THE WRONG SIMILE.
t News from Over the State
The Orlftin of Certain Peculiar nnd
That
la In the Cnne of a Younc
I.ndy Who M'nn ti Settle
Jlrcnkur.
I'lclurcHiitio Feature of
the I.nw.
ODD LEGAL CUSTOMS.
HoIiIm lliillroiid IjImIiIc,
It la snfo to ride on n froo pass. Such
is the decision of tho supremo court.
Tlio decision, howovor, covers not tho
llttlo pasteboard which polltlolnna
covet, hut tho blanket sheet which 1b
given to stock shippers who deslro to
accompany their shipments. Tho court
does not warrant tho safoty of tho per
son who rides on n pass, but It says In
emphatic languago that tho railroad
owes him a ready and safo means of
access to and from tho train at sta
tions. In 1898 David C. Troyor shipped
xi lot of fat hogs from Aurora and
took passage on tho train on a stock
inun'fl pass. While In the Lincoln yards
ho walked down tho yards ucoklng a
lunch counter and collided with tho
drawbar of a swiftly passing engine.
Ho was thrown somo distanco and In
jured. IIo brought suit in Hamilton
county and got a vordlct, but tho Bur
lington appealed tho caso to tho su
premo court on tho ground that Troyor
had h6on negligent in walking down
tho mazo of tracks which lino tho
yards. Tho supromo court holds that
tho shipper assumes tho risk necessa
rily nttondlng tho caro of stock, but
that othorwlso tho common carrier la
llablo for tho highest dogreo of caro
which human foresight is capablo of.
Hold nil H'urlottH GlutrKC
Bert Valontlno and a 14ryear-old
girl named Hill woro married in South
Dakota, aftor nn oxclting trip from tho
homo in Bloomflcld. Tho couplo otolo
tt team and wagon from Bloomflcld
and drovo at a furious gait across tho
country until they got out of Nobraska.
Tho runaway couplo woro nrrostod at
Niobrara. Thoy declared that they had
heon up In South Dakota and woro
married there. Hill, tho girl's father,
is intonsoly Indignant bvor tho uffalr.
Valontlno will ho held for trial.
VIxltliiK Viwnllliir Hcoiipn,
Ex-Gov. Nanco, of Chicago, who was
Nebraska's chief oxocutlvo four years
from January, 1870, vlsltod his daugh
ter In Lincoln last week. In years gono
ly Gov. Nanco was a mombor of tho
Arm of Mickey, Morrill & Nance, do
ing business In Polk county. Two mom
bors of tho (Inn bocamo governors of tho
state, nnd Mr. Morrill was recently ap
pointed a mombor of tho St. Louis
fair commission, but resigned after
serving a short tlmo.
The Stato Punltuntlnry.
Tho report of Warden Beemor, of
tho stato penitentiary, shows that tho
prisoners aro by no moans in a pacified
stato. Several woro sent to tho dun
geon during tho month for assaulting a
guard, disobeying orders, using vilo
languago nnd destroying food. Ten
prisoners woro received at tho prison
during tho month, ono was returned,
fivo wero discharged, ono dlod, and two
woro paroled. Thoro nro now 271 in
tho prison.
I No Itfintlrifr for Turknyi.
Thoro will bo no raflling for turkoys
in Plattsmouth this year. A cltlzon of
Omaha was thoro for tho purposo of
arranging to oporato a game of that
hind during tho week boforo Thanks
giving, but tho proposition was turned
down by Chief of Police It. W. Hyers.
Tho officers havo been trying to stamp
out gambling in Plattsmouth for somo
time and do not caro to now remove
tho bars which havo been put up
against tho ovll.
Sheep iin Iliiuilmiiltcrn.
Road Supervisor Mitchell, of Elk-
liorn township, Dodge county, uses a
bunch of 8,000 sheep bolng fed on his
placo as a road machine. A numbor of
roads aro being graded In tho 'sticky
gumbo soil of that township and Mil
shell found it almost lmposslblo to
break up tho big lumps. By driving
tho sheep a fow times ovor tho roads
tholr sharp hoofs cut and pack tho
sticky solid chunks bettor than could
ho done with n roller. t
Iictton ShcucviIn 1'ouml.
Judge C. B. Lotton, of Falrbury,
was appointed n mombor of tho su
premo court commission, to tako tho
placo of Judgo Roscoe Pound, who re
signod somo months ago to become
dean of tho law department of tho
etato university. Judgo Lotton is serv
lug his Becond term as judge of tho
First district and his resignation was
accepted by Gov. Mlckoy.
Uiirncil )ty IQxpInriliiir Chemlonlii.
Oscar Rlcho was seriously burnoc:
by tho explosion of somo chemicals ho
wai? preparing for a storcoptlcon ex
hibition at his homo, about six miles
south of Norfolk. A big holo was blown
through tho roof of tho houso by the
explosion, and four joists woro blown
into tho collar, and tho nouso otner
wlso wroclcod, Young, Rlcho Is not
fatally hurt.
Cannot 'Vnx WItliont IlcneHta..
Tho supromo court has decided that
low. wot, swampy lands, totally unfit
" ... i. .1 i ... I
rnr irrlKatlon, cannot uo uixou uu- 11
rleatlon purposes. Harvoy B. Matthows
and pthors voro owners of such land
nnrt tho Ltll an irrigation district at
tempted to bring tho lands Within the
district for tavauon.
Toll it MtruiiKO Story
Miss Josephine Coffin, tho 17-ycar-old
girl who disappeared from her homo in
East Orango, N. J., arrived in Omaha
Friday and is at tho homo of her cous-
n, a Miss Ward, who is a rolatlvo of
tho wlfo of Postmaster Crow. Accord-
ng to tho story told by Miss Coffin she
was abducted while under a hypnotic
spell by a man and woman, both
strangors. Tho woman, sho says, met'
lor on tho street In East Orango and
exacted a promise from Miss Coflln
that sho would moot her at a certain
placo in East Orango. Sho could not
resist tho woman's lnfluenco and kept
tho appointment. Sho was mot by a
man who placed her in a carriage and
took hor to Now York. Aftor reaching
tho latter city tho young woman says
sho lost hor memory and know nothing
of hor whereabouts until tho strango
woman aroused hor In Chicago. It was
not until sho reached Codar Rapids that
Miss Coffin realized what had happened
to her nnd sho telegraphed her relatives
n Omaha to moot her, which they did.
What tho motlvo for tho kidnaping
was tho girl cannot toll.
IlPKlitnliiir of CrtiHtnlc.
Justico Holcomb, of tho supremo
court, issued a writ of mandamus
against tho Burlington Railway com
pany to compel it to grant an olovator
slto at Upland to tho Kansas Co-Opora-
tlvo Grain association, of Topoka,
known as tho "farmors' tniBt," which
is tho relator. Tho company professes
to bo willing to erect a $4,000 structure
and alleges that its request of tho offi
cers that the slto bo granted has been
Ignored. Tho writ Is made returnablo
on December 1. Tho application for
tho writ is looked upon as a beginning
of tho crusado which tho so-called
farmers' trust Is expected to wago to
Bocuro competing elevator facilities in
tho stato.
of IiVirlnlutorM Stiffs
Members of tho legislature will con-
tlnuo to draw their $5 a day for 60
days so far as Judgo Ryan and the con-
constltutlonallty of tho constitution
al amendment authorizing them to do
so is concorncd. Tho supromo court
handed down an opinion reversing tho
decision of the lower court and dis
missing tho caso. Tho action to test
tho constitutionality of tho amendment
was brought by Judge Ryan during tho
session of tho last legislature, at which,
timo it created a panic among tho
members, who feared that they would
bo compelled to accept $3 a day for
40 days, ni provided undor tho orig
inal constitution.
Children mid IjOHiIpiI inn.
A sovon-yoar-old nophow of AK Law
man, of Bonkleman, who has been vis
iting with him for several months, was
accidentally shot and killed by ono of
tho Lawman children. Mr. Lawman
had been butchering hogs nnd had laid
tho gun aside and thought nothing
more about it until tho report of tho
discharge was heard and tho lad was
found dead a fow moments afterwards
with his face and head badly mutilated.
HuniiTViiy Couple Intercepted.
Rolla Bouller and a young woman
by tho name of Scott, of Cedar Bluffs
wero dotalned at Fremont ou tho re
quest of young Boullor's father, who
telephoned that his son, who is 20
yoars old, and tho Scott girl wore dop
ing to Omaha. Tho young couplo
wero obllgod to' go homo. Young Bou
ller is a son of cx-Ropresentativo Bou
Her of Saundors county.
Shoot Off Two Tocit.
Whllo out hunting along the Platte.
rlvor, noar Plattsmouth In company
with two other boys, Georgo Hasson
had a couplo of tho toes of his loft
foot blown off 03 a result of the acci
dental dlschargo of a gun.
I'unm on Tax I.uw Hale.
Tho attempt of Valloy county to fore
close on property bought at a tax salo
was unsuccessful, tho supromo court
holding that a county cannot forecloso
without a salo first having been mado
by a county attornoy.
Coninmuihint Colo RoHlgnR.
A. V. Colo, commandant of tho sol
diers' homo at Grand Island, has ten
dered his resignation to Gov. Mlckoy
and it has been accepted. It was re
ported that the resignation had been
demanded.
Monument for Old Settler.
Tho handsomest monument ever
orocted in Sarpj county was placed in
position at Papllllon in momory of
Ferdinand Peterson, who was ono of
tho first sottlors of Sarpy county.
OiinIi In the Statu Treasury.
Stato Trensuror Mortenson received
3234,154 during Octobor nnd paid out
$182,314. Tho balanco September 30
was $285,530 and October 31 St was
J337.375,
Klectvtl to Vlll Vacancy.
John W. Bondor, democrat, o Hum
phroy, was elected representative of the
Twenty-fourth district .to. fill tho uncx?
plred term of D. A. Beecher, tho newly
chosen county treasurer.
When a murderer Is executed a black
flag Ib, often run up. Tho majority ol
poor-Id construo this into a sign ol
mourning, but it is nothing of tho sort.
n olden times it was customary for
those besieging, a city to run up a
black Hag after a .period, which gave
tho defenders to understand that the
tlmo for mercy was past, and that de
struction was at hand. In tho four
teenth century this camo to ho applied
to the law also, It being useful for the
blnck flag to bo unfurled beforo the
execution took placo, to show that de
struction was about to bo carried out.
A great many of our legal customs
dato from tho timo of tho Romans, the
great makers of laws, says tho Washi
ngton Times. With Roman orators it
was a point of otlquotto never to put
pressure on a client to exact fees duo,
tho reason being that tho orators worn
supposed to work for nothing and the
fees wero given merely as a reward
for tho services rendered. So a lawyor
to-day cannot exact his fees by pres
sure without Injuring his reputation,
because he, liko tho orators of old, la
supposed to work for nothing.
The law only mourns, when tho
Judgo wears a black cap, and somo aro
very doubtful as to whothor tho black
cap is really a sign of mourning aftor
all. As a matter of fact, a black cap
is part of tho stato dress of a Canadian
or English judgo, to be worn on great
occasions. But to cover tho head al
ways has been a sign of mourning
from tlmo immemorial. To provo this,
tho rcador will, if ho searches tho fif
teenth chapter of tho second book of
Samuel carefully, find tho following
passage: "David wept and had his
head covered." So it may bo said that
tho black cap roally is a sign of mourn
ing. A prisoner is to bo tried by 12 of his
follow countrymen. This custom is a
thousand years old, and we got it from
tho Vikings. Tho Vikings divided tholr
country up into cantons, which wero
subdivided into 12 portions, each under
a chicftan. When a malefactor was
brought to Justico it was usual for each
chleftan to select a man from tho dis
trict over which ho ruled, and compel
him to try tho prisoner, tho vordlct of
thoso 12 men being declared by the
judgo to bp final.
Tho wig Is only worn by English
barristers to glvo them a stem, judi
cial appearance, and no ono can say
that it falls in this respect. Tho cus
tom was originated by a French judgo
in tho seventeenth century, when, hap
pening to don a marquis wig ono day.
lie found It gave him such a stern nnd
dignified appearance that ho decided
to get ono for himself and wear it at
all times in court. This ho did, and
tho result was so satisfactory from a
legal point of view thnt not only
Judges, but barristers also took up tho
custom throughout Europe
How Soon a Train Stop.
At a recent convention of air-break
men nn Interesting report was presented,
showing how the distanco required for
tho stopping of a train had been reduced
by tho now high-speed brake. A train
running 80 miles an hour was stopped
In 2,240 feet by tho high-speed brake
at 110 pounds, where ordinary pressuro
of 70 pounds took exactly half a mile to
bring It to a stand. Other train speeds
and reductions In stopping distances
woro those: Fifty miles an hour, from 840
to 700 foot; 55 miles an hour, 1,095 to 830
feet, GO miles, 1,330 to 1,000 feet; CO miles,
1,635 to 1,000 feet; 70 miles, 2,012 to 1,530
foot; 75 miles, 2,295 to 1,840 feet.
THE GENERAL MARKETS.
Kansas City, Nov.
CATTLE Beef steers $3 83 Q
Native he! f era 2 45
Western steers 1 GO
HOGS 4 CO if
SHKKP 2 00 3
WllKAT-No. 2 hard 72
No. 2 red SO
CORN-No. 2 mixed
OATS-No. 2 mixed 31 S
RYE
FLOUR Hard winter pat.. 3 50 0
Soft winter patenta.... 3 70 5
HAY Timothy C 50 0
Pralrlo 4 00 &
BRAN CG
BUTTER Fancy to extra... 18 S-
10.
5 00
4 85
4 10
5 15
3 GO
73j
81
35
49
3 75
4 00
0 60
5 25
G7
20
lsaas
CHEESE Full cream
POTATOES Home grown...
ST. LOUIS.
CATTLE Beef steers
201
lift
0
50 3
70
3 50 ??
2 30
4 GO R
3 00
43 tfj
Texaa steera
HOGS Packers
SHEEP Natives
WIIEAT-No. 2 red
3 25
5 15
3 GO
87Vi
4314
OATS-No. 2
3G
CI
4 00
18
ii
&'
fl
37
54V6
RYJ
FLOUR Red winter pat.
BUTTEU-Crcamery
CORN MEAL.
BACON
4 20
23
2 30
0 00
8 50 Q)
CIIICAQO.
CATTLE Steers 3
HOGS Mixed and butchera. 4
SHEEP-Wcstorn 2
WHEAT No. 2 red
CORN-No. 2
OATS-No. 2
RYE December
FLOUR-Winter patents ..... 4
LARD January G
PORK January ........ 11
NEW YORK.
CATTLE Steera ? '. 3
HOGS 5
SHEEP 2
.WHEAT No. 2
CORN-No. 2
OATS-No. 2
50 5 GO
G5 6 30
00 3 CO
82
35
54
00 t$ 4 20
R2lAfi G 00
00 12 02
75 5 25
50 3 5 GO
00 Q 3 75
S5 86
wyj ci
He kneels at the feet of the heirew.
Nnuv iti nrrlnr rt tnnko nlnili whnt in tti fol-
nnv lnt itu cfiilo thnt. thf hpire wriffliH 300
pounds, eays Judge. Ttue love, however, we
will concede for the sake of argument, knows
no WAtet-une. And no woman is ever to tat
a her tortunc, inercfore, to proceea.
mcieura.
Hp kni'filH. n wo hftve nrev ous V E.Hd. at
the feet of the heiress.
'You are all the world to mel" ho ex
claims.
"Whnt?" she pant. "You wretch! are
you aware of the fact that the equator is tho
largest diameter of the world?"
In vain does he argue that the equator is an
imaginary line. This only makes it worse.
Metaphorically, she nt down on mm;
metaphorically, be is crushed.
ART ENTHUSIASM.
It
Did Ilcnt All lliiw .Much Anlinn
tlun There Wan In thu
Picture.
When the artist son of John Harper was a
raw student his lather was very much in
terested in his work. One day he iw a new
ly finished picture on the easel, relate the
New York Times.
"Ah! that's line." he burst out, "line!
There's lots of life, IotB of animation in that,
my boy. You've struck the right thing now
life and' action."
"Hut, father, 1 don't understand what you
mean.
Why, that picture has action, movement
in it. Jvook at those norcs, rearing ana
tearing ahead, tugging nt, the reins and
their riders are standing tin in their stirruns.
shouting and waving their sabers over their
hcaus ine wnoie picture is movement aim
animation. What is it Napoleon's last
charge at Waterloo:
"No. lather, that b your beet natch in a
strong wind."
Solo 'Would lie Appreciated.
"Allow mc to introduce you to Prof. Alncn
Stocker. He has this season surmounted the
diiliculties of the Mnttcrhorn."
"O. dchchtcd. nrofessor. I must bee of
you to attend my next mimical reception and
Drinp; the jviatternorn with your iiry
Stories.
To Cure a Cold In One Dny.
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