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The PapaU.

The interesting extract from the Leisure
Hour, which we published last Wednesday,
suggesting some experiments with the Juice
and leaves Of the papau tree, is worth some
little attention. We believe it to be pro-
badly true that the milky Juice Of the tree
has the remarkable property, so generally
attributed to it, of rendering tough meat
tender. This being granted, it is II matter
of establishment that, the tree being com
mon, and tough beef being equally com
mon, in the West Indies, or at any rate in
Santa Cruz, the milk and the meat are not
more frequently Brought into contact. One
of these three things must be true the
cooks 90 not apply the juice, or the beef Is
tough enough to resist the softening pro
perties of the Juice (Which is not unlikely
Or the s0ftcning properties Of the juice
don't exist. Which is the truth We
have never tried ourselves, nor known
others to try. a crucial experiment in the
matter. We have heard that wrapping a
tough steak in the leaves Of the papau will
make it tender, but should he very un-
willing to believe it without actual proof,
for the small amount Of milk which would
escape where the veins of the leaves were
bruised, would hardly we should think, be
enough to nave the effect, and it is scarce
ly likely That Il gas possessing such Won
deriul properties is given Oft by the leaves.
4hiS latter however, would nave to be
admitted il we were to believe those cooks
who tell us that hanging tough beef up in
a papau tree will make it tender. Certain
~ beef could be made tender in this way,
ii sufficient time were allowed; but then
any tree, or indeed no tree, would do equally
as well. Without, however, stretching our
Credulity to the length of seriously trying
the experiment of hanging the meat in th3
tree, it might be we'll worth while to try
II domestic experiment or two with the
juice itself. To do this fairly it would not
be sufficient to rub a piece of meat SuppoS-
ell to be tough with the juice. 1T would be
necessary to divide he meat into two parts,
to rub one piece with the juice, noting how
much time was allowed for it to take effect
before cooking, and then to cook the two
pieces as nearly as possible under the same
conditions. We should be glad to know
whether any one in this island, from "the
oldest inhabitant" dOwnwards, has ever
tried such an experiment, and if so, what
was the result. For it does appear to us
rather amusing that EngliShmen, who are
so famous for their good beef, the renowned
''rOaSt beef of old England" out of which
so many heroes nave been made, should
wish to import papau leaves from 5he West
Indies, for testing their properties, when
, 1888-10-03

HAVE just received a new assortment
of favorite makes, such as PerilIas,
MilIas, Brevas, &c. &c, which 1 offer
cheap by aOhOLeSaIe and retail.
st. Thomas, 22nd Sept, 1888.
n. MICHELSEN.
, 1888-10-03

Yesterday morning was quite stormy in
this neighbourhood. Up to about noon
there were frequent squalls from the south
with heavy rain. Shortly after 10 o'clock
an unusually heavy squat came up from
the south west. Trees bent, and in some
instances lost a branch or two, shingles
began oily from old houses, and for a few
moments things looked serious. The mails
we're delayed till 3 o'clock, at which hour
the Vigjlant sailed for st. Thomas with
a steady south east breeze.
At Frederiksted's Fort yesterday morn
ing, 65 lines of rain were measured. At
ChriStiansted's Fort yesterday morning So
lines, this morning liz lines.
, 1888-10-03
Doors open at 7.30.

Doors open at 7.3O.
Performances commence at s o'clock.
Reserved Seats (Chairs) ........... .5Ocents.
Back Seats (Benches). T.. .....-"...25
Ecg' Tickets can be had at Messrs.
Bartram Bros, and at I. M. Moore
Esqr. also at the door on the night
of the performance.
Frederiksted, End October 1888.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-29

are a sturdy lot of young bloods, and they
are putting up good game Of ball.
Now for blood.
Well be in the race.
Yesterdays game will be played Monday.
Prepare for a Jam at the ball park this
afternoon.
To-day the Oinsbas will make their first
snatch at the pennant.
Manager Gooding, with fifteen men and q
mascot, are at the Barker.
With a forenoon of sunshine the local
grounds will be in good condition this after
noon.
The failure to play yesterdays game occa;
stoned much disappointment among the local
fans" 49,
The pool sellers are Offering five TO four on
the opening Omaha-Minneapolis game, in
favor, of course, of the home team.
So far this season Boston has not lost a
game. She has seven victories to her credit,
four over Philadelphia and three over Wash
ington.
Healey is still decidedly underline weather,
and will be some considerable time before
IT will be safe to again venture him in the
box.
The team following the Minneapolis aggre-
cation will be our old fooman, the ST. Pauls.
Des Moines took them into camp yesterday
by a score of u to 2, and with left handed
Sowders in the box, to boot.
[ I'D Gasfield, Omaha's new catcher, ar
rived last evening. He will be an acquisition
to the club, as he is an excellent back-stop,
speedy runner and one of the quickest, most
accurate throwers in the profession.
The letter & Young and Metz Bros. base
ball teams will play their first championship
game this afternoon at South Omaha, the
weather permitting. The game, which Will
doubtless be very exciting, will be called at
3 sharp.
Manager Sclee received a letter from
Director Billings, of the Boston club, yes;er-
/ day evening, again Offering II handsome sum
however, until the home management feels
perfectly safe as to the safety of the position
he has so far so creGitably filed. Sclee is
still negotiating for Conway, and expresses q
hope now, inasmuch as Radbourne has signed
with the bean caters, that he will succeed in
getting HIM.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-29
Another Tally for Morton.

LINCOLN, Neb., April 2S.-[SpecIal Tele-
gram to the BEE. 1.-The Lancaster county
democratic convention was held this after
noon at Fitzgerald hall and ten delegates
elected to the state convention at Omaha.
The Boyd-Morton fight commenced early in
the controversy and much speech making re-
suited. M. l.. yesterday was elected chair
man and j. H. Dean secretary. A motion
was carried unanimously that John Fitz-
gerald be supported as one of the district
delegates to st. Louis and pending a motion
to declare j. Sterling Morton the choice of
the convention as one of the ~delegates-at-
large, the ballot for delegates was taken.
There were some thirty balloted for, but tho
Morton men had their own way, and elected
the following ten as the delegates: A. j.
Sawyer, William Mclaughlin, j. II. Miller,
w. j. Bryan, A. S. Tibbetts. John Fl. Amcs,
r.. p. II. Millar, w. ii. II. Dunn,
William b.. Morrison and j. v. Wolf.
The motion was then renewed instructing
the delegates TO support j. Sterling Morton
as one of the delegates-at-large and carried
by a vote of "a to 10.
A peculiar accident to Mayor Sawyer oc-
Cured during the meeting. He was sitting
in front of the piano in the hall, on the piano
stool. A large plaster of paris bust was on
the piano and without warning IL fell over
striking the mayor on the head and cutting a
severe cash, so that a physician was called.
1t is n new feature for a democratic conyen-
ton in Lancaster county TO become so ami
mated that an inanimate bust loses its equili-
brium and takes part in the proceedings.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-29
ANXIOUS TO SEE GENERAL CROOK
Chicago People Want TO See n Man
Who Drinks Pure Water.

There are all sorts of rumors afloat
as to what General Crook is going to do
when he arrives here to assume COM
mand of the division of the Missouri,
vice General Terry, retired, says the
Chicago Mail. General Terry was Il
highly estimable gentleman, with Il fine
white moustache and imperial, Il very
straight back. and just exactly one
hinge in his body-the one at the hips.
The atmosphere was rcdolent of pipe
clay, red tape and starch as the eleva-
tor assembled into the regions of the
military department., where it takes
fourteen acquisitions, vouchers, war
rants, checks. ticks, check ticks and re-
check ticks to buy a box of matches.
The gossips say that General Crook
is a crested jayhawk of the mountains,
and there's no nonsense about him. III
he wants a glass of water he doesn't
push an electric button which rings II
bell and summons a first orderly, who
passes the word on till the acting assist
ant thirteenth orderly brings
Lake Michigan to Stake the
thirst of his high m%ightiness. Gem
eral Crook is said to be the kind of man
that jumps up and gets his own glass Of
water, wipes his W beard afterward
with his own hand, says, Gee Wing!
but | was dry!' General Crook has had
enough experience with alkali water to
| appreciate the beauty of drinking water
that Won't lather when it is stirred with
a spoon. And they say he cooks his
own meals and wears mocassins and
rides ON a cayuse and that he's going to
picket it out on the lake-front park
with a leather RATA. Now the thing is
creating a great deal of excitement
| about the Pullman building. They say,
| too, that General Crook had just as
'liefe as not to talk to a poor, common
civilian with no other handle to his
name than Mr., and that he had rather
kill Injuns than kill time, and, as any
can readily see, everything is in a
stew down in the Pullman building
that is, in a stew for military people,
which is about 10 degrees above the
freezing point, but, as there is frost on
the window all the year round, meta
phorically speaking, the rise OF even III
degrees is something tremendous.
But even in the DIST OF this excite
ment which is SO great that the gray
haired messenger on the fourth floor
got up and walked four steps when he
didn't have to, the tendency TO pass a
reporter along the line was irrepres-
sible. There's a man up there in the
depot quartermaster's department whom
the reporter knew. He's what they
call a s'clark'' and he Is a cog in the vas
wheel where motive power is red tape
! and who contributes to the current mil
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-29
The FLYER Jumped the Track.

LINCOLN, Neb., April 2S.-[Special Tele-
gram to the BEE. THE morning b. & M.
flyer jumped the track when coming into the
city, the engine going over the ties about two
hundred feet and the baggage car tipping
over on its side. 1t gave the passengers a
lively shaking up and delayed trains for an
hour or more, after which everything was
running smoothly again over the road pend
ing the next wreck.
a travelling man, who has made a trip over
the b. e. M. west of Lincoln the past week,
stated to-day that the public did not realize
the Generalization that existed. He said
shippers at all points were abandoning the
road and finding it utterly impossible to get
goods with any regularity. Passenger trains
were running at all hours and freight
trains few and far between. Another trav-
cling man was complaining at Tasting of the
delay after waiting SIX hours his train, and
one of the scabs on the road wanted to whip
him for complaining.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-29
Mrs. Brown Teaches Her Husband
How to PLAY K

Buffalo Courier: A veteran married
mar living on the east side says that
cards came within an ace of running his
domestic happiness. Contrary To the
orthodox method of ruination in this
particular line of vice, he did not fire.
quent gambling rooms, clubs or saloons
to find the broad path, but stumbled
into it right in his own house. He had
taught his wife to play poker two Or
then they had friendly little sessions,
using buttons for chips. The other
night, though, he brought home n box
of the genuine, nice stacks of whites,
reds and blues.
"Now," he said, "Ill just show you
how poker is played among the boys.
l never could take any interest in it
with them cussed buttons, but this seems
natural. Well call it a dollar limit;
whites a nickel, reds n quarter, blues
so cents, and take So worth each. Now,
if you break me I'll buy you that seal
muff.n
The game proceeded without any ma
terial change in the size of the piles
for nearly an hour, when Mr.. Brown
had three tens pat. Mrs. b. took three
caught tho third, and beat him out OF
So. This was all right, except that
Brown remarked that he had never in
his life seen a poor player that didn't
have all the luck. Finally he lost the
other 80.
"Gimme mother five, and if I don't
knock you out in fifteen minutes by thai
clock I'll never turn another card, /" he
said.
Mrs. B. didn't answer; hat is, she
didn't say anything, but her look said.
'"That's all right" The luck seemed
to go Browns way this time, and he
pulled in quiet a few chips. Mrs,
Brown was dealing, a third party
Browns brother-was a looker-on a
this period, and, of course, it wa!
Browns age.
'Ill come in" said Mrs. B.
"Of course you WILL" said Brown.
swell, then, put up another dollar
and you won't have SO many chips"
IN raise you a dollar, James," saiC
his spouse.
"You will, will your Dollar better'l
you"
Mrs. Brown just came in and drew
two cards. Brown thought he'd keel
his, and when his wife Clipped withou
looking he promptly raised the limit
After carefully looking them over tn
lady thought she'd raise it another dol
lar. This made Brown fairly bound Of
the chair, but he had to call, only t
have a flush beaten by a full. He qui
there, and when his wife giggied
said,
II don't see anything funny about i
at all, Anybody could play with tn
cards you get. II | had'them you woul
! have been broke two hours ago"
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-29
PROTECTION AND PINKERTONS
Their Relation Explained by Mr..
Breckenridge of Kentucky.
THE TARIFF TALK YESTERDAY,
Though Not Very Extensive IL EN-
braces n Great Variety of Sub
jects-Congressmcn Attend the
Xorktown's Launching.
House.

, WAsutSGTov, April 2S.-Many representa-
tives went to Philadelphia to-day to witness
the launch Of the Yorktown, and there were
but thirty-five members present when the
house met and Immediately went into com-
mittee of the whole on the tariff.
MIR. Kerr, of Iowa, approved the reduction
of revenues by the abolition of the internal
revenue tax. The time had come, he thought,
in the history of the American government
for the nation to declare that henceforth it
would take no share IN the profits of the sale
of alcoholic liquors.
Mr.. Tarsney, of Michigan, said he and the
gentlemen on this side of the house were not
frcetraders, they were fair traders. They
wanted to place the duty highest ON the lux
urics of life and Lowest on lifc's necessaries:
to eqralize the burden of taxation. The dis
cussion then took a colloquial turn and the
subjects of free trade, protection, wages of
laborlng men, fisheries, ship building, etc,
were touched upon and at time the questions
and answers caused great mcrriment among
the few members present.
A remark by Mr.. Russell of Massachusetts,
referring to the condition of the protected
state of Pennsylvania and saying affairs in
the coal region of that state were n scandal
to human civilization, called forth retort from
mir. I5aync of Pennsylvania. that the wages
paid for labor in the county of Allegheny
alone were annually more than the entire
| wages paid in all the states represented by
the southern contingent on the ways and
means committee.
MIR. breckenridge, of Kentucky, said the
concrete representation of the protective sys-
TEN was the guard of Pinkerton detectives at
the Edgar Thompson steel works for the pur-
pose of enabling Hungarian emigrants to
work, while American wOrkmen were kept
out at the point of tho gun.
Mr.. Bayne declared that this was a mis-
take; the detectives were there, but the men
were not Hungarians.
Mr.. Breckenridge said the average wages
Of Pinkerton detectives were IS a day. They
received that rate of wages to prevent a
breach of the peace by men who received So
per day. A long discussion then ensued
between Mcssrs. Reed, l3ayne and Brock
cnridgc, the former saying the
Kcntucky member had pictured the
Bruddock affair as the final result
of protection, when it was only an accident
in the great dispute which went on either
under protection or free trade. Such
methods of arguing the question of free
trade were petty.
Mir. Breckenridge denied it was an Incl
dont, and asserted it was a necessary consc-
QIoGcr of the unnatural system of taxation
under which IN organized body of armed de-
tectivas was used in guarding convict labor
10 lmdcrsell American labor.
After considerable dcsultory talk on the
labor problem the committee rose and the
house adjourned.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-29
A banner ON college Snort.

BosToN, April 2s.-rhe reports of the ma
iority and minority of the committee APP
pointed by the overseers of Harvard College
to consider the subject of athletics at the
university have caused CONSERVATION in col
lege athletic circles. The majority recon-
mend that the faculty be requested to pro-
hibit any undergraduate from taking part in
any athletic contest with students of any
other college or organization during the col
iege year.
= II. p. Walcott dissents and advises that
the formal intercollegiate contest be limited
TO Yale and that university teams alone be
permitted to take part in them and that these
contests take place only at New Haven or
Cambridge, or such other New England
towns as the committee may designate.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-29
MAY A DEAD MAN COME TO LlFE7
A Sens ational Iowa Case Now Being
In~yesti1ated.


A Dubuque, Ia, special to the Chicago
Herald says: A sensational episode is
reported from the vicinity of Clinton,
the saw-mill town just below Dubuque.
About twelve years ago two men named
Delano and Kellogg, residents of that
city, engaged ina deadly quarrel, grow
ing out of the charge made by Kellogg
that Delano had assaulted his W
granddaughter. The encounter oc-
Cured at a spot on the Illinois shore.
Kellogg knocked Delano down with a
heavy instrument, jumped upon his
body, kicked him with his heavy boots
into Inconsistencies, n left him for
dead. There was but one witness to
this bloody deed. Kellogg was arrested,
but when the body of Delano was sought
it could not be found, and Kellogg was
acquitted. Kellogg then Disappeared,
and not until now has either of the men
been seen or heard from. After the sup
posed death of Delano his wife applied
for a pension. Her claim was disal-
lowed. Year after year she perseyered,
and finally succeeded in securing her
pension. Several weeks ago her PEN
sion was withheld. The reason given
was that her husband had applied for 1T
in his own name. Yesterday the pens
sion commissioner arrived in Clinton to
investigate the strange case, and last
evening, in company with Mrs. Delano,
departed for the place where Delano is
living, which is somewhere in Illinois.
The most interesting phase of the case
is yet to be revealed. If the man who
claims the pension is really John Della
no he is placed in an unpleasant situa-
tion, for he is married to another wo-
man and has a family. 1t is the belief
of many that Delano Is dead, ind hat
Kellogg, who killed him, is now apply
ing for the pension.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-29
A Splendid Opening.

NASHVILLE, Tenr., April 2S.-The first day
of the spring meeting at Wcstside park was
a decided success. The weather was beauti-
full, the track splendid and the attendance
over six thousand
Five furlongs-Little Minch won, Cleaner
second, Prince Fpftunatus third. Time
1;O21G. II
Six furlongs- Briganette won, Cupid sec
ond, Norma third Tipe-1:l6,
One mile-Jacobin won, Cruiser second,
Paragon third. Time4l Al.
For ~two-year-old FLIES, four furlongs-
Laura Stone won, Daisy Woodruff second,
Hardy third. Time-5O.
Six furlongs-Balanae won, Roi d Or sec
ond, hilbert third. Time :l5gI.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-29
A Gross Country Contest.

NEW York, April 2S.-The second annual
championship meeting of the National Cross
Country association occurred at Fleetwood
park this afternoon The chief event was an
eight mile run across the country, and the
chief interest centered in a contest between
S. p. Commit, the Irish champion, and Il. G.
Carter, the American champion, for the
championship of the world, The American
led ali the way, with the freshman well up
till he reached the N mile post, when he fell
in a dead faint. 1t is thought he will recover.
Another of the contestants tainted at the
finish. Carriers time was Al 30.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-29
Postal Changes.

WASHINGTON, April 2S.-[Spccial Tele-
gram to the BEE. -Postofices were
established to-day at Con~stantancc,
Cedar county, Theodore Welchart,
postmaster; Phoenix, Holt county,
Benjamin +. Stockwell, postmaster. Mathew
H. Kane was to-day appointed postmaster at
Shamrock, Holt county, vice Milton Hincock,
resigned. The following Iowa postmastcrs
were appointed to-day: Clements S, King,
Aurora, Buchanan county, vice Ezra Richard
son, resigned; T.. Beoler, Ohio, Madison
county, vice c. w. Wright, resigned.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-29
Racing Oh Lhn COnst.

san FRANcIsCo, April %. One mile-Bas
Blue won, Susie Coming second, Carmen
third. Timc-1:524.
Seven-eighths milc-Sonoma won, ia sec
ond, Cassandra third. Time-l: 294.
Oae and o%ne-cighth mile-Ed McGinn won,
Loveknot second, c. II. Todd third. Time
1:55.
One and three. quarters m~iles-Canny Scot
won, Hermesse second, Laura Gardner
third. Times :03.
Three-quarters mile-Pcregrine won, Love
knot second, Gibson and Applause a tie for
third place. Time-l; l4M.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-29
The Yellow Fever in Florida.

WASHINGTON. April 2S.-Surgeon General
Hamiltan to-day officially published the full
text CT the reports on file in the marine hos
p'til bureau on which he based his state
,nent last Saturday that the late inspection
at Micanory, Plant City and Barlow, Fla,
has proved the existence of yellow fever
therc, and that several other points in the
southern ANA western portions of the state
are to be looked upon as suspicious. The
surgeon general, referring to the attacks
made upon his Office by Florida papers and
doctors since thc first report was published
says: personal abuse, while it may be
AZ amusing diversion to Florida papers,
will neither c.can up their villages,
arrest yellow fever nor restore confidence in
themselves" He hopes the reports will stir
the Florida authorities to a proper sense of
the obligation they owe the other states by a
prompt enforcement of Vigorous sanitary
measures and the establishment Of n state
hoard of health, which they have not now.
The abstracts of reports made to the surgeon
general from the appointed surgeons show
that there have boon cases of yellow fever at
Plant City and Tampa as late as April "A,
and reports from those and other places state
that fever has prevailed more or less vio-
ica.ly since last fall, but that systematic en-
dcavo"s have been made by the local ply
s;csun5 TO conceal the facts.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-29

For the fr'tiimn ir his iifc Prof. IGG Miller,
p"oIri tor of the '.pro-ns5HveH ut Twelfth
ani Toigc st:elts, w.5 i;loc'.,d nat last
night. Be L 3 10 tie professors credit
that il too; fivS men % do It anal the attack
WIS wholly TN, ypectfd. About 10 o'clock,
wIi,e the gcqt.oaen mentioned wSs
quietly after ;ttsg TO his business, Il
delegation Col sg''ny.nf Co1nt Gunaoiu", Nj
ci2eI l. ~c.,eits, JAG; hu -ert and Al E,othcry,
mnrshal'cd BY Ed. i.j'..cry, a!ci silently in
ari vitanut II rC0nlhn.'s warning called
''Iim1." WIile,t;rs professor paused in as
to]njsitpcIt at lH;j'N'HniincS TIE :tttnr gen
tIamun tirrs ridrtt5ai hlsa:
prof, II icr, II nr'no2r Of your friends
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in w'i,l taav sod voa dns'"e TO
prasrn, you VIII tai' ;o'.an of tloir
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an .ia"il.'"
Prof Nil ar WIS COMP tc!y I:aorEcd out
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hacpa'dr a,9lI. wh:rh h" iaa'iy iii, inv ~
fitting Laraas. IL. t.ga ip' aJOIt an hour
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