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    'TKB OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , SEPTEMBER 1. 188n.--TWENTY-JFOUE PAGES.
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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. .
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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.
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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. "