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THE OMAHA PA1M BEE : ) ffHOKSDAY , SEPTEMBER 19 , 1889. THE DAILY BJBE. B. PUBLISHED 'EVBBYMORNINa. TEHMS 0V Dully ( Morning Edition ) Including Bandar lloa , Ono Vcnr . $1000 TorHlx Months . MOVer Vor Three Months . 860 Thf Omntm Bumlfijr lice , mailed to any ntlrtres , Ono Ycnr . . . * . . . , . 200 \ViM.'Hly Hoc , Ono Yrnr . 300 omens. Omntm Offlco , JJco llnllcllnrc. N. W. Corner Seventeenth nnd Kiunam Street * . Chicago omco , M7 Hookcry liutldlntc. New York OUlco , Itooms 14 and 15 Tribune Wnshl'nfrtonOmro , No. M3 Fourteenth Street. Council mutts Office. No. 12 1'earl Street. Unroln Ofllco , 1029 1'atieot , COnRF.81'ONf > ENCK. All communications relating to news nnd crlt- tnrlnl mutter should bo addressed to the Kdltor oftholloo. t nusiNr.s3 nurrnus. All bnslness letters nnd remittances should hnnddrcAiviUo'llie Ilro I'lihllshlne Company. Omnhn. Draft * , cherks nnd postolllco orners to bo nmrto payable to the onlor of the company , The BBC PniilisliinxcSiiaiiy , Proprietors , UCK llulldlng fnrnain and Seventeenth Streeti. > l'ho Ilcu on ttic Trains. Tlioro Is no oxcusof or ft failure to got Til K DEB on the trains. .Ml ne\vnaenlcrn luivc bovn noti fied to cnrry a full supnly. Travelers wno nut TIIR IHr. : and can't gi-t U on tralni uhcro otlior Omnhnniiport are carried are requested to no- UfyTilK IIKK. _ > _ THIS JjAlfjY HICK. Bworn Rfntrinenl of Ciroulntlnn. Etnto of Nebraska , I County of DoiiRlns. ( " 0 forgo II. Tzsciiuck , secretary of The Tloo I'uhlltnlng Company , does sMomnlr swear tlrit the ittunl circulation of TIIK luir.r HCE for tlie wee * ending emcmber 14 , 1S.SSI. was ns fol lows : Runilnv. Sept. 8 . Monday , Supt. II . 18rW Tiio dny. Supt. 10 . IK.GM ) Wfilncmlny. Sept. 11 . 18.KN Thursday , Kept , n . > . 18dt)4 ) 1'rlrtny. ept. 13 . WM Saturday. Sept. 14 . 18,011) Average . 1H.O54 GKOltOK It. TZSCIIUUK. Evorn to before mu anil HU ascribed to In my presence this 14th dny of September. A. It. iHb'j. Ibeal. ] - N.I' . FUIK Notary Public. Etato of Nebraska , ) County of Doiifla ; < i. f * " ( Jeorf-o II. 'J'zschnck , bcinic duly sworn , do- fo't'K nml Miys that ho is secretary of The lloo 'nbllbhliiR ' compiiny , that the actual average clnlly circulation of THE Dxu.Y Bun for the month of September. Itef , IP.liil copies ; for Oc tober JtBI' ' . 1H.OM copies ; for November , IMf , IS- VWI copies : for December. 18S8 , 18ail copies ; foi January. Iff ? . 18f > 74 , copies ; for February. 1SB9. 3 , W'tlioplesfor ; March , Ithfl , 18.SB4 copies ; for April. IfHi. IP.Hi'j copies : for May , 1SH ) . . copies ; for June , iftfi. If.WH. copies : for July. IfctU , If..sa copies ; for August , lfcb"J. lS.Oil coping. flKO. It. 1VSCI1UCK. Fworn to before mo and mibscilbed in my preHcnco this aist day of Aimnst , A. D . isn. [ BEAU ] N. 1 > . I.-RIU Notary mblle. KINO CoitN is beyond the roach of Jack Frost in this section. TJIK prospects nro that when the cam paign is over the democrats of Ohio won't Icnow they were in it. Tun medical society of the Missouri vnlloy moots in this city to-day. It will lind Omaha enjoying good health. . THE alacrity with which the demo crats of Iowa nro getting together is not such as to jar the lautlscapo to any great extent. No WONDKII the footpads failed to cot anything. When it cotnos to holding pcoplo up "Ola Hutch" is no amateur himsolf. THE fatality in the ring at St. Louis was certainly shocking. There is ono consolation , however. The victim was a prize lighter. Tliuius is n world of grim humor in the charge of the Sioux City jobbers that n railroad has boon discriminating in favor of Omaha. IIN the threatened invasion by the Chinese , which Bishop Fowler tells about , takes place won't Dennis Kear ney have to hustle ? TJIK union depot project now appears to be n possibility. When it roaches the probable stage wo will have the old cow-shod painted scarlot. IT HAS finally been decided that the Tenth street viaduct shall bo eighty foot wide. The Important question now ia'how long'will it be before work is boguu on ItV WHILE the railroads are clutching each other's throats in a wild effort to harmonize rates , the shippers of the northwest fool temporary roliqf from their rapacity. the Chicago boodlor comes trooping homo and oven-handed justice in the city by the lake imposes a nominal line and takes him once more under her protecting mantlo. IF SOMI ; of the aspirants for a seat on the district bench were honored with appointment , they would render them selves liable to prosecution forobtuining a Biliary under-false pretense. party by the name of Gibson who has been disposing of county property for his own benefit should bo given to understand that this is the solo perqui site of the commissioners. THIS Tenth street viaduct will bo eighty foot wide. Tills will allow nmplo room for the editor of the llepub- lican ami the chief of police to pass each other without u collision. A m.ANKKT mortgage of ono hun dred and sixty million dollars is to bo put on the Northern Paoiflo rail road. That should bo eumeiont to pro tect it from the cold and snow of the northern winds. THE St. Louia method of prize fight ing is commendable. Ono of the youth ful thumpers was slugged into eternal sleep , und Iho victor stands n first-class chance of spending the rest of his day a in the penitentiary. No KOONKU had Mayor Droatch de clared himself in favor of locating the world's fair in Now York than Council man Iluscall moved that it be located at Chicago , Now Yorlc , as well as Chicago , is now indebted to Omaha for encouragement and comfort. Tnu statement ot the Union Pacific earnings for the first seven months ot the year shows a euug surplus over ox- ponsoH , though not ua great as for the tmmo period last year. The statement emphasizes the fact that the property is on a substantial paying basis und would earn uu enormous dividend it tha water was squeezed out of the stock. WVOMtKO AND STA1EIIOOD. The constitutional convention ot Wy oming is making /air progress and no far as iU work hns pone it linn boon in the main well done , The question that hns most obstructed the prococdlngsand which appeared likely to bo a source ot considerable discord , that of woman suffrage , it now appears probnblo will bo settled by the adoption ot a constitu tional provision for universal suffrage. Tbo sulTrngo committee reported in favor of this , nnd it is significant of the result that a motion to submit the question of woman suffrage separately to n vote of the pcoplo was lost. It Is believed that fully four- flftha of the men of the territories are opposed to female suffrage , but snmo of tnoso who are most opposed to it are tvmontr the most zealous advocates of statehood. They tlo not want to provoke - voko the opposition of the foinnlo voters by submitting a constitution depriving thorn of the suffrago. The opponents of statehood , who nro also , as n body , opposed to female suffrage , hope for an anti-sulTnigo article , for Hint would plvo tliom the help of the woman voters to defeat the con stitution at the polls. As the women have the right to vote In determining whether they shall or ahull not bo disfranchised , they constitute a bal ance-holding body of very considerable importance. A correspondent of the Now York Times , who has investigated the situa tion in Wyoming , found that the demand - mand for a state government is not a unanimous one. To the people in the sparsely settled portions of the territory statehood IH not so attract ! vo as it is to those in other parts whoso condition is more favorable for meeting the in creased demands nnd burdens involved in maintaining a state government. The opposition comes most largely 'from the democrats , from fear that the political complexion will bo moro and more surely repub lican , but it is to some extent shared by republicans. This opposition , however - over , is not very formidable , and unless the convention rejects the proposal for universal suffrage , which now appears very improbable , no dilfioulty will bo encountered in having the constitution ratified by the people. It would doubt- lesb carry with the women arrayed against it , but greater effort would bo required. So far there has been no conspicuous indication of railroad inlluenco in the convention , and the tendency appears to bo to adopt a liberal policy toward the roads , or at least to prescribe no harsh or onprcssi vo conditions the ciloct of which might be to interfere with railroad development. What-may hap pen later 6n , however , when the re quirements of statehood are to bo met , can not safety be predicted from the presant inactivity und .apparent indifference of the railroads. When u congressman and senators are to be elected the time will have arrived for the corporations to assort t ho.Tisulves , and it would be an altogether excep tional experience if they should fail to do so. The prospect of Wyoming receiving - coiving favorable consideration for its claims to statehood from the next con gress is regarded as much moro favora ble than for the other territories thitt are moving in the same direction. HOME AKD FOKEION LAIiOU. The party of fifty American skilled workmen who we.it abroad in July to investigate the condition of labor in various countries of Europe returned last week. The men of every trade in the expedition unite in- saying that the workmen in Europe are not as well paid and do not wo-k as hard or as many hours as tlio workmen of the United States. The members of this party , each representing a different industry , visited England , France and Ger many , each man giving special at tention to investigating the con dition of the' labor employed in the trade with which ho is connected. As a result of those opinions thu con sensus of opinion is that on the whole the skilled workmen in the United States are bettor off than their Euro pean brethren , and that they have little reason to fear the competition of Euro pean labor. In u number of industries , by reason of the indisposition to use im proved machinery , it cost's more to nro- duce articles than in this country , be sides which the greater part of the labor of Europe is loss ofiiciont than that of America. All these intelli gent workmen agree that the United Stutos is far preferable to any country of Europe for the skilled worker , al though the European artisan as n rule works fewer hours than the workmen of this country und has moro holidays. The testimony ot these expert qbserv- ore is highly interesting , and ought to bo valuable in disposing of sonio of the erroneous statements und false theories that are prevalent regarding the rolu- tlvo condition oi labor in Europe and America. Itisdoubtless truothat certuin classes of labor in this country are no better olT than in Europe , but there can bo no question that skilled labor in ov.ory department of industry in the United States enjoys a higher nvorugo prosperity than similar labor abroad , and certainly has much greater oppor tunities. There are localities in this country whore the wngos paid and the amount of labor performed render the condition of the workers no moro favor able than that abroad , but taking the whole country through it is not to bo doubted that the skilled workmen of America nro bettor conditioned than those of any other country , in the world , No bettor evidence of the prosperity and thrift of the working classes of a country is to bo found than that fur nished by the statistics of tbo savings banks , und a comparison of these in this country with any country of Europe will very conclusively show the superior advantages enjoyed by American work men. The single sluto of Now York makes a allowing of savings' that will compare favorably with that of England , Germany or Franco , the latest returns of the savings institutlonsof that state giving the num ber of depositors nt ever thirteen hun dred thousand , the average deposit of each being nearly four hundred dollars , Five hundred and twenty million dollars lars deposited In the savings banks of a single state , nearly the whole ot it rep resenting the accumulated earnings of labor , ia certainty a significant foot in its bearing upon the question of the con dition of -\vorkfngmen \ in the United States. Thcrouro periods ol depression in this country wlifin the employment nnd re muneration ot labor nro UDsatis- factpry. There are classes of labor whoso condition it is dcsirtvbla to im prove. But ns a whole nowhere clso is labor BO well rewarded as in the United States , nowhere else is it so generally prosperous , nowhere else hns it so great opportunities , nnd nowhere else has it so few sound reasons for com plaint. This is the testimony of the fifty intelligent workmen who have just returned from the investigation of the condition of European labor , and it ought to have n reassuring in fluence with American workmen gen erally. > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ DOiV'T SPOIL TUB BU1LD1XQ. The council committee on public prop erty nnd buildings has decided upon a light-colored grnnlto for the base , nnd Boroa stone , trimmed with Portngo red stone , for the superstructure of the new city hall. This is a very serious mls- tako. Its oIToct , if curried out , would mar the appearance of the building and make it an architectural abortion. In choosing the material for a public building its surroundings should betaken taken into account , as well ns the olTccts which would bo produced in carrying out Iho architect's ' designs. There is no doubt that Borca sand stone is durable , and when used in a classical eut-stono strttnturo like the court house or "Commercial National bank , its qffoct is pleasing. But just imagine the court house or Commercial biuik with red-stono win- dowsiils nnd caps. Could anything bo moro inappropriate ? The city hall building with Borca stone and Portngo trimmings on a light granite base , standing against THE BKK building , would bo horribly grotesque' . This is not the worst feature , how ever. The plans of the city hall are ex tremely ornamental , and the stone work is to bo rock- faced. Light colored rock-faood stone will catch and absorb dust and smoke nnd stain so as to make the building look like an old smolce-houso. Anybody who has sosn rock-faced Borca stone buildings in Chicago , Cin cinnati , Cleveland and elsewhere will attest that they absorb smoke and dust and within a very few years become dingy and prematurely ngod. Omaha wants n citv hall building that will be a thing of beauty anu a joy for ever. It should bo a building that will hold its color ni > d the color should be as much as possible nubdued and in harmony with the design of the architect. A dark granite base with Portngo red or Colorado rod stone would bo in keeping witli the surround ings , and would moreover keep its color and remain unaffected by the ravacros of timo. It 5s to be hoped the com mittee will revise its decision in regard to material. GIVE THEM FAIR PLAY. For years Tim BKK has counseled property owners against signing for wooden pavement only becouso ft may bo chimpcr than stono. But owing to the fact that a great deal of prop erty has been held for speculation , own ers have bought the cheaper Kind of pavement with the expectation of dis posing of their holdings before the pavement would have to < bo relaid. There are , of course , some people who prefer woouon pavement because it is noiseless. TUB BKK'S oninion has' -changed upon the merits of different paving materials. Our aim hasbcon if possible to warn short-sighted property owners against throwing away money on in ferior paving materialBmBut when the majority of frob-holdors upon a street Bign for wooden blocks the minorities nro obliged .to carry into ef fect their expressed proforoncos.Noltbor the council ior the board of public works has any option in the premises. All they can do in the interest' the property owner and city at large is to invite competition , award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder , and hold Inm strictly to the proper perfor mance of his contract. The controversy between the chair man of the board of public works und Fred Gray , ever the wooden paving con tract awarded to Nauglo , has mani festly the elements of personal malice , over and above the strict perfor mance of duty. Major Bulcoinbo has no use for Fred Gray , bocaubo Gray \vus active in taking the control of the city hall building out of the hands of Major Balcombe. It is an open secret that Major Bnlcombo is anxious to pun ish Gray for meddling with the revised charter. The appeal which the con tractor has made for protection against this petty persecution has compelled the council to look into the matter , with a view to putting an end to the whole squabble. If the council finds that there is a sybtomntic und cuuboless ulTort to harass the contractor because of his business relations to Mr. Gray , they may have to take stops to protect him. This is a de plorable controversy at best. As a rule , tuore has boon very indifferent inspection of our paving , nnd contract ors have been allowed to take advan tage of the leniency which the board of mibllo works had shown in supervising - , vising their work. But contractors also have rights which the city must protect. They should not ho subjected to malicious fault-finding any moro thun to blackmailing tactics , TJIK Russian oil wells along thcf shore of the Caspian sea , the prodigious yield of which has exceeded in quantity the most noted wells in Pennsylvania , have exhausted the subterranean store of oil from which their production has been drawn. Russia has boon this country's greatest rival in the petroleum market. With reports of the gradual failure ol the oil fields of Pennsylvania cornea the nowa that further and greater discov eries of oil have boon made in Wyo ming. Eastern capital is already look ing towards the western oil fiolds'nud it the supply ut the east becomes compar atively exhausted the west will bo able to build upAjiront Industry , which will Increase thJtjJjuaHh of this section In n manner at once gratifying nnd satls- lactory. * " Poon's Uj'ilrond Manual for the present year estimates that nearly eight mllUorf ot the pcoplo of the United Stales Tire dependent upon the railroads nnd-Industries connected with railroads foe n living. It is also stated that the railrwid Interest Is the great est in the country , nnd that it hns be come BO thqrpuchly a part of the econo mic system ollho republicans to bo second end only to the government itself. This is literally true , and unless the railroad power is chocked and curbed , it will soon bo more potential than the gov ernment , nnd the American people will bcconio more serfs of the Goulds and Vnndorbllts. N' women have enjoyed the right to vote under the territorial form of government , but nt the coming stnto election it is proposed to ignore them altogether. The women nro dis posed to light the matter. As the elec tion ofllcorD do not intend to accept the vote of the fair sex they expect to have separate ballot boxes prepared in which their votes may bo deposited , and then go to the courts for u decision whether they shutl be counted. It will bo a nice question of law for the judges of the now state to pass upon. TllK rascality of Ivesdovoloped in the trial in progress in Now York , sur passes in brazen duplicity , deliberate robbery and cool , calculating villainy , any scandal nt the. orcsont generation. The rise and fall of Tweed occupied a decade , but in four years Ives sprung from n beardless youth to a high posi tion among the railroad sharks of the country , confidenccd friends and fees nhko and defiantly swindled all. When the ordinary stock watering scheme failed him ho boldly forged his way into tie ! pockets of his dupes , and covered his tracks with purchased perjurers. AKOi'itKH of Cleveland's imported pots has fallen by the waysldo in Mon tana. William B. Webb , ox-secretary of the territory , has boon forcibly re quested to refund some six thousand dollars of government money which ho made away , with during ofllca hours. Webb was sent west to grow up with the country , but failed to keep his paws off the forbidden pile. Ho stands n fair chance ot beitiff temporarily exiled. is no better indication of the growth and prosperity of the city than the demand for workmen of every cliibs. In the buildipg trades and public works the supply scarcely equals the demand , and the work mapped out for the fall mouths insures , steady employment for all until winter settles down to business HI this region. This fact omphasi/.es and confirmsOmaha's right to the title of the worldngmnn'a home. THE encampment of the state militia at Beatrice is n pronounced success. Despite the absence of the appetizing larder and tnelon.pjUch which lilled the aching voids in Wahoo years ago , the brijradiors and colonels dazzle the spec tators with a wilderness of burnished buttons and native brass. The spectacle has lost none of its fascinating features oy the reduced salaries. THE authorities might expedite mat ters by making a public request for nil parties having land that has strayed or- been stolen from Douglas county to re turn it at once to the county auditor. The recent finding of ono pint of one hundred und sixty and one of ten acres that had gone astray suggests the possi bility that there are others outside the county fold. Ouu hyphenated contemporary is not only willing but anxious to dump the government surplus into the Missouri river in a futile attempt to make it navigable. This is a local example of misery seeking compuny. Mr. Hitch cock is engaged in the dubious work of dumping his surplus into a deep rat- hole. NKW YOKIC is already making great plans for % 'o , grand memorial arch for 181)fi. ) " A fmv years ago great plans were made for a monument to General Grant , und later on for a centennial arch , but neither patsed beyond the paper otiigo. Tins now government cruibor Balti more , during the recent trial , attained a speed of twenty knot au hour. This is remarkable speed for a war vessel , surpassing the record of the famous Scotch cruiser built for the Chili nn government. Tin * ; piano nnd organ manufacturers of the United States have struck the keynote to financial success und are or ganizing a trust. The news at hand does not give the desired information that hand organs are included in the possible rise iupf ] Ice. f > COMUIXATION always invites com bination , Tlfb , American brewers who failed to unlo/MliBn / the British syndi cate are ubout'to ' , form a trust to fight the foamy invA fr. If the threatened war comes to ahead the highways of the country will bo deluged with b-oer. ELECTIONS don't come often enough to suit the Bourbon bulldozers in Ken tucky nnd thoyjit p extending their field of operations to the courts. Governor Buckner und \\\v \ \ \ > btato militia promise to contribute 4/m ) ° interesting features for their ontei'taUimout. Under Fnimlo'H lilttlo Foot. CMcaan Tribune. If MUa Fannlo Mills of Ohio ever puts her foot down on the proposed freak trust noth ing will ever bo beard of it aftofeviird , Advantage of Kxncrlcnoc , Slitut Uifv Timci. Judge Groff , of Omaha , the uowl pointed "commissioner " of the ponoral land office , has the advantage of actual experlonco on the frontier , knows what government laud U and how it sue ild bo managed. Two Dreadful Fate * . > CMcaoQ Tritium , It ecema hardly necessary to point out the obvious warning afforded in the career of Mr. KMdluberKor , of Virginia. Too much bad whisky will inevitably lead any man olthor , to his Rraro or to the democratic party. Snored Concert * or Gore , Chicago lima. Cincinnati had a "sucred concert ' Sunday , but it was the subject of n very unchristian like row both before nnd after. Cincinnati can stand it to forego her Sunday boor , bul nho must have her ancrod concerts oven II ho lyados In Sunday blood to Rot 'era. A Man of Ability. .Lincoln Journal. The appointment of Judpo Lowls A. Grofi ns cdmmlsslonor of the general land ofllco elves great satisfaction to the pcoplo of JNO- brnskn , which Is ids homo and where ho li well known. lie Is a lawyer of great ability , of pure personal character and in tha prime of manly vigor. How Tlir > y Itcscmblo Columbus , I'hl ( < nh1i > hla , Inquirer. The world's fair committee on sites In Now York it about to make n vigorous effort to dc something. The slow urogiosi It is making is disappointing but not hopeless. It took Columbus years to persuade the king of Spain to got a move on nlm. . The ( .oilo Duollo. JViilrttlelp'ii'a Item. A generation ngo the duelist was n man respected and ndtnlrcd ; to-aay ho is n laugh' Ing stock. Then the duel was n tragedy , now Ir , Is n fnrco. Common sense condemned it , the ablest eloquence of virtue assailed it , the liiw frowned on and DUntshod it , but public opinion hold on to It until the press laughed It down , and by the notoriety it gave dueling took away its fame. ON THIS S1DK Edward Hochtoldt , the young New York broker who has won BO much on horse racing this year , never goes near the race truck , but places all his boU by telegraph through agents. This examples encouraging. Alter awhile men will stay nt homo with their families and enjoy a social gnmo of curds down town by telephone. The Wyoming convention hns adopted n clause to the constitution granting women nil the civil and political rights and priv ileges enjoyed by men. This Is supposed to Include building the kitchen tires and shov eling the snow off thn walUs. A huge gob of melancholy will envelop countless homes In this section before the county campaign Is over. Corn Is thoucht to be very generally out of danger of injury from frost. On with the .dnnco nnd lot the Icrtydids do tbo fiddling. Ex-Postmnstcr General Frank Ilatton und Civil Service Commissioner Lyinan are be coming almost uncivil in their civil service reform controversy. But both belli- ? north ern men they will light to n finish within the columns of the press and will not transfer the quarrel to some secluded spot where pis tols would bo substituted for pencils. The sovereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows' meeting at Columbus , O. , defeated a propo sition to change the ago of eligibility to mem bership from twenty-one to eighteen. The Odd Fellows mean to got along without the .young fellows. The very warm fight that Is being engen dered over the locating of South Dakota's capital will no doubt muko the coming win ter much milder than usual in that locality. The late storm on the Atlantic coast in jured the oyster crop of the season to the extent of nearly two million dollars , and an advance In price is expected. Church festi val managers will take notice and uda an other gallon of water for each oyster in the soup. The dudes nnd mashers have fallen on hard lines. The municipal boot Is getting in its work in great shape. On the corners It Is muted In melancholy accents that there Is moro mouth than monov alloat among aspirants for county of fices. A huge drought prevails in cense quence. An irrigation commission Is in or der. der.Tho The nutonishiiiR feature of the discovery of the lost tan ncros by the cDunty is that no county officer haduhandln the disappear ance. Some of the Tenth street property owners are so modest in their demands that if , they were given the world with viaducts over the oceans , thuy would claim damages from the 1-estol mankind for trespassing. The vimrstatistlcs for August show n sur plus of forty-four births over deaths in this city proof positive that Omaha Is getting there , us the boys suy , with both feet. - . i- 4. TllK AFTKUNOON TKA. The family flower is the poppv. It was only a summer arrangement ' . 'To die when the flowers die , " Wo carelessly said , "When the parting comes No one will cry. " So we danced or talked or rowed the streams Uy the light of thu midnight moon , We lauched in the sun but the autumn frosts Came all too soon. The parting came with n laugh and a Jest , A backward'glance and a sigh , But ho hold mv bauds to-day till I said , "Some ono did cryl" Mr. Thomas I1. Taylor , the great bustle manufacturer of Bridgeport , Conn. , says : "While the sizes ami shupos of bustles have changed much during the last year It is not likely that any manufacturers will bo com pelled to go out of the business so long us bustles sell BO well as tboy do nt tbu present timo. " Ono of tbo prettiest woman at Bar Harbor is a French woman who is known as tno Contosso du Hartonno. She la polite , clever and seemingly wealthy. She hns dark eyes and light hulr. nnd dresses in exquisite taste. She is accompanied only by her maid , and says that this is her lirst visit to this country. Vugs are no longer the fashion , nnd now wo wonder It the ladles will find their short legs and ugly little blaclc noses ' 'no beauti ful ! " Tha Scotch and Sieve terrier are coin ing to the front , and as they possess both in telligence and bounty the change is certainly n desirable ono. Bessie How was it you refused Charlie when you love him sot" Jennie "Because after proposing once ho changed the subject and never referred to It again. I Intended to accept him the third time ho uskod. "I trust you will not think hard of me , " ho remarked , reaching for bis hat. "Sir , " sio | answered frigidly , "ono who Unoxvs you can never think hard of you. " And wander ing homeward 'noath the electrio light ho wondered what It was she meant to convey , Ho ( BontentlnUbly ) But think of it , Miss Laura , wo should uavo died together. She ( musingly ) But think ol it , Allyn , how much hotter to llvo together. Ho look thu hint. hint."No "No , Mr , Brown , 1 cannot marry you. You score u gooser tbU time. " "Can't tell yet , " said Mr. lirown , rialaif from hl knees. "I've got to third , ami I haven't ' had an an swer from the ether two yet. " Mrs. Graver Cleveland shot a deer in the Adrloudacks tbo ether day. Au offensive partisan , who Intimated that eho had aimed at a chalk-mark on a barn door , was taken out and bunged by an Infuriated mob. A compositor wanders along i'urk row to-day tecause ho set up a sentence "Hun dred ! ) saw tbu beautiful plrl'a demise" and uud tbo pi later cbao od Iho "d. " to "oli. " THE NASHVILLE OF TO-DAY , Wonderful Changes In the Soutbon , Olty Slnoo the Wnr. SOME LANDMARKS STILL STAND , Ttin Stntiio of Jnoknon nnd tlin Toinl ) of 1-otlc Klglitlng n ! Uot > With Water Antc-ltolltim ItninlnlHooiices. Nnnlirlllo IlrvlsUotl. NASIIVII.I.B , Tonu. , Sept 1C. [ Kdltorln Correspondence , J The rlifng sun greets nu In tbo picturesque valley of the Cumberland Wo nro rapidly approaching the Uock Cltj through rod clay ravines nnd cuts blnstoi through the rooky lulls. Wo nro crossing the Cumberland by the railroad bridge , mid presently the din nnd shout of the liaclcmor anil omnibus drivers wclcomos us at tlu outrnnca ol the Chattanooga depot. Again Intn In the capital of Tennessee , with Its never-fading reminiscences. Again I wall : by the torrnccs , shaded nnd per fumed by magnolias. Hero is the historic homo and tomb of James 1C. Polk. On the crest of the highest hill stands the capital , resting upon n foundation of eternal rooks , from which every block of this classical and massive structure was quarried. The heroic stutuo of Andrew Jackson , the noblest of' Tcnncssconns , stands whore It stood thirty yours ngo. Old Hickory still holds the bridle of his iron stood , and tin charger la still hold in Its rampant attitude by his hoavv tail. wow vividly I remember the day in the spring of " 03 , when , standing on nu eminence above Edgellcld , on the north sldo of tno Cumberland , I bahold the descent of the stars nnd burs from the flag staff of the capital , nnd Uio starry banner ascondlnir In Its place. How my heart was thrilled by the deafening cheers of the blue-coated columns marching up the o.ipltollno hill , roirlmont nf tor reglinont.bandsplaylnguntionnl airs und hundreds of starry streamers floating nbovo the thousands of glistening bayonets. Only an exile coming baek from a foreign shore can appreciate the sensation. I had not soon a union Hag for nearly nine months nnd had been cut off from all communion with friends and relatives during that ponod. And now I am in the nubile square with Us rickety old market house and rookery of a city building. What scones I witnessed on this same square , during the seven days riots after the fall of Donelson. The mub that had broken Into stores , and pillaged the retail merchants , was In full possession nf the warehouses In which the confederates had stored their quartermaster and commis sary supplies. Out of the windows in the third and fourth stories hundreds of excited men of all colors were pitching down thousands of hams , sides of bacon , pacuages of clothing and boxes of crackers. Out of the cellars barrels of flour and whisky were rolled upon the pavement nnd fought for by a savage , hungry crowd of blacks and whites , male nnd female. Mounted uoon a cask in the middle of the square stood Mayor Cheatam , with a cocked derringer In each hand , vainly shouting to the mob to disperse. The Texas Rangon , were invoiced and made several ineffectual charges with Hat sabre stroke , trying to disperse the mob. . Finally the lire engines were brought out anil strcams _ of water were thrown Into the midst of the maddened rioters. It was a sight I never shall forget. The crowd broke right and loft , and the backbone of the riot was broken hy the irresistible force of cold water. I am looking up ana down the river from the wagon bridge that spans the Cumber land , where once stood the beautiful suspen sion bridge built by General Zollikoffer and destroyed by the vandal Floyd on his flight southward through this city. What u piece of fancy fireworks ho did make of that bridge ! It was a dark night. The tarred wire cables , glowing like so many fiery snakes , swung back and forth and twisted between the towers until finally the whole mass dropped into the river sixty feet be neath with a thundering crash. But while I recognize these old landmarks , I am at u loss to find my way over the streets whlcn wore so fumillar to me In the years gone by. The march of improvement is visible on all sides in this city. When I loft here in the spring of 1803 the population was barely 35,000. To-ifoy there are fully 80,000 , pcoplo in Nashville outside of the suburbs on the otlinr side of the river. As I strolled along the narrow streets leisurely I passed blocK after block of proat brick and stone buildings that had been built since my time. And while the patient Tennessee mule still does duty on some of the horse car lines , the overhead electric motor , with elegant coaches , travorses'tho greater portion of the city in every direction. Nashville always was a center of southern culture nnd. refine ment. She had her universities , colleges nnd ladles' seminaries before the war. Those institutions have been supplemented by spacious school buildings , and more re cently by the Vnndorbilt mid Fisk univer sities , which take rank with some of the best schools for higher education in the country. The old Southwestern telegraph ofllco in the second story of an ancient and dilapi dated brick building , with its cobwebs on the ceilings , ana the dust of the middle ages on window panes and walls , with Its dark corridors and rickety stairs and prim itive apparatus , in which I had labored and suffered at the outbreak of the war , is a thing of the past. The Western Union ofllce , which has taken Its place , is located In a handsome brick building , and the operating room is a model of neatness and conven ience. Instead of throe operators that wore employed in my tlino , there are now forty key pouudora working day and night for dear life. My old tlino cnmpan- Ion , Joseph W. Fisher , who was chief oper ator over myself and Tom Johnson , still sur vives the shock of war and the ravages of time. Ho Is now manager of the Naahvillo ofllco , and will probably remain at that post until "Gabriel blowt > his horn In tlm morn ing. " I found Fltthor the same whole-souled plodder that ho used to bo In days of yore. Within u stone's throw of the Chattanooga depot stands un imposing otllco building oc- pled us headquarters by the Nashville , Chattanooga & St. Louis "Iho tanooga railway. picsl- dent's ofllco , " said the porter ns I entered , "In on the second floor. " ' 10 my question whether Mr. Thomas , the president of the road , was In , the clerk In the ante-room re plied that ho was In hlsprlvato oflleo.Vluit business shall I spy you desire to aeo him on ) " "I hiivn no business with him , I sim ply come to make a call. " Hlght hero lot inn Bxpluln that my acquaintance with Mr. John W. Thomas dates back thirty years and our intercourse hud not always been mutually agreeable. When I was telegraph operator In Murfrcesboro , In 1859 , Thomas was the sta tion Uffent nnd proprietor of the depot dining liall. I had comuto Murfreesboro direct from Oberlin , O.ho most noted abolition town in America. Very naturally I was quizzed by i'honms and others , with whom I came In contact , about Oberlin and the ways of tha > ooule In that part of the north , Incidentally I was Imprudent enough to find fault with .ho wretchedly built railroads and telegraph Inos and draw a contrast between tha Ira- > rovud farm machinery and Implements In Duio and clumsy plows aud crude funn- ng Implements In Tennessee. That aroused general suspicion aud caused much un friendly comment. One day I received a lot- tcr from the telegraph superintendent at Nnshvlllo Informing mo that my sorvlcci wore dispensed with because I on tcrtalnod frco soil scntlmonts , which the company could not totorato from any of its employes. The letter wound up with Uic urgent nilvlco that I find bettor go north If'l wished to conttnua In thCj business. My suspicious at once led mo to bollovo that Thomas was at the bottom of this. On the impulse of the moment I walked over to his house and asked him whether ho had written any letter against mo to the superintendent. "Yes , I have , sir , " replied ho. "Aud wlmt did you wrltol" said I. " 1 wrote him that you wore an abolitionist - ist and would ns soon marry n nlgor ns a. whltotflrl. " "You are an Infernal llnr , " I burst out. Thomas Immediately pulled down n gun suspended on the wall and would prob ably have shot mo had not Mrs. Thomi * rushed between us and finally persuadeJ mate to Icavo tha house. A few days later I bid good bye to Mnrfrcesboro. Instead of going north I wont further south , Into Mis sissippi , nnd finally located at Stovennon , Ala. , on the Nnshvllla road. Within" a few days after I had taken charge at Stevenson my successor ut that point warned mo not to como back by way of Mtirfreosborn or I would bo mobbod. 1 toolc the first train for Murfrousboro nnd arrived , there the next morning. I was not molested , however , and returned to my past in north Alabama. I had not scon Thomas nlnco the great unpleasantness. Now I entered his nfllco and handed him my card. Ho merely glanced at It , and uxclnlmo.l , "I don't know who you are , sir , " "Hut I am sure you do know who I mn ( f you will tnko the trouble ) to look , " said I. And then Thomna took n second look and extending his hand gave mo u cordial welcome. Possibly I might not have known him cither bad ho called on mo. Hoth of us had under gone considerable ohango alnco ISiM. After n mutual interchange of histories Thomas opened nu adjoining door to his office and asked whether 1 know his son John , now manager of the Nashville road , "I have never met htm , " said 1. "Oh yes , I have ; he's the red-headed baby you had whan I lived In Murfreesboro. Ho was two years old when I made his acquaintance. " At half past 0 this afternoon myself nnd young John Thomas have taken the express train for Chattanooga , John to inspect the road , and myself to compare what is now with what was before the war and at , Its out break. E. UOSJIU'ATKU. STATIC AND TJ3IUUXOHY. Nebraska Tliore are ISO pupils In attendance upon tha Havenna schools. The Fillmore county republican conven tion will bo hold ut lictiovn , October 5. Senator John Pern has returned to his homo nt Hooper from n four months' ' visit at his old homo in Germany. Paul Hnrst , n four-year-old Madison boy , used his new hatchet to cut oft his two- year-old sister's linger. Paul has no hatchet now. now.Miss Miss Christina Baker , a young lady of Table Hock , has started for Alaska as u missionary under the charge of the Presby terian board. " Grand Island had two corner stone lay ings in ono day , one for the now city hall in the morning , nud the other for the now A. O. U. W. block in the afternoon. Miss Louisa Hakcr ; one of the now tepch- ers in the Poucu City schools , died suddenly after a few days' Illness before her parents could reach her bedside. Her homo was at Irwin , la. John Kccd. a twclvo-ycnr-old boy of Chadron , while playing with n flat ; attached to a pole , was uuught in the folds of thu streamer by the wind and carried ten or fifteen feet in the air. Ho fell to the ground , breaking his loft arm nnd three ribs. That axle crease is not gael for n gall on a mute's neck has boon demonstrated by Fay Miner , a Cays county farmer , much to his regret. Som of u patent preparation was spread over a sere on the animal ui.ulo by the collar , but Instead of healing , the mula's neck began to swell , nud in about forty-eight hours the animal died with every symptom of blood poisoning. Iowa Itnrs. Sac county's now court house Is nearly completed. A passenger train near Rockwell City ran over a largo wolf and killed it. Alex Hnmsoy , the Ottumwa horse thief , will spend the next two years iir thn pen. Timothy hay Is selling for $3 a ton and clover for SI in the eastern part of the state. Marshalltown will ship 0,500 feet of Iowa marble to Boston to bo used la the now library building- . For assaulting a week-minded girl , 3corso Montgomery , of Tlpton , will put In three years at hard labor at Anumosa. A sou of John Harrlg , of Gilbertsvillo , was caught by a belt in the eugino room or the creamery ut that place and almost in stantly killed. * A masked robber near Defiance walked nto the house of Mrs. Lynch nnd secured ? 25 at the point of a revolver. Ho then went .o another house and "held up" four men for $45. He cautioned them not to leave the IOUBO before morning and they curried out ills iustruetions to the letter. A fence between the Mulllsnn nnd Klock ramilloti , living near Stieldon , resulted In voung ICIocK illlinp the body of old man Mulligan with blrdshot. Ho was rebuked jy his father for not giving Mulligan the jonellt of both barrels of his tun. Father and son were arrested and bull fixed ut ; 3500. ByroiiJPeor , n farmer living near Scran- .on City , has too much wife. He came from Wisconsin a few years ngo , and under pre tense of being a single man married thu _ . daughter of u wealthy farmer. Last week" Mrs. Peter No. I appeared on the scene and now "there are heaps of trouble on Byron's mind. " The Two DukoMiH. Hand county produced $10,000 worth of wool this season. The Glcndnlo Tin Mining cdmpany will commence operations October 1 , A Lead City saloonkeeper tried to eject a drunlcon customer and broke his arm. Sheridan county will vote nt thu coming ilectlou on bonds to build u $10,01)0 ) court louse. A mild of truck has been laid for the mo or line at Madison , and thu work is being mshcd rapidly. Grand Forks' tire alarm service was Mirned out the other night by the crossing of Its wires with tbo.eli > ctrJc : light. The sentence of Dr. W. T. White for om- IC HIIM funus white postmaster at Carbon- ito has been commuted by me urosldont from ivo to two yearn. The Indians predict it wet season for Da cota next season. They say that all the luku icds , creeks and ravin en till up every seven years , and next your 1 * the time fur the change. This cplncldes with thu predictions of the prophou and scli/ntUt.i. Thu cltUuns of Hot Springs ure making do- ermiuud efforts to uucuru tno National 'rimers' Homo , which will have an uudow- nent of fJOO.OOO. They will offer HWuores of land Inside the city limits ; also free use of he baths , and Imvu offered to pay expedition of the locating committee to tlm Springs. It will bu dilllcult for the visiting committee to lad u plousauter location than Hut Spring * offers , These springs ure claimed to havu vondcrful curulivu properties , und thu cll- nuto of southwestern Dakota is unexcelled n the west. CUHEB PERMANENTLY BACKACHE , HEADACHE AND TOOTHACHE. CURES PERMANENTLY ALL ACHES , AT PiiUGoit.ru AND nr.Ai.Eiu. THE CHARLES A. VOCELEB CO. . felUraorft. Ut ,