HAS GONE TO EGYPT.
DR. JAMES H. BREASTED AFTER
ANCIENT RELICS.
Ie T One of the MoU Notod UncuUtg
of the Ab Occupies the Onljr Chair
of Serplologr la America Is a Oruil
unte of Yale.
Many American people pleasantly ro
call Dr. James Henry Breasted of
Chicago, who lectured throughout tho
-country two Beasons ago on recent dis
coveries in Egypt. This, distinguished
scholar Is full of tho enthusiasm of his
subject, and has again set out for the
banks of tho Nile, to bo absent sevoral
months In making researches along tho
course of that historic stream. Whllo
on this trip he will aid a body of Ger
man scholars In compiling a new lexi
con of the Egyptian language. Dr.
Breasted Is today ono of tho foromost
Egyptologists of tho globe. As a stu-
Dp., JAMES HENRY BREASTED,
dint In his special field ho stands high,
not only In this country, but abroad,
-whoro tho sclonco Is moro fully devel
oped. Ho Is noted as a linguist and
i3 conversant with tho loading classic
nud Semitic tongues. He began his
study of Egyptology as a graduato stu
dent nt Yalo In 1891. Whllo In college
he showed a remarkablo aptitude for
tho languages. Ho started in 1892 as
a fellow of tho university of Chicago to
study in Germany. Ho becamo ono of
tho brilliant students of tho German
school, which stands as tho chief au
thority on Egyptology. As a pupil of
Dr. Adolph Ermann, tho noted German
Egyptologist, Dr. Breasted mado a
name for himself whllo earning his Ph.
D. In Berlin. He was granted the
degree, summum cum Jaude, in 1894,and
after a year of research work In Egypt
he returned to Chicago to tako his po
rtion at the head of tho department of
Egyptology in tho university. The
chair he occupies at tho university is
the only ono of its kind in an Ameri
can or English college. In translat
ing tho Egyptian grammar of Dr. Er
mann, tho only work of Its kind ovor
publlshed.Dr.Breastcd has done a great
work for the sclonce in this country.
Ho is now at work on sevoral other
books, which aro to treat of tho litera
ture and of tho great historical monu
ments of Egypt. During his study
abroad ho will gather material for
these works. Dr. Breasted has a leavo
of absence for ono year, when he ex
pects to resume teaching at the uni
versity. Besldos tho professorship
which ho holds at the university, Dr.
Breasted Is also tho secretary of tho
Chicago Society of Egyptian Research.
Rlcheit OJbi Mine In the H'orl.l.
Tho Band Bartoa and Albion gold
mine, under tho town of Ballarat, In
Australia, has yielded mora than fifty
millions as the valuo of lta output of
cold slnco it was discovered about thir
ty years ago. It is tho most productlvo
gold mine yot known. Its supply of
paying quartz seems practically inox-haustlblo,-
and as tho vein Is extensive,
being spread over much territory, tho
mine bids fair to last for centuries. The
work In the Ballarat gold mlno is said
to bo much safer as well as more com
fortable than that of tho workers in
cnal mlno. At Ballarat thero aro no
noxious gases and no danger from ex
plosions. Air Is forced Into tho work
ings through various shafts. In tho
Transvaal rich and regular deposits
wero discovered in 1886 In the Wltwa
tcrsrand. The reefs are estimated to
contain nearly 100,000,000 tons of ore,
the gold of which Is said to be worth
45,000.000. From eighty to a hun
dred years must elapse before tho field
is worked out.
Forco Hxerted by the Heart.
By accurate measurements, of tho
Aoart's force It has been calculated
that In twenty-four hours tho amount
of work done by it is equal to 124 foot
tons; or, in other words, if tho wholo
force exponded by tho heart In twenty
four hours wero gathered into ono
huge stroke, such a powor would lift
124 tons one foot from tho ground.
Tho heart really performs this work
in sixteen out of tho twenty-four hours,
for eight hours during the day aro tak
en up by rests, every boat being follow
ed by a pause, during which tho heart
stops. Another calculation shows
that tho distance travoled by the blood
thrown out of tho heart is seven miles
an hour, 1C8 miles a day, or 4,292,000
miles in a lifctlmo of seventy years.
Conquered by Spnrrowi.
It is said that Frederick tho Great
was never conquered but once, and
that was by the sparrows. Going into
his cherry orchard one day, he found
many sparrows thero and ordered them
all killed or driven out of tho orchard.
Tho result was that tho next summer
his cherry trees wero covored with
worms and he had no cherries. He or
dered tho sparrows to be again ad
mitted to his orchard, and so tho spar
rovo did what tho armies of curopo
rould not do conquered Frederick tuo
Great.
ASTOHtSHED THE DOMINIE9.
Sentatlana.'. Knlt of n Fancy I)re
Coatumoat a Ministerial (lathering.
From the Philadelphia Post: Judgo
E. B. Martludalo of Indianapolis, Ind,
owns one of tho handsomest residences
In that city a large stone mansion
hidden from tho street by a thick grove
of trees. It was in this house that
ono of tho most exciting functions ever
known In the hooslcr capital took
placo many years ago, the truo story
of which Is now printed for the first
time. Tho Judgo, who was ono of the
leaden of society and at tho samo time
was a pillar in the Presbyterian church,
had Issued Invitations for a fancy dress
ball, which at tho last moment ho had
to withdraw bocauso of the presences
In this country of a largo body ol!
Presbyterian delegates from Great
Britain on their way to an interna
tional confcrcnco In tho west They
wero to be ontortnlned at tho Judgo'a
on tho night sot for tho ball. It so
happened that every guest received h!s
notlco save one, n merchant nameu
Woodward, who was on a trip through
the northwest. It also happened that
Mr. Woodward had hit upon tho most
startling disguise of any planned. He
had bought a complete costume of a
Sioux war chief and Intended making
up as nearly like the original ns pos
sible. Mr. Woodward did not return
to Indianapolis until tho evening fixed
for tho ball, and, therefore, to savo
time put on his costumo nt his office
and drove to tho Martlndalo residence
In his carriage, which ho dismissed nt
tho gate. Through tho trees and shrub
bory ho glided stealthily until hi
reached tho houso. Looking through
the window Mr. Woodward saw some
persons whom ho knew and ninny of
whom ho did not, but every ono was
In ordinary evening dress. "They've
unmasked," soliloquized tho war chief,
"but I'll have my fun Just tho same."
Thereupon, stepping upon a ledge, he
mado ono eprlng through the open
window and landed In tho center of a
group of Scotch delegates, meantime
brandishing a gcnulno tomahawk and
uttering shrill and bloodcurdling wai
whoops. Tho effect' was astounding to
tho masquorader. Somo of tho guests
fainted, othors crept under tho tables
and sofas' or fled to tho upper stories
of tho house. It took only an Instant
for Mr. Woodward to discover that a
terrible mlstnke had been made. In
order to presorvo his Identity nnd make
his cscnpo ho gave a fow moro whoops,
executed a fearful danco and darted
out of the window into tho dnrkneBS.
It was explained to tho foreign guests
that ono of tho Indianapolis Indian
tribes was evidently restless, but that
no further troublo need bo feared. Aa
for Mr. Woodward, his side of tho
story was not known for nearly twenty
years afterward.
THAT MAN JIMINEZ.
Dispatches from San Domingo have
recently had much to say of Don Juan
Isidro Jlmlnez in connection with the
succession to the presidential chair of
that little Island republic. At ono
time Jlmlnez waB perhaps tho richest
man of Spanish blood in tho western
hemisphere. Ho owned extensive
plantations In San Domingo and In
other Islands of tho West Indies, and
on account of his great wealth ho pos
sessed wide influence in political af
fairs. Some tlmo after Hcureaux be
camo president of San Domingo ho
sent for Jlmlnez and told him thero
was room on tho island for only one
big man at a time. Jlmlnez was not
convinced that this was really tho case
until somo of the buildings on his
plantation had been burned. Then he
decided that Heurcaux was right, and
ho sold out to a Gorman syndicato and
retired from tho island to wait an op
portunity for revenge. He thought
this chance had como when the war
with Spain broke out. Under tho pre
text that ho was going to organlzo an
oxpcdltlon to fight for Cuba libre, ho
was allowed by the United States gov
ernment to pack a littlo steamship,
the Fanlta, with somo San Domingo
refugees and set s'all fiom Mobile. But
instead of going to Cuba he went to
Snn Domingo. One dark night ho
landed there with bis cargo of refu-
JUAN ISIDRO JIMINEZ.
goes, expecting to find 1,000 insurgents
under nrma awaiting him. But his let
tor of plans had miscarried, tho raid
was unexpected, and no revolution had
been started for him. He fired a fow
8hoto, but was forced to beat a retreat
Jlmlnez boasts that Heureaux was
killed by his agents, and thnt one ot
these days ho Intends to go to San
Domingo and tako up tho presidency.
New Marriage Uir In MnMaohiuettt.
A new law has Just gone into effect
in Massachusetts forbidding tho per
formance of tho marriago ceremony by
Justices of the peace unless they have
been specially designated for that pur
pose. Newspaper Ilnnillcerehler.
A Madrid Journal Is printed on linen
with a composition easily removabjo by
water, and the subscriber, after de
vouring the news, washes his journal
and has a handkerchief.
MTOCILESS MERCIER.
TUB ARCH FIEND IN
DREYFUS CASE.
THE
fc'at rtead of the French War Depart
ment and Entered Falie Kvldence
Affalnat the Frlentct Jew In France,
Howeror, thw truth Wilt Out.
Recent developments at Rcnncs have
shown that one of tho bitterest ono
mles of Cnpt. Dreyfus is Gen. Mcrcler,
former minister of war when tho
French spy at tho German embassy
brought to the secret service of tho
French army tho fragments of tho
bordereau. Col. Paty do Clam re
ceived tho report. Being extremely
violent in his hatred of tho Jews, he
decided, after brief consultation with
Bortillon, ono of tho French detectives,
that he could safoly fasten tho crlmo
upon Dreyfus on nccount ot tho sim
ilarity of tho latter's handwriting to
that of tho Bordereau. This informa
tion was. reported to Morclor, where
upon Mcrcler ordered Dreyfus to be
arrested. Paty tried to prepare tho
case against Dreyfus, but his effort
was not strong enough to suit Mcr
cler, and another pleader was secured.
GEN. MERCIER.
(Confounded by Dreyfus.)
Thia aroused the suspicion of tho antl
Droyfusltes, who thought thnt Merclor
was trying to suppress tho matter.
But Mcrcler soon convinced them to
tho contrary by displaying tho most
pronounced spirit of opposition to
DreyfuB. Tho press rewarded htm by
declaring him tho paragon ot patriots.
Yet ho knew ho could not crush Drey
tua with tho material at hand, and ho
must act at once. Ho rose at the first
court-martial minister of war in the
republic's cabinet and said: "Gen-
Uomen, thero is something more.
shall read you ono sontenco from a
letter in cipher that some months ago
camo into possession of the ministry
You will comprehend its source, al
though I am not permitted to present
its context: 'Decidedly this scoundrol
ot a Dreyfus is becoming too exact
lng.' " Ho had wholly, dellboratoly
changed tho sentenco, for tho papor
from which ho read did not contain
the name qt Droyfus, but the initial
"D." only. On this bit of Irregularly
submitted, boldly perjured bit of evl
donco the Judges based a decision they
had already formulated. Furthermore,
that scrap of papor In Gen. Mcrclcr's
hand was in not even tho remotest
manner connected with the alleged
selling of French army secrets to the
Germans, but was a fragment from
some Intercepted correspondence, pass
ing betweon attaches ot different era
basslcs, and related to matters even
moro Infamous than any treason ot
which Dreyfus was accused. HowoTer,
Gen. Mercler's best efforts could not
keep the truth burled, nor could his
subserviency to tho rabblo and tho
rank allko secure him In his seat ns
mlnlBter of war. Ho has been warned
to leavo Franco, but has chosen to
remain, at least for the present,
Au "lUnin."
Economy Is so lmportnnt a subject
that tho mathematical housekeeper will
doubtloss find It greatly to hor edlfl
cation and profit to consider tho fol
lowing from Puck: If a housewife
twists In ono hour and fifteen minutes
ninety-three "lamp-lighters" when
1,250 matches can bo bought for five
cents, at what rate per hour does alio
valuo her time, assuming tho worth of
the paper to bo zero? It tho aforesaid
woman will take six stops across a
room and six returning, each step being
of twenty-two Inches, to save ono
match, how far should she consistently
walk to savo five cents carfare? If a
man can draw from boards in fifty
minutes sevonty-oight nails of a cer
tain size, what wages would ho bo
earning per hour, nails being worth
four cents per pound, and there being
ono hundred of 'this size In a pound?
In a certain climate underwear at a
prlco ot $4 por winter will nssuro
against colds. Assuming that under
wear costing $1 per season will lead
to two visits from the doctor at $1.50
each, what Js the saving by tho pur
chase ot the cheaper material? Oil Is
worth nine cents per gallon. Lamp A
burns forty-five gallons In reading or
sewing period of one year; lamp B,
twenty-five gallons. Spectacles A cost
$4.50; spectacles 25 cents. If lamp B
and spectacles B aro used, tho eyesight
is made useless In eight years for a
person whose expectation of sound eye
sight with the use of lamp A and spec
tacles A Is twenty-five years. Making
no allowanco for deterioration of
lamps or spectacles, estimate the valuo
ot eyes per pair.
The World'. Flac..
Ot twenty-five countries, nineteen
have flags with red In them, tho list In
cluding the United Statos, England,
France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain,
Denmark, Belgium, Sweden, Switzer
land, Turkey, Mexico, Chile, Portugal,
Venezuela and Cuba,
AN OBJECT-LESSON IN WEALTH
How an American Olrt Ii Teaching the
FarUlan. the Maglo Power ef a
Fortune.
Parisians had heard of tho lata
Jay Gould nnd his high-piled millions
of mono, but for the nast two veara
they have been receiving a sneclal ob
ject-lesson on tho power of wealth
in now-world hands, In tho effort of his
daughter, tho Countess do Castoliano,
to reproduco In Paris tho nalaco of tho
Grand Trianon, as built by the French
Kings at Versailles more than two
centuries ago. Throo quarters of an
acre ot land was bought at tho Inter
section of the Avenue du Bols do Bou
logne nnd the Avenue Malakoff, nt an
expenso of closo to n million ot dol
lars, this being the most costly resi
dential site In Paris. Public Interest
has boon mado keen by tho announce
ment that whllo tho cxtorlor would
hold truo to tho Fourteenth century,
tho Interior wns to bo a blending of
tho Fourteenth tind Fifteenth periods,
If the Gould millions and the cunning
of tho Fronch architects could com
pass this unlquo desire. Tho revival ot
two historic periods In French archi
tectural history was so remarkablo an
undertaking that from Its beginning
tho progress of this .houso has been
followed with such a wldo lntorcst as
has been given to fow purely prlvnto
building projects. In May tho family
was occupying tho ccntrnl portion, but
tho lntorlor decoration of tho two
wings probably cannot bo completed
In less than two years moro. When
It became known Bitch a mansion was
to bo attempted many of tho French
said It would tako twenty years to
build and furnish with art treasures;
but western cnterprlso nnd local in
genuity prornlBo its completion In n
fifth of tho time. Tho property will
then havo cost thirty millions ot
francs, or six millions of dollars. Both
tho Count nnd Countess aro collectors
ot rare nrt works nnd brlc-a-brac, aud
In a alnglo year, It Is Bnld, they ox
ponded a million of dollars In pur
chases for their new residence. When
tho matter of ceilings was being ar
ranged for tho Castellanea wont to
Italy and sought tho splendid palace
of Verona. They did not want the
palace, but covetod tho eleven ceilings
it contained from tho brush of Tlopolo,
nnd theso could bo secured only by th
purchaso of tho old structuro. Edward
Pago Gaston in tho Septembor Worn
nn's Homo Companion.
Ii
CASIMIR-PERIER.
Jean Cnalmlr-Pcrler, ex-presldcnt ot
Franco, is one of tho fow ox-government
officials who did not display bit
ter hatred of Dreyfus oven to tho ex
tent of outraging Justico in order to
convict him. M. Caslmlr-Perler was
one of tho witnesses at tho first trial of
Zola. His sudden resignation of tho
presidency in 1895, not long after the
beginning of tho Dreyfus agitation, Is
shrouded in mystery. One explanation
Is thatupon receiving an autograph lot
tor from Emperor William ot Germany,
pledging tho honor of tho Imperial
writer as to tho lnnoccnco of Captain
Dreyfus and indicating the real cul
prit, President Caslmlr-Perler resigned
becauso ho would not, as an honorable
man, bo a party to tho Dreyfus perse
cution. Another and a more recent
version ot tho affair 1b that, in Decem
ber, 1894, Count von Munstcr, tho Gor
man ambassador, sent by a special
courier a detailed report of tho Droy
fus case. This was Intercepted and
photographed at tho Fronch frontlor,
and tho fact becamo known to tho In
formation bureau at Berlin. Count
von Munstcr wns forthwith ordered to
demand his passports. Ho did bo, con
fiding the reason to President Caslmlr
Perler, who was overwhelmed with
chagrin and gave his word of honor re
pudiating all knowledgo ot tho affair
and solemnly promising to prevent a
repetition of tho offonse. Count von
Munster was satisfied and sent a re
port of tho Interview to tho emperor.
This report was also intorcopted and
photographed in tho same way, and
Jan'. 12, 1895, Count von Munstcr call
ed nt tho Elyseo and informed tho
president that Germany would mobll
Izo hor troops forthwith unless satis
faction was given for tho now offense.
CASIMIR-PERIER
In a most extraordinary sceno, the
presldont listened to tho reproaches ot
tho ambassador, and finally aald, "I
will loavo the prosldoncy; I pray his
majesty to bo satisfied," and two days
later M. Casimlr-Porior resigned.
Too Much Intellect.
The dangers of higher education are
not often exposed so nakedly as in the
following lotter from a New England
mother to the teacher of her precious
boy, which has lately found its way
Into Harper's Bazar: "Dear Miss:
Do not push Johnnie too hard, for bo
much of his branes Is lntollook that ho
ought to bo held back a good deal, or
he will run to lntollock entirely, an' I
do not dezlro It. So please hold him
back bo as to keep his lntelleck from
getting blggor than his boddy, and In-
Joorlng him for life."
Every Joy In life is marred br a
shadow, but it does not follow that
every shadow li followed by ,'Jt.
WOMEN HARNESSED,
COMMUNITY 'REGARD THEM
AS BEASTS OF BURDEN.
Are Traded for Cattle Wooden Yokes
Uied, to Which Half a Doien Women
Are llnmrticd. Over Whom Whip I
Cracked.
Hitching women in plows and using
them as beasts In tho fields is n now
wrlnklo in tho napkin ot civilization.
In civilized America tho custom Is al
ready established in nil Us ltcral de
tailswomen aro bolng formed Into
teanis and hnrnesscd to heavy plows,
which a burly son of easo in tho ahapo
ot n man tranquilly drives through his
flolds ns most of us havo scon horses
nnd mules driven on American forms.
Tho place In America whoro womon
nro used as draught animals tIs noxt
door to tho United States up la tho
northwest territories, in and nround
Manitoba. Tho women nro ot tho Eu
ropean poasantry, imported into Can
aun by tho Canadian immigration bu
rcau for tho purpose ot furnishing
lnbor for tho Manitoba farming dis
tricts. Wooden yokes nro used, and to theso
yokes a span ot women nro harnessed.
Thero may bo elx or eight womon to
ono plow. And tho women never think
ot complaining. They see nothing
wrong In their dcgrndntlon. They
havo known no othor,llfo, and It has
not yet occurred to them to demand
any other. Thoy nro back n fow cen
turies In tno progress of civilization.
Western Russia has boon to dark nnd
too slow for them to sco or learn ot
tho rapid strides their Bisters havo
toKon clscwhero In tho world. To
obey their big, hoavy-flstcd, dull
browed lords has been tho only thing
thoy know in nil tho centuries.
Just what tho dominion government
thinks of them remains a mystery na
yot. It Is morally cortnln thnt soonor
or later somo official action will bo do
mnndod by tho daughters of civiliza
tion In neighboring communities re
garding tho prostitution of their Rus
sian Bisters to slavery and drudgery
in tho harvest fields.
Tho govornmcut cannot lgnoro this
demand whon it comet). It will bo In
icrostlng to watch tho official hand ot
civilization fall upon tho simple-minded
Europeans nnd strlvo to break thonj
ot their racial characteristics, tlx
growth ot thousands of years.
OVEREXERCISE.
Interference with digestion Is a by
ho means uncommon effect of exces
sive oxerclso, and so far as training Is
concorned it Is one of tho most destruc
tive. Tho blood cannot flow in full
Btream to every part at onco. As Dr.
Brunton says: '"Every ono knowB that
whllo moderate cxcrclso tends to pro
duce appctlto, a long and exhaustive
exertion tends to destroy tho appctlto,
and oven to produco actual sickness,
as ono finds In mountain-climbing."
Peoplo differ greatly in thia respect,
but in somo great, pondorous mon, as
they man seem tho digestion Is ep
onslly upset by muscular oxerclso that,
although thoy may bo giants for n
momentary oxortlon, anything llko
sustained effort disturbs digestion and
cuts nt tho very root of their nutrition.
Interference with digestion so lowers
nutrition, whllo accumulation of wnsto
products so poisons tho system that
in either caso further exertion becomes
Impossible tho very will to mnko it
passes away. But It is dlfforcnt in ro
gard to tho heart. Tho heart, although
strained, may yet bo driven on to its
own destruction. Every muscular ef
fort not only demands from tho honrt
an lncrcnsod flow of blood, but also
drives an Increased quantity toward it.
So long ns the heart can pass this for
ward all Is well, but whon it falls not
merely Is tho circulation of tho blood
rendored imperfect, but serious dam
ngo 1b dono to tho heart itself. If
when tho heart was ovordriven it
moroly struck, tho enfeebled circula
tion would soon put n stop to further
effort.
Tho willing heart, however, taking
at each beat n wider aweep, and driv
ing Into tho vessels a larger quantity
of blood, bo meets tho call that tho
athleto can struggle on, perhnps to win
his race. But tho strained heart suf
fers, tho stretched musclo does not
qulto como back, tho dilated cavity
docs not qulto closo at each contrac
tion, nnd permanent mlschlof Is sot up.
Thus It Is, thnt exertion, driven to tho
limit imposed by tho heart, Is ovorex
erclso in tho most serious sense of tho
word. If It Is tho heart that stops It,
tho chances aro that It has already
gono too far.
The Wind Made Nnnwkwlli.
Last March thero was a remarkable
fXhibltlon at Grafton, N. II,, of tho
comparatively rare phenomenon ot
"snow rollors." Freshly fallen snow
wns rolled by tho wind Into innumera
ble cylinders, somo of them as largo as
a barrol, which dotted tho hills and
fields. Similar rollers havo beea in
decent years In Connecticut, in Kansas
and in tho stato of Washington. Tho
bIzo varies with tho strength of tho
wind.
To Make Ijico Look Nine.
To restoro laco that has become yel
low, and yot should not bo as whito at
it must suroly become by washing,
mako suds In a glass jar, drop tho lac
In and stand Jar in tho aun.
Canada Cauteen T.it,
Not one drop of intoxicating llquoi
is allowed to bo sold at any of the mill
tary camps ot Canada
Thmvhiid liy n Woman.
HEMINGFORD, Nob., Sopt. 23.
Wllllnm Wlllmott, n bachelor farmer
living flvo miles west of hero, received
a sound thrashing nt tho hands of
Mrs. Lnko Phillips, n neighbor's wife.
Tho cnuso of tho trouble, It Is said,
was that Willmott's stock wero tres
passing on the Phillip's farm nnd nftor
bcnrlng tho annoyance for sovoral
days Mrs. Phillips, nonncd up, tho stock,
Mr. Phlllfpa being- ifwny from home.
This aroused Mr. Willmott's lro and
when he camo after hla stock, she
claims, ho commenced to call hor vlla
nnmcs, whereupon sho proceeded to
give him a lashing" with n strap which
had n buckle on tho end. Wlllmott
made no resistance, but when he mado
his cscapo ho again abused Mrs, Phil
lips. Sho fears further violence from
Wlllmott nnd camo to town with a
vlow of having him placed under ar
rest Wlllmott wns examined by the
board ot Insanity n couplo of years ago.
Ilia- Day nt David City.
DAVID CITY. Neb., Sept. 23. Tho
rolcbratlon nnd reception given in
honor of Company E was a red letter
day for David City. ' Moro peoplo
wore In town than over- before. Tho
celebration opened promptly nt 10
o'clock by tho parade under command
of Captain Zcllngcr ot Company E,
aud consisted of four bands, Com
pany 13, David City and Llnwood flro
departments nnd civic soclcttca, with
other nttrnctlons. Tho parndo ovor
dinner was served by tho ladles of
tho O. A. R. nnd honorary mombors
of old Company E. This meal wns n
great repast nnd nothing good to eat
wub missing from tho tnblc.
After dinner tho program of tho
nftcrnoon In tho public squnro was
carried out, tho feature of which was
tho speech, of Chaplain Jnincs Mnllloy,
who was pastor ot tho Methodist
church horo tho year beforo he went
to the Philippines.
The Htifotru Helinnl Act.
LINCOLN, Sept. 23. Tho caso, ot
Scott ngnlnat Flowers, n cnao Involv
ing tho constitutionality of tho reform
Bchool net. which has bocn dragging
along In the courts In Lancaster coun
ty for several years, was nrgucd nnd
submitted to tho supremo court last
weok. A young girl named Flowers
waB charged In tho county court by
hor guardian with Incorrigibility.
After u hearing tho girl wus commit
ted to tho reform school, but wns
nftcrwnrd released on an order from
tho court. Frlcnda of tho girl brought
suit for damages ngalnat tho guardian,
Scott, and secured n Judgment for her
for $2,600. This caso was appealed to
tho supremo court and tho point Is
now raised that tho cntlro reform
school law is contrary to satuto.
Cornell Aculimt I'olntor.
LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 23. It is
probablo that tho case of Auditor
Cornell agalnat Governor Poyntor,
tcatlng tho Weavor act, will bo argued
boforo the supremo court at its next
Bitting. When tho court took up for
consideration tho motion of Jttdgo
Ryan, attorney for Auditor Cornell,
asking for an advancement ot tho
caso, Attorney Gonernl Smyth ap
peared and expressed his willingness
to participate in tho proceedings on
behalf of tho governor. Tho court
granted tho attorneys for the defend
ant two weeks in which to (llo nn
answer to tho Information of Auditor
Cornell nnd Judgo Ryan.
Trlnphnnn Ce Decided.
LINCOLN, Sopt. 23. .Tho supremo
court handed down n decision ot tho
caso of tho NobraBkn Telephono com
pany against tho State Board' of. Public
Lands and Buildings, affirming tho dis
missal by tho lower court of tho peti
tion of tho company for a portnanont
Injunction restraining the board from
taking action on tho complaint of
John O. YulBcr, who" Bought to havo
telephone rates rcdupod. It was
thought tho decision In tho caso would
(pilch upon tho constitutionality of
tho various stato boards provided for
by statute and not by constitution, but
this point 1b not decided.
Narrowly Kxmpim Destruction.
M'COOK, Nob., Sept. 23. Tho St.
Charles hotel of thiB city narrowly
oscapod destruction by flro. Qulcic
work of tho department alone savod
the largo brlok building, which, with
Us contents, was damaged to tho ex
tent of several hundred dollars Dy flro
and water. Thero aro Indications that
Mm flro wiiR of Incondlarv origin. . Th
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Mangled ly a V&&rTr'IJ
,ELMWOOD. Nob., Sopt. 23. Whllo
assisting In thrashing nt Joseph Mul
lln'd farm, west of town, Fordtnand
Mlergergen got his right hand in tho
machinery of the stacker nnd tho third
finger run through betweon tho cog
wheols and was badly mangled.
Watermelon Social nt Clark
CLARKS, Nob., Sept. 23. Tho local
lodge ot tho Sons nnd Daughters of
Protection gave a watermelon social
on tho beautiful lawn of William
Harris' homo. Thero waB an excellent
musical and latcrnry program.
Accidental Shooting.
ASHLAND. Neb., Sept. 23. Whllo
Roy Beers of Sargent was flourishing
a rlllo at Charles Williams' placo west
of Ashland the trigger caught, dis
charging n bullet Into his abdomen,
but not producing a serious wound.