THE OMAHA DAILY BBE : SUNDAY , AUGUST 18 , 1880.-TWELVE 'PAGES. THE DAILY BEE. r. . Editor. MOIINING. T15U4IS 01' BUUBCniPTION. D ally ( Morning Kditlon ) Including Sunday Dee. One Year . 110 00 ForSlx Months. . . . . . BOO ForThrce Months . . . . a WJ Ito Omaha 8uml y Ile < y mailed to nnjr address. Ono Ynr . . . 200 Weekly Hen. Ono Year , . . . 200 Omnna onice , Tleo iiulldlnff , N. ' W. Cornet Btrcntcenth iul Knrnam Streets. Cnlcajm Oinco. MJ7 Uookery Hnlldlnir. Now York Oflico , Hooms 11 ana IS Tribune f. WMiungUm Office. No. B13 Fourteenth Street , COimESVONDBNCK. AH comtnnnlcMloni relnttna to nsw ; and edl * torlnl matter should bo addressed to too l.ditor or the lice liceUUSINEgg LCrrCtB. | All business letters and remittances should toe nddre < sed to Iho lice l'ubllshln Company. Omnlia Jirnfti. checks and postolllco order * to be made payable to the order of tfao tompuijr. Tie BeePolsiiininiSpy , Pronrietors , BEE Building Farnnm and Seventeenth Sts. TUB JJEK. 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Its ? . 18.1S1 copies ; for Sep tember. isss. isifi copies : for October Ib8\ 18,0bl copies ; for November. 1KW. 18 , bB copies : for December , 1888 , 1P.SJJ copies ; foi Janunrr. 1889 , 1,574. copies ; for February. 1NJ9 , ] 8 , jtl copies : forMnrch , 1SC9 , 18.8BI copies ; for April , 18fc , 18.W.9 copies : forMny , 18W > , 18.8WI copies : for' Juno. iwu. 18,858 , copies ; for July. 18S9 , 18.733coples. a no. II. TZSCHUCK. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence this tfa day of August ! iaso. [ BEAU ] N. P. I KIU Notary Public. SINCE St. Joe has gravely unnouticocl itself a candidate for the world's expo sition of 1892 , the citizens of that burg spoil its niimo Saint Josoph. citizens inuko up their minds to tender the parlc commission suitable grounds for mrk purposes they should attach no unreasonable conditions to the gift. THIS shystoring barnnclcs who infest _ the police court nnd prey upon prison ers have occasioned a great deal ot adverse - verse criticism upou the force. They should bo run out. 1 OMAHA'S police judge , in a recent decision , declared that "Even a king has no right to invade the sanctity of his moat humble subject's homo. " Pos sibly his honor is not aware that install ment men and policemen are the power behind the throne. BOTH Norvin Green and Postmaster General Wanamakor are at Saratoga. "When under the influence of Vichy and congress waters there should bo no dif ficulty in adjusting the question of gov ernment rates over the telegraph lines of the Western Union. A ST. ' PAUL paper has discovered that Minneapolis has packed its last city directory with the names ot a largo number of dogs. Tlio charge is prop erly authenticated and gees to prove the dospcr.ito character of the struggle between the two cities for numerical .supremacy. THE third and last series of competi tive drills in marksmanship at tlio gov- tprnment range at Bellevue will begin to-morrow and the contest will include soldiers nnd officers from all commands fin the army. These target drills have attracted attention in army circles in every section of the United States. WESTEUN railroad men declare that the dilllculty with which they will have to content ! this autumn will bo a scarc ity of equipment. Whllo the Union Pacific nnd the Nebraska roads have boon constantly adding to their rolling stock , the number is not yet nearly largo enough to handle the vast pro ducts of the state With sulllciont dis patch. NmuusiCA was the first state in the union to treat prize lighting as a felony and enforce the criminal code by send ing ono of the principals in a prize fight to the penitentiary. Since then sporting men of the prize ring have given Nebraska a wldo berth. Missis sippi has only fallen into the footsteps of Nebraska in treating John L.- Sulli van as a law breaker that must share the ignominy and hardships of the felon's cell. K who are afraid that Omaha is losing ground as a stock martcot had better examine the records. For the BOVOII days ending August 7 the re ceipts were twenty thousand , nine hun dred and thirty-four , while at Kansas City they were twenty thousand , eight hundred and oighty-two. making a bal ance of fifty-two in Omaha's favor. From the third packing con tor of the United States Omaha will soon advuuco pormuncntly to second placo. Gnonait P. BEMIS has offered the park commissioners a tract of botweor live and ton acres of land gituatod al Thirty-fourth and Izard streets for parli purposes. If some minor difference : can bo satisfactorily arrnngod botweor the commissioners and Mr. Bemis , th < work of Improving the land will b < commenced immediately. While th ( tract is not largo the location is favora bio , and the park would make a nlc < resort for all classes of citizens. IN a small way , it appears , Nebraska is represented ut the Paris exposition. . The stuto board ot agriculture quietly prepared an exhibit of Nebraska's prod' net , and the stuto has thei honor of being ing the only ono in the union which has a display of corn at Paris under the auspices of the American agricultural department. While there may bo some satisfaction in knowing that Nobraskc has shown more enterprise than hot neighbors , it is nevertheless to bo ro ( jrotted that the Btato has boon alto gather too modest iu its efforts. It certainly tainly U news to many people in tin state to learn that Nebraska has a con show in Paris. WAS IT A In commenting upnn the killing ot Judge Terry , Tim BRB Bald that "not withstanding his infamous character , its killing umlor the circumstances was a crime , " that "thoro was apparently nothing to justify the deputy marshal n killing the assailant of another man who w < ts frco to act for himself , and. whoso lifo docs not seam to have been necessarily in jeopardy. " Our local cohtomporarlos have criticized those viows. The Wbrld'Jlerald made this comment : What would TUB BEB havol Does It iloslro that a member of the highest legal tribunal of the Innd bo open to the danger of assassination at the hands of n bloody- minded villain , who nlroady has the death of several human baings to answer for , or would It Imvon Justice of the supreme court of the United States go armed Itlco a desperado to defend himself against dnngor- ous men who may bo offomlod at his rulings ! The Ttyntblicun commented ns follows : This Is n uuccr vlmv to take of the case , in face of the fuel that Terry's previous throat * to kill Justice Field led to the employment of the deputy marshal to protect him In the dis charge of his oftlclal duties. Terry's record as a bully nnd a murderer suntccd to justify the doputv marshal in killing him when ho deliberately slapped Justice Field's face , and that the shsotlng was none too quick was proven by the subsequent discovery that while Ter ry was provoking the tragedy his amiable wife was in quoit of a satchel containing n revolver , of which she was disarmed before she could llnd opportunity to use It. Thus far Tin ; HER has boon the only newspaper to declare the Icltllng ot Terry a crime. The action of the California authori ties , and of the judge ot the circuit court of the United States , ia a sufficient vindication of tha view taken by THE BEE as to the criminal character of the killing of Torry. The deputy marshal was promptly arrested and hold In custody by the state authorities. Justice Field was arrested on a warrant issued by a magistrate and indorsed by a judge of n state court. Both were released from , the custody of the state authorities upon habeas corpus proceedings by Judge Sawyer , of the United States circuit court nnd hold under bail. It is therefore clear that both the state authorities and the federal judge re garded the killing of Terry as a crim inal act , for which the responsible party or parties should bo hold account able in the manner proscribed by law. Wo cannot undertake to say what fur ther stops California justice will take in this matter , but the action thus far has distinctly regarded the killing of Terry as a crime. The conviction of the dep uty marshal , if ho is over brought to trial , is extremely improbable , and doubtless ho Is already acquitted at the bar of publio opinion , but this does not chaugo the character ot his act from the legal point of view. ' Tim BEE is as solicitous as any of its contemporaries can be for the security of public officials whoa in the discharge of their duties against throats or as sault. It fully approves of all proper and lawful means for their protection when their is reason to bollovo they are in dangp.r , as there unquestionably was in the case of Justice Field. The ap pointment of an olllcor to accompany Justice Field for the purpose of pro tecting him was eminently judicious and proper , though it is quite possible a more discreet olllcor might have been solcctod. But it must bo berne in mind that in this country there is no privi leged class for whose protection human lifo may be taken without the justifica tion which the laws recognise. What this is every intelligent citizen under stands , and every such citizen must confess that it is not to bo found in the net of Deputy Marshal Naglo. . To ad mit that the rccora of Terry as a bully and a murderer justified shooting him to death under the cir cumstances would be to make a prece dent , by which police o ill c hi Is every where could find justification for killing some one almost dally. In every city in tho-country judicial officers are being - ing constantly menaced , by desperadoes whom they have punished , but no rea sonable mun will pratond that a police officer in Now York , Chicago or else where , appointed to protect a judge , would bo justiliod In shooting down an assailant , however desperate his char acter , who had simply slapped the judi cial face. The duty of an officer would bo to attempt to prevent a further assault and to arrest the assail ant. ant.A A justice of tno supreme court of the United States is the equal before the law of every other citizen , and that is all. The protection to t given him in the performance of his duties is neither moro nor less than should bo provided for any public official under like cir cumstances , and goes no farther than to restrain anyone attempting to interfere with him in the discharge of his official functions. There aro.unquostionably , oc casions when an officer charged with the duty of giving protection would bo jus tified in taking life. No such circum stances were present In the Terry trag edy. What might might have occurred is not to the purpose. The taking of human lifo can not find justification in an assumption of possibilities. Wo might quota from a number ol leading papers , whoso vlows of this af fair are exactly in line with those ol THE BEE , but our position does not re quire such support. It is fully sus tained by the judicial proceedings thai have already boon had in California , and by every commoa eoiiso consider ation. Tim STA Considerable interest is being shown throughout the country as to the form Into which the now arrange' mont of the stars of the flag will be made on the entrance of the four now states into the union. There is no pro vision of law for the arrangement ol the stars on the flag. Custom has de creed that the arrangement shall bo in a series of rows , but this rule has not boon absolutely obeyed in the Amoricar flags of different epochs. If in making the now flag , which ia to bo studded with forty-two stars , the accepted plar bo followed out , thot'3 would bo six row of seven stars each , making squuro worl on the blue field. A different ar- rungomont has boon suggested , however by P. 1C. Spinner , the vonor-ablc ex-socrotary of the treasury. It is hli idea to nrrnngo the atnra of the flag in such a maunor as to raprosont ono largo white star , mndo up of forty-two smaller onos. There is much to com mend this conception. It comblnos utility , inasmuch at a distance , espec ially at sea , the ono star-arranged flag would make the field of bliy > Tar moro conspicuous than it is at present. In an aesthetic point of view the atnr-ar- rangcd flng is decidedly moro attractive thau one of stiff , parallel linos. Now status could bo easily represented on this flng by placing additional stars in the con tor of the great star without de stroying its symmetry and beauty. There is , finally , moro significance in this lat ter arrangement , inasmuch ns the ideality ot the union E Plurlbus Unum is preserved and brought viv idly before the mind through the Inn- gimcro of the oyo. It ia to bo hoped that Mr. Spinner's beautiful conception will bo consummated , and that the "Star Spangled Banner" will bo mauo ono in reality as it is In ideality. DEATH OP JAMES The announcement ot the death of Congressman Jnmcs Lnird did not como unoxpcctodly. Whllohis political friends have sought to conceal the fact from the public that his malady was incura ble and his recovery beyond the roach of human skill , his ronl condition had boon an open secret for many months. As a public man Mr. Laird hud his ardent admirers and bitter opponents , lie was cast in that mold that dUpisos a fight from behind ambush. His natural Instincts nnd impulses were those of a bravo , big-hearted man. But his political and personal associates ted him to champion policies not always popular , and Into paths not always commendable. While by instinct a man ot the common pcoplo with an inborn aversion to mon opolies , Mr. Laird's ambition made him the camp-follower and eventually a loader of that political wing of the re publican party allied with the rail roads. It is a sad commentary upon the frail ties of humanity that a robust man lu the prime of lifo should fade away men tally In the midst of a career that was so full ol promise. TO FILL THE VAOANCY. The vacancy created by the death of James Laird becomes nt once a subject of interest , not only in the Second con gressional district , but in the country at largo , by reason of the closeness be tween the two parties in the low or house of the national legislature. The first question that presents itself is how the vacancy is to bo filled and when. The statutes of Nebraska , Section 10S , provide that vacancies in the office of representatives in congress shall bo filled at the next general election , un less a session of congress is hold or to bo held prior to the ganeral election in November. In other words the voters of the Second congressional dislriot will , among officers to bo voted for at the general election in Novem ber , also be required to elect a member of the Fifty-first congoss to fill Mr. Laird's unoxpired term. Should President Harrison.call a special session of congress for October , us is now expected , the governor will bo ro- quireil to call for a special election in the Second congressional district to fill the vacancy at the earliest practicable time , which would bo- within ton days from the date of the governor's call. A BEATEN The law has vanquished John L. Sul livan. The man whoso muscular pow ers has overcome all antagonists has been beaten , to use 'tho vernacular of the prize ring , tj a "stand still" by a Mississippi governor. The world's champion slugger will do a year's ser vice for the state whoao law ho violated. Such is the sentence of a Mississippi court , and while an effort wi.ll be made to secure a change of the just decree , there is very little probability that it will succeed. By n very large majority the chances are that the most famous of pugilists will pass the next twelvemonth in a suit of stripes doing honest labor for the commonwealth whoso governor and laws ho defied. There is great proba bility that there will bo associated with him in this useful service others who were his aiders and abettors in violat ing the law of Mississippi. The vindication of the law and of ex ecutive authority accomplished by the conviction and suntonco of Sullivan will bo approved by all who are not supporters of the brutal business of prize fighting. Except in a few states popular sentiment in op position to this demoralizing sport , so- called , has been ombodlod in statutes which make it a penal offense , and among the laws prohibiting and punish ing pr.zo fighting , those of Mississippi nre not the least severe. They pro scribe both n heavy fine and imprison ment , nnd Sullivan and his friends had hoped that only a fine would bo in flicted , which they would gladly have paid , but the authorities evidently felt that this would not have boon a punish ment at all , would not have vinl- catod the law , and would have boon a bad precedent , and the court therefore sentenced Sullivan to servo a year In the penitentiary. There waa leniency in this , the maximum term under the law being two yonra , and the state will lose financially , since it could have fined the pugilist a thou sand dollars ; but the example was noo- ossary , and only Mr. Sullivan and his friends will find /null with it. Governor Lowry has boon subjected to n good deal of'ridicule because ot the failure to prevent the fight , us well as for his subsequent efforts to capture the fighters and thosa responsible with them for the occurrence , but it is now his turn to laugh. Ho must bo given duo orodit for his persistence in pursuing the violators of the law and bringing thorn to an accountability , and the example ho has sot of fidelity to duty is to bo heartily commended. As to Sullivan , it is to be said In his favor that while ho had an opportunity to escape prosecution ho did not accept it , and when arrostou he went to meet his fate without the least opposition. That ho would Imvo taken a different course but for assur ances that nothing more serious than a Jioavy fine woulOLbo Innictod may bo presumed , but fotMch merit as there was in his coijrloijot him Imvo orodit. IIo will doubtless b'ti an obodicmt nnd dutiful prisoner , ilnd a year passed apart from temptations and corrupting associates will uo him no harm. The oxpcrionco wlll f qty likely put an end to hla career as tTpuRiliat for champion- shlo glory , though ho may bo expected to again nppoar a an exponent of the "nmnly art of sb t defense. " CorOUA.no , with its varied mineral resources , promises Jo make an inter esting axhihit nt the approaching fall exposition ntGhLKvro , which opens Sep tember 4 nnd continues six waoks. Would it not bo an excellent opportu nity for the Nnbrnskn state develop ment board to secure suitable snaco In the Chicago exposition b'ulldtng and present to the host possible advantage the products ot this statoV Thousands of visitors from Illinois , Indlanal\Vis- consln nnd Michigan attend the Chicago cage exposition. They are just the class ot people who would bo inlorastad in Nobraska'd resources. An exhibit , consequently , would advertise the state and would attract their attention , with the result of inducing the Immigration of n thrifty population to our borders. ADMIUKHS of Davy Crockett , the fa mous pioneeraro going tocolobrato the ono hundred nnd third anniversary of his birth at Nashville , Tonnossoo. Ho was the man for whom the coon always canio down out of the tree without being shot at. If Davy wcro alive to day ho would bo disgusted with the present generation of clay pigeon shooters. Two Sura Winners. Chtraoo Tribune. Iowa republicans are enthusiastically la favor of Hutchison for governor and Chicago cage for the world's fair. Its a StniiU-Oir. Chicago New * . Opinion Is divided on to whether Peoria , St. Louis or Bloornington should have the world's ' fair in case it don't go to Chicago or Now York. Enoucli of .Tpff. St. Louis GIobc-Dcmocrrtt. Another letter from Jeff Davis , reiterating his confcdorato sentiments , suggests thohopo that In his case , nt least , the Urown-tiequard ollxer will not prove successful. A Pacific Const Illustration. San Francltcn Alia. The Canadian papers which nro jumping up aud down ever the Uohring sea niattor appear to Know as much ubout international law us un angle worm docs nbout making npple butter. * I , ' f A Hundrml 'Years May Tell. Chicaan Herald. Dr. Hammond BJi.ysjthat it will takoTa hundred f dred yearn of experimenting to proVo the value of the elixir of life. Probably taw of us Will live to Bop the result of those experi ments if wo talfo the olixlr. ' The Ulftuionti Corner. % Chicago Time. ? . Poor pc-oplo must economize on diamonds during the coming winter. Prices have ad vanced t)0 ) por'conL whjlo the entire European and African output is m thq hands of n New York und Philadelphia syndicate. Thus are the necessaries of lifo. controlled by a fortu nate few. M/V / . ! . A Linlt-Ilitruler Kor Grndy. JVeif Forfc JForW. Wo observe with pleasure thnt those south ern newspapers which are edited by men who proved their courngo as soldiers during the war denounce these two follows ( the duelists ) ns miscrennts nnd urge their pun ishment. But editors who , like the partici pants in this duel , were born too Into to face batteries at Gettysburg or Spottsvlvania nro rapturously applauding the ' 'heroism" which does not shrink from the pistol practice of ono excited man ia the dark. Just the Judge For Sullivan. liitllanavolti Journal. Is there nnything significant in the remark of the Associated press reporter at Purvis , Miss. , thnt Judge Terrell , who is trying slug ger Sullivan's case , is "a splendid specimen of physical manhood. " Ordinarily , the phys- loal attributes of a presiding Judge are not a matter of moment to tha publio ; but in this case it looks as if the possibility of n personal encounter between that ofllcial and the dis tinguished accused in case the latter is not pleased with the rulings had suggested itself to the writer of the dispatch. Uocuiulnu Koally Civilized. iioiituninery ( Ala. ) Mr fi liner. It is evidence of a marked change in pub lie opinion with respect to dueling thnt the duel in Cherokee county Saturday last be tween two Georgians has excited so much comment throughout the state , and it is gratifying to know that this comment is so emphatic in denunciation of that barbarous custom. There can bo no mistaking the strength of popular opinion on this subject , and the statute aimed at the practice is well supported in a widespread sentiment against the so called code of honor. HITS AND MISSES. Mr. James Morgan , pf Morgan county , In diana , offer. ! $5,000 for a wife , who must bo both yountr nnd protty. Ho has had many applications , but the multiplicity of charms displayed by the different candidates con fuses the old gentleman , nud ho cannot make UD hla mind which maiden to tike. It might bo well for him to call iu u jury of young men , who uro entirely competent to decide on all questions touching fcmalo loveliness , nud auldo by their decision. The recent uprising of the Sandwich Islanders against ICalakaua Booms to have scared nil thoEnglUh education out of the sovorolgn ofiuat l ingJoui , judging'from an ofllcial message wfltton by him shortly after the rebels hud boon captured nud led away to prison. The king said : "Hon. S. M. Damon , Sir : The fooling or rumor ex pressed by Mr.p - that I ntn In league with tha movumo'nt of , Mr. Wllcax , I make tills solemn declaration that these reports or rumors are not true ) nor the somblanea of which ia connected with the matter bofora the cabinet yostordny.1 KAIAKAIU. " Tlio&o Omaha la los who danced with his majesty nt the rocoptlon given him in this city several yuan ) n/o.lwlll undoubtedly fool grieved that tim'o and u steady pursuit of Gambrlnus lias dealt so unkindly with his mental powers. A ypuug mun in the south has Invented a device which will do away with the umplro nnd Ills dopotlsm. Tbo Inventor figure * that the culling of balls and utrllcoi allows him to give the gauio to either club ho ploasca. The patent will do away with the objection able feature. The Invention consists of a propolllnfr uiuchino which will allow the man who stands In the box to throw every ball over tha plate. Ho can olovatu orlovvorlt so as to throw the ball auywhora between the knee and the waist. The velocity of tba ball can bo regulated , aud the team with tna best catcher can throw tbo swiftest ball. Only turoo balla will bo thrown over tha pinto and tbo batter must strike or run. Tha entno will not then go to the nlno whosa pitcher can most befuddle the umplro. The popularity of the russet leather shoo scorns to bo on the decline m Omaha. The cost Is considerable , nnd rainy weather ap pears to not hnrshly with thorn , None but bankers' sons can wear the russet with nny degree of permanency , ns nn nverngo salary would molt nwny before n shoemaker's demands - mands like dow before n summer sun. A abort time alnco the hearts of Uoston spinsters were sot Into n flutter by nn an nouncement thnt Tncomn contained n largo number of marriageable bachelors nnxlous to wed. The feminine plurality of Doston la BO largo , nnd offers of innmngo are so few , that immediately stops were tnkon for n vast hcgirn ot spectacled maidens to the west. Local booksellers declare that Hub girls hnvo abandoned science , nna that books con taining Information nbout the west , nnd par ticularly Washington territory , nro the only one ? tailed for. COUNTRY BREEZES. One on XJucln Jimmy. atntvaffconl. . Last Wednesday morning Uncle Jimmy I bghry milked Ills cow as usual , nnd inside of an hour she dropped ono of the best calves of the ROIISOU. Thin la fnlrly ono on the old gentleman , nnd ho bus been setting up the cigars to nil -who applied In consequence. Editor liiirr'n Apology. 7YnnUfiidrmiMfemi. . This Is how Editor Uurr , of the Enterprise , pots out of a bad. predicament : "Wo nro ns- surcd by the mother nnd grandmother of the Shopordson baby that wo made u mistake In designating It as rod-hoadcd. The Brand- mother declares that the hair U auburn , while- the mother thinks it may bo described as golden. Wo at and cor reeled. , The hair is any color they nlonsa. Wo nro not aueh a fool n4 to dispute with a mother or grand mother nbout the color of n baby's hair ; wo only know thnt it Is a pretty baby. " The Tim es Mount Well. Hula Times. The Times has lost a subscriber I It was all on account of trying to cot these woods cut down for the bannfit ot the ladles. Ho was nn old and valued subscriber , too. Ouo of the kind that grow dourer year after year by the value of unpaid subscriptions invested In him. In the "paid till when" column of our subscription book opposite hla name nro the characters , Yol. I , No fcX It was the honust , endeavor of the Times to atlr up n little moro pride nmontr our townspeople , but , like n gentleman who received n cake of n choice brand of soup from his lady love , ho draw nn unkind Inference from it , and or dered us to stop his pipor. But , bless his RhIIlnlnhlwo can't do that until ho goes through tno ceremony of counting out turoo nud n hnlf stnndard units of U. S. legnl tender - dor nud squnring up for past fnvora thank fully received. That's law nnd gospel on that point. _ _ AS OTHERS SEE US. Tliroujrli Ocnlous Eyes. The prominence which Omnlta nnd Kansas City nro givincr the Missouri river as a waterway demonstrates that their prestige as railway tcrii&aU is gone , and gone for ever. _ What Oninlui Air Will Do. ' " , "Chicago Tribune. Explorer Stanley was once the Omaha cor- Vespondent of several eastern capers , and a man wtio was a chum of bis at that time says that Henry M. was the readiest and most ac complished liar ho ever know. Knock Out the Snalcoa. Denver Republican. The sea serpent nnd auako stories incident to this season of the year have their monoto ny somewhat relieved by the reports ot the finding of diamonds in Kobraskn , pearls In Wisconsin und paying gold mines in Ohio. Ho ProllU'd ly tlio Example. iroa7iiioon ( ( fast. Nobrask-a had no sooner uncarted a giant with his petrified fist full of diamonds than Wisconsin comes to too front with u wonder ful tale of pearls found in the Sugar river clamshells. The Wisconsin romancer , in his description of the slzo , number nnd purity ot ' the uoarls found7 , has quite tnlcon the wind out of the sails of the Nebraska liar , Mr. IJoyd and the Mayoralty. Sioux Clt u Journal. , James E. lioyd , of Omaha , is as great a man ns Denton J. Hall , now of Chicago , or Peter A. Doy , still of lown. Mr. Boyd does not want to bo mayor of Omaha uny moro. It is not but what Mr. 13oyd might bo elected , but that it is getting to bo a moro unsatis factory thing to bo mayor Til Omnha than Mr. Doy pictures to his democratic frlnda it is to bo governor of Iowa. Fertile NohrnHka Intellects. CMeaao Times. Nebraska people nro fertile In the matter of expedients. A man out there hud his wlfo arrested on n chanjo of faithlessness , nud when it didn't stick ho found she wouldn't hvo with him. This called out his talent. Ho remembered thut back east there was an Indictment ngninst himself nnd wife for rob bery , nud ho hud the olllcors como on nnd nr- rcst them both. Ho said ho thought a term of Imprisonment would do thorn both good. Such n man ought to bo in congress at the very least. SONGS OF OTHER DAYS. I'm Still n l-rleml to You. AU1 years have come nnd gone , dear Tom , ( The past scorns like a dream ) , Since you uud I together mot Down by the winding stream ; When , hand in hand , wo promised , Tom , To each wo would bo truo. Old time has made no change in mo ; I'm atlll n friend to you. How often have I wept , ilenr Tom , When thinking o'er the joys , The happy scones of long ngo , When you and I were ooya I But now , I'm told , you'ro very poor , And your duya of life nro fow. It gives mo Joy to meet you , Tom ; I'm ' still n frlond to you. Old friendship often withers , Tom ; Whene'er a mnti grows poor The rich and proud forget "old friends , " And know them then no moro. Dut keep that honest heart of yours , Wo'll make old friendship now ; I care not what the world may say , I'm still a friend to you. In the Colt a in Ity thn Sea. Childhood ( lays now pass before me , Forms nnd scenes of long ugo , Like n dream they hover o'er mo , Culm nnd bright ns evening glow. Days that know no shade of sorrow , There my young heart pure and free , Joyful hulled each coming morrow , In the cottage by tbo son. Fancy sees the rose tree twining , Hound tlio old nnd rustic door , And below the white beach ginning , Where I gathered shells of yore. Hero's my mother's geutlo warning , As eho took mo on her knee , , And I feel again life's morning , " Iu tlio cottage by the sea. j * Whatl though yenra have rolled above rlo , And. mid fairer scenes I roam , Yet I no'cr shall ceuso to love theo , , / Childhood's deur and happy homo' And when Ufa's long day U closing Oh , how pleasant it would bo , / On some faithful heart ropotioj ; , In the cottage by the tea. J DUZZINGS. "Some years ago when the suftrngo agi tation w.is going on In the old court houso. where the Paxton block now stands , " snld n local raconteur , "Dr. Colliding took n grout Interest In the matter , nnd did nil ho could to help the Indies. Ho would go nround town and toll his friends that they ought to go to the court house and do what they could for the Indies , and actually succeeded In steerIng - Ing n good ninny of them In. " "At noon tlio ladies spread n nlco little lunch of sandwiches and hot coftoo , which wni exactly what the doctor wanted. Ho devoured everything In sight , and laid for now supplies. " "When the sandwiches nnd coffee were nil gone , tie said : "Now , ladles , you know how deeply Interested I rm In this great cause , nnd that I think it should prevail. And I ntn doing all I can to further it. My wife is down In the First ward working hard , the servant girl Is lu tlio Third ward doing all she can , so , ladies , you will please excuse mo for I must go homo and got dinner. " "Thoy llred tlio doc. bodily , " ho concluded , "and wouldn't ' let him como back that after noon. Ho acquired n largo able-bodied dose of dyspepsia , nnd declares ho hasn't got ever it to this day. " - . "I saw a 'Buzzing' in last Sunday's HRB. " said an Omaha business mun , "that touched ino strangely. " "It was in regard to 'cowboylng' In the Nlobrnra country In early days. I was out there iu the winter of 1373 nnd 'TO ' , nt the tlmo when the Cheyenne Indians wcro on tha wnrpath. There was danger everywhere. " "Ranches hud boon devastated , ranchmen murdered and stock run off. " "At last the pntienco of the ranchmen became - came exhausted and a party of irood men , and true , were organized to go nftor the ma rauders , regain the stock and punish the guilty , If caught" "Tho party consisted of fifty well termed men , who started out on a frosty January day to vanquish the foo. " "Wo hnd traveled nil dny , nnd towards night saddle-worn nnd weary , cama to camp in n deserted log cabin In n rnvino. " "Wo made ourselves ci comfortable ns possiolo. A lira wns lighted In the nmplo lire place , and the boys stretched themselves out on tbo floor for the rest they had earned. Some of the timid ones curled themselves up in the corner to sleep , with tupir rifles' ncnr at band , and started up at the slightest noise. " "It had passed midnight when we hoard n noise Inthosnovvoutsido , ns of something approaching preaching the door. Then something rubbed utrainstit , nnd wo started to our foot. Every ouo wns on the nlort iu an instant. " "It could bo nothing but nu Indian raid. With blanched faces wo laid our plnn of de fense , nnd resolved to sell our lives dearly. " "The noise at the door continued , and we knew that wo must act quickly. It wns de cided that ono of us must open the door , the others to stand , in tha background with every rifle leveled ut the door , nnd when it was opened pour a volley in the foo. " "No ono wanted to open the donr , for It meant almost certain death. Moso Howard. Cnp. Caufman nnd Bill Sharp wcro in the party , but none of thorn scorned anxious for the job. " "Finally an Englishman named Allsop , who wns absolutely fearless , said ho would open the door. "With determined faces the men aimed their rifles at the door , and stood ready for the critical moment. " "Allsop threw the door open and. sprang aside. Fifty rilles rung out , nnd a fine young steer fell into the room completely riddled with rlflo balls. " "He had been engaged in the peaceful oc- cupjtiou of scratching himself against the door , and met nn undeserved fnte. " "Our relief was intense , and many bravo men actually trembled. " "Wo took up the hunt ogam next morning , but never found our Indians. " . * * . A man who will figure quite prominently in the forthcoming county election , said last evening , "THE BKI : editorially struck the key-note the other day in the coroner busi ness. In my opinion a coflln shop is no place for the coroner. That ofllcial should bo a physician in ' good standing and fully equipped for the work. He should bo inde pendent and should choose his juries from the best class of citirons. This coroner business in Omaha has boon wrong for years , and THE BEE'S editorial 'Nobody to Ulumo , ' has found many endorsers. As long as an undertaker holds the ofllco ot coroner ho is looking for the main chance In the cof fin trade. An accident mny happen on the ( J. P. , or 15 , & M. , or any other road any where within n rudius of llfty miles of Omaha and of' course the railroad company will buy Its coQlns from the coroner and when the bill is presented will ask i o ques tions. The same applies to ether largo corporations who lira liable to have accidents happen to tuelr employes. They iulluenco a coroner very readily as long as he has a cof fin shop. His bills are uaid cheerfully because - cause they Iciiow it is much cheaper to buy co 111 n 3 t'mu to pay widows and orphans for the live } of their husbands and fathers , For myself I hope wo will have u now departure this lall and put a stop to these coroner and undertaker combines. The whole thing is wrong from the ground up , and should bo changed ut the llrst olectiou. I say this w 1th no unkindly feeling to Mr. Drexel , or hla partner Mr. Maul. They are both fiuo young men , but human nature in huuiau nature , nud Duslncss is business. " * * # Mr. Charles Dewey , the great American traveler , Is in receipt of an Interesting letter from J. W. Love from Cologne , Germany. Mr. Love IB a wealthy citizen of Fremont , Neb. , who has boon doing the continent. Ho says : "Thero are a great many Amer icans iu Paris this your. Huffulo Bill is doing very well , and has n bolter snow than over. "Tho national show is n good ono , but the United States exhibit is very poor for such n nation. Many a smaller country makes n bol ter showing , and some of the so-called heath ens beat ua nil hollow iu every department. Wo can learn many lessons from some of the countries wo consider the most benighted. "Tho Elflol tower U a magnificent struc ture , and is n marvelous monument to skill , money und labor. "The Hhino Dautchiand Is something like Franco , but hardly as good. This pcoplo will 1083038 the earth If they keep on being BO prolific. About nil you see are babies and soldiers. I found many deformed people there , especially women , "Tlio Bohlluis are everywhere , and they are good ones , too. Germany will bo rondy for wur , without doubt , if called upon to protect her claims , "Tho cities of Germany nro vary fine und Improving wonderfully , " Mr. Love wishes to bo remembered to his Oumlia friends , * * * "I was interested in the methods of .run ning saloons in Now Orleans , " aald u saloon bai tender- who lias traveled , "Down there they do not keep their goods on icebut hoop the bottles ranged behind the bar before the mirror , " "Thoy have no work bench under the bur , the space being Ailed by an inimenso box filled with Bliaved ico. An ice box it * always handy In which to keep bottled beer aud goods of that description. " "A bartender ban A pretty soft thltiKthero , as ho Is not supposed to wash a glass , having colored porters to do that for him. " "Mint juleps , nnd all the fancy mixed drluus nro m great dcmund by the southern ers ; the mmC julep being the favorlto. When n man does tnko n atrnlght drink thor hand him n Inrgo tumbler of water on tha side , instead ot the s in all gloss nvxvo do. " "In Sun Francisco the Ice Is nil innnufnc- turod artificially nnd comes In thin sheets , which nro then ruled oft In small squares , nnd Is n mighty precious commodity. Tha cubes that nro used in mixing drinks nro thrown Into n box , washed nnd used ngnln until they molt , " "Tho Snn Francisco dude Is very fond ot n well mixed drink , nnd there nro tunny of thorn. The drink called the 'place punch1 Is ono or the smoothest drinks Imaginable. You could onslly Imagine you were drinking n do- llghtfully flnvorod lemonade , but It Is the most Insidious of nil drinks , nnd three ot them will make n man rob hta own trunk. Eastern tourists who nro Introduced to 'plsco punch' ' nnd dnlly with it , never forget tha oxponenco. " "Another drink In San FrnncNca which you can cot in many saloons , but oftener m chop houses nnd the California market booths , the 'oyster cocktail. ' This Is made by filling n tumbler three quarters full of the small nntlvo oysters. Into this Is Injected popper sauce , tomato catsup , cnyenno popor nnd salt. It ia drank from the glass nnd It a vcrylippotlzlng mix ture , I nssuro you. It is n grcnt bracer when n mnn has boon out la to and has what Is known a& his "jag" with him. " "Tho latest thing in drmlcs hero is what wo call the "Urown-Scok-hnrd. " It it nn elixir of grout potency , and is composed ns follows : You tnko hnlf n jigger of sulphuric ncld , a modicum of cayenne popper , n dash or two of electricity , nnd what , going } Well , so long. " " . II. D. ICoosertho popular traveling freight agent of the Missouri Pacific has gone east for n two week's vnoatlon. Ho gnvo It out before leaving that ho was only going to visit Uis old home , nnd review the scones of his early triumphs In the railway business , but It is darkly hinted in railway circles that no will bring back one ot Pennsylvania' * fair est daughters ns nn exceedingly bettor half. Howeverthis Is n mooted poiut.and can only bo decided upon his return. If ho returns douolod up , so to speak , the railroad boys in- tona to turn out with the flambeau club and make things warm for him. 'Koos , " as no is called , toll * a story about an absent minded man who is not unknown'1 in Omaha. Says ho : "I was stopping nt nn hotel In Wabash , nnd nbout bed time was standing nt the desk chatting with the night clork. I noticed n man sitting In ono of the rockers looking rather absent-minded nnd troubled. "Presently ho came up to the desk ana said to the clerk , ' ! wish to remain.1 'All right , ' answered the clerk , 'just register , please. ' 'I bnvo registered , ' answered the absentminded - minded ono. 'Then that's all that Is neces sary , ' replied the clerk. "I looked on the register , " says Koos , "and saw the nnrao of an Omaha man ot whom I had heard a great deal but did not know personally. The dork and 1 continued our chat , but after n few minutes the gen tleman again stepped up to the dealt and said 'I'd like to remain , please. ' 'All right,1 said the clerk , 'just register.1 'But I have rotfistorod , ' ho replied. 'Then that's nil that's necessary , ' again replied the clerk. "This struck mo ns being-rather rumarkablo and I looked nt the gentleman , who had en- sconscd himself In n chair In a corner , and sat there with n thoughtful , troubled face. " There must be something wrong about thnt man , ' eaid the clerk , 'that's the fourth or fifth tlmo this evening bo's como up to the desk and said ho wanted to remain. ' "Ho came to the desk again , and Blood around aimlessly for a few minutes , in tbo meantime I wanted to go to bed , nnd said to the clerk. 'Well , I think I'll rotiro. ' ' "Tho face of the absent-minded man lit up , n bin den seemed to bo lifted from his soul , nnd , with a happy laugh , ho said , Why , datnino , that's ' the word I've boon trying to think of all oveninc. That's what I want to do retire. I know It commenced with 're , ' but couldn't think of the rest of It. The only word I could think of wns 'remain. ' Young man , lot's have n cigar. ' And it cost him about four dollars for cigaw and things before ho 'retired.1" THE A. Novel Entertainment Soon to Bo Given nt Rn/il'n. , What Is the ICirmoss ? Two hundred or more of the young folks are rapidly finding ; out , by their f oquent rehearsals , and will soon give a satisfactory nns wur to the publio. The Klrmcss is , in brief , an entertainment made up almost entirely of the various na tional dances , with the appropriate cos tumes. This gives , bowovor , n very feeble idea of what the Kirmtm really is. Nothing short of a cciug it upon the stage , with nil Its brilliancy of coloring and jraco of move ment , can give ono a true idea of the IClr- mess. Every nation on earth is represented uy tlioir most picturesque costumes und most graceful dances. Piof. John A. Mahler , of fat. Louis , who has already prepared nnd managed successfully similar cntortnlninnnts in St. Louis , Kansas City and elsewhere , is in charge of the rehearsals , There are about two hundred participants , bora and girls , young men nnd maidens. The re hearsals are being held In Council Hluffa. These ilnncos ore uniquo. Each ii on- tlroly dilTeient from every other , and the costumes nro strikinirly varied. Not only so , but thuro is a great varfoty of movements in each dunuo. Ttio costumes for tlio gentlemen nro to bo imported from St. Louts. Tbo ladles will hnvo their costumes made to order , nnd they will naturally Indulge in much individuality of form and ornament. The costumes for the Husnlan dance are of course entirely dif ferent from that of the Tyrolean band. The former Is a lu milltairo , decidedly , tha latter airy and romantic. Then there nro the Dutoli with their wooden shoes , the Italians wltli their Roman scarfs , the Spaniards with their black lace mantilla , tint Mowers and tlio bees , and thus on through all the immbois , a bo wiidoring kaleidoscopic showing of gracu and beauty , Mrs. Lymnn is really in charge of the en tertainment. It was by her planning that Prof. MatilcrMIS secured und the classes furmed. No local oiitortalnineiit mis ever been started on so extensive and expensive- plnn , Mrs , Lyninn l an ludofutlulble , san- gumo worker , with much nmnngorinl ability. Hlie tins boon wonderfully successful in rais in L' money for St. Paul's Episcopal church , but this is n little the lurgcst enterprlso aha lias taken hold of. No oua doubts but that It will prove very successful under her man agement. The Kirmcsa will bo given In the opera liouso in Council Hluffa , August J7 , 23,29 and ! U , and at Iloyd's opera bouse , in Ooiubu , on the aiat. Tlio Marul03. The Lyceum Theatre company closed Its engagement nt ISo.vd's ' opura house last night with presentation , for tlio first tlmo Iu Oma- uu , of "Tho Marqulfio , " ono of Snrdou'a thoroughly French plnya. It Is strong and affords this excellent company fcopo In which to do Bomo very euperU acting. The work of Herbert Kolcciry , Henry Miller , Nelson Whoatcroft und Georgia Cayvun was especially flue , und the larga audlotico en- lovad it immensely. Miss Cayvan wns seen lo bettor advantage ns an artist of versatility und power than lu any play in which she has Heretofore appeared hero. AH it is Mr , l < Yohinun'a intention to send this company abroad next noason , Omaha will not l.avo the pleasure of seeing thorn ugaiu soon. The next attraction nt the Hoyd will bs [ ttchurd Golden , the well known comedian , in the YauKcu play , "Old Jed Prouty. " riircu performances will bo given on Monday , Tuesday und Wednesday uvoiiinga , August , , 'ft and 24. The play deals with the amo elements as "The Old Homestead" and "A MidulKtitUoll , " and Is un ongrcsalng pluturo of Now England rural lifo. It comus witb , bu cuclorsemuntof successful runs ut the Union fcjquuro theater , Nuw York , uud nt the uew California theater , Sau FriinclRco.