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T.HE OMAHA "DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , FEBRUARY 20. ISSTr-TWELVE PAGES. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TEUMS or stnisontirio * ! Dnlly ( Mornlnjr Edition ) Including Sunday BEK , Ono Year . < . $10 01 ForBltMonth < . . . 4 . 510 For Thrro Months . . . 260 The Omftbn Sunday DUE , mailed to nny address , Ono Yonr. , . . . , . , . 200 OMAHA Ornrr , No. PH AVP nil FAnvAM STnicrr. vonic OI-MCE , HOOM , TwniT.su utni.iiiNn. omrr , No. & All communications relntliiff to news nndedf- tonal nmttor iliuulil bo luMrussod to tliu Hut- TOII or TIII ; IUK. BUSINESS Lr.rrr.nst All Tmslnovi letter * ruxl remittances should bo llflremod to TlIK IJKK I'UIIUSIIINO COMPANY. OMAHA. Drnfts , cliockx nml potoflk-o orders to bo maclo payublo to the ord r of tlio compuuy. TIE BEE POBLISmiiFcSpm , PROPRIETORS , IS. KOSBWATEll. Enuon. THE n/VlIiY BEK. Sworn Statement or Circulation. Slntoof Nebraska , _ County of Douglas.s ( > 8- (5co , U. Tzschuck , secretary of The Uco Publ'MiIng company , does solemnly swear that the actual circulation of the Dally lleo I tor the week ending Feb. 18th , 1887 , wus ns Saturday. Feb. 12. 1-UOO Sunday. Feb. 13 11.000 Monday , Feb. 14 11,74. . ! Tuesday , Feb. 15. 14.125 1 i Wednesday , Feb. 10 14,075 Thursday , Fob. 17 14,12r. Friday , Feb. 18 14.085 1 ' Average 14.20S OKO. U. T/SCIIUCK. Subscribed In niv presence nnd sworn to be- foromuihlslUth day of February A. D.,18S7. N. P. FKII. . ISEALI Notary Public. Geo. 1J. Tzschuck , being Iirst duly sworn , dcpo'cs and says that ho Is secretary of The Uco Publishing company , that the actual nv- eraeo daily circulation of the Dally Uco for the month of Fi.-bniary.1880 , was 10,603 copies ; for March , IBbfl , 11,537 copies ; for April. 1880 , 12,101 copies : lor for May , 1SSC. 12,439 copies ; for Juno. IBM ) , 12,21)8 ) copies ; for July , 18M , 12,314 copies ; for AUcust , 1880 , 12,404 copiesfor ; September. 16EG , 13.0UO copies ; for October. 1880,12,039 copies ; for November , 1880 , 1S.W8 copies ; for December , ISbO , 13,237 copies for January , 1887.10,200 copies. QKO. U. TZSCHUCK. Snbpcrlbcdnnd sworn to before mo this 8th day of February A. 1) . 18S7. ( SEAL.I N. P. FKIL. Notary Public , $ ' Contents ol' the Sunday Dec. | Pace 1. New Vork Herald Cablegrams Specials to the Ilm : . General.Telegraphic News. Pa-o2. Telegraphic JSows. City News. Miscellany. Pngo 3. Special Advertisements , 1'age 4. Edltoilals.-Polltlcal Points. Sunday ( Jossip. 1'ngofi. Lincoln News. Advertisements. PngoO. Council Blull'a News. Mihcellany. Advertisements. Pagxj7. Social Events In Omaha. General and local markets. Page 8. City News. Advertisements. Page 0. Super-Struck Students , by Franz Sepcl. Hunted Ten Thousand Miles. Clear Away the Chestnuts , by Perry S. Heath. Coal for Coming Ages. Wheeling Over the World.-Llfo In Wild Siberia. Pane 10. Pleasure Producing Pens. For the Fair and Favored. "Dot and Dash" De partment Advertisements. Pniro 11. Drmrs Make the Drunkard , a Paris Letter. English Lobby Expoits , by Bohemian. Connubialltlcs. Educational. Musical nnd Dramatic. Impieties. Honey for the Ladles. Religious. Advertisements. Page 12. Society's Fair "Sluggpis. " by Clara Hollo. Uadeau Writes on J. Wilkes Uooth. Where Hiiin Stalks Abroad , an In teresting Letter from Ireland by Jingo. Ad vertisements. Cnuiton HOWE is now engaged in de fending his position. Why wouldn't the Numnha statesman make an excellent const defense ? A VOUNO lady was taken to n convonl In Now ITork on Monday , nml Tuesday committed suicide. She evidently wanted nun of it in hcr'n. A JIAHKET report contains the an- uouuccment that "live hogs arc still ad vancing. " Was it to bo expected that dead hogs would advance V 'THE word 'US' is said not to occur at nil in the King James translation of the blblo and but three or four times in Shakespeare. " It's very likely. A NEW picture has just been pninbjd entitled the "Conflict of Conscience. " It Is useless to say that the plot was not se cured by a gallery god of the present leg islature. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A LINCOLN man lias recently written a drama entitled : ' 'Whore Will the End Bet" It is presumed that the audience will hope it will occur at the cloao of the iirst scene. TUB prohibitionists of Now York are talking of running ttarnum for presi dent instead of St John. Jf they do , this will be one of the times that the veteran humbugnor will now liavo the greatest show on earth. Piior. BAKNAiii ) has discovered another comet. It is in the right ascension , G hours , 4 minutes , and 10 seconds , and declination south 10 degrees ami 10 min utes. It is moving rapidly northwest , and as Mr , Wllli.v.n Nye would say , "has its tail over the dash board. " IN" vetoing the bill appropriating § 10,000 , for the distribution of seeds in the counties of Texas that suiTored from drought , President Cleveland looked a long distance ahead , lie had an idea the sotuls would not grow , and disliked to put the Texan ranger to the trouble ol sowing when there would bo no chr.ncc to reap. AT last wo have it. Edison , it is olalmnil , has invented a machine or con trivance called the miragophone. The description of the wonderlul invention relates the fact that "by placing the miragepliono on the end of a telegraph polo in St * . Louis , fixing the correspond ing instrument at this end , you have a picture of what is going on there. " A tuiragnphono placed in tint I ) , & M. oil rooms at Lincoln would reveal sights well worth the price of admission. TIIK public have some rights whlcl theatrical managers should respect , Oiu of these is the right of purchasing their tickets for cntortainmonU directly from the management. Another is the right to trust in the honesty of advance agents iu their announcements that ticket spec ulators will not bo fostered by wholesale advance sales of tickets Thorn was a great dual of well-grounded indignation wul complaint at the sale of 1'atti tickets yesterday over the action of the bo > olllco lu selling ns many ns thirty ticket * to single individuals after the pledge that not more than ten should be sold tc any one person , As a consequence ol tliis unwarranted change of front , scores of citizens were forced to' accept inferior * \ floats when their positions iu the lint fl f under iho rule first announced would have assured them advantageous locations , riicoti3 no good , reason why faitl ihouHd hnvo been brbl en .with'the line I y laiioiit waiters. Tlio Ifeil Itock Foundrxtlon. Inducements to a permanent popula tion form the boil rock foundation upon which any city can build up a lusting boom. Merc swapping 6f town lots can never do it. Keal estate excitement , un less based on something moro than spec ulation , can never do it. Hlow and brag will not materially in the end affect the actual condition of nflalrs. Public im provements which stimulated in turn pri vate enterprise , lifted Omaha six years ago out of the slough of slow advance into tlio line of rapid progress. New fac tories were established , old ones enlarged. The city from a collection of streoli * which wore half tlio year mirn and the other half dust put on metropolitan airs With thu ad vent of pavements anil water works , sewerage and extended grades , came an Inrush of population from the east and from neighboring states , with a liberal number of Nebraska capitalists attracted by the advantages of life in a handsome and growing city. Our whole sale trade caught thu infection and pushed out its fingers into new trade ter ritory. Labor found employment and employed labor gave work and business to-thu retailors. Then came n natural demand for moro room for residences and a competition for business locations. The rise in real estate followed , and the advance has been steady and continuous ever since. Is it to continue ? The .same causes which created the boom must sustain it. In their absence prices will fall. If manufactures are stimulated , public works prosecuted , mechanics and laborers civen steady employment and our permanent population increased in the same proportion as in the putt , Omaha's prosperity will bo found to have scarcely begun. An attractive city will draw capital for investment. A busy city will add to a laboring and industrial population whoso wages are diverted month by month into a hundred channels of distribution. Herein lies the urgent need of a comprehensive and clastic sys tem of municipal government adequate to present requirements und adapted to those which are certain to arise iu the near future. On tlio character of the charter given us by the present legisla ture depends more of the welfare of Omaha than its members Imagine. Concerning Fort Onialin. Nothing lias been done by congress at the present session in tlio interests efFort Fort Omaha and nothing is likely to be done. The bill of Senator Mandcrsou proposing ttic abandonment of thu post and the removal bag and baggage to another location , failed to meet with the approval of tlio house military commit tee , ( tenural Bragg , General Stccle , and others who knew the location of Fort Omaha , its beautiful site and its eminent adaptibility to the purpose for which it was founded , declined * o recom mend that it should be put on wheels. They were willing to urge liberal appropriations for its rebuilding where it stood. They were not willing that the government should lo.so one of the handsomest sites for a military post in the Missouri valley. There is where the matter now stands. The IJui ; has the best of authority for declaring that an entire regiment of in fantry can be comfortably quartered on the present reservation at Fort Omaha if Nebraska , through her delegation , will secure tlio necessary appropriation for that purpose. No moro ground is needed. More could bo used it owned by the government but the land already iu possession of the war depart ment will give ample elbow room if eco nomically disposed of. The question of a rille range is already settled. Thu building of the Belt line has simplitici ! the problem of transportation. There is only one lack now and tliat is of funds , Prompt efforts should bo inaugurated ta secure them. In the meantime the troops now quart ered in the old buildings should be made comfortable. There is urgent need of n liberal allowance for repairs until con gress can bo made to sec the importance of rebuilding Fort Omaha with solid brick and stonu Into n permanent and substan tial garrison such as General Sherman in tended when ho named it as one of the twenty-five most Important military posts in thu country. How the Nations are Armed. At the beginning of our civil war the best guns in the world were the Spring field , Enticld and Minie rillos , all imi//.lu loaders. Tlio Sharpe carbine , a breech loader , had been introduced and was used on a small scale. Later came the breech- loading liurasido gun , the Iirst 'in this country using thu metallic cartridge , am ! this was regarded as an important stop forward. The Spencer magazine gun followed , a breech-loader currying seven cartridges in the stock all of which could bo IIrod in about ten seconds. This wn ? thu best gun invented up to 1805 , and was used with great effect by cavalry and mounted infantry. As against any muz zle-loader it was invinciblo. Many din tlnguished soldiers , however , condemned it as expensive and wasteful , and thoii opinion prevailed in favor of the niu/.zlo loading rillo. lint within thu last feu years breech-loader magazine guns have rapidly grown in favor , and all the arm cs of the great Kuropean powers arc sup plied with thesu guns , Invention in this Held has boon busy both in this country and in Europe. Whur in 1683 there was created , iu pursuance 01 an act of congress , a board of experienced army otllcers for the purpose of selecting magazine guns for thu military ser vice of the United States , about fortj guns of different patterns wora presented , Many of those worn excellent , but the board selected only three as the best foi further trial by the troops in the Hold , tho-Leo , or Leo-llonunglou , thu Cfcaffce- Hecen , and the Ilotchktas. These won thoroughly tested , and In 18S4 seven hun dred and Hfty of each were issued. The reports to thu ordnance department show n great preference for thu Leo oyei the other magazine guns , but comparing these guns with each other and with the Springfield brooch-loading service rillo , as single loaders and for all uses , thoj show a very largo preference for thu Springfield rillo. The chief of ordnance reported in 1835 that after a careful con sideration ho was satisfied that neither ol the magazine guns should bo substituted for the Springtleld ritlo as the arm foi the. service. "Tho Springtleld rifle .gives such general satUtuotiou to the ami } that \va can safely wait a reasonable time fr further developments of. magazine systems , " A dispatch from Washington a few days ago , quoting un interview of our correspondent with au arinj officer.showed that the opinion in nrmy circles is still fayornble to the Springfield rifle for practical use in the army. "The advantage , " said this officer , "of the single loading Springfield is In the saving in anUnu nition. The important question now occupying the attention not only of our military loaders , but these of Europe , is not how fast can n gun bo lircd , but how can wo supply men in active engagement with sufficient ammunition to last any length of tlniot This is a hard question to answer when single loading guns aroused used , but with mag-ulno guns in their hands the men would exhaust their ammunition in a little while and then be at the mercy of thonnemy.1 The Spring- Held rillu seems likely to remain for some linnj the reliance of the American army. Kngland hu < < adopted the Leo gun , the principal advantage of which is Unit It can bu changed to a single loader , so that an officer can prevent his men trom wasting all their .unmunUkm. It belongs to a class of guns firing by a bolt , and has a detachable magazine carrying flvo cartridges. With the magazine it can throw sixty-eight shoU In two minutes , and skillfully handled has thrown as high as ten shots in ninu seconds ami fifty iu one minute. Kuropean nations have generally adopted bolt guns with a permanent magazine under the barrel , which can be used as single loaders also. Franco has adopted the Kropato- chok magazine rillu , which is being furnished to thu army as rapidly as it can bo produced. The infantry and navy of Germany are being armed with the Mauser rille. Hnssia has the Kordan breech loader , Austria the Mannhchor magazine rille , and Italy the licrtoldo magazine rlilo. Turkey is well provided with thu most improved lire arms of American patterns , while the Lee-Kern- ington gnu , esteemed to have no superior , has beun sold in large quantities to the Chinese. The best American magazine gun tires from thirty-live to forty shots a in inn to as a steady busiiiusa , and will kill at the range of a mile. The guns adopted by the Kuropean nations are supposed to bo nearly or quite as service able and effective. Ocean Mnll Subsidies. The refusal of thu house qonimittce on postollices and post roads to accept the senate amendment to the postollico ap propriation bill providing subsidies for the transportation of mails to South America , and appropriating ? -'iOO)90 for that purpose , was not unexpected. Nor will there bu any complaint at this re fusal from those who have an intelligent understanding of the matter and are in position to judge it with fairness. Apart from the objections to subsi'ly schemes of tliis character , ostensibly with the ob ject of improving commercial relations , the action of the sonata in this matter appears not to have beun entirely straightforward. The advocates of a subsidy pretended to have warrant for their proposition in the favor of the postmaster general , or rather in his al leged back-down on the subsidy question , based upon that portion of his hist annual repot t in which ho s.iid it was desirable to incren&u mail communication with portions tions ot South America , and stated that he would like to have congress vote him money enough to enable him to hire per sons to perform tlio service. There is plainly nothing in this suggestive of a subsidy , and yet sumUois professed to be able to derive such a sugges tion from it. This assumption was very conclusively disposed of by a letter of tlio postmaster general to Senator Heck in which lie disclaimed any idea of a subsidy in the language of his report , and clearly stated his position to bo in favor of free competition for the carry ing of the mails. The success of thu post master general in Ins contest with the steamship companies which less that two years ago demanded a subsidy , with ulti mate results not the least bit to thu disad vantage of the mail service , is too recent and was toocompleto to admit of his re ceding now from the position ho then took and maintained. That ho may have changed his views somewhat regarding the Importance to American commerce of frequent mail faoilitiu.s is to bo sup posed and expected from his larger ox- poricnco. The subsidy plan , in all its various phases , as a means of promoting commerce - merce ami restoring the shipping in terests of the country , is of very question able expediency. The example of Kuro pean nations in this mutter cannot bu ro- gardud ns conclusive , because the con ditions are not aliko. But oven if it bu granted , for the sake of argument , that a system of liberal government bounties to American shipbuilders and shipowners might aid in restoring those interests and building up commnrco , it is not apparent that this proposed subsidy would bo oven n short Hop in that direc tion , or that any interests would bo bcno- fitted other than the existing steamship Hnec. The expenditure of half a million dollars a year for the objects which the advocates of subsidy profess to have In view , would bo but a drop in the bucket , It would oiler no encouragement to fur ther investment in shipbuilding , It would simply bo a gift of the government to the lines already established for the perform- nnco of a service which would bo just ns faithfully and clliciontly performed at ti fair compensation that would not call foi perhaps more than a fourth of the amount of the proposed subsidy. It may be well to remember that for n number of years the British postoflino , having found the disadvantage of confining tin ocean mail service to certain steamship lines , has been endeavoring to abandon the practice , but without success until thu present postmaster general came in , Ho adopted heroic measures , and wo be lieve with good success. It will not be wise to put our foreign postal service in position to be wholly at the mercy of ex isting steamship companies fora number of yuars. IT is announced that thu Chicago , Mil waukee and St.Paul railroad company has equipped two passenger trains between Chicago and Milwaukee with an appara tus for heating by steam from tlio loco motive. The experiment , it is also said , lias thus far proved successful. This ac tion is to bo heartily commended , and it ought to bo promptly followed by all other roads. It will bu interesting in this connection to notb the method of steam heating on thu Boston & Albany road , which has boon a complete success and is approved by the railroad .commission * ers of Massachusetts. A dry pipe is put in the steam dome of the locomotive and connected with a valve in the.cab. An automatic ruauciug-valvo Is near that valve , so the stclini is reduced to Any pressure desired. From this point the pipe is run thnjugh : hc floor of the cab nnd thence backward o the cars , a cover- inir being used t6 prdvcnt condensation of steam. A main pipe is run under each car. At the middle of the car steam is taken in on each side of the aisle through a valve. No condensed steam can got back to the supplj ? prpes , for each car drips away its owr ( water. Any car on the train can bo shut off without affecting any other car. Tljero is no freezing of the pipes , for thol water is discharged , The temperature of tie ! car can bo regu lated by the valve where the steam is taken in. Couplings of the pipes between thu cars can bo made as quickly ns an air brake. Some live to ten minutes are necessary to foree the steam through the train at first , and then , in zero weather , it requires about half nn hour to mnko the cars comfortable. Where steam is used for heating thn station , the oar can bo attached to that apparatus and heated before the locomotive Is brought out. Thu engineer who has tried it says that he cloos not sco ns it makes any percepti ble diminution of power on his engine. It is expected that by present methods , the cost of heating one car for the cold season will bo about ! f(50. ( llcuco , this method is economical , besidus being tatur. A car in motion , oneu warmed , will run for an hour in cold weather after the steam has been shut oil'without becoming uncomfortable , It is believed that eight or ton cars can bo heated without injury to the power of thu en gine. It is t > aid that the apparatus has never boon taken from a train after it lias bcun put on. The I'ciTli-ss PaUI. Adclina Patti will be greeted by the largest audiunco over gathered together in Om-ilia. The advance sale of seats yesterday , when half a thousand citizens struggled for six hours to .socuro a hear ing at tlio box office , assured that fact. Such a scene has never before been wit nessed in tiiis city. It was a iccognition of the artist's fame which spoku volumes in itself. There are songstresses and singers , but only onu Patti. llcr's is the voice of the century in musical art. Its purity of tonu , phenomenal range and compass and marvelous resources in technique are unparalleled in the annals of art. There are no impossibilities of vocalistn for the peerless diva who has entranced emperors and kings with her matchless genius. Omniia is to bo congratulated that sfto is to be favored as few of the cities of the country are by the appearance of Patti. It is the last and thu only opportunity which our people \vill bo given of listen ing to the queen of song , whoso subjects are found in every quarter of the globe. SKCHUTAIIV MANNING'S resignation from the treasury department seems to be regarded in some quarters as a public calamity. Thu west is riot likely to so consider it. IIu has proved himself to bu an able man , more especially from the Wall street standpoint' in his manage ment of the finances , and in his theories regarding thu coinage sfud thu currency. But from the popular side he has failed in his choice of position. Mr. Manning has looked upon the coinage through gold-rimmed spectacles. Ho has not succeeded in ridding himself of the Wall street idea that thuru is no such possibility as that of gold appreciation in distinction from the depreciation of silver , and lias striven to impress upon the country that the panacea for all its financial evils can bu found in tlio prac tical demonetization ot silver and the retirement of thu legal tenders. Upon questions of revenue , Mr. Man ning has shown greater clearness of vision. His report upon the tax reduc tion will remain one of the ablest state papers sincu the days of Hamilton , and a fountain from which many argu ments will bo steadily drawn in favor of revenue reform. It is un fortunate perhaps for Mr. Manning's reputation that his tax reduction policy which depended for its success upon tlio concurrence of congress has not been adopted. Congress has looked ono way and Mr. Manning another , just n's each has done in plans for coinage and cur rency adjustment. For all that , the sec retary retires with the unusual praise of having heightened the public appro ciatiou of his abilities during a two-years' ' tcnuro of public ollico. Tin : king of Italy recently contributed ? nO,010 tor the relief of families of the victims of the battle near Mussowah , It is now in order for his majesty to con tribute a sum n trillu larger for the relief of American victims of torturous Italian organ grinders. 1'OINTS. Senator Wilson , of Iowa , wilt havejslub- ; born opposition to his re-election. Senator C'ulloni wants lilsliop Obcrly ap pointed on the Intel-state commerce commis sion. Senator Harrison doesn't seem Inclined to make a very vlsornus opposition to the seat- Ingof Juilu'oTurpIe. Michigan voted down a prohibitory amend ment eighteen years ago , but Is goiiii ; to try Iho experiment n aln. Senator-elect Bate of Tennessee is n poor man ; ho couldn't save a dollar of hi * saluiy as governor of his btate. Ohio republicans tallf of 'nominating Con- Krossmaii Little for governor. . lie was de feated for ic-electlon last fall. A bill now bolus conflicted before the Ne vada legislature disqualifies fiotn holding olllco any ono who is a ylctijnof btrong drink. Governor Stevenson ot Nevada , according to the Cincinnati Tlmes-Stijr , stole his inau gural address in pait JibmUovernorKoraker. Don M. Dickinson of Juchlgan , It Is be lieved , Is booked by J'rtwldont Cleveland for a place on the bench ol' tlio United States supreme court. HouryClay , L. WebslerJind'CharliM Hen- ton were the names'of tlio three leading candidates for receiver of taxes at the late election In Philadelphia. Henry Clay Dean was one of the old school democrats from way-back. Accoidlng to the St. Paul Ulcbo ho no\er forgayo Noah for taking a republican into the ark. Governor Hill , of Now York , has n great many lucrative appointments at his disposal , nud being entirely free from mugwiimpery , he Is very popular with the democrats just now , Congressman Hepburn , of Iowa , has two strings to his bow. Ho wants to bu senator or juter-itato commeico commissioner , anit is working for both in the hopn of catching one. Senator Palmer of Michigan , Iseolng to bo supported for the next presidency by.all the women. They can't vote , but they have begun Uie caiuoamn by writlui : fifty luUm a day to him. RFlavlua JoSepnus has been appointed to a liostmastcrshln In Maine , and the mugwumps ate divided In opinion whether this Is a tri umph of reform or of the Concord School of Philosophy. Senator Ingall's venomous attacks on any body , everybody , anything and everything , are said to have their origin In the fact that n man named Hudson is poaching on his re election preserves. Secretary Manning's friends are said by the Now York Times to have recently hold a scciet ucptlng in Albany to nrrautco a move ment lm\ing In view his nomination for the presidency In 18S9. Amos ! > Ctimmlnzs , congressman-elect from the Sixth New York district , says that It Is only right that a journalist should icpre- sent his dlstilct , ns It boasts of eighteen dallies , 1ST weeklies and-K > 9 periodicals. Mr. FalrchllJ , the assistant secretary of the Ircasuty , who is widely looked upon as Mr. Manning's successor , Is a short , stout man , with a lat < ? e , well-rounded head covered with black hair streaked xvith silver. His black mustache Is also turning giay , and his bricht black eyes look out thioiigh gold- rimmed glasses. f Hob Taylor , who fiddled himself Into the Tennessee governorship , has already fallen into democratic disfavor , though scarcely warm In his seat. A lending Nashville dem ocrat says : "His message \\as a gn-nt Mir- piIso and humiliation. He has Buiioundcd himself with mimvumps , and has not done ono thing that n single democratic leader In dorses since his itiaiicuratlnu. Hlsndmlnls- tiation will bu n dind falluio wotso than Tylei's In 1841. Ho will not get 100 vote * In the next cubernatorial convention. " IVIillrlaw Kohl Gives Up. iVfio I'mfc Trfliiillf. Scudln ? good ndvlco to Washington is like pouring water Into a nit-hole. No Chnriti ! for C'lfrcii/o Ti llmne. John L. Sullivan's book will he dollvciod to agents on payment of freight. No charge tur boxing. u Tlio I OIIK anil Short ol * It. The member ol the leglsl.it urolio has his pockets full ot passes pays no more lor a long haul than ho dues for a short one. i'opulnr I'lcilon. ClitcciQn A'CUT. The most popular work of fiction In the New York public library is "Uncle Tom's Cabin. " A very popular work of fiction In Chicago is the personal property tax list. An Anplmlt DlHCOVcry. AHiintu Coiifctttiitfuu. Asphalt has beuu discovered In Morgah county , Alabama , on the Louisville & Nash ville railroad. This ran1 mineral deposit , known as rock tar , Is found nowhere else in tlio United States , the great lake of Trinidad having furnished the supply for this country for years. If the leccjitly discovered deposit proves as valuable as U'is believed it will , It will rival in importance the vast Iron nnd coal beds of Georgia and Alabama. "Cousin Hen" Once More. C/i'fiiuo / llrnihl. Cousin linn Fol = oui's second ofliclal act ns consul at Shollield was to Hie nn application for an increase of salary. The first was to notify her majesty's government that he had ariived and would Immediately set about strengthen ! ! ! ? the friendship existing between the two croat English speaking nations. From the tact that the call for moro pay comes so # 0011 atter the consecration to duty , It is to bo Inferred that Benjamin has found the con- ttact a heavier ono than he imagined when ho set out. The Inconsistent rrofiinitlonlsts. New Y < 1 ; IlcraM. The total abstinence folk occupy the most anomalous position conceivable. They adopt the policy of no restraint at all unless they can have piohlbltion nnd compulsory total abstinence. They scorn the motto that half a loaf is better than no biead , and push the peculiar tactics of no rum at all or all ram. Consequently they hobnob with the liquor dealers and violently oppose the folk who say that If the world cannot bo made absti nent the next best thing is to make it mod- eiatcly temperate. Human Charity. O. Uoiucarcn. There Is a flower of perfume rare That hides Its petals , pale and fnlr , Neatli leafy crowns of somber hut1. 'Twould blush and lose Its fragrance pure , Its namu and nature change , to view The light or praises loud endure. It grows beneath the feet that tread. And there Its sweetest scent Is shed. Its head has pierced the winter's snow , Its buds , with tenderness sublime , Withstood Sahara's fiercest blow. It ll\es and blooms In every clime. Know vou the llowcret by name. Its tairest term ignored by fame ? Hast si-en it 'moiig the ample folds Stern justice all unbending holds , Lund sweetness to bur accents cold , ( ii.ico to her mien , hope to her doom ? Hast soon It gladden young and old , Wnk'n new delights , solton misery's gloom ? Kadlnnt and full In heaven it blows , With beauty Iniinlte it glows. On carih a hidden rarity. We call It human charity. SUNDAY GOSSIP. "I heartily endorse the attitude of the lii ! : : in iccard to the outside real estate craze , " said a prominent man who Is heavily InUrcbk'd In Inside property. "Cautionary words like these ot the Din : are always timely. Thu advice not to get too deep Into the whirl should bo heeded. People generally - ally , und poor people in particular , should go slow. Investments In property within a reasonable distance of the city's center are perfectly safe , nnd are bound to leturn n good ptoltt , but investments in additions flvo orslx miles out are rather ilsky. It is n gambling chance , nnd should a leverso como It would sweep away a great deal of hard- earned money , aud for a time at least , have a depressing Inlluonco upon nearly all the propei ty values. Legitimate real estate speculations are all rUht , hut there Is too much of a tendency to wild-cats chemes. Such schemes are already hurting thu city In many respects , They have tied up a good deal of money nnd the conseiiuuncu is that the ru- tall tradi'smon , especially the irrocer , the clothing denier , the boot and shoo man , and thu dry goods dealer are feeling the htinigency. 'Then again they are exerting an Inlluonco against Investment In really legitimate property chances. When men buy iilargo tract of unimproved Jandnnd tluow It upon the market In tlio shape of lots I believe they should filvo .some substantial evidence of their own faith In iho futuruot thu properly. For ex ample , take the case of Dr. Mercer , who bought a largo tract In the northwest out- sklits of thoclty. There was not a house on it when he bought it , but ho showed his con lid CM co in It by ercctincthuruon a substantial and handsome brick residence , nnd estab lishing n pcrmMiout homo for himself nt a cost of over § 100,000. ilo nlso assisted real estate put chasers to build over onu hundii-d houses , ranging in cost from 31,300 to 3,000 , The result Is that Walnut Hill to-day Is ono of the most prosperous additions and one of the most desirable residence iiuartors of the city. It contains a large niiinbur of handsome residences nnd comfortably homes , Had not the owner of this property given un mistakable evidence of his confidence , 1 question whether ho could have disposed of 'one-tenth of the property. .As It is he has sold thu greater part of. It , while thu balance has greatly increased In vnluo , although yet very cheap when compared to tlio prices being paid for the far outlylug property. The stock yards syndicate mUhUmvo done better had they shown more contldeuco by endeavoring to build up South Omaha than to bo In such n rash to get every thing out of the lands. IJoggs A Hill's woik west of Crolghton college Is nu evidence of the confidence on thn part of the owners which Is worthy of emulation. If nny ono questions the benefits ot an owntr's efforts In behalf ot his own property , let him go out In the vicinity of Walnut Hill. Another thing that | > coplo ought to bo warned nealnst nnd that Is the advertisement of the location of cable lines. Don't place too much dependence on what you hear about proposed locations. There has already boon a good deal ot what I call fraudulent speculation based on cable line routes. Ills by no means sure that the ca ble track on North Twentieth street will ro- mnln there. So you sco that cable routes are mighty uncertain , " "I made the acquaintance of the late Henry Clay Dean thirty-live years ago , " said Mr. II. ! ' . Williams , of Mlndon , Nebraska , who Is visiting in Omaha for a few days. "I sup pose It h true that there nro two sides to every Intelligent human character , both , good and bad. Mr. Dean was a very remarkable man , physically nud intellectually. Ho was a Methodist KpNcopal minister In Pennsyl vania , nnd came to Iowa as such , oaily In the fifties , and was stationed at first nt Kcosnunuo , and afterwards occu pied SOIIHI of the best places , In the Iowa conference. It Is said of him that at ono point In West Virginia where ho preached , ho was threatened by a mob , and on his appearance at the place a number of the roughs were rcndy for busi ness. Dean rolled up Ids sleeves and said to them : 'Look ntthcso arms ! The first man among you who makes any disturbance will get the full benefit of them. " U was said that pence lolgnod dining the services. At his tlrst station In Iowa there was n largo number of atheists who dolled clulstinnity , but Dean attacked them with Ids bast argu ments , and then commenced a series of meet ings In which many people took great inter est. Olio evening while there were ninny seekers , one MuUildo , the leading atheist of the place , mndo his appearance among the seekers , and when Dean noticed him , asked McBrldo what ho was doing there , to which ha replied , 'Looking on. ' Dean took hold of him and began moving toward Iholloor , say ing'Got out of onr way , you are a damned soul already. ' IJiiforo the meeting closed Mcllrldo became a member , and a largo num ber of his followers also. Among them was a lawyer by the name of Dall/.en Smith , who nt once became a minister and went to the Pacific coast as a missionary. * * * "There are many other eccentricities that might he mentioned of Mr. Dean , but , sullieo It to say , that ho was ono of the ablest pulpit men In Iowa. Ho ended his labors ns such In 1801 , when the rebellion broke out. Ho was pro-slavery In his opinions , nnd bccnmn a virulent 'copperhead. ' Ho became so offen sive to his church that ho was dismissed therefrom. Ho then took nu the law , nnd made It quite a success. Dean was one of tlio ablest stump speakers the democrats had , aud liberally employed his tltnu In that line. Mr. Dean possessed a robust physical frame , being somo-.vhat corpulent , had a line How of laniruago. and a well store. ! mind. He was very negligent of his peisonal appearance , and from that cause was called 'Dirty Clay Dean. ' Ills residence was lacking In order , and had few marks of good housekeeping , but ho possessed n fine library In 'whlo'i ho loved to linger , and gather i ; ems of thought. * * * "Many of the sisters , at whoso houses ho was a guest , will never forget Henry Clay Dean for the freedom ho exercised in throwIng - Ing himself on the finest beds , boots and nil , to their great dlscust. Then ho would use such words as 'ho Is a devil o a fellow , ' or 'ho is a devilish liar , ' and for the nso of such seeming profanity Iio would justify himself , by saying that no other language would fitly describe such people. Even though ho did say many things that uratod upon the re fined sensibilities of many , yet It must bo an- mltted by all who knew him , that he was n great man , even better and greater than ho over had credit for. But his candle has gone out , and nil that is loft Is the Impress ho has made on men , which will long lemaln for good or evil , and the future will dovelope what the life of Henry Clay Dean has been for humanity. Although I was not of his politics , I must say that Mr. Dean was worthy the admiration and esteem of all liberal minded people. Peace to his memory. " Mn. M.YTtc'rs II. MAYKI : , the tireless adju tant of Henry E. Abbey , who left here the other day for Kansas City and St. Louis , to arrange for the Patti concert , writes from the latter city , that ho was In n sound state of mind nnd body , contemplating the extra bur den soon to bo laid upon him of managing Sara Uernhaidt as well ns Patti the two most conspicuous professionals , ns ho truly says , now before iho public. Mayer Is a striking example of what may bo accomplished by Initlifulness to responsibilities. Years ago , when ho was employed on the rcportorlnl staff of the San Francisco Call , It was 10- markcd that the Items ho furnished had always some details additional to these given on thu same subjects by contemporaries , nnd the liiiiires of the racing icports were always so accurate that turfmen nud others accepted them to decide wagers. The pilnclplo ol thorough ness seems to have been the guiding starofMayoi'scarcer , and coupled with re markable mental ncutcncss , has led to valu able confidential lehtlons that piomlsu to make his foi tune. OLD "Pop" Whittaker Is dead , Ho died nt Greenville , N , J. , the other day nflor an Ill ness for several months. When Uallalo Hill cnvo the Initial performance of the "Wild West" in Omaha in 1831 , "Pop" Whlttnkor , It will be remembered , \vns the master of cere monies. Ho was an Interesting charantor. For years , says the Now York World , ho had been rliiR-umslflr In n ciicus , lecturer for hide-shows and thu speaker at all public fistic gatherings iu aud about Nn\v York , He served fora time with Unnmm's show , nnd tiavoled for n season with liiiffnlo Dill's "Wild West. " "Pop , " or na ho was christened , Francis Whlttnkcr , was j ro- veihlallj unlucky. Un was continually ro- colvlug Injuries in accidents , nnd It was n hlaudlm ; jo Ice In proto.sstnnal circle * that "Pop" would hurt the next locomotive lhat ran asalnst him , While with Iho "Wild West" show In 1885 ho wus run over by the "Deadvrooil coach" and had his colhir-hono broken , Shortly after his recovery a buffalo Htrucl , him while on a gallop and nearly killed him. Piovloua to Ibis he was run over by a Fourth avenue lior.so-cnr at Houston street and the lionory nnd had his right arm tul.un oir , lie was about slxfour ( years old , and lor the past year had lived vrry quietly. Tin : hit time that lillly Kmerson , the kin , ; of inmstiel men. was In Omaha , was about live yeais ago. Then ho appeared nt the Academy ol Miiilo with Huvcrlj's minstrels. The tronpo was on Its way from St. Paul on a special linln , which was delayed nt Mis- bouri Valley , aud did not rend : Omaha until 10nn. : The audience , however , lemalnod patiently hi their scats having been Informed that the boys vere comlnif If It took Ml Hummer. The troupe reached the theatre at iO-T : ) , amid unbounded enthusiasm , the band playing a lively tune. The curtain was rung up , and K. M. Hall , who had blacked upon the train , appeared vbcfore the footlights - lights nnd entertained thuftrullenco with his banjo , SOIICP , and witticisms , for llftcen minutes , In Hider to glvo the rest of the UoiiiMi lima to rig up for thu t > t ge. The per formance concluded at half past ono o'clock , the homo being crowded. Haveily Idmsolf Is now traveling with Ids troupe , 'having given up all outsldu speculations. The com * pany vrhldi appears at the opou houio uext Thursday cvonlng Is said t" > bo 'one of tin best ho has c\cr organized. THOMAS KKKXH has recovered from the paralytic stroke which ho received over n year ago , and Ids physicians think ho can re turn to the stage early In April. Arrange ments are accordingly being made for a pro fessional tour In the cast , The last perform * nncoplvcn by Mr. Keene wnson January U , 1SSO , nt Itoyd's opera house In this city , nnd the play was Macbeth. From Omaha Mr. Keene went to Kansas City , nnd It was there whllo attending nn 1C Iks' ' sociable that ho was stricken down. Ills many friends lu Omaha will bo glad to hear of his recovery. AN "INFANT" TOWN. Currant KvcntR In n Prosperous nnd . roiiilstnj ; IMnco. OAM.AWAV. Nob. , Fub. 17. [ Corres pondence of thu HICK. ] Notwithstanding tlio cMromo cold weather many now faces have appeared in Callaway and the advance guard of the assured immi gration to Nebraska during tlio coming spring has , wo may any , arrived. Most of those arc parties from Ohio nnd Illinois who have boon Informed of the prospects of the place ns a big business center and the unexcelled fertility of the soil around for agricultural purposes. Callaway is lively now , but the fact that it is to bu the junction of the South Loup nnd Wood Itivor branches of the Omaha & Republican Valley railroad makes thu near future oxcocdingly bright. C. A. Schultzo , son ot the proprietor ol the Central moat market , Omaha , has just commenced the butchering nnd packing business on Paolliu stroct hero. Ilo has associated with him Charles Thoruborg a onttlnmnn of South Loup. Another largo livery and sale stable will bo erected hero by an caxlurn party as soon nu the season opens. Mr. Newton of Sullivan , Ills. , has boon here looking over the ground for business investment. Lots wore sold last week on which thcro will bo erected several busi ness houses , notably a mammoth general store. C.V. . Johnson , cashiur of the bank of Cnllawav , has already purchased property on Pacific street on which ho will erect at once a commercial building or rent. " One of the now features of this town is the Callaway Building nnd Loan associa tion. Although only a fuw weeks old a sutliciunt number of shares have boon taken to enable the ouicors to make sev eral important loans to parties who in tend to build at oncu. The Union Pacilic engineer corps hns rented an ollicu on Pacific street for win ter headquarters. Mr. II. O. Hume , the chief , is anailablo gentleman and un doubtedly very proficient in his business. The masquerade ball given at Smith's Opera hall February 14 was ono ol the leading social events over hold in this section. It was the first entertainment of the kind over given in Callaway , and was a grand .success in every particular. The Rev. Thurbcr has closed thu qyaf- tcrly meeting , after holding a most eatis- * factory series of meetings. The Meth odists are now holding services In tlio opera house , but intend to begin tlio erection of a handsome church building just as soon as sprins opens. Quite a number of persons are corru- spending with our citizens in regard to building a ilourlng mill at this point. The water power cannot bo beat in the state. Cnllnwny Is fifteen to thirty miles from any milR Thu soil produces the best grain in thp state , especially wheat , llenco. there rs a grand opening for n miller to profitably invest , and of course the lirst to come will be the Iirst served. A stage line will bo started on Monday , February 21 , between Co/.nd and Calla' way'by Mr. Arnold , the leading livery man of Cozad. Thu stages will run from Co/ad to Callaway on Mondays. Wednes days and Fridays , making tlio trip In four hours. The runs from Callaway to Cozau will bo made on Tuesdays , Thurs days and Saturdays. A stagu line will also bu put on between Hrokon How and Callaway , thu H. A ; M. railroad being at the head of the enterprise. ANGUS. Cellar Ilaplds' Growth. CKDAU lUi'ius , Neb. , Feb. 18. fCorro- spondonco of the BEE.--Tho ] boom in Cedar Rapids still continues. The directors of thu creamery company have let the contract for putting up 100 tons of ice for their own use. The build * ing is to bo in running order in sixty days. Four car loads of horses are ex pected hero this week , which will be sold to our farmers. Immigrants are coming in every day. Everybody here Is doing a good and profitable , business. Scarcely a day passes but what some transfer in real estate is made , as wu have ono of the bust farming countries that lies out of doors. Our postmaster receives many letters of inquiry The Palnmuiii Trick. Chaml.cr'H Journal : In an opera called "Les Amours du Diablo , " pro duced in Paris some yuars ago , there waa a curious scene which puzzled nil who saw it. A slight palanquin constructed in such a manlier that it wis : obvious that there was no poss bll ty of its having a doublu bottom was brought up in the stage .supported on thu shoulders of slaves. The actress , who occupied it , withdrew the curtains aud gave Home ordurs to her attendant ? . Then the cur tains were closed for tin instant , and again reopened. Hut the occupant of the palanquin had disappeared. What had become of lior ? Thu feat had beun uxot cutod co ! > , o to the front of thu stage , and under a brilliant light ; and thuspectators could plainly sue that it wiw certain that the lady lind gonu down a trap. Thn mystery rninalncil for bomo time un solved. Tlio explanation of thu puzzle was dimply this : The plllnrs of iho pa lanquin appeared to bo very slight , but . instead of buliiK wood , they were hollow / j metal tubes. 'J hrough thusu tubes rosod < ran on pulleys at thu top of the palan quin , descending In the inside , and fant/- ened to the frame , on which wns plurod the silk ( Miihlon on which the actress ro- ulinoil. To thu other end of the rope * was attached a heavy weight which nx- nnlly bnl.mccd that 01 thu lady. OtWof th nlavo-i wns impersonated by an ex- purl niiitililnisl , So t-oon ns the curtnins wore down ho pulled a cord which re leased a coiintarpolfau , nnd thu frame. , together with its bunion , rose to tha donio ol thu palanquin. Them thu notrcf-s lay qnllo comfortably , a wire gnuzu overhead nnnbling her to brcatho freely. Pains had boon taken in thn ( joiistniiitlni ; of thu palanquin to make It appear frail , when in nmlity it was very strongly built , that Iho roof might bear the btraln upon it ol thu weight it had to support , Thu bearers WITO iion | hukiotcd fjf for their muscular strength , nnd thuy [ worn drilled in the practice of taking up iMj Uiu palanquin after iho disappearance f it ? occupant and carrying It on' the E ( 'go nt u bharp trot , ns if it were empty. im Flood at , Fob. 19. The Kvenlng Journal's Lyons bpeclalsays the situation N LHicomlnj ; homlj moro alarming. Fourscjiuuls of men nru woiklng at the gorpo In ill tie lent place : ) . Despairing of oponlnu thu river channel they are working on thu overflowed lands where thu least opening can DO found. Despite tlio most strenuous vffoita to open the water course the river has risen rapidly , until , nt Iho brht.L'o , It Is within fifteen inches of DIB _ > < highest mark. The LaiiHlnu Ice U reported ' * nearly herc.nnd with It is n tremennouatbody of water. IJuildlng are being anchored In expectation of the Latiblnf leu coming across the prairie. It Is fcired. the water will icacu live feet above the present limit * . T KAVKHSK CITV , Mich. , Feb. ! ! > . No trains und no malls have been ieciJvcd or sentfiom hero Blneo Thursday morning. Ono tralu U . snow-bound ut Walton- and team * ' linvo btM'n started I torn hero to got and mails. -
