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BY AND IIY America may got back to
her former glories in fishing and lightIng -
Ing it Miss Ciuuidn acts ugly.
POOH stricken Florida ! The dreadful
ncourgo of yellow fever is spreading ita
pannt arms over her people despite all
efforts to chock the epidemic.
TIIIUTKKN crocodiles on their way
to the Zoo at Hamburg1 escaped
into the Elbe nnd frightened the
Ciormnns out of their wits ,
Hero is a chauco for the young
emperor to declare , war and test his
Krupp gun on tlio bucks of thouaurions.
As TIIK end of the base ball season
npproachcs the public fools great relief.
The national game has become n tui
tion u.1 bore and is degenerating from
year to year. While it affords n profit
able flold for professional players , pool
room gamblers and the betting class ,
it has gradually instilled a spirit of
gambling among the common people
which bodes no good to the ri slug gon-
orutlon of Americans.
TllR now observatory about to bo
erected in Colorado is promifacd to excel
the now famous Lick observatory in
California. It will bo built high on the
mountains , 5,000 foot above sou. level ,
which in itself insures an advantage ,
owing to the clearness and rarefaction
pf the nir. Moreover , the observatory
Will bo equipped with n , 20-incb tolo-
kcopo , nn instrument much more offcc-
llvo for general astronomical observa
tions than the 30-inch lens possessed by
the Lick observatory. Between these
two great stations the study of thu
heavens will bo prosecuted with unusual
Eoul , nnd tire celestial regions will become -
come almost as familiar as the map ol
DutTa own country.
IK connection with the scheme to reclaim -
. claim the great deserts of the west , the
nrgumant made by Jouquin Miller in an
hrtlole on the "North American Nile"
Is plnusiblo. Ho irmkcs the point that
. Iho land instead of always being a dos-
Drt , like Sahara , was once the garden
ipot of the world. The ruins of Arizona
ro older than history as old as the
' Dldost ruins on the Nllo of Egypt. The
' Indications to-day show that the region
Ivna once densely populated. No allure-
Incuts of gold , nothing buttho generous
) ell and goniul climate built up
cities that rivaled in mngnili-
tonco and extent the Cuiros of Egypt ,
. Jf then those early Americans made n
blooming paradise of the land which
How is n desert , can wo not do some
thing with our enlightened education
and improved methods to reclaim the
\vastoV Facts also boar out Joaquin
Miller. Wherever irrigation has boon
tried the soilhnsyioldcii to its influence
nnd has yielded tropical fruits like dates
nnd bananas. Under the circumstances
tha poet of the Sierras is right in call
ing the rock-bound Colorado river the
North American Nile.
Tin ; last few days have brought news
of a shortage in the wheat crop of th <
United States and of Kuropo. In con
{ sequence there hits boon r. sharp upwari
tendency of values in both the homi
nnd foreign market. According to tin
careful estimates of n Paris market re
jioi't , there is a prospect of a deficit o
no loss than two hundred and fort ;
million bushels in the world's supply o
wheat. The calculation of shortagi
may have to bo revised in favor of i
larger deficiency if lute reports of dam
ngo to spring wheat in Dakota am
Minnesota turn out to bo scri
ou& , and if the unseasonable wcathe
in Europe continues much longer
This condition ought to bring to th
.farmer some rich returns. But the in
Jluonco of olovntor men may to a ccrtaii
extent keep prices down. It is to thoi
advantage to buy up all the wheat ii
night at current prices , nnd profit by th
rlsa of price later on. Oh the otho
liuud , there is the enthusiast who prc
dlaU ) that wheat will bring a dollar
-bushel if the farmer holds his croj
tThoro is danger of course in the excite
' mont of a bullish market that the farmo
will lose Ills head by keeping his whcv
too long or at too high a figure unt !
ronction sots in , whoa ho will sell ut an
price. No rule , therefore , can bo la.I
flown as to just at what moment th
farmer can realize the highest price ft
his wheat. But this ono fact is certalt
the great shortage in the world's suj
ply has raised the prlco of wheat nn
the farmer has the opportunity of largol
prollttngby tlio advance.
South Ontnhn.
The special election which taken place
to-morrow in South Omaha vitally concerns -
corns every person interested in the
rowth and prosMirity [ of that magic
city. TJiO propositions submitted to the
voters of South Omtthi involve the crea
tion of a bonded debt to the nnWUiflt of
ono hundred and oighty-povon thousand
dollars.
First. Shall the city of South Omaha
issue sixty-two thousand dollars of six
per cent twenty year sewer bonds ?
Second. Shall the city of South
Omaha issue seventy-eight thousand
dollars in city six per cent twenty year
bonds , the proceeds whereof shall bo
used to construct ono viaduct across Q
street and unolhor viaduct across L
BtreotV
Third. Shall the city of .South Oninlm
issue twelve thousand dollar : ) often
ton yenr six per cent bunds , Iho
proceeds to bo expended for paving
street intersections ?
Fourth. Shall the city of South
Omaha issue thirty-five thousand dollars
of ten-year nix percent funding bonds ,
the proceed : ) to bo used to pay oil' the
floating debt created b.v the city since it
was Incorporated in 1887 ?
A strong bonlimont in favor of voting
all these mortgages lias boon worked up
by the owners of largo tracts of land ,
which are to bo improved'at the expense
of the btnall taxpayers , by contrac
tors who expect handsome re
turns out of sewer and viaduct
construction , and lastly by creditors
who have bought up the warrants that
constitute the Moating debt. A combi
nation of such elements is very formid
able in any community. Tills is only u
repetition of the history of every city
that has been plunged headlong into
debt without reflecting about the nat
ural consequences. Viewed from an ox-
pericnce gathered during the curly his
tory of Omaha , tlio bonding .suhomo ,
with ono exception , is sure to bo fraught
with financial disaster , and will inevit
ably result in enormous taxation with
comparatively small benefits.
South Omaha has as yet no general
plan of street grading and no well-ma
tured plan of surface drainage and un
derground boworngc. No city managed
on business principles will under lake
extensive public improvements , involv
ing an outlay of ton per cent on its
assessed property valuation , without
carefully matured plana , especially de
signed by engineers who have largo experience -
porionco in sewerage and grading. To
do otherwise nnd simply leave such
work to an ordinary surveyor or
cheap engineer can only result
in n system of public improve
ments that must boonor or later bo
done over at heavy expense or have
to bo abandoned.
It is a very borious matter to vote
mortgages upon South Omaha that will
compel an annual tax of over ton thou
sand dollars for interest alone , inde
pendent of the sinking fund to pay off
the principal. With over one hundred
thousand population , the interest-bear
ing debt of Omaha is only about ono-
soventb of the projwsed mortgage on
South Omaha , und Omaha has over half
a million invobtod iu school buildings
nnd another half-million in sewers and
viaducts.
Whatever the temptation and pres
sure to vote all these bonds may bo ,
every citizen that has the welfare of
South Omaha at heart should pause be
fore ho casts his vote for them. There
is no danger that South Omnna
will lose anything by delay. The main
thoroughfares to Soutli Omaha are sure
to bo graded and paved within the next
year by the county and the street rail
roads. The demand of heavy traffic compels -
pols these improvements at the expense
of the county , as well is of the street car
lines. The proposed sewers and viaducts
should never bo touched until surveys
have boon made , grades established tea
a uniform system , and a general drainage -
ago plan has been prepared and adopted.
The twelve thousand dollar bonds Jor
paving intersections might bo voted if
the material is stone , because any ma
terial change in the grades that com
pels the taking up of pavements would
not involve its destruction to the loss of
taxpayers.
As to the funding bonds , it is n ques
tion whether paying oil the floating
debt will not stimulate further
recklessness and wnsto. If the council
can have its overlaps funded right
along it will keep on piling up the city
debt and in a few years , when the day
of reckoning conies , South Omaha will
either have to repudiate its obligations
or ruin its small property owners by
enormous tuxes.
The proper thing to do will bo to vote
down tlio funding bonds now and lot the
debt float until a stop can bo put tc
overlaps through the legislature in the
shape of laws that will make the mayoi
and council give sulliciont bonds and
hold their bondsmen liable'for any debt
incurred unless it cpmes within the tas
levy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
lllKhlinmlril Uotilicry.
On the first of September anthracite
coal will take another advance of fifty
cents a ton. This will bo duo to the
action of Iho coal carrying railroads ,
which a couple of weeks ago decided to
advance the freight rate by the above
amount that is , fifty cents from the
Pennsylvania mines to Chicago. It ii
quite possible that dealers hero may ad'
vance the price of coal more than half r
dollar. It is thought probable that bj
December 1 there will bo at least twc
more advances , BO that tlioro is ovori
likelihood that the moroiloss coal trus
will squeeze the people more so
vorcly this winter than over bofo ro.
Thorn is not the slightest justifica
tion in the business ot the coal carryIng -
Ing roads for advancing the freight raU
at this time. With but one exception
they all did a larger business in tin
transportation of coal during lust Jul ;
than for the eamo month of 1SS7. 'Thoj
are all making money , the outlook foi
them nt this season of the year wa
noor more favorable , nnd the only ox
planution of their action is that havinj
the power to do as they please the ;
take full advantage of it. It is slut ) ) ! ,
and purely extortion , against whicl
the corporations Unow thu pco
pie have no present redress
nnd in utter disregard of all interest
but their own they go on piling ex
action on exaction , wringing from th
country nn enormous tribute that falls
with most oppressive 'weight upon more
than half the people.
Is there tiovor to bo found n remedy
for this sort of hlgh-handod robbery ?
The combination of railroads nnd mine
owners In Pennsylvania violates the
fundamental law of that state , but thu
lnr5tiCr.C9 of 'ho ' corporations appears to
bo sufnclont to rovent proceedings
against thorn. Congress hostel0Il.u ! ) .
dallies with projHvod legislation to de
stroy such combinations. The people
HutTor nnil tire patient. But they will
not fore ver submit to extortion and op
pression. _ _ _ _ _
The Idaho Pan Handle.
An obstacle in the way of the admis
sion of Washington Torrllory to state
hood is the question of adding to the
present area of the territory what is
c.illod tlio Iditho Pan Handle. Thin is a
strip running up north to the Canadian
bmndnry between Washington to the
\ves > t and n mountain range on the east
which separates it from Montana , and is
the bust part of Idaho , being well irri
gated and containing some mineral do-
ixteits. Tilts' addition to Washington
would bring tlio population up to the
requisite number for admission.
Hut the people of Idaho
stoutly resist the proposition
to deprive them of any portion of their
territory , and they are not without sup
port in congress. It is argued that it
would not bo right , after twenty years
of the privations that belong to frontier
life , for congress to nay to the people of
Idaho , ju-jt as they are beginning to see
daylight and to bo entitled to admission
as n state , "wo will take oil twenty-live
thousand square miles oil' your area and
twenty thousand of your population and
attach thorn to some other territory ,
and put you bank twenty years longer. "
Tlio reply to this is that the people of
Idaho are not beginning to HUH d-iy-
light nnd are not. likely to see it
for liulf a century to come. Tlio
present population of the territory is
about forty-live thousand , and an in
crease since the lust census of thirteen
thousand. At this rate of growth it is
evident that it will bo fully fifty yours
before it will have a population largo
enough to moot the present require
ment for ronroiontntlon in congress
which is nearly two hundred thousand ,
and as the basis of roproioiitation will
doubtless bo incroasad from decade to
decade1 it may bo n great doitl more
than half a century before Idaho will
be prepared for statehood. A great
deal of the territory does not
possess a Boil and clinnitio con-
.ditions which invite settlement , and its
growth in population outside Of the area
embraced in the Pan Handle must nec
essarily bo very .slow.
There are other cogent reasons in
favor of annexing the Pan Handle to
Washington in order to give the terri
tory the required population for admis
sion , among which ia the "fact flint the
people of the coveted strip have now
much greater commercial relations with
Washington territory than with South
ern Idaho , and would bo very mate
rially bonoHUed if a part of the forme-r
when admitted to statehood. But all
this reasoning does not overcome the
strong desire of tlio Idaho people gen
erally that their territory shall re
main intact nnd take its chances of
statehood at some time in the future ,
which of - . believe will -
they , com--o , e-omo
sooner than appears possible on the basis
of the present population'and the in
crease since the last census. It is doubt
less true that if the Pan Hnndlo is an
nexed to Washington the cited will bo
to annihilate the territory of Idaho , us
the southern part would very likely bo
nnnoxud to Nevada , but nevertheless it
is probable this will bo the final action
of congress in the matter. That action ,
howov or , will not bo reached at the
present session.
iu Iniliann.
It must surprise the intelligent for
eign render of American alTuirs to
learn that the state which furnished a
candidate for the presidency has for a
year or more past harbored a soerot
organization of alleged souitil regulators
who have terrorized the people of n
portion of its territoryand in tlio name
of social order have committed outrages
against law and society. The natural
supposition would bo that a state in
which presidential material abounded
to any extent must bo made up of
people of exceptional intelligence , hav
ing the most careful respect for
the law , and tolerating no exorcise of
force or authority outside of the law.
Yet an organization known as the
"Wliito Caps" has for n long time com
pletely dominated several counties of
Indiana , and it is only within a few
weeks that tlio authorities , aroused by
the reports ot lawlessness and brutality ,
have taken stops to suppress the organ
ization. The region over which the
White Caps have extended their reign
of terror is doubtless not the most moral
in the stuto , and the original uurpoao
of the organization may have a measure
of justification in the existence of social
vicoand corruption which those cnnrgod
with the execution of tlio laws wore
not sufficiently zealous in combat ting
But most naturally the toleration of this
unlawful method of punishing the
vicious and tlio evil-door led in time tc
the transformation of an instrument tc
supplement the law and to accomplish
what inefficient officials did not do intc
an engine of violence nnd outrage , grow
ing finally to bo a moresoririusevil than
any it was designed to punish and sup
press. The members of the organiza
tion were bound together by an ontl
described as blood-Curdling in its pro
visions , the penalty of its violatioi
being death. Tlio candidate win
required to swear that ho hni
boon accessory to some crime
which was hold ovqr him t <
prevent treachery. It is said that f
considerable number of prominent am'
respectable citizens were drawn int (
the order , and having taken the fcarfu
oath and learned the penalty of its violation
lation , subscribed to the mock morality
nnd assisted in carrying out the purposi
of punishing citizens for alleged offensci
without appeal to law. Tlio organiza
tion does not countenance murder , bu
has frequently halted little short of i
in tlio perpetration of its brutalities am
barbarities , of which women us well a
men have boon the victims.
Of course there la but ono way b
* ' Jt
donl with organizations of this
character in a community
where the i laws are ample
for tlio punlslfaibnt of ovll doors and the
correction ofsocial vices , and where the
authority and machinery are sufficient
for the onfonfeijicnt.of the laws , and
that is to sutnJflrirlly suppress them , at
whatever cost to the Htnto. This appears
to bo thu intention of tlio authorities of
Indiana , and for tlio credit of that state ,
ild Indeed of the American people , it
9 to bo hoped tills hiiontion will bo
icrslstod In until the brutal orgaiiiza-
ion shall bo broken up completely ,
'horo is far too little popular concern
n this country about the existence of
ccrot organizations outside of the law ,
mil the sooner there shall be1 an awak-
nlng of public opinion hostile to such
rgaiiizations , under whatever plnusi
blo disguise they may exist , tlio
letter it will bo for law , order and good
tfovernmont. There have been half a
core at least of such organizations , for
) iio purpose and another , all outside
mil in disregard of the law , within the
ast twenty-live years , and all exorcising
i curtain terrorism and tending to
Time and social demoralization. It is
line sue'li unlawful orders ceased to receive -
coivo the least toleration in this
ountry.
TUB experiments made by the gov-
rmnmit in silk culture have boon more
ir loss successful in several western
tales where silk stations have boon es-
ablishod. It is proposed to locate n
iinilnr uxpurimoiitul station in No-
jniskn which appears to bo admirably
uliiptoil for the purpose. Our ropre-
ontativiis in congress , notably Senator
Jnddock , will take tlio matter in hand
md endeavor to secure a part of the np-
iropriation for thn state. Kilk raising
s peculiarly suited for fiirm > rs' wives
nd children. It is n plo'is'int task ru-
lulring but little manual labor. The
are of the silk worm , however , do-
nnnds sumo knowledge ami experience
vhieh it will be the duty of the
Into silk commissioner to impart.
\.s tin investment sills culture is said to
M > extremely prwtitablu. A trained
Hind with two hundred mulberry trees
m two acres of land can raise a silk
i-op to the value of $1,000 , and it is esti-
nated that two or three suuh eroH | can
raised in ; i year. There have broil
tcsullory attempts of silk culture in Ne-
n-aska , but it lias been neglected owing
0 the laclof proper knowledge on thu
stibj jet. But with the establishment of
1 national silk woVm station under the
care of a practical silk oulturist , tlio m-
lustry can belfri'le both pioiitiblo and
) opular in oui\Vurnl coinmunH'c * .
TUB placing of a block of five million
dollars' worth of Northern 1'uc.illc soett-
iiies principally in i'uropovillubtrate ! > i
ho lui o linaiicial tiansactions of the
lay and tlio coTlfidencj of foruign in
vestors in American railroads despite
he scurvy tricks so often pln.vod on
hem by American financiers. In anther -
( thor respect Ibis transaction is impo- ;
; vnt. It signijita ) Unit London , Hurliu
ind Paris capital is computing with tlio
nonoy market of Now York mid Button.
. ( l-Juropunn cipilnl keeps pouring into
America for imostinoiit , itill not bj
eng before the banker. ) of the oust will
w forced to lower their nito of interosl/
u order to compote with this "pauper"
capital from abroad.
TUB most refreshing bit of nown from
, ho northwest for n lony time is that
, ho Sioux Indians are willing to sign.
J'nis change of heart c-iiiu about only
ivftur the commission ntoppud talking
nnd began feeding them on juicy gov
ernment buof and biauk colTco.
KINGS AND ( JUKKNS.
An oiiucstii.ui stutuo is to bo eroctocl to
tlio Into liinpi'rorVilli.ini at Sitcttin , Ger
many , ut a cost of about $ V > , ieU. )
Younsf Kmj'rror William bin proniisoJ tiiut ,
the production of Waijnur's opsr.is ut Hny-
routh shall co'itinue , nnil thu hnrmoncy of
tlio umpire H tbreiituneil.
The iliar.v of the Into Kni'iin-or Frederick ,
wliK'h ho loft to bis coinoro as hotprlvutu
property , is n . ln In her po oslon. She bus
iven FOIIIO valumi's of nou-s on pufoiy mili
tary subjcc's to the state iiruliivos.
Thn Kin , ' of Coro.i h not th i wa.ikllnsj that
bis unomii" . represent him. In fact , ho ! > u
strong , kindly , pi-ojrrosslvo nr.m , who 1ms a
rJ roml to no , mid whoso Kcntlunuss is
sometimes mlshilieii for luck ot strength.
Americans who have known him admlro
him.
him.As
As the queen resent o ? Spain was driving
with her two ilnuK'itor.i ' recently she noticed
an a ed priest tottering out of u house. The
can-hit ; . ' was stopped , the priest helped to n
peat in it , irid Uio < iuoun md her children ot
out ami walked. The crowd who saw It were
delighted.
The nueon of England never sends bur per
sonal I'orrcsiHindenco through the rornlur (
mull us her subjects do. Every trival com
munication , whether of a personal or private
nature , is delivered nt its destination by a
IJUCOII'B moHsen'or. ; .Sho is the only Euro
pean sovereign who dons this. The other
potonntcs tire democratic enough to uao the
mall.
Emperor William II. 1ms mndo the king of
Portugal n colonel in the German army.
Slowly but surely thu Gorman military or
ganisation throws its tontuuloH upon the po
tentates of Europe , " Thu czar of UussU has
high rank in the German army : so has thu
emperor of Austria. Queen Victoria is a
colonel In the siimb establishment. If Em
peror William could now porsuudo General
Uoulnngcr to accept a lieutenancy or cap
taincy in a German'roj-'iniont the peaoo of
Europe would bo-established on a firm basis-
At nil events , nny fAttiro war in which Ger
many may engngb will bo practically r
mutiny. ( . , j
Speaking of Uinmnrck , n correspondent
says : "If the prince is not n lover of paint
ings It Is said that ho has never put nls foot
Insldo tlio Berlin' museum bo is fond o I
music , and when Pifulluo Lucc'n used to sltif ;
nt the opera house he was ono of her mosl
assiduous listeners. Ulsmarck knows am ]
appreciates the great poets , Goethe , Shakespeare
spoare nnd Schiller , nnd quote ? from their
frequently In bis discourses. Ho also likes
to rend sentimental nnd dramatic novels
Weak In science , ho Is strong In history nni
modern Innguagos. He speaks French nni
Engllnh fluently , and knows Russian , Italian
and Spanisn well. "
1'EUSON'AiaTIES.
Hlondln , who Is a graceful cyclist on UK
rope , cannot ride an ordinary bicycle on UK
ground.
Sir Edgar Ymcent. the financial ndrlsor o :
the khcdivo of Egypt , Is making a tourof tin
United States.
Secretary Bayard's vacation so far ttili
s mon consists of n two days' trip to Middle-
town , Mil.o attend a funeral.
I uoy Stone , one of the first chnniplon * of
woman's right nnil the ubolltlon of Mnvorv ,
has Just celebrated her onvcntloth blrthdny.
Mrnft. Pnttt-Nleollnl wnnti to sell her
Crnlg-y-Nos castle , Wales. The o tnto cor-
urs S50 acred , surrounded by picturesque
luatijitnlna.
Anicllc Hirer * , n Richmond critic say * ,
wrote her tragedy , "Herod and Marlamno , "
( tome ftvo years ago , before she was twenty-
one years old.
.1. 1C. Emoct , the actor , has Just paid J3.000
for the St , Henmrd dog I'llnllininon , mild to
bo the finest of the breed In the world. This
Is the largest prlco ever paid for a dog.
Mr. Justice Lainnr , of the United States
B uirO"J'laiurtt ; awarded the iirlzes at the mi-
nual coaching parade fit liclhlehom , N. > ! . ,
Monday , No appeal was taken from any of
his decisions and no fault found with any of
his rulings.
Younp Hearst , editor of the San Francisco
Examiner , graduated from Harvard In 1831 ,
mid was csHolally | noted In college as the oc
cupant of a room whoso fittings cost $1,000.
His father , the senator , made him a present
of the Examiner on commencement day.
The Dlsr.iolls are not extinct.A descend
ant of the two great men of that immu hope *
to continue Its prominence and honor , Mr.
Conlngsby Disraeli , who is still ul Oxford ,
has a strong resemblance to his Illustrious
uncle. Ho Is an enthusiastic musician and
talks of devoting his llfo to studying the
"language universal. "
General Sherman has Just paid 835,000 for
u hoiiso on Soventy-lirst street , Now York ,
within u square of Central Park. The gen
eral now lives In the Fifth Avenue hotel , but
hopes to be In his now house some time nnxt
month. A rise of 1T > per cent in the value of
surrounding property is predicted on account
of the general's purchase.
It is said that when Jay Gould is very
much absorbed in thinking out some bitrail
road scheme ho seems to be very idle , for ho
sits tipped bade In his chair te.irlng bits of
paper into thin strips. H is very particular
to have the strips of the sumo width and per
fectly oven , and his whole mind h apparently
given uii to this diversion , while hu is really
not thin'cing at all of what ho is doing with
his hands.
Ttio new chief Justlco Is the smallest man
of thn supreme court of the United State * ,
weighing 1:3 : } pounds and b"lni ? live feet six
Inches high. Associate Justice Gray is the
lurjioat , measuring six feet live inches high
ami uniting the scales at IHX ) pounds. .luMicni
Hr.idli'.v and Hlatchford are about an inch
liiiilior than the chief Justice , and weigh
twenty pounds more. Associate Justice
Harlun is next to Gray In height , six feet two
helm ; Ids distance from the ground , and 2.M )
pounds his weight. The other justices are
an even hciglit , being between live feet nuio
and ten Inches. With the clilef Justice in the
renter and the two big men at each end , u V
is formed when all stand in line.
Our Servant Girl.
St. Lout * ( ilnlif.
\Ve hired her , but she could not cook ;
She knew not how to make a bed ;
And I will swear upjn the Hook
She could not bake a loaf of broad.
She into corners swept the dust ;
A dust-pan she hud never BOOH ;
The range toolc on a coat of rust ;
Pols pans and kettles were unclean.
Till it was black she boiled the tea ;
The pan in which she boiled the lish
: ho used unclean for fricassee ;
At every meal she broke a dish.
Althounh of splendid hoiilth and strong ,
Of work she seemed to bj afraid ;
She nevur cleaned the lamps as lent ;
As she could sne without their aid.
About her rights she had no doubt ,
And did not fear of them to speak ;
Sin wanted every Sunday out ,
Am ! throe night- , , also , every week.
My wife to her becoming cool ,
She left tit , sulky , black as ink.
.Slui is now inatruetriws in a school ,
TiMining servant girls , I think.
' Jii , whoa doei tlio honeymoon end , tell me ,
pray ,
And the iriU show itself In the honey ! "
' 1'iie honeymoon ends , 1 believe , on the dav
\Vh n the wife sjys she must have s > omo
money. "
A Solinylor fNeb. ) man was hanged in elllgy
th Mil'ier nijfht , bi'cmsj he had married the
divorced wile ol anot.ier resident of the town ,
The heart ( eminine is appraised at $5,1X1 ! )
out in ArlJiiiiMis , At least that sum has
buisn awarded tiy a iury in Harbor county
to Urn pl.untiir in a breach of prumisn
ease.
At u great Italian wedding the other day
one of the gilts presented to the bride was a
magnillceiit necklace , representing the na
tional tri-ioioi-d , composed alternately of large
diamonds , ruble.- * and emeralds , all picked
stones.
i'lie second dnuuhtor of Marquis Tsang
( known in England as Lady Hlossoni
'i'-.eng ) , was married In Pekin , a few weeks
ago , to Mr. Wu , a member of the Chinese
diplomatic service and son ot u viceroy. The
ceremonies were quite impotlng.
In what pionths do people marry J A coun
try minister in New England has married
to coup. . . * . Of those 17 were married iii Do-
m'jer ' , 14 in September , ! i in January , 8 caeli
June an I October , 7 cacti in Murcti , April ,
M y and November , t ! in August and -1 each In
- i-uiuniy and July.
Eli. abjthtown , ICy. , Is bewailing Its sur
plus , the which , however , consists wholly of
wiUjws. There are sixty-one In the burir to
Just six widowers ; so it Is not strange that
but throe widows have got second husbands
there in the last thirty-live years.
UiHe Carlin , daughter of a very wealthy
farmer of Spencer county , Kentucky , loved
Kelly Haird , u poor youth. . Her fattier ob
jected , and when she declared she would
marry no other the parents drove her from
home and will dlsinlurit her. Alias Curlln
sought refuge with a friend and wrote to her
lever ut Louisville. The young couple ar
rived and wjro married.
The suit in San Kranelsco of Fung Leo for
divorce Irom her husband , Chan Lee , is said
li.v the Chronicle to be the first appearance of
Chinese in u divorce court in the United
States. This is an error. Several years ago
the late Charley Hee Sing , who kept a sail-
OIM' boarding house In New York city , ap
plied lor divorce from a woman whom ho
had married in Knglmid.
Deputy Shcrilt Vaughn lodged a queer
eloping couple in the county Jail at Cheyenne
whom he captured at Indian creek , near the
i'latte river , on instructions sent from the
authorities at Sidney , Neb. The runaways
were Lee Dryer , aged nineteen , and Lillie
Gullulln , aged twelve. They left their homes
near hidnuy two weolis ago , and traveled
mostly on toot across Cheyenne oounty , No-
brasua , and eastein Wyoming. ShoritT Eu-
banks , of Sidney , took charge of the pair
and icluriicd them to their parents.
There is a big sensation at Cleveland ,
TPIUI. , over the swapping of wives by Wil
liam Van Patten and H. E. lirooks. which
lias Just eoiuo to light. The trade took place
threa weeks ago. Van Patten and lirooks
came south two years ago from Michigan ,
and bought farms throe miles from Cleve
land. Too lamilics have always been on the
boat of terms , there being two children in
each family. I3y the consent of both bus-
bands and wives the two men traded part
ners three weeks ago. and the trade proved
very satisfactory until yesterday , when Van
Patten when to Cleveland and consulted u
lawyer to ascertain if bo could not compel
Urooks to trade back.
Lev ! W. Sawyer and Miss Sarah Cunning ,
of UrOiidnlbln , N. Y. , have Just been mar
ried. Ho is llfty-four years old and she Is
twenty-nix. The disparity of ages , however ,
Is not as much the peculiar feature of the
marriage as the fact that Miss Cunning was
the step-daughter of Mr. Sawyer. The
father of the bride was killed in the civil
war. When she was two years old her
mother was married to Mr. Sawyer , and the
family lived peacefully till the death of the
wife , three years ago. IJy her father , sons
were born to Mrs Sawyer , to whom their
half-sister is now step-mother. One of the
sons lias a wife and child , and another holds
the position of guard in the Now York house
of refuge. The two ethers live under the
paternal roof. Sawyer ii well to do.
Too Orthodox. Mother ( after church )
What a good old soul Hoy. Dr. Goodman is.
If there ever was a snlnt on earth ho Is one.
Daughter Ye-csmamma : but did you notice
how awfully his trousers bag1 at the knees I
Tlvls Is what the Sunday-school teacher
said to Johnny : "Moses was the meekest
man who over lived. " This is what Johnny
said to the Sunday-school teaehorMoses
may liavo thought It was fun to bn modk , but
I bet you hu never made uuy money at It. "
THE 11KK SOItAP HOOK.
The Hlcgn or Mctinntopol.
The history of the "Slego of Sebustopol"
ono of the grandest nchlavouiontfl In military
nnnnls hni been written by ono who wnn an
oyo-wltne * to all the movements in the
Crimean war.
The city stands upon an Inlet of the Black
sea which extends east and went inland
about four and onn-hnlf miles. The entrance
to the Inlet Is about half a mile wide but im
mediately opens to the width of onn mlle ,
making ono of ttio lluc.it/ natural harbors In
the worlj , On the right or north sldeas the
Inlet Is entered , may bo soon thiS ruins of the
famous city and fortress of Sobastopol.
It will bo sufllclont to state
that the city was held by the Uusslans , that
the bcsolgtng force consisted of English nnd
French troops , with occasional help from the
Turks. Early in September the licet of the
allies came to anchor In the Hlack so.i. On
the 11th the French commenced landing. In
about ono hour 0,000 men , had reached shore.
There was no enemy in sight. They were
rapidly followed by the English until the entire -
tire force was landed , consisting of 'J3r , > 00
French troops commanded by St. Arnaud
and 27C01 English commanded by Lord
Uaglan. On the BUth of September the bat-
tie of the Alma was fought and won by the
allies. On September .M the troops com
menced moving preparatory to Investing So-
hastopol. On September ! i9 Marshal St.
Arnaud , the French commander , biioxmo
suddenly 111 and died. Ho was succeeded by
General Caurobort. Up to this date and later
cholera raged fearfully. Ono account states
that as many men were lost by
cholera as fell at the Alma. Neither ago or
rank was respected. The English nrm.in .
particular suffered terribly mr the want of
Mirneotm. Step by step the allies moved up
until , on the night of October 7 , 1SW , Seb.is-
topol was completely invested. Soon after
daybreak , on the morning of the loth , the
Russian batteries opened u heavy lire on the
right of thu allies , which was h"pt up during
the entire day. The Uusrtluns , who usually
cease tiring at sunset , were at this particular
time on the alert all night , and continued
their lire against the whole line of the allies
almost unintorrupudly , Every instant the
darkness was broken by a Hash which bad
all tlu < effect of summer liulitniiu ; then
came darkness again , and in a few .sec
ends a tainter Hush denoted the bursting
of a shell. Wo are now approaching the
period of the great "charge. " At 0:3J :
a. in. on the 17th the bombardment of Sebas-
topul commenced and continued until night
fall. The allies bad 117 guns to 13) of the
KuHiiiuis. The llro was renewed on the
morning of the Ihth soon after daybreak. At
the first Uawn of day , on thu 10th , the bat
teries opened on both sides , and again con
tinued with great force until darkness loll ,
Each day was but a repetition of the preced
ing one , until the -"illi , the day of the great
charge. Before this event is described , it
will assist the reader to form u belter concep
tion of this remarkable ehargo if wo skutti
the position of the "Light Urigado" prior to
the - > th.
It appears that u feeling existed in the
army , in aomo quarters , that the cavalry
were not as useful us they might be ,
that they bad lout golden opportunities
from the indecision and caution of their
leader : that the "Light liriKado" in particu
lar were utterly useless In the programme of
nnu of their most important duties the col
lection of supplies for the army that they
were "above their business nnd too line gen
tlemen for their work. " This fcolinc , in
time , reached the ears of the ofllcors and
men of the "Light Brigade" and us a natural
consequence they were stung to madness.
The probability is that a vow was made that
they would show the world that they wore
not too good to light unon the llrst oppor
tunity they had. They had their opportunity
on the 'i'lth of October , 1S54.
During the excitement and con fusion at
tending the terrific bombardment from the
17tn to the U.'itli the enemy suc
ceeded in moving a force of cav
alry , infantry mid artillery to the rear ot the
allies. At half-past T on the morning of the
-.Mh nn orderly galloped to the headquarters
of Sir Colin Campbell and communicated to
that oflleor the fact that thu enemy were in
their rear. This information was Immedi
ately communicated to Sir George Cnthcnrt
and the duke of Cambridge , and af ! > o to the
French commander , who immediately or
dered out the Third division under General
Bosquet. Soon all was confusion in the
camp of the allies. Aides were soon scam
pering in all directions carrying orders to
the various commanders ; hero wore seen
batteries moving up to position ; over across
the valley could be seen the cavalry trotting
to the front ; soon the bagpipes wore
heard ; in u moment the Highlanders
marched down to the front to the
post of danger to receive tho. shock which
General Campbell knew must come. At 8
o'clock Lord Haglan , the commander-in-
chief , rode down and surveyed the fleld ,
then retired to the roar.
The Uussians advanced In six masses of
infantry , supported in front with a line of
artillery , while still further In front were
two batteries ot light guns supported by
cavalry. The Light Urigado was com
manded by Lord Cardigan , the Heavy bri
gade by General Scarlett , the whole com
manded by Lord Luoan. The redoubts down
near ttio end of the valley , which hud been
bold by Turks , were rapidly captured by the
Russians. Quickly the Uussians formed
into line , ono moment then halted to
breathe , then in one grand line
they charged upon the Highlanders.
Wboil the Uussians came up within ( MX ) yards ,
down went that , line of steel In front , and
out rang a rattling volley of musketry. The
Russians wore not checked. On they came ,
but ore they came within 250 yards another
volley Hashed from the rlllos. The Uussians
are cheeked. They reform. The trumpets
rang out again through the valley , then thu
greys and Ennls-Kllleners wont right at the
center of the Uussian cavalry. There was a
clash of steel and a light play of sword
blades In the air , and they the greys and redcoats
coats disappear in the midst of thu quivering
mass. Additional forces rush at the enemy ,
nnd put them to utter rout.
TIII : UUIAT CIIAICOI : .
About 11 o'clock General Airly gave an
order to Captain Nolan in writing to take to
Lord Lucan. When Lord Lucnn received
the order and had read it , ho asked , it is
said : "Whore are wo to advance to I"
Captain Nolan pointed with his linger in the
direction of the Uussians , nnd , according to
the statements made after his death , said :
"There are the enemy , and there are the
guns , " or words to that effect.
It appears that , In order to remedy n defect
in the arrangement of the British forces ,
Lord Uaglan sent two orders to Lord Lucan.
In the first the order was given to advance ,
that the cavalry would bo supported by In
fantry. Hero is the great "blunder. "
There appears to have been some misunder
standing about the infantry support. The
Duke of Cambridge and Sir George Cnthcnrt ,
who commanded thu infantry , stated that they
were not in receipt of orders to support the
cavalry. Lord Uaglan's second order came ,
"To advance rapidly to the front , follow the
cmomy , and try to prevent them from carry-
Inc away the guns , " Lord Lucan gave the
fatal order to Lord Cardigan , who com
manded the Light brigade. What were the
thoughts which like lightning Unshed
through the mind of the noble earl when
that order was glvcnl Did ho think of Old
England , his home , his wife nnd children I
Yes ! for n moment , then the reins were
drawn up with a Jerk , nnd ton inlnutns past
eleven the order was given to "charge ! "
"Forward the Light hrlgadol
Charge for the gnus , " ho said ,
Into the valley of death
Uodo the six hundred.
They advanced in two linos. At n distance
of I.'JOJ yards the whole line of the enemy
belched forth , from thirty mouths , u Hood of
smoke nnd llame.
Boldly they rode and well ,
Into the jaw.s of death ,
Into the mrmth of hell
liode the six hundred ,
"In diminished ranks with a halo of steal
above their heads , and with a uuoor which
was many a noble fellow's death-cry , they
Hew Into the smoke of the batteries , but ere
they were lost from view the plain was
strewn with their bodies. Through the
clouds of amokc their sabers could bo seen
Hashing as they rode between the guns cut
ting down the gunners as they stood. "
Hy a tremendous effort the heavy cavalry
succeeded In covering the retreat of the few
who survived that wonderful charge ,
When can their glory fade !
Ohl the wild charge they made ,
All the world wondered ,
Honor the charge they made ,
Honor the light brigade ,
Noble six hundred.
Further comment upon this nover-to bo-
foreotten event U unnecessary. The English
lord has told tlio story M no ono else can
tell It ,
The details of the | piaV,3 ( of the gMiul-
cst in inllltnry annuls cnnnot bo rejntcil
hero. It requires vohitnos to do the subject
Justice. On September it , ISIS , the Hldon
nnd Mnlakoff were captured. The Russians
at once evncttnteil tli plnco.
Ono glnnco at the battle by nn oyowltnossi
"Inside the sight wns too terrible to dwell
U1X3H. The French were carrying uvray th lr
own nnd the Kusslan wounded , nnd four ills *
tlnct piles of dead wet * formed to clear the
way. The ground was marked by pools ol
blood , nnd the smelt was nolsomo ; swarms
of HKIS settled on fiend and dying.
Descending from ( bo Malkuoft wo cam a
upon n suburb of ruined houses open
to the sen-It wns filled with dead.
The Ittissliins hud crept nwny Into holes
nnd Comoro of every house , to die like twls-
oni'it rats. Every Iiou4o , the church , publlo
buildings all nltko were broken by canon
and tnortiir. Of all the picture. * of Iho horrors
rors of war which huvo oven been presented
to the world , the hospital of Sobintopol ol
fured the most horrlblu , htuirt-rcmllnir , anil
revolting. In n low room , lay the wounded
Hussliins. Tlio woumtud , did I suy ! No ,
but thu dead the rotten nnd festering
corpses of thu soldiers who wore loft to dlo ,
packed us eloso us they could bo stowed , "
loo's WIIV.
The Jiidgt ,
1 nut feolln' mighty trlllln'
An1 right low sporolud ;
An' nt 1 worn't sixty vcar
'N'1 hedn't this gray bend ,
I'd Jes , turn In an1 iiov' i\ cry
On .van four-posted bed.
We'n Laury Boll wuz inarriod
t never shod a dinar ;
Bui nen she wuz n darter
An' got 'or settled near ;
I k no wed her man was stlddy ,
'N1 dodn't ' scum to heor.
But .loo's a-nmrryln' ternlght ,
My only bov , tbot's Joe.
t sotiso right well I'm losin him ,
Thet's why I'm grlovin' HO ;
It's 'bout liHo buryin' n son
Ter see him wed , yor know.
I'm snrtln' thet thar Susan Hates
UJ11 set him 'gainst hU maw ;
1 hov no grudge agin her ,
lr wish to pick n flaw ;
I on'y Jes1 desplso her
To bo my diirtor-'n-law.
Sbo's mighty cute an' prutty ,
I'm not gninsayin' tilcli ;
Her skin i whitu cis taller.
Bur e.vos / blaolc oa pitch ,
An' if she hedn't stole my Joo.
I'd like the liUlo witch.
Sho's hod n heap 'o offers ,
1'vo hoerd my darter nay ,
But nuver gin a shuck for none
Till Joe stepped down bur way ;
'N1 non , but Joo's like mo , an1 I
\Viu hnrnsum in my day.
Awe , well ; I 'sposo each mother
Is harried Jes' liku this ,
It's playiii1 sucoii" tlddlo
Thpf million us feel amiss ;
I b'liovo I'll b.ifo my oyos'n an1 go
An1 gin thot gyurl n kis .
SlNQUIjAltlXlKS.
Out in Now Mexico they caught the other
day u mbbilt with the tall of u cat.
Houston county , Georgia , is the homo of a
chicken whoso feathers are so like hair as to
give the olfect of fur.
Of throe ogps laid by a Georgia hen ono is
HS big us it goosu egg , one ua small HS a partridge -
ridge egg , und thu third about us big as a rltlo
bull.
bull.A
A "mlllt-wlnto gopher anako , seventeen
foul six inches long , " uud part of his tail out
off at that , has Just been slain down in Glytui
county , Georgia.
August 1 , at Oil City , Penn. , lightning
struck a house , nnd , while sparing all its hu
man occupants , got away with all the uiuo
lives of their cat.
One of the curiosities found in Muino is a
pine tree near Hullowoll that smokes. A
column of vupor as largo around us a man's
arm rises from the very top of the tree nnil
extends for several feet into the air. TIJ5 -
phenomenon Is of periodical occurcnco aud
no ono is able to explain It.
Tlioro comes from India a cnnlno anecdote
nbout u terrier who , when glvon a bone , was
sent to oat it on the grnvol drive In front of a
bungalow. Two crows hud sought often to
snatch the meat from the dogbut hud always
been defeated. Finally , they discussed tbo
matter in n neighboring tree , nfter which ono
of them flow down und peeked the dog's lull ,
and while the turrior was attornling to this
divertisemont the other ono cauio and seized
thu bone.
At Custagnoln , near Lugano , In Switzer
land , a woman , aged thirty-six years , re
cently gave birth to six chllaron four boys
nnd two girls. They worn born nlivu.thouftlt
prematurely , but they all dlod In a few oc-
onds. Tholr united weight wus only three
pounds thirteen ounces , nnd the length of
tholr bodies , which were imrfectly formed ,
varied from eight and three-fourths to ten
and oner-fourth inches. The case , which is
said to bent all previous authentic records of
human fecundity , Is vouched for by Dr.
Kruncesco Vussalli , of Laguno , who attended
professionally on the occasion , assisted by
1)1-3. Ulunchl , Koalt and Solnri , of the sacao
place.
From the Rockies comes a story that three
vuturcH attacked an ouglo m his nest on a
mountuin.puak the other day. Although at
tacked from three points , thu king of birds
gallantly held Ids own und slew two of the
vultures. The manner in which the onirlo
aid this was peculiar. Singling out ono of
the attacking birds it gnisped it tightly nbout
thu neck , burying its tiilons deeply in the
flesh , nncl then , rising almost perpendicularly
for about ono hundred feet , allowed the pris
oner to drop In u stunned condition on the
rocks bolow. Two fulls served to kill tlio
first victim , but tnrco wcro required to knock
out the second. The survivor , Booing thu futo
which had bofullon its companions , turned
tail and started rapidly down the mountain
side , uttering shrill cries as it flow.
UEMG10US.
The Hov. Phillips Hrooks is the only
clergyman of the Episcopal church who huh
preached ntChiiutauiiua.
At thu famous Y. M. C. A. convention now
going on In Stockholm ono of the most prom
inent of the delegates from America Is Mr.
L ) . A. Hildgo of Montreal.
A church In Pokin , Clilnn , sends a contri
bution to the Presbyterian board of church
erection for the building of churches on the
western const of our own Innd.
The Catholic Kevlow , of New York , esti
mates that thnro nro now about 70,000 col
ored Komnn Catholics in the United States ,
nnd that the number of converts from com
munions varies from " 5 per cent in some dioceses
ceses to Iii per cent in others.
The Lutheran church is doing n grand
work nnd nchiovlng wonderful success in
America.In 1870 the number of communi
cants In thnt denomination in this country
wus less than four hundred thousand. Now
tliuro uru ovur ono million.
Holiviawhich has an urcn of 500,000 sijuaro
miles und a population of a,000li)0 ) , is with
out a Hinglo Protestant missionary. Two
American teachers , encouraged by Bolivian
gentlemen and recommended by the Presby
terian board of missions , expect soon to es
tablish a school in Lu Paz.
An appeal has been made to tbo govern
ment by the Missionary society of the Moth-
odlst Episcopal church for the privilege of
exercising the right to prohibit the exporta
tion of llijuors into Africa. The measure Is
favorably regarded by church people gemy-
ally , who hold tlmt thu privilege demanded Is
but n legal right.
The fact tlmt the Church of the Holy Trin
ity iu New York has really been compelled to
pay n line of tl.OCO for bringing Kuv. Dr.
Warren from England as Its rector ought to
convince our legislators that some lessolumsy
scheme than that which they have nut Into
law might bo duvisod to restrict Immigration
to this country. Is there another nation In
the world that : would huvo bungled so badly
ubout It )
The conflicting reports concerning the
probability of the pope's leaving Itouiu are
meeting with general denial. Ho Is much dis
satisfied with his position in relation to the
Italian temporal authorities. Grlspl , the
prime minister , Is exceedingly hostile to pap-
ucy , and apparently desires to do uway with
the exterritoriality privileges which liavo
bcou ullowcd the pope over since Victor
Einuniiel llrst granted them. Grlspl's luteul
move u proposition to taku the elementary
schools under the cure of the stateIs par
ticularly exasperating , uuil tbo Vatican ra
te ut | t bitterly.