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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
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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
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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.