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by Franz Ijcpcl Ailverttsumcnts.
Tun pence of mind which runs ngainil
the snagof operatic mnuiignnient is lost.
Now that Hie senate luxs repealed the.
absurd tenure of olliuu act the house
should promptly follow suit. J'ublie
ollicus ought no longer to bo a private
trust.
Sivix : : tliousand miles of railroad luwu
boon built in the United Statcs'this year ,
or moro thiiu twice as many as wore built
in 1835. Almost as many have beun buill
on paper in Omaha.
STKWAIIT'S magnilicent art collection
in Now York is to bo sold "under the
hammer. " The other name of tlio ham
mer which has dismantled tlio Stewart
estate since the death ot tlio merchant
prince , 13 Henry T. Hilton.
JMit. MOUUILI. might combine with Sam
Kamlallin securing a tarrilY bill. Uoth
acorn to hold the same views ontlicneccs-
jiity of an increased amount of pap for
"stnigfclinc" but millionaire industrial
monopolists.
FKANCIIISUS urn worth something in
New York. The supreme court has de
nied the right of cable cars to the
Btropts of that city without special charters -
tors in each instance granted only after
value has boon received , Nebraska might
well follow the precedent.
CINCINNATI mirgeons have porformnd
what is called a "rare" surgical opera ,
lion. It consisted in taking out a section
of a man's backbone and the patient still
survives. Tlioro is nothing remarkable
about this. Wo have known politicians
to live a lifetime without any backbone
at all.
Mi : . Nuwco.Mr.u is as fresh as his name
would imply , lie pronounces himself
slronsly opposed to Vim \Vyck nnd ex
pects to bo elected to the spcakership by
a combination of republican stalwarts
with anti-Van Wyck democrats. Mr.
Newcomer's map is a pretty one but tlio
roads planned out do not lead to I ho
gpt'akur.sliip.
Tni : recommendation of the president
nnd hooretary of state , that a commission
bo appointed to take testimony in'relation
to thu losses und injuries snOcred by
American ilshermcn through the action
of the Hritish authorities , imperial and
colonial , has been responded to by the
introduction of a bill in the house , from
the committee on foreign alVairs , to create -
ate such a commission. It is undoubtedly
desirable that the facts shall bo oliehilly (
ascertained , and it ought to bo prac
ticable to do this without any great ex
penditure of time or money , as the num
ber of those who can present just claims
cannot bo largo and there will bo no dif-
( lenity in finding them. Hut after all
there is great probability tlmt the whole
matter will bo a farce , and a more or less
costly one , The way to a concession of
damages lies through an almost endless
labyrinth of diplomatic- controversy , and
it may be safely said that no one of l- ! ) ;
injured will live long enough to get a
cent , if the claims shall over bo allowed ,
which is extremely doubtful , Certainly
there will bo no chance of such a result
BO long as the Canadian oflic'als ' main
tain the independent nnd somewhat do-
ilaut attitude tlicy now uliow in threaten
ing to continue seizures regardless of Lho
opinions or demands of-tlda government ,
und without much reference to any view
uf colonial duiy'that may emanate from
London.
The National Opnrft Company.
The tronblos of tlio National Opera
company In Chicago are well worth com-
met.t. 1'rom her arrival in thai cily Mrs.
Thnrber , the projector and patroness of
tlie company , lias been beset by all the
potly devices and ubjpctcd to malicious
a atilLi which thn Insonttilj- jealous
rival" , Incompetent discharged cnmloyos ,
and a venal press could device. The pre
text for this scurvy treatment was fur-
iiNltod in a claim of McVickor for al
leged breach of contract on the part of
the American Opera company last
season. Manager MoViokcr literally at
tempted to disgrace Mrs. Thurber and
to drive her nnd her company out of
Chicago because they dared to play in a
larger house. Her funds in bank were
attached , and nearly every night an at-
tnmpt was made to prevent the perform
ance l > y tlio sheriff , in spitn of ample
bonds { jivon by the leading cilixens of
Chicago in more than treble the amount
that MoVieker claimed. T'ho columns
of tlio Chicago papers with one or two
honorable exceptions which McVlekor'fl
patronage did not affect , lecnied with re
ports of the financial failure and
complete disruption of the company. Of
course as soon us Mrs. Thnrber could
reneh her eastern bankers , money mat
ter' , were promptly straightened out.
The artistic anil complete carrying out
of the operaticprogramme gave the lie to
the charge that the company was dis
mantled. Hut , mueh damage was doubt
less done thro null the press , which retailed -
tailed fictitious troubles and false reports
throughout the country , with no other
object than to injure the organization.
The National Opera is an enterprise
which iiad its origin in tlio brain of a cul
tured , intellgont and woalthv lady , anx
ious to loiter and sustain musical art in
this country by furnishing not only
operatic performances of the highest
excellence , but a school in which
SlnircM could bo trained at home without
the dangers and espouse of an education
abroad. To the. enthusiasm of tt woman
Mrs. Thurber has added the unselfish
loveof art for art's sake alone in carry
ing out her far-reaching plans for Ameri
can opera. She has spent 5100,000 , of her
largo private fortune in organizing her
company , has ransucfu-d Europe for ma
terials to make the stage settings , cos
tumes and scenery of the operas histor
ically and artistically correct , anil has
given frocly of her time and money in
furthering the work. Theodore Thomas
is her right-hand man , a conductor who
lias done moro to foster a taste for the
best in instrumental music than
any other man in America. In
a year immense progress has
been made in replacing foreign singers
with American vocalists until now more
than a third of the entire company is na
tive born. Jn addition , the work of or
gani/ing auxiliary societies has gone on
until nearly every leading city in the
country has joined in the movement of
making tlio National Opera a permanent
educational institution. It is due to the
brave and generous woman who is sacri
ficing so muoh for the public that the
public should know the origin of the re
cent malicious attacks. Chicago lias
only been made the cat's-paw of cow
ardly rivals and jealous professionals in
New York who look with envious eyes
upon the success of the National Opera
under Mrs. Thurbor's patronajre.
Tlio Itooni in Here.
Omaha still grows. Kast year's suit
has been outgrown. Tlio city has
stretched itself out of its clothes far into
the suburbs and is vigorously calling for
moro room. Even winter's snows can
not clnck the advance. IHiildings are
going up in every direction and the arch
itects are perhaps tlio busiest of profes
sional men. As for the real estate deal
ers , it is only necessary to say that the
legion find new recruits daily , while bank
clearings and wholesale houses report a
steadily Increasing business. Property
is still rising. Its advance is duo to
the inexorable law of competition
among buyers based upon demands for
business and residence locations. A
growing population requires more room
and tlio transfers in the county clerk's
ollice toll the story. For many weeks
past the HIE : has boon gathering the sta
tistics of this city's growth , its progress
in building , its advance in business , it.s
developments as a financial nnd commer
cial center. In another week it will present
tlio results in a connected story. And a
remarkable narativo it wjll bo. Those
who road it will learn the solid
foundation upon which our
prosperity is based. They will
readily understand why merchants
are cheerful , labor contented , manufac
turers hopeful and real estate dealers and
property holders sanguine. 1/ncts / talk.
Correct figures do not lie , OmahaIs
growing and prospering because all the
elements of prosperity are hero. She
has the location , she is acquiring the pop
ulation , and the push and business are
coming as a matter of course. The boom
is here. Hut the boom of IBS ? is tu bo a
mirpriso to all hands ,
A Conrnrcnco of Ca'.tiollo
Announcement was made a few days
ago that Cardinal ( libbons had euni-
moued Archbishop Elder , of Cincinnati ,
to Baltimore , anil other movements on
thu part of those dignitaries of the
Catholic church led to the conclusion
that a conference of unusual importance
to the ohuroli is to bo hold. Quito
naturally this is assumed to have relation
to the matter for which the Hov. lr. Mo-
Glynn has boon summoned to Uomo , and
it is not unlikely that the conference has
boon directed by the Propaganda in
order to obtain an otllcinl statement of
the attitude and views of the church in
America regarding the question at issue
rnUud by tlio course of Dr. McGlynn.
Whether or not the information has
reached Home , it scorns to bo tlio fact
that the weight of Catholic ) sentiment in
this country is favorable to the oUendlng
priest , and them is little reason to doubt
that it will bo found EO in Ireland , In a
recent Interview Michael Davitt said that
while Or. McUlynn ought , both as a
priest and a reformer , to proceed to
Homo in obedience to the summon ? , ho
felt confident that he would achieve n
victory as complete ns that which tin )
archbishops of Cashel and Dublin have
already scored there against
English intrigue and mtarr-proien *
lation lie said further that
"Home.can no moro IIP guilty of the in
justice or stupidity of condemning the
advocates of thu doctrine tlmt Inure can
not In. justice or in reason be private
prope-rf.v In land , In tin ? sense in which
Mr. George opposes It. , than eho could
now venture to support the doctrine of
private property in human beings. " Mr.
Davitt concluded by saying that if Franco
nnd Italy had had fearless priests of the
people as Ireland has to-day , and lovers
of tlio poor and champions of the op
pressed like Dr. McGlynn , instead of
blind adherents of kings nnd too faithful
defenders of aristocracy , the Catholic
church would not bo in the sad position
she now occupies on the continent of
Europe.
It is evident that this isMto Is one of
already serious and increasing embar
rassment to the Catholic church , and It
is not unlikely that the church dignita
ries sco in it the danger of an alarming
crisis. It is comparatively a now dlfli-
cully , having Its origin in Ireland , but it
lias given the church n good deal of
trouble. Thus far the prelates in Ireland
who have espoused the popular side
on the land question , in opposition
to the policy of the church ,
have maintained their position.
While the cluirch has not acknowl
edged the propriety of their conrso
it has withheld any repressive or
disciplinary measures. \ \ ithotit surren
dering any part of its policy it ha.s simply
not enforced it. This it could do in the
case of Ireland without perhaps seriously
endangering it.s policy , since Ireland pre
sents a wholly anomalous nnd exceptional
case. Hut the.situation becomes very much
moro aggravated and the danger is greatly
increased when this policy is openly an
tagonize ! in the vast Catholic Held of
America. Here the Catholic church is
not only a great and growing force , both
in material and moral power , but what
ever prevails und is tolerated hero in con
nection with 11 has fAi-rcachlng influence.
It is probably the fact that the United
States is the greatest stronghold of Cath
olicism , not certainly in numerical
strength , but nearly if not finite so in
materi.il wealth , and immeasurably be
yond any oilier nation in tlm promise and
opportunities of growth and expansion.
It is also beyond any other the Hold in
which innovations and departures from
traditional principles and methods arc
constantly threatening and most likely
to occur. Hence the supreme impor
tance which the authorities of the church
must attach to every action of its repre
sentatives in America not strictly in line
with the tenets and policy of the church
regarding both temporal and spiritual af-
fnlrs. The embarrassing nature of the issue
that now confronts the Catholic church
can be understood when ono reflects upon
the hopelessness of any attempt to im
pose upon American Catholics all the
conditions which may be enforced in cer
tain countries of Europe , and yet to
abandon which in respect to this country
would bo to invite disaffection clcswhcro
and thus introduce a cause of discord and
disintegration. Those and other consid
erations which they suggest show that
the Catholic church has presented to it
an exceedingly knotty problem , its solu
tion of which will bo awaited with great
interest by the enliro religious world.
Administrative lOvils of the Tariff.
In his supplementary report on the col
lection of duties , sent to congress a few
days ago , the secretary of the treasury
points out clearly the defects and evils
otthc present administrative system , and
indicates strongly the urgent necessity
there is for its radical change. Making
due allowance for the fact that specific
duties is a hobby with Mr. Manning , it
certainly must bo granted that ho makes
a very convincing argument , chielly in
the presentation of facts showing the
dillicultiesthnt constantly arise , against
the mixed system of specific nnd ad
valorem duties , and in favor of reducing
the latter form of levying duties to the
narrowest limit. Inf the matter of in
voices the complaints of the inability , or
profoascd inability , of foreign manufac
turers and importers to understand the
requirements of the law are continual ,
and while the secretary says ho cannot
sympathize with the pretended dillicul-
tics of a shrewd business man who has
carefully read the text of the law , nnd be
lieves the plea of confusion is made in
many cases to excuse ) or extenuate viola
tions of the law , he expresses a doubt of
thij probability of making it certain that
each and every invoice will bo perfectly
legal and truthful so long as wo attempt
to levy ail valorem rales , and rates in
part ad valorem and in part specific , on
moro .than 4,000 different commodities
and classes of articles. The effect of the
misconstruction or intentional disregard
of the requirements of the invoice law
by foreign manufacturers and importers
is to tender the work of the appraisers
extremely dilllculr , while the false state
ments of value common with foreign
manufacturers result in losses to tlio
treasury whore snob statements are ac
cepted by the appraisers , or in litigation
where another anct higher valuation is
mado. The federal courts are now
crowded with suits brought by import
ers , which is another source of great an
noyance and cxponso to the government.
It is the duty of consular officers to ap
praise merchandise in foreign countries
destined for the United States , but Secre
tary Manning frankly confesses that he
appreciates the dilllculty of finding and
appointing , under our present scale of
salaries , ollicors who will discharge this
duty correctly , and ho properly says that
if It cannot bo well done it were bolter
not doiui ut nil , so far as the appraising
oiilccrs at our ports are concerned ,
The remedial recommendations made
by the secretary may bo such as tlio cir
cumstances require. Most of them are
incorporated in tlio Hewitt bill for sim
plifying the collection of duties and im
proving the administration of the cus
toms service. Hut tlio impressive fact
that stands out from those demonstrated
dlfliuultios and evils is that the com
plicated and cumbersome machinery of
our tariff system is badly in need of a
general overhauling and remodeling ,
with the primary object of cutting off tlio
parts that long ago ceased to bo necessary ,
nnd are n source of endless trouble ns
well as injustice ,
The Honiif t Question.
A good deal has been written , both
curiously ana by way of ridicule , of the
annoyance and Inconvenience of the tow
ering bonnet at places of amusement ,
but imperturbable und unyielding
fashion has kept its ground nnd threatens -
ens to continue to occupy it. There can
bo no question that the tall bonnet has its
merits , It is a boon to thojshort woman ,
and it adds to the imposing presence of
the wearer whoso altitude is above that
o ! the average of her sex. On the street
it may be n thing of beauty. Hut in the
theater , or in any olher place whore lapse
who ws so unfortunate as to get , bohiud
it must Und their entertainment in what
is going on in front of them , it ceases to
bo cither beautiful or interesting and be
comes an aggravating obstruction , an in-
conllvo to sinful reflection1) , an eyesore
nnd nn Irrttatinir nuisance. In the cast
the bonnet question lias become ? o seri
ous that theatrical managers have been
earnestly studying how to d".al with it so
ns tomtit once scvvo those who do not wear
bonnols nnd not oflond those who do ,
nnd it need not be said that it is a puz
zling problem. Tito manager o'f
the Lyceum tlicaor in Now
York has recently tried the
expedient of providing facilities for the
removal of ladies' bonnets , of course
leaving the matter ol doing so optional
with the wearers. Wo have no informn-
lion at hand as to how this plan has
worked , but we shall not bo surprised to
learn that it is a failure , or only partially
{ successful. It Is rather too much to ex
pect that n majority of women will make
so great a concession as to sacrifice their
bonnets at the theater. This is the one
thing in which a woman takes chief delight -
light , and Is most desirous to have seen
by the envious eyes of other women. Tea
a woman there is a power and glory in a
well regulated bonnet that no man can
understand. It is her crown , the emblem
of her taste , nnd the embodiment of her
vanity. In its construction she has con
centrated nil the energy of her judgment
and all the resources of her fancy. It is
the highest attainment of her intellectual
possibilities in the matter of personal
adornment. She feasts upon it in happy
admiration at home , nnd walks forth
with il inlo the world conscious of flic at
tention that it will attract to her. There
fore an invitation to women to voluntar
ily lay aside their bonnets at the 1 heater
is not likely to bo very * generally ac
cepted. A few may make the concession ,
bul Iho majority will- adhere to the
bonnet. Ilenco wo have little
faith in the Lyceum manager's plan.
Alter that , what ? Absolute proscription
of the high bonnet is of course out of
the question. No manager would dare
venture upon .such a courso. There is
really nothing thai can bo regarded as
certain to bring the desired relief until
this towering structure shall have run its
course and the liat of fashion replaces it
with some other less objectionable form.
Ever Confident DC
The ever sanguine Do Lossops has
written a magazine article in a French
periodical with the Panama canal as the
subject. The article is being extensively
copied in this country and is exciting a
good deal of unfavorable comment. The
great engineer of course sees few obsta
cles to the success of his enterprise. Ho
estimates the tonnage passing through
the canal at between ten and twelve mil
lion , or about 40 per cent , more business
than the Suez canal is doing at present.
This point is cloarlj debatable , even by
men not versed in the science of digging
canals. The Panama company is now
carrying about 515,000,000 annual
interest on its obligations , and if
it could do tlio business of the
Suez canal it would be able
to pull along. This heavy interest burden
due is to tlio ruinous discounts at which
the five great loans have been secured.
The liabilities of the companj' are now
about $237,000,000 , but the amount acln-
ally received is $180,000,000. If Hie money
in hand would meet the cost ot it * com
pletion , Count do Lessop's figures would
not cast so black a shadow , for the inter
est on the actual amount invested in this
enterprise would come much nearer the
earning capacity after the trade 1ms been
developed. Hut how can any man figure
so confidently upon profits when the
Greatest engineering obstacle to the canal
has not yet been mot ? Do Lossops himself
has said within a year that there would
be no need of a dam at Gumboil to regu
late tlio waters of the Charges river ,
which crosses the course of the canal , ami
yet in his magazine article ho says this
dam is to bo built.
A HKSOf.in'iox was introduced in the
senate on Friday and laid over providing
for tlio appointment of a select commit
tee of five senators to visit , during the re
cess of congress , the frontier and capital
of Mexico nnd investigate and report
upon any disturbances that may have oc
curred between the citizens of the two
countries. Hasn't there boon quite
onouirh special inquiry made In this di
rection to satisfy any urgency that may
bo assumed to exist ? Isn't the Scdgwick
experience , supplemented by the fall of
Manning , about all that the people ought
to bo expected to stand in a single year ?
Why expose five senators to a danger
which has blasted two reputations nnd
humiliated the country ? Seriously , why
cannot the proposed inquiry , if it is
deemed necessary , bo devolved upon the
accredited diplomatic representatives of
tlio government in Mexico , whoso duties
cannot be so onerous as to occupy all
their time ? It would seem to bo a most
proper and essential part of their busi
ness , and they could do the work with
very htllo additional expenditure to the
regular cost of the service. It looks like a
reduction upon the ability and trust
worthiness of these olllcials to appoint a
special commission. Possibly this is jus
tified , bul if so ( he remedy should bo
fouBd in putting men in the positions
who are competent and can bo trusted.
Commissions are a device which n prop
erly represented jotinlry can rarely re
quire. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > _
THE line likes enterprise and is always
glad to commend il wherever found. Mr.
Chase's Clr.-lstmas Ktcclxiorla most cred
itable to the taste of its proprietor and to
thu city to which it devotes so much of its
space. The illustrations of buildings
erected nnd to bu erected are notably
excellent , and Iho largo amount of , inter
esting original matter is set off in a broad
frame of advertising which bespeaks
tlio intelligence of thp Kxcclior\i adver
tising patrons. Mr. ( y'ljasu is to bo congratulated -
gratulated upon the Jiiccoss of his Christ
mas edition. It is an excellent number
of an excellent publication ,
One New Vork correspondent notes
that Jay ( Jould has rented a pew in the
Presbyterian cliurch , Having invested
in everything else , Mr. ( Jould is now
"taking stock" in religion. Hut why did
ho select the Presbyterian denomination ?
Mr. Gould's natural inclination should
have led him to turn towards the Bap
tists , There is moro water in Iho doc
trines of Ihal excellent church organisa
tion.
FICOM the repealed calls to the council
'
artillerymen. lo "firo'1 Cuinmihgs it looks
as. if the marshal must by priuiodand
loaded.
POMTICAIi rOl.VTS.
The election of Senator Hearst of Call-
forulfi , Is considered reasonably certain.
Vennsvlvanla Is the only stale which con
tinues to elect a concressman at lar e.
Thurniali and Hill is the legend for 1SSS at
the editorial head of the St. Jnsciih ( Mo. )
Gazette ,
Charles 8. Wolfp , ot I'cnn jlv.uila. Is In
the Held for the prohibition nomination for
president.
John 0. Xew says the Indiana senatorial
contest will losult In a deadlock unless llai <
rlson is elected.
Senator S.ibln sayslllaluo Is the only presi
dential candidate mentioned among Min
nesota icpubllcans ,
Casslus M. Clay is so confident Hint Ken
tucky Is t'olnij over to Iho republicans that
ho wants the nomination for governor.
Senator IJIalr of New Hamrislilto calls
himself the champion crank of his paily ,
and some people think he is about right.
Govcinor Algcr , of Michigan , declares that
ho has absolutely prohibited the use of his
name as a candidate for Sejiator Conner's
seat.
seat.The
The late t'oniricssiuan ' Pilco was elected by
18,000 , plurality , so that lilt death will prob
ably not chance the complexion of the Wis
consin dele/ration. /
Timothy Tnrsony , who is to succend llos-
wcll ( .3. llorr , of Michigan , In congress , ha
native of America , but has both the biegtie
and wit of Ids Irish ancestry.
Senator Hearst , of California , is proprietor
ol the San Francisco Kxaiulncr , but Is said
to have notliim ; to do uith the paper except
to draw Ids check each month to make good
Its losses.
Senator Iilair , ol Xow Jlanmshho , Is said
to have the vlre-presldentlal bee bn/.7.lnK In
his bonnet. He thinks that n ticket hcarlm ;
the names of l.o.-au and Hlnlr would be ex-
eeptionably stronp.
.Jolin ( , 'oiint'ss , who icriieseiited the slate
of California for .six years In the United
States senate' , was recently misucccssftd la
his elforts to become an "Aldeiman of his
native village" of Jlo ton.
Kate Field must have some scheme upon
which she wishes to socuio favorable con
gressional action. It Is mentioned that her
occasional dinner parties at the Arlington
hotel In Wasldncton are the delight of the
exclusive circle whom that brilliant woman
honors with invitations ,
Wclborn Hray is a member of the Georgia
Icgl&latuiu , and iccciitly made a speech be
fore a committee , oC which one number said :
"If this speech continues it will convert the
world. " Another member afterward said :
"It simply paralyzed the committee1 Mr.
liray appeals , to have been rightly named.
Senator E varts confe ses to n friend liU
weariness of public distinction. It might be
mentioned in this connection that , when he
gets upon his feet to make a speech there is
no man In the country who has pieater ca
pacity to make bis hearers tiiccl Hum the
junior senator fioia New Voik ,
Congressman Singleton , of Mississippi ,
chairman of the house committee on the 11-
brarv , has appointed Jllss Mary Johnston as
clerk of his comiiiitlce.o Miss Johnston is the
lirst woman to receive an appointment to
any ollico under COUUTOSS , and Is happy in
knowing that she will oc paid at the rate of
50 per day.
District Attorney 15cntonwho , has recently
douo so much to agcravatu the president's
iheumatisiii , i.s a grand nephew oC Thomas
11. Honton. Ho is thirty-live , coed-looking ,
and n machine politician ot the most pro
nounced type. Ho euleitains a very exalted
opinion ot himself , and thinks his great
uncle's overcoat would not contain sufficient
material to make him a vest.
UNT IM3USONS.
Miss * Winnie Davis will visit fi lends in
Philadelphia this month.
Mrs. Kll/aboth Ouster , widow of ( ieneial
Cuslcr , is about to write another book.
Lady Randolph Churchill is a clover pian
ist , and often plays at charity concerts.
Joe Howard , the voluminous newspaper
\vrilor , is Icctui Ing hi the east on "Cranks. "
Henry Stanley wears an old brown Deiby
hat and an old tashloned linen collar , and Is
generally careless in his dress.
Miss Uoso Cleveland's so-called "poeai"
lias tended to widen the crlof at her failure
In the work which would have kept Lor em
ployed in the field of prose.
Joseph Wiener has presented to Now York
city a bust of Washington IrvhiR modeled
by the sculptor 13eor. Wiciipp and IJeor
ought to bo able to get up an eminently satis
factory bust.
Miss Catharine Wolfe , noted for her enor
mous fortune and boundless charities , Is very
111 at her residence in New Yon : , and all
hopes of her recovery are abandoned. She
is sixty yeais old and has been an Invalid
two years.
Itoscoo Conklini ; generally rides on the
tear platform of a sticet car because bit is
fond of conversing with the conductor. lie
has lately developed a great liking for Jluf-
falo Hill , and the two are scon together near
ly every night.
Emma Abbott says shn once met Uuida , tlio
famous novelist , and describes her as "a big ,
bold , voluptuous looking woman , with the
blackest eyes and hair and a vciy high color ,
just such a person as might bo .supposed to bo
Inspired with the sentiment embodied in her
novels' "
Archer , the jockey , dlc-d worth S500.000.
He might have married the Diichog ! > of Montrose -
rose if ho was content with tough years with
the title. He was the chum of noble lords ,
and commoners of high degree sought the
recognition of the pilnca of the pigskin , and
looked louiid them In paidonablo pride wltcn
ho gave thum a noil.
it must boa very delightful thing ; to bo n
ically famous man. One morning recently
Vt m. F. Cody , better known pcihaps as
"Duiralu 1)111 ) , " was entertained at breakfast
by David Yuengllm ; , of Now York , Ainonir
the guests were the MnrciuU do Mores , the
JJaron do Solhero , Colonel Itobert C. Inger-
soil , Admiral Hciberan of thn French navy ,
Iloscoo Conklini ; , Colonel Tom Octultico ,
Amos Ciimmings , Lawrence Jerome , John
Jliissell Young anil Steele Mackuye.
Motto for Kris
.Vitrnn 7V
Motto fur Santa Clans : "Know all men by
these pros onts. "
A 3IihSiriHlini | Library.
I'reu.
The average Mississippi lloiary consists of
a stoiui Jus , two packs of cards and a volume
of Hoylc. _
The 1'rc'nldnutiul ( Jour.
The gout in the pieshtentV legs is not tlio
only Indication that ho will never make another -
other great run.
A I.oiiir 1'lmo liotwccn Drinks.
It is Indeed a long time between drinks in
the prohibition south , and the stern enforce
ment of temperance laws of unheard of EO-
verity lends a mournful pathos to that cheery
observation once nmdo by the genial governor
of South Carolina to the no less gonlal
governor of North Carolina.
AH a Oeteotlve.
.St. fMUti aiibc-Deitvxr < ni ,
The president's civil service reform policy
continues to svtvo a good pmpa ein the de
tection ot criminals. A man who ab-
from iticlne , U'is. , live years ego
under a charge of tlicft , has just been tound
by reason of hU nrpy'.u'i'i ' nt M v > 3t nnsbr
In Dakota ,
Bctlri- Mall iu > vriVnutcil. .
Tiiiwne.
Someday when ITnrloSnm l n'l rnsheil wo
ht ) io ho will melt over his old nmll bosna and
cnsl some ne\\ ones blR enough lo stick a
paper into.
Is" nnd "Air.
Mr. Cleveland says "the United Stales
aro. " The American people sacrificed
SW.OOO gallAiil lives lo piovc Hint the United
Stales is.
Isn't on UM '
Clitf < WTrtti iit ,
Whether Judpo Ciieshnm has a pioM-
dcntlnl boo In Ids bonnet or not he Isn't on
Iho payroll of any "bee lino" in Hie Jay
liould system.
May Co In the OppoMte Direction ,
Chicago Trf.'mnc ,
Coal Is to go up hlphor. The only consolation
lation the consumer has Is the reflection that
some lime the coal ilng will bo doomed to go
In nn opposite direction.
A Cutting Koumi'k.
Mr. Cutting s ays that bo Is backed In Ids
Mexican scheme by Chicago capital amount-
IUK tu Sls.OOO.UOO. Mexico , it will bo remem
bered , throw Mr. Cutting into jail for lying.
The lii/liii'wc / ol'mi Alilurmnn.
fffw Orlcatit Picayune.
There Is nothing quite so cheap ns the Influence -
fluenco ot nn nldorman excepting only the
alderman' * feelings after ho has sold his In-
tluoncc.
Kvcrytlifiif : U.xccpl Olvll Service.
Another discovery ol diamonds has boon
made in Ken tucM'i near I'adituah. Almost
everything Is discovery in Kentucky except
civil sen Ice refonn.
Salary.
Senator Jones , of rioildn , keeps aviay from
the national eapltol , and thereby comes
ncaier eamlnghis salary than the a\ciaje ;
deniociallc senator.
A Ulovv ; it the Iiciilslutlil'C.
The icpott that the Pennsylvania railroad
companies are about to abolish free passes
makes it doubtful whether there will be any
session ot the legislature this winter.
An Order for a Until.
The queen has hestowed the Order of the
liath on Prince Alexawler , late of Itulgarla.
She oiicld to give him two order ? , for u bath
If ho is like most othls folks.
Ignoring the Territories.
finluth Kru-i.
IHho western teiiitoiics. had been a tor-
eign state , or owned by n foieign country ,
they would have calned soinu iccognltlou by
the president in his message. As it was ho
I pen Died tlieiu entirely , except to condemn
the hoodlums who mobbed the Chlnoso ,
AVcll-Kiiowii I'roplc.
.rtlfdntii Coiutltutlmt.
Under the head of "Well-Known People , "
a Pittsbunr paper has a pniiigrnph on General
Stambcmloir. Tlio general may bo a very well-
known person , but he is neither ns well nor
as favorably known as Colonel Standomolf ,
ot tlio United States of America.
lUonkeylni : WHli the Kitzz Saw.
It was the "Iniz/incr of the presidential
bco , " was it , Mr. Gould' . ' Fiom the way you
jumped theio were tho.-c who thought it
might be the bnzzlne of a circular aw mov
ing at the late ot W3.000 revolutions a minute.
Old School Monies.
It. II" , Mc.Ut > t f ,
What plea Mini inctnoiies cluster louiid these
volumes old und worn ,
With covers smlrciied , and bindings eieascd ,
and paces thumbed and loin 1
The.se are the books we used lo con , I and
poor bi other Will ,
When we were boys together in the school
bouse on the hill.
Well liccall the nlglfts at home , when sldo
bv side wo sat
IJcilde the tire , and o'er these books indulged
in vchNpeicd chat ,
And how , when lather chided us for idling
time away ,
Our eyes boat to the task as though they'd
never been aftiay.
The old-time piovuibs scilbbled here , Iho cau n
tion to beware ,
( "Steal not this book , my honest liiend" )
scrawled roughly heie and there ,
The blurs , the blots , the luncheon spots , the
the numberless dog's eats ,
The faded names , the pictuics , and , alasl the
stains of teais ,
All taUo me back In mind to the days when
cloudless was the sky ,
TVhon grief was so short-lived 1 smiled before
my tears weiediy ;
When , next to father's angry fiown , I feared
the awful nod
That doomed me , trembling , to advance and
humbly lUs the rod.
How bright those days I Our little cares , our
momentary fears ,
And e'en our pains , evanished with a burst
of sobs and tears ,
And every joy seemed great enough to bal
ance all our woo ;
What pity that when griefs are real they
can't be balanced so !
The school house stands In iidns now , the
boys have scattered wide ,
Afewaie old and gray llko me , but ncaily
all havodh'd ;
And biothei Will is ono of these ; Ills cmly
head was laid
Down by tlio bioolr , at fathei's side , beneath
thu willow's shade.
These books , so quaint and rnieer to you , tome
mo aio living things ;
Each tells a stoiy of tlio past , and each a
message brings.
Whene'er 1 alt , at eventide , and turn their
pages oVr ,
They seemed to speak In tones that thilllcd
my heait In d.iysof yoic.
The schoolboy of to-dav would lait'h : and
throw those old books by ,
Hut , tldnk you , neighbor , could his hcait
consent If ho wont 1 V
SUNDAY
'Wnn.i : in New York the other day , " said
Mr. 1C. lio-'Owatcr , " 1 called upon lleniy M.
Stanley , at the Kvcrett house , wheio the
Aliican cxploicr make s his headquartcis. I of
was Intimately acquainted with .St.mloy
when lie ll\ed In Omnh.i about nineteen
is
years ago , but had not met him since he hud 0
become famous. I expected to see a man
matured In years , with n lace btonzed by ( ho
tioplcal .sun , nnd hnlrund moustache tinned
while , as ho had fopen time and again plct- 1
iiH'd , I was much but prised to
lind Stanley but veiy slightly changed
In appearance ns 1 rcmcmbeied in
him ' back in IMiT , He was somewhat stouter
and l his face 111010 florid. On close inspec
tion I found tlmt ho had dyed his hair and o
moustache Jot black , which lejuvcnatccl him o
In nppcaiance. At first Stanley did Hot ieo- .0
ognUo mo nnd was disposed to bo inther
surly and Ill-tempered. He seemed to iclnln
n icEentmcnl ngalnst Omaha because the
papers did not stand up lor him when lii *
discovery of Llvlugbtoiio was questioned. Hit
thought Omaha ought to have stood
up for nn Omalm man who { ay ;
had distinguished himself abroad.
' J reached Paris , ' said Stanley , 'from my
travels In Africa , with clothes worn end lat-
tercel , nnd 1 had hardly got a new suit bofoiu
a telegram trom London announced Hud my
failure to nt once communicate with thu
tieographlcai society brought Sir Henry '
Itawllnson out with n caustic ; declaration
that Livingstone had found Stanley , lucteuil r.i
of Stanley having found Livingstone. ThU jut
uns taken up by your Amt'iicail pie , nnd 1 XI
was branded as nn Importer In bpltn M the of
Icicl that 1 find brought with mo LIviiiKstone's io
Hti
and oUter discoveries. '
Journals tiroofs ot my join J :
* * and
'Warnrinj up .m hci went aloujr1 ' con 5C
tinned Sir. Koscnatcr , "Stanley seemed lo
forget his resentment towards Omaha , and In
quired with much Intercsl about the town , Its
ciltr.cn1 > , nnd Ids toimcrnsFocirttcs.allo was
particularly anxious to know abe t Charley
iSrown , before whom ns mayor mid pollco
Judge the case of Llltlo Mno ngnlnst Stanley
was tried , He also asked about Llltlo Mac
hlnijolfi amluns rpdto surprised to learn
Hint McDonnuh was dead , 'llownbout Annla
Ward ? ' Inquired Stanley , 1 replied that she ,
too , was dead , and this nho surprised him ,
Ho also made Inquiry about flonernl ICsta
brook , for whom ho had retained a warm
spot In his heart , and Dr. Miller , ISfnjor
Halcombe. Hen DelJar , Jean Clara Walter ,
Colonel Lltchllcld and others \\lio weio
prominent In Omaha In those days.
* *
"Tmnitiff to Hie dlcmslon of feudal
Africa , its climate , and Its possibilities for
Irade , Stanley np | > cnrotl less enthusiastic
than somcof the icpoitetsholntcnlocd
him ' would have the people belle\o. Continl
Africa , Stanley says , Is nn excellent country
for barter , and has ( jro.it possibilities for
traders , but n * to it bulugt cnpnbln of nenna-
nent settlement by Kuropeans he has his
doubts , lie shies , however , tlmt there aic
tlueerones in the higher portions of tlio In-
Iciior , with clhuatV4 couespondlnij totho ; al
titude , whctc residence is not only possible-
but practicable. Along the gicnt lakes nnd
mm Mies ot the Interior and alone the low-
hinds of the mlghly Congo , whoso mmieo ho
discovered , the lualaila I.s so all-pervading
that n pcimaiieiit Ihiropean population theiu
would be out of the question.
*
"ManIcy Is under contract to Major I'ond
to deliver llfty leetutos In thN country , and
Major ; I'ond acreed to bring him to Omnlm. I
assured Stanley that he would u-celvo a rojal
reception , nnd that any doubts enteitalned
ofhh discovery of Livingstone by our people
who siioply Kncwhini twodoe.ideiago ns u
reporter , had Ions ; since been dispelled by hi- *
plucky achievements. "
"Tnn nppoaiance of the Abbott oper.i
lioupo In Omaha dming the past week , " ie-
niniked nn old newspaper man , "liiinics to
mind the death of Ked Scgulu In 137V , in
Itochoslcr , wheie 1 was then at vtorlr. Sejculn ,
who was a line looking fellow , nnd very pop
ular , was a member of Hie tioupo. Upon ar-
rivinu' In Itochester he complained of reeling
III and the consequence was that ho did hoi
sing that night. AI two o'clock m tlm morn
ing his wltc heard him groan , nnd upon In-
vesfigation found that ho was ilyhnr beside
her In bed. In n few moments ho wa-t dead.
Mrs. Scsiiln aroused the hotel' folks and thu
mcmbersofthotioupe , who assembled in tlm
room to lender to MIA. Segnln nil the assist
ance and comfort In ( heir power. The oily
physician was railed and ho pionounced tlm
cause ol the death as heait disease1
*
*
Mrs , Sesuln continued with Hie Abbnit
troupe ( i tor some time. She umirlcd acnin
her i ) ( second hii'-band bciiigayouni ; man fiom
Indianapolis ] , who induced hor-tu leave thu
troupe , notwithstanding Iiorunoxpitcdcon-
tiact. She did this in hopes of getting butter
Icnns from some other company. In this ,
however j , , she was prevented. Shonttompted
to sing for a cliaiitnblo cnlertnlnmenl In In-
dlnnnpolis , and the management of. thu
Abbott tiotipe notified her tlial she could not
legally sltur. Her ii'ply was that ns shit
charged nothlngfor hersei\Icci'she ceitalnl )
could sinu. But Ineie was nn ndniisslon
charged nt the door , nud thoioupoii Wethoiell
ifcl'ratt , piopiietois ol the Abbott tioupe ,
got out an injunction restraining her from
slngiiiguntll the c.vplintlon of her contract
with them. Thus did a singing binl have
her mouth closed tor eighteen months. AH
she did not oiler to return to the Abbott
troupe and slug she lost all this vnlunblo
time.
*
i
An attempt vni ; lecently made by a thai
manager toget 1'iucltc away fiom tlioAbbolt
company by the olfor of n larger salary , but
when 1'niPlte w'As given to undeistaud Hint
ho would bo sciveil In the same way at ) Sirs.
Soguln had been , he concluded fo lot well
eunuch alone and remain with Abuott. "You
can't make a singer .sing , but If ho doesn't
sing you don't have to pay him , " said Mr.
Wetliercll. "but , under certain circum
stances , you can prevent him from singing. ' '
' '
* *
It is said that Eugmio Wcthcicll , husband
of J'Jinna Abbott , Is the lichest man con
nected with the American stage. That hi ; Is
slnewd business man is a fact conceded by
every one who knows anything about him.
Ho has made n gieat deal ot monfly In real
estate In Kansis City , St. Paul and Minne
apolis , and ho has made some big strikes In
stocks , especially Lackawauim , Ho is a
close observer of the maikets and studies the
icports each day. It Is said that he Is actually
woith over two million doll.irs. Wetherol !
was formerly a di uginst hi Ohio.
"How did you get the title ot 'colonel'.1' "
asked an army odlcor of ids fi lend. Colonel
K. 1) . Webster , as they weio swapping torn-
inlpocncos m the lotuiida ot the Mlllurd
iiotel the other evening. "I got that title
through William Jl.Sowml"iepllc'dColonel ;
Webster. "I wn appointed colonel dining
the war. and I must tell yon about it. For
some time previous to the acquisition of this
title 1 had been privnlo secretary lor Mr.
Soward. Keeling ihat the salary allowed by
the government was hardly sullldent com
pensation for my sei vices , I applied for an
ippolntment ns colonel In the icxuhir nrmy ,
together with an nsglxnment lor duly nt
the ollice ol the secretary of war. It
was believed that my knowlcdso nt
men and my Pcqunlnlani'i ; with
with olllclah nt Watlilnffton would be vain-
iblotfiMr. Stnutnn , and while I hnd no
inowledgo of military nflair.s 1 thought 1
would bo as web titled for oflieu wotk us
luiny of the ofllrorsvilio were then wearing
shoulder-straps on duty wllh the soft-service
Jilgndo In Wi-hIniUoii ; , My nomination ,
lowover , never icnclied the tcnate. 1 u-
maincd Just two WCCH ! : in Stallion's ollico. Jt
was a tliiie ol f-torm and htioss \Vnsliing- \ -
on. The union was In the tlnoes of lobej-
Ion , and the scciotniv was piub.dily the
most hnmpcicd and moit be.u-t man outbldo
the picahlciit at the national rnpllal. .Nut-
urully niiognnt and hascibli * , but honesl
the day was lonu' , and loyal
Ins licnit's coie , KiUrln M ,
Stauton l.flcMiiiit the aiitorint of
minerals. When hoitu'fd tlm violence of
ils language was positively awful. Although
never happened to experience it inytcll dm-
ug the sboit time I was with him , 1 bt'cnmo
convinced that If I icmalncd theio would bit
outburst which I would piobably losenl ,
Onuday allot hearliiK a volley of piofnnlly
iinled rtt ( iciimnl Hitchcock , I walked over
tlm ollico of Inn seciclary o ! itaio nnd said
Mr. Scwnid : 'J Minll bo ghul to ittuiu
my old position. 1 know that If Mi. Stun-
on talks to mo ns ho did to ( icncral Hitch-
ock 1 shall probably slap him In thu face ,
imltlicn I am likely to bo shot betoio sundown -
down , or Bcntoir to command airglmuiit ,
which will be equally dlsdgiioablo. us lain
uitiicly ignorant ot military tactioi. ' So
commission was never made out , nnd I
t'ltunod to Suwnrd'b oflicu. "
Uulgariun All/lira.
I'Aiirs , Dee. 18. The Joiunul dps Debuts
mbllshesadlsjmtih from Jieillu stating that
iermany , Franco , Itusbla and Tinker are In
ompleto accord on tlio Bulgarian question.
I'hu dispatch adiN that Turkey Is to continue
laving the Initiative In advancing pioposaU
respecting IlulKUth , and that thn oilier pow-
. named Hro to accept tlm proposaliimimdo ,
does not say whether or not there la to
a iiH'v/ous / understanding as to tlm nature
what vull I" ) woposod. In addition Uilliu
loix'KGilnu HID Dubats' tch ; ( , ' > ani contains thu
xtatiwicsiit tliat"jnmi ( ny udvl.ie.J Auvtiln lo
in Mii | | > ortipK tlio Turkish niopcmlK
relused toiMiarauten her against the consequences -
sequences Of a ijouble-dballng uollcy. , ,