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ITE OMAHA DAILY 11313 : SUNDAY , DljJOlflMlHflK 0 , 1890.
ND ANNUAL
tfj
ON ALL RAILROADS
First class performers in all circus lines. Male and
Wiil Positively Exhibit
Female Equestrians , Acrobats , Athletes and Gymnasts
Rain or Siiine
nasts : Leapers , Tumblers and Clowns ; ,
Aerialists and Artists
, Trapese High-wire
GIVEH UHDliR THE IMMEDIATE COHTROIi OF IIIK' '
tists ; Specialists , Trick Riders and Expert IIIK't -
Trained Animal Exhibitions of all . .
pert Doors Open 0 p. in. Continuous
H Performance after that.
kinds ; Sensational Feats , Comic Acts
and Performances ; Novelties , Surprises
and Curious Displays.
as in ' 93.
lso fat men and women , Circassians ,
( , ! nuts , dwarfs and
spotted and leopard iiwiplc , wild men ,
Allilos , boarded ladles ; wi'e-lialred , long-
liulred and tatoood people ; sword swal-
lowcr.1 , armless and legless people , and
all tlu > other features tluit go to make
CASTLE. up a big show. TO CHARITIES
ET TUESDAY AT O'CLOCK
THROUGH SIBERIA BY RAIL
Progress in the Oonstruction of the Trans-
asiatio Truuk Line ,
COMMERCIAL AND STRATEGIC ADVANTAGES
I'aiiiilntloii mill liuliiHtrlul KntcrprUe
KolIiMtliiK li > tlm Wnl > ( if the
It mill ProiioHuil Coiiiu-utlou
tilth u CliluvNU Line.
( Coiijrlglit , ISM. S. 8. McClure Co. )
The present development of Russian rail
way enterprise Is ono of the moat significant
features of the day , and Is a. direct outcome
of the Fiench reapproachmcnt. French loans
are now providing the sinews of war for a
rccrndeeccnce of Russian activity In Asia ,
alined , of course , at England's commercial
I capital. Klrln , whence It Is ostensibly pro
posed to strike duo cast to Vladlvostock. It
Is generally , understood , however , that when
the vantage point of the Manchuria capital
has be u reached without exciting the ap
prehension or Jealousy of the powers no Ice
bound terminus , such as Vladivostok , would
afford , will then be selected , but a suitable
port on the Gulf of Pcchlll. I know. In
fact , from personal acquaintance that Rus-
Hlan eurvojs arc already being made with a
view of projecting a private railway from
Klrln southward to connect the Trans-
stberlan through line with the only railway
In China , now operating northward from
Tientsin. Should It subsequently prove to
Russia's advantage thh "purely private" en-
tcrprlso could at any time be Incorporated
In the Transalbcrlan sy&tcm. It requires no
special perspicacity to surmise that tula In
really the ultimate Intention.
PENETRATING CHINA.
At first I'ort Arthur was spoken of an the
moat likely spot to be favored as the I'cchlll
terminus of the Transslbcrlan railway , but
the latest move rather points to the ultimate
selection of Chlfu , which , as la well known ,
possesses many valuable attractions , climatic
and otherwise , A glance at the map will
prove that to reach Chlfu the railway will
SIBERIAN IMMIGRANTS.
prospects' In the east. The progress of the
TratiBSIberlan railway , however , ID the point
'that ' excites chief Interest , especially as the
marked attention paid to LI HIIIIK Chang dur
ing his recent visit to St. Petersburg clearly
demonstrates that the route will He via the
open country and easy gradients which Man
churia can boast.
The history of the development of the
Tianastuorlnn railway Is In Itself an admir
able example of the good luck that bccma
never to tire of favoring Russia In all her
eastern projects. When the preliminary de
tails of this great scheme were prepared the
most sanguine Russian never dreamed that
the fortunes of war. which were to cost his
country nothing , would place the moat In
fluential Chinese statesman In Its power , In
creased facilities being thus given for the
opening up of the Hhortrat possible main
route between Europe and the Paelfle , be
tween St. Petersburg and Peking.
TH'E COUNTRY TRAVERSED.
The original plan for a trausslbcrltln rail
way was to follow the circuitous valley of
the Antoor and Us Uutsurrl a 111 ut nt to the
eoiithcrrimcat Siberian port Vladlvostock ,
end with this object In view the Utuurrl sec
tion Hii far as Khaharvoka has already been
constructed Inward from the Pacific to meet
the Hcctloa building eastward from Lake
llallial ; but now all this Is changed. It Is
established aa an open seciet that arrange
ments were made through LI
Hung Chung during his recent visit
to St. PctemlmrK by which Rus-
ela U privileged to make use of the open
country of Manchuria Instead of the moun
tainous region of the A moor. From Ner
chinsk , the i > ro' | > aicd terminus of the trans-
Ilalltal section , at the headwatero
o ( the Atnoor river , the line will
turn uoutheastwartl along the val-
I r of Iho Sungarl , aa far as the MauchurUn
have to make a circuitous sweep , following
In great part the route of the present Chinese
railway , and taking In Peking and Tientsin
on Ita way. H Is not dlfllcult lo foresee what
this will moan. Sooner or later the line will
tap practically the whole of the overland
trade of the Chlneeo empire , and enormously
consolidate Ruralan influence to the exclu
sion of the otlicia on the Pacific littoral.
Slgus are not wanting that Russia medi
tates an all-around move southward. Only
by strenuous eTort ( with Ice plows can com
munication between Vladlvoitock and the
open tiea he maintained during the winter
and fauch a atato o ; ufTalre a ! ! patriotic1 Run-
ulans huve long conalileiu ) Inadmlsaablo , A
very remsi-kablo articlerercntly published
In tuo Inspired columns tt the Aovco Vrcmya
deserves attention as showing the trend of
public opinion In this matter. It strongly
advocates the seizure of a harbor on the
southwest extremity of Corea , lying outside
the enclosed eea of Japan , which would give
free access to the ocean for Russian war
ships , and , by being strongly fortified , com
mand the straits of Corca at one and the
same time. These strategical and naval ad
vantages the ports , Lazarcft and Shetsakov ,
do not pcesess , as they He on the eastern
coast of the Corean peninsula , and again
their occupation might bo objected to by
Japan. Russia has no wish to embroil her
self with this nation.
THE CLASH OF EMPIRES.
It Is the dislocation of her policy by the
preponderance of IJrltlsli Influence that
Russia Is anxious to guard against , for , what
ever may be the opinion In England , every
Russian Is fully persuaded that sooner or
later the Pacific will be the scene of a clash
between the two great powers. To particu
larize the martial Eden that Is to fulfill nil
the strategical qualities that Russia demands
Is tbo unoccupied port of Mokpo , situated on
the ehorcs of the Yellow sea , near the mouth
of the Yang-san-Kang , a river of large
volume , In latitude 34 degrees 47 minutes.
This port has lately been opened to European
trade and a little diplomatic pressure Is all
that Is needed to gain Its possession. A long
and flattering catalogue of tbo strategical ,
naval , political and commercial capabilities
of Mokpo Is then enumerated. Possibly they
may be exaggerated , but If only a tenth of
them Is true the undisputed occupation of
the place would bo a nerloua blow to British
Interests , unless , of course , qualifying con
cessions of equal magnitude were Insisted
upon.
The Immediate outlook In the far cast
therefore , can nardly be considered promts
Ing. Serious political dissensions are certali
to arise the nearer Russia advances to the
center .of political and commercial activity
in the Pacific , for elated by the successful
manner In which the construction of the
transcasplan line has banded over to her the
Persian and Afghanistan markets the same
stimulating trading tendencies are cxpcctci !
In the eastern empire. Certain It Is that In
the political economical world of today there
Is no question fraught with more Important
consequence than the exodus of the Traus-
ulbcrian railway.
THE OPERATED LINE.
At the time of my recent visit to Siberia
August , 1898 , the Transslberlan railway was
open to general trafllc as far as the Ob river ,
a distance of SS2 miles from Chellablnsk , the
terminus of the European railway system at
the eastern base of the Urals , and 3SC miles
beyond the Siberian city of Omsk , The for
mal opening of the division between the Ob
river and Krasnoyarsk , which Prince Hlll-
koff Informs me will take place at the end
of the present year , will at last establish
a complete rail communication of about
3,000 miles between St. Petersburg and the
greatest of the Siberian waterways the
FIRST LOCOMOTIVE INTO KRASNOYARSK.
Yencscl river. Of the three largo bridges
which were to bo constructed along the line
up to thin point the one across the Irkutsk
has already been built and In use for over a
year , while these acrota the Oh Itself and
Its eastern branches are expected to bo com
pleted by the end of 1697. Tt * building of.
the great brldgo acroaa thu Vvuetiel , the ]
largest along thd line , wan formally com
menced September 1 of the present year.
Over the steppe.and undulating country
which lies between the Urals and the
Ycnesel river , the construction of the Trans-
slberlan railway lias been comparatively easy
and Inexpensive ( I am Informed about $15-
000 per mile ) ; but ttho mountainous regions
from Krasnoyarsk to Irkutsk , and from Lake
Baikal to the Amoor river , where separate
section * of the fine are now In the cour&c
of cciutructlon , > require much more en
gineering skill andcpecunlary outlay. It la
expectedi that the iformcr section between
Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk , the East Siberian
capital , will bo completed by the end of 1S97. '
COMMERCIAL ADVANTAGES.
I cannot share In the general opinion that
the Transslberlan railway was designed
chiefly for strategical purposes. It is quite
true that the completion of this transcon
tinental highway will enable Russia at very
short notice to fill up the weak gaps along
her sparsely settled Chinese flank and at
the same tlmo to open up an avenue for the
ready transport of troops to the Pacific ;
M v Wr wlJTPW lS wlfflm
THE STATION AT KRASNOYARSK.
littoral , thereby greatly augmenting her
Influence In eastern waters. Nevertheless
the commercial development of Siberia ,
which , with every encouragement from the
government , Is following rapidly in the wake
of this opening enterprise seems to mo to
have been the paramount object In the minds
of Its originators , The emperor himself ,
who Is president of the board of directors
for the Transslbcrlan ! railway , is taking the
liveliest personal Interest In the matter of
Siberian Immigration. This Is ono of the
first uses to which the railway Is being put
and In consequence over 400,000 Immigrants
were transported last year at the nominal
rate of 1 mill per mile. The gjvcrnoro
of the various provinces have been In
structed to defer other duties In order to
attend to the distribution of free land and
timber , promised to the Immigrants , many
of whom have been , obliged to return to
European Russia through the Inability of
the olllclals to cope In time with the over
whelming tide of applications ,
DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY.
Now towns are wringing up all along tlio
line , and the populations of the old onca
rapidly Increasing , eapeclally In the trading
quarters. Novo Nlcholacvsk. which now llw
at the Junction otahe Transslbcrlan railway
and the Ob river xstem , one of the most ad
vantageous commercial positions along the
route , has sprung un like a mushroom , In
the very heart of ithe wilderness , and today
It Is Impossible to"buy a piece of land there
within ami mile rtdlus of the station houae
The tce-mlng valleys of the southern Ob and
Yencsel rivers are already being tapped to
supply the untllled steppe lands of western
Siberia on tbo onb hand and the untlllablc
mountainous dUtrlcIa of eastern Siberia an
the other , thua giving full play to the natu
rul laws of compensation. Not flvo year. )
ago , during the Jiread famine In ecjtern
Russia , when wheat In Irkutsk was selling
for $1.60 per pound , U could bo bought in
Ucrnaul In the Ob valley for about 8 cents
To correct such Internal defects as this , an
well as develop the latent resources of the
country , Is , In my opinion , the chief pur
pose of the Transslbcrlan railway.
Llko the transcasplan line to Samarcam
the Transslbcrlau railway was decided upon
with very Httlo preliminary discussion or In
vestigation. Alexander HI. simply wrote
"Let there be a line , " and a line thcro Is
every day more rapidly approaching to com
pletion. There Is hardly a doubt that the
impulse to construct the transslhcrlan line
was largely derived from the successful
completion of the Canadian Pacific railway
and Its subsequent development of the Drlt-
Ish North American possessions , for In many
respects Siberia U to Russia what Canada Is
to England a great landed , heritage , full of
magnificent resources , only watting to be dc.
voloped.
CO.V.MFHIAI/ITIKS.
Two Inmates of the Delaware county ( Ind. )
poorhouse a crippled man of 60 and an
apoplectic woman of 27 eloped on a recent
Sunday.
The Illinois girl who recently sued for
breach of proinUo the > oung man who sang
to her "Oh. Promise Mo , " has met with u
now obstacle. The father of her recreant
lover has died , leaving his entire estate ,
valued at $200,000 , to his widow , disinherit
ing his son as it Is suspected for pruden
tial reasons.
Mr. and Mrs. IJphralm Tucker of Worces
ter , Mass. , celebrated the fiftieth anniversary
of their wedding on Wednesday , A largo
reception was given In their honor. Con
gressman Joseph H. AValker made an ad
dress and Dr. Edward Everett Halo , who
could not bo present , wrote a letter of con
gratulation.
.Mrs. Ellzrbcth Strang of Yorktown , N. V. ,
and Samuel Hart of Hello Plain , In. , wcro
married atI o'clock Thursday , November
HG. They were lovers nearly forty yearn
ago , but qrarreled and separated. He re
turned a few weekn ago , a widower , and found
her a Wldmv , and then the old flame wan
rckliidledr
Iho youngest eloping couplu yet to ho
Ireard from Is reported from East Kllllngby ,
Conn. They are Harry Haba , who Is 14
years old , and his step-sister , Laura , who
lies reached the mature ago of 12 , The two
have been In love with each other since
they v > ere bablcn , hut their mother , while
encouraging their childish fancy , never sup
posed they would do so foolish a thhg as
to run away.
A young woman has to love a young man
very deeply Indeed to bo natlillcil with a
plain gold band ring for an engagement ring.
Mis. Jennie Wiley , a daughter of Mark
Wlluy , Justice of Greenwood , Ind. , was
grunted a divorce from her husband. George
Wiley , In the circuit court on a charge of
abandonment and failure to provide. The
divorce WAI ) no sooner granted than a licence
wan Issued to Frank IJlankcDuhlp to marry
I ' V I U l
the divorced woman. The * .ceremony . was
performed by Ilcv. E. F.Pond In the law
offlce of Miller & Ilarnelt , Juot fifteen mln-
utra after Judge Durklngham had Issued
the decree. Mrs. Illankcushlp Is 20.
The "most notable nuptials witnessed by
Washington society during the last of the
autumn days took place last week at historic
St. John's church , which has been the
scene of many similar Imposing events. Miss
Mary Lloyd Pcndleton. daughter of the late
Senator George Hunt IVnillcton of Ohio , and
Mr. John R. Abncy of New York were made
one In the presence of a distinguished as
semblage.
A wedding In Lexington , Va. , the other
day had an embarrassing Incident In Its
sequel. Miss Cornelia Hull and Clarence
Haden were the principals. When they
repaired to the station on the Chesapeake
& Ohio railroad the groom was chased
Into the passenger coach by a shower of
rice from his male attendants. Tlio bride
was afraid of like treatment , and she con
cluded to remain In the women's waiting
room until the last minute. Suddenly the
train pulled out , leaving the bride In the
station and the groom on the train. The
absence of the bride was not noticed for a
few minutes , and then the groom was In
a fix. The friends of the bride put her In
a buggy and drove to East Lexington , two
miles cast , where the train was held for a
few minutes to enable the party to over
take It.
Tlin CAVAI.inil'S II.VTTI.K KVn.
Dr. S. Weir Mitchell , In fled and Hlue.
Give mo thy thoughts , my gentle maid ,
Anil I will lend them wlngH
To soar elate nlmvo this world.
Of transitory things.
Give mo thy virgin dreams , and I
Will give thtlr shyness HOHK
Shall rlo an with tin tingel'it flight ,
That doth for heaven long.
And I will pralBo theo , dear , so well
That thoti wilt wish to ho
The lover of thy perfect self ,
And coyly envy me.
If thoii Hhouldm mock thy-wild war hawk ,
Low voicing erltlo mirth ,
I'll Hweur to tlice he hath In heaven
A song unknown to earth.
Or I will close my pyes , and lie
I'pon thy breast , to hear
How dating Is that modest heart
When eyeH are none lo fear.
And I will wait till brooding love
Hath some new swi-ct matured
As bides at eve the pntlnnt flower
Of dewy hopCH nsHurcd ,
Hut If a clouded moment's dread
Forbid lovo'H dew to fall.
' 11 know to hear what words I will
In lovo'H confcbsloiml.
i
Or I will learn to Bhqro thy mood ,
And silent think u xptice
How dear a little loss will make
Thy iimlimlnlHhecl grace- .
And from the harbor of thy breast
Shall Kail Joy-frelghtcd Hhlpx
To KiM'k , on darliie- ventures bent ,
The fair port of thy llpn.
AliiH ! ahiHi the trumpet cnlla ;
led ! help thy tuidnr fi-arnl
Ah , love would not bt half uf love
Had It not also toirs. <
Lant night you ld"ed my HhlnliiK blade ,
And by the Kim ; I Hworu
That UlMu uhould KO where never kltta
Hulh ever K"'iu ' bufuic.
You tied upon my liplmot front '
A lock of flowing ( { Old ;
lly heaven ! 'he'll huvu' luck that gotfl
lleforu that pcnnonjLbold ,
Ah , thoii Hlinlt ride In 'thought with ma
Amid Hit' Itoumlhond prchH ,
I warrant theo full courteous room
Around my l.uly'ti trt-uij.
I kneel , dear heart , for ono last
Hindi bo a prayer to bring ,
Oort'H hlcHHlng nu the arum that Btrlko
For God mid for the
Good nlKhtl Again ( he tiumpet calls ,
Now lie thy In-art an light
AH fli.it with which wo gallants rldo ;
God Ijli-uu thce , dear , good night I
.
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Nail making machines now piuilucc ii'.i
many nails In a given time as were formerly
made by 1,000 mou.
THIS Sl'IX.MXfi AVIIHHI , .
Krnrst N'cal Lyon In New Yolk Sun.
KM.
cr vhccl my Indyo alts , ana uplns
The drifted wool licr fairy touch like niagln
mulls uwny.
Certc.M , Hhu Is p.iHstng fulr , fairer than verse
inny tell.
She winds tlm skein about my IinnJs and
round my heart a spell.
The sunbeams danrlng In tier eyes dare m
a hlPs to steal
I-rom Kuntlo Mlstrrsa Dorothy , beside he
spinning wheel.
1C98. /
Scorching down the Hoiilevard.
Ciottlnir pun and pedaling hard.
TinR HUB ! Almost knock mo Hut.
Dizzy tic. Fedora hut.
Scarlet bloomers. 'TIs u picture
Makes my very senses reel. '
What was that ? I auk. Oh. merclj
Dot astride her .spinning wheel , |
IIKI.ICIOII.S.
Glasgow boasts of 10.7GG Sunday school
teachers and 115,731 scholars.
Like the Salvation army , the Church army
which Episcopalians nro organizing In this.
country Is an English institution.
The eminent Hebraist. I'rof.
. Meyer of tho-
University of Ilonn , Is quoted as authority
for tlio assertion that the language spoken ,
by Jesus Christ was not Holmiw , but Ara
maic , a language now extinct.
Some efforts In a fresh direction to popu
larize the pulpit arc being made In Australia.
After the sermon the congregation In ono
of the Victorian churches Is Invited to glvo-
Its views upon It , and argue doubtful points
with the preacher.
Cardinal Hnhenloho Is the Until cardinal
to dlo Blnco I.co XIII became pope. Ills
death leaves only flvo survivors among these
appointed to the sacred college by I'lo Nona-
Cardinals Orcglla dl Santo Stofano. Par-
oechl , Ledochnwskl dl Canossa and Mertcl.
The oldest priest In Franco Is Canon Mena-
gor , rector of Tullls , In the department of
Illo ct Vllalnc. IIo Is halo and hearty at
02 years of ago and still preaches frequently.
Father Ilelancy of Kensington , London , l
98 , and has Just brought out two now hooks.
Lord Salh-bury'u luck In the matter af high
ecclesiastical patronage ID holding out. In-
llfteon months ho has had In npi > oltit an
nrchbltiliop of Caiitorhury. and bishops of
Winchester. Rochester , Chlchcuter , Now-
cai'tlc , I'etcrhorough and London , a flftli
of the whole bench. Twenty-four of the prcn-
ont bishops , about three-fourths of tho-
whole number , have been appointed by him.
The cctablluhincnt of the Methodist church
In the United Slates ) luis been coiuincmoratcct
by the placing of a tablet In the wall of the
building that occupies the sltn of the old
Lovely Luna Meeting Hoiiso , In Ualtlmoro.
Hit- Idea or the memorial originated with the
American Methodist Hlrtorlcul society , and
the tablet llN-'lf U of hronj-o. Us cost was-
$200. Lovely Lane Meeting House wan built
In 177-1 by Kov. Kiunclu Anbury , who after
ward bcranio bishop , and Huvu. Hohert
Strawbrldgo , Abraham Wliltworth and Joseph
Vcarley. H WHS a quaint Btructiiro , and
Blood whcro now Gtundn the Merchants club
In German street , The early history of tlm
ascotlo founder * of .Mt'Uinillum In the United
States In full of Interest , pathoa and In
cident. Anbury's llfu was much the same
as that of other missionaries and plonecry. t.
Hi ; climbed mountains find wan purmicd by
wild Indiana and wild cats. At that tlino
there wuro not an many Mcthodlrtu In tlio
country us thcro arc now In the city of Ual
tlmoro. Tin ) magnificent conference of
Chrlillans In I.ovoly Lann hag grown to n
gigantic atwoclatlon of 57,009 churches. The
tablet rcnilu aa follows :
:
Upon thU Silo HIood
from 1771 lo 17SG
The Lovely Lanu Meeting House , ' ! - <
In Whloh Was Organized ,
December , 1781 , :
The Mcthoillit Ephcopal Church
In tlio United Slate * of
America ,
The Illinois State Federation of Labor
wants convict labor runIInml to manufac
turing artlc'ffl ' foi roiieumptlnn In state In-
Klltiitloiiu and In breaking rtono to hu until
In making good ruudii through the stain. ,