f yrw ftpStfy ,
V 1 * 4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; SUNDAY , QOTOBEB 10 , 1887.TWELVE PAGES.
I THE DAILY BEE.
ii p
PUBMSHFl ) EVHUY MORNING.
TERMS OK SU11SCRIPTION.
Daily ( Morning Edition ) Including Sunday
HKK , Ono Year. 110 00
For Mix Months , . . . . . . , , . 5 U )
J-'or Three Months -W
ffho Umnhn Bunilay llr.r. , mailed to any ad *
dress , One Year 2 00
OMAHA Orricr. , No. 014 ANDSIH KAIINAM STIIKKT.
NK\T YOIIK OrtiCK , llnoMr. , . TIIIUUM : Iiuu.u-
INO. WAHIIINOTON OrriCK , No. 813 Fouii-
TKENTH STItEltT.
CORRESPONDENCE
All communications relating to news and
editorial matter shoulJ bo addresaed to the
liuiTonor TIIR llr.r. .
UUSINESS LETTERS :
' All business letters nnd rcnilttnnces should bo
. tulilrcsscdto Tun HKR PUIIMSIIINO COMI'ANV ,
OMAHA. Drixfts , checks anil iMntolUco orders to
lie made payable to the order of the company.
The Bee PolsMiig Company , Proprietors ,
E. ROSEWATER , Eniton.
TUB iMii < Y BEE.
Sworn Statement of Circulation.
Btato of Nebraska. I a -
County of Douglas , f
Oeo. II. Tzschuck , secretary of Tlie UPB Pub
lishing company , iloen solemnly nwrar that tin *
ctnai circulation of th Dally lieu for the wouk
ending Oct. 7 , 1HH7 , was ui follows :
Saturday. Oct. 1 . H.SM
'Sunday , Oct. 2 . 14,17. ' .
Monday , Oct. 3 . 14.B75
Tuesday. Oct. 4 . 1M76
\7eilucgday. Oct. 5 . HIM !
Tburaday , Oct. 8 . H.flKI
Friday. Oct. 7 . .14,005
Average ,
GKO. II. TZSCIIUUK.
Bworn to and subscribed In my presence this
6th day of October , A. I ) . IbST.
N. P. FKITj.
( SKAL. ) Notary Public
State of Nebraska. I.
„
fs > B >
.
County of nonplus.
Oeo. 1) ) . Tzsthuck , being first duly sworn , de
poses and saj'H that he is secretary of The lice
1'ubllshlUK company , that the actual aveniRO
dally circulation of the Dally Dee for the month
of October , JUKI , IH.O'-V ' copies ; for November ,
IbSO. 1.VH8 roples ; for Deccmbei , IBM , \.VSt !
copies ! forJiinuary , 1W)7 ) , lll..Vl copies ; for Fob-
mary , 1W7 , I4.1U8 copies ; for March , 1887 , 14,4UO
copies ; for April , Ib87. U.IIIfl copies ; for May ,
IBM. 14.237 roplns : for.Iune , 18b7 , 14.147 conies ;
for July. 1W , H. n conies ; for Aiimwt , 188. , 14-
151 copies ; for September , 1SS7 , Il.ttrJcnplss.
Olio. D.TXSUHUOK.
Sworn to and subset Ibeil In my presence this
Cth day of October , A. U. WS7. N. 1' . 1'Elt ,
( SEAL. ) Notary Public.
ClitfJAOO is trying to account for the
docroliso in her pork-packing industry
in every way but the right ono. The
cause of the whole trouble can bo ex
pressed in five letters , O-m-a-h-a.
Till ! formation of "trusts" continues.
The latest is a combination in lead. Wo
have now trusts in oil , iron , timber ,
Bait , milk , sugar , pork , lard , gas , and
many other necessities. This seems to
bo a long rope , and it must bo about
time for some of these monopolies to
choke themselves.
Tins death of Mrs. Craig ( Dinah ,
Maria Mulook ) , the novelist , is an
nounced. She was born in England in
1820 and was ono of the best known
authors of the time. Her most popu
lar work was "John Halifax , Gentle
man , " which many of her admirers re
gard as the greatest of novels.
BY A recent order from the president
the lands of several tribes of Indians
living near Baxter Springs , Kan. , wore
to bo allotted in severally. The Indians
can select 320 acres for each family nnd
eoll the rest to settlors. These have
already begun to make a descent upon
the reservation , but Indian Commis
sioner Atkins says they are too Qngor.
Ho thinks it will bo three months yet
'boforo white man will be allowed to
make claims on the Indian lands.
IT is probably not generally known
that the postofflco department has pro
hibited the forwarding of letters ad
dressed to go round the world. Some
'years ago an individual in Ohio sent
the ilrst missive circling about the
globe. It returned to the sender in
about a year and the fact was widely
published at the timo. This was fol
lowed by such a craze for sending letters -
tors around the globe that it became a
nuisance and so was stopped. A letter
thus addressed will not go farther than
the postofflco in which it is dropped.
THE many railroad horrors of the
past year have had the effect of arous
ing the train conductors. The national
Association of Railway Conductors have
prepared a bill providing for licensing
conductors and engineers , somewhat
after the manner of steamship pilots
and engineers. They will try to have
this passed by the next congress. The
not requires that interstate railroads
employ only licensed engineers and
conductors ; provides for a chief exam
iner and ton supervising o minors to
BOO that the law is observed ; the
country to bo divided into ten districts ,
in each of which districts there shall bo
two assistant examiners ono a conduc
tor and ono an engineer. The local
examiners are to have the power of
licensing , nnd are to pass on all the
qualilications of candidates. The 11-
cense is to run ono year and is rovoka-
blo for intemperate habits , unskillful-
uess , and like causes. If the nuinbol" of
disasters can bo lessoned by enactments ,
this is a stop in the right direction.
The main thing , however , would seem
to bo to create more conscientiousness
in the consciences of the railroad cor
porations.
WIIKN a man with a white ehokoi
starts out to exaggerate ho very often
bents the common town liar all to pieces ,
A striking illustration of this fact it
furnished by the Rev. E. J. Schultz ,
formerly of Dos Moines , but now ol
Cedar Rapids. This clerical Ananias
has had himself interviewed in a Cedai
Rapids paper about the contrast between
Omaha and DCS Moines , and is repre
sented to have used the following Ian
guago : "Omaha is morally very weak
When I was there in August last ]
was told that there wore 700 inmate :
in their jail at ono time. " The Rev. Mr
Schultz has either Iwon imposed upon bj
some practical joker or ho has no re
spool for the truth. Seven hundred in
mates in the Omaha jail ! What i
whopper. 'NVhy there is not room
enough for seventy prisoners in tin
Omaha jail , and there never have boot
more than one-half that number impns
oncd there at any one time. This mat
Schultz has evidently boon trying t <
make capital for his prohibition hobbj
at the expense of this city. The nox
time he comes to Omaha ho bud bottoi
get bis prison statistics from a men
. jrcdlble source. ' .
Making A Bad Matter Worse.
The editor of the Minneapolis 2Vi&ime
hat at ono bound achieved national no
toriety. IIo had toiled along for years
in the diligent nnd faithful discharge of
his duty with no higher reward than
the moderate success of his newspaper ,
nnd no broader recognition than that of
the constituency which patronized his
journal because they respected Its
opinions and had confidence in the judg
ment of the editor. It may bo that ho
was well satisfied with this , as most of
the modest race of editors are , and had
no ambition to bo known beyond the
friendly circle that supported nnd con
fided in him. The fact that ho had
pursued the oven tenor of his waywhilo
others in his field of labor wore con-
inually trumpeting themselves to the
world , appears to justify the
nfcronco that this quiet nnd
unpretentious editor was cn-
.iroly contented with his situation in
ifo , His faithful renders know him
and respected him , and that was quito
enough.
Bui no editor can absolutely control
ils fato. Ho is generally much hotter
bio to control the fate of some other
'ollow. And so it happened that the
ilinneapolis journalist was without any
design or oven knowledge brought sud
denly Into the full glare of national at-
ontion , has been burned in offlgy , and
s being talked about in every news
paper in the land. The causa Is already
amlliar to the public. In the course of
somewhat scathing attack on the
president the Minneapolis editor re-
'orrod ' disrespectfully to Mrs. Clovc-
and as having sold herself "to
0 gross and repulsive a man as Grover
Cleveland , " with a malodorous private
ocord , "for the bauble of abrief social as
cendency. " There was moro said pcr-
ional to the lady , but this is the most
offensive part. And exceedingly offen
sive and indecent it certainly is , alto
gether without excuse or justification.
1 was entirely irrelevant to the dis
cussion of Mr. Cleveland as a public
: nnn , essentially ungcntlcmanly nnd
lioorish , and unquestionably unjust to
he lady. It will bo resented by every
nan of chivalrous instincts , and it un
questionably deserves to bo unsparingly
denounced.
But the question is whether n proper
consideration for Mrs. Cleveland does
lot require that the matter shall
bo allowed to pass out of dis
cussion and out of memory as quickly
as possible. The prominence nnd im
portance giren it by burning the editor
n elligy was a mistake. But for that
ho knowledge of the unmanly and
ivnnton reflection upon the wife of the
president would have boon confined to
the readers of the paper in which il ap
peared , and the lady herself would
lover have hoard of it. She will hardly
'ail to do so now , nnd there is a possibil-
ly that it may cause her an unpietismvt
eoling. The very best that can bo done
with editors who thus abuse and per-
i'orl their privilege is to ignore them ,
and this was especially a case whore
such a policy would have been wise ,
since it would have guarded against Mrs.
Cleveland obtaining any knowledge of
the scandalous imputation. The re
sponsible editor of the paper is reported
as saying that ho knew nothing about
the article until ho saw it in print , but
this docs not relieve him inasmuch as
ho lias not disclaimed sympathy with its
sentiments. His position of notoriety is
not an enviable ono.
Emma Abbott in a New Role.
The popular artiste , Miss Emma Ab
bott , has without design secured a great
deal of free advertising by refusing to
sit quietly in a church al Nashville and
hear the members of her profession ma
ligned. Being herself a lady nnd hav
ing a personal knowledge that there are
many others Identified with the stage ,
and being withal an American woman
with spirit , she resented the sweeping
attack of a minister in ono of the
churches at Nashville last Sunday on
the stage nnd those connected with it ,
and is said to have acquitted herself , so
far as the matter of her reply was concerned -
corned , most creditably. There has
been some unfavorable criticism of the
propriety of her action , but the weight
of opinion is in approval of it ,
and wo have no doubt that no
where will Miss Abbott find that her
well-deserved popularity has been di
minished by her course. On her ap-
pcaranco at Chattanooga after the
incident she was presented with a solid
silver yacht as a testimonial of "hor
courageous and well-expressed defense
of her profession , " and , she stated that
she had received many telegrams com
mending her action. It was , in truth ,
a bravo thing for the little woman to
do , and , those who admire pluck and
nerve will not deny her the credit she
deserves for a notable display of these
qualities. The preacher was thrown
Into a condition of dismay and disorder
from which ho nado no attempt to re
cover himself. In a rather melancholy
way , which could hardly have improved
his standing with the congre
gation , ho declined to say anything in
reply to Miss Abbott because she was n
lady. This incident , which has been
widely commented on , merely suggests
that the pulpit is rather too much given
to an indiscriminate denunciation oi
the people of the stage , a course which
is both unjust and unwise. It has been
well said that It is just as senseless foi
the pulpit to indulge in wholesale do-
nunciution of the stage as for an nctoi
or anybody else to insist that all min
inters are hypocrites and humbugs be
cause some aro. There are too manj
bad women on the stage , just as there
are too'inany bad men in the pulpit
but right there the discussion must ncc
ossarily end , for no general rult
can bo deduced from individual ox
amples. "Pulpit and stngo , '
says a judicious commentator on UN
episode , "each have their part to pla ;
in the cultivation and education of hu
inanity. Sometimes their lessons an
well taught , sometimes ill ; but noitho
has the righl to scorn or despise tin
other , nor to select individual instance :
of depravity from among their minis
trants , and from those to condemn all
the rest. Both may bo instruments o
the highest education , moral and Intel
icctual ; or both , in bad hands , may teni
directly to tho. degradation of the hu
man race nnd the dulling and blunting
of the intellectual powers. Preachers ,
like actors , owe their first duty to them
selves , that no shadow of reproach can
ho cast across their pathway. " Each
should bo just , if they cannot be char
itable , to the other.
The Quintessence of Snobborfi
About Iwo hundred silly women in
St. Paul are not happy just now. They
carried out a little scheme of nddlc-
wlttcd snobbishness during the visit of
the presidential party in that city
which is recoiling on their own heads
in the shnpo of scathing criticism. The
codfish story Is briefly this : The com
mittee of arrangements attempted to
prepare a little programme by which
about two hundred of the "best" people
of the city should have a private seance
with the president nnd his
wife before the vulgar herd
came in. This was satisfactory to the
alleged blue-blooded Indies except in
ono particular. Mrs. Senator Davis
was ono of this privileged number and
a strong protest was entered against
her admission because she had earned
her own living by sowing before her
marriage. The committee then pretended
tended to drop the private reception but
did not. On the contrary , cards were
issued to the silly two hundred by which
they wore enabled to shako hands with
Iho visitors in advance of all competi
tors. But Mrs. Davis received no card.
'
Then again the programme , as lirst
made out , assigned Senator and Mrs.
Davis to the carriage in which the
president and his wife wore to ride.
The "best" two hundred ladies there
upon raised another row and the pro
gramme was changed , leaving the sena
tor and Mrs. Davis out. So the
silly two hundred carried the day. It
was very quietly done and the facts
came out after the reception was over.
A moro contemptible piece of snob
bery has not been perpetrated in this
or any other country. It is the very
quintessence of exolusivcncbs and could
not possibly be outdone. Here are two
hundred women , more or les-s , whoso
husbands have accumulated some money
as grocers , pork packers , whisky distil
lers , lumber dealers , railroad builders
and what not , who rcfiibo to associate
with a townswoman because she earned
an honest living. They let their fathers
and husbands do that while they lolled
and binirkcd and painted , variegated
barnacles on the social body.
The question is often asked nowadays
are wo becoming a nation of biiobsV If
the action of the billy two hundred of
St. Paul can be regarded as an exponent
of the tendency in that direction wo cer
tainly aro. But wo cannot believe that
it will mccl with anything butcontempt
rom the great body of intelligent
rvomeii in this country , and it would be
infair to judge all by the inane pro-
ccdings of a few weak-brained society
women on the banks of the upper Mis-
issippi.
Mrs. Davis is described as a clover , in-
.elligont , handsome woman , and her
lusband has n national reputation for
ibility as a lawyer and statesman.
The Poor of London.
The season is at hand when the poor
of London make their annual demon
stration , in order to impress the author-
ties with the extent of their numbers
nnd make known their grievances and
wants. There is a very largo army of
these unfortunate people in the great
city , and on these occasions the sur-
'ounding ' country lends its contribu
tions to swell the ranks. This year , as
our cable dispatches have reported , the
demonstration is very similar in char
acter to those of previous years , bul it
las shown , what was to have been ex
pected , that the number of indigent
and unemployed people there has In
creased during the year , and doubtless
beyond the annual average of past
years. In that vast municipality of
four and a half million souls the host
of people moro or less dependent
upon charity all the year round
exceeds a hundred thousand , nnd maybe
bo quito double that during the winter
months. And poverty in London moans
all that the term can imply. There is
nowhere in the civilized world more
squalid , wretched nnd helpless mortals
than the paupers of London. Whatever
of degradation is possible to humanity
can bo found among them.
But many thousands of those who par
ticipate in these annual demonstrations
are the honest nnd industrious poor who
are unable to find bufflcient employment
to keep the wolf from the door , and who
would prefer work to alms. Among thorn
are not a few of advanced intelligence
and a keen self-respect. Such people
deserve the heartiest commiseration ,
for their lot is ono of poignant mental
suffering and almost utter hope
lessness which the confirmed
and degraded pauper docs not ex
perience. They are practically impris
oned in the great city , and , however
moderate their aspirations may be for
the improvement nnd elevation of their
condition , they can see no way to gratify
them. On every hand they meet an
overwhelming competition which con
tinually outruns the demand. Vast as
the consuming power of the population
is , production is always in advance of it.
And the producers are continually being
augmented , for from every part of the
kingdom people go to the great city
with the hope of improving their state
in life. Once in the inebhos , they must
struggle on hopelessly with the other
thousands who have preceded them , nnd
thus from year to year London finds its
army of unemployed nnd destitute
people steadily growing. It dispenses
generously In charitypublic and private
but , it is inadequate , and must alwavs bt
wnfio prevailing conQim. . . uuutinuo , u
meet all the wants of the indigent , ant
suffering , sharp and bitter , will fatill
bo the experience of thousands who
have cast their lot in the largest and
wealthiest city of the world.
The statistics show that there has
boon a decrease , both absolutely am
relatively , within the past thirty years
in the number of public poor in Eng
land and Wales. At the beginning o
the present year the paupers numbered
about ono in every thirty-four persons
while thirty years ago they were ouo it
evo'ry twelve of the population. I
would appear , , however , that London
owner of n piano ; which she played in
such a way that the Avrath of the nolgh-
x > rs was aroused. These are not very
unusual circumstances , but their corn-
gaining to a pollconlan , who came to
stop her , is somewhat oul of the ordl-
tary method of proceeding in such
cases. The young lally was equal to the
occasion , however. She mot the min-
on of the law with flaming eyes , in-
brmcd him that she had n right to
imuso horbolf in her own homo
as she pleased , and told him to go. IIo
vent. The pianisto hurled great
chunks of fashionable music after him
-hat nearly knocked him off his feet.
Then she entered upon the greatest
musical feat of this or any ago. For
108 hours , with but few short intermis
sions , she sent out volleys of muslo
through the open doors nnd windows as
solid shot are hurled from a fortress.
At first the enemy seemed paralyzed ,
) Ut finally they .rallied when the bounds
of human endurance had been fairly
mssed , nnd went in a body to the
mayor , as the cilizens of old wont to the
mayor of Hamlin when the rats had be
come too thick. But that official
could not see his way clear
o giving any relief. A shrewd
citizen finally swore out a warrant
against the young woman on the ground
, hat she was committing a musical sui
cide. A second time a blue-coated rop-
esontativo of the authorities presented
limsclf. The garrison was weak from
icr excessive warfare and fell fainting
nto the arms of the valorous officer. She
is now in bed trying to recover and the
condition of her neighbors is no doubt
critical.
So ended the greatest musical revenge
on record.
POLITICAL POINTS.
Judge Grcshnni declares that it is no dis-
; ; rnco to want to bo president , and the judge
s right.
It is kind of rough on a party when a can
didate Is compelled to apologize for being on
the ticket.
Politically speaking , St. John says : "I
nin on the nest. " Many an old hen has been
fooled before with a porcelain egg.
Cameron , Mo. , is about to vote on local op
tion , and the druggists , graduates In hand ,
await the result with bated breath.
Kov. Thomas K. Bcccher is the seventh
lominee for secretary oi stuto in New York.
The national grccnbaclCjlabor party did it.
Senator Coliiultt'bcc ' lits the challenge of
.ho protection democrats in Georgia , and
will make his canvass for re-election on the
revenue-reduction issue" ,
If the New York democrats will only nom-
nutc S. J. TiUlciiij } " . , add make un issue be
tween the son of hip. faU/ci- and the nephew
ot his uncle , the Icpming campaign cannot
'ail to bo interesting. < \
Senator Sawyer'sayn ' the time has como for
a radical reduction of the tax on whisky and
.obacco. IIo docs not'tnink ' it has conic fern
n radical reduction o n lumber , coal and iron.
They are luxuries to thb lumber , coal and
iron owners. sf s , \
The Columbus correspondent of the Cincin
nati Commercial Gazette , while holding that
Ohio republicans arc sure of olcctini : their
state ticket , says that the legislature is in
doubt , owing to the number of local dissen
sions over nominations for that body.
The Atlanta Journal ( dcm. ) thinks that
the falling buck of the people of Tennessee
Into the old party lines will not bo easy since
the prohibition campaign , and concludes that
"there will bo less solidity about the south in
1883 than there was in 1884. "
- -
The Ono Thing Needful.
Sam Small proposes to convert a member
of congress. Sain cannot do it unless ho
uses money.
Realizing on Realism.
riillaiMjMa Call-
Zola's average Income is about $00,000 , a
year. That is the kind of realism an author
may well bo proud of.
The Bank Cashier Can Do It.
Arkamns Gazette.
This being a progressive ago , in time some
crime may bo devised easier of accomplish
ment than robbing a railroad train.
A Companion Snub.
MillatMpMa Times.
Governor Oglcsby feels snubbed now. It
is only a little snub , but ho is not going to
allow his brother of Ohio to get ahead of
him.
A Mystery Kxplulncd.
Boston Courier.
Physiologists say that the older a man
grows the smaller his brain becomes. This
explains why young mea know everything
and old men nothing.
-
A Baseless Slander.
Chicago Timti ,
Those down eastern folks can no longer
tell the president that the west is "wild , "
"woolly" and "rowdy. " IIo won't have it.
IIo has been In the west and seen it for him
self.
Ono Home Product Protected.
I'litlnilfljinin Iteconl.
It appears that Senator Pugh , of Alabama ,
has three sons , a son-in-law , u nephew nnd a
grand-nephew in the federal service. It is no
wonder that the senator is accused of a pro
tectionist leaning. Ho believes iu a homo
market for the spoils. '
Bo True to Yourself.
When comrades invite you to break away
From the duties to which you're bound ,
And to join with them in their Idle play ,
To whirl in their gidJy round ,
Uefloct a moment boforo'you ' take
A course you may adly rue ,
And for your own nml a dear one's sake ,
13o true to yourself bo true 1
There'll como a time for it comes to ail-
When Satan , with purjwse strong ,
Will knock at the door of your heatt , and call
On you to defend the wrong :
And though ho endeavors to blind your eyes ,
Your doubts nnd fears to subdue.
Stand up for the right , ami without disguise ,
Ho true to yourself bo truol
Be true to yourcelf each hour of the day ,
So honestly , fearlessly true ,
That neither u foe nor a friend may say
That ho was deceived in you ;
Let Honor bo set In the highest place ,
Secure from the reach of pelf ,
And In every case , by an act of grace ,
Ho true Oh , bo true to yourself I
Oh , would thot n maxim as wlso an this
Would reach to the Inmost heart
Of those who a nobler calling miss
By acting a foolish parti
For whatever the i > est you may have to fill ,
Whatever the task you pursue ,
The prize is yours If you only will
Bo true to yourself bo truol
DlfllcultBecause Untrue.
SlieUiyville Democmt.
The judges of the New York court of ap-
poala may bo all honest men , learned lawyers
and Impartial judges , but it Will bo difficult
X ) convince the general public that if Jacob
Sharp wore a moneyless lawbreaker , Instead
of n millionaire , the judges of the court
would adopt unusual methods to keep him out
of the penitentiary.
An Incxcifmlilo Tax.
PMlaiMpMa lltconl.
The tarifT on salt is an Inexcusable tax , but
it is ono of the least of the burdens that have
l > ecn unnecessarily Imposed on the farmer.
The Irish entomologist who picked up n
wasp in mistake for u grasshopper , was not
quicker to ilnd out what ailed him than the
farmers are to understand the thrust they
will get from the salt trust. But if salt
should bo put on the free list , as it should bo ,
there would bo an end of the trouble.
SUNDAY GOSSIP ,
TUB Hanlon brothers during their recent
theatrical engagement in this city bought 150
feet on Sixteenth street. They have largo
Investments in several of the best western
cities.
*
#
FnEsn-noASTEn popcorn is nil the rage.
Every other person you meet on the street
iias a bag of it. Inquiry reveals the fact that
it is a very profitable trade. The street
roasters sell from 400 to COO bags per day
each. At 5 cents a bag a roaster takes in be
tween $20 and * JO a day.
* *
Mn. LtxtxoGit , who three or four years ago
made an extensive tour in Europe nnd Egypt ,
is making arrangements to visit Japan , China
and India , and he wilt take his departure In a
few days , accompanied by Mrs. Linlnger , the
Intention being to bo absent about a year.
When they return to Omaha they will have
made the tour around the world.
* *
Cium.ES II. Dr.wF.v , the great American
traveler , who lias been all over North
America and around the wet Id twice , is off
on another extended tour , accompanied by his
wife ami daughter. They will bo absent
until next August. Mr. Dewcy departed in
his usual mysterious way , and did not glvo
the slightest intimation where ho was going.
It is suspected , however , that ho Intends to
bake in southern Europe.
*
* #
TUP. latest application of electricity is for
the purpose of lobbcry. It was done sue-
fully in Omaha last week. The victim was
induced to experiment on un electric battery ,
and buch a strong current was turned on that
ho could not release himself. While ho was
thus helpless he was robbed of a considerable
amount of cash. The thieves no doubt got
the idea from "Tho Hag Baby , " in which
play the three tramps take hold of a railing
in front of a drug stoic counter and are imulo
to dance by an electric current which is
turned on.
#
* *
IN a recent issue of the 13 KI : it was stated
in u special dispatch that Edwin Booth and
Lawrence Barrett have completed arrange
ments by which Mary Anderson will join
their company at the end of the present sea
son , nnd they have leased for two years oiic
of the leading theaters in New York , for the
use of a company of which she will bo a mem
ber. A prominent Now York theatrical man
who was in Omaha at the time , said that this
statement was in all probability true , as
Mary Anderson's brother la engaged to bo
married to Barrett's daughter , thus uniting
the two families.
*
IT was intended by the presidential recep
tion committee that no newspaper reporter
should enter the president's car and ride
over the river from Council Bluffs to Omaha.
Nevertheless the BKE representative , Mr.
E. A. O'Brien , not only entered 'tho car and
rode across the brulgo with the party , but ho
also secured an introduction to the president
and to Mrs. Cleveland. A prominent mem
ber of the committee who introduced him ,
says that ho occupied moro of Mrs. Cleve
land's time than any other gentleman iu the
car , nnd that Mrs. Cleveland was very talka
tive to him. Since the presidential party left
Washington , Mr. O'Brien is the only news
paper man who has secured an entrance to
the president's private car and had an audl-
cnco with Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland. Ills
success has brought down upon the reception
committee the wrath of the representatives
of the other newspapers , nnd they wonder
how Mr. O'Brien got ahead of them. Ho
simply walked in with the committee , as if ho
were ono of them , and carried oft the honors.
It was simply a case of self-assurance , which
some people call "cheek , " an essential qual
ity in the mko-up of a successful reporter.
However , "cheek" when clothed with polite
ness , as in O'Brien's case , is not noticeable.
CURRENT TOPICS.
FALSE teeth for horses is the latest equine
innovation in Now York city. A toothless
plug can bo transformed into a colt in uo
time now.
*
* *
Mus. MOORE , formerly famous ns the
"sweet singer of Michigan , " is running a
postofllco in that stato. Hero is another in
stance of the thoughtfulness of our govern
ment. She has no time to "sing" now.
* *
JAY GOULD'S head was recently examined
by a new electrical instrument nnd pro
nounced sound. Ho has been troubled with
neuralgia and sleeplessness during the past
summer , but it was not a case of bad con
science as some might think. In Gould's
financial lexicon there is no such word as
conscience.
#
* *
A RUSSIAN engineer is reported to have dis
covered a new explosive moro powerful than
any hitherto known. The Russian war ofllco
will build a special factory for Its manu
facture. War will become a very dangerous
affair if this kind of thing is kept up. To
test its power a charge of the new explosive
might bo exploded under Hlggina.
* *
THE wife of Robert Louis Stevenson , the
popular author now in this country , is un
American. She was born in Indianapolis
and is the daughter of Jacob Vandcrgrift , a
prominent citizen of that city. They met la
Paris shortly after she had obtained a di
vorce from her first husband aud wore mar
ried in California.
*
* #
The American scientists were unsuccessful
In their attempts to study the lust solar
eclipse. In Japan the sky bccarao overcast a
few moments after the eclipse began , and the
expedition at Moscow was Bimilarry disap
pointed. No successful observing party has
yet been heard from of any nationality. It
would bo strange if the whole path of the
eclipse was obscured by clouds.
*
* #
For prior six thousand years or longer , the
human race has been struggling with the
problem "What is Lifoi" It has just been
solved by Grant Allen. Ho says : "Life is
merely ono particular set of correlated move
ments occurring under the Influence of solar
radiation In a certain peculiar group of ma
terial bodies on the surface of one Email nnd
unimi > ortant planet in a minor solar system ,
hidden away on the skirts of a galaxy In some
lost corner of u boundless cosmos. " Ho has
evidently been fooling with some cipher or
other.
*
CAPTAIN PLCSSSEII , of Stuttgart , a brother
of Mrs. Louise Pollock , the promoter of the
kindergarten system in this country , has in.
vented an Instrument called the "antlphono , "
which is designed to protect the car against
hurtful and unwelcome sounds. By deaden
ing undesirable noises it is said to afford
great relief to Invalids , nervous persons ,
workers In inotuls , and particularly these
whoso occupations require them to sleep In
the daytime. The tnslrumcat will , no doubt ,
bo very popular with debtors , in whoso cars
the dun Is about as dlsagtecablo as any nolso
ever Invented.
*
IT will surprise many to learn that Patrick
Henry , of oratorical and revolutionary fame ,
was the Ilrst governor of Illinois. Yet thU
Is the case. An net was passed by the author
ities of Virginia iu October , 1778 , creating
the county of Illinois , ( In the state of Vir
ginia ) , which embraced the territory now
forming the states of Ohio , Indiana , Illinois ,
Michigan and Wisconsin , making probably
the largest county over organised , exceeding
the whole of Great Britain and Ireland , and
thus tha great orator of the American revo
lution , Patrick Henry , then governor of Vir
ginia , became the first governor of Illinois.
*
*
* Mn. HENKT G. MAIIQUAND , of New York ,
has just imported a piano which cost (00,000.
Its legs are of porphyry , Its panels ot lapis
lazuli , and it is inlaid with garnctgamothysts ,
sapphires and beryls nnd with all manner of
precious metals worked iu beautiful designs.
Mr. L. Alma Tadoma , the great London ar
tist , who paints decorations for society la
dles and designs costumes for actors
who wants to succeed in life , has
$4,000 of his handiwork on the cover.
Mr. Marquand is a railroad king and can af
ford to do such things , but the people who
have furnished him the money can not. They
are glad to have enough to cat nnd to bo able
to buy a (5 suit once in a while.
*
*
THE cipher cranks are already quarreling
over the priority of their discovery of a se
cret declaration that Hacon wrote Shakcs-
l > cure , said to bo contained iu the epitaph on
the poet's tombstone. A man named Brown ,
of Washington , has a small volume ready for
the press entitled , "Is it Shakespeare's Con-
fossioiH The Cryptogran in His
"Epitaph. " In the next number of
the North American Review will bo a
paper with the heading "Bacon's Claim
and Shakespeare's Age , " by one Hugh
Black , of Ontario , Canada. The editor , Mr.
Rice , mentioned this some time ago and the
claim is that Brown went to woikontho
hint which ho thus gave. Where will this
thing end I
*
*
Two articles were recently refused by the
Century Publishing company under some
what peculiar circumstances. A well known
literary woman called at the ofllco on a rainy
day. When she left , the sun was shining so
she forgot her rubber shoes , which she had
laid aside on entering. Shortly after her de
parture Frank Stockton came in , noticed the
shoes , was informed to whom they belonged ,
and asked permission to rcturu thorn. Mrs.
received her rubbers the same evening
accompanied by sonic such note as this :
OrriCE or THE CKNTUKV MAO \zixi : , )
New YOIIK , Nov. 10 , IbsO. f
Mrs.-
DRAR MADAME : Without expressing any
opinion in regard to the literary merits of
the enclosed articles , permit mo to say that
they seem unsuitable to the columns of this
magazine. Respectfully youis ,
THE CUNTUIIV Co. ,
Per. F. S.
#
* *
ProFESSOR SVYCE , of England , recently
published a treatise on the origin of the
Aryan race , in which ho puts forth the the
ory that its primitive homo was in'or about
Southern Scandinavia. Much discussion has
ensued , nnd competent authorities say there
are strong arguments in favor of this theory.
Ono of the strongest proofs is furnished by
the distribution of the Aryan languages. If
Southern Scandinavia is to bo
regarded as the original homo
of the Aryan languages , and the race
which first spoke these languages , nnd which
wo may therefore call Aryan , is to bo identi
fied with the Scandinavian typo , it follows
that the further south aud cast wo advance
from this primary starting point the less pure
will the typo become. It will bo in the neigh
borhood of that starting point and in north
ern Europe that wo shall expect to find the
largest number of undiluted Aryan languages
and the purest examples of the Aryan breed.
Iu Greece and Armenia , in Persia and India ,
wo must look for mixture and decay. And
such indeed is the fact. Mr. Wharton has
found , by a careful analysis of the Greek
lexicon , that out of 2,740 primary words only
1,580 can be referred with any probability to
an Indo-European origin , while the prevail
ing racial typo in ancient as iu modern Greece
was distinctly non-Aryan.
STATE PRESS JOTTINGS.
The Fremont Tribune is unable to discover
any discordant files in the republican party
in Dodge county.
The Norfolk News is confident that the
people will ratify the renomiuatlou of Judge
Maxwell at the polls.
The South Sioux City Sun shines for Gen
eral Van Wyck in all kinds of weather , and
is confident that the next Nebraska legisla
ture will be solid for him , to a man.
"A Nebraska insurance company , " says the
South Sioux City Sun , "has pone up the
flume. The Beatrice concern still lingers as
a horrible example to all living men. "
Washington county has furnished a num
ber of political rustlers for the northwestern
counties. Four of them are running for office -
fico iu Dawcs , Cherry and Brown counties.
The Hastings Gazette-Journal congratu
lates the " sensible
republicans on "practical ,
ble view and position taken by the party
upon a question of such vital interest as pro
hibition. "
The Fremont Tribune favors "holding the
next republican national convention at
Omaha. In these duys when railw.is-s order
up Instead of pass , nearness Is an item of Im
portance to the editor who would travel. "
The Lincoln Democrat has reached
the conclusion that "tho inventor of
porous plasters cnn BUO either of the
parties that have issued plutfprms in Ne
braska this year for infringement anil re
cover damages. "
The reception of the president and his wife
in Omaha is highly commended for its hearty
warmth by the stuto press. The Lincoln
Democrat truly says that it "was as hearty
as it was grand and Omaha is hereby thanked
in behalf of this part of the state. "
The Scribnor News thinks Judge Post has
shown sufficient hog qualities to make him a
valuable resident of the capital. After securing -
curing the district nomination In Schuylcr , ho
rushed to Lincoln in search of Maxwell's
brogans , but his ambition was snuffed out
suddenly.
The endorsement of Judge Wakclcy by the
bar convention is considered by the Spring
field Monitor a "beautiful and appropriate
compliment to his hoary locks anil boundless
learning. " The Papillion Tunes believes ho
will get every vote la Surpy county , except
the prohibition.
The Fremont Tribune declares that the ro-
nomlnation of Judge Maxwell "is a magnifi
cent endorsement of his twelve years of
faithful , impartial nnd honest service
upon the supreme bench , That ho will bo
elected by an overwhelming majority scarcely
needs bo predicted. "
The Fremont Tribune perpetrates this doleful -
ful eulogy : "Alas , ix > or Burton I His career
as chairman of the , state republican central
committee was very , very brief. It was a
short season of glory. The fruit was hardly
worth the plucking. The convention scorned
to bo unanimously of the openion that ho was
a dough-faced wooden-head who , when be
captured the place , was as much out of ula
clement ns a bull-head out of water. "
The West Point Republican resurrects UiO
putrid bones of a follow named Valentino to
perpetrate the ghastly joke that ho was the
author of the railroad regulation plank in the
jopubl lean plat form. ThU confirms the bo-
llof that E. 1C. will tttko the lecture field next
winter with mi entertaining subject ontltlod ,
"Autobiography of n chump. " Powerful
magnifying mirrors will bo used ns a stage
setting to Illustrate the subject In allltt bear-
Ings. *
The Uly.sses Dispatch sends greeting Id
Senator Mamleron In return for a govern *
mcnt treatise on hog cholera , nnd unyil
"Let the senator bear In mind that this papc <
Is everlastingly nnd eternally wedded td
General Van Wyck , and all the reports thlj
side of h 1 couldn't change us. The fight il
on , nnd the farming nnd laboring classes ot
this commonwealth will novcr lot up till thd
"grand old man" Is sent back to the place he
once filled with credit to himself anil honor
to the state. In that event Mr. Mundcrsou'a
political head must rome off. "
The clear-cut nnd caustic sketch of the 1m *
bccillty of the Cleveland ndmlnstratlon , mndd
by Patsy Egan , has rufiled the sweet , nn
gello temper of Editor Calhoun , of the Lin
coln Democrat. Pat declined the invitation
of the Democrat to follow the example of Mr.
Fitrjroruld in maintaining a golden silence oa
political questions whllo an officer of the
Irish National Icnguo , anil passed the Ho in
cold black Ink. The Democrat roaiwnded in
kind , and honors nro now about even , Tlio
significant part of the controversy is the fact
that the correctness of Mr. Egun's sketch ot
tha administration Is not disputed. Scores
of democrats hold similar opinions , but do
not care to publicly express them.
"Tho rcnomlnatlon of Judge Maxwell fo *
the responsible position which ho has occu
pled with great honor to himself and the
credlt-of the whole sale , " says the Hastings
Gazette-Journal , "is a proper and fitting ac
knowledgement of the acceptable service ho
has rendered , and an emphatic expression la
favor of a pure nnd upright Judiciary. Not
that there was any danger of lowering Iti
high tone nnd character by selecting any ono
of the other aspirants , each of whom went
before the convention under most flattering
recommendations , but bocnuso to retain the
present Incumbent was the surer means of
keeping the bench at its elevated standard.
Judge Maxwell's learned decisions display
not only his profound knowledge of the law ,
with n faculty to elucidate clearly
nnd unravel intelligently its knotty and In-
trlcato problems , but Inmito good scnsO ,
sound practical judgment of nn honest heart ,
Ho has proved himself worthy of the high ,
and itncicd trust , and the people of NobrnskA
proud of so eminent n citi/cn , will delight to
show their appreciation of his solid wottu
and irreproachable character. "
The Hastings Gaettc Journal thus dis
courses on Omaha hospitality : "The manner
in which Omaha docs things in connection
with the pioscnco there and cntortainini'nt
by her citizens of 'largo' personages , Is not
only somewhat phenomenal but is character
istic of a gicat western town. Omaha gained
much of her enviable notoriety and consequent
quent growth by the masterly manner in
which she handled human bugs of mammoth
proportions , never allowing an opportunity
to receive nnd care for nillstlngulshed guest ,
nnd to advertise herself nnd gain prestige , to
slldo silently by. Located ns Omaha Is , as
the great transcontinental gateway , through
which for many years , before northern and
southern outlets to the mighty Pacific were
open , everybody , great nnd small , largo or
indifferent , was captured by her people and
carefully , expcdltiously and gcnciouhly han
dled. There was always , In the pasta stand
ing citizen's committed upoa reception , the
members of which were over
ready at nn hour's , day's or
week's notice , to go out on any of the great ;
lines of railway leading to the gateway , to
meet , greet and receive distinguished men ,
whoso presence and reception would bear tel
egraphic announcement throughout the
country. In this legitimate nnd enterprising
manner , Omaha did much to build herself up
to a point that presents her to-day as a most
dangerous rival of Kansas City. Thus had
the great town , once familiarly known aA
"Saddle Creek , " como to the front , and to
day , upon the occasion of the two hour's so
journ there of the president of the United
States , the most elaborate , extousivo mid
grand preparations for the event wcro inudo ,
nnd the result was great and complete. And
we venture the assertion , the chief magis
trate of the nation will have reason to remember -
bor the reception accorded him by Omaha
nnd Nebraska with as much pleasure as any
ho has or will be accorded. "
MUST RUSH TIIK WORK.
City Ilnll Contractors Again Warned
By Chairman Bnluoiubo.
Regan Bros , wcro the recipients of a
letter from Chairman Balcombo , of the board
of public works , yesterday , informing thorn
that they hud bolter take core of the con
struction of the basement of the ucw city
hall personally , or that they would be rcspoa *
slblo for the consequences. It further la-
forms them that on September 21 they prom
ised to have the work completed inside of the
following six weeks from that date , and thuf
three weeks of that time have passed ; and
further , that 'the progi ess shown in thcso
three weeks Indicates that the work will not
bo completed until next spring , providing
that the work is not pushe
forward faster in the coming three weokfl
than it has been during the past three weeks.
The contract for this work was let to Regan
Bros. , who gave the proper bond , which will
probably have to suffer If the ugiccmcnta
are not carried out. By them the contract
was sub-let to Ed J. Drcnnan , but the hitter
is only recognized us a foreman by the board
of public works.
ANOTHBU rusir.
Chairman Balcombo also sent another letter
to Rcgun Bros. & Co. .vcstciday instructing
them to proceed with the paving of Fiftcentn
sticet , between Davenport and Webslcf
sticcts. These contractors some tima
ngo made a contract to pave tliio
street , and have the work completed before
November 1. In the meantime they mady a
contract for work at Council Bluffs , and
Chairman Balcombo says that they no-
glcctcd their work here. The contractors
claim that when they wcro ready to do the
work tlio curbing was not finished , and In
consequence the paving could not bo com1
mciiccd.
A SEXSATIOXAIj SUIT.
Ad Action Filed Agalnfit A. M. Clark ,
tlio Painter. /
The action commenced by Attorney Park/ )
Godwin In behalf of John Reovts against
Albert M. Chirk yesterday afternoon created
a sensation. Clark Is a well-known citizen of
the Ninth ward and owns consideinblo prop *
city there. Ho was considered by some a
pretty respectable man , was a member of
the church , had a golden amilo on his left
cheek , nnd could glvo a very good Sunday"
school twist ot the eye. It eccms Unit this
rclcglous Clark had been wandering around
in pastures whcro ho should not have been ,
The allegations in court nay that ho Inter *
fcrod with the domestic ; arrangements of ono
Reeves nnd in a word that the tioublo is as
ns follows : Reeves was married March 19 ,
1887 , nnd that the defendant , Clark , iillen
ntcd the affection , etc , , of thu plaintiff's wife ,
Flora Rcoves , and has deprived him of lied
comfort and society. The petition furthcf
alleges that Chirk enticed Hooves' wife uwuy
on September 5 , and has kept her concealed
slnco thai timo. Roevcs also says thai tliesa
facts compelled him to dispose of his rcatau *
rant business , and have bronchi to him dift *
honor aud disgrace. In consequence ho u < 4
for $10,000 , damages and costs of prosecution
Mrs. Anna Schaffor , of Lincoln , who hu
boon visiting Miss Maggie WUiU ) , 2010 Oiui
street , has returned home.