Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-23

Now II the Cambridge boys are beaten in
their athletic contests with those of Yale,
what will the poor Britons do?
Events tend to confirm the report that Mr..
Thomas Catchem Plat carries the left hind
foot OF a graveyard rabbit in his pocket.
Some hardware men in Cincinnati discov-
cred the secret of the transmutation of met
ais. They bought 100 900 kegs of iron nails
at 30 cents last May and sold them last week
at s2.40 a keg.
Twenty-four duels between newspaper
EDITORS in Madrid are impending. The
Spanish editor considers it a part of his pro-
fession to run through an esteemed contem-
porary now and then.
The administration has removed a Massa-
chusetts revenue collector who had been
printing unfriendly editorials and cartoons
IN his newspaper. Administration cuts are
wholly lacking in humor.
Judge Solomon Spurrier OF Des Moines
holds that the edible and mysterious wiener
wurst Is a lawful attachment to a saloon, aud
no ordinary collection of aldermen can de-
prive it of its inalienable rights.
The minister of Venezuela threatens to take
advantage OF the law which grants immunity
to representatives Of foreign governments in
order to shield an attache convicted of ruff
hanly conduct in New York City.
Twenty thousand packages of cigarettes
were presented with cigars innumerable to
a battalion of troops which arrived from Spain
at Havana recently. The success of the
Cuban instruction is a question OF time.
In the matter of ''old families in the
United States it is difficult to find any more
proudly superior than thoss Of Portsmouth.
They look down on the old residents of Boston
and view with pity all land owners whose
ancestors did not get their estates by direct
grant from the Indians.
Paris is not enthusiastic over the Universal
exposition of 1900, and the idea finds real
favor almost solely among the keepers of
notes and LODGING hpnSpc nno oh.aotio.
made by the people Of the city generally is
that prices for everything go UP during
exposition times and are very slow to 20
down.
N. B. Bacon of Toledo, O.. a brother-in-
law of President Cleveland, has been inter-
viewed. Mr.. Bacon says he does not think
Mr.. Cleveland wants another term in the
white house. He also remarks that the
president is a great friend Of Whitney, Car
Isle and other democrats of promise and
prominence. Information from relative
sources would be interesting were it not
Tor the circumstance that Mr.. Cleveland can
do the family talking when necessary.
Political picnlcs are a distinctive feature
OF New York life. Political clubs indulge in
them annually, and prominent district poll
ticians make themselves solid vivid de push"
by wide open picnic. One Of these affairs
was given last week by a character known
to local fame as 'Dry-Dollar'' Sullivan.
There were speeches and spirits galore. the
latter privilege commanding a bonus of
$1,000. One of the eulogistic illusions per-
petrated on the occasion was this: "Truly
can We say of such a model statesman,
philanthropist and ideal citizen that his
name deserves the reverence of posteritv his
fame the praise Of ages, and his illustrious
deeds the perpetual homage of countless
years. and when death, that dark. impene-
trable curtain which no man ever yet pullsd
aside to come back to tell the tale, claims
him as its own, may the omnipotent God.
who has promised eternal life to those meek
and humble of heart, grant TO Our Tim to
renew his former love and friendship with
his legion OF friends and admirers in the
realms Of heaven" According to local repute.
however, New York'9 model statesman
crowds perilously near the ideal standard of
Israel Frank of Omaha.