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N. I' . KKIU
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SAINT JOHN is not pleased with the
Cincinnati convention. This is no spo-
uiul discredit to the third party conclnvo.
NKW YOUK stoclcs hiwo bobbed up n
notch since the Kuroponii banks have
found out that Amorlcu lins onoiiRh gold
for thoih us well tis for liorsolf.
THE "people's party" is to turn its
forces upon Ohio. Maybe they have n
grudge against the state for allowing the
convention to bo hold in Cincinnati.
OMAHA with a population ot 140,000 is
assessed at $20,000,000. Denver with
10.5,000 is rated for taxation at 880,000.-
000. Comparisons like these are odious.
A NKW Venezuela steamer was
launched at Wilmington , Del. She
"draws but little water. " This indicates
that Vonoy.uolti is the Kentucky of Soutli
America.
NHHUASKA was not given a represen
tation in the executive commlttco of the
people's party , but the Elks elected an
Omaha gentleman grand treasurer , and
wo are happy yet.
GUAIN dealers are agreeing to pay 85
cents for this year's corn to bo delivered
at western Nebraska railroad stations
this fall. This style of future no ro-
former will opposo.
OCTOIIKU is Omaha's most charming
month. T.UO Denver gentlemen who
come here at that time to participate in
the Trans-Mississippi congress will know
what a delightful climuto is , after their
visit.
TECIINICALITHS are not confined to
law courts. The rules of the prize ring
are decidedly technical , and' this explains -
plains why the referees of the Corbott-
JnckBon fight decided after CO rounds
that it was no contest.
THK Vesuvius and her guns have boon
tested. The boat is too good to bo placed
in jeopardy by the cruns for she is liable
to bo "hoisted by her own petard. " The
guns cannot shoot as straight as
woman throws a stono.
A HALF million dollars In cash is to
bo paid out about .Tune 1 to the Sissoton
and Wahpoton Indians of South Dakota ,
which moans that the whites will soon
discover n largo increase in the volume
of the circulating medium in the vicinity
of the reservation.
Till ! saloonkeepers of Omaha are in
viting trouble by their efforts to repeal
the midnight closing ordinance. The
sentiment of this community is in favor
of this reasonable restriction. If the ro
tall liquor dealers' are not satisfied
with twenty business hours out of the
twenty-four they will , by forcing the
issue arouse public sentiment which will
eventuate in more stringent regulations.
MMK. BLAVATSKY may have boon
illustrious and solfsucrlllolnbut / the
common impression is that she was a
Bhrowd and Intriguing impostor. The
inon and women whom she had attached
to her wore chtolly light-brained fanatics
and misguided persons who imagined
their erratic musings and rollootions
wore profound. Theosophy , nonsense
and mummery are largely synonymous.
Blavatsky lived by her wits nnd her ln <
trlguos. She was about as intimately
related to the next world as any other
clairvoyant.
MINNUAVOLIS is a city ; Minn otonka a
lake and MInnohaha a waterfall. Both
the lake nnd the waterfall claim to have
done a groal deal for the city , and this
is what puts the city In a quandary. The
lake has become shallow and wants to
build a dam to raise the water and koo ]
up the prices at the summer hotels. II
this Is none the water will cease to flow
over the cataract at Minnohaha and the
pretty , romantic litt'.o npot will bo
ruined as an attraction for visitors. Bui
if the dam is not constructed Mlnno
tonka must go out of bualnoss. Both
points are appealing to Minneapolis for
protection , and both claim to bo essential
tial elements in the Flout- city boom.
The dilemma is a sharp one nnd either
horn is dangerous.
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Omaha sadly needs breathing spots
'or ' her large and rapidly Increasing
wpulatloti. The founders of the city
vero very short-sighted In providing no
such grounds In the original town' site.
The owners and platters of additions
since have boon too greedy for lots , ex
cept in two instances , to profit by the
evil example of their predecessors. The
consequence Is ihat wo have but ono
square In the center of thp city whore
women and children from hot tenements
and business men confined between
the close walls of brick and stone can
ook out upon green grass and sit In the
shade to breathe fresh air. In the sub-
trbi are three parks , but Omaha Is in-
idequatoly provided with these rest
giving and health restoring resorts
ivhich beautify the eastern cities nnd
tmko llfo in them tolerable for the poor
and the hardworkod people.
The park commission has boon in
dead earnest In its efforts to roltuvu the
city In this particular , but has boon
greatly handicapped during Its entire
exlstonca by the want of proper
legislative authority to carry out
the plans proposed and to a certain
ilogreo elaborated. The last legislature
loft the commission in a very uncertain
position. It is a question whether or
not it can condemn property for park
purposes though the evident intent of
the charter amendments was to give
them unusual powers.
The commission having taken counsel
from their attorney are encouraged to
proceed with the development of
their Ideas on paper at least ,
with the hope that tltoy may successfully
carry them out before the legislature
convenes again. If , however , it shall
appear impracticable or illegal to proceed -
coed without farther legislation , they
will at least take the necessary stops
preliminary to final action.
The great danger to bo avoided Is the
creation of parks which shall not bo con
venient to the common pooplo. Wealthy
persons with their own carriages
may enjoy drives to distant pleasure
resorts , but the middle classes and per
sons of binall moans should bo accommo
dated within easy roach by cheap con
veyances. It is therefore hoped the
park commissioners will not conclude it
to bo their duty to go outside the city
limits for all the city parks hereafter to
be established.
Tlioro is no topic upon which practical
educators disagree more widely than
that of examinations of applicants for
positions its teachers in the public
schools. At the best the form and extent
tent of the examination must necessar
ily bo arbitrarily fixed by some author
ity. Unquestionably some very good
teachers fail to pass the required test in
all public examinations , while
some thoroughly inoillclont in
structors are able to answer a
high percentage , of the more or less
technical questions put to them by the
examining ollicors. The only proper
test of qualifications is experience and
olllcioncy for older teachers. Inexperi
enced applicants are experiments
whether they pass a satisfactory exam
ination or not.
Nevertheless some test of qualifica
tions must bo mndo and the written and
oral examination questions are the only
moans available for determining thorn.
In the hands of a thoroughly
competent , practical committee , which
is anxious only to secure good
teachers and has no axes of Its own to
grind or hobbies to advance , the pros
cut method IB quito satisfactory. If the
commlttco has favorites to servo , spite
to bo vented or is lax in interest and in
competent or pedantic , the examination
becomes a farce and is merely the ex
cuse for employing ladies and gentlemen
whose friends are influential at the pub
lic oxnonso , regardless of the welfare of
the schools or of throwing out these who
have Incurred the enmity of the com
mittee.
The exhibition of itself recently
made by on Omaha examining
committee has not been forgotten
The arbitrary markings which shut out
competent applicants and admitted
the = o unfitted for the school exposed the
evils to which the system of oxumlna
tion is subject in the hands of persons
not conbciontiously devoted to duty.
The old examining committee was , relieved -
lioved as a result of these revelations
and a now ono , composed of two excel
lent teachers and a talented minister ,
was substituted. In our opinion there
should bo but ono teacher , If any
on this committee , but against
the three examiners now pass
ing upon the qualifications ol
teachers no word of complaint can bo
made. They are competentfaithful unil
experienced. Their conclusions should
bo final.
It appears , however , that some of the
applicants fall to pass the not ovor-rigld
test applied. They successfully answer
the required proportion of questions
upon part of the branches , but fall In
others and are refused certificates. To
make it possible for the o to sccuro on
trnnco Into the school a rule
has boon adopted by the board
whereby these who fail may
try again at the next examination ,
when they are tested only upon the
branches on which they failed at the
ono preceding ,
This Is wrong , A failure at an oxatn
inatlon should bar the applicant en
tirely for at least six months , and the
test should bo applied with oven moro
rigor on the second trltil because the
scope of the examination and general
outline of the BIUIIO Is rovcalod to the
applicant on the occasion when ho or
she failed , and at a second trial the
advantage is in his or her
favor as against these who
are ontorlnc the contest for
the first time. The examinations in this
city are none too searching or hard nt
present and any ntops toward laxity In
applying the tests of qualifications are
fraught with danger.
Omaha pays excellent salaries and Is
entitled to the host teachers in the coun
try. The now rule smacks very much
of that sort of good nature which loads
officials to overlook the fallings of their
friends. It opens a wide door for abuses
and It should be closed at once and for
ever. Applicants who cannot pass the
examinations ought not to bo given posi
tions and examinations should not bo ar
ranged merely to enable favorites to pass
, hem readily.
Tin : WEST ron t > ! , KASUitK SKKKKIIS.
The late visit of Mr. Chuncoy M. Do-
: > ow to the west appears to have given
ilm a most favorable Impression of this
section. In an address n short time
slnco before the Union Loaugo club of
Now York , Mr. Uopow recommended to
his fellow-citizens of the metropolis , who
wore In the habit of making annual pil
grimages to Europe , that they take a
trip Into their own country and acquaint
themselves with Its grandeur and great
ness. Ho declared that the mountain
ficonery of Colorado was tar super
ior to anything to bo found In the
Alps , and lie might have added that for
licalth-ptomotlng purposes the air of
theno American mountains Is un
equalled. Mr. Dopow did not go as
largely into tills interesting subject as
ho might have done , for his travels in
both continents would enable him to
make extensive comparisons between
the natural beauties of Europe and the
United States , but the little that ho did
fcay in this particular was to the point
and timely.
Next to the Injunction of the ancient
philosopher , "Man , know thyself , "
should bo placed another as only second
In Importance , cltl/.on , know thy coun
try. To do this is to learn pa
triotism in its most comprehensive
sense , and to acquire that national and
Catholic sentiment which is indispensa
ble to the best citizenship. If every in
telligent man in this country wore to
take such a trip as President Harrison
made , it would bo hardly possible for
him to over again have any sectional
feeling , no matter what his previous
views or predilections might have been.
Extensive travel anywhere Is Instruc
tive and Improving to people of
Intelligent observation , but the
man who knows nothing of his
own country beyond his place
of residence and its imme
diate surroundings , although largely
familiar with other countries , cannot bo
so patriotic as the man who knows much
of his own country but Is entirely ig
norant of oilier lands from personal ob
servation , and this Is especially trite of
Americans. Of all people there are the
strongest of reasons why they should
make themselves familiar with the
vastness , the beauty and the grandeur
of their own country. When they have
acquired this knowledge they will bo
equipped to bettor appreciate at its true
value what foreign lands can olTor
for their instruction and entertainment ,
and then can go abroad with the ability
to impart as well as to acquire knowl
edge , and without danger of having
their atToctlon for their own land im
paired.
Unquestionably there is no Dart of the
world , and certainly nowhere in Europe ,
grander scenery than is to bo found in
the mountain regions of the western
United States , and for persons seeking
recuperation and health this section of
our country olTors favorable conditions
that are unsurpassed. There are ttyou-
sands of eastern people who annually go
to Europe who would bo vastly hotter
off morally , physically and financially if
instead they passed their summer vaca
tion at the lakes and mountains and
health resorts of the west. Every year
there is a larger number of people learn
ing that this is the case. Some of them ,
such as have become surfeited with
European travel , or have failed to find
in it what they expected , and it is doubtless -
loss only a question of tlmo when the
westward tide of summer pleasure-seek-
ors will rival that to the old world.
is
Under the title of "Practical Uses of
Geography , " Gohlthwuitc's Gcotimphical
Magazine publishes an article alleging
that a knowledge of geography would
have saved hundreds of familos in
Nebraska , Kansas and Oklahoma from
the distress suffered on account of
failures of crops.
Geography has always insisted upon a
great American desert and thirty years
ago It Included almost the entire region
west of the Missouri rivor. Year by
year it receded farther west until the
maps of today confine it to a compara
tively restricted region between the
Sierra Nevada range and the backbone
of the continent in the far southwest.
Even there irrigation has shown the soil
to bo fertile. The rain bolt crossed thp
100th meridian moro than ton
years ago and It has gradually extended
westward as railways are built , lands
cultivated and groves grown. Except a
limited territory on the northern border
whoVo the Dakota bad lands dip down
Into the state and an occasional ridge of
sand , Nebraska and Kansas are wholly
agricultural.
Every old citizen remembers that loss
than aquartor of a century ago few resi
dents of this stnto believed agriculture
possible moro than thirty miles west of
the Missouri river. Geography had
placed all the remainder of the state
within a great rainless region , nnd early
settlers huddled together along the
water courses , expecting for a llfotlmo
to graze their herds upon the barren
hills. Experience and Immigration
corrected the geographers and in
a very few years proved farm
ing a success as far west as
the 100th meridian , but geography
warned settlers to go west of that Imagi
nary dead line at their peril. Instead
of geography teaching settlers whore
they may confidently btako out home
steads , the pioneers are showing geography
raphy its errors and enlarging the
knowledge of Its text book writers.
For 20 years Nebraska has had no
general drouth. Fifteen years ago the
grasshoppers destroyed the crops two
years in succession and scientists
announced that periodical visits of the
destructive posts could bo expected with
out notice BO long as the Dakota bad
lands afforded them a brooding spot. Wo
have had two years of drouth in succession
but it does not follow that the oxporl
once will bo repeated this year or next
or at any definite future tlmo , any uiore
than it followed that grasshoppers would
continually devastate the country because
cause for two years they had made llfo
miserable among the settlers of the
period mentioned. Western Nebraska
is no more arid today west of the 100th
meridian than it was 15 years ago oust ol
hnt line and , crop3 at the 102d tnor-
dlnn tire no tnpro uncortnln now thau
hey were nt thoMiVth 20 years since.
Tlioro are 3odlii ) of Illinois and all
ho grant pralrj-o aintos which have not
nisod a good crop in llvo yours. Drouth ,
vet weather , in UJLls , hall and oyolonos
mvo destroyed 4,1)1 ) } farmers' hopes year
after your , but th'id fact would not jus-
Ify our googra her | In warning the poole -
> lo that any auqh locality Is unaultod to
arming. Yours * 'bf adversity nro not
lonvlnclng an4 cfbncluslvo proof thnt
ho future will witness their ropotltlon.
Motorologlsts 'agree and oxporlonco
irovos that climatic conditions are
changed with Bottlcmont. The com-
> aratlvoly dry suctions become moro
noist and the extremes of heat and cold
tro loss severe and suddon. In all dls-
ottSHlotiH of cllmato and productions it is
wafer to ajjoiik of the past and present
than to attempt a forecast of the futuro.
A knowledge of the physical features
of the stated Is desirable , but It is not
conclusive proof that a region is iinln-
labi table to road BO in a work on physi
cal geography. The text books pro-
mred by geographers are far moro
ilmngoablo than the weather in the
'semi-arid" regions of both Kansas and
Nebraska. Geographers are not yet up
with the times. They can never keep
abreast with the discoverer , the fron-
tlermnan or oven the old settlor. They
mist inevitably adopt theories to the
experience of the inon who discover and
lovolop tlio country.
Mu. J. S. CI.AUKSON , who is journey
ing somewhere In Europe , will find on
Ills return that ho has not been quite
poriroUon. Mr. Theodore Roosevelt , of
the civil service commission , is doing his
best to keep croon the memory of the
Iowa tourist , and ho is having very good
success. Tlio explanation Is in the fact
that a short tlmo ago > \Ir. Clarkson con
tributed to an eastern magazine a some
what trenchant criticism of the civil
service commission , saying among other
things that it Is moro unfriendly
and moro opposed to the re
publican party under Harrison
than it was under Cleveland. Mr ,
Roosevelt strongly objects to this view ,
and suggests that Mr. ClnrKaon is suf
fering under a confusion of ideas in
mixing up himself and his friends with
the republican party. lie admits that
the civil service commission is hostile
to Mr. Clarkson and the idea ho repre
sents , and oksorvos that it would fail in
its duty if it were pot. The commission ,
however , says Air. Roosevelt , is not
hostile to the republican party , but on
the contrary is striving to carry out
the pledge made \ > y the party at the last
convention. The defender of tlio com
mission proves hinlsolf to bo an uncom
promising advoqato of civil service re
form in its broadest sense and widest ap
plication , and it"99od not be said to
these familiar with the controversial
ability of Mr. Roosevelt that Mr. Clark-
son will find him. a' foeman worthy of
his stool. Thus-fat ; the former appears
to have very much the advantage in the
argument. ,
Tun recent OX'CQPtioimlly heavy immi
gration fr6m Itaiyhas stimulated that
government to tako'action for checking1
it. It was found that so many young
Italians were leaving , most of thorn for
this country , that it would soon bo im
possible to moot the demands for the
military service. The government ,
therefore , issued a circular prohibiting
all minors over 18 years old from leav
ing Italy without special authorization
by the minister of war , . and other
minors wlio desire to leave are
required to obtain a certificate that
there is no legal impediment to their
leaving. Over twenty thousand immi
grants to the United States have loft
Italy during the last four months , and it
is said that certain districts are nearly
depopulated of mop , leaving the work of
cultivating the ground to bo done by
women altogether. It would scorn from
this that the Italian people have not
learned to fear residence in the United
States , and prefer taking chances here
to enduring the oppressive taxation at
homo and running the risk of Doing ut
any time called into the military service.
Tlioro will bo no objections here to the
efforts of the Italian government to keep
its people at homo.
PUNSIONIKS will bo Interested to know
that a recent report that cortilicates
were being hold back because of a pos
sible deficiency in the treasury was
wholly without substantial foundation.
The fact is that there were allowed dur
ing April ; ! 1,515 claims under the old
and now laws , carrying a disbursement
of $3,87-1,815. It is also shown that there
has boon no discrimination between
classes of claims , and that all are being
put through as rapidly as the work can
bo done olllolontly. There is nothing
whatever , so far as the pdnslon of
llco Is informed , in the reported dis-
batlsfactlon among the old soldiers , and
Commnndor-in-ChloI Voazoy of the
Grand Army Is quoted ns saying that
the members of M1' ' organization have
no complaints. It 'is undoubtedly true
that the work of the pension olllco , very
much greater thai fiver boforohas never
bcon moro olllciontlV' performed.
IT hns boon docl/lkd / that the ducho&s
of Maryborough ls < o American subject.
She is then an Alnt6rlcai ) , titled in Eng
land , an Inhorltiyvof English landed
property , who > > o idoscondnnts are of the
nobility , and thU''ijll ' ' | though seemingly
contradictory. [ ? Moh a decision may
bring in question 'tha citizenship of
many American ' non who have boon
grafted upon bi pus of European no
bility. , , 'o ,
SHKI.HV M. CUU&M ! has a whole hlvo
of presidential boos In his bonnet. Moro
than a year ago his intimate frlonds warp
given the tip and now the literary bu
reaus are quietly passing it around that
the man who looks like Abraham Lin
coin possesses so happy a combination ol
good nature and ability as to bo available
presidential timber.
TiiKiti : is iniinh truth In the statement
of ox-Commissioner of Pensions Dudley
that no man can successfully manage the
pension olllco unless he IB freed from the
surveillance and intermeddling of Inter
ior department ofllclals In authority ovot
the commissioner and the conspiracies
of old employes in the pension olllco. A
bureau oflicor is little batter than a
clerk. lie is really loss Independent
his own chiefs of divisions. Until
, hn secretary of the interior la given to
tndorBlnnd either by the president or
ho law that the heads of bin-onus in the
department are oxoctlvo officers and not
noroly clerks at high salaries the ad-
nlnlstralion of the bureaus will bo
mndlcappod and inefficient. To the bu
reau officer should bo loft all matters of
lotail and all policies incidental to the
general course marked out by the ud-
nlnlstratlon. Ilo should bo empowered
o discharge incompetent and insubordl-
mto employes and bo helped instead of
ilndorud In conducting his olllco.
KATE FIKLD is endangering her
ilgh place in the affections of mankind
jy urging husbands to put on dress
coats with the same frequency that their
wives don Worth gowns. She thinks
the head of the household should divest
himself of his business suit and "dross
ip" to out dinner with his family. Kate
s very erratic on some things. When a
good wl'o hears the front gate swing
shut she knows enough to toll the sorv-
int to sot the dinner on the table.
I'lioro Is nothing half so unhappy or in
corrigible about the house as a hungry
husband , and if ho had to wait for din-
ior ut homo to reorganize his on tire
tollot ho would dine regularly at a hotel.
THK Omaha Real Estate Owners' asso
ciation is an organization which will un-
loubtodly have a largo influence upon
-ho immediate future growth of Omaha
If it moots with the earnest support
which It deserves. An association in
cluding great and small property owners ,
ind welcoming to its mooting ! ) and its
rooms the presence and the suggestions
of all men of intelligence having prop
erty interests here , ought to become a
> otont force in our affairs. It will become
como so If citizens will lend assistance
, n carrying forward the good work al
ready so well 'begun.
Loan SAI.IRIHTKY is credited with
saying that the prospects of an Euro
pean war are receding. Emperor \Vil-
liehn said the peace would continue for at
east a year. German * ) are strengthen
ing their forts in Alsace and Lorraine
ind the canal through Schloswlg-Hol-
stoln Is being pushed rapidly. Russia
lins ordered ; ! ,00l,000 ) stand of arms from
Franco and Krupp is turning his cannon
factory over to the Interests of the
French. By all this wo would conclude
a war cloud Is liable to rise at almost
tlmo.
any _ _ _ _ _ _
Tlicolngionl Forecast.
IiiiJliinnitnUt Journal ,
A. distinguished eastern dlvlno recently
remarked that "tho heresy of today may become
como the orthodoxy of tomorrow. " If this Is
true tomorrow has the promise of moro than
the usual quantity of orthodoxy.
Ilunily for Work.
A' 10 To fr llcrnlil tt'iwhlnglnn Letter.
Prcsiucnt Harrison has a grim sense of
humor. During his recent five weeks' trip
through the south nnd west ho delivered 140
speeches. I sent him a polite note stating
that the Jlcralil would like to print a tallc
with him regarding his recent tour. I re
ceived in answer the following laconlo reply :
"Thanks , but I have stopped talking.
B. II. "
AlWIJJ'S
IniltanapollaJuurnal.
Domocratlc party in 1SSS : Hasolvod , That
wo view with alarm the steady accumulation
by tlio republican party of a surplus in the
treasury.
Domocratlo party In 1801 : Ilesolvod , That
wo view with alarm the steady reduction of
the surplus in the treasury by the republican
party.
Democratic party always : Resolved , That
wo view with alarm.
Pulpit and llmolmll.
Sermon lui Itcv. ludl\i \ lllioilet. Cincinnati.
"Baseball is the most healthful oxorolso n
man can take , provided it is taken normally. "
"Uasoball is the noblest height of gymnas
tic oxorclso. "
"Wo have been told that there are sermons
in stones and in running brooks ; so there is ,
too , in baseball. "
"Baseball has within it the best elements
of the old Homan and ( Jreok athletic games. "
"Tho Christian church and the pulpit can
not nfford to ignore this game , which Is rlslncr
to the dignity of nnntlonal sport and draw
ing all of the young men and children In the
land townrd it. "
Nebraska Slum's ttio Way.
Ifciv Ynrlc Trllninc.
Not only hns the fact Dcen demonstrated
that sugar-beets can bo profitably grown in
the United States , hut great progress has
been mudo In Increasing the amount of sugar
In each ton of boots. A few years ago thrco
or four pounds of sugar to each IUO pounds of
beets was considered a fair yield , but careful
culture nnd selection of seed nnd need beets
in Germany brought the average last your up
to nearly fourteen pounds to the hundred
weight. 'Iho sujrnr-boots raised in Nebraska
were even richer in sugar than that. The
amount of land In this country which seems
well ndaptcd to the growth of this vegetable
is simply enormous. There would scorn to bo
no reason why the fanners of the United
States should not produce every pound of
suear used by our peoplo.
Ills Citi/.onsliln ,
I'litlatlcliilitd Itcciinl ,
It is contended on behalf of Mr. Boyd , who
was elected governor of Nebraska , that ho
was a 61tizon bocnuso his father had taken
out naturalization papers , and because ho
wu an inhabitant of Nobr.uka whoc the
state was admitted into the Union. This
contention is to bo oxummod Into by the
United States supreme court ; and it is possi
ble thnt the elected ofllclnl may j ot bo re
stored to the executive station from which
ho was deposed with such sc. ut ceremony.
It would bo strange nnd unprecedented , in
deed , if nn Individual who has twloo been
chosen mayor of the ch'of ' city In the stnto
and hns served in numerous other positions
of publlo trust nnd honor should bo pro
nounced Ineligible to be governor ot the ulnta
In which nil his years of maturity have boon
spent.
Ni'iti\G JH inin : .
Irilviituni Atir.
She meanders down the street ,
Dressol In ulry costume neat ,
Plcturo Hwoot from head to feet ,
Muldon dear.
On her head sets fortune's hat ,
Pater's pocket book Is flat.
What cares she for all of that ,
Spring la hero.
Now there comes the Kladsomo cry
As Micky swipes a lofty fly ,
Making the uroro once moro n tlo.
Thousands cheer ,
"Out nt first , " the game U done
Sco the umpire homowurd run ,
Mobbed oy gn.nlim just for fun.
Spring is hero
[ NEBRASKA'S ' WORK OF RELIEF
Management of the Ootnmissiou Dlsttu-
guishoil for Ila Prtttlonco.
CHARITY ON BUSINESS PRINCIPLES ,
Kvovf Dollar anil All Contributions
Accounted For That iikliorii ;
ConstriHjIldu "UukeofT"
State HOIIHO XOWH ,
Nob. , Mny 23. [ Special to Tmi
The moro 0110 examine * Into the
workings of tlio rallof commission the moro
slonr does it become that Its ngroomctit 1ms
) con distinguished for business foresight
mul prmlonco , The commission lirn mndo
mmiy sltrowd liurgntiis In buying its sup-
illos , nntl the distribution hai boon hoJgod
n wltti so many reports and chcclM ns to
tnnko it possible to show whom nltnost every
nrtido wont nnd by whom It wns received.
The guards npilnst pllforlng , frntul and misappropriation -
appropriation nro olubor.Uo nnd olTectlvo.
When the loRlslaturo ercntoil the com
mission nnd passoil tlio llr-it appropriation ,
the politicians c.imo to the front nnd do-
mnmlod that the supplies bo bought of their
friends. Thu wiv done. The commission
discovered that it coulil ilo bettor by giving
free competition , and that rnlo wns adopted
and adhered to.
In one Instance the commission bought
" ,000 bushels of the llnost potntoos tor 00
cents per bushel , when the tnnrkot prlco in
Lincoln nnd Omaha wiw $ I.U. ! They were
found In the country near North Plutto , nnd
wcro distributed In that section , saving n
considornblo sjm on freight. When the
sellers learned tno nmrkot rate they tried to
uack down on the donl. As n matter of fnot
they did on two orders of UOO and 500 bushels ,
nnd sold them to other parties ut it.10. Otnor
lots ot potatoes hnve bcon bought as low ns
85 cents , nnd the ovldoncn Is that they
were an ottra good nrtlclo. In
another case the commission bought 10,000
bushels of corn at 5."i cents , nnd the Balance
of the crib was sold the next day nt 05 cents.
These nro but sample lustnnco.s. Many of
the supplies were bought In the ncignbor-
liood tn which tuoy were distributed anil several -
oral thousand dollars were saved on freight.
The supplies were shipped jronornlly to
county ollicors. With each shlpiron' , wont
nu invoice , and the receiving olllcer was re
quired to weigh , count or measure his con
signment , ns the case might bo , nnd report to
headquarters. The records show thnt the
county ofllcors have followed instructions
conscientiously , some of thorn reporting dif
ferences ns smul ) ns n few ounces. It wns
thus possible to keep n check on the party
selling the goods to the commission. In ono
case n miller who received an order for flour
through n Lincoln Jobber and shipped It inlets
lots direct to different counties thoueht ho
saw a chance to mnko nn oxtrn proiit. Witliin
llvo days the commission had reports from
every coutitv showing n shortage of from two
to live pounds in almost every sack. The
commission figured up the totnl , amounting
to several hundred dollars , deducted it from
the account of the Lincoln Jobuor and let him
light It out with the miller.
The system of reports is somewhat burden
some , but it will stand the closest scrutiny of
n legislative Investigating commlttco. The
distributing ofllcers nro supplied with printed
forms nnd nro required to tnlio a receipt from
every person potting supplies. Thnt receipt
shows the numo nnd precinct of the signer ,
with the kind nnd quality of each article ro-
coived. In nddltton to the receipt on arrival
of the supplies nnd the receipts from the
beneficiaries , the distributing oflicor is re
quired , to make un inventory every two
wnoks of the goods on hand und forward it to
Lincoln. Knowing the amount sent to him
nnd the total of the amounts distributed by
him , the bulnnco on hand Is calculated , and
his report must agree with the llguros.
To the credit of the county
ofllcors of Nebraska bo It said
that the commission hns discovered
tow shortages nnd nonoof lanjo amount. In
ono county two sacks of flour are unnc-
counted for. The clerk nnd sheriff acknowl
edge having had them , but have no record of
having given them out. The presumption is
that they were stolon. This Is said to bo the
'
only sho'rtngo of nny consequence. When the
court house o Ilnycs county wns destroyed
bv llro most of the records were lost. The
receipts from individual Donelicinrlos were
burned , but the commission has the receiptof
tlio county ollicors showing that the supplies
wore received. With these exceptions the
records In Lincoln show what bccamo of
overv item of supply.
It will bo soon readily that this system of
reports , receipts and chocks entails a great
deal of work , and tlio commission has seven
or eight clork.s at work at it. The luw re
quires that ono copy of the Individual ro-
colpts bo kept on Ilia In the ofllco of the com
mission nnd another bo lllod with tlio secre
tary of state. Tno original receipts nro also
to DO deposited with the latter. The copying
of these papers is nn interminable job. As
tticro were over twenty diltorent kinds of
supplies distributed , n single receipt might
Involve from twenty to twenty-live entries.
Hut the commission started out to keep
everything In npplo plo order , mid llvo clerks
nro kept busy malting these records nlono.
THAT GI.KIIOKX "JUKBOl'l' . "
In their trips about tlio state the members
of the board of transportation are twitted
about that rnka oft on nn Elkhorn construc
tion contract until they nro soro. Ono of
them suggests that it is hardly fair to put all
llvo under suspicion for nn act done by only
otio , or possibly a member of n former board.
The play came up in this manner : Willis T.
Richardson mul Ira E. Doty of D.wld
city were In partnership ns railroad contrac
tors. They had several partnership papers ,
and under the last ono HIchardson wns to receive -
coivo two-thirds of the profits as his share.
Among their contracts was ono with tlio Elkhorn -
horn for constructing a part of Its Whitewood -
wood line. Hlolmrdson nnd Doty had n fall
ing out , and the former began n suit last
February to compel his partner to mnko nn
accounting nnd settlement. Among other
things ho charges that tlio llrm lost $ IOOU ,
nn this Klltliorn contract by reason of the de
fendant's neglect and Incompetcncy. Uoty
filed , his answer the other dnv , entering de
nials nnd counter charges of fraud. Ho nl-
leges thnt Ulchardson secured the Elkhorn
contract "with the nsslstanco of n prominent
member of the state board of transportation. "
Uoty denies thnt there wns n loss In the con
tract , nnd ho says that ho was "informed"
thnt the said stnlo officer "was interested In
said contract to the oxtout of one-third of the
profits. "
Mr. Doty is nn elusive gentlomnn , nnd , If
ho could bo found , would probably decline to
nntno the state oftlclat referred to. The Klk-
horn contract in question was let about a
your npo , which clears Secretary Allen , Com
missioner Humphrey nnd Attorney Hastings
of suspicion. Treasurer Hill nud Auditor
llcnton , as nlrondy noted , say they wore not
lu It with Mr. Klctiardso * .
STATK ItOUSi : NOTES.
The governor has commissioned Hov , Dr.
John Askln of Kcnrnoy ns n delcguta to the
International Society of Hyglono und Demo
graphy , The m-ineo of Wales Is Its presi
dent nud It will meet In London August 10.
Mr. Askln Is n Congregational pastor and Is
also n delegate to the International Associa
tion of Congregational Churches , which
moots In London Juno II. Ho will sall.luno
! l. The governor lias two more commissions
for nnyouo who whhos to attend the nrinco'3
convention.
According to tlio records of the commission
John Fitzgerald has received relief , but this
John lives In Hrvytw county.
The land department has received a plat of
the government survey of the I'oi.ca reserva
tion. Alex Sehlagel , chief draughtsman , has
dtseovorcd errors In it nnd it will hino to co
back to Washington.
Till ! rilKI.IMIN'Uir I'OSTl'O.VKt ) .
Thohoaring of K. W. Hutchtnsou for tlio
shooting of Cella Uruou , sot for 1 o'clock this
afternoon , has been put over tillII o'clock Fri
day morning.
A nun , Mtsstvn ,
Mrs. Lindsay , living nt Twenty-ninth nnd
U afreets , Is seeking her daughter Louise ,
nged sixteen. She went to a circus Thurs
day oven ing with tiny Warmer , n cook In the
restaurant located among ttio H. &M , tracks ,
and has not been seen sinco. She ran nway
from homo once boforo.
Ham's Horn : The devil Is never scared by
a hf.mlsomo blblo on n p.irlor table.
jVric'mlt I'rcst.
"Man wants but little hero holow , "
As wo have heard buforo ;
Hut when ho gets that little , lo !
Ilo wnnts nllttlo moro.
Sorncrvlllo.Tournnl : It Is generally easy
to llnd fault with another's work , b'ut it Is
not always who unless you nro sure thnt the
other Is not quick tempered ,
Washington Post : It Is only when ho
brings in his bill that the physician declares
himself lu favor of blub hculs.
Fhegomlo Illnttur : The Little Philosopher
Hans ( who has torn his clothes badly got-
tlnc over n fence ) Oh , dear , what will
mamma say now ! If I had only cut my head
open siio would only say , "Just llkoyou , you
careless boy. "
Fllogendo Blatter : At a reception ' 'Oh ,
Count 1 delighted ! 1 haven't seen you , I
thlnic , since you were four weeks old. llut
how you have changed ! "
Atchlson Oloho : A man never realizes
until ho has made n fool o ( himself what it
luught'jr-lovltiij this is.
1111 ! IIVMMOC-K SliAHOX.
H'ntlilii'jtnn I'ost.
The hatnmoclt's with
us onco-ngnin ,
A poem full of bliss
The .sort that Rontly swings , nnd then
( Joas
Dowa
Ltko
This I
*
QIIKHr/OA.V , ! / > .IXSIfKltS.
OMAHA , May 20. To the Editor of TIIK linn :
rii-ase nns\\nr In Tin : llr.K who the aiitboi of
"The I'dol'.s Kovonijo" is : the play piodm-ed
by .Mr. Booth , Also uleaso state \\heio n copy
of the SJMIO ean bo prounrod. A. S.
Answer The Into Tom Taylor wrote "Tito"
Fool's Kovengo. " You can procure a
copy through any reputable bookseller.
OMAHA , May SI , To thu Editor of TIIK I '
\ \ but Is the ago of Uuor o Francis Train. 0. 'J1
II. S ,
Answer ilo gives his ngo as sixty-two.
I'KAiiouv , ICan. , May 18. To tlio Editor of
Tin : ] lii : : Will you ulo.iso toll me the nililiess
of thu Arkansas Traveler , Texas Sittings and
Yankee ( dado.
Ans. Tlio Arkansnw Traveler Is published
in Chicago. , 111. , and Llttlo Hock , Ark. ; Texas
Hlftlngs in Now Vorlc nnd Austin , Tex. , and
Ynnlceo Uludo In Uoston , Alnss.
OMAHA , May 21. To thn IMIIor of Tint HGE :
rleaso lull mo OiioiiKli TIIK HKK the eorrect
blrthiilact ) of tlio late Conernl William Tuuum-
bub rihcnniin.
Ans , Clenoral Sherman was born In Lan
caster , O.
To the Editor of TiiKllKK : Would lllto to
ask aiiuestlon through your paper : In CHSMI a
man dies , liavlm ; > nailo his will In a way that
does not properly provide for his widow or
Klvo her one-third , neither does hudlvldo the
pans for the heirs eijiinlly , ean the putt of
Mild will ruforrliiK to tliu widow bo Mil aside
or broken and tlio remainder he
Does It not throw tlio ontlro will nsldo ? I'lenso
answer In next weekly Is-mu anil oblige ) . 11. K.
Ans. The widow has the right to elect
which she will take , the provision mailo for
her in the will or one-third of the estate , an "
if the widow elects to take one-third of Ui
Citato , the remainder will bo divided pro
rutn , as per will , after paying nil Indebted
ness. The fact that the widow elects to take
ono-thlrd of the estate does not invalidate the
will as to tlio rest of the heirs.
OMAHA. May M. To the Kdltor of TIIK flu : ;
At the close of the late meeting of thu Ne
braska stnto medical society at Mnoo'n ' a mo
tion was mudo to iidloiirn slno ( IIn. The litwx
of this society specify that the meetings Hlnill
ho hold annually at a certain tlmo In llmyciir.
This buhiK the CUMJ thun , would not a motion
lo adtoimi sine ( Ilo cn : ry with It the iiieanlnu
of dissolution of the society , us It won'I ' (
practically mean that the soulety did not wish
to meat again ? 1 see from the reuonls of the
procui-dltiKS of the .ttatu society In the p.ist
that It lias Uien aut-iistoiiiud to mllouiiilnn
Hlno dlo ut tlio mid of each annual Mission. N
thl.s not u iMlbiipplk-atlon ot the leiin "sinil
die ? " Is not this o.\pni-slon rather used In
conventions , legislative bodies and or anl/u-
tlons which MI-O on thu point of dlssolvlii ) ; . A
nuw congress mny liiivn boiin ulurtiid to muni
and uoiillniio the work of thu old one , but the
latter wliun It , adjoin ns Mno dlo dou.-i not o\-
pucl to meat itsuln In rogiiliirsnvilon. I'lonaii
Klvo us your vluuH In next Hiiiiduj's Hue. A
iMoinbur of the titato .Medical Hoeluty.
Ans. A motion to adjourn slno dlo would
not carry with It the meaiilng of dissolution
of the society , but would .simply moan that
thohocletv would reconvene lit the regular
tlmo spccllled in the laws. In stioli cases ,
however , It would opix-ar to be the bettor
way to conclude the proceedings of the ses
sion by n simple motion to ndounitho ] , words
sine ( lie being really unncco sury.
AI.UANCI : , Nob. , liny 111. To tlio Kdltor of
TIIK llKK : Will you phmsu toll mu thtoush the
columns o ( your vulnublo paper If thurii ex
ists a r-ompaiiy who Is fiirnlslilin ; fruu trans
portation to South America ? If so , pluus'i
Klve me Its iidddiuss. K. T. H.
Ans. Wo do not know of any such com
pany.
( iiUND iHiitNii , Not. , May 20. To thu Kdllnr
of Tin : DDK : Will you kindly niiino , tlirniiKh
thu eolumiis of your valuable nuwsiapiir | , tlio
ton liugnst ultlfls In Nebraska and Klvo thulr
population--William Wlesu.
Ans. Omaha , HO.sW ; Lincoln , r ir- ? , ' '
Beatrice , 11,8W ! : } Hastings , lll.r.SI ; Nobr.isku
City , 11,172 ; Pmttsmouth , H.M'JJ ; Kuarnoy ,
8,071 ; South Omaha , 8OtW , ; Grand Island ,
Ttte , Fremont , 0,051.
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