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.Viliirv Public.
COHONKU TLviMiir.AN should bo com
pelled in some way to attend to his busi
ness.
IT NOW apjiejirs that the intiohinory of.
the Itali ; is in bad order , whiih prob
ably explains why the smooth little ship
did not entirely CKcapo.
TIIKKH is somothlng' ' unspeakably mor
bid about the mental constitution of a ,
man who will cherinh a bit of rope Used
in hanging a murderer as a rolie of
interest.
GOLD in JSuonos Ayres is quoted at
842 , and yet the Cinninnati convention
demands a currency "equal to the volume -
umo of business on a cash baais , " what
ever that may moan.
TIIK only reason for supposing Gov
ernor Steele of Oklahoma will succeed
Commissioner Raum in the pension otlico
ft ? found in the Htalo but telling fact that
ho is a cili/on of Indiana.
GKNEltAL SCHOKIELD gcod naturedly
admits that ho will shortly lead a Kco-
kuk.bollo to the altar. The general of
the army will retire on account of ago in
389'i , and will then have time and oppor
tunity to enjoy the domestic felicity
which his wedding promises.
DIL STKWAHT of Auburn , who has
beoit appointed one of the secretaries of
the state board of health is an old resi
dent of Nomaha county , and a'man whoso
record as both citizen and'phywician will
boar the closest scrutiny. IIo deserved
Iho recognition accorded him in this
instance.
MlNlSTKUS of today are- fast coming
to the conclusion that truths to live by
nro far more useful to their people than
dogmas to die by. This is why the great
religious conventions spend loss time in
dry doctrinal discussions thun in prac
tical talks upon timely topics dealing
with affairs as they exist.
DAKOTA county which is old enough
to know bettor has concluded to engage
in a county seat light. With Jackson ,
Dakota City and South Sioux City
( Covington ) entered as contestants and
She Winnobago Indian reservation on
the southern border as a reserve for all
parties , the outlook for lively times
could not be brighter.
PIIOKIIK COUSINS has boon remark
ably silent for weeks and it was sup
posed aho had dropped the subject of the
Bocrotaryshlp of the board of lady man
agers of the world's fair. Tills was a
jnlstakon assumption. The lady was
merely taking a rest to break out more
ferociously later. She is now ready for
the eruption and it will bo sad work for
her opponents from this time forward.
Al/niorou repudiated by the Prosby-
lorian general assembly , Dr. liriggs will
continue to draw his salary as professor
of biblical theology in Union seminary.
The plot thickens and the heresy hunt
will grow more interesting since the
Iwird of directors of Union seminary
flecllno to yield to the pordiiaslon of the
general assembly and donouneo the resolution
elution of that body dispensing with
Dr. 'Brlggs' services as rank usurpation.
DIL Coin/run's personal disllko for
Commipslonor Timinu is of no conso-
quoneo to the public. Dr. Coulter is
entitled to such post-mortem fooj as ho
earns. The question with the public is
, why should so many post-inortom oxam-
{ tuitions bo made ? The subjoot demands *
attention in connection with a thorough
investigation of the innngoinunt of the
coroner's ollk-o. Commissioner Timmo
JB on the right track. Lot him go on
doing his duty.
Tins generation will see most of the
lumber used in America manufactured
in Oregon nnd Wiuihhigton , Already
largo shipments arc being made from
the Immense forests of the northwest as
far east us 1'oniiaytvnnla. Ono mill
ilins recently taken orders for r > ,000,000
fihinglos to bo forwarded to Allegheny
City , Pu. , nnd another of 2,000,000 for
Cleveland , O , The supply of lumber is
nlmo.itinexhaustible , and the line forests
extend from Humbolt Bay , Cat. , to
SUku , Alaska.
Vtpnt n'.ttil )
Hy a resolution of the county commis
sioners , personal proiwrty of corpora
tions is a seiod In Iho ward whore the
principal ollloo of the corporation is
maintained. Toi'hnii'al'.y , it is posslblo
nncior tlto law Iho county rommlsslonoi's
have the right to pass stirh a resolution
where the corporate nroporty is dis
tributed aboul the city in such a way us
to make It inconvenient or impracticable
to llht ! t In the ward where It is located.
An a matter of fact , however , except
under uuch itircntnst-.tncos thin authority
should not bo assumed by thorn. An ice
liotiso in the fifth ward id as much ward
property as a horse , a cow or a stock of
goods. The foot that the ice house is
owned by it corporation and the hor.to
by an individual should not olTcct its
plac'j On the tax list , notwithstanding
its owners transact the business of the
ice IHHMO in a rented olllco in another
ward.
The Fifth ward citizens are right in
protesting against the transfer of $117-
000 worth of assessed valuation from the
book's of the assessor of that ward to the
Fourth and Third wards. The law as
Tim IIKK interprets it does not warrant
a construction which shall make this
possible. Of course so far as benefits
hereafter to accrue are concerned , the
matter is of no snocial iniDOrtani'o. the
revenues are not expended prorate
among the wards. The citizens of the
ward nro entitled to a credit , however ,
on the books of the county for their
ward of all the personal as well as real
property located in their ward.
It might bodilllcult to fix the valua
tion by wards of gas mains , water mains ,
electric light , telegraph , telephone and
motor wires , street car tracks and taak
lines running over the city. It is not so
with manufacturing concerns , ware
houses and storage establishments.
Their value can bo determined accur
ately by the ward assessors and it is
their business to list them and the busi
ness of their owners , wherever
they may reside , to fichcdulo them
for taxation in the wards in which they
belong. The assessor of the ward in
which they are situated is botlorca able
of determining their taxable value than
the assessor of a ward on the other side
of the city , presumably ignorant of tltcir
extent and value. It may bo too late to
rectify the error if any has boon commit
ted , but the Fifth ward committee is
right in demanding a hearing before the
commissioners and the coancil upon the
question involved. It will do good
another year if not now. For that matter -
tor it will pay all taxpayers throughout
the city to examine Iho returns of the
assessors now , so that inequities and
mistakes may bo avoided next year and
thereafter so far as practicable , oven if
relief bo impossible now.
AMKllH'AX ThV.
The enemies of American industries
persist in assorting that no tin plato is
being made in this country and that
there is not likely to bo any mado. It
is hardly worth the trouble to contra
dict statements of this kind. They have
been made as to almost every industry
when started in thirt country , and they
are to bo expected asanossuntinl feature
of the warfare against tlto protection
policy. YVhon the stool rail in
dustry was established the idea
that stool rails could bo success
fully manufactured in the United
States in competition with Kngland was
scouted by the same class of persons who
are now crying down the efforts to estab
lish hero the tin-platimr industry. But
American enterprise accomplished what
it undertook in the case of stool rails
and it will iTot fail with tin plato. The
manufacture of the latter has begun , and
it will go on expanding until the pro
duction of this country is largo enough
to at least supply the homo demand.
The fact was recently noted
of the organization of a company
with n largo capital to con
struct ttnrplating mills near Philadel
phia , and another company in Chicago
to operate mills to bt ? established at a
point in Indiana. Recently there was
hold in Pittsburg a meeting of iron and
steel mainifacturors , roprosontinir "
concerns , for the purpose of arranging
for united action in the manufacture of
tin plato. It is stated that the mills
now in operation in this country have
a capacity of 50,000 tons of tin plato per
year , and other mills in course of con
struction will double this output. It is
estimated , according to Mr. Joseph
Nimmo , that the full de
velopment , of the tin-plating industry in
the United States would give employ
ment to about thlrty-iivo thousand
Anurloan workmen , and afford n. market
for about three hundred thousand tons
of American iron and the necessary
quantity of Amoric-.n coal , which would
bo consumed in these industries , and
yield $ lo,000,000 in wages to American
labor. Surely such an industry Is worth
an oiTortto build up , and it is surprising
that any American iltnvapapor or citizen
should doi-ry it and try to put obstacles
in the way of its progress. It
is possible- that for a time
consumois will pay a little more for the
tin they buy , but they can well afford to
do this when assured that with the full
development- the Industry the price
of tin will go lower than it has over boon.
Just as the imuiufticturo in the United
States of stool rails brought the price
stondtly down until it Is now only about
onu-lifth what it was when the industry
was htartcd here , so it may reasonably
lx ) assumed that the development of the
tin pinto Industry will bo followed
by a great reduction in the
price of tin. Hut it is also
possible that there will bo no advance ,
that with the prospect of largo produc
tion of tin plates in this country and the
continued production abroad the prlco
cannot go higher. It is suvgustad that
the foreigner must reduce his price to
moot the competition on this sldo nnd
our manufncturerH must necessarily moot
foreign prices in order to soil at all , and
if these probable conditions shall prevail -
vail the prlco of tin wilt bo more likely
to decline than to advance.
We have the raw material for the
manufacture of tin plate , and every con-
sidorntlou demands tlwt It bo utll izou.
There is no longer any question as to
the existence of tin ere in the Ulaolc
Hills of South Dakota , but the extent of
the deposits la yet to bo determined.
There are doposlts in California which
are now being mlnod with oxcollon
promise of producing paying quantties. !
It would bo a grave mistake not to em
ploy thiiflo valuableresources. . Amor
lean tin is certainly coming , and it i
doubtless safe to predict that within the
next five years It will take its place as a
standard article of commorco.
r.Mtott i.KnMTi.iTinx ; .v union : .
The American consul at Stuttgart 1ms
communicated to the state dopartmen
some interesting information regarding
labor legislation in Germany and Swit/
orland. The most rccont legislation ol
this character In Germany wont into
olToct nt the beginning of the present
year , and relates to the protection ol
laborers in case of their inability to
worlc by reason of sickness or old ago.
This is an insurance law , and provides
that every person , male or female , 10
years of ago or over , and occupy
ing the position of laborer ,
servant or clerk , whoso wages or
salary amounts to leas than $170 a
year , must have himself or her
self Insured , The premium for this In
surance is paid in equal parts by the em
ployer and employe , and the government
itself contributes to each policy the sum
of oO marks annually , equal to 811.0 ! ) .
The insurance companies are state In
stitutions , controlled and ouoratod bv
the state. The premiums to bo paid are
in proportion to the wages received , and
range from throe cents par week for
these earning loss than $100 a year to
seven c-jnts par wouk for thoio earning
$471 ! a year. Sickness or military service
exempts the employe from his contribu
tions. In case of inability to work , if
the insured has paid his contributions
for at least forty-seven weeks and was
employed for live years before his disa
bility occurred , ho receives annually ,
according to his class , from S27 to
$ ! ! , ' ! . ICvery person who .attains Iho ago
of 70 receives a pension from the state.
All contributions cease after4 that ago.
Hvory lomtilo imy , in case slip marries ,
demand the return of ono-half of bar
premiums. It is calculated that 11,003-
000 parsons will bo subject to this
compulsory insurance law , and the
amount required for its opera
tion will 1)3 about $50,000,000 ,
of which the employes , employers and
the taxpayers ( which means the state )
pay one-third each. This law is auxiliary
to two other laws in force for some time
relating to compulsory insurance against
sickness and accidents. Nearly all
classes of laborers are required to insure
against sickness , the employer paying
one-third of the premium , which is a
sum not oxcja.ling 2 per cent , of the
daily wago- > ; insurance against acci
dents is confined principally to factories ,
and in this case the employer must piy :
thoontiro premium. In connection thnro-
with the law regulating the liabilty
of employers for accidents to their om-
ployos provides that the p.irty injured
may recover damages , and if ho was an
employe of a steam , street , or railway
company the very fact that the acci
dent occurred , is pritm facie evidence
that the railroad is to blame , and the
company to escape the panalty must
prove otherwise. In all other cases the
burden of establishing negligence is on
the party seeking to recover.
In Switzerland the law makes the
happening of an accident prima facie
evidence , and it only releases the em
ployer from liability in case ho
may show that the accident was
caused by superior force or criminal act
of a third person , or by the own fault of
the deceased or injured party. Em
ployers are liable in cases where em
ployes contract disease from a business
detrimental to health. There is a thor
ough and oflieiont system for the enforcement -
forcomont of these laws. It will thus bo
soon tnnt some ol the Kuropoan coun
tries , Germany foremost among tliom ,
make liberal provision for the protec
tion of labor , and the tendency in this
respect is progressive. Of course the
Gorman insurance system would not bo
practicable in the United States , but
with some modifications the laws relat
ing to liability of employers could bo ap
plied horo.
The progress of the plan of cooperative -
ativo distribution , which the farmers' al
liance of Missouri and Kansas propose
to inaugurate , will bo watched with a
great deal of interest. A conference
was hold at Kansas City last week at
which various committees were ap
pointed for perfecting an organization
to bo known as the "Missouri Valley Interstate -
torstato Farmers' Alliance and Indus
trial union , " the purpose of which is to
got rid of the middleman as far as it
is practical to do so and save
to the farmers in the organi
zation what in the ordinary way of
business would go to the middlemen.
The headquarters of the union will bo in
Kansas City , and it is proposed to es
tablish there the union warehouse and
market for the receiving and soiling of
all the product ) of the members of the
county alliances represented in the co-
oporntivo bohomo. The agents of the
union will keep in stock all the cloth
ing , groceries and common neces
saries of life , . and sell thorn to the
members at a profit sufficient only
to pay the running expenses.
ICach member of the county alliances
is expected to take stock in the enter
prise and contribute to its success by bis
patronage. The plan is not now in its
character , and opinion as to its ultimate
success must bo formed with reference
to experience already had in this coun
try with co-oporatlvo distribution. This
has not boon altogether of a nature to
warrant great confidence that the Kan
sas and Missouri farmers will bo able to
accomplish all that they aim to. The
results of experiments with this system
In Ohio nii'l ' other states have
shown that it does not possess
such advantages as it is commonly sup
posed to , and It has consequently not
boon a notable success hero. In Hng-
land , however , what Is in all oHsential
respects the sumo plan has long been in
operation and Is a very great success ,
Homo of the co-oporntivo societies of
London having accumulated largo prop-
ortios. It would seem that what ban
boon done there ought to bo possible of
accomplishment hero , but the experi
ment in this country has not boon
altogether satisfactory. It may
be that the organization of Kan
sas and KVtlsHouri farmers will
show bolter , judgment nnd ability l
managing thW scheme of co-oporatlvo
distribution VUlm has marked the man
agement of thb system elsewhere , nnd
will demonstrate that it can bo made a
success. In that * case they will have
Imitators in aVQparts of the country.
But in any ov.fcw , the movement is Inter
esting , and if I lus plan shall materialize
Its progress iB'nortain to command wide
spread attontjpji.
It was In 1870" that the Grcoloy colony
was formed in northern Colorado. The
Mormons of Utah had developed their
Holds by irrigation. The Colorado poo-
pic imitated them and have transformed
the ban-on plain cast of the llocky
mountains into one of the most product
ive of. farming communities. From
fifteen hundred to two thousand car
loads of potatoes unrivaled in quality
are annually shipped from the Cache
La Pondro and Ulg Thompson valleys ,
to say nothing of the grain , fruits and
vegetables.
About the same time the colony at
Riverside , southern California , was or
ganized. lit promoters having before
them the results of the primitive efforts
of the missionary priests , sot to work
with Yankee industry and ingenuity to
make these sage brush plains product
ive. How well they have succeeded is
shown in the fact that southern Califor
nia shipped this year $2,000,000 worth of
oranges and her trees and vines are
loaded with deciduous fruits.
The success of the Mormons ,
the Coioradoans and the Californiana
gave a great impetus to irrigation. The
slow going methods of the Mexicans in
California , Now Mexico and Arizona
gave way to the energetic efforts of the
American and today irrigation promises
to roJeom the entire arid and semi-arid
region between the Missouri river and
the Pacific ocean.
Artesian wells have reinforced the
streams in many localities , notably in
the Fresno and San Bernardino regions
of California. They are likewise open
ing the eyes of farmers to their value in
the more frigid region of South Dakota.
In the great plains region of the Pacific
coast there are 1,400 ( lowing wells , some
of these skirting Death valley , the solo
remaining positive proof that a desert
exists. The great American desert still
covers 1,000,000 squnro miles , but one-
tenth of this will yield to irrigation if
storage reservoirs are constructed to
wave the annual rainfall which now es
capes to the ocean.
The future of a very largo area of the
crcat west is bound up in irrigation.
The fact is appreciated by the people of
all the states wcs { of the Missouri. Their
legislatures nrb'eoniing to the rescue.
The national government must do like
wise or assign tins duty to the states and
place under th'cir control the public
lands to bo reduced.
IIURKA u.
The law pas&d'by the last congress ,
transferring the national weather sor-
vicofrom the war department to the de
partment of agr7cuUu.ro , will go into
effect July 1. Preparations are now
making for the transfer , and it is under
stood that the president is considering
the claims of several persons who have
aecn suggested for chief of the service
when it goes to the agricultural depart
ment. There will bo no difficulty
n securing a capable man for
this position , but in making
, ho selection the president will , of
course , ondoavo" to got the very best
man available.
The transfer of the weather service
lad boon agitated for several years before -
fore congress acted , and the law finally
passed was in recognition of the obvious
act that the meteorological work is es
sentially civilian and not military in its
character. All the distinguished names
n this science , in this and other coun
tries , were civilians , and the chiefs of
ill the foreign wcathor bureaus at the
n-osant time were taken from civil
ifo. Our own signal corps was trained
n meteorological work not by military
or naval officers , but by such well known
ciontists as Processors Loomis , For re
Vlondonhall , Upton and others. Being es-
cntially a civilian service congress did
visoly in taking it-out of the war do-
Ktrtmont , and as the 7,000,000 farmers of
, ho country have a greater interest in
t than any ether class the agrioul-
ural department is the proper
) lace for it. Undoubtedly the
ircsidont and the secretary of
vgriculturo fully appreciate the import *
inco of giving this service a right start
n its now quarters , for the spirit that
vill pervade the administration of the
bureau at the outset will probably bo
lorpotuatcd for years. The chief of the
luroau should bo a man already dls-
.inguishod . for scientific attainments ,
ind with the zeal for investigation and
ho deslro for progress that will insure
a H to inly advance and improvement.
Vhilo the utility of the weather service
ins made progress , it is still capable of
'roator development , and the country
vill expect that ' itndor the now condl-
Ions it will gro\y'J [ usefulness more rap-
dly than it has done.
MIWJQAL KDUCATIOX.
The medicyl school of the university
of Pennsylvania,1 , ' , Js , the oldest In the
ountry and onoutof the most dls-
Inguishud. IthrtH'doiio peihaps more
linn any other t ylovato the standard
f medical education in tills country ,
' 'iftoun years ago tl'jo school established
n obligatory thriujy ) ° llrs' course , which
van an extension of an entire year. The
rustoes and facility have now decided
hat the addition , pXanothor year to the
lodical course must soon bo made ,
n order that the responsibility which
lie dogrco of the school Imposes upon
ho graduate shall bo intelligently and
althfully discharged to the public. This
top will bo taken at additional cost and
t the risk of a reduction of income ,
ampornrily at least , na that it springs
rein an unselfish purpose to elevate the
tandard of medical education.
The great schools of ICuropo require
rein five to hoven years for a medical
ourso. Such a term may bo unnoccs-
arlly long , but certainly one of
our yoru-H is not. A few p'ir-
Icularly bright minds may li-arn enough
f medical science to justli. thorn in
> racticlng in the course now proscribed
by the bolter class of collogoa , but the
croat majority of these who adopt the
profession of medicine cannot bo llttod
for Hticcessful practice In the time now
prescribed for study In the schools gen
erally , Of the army of two-year doctors
sent out annually from the med
ical ' institutes a score may do-
vofop into really scientific physi
cians , but much the greater num
ber will never amount to any
thing , and it would bo bettor for man
kind if they had become blacksmiths or
carpenters rather than alleged doctors.
The fact that many eminent and suc
cessful p'hyslolniis have been graJuntod
under the old standard does not show
that It Is a sound or safe principle- IIx
the requirements according to what the
brighter minus can achieve. It Is time
that greater attention was given to this
subject , the importance of which it
would not bo easy to exaggerate.
There can bo no higher function
than that of the physician , and ills
therefore worthy of the best talent and
of the greatest care in its education.
The medical school of the university of
Pennsylvania has sot a commendable
example , though it is to bo feared it
will not bo extensively followed. Ono
thing , however , can bo safely afllrmcd ,
and that is , that medical education in
the United States is cot-tain to improve.
The day of the old standard has passjd
away and that of a moro elevated and
steadily advancing standard has coino In.
JOHN \VIIMS of this city offers a
generous contribution toward a $10,000
monument to the memory of the soldiers
of the union whoso lives were sacrificed
in the rebellion. There are patriotic
citizens enough in Omaha to moot the
conditions of the olTor , and it would bo
as creditable to them as to him to carry
out the plan proposed. Omaha has no
statues of any character. In this par
ticular she is behind many small cities
of the cast. The idea of Mr. Willis de
serves to bo realized.
TIIK Methodists of South Wales have
adopted a resolution expressing tlioir
toerot that the prince of Wales took
part in the game of baccarat at Tranby-
croft. If reports bo tt-uo baccarat was
not the games in which his royal high
ness indulged at the castle named.
Peccadilloes like the ono which has
brought him into court at this time
might well bo overlooked if more serious
offenses against the moral law were loss
frequent.
Crnx.KN'S of Omaha will rejoice with
the officers of the Omaha Real Estate
Owners' association over the success
which is attending their efforts. Con
gratulations are good as far as they go ,
but they should bo supplemented with
the cordial and substantial co-operation
of property ownors. There is a good
chance in this organization to do the
city important service. .
Always ScaHonalilo.
L'tlMmra Clirnntclr .
It is always tly time for abscondors.
DOIIVOJ-'S - - .
on PI-OKI-CBS.
Denver Sun.
A. candle factory Is on ttio tapis for Den
ver.
Pacts VH. Mysteries.
Alhnnu Jniirnnl.
If the teachers In the churcho would talk
about facts instead of mysteries the amcns
would bo more sincere.
The IVeHt Against Ihe World.
Dinner Sun.
The Omaha BRK lu sincere and intelligent
advocacy of the Interests of the wast favors
the grant of arid hinds to the states.
H-r I to Kind.
Kaiiwi * Cilu 'J'iinu.
The newly incorporated woitora Kansas
irrigation company ought to know that water
is ono of the hardest things to flud In the
prohibition stato.
HUH No Just Claim.
Korfnlk iVeint.
THE OMAHA BIK : has opened a bureau of
claims in Washington for the bonollt of its
readers. \Vorld-Horuld will probably
( Ho its circulation claims thoro.
Applauding n Good Deed.
Clitrauo Inter Ocean.
The Nebraska boy who was arrested for
intercepting a letter from a disreputable
character to his ipothcr was moro sinned
ugiunst than sinning , nnd the grand jury did
well In refusing to indict him , even after hi *
confession of having violated the law.
TIIK KOVAtt I'.ICK.
Baltimore American : Look at it from nny
point you will and it is a disgraceful atTuir.
Now York World : The prince fuces the
crisis with trim British stolidity , and is
promptly ready /or the witness box.
Toledo Blade : If the prince of Wales
keeps on liu will pot an education that will
lit hint to open up u faro bunk in this coun
try ,
Washington Post : So far the testimony
indicates that , there U not much dilformics
between a royul gnmo of baccarat nnd a mod
est game of craps.
Minneapolis Tribune : A few moro fnrcos
like the ana lu which the prince of Wales is
now pui.vlng a star part will do much for de
mocracy in England.
Pitt-sbnrg Ulspatcli ! It can hardly fall to
Inspire profound cogitations in the minds of
that portion of the Kngllsh public who re
gard morality us a matter of any importance.
Lufayctto Journal : His royal nibs , the
prince of Wales , caihos the "checks" and
doubtless duly attends to the "rako-ofT"
us one of the parquisito.- his exulted sta
tion.
tion.Now
Now York Press : This kind of "banking , "
high play at biifcar.it and Iho running of
race laorsos afford an easy explanation of
the rccont scandal about the prlnuu of Wales'
debts.
St. Louis Heuubliu : The prince of Wales
is not ashamed of acting us banker for an
amateur gambling house , but ho ! deeply
mortified when his particular friend turns it
Into a " .skin" gumu.
Detroit Free Press : A common , every
day juror actually had sufllcionl unduritv to
cross-examine the prince of Walj.i mid cot
him In un uncomfortable corner. The
foundations of the stale uro buing under
mined.
Kansas City Star : An Am on can who can
follow the dovelonmonts of thu baccurut
scandal la the London courts without exull-
pig In the fact thai there Is nn hereditary
aristocracy in the United .States ought to bo
promptly expatriated.
t N. 1 IV , TIME ,
'Tls now ovur excitement's Jono ,
And education's race U run.
Thu festive graduate Is IOGJJ
Upon the world. Now dlro nbuso
Prom dark brewed men will coma anon ,
As fast as they nn < called upon
For situations ; for they see
No reason why o 'vanity
Khould bo u final coup d' otut
For all the tils , or haul soil.
Kuch man will II ml his level , wh&a
IIo snocdi for place with other men.
Kuch maiden , too , will Btircly find ,
The 3lun [ to the ladder of womankmu.
Tlio start is on for the human race ,
\Vith rlcho-i ( or him wao guts a place.
Denver Sun : An Omntm reporter , describ
ing the full of n lionvy pleoo of iron , says "It
hit thu around with a swish nnd n grunt , "
Wo never hoard of Iron giving n swUh nnd n
grunt , but perhaps It wns all right In this
OHO. It must nave boon pig Iron.
Utlcn Hornlil : Three out of every ftvo
women who rule In struct cars sit with their
toes in.
IIKH
A'nt- ,
I nskril her for n sister's love
To lighten my dull lifo.
She gave my hiuul n guntlo shove
And said , while toying with her clove ,
"I'd rather bo your wife. "
Atchlson Olobo : It is seriously related
that two Atchison women recently Vl llril In
a Central Branch town oai-h
, taking n iiuan-
tlty of I.ltnbiirgor choc.se , and that the cor
oner broke open their trunks.
Philadelphia Record A ( Conslngton man
can wag his ear hard enough to Hip n tly oil
it , to the astonishment of the latter.
IT xr.VKit STOPI.
I said "Halt ! " once , my words were scorned ,
And the skies hung dark and low ,
I cried "Stop ! " twice , but It pxsscd as vain
As thn idlest winds that iilow.
'Twould have stopped a horao in his wild
caronr ,
Or an army's stern nrrav ,
Uut the gas-meter enl / scorned to laugh
And silently worked away.
Smith , Gray .t Co.'s MontHlr : Mrs.
Gossip I think that Mr. Lovely married n
very homely girl.
Mrs. Lorgnette She may DO homely , but
her Income Is very Imndsnnio.
Now York Iloruln : "Lieutenant Softly
has never scon powdurnnd smoko. "
"O yes , ho has. When he isn't in the ball
room ho is in thosmokinc room so ho knows
all about 'em. "
Burdetto : Hostess 1 think you hnvo
everything in the room to ninlio you comfort
able , dear Mrs. , a-id If you are afraid
of burglars you will lind In my husband's
gripGuostr
Guostr If your husband's grip is hero I
will not stay a minute. [ have nnvor had It ,
and wouldn't got it for anything in the
world 1
31VI * YIl.ljK A aiJKHtOH V.
Wrtlttn for The lief.
Once on n time , long , long ago and a very
good time 'twas , teeThe
The Claim club bloomed like the big bay tree
or a Chicago maiden's shoo ;
And the chiefs of the Claim club , every ono ,
grow rich as rich could bo ,
For each took what ho liked nnd fired his fee
right into the Missouri ;
And then , if ho jumped the dead man's claim ,
what's that to you or mo ?
Sure u uliap that's drowned is "dead as a
duclr , " and needs no land or goln ;
And how could the men that llrcd him help
if the river was dark and cold !
And memory Is seldom much of a spook when
a man is rich and old.
When the Claim club bloomed they were long
' boots and shirts of a ruddy hue ,
And'tupy swore like pirates and drank like
galoots , till now there are left but a few.
But these are the high mucky-mucks of town
I know thorn , so do you I *
I met ono t'other ' day on the street a most
religious man
His wife was with him u haughty dame ,
built on a gorgeous plan
With n foot like a boat , and a hand like a
ham , and n uoso like n catamaran.
The good man is a deacon now , in ctiurch
high soars his note ;
Decorous is his shaven face , his shiny hat
ixn d coat.
Tis sad to think so peed a man could over
slit a throat !
And local gossio says 'tis true that in the
days gene by
The ruddv shirts of the pioneers she of the
haughty eve
Washed for uomo 15 cents apiece ; and some
do her Oecry :
Because , when for time on her smiled , ana
washtub days were o'er ,
She kept a hash hou.so nt the back of Her
good husband's store ,
And gossiped with the gambler's wife , whoso
castle was next door.
But now'tis changed. Tlio hash-house queen
disdains the humble crowd ;
The deacon , stiff in fresh-boiled shirts , green
backs ho counts nloud
Madder'n h 1 that 10 per cent is all by Inw
allowed.
'Ah mo ! " ho groans , "Ah mo , Ah mo ! if
man could but. live twice.
There's ' do in
many a thing they'd again
manner much moro nice
'Tls bungling after all to shove a man bo-
ncath the ice
For rich and respectable now wo are ; wo
own a family tree ,
And artist's brush will soon portray our by
gone annostry.
So 'rah ' for the club and thu old woman's tub
and the days so bold and free ,
When wo took what we wished and asked no
leave genuine liberty !
Hold on , you thief , you'vo got my purse
you know It b'longs to mo ! "
* * * * * * *
Yes , this is the town whore a man may dwell
till his hair is turning gray ,
And the devil an ono will smile him n smile
or pass him the time of day ,
Or ask him to join in the social throng to
drive dull care away ;
Unless and mirk you , gospel true should
rumor loud proclaim
That Fortune has adopted you that slip ,
capricious damo.
Has in her will remembered you , nnd written
there your name.
Like vultures o'or the Afghan hills , like
prows of the bouilun ,
Thop'll spot their quarry from afar and rush
him , every man ,
To sell him lands and corner lots , and bilk
him if they can ;
iVnd then , yo gods ! they'll feast him high ,
nail dine nnd wino him , too.
And i-nuso their womankind to .smirk and
smile and softlv coo ,
iVnd lie about their ancestry , as do most
parvenu.
Society Is somewhat mixed , but. Unit cuts
little figure ;
ioid cash is the essential that Is hold "do
rigour. "
Each bug is greater than his mate , Just as
his pile is bigger.
There is quite a sprinkling of upstarts ,
who'vo changed their ' 'shconey" name ,
iVud Dutchmen from Missouri , who'vo
learned the social game ;
But o'er them all ttio Claim club cliqun , se
cure in ancient fumu !
O Omaha I poor Omaha ! the song I .sing is
true
O Omaha I great Omaha ! there are surely
few like you !
[ Wn.MAM THE WANIIRIIKII.
vniMii IIM wnn * i\n i ppnn\ttt/i
1 HEIR WAN ISARLLliSSkSING
Nebraska Farmers Will SoonBo Beyond
Ir.difoECO. ;
WHAT THE RELIEF COMMISSION IS DOING ,
fnSlii'dly'H Will The StiUo
Slioot Toiiriinmnitt Postponed on
Account of Itnil Weather
Other Lincoln News.
Litxroi.x , Nob. , .hmo 0. [ Special to Tim
HKK.J The number of porsmis who hnvo
been receiving nld froin the state relief com
mission \ oolng gradually roilueed until IM\V
thei-o Is only ono-lf.uf as many in there wew
diu-lti ) ; Iho winter. The .supplies roculved by
the present dependents hnvo nlso bgcn gradu-
tilly reduced until each Indlvldiuil In now ro-
colving iibout half as inueli us he diil during
the winter. So that now there I * ab.uit one-
fourth of the amount of supplier ilven out
Unit there w.ui formerly. The main demand
now t ; < for Hour and commual.
The gradual lessoning of calls for tilil is at
tributed to the growth of parden pvodnee and
raining of fowls on the farms. As so < m as
harvest is over It is expected that there vvui
be no moro calls for aid and then the work of
thu relief commission will bo ended.
AITKH siiiir.nv's wn.i. .
The search for John Slieedy's will sti',1
eontlnnes. To Detective Charlie Crowe has
been delegated the worlt of hunting for the
missing document and Mr. Courtney , attor
ney for t.holalo John Shoedy , is very indignant -
nant over the miithods employed byVrowo
Courtney says that yesterday Crowe pretended
tended to bo asleep on a sofa In his olllce and
that after ho went out Crowe went through
bis safe , evidently hunting for the document.
At nny rate , when ho rotiirnod he found the
door locked nnd Crowe lot , him in. After tlto
detective loft Courtney found everything In
the safe topsy ttirvy. Courtney'says sig-
nllieantly : "Thoro was one drawer loi-ki-d ,
and fovtunately the fellow could not Ret Into
that. " As there is no In-/ governing such in-
quisitivencss , Courtney says ho c.xnnot have
Crowe arrested.
TIIK SlIOOTINll TIH'IIXIMBST.
What promised to bo n great state shooting
tournament bus been suddenly ended by the
Incessant rain that has been falling , t'p to
Thursday evening the tournament was a
great success. But little was done yesterday
In the pouring rain , and nothing today , and
the enthusiastic but disappointed marUsmoii
gathered together up town this forenoon mid
decided to postpone further .shooting until
next Monday. There are yet to bo contested
for a pri/o of $1(5.1 ( milled money , an S. S.
Smith SIUJ haminerless gun , and two costly
state badges.
OI > 1 > S AXI > nSDS.
Tlio commencement exorcises of the state
normal school at , Peru will commence Juno
15 , nnd last four days.
Mrs } Mary Sluudy has gone to Set-ant on
la. , to visit her sick mother. On returning
she will rent n suite ot rooms and lease her
late homo on Twelfth and I' streets , whom
the great tragedy occurred. Some super
stitious people assume to believe that the
place is haunted and allege that mysterious
sounds and groans are hoard there after
nightfall.
The revised statutes , now being proparoi- }
by Mr. J. E. Colby of Beatrice , will bo ready
for distribution in about seven weeks. Tl
work of compiling Is about completed , aniJ
the annotation well under way.
The Uoliar sociotv of the state university
gave its annual exhibition last ovonitiK ut
the chapel. The orators of tbo evening were
.T. H. Fogarty , Miss Kcnn Stockton and Paul
PIzoy. Prof. Giboault , If. O. Williams , Net
tie Forehand , Miss Carrie Brown and James
A. Lnnn added to thu evening's ' enjoyment
by well rendered literary and muslciif selec
tions.
T1SX * ' . H.IM > .
Atchlmm 1'lnlif.
Ivoading makes u learned man , but think
ing makes a great man.
A mother builds her hopes on possibilities ;
n luther on probabilities.
The worst thing about life is that tfioro
nro so many who are too old to start over
again.
Kvory man thinks ho would bo properly np-
ureciatcd if his wife know some other mon to
knows of.
It is said to bo an unfailing sign of n man's
neatness if ho has tbo heels of his shoes
, blackened.
I The surest way to punish a man is to act
so square yourself us to make him ashamed
of himself.
'ihero is a girl ia Atchison without 11 faiJ-of
any kind. Shu is said to bo a great help to
the mother.
Every man knows something about some
ether man that would make some woman in
the world uncomfortable.
It is always allowable for an old man to net
young , and always safe for a girl of fourteen
to act like a woman of forty.
You cannot talk to n woman half an hour
without discovering what religion she af
fects ; you can talk with a man foruvur with
out discovering that ho hits a religious belief
of any kind.
lUme. liliiviitKky.
Litwlm Truth.
Mine. Ulavatsky's career ought to encour
age every woman wlio wiihoto bu the hluh
priestess of a now religion , and to live In
comfort on the monuv of fools , ut once to go
into the "now sent" business. All that she
has to do in order to succeed is to take caru
that her reliirion is so mystic Unit no une can
understand it ; to have some confederates ; "
and to bo able with their aid to practice , with
moro or less skill , a few of the ordinary
tricks of a street conjurer. I tried moro
than once to understand theosophy , but I
came to the conclusion that tills was impos
sible , because iUs adepts do not themselves nu
* lorstund It. It would seem , so far as I could
maito out , that some ami in Thibet , who has
never boon soon , and who cannot bo readied ,
is the only person who does understand it.
In India Mudamo Illavatslty's tricks weiu
thoroughly exposed by ono of her confeder
ates , and she was regarded us a detected Im
postor. Nothing daunted , however , by the
exposure , she came over to Knylund , "om-
vorted" a number of silly persons to a bo lof
in her supernatural powers , mid l the .silll
mow supernatural powers of the mysterious
gentleman in Thibet. The sect Is now a cm > -
sidoniole one , and that this should to ilit <
case Is a serious reflection upon the sanity of
many persons who arootitof liinatloasylums.
Whether it will stirvlvo tlio death of thw
priestess is doubtful.
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