Nebraska Newspapers

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N. P. KEIU
Notary Public.
Mil. CLKVJJfjAim also thinks that a
man of 75 Is too old to nuv for president.
No IVONDHK Gonornl Grooly Is dis
gusted with the woatliopbureau nnd asks
to bo relieved.
TUB Now England f armors say they
have no use for the alliance. Then they
will inlds u lot of fun.
Miu BLAIR has docldocl to go to China
nnd will doubtless fashion one of his long
speeches into u graceful pigtail.
BEEF1 lias gene up in European and
American wholesale markets. Has the
turn of the long suffering1 producer coino
at l
CHICAGO hus passed Now York at
last. She shows n , blgcor death rate for
the past week than the seaboard
metropolis.
IT is said of the late ox-Go.vomor Rob
inson that ho had perfect integrity.
That IB a high compliment for a Now
York politician.
WHILE the whole country suffers from
u depression in trade a few manipulators
corner the wheat market , and arc said
already to have made $5,000,000.
AFTER April 1 , when the house
keeper finds she can buy from four to
six pounds of sugar to the dollar'more
than heretofore , she will forgive Major
McKlnloy for increasing the tariff on tin
cups. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
GENERAL PALMER has attended a Wg
ratification mooting and warmly con
gratulated the people of Illinois on their
excellent judgment in the election of a
senator. Ho frankly confesses that ho
ndmlros their tasto.
PKESTON B. PMJMIJ is said to bo both
surprised and annoyed at the dexterity
of his late colleague who has jumped
clear over the fence upon which the
present senior senator from Kansas has
BO long been nstrklo.
AFTER all the Individual damages sus-
tnlnod in the November political cyclone -
clone may not bo so sorlous. According -
ing to newspaper reports nearly every
ox-congressman and ox-senator Is to bo
provided for by the administration.
\VAli is impossible. Major Burke of
Buffalo Ulll's "Wild Woat" has boon
made white chief of the Ogallalas. The
people of the effete east and of the
crumbling monarchies of the old world
will never know how cheap is such a
distinction.
THK Now Jersey democrats have en
gineered an outrageous gerrymander.
A party that would go out of Its way to
do such a thing , when It already has a
majority of nearly ono hundred and
flfty in congress , Is not only unfair , but
positively inhuman.
OF. all the lonesome personages about
the city of Washington none roach *
such depths of Isolation as the ox-offico-
Itoldors. Mr. Cruno'a ex-congressman
lobbyist in uTho Senator" Is only an ox-
ivggoratod sample of the truth of the
foregoing statement.
ON THK aoath roll of Tuesday appears
the name of James P. "Wickorslmtn of
Lancaster , Pa. , ono of the bosj , known
educators In America , the author of sev
eral works on methods of teaching and
for many years state superintendent of
public instruction in Pennsylvania.
Tins snow and sleet and thosa railroad
blockades arc * disagreeable , of course ,
but they moan a great deal for the state
nt large nnd the future. The Nebraska
farmer sooa more promise of roiiof from
financial pressure in the moistened soil
than in the Nowborry bill or any other
legislation.
AS SUGOKBTF ! ) by THIS DKU , the bill
providing for the deposit of public funds
In bankfl or other dopositorlos and for
receiving Interest upon same /or / the
bo no ( It of the .state , county or city has
boon amended so as to relieve the
trontmror and his bondsmen from lla-
blllty for the defalcation of banks or
otlior dope ltorloa accepted by the
projior authorities us such custodians of
public fund * .
XMWASKA AT THK IWOSITION.
The bill providing for an exhibit by
Nebraska lit the Columbian exposition
lias passed both branches of the legislat
ure , nnd U In the liaiido of the governor
who will doubtless promptly glvo it his
approval. It appropriatesM0,000which
if liitolllpontlyana dlserootly mod will
eiinblo the state lo nmko n satisfactory
display.
The tnciisuroiuithoflv.es the governor
to appoint a commission to consist of
nlno ptirsons , and also an equal mtinbor
of alternates. The commission is to
have general charge uuil nwnngomont
of the work of creating n Btato exhibit
of the indtiHtrlos products and resources
of the state , for which the members will
receive a per dlotn compensation for the
time actually devoted to tlio ncrvlco and
actual traveling expenses. The gover
nor Is also to appoint a commissioner
general , who Hhall devote his whole
time to the duties of the position , and
have general control of the exhibit. Ho
will appoint such assistants and cleri
cal help ns ho shall lind neces
sary. The commission will oltH-t a presi
dent and secretary , and thwo , with the
commissioner general , shall compose nn
executive council , with full newer tenet
net In all matters under general super
vision and direction of the commission.
The term of these oJllelals will date
f rom'appolntinonl to the closing of the
exposition and fmeh further time , not to
exceed three months , ns shall bo neces
sary to close up the state work In con
nection therewith. The act goes into
effect at once.
It having boon decided that Nebraska
shall bo represented in Iho Columbian
exposition , it now only- remains for the
governor to appoint capable and olllclcnt
men as commissioners who will enter
promptly and oriorjjotieully Into the
work of preparing the exhibit. There
is time enough in which to properly do
this , but there liJTnono to lose , and the
coinmis&ion should bo organized and
ready to proceed with the work at farth
est within the next two months.
or KASTnitx
There has boon a great deal Bald and
written during the past few yours re
garding the troubles and lUllicultios of
eastern fanners , but very little by way
of sugircsUng ways of relief. From all
over Now England there has been a con
stant strcslm of cornpjnint regarding the
depression of agrieulturo and the hope
less condition of thojo engaged in it.
Pathetic accounts have boon written of
in which the
the hand-to-mouth way
majority of farmers live and the toil and
hardships they endure in order to eke
out a wretched subsistence. A good deal
of truth has boon combined with u largo
amount of exaggeration. It is undoubt
edly true that the lot of the average
eastern farmer Is not an altogether en
viable ono , but H is also in evidence that
there are many intelligent , industrious
thrifty farmers in the eastern states
who are making a very satisfactory live
lihood ana have as many of the enjoy
ments and comforts of life as fall to those
elfiowhoro who pursue agriculture.
The Elaine commissioner of labor sta
tistics hus incorporated in his annual
report a collection of views obtained
from farmers as to what Is the trouble
with farming. Very generally their
complaint is the common ono , not pe
culiar to any section , that produce is too
low and taxes too high. It is found ,
also , that the fooling among them is
quite as prevalent as elsewhere that the
corporations and capitalists do not boar
their share of taxation. This sort of
complaining , however , is not universal
with them. Some farmers indicate that
they are very well satisfied with .holr
situation. Ono suggests 'that farmers
who attend to their business and are not
standing round with both hands hi their
pockets , sucking black pipes , are all
right , while another reports that ho has
earned enough money to pay his taxes
while his neighbor has been loafing
about the village store and scolding
ubout hard times. It would doubtless bo
unjust to assume that most of the east
ern farmers who find great dilflculty In
making ends moot are careless or shift
less. Undoubtedly many who attend to
their business are not nil right. But
it is altogether probable that
the complaints from that section
would bo far less nuinorouo
if .the farmers generally pursued their
industry nioro intelligently and wore
more practical in the management of
their allulrs. It Is not to bo expected ,
of course , that under any circumstances
farming can bo made as profitable in the
cost as , under favoring conditions , it Is In
the west , but that it can bo made more
profitable than It now generally is does
not ndmit of a doubt. As to the troubles
which arise from other causes than lack
of practical intelligence and Industry ,
they are not Irremediable , and although
the power and influence p ( the eastern
farmers uro relatively loss than those of
the agriculturists of the west , they
may reasonably hope by judicious and
persistent olTort to at least mitigate the
discriminations against thorn of which
they now complain.
LOOK Tllfi DOOHS.
The closing days of former sessions of
the legislature have boon scandalized by
a disgraceful scramble for spoils. Em
ployes and frequently members have
considered that cfllco furniture , station
ery and supplies furnished them while
in the service of the btate boonme their
individual- property upon the adjourn
ment of the legislature.
Hy this playful custom the members
provided themselves witti a largo sup
ply of stationery , books , maps nnd vari
ous other small articles , with chairs nnd
other plocos of furniture , and , In fact ,
with everything in sight tluvt could bo
conveniently lifted nnd carried out of
the capltol. This custom Is an exagger
ation of the habit of lawmakers In older
states , who supply themselves with all
nrtlclos necessary to the performance of
their duties nnd charge tho. expense to
the public account. There the cost is
provided for In the appropriation for
contingent expenses. Tloro the conscien
tious legislators merely took anything
in sight. They appropriate public prop
erty for private purposes and say noth
ing ,
The custom Is doubtless very funny
nnd is pursued more In the nature of a
genial joke than of cold-blooded larceny.
Hut oven ia this light it in euiuowhut
reprehensible , and Iho famous reform
legislature of 1801 would do well to turnover
ever u now leaf.
Lot It bo said of this body that , If It
did not realize all the hopes of reform ,
it at least left the capltol intact.
GOLD mm
Tho'o who criticise the action of the
trcanury department In refusing to sup
ply gold bars for export do ao without a
proper understanding of the situation ,
Nothing could bo nioro absurd than the
attempt to glvo this decision of the de
partment a political aspect or to make It
( ippear to indicate an cspccla * ! solicitude
on the part of the administration in re
gard to gold. It is wholly and simply a
practical business move , ma'do necessary
by the fact that the supply of gold bars
In the treasury IH not BO largo as to jus
tify permitting Its further depletion. It
isnotqucstionablo that the United States
has hitherto been too accommodating In
this matter , its constant practice of fur
nishing gold bars for export In mak
ing up national balances , having en-
nblccl ether nations to use their entire
gold holdings for coinage purposes ,
whtlo depriving this country of a largo
stock of gold.
This now policy Is not only authorized
by an net of the last congress , but it is
in line with the course of other commer
cial nations , which refuse gold bars for
shipment whenever they doom it ex
pedient to do so. There is no good rea
son why this country should continue to
serve out its uncoined gold lo foreign
countries when there is norcciprocity In
their practice , Another consideration
is that tills policy will have the olTect to
chock exportation of gold for speculat
ive purposes , which Is'by no means un
common. It may bo expected that the
demand for gold hereafter for shipment
will bo for the moat part to moot legiti
mate requirements in making up bal
ances , and it Is not apparent that the
now rule will interfere with this. And if
it should bo found to do so there is
nothing in the way of the treasury de
partment relinquishing the now policy
for an emergency. Whenever tlio Btnlo
of trade shall bo such as lo create bal
ances payable abroad which cannot bo
conveniently settled with gold coin , it
will bo time enough to consider the
expediency of returning temporarily to
the shipment of gold bars. In the mean
time It is probable that the average
export of gold will bo materially de
creased.
Criticism of the action of the treasury
department does not come from thoao
members of the business communities
most interested whoso operations are
altogether legitimate. A11 such approve
It as judicious and important , not
merely as a means of retaining our gold ,
which wo shall bo able to do only by
keeping our foreign trade -in such a con
dition as to avoid creating balances pay
able abroad with gold , but because it
will put a wholesome chock upon exports
of that metal not duo to natural and
legitimate causes.
KEEV WITHIN HOUA'DS.
The legislature should carefully guard
tho.interests of the state In those closing
days of the session , It should keep a
sharp eye on the .appropriation bills and
BOO that no steals are rushed through at
the last minute.
The biennial appropriations of 1887
wore formed on a reasonable basis.
Those of 1889 exceeded the bounds of
necessity , of reason and , In some instan
ces , amounted to a scandal. The bills
reported this year by the house commit
tee on finance , ways and moans make
some savings in minor Horns , but the
cost of several public institutions is
considerably increased and the total will
exceed that of any previous year. The
appropriations for western sufferers
have necessarily swelled the gross ex
penditures for the next biennial period ,
but oven aside from tills the tendency
appears to bo to increase the expenses
of the state during this era of reform ,
rather than to cut thorn down.
Hero , for instance , are some strange
from the committee's
figures appropria
tion bill. In 1880 the state appropriated
$10,000 for fuel and lights at the Lincoln
Insane hospital , and the sauio amount
for that purpose at Norfolk. In the
present bill the appropriation for
fuel and lights at Lincoln Is fixed
at $30,000 , while at Norfolk
It is cut down to 812,000. If fuel and
lights cost the same amount at Lincoln
and Norfolk two years ago , why should
the committee this year increase ono in
stitution by 81-1,000 and reduce the ether
by $4,000 ? Is It because ono hospital Is
managed for revenue only , while the
other Is kept on a reasonable basis by its
admirable superintendent ? The house
had the good sense to cut down the Lin
coln appropriation for fuel and lights
from $30,000 to $20,000 , but it is still
$8.000 in excess of the Norfolk item.
Will somebody explain the little occon--
trlclty ?
Appropriations have boon Increased
in ether institutions , and the reductions
are almost wholly confined to the small
items and executive departments. The
penitentiary Item has boon swelled by
about $15,000 over that of 1889. The ap
propriations for the Institute for feeble
minded , the homo for the friendless ,
and that for deaf and dumb , ns well as
for almost every ether nublio Institu
tion , has boon increased , in the total or
upon particular items. The cost of fuel
and limits for the capital was cut down
by the house from $10,000 to $7,500 , and
oven at the latter llguro Is auspic
iously liberal ,
It is the duty of every member of the
legislature to carefully scrutinize the
appropriation bill , compare it with the
reasonable figures of 1887 , and then use
lila voice and vote to keep the public ex
penses within proper bounds.
It was entirely appropriate thnt Taylor of
Loup should bo clearance ! la Ills flignt by
Mr. Rosowator'a ' trusty lieutenant , Sotti Colo.
But It was indiscreet journalism to publish
the fact la Mr. Hosowater's paper , H'oiliJ-
JftraM.
This Is of a piece with nil the malic
ious , contemptible nnd indecent journal
ism that characterizes the World-1 fcruld
under the management of a fraud. Mr.
Cole has no more to do with Tin- : OMAHA
lluw than "Vnndorvoort has , andVandor-
voort , the most notorious of the oil
roomers , has boon a trusty lieutenant of
Illtchi'ock for years , Ho has boon his
bosom friend , Ho has counseled with
him whonovoJ n job was lo bo foisted
upon Iho clty whenever Iho council-
contractors' conlblnosot nbout to rob our
citizen ? .
TOO many millionaires of our day owe
their immense : resources to methods of
business which will not boar investiga
tion. Too iimity ewe their wealth to
'
usury , todlslj'oposly , to utter heartless-
uesa. It is gratifying , therefore , to
record to the credit of the late Charles
P. Chickoring , the piano manufacturer ,
that ho jolndil to his commercial ability
n rigid Integrity which could not bo im-
poached. A miser , James Paine , un
willing to rlslt his funds In any bank ,
entrusted them for sufo keeping to Mr.
Chlckorlng , asking and taking no
receipt , llo died. To the surprise of
the selfish , avaricious and unscrupulous ,
the veteran piano dealer announced that
the miser had lofl00,000 ; ! In hia custody.
No ono would have boon the wiser if ho
had appropriated every cent of It , but
Mr. Chlckorlng , true to his trust , handed
It over intact to the rightful heirs.
Examples of this clmrnclor are sulll-
clontly Infrequent to warrant special at
tention , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A HUCKIST shop in the rooms of the
Real Estate exchange , would hardly be
in keeping with the purposes of the or
ganization , but u display of Omaha man
ufactured products of grain , of photo
graphs of buildings , and of Omaha pat
ented articles of on3 sort and another ,
would prove valuable as an attraction
and help greatly to advertise the city.
There is positively nothing of Interest
to visitors to the exchange at present ,
excepting the genial secretary and
some placards setting forth interesting
facts about Omaha.
THK misguided amateurs down the
hill , with their usual unbounded enter
prise , located Taylor in Council Bluffs.
whore ho was not. Tim BKK located
the recreant senator in Chicago , whore
ho has boon , according to his own state
ment , since Sunday morning. In re
porting Taylor's whereabouts Tim Bun
scooped every paper in Nebraska , as
usual. If there was any indiscretion in
this scoop , it was an offense such as Is
committed by Tim HUH about 20 times a
RAILHOAU bills uro now pending In
the Nebraska legislature covering near
ly all the abuses of those monopolies ,
but thus far the railway eating house
has escaped. Some bolalotl reformer
ought to secure the passage under a
suspension of tlio rules of a measure
which shall cflmjiol managers of those
institutions to stajnp the dates upon the
pies and the specific gravity upon the
doughnuts. This Is a hint for Storns-
dorff.
CriAiustANICuusK of the house com
mittee on citlcsand ; towns is believed to
ba a fair man. Ho promises that the
Omaha charter amendments shall have
immediate attqntion. There is no occa
sion for any delay. The state at largo
is not interested iu this purely local
measure. Lot it bo reported andjiassed.
The city of Omaha is , anxious ' io know
what enterprises it will bo empowered to
undertake during the coming aoason.
EXrCoNOUESSMAN MAUTIX says ho
managed to live in Washington during
his term of offlco for $50 per month and
goes homo to his people very well ilxod
financially as a result of his economy.
This is the Texas statesman who nearly
lost his life 'in .1 hotel ono night from
nphyxiatlon. Ho blow out the gas. His
constituents called him hoiuo-bofoi-o ho
learned to bo extravagant.
THE city physician submits his Jan
uary report at a meeting of the council
on March 24. The city physician acts
very deliberately. Some time since an
ordinance was passed directing every
physician to report all deaths ns they
occur to the coroner. Perhaps if. suf-
ciont time is allowed this duty will bo
performed.
SHOULD the edge of the legislative
pockctknlfo continue keen , the attor
neys in the contest cases will find their
fees completely whittled , uff. They hnvo
now boon pared and shaved and quur-
torod until but $300 is allowed each con
testant and contosteo for attorneys fees.
THK reinstatement of Charles J.
Brown as postolllco inspector will bo
accepted by old eltl/.ons familiar with
his faithful service In this capacity , as a
proper recognition of the gentleman's
worth and experience.
A TUAIN load of sugar , 577COO pounds
of bonded sweetness , consigned to a
single wholesale grocery house in
Omaha , Is a fair Indication of the im
portance of this branch of the jobbing
trade.
THE bill to facilitate the mortgaging
of farm property by issuing bonds se
cured by a blanket mortgage on neigh
borhood farms has boon approved by the
governor.
Soirrn OMAHA ? lias as many candi
dates for the council in each ward as
Chicago has candidates for mayor. They
are likewise about as indifferent to party
linos. i , ,
THE house of , representatives should *
apply principles..JQt homo rule to Oma
ha's charter bilbiuid pass it ns it shall
bo approved by 'tihd Omaha delegation.
TfiB single os qs'sor ' bill as it will pass
the sonata makes \\Q \ \ now olllco elective.
LET Omaha pusliher ; public improve-
monts. ' " >
Wny to Ilont School Itoolc
The Holllstcr ( California ) Free Lance ts
publishing the . -Kncltl of Virgil by sections.
Holi&mi'H Choice ) with I.e
KtocAu ( iYcr. ) Sentinel.
Sulphur and brimstone are ou tlio fro o list.
So is salvation , Now , Nevada legislators ,
take your choice.
Mko Most I'roliibltlou ,
Rurlnij the month of February the poll tax
collector of Victoria , H.C. , collected 39,743 ,
from Chinese immigrants. Tbo Astorlua ob
serves : John Bull gets tUo coin , wo L'Ot the
Chinese.
_
/In Kdltor'H Iinok.
JSVniila ( Cain. ) llewM.
Prom all over the mining part of the state
como rfltwts of people picking up gold In tlio
streets after the recout rulus. Why , that la
nothing. After the rnln here last month wo
picked up n place of ( ? old worth Junl * T > , to-
Kothor with a ploca of illvur nnd u small dia
mond. It u-m In a punn anil wo foil ml It In
the poitofllco. Not only our utroati Imt our
public buildings "arc pivoil wttli Raid. "
lU-ltnr Tlun Itlulin * .
Cfnrfnn ill Commr rtluMliite'te ,
The late Idntf or Hawaii dlo < l poor. Ills full
name , which ho toft ns a iogncy , Is Ivcn an
XMvId Lnamea ICumniilmpur Mnldimlanl Na.
lolAohuolmlnnl Luinhtutil ICnlalcuin. "A
good naino Is better limn great riches. "
Wo'rn All KntMlml.
The Victoria Colonist rejoiced exceed
ingly nt the rosalt of tbo Dominion elections ,
snyliiR ! "Wo hnvo Just escaped annexation
to the United States , " to which the Ore-
gonlan of Portland rcipombt "Juit tlilnk ,
llrothcr Culonltt , what wo of the United
States have oicapod. "
Ton l''nr.
Counsel for Vincent , tlio wife munloror ,
now on trial nt Fresno , Cal. , askoil for n
change of vonuo. Ono of the reasons ilvcu
Is "that tlio people of this county linvo
learned that a mob of many citizens of the
clty of Now Orleans took unlawfully Into
'thoir own bandit the law , nnd without duo
course of law killed moil allowed to Imvo com
mitted murder , nnd the doponunt Is Informed ,
nnd bcltovcs anil fears that such an net , so
commuted and so known to have ucon com
mitted , Increases the doMro which exists in
this county to destroy hi * llfo without due
process. " Tlio court didn't ' see It In that
light and the application was refused.
Secretary Xolilu Not Popular.
CifcflflDDIM. / .
Although denies come from all official
sources that Mr. Noble Intends to rotlro from
the cabinet , an examination of his career as
secretary of the Interior shows many causes
of ( UlTcronco between htm nnd the president ,
The secretary of the Interior Is not at all
populnr with the leaders of his party , nnd
onmorottian ono occasion the incoinpetcncy
of the secretary has boon brought to the at
tention of the president. The fact that Noble
could not nh'roo with Land Commissioner
GrolT , nnd bold up several Important deci
sions of the commissioner whoti the said de
cisions wora rogardoa uy a largo number of
dlstliiguishoJ lawyers to bo correct , brought
about the resignation of Jtulgo GrofT.
The late I ndlan troubles also caused much
adverse criticism of the administration , mid
Mr. Harrison felt keenly the exposures made
by the press , and hence Issued the order di
recting the war department to talto chnrgo of
the matter. It will bo romcmooroJ that at
the tlmo when the president was considering
General Miles' 5UBgc3tlon to lot tlio war do
partmcntaeal with the Indmn question Secretary
rotary Noble threatened to resign if the mat
ter was taken from Ul3 control. General
Miles' stipgestlon was agreed to , but Secre
tary Noble did not resign.
Now comes the secretary with a scheme to
prevent the payment of the $3,000,000 appro
priated In tlio Indian bill for the payment
of tlio claims of the Choctaw mid
Chicknsaw Indians. Noble fought tuo
claims before the appropriation com
mittee , but was beaton. Now ho proposes -
poses to hold up the payment of the claims ,
although the law directs him to pay over the
money to the Indians. The attorneys of the
Indians are a powerful and inlluentlal crowd.
Ono of thorn was formerly Noulo's law part
ner. The attorneys propose to got their fees ,
and they have also set out to got Mr. Noble's
ofllcial scalp. A very Rood slice of the
$3,000,001) , ) goes to the attorneys for fcos.
There is ono thine certain , however : the
next congress will probably i > o called upon to
Investigate the moans employed to secure
the adoption ottno $3,000,000 , arriendmont to
the Indian bill. If what is rumored about
the lobby In the matter is trao , some Inter
esting developments may bo looked for.
Puck : "Strange that Irish landlords arose
so numerous. " "I didn't know they wore. "
"Why , yes ; the leased thing worries tuoai. "
Ono of the new steamships of the Nether
lands line has been christened Doublcdara ,
which is a reminder of the old-stylo sea
captains.
Richmond Recorder : "Women aronot cruel
to dumb animals. No woman will wilfully
step on a mouse"
Puck : Mr. Donny Are you wearing the
traditional sackcloth and I is has during lent ,
Miss Findlavl
Miss Find lay Well , partly , Mr. Donny.
The sackcloth goes , but I live la anatural gas
town in Ohio , and , you know , wo don't have
ashes.
Harper's Bazar : "Shall I shovel oft the
sidewalk , ma'nml" Inquired the boy with the
snow shovel. No ; I way need the sidewalk
again , " replied the good woman , who hap
pened to bo a Vnssar graduate , "You may
remove the snow , however. "
Epoch : Johnny Is a smart boy. When ho
was asked to dclino mustucno he Instantly re
plied : "It's u bang on the inoutn. "
Somcrvltlo Journal : The man who always
does Just as his wife tolls him may not bo
so Independent ns others , but when things go
wrong ho will have somebody to blame.
Philadelphia Inquirer : Which is In worse
case the man so sick ot himself thathu
lias to talk to somebody , or the man so stole
of others that ho wants to talk to nobody )
Now York World : I'rof. Myers has dis
covered a means of producing rain , and what
Is worse , ho seems to ho overworking his
discovery. IJul perhaps the professor Is also
an umbrella mender.
- ' Bazar He I didn't
Hax-por's : get your
last letter.
She ( pouting ) And I ont you a lass In It.
Ho How uubuslness-liko jou arot Don't
y&u know that letters containing valuables
should bo registered !
Ho was allowed to kiss away the pout.
Kew Ynrlt Sun.
Only a lock of auburn hair
Caughton thu front of his vest ;
He thoughtlessly touched the button ,
Ills wii'o she did thu rest 1
Boston Transcript : Mamma You naughty
girl I You'vo caton every cooky there waiou
the plato. I told you you might have throe.
Llttlo Edith Yes , but vou didn't ' toll mo
whiuu thrco. So I had to cat till to bo suroto
get the right ones.
Harper's Weekly : "Well , Hastus , I hear
you have left Mr. Smlthors. "
"Yas-slr. "
"Did ho glvo you a good recommenda
tion ! "
"Yns-slr. Ho dun write It. an" said I wuz
do mos' mendacious an' fuillblo nlggah ho
kuowod , "
HUES TMtE (3KKEX GKTS HACK.
Jamil iriiUeomli lltliil ,
When the green t'ota back In the trees , and
bees
Is a-buzzla' aronn' again ,
In that kind of a lazy "go-as-you-plcaso"
Old gait tnoy bum roun' In ;
When the groun's oil bald whcro the hay rick
stood
And the crick's ' rlz , and the brcnzo
Coaxes the hlooui In the old dogwood ,
And the green Kits back In tuo trees.
I like , HH I say , In slch scenes as those ,
Tuo tlmo when the green gits back In the
trees.
o' winter tlmo
When the whole tail-feathers
Is nil pulled out nnd gouol
And the sup It thaws and begins-to climb ,
And the sweat It starts out on
A feller's forrnrd , a-glttin1 down
At the old spring on his knees
I kind o1 like Jos' ' u-loaforin' rouu1
When i.he green gits back In tlio trees
J < ti'o-poltorju' roun1 as I durn pleas
Wbcu the group , you Know , giU bock In
tbotrccdl
TJIK u.trir.ij , crrr.
Lincoln Itcpubllcntia Moot and Kn-
ilorno Municipal NoinlnccM.
LINCOLN. Nob. , March -Special [ to Tup.
Dei : . ] Notwithstanding the Inclemency of
the weather llotinnnu's hall was well lilted
last avcnltiK with republican * , young tind old ,
who turned out to outhusa over the city
tlckoU There was plenty of enthusiasm
shown , and tiotiilng but good words were
heard for the nominees of the convention.
I'raililtmb Wnlto valltxl the mooting to or
der in u brief ipooiih staling the objects of
the meeting , and Introduced Hon. (1. M.
Latnbcrtson , who spoke on "Tho Republican
1'nrty. " The speech was n mugntllcont
eulogy of the grand old party , n rovlow of Its
nchluvvmcntshi nallonnl and municipal cam-
palgnn , and an appo.il to the young men to
stand for the right
Ho was followed uv Captain \ . II. Wood
ward , who explalnoil the workings of the
Australian ballot system at length , and snld
n few good words for the ticket nnd the
party. J. Ij. Cnhlwcll followed with a good
talk on the line of party foully , guvo the
bolters Bomo hard raps uml rovlnwou the rec
ord of Mr. Aluxiindor. Addrussat were also
delivered by I. W. Lansing , I. II , Hiiyiuond
and others.
Hon. S. J. Alexander , the republican noitil-
nco for mayor , was called for raid made a
brief flpuoch , IIi > cave the llo to the nisor-
tlim that ho had voted for Uoyd. Ho hud
not entered a denial before the convention ,
as ha wished to win on his merits ns a can
didate , but us the llo had been repealed since ,
ho wished to nail It right then and there.
Ho lnul gene Into this canvass without mak
ing nny pledges , nnd If ho was elected mayor
hu would ulvo thu city n good , clean , bust-
nusu administration ,
RUrilKMK COUKT.
W. II Bacon. cs < v , of Hall county was ad
mitted to practice.
Sclimiu vs Sclunld. Motion to dismiss pa-
tltlon In error nmy bo lllod , but will lie over
ruled. I'lfllntlff in error required to give
now suporscdnas hand.
State ox rcl Merrill vs Snyder. Peremp
tory writ of mandamus allowed mid issued.
Stntoox rcl Attorney General vs Atclnson
& Nebraska railroad company. John II ,
Aim ; : ! npiKiintcd rulcirco. Causa continued.
Woods vs West , Order of dismissal va
cated and cause reinstated.
Wincoto vs Ulall. Dismissed.
The following causes wcro urgucd nnd sub
mitted : State ox rol Mori-ill vs Snyder ,
Chicago , IJurlliiKton & Qulncy railroad com
pany vsGustln , Hayden vsCook , ICiiumol vs
Scott. Cal vert vs State , armors' Hank vs
HafHhman , Bradford vs I'otorson , Lamb vs
liultor , Star Lubricating Oil Works vs
White , Uurrls va Court , Gwvor vs Hall ,
Heotory vs Nlssen , llailsbnck vs Pattern ,
Hornborger vs San ford , Lungren vs Sanford ,
Phillips vs ICulm , Leako vs Gnllngly , Huy-
inond vs Miller , State ex rel Packord vs Nel
son , Hooper vs Wcstcrhoff , Cess Count } *
bank vs Brleker , State ox ret Fowllo vs
Painter , State ox rol Hoynl Arcanum vs
lion ton. |
The following cnuscs were continued :
Shocdyvs Bcnadon , stnto ex rcl McBrldo vs
Fidelity Insurance company , Lee vs Itrug-
innnn , Ilutchlna vs Thackara , Owen vs
Uuiill , Taylor vs state , HoJgklss vs state ,
Brown vs Muggurd , Kotfgoncap vs Ilnr-
groiivos , Dawson vs Williams , Hooves vs
Wllcox , Anderson vs Lombard Investment
company , Oliver vs Chicago , Burlington &
Quinny railroad company , Plattsmouth in
vestment company vs Slaughter , Missouri
Paclllo railway company vs Twiss , Alex
ander vs Ovcrton , Emory vs Johnson , Hath-
man vs Poycke , Omaha vs Hanson , state ex
rel Bankhnrt vs Gushing , Hakanson vs
Brodky , Hnskcl vs Valley county , Cunning
ham vs Fuller , Gnlloghcr vs Cromwell , Pat
rick land company vs Lcavcmvorth , Strat-
tea vs Omnha & Hcpuhllcan Valley railway
company.-stato ox rcl Hobblns vs Omaha &
North Pintle railroad company , Jollingworth
vs Saunders county , state ex rcl Cheevor vs
Johnson , Iowa savings bank vs Dunning ,
Uoso vs Munford , Schuylcr National bank vs
Uauctt , Weeks vs Wheeler , state
vs Bcatty , Hnggtn vs Ilaggln , Qlado
vs White. James vs Suttou , lllnohart , vs
Taylor , Ilamsky vs IConnody , Capital Na
tional bank vs Williams , Anthcs vs Anthcs ,
Moaker vs Curran , Bowman vs Bank , Kil-
patrlck vs Young , Scroggiu vs McClelland.
Garmlro vs Wllley , State vs Commercial
State bank , Klngsloy vs Buttcrflcld , Bloomer
vs Nolan. Bailey vs State , Boar vs Gerccko ,
Bank vs McCHl , State vs MoOarm , Miller vs
Antolono county , Now.ill vs KitnbaU , Carver
vs Taylor , Ycatmaii vs Ycatmun , Tullock vs
Webster county , Iimvalo vs Bailey , Yelsor vs
Pulton , First National bank vs Scott ,
Spink vs Hobbins , B. & M. vs Jackson ,
Phoenix Insurance company vs Dungan ,
Hayes vs Franklin county lumber company ,
Hnymond vs Woodman , Morris vs Wllllts ,
Howell vs Alma milling company , Nebraska
loan nnd trust company vs Shaffer ,
Barker vs Evorson , Mahngan vs Mc-
Manns , Miller vs B. & M. railroad company ,
Giles vs Miller , Dolsnor vs Uuby , Stabler vs
Gund , Boohl vs Cowan , State bank vs W11-
kio , Reed vs Snoll , Jordan vs Dewey , Harris
vs Hoc , George vs Ednoy. Klttell vs Jenns-
sen , Podlcr vs Pearson , Hannu vs Kood , Do
Priest vs McKlnstry , Probst vs Probst , Pon-
rand vs Whitney. Seaman vs Brumnltt ,
State ox rol School district No. 1 , Hitchcock
vs Cormltt , Kllpatrick vs Schaofllo , Solomon
vs Reynolds , Woods vs West.
Court adjourned to Tuesday , March 31 ,
1891. The court will take up no now busi
ness at its next meeting.
TUB COUllT'a DICTUM.
The supreme court yesterday afternoon
handed down Its decision In the case of the
Chicago , Burlington & Qulncy company vs.
Moore , error from Lancaster county. The
case was reversed nnd dismissed. Moore was
nn omployo of the company and his wages
were garnishcod In Iowa , the laws of Ne
braska preventing suuh action. The com
pany was compelled to pay his wages Into
court , and ho then brought suit to recover
from the company. The court hold that ns
the Iowa court had jurisdiction in the matter
and of the parties the payment In the Iowa
court by the company constitutes a complete
defense to u subsequent action brought in
this stato.
A riHNTCll'S riOIlT.
Onn of the prettiest lights In society poli
tics that ono would care to BOO took place yes
terday afternoon in the hall of the Lincoln
typographical union iu the Brown block.
The light was over the selection of a delegate
to represent the union at tbo annual meeting
In Boston this yonr. There were 11 vo con
testants originally , but only thrco were pro-
scntod to the union. They were J. 10. llowo ,
foreman of the Journal composing room , and
Onoy Clarkin and C. A. Riggs of the same
olllco. The flrst ballot msulted : Riggs , 35 ;
Bowo , 30 : Clarkin , 10 ; Bain , 1. The sixth
ballot resulted : RU'gs , Sii ; Howe , 31 ; Clar
kin , S ; and it boiugnitrocd upon beforehand
to adjourn at 0 o'clock the election was post
poned until Sunday ,
oi > ns AND INDS. :
Mrs. ICntlo Wiekmoyer , aged sixty-six
vears , mother of Mrs. John H. McClay. died
at 6 o'clock ' this morning. The funeral will
take place at 10 o'clock tomorrow mornlne
from her daughter's residence , 100'J D street.
J. A. Anderson , solicitor tor the Western
Resources , Is looking for Iho thlof who stole
his overcoat lust night. Ho wus still looking
at noon ,
Annlo Taylor , a colored woman , Is In Jail
charged with potty larceny. Annlo holds out
In the bottoms mid was visltod Tuesday evening -
ing by nn Omaha sport who was seeing the
sights. It cost him In this instance $ in moro
than bo was aware ot , nnd ho accuses the
dusky Annie of swiping It from him.
J. R. Webster tells the county court thnt
the Icual services ho rendered Alexis Halter
are worth at least $50. but iw his demand has
been refused he asks Judgment ,
The Jury which has boon struggling with
tnoonsoor Joseph Burns against J. II. Bow
ers , to recover for a holfe bored in a portion of
cnrlh belonging to defendant , returned a vor-
dint this morning for plaintiff for J100.0I.
The B < iuat > blo between Fred Hapenstck and
Hufas Olotfoltcr over Iho ownership of the
fixtures of tlio snloon at Twenty-first nnd O
streets , has at last been amicably icttlcd and
the proceeds distributed ,
.Hulco Field and jury are now engaged hi
the momentous case of II. F. McCall vs , Mrs.
Lou Hntil and Sijuiro lllazlo.
Charles Adams wutitcd n dlvoroo from lil.i
wife Lyula , and as she did not appear ho sot
the blue-ribboned parchment without
npprcelnblo dlilleulty.
ytnt 'fin : WOSIKX I'DLHS. >
Mr . nt.inloy Is ft direct decomlant lhc /
seventh In line from Oliver Croimvoll. '
Annie Patterson , doctor of inuslo and 13 , A. ,
wielded the baton In Dublin at a recent
Mendelssohn concert.
Miss Nnnnto Daynnl , youngest ( laughter of
the cx-sccrotary of state , is to uinrr/ \ \
Swedish count next month.
A member of tin ) Missouri legislature In
troduced a bill to prevent women holdllrg '
ofllcc , and then took to the woods.
A herd of cattle In a largo landscape
tmiiiod with glowing color Is Ko < n Uonlicur's
latest picture. It Is going to London ,
Miss Amy Potlor of New York Is bound
for the Cyprus Island and will devote her
llfo to nursing In the now Larntca Hospital.
B The daughters of the princess of Wales nro
said to bo abloto go into the kitchen ami
cook a meat's victuals , but they novur do It.
There are nbouMXX ) women tytxuultun In
Now York. They are employed rhielly In
the publishing houses and on the afternoon
papers.
The new Irish monthly , the Lady of the
IIouso. Is the only publication In'lrclaud
whoso writers and artists are nil women.
Most of the btistncs of the paper is conducted
by women.
The picked women typewriter * employed
at the British war onice recclvo II shillings
a week for seven hours work adav ; while
the charwomen got 12 shillings for live hours
work a day.
Members of Iho Woman's ' Union of
are Bolicllattng annual subscriptions of 'M
cents from their relatives and ( rlonth to
establish a homo for women out of employ
ment in that city.
Mrs. Kronior , ono of the Now York factory
Inspectors , knows quite as much about
machinery , ventilating shafts , hoatltiK and
plumbing apparatus as any man on the force ,
not excepting the chief ,
IlaronossUurdctt-Uoutts has done much
for charity. Her last work is an appeal to
thollnglish ladles for funds for tlio Destitute
Children's ' K Inner society , to which liberal
response has been mado.
The decoration of the Academic palms with
the grade of "Ofllcor of the Academy" has
boon awarded to Miss Klngsley , the daugh
ter of the late Rov. Oharlos Klngsloy , for
writings upoa French art.
Mrs. Richard Proctor , widow of the Into
astronomer , Is to deliver a course of lectures
in different cities for the purpose of raising
funds to erect on observatory on Mission
Heights , Cal. , to perpetuate her husband's
name. ,
Koto Field is not the largo , dashing , mas
culine woman that many oeliovo shu Is , bv
any moans. On the contrary , she Is oxced-
inply feminine and unassuming. She Is
rather small in stnturo , with an admirable
manner nnd a knack of saying things that
are remembered aud passed along from
month to mouth.
Ittl Kimioy Reno , the Nashvlllo authoress ,
is the wifoof Robert Koss Reno , who comes
from the Hossos of Pennsylvania , nnd who.
with the Iluldumans nnd Cnmcrons , claims a
share In Iho estate of old I'bllippo Francois
Renault , valued at $ ' , ' 00,000,000. Mr . Uoss
has Just completed a now novel , "An Ex
ceptional Case , " which the Llpplncotts wlll "
publish. She is a hard worker nnd fre
quently writes fourteen hours a day.
Mrs. JosephinsSlmw Lowell Is thoprosident
and founder of a new organization known
as the Customers' ' League , in Now Vorlt , at
her suggestion acorninitteo wnsjscnt out to
investigate the condition of the shop-girl ,
and while discovering the evils of the clerkIng -
Ing system the good points were also dls-
covered. The Units were listed , the elas-
sUlcalioii including fair houses and line
houses. A list of those llrnis was made out ,
and , of tor the manner of the Woman's Cen
tury ultib In Philadelphia , the names on tlio
'white list' will bo mada public through thu
press , and cot only will the friends of the
loajfuo bo n l < od to transfer their patronage
to tbcso linns , hut the Invitation extended to
the women throughout the community as well.
The Customers Icnguo bus Invoatltf.itod the
condition of trade , the prwsuro that can bo
brought to bear upon the help by unjust nnd
unprincipled employers , and It is the inten
tion of tbo league to sustain the llrnis which
treat their clorlis like human beings.
"Tho Haydocks' Testimony , " by L. C. W. ,
published by request of the Christian Arbi
tration and Peace society , is a very readable
Quaker story lllustrntlvo of tbo part played
by the Society of Friends during the , civil
war. To bo obtained of John B. Wood , sec
retary of the society , Jill ) Cho.stuut street ,
Philadelphia. Cloth , $1 ; paper , 50 cents.
"WasltLovol" by Paul Bourgot , trans
lated by Cowdon Curwon , is a fascinating
love story of thrilling interest. Published by
Worthington & Co. , Now York. Paper ,
cents. > *
"Tho Carters ! Affair , " by St. George *
Rathbono , will bo read with avidity by lovers
of the mysterious and wolrd class of narra
tives. Laird & Lee , Chicago.
'Si Literary Manual of Foreign Quota
tions , Ancient nnd Modern , " compiled by
John Dovco Bclton , will bo found Invaluable
to the literary womer , and its utility to these
who have no knowledge whatever ot any Ian- -s . ,
guugo but English Is incalculable. It is Mil
of useful Information ironi the llrit page un
til the last. Published by O. P. Putnam's
Sons , Now York. Cloth , $1.60.
"Llfo and Timca of Jesus ns Related by
Thomas Uldymus , " by James Freeman
Clarke , is a somewhat remarkable work , but
intensely Interesting. Lee & Shopard. Bos
ton , Mass. Price , 50 cents In paper.
"Pericles and the Golden Ago of Athens , "
bv Cvolyn Abbott , is both intensely interest
ing mm full of instruction. It Is printed in
bold , handsome typo nnd is full of illuatra- ,
tiom and maps. Published by G. U. Put- " " "
imiu's Sons , Now York.
The Sixteenth volume of "American State
Ruperts , " selected reported uud annotated
by A. C. Freeman and the associate editors
of "American Decisions , " bus Just bean
published , This work Is invaluable to every
member of the legal profession cmbrddug
within Itspagos rcuortsof liiO cases , Bound
la sheep. Published by Bancroft-Whitney
company. San Francisco , Cul.
QBurpco's Farm Annual for the current year
is a most exhaustive treaties on seeds and
profusely Illustrated. To the farmer , gardener -
nor and public generally this worU will bo
found not only of practical utility , but it is
written in such a pleasant vein as to render
Its perusal ijullo entertaining- bo ob-
Uunod of W. Alice Burnco & Co. , 470 and
477 North Fifth street. Philadelphia. '
An excellent traiiKtatlon of ono of the
latest of Albert Dulpit's noveli under the
title of "Such Is Llfo , " has Just boon imwo
hyAloxlna I.orungor. It Is an interesting
story of the modem French school. Laird &
Lee , Chicago.
"Hoodwinked , " by T. W. Spolght , is a
well wrHtuu novel and maintains thoruudci's '
interest from beginning to end. Published
by Hand , McNally & Co. , Chicago and Now
York.
"Tbo Judge , " by Mrs. ICIla W. Poattlo , is
an intensely interesting novel , written in an
oxtroniely tasoinatmgstyio. The plot iu ucll
conceived and the character * nra delineated
In a masterly manner. This story tuok the
$ 'JOO prize olTored by the Detroit Free Press
and tno authoress is amcniborof the editorial
force of the Omaha World-Herald. Published
by Rand , MoKnily & Co.
Colonel Wear of St. Louis , n leading rail-
wav contractor for the Rock Inland road , Is
111 at the I'axton with la grippe.
Highest of all in Lwvcuing Poweri U , S. Gov't Report , Aug. 17 , 1889.
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