Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-20

Recent remarks indicate that members of
congress are anxious TO be classed as seody
statesmen.
A twenty-five story slyscraper Is to be
erected on the old Herald site. Broadway and
Ann streets New York city.
General Horace Porter's latest mot is that
the first half Of a mans life Is spent in get
ting his name into the papers and the last
half IN struggle to keep II out
II Is TO be hoped Explorer Nansen did not
forget TO grease the axis. There are signs
OF friction In various section OF the sphere
which might be removed with the right kind
OF lubricator
Ex-Governor Mckinley Is about to follow
the example ot Governor Morton and give a
harmony dinner. strange feature OF
these dinners is the exclusion OF soup from
the bill OF fare
The sturdy conscience OF Mexican gov
eruor rebeled against prize fight but was
ssothed to sumber by the gentle cooling OF
a bull fight An adjustable conscience is a
handy thing for emergencies.
The ex-Empress Eugenie recently spent n
few days in Paris on her way to her villa
at Cape Mart, In the south OF France. She
took her meals In the public dining room at
the Hotel Continental She spent an after
noon at the magnificent new house Of Roland
BOnaparte. who acted as her escort during
her entire stay In Paris.
Even the oppressed among animals oc-
cascnay rebel and teach human brutes
lesson. horse driver in Chicago lashcd
his team until exhausted Then one OF
the animals unoosed its rear battery em-
bossed good luck" on the drivers thigh,
broke his leg and dumped him out in snow
bank
William r. Piper who was found dead In
Leavenworth. Kan. the other day. ruined
a brilliant career by drinking. He was
leading lawyer in Leavenworth before the
war. and opposed General w. T. Sherman In
the only case the general ever tried, Cen
eral Sherman lost the case, and II Is said,
was so chagrined that he gave up the prac-
tce OF law.
France intends through her amba ssador at
st. Petersburg, Count dc Montebelo to make
a great showing at the coming coronation OF
tho car and czarina. A bali is to be given
at the embassy which Is to cost 100000 In
addition to his stable the count has hired
forty horses for Use during the ceremonies
paying for each animal $3.50 Germany is to
spend $4,000 at the coronation.
Some idea of the magnitude of the ques-
ton which the Venezuelan commission has
to consider is given by the fact that the IL
brarian of congress has submitted to the
commission card catalogue of the publica-
tions in the library bearing on British Guiana
and the boundary dispute, numbering be-
tween 500 and 600 references Mr.. Spofford
has also presented biography of the subject
mentioning more than hundred additional
works not in the congressional library's pos
session. which must be sought elsewhere.
Winter is somewhat sectional in distrib-
uting its favors. During the first OF the
week New York and vicinity were in the
clasp Of a blizzard. The mercury descended
to G degrees below zero several persons were
frozen to death, oil froze in the lamps OF
the elevated cars and jostling humanity
suffered intensely. The snow line extended
as far west as Chicago. with moderate tenn
perature. At the same time the trans
missouri region was bathed in sunshine and
exhilrating breezes with here and there
a movement in real estate calculated to lend
gaiety to the scene. AS a summer resort In
winter this region GETS the pace for the coun-
try.
c. jefferson Clark, a native Of Kentucky,
who died on February II in Brighton, Eng
land. to which place he had been ordered
for his health by his London physicians. was
on his way to Join his family in America.
For several years he had been extensively
engaged in South African mining. and was a
member of the Chartered company Of Bulu-
wayo from which he had large concessions
He was member of one of the most prom-
inent families of the south, being nearly re-
lated to the Clays and Breckinridges OF
and the Johnsons OF Maryland.
His grandfather was the celebrated explorer
General William Clark formerly governor OF
Missouri