Nebraska Newspapers

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llAhiim ronipniiv , does Koitminly Awoar that
thn ariunl circulation of the Dallv lice
lor the week cmlliiK July SSM , lM , was as
follows :
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yithsorlbt-d and sworn lo In-fore me this
20th day of July , lisa N. P. Ki'.lt. ,
fSKAt.,1 Notary Public.
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pnse and saj thai Im Is nocrrttaiy of the leo !
PuhllghliiB compnuy. thnt thoaotual nverace
dally circulation of tlm Dally Hoe for the
month of January , issr , , was 10.73 , : coplp.s ;
lor I'ebnmrv , 18H , lo.ft'.ci coplos ; for Jlarrh ,
Vf- < \ , 11.K1T'coiiips : for April , ISSJ , 1:1,101 :
copies ; tor May. 1BSO , IS , 43M copies ; for Juno ,
18M ) , 12,208 copies.
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Subscribed nmnwurn lo but'oro me , this
filii Uay or July , A. 1) . 1SSO.
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fflr.Ar.,1 Notary Public.
TiiUitK is trrowing promise of n revolu
tion in Mexico that may .become interest
ing lust about tlto llmo congress ceases
lo furnish unlurlalnmcnt to the country.
"I IIAI > it , but 1 have it not , " ia the
reply of the editor ol the Hfpiiblican when
challenged lo produce the General
Thayer loiter , whoso cxislence ho dn-
nlcs. This is decidedly Watury.
Tin : motlo of lliu KcpuMican ought to bo
"No Rejected Manuscripts Returned , "
Thai letter of Uonernl Tlmj-cr's which
sneaked out of the oflicc when most
wanted should loach It a lesson.
Tin : United slates senate did an active
business bn Monday in the matter of pri
vate pension bills , having passed fifty.
This will keep Mr. Cleveland out of bed
beyond the usual hour of retiring for sev
eral evenings.
WIIIIN real estate becomes less profit
able , Omaha capitalists will perhaps di
rect their attention to the crying need of
an air line railroad up the Klkhoru Val
ley. There's millions in il for the. people
of this growing city.
OMAITA. is once more confronted with
the certainly of being "hard up" for
funds before the end of llio .year. A score
of tax shirkers who arc now platting
broad acres which were assessed'on ' Apri
1 as farm lands know the reason \\liy.
prostration and malaria are
the fashionable diseases this summer.
An eastern physician who ought to'.know
claims that nine-tenths of the so called
malaria is pure laziness nnd the majority
of of "heart disease" "
cases arc indigcs"-
tion caused by over-eating.
Tin : enterprising burglar continues to
"burgle" and will keep up his profession
until every block in Omaha is patrolled
by u watchman and p.vcry door and win
dow protected by nn alarm. Marshal
( Junimings should go right down in his
pocket and see that those needed im
provements materialize.
TIIK socrclury of the treasury lot down
the custom bar * to permit an original
portrait of George Washington , Imported
from London for presentation to the city
of Philadelphia , to enter free of duty.
This was the correct thing to do for sev
eral reasons , amotur thorn the fact that
George , as wo romoaubur , was a revenue
reformer.
Bin. KKBI.V , of motor fame , has just
completed another engine of his inven
tion for which he promises most wonder
ful achievements. Ho entertained , or
rather amused number of gentlemen ,
a few days ago , with an exhibition ot
this inachino , which nn unsclontitio and ;
irreverent reporter terms "quoor. " Mr.
Kooly's is one of the most remarkable ;
oases of pbrt > Ulent failure on record.
As the political eucco&s of Lord Ran
dolph Churchill is very largely duo to ,
the ollbrts of his American wife , U would ,
seem to bo the proper thing to congratu
late Lady Churchill on the promised ad
vancement of her husband to the posi
tion in the now cabinet as chancellor of
the exchequer and lender of the com
mons. But Uamlolph will not stay long
in oniee.
THE democratic organ has laid the In
ternal jovomio abolition programme'on
"le-sholf for n fuw days while it is vainly
floundering about in the mlro und trying
to explain what its vlows on the tariff
actually aro. The attempt is quito tin-
nooossury. During : the past two weeks
the Herald has expounded such a variety
of contradictory opinions upon thu tariff
question that It will take its editor months
to unravel the stltchos from the old crazy
quilt. _
IT is time congress tool : cognizance of
the nllegcu illegal detention of 'Mr. Cut
ting , the El Paso editor , who is kept in
prison by the Mexican authorities at
Paso del Norto , If correctly reported
the oflquso of the editor , which was Elm-
ply a newspaper attack upon a Mexican
olttaon , is not of a character to justify the
nummary treatment he is receiving , and
tnc refusal of the Mexican authorities to
regard the demands of the American
miulstcr and consul for his rolcaso is a
braioh of international courtesy which
our government should not tolerate , . A
resolution in congress , Introduced Mon
day , calling for information Ia the mat
ter , may have the jjflbct of 'inducing tbo
Mexican authorities lo ehrui o their pros-
ant defiant attitude.
Thnt TlmyCt
And now comes 1'rcd Nyc and dep6e.s
and says that he made n ulight mistake
wliPti ho boa.sted through i\\oJtt \ \ ) ltiliean
that lift had In his PO . CSAOU ! a loiter writ
ten by General Tliayor denouncing Sena
tor Vnn Wyok. Ho Insists thai such a lol-
Icr was on his table for months , but
soniplxuly from Grnnd Island whisper *
that Thnyor might hnvu slipped it in Ills
pocket while llio editor had his back
turned. This is the usual Nyu method oi
crawling into a hole and pulling the hole
In after him. To cover his
graceful rol"-oat " Mr. Uyo lakes up n
great deal of space with what
ho claims were the contents of this
contraband letter. lie still Insists that
this lellor wns first offered to the IJistiand
rejected. We as positively deny that any
sUeh letter has ever been offered at this
olliee. < o.noral Tlinyer most emphati
cally denies that lie ovolwi to a letter
assailing Senator Van Wyck or that he
has taken sides on the si-nntorial sue
cession. The question about the exist
ence of iU'li a letter Is now reduced loan
isMio of voracity between GeneralThoyor
and Fred Js yc , leaving out of view en
tirely our own denial thnt such a lelliH-
lias uver pasped through our hands.
There the mailer can safely rest. The
public can draw Its own conclusions.
Thr > Decline of the Cattle
The rage for organizing catllc com
panies with large foreign capital and
highly paid managers is on the decline.
II reached its height in 1832 , when mom
corporations of tills class were formed
than in any year before or since. The
results of the two years succeeding in
loss of cattle , small calf crops and divl
dunds which ran from only 6 per cent , to
wort-o than nothing have exercised a de
pressing influence on fat-vigil investors ,
hunilco and Edinburgh and London havu
looked their safes to the American promoter -
motor of ranch investments , and a thou
sand stockholders in the older
enterprises arc wishing heartily that
they were well out of tlic business and
had their pounds , shilling and pence
seruroiy placed in British consuls.
In the last of the consular reports is
sued by the state department , Mr. Wood ,
the United States representative at Dun
dee , makes some startling exhibits of the
returns for the past three years made by
twentythreeBritish companies. From
the tables given. Air. Wood shows that
the average dividends for the past
three years have been little more than
four per cent. Of those , two paid 10 per
cent. ; one 7j per cent. ; three 0 per cent. ;
two , C per ceut. ; two less than 5 per cent. ,
and thirteen no dividend at all. To Eng
lishmen who hadbccn dazzled by promises
of 315 per cent profit and lured by reports
of the wonderful sticcess of the millionaire
cattle barons of the plains such iu\ out
come is naturally depressing.
The trouble with most of the great cat
tle companies arises from overcapitali
sation. Formed from the consolidation of
smaller herds turned in at high figures ,
the first cost has , in most instances ,
greatly exceeded the value. Expensive
management , restricted and overstocked
ranges , and three hard winters in suc
cession , make heavy dividend returns an
impossibility. If the truth wore really
known , the actual condition of ulfuirs on
the ranges would still further doercaso
the ligurcs on the books. Thousands
of cattle are to-day being moved into
British America at heavy expense be
cause settlement nnd the prohibition of
fencing render their profitable feeding
on Wyoming , Montana and Nebraska
ranges an impossibility. The day for the
large cattle companies in tills section of
the west is rapidly passlncr away. Their
place will bo taken up by the largo stock
farms whore feed will bo carefully pro
vider ! all the year around and the loss by
storm and starvation decreased to a
minimum , This Is the profitable form
of cattle raising of the future. It gives
no room for extensive swindling by
"book count" or double sale , reduces the
expensive ranch system of feeding
armies of cowboys to hold the herds and
attend distant round-ups , and replaces
careless handling of herds by a detailed
supervision which can carefully improve
stock by cross breeding and furnisli the
markets with the best class nnd therefore
the highest priced meat animals.
The DnslnoMS Bltmttlon.
The evidences of a continued improve
ment in the trade situation are numerous.
There is moro doing in most lines than Is
usual at this time of year and everything
points to a steady and healthful expan
sion of business from now until fall.
There are substantial reasons for the ex
pectation of a gradual betterment of
business , among which may bo included
the abundant crops of loading staples ,
the Increased consumption of iron and
steel in the extension of railroad building
and equipment , the adjustment of serious
labor troubles and general advance in
wngea , the rise in wool prices throughout
the world , and the growth of conlidonco
in the stability of prices and in the se
curity of credits in all parts of the
country. All those are favorable augu
ries of the future of trade , and amply
justify the hopeful fooling .that now finds
expression among all classes of trades
and manufacturers.
Corn prices have moved upward , while
wheat has boon going down. The rlso Is
the result of strong bullish manipulation
in Chicago and of the scare among the
shorts , growing out of the exaggerated
reports of the elioct of the dry weather
on the growing crop. Compared with
this lima last weak , prieos are 8 oenU
per bushel higher in Chicago und U@1J
cents nor bushel higher oil the seaboard ,
Kxport demand for corn is light. Hog
products have not shared in the strength
in cornbut lifcvo slightly declined under
the mlluonco of speculation. The gen
eral position of the provision trade , how
ever , continues strong , with a good dis
tribution in progress both for homo con
sumption and for export. Cotton is quiet
and Htoady. Wool shows unabated
strength , with the demand running
chiefly on low and luodiutn grades. Stool
rails are in brisk demand and very firm.
There is a fair demand for plato , licet ,
wrought and structural iron , and the
market is welt sustained ,
The clearings throughout the country
show n largo iucrewo , m which Omaha ,
us usual , leads.
The Now Star In Franco's Political
Firmament.
Unquestionably the foremost figure * in
French politics at this moment Is General
Uoulangor , the minister of war. Although
not old in year * , .Boulaugor is old in sor-
irloo as a soldier , aud his military record
a an honorable one. IIo was called to
, . .
ttfafuvfa * - TI *
Ms present position ! ithe government
nol alone In recognition of thai record ,
but quite ns much because of Ills nd <
Vrtnoed republican views , nlid , In tlic
opinion of tlin people lit least , his nrdolil
patriotism. It was probably not expected
that , educated and trained as a soldier ,
Honlangcr would originate nny new or
startling policv , but that he would con-
linc himself , ns Is the habit of soldier ! }
when placed in purely administrative po
sitions , to maintaining the military es
tablishment of the imtlon on n good
basis , reforming and improving It only
a ? It became ncccssar.V to do so in order
to keep It in u condition con
forming to Mio policy and traditions
which have governed It , mid which are
deemed essential to national security.
Hut the new minister nppoars to have
entered upon his duties not as a machine ,
to follow the routine lines of tradition
and policy , but with Ideas. These found
expression in the military measure some
time ago introduced In lliu parliament ,
which immediately challenged the atten
tion of ( iurninny as Involving u menace
to that oounlry. Hut while there could
justly be no such inference from the
measure , and noulnnger doubtless had
no such thought In framing It , the ap
prehension itcreatcil ln ( cnnany did not
lessen the popularity of the measure-
of its author with the 'French people ,
lloulangor has steadily grown in popu
lar attention sind undoubtedly also in
popular favor. Within a fortnight he
has fought harmless duel , but it is quite
enough for his reputation with the
l-'rcnoli people thnt he fought , and ho
has in a brief time crVocled the organiza
tion of a great military club at
Paris o ! which lie Is the central
liguro and controlling spirit. Tliii
name of Houlangor , more tliah that of
any other man in France , has become one
to conjure with , and * beyond the boun
daries of that nation the opinions and
movements of the war minister liavo bc >
conic matters of commanding interest.
It is not extraordinary that a man who
has thus risen suddenly to such an - elevation
tion in public attention , and who has ex
hibited such remarkable energy , courage
and cleverness , should have his motives
and aims called in question. The most
self-sacrificing patriotic not less amenable
to tills law of human.suspicion , or envy , or
malice , than the most self-seeking plot
ter. The early history of the American
republic 5s replete with examples of this
truth , and it would bo irrational to ex-
peot less , ovun at this day , of thcfoverish-
tempcrednndmcrcm-iaFrenchmen. The
direction r.nd intensity of the senti
ment in opposition to Houlangcr are.
shown in the article which appeared
on Monday in the Paris Figaro and
was ropnblished in THE BF.K of
Tuesday morning. The author arraigns
the minister of war as an ambitious plot
ter who is paving the way to a coup
d'etat , and with incisive logic and tren
chant facts warns Franco to beware of
the danger that confronts her in the dar
ing exploits and ambitious designs of
lioulnngcr.
Certain of the republican leaders dismiss
this arraignment as unworthy of serious
consideration , and there is doubtless no
just reason to question the republicanism
or the patriotism of Genera' Itoulnugor.
But the opposition he 1ms aroused will
not bo put down by contempt or ridicule ,
and what its effect will bo with the sus
ceptible French people , if persistently
followed up , is the question. How seri
ous this question Is appears in the fact
that there is a growing belief , though ns
yet vaguely ciciincd , in European polit
ical circles that the French republic is
ncaring its end. It is noted as
a curious circumstance of French
history during the past century
that no government has lusted longer
than twenty years , and the present re
public is approaching that term. Trilling
as this may seem of itself , when associ
ated with other events and circumstances
of recent occurrence , of which the reader
of current Irish history is familiar , it as
sumes a certain significance , at least to
the superstitious politician , There have
been many radical changes in the politi
cal system in France within u few years ,
and evidence is not wanting that the
ollbct of some of these has been to in
crease popular dissatisfaction with the
republican experiment. There are other
strains to come which will still further
and perhaps more severely test the
strength of the republic. Hence every
fresh political development in Franco
possesses a vital interest for all people ,
and particularly so for the American
people.
No Alttlnrla Here.
The dry summer has been a blessing in
disguise for Omaha. It has started the
perspiration , it is true , und burned out
Roino of the lawns , but it has been a good
eonservittor of health. Omaha has been
making great headway in public improve
ment during the past three months. Acres
on acres of streets and alloys have been
graded. Sowera have been laid , and
miles of trenches dug. There has-been
an enormous amount of dirt turned over
and exposed to the air. For all this wo
have been remarkably free from malarial
affections. There has boon no epidemic
of typhoid or typho malarial fever , while
the old-fnshlonod shakes hare made a
summer excursion to Missouri and Ar
kansas , disgusted with the prospects in
Uieso regions.
If Omaha had experienced a wet sum
mer the result would have boon very dif
ferent. The spores and germs of mala
rial disease would have propagated themselves -
solves hi the wet soil. The odors from
the newly turned up earth , stagnant pools
of water in ditclios and trenches and
streets soggy with moisture would cer
tainly have given steady employment to
our doctors. Quinine would have hud a
largo consumption m families which have
had no oocaslon to pay druggists' bills.
Instead of this wo have had n season so
dry and waru that malarial disease has
not been afforded a chance to secure
lodgment. There have been some ad
vantages , after all , In the dry spell.
Wtio la Holillntt Him ?
When Cnief Butler resigned from the
fire department the I\KB \ expressed Its
views with regard to the necessity of
discipline in the fire department without
reicivo. Wo declared that ns a matter
of public safety , discipline nuivt bo main
tained in the force anddrunUonoss should
not bo tolerated. Those views wo Btill
hold.
But when discipline is requisite it
should extend to the chief as well as to
liia subordinates. The mayor and coun
cil are by law placed in control of the lire
irpnrtmcnt. The council is especially
; hnrg d with the purchases and disburse
und tlic chief Hs i expected to olwj
their orders and remote his transactions
for their approval. ' <
Chief Uutler , we ) ' , nv'c told , has shown
himself Insubordinate by deliberate ! }
ignoring the ordersnf the council In the
purchase of supplies , and in matters
which the council Very' properly rrgards
as Its prerogative. Viewed from that
standpoint it becomes u serious question
whether the council ran , witlnmy degree
of self-respecl , bog Mr , ihitlor to with
draw his resignation.
There Is a saying tha there nro asgooi
lish In the sea ns ovqr were drawn out ol
It. Mr. Itullcr is by no means the onlj
mnn in Omaha competent to supervise
the fire department. In lad , there Is nu
mnn In olllec whoso plains cannot bo fillet
In an emergency , t'hiof Huller eatinoi
expect the council to humiliate itself nm
get on its kt'os to him. If he feels that lit
has made a mistake , let him withdraw
his resignation. Nobody Is holding him
DTiti : chronic croakers ngaiusl the police
management of Omaha , Vith UK insumci-
ciit force , may Ilnd food for reflection In
the account which appeared In Tim ttiJi
of Monday afternoon of the assault ami
robbery of n lady in Chicago Sunday even
ing. This outrage occtii red in a populous
part of the city , early in the evening , In
tlic full glare of the electric lights of the
Leland house , and while the lady was
walking with others. Furthermore the
thief made good his escape. No such
during and successful outrage is recorded
in the criminal annals of Omaha , but the
numerical weakness of our police force
offers nn invitation that some reckless
scoundrel may some day accept.
Qir.ix : : Virroui.v exhibits tlic weak side
of her character in never allowing an op
portunity to pas's for showing her dislike
of Mr. Gladstone. It is observed that in
accepting the resignation of the late pro-
inior without inviting him to advise lim
ns to his successor , the queen violated n
precedent and committed a breach of
state etiquette , which , however gratify
ing It may be to the classes , will not im
prove respect for her with the people.
TUB immigration for the fiscal year
ended with Juno was a little less than
that of the previous year , the whole num
ber being 328,017 about one-third the
present population of Nebraska. The
classification shows a tailing off ol about
one-third in emigration from Germany
during the year , while Italy largely in
creased its contribution.
Tin : Omaha underwriters have peti
tioned the council i not to accent Chief
Butler's rcsignatoji. ! | Why don't they
petition the chief io withdraw it ? It is
a good deal easier .to induce one man to
back down than hvplve.
AND now someone ' , * uggests that the
only honest butter sifter all is the goat.
S.ilvlnl's fortune is set'ilown at half a mil
lion dollars. ' [
William W. A"lor"whp has 157,000 houses
to look after , is taking time to write a play ,
John A. Logan , JK , ha.-J become n partner
in a loan and real estate firm ot Washington.
Mme. lUstori Is nboirtib _ publish her nttto-
blnjntphy in Itallanf .English , French and
German. .
Prince lilsnmrck lias sent a large photo
graph of himself to President Cleveland. It
is framed in carved oak und beats the Prince's
Autograph.
Captain Ends , the Mississippi Improver , Is
it little man with a whiteboard , a fringe of
white hah- round a bakl head , and a pale ,
bloodless complexion.
Lord Kotlischlld sent Mme. Pattl , ns a little
present , a paoer-knlt'c of blonde tortoise
shell , "the handle ami the name of Mme.
Pattl oncblazeof diamonds. "
T. C. Crawford , the Washington correspon
dent of the New York World , on three min
utes' notice can write a fair biography o
every conspicuous public man in the
country.
Mi' Itusliin'.s condition Is very serious.
Ills friends mliuit that his present Illness is
similar to the last , which was simply insan
ity , with symptoms wldcli his physician
thought peculiarly dangerous , lie was
ordered to take absolute rest , hut he persisted
in working. The present Is the flfth attack.
Jfc Generally Takes It.
n/fo / Herald.
Speaking of drinking , It may bo observed
Ihat a man who "can take or leave alone"
; enenilly takes it.
Glider's Clinncos.
/x > if ( rtl ( Cnurfrr-Jbnrnfl/ / .
Colonel Glider , who ROPS to look f6r the
north pole , may come back a great man or ho
niuy return a cannibal.
A Iilttlo OIK
Keu > OrlttJim Picayune.
There is something the matter with the
man's hend when it railway postal clerk
thinks that Ids resignation will parulyzo the
jovernment.
He Will lie A Very Old Mar.
Cliteago lltrala.
Empires rise and fall , but the man who has
shaken hands with nil the presidents tarries
ffltli ns. A hundred > cars or so from now lie
will bo u very old liar.
She Carries a Hazer ,
Chicago llrraUl.
Slugging being played out , a desperate at
tempt IB making In some places to involve
Ball Hainllton.and Miss Rose Cleveland In a
I'ontroversy. Hut no'frlcutl ' of llio latter will
lielp the .matter on. 8"Iin curries a razor.
Her htylo.
SI , Louts' IttpMtcan.
Miss Itose Elizabeth , Cleveland ha.s taken
slmrgo of her Chicago magazine , and the
next number will no d/Hili ) clvo marked evi
dence of that llteraD' style which was so
itilklngln i > irxluctl ( > iv marketed while she
ivns the president's nfl
AVamert Frfe li Talent.
Vi'ui 1'otk Sun.
Base ball manager < ( to applicant ) I want anew
now pitcher. C n yorrenrvo a bally
Applicant Yes , ; ' ! < * i n curve it twlro
round the batter before It reaches the catch-
HJS hands , ll1 ' '
Manager Only twfoe ?
Applicant That's all.
Manager I'm ufiahl you won't do , What
I want Is a phouomenou , and a left-handed
jno at that.
A. Savant ,
A knowlnpman I" Mr. JOIIPS :
Discoursed liuou vein sand bones ;
Oil arteries he seems to bo
Informed to uu-li a hljjh degree
That evey one his knowledge owns.
On politics , In loudest tones
He arguoth , and quick dethrones
All arguments. He Is you ice ,
A
In selenco , too , he's left no stonft
Unturned. In truth , tbo Ust'iioragroan ,
When he doth i > rat , In agony ,
So learned , yet so dull , IK he.
Aud also is lie up on loaua
An owIut'W"-
PENSION LIST CHESTNUTS
of SoTeral Venerable Vet
ornns of the Army and Navy ,
< 5onornl Jlm-noy's Croor In tlic Arm ;
I'nmotis Hentlocs of flic Olden
Tltnc Aniilnnt niul llonot-
nbtc 'Mni-lnes.
"I wt : ? lookliiR over the now nrniy nm
navy n jistci-s the other tiny , " ? ahl ni
unponsloncil vi'liTttn ot tliu war lo tin
Chlcngo lU'rald mini , us ho xrlu'olcil It
his chair anil ll htctl a fresh cifjar , "am
1 fountl some curious thing. " . Ono thlnj
i foi'tul is that salt \vator nti.lsnlt brec/.o ;
are aondiieivo to longovlly , niul that I
u mail wants to live to a ripe oil rige In
oiiRht to try ami fret into the navy
Another thing I foil nil wns that the oldos
livin.ff olllcer of the army wns In his tiai
the jrrenlost of frontiev ctmialncr.s { , nm
probably wont through hanlshio enotiffl
to kill the ouilimiry West Pointer ot oni
time before llio tige of forty. Ami ve
this VPtor.Mt is over eighty-six , i
refer in ohl General Harnov. i
Vvonder how many remember thai Hit
old warrior is ycl living. Hut , ho ia
He la tlio oldest ollleor in tlio urmy , boll
in years and leiiglh of service , timl vei
congress would never give him a hijrlifci
rank than brigadier general , though il
did brovel hint major general as an actoi
decency ufter he had been retired. ( Jen
oral Ilnrney entered In * the army as .sec
end lieutenant of the 1'irst infantry in
1818. Ho became iv tirst lieutenant in
18111 , a captain in 1825 , a major in 1W , .1
lieutenant colonel in IWK ) , a colonel in
18)11 ) ami brigadier general in 185i !
Think ; of it ; IIP has been a brigadier gen
cr.il for nearly thirty years , and has been
on the retired list for nuarlv twenty-six
years. He has bcrved in nil the wars
.since the war ot 181U. Ho served m the
l-Iorlda war under Seott , in the Mexican
war , and eaino near bringing on a wai
with Kngland by his occupation of San
thi an island , Vancouver , wlicn acting as
military governor of Oregon , lie wiu
too old to do much in the civil war , but
ho was employed the tlrst year or so in
organising western troops at St. Louis ,
Hartley wiis it great explorer in the north
west. 'Harney's Peak,1 in the HlauK
Hills , is n geographical landmark. The
old man cannot live much longer , and
when he goes there departs the oldest of
ficer in point of service by nearly twenty
years. "
l15ut , " continued the unpensioned
veteran , as he struck a fresh match and
picked up a blue Pamphlet , which he
said was the official" naval register , "it
takes the old salts of the sea to stand up
under the weight of years. Here is old
Commodore Joseph 15. Hull , born In 17 , "
and entered the navy November 9 , 1813 ,
and still alive nnd hale. What do you
think of that ? Seventy-three years in
the navy and on the government pay
roll. fie entered the navv exactly two
months after Perry's victory on Lake
lino. He had been in service a year
when Washington was burned by" the
m-itish , and a year aud two months when
Jackson fought the battle of New Or
leans. He had been two years a mid
shipman when Waterloo wns fought , and
when Victoria ascended the throne ot
England he had been a lieutenant fur-
teen years. The ohl man has sailed in
every sea and in every line-of-baltle ship
that the country ever owned , and some
that this government never heard of. J'or
Instance , in 1 15 ho surved in the Wash
ington 74 , nnd afterward in the frijrate
United States. These old ships \vor
broken UD half a century ago. Counuo-
Joro Hull was a verv old man when the
uivil war broke out , too old to go to sea ,
but he < tid eflieioat duly at St. Louis for
two years superintending tlio construc
tion of the western gunboats. Though
lie was retired in 1801 ho still insisted on
doing duty , and as tlio government was
short of olliccrs it kept him at work until
1873. He commanded the Philadelphia
navy yard up to 1807 , but sifter that the
old liull was hauled up in ordinary. The
commodore is ninety-one years old , but
his friends say ho still wants to go lo
sea. "
"Here's another old chestnut , " con
tinued the tmpcnsioncd veteran as ho
ihmnbcd llio leaves of the register. "Com
modore Henry IJruco entered the navv
November 0 , 1813 , precisely the same date
: hat Hull did , and is yet alive. Neither
if these old sea dogs is therefore entitled
.o precedence in point of years in the
iorvlee , though Hull has much the moro
listingiiishcd record. It has been BO
eng since Commodore Urtico has seen
jlue water that perhaps he ought not to
jo considered a sailor nt all. Probably
lot a do/.en people outside the keepers of
: ho navy rolls know that such a name Is
jorno on them. Yet for over thirty
t'cars this old olliccr has been uruwlng
fj,800 a year from the treasury. The
) ld man's record is n singular one.
riiough ho has been ficventy-tlireo years
n Hie navy ho never saw but fifteen years
id-vice at the sea and eight on shore. He
s shown on the register to have been nn-
miployed forty-nino years ami &tx
nonths. Hero is n pensioner ns is a pon-
iioner. Fifty years in receipt of a hand
some income with not n day's duly as an
squivalent. And yet they sav republics
ire ungrateful. What makes the matter
verse Is that If men is idiowii hero to have
jeoiiTcUred in 1853 , under the lirst rctir-
ng act which was passed to weed out the
ncomporonUj and other dcndwood of the
service. Bruce came under thfj category
> ut ho has got amply oven with the gov-
irnnioiit by living for thlrtj'-ono years
tinec and enjoying his three-fourths pay.
lo threatens to live for thirty-one years
ongor.
"But to show you further tvliat the sea
) reo/.cs will do in promoting longevity , "
ho speaker continued , "hero is n UNI of
wonty-sovcn rear admirals and fourteen
! ommodores , who have reached throe
icoro and ten and over and harts bean In
ho service over fifty years. Some of
horn have been retired n great many
rears , and not ono has done duly for a
lecadc ormoro. . The admirals receive
M.500 a year nnd the commodores $ JJ)00 , ! ) ,
. lind that tbo oldest ofllcer of that gal-
ant but credulous corps , the marines , is
ilnjor Isaac T , Doughty ; The major
vns retired In 180J. having reached the
ige of sixty-two. Ho must Uiorofore ,
low bo eighty-six years old , just the ago
> f Uoimrai llnrnoy. Tito major has only
> con in the service , though , forty-ulna
rears. In these days olliccrs were np-
jolntod to the marine corps from civil
Ifo aud there was no limit to their ages.
5o Major Doughty must have been over
hirty when hn entered the serdco. There
s another gallant but credulous mnrlnt )
vho comes within two wols of having
een as much service as Major Doughty ,
ind Unit is Captain Matrox , but llio Int
er is entitled to be regarded ua thu vote-
an of his corps "
Slang In Modern Hnrecli ,
I'linaittljfitn Jltetird.
There is a German proverb which lells
is that "speech is silvern , eilcnco is go- !
ten ; " but , In accordannn with the rule
vhich srcms to prevail oithur in
conomin , industrial or mental affairs , it
S the baser metal of thn two Ihat In to be
onnd in commonest UKO. Il is only oocu-
lonally that wo nru called upon to ox-
ircUo the very highest of the moral
inalities which belong to humanity , and
vhlch are started Into activity l > y tut-
ookcd-for events or unexpected cxigon-
los. lint thcrt U n conbtunt demand in
latly lifo for gontlenow of ttetneauor ,
loIitencBS , regard for the fouling of
thers , and modesty in speech and be-
havlornnd the cultivation of such grace
Is essential In ordinary allairs. There i
nothing moro singular than the nrocos
of evolution through whloli on
common spcnch seems to bn passing
Vrom a careful and almost mechanlca
precision of expression , which lo man ;
sounded stilted and unnatural , wo havi
passed almost nnconsciouslv into nn ex
trnvngance of utterance ami an cxhuber
ant u. o of meaningless adjectives whlol
would almost lead a philosopher lo doub
the inurh-vanntcd possibilities of tin
KnclLMt Innguago. Tliis is particularly
nollceable nmong young people , mid , un
fortunately , more especially among otu
fill-Is , who nro in possi-s.'lon of ad van la
gos in the ilcld of education and culture
that were unknown to their sex in tin
last century. Wo snillo to-day over tht
quaint style in which Puritan or Quakei
maidens talked to each other or to the'n
lovers 100 years ago ; nnd yet there wiu
an earnestness nnd sincerity about theii
language which we now rarely Und
Many of our girls talk slang freely ; lliOA
. , mid. like Paganlnl
ltl.lll l > adjectives | , illlll , IIIMI ft .1,41111111 j
wlu > played on violin with a single fclrlng ,
they seem to have only ono or Iwo words
on which limy delight to ring ( ho changes
\Vhcncvcrthoywlshtrtquafify or Inteii
slfy llii'lr expression of the feeling Mthei
of wonder , of ndmlratibn , of dislike or ol
annoyance which for the time being
dominates and possesses them a few tut-
jficlivcs sulllce. "Awful , " "elogani , "
"Vute , " nnd "cunning" nro among the
\vords which pa s current ns mental
coins in their transactions. To them the
most glorious sunset is simply "elc-
gtinl.1 Although its beauty may inspire
the pen of tlio poet and the pencil of the
painter , it bears no higher value to them
than a dross by Worth or a string of diamonds
mends from Ti.lany ; while "cun-
ninjr , " a word which all philologists
associate with meanness , duplicity
nnd the very lowest grade of
moral character , is made to do duty in
expressing ecstatic rapture either over
llio arrangement of the flowers on n
spring bonnet or at Ihe smiling trustful
ness and innocent j-.iayfuluess of child
hood. Aud then , when there is a desire
to express the very highest condition of
foolmsr , the iiarrowni'.s-s of the modern
vocabulary Is more plainly seen , anil
distorted superlatives are brought into
play. If ono thing is "awfully" bad ,
then , according to llio mysterious logic
of the feminine mind , its opposite must
bo "awfully" good ; while Dives , who
faros sumptuously every dayis"awlully"
rich , Lazarus , who begs tor crumbs'at
Dives' gate , by a parity of reasoning is
"awfully" poor.
In thus criticising tlto speech of the
modern girl it is not intended to assert
that she is naturally vulgar. Hut there
is a weakness in humanity for getting as
near the objectionable as possible with-
not actually coming Into contact with it ,
just as a boy often delights in frightening
his parants by .showing how near ho can
go to the edge of u dangerous cliff with
out falling over. Sovcrii rebuke or pun
ishment Is necessary in llio latter ease in
order to prevent an accident , and it is
equally as necessary that correction
should be administered for the use of
overworked adjectives. A praeticu such
as this lias a most insidious growth , and
inevitably leads lo tlio loss of the habit of
using propnr words. If it bo asked why
girls have been selected as the subject of
criticism when men arc equally as guilty ,
it * can bo answered that il is because
of the iulluuncc which rcflncmcn
in woman , cither in speech ot
in manner , has always exercised on thr
world. The most brilliant epochs ic
civilization , the richest periods in the
progress of thought , and the growth of
n I and literature , owe their existence to
woman , and she has largely been their
inspiration anil their cradle. Tlio Galen
of Madame do Stael , the drawing-room
of Lady Holland ana the quiet parlor of
Gcorgo. Eliot nttrac'l f men of gonins ,
and in the presence of that subtle and
mysterious atmosphere which surrounad
woman there has been an intorchangcof
thought and converse which have shsr-
pencil diplomacy , created new ideas and
elevated communities. Woman , sis a
rule , is moro of a conversationalist than
is man. Ho is too much inclined to mo-
nopoiixc the occasion , to speak a set
piece , to indulge in monologue , with
itrobnbly nn occasional flash of silence.
But woman is moro versatile ; she can
draw out thought , not by leading ques--
Uous but by Bucgestions. until , in the
contact of associations , ideas that
have been lying dormant begin
lo move , lo impinge upon each other and
to gain vitality , roundness aud complete
ness. Looked at oven from n lesser
height than thif it is easy to understand
of what benefit purity of speech would
prove in preserving the purity of our
language tn developing its flexibility and
its Htnoss for the expression of the most
juHuretl thoughts and the deepest onto-
Lions. Our schools and colleges , with
Lhoir plans for higher education , will lind
their influence weakened if the flower of
English speech be planted inn wilderness
> small talk ; ami the parents and tenoh-
irs should sec to it that woman reaches
icr higher and her fairer destiny , instead
if being lowered so thnt , in the words of
[ ago , she can only " .stioklo fouls autl
ihrouiclo small boor. "
Chicago Justice.
There Is u iscrew loose somewhere in the
iinchinwy of justice when gamblers and con-
"Utonco men , pickpockets and footuads , are
et oil with tines of from 81 to S3 , whllu nn
tfeven-yoar-olil boy lnscnt to the Jirhiowell to
ivork nnioni ; thlovcs and toughened scamps
for neatly two months because he confcjsod
mint : taken a pair of $5 pants from his em
ployers , who , Jte BAfR , owed him more than
, hal amount for wolk.
BLOOD TORTURES AND HUMORS II
HUMIIilATIKO Kiiipttou * . ItcUlna ; and llurn-
tni ; sliln torlui-o , ionthsomo t > ( ) ro . fmcl
> vcvy fcppclcs of Itclilnif , wsnly , pltittily , lnlior-
tcd , Bci-nfutuiiH niul runtiwluui illscusoa ut llio
ilooil , skin niul HiAlp , will ) loss of liitlr , IVum In-
'nm-y to old iiiro , nvi ) positively enroll by Cull-
; ur , tlie crcHt bkln euro , niul ( 'ullouru Sonp ,
m uxqulMto Kkln Di'iuillllor , oxti'mnlly , firm
; ulIourH UcEolvcal.tlio new liloocl piirilloi , in-
ernully.
\vrn sonus.
I have ticou nllllttoil rtnw lust .Mttrcli nitli a
, kln rtlFcnsu tlio ilocliirs call tc/onm. My luce
viie vuvcixxl with ton In nnd w > nniul I ho licit *
iigmnit liiirnliw wm-n nlnmst unbnM-iililu , Sou-
ntryour riittcnrn lti.'niodlo.i * n lilflilr i-i-coin.
ariulnl.coni-liulcnl t Klve Itumi ii trinl. IISIHK
hoCullouninniiutlcurii Soup oxtonmlly , ntnl
tbbolvvnt Intornully , tinTmtr innntli * . I cull
IIVM. ' ! ! ' cnrt'il , in Hfiitttude lur wl.lcli I niiiku
his nublio blntonieiil.
blntonieiil.MllS , Cf.AlIA A , r
Iti-oucl llrook , Conn.
( itacnin on tlio sciilp , I HOP ,
> nrs niul ncrlc , which ( liu ilriiiwlst , U'lirit < 1 | tul
otir remedies , proiuiiinnMl mil ) < > ! ' thn wnr t
uuodllint hud ennui uiulcr hU niiilcv. llund-
' luo to try yum- Cuil'iuitItinuMIc * . niul
tiler Hra ihiy.-j IIM , niy MJIII | | mid paitor in )
ncti wic entirely enriil , niul I lioxi | In Hiiolliir
rock tn Imvn my cam , nci.-Vt , uml Hmothrr tmrl
if lay I'aoo tin ol. HKaii.tN Hi.uir.
120 n Hlh Hi cot , Ko\r York.
ITCHING niHKASF-S CI.rnBD ,
Ctitlcura stuiidu nt the lcud of
; spcrlully 1 $ this tlio i-n orlili thn
! oap. ifuvc lind nu usuully K ' l ( ale this ouin-
ncr , owliip to the j > it > v lomo of a < i nt'vi-nvnioi ;
orm of llch IliKinuli Kinio loculllli'S lit thi.
oiuitry , in which thotiutlem-iiri'imullesi p
; uturm-tiiry. W. L
Uuloutuv.-n , Ky.
cirneuuA I
Vrosoldby nil driu lsts. 1'ilco : Ciilk-u-it : , r > 1
iciiU ; lUunlvc-iit. fl ; Eoap , 20 ccnlx. I'lvpnicd
iyttioVonT.it IIIL-O ANI > CIIIUHAI : , Co. . link-
on , MJF.I. Send for "ItO'V to Cirru &VJu b\ \ > -
. "
: SCS.
IPV thu Complexion nnd Skin \ > r
igiMj- the Cutlutirn S .nj. ,
i > thacaiuo <
of utviliifl | > Bliii nndvimV m < i < . i'oi-
nchlnif iidns und buck , Vtucy puns
fcoiuticn , clidst ualn ; , wonVncfS * : id
IllllfllnlllUtl'JII , the CilllbUr-.i Ar.t'-l'ylll
DAVIS' . & !
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ON F.AHTH ron cumxa
SPHAINS , lUlUlSlCS , RHKMATlSai
KKUHALUIA , TOOTH-ACHH.
JIUHNS , PHOST-1UTKS , &c.
Prices , 25c. , 60c. and $1,00 per BotUe ,
FOR SALE BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS
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DR. IMPEY ,
1E5O3
'rnctlco liiultcil to DlHunnes of tlio
YE , EAR. NOSE AND THROAT ,
llanfiea iltl il for nil formn of dofuctlvb
Viuiou. Artilicial Eyes
Do yon wnnt n pure , bloom
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anco of Jiont , futigito anil x-
citomRnt. Itinakosaladyof
TII1UTV appear but TWEN
TY ; anilso natural , gratlntv ! ,
and norfect are its oll'ecta.
that It Ls inipossiblo to dotoot
its appltKition ,