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A. H. Fitch , M n Rer Daily ClrooUtJoB ,
p. o. Boi , J88 Omaha , Neb.
Tire auptomo court of the United
States has adjourned until October 12th.
A vacation of ever five months ought to
give the vonnrab'o judges all the rest
they need.
Ir Js a wluo child that knows Its own
father.bnt the Wise postmaster of Plaits-
monlh will know his paternity from the
start. 'Dr. Miller olatma the honor and
glory of ore a'lng him.
Tirn ropubl'c ' n victory In Iho thlrty-
foorth Icgulatlva district of Illinois has
paralyzed the democrats. They have
been made doaperito , and , of cjureo , arc
raising the cry of fraud.
Sncnr.iAUY BA.YAHD concluded that ho
could not get any comfort out of the Get
tysburg ro-unlon , and ho accordingly
wont to- Old Point Comfort to upend the
day. '
BBOHBTABY MANNING has decided to
discontinue the laeuoof one and two dollar
lar bills for the present. This will make
a demand for silver dollars , and the
heart of the silver men will bo made cor
respondingly happy.
TUB democrats of Omaha complain
that Poitmaster Coutant has not now
and never did bavo enough gump
tion tomake hJraielf an "offeneivo par
tisan. Mr. Ooutant will therefore con
tinue-to hold the fort until the end of his
torm. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TUB government directorship of the
Union iPacific is about to baoomo vacant.
Frank Uolpotzer would , no doubt , bo
willing to continue to eorvo his country
in that petition if Grover Cleveland will
accept him as an inoffensive non-
partisan. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
among cow-doctors there are
quacks , tit la hoped that Governor
Dawes will not glvo the position of state
veterinarian with its handsome salary of
$2,500 to any but an experienced and
skillful mtn , as It is a responsible and
important office.
ME. 'CLEVELAND ' has at last found a
man to represent this country at St.
Peteraburg. The now minister is a
Michlgander named Lathrop. Ho is not
known outaido of his own state. It is
hoped , however , that ho does not > labor
under political dimbllltlea.
Now Ycrk Herald celebrated its
fiftieth birthday CH Wednesday last. The
first number of ificrald \ was Issued
on May G Ji , 1835 , in which year Now
York City had a population of 27GiOSO ,
while the population of the abate was
2,174,517. According to the census of
1830 the population of the United States
waa 12,800,020. Tbo census of 1880 gave
to Now York City a population of 1,200-
577 , to the state 5,083,810 , and to the
United Statee 50,152,856. Brooklyn hod.
: i2,057 people in 1835 , and to-day it has' '
nearly 700,000. Thoeo figures are given
by the Herald to show the wonderful
growth of the metropolis and of the coun
try , with which It has kept paco. It re
news the pledge and promise made in its
first issue by Its founder , who wrote as
'follows :
Oar only guide ehall be good , .oound , prai
tical common eeneo , applicable to the bminos
and boaomt of men engaged in every day life ,
Wo shall support no party and bo the oreai
of no faction or coterie. We ahall endeavo
to rscoid facta on every public and prope :
tubject , stripped of verbiage anil.-aolorlug ,
with comments when itiitable , ju jl , inds
pendent , fearleei and Rood tempered.
" TUB . .Kept/Mean soema to take .partio <
ular pains to refer to the BJEE at "th
ovflning.papor , " as if a paper published in
th& aftornoor is inferior tn a paper printed
od In the laornlng. Some of the mos
widely circulated and most influential
pip&rs In America publish evening adi
tloru. The 'Chicago Newt and San
TFnnc\asQjullen \ { are notable example
of leading papers that circulate more
widely and have more influence than an ;
morning paper in their respective terri
tories. Wo ra not ashamed of the eve
nlng edition of the BEE. Its circulation
to-day la vary nearly 5,000 In the city -o
Omaha. This is five times M largo a cir
culatlon M the Republican has in
Omaha. Bat it so happens that the BKE
U known outaide of Omaha as a morning
paper , net only In natns bat In fact ,
and it circulate * mora extensively In the
Mlaaonri valley than til the Nebraska
dailies combined. If the object In refer
ring to the BKK u an evetlcg paper Is to
load the onUldo public to believe that it
li only getting an afternoon paper with a
morning date , the Jlcintblican will hard
ly accompllih Hi object. The patroni of
the morning BEK have long tinea cowed
to oompara it with its would-be rlvali
It'Is not new siory for us to brag noout
it , but we chalk 1130 contradiction when
wo say , that outtido of Kansas City and
8t , Paul , there la nothing wrrlhy of the
name of newrpiper west of Chioiga that
can compare with the nwrning BEE.
TIIK COMMON-SENSE OF IT.
According to the ] Republican Mayor
Boyd pronounces the BER'S editorial ith
reference io the contioveriy over the
offices in the now court honeo aa "so
utterly devoid of truth and so abounding
in errors that Ita purpose and eplrlt wcro
dlflicult to fathom. " Now wo thonld
Itko to know wherein the article in ques
tion was devoid of truth and full of er
rors ! The only point that could possibly
bo made is by quibbling over the lan
guage of the committee's report , which
recommended the cancellation of the
contract { "if the commissioners wore
willing. " ) What was the object of this
clause ? Are the commissioners mere
boys who amus3 themselves in making
contracts ono day to annul them
the next ? Of courao the commiaakmors
would bo willing to cancel the contract
and relieve the city from occupying tha
rooms providing the city would pay the
$5,000 , which was to them the main ob
ject of the compact. Our suggestions
with regard to the proper course out of
this muddle may bo unfathomable to a
dull mind , but wo flitter ourselves that
our language was plain ouooph o bo un
derstood. Wo said there waa oo much
captions opposition on ono side and too
much tomfoolery on the other , end wo
repeat it now. Wo regard it as out of
place at this stage to talk about
cancelling the contrast , becacso all such
talk la more boah. The city needs a fire
proof bulldlnf * for its offices , and the
county court house is the best building
In Omaha for that pnrposo. The btuo-
mont may not be as light and elegant as
the upper floorsbut it it a good deal better
than he old city hall roakory. It is not
trno that the city will save no money by
the change. Wo don't believe Mr. 'Red- '
ick Is patriotic enough to lot the city treas
urer-occupy offices rent free-and wo are
sure Mr. John A. Crelghton has neb thought
of such-a thing as offering a suit of rooms
for the city engineer free of rent. Mayor
Boyd < may have lost sight of the
fact that the $5,000 which the county
la to receive was in Tonllly a
bonus and not rent. The original agree
ment between the commissioners and
council was that the county was to have
the proceeds of the lot purchased by the
board of trade , amounting to-$13.000 ,
and in addition thereto the cily was to
make up the balance of the $20,000 demanded
mandod by the commissioners for the re-
licquiabment of the title to the old court
houseproperty. The city -applied the
$13,000 received from the board of trade
to the payment of Its current oiponsos ,
and was in no condition to carry out its
original agreement. By the trade with
Paxton the city was released from
all but > $5,000 of the $20,000 bonup.
The use of the rooms In the new court
house basement was conceded merely at
a matter of accommodation and the con
tract price for rental of these rooms was
merely A logtl formality. In view of all
these wolltknown facta to talk about cm-
collationof the contract is simply absurd.
Tno demand for the boat roomc In the
basement is proper enough , and wo have
no doubt the commissioners will yield
providing 'they are approached in the
proper spirit. They are not , however ,
In a frainoof mind to submit tobull-dczlng.
Mr. Boyd'siduty in the premises is very
plain. He should apply business meth
ods to the conduct of bnsinets aflilra. ilf
Mr. Boyd hod his clorko-scattered in dif
ferent unsafe buildings , and was paying
rent , while he had.a contract for quartets ,
In a fire-proof building , ha would order'
his clerks to move at once , not only to
save rent , but to put his records and
books in a place of safety. ,
SECTARIANISM IN STATE UNI
VERSITIES.
The fact that Miss Kato Stephens , wh
has for seven year a ably filled the dial
of Greek language And literature In th >
Kaneai state university , hafi'been force
to resign has caused considerable foolln
in Lawrence , where iho institution is Io
cited. Miia Stephens is the daughter o
the late Judge Utophens , who waa re
gorded as the ablest dittrict judge in th
state. She is acknowledged to bo a brll
iiant woman and a remarkably succossfn !
Instructor. The secretary of the board
of .regents limply notified Miss Stephen
that tho.beard desired to make a.chang
n her department , and that she should
consider > hs ( loiter "legal notlco unde
the law. " No other reason was given by
the board for its action. Miss Stephen ?
however , says that her removal U duo to
the fact that she Is a woman and that ehi
does not belong to the communion or
congregation of any church , which is
grlovoui tin In the eyes of certain mun-
bers of the board , Wo regard the poin
raised by Miss Stephens as to her being
a woman as not well taken. If there had
been objections to her on that ac
count aha would never have been
employed. If the truth were
really known wo venture to say that the
cole cause of the attack on Miss Stephens
it her lack of orthodox religions convic
tions. It Is about time that a teacher In
a .state institution bo allowed to believe
la any religion he or she may see fit.
StaU Institutions are supported by the
people , who cannot bo justly taxed for
sectarian instruction. The religious be
lief of A teacher employed la a state nnl-
veriity thould never be allowed to be
come in auy way either a qualification or
cliqualificatlon.
A person tvho professes no belief In any
particular creed should If of good moral
character and .qualified t ? peiforiu the
Jutlea bo contklered just ai fit to 211 a
jcaiioii In a atate university as one who
s a religionist. The Jlsienilons over
fhich the Kansas university It torn up
mve been the came of discord In other
lollegea and other universities. About
our years ago our unlvenl'y became con-
ulied with a fuod between the profca-
on of orthodoxy and these of agncs-
Iclira , which very seriously crippled the
institution [ and impaired Us csofnlnois.
Iteoemi to us that the only place fur
bigots and theolog'a.ps Is in the divinity
schools and sectarian collrgcs that are
founded upon a religious basli , with re
ligion and sectarian support as tha main
pilhra. Such Institutions are not sup
ported by taxation of the people , but
depend upon voluntary bequests and
donations ,
TUP. supreme court of Massachusetts
has just rendered a decision of great im
portance ta the people of that great and
good commonwealth. The public statutes
declare that "whotvor travels on the
Lord's day , except from necesscslty or
charity , shall bo punished by Ceo not ex
ceeding ton dollars for each oflonso. " It
was upon this law that the court was
called to piss judgment , and in doing so
It defined what a Sunday walk in Massa
chusetts must bo In order ta bo lawful.
A short walk for air or exorcise or to call
on a neighbor is not , In the opinion of
the court , a violation of the Sunday law.
It would eocm therefore that Sunday
calling la not a sin , but the decision Is
defective In that it docs not glvo any idea
df how long a walk must bo in order to
be punishable. There certainly must bo
a limit , and until that limit is fixed the
matter mutt bo loft to tbo opinion of a
SEOUKTARY LAJIAH expects within a
a few days to take up the appolntmoutof
the sixteen agents of the labor bureau
recommended by Mr. Wright , who has
charge of that statistical institution. Mr.
Lamar sayo that there is no truth -in the
story that several of these agents are
republicans. It was entirely unnecessary
for him to make any such denial.
THE mugwump paper trios to bo very
funny at the expense of Mayor Boyd bo-
ciujobis appointment j are not confirmed.
The mugwump charges..it all to addle-
headed partisanship. How about that
non-partisan campaign anyhow ?
OTHER LANDS THAN OURS.
Russia and England have agreed to
renew the Afghan frontier negotlatlona
In London and Emperor William will bo
asked to act as arbitrator. The full
measure of 'England's concessions to
Russia will bo discovered In the courto of
time. 'England appears to bo willing to
treat .on any terms , so that war be
avoided. Gladstone has backed down
squarely by proposing arbitration , and
Russia can well affjrd to accede. Arbi
tration Is the peacemaker's last ditch.
Little by little the disasters and difficul
ties In 'tho way of a successful iesuo of
affairs in iho Soudan leaked out , and
now tbat'tho time has como-for the facts
with relation to the broil In Asia to bo
known , it may bo expected that they
will bo divulged piecemeal also.
Their general character may be
judged by the fasts already substan
tially admitted , that Penjdoh has ben
ceded to Russia and Sir .Peter . Lnmeden ,
the principal .English , representative on
the boundary commission , who has been
charged by Russia with inciting strife ,
has been recalled , or in cbagrin resigned.
What little there was loit of British
prestige must be sadly shaken by these
developments , oven though no further
humillatlrg disclosures should bo made.
In relation < to this whole affair it may
be said la truth that the British went
for wool and came back ahorn. De
manding as the condition cf .paaco that
General Komaroff , who slezed Penjdeh ,
rhould bo recalled and his acts
disowned by 'his government , they
have In four short weeks , as the condi
tions on which they could avoid an
indues Russia to arbitrate , voluntaril
surrendered their claim
to Penjdoh an
recalled their own representative at th
front. The bitterest enemy .of th
English people cannot suppress the con
viotion that this course Is unworthy o
them or fall to feel A certain degree c
sympathy for them. It is not aurprisin ,
that they are mad with dlsappolntmen
anl.chngrin. They hfo been placed li
an attitude which moot make their boastci
power the laughing stock of the world.
If It bo true that Penjdoh has bee.
ceded , then obviously Rusiia has no
only lost nothing by her violation of th
agreement of March 17 , but she ha
Rained by force all that she could hav *
gained , and more than she was at nl
llktly to have gained , from tbo award o :
the boundary commission. For such i
Rain she can very well afford to admin
Uter a formal reprimand to Gin
Komaroff if ho is adjudged ti
have broken the agreement
Moat certainly there will be noth
Ing In the result to deter Rnsala from re
peating her aggression , with the much
more tempting prize of Herat as the re
ward of success.
It Is at any rate plain that any agree
ment that may now bo arrived at will b
truce merely and not a peace. A Rue-
alan newipaper expresses the exact truth
about the situation In Asia when it says
that the question will not be settled unti
the Asiatic dominions ot the czir and o
the queen are contermlnlou * . This
means that Afghanistan , which Is now In
terposed between them , must belong to
Russia or to England , or else be divided
between them. It Is not conceivable
that it will go to either power except as
the result cf a succeisful war with the
other. It is
scarcely conceivable that a
partition can be arrived at which will
permanently satlefy both parties except
through the same process. An advance
of the Russians to Herat and of tbo
English to Oand bar , in order to secure
advantageous positions for the struggle ,
is the next atep toward the final result ,
md this step forward ii Ikoly to be
lakon by both aides pretty soon , no mat-
ler what the result of the pending arbi
tration may bo ,
It Is an ill wind that blows nobody
; ood. Among the manifold blessings of
irar must bo reckoned Iti power of devol-
> ping railways. France's struggle with
he Algerian Arabs has seamed tbo whole
African seaboard with "Iron roida" from
) rau to Tunis. England's death grapple
rlth her mutinous sopojfl bai carried
team communication throughout India
torn Cape Comorln to the Himalayas ,
tnd now that Rniala and Eo.
land are thr.atenlog to fight
v r Afghanistan as the "two
uflhna bold" fought over the babes In
be wood lines of rail are being puthed
orward to the contested region from the
southweit iiranlt neously
with that hearty nnd untiring energy
characteristic to civilized man when
atimu'a'od ' by the hope of injuring his
neighbor.
But whatever be the motives actuating
it , no ono can dispute the iplondii ad >
vintage ot an enterprise which means
nothing less than the bringing of
all Astn from sea to sea , and
the establishing of direct and easy
communication from tbo Caspian
Sea to the Bay of Bengal. The gap still
open In this great overland hlghnay cfftrs
no serious obsticlos to an ago that has
tunneled Mont Conlsand pierced the Isth
mus of Suez , Of the 31)0 ) miles topa-
rating Herat from Russia's railway ter
minus at Askababad 100 ncod but Httlo
earthwork and the remaining 200 none at
all. Of the 430 miles between Herat and
the British terminus at Quotta a consid
erable portion consists of level plains or
sloping upland * , while even the mountiin
tracts are easily compared with thosa al
ready traversed by English railways In
the western "Ghauta" of India.
Nor Is this all. Any direct advance of
Russia upon Herat would fnrco England
to occupy Candahar , and to carry her
now railway thither with all possible
speed. Such a measure , however dis
tasteful to the robber tribes of the hills ,
would bo welcome to the farmers
nnd traders cf the Holmund Val
ley , whom It would protect against
brigandage. Nor can the former
or capital of Afghanistan bo over-
liokod in any scheme of Asiatic civiliza
tion Situated on the well-watered plain
of Urghundnb , 280 miles southeast ol
Herat nnd 2,15 miles southwest of Gabul ,
Caudahar needs only the improved cam
munlcatlon which would bo given to her
by on extension of the Sibl-Quolta rail
road. Commerce would sooner or later
adopt the highways established by war ,
and the shareholders of the Anglo Rus-
elan Overland trading company might
chuckle in the twenty-first century ovei
the good nsa which they had made of the
folly of their ancestors in the nineteenth ,
The prince of Wales has returned from
Ireland , and the value of hia vialt , In s
political sense , is being carefully estimat
od. The effect on the Irish people , on
the wnole , 'is regarded as favorable. The
disagreeable demonstrations , were not
spontaneous , but were prepared wilt
much labor and care. The same is prob
ably true of 'the ' more agreeable manifes
tntions , asthcso wcro cirefully looked
after.
The London Times , reviewing the
visit of the prlnco and princess ol
Wales io Ireland and expressing the
opinion that nationalists joined with loy
alists in the Dublin welcome , novor-
thtlets admonishes the country that "il
is not by royal visits that the loyalty and
good will of the Irlfh people is to bo re
covered ; ' such things may do good , but
( hero is sarioua necessity of more solid
government. "Tho inherent and almost
incorrigible vlco of the government ol
Ireland by English patties , the T.imct
Biyn , is that "party considerations are
allowed to take precedence ol
the paramount necessities of good
government In Ireland. The reproach
is an old ono and too often a jns <
one , and wo can only hopn that it will
not be once more applicable to the case
of the renewal of the crimes act. " It ie
t-xtremely likely to bo thus applicable ,
however , thoughaiot as the Times thinks ,
The Thunderer does not thunder nowa
days , and Its utterances on this subject It
anything but clear-but it ia plain that the
renewal of the crimes act will be a plocc
of that party mischief which It decries.
The fall of Jnlej Ferry from power tit
ono of the oddest .chances . in history.
He was carrying on-secret and informal
negotlatlrns which he personally believed
to be direct with the Chinese empress ,
notwithstanding the fact that two Eng
lishmen wore the only Intermediaries ,
and one of them elm ply a collector of
customs. Everything which these inter
mediaries said would happen happened ,
whUo Li Hung Chang and Tseng , the
proper functionaries for iforolgn inter
course on great matters , floundered
around In the dark , prophesying events
and opinions which had .nothing but
guesswork behind them. But Ferry was
a man of caution. He was not reckless
enough to trust hia official reputation
to a couple of the citizens of a third
power. While ho was waiting for a final
message from the empress , to ba followed
by the order of evacuation in Tonquln ,
there came the news of the disaster at
Lang-Son. Ho felt sure that either him
self or the poacs-brokers waa or won
being deceived , and ho walked confidently
dontly into the chambers and at Iced fer
vote of credit. It was refused , and h
was no longer premier. Coming out
tbo chamber his English intermediary
gave the belated information that th
Chinese stood ready it sign. A word i
time to the chamber would hav
saved all. There was then
no need for a war appropriation.
But Ferry allowed his succcssDr to ask
and obtain $30,000,000. In the mean
time the ex-premier , while the empres
was waiting , and during the interregnum
of Freycluet'a failure , took Prestdenl
Grevy into the secret , and Gravy bur
rledly appointed a plenipotentiary to sign
the preliminary treaty on the part o"
Franco. Owing ic the reticence o
Grevv , which equaled that of Ferry , thi
French foreign office and the chamber o
deputies learned of the peace tbrougl :
the news dlspitches emanating from I'o
kin upon the official promulgation of thi
decree.
The Russian emperor's desire to re
celve the crown of Central Asia in the
ancient palace of Tamerlane In Samaro-
and , In Turkestan , la a natural vanity on
the part of the great Mogul's aucjesior in
that part of the oarth. When Tamer
lane's ' power was at Its zenith ho carried
bis arms to the walla of Moscow , then
the capital of Raula. Ho waa the most
Famous conqueror of hia day , placing
til of Central , Southern and Western
iVala under his rule and making
ncnrtioDB into Africa and Europe.
Df the iplendpn of hit con-
inoats and the brilliancy of his dominion
nuch has been said by poet * and hiitori-
ins , but ho was barbarlously cruel , and
10 scourged the earthonly for the enjiy-
nent and the plunder that It gave him
Chough great changes have token place
loarly everywhere elte In the world it Is
irobable that the scenes to be wilnoised
n Samarcsnd on the coronation of
he czir will not differ much from
hose which attended the triumphs
if Tamerlane in tha fourteenth century
IVhen the latter sot out for his invasion
if Russia he equipped his armies at Sam *
rcandwhich was then his capital. It
i a singular circumstance that the despot
rho has oooquared a gnat dealof Tamer
ino's old empire should In return set out
rom Moscow to recatva hia eastern crown
i the city once made Illustrious by that
rarrlor.
Prlnca Bismarck's position Is not a
oed one. At cards thry might tay that
o Is a skilled player with a poor hand
'he ' aggrandizement of Roaila Is an awful
leuaoo. The suoceia of Great Britain la
ot tha success of the Fatherland , TOO '
cloio alliance with the lil-oonslitntod
Auttro-Hunparlan empire moans n nttnr-
ul conquest for Vienna among the Balk
ans , but for Berlin there Is only Icltsorno
victim like Denmark , Holland , or Bel
gium , the sound of whoso woes would
anger all iho nations. With thcia na
tional embarrassments upon the ptincn ,
the Emperor William grows to a great
ago. Will the crown prlnco accept the
testy old chancellor as a part of the Im
perial heritage ? Hardly , Goitsohakoff
g vo way to Do Olprs when llutslkof
throw his bomb , In 1881.
The Halifax Cirotiiclc takes a purely
military view of the sufferings of the
Canadian soldiers over tbo gaps in the
Canada Pacific railroad , and declares that
It la all nomonao to expend sympathetic
tears ever soldiers in active service , to
whom gup matching ought not to bo any
thing but a real pleasure. This , of course ,
Is good philosophy , and , Indeed , the diet
of fat pork and molasses , aud flat-car
riding In sub-zero weather , was a voiy
good training for the tender youths who
had before them such hard service in the
Saskatchewan country. But then the
Canadian Pacific company should have
had their rails laid ever the troublesome
gaps before the vrar brcko out , all the
same.
The death of President Barrios of
Guatemala , on the vpry threshold nf his
daring and violent enterprise of liToolin
a military consolidation of the five Cen
tral American states into ono cinfedcr-
ooy , brings that project to ar\ abrupt
failure , and it Is conjectured that noth
ing more will bo hoard of it.
But a union of the five states of Con
trol America would possess no many ad
vantages ever the present arrangement
that the schema ought not to bo allowed
to pass out of mind. Our own govern
ment might , with great propriety , exert
Its good offices to bring it about , particu
larly as the people of the several ttitos
are In favor of it , and only wait for someone
ono to show thorn how to bring it about.
Oiman Dlgrrm must bo a wonderful
follow after all. According to report ho
has boon detorted by about a dozm dif
ferent armies , and now ho Is said to bo
collecting another. Fate will find it
hard to alt down on a man like that.
IMPIBXIE8.
An Illinois minister baa aummariznd roller
skating as " going to hell on wheah. "
An American i'hllistine baa built himself a
house on the topmost peak of biblical Mount
Carmt-1 ,
The .Maine Advonlists bavo taken oil their
ascension robes nnd settled down again to
every-day matters.
The motto of the Audubon county ( la )
Sentinelfa "Fear God , tell the truth nnd
make meney. " The process ia n secret ,
A clergyman in Paris , Ky , , stopped bla
prayer to lead nn unruly boy out by the oar ,
nnd then wont on : "Asl was going to anv ,
O , Lord. "
A noted Now York clergyman tells the
story of being threatened with a split in his
church unleea he consented to never more
open bis bible with hia left hand "a perni
cious habit that must be frowned down. "
Tbo Arabians hnvo n funeral custom of
placing 10 cents in the mouth of n corpao ta
pay its passnge over the river of dentil. If
that ia the price , It is nn outrage. The fare
ought to be reduced to5 cents. i'hiladelphia
Call. Maybe the fnro is 6 cents , and the extra
nickel ia for the bier. [ Folio.
"I've mode a great miatnko,11 enid Dencon
Gllpin , "Why , what's the matter ? " "Well ,
the lecturer on Fridny night said that if you
fill n bottle two-thirds full of water , and then
fill the remainder with nlcohol , that the alco
hol would absorb the water and the bottle
wouldn't bo full. Now , I've been putting
water in my alcohol for yearj , supposing thnt
It made more. Just think how much I have
oat because alcohol absorbed water. "
Tobacco-smoking ia n common thing in
some of the rural churches in Holland. This
Rives ua nn idea. Let the clergymen who
have been asking why lha people do not go to
church , give notice that hereafter gentlemen
will be allowed to bring their clears and
morning papera with them nnd smoke nnd
read during the hours of service , and it will
not be long ore the pewa will enew their old-
time popularity. [ Boston Transcript.
The Hard-shell Baptist took for his tort
the admonition of Joseph to hia brethren-
" Sea that ye fnll not out by the way. ' This
remart shows how kind Joseph was. He know
th At the road j were full of ruts and ridges
and deep chuck-holes , and that the wagons
hadn't no springs nnd were dreadfully jolty ,
and how easy 'twould be for ioma of the worn-
en and little ones to fall and get butt , BO ho
warned 'em. 'See that > e fnll not out by the
way. ' O , how kind Joseph was. " [ Unitarian
ttevlew.
Theio is a Baptist clergyman in Now York
vho not only approves d-mcint ? , but oncour-
-igecit. HU name 18Thompson : andho based
his sermon of approval on the following taxt :
"And David danced before the Lord with all
his might nnd David was girded with n linen
ephod. In thoeo times and among these
people David was excusable , but the llev.Mr.
homp'on should not have carried his text BO
far. The linen ephol ia not de riceur now-
a days , and he who would attempt to emulate
David in a fashionable ball room would prob
ably come to griof. Even the pleasure of the
dance would be considerably disturbed by the
appearance of one of the beau monde In the
flummenah attire of an ophod ,
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SONGS OF FAREWELL
Aflclina 'Path's ' Adieox to foe American
Sage.
A Memorable Event nt the Boston
Theatre Snylng Uooil-byo to
America For the Last
Tlnio.
Boston Globe.
"Home. Sweet Homol" It was thi
world-familiar tong whlfth Adelina 1'att
sang last night just before she made ho
last buw before an American audience
The Boston theater , crowded in every
part with a bri lisnt assemblage , h i
boon the scene of great and enthusiast !
demonstrations of regard before the diva
came forward , In rcapocsj to thofonrtl
or fifth recall , to interpret the son |
which always touches the heart of at
American audience so nearly. But when
the orchestra tooic up the prilndo to
"Home , Sweet Home , " there was a tern
post of plaudits and shouts cf "Bravo.1
Several moments passed before the vas
assemblage was quieted. Ono migh
have hoard the rtiatlo of a handkerchief
however , after the diva began the song
Her own feeling of regret at partlrjj
was voiced In the interprets
tlon. Never was the btlla (
sung with more genuine ox
pnaiion. And iho throng was quick t
coruo into sympathy with the ioellng o
the great artisto. They know how , In
truth , could they help knowing tha
Pattl'a emotion was unfolgood , and tha
the waa singing her farewell to Boj'on
and to America nlth most sincere regret
And ao , after the "Home , Sweet Hcme ,
the diva was again summoned before th
curtain to acknowledge a reception that
for cordial warmth and demonstratlv
good will , ono must wait many and many
a season for Boston to parallel.
Mapleson "tho Colonel , " as ho Is fa
mlliarly known was brought forward
after Pattl had been honored by thos
final plaudits and had kissed her hand t
orchestra , balcony and gallery , by wa ;
of thanks , a saoro or more times , wit
her own peculiar grace. The improssairo
advancing to the footlights hand in ham
with the diva , made a pleasant littl
speech , whloh the audience ie
celvod in highly friendly fash
Ion , Ho reviewed his experiences a
a manager of Italian opera in this conn
try , thanked the public of Boston for th
appreciation accorded him , and lookoi
forward with confidence to a continuance
of public favor when ho should return In
January. It was with sincere regret tha
ho could not again coma wlthPaltl. She
had said this was her last season in
America , but as the audience could see
the nrtls'e ' was still in the bloom o
youth , ho trusted she m'ght ' change her
mind and coma ngaln. There were cries
of "No , no 1" Irom all parts of the
theatre when Mr. Maploson spake of this
as Pattl's farewell , and a hearty rounc
of applause showed that they , too , hopec
she might come again. But the diva
thinking perhaps of the long series o
engagements already planned abroad
deprecaUngly shook her head when the
colonel apuke of a postiblo return to the
American stage. It was her " final fare
well. " Mr Mapleson'a complimentary
reference to Pattl as an artiste who neve
disappointed an andienco was warmly
applauded.
Second only to the grand demonstra
tions of good wilt at the close of the
opera was the reception given to Patt
just as the "Qal sola vcrgino" air hai
been Bit eg. She had interpreted th
number with delightful elTjct , but when
she tang the English words , "TIs the
Last Rose cf Summer , " the enthusiasm
of the audience rose to a remarkable
height. For once , floral honors seomec
in keeping. And they were showered on
the ottlsto in prodigal profusion thesa
gifts of springtime. There were boquets
almost numberless. Floral designs , In
many a graceful form , and beautifully
contrasted , were carried to the stage.
Best of all , however , in the eyes of Pdttl
were the roses And exotics that came na
tha gifts from the fair hands of her andl
tors. From boxes and balcony and or
chestra circle they came , until the stage
Itself was fairly carpeted with roio
petals and bits of color. The
ouog American p.rima donna ,
Emma Nevada , who c'csupiod Man
ager Tompkens' box , threw two beauti
ful bouquets at the foot cf ' .ho diva. Im
pulsively rushing to the front of Milo.
Nevada's box , Pattl graipei the little
artiste's hand , and drawing her fao
down to her own , gave her a Aias which
all the mou in the auditnco on vied Ne
vada , and applauded this token.o f friend
liness i h the utmost oordinliiy. Alto-
gather tha evening was memorable , quite
atldo from the yrio interest and value
of the occasion.
"Martha" was the opsra. It may bo
accounted as a hackneyed work , bit
with a Pattl and a S alchl in the leading
roles , the great audience hat night
seemed to CD j iy every moment of th
performance. The dlva'a singing was a
pel feet as over ia its etnoothuors am
ease ; and Scalchi gave the ( 'Al tu
stral" aud ether numhcH of the role o
Nancy charmingly. Vicinl was in ex
: ellent voice , and merited the favor ao
: ordod to his singing of the famou
Lionel songa. Cherublnl gave good sat
sfactlon as Planktt. It was in P tti's
ippesrance , and In the fact that the oc
ission was her adieu to America , tha
interest was centered last evening
tfew York Tribune , Hey 3 ,
Yesterday morning Madame Patt
raved what aho declared was her las
> oed bye to America. The Auranla , on
rlrioh her pauaga was taken , was advor
lied to start at 7:30 : a. m , , an hour whlcl
eemed toMme. Pttl eo abnormally earl ;
hat she could not face the proapeat o
getting up ao soon after daybreak as gel
ing on board at that time would oniill
LcoordlDgly after much debating aho am
Meollni and the ptrror , with her maid
a add ! im , made their way down to the
learner soon after midnight on Friday.
? hey were accompanied by little partj
f friends , aome of whomatayed on bom
rlth them through the night. Shortly
efore 7 a. m. Patti opened the door of
It waa drawing near the lime Lr the
teamer'a departaro , and a few of thoie
rieads who had not said pood.by on
'riday night began la gather round the
cger. She made her adieus with all
er old oonrttBy and grace aid then tbo
lore-bull rang , and as ih ttoimer swung
at into Iho river Palti and Nloillni
aved their handkerohlofi , and these on
ie pier siw the last they will ever tee
i this country of the gifted prlma
anna. With a shudder she drew her
jbt wrap more closely round her tnd
> gan to chat with a yiiltor at whoso ap-
each her face had lighted up with hir
cmtimed frauk smile.
"I have had a wretched nixht , " said
IP , "but I suppose U wonld have bcou
111 raoro wretched to have rlien at about
Ut
o'clock , ai I ihonld luvo been f croud
do had ] I stayed at the Windier. I
deo'arc. I was almost seasick ai teen
as I lay down In that ttulTy little
Btaterrom. Yon know I iiiffor dread
fully whenever I crot , and really iccrn
to feel It more with ever ; now voycge.
Ptrlupi Intn galling old , " Raid aho , with
a comical grlmanco aud an evident ex
pectation of prompt contradiction , which
wai not disappointed.
"Well , Ita good of you to say BO , " was
the reply to the compliment , "but it Is
BO. That's why I have made up my mind
to 8ay _ good jo to America. I felt that
America should have only my boat , and
that the country where I flrtt was re
ceived wi'h open arms when n mite of a
child ahonld not remember mo as n worn-
out sliiRcr. I ahall not sing much longer
ny where. I have all my old friends iu
Europe to s y good bye to , nnd when my
adieus are all made I ahall lire , 1 hope ,
happy and contented in my dear homo
among the people who have learned to
love mo for myself , ai > d not for my voice
alono. "
CHTHfOSIS
A " \VIU1 , Darning Itcli , that Strike *
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