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9BKHBRM GTHE OMAHA. DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , JUNE 3. 18S8.-SIXTEEN PAGES , , , THE DAILY BEE. rumisiiii > KVI3HV MOUNINO. THUMB OF sniiscmrrioN. DMlv iMornlnir Edition ) Including Sunday lirV.One Vrnr " ? 15 PorHlx Months { 5 ForThrco.Months * w rho Omnha Himilixy Ilr.K , mnllcd to any ( id- dress , On Y nr 200 OMAHA Orncr. Nos.014 tNiiOlfl VAHSAWi STIIKET. NCW YOIIK OrriCE. UOO.M3 14 AND 15TUJDUNK JU'ii.ni.vo. WASIIINUTON Orriun , No. f > 13 i BTIIBBT. COUUESI'ONDKNCK. Allcommnntcntlons relating to now snml edi torial mutter should bo addressed to the KDITOK . . . . All liuslncBB letters ami lemlltnncca should bo Bddrcsnedto THE llm 1'unufnii.sn COMPANY. OMAHA. Irnft , clierk and postodlco orders to be mnUo pnynblo to the order of the company. BIB Bee Publishing Comnany , Proprietors E. KOSKWATKU , Kditor. TIIK ! > AMiY 1U3K. Rworn Statement of Circulation. Etatc of Nebraska , I g Coiintynrnoiigliis. [ " fleo. II , TzKChucK , secretary of Tlio Ueo Pub- IIMilnKcompnny. flora solemnly Hwonrthnt the mctunlclrculRtlcm of ttio Dully lice for the > ytek ending. I line 1 , 1868. was ns follows ! Haturdny. Jlfty.2rt . 1H.T03 fiundny , May l7 ! . ] JHO Monday. May 2H Tupoday. Mayai . W < Wednesday. May 80 . 1H. 17 Thursday. Mny ill . | H. n "Friday. Juno 1 . 18.081 Avcraiza. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ISJ.MJ OKI ) . II.T2SCIHJCH. Fworn to and subscribed In my yrrionco this ,2d dayof June , A.U. , 188B. N.I1. FKIU Notary Public. State of Nebraska , l _ , County of Douglas. I8' " ' George II. Tzfdiuck , being first duly sworn , fleuoses and BBJS that ho Is secretary of Tlio Hen I'ubllMilnR coininiiiy , that thn nctual nverapu dally circulation of the Dally lleo for the month of .luno , 1M7 was 14,147 copies ; for July , 1SH7. 14 , ( 1 copies ; for August , , IJW. 14,151 copies ; tat September. 1807. I4.S40 copies ; for October , 1KS7 , H.itH copies ; for November , 1SB7. 15'jai copies ; for December , lt7 , 15,041 roplen ; for January. IfSf. 1WOH cop ies ; for February , lbt , ir > , li'Kcojles ; for March , 118. IV.CWconlcH : for April , IbW , 18,744 copies , tor May , Sworn to before mo and subscribed la my presence this Zd day of June. A. 1) . 1888. N. P. KK1 1. . Notary Public. A.VKKAGK DAILY CUMULATION 18,152 THIS- commencement season lias be gun that is , the commoncomcnt of the picnic season. Till ! presidency of the United States will not bo affected by the political creed of the members of the Omtihu 'school board. MAYOK FRANCIS of St. Louis will bo the most unpopular man in thut city to day unless ho rescinds the order closing the saloons on Sunday. Mil. CONOYKU is not running : this time , and there is no occasion forfright- 'oning the 200 schoolma'ams of Omaha ilnto peddling partisan tickets made up . by hoodlums and ward bums. COJIPAICK the school board tickets , .Tnnii for man , and you will have no dif- fflculty in deciding1 which ticket rep- rresonts the interests of the tax-payer end welfare of the school children. THIS sultan of Turkey has refused to permit certain Armenians to emigrate 'to ' America. Thank you , sir ; America llus a shipload or two of beggars who jean bo sent to Turkey on proper appli cation. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Foil once Mr. Ooburn has made a mistake. II should have sought his vindication in another way than asking ovoa his friends to vote him into the board of education for a second term while ho is holding the olllco of sheriff. WHEN" a man is laying oolitical pipes for months and hanging around the street corners for weeks to get u , nom ination on the school board , on which ho lias to servo without pay , you can bet your bottom dollar ho expects to make his expenses out of the otllce in an il legitimate way. There are several just such men on the ticket nominated by the ward bXmis yesterday. TIIK organ of the political hacks who Insist upon thrusting politick into the school board trios to represent the effort to raise the schools above "the pluuo of the pot-hoiiho and trading-post for jan- itoruhips a a burlesque. When the pa trons of the public schools and the tax payers are heard from the performance of the professional politician will bo treated as something worse than a farce. IT is evident that a burglar's 'trust' luia boon formed. Omaha is not alouo the victim of thin new extortion. The allies of St. Paul. Minneapolis , Still- water , Sioux Cily and others are being tllscrimiiwU'd as well by the light-ling- rod gentry. K the police of thes-e cities would form a "pool" to down this "combino , " the burglar monopolists might be given nn opportunity to wear the Btripos for awhilo. TIIK Uon. David II. Wells , who has devoted most of his life to statistics on ursocial economy , comes to a con clusion that the material progress tnado by mankind during the last fifty .fears has Leon upward and not down ward , bettor and not wors-e. While it cannot be denied that in point of material wealth ICuropo and America liavu made an unparalleled advance ment , it is a question whether the moral welfare of the race has Uopt equal pace. EmviN BOOTH has mjixin shown his munitlconco by tv princely gift of a build ing at Gramerey park , New York City , to "Tho Players' Club. " The object of this association of actors and their friends is the formation and preserva tion of the finest picture gallery and li brary relating to the theatrical profits- Ion in the world. It is by deeds of this It i nil that the actors' profession in ele vated , and all the men and women , who are "merely players , " raised to a , noblui appreciation of the art. NEIWASKA has the distinction of fur- laliinR the subject ol "Tho First Homo- tend , " a beautiful oil-painting from the t&usli of Mrs. W , C. Strolnn. The pic- fearo was sent to Mrs. John A. Logan who will place it in thn Corcoran Art Gallery at Washington. Tlio original ef the jwinting Is the farm of Mr. Daniel Freeman of Ueatrico , which wosi prer emptnd January J , 1803. It is certainl } it Roniplitnont to our state , that.a picture ef. the llr'st hamostead in the United Stupes has IKJCM hung 'in .the ' ArtGaHery. . . A ChntiRO Tor the Hotter. It goes without saying that every citizen who has the welfare of Omaha at heart is' deeply interested in the management ot our public schools. The election to-morrow involves the ques tion whether the bdiools , with their enormous patronage , nro to bo given up to political spoils-hunters and huck sters , supply contractors and real estate speculators. It is a notorious fact that the board of education with in the past two years lins handled nearly one million dollars. Tlio revenue of the board , indepen dent of the bonds voted with which to build < -chool houses , is fully three hun dred thousand dollars a year. With , his princely revenue , the board has ) cen unable to make both ends meet. Without laying the blame for reckless nlsmanngomentnnd plotting , scheming and speculating upon any particular member of the board , every intelligent observer must be convinced that a change of management and policy is de manded in the interest of good govern ment. This does not imply n reduction of teachers' salaries , but businesslike methods applied to the sale and purchase of school property and supplies which involve a great outlay. In other words , reform is necessary in the management of our public schools. Can this reform jo brought about without n change of the membership in the school board ? Wo do not believe it can , and nobody need expect such reforms &o long as the members ot the board are obligated , for their selection , to the political machine , with its packed ward caucuses and rotten - ton spoils system. The board to bo elected tomorrow row will control our school sys tem for the next three years. Can any citizen and taxpayer who desires good school government remain indifferent and shirk his duty to himself , his family and the community at large ? American Players Abroad. Last year Mr. Augustin Daly , the Now York malinger * took his company to Europe for a summer season and won a notable success. In England his au diences wore the largest and linest of the sca&on , and ho was hardly less fa vored on the continent. The excellence of the American company becmcd to bo something of a revelation to both the critics and the play-goers of Europe. They had not been wont to credit us with such development in this depart ment of art. A few fine actors they knew we had. Edwin Forest the critics at least had heard of , and possibly albo of E. L. Davenport and James E. Mur- dock and Charlotte Cushman. Booth had boon among them and they had meas ured his greatness , giving him a place among the foremost of their own lands. Mary Anderson had won a secure place in the English heart. Joseph JolTorson they wore acquainted with. These had taught them that America was not with out great artists , whom it knew how to appreciate. But still the company of Mr. Daly , unsurpassed if equaled in all Europe , showed us a long step in ad vance of where the critics and play goers of Europe supposed wo were , and thercloro it achieved great popularity and great success. Tlio enterprising manager is again in London , renewing his last year's tri umph , our cable dispatches have noted the cordial welcome of his reception. The audiences that nightly greet his company are larger and liner than be fore , if possible , and this not withstanding the fact that ho offers the well-worn comedy , to London at least , of "Tho Taming of the Shrew. " It is not easy for an English audience to warmly commend the production of any Shakespearian play by foreign actors , even though such actors be American , yet the praise given Mr. Daly's com pany has been hearty and unreserved. Individually and collectively they have been praised , and those most admirable artists. Ada Rchon , James Lewis and Mrs. Gilbert , are being lionized to their hearths content. It is 0.11 oxp'erienco that ought to grat ify Americans , and particularly tho.-.e who have contended that our slago , albeit not favored by state subsidies or the special patronage of a titled nris- tocrar-y , is as capable of the highest standard of attainment as any in the world , and that in fact our host native talent is nowhere surpassed. Wo ven ture to say that no other country could bring together such a galaxy of great exponents of the drama as were associ ated in tho'production of "Hamlet" two weeks ago , on the occasion of the testimonial menial to Lchtor Wallack , and though several of them are not Americans by birth , all perfected their art on the American btage. What has been done in advancing the standard of dramatic art in this country is assurance of still further progress. Wo shall more fully demonstrate that a free stage , subject to no other cen sorship than that of an en lightened publio , and dependent upon no other support than that of the people , can attain the highest results and the largest measure of us'ifulnebs , and sot an example worthy of the world's imita tion. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Tlio ItuuHou Why. The women who desire representa tion on the board of education onlj have thenibulves to blame for failing to receive recognition on either of the re spective tickets. They agreed to dis agree at the outset , and pursued a course that compelled their friends to ignore their demands. One sot ol woman sulTragifits publicly declared , and had it so advertised , thai they belonged to the par tisans with a republican brand , and would not accept a nomination from anybody oxcupt the straight republican convention , inndo up for the mobt parl of "hightonod" patriots , who trallie in votes and live oit politics , 'and slake their thirst at the expense of candidates. The other sot presented their claims al the non-partisan meeting , Tlio dispo sition of the non-partisan onunittoe , to whom their petition was referred , was to give them recognition but they were confronted with the question whether euuh action would not defeat u part it net their whole ticket , in rase the republican convention should nom inate the' , two partisan female r idi- | . datue. It uas.muHifrut that the woman suffragist intended to pool all their \otcs for the women on both tickets in n conceited effort to elect them all. That would have compelled them to scratch two of the male candidates on the nonpartisan - partisan ticket , and if this scratching match was not strictly confined , to two particular candidates , it would have re sulted in the defeat of the whole nonpartisan - partisan ticket. This would have been suicidal. Had the woman suffragists centered their choice upon two women known to bo fitted for the school board , and presented their names as the unani mous choice of the female voters , there Is very little doubt that they would have been successful. Slmkospoaro or llacon. What is the Donnelly Cryptogram ? This is n question as often asked by pcoplo who have seen the book as by people who have not. Mr. Donnelly himself tells us that a moro brain rack ing in'oblom was never submitted to the Intellect of man , and in this statement ho will bo enthusiastically upheld by most of the pcoplo who have attempted to find their way out of the tortuous labyrinth into which ho has led them. His book is divided into two parts , an argument and a demonstration. Part I contains the old familiar arguments and evidences brought forward to prove that Bacon was the real author of the Shakespeare plays. Mr. Don nelly says : "Whilo the cipher will bo able to stand alone , these facts will throw many Valuable side lights upon the story told in the cipher narrative. When wo say of Part I. that it presents a very strong case in favor of Mr. Don nelly's client wo will leave it and turn our attention to the really now part of the work , the cipher. This its decipherer claims is "a long , continuous narrative , running through many pages , detailing historical events in a perfectly symmetrical , rhetorical and grammatical manner , and always growing out of the same numbers em ployed in the same way and counting from the same or similar starting points. " This ho asserts , "cannot bo otherwise than a prearranged arith metical cipher. " lie quotes many pas sages from the acknowledged works of Bacon relative to ciphers and their con struction and utility , proving be yond question that Bacon not only Ubed ciphers but made them. Ho claims that the Shakespeare plays are aUonco the finest dramatic poetry over written , and that they con tain besides an infolded history of the troublous times of Eli'/.abeth. This cipher is not one of loiters but of words. It is a story in a story. For instance , he claims that the htory ot Mary Queen of Scots and that of the Spanish Armada are hidden in Love's Labor Lost , and that the external story of the downfall of Wolsoy in Henry VIII hides the internal story of Bacon's own disaster and disgrace. According to his theory the plays nro arranged in pairs , and to successfully work out the cipher story both plays must be used at the same time. The cipher narrative given in illustration is evolved from the lir&t and second parts of Henry IV. The second part of this play was not published for two years after the first part , the author wisely allowing that much time to pass be tween the publication of paired plays , to see if any suspicion was excited by certain peculiarities of construction or significant phrases employed. In case there had been , the second part would bo suppressed and no one could then work out the cipher , having only half the necessary words. It can only bo evolved by using the folio of 10U3 , the first complete edition of the plays , pub lished seven years after the death of Shake.ipcaro and three years before the death of Bacon. In this same year was published Bacon's Do Augmentis , which contained the chapter on ciphers and a description of what Bacon calls the best of all ciphers , "where one writing is enfolded in another. " It will be scon from this that the narratives and their key were both published in the saino year. Mr Donnelly calls attention to the paging of this edition , which is peculiar. He uses the number of the page , the number of words in each column , and the number of words in each subdivision of each column. From these numbers ho produces an arithmetical formula , moving some times from the bottom and BOinotimes from the top of the column , out always in strict accordance with his formula. By the help of the facsimile pages from the lOSJ ! ) folio published in this volume wo are able to follow the formation of such hentencos as this : "Many rumors arc on the tongues of mbn that my cousin hath prepared not only the con tentions between York and Lancaster and King John , and this play , but ether plays which are put forth Hrst under the name of Monolon , and n'ow go abroad as prepared by Shakespeare. Ho is the son of a poor peas ant , who yet followed the trade of glove making in the hole where ho uas born and bred , ODO of the plcnbant towns of the wobt , and there are even rumors that both Will and his brothern did themselves follow that trade for some time before they came here. " From pages 74 to 79 inclusive , in the second part of Henry IV. , ho evolves arithmetically such a continuous nar rative as " 1 ventured to toll him my suspicion that Master Shakcbpoaro is not hinifeolf cap.iblu enough and hath not knowledge enough to have written the much-admired plays that wo nil rate so high , and which are supposed to bo his , and which , ever since Hie death of Marlowe , have been put forth in his name , and that it is rumored thut ovary one of thorn was prepared under his name by some gentleman. His lord ship advised that the best thing wo could do is to make him a priboner , and as soon us bo is apprehended bitul him with iron and bring him before thu council and it is more than likely the knave would speak the truth j.nd toll who \vrltit. But in thu evunt that ho lied about the matter , your grace should have his limbs put to thu ques tion and force him'toconfess the truth. " Page nfter pngo of suoh matter .is pro duced in evidence by Mr , Donnelly and ho declares that tlip world will either have to admit that there is 'a cipher in the plays , or give him credit for being a fijnnof ns boundless ingenuity as be haf.-UtSibutcd to Bacoiu Ho admits ( hat tiraj arc still one or two phrases of thosoipncr that ho has not fully worked ont-but ho hopes to elaborate and verify it > abutidantly and reduce his workmanship to mathemati cal exactness , and gl b to the world this tale within a tale , K triumph of the human intellect , besides which the Iliad will bo but ittudo song and Paradise Lost a siitiplff and unstudied lay. Ho has certainly piled proof upon proof that tho'Hlramas can by skillful manipulation bd make to pro duce some startling and remarkable- results , and that the hidden narrative may have boon alluded to when the author of these dramas fore- swore his art and said , "And deeper than did ever plummet sound I'll drown my book. " Mr. Donnelly declares that ho invented hundreds of ciphers trying to solve this , and Certainly the page from Henry IV. , produced with all the evidences of the time and labor spent upon It , would justify the man who read the talc in supposing that ho had hidden it "deeper than did ever plummet sound. " It Mr. Donnelly invented this cipher ho is n greater prodigy than either Bacon or Shakespeare. If ho discovered it he deserves the gratitude of mon for all time. " TIIK Bun presents the results of a very careful investigation regarding the character of the milk supplied to consumers in Omnha. In every city of the country there is an al most constant outcry against impure and adulterated mill : . It is a quite uni versal conviction that integrity is a virtue unknown to the milkman , but until within a recent time not much complaint has been heard from the con sumers of milk in Omaha. Wo are be coming metropolitan , however , in this as in other respects , and with the growth of demand and compe tition the milkmen of this city are demonstrating thut they are not behind their brethren else where in practicing the tricks of the trade. The evidence is that while there is good milk sold in Omaha , a great deal of it is poor , and some wholly unlit for use , though of the latter the amount is doubtless very small. Another fact established is that the inspection of milk is practically worthless , for the reason that the inspectors are incompe tent. They are without the scientific knowledge necessftFy'to their duties. In order to effect { tpcmanont remedy there must bo reformtiS the inspection. It is perhaps sunicidirtjfor the present to invite attentioVijftOJ the facts pre sented and 8ugjjes'tithnt : | remedial stops must bo jtalvoij , without dis cussing at lcngtjHviat | these should bo. ThO subject wliP c worth recur ring to , and this wcf slitfll find occasion to do. Omaha canJliavj ( pure milk , and if the authorities do thcirduty will have it. Meanwhile ourrcadorB arc ndvi&cd to perubo the facts elicited by our in vestigation. VOICE PUESS. The Blue Springs Motor hurrahs for Alpcr of Michigan , while the Tccumsch nepubli- can wants Ben Harrison or death. Something encourages the Lincoln News to believe that ' 'Oil room politics is about over in Nebraska. " The action of the recent re publican convention certainly did not justify any such conclusion , as the men selected by baid convention , were Chiefs of the oil room inspectors , including the grand high chief of oil rooms , Thurston says the Grand Island In dependent. "When the fanners and laborers of the state of Nebraska arc hooted and jeered , as was the case in the late republican conven tion , when Van Wyck , who has always fear lessly espoused their cause , was so unmerci fully squelched by Thurston , Greene , Bates and their followers , it is high time for them to resent the insult , " indignantly cxclaimb the Knox County Capital. The Greely Leader says : "Governor Thaycr'B record beyond question designates him as the standard bearer of the republican party for this great commonwealth again this fall. Ho has been fearless , \viso and honorable as an executive and can roll up a greater republican majority than was over before known in the history of the state. The Ccntropolis World enters this objec tion "Spealcingof the attempt of the Union Vaciflo railway to keep local travel oil its overland flyers , bo that those trains will bo lighter in order to make time , the opinion is expressed that the inter-state law forbids any such discrimination. The law says we can ride for three cents a mile , and the com pany must provide accommodation on all regular passenger trains at that price. The clTort of the Union Pnclllu to run fast trains should certainly bo appreciated , but they'll have to carry the folks along. " "It Is evident from the work done , " says the Schuyler Quill , "by Attor ney General Lecso against the railroad companies in the railroad commission nets of this state , ho has their enmity won and they will try to defeat him for rcnominatlon this full in the republican Mate convention. Al ready it has beou intimated that the railroad tools ate laying for him , and unless the people ple come to his assistance ho will suffer do- feat. What , must bo done is to Instruct Col- fax county's delegation for him. Farmers , you must help your frl&nds , and Loose is one of them. " ' " Speaking of the $5,000appropriation rushed through the legislature for the support of Bob Furnns , the NiJnialfti Granger says ; "Tho inquiry mudo by vlr. Wright in the ( Granger of the llth ii to what had become of the $1,000 that wuiftiuld to ox-Governor Furnas out of the stati ) treasury In Febru ary , 18S7 , has provoked considerable com ment , und wo learn thut one of our honor- abli'.s has taken the trJubld to enlighten one of the voters on the matter , and has declared that Mr. Furnas dldu'j. . get out of Lincoln with but u small portion otho amount ap propriated , 'cause why1 ! UHu was compelled to divide with the mwirtrtr'A who secured the passage of the bill , aijtf jvhen all had re- reived their re wauls Ueio ) was but little left. What a delightful comment upon our law- enacting delegates , und what u truveaty is the handle attached to their names. Does the Nomahii county honorable proceed promptly to cxposo this raseahtyf Does ho raise ills voice in denunciation of an not so unjust ami illegal ! If so it U not audible. The North Hcnd Flail thut reads the riot net to the machine -politicians and political wire pullers of Dodge county : "Seriously , now it is littcoi'iing time that the voters of Dodge county began to act us men , oven as reasonable bcinpi , rather than automatons and machines. The self assumed dictator ship of .Dodgo county's politics , practiced for tie ) past few years in thu Interest of 0116 man or more , la < H graeefnl , or hutnllating to say tne least. The Wail vrlll be jiain. ) Wo mean that since Mr. Doruoy cotituvQccil tils cong- rowionnl career the whole political machin ery ot the county hni been thrust Into his hnnds for his manipulation nt pleasure. Ho creates delegates nt will and then trade * an 1 barters and dispenses with the sanR frold of n cnttlo king or a pork packer. Ho not only controls the delegates attending his district cpnvontlcn but trades the influence of the state delegation with no moro compunction than If ho were buying 'short' on the nuilo market. It must cense ; It will cease. Ho claims that this Is the last ; that this nomina tion is all that ho nsks from his county. But ho claimed the same thing before. " Gene Into Politic * . n'a htnutnn Critic. First Cltben : "I hear Ulucnicngors has gone into politics. Is It sol" Second Ditto : "Yes , bo's opened n saloon on the corner. " An Afjril Chestnut. JViirfa Tnrtii Tf | > f. Illinois democratic papers claim that the democracy will bo oblo to carry the state this year. It will bo observed that the whiskers on this ancient chestnut nro a little grayer than they wcro 'four years ago. As I5nl ns Politicians. Experience of , the sparrow , both In Eng land and America , has convinced us that , taking the year round , It distinctly docs more harm than good as regards its own food ; while It undoubtedly drives away many purely Insectivorous birds , and thcroby occasions - casions incalculable damage , seldom taken into consideration by short-sighted theorists. Two To every question worthy consideration or discussion there are two sides. To our think ing it is the function of n newspaper to pre sent both of them to the public with equal fullness and falrncs ; It Is the privilege of the public upon their presentation to consider that which Is said upon either side , and to decide which of them is right and which wrong. AVhcro Is St. I.onls ? C/ifroi/o / J/craM , Tno national democratic convention begins Tuesday next nt St. Louis. "Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World" says : "St. Louis , a city , the county scat of St. Louis countyMo. , Is situated on the w. bank of the Mississippi river , about twenty miles below the mouth of the Missouri , nearly 180 miles above that of the Ohio and 1,175 miles nbovo Now Orleans. " _ _ "Many Votero. " Chicago Tibmic. "Dan , " observed the president , uneasily , "I don't like the way sonio of these fellows out west arc beginning to talk about Thur- man. Ho's too old a man , anyhow. AVoulda't it be n good idea to have a lot of handbills to that effect printed and circulated all over St. Louis next Tuesday morning , signed "Many Voters ! " June. The Amei lean Stagatlne. O what a magic touch Is thine , fair .Tune , That dost set Nature in such perfect tune ; Mutch onrth to sky in wedlock so complete. Tame Ocean's savage roar to rhythm swcot : Till murm'rmg winds and waves make lulling symphony , And oven discord's self molts into harmony 1 In these mysterious caverns where nro wrought The tender germs of Nature's inmost thought , Thou dost but breathe vital powers are blent In sweet accord , like voice to instrument ; Floating upward , till that celestial siren hears Who measures her glad song to music of the spheres. The Year wears theo as brightest , proudest gem , That doth encrust his royal diadem ; Flashing thine emerald light and opal hue Through roseate amethyst and turquoise blue ; For Spring and Summer both endow thec with their best , And what is fair in them , in thec seems loveliest. CHAFK. There has boon considerable discussion al ready this spring , bearing upon the subject of whether it is proper to drink ice water. The reason of this discussion is solely on the ground of health. Some scientist from Col orado recently remarked in a paper read before - fore a lynching party , that health Is life. Without entering into a discussion concern ing the truth or falsity of the Colorado man's proposition , in response to a loud clamor from inebriates who drink water on the side , wo have employed a scientist , chemist , black smith , carpenter , naturalist and a jack-of-all- trades , to nnnly/o the ieo coming from the Missouri river , and drank in liquid form by these addicted to the use of water. While in detail and in many particulars , ns Is always the case among learned men , the conclusion in tiio abstract caused no more friction than is noticed in the running gears of the universe. Tlio an alysis will forever sot to rest a problem that has perplexed and annoyed many of the most influential citizens. It Is'ns follows : State of Illinois , Cook county , s.s. : This is to certify that in drilling , excavating , mol ting , pulverising and crushing a cake of Ice taken and removed from the lower part of the Missouri river , a stream of alleged water flowing in a southornly direction , by the au thority of an act of congress , wo found con tained in and composing said cake of iee , taken from the river aforesaid , the following materials , each of which nro now on exhibi tion in our labratory In largo bottles , Jlllcd with olovon-year-old whisky , which by ttio way , is a smooth article. .1 , A. BOIIIICM , U , M. Dim.i.iu : , Sworn and subscribed to before mo this 20th day of May , 18S3. JUDIMI JO.SKS , J , P. AN.U.l.SH. UIIICAOO , III. , May'JJ , ISisb. [ Goner.il Lab ratory ] . Brio-a-brae ( everything like hash ) 40 Oil Uaftsandcordwoodibevcr.il species } . , O.irj Floaters ( six nationalities ) 17.H1 Feculence ( pure mud ) , lll.O I Fish I seven varieties ) 7.03 Iron ( bolts and nails ) . . . . , OJ Leather ( boots and hlioos ) 11.77 Insoluble residua ! " > ) ' ! Total ' " 'S"iiii ' There may bo a trooo of pure water which could not be detected in the amount of ice handled , Jon.v , Iovis : , Professor of Chemistry. Mr. Jones recommends a way In which the possibility of any dUcaso may bo obviated. Ho says the multiplicity of the milmalcuHi containing enormous quantities of tfringil- Inccous , possibly Jnnt detected , whioh would inevitably produce gastrodynla followed by nn unwarranted and cowardly attack of fever , and possibly death could bo obviated , doilgod nml avoided by fllu-rlng the Ieo water. The process ho recommends Is to allow It to run through a belvo or cullender befoio usini ; . The fruit vrndors iii 6nmlm , these who sell from stauds nnd cat ts , do not have surh a borlous btrugglo for ovistcnoo as would bo supposed. Thcro are simo fifteen fruit stands ! n Omaha. Tfioro nro about twenty- live "eartmeri , " representing all nationalities , iroing through the streets yalllng in "A" tl.at they have bananas for bnlo-10 rcntu a dozen. The fruit stand on the rornoi of Fjrnani and Tenth was the first one in Onvihat The box was placed there about ten years ago. The owner of a largo commission house .n Ouw'ia reiejvnu.UN tlrat experience Micro n a edm- mlsslon merchant. For almost oitrh * iears lie < oriUuceil it | > flllnK frUits in tucir sooscr. . . His brother Is now running the fruit stand. The sale of from $ tJ to $3 per day Is considered n opaylng business. The proprietors ot the "boxes" make n profit of 50 per cent , live cheaply , nro economical nml soon branch out on n larger scale. They pay from f 10 to MO n month rent for the privilege of setting their box ngalnst some iwpular corner The city charges $00 n year license to both the enrtman nnd stationary vciulcr. They are waiting for customers ns late ns midnight nnd can bo found on dock at 8 n. in , In nn Interview with n dozen or more of the merchants It was learned that they make nt least SI n day more in soiling goods than they . -otild make as common labor ers. Twenty years ago the i garotte smoker In the United Stntcs was u rnrlty. Ho was forced to do his own rolling with Klllkenlek tobacco nnd rice pai > cr , or clso buy the high- priced Imported lionrailcr. The prevalence of the habit to-day may bo best cstlmntod from the fact that ono of the Inrgo clgnretto manufacturing nrms swears to a daily sale of 2,000,000 cigarette. Over twenty thousand of thorn nro consumed In Omaha. Tlio com petition between tie ) largo factories Is some thing wonderful to contemplate. For tunes sunicicnt to make half the poor of Omaha rich nro expended by thorn ovcry year In rivalry , In photographs of half-draped uctrosscs , bnso bull tossers , coats of nrms nnd flags of all nations , to bo distributed gratuitously us Inducements to consumers to use particular brands. The latest fad in advertising adorns the shop windows of the town In the shnpo of highly colored chromes In gilt frames. The in scription upon them explaining their uses nnd purposes is somowhnt mixed In English , but It Is Intended to give them to the twenty- five people in the city who present the great est number of tlio empty wrappers of a par ticular brand of cigarettes before n given day. Allowing twenty-five of thcso pictures to every hundred thousand pcoplo as a basis of calculation and with a pencil nnd paper and n knowledge of arithmetic , ono may gather the fortune spent In them. Then add to the result live times n llko number of fig ures , representing the other great factories in the country , and yea have nn Idea of cig arette smoking in tlio United States. * * It may not bo generally known but It is n fact nevertheless , that shingles and laths are a scarcity in the Omaha lumber market to-day. The supply falls far short of the de mands nnd as n consequence thcso useful ad juncts to houso-buildlng hnvo gene up In price , like rockets In the nlr. The late dis appearance of the mountain snows and tlio continuous rainfalls in the Mississippi valley shutting down the mills , have operated ns causes for the dearth of the roof let's shingle and the lack of the ceiling's laths. Many persons who never contemplated building a house , accept the situation ns if in sorrow nnd promise to visit the architect when the shingles conic again. * # A steamboat , the "Belle Andrews" , plowed up the Missouri the other day , on route to Fort Uenton. A talk with the pilot had but. little to do towards strengthening the opinion that the old Missouri is navigable. Thcro was sorry humor in the pilot's story to tlio effect that the channel changed so often that many times ho found himself sev eral miles from water , and would rut across the country rather than follow the river , when ho was rushed for timo. The boat's cargo consisted of supplies for the upper Missouri country. * * ' 'All you said about quack doctors being so numerous In Omaha was true , " said uit up town citizen. "I hope Tun Urn will bo assisted by persons having' facts In their possession , and by concert of action force the scoundrels out of the city. I looked up the state law , but find that by purchasing n snide diploma , most anyone can claim to practice medicine. Wholesome legislation upon such questions must not bo overlooked by the next legislature. " r "That , " remarked u prominent and trav eled cit7cn ! , as ho pointed to n green plat of grass , dotted with a few scrubby , scraggy und gnarled trees , "that , " ho again said , ' 'Is Jefferson Square. You may talk about parks , but I tell you that Jcfforson Square is my ideal. I have loitered for hours in Madison square and Central park ; I have whiled away hours at the Golden Gate park near San Francisco , nnd killed time in both Hyde and Hcgcnt parks , London. All thcso have I seen , together with the Garden of the Tuillcrles , the Hois do Boulogne , the Garden of the Palais Hoyal and tlio Place do lu Con corde the finest nnd largest square in the French capital but these all palo Into insig nificance compared with this lovely spot. It should bo the pride ot every man in Omaha to attempt to beautify the place. IIY TJIK WAY. Tin : Bii : : keeps nt tlio heau of the proces sion. There Is nothing so rare as a day in Juno , unless 'tis u presidential boom. It would appear that Spy Husscll , of Col- fax received n very timely und energetic roasting nt Nebraska City. The state convention this year will bo culled upon to bury moro political upstarts than ever before in the history ol Nebraska. The time Is at hand for u general canvass of the field to fully investigate the propriety of propel l.v celebrating the greatest day on earth July . Some thirty only Intervene. "After Blaine , who ) " asks the Now York World. Since his last manly letter has been read and digested , it appears that no ono is uftor him. Before that ' .hero was a horde of politicians. Then ) are yet these who doubt lilnine'.s sincerity. * They urguo Irotn the standpoint that his last letter , to have appeared final and conclusive , should have been accom panied by an auiduvit. ? Decoration day is over. Thn Fourth of July comes rushing this wny , and these who failed to icceivo an Invitation to deliver the memorial address can get their work in on tlio great Amei lean eagle. Had the opera "Mr. Sampson of Omaha , " been a failure It Is undcistood thut a party of people headed by Frank Haiilon was pre pared to assassinate the author of the lines , with the jaw bonn of an ass , Omaha's ba < * o hall team In some mysteri ous and unaccountable manner won two games last week , An explanation has been demanded , but up to this hour all is ns silent and us sacred as the grave. "Children's day , although in n nebulous condition , datoo its origin in Kuropo back a century or moro , " says some bore oycd sci entist who has gene through the musty records of the past. From the limn of crea tion Children's day hus existed. It will al ways exist. From the cradle to the tiino when it tukos up the burden of lifo to battle with the cruelties and realities of the worlu , the fhfld liaa its day "happy , dnpito its llttio woes , wcro It but conscious of its joy. " Thcro U no want fcr Children's day ns long an huurui iia'uro is doing business at the old stand. Into a wnrd of thn whitewashed Jail.where the drank nnrt .libordnrly lay , ermine , groaning - ing , v/niting for ball , BomeboJ.\ ' darling was borne ono day. "Somebody's darling f > o young and no bruVc , " ivoaring yet on his rum-Btiihio'J face , soon to be hid In the me- briata'scare , fiio.ilncflriiic fiw-t of hlb last "Muttca.and iaui | > ro the curls of 1 i gold , " kissing tUo brow of his swollen hcal palo are the lips of dollento mould some ! body's darling painted It red. Back front hlasmoircil bluo-vclned browK brush all tan dirt nnd dust ntul gore , cross his hands oij his bosom now , somebody's darling's cou monccd to suoro , TUB STATE'S STATKSMEy , A Lincoln paper referred to him ns "Joining Thurston , " And such Is faino. The story that Vnn Wyck wants to bo gov crnor has been officially denied. "Husscll , the spy , nnd Uussoll , tlio Iraltnr , The titles nro synonymous , " says the Ne braska City Times. Gcorgo H. Fouko , of Liberty , has nlready announced himself n candidate for the legis lature from Gngo , nnd Is shaking bauds with old pcoplo nml kissing the babies. The Lincoln Democrat says this : "It Is positively painful to Icnrn that the Lancaster manipulators have about concluded to iiom. inato C. H. Gcro for the scnnto instead of O. P. Mason. K. 13. Moore , of Lancaster , is trlmmlnfj sails nnd preparing for another scat In tha Nebraska sonnto. While It is early to prepare - pare legislative slates , the story of the early bird nnd misfortune of the worm stimulates statesmen to n point of activity. Morris Cllggltt , n democrat from awny back , is awaiting the nctlon of the republican convention hi Dundy ami Hitchcock counties. Ho swcnrs by the light ot the sun that if Bill Brown Is nominated for state senator , ho ( CHggltt ) will everlastingly mop the earth's surface with the Laird striker. Clmrloy Carter , Tom Benton , Captnln Hill , nnd the deputy secretary of state all of of them brought Into prominence because ot their positions ns deputies nro out for Im portant statoofilcos. ; Some of them might pass muster , but older citizens nro not pleased with suoh demands. The Gage county papers announce that Captain Hill , private secretary of Governor Tliayor , is n full-fledged candidate for state treasurer. Inasmuch ns there nro only a few dozen candidates for the office , Captain Hill stands n chance only of being struck by the lightning that makes men groat. It Is generally understood that C. L. Lamb , of Stanton , will bo a candidate for stata treasurer. Ho came within a tow votes ol bagging the office four years ago. The hopa is not cheerful. However , Woyno county proposes to bo heard from , and If Lamb can. not make it , A. 11. Graham , of Wlsnor , will receive its "lloocnco. " OIIIGIN OP 1'OPUIiAU PHIIASES. Awl Come Off ! A Now York dude was spending the summer In Idaho. Up In n gulch one day ho was embraced by n largo cinnamon boar , which was hugging him to death. As friends approached the dude was heard saying , Just above a whisper , "Awl como oftl" 1 Feel rioclu. A man was drunk in San Francisco and resisting an oUlcor , was dragged ton blocks over the cobblestone pavement. A friend called on him nt the sta tion house mid asked him how ho felt. "I feel rocky , " was the reply Since that it is a common expression after a night's debauch. Hit * A'dmc is Pants. Whoa Jeff Davis was found In Georgia , rigged out In his wife's best petticoat , n soldier saw his boots and another discovered that ho had not discarded his pants. Upon the discovery that the traitor was found ono of the party approached Mr. Davis and informed him that his name was pants. On the Moon In 1873 , when Church Howe was running for tlio legislature and had captured the nomination , Tom Majors getup up In n meeting in London precinct and announced that if ho did not defeat Howe , there would bo whiskers on the moon. Since that day a largo number of Mr. Major's de luded followers believe that such is the case. because Howe was elected. There Arc Xo Flci On 3fc It Is said that ono morning Pat O.Hawcs had been loading a Talmago sermon , in which the Brooklyn divine had laid stress upon tlio quotation re lative to keeping oneself unspotted from the world. Ho made n comparison that wrong was an insect that buzzed around all lives , and if allowed to rest or porch upon the conscience of a man it became spotted. Mr. Ilawes grabpedtho beautiful slinilo In all itsgrandeurjumpcd up from his chnlr.lookod in the mirror and exclaimed : "Thcro are no flies on mo. " Let 'Kr Go Gitlltulicr The origin of this household expression Is traced back several years. A beautiful woman was loved by two men , ono of whom was named Gallagher. One of the men was walking out with the maiden in the gloaming with his arm nround her waist , pouring tlio heated words of love into her waxen car the while the winds toyed with her golden tresses , vulgarly called hair. Tlio other follow appeared on the roadway carrying an army musket with fixed bayonet. Pointing tlio instrument of death full and fair in the face of man No. " ho exclaimed ; "Let Er Go Gallagher. " It Is lulatcd that Mr. Gallagher did so. IT is piticmcTfln That there is too much rain , That there is not rum enough. That the postofilco will bo suepl , bcfora fall. fall.That That the cyclone season will be unusually severe. That the cholera will visit America thit summer. That the Nebraska delegation will vote to n man for Greshnm. That with Van Wyck in the state senate ho will stir up the animals , That the street sweeper would make a bet ter harrow than anything cine , That the bummers nnd wire pulleni will control the schoolbonni election. That nn analysis of the stuff sold In Omaha for milk would reveal a wonderful compound. That .lay ( Jouhl was afraid to stop In Omaha for fear that ho would bo tempted to steal something. That It was a sad mistake In not preparing for u railroad track over the now Council Blufis and Omaha bridge. Thut the prohibition cranks wilt fight hard fora submission plank in thu pli-tformot the republican p.uly thin full , THHim AHKTHOSH WI10IIUMI5VK That the signs of the moon are certain. That the fellow who Jookr. jou squniclylu the f.ico und promlbos to pay to-morrow 1 sin cere. cere.Thut Thut property will nlwnys be higher In the spring. That they nhoulil put off everything until to-morrow , except drinks. That it would be better to bo president thun bo right. That there is candnr In a 'pollt.cii.r. anil honesty in u contractor. That a plumber slnill InhoVit tl-u kii-jrdoai of Leaven. That th ? ric-il I'o&r ' oofchbor I * CP lMr Individual. That the moor , is not ( rn r. chf . Thut the earth and thn fullness thereof be longs exclusively to them. . That Blaine will I'C nomluateJ. That the milk sold In Oir.r.tm U a pure nr