THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ? MONDAY , APRIL 20 , 1891.
INTEREST IN MISSION WORK ,
It Should Bo Moro Non-Scotarinn , Says
This Missionary.
NOTHING FOR THE NON-CHURCH GOERS ,
Important Presbyterian
"XVoek Auotliur Koimt/e Memo
rial Church AVork ol' I'ns-
tors ami Their People ,
There Is probably no minister In Omaha
who has had moro to do with homo mission
ary work than Hov. W. A. Llpo , pastor of
the Omaha City mission , at 118 North Tenth
street. Ho is therefore- competent to give
sotco very practical advice upon the
subject of relief work and church facil
ities for the poor and neglected. The
following nrtlclo has boon prepared
by him especially for TIIC BBC. Hov. Llpo
says :
"It scorns most lilting that the people
who claim this city us their permanent homo
should ho deeply Interested in nil that goes
to improve mind and heart and that tends to
establish honesty in business , morality in
life , true etiquette in society and sincerity in
"In looking over and studying the field and
grasping somewhat the need of the work and
comparing what Is being done with , what
might and ought to bo done , ono does not
get the most favorable impression of the
churches' and right thinking peoples' inter
est hi tlio work of missions , in our city.
In this there is no disparagement Intended ,
so far as denominational work is concerned.
Indeed , it seems that all icliglous effort is
along tlio line of exclusive denominational-
Um. In this city there is next to nothing
done for tlio gient mass of non-church going
Wo have line churches , line organs.
line choirs , line preachers and line audiences ,
All so Hue thft hundieds of poor people duro
not thiiiK of entering these places. Scores of
times when I have suggested that there is an
abundance of room In all our churches have I
received tlio reply : "They don't want us In
them line churches , and wo don't want to go
there. "
"I think no ono can doubt the truth of this.
Anil , too , there is certainly reason why this
should bo so , both on the part of the church
and the poor people. There nro lines in and
and certain conditions of society which ought
to bo recognized. The homo surroundings of
some of these pconlo are not such as that they
could appreciate such a service as would bo
suited to the mind and heart of the moro fav
ored class of worshippers. I tlilnk It would
not bo not too strong to suggest that with the
present methods of exclusive denominational
thought mid labor the great mass of the
poorer classes will never bo reached. And
yet this multitude of people is growing up in
our midst and in this way ana in that these
masses are toucliinu all sides of life. Wo so
ciety can say we will bo independent of
thcso.
The older cities have come to realize ( some
of them to their sorrow ) the influence of the
neglected masses , and have vigorously or
ganized a reform movement.
The tf uo condition In this particular can
not bo correctly understood by an occasional
meeting , nor by frequent contacts on the
streets. Ono must como into these homos ,
not always to bo master of ceremonies , but
in such a way as that the routine may bo as
little broken as possible. It is in the homo
life that the seeds of character are planted.
And when ono comes to know somewhat of
the thinking , talking and teaching in many
families , no surprise is started at the de
velopment of lawlessness and anarchism.
Now to gather children from such homes
and interest them in a religious service Is a
task that may well challenge the Inquiry ,
' 'who is sufllcicnt for these thlngsl"
But what Is to bo done ? What is the duty
of the hourl It is that these poor people
have erected for them a church homo. Not
located in the midst of reeking filth and pro
tected crime where the very atmosphere Is
tilled with the miasma of hell , but con-
vlently located so that respecta
ble poor people can got to the
church without being brought in con
tact with low and unmentionable crime. The
city ought to bo divided into four parts , say
Dodge street dividing north and south and
Fourteenth or Sixteenth street cast and
west , and in each of thcso quarters a
tabernacle should bo erected and preaching
scrvlco and Sunday schools maintained.
Such a demonstration of interest In the wel
fare of the poor by the churches of the city
would revolutionise the fcollnu's of the poor
toward the churches , and there would bo
mnny n hungry soul fed , many a mother take
now courugo and again begin the struggle
upward.
But the imperative need of today Is a com
plete and thorough organization including all
Protestant churches. A small church building
should bo provided lor a headquarters. For
the present let this bo headquarters for all
relief and Christian work. Let all contribu
tions of money , provisions und'cloihing be
sent there and Irom thcro distributed. Rec
ognize no .self-appointed agent collecting
funds for the poor. Hofcr every tramping
beggar to the headquarters and demand an
account of tha manager of all receipts and
expenditures.
As far as possible pcrsuado the poor to at
tend the public worship and Sunday schools
of some regularly organized church , but such
as will not do this urge to attend at this pee
ples' church. I am sure that such a disinter
ested Christian work would bo n great stim
ulus to all our churches it would bo a load
of sympathy imd brotherhood bringing them
nearer to each other , and would bo the
springtime of a great sphltual harvest.
They Are I liuruh Ituildert * .
In the Canton ( Ohio ) Ueposltory of April
2 thcro appeared an article giving an account
of the dedicatory services of the Kountzo
Memorial Evangelical Lutheran church at
Osnaburg , Ohio , on March . Tlio occasion
proved to bo n great family reunion for the
Kountzo family for the handsome house
of worship dedicated that day was
n memorial to Christian and Margaret
Kountzo , father mid mother of Augustus
Kountzo of Now York , Herman Kountzo of
Omaha pud other members of the Kountzo
family in Denver and atothor points through
out the country. There were about thirty
members of the Kountzo family present nt
tbo old home in Osnaburg and they all at
tended the church. Her. D. Detwilcr of
Omaha assisted at tha dedication and
Augustus. Kountzo , tlio eldest of tlio
sons , presented the church to the
trustees in the following words : "In behalf
of ttio Kountzo family and In gratitude to
God. our Heavenly Father , for givlncr us
Christian parents and prospering our way , I
present you this house to the service and
worship of Almighty God , as the Kouutza
Memorial Evangelical Lutheran church. "
Tlio Omalm Presbytery.
The Omaha presbytery will meet in the
Sccoud Presbyterian church on Tuesday ,
Wednesday anil Thursday of this weoit. The
Omaha presbytery Includes the [ counties of
Douglas , Sarpy , Cass , Washington , Saun-
ilors mid Dodgo. A very Interesting session
Is anticipated. The presbytery will vote
upon the question of establishing
the order Jot deaconesses , as re
quested by the overture from the
last general assembly. H Is not llkuly that
the question about Prof , Brlggs and his
theology will como before the presbytery , as
It is generally conceded that the Now York
presbytery mono should dispose of the dis
pute that his rather remarkable utterances
Lave occasioned.
Following are some of the things that
Prof , Briegs has said to which serious objec
tions have been urged by leading Presby
terians :
'I shall venture to afllrm that , so far as I
can see , thoto are errors In the scriptures
that no ono has been able to explain away ,
and the theory that they wera not in thu
original text Is sheer assumption upon which
uo mind can rest with certainty.
"And wo llnd there are errors of trans
mission ( of the scriptures ) , Tucroia.iiotb.Iiip :
divine in the text In Its letters , words or
clausrs.
"Tho bible , as a book , is paper , print and
binding Mottling more. "
Their People.
The Second Presbyterian church held Its
annual business and review meeting last
Wednesday evening after the reeulnr prayer
meeting. The usual reports from the treas
urer , the Sunday school superintendent and
other oQlcora wore read. Tlio church has mot
With remarkable progress during the post year.
There hnvo boon ninety-six members received
dun MR the year. Tlio Sundny school now
lias a membership of 321. The church gnvo
nearly fXX ) for charltnblo purposes dur
ing the year. The members ofho Second
Presbyterian church nro very well pleased
with the pastoral work and the preaching of
Hov. S , M. Wuro , nnd much of the prosper
ity of ttmt church during the past year Is at
tributed to his earnest nnd faithful work.
The splendid now First Methodist church
nt the corner of Twentieth nnd Davenport
streets will bo dedicated on May 17. The
now organ will bo on hand nud will bo In
place for the dedication.
Next Friday night the people of the First
Methodist church will glvo "Tho Public
School , " n humorous entertainment given
with great success throughout the country by
literary , social nnd church societies.
Ulshop Newman of the Methodist church
writes from Now York to n friend In the
city that Mrs , Newman Is recovering from
lior rcccct Illness and will return to Omaha
with him In May.
The famous Lotus Glco club concert com
pany , which wns organized In 1SS1 by Mr.
Nat M. Bripham , formerly of Omaha , has
been engaged by the Young Men's Christian
association to pivo n concert In Boyd's opera
house on April US. Tliu company nt present
consists of Mr. George E. Duvoll , llrst tenor ;
Mr. Edward E. Long , second tenor ; Mr.
Charles L. Lewis , baritone ; Mr. Clifton F.
Davis , bnsso ; Mr. Frank J. Smith , nceom-
panlst , nml Miss Mlnulo Marshall , render.
The Omaha presbytery of the United 1'rcs-
bytorlnn church held In this city miring the
past week wns not so largely nttcmled ns
could have boon desired , but the meetings
were marked by n deep Interest nnd on earn
est doslro to push forward the work of the
Master. The Sunday school convention and
thu meotlntf of the ladles' missionary society
of the same church both proved to bo n.ulto
successful In interest and attendance.
Hov. .f. M. Wilson , pastor of the Castcllar
Street Presbyterian church , presented a very
comprehensive review of his stewardship and
of the history and progress of the church over
which ho presides , last Sunday night In the
presenceof a largo audience. Upon a can
vas stretched ulong the wall behind the
pulpit itev. Wilson had nn array of facts
and llguivs that told a very plain and
very encouraging story about the progress
and the people of that church.
The Castellar Presbyterian church , Uev.
Wilson said , had in 1870 a membership of
11 fly-one persons with only three trustees ,
The church now has Ifu members. In 1SSO
the church raised ftp for gospel purposes :
last year the congregation paid for the gospel
and upon the church building over $ iMU. ( The
church property Is now worth fc ± ! ,000 and the
debt upon it is "only Jr , > 00 , Icavintr nn
mutation of Sl',1-100 as a result of the past 11 vo
years work. The Sunday school began In
iSSO with 170 pupils. It now has 445. -
During the past six years Hov. Wilson has
married forty couples and says tlio prospects
indicate that the number will moro than
doubla that during the next live years. Upon
thu whole the church has made remarkable
progress.
Progress.
It Is very Important In this ngo of vast ma-
erlal progress that a remedy bo pleasing to
the taste and to the eye , easily taken , accept
nblo to the stomach and healthy In its nature
and effects. Possessing these qualities ,
Syrup of Figs is the ono perfect laxative and
most gen tie diuretic known.
COMPENDIUM 01 ? IXFOIOIATIOX.
Fomul la tlio ImtcHt Volume of the
Onmliii City Directory.
Once moro early in the season , a magnlll-
cont-looliing volume , the directory of Omaha ,
byJ. M.Volfo & Co. , makes it appearance.
It Is bound in blue cloth , with red leather
backimr. It contains 1,200 pages , the largest
number which ever appeared In a directory
of this city. Like a good newspaper , a
good-looking directory is a valuable means of
advertising a city. A town which requires a
directory of nearly 1,800 pages may bo proud
of Its needs. It is well advanced toward
motropolltanlsm. It commends itself to the
attention of foreign capitalists , and cannot
fall to attract the attention of business men
no matter where the volume may proclaim
its name. The directory is accompanied
with a map. which shows overv ward bound
ary , street and steam railroad lines , every
additionand in fact every thing of importance
which it is necessary for a strangoror resident
to Know in thcso bustling times.
The introductory , llko all of Wolfo'o Intro- ,
ductorles , is short and to the point. It opens
with this statement which contains a history
of the city :
"Tho United States census of 1800 show
ing the population of Omaha to number lilO-
520 sustains the claim heretofore made for it
as the most favorably situated and most prosperous -
porous city of the central west. In ono decade -
cado It has sprung from the sixty-fourth to
the twenty-first in the rank among American
cities. * * * With property in the city at
an estimated value of fciOO.OOO.UOO the bonded
indebtedness of the city of Omaha , January
1 , 1801 , is but ? 1,03,109. , ( ( Omaha's secur
ities command a higher premium in the
money markets than those of any other west
ern city. The \Yi per cent bonds placed on
the market during the past j ear were read
ily sold at a premium of ! ) per cent notwith
standing the stringency of the money mar
ket. "
The publisher omits to mention the number
of names In the volume , but the number it is
stated admirably supports the enumeration
made in the late census.
A directory , like a "department" store , is
a'thing in which you can llnd a little of
everything. The present ono contains 473
Smiths , of whom only 20 tire christened John ;
28. ) Browns , 77 Robinsons , IMJ Olsons and IU
of them nro Oles ; 8 0 Nelsonswith 24 NeUes.
Thcro are 87 pages of M's , comprising names
of every nationality under the sun , with a
propondoronro of Irish and Scotch. There
are 5 Priests to 3 Prays and no Sins , though
Sinhold has a feeble grip , only ono of him
making a record on these pages. There Is but
1 Hair , 0 Wigs , though they do not nil spell
their names alike , while the twelve Barbers
precede 1 Whisker and 8 Wlgmen. There
are 8 Lords to 1 Lady , and enough Kings to
go around 53 kingdoms , and yet only four
Princes. Six are Born on ono of its pages
and S Dyo. Seven are Smart , four are Bright
and but ono is Sick. There uro enough Days
for a month and a half and yet not enough
Knights to last through the month
of February , with only 21 weeks
and not a single mouth or year.
There Is a solitary Monk and three
Nunns , 14 Abbotts and only 8 Pryors. Strange
as it may appear in a towa of the well known
morality of Omaha , there are only 0 Good-
men , though 8 consider themselves Good ,
while 2 esteem themselves Goodonougu.
In the zoological department there are only
2 Bears , 14 Bucks , 1 Doe , 10 Hoes , only 1 Roe
buck , 71 Campbells.
The Bunks number 11 , and yet there are
only 4 Bunkers. There are 18 Wise and
Summers enough for 12 years. There arc
plenty Sullivans , but not n siuglo John L.
There are 2 seasons of Spring to 8 Winters , 3
Winds to 1 Wave. You mnv liiid 23 Churches ,
but only 0 Crosses. Ono Poorman follows 2
who are Poor. The Carre number 18 , to 2
Units on 1 Lines , with 4 Drivers and CO
Bells. The Kitchens number 8 , to 75 Bakers
and only 1 Pancake. Two Judges have each
ono Court , with fi Farmers and 10 Cases.
There are only 0 French men , 1 Irish man ,
1(1 ( Englishes and 21 Welch people. Ono
has Wolconio for a slnulo Count. The
Carpenters are numerous enough to run a
whole factory , being 21 strong , while tlio
Taylors number 80. Four are Sweet and 5
Sweeter , while 10 uro Swift and 4 Slowman ,
Ono Is a Sleeper , another a Slope. Six sing
with 0 Singers , with 0 Silks , 0 Silvers , 1
Gold and a do/en Guldens.
The artillery claim 12 Cannons , and the In-
fan try only 1 Gunn. Thcro is Joy in ono
household , and llolgho on ono pair of lips.
Eighteen claim to bo Halo , but only 1 to
bo Hearty. Fifty-live assort that they are
all Hart , but only U show their Hand. Two
have Piles , and but 1 Pilgrim makes Quick
progress through the volume.
The book contains a number of other inter
esting and yulublo features , among which
latter are the business directory for Omaha
and South Omaha , the street directory of
bolt cities , and information of all kinds re
garding the public institutions and ofllciuls of
ttio city.
All lor Slhtcr.
How much itonoy have I cot in my bank )
rorty-flvo cents , stranger only want ttvo
cents moro. What will I do then , strangorl
W hyyou see.slster has such a terrible cough ,
and people say it will bo bad on her if stio
don't get hotter soon , and the folks toll mo
Hallur's sure cough syrup will cure it right
up ; BO you s o five contsl Thank you ,
stronger.
THE HIGH NOON OF HERESY ,
A Highly Interesting Paper on tin
ofHalfaOentury ,
PROF , SWING ON RELIGIOUS LIBERALISM ,
Tlio Imminent. Apostle of the Unortho
dox Denis AVI 111 Doctrlnoi of the
Day ntul Tendencies of
tlio Time.
In the Greek dnys the term hatrctts 1m-
piled nny holding of opinions , but its de
scendant word wai soon sot npart for des
ignating the opinions which nn individual
reached m opposition to the formulated
ideas of his school. In this secondary form
of meaning it is now uasalng along from oun
generation to another.
In order for heresy to bo possible it is
necessary for some great body of scholars or
churchmen to exist and to llx upon some
dcllnltc system of doctrines. Then the in
dividual who , being enrolled among thcso
scholars or churchmen , sets up some con-
lllotlne opinion nssumcs at once the form of
a heretic. Ho bccomos n "holder of views. "
Some of the curliest heretics in the history
of Christianity were tlioio who differed with
their religious associates as to the relation
of the old tcstlmcnt to the now and as to the
mode in which the world was created. The
formulated opinion of the nuiltltndo is called
orthodoxy ; the antagonistic thought of some
individual within the multitude Is called
horosy. In order to 1111 all the onlco of
heretic the candidate for such ofllco must
reside of the limits of orthodoxy. Lutnor
was n herilcc , but Thomas 1'uiiio was not.
Ho was simply an unbeliever.
Our century so potent in nil the many kinds
of production , lias mittlo Its own quality ami
supply of this king of Individual opinion. It
might have been surmised that , if the former
generations worounablo to write out n science
or an art , or iv political philosophy for this
new period , they would meet with no bettor
success In limit- effort to prepare for this ago
the major and minor tenets of n ( JuristIan
faith. But , whether anticipated or not.aloug
came personal dissent in not only great vari
ety , but also iu abundance. *
Tlio Chlldlinoil of Heresy AVas Timid.
Heresy was timid two generations ago.
Young and timid , it ventured only to deny
that the absolute earth was made out of noth
ing In the days of a common week ; it thought
Genesis spoke of lilting up an old globe for n
now family ; that in the beginning , God in
deed created the planet , but that moro re
cently ho had refitted It for the use of certain
new creatures of rare excellence. Ami when
from the physical things the inquiring
mind turned toward spiritual things with
something of dissent , the departures from tno
adopted formulas were so gentle as to bo
qulto Invisible to the public. But the theolo
gians saw thorn and arraigned Lyrnan Becch-
cr for heresy iu the far-off days'of President
Jackson.
\V hilo General Jackson was closing up his
brilliant political career , Dr. Bcecher was de
nying the notion of a limited atonement , the
doctrine of total Inability uud the commercial
nature of Christ's mediation. Out of that
trial for heresy came the now school Presby
terians , an enlarged impulse to the Congrega
tionalism of New England , and came those
revivalists who believed in the use of human
means In conviction and conversion.
These experiments Ih free thought and
free utterance gradually led up to a moro
acute study of the Dtblo and to a higher per
sonal courage. This century has boon mi era
of courage. It has been the golden ngo of
free thought. The statute of silence is among
past graces.
The next great picture in ho history of
dissent is that of Btshop Colonso denying the
literal truth of the old testament story. The
religious lessons of these sucroc ] documents
were divine , but the statements about the
Ked sea , the parting of Jordan , of Samson
and Goliath wore true or false without preju
dice to the cause of religion. Nothing de
pended upon their literalism. Ills bold and
rather brilliant lectures and essays resulted
in his arraignment for trial before the church
of England , but after his trial the same war
upon the lltoralness of the old story wont for
ward until the now views of Colcnso ex
panded and formed the broad church. F. U.
Maurice , Kowland Williams , Dean Stanley ,
Canon Farrar , Stopford Brooke and Prof.
Jowott soon became tremendous supplements
to the-thoughts of Ulshop Colcnso.
llcrc'RlcH ( if Hal 1'a Century.
As In n rich soil a healthy tree puts forth anew
now limb every summer , so of lute times
Christianity has annually sprouted and sent
forth an opinion. The Reformed Episcopal
ians sprang from the heretical notion that an
infant is not regenerated by the rite of bap
tism or in the tlmo of that rite ; while the
Cumberland Presbyterians sprang Irom the
heresy which declared that Prcsbytorianism
proper possessed more catechism than gospel.
It would not bo ascribing too great fertility
to orthodoxy to uflirm that for the last half
century it has yielded one heresy per annum.
Many or few , great or small , Ihoy have nil
coiro from one source the tendency of a ra
tional ngo to bo reasonable. When revelation
olds or attends reason all is well , but the mo
ment revelation contradicts reason man lie-
comes dissatiblled , because ho has moro con
fidence iu his reasoning powers than ho has
in the evidence that a certain dogma was re
vealed. It , therefore , Decamo Impossible for
a revolution to muko men believe that on ac
count of Adam's sin Infants tire still sent to
pcrultion. The proofs of a divine equity are
greater than the proofs that the doctrine of
reprobate infants is an inspired teaching.
Out of this conlUenco in reason came the
recent and general revolt against the dogma'
of an eternal lire for any persons and the
Andover revolt against the doctrine that hell
awaits all the heathen world. The days are
not far off when the Catholics and Protest
ants both asked what docs the church or
hiblo say , but the now days have como In
which the protestants at least ask , Whatdoes
reason say !
Thus has reason grown great within the
conllnos of the growing nations. In this wor
ship of reason the Hainan Catholics move
moro slowly , but it is difficult to see how that
power of logic which smote the Homan
church In Franco can long omit to strine it in
America , for there is no protection against
the current or sweep of the age.
Suieuuo'H l'\iMt hcdiutva to Theology.
Many years ago the orthodox philosophers
entered the plea that a miracle might Jjo be
lieved iu it Us purpose was to found a re
ligion , and thus save human souls. For
reasons so tremendous the Creator might set
aside natural law and exhibit supernatural
scenes and deeds. This generally calmed the
theologians for a time , but they soon began
to feel that such wonders as that contained
In the story of Jonah and Joshua and Lot's
wife- did not bear upon religion directly
enough to Justify tLclr performance. The
miraculous power of a Christ might be perti
nent , but the ability of Sampson to smite-
dead an army of Philistines with such an
humble weapon as the Jawbone of nn ass
seemed a miracle with the grunt motive
omitted. Thus , little by little , the wonders
of the Old Testament have been assailed
destructively ; and stop by step the broader
order of Christian thinkers have taken their
now stand at the most essential miracles of
the Now Testament , Should they hold linn
to this position , reached by such long criti
cism and for the most part so Just , they
would save indeed all that is valuable in
Christianity. But there are many minds
which cannot pause hero. They must wor
ship naturalism to the ond.
The most recent actor In this heresy play
emerges from the Episcopal church , and
brings his reasons to hear against the miracu
lous birth of Christ and the resurrection of
his body. Whatever of Christianity may
survive such a dogma , nothing of revelation
can remain , and uotlilnir of any other than a
natural religion. All books iu-o nllko , and all
religions arc only so many human efforts to
llnd the boat way and truth and Ufa. Christ
surpasses other religious guides only as
Washington was noDler than Hannibal or
Cicsar.
HrreslcN Blmiil : ! I'OSRCKS Moral Hum's.
This heresy in tlio Episcopal church has lit
tle to commend it , since it does not attack
dogma * or miracles which support an immor
ality. Mr. Huxley objected to the miracle of
the devils and tha swlna because it would , If
true , cause Christ to destroy 'JGOJ head of
stock which belonged to some property
holder. It has also been objected that mira
cles should uot have bccu wrought to uphold
N.K.FAIRBANK&CO. CHICAGO.
If von wish to mate citifies as white 35 the sun
And finish your wY ! as scd as begun.
SANTA GLAUS SOAP is Ifieling felt Will do it ,
fad fiaving once botqfit it you nefe will rue it.
such cruel soldiers as Joshua and David , nor
to make divine slavery and n plurality of
wives. Hero a destructive criticism works
in the interest of ethics. Of such merit n
heresy as to the birth and resurrection of
Christ's bodv is quite empty. The one hold
ing such a heresy need not figure as n re
former or a discoverer. Ho has only the fame
of a curious mind , not n great ono. While
each man has n right to become a deist , the
change from a broad Christianity to n simple
rationalism is ono worthy of being made
nuiotlv. Luther mieht sav , . " 1 have found
it ; " Washington and Lincoln might say"Wo
have found it ; " John Wesley might repeat
the same words , but when n mind has de
stroyed for himself two beautiful wonders of
his own religion the host utterance ho can
make over his deed would bo : UI have
found nothing of any vnluo to nny person or
uge. " DAVID Swixo.
Dr. Birnov cures catarrh. Bco bld'g.
CHICAGO POLITICS.
I'rcil Xyo Tells What Ho Has Founil In
Illinois' Metropolis.
CniOAdo , April 17. [ Special Correspon
dence of Tim Bni : . ] Although defeated by a
small plurality , Carter II. Harrison has been
the most interesting and forceful flpuro in
the municipal campaign which result is now
In the hands of the board of canvassers , with
a fair prospect of finding its way to the
courts. Disgusted with his defeat ho said
the day after election that ho was out of
politics forever , and that ho should retire tea
a farm , and thcro pass the evening of his
llfo in agricultural poaco. The next day ho
came down to the city hall and joined the re
publicans in their efforts to prevent the
counting in of Crcglor. A day later ho re
vealed to a reporter on intention
of remaining in Chicago and running
for mayor again as soon as possible. That is
the man-outspoken , mercurial aud with the
sort of naturalness which is rare In politics
and which attracts interest and attaches
friends. During a campaign ho says a dozen
things in every speech which provide ammunition
'
nition for his cncra'Jcs , but for every such
mUt'ako ho furnishes a dozen examples of the
right thing said at the right time. Words
often run away with him. Ho reminds ono
of Disraeli's reference to Gladstone as "ino-
briatcd by the exuberance of his own verboa-
ity" and yet ho has a remarkable contrastIng -
Ing shrewdness , and a genius for
reaching the popular heart. As a speaker ho
Is both magnetic and chummy. There Isn't
n boy in the gallery who doesn't feel intimate
withhim. Ho throws ono leg over the table ,
rolls up his sleeves , laughs , Jokes , and is
everything by turns , from Hichard the Third
to Humpty Dumpty. A little less of the orator
tor and no would bo a clown something loss
of the clown and ho would bo the orator. Ho
is never exactly ridiculous. There is too
much native eloquence and too genuine a
humor in him for that. If ho docs not con
vince , ho entertains and the man whom ho
entertains Is. half convinced. The votes say
that either Cregior or vVashburnc has been
victorious , but when you analyze the cam
paign , there Is moro personal triumph In
Harrison's defeat than In his opponent's suc
cess. Against his party , against the ma
chine , against a united press , with a nomina
tion which his best friends admitted was a
mockery and opposed by n democratic United
States senutor strong lit the prestige of a re
cent election , Harrison polled 40,000 votes.
An accident would have circled him. In
what city In the United States Is there an
other man with such a personal following ?
Tlio newspapers , most of which flgnt him
from habit , say that bis strength is > with the
lower classes. It is , however , a fact
that in the recent election thcso same lower
classes supoortcd Creigor. Harrison as mayor
made no feint against the gamblers mid the
saloons. Croglcr's opposition to them has
boon all a feint. The \iolls are open all night.
Many of the saloons" ese at midnight from
choice , but plenty of tuom run with lowered
sh-ides till morning and not ono of them Is
closed on Sunday. Pntsy Fallen , who is not
unknown in Omaha , is what might bo called
the foreman of a department in a big gambl
ing house on Clark street , and on election
night ho shot a barkeeper in that palatial
resort. Ho may not have Intended
to emphasize the irony of the claim
of the Crcglerltes that the present
administration Is law-enforcing , but as the
barkeeper received the bullet in the leg and
as Patsy was not arrested , that was the only
especial signlllcanco of the assault. Har
rison's record as mayor does not mark him
as a reformer , but it does show that he Is not
a hypocrite , and so far ns the cure and cx-
pondltnro of public money and the manage
ment of public business are concerned it is
unimpeachable. His is a pleasant and strik
ing llguro on the street. Ho is as fond of
horseback riding as Jim Crclputon used to
bo In Omaha when ho was chairman of the
board of public works and you may see him
almost nny day riding on the principal thor
oughfares , bowing to the rich and poor with
a politician's deference to the latter. Hois
wealthy and has a big residence on Ashland
boulevard with spacious grounds. The house
is of ttio old , plain , square style mid looks as
though a homo ijxight bo found within its
walls. In person Harrison is tall and straight ,
with a black beard slightly streaked with
gray. His eyes are largo and
his lips aro. nrather prominent
a tnllo llko Qarlleld's. Ho bears
his sixty-five years strongly and gracefully
and in the regular course of affair * will bo a
force In the polities 'of ' Chicago and Illinois
for the next decadij , '
After Harrison tUo , next prominent person
in the municipalicampatgn was Senator
Palmer , who came hero to prevent , and who
doubtless did prevent , the Chicago democracy
from being overwhelmed by tlio personal
popularity of tuo ox-mayor. Palmer
Is as negative jus Harrison is posi
tive. Ho is old ; fat , weighty , ponderous
derous , ' non-committal , negative. His
hair and beard iu-ous white as t > no\v , and his
blue eyes , while nqf , exactly wavering , nro
expressionless. ILo Bpcuks in platitudes. In
deed , ho Is as near a Chadband In political
oratory as any ono that might bo heard in a
half century of campaigns. Long-hand re
porters have little difficulty in taking him
verbatim , for ho has a trick ot repeating a
commonplace sentence several tunes , with
possibly a slight change in phraseology. Ho
is so far from eloquence tlai it scorns
rather absurd to mention the dcllclcncy ;
ho Is us innocent of epigrams
or originality of thought or expression as an
old-fashioned copy-book ; ho Is , neither warm
nor cold , neither a zealot nor a skeptic , and
his surcoss In politics simply proves how
much moro advisable It Is not to nialco cno-
mlos than It Is to make friends.
OOno of the characteristic. ) ! of Chicago Is the
newsboy , ho Is ttio ragged sprite of men
dacity. Ho shouts tlio most startling false
hoods regarding the news In his papers and
thu native buys from him in admiration ,
while the transit visitor Is generally too
proud or timid to complain when ho
has been taken in , The uncertainty of
the result of the municipal campaign has
been the newsboy's golden ( or copper ) oppor- ,
'
tuulty. Today 1 heard a boy crying a noon
paper on the corner of Fifth avenue and
Madison street , "Hero's ver oxtry All about
Cregier's election 1" When I leached the
corner of Madison and State another
youngster was crying out , "Hero's ycrcxtry
All nbout Hempstead Washburno's elec
tion I'1 Later In the afternoon a third boy on
the corner of LaSallo anil Madison was call-
inor , "Hero's yer 8 o'clock paper Carter
Harrison In the load I" Of course nothing ; iu
nnv of thu papers furnished a warrant for
either proclamation. The day after election a
red headed boy about ten years old stood
on a busy corner and bawled , "Extra paner
all nbout the republican riotl" Ho did n
rushing business everybody bought a paper ,
expecting that Wnshburno had led a mob
against Cregier or that Chairman Nye of the
republic-ail committee had provided his fol
lowers with dynamite and attacked the city
hall. Well , thcro was something about u
republican riot in ( lie paper a ten-Hue item
tucked avay under a half-column of miscel
lany. There had been an insurrection In
( Oporto by a hand fill of Insurgents calling
j themselves republicans , and it AVIIS this item
! of foreign news which afforded the enter
prising newsvondcr a basis for ills cry. Not
long ngo a mite of a boy crept into a Scuth
side car. Ho couldn't have been moro than
live years old. He had a sharp , knowing ,
but pathetic face , and under his tattered
coat sleeve were a dozen newspapers. It was
nrar evening. Ho had evidently done a poor
business and had at last resolved that ho
would sell his papers whether or
no. That little seeker for money under
false pretenses stood In the center of
the car and coolv , but shrillv , announced
that President Harrison had committed
suicide and that his "extras" told "all about
it. " He disposed of his papers , but his suc
cess was n compliment to his dishonesty and
not to his power to deceive. None of his
customers believed him , but they nil appeared
to ndmiro his precocity in the way of rascal
ity. Pity for the poverty of the
nnwsbny , however , prevents most people from
complaining of these unblushing frauds , but
it is a question whether It would not bo
kinder and moro helpful to punish him lor
lying limn to reward him for it.
Opposite mo nt the table In the hotel dinIng -
Ing room n small , dark , nervous , peculiar
man has been sitting of late. Ho came In for
dinner yesterday and ordered at ono dash
soup , iio cream , chccso and coffee. When
the order \vns brought ho ate the cheese first.
Then ho took the soup and the ice cream to
gether a spoonful of one and a spoonful of
the other. Just as ho was about to assail
the coffee I said , for I had btruck up an ac
quaintance with him , "Isn't tuatarathnr
queer dinner ! " He looked at mo absently.
"Js itl" ho inquired. "I didn't know what I
ordered. Idon'tcaroa - what I cat. I'm
going to bo married in an hourl"
Fncu NTE.
Queen of tlio May.
Say ma , the girls say if my face want so
speckled up with pimples , they'd make mo
"Queen of the May. " What shall I do ?
Why , get a bottle of Hallor's sarsaparilla and
burdock , of course ; It's the most wonderful
blood purifier of the ago.
Goes forSlnjicr.
OMAHA , April 17. To the Editor of THE
Bni : : I noticed in yesterday's World-Herald
a query from "B. A. Slngor" regarding the
coming concerts of the United States Marino
band.
Singer , ho or she , is very much periurbcd
on account of being afforded an opportunity
of hearing this celebrated band and having
to pay a price ( small though it bo ) for such a
pleasure.
In order to enlighten this "Sweet Slngor"
of Omaha , allow mo space In your columns to
disabuse his mind of a few misconceptions
under which ho is laboring.
The people of Omaha will bo given the
chance of listening to the Incomparable play
ing of the Marino band for the modest sum
of $1 , 75c , 50o or 85p. You pay your money
and take your choice.
The United States Marino hand Is not
under the leadership of a paid Italian , but is
conducted by Mr. John Philip Sousa , un
American born citizen.
While on this tour the band is not on the
government pay-roll , but at the earnest so
licitation of thousands of music-loving citi
zens In different parts of the United States
Secretary Tracy granted the band leave of
absence for one month without pay.
In conclusion , allow me to say it is very
evident that "Slngor" is qulto desirous of
listening to the band , and If "Singer , " ho or
she , will say that they think the advertised
prices of admission are too high , I will bo
pleased to furnish "Singer" with a free ad
mission ticket to the concert.
C. M. F. Busn , Manager.
Gratitude
Js a raio rluo ; but the grateful
people , that S. S. S. has cured , uftor
physicians had dcclaicd them incurable
thousands.
In tlio
ble , number way up
Oscar Wiles of HuntlnsburB. Ky. ,
atlllc'.od ' with
says : "For years I was
' tint battled the skill
u b'.ooil taint ,
of the best
bestPHYSICIANS. .
ThodlsoifoalTc-ctoil my Q.,0 , * until I
was almost blind. I urn thankful to
say tint iv few bott'.cs of S. S. S. . cured
' is torn-
. eyesight
ed mo onlho'y. -
pletiy n stored , and my general
'health Is bot.cr than It has been for
. .
Book oil H ooil asdakin diseases fr _ > o.
The Swift bpcclflo O. ' . , Atlanta. Go.
WAWTED
Total Issues of CITIES ,
I COUNTIES , SCHOOL
w W m m * m > DISTRICTS , WATER
COMPANIES , BT.R.R.COMPANIEE.ctc.
Correspondent solicited ,
N.W.HARRIS &COMPAHYtBankers.
IP3-I05 Dearborn Street , CHICAGO.
15 V/Cll Street , NEW YOIIK-
70 Ktntn 8 BOSTON--
SOUTH OMAHA.
UNION STOCK YARDS CO. , LIMITED.
LIVE STOCK COMMISSION.
A. D. Boyer 4 ; Oo
63-69 Exchange llulldlug ,
South Omaha.
8. J. Ooffinan , Sniiloy Iluutar & Green ,
& 0o , ,
SO Exchange Hulldlnz
M Exchangellulldlnj ;
South Orniiii , Boutli Oumna ,
OMAHA
DIRECTORY.
BILLIARDS. BICYCLES.
The Brunswiok-Balko A. H. Pcrrigo&Co.
Oollondor Oo.
lllllard merchandise , All .Makes , All 1'tlcci , All
Rnloon flxturci. 1'ntts.
i < n. 409 a. nun itroot ,
Uuiahn. 131S Dodgu Street
BOOK BINDERS & STATIONERS.
Oinoha Republican Printing Oo. ,
Lair briefs , bank supplies , nnd ororjtlilnz la the
printing lino.
10th and Douglas itrcoti.
Ackormann Bros. & Ilointzo ,
Printer * , binders , cleetrolvpcrJ , blank book manu
facturers ,
111(1 ( llownrd street , Onmliv
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Charles A , Ooo & Oo. , Kirkontlnll , Jones & 0o ,
danufacturers anl Job Wholesale Mnnufnclur's
bers. Agent' for Huston Huh *
LIT Shoo Co. , 110 ! . 1104 ,
1109 Howard street. ntul HIM Hartley St.
Williarai , Van Aor- W. V. Morse & Oo. ,
nam & Harte , Sbon Knctorr , Corner llth
nntl Dniiglui sts . Omi
1212 Hnrnojr street , 1m. Merchants Invltoil
Omaha , Nub. to call nn 1 pinmlna.
BOXES. I BUTOHEKS.
John L , Wilkio , Loun Hollar ,
Omnlm p'lpor box fatorr , nutcliorV nnrt I'nckorV
13IM113 noiulu. Tool ! A Rtiiiplloj. lluof ,
lioir A Kilobit rn'lntfi.
Orderi promptBllol ! 1110-1IIJ Jjckion St.
CARRIAGES , BUQGIE3 , ETC.
W , T. Seaman ,
Omaha's I.iuRost Varlutjr
WAUON3 AND
CAIWIAOr.3
CARPETS. CLOTHING.
Omaha Oarpot Oo. , Gilmore & Hu'al.
oil clothi , mil- Mnnufncturcr * A Wholo-
lngj , curtain itoo < l9ota tnlo Clothier ) ,
1611 DoilKlas tro3U 11W Ilnrncr St.
CIGARS.
West & Pritsoher , 2. Tuchma-i & Uo- ,
Manufacturers flnoclicnrs MnnufiiLinrvra' Agents ,
Jobbers of leaf tobftccoi. Climrs.
1011 Farnnie stroot. 5038 nth st. . Oinnlin.Neb ,
COAL , COKE , ETC.
Omaha Ooal , Ooko and Ooutaut & Squires ,
Limo Oo , lUrdand pott coal ship
Ilnrrt uiicl > ot 001. 1303 Fnrnntn per ! , root ,
B. K. Cor. 10th and Doaz- Omaha
Ui Btrtots.
Hulbert & Blum , 1" . n , Mahoney & Oo.
Ohio lumpHock 3prlnf , Ilnm Coal Soft.
Eicelilor , Wntnut block ,
pcrcencil nut , nnthraclto , Offices 813 N. l h nnrt cor.
smlthln ? . * toam. 10th and Douglas sts.
OtllcoSII S. 15th st. I
American Fuel Oo , Howcll & Oo. ,
Shippers nml doilori la 517 B. Uth street ,
nnthr.icHo nntl bltu-
mlnou ] coil. Omnbn , Nob.
2153. llth stroat.
Johnson Bros.
,
Nebraska Fuel Oo , ,
(14 Fnrnam street ,
3133.13Ui street ,
Omnlm , Nob.
Omaha , Nolx
Mount & Griffin , 0. B. Havena & Oo. ,
113S. lltbatroat , Wf2 Fnrnntn street ,
Omaha , Nob. Omnha.
CORNir B.
Eagle Oornico Works F. Euemping
Manufacturers of (7nlran- ( Ontranlzcd Iron cornices ,
licrt Iron Cornice. Dormer windows , door
Window cnps.metnllc skr- cnps , tlnl.ils , etc. Tin
lights etc. 1110 and 1112 Iron and slate roofer.
DodsoSt. 811 rarnnm St.
DRY GOODS.
M. B. Smith & Oo. , Kilpatriok-Kooh Dry
Goods Ooi
furnishing ,
Dtj Roods , . notions , Rents'
goods , notions. Dry furnlihlnif Rooili. Roods.
Cor. llth and Howard sts. Corner llth and llarnoy
ELECTRICAL STJPPLI33.
Wolf Electrical Oo.
Illustrated Catalogua
freo.
1611 Cnpltol Avenue.
FARM MACHINERY , ETC.
Parlin , Orendorff & T. G. Northwall ,
Martin Oo , , General western
Corner Jones Mid 8th sts. Skandla now Co ,
Oinubti , Nob. 13CJ-I3J1 Sherman nvo
FLOUR.
Broken Bow Boiler E. T. Davis Mill Oo , ,
Milling Co. . C. Q. Underwood ,
Office and warehouse * Mnnaecr nt Omaha.
1013 N. ICth struct. Cor. 8th and Jackson sts.
S. F. Oilman Clemens Oskamp ,
, M'f'K of ready to rnls
. Slap Jnck .Met ) , ilnest
1014 K. ICth strait. .
cnkes In the world.
C.B. Ulsck. - Manasor. 1W7-1215 S. Wth stre * >
Omaha Milling Co. ,
Merchant Millers.
Offlco and mill , 1313 North
ICtli StiOit
FURNITURE AND CARPETS.
GUNPOWDER.
Hugh Q. Olark ,
Oenl Western Agent
Ilupont's Hponlnii dun-
nomlor. Atlas hl hojplo
sl7plllAstlnitcnvstui .
1213 llarncr street.
HARDWAU15.
Kcctor&WilholniyOo Loo-Olark - Andreeaaa
Hard vmo Oo , ,
Oar , tOlli n I Jackson ill
1108-1110 llarnor
Ouiah * . Omaha N
FUR , W OUL , HIDES , TALLO W.
Qco. Oboruo & Oo J , S. Smith & Oo. ,
M3S. I3tti
trout ,
1108-im Loaronirorth ik
Omaha. Oiunha.
IRON WORKS.
Paxtou & Omnlm Safe & Iron
, . Ironworks , Works
\\roiiBlit and cist Iron ,
building irnrk , cnnlnoj , nro nnd Inirslm
lirm work , gonornt l > r of unfoj , Tftiills , jut ]
foumlrr. iiifichlno mil work , Iron nhuUori nml
limckainltli workU. . I1 , nro ccupet. o. AU *
lly. niul rst. . Urccn.Iltli A Jnckauuiti
Acme Iron anil Wire Wilson & Drake ,
Work * , M'f I tulml.ir fluei , Br4
Iron , wire nn < 1br.i Wki. box boilers , tanks , ata.
51.'S. HHIi utruat.
iV. lloolil , - 1'roiirlotor. I'lt-co anj loth ilrcot * .
LITHOGRAPHING.
Roes Printing Oo.
Llthoxrnphlnv , 1'rlntlni
nml Blank Ikioki ,
lllli nml HowimlSts.
LIQUORS.
Her & Oo. , William Darst ,
I.lqunr Merchant ! . Wines , Liquors and CU
1112 llnrtiuy nlrooL
Mnnutnctur'ra Kunnailjr
Knit India Illtturi. 1311 Farnam St. , Omnhi
E. R. Grotto , Frank Dollono & Oo.
Importer nnd Johb'tr ' of Liquors nnd CcnulnoNa *
Wlnps nnd Liquors.
1020 nnd 10K Farnam SU rnda Cigars.
I'rtco Hits on ai'iillcatlOii. 1W5 DoiiRlas Street.
L. Zirsohtfc Oo. , Friok & Oo. ,
Whoe ! nlo Ii IquorDoilcr Wholesale I.lquorDcaler *
inil Vnfnini Slrm . BOl 603 3 10th St.
LUMBER.
I
Oady & Gray. Louis Bradford ,
Mme , Cement , Uta , K Lumber , lime , comont.oW
Cor. Oth nn I Doiuliu C23 Douglas street
MILLINERY AND NOTIONS.
0. A. Stonohill , I , Oberfeldor & Co. ,
Millinery , Notions Importers nnd Jobbers la
Clanks , Itto Mllllncrr.
103,210 nml 212 South llth
110-1188. ICth St. , Oranhs etrcct.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS , ETO
Max Meyer & Bro. Oo. A. Hospo , Jr. ,
. ; Jewelers , dealers In
musical Instruments ,
etc. , Materials , Ktc. ,
Farnam and ICth. 1513 Douglas Street ,
CEMENT AND LIME ?
J. J. Johnson & Co. ,
2183.13th strait ,
Omaha , Nob.
OILS7 OYSTERS.
_ _ _
Consolidated Tank A. Booth Packing Oo. ,
Line Oo , I Oysters , Huh nnd conned
.
goods. i
noflnod nnd lunrleatlnT
oils , nile grcnse , olo. I 1303 Lcavonworth. J
A. II. lllshop , Manager. I
PAPER. PLATING.
Oarpentor Paper Oo. , Western Plating Wks
Carrr a full stock of Qold , silver and nickel
and plating on all metals ,
, wrapping
printing
tnblcwnro , otc.roplatod ,
writing paper , card paper i'ollshlng brass A chan
per , eta delier work , lilt Dodge.
PRODUCE , COMMISSION.
Eibbel & Smith , Bchroodor & Oo , ,
Dealers In country pro.d- Cash buyers butter an
ucc , fruits , vegetables , eggs , nnd general couv *
etc. mission merchants ,
etc.1MI7 Howard street. 423 South llth street f
.fj
H
P. T , HUGHES ,
Vfl
WHOLES ALE OA6HOOMMISSION
Klgln and Western Crcauiery roll butter ana
eggs. 10XXj , ( A 1 empty egg cases , with Illlcrs , for
ale cheap or uxchange for eggs at market prlaa.
Wrltofor parllculari. 133J uud 113) Uth btrc ,
Ueurvr. Colorado ,