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'TKB OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , SEPTEMBER 1. 188n.--TWENTY-JFOUE PAGES. THE _ _ DAIIjYBEE. ' "E. ROSBWATBK , B Jtlor. PUBLiSHEb'DVBRY MORNINQ. . THUMB OK 8UI1SCUIPTION. Dully ( Morning Edition ) Including Sunday Jlco , Onn Vriir . . . . . .tlO ( X PorBlx Months f > ex j'or Thrco Months 1 ! D ( The OmHlin Sunday llco , mailed to nny uil-lriB' , Olio Vcnr , , , . . , . . . 21 * WccKly lice , Ouo Year 2U orncus. Omnnft OHIcc , Dee IlulMIng. N. W. Cornci Bevcntotntlinua Knrnnm BtrccW. Chicago omce.MTJtookery llullillnjr. _ , . Now York onicc , Itooms 14 nnd 15 Trlbum Wnshl'nRton Oftlct , No. M.1 fourteenth Btroct Coimrll limns Ofllco. No. 131'carl Street , .Lincoln Ofllcc , J0201'atioot , COnnESl'ONOF.NCR. All eomtminlciUInni relating to news nnd eill lorUl mattrr should bo addressed to tbo Kdltoi of t holloa. nOSINr.83 rXTTKUS. All Iraslncss letters nnd remittances chonU' ' boadflressortto'Iho llco Publishing Company Dmnho. Drafts , chocks nnd poitoilico orders tc be in ml o ptyalilu to the order ot the company , Tlic Bcc PnblisMnifCfllpaiiy , Prouriete ilin Building rnrnnm nnil Seventeenth Sttoeia Till : Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btftto of Nebraska. I County of Douglas. ( " George II. Tzschuck. secretary ot The Ilct Pu binning Compnny , dors solemnly sn ear th l Iho ftUtml circulation of Tun DAILY- BUR foi the veek. emllni ; August 31. ISS'J.uui as follows Rummy. .August" ' ) . 1B.R ! Monday , August 0 . W.r > k < TiipprtftV. August 27 . IN.MK Wednesday. August 23 . W > " ( TJiutsdny , AURlistZJ . . . 18li7l Jl-ldnjr. August J ] . 18rlll Bnturduy , AugustSl . 18d7f Average . 18. (11- GEOItriK II. TZOOUIU.K. B orn to before mu and sunscrlbod to In mj presence tlilsillatdny of Auuuftt , A. J ) . 18.1'J. IBenl. ] N. P. 1T1 U , Notary 1'ublte. Btnto of Nebraska. I Countv ot Douglas. I s * > George II Tzschuck , bolnit duly sworn , rte > pose nndsaystlmtlioisscorottiry ot TUB llou Publishing company , that the actual average dully circulation of Tun IHit.v BKB for tlio month ot September. 18CH. 18,1m inples ; for Oc tober IfcSM , 1H.OM copies ; for Noiomlicr , IB * . 18. 9W ) copies : for December. K&\ IP.'il copies ; foi dnnnnry , IbPJ. li , r > 74 , copies ; for February. 1B8U lHinn copies ! for March , 18M ) . 18.8M copies ; foi April , mu. J.r ,0 copies : Tor May , IbRO , 18d > ! copies : for June. lw > . 1R.8T > 8. copies : for July IbbU , 1C.7J8 copies ; forAugUHt , 188't , 1S.G > 1 copies Oro. U. TZSCMIUCK. Rworn to before mo nnd subscribed In mj presence this aist dny ot August. A. 1) . 18J9. [ BEAU ] N , 1' . l riu Notary I'nbllo. THI3 SUNDAY Bomo of tlio Succlnl Features 1'rc snnlfd in Thin Issue. 77io 7Jiicror/7icOrcc7.i ? / Another of Franl Carpenter's Inimitable letters llnl ) ItvieikolVn Ideal Man His Eulogy nl the bier ot Horace bunver. Early Unll In Kilrasha Gossip nbou' ' diamond champions l.i 'cy/ Otnithii Mai Grown Great A. study o great men who once made Omaha their homo. Home Life of the 7 err// / * The story o. their marrlou felicity told for the llrst time. 'IhcJojitnfu Giinsy Life Not the bolt marauuers told about in } ollovcoverei novels. Gas Made Jni Electricity \ lot of inter estlns mUcellany for electricians. What Can Yanljx Hoodie Def Ati In ternstlng letter from Washington. 'J he Cist , of LivlnainGotltam A. bnghl letter from our Nuw York correspondent. Qosalj ) For Fair Wttmcn A. study oi n onion's feet , nomnn's eyes. 1 Vndqct of Jlrlnlii Miscellany A. Span ish Cigarette A lleauty In the Surr. Th ( SUnU in Scotland , etc. A great variety 01 choice miscellany. iocril and Foreign Xews ijcrirlcc Th ( latest local ana domeistlc new s. ft ea by cable gram from nil corners of the vorld , ' Jupiter Will Hide His Fncc-A.u a lro iiomical phenomenoa to bo wltnnsscd li Omaha. Given Cver to Plcnnnrc Omaha devotes t week to the entertainment of her uolghbnrs. O it ? ia's Glni > s Room Qiicens-Tholr re turn for duty after two month's va-atlon. They Know Their Shepherd Keligiou ; people who faithfully follow In the ay s ot tin tochtl Events of the WctTt Beauties ani gallants w lie on Joy Beasido pleasures In Omaha 'Jhc Local rizld of jwit The sportint world covered by an expert. ' Kotcs of I oil ! no J/fissus Events of tht week among those who toll for their bread. Lchocs From the Ante Room Koy-holi Cllmpsos of the goat and the grip. 'Jhc Week in Commerce A. resume oi trade. A ilurest ol real estate transactions etc. Tnp week's ; business lu local marts , j special feature of the Sunday Bee. MINNKAPOLISfill stick close tc nflturo's topography iu improving hoi public park system. The board of parl < commissioners of Omaha would do well to follow Minneapolis' example. Tm ! Montana democrats have nominated - natod Mr. MiiRlnnis , the former delegate - gate , na their candidate for congress , Mupinnis is u man ol slurt frills , kid gloves and swallow-tail dress coats. In the liuiffuago of the eloquent Itnliar organ grinder , "Ho 'raaka do mont Biclc. " - Till ! high rates ulmrgod lor money ir Now York for the past two weeks hm attracted Euglish money from London. To counteract this movement the Bant of England has advanced its discount rfttos from three to four percent. Pron this move it would appear that Britisl financiers are very Anxious to proven 1 the flow of gold to America. PJIBDEIUCK CiTVT , Md. , has just pui in a clnim for 8200,000 against the na tional government on account of a wni tax levied on the place by General Early in 1804. If the president will no ! I Bottle tlio claim the city might commun ioato with General Early and muko nr 1" li vangomonts to draw the capital prize ir iho lottery which the old war horse ii now running in Louisiana. A CONYKNTION of wheat growers o the Mississippi valley bus boon callot lit St. Louis , October 23. Its purpose as outlined in tha prospectus is "to reined j the present expensive mode of muricot- Jug farm products and to secure bottei prices for the sumo by a systematic rog illation of supply and demand. " It : other words , some ambitious and speculative lativo "farmers" aio bent on forming i trust. But the contract is bigger thai nny sot of men cun engineer. I3os'i < m will inaugurate a novel oxht bltlon in November , which is to ho r preu object lesson of the maritime in dustrlos of the world. It IB designed tc present for contrast Atnanciui am ] foreign machinery , appliances , models of war and morohunji vessels. There will bo exhibits of the skill and mute rials nt tlio command of the Atlantic and Pacific shipyards , as well as t xuusoum of relics illustrating the progress gross made in Bhlp-bullding from tin curliest times. Thuro is little quustlot Imtthut this nautical display will attrao universal attention , The revival it 11 aval ship-building , as well as tin iutorost taken iu the restoration of i merchant marine , 1ms aroused publii enthusiasm , and the exhibition can no fail to eucourugo und stlniulato thli fooling. p/iro nr/53f TN run SCHOOLS. The members of the board of cducnv tlon have themselves largely to blnim for -nepotism nnd favoritism in tlii public Bcliools , Merit nlono ( lees no1 always recommend the selection or tin retention of n teacher. Time am ngnin unfitncss 1ms boon proven iignins instructors , but apparently this ha boon no bar to tholr rc-olcction. Llk < barnacles that liavo fastened thomsolvo to the bottom of a ship , thcso person hang on to their places year after yoai with grim tenacity. It is a , matter o common gossip among the tcnchors o this city that any ono of tholr number no matter how unfit after rcpcatci trials for imparting Instruction , cat hold her position , provided she cat bring sitfTlciont pressure nnd infiu cnco to boar on individual mom bora of the board. No little Uic is displayed n d the methods pursuoi nro not always crodltablo. Members ol the board nro button-holoU on tin etreots. They nro pursued in thoi : homos and invited out to dine by friend and interested relatives. Such appeal : nro almost irresistible , especially whet fair picadors champion the cause o their friends. The result is that tin average member of the board capita lutes nt the ( Irst assault. Now all this is wrong nnd the members bors of the board are wol aware of it. The usefulness o the schools is too often sucriflccc in order not to incur the displeasure o well known ladies , or to ollond friends or to excite political and business ill will in opposing tin incompetent teach or. The board of education is in dutj bound to shako oil this influence , whlcl is pernicious and demoralizing. Grave abuses have already grown out of thii favoritism , and it is imperative for the wolfrro of the schools that the ovll b < nipped in the bud before it viliates the whole public school instruction of tin city. _ OBLIGATIONS OF LAWYERS. In his address to the annual convention tion of the American Bar association hold in Chicago thu past week , Mr. Da vid Dudley Field touched upon the duties - ties of lawyers to the stato. Ho said that lawyers tire far behind in the per formance of those duties , and in ilkiS' tration of this declared that there is ir this land a spectre of halting justice such ns is to bo soon in no other part o Christendom. Ho was not aware of anj other country calling itself civil ized where it takes so long tc punish a criminal nnd s ( many years to got a llnnl decision between twoon man and man. Truly may we say , remarked Mr. Field , that justici passes through the land on loader sandals. Yet there is computed to be seventy thousand lawyers in the coun try , or ono to about nine hundred of the population , a ratio so von times JargeJi than that in Germany and moro thai five times that in Franco. Turning from the performers to th < performance , Mr. Field quoted fron a report to show that the tiverag < length of a lawsuit varies VOIM much in the different states the greatest being about - sb years and the least ono year and a half but very few states finish a litigation ii the shorter period. The difficulty is it the vast amount of talking and writing that is required to bo done. "What ii required and what must , at some time or otherbo undertaken , said Mr. Field is a treble process the process of elimination nation , the process of condensation niu the process of classification. Such i work ho believed is the inevitable out come of American institutions. Manj lawyers are frightened by the idei ot a codo. They imagine it t < bo revolutionary , something that wouli take away the substance of what the ; are accustomed to and force them ti learn a now system. These persons said Mr. Field , greatly orr. It surolj is not revolutionary to set in writing what has already boon decided , and o ! course has boon spoken or written b ; somebody somewhere. It is not revolutionary tionary to condense the utterances tha' have beou miido from the bench in hundreds drods of years. It is not rovolutionnr ; to arrange the several proposi tlous thus evolved. In conclu siou Mr. Field said : "You must of course , bo true to you clients and to the courts , but you mus also give spuody justice to your follov citizens , moro speedy than you havi yet given , and you must give thorn ! chance to know their laws. " This plain and candid statement o grave defects in the legal practice o the country , made by an eminent law yetof long experience and supportoi by irrefutable facts , may well chullongi not only the very serious attention o the legal profession , but of the genera public. The fact that the courts of th country , from the supreme nationn tribunal down through every grade , ar < constantly behind the demands upoi them is ample evidence of the slow paced methods of administering justlci in the United States , and whatever ma ; bo thought of the remedies proposed b. Mr. Field , there can bo no questioi that reform is most urgently rnqulrcd It is obvious that under present condl tions the already unfortunate situation must steadily become worse , until ultl matoly there will bo largely tin utto failure of justice , compelling measure of remedy and relief far moro revolutionary lutionary than those whluh th legal profession is said to no\ regard with so great appro honsion. It has already many time ; happened that justice has boon dcfoatoi by delay in the supreme court of th United States and in similar tribunal ! of the status. Death has silenced up pellants before their long-poiultngcase were reached , giving wrong and in justice a clear field. If this sort of thinj is not to go on with increasing frequono , und ou a broader scale than in the past it is evidently necessary that some suol course as tnat suggested by Mr. Piole bo adopted , und particularly that th legal profession shall endeavor to glv < moro speedy justice to tholr follow cit zons. There is undoubtedly much ti be said commendatory of the legal pruc tlco und judicial methods in this coun try , but Iho delay of justice is so soriou u fault as to outweigh all that ia good ii our system of legal procedure , Th American Bar association can dovot itself to no more important work thai that of removing this great and growlnj evil. . = = = : = = = = s 1103tn AND FOJWIGN TRAVEL. The number of Americans who havi visited Europe this year is unprcco dented. The exodus commenced car Her than usual , and during the month of May , Juno nnd July the travel abroac was enormous , while that of the firs half of August was heavy. Eight ; thousand sailed from Now York , and un doublodly the grand totnl of American visiting Europe this season is not Ics than ono hundred thousand , Looklnj nt the practical side of this vast foroigi travel nnd it will bo found to roproson quite fifty millions of dollars , and prob ably considerably moro than thntnmoun taken out of the country and trunsforroe to the pockets of Europeans. The present ont year has of course presented nn ox traordlnary attraction in the Paris exposition position , but travel to Europe from the United States is annually in&roasing the disposition of most of those who cai aflord nn extended summer vncatiot being to go abroad rather than to seel recreation and recuperation in visitini some of the many attractive and health ful localities of tholr own country Although there are to bo found to-dnj in almost every considerable com inunity scores of people who hav < boon to Europa where ton years age there were few or none , yet there i ! still n distinction associated with i foreign tour , however limited , thai cannot bo derived from homo travel and as to very many who go abroad thii fact , it is not to bo questioned , hat quite as much influence ns any other , It is perhaps not an exaggeration t < say that for every American who goci to Europe for the intellectual advan tages to bo obtained ton do bo whollj with reference to the social prcstigi incident to foreign travel , and it is un happily true that this is the only bene fit , if such it can bo called , that the largo majority derive from it. It is undoubtedly true thai the patri otism that would confine one's experi ence to his own country is narrow , "bul it is equally true that ono should have a pretty thorough knowledge of his country before extending his investiga tions to other lands. Europeans are fai wiser in this respect than Americans , The moro intelligent of them who come to the United States are thoroughly familiar with the character ant' resources of their own country , and are nble to give full information regarding it. A very small proportion of Amori' cans who go sibroad are rapabloof doing this. The information of the largo ma jority is merely local or sectional , ant the result is that "Europeans with whorr such Americans come into contact ob > tain a very narrow nnd inadequate im pression of this country. The provincial ism of the Englishman who has novei been out of his native shire ii not very much -greater than that of the average Now Yorker or New Englander who knows nothing ol any other portion of the country than that in which ho has always been con' tent to abide. Ho may have read ant heard of the beauty and grandeur o ) ether sections of his country , of thoit vast expanse and opulence iu resources , but lacking the personal observation and knowledge , his ideas and informa tion must still bo contracted and pro vincial , and such is the case with the very largo majority of Americans go to Europe. But to the American familiar Will his own country European travel maybe bo immeasurably gratifying and in structive. It must enlarge his under standing and aid his education to be come acquinlcd with the works a"ml ways of a more accomplished civiliza tion. To the enlichtenod American there are thousands of enlightening things to' bo seen in Europe. Evorj country there has a history and every people its own peculiar habits and methods which are rich In instruction for those who intelligently seek it. Ono of the most intelligent of Ameri can travelers in Europe has said : "Tho traveler does not road ir. Franco , Germany , England anc Italy the crude pages of modern his tory. There is outspread in the citici and landscapes history that has been mellowed by couturios , and there arc refreshment and improvement in it particularly for those who have livee close upon the heels of the pioneers , Ono bettor appreciates the vigorous life that hna not yet reached the fullness ol strength , when ho analyzes on the apol the evidence not only of the rise , bu of the fall of nations , and takes the tes timony , not of rank and luxuriant recent cent growth merely , but that whicl is written. in the lines tha mark decay and disclose the roasoni for decadence. " Yet how very few Americans who go to Europe are quail lied to make this analysis or are itiv pressed as this writer was. "VVtro ii not bettor for such as uro uot qualified to spend their vacation money where i \\ould benefit their own countrymor and at the same time give them a bet tor knowledge of their country rathoi than to squander their substance in foreign oign travel from which they return m wiser than when they departed ? TllR O1VY HALL C At last the new city hall building ii in eight. Contrary to all expectation ! nnd precedent , the council linn awnrdoe the contract for the superstructure t < the lowest bidder without a moment' ; delay. For this prompt and business ; like action the citizens of Omaha wil fool grateful. The city is very fortunate in tha Mr. John F. Coots was the lowest bidder It affords a guaranty that wo are t ( have a well-constructed publiobulldlng o rout od in accordance with the plans o the architect. As a builder of lire proo structures Mr. Coots is second to none it this section of the country. Ho ii withal personally responsible and re liable , which is better than any bond. Unless some unforeseen nccidon should prevent , wo fool assured ttiut the building will bo under roof within twelve months , and it the intorloi finish is contracted for in ample time the city hall will bo ready for occu pancy within a year from next spring FAUNAJI below Thirteenth has prac tically ceased to bu u retail street. We are told by certain wtsoaorcs that thii changp was .el\fdfly brought about bj the granjto jjiA-iJmont. As a mutter o fact the retail Jrjido has been gradually mcrvlncr up tavn 1th the receding pop ulatlon. Ton years ago our populatloi centre was below Thirteenth street , There were 'scarcely any dwelling ! west of the hitch school. To-day the population centre is west of Sixtcontli street. Douglas nnd Harnoy streets are paved with aspfmlt , but there is scarcely any retail trnejo. on either of those streets below thirteenth street. The asphalt pavement has had no npprocla bio effect. At Chicago the centre o the retail tradoi is on State street botwcon Randolph and Monroe. State street is paved with granite blocks , tine so is Madison , the next best ratal ! street Chicago boasts of. The property owners on State street have hold the retail trade because they had enterprise enough to pull down old rookorlc.s nnd build palatial stores. If the old moss backs who are charging up the doollne of rents on lower Farnarn to the granite block pavement had boon publio-sjMr itod enough to build great retail store : in place of their Cheap John store : they might have chocked the up-towi movement. It is too Into now. MAKING the Missouri rlvor navigable from St. Louis to Fort Bdnton is lookoe upon by the Missouri rlvor commissio : as ono of the first duties of the government mont in the task of river improvement It is proposed to ask congress for ai additional appropriation in order te hasten n work which at present bidi fair never to bo accomplished. Tin truth of the matter Is , the Mlssour rlvor can never bo made a navigable stream as proposed , except at an outlay of hundreds of millions. It is shoo : folly to expect congress to undertake this task. It would bo far moro eco nomical and much moro of a benefit tc the people within the Missouri valley i the government should build a railroad along the rlvor is a highway of com1 moroo that could bo operated the whole year round. The truth need not bo minced. All the hue and cry for male iner the Missouri river navigable comes from government contractors nne ] olllciuls who have axes to grind. The true work of the Missouri river im provement commission is to protect the banks of the stream from erosion ir front of towns and cities. rivalry between the great business centers of the country must have reached a high degree when loadinc1 houses are willing to pay all traveling and tincidcntal expenses ol western merchants. It is the boast of a I-hiladolphia firm that it captured orders worth 7 half a million from Chicago by this moans , and is deter mined to cut into Now York travel as well. A inovbment , moreover , has boon set on foot in the Quaker city to orcct a barge commercial club house , with show rooms , to bo devoted ex clusively to morchapts of ether cities intent on the purchase of goods. This is a novel ido which , if carried into effect , would facilitate business between buyer and seller and would bo dupli cated in every 16adfng jobbing cento ; of the country. ' u AGAINST the six men arraigned ir Chicago for the murder of Dr. Cronin there has boon collected a vast amount of circumstantial evidence , and if , OE now seems probable , the prisoners shall bo tried together , there may bo developed n chain of circumstance ! strong enough to commit them all. But the apparent lack of confidence dis played by the state's attorney indicates a lack of important links in the chai'u of evidence thus far gathered. Tht proceedings in this cose will excite public interest in a scarcely loss degree than did the anarchists' trials of two years ago. TUB opening of Harvard university to thojhigher education of women has borne fruit by inducing ether loading colleges of the country to follow its ox > nmplo. Columbia was the second college - logo to lay aside its old-time consorvj atism by admitting woraou to share iti advantages equally with mou. Yale , despite its exclusiveness , will not stand back in throwing open its doors ir all departments to women , now thai their capacity for higher education has been so successfully demonstrated. No SOONKII did the leading glass makers of the country form a trust thai : the order wont forth for a reduction ol fifteen per cent in the wage schedule ol all their operatives. When the trusl plan roaches the wage question it take ! on a moro serious phase than it ha ! heretofore , when only a general and uniform rise in the price of the article manufactured seemed to ho the objocl sought. The worlclugmon get paiei little enough , and no combine to lower tholr wages should bo tolerated in the states where the attempts are made. TUB alleged exposure by the St. Louis Post-D'wpahh of the cruel treatment of common soldiers practiced by arm } officers seems to luivo moro of a sensa tional character th'an was at first sup posed. Tlio 1'ost ispatch is of the lurid stamp of newspapers und its news takoa on a tinge of rod whenever the circum stances will permit und sometimes when they do not warrant it. No ono can deny that there are abuses In the army , but they are no greater than in anj other branch of the national govern ment. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NiCAitl.Y all of tlio Kunsus papers are at present 'discussing the recent do- orcaso in the state's population und it is almost unlvordull nprocd that prohibi tion has been the greatest factor in bringing about this unfortunate con dition of things. The opinion seems tc prevail among the moro Intelligent ol the publications that the only wpy to bring about an agreeable change is to repeal the present liquor law and sub stitute high license and local option. The Tedious Skirmish In Iluytl. st. niui aiobe. The report that sixteen persons were killed in ono of the recent sanguinary battles in Hayti Is discredited. Tbo wars there would eon terminate If there were such terrible slaughter , U U discouraging to HOO so much fighting and such victories und defeats with so smnll progress in exterminating the com bat ants , Tcouinnrh tlio Kinder , JiHnnrnpntto TrlJnmr , Many n buxom Milwaukee girl keeps lici prettiest pucker cotfstnntly on tnp these day : In hopes of encountering the wilting lips o thnt great American kisser nnd soldier , Qon oral \V. T. Sherman. An Intornntlonnl < 1nlco Tower. A'ctc 1'orJk Commercial Adccrtltcr. , London ! to have n tower twice us hljih ni the Eiffel tower In Paris , and built ot stool It is thought that Mr. Chauncoy M. Dcpou will make n speech from the top of it , whicl will bo hoard by nil the world nt once , nni perhaps find nn echo oven in the uioon. A Jlcvivnl oT Ship slitcmsla Journal. It Is said that never in the history of Until from early colonial times to tuo. present day , a period of 231 years , have boon on the itocki at ono time so many vessels ns are now BOOH. Thcso vessels rnngo nil the way from a 890- ton schooner to 3,000-ton , ship , and In ol there sorao twenty. An el Thou. Ton , lioston ? Boston Courier. If over a man deserved to pass a year It prison at hard labor it Is John L. Sullivan , and It Is to bo hoped that no manipulation ol the legal machinery will enable * him to es cape a punishment which. If endured , Is np to Imvo such n salutary effect both upot himself and the community. An Improvement on tlio Orator. J\cu \ > York n'orld. In nn nftor-dlnncr speech in Paris Chaun coy M , Depow declared that the phonograpl was n peril to peace and comfort in Ha ability to porootuato orations. This Is n very pes slmlstio view of the question. It must bi borne In mind that a phonograph talks onl.i when directed to , nnd can bo shut off nt nnj moment. Thcso characteristics make It the best kind of or.itor. All of which has noth ing to do with the fact that Mr. Dcpmi never talks nt the wrong tlmo nor says toe much. Tlio Ohlncno Preliminary tn Execution Pan MciH Oazette. The Chinese have a sort of n ratlona theory of torture , By Chinese law no pnso nor can bo punished until ho has confessed his guilt. Therefore the } ' first provo him and then torture him until ho confesses the accuracy of their verdict. The moro you reflect on this logio the moro surprising it becomes. To assist in its comprehension ] procured , by the aid of the consul and n couploof dollars , n complete set of instru ments of torture light bamboo , heavy bam boo , ankle-smashers , mouth-slapper , thumb- squeezer , and sundry others. AS OTHERS SEE US. Oinnlin Don't Want It. New Ynrh Sun. The St. Louis papers are nrgutng that Chicago is not the proper place for the In ternational exposition , and the Chicago papers are arguing that St. Louis is not the proper place for it. , In both cases the argu ments nro sound and irrefutable. As for such towns as Omaha and St. Joseph , they knock each other out with tbo utmost ease. Oinaliu lias Neither. Kiiiuja * City Times. An Omaha paper b'rags because there arc no mesquites in Omaha. It is Kansas City' * proud boast that there are no flics on Kansas City. - The Almighty Dollar. Knnias Cttu Journal. Money must ba scarce up in Omaha. A New York man who produced n large roll ol bills in an Omaha shoo store the ether da was arrested and conilncd In jail until a com mittee of experts examined the bills and de cided that they were not counterfeit. Ills Gxpl&natltm Superfluous. Chicago TUIIM. The Nebraska sheriff who announced that ho bad caught Tascott now says ho was only lying. It was not necessary for him to ex plain. _ _ _ Thru 'IdRCott Fake. Chicago Times. Tascott lias boon captured in Nebraska. What a fool that man. must bo to be taken in so often. IIow Omaha Resembles Parco. Kansas Cttu Time-i. Omaha is fast gaming the reputation of being the most salacious town m the United States. If she keeps up her gall on scan dals there will bo no necessity for tbo news papers sending special correspondents to Paris. " 'Shown Through tlio Building.1 Qrctliam Jlcvtcw. THE OMAHA HEI : last Wednesday gave a prominent candidate for congress from thla district the following personal : "Iloa G. L , Laws , secretary of state , called at THE Beu ofllco yesterday and was shown through the building. " The stinging editorials against Mr. Laws' fitness for congress that appeared iu THE BKB for several days previous had led people to believe tb.it Mr. Kosowatcr would have thrown the congressional aspirant through the building. A Nebraska Fashion Fad. Chicago Heralil. A popular nttlre in Nebraska Is tar and feathers. The tar , winch readily conforms to the shape of tbo body , Is a , perfect fit , and the effect of white feathers thrown wltb an unstudied nrt upon this dark background Is very striking. Worthy of Tholr lilven. Denver Jfcui * . When it comes to marching look out foi Nobrasua nnd Kansas. Those common wealths are largely peopled by mon whoso fathers walked with tbo flag when the na tion's life was at Issue , and souio of the war veterans are amojig the firemen vet , as fit for a long tramp nnd a hot day's work ns tlio stoutest of tha western raised lads , Kansas nnd Nebraska are. always welcome to the Htato which was bora la the year of the republic's centennial. COUNTRY BREEZES. t'oinpllmoiitfl leir Sir. Pc'rHlinmoiiB. Heater Ciosstiw JuiinmF , When Frail Persimmons and his gun begin - gin s that demoniacal wall , which reminds tbo Jourral of u braying ass , through a little iuslgnlflcunt , improvised 2x4 sheet , commonly known as a gutter sulpo , and printed on n cuoeso press with shoo pegs for typos and molasses for ink , you would bu led to nuspcct that Utlca had u base ball team of nil home plajors , The simple reason of this particu lar howl upon the part of P. P. Is that tha idea has become promulgated through those locks of shaggy hair , that ho mistakes for brains , that ho is an umplro of somes note , and wished to umpire tbo game at this special tlmo. Own Hun tlio Turnip Tops. Glennick Graphic , Cuntaln Duhllng , of Box Klder parlf , au thorizes us to announce ] that bo has "aum- cicnt turnip tops to fatten tbo editor of the Llvo Stock Journal and flvo or aU other calves. " Jiot Woathnr Prayer * . . Ministers , why burden your audlemca with n long prayer this warm weather ! lloll 'o down ; know what you want , 90 lor that , an j z. mftko your prayers torso , crisp , pithy. Chrisl sot you an example of prayer. The Lord' < prnycr Is n very short one. No mortnl cat Improve It. It covers the whole Rroiind ol Christian proyor. Christ condemned lonp prayora among oilier sins , nnd yet the second prayer noouis to us of suniclcnt length to deserve - servo n frown. Can't the clergy rofonul Onn on Warren. Inlta\i \ T/mw. If Warton Acker's ro.ul curt could onlj talk it would toll n horrible tnlo of how r young man of this vicinity , wilfully , maliciously , nnrt with mnllco aforethought , feloniously nnd outrageously Ulssod a young lady who also lives In the Immediate vicinity of our respectable llttlo village , on the roni ! Botnowhcro between Lindsay nnd Cornlca last Sunday evening. For fonr tbo rcndei might misconstrue this nrtlclc , wo will further thor state , that ho Iclssod the aforesaid young lady ilgnt smack in the sniackor. Undo Dirk AVnn ItlRlit. Itiilo IVrnw. Undo Dick Hoffman complimented th ( printer with some big apulos this week , They wcroof tbo "pound pippin" variety and very flno eating Indeed. Undo Dick ox- plalnod that tbo only trouble with that va rlotv was 1U poor keeping qualities ; and we found they dldu't kocp wortn a cent. 1'nxtnn raxton 1'llot. Joe Nee loft two flrat-clnss watermelons on our table the fore part of the week , tot vljlch ho has the thanks of the editor as well as the devil. Uov. Lewis came up from Gnndy lost Saturday to preach on Sunday , but ns the paint on the school house was uot dry , tin meeting had to bo postponed. The Islrmel Ship. Written for ThtUet. On the mountain's crest , where pmos droop darkling , Shutting away the amber light , Thcro lies a lake Its blue waves sparkling Back to the sun's warm glowing light. A giant ship over its bosom glldoth , Its masts and stills nro strange , Iccn , 'For the masts are the trees on its dock that ridcth , And Its wind whipped sails nro their loaves of green. Of twisted rootlets , gnarled and olden , The hull is framed nnd the willow weeps. ' O'er the floor of emerald , whcro bright nnd golden , Tbo sweet wind flowers rule the mountain deops. Like sentries the snow capped hills nro guarding That silvered lake nnd Its Island ship , Still back and forth o'er its bosom gliding. While the crystal waves from its broad kcol slip. How oft have the seasons told their story , The budding aspens leaved and shed Their ample store. When the summer's glory Had wove green crowns for each graceful bead , Or winters' tempests , whoso cares Ho hidden Whore the blue waves break on the pebbled shore. Whoso chariots drive o'er Its breast unbid den , And the mad waves answer with sullen roar. Smco that island ship with its bud and blos som Sailed hither and thither , to and fro , A bower of green on its crystal bosom , Or a low wnito deck of the ileccy snow. Wo may not toll but quaint nnd lovely Thou sittcst a queen of the mountains born On the lakes blue waves while the sky above tli ce Is gom'd with stars of the midnight born. Or with nmorous kisses the sun stoops to thco , When flcooy clouds sail the upper deep , And summer's zephyrs with soft wings woo thco , As thy dark green sails on the tall masts sleep. Ohl island ship let thv fair sails lighten Anew when the southwest winds awako. And tbo glorious suns of the spring tlmo brighten The floatine gems of the mountain lake. NAOMI MCDONALD Puiti.rs. The Willows , Idado. BUZZINGS. Dr. Chun Gco Wo , n Chinese physician of note va. bis own country , nnd who has prac ticed his craft In the United States , was a visitor to TUB BISK building a few days ago , and entertained the Uuzor with a descrip tion of the practice of his profession among his countrymen. Dr. Gco Wo is a young man , do.-o'ul of the facial characteristics of his race , and wears tlio clotnlngof the well-to-do youn > ? Amer ican , from cold glasses to russet shoos. His history is somewhat remarkable. Born In the city of Fee Chow , which was devastated by the memorable Yellow river inundations , ho is the son of Man Wo , ono of tbo sixty court physicians to the young Mongol emperor of Chluii. His elder brother Is a gen < " -i In the Chinese navy , and his other brother is a physician practicing in the Chinese court with his father. Quo Wo belongs to one of the oldest fivm- lllos of thoChincso nobility , and Is entitled to wear the rod button on his cap. In ordar that Goo Wo should ably fill the lofty posi tion of physician to the Celestial princes bo was suut to America to learn the intricacies of modern American matoria modlca Being but a boy and In ill health bo was recalled and sent to a Chinese college , where ho studied under the ablest pi.io- tltloiiGrs and astrologers of tils country. Ho then went Into hU father's ofllco and studied the mysteries of the physio nrt , which nro only dlvulced to the student after the admin istration of oaths as stringent and awful ns tliOBO Imposed upon the priesthood of undent Egypt. Hero ho learned the virtues of the flro- cure , the ofllcaoy of the deer horn and the mystery of the uwful Incantation. Ho stud ied these rites for llvo years , and his father becoming old and feeble gradually gave him control of his ofllco , * Hearing of the Now Orleans exposition , ho turned his practice over to his brother nnd came to America , which ho traveled exten sively , visited the exposition nnd was a Har vard member of the Chinese legation. After this ho went to San Francisco and began the practice of tils profession among his country men. Ho was also n partner in u store for the snlo of Chinese fancy goods , but owing to his partner being detected In smuggling goods from China , their business was confis cated , and after a long and expensive trial they went Into bankruptcy. ' 1 ho doctor then went to Denver to enter Into practice. While In Denver his young wife and child , whom ho had loft in Fee Chow , perished In the Yellow river flood , In whluh a hundred thousand people porUhod. Of thls.howe verjoo Wo was unacquainted at the time. His wife and child were rescued by faithful servants , but perlshod from the exhaustion occasioned by being exposed to the pitiless storm all night. Ho revisited his lipino expecting to moot his family and bring thorn to America , uut found a lake where had ouco beou his happy homo. Saddened and embittered ho resolved never to return to China , and became an American citizen , sacrificing his ouo nnd adopting American clothing , The doctor speaks with very llttlo ncoont , jft n bright , boon conversationalist , mid thor oughly bollovcs in the tonoti of his pro fession , M taught htm bv Ills fathers , "Tho Chinese doctor , " ho said , ' 'is not paid ns yours nro. The well to-do Oh namnn pays a doctor a stipulated sum every year to keep him wellnothing ; to euro him after ho has nlrcady contracted the disoasj. A youth in China takes a dose of correctional moJlulno every Saturday night of the year. " * "Tho modlclnns used In China are con cocted from gums , liorlis , roots , nnd such condiments as juuftlnrd , pepper , ginger , oto. Wo nlso use door horns , the gall of bourn and other animals , dried snakes nnd portions of other animals , the oOicIoncy of which Amer ican physicians cannot understand , "Wo cannot charge n poo'r man n copper , but the rich men pay n physician very liber ally , according to the amount of banotlt derived - rived from the tnodiclno. "By feeling tha pulse n Chinese physician can toll the source * of tbo trouble. For In stance , I plnco tbroo lingers on the pulse of the right wrist , nnd from the pulsations toll If the sent of the complaint Is the heart , stomach or lungs. I place three fingers ou the pulse of the loft wrist nnd can toll if the trouble Is In the liver , kidneys or sploon. American doctors don't understand that. "Suppose a man Is troubled with dyspepsia , or stomach disorder , thou I plvo htm some deer horn. Doer horn Is i\ very expensive tncdiclno. Ttio door is shot only in Thibet , nnd is veiy hard to got. Ho must be killed so that the blood rushes to the horns , which nro cut oft immediately. They nro then dried , nnd afterwards powdered. Gcjod horns nro worth $ ltiO each. Bear's gall Is also good for stomach troubles. "Now , when n mangels delirious , ho must bo treated by the lire euro. This lire euro Is only known to n few of the most famous physicians In China , nnd Is handed down to their sons , who Impart It to their sons , under oath. It Is the most effective mode of curing certain diseases , but must bo used Immodi- utely to have any effect. I always carry the outfit with mo. If u man-drops In the street from fits , or anything of that sort , ho might die before medicine could bo given to him , but 1 immediately administer the 11 ro euro nnd ho will got well. If n man is delirious nnd the doctor fails to cure Jilm the dlse.tso will always go to the doctor , bunco wo must bo very careful. * "Tho flro euro cannot bo understood by Americans. Supposing n man is bleeding at the nose nnd it cannot bo stopped. If the blood comes from the right nostril I place n small pill of uiediclno on his loft thumb nail nnd sot flro to it , when it burns Into tbo flesh ho will bo cured. If the blood comes from the left nostril , vice versa. If from both nostrils , I burn the medicine on both.thumb nails. This medicine is n secro * . and I pre pare it myself. If a pellet is burned ou the top of the head , you can never have nny more children. I bu.-n on the knees , on the stomach and on tha palui of the hand , which are sure cures for other diseases. "If a man cuts nn nrtcry nnd is bleeding to death , an application of door horn powder on the cut will stop the flow of blood imme diately. When a man gets n fish or chicken bone in his throat I write certain things on n paper , pass my hand over it nnd sny certain mysterious words. The paper is then placed in u cup of water , which the patient drinks , cud ibo obstruction is at once removed. When a man has any kind of n spoiling , for instance , on his leg , I put some medicine on the swelling , then maico four marks in the air nt each corner ot the swell ing nnd ono moro nbovo it , then bind it up nnd next morning the swelling is gone. "Of course I could tell you lots moro about our metuods of curing diseases , but I think you nlrcady hnvo n fair idea of how wo do It. It is nothing like the American way , but I think wo are moro successful tnnn you are ! * * "Have you over noticed that you never sea actippled Chinaman 1 You never see ono with but ono arm ; you never seoono on crutches. I'll tell you why that Is , Suppos ing a Chinaman has his leg * crushed between the knee and anklo. Wo do not cut off the log at the knee , wo lay open the ilcsh and cut aff the crushed bono. Then wo got a bone , from a dog's log , for instance , measure It ex- nctly and insert the now bono and sow up the wound. It nearly always heals and the man saves his log. Supposing ho has his fore head crushed in , wo saw out the crushed portion , take a skull from some dead man ind trepan it with a portion of old skull , sow up the skill and ho is all right. Ho may ba * little crazy afterwards , but ho Is all right. # * The atncrican people know very llttlo about China and people. The population of China is almost beyond estimate. There uro 18 states and 4 territories in the country , lot moro then ono sixth of which have over l > eon seen by Caucasians. The whole of Canton alone has 7.2 counties , containing , i population of 150UOJ,030 , , of people , no counting the women and children under 10 /oars of ngo. From Canton comes the Chinese emigrants to this countrv. Thorn : ire only llvo men from the provlnoo of Fee Chow in the United States. There are esti mated to bo 200,000 Chinamen In this country , ill from thojjoorer classes of Canton , ex cepting a comparatively small number of the l > otter class of Chlnlso merchants who have jomeovor hero and Invested small capital to ioo it grow into fortunes. I cannot speak ; heir language , buing only able to spOAk ihei language of Fee Chow. * 4 "Another thing that Is not known In this country Is the fact that the queue is a com paratively now thing among my country men. When the Mongols conquered China , ill ! yonrs iuo , they compelled the shaving of iioads nnd the wo.irini : queues , The prov ince of Canton Hold out ubout twenty-four years longer. I urn a thoroughbred China man , not a Mongol , as rny family were of the nobility and kept thulr line unsullied by la- loruiarriago with the Mongolians. * "You can determine the moral tone of a man after n few conversations with him , " suld n gentleman to the Buzrer , "and you : an as icadlly determine the inoinl tone of a newspaper by reading n few copies of It. "Tho paper on lower Douglas street seems to bo emulating the pink-paper weeklies , so popular In bar-rooms and kindred places , "Anything that savors of noiiftutionalUin is greedily grasped by them and put into irint. A ciiso of marital infidelity , or seduc tion , U u mo mil they delight In , nnd tha nero salacious the details , thu sweeter they llnd the morsel , "A day or two ngo they saw fit In an al leged Interview with certain doctors , to at- , ack the working girls of this city , stating ; hnt they were not virtuous and that they md constant recourse to doctors for modi- 3mos for certain purposes. I consider that a : owardly attack upon a hardworking claim > f women who should bo protected instead ) f aofamcd , "I have u number of girls working In my jstablishuient , and 1 uaii truthfully say , if tor years of experience , that tboy are a nodost and deserving class of women. Of xmrso , as with women all over the world , lomo will drop by the wayside , but 1 think It s the experience of all employers of woman .hat they are much more moral In thought md action than men employes. "I think , " ho concluded , that tbo paper in luestlon made a'bad brouk' when they un dertook to attack a dofimsblosa lot of work * Ingwomun. "