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* . - THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , FEBRUARY 27 , 1887.-TWELVE'PAGES. ' THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Tjcnxs or Btjincniprtox : Di\ny ( Sfornl.i f Edition ) Including Sunday llKK , Onn Year . $100 ] For Blx Month * . . . 600 ForThron Months . . . . . SM The Omnhn Sunday HBP. , Dialled to any nddrois , Ono Year. . . . , , . . . . . . 3 00 OMMIA orncr , No. Pit Axn Bin FAnvxv STKKKT. NBW Vimu Orrirr , lloi l fii , Tmni'NK IIVIMIINO. orrict , No. 513 Foii TRNTUsri Er. All commnnloationa rclntliiK to notrs torlul matter HtiouM be mMrusaocl to the toi- TOH UP nm lir.r ntrsiNEsa iernRflt All l > u lne fl letters npilromlttnnccsehotiM bo BiMnwod to TUB IIEK ruitMRiiiNO UOMPANV. OUAIIA. Drafts , chocks mid poMoftleo orders to bo uiado payable to the ordtr of the company. THE BEE POBLISBIJTciPJlSf , PBOPBIfm K. BOSBWATEH , Enrron. TUU OAItiV BHE. Rvrorn Btntcmcnt of Clroutntlon. State of Nebraska , > , , B. < ComityofDoiiKlas.f8 ( ! co. li. TzFchuck , secretary of The Bee Publishing company , docs solemnly swrnr thai the actual circulation of the. Dally Bee lor trie week ending Fob. SMli , 1&S7 , was a * follows : Batmdav. Feb. 10 H.r,00 Hundav. Fob. 20 IS.fiM Monday , Feb.41 M.NXI Tuesday , Feu , 2. 14.1W ) Wwtnnsilny.Kub.23 ROW ) ThuiMtay , Feb. ! H M , 'i" Friday , Feb. r > 14. m3 Avoraeo l . " 0t l.KO. U. TZBCIIUCK. Subscribed In my presence andswointobe- fore mo ilils-iith day of February A. I,1887. N. P. Fmu ISKALI Notary Public. Geo. B. TzHclmck , being Hist duly swum , deposes and says that ho Is secretary of The Bee Publishing company , that the actual av- craeo daily circulation of the Dallv Beofor the month of February. 1880 , was 10,5'J. ) copies ; for March. IbSfi , ll'K)7 ) copies ; for April , 18SO , 12,101 copies : for for May , Ibfifl. 12,439 copies ; for June 18tO. 12,2 s copies ; for July , IBifl , 12ni4 copies ; for Alleust , 18&0 , 12,4iVJ copiesfor ; September. 18SO , is.aw copies ; for October , 1880 I2 , b9 copies ; for November. 1880 , WH3 ; copies ; for December , 18SC , 13,237 copies tor January , 1887. in,2 < X ! copies. Gno. H. TXHCHUCK. bub crlbedand sworn to before mo this 8th day of February A. I ) . 1887. ISKAL.I N. P. FKII. . Notary Public. Contents of the Sunilny Hoc. Pngnl. Now V'ork Herald Cablegrams Specials to the BKI : . General Telegraphic News. Pa o2. Telegraphic-News. City News. Miscellany. Page ! l. Special Advertlsumonts. Faio 4. Kdltoilols. Political Points.- Sunday Gossip. Page 5. Lincoln News. Joe Howard's Letter. Advertisements , Page 0. Council Bluffs News. Miscellany. Advertisements. Page 7. Social Kvonls In Umaha. General end local markets. Page 8. City News. Advertisements. Pagott , Fashion Fane Farewell , by Adam llndoau. "Viva Venlll Viva Verdi I" by Bl.iucho Koosevnlt , Sunday Nights In Umaha. Advertisements. Pane. 10. Woman's Worldly Wealth Se lected Smile Starters Htisb.uids and Help meets Ho Lassoed a Hugo Lion 1'apor Barrels ' Ad Tolozraph Operators' Secrets vertisements. vertlscments. Page 12. Satin Stars and Stripes , by Chna Belle-Some Senatorial Stomachs. b v Perry S. Heath Connublalities Musical and Dramatic Kellglous Advertisements. PATTT will always retain golden nicm- inoriuH of Omaha. Eleven thousand dol- Jnrs' worth. IN demanding the right to make her own charter Omaha is only demanding home rule. Tun Hamilton county dado will chatter through another twenty days. There will bo pangs us well ns pay in the ex tended session. Now that it is apparent that no radical railroad bill can pass the senate , the house is rnmnant for stringent regula tion. Of course. AN address on "Tho Inllucnco of the Bar" lies upon our table. It has no refer ence to the bar of the Capital hotnl at Lincoln and its influence about midnight on the conduct of the railroad lobby. THAT audacious Httlo joker , Jay Gould , declared under oath that It was cheaper to buy n legislature than to elect one. Mr. Gould never knew what a cheap legislature until ho interested him self in Nebraska politics. Si/r Sam Randall , the economist , voted for the dependent pension bill , not on grounds of patriotism , but benauso it would uiiiko a hole in the troublesome mirpius. As n clour-cut tariff reformer , Mr. llamiall's success lies in Ins power of pulling wool over the eyes of his honest democratic admirers. CJIKAP and rapid transit is one of our greatest municipal needs. Wo want ciiblo lines , and the more the better. There is no danger that the courts will prevent their construction. Equity al ways Ktunds ready to correct the errors of the lawmakers where they conllict with public policy or a broud-guagcd applica tion of the immutable principles of jus- tiffo. Tur.uu is a day of reckoning in store for the men who have betrayed their con stituents in the legislature. There is a day of settlement in store for every po litical party which has prostituted the machinery of party to work out the un holy ends of corporate monopoly. Voters ure not. cattle , They can bo deceived for the time being , but they cannot bo driven to the polls year after year to work their own disfranohisoment. Ne braska republicans have proved their in dependence of the corporate ringmas ters heretofore. They will not bo slow to repeat the experiment if it proves necessary , TIIK increase of wealth in Omaha is fol lowing closely the increase of the city. Here as elsewhere the tendency is to con centration , Men who ton years ago were in moderate circumstances now count their fortunes by the hundred thousands. Tha rapid rise in realty ami the largo sums of money sot free by foreign investment in our midst have raised scores of our citizens .to ulllucnco Wealth is valuable only for wiiat 11 brings. It should bo a means , not uu ond. Omaha mon of wealth have a duty to perform to the community which has giVe n them their riches. Struggling local ontorprisod should bo assisted , now Bcheinui-for the advancement of the gen eral welfare stimulated and capital sot coursing in channel ? for the employment of labor and the Condensation of pro- , < IueU. Confidence in Omulm's 'futUro should bo felt most strongly of all by the iiiou who have proliled from the past and. Are profiting in the present. TnnrnnllRtlcnlly Continual dropping makes nil Impres sion on the stone. Fifteen years of strug gle ngairist the overwhelming odds of imblio Indifference , corporation wealth xnd the abuse of a subsidized press has resulted In national recognition of antimonopoly - monopoly principles. Irresponsible trlf- I era who imagine that strained rhetoric and pot liotiso slang can wipe awny this fact or block further agitation of the people's demands by this paper are respectfully invited to ponder over the political history of the last decade in tlic.so parts. They are asked to examine their own editorial pages in the light of their well thumbed lodgers and to measure tlio popular confidence they have attained in the cup of their newspaper receipts. High toned and theoretical journalism is fashioiiuhlu nowadays. It is most in fashion in editorial rooms of rcaderlcss papers. Practical newspaper work takes its phico in other oHlccs. And wherever practical newspaper work is found the successful journal can bo discovered close tit hand. There is ono view of the situation which is commended to the prayerful attention of ambitious and nn- vloiis contemporaries. The only feasible method of making a successful Journal is to make , a good journal. Detraction - traction without cause , abuse of rivals because they are ri vals , subordination of honest editorial opinion to the demands of the business ollico or the job room , have never yet succeeded m building up an inlluential paper in free and independent America. The leading journal must lead as well as follow. It must be at once the mirror and the mirrored. While rellecting the best public sentiment on all questions of interest , political , social , economical , sometimes oven personal , it mint have an earnestness of character and a sta bility of reputation which stamp the seal of force upon its utterances and carries conviction to the wavering. Hon esty of purpose , persistence in endeavor , fearlessness of action and intelligence in discussion arc the four corner stones of policy upon which the editorial super structure of the successful journal must bo built. Mere brilliancy of utterance will not siilllcc. The public demands a steady and reliable light , and not the spasmodic Hashes of intermittent clever ness. Pacific Railroad The senate has passed , with amend ments , the house resolution creating a commission of three to make a thorough investigation of the financial condition of the Pacific railroads and to report to congress. It is probable that this will be the outcome of all the attempts at Pacific railroad legislation which have been madn nt the present session , Mr. Hoar's funding bill and Van Wyek's branch line extension bill included. The public will not look with favor upon this latest move on the checkered board of railroad finesse and delay. For twenty years past congress has been deluged with reports of the condition of the Pacific roads , besieged by the lobby and beset with the prayers of swindled investors. The facts of thn construction and condition of the roads ni-o well known. They were begot ten in fraud , raised in iniquity and are now bankrupt in treasury and reputa tion. Contractors became millionaires through their building , reckless schemers heaped up millions of ill-gotten wealth in their management and the government and the public have been mercilessly mulcted for a quarter of a century to main tain the baud of highwaymen who di verted the nation's bounty and the bant earnings of the people into their own private bank accounts. Secretary Manning's special report on the financial condition of the Pacific roads was no revolution to the railroad lobby. It afforded pretended astonish ment to some congressmen and senators , but it did not throw the average intelli gent citizen into paroxysms of amazement. Mr. Manning showed that the half-yearly payments proposed in the senate bill arc not suflicicnt to pay the interest , to say nothing of the principal of the debt. On the 1st of October. 188(1 ( , the total aobt of the Pacific railroad companies to the government was $110,978,100. The half- yearly interest at 3 per cent. is $1,0(11,071 ( , while the bill provides for the payment of $ lfi3V 948 every six months. According to Sec retary Manning's calculation it would require , for the liquidation of this debt and the interest , half-yearly payments of $ l,8ilCOJfor ; : eighty years. This must have boon u painful surprise to Mr. Adams. It killed the eighty year exten sion bill deader than a last year's muck- orel. orel.Both Both the companies and congress have soon for yearn that the subsidized Pacific roads will not bo able to pay tholr debts to the government when duo in 1895 and 1897. Even if the Senate bill should bo pulsed there is nothing in the history of these corporations that affords any guaranty of compliance with its terms. From the time this debt was contracted , moro than twenty years ago , they luivo madn no ofl'ort to redeem their obligations to the people of the United States. On the contrary , they have employed every means of evasion and resistance that legal Ingenuity could suggest. In 180i and 1801 the government loaned the Union Pacific and Central Pacific re spectively $27,000,000 and 133,00,000 , besides bestowing upon thorn immense subsidies in land. They wore required in return to pay into a sinking fund for redemption of this loan 0 per cent , of their net income and half of the amount duo from the government for transporta tion. When they made no provision to comply with this law and the sinking fund remained empty , while debt and interest were accumulating , the Thurman net was passed in 1878. Under the terms of this net the two companies were required to pay respectively $350,000 , and $1,200,000 into the sinking fund , But they refused compliance with this act and brought suits to resist the government's retention of moneys duo for carrying mails and troops. Ity a decision of the supreme court the government , and not the rail road companies , was required to pay the U per cent interest on tbo Pacific railroad bonds. . As the companies made no pro vision for payment thn debt and interest have assumed enormous proportions. Secretary Manning's report shows that by 1897 the moan term of payment itlo total amount which the subsidized Paoitio railroad companies wilt owe to the. people plo of the United States-will be over J1G7,000,000. 'Ta moot this heavy obliga tion the companies ' propose to equate tbo payments' debt and interest and extend - tend thorn over a period of seventy years. Hut it is soon that the sum-fixed upon in this beautiful financial scheme does not begin to cover the debt duo to the govern ment. And now another commission is pro- Docd to investigate matters and suggest a scheme by which the debtor may be granted additional time to make up from exorbitant levies on the producers of the west the millions stolen by the roc ties and thieves who have disgraced the his tory of its management. It is a needless and extravagant expedient. The roads are a sucked orange. When a private corporation finds itself unable to pay its debts it coes into the hands of a receiver. Why not a railroad under tbo same cir cumstances' When an honorable mer chant sees inevitable ba < ; ruptcy staring him in the face he hands his property over to his creditors. Why not n wrecked corporation ? Milking That the cause of woman suffrage is making progress there can bo no ques tion. Its advance may not bo as rapid ns its moro radical and impatient ad vocates desire , and it is undoubtedly yet a long way from the goal they would reach , but there is encouragement in its slop-by-fllop proitress for those who can wait. Its latest victory is in Kansas , whose legislature recently passed n bill , which roccivc'l the approval of the gov ernor , conferring limited municipal suffrage upon women. The total major ity for the bill in the legislature was eighty , and it was in deference to this large majority that the governor , who has nlways been opposed to woman suf frage , approved the measure. The law provides that in any election hereafter hold in any city of the lirst , second or third class lor the election of city or Fchool oflicors , or for the purpose of authorizing tiio issuance of bonds for school purposes , the right of any citi/en to vote shall not bo denied or abridged on account of sov and women may vote at such elections the same as men under like restrictions and qualifications , and any woman possessing the qualllications of a voter under the act shall also be eligible to any such city or school ollico. In signing the bill the governor ex pressed an apprehension that the effects promised by its friends in the purification of the ballot box and the election of a bettor class of ollicors would not be realixed , for the reason that the women best qualified to vote intelligently will not avail themselves of the privilege , either from indifference , as in the case" of many of the better class of male voters , or because they are opposed to woman suffrage. It rests with the women of Kansas to determine whether the experi ment shall be a success or a failure , and thus whether woman suffrage in that state shall be extended or halt perma nently at the first step. The friends of the cause have gained a valuable point. It remains to bo seen whether they can hold it. There is fair promise of unolher vic tory for the cause in New York. A bill has passed one branch of the legislature conferring suffrage on women at any and all elections of and for municipal ollicers , which is a moro comprehensive measure than the Kansas law. The bill is strongly championed , Sneaker Ilusted being among its most /ealous advocates , and its passage is thought to be moro than probable. It is moreover generally agreed that Governor Hill would sign it. With such encouraging facts before them there is no reason why Miss Anthony and her associates should lose heart or abate a jot of their faith in the final triumph of their labors. Yictorin'8 Morl > hl Sciitimcntnllqin. The jubilee to c cJebratc the fifty years' reign of Queen Victoria seems likely , according to some London correspond ents , to degenerate into a long-drawn out joke , if not an open scandal. There is said to bo no spontaneity about the cele bration. The people go about it as if it wore a merely portunctory task. They are much disposed to ridicule it. At a time when they are called upon for the most lavish manifestation of loyalty and affection they show not simply a half hearted interest , but on occasions a posi tive displeasure. A recent instance oc curred at a London theater , where a ju bilee ballot and other jubilee divortise- ments were presented. There was an exhibition on the stage of portraits of Iho queen , the prince and princess of Wales , and Lord Heaconsfiold. Tno queen's picture was hissed by nearly ev erybody , while the others were received with rapturous applause. The incident attested the unpopularity of the queen , at least with a certain element , who at the same time gave evidence of their loy alty in honoring the portraits of the oth ers. ers.There There are sufliclont reasons why Vic toria has not grown in the affection of the English people , or hold the general and hearty esteem she anco enjoyed. The chief of these is her morbid sentimentalism , which for years has made her a rccluso , keeping her aloof from tha people , with whoso in terests and welfare she has seemed to have no concern or sympathy. Her people - plo and the world accorded a duo appre ciation to the tenderness and depth of her widowhood sorrow , even after it had been prolonged far beyond the period when there scorned any reason for It , and when later she mourned as ono not to bo comtortcd the death of her favonto but ler , John lirotvn , there were many to find excuse for the undignified manifesta tion of grief in what they believed to bo the more than common intensity of her majesty's affection. Hut the prince con sort has been dead a quarter of a century and the butler a third of that time , and the queen's subjects not unjustly think that the interests of the living might now very properly receive a larger slmro of her attention and concern. What they were once willing to regard as tiio sacred expression of a sense of irreparable be reavement and a sacrifice to imperisha ble love , they are now disposed to think of as a wholly morbid sentiment , utterly Ecltish in its nature , and neither commendable - mondablo nor desirable in the sovereign of a great nation , They cannot justify her continued seclusion , her apparent indifference to the wants and welfare of ( ior people , her pprsonal peuuriousness , and her disposition to make every public occasion contribute something to immortall/.o the memory of her dead consort a by no means extra ordinary pyrson , though an amiable and well-meaning gentleman whose life was entirely respectable. . A single recent example will illustrate the morbid and selfish scntluicntallaiu of Victoria , and m part explain and justify the fooling of displeasure toward her of a considerable part of the English people. A woman's jubiUo Yund was started , which it was hoped W9uld bo raised to two or throe hundred ; thousand dollars , the intention being to'Uso it in strength- cninjr or endowing some hospital or ether charitable institution for the good of the common puopl ? , Tiio matter coin ing to the knowledge of the queen , she had convoyed to the promoters of the fund her desire that a ( least n part of the sum collected shall be devoted to erect ing another equestrian Matuo of the prince consort. When it is known that perhaps half a hundred costly memorials to Albert are scattered throughout Great Hritain , representing an expendi ture of millions of dollars obtained from the people , it is not surprising that this last suggestion of her majesty should have about exhausted the patience of the people and induced them to lose regard for an event which under favorable con ditions should and would command their most loyal interest and enthusiasm. Why Not Graml Opera ? The mammoth audience of Thursday evening evidenced that Omaha is ready to pay well for ainusnmonls of the first class. It was tin encouraging revelation Pretentious musical enterprises in the past have frequently failed. The reason is now apparent. The fault lay in the character of the entertainment pro vided , not in alack of public apprecia tion tor what is e\eollont. That Palfi drew in Omaha the largest audience of her present tour in America speaks vol umes for the willingness of our oilizuns to appreciate and to patronize Iho higher order of music. Now that this fact is clear wo should have no difficulty in se curing grand opera. Some time ago the HKE called the at tention of its readers to the possibility of a season of grnnd opera from the Ameri can opera company , of which Mrs. fcancltc Thtirber is the patron. Mrs. Thurbcr is anxious to place Omaha on her list of leading cities where an annual season of opera will bo given. Now York , Hoston , Brooklyn , Philadelphia , Chicago , San Francisco , Milwaukee , and St. Louis Liavu already been determined on. Most of these cities have been vis ited during the present winter and will be on next season's route. Shall Omaha be included ? The 15ii : : puts this question in full confidence that if the matter is properly presented to our people plo there can be but one answer. The American Opera company for two years past has been the leading organization of its nature in America. Neither pains nor money have been spared by its founder in establishing it'upon the basis of the highest artistic merit ] Every detail of organization lias been qlaboratcd without regard to expense1. Tjie artists nre the best procurable , the chorus the largest and most thoroughly drilled , the orches tra under the baton of Theodore Thomas unapproachable in excellence and the scenery , costumessuul stage settings the most magnificent ; ever shown in the History of opera in the United Status. The same compaij'y , tic ) same chorus , thc'same orchestra , andthe , same scenery which are presented to the eili/ions of Now York will be given to the people of Omaha in capo this city becomes one of the points to receive an annual visit from the American Opera company. Patti's manager asked a guarantee of $0,000 for one concert and was refused. The receipts approximated $11,000. Mrs. Thurber's organization can bo secured for three nights of grand opera for a nightly guarantee of ? 300. ; ! A hundred citizens subscribing $100 upieec to the guarantee fund would ensure to Omaha what would bo in many respects the most remarkable musical treat wo have ever had presented for our appreciation. If every seat were empty none of the guarantors could lose more than the guarantee. Under the most unfavorable circumstances they could scarcely be § 20 out of pocket , while every chance would bo in favor of receipts greatly in excess of expenses. A WOMAX w ill bo hanged m New York to-morrow. The efforts to save from capital punishment Airs. Hoxalana Druse , the Herkimer county murderess , were unavailing , and she must pay the penalty of her crime. It was one of un usual atrocity. AVith deliberation , in the presence of her children , she murdered her husband , and then with the assistance of her nephew cut up the body , burning a portion of it and feeding other parts to the ho s. Throughout the whole tragic and brutal business the woman exhibited a most fiendish nature , and the story of the tragedy shows her to bo devoid of every womanly iiif-tinct. Nevertheless a great deal of sympathy was aroused in her behalf , largely among influential women. , and after her conviction and sentence , on a second trial , ugroat pres sure was brought to bear upon the gov ernor for a commutation of the sentence to life imprisonment. This was not suc cessful , but respite of sixty days was granted to enable tiio legislature to take action in the matter. A bill was intro duced for the abolition of capital punish ment in the case of women convicted of murder , but it failed , anil Mrs , Uruso will go to thogallows. It has been tnlrty years since n woman was hanged In Now York , and but for the peculiarly astro- cious character of 'Mnj. Drusn'tt crime slio would doubtless have escaped the death penalty. EVKHY monopolist manufacturer is in favor of spending the surplus by liberal appropriations , They are in favor of continuing over-taxation by making ex cessive taxation necessary. In their eyes tariff reform is sodondary to a pub lic extravagance which will maico any re duction of the tariff impossible. i'OINTS. Senator Mahone and lUddloberirer never visit the democratic bide of the senate cham ber. ber.P. P. T. Uarmim as the prohibition candidate for president .would bo the greatest show on earth. Hut Phlnueas says ho Is willing. Governor Husk , of Wisconsin , has been nominated for the presidency by various newspapeis In the northwest. 11.V , Longfellow was a defeated candi date for aldirrman at ihe late election In Plill- Mh'lphia , ' "Life U but an empty dream" to him now. Thomas A.Armstrong , editor of the Pltts- buru Labor Tribune , ! * quite generally spoken Q [ ns the piesldoiitlal candidate of the labor partyof 1833 , Lucy Stone announces that a woman will bo president of the United Slates In thu year2,000 , but she doesn't mention neiself as K candidate. Mr. Jordan says that he expect * to mllu- outsh the office of United Stales treasurer tlic oth of March unless the president desires him to vacate sooner. The New ork sonata has passed a bill al lowing women to vote ntmunlclpal elections , but the hou o Is said to be unfavorably dis posed towards the measure. Congressman J. Thomas SprlRors Is quoted assaying that before July I President Cleve land will leave a letter In the hands of the national democratic committee declining to bo a candidate for re-election. When Congressman Allen of Mississippi hnd finished his witty speech on the consular and diplomatic appropriation bill bo con vulsed the house by caving ! "Mr. Speaker , 1 wish to announce that 1 Plmll retire to the eloal : room to receive the congratulations of my fellow members. " Presidential combinations for 1SJ8 spoken of In hotel lobbies nnd ot' thn street are "lllaine and Fornker. " "Hill mid Ilolm.ui , " "Cleveland and Voorhee ? , " "Sherman and lllspock , " "Ilawleyand Harrison , " "Carlisle aiidIIcwltt"UIaiio ! and Carr , " "Carlisle and \Valler \ , " and many others of a less per tinent and less permanent character. Cost ns Miiuh ns n 1/oclnlntm-e , Clttrao' ) T/llmu'- . Uobeit llnnner has been oltered 8100,000 for Maud S. Hum's a marc whom It costs as much to buy as It. dons to buy a legislature. Great Jobbing Center. MiliKiukcc Jounidf. The wheat trade may gu to Duliith , the pork business to Omaha and Kansas City , but so Ions an Clilcao continues to bo head quarters for the Cook county commissioners she will icmaln the gient jobbing center of the west. More Harm Tliiin Good. flcwer Kcitn , Prohibition has hnd a very lame success where it has been tried , and In the opinion of a larte majority of the best people of the United States , morally and Intellectually , It Is hopelessly Impracticable ns a solution for the evils In question. It Is even doubted whether the law where it exists has not been productive of moie harm than good. Kiil > tt o' Labor Jlcais Pnttl. Written far Hie Siimldlite ) li\i \ Lit It. CaKc , Well. I sat an' ll&tcn'd to her , With a heaven In my heait , An' my eyes a inotstcr dlmmln' , Like the tears was con' 't stait , An' my soul a-risin' , thiillin' , As my spirit soared away , An' the coldest fL-clltigs lilliu' An' a-chillin' of the clay. 'Twas the music of my boyhood , Of the biooks an' blids an' bees , With the bieath of suilnic an'flowers , An' the blossoms on the trees , An' the sheep an' lambs a-blatin' , An' the lowln' cattle come , All a-miiiglin' with the voices Of the tar off , dear ole home. An' It sweeter Rot , an' tender , An' I seemed a child to grow , With my mother's arms aiound me , An' her voice a-slncin' low ; An' the je.irs of toll an' tomutln' , Threw no sliaddor on my uliss , As 1 laid In drowsy dreamland. An' my molhei'slovlu' kiss. Then the music swelled all meltin' , An' I seemed to walk again. With the one to mo the lairest , Down thethoinhedced , country lane ; An' our voices sottly mingllu' , In a secret that we told , Ay , the secret wanil'rin' with us , 1'iom the meddor lands of gold. Oil 1 them tones wascausht from heaven , lu soitm dream the sln r dreamed , when her voice was taught the music Of the harus that play , ' 'Kedeemed. " An' they linger in my mem'ry , Weaviii' still a trancin' spoil , .An' a-lillin' mo with leellns That my heart can never tell. TJiey Say If Our Hclovcd Dcatl Tron Times. They sav if our beloved dead Should seek the old tamlllar place , Some stianccr would he there instead , And they would lind no welcome faco. I cannot tell how It mlxht be In other homes hut this 1 know : Could my lost daillnir comolo me , That she would never lind it so. Ofttlmrs the ( lowers have como and cone , OtttiniPS the winter winds have blown , The while her peaceful rest went on , And 1 have learned to live alone. Have slowly learned from day to day In all life's tasks to bear my part ; But whether crave , or whether gay , 1 hide her memory In my heart. Fond , faithful love has blest my way , And friends are round me , tine and tried ; 'they have their place but hers to-day Is empty as the day she died. How would I SDrlng with bated breath , And joy too deep for word or sign , To take my darling home fiom death , And once again to call her mine. 1 dare not dream the blissful dream H fills my he.iitwith wild unrest ; Whcie yonder cold white marbles gleam bho still must slumber Uod knows best. Hut. this I know , that these who sav Our best beloved would lind no place , Have never hungered every day Thiniigh jcars and ycais lor ono sweet face. SUN DAY GOSSIP. Hugh Coyle , the advance agent of Havcr- ly's mlnstielb , Is a very much traveled man. Ho has been all over this country and Eu rope , and incidently lias taken in Cuba. He is a shrewd observer , and an enteitalnlng talker. He Is full ot reminiscences , through nil oC which there runs a clmrintni : vein of humor , Jlr. Coylo , who was formerly a news paper man , Is a gentleman well worth listen ing to. "Some years ago 1 went over to Ha vana , " said Mr. Coyle , "witli the commission to Investigate the feasibility of establishing a trl-weekly ctcamshlp mall route between New York and the Smith American ropul > - JIcs , via Havana. The scheme was to secure a subsidy of 5510,000,000 tor this purpose to bo p.ild in aunuiillnstalliiutntsot $1,000,000. The commission wtus madn up of ox-Vlce-Prcsl- dent Haiinlb.il Hamlln , Postmaster Coueial Key , Senator Klrkuood , the commitieo on postofllces and postroads , and about fifty newspaper men , rouiccntlng the leading newspapeis of the country. These men re ceived S10 a day and expenses. We went over In a government vessel. Havana was then a city of 'JSO.OOO peoplo. Wo were received by the governor- general In the presence nt STi.OJX . ) troops. Hnmlln , who has the reputation of having \\oinaswallow-tall coat for thlity > cars , found the weather so warm it being 100 In the shade In the month of April that lie bought a linen duster for twenty-live cents and a ten-rent straw hat , and in that undig nified costume ha appeared at the reception , Kirkwood did not piesfciit a much more at tractive appearance , being dressed In a very slouchy and slovenly manner. McNab , of the Chicago Tribune , cabled a full account of the reception to his rapcr , and gave llumlln and Kirk wood a lively scoring for their utter dlsiegard of decency In diess renulrcmonts on such an occasion. At a reception given us beer was Uio only liquor offered we ex- poctc'd champagne. The fact was , however , that the Cubans thought they were giving us the most desirable drink , as the beer was Im ported from Milwaukee , and owing to the tariff was worth a dollar a bottle , while Eu ropean champapnes and other wines were much cheaper than American beer. The hotel at which wo stayed was the Pasayaj a magnllirent eight-story struc ture. It had four elevators , and four ofllees. 1 believe It U the finest hotel In the world , not even excepting the Palace In San Francisco. Havana at ni > ; ht IK the most brilliantly illuminated city'in the world. 'Ihe parks ur always full of pleasure seekers at nlidit , listening to th& bands of music. There two newspapers lu Havana , whan 1 was there , and ono reporter served both papers. Ho prepared his copy for each , and then submitted It to the Dross censor. The newspapers vrero equipped with American cylinder presses. " V * "When I was ahead of Sullivan during his first western trip I h.ui a gre.it many tunny experiences , " said Mr. Coyle. "I'pon leav ing Tombstone tor Demlng 1 took a letter from Mr. Connor , the coroner , to the marshal of Doming , who had the reputation of being a killer. Ho had killed twenty-live men. Upon arriving at Doming 1 walked Into a saloon and called lor a cocktail , and asked of the bartender If ho know where 1 could find the marshal. 'TIicio ho stands , ' replied he , polntlnir to a man In the crowd. Walking up to him 1 piesentod him \\\tii \ my letter. Uo lead It and said , 'Well , there's nothing too good for you in Deiulng. That letter from my friend Connor settles It. ' I then linttcd Urn crowd up to dilnk , and wlien I ollercd to pay the bill , the marshal wouldn't let me , but paid It himself. Mean time the bartender had exchanged tlu first cocktail for a second ono. Ho had done this as snon as ho saw that 1 and the marshal were friendly. His lirst cocktail was in tended to lay mo out Hat. The night that Sullivan wanted In Doming was taken by some other attraction , but the marshal not only made the pioprletor of. the hall eaticcl the dale but compelled him to reduce his rent from S10 to Sir. . The marshal then took : iOO Ilekcts and sold every ono ot them for nu > . When thn performance came olt ho volun- tailly acted as doorkeeper and would not permit a deadhead to enter the ball. This was piobably the lust ttmo that the deadhead wasevur euthely excluded from a show. 1 wanted to let the newspaper men in fiee , but the marshal was running the whole busi ness and ho madu them all pay. " * * "i had rather an amusing experience at Uradford , Pennsylvania , about thtco years ace , " continued Mr. Coylo. "I iot ; off the train at mldnicht and saw that the town was brilliantly Illuminated in every iniaiter. 'Tills is an all-night wlde-opou town , ' said 1 , 'and I am going to tike It in. ' ( ! olug to the hotel I registered , and at once started out without asking any questions. Seeing a clethmc store just opposite all lighted up and several persons Inside , as I supposed , I went over to see what was the matter. You can Imagine my surprise when 1 dlscoveied that the persons wore a lot ot clothing dum mies. The store was locked. 1 then found out that the town was Indited by natural uas , which was not turned oir at night. I didn't go any further , but returned to the hotel , and related my exporicuco to the clerk. 'That's nothing , ' said he , 'you are not the only person that has been fooled that way. Strangers come In here every night , just as you did , and after registering , ito the rush act In five minutes they return looking just as sheepish as you did' " Tin : minstrel music of Haverly's troupe struck a few coids In my memory writes ou old Omaha newspaper man for the HKII'S Sunday Cosslp and it seems as 1C a little "picking" on the old "cromona" of days gone by , as far as cork-faced stars are con cerned , might bo a programme of pleasure to some. The old time negro minstrel is rapidly receding from the glare and glitter of the trarlsh lights ; his pigmy presence as far as "people" and "posters" are concerned would bo out of place amid the mastodons of to-day ; but to him belongs the eredit of creating the only American opera of recosultion and giving Pony Moore a standard place amid royal amusement caterers In London and renderluc Jack Haverly's famous tiip to Al bion's shore of iccorded prominence in Eng lish stage attractions. Uy ringing up the curtain on the old burnt cork artists , 1 do not mean to rock the cradle of Jim Crow llice or even to tune Dan Emmet's youthful ilddlo before his vocal and Instrumental effusions were sell ilieil in word and uoto Dy "Way Down South In Dixie" oh no these were memorial chestnuts for our fathers to crack and really were contained in ' 'burs" that ante dated the best days of minstrelsy. They wcie bct'oio the times when the Chrlstys , the Campbells , Hryants , Ditckloy's SeieiiadTi , Mat Peel , Kelley , t Leon , Morris liros. , Pell t\s Tiowbridge , Dupie/ & Green , Uackus , lilrch , Doniker&Ucriianl , III Uumsey , Gal Waaner's Originals , Sam Sharpluy , Cam- cross & Dixey , and several other well known companies that are now on the O. P. Ride of my memory , were In the high day of public favor. * * * The "Irishman's Shanty" was a song that used to capture the gamins before the war and none of Ned Harrlgan's "squatter songs" ot to-day could aspire to the same front seat of popularity. It was made famous by Mat Peel , a veisatilo performer who made the song which afterward madn him. The .sentiment was not elevated , It Is true , but it raised .Mat to the very top rung of fame ; ita reclster did not require a Pattl to do Its notes justice , but then It recorded Mat as the favorite o his day. No shop window needed to have been turned lute a pictorial page to draw a crowd when ho was coming simply "Mat Peel and The Irishman's Shanty , " oven In small type , would corral the quarters and ensure a repl- tltlon of calls and recalls and nroailug cral- lery bioadside of yells that really would only ho judicious In the neighborhood of a deaf and dumb asylum. I'oor Mat , I lomember tbo last time ho told an overcrowded house : "There's a pig in the sty And a cow In the stable , They fend them on scraps That fall from the tablet , etc. ( Now , boys , one tor the pig , " ) * * It was in Uuffalo , M. V. The next night the company was to appear In Hoche.ster. The engagement was filled , but Mat Peel , who gave the. . tioupo mime , lame and favor , was absent. He had been taken suddenly ill and his mirth-making companions I mil to keep their word with the public without him. At his earnest leque.st Mrs. Peel came down with the minstrels and through her the an nouncement was made that there would bo no "Irishman's Shanty" vocally erected on the lloclicster btago that night. At once there was a consumptive ciillmfdasm appar ent among the huge audience assembled , whleh even the rlslnc ot the curtain on the bc.ml-clrcular lirst part could pot eheolr , The overtuie and opening ehoius were well ren dered ; the tenor sang sweetly ; the Interlocu tor's and end men's legislative repartees were frej h 5 the "Hem Convention" was twittered In Tambo's best style in fact everything was done with apparent extra effort to divert thought from the "vacant chair ; " but there wan coldness on the stage and In the auditorium. Then there capio a longer IntermiftSlon than usual just where the pro- crammes printed in advance noted Mat Peel's appearance. Stiaiigo to say Ihero was no stamping of f ! t or "cat-calls' In thu gal lery ; no clapping of hands In the lower portion of the house. ; none of that old stand ard expression of anxiety for the favorite pciformanre. There seemed to bo a death- filcnco ovcrywhcin that no power cuiild break. Appropriate , aye most appropriate It Was , for just were uncertain time had placed the act ot the uieiryson of Mounts , an elco- trlr < d messenger had brought the news ( hat certain eteinltv hail claimed Mat Peel for Its own. Tim mliistiel WAS dead I It Is needless tu no further performance . u min strels under MIR. M.u .i'Hv ami man agement continued'tti tr.iti.-l lei tlmu but soon , very soon fnded f rum piddle notice and though pcrbups soiuo ol lu members are living to-day , they are really as .dead to pub lic fame as b holio so suddenly passed from ll/e within the very chorus of his mciry burlesque ditty. # # It Dlauop lUicKluy was another old-timer. Ills great strontrlh. | llko ihal ot Charley Uackus laid In his " , cnotinotis "made-up mouth. " His Chinese fiddle with ono strlpg was his annex to minstrel fnmo jutt ns Iho Imitation of gieat actors was Itackus' second part In the programme of popularity. Why he could get that month fixed up to look like onr Cut-Off lake , and If ho were around now and should close It after n grand RiiRnli , leu to ono thcio would bo a lot ot people fiom Council Uluff.s attempting to put up shanties on his chin nnd under his noseclaiming flint the "meander' * lines had chanced , and that property In lluekloy had reverted to Its creator and could bo pie- empled i y sqtiatlcr rlcht , H. lllshop bi < longed to the famous Uuckloy Scrcnaders of Boston. With him were his wife , Julia Gould and Ids brothers , ( Jcorgo Swayne and Fred. The lady always appeared In the after-pieces , which \vcro burlesque opera * , and she was the Hist and only woman ever performing with n legitimate mtnstiel troupa In my recollection. Tlw Uuckloys have the credit of being the first minstrels to add reg ular bin lesque In black to thotr programme. They did It In a good style , too , Miss Gould being an exceedingly line soprano , and , In fact , this operatic business was made the leading and distinguishing attraction of the Uuckloys a kind of Iloston b < > an , as It wore , that other troupes could not bake In artlstin Yesthelr'-Lucia 1 do Lam'her ' style. , More,1' and other pieces with masked names weto Immense , 0. Swayne Uncklcy occupied the bone end opposite Bishop's tniubo , and they made the first part very lively. He also did a line bone solo , and was a rival ot D.no Heed among the very first pong and danre men of the genteel order on the stare. "Sally Como Up" was the made name under which this song ami dance business Hist became popular. If I mistake not , Dave Uued Hist brought It out with Morris Brothers , Pell and Trowbrldge , although ho was afterward- , prominent with the Bryants In New York. Anyway Swayno Buckley followed very closely at forwards , and althouch his style and stops were different , ho divided the honors with Dave. Fred Buckley was the solo violinist linist of the paity. lie appeared every evening on the piiigramnic , doing line execution , being the best violinist who over played In black ns a soloist on the minstrel stage. Ills imitations were Immense and stalled the encore excitement every time. The Buckleys were favor ites everywhere. They are all dead now but the tears of sorrow over those great mirth- makers will , I fear , never equal onc-nill- llouth part of the tears of laughter their choice comedy caused to How. The gay I.s a near lelatlveof the grave , the smile obtains few dl\oiees fiom the shioiul. * * The Hryants wore among the greatest burnt cork aitist.sot their day and In permanent popularity in New York city had no sur- periors. Originally there weto four brothois but one passed away without any promi nence and but little plnco In miiistioloy Jerry , Ivcll and Dan , however , weio the great trio that ruled supreme In days gouo by. Their names were synonomous with everything leading In minstrelsy , and al though the troup only made an occasional provincial tour In summer the'r ' reputation was a ' 'dramatic" standard. Jeriy and Dan were the comedians and occupied tlio , "ends , " and in my humble opin ion Jerry Bryant never had an equal In refined negro minstrelsy cer tainly not in his day and very likely never since. He was a gem in every way. Dau was at tlio top of the profession also , and a great "Iiish song artist. " Ills "Tim Klnno- gan's Wake" was to Gotham what tlio Mar- sellaiso is to France. It will be remem bered that after Jeuy's death and the bieak- Ing up of tlw troupe Dan appealed in Irish eomedv , traveling as a "whitnstar" and mak ing his lirst appearance at Walfack's ' , Now York. Nell was mote o a musician than the others , and was a great accordeon player. UIs execution on that instrument was his part of the programme. Ho gave very little attention to show business , but was enthusi astic In billiard elides. Neil Bryant during his day was the champion amateur billiard player of tlio world. Ho never en tered the professional arena , even though ho had many a friendly bout with the veteran , .Michael Plielan , Dudley Kavanaugh , Oold- walthe , Louis Fov , John Decry , Serelter , the two Dions , Joe and Cyrlllo ; Foley and many other professional cueists Includ ing Maurice Dally , who at that time was a marker In Kavanaiigh's room on Uroadway , next to Grace church. 1 shall never forget a little Incident that happened at Bryant's ono nlcht. You see they moved in good New York society , and the biothers aud their wives were no "como-all-yca" by any in onus. Wealthy men were only too glad to bo their companions , and actoiRwlio perhaps did not regard mipsticl business as high sock ami buskin woik were proud of Dan , Jerry or Nell Bryant's acquaintance. The i ncldcnt I refer to Is this. Dan Hrjant want over to England to attend the Hcenan-Sayors'light In 1KVI. Ho did not care to Imvo it known very generally , especially among the circle In which the "folks" moved. When ho re turned Dau cot a grand reception. It was hU lirst abbonco since fame became his , and New York's best people were proud to give him a rousing welcome. Dan hud an Inkling of what bin re- appeal unco would briui ; aboutso he prepared a neat .speech. The Bryant's hull on Broad way never had such a nlulitas that on which Dan appeared after his European trip. It was an ovation , and ten halls of the same si/e would not furnish ample room for these who wanted to do the New York boy honor. As soon as thu "boys" came out and the wooden chairs were about to be occupied the "sea ot upturned faces" be came tumultuous wave after wave ot applause succeeded , and the ocean of New York's enthusiasm was never so stormy before. No craft ot silence could hold Its own before that whhlwlnd of oxcltomcnt. When Dan get a chance he arose to make his Httlo leply-talk. Thanks ot course sugar coated the first lines , but when ho came to mention ' When I went to Europe for the oenuht of my health" there came an earthquake. Jerry jumped upon the other end of the seinl-clrcle mid ended the paragraph by say ing "Yes , the next prize fight they have over In England , I'm going for the benefit of my heath. " This settled ft. Dan's prepared remarks were dispelled from mind foiover his social eastlo was lazotl Iho Idea of keeping the real object of his trip to Kng land fiom thp "circle's" knowledge became a Imumeratig he hnd to Hop down on his chair like a wet rug. Talk ot a roar and rntflo bioadHlde of npplaute. There neier was and never will be a similar scene In the same slml space In this country. I must end this tirade , on majliap mmppreclailve , ears now , but soon again I will follow up this mliistiel train of thought. A I'AiiAoiiAi'ii is floating through the press to the effect that Lilliu blnck , tlio four teen-year-old daughter ot the Pennsylvania stale librarian , composed the words and music of a "Slumber Song ; " that , her inuala tcnclicr advised her to allow him to real range and publish ft , as he said It was so Intricate , so delicate , and so dllUcuIt of rendition that ordinary singers could not do justice to U ; thatshtt declared n\\o \ \ would not Imvo tlio score changed , saying she had mudo If unusiially dlfllcull for a ppcoial purpose ; that she then sent It to Adellna Puttl , slilnz | an assumed name ; ami that-a few days ago she heard from M me , Pattl's prhato secretary that the dlvn was ulnglng thu "Slumber Song" In concerts In the west Mine. P.ittl Was asked about the "Slumber Song" while bo was In Omaha , last week , and she said the had never hoard ot Lillie Stuck or her song , and that she was not singing a "Slumber Sony" of liny king. ThU iUVo > ufent spoils a very pretty fairy tali * .