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Contents of the Hiindny Live.
Pace 1. New Voik Herald Cablegrams
EiKTlals to the UiiE. General Telegraphic
iNcws.
I'avuS. Telecraplilc iSows. City News.
WKoolIany.
1'nge 3. Special Advert ! semen Is.
I'aire 4. JCdltorlnls. Political Points.
Blrtklne Events of tbe Week.
Page 5. Jjlncoln News. Kissano In tlio
Cdlls. Advertisements.
1'ngoO. Council Bluffs News. Miscellany.
-Advertisements.
Page 7. Queer People and Things. ( ! cn-
eral and Local Markets. Advertisements.
Page 8. City News. Advertisements.
Paito 0. Omaha Society Kvonts. An ex-
Omahan In Germany. Advertisements.
Paeo 10. Husbands and Helpmeets. The
{ Engineer's Story , by Helen > I. VVinslow.
Bparkllng Spring Smiles. Advertisements.
Pane 11. Women Worthily Working.
Jionoy for the Ladles. Musical and Dramatic
--f BlnKiilarlUes. Advertisements.
I 1'ttKO 12. Gotlmm Gab and Gossip , by Clara
Belle. Twenty-two Years' Talk , by Adam
JBadeau. Connubialitlcs. Advertisement.
IN Montana the legislature this winter
fcmsaod a law licensing gambling houses ,
tontana will now become the Gamblers
' Paradise.
AMKHICA. will bo well represented in
tun Jubilee railroads' exhibition to be held
at Paris this summer. Omaha could ex-
bibit many railroads on papar.
BOSTON has had a successful dog show ,
and she now proposes to have a show of
cats. Culture covers a multitude of sius ,
AS well as cats. Pious old Boston 1
' IT is a singular fact that since the edi
tors have given up their passes , r.&t a
Voice has been raised ior throe whole
, * yceks in defense of the fraudulent rail
road commission.
Aituon day comes the latter part of
this month. It is estimated that 005,000-
000 of trees are now thriving where but n
tow years since none wore to bo soon ,
and nil as a result of Arbor day. With
this fact before us wo can forgive J.
r
Sterling Morton for opposlug Church
Howe.
' A DRUGGIST in Brattleboro , Vt. , has
connected every bottle containing poison
With the prescription desk by electricity ,
Bo that whenever one is touched a boll
gives warning and wakes the corapounder
op to BOO , by a second look , whether ho
bus the bottle he wants or not. This
Would bo a toll-talo apparatus in a Kan-
as drug store.
TUB German government has purchased -
chased for $250,000 an invention for steerIng -
Ing balloons. It Is said that this valua
ble invention will solve the problem of
airships. When lines of air ships tire
Introduced in this country the inter-state
commission can ride around adjusting
allroad rates without in any way plao-
'ing themselves under obligations to the
terra lirma cormorants.
I Sioux Crrr is wrestling with the prob
lem of a union depot. One of the papers
of that town lashes itself into madden-
fug miser ? and says upon thu subject :
'There ' has boon more lying in Sioux City
about this depot matter than there has
brim in court over the Haddock case , am !
this will sufficiently illustrate to the out-
fllilo reader thu extent of porvaricatiou
that lias boon indulged in , " Omaha has
union depot constructed on similar
{ lans ,
TUB society of the Army of the Cum
berland have determined to rearrange
tlio olllclal programme itl such a way
Vhat there will bo no room or thno for a
memorial nddross at the unveiling of the
Garfield statue. This is a direct am
ftersnual thrust at J. Warren KiofTor
Tot tlio general of spoakcrshio fame wll
explain to his Ohio friomh that "his law
practice at Springtinlii" makes it impos
Bible for him to bo present upon tills
great occasion.
No woxitr.it President Cleveland signet
tJio inter-stato commerce law. Notwith
stmuling the fact that it was just such a
law K < i the pcoplo havn long needed , hi
motive no doubt was a selfish one. Ai
ofliccr of the interior department recently -
, . , -contly said : "Tho withdrawn ! of rail
way passes has pretty cfibotiially stoppei
the coining of delegates and of imllvidu
als to urge appointments and press claim
hero. Roforo the Inter-stato law wen
into effect th''ro wasn't a day passei
that wn did not have delegations and Hi
dividual ! here for one purpose or an
ottior. They would conic from the PA
olllc coast and the far northwest , flu
vow , since free passes hnve been can
clod , we don't have tnauy mob callers. '
jfi'w. .
Young ntood In Polltlon.
Among the toasts drank at the now
lintoric Dostmastors' banquet was
Toung Ulood in I'olltics. " The re-
sponao to this toast Is commended by
iontcinporary editors as a miistorlyand
irilllant cllbrt , and tlio respondent , W.
' . Gurloy , is held up to the admiration of
.he rising generation of voters and citi
zens as thu ideal young politician.
The theme of this toast \vm ; within itself -
self appropriate , in view of the disparity
Between the agus of the Incoming and
outgoing postmasters For aught we
< now , tno oratory of Mr. ( Jurloy may
lave surpassed in llntsh and pathos the
: ioliihcd ullbrls of llo cnu Conkllng or
itobert G. Ingor oll. lint patriotic citi-
/ens of all parties and factions who
ioonly fuel the pernicious inlluciiccs that
mve degraded American politics , more
especially the politics of Nebraska ,
lave reason to resent this attempt to
muku Mr. Gin-ley a rnoilul for young voters -
ors to pattern after. The idea is too re
volting to any man who liopua to nco the
standard of our polltluj elevated and
purified through the young blood that is
not yet contatninnlud by the fatal con
tagion of corrupt and dissolute lobbies.
One of the sad hst and most lami'.nt-
able sights at the Into legislature was
this young man , endowed with natural
gifts thiit would have made him an orna
ment to his profession , circling in tlio
deadly whirlpool of debaucheries and
orgies which destroy soul and body , and
make drunken beasts and conscienceless
rogues of tlio participants.
With a brain steupud in rum and con
science dullud by constant communion
with the depraved , who make seduction
oi legislators from the path ot honor and
integrity a profitable railing , this orilliant
and eloquent .young man rounded up his
career at Lincoln by becoming one of
the paid agunts of the Omaha gamblers.
And yet there arc men and paper. ; who
want him to personify our young blood
in politics. How could tins young
iawycr who , loss than three year. ?
ago liukl a conlidenti.il position
at Washington , get stranded on the
rocks of dissipation and corruption
in such a short time ? He had fallen Into
bad hands ami taken as his o < c mplar
meu who had achieved prominunce at
the expense of honor and reputation.
The young man had chosen as liis stan
dard of political morals , silver-tongued
and brazen-chocked railroad lawyers
who figure prominently but not reputa
bly at our state conventions and li'gisla.
turcs. With these men ho took his les
sons in gilded infamy , and through
them lie imbibed the poison winch has
made our body politic rotten to tlio core.
L'heso whitened scpulchcrs arc to-day as
dangerous to the virtue and good name
of our young men as the other
whitened scpulchcrs have been to young
women. Such dreadful wrecks .should
furnish food for serious reflection for
young men ambitious to gain eminence
and fume in our politics.
It is to the young blood that America
looks hopefully , although dispairingly ,
for reforms. Nebraska , of all other
stales , needs self-purification in her poli
tics. She lias suffered ineffable disgrace
and degradation through vicious and
venal politicians who had no higher aim
than success at any cost and through any
agency however immoral , criminal and
destructive of social order and good gov
ernment.
Look to the West.
Very few people reali/.o the magnitude
of material growth of the section directly
west of Nebraska. Wyoming is destined
to become tlio Pennsylvania of the west.
S , he h 3 boon for twenty years a colony
of one corporation , and for years was
known as Jav Gould s province. The
Union Pacific has kept closed to the
world the coal , the iron and the oil which
Nebraska's next neighbor is more than
rich in.
liut a new day has dawned. The giant
corporation that for years throttled
every individual entorprlso in Wyoming ,
is no longer autocrat. The Fremont ,
Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad al
ready reaches to Douglas , the center of
the cattle and coal region. In two years
it will tap the oil Holds. The B. & M. has
incorporated under the laws of the terri
tory , and wilt bo there In 1883. The Koek
Island has a survey. The Milwaukee is
pointing that way.
There is no protcnao in these projects.
They are practical. They mean develop
ment. Whcro now are loss people than
live in Omaha there will boa half million
long before the end of this century.
Thcso railroads are not speculating on
something they believe to exist. They
know it is there.
The tales of men who explored -
plorod tlio "groat American desert"
in Nebraska , are no longer called
chimerical. Nor are they in Wyoming.
Those railroads are to prove them to all
to bo realities. From the Silver Crown
mining district , in which Colorado minors
are putting a half million , and from the
mountain of hematite iron , which stands
within thirty miles of Cheyenne , north
ward to the river plalto , over 100 mlles ,
the Black Hills range of the Kookoys is
rich in ore. Along the Platte arc vast
beds of coal and Immense ledges of gran
ite and marble ; coal as good as sells for
$ Yn ton in this city ; granite as enduring as
is brought from Maine ; and marble as
fine as is found in Kentucky or Tennes
see. Follow up the Platte , westward loss
than. 100 miles , and the great oil basins
are found. Oil bubbles up like spring
water in the Catskills. It flows fifty bar
rels a day from two wells , side by sldo
and Jei-j Uian 261 feet deep. There are
1,000 square miles of it. At L.iramioCity
and in northern Carbon county are whole
lakes more than twenty-five square
miles of pure soda. A million cattle
can always graze on the plains. In John
son and Crook counties and on streams
which flow into the Platte , Laramie ,
Green and Bear rivers slight irrigation
raises as good wheat as grows in Colorado
rado and vegetables which rival Cali
fornia.
There la a kingdom of coal in Wyoming ;
an imperially of iron. Its fields of oil
are vast and inexhaustible. There will
bu the Birmingham and the Pittsburg ol
the west.
No city can bo built in Wyoming wliloh
can supply the wants of the great mining
and mechanical industrial population
sure to gather there. No railroad will
rnaka any place there a tefmlnus. While
they will develop the territory by pnsslnj
through it , they will not center. "Ali
roads lead to Home" WM a bit of ban-
combe. But if it had beau literally true
there was not muck brilliance in it , I (
many road * had not led to Koran , there
have been no Rome worthy to be
styled the Imperial mistress of the world.
Omaha may maintain i's ' marvelous
commercial progress by recognizing its
chanced. Lot it keep pace with the devel
opment of this younger sister of No-
jraska. For the iron and coal , the oil ,
.he soda , and the cattle , Omaha needs
steel works , refineries , baking powder
factories , and beef packing houses. In
return for her wig iron , her crude oil. her
native soda , her granite , and Her beeves ,
frcnd back to Wyoming flour , clothing ,
provisions , dressed beef , pork , anil
canned meat , together with oilier neces
sities of civilized life.
With the four great roilroad systems
which practically 'ormluato hero as much
a they do at Chicago , \ \ yoming is at
Omaha's door. Her people should bo led
to reg.ird this city as their mart. The
capital which is daily coming here for in
vestment should bo shown what a mar
ket for Omaha is growing up just west.
No pent tip Utlca should confine this
city's commerce. Arms of steel are
reaching into an undeveloped part of our
natural territory. Omaha should prepare -
pare to ovtond to the people who are
there and who will go thnro an invita
tion to bring their products here for ex
change. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Kitty Ycurs of School Work.
Massachusetts is the fountain from
which the public school system of tlio
United State.s has derived a very largu
part of its most healthful ami stimulating
mlltienccs. Other states now have sys
tems of public education quitoas thorough
and excellent , but ticy [ all owe more1 or
lois to tin1 wisdom , devotion and experi
ence of the educators of Massachusetts.
In this view there is a measure of gen
eral interest in tlio report recently issued
by thu secretary of the Massachusetts
board of education , which reviews the
progress the state has made in training
its children during tlio hiit fifty years. In
some of the instructive facts the experi
ence of Massachusetts lias buou repeated
in oilier states.
Fifty years ago public education even
in Massachusetts was on a very low
grade. There was a paucity of compe
tent teachers , and the small salaries paid
knpt c-ipable moil out of this work , for at
that time it was largely in the hands of
men. The methods , also , wore crude ,
thcto was a lack of books , and
there was no careful and ade
quate supervision of schools. Thu
pressure for education with the
masses was far less urgent than now , so
that while about si\ months then suflio-d
for thu average school year , over eight
nro now demanded. A particularly in
teresting fact is thu decline in the mini-
bmof male teachers and the increase in
the number of women instructors * While
fifty vcara ago the number of women
teachers exceeded the men by only about
one-third , at this time the proportion is
right to one in favor of the women.
Surely the gentler sex ran lay strong
claim to honor in this field ot labor and
point with pride to the educational progress
gross of Massachusetts as evidence of
the capacity of women at le.ist in teach
ing "thu young idea how to shoot. " The
estimate of the money value of teaching
has also experienced a very decided ad
vance. The pedagogues of fifty years
ago had to ho sparing of the luxuries of
life. Then tho.average monthly wages
of men were ? W..tl , and of women $ U.i3 ! ,
including board , the latter doubtless
boiug'sulliciently plain not to interfere
with sedentcry and studious habits , No -
the corresponding figures arO $ Ul.iJ3 for
mcu and $13.07 for women , and
Massachusetts is still more economical
with her teachers than most , other states
no better able to pay liberally for teach
ing. The fact is , however , that at pros ,
cut the supply is in excess of the demand ,
as indeed it is getting to bo quite gc'ii-
orally.
The qualifications of teachers have of
course greatly increased in the half cen
tury. Fifty yours ago there were no Nor
mal schools , and as the report says the
work of the teachers consisted mainly in
keeping order , and in having parrot-like
recitations of lessons which had boon
memorized with a moro or less dim re
gard for theirjmcaning. All this ha. boon
changed , and the average teacher of to
day occupies a place far above his or her
predecessor half a century ago , not alone
in intellectual attainments , but in a
knowledge of methods and all the minor
requirements of successful leaching. As
evidence of the growth in popular regard
of the public scliool system , it is stated
that larger proportion of the school
children of thu state are in the
public schools now than in 1837 ,
bul it i.s suggested thai future
reports may show a change
in recording a larger number of children
who atlund schools at institutions not
Mipportod by the state. On the whole ,
the exhibit mndo of the half century's
progress in the school work of Massa
chusetts is entirely gratifying , but the
secretary of the state board submits that
there Is still room for further advance
ment. The problem of education is con
tinually presenting new phases and de
mands , aud no system anywhere is yet
in sight of perfection.
Progress nt the Vnelcnn.
In tlio swiftly running out rent of mod
ern events , nothing is moro interesting us
showing the drift of the tide than the
evidences of progress at the Vatican.
After having been for half a generation ,
or since , in 1870 , Pope Pius secluded him
self a voluntary prisoner , m thu back
ground ot moral and political activity ,
the Vatican has emerged from the cloud
that enveloped it and become again a
recognized and potent force in the affairs
of the world. The wisdom that elevated
Leo XIII to the pontificate , in recogni
tion of qualities in which his predecessor
was sadly deficient , lias been most fully
justified by results. Ho entered upon his
reign encumbered with many difficulties
and embarrassments. Pius , after pur
suing for n time a policy of humanity and
good will with respect to the struggling
nnd oppressed peoples of Europe that
caused him to be hailed as a deliverer ,
finally receded from this wise position
and thereafter maintained a course dis
tinctly reactionary. Ho remained to the
end hostile to united Italy , and was in
open conflict with most of thu other
powers. He denounced the Austrians -
trians , visited indignities upon the en
voys ot Russia , and exasperated Ger
many. The pcoplo of Italy rose against
him and ho was forced to find retreat
from the popular hostility in exile nnd
voluntary imprisonment. In this situ
ation his antagonism to all sceintitio and
political progress became intensified , and
in every way that was loft to him he
sought to create discussion and strife.
The effect was seriouslydamaging to botli
tlio moral and temper * ! influence of the
church. f | 9
The difliciilt task ; J > Restoring this in
fluence was impose J on ? opo Leo , and ho
has shown himself itfetlry way equal to
it. The most coasplcuous ex.unplo of
his wise moderation aijd diplomatic tact
was shown in thu comiOotc reestablishment -
mont of friendly reiitifita between Ger
many and the Vntiftau ? When Leo as
cended the papal &Mir tlio Catholic
church In Germany was subjected to In-
numoraulo restraints. Bishops were
forced to go Into exile , priests forbidden
to teach in any public scliool , and orders
driven from the country. All this is
now practically at aa end , and
only recently Hisniarck has
borne public tostlmoiy in thu
warmest and most eulogistc terms to the
services rendered by the pope to peace
and to the German enipin. Russia no
longer holds enmity toward the Vatican ,
and the friendship of Ausiria has been
fully regained. England tas learned to
regard Leo as a friend to Uw and order
and to government who cm bo trusted.
France is mo5t favorably disposed toward
him. Spain and Portugal .ire his devoted
friends , though for uiany jcars the latter
country was very cold toward the Vati
can. While all this has been accom
plished , the work of the church has not
been neglected. In China , Japan , Aus
tralia , tlio Indc , and Persia now fields
have been opened to missionaries , aud so
rapidly has the church grown in Amer
ica thai the necessity of a third Aniur-
ican cardinal is said to liavo been al
ready discussed.
In the work of education , also , the wis
dom aud liberality of this broad-minded
pontiff are also strikingly exhibited. New
colleges have been opened for thu educa
tion of priests , among tlio jest of which
is thu Auiuriea college. The schools of
Rome have bocn greatly improved , aud
orders have gone out to the bishops and
clergy everywhere for the good and olli-
ciunt education of the young pooplu under
their charges. The pope has takun an
active interest , also , in the consideration
of social and labor questions , and has
exhibited an enlightened and liberal ten
dency with reg.ird to all of them. While
liu is certainly not in sympathy with any
disorganizing elements , Inure is no rea
son to doubt his friendliness to all pronei-
and legitimate efforts which men may
make , through organisation , for the im
provement of their social and material
wu'fart ' ! . His acceptance of the views of
Cardinal Gibbons regarding the Knights
of Labor is substantial evidence of this.
All Americans have boon gratified by Iho
recognition recently given an eminent
prelate of this country , who boldly main
tains thai the church must deal with
Americans as such- , and must regard
American laws ami institutions , aud
while American Protestants must respect
the pope for thu enlightened liburalily
which enables him to acquiesce in such
views , American Ho'man Catholics must
specially rejoice at it is assuring for
church accelerated p/ogr ss in this coun
try. An alliance of the church of Rome
and modern progress , which it is the evi
dent purpose of Pope L6o to effect , and
which in fact ho ha mca uro.nhly effected
already , would be atcpn uinniation that
all men should heartily welcome.
A , according to ( ho report of
thu American cojisi' ! at. Now South
Wp..Os ' , liaving become atl'ecled with tariff
ideas , has quite naturally directed them
mo it sharply against the fountain of the
protection doctrine the United Stales.
Heavy duties have been imposed on
nearly all American wares. Those
formerly on the free list liavis been sub
jected to a duty , and on others tlio rate
of duty has been largely increased. In
order to protect the home manufacturers
of kcroaone , which is inferior to the
American product , the pcoplo are re
quired lo pay a tax of 12 cants a gallon.
This is a single interesting example of
what the protection idea may wroducc.
The pcoplu continue to buy American
oil as freely as ever , but the homo manu
facturer gets 13 cents a gallon more for
so much of his product as lie sells. As
yet American locomotives and machinery
hold their ow.n , dcspito tariff discrimina
tion , against all competition , and it is
believed will in time supersede those of
all oilier countries. There is a sharp con
test for the growing trade of Australia ,
of which the share of the United Stales in
18SO was lo the value of nearly $11,000,000.
IT is gratifying to'know that the ap
pearance of the Kastor bonnet proclaimed
to all the world that flowers , instead of
birds , will , for Ihis season at least , orna
ment the head-piece of America's women.
The reckless slaughter of thu tons of
thousands of innocent birds , made neces
sary the past few seasons to gratify fash
ion's fancy , will be stopnod , and imita
tion flowers from artistiu hands , will
adorn and beautify the much-talked-of
bonnet. The bonnet of this spring , bo it
said with alarm , is higher than last , both
In price and altitude. From the demure
shaker of a few years ago , to the rich
and gaudy , long-drawn out flower-
crowned and richly ornamented newfangled
fangled contrivance of these later years ,
no comparison is admissible. Yet notwithstanding -
withstanding the demands of unfeeling
fashion plates , woman is always beauti
ful.
1
Tin : Now York Herald's cables , ap
pearing each morning-as ipcolals to the
BIJK , are an atlractive rjiylinstructive feat-
uja of tia ! ! paper. Ti\1s \ SJinday morning
wo can point with pride tp \vell-lilloil
columns of foreign news. nTho verbatim
report ot the proceedings of the house of
commons , yesterday iriorning , appearing
in full within twcntyouijhours ; is a bit
of enterprise lo bo nporqvic.tcd by the
15,030 subscribers of the iSUNDAY BEK.
All the principal cities Und important
MOWS centers of the old woVld are repre
sented in our speoiajNew ( York Herald
cablegrams , and trom each point comes
a complete news summary.
A WASHINGTON correspondent says
Commissioner Bragg , of the Interstate
Cpmmorco Commission , lias made him
self known to Washingtonians by wear
ing a hal the like of which is only pos
sessed by three other prominent citizens
in that city. At any distance the owners
of these hats can bo Idcnthied. The cor
respondent assumes that these hats alone
have made their wcArcra great. It has
been noticed , however , that that which is
in the hat has more to do with greatness
than anything else.
TUB Pennsylvania legislature hai
passed what ii known in the east as a
a "high license" law. It provides that
the license in cities of the first , second
nnd third class shall bo f 500 ; in all other
cities (300 ; in boroughs 1150 aud In town
ships | 75. This would bo considered ix
very low license law in this stale.
Kx SENATOR VAN W voids by no moans
entirely indifferent as to what is going on
in the world. His recent ringing speech
In bchali of the oppressed of Ireland
showed that as a private citi/.en he still
sympathizes with the down-trodden of
nil nations.
POINTS.
The Uoston Herald suspects John Sher
man of trying to capture the mugwump vote.
Piuldbltionlsls oppose hlih license laws
because they tend to render prohibition uu-
nceossaiy.
Thcru Is nothlug In the returns of the ic-
cent election to show that Michigan will not
bn a close stnto next year.
Congressman Sprlnuor agrees with ox-Gov
ernor Palmer that there Is no doubt that
Cleveland will bo for the second time the
democratic nomlnro.
William T. Coleman of California , who Is
Irving lo cultivate a presidential boom , Is
baldhpaded. All his hair 1ms none Into his
moust.iche , which Is prodigious.
Jesse Grant , son of Iho general takes a
lively interest In politics , lie i.s fnr
blame , though ho savs he found It hard lo
vote for the Malno statesman In 1S54.
The New York republican club admits no
member who did not vote for the lil.tine
eleclors In Ibt'J. This prevents any mug
wump Interference. It Is thu policy of re
venge.
U Is undoistood that Colonel ( ienrgj lUiss ,
ofoXew York , and ex-Senator T. C. Plait ,
who have been at swords'points In politics
tor some years , have buried the hatchet ,
handle and all.
Senator Itcagan of Texas , havlnc sur
mised the wotld by taking a bath and declar
ing for prohibition , is now nourishing a very
laigo and captivating vice-presidential bc in
his bonnet.
John W. Davis , who has boon elected
democratic covet nor of Rhode Island , Is be
tween sixty and sl.xtr-hvu yeai of age. Ho
Is in good health , possesses an ciect and
commanding liguro , and a genial and In
tellectual face. His utterances ore always
torcuful and original.
Senator Hearst's piper , the San Francisco
Kxamiiiur , recently do voted an entlio page lo
Iho .vigorous booming of William T. Coleman -
man , the San Francisco twonty-mllllonairc ,
who has erected a golden-tipped lighlnlugr
rod In the vain hope that It may bo struck by
the presidential lightning.
Ex-Secretary Lincoln , spoakln ; of presl
dontial chances , says : "Judge Grcsham
would bu very strong , especially In the west.
Ho Is an able , upright , fearless , experienced
public man. I think It is his preference , how-
uvor , to stay on the bench , llu has so ox-
piossed himself lo his friends , but , of course ,
Ihat would not weigh against the pressure of
a presidential nomination if It should be
olleiod to him. "
Katlicr Changeable.
Ail ! KlverJerntd. .
The weather Is as change.iule as a cheap
politician , and as unreliable as a seven-
dollar watch.
Too Jinny Oollogoa.
irnsMni/ton Critic.
It is remarked that there are twelve col
leges In Pennsylvania which admit both
sclxes to equal st.uullug , It might also be re
marked that twelve "colleges" in one state ,
are at least ten more than there ought to bo
for'jlthcrsox.
Poor Man's Crown.
//anna More KoJiaw.
No embers burned upon the ashen haarth
The loom was wrapped In chillinj ; , gloomy
dearth ;
Within Its center stood a sable bier ,
And plain , ungarnlshcd casket , sadly drear ;
The wintry sun shone slcklv as it gleamed
Through trost barred window panes , but
brightly seemed
To stretch across the barren floor and lay
Athwart the casket with effulgent ray ,
And rested on the still , white , marble form
That death had chiseled In the early morn ,
With ono swift blow from his relentless
hand-
That hand whoso keen , cold blade none can
withstand.
But yesterday ho was so poor- alas 1
One of the many whom wo doubtless pass
Kachday , nor question , are they amply fed
Hid great and toudur heart so sorely bled
For wife and offspring , ho himselt denied ,
That they with nourishment could bo sup
plied ; !
And so , without a murmured , word or sign ,
That anv could his sacrltico divine.
He weaker urew and weaker , till the elay
Dropped trom the noble soul ana far away
It soared unfetter eel , whore sweet rest Is
found ,
Aud where by angels bauds his head was
crowned.
Soon learned men , with bared heads , galh
ered near ,
Am ] gazed with reverent awe upon the bier.
While in an undertone they softly said :
"This man from slow starvation hero lies
dead I"
Upon the coffin lay the wife and bitter
sobbed :
" 11 was for us for us himself ho robbed ,
That we might feel no loss nor huneer'n pain ;
OUotll reward the deed with hoaven'a rich
gain I"
'Twas then , through pity Ing tears , I noted
how
The radiant sunlight rested on his brow
With such ethereal , supernatural rays ,
No mortal eye could long endure to gaxe ;
No wonderl'twas'nol slrange ; he had gen
whence
11 d'd enter Into an lnherlln icol
For was not ho in verv trut'i ' the son
Of heaven's majestic King ? co-heir wlthOuo
Whoso footsteps he unfaltorlncly trod ,
Along the saerlllclal road to God ?
Might not the liehl that dazzled mortal eyes
Uellect from his starred urown In paradise. "
Mattlo'rt AVnntH nmt Wishes.
I wants a pleco of tallto
To mak my dolj a Ur Tj
1 doesn't ? int a big piece ,
A.ynrrt'11 ' do , I guess.
1 wish you'd fred my needle ,
And tlnd my limble , too.
1 has micli he.ips o' sowing
I don't know what lo do.
My llonsy toied her apron
A tum'lln' down Iho stair ,
And ( .V'snrlost his pantaloons
Aud needs anozrer pair.
1 wants my Maud n bonnet ,
Shohasr , nolle at all ;
Attrt Fred must have a Jackal ,
Ills u/.zer one's too small.
I wants to go to grandma's
You promised me 1 might ;
1 know shellke to see me
I'll wants tope to-night.
She lets mo wash the dishes ,
And see In grandpa's watch-
Wish I'd free , four pennies
To buy some buttor-scotch.
1 wants seine newer mittens ;
I wish > ou'd knit me Mime ,
'Cuiso most my lingers freezes ,
They leak so In the thumb.
I wored it out last summer
A pullln' George's sled ;
1 wish > ou wouldn't laugh sa
lt hurts me In my head.
1 wish I had a cooky ,
I'm hungiy's lean bo :
I f you hasii't pretty largo ones ,
You'd butter bring mo free.
Applies aa Well to Nebraska as to
Colorado.
Dniver Iteimbltcan.
Now that the editors of the stale press
have severed their lelations with the mil-
roads , by the return of their annual passes ,
they will be able to discuss the railroad prob
lem from an Independent standpoint , free to
tell the truth and to more fully educate the
people ot Colorado on this question , Lot
then begin by ( howlog that the legislature
which adjourned List wock was controlled
body , soul and brooches by the railroads.
Must Do a MlMtnlco.
\KisMntjton \ Oflfc.
It Is reported that somebody has been de
tected robbinz a ralliond. This must be a
mistake. Tlio Associated press \ \ III probably
make the cortectlou Ic-day thai It was a lall-
load which was trying to rob somebody ,
A Hcatttlliil Opportunity.
A'eiv York Sun.
Queen Victoria has a beautiful opportunity
of making her jublleoyo.ir forever mi'mor-
ablu by knighting ItulT.ito 1)111. ) If she wants
a knight of the stalwart kind , she cannot
lind a ocltcr man. And Mr. Cody can throw
thu lasxo betler than Lauiiculot of the Lake
could In tils bcsl dav.s.
Catholic * for Illuti Iilucnsc.
i\Vio Tort IteiiiM.
Whatever else we may say about Iho Cath
olic chinch , It must be admitted that It Is des
perately sensible on the subject of temper
ance. Seeing that prohibition , however de
sirable , is practically Impossible , It has
thrown Itself earnestly in favor of tlio high
llcen > 4oblll. Hishop Ireland said in Buffalo :
' -A tree government , depending upon uni
versal KiUIragc , is not sitfo unless the deepest
reverence for law permeates the public mind.
By Us deliancc of law thu liquor tr.illlc Is el-
fectually tindeimining thu foundations of so
ciety and working toward the disruption of
thoiopiiblle. The tratlie Is to-day the most
dangeious enemy the country knows , and U
amazes mo beyond my power to tell , that the
American people , proud of their republican
Institutions , and conscious of their high mis
sion lo maintain brleht and stiong , for thu
teaching of the entiio world thu light of
liberty , can stand Idly by , as they do , and
puiiiiit , almost without a protest , the liquor
trnfllc to mock Hie enactment ot the stile
and to proclaim its power to bu a mere phan
tom.
BTUIKING KVKNTKOF TIIKVIHOK. .
The Kissano sensation , since the disclosure
by the Sacramento IScc , is Httractlng unlvei-
sal attention on the 1'acllic coast. The full
particulars from Now York and Cleveland , as
telegraphed by the Assoclaled Press three
weeks ago , were suppressed at that time by
all Califoinia newspapers. Klsssno Is a mil-
lloiiaho , living in California , moving In thu
highest and most relined circles of society.
Ills wile Is or a prominent and Influential
southern family , and all of his relatives at r
"among the upper crust. " The fact develop
ing that Kissano is an ex-convict , a murderer ,
a forger , and guilty of all the crimes In the
catalogue , has fairly paraly/ed the city of
San Francisco. The UKI'S : correspondent
to-day gives a full and complete history ot
tlio man and his crimes ot thirty-live yenis
ago. The lifo of Kissanr , if the stories per
taining to his adventures are true , and llioy
seem verified , would make a book , slrangcr
lhan Iho strangest fiction. Thu climax Is yet
to como. After throwing away all vices , re
forming and attempting to live a life of up-
riuhlncss , lo have the curtain of thirty-live
years ago drawn aside , and icveal a man
steeped to the very lips in crime and sin ,
shows the caprices ot fortune , and teaches a
lesson for all men to heed. Do nothing to-day
of which you will bo ashamed to-morrow.
*
*
The murdered girl at Railway , N. J. , has
been temporarily consigned to the tomb. Her
Identity remained uuestablislied , notwith
standing the untiring energy of New York
ofllclals and teporters to unravel the
mystery. All attempts to reveal the desired
Information proved fruitless. This trazedy ,
from Iho time the body was found on the
river's bank , until It was placed to rest , has
each day developed soma trlghtful fact. It
seemed strange at first , to the casual news
paper reader , that a young woman could bo
lost for many davs and not be missed. It
seemed stranger , too , that she could leave
Now York , go to the village of Kali way , be as
saulted and murdered , and yet not bo seen
by a single person , except , of course , the per-
pelralors ot ! the atrocious crime. The
thorough search Instituted by the Now York
papers , the rewards ottered by them tor In
formation concerning the sail affair , natu
rally directed the public's attention to the
mysterious happening. The announcement
that the bodv of an unknown girl had
been found , developed Iho fact that over
ono hundred girls are missing from their
homes in the great city of New i ork , and that
their parents are In total Ignorance of their
daughters' whereabouts. There was some
thing suggestive and solemn in the fact that
nearly two hundred hcart-brokeu mothers ,
ono at a time visited Kahway , gazed upon
the corpse of the unknown woman , and each
turned away disappointed to find that It WAS
not the body of her own wayward girl.
It is Indeed startling Information to know
that-nlmost two hundred girls have cither
been enticed away from their homos for Im
moral purposes or that they have been foully
dealt with. It will certainly cause parents
in largo cities increased anxiety aud justified
alarm.
*
n All over the country the base ball season
has opened. The first game In
N w York was gwltnessod by over
3,000 persons. Thaso who figure
on Iho propriety of sports In America , have
expressed it as their opinion that base ball
will finally absorb all other out-door games ,
and receive the lion's share of public patron
age. That it Is a healthful , Innocent and exciting -
citing game , none will deny. Croquet , lawn
tennis , crlcketl , and similar games have al
most had their run , while base ball playing
has become u profession baciced by money
and Influence of largo cities.
*
Reports from O ark , Mo. , say that the most
exciting happening over occtirlng In that
part of the stnto Is the arrest and trial of tbo
Uald-Knobbers. Tno original Intonllon ot
tills organization was to suppress crime.
Being a secret society , some nt its members
grow bold and lawless. The murder ot nn
Innocent man ttnnlly arn 55fi public utton-
t'.CTi ' , and It was discovered that members of
the society had done the Killing. The fact
was disclosed that many good citizens had
taken the oath ot Initiation , and once within
the fold feared to betray the murderous
gang. These men certainly reasoned
wildly before they could have Conniitotl to
jolnmichab-wl , Whatever was the orig
inal Intoi'.t'on of the outlaws , It is safe to say
that not onnsaciod thought or utterance was
e > er given in the secret councils ot the lialU
Kuobbor raiders. A prominent Baptist min
ister of O/.ark has expressed It as ids bollof
that .hero were fully 100 members of his
church In Christian county under oath of
allegiance to the Bald Knob organization.
This aamo statement the preacher had made
lust fall , and In reiterating the rather sensa
tional declaration ho said the observation oC
Rcvur.U inonlhs furnished no grounds for a
inodlUcftllon of the former remark. Parson
Simmons , who now languishes In thu Spring-
Hold jail , Is not the only Christian county
proaenersuspccled ot having -.ttondod the
nlchtly gatherings ot the m.iskod brothur-
liooil. Other minister ) ol tbo .same faith , far
morn prominent In pulpit reputation than
thlKiinliAppy divine , nro openly charged with
active participation In the nocturnal dclihur-
atloiiA of the Jinld Knohbur * . Lnst SumUy
some now cunvctts rofuncd baptism at the
iiands of nn old and well known
minister DCCIMSB the latter was
accused ot bolne a iUUl Knobbor.
In Christian couiitv a strong fueling
exists against thu organization , and U la pre
dicted that many ties ot noivhborly friend
ship must be forever sundered by the mem
ories of the black nuftlcs and Its klndrnd
grlp.i , signs nd pits-words.
. .
Amen * tu * events of Ihli } > r , nnnetquali
the reported d ! lion6Sty of th freight em
ployes of the Pan Handle railroad. It fa snl
th.Uot eighty "crows" running fielsht trains
on that road , seventy-live of them were
eiookcd , and leagued together to steal mer
chandise from thu trains. Tlioy cut hole * In
the freight cars , robbed them ot packages of
moieor less value and reported the cars as
damaged by accident. Outside parties allied
with them stood ready to purchase the plun
der. Their stealings extended over a psilod
of two or three years , and the amount stolen
reaches a half million of dollars. It wasj.x
thorough and cum pie to orgnnlrallon , banded
logethor to rob their employers , and the
statement that ll.o result shows
what Knights of Labor will do , Is
entirely falso. That society had notldng
whatever to dojwlth It. Upon this subject the
Chicago Hoi aid sensibly says : "They wcio not
Knights of jabor , they were Chevaliers
d'lndiistilonf a dim-rent sort. To the modern
knighthood thai breaks Inlo freight trains In
Its charge , robs them of their valuable con-
lonls , and does not shrink from the use ol
murderous weapons when occasion servos ,
labor Is only the secondary moans for the ac-
compllshmonl of crime. If llioro were any
Knights of Labor In that Infamous gang they
will get no countenance from that organiza
tion ; on Iho conlMiy , It will lend Us vigor
ous aid In their prosecution and punlslmont.
it Is gratifying to the Hiothorhood of Loco
motive Engineers that not one of its mem
bers belonged to this etlmlnal conspiracy. "
The irn t remarkable thing of the entire plot
Is the facl that there was not one honest man
In the seventy-live "crows. " Acrow consists
of four men. Had there boon one Juda <
among them , the entire system could havu
been broken up long ago. The old and
homely s.iylni : that there Is "honor among
thieves" proves Itself true In this Inslancn.
Miss Catharine Woffe * who died In Now
\ork at the ago of slxtr years , was the
wealthiest single woman In America. With
her money two magnllicicnt churches were
erected and supported In New York. She
was a thoroughly Christian women , and her
death is a public calamity. In her will she
showed the same high public spirit she had
evinced through llfo. She bequeathed her
entire art connection , which U ono of the
finest in Ihe country , lo Iho Metropolitan
Mifemun of Ait. It will be at the service of
art students and lovers ot thu beautiful
throimhout all time. The Wolfe heirs will
be a fuw humlicd thousand dollars thu
poorer , but they seem to share the lofty senti
ments of their iclatlvc , fur It Is reported of
them that , when the will was lead , they all
expiesscd themselves thoroughly satlslied
wllh Iho division of the property. The Metro
politan museum was rich In art treasures bo-
loie. Now It will compare with famous
European galleries. It may not contain as I
many paintings as the National gallery , or
the Luxembourg , or ( lie Degll Ullizl , bill
among the canvases that it does contain
will be found mastoi pieces. Not theorist
conspicuous of these will bo the "IlSrso
Fair , " by Kosn IJonheur , which Cornelius
\ underbill boughl at Iho Sluwarl sale to pie-
suiit to the museum.
How AVlIllnm Kcachcd Ninety.
Now York Herald of Health : While at
homo in the palace at Berlin he break
fasts at 7:30 : o'clock every morning , in
variably usiiiK colleo , with u largo al
lowance of milk and bread without but
ler. Weather permitting , lie takes walk
ing exercises daily before luncheon ,
which is served at 1 o'clock. Dolled crabs
is a favorite dish at this meal , and is par
taken of with great rolinh. liulwcon
luncheon and dinner , affairs of stale are
attended lo for three hours and some
times longer. Then ho rests until it is
time to dress for dinner. Tlio
hour fixed for this is 4. Every
morning the chief cook submits
the bill of faro for approval. It usually
consists of live courses. The oiuporor
lias a decided prcfere.r.ee for plain food.
Ho is liberal in the use of fruit , aud
drinks mineral walur procured from a
natural spring. A cup of tea , without
bread or cake , is the only refreshment ho
takes between dinner and bedtime. Ho
makes a point of resting half nn hour
after brcaktast and luncheon , and an
hour aflcr dinner. When llioro are
guests invilcd lo dinner they meet him in
un ante-chamber. A quarter of an hfiur
is spent in chatting , tie than leads the
way to the dinner room. The invitations
arc always sent out at an early hour , and
the scats discussed with the court mar
shal. When there arc no guests the em
peror dinus witli the empress , and tha
cook takes orders from her.
In summer , while at Gasteiu or some
other watering place , the omnuror goes
lo the bath room at 7:30 : o'clock in the
morning. lie breakfasts at 8 , walks at
10 , accompanied by a personal adjutant
and a special attendant. Luncheon in
served at 11. Between the hours of 13
and ii he confers with the otllccrt ) of the
civil and military cabinets who are in
waiting. Dinner is served at 1. It con
sists of soup , fish , boiled beef , two en
trees , dessert and fruit. All thu mem
bers of the imperial suit attend. At 0
o'clock ho taker ) a carriagu ride , makes a
social cull and chats for an hour or
longer. Ho is never out of bed later than
10 o'clock.
"Ah , Tlicso Americana. "
Rome letlcr in Chicago News : I have
nn old servuul man who has boon in iny
service several years ; ho can neither rend
nor write , was a common soldier , carlor ,
cobbler , by turns in his young days , then
a concierge or doorkeeper , and has grad
ually worked himself to IHH present ooin-
tortablo condition. Last night when li
was serving my con a , or supper , I related
to him a curious story I had just heard of
an American and his wife who are among
llioso who fled from Nice to Home last
week. The husband had been fluttering
for a long while from a spinal trouble ,
which made him helpless and bedridden.
They came to Nice from Carlsbad this
winter. During the earthquake last
week the poor wife saw with terror the
walls of their room crumble away , her
husband's bed in the ccnlro ot thu tui r
bling stones , bricks find a "thick cloud of
dust. Uf course , she expected the shock
alone would kill him. Great was her
surprise , however , to see the helpless
man leap suddenly from Hie bed and
begin lo dress himself unaided. Ho is
now walking about tlio streets of Homo.
My old servant listened with great in
terest to the story. This morning when
imssirur through an iiuto-cumera al Iho
toot ofiho kitchen stairs , ! overheard him
repeating the story to his wife wilU
veritable dramatic passion , tie stood
whuro 1 could see him without hia seeing
me. When ho enmo to the point whuro
the husband leaped out of bed ho set his
tooth drew up his shoulders , and went
through the seono wllh marvelous power ,
representing in action as well us n words
how fear acted upon the bedridden man ,
and wound up in his dialect of the
marches thus :
"It was cilher lo bu killed or cured. I
think il would have killed an Italian , but
you see he was an Arnerluaul Ah , those
Americans ! What energy they have I"
A Sp/uilol KofiourH Kitty.
London Globe : A spuniul living on n
farm in Flanders had tor u companion a
beautiful young nal , whom t.'iu ruthless
fanner had doomed to extermination.
Tying a stone round her nuofc , ho threw
her into thu river , liut the cpuulel "pre
cipitated hiuwolf resolutely" into the
stream , nnd broughl her back in triumph
to Iho house. Will ll be believed that thu
heart of Ihe farmer r mulned hardonud ?
Again he threw poor puns into the Mcuso ;
but again , llko another Horntius , the
spaniel though without "his hunicsi on
his back. " that had been resoryid for nwit
market day "plunged headlong In Iho
tide. " Not only so , but again IIP. ilrn > v
her afo to shorn. And murk the point
of thu story It was to tha further shorn
of the MCUIQ ; ha would not trust hi *
friend to the mercies ot tbo home aids
ng la. . - , ,