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liUKULAUs will horoiiftnr fljrhl shy of
the Dunily iniuision , o.xcont when the
ladles are absent from the uitv.
THK olcction of Rov. Phillips Brooks
to the hij.'h olllcoof bishop will not muko
Hint gifted prcaolior Icsa popular.
IK the sanitary commissioner IB to
run the board of health
, it will bo a
peed idea to abolish the board of health.
THK Ilutehinsons have suddenly bo-
coitio scarco. Ono has ( Iroipod ) out of
sijjht at Chicago and the other at Lin
coln.
Puiiuc sentiment will sustain the
board of county commissioners in mak
ing an appropriation of $1,000 for the
reception to the president.
VKNEZUKLA stops into line with an
executive order removing the duty from
American coroulH.
Reciprocity and re
publicanism shako hands across the gulf
of Mexico now.
lJN millionaire railway presidents
Bco nionov in Omaha investments in
tncso comparatively dull days for real
estate , citl/.cns need not bo discouraged
over prospects.
COUNTY JUDOIS STKWAUT of Lincoln
goes on record in favor of Sunday base
ball. IIo decides that the statute pro
hibiting sporting and ordinary labor
does not include the national game.
NKIIIEASKA fanners will bo encour
aged by the intelligence that tlio report
of blitrliL in central Kansas wheat fields
is without foundation. This i& to bo a
good crop year unless all signs fail.
GitovEU CLKVKLAND is in moro dan
ger from tlio two-thirds rule than from
his silver letter. If this invention of
the days of Van Huron Is sprung upon
the convention it will bo goodbye to
Grovor.
SlNUK doctors of
divinity disagree as
to the propriety of opening the gates of
the world's fair exposition on Sunday , it
will bo well enough to leave the matter
where it bolongb in the hands of the
managers ; . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
SurHUNUMUiiAUiKS nt high salaries
and rotten limbs are to bo cut oil by
President Dillon of the Union Pacific.
The political agents are both super
numerary and rotten but the chances
are that their salaries will bo continued.
A Gould railroad was never known to go
voluntarily out of politics.
A QKNEIIAI. , round-up of suspicious
characters would rid the city of
most of the thieves , highway robbers
and midnight marauders. A special
force of policemen should bo secretly
employed for the purpose anil go quietly
to work. There are too many toughs in
Omaha for the good of the city just now.
PAN-AiiKltlCAN is a irood name for a
university OH the Gulf of Mexico , which
nhall be devoted to the languages , laws
and customs of the American republic * .
It Is proposed to organize and establish
Btich an institution. Kducntion , follow
ing hard upon reciprocity and a Pan-
American railroad , will complete the
commercial union which should obtain
among the people of all Americas.
EVEUY week brings Omaha nearer to
second place as a hog-packing center.
Last week's report for tlio season shows
a fiilling oil'at Kansas City of 11,000 and
a gain in Omaha of ! 3),00t ) ) hogs in the
number packed over the corresponding
period last year. Last year at this time
Omaha was 00,000 behind her rival.
She is now but 5-1,000 in the roar. Sioux
City's pack for the season shows a drop
from 80,000 , -ID.OOO. .
AN editor who figures what are tech
nically termed "not " in
earnings" a rail
road statement as dividends to the flock-
holders displays a density of ignorance
of the subject which should lead him to
conflnu his editorial comment in the
future to "corsets as a tost. " Thomas C.
Dunmt would fairly writhe In his grave
if ho could * co what stupidity and ar
rant duimigoglsm the proceeds of the old
Ilerndon house makes possible inOinuha
Journalism ,
The census bureau hns issued an extra
bulletin containing statistics of farms ,
homos and mortgages in Alabama and
Iowa , two typical states having nearly
the same population , ono representing
the conditions In tlio south and the other
those in the west. The bulletin is the
beginning of a series which shall make
public the investigations of the bureau
throughout the union.
Superintendent Porter explains that
the work of obtaining Information in re
gard to Individual indebtedness has been
besot with great dtfllcully , Many coun
ties are simrsoly settled and the special
agonls of the bureau have been obliged
to make long and laborious journeys to
roach county scats. There is a wide di
versity of system also In the methods of
recording these instruments. In many
Instances Investigators wore obliged to
turn over the pages of every vol-
umu of the county records in
order to locale the mortgages and
in all cases to read the entire Instru
ments and make abstracts of them. . he
carolnMiiuss and ignorance of county of-
Hours and the indilTcrutico of individu
als as to the correctness of papers and
the releases of mortgages wore also a
source of aunoyaiico and delay. Homo
idea of the extent of the investigations
is formed from the fact that UoOO em
ployes wore engaged in the compilations
in the Held for from Tour to live months ,
and they forwarded to the bureau
in Washington abstracts of moro
than nine million mortgages. As
an incident of the dilllculties , it is
stated that ono special agent examined
, " , " 00 pages in obtaining abstracts of G"
mortgages.
The records were searched for the
years 1SSO to 1889 inclusive , and show
actual land indebtedness of record Janu
ary 1 , IS'JO. In making the investiga
tions , only those instruments which are
technically denominated real estate se
curities were taken. Crop liens , me
chanics lions , judgment lions and chnt-
tlo mortgages were excluded for the
reason that the expense of searching
those out would have been greater than
the appropriations for the purpose would
wurarant and chattel mortgages are frequently -
quontly duplicated by being recorded
in several counties. Tlio real estate
mortgages cover by far the greater portion
tion of priv'ato recorded indebtedness ,
and the order of congress upon a resolu
tion of Senator Cockroll did not compre
hend a more extended investigation.
The results are admittedly and neces
sarily Inaccurate. Kxcopt by n toilsome
inquiry into the private business mat
ters of the individuals interested it
would bo impossible to deter
mine exactly what proportion of
the recorded securities uro still
actually in force and represent
actual indebtedness. The painstaking
ollicial has , howe'vor , followed the
course of these
instruments with a
sulllcient care in something like 102
counties in the United States to war
rant the conclusion that the percentage
of error in the result will not exceed 5 to
10 per cent. The figures collated will
bo of vast importance in discussing
economic questions in the future and
will furnish an excellent basis for future
investigations.
In Iowa the mortgage Indebtedness
iilaccd upon record during the 10 years
aggregated $ ] ,1288,512 , covering JiO- ,
027,028 acres and 21)2,0)7 ) ! ) city lots. The
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ox'isting mortgage indebtedness is $1- ! ) ! ,
0l,5G. : ! ! ) The average life of the Iowa
nortgago is-nonrly live yoars. The in
terest rates are 8 per cent on18.00 per
cent of the debt recorded in 10 years , 7
per cent on 21.91 per cent , 10 per cent on
28 per cent , 0 per cent on 12.88 per
cent. The interest above 10 per cent is
2-100 of 1 per cont. The legal rate in
Iowa is 10 per cent , and has boon for 10
yoars.
In Alabama the mortgage indebted
ness placed upon record during the 10
years aggregated $91,01)9,023 ) , covering
78il2 , : acres and 20,510 city lots. The
Misting- indebtedness of the state
027,9811. The average llfo of ti mortgage
Is two and seven-tenths years. The in
terest rates nro 8 per cent on 03.00 per
cent of the total , 0 per cent on 17.15 pot-
eont , 7 per cent on1.57 per cent nnd 12
nnd 12J per cent on 0.2o per cent of the
total. The legal rate is 8 per cent nnd
1ms boon for 10 yoars.
The investigations show tlmt in Iowa
the debt in force in 1880 was $28,903,447
and In 1889 it was $ oO,002,370. In Ala
bama the indebtedness in 1880 was but
82,010,50.5 and in 1880 was $1U.419,149.
In 1887 the amount recorded was $22-
400171. ! The industrial development of
Alabama was coincident with the great
and suddun growth of mortgage indebt
edness.
It would nppoar that the mortgage In
debtedness of tv coinmunitv Increases
nnd decreases as its commercial growth
is rnpld or slow. In Iowa , which has
boon steadily growing , the increase has
been steady. In Alabama the amount of
indebtedness was trilling until ISSli when
it almost doubled , and in 18S7 when it
moro than doubled that of the preceding
year , sotlling back to $13,8ol.8l in 1888
The probabilities nro that the now
stales of the west will all show a com
paratively largo indebtedness as com
pared with the old states and those of
the south. It will be interesting to
make the comparisons and the census
tables will bo In great demand by the
political parties in the next presidential
campaign. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
KIQUT UAH SKltVlCM ,
There is a great deal of rot in the
clamor for an all night street car service.
The demand la made ostensibly for the
accommodation of the printers , report
ers , pressmen nnd telegraph operators
who are doing night work. This class
of operatives la represented ns number
ing COO. If each of them patronized the
street cars the company would realize
$25 n night. That would scarcely
pay the cxpenso of fuel in the
motor 'houses , let nlono the wages
of n separate night force of conductors ,
motormen nnd other employes. Hut as
u matter of fact , the number of persons
cm duty in the newspaper and telegraph
olllcos after midnight will not exceed
two hundred. Of these , n Inajorlty nro
slnglo men located in boarding houses
within four or llvo blocks of their places
of business. So that the actual after-
midnight truflic could not exceed on nr
average from flvo to tun dollars a night.
This would scarcely Warrant 0110 mule
car for the entire length of the street
car system.
What the patrons of the street car
cofnpuny really would appreciate i.s amore
moro olliclcnt pcrvlco on some lines
where cars only run at long iutcrvaln.
Very few cities have tin nil-night car
service. But most largo cities require .
outgoing cars to bo run frequently up to | j
midnight. Thin is what , the citizens of I
Omaha demand at this time. On some ,
of the lines the last car loaves the center
of the city at 11:30. : This Is tlio greatest
source of dissatisfaction based on reason
able grounds. The street car company
can alTord to meet this general demand.
s'rnwr roin\'Aiti \ ) .
For more than llfteon years TllK BEE
has occupied the front rank among metro
politan papers botwc-on Chicago and San
Francisco. It has over boon on the nlort
as a disseminator of the current news of
the world , and its expenditure for tolo-
graphic news has boon so lavish that no
paper outside of the four or five leading
American cities has attempted to rival it.
For moro than ton years the telegraph
tolls for special dispatches paid by THE
BEE have boon larger than the tolls
paid for specials by all the papers in
Nebraska , Iowa and Kansas together.
In order to keep abreast of the great
dailies of the country , THE BEE pro
poses still further to enlarge its news
facilities. To this end a contract has
just been concluded with the Western
Associated press for an exclusive
loabed-wlro service that will glvo
THE BEE the unabridged Asso
ciated press dispatches as they
are now served to the Chicago ,
St. Louis , Cincinnati and other dailies
of the first magnitude. The North
western .Associated press _ dispatches
which have up to this time been served
in this city only embodied about 7,000
words dally. The full Western Asso
ciated press dispatches exceed 23,000
words dally. They include cable letters
from Berlin , London , I'arls and other
capitals of Europe and cover very fully
all general news and the financial and
commercial quotations from tlio business
centers.
Beginning with next Sunday our tolo-
grawhic columns will contain these dis
patches , as well ns the Now York Jfeml'l
special cable service and the extensive
special dispatches with which this paper
has been supplied for years.
In the very nature of things this
marked improvement in our telegraphic
ervico will bo chiefly noted inourinorn-
ng edition , which will bo equal In nl-
nest every respect to the great morning
lailies of Chicago and St. Louis.
ASSUMIXU KKNUWED IXTKltKST.
Tlio Bohring sea question is taking on
onowcd interest us the limo for begin
ning seal fishing draws near. According
o the latest advices from Washington
10 conclusion has boon reached in the
negotiations botwoan the government of
the United States and the British gov
ernment looking to an arrangement for
ho protection of the seals during the
coming season , and there does not appear
to bo a favorable prospect that any
inderslatiding for this purpose will
jo reached , It is stated that the
British exports strenuously deny
that the fur seal is diminish
ing , thus taking issue with Prof.
Klliott and others , nor will they admit
that there Is any near danger from the
practice of marino sealing. It has been
understood , however , that as a measure
of precaution and of comity toward the
United States , the British government
was willing to bring about a suspension
of marino sealing by British vessels in
Bohring sea for ono or oven two seasons ,
provided our government will engage
that there shall bo no marine seal
ing by American vessels , nor any
killing ' at , the seal islands by the
lessees or natives during the agreed
period ] of suspension. Secretary Foster
intimated ' a few days ago that ho re
garded it not.improbable that some sort
of an arrangement between the two gov
ernments would bo reached , and staled
at the same time that if none should bo
made the law would bo enforced. The
revenue cutters for service in Bohring
sea are under orders to sail .tho middle
of the present month , it is presumed
with the usual instructions regarding
the enforcement of the law. though it is
said their commanders will bo confiden
tially instructed not to molesl
any vessel engaged in sealing beyond
tno jurisdictiotml limit of three miles
from shore. The government will also
send out an expert to report on the con
dition of the sealing industry , and the
government agent is to bo given largo
discretion in his supervision of the con
tractors. It is
believed that unless some
extraordinary precautions are taken the
slaughter of seal the coming season will
bo unprecedented , because it is known
that there will bo a greater number ol
Canadian vessels engaged in scaling
than over before.
In the event of the failure of pending
negotiations , the interesting question
is , how far will the United States ven
ture to go in enforcing existing law re
lating to the seal HshoricsV If it shall
bo decided not to
molest any vessel en
gaged in sealing outsldo the three milo
limit there will bo no reason for appro-
bonding any now complication in the
controversy , but very little protection
would bo given to the seal. On the other
hand , if the full intent and purpose of f
the law is carried out it is possible the
British government will interpose some
thing moro forcible than a protest. There
Is nothing in the treatment of the Boh-
rlntr sea issue thus far by that gov
ernment to indicate that it has any such
intention , but it is hardly to be supposed
that it would disregard nn appeal from
the Dominion government to protect
Canadian seniors In what it claims to bo
the open sea. The situation is not such
as to necessarily cause apprehension ,
but it would bo moro satisfactory If
there was some fair and oqultablo ar
rangement between the two govern
ments for the protection of the seal in
dustry pending a permanent settlement
of the controversy regarding jurisdic
tion.
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The & on irrigation in
New Mexico fjnrnishos an Interest Ing ob
ject lesson of frlmt may bo accomplished
by supph Ing iand with moisture In this
way. Of course oven bettor Illustrations
could bo obtained olflowhoro , but this
ono is none the less serviceable for that
reason. Of'n Httlo over four thousand
farms In the territory , about three thou-
Hand are irrigated , and according to the
bulletin the average cost to the farmer ,
including the price of the land , cost of
preparing it for cultivation , and first
cost of water right , was $18.61 IKJI * aero.
The estimated per cent value of the Ir
rigated farms , including improvements ,
averages $30.98 per acre , an apparent
prollt , less cost of buildings , of $32.41
per aero. The average annual value of
the productions of these farms'ls stated
to bo $12.80 per acre , deducting from
which the annual expense per aero for
water , Sl.fi I , makes the nnnual return
$ ll.o-l per aero.
This is a very generous return upon
the original Investment , to nay nothing
of the largo increase in the value
of the lands , and the return can bo
depended upon with absolute certainty
from year to year if the same carols reg
ularly given to cultivation. It is to bo
considered , also , that the farmers of
Now Mexico , most of whom tire Mexi
cans , are far from being the best exam
ples of intelligent or scientific agricul
turists , and unquestionably a much
higher average return than is now
secured could bo obtained with the appli
cation of better methods of farming than
are employed. But making no
account of the want of hotter
knowledge of their business among
the farmers generally of Now Mexico ,
and doubtless some other drawbacks ,
farming on the irrigated lands of that
territory is evidently profitable. It is
estimated that there are at least 10,000
square miles of irrigable land In New
Mexico , which , if reclaimed , could sup
port a population of between three and
four million.
That irrigation is a well paying in
vestment needs no moro testimony than
is furnished by the results in our west
ern stales and territories , and
when ono considers- the vast
empire that awaits reclama
tion by this means a region that could
bo made capable of sustaining a popula
tion almost if .not quite ns largo as that
of the entire country at present the im
portance of the subject can bo under
stood and appreciated. It is the judg
ment of some jfintelligent statisticians
that the time isjiiol very remote when
the existing agricultural lands of the
United States will not produce enough
to supply t.hn homo demand , and the
facts which load to this con
clusion are pf a very convincing
character. It. .ijt demonstrable that for
some years tl rpercentage of increase of
the products of Agriculture hns not kept
pace with the percentage of increase of
population , nndjthis disparity is likely
to bo moro maviyjd Jn tlio. future. A
parliaL romcdy.r wilL bo found in im
proved methods of agriculture and un
questionably American farmers have
snmntblnir to innrn In this direction
and perhaps In increased production
from reducing farm areas and thus in
creasing the number of agriculturists ,
but sooner or later the vast arid region
must provide now lands to meet the
wants of the coining millions who are to
people this republic , and this can bo
done only by irrigation. It is interest
ing to note that a sense of the import
ance of this subject is no longer confined
to the west.
IT appears tlmt Colorado is already
experiencing good olTocts from the repeal -
peal by the lust general assembly of the
alien land law of that state. This act
prohibited the .acquirement of largo
bodies of agricultural , grazing or arable
lands by non-iesidcnt aliens. It also ,
while permitting aliens to loan their
money on largo tracts of land , prevented -
vented ownership under foreclosure of
mortgages by penalty of forfeiture to
the state after three years. Tlio
result was to exclude foreign
capital from the state , to the
advantage of adjoining states or ter
ritories which had no such unfriendly
legislation. It is stated by tlio Denver
IteptMicun that already since tlio re
peal of the law a largo amount of alien
capital has been gained to the state and
moro is in prospect. The policy of re
stricting the ownorship.of land by non
resident aliens is very generally popular ,
and unquestionably is founded upon a
sound principle , but the application of
the policy may not bo equally expedient
in all communities , as the experience of
Colorado appears to clearly demonstrate.
SPEAKER EUIKU is quite frank in hia
interview with a BEE reporter. Ho ad
mits that the independents p.issed the
Nowborry bill with the expectation that
it would bo vetoed by Governor Boyd ,
and that the veto was the host thing
tlmt could have , Jia/ppened / to the alliance
movement. Mr.vKldor's candor is admirable -
mirablo , but thtfin'finito ' assurance of the
alliance lenders j'ill react upon them.
They were unwilling to pass a railroad
measure which 'Would have been un
proved by the f8yxsrnor | and hnvo given
relief to the fim'ifpy from railroad oxtor-
tlons.beciiuso thnfXvouldhavo ruined the
business of the 'firufcssioiml agitators.
Without a rnllrong griovnnco they felt
sure the allinnuo party would go to
pieces. They prbvontod legislation in
order to keep uplh'o ' discontent of their
constituents aiHij } perpetuate their own
political power. ' " i"1
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A n.\MK of rqozo out has just been
played upon the counties and precincts
along the line of the Chicago , Kansas &
Nebraska railroad in the foreclosure of
that road in the interest of the Hock
Island. The subsidies in the shape of
stock purchased by the counties aggre
gated $2,000,000. The Kock Island takes
the railway and the local stockholders
take the thin consolation that comes
with the knowledge that they hnvobooti
robbed by duo form of law.
C.U'TAl.v J. M. LEE , who lias been
stationed at Rosebud agency Hlnco the
cessation of hostilities , is in Washington
and pronounces all danger of an upris
ing passed. This will bo a crushing
blow to porno of the alarmists who have
steadily predicted a renewal of trouble
unless the war department is given solo
control of Indian ntTalrs. CapUln Lee
is on otllcor in the regular army and an
old Indian tighter and agent.
AimCMM of incorporation of the
Omaha grain and produce exchange
have boon filed ns the first stop toward
establishing a grain and produce market
in this city. Tlio Incorporntors of this
exchange are all well known grain men
and they propose to bo ready for busi
ness by July 1. THE BEE welcomes this
evidence of tholr faith In the future of
this city ns a grain market and on behalf -
half of tlio citizens of Omaha extends
the right hand of business fellowship.
Too Sacred Id Fool With.
lltifton ( Unix.
Patent intirrlnco contracts like tlmt of the
spiritualists , Mrs. Lake and Mr. Poclf , never
scorn to hiivo been n success. If the terms
of a marriage contract do not make it a do
facto rnnrrlaga criminal
relationship * are
1 tt lr\1 tr (1 ntiil If tlmt * .In i.ot.r. I * _ . ! . / , . _
marriage people save themselves n deal of
annoyance nnd trouble by doing the regular
thing.
I'atnrnul f.ovo of tlio Poor.
AVic York Coinmfi-eltil Ailrertlncr.
Sensationalism nnd hysterics have been so
pronounced In the atrltutlon for tbo suspen
sion of child life
Insurance that wo are glad
to find In the
April Nineteenth Century n
moderate defense of the system , written by
Kdwarci Uordoc , a physician In the East end
of London. The defense does not convince
us that the system is free from abuses , but
It must convince every ono that paternal love
Is too strong among the poor for child life Insurance -
suranco to even suggest child death Insur
ance , except In the rarest of cases.
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And Thou , Too , \VntiorNOii.
Loutfvlltc Courier-Journal ( Icm. )
There Is running through all the short
speeches made by the president n fervor , n
tolerance , o patriotic sincerity'for which the
people were not prepared. < Wo pre
fer to listen to sticb. remarks as the president
made at ICnoxvllle , nt Chattanooga nnd nt
Atlanta , and to remember that they ciiino
from the president of the United States , the
ruler over n great nnd n united people , anil to
join with him In rejoicing that the conlltct
which a quarter of n century ngo raged over
those fair liclds and thundered fro'ii those
mountain tops resultednot ( undivided coun
try , but in n closer and moro glorious union.
10veil tlio .IIiiKivunips Applaud.
KflDCll ,
1'rosldcnt Harrison's tour through the
southern states has been characteruod by re
spectful and apparently earnest attention on
the part of the people , If not by any very con
spicuous demonstrations of enthusiasm. The
president's brief addresses to the people at
various points have been , on the whole , un
pretentious and in good taste , with such Inci
dental references to the policy of his adminis
tration and its effect upon southern Interests
ns were naturally to bo expected. The most
gratifying thing has boon the general recog
nition of the community of Interests between
the south and the west of the country , and a
moderate acknowledgment of the progressive
and patriotic spirit that prevails. There has
been no tone of sectionalism In the president's
words nnd ho has doubtless gained some
breadth of view by his casual contact with
the southern people.
I'ASfflXG .JESTS.
(51obo : An Atchlson woman has taken so
much sulphur Unit people say she would
make a good mutch.
New York Commercial Advertiser : Gov
ernor Hogg of Texas Is very angry with his
own people , but his conduct In the prevail
ing trouble belles his name.
Life : La Fiancee I am sorry to hear
papa is speculating so heavily.
Lo Fiance By Jove ! It Is almost criminal
for a man to speculate with money that
ought to bo saved for his son-in-law.
TIIC OI.l ) , OM ) STOUY.
A'ew York Journal
At 2 p. ra. now the clerk feels sick ,
At U ho loaves the store ,
At 4 o'cloelc on the baseball grounds
Ho yells till his throat is .sore.
Puck : Airs. Dusoo O , dear ! This paper
tins published a horrid scandal about me.
Aliss Alinn Ann Pussier flow terrible !
How did they get hold of It I
Denver Sun : The poetess who wrote
"Backward , Turn Backward. Oh Time , In
Your Flight , " wns like n peed many
actresses. She wanted n return date.
I'oxt.
'Tis ' now the youth feels agony
Of most distressing sort.
Ills last spring's trousers prove to bo
Aloro than an Inch too short.
Park Policeman Say , what ycr glvln'
away Uom bows and arrows fur ?
. Philanthropist 'Sh ! I'm a dealer Inarti
ficial eyes.
Now York Commercial Advertiser : A
scientific follow who Is compiling a now
geography makes it appear that the mount
ains are just us old as the hills.
Birmingham Republican : The thrifty po
tate but emerges to join the farmers' alliance
in u movement to prevent cheap potatoes.
Washington Post : Spring evidently means
to stay , having brought Its grip with It.
Now Orleans Picayune : It takes n long
time for a young man to become n good car
penter : but ho can learn enough In six weeks
to join a strike.
TUB I'OKT AND T1JH KDITO ! ! .
I'lJSt.
Actr ,
Vcrsolet.
Act II.
Curselot.
Act HI.
IIoarsi > lot.
Homorvlllo Journal : Some men think that
endorsing the good deeds of other people Is
about the same thing us performing them
themselves. I
Hnzloton Sentinel : In nno respect the la
dles have n parallel. The spring chicken
never tells its uge.
Elmlrn CJnzotto : Don't llnttor yourself that
it can't get away just because you have bolt
ed your food ut sea.
Boston Transcript : The most polite man
wo know of is ono who never permits himself
to look over his own shoulder.
Sotuervillo Journal : There Is something
radically wrong about the innn who cun have
oxnctly the same opinion about his own baby
that ether pcoole have.
Now YoricHerald : Goodun I wonder why
did Talmaga shavu off his whhkor.il
Badun Probably becausn tlio wind was
whistling secular tune * through them.
A. soxti offji.tr.
at. Xteliiilit * .
Merry , rollicking , frolllcklng Alay
Into the woods came skipping one day ;
She teased the brook till he laughed outright ,
And gurgled and scolded with ull his might ;
She chirped to the birds and budo them sing
A chorus of welcome to Lady Spring ;
And the bees and butterflies she sot
To waking the ( lowers ttiut wore sleeping yet.
She shook the trees till the buds looked out
To see what the trouble wns ull about ;
And nothing In nature escaped that da > '
The touch of the live-giving , bright youtiff
Alny.
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL ,
OonsiJoMbla Speculation as to a Curtain
Young Man's ' Whereabouts ,
HE WAS IN SEARCH OF HIS SISTER ,
SOIMP Oltlotsw of Hie Mitcnlu 1'ollco
Force nt the Knlluro to Cap
ture lliitoliliison Dis
trict Court
LINCOLN , Neb. , April no. [ Special to TUB
Uni : . ) Considerable speculation lias bcin
orousoil ns to the prosout whereabouts of
Louis S. Walker , tlio young 111:111 : whonchlovcd
some nuwspnpor notoriety a few mouths n o
by reason of Itts pursuit after an crrliif ; sis-
tor. Wal'tor arrived In the city about live
months n o to llmt lib sister. Ho had been
engaged In hU occupation of nillronJ ilromtm
111 WnslllllL'tnn ntiitn ninl linm-im' thll
girl was hero catno to see tier. Ilo llnally lo-
catuil her In n well known family , where she
was u domestic , hut on inquiring for hoc
found she hail become 111 and was sent to a
private hospital in South Lincoln. There lie
discovered she liiul liron spirited away , and
It was asserted that u well known physician
of tins city had accompanied her to Nebraska
City and thcnco to Kansas City , but ho re
turned nome a few days Inter ana after the
brother hiui started to Kansas City.
The young fellow spent several weeks In
the search of his sister , but failed to llnd
her , and afterwards returned here. Ilo had ,
It is said , a stormy niectlng with the doctor ,
but the latter denied any knowledge of the
girl or her whereabouts. The brother went
to work for a few weeks , anil nftur earning
some money again went on the /.enroll. On
April 1 ho registered at the Depot hotel , but
on the same evening took a , wall : uptown , as
ho said , and since then ho has not been .seen.
During his frequent stops nt the hotel ho
had bucomo intimately acquainted with
Landlord Charles Kmmons , and to him
ho told a preat part of his story. The sonreh
tor his sister , tie sulil , had cost him about
fr > Ul ) , but ho was not despondent. U'hen ho
loft the hotel ho was owing but .10 cents , mid
It Is not thought probable ho would jump so
small a Dili , ns ho led behind him a valise in
good condition and containing n lot of cloth
ing and personal effects worth ten times the
amount of tlio hill. Mr , Kmmons believes
that something has happened to the young
man , as ho Is eonlldont from his previous eon-
duct that ho would not go away without leav
ing sotnu word behind him , as ho had beeomo
a favorite with the attaches of the hotel , to
whom ho had told his story , and who all sym
pathized with him in his troubles. There Is
no clue to his whereabouts , but those inter
ested In the young man uro anxious to "Know
what became of him.
THK
There is considerable surprise expressed
that Kdward Hutchlnson , who so cruelly
shot down Airs. Greene on Tuesday night , is
still at largo. A number of prominent citi
zens denounce the apparent lethargy of the
police , and it Is not known that there has
been any effort \vhatovor inado to capture
the murderer. Detective
Mulatto of the po-
Hco force has been discharged because ho
noundod EditorLittlolield. and His rumored
that no other ofllccr Is looking after the mat
ter. Just after the murder Hutchinsun ran
down O street past n "dandy conper , " and
just after passing the policeman Hutchlnson
made u bluff at blowing out his brains with
the revolver , which was then empty , but the
onicor , It is alleged , made no attempt to ar
rest the man.
The police trlvo as nn excuse for their
Inthargy in this matter that the fellow has
drowned or shot himself in some obscure
snot , whllo the majority believe that ho Is
hidden away by some of his relatives until
tlio excitement blows over. It I.s known that
some ono of his relative : ) secured the services
caucht , and that Insanity will bo the plua.
The oftlccrs do not bollovo that the man
who got the drink nt the saloon yesterday
morning was Hutehlnson , and the only real
tangible clue Is that obtained from some
Indies living near Twentieth and K streets ,
who say that a man answorinir the descrip
tion of tlio murderer seated himself on some
boards in tlio alley , and sat there absentmindedly -
mindedly drumming on the lumber with
something ho held In his hand. Tno ladles
supposed ho was diunk ; , and were much re
lieved when he got up and walked .oil down
the alloy to the east. Their description fits
Hutchlnson exactly , even to his walk.
Sill : IS liOUNI ) TO UK 1IAD.
Mr. A. D. Mills declares that ho had good
reasons for beating his seventeen-year-old
daughter as cruelly us ho did. Ilo declares
that she has become very wayward ; she hits
persisted In going out nigrts , and when her
mother attempted to keoj > her Indoors she at
tacked her with n case knife , cutting her
over the hand. A pitched light ensued , in
which the girl received a black eye from her
mother , and when the father returned homo
ho punished the girl for assaulting her
mother and because she disobeyed his In
junction not to visit with the Watsons. Ho
thinks she was not badly beaten , ns she was
able to attend the ghost dnucu ou O street
that night and have a good time.
1U5ATII Off lIUnKNi : IIKATOV. .
EugeneHoaton , the promising son of Mr.
and Mrs. James Ilcaton , dlrd last nleht , at
the family residence , lll'.MC street. Kugono
was born In Crawfordsvlllo , Ind. , December
21. , 18TO , and was therefore not yet twenty-
one years of age. Eight years ago ho ciima
to Lincoln with his parents , and since then ,
with the exception of a four months' stay In
the cast , ho hns lived In Lincoln. Last sum
mer ho wont to Uulfalo , N. Y. , where ho
took a course In embalming , and was1 for a
time nt the head of one of tin ) leading em
balming houses in the country. Ho returned
to the city much improved in health , and his
robust appearance rendered the belief uni
versal that his days would bo long in the
land. A few weeks ugo 1m was attacked
with the grip , which gradually developed
Into n complication of diseases and ending In
typhoid foyov , from which ho died. The
funeral occurs nt - p. m. Sunday.
TO WKI.COMI ! TUB I'KKSIDENT.
A meeting of the various committees ap
pointed from the state , city and county oltl-
cials , the Ixiard of trade , Karragut post.
Traveling Men's association , etc. , was held
In the council chamber yesterday afternoon
ut 4 o'clock. AInyor Weir presided , and after
discussing the matter it was divided to ap
point , the fallowing reception committee :
Major McArthur , John C. Allen , W. 1C ,
Churchill , M. Howe , C. AI. Parker , Alva
Kcnnnrd and A. H. Weir. J. H. AlcClay was
appointed marshal.
The programme as decided upon was to
meet the presidential party at the depot with
carriages and extend n formal welcome. The
party will then ho escorted to the capltol
building , where welcome addresses will bo
made. After tlmt n ilrlvo around the city ,
and the Inspection of public buildings will
occupy tlio remainder of the allotted hour.
The presidential party will arrive hero about
11 o'clock In the morning.
OPUS AND KNOS.
Judge Webster Illed nn unleaded complaint
this morning in county court against the
baseball boys , merely for the purpose of
having the question clearly defined when
passed upon by the upper court.
Ttio lire department was unllcn to Seven
teenth and Kim .streets nt 1'J o'clock lust
night to subiluo tlio llamos which threatened I
to engulf A. H. Fester's grocery store. The i
rear part of the stora room was damaged i
about t00 , on which there l nil Insurnnco of
JTiKJ In the Farmer * ' & MorehnnU' company
Thorn IM Noaimn was given n license to sml
liquor nt the old Hotel Alack stand this
morning , the rumor.itranoo and npucal llii'd
b.v Frank K , Lahr having been withdrawn.
Louis Wagner , who wus on trlnl yesterday
charged with burglarl/liitf Tata's house1 , was
nciiultted by the jury.
Tlio high wind of last evening blew down
the walls of the now shoe factory In Man
chester , west of this city. The loss is fully
fT.,000.
Judge Hall and n Jury tire nt prciont en
gaged In hearing the ease ngnln t Chnrlas
AIolso ! ] , the young fellow who Is chareed
with burglarizing HUM ft Hceson's sufo of
$1 * .
.TM v r.
Then eiunn fnlr May , the fnyrost innyd ou
K round ,
HecUt nil with dnlnlies of her souson'i
Anil throwing flowers out of her lap around.
Upon twi ) brethren's slmuldoM KIH | did rldi' ,
Tui ) twIniiONof l.udn , which on either side
Supported her , like to their
.
Lord ! how all crciMuics laughed when hut
tln-y spldi- .
And leaped and danno't ns tluly hud r.ivlshl
Imi'ti !
And Cupid sulfo about her II uttered all In
Kri'iMie. Hi'r.NNKii.
nv ! thn nlnlil rtf ntiiMitin , , nf Mi , nlt
ngo of win tor.
The old English roots delighted in do.
scribing Aluy ns u beautiful maiden , clothed
InsutiHhlno and scattering flowers on tin
cnrtti , while she dtmcid to the inuMeof birds
nnd brooks.
Hlio has given a rich gri'nnrss to the grass
which is now lull enough for tlui tluvveis to
Pluv at bide nnii seek among , as they nro
clnisi'd bt th wind.
Thpgr.isi also glvi s r. softness to tlio rtn -
zllnu white of the daisies and the fill' o Ing
gold c f tin * b ittereutH , wnleh , but fir fie
soft bjnior ng of green , would nltnuit bo too
lustrous to Icok upon.
In the rieh green pastures thuro nro soirt
of pk-.isnnt lite.
The great farm house In o
center of the rleh mlllc-yleldlng meadow
COIIKM back to tender recollection , nnd tlui
thought of the cooling curds nnd whey ,
luscious cheese cukes nnd custards , ere.im
that you could almost cut nnd strawberries
growing in rows before the beehive * in thu
garden , makes your mouth water to bo bacic
again "on the farm. "
Hut how those pleasant dainties lose a i
their fine country flavor when brought Into
our smoky cities , whllo there they seem M il
( 'ool'd u Ions ago In the deep delved earth ,
Tasting of Horn and the country green ,
IHATS. .
By the end of this month the trees will
have donned their now nttiro nor will tiny
ever appear moro beautiful than now , lor tint
foliage of summer Is darker ; the dollcan
spring green Is gone by the end of Juno and
tlio leaves then no longer look tresli nnd now.
Very suirgostivo of graceful m.iidon.s iir-
rayed in their dainty spring finery.
But beyond nil other objects { lint plonso
the eye with their beauty and detlirht thn
sense with their fragrance , stand the Alav
buds only seen In their perfection nt the end
of this pleasant month or n few days beyond.
All tliii old poot.s Imvo done reverence tu
the milk-white scented blossoms of the hawthorne -
thorno the AIny of poetry which throw nn
In the "tight little Island" this boauUful
flower i.s seen In profusion nnd this morning
all rural England it nllold , the vlIlagiTi
vying with ono another In the number of
Aluy branches which will decorate their
homos. Later In the day It will bo seen In
the cottage windows , the tireless grates of
clean country parlors will bo ornamented
with It and rarely does nnyono return homo
without bringing with him a bunch of May ,
for there Is nn old household nroma In Its
bloom which has boon familiar to them from
childhood nnd which they love to Inhale bet
ter than any other that lloats around theii
breezy homestead' .
In the middle states it i.s to bo found , but
of course not to the extent us In Kuglnnd.
Yet there Is enough to give ono somd Inlut
idea of the beauty of nn English landscape on
n llrst of Muy morning , when naturd seems
Infatuated with Itself.
The outbreak Into beauty which tmturo
makes at the end of April and beginning of
Alay excites so universal and admiring n feelIng -
Ing in the human breast that then ) Is no
wonder the event should have been at all
times celebrated In some way.
I earth that nature long dead and cold lives
and smiles nguln. Doubtless there is mingled
with this , too in bosoms
, of any reflection , n
grateful sense of the divine goodness which
makes the promise ot"seusotis so stable nnd so
sure.
Among the Kotnans the feeling of the time '
found vent In their
Floraliu or floral games ,
which begun on April 3 and lusted
n few days , Nntions taking more or less
origin from Koine have settled upon Aluy 1
as the special time for fetes of the same
kind.
kind.With
With the ancients nnd moderns lilto It . ,
was ono Instinctive rush to the llelds to level s'
in the bloom which
was newly presented on/
the meadows nnd the trees ; the morn cjirt *
pent the population the more raver appar
ently the desire to got among the flowers auJV
brinir uwuy samples of them.
In England ono has to go buck several gen
erations to find the observances of Aluy dity
In their fullest development.
In the sixteenth century It was still custo
mary for the middle and humbler classes to
go forth nt an early hour of thu morning in
order to gnthor Hovers nnd hawthorn-
branches which they brought home about
sunrise with accompaniments of horn unit
tabor and all possible signs of joy nnd merri
ment.
By a natural transition of Ideas they gave
to the hawthorn bloom the name of Alay ,
they called this ceremony "tho bringing homo
the Alay ; " they spoke of the expedition to
the woods as "going a Maying. " The fairest
maid of the vlllagn wns crowned with flower *
ns the "Queen of the Alay ; " the lads and
lasses mot nnd danced nnd sang together
with delightful freedom , hardly the proper
thing In tboso tin do solcloanys.
Washington Irving , who visited England
oirlv In this century records In his "Sketch
Book" that hu had soon a Alay polo. ' !
shall never , " ho says , "forgot the delight I
felt on llrst seeing u Alay polo. It was on the
banks of the Dee close by the picturesque
old bridge that stretches across the river
from the quaint old city of Chester. I hud
uln'udy been curried back Into former days
by thu antiquities of that venerable plnco ,
the examination of which Is oijunl to turning
over thu pages of u black letter volume
or gazing on the pictures in l-'rois-
snrt. The Aluy polo on the margin o/ /
the stream completed the Illusion. Aly fiincy
adorned It with wreaths of flowers nnd peopled
pled the green bank with all the dancing rev
elry of Aluy day. The moro sight of this
Alay polo gave n glow to my feelings anil
spread n charm over the country for tbo mst
of thu day , and as 1 traversed n part of the
fair plains of Uhoihlro nnd the beautiful bor
ders of Wales and looked from among .swell
ing hills down a long green valley through
which 'the ' Dovu wound its wi/urd stream , *
my Imagination turned all Into n perfect Ar
cadia.
"I value every custom that tends to Infuse
pretlcal feeling into Ilio common people nnd
to sweeten nnd soften the rudeness of rustic
manners without destroying their simplicity
Indeed , It isto the decline of this happy
simplicity that the decline ot this cuiumi
nny bo traced , und ttio nirnl dance on the
green nnd the homely All y day pucant
lm\o trr.idmd y dls pp'iirodin proper.Ion UN
the p'asantrv huvu become exp.nslio nnd
iirtlllciul in t'leir ( ileasur s and ton knowing
for simp c enjoyment , HJII o itttumpts , In
deed , have bojn n ad of l.iUj yenrs by men
of botli tas'e and lean lug to r lly hack to
por.tilur fueling to thrss standards cf prin 1
tlv'e sunplie U , bu. the titiu hns pone by
the feeling "mis become chilled by habits ot
gain nnd trufllo- the coui ry upes thu limn
tiers nn I nmus'inicnts of tlio town , Mid little1
U hoard of .May day at pns-nt cm-ept frun
the lamentations of i u lions wlio nigh after it
from among th br u i walls of the city. "
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