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CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1889 t i I ." r w DR. ROLAUD LORD, Veterinary 1 Surgeon. Graduate of the Royal Veterinary College, London. ' 1 I'M vie All Diseases of the Domesticated An ma s Carefully Treated. l Olllcc, Room 3, Webster Hlock, 236 South nth St., LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. "Calls Out of tlio City Attended.- UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION ! Over A Million Distributed. I EK. B 1 Louisiana State Lottery Comp'y. Incorporated ly tlio Legislature for IM il eal lonal and Charitable purposes mid IN franchise inndo n part of tlio present state, constitution In lt"U by nn overwhelming pop ulnr voto. Its MAMMOTH DRAWINGS take place Semi Annually (June and Decem ber), and Its Grand Single Number Draw ings take place in each of the other ten months of the year, and are all drawn In public, at the Academy of Music, New Orleans, La. Famed'forTwenty Years For Integrety of Its Drawings and Prompt Puymeut of Prizes. Tinft'Utf'tcd us Follows: za "Wo do horoliy certify that we snnervlHo tlio arrangements for all tlio Monthly nud Boml Annual Drawings or Tlio IxmiIhIiuiu Btato Lottery Company, nnil In person man Ago and control tlio DrawliiKs themselves, nnil thai the snnio aro conducted with hon esty, fairness, and In good faith toward nil (artleu, and wo authorize tlio Company to use tils cortlllcate, wlthfac-Nlnilllcsornurslgun-urcs attached, In Us advertlcincnt-i." Commissioners. Wo, tlio undersigned Hanks and Hankers will pay all prizes drawn In the Ixmlslana Btato lttorluk, which may lio presented at our counters. It. M. WALM8LEY, 1'res't LoulHnnn Nat Il'k riBRHB I.ANAUX, I'rcn.xtnto National U'k A. HALDWIN, Pros. Now Orleans Natl llank OAULKOHX. I'res. Union Xuttonal Hank Grand Monthly Drawing. At the Academy of Muilc, New Orleans, Tnesday, January 14, 1890. Capital Prize, $300,000. 100,000 Tickets nt 20; Halves 10; Quarters to; Tenths, f2; Twentieths fl, i.imtok eitlZES. 1 IMlIZKOKf.'JiW.OOOIs $300,000 1 PUIXKOF'llUO.nUOlH lOO.UlO iihi.i:ok ai.nooin 50,000 1 1'HIZR ov avis a,ouo 2 lMU.KSOK lO.uminro ai.ww 6 IMIIKKH OF 5,uu) nro 25,00-) 25 1'HIZKHOK l.OOOaro W,UoO lOOl'HIKSOF GOUiire 50,(W 200 IMUZHSOK MOaro liO.iioo GOOl'UIZHHOK 200nro 100,000 AI'I'HOXIMATION 1'IUZKS. lOOI'rlzcsoffSOQ. nro f 50,000 100 do. l-ooaro .'!i),(XjO 100 do. 200 nro 20,000 Ti:ilMI.VAL 1'!!1Z1:H. 090 I'rlzcs of 00 are 00,000 WO Prizes of 10O aro ft),'") 3,144 Prizes amounting to wi,54,800 AGENTS WANTED. yp-Kor Club Itnten or any further Informa tion desired, wrlto legibly totho undersigned, clearly statliiK your ro-dilenco, with Htnte, County, Street and Number. Moro rapid re turn mall delivery will bo assured by your on closing an Envelope bearing your full ad dress. IMPORTANT. Addross M. A. DAUPHIN, Xew Orleans, I.n. Or SI. A. DAUPHIN, Washington, D. C Ilyordlnnry letter containing Manny Or itur Issued by nil Express Companies, Now York Exchange, Dralt or Postal Nolo. Address Registered Letters containing Currency to NKW OIILKAXH NATIOXAL HANK. Now Orleans, La. HEMKM11KII that tho payment of the Prices Is guaranteed by Konr National Hanks of Now Orleans, anil tho tlcltetsnro signed by ths President of an Institution, whoso char tered rights aro recognized In tho hluhnsi courts; therefore, beware of all Imitations or anonymous senemes. ONKDOM.AK Is the price of the smallest part or fraction of n ticket If-KUKI) nY US In any Drawing. Anything In our unmuof forod fei less than a Dollar Is a swindle. lff&f ME BARK SDK OF A FAIR SOME OF PHIUDELPHIA'S SAD LES SONS FROM THE CENTENNIAL. Thousands of IKitlnra Woro Ixt In Scheme for ths Itatertnliimcnt of Visitor Tho Globo Hotel Bprculntlon A Warning to Other Ambitious CI tie. lBocial CorrusiiotKlcnco. PlUIADEU'lltA, Doo, 10. No doubt inaiiy citizens of tlio rivnl cltlca that nro claimants for tlio World'B fnir ax pec t tluvt if Uiey Bccuro tho exposition for tunes will bo plentiful nnd tho wealth of ovcry citizen nugtncntetl by tlio influx of visitors. But Uioy would do woll to profit by tho experience of Philadelphia in tho jiast nnd lx cautious how thoy in vest their hnnl earned money in iui en deavor to enrich themselves. Wlillo no doubt tho Centennial exposition of 1870 was prolltnblo to Uils city nnd its in habitants generally, nnd especially in tho Btlrring up which makes Philadel phia today less sleepy nnd more enter prising than it oneo was, yet thousands of dollars were lost in visionary schemes for tho rapid enrichment of tho individ ual citizen. Thero were but few citizens who did not havo their minds filled with magnificent dreams of the riches which millions of foreign strangers would pour into their laps, nnd great prepara tions wero made to provide food, cloth ing, bods, ninusement nnd every other luxury nnd necessity of llfo which they wero willing to exchange for foreign coin. But tho fulfillment of these gold en dreams was tlio exception rntlter than tho rule. Tlio most famous of the gulfs iti which Philadelphia capital was swallowed was tho Globo hotel, which is well known to every one who visited tho centennial. Many prominent Phlladclphlans were in teres ted in tho company formed, of which Gen. II. II. Bingham, tho father of con gressional iOBtnl legislation, was presi dent. Otlicr men of moro than local fame wIk wero interested wero Hamil ton Disston and David II. Lane, tho local political magnates; Peter A. B. Widenor and W. L. Elklns, tlio street car men; ex-Governor William M. Dunn, Charles II. Gross, tho lato attorney general, Lewis C Cassldy, Samuel Josephs ami Thomas J. Barger. Tlio amounts buIh scribed by tlio men ranged from $20,000 to $30,000, and tho ideas held as to the result of tho speculation wero enormous ly extravagant. Tho lowest estimate of tlio profits inado by tho enthusiastic stockholders placed them at not less than two millions. Some idea of the extravagant views held on tho subject may bo gained from tho fact that when tho ordinance, grant big tho company permission to build tho hotel, was presented in councils, it is au tlioritativcly stated tliat tho ring which at that time controlled tho city fathers demanded $250,000 us their Bharo of tho expected plunder. Tlio passage of this ordinance was necessary because of n law which forbids the erection of frame buildings within tho city limits, as a pre caution against fire, and tho hotel was to bo constructed of luth and plaster. Tills blackmailing scheme was thwarted, how ever, by tho tncinljcrs of tlio company making personal appeals to tlio editors of tho local new'sjwpers to arouse public sentiment against this high handed out rage. Tlio newspaiiers, headed by Tho Ledger, frightened the ring from enforc ing its demands, and saved tlio capital ists that much of their money. Tho ordinauco onco jiaesed, tho erec tion of a building to accommodate GOO guests began. This was thought but n small estimatoof the number who would bo clamoring for admission to the hos telry, but then thero wero a host of other hotels to bo built, and tho stock holders did not wish to seem grasping and decided that thoy would bo content with a profit of threo or four millions of dollars. As an example of tho lavish ness and "regardless of expense" way in which they went about tho construction of tho hotel, it may lo said that tho at torney wlio drow up tlio contract for tho erection of tho hotel was paid $2,C0O for his services, and it was not considered an extortionate price. The hotel cost $250,000. Of this, $12, 500 was paid tho Pennsylvania railroad for a six months' lease of part of the ground upon which tlio hotel was to stand, nud tho eamo amount of monoy to tho centennial commissioners for a small plot that was within tho limits of tho park, and $20,000 for tho rent of n min eral fountain, which happened to bo at tho farthest end of tho latter strip. As a fitting director for so vast an enterprise, John A. Klce, of tho Tromont house, Chicago, was secured at a 6alary of $1,000 a month, after James Breslin, of tho Gilsoy house, Now York, had refusal $50,000 to desert his Interests in that city to take chargo of tho Globo hotel for tho limited timo for which it existed. But if it cost a good round sum to build tho hotel, tho privileges wero sold at cor responding rates. Sam Josephs and an other stockholder paid $50,000 for the right to eell liquor. Tlio barroom was a hall 100 by 1-10 feet. In spito of all these elaborate prepara tions tho buildiug wus n failure finan cially. It was not completed in timo for tho ojwning of tho exposition, and this, besido being a sourco of embarrassment, was a source of loss. Not only this, but with tho insatiable greed for visitors' money which was characteristic of many Philndelphinns nt that time, on tho day when the doors of tho new hotel woro thrown open tho thousand or moro em ployes struck for an increaso of pay only half nu hour before the time fixed for serving tlio first dinner. As a refusal meant utter ruin to tho hotel, a compro mise wns oflected and tho dinner served after only a slight delay. Tho most dis astrous blow that struck the hotel was tho decision of tho centennial commis sioners to keep tho exposition closed on Sundays, Unreasonable or not it must bo admit ted that strangers havo an idea that Philadelphia li slow, and therefore a horror of a Sunday hero, and as a result of tlio closing of tho exposition on one day in tlio seven, many of them spent from Saturday to Monday In Washing ton, Now York or tho senshoro nnd often remained away longer than they Intend ed nt first. On account of this tho num ber of guests would l depleted for threo days in tho seven. Tlio number of guests averaged about three thousand on Wednesdays, and gradually dropped un til on Saturday there would tw only a fow hundred people, and on Sunday and Monday the employes would outnumber tho guests raven or eight to one. Then tlio numlwr would increaso again until Wednesday, whon it would again de crease. Tho profits for July amounted to $G0, for August $125; but a larger business was done In SeptomU'r and Oc tober, making tho total profits $103,000. This la apparently a large sum, hut it must bo remembered that tho $250,000 Bient for the building itself was almost a total loss, as tho contract with tlio lessees stipulated that the ground should bo surrendered in tho same condition that it was before. Therefore tlio build ing was sold at miction for $3,500. As a result of their speculation Uto stock lioldcrs received slxty-ooven cents for every dollar Invested n loss of 33 per cent,, or about $10,000 apiece. But tho Glolw hotel wan only ono of several slm ilar but smaller Btructnrea which fared but little, if any, better than the larger hotel. Tho Tratiscontlncjitol hotel win tho only ono which really did prosper, and that was liecauso Col. Kingsley used it ns an annex of tho Continental hotel, which, on account of Its previously made fame, was id ways crowded, Tho hotels wero not tho only abysses which swallowed the money of over sanguine investors. A drive along Bel mont and IClui avenues the other day showed me many iuiosiug brick struct ures that wero onco oonod as saloons nnd restaurants, but are now cigar nod candy Btores and nro renting for almost nothing. Tho outside restaurants lost heavily. One man had dinner for 300 people ready on tho day the centennial opened, and his aggregate receipts are said to have been ns much ns $2.50, and on tho next day oven less. But few of tlio visitors cared to leave tho exposition for their meals, as thoy could surfeit themselves with sweets within the in closure, and tho people who hud the in terior privileges wero those who tnado tho money, tho op corn man alone clearing $00,000, Perhaps the most ludicrous failure of all was tho horso shed emulation. Tlie projectors conceived tlio idea of build ing an enormous horso shed, where the visitors who drove in from tlio surround ing country could leave their horses while visiting tlio exposition. In tho prospectus of tho scheme issued it was stated that tlio manure alone deposited by tho horses would sell for enough to declare a handsome dividend. Very few people, howover, preferred lion. to steam, and it is recorded that but ono horeo was housed thero during tho timo it was open. Many liouscs wero built near tho exposition grounds on tho sup position that that part of tho city would rapidly increaso in value, and in almost every instance tho speculation resulted disastrously. Let the "citizens of New York, Chi cago, St, Louis and Washington learn from tlio oxperienco of Philadelphia, that the amount of monoy to bo tnado in caso the World's fair is held in either of these cities is notas largo as it may seem, and whichever city bo fortunate enough to Iks selected as tho sito of tho exposi tion, let its ieoplc Iw wary of engaging in roscato hued speculations. Mosns P. Handy. A Iloviue Funeral. Spwiliil Correspondence.) Atlanta, Ga., Dec, 10. It was in Alabama, in tho uplands above tho Ten- ncsseo river, that I saw a cow funeral, and I never shall forget it, A calf had been killed under a tree in an open field not far from our house, early in tho morning. Not long afterward a cow went toward tho spot whero tho butch ciy had token place, quickening iter pace as sho approached and giving vent to short, sharp bellows of anger or grief. Then, with a loud, wailing cry, sho dashed away into tho woods at tlio edge of tho clearing, where nil tho cattle bo longing to tho farmers round about browsed during tho day. In les3 than nn hour sho returned with several moro cows, who gathered around tho spot with loud bellowings, pawing the ground nnd lashing themselves to fury with their tails. Then nil but two galloped uway in Jiffercnt directions, giving out tlio most awful cries, and leforo long were back, each with a train of other cattlo all pawing and bawling, and thoy gathered around tho tree, tearing tho dirt and plowing it up with their horns and try ing to goro tho tree. Words cannot paint tho weird horror of tho sight. Every moment more cat tlo galloped up bawling and roaring, and trying to vent their fury upon the ground nnd tlio treo whereon the calf had boon hung, while their lamenta tions eounded for miles nround. Tlio mother of tho calf seemed to realize that it was her offspring whoso blood cried out to heaven, and her lowing was hearti ending, while the fierce rage nnd piercing grief of the wholo assemblage wns terrorizing. The foam dripped from their mouths, their eyes were bloodshot, drops of blood trickled from their uostrils nnd their bodies wero covered with dust and quiv ered with tho wild excitement of tho scene, Tho very ground trembled under tho rush of their feet, and tho nir resounded with their awful cries, which seemed to lie an oath of vengeance, a wail for the dead, a prayer for tho innocent blood that hail Iwen shed, nnd nn Impotent rage agahibt tho destroying man nil blended into ono hoarse agony. All day long until the sun went down this awful tumult raged, nnd not ono of us dared to venturo out of doors, but as darkness fell, singly and in groups, tho excited animals went homeward, lowing plaintively no they went. Jane Allison, JACQUES BOIOilE. Dy MAX 0'IIELL, Author of "Jonathan ami Ills Oontluont," "John Dull atul His IfllamV "John Btill'a Daughters," Eta VII-FflENCH COURTS. Tliy Arc Not Much I. Urn Kiigllnh Courts mid Tliey Itmrniblo TliOMt of Amcrlrn Still I-. President Duplu, tho grentest French Jurisconsult of tho century, onco wtldi "If I were accused of having curried off tho towers of Notre Daiuo In my jHwhets I would run away." A moro severe criticism tion our Judicial procedure could not have been pronounced. But Li It tx severe? Could you believe, for instance, that tion tho least stiHplelou n French magistrate may order, on his own resjHinslblllty n responsibility which no one him a right to question a search or an arrest In any private house? Ho may Issue such n warrant uton any pro sumption uncorrolKirutod Uou oath. In France we give almost unlimited arbitrary owcrB to a legion of magis trates, whom wo expect to llvo In a stato of independence on a salary of $300 to $500 a year, nud who are, for tho most part, the failures of our Utr. I warrant Hint thero aro moro judges In n French town of 50,000 inhabitants than, in tho whole of Fuglnnd itlto as many, at all exeats. Judicial reforms have long been demanded by tho Democratic party, but none have lcc made; and I am bound to say that nothing excites public minds in France less than what asses in tho courts of justice. When tho Frenchman has ald his taxes he thinks tho govern ment ought to see that everything is tight There are fow countries, ns I have said elsewhere. In which Demo cratic tendencies are more marked than in Franca In spite of this, public opin ion does not concern Itself about judicial proceedings, U'uaiibo there Is no country In which authority Is less respected, al though, strange to say, there Is not ono In which it Is mora feated and more easily submitted to We seem to accept all forms of tyranny in order to shirk nil rcsiHintiihility. Democracy with us chief ly consists in holding up to ridlculo a despotism, the acts of which wo in turn approve by holding up to ridlculo those who are the victims of it. Lot us see how French Justices proceed with "Frenchmen in trouble." W'nen, in England, a man Is arrested bin! informed of the charge brought against him, ho Bays, "Very well, you will have to prove it;" and tho Inspector .it tho kjIIco station says to him, "I must caution you against mnking any state ment In fact, anything you say will bo OBed a9 evidence against you." When, in France, a man is accused Bay, for in stance, of stealing a watchho is brought before tho commissary of police, who In variably says to him, "You uro clinrged with stealing a watch; tho best thing you :an do is to mnko n full confession, and tho Jttdgo will bo lenient with you." If ho is guilty and knows that tho caso Is clear against him, ho immediately makes a clean breast of it, and, as a mlo, Is quickly and leniently dealt with. But if he is innocent, or, if guilty, ho thinks ho can got out of tho scrape, ho of course answers, "You nro mistaken; I nm not guilty," and his troubles begin. Ho Is sent to prison, nud tho following day is taken before tho examining judge, called jttgo d'iubtrttction, not in public, but in a privato room, Thero this magistrate says to him jiolnt blank; "You say you aro not guilty, of course. If wo wero to listen to all of you, nono would bo guilty. Now, enough of that nonsense. You nro charged with stealing a watch: provo that you ure innocent." Now, If tho prisoner Is guilty, it must bo difficult for him to provo that ho is innocent; but, for that matter, if ho is innocent, it may bo just as difficult. If the first comer wero to accuso mo of having stolen ids um brella a few davB ago, I could moro eas ily say that I wns Innocent than provo it, "So you persist in your denial," Bays the examining judge to tho French prisoner; "very well, I will send you hack to your prison. I hope that next timo I send for you you will havo re flected, and discovered thnt Uio best way to sorvo your own interests is to mako a full confession." Nqw this Is evading tho law, which says that a mnn arrested shall, the day after his arrest, appear be fore a judge. The letter of the law is carried out, but not tho spirit; for no ex amination takes placo, and very often no sworn evidence oxists. The prisoner goes back to jail, and tho magistrate bo gins to get up tho caso against him. If tho accusation Is of a serious character, tho man is placed au secret, thnt is to say, thnt not only ho cannot communi cate with Ids friends, much less boo them, but ho cannot even see his counsel or re ceive any legnl advice. How long is ho to remain in preliminary imprisonment liefore being tent to a tribunal? Tills entirely dermis on the good pleasure of tho examining magistrate who is allowed by the law to keep him a j ear under examination. If nt the end uf the yunr the caso is not sent for trial, the prisoner is discharged. I should, however, hasten to add that, as a rulo, for an ordinnrv theft, or an offense that iIck-s not require long investigation, the accused undergoes only from two to six months' preliminary Imprisonment l fore he Is brought before his judges. During that time he is brought once or twice a month to the Palnis do Justice, to lx) asked by tho judge if "he still per it in his denial." Tliee visits to tlio examining judge ate most dreaded by French prisoners, esH-ially in Pans. They sometimes hae six, eight hours to wait for their turn. In a little dungeon si feet tqiinro, where they get neither food nor air. It is nothing short of tor ture, this inquisitorial examination in private. When in the evening the pris oner sees his cell again, it must look to him like paradise compared to tho hole ho had to creep into during tho day. At last, ono day, ho receives intimation that his trial will take place. But. now. mark well whero the system Is wrong. Tho prosecuting magistrates, culled tho mnglstrnturu dobout (lccmio thoy prosecute standing), nnd tho judg ing magistrates, called tho mnglRtmturu nsslso (bconuw! they try cases In a sitting position), belong to tho samo set. In dued, tho prosecuting magistrates nro in timo promoted to lie nltting magistrates. Tho prosecution Is not, therefore, Inde pendent, ns tho defense Is. Tho prison er's caso is settled before ho appears in court; for both prosecuting nnd sitting magistrates have held a consultation over It, nud tho iqeeeh of tho prosecu tion Is merely delivered for form's sake. Tho bench of thuPollcoCorreetlonnulle is composed of threo Judges, so that at least ono may bo listening when thu other two nro asleep. These mon have power to award as much ns flvo years' Imprisonment and flvo years' jwllco su pervision. Nothing is moro prosy than tho proceedings of this court of justice, unless sotno waggish prisoner bo lient on enlivening them by exhibiting his wit in his answers. Tho following pass of arms is still fresh in tho memory of Parisians. "Prisoner," said tho presiding Judge ono day, "you say you nro not guilty of robbing tho prosecutor; but ho will pro duce threo witnesses who saw you In tho net of snatching his watoh from his per son." "Three! Is that nil, M. le President? Why, I could produco thousands who didn't." 1 remember ono man who was accused of utmllng geese. Although plucked by tho prisoner, tho troocutor maintained ho had recognized them us his own. "From their consumptive appearanco, I supK)sol" exclaimed tho prisoner, who, in Franco, can always Bpeak at his trial. "And how is it you heard nothing when I stole, them? ou ought to know that geeso will inuko a nolso when interfered with. Why, M. to President, tho prose cutor seems to In) a most Ignorant mnn. If ho had read his Roman history, ho would know thnt the geeso woko up tlio Romans one morning by their noise, nnd warned them of tlio npproaeh of the Gauls." Thu scholarship of tho prisoner wa not appreciated by tho magistrates, who gavo him threo mouths' imprisonment. I was present in tho room, and I remem ber that the prisoner, as lie was removed, exclaimed, "The magistrates aro as Ig norant as Clio prosecutorl" Ono of the most frequent customers of the Police Corrcctiouncllo Is tho vagrant, In Franco a man Is taken up for having no recognized menus of subsistence. Tho first timo ho is convicted of vagrancy ho Is sentenced to three mouths' imprison ment. Whon he comes out of pribon ho tuny have flvo or six franco in his pocket, if ho has been Industrious. His position Is precisely tho samo us it was beforo ho went in, except tnat ho is now a mnn who has been to prison, and therefore work, if ho bo over bo anxious to get It, Is not bo easy to obtain. Ho falls to find employment, of course, and his flvo or six francs nro soon exhausted; in a fow days ho is taken up again. I quite appreciate tlio answer onco given by a follow who wns for tho sec ond timo charged with vagrancy. "Whnt aro your means of Bubslstcncor asked tho presiding judge. "Why, I hnvo lived on them," an Bwored tho prisoner. Tills second timo, besides a term of six months' Imprisonment, tho accused has to undergo from two to flvo years' pollco sucrvlsiou, which menus that ho must report himself onco a week nt tho polica station. Considering thnt, by law, Paris and tho flvo or six largest towns of Franco are closed to him, it would bo just ns well, and much moro human, to give him trans)ortation for llfo nt onco How Is ho likely to got employment in a town where ho Is seen paying his weekly visit to tlio police station? In tho largo cities ho might havo had a chance, Whon society, in tho nnmo of tho law, deprives a man of his liberty, It under takes to provido him with tho neces saries of llfo; but if it discharges him from prison, telling him ho must provido for himself, and nt tho samo timo Im poses constraints upon him which make it practically imposslblo for him to earn an honest living, what is tho conse quence? Vagrancy brings a condemna tion and pollco supervision; pollco super vision brings Impossibility to obtain work; impossibility to obtain work brings vagrancy, This is tho vicious clrclo in which ho is virtually enclosed. If tho proceedings of tho Polico Cor rectlonncllo nro dull and prosy, thoso of tho court of assizes offer a diffcront sight. Wo nro now in a perfect theatre. Nothing Is wanting but stago boxes, and tho division of seats into stalls and gal leries. Tho prisoner himself often for gets his awful position, and thinks of tho public who gazo at him. Ho feels llko a sort of hero, tho actor In whom tho In terest of tho grand spectacular drama concentrates. Ladies of tho highest so ciety flock to tho court, duly provided with scent bottles nud extra pocket hand kerchiefs. If, as is tho case In France nine times out of ten, a woman is the cause of tho prisoner's terrible position, they expect sensational scenes that would draw at tho Porte St, Martin thcatro, and they nro seldom disappointed. At last a little bell is rung. All nro silent and breathless. The accused, accompanied by two gendarmes, enters tho court, and sits on a high bench, well in view of ev erybody Then como tho threo judges, with their scarlet gowns, followed by the advooato general, or public prose cutor. All take their sent solemnly The ierfornianco is about to begin. "Prisoner nt the bar." nays tho presid ing judge, "stand up, and give mo your name and surname." Then tho examina tion of tho nccused by the judge begins. I cannot help thinking that the French nro right in examining the prisoner bo foro tho jury. The French eye is remark ably quick to detect expression, nnd it bcldotn fails to understand the move ment of the muscle of the face Emer son said he knew uu experienced counsel, who once said to him that he never feared the effect upon a jury uf a lawyer who did not behove in his heait that his client ought to have a verdict. Faces never lio Truth tyrannizes over tho un willing jwirts of tho Usly. No man need bo deceived who will study the changer for nuch delinquents, and thoy woro tot orahly comfortAblo quarters, too. It U truo, tho prisoner's door was locked ft night by somo ono olso on tho outsldo In stead of by himself on tho insldoi but thnt wan almost tho only thing thnt could recall to him his position. All day long ho wan frco to recelvo frlouds from tho outer world. Ono would nrrlvo with tho Intent literary sensation, another with tho foundation of a good lunch, and right merry timo was spent, Whon nothing moro oxcltlug offered, No. 8 could call on No. 7 In ills room nud bo gullo tho hours with a clint or tho com position of a nowspapcr artlclo. Tho di rector himself would cnll nnd eco that ces mcssloura woro happy nnd comfort nhlo. Thu amusing part of tho business vtm thnt tho Kjpulaco Imagined theso poot jotiriiatlsU to bo languishing on dnmp straw and living on broad nnil water foe fighting their battles. When tho prison er enmo out ho was a horo to bo wor shlpcd, and his sojourn nt Sto. Polagfe often led to promotion nnd nomotlmea t n sent In tho houso of doputten. If it dhl, not procure him this honor It wns a poir orful testimonial In caso ho ovor needed another Journalistic tiost, lio wns al ways proud to add nt tho foot of his list of recommendations, "Havo etifforei threo months' Imprisonment nt Sto. Pebt gle," Press offenses woro tried In a certali department of tho Paris correctional po llco court called tho sixth chamber, nnd republican Journalists had this nnmo oa tho brain. Ono day a Journalist friend of iiilno, In search of apartments fot himself nud his wife, entered n lioust whore somo woro to lot. Ho applied U tho conclorgo, who showed him ovor the plncoi "You boo," said tho concierge, "then Is a drawing room, n dining room, three bedrooms." "Well." said my friend, "that tnnkm llvo rooms." "Old but besides," ndded tho man, with a Biullo, "wo hnvo a sixth chnn bor" Thnt conclorgo must havo wondorcd for n long timo why tho journalist took 'o his licols no suddenly. 1 of expression. When a man speaks Chi truth, In tho spirit of truth, his oyo U clear and steady. When ho lies, his eye Is dim and muddy, and sometime asquint. When tlio prisoner's exntuluntiou k over, tho proceedings continue, as bt England, with tho evidence of tho wit ucsses, thu speech of tho public prose cutor, and tho speech of tho counsel foe tho defense. For tho last fow years the summing up of thu presiding judgo bail been dono away with; and a good thing, too, for this summing up used to bo second speech for tho prosecution. Now tho jury rotiro to consider their vcrdiat. In all cases, from murder to assault from forgery to ordinary theft, tho jurf havo to answer tho two following quee tlonst 1. Is tho prisoner guilty of the crimo ho is charged with? 2. Aro thore extenuating circumstances? Tuko mur der, for Instance Tlio law itself makee no distinction between tho mnn who ha committed murder In a momont of pas sion, or jealousy, and tho cold assnssbi who lias long premeditated tho death ol Ids victim to satisfy tho basest of crav ings; but humnnlty does. A French jury will ulwnys award "ox teuuatlng circumstances" to a prisoner, who may bo supposed to havo committed murder under tlio inllucnco of love, jeal ousy, rovengo or despair love especially. Thoy will not uncommonly ncqult a man, if ids character Is otherwiso irreproach able, who has killed an unfaithful wife or her lover. Besides, tho idea of capi tal punishment is abhorrent to the French; nnd tho jury will nlways try to find extenuating circumstances to ayojd Bending a fellow crcaturo to tho guillo tine. And oven when tholr consciences will not allow them to And theso oxtenu ating circumstances, they fondly cling to tho hope that tho president of tho re public will commute tho sentcuco of death to ono of penal servitude for life. No wonder that thero should bo relatively bo few executions in Franco; and no wonder that, when ono takes placo, there should bo a llttlo excitement over it. If. tho French executed criminals ns freely as some of their neighbors do, thoy would In timo get used to it nnd mnko no fuse about it, and would thus savo somo for eign reporters tho trouLio of sending To their newspapers sensational accounts of "Exciting Scenes nt tho Scaffold." To turn to less somber subjects, I should liko to say n word or two upon a kind of imprisonment that tho republlo has almost entirely dono away with I mean tho imprisonment for press of fenses. Under tho empiro Republican journalists often got sovcral mouths' Im prisonment for writing violent articles against tho emperor or his ministers Thero wns tally nothing very tcrribla about theso condemnations except tho name of tlio thing. At tho prison of Sto. Pelagio spclal quarters wero reserved (To be Continued.) Parents should ! careful that their chil dren do not contract colds during thu fall or early winter months. Such colds weaken tho lungs and air passages, mnking the child much more likely to contract other colds dur ing the winter. It is this succession of colds that causes catarrh or bronchitis or paves tho way for consumption. Should a cold I w con tracted lost nn time, but cure it as quickly ns imsstble. A fifty-cent liottlo of Chamber lain's Cough Remedy will euro any cold In a few days and leave the respiratory organs strong nnil healthy. For sale by A. L. Sha der, druggist. The U-st placo in the city of Lincoln to get good board is ut Hrown's enfe. You have a great variety to kelecl from and the prices art reasonable. Nollee, To Hattle S.lirczcc, uou-resUlent ilefonilant: You aro hereby nolltlcil that on tho'J&l day of Ueevmlier, lsMl, Frel J. Ilreeo Moil a peti tion aualunl you In the iiutrlet court of Uui caMcr count). Ncbnuka, tho object ami iraer of wlileh are to obtain it iltvorco from j uu on tlio cruuiula that you have willfully almmlouei! the salil plaintiff, without Kood caiiM), for the term of two ears hut past; and that sntil ilefemliiiit was guilty of cruelty to ward said riiilntllt'ut divers time, nnds.fro iUout Intoxication. You are required toian ur mild petition on or bo fore Mo ml ay, tho I'tluliiy or February, WO KitKlil. HKK.KK. IMalntltr, l2-2s.l lly Atkluiou Doty, Attorney. " fed i .-.
