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Contents of the Sunday Doo.
Pagel. New York Ucrald Cables to the
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Pazo 2. Teleu'raphic JS ews. City News.-
Adverttsemcnts.
Page 3. Special Advertisements.
Page 4. EdltorlaL-PoIltical Pomts.-
Edltorlnl Comments-Sunday Oosslp. Cur
rent Topics.
Page 5. Lincoln Letter-Omaha Social
Cqsslp Antc-Uoom News-Miscellany.
1'age a Council Bluffs News-Miscellany
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Paste 7. General and Local Markets-
Ad vurttaementa.
Pa/o 8. Helena Modjeskn in Omaha
Local Miscellany.
( Page D. Sorrows of a Poor. Old Man , by
Clara Belle A Glass of Frothy Beer , by C.
A. O'Brien The Soldiers of tbe Cross
'Growth of the Church Advertisements.
Page 10. The Faith Cure Discussed , by
' - Francis Pownr Cobbn Electricity In Har-
' eQ3 A Musical Disagreement Advertlse-
awnts.
I'aco 11. The Trials of An Emigrant
Looking for Jlui. An Original Story Written
Mr the Sunday BKK Free Churches De-
' andod. by M. F. Soronson-Sineularitles-
.Funny Things , by Jovial Men Educational.
Paice 13. America's Notable Womon-
noney for the Ladles Peppermint Drops
JQolto Thoroughly Marrled-Connublalltles-
ellglous-Muslcal and Dramatlc-A Strange
WHAT'S the matter ? Has Manage :
Holdrcgo lost his grip on the railroad
commission ?
IT must bo sorao satisfaction to ox-
Secretary of Stata Roggon to know that
Judge Mason is tilling the position from
which ho bounced Charles II. Gero , with
ft good deal of credit.
,1
t JOHN M. THUKSTON has been immor
tallzcd in spitu of the vote of Governor
Thayer. The new legislative apportion
meat bill as published in the session lawj
Hots part of a representative to Thurstor
county , when ns a matter of fact the
governor's veto blotted it ofT the face ol
the revised map.
A BALLOONIST at Ohatsworth , 111. , fell
yesterday over a thobsand feet and cs
capod injury. At the same place or
'Thursday night the ill-fated possougfli
train fell about six feet and almost
hand red persons killed. There seems it
"this something approaching a melody ol
wntradiction. Tlioro was every roasor
Wtoy tha passengers should not have beer
Injured , while there is no particulai
.reason why the balloonist should no
&ave boon Rilled.
.Mn. HOLUUKOK is getting his ( ill o :
" . 'railroad commission. If memory serve !
M corrcotly , it waa Holdrcgo and hi :
kenchraon who engineered thu com
'mission bills through two legislatures it
.ttsfianca of the expressed will of the pco
jple. Mr. Holdrcgo and his oil-roorr
y ntrlkera made the law ns weak and in
.Wfeotive as it possibly could be , but ovot
: ta that shape Mr. Uoldrege has booomi
, . wry much distrusted with its intcrpreta
Han and operation.
Tnu Pacific railroad investigation com
mlttee are not to bo bulldozed nor trilloc
with by Senator Stanford. The requos
'Baking an order from the court to shov
toauso why Stanford should not bo com
; | Mllod to answer certain questions is i
.ttep fn the right dirootion. The robbci
'Stanford may , before ho gets througl
rtth the committee , find himself in jail
though it is safe to say ho will not bo re
' .based through the oObrts of any indig
< Mnt citizens , as was Senator Kiddle
larger.
years ago the Hon. Fran !
'Walters , alias Nagol , kept .1 low danci
< aoHsa and groggory on the southwos
taernor of Tenth and Douglas streets
.Last winter ho waa one of tlio chlo
mlxors and drinkers at the legislative oil
rooms. Yesterday ho was publicly ofl'orei
a position on the editorial staff of th
Omaha Republican , which is located 01
the very spot where Nagol-Walters usoi
to entertain his wrotohed patrons of yore
Shades of K. li. Taylor and John Tnfle
* * 'What a tumble your great paper ha
" ' .Ukeu in a few short years I
TUK courts have often declucd tha
) lKdostrlans have the llrst right upo
> ihoroughfarod as against vehicles. Uu
ity ordinances so provide. Yet th
! Mekloss drivers of all classes of vehicle
"J Omaha show an utter disregard fa
ibk ordinance. Our streets are become
> o crowded that pedestrians cannc
paw certain cross-walks , and ar
ipolled to dpdgo bore and there incoi
y. The police should put a stop t
at once. A ( ew arrests woul
V , karpeu the sense of decency of some c
drivers of vehicles upon our street
Phenomenal Financier * .
The phenomenal financier is ponu-
iarly a product of this great republic ,
le is indigenous hero , whore ho sprouts ,
jlooms and llourlshcs for a time with a
vigor and luxuriance only possible to a
country in ffhlch clUes have grown up
Ike mushrooms in a night and the boom
3 an over-present condition. There are
several varieties of the phenomenal finan
cier and they spring from all grades of
society. Herein wo see another valuable
suggestion respecting the opportunities
and possibilities that arc scat-
ercd along the pathway of the
nvorcd don of American soil. As
n political lifo the way is open to every
citizen to attain the loftiest station , so
ikowiso in the financial world , or that
part of it which is American. Our glo
rious institutions interpose no obstruc
tion to reaching the highest plnnaolo of
wealth and power. Given energy , dash ,
daring , and a total lack of conscience ,
ind any child of the republto may hew
ils way to fortune with comparatively
ittlo difllculty. Such an one will always
find an opening for his gifts in some one
of the many directions in which Ameri
can enterprise is continually moving ,
and ho will never fail to find numberless
) eoplo ready to walk into his shrewdly-
mited trap people , too , who ought to
bo wise , but whose greed is stronger than
experience or wisdom , and who when
the promise is made to gratify it can
readily dismiss conscience.
The varieties of the phenomenal finan
cier are an interesting , and should bo an
nstructive , study. Hut the lessons
taught by these men are as short-lived as
are the career of most of them. It is
barely two years since Ferdinand Ward
was sent to the penitentiary for his re
markable rascalities as a phenomenal
Innucior , and yet wo venture to say that
four-fifths of the business world would
never think of that extraordinary chapter
of financial villainy. Perhaps if it had
made a deeper and more lasting
mprcssion . L. Harper of the
fidelity bank would not have found such
smooth sailing , and the stockholders of
that institution might have saved their
money and Harper kept out of the pen
itentiary , although it is more than pro
bable that m any event ho would have
ultimately landed thoro. The most re
cent addition to the list of phenomenal
inanciers is Henry S. Ivos , whoso man
ipulations of the Cincinnati , Hamilton &
IJayton railroad have been for a couple
of weeks the most absorbing topic in
Wall street. This individual does not
take an inferior rank among those
of his class in the measure of his rascal
ly , and in some respects ho has shown
limsolf superior to most of them. Ho
appropriated millions of dollars , but ho
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appears to have done it so cleverly that
the confiding and mulcted stockholders
will Imvo no redress. Ho was an equally
skillful and daring robber , who laid his
plans in the most systematic and thor
ough way , and when they were consum
mated deliberately seized upon all that
was available. When a committee
on behalf of the swindled stock
holders went to Now York to obtain
the details of the steal , they found
the robber amply fortified for defense.
Ho refused access to his books , declined
to resign his official position in the com
pany until he got ready , and only did seat
at last when he had made terms that
leave him In possession of sufficient
means to enable him to live luxuriantly
for the rest of his days , or to embark in
other enterprises which oiler a field for
phenomenal financiering.
It would not bo difficult to extend the
list , for wo might properly include in it
all of the men who have for years been
defrauding the government and the people
ple , as the olhclals of railroad cor
porations the Huntingtons , Stanfords ,
Crackers , and others like them , living
and dead but there is n more expressive
and comprehensive term to describe
them , with which oar readers are fa
miliar. If it be asked how much longer
the phenomenal financier is to bo given
opportunities to carry on his operations ,
or depredations , the answer must bo that
just so long as the mad rush for wealth
continues and the greed of capital is so
strong that shrewd and daring men can
command it , the phenomenal financial
will find scope for his evil genius. IVCE
was distrusted , but ho had the dasti
and daring that impresses rapa
cious capital , and when ho oQ'orud
it the generous terms ho could give with
collateral not his own , it could not resist
the temptation , Furthermore , this ver >
rash and daring Had won him the confi
dence of the corporation , whioli was ol
course a prerequisite to the successful
carrying out of his scheme. There will
bo other phenomenal financiers , because
the qualitica that distinguish them are in
demand and there are people alwaya
ready to risk largely on them
And the opportunities are still
numerous and likely to continue so fai
beyond the present generation.
A Parllanicmt of Labor.
Ono of the moat important of the an
nual assemblages in Great Britain is the
trades-union congress , the twontiotli
session of which will be hold next
month at Swansea , Wales. Tula
congress is composed of delegate !
from some of the most suocoss <
fill and wisely managed trades unions in
the world , and from having encountered
at the outset a vigorous opposition , borr
of the apprehension that its mlssior
might ; prove to bo mischievous , it has b }
a judicious and conservative policy
grown steadily and firmly in pub
Ho confidence. No better evidence coulc
bo asked than is to bo found in the his
tory of this congress of the capacity ol
worklngmon to give intelligent care t (
their interests when rejecting the control
of snltlsh loaders and political doma
gogues. While keeping fully abreas
with the most advanced thought on the
subjects nearest to the interests of thi
great body of worklngmon represented ,
this congress has never yel boon charged
with being the mouthpiece or advocate
of demagogic or reactionary schemes
Its strength In advancing the interests o :
labor and in commanding itiolf to
public confidence is in the fac !
that it confines its efforts
to the task that is legitimate to it , in
stoiul of expending iu force on question !
which are at best only remotely con
nected with its proper functions , am ]
which it could not huvo any influence
upon ono way or another.
It has , therefore , been deemed an honoi
by the most advanced thinkers and earn
est laborers in the oaiuo of economic
. science to bo 'invited to present thcl
viowi before this body ot represontativi
workmen. Not a few men who hare bo-
como prominent In English affairs , sit
ing in parliament and the minis
try , hare achieved their first
success In the arena of this congress.
Llonry Broadhurst , Alexander Macilon-
aid , Uowclls , Leicester and Crctnor are
among those who rose from the ranks of
abor through this congress to parlia
ment and positions of honor , doing great
sorvioo in thcso positions to the cause ot
labor. An excellent idea of the charac
ter of this congress is obtained from the
loading subjects that will bo proposed
for consideration , among which are "Co
operation and its relation to trades-union
ism , " "Representation of labor in parlia
ment , " "Reform of the land laws , " and
"International trades-unionism. " Those
and similar practical questions ,
of immediate interest and importance to
the cause of labor in the United King
dom , will absorb the attention ot the con
gress , undistractcd by issues nnd issues
wholly oxUancous and which are likely
to bo of endless controversy.
American workingmcn can certainly
learn something from the example of
this congress , oven if they shall find m
its deliberations nothing in which they
have a common interest. It is instruct
ive as showing the value to labor of ad
hering strictly to the consideration of
those matters which immediately con
cern it , instead of wandering
off nnd wasting its energies , besides run
ning the risk of dangerous dissensions ,
in the discussion of theories nnd policies
which have but a remote relation , if any ,
to its interests , and which it cannot hope
to settle. '
A Few SucKCHtlons.
Our public schools are to bo rcopcnod
within less than twenty days. A few sug
gestions to the board of education may
therefore bo in order. First and fore
most the long needed and often promised
reforms in our educational system should
bo inaugurated with the new term. There
out to be a weeding out of incompetent
and inefficient teachers , no matter to
whom they are related or who in
terests himself in their retention.
There has been altogether too much
nepotism nnd favoritism in our public
schools for the good of the system. Out
public schools should no longer continue
to bo invalid homes or alms houses.
Every teacher should bo able to earn bis
or her salary , and the most meritorious
should in all cases bo given preference ,
The only test of competency to teach anj
branch is a rigid examination , supple ,
roentod by the results of the teacher's
work at the end of each term.
Certificates to teach ono branch or stud )
do not necessarily qualify teachers to in
struct m other branches. It is a matter
of notoriety that some teachers assigned
to the High school do not hold certificates
for the branches which they have taught
heretofore or which they have boon en
gaged to teach. These teachers should by
all moans bo required to pass the propoi
examination iu the High school branches.
To make the High school what it is ex
pected to bo , the duties of the principal
and assistant principal should bo clearly
dofinod.
The salaries paid justify first class ser
vice. In fact some of the high school
salaries arc extravagant in view of the
duties performed by the principal and
his assistant. While the patrons of the
schools will sustain' the board in main
taining the training school and employ
ing teachers for practical studies like
mechanical and mathematical draw'
ing , there is no valid ex
cuse for ornamental and. useless
teachers under any pretext. Vocal and
instrumental music are luxuries fet
which parents that desire musical train
ing for their girls can nfi'ord to pay ,
Mechanical drawing is very useful foi
both men and women , but fancy skntch
ing , water colors and oil daubs on ohinn
and tinware is utterly utter , and should
be remanded to the parlors cf people
who pride themselves on their high art.
UcIpTol Showers.
During the past forty-eight hours more
or loss copious rains have been general
in the northwest , and although rmicl :
moro is needed to secure the improvement
mont hoped for , a great deal of good has
bcon done , in some localities the rain
fall lias been quite heavy , and at suet :
places tiio drought is reported broken
though of course the damage done can
not now bo repaired , while at others the
visitation has been light and the full
effects of the drought are still apparent
On the whole , however , there has been
very material improvement that is most
welcome.
Regarding the corn crop , it is re
marked that at no previous time has
there boon such a wlda diversity of opin
ion among well-informed men as to the
probable yield. The agricultural bureau
report warrants the expectation that the
crop will exceed 1,700,000 bushels , bill
other estimates vary from 1,000,000 tc
1,400,000 bushels. "Tho dilliculty , " says
the Chicago Tribune , "of arriving ata
close agreement is obvious to any one
who considers the vastncss of the grounc
to be covurcd and the .impossibility ol
footing up the account , even after the
oars have all been gathered in. But the
difficulty is increased by the fact thai
most of the shortage is found in thuotdoi
corn states , which a few years ago raised
the bulk of the crop , while the least damage
ago appears to have boon suffered it
the largo areas west of the Missouri rlvor
which have but recently been added tc
the corn bolt. It is , however , reasonably
certain that fully one-sixth of the cro [
WiiS cut off by the drouth of lost month ,
probably that the loss was inoroasod to
nearly a quarter by the dryneas of th <
first week iu August , and tolerably safi
to say-that in at least one-half of the cert
belt the rains of this week came too late
to materially increase the yield from wha
it would have been without them. Th *
rainfall will add much more to tno corr
crop indirectly than directly by helping
the growth of some of the feedstuff whicl
enables the stock-grower to dispense
with the use of corn during a part of tin
year. It now appears probable that thi
wheat crop of the United States this yeai
is also short , the total being little if an ;
moro than a round 400,000,000 bushels. "
Hnlcldes In Mldiummer.
Every summer during the boated tern
the number of suicides is larger than a
other times of the year. It has been bi
this season , and , as usual , the paper ,
find the cause in the heating of the Moot
aud the setting free of the evil passion ,
supposed to lurk in the human system
The true explanation is unquestionably
to bo found la the lassitude and dcbilit ;
which result from a long heated term
Continued 'etrtigglo for moro exist
oiico seems then utterly uninviting ,
and Iho thought t of a rest from
which there is no waking to wearisome
duties appears inviting. In the anme
way the troubles , thq despairs of lifo , are
less supportable in this exhausted condi
tion of body , aud robot is sought in
death.
The public sentiment , against suicide
comes down ftom tljoscearly , times when
the welfare of a tribe conation depended
largely upon the number of its members
to diminish which , in any voluntary man
ner , was disgraceful/ / nations enacted
laws against solf-dosiructlon. In mauy
Christian countries jsuicldes can not bo
buried in consecrated ground. England
has stringent laws for t'.io punishment of
would-be suicides who do not succeed in
their attempt. Some of the states of the
Union have similar laws.
There are those who regard suioido ns
an indication of insanity in every case ,
but this is manifestly absurd. There is
a suicidal maniu certainly as there is a
homicidal mania , but every porsoa who
kills himself is not insane. There are
those who regard suicide justifiable in
certain cases , but in the main mankind
looks upon it as a crime against self
which shuts out all prospects for happi
ness hereafter , and this fooling keeps
many from voluntarily taking the leap in
the dark.
The Jtoanoii Why.
Some people want to know why the
BKK does not take the $500 which the
Republican has offered to pay for that ad
vertising contract which wn asserted to
have boon made at a give-away rate of
about six cents per inch.
There is a very good reason , and that
reason made it perfectly safe for the
Republican to issue the challenge , which
was merely a game of bluff. Wo had
made public the fact that such a con
tract had bcon entorcd into by its man
ager when the party who had
the document was induced
to give it up on conditions at present
known only to Cadet Taylor and the
party who allowed It to be cancelled.
This is a game which has often been
played in politics , as well as in business.
Parties who have put their signatures to
tell-tale papers some times succeed in
getting possession of them and then at
tempt by bombastic challenges to vindi
cate themselves.
SEXATOII RIDULHUKKQEK , of Virgiriia ,
no doubt has an inclination to encourage
mob law. Ho was yesterday released
from jail , where ho had been sontcnccd
for five days by a mob of most deter
mined Virginians. Thu senator's life
has not boon a happy , one. Whcc
he foil out with " , Mahono ho fore
swore Washington society because
he was too poor to own ] a spike tailed
coat. He no sooncrallios himself to hh
former political crowd than ho is thrown
into a Virginia prisou.'J Senator Rid-
dloborger , after hlij 'si ' years in the
senate , will have had sufficient experi
ence to equip him for thedccturc field.
IK General Crooknsho1ild fortunately
get his hands upon the Ute chief Colo-
row ho may bo compelled to change his
alleged mind about * being a "hoop big
Ingin. " Unless the' ' bostiies show an
immediate dispositiou' to Behave them
selves It Is to be hoped General Crook
will bo ordered to carry into execution
the partial plans already completed to
maEo quick word with Colorow and hi !
baud of unwashed followers.
THE indications at Washington arc
that the superb railway robber , C. P ,
Iluntincton , is to bo indicted for his cor
rupt methods and practices in the Pacific
railroad steals. By all means let the
indictments bo found and the entire lol
of Pacific railroad boodlors and high
wayincn be sent to the peuitoiitanes ,
whore they would have gone years age
had the laws been rigidly and honestly
executed.
POLIX1CAU POINTS.
The Uoston Traveler saysThe : republi
can party Is not the property ot any ono mar
or set of men. "
A woman suffrage bill was imlelln itelj
postponed in the Now Hampshire house ol
representatives on Tuesday by a vote of 14 !
to 37.
Road j uster Klddleboreer declares that no
other republican could poll as largo a vote Ir
the southern states as neighbor lllalr of New
Hampshire.
Senator Allison , of Iowa , Is ot the opinion
that the republican prospects arc brlzht , and
that the party need only to stand to ethar
and work to win.
There are 430 consular agents attaoliad to
the consular service of the United States , a
number tno large by at least 403 , according ti
Assistant Secretary Porter.
The Maryland prolilblt'on ' platform de
mands the disfranchlsamont ot men who
soil their votes , tha regulation ot immigra
tion , and lawj to enforce arbitration.
In the event of Cleveland's nomln atlon ii
1883 Kentucky may bo counted a mong thi
doubtful states. The "boys In the trenches'
don't like Cleveland , and even the "star-
eyed goddess" cannot draw thorn to liU sup
port.
"With the sure republican states of Ohio
ana Pennsylvania harmonious aud united
In his support , John Sherman would outer
the next republican national convention a
formidable candidate for president , " the
Philadelphia Record thinks.
Th Independent thinks that "If John Sher
man can be nomlnatodjby the republican
party , counted with such d nama on the
ticket as that ot Senator Joseph It. Hawley
for vice president , the entire party could and
'
would rally to Us support. Business men
would all unlto In ttio qlo tton ot such a
ticket. There would ba no , , mugwumps In
the camp or In the campaign. . "
Shrouded hi Mystery.
JlQitan Qlobf , )
Tha word sirloin is derived front thi
French. It would pu/.zl . 'oug best lawyers ,
however , to tell whort thp moat we call alt
loin steak Is derived tpm
Omnlia'a Future.
Sutton RMMCT.
Omaha houses have packed 377,233 hogs
since March 1 , nearly all of wulclivwere
raised In Nebraska. Omaha is destined tc
bo the chief porK-packins cnnter ot the west ,
If not of the world , at no distant day.
The Democratic Tiger.
Trio democratic tiger , on a hot August day
may quietly tlumber instead ot tearing
around , but those who BO up close to him
know that the uttioty-nluo stripes around hi' '
tall are all there yet.
Senator Voorhoos and the Hpoila ,
A'ew I'ortt IKnrld ,
'Senator Voorhees has at least the courazo
of his appetite as a spolls-huntor. Ho de
clares most emphatically hli belief In tiu
doctrine that "to tua victors belonx tbi
spoils , " and boasts that It has been put la
practice so far as Indiana Is concerned.
A Snbitltnto fbr Oabba o.
Doiton Globe.
A cabbaze loaf If placed on the head is
said to be a sure protection agatmst sun
stroke. If you are far removed from agri
cultural districts , and the cabbage loaf can
notbeeaslly obtained , the five cent cigar ot
commerce will answer every purpose.
Hallway Raaoalltri
IViilaiMphto ttccont.
Hallway rascality and the prlco ot rib-roust
are more nearly connected than most ot us
think. Though beef on the hoot Is as cheap
aswhtsky In Texas , bast-eaters In the east
have to pay dearly for their meat ; for the
cattle kings and the railways have conspired
to that end.
ThoConsnmor'ft Fttto.ro Not so Bright.
Chicago Ktirt.
The dairyman who are trying to Increase
the price of milk evidently have no fear that
the oleomargarine factories will come Into
competition with the cow In furnishing still
another product. The cow still has a bright
future before her , but In vie wet the promised
raise In prlco the future ot tnllk consumers
is not so bright. _
Too Hnnvlly Handicapped.
Kew York IVnrM.
Our genial and philosophical fellow-towns
man. Iloswoll P. Fowler , considers Chaun-
coy M. Depow as "tho coming man. " Mr.
Dopewls not "coining" ho Is already ar
rived. Ho Is Jhn favorato orator and the most
likable railroad autocrat of his native Ian d
But he will never go to the whlto house ex
cept as a welcome visitor. His handicap Is
too heavy.
The Difference.
n'aMnglon Pa t.
The difference between tarlft reformers
and internal revenue abollshcrs has been
rather pointedly put as being ono between
those who favor a free , untaxml sideboard
and those who favor a free , untaxed ward
robe. Those who oppose reduction of the
tariff are for the liquor , and those who pro
pose to continue the tax on whisky are for
giving the people free , untnxed clothing in
stead. That's about the size of It. 0 ss
Nothln' to Say.
Jamts II7icoiiJ ( ( ) llllty in the Aii\it \ Century.
Nothln' to say , my daughter ! Nothlu' at oil
to say I
Girls that's in love , I've noticed , glnorly has
their way I
Ycr mother did , afore you , when her folks
objected to mo
Yit here 1 am , and hero you air 1 and yer
mother where is she ?
You looks lots like yer mother : Purty much
same In slzu ;
And about the same complected ; and favor
about the eyes.
Like her. too , about llvln' hero , because she
couldn't stay ;
It'll 'most srem like you was dead like her !
but I hain't got nothln' to say t
She left you her little bible writ yor name
ac.rnat the page
And loft her ear-bobs for you , of ever you
come of age.
I've allus kopT'om and guaurdod 'em , butef
yer agoln' away
Nothln' to say , my daughter ! Nothln' at all
to say I
You don't rlckollcct her , I reckon ? No ; you
wasn't a year old then I
Aud now yer how old air you ? Why.chlld ,
not "twenty ! " When ?
And yer nex' birthday's In April ? and you
want to git married that day ?
I wlsht yer mother was llvin'l but I
hain't got nothln' to say I
Twenty year I and as good apyrl as parent
over found I
There's a straw ketctiod onto yer dress there
I'll bresh it off turn round.
( Her mother was joJt twenty when us two
run away t )
Nothln' to say , my daughter ! Nothln' at all
to say I
SUNDA1T GOSSIP.
"THE conversion of otto-hair the exposl
tion building into a theatre may be a good
thing for the amusement public , but It
effectually destroys the value of the building
for the purposes for which it was originally
Intended , " remarked a prominent man.
"When the building was projected , " ho
continued , "It was generally understood that
It was to bo for the general public a place
whorn large political conventions , religious
assemblies and great gatherings of all kinds
could bo held. The main object of the build
ing , however , was for exposition purposes.
Two expositions have been successfully hold
there , aud accommodation ha ? been afforded
for large public gatherings of all kinds. It
was justsuch aplaco as was needed. The
enterprising men who originated and carried
out the project put thuir money into
it , as well as the money of others ,
with the understanding and full
knowledge that they would not at
first make any protits upon the
Investment. They assumed the role of
public spirited men and benefactors on the
ground that they worn supplying a long-felt
want at a personal sacrifice. They accor-
dtnfly receive da great deal of credit. JJut
they soon got tired whctii they saw It would
bo some time before the stock would return
any dividends. Ilarclly had a year passed
before they seriously entertained
a proposition to rent the
building for a dry goods store. This , how
ever , fell through. They next rented the
annex to the city , and now they have rented
one-halt of the main building to a theatri
cal manager. The structure Is no longer an
exposition building In any souse of the word.
It Is a misnomer , and the name ought to bo
changed. No exposition or any
large public meeting can be held
In It any more. The national con
vention of Correction and Charities waste
to have been held In It , but now It has to
meet In Boyd's opera house. There was
great hope of Omaha becoming a national
convention city , but wo have no longer any
building large enough to accommadato any
Mich great assembly. I say it Is a shame
that the 'public spirited' exposition man
agers have beun seduced by the almlzhty del
lar. It strikes mo that with the
rental ot the annex and numer
ous stores nnd olllco rooms , aud
the revenue from the main hall , they should
have been satisfied to leave the original ex
position building as It was. Again , If they
wanted moro money and at the same tlmn
desired to continue In the role of public bene
factors , they should have converted thu
building Into a market house. No bolter lo
cation could have been secured , and thu
rents would have been very proliUblo.
Omaha needs a market house much wore
than a now theatre.1'
"IT Is an III wind that blows nobody any
good , " remarked a Union Paolllo man. "Ot
course you have heard that before , but the
David City blow out caused 'me to make use
of this chestnut. The wind that wrecked
David City blew Into the Union Pacific treas
ury over 5000 extra profits , arising from the
travel of persons who wont to visit the scene
ot the wreck. "
TrtK bestowal of titles by certain news
papers has recently taken a now turn. The
"colonel" and "general" racket has bcon
supplanted by a wholesale distribution of the
title of "judge. " Ono newspaper now con
stantly calls'Mr. Poppletoii a judge ; also
Mr. Woolworth , Mr. Cowln aud Mr. Tliurs-
ton. If wo are not mistaken not one of thcso
geutlcuiun has ever bcon a judge. Mr. Tliurs-
ton has perhaps the best right to the title.
He was once a Justice ot the peace , and was
defeated for the district juuge.shlp. How
ever , all the above gentlemen nro eminent
lawyers , and don't care what you call them.
They have no duslre to bo judges , either in
namoor In reality.
UNUKII the head ot "Crimes and Casual-
ties" ( he World published the. following :
"At a meeting of the officials ot the Union
Pacific road at Denver last night Oonoral
Traffic Manager Thomas L. Klmbatl was
appointed second vice president. " Whether
this appointment Is a crime or a casualty , or
both , It what some people would like to
know. Possibly some may think It a casualty
to Mr. Klmball , and inaybo Mr. Klmball
thinks the abolishment of the oftlco of gen
eral trafflo manager Is a crime. The matter
Is referred to Tom Potter.
'Wiiir.K on my way homo from Chicago
the other day I mot Senator Allison on the
train , " said a well-known business man ot
this city. "Tho senator Is beginning to show
azo. Streaks of gray are visible In his board ,
but ho looks robust and hearty. Ho mani
fested a great deal ot Interest in Nebraska
political affairs , especially the coming sena
torial tight. Ho Inquired about Van Wyck ,
who , ho said , was a biz power in Nebraska
politics. It was Impossible , ho added , to keep
down a man like Van Wyck.
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"Senator Allison was very frank In dis
cussing politics. 'Now York , ' said ho , 'will
bo the battle ground of the campaign. Tim
Issue , however , Is not to bo men so much as
principles , and party lines will bo strictly
drawn. In the next campaign the republi
can party must ba on the offensive , and
charge all along the lino. The party must
not bo required to defend any candidate. '
Inquiring how Nebraska would act next
spring , I told him that I believed she would
send to the national convention an un
pledged delegation , with the understanding ,
however , to support the man who
had the best show ot carrying
New York. I remarked that his ( Allison's )
chances for the presidential nomination
scorned at present just as good as any one's
as he had no boom yet and the booms that
are now being pushed are liable to callapse.
Ho seemed pleased at this observation , and
hlb rooly indicated that ho would not take
second place under Blaine , or any other
man. "
\Viur.K In Chicago recently an Omaha
man met Robert T. Lincoln In an architect's
olllce , where ho was examining the plans of
a magnificent residence which ho proposes
to erect.
"Omaha is growing to be quite a city , " re
marked Mr. Lincoln ; ' 'you are having a
great building boom out there. "
"Yes , there's bcon quite a chance In the
last two years , " said the Omaha man ; "why
don't you come out and see us ? "
"I was In Omaha some years ago. "
"How many years azo ? "
"I was out there with President Arthur ,
but we passed through the city in thu nighttime
time- "
"When will you visit Omaha again ? "
"When I become president I'll make your
city a visit. "
There's no telling what may happen. You
may come sooner than you expect. "
"I am willing to do so under those circum
stances. "
"Wito killed Georgians Clarke ? " This
qucstlou seems about as difllcult to answer as
tbe famous inquiry : "Who struck Billy Pat
terson ? "
Some of the capitalists who silently Investt
money In amusement ventures , says the Now
.York Sun , nro sorry that they said no to
Buffalo Bill. The sending of the Wild Wes
to London was at a risk of 8150,000. A
steamship had to be chartered tocarry the
cowboys , Indians , horses , nnd properties
across the ocean ami back ; grounds had to
bo leased and buildings erected In London ;
salaries had to be provided for , booiusp the
receipts might be next to nothing ; and It
was determined that , It a failure was to bo
encountered , no bankruptcy should destroy
the American value of the concern. Buffalo
Bill demanded , In view of the essential ele
ment of his name , a eood share of the proba
ble profit without any ot the possible loss.
This was deemed reasonable , and he did not
put In any money , although ho Is rich. His
old partner and manager , Nate Salisbury ,
was nble to take only a comparatively small
share financially , Barnum was willing to
go In heavily , but only on condition that It
bo made a Barnum show. Erastus Wiinan
promptly took stock to the sxteut of 850,000 ,
lor he had clone wall with the Wild West at
Krastlna , and felt sure of London success.
It was not without considerable effort , how
ever that ho Inspired enough faith among a
few of his acquaintances to secure the
requisite capital. The outlook Is that every
dollar invested will brlnx three or four.
OUKHKNT TOPICS.
LATKST advices from toy King Knlakaua
and his toy kingdom show that the
tempest In their toy teapot has subsided.
The royal toy play can now proceed peaco-
1'iilly again.
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ACCOUOTS of victims ot icu water are now
coining In with Increasing frequency. Iced
drinks are much moro dangerous to lip and
health than the hot wenthor.
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MINISTKH PiiKM s Is reported to have
stated recently that there are 75,000 Ameri
cans In London , 70,003 of whom nro singers.
And yet we hav several thousand singers
left over hero whom we would be willing
should join those In London.
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AT.FONSO XIII , of Spain , Is now n year
old , and a tailors' guild , of Madrid , has pre
sented him with a uniform. If Is pretty
much all covered with diamonds. Alfonso
also draws a salary of about SI,500,000 a
year. A suspicion seems to bo lurking in
some minds that thb greatness was not
achieved , but acquired in some way.
V *
AN exchange speaks of a "suspicious as
sassination. " How the times are degenera
ting I Why can wo not have honest , respec
table straightforward assassinations and
hold our heads up among the vlitnoui of the
earth.
V
O.VT.Y two of the sixty-three signers of the
original declaration of the American antislavery -
slavery society In INM nro now alive. These
are the poet , John O. Whlttior , and Robuit
Purvis , of 1'hilndclphla. The United State *
has laid up as law n stock ot history during
t ho past half n century or so , as any nation
in existence.
*
WKSTMIKSTEU Amuv holds the bones of
Jr. Livingstone , the African explorer , whllo
his wlfu lies burled on the banks of Zambesi
river. She died In 188. , She was as devoted
to the African people as ho , and her remains
would be worthy to rest by the sldu of her
husband.
*
Cirxiu.KS DICKRXS , a Bon of the novelist ,
will visit this country In the fall to give read
ings from his father's works. He Is quite
successful as a roadcrantl Is a clover amateur
actor , lie Imsadnuchtor.MIss Mary Dickens
who has also acquired homo fnmo as an ac
tress , The whole family 1ms histrionic tal
ent
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Qungral Longstrcut is an old man now with
white hair aud beard , lie Is womlurdilly like
the pictures of Kmperor William of tor- !
many. Ho Is nt present writing n history
which , It is stated , will contain some stall-
ling statements about about the late war.
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P. T. Barnum Is again atTcrlng 823,000 for
aseascrjicnt dead or olive , whtcu must ho
fifty feet long. Mr. Baruum Is evidently
getting old. Twenty years airo he would not
have advertised , lie would simply have Is
sued a flat sea serpent of thu required ugli
ness nnd dimensions.
*
SINCK W. U. Howolls had his little fling a
Thackeray and Ulckcus , KnglMi readers
have bcon ready to find fault with his pro *
auctions. They think that ha Is just a llttll
too cute and n llttlo too fully aware of hli
own ncutcuoss. Some Americans tliluk so
too.
TIIIMIK Is a town In Texas by the u mo ot
Panhandle. It Is a now town and the boom *
crs have sot to wore to create a season ot un
paralleled activity in the real estate market ,
by advertising for ono hundred single women
to come there and get married. The mascu
line panhandlers have evidently become
tired of handling the pan.
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A llusttAN aeronaut named Caslovlche
claims to have luvenUid a balloon that can
bo navigated according to will. Ho Is so
anxious to preserve his secret from prying
eyes that ho has had the different parts ot
the machine constructed In various coun
tries. Ho should take a lesson In secrecy
from Kooley , the motor man. His Invention
Is probably on a par with the motor In use
fulness.
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A young man dlod from tobacco poisoning
In Now York last week. Ho was In tha
habit of smoking a largo number of ciga
rettes dally. Cigarette smokluft has been
demonstrated to be ruinous to health again
again. For boys and young nmn the habit Is
especially deleterious , and they need not bo
surprised to Una themselves broken In health
long before they roach old ngo.
Anour sixty letters written by the German
philosopher Leibnitz were discussed recently.
They treat for the most part ot mathematical
subjects , and were written in Latin , ( ioruian
and French. Leibnitz possessed ono ot the
most comprehensive Intellects that ever ex
isted In metaphysics he was an optimist ,
regarding this ns the best of all possible
worlds. If ho had lived In our day nnd seen
the growth of monopolies nud similar evils ,
ho might have changed his views.
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Miss LOUISR CHANDLER MOUI.TON vis-
lied Oscar Wilde nnd his wife In London re-
cently. The latter Is pretty and so Is the
house they live in. She came upon original
ities at every step. The dining room of the
prophet of aesthetlctsm had white walls ,
white chairswhlto cabinets nnd a white shell
ran nil around the room at a convenient
height- Miss Moulton thinks Oscar Wiido
can toll better stories than any ono she
knows of. She Is non-committal as to their
veracity.
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ROSOOE COXKMNO said recently that ha
had paid $80,000 to the creditors of a Utlca
lawyer named Johnson who died about twt
years airo. Johnson was supposed to bo rich ,
and Conklingcndorsod paper fur him to the
amount stated. The ex-souator set out to
make money when he retired from publlo
life , but at this rate It will take him noraa
time to become a millionaire. Conkllng'g
practice Is said to bring him In $100,000 an
nually , but the Income : ) of both lawyers and
doctors are usually over-estimated. Th
yearly earnings of most professional man
have decreased In later years. It Is only th <
monopolist nnd the boodlcr who have big In
comes In these days.
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THOMAS J. MOONKY , who was recently ar
rested in Nc < w York for an attempt to burn
the British steamer Queen , of the National
line , had previously circulated n proclamation
In the city in which ho warned people not to
go down to the sea In an English snip fro
the first of August , 1887 , until the English
Kovernme.it shnll make ample and suitable
npolozy to the United states. Summer tour
ists who should wait for such an event would
be rather mouldy by the time the apology
reached these shores. Mr. Mooney has evi
dently been moonstruck at some time ot his
lite.
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TnF.nx Is a tribe In Africa which has sud
denly become very progressive. It hal
hitherto kept itsulf strictly separated front
other tribes mingling with them neither in
war nor commerce. The young men , how
ever , finally decided that It would bn better
for the tribe to cultivate relations with their
neighbors and open up the countrj to traders.
The old men sternly opposed this Innova
tion and neither party would yield. Civil
war ensued in which the patriarchs wore ar
rayed on ono side and the young men on the
other. The result was that the patriarchs
were nearly all killed or thrown into tha
Zulu river. Tlmn the youug men threw
oji'jii ' their doors to commerce and now they
dress llko whlto men. Progress Is becoming
well nigh universal.
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Mr. Francis Gallon , who has for years
beun studying tha subject of heredity ,
finds that good or bad temper iu people Is In
herited as much as any other personal char
acteristic. Ho has discovered that nmoag
English people the proportion ot KOoJ torn-
peied and bad tempered people Is almost ex
actly equal. He finds the rule
to bo that good tempered par
ents have good tempered children
and parents with bad tempers have bad tern *
pared offspring. Tha doctrine of heredity
has done much In recent years to lighten tha
burden of Individual responsibility. To be
sure each person can do somewhat towarat
modlfyiue his character for the bettor it he
trios , but In the main the peculiarities of
temper and disposition manifested by the
child will bo the peculiarities and disposition
of middle life and ot old ngo , ns any one can
convince himself by looking back upon his
en rl lest years.
An Impaired Insurance Company *
Ar.riANV , NY. . , August 13. Tno superln-
tendtmtof Insurance reports the oxnmlna
tlou of the condition and business of tha
Phonilx Insurance company of Brooklyn , on
which the Insurance Uopaitmont examiners
have been engaged for months , shows the
company's capital ot a million dollars was
impaired Juno 40 lust , $487.000. Iu coiiftu-
qiionce of this Impairment the ofllccrs of the
company have been directed to make a requi
sition on thu stockholders to pay In tha
amount of thu doiiclmicy. or to call the board
ot directors together to take Immcdlato
steps for reduction of the capital to 8500,000.
The ITto Kinmitc.
WASHINGTON. August W. The war de
partment received a tcloram from tno gov
ernor of Colorado announcing the uprising
of the White Itlver Uu-s near Meeker ,
Col. , nnd asking the assistance of the United
States troops In suppressing It. A telegram
has been forwarded to ( lonural Crook , who
lira command of that military department
for such action as he dooms advisable.
A IJrokon Itrnkor Suicide * .
NKWor.ic , August W. Uoorge 11.
Palmer , a Wall Htrmit broker and mmnber of
the Union club , committed suicide Thursday
at Coney Island. Thn body was not dis
covered until List night lie was cllsiondent |
ovnr his recent failini' .
Clirnmo CnUr.
Pin-rtiiuno , August IU. No loss than
twenty-three person ? are sick from llioeffects
of callus cake with rronio yellow or HOIIIO
other uoadly compound in it. The caito wai
obtained at n baicershop In the rast end.
The first Aaab to gut a reputation as a
composer of comic opera is Uen Tagoux.
Ho has written musiu for the "Taming ot
thu Shrew. "
Mr. and Mrs. Osmond Tcarlo aud their
children nro at Mauclui.stctr-by-lhu-Sca ,
Mass. , tint ! ore said to present , a perfect
picture of douicMio felicity.
Buffalo Hill and his entire troup ot
Indiann attocidud church the otticr day In
full war paint.
It is whispered Unit thu Crown Prmco
and Grown Princc.sg of Austria h v *
quite'got oycr their tiff.