Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16
SUNDAY GOSSIP.

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Omaha Is a large, n growing and an Ia
tcresting city," remarked II visitor from
Boston as he stood on the Wabash corner
last evening. "But it ought to iuaugurate o
system of street cleaning like other cities"
1--WE have it," answered h is companion.
Our streets are regularly swept by ma
chiuery at q large expense"
You don't mean to say replied the
stranger, that Farnam street hqre has been
swept for a month";"
81 do,n was the answer, IL was lust cleaned
last night"
Great Heavens the contractor mist DO
getting rich out of the job. 1t rcminds me
of poor John Sheridan's play of Fun on the
Bristol whore the Widow OBrcong is
asked by her daughter what her dead fathers
business had boon.
"'four father, Julie said Mrs. O'Brien,
was ii the street cleaning Department.
"Oh, then, MOTHER said julio, he made
his money by sweeping the streets
"'Hc did not, replied Mrs. O'Brien, with
asp1rity. He made it by not sweeping
HEM"
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81 saw John d.. Howe on the streets yes
terday," said a lawyer, 'and am glad to
learn that he has returned to Omaha to stay.
He was for years one of our most promi-
nent attorneys until he left the city to accept
the general attorneyship of the ST. Paul &
Omaha road. Howe's career in Omaha was
the story of indomitable energy and hard
study, winning the prize against the disad-
vantages of crampcd circumstances and no
one to boost him into favor. He came hero
poor and unknown. He left with a fine
reputation for high legal attainments,
with an extensive practice and no
inconsiderable accumulation of means.
For nearly two years past he has been trav-
cling at home and abroad for his health, and
though somewhat graycr than when he left
us, looks in better condition than | have see,
him for years."
ut makes me smile right out loud re-
marked a young lady, Ito hear some of our
people trying to twist their mouths into shape
to give Il foreign pronunciation TO the word
'Sebastopol.' English speaking nations
generally pronounce it in only Que way, and
that is with the accent on the second
vowel. To accent the third is sheer
atiectation. One might as well speak of
Paris a 'Paree,' Vienna at 'Wien,' Rome as
Roma Florence rs 'tiernze' as to decline
to anglicize 'Sevastopol.' In my Judgment
mourning SaNorS more OF coo fsh arlStCcraCy
than such absurd attempts at 'frills.' Wor-
c%ester, the best authority on orthoepy, gives
rs the preferable pronunciation, the plain
English one of 'Sebastopol,' accented on the
second vowel"
at is a cold day when Congressman Dor
sey gets left" remarked n Fremonter as he
noted Mr.. Dorsey's presence at Mayne's
stock farm Gale, and the additional fact that
he was secured two or three times over for
his loan. dorsey is a good banker and he
looks closely after his security. | have I'M
derstood for some time that he has been
holding the props under Mayne and am glad
to see that he carried one of them off witt
him when the trouble came"
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Anxious enquiries for Congressman Nc
Shane are heard on all sides of the democratic
camp. 1--WE are mustered for war; said =
battle-scarrcd democratic veteran yesterday,
but we can't move forward without the quar-
termaster and commissary department. We
expect to make a red hot fight as soon as the
ammunition and cracker boxes put in an ap.
pearance, but John holds the key to the stu
alton and the warehouses. You can count on
an inspiriting campaign all over the state
when the democratic nominee for governor
reaches home headquarters"