By F. M. K I MM ELL.
JUDGE HENRY B. BHOWN of De
troit , Michigan , has been nomina
ted by he president Tor a justice
ship in the United States supreme
eonri
ONE of the men -who attempted
io work for the prohibition amend
ment in Omaha , at the late elec-
teen , testified that he felt "like he
was in hell without claws. " He
powerless indeed.
THE state Alliance decided to
hold its next convention at Hast
ings , the city whose location and
railroad facilities makes it more
convenient and accessible ( him any
other city in the stale , especially
for the members of the Alliance.
THERE is a mysterious silence
among Boyd and his friends just
now , which leads the public to ex
pect some unexpected denouement.
The democratic candidate for gov
ernor will not relinquish his claim
upon the office without a struggle.
He'll never get as near to the
place again. Hastings Nebraskiau
A DISPATCH from Bismarck , N.
D. , says ; "It is now claimed that
Sitting Bull was murdered in cold
blood. " This is the way in which
Mr. Bull himself did most of his
killing. The manner of the old
reprobate's taking off is a matter
of minor importance. Public in
terest in the transaction is limited
to the fact that he is dead , and is
likely to stay dead.
KATE EIELD has a scheme. She
suggests that turkeys be fed on
sherry , champagne and walnuts
before they are killed. This is
going back to first principles with
a vengeance , and is not unlike the
reasoning of the small boy , who ,
in place of washing his hands in
violet water after playing with his
pet goat poured the contents of the
bottle on the goat. It is likely
that neither Kate nor the small
boy appreciated the waste of raw
material.
SAV.S MR. PARNELL : "In 1875
God told me to put my hands to
the plow and I obeyed. " When
the Mormon women said to Arte-
mus "Ward " "We've had a revelation
biddiii' us go into A. "Ward's show
free , " the showman indignantly
demanded : " "What's old Eevela-
tioii got to do with my show ? " It
is not likely that the Irish people
are going to be moved by Mr.
Parnell's allusions to the Divine
call in 1975 until he explains
whether God told him to seduce a
friends wife in 1882.
"WHOM : the gods would destroy
they first make mad. " A good
many of the moneyed men of the
east fear the legislation of the Al
liance movement. As a consequence
quence they become timid and
fearful and part of them are talk
ing of withdrawing their loans
from the west while others are
writing their correspondents in
ihis section to place no more money
-without clauses in the mortgage
.making principal and interest pay
able in gold. Any one with an
ounce of brains in his head can see
that such a course will have the
greater effect to bring about the
very state of affairs they fear.
This movement is brought about
by the fact that the farmers have
not received their share of the
world's increase of wealth. They
are relatively falling behind. The
crusade is for their rights. It is
because they feel "themselves
oppressed that they act. Now
what kind of wisdom is it for those
who fear this movement for self
protection to take steps to make
times harder than was ever known
and force the farmers who now
have legislative power to make use
of this power in their own defense
and enact laws that would never
be thought of unless born of the
pressure of bitter necessity ? If
New York and England wish to
precipitate a crisis let them pro
ceed to withdraw their money from
western loans and insist upon un-
American provisions in the re
newals that they know , or should
Icuow , that the majority of the people
ple will never consent to. The U.
S. congress and not the bankers of
England should say what money is
tender in this laud of ours.
A WAYttvAVE TIME.
, NUM. . D e. 19. To the
Editor of the Bee : I desire to take
advantage of your liberal offer to
express my ideas on the subject
of "necessary legislation , " and
more especially in regard to reliev
ing our already overburdened
supreme court.
Had the amendment to the
constitution , increasing the num
ber of supreme judges , carried , it
would have for the time being-
facilitated business , and probably
the docket would have been clear
ed up , but even this would have
afforded but temporary relief , as
in a few years even five judges
Avouid be overwhelmed with the
number of cases that daily pour
into the office of the clerk of the
supreme court.
If the coming legislature would
amend section 18 of chapter 19 of
the revised statutes , which now
provides that the supreme court
must file a written opinion in all
questions that come before it and
substitute in its place a section
with some provisions similar to
the following :
"The opinions of the supreme
court on all questions brought be
fore it shall be rendered orally ,
and no opinion shall be written
for publication unless a majority
of the judges of the supreme court
determine that the points involved
are new and that such opinion will
add something of importance to the
jurisprudence of the state ; in which
case the judges shall officially cer
tify to said fact before same shall
be printed in the official reports. "
As it is now the time of the
supreme court is to a considerable
extent taken with writing opinions
in cases which are neither new or
novel , and an oral opinion would
suffice as well as one Avritten out at
great length.
In a great majority of cases
where there is an oral agreement
by the attorneys , the judges of the
supreme court would have no diffi
culty in reaching a conclusion and
immediately passing on the ques
tions involved , and as there would
be no opinion to prepare could
pass on to another case. And in
cases where the issue is submitted
on briefs , but a few minutes of ex
amination would be required in a
majority of the cases to determine
whether there were any "novel"
questions presented.
An amendment to section 18
would perhaps cut off a part of the
"perquisites" of the supreme court
reporter , but his loss would be the
gain of the people of the state at
large , and instead of the supreme
court being "two years behind , "
in a short time would be caught
up and there would be some hope
of getting a decision in matters
where the decision of the highest
court in the state is desired on the
questions at issue.
As it is now , it is possible to
wear out or practically bankrupt a
poor litigant , and in a measure de
feat justice , as it takes about five
years from the time of the com
mencement of the case in the dis
trict court to get a decision in the
supreme court o the state.
And now as the amendment pro
viding for additional judges was
defeated , and as I think through
and honest but mistaken desire to
reduce expenditures , let the com
ing legislature adopt a measure
substantially as above outlined and
in this way relieve our overburden
ed supreme courtHUGH
HUGH "W. COLE.
THE successful operation of the
Australian ballot system in states
where it is now required by law is ,
declares the Chicago Herald , lead
ing to demands for its adoption
elsewhere which will hardly stop
until it has become the law of all
the states in the union. It has
already been adopted by fifteen
states. Vermont , which has just
passed an act modeled on the Aus
tralian system and combining feat
ures of the New York aud Massa
chusetts laws , being the last to fall
into line. The state constitutional
convention will undoubtedly advise
the adoption of the same system
by Kentucky. The report of its
committee on elections says : "All
elections by the people shall be b'y
secret official ballot furnished by
public authority to the voters at
the polls , and then and there de
posited. " As these are the prin
cipal requirements of the Austral
ian ballot system -this is practically
a recommendation of that method.
The reform is extending rapidly
and it must inevitably include Ne
braska. It can hardly fail to be
one of the questions before the
legislature this winter.
MEN OF THE WORLD.
a P. Htrxinroxov has the finest ool-
teetion of old silver in New York City.
CKABLKS DUDUBT WABWEB is in En-
rope , where he will remain for a yeejr.
SKXATOB TKT.M Is an eatbusiastio
gardener and speadsmuohof his time
in Taoation otiltiratfcif his flower-bed * .
MX. GULDSTOXX'S nephew , Sir John
( Gladstone , owns a distillery at Fasqae
which j > rodaees 80,000 gallons of whisky
annually.
WILLIAM LLOYD GAswsoir , son of the
great antilavery agitator , is very
wealthy , having amassed money from
the wool business. He is literary in his
tastes.
BUST as he is said to be , Edison always
contrives to steal a little time from his
day at the luncheon hour. After lunch
he frequently spends an hour at billiards
with Mrs. Edison and takes a nap. He
does no work in the evening.
MB. GLADSTONE is the owner of the
largest lead pencil in the world. It is
the gift of a pencllmaker of Keswick ,
and is thirty-nine inches in length. In
place of the customary rubber cap it has
a gold cap. Its distinguished owner
uses it for a walking-stick.
MURAT HALSTEAD is a tall man , rather
stoutly built , with iron gray hair , mus
tache and pointed beard more silvery ,
and with a smoldering fire in the dark ,
deep-set eyes. His voice is deep and
pleasant. Mr. Halstead's manner is
even more distinguished than his ap
pearance.
RUSSELL SAGE is quoted as saying : "I
never lent a dollar which was returned
to me unless legally secured. I never
backed a note I didn't have to pay , and
I never recommended a man for a situa
tion who didn't turn out to be as moan
as ho could. I now let other men run
the philanthropy business. "
DR. KOCH , the now famous German
scientist , is of medium size but with a
broad chest , with blue eyes , rather'
prominent nose , on which a pair of
spectacles constantly rest , and has a
full beard of auburn hue. A high fore
head is surmounted with hair of a sim
ilar luster , and ho talks slowly with a
noticeable lisp.
GAEL Scmmz has dropped into an easy
line of life as agent and counsel for a
largo steamship company , and with a
salary practically assured to him as long
as he lives he can enjoy life as he pleases ,
his duties not being arduous. His fond
ness for music takes him to all the great
musical events , and ho is sought as a
dinner-tablo guest.
THE WORLD'S LARGE CITIES.
THERE are nearly 50,000 colored people
ple in New York City.
THIRTY thousand Americans con
stantly reside in London.
THERE are said to be 1,500 Chinese
laundries in New York City , earning
over § 3,500,000 annually.
THE atmosphere of London is said to
be gradually becoming more and more
harmful to plant life , and it is attributed
in a large measure to the thick fogs.
THE city gas-works of Berlin brought'
$1,750,000 clear profit into the treasury
during the last financial year , despite
the unusually heavy expenditures for
new gas house and conductors.
IN 1881 Belfast had 208,123 inhabi
tants ; Dublin , 249,682 ; Cork , 80,124. In
1871 Belfast stood at 174,412 , Dublin at
846,326. The decrease of the one and
the increase of the other are remarka
ble.
ble.PARIS
PARIS can not hope to be a sea port.
The Council General of the Seine In-
ferieure has unanimously refused to as
sent to the scheme for rendering the
Seine navigable as far as Paris for sea
going vessels.
LONDON has an area larger than New
York , Paris and Berlin all put together ;
Berlin has an area of 29 square miles ;
Paris is only a trifle larger ; New York
has an area of 42 square miles , and Lon
don has an area of 121.
IT was recently found , taking the city
of Frankfort , which has a population of
167,000 and is one of the wealthiest for
its population in Germany , that there
were 85,287 self-supporting adults who
were earning an annual income of less
than $216 a year.
UNDERGROUND London is far more
wonderful than underground Paris.
Take , for example , its 3,000 miles of
sewers , its 34,000 miles of telegraph
wires , its 4,500 miles of water mains , its
8,200 miles of gas pipes , all definitely
fixed. Yet not even these compare with
the vast cellarage area beneath the feet
of the pedestrian.
DOGS AND HORSES.
THIEVES stole the watch dog from a
Lancaster ( Pa. ) house.
THOROUGHBRED St. Bernard dogs sell
at anywhere from two hundred and fifty
dollars to one thousand dollars each.
ONE dog of the Convent of St. Bernard
is said to have saved more than forty
human lives.
SOME five hundred veterinary surgeons
or horse doctors in Great Britain have
signed a paper condemning tight check
reins.
IF a dog desecrates any church In Salt
Lake City by entering its door , the
Qwner of the brute is liable to a fine of
five dollars.
IN Russia , which is the great horse
country of Europe , they never put
blinders on a horse , and a shying horse
is almost unheard of.
BLINDERS were invented by an En
glish nobleman to cover up the defect
of a wall-eyed horse , and then they
were found to be good places to put on
the coats of arms of the nobility , and so
they came into fashion.
THE large-brained horses are the
cleverest. A gentleman measured the
heads of all his hunters and found that
their intelligence and good sense were
in proportion to the width of their fore
heads.
WHETHER there may or may not bo
ground for the opinion hold by some
that all dogs are descended from the
primeval wolves , their near kinship is
proven by the fact that hybrid offspring
are by no means uncommon , the pups
, or cubs , as might be expected , inherit
ing more o. the wolf than the dog na
ture.
KRIS KRINGLE
IB a clever , sensible old gentleman , and the public will not be surprised to learn
that he has this early in the season established his headquarters in McCook for
the holiday trade. And they will admire his good taste and wisdom in select
ing : the ELEGANT AND POPULAR ESTABLISHMENT OF
H. P. SUTTON
I
Leadin Jeweler
OF WESTERN NEBRASKA ,
in which to make his MOST EXTENSIVE , ELABOKATE and DAZZLING-
DISPLAY. We shall not attempt to give an adequate description of the costly
and marvelous array of presents the generous old fellow has placed there and
upon which you are invited to feast your eye. It cant be done. ' But he has duly
commissioned Mr. Sutton as his distributing agent , and he will take great pains
and pleasure in showing you the same , and satisfaction in making you happy.
KRIS is a cash buyer , and I am able to sell low.
Will duplicate any eastern prices on any goods.
Will Not be Undersold.
A
Stock of Silverware purchased before passage of
Silver Bill. Will sell cheaper than anybody.
A splendid stock of Sterling Silver. All goods
engraved free of charge to our customers.
And then in the line of
we are unapproachable. Car
rying a stock of
Diamond Rings ,
Diamond JSai = Rings ,
Diam on d Scarf Pins ,
Studs , Lockets ,
Cuff Bottohs , Pins ,
Broaches , Bracelets ,
Necklaces , Pendants ,
Hair Ornaments ,
and an endless variety of every
and all articles kept in a
Jewelry Store.
Thorp | Q Mflthj
IlluBu 3d I1UIIII
That the heart desires in the
line of JEWELKT that Sutton
does not have and what can be
more acceptable for a Christmas
Gift or a New Year Present than
a Diamond King , a "Watch , Silver
Tea Set , or in fact any of the 100
things of beauty and joys forever
to be secured at
SUT
No establishment in Western Nebraska carries one-half
the quantity , nor the quality , of
CHES
that I now have displayed in my show cases , embracing
the best movements , such as the
Rockford , Howard ,
Waltham , Columbus ,
Elgin and Hampden.
You can also have a choice of Solid or Filled Gold cases ,
of which I carry an elegant line , or of a large assort
ment of the less expensive silver cases.
id Gold or Warranted Filled Gases ,
In addition we have anything you want in
FRENCH CLOCKS
,
or in the many popular , reliable clocks of home make.
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All our Goods are of Standard Make and You are
Sure of getting THE BEST at
at'S