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7 " " * ' "yJ'ViflT * HJ * C ' THE OBtAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY MARCH 17 , 18S9.-SIXTBEN PAGES. DAILY BEE I'UIililHHED KVKIIY AlOItNlNO. TF.rtMS OK 8UIIBC1U1T10N , Dully ( Morning KilUlon ) Including SUNDAY ! JF.r. Onn Y nr , . , . . . . | ' For Six JIonthK . 6 < For Tlirco Months . 2 .TUB OMAHA SUNDAT UKK , mailed to any rnlrtre * i. One Vcnr . , . 2 WKKKI.V UKF , Ono Year . 21 OMAHA Ormn , Nos.fiH nnd fllfl I'AIINAM STUBS' CllICAOOOrMCE , WIT HOOK.fi IIT IIUIMHWI. NF.W roiiKUriifR , HootMU AND ISTiitiiu ? jitm.iuNo. WAFIIINOTOM Orrics , No. 6 FOUIITEKNTII BTHEKT. COlUinSl'ONDKNCB. , . AH communlentlons relating to news nnd cfl torinl matter should bo addressed to tha Uniie . All business lettorHnnrt remittances should I addressed to Tim UKK rum.isiiiNO COMI-AN OMAHA. Draft * , chrrns and postoflic oracrs 1 bo made payable to tlio order of tlio company. Vie Bee PaWfeWng Company , Proprietor ; E. ROSEWATER , Editor. JL'llE IJEL ! . Bworn Statement ot'Oirculntton. Btnto of Nebraska. I County of Douglas , f " OcorcoIJ. Tzschuck , secretary of tlio nee I'u' llshlng comnnny , deus solemnly swear that tli nctimrclrculaiion of Tun lUtr.r HER fort ! week ending March IB. 1889. was as f allows i 'Punrtav. MurchlU . l .8 Monday. March 11. . . . . . . . . lf,8 t Tuc&day. March 12 . IX. " \ Wednesday , March 1U . I8. ' Tliursday. March 14 . ! . ( 1'rlday. March lr . 1S.8 Saturday. March 10 . , . 18.8 I Avcrugo . 18,8 I UEOitni : n. TZSCIIUOK. Sworn to lioforo mo and subscribed to In m Dresenco thla 10th ilnv of March. A. D. 188(1. ( Seal. N. P. FKIlj. Notary Public. Btnto of Nebraska , I County of Douglas. fss < Oi'orRO . Tzschuck. Doing duly sworn , d POSCB and says that hu Is nocrotary ot the Be Publishing company , that the actual nvorut dally circulation of THE DAirv lint : for tt month ot March , 18W. 1B.OK ) copies : for Apr JSS8. 19,744 copies ) for May. 188S , 18,1 copies ; for umio , 18H8. 1B.84.1 copies : fi Jniy , 1RW. 18 , a copies : for August , IK ja,1SIcopl s : for September , 1888 , 18Lr > l conie for October. 1888 , 1WM4 copies : for Never ler. 1ff . IH.iUfl copies : for December , IBHfl , 18 , ' . ! copies ! for January , 1HW , 18,674 copies ; forFo ruary , Sworn to before mo nnd subscribed Inn projcnco this Zd day of Marclt. A. D. ISH'J. N. I . FEIL Notary Public. WATEU , water everywhere , but not 'drop" ' to drink. . . GOVKUNOII TH.VYBU has approve the Omnha charter , nnd it is now tl' law of the city. NKUIIASKAothcesoakors are uot go ting to the front with alarming spoci Many uro nutnod , but none are ehosou. MA.VOR BIIOATCII promises to riv Grooly 8 a weather prophet. The ell Imll signal guarantees thirty hours < dry weather. "GEXKIlAIj" PAUt , VAXDIMIVOOI ! appears to haVe been lost in the posti shuttle. Even Clarkson could not whit wash his record. A CUKE for the rabies has boon di covered in Pittsburff. A prompt appl cation of the remedy to the liydropni blsts running wild in the Lincoln lobl vroutd bo a profitable investment for tl state. jfir * ' RUMOIIS of war preparation in Euroi nre promptly followed by. denial Meanwhile every nation is armed froi too to crown and anxiously watching i chance to turn the .country into a va IE * ! slaughter houqo. 7 JiiANKMonuisgEY , of informer fann Is said to bo engineering the scheme I jmodify the gambling law by ropealin the imprisonment clause. There is n likelihood of his succeeding , as happil the governor will have something t eay in the matter. TUB accounts of the base ball invi slon of England furnish food to choc the patriotic heart. The outcurvcs an Inshoots displayed at ducal dinner table give ample proof of the capacity of ou boys to sustair > the glory of the republl as the paradise of consumptives. TnuBEisia again threatened with libel suit growing out of the poor fan exposures. The libel laws of NebrasU nre broad and liberal and if the pee farm management believes it can vind : cate itself by appealing to the law , has the indisputable right to do so. TUB BKB is in receipt of written an verbal throats of violence in case ou poor farm investigation bo not abai cloned. Tnis BKE has received so man communications of this character in ii voatigations of a similar nature in tl ; 4)ast , that they.aro looked upon as matter of course. i * v Tim Hampton legislative committe j , vrlll not report and in consequence th ? i 'forty supor-sorviceablo employes will a > draw pay until the end of the sossioi Tills is just what was to have boon c : pooled in view of the fact that near ! cverj- member has a relative clingin ; to him with a grip that cannot I Shaken off. Tun organi/.ation of the Intor-stai Railway .association for the avowc purpose of giving stability to wester freight rates promises an early an complete disruption ot taritTs. Tli agreement was scarcely cold before th Chicago & Northwestern announced reduction on rates from western poinl t to Duluth. Combinations cannot tur the Icaon edge of competition. THIS tldo of emigration from th Itixtos to Canada is assuming the pri portions of a stampmlo. Last year record exceeded that of the proviot your by 4,7(12. ( The American idea < nnnuxutlon will nnd little oncouragi niont in the dominion whllo wealth financiers , cashiers , bookkeepers an municipal statesmen seek homos ai ; Ehcltor there. 1 : f MANY of the leading cities of tl * country are enlarging the old and a quiring ground for now parks. Seven thousand acres are to bo added to tl : park system of Now York. The Cal forniu legislature has passed a bill at ( 'thorlidnj * cities and towns-to levy a ta for pavk purposes , These movements at , the result of crysUillzod public opinion * . The universal demand in crowded con , munltlns is for places of recreation an pleasure , managed for the public gooc ; The now charter will onublo Omaha t follow the example and surround itu with a system ot paries which will nc 6nly increase the attractions of the cit Jml contribute largely to the goneri TUB oat AIT A GovornorThayorapprovort the Omahi charter yesterday , and it is now in ful force and oltoct. Some of the change made in the provisions of the chartoi of two years ago are important. Ohio ! among those , perhaps , is the one takln ) the construction of public buildings on of the control of the board of publi works nnd placing it in charge ot UK mayor and council * tThoro was noi only a present necessity for this change but it is wise on general principles , tin executive ofllcor of the city and tin legislative representatives of the pee pie being manifestly the proper powon to control the construction of the publl buildings. They are required to b governed by the same methods of pro ccodnro as now povorn the board c public works , so that the amende charter simply makes a transfer c authority \vithout effecting any olmng in the munnor of the exercise of th authority. Another Important feature of th now charter is the authority given tin mayor and council to appropriate prl vato property for parks , boulevards am publio squares. It is provided thn whenever such appropriation shal bo declared necessary by ordl nance , the mayor , with th approval of the council , shal appoint three disinterested freeholder of the city to assess the damages to th owners of the property rospectlvol taken by such appropriation , the dan ago so assessed to bo subject to confirm atlon or rejection by the council. Prc vision is made for a board of park com mlssionors to consist of live member and to bo appointed by the judges c the district court , whoso duty it shal bo to lay out , improve and beautify a' grounds now owned or hereafter ac quired by the city for public parks. Po the creation of a park fund a levy of nc less than ono and one-half mills and IK exceeding throe mills on the dollar va nation of all taxable property is authoi ifcod. Under those provisions Omah may bo expected to make an early star in establishing a much-needed par system. . The authority to grant liquor license is now lodged in the hands of the mayc and board of live police commii sionors which will undoubtedly bo foun a much more satisfactory arrangomon than that which it supplants. Thor are other changes of minor importance but all of them improvements euggcstoi by experience in the operation of th charter of 1887. A faithful enforcement mont of the provisions of the noi charter ought to insure Omaha on of the best city governments in th country. ST. PATRICKS DAY , Strictly speaking , St. Patrick's day i a religious festival. Yet because Ire land has no great event in its histor ; worthy of Ubing called a natal day , th Irish race-scattered over the earth hav selected the 17th of March as the mos appropriate ono to give vent to thoi political hopes and aspirations , and re count the joysiand sorrows mostly soi rows of the 'fatherland. The rolifi ious life and conquests of St. Patric are somewhat typical of the1 proson struggle of Ireland for political indc pondonco. The former found the Islam steeped in paganism. Bloody druidicn sacrifices were of common occurrence The potty kings were constantly at war and trilial strife had almost ruined th country. Patrick came as a misslonnr ; of peace and good will. He first movei among the peasants , taught them th benefits of Christianity , and by cduca tlon gradually led them to a high plani of civilization. Kings and princes , un able to controvert his arguments , bowei submissively , and an era of peace am progress dawned upon the island. It wa truly the golden era of Irish history. I ; thirty-three years St. Patrick practi cally eradicated paganism and sowoi the seeds which , in the following thro centuries , flourished and doservodl ; gave to Ireland the title of "tho islani of saints and scholars. " Then it wa that Ireland was "the qulot habltatioi ot knowledge and religiqn ; " that ho sons , not content with their good works a homo , traveled all over Europe , every where carrying the light of christianit ; and civilization. The history of succeeding conturlc is a continuous story of bloody strif against foreign invaders , of abortv ! attempts to cast of ! the yoke of tyrannj of broken pledges , of persecutions famines and evictions. Not until th Land League sprung into life in th seventies , culminating in the struggl for homo rule , did the people of Irolani unite effectively in demanding thoi rights. While St. Patrick's path wa bcfcot by pagan ignorance , the leader of the now Ireland have-boon encompassed passed by bigotry , race prejudice , in formers and forgers. Those evils ar gradually but surely vanishing. Edu cation has wrought a mighty change The Irish loaders , backed by GJadston and the liberal parly , have in the pas few years , broken clown the barriers c prejudice and appealed personally t the rugged justice of Iho artisans am peasantry of England. The appeal wa not In vain. Every town and hamlol every district , give encouragement ti the movement , and calmly await tin opportunity to rogist-jr tholr dooisloi for homo rulo. As paganism vanishei before the light of civilization in tin fourth century , so do the evil influence of forgery nnd bigotry in thontnotoontl disappear before the united demand a Ireland for justice and political indo pendonco. Amioft "DAY. Tlio recurrence of Arbor day in No braskn the second Tuesday of April- is so near as to render timely a rotor cnco to the custom of setting ap.irt oin day in the year for general tree plant ing , with a view to urging its Importance anco and stlmulatlncr publio interest u its observance. The people of Nobrnski should feel an especial prldo in this cus torn , now in vogue in many states , because - cause it originated hero , but proper at tentlon to it is not simply a matter o Lontimont , but is urged by the soundest practical reasons. The early sottlon on the treeless prafi lea of Nebraska dr not need to bo told of the benefits to b ( derived from tree planting. Tlioy cat bear testimony to the vast amount o good that has boon done by what hat boon.accomplished In this way durin ) the past twenty years , and they ar hardly likely lo bo found lacking sion in the observance of Arbor day. Th later comers , however , may need t have tholr interest aroused , and t > - b assured that they can devote tholr timi on that day to no task of greater lin portanco than lliat of trco planting. In a communication priu led olsowhon in this issue ot THIS Br.tc , Gonern Brlsbin writes entertainingly nm instructively on this subject dwelling both upon its sontl mental and practical aspect. The ous torn is both beautiful and useful , Fo these who can rightly appreciate i this annual tree planting may bo mad a delightful pastime rather th.in a toil Eomo task , and it is in this spirit that i should always bo undertaken. Th children of the public schools should bi interested in the observance of Arbo day , and they may bo induced to be come among the most active and sov vlccablo helpers Jn promoting the sue cess ot the custom. Overseers of road should bo required to plant along high ways , railroads along their tracks , am provision should bo made for plantlni in cemeteries , publio grounds am parks. In short , the whole population urban nnd rural , should bo made to fee a zealous interest in Iroo planting as practical necessity and a contributlo ; to future welfare and enjoyment. General Brlsbiu makes two sugges tions which are wortliy of consldcrn tion. Ono is that Arbor day shoul como a month later , and the other thn the state might encourage the observance anco of the day byoffering liberal re wards to families planting the largos number of trees. It is unnecessary t discuss these suggestions now , but the , may properly bo recommended to publi attention with the single obsorvatioi that every proper and practicabl means should bo used to got from Arbo day the largest possible results. OHQANTZED CHARITY. Is organized charity a failure ? Per haps not wholly , but that It accom pllshcs us much as it might do , or as 1 is generally supposed to do , in rollov ing the destitute and suffering is un questionably not the case , There hai recently boon furnished In Chlcagi striking evidence ot this , and doubtless It could bo supplemented in every con siderable city of the country. SOUK time ngo the Herald of Chicago instl tulod an investigation in the quarton of that city where poverty most abound ; and its tliscoyorios wore appalling ' Hundreds of 'families were found ii utter destitution. Tireless hovels wcr < crowded with shoeless and hungry children dron , with the sick without medicine or food , or care , with helpless invalids and with those who , while able to wortc could flnd no work to do. It wasi , shocking , pitiful and pathetic condiyoi of affairs to bo found in a great an < wealthy city , and it proved how littli organized charity was doing there fo ; the thousands of unfortunates who mus bo helped or perish. The efforts of the newspaper "whos enterprise disclosed this unfortu nate condition of" affairs provoc another thing , namely , that thi great heart of Clucagd is ac ccssible to the cry of want and suffer ing. When the story of poverty atu wretchedness wag told there was i magnanimous response to the nppen for help'that did honor to the people ol Chicago. It was not their fault thai fellow creatures at tholr very door ; wore freezing and starving and dying. They had supposed that the rogula > machinery of charity was in full operation ation and doing all that it was dosignoc to do , and that this was sulliciont They will not be again misled by anj such blind faith. Hereafter , we maj bo sure , Chicago will flnd means addi tional to organized charity for talciti ( care of the helpless poor. The lesson is that a great deal of suf faring is inevitable in every largo citj if dependence for charitable relief if placed wholly Tin the organized methods ods of giving it. These are necessary indispensiblo , but they do only a limitei work , They provide , not over-goner ously as a rule , for only those who comi to them , some of which are not th most deserving. Organized charit ; works under rules and regulations , am it is . no part of these that i shall 'go forth in search of dis tress. But there is a great dea of misery and suffering that cai only bo found by hunting for it , and i is the duty of every community t guard itself against the shame of allow Ing its helpless poor to suffer and starvi when the moans to rollovo are at ham in abundance. Hero in our own city the winter ha passed with comparatively little suffer ing , but it would perhaps have boon fat dllToront had the winter boon of tin usual severity. As it is organized char ity has boon sulliciont to provide tin relief called for. But it can bo depended ponded upon to do this only under sucl favorable conditions' have prevailed vailed during the past winter. I needs to bo supplemented in every largi community by independent effort tha will not wait to bo called on , but wil seek out for itself opportunities of bon pflconco. How this may bo most wisolj and usefully accomplished it is for the philanthropists to determine. A LOUISIANA court has sot aside tin verdict of a jury in a murder case because cause the members rollovod the tedium of confinement with a quart bottle of whisky , sandwiched between a pack ol cards and a supply of baked beans. These accessories of justlpo cannot be safely dispensed with without imposing on the average juryman a dungorou : oxerciBO of the mental faculties. Court ! uliould bo caiiEldorato In attacking the national weakness for poker , beans and budge. Tin : unnouiico.'uont that Hon. Waltoi Q. Gresham will soon bo oromoted tc tlio supreme bench will bo received with general approval by the people , No man pn the bench has done more than he to cut b the power of corpora tions and uphold the rights of the mouses against the aggressions ol monopoly , A jurist of superior ability and uiujucstionod integrity , his clova- vatlon to the supreme bench would be ono ot the moat-popular acts of the now administration. THE cnpltol jobbers of Now York an painfully wanting that penetrating charm which finds 'a flourishing home in Nebraska. T)0 } ) Boss Stouts , of the Empire Btato wore content to pull through a bill of ojiras for $102,000 on n twenty million dollar job , while No' braska's only ' ' 'William scooped in $40,000 at ono B ttirJ * oftho legislature Now York's grafris a triilo in com parison. . PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. Grover Cleveland will celebrate his fifty second birthday anniversary to-morrow. Patrick Egan will not snniplo Mexican pulque without a government commission. Secretory Tracoy nnd Chauncoy M. Dcpow swapped yarus In the Now York legislature of 1803. President ilixrrlson will back bis hand fein n reasonable amount , but declines to shake the multitude. Undo Billy Bovvers , of Howersvillo , ono ol Iho two men in Georgia who voted for Abra < bum Lincoln , Is still allvo nnd vigorous. Major Watson Is bollovod to bo willing t < throw up his commission In the state imlltln for n federal ofllco. Johnny keep your nun kcop your gun , John B. Fry , of Sidney-N. Y. , who was once private secretary of Henry Clay , I * anxious to fry the fat out of a foreign consul ship. John II , Mustek , n lawyer of ICIrksvillo , Mo. , wants to bo Minister to Slam. Muslcli would bo n good man .to maintain harmonj in such n position. The undertaker's convention will assemble In Lincoln next Juno. If the members could bo Induced to assemble next week , thoj would Und several largo sized Jobs to decently inter. inter.When When Governor Church hoard of the ap pointment of Mollotto for governor of Da- Koto , ho gathered his surviving bravos about him and led the service with the soul stirring hymn , beginning : "There's a land that It fairer than Da. " Colorado ia wrestling with the capltol building problem. Nebraska cheerfully tenders the services of her eminent citizen , Bill Stout , to solve the difficulty , coupled with a guaranty that his exhausting ability will not bo felt outside of the treas ury. ury.Sir Sir Julian Pauncefote , the newly appointee British minister to the United States , is said to bo much pleased at thd prospect before him. "Tho position in question lias been the ambition of my life , " ho said recently. His daughter is described ns a most attractive woman and a great favorite in London so ciety. Candidates for postofllces will not fini much comfort in tl0 { ' .remarks of President Harrison to the Wise men of the south whc called to urge the npqlntmout | ) of a republican " ' lican to the Ulcbmorid"'postofllco. . "Is the ofllco vacant ! " asked tho1president. . "No , I bollevo not. But , " Said'1 ' ono of the delega tion , as soon as ho re'covered bis breath , "It was oxpeoted that you would not wait for a Vacancy. " "But mml1 returned the pres- ' ! clent. "Tho term pfjiliel incumbent doesn't empire , " I understand- , , within , eighteen jnouths. Come arou cl' then and you shall have the place. " Ignnt'us What are You lip To ? Chicago Trlhuns. Ignatius Donnelly has boeti ominously quiet for several days V Ho is undoubtedly dolnp sprnejtuluff. again' to listnpjjj Shakstliearo's ' " " Hone's ; \ fcCompany. . Kcv ) J'orli H'orW. v The shareholders of the London Times arc having the unpleasant fact forced upon them that thoyhave become a laughing-stock com- company. _ _ Wiml Is Growinc Weary. Atlanta Constitution. It is said that Ward McAllister's hair is turning pray because of the guying para graphs the newspapers print about him. Ward Is the dreariest old beau the country has over seen. Ho should go into retire' menu _ A Mai-ringo do Convcnanoe. Chtcaao Time * . The Canadian parliament and the United States senate are simultaneously discussing the question of Canadian annexation to the United States. The tone uf the debates in both legislative bodies s ervcs to convince peoplo'thut If tho' parties nro ever Joined in political wedlock it will In all probability not bo a love match , but simply a marriage dc convonanco , as the French say , Dot Liimr or Bread. Carl Pietzd in Kew Yoili Mocury , It vas In a half-starved garret house dot a muddcr und daughter lay ; Ducra dond vas a mouthful of food to cat , nor some Uro by the shtovo dot day. Faint und sick vas'dot muddcr poor,8trctched , out mid a pcd of pain ; Dcr wrinkled fnco and shlcndcr checks be- epoko how long she'd lain. "Faddcr , glvo us dls day souio daily bread , " vas vut dcr child did said , As she knelt by dor side of dor tattered gwlld und prayed for dot loaf of bread. Shuckful in it fulth she shdartcd out to 11 nd herself dor place Vhoro God vas keep His baker shop for fcodln' dor human raco. "I've coined for dot , " said dor leedlo chili , "I've como for dot dully bread- I vant mo two of dor freshest loafs , " to der baker man she said. "All right , nil right , " said dcr baker man : "dhero's dor bostcst dot I've got ; But shtop mo hero , you lecdlo tlcf. dot money I dond Imfo got ! " Der locale gal , m it frightened look , did said bho could netting pay ; "I dond vas got a single cent to pay for dcr bread dot day. " "Veil , vat you dinks ! you shtcal dot broad ; I take you mlt dcr polices ; I dond did know how Isti der reason you elook mo dot two loaf ijloucs. " Mlt tcarses flowin1 down' ' nor cheeks she vas Buy , "Dor Faddor dtd eald Ho yoost would glf to all dot usk dls day souio dally broad. So I yoost como hero M got dor bread vet Ho did said He'd gif To took 'cm back to umddbr dear , BO dot she could mlt me llf , " i > i i Der burly baker was holv feel bad of vat dor child did said ; ' ' So ho yoost did fill dor1 bag full of dls , "our dally broad. " J So she vent mlt spliced of llghtnln1 gwlck inltdhom ploasiti' qn her head Und told her inudaor ijlio'd found dor place vhoro der Lord vu baljo His bread , Mlt ubllftcd eyes ngaliC'dhdv ' prayed , und der language vhat dnoy 8aid Tas "Tanks to Him for plcssln's scndt mlt dls day our dally bread. " Moot Mo To-Blorrow at Two , Iiovc. New Yurlf 11'orM. "Oh 1 meet mo to-morrow ut two , love , Hy the fountain in Central Park , And we'll ' sail as the dainty urew , love , On the lake In a fairy bark. You may bring mo of pound-cnko a bitelovo , , Of billet-doux paper a ream , So I shall not forgot mo to write , love , But don't forgot change for ico-cream , " Alas I when to-morrow at two came , Agustus Do Smith was uot there , Ho found cabh for the boat and the carriage For roses to braid In her hair , Foi caramels , cake , cVcutora , For billet-doux paper a ream , 13ut ho buevv ho never could fetter her , And ho oouUlu'l Und change for Ico-creaiu. BUZZINQS. Joseph Mlllnrd , president of the Omnh National bank , In exploring the recesses t his desk , discovered a small cylindrical pad ngo rolled in brown paper. Ho was about t throw It nwny when It occurred to him i might bo advisable to oucn It nnd cxnmln tlio contents. Ho toro off the wrapper nn found n plcco of medium bristol on which Wii pasted a letter , which read ns follows : Exrctmvc Mocsiox , WASHINGTON , No\ 17,1800. In pursuance of the fourteenth set tlon of the net of congress entitled "An ne to nid in the construction of a railroad nil telegraph line from the Missouri river to th Pnclllc orean , and to secure to the govori incut the UBO of the same for postal , mllltar nnd other purposes , " approved July 1 , ISO' I , Abraham Lincoln , president of the Unite States , do hereby fix so much of the wester boundary of the stnto of Iowa as Hesbctwec the north nnd south boundaries of the Unite States township , within which the city c Omulm Is situated , as the point faom whlc the line of railroad and telegraph in the sec tion mentioned , shall bo constructed. AniiAiHM LINCOLN. The document had been inlsilng for eve ten years. It was still In nn excellent stnt of preservation. Close Inspection WHS n quired to convince the observer that the roll was not autographic. It was , however , bu n photograph. It displayed the legible chl rogrnphy of the great executive , which n the time had not acquired the nugularit which Inter distinguished It. Almost over letter was perfectly formed. There wer but ono or two erasures. These nro not no ! cd In the transcript nbovo given , though 1 other respects the letter Is produced Just u It appears to the reader in punctuation. ca | Itnlizatlon and stylo. It was ono of the mo important proclamations which Prcsldeii Lincoln over Issued , and yet It doesnot cove a sheet of paper of four square Inches. It import anco and the bearing it had upon th great question of determining at what uoln the Union Pacific road was t bo inaugurated , prompted Mr. Millar to have it photographed. This llttl relic was used In the great cose before th supreme court of the United States m tli effort to dotcrmlno which was the Initin point of the Union Pacific. It that suit , th decision , as is well known , was rendered 1 favorof Council Bluff * nnd against Omabti In { his connection , it will bo Interesting t note that a later proclamation on the sam subject was issued by the president. Thi reached Omalia on December 2,1SC3 , nm fixed the initial point of the road on th 'western boundary of the state of Iowa oj : poslto Omaha opposite section 10 , in town ship 15. north of range 13 , east of the sixtl principal meridian in the territory of Nc brnskn. " What led to n change in the plirasjology o tlio original message , the chroniclers up t date have failed tell. Mr. Mlllard's ' souvcnl has been framed and will hcncofurth decor ate a wall in his residence. * * * In the biographical sketches of Presidcn Harrison's cabinet , recently published , men tion is-omittcd of an interesting stage in th career of Noble , secretary of the interior After the battle of Prairie Grove , Mo. which was fought by Brigadier General Blouut and Hcrron , of the United State volunteers , under the command of Miijo General S. U. Curtis , United States volun teers , the latter was ordered to St. Louis Mo. , to relieve Brigadier General John M Schoilcld , now In command of the army who was then only a brigadier general of th Missouri state , militia , and who , upon bolni relieved , took the field , replacing Genera Curtis. General Curtis brought with him hi personal staff , which included ColonoLN. F Chipman , chief of staff ; Major H. Z. Curtis A.- AG. . ; Captain Stark , A. A. A. G. , urn Lieutenant John VV. Noble , who was us signed to duty as assistant Judge ad vocato. Lieutenant Noble , at that time was a seedy-looking chap , In con trast with the spruce-looking staf officers who had been so long on duty n Washington at department headquarters and attracted but little attention. During hi ; servlco on the staff of General Curtis , win was some months later relieved and virtual ! : retired , Noble made but few appearances ii public , devoting himself to drawing charge : and specifications against the various civil ians who , about that time , were being "grid ironed" before tlio military commission ! which were popularly supposed to bo con veiled to convict. And , indeed , as most o the indicted ones coming before them landcc in the Alton , 111. , military prison the old . penitentiary , the belie : gained ground that these commissions knov why they were convened , nnd that LIcutcn ant Noble know how to draw charges nnt specifications that would stick. Later , tin lieutenant was relieved and joined his rcgi ment to fight his way to martial fame and again , 011 reaching civil life , to demonstrate In the noted whisky trials at St. Louis , thai ho had not forgotten his army training ns t prosecutor. . It may , perhaps , bo yet his destiny tiny to appoint another to the position whlcli lie has now accepted at President Harrison's Imtids. The two men , Harrison nnd Noble , nre alike , moro in character and method , Limn in personal appearance , and their sitnl larity in the latter respect will bo noted ivhcu they como together ana their peculiari ties are discovered. # * # There la every indication that in the very near future the phonograph will become an indispensable adjunct of every well-regu lated newspaper ofllcc. And what a grand .hing it will be in fact , a boon , filling a "long-felt want.V Many uses will arlso for ; ho little instrument , and when once intro duced a full coips of thcsosound _ receptacles will .become a necessity. For instance , there ivould bo nceucd many phonographs of as- lortod sizes fqr Interviewing. Two column Mies could bo sent when some cultured gen- .Ionian would consent to talk on a vital qucs- .Ion of the day , nnd machines with a capac- ty of only two lines when a crank desired ; p descant on a useless hobby. What u sav- , ng of valuable time for the overworked ed- tor to bo able to pick out a phonograph hold- ug Just tlio length of interview wanted , vilto n note to the victim asking him to talk ho machine full on the desired subject , und hen call a messenger boy and order the 'Interviewer" delivered at its dcstlnu- lon und * await the answer. What n ollcf to reporters no long-winded . -arns to listen to , no poor cigars to smoke , 10 vile liquor to take on the side , no snubs ind no "roastlngs1 * because the Interview vast not correctly reported. But this Is only mo feature of tha revolution which will un- loubtcdly result from the Introduction of he phonograph. . There afo others , ) o num- irous , that Tin : BER will wait until it has so ured Its corps of instruments before num- ng them , * * # The presence In this city during the last hroo days of the past week of Lydia L'hompson , rcclills the circumstance which , aero than any ability aho possessed , gave icr notoriety throughout the country. In BOO she was at the head of a company of 'British ' blondes , " whlcn in these days were onsldcrcd n novelty. She waa piny- ng "Slnbad , the Sailor , " "Ixlon" iid several other burlesquedof lie sdino kind in Crosby'u opera ! hlcago , The Times of tnat pluco had for a ) ug time cherished un inUmso fooling gainst the management of the house , n Doling which colored almost every notlco rliluh was given of the performance * wliloli Uo.ro took placu. Tlio blondes rccolvoJ some lively notices to which the fair Lydl objected. She passed judgment upon th paper and adjudged the editor , Mr. Store guilty. rSho determined to horsewhip hli and on Friday evening , on such n night n last Friday , rainy and disagreeable , she n < complUhcd her purpose. Mr. Storey ha ] u t stepped from his carriage on his wa to his residence on Wabnsh avonui when a carriage drove up ami out of I rushed Miss Thompson nnd Miss Mnrkhntr They Intercepted Mr. Storey , nnd th farmer slashed him over the shoulders nn fnco several times with ii rawhide. The ol gentleman staggered and ran , but was nc followuei beyond his gatu. The assailant then drove away. Saturday nftornoon the , appeared for trial In the old nrmory. Th place was thronged , Their case was sot fo the following Monday. They gave ball fo their appearance. Later It was sought t charge them wltn another offense , nnd oft ! cers were tent to the Michigan Central dope to nrrcst them. But they could not b found. Their company was on tlio trnl : hound for Detroit , nnd the train started About fifteen miles out of town the tw women were taken on board , having bee driven thlthor through the mud at rapid ealt. They thus eluded th officers of the law nnd forfeited tholr bonds The no < et night they appeared in Detroit t nn overflowing house , and were receive with storms of applause. Storey Is dead nnd the glory of Thompson has faded. A she now nppcura on the stage she shows th effect of time. She is no longer the admire of a certain class of theater-goers , but cm ioslty which everybody HUes toscofo the sake of old times. Miss Thompson see It , nnd nn expression of sadness seems t overspread her features ns she allows he mind to run upon the past. She Is nlmoa the lust of her noted associates , but ho name will live longer In the recollection o many than that of any of them upon whoi the curtain of llfo has boon rung down lot over. * CLEVERWOMEN. Harriet needier Stowe's biography , wrltto by her son , will bo published prior to he death if it Is finished before that sad oven occurs. Miss Snngcr , President Harrison's type writer , is suld to bo the first woman ovc employed at the white house in a clerical ca pncity. Frances Hodgson Burnett writes n scath ing letter In the Critio denying that sin wears Knto Grcoimway dresses , nnd nskini for fair treatment from the gossips. Mrs. James K. Polk , now eighty-five year1 old , wears black hid gloves all day and walk with a gold-hcadod cane. She never leave Nnshvlllo nor goes nnywhoro In that tow : except to church Sunday. Miss Miriam Samuels , n bright Jewess o Uombay , Is going to London to study medicine cine witli tne view of practicing as n physt clan In India. She has already earned tin degree of Bachelor of Arts at the Bomba ; university. Mrs. Helen S. Connnt will probably sue cecd Miss Booth as editor of Harper's Bazar Mrs. Conant is the widow of Stlllmnn S Connnt , editor of Harnor's weekly , who si mysteriously disappeared about three i ear : ago , and of whom no trace has ever been dls covered. Mrs. Platt , who Is n skillful amateur pho tographcr , has several pictures of her bus band , the ex-senator , taken by the Instanta ncous progress. Ono of them shows bin throwing stones from his garden walk Into t wheelbarrow. It Is apprehended In sonn quarters that a picture to be taken abou' ' three years hencoNmay show him throwhif stones into President Harrison's1 ' backjard Mrs. Humphry Ward has evolved a now scheme for the disposal other literary wares , Having completed the manuscript of anothoi novel she has completely turned the table : on her publishers by announcing that up tc a certain day at 12 o'clock m. , after the man' ' ner of the most stately government ndvcr tisemonts for proposals , she will receive propositions from publishers for the produc tion of her book and .will then decide be tween them. GREAT MEN. The Rev. Dr. Silence is a Chicago socialist who'believes in "agltatiou. " Historian Froudo is writing a novel describing country life in Ireland a cenUirj ago. Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen says that KJobort Bjrownlng has "a certain pagan delight in nudity. " Oh , no ; quite the contrary. Browning clothes even his meaning in ob scurity. Wwanga , the deposed King of Uganda , has become a broken-hearted man since Ills downfall. Ho claims that the glory ol Uganda has departed bccauso Kiwowa , his enthroned brother , has no appreciation ot tlio delicate features which pertain to the artistic cooking of missionary-meat. A lively rivalry has been going on in the bouse of representatives at Washington be tween Messrs. La Follotto , Yost and Wash ington for the palm of youthfulncss in looks. The latter , known to his Tcnnc.ssoo constituents ns "Joe Washington , " has como off victorious by shaving his face clean. Ho now looks almost painfully young. A few days ago ho clapped his hands for a page. The boys laughed at him. * Thov thought ono of their number v.'iis playing u joke on them. Washington had to walk over to tlu'in and assure them that ho was not a paga. Count von Moltko is now very old nnd suf fers considerably from deafness and tlio null- idles attendant upon a bad liver. He docs not show his 111 health , however , nnd to all autward appearances Is well pi'osorvud. Ho Is tall , lean , and Hllghtly bunt. Ho wears it liloiido wig. His features are very strong , mil the gray-bluo oycs , thin lips , inurcid cheeks , nnd long , straight nose , are calcu lated to lenvo a In.itln/ ; Impression on all who tea him , Mr. Moi timer Meinpts , ttio painter , has rather radical ide.is about art. "I paint any thing , , ' says lie , "which I think Is , bpnutiful. \nybody who calls liinibolf un artist should lie ubovo neglecting any subject or any ino- Hum for expressing his ideas till ho reaches the limit of his rapacity of reproduction. I mi sorry to say that I don't care particularly For the company of artists. Tliero are n -ruat many humbugs umoiig thorn. I don't ' jollovo In a man putting on n velvet jacket ind long hair and fancying himself clothed u the whole armor of art. " tlio Kcw I'urlt MCI cut il- My boy sat looking straight Into the coals From his stool tit my fuel one day. \nil the rircllght burnished the cuily head f\nu painted the checks with : i dash of red \.n < ] brightened hN very eyes us ho suld , In u most conllilentl.il way : 'Mamma , I think , when I'm a grown-up man , I shall have Just two llltlu b'us. " " smiled. Ho wits six , but ho did not seoj \iid I mid , ' 'Yea , how nice that will bo ! iut If ono wt'io a girl , it seems to mo , It would uJJ to your household joys , " 'Well , you. " reflectively , "Unit woull bo nice , And I'U toll you jiwtvlint I'U do ; ' ) ! pamo ono Uubbio , for mo , yon know , " Plum the bright i-ycs uhono with a deeper B'OW. 'And there's just ttio two of us now , und so I'll miu.o the gill Annie , for jou. " 'But how would their mohcr I Do that ? " I asked , "Do you think that she would uurco \ > r us both to have names \vhll j she had iionnl" Vith the mystified , ptmlcd look of ono Vholly betaggod sat my logical non , "Their uuthorl Why , who U shol" FOR THINKING MEN. Recent statistics.show , snys the London Times , that whllo erlmo is satisfactorily dl nilnUhHig in England , it la rapidly Increasing In the Unttcel States. During the past few years American crime hna Increased not loss than one-third , nnd the growth of the prison population has , unfortunately , bonn steadily progressive slnco the year 18SO. At the close of the first half of this century the proportion tion of prisoners to the million In the United Stoics was SOO , being ono to every 3,4-19 per sons ; but by 1880 the proportion had risen to 1,100 to the million , or 1 to SM of the popula tion. This did not include juvcnllo delin quents , who would have raised the proportion tion to 1 In 715. In 1857 , when the population of England nnd Wales was about ID.aTiO.OOO , the average number of ponnl-sofvltudo sen tences in this country was 3,580 ; but by the end ot 1837 , when the population Imil rlson to ever 37,750,000 , , the average number of such sentences had fallen to 003 , On the last day of 1809 thcro were 11,000 persons under going sentences of penal servitude in Eng land anil Wnlesj the population then being 31,091,000. But In July , 18SS , when the popu lation had advanced to nearly 33,000,000 , the penal-sorvltudo subjects had fallen to 0,031. The conviction of soldiers nnd sailors has gone down greatly while with regard to women , although 180 were sentenced to terms of penal servitude in 18S3 , in 1837 only 85 were thus convicted. It Is not n porfoot machine , the British constitution , and the cynics say that it has not boon Improved in the last sixty years , obs ervcs the St. James' Gazette. But at least wo have no need to copy American In stitutions , although the homo rulers ore aften appealing to the constitution of the United States as a precedent. Because onoh of the different states which are called United has n legislature nnd an oxocutlvo of Its own , It does not follow that every dis trict which would like to sot up politics on its own account is therefore allowed ttio priv ileges which It claims. Uut as It Is to the custom of the United States that homo rulers make tholr appeal , by the example of the United States lot them bo condemned. There Is a colony of thriving and Industrious anil peaceable folks called Mormons ; but , bo- causa they entertain views of matrimony which are properly repugnant to the vlowa of the majority of the citizens of the United States , the colony of salnta Is mercilessly co erced under the denomination of an alien legislature. It is Idle for them to say that they hnvo a natural right to homo rulo. That mav bo , says tliogovornmont ( , but what will you do with It ? If you intend to use It for a purpose which wo consider to bo immoral , why , you shan't have it , and that's the end of it. it.Wo ' Wo form 'bad habits so easily , snys the Christian Union , that It is a mistake not to watch ourselves at least as closely as wo watch others. This Is especially true in re gard to language , not only grammatically , but to avoid forming the habit of using oz- clamatory words that have not a parttclo of sense In the way wo use them "splendid , " "horrid , " "awful , " "magnificent , " and a host of others. If you tell an Incident that is pathetic , or should induce .sober , serious thought , to have It met with a word that does uot express any relation to pathos shows your listener n most superficial thinker , and you must lose respect for bis mental power , whllo it Is by no moans certain you do not of fend in the same way nnd start the sama thought in another. The other day two young girls were in a car , ono tolling the otber something that in terested them both greatly. When she finished she leaned buck saying : "Wasn't that awful"Yes ? ! , it waff , " said the othou emphatically , and they both giggled. Now , of two things : they were perfectly heart less , or the thing told was not awful. Most probably the latter , for they continued their journey la the utmost good humor. It is not wise to form the habit of using extravagant language , it Is like paying too dear for your goods , mid no ono docs this who knows their value. ' A few years ago the American congress labored under the impression that the classi fication of the press as the fourth estate was nn error , says the Now York World , nnd that the position belonged to the congress of tha United States. At all events our distin guished representatives regarded themselves ns being on a niueh higher piano than "news papermen" nnd ware disposed to snub the latter on nil occasions. Correspondents and ropoiters were relegated to tlio reporters1 ! gallery , excluded from committee rooms anl taken to task on nearly every occasion If thcj managed to obtain Information through tholr awu resources. When Grooloy and Hay- iiionei were In congress , the ono In 1849 nnd the latter In 1801 , they were constantly called to account for articles In tholr rcspeetlvo ournuls. Poor Grooloy , as non-combatlva is n child , was personally assaulted by it ruf- lanly congressman , Albert Hust of Ark.tu- ias , in consnquonco of some comments In the Tribune. Even Brooks of tlio Impress did not escape. All this is changed. Journalists who are mw In congress nro honored by tholr asso- : lates , and they write their contributions to .ho newspapers to which they nro attached it their desks whllo attending to publio du- lea. They sign their names to letters nct- lally ciittclslug their colleagues. A few . ears ngo ascoriesponilonts they would have . 'ound it dllllcult to obtain the privileges ol ho llnor. A recent Kusslim ropoit on the agricultu- al situation In leading grain exporting conn- ncs holds that "tho position of tlio Indian ; raln market cannot , ot course , bo compared n the least \\ltli that of the United States of \monon , as tlio native rural population are n u sUtuof poverty , debt and complete Igno- ance , wlillo the ordinary productiveness of he poll is not equal to that of America. In 'net , the present exports pf wtio.it from mil a to lluropo must bo considered nrtill- iial and only tuinpor.iry , owing to rice boIiiR ho st.iplo fooil of the natives. Should the 'Oiisumption ' of wlmatcn bread bccomu moro oininon , Indliivllh , her comparatively low lower of production , will bo obliged to bu- omo nn Imparting country. Indian exports nay bo called artificial for another reason ; iiu cultivation of whnat Is proportionately oo ilonr to withstand steady competition ia iuiope. " Tt of ten happens that men of the whoso norals are notoriously loose nro most severe 11 taclr < lenuncritu5ns of intellectual unbo- lof. nays the Now York Tribune. And the tranga'pait of It Is that they mo really sin- era In tholr repudiation of such unbelief. > own In the bottom of theh- hearts tbero U a rpfnuml belief in the coilo of Christian mor- lity which In tholr dally lives they fall to ollow.'ljut which they vaguely expect some ay to follow when they have oliaused : all lie pleasures of llfo. And the fact Is to bo ligiirdcu not as uu argument against chrl- a > ; lty , but as an unintended tribute paid ) It. _ _ _ ft _ _ _ Hut llu Don't , Write Jlyiiius. Chicaan fli'ew * , Knvious puopla of other cities who cro mil of calling Chicago wicked are rospeot- .illy Infonii''d that Charles Wesley is mix ing a saloon on tlio went side. Ttio Idintry-il ! liurl NuptliiU. KilllKlf fill'limit. . They say that Mrs. Luugiry ami Mr. Gob- aril am married at last. Lot n trust llmt 10 proceedings were regular and that Mr. .uiigtry was properly consulted in the i > w uilnary arrangements.
