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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES, SATURDAY, JULY 5 1890. J MISTAKE." AMPBEMBNTg. YESTERDAY IX HISTORY-JUL- Y 4. Conn., founded. 1764 Benjamin Franklin drew up a plan of confederation, i which was adopted by a colonial convention at Al-- i bany, but not ratified else-where. It fruit appeared In the continental congress of 1774. y 1778 The declaration of inde- - KAndanrfl nlnntflfi! filmed by John Hancock as presi- - ttHK auecooa, dent of the congress and ordered to be en-grossed on parchment. Names of all but two of the fifty-si- signers aulxed on Aug. 'i- 1770 After the capture of Wyoming, Pa., the Indians under Brandt massacred the settlers. 184ft Fiftieth anniversary of American inde-pendence; John Adams and Thomas Jeffer-son, died. 1831 Death of James Monroe in New York, aged 73. 1848 Corner stone of Washington monument laid; capstone laid Dec. 6, 1884. 1848 Peace with Mexico proclaimed by Presi-dent Polk. New Mexico and California be-came territories. 1868 Gen. Pemberton surrendered Vicksburg, Miss. Union loss slnca beginning of siege May 18, 4530; Confederate, including sur-render, 81,877. 1864 Fire In Portland, Me., mads 10,000 people homeless. Caused by a firecracker. 1808 Horatio Seymour and Francis P. Blair nominated for president and vice presidont by the Democrats. 1872 End of the great International peace jubilee at Boston; begun June 17. 1870 Centenary of the republio celebrated. king of tile Zulus, defeated bj Lord Chelmsford; subsequently captured an sent to England. auce. Had it brokeu out during the progress o a play a panic would have ensued and many lives would have been lost and many persons injured. It was a remarkably rapid lire, just as nil theater fires are. The whole stage was in flames in less than a minute. THE OPERA. HOUSE FIRE, The destruction of the Grand Opera house is a severe blow to the amuse-ment interests of this city. It is hoped that tho owners of tho property will immediately rebuild, us Salt Lake is certaiuly now in need of a first class opera house. If they decide not to re-build, there is a splendid openiug for ' some one to erect an opera house that will be a credit to the city. It will be a paying investment, as Salt Lake is ac-knowledged to be one of the best thea-- ' ter towns in the United States. It was very fortunate, indeed, that the lire did not occur during a perform-- 1 THE SALT LAKE TIMES. By X. A. DAVIS. "this Timks is published every evening (9wi-da-excepted), aud is delivered by carriers in Bull Lake City and Park City at 75 cents per numtb. Thk Times contains the full Associated Press report, and has special telegraph service cov-ering thisentirejnj5rjnuiuiit TheTimbs Is entered at the postofflce In Salt Lake City for transmission through the mails as second class matter. "Persons desiring Thk Times delivered at their bouses can secure it by postal card order or through telephone. When delivery is Irregu-lar make Immediate complaint, to this ofl! e. Subscription to thelaily Times. (Always in advance. ) IS months S ;;;;;;;;;!;!;!!!!!!"!) ? ., 78 Address THE Times. Halt Lake City, Utah. Uur Telephone Number, 481. COUNTRY AND CITY. James Whitcoinb Eiley, ' I'd rather lay out here among tho trees, With the Biugin' birds an' brum'l'beeB, that I can do as I pldase, Than to live what folks call a life of ease t Up thar in the cits--. Fer I really don't 'zactly understan' Where the comfort Is for any man In walltln' hot brick an' usln' a fan, An' enjoyin' himself as be says he can, Up thar In the city. . It's kinder lonesome, mobbe you'll say, A-- vln' out here day after day In this kinder easy, careless way i But a hour out here la better'n aday Up thar In the city. As fer that just look at the flowers arouu' A peepln' their heads up all over the groun' An' the fruit the trees 'way down, You don't find such things as these In town Or ruther In the city. As I said afore, such things as these. The flowers, the birds, and the bum'l'bees, An out here among the trees Where you can take your ease an' do as you please, Makes it better'n the city. Now, all the talk don't mount to snuff, 'Bout this kinder Ufo rough, An' I'm 3ure it's plenty good enough, An' 'tween you an' me 'toln't half as tough As Uvlu, In the city. -- - 'MEN "YOU HEAR OF. John Ruskxn feels buoyant and elastic oo 8 bright, clear day, buton a dull, wet day bo is moody and misanthropic. Andrew Carnegie paid $3,000 for the flowers and decorations alone at a recent big dinner which he gave in Washington. Senator Edmunds is reputed to make $50,000 a year from hiB law practice, and it is said , some of his arguments have brought him $10 a word. Edwin Booth is accredited by his friends with being tho lazieiit man on earth when off the stage. If he goes six blocks on foot he says he is tired. Gilbert, the English dramatist, begins his literary work at about midnight, and keeps on writing until the sun has risen. Ho is a great consumer of cigarettes. Resorder Smyth, tho terror of New York evil doers, is a keen featured, clean shaven man of rather sinister expression, with a gray fringe of chin whiskers, and suffers his back hair to turn over on his collar. Sir John Millais, the great English artist, has curly hair that is hardly touched with gray and bright eyes that do not show any trace of their affliction that of long sightedness. Millais' terms for a portrait are $15,000. The late Wirt Dexter, of Chicago, once made a remark that it had been the am-bition of his life to kill fifty mallard ducks in one day, and that he had spent $20,000 trying to do it. He eventually succeeded, and at his death he had a rec-ord of 135 ducks a day. of War Belknap grows rounder and jollier and redder in the face every year. He is a gastronome, a wit and a splendid story teller. His income as a claim agent is $10,000 to $15,000 a year, and he spends every cent of it. He has a lovely family and a luxurious home in Washington. "Mr. Stanley" says the great explorer's secretary, "is a delightful companion. His temper is most equable. It takes a great deal to rouse bis anger, but when angry it is best to get out of bis way as quickly as possible. Yet he is most gen-erous to all really in need, and never tires of doing anything which he believes will boof benefit to any one." SOME The Victor Was s Mudsill All Bight Enough, but the Vanquished We were having a good time in a St Louis gymnasium one night when the question of self defense came up to be argued by half a dozen different per-sons. Among them was a man from Cincinnati, who contended that a gen-tleman ought always to be able to thrash a mudsill, provided tho latter would make a fair scrap of it. Two or three opposed this theory, and to test it the Cincinnatian offered to strip while a committee went out to pick up a victim. It was a committee of one, and I went out upon the street and picked my man haphazard. He was going past with a bundle under his arm, and I said to him: "Will you come in and box a man five or six rounds for $6?' "Regular fighter?' he asked. "No, only an amateur." Tm your huckleberry." He was a plasterer, and he had some of his tools in the bundle. He got ready without seeming to core who his oppo-nent was to be, and as they entered the ring it was seen that they were about even in size and weight. Time was callod, and the fun began. It didn't last long, however. Inside of two minntes the plasterer planted a straight right hander at the other's nose, which floored him and kept him on his back for sixty seconds. ' "Is that all?" calmly inquired the plas-terer, as be took off the gloves. "Yes. Here's your money." "Thanks. Good night." When the Cincinnatian came to and yot his nose repaired he sat for a long time wondering how it all came about. "Can't you explain it?" lie was finally eked. "No." "Well, I can." "What is it?" "He was a mudsill all right enougft, but you are no gentleman!" New York Sun. . OUR ROYAL VISITORS. Today is another.holiday in Salt Lake owing to tho visit of the royal party of Hex and suite from the carnival city of Ogden. They have been given the free-dom of the city, and are being royally entertained. Tho visitors will take away with them a most favorable im-pression of Zion. Wo believe that their visit to Salt Lake will please them as much as any event that has occurred during their trip. They have found here a magnificent city of over 50,000 people a city that has a compact business center full of life and trade a city of , beautiful homes, all giving evidence of prosperity, con-tentment, comfort, and.in a great many instances, luxury a city of broad streets and beautiful drives, lined on each side with an abundance of shado trees a city that is full of historical in-teresta city that lies in one of the richest agricultural valleys in the world, surrounded on every side by mountains whose peaks are crowned with snow during the hottest days of summer, and whose bowels are tilled with the precious metals a city that that has in its immediate vicinity num-erous health-givin- g resorts a city that is destined to become at no distant day the largest town between Chicago and Sau Francisco a city with brighter prospects than any other place in the great west. WHERE THK TIMES IS FOB SALE. The salt Lake Dailt Times Is for sale at the following places: HOTRI.S. Continental Hotel, White House, Walker House, ('lift House, Culleu House, St. Klmo. Metropolitan Hotel. NEWS STANDS. Shaffer & O'Connor's, SS58 Main street. 11. M. McAllister, 7'J Margetts Bros., t Kavbould's, m V,. H. ParRons. 104 nats A Kimball, Park City. H. C. Morris, Ogden. Jiuues A. Pinney, Bulge City, Idaho. A Fourth of July Declaration. I ' The same old tale of heart and band. Love, is the burden of this ditty; The girl, her small boy brother and An ardent lover from the city. The brother thought (the tricky elf) To play a joke would be quit funnyi The lover (once a boy himself) Straightway applied the power of money. And then prone at her feet be laid nis heart (for years he'd danced attendance), And though it was the Fourth ha load A declaration of dependence. CITV CIRCULATION. The Times management is making every ef-fort possible to have the paper promptly and rogulnrly delivered in every part of the city, Any complaint about the delivery If Bent to this office will be attended to at once. THIS DATE IN HISTOR- Y- JULY 8. 1779 British burned New Haven aud marched on Fairfield and Norwalk, Conn. (798 Napoleon, after the capture of Malta, landed In Alexandria, Egypt. Subsequently defeated the Mamelukes lu the battle of the Pyramids. 1880 Algiers captured by the French and perma-nently held by the conquerors. 1801 Union forces repulsed In battle of Carthage, Mo. 1864 Gen. Early invaded Maryland. 1804 Severe fighting on John's Island, S. C, two days. 1864 Confederates defeated at Jackson, Miss. 1877 Arrest of the members of the Louisiana returning board charged with forging election returns. WANTS. If you want help, If you want to rent a house If you want to sell a lot, 1 f you want a situation, If you want anything. Advertise in The Times "Want Column." GRAND OPERAlflUS W. J. BURGESS, . Mahaokr, FOUR PERFORMANCES Commencing with a special ' FOURTH OF JULY MATIHL Continuing- - on the evening of jfctv Matinee and Evening July 5. WM. A. BRADY'S famous Boucicaulf s product! Night Picture ol LD, AFTEREDARj PRESENTED ON A SCALE OF CXEOir L MAGNIFICENCE! Two Carloads of Scenery Carried Couple Ah Immense Riveii of Real , bou wa ll to wall, on which aUk'So Marine Craft, Real Swans, etc are Introduced ! '' The Railroad Tunnel Sensation' The Rmtd on the Gambling Horn.' The Far-Fam- ed Concert Hall gie "INTRODUCING BOBBY QAYLOI The Witty Irisn PunsterT Kelly and Murnb The Boxen Par Excellence: Don't Forget the Fourth of July Matini tarSale of seats Thursday 10 a. m. Wagners Pleasure Earte Emigration Canyon. Hie onlySlAw Sunday Trains on the Utah Central Raiiiv will depart as follows : Leave U. & N, Depot l p.m. am Leave Wagner's. 3 an49' Trains will take on passengers at corner 0 Eighth South and Fourth West ; foot of Main street, Seventh East.Salt Lake City Brewery and First Souta. Fare Bound Trip, 25 cents. BASE BALL. JMflU Wednesday July 2 Thursday July 3 Friday July 4 Saturday July 5 ADMISSION 25c and 50c. Ladies JTree, except on 4tl E. Mehesy PracticalFurrie The Largest and Most Complete Sfa of Fine Furs, in SEAL, BEAVER, OTTER, SUM, Et In this Inter-Mounta- in Region. Mr. Mehesy has just returned from an tended trip through the Northwest, where purchased a large quantity of raw furs, whi will be worked to order for the coming seas j5?Remember the place, 220 Main St, Salt Lake Citj. Go to til NatatoriuS For a PRIVATE BATH or a PLUM IN THE largest Swimming Pool in Ameri Gft N K KA LAGE N CyTZ. ROCKY MOUNTAIN GENERA 61 Wert tad Sonth Bt.Wt U Utah Territory. We are the largest lsbor co pany on the Pacifio Coast. We oheerfully&MJ all correspondence regarding Western market: are the authorised labor agenu for railroad companies in this section, and w cheerfully answer all correspondence in oar m General agents for Eastern Patents. We an t largest agency on the Pacifio Coast. Seattle Offioe, 108 Front Street Taooma Office, 1409, Paoifio Avenue. Los Angeles Offioe, 89 South Spring Stress. Butte City Offioe, Morrison Block. Denver Office, 618 Seventeenth Street, Call or GEO. HUSLER. Utah Cracker Factor Manufacturers of the Celebrated :shveb BRANTranroii 27 E. THIRD SOUTH ST. Salt Lake City, uta Ladies Bazaar ARTISTIC NEEDLEWORK. Eemoved to, 323 8- - Metlu Sire Choice line of Piano Covers. TabU Covers, Toilet Sets, Opera Bags, Sou and Pillows, Hand Bags Bureau Sideboard Scarfs. Silk Drapes, Can ter Piecesand Doylies' Summer Cor Swiss Embroidered Aoron Rushing, Ribbon and Zephyr, Was1 Silks, L&ens and all kinds of mater Stamping Done : Lessens fii"" A. S. Webster. A.M.Webste KELLY & COMPAN Printers, I Blank-Boo- k Makers and Stationer No: 46 W. Second Booth Salt Lake, - Uta m Our facilities for doing Flrrt-gJ- ? tag ST9 of the newest Books Ruled, Printed and M Samples of Railroad. Mining, Bd canme Work always ban.iBg: Complete line of Office Supplies-- nu Callon U Prices Low. Just received car of Utah 'old pota- toes. Peishson & Campbell The Fable of the Dogs. It happened once upon a time, on a cer-tain Fourth of July, that there were two dogs strolling along by the wayside, and one of these dogs, who was the proud possessor of a fine curly tail, looked with much disdain npon his companion, who utterly lucked that appendage. This conduct was noticed by dog number two, who at last gave vent to the following sentiments: "Know you, my worthy companion, that while you look with disdain upon my deformity, there is a certain adage observed among men that a haughty spirit goes before a fall, and I warn you that today, being the day known to man-kind as the Fourth of Jnly, there are cer-tain bipeds who are lying in wait for your tail. I will see you later." 80 say-ing, dog number two proceeded on his way rejoicing. ItORAL, The boy didn't catch the dog. THK CELEBRATION. The Fourth of July celebration in Salt Lake was in every respect a suc-cess. Thero was a very largo attend-ance from the surrounding country, and tho city people turned out en masse. Patriotic enthusiasm prevailed every-where. The programme was carried out to the letter, and everything moved smoothly during the entire day. The parade was tho leading feature, and it reflected great credit upon all the par-ticipants ns well as upon the city gen-erally. The exercises at Liberty park were of an interesting character, and the display of lireworks on Capitol hill in tho evening was a magnificent ending of the national holiday. It was a great day in Salt Lake, aud the result dem-onstrated to everybody that when this city undertakes anything it knows no such word as fail. Charles Carrol, of Carrolton. Charles Carrol, of Carrolton, was the last survivor of those who signed the Declaration, dying in 1833 at the age of 95. It is an interesting fact that he had just been chosen and entered congress on the morning of July 4, 1776. On July 4, 1821, the fact was mentioned in many addresses that only four of the signers were living. Of these William Floyd, of New York, died on the 3d of August fol-lowing, Adams and Jefferson on July 4, 1A26. and Charted Carrol on Nov, 14. 1833. ARRIVALS AND CLOSE OF MAILS. Schedule of arrival and closing of mails at the Salt Lake city Postofflce, May 1, 1800. 'Arriveat C!foseaT MAU. Depot. Postofnce Eastern, via U. P. R'y 9:40 a.m. 7:10 a.m. Eastern, via R. O. W. R'y 8:55 p.m. 0::) a.m. Western 10:30 a.m. :0p.m. Ogrtcn 10:30 a,m. 7:10 a.m. ' Ogden 4:00 p.m. Ogden 7:00p.m. S:U0p.in. North and Northvest.... 7:00p.m. 4:Ulp.m. ParkClty 10:30a.m. 7:10p.m. Park City 4:(IJa.m. Southern 8:60 p.m. 6:10 a.m. Southern (closed pouch) MIlford.Frlscoand bey'd 10:10 a,m. 8:50p.m. Uingham Canyon and West Jordan 4:anp.m. 0:40 a.m. Tooele county ' 3;45p.m. 7:10 a.m. Altaand Wasctch .... .... 6:10 p.m., HMO a.m. " SATURDAY. JULY, 5 1890. Enterprise of The Times. Denver News. The Rio Grande Western has put on a number of special trains between Og-den and Sal t Lake for the carnival week, and The Evenino Times has made ar-rangements for a permauent special which will put The Times in Ogden in time to be read at the supper table. Our Utah contemporaries are nothing if not enterprisiug. THE PRINCIPAL CONTENTS OF TO-DAY'S TIMES. The Fourth of July: . A full account of the local celebration, to-gether with Interesting miscellany relating to the national holiday. A House On a Hilltop: Stephen B. Elltins' Magnificent Home in West Virginia. Illustrated. Secret Society News: Lodge Room Gonslp from all over the land. A Oreat Divorce Case: A story by Rudyard Kipling. Handsome I.ace Wraps: . Olive Harper's Letter. Illustrated. Tho Matting of t'athay: How It may be used for Decorative Pur-poses. Illustrated. Minerva and Llrls: Two Crack Yachts. Illustrated. A Two-Stor- y Dwelling: Plans for a Pretty House. Illustrated. Famous In Pairs: Remarkable achievements of Twins. Illiis- - trated. The "Lunnou" Bobbles: Police System of the Largest City in the World. Illustrated. A Noted London Lady: Mrs. Ashton 1'llke tells of her life as a member of tho London School board. Il-lustrated. ' Some Prizes of Life: Many of them are Worthily Awarded. Il-lustrated. Just a Word, My Darling: Words by Douglas Gordon. Music by Ce-cil Hay. Telegraphic News: Associated press and special dispatches from the four quarters of the globe up to 3:30 p.m. Local News: All the news of Salt Lake City and Utah. T. 8. Keep Your Kve on "The Times:" You will always find something In Its col-umns to Interest you. A CHAUUE OF NAVAI. CROOKEDNESS. It is now intimated that the remark-able speed oi twenty knots an hour made by tho new war cruiser "Phila-delphia" was crooked. It seems that the contractors were to receive $200,000 extra if a certain rato of speed wero mado. This of course would be an in-ducement for crooked work. The charge having been made by an oilicer of tho "Essex" that the test was a fraud, the matter will probably be in-vestigated. In a letter to a friend, who gave it to tho press for publication, this officer says: "My personal Impression Is that the whole thing was a cooked up job. I do not bellove the 'Philadelphia' made twenty knots an hour. The Cramps und newspaper correspondents are responsible for the twenty knots, uud there Is no reason why the 'Philadelphia' should not be compelled to make a trial when no ques-tion could be raised as to the speed she may make." DOINGS OF ROYALTY. The shah of Persia's eldest child, a daughter, was born to him when he was 18 years of age. She is 45 now, and is the wife of the son of a former master of the mint, who was one of the richest officials in Persia. Prince Bismarck is reported to be rest-less and uneasy in his enforced retirement. He is said to busy himself with writing scores of letters, which he no sooner finishes than he destroys. ' He suffers terribly from insomnia. Queen Victoria has become a member of the English Jersey Cattle society. The queen owns two very fine herffs of Jerseys, one of which is at the Shaw farm, near Windsor, and the other on the Home farm, at Osborne. The German Empress Frederick loves little children. She never fails to notice every one she sees, and will often stop in her walks and speak to them. Even grubbiness will not deter her from taking a particularly fine baby in her arms, though, of course, she prefers them clean. The German emperor has just had a magnificent sword manufactured in Ber-lin, as a gift to the sultan. A lion's head in gold with ruby eyes forms the top; the hilt is formed by the sultan's mono-gram in gold, set with very 'fine brilliants. The blade is of gilded steel with a nick-eled scabbard, and the sword knot is set with diamonds. THE SWEET GIRL GRADUATE. New York Press. , She has wrestled with the stage of the dim historic ages, she has studied declama-tion from Demosthenes to Burke; She has sounded Schopenhauer and been un-der Dante's power, andean giggle In all the languages from English down to Turk. She can argue In the Isms, lino a s the history of schisms, and will go way back to Adam to elucidate her views ; She can bring up illustrations on the some-what strained relations of the Christians and the Jews. From old Socrates to Spencer she has read and read, and hence her Intellectual adorn-ments are a wonder to be seen ; In the angles she's a terror, and In art she makes no error, and she knows the men-tal value of the backneyed Boston bean. , She can show that old man Pliny was In some respects a mlnny, she has Bneered at Archimedes and brought Tacitus to task; She's revised the laws of Solon, knows the value of a colon, and can calculate the contents of the Dutchman's famous cask. She has studied up on diction, has explored the realms of fiction, .knows the views of Hobbes and Bacon and of Paley and then-crew- s ; She can quote from Pepys1 diary and knows Pope (so small and wiry), and has fath-omed Billy Bhakspeare and read Burton on the blues. There is not a branch of knowledge that this girl so fresh from college bas not made herself familiar with, from Plato down to pie. But It lsa't for her learning that she nils ns men with yearning It's because she Is a woman, and that's just the reason why. MEN OF LETTERS. Thomas Hardy, the English novelist, detests smoking. Emile Zola has had the offer of $250 a night for forty lectures on "Realism" in the United States. He wrote a curt answer in which he asked: "Where and what is the United States?" Brander Matthews, the author, is a large man, with rather rough features, that are shaded by the light whiskers which adorn his face. He has the largest collection of French plays in America. B. L. Farjeon, the novelist, is a dark faced, sharp eyed and very intelligent looking man, of genial manner and Jew-ish extraction. He began life in news-paper work in New Zealand, but has been for many years a resident of England. James Payn, the English novelist, has written about forty novels, and every word of the manuscript is in his own handwriting. He will have nothing to do with stenographers and typewriters. He sleeps ten hours out of the twenty-fou- r, spending the remainder in reading and writing. PENSIONING The pension roll of this country has grown to enormous proportions, and yet the people have made no serious ob-jection, nor is it likely that they will so long as the pensious are granted to those who participated in the war for the union, and who have Just claims for government recognition. But when it comes to pensioning simply because they wore held in bondage, thero will be a general protest. There is now beforo congress a bill for that very purpose. It was recently intro-duced by Congresiman Connell of Ne-braska, probably by request. Sections 3 and 3 of this bill makes the following provisions: That any person who may have been held as a slave or Involuntary servant under and by reason of any law of the United States, or of either of the states of the United States, or in consequence of any device or oustom prevail-ing with such states or the United States, ex-cept for the commission of crime whereof the party shall have been convicted, and who shall have been released from such servitude in manner before stated, and who shall at the aate 01 tne passage 01 tins act nave reached the age of TO years, shall be entitled to and re-ceive the sum of f600 from the treasury of the United States, hereby authorized to be paid out of any moneys not otherwise appro-priated, and to the sura of f 15 per month dur-ing the residue of their natural lives. This provision shall apply to male and female free-dom alike, and alf persons not released from servitude, who shall be less than 70 years of ai?e and of the age of 60 years or over shall be entitled to and receive the sum of $3U0, and also I1U per month until they reach the age of 70 years, when they shall be entitled to and receive the greater sum hereinbe-fore stated as a monthly payment; and ' all persons released from ser-vitude, as before stated, who shall be less than ) years old and of the age of M) years or over shall be entitled to and receive the sum o( $100, and also JW per monthuutil 60 years old, when they shall receive 113; and nil persons released from servitude, as before stated, who shall be leoa than SO years of age shall be enti-tled to receive tl per month until 60 years old, when they shall receive 8; all moneys herein authorized to be paid shall 'be dispensed from the general funds of the treasury not otherwise appropriated. That relations or others who may be charged with the support of aged or liitlnu persons re-leased from involuntary servitude In manner aforesaid shall be entitled to and receive the monthly pension awarded to such aged or In-firm persons, in whole or lu part, upon show-ing, to the satisfaction of the secretary of the interior that such support Is afforded in a humane and becoming maimer, the amount of such payment being under the control and di-rection of the secretary aforesaid. It is said that this bill is actually re-ceiving serious consideration, and that it will be favorably reported by the house committee on invalid pensions. It is charged, however, that it is not the intention of the republicans to pass the bill, but to hold it in abeyance iu order to catch the colored vote in next fall's elections. Tho charge, it would seem, is not well grounded, as the great majority of tho colored voters are in full sympathy with the republi-can party, and no inducement is nec-essary to make them vote tho ticket. However, Mr. Connell's bill, no matter for what purpose it may have beeu in-troduced, will not likely pass congress. Nevertheless, it is a measure that will attract a great deal of attention and cause general criticism, mainly on the ground that it is makiug a burlesque of the pension business. " Tub estimated population of Ne-braska Is 1,200,000. This is an increase of 747,598 since 1880. HIS SECOND VICTIM. A Texas Tooth Who Stabs People to Death. Gainesville, Tex., July 5. News reached here this evening from the Williams neighborhood, ten miles east of Gainesville, of the killing ef a farmer named R. J. Jamison today by a young man named Alfred Williams of the lat-ter- 's farm. The killing was the result of a quarrel over a team which Williams wanted to drive, to which Jamison ob-jected, and furiously attacked Jamison with a knife, stabbing him three times, once in the heart. Williams stabbed and killed a young man named John Ware near where he killed Jamison three years ago. He was convicted of manslaughter on that occasion in the district court here shortly afterward and sentenced to the penitentiary for three years, but was pardoned on ac-count of his youth, being but 16 years old when he committed the murder. He has fled and is attempting to get out of the county, but several officers are in pursuit. General Miles has had a mild presi-dential boom started in his behalf. It originated in San Antonio, Toxas. It is a semi-tropic- production, and may not be able to live in the chilly regions of the north. A CELESTIAL CELEBRATION. HI, there! Ah, there ' John la on a spree, j Merry? ' Very. S Tanglefoot beats te f Holdhlmf Scold him? Hardly. Tis the day Molicana get gay; Bo If John joins in His crackers to the din. Drinks beer, Makes cheer, Lets bis pigtail stream; Dances, : Prances, Bears the eagle scream; Is jailed. Then bailed, He will only go through the annual ex-perience of an innumerable caravan of white men who think the Fourth of July was instituted specially for the benefit of bartenders and the distraction of a peace lovine rjublia. . . Fred C. Dayton. t One Way to Propose. She Why have you named your horse after me, Mr. fiemsen? He Because twenty fellows wanted her, and (get up, Nell) I made up my mind they'd tret leu. Chatter, CLIPPED AND CONDENSED. After two Brooklyn pugilists had fought live rounds tho other night and were both "badly used up" the mother of one of them, so it is stated, appeared on the scene, "knocked down a few of the spectators with a club and scattered the othors." The sands along the banks of the Col-umbia river, in Oregon, is an obstacle to railway traffic almost as difficult to overcome as tho snow blockades during winter. Nearly every train is delayed on account of the ever-shiftin- g sand hills covering the track. L. F. Strahler, of Waverly, Ohio,"lias in his possession three squirrels recent-ly captured in Pike county that are re-garded as rare curiosities and are at-tracting great attention. One in an albino of the purest white in color, with pink eyes, while the other two are jot black.. During a dispute over a calf at Camas Prairie, Oregon, recently, Ed. Kine-har-hit Helm McConnel on the head with a heavy plug of tobacco. In order to prevent a suit charging him with as-sault with a deadly weapon, Kinehardt paid $10 besides giving over the calf and the plug of tobacco. The salvation army in Paris has been by a salvation navy. A church boat floats on tho river Seine near the Pont de la Concorde. The "floating temple," as the Parisians call it, has been named "Tho Herald of Mercy." In the hall amidships there is accommodation for 200 persons. Thero are only five states in the union in which a schoolmaster can now legally flog a pupil. In all other states a pupil menaced with corporal punish-ment can arm himself with any secret weapon and use it as best he can. Massachusetts teachers flog an average of two boys per day per capita. Ward McAllister tells the fashionable young mon firmly, but kindly, that they must not have valets. "No gentleman should permit himself tbiB sort of asso-ciation," he says, and there are those who dare suggest in this connection the principle of and the old saying that no man is a hero to his valet. A curious fashion has come into vogue in Paris. In all the cemeteries metal boxes with a slit in the lid are placed on the tombstones to receive the cawls of visitors. Tho relatives of the deceased are thus enabled to see who among tho living still cherish the mem-ory of their departed friends. , The other day a North Carolina wo-man started for the haymow to see how a hen was getting ufong that was setting on some eggs. On entering the barn the woman was surprised to see the old hen taking her chicks down herself. She would pick one up in her mouth, fly down with it, lay it down, aud continue the process until she car-ried them all down, thirteen in number. The latest fashionable "fad" is re-ported from Yalesville, Pa. At a vil-lage improvement eutertainmenteleven young ladies personated slaves aud w ere put up at auction. They were draped in sheets so as to be unrecog-nizable, aud brought, from 40 to 95 cents each. That quotations ran so low is ex-plained by the fact that it was incum-bent upon each purchaser to buy for his slave all tho ico cream, cake aud lem-onade she demanded, and to escort her home after the entertainment. The French are certainly great ou novel ideas. A new clock contains a novel application of the magnet. The clock is shaped like a tambourine, with a circle of flowers pointed on its head. Around the circle two bees crawl, the larger one requiring twelve hours to complete its circuit, whilo the smaller one makes it every hour. Different flowers represent tho hours, and the bees, which are of iron, are moved by the magnets behind the head of the tambourine. Birth and circumstance have much to do with us. So much that sometimes it seems that they have all to do with us. People who live on bananas will never write books or win battles or maintain a republic. Whoever read a book from Honduras? or Yucatan? Men come to somcthiug where wheat grows. Je-rusalem was an upland city, beautiful lor its situation on the sides of the Nor, the city of the king! Sodom was in a hole. Climate has much to do with chiirai'tiu' and works. Salt Lake's stockyard project is be-ing quietly backed by Omaha capital-ists, says the Denver News, and it is confidently believed that negotiations now pending will soon be completed and the enterprise inaugurated. The Mormons have frequently been charged with disloyalty, but they didn't exhibit any of it yesterday. They wero as enthusiastic as any of Unelp Sam's subjects. The fact is that the celebra-tion was a most harmonious affair. Politics aud religion wero entirely barred out, and Gentile and Mormon united in making the demonstration a grand success. Hit by a Stone and Killed. New York, July 5. Henry Alexan-der, 19 years old, died in the Hempstead poorhouse on Monday afternoon of a fracture of his spine. He was em-ployed on the farm of Gotlieb Meyers, at Island Tree, about seven miles from Hempstead. While he was in a tree picking cherries, on Friday afternoon, a crowd of boys, between 18 and 15 years old, gathered about the place and began throwing stones at him. A stone struck him over the right eye, stunning him. He fell head first from the tree, striking the ground on his shoulders. 1 ho boys fled. Alexander was uncon-scious when he was taken into the farm house. He was conscious at intervals afterward, but was unable to tell who his assailants were. Ou Sunday he was removed to the poorhouse. Dr.'Rhaines found that the spine between tho shoulders was badly fractured. Coro-no- r Horton weut to Island Tree to find out the names of the boys and have them arrested. On July 1st the law regarding deser-tions went into effect. It is intended to dimiuish the number of desertions. Under this law the government retains from the pay of eacli enlisted man $4 a month during tho first year, and this niouey is to draw iuterest until tho date of discharge. If the enlisted man does not serve honestly and faithfully this money will be forfeited. Whether tho sum of $48, held as a deposit, will pre-vent a man from desertion remains to be seen. It strikes us that a bonus of $48 for good conduct during a man's period of enlistment would be more ef-fective. BITS OF SCIENCE. The latest invention, of musical Ger-many is a mechanical conductor, a figure that beats with the greatest accuracy and desired time. A very ingenious instrument has lately appeared for showing the velocity and pressure of the wind. The effect is pro-duced by the rising or falling in level of mercury in a trough. It is stated that the firmness of paper sized with resin increases by storage owing to the fact that the resin in the paper undergoes an operation of harden-ing by exposure to the air, The yew tree seeds and leaves have lately been made of use in the shape of an oily product called taxine, which so-lidifies on cooling and possesses consid-erable narcotic properties. Professor Foster, of Breslau, states that 800 cases have come under his no-tice in which the eyesight has been af-fected by the disturbance of the circula-tion caused by wearing collars that were too small. Experts claim hat if steel ships are kept properly painted with good paint and the plates properly "pickled" they would last as long as iron, otherwise they would deteriorate more rapidly than iron ships. In making ctercoal for gunpowder it is always kept for three or four days in air tight cylinders before picking over, ten days to a fortnight before it is ground. This, it is said, is done to coun-teract the well known tendency to fire if exposed too soon after it is made. The rubber pavement invented by Busse-Humiou- consists of 83 per cent, of ground stone and 15 per cent, of a rubber mass, and when applied to the street on top of a layer of concrete looks like asphalt, and althongh not as smooth, it produces no duM anjTis noiseless. Urank Carbolic Acid Together. aWWp Lincoln, Seb., July 5 A stranger walked into a livery stable today and, after some talk, asked one of the men named Eggleston to take a drink. A tin ctip with some water in it was se-cured, when the stranger took a bottle from his pocket, which he said con- tained alcohol, and poured some into the cup. Both drank of tho mixture, lhe stranger was dead in an hour, but hopes are entertained of the other man's recovery. He had filled up the cup with carbolic acid. The stranp-a- r was a man of medium height and size, sandy complexion, light sandy mus-tacn- and was about 35 vears old . He had a letter on his person mailed at MeCook and addressed to Joseph Bausr- - rlWn "eiVhougt to have been a |