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... . tress y ' sv, C NEBRASKA head of the Red Jt placed with a firm jC aa order tor 1,000, s7 plants. These plants xibnted among the fruit vt Taxas who suffered so se- fXOSB the great September at least of the great redwood af California will be preserved, taa state having recently come Into ioa of abort 400 acres of res tores through the will of the OoL J. B. Armstrong of Clover- aale, Sonoma county. The tract la to be held as a public park. The lint authentic discovery of traces of a prehistoric race in Alaska was aade recently by prospectors in to foot-hills of Mount St. Ellas. A copper mine was unearthed which had been worked ages ago. Kettles, tools, spear-heads and other articles, made In a crude manner from copper, were found. The President usually issues his Thanksgiving day proclamation Just before the November elections. In that way he saves himself from the shafts f the Jokers. Were it issued after election, a President's attitude of thankfulness would be ascribed to his own party's victory, If it had achieved a victory. If defeated he would be ac cused of "whistling to keep bis cour age up." University chaperones are the latest Viennese novelty. In consequence of the riotous and insulting behavior of the male students when the women tried to avail themselves of the newly granted permission to attend lectures, many mothers of women students have registered for the university lecture la order to accompany and protect their daughters. The pioneer was the opera singer, Arabella Szilagyl. The house in Peeksklll in which Henry Ward Beecher wrote "Nor wood." has been opened for a free li brary and reading room for Peekskill people. This has been made possible through the generosity of Dr. John Ne well Til den, who for many years was a practicing physician In Peekskill and later was principal of the military academy there. The institution will be known as the Beecher Free Reading Room '.' Esary Baird ot"Fonddu Lac, Wis., and Miss Clara Elmer of Oshkosh made arrangements to be married at the home of Mrs. King in the former city the other evening. When the Justice ' examined the marriage license he found the five days' limit required by the instrument had not expired. The .wedding party waited until after the midnight hour, the Justice returning at about 1 o'clock in the morning to tie the knot. Marriages in Hlndostan are very simple, and are usually arranged by the parents of the principals. When an alliance is agreed upon, the bride and groom are brought together, and - Jul aa pi see eacn outer lur lue ursi time. The bride playfully skips toward the groom and seats herself beside him. The priest ties a corner of the bride's veil to the groom's bawl, and this simple proceeding makes them man and wife. A young western attorney was re cently aaked why be bad so strenuous ly defended a woman who could not pay him. "I can never forget," he re plied, ''that she lived at the end of my long- paper route when I was a struggling college boy. More than one in winter her kind heart prompt eel bar to rise very early to have a cam of hot coffee ready for her news boy, feartag lest he might perish with the eotd." Such acts defy commercial "repayment" as much is mother-love or flster influence. How does the old PirH poet put, It? "la Time's fleeting river The tawa of that little vine-leaf lay; Immovably unquiet, and forever K trembles, but It cannot pass away." K Paris newspaper gives the weight of certain European sovereigns. In a football llne-np, Dom Carlos of Portu gal would be center. His towardness rmnkj 1 1 , -y ,rt XJM ought to be guaranteed by his ' gsaads. Ferdinand of Bulgaria, 1 fMads, and Oscar of Sweden, one ..-K'.'f-Xti less, seem fitted for guards. V,"-'- Wllhelm's 1W pounds would )hfC3 bias momentnm and force as a l ..mm, am csar woura scarcely mace X,vf teas except as quarterback, for ' rafsa oaly 121 pounds. The little i J of Spain, N pounds. Is out of xS mzzsQm, save to bold the sweater "" f lysr or to toss the coin for ; ' aoaitloa. If monarchy could .'C presence of a president of '.- far fallback, the bead of the 1 pmnaM, with, Ms IN i wsil aetsrely be a candidate. . " y required to make a C? eoaat with a writer, aed is taoonsider- Icssrt a wwii, however, ) fcrr eo of time, and Certtoaatf assent ,t etft la sa laser rCrsc bssai tae """I fc tit atsaxj .3 v cr : cJ ,:;r :cJ SHOW UP Standard Oil Company's Books to Be Inspected, SliPKKE COURT UPHOLDS SMYTH Ad Order Issued for the Company to rro doe Boolu Order to De Obeyed By December 1 em of General Interest to Nebraska Ieople. LINCOLN, Dec. 17, 1900. Attorney General Smyth has pushed his suit against the Standard Oil trust with so much vigor that the public is likely to get some valuable informa tion before Prout has a chance to bring the proceedings to a conclusion as was done by Hanna's attorney gen eral in Ohio. The supreme court recently com pleted its order for the Standard Oil company to produce its books and pa pers for the inspection of the attor ney general of Nebraska. The order is to be obeyed by December 21, and according to its terms the company must produce its list of stockholders from the time cf its organization and also the minutes of cue company since the date of organization. The court gives the company the right to name the time and place where the inspec tion is made, but the attorney general has the right to make the inspection before December 21 and the place must be somewhere ia the United States. The company enters excep tions to all the material points in the order, presumably in th? hm that the suit may be transferred to the federal courts it that is possible. As the home of (be company is at Whit ing, Ind., it is believed that the ref erees In the suit, A. S. Tubets and o. C. Wright, together with Attorney General Smyth, will conduct the in spection at that place. F. L. McCoy of Omaha, one of the attorneys for the Standard Oil com pany, called at the court rooms yes terday and secured a certified copy of the order. The order will be entered in the court records under date of De cember 5 and as the company Is given sixteen days in which to submit its books, the inspection can be com menced by December 21. The order of the court was made on motion of attorney general. The court sustained the motion to secure an inspection of the books. While ruling on this motion the court as sumed Jurisdiction in the suit which has for its purpose the ousting of the company from the state for violating the state anti-trust laws, and also held that a foreign corporation does busi ness in the state not by right. The order of the eourt requires the Standard Oil company to permit the plaintiff and attorney general within sixteen days from the entering of this order to inspect the list of stockhold ers of the company, the list of the names of all who have been stock holders from the time of the organi zation of the company, also the books containing the minutes of the com pany since the date of its organization to the present time and other books and papers. If the trust can manage to evade that order by any sort of legal pro ceedings until Smyth's term expires and Prout becomes attorney general, it will feel that a great danger has tuxn avoided. OOO S. J. Kent, deputy labor commis sioner, makes the following recom mendations in his biennial report: Uniform system of keeping account of shipments by express and railroad companies; the information con tained Is the accounts to be reported annually to the- labor bureau; an amendment to the law to pay assess ors and county clerks for statistical information; and a penalty clause to apply to persons who refuse to give information to assessors, and to apply to officials failing to perform their duties. The report recommends branch of fices of the employment bureau to be established In several large cities with the central office a clearing house. He recommends the selection of a factory Inspector to enforce the Are escape law and the law relating to child labor and the hours of women In certain Industries. Mr. Kent says that for four years the state has been free from labor dis putes of any magnltuee. but the fu ture cannot be foreseen; therefore h law providing for local and stat board o' arbitration and conciliation ehouit? ') .anjsi'. Arwts nud con victions should by law be reported by the proper oilcers, and birth di-ath. marriages and divorce i should tw re ported and charitable Institution should report amounts expend! and number of recipients. H'j a-tk that the law relative to mortem rtatUtli's be amended so as to ! I'lire register of deeds to keep a record of mort gages satisfied by the re il payment of debt from those a?Hfl?J by forec-lftf-ure or voluntary mrnsnd sr. Hj rec ommends the abolition cf eontrjT, bor In the penitentiary nml the man ufacture by the convict cf h 'tides used by the state and municipal in stitutions. He recomm;ils that the bureau be placed on a non-rmrtisau basis. In Kansas the lndii-trinl or ganisation of tba state meet annual ly, elect labor bu$cu officers and for mulate leglslstion which la deemed wise. OOO State Treasurer Meserve baa taken such precaution with the funds of the state that the republicans will not nave a chance to plsy Bartlev f jt s .me months to come. Following Jut toe populist principles to the fullest ex teat sad saying the debts of the state as (sat aa awney cam into the tress ary. faatats of hoarding it la the banks a lar Ue republican fash loo. User wU be bat about tifjm in lz trea ry to urn aver. That Is krt tt- nae af tae repabcaa aft t f r J ttf fecafwit ! ts rtls The state printing board, through A. E. Sheldon, clerk of the lx ard, has filed a voluminous report with Secre tary of Bute Porter. The report shows thst under the operations of the printing law of 1897, competition for state printing has been active and constant the past two years. Con tracts have been let at low figures not withstanding the general advance In prices. The contract of the State Jour nal Co., for printing supreme court reports at fl.5 per page expired and on reletting was ajrain secured by the same company at I1.22V4 per page. Other contracts have been let at Cgures as low or slightly lower than those of preceding bienniums. There has nev er been a time in the history of the state when it has received so much value for the money paid for print ing. Mr. Sheldon says the keenness of competition has disadvantages, one of them being by unperceptible shad ings to cheapen the quality of paper and binding. To prevent this a new schedule of specifications was drawn up last year which has resulted In a better grade of material. A bett-ir quality of material for state printing Is recommended. The following are the amounts ex p?nded for state printing for the bien nial periods from 1889 to 1901: For 1889-01, $56,491: 1891-93. $53,131; 1893 95. $64,501: 1895-97, $56,512; 1897-99, $44,891; 1899-01. $34,200. ooo Republican State Treasurer-elect Steuffer of West Point Is around seek in? signers to his bond for $1,500,000, which the law requires. When Treas urer Meserve went back ir.to the ofilce of state treasurer two years ago he In troduced an Innovation by filing a bond sig-ned by a large security bond company, at a cost to himself of $1. 000 per annum. It wao hoped by manv that Mr. Steufer would follow in Me serve's footsteps and file a security bond, in which event it was believed the legislature might recognize the propriety of the state assuming the. expense of its treasurer's bond. SBouici this be done, it was argued, the state treasurer would be able to go into of fice without being hampered by per sonal obligations, which might later prove not only burdensome to himself, but dangerous to the state. Mr. Steuffer, however, appears to have taken the view that a personal bond Is amply sufficient, and that it Is not necessary to incur the expense which a security bond entails. Ho declares that be can secure a half million of the necessary security in his home town of West Point, and that he anticipates no great difficulty in obtaining the balance from other portions of the state. ooo Dr. R. W. Laflln of Wymore has been quietly circulating about lately iitspcctini' the i :tl;er's room at the stale i.-ipito' to fnl whether It fit? him or not, and jir.'crts It emin'iitl satisfactory. Tin re seems ! a growing tendency to pick Laflln as the winner of the speakership contest. Ths feeling that the Burlington railroad is friendly to his aspirations is in creasing, as is the disposition to re gard him as the secret protege nt T). I. Thotiisoa. 'it course f t ItUv would be only too willing to vote tho Lancaster delegation for Laflln that would antagonize someone else. But the "Thomnaon men" in the legisla ture who are under cover, and wool may not disclose their position for a month after the legislature convenes these the Lln.oln man might safely t'row to hi,' irtend from cuii';. ooo Mr. Thompson himself Is saying nothing. He Is not committing him self. He claims to be perfectly free of any entanglement with any other cam! I late, and his statement is gen erally believed. The current impres in la that Thompson is simply bid ing his time; that he will endeavor to be elected without tlelng up with any one, failing in which, as a cold-blooded business proposition, enter Into an alliance with whichever candidate who first proves his ability to deliver the goods. Although talk concerning R. K. Moore's caididacy for senator is In creasing, Mr. Moore himself vigor ously denies the report. "I am not a candidate for senator," he said to the World-Herald today, "have not been and will not be. Mr. Thompson has the Lancaster delegation pledged to his support, in the face of which It would b folly for any other Lancas ter county man to aspire to the place. The talk concerning my candidacy it entirely without foundation." ooo It Is in the South Platte delegation that Secretary Melklejohn's greatest strength Is said to be located. It was claimed positively that Melkle John, at the start, would have more South Platte votes than all the other South Platte candidates combined. He claimed that twenty-five votes would be a fair estimate of Melklejohn's South Platte following. ooo There ure good reasons to bellevn the republican managers ripre are dis posed to shy at the prospect of the possibility of the election of certain candidates for the Nebraska senator ships who are most active and clalm ful. It is easy to see. therefore, why they should be disposed to extend a helping band to MelkleJohn. OOO The announcement Is made that As sistant Secretary of War MelkleJohn will desert his deck at the department and hurry to Lincoln fbortly, there to engage for a few weeks In the strenuous life of a candidate for on.) of two United States senatorshtpa from Nebraska. ooo Inasmuch as the MelkleJohn people are admitting the probability of an alliance between Crounse and Hln shsw the more readily because they secretly iesr m usager m s lie-up vtntually between Crounse and Thompson It Is evident from this es timate of Melklejohn's South Platte strength li based on a belief that bis support Is to come from the ranks of tae Thompson men. ooo Wtlflaai J. Bryan and A. J. Smith. tfeM of tM national democratic press barees, uiOi the rounds of the prlnt jMOees of Lincoln tbt for part of IN THE WHO J OFFICE. From the Washington Star: "Yes, doctor," remarked the agitated young woman In the physician's office, "the dear little thing seems to be teething, and he moans and whimpers so piti fully, and, really, I don't know what to do!" "How old?" inquired the medical man, soothingly. "He's Just three weeks and two days old, and " "My!" remarked the phyiclan, "but that's pretty young for teething to be gin!" "Yes," she continued, "and the poor little thing's hair Is coming out so dreadfully, and " "Hair coming out!" exclaimed the doctor. "My dear madam, ar you quite certain that " "Yes," she went on, "and If you so much as touch his little face he snaps at you so dreadfully and " "Extraordinary!" Interrupted the physician. "Snaps, you eay! Why, there must " "And I have given him paregoric, but the poor little thing doesn't seem to be able to keep the stuff on his stomach, and " "But that is a relic of barbarism, to serve out huge doses of paregoric to young " "And he won't even touch the milk I give him, in his little saucer, but " "Madam, you give a 3-weeks-oM young one milk in a saucer!" "And he does nothing but race from one room to another and keeps jump ing up on the coverlet of the best bed, and " "Three weeks old and racing from one room to tnother, and Jumping on the beds!" "And he's so terribly anxious to chew things to sharpen his poor lit tle toofems, 1 suppose that he has eaten up two of my hats and a pair of Jack's slippers and four palm leaf fans and the leather bindings oft two volumes of Maeaulay'a 'History of England,' and-; " "Oh!" exclaimed the medical man, a great light breaking in upon him. "Madam, my time is very limited. 1 am very busy. Moreover, homeopathy has not yet advanced sufficiently far to render its practitioners capable of diagnosing tbe teething difficulties of fox terriers! There's a dog doctor in the next block, four doors to the right. Good morning, madam g-o-o-d morn ing!" "Did you ever hear of anything so horribly rude in your life?" inquired the young woman in telling her hus band of it that evening. But her husband was rushing into the parlor to look after the fox terrier pup, which was gnawing holes in the leather couch and was scattering the excelsior stuffing Impartially around the room. A POPIXAK ISM. Parson Good Mornin'. deacon; I trust it isn't atheism that Is keeping you away from church? Deacon Sly No, parson; It Is rheu matism. Mlekt Have Beaa Dlffereat. "Things might have been different with me," said the converted burglar, "if I bad a good education an' good Sunday school training." "Poor man," said the visitor, sym pathetically. "Yes, I might have been a trusted cashier an' skipped out with the funds, an' I might be llvin' like a flghtln' cock somewhere out of the country." Puck. (iood Ad rtee. Tailor I hope, bsron, you'll pay this bill I really can't wait any long er. I owe now for the cloth for more than three months!. Baron H'm! You run In debt and expect me to furnish tbe money to pay wlth'-Heltre Welt. The Kaealer Preceedara. FirU office boy Wot'll yer do If de boss raises yer salary from tree to five? Second office boy Well, I hadn't fully decided 'cept dat I'll take up golf. Puck. Ceelda't Keeap. "My wife got so mad she wouldn't speak to me for an hour," "Ah!" "And then she turned It loose all at once." Indianapolis Press. i pmeatla law Cera. Mrs. Ootbam Tbe paper says an Indians state board is trying to pre vent tbe marrtaae of idiots. ' Mr. Oothsm What nonsense! They soon get over It New York Weekly. latft DaeeJaV His. :?anrch (bidding good-by to fear gsscta after her Irst reception) I 'm ss sorry ibnt the rala kept all of tff tatt fjejJo awsy! Tlt-CUa. Dang er. The Beautiful Hoe of the Adiron dack trembled piteously. "Ah, me," she moaned. "The open season has come." The Lordly Buck laughed at her fears. "Oh, it's all very well for you!" cried the Roe. "You have horns and are Id no danger of being shot! But I look just like a hunter at a distance." It could not be maintained that her alarm was devoid of logical justifica tion. Detroit Journal. One Way Oat. Mrs. Housekeep "See hercl've been getting a dozen eggs from you every week and In every dczen lately I've found at least two bad ones. What's to be done about It?" Bright Clerk "Suppose you only only half a dozen hereafter. Maybf you wouldn't find so many bad ones then." Philadelphia Press. HE KOILD HE MCEDF.D, IV" Mrs. Kidder George, may I write and accept Mrs. Brown's Invitation for Bobby to attend her boy's party? Mr. Kidder Yes; and while you are writing you had better write Dr. Kure M. Quick to call the day after. Been Kxpert'ne It. Mr. Lurker Excuse roe, Miss Snap per, but I have long sought thia opportunity-Miss Snapper Never mind the pre amble, Mr. Lurker. Run along In and ni'S pa. He's been expecting this wowlt) rome for the past two years. Tid-Blts. In II la Blind. "Thought you said you had plowed that ten-acre field," said the first farm er. "No; I only said I was thinking about plowing it," said tbe farmer. "Oh, I gee; you merely turned It over In your mind." Yonkers States man. A I'unal. Assistant Here are more dispatches about the battle in the east. Editor What do they say? Assistant It appears that both sides were greatly outnumbered, but each defeated the enemy with severe loss. Clever Pa, Aunt But Fritz, why do you always bring Elsa when 1 play? She screams frightfully until I have to stop. Fritz Yes, that's what pa says, and he elves in five cents to do iL--FIic-gendn Blaetter. Perfectly Safa. City nephew What do you think of Dr. Pillsbury as a physician? Farmer Hayroob Safest doctor any where In this part of the country nearly always off jfihln' when he's wanted. Judge. I'nalnd. Tbe doctor Here I carried that pa tient through a desperate sickness only to His wife Have blm object to your fee The doctor No; drop dead when he saw my bill. Life. Had 'Ea ta Salt. Customer (having tried nearly all tbe fasts In the shop) It's a funny thing that you don't seem to have a hct that suits my head. Shopman (truly anxious to please) Try a soft one, sir. Pick-Me-Up. In the Front Kaw. Husband Why do you always want to sit In the front row? Wife So I can't see the other wo men's hats, but so they csn all see inline. oyrscuae neraia. Too Late. Wife (after a quarrel) I wish I'd never met you! Husband Yea. Now when It Is too late you are sorry for me! File gende Blaetter. Thank faL When tbe cyclone leveled Bryan, And blew his chances flat, I'm glad that In tbe flurry I only lost a bat Cleveland Plain Dealer. long writers may turn out sin by the million, but they ee foots becon millionaires. Philadelphia Record. A Mask eartriaai will auks tho in. For starching fine linen use Magnetle tarcb. It Is poor rei gious exercise balanc ing on one foot on the edge of sin. Garfield Tea is an Invaluable remedy for all forms of bowel and stomach dis orders; It will cure the most obstinate case of chronic constipation. There are lots of men who think they understand women. T7 CCRE A COLD IN UKK DAT. Tike ,'AXATtVB LlHUMc yCLMNE TABLET. All 1rut'?tM iffunrt lh money if it fnils to cure. J W. drove's !araiure is on the box. lie The Irish Times says that a huge newspaper trust Is forming in London which will control severnl large week lies, as well as morninc and evening danies, In tbe metropolis. SEVERE HEADACHES of any kind are caused by disordered Kidneys. Look out also for backache, scalding urine, dizziness and brick dust or other sediment in urine which baa been allowed to stand. Heed these warnings before it la too late. 850 reward will l pal! for a of barkaciif, nerTHin?it, Je?i lrftme. wi'flknraa, lM of vt tUii.r. JrtHpifnt kidiw, MacMfr 2.J ." rftvmlra. that cU not l cured by MORROW'S KID-NE-OIDS (lie ert famine dlm-nYfrjr for skstltted turret ami IbiD impoveriihct blood. NEBRASKA AND IOWA plle eared br Kld-ne-olU. Id writing tnein please enclose stamped addressed envelope. Mrs. Ul!r Prstt. 1110 C St. Lincoln. Nfh. lira. Kolil. HinUersuc, W. ilsrkirt St., Beatrice. Neb. Mr. H. r. Small. 1S10 Ohio St.. Omaba, Tirb. William y.lmnx-rmon. Wbll St., LMibuque. Frank Hand, 2ml H!.. tut Itubiique. lira. Kmma liariwli. IX 1Mb Hi., DoboqBS, N. I). Nagle, Hi Ions .St., I'ubwjtie, Morrow's Kld-ne-oids are not pills, but Yellow Tablets and sell at fifty cents a box at drug stores. I0HN BORROW a CO., CHEMISTS. Springfield. 0. What Shall We Have for Dessert? This qtiCf.lion arises in the family every day. Let us answer it to-day. Try a delicious and healthful dessert. Pre pared in two minutes. No boiling! no baking! add boiling water and set to cool, flavors : Lemon, Orange, Rasp berry and Strawberry. Get a package at your grocers to-day. io cts. COUCH SYRUP Curat a Cough or Cold at onoe. rrwnum Croun. W hoooioe-OMisrh. Bronchitis. . Grippe and Consumption Quick, aure results. Dr. ttidl s Pill cars Constipation. SO pills 10s. Yor Top Trices Sblp Tour Ssit asu rocitif To H'-a4iuarlr O. W. Irken a Catatasr. Batter, Lgt: Vrai, II ld and rura. rotatos , Onlona Id Cerlbad I.oia. Oaisbs, aebraaka. 'flurraiaarfiillif PrAaswnjtasa fllNlma I tt-PH aWm li., ifa P-n-tr.n finr--.. 14 viaiucivu war. uaajiMUuauianaifna.eusr a nocDnv r(w oneovnTi lriV S I quick r:tersnt cures worst eaaea. Book of teatimonlsls aad is Sits treatment tass. as. n. a uaus-s sen, aas s. luaata, as. 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