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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1894)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; SUNDAY. JANUARY ! ! , 189-IH5IXTGI2N PAGES. MILLENNIUM IN A BURBAl A Panacea for the Ills Afflicting the Indus trial World , PRESCF.IPTION CF DOCTOR KATE FIEU Jlow to llflp AlniiK Hit ) Or ml Tlmo Cam tliR I.Hlior HiirrHiin III" Cnro fur tout' ntluii < il Iliiinnnit } hnmplf ) CimiH. l l\l \ KttiC rttlil. ] It my wlfihhiK biought happiness every body would luivo thu happiest of New Years and our IX't-larallon of Independence wouli coino to puss. Hut Micro aru no fairy fred mothers outside of stor.v books , anil tin millennium Is not yet In sight. Ko wo inns nil work out our own salvation in tlio old fashioned way. "If you had Jl.OOJ.OOO t ( Bl\o away , bow would you spend It ? " nskui a frk'iid the other dny. "I would try to help 1,000.000 of people. " "How would you go to work1' ' I don't iulto | know , though I'vo a genera Idea of what ought to bo done. I would eon suit my Hebrew friends In New York am ask them to help me. " What do you mean i" " 1 mean that the Hebrews never allow tliolr people to stnrv'o. You never hear ol Jewish paupers or Jewish crlmlilals. Thougl : there tire 100,000 Kusslati Jews it : New York , driven to America by necessity , there are no beggars among them , miserably poor as many are. Why ? Because tht leaders of their race have established n labor bureau to which the needy apply. AVork is found. In town or out ; once Riven work the .lew makes his way. " I fail to see that "you have answered my question.1 "Haven't 1 ? What Jew can do Gentile can do. I would found that labor bureau ubout which I liavo written aid talked so much for the last year and which universal distress is now making " necessity. The HoVcriiinciit admits 1)00,000 immigrants a year regardless of what becomes of them or what becomes of the Americans they re place. There should bo a national labor bu reau ut the capital with branches in every g'.ate and territory. There unemployed men and women could apply for work and , in course of time , labor would cease to bo con gested in erciil centers. It would bo properly - orly distributed.1 A Sample1. My friend scratched his head , looked at mo as though I were quite mad , and went oil to stuff himself with an apoplectic New Year's dinner. I sat down ami took up seine papers. Here Is the result of a few minutes' reading : Scene A police station in a great city. A roung man neatly dressed and seemingly ro- ipcctablc enters after midnight. Ho addresses - dresses the sergeant : " 1 am a thief and want you to lock me up. " "What did you steal ! " "A pockctbook. I snatched it from the hand of a lady standing on the side walk wait ing for a car , She was holding it in her hand Just as If she were asking mo to come and take it i know that pockctbook meant something to cat , and , without thinking. I snatched It. and ran. I heard a scream , but 1 didn't look back. I found J-l and went to a restaurant ami ordered something to eat , though so weak from hunger I could hardly speak. 'AVhdn the fooit was placed bcforo me I was jrluu1 I had stolen the pockotbook. I wont to my lodging and paid my bill and then I began to think what I had uono. I couldn't sleep , I couldn't do anything 1 was a thief. I felt there was but ono road for ma to tako.and that to the police station. Hero I ninj > lf "What is' ' your name and where did you Como from ( " "My name is Frank Hutchinson. I am 22 years old and my homo is - , Mass. , whcro my parents live on a farm. I am the oldest of six children. I don't like farming and learned engraving. The folks needed money and I thought I could earn better wages in a city , where I'd never been , but I'd ' heard so much about It I thought I'd ho sure to succeed. 1 came here six weeks ago. I tiad some money saved up and 1 did not think 1 would have any trouble at all in get ting a place. Maybe 1 wasn't as careful of my money as I should have been when I llrst reached town. I began by putting adver tisements in the newspapers ; but no ono Bceir.cd to want an engraver. 1 never got any answers. l-'orc-od to Hob. "I started to look for work. People were so busy preparing for t'no holidays tnat they did not have time to talk to me. They Bcemcd to think that I was doing something I had no right todfo bceatlso I merely aslccd for u place. All day long I went from ono shop to another. No ono wanted mo. I didn't lese heart until my money began to run low. Then 1 found n cheaper place to live. 1 kept on looking for won : . Last Monday night I spent the last mouny I nad for something to eat. All the next day I went around looking for work without ti tiling to cat , 1 didn't have any hotter luck on Wednesday. I felt as if I was stiirvinir. "It was about supper time on Wednesday even ing. I was standing on the street. I ( elt as if the pain from hunger would malco mo crazy. I couldn't , beg. I tried to , but 1 couldn't. Then I saw the young woman and stole her pockotbook. Hero it is. " Frank Hntchlnson was locked up. The next morning ho told his story to the police court. The judge didn't know what to make of it , nor did the police. If my labor bureau were a fact Frank Hutchinson would not have stolen that pocketbop'c ' and ono American citizen would have been saved from disgrace and prison. An liihiinmii Spcctiiulc. Scene A puhlij park In Elizabeth , N. J. ft. miserable , delirious man is seated against i tree with no covering but a blanket thrown JVCT him by a sympathetic woman. Elijah -Irani , colored is from - , suffering aggra- rated .small-pox , and as ho chatters and icroams hundreds of men and woman gaze it him from a noncontagious distance. \\hat docs such an Inhuman spectacle mean ? Only this : When Klijah Grant presented himself at the Elizabeth hospital and his disease was noted ho was removed to the pcsthouso and placed in charge of thu it. . mates of the almshoiiso. Ono night the attendant Improved his op portunities and got drunk , whereupon Grant In his uellrum dressed himself and walked to Elizabeth , two miles away. On being found wandering along Elizabeth avcnno ho was driven Into the park , whcro no onodarcd logo near him. His escape was not discov ered by the almshoiiso olllcials until ! ) o'clock the next morning. The keeper refused to lend the city's wagon after him for fear of Infection , and mil until a junkman agreed to carry the poor creature to the pest house in Ills wugou was Grant removed from the park. If my labor bureau existed , the cause of Elijah Gram's miserable condition might have been prevented. Ollluliil Uriltullty. Scene Hoard of Estimate and Apportion- incut ot New York city. Time , IbW. Mr. Darker , president of the Tux department. charges the Charities department with not properly feoillup and caring lor the Insane : romml slom > r Porter Wo have 5.H07 Insane patients , and \vo ni-o estimating the e.\i > cn > > vs mi the per capita plan. I'rcildcnl ' HarKor Vou romp hero asklncfor a lot of muni ) ) fnrchuiltablo purport , hut It Is voiy lltllo that clmrlty vets. lam opposed tonny dlkcrlndnntton iiKulnst the liuano. and our connnlitiM > found hits of It. Tim Insane am not properly fed , while In the worl.-lunuo and pt'iilU'iitliiry there Is plenty for every body , rommUilonur Porli'i llul you must under' Uiunl that proper food for thu hospitals is ah- bolulely mvossiiry , whllo It does not matter much It ) thu Insane whether they liavo liiMirlrsor not. President llarkvr There Is discrimination In another direction. Last ytwyou sent seven putlentH to the Mlcldloton asylum which thu l-lly must pay fur. In ono ease u woman was tent t hero hoca use her husband was going to ineml the summer near by. Commissioners Per tor and Shoohy and Dr. .McDonald admitted that all this was true , but "tlioy could not stuud ( he pressure of outside Influence" brought to bear In certain tain cases. "That's Just It. " said Mr. Darker. "Yoi can't stand the pressure , but poor men am women who Imvo no friends to push the ! casea have to stay where they nrc. I pro test that sucn discrimination must cease. " Think of on oftlclitlof Now York so stcopei In Ignorance ns well as brutality as to pub llely assert that It mnites no difference ti the Insane what they cat ! It Is poverty o food that makes poverty of blood i poverty o bloon Induces Insanity. Commissioner IXr tcr Is n disgrace to his callini ; and his coun trv. When'my bureau Is established then will bo fewer Insane nnd still fewer paupers Last winter several thousand people ilv Ing In Washington were on the brink o starvation because the thermometer fel twrnty decrees lower than usual. A funi wns raised. This winter there Is stll greater suffering on account of hard times Morn money has been raised and a commit tee of relief has been appointed. Tlio OnenUoii of Clmrlty. T rend that Washington Is ono of the mos chnrltable cities in tlio union. I also rcai that ten years ago n mass meeting was heh tit which $10,000 were raised to meet tin wants of the poor , caused by cold weather What nrc synonyms of charity ? Love unlx'crsal hotiovoluico , good will , affection tenderness. bem-Heoncc , llhurallty , alms giv- Ing. The giving of alms Is the last synonyn of the dictionary , while It Is the llrst en tin tongue of average humanity. Illssomuct easier to glvo a few dollars to stop memoir tary distress than to Investigate the rea cause of the distress and prevent its recur- rcnco as to make almsgiving the only form of charity In general practice. What 1st tht result ; The poor are left Just where thc.v were. They are not helped to help themselves - selves and nro just so far additionally tic- moralized , as they look to others for further aid. Well-to-do citizens are themselves to blame for the disgrace of want in this favored dis trict , where the climate is so kind the greater part of the year as to make living especially easy for the poor. The great ma jority of the sufferers are negroes , ISO.OOO ol whom live from hand to mouth in wreiehcd alleys , Ignorant , neglected , not knowing how to work because they have never been taiight tradi-s or any taint ; else. There never was a greater cruelty com mitted iu the name of liberty than the sud den emancipation of millions of slaves with out making any preparation for their sub sistence. Drought up to depend on massn and mistress for food , clothing , medicine and thought Itself , many of these poor creatures were merely prown-up babies. That num bers should have drifted to the capital was natural. Massa Lincoln freed them and Uncle Sam would ta. < o care af them , Ho today , out of a population of U.IO.OOO oin the District of Columbia , T.'i.OOO are negroes. ItliiutRil by I'livorty. What has the Government done to make these people self-respecting and self-support ing ; Nothing. The vote they once had was so prostituted , owing to their benighted con dition , as to lead to the disfranehlscmcnt of everybody in the district. That's all con gress has done for the blaci ; race. It has punished while intelligence for the negro's unavoidable ignorance and susceptibility to bribery and corruption. What have the commissioners done ? Noth ing. What have white citizens done ? Al lowed their poor brethren to live like pigs in alleys where tenements should not be toler ated , and rear children to 1111 our streets with rowdies and our prisons with crimi nals. If at that mass meeting , held ten years ago , subscribers to a generous fund had de termined to prevent a recurrence of the dis tress which then provailo.l , the cry of desti tution would not now be ringing in our ears , and money , morals and life would have been saved. There should bo an end to this great wrong and the quickest way to end it is to establish my labor bureau. Already the district police know whcro the miserably Door congregate. A properly constituted labor bureau could consider cases individu ally and devise the ways and means of re form. Thu national government pays half the district taxes : being responsible for the negro's pitiable condition it should bear half the burden of this bureau , if not the whole. We point the linger of scorn nt Irish land lords forejnctmg their miserable tenants , yet here1 , under the shadow of the Washington monument , sick and hungry negroes are threatened with eviction because they can't pay rent ! What wild beast would so mal treat his kind ? In the name of God and humanity let us prove our Christianity and found labor bureaus throughout the country , for the misery at the capital is insignificant when compared with the appalling destitu tion of New Yorlc , Chicago , Detroit , Buffalo1 , Boston and other great towns. So it is not happy Now Year to all. yet it is in our power to help on the good time when happiness will bo the rule. Think the matter over. KATE FIELD. IllIt CllOIVIOF A .U.t.V. Jlroohlyn JAfc. I N 111 not wed : i millionaire , to bo accused of crime , It ho should chance to pass away a bit before his lime. A poor man's wlfo I'll nuver be , to bake and sluw and broil , With half a do/en little onus to add to all my lull. \ will not wed n handsumo man , a "soort" would not suit me They'to bound to have another wlfo , nnd some- i lines two or three. A honiuly n.an Is not my style a "dude" I would tiniest 1 rnnld not love a solemn man nor ono who's pronu to jest. 1 will not wed the man whoscoks for years my love to Kitlit ; The very slowness of his suit would always lirini ; mi > pain , 1 will not wed the man who claims to love mo at llrst glance In fact , I will not wed at all until 1 get a chance. Most men who profess a belief in nestiny and an indifference to fate when brought face to face with a danger or placed in a desperate situation seek to avoid rather than embrace the inevitable result of the event regarding which they have held such philosophical opinions. A case in point is related by the Now York Herald and hinges upon the experiences of a minister of the forcordnmtion school of be lief on a Mississippi steamer In the good old fashioned days of rjver tacing , when a negro Bat on thesalcty valve and the furniture and woodwork of the boat fed the lire. The captain seeing a rival boat half a mlle ahead bo an to curse in true old time style , ami ordered tar pine knots , naval stores , bacon , etc. , to be thrown in to kindle tlio lire as hot as possible. As the steam got higher and higher and the old boat trembled and groaned under the pressure , the preacher drew nearer and nearer to the stern. Noticlnt ; this nnd never losing an oppor tunity to crack a Jokc.thecaptain tapped the fataliston thu shoulder and said : "Hello , Brother Blank , what's ailing you ? I thought you was ono of them fellows what believes what is to happen will happen no how. " "So 1 do , " replied thn clergyman , drawing himself up. "So I do , but 1 want to be as near the stern as possible when It docs hap pen. ' ' * Young Iliggars No , I can't say that I bo- lluvo In those bible fables. In fact , I take higher vround. Deacon Potterby Yes ? If history Isn't wrong , there were nemo fellers In Noah's time who thought that higher ground would answer nil purposes , but they rather made iv failure of It. * "I was surprised when I heard that Grab- rex had Joined ehmvh. " "I wasn't. I happened to bo present when ho ami his business partner shook dice to see which mcmbnrof the linn should Join. " "Huw did you miuiugo to pay oft the church debt I" Chinvli worker With one oyster supper. "Everything , I suppose , was on a grand sealoi" "On , no ; we fined each etui that spoke of the soup bcit ) thin. " * * Puck : Wife George , I wish you belonecd to my church. Thu now minister Is a man i on would like. Husband-Not such a big oted Methodist as thootherthcn.is hoi "No , lut is very broad I Ht > bollovea that Episco palians , If they repent , i-au bo saved. " There was never n tlmo when so many odd nnd funoiful Httlo bibs nnd yokoH uiul Helms nntl scurfs of lace wore used for hi'lulituiiiiu. up plain gowns ami Iruueforiulmra low gown iuto a high ono ut ahort notice. Importance of Effective State Supcrvisioi anil Examination , SPECIMEN LOOTERS FOUND IN ILLINOIS Ilo\v tlio Mnmigrr * iSpooitlntnil nnd Wutoi Opulent ut thu K panni ) of Their tiiipoi All ( JI > JOCt I.L'rlROII for tllO St.UO lluurd. The banking department of Nebraska 1m : not begun any too soon the work of weeding out the Illegal and dangerous Innovation ! which have crept into the business msthods of nome building and loan associations nutherl/ed to do business in the state. That there are dangerous inotho.ls In vogue U beyond iiuestiou. Around the tested prin ciples of co-operative home building have been woven the woof of speculation and greed. Dishonesty and deceit have bor rowed the cloak of bencllccncc , and struts abroad with the audacity of a lottery bond promoter. The slow and conservative movements of honest associations are over shadowed by the dash and swirl of the speculators. Their promises are as attract ive as molasses In lly time , ami the results about the same. That is , ttio Investor is in variably stuck. To preserve and foster co operative homo building as contemplated by the state law Is an Important duty. The experience of other states is an object lesson for the Nebraska board , as It conlh-ms what has been shown repeatedly in these columns and brought to the attention of the author ities namely , that the speculative tendency of many associations and the various ques tionable schemes adopted to attract business , must bo proinptly.ntul vigorously chocked , or the honest mutual associations will be brought Into disrepute. Illinois Statistic * . Tlio Importance and necessity of strict su pervision and examination Is Illustrated by the experience of Illinois. Building nnd loan associations have become a mighty factor in the llnancial a If airs ef that state. Accord ing to the report of the state auditor M'i as sociations are doing business in the state , against -IS'J ' in ISJU. Altogether they have $75,000,000 of assets , whereas the deposits in saviligs banks is but * li'.l(3SOt)0. ' ! ( ) The total receipts for Ih'Jtf ' was $ ; W , SUM3. Of this sum fJO.yoo.OOO was disbursed In loans , * 10- 001,71 paid on matured stock , fiHll,000 prolltspaul on withdrawn stock , and for ex penses of all kinds , $ ! )31,7-l ) > . Now shares to the number of 84SiSO : were Issued during the year , 1-10,730 canceled , and 7-lSM5 , pledged for loans. The jiumbur of shares in force reaches the enormous aggregate of These figures present In relief the marvel ous growth of these institutions and their popularity as savings banks for wage camera. Unfortunately the law makers of Illinois did not , until u recent period , pro vide an adequate system of state supervi sion. The Held was open to all comers and no questions asked. As a consequence the st.xto was overrun With a horde of adven turers whose principal capital was gall. The robbing operations of these adventurers became so scandalous that legitimate asso ciations presented to the last legislature nnd secured the passage of a law providing for state examination and supervision. Under this law the state auditor is ehai-ged with the duty of supervising all building and loan associations. The mode of investi gation and examination is thorough , and although the work lias been under way but a few months it has revealed some rotten ness and caused u general overhauling of ac counts. Specimen l.ooturs. As a result of the auditor's inquiries the American Building , Loan and Investment so ciety and the National Building , Loan nnd Investment company of Chicago have been pronounced insolvent and . placed in the hands of receivers. Both con cerns were of the national variety , as distin guished from the local their operations not being limited to the vicinity of their head quarters. A brief summary of their opera tions will serve to emphasize the importance of stale supervision and elimination of spec ulative methods. The American was an ambitious concern. It hud a largo staff of hustlers and a most attractive array of promises of big profits. These promises were not wholly fallacious , for it appears from the returns that the managers and their friends waxed opulent on fat salaries , inflated values for loans and other perquisites. At the height of its prosperity , in lb'J3 , it claimed a membership of 'JJ.OOO and Its subscribed capital ? 1U,000,000. Its assets In September of that year was $7tJl81. ! ! Money came in at the rate of $ : ) , - 000 u month and went into the pockets of the managers with equal facility. The salary list for the year amounted to $30,000. In ad dition to fat salaries , urawn contrary to law , the active managers speculated' ' on prospec tive townsite property in. Indiana , ran n fourth-rate variety theater in Chicago , and loaned huge sums on unimproved property worth scarcely one-third of the amount loaned. The acrobats and ballet girls made away with f 150,000 of the American's money , and the real estate securities shrunk to the tune of $ 'J.)0,000. Tne operations of the con cern during the past throe years are shown to bo barefaced , deliberate robbery. The managing clique conspired to tlceco their victims , and succeeded , pocketing the plunder , and leaving the hapless stockhold ers to whistle for returns. Cash In u 13 ia Site. The National did not plunge into the hole as recklessly as the American , not because the managers wore at all shorten plunging qualities , but because ' .ho funds were short. Its Income was not us great as the American , but what did come in wns carefully hypothecated by the pluck- ors. The head and iront of the managing climic was William Smith. Ho obtained title to a slice of land , worth about J400 , located in Wisconsin. A purling mi-earn coursed through it , and a dam site Invited Investment. Mr. Smith decided to found a town by the dam site and Issued a glowing prospectus , Photographs of houses yet to bo were distributed. But the enterprise needed a few cartwheels to make it move. So Mr. Smith of the National concluded to loan $75,000 to Mr. Smith of the dam site , taking the dam site as security. The state auditor estimates that Mr. Smith cleaned up 87-1,000 by this little deal. Air. Smith skippud the country- Judge Grosscun of the federal court has appointed a receiver for the National , and criminal proceedings nro to bo instituted against the locators. It was in this court that the bond lottery managers were con victed two months ago , and the manner In which tlio court read the riot ai-c tot bat class of financial parusltod justifies the hope that the National looters will bo promptly and vigorously dealt with. \Vcmt Thorn Out , i'ho weeding out of the dishonest associa tions In llllnoU is to bo prosecuted actively. The task Is a huge ono , owing to the fact that this Is the llrst attempt at examination. The state auditor is determined to ire to the bottom of the business , to wind up the In solvent and to Introduce a uniform system of accounts which will facilitate examina tion hereafter. The evils which have crept Into the building nnd loan business in Illi nois are chargeable to the neglect of the lawmaking - making power. Nebraska provided against just such ovlis , and it behooves the proper ofllcors to enforce the law in letter and spirit. Nebraska has oighty-livo associa tions with probably JI.OOO.OCO In assols. The number is insignificant compared with that of Illinois. It must bo remembered that the business Is In Its infancy in this stato. Very few associations have been In existence ton years. Tholr growth has been retarded by the swindling methods of bogus associations In other states. The latter have been effectually shut out of Nebraska. Those now operating In the state , with few excep tions , are sound and deserve overv possible encouragement of the law. The proper , effective and lusting form of that encourage ment is thorough examination. Securities should be Inquired Into , Investments Investi gated end every species of speculation , duplicity and unequal division of proJlts eliminated. . \Ntocl.ltlon Notes. In the city of St. Louis there are 2U of these associations , whoso Invested capital exceeds jiT.OOO.OOO , aud through which more than f-IO.OOi1.OtlO haw passo.1 since 18SU , It the ten years of Ihrlr existence these asso clatlons have nldcd In the building , 01 rather built , 10OWs homes , which are now owned in most cases by the men lor whotr they were erectedcOy the building societies I ho cost , of thcno housen Ins boon aboul MJ.OOO.OOO , throo-Murths of .vhlch , or ' , ' ! , OOO.iXH ) , wan paid out In the city for matorla and labor. As a mill more graphic Illustni tlon Ills estimated that the house thus built would malm a street more than lift } miles In length , Iniilt up solidly on bolt sides , nnd that they now furnish coilifortablc abodes for 80.000 people , tnahv of whom hail previously lived In crowded and unhealthj tenement quarters. Building association * have been the moans of adding at ie.ist tl.OOO home * to the city ol Heading , Pa. , since the year IbOO , according to the Heading Post. The Superior ( Neb. ) Building and Loai association elected the following ofllcors foi 1MH : President , W. II. McCullouirh ; vice president. John Uoilly ; sec-rotary , C. B. Me Council ; treasurer , A. J. Urlggs ; counsel W. F. Buck. Secretaries ot Nebraska associations nrc preparing their reports for 1MU , which miisl be forwarded to the State Banking hoard. The Kquitablo association of'Fremont has opened a now scries , for which there is si good demand. The demand for loans In Omalm associa tions far exceeds their income. Under the law of Indiana three directors nt least are required to swear to the cor rectness ef annual reports. This Is designed to throw responsibility on the directors ami check the prevalent custoirt of using the names of prominent citizens as officers with out requiring them to familiarize themselves with the business. "Tho scheme of loans ami investments , " says the Chicago Herald , "by which un reasonable returns are promised for small transactions are a fraud from the beginning and in all their practices. " Caroline Tlclmnr In yew Kn-lan < l Mau.itnt. My lady fair went over the son , And when xho i-nnio hack to her own-notintrco , She scorned thu land of the bravo and free , And sighed for an urlstocraccc. Phe said that we had no leisure class , that our company manners were green as grass , Our .society only a vulsar mass , \\bloli had certainly como to a shocking pass. On our uncouth speech hhe laid great .stress , And her horror she couldn't at all express \ \ hen she repeatedly hoard us say "I gites ; * , " And constantly call a gown a "dress. " Otirelvlll/.iitlon was sadly now , And our men of culture decidedly few , And almost completely lost , to view , Hccausu of thu work they needs must do , It was wretched form to bo all In trade , And put us down on a lower grade \\here true nobility wouldn't have stayed bnlcbs It hud been handsomely paid , Hho shuddered toseo a coronet On low demoetntlr locks of jet , \Jhluh iiifulit have been most fittingly set , On the brow of soinu duchess ( deep In debt ) . Hunting was out of the question here , And wo hadn't U park to contain our deer , Nor could we boast of u single peer , And our season was quite the wrong time of year. I learned with regret from her wise discourse , I Imt the Pilgrim Knthors were low and coarse , And only pmvalled by unmannerly force , When they came over hero as ti last resouico. And they left to .succeed them , 11 rude , wild race. Devoid of K0ntllltyoaso , and grace , Whose only goal Is a metal base , Which they madly pm-Mio : it a reckless phco. O maiden fair , from these vandals flee , 'Tls surely the only remedy ; And get you again IUM-O.SS the sea , For we need you not In your own countrco. The bible has an annual circulation of 10- 000,000. Now York city has fifty-two Presbyterian churches with a combined -.membership of 10,000. ThepreatSundav'Sjchoolarmy ' of the world numbers US.DUS.COI. During ttio twelve years of its existence the church extension board of the Methodist Episcopal church , South , has assisted 2,500 churches and expended $700,000. The latest statistics , compiled by M. Fournlor do Fulx , n French statistician , give the number of Koinnn Catholics in the world as ! 230ljGGi ( : ; Protestants , 143 " 37- Ur ; Greek Catholics , 93,010,000. Bishop Taylor is a remarkable figure In the missionary Hold. Though 7- years of ago , ho is still vigorous and hearty. Ho has boon in this country for some time , but now returns to the heart of Africa to continue his work of evangelism. Hov. S. A. Barnett , an Anglican clergy man who has for many years boon doing apostolic work among the poor of E ist Lon don , says that tlio Anglican church does not reach more than 5 per cent of the daaso population in that region. The seating capacity of the 8,810 church buildings of the seven branches of thoCatho- is 11,5'J'J.OOO , , and that of the ly.-lG'J Presby tsrian churches -1,033,000. . Dr. J. M. Buckley gives this good advice to public speakers : "Tho whole art of making a good speech is to nave something pertinent and moving to say ; to say some thing all the time , to say it vivaciously ; nnd , if it is a religious speech , to say it with re ligious fooling and to stop when every ono wishes you to go on. " The death of IJnv. Dr. Adolph Jcllmok at Vienna deprives tlio Jewish church of the ablest exponent of modern Hebrew homi- lotics. Ho was born in 1S21 , and in 18515 be came the leading Jewish preaehcrln Vienna , whoso Hebrew population at that time was larger than that of any other European city. Dr. Jelllnek was a profound scholar and an able defender of his faith. Ills translations and writings wore voluminous. Hov. Jenkin Lloyd Jones of Chicago , who is to bo the guest and principal speaker at the meeting of the Now York Unitarian club next month , has been the leading min ister of that denomination In Chicago since Uobert Collyer came to Now York fourteen years ago. Mr. Jones was ono of the active promoters of the Parliament of Kcllglons , and contributed largely to the success of that undertaking. A few weeks ago no cele brated hU 50th birthday. Ho is of Welch origin , and has been preaching In Chicago for twenty-three years. Ho is an inde fatigable worker , ami in addition to his other labors acts as senior editor of Unity. Cicorge M. Pullman has had uhins drawn for a memorial church to bo erected In Al bion , N. Y , whcro' his father ami mother nro buried. The cuntract'for it has already been let , and tho-work of putting in the foundations is prayressiiiK rapidly. When spring comes the walls will go up , and before fall it is expected .the edlllco will bo under cover. Within a year the church will bo reaily for use. The church is to bo as handsome as nnyiln the state outside the larger cities. It IK to bo built of red sand stone with elaborate carvings. Th style of the church Is suited to the surroundings of u small city. The lot on which it Is being erected faces tbu public square , around which are grouped ; the county buildings and luiiuisomo buslncui blocks. Mr. Pullman Is to pay the ontlrocust of the building , which will uo $70,000. He has already contracted for a memorial window to cost $5,000. The people of Albion inavo raised a guarantee fund of ? 5,000 a year for the support of the church , which m tu be Universalist In de nomination. Both the church building and the handsome stained glass window are to be memorials to Mr , Pullman's parents. Wo could not improve ttio quality If wo paid double the price. DoWltt's U'lteh Hiuol Salvo Is the best salvo that experience can produce , or that money can buy. . i As for the wholesale Blaiightor of bird * , it has been decided that it is ab solutely no use tn cry out further against this inhuman fcacrlllco to fashion. Fashion is u Moloch who lives In Vnnlty Fair , and protestations and eiUrcatloi on the score of cruelty are vain , The engagement .ofilcially announced at Baltimore of Miss Louisa 11. Morris and Mr. Frederic Geblmrd is of interest , though not n surprise , as It was anticipated over a year ago. Miss Morris is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Morris of No. 07 Weal Franklin street , Baltimore. THE SWEDES IN NEBRASKA History of.tho Pioncor Settlements in Poll Oounty , THE REWARDS OF ENERGY AND TIIRIF1 The Hardship * of Ilitrly l > : iy < Succeeded bj 1'roipority nnd Comfort .Social and ItullKlniu Ililliiciicm and In the spring of ISO * Albert Scavcr raatli the first permanent settlement in Poll county , and n short lime after Thomas Connolly nelly arrived. In the year IS53 emigrated from Norn llellsingland , Sweden , n youmr man of energy orgy and good attainments by the name o Lewis Itedstroni. He made his homo In tin counties of Knox and Henry , in the stale o ! Illinois. In the year 1870 , his health falling , h < ! sold out his mercantile business In Galva 111. , and took a trip west to Nebraska , wltli a view to select n location of a Swedish sot tlcmenl. After many wearisome travels over the trackless prairies ho decided upor the neighborhood of which Stromsbtirg Is the center. And In the spring of 1871 he piloted to this new sctllomcnt the llrst Installment 01 pioneer settlors. Among them were Peter T. Buckley. N. F. Peterson , A. P. Buckley , Andrew Lar son , Lewis Okorlund , Charley Ncstuo. Allen Peterson , Andrew and N. P. Monson , and in 1872 Mr. Hcadstrom with his family made permanent settlement in Polk county. With Indefatigable zeal and Indomitable perseverance Mr. II. worked up an Interest and enthusiasm for the now settlement among the people of Henry nnd Knox counties in the state of Illinois , with the re sult that the years of 1872 and 187 ! ) saw an influx of settlers at a rate that soon ex hausted not only all the homestead , but also all the railroad lands in the settlement. Founding u Town , In June , 1S72 , the town of Stromsburg was located and surveyed , and in the fall of 1H7H Messrs. Ilcdstrom it Buckley opened the llrst stock of general merchandise , and In the following year Mr. licdstrom com pleted his residence the first dwelling erected on the townsite. Mr. Hedstrom lived to sec the town grow aim prosper until it contained u population of 1'OU and the settlers ho had located be come wealthy and prosperous. Ho died at San Antonio , Tex. , March i.5 , Ib92 , where he had gone for the bcnctit of his health. Among the many thrifty and energetic settlers that came to this settlement in 1872 were Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Samuelson , who came from the vicinity of Altoona , Knox county. Their son , S. B. Samuelson , is now one of the leading business men of the com munity. Mr. John B. Buckley came m 1873 with a moderate capital to commence with and is now ono of the solid moneyed men of the county. To enumerate all the early settlers nnd to notice their steady advancement to financial success us farmers and business men would take up too much space. Sulllco it to say that this settlement Is noted far and wide for its well-to-do farmers and successful business men. Thu Swede Homo Sottlcim-iit Is located near the center of Polk county. six miles northwest of Stromsbtirg aiiil about the same distance duo west of Osceola , the county seat. It is also the center of one of the most prosperous farm ing communities of the west. The Swede Home church stands on a com manding but gridual rise of land , from which spreads out in a grand panoramic view the rich and well improved farm cam- munity that surrounds it. It is a church edifice that would be an ornament and pride to any city. One-fourth of a mile west of the church is the largo and handsome par sonage , with its spacious and well kept grounds , containing also orchard , gariten and park of forest and evergreen trees. Southeast of the church is the general merchandise store of P. O. Chindgren , who is the postmaster under every changing ad ministration. There is also a blacksmith and lopair shop across the street , together with a cluster of private residences. The llrst Swedish settler in the Swede Homo settlement was A. P. Tilly , who lives three miles west of Osceola. Mr. Tilly loft the "old sod" in 1803 , and made his home around Altoona , Knox county , 111. , for the first years of his residence in this great re public. The UOth day of May , 1871 , on his journey west\v.ird to seek a now home , ho reached Lancaster county , this state , and in the month of August , 1871 , ho filed on his homestead in Polk county , and in Septem ber the following year ho located thereon , and has resided thcro unto this da.v. The second Swedish settfer was John Swenson. who came from Kcokuk , la. , and In October , 1871 , located on the land ho still occupies. The third ono in order was Charley Ander son , who in the month of October came direct from Sweden. The fourth one was G. U. Nelson , who came from Chicago between Christmas and Now Years and made his homo in Polk county. The year 1872 brought many additions to' ' the pioneers who wore laying the founda tions to what was destined to be ono of the most flourishing Swedish sot-tlements In Nebraska , In the month of February C. Lundgron with his family moved up from 'Lincoln. Ho came from Keokuk- . , to Lincoln. During the suring the following families moved in : Charley Tliolandor from Lacon , 111. , E. J. Anderson and Peter Hull from Argo , 111. , Lars Larson from Minnesota , Olof Berglln from Altonu , 111. Later on In the season came S. J. Anderson from Missouri , Andrew J. Swanson from AHona , 111. , Andrew Hull- quist direct from Sweden , C. J. Johnson and Jonas Johnson from Mollno , 111. Among those who came in 1873 were : Peter Peterson from Altona , 111. , and Andrew Gounglund from Missouri. Among those who came in 187-1 were : E. LIndoblad from Lincoln , Nob. , nnd Oscar Thelandor. i.x [ > orlcnri-s uiul ItcmlnlHconccx. Mr. A. P. Tilly in the fall of 1871 had pur chased a horse team in partnership with Andrew Monson , as welt as a mower and horse rake , in which the Buckley brothers also had an interest. The partners started in to put up u lot of hay for the winter. They hud no sooner commenced their haying operations when the best of the horses died. They bought another one ot Charlo * , Nostcn for $12. ) . By hard work , early and late , they succeeded In getting considerable hay to gether In cocks , when the horse they had last purchased also died. Without any money to buy another horse with they became dis- couragod. However , they nrndo arrange ments to heln the Buckley brothers with their haylnir llrst , after which they were to let Tilly and Monson have the use of n liorso and their help to finish their stacking , jte. Jut as they commenced with stacking their own hay there arose a very high wind , uul along with it came a prairie fire , which In len minutes consumed all their buy , so that ill thglr work , done under such trying cir cumstances , went up In smoke ai.d flames. Thai sumo year , on iho 15th of November. : amo a snow storm and bliz/ml that lasted tor three days. Tilly and P. ' 1. Buckley had lust returned from Columbus , whore they md laid in supplies of groceries ami provl- iioua. Charles Anderson wns not eo lucky , [ jo started the day the storm commenced for Jolumbus , which was the nearest market at .hat timo. Ho was trying to cross the Platte . Ivor al Silver Crook ; his team consisted of t yoke of oxen , but when half way across he ; ot stuck In'a snow drift and it was with the ; ieatstdilllculty ( ! he succeeded In oxtrlcut- ng the oxen nnd getting back. He wns rompollod to return homo to his family with- > ut any provisions , and there was nothing In , ho house for the family to subsist on except i few bushels of corn in the ear. This they ihclled by bund , ' 'dried it In the stove oven ind ground it in the coffee mill , and with the : orn meal thus procured they cooked corn uush , by which they sustained life during .he storm. The storm commenced Wednes- lay evening ami lusted until Sunday morn- btr. Mr. Tilly was at thai time living with lohn Swcnson. The snow had drifted so .bat 11 covered both windows and doors. As loon as they had succeeded in shoveling n ivay out , thttlr llrst thought was ubout their lelghbors above referred to , who lived three mica distant uortuwost. .Mr. Tlllyttartod to go to Mr , Anderson's , but when ho nr gone one mile ho mot him , With tears In h eyes Mr. Anderson told the pitiful storv i his unsuccessful atlumpt to roach Celumbi for ntovlslons , nnd that his family hr nothing but corn meal to subelst o Mr. Tilly said that ho had one at : n half sacks of flour nnd that I would gtvo Mr. Anderson the full sack. Ai derson's face llt'htcd up with Jov at tl prospect of getting something for his famli to live upon. But the Hour wns at P. T. Duel ley's , seven miles distant , to which phu they started forthwith , en foot , and froi thcro carried the sack of Hour , through tli snowdrifts , suspended between them on pole. From that tlmo on they had n sue storm three days out of every w iok Unt the month of February , when the sjfcftv moltc and It made so iiiuoli w.itor in creeks an draws that till travel was suspended forovi a week. Mr. Anderson's family consisted i himself , wife and two children and ono gli tor. the latter now the wife of Olof Hull. The mall for the settlement was receive at Columbus ami thev took turns to go for I once a week. They commc-nccd their turn the llrsl week In January , 1 72 , and Mi I illy was the llrst one. The 'snow wn knee deep and the trlpha.lto bo made o foot , no road to follow , ami it took one da going and one day returning. On his . ctur the second day he stopped at the last lions on the Platlo bottom to lli.d out the sectlot etc. , In order to take the bearings. It wa then about dusk and from eight to ton mile from homo. The owner of the hoiibo urge Mr. Tilly to stay over night , as lie said I was dangerous to attempt the Journey nfte dark. The venture was made and bom was successfully reached. Ton minute after ho reached homo a snow storm set it O. U. Nelson made the second trip and h bought two hogs heads , which ho carrici the whole distance home. The stable for Ci K. Nelson's cow was a snow drift. Th snow was pnckrxl so solid it carried boll team and a heavy wagon load. Nothing brings out In stronger light th characteristic traits of the pioneers wh laid the foundations of this prosperous set tlemcnt than their hearts' desire to hea the word of ( Jed read and to moot in roll glous worship. It does seem in the light o the present condition of the community a though ( iod's blessings have been showoroi more bountifully upon this settlement 01 that account , As early as the fiillofis * these pioneers mot on Sabbath days to rein and consider ' .ho word of God. Some time : they mot In Charles Anderson's sod housi and at other limes in John Swonson's. Soini one would read a chapter out of the bible then prayer would bo offered up to the Mos High , together with the singing of hymns After the arrival of C. Lundgrcn ho led the rolisnous services until the "arrival of Kev Swcdei-H. The immigration during the months o May and Juno was so great .that the people could not find standing room inside the dug out , therefore during "the latter part of tin summer a school house was erected in tin center of the settlement , about where tin farm house of Oscar Thelandcr now stands , To this school house , wncn completed. 01 every Sabbath dav could be seen crowds ol people gathering from all oolnts of the com Pass , all animated with ono purpose , ant that was' to hear the gospel preached in thelt mother tongue , as it was the only place it Polk county during the year 1872 , where re ligious services were held in the Swedish language. Eiuc JOHNSON. For-10 years Cook's Extra Dry Imperial Champag.ie has stood the test for purity and Its delicious boquct.c . c- ix xni : jiitinic.ti. piKtn. The route over winch the proposed Wash ington and Baltimore electric road will enter Baltimore has been Decided upon by the company which will build the line. There is a proposition well unilci' way in Scatlle to malec use of tlio Snoquulmio fails for gcncratitiK electric power. These falls are wilhin twenty miles of Seattle , and al though they are not of the Niagara order , they would bo regarded as phenomenal in any country but this. Experts have decided that , from 10,000 to 15,000-horse power can bo obtained from the falls easily , and this would bo ample to run the street railroads and electric lighting plants of Seattle and ot other smaller towns , besides leaving a surplus to bo rented out for manufacturing purposes. A million dollars is sufllclont to chain the lost power over the falls , and this amount will be saved every year. Many of the eye diseases of the present day owe their origin to the injurious inllu- cnco of artificial light. Now that almost every one uses the electric light it is emi nently satisfactory to know that the fore most English ophthalmic authorities accord it unqualified commendation. They state that the incandescent lamp , judiciously placed and shaded , is infinitely superior to any other artificial itluminnnt , nnd that not only is it the best light for strong and healthful eyes , but that oven eyes that are unduly sensitive or prone to disease may in it work longer and with less risk and dis comfort than' with gas , candles or oil. A useful electric registering device is now used in connection with marginal book-fold ing machines. The electrical attachment takes hold 3f the sheet at the same point that it was fed to in printing. The forms are arranged on the press in such a way that the grlpper end of the sheet comes in contact with the first fold gauge on the folding machine. The consequence is that before the sheet Is started Into the llrst fold rollers , it is automatically registered to the same end and side used In printing , and is adjusted to the gauges with more accuracy than would bo possible were Ihoy placed there by hand. Sal ammoniac bat'ones are used for supplying the electric current , two sunicing to operate the attachment. v By means ot a new electrical system all the gas lumps in the streets of a large city can bo lighted practically Instantaneously. A button is pressed at the operating station , possibly miles away , and the thing is done. The striking feature of the system is that neither underground nor overhead wires are used. An iron box , with a cover flush with the ground , is buried at the foot of thu lamppost. It is supplied with two sal ammoniac batteries and a spark coil. The lantern holds a small gas holder of about two Inches capacity , pivoted on n hiugo and held down by weights. Over this holder is an automatic gas holder , very similar to the form already known. This is connected by wires running through the post to the bat tery , When the lamps of the city have to bo lighted , the llghler al the gas works apens a valve connecting one of the largo gas holders direct with the gas mains. The result is an Increase ot pressure in the gas all over the city thai causes all the mlma- Lure gas holders in the lamps to lilt up about jnc-clghth of an Inch against a platinum stop , and thus close the local battery circuit ( it each post. This enei-i.1/es the automatic lighter , which immediately turns on and lights the gas , The inventor claims that the increased pressure has to bo maintained mly llftecn seconds to insure its cITects uelng secured throughout the most widely jxtendcd system. A now sort of block signal Is in use in the lYoehawkon tunnel In Now Jersey. Inrcm- iesccnt lamps are placed at intervals of ibout 100 feet and divided into two suctions. 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At the Biinio Instant that the lamps In the HCMII ! or middle section nro put out those In thu llrst section of l.SOJ feet are lighted , so Mint when tno tr.uii his ronehoJ n point'.V'OO foci In the limn" ! the signal to proceed Is displayed - played at the cast end for a following Irali. When the train p.tssns out of the tunnel nt the west end the lumps In thu middle sec tion .ire lighted. Thin In ail done tmtoinaU- cally by the trains p.isshu'ovcr tin elec'rl'- . nlly connected tr.icir circuit , all tnepira ; : > C whleh are very simple ami .can uo main tained by an ordinary lineman. DoWltt's Witch Hazel Kaive cure * sores. Lo\Vltt's Witch Iliuel Halve cures ulcers. Plttsbuivt's reason to bo glad on account ol Iho ail vent ot 1SIU Is frrnlshod by the an nouncomenl thai nearly every ono of l.oi Idle mills will bo in opt ration by the 15th. IS THS23 BEST. RELIEVESPROMPTLY.nd . 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