru friend , and will positively restore he to health , even when all other rcinc dies fail. A single trial will alway prove our assertion. The are pleas ant to the taste and only cost 50 ceuts a bottle. Sold by Ish & McMa lion. (1) ( ) D.T. MOUNT . . , HANtPACTTESR AXD DHALER a SADDLES AND HARNESS 1412 Farn. St. Omaha , Neb , AOKXT TOR TUB CBLSBIUTBD CONCORD HARNESI Two Medals and a Diploma ol Honor , with thi very highest award the judges could bestow was awarded this harness at the Centennial Eihibf tion. Common , also Kanchincn'3 and Ladies' SAD DLES. We keep the largest stock in the crt , and invite all Who cannot examine to send foi npOtt DR. C. B. RICHMOND , [ Formerly Assistant Phjsician in Chicago Ob- etetnc Hospital , for Treatment of Disease of Women under Dr. B ) ford , ) Will devote rr\y \ entire Attention to Obstetrics , Mgdicaj and SMrglcat Diiea e of Women. Ofllcc , HOS-Fftnilwni St. Hours , 0 a. in. to 15 ind2ki5p m , mlO-tf J. H. FLIEGEL , Successor to J. II. Thicle , MERCHANT TAILOR No. 200 DousUu Street , Omaha , Neb. KENNEDY'S EAST - INDIA i BITTER ILER & CO. , Sole Manufacturers , OMAHA. E M STONE M D , , , , , , leiierol Piaetitioncr and Obstetrician. Office opposite Post Office , orer Edholra t Enckoon'a. Residence , 2107 Chi- cnro St. ml3-tf MBS. LOUISE MOHR , Graduate of the St. Louis School of Medicine ? , at 508 California Street , Between Fifteenth and Sixteenth , orth nide , where calls will be promptly respond- d to.at any hour during the day or nijiht. inlTtUino Business College , FEE GREAT WESTERN CEO. R. RATHBUN , Principal. Creighton Block , MAttA , " " " . . . " NEBRASKA. larSend for Circular , The Oldest Established BANKING HOUSE IN NEBRASKA. Caldwell , Hamilton & C : . , Business transacted KUDO as that of tn > - poratcd oanlc. Accounts kept in currency or goldsubje o sight check without notice. Certificates ot deposit issued parable In , six and tweho months , bearing interest , a demand without interest. Advances made to customers on approred titles at market rate * of Interest. 4 Buy and sell gold , bills of exchange , g i- ment , state , county and atj bonds. Draw si 'ht drafts on England , Ireland , i- land , and all parts of Europe. Sell European passage tickets. COLLECTIONS I'ROUPTLY MADE. United States Deposito f. Jb'JLJc&S 'JL11 NationalBank - OF OMAUA. - Cor. 13th and Farnum St OLDEST BANKING ESTABLISHMENT IN OMAHA. SUCCESSORS TO KOUNTZE BROTHr ESTABLISHED ISM. Organised as a National Bank August 20 , 'S. CAPITAL AND PROFITS OVER - 300 O Specially authorized by the Secretary of i- ury to receive subscriptions to the UNITED STATES 4 Per Cent. Funded Lo i. OmCBKS AXD DIRECTORS : IInr.jf.it KOUXTZK , President. ALOCHTCS Koran * , Vice President. . . , H. W. YATKS , Cashier. A. J. Porrwrrox , Attorney. Jon.v A. CnEioiiTos. F. II. lU\ia , Asst. C. r. This bank rccches deposits without reg to amounts. Issues time certificates bcarinjf interest. -Draus drafts on San Froiiciseo and prii , al cities of the United Statci , also London , Dj dn , Edinburgh and the pnncipal cities of thtt nti- ncnt of Europe. Sells passenger tickets for emigrants in tl In- manline. majl tf Geo. P. Bemis REAL ESTATE AGENI Y , IGth and Dodge Sts. , Omaha , Nab This agency docs STRICTLY a brokerage bus BS. Does not simulate , and therefore any bai Inn on iU bookx arc insured to its jntrons , ii def of being gobbled up b } the lytnt. DeiterL-TlioiagM WILL BUY AND SELL A.1D ALL TRANSACTIONS CO.fXKCIBD TIISSBwm. Pay Taxes , Kent Houses , c. IT TOO WATT TO BTT OR SBLL Call at Office , Room 8 , Crcighlon Block , 0 ia. _ _ j J jt letoash Land Ages -iy DAVIS & SHYDER , 1605 Farnham St. , . . . Omaha , Nebr ika. 3:00,000 _ A.OEME3J : f Catxf ully seleited land in Eastern Nebros ifor sale. Great IJurgnins in Improved farm , ind Omaha city property. O. A. DA\IS. WEBSTER SIT ! Oi. Late land Com'r U. P. R. R. _ 4 p. to Jf BIROS KRBD. LSWIS SS > . BYRON REED & GO. OLDKST ESTlBUSnn Real Estate Apjy IN NEBRASKA. * Keep a complete abstractor title to Estate in Omaha and Douglaa county AND STILL THE Li CONTINUES TO Roar for Moores ( ) Harness AND Saddlei y. I have adopted the Lion an a Trade Mai v all iny goods will be STAMPED with the JN and my NAME on the game. NO GOODS KK GENUINE WITHOUT THE ABOVE OTA ItS. The best material la used and thcnotla Uled workmen are employed , and at thelown > e * h price. Anyone -wishm ? a price-list oJ good wll confer a fai or by sending ( or one. DAVID SMITH MOORE. Any one hating dead animals I will n nove them free of charge. Lcaro orders soul least corner of Hamey and 14th St. , second door. CHARLES SPLI T. A. f , I1SOI , Denti it. Omen Jacobs' Block , comer Capitol a nue Kid Fifteenth street. Omaha Nob. M. R. RISDOM , Saneral Insurance Ag. ; . REPRESENTS : ? IIENIT ASSURANCE CO , of Lon don , CIsh Asacto " $ Jt 7 .VESTCHEsTEK . , N. Y. , Capita ! . . . . 1,0 .JO HIE MERCHANTS , of NcwaA , N. J . l.C JOO 3IRARD FIRE , Philadelphia , Capttal. 1,0 ,000 SOUTHWESTERN NAT10NALCtpitaI 9 .000 WKMK.YS TfVSD , California. . . . . . > ,000 JRIT1SH AMERICA ASSURANCE CO. 1.2IJ.QQO NEWARK FIRE INS' . CO. , Assets . . W AMERICAN CENTRAL , Assets WO.OOO Southeut Coc. of Fifteenth and DouirluSt. , OMAHA. WEB. J. G. EUSSELL M. P. . . , . . , 3OMCEPATHIC PHYSICIA1T. of Children and Charonle Dbti Jej a iieciilty. Office at Residence , SOW Cus net. loua a to 10 a. m. , 1 to 2 p. m. , and attei 8 p. J. R. Mackey , DENTIST , Comer 1W and Dou-las Sts , Omaha , Y. ricra llcasonablc. U , S. LASB'OIT. * ORTOIC , N. * May 16th 13 oncemiti- ; . W. \ Sea 5 , Township 16 , th of lUii e 11 , Ea-,1 of i > th Principal Meridian. 0 William Cerfwtt , - Morrell BojcraJ.lkWhut : < .r , Hijah M. HoU > J to oil whom it iinj concern. You are hereby uotiflwl tlut on the 6th ol eptemJicr A. I ) . 1S57 , one V/illmm CoraUt led is Declaratory Statement , No , iW , upo the ' . W. 1 of Section 5 , Tonship 10 , Xor t of ange 11 East ot Uie toll I'rindiul Mcridiai ftixl n the lllitilayof same month located tb rcon Illltary Uouiity Land Warrant Jio. SU.171 act [ 1M7 , whitlj warrant wai found to hate oten caUl at Council IIIuIu , Iowa , Octoliei lit , iSiO , n land in that land district. The "location wu incelcd l > y letter cf Hon. Cnnimimiono the eneral lMid office , dated July 20th IbCO and le Counterfeit certificate returned to tha 'ocal Hoc , and the oflicra in tnictf J to notify C < belt [ the action taken ; and that aa hi * pie-ear lion n'ht h.-ul hctn aiprovulhe ] w ould bo permit < I to ate K\id travt with a valid anil le mli so- intd warrant , or to sulvtitutc cash in jnj icnt icrefor ; tlut no lepil notice of the laid iion 1 the conuniioioner wax brought home tc laid or ! > ett , or to any party orparties ho rocc rltthta , and it. apittarin from , the rsrd ' Douala.4 county , Nebrslta , that J.B. Wh Vr id Hijah M. Hobl t , arc the tcga micc M .of jd Corbctt to the title ot Said yr , ft % wn. 1C , .North of Ka.nge 11 Kutof Cth I . lie Hon. Cuininuiuaner o | the C nrml id Her hai under data of May 4th , 1381 d -A ntthcKiidhltt rand Hobbs oreentit .to cote tha mid tract with wurcuiU , or to * rti- itociuhln'tiayment thcnJor ; M follows , t iri'- B. Whittwr for the K } of S. TV. 1-5-1 IIP lijah M. HoUd lot theWJof K. WjSUK Thirty days from the date of the flm > > c - on. this notice are olio-red , In which aa -il om said decision may be ftlwl In the Ice d Bee. If no appeal Is filed , ninety 'days fron mot the sud thirty Oay are allowed tb U hittlor and Hobbs fn which to offer to al julderatica for the said tract * . . E 3. BUTLKK , WM. B. LAJIBEB , Registertr. j at r. - mSOetfrUt \ } \ New York / HAS UEM 1309 FARNHAM STREET , Meyer's Old Stand , ) WHERE THEY SHALL KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND AN 1JI1IEXSE STOCK OF JIKTS BOYS * AND CHILDREN'S ClotMngIHatsOap's&WsInrnisliing ! Goods PRICES ALWAYS THE LOWEST. O A T T - L3SSnO S'TS'TVt k MJH GrOOXdS 1309 Farnham Street , Omaha , Neb. More Popular than Ever. THE GENUINE New Family Sewing Machine. The popular demand for the GENUINE SINGER In 1ST9 sxceeded that of any previous rear durinir the quarter of a century in which thb "Old Reliable" JIaihine has be n before the public. sold . . . . 356.422 Machines. . . . . . In 1370 we sold 431.167 " . . . . . Kxcesjcuerany previous year 74/735 " OUR SALES LAST \ EAR WERE AT THE RATE OK OVER 1400 SEWING MACHINES A DAY. For ctery business day in the year. REMEMBER : THE " OLD RELIABLE" * THAT EVERY REAL SINGER SINGER SEWING MACHINE HAS THIS IS THE STRONGEST , SIMPLE TRADE - MARK CAST INTO THB MOST DURABLE SEWING- THE IRON STAND AND IMBEDDED MACHINE EVER YET COX BEDDED IN THE ARM OF STRUCTED. THE MACHINE , THE SINGER MANUFACTURING GO. Principal Office , 34 Union Square , N. Y. 1.EOO Subordinate . Offices , in the United Status and Canada , anil S.OOO office * in the Old World anil South America. . .plCdJt tf Pianos and ans AND SOf.E AGENT FOR Hallet , Davis &Co. , James &Holmstrom , and J & C. Fischer's Pianos ; also Sole Agent for the Estey , Burdett and t e Fort Wayne Organ Co.'s Organs. iF ! PIA ? , S AND OKOAJS EXCLUSIVELY. HAVE HAD YEARS EXPERIENCE Tllh ItLilNEbb , AND 11ANDLK OMA" TUB UEbT. 218 Sixteenth St. , City flail Building , OmaJia , TTAT.SEY . V. FITCH , : : : Tuner. 33 OXTJfiTiTI A-rer-B-a SDCKT 3-3 E : POWER AND HAND Steam Pumps , Engine Trimmings , MINING MACHINERY , KEI.TING , HOSK , BRASS AND IRON F1TTINOS , I'll'K , STKAU PACKING , AT WHOLKSALK AND RETAIL. HALLADAY WIND-MILLS , CHURCH AND SCHOOL BELLS. A. L. STRANG , 205 Farnam St. , Omaha. J. A. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DKALEII IN Lath , Shingles , Pickets , SASH , DOORS , BLINDS , MOLDINGS , LIME , CEMENT , 3EJCZ7O. J3-STATE AGENT FOli MILWAUKEE CEMENT COMPANY. Near Union Pacific Depot , OMAHA , NEB. J. O Fhe Largest Stock and Most Com plete Assortment in The West. We Keep Everything in the Line of Carpets , Oil- cioths , Matting , Window-shades , Fixtures and Lace Curtains. j VE HAVE GOODS TO PLEASE EVERYBODY. 1313 Farnham St. , Omaha. DECORATIVE PAINTER. BEST DESIGNS. LATEST STYLES. ARTISTIC WORK. art MT fiucuza BZTOBZ OROBUSO WOBK KLICTHBRH. BIGN3. PAPER.HANQINa PLAIN PAINTING OF ALL KINDS , at REASONABLE RATES. 1318 Harney Street , Omaha , Neb.