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After Mil) or A. It. Weir vetoed the
ordinance sanctioning sacred concerts on
Sunday, and expressed so uuicIi ritit -ooue
indignation that thero should bo an
uttonipt mado within tlio moru or loss
inornl precincts of IiIh bailiwick to give
an artistic rendering of the sacred and
classical nuistcrpioccR on the Salihath
tiny, and referrf-d at length to 1i!h desire
to carry out tho wishesof the "good pco
plo" who elected himl'iir. CouuiK.it von
tured to point out tlio inconsistency of tho
chief executive of tho city in making
Hiieh vigorous and holy war on Sabbath
ovoning sacred music, whllo ho iiuikoB
and hnfl mado no attempt to suppress
other things that are far worse than
Riicrcd concerts, or enforce tho law
against Sunday liquor soiling and Sun
day dances, etc.
Thk CouitiK.it him no light aainpt
Mayor Weir, whom it rogurdR hh a hum
bug; hut its poHltiou waM and 1m that
tho mayor Ih glaringly inconsistent, and
that ho him mado hiuiHelf lialile to
criticism, and tho roiniirks of thin paper
concerning the shortcomings of the
mayor, his neglect to enforce the law,
and hia weakness for parading
before the people iih a pious
reformer, may liuVit been
Homewhat pointed; but what Ih the line
of saying a thing at all, if you don't nay
It as though you meant it.
Thk. CouitiK.it pimply called attention
to tho fact that liquor Ih no Id in various
places on the Sabbath day, imd that
Mayor Weir and IiIb reform police force
are making no attempt to Btoptho panic;
that Sunday dancea and other disorderly
iimUKcmcutH arc held regularly every
Sunday owning in'tliu blocks around tho
government square and elsewhere; that
houses of prostitution are openly main
tained in varioiiH purls of the city In
open dellanco of law, and that tho mayor
and police forco have not made any at
tempt to enforce tho law in thin rcgaid.
The additional Htatement wiib iiIho made
that Mayor Woir'H reform police force in
guilty of participation in poIiticH.
At the next meeting of the city coun
cil following tho publication of these
BtatoinoutB, Councilman Wood a intro
duced u resolution directing the atten
tion of the mayor to the chargcB and
requesting him to enforce the law in the
premises.
Thoro wiib a meeting of the excise
board, consisting of Mayor Weir and
Messrs. A. D. titirr and F. W. lirown,
Monday morning, and Councilman
Woods and the editor of Thk Couitint
wero prcsout at tho meeting in response
to a numinous, issued without any
authority whatever.
Mr. Woods was tlrst called Uxm to
testify. He stated it to be a matter of
public notoriety that members of the
pollco forco had been guilty of partici
pation in politics; that Olllcer Kticera,
while on duty, had publicly peddled
Fred Miller tickets at the central sta
tion. Mayor Weir and member of the ex
cise board admitted that these charyes
were true. G. E. Alexander testified
that he suw Kucera distribute the
Uickets and Kucera lean subsequently
luspended.
fi Vindication of one or THK C'ouiUKU'ri
charges.
Mr. Woods stated it to be an ineon-
Pgtrovortiblo fact that liquor is sold in tho
hotels and other places in tlio city on
Sunday in direct violation of law. In
answer to a question by Ma) or
Weir as to why ho did not
submit proof, Mr. Woods made a
somewhat forciblo rejoinder to the
effect that tho mayor ud tho nolico
m forco wore charged with the enfoico.
moot of the law. and that evidence
V cou'd very easily bo obtained if thero
s$, was any earnest attempt to do so on tho
part of the police.
The mayor admitted that liquor is
sold on Sunday in many places in
violation of law, and he failed to show
that any determined attempt hail ben
made. to prerent it.
Vindication of CouitiKit charge No. 2.
Subsequently whon tho editor of Thk
CouitiKit was on the witness stand the
mayor said that ho djd not have any
money at his command to carry on
such detective work
bo necessary to prove
is sold on Sunday
as would
that liquor
He said
that 81100 would bo necessary for tho
purpose. The witness asked him if ho
had ever demanded any such sum from
thu council, and he replied that he had
once asked for 820.
Mr. Woods stilted that it is a fact that
houses of prostitution are being main
tained in various portions of the city in
open defiance of law, that no attempt is
made to regulate these places, and that
no tines have been imponed since tune
lint cueci nun um mayor, wmi an oi iuh
I ' a pious professions, tacitly appioves of the
iiiaiiitainanee of these places, and is
opposed to tho infliction of punishment
or the imposition of Hues on the in
mates.
Mayor Weir admitted that these places
arc he in a oiwuly run, and that no
measures arc beiny taken to inflict
Iffij punishment or impose fines for reasons
best known lit himself.
Vindication of Couihkii'h charge No.,').
Mr. Woods stilted it to be u fact that
dances are held Sunday night in the
down town blocks, and the editor of Tiik
Couitir.ii, when questioned, stated that
ho had witnessed a dance in tho old
People's theatie on the Sunday owning
previous. A question by the editor of
this paper, put to Chief Malone, brought
out the fact that that gentleman is
either a knave or an olllclal blockhead.
In either event he is a disgrace to the
city, Malone, with that baby stare
behind which lurks we know not what,
replied that he had never heard of the
dauces.iuid did not know that they were
held until he read about them In the
newspapers. Malone either told an un
truth, or he is Inexcusably ignorant of
what Ib known to the majority of private
citizens.
The testimony offered under this head
furnished a complete vindication of
Couiiiku'h charge No. I,
It is reasonably clear from the above
statement that tho chaiges preferred by
Thk CouitiKit and referred to by Coun
cilman Woods, wore substantiated in
every particular, although a perusal of
tho Weir organs, the Journal and News,
might not convey that impression.
If Mayor Weir, with all or his
pious professions and his declaration
to tho effect that ho desires to satisfy
tho good people who elected him, is con
tent to approve, by his inaction, of Sun
day liquor selling and Sunday dancing
and the unrestricted practice of tho
social evil, Thk Couitimt has no special
concern in the matter. All that this
paper desired to do was to prove the
liuui'itiggcry of tho self-dollied mayor,
to show his weakness and glaring in
consistency in trying to crush out the
harmless sacred concert, while he leaves
law breakers undisturbed, and permits
vice, too degrading for description, to go
unchecked.
And Thk CouitiKit is satisfied to rest
its case, with the following by way of
f'iendiy advice:
The way of the man who makes a
business of extolling his own piety and
virtue is full of, pitfalls. When a com
parison is drawn between the practices
of a professional reformer and his pio
inlses, thero is likely to be a disagree
able showing. It is a great deal better
to promise very little or nothing, and do
a good deal than it is to promise every
thing and do nothing. The next time
you start out to convince the people of
Lincoln that you are a genuine reformer
tackle something that needs reforming.
ONT OWE THE PIPER.
aV SnullHry Allvgui- Tlnit Tt-ueliet a Pritev
' llnil l.etiii.
Under the heading of "Tlio Pied Piper
of Hninelin, a Sanitary Allegory," tho
London Sanitary Record indulges iff
readers in u comparison between tint
subject of Urowning's delightful poem
fend tlnwn municipal governments li.it
ire niggardly in dentin;; with sanitary
questions. Tlio story blionld bo bettor
known than it R it win about 500
years ago. reto'-V'ig to Drowning, that
post of iHHii.f. i I the town of Ilitine
liu in Urniiswic '. Tie mayor ami alder
men were i their i. i end to-et rid of
tho rodents v n ilie "pied piiter"
cainoaioiu u I i .: " I to live the town
for tlio Mini oi I.Uidguil hr.s. Ah tlio
story go-.s. lie pl.iml npu ids pipe so
cunningly and nl'isnn ,ly that all tho
rats, savoone. followed him to tlio rivor
WeBor, and thus ended tho plague of thu
rats.
Great joy was lelt throughout tho
city, and natuially tho piper expected a
prompt payment of his well earned
guilders. Out tho mayor and corpora
tion grow stingy; their troubles wero
over, they thought, nml they would bo
troubled uo more; but to get rid of tho
pestilent fellow they offered him 00.
Then conies tho tragedy of tho story.
Thoy had treated their deliverer shab
bily, they had put him in u iassion,and
they found him pipe to anothor fashion,
Again he piped, so sweetly and per
suasively that all tho children in tho
town-caino flocking out and ran merrily
after tho wonderful music with shouting
and luughter, and they followed their
leader to the side of a mountain, which
opened and swallowed them all up, and
they wero never heard of inoro in
Hamelin, and the parents in that ill
fated city wero left to mourn.
Dut it isn't truo. Wo are not so suro
of that. It in certuinly in print, and if
It weren't truo Iiow could u grave poet
like Robert Drowning huvo taken tho
trouble to writo out tho story in charm
ing verse? For our part, wo boliovo It to
bo perfectly true if not In tho letter,
cortainly in tlio spirit. When Browning
wroto it, doyou not think ho had in view
those principalities that grudgo tho ex-
?3nso of paying to got rid of nuisances?
hero nro plenty among onrbolves who
still act tho part of tho mayor and cor
poration of Hamelin.
Clearly the meaning of tho poem U
that if you are mean enough to grudge
tho necessary oxitondlturo for ridding
your town of destructive pests, then you
Will have to pay for your sordid econ
omy in tlio loss of your dearest. You
will seo your children pass away before
your eyes, and you will bo utterly un
able to stop them or to recall them. You
will havo to pay tho piper somohow; if
not in money, then in somo far moro
costly and tragical fashion. Bacilli are
moro troublesome mid more destructive
than even rats, because they destroy tho
most valuable of all property, and they
cannot easily bo got rid of without
sponding money. Disease is the costli
est of all conditions for u town, whilo
tho expenditure on sanitation is the
wisest economy.
Mlliht Chuiigu III Mind,
"No, Herbert, I cunnot marry you. Papa
will not allow it," wild u Harlem young
lady to a member of the theatrical prods
ion. "Whynotr
' because he says you tiro an actor, If I
could only persuade him to go to tho thea
ter when you are in the play, I don't think
bo would object any moioon Unit scute."
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The following new music is reported
by George A. Crancert Chicago Day
waltz, Upon the Sea wait. (Mexican),
"Hosh and Hoss." now skirt dance;
"When Other Eyes" song, Marguerite
"Waiting for a lird," sung by Utile
Collins; "Forget Thou Me" song.
Tim .liii."
Net limit ii uo 1 vlltetJiiiiii,
Tluit'a wherel beenmp n inn rr led num.
Took it 1 It t In walk i met n llttln ulrl ;
llnil n llttln talk liriiln In u whirl i
When to tlm house i Inn! n cup of ton i
In rninn her father) looked at 11111;
Knlthfnll) promised to Inku my life
If 1 illiln't innkohlHuIrl my ulfc,
A nice old troulilu I'm la joa pou,
Willi JaatU'o llfu 1 ilon't nitree,
A nlro old mint they've mado of me.
I'm a mixed up hnlf and half pour .tnpiuiee.
caoiitmi
My .Inpiiiit'H)- wlflo ttlvos inn nothing cln hat
chitiKrhniiK,
lint I only rIIiik kIiiiik, then lioheH inn IiIiik
'milt.
All ilny Iimik upon the torn linn )on hIihiiIiI he ir
hur tlnu tnnit,
Him; a tonit a iIIiik, 11 iIIiik, or .Inpii i) Japan
In Japan, im rverjone known, eierjthlim liy
contrary kiiod,
Whnlerer Jon do in thin Inland tlwlit.wn In
Japan do thn opposite.
You call on a friend unit rlmt nl (he hell.
Wn pull thn knnh, lt'11 Junt im well 1
Yon taken cab, or taken him;
Wn lot 11 Iiiih or cult tnkn tu.
Tho fooil joii enl, oh dear, oh my,
Demi piihhIii cat mill cohwelt pie.
Tim ladles linvn Mich tiny feet
Tliny tilwajd ride when they walk in the ntiri I,
In Japan, iih merjnno known,
KhtjIIiIiik by contrary kch.
You no out nml iwlni In water, lint weHwImiii
thu lake, rlveror the huh ;
ou wrlto a letter, Jon tart nt the lop from
left In rhtht till joii have lo ntop
Wn commence at bottom of thn pnuc, to iln
tlilnux backward U the nine;
When there's 11 funeral yon wear black, we put
white on our back,
Anil other ntraiiKe IIiIiikh explain if I can
In that far oil, upside down Japan,
Nollilni; to Wmiilcr At.
"I used to wonder," said a man of
family, "what became of all tho patent
medicines, but I don't now. .My chil
dren tako them. There's my two young
er children, David, who is 8, and Ella,
6. To look at thorn you'd think they
bad somebody else's health as well as
their own, but I hear their mother say
to thorn beforo thoy go down to break
fast: " 'Ella, havo you taken your antimala
rium? David, don't forget your antitna
larium.' "It seems that their mother thinks
that children of their ago ought to tako
something at this season of tho year to
strengthen thorn, and so they tako anti
malarium every day.
"And there's Reuben, a big, strapping
boy of 14. His mother gives him some
thing becnuso sho thinks a growing boy
liko him ought to havo something to
build him up. And sho says to Carol! no,
who is 10: 'Carolino, you'ro not well at
all. You'vo got to take something. 1
think you ought to tuko somo of Glim
mer's compound,' and so Caroline begins
with Glimmer's compound.
"And I seo on tho shelf, with spoons
alongside, in spring, in summer, in au
tumn nnd in winter, the bottles contain
ing tho things that tho children are sup
posed to noed in tlio season then current,
and I Bay to myBolf that if all mothers
are liko tho mother of my children thero
is no need for mo to wonder what be
comes of all tho patent medicines."
Now York Sun.
He Wwt Cncalflih.
The trump peeked over tho back fence
to see if thero were a dog in tho yard,
and seeing nono he slipped up to the
kitchen door and knocked.
"Y' ain't got no dogs around, have
you, miss?" ho said to tho cook, who an
swered tho summons of the stranger.
"No, but wo'vo got a Bengal tiger
tied around tho corner." ,
"Is ho tied purty safe, miss?"
"Yes, but I can untie him, and he's
hungry."
"Much hungry, miss?"
"Very. Ho hasn't had anything to eat
for two days."
"That's my fix exactly, miss, and 1
can sympathize with him. Untio him.''
Tlio cook laughed,
"Como in." she said, "and eat nil yon
want, so the tiger can havo a decent
meal," ami the tramp chuckled softly as
ho went in. Detroit Freo Press.
Hit. NiiiiiIk-i of "II111 llt-nit."
Vitruiga says that 000, tho number of
tho beast (Revolution xiii, 18), probably
had Mime mythical or hidden connection
with the viulilrcn of Adonikan, 000,"
mentinut d by r.ra in tho second chapter
and thirteenth vers)'. Dr. Lightfoot, in
wrltingon that niyst)riousnamo"Sethur"
(Numbers .iii. lit), nivs that in Hohrow
numerals it is U00 and means mystery.
ur. Kenealy says that 00U in Greek let
ters is Clii-xi-hau, and that it was the
numo of the Americas beforo Atlantis
sank. St. Louis Kepublhj.
The Princess of Wules' long retire
ment lias enabled her to savo much of her
pin money i'10,000 u year and bring it
uptoacomfortabloumount. In tho pa-it
Alexuudra has hud plenty to do with
that allowance, dressing herself 1110 u
elegantly, her duughtcrs very much lew
so, and fitting out tho boys. Times have
changed, tier children havo an annual
income of JL'itO.OOO to divide among tliem
solves, and tlio princess lias lived uloof
from London society sinco tho death of
her eldest son, thoroby incurring but lit
tle expense for dress. Now York Adver
tiser.
"Neither is u dictionnrv n liml linnlr i
read," says Huiorson in his essay on
books. "There is no cant iu it, no ex
cess of explanation, and it is full of sug
gestion tho raw materiul of possible
poeiiiB and histories. Nothing is wunt
dig hut u little shuflliug, sortiug, liga
ture aud cartilage,"
All llidlieriiirnl,
"That Is it picture of the old Puritans go
Ing to church. Ilohhy," ulil Mr. Nnrrln Im
presnlvely. "Here ) ounce them tramping through
thtimiiiw In dingle llle, every man with hit
gun thrown mcr his shoulder, ready for In
Unit nee In ease of nil attack,"
"What did they have to carry gutm fori1"
asked Hobby, with InteicM.
"To keep otT thn Indiums' replied Mr.
Norrld.
"That is the kind of men Mint built up
this country. Not tlm bitterest cold, hur
ho heavier snow, nor tho fart Unit they
went hi extreme pel 1 1 of their liven eon Id
riroveiit them ftnm performing their re
Iglous duties, .lust think of our dtunly,
pious forefiitheiN when you don't feci like
going to chinch nml nnunilier the hard
ships they cudiited to enjoy thu privilege of
worshiping on Sunday, a privilege which I
am nfralil you are Inclined to hold too
lightly."
"Pooh I" observed Hobby. "I'd k to
church every day In the week If I could get
a shot at. im Indian on tho way." Harper's
Drnwer.
A New TIiIiik.
They had come In from a long walk
through suveinl liulldluus, an old man and
l patient wife. And they were conipnr
Ing notes about the sights thoy had decll,
"Kmlly," he said, "there's one thing
wo'vo passed it good many timm today that
I'd like to see. I kept thinking maybe
you'd see it and say something about It
lrst, because , Mm often say that I am liable
to get fooled,"
"Whut wus it, puf" asked the kind look
ing old mother.
"The Kxlt," said the old guiitluiiinu,
louring hid throat. "I've seen It on door
ways nnd gates, and I reckon It must bo
something new."
Then, as she handed pa half a sandwich
and a slice of biead smeared with black
fcerry Jam, she replied with a sincerity thai
wait refreshing:
"We'll look It up tomorrow, nml If It
isn't one of thoso awful dances they talk
about on tho .Mid way and It doesn't cost
too much we'll take It hi, I'll make 11
eiiiorniuliiiii of it, pa." Chicago Tribune.
HhT t llo It.
Magistrate I, miner was Nested Instate bo
kind tho tnll railing In his Cullowhlll street
office, Ids dignified clerk nt ono elbow, his
dreaded constable at thu other, when a well
dressed man entered, mounted the step be
low the railing, leaned over and observed:
"Judge, I wish you'd commit me to the
house of correction."
"Too late," answered li Ih honor curtly.
"Drop around tomorrow morning."
The magistrate was thus brief lccauno
the request wus no new one. Scores of
trumps apply to the police justices for
lodging nnd hoard on tlio Penny pack. Hut
Ladner's visitor wus not lo bu discouraged.
"My name. Judge," said he, "Is Silas Kl
klnton. I Uveal Ji:,5 Ciatz street. I've
been drinking too much anil eating too lit
tle. I'm ull broken up, nnd I haven't a
cent. Won't you give mo at banco to brace
Bpf"
"You can huvo It tomorrow," was tho re-
rly. "The bout lias gone up the river, and
don't commit iu the afternoon to suit the
convenience of any man that wuuts to go
to jail."
"I'm desperate," rejoined Ulklnton. "If
you don't commit mo now, I'll smash
somebody's window Then you'll have to
4o it."
"Go ahead," said Lnduer, for the man
did not look n person to curry out the
threat.
"You won't commit mor"
"Nol"
Smash 1 Silas Klkiuton'a flst went
through Magistrate (.miner's door pnne,
price, 11.75, right under tho awful con
stable's vcrj nose,
"Now," said the visitor. "I'll bet you'll
commit me."
"You've thrown nces," tho innglstrnte
rejoined, ml hot. "I'll commit you for a
yeur."
"You nro moru than kind," said Klkin
toil, nnd the constable nun chtil him off to
Moyamensliig and a square meal. Phila
delphia Telegiuph
i:'-vnlrlclilf In lilniT.
The King of Slam, who, according to
late reports, has had a palace construct
ed which ho can suhmcrgo iu tlio sea at
will ami so live under water whenever
ho chooses, is not tlio only monarch who
has indulged iu eccentricities of this
sort.
For instance, history has preserved
the memory of tho ico palaco built by
the Russian Empress Anne, who pun
ished several of her dainty courtiers by
compelling them to pass tho night in
this great chamber of state, whero thoy
weio almost frozen to death.
Tho Czar Paul, ancestor of tho present
Emperor of Russia, constructed a room
formed entirely of huge mirrors, whero
ho spent hours walking to aud froiufull
uniform a singular taste for tlio ugliest
man iu Russia.
One of tho native princes of Java
cooled his palnce by making a stream
fall in u cascade over tlio gateway, and
tho Indian despot Tippo Sahib placod be
sido ids dinner table a life size figure of
a tiger devouring an English ofllcor, tho
roar of tlio beast and tho shrieks of tho
victim being imitated by hidden machin
ery. Harper's Young People.
Crepe and tissue papers at Craneer's.
1212 South Uth.
jlr. Chan, X. Ilauer
Of "Frederick, Mil., suffered terribly for over
ten yuan with abscise and running sores on
his left leg. Ilu wasted away, giovt weak aud
thin, ami wan oIiIIkuiI to 1110 a c.1110 nml crutch,
liver) tiling which em,M ho thoughtof wns itono
without food icsult, until ho began taking
Hood's Sarsaparilla
wlitsli effeeti-d a iteifect cure. Mr. Ilauer Is
now la tlio 'test of health, l'ull particulars ol
his taio will he te Mall who nddiess
C. I. Uooii & Co., l.ouell, Mass.
HOOD'O PlLL0ro tho licit nfter-dlnntrl'UU,
tulit dlgtitlon, curt lioadich nd blUoiuntu.
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Mmk.
The Entire
Iteiualiiliig slock just us wo pur
chased it from
E.C.ROfcWSOH
Goes on sale at our stoic
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25 CUNTS,.
M OMNTS '
and 50 CENTS
On Tie Dollar.
Including tlio full line of
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IILANKETS.
DOMESTICS,
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dress noons,
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Especial attention is called to the
lino of DRESS GOODS and CLOAKS
bought for this season.
A special
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Including tlio Robertson stock at
4
And our own immense lino of
high guide ami stylish cloaks at
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