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C"T * ' ( THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; SUNDAY , JULY 31 , 1887.TWELVE PAGE& THE DAILY BEE PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Tr.n 8 or suuscnimoK : D nr ( MomlAsrEdition ) Including Uundajr BRI , Ono Year $10 ( Vur Biz Months fi ( VnrThroo Months SI Jim Omalia Sunday Dux , mailed to anf ddreM , One V ar V' ABA ' Ornci , Wo. til AND 0M rARKAM TBtr Mr VCIIIK orrirK. UOOM c , . THtnuxK HIIII.HI > ' "ASHINOTUN OfflCS , NO. 13 FuURTKCXTUSrUCJI All Mmmtinloation * ralatlnsr to ne ri anded torlal matter liould bo ad'lruiwd to tha Ku roil or THE IlKR. DUgfMUS LCTTCRl ! All builnosi lot tern anrl romlttanoe * should t Mdronicd to THK Hie 1'uni.miina COHI-AN OMAHA. Drafts , chocks and poitolBco ordei to bo made payable to the orUtr of thu eompan ; IRE BEE rOBLBIIlTciiPllir , PROPRIEIOHS , E. UOSEWATER. EniTon. ' THE DAILY BKB. Sworn Statement or Circulation. State ot Nebraska. I . County of Dotixiu. I ' Gco. B. Tzxchucic , secretary of The He Publishing company ( does solemnly swro that the actual circulation ot the Dally Hi for the woelc ending July 'A 18S7 , wai i follows : BaturtUy.Jnty 23 14.3 Bundav. July 24 14,3 . Monday , J illy a1. U.ft Tuesday. July art IB.m Wednesday , July 27. M.tf Trmnnar. Julyss I3.i > ( Friday , July 26 I3w Average I4.a OKO. b. TZSCIIUOK. Hworn to nnd subscribed In my present thin 30th day ot July , A. 1 > . 1887. > rSKAL.1 . Notary 1'ubiic. Btate ot Nebraska , I Dotielas County. tBB . Oeo. B. Twchuelc , being firbt duly swori iMpose nnrt rays that ho Is secretary ot Tl B 0 Publishing company , thnt the actu average dally circulation of the Daily Bee fi the month of Muly. 1880 , 12,314 copie ; for August , 18S8 , l,4H ! ! ( conies : for Sopter bjr , 1$0. 18,030 copies ; for October. IBS 18 , W copies ; for November. 1880 , 18 , : corles ; tor December , 1880. i ,337 copies ; fi January 18 7 , 10,200 copies ; tor Fobruar 1887 , M.ltt * copies ; for March. 1887 , 14 , * copies ; for April. 1887. 14.S16 copies ; for Ma 1887 , 14,227 copies ; for June 1887 , 14,1 copies. _ . . . GKO. B. TzscnccK. Bnbscrlbed and sworn to before me this 1 day ot July A. 1) . , 1887. fSEAL.f N. P. FKIL. Notary Public. Contents of the Sunday Hoc. " Pagol. ( lencral ' .telegraphic News. Patua. Telegraphic .News. City News. Echoes From the Ante-Koom. Mlscellanv. ragoS. Special Advertisements. _ ] ! ? .4. Kdltorlals.-1'olltlcnl 'Points. Editorial Comments Sunday Gossip. Pntre 6. Lincoln News Miscellany Ai TertlftetnenU. I'lureO. Council Bluffs News. Miscellan Advertisement * . Page 7.-Soclety In Omaha-Ueneral ac JLocnl Markets. Miscellany. Page 8. General City News. Local Adve tueuients. Page . The New Hot Weather Girl , t Clurn Belle. In thn Field of Literature. Around Niagara Falls. Kayaking In Gree land. Advertisements. I'aite 10. History of Spiritualism , by Hit on Tuttle. Is U a Piece of a Comet Tn .objects of matrlmony.-ConnublaIIUes.-Mu ! ml and Dramatic. Jfly Knocks. The Heels are Loaded. Animals In Captivity. How to Live to Be a Hundred. Advcrtls inents. I'aue It-Some Summer Pleasantries. Peppermint Drops. Ifellglous. Jollll under Dlfllcultlus. Educntlonal. Sitinmi Complaints. In the Klectrio Hold. Sing Uritles.-Blrds' Nests. Halt for Frei Youth. .Page 12. Prowess ot Pythlanlsm. Po ] Authors. The Demoralized Deacon. Sar for the Indies. Impieties , Joli Ooiirtwrlglit's Death. _ MR. DI.AINE , it ia announced , will n tarn homo from his European trip i once. This Is n sudden change in h programme. His friends say they fc ; he may bo sick , and his opponents : irjjt it is the result of the Ohio convention. A ST. Louis paper boasts that thnt ci has nineteen millionaires on one strcc Next in order will bo to tell us how mar paupers St. Louis can crowd into 01 tenement house. In that way wo will 1 able to strike u true balance of its iltmi cinl and moral status. IT Is said that when Gould discern ho had been boateu to the extent < $20,000 by a western railroad contract ) his grief and chagrin were so poignni that ho wont up into tj > o Catikills nr ate two eodlUb balls. If this is true tl tatc of his miud cnn , aa * jfcj Inform TUK Kansas City Journal puffs out i Chocks , stloKs its thumbs in its nrm-hol and says : "Wo hereby extend a cordi Invitation to Omaha , Toueka , Atchisa Leaveuworth and Denver to run oxctt sions to Kansas City on the occasion the president's visit. " What a dust i fly on the whcol do kick up , to bo sure , RKPUIILICAN papers are publishing lis ot h'siurns to show tliat tlioro has boon " 'V'loiiu swoop" hi the postofllccs of t icountry under Cleveland's ndmlnisti tlon , In n political sense this is prol bly true , hut tliu Omaha postollico ben BO ovidunco ot having been recent Mriick by a clean sweep in any oth Mnso. Two deaths from damp in an old wi 'at Lyons , this state , nro reported. * people who propose to clean out we ' that have been unused for some tin : ' Would lirnt take the precaution of letth down a lighted candle , such calamitl teould easily bo avoided. The llamo of candle will not burn whore the air is impure as to bo fatal to human life. IN Washington territory the law i qnlres teachers to give instructions physiology and hygiene ; failure to do Involving loss of pay. Pupils also rnal themselves liable to expulsion it they i fuse to study these branches. Washln ; tbn may bo about as far west as a ten tory can bo , but it keeps up with tl procession pretty well. THK revised editions of the Bible ai New Testament have not boon in mu demand since the first curiosity rogai ing them was satisfied. There are hu dreds of thousands of volumes unsc upon the shelves of the publishers , i innovation of this kind will not ps around rapidly. When the King Jam revision first came out many you olnpsed before it replaced thu prcyiu translations. Kitoxo LUANY UKVA'WONOSK VAI ritAKAN , etc. , prince of Slam , arrives Now York this morning on the Cunn tJmbria. Ho is on his way homo fre : the Queen's jubilee nnd is said to ha left the rest of his name behind to bo sc OB by freight. He is u brother of t conquered king of Slum and is nomin IT the Siamese minister of foreign alia t Washington. Ho is said to bet ixth native Siamese that over set foot < American toil. The others were t twin * and the hairy family. . The Public Market Question. Among the imorovcmout * and faolhtiei which the growth ot Oinnhn will cer tainly bring , a public market is not to be reckoned the least. That necessity will unquestionably bo provided in time , bill thn question is how lung the community must yet wait for It. It has boon a "Ion ; felt want , * ' nnd is growing moro urgon ovoryycur. Wo venture to say there h hardly n family in the community tha would not welcome the eatabllshmcnt oi a public market as a moat valuable con vnnlcnco , and very few that would no find It also a most material advantage It can alto safely bo snid that being cs tabllshod it would speedily coma to b regarded as Indlspon.'ablo , and pcopl would wonder how they managed with out it. The thrifty class , who keep care ful account ot expenditureswould doubl less also have cause to congratulat themselves upon the economical results The public market la an Instltutloi almost coeval with olvlll/.ation , and in F universal that It docs not require any ilt tense. Every consldorublu oity or tow of Europe has its public market , dcoinet to bo just as essential to the communlt , as any other public institution , In thi country there are few cities of the size o Omaha , similarly clrctumtanced that i surrounded by a country where "markc gardening" is freely carried on that d not hare their public market , and ovorj where thcno markets are carefully main tamed ns a most necessary convonlonc and advantage to the communities. Tha they are both every careful head of family who has had any experience wit them knows. The public mnrkc brings together numerous dealers , wh are forced by the conditions c competition to olFur only the best com moditics to be obtained and in the bcs state , The buyer has the opportunity o extensive inspection and careful solcc tlon , and the dealer with inferior article has no chance to dispose of thorn , at lo.is at the prices asked for superior article ! on the plea that they wore the best h could obtain , as not a few conscienccles hucksters and groocrymon are now i the habit of doing. In the public market also , all buyers are on nn equality. Thor arc no preferred patrons , whoso priy loge it ia to have the pick of things , or fa whom the choicest articles are laid aside The earlier marketers may , indeed , ot tain some advantage in the matter of s < lection and in getting their articles a lit tic fresher than the later comers , but th right of the early bird to th fattest worm has never boon quos tioned. Another advantage j that there would be n stated pric for the same class of articles , instead c a variety ot prices , as must bo the cas under the strictly store system , and her again close competition would stop in t regulate prices with reference to a reasonable sonablo profit. Consumers would dea largely with producers rather than wit middlemen , which would effect a vor material aggregate saving to the com munity. In short , every practical rtonsideratioi is in favor ot the public market , It i essentially u people's institution , a convenience vonionco nnd benefit to all who wish t make use of it , and indirectly benelicii to such ns do not , since it very gencrall regulates the prices at largo of all con moditics sold m it. So far ns the cost c maintaining a public market is cot corned , it not only can be made sell sustaining , but n source of revonu to the oity , as such markets i moat cities are. These consideration ! and others which they will doubtles suggest to the intelligent reader , wo thin warrant ns in saving thnt the question c a public market in Omaha Is a very In portant one , and that it is not too soon t seriously discuss plans for providing sue an insiitution. A City Hospital. The increasing necessity for n free clt ; hospital is generally recognized , but th diposition to moot tha requirement doe not appear tp bo very strong. The prevalent lent fooling scouii to bo that this is : matter which can properly wail unt ! other things ilcometl of o.roat r IrsSJol taace to tJi0 public are prov idod , and yi the almost daily oxperiim ce is that tt absence of this provision involves hare ship and suffering to some unfortunal who must become a public charge Trundling the victims of accident o other visitation , requiring medical tronl mont , proper handling , and good care In the patrol wagon to the jail , is 21 prc cecdlng which in its effects in most case comes pretty close to being barbarousm certainly does not speak favorably of ou humanity as a community. It should nc bo permitted to continue a day longc than n practicable way can bo found fc making provision for persons depondcr on the city's care. Relict will bo had when the county ho : pital is completed , but that is a mutter c the iudoflnito future , and the demand fc relief is immediate and of growing urgoi oy. The only practicable course whic can be immediately taken is for the oil to rent wards in St. Joseph's hospita Thin wo understand can bo done , nn tbero docs not appear to bo anysuflicioi reason why it should not bo. The mst tution is fully equipped with every appl nnce necessary to hospital service , tb atondants are experienced in their'wor ! the internal arrangements and the sui roundings are all that can reasonably I desired , and the disposition is to dei liberally with the city. AU this being si tha question simply ia whether the cil shall continue to subject the unfortunati who oomo under its care to the hardshi ] and suffering inseparable from the exis ing conditions , or by an additional e : peudituro that no one would find fan with sccnre for them such care and con forts an are demanded by the comma instinct of humanity. There can bo n doubt as to the answer of all who ca sympathize with the unfortunate. Russia's Greatest Novelist. It may surprise many to learn that tl greatest living novelist is a prince livin a secluded life in middle Russia. The : who know nothing of his writings , an some of those who have read him , pe haps , may discredit this assertion. lit the thoughtful , who have acquire knowledge and experience suflicient t understand him , who have puzzled ovi the "painful riddle of this earth , " wi assent to such high estimate of him. Count Leon To'.stvi ' was one of tt richest of Russia's nobility. In h younger days ho was a nihilist , idlln away his life between Moscow nnd S Petersburg , after the manner of Russia ! princes. Ho is now settled in rotiremei on one of his estates m the country , worl ing life * any .peasant. 'Ho has give away a largo part of his property. This unusual departure indicates the earnest ness of hu character. He is terribly it earnest in all that ho docs. He posscssci ulso an insight into the working of thi human mind , an understanding of motives that make hu follow creatures open book : to him. So his writings are & ruthlcs exposition oHho hidden things in cni personalities * of the deeps and shallow of our nature. Wo read them for tin flrst time with the feeling thnt they marl nn epoch in our lives. And this power ful Impression Is not , cannot bo produce ) by a trickery of words. His style is aim Die and direct. Mo need of rhotorlca flourishes when one has something ti say. It is his substance that is so Im pressive. Turn from him to one of ou : English or American writers of the prevalent alont whippcd-crcam style , nnd how thii and tasteless it seems. We tind no pai tlculnr meaning in him , nothing bclov the delicate tracery of iho surface Tolitvi says nothing ho docs not mean His knowledge and earnestness are ovct whelming. Ho is the master of modern realist and picture. His characteristics are dc nominated by that inexorable fate whic ! is implanted in character , which is chat ncter , in rent life. Ho does not tel us how things might be , shoul bo : ho simply reports withou editorial comment. Only in dcscrlbiiij Napoleon , in "War and Peace. " doc there seem to be a suspicion of prejudice Hu places that strong man also among th wire-drawn puppets whoso contortion are produced by the action of univorsa force. His great victories were simpl ; the Incidents of a tendency of that time Tolstvi has written but few novels and ho now looks upon them as the uro ducts of wasted energy. His last one in burned. The work on which hit ha spent much time and study , nnd upoi which he looks with most satisfaction , i ; his confession of faith , entitled , "My Re ligion. " In this he declares that th doctrines of Christ should be taken lit erally. The central point of his teach ings Is , "resist not evil. " Not under an ; circumstances. Be killed first. In accordance cordanco with such a doctrine ho no\ shapes his daily life. The onl. good to bo found In existence enco , ho claims , is to live to others. Ho is now happy. In hi former life of slothfulness , of scepticism ho experienced nothing but dark despair lint ho does not believe in a life here after. He claims that there is no war rant tor such a belief in the scriptures. In his younger rtays Tolstvi was a sol dier his" , and took part in the Crimea : campaign. Hero ho gained those im prcssions of war which ho has describe ns no ono else over described it. Some of Tolstoi's works are in our pub Ho library. ProhlliltlonUtH In Council. Last Tuesday night thirty-two ropros cntalivos of the prohibition party , fret ns many states , slipped quietly int Cleveland , Ohio , and on the next day a quietly slipped away again. The pui pose of the mooting , intended to be n : entirely secret one , was to formulate plan of action for the presidential cam palgn of 1888. The delegation was com posed of the chairmen of the state com mittccs , nnd Hon. John B. Fincn , ohttii man of the national committee , was th presiding ofllcor. Among the moro note bio prohibitionists present were J. N Tcmplin , of Nebraska ; Fred F. Whoelei of Albany , N. Y. ; James W. Hart , o Illinois ; A. D. Powers , of Michigan ; Johi SobicsKl , of Missouri , and others. Mi Finch , having been captured by n re porter , much to his surprise , as it wa supposed uo ono know of the presence o the prohibitionists , ho stated that ho considered sidored the prospects for n large vet next year satisfactory. The next meol ing of state representatives will b hold just before . the nation : convention , the date of which has no yet been decided upon. The desire of the convention was t effect a oUH6 ! * Organization of th party , that its work in the future may b carried on more effectively than heroic tore. 1 here can bo no objection to a meetin of this kind , and perhaps the party wii be bonefuted by it , but why these at tempts at secrecy ? If the party wor older , it would know that it is not ver well possible for a meeting like this I take place in a city of the size of Clove laud -without the knowledge of the loco reporter. Similar attempts to work oi of sight of the public were made by th New York branch of the prohibitio party lost year , with the result of weal eninc its effectiveness. Rcmnrknhln Hallucination. The denouement in the fictitious Stone Crowninshield romance , of which oasteri papers have recently been full , disclose a remarkable case ot long sustained ha lucluation. For more than ten ycai Miss Florence Stone , a governess in Noi York and Boston families , has been tel ing her relatives and nearest friends romance ot love and courtship in whic she herself ligurcd as heroine. So mmut and consistent wore her revelations tha her mythical lover , Crowinshicld , a ric ! English uoblemtin , became a definite en tity to all to whom her story was told and whom they all learned to esteot highly. They behoved in his oxlstonc for years , inquired after his health , hear letters read which ho was supposed t have written and followed the imiginar , personage in his imaginary wandering with much interest. Her story , briefly told is n follows : Over ton years ago Miss Ston began tolling of her acquaintance wit an English , aristocratic millionaire ; thi acquaintanceship ripened into love courtship and betrothal. Then came a estrangement and the engagement wn broken. But she kept track of his whei abouls and her friends were informed o his doings from time to time , throng letters which she herself wrote. Rocontl , she said that she had met him in Bostoi whore their engagement was renewed From Boston she started him across tb continent to San Francisco , whence h sailed west to return to England by th Indias. From his homo , Crowninshiol sent Miss Stone an invitation to come t England to be married and to take witl her as many of her friends as she liked She and the latter , a large number , mad preparations for the voyage and wer on the point of leaving who : Miss Stone , in. n grief stricken maunei told her friends that a cablegram had in formed her the mythical bridegroom wi ' dead. . ' Then investigations proved that tb whole romance had /been woven out ol Miss Stone's ron.Virk.nblo Imagination Her feat ot keeping up the deception sc long , and the remarkable ingenuity she displayed in making her story appeal reasonable , has never .boon equalled. Six deserves a high place among the master ; ot llctlon , and her ) aqtiug was boyoiu what is accomplished on the fttngo. But she has landed lijan Insane asylum Ilor mind is undoubtedly unsound , bu tor years those who have employed hoi have fauna her a quiet , unassuming , wol educated lady , who preferred to earn hoi own bread to boiug yiupported by he : richer relatives , ' Modern pathology ot the mine will refer her hallucination tt diseased brain tissue , and It this way absolve her from rcsponsl blllty , but she might have been burnce as a witch in former times. O.io ex planation of this case may bo that shi commenced with a simple untruth b > stating that she was engaged to a ncl nobleman , hoping thereby to gain mon respect from hnr employers. Such i falsehood would require further addi tions m order to save herself from tin consequences of being found out as a liar until stie became dominated by he story upon which she latterly spent nl her energies until her moral and Intel lectuul balance was overturned. Among other vagaries she informci one of her friends that ho was to be tin pastor of n church which her lover in tended to erect at Brookliuc , and mourn Ing apparel , which site intended to pu ou when the news of Crowninshield death came , wore faund among he effects. She comes of good Now Eng land stock. Lonn CHAIILHS UKKKSFOUD , n junlo lord of the English admiralty , was sup posed to bo a good man. But alas to human nature , ho has shown himself ti bo depraved In the very care of his beinp When the recent marine tomfoolery ii connection with the queen's cclobratioi was going on , this depraved lord was oj board her majesty's yacht. His wife wa on the Enchantress of the queen's navy Now the British licet has u code of sig nals by which one vessel can send messages sages to another when within sight And what did this depraved Jon do ? Ho actually had the abnonnn audacity , in some localities i would bo called "call , " to send a private vato message from Victoria's yacht he very majesty's very yacht , romotnber- to the captain of the Enchantress nskmi him to "toll Lady Charles to go immediately ately aboard the Lancashire Witch where Iwill join her. " Hi crime is almost /too ) awful to con template. The nobility of England I convulsed. The wicked man has r.i signed bis ofllco of jumbr lord of the ad miralty. And well no might. Wh ; didn't ho kill himself , jor ; or move t Kansas City ? When aiman so for foi gets himself as to send n private mossng to his wife from theroyal yacht , the Vic term and Albert , owned by the qucnn o Great Britain nnd tIreland , Empress o India , Defendress of the faith , and sucl things , he should be niado an ox am pi of. Let the punlsllmcnt fit the crime. Mn. JOHN SWINTIN , who is ono of th most earnest and intelligent among th champions of labor , seems to take : somewhat gloomy view of the situation Finding the record of the past six month moro prolific of labor disturbances thai nn equal period of any other year , witl fewer successes for labor , Mr. Swintoi docs not regard the situation as hopof u for the cause which ho unqticstionabl ; has flrst at heart. The principal causes ho thinks , are the rapid growth of com bination among employers and the wide spread weakening of many of the organ ! zntlons of wage-workers. The procos ot disintegration in thn ranks of organized izod labor has boon very marked in thi Inst few months , and seems to bo stil going on. "There ar < j doubtless ot. causes than this , " writns Mr. Swinton "for the recent poor luck of labor , am political economists will bo ready I deny that this has had anything tide do with it ; yet , it is a fac that labor's luck was better during th two years of rapid organization (1886-7 ( than it has been since the decline of or ganization. " At the present time strik ing appears to have come to a pause The number of strikoj from the begin ning of January last till the close o Juno , in the United States , was 525 , exceeding ceeding all previous records for an cqua period. THE special dispatch from David Citj published m this morning's Br.K wa Hied at David City yesterday aftcrnooi at 1:40. : The first part of the dispatcl was received in the operating room o the Western Union In Omaha at 3:30 : am the last tit 8:45 o'clock , but did not read tbn check room until 4:10 : , nnd arrived n the BEE ofllco by messenger nt4:35. : Th dispatch was received in Omaha in ft in pi time for our evening edition , for which i was intended , but owing to the nezligcn way of doing business In the Wester ; Union ofllce the evening edition of th BEE was deprived of all benefit from ll and this too in spite of the fact that in quines were made at the telegraph ofllc by us for this very special. Wo say thi much moro to show pur renders that w spare neither pains nor expense to giv them the latest uqws. Although th BEE had a good,1 account of th David City disaster , it would hav had full particulars ' bad ) it not been to the negligence of ti'o ) jWcRtern Union The patrons of the Western Union deserve servo better treatment t ian they are re coiving. Some reform is necessary. THE temperance question is nctivcl ; agitated in Dakota. In nearly all tin counties petitions aro'in'dirculation ' ask ing for an election thsat\'undcr { \ ' the pro visions of the now cou'oty optional law. A1 the signs point to a "WBlxlicense" victor ; in most counties and 'no license" in thi rest. The earnestness of the Inhabitant ! in the matter is unquestionable , but oc casionally a humorous phase creeps in In Pombina county 1,700 people hae signed ono of these petitions , which wa given to a bartender to keep during tin dinner hour of the day when the count' commissioner ? met. Ho stopped ovci into Manitoba and the petition wont witl him. The temperance people are hart at work getting up another. The goot effects of the hi&h license law in Minne sola , which has been in operation abou two months , are already toll. In Miune apolia last year 834 saloons , at (000 each paid into the treasury 1167,000. Thl * year 309 saloons have 'paid $1,000 each The weeding out of saloons by high 11 cense is bound to have a salutary offoc in any olty. THK French nation must always havi n public hero , and ho must bo n Froncl subject. Frenchmen know of no grcn people out of their own conntry. In thi ! they arc unlike the English and Amor lean people , who usually import the ! heroes. The idol ot the time is Ocnorn Uoulangcr , nnd ho is so because ho has i handsome person , lives up to his income Is devoted to the fair sex both old ant young , and because'ho is oluoky. Whci ho was a boy ho wont to school in EUR land where his companions constant ! ; assailed him on account of his Frcnc ! name , French accent and French clothes Ho thrashed his fellows into not calllnj him "froggy. " In reality Boulanaer 1 somewhat blatant , but not the less llkci for that among the common people , THE oldest newspaper in existence L the King-Pan of China , which is ncnrl ; ono thousand years old. At first it wa issued at Irregular periods. In 1801 i was made a weekly and in 1804 it bcoam n daily. If the paper is a fearless nm lirey one it probably makes thing * ) ho for the ruler of that country occasionally I'OMTlOALi POINTS. Neal Dow Is going to stump New York fo the prohibitionists. Mr. Carlisle's friends at Washington fee certain of his re-election as speaker. Both parties are pledged to tnrlu"ro \ Isloti It Is a question of moment which Rets thcr first. first.Miss Miss Susnn B. Anthony will speak at nln woman stiltrago conventions In Kansas dm Injj October. Governor Foraknr , of Ohio , tells In th August Forum why the republican part ; should'bo restored to power. Mr. Conkllng's avowed Isnoranco of cur rent political alTalrs Is accepted as a mild am amiable piece ot humor , Various plans are under consideration ti harmonize the New York republicans. / meeting ot party leaders with the state com in It tee Is one ot them. The democrats of Blrks county. Pennsyl vanla , are slightly disturbed by the canvas ot thirty-one candidates for the oftlco o county commissioner. Philadelphia Press : It an > boily coes out ti look fur the presidency boom for David Ban nettliill ho should be > sure to take a search warrant along with him. Senator Kustls , ot Louisiana , classltios tin democratic party of that stnto Into two fac tlons "tlio dominant , to which I belong , ' nnd the rotorm democracy , "composed oi misguided people. " Carl Scluir/ made his first break Into publi life as alderman of the Filth ward of Wntet town , Wls. , which position he held Severn terms , lie was a candidate for lieutenant governor of Wisconsin on the republlcai ticket In 1858 , and was defeated. John It. McLean Is said to be posses ed o a wild ambition to succeed Senator Payne Ir 18M5. and to this end is willing to let thopres Idem win a nominal victory now Hi order t gain substantial advantages hcrcattei Hence the nomination of Powell and the In dorsement of the administration. Ex-Senator Wlndom is passing the sum mcr In the reorganization of a number o mining and milllni ; companies In which h Is heavily Interested. His shattered fortnne are being rapidly repaired , and It Is said th political bee still gently buzzes In his bon net. net.Chris Chris Buckley , the democratic boss ot Hai Iranclsco , is totully blind , is reputed to b worth loooCXW , mid ot conrxo runs a saloon Fifteen years aico he was a bnrtendcr In i Kearney street Kaloon in San Francisco , nm wns the last person looked upon as a futun leader In politic * . After ho became blind i was Impossible to continue mixlnc drinks , HI IK- sot to scheming In politics and organize * n system , with captains nnd lieutenants whereby he could tt-ll within ten votes hov many voters tliero were tu bu relied upon ii a district. Whenever bu made a promise o support ho kept It , and It Is said that througl his Iniliionco alone a man could bo elected t any oilice. _ An Unsntinlaotory Opponent. Maton Tclcurapii. It Is much harder to satisfy a mini win lights with his month , th.au one ' Family . Lmttivtlle CourierJimrnal. . The ono Kentucky distillery that has re fused to shut down for a year Is doubtles' ' driven to this seemingly obstinate course b' large orders from Georgia. A Geutlo Hint. C/ifrayo / A'cit's. If President Cleveland wishes to know ex actly how gieat a man ho Is In the estlnmtloi ot the great west let him venture to coon out hero without Mrs. Cleveland. Will Carry HI * Own 1'ork. lAncoln Journal. Armour isn't going to St. Joe. Not he. Hi has given It out cold and Hat that all hi ; packing houses shall bo ranged on the lin < ot the Milwaukee road. That Is his road am hois going to carry his own pork It he know : himself. Thn Chicago Hog. Knnx County Kcwi. Omaha would not be presuming enough t boast ns many hojs ns Chicago , but at pres ent Is killing as many as the latter place Ono trouble with the Chicago hog is thnt I docs not get killed as often as it gets up i corner on wheat. A I'loa For Poann. San Angela ( Tejkw ) K'ltcrprlae. Let us have pence. Give Cleveland a rest Give Dr. McGlynn a rest Give poor olt Jell Davis a rest. Give the train robberies i rest. Glvo the "rebel" flags a rest. Give tin Grand Army of the Itepublie a rest. "Glvi us a rest" all around during the hot weather Nipped In tlio nnd. St. I'aul I'loneer 1'rcti. Editor Grady's boom has played out In tin New York Herald oilice , but the colonel ha had a militia encampment named after hln In Georgia. Even boomed editors will havi to bo satisfied with comparatively smal favors sometimes , when the boom has beei chilled. _ Ilelow the Dolt. UneulH Journal. The Hon. John M. Thurston thinks tin business of running a decent newspapc hardly equal to that of beating widows ant orphans out of the property left thorn b : death. Editors who perfori" the first servici are not so well dressed , usually , ns the jackleg - leg lawyers who engage in the latter. Two Dad ItroakH. York Tlinci , John M. Thurston was a very popular mar In York county six weeks ago , but two bar breaks have somewhat dimmed the lustre o : his fame. The first was tlio lecture or "Grant , " which was calculated to Impend his ability , nnd the second was his break foi Minnesota when the Investigation commit tee wanted him so badly , which was an Im peachment of his Integrity. Suspicion * of nnfTalo mil. IsaiMm Time * , English people have long been accustomed to recognize In the people of the Westeru continent a race of renowned showman. How are they to know that Buffalo .Bill Is a cow boy Barnum with a troupe of'clever profes sional actors , acrobats and equestrians ? A country whoso showmen have produced wooly horses and pctrlilcd mon , whoso mer chants have put upon the market wooden nutmegs , sawdust hams , chemically manu factured eggs and oysters , Is surely capable also ot sending over to England ctrmis cow boys and sideshow Indians , with concocted "records" and trained horses. Material For Now York Juror * . Iforrtitnwn Ucrall. At a trial at Iho Clay county , Georgia , court the other day , two witnesses were pui upon the stand , "who did not know whc made them , had never heard ot heaven 01 hell , nnd did not know whether a lie was right or wrong. " In Now York they would have been put in the jury box. Survival or Ibo Fittest. We are making more Iron than over before this year , but one-third of our furnaces are out of blast. In the meantime prices have risen , until heavy Importations of Iron have been made to supply the demand. The qulel furnaces are probably nurslings of protec tion , planted whore It Is Impossible to make Iron at a reasonable profit. Better located establishments are doing the work and ret ting the trade. When there shall bo enongl : ot them Importations will cease , and the ) will cat ono another up until only the fittest ebnll survive. AVith a proper rate ot tar 111 only the fittest would ever have been built and the consumers of iron would have been saved an immense amount of money and Im prudent investors Rrtat ; grief and loss. Karly Closing Movement. Chicago Tribune. The parly closing movement ? 'TIs a most benignant ocheinc , 'TIs the practical fnlllllmcnt ot a phi Ian thropic dream , And , if carried out In politics , with what ex ceeding ZPSt Would they work ( tin Missouri on the moutt of Mr. Vest 1 I August. as = J ' * * FranJt DimjUr Sherman , in St. KMioJat. August , month where summer lies Sleeping under sapphire * > kles : Open all ttie windows wide , Drink the orchard's fragrant tide , Breath of grass nt morning mown Thrimch the leafy vistas blown , Hear the clinking of the scythe Sound mellifluent nnd blithe. August , month everywhere Music lloats upou the air From the harps of mlnitrel iraloe Playing down the hills nnd dnles : August , month where sleepy cows Hook the shade of spreading boughs Where the robin quirks his head Contemplating cherries red : August , month of twilights when Day half goes and comes again : August days are guards who keep Watch while summer lies asleep. SUNDAY GOSSIP. IT is quite the rage now to employ hotel stenographers. The leading Omaha hotels arq each supplied with one. * % MADAMK MODJKSKA. nnd the Count Bozenta are the guctts of their son , Ralph Modjeskn , of this city , and will remain hero two weeks. Mndame Modjcska says that the reports of her Investing largo sums In Los Anueles property are without foundation. * * LIIA-LANCITHY'S English bodyguard Is a daisy. He hasn't a very high opinion of American newspaper men. The other day nn Omaha reporter attempted to In terview the Llly.but the brawny Englishman prevented him. The consequence wns n war of words. "Who are you ? " asked the re porter. " 1 nm the peer of nny newspaper reporter In America. " The reporter fainted. * * "DIAMONDS would not long ho considered precious if tliey wore worn all over the country ns they nrowornat Long Branch. To see diamond earrings glistening In sholl- llko oars , ami diamond bracelets glowing on snowy arms at the breakfast table Is the rule rather than the exception. There was n time when U wns considered uood form only to wear diamonds In the evening , bnt wo have changed all that , " The above In from thu New York Morning Journal , which ndds : "Oneyoung latly even wonM Jewelry In bathing , butifho is from ttt * tty af StsshS nn Siiouui bo excused. " The attention ot the Journal Is called to thn fact that It was only a day or two ago that an Omaha lady had her teeth.tilled with diamonds by an ex port dental artist. As to wearing jewelry In bathing the Omaha nirls think nothing ot that at Manawa lake. It's quite the fashion there. * * AMO.VO the building permits , ns published In one of the papers tlio other day , wns uiio for tlio erection ol n two-story frnmo addi tion , with n nmrblo floor , to the Omaha Na tional bank building. As tlio Omaha National bank Is a four-story and high base ment brick , .it struck tlio reader ns rather singular that it was to bo enlarged by a two- story frame addition. Furthermore the lire limit ordinance prohibits nny snch Improve ments. Inquiry , however , revealed the fact that the Omaha National bank building Is to bo materially improved. Two stories nro to tw added to It for the accommodation o'f the Western Union company , whose constantly Increasing business demands more room. The two stories , by the waynrotobeof brick. So says Mr. Joseph II. Millnrd , the president , nnd his statement Is cortohoratcd by Messrs. Wyman and Wallace. Other Improvements are also to be made. The location of the ele vator U to bo changed , as Is also the main en trance of the building. * * MK. N.UIAX I'ltA.VKols acknowledged to bo an excellent violinist. His music is full of harmony , but his career la Omatia has been full of discord. Soon alter his advent In Omaha he had a falling out with Julius MRyer.who had a monopoly on fiddle-strings , wind Instruments , bass drums , nnd music generally. The consequence was that two factions were created In the musical world ot Omaha , ono under tlio leadership of Meyer and the other under that of Franko. Each of these leaders abused the other , and neither had any rest. Neither was there any rait for the newspapers , which were compelled daily to give each side n hearing. Mr. Franko , how ever , finally managed to cot himself Into print more than Meyer for the reason that lie engaged In other lights. At last accounts It appears that Mr. Franko's enemies had got the better of nlm.but ho Is "still on deck although n little disllL'urcd. " For some unaccountable reason nothing has occurred \vltliln tlio Inst twenty-four hours to muse him to ventilate his grievances through the now.ipniicrs. Per haps he has been temporarily overmno by the heat. Then again mnybe It IB only the calm before the stoun , \ \ hen he breaks out ngam it will be ovur. Later A rumor is current on tlio streets that Mr. Kranko and Meyer have kissed nnd made up , and that MI Is now harmony. Still Later The ntovo rumor is denied by Mr. Meyer. The California salmon planted in Pine lake , Chippnwa county , Wisconsin , have become numerous enough to drive out all the bass. A now town in the southern part of San' Luis Obispo county , California , has been christened Kl Olivur. There wai tt lohg wrestle to obtain a nnmo aiynllicant of the olive , and yet nobotly was thoughtful enough to suggest Olivet. . EARLY DAYS ON THE PLAINS. A Wild Western Tale Told In tin Smoking Iloont of n Bleeping Car , Chicago Times : In the smoking sec tion of u sleeping car on the St. Paul road , after supper thu other day , the con versation turned on tricks at cards , ttnd ono of the party assorted that "Cnnndn Bill" wns the originator of that peculiar industry. A lantern-jawed man from Wyoming , who had been an attentive listener , remarked : " ( toutieincn , you nro wrong. I saw a 'sucker' play it to my sorrow before Can ada Bill ever thought of It. " In response to urgent mimesis , the res ident of the sage-brush district in the west went on with his story : "Tho lost year of the war , I , bring n boy of eighteen , cut loose find drifted toward the then newly discovered gold mines of Montana. On the way I bcoimio separated from the outllt I was traveling with , ami drifted along from ono frontier ranch or trading station to another , until I finally made n halt nt the crossing ol Big Lurnmio river , on the old stngo road , at a ranuh kept by Al Smith. Smith's ranch consisteel ot H log building , 20x40 , all in ono room , in which ho ran n gen eral store nnd saloon. As there wns no water for lifteon miles either way , his ranch was n camping ground for all trains bound east or west. The Indians wore bad in these days , and every ranch man kept ns large a force about him ns possible , and stragglers like myself were received with open hospitality and urged to prolong their stay. 1 remained at Smith's ranch for several months a wel come guest. Swapping horses , hunting antelope , drinking whisky , playing poker , and trading in government mules , which in those days was considered all over the west us legitimate as selling whisky or any other respectable and honorable in dustry. I made plenty of money , and had occasional Indian skirmishes anel lots of excitement. There were several of us young fellows tliero , nnd every cvoninir we would indulge in poker by ourselves when wo could not get n stranger in. but when wo could wo took htm in , and wo got them almost every night , and , ns money wns abundant , wo were all well fixed. Ono evening , late in the fall ol 1803 , a cadaverous , Innk , homely-looking specimen of humanity rode up to thu ranch on n poor , scrawny mare pony , followed by a half starved colt , He was dressetl in ragged remnants of n threadbare broadcloth suit , a number of rents in his trousers showing a tattered pair of gray ones underneath. An old pnir of congress gaiters adorned his ex tra largo feet , and an nntinuatcd stiff hat scarcely protected him from the sun. His hair was long , his face unshaven. From his shoulder , hung by n piece of rope , an old flour sack stuffed full of old clothes , while under his right arm ho carried a bundle wrapped in an old striped hiekorv shirt. Ho awkwardly crawled oll'hls Hosinanto , and in a draw ing , stuttering voice inquired if ho could 'git to Ktay nil night ? ' Ho was informed that hu could spread his blanket on the floor nnd could cat with us such as wo had , but that the nearest hotel wns 300 milc § down the road. His stuttering speech and gawky manner canned n * youngsters unlimited nmusomunt , and wo guyed him most unmercifully , all of which ho took in gootl part. "Before night n number of trains went into camp and by dark the log cabin was lively , freighters and teamstern were buying goons nnd drinking whisky , and playing uards for canned fruit the ono great luxury of the western pilgrims. At an early hour , long before nny one else hail thought of sloop , 'Hu.ity , ' as wo called him , spread his blankets on the lloor. and with his old artillery saddle fern n pillow , turned in nud tried to sleep. Four of us youngsters drew around a table and proposed to start a poker game if we could get some one to como in and make it live-handed. 'Rusty' jumped up nnd snid a * It wns impos sible to sloop ho would play a little while for fun. W kindly informed him that wo did not play for fun , but u quarter ante , just to raako It Intnrcbting. . Ho demurred at iirst , but finally ngruud to play f 5 worth. Wo ditl not want him to piny on account of his poverty , but when lie produced a fnt leather pocketbook stuffed with green * backs , our scruples diminished and the came began. I never saw as nwkwnrd a man with cards in my lifo , but I am free to confess that I never saw it man hnvo Ruoh luck ns ho did. The Hushes , throes , full hands nnd straights thnt mjjn ix'li' were rcjurtrkobjc. U 1.0 clock I had lost laoo and wufl broke. By 3 o'clock Frank Jones hud lost over $500 und had to quit for lack of funds. Frank Williams lasted until 4 o'clock , when ho got knocked out , and the game progressed single handed be tween , Ioe Lowery , n superintendent of the Overland Stage company , und our simple friend , wno by this time was over $3,000 winner. Joe was considera bly out but had about f200 left. 'Old lliisty' kept up a running tire of silly ro ] marks , but wo none of us had uny su perfluous hilarity left. As wo nil by thin time commenced to smell a large- sized rodent , wo wure watching Uusty with all of our night eyes. The ante had been raised to f 1 , with 1(2.5(1 ( blind. It was Kusty's deal , and Joe Lowery went 12.50 blind. After the deal Kusty saw the blind and Joe made it good and raised him $50. Uu.sty saw the raise nnd raised Joe back $150 , which Joe called , it taking nil the munoy Jnc had left to cull. Joe luul three queens und drew two cards ; Uusty drew three , bnt I saw him take one of them from the bottom of the pack , nnd called Joe's attention to it. < lee grabbed the stakes , when Uusty whipped out a15 - rovolvcr , and , cocking it , ordered Joe to drop that moneiy.1 Frank Jones drew a revolver and IIrod At Uusty , missing I tl him , when Uusty fired in return , killing Jones instantly. Joe nnd I both reached for our revolvers , but a shot from Kus ty's revolver hit Joe in the heart und ho fell , but as ho keeled over his gun wont off , hitting Frank Williams in the back of the head , the ball penetrating his brain , killing him. At the name instant I fired nt Kusty and broke his loft arm. He re turned the lire , hitting me in the heart , and I fell dead. " As ho hesitated , the crowd cast re proachful glances nt him , and a fat man with cold spectacles remarked that it was about bedtime. New York In 1HHH. Chicago lleralti. The cock-sure assumption now BO ividoly accepted that "tho people living within ten miles of the c'.ty hall in New Fork" nro to decide the next presiden tial election will not bear close examinn- ; ion. They hnvo decided thn lust two elections , but they nro not likely to con tinue as umpires in the presidential Same. In 1WO tlioy decided tha contest n favor of Uarfiold by failing to vote for Hancock , nti they were expected to do. In 1831 they gave Cleveland the majority .viiicli gavn him the state , and the htnte ilcctcd him. In all the other nrusulcn- liul elections binco 18M ) , New York has iither been on the losing side or t'lso ' thn jautlidato for whom it voted would have jeon elected anyhow. There is no ruohon o be.lleivu thnt the remainder of the \mericnn people nro to stand as they lave stood for a generation anil leave to ho citi/ens of New York the deciding oico in national politics. Just now here are local movements In the niotrop- ills which , if continued , may give that tatc to the republicans. It Is to bo re numbered thnt It wns given to the demo- Tats in lg(13 ( when nearly all tint other tales were carried by the renublicaiiH. n 1872 It voted for Grant , but Grunt vould have been elected without the otoof New YqrK. ' Nearly 150.000 is to bo spent In nltcrn- ioji and refitting of the old cathedral ftl 51..Augustine , Hu.
