THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
Jan. s, 1899.
Library Legislation.
While educator of every degree are
studying' on leffialatlon that will result
In better education for every citizen
of Nebraska, there ! every reason '
hope for an advance along library
line in the state, There 1 much 0:
the experimental In library lo(rlalo
tion at this time, for the field ia so
new, Imt there ia no reason why
atari, ahould not be made. Thia much
aeema clear froin the exocrine of oth
. er state that a system of librarka
opcrutod at the public expense i one
of the thinira demanded by our "new
cdutlonsow41cd. Our children
must have acccs to other booka than
text book our citiy.pti must have
soine way of conitinutlnir their educa
tion ufer leaving school. Ho we must
have school Jiln-ariea for supplement
ary rending for our pupils, ana we
must have public JHrarls--vvnlcn per
mita the; plain citizen or the ornu
menial citi.en if he has any ambition
left to licconie a perennial student
at what 1111 aptly been calico tiia
"people's university." The only qu
tiou that remains la the devisiiif of
the nii'iin to accomplish tula Intel
cntly, effectually and economically.
Two year ao $J00,000 were eiit by
the atate In securing tin material
prosperity that wa hoped from the
exjiowltloi at Omaha. Huiely now i
the time to demonstrate that in Ne
braska, at Jcnat, material prosperity
doea not ,nu'un merely that we will
"uuy more janu to raise more corn w
feed more bogs, to buy more laud,"
but that we will use the "good tin
iroda provided ' to further the lutein
(fence of our people and thua help
them to help tlieriiaelvea and become
con tried citizens.
(According to existing law every
town in Nebraska may levy a tax not
to excml one mill on the assessed val
nation for the supiiort of a public J!
brnry, A Iil.Ho rapid calculation 1
mum-lent to convince anybody that
the iiimiiImt of towna In the state,
which by voting the entire mill levy
enn maintain anything that deserves
the name of a library ia appallingly
few. If the vicious system of assess
ment which prevail in the state were
to be supplanted by one more imiu-
cord with jimWce, the niimler of
towna In which public libraries are
jxmaible might lie increased. There i
thia to le noted a library of 8,00 vol
ume prepared for circulation and on
the shelve will cost $10,000, and th
coat of maintaining it for a population
of 15,0000 in the moat meow-re fashion
would not Im lie less than 3,000 a year
winen meana a mm tax on tnrce mil
lion dollars valuation,
A a concrete example of the possi
bllitlea, take Nebraska City. Mr, Joy
Morton gave a beautiful building, pri
vate munificence provided ground and
furniture, the ladle' library associo
tlon gave their library consisting of
about 2,200 vol 11 111 lien and aa many gov
ernment documents, awl the city a one
mill levy, if 1 am correctly informed.
Thia yielded about $750 a year, with
which to light and lieat the library,
pay the librarian and janitor, and buy
booka, perlodicala ami additional fur
niture. Of course $750 per year mean
"Viiere will be no money to buy booka
nd periodical, and that the library
"111 lie open only a few bourn a day in
L'harge of underpaid, untrained libra
fWan. It lias been shown that Nebras
ka City has done all that could be
j done and la able to purchase few if
any new booka. A library that doea
3 not get new booka from time to time
.7 can have no jierniancnt hold on the
f community, Jf Nebraska City cannot
have a growing public library aa the
result of taxation under existing lawa,
Lincoln ami Omuhn are about the only
towna in the Mate that can. What can
be done for the rent of t he atate la the
question that presents itself for aolu
turn. It la quite n desirable that the
M-ople of t'hadron or Jtnlo or school
district 83, liiiueaater county, ahould
have the advantage of libraries aa
that the people !u the capital and met
ropolis should revel In the world's beat
literature.
In the first place to 1 11 mi re that ev
ery child In the public school of the
atate may learn to use dictionaries en
cyclopaediaa and other reference
iMioka, together with a vat amount of
aupplementary reading in hiittory, ge.
ography and other atudiea, let it be re.
iulrel by law that every diatrlet must
exend a given proportion of it levy
In the purehnae of IxxtU from IUt
pubiUhed by the atato aiiMrlntendent.
It the eouuty iiperlntcnrilcnt e re.
quired to aee that the proviIou of the
law are carried out. The law ahould
provide for the circulation of theae
lMHka among the eople of the dia
Irleta durlnir the aiimiuer nHtion,
Ttia M'hool library law of uttim,ln
la conttrtieted along thee linea and
haa acconilihed imiih for the m-hoola
of that atate. New York rot Idea an
annual fund to be apMrlinied by the
atate ix-rlutt u.lent 10 the M-htad 1U
brariea of the atate and tpeitt under
liU direction.
A(ratil aebool lil.rary w one of
the thlnga needel li Xettra.ka, but
care ahoiild tw taken imM to reet the
HiiMakra n.mte by New York and
tlhlo and other tte, in ttieir old
eaool bttrt Uiiow vrf ffrner.
ally lpr,J fivitt the iatute tHk. V.
der the M law iuaatitie of the
lubt fMHd t w.irl. ,rirka
Wat well profit ,v the eprrUnr (
tor tate ai.1 mt a m li.ad bl,.
rv k that will (i.e m U, , fi,,
f the reioivt .-a duirbi a
fcan to Warm l.i tt imr iml rvfev
eme aihl upi!Mitl(y rr.tn
to hii -immimi rf tvm m
plrMMraUM tf.ta. the WruUt.oe
do well Iti Ue lK4t kxliee to ha
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it'H lkr mum oft n4i K
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commonwealth. The time will come
when the atate will provide an annual
appropriation for librariea aa it do
for schools. Thia idea boa pervaded
the recent library legislation of a num
ber of the older atatea to a connider
able extenit. It ia possible for a libra
ry under the New York law to receive
a given aubaldy from the atate under
conditiona prescribed by the regent
upon whom devolve tne reaponatmuiy
of the distribution of the library
funde.
To aid In the advancement of library
progreaa the regent of the university
of the atate of New York have eatab-
Iwhed a public library department,
Thia deiwtment nut forth all ener-
glea toward the establishment of new
public librariea and encouraging those
already establUhed. Tae librariea that
receive the state auoaiay are vmiieo oy
the inanector from the public Horary
department, and book that do not re.
ceive the approval of the inspector
mav not be baufftit wttn any money
given by the state, Thia gradually
raise the grade of literature in the
librariea all over the atate. JJealde
this the state help the small library
or the neighborhood without a library
In another way. The public libraries
department sends out "traveling libra-
rles" or iweiwy-nve 10 on nunoreu
volumes each to such libraries, achoola,
clubs, Cliautfluqua circle or groups of
twenty-live taxpayer a may apply
for and fulfil the condition necessary
to seourlnc the same. These are kept
three or alx months and then returned
to the state autborltle to be let again
and again. These libraries are care,
full v chosen to meet the varying needs
of the people, riome or mem are gf n
eral in character, some are especially
for young people, some are on agri
culture, history, economics, etc.
The result in New York Is so gratify
imt that other slate bve followed
suit, Michigan. Ohio, and Iowa all
make generous appropriation for
traveling libraries, and everywhere the
idea is growing Jn popularity. Jt lias
come to stay and Nebraska can t af
ford to be far behind in the forward
march. This leads to a discussion of
ways and mean, We must expect to
progress gradually and be content
with amnll befflniiings. In the first
place who is to have charge of the li
brary interests of Nebraska? There is
nothing that correspond to the re
gent' organization in New York, o
we are once given a choice between
two ot her methods that are in vogue in
a number of stale. In Ohio, Mlo..gan
and Iowa the state library is in charge
nd distribute the traveling libraries.
This i well enough as long as a good
librarian ha charge but state libra
ries with two exception are in politics
and are not safe guardian of library
Interests. In the New England states,
YYisitonsin and Georgia there are libra
ry commission and thi ia the most
hopeful solution of tbejiroblem.
In Nebraska we nave larea wen
w hen we consider that our atate libra
rian is only an ex-offlclo officer and
that bis first dulle are a clerk and
rcorter of the supreme court. Anion
who bo all that on his hand may well
le forgiven if he neglect the library.
How could it be otherwise?' ....a yet
when we think of the long years of
faithful and Intelligent work of (Juy
A. llrown and the unfailing Interest
the present librarian, I). A. Campbell,
ho manifested in the advancement of
Nebraska's library interests, we can
not complain. We can only wish that
the office of state librarian were di
vorced from the clerkship of the court,
as it must some time be.
Since the state library la not now
available the Wisconsin plan is by far
the best now in the field. The Ncbra.
ka state library commiitee should be
eompmcd of live member as follows!
The state superintendent o- school,
state librarian and librarian o. the
University of Nebraska, all ex-olTlcios
and to be appointed by the gov
ernor to serve five years all to serve
without pay, except tor the necessary
traveling expenses, a.ms approprla-
lon for incidental exiM-nse for thi
ommittce should not tie lens than
$500 for titte bieiMiium. Let this com
mittee be the equivalent of a nu one"
librariea department of the state gov
ernment with all the rconHiblllty
that this implies. U t It Ih the center
round which ail other library legisla
tion shall swing traveling libraries,
id and everything else in time per-
laps the mlMcelluiieou department of
he state library ui as Is tne case
n Ohio.
As to the expedite of a stem of
raveling libraries there must le a
beginning. Michigan began with $5,.
OUU and a biennial t'.'.SlMl from the start
on. A library of fifty volume ready
to start out will cost not less than InO.
Of coure the borrower pay for the
raneiHirtation. I he eieiie of ad-
mhiUtratlnn of anv niiintier of travel,
lug libraries, be tdey iniiiiy or few,
would twi a fixed charge of a thousand
dollar a yerfor the iiernoii In
barge itntM be trained in library work
nd thoroughly cuiniwteiit or the wa
nts of the llttrsrles wi.t lie consider
tily diminished. To get a proper start
for traveling libraries, the .iiirsry eom.
iiiltlr slum M tie given an additional
bl rniiUI f l.ikHl, 't his tony seem lis
a gtal deal 1 some eple who would
prefer to e the stst rtnd It fund
for son material benvtit. It th state
library srrv to Im made the puhlie IU
brat tea department, and glrn a lib
r tui 1. 1 1 It. mi tr IrsieliiHj libraries -a
sew iMUUMt to direct litem WwumI I mi
required ! one l the slat library.
t'to sr gw Ik Nebrsska library
smmim ItttoM dtslttsl a itdl fur a lnrsy
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every friend of education' in Nebraska
that thia leglalature will make a begin
nJng. The field in Nebraska la im
mense -but to one who ha worked in
It, it can never cease to be attractive
Aa a Nebrotfkah whose chief interest
centera in that fair atate, I hope that
the right step in the right direction
will be taken thi winter.
- EDNA D. BULLOCK.
Helena, Montana, Public Library.
FARMER'S CLUB
A fie for th frotsctlon eftb Qasll-A
Goad rrlend of th Vsrmsr,
The Lancaster County Pormers'
club met with Mr. Ackcrmaa Decern
ber 15, J808, to renew old acquidnt-
ance, have a good dinner, discus mat.
ter of Interest, and then depart, lie
ing satisfied that they never ate uch
a big lunch, in their live. It passed
one's cotn prehension where all these
good things enme from. To cat of all
would tax the capacity of a flour attck,
The meeting was willed to order bv
the outgoing president, II, I'olly, who
niedo a few remark and then in
stalled the new president, I. N. Leon
ord.
The son and daughter of the ho4t
and hostess, lien and EMie, Ackennii,
enlivened the nwH'tlng with music on
violin arid organ, varying it with song.
Mrs. Week ley read a paper cnllid
"The Tinsmith Man." 1'rofcssor of Ag
rlculture A. K. Davidson, wa visiting
the club. When culled on lie nuid lw
did not intend to moke a speech, but
ho talked a good long time anyway.
Complimenting the club on it good
organization, wishing that there were
farmers' club in every county of the
state, so as to make a federation of
clubs, and have a joint meeting once
a year. He tireged the young men to
take more advantage of schools, ilf
said his class of farmers' Iwiys he
taught last year were the best lie
ever hud, During the whole course
he did not have to reprove one of
themj they acted like perfict gtniMe.
men. The club thanked Mm for liU
speech by making him an 'honorary
III)' m her,
Mr, J, M. Cook wn another visitor,
When naked if be hud anything to sny
e answered by giving a brief history
of his frontier lifcj of bow he moved
into Nuckolls county, thi state, with
nothing but a sisin of horses and wn(-
on bsiiled with a cook stove, it kitch
en safe, miislln tent, some bedding
and a few cooking utensil. Those
were all his earthly tiossessloh, Thoxe
late snow storms reminded him of one
morning when be woke up, to find
himself and family all covered over
wlt.h snow, and tho thermometer .it
the zero murk, hi family staying in
lied for three day to keep from free,.
Ing. When spring came be went
work, lielng successful with his crops
for, years, enabling hi in to build up 1
good home, but finally sold out to give
his children' the advantage of Lin-
coin schools, After his talk he was
welcomed a a new member of thin
lull,
The subject of bird wn then taken
up, In which Messrs, Godfrey, Mann,
Cook and lconard took part. It bus
tieen said la-fore of our game birds
that tliev are of creat lieneflt to crops
In general, especially the quail, who
Is a very good foragei. They prefer
bugs of all kinds to any kind of grain,
and most surely are the farmers
friend and should never lie hunted,
Hut alnsl too 111 any do, not only n
the fields, but near barns and dwelling
bouses, shoot domestic, birds, defying
their owners and calling them vile
names when ordered off.
Is there 110 remedy? I there no
law to protect those bird nil the
time? No, only for a short dine.
Then the scum called human beings,
of cities and outlying towns, is turned
loose. oc to the man who darea to
remonstrate.
The following committees were nii-
lolnted: Programme A. 11. Drain,
Mr. and Mrs. I. II. Weekley, Mr. ami
Mrs. I. Pnswnterj memorial and reso
lution Mr. and Mrs. Polly, Mr. mid
Mrs. Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. .losepn
QiinckenbiiNh; flower coiiimltte for 1 1
ble d worn t ion Mrs. Converse, MIm
Anna Maun, Coont, Mrs. liahn. Mlx
Norn Pnwwater, Miss KM Ackermaii,
Miss Ono. Oray. A resolution wis
mooted requiring miiiervlsors to emote
all weed to lie cut on rood in the
mouth of Augimt, ami nil iilm-i
smoothed up all the time.
A vote of thank wus given Mr. ami
Mrs, Ackermnn for their hospitality,
Program for next meeting:
M in.ii.
Iiecltation. Mrs. Converse,
Select rending, Mrs. Joe Uiuukeii-
bush.
Song, MIks AYeller.
Iteel tat loll, Ml iliFtehkbts.
Hong, Mr. ami Mr. Muirgleton.
Knbjfcl for diM-iMutiou: W011I I It imt
le to the farmer' lft InterexU ti
raise more sheip? Opeml by U. 0.
Mi no,
The next meeting will nee 11 r at We!.
ler'a hall, ItayuMimL Neb., Juiniai v tti
IM,
1. X. .I).MII, President,
K. I.. IHIPM . MeereUrv.
The ImmriNDitHT o(Tcc hai
the material, tnd printer thai
know how to ue it, to ytve
a a a a t "
he uctt rrtult in ob prmimj
Ccfi.ticate of PuSlicatioa.
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A German Attache Says the Span
lard Was Paroled.
HE ARRANGED THE DETAILS,
It 111 reeling Bstsraea Dsway and Von
DlsdrioUs Aeaordlnv to Major Too
oannburg H Ksnk th Jpsoi
oldlars Wsxt to tbs Osrman.
ClIlClOO. Jan. 4. Maior A. von AflM
nenburg, German military attache to
ma emperor ol Japan, tho man who
Carried the mesara between Admiral
too DIedrlch and Admiral Dewey by
which permission wa given for the
transportation of Captain General
August! from Manila to Hong Kong on
a German war vessel, is in Chicago,
"I did not witness the destruction of
Montojo'a float by your Admiral
Dowey." he said, "but I saw much of
the subseauent evetiU. IIhamu nt
what I saw I want to correct at least
one false impression that there wa
any 111 reeling between the coin
manders of tho American and German
fleets. There wa a disagreement, I
admit, over the r cut of tha Amur .
can to search German ship, but that
wa noon kettled,
"Then a to the Auirustl incldont.
Thero was nothing soeret about that
transaction. 1 mvsc f was tho mu.
aenirer between the two nil mi ruin In
the discussion over the disposition of
Augusii. Admiral von Uiedricb
asked whether Admiral Dewee would
object to Captain General Augustl
niKing passage on one of the German
dispatch boat running to Ifon Ci,t,,r.
Admiral Dewey ald that ho would
not If the ex-captain general would
make soma kind of a nurola bv which
he would no longer bear arm against
the United Mate. This" wa given
and the incident was closed, as tha
diplomats would sny.
A to tho Americans, both ashore
and aboard ship, X may say that I
never met a finer body of men. I ad
mire your volunteer, To my mind
they furnish muirnifleent tnnterlnl far
soldiers, but I am afraid that they
nave a naru task before them in the
Hilli opine. 1 should not want t.tw.
task of controlling these Island unless
I had fully 60,000 men behind me. The
natives are going to be hard Droblem
to solve.
'Mince the finlshlnir of the I'hllln.
pine question I have been connected
with the imperial army of Japan a a
student of it method of military din
ciplina, To sneak verv connurva.il vl v.
I believe that next to the German
army there Is not a finer body of fight
ing men in tho world than that mim
little Japanese collection of troop.
xneir discipline Is perfect and any na
tion that nick a ouarrel with ih
Japanese i going to have no easy time
01 it. 1 consider tnem one of the most
important factor in future OrUninl
complication."
When Maior von onnenhuro u
questioned in regard to these Oriental
problem he wa silent. He said that
he wa still connected with the Japan
ese government, and with that of Ger
many a well and could say nothing,
lie I on hi way to Washington with
letter to (Secretary Alzer and General
Mile. He will spend a few day about
the department in Washington and
then will go to Berlin to report to bis
own government
MARRIED FOUR SISTERS,
A Quadrupla Wadding In Ohio la Which
Only Two Pnmllle, Took Part.
Can a i. Dovkr. Ohio. Jan. 4 At a
wedding at Trail, a small villa ten
miles north of here, four brothers
were married to four sliders. The
four ceremonies were performed at
the Home of the fouraister brides, who
are the daughter of a farmer, Jamea
llochatettler. Ihelr age range from
IS to I'S. The irrooins are the four sons
of John Humor. The ceremony of
marriage of the four couple occupied
almost an hour, the same clergyman
performing all. The four brother
and their wive will live within
tone' throw of each other.
CHINA'S REBELLION GROWING.
uraml 1ruX So lit la IUa ld
rraiN tha lasrl roeae.
UiNitoN, Jan. 4. Aivoruing toadis
patch from iiankau, iliar ar alarm
ing report from the upper Yang Ts
Klang region. Th disturbance ar
increasing in th provlnee of Zsche
tun, llunsn and Hup. Th dowager
inpr. It U further aertd, U eur
tailing the authority of the vieeroys,
espeeUlly ia th Yang Tm and Man
ksu district
A body of Chinas troop wa Beat
ta attack th rvlxls, but they ar said
to have Had Mr th satiny. Ta
viceroy t town rlnfred by three
guaboat and , hi.
'a4yBMa tla Wt 1r Va.
Clvi anu, (Udo, Jan. -lltfht f
Ik tfiaaa fuu4ri iw t';lw4 h
roed4 III ilauiswd of th wr
maker Ut wk wf 1 Swi a ty.
ttaaff ' l'tW la a K,4.
Uvnrli. J, i -Tli deal V
t M t-ky, a maiwtor tf
k luwar Ua ut th Uf art) Ittsl.
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HOW DEWEY LET AUGUST1 IJ
The As of Traata.
One of the most pregnant t igna cf tha
time in the commercial and financial
world is the concentration and central
ization of capital in allied branobe of
trade and indoatry and which tend to
ward toe monopoly or practical control
of each certain field. ATrust" and
monopolies are tabooed by the law of
tbe land, but at there ia more than one
way to skin an eel, ao there ia more
tban one way to organize what ia, to
all intent and purpose, a "trait,"
witb a fnll control of tbe deiired prod
act or branch of trade. Tbe name
"trust" ban now been legally eliminated
from tbe corporate title of these mam
moth corporation that are springing
op 00 every tide and in every branch of
trade and commerce, and as tbe aaccesi
and large profit resulting from these
large combination of connecting inter
est! have become more apparent similar
organization are almost daily being
formed in heretofore neglected trade
or industries. From tbe present outlook
it would appear (bat tbe end will be
tbe control, or practical monopoly, of
each and every oue of tbe larger branobe
of trade and commerce by lome mam
moth corporation that, to all intent
and purposes, fulfill tbe popular idea
of a "trost." Brooklyn Eaale.
Dnalnea Is Unalness.
Banker Ferrine of Indianapolia it a
genuine, all wool annexation!., who
deserve commendation for bald frank
ness. He doe not wants time talking
about our duty to oppreinod races, and
our miKsion a a world civillzer, and
our self election as the avenger of wrong,
and our remarkable declaration that if
we hofxt the American flag on tho stadt
bau in Berlin it mut ctay there, and
10 forth and soon. He say: "There
are 400,000,000 Chinese, and every
mother' sou of them ought to have a
folding bud and a bicycle. Indiana is
tbe state to furnish them." There is a
man for you I Hi word ring like the
chant of tbe silver throated bugle amid
the raucous maundering of tbe annexa
tion gabfest. Hunker Perrlne doc not
explain bow the acquisition of tbe Pa
puan iufetGd Philippine will lell fold
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bnt bi heart i in tbe right place.
There are 1,050, 000, 000 folk in other
part of the world. Every mother's ion
of them need canned beef and chunk
of dead bog. Chicago is the town to
furnish tbeui. Jt i our doty to proceed
to grab tbe earth Ioouoclait.
Dr. Bull's Cough SvrtiD never dlsao
point those who use it for obstinate
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throat and lungs. It stand unrivaled
a a remedy for tbroat and lung disease.
Hold by all druggist for 25 ct.
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Grower of general Nursery
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