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legislature threatens to regulate
ovorytlitiiK In sight oxcojiling its own
cond uct.
THIS retirement of Waldorsco Indi
cates thnt Ktnporor William still retains
n potent inlluonco with his administra
tion.
Giioviut Cr.KViU.ANi ) ami David Ilil 1
mot in Now York , and the country was
almost instantly enveloped in n sample
oftlio coolness that exists botwcon thorn.
PIIKSIDKNT rAL3iiu.3 : \ said to begetting
getting n trifle Inmatlont for the world's
fair commission to got down to business.
The rest of tlio country heartily sympa
thizes with him.
the zoroie temperate of
things uiunduno in South Dakota , sena
torial thermometer's rofjiator 100 ° in
the shade of the capital and the mercury
continues In the ascendant.
IT turns out thnt Jerry Simpson , who
has boon widely celebrated as a typical
product of the peculiar civilization of
Kansas , was not born in the United
States. That shatters another idol.
Bonus claims , mill-dewed by ago and
boarhifr the indelible impress of suc
cessive knock-outs , nro miilcincr their appearance
poaranco in the legislature. They do
not deserve a moment's ' conaideratioh.
OxKoftho funny things which the
silver pool scoop-not 1ms brought to light
is iv ninn who writes speeches for con
gressmen. This explains how it hap
pens that very poor congressman some
times make very good speeches.
Tins transfer of South Dakota to the
department of the Plotto is a wise mili
tary measure. Owing to the proximity
of Pine Ridge und Kosobud ngdncios to
the chain of forts ou the north Nebraska
border , the department can more
promptly moot any emergency calling
for the intervention of troops.
IF Bimiiows is in dead earnest about
that call for " ] ,000 men not afrnld to
die , " ho should at once issue acall in the
name of the would-be governor with a
bounty of S.'IOO for every recruit who will
enlist for thrco years or to the end of
the war. Ho sholud place tlio necessary
funds in the hands of tlio recruiting olli-
cors and arrange with the Lincoln hotel
Cteopors tp food tlio now Salvation army.
UXDUII vrcsont conditions two years
will bo consumed in reaching a decis
ion in tlio cnso against the register of
deeds and his bondsmen. On the first
of the year the register was indebted to
the county in the sum of $ ! ) ,5G5. If the
olllcor persists in his present course , at
the ontl of two yours ho will have in his
possession something over $20,000.
Against this the county holds a bond for
510,000. It is evident the register pro
poses to deprive the county of this
money by taking advantage of every
loophole in the law. Ho has trilled with
the commissioners , contemptuously ig
nored the rights of taxpayers , and for
feited publlo rcspoet. The commission
ers are In duty bound to adopt radical
measures to protect the public treasury
nnd enforce the constitutional provision
ugainst defaulters.
THK now line recently opened by the
Burlington railroad company to Deadwood -
wood , South Dakota , und now in full
operation , la lyi enterprise of very con
siderable intoroat to the business com
munities of Omaha nnd Lincoln , which
nro given moro direct nnd expeditious
connection with a tributary country of
great promise. The now line ia well
constructed and thoroughly equipped ,
affording every facility for travel and
tralllo from Missouri river cities and
principal points in Nebraska to nil
points in the Black Hills. This connec
tion with a portion of South Dakoln
whloh there is every reason to bollovo
will in a few years bo ono of the most
prosperous sections of the northwest ,
will undoubtedly bo appreciated by out
business mon , who It may bo expected
will at once begin to realize ltd ad van
tngoa.
T//B Ninons OK punLio
The late Secretary Wlndotn , on bolng
congratulated by a personal friend upon
resuming the duties Jof secretary of the
treasury , la said to Imvo remarked :
"While there Is a great deal of glory In
it , It means death to mo ; I should not go
out of olllco this term nllvo. " At u
meeting of thd board of trade and Iran *
portation at Now York , a member , in
the course of a ouloiry of Mr. Wlndotn ,
referred to the fact that ho wns the
third secretary of the treasury In thrco
successive administrations to succumb
to the active duties of the
treasury department and asUed :
"Is It not about time thnt
those duties were BO divided nnd regu
lated that further sacrifices of a like na
ture may bo avoided ? " Secretaries Fol-
gor and Manning were the lwoi prede
cessors of Mr. Wliidom who virtually
cllcd In the harno33 , worn out by the
arduous lalwrs of one of the most o.xact-
Ing positions under the government.
It iH a common and very erroneous
notion that our public mon generally
have very llttlo to do In the nature of
work , that most of their time IH taken
up in discussing nnd nmnnging politics ,
and that their positions are poe
tically sinecures. It is soon that oc
casionally they leave their posts of duty
to attend a banquet , that they find it
possible to now and again loivvo Iho na
tional capital to visit for a few days the
places of their pcrinunont home , and
that once a year they may take a brief
vacation. They are also found giving
casual attention to the social duties
whloh custom requires of them. Put
ting all these things together the aver
age citizen concludes that these public
olilcials have little else to do than to
travel about , entertain , and ho entor-
talnod. Such a view is essentially wrong
and unjust. Taken as a whole , there
are no mon in any service ,
giving conscientious attention to their
duties , who work harder than these In
public life , and for the most part the
most arduous labor is performed by
these who are highest in authority. The
subordinate oflleialH do tlio routine work
of the service , which , whllo requiring
intelligence and application , makes no
great strain , either mentally or phyFi-
cally , but It is a very different matter
with the men who have the direction of
alliirs : , involving the solution of pro
blems constantly arising , the arrange
ment of methods , and the policy of ad
ministration. These requirements
make a constant demand for the
exertion of the highest intel
lectual effort , and the almost incessant
strain upon the faculties having the
closest ielation to and the most direct
inlluonco upon the nervous system is ex
tremely wearing. It is safe to say that
very few railroad or bank presidents , or
the managers of the great corporations
of the country , labor so assiduously and
under auch a constant pressure as tlio
heads of the several departments of the
government , or oven as most of the
chiefs of bnroaus do. There is honor in
the faithful discharge of the duties of
public olllee , und in most eases it is well
paid for. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
SUl'l'HESSION OF 1WCKKT SHOPS.
The hill reported for passage in the
logiblaturo , providing for the suppres
sion of bucket shops , is a well-intended
measure , although there Is at present
no very urgent demand for it. The
method of speculation which the bill
aims ut has boon pretty effectually de
stroyed in the west since the Chicago
board of trade stopped recording quota
tions , and as the board scorns to bo en
tirely satisfied with its change of policy
the restriction of the bucket shop , in
its old form ana character , may bo re
garded as a very remote possibility. If
there is any such Institution in Omaha it
is doing a very unobtrusive business and
must bo having decidedly uphill work.
It Is possible that some gambling in
grain is done hero , that there are local
speculators who bet on the course of
prices just as they might on the turn of
the cards at a faro game , but this is a
sort of gambling which cannot have any
such effect upon the grain market as
was produced by the bucket shop specu
lation. Indeed it can have no olloct
whatever. It is simply a local affair ,
like ordinary gambling , and may per
haps bo amenable to the law relating to
that practice.
The fact that the measure introduced
in congress , and known as the Butter-
worth bill , to suppress bucket shops , has
itself been suppressed , is doubtless duo
to a conviction that there Is no longer
any urgent necessity for such a measure.
Nevertheless , no harm can bo done if the
legislature shall pass the proposed
measure. Even If it bo found that there
is nothing for it to operate upon it can
remain in the statute hooks as a precau
tion against the return of an ovll which
it Is unquestionably the duty of the lawmaking -
making power to take notice of.
V nnOPPKD.
The assurance given by So nator Al-
drlch to the loading democrats of the
senate that no further effort will bo
made to take up the closure resolution
or the elections hill is of course final as
to these measures. The Rhode Island
senator watt the louder in the fight for a
rule to close debate , and as without such
a rule there was no hope of passing the
elections measure , the surrender of ono
is the abandonment of both. Senators
Hoar and Spoonor , who were active In
association with Senator Aldrich In sup
port of those measures , concurred with
the latter in the decision not to attempt
to again bring them forward.
It would have been bettor if this de
cision had boon given to the public with
out any reflections upon the republican
senators who declined to support legisla
tion which they did not believe to bo ox-
podlont , but In this particular'the judg
ment of Senator Aldrioh wns not so
commendable as usual. There can bo
no doubt that the course of moat of the
eight senators who wont on record
as in favor of displacing the elec
tions bill and proceeding with the
urgent business awaiting the notion of
the senate did BO from n conscientious
conviction of duty. It will not bo possi
ble to road those mon out of the repub
lican party for doing what they bolloved
necessary In the Interest of most import
ant practical legislation , and those who
attempt to do BO may find they have
taken upon themselves a very unprofita
ble task.
The course of these senators , it Is nd-
initlcd , has averted nlt danger of nn
extra session , and this is Bomothlng1
upon which the country Is to ho congrat
ulated. Whatever the politicians of
olthor party may think about it , nnd
there are mon In both parties who pro
fess to bollovo that an extra session
would result In advantage to their
party , the financial and business Inter
ests ol the country certainly would not
got any benefit from It. The present
congress will subserve the material In
terests of the country by leaving no ne
cessity for convening the Fifty-second
congress before the constitutional date.
Tin : FKVMMi ix nn : iKtnst.ATunn.
There Is every reason to hollovo that
the radicalism In which the present leg
islature was born has In a largo degree
worn oft with ngo , and that In the last
half of its session It will be disposed to
consider Important publlo questions
from the standpoint of reason , without
prejudice or passion.
For a legislature ncttnsr In such a
spirit , whllo representing the desires of
tlio producers for needed reforms , there
Is u wide field of usefulness at this thno.
Its aim should bo tn seek and find the
conditions which will contribute to tlio
prosperity of the state as n whole , ro-
inomhorlng that till classes , In an agri
cultural slate like this , must
enjoy prosperity or sulTer do-
pressjon together. There can ho no
inatrio line drawn to seutlonaltzo pros-
pority. If capital does not prosper It
will not stay hero ; If labor docs not pros
per It cannot stay hero.
A now country must ho developed by
labor and by capital. Tlio fartnoi1 fur
nishes tlio labor ; the eastern Investor
furnishes tlio capital. The country
could no more" bo developed by labor
alone than by capital alone. They tire
indispensable to each other.
Utit if unreasonable Inw.s are passed
on the subject the partnership will bo
dissolved , nnd the weaker inombor loft
to struggle for himself. Capital will
sulTer but temporary inconvenience. It
can clodo out its mortgages and go
whore it will ho sure of a warmer wel
come. But the farmers would sulTor a
calamity by this operation. Uo would
sacrifice his homo and his pros
pects , and ho a wanderer on the
face of the earth. This is nn
extreme statement of the result of a con
flict between these twin forces in the life
of the west , but it is a true ono. It ap
plies with almost equal force to other
measures than the proposed usury and
stay laws.
At a time when It should ho the com
mon desire to find now paths of develop
ment for tlio state , and when all ele
ments of its citizenship should work
together to this end , It is a subject for
congratulation that a majority In the
legislature appear to take a moro con
servative view of the situation than they
entertained at the beginning of the ses
sion. There is now much reason to pre
dict that the business interests of the
state.have nothing to fear from this
source.
TJHIIWK
The dccibion of the federal district
court on tlio bridge case is a practical
victory for the Union Pacific. It sus
tains the action of the company In re
fusing to comply with the terms of a
contract of its own making , mainly because
cause time tables mul other preliminar
ies for the operation of trains of rival
roads had not been agreed upon.
The court does not pass upon the vital
questions involved in the controversy ,
namely , the validity of tlio contracts
made with the Milwaukee and Hock
Island companies , nnd the
right of the Union Pacific , to
make such contracts without the
consent of congress. These points are
loft to future consideration , with the
broad intimation that all roads "toi- ;
minntlng at Omaha or Council Bluffs
have a right to the use of the bridge at
these points over which their trains may
run , " and further that if such privilege
is denied , "then it is altogether proba
ble that a court of equity will point out
a remedy and compel the performance
of a duly which ought to bo voluntarily
performed. "
* In elleci , the court while dissolving
the temporary order of the state court ,
holds that the use of the bridge
and approaches cannot bo do-
nicd the plaintiffs , on payment of
reasonable compensation for their uso.
It is not reasonable to suppose the plain
tiffs will enter into n now contract with
a company which refuses to comply with
ono voluntarily made. The Union Pa-
ciflo Is determined to prevent both cor
porations from the enjoyment of the
privileges agreed upon last April , and if
the court shall sustain the position ol
the company with regard to that con
tract , a now one would bo n waste of ink
and paper.
A decision on the validity of the con
tract , which Is the main Issue , Involves
'sonsidornblo delay. It will undoubtedly
bo taken to the court of last resort ,
and from two to thrco years consumed
In reaching a conclusion. Meanwhile
both companies will suffer great pecun
iary loss. The Rock Island extension
to Lincoln , built on the good faith of
the Union Pacific , cannot ho operated.
Both companies must have access to
Omaha and South Omaha. Tlio ques
tion Is , Will It pay to wait for years the
doubtful issue of the courts and moan-
whllo incur grave business losses.
The hey to the situation is the prompt
building of an Independent bridge. The
Milwaukee nnd Rock Island should unite
with other companies , erect nn inde
pendent bridge , and thus secure perma
nent freedom from a corporation whoso
word and bond are subject to the whims
of stock jobbers.
o Ilavo Older Ones.
Washington foot ,
The legislatures of the now states appear
to have considerable use for standing com
mittees on bribery.
Impertinence r.r Politics.
IfronUi/n Kaale.
The democrats nro all golnp to run Blalno
as the next republican candidate for presi
dent , and the republicans are vury sure that
they can make the democrats run Cleveland ,
or , lu any event , prevent thorn from runnln ?
Hill. When oao party thus relegates Its
functions toTho other , the ntncnltlos of poli
tics nro nt , hlg\i \ water mark , or , at least , the
Impertinence of politics may bo said to bo.
i < j.
% rt Noocl II. Too.
" SK Jnreph Odzttt' ,
A great KHh as Industry Is In danger. A
bill bus bconipresented in the legislature
making it Impossible to call county seat elec
tions oflcncr'tlinn once In ten yean.
A UuiSnl to tlio Snutn.
JVttc York llcrali.
The best reroute the South can take Is to
huaklodown and make the world's ' fair an
Immense success , send nn exhibit of all Its re
sources , show the country the products- Its
soil , Its mlnci , its enterprise , nml pointing to
them soy.1 "Theso are the industries you
would ruin by your folly. "
Wo can win our victory at the polls in ISO-
nnd at Chicago in 1S'J3. '
An Orofwlielinlnu Allllctlon.
llcatrlcc Democrat ,
Helen M. Goutjar has tnlten up winter
quarters at Lincoln , nnd will work the Icffis-
lalnro in the interest of woman suflrnKO.
This is the saddest anietlon lhat Inw befallen
that sadly allllctod body. To loio a povcrnor
Is hard , to Imvo Iho supreme courtslt heavily
upon the heaving bosom Is enough to create
nightmare , but to have n Ooimar strnudlo of
itsncclc metaphorically s'pealmife' , Is terrible.
Vi-nrs of Ilostriot'on.
Sm Vnmtltcu Kxnmln'.r ,
The publicalion lu the Examiner a week
ago of Iho complete census returns of Cali
fornia was anticipated some months ngo by
advance returns that left nothing of Im
portance to bo learned so far as totals of
populations wore concerned , The most In
teresting feature of the now table is the in
formation they furnish about the Chlncso
and Japanese ,
It appears that the Chlncso population of
the state has rcmilnod practically stationary
during tbo past ten years. In 1SSO it was
7. > , m mm in 1690 , 71,1131. , At the tlmo the
first restriction net went into effect , in IbS'J ,
It probably reached or exceeded 12. ! > , UOO.
From thut lime until the passage of the
Scott exclusion not It gradually declined ,
altliouKh the deolliie win greatly checked by
fraudulent admissions. Slum that time the
falling off has been more rapid.
In San FnincUco there has been nn in
crease within Uiodee\'lofrom21r45 to a.'i.STO.
The Chinese papjUUoa is evidently concen
trating in the motroDjlU. In ! W of the ro-
malniugS'J cuuntioj it has uoi'linod , and In
the other 1" the increase generally have been
slight. The mining coimluu , tn particular ,
have experienced slo.uly falling ot ! until
now their population is almost solidly white.
In Amndor , for Instance , tborowcro L'.MW
Chinese to 8'J.VJ , whites in IblW ; 1,0)7 ) Chinese
to 7.SS3 whites in ISM ) ; 1,11.1 Uhinoo to < .ilK > t
whites In ISs'.l. ' and only ai Chinese to Ili07 !
whites In IS''O. ' ' it is evident that in that
quarter tbo AKl.ltic problem has cc.isid to bo
n practical qui' ilon. The same process may
bo observed in Calavunis , El Uonulo , ntid
generally all nlong the Sierras. Instead of
having ono Oliiiuiman to every throe wnlto
men as in IbUO , the mining roumios have
seen the Mougoli.m clement reduced to an
insignificant f ruutlon of the population.
Other founlios nro as forlunntc. Hum-
boldt , for instance , which hul ; u'll Chinese in
ISbO. had only 1U In IB'.K ) . In Del Korto tno
number has fallen off from -I'll ' to 7. A China
man in Alpine would ban curiosity , for there
nro only live to Keep each other company. In
thu south the number lias increased , but not
in proportion to the growth of the white pop
ulation through the boom.
The prospi/cts lira hopeful for the enliro
elimination of this alien element Irom the
population of the stale. All that is needed is
the renewal of the exclusion legislation , with
such improvements us liave been suirccsted
by experience ? , ' mid-its honest enforcement.
Sorno fears huvo oeen expressed lost the-
disappearance of the Chinese question mi ht
leave us embarrassed with a Japanese quos- <
tiou us serious. The census returns do not
bear out this apprehension. Thera nro only
lCtK ) Jupaiiiwo in the state , most of whom
sire probably schoolboys. There arc moro
than ten times : is many negroes nnd eleven
times us many Indians , but they do not con
stitute anything approaching a problo.n. Our
true policy for the present is to concentrate
ourellorts on the Chinese.
THE LAT3 UEVKETAttY.
Milwaukee News : As a financier his
ability has been especially conspicuous. The
fact that two different administrations oi his
part)1 called him to the head ol the finances
of tlio nation is ample evidence of the confi
dence reposed tn htm in that rospcct.
St. Paul GlobeHo did valiant work'fni-
the interests of this commonwealth while ho
represented it in Washington , and in thu
wider and moro exulting sphere in whluli
his executive duties hnvo culled him his ad
ministration luw been conservative , faithful
and effective.
Cleveland Leader : Every public man of
\ \ illiam Window's stamp is needed in the
services of the people , uud never moro than
now. He , has fallen as a leader stricken
down In batllo , and in the most stirring rush
of the great struggle now going on liatwcou
the true and false in national tlnniice.
Indianapolis Journal : Mr. Windom hnd
given moro than twcnty-flvo of his sixty-four
yenrj to the service of the public , and
whether In the house or the senate , or in the
important mid responsible position of secre
tary of the treasury , discharged all his obli
gations \vithexcepllomil ability and scrupu
lous fidelity.
Detroit Tribune : Ills private llfo has been
blameless nnd his public services have been
of the moat distinguished character. He
was successful both in business nml politics ,
and in legislative and executive capacities he
hart established a reputation for statesman
ship of a high order , and for unimpeachable
personal and political Integrity.
Minneapolis Tribune : IHsllnancml policy
1ms been wise , conservative and successful.
The money Interests of the country trusted
him and had the greatest confidence in his
integrity und sugaolty. His nuvlc 1ms haO
weight with congress and the president. His
sudden taking oft at this tlmo will be koanly
felt by thu nation. It will be no easy task to
replace him In the cabinet und at the head ol
Iho treasury department.
Buffalo Express : Mr. Windom has been
described IM n western litmnclcr with caslern
Ideas. Therefore no was the best man pos
sible for the monetary crisis of tbo last two
yours. Ho was thoroughly sound on thu cur
reney question , and possessed Iho confidimio
of the banking ! lutorobt. His llnancin
bcliomos have been unusually ingenious mid
successful. 116 will rank us ono of the great
secretaries of the treasury.
l'-r io HI 1. "
b' > m 'Pfftnehen Kramlne ;
Senator Wilson of Tchamn , ho of the finan
cial turn of mind , orated Ihls afternoon In
Iho legislature. ' Carpenter's bill , making It n
misdemeanor touiffor for sale any tainted
meat , wns undoiullscusslon.
Mr. Wilson roiiy and said : "Bade in 1S50
there cum n'mnti' named Wilson from Iowa
who fetched a-ghuidoml boss or mule who
glandered every other boss und mule in Sac-
rumenlo couuljr.jau' wo had to burn our
barns. We've scarcely got shot o'that yet.
I'mferde blll.'Ije
The measureipaasoa.
A. Fortmiii If.iHlia 1 Away.
A'e'io I'm It llcrali.
. Httlo faro bank , .
trusted ;
- every cunt ho had ,
busted.
Nnt llcnril In Church.
TIs a wonder that Father Adam could
Have poached on Mother Eve ;
For him In such a wilted mood
Ono scarcely can conceive.
For ho was bullded out of clay ,
The mixture being thick ,
And any man that's built that way
.Should surely bo u brick I
When David went out to the Philistine host
Ho carrled'a ' sling In his bnnd ,
And ( joliath , who'd ventured to vaunttngly
boost ,
Soon measured his length on the sand.
Like him wo may do up our foes if wo try
Just glvoo'm u few slings of rock aud old
rye I
TIIK AIT.IAXCK.
Sonntor-cloct Poffor Is n sick man , accord-
Ina to the Atchlton Globe , nnd predictions
nro made that ho cannot llvo n yoar. In that
event Governor Humphrey will certainly ap
point Mr. Ingalls to the vacancy.
C'hlcago ' Nowst The bosslsm rampant In
Kansas Just now double discounts everything
of the kind heretofore seen In this country of
ours. What mattoroth It to n man whether
thnt which goroth htm bo nn ox or a hull i
There is no doubt that U. S. Hall , presi
dent of the farmers' alliance , is alining nt the
governorship of Missouri , nnd it is also stated
that Speaker Tuttle la looking In that direc
tion. 1 f this rumor bo true ho mny knock out
Mr. Hall.
Kansas Cltv Times : The year 1SOI will
go down In history as the or.o which recorded
the passing away of sectionalism. The fann
ers hnd their full share of bringing about the
glorious change , nnd for that history will
honor them.
Dr. Craig , a well known lender in farmers'
nlllniico circles , says that K. Il , Snow , who
bus Just been elected state printer of ICnnsns ,
is an mum-lust and has presided nt mmrehlst
meetings. It Is also said that during the trial
of the Chicago anarchists Snow printed his
paper In red mid asserted In its editorial col
umii3 Hint for every drop of blood that was
spilled of these mon condemned n life should
piiV the penalty. This was the time Snow
ran up the American ( lag Inverted nnd
stumped It In Ihe mud when It was pulled
down ,
Some very funny slorlos are told about
members of the nlllnnco In Kansas whoso Im
portance scenn to have been magnified in
their own eyes by the success of their movo-
mcnl. Hero is a sample : An iilllanco man
wont to the general delivery oi the Topeka
postolllco und called for n loiter. The young
lady said there was no letter for his name ,
lohn Jones. ( That isn't his uiimo ) . Ho
looked at her a moment and then saidi
"I moan the Hon. John Jones , Please look
ngnui. I forgot to say 'honorable' when I
llrst asked you. " But the young lady said
"No" with u gijr lo that attracted attention ,
mid she explained the noise by telllnir the
story.
A very sensational Interview with John
Livingstone , president of the New York
state alliance , Is printed In the Chicago
Tribune. Among other things ho says. "I
can sco nothing hut destruction for tlio state
of Kansas. I would not bo surprised If blooi
were to How freely within the noxtfew days.
Ttieexcltcmoiit there today is as intense as
that which wont before Iho French revolu
tion. Some of the leaders of the farmers1
state alliance there nro anarchists , and are
in dally communication with the editors of
the Voice , which U known to bo in sympathy
with anarchy. There is moro polities lo the
quaro inch in Kansas nt tbo present time
than in any other place in the world , " con
tinued President Livingstone. "An outbreak
is momentarily cxucutc'l. ' If anybody is hurt
it will boa signal for an uprising. The g Host
dunce is not a circumstance to the excitement
thoro. "
Atchlson Gloho : Nearly nil men lack ono
of two things : either opportunity , or desire
to improve It.
"Why do you object to the Gorman opera ?
it is full of vigor , it braces mo right up. "
"That's my objection to It ; it Is Teutonic. "
"What n recherche sort of aflltetion you
ave , " snld Good word to tbo m.in with a
ioil. "Such n. swell gathering I"
Munsoy's Weekly : Day i wonder why
.ndrrtaker . O'Uourko fulled.
Wouk Ho did not know enough to stand
n with thu doctors , nnd nouody died.
Huston Post : Tbo magazine writer who
ivnnts to know "What shall wo do wllh our
millionaires } " might moro iicitinently in-
iiuiroWhat nro our millionaires going to do
.vithusl" .
Puck : "Vou hnvo such ridiculous names
nit in Washington. SnohomlshnndKlichitnl ,
for Instance. "
'Ah I Where are you from ? "
From Sagadolmc county , Me , , sir. What
of thatf"
Oraolous , Miss Btckton , " exclaimed young
Sprigglns , who is n lingerer , "I hopa you
ivtm'tcoupit again in Unit way.You made
no starl. "
' ' " she murmured "I bo
i'erlmps , , mnv con
vinced tnnt oven coughs wero.uot inndo in
vain ! "
New York Sun : Goslln Yntis , I always
; imko my own cigiiwettes , Mr. Spatts. You
Know how to tnaito them , of eowsol
Spatts No , 1 don't know how.
GoslinVeuHy I Well , you take soino. to
bacco
Spoils ( Intarruptinc ; ) Wlmtl 1 1 I
Now Orleans Picayune : The standard
militnry p'ico is iwo and a half feet. On a
double-quick ro'rentlt Is moro.
Blnghnmpton Republican : Speaking of
lydropnlhio euros it strikes us that wcl
ivater ought to bo good for slcU people.
Washington Post : Doubtless when they
speak of "Iho warring elements" they mean
when tho.winus have come to blows.
Hoslon Courier : "I hnvo always favored
the advancement of youth ! " exclaimed old
linrdcaso , propelling his wouUl-boson-in-law
into the street.
Boston Herald : 'Things nro coming my
way tonight , " remarked Iho cat as ho gazed
pon'bivoly on Iho ticnp of old boots , ' lumps of
coal , tin cans , etc. , with which ho had been
presented.
AVnsbiiiRton Post : A high school girl has
bccomu f > o much interested In her Latin that
she says she has im undo ' -Uus" and a
brother "Gus , " making two Oi lu Iho lamily ,
Washington Post : If Father Time doesn't
want to lose bis commercial standing ho hnd
better como forward nnd scltlB Iho silver bill
that ho soem& > to Imvo taken ehargu of.
New York Sun : Little Hey Mumnm , can
I go out and jump in the snow tomorrow t
Ills Mother I suppose so. Hut what do
you want tn wmt till tomorrow for *
LlltUi Hey Hecauso pn snid ha was going
to get mo u now suit this nftornoon.
Ulnghampton Republican : Women may ho
the "weaUor vowel , " hut In shipping objoo-
tlonnhlo sullors she shows that she has craft
enough.
Philadelphia Times : It's nil settled nt
last. The seals stolen by Iho British shins
olt Alaska nro unqucsllomibly lakun on the
high seize.
llatn's Horn : The man who dyes his whiskers -
kers couldn't find any easier way of telling
people more about himself without going to a
great deal moro expense.
Martha's Vineyard Herald : Blohhs 1ms
no use for Koch's lymph. Dlobbs has a limp
of'hls own , caused by a fall i'l a collarway
whllo ho was returning from a prayer meet-
lug.
Now York Sun : "Rhymer is n wondorfu
pool. He seems a brother to the muses. "
"Yes. He has wooed them all , nnd they
have apparently agreed to ho sisters to him. "
Gall is a native production of California.
A llttlo page , nine years old , paralyzed the
California senate by pollloly requesting nu
adjournment nt 3 o'clock , BO that ho could go
with his -'ma" to thoMnrysvlllo citrus show.
The senate actually adjourned , pursuant to
request , and the boy went.
New York Herald : Tommy What l
kleptomania , pal
Pa That's a disease that affects republi
cans whenever an election goes against them.
Munsoy's Weekly : llrown Hero's another
big bill from Snips. I declare I'm n perfect
bonanza to the man who makes ray clothes
Mrs. lirown That's ' more than you are to
the woman that mends them.
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL ,
Qovoruor Boyd May Uavo a County Named
in His Honor.
TRYING TO FIND A DEAD MAN'S RELATIVES ,
Preparation * ! Mrulo for tlio Lancaster
County Fair 11:01 dels Dnmngci
for Malicious Prosecution
nnd Pulse IiiiprlHonniont.
LINCOLNNob. . , Fob. 1. [ Special to TUB
BEE. ] Representative Onlo of Urowtt county
Is sntd to DO preparing n bill which ho will
submit soon to tlio legislature for tlio erec
tion of a county out of the unorganized terri
tory lying north of Holt county , known ns
the Poncn Indian reservation , including also
Iho three-cornered fraction of Holt county
lying between the Niobruni and Koya Palm
rivers. The bill provides that It shall bo
tmined Hoyd county In honor of the present
governor. It will contain about -130 square
miles. The only obstacle in the formation of
this county h that the statutory boundaries
of Holt county \vcro erroneously made to Include -
cludo this strip many years before it was
ceded to the state by thogonoral government ,
although It 1ms never been considered a part
of that county , and could not bo , while It belonged -
longed to the eovernmcnt.
HAD ItP.I.ATIVl-.S NEAll I.tNCOt.V.
ncorfto Uuthor , 83 Sulecck street , Chicago ,
writes the following to the chief of police of
Lincoln ! "i'leaso notify ttio relatives of li.
Uiiluthor , some of whotullvo near your place ,
of bis death January IB. at Kochford , S. D.
Ho wns born in Mnchdoburg , Uormnny. Ho
came lo this country seventeen or eighteen
years ngo. On Gulnther's body were found
two time checks amounting to $ (3 ( , which were
turned over to the constable ; iitltockford. The
ofllcor hud the body encased in a box of rough
boards and burled In a hole In tlio hills and
that was all. Tlio constable agreed to notify
the relatives of the ilcreased of his donth , but
failed to do so. Ucforo his death Guhithcr
tola a friend that his people lived near Lin
coln , mid ho had one brother-in-law , n member
of the farmers' alliance , aud who lives on a
farm near Lincoln. "
WAJ FAI.SBIY IMPlltSOXKI ) ,
The Jury In the case of Ooorpo A. Halo
ngainst tlio Ord National bank for $15,000
damages for false arrest returned a verdict
in thu United States court yesterday after
noon. Vlio verdict awards the plaintiff J7 0
damages. The plaintiff alleged that In the
year 1SS9 ho mortgaged soiuo stock to one
John Heeebom , who afterwards sold the
mortgages to Harris Hrothers of the Oril Na
tional bunk. Afterwards , with defendants'
conRant , plaintiff removed to Atthlson
county , Kansas , and on hist March defend-
nnts caused his arrest on tno charge of fraud
ulently removing mortgaged property from
the slate. Tlio arrest was made at night ami
plaintiff was dragged from his lied without
the privilege of speaking to his wife. Ho
was then tnKcn to Gurlleld county ,
-run rAiu fiocinir.
The Lancaster county agricultural society
met at thu court bouse yesterday afternoon.
.1. D. Woods was elected president , J. II.
McNnbb vice president , .1. II.Vcstcott
treasurer , A. M. Trimble secretary. The
following members of the board were
elected : A. Orccnamcyer , S. It. Hall , M.
II. Wwtcott , .1. TJ. Hcrmanoo , William Fos
ter , A. S. Williams and I. L. Lynran. The
special auditing committee found the reports
of the secretary and treasurer correct and re
ported accordingly. Treasurer McNabb's
report showed the following Jlguros :
Itahmcoon hand last year $ 003.00
Itecolvcd durlnp the year I.IWS.GO
I'aid out during the year 1,781.03
Balancoon hand 751.17
O.ioo n llaf. > riiu r Now HIoaoy-Lendcr.
Kearney Hub ,
During the Krocnback cr.izo of the early
70's ono of tlio bost-known mon in this state ,
or for that matter , in the % vcst , was Moaos
Warren. Ho was the npostlo at whoso foot
satsomoof the best , men of tint day , whoa
greenback fiatism ran rampaut and threat
ened to sweep ull political parties heforo it.
Warren had como to Nebraska a few yoara
before from Ohio. In that state bo had prac
ticed law , taken a hand in politics , served In
the state legislature , nml was the author of
"U'arren's Criminal Code" of that state ,
whickwai soon accepted asastatutory mo.lcl
and standard. When Warren came to Ne
braska ho abindoned law and Decamo n tiller
of thu soil. But ho did not aoiudon politics.
Ho introduced the greenback doctlno
inlo Nobraskn and labored for it in
cessantly. The subject was always on
bis tongtio. He addressed public meetings ,
was the nutlior of numerous "tracts"
nd pamphlets , wrolo no wspanor articles nnd
kept up a ntrong organization In the state.
He devoutly believed his theory was right ,
had no doubt of the success of the now party ,
and gave time and money freely until tlio
movement died out. Thu national election in
1S70 and tlio successful resumption of specie
payments were sulUcicnt notlco to Moses
Warren that his occupation as a greenback
apostle was gone. In lt > 77 tlio remnant of nis
party In Neoraska disappeared , and so did
Mr. 'Warren , except 39 far as Ills own iiniuo-
dlato locality was concerned.
For fifteen years his iojwcll known , mon
up to lS7ii , has rarely been scon In print
The writer , who knew him well personally ,
and while not ncceplinghis doclrino , admired
Iho man's grit mid respected his honesty , re-
cpnlly fi'll to wondering what had hoeomo of
him. About the same timq a copy of the
F.xirbury Gazette came to hand , conspicuous
in which was a two-column adverlisemqnt nf
M. Warren. In larso display lines wo road :
"Loans on First Farm Mortgages. " More
Money Needed. " "Loans on City Property. "
"Ono Year Loan on Chattels. " "Land
Agency. " "Insurance. " "Houses and Lots
in Warren Place. " "Halo of KoJ Polled
Hulls at the Warren Farm. " Hwnsqulto
evident that the early Nebraska reformer
had turned over thu reform business to his
successors in politics and succeeded admira
bly In looking out for No. 1. A uionay
lo.morl A land speculator ! A flue stock
fancier 1
There are striking similarities between
Moses Warren of thu then and Jay Burrow.s
of the now with this difference : Warren
came along too soon. Then , as now , crop
failure , currency contraction , hard timesmid
actual dlstiv-ss among thu fanners gave an
impetus to tno now party movement. It was
unsuccessful then. It wiw a winner Just
now. .Another year will determine whether
the parallel holds to the end. And what n
picture it would ho , ton or liftcen years from
now.to see Hiirrows making farm and chattel
loins , selling city addition property , doing n
general land and insurance business , und ad
vertising blooded bulls for salo.
Sorry Ho Spake.
"There's a hair In this soup , " complained
the bald-headed guest.
"Yes , sir , " replied the wnltor. cheerfully ,
"hut ptrhnpi it's one of your own , sir. 1
notlco thoy'vu nil got away. "
. Manipulated the .Market.
Ititolrn C'MirJer.
Visitor Your llttlo boy doesn't socm to bo
very cheorlul. Isn't ' ho w lll
Uroker Yes , ho'u well enough , but he's
fcollnfj pretty hltio Just rjw. You sco there
was a prcnt drop In leather this morning.
V. Bless met You don't mean to tell ma
that child knows anything about the market ,
H. Well , perhaps not itencnally speaking ,
but you see the particular leather that drop
ped this morning wns his mother's slipper.
ICccotitrlcltlcfl ol' Indian Sinters I
li'K In SqtiHllil SurroiiiHllnijH.
CIXCI.VXATI , ( ) . , Feb. 1. For more thim
sixty years Mary and Lizzie Harper hava /
lived in a tumble-down log hut near the v\\/ \ \
lagoof New Trenton , Franklin county , Ind. ,
four miles from the Ohio lino. They are th
most romnrknblo specimens of fomlnlno ca-
conlrtclty In this country , nnd have been
the objects of curiosity for moro than
half n century. They are old innlds , and
have been really dead to tlio world over
since they were children. Mary , the older ,
Is sixty-two years old , nml her slsicr LttttlS'
sixty. The oldest Inhabitants of thnt locality -
ity don't know when the Harpers came to
the place. It Is only known thu the father
aud mother of the eccentric old maids lived
and tiled In the mlsernblo log shnntv from
which neither of the two women have ever
been awny for moro than a few hours at
a lime. The roof of the shanty
foil in ten years ngo and was
only held up from tlio ground by tlio high
posts of the old fashioned bedstead In which
they sleep. There Is no floor , nnd the ground
has boon worn down into n regular burrow.
The sisters own property , but they lake no
interest In the cnro of it. The stock which
they used to own have nil died from o.xposuio
and neglect. . All the efforts of the neighbors
to Induce the women lo take some Intatvstlu
the care of their property have been unavail
ing. Mary only tries to pay
the Interest on the mortgage on
their farm , and once every yenr walks
twelve miles to Iho county seat nndscitlc * , .
the account. Her sister Lizzie has Iho pociT-
llur habits of Iho snake nnd ground hog.
Although she has no physical ailment , slio
goes lo bed every voar the 1st of October and
is not seen nguln until April. Them Is Homo
ir.ystery surroumlim : Ibo slrango conduct of
these old maids , but the reasons for their her
mit life and their almost complete retirement
from the world have never been satisfac
torily explained. Kccontly the neighbors
erected a small fmmo cottngo adjoining tim
pen In which they lived so long , but It
was unly nftur thronts of having Iho
two women removed to the poor house thnt
they could bo Induced to occupy It. They
are continually complaining about their hard
lot , and want to return to the hovel , which Is
the most squalid and miserable place Imagin
able. The sisters nro perfectly respectable ,
but know nothing of what U going on. They
can't even toll the day of Iho week , and uro
utterly indifferent to everything.
In Ied ! TwiMiiy-Scvoii Years , Though
Not I'hysloally Disabled.
MITOIIUI.I. , Ind. , Fob. 1. One of the most
remarkable illustrations of the power of the
human will is .lohii Hond , a negro about fifty
years old , who , although in no way disabled ,
has lain in bed for nearly twenty-seven years. *
When quite n young man he , with his mother
nnd two sisters , lived on n farm near Puoli ,
Ind. The mother determined to sell
the farm and move to Mitchell. This
plan mot with great opposition from
the son , who declared If the farm was sold <
ho would go to bed nnd never get up. Jfo fr
attention \'ns paid to his threat , nnd the '
fiirm was sold and the Inmlly moved hero.
On the night of their arrival John went to
bed us usual , but when morning came no
refused to get up. No amount of persuasion ,
threats or entreaties could get him out of bed ,
and for twenty-seven years ho has stubbornly
curried out his threat of not arising , with
ono exception , that being the death of his
mother , a few vears ago. About nilJiii '
as the neighboring women were watching
corpse , they were terribly frightened by tbo
nppe.irancoof John , nuking n most ( mostly
nrpcnrunec , all draped In whllo and his fuco
as ghastly as that of a dead man. Some of
them , not being nwaro of his oxlstonco ,
thought they were being vlslled by n sure-
enough spook. When ho first took to his bed
the case caused n great deal of comment.
Physicians examined him and pronounced
him In perfect health. Hut all means
which were used to ralso hlifl provuJ
failures. An alarm of fire and a cry of burg
lars had no ofloct on him whatever. As tlmo
1ms passed the people have lost interest In
his case and are only reminded of his exist
ence by seeing him carried on a stretcher to
the polls on tlio occasion of somu important
election. In tbo last few years his health
has boon gradually railing him and ho lies
in bed , his head and body completely covered ,
nnd spouks lo no ono unless spoken lo , and
then ho answers all questions as intelligently
as any ono ,
Good in All Climates.
"And now I wil tel you a story , " writes
Llttla Johnny In tbo San I'YancIseo Exam
iner.
iner."My father , wlch Is a republican , ho said
to Mister Pltohel , that the pruuohor , wloh Is
a dcmerut. "Wo got a mlty big majority In
the lodglslntor this time. '
"Yes sir. " Mister Pitchel ho said ,
seriptor nil ways comes to pas. "
Then my father thot n wile , and bimo by
ho said , "Mr. Pitchel , I dontjcst rockleot the
passage wich you refer to u bout the ropub- _
can majority in thu legislator. "
Mister Pltchol , ho sed , "Tho whioked shnl
bo cast into hel. "
My father , ho sod , "O nou sense , wo was a
talldu about Saemunto. "
But Mister i'itchel ho sod "Thorn fellers
wudo niuko a hoi were over thay was cast. "
Clionp Trent.
Donald Koss , the shipping purveyor , rni
coived a unique card from a seafaring friend
up north , savs the Sun Kraneisca Examiner.
It came through the mall with a a-cont sr.nmp
In ono corner , and consisted of a plain brown
shipping tag , to the ovelet of whloh was
fastened a clmmpagno cork. On ono stdo of
the tag was the address und the stamp , and
ou the other the following greeting :
I'd like lo crack n bottle , friend ,
With thee for Auld Lang Hyno ,
And as I wet inv throttle , friend ,
Drink joy to tbeo nnd thino.
Tho' cash I can't out fork , my friend ,
Kind hearts are moro than woultnj
So lot us smell the cork , my friend ,
And Biifff each other's health.
Mice Scuno ClirlHtianr ) .
Ktw Ymk Herald ,
f
.S'dii Fran toco Kximiner ,
Hawaii's king resigned his breath
Our legislature guffawed.
The awful dignity of dcatti
Not any single tough awed.
But when our legislators din
All kings , queens , Jacks nnd ( ices cry.
THEY Hi T It Kill MM ) MT.
New York IltraM ,
It was such n , swagger bonnet ,
With a ounch of tips upon it ,
And u burnished plu that sent out many
ray.
Yet wo rated It qulto roiindlv , '
And wo swore at it profoundly ,
For we couldn't see a little of the play I
Highest of all in Leavening Power. U. S. Gov't Report , Aug. 17 , 1889.