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| Pace 1. New Vork Herald Cablegrams
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Pa-o2. Telegraphic JSows. City News.
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Pngo 3. Special Advertisements ,
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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
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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. -
