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Foil superintendent of the city's parks
Mr. Borry.of Minneapolis , is altogether
too expansive fruit ( or the commission.
Tim rivnl street ear companies have
locked horns as usual over rights of
way. But that la to bo expected. They
are in South Omuhti.
TiiKononinpr of the Alliance exten
sion of the Durlington for business is a ,
gentle reminder that railroad building
Is not yet quito dead in the state. * "
IT may bo true that the south half of
the American continent does not pro
duce many \Vob3tors or Clays nowadays ,
but Canada is too small to throw the
fact iu Uncle Sam's face.
A DKNVKU paper sends up a howl be
cause 0110 of her merchants failed to
tnnko a fortune during throe months in
business here. When will folks learn
that country methods will not win in u
city.
WATEHTOWN , Dakota , wants Omaha's
prominent business men to visit the
hoautiful city of the north. The invi
tation should bo accepted , as the ac
quaintance would not fail to ripen rap
idly into friendship.
TOLSTOI at the plow may bo a bettor
man than Tolstoi in the forum , and ho
may scatter his dollars if ho ploaso. lie
did.I't earn thorn , anyway , and doesn't
know their value. But as for the bal
ance of us , it should ho borne in mind
that coal is just as high to-day as it was
last January , and there's a winter
'
ahead. Poverty is not what it is cracked
up to bo.
TITK BEK'S great reputation as a news
paper is being fully sustained. No
paper in this section of the country can
cope with this paper in the extent and
general excellence of its news reports.
Tim BKK is headquarters for the host
and latest news of the day , from all
news centers of the globe. Careful
readers have noticed this fact , and ap
preciate it. THH BKI : has no rival in
western journalism.
TUB fastest shipment over made from
Yokohoma , Japan , to Now York City , a
distance of four thousand throe hun
dred miles , has just been accomplished
in nineteen days. This" males a now
era in the trims-oceanic and transcontinental
tinental trafllc of teas and silks. Un
questionably the time will bo lessoned
nnd the orient will bo brought within
as easy distance of America as Europe
was ton years ago.
IT would appear from the records of
the county's "drug store" that the
favorite tipple of the county's "pa
tients" is port wine , followed next by
good whisky , brandy and sherry in the
order named. It will take a good deal
of explanation , however , to convince
the people of Douglas county that the
olghty-flvo gallons of wlnos , liquors and
spirits furnished the county druggist
since January 1 have been used for le
gitimate purposes. Kvon if they wore ,
the fact reveals a reckless waste and ex
travagance of the county's drug sup
plies.
CIIAIIIMAN WAIKIH , of the Intor-
Btato Hallway association , is of the
opinion that the relations of the Cana
dian railways to the intor-stato com
merce of the United States can by no
moan a ho eradicated. lie thinks that
by treat ; or otherwise Canadian roads
operating in this country should ho
made to conform to the inter-stato com
merce law. In both those views Mr.
"Walker is in accord with a sentiment
so general in the east anil west that
it is hardly possible congress can
bo induced to enact any legisla
tion in contllct with it. No\\
England and the northwest will
bo found 11 r inly arrayed aguinsl
any measure that may bo proposed look
ing to a serious restriction of the rota
tions of the Canadian railroads to the
commerce of this country , But us to
the treaty arrangement suggested , it
there u probability that the Canadian
government could bo induced to make
one ? Hardly , if the Canadian roada
should oppose it , as they very llkoly
would. The problem holds possible
dinicultlesand complications of a troublesome <
losomo nature , with the advantages of
the situation rather on the aide of the
Canadian roads.
ALTOGETHER TOO OXE-SWED.
The conditions which Mr. Victor G.
Caldwell attaches to his proposition to
donate a thirty-acre tract of land , near
the southwestern suburbs , for paru pur
poses , are altogether too one-sided.
The donor asks the city to connect hia
land with a system of boulevards nnd
hind itself to expend not loss than two
thousand dollars a year , perpetually , in
improving and beautifying the park
and , furthermore , to exempt from mu
nicipal taxation iv largo tract of land
surrounding the proposed park.
As a business proposition these con
ditions are tantamount to saying to the
"I a thirty-
city , am willing tosotapart
acre tract of unimproved land if you
will agree to put improvements upon it
and abound it that will increase the
value of the remaining land ton times
as much as the thirty acres are now
worth , with the incidental chance of
the whole thirty noros reverting back
to mo in case you fail to expend two
thousand dollars in any ono year , even
fifty years honco. "
Leaving out of view the request to
exempt Mr. Caldwoll's adjoining land
froni taxation for ten years , which can
not bo Uono legally , the park commis
sioners can not with propriety accept
Mr. Caldwoll's donation. The city can
hotterufTord'to wait until the next legis
lature grants Omaha the right to issue a
half million or a million dollars in
bonds for the purchase of grounds suit
able for park purposes , than innho a
compact that will tie up the present and
future generation of taxpayers to expend -
pond a fixed sum of money on lands ac
quired on Mr. Caldwoll's plans.
If the owners of dry land desire tote
to improve it by parking a portion
thereof , lot them donate their land out
right to the city on the condition that
it shall bo dedicated and kept up as a.
park. Nobody will , of course , object to
allowing the donor to name the park.
But there should bo no strings nttaoh cd
to the donation that would give the
owner privileges of greater value than
the land itself.
RIFLE
The infantry rillo competition of the
Department of the Plntto closed on Fri
day at the BelleVue range. By univer
sal consent it was in every respect the
most successful of its class which has
boon hold since the inauguration of
such contests. The arrangements ,
both of camp and range , were far in ad
vance of nil predecessors. Colonel
Henry's unremitting work of the past
four months , gave range affairs and
competitors alike pleasant surround
ings , and a field for compotion which loft
little if anything to bo desired. The
commissary and quartermaster depart
ments did their full duty. The weather
alone was at times troublesome.
The result is shown in the scores
made , which mark another advance in
the steady improvement in rifle prac
tice since the "target season" became
an annual feature of army routine. The
team selected for the division competi
tion is ono which may be depended
upon to do credit to the department. At
both fixed distances and skirmishing
the work done by the highest marks
men evidenced the value of the careful
preliminary post practice and the merit
of the government rille.
Ton years ago the average veteran
soldier in the regular army would have
aeon puzzled in an emergency to make
a score which is often made to-day by a
six months' recruit. The capacity of
the Springfield rillo , its merits and do-
inorits , wore known to few. Its use in
; imo of peace was practically restricted
to the manual and occasional drills.
Accuracy in firing was not expected ,
and it was rarely found. To
Colonel Blunt , as much as to any
other ono man , is duo the
change in affairs which to-day makes
every soldier in the army familiar
with the use of the rille or carbine ,
and which by the annual competitions
in departments and divisions culminat
ing in tno great army match gives hon
orable incentive to faithful work in the
various military garribons and to skill
in front of the butts.
The Department of thoPlatto was ono
of the first to enter warmly upon the
work of rillo practice , and although
laboring under many disadvantages by
reason of small garrisons , shifting com
mands and incobsant fatigue duty at now
posts , has more than hold its own from
the start. It has boon fortunate in its
inspectors of small arms practice , and
in none raoro so than in Colonel Guy V.
Henry , who for the past four years has
devoted all his energies to the improve
ment of the work of the various regi
ments under his charge. The Bellevue
range , admittedly the best equipped of
any in the country , is very largely the
result of his efforts , and the steady ad
vance in efficiency in rifle firing of offi
cers and men throughout the depart
ment is duo in no small degree to his
untiring energy and soldierly en
thusiasm.
ILL-ADVISED
There were two feUtures of the dedi
cation of the national monument to the
pilgrim fathers last Thursday which
iiavo elicited criticism. Those wore the
boloctlon of CongrouamanBreckinridge ,
of Kentucky , us orator of the occasion ,
nnd John Boyle O'Kelllv as the pool.
The objection made to these gentlemen
is that one is a southerner and the othoi
an Irishman. The criticism on this
score is narrow , ill-advisod and un
worthy of the spirit of the ago. Un
questionably a northern man equally ns
able and eloquent as Mr. Brookinridgo
could have boon selected as the orator
tor of this celebration , but why
should sectional consideration have
had anything to do with the ded
ication of a monument to the memory
of the pilgrims who landed at Plymouth
two hundred and sixty-nine years ngo'i
The event was of national character
and had not the remotest relation toanj
political conditions of the present. The
men who sowed the first seeds of civil
liberty on this continent bequeathed ui
inheritance common to all who hav <
succeeded them. Their posterity I
widely scattered throughout the land
The fundamental principles upon whicl
they lived are perpetuated in the con
stitutloas and the laws of the natlor
nnd the states. The privilege of honor
Ing their courage , their faith , thoi
sacrifices , and their steadfast devotion
to the truth ns they saw the truth ,
belongs equally to nil Americans.
They labored and wrought in the in
terest neither of party , nor state , nor
section. Tie ) pilgrim fathers \voro
> ho loyal subjects of King James , and
so remained to the end of their lives ,
nstllllng a like loyal spirit into their
mmodlato posterity.Vo of to-day are
, o think of them only as the pioneers of
civil liberty on this continent , in the
Tlumph of whose work all share alike ,
nud in commemorating that work it
made no difference from what state or
section the orator came so long as ho
flhowod n just .and adequate apprecia
tion of the true character of the pil
grims nnd what they accomplished. In
.his regard the selection of Mr. Brock-
onridgo proved to have boon eminently
judicious. His address was Intelligent ,
thoughtful nnd eloquent. He said noth
ing to which nny friend of civil liberty
the world over could not heartily sub
scribe.
Equally unworthy is the objection to
Mr. O'Roilly on the ground that ho is
an Irishman. Ho is now an American
citizen , in full sympathy with the prin
ciples nnd the institutions erected upon
the foundatfons laid by the Pilgrim
I'nthors. ' Ho is a scholar , a poet of
merit nnd good repute , and no man
in this country or elsewhere can
lie justly presumed to np-
l > rociato civil liberty more highly than
lie. What matter whence the singer
comes if ho but sing in harmony with
Lho best thought and impulse nnd as
piration of his time ? Of what concern
is the nationality of the poet if his verse
speak truth and bo imbued with the
spirit of right and justice ? Wo ven
ture the opinion that the poem of Mr.
O'Kiolly was in every way worthy of
the occasion.
The action of the pilgrim society in
Lho selection of its orator and poet is to
jo commended rather than criticized.
tt was an example of abroad and liberal
spirit in consonance with the event cel
ebrated , nnd the emulation of which is
to bo dosirod. And as to both orator
and poet , they fully justified the wis
dom of their selection.
THE LEATHER INDUSTRY.
The establishment of extensive tan
neries at or near this city is only a
matter of n very short timo. Any on-
; orprislng capitalist who may take this
branch of industry in hand is sure of
making his investment very profitable.
The market for vast quantities of
.oathcr is at our very door , and the raw
material can bo supplied cheaper here
ihan it could in any of the eastern
.oather factory centers. An average of
one thousand beeves' hides are shipped
daily from Omaha all the year round to
eastern factories , whore they are con
verted into leather to bo resold to the
; rado between the Missouri river and
: ho Pacific coast. If only one-half of
the freight chartros for convoying the
raw material to eastern factories can bo
saved there will bo a very broad mar
gin in favor of Omaha as against
Lho eastern factories. The fact that an
extensive boot and shoo factory is about
to bo established here by a Mas
sachusetts syndicate affords a guaranty
of a homo market for leather , and it is
safe to predict that ono bo.it and shoo
'actory , no matter how extensive its
ilant may bo , will not supply ono-tonth
of the demand for leather product of
the region tributary to Omaha.
HOPE FOR THE AQED.
"When Dr. Brown-Soquard announced
some time ago that ho had discovered
an elixir which would prolong human
iifo indefinitely , ono of the first to con
demn the claim of the eminent phy
sician as utterly adsurd was Dr. William
A. Hammond , of Washington. This
equally eminent medical authority was
of the opinion that the claim was an
evidence of dotage , and ho gave what
appeared to be very cogent reasons for
the belief that there could bo nothing
whatever in it. A largo number of
other doctors more or less eminent coin
cided with the views of Dr. Hammond.
It appears , however , that subse
quently Dr. Hammond boeaino im
pressed with a different idea , and was
led to himself experiment on the lines
laid down by Dr. Brown-Sequard. The
result is the announcement that the
former is a convert to the elixir of Iifo
discovery , having , as is alleged , pro
duced effects on aged and decrepit per
sons that have convinced him of the
ollicaoy of the so-called elixir in re
lieving decrepitude and prolong
ing Iifo. Dr. Hammond states that
tbo preparation of the medicine and
the treatment of the patient are
very simple. Ho takes the se
lected portion of a lamb freshly killed
the other doctor uses a rabbit or guinea
pig nnd pounds it into u pulp iu a
mortar. With this ho mixes n teaspoonful -
spoonful or two of water , and the result
is filtered through five Swiss filtering
papers. The iluid , slightly thicker
than water , comes through porfootly
pure and limpid , and this fluid is in
jected into the patient's log or other
portion of his body. Dr. Hammond
claims to have had most romarkabln re
sults from this treatment , and to have
racoivcd advlcos from Paris of results
no loss astonishing , several promi
nent French physicians having
become converts to the practice.
The great majority of physicians ,
however , continue skeptical , but shall
the aged or doeropit give up hope on
this account ? When have doctors
agreed , and when has the world re
ceived a new discovery without casting
doubt and suspicion upon Hi1 The extract -
tract from a single lamb will bo
sufficient for a do en injections , says
Dr. Hammond , and an injection once n
month will sulllco to keep a man twenty
or thirty years younger than ho really
is , says Dr. Brown-Soquard. What
a boom is here for the bent
and limping veteran who would
like to secure a young wife , or the old
boy whoso wasted vitality no longer
permits him to enjoy the carousah
which for yours have been only memo
'
ries. There will bo no moro descend
ing to tho''loan and slippered panta
loon" when it is established that the
extract of a single lamb is equal tc
twenty years of life. And the old
ladies , will they not also return to the
vigor nnd vanity of their prime untl
enter upon a now era of conquest' ]
There are immeasurable possibilities iu
this discovery , if it prove to bo Indeed
a discovery , m\i \ ( far bo it from us to
cast a doubt rpon it. Rather would wo
bid the old njid the decrepit to take
heart of hoppttor , the day may not bo
far off when their rejuvenation will bo
assured. Moq.n'whilo ' the further exper
iments of the doctors will bo watched
by a curious world with increasing in
terest. . , 'r ' ' , ,
JOHN L. Sili/uvAN Is finally in the
clutches of UiU'huv ' as embodied in the
person of a dkjp'uty sheriff from Missis
sippi , lie is'fukhermoro ( , on the way
back to the scones of his triumphs , a
martyr to the cause of pugilism and
John L. Sullivnniam. What the great
governor of Mississippi , whoso author
ity WHS so openly defied nnil whoso dig
nity was so wantonly wounded , will do
with the champion of America is n matter -
tor of great doubt and uncertainty. Ho
might , of course , see to it that the full
penalties of the law were measured out
to the big bruiser , and tlmt would moan
n heavy line or imprisonment for not
loss than a year , or both. Of course
with good behavior the modern gladi
ator might cut down his term of
incarceration n few days or weeks ,
but at best a nrisonor'slot in Mississippi
is not cast in pleasant places. Ho
would for instauco , bo obliged to nssocl-
ate with a motley crowd of "crackers"
and blacks , and would have to subsist on
Johnny cake nnd bacon or starve. But
this is a dreadful picture enough to
break a spirit loss proud than > , Tohn L.
Sullivan's. The truth of the matter is
that once within his power Governor
Lowry of Mississippi will bo tempted
to deal gently with the big follow. His
authority as the chief magistrate of the
state will bo vindicated. The great
pugilist will crook his icnoo and bare
his head before the majesty of the law ,
With paternal jultnotiition ho will bo
dismissed from the presence of thu gov
ernor and John L. Sullivan will in nil
probability celebrate his deliverance
with a bigger spree than over.
THE Now York World frankly tolls
the people of that city that they will
not secure the world's fair with talk ,
nud that is about all they have done
thus far. They have boon agitating
the matter moro or loss for throe years ,
nnd yet , says the World , the only sub
stantial pledges volunteered nro sub
scriptions of ton thousand dollars each
from a newspaper nnd clothing firm.
This is quito characteristic of Now
York. That greedy metropolis is al
ways ready with wide open arms to em
brace whatever , , it can got. but
it will not ) pay for any
thing it call 'I induce others to
pay for. In thq present case it hopes by
un aggtessivo pushing of its claims ,
and by professions of liberality , to in
duce congress to select that city for the
exposition and 'make abufliciont appro
priation to assure its success , when , as
usual , it will givii no moro than shall
bo absolutely no iissary to meet possible
contingencies unil will complacently
gobble the profit * } . But Chicago prom
ises to lead the icastorn metropolis a
very lively raoo , and if the contest
should bo narrow6d to these two Now
York will have to put up generously to
secure the prize. The western city was
never moro in earnest than in this mat
ter , nnd that , with the support of the
west , moans a very vigorous and de
termined light.
THE seizure of the Black Diamond
has stirred up considerable excitement
in Canadian shipping and political cir
cles. However , it is nothing but turn
about nnd fair play , and a retaliation on
Canada for dotuining and confiscating a
number of Now England fishing smacks
for violating the three mile limit clause.
Canada has had a taste of her own med
icine and evidently does not relish it.
The truth is , the seizure of the Black
Diamond for trosspassing on the seal
ing grounds off Alaska has many a pre
cedent. In 1887 , seven English sehoon-
ors were boarded and their seal careoos
confiscated by American re venue of
ficers and the year previous three Can
adian sealers were similarly treated.
The seal fisheries grievance is by no
means a now question so that Canada
has no valid reason for flaring up at the
fancied wrong.
Prohibition In Kansas.
i'cnuloInuails. .
The boys have thoit beer , the crnnlts have
their law , and everybody is satlstlcd.
The IliilletOirlH' Trust.
St. Liitils abbe-Democrat.
The formation of a ballot girls' trust by
English capitalists miy properly bo defined
as a speculation in bak numbers.
Omalin linn Tlicnn Phllnntliroplstfl.
, . i'uiwas Ct\i \ Time * .
Tbo dispatches atuouuco that "a Fort
Scott councilman has boon arrested for voting
ing money to him solWhon / a Kansas
councilman boirlus tc give away money , ho
never forgets that obiritv begins at homo.
The Plnco for Hiilllvtm.
SI. ZrOUl * IttlllMtC.
Mr. Sullivan of Boston and tba law or
Mississippi will soon to in the ring together.
If Mr. Sullivan is ot'prosently ' on a convict
farm , tbo country 'w ) | have n right to inquire
quirewhut Misai fUfpi has boon making
the noise about. iyi >
'JL'lino to Projluor the Chucks.
Clcvemhi jMidcr.
It is contrary to thj > spirit of frco institu
tions that injurious , trade combinations
should bo permitted AO curry out their do-
and tbero ucyl Ve nodoubt that in duo
tlmo their rupaciLjivrlll bo effectually ro-
bukod anu chocked'.1 ' '
Urocze.
'
Hobort H. kninbyrn , of Now York , lias of-
foroil a series of pniu * to persons who will
aoucl him the boat plan for the oxtlrpution of
mosquitoes. If ho will come out hero anil lay
in a supply of the lake broc/o ho will llnd it
ufloctivo. It works to a charm in Chicago ,
Hopeful Hlmis In the Houtli.
I'MlatltlpMn Iwmlrtr ,
Mississippi , South Carolina , Tennessee and
Louisiana would bo republican now on a free
ballot and a fair count So would West Vir
ginia uud Delaware. IContuoky mav not for-
auko her Idola this year , but she will before
long.
Sir. Cleveland and Jlis Clients.
,
How soon will Mr. Cleveland's ' vast num
ber of impatient clients drag that eminent
legal light back from tbo trout brooks and
swimming holes where ho has boou dallying
for woolct and weeks ? It IIIUM bo confessed
tlmt these clients nro very leulont with Mr.
Cleveland.
Solemn Tlintiuht I''nr Mf , Cleveland.
Jtotdm llcmlil.
The St. Louis Republic remarks tlmt tha
5,540,820 men who cast their sulTriijcs for
Orovor Cleveland In tlio Into presidential
election nro tlio largest number of men whoever
over voted for ono man since tlio world
began. This is a solemn thought for Mr.
Clovolnttd , but It Is a more solemn ono still
for him to remember that there were not
enough of them to elect him.
The National Klnwcr. *
C'ncfmiud ' Rtigtifrcr.
There Is a strong public sentiment in favor
of the sunllower na the national ( lower. The
sunflower Is reported to bo nn nbsorbontof
nmlnrln , nnil therefore cnn bo useful us well
ns ornamental. Liesldos , tlio sunllowor has
ntnplo proportions , nnd as the United States
Is a ulg country she has the best right to n
bl r llowor. The violet Is ; oo modest Dy bnlf.
Some other country has a prior clului on the
rose , nnd the golden rod has on evil reputa
tion. It is sniil to bo the hoadquurtors of
hay fovcr. Uy all means , then , lot us have
the sunflower.
AS OTHERS SEE US.
Salting Hlniriclf.
KtbratKa City AVtn > .
The editor ot the Omaha Republican Is
trying to discuss tha milt trust , but has only
succeeded In showiuir that ho is entirely too
fresh. Ho should demand tha immediate
abolition of the trust.
Ho Iliimi't < ; iie i > cOL Since.
Fred Nye la given fair warning by Uoso-
water In Tim Br.c to mind Ins own business ,
or his dcsiro for notoriety will bo "accom
modated in n way that will not redound to
his reputation , " It is evident that wo have
only heard tha preliminary skirmishing of
the newspaper war that will bo waged in
Omaha.
_
Entirely Too flliioh of It.
Jfcarnrv Enterpi tit.
Omaha is howling now for cheap gas.
Omaha 1ms had a good deal of that com
modity of late.
The UrnNiin Why.
Slous City Journal.
S. P. Morse is quoted as saying the other
day to n newspaper reporter : "Tho only
reason why Omaha Is not a bettor and larger
town than Kansas City is because the latter
bus forty-two way-trams every twenty-four
hours running In and out from a dlstiiuco of
100 miles m every direction , while wo have
two.
_
Omaha's Puvin Thieves.
Denver ffews.
Paving stoats hiivo not helped Omaha In.
the least. They have , on the contrary , sad
dled that city with heavy taxation. Denver
can grow \rory well without them.
COUNTRY BREEZES.
Bill Thompson's Aintiltloii.
Aetna/in / Times.
BUI Thompson has gathered about him
since ho came hero , two horses , two buggies ,
two turkeys , seven ducks , a dozen chickens
and a pip , and still ho is not happy. Ho
would like to trade his right leg for a goat.
A Hungry Cnndldntc.
Beatrice Dcmncmt.
Nothing more strikingly Illustrates the In-
oniciency of the present administration than
tlio tardiness , and lack of earnestness with
which they handle applications for oflleo.
The writer has li.ul an application on jllo
down there for over four years , and the
present crowd seem to treat the matter with
the same carelessness that characterized the
administration of Colonel Cleveland. The
people voted to have a change , und wo are
getting about tired of waiting for tbo nuts to
bo passed thla way.
\Vooloy I'Yoiu W.iolcyvllle.
I'ltitlxmonth Journal.
The big mouthed ulathcrslcito named Ed.
Wooloy was in the city Thursday. The ob
ject and purpose of his visit 19 said to have
been the same ns former visits viz. : Guz
zling beer , playing high flvo and looking
nftor election contests. His enormous mouth
gives notice 01' his presence us effectually as
the odor of the skunk notifies and warns of
the presence of thit offeusivo animal. His
mouth nnd check are both unnaturally devel
oped. He manifested his peculiar Dad tem
per to the extent or causing every person to
laugh at him and ho was most unmercifully
guyed by the boys who appeared to take a
cruel delight in keeping Uinxmiul to hear him
swear.
BELLS OF THE ANGELUS.
Brrt llnrte.
Bells of the past whoso unforgotten musio
Still fills the wide expanse ,
Tiiigeing the sober twilight of the present
AVith color of romance.
I hear you call ana see the sun descending
On rocks , and waves , and spud ,
As down the coast the mission voices blend
ing
Girdle the heathen land.
Within the circle of your incantation
No blight nor mildew falls ;
Nor fierce unrest , nor lust , nor lost ambition
PasEcs these airy walls.
IBorno on the swell of the long waves , rocod-
inp ,
f touch the farthest past
I BOO the dying glow of Spanish glory ,
Tbo suusot dream and last I
Before mo rise the dome-shaped mission
towers ,
The white presidio ,
The swart commander in Tifit leathern
Oerkin ,
The priests in tone of snow.
Once moro I BOO Portala'a cross uplifting
Above the netting puu ,
And past the hondland , northward , slowly
drifting ,
The frightened galleon ,
O , solemn bolls I whoso consecrated masses
Hecailtho fiilth of olu
O , tinkling bells 1 thut lulled with twilight
musio
The spiritual lold ,
Your voices break , they falter In the darkness
ness-
Break , falter , and are still ,
And , veiled and mystic , like the host de
scending ,
The sun sinks from the hill ,
Thut Irlrth American Republic.
St. Paul Pioneer Press : The grout
mass of Irish-Americans are not dis
posed to run the risk of such a venture
as is proposed. The American republic
known ns the United States of America
is as good a republic as they want.
They are perfectly uatisllod with it. An
ndvnntageou * thi'ng for the Irish cause
of homo rule , however , it would bo if
the whole horde of dynamiters aim mib-
coUaneousussassiiiH and thugs whodaro
to call themselves "Irish patriots"
would go to the far-away Islands of the
sea and found a community of their own
under any name they may choose to call
it. The Irish question would bo settled
much Boonor in that case. The pro
posed "Irish republic" will probably
repose for an indefinite length of time
on paper.
BUZZINGS.
GeorgeP.OjOtnlsdooanot appreciate tlio oc
casional moan ( lings at his distinguished
uncle , George Francis Train , nnil says that
those who make them display n very low
quality of Intellect , The oummcut made by
n morning shoot ono day last week on
Train's latest movement "that ho furnished
a bettor excuse for starting on asylum' than u
chuicb , " disturbed Mr. Domls' feelings very
much , tn speaking about it ho said )
"Knowing , ns I do , what Trnlo has done In
his llfo tln.c , it comes with very poor grace
from nuy ono to cast such rclluotioaa upon
him. Ho helped this town by advertising it
when advertising was nooilod , nnd plenty of
men In tlio United States have boon uiudo
weiilthy by him , "
Mr. Ueinls talks quite freely nnd with
much fouling of his unclo's ' remarkable Iifo
nnd declared that no living man possessed
such power of mind , determination of pur
pose mid force of character. In his tour
around the world ho created moro stir nmong
thu ofllclals and people of nil nntlous , unil
attracted moro attention than nny American
over did before or since. Ho wrote a 700-
pjigo book ot that trip , which was never
printed tlmt , siiys Ueomts , contains moro In
formation relative to scenes and incidents
than has over boon written. Publishers refused -
fused to publish the MSS because Mr , Tram
would not allow thorn to modify certain
passages attacking the president.
Postmaster Gallagher says ho would not
.iccept the nomination for mayor ot Omnhn
just at this time , if both parties should com
bine nmt offer It to him. "I want contract * , "
ho continued In explanation of his assertion ,
"which In itsotf is reason enough , but there
are others equally potent , Thou there is no
possible foundation on which to base oven n
faint glimmer of hope that either party ilo-
sircs mo as its candidate. " To his first
declaration Mr. Gallagher added that a purse
of $3,000 as s.ilury , in addition to what tlio
oftlce already pays , would not tempt him.
Ho wants ofllco , but doesn't want the kind of
oflleo forbidding him the privilege ) of taking
Rood fat contracts Iu city Improvements.
*
"Say , did you overhear that story of how
Charley Goodrich was cnvleglod into'a crowd
of thirsty bums nnd then basely deserted by
his friendsi" said a prominent local poli
tician the other day to the Buzzer. The Buz
zer hadn't heard it but wanted to , so the
p. 1. p. continued :
"You see it was last fall , just before elec
tion , nnd Charley was out hustling for votes ,
"Ho mot a friend of his on the street am :
naked if ho know where there were any
good second-hand votes lying around.
"Said ho : 'I'd like to got n nice round lot
of not too expensive votes and would bo will
ing to 'say something' for them , of course. '
" 'I've got the very thing you want,1 re
plied his friend ; 'follow me. '
"So they walked down to Fourteenth
street nnd entered n well known saloon. A
horde of thirsty looking follows were stand
ing about , with expectant eyes , for it was
election time , you know. There didn't scum
to bo so many of them about , though , but
what the bar could accommodate them all iu
line ,
' "Gentlemen , let mo Introduce you to
Charley Goodrich. '
The transformation was instantaneous ;
tlio crowd slid off barrels , boxes and railings ,
nnd started across the floor to Charley. They
shoou him by the hand , patted his broad
back , called him "Chr.rloy" and "pard , " and
hustled him up to the bar.
They still continued to como , however ,
through the door ; in at the windows nnd up
through the trap-door until they almost ro-
soinbledtho rats In "Tho Pied Piper of
Humlln. "
In despair Mr. Goodrich called to tbo bar
tender , "For the love of heaven eloso that
trap door. "
la the meantime the friend [ or fiend ] who
had introduced him to the crowd had do-
camped. The mob sung in chorus , "Oh ,
jcs , we'll vote for you , Charley. Yes , don't
mind if I do take a little moro beer. "
When his money was gone Mr. Goodrich
made his escape to the street , nnd was the
center of an admiring and thirsty constit
uency until ho got n chance to sliu into a
hack nnd got away.
And ho won't know that it was a "put up
job" until he reads this.
* *
*
As a field , turf and farm sport , Joe Clark-
son takes tbo load , by sovor.il laps , of any
lawyer in Omaha. That uiau would rather
Lunt , fish and riddle targets witn rifle balls
than scoop in the bitjffost fee afloat. In his
house ho has a closet filled with guns , blun
derbusses and horse pistols , curiosities and
relics in the lire irm line which ha has col
lected from time to time solely on account of
his mania for such things. No Omaha citizen
has such a stock of shooting-irons , fishing
tackle , bunting jaeKets and Una dogs , or
takes as great prldo in them as he does. At
the bar , in his ofllco , wherever you moot
him , no subject elioiU his attention quicker
than this ono. Last week Mr. Clarkson re
turned from a tour among thn northern
lakes , looking very brown , nnd reports Imv-
nunadnii elegant tlmo , Such fish stories
as ho tells are beyond reasonable compre
hension , but oviryono Is thoroughly vouched
for. Of course "tho biggest ono" got away.
* *
The cnso of thi stone-cutter who fell
through the trap of n bulldiug on Howard
street early last week , brings to mind the
characteristic callous marks of the various
trades' . Ho was promptly identified by a
fellow tradesman as a stono-cuttor , from the
calloused spots on his hands occasioned by
handling the various tools of his craft.
On the plasterer's loft hand is a calloused
ridge along the lower part of the palm ,
caused bv carrying a heavy "hook" of plas
ter , and his right hand Is also marked.
Members of other crafts bear distinctive
marks. Tha butcher carries his mark along
the upper portion of his right hand between
the thumb mid fore finger , caused by
handling the meat saw and cleaver.
The farmer's horny hands ar a mass of
calloused skin. Tha various tools of Uiu
trade uru productive of many callouses.
The carpenter , the blacksmith , tlio painter
and the plumber nil carry urnrlcH on their
right linnus indlcitlvo of the handling of
liammcr unit brush.
KTOU the professions carry their murks tea
a certain degreu
The great America , tramp has hU mark , n
calloused spot on the lo\v , id , coming from
t ho constant UBO of the tomato can bwlor. . "
Tlio lawyer has a callouseu Jaw , and u.a
ward politician n badly calloused epiglottis ,
caused by the constant ( low over It of
corroding election whisky.
If the "gall" of n reasonably hardworking
ing reporter could bo examined it would bo
found to bo not only calloused from constant
work in Ills duties , but to bo actually ossi
fied
'iho policeman , howuver , uears on mo
palm for distinctive trade callous marks.
Hois calloused tulclly on tbo seat of Inn
uniform.
Even the dainty typo-writing girl's fingers
nro calloused nt the tips from striking the
Uoys.
Thus all bear their mark , some loss dis
tinctive than others , it is true , but novertho-
leus they are marked.
Uy the way , a now wrinkle at hotels Is
the lady stenographer nud typo-writer , who
alts In the hotel rotundas ready to write the
corrc i > ondenco of busy truvoling and busl-
ness men for u modest remuneration.
Her cabinet typo-writor nua llr t-ola s
ofllco npnurtonnncos show that the business
must bo fairly remunerative , nn Is ntso evi
denced by her own trim nnd tlily person.
She deserves to bo prosperous , too , for-sha
is ono of tlio most faithful of workwomen.
Always nt her post , the recipient of ninny c-
crots embodied In the correspondence she
handles , and then aim never 1ms to RO out to
" co a man. "
This business is n comparatively now ono to
Omaha , although in the loading hotels in tha
east n stenographer'a ofllco tins boon , for n
long time , ns necessary as n telegraph ofllco.
Thora is n firm composed of two young
Indies In Omnhn who have nn ofltco In the Mil.
lard and ono Ir tha Murray , and expect
shortly to have another in the 1'nxton.
'Yes , wo moot nil sorts of customers in
this hotel business , " said ono of the part
ners.
" 1 suppose they nro mostly travollng men , "
wns sugcostod.
"No , not altogether. At the Mlllnrd wo
hnvo n number of customers who nro olcctrlo
exports , business men nnd capitalists from
every where , who nro in the hnbit of dictat
ing to n stenographer in their otllccs nt home ,
nnd regard our business hero as a great con
vcnlonco. "
"At the Murray , " Mio continued , ' 'ourciis-
tomorA nro mostly traveling men. who 'Sun
day' in town , und who dictate their cor
respondence to their houses in the oust ,
Sunday is very often our best day , as the
hotels are full of traveling men , who wish to.
got their work off their hands before they
start on the road again. "
"lo they over dictate totters to their wives
nnil sweelhonrtsl" wns asked.
"Oh , yes. They nro whnt wo call 'do-
niestio letters. ' Lots of traveling men dic
tate letters to their wives , but they nro
purely of domestic nature , or remitting
household f uiuls. Occasionally a good-looking
young drummer will dictate a letter to his
girl. I don't suppose , however , It is to his
'best pirl.1 There Is nothing very vlvlil
nbout them ; generally i elating his expe
riences on the road , nnd trying to bo
humorous.
"i'hoy nro all very generous with us , " she
concluded. "A'nny of them pay UM extra If
the work ulcosos them and Is promptly done
and frco of errors. "
*
A dry Individual walked into a certain beer
dispensatory the otlior day nnd stood ex
pectantly lit the bar.
"Boer ( " laconically nskcd the bar keeper. v
A nod of tlio hciul was the loply ,
A "golsor" was brought foith , nnd the dry
man nskcd : 'f' ' '
"Whose beer isthlsl"
"Das IstMeU's boor , " replied the bar-boy.
The elasi was promptly emptied , anil tha
man , no longer dry , turned and walked to
wards the door without paying for his boor.
"Hero , " shouted the bar-louder , "voro nro
you going ! "
"Going down to pay Mou for his boor , "
softly ausworod the man ns ho vanished
through the Uonr. "
JSDUOA.1'lUNtVLi.
Of this year's graduating class nt Prince
ton , 't2 will , it is said , become lawyers , 'Jl
ministers , 11 doctors , 1'J business men and U
newspaper men.
Princeton has entrance examinations this
year in forty of the principal cities from
Boston to Sail Francisco and from Minneap
olis to San Antonio.
Twenty-five Indies graduated from the
Chicago training school on Juno 4. and nt the
same time throe Indies received lloausos nud
were consecrated us deaconesses.
Four hundred nnd forty-two men have
gonu in for honors nt Oxford , against 440
last year. Now college sends forty-seven
candidates and 13aHoi ! thirty-four.
At Smith college the decree of B. A. was
conferred upon forty young woman , that of
B. L. upon live , that of B. S. two , that B.
Mils , on two. The oration was delivered by
the IJev. Dr. Brooke Herford.
Miss Knto Drcjicl , who lately entered n
Pittsburg convent , will furnish the money
for a Roman Catholic church und college to
bo devoted to nccroos , and Hoy. Mr. Me-
Dormoit , of Pittsburg , will go to Philadel
phia next \vco\i \ to sot the enterprise on foot.
Hot it bo observed that the Homnn chuich
also separates the negro from the white.
Sixteen Indian boys nnd srlrls , represent
ing nine dlllorent tribes , hnvo just bocn grad
uated from the Manual Labor institute , near
Wubash , Ind. , uud sent back to their re
spective tribes. When brought to the school
they were thoroughly untamed llttlo snv-
agos. Now they are fttlrly educated In book
knowledge , and bava received pretty coed
manual training.
Visitors ut VVollcsloy college this summer
have a now pleasure added to their tour
about the grounds. The new nrt gallery haa
been completed nnd it is n unanimous opinion
that the | IOUUOU of the Farusworth fund
has produced a most elegant building , It is
almost classic In Its simplicity , yet U of
grand proportions nnd completely oxpresslvo
of its uso. The interior , with its largo lecture -
turo hall , its gnllencs seen thiough a row of
arches and Its studios , Is tinted In delicate
colors that inuruase the effect of beauty and
elegance.
Los Angelas has a modest girl wbo loams
thu church songs from her sister and not
from the book , because it is a hymn book.
When the cashier girdcth up his loins and
death In the silence and darkness of the
nlirht , then iloth the ox-chockar depart with
the exchequer.
"Whutahall Icall my piny f" asked thomnri
who had stolen ono from the French ; and
his fnenu advised him to call it Elijah , bu-
cause It was translated.
* Boston apothecary stores now display
aluus an Sundays roadlng thus ; "No clgant
old except for medicinal use. " Astonishing
as it may suum , cigars are found to have val
uable medical pronertlcs on Sundays.
President Hnrrlnon has accomplished tha
notable feat of going to church and staying
awake throughout the sermon. At loust , the
gentleman who IIUH telegraphed un account
af the matter makes u great point of this.
Llttlo Girl If I should die and goto heaven
would I have wings ? Mamma Yes , my pot ;
nnd a crown and n harp. Little Ulrl-And
sandy ! Mamma No. Llttlo Qlrl ( alter
meditation ) Well , I'm glad wo'vo got a gaud
doctor.
Two hundred and llfty Sunday school chil-
ilron in Burlington , N. . ! . , wore ptovliled
with u nleknl upieco uurt told to Incronso that
in in an nuiL'li as possible. A few weolm later
m accounting wan caliod for , whrn It wus
liscovered that the mcKola had grown to ffl'17.
I'licra must bo HOIIIU unusually attractive
ilots to drop nickels In nt Hiirllucton.
Tlicro nra pursuit * moro rninunnrativo
: han the religious ministry. FrnnciH M ,
Kord , a clorKvman , gave up hi * pulpit a few
i'oar ngo , went to Knnxus Uity unil em-
j.irluul In the real estate busiiicKB. Ho died ,
caving * I,000OOU and two wlvi . between
vlioin the court hu J k,1 < lV" " ? ' ' t'10 ' Proji-
- " ' " the niln-
jrty divided Hml ; ? -
Btry hn mluht"J , " " ' " " ' " "luted the wlvoi ,
--'ey- '
ml not U"
r
lti > rorn tlio 't-jiiii ) ,
Hero In God's peace she hu
Dcath-m Istod hazel eyes
Closed In fast sloop.
See how the sunbeams fair
Smllo o'or her brow mm Imir ,
Crowed her cold huud * In prnyo.
Well mav f wcopl
cio to young to lay
In the dark grave iiwny.
Oh , Death Is king to-day 1
Huhh , and bo still I
Clone the lid over her ,
Lot the grass cover luir ;
This U Uod'B ' will.
ii ' lowuri.
Of the 1,200 kinds of flowers which
TOW in Europe only JliO , or 10 per cent ,
ire odoriferous. The commonest llow-
ors are the white ones , of which there
ire 1,101 , Loss than one-fifth of these
ire fragrant. Of the OIO kinds of yel
low HOWWH 77 nro odoriferous ; of the
j ! red kinds , 81 ; of thu / . " ! ) ! blue hinds ,
nof \ the K08 violet-blue kiiidn , : il. Of
the 1210 kinds with combined colors 3
ire fragrant.