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Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-16

THE Increase Of the English and
German fleets In Chinese waters is an
indication that France Is playing a
game in Tonquin, which may result
In serious consequences to all foreign.
ers. Tonquin and AMMAN, the pro.
vinces whero hostilities are raging, lie
on the dividing line between India and
China. The former country having
been seized by the French has been
attacked by the Chinese, who were re.
pulsed with great loss. 1t Is now an.
nouuced that the French government
has notified the king of AMMAN that
France intends to keep possession Of
Tonquln, and offers to protect AMMAN
against China. This means more ter
ritorial aggrandizement 1T the expense
Of China. and the certainty, sooner or
later, of . general conflict between
the Chinese and all the western pow.
ers. Such q war endangers the safety
Of every European In China. There
are already grave fears for the safety
of our missionaries, and England and
Germany are alarmed Into seeing the
necessity for protecting their SUBJECTS.
The Chinese draw no distinction be.
tween the nationality of foreigners,
and If the French kill Cinnamon In
Tonquin, the Chinese will be very apt
to retaliate by killing E%nglishmsn,
Americans and Germans wherever
found.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-16

WI are having a little sunshine,
just to make Us appreciate the rainful
when 1t happens to put In 81 appear
ancs. Our farmers will be we'll salts.
fed to see an ending OF the April
showers, which has been carried too
far Into May.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-16

Mr.. SULLIVAN may be q rapidly
falling man, but he recovered his
health yesterday sufficiently to knock
out Mitchell, the British champion, In
three rounds, and rake In gate receipts
to the amount Of SO, 900.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-16

THERE Is blood In the eyes of all
the bonanza statesmen. Senator
Hill Of Colorado, Is busily engaged In
preparing documents to back q reso-
luton which he will introduce as soon
as congress meets, providing for an
investigation OF Secretary Teller's con.
duct of the interior department.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-16

WATER gas, at Pullman, costs 81. %
= thousand for light, and the company
manufacturing 1t made $1S, 600 during
the first year their works we're In op'
Grafton. Water gas in OmAhs-but
who knows anything about water gas
IN Omaha and the company which Mr..
Jackson announced with such q -four
ish Of trumpets.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-16

AN important decision has been
rendered by the supreme court which
involves the validity of the patent on
what Is known al the new process for
making -four by crushing grain be-
tween rollers. The court holds that
the patent 10 void for want Of novelty,
the process having been clearly dc.
scribed as early as lS47 by an inventor
In Leipsic. This decision will be of
interest to al millsrs throughout the
west.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-16

Mr. GOULD says that he has never
taken much interest in newspapers,
but thinks the New York Tribune the
soundest journalin the country. Taking
into consideration the source from
which 1t comes, this Is a very left.
handed compliment.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-16

CORRESPONDENCE All Communi.
stfons relating to News and Editorial
matters should be addressed to the EDITOR
or The BEE.
BUSINESS LETTERS-All Bushes
LETTERS and R~emittances should be I'D
dressed to THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY
JMAHA. Drafts, Checks and Postofice
Jrders to be made payable to the order Of
the Company.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-16

GENERAL HOWARD has started on .
trip to the Yellowstone Park by way
Of Fort Mckinney. The generals
time seems to be fully occupied with
leoturing at $50 a night and making
excursions Into the interior In the line
Of public duty.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-16

THE first of the Ph1 ak park essas.
sins was hung In Dublin on Monday.
A crowd of 100, 900 people gathered
around the Jail during the execution.
Death was even more instantaneous
than that Of his Victim, Lord Freder-
lex Cavendish.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-16
IF You Arc Ruined

In health from any cause, especially
from the use of any of the thousand
nostrums that promise so largely,
with long fictitious testimonials, have
no fear. Resort to Hop Bitters at
once, and In a short time you will have
the most robust and b blooming health
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-16
Changed It's Tune.
Sioux City Journal.

The Omaha Republican IL extreme
In Its condemnation of Mr.. Couklinp's
recent speech; and this reminds us
that The Republican, In 1880, under
a somewhat different management, ex-
erted Itself to count Nebraska on Mr..
Conkling's side In the Chicago o n
vention.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-16

NOTHING has yet been heard from
General Crook but several officers
whose experience In war has been
chiefly gained on the parade ground
express the belief that the general has
made a mistake In leading too small =
force against the enemy. 1t may be
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-16

SENATOR SAUNDERS has returned to
Omaha In the nick of time. General
Henderson is aching to explain to him
his new system Of civil service reform
rs applied to Nebraska politics.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-16

LEO XIII. has forbidden the clergy
to take any part In political agitation
In Ireland, and condemns all collec.
lions which may be employed as a
means Of exciting rebellion against the
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-16

THE National Irish L,sgue has Is.
sued an appeal for a union of all Irish
interests In this country, and the sym.
pathy and cooperation of American
citizens.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-16
The BEE PUBLISHING co., Props,
E. RosEwATER Editor

THE Fremont Tribune under the
old and able management of the Ham.
mond Bros. has been changed to q
daily.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-16

A CARD from the city engineer on
the sewer question is unavoidsbly
crowded out from our columns, but
will appear In our next Issue.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-16

TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS q year 10
spent by the agricultural department
In ~propsgating seeds that will not
sprout and In experimenting with
pumpkins that fall to make pies.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-16
THE TRADE AND CROP STU
ALTON,

There has been little change to note
ia the trade situation throughout the
west during the past week. Unfavor'
able weather has operated to depress
the retail trade, and wholesalers and
jobbers naturally feel the effects.
Operators In nearly all lines have been
In close accordance with actual wants,
and while the volume Of business has
reached fair proportions In some de-
partments, trade al q rule has contin-
ued unsatisfactory. The eastern Iron
trade Is a little more satisfactory. II
Is believed that there will be q general
closing down of the Iron mills between
Pitt burg and st. Louis on the LIST Of
June. In consequence buyers are
more disposed to anticipate require
ments, in view of q probable curtail.
ment of production. Other Industries
show no changes to note.
There have been no important de.
velopments In the grain trade. At
the close of the week the price of
wheat for neal delivery eased off
slightly, but options on the new crop,
especially August and September, have
risen In value. This demonstrates the
growing belief among operators that
the new crop yield will be considerably
smaller than last year. The national
department of agriculture anticipates
q decrease of seventy.seven million
bushels In the yield of winter wheat.
The spring wheat outlook Is still In
certain, and nothing definite as to the
probable yield can be known until the
lat of June. It Is hoped, however,
that a full average yield may be OBJ
tanned in order that the already aacsr-
tanned shortage of the crop may not be
increased. At the close Of last week
the visible supply of wheat In the
United States showed a further de-
crease of twenty-five thousand bu-
shells, leaving the total still above
twenty million bushels. England had
q supply of FIVE million bushels at
Liverpool and about as much more
at the remaining outports, and while
this Is the Ease her buyers remain very
Indifferent about the crop prospects In
| the United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-16
NEBRASKA

Office department:
NEBRASKA,
Established - Chicago, Antelope
county, Chss. I. Galloway, postmas-
ter; Swift, Otoe county, Arthur 7.
Bslfour, postmaster.
Name Changed--Evergreen, Brown
county, to Johnstown; Myra, Nance
county, to Belgrade.
Postmasters Appointed--Emerson
Dixon county, VIM. Warnook; Emmett,
Hall county, Mrs. Mary G. Malloyi
Isla, Saunders county, John B.
Brown; Long Pine, Brown county,
Miss S. l.. King; Willow Island, Daw.
son county, Arthur White.
Established-Ladogs, Tayler coun'
ty, James H. Elliott; Mallard, Pale
Ak county, VIM. H~ackenberg; Plover
Pocahontas county, Philip G. Hess
postmasters
Tostmasters Appointed-Luzerne
Benton county, E. J. Dltzer; Sali1,
Woodbury. county, John L. Follanbee
Village Creek, Allamskee county
James d. Brennan.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-16
The Omaha Bee.

Published every morning, except Sun.
~. The emily Monday morning daily.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-16

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Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-16

In Nebraska and Iowa during the
week ending May IL, 1888, furnished
by VIM. Van Week, of the post
office department:
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-10-27
A Mexican Monstrosity.

At Guadalajara, says . veracious
Mexican paper, there lives man hav-
ing scaly skin exactly like that Of a
viper, even to the green color. He has,
besides, the viper habit of changing or
shedding his skin every year. The skin
comes of in single piece, and not as
might be supposed, in parts On the
mans head there is not q single hair.
A sister of this man, who died some
time ago, manifested the same phenom-
enon, and toward the close of her life
began slowly to grow blind, owing 70
the viper's skin encroaching on tho
eyes to such an extent that she could
only see through narrow aperture at
each eye. The same thing is now hap
pening to the brother. He can scarcely
see any object. and the head presents
the repulsive aspect Of viper. In Gu
autia these unhappy beings have been
known as the wiper man and woman, .
and the phenomenon is attributed to
the fact that their mother ate an excess
Of viper's meat to cure disease Of the
blood. In Cuba it is a common prac-
tice for people to eat viper's flesh a. .
remedy for blood diseases.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-10-27
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

"A collection in Bowling Green
Ky. church yielded four hundred cop
pers. .'ils#4 tai
The Fulton Street Daily Prayer
Meeting has passed its twenty-sixth an
nivcrsary.-N 7. Examiner.
+. The Salvation Army of England is
having fifteen halls built with seating
capacity for $4,000 people. ..ss ei.ls
"A leading religious paper estimate
that at the present rate Of conversion
Japan can In seventeen. years become q
Christian country.
1T Is found that there are now over
100000 scholars OF both sexes in the
schools of Italy This Is the ninth part
Of the whole population Of the King
dom.
A high official Of the Roman Cath
Olic Church in Galveston, Tex, has for
hidden children destined for Roman
Catholic communion in that city to
attend the public schools. Chicago
journal. sis sa5n s.
The German language Is taught in
nearly all tn. white public schools of
st. Louis. The entire number Of pu-
pills who are now studying German is
over 10000, or more than half Of the
whole number of pupils in all the
schools of st. d4ouis.-St. Louis Post.
Adirondack" Murray told an a,i-
dience in Chickering Hall, New York,
the other day that reason leads people
to reject the theology taught by the
theologians, The Christianity taught
by Christ Himself, he said is alone
worthy Of acceptance. ~ Y. Tribune.
The University of Alabamais crowd
ed with students, and no more can be
received until the new buildings are
completed, which will be in 4 short
time. This is the first time that the
University has ever been full, and indi-
Gates a gratifying state Of prosperity. -
AZ Y Times.
The Boston Herald gives currency to
some serious charges against the public
schools Of Lowell, Mass. II states that
many pupils are graduated with only a
smattering of knowledge, which Is en-
tirely useless in practical life. General
ineiiiclency and too much red-tape on
the part Of the school committee are
named as the causes of this state Of af-
fairs, The great value Of u practical
education that will prove to be useful
in actual life is being more clearly rec
ognized every year. a
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-10-27
NUMBER 3.

| front of the engine. barking at It. and
then lie down in the middle Of the track
| (this was before the cow-catchers were
made to clear the track and let the
whole train of cars run over him, fin
ishing his bark at the rear end the same
way he had commenced 1t In 'front.'
These freaks were only a small part
of Rover's inoessant activity. The full
ness of life was so abundant in him he
must whisk It off in some way, and h9
was just as full of love, too, and would
always be bringing something home to
the boys and lay il directly at their
feet.
His moral nature did not always lead
him right, especially in his zeal TO serve
his friends. One day splendid leg Of
lamb was found on long bench in the
kitchen. The butcher soon appeared,
tuning and wiping his blazing red face.
Your, your d-dog must p-pay m-me
Cor my m-ineatl" sputtercd he, 80. mad
he couldn't talk straight r. ff
''Certainly,' said his master. and
paid the price. But Rover had to take
that, meat back, and Rover could not be
found. 1t was ordered to be left nlonc
until he returned. The next day he
came. Pointing to the meat the boys
ordered him to carry il where he got Il.
With a look Of disgust he shifted around,
then taking 1t between his teeth in the
daintiest manner. skunk away with II,
hugging the fences on the way, and left
II, as he did the brooches before, on tho
butchers doorstep. He never stole
meat again; but once he brought home
d pair Of gloves and cane, and another
time u parcel Of school-books; but the
funniest was when he pounccd upon the
old cat and laid her mcwing and scratch
Ing on the hearth, and then watched
her arch her back until her feet hardly
touched the floor, as she spat at him in
her wrath. A
But Rover, sobered down, became
the most loving protector. He would
have gone regularly to church, but the
church requested him not to. The boys
always vowed that he knew almost as
much as they did. Little Gems.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-10-27
PlaythInss Of nm Old. Fashioned Boy.

Our bows and arrows were made Of
the straightest-grained hickory. The
cross gun required considerable trouble
In the making; but, once done, Its aim
was much more accurate than that Of the
simple bow and arrow. In the first place,
a piece oil half-inch pine plank, three feet
and four inches long and six inches
wide, was selected Both sides having
been plancd, the shape Of the cross-gun
was marked and the wood cut away.
Three inches from the end asholc about
an inch square was cut with knife
or chiscl through which the bow might
be slipped and fastened. The distance
from the end to the trigger was two
feet The bow was four feet long. The
upper surface of what might be called
the barrel was channeled with gouge
or curved ehisel; and there was a trig-
ger 80 placed that, when II WAS pulled,
II would release the string from q notch
and shoot to n great distance the arrow
that lay In the groove.
/ The simplest pop-gun that VIC had
1 was d gu II three or four inches long,
with a bit Of stick for s'rammer.
Slices OF potatoes four or five slices to
tho inch--furnishcd the ammunition,
the sharp ends Of the quill cutting
through and punching out the wads
without any trouble. Larger pop-guns.
of course, were made of pieces OF the
alder-bush, about q foot long The
pith having been pressed out, the gun
was ready for the wads Of wet paper.
Sometimes bit Of bamboo fish-pole
served the same purpose; but the bore
was required to be not only straight,
but of uniform size thrOughouts A
'''squirt-gun'' was made after the Same
manner as apop-gun, except that one
end III the alder or bamboo was closed
with block Of wood through which an
awl-hole had been bored. The rammer
also became ''plungern by the addi-
ton OF piece Of leather or sucker
at the end. Equipped with this water-
gun, the boy was q terror to- the whole
school. Another kind Of pop-gun was
made from q piece Of bamboo. A
simple hollow-tube Of alder was also
used as an air-gun for shooting peas by
the quick expuls on Of the breath.
Aside from an old. roughly made
hickory pistol, painted in green and
red, none Of our appliances for firing
fre-crackcrs have survived to this day.
We were 80 fortunate as to be presented
with an old rihe-barrel, and it was in
deed prize. There were three Of us,
/ and the barrel was therefore cut into
three pieces, by file, Then came the
| hardest work Of all, for each Of the three
boys wanted the rear end Of the barrel,
on which there was an old fashioned
| fint-l0ck. So we ssdrew cuts, and the
/, two who drew the pieces Of the barrel
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-10-27
The Old FIreman's Little Game.

Times aim now what they used To
be-, remarked one gray-bearded vet
Gran. as he turned his eyes, dimmed
by looking at many fires, upon the re-
porter who sat on the bench beside him.
Twas a bad day for Phil 'delphy
when them paid fellers got in. They
amt got the quickness at we voiun-
teers had. Bless me, you Orter seed
us breakin' along with that air hose
cart boundin' after US like a toy wagon.
/ reckon we could beat any pair o.
horses they've got now in the city for q
mile. r'member tn night that the
big fire started down at Race Street
same day as President Zachary Taylor
died--in 1856. One of the boys piled
inter the shed yellin' that a house had
bowed up near the Race Street wharf
an killed dozen people an had
thrown hundred bales Of burnin' hay
around that air neighborhood promis-
cuons-like, which was settin' the hull
square agoin'-
II started on ahead to find how
things was, an when got there / see
No. 9 comm up the street like mad,
quite ways ahead of our cart. / see
they'd get the first chance ut the near
est waterin' plug, an wasn't willin'
nohow, that the Niagara should be beat
by that No. crowd So picked up
ash bar'l an tipped the ashes over
into the gutter, an then put her bottom
up over the plug an sot down on the
top Of her, smokin' my pipe as easy as
anythin', though there was four houses
blazin' away right afOre me. The fore
man of No. came tearin' up, and be-
gan lookin' fur that plug to hitch his
pipe onto, but he couldn't find it no
where's. Says he, swearin' mad: Am
/ gettin' ter be that foolish as to forget
where that plug is on this here streetp'
Very like said /, as cool as a chunk
of ice and suckin' away on my pipe,
which couldn't have gone out very we'll
though, on account Of the sparks fallin'
around us that thick. If you have for
goe that there plug is down t'other cor
ner, further on
HE jumped ahead, and, yellin' for
the boys to foller him, the hull crowd
went off down the street like lot Of
wildcats. The next mint the Niagara
comes up, and / gifts down of the bar'l
and, liftin' herup over the plug. hitched
fast an got stream on five minits be-
fore any other comply. 1 tell You,
young man, they kin say what they
want bout these new jig-a-marigs, but
the old volunteers was the best, an
some time, when Phil 'delphy's clean
burnt up, they'll wish they'd kept us to
take care of 'em. Philadelphia Times.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-10-27
PuNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The absent friend that writes nc
letter now doesn't care two cents fol
you. M Y. Ncios.
1T was rather breezy the Other
morning. We stood on a corner and
counted nine men chasing their hats.
And then we started after own tile. -
Boston Post.
a family Of Swedes In Chicago
tried to use 4 railway torpedo for fuel
1t is needless to say that they have had
exercise enough to warm them up--ir
the Swede by and by-Boston Post.
"A magazine only differs from q
sword in this wise: With one you gen.
orally have to cut its leaves while the
other generally leaves its cuts. IN. r.
World.
Little Freddie (late to breakfAst)
"Papa, what is the difference between me
and those baked potatoesp'' Give II
up, Freddie" .Why, the potatoes
Early Rose, and didn't. - harrington
Free Press.
-"Did you ever think what you would
do IL you had the Duke of West
minister's incomep'' Village pastor,
mo, but / have sometimes wondered
what the Duke would do If he had
mine. - Boston Globe. &
Even multitude Of fashionpapers,
and diagrams enough to keep the
country in maps during thirty years
war, have failed to decide this question
How often must skirt be ''gored" be.
fore it is entirely "kiltP'--Pittsburgh
telegraph.
Some people have such a pleasant
way of putting things: by the by, let
me congratulate you on your article in
The Peaatonville PulUerizer. It's admir-
able!'' "Oh, you flatter me =" mo,
] assure you; it's quite splendid $50
good. Twas never so surprised in my
life as when | saw your name at the
end. "-Lonlon Pstsch.
--Jonadab's trouble:
JOnadab begins to sigh
And gouge his little eyes and crigh,
Because he cannot catch a High
Who roams the window pane.
Now he eats piece OF pigh,
Now he makes a face most wrigh,
Jonadab's child Of nigh
Cousin Martha Jane.
-Utt Ctty DeTTtcN.
Landlord Roberts woke up one
night by hearing some one travel abouI
the house, and, lighting candle, found
one of his guests in full shirt dress
wandering through the rooms. "Whai
do you want?" said Roberts. Il want
TO find the hen-pen,' said the man,
what in. thunder do you want Of 9
hen-pen at this time Of nightP' asked
Roberts. WELL" said the man, 'syot
see lost my pillow somewhere, and
wanted to get into the hen-pen and ge
feather and make another. -" Bango,
(lMe. Commercial.