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OMAHA DAIBEB : SATURDAY OCTOBER 1 , 1831
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THE OARFIELD MONUMENT.
Ci.r.VKi.ANi ) , Soptomhor 27.
To the. People of ti\ \ & United States :
The movement to secure funds for
the erection of n monument over Gen.
James A. Garfield is being responded
to from all sections of the country ,
east , west , Bouth and north. In order
to make it popular , it Is desirable for
the citizens of all the states to imme
diately organize. The committee re
spectfully requests private hanks and
b.inkors and postmasters to recciVo
contributions to this fund and remit
the same to the Second National bank
of Cleveland which has boon desig
nated as the tresurot of this fund.
' "Also send the names and postoflico addresses -
* dresses of contributors.
J. H. WAI.E ,
H. B. PAYNE ,
Jos. PEKKINH ,
Committee.
In response to this call THE BBK
would earnestly urge upon all patri-
"otic citizens who desire to perpetuate
the memory of the lamented president
to contribute their mite to the pro
posed national monument.
In this city contributions will bo re
ceived at the following named bank
ing houses : First National bank ,
Omaha National bant , SUto bonk of
Nebraska , and Caldwellj Hamilton &
Wo would al&o urge the organiza
tion of local and. state monument as
sociations. Patrons of THE BUE may
forward their contributions di
rect to this" office and wo shall ac
knowledge the receipt of all such con
tributions through the columns of
TUB BEK.
to the superhuman efforts of
Jim Wilson , Iowa will go republican
on the eleventh of October by a hand
some majority.
BIHVAIICK has consented to the ap
pointment of another Catholic bish
op. The Vatican has proved the only
opponent which the premier has failed
to conquer ,
THE primaries are the fountain head
of our system of govornrriont. Once
polluted nnd contaminated in its
Hourco the stream it certain to rook
with contagion throughout its whole
course.
j TUB Choycnno Lca'dtr lays down
the law for tryintr and hanging
Guitcau. The Ohoycnno pupore ought
to bo good authority on abrupt sus
pensions. * *
t W " PENNSYLVANIA politics are greatly
agitated by the independent candida
cy of Hon. Charles S. Wolfe for the
state trcasurorship. The Camerons
don't like like such a Wolfe ia the re
publican fold.
ILLINOIS has already ono cabinet
oilicer , Robt. Lincoln , who , accord
ing to all accounts , IB to bo retained
by President Arthur in his rccon-
tructecl cabinet. And now wo are
informed by the most reliable Wash
ington gossip that General .Logan ,
Emory Storrs , and Green B. Raum
are ale to be members of the recon
structed cabinet. If Illinois hai any
more great men she had better not bo
ao bashful.
We have a society for the preven
tion of cruelty to animals , but wo alto
vs need a society for the prevention ol
' cruelty to children. The prevailing
practice among teachers in our central
tral school of compelling children be
tween the ages of five and eight to re
main unsheltered on the schoo
grounds daring violent rainstorms
until the exact moment school begins ,
and the pro-emptory ejection of these
children out of the school house into
the"dmwfciBg rain during recess , can
not be too severely1 denounced
Huch. , refined cruelty would no
by&frWcdJB any other easimuuity
7'f > e diMgreWble or 'iheonven
tent for teacher * in the primary grad cs
to have a noisy swarm of * little chil
dren in their schoolrooms during ru
c cs hours , but a common humanity
would dictate that these cbildrei
hould not be exposed to jiitllww rain
storms , while th'eir teachers are' coin
fortably under hlf r. , , f , . i c
WHKN the effort was made n 3 car ago
to purify the republican primaries in
this county by i system of registration
and I ho adoption of supervisory regu
lations that would piovont fraud , the
orcan of the Union Pacific , witharomib-
lican brand , insisted that the only way
to reform the known abuses at primary
elections was by llio enactment of n
law. When tlio legislature was in
session Inst winter and a law to punish
frauds at primary elections had
passed the Bonnto , the U. P ,
monopoly henchmen strangled the
proposed reform in the lower house.
And now the Union Pacific organ ,
with n republican brand > has the 5m *
pudcnco to nsscit that laws to punish
frauds at primary elculioni are im
practical and useless. When and
where have such laws been proved
useless nnd impractical ? They have
had such laws in Ohio flinco 1871) ) and
they have effectively prevented the
most flagrant abuses , nuch a-j repeat
ing and voliui ; of non-residents. In
California the primary election l.aw
has been in force for three years , and
it has given general satisfaction. In
Pennsylvania a law embodying the
principles of the Ohio law was
enacted last wintcrnmltested this sum
mer for the first time , in Philadelphia.
All the reports that have reached us
through the press from .Philadelphia
express decided natiafaction with their
now law.
It is not to bo expected , however ,
.hut the political managers of the
Union Pacific monopoly will ever fa
vor any measure that will put an end
to frauds and corruotion at primaries.
Such regulations , cither voluntary
or enforced by law , would
tutan end to their vocation.
L'hoy know that they obtain control
ofpaity machinery dntiroly through
> ribory , ballot-box stufling , repeating ,
and bulldozing of employes. These
political pirates care very liltlo wheth
er they wreck the parties they pro-
end to support. They are hired for
such work and they have no compunc-
ion about the consequences.
WK shall not bo surprised if the reM -
M > rt that President Arthur has ton-
lured a cabinet position to Iloscoe
) onkling's successor , Senator Lapliam ,
vill provo true. Thcro is no doubt
hat Mr. Conkling's ambition is to reenter -
enter the senate and re-occupy the
cat ho vacated lost spring. As Sena
tor ho can exercise as much influence
with the administration ns ho
could exert us member of the cabinet.
Senator Lapliam , on the other hand ,
would regard a cabinet position as
ireferablo to a short term in the
Jnitcd States sonato. By resigning
lis seat an opportunity will bo af-
orded to Mr. Conkling to secure
what ho will deem a vindication in
a re-election by the legislature , AVitli
.ho active backing of the administra
tion , Itoicoo Conkling will encounter
ittlo difficulty in securing his old
scat in the senate. Qnco in lie sen
ate he-will become the recognized ad
ministration leader , and in that ca
pacity ho can render greater service to
President Arthur than in the cabinet.
Whether Conkling's return to the
senate will strengthen the administra
tion-depends entirely upon his future
deportment , lloscoo Conkling is an
intellectual giant , but his implacable
liatrods and bitter rcHcntiuonts have
destroyed his popularity. Unless ho
profits by the experience of the past
sit ; months , his return tp public lifo
will provo disastrous to his friends and
the republican party.
CiitOAno is about to test the prac
ticability in the working of under
ground telegraph ircs. The Mutual
Union company has made arrange
ments to place' all the wires centering -
ing in that city under the streets ,
There has always boon n ques
tion whether the interference
from induction between currents un
derground parallel and in proximity
would not seriously interfere with the
work of such lines. The Western
Union has repeatedly declared that
this would bo the result of
such an experiment and on
this ground has defeated
all efforts of the city council to com
pel them to bury their wires. The
Mutual Union telegraph company
thinks differently. It behoves that
the wires can bo buried for the short
distance that they pass through the
city , and still transmit currents with
out much difficulty from induction.
It has a patent process of insula
tion which it proposes to use in trying
the oxpcrimontior experiment it is ,
it is true. A copper wire , not insu
lated , is run through a small glass
tube just largo enough to contain it.
Many of these glass tubes are tied
together and inclosed ill a lead tube
bout two inches or more in diameter ,
and the tube is then filled with an in
sulating material , The pipes are laid
undergroundand the wires are ready
for work. The outcome of this expe
riment will ho closely watched , not
only in Chicago , but in every city
where the telegraph-polo nuisance is
becoming unbearable.
TwtKuout of the soyen delegates to
the republican county convention
from the first ward are railway ant
postal clerks , The railway mail ser
vice evidently takes a deep interest ii
jhe selection of our comity pSRcon. '
OTHER LANDS THAN OURS.
The all absorbing Itunno in foreign
mills during the past week lias boon
the death and obsequies of President
Garfield. A wave of sympathy be-
; inning with England on the west has
swept through Europe. In Eng-
uml the great commercial classes in
many instance.1) gave up the day to
sorrow and the half-drawn blinds of
, ho shopkeepers , the black draperies
in the streets and the Hags at halt-
mast testified to the prevailing senti
ment. Memorial services wore hold
In many of the churches and the occa
sion was generally observed ns 0110 jf
mourning. At Liverpool business was
entirely suspended , the bells tolled
mufllcd peals and all the city offi
cials attended the npccial ser
vices at the pro-cathedral. In Paris
: lie solemn ceremonies were held at a
late hour in the afternoon , so as to
coincide in time with the actual funer
al rites in Cleveland , and members of
the French cabinet nnd the diplomatic
jodics wcro present. Similar services
were hold in Berlin nnd most of the
argo cities of the continent. Even in
far off Egypt the day was not forgot-
.on , all the ministers of state nnd the
entire diplomatic corps attending the
American mission church at Cairo ,
where appropriate addresses were do-
ivorcd. Such marks of sympathy
nanifrst the high esteem in which
the United States is hold by foreign
) coplcs nnd cements still closer the
Jos of friendship that bind us to the
n other country. Ono English paper
oven suggests that this fooling should
ind more substantial expression in
ho shape of an informal union of Great
Iritain nnd America for the proven-
Jon of future conflicts.
The comments of the foreign press
ipon the death of General Garfield
voro singularly intelligent and sym
pathetic. Thu Pall Mall Gazette said ,
editorially : "For n hundred years
England has had to p'ay the penalty of
lie folly of her obstinate monarch ,
nit at last it appears that the expiation
s complete , and in sentiment the old
country nnd the now are united by
ics as deep , as tender and as strong
\i if the tea had never boon thrown
nto Boston harbor , and the echoes of
, ho Concord fight had never reverber
ated round the world. " The Evening
standard said : "Around the now-
imdo grave , which closes to-day over
.ho remains of General Garficld , stand
in sorrowing attitude the whole Amer-
can people , and their deep sorrow
inds a aympathotic'rospanBO in the
icnrt of the whole English nation.
Although a thousand leagues of occ.in
roll between our shores and these of
; ho nation whoso chief citizen the
dead man was , still wo take part in
ho melancholy drama being enacted
at Cleveland under the eyes of our
American brethren. " The Echo said :
"Sovereigns and statesmen of Europe
would do well to reflect upon this cos
mopolitan sorrow. Were every ono
of them swept nway to-morrow the
peoples would not bo half so deeply
touched. European sovereigns and
statesmen still maintain their control
over the bodies and possessions of
these whoso lives and treasures are
lavished in dynastic aggrandizement ,
but they have lost the hearts of the
people. In the hour of her sorrow
the great cosmopolitan republic com
mands fur more sympathy beyond its
border than the proudest historic
monarchy of Continental Europe could
command over its subjects. "
Asiatic cholera still rages' virulent
ly in llussia nnd Austria and accord
ing to the rule which has heretofore
governed its progress will bo duo in
America in 1883 ,
Ayoob Khan , the victorious and
dreaded Afghan chief , has been wholly
defeated by Abdul Rahman , and has
retired to Herat to recuperate. It is
now two months since Ayoob ad
vanced BO near to Cabul that it created
fears of the security of the English
frontier. Having captured Candahar ,
having a largo force at his command ,
and having beaten the Ameer at every
point , it seemed impossible that he
should not capture Cabul and over
throw the Ameer , who had made
preparation for a flight to Eastern
Turkestan. How it was that the en
ervated Ameer roused himself enough
to route his adversary , unless ho had
received assurances of British aid , it
is impossible to toll. Such probably
was the caso. Abdul Rahman , it is
said , has aow marched toward Herat.
In this ho probably acts by British
advice , for ho would not do it of his
own accord , and would bo satisfied
with his victory , but to other eyes it
would appear tlutt ho has no other re
sort except to capture Ayoob or to
suffer from his periodic attacks.
Mr. Gladstone has made six peers
lately. Two of the peerages were
given to pay off election debts , that
is to say , Sir Henry Tifton was made
a baron because lie had at great ex
pense contested successively three un
promising districts and suffered three
defeats for the good of the liberal par
ty ; Sir Harcourt Johnstono resigned a
seat in the commons in order to lot in
a cabinet minister who had been
unseated because his electioneering
agents bribed , and no Sir Harcourt ia
made a lord. Sir Dudley Coutts
Harjoribanks is a brewer and banker.
The Earl of Howth , an Irish poor ,
v
and the Marquis of Twcoddalo , n
Scotch , nro made British peers , nnd
so is Lord llcay , nlso n Scotch peer ,
nnd the only man of the whole six
whoso attainments mark him an es
pecially fitted for the highest legisla
tive body of the empire.
Report * * from Turkish railways
show nn increase of business last year
over the year before. In passengers
and express , it was 20 per cent ; in
freight , 5 * per cent. From military
transport it is estimated that 20 per
cent , of the total was derived. Of
passengers , 521,370 were carried ,
against 4081C1 in 187l > , and the re
ceipts from them were 57,000 as
against 52,000. From express the
receipts wcro 22,000 ns ngainst 10-
000 , nnd 'from freight 100,000 ns
ngiinst 100,000. The total receipts
were 215,000 , or 247 per mile , the
miles of road in operation being 872.
Bismarck's overtures to the pope
Imvo made him the most hated onctny
of 'tho young Italy party , and has
once more drawn them to the French
ns the enemy of papal rule who , a few
weeks ago , they were cursing for their
occupation of Tunis. The hopes
which at that time they entertained
ol wresting Nice and Savoy from the
b'rcnch by Gorman aid have been
widely dispelled. Instead of allying
limsolf with the Italian democracy ,
Bismarck became the sworn friend of
the Italian king , and hold out \n \ hand
of friendship to the most hated enemy
of young Italy , the pope. KingHnm-
oort was only too glad to notice these
friendly overtures of the Gor
man chancellor , for his con
science smote him that the head of
liis church should bo BO implacably
persecuted by hia people , nnd his
wife , Margcrita , upbraided him because -
cause ho did not exercise his royal
power to protect the Holy Father.
But the Italian people , who had al
ready hoped that , by repealing the
law of the Papal guarantees , they
might succeed in ridding Rome nnd
Italy of the Holy See altogether ,
were simply thunderstruck. Thus it
lias coiiio to pass that the execrations
of young Italy against Germany are
now bitter and passionate , and that
Franco is once again clasped to the
Italian heart nt any rate equally op
posed to the Papal rule. King Hum-
bsrt has lost the rest of his populari
ty ; and the many rumors of pending
negotiations between the Italian mon
archy and the emperor of Austria-
Hungary for closer friendship and
mutual support liavo even changed
from sentiments of affection and respect -
spect to feelings of enmity.
There is moro wealth in the island
.of England than in any other country
on the globe of equal si/.o and , per-
liaps , ns a result , for the greatest
wealth and the greatest squalor are
oftei/7ytfiTu"'i ! ido bysido , there id moro
poverty in England than anywhere
else , too. The statistics show that
the number of paupers has decreased
in the last ten years , nnd this is taken
as a proof that the poor classes are
improving in their condition. Still
there are n great many paupers in the
United Kingdom 1,011,389 on the
books as recipients of parish relief
alone ii January , 1881 , indicating a
total of 3,530,000 persons who re
ceived aid during the year. And this
is not all. Mr. Win. Hoylo , ot Tot-
tington , utatcd nt a recent meeting in
England , that there are not fewer than
7,000,000 persons who are cither pau
pers or constantly on the verge of
want and compelled to ask relief from
friends and neighbors. This is one-
fifth of the whole population , or ono
person in every five a recipient of
charity. _
The congress of Americanistns has
been holding its sessions in Madrid.
The congress is composed of savants
nnd antiquarians who organized a so
ciety in 1873 for the purpose of gath
ering information concerning America
before its discovery by Christopher
Columbus. The society was founded
in Franco , and this is the fourth con
gress hold under its auspices. The
first took place at Nancy in the first
year of the society's existence ; the
second was hold nt Luxembourg , in
1677 , and the third at Brussels , in
1870. The labors of this congress , as
in the others , will bo distributed
among several sections , the more in
teresting of which will bo these of
history , ethnography , linguistic pal-
( contology , paleography , and archieol-
ogy. Since the institution of the first
congress much lias been accomplished
in the way of discovering and collect
ing documents and data of America
prior to discovery , and also during the
fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
Much of the information thus far col
lected has come from American , Eng
lish , French nnd Gorman sources ,
The growth of the telegraph system
in Japan has boon rapid , It was in
troduced in 1871 , and at the beginning
of last year comprised 3920 miles oi
lines nnd 0345 miles of wire. During
last year the total number of telegrams
reached 1,272,750 , of which about 00
per cent Japanese. Including the five
submarine cables the total receipts
were 108,323 , and the expenditures
101,074. It was the first year when
the lines returned nn excess of reve
nue. OjKjrators are trained from
among the youths of Japan in a spe
cial school recently opened for thai
mrpose. During this year 22i wcro
appointed to positions and 77 sill re
main under tuition. They are tuight
o write English nnd French. For 20
characters in the Japanese langngo ,
'or n distance of 00 miles , the oAtratjo
ruto is about 3 son , or n little loss ilmn
2 cents.
Gorman Americans are highly 111-
lignant because the German emperor
ind his pirlinmont neglected orj ill-
lined to follow other European miens
ions in Bending expressions of tondo-
cnco nnd sympathy to the America !
icople over the death of General Gni'
icld. In such a universal recognition
of the calamity which has overtaken
.his ureat Republic , the silence of n' '
cindrcd nation becomes all the moro
irango and the moro conspicuous be
cause this world-wide tribute has been
paid not only to the memory of a
chief magistrate , not only in oxccra-
.ion of a deed ns cruel as any which
las over stained the pngos of history ,
) ut also to the memory of a good man
who had endeared himself to the world
> y the hnroism of humanity.
This strange indiffcronco seems nil
the stranger when the close rcla-
ions between America and Germany
ire considered. Next to English and
[ rish in our population coma the Gor-
naiia , and nt the present rate of emi
gration the Germans will soon out
number nil other foreigners in our
midst. They embrace an element of
whicn Americans have long boon
proud , nnd who hold many of the
lighoat positions of commercial trust
ind political honor in our country. It
s not a matter of surprise tlint under
; ho circumstances our German-Amor-
cans fool that a great injustice has
been done their native country by the
silence of the German omporor.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
1'emAnyi opens the St. .Too ntar course
Dctnbcr 1.
nna Uock , the pianist , will play
.vitli Muuricu DeiiKrcmont ill his concerts
; lirougliout the country.
"Pinafore" has nt last cot over to Hcr-
ij and Mill soon be produced nfc the
fnedricli-Williehns theatre as "Amor nn
Bord. "
Miss Minnie Hank , according to the
Musical Woild , is htill nt Baden-Baden ,
; ho guest of her friend and patron , Baroness
ness do Wit/.leben.
Xater Sulmnvcnka , tlio pianist and
composer , announces in Ocrinau papers
ihat ho will open ft new conservatory in
Berlin on October 1st. The listof teachers
nhowH that it will be in Germany. .
5mo. Christine Nilsson has returned to
Paris nftcr spending a month nt Mont-
Dore. FUIMO bays she will probably go to
America this u inter , Mr. Jarrett linving
cndca\ured to secure her for a tour.
Fanny Davenport's mincipal support
lining the cominK season will bo Edmund
Tcarle , brother of Osmond. George Uarrel
[ a star for many years in Australia ) , May
Davenport ( a aistcr of fanny ) , nnd others.
The dcfith of Joseph Lnbit/ky , who
with iianncr a-dStrnuss cpnstitutfdfor BO
many years the bright triad of Teutonic
waltz-compohers , occurred on the < arly
morning ot the 19th ultimo i-t Carlsbad.
Labitky was born at SchonfeM , Bohemia.
A new piny is being written in which
tlio here iHfound _ lost and Hying in the
desert , chained to the bareback of a bi
cycle. His dc heier proves to be n princ
ess , who mnrries him nnd in kes him cap
tain of a base ball nine. [ Albany Times.
Miss Griswoltl , saya the Paris Piparo ,
lias been asked by the manager of the
liVceo thentro m Barcelona to sing with M.
M.uirel in "Hamlet" as Ophelia on some
festive occasion. The Lycco liaa seat ? for
"i,000 npjctatpr * , and it ia expected that
on this occasion all Catalonia will bo pres
ent. M. Vaucorbeil , however , has re
fused hit ) pupil permission to go , on
account of the state of her health.
Eawin Booth , Bupjjorted by Cyril
Scale , Sam Pieicy , David Anderson , Itob-
ert Pateman , Bella Pateman , Kva Gar-
rick , Mrs. O. Calvert , Miss V. Calvort
and Louisa , Eldridge , with Mare Edwards
IB acting manager , and Marcus Rittager ,
business ngent , ODCIIH Booth's theatre or
the 3d of October , "Michael Strogoff"
being withdrawn iu lipighth of prosperous
career. Mr. Booth will open with "lliche-
lieu.1
Fraulein Biamlt. of Boilin , nnd Herr
Winkelmnnn , of Hnmbuig , have nheady
jono to Bayieuth to study their roles of
ICundry nnd Parsifal under Wagner's per
sonal insti action. To | rexent any repeti
tion of tlio accidents which occurred in
1870 , nnd nlso to give 'nore variety , Fran
Materna , of Vienna , and Herr Vogel , of
Munich , as well as Herr .Tagor and 1'rau
Vogcl , will njternnte with Brandt and
Winklemnnn in these parts. The other
parts hive been ns-igned to Scarin , Sielir ,
Reichtnaun , Beck , Schclper and Hill.
PEPPERMINT DROPS.
The MiKMniri train robbers transact
business on the 0. O. 1) . principle. C'omo
Omcdiatcly Down.
The drouth 1ms been very severe on
tramp ) . They hnvo been compelled to
forego their dally bath.
"Look out for the James family when
the train KtoiM , " in how signs on Missouri
railroads will read hereafter.
An Italian idol was recently found in
Kanaax. It vna made of earthenware ,
wan brown in color , and has a handle. It
will hold two quails.
Niagara Falls is .i brilliantly illumi
nated i > y the electric light every ovenlng
that nfter paying the hackman you can
easily xeo whether there is anything left in
yonr pocket-book.
Eggs are .worth twenty-five cents a
dozen in New Jersey , and the hens are
working extra houra to supply the de
mand. Kunny lecturers should clip this
nut and pasta It on their cheeks.
A M.waelmsettK paper nays Oonei ol Sher
man was affected to team at Worcebttir the
other day when the school children
matched by him singing "Marching
Through Georgia , " but doesn't explain
whether it wan tight boots or i > oor ainging.
The Indiana secretary of state recently
recently received the following judicial re *
proof from a justice of the peace at Fort
Wayne ; "Youar n lire when you told
the paper thcr that I Buid the lawn were
made for me. I am a Justin and I know
what my right * are. You are a fnle. I
am the worst democrat in thin town and
nil I want is my righto , I hope you wont
tell any moro Hen about me , "
"Vus " whispered the boy to Mr. Bar.
mini , "I'm ready to pay for my ticket , but
I want the privilege of crawling under the
tout. " And Mr. Barnuiu pgrucd and or
dered the guard * not to Intcrferu with the
lad , and after the boy had performed tlio
feat Mr. Barnuui went Irmluo and asked
him his reowons forlt.andtheladuxplalnod
thut ho had got over 87 bet with tliu IKIVM
whu had tiled the crawl and failed that lie
would biicceed in it.
She poked her head In at tlio office win *
dow of the village. | > o tuia > itor , and Inno
cently observed : I exjioctwl a letter Ironi
Arthur to-day , Wlinl do you mipuoiv was
the reason ho didn't write ! " Annoyed by
the intrusion the federal official sharply
responded ! "I don't know , but iwrhapt ho
vva. engaged in writing to another woman
last nittlit. " It happened , unfortunately
for the poitmaster. that the Indy who
fought the Information vv s a niece of the
congrc smanor that -Hstrict , and thoncxt
month his official head rolled in the basket.
New euro for the toothache : A New
Haven woman lenrninr that
, nltro-Rlycer-
Ino was a new medicine for toothache , in
duccd her husband to bring homo a small
can of it in his \cst pocket. Just the mo
ment no put the can opener to it to pet n
few drops to put In the aching tooth there
was a Blloht siz7ling noise , n hole in thereof
roof of tlio house , and two individuals
running about the room without a hair
left on their heads nnd their clothing in
shreds. However , tlm tooth stopped ucli-
iifj. Jfew Haven llegister.
Twas a sultry and inura- day , but the
agent wiping the perspiration from his low-
but somewhat manly brow and throw ing
his linen duster bnck , bepr.n : "Madam is
\ourhusbandabout5" "Vc , ho'ri about ,
hut I 'tend to all apcntu that show them-
elves around here. What is it ? " "I'm
utrodncing n threshing machine In this
neighborhood , and " ' 'Not in this neigh-
x > rliood , you 'alnt. If I know it. I'm com-
) ctcnt to do nil the thrashing that's needed
oi this farm. You ask my boys , Bill nnd
i\\n \ , anil if you don't believe tliein ask my
nan just over in the lot there , " and n > light
dcvnnco that pbo made In his direct ! n
meested ; to him that he had better move
on before she tried her power on him.
iw Hav en .Register.
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.
It's announced that all prizes , honors
and ( tscrccs which the lloynl university of
IrclaiA can confer M * open to women as
well iu to men ,
Dartmouth has n. freshmen class of
soventj-fivo member * two less than the
mimbci that entered last year , The new
currScuum provides a great many ulcc-
lives , upcclally in foreign language * .
Thirty Indian ottidents from the Hamp
ton Normal school , who have finished
their education , nro to go to Dakota
to teach their respective tribes. Their
places in the school will lie filled by new-
student * ' .
<
It is proposed to rcopontlie South Giro-
Una , mllitiry academy. It has been
closed ainci tli9 war , and the citadel occu
pied l y thegovcnimunt as captured prop
erty. An itifort is be , inc made to secure
fromtlio jrovoinmeut rent for the years
pasacd ; inJc the restoration of the state.
Tlio cngimer corps of the United States
army has bleu awarded the first pli/e by
the international geographical congress re
cently in Keslim at Vienna , for the best
display of mtaa , surveys , etc. , and to the
signal corps muur aimy was awarded the
Crft uri/e forili * proficiency in predicting
weather and for the perfect details ill its
system.
Professor AACayloy , Sadlerian professor
( if pure mathematics at Cambridge uni
versity , will Bodn visit Baltimore , and will
take a regular part in the mathematical
instruction of John Hopkins university
until the close of the session next June.
Besides giving lectures to mathematicians ,
Profes or Caylejr will take part in the
mathematical seminary , and will bo
accessible for confffltition to advanced
students.
Superintendent Coli > , of Albany , sug
gests that tlio board of education provide
twenty-five copies of tome good juvenile1
magayino for tlio use oi the reading-classes
in the lower grades of the public schools.
Tlio Albany teachers lia-o begun system
atically to urnish lista of books for home
reading suited to the age nnd mental pro-
Kre a of their , pupils. It is too soon to
judge how much use willl > e made of these
lists , but it is ahendy ivic nt that the pu
pils take great interest in them.
General Garfield , in a conversation ev-
eral months ago , paid a fmo tribute his
wife , who in early lifo was a pupil of his
school. "I taught her Latin , " he said ,
' 'and she H'JS as good a pupil as I had.
She is now teaching the swna Latin to my
two big boys , to get them rcndy for the
academy at Concord , Mass. " While speak
ing of the matrimonial infelicities ot public
men tin naid : "I have been wonderfully
blessed iu the disc etion ofW wife. She
is one of the coolest and beivpalanced wo
men J ever saw. "
The school teachers of SanjlArancisco nt
a recent meeting rejected byj ilarge ma
jority a proposition to abolish yrittcnand
to adopt oral examinations in history. In
n discussion on the markingBystfin , Super
intendent Taylor Raid that when ho taii"ht
Bchool ho was a firm believer in credits
nnd carried the system much further than
was done in that department. But he was
besinninu to , doub : its usefulness in the
school department of tlrs city. Ho paid
that the questions given at examinations
could be answered by ono or two words
selected from n paragraph in the text
book nnd that to pass the examiiution it
was not necessary to know much of
the subject. The trouble is tbatcliildren's
minds run wholly to percentages. lut ! in
most cases high percentages show very
weak mintls. He wished that the abuses
of the system could be abolished. Many
parents look to their children' * credits.
Children are not heard talking of the new-
facts that they have learned or the new-
principles they have been taught , but'of
percentages and standing. And it is so
with the parents. Ho did not remember
a single parent vv ith whom he had talked
who had ever mentioned tv new fact of 'n- '
terest that his child had learned. He imly
heard of BO many credits earned. Credit ) ,
as now used , draw the attention of tha pu
pils from the true object of education. Su
perintendent Taylor's statements are vvoith
consideration by teachers throughout the
country.
OONNUBIALITIES.
A man of " 5 andli wonmn of CO were the
principals in a Muscatino wedding the
other day.
Mdlle. Litta , the song bird , in going to
mate soon. Air. Cleveland , the wel
known tenor , is the happy man.
Governor Plais'ted of Maine 1ms been
married to Miss Mabel F. Hill , the daughter
tor of Hon. F. W. Hill , of Exeter.
Ex-Governor A. P. K. Safford , of Ari
zona , was married at Tucson , on the 10th
instant , to Miss Bouillas , a , Spanish lady
of that city.
At a recent London wedding ft number
of email boys were dressed as pares , in
ruby velvet coats nnd knoe-brecchea , with
loco rutiles and cravats , red mlk stockings ,
red velvet three-cornered hats and white
natiii waistcoasts.
A Denver girl advertised for proposals
of marriage. Her father published a card
to nay that her advertisement was merely
a foolish freak , and that nobody should re
gard it seriously. The girl came out with
a declaration that , being of legal age to
( ihooBo a husband for lie > self , she had taker
her own means of getting lulled , and Jit
not mean to abandon the nlan.
The marriage In New York of Miss
Bcrrymun and Mr. J orillard Hpcncer will ,
it is laid , be celebrated very soon after
the arrival in this country of Mr . Wil
liam Sixincer , who has announced her in
tention of being present on the occasion
The 1'rincens Cencia , a slater of Mr. Bpen-
cer and ono of the ladles of the house o !
Queen Margherita of Italy , will not come
o\cr to the wedding , on was first expected
Bed * of Dow * Feel Hard.
All l > eds Ncem hard to the rheumatic.
Then darken ve peevinh sufferers. Apnl/
JJiThomas' Electric Oil to your acfilnf
JointH and muEclen. Holy upon it , thai
you will experience immediate relief.
Bncli. ut leant , ia the testimony of those
who nave lucd it. The remedy ia Jikewlsi
Hiccoiwfully resorted to for throat ant
lung diueaMD , sprains , bruises , etc.
Dexter L. Thomas ,
ATTORNEY - AT LAW
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Ever Offered
IN THIS CITY.
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Required of Persons Desir-
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LOTS 01IATIEHTS
O3P
$ S.TO 81O
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Money Advanced ' - ;
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1
We How Ofer For Sale
85 Splendid
RESIDENCE LOTS ,
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Improve Nead iNot Make any
Payment foi- one or two years ,
but can use all their Means for
Improving.
, Persons having $100 or $20O
of their own , But not Enough
to Build si oh a house as they
want , can take a lot and we
vrill Loan .hem . enough to com
plete then1 Building.
These lots'aro ' located between the
MAIN BUSINESS STREETS of the
city , within 12 minutes walk of the
Business Center. Good Side walks extend
tend the Entire Distance on Dodge
Strvot , and the lots can bo reached by
way of either * Farnham , Douglas oi
Dodge Streets. _ They lie in a part ot
the city that is very Rapidly Improv
ing ar.d > consequently Increasing in
Value , and purchasers may reasonably
hope tojjioublo their Money within a
short tile ,
Soml > f the most Sightly Locations
in thoifny may bp selected from these
lots , especially on 30th. Street.
We will build houses on a Sinol
Cash Payment of 9150 or 8200 , and
sell house and lot ! on small monthly
nayments.
It is expected that these lotswill be
rapidly sold on these liberal terms ,
and persons wishing to purchase
sheuld call at our office and secure
their lots at the earliest moment.
Wo are ready to show these lots to all
persons wishing to purchase.
BOGGS & HILL ,
Estate Brokers ,
14O8
jfch Bide of Farnham Street.
] : p , Grand Central Eotal , r
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