LEGISLATURE
Of NEBRASKA
(A Synopsis of Proceedings of the Twenty ✓Ninth Gen^
era! Session.
SENATE—After a very strenuous
though humorous fight, the senate,
on the 20th, in the committee of the
whole, voted to recommend for pas
sage H. R. 75, by Foster of Douglas,
compelling dealers to paint gasoline
cans red. S. F. 88. allowing school
districts to retire their bonds at the
end of five years, was passed. The
senate resolved into a committee of
the whole, with Wall of Sherman in
the chair. H. R. 60. the Foster dental
bill, was recommended for passage.
The following new bills were intro
duced: S. F. 207. by Bresee of Sheri
dan, that patent medicines containing
30 per cent of alcohol shall be deem
ed an intoxicating drink and dealers
shall be required to taken out a
liquor license.
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HOUSE—The house went into com
mittee of the whole on the 20th. with
Bartoo cf Valley in the chair. These
bills among others were recommend
ed for passage: H. R. 139. by Jack
son of Antelope—Authorizing appeals
to the district .court on tax levies and
giving courts jurisdiction. H. R. 191,
by McCIay of Lancaster—To consoli
date biennial reports of state officers
and department. These bills were
passed: H. R. 163. by Bacon of Daw
son—Providing for sale of peniten
tiary lands, control and disposition of
funds and to create penitentiary lands
fund. H. R. 175, by Howe of Nemaha
—Making it mandatory instead of op
tional for county boards to appro
priate 3 cents per capita per annum
for the benefit of agricultural so
cieties. S. F. 3. by Good of Nemaha—
Fixing the date of convening the
State Board of Equalization on the
third Monday in July, making it after
the county hoards’ equalization in
stead of before. H. R. 70. by Burns of
Lancaster—One of the Lincoln char
ter bills.
SENATE—The senate on the 21st
in the committee of the whole, inde
finitely postponed the blacksmith
lien law bill, and recommended for
passage the South Omaha sewer bill
by Gibson. The blacksmith lien bill
provided that for work cn any kind
of vehicle or for shoeing a horse or
other animal the workman should
have a lien on the animal or vehicle
should his lien be filed within four
months. Cady of Howard introduced
the bill by request and spoke for its
passage. H. R. 60 and H. R. 82 were
passed. The former regulates the
practice of dentistry and the latter
provides for the construction of a live
stock pavilion and fish building at
the state fair grounds. H. R. 67 was
indefinitely postponed. This bill pro
vide- for the printing of the report
of the State Board of Irrigation.
These bills were introduced and read
a first time: S. F. 208. by Meserve,
providing for the appointment of
three commissioners to revise the in
surance laws of the state for which
each is to receive SS a day. the work
to be completed by January l, 1907.
S. F. 209. by Jones of Otoe, providing
that where a community gives a
bonus of land for an industry the town
or village shall have a lien on the
property for twenty years. S. F. 75
was passed
HOUSE—The house, on the 21st,
passed these bills: Transferring $20,
000 from the clothing fund at the
Hastings insane asylum to the repair
and improvement fund; emergency
clause. To enable the State university
regents to condemn lands needed for
university purposes. The emergency
clause failed to pass. Empowering
cities of the second class to grant
franchises and make contracts with
power plants. To prevent printers
from publishing more copies of hooks,
pamphlets, etc., than ordered. Emer
gency. Regulating the amount of
bonds which school districts may is
sue. Authorizing county boards to
appropriate $100 a year for farmers'
institutes. To allow surety companies
to oe surety ior a puonc orncer ior
more than two successive term?. To
exart a peral bond of from an
replicant for a saloon license before
such license is issued. Permitting
state and county treasurers to re
quire guaranty bonds from depository
banks, whereas now they may only
require personal bonds, and it legal
izes such guaranty bonds. Requiring
a uniform examination under direc
tion of th» State Board of Education
for all applicants for state teachers’
certificates. Approprating $ld.000 for
an agricultural pavilion at the state
fa'r grounds. Requiring school dis
tricts to estimate the money needed
during the coming year instead of
making a levy. Emergency clause.
To allow mutual insurance societies
to amend their charters after twenty
yeirs so as to issue five-year policies.
To provide for payment of outstand
ing road district, warrants and - to
liquidate all indebtedness against
road districts. Emergency clause.
Providing that any person injured in
a mutual company, except in ca<=e of
notes acquired by this act to be de
posited at the time of its organization,
may at anv time return the policy for
cancellation and cn pav'.ne amount
due on his nrem’um note and be dis
charged from further liability. Emer
gency clause.
SENATE—In the committee of the
whole, with Giffin in the chair, the
following bills were Considered on
the 22nd- Senate file No. 2(5, by Shel
don. to provide fo*. open depots in
small towns, recommended for pas
sage. Senate file No. 142. by Brrsee.
providing for a year’s residence for
divorce applicants, for passage. Sen
ate file No. 133. by Wall, permitting
appeals in tax litigation, for pa=«age.
Senate file No. 148. by Rresee. to
amend road tax collection statutes,
for passage. House roll No. 131, by
Smith, to pay county commissioners
$3 a day, indefinitely postponed. Sen
ate file No. 76. by Bresee. dividing the
Fourteenth judicial district, for pas
sage. The following new bills were
introduced: Senate file No. 214, by
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Thomas—To provide for notice in tax
sale foreclosures. Senate file No. 215.
by Thomas—To provide for the pay
ment of tax claims any time before
foreclosure and fixing the rate of in
terest at 15 per cent. House roll No.
3, by Windham, to appoint three su
preme court commissioners and form
a commission of six. was passed. Sen
ate file No. Ill, by Meserve, to make
adultery a felony, was read for the
third time and passed. This measure
is designed to regulate the conduct of
the Indians in Northeast Nebraska.
HOUSE—There was no suspension
of business on the 22d. Washington's
birthday: Hunker of Cuming offered
a resolution commending Kansas for
its fight upon the Standard Oil trust,
pledging sentimental co-operation and
taking a shot at John D. Rockefeller
as the magnate of the most treacher
ous monopoly in existence. The re
solution went over. H. R. 219, by
Clarke of Douglas, was recommended
for passage. It is the bill which im
poses a one-year penitentiary sentence
or a fine of $500 for the game of
policy. The bill to precipitate an un
usual contest was H. R. 239. by Parker
of Otoe. It provided for the prohibi
tion of saloons within 400 feet of any
schoolhouse. Jackson of Antelope of
fered an amendment making it apply
only to retail places of selling liquor.
The amendment was lost and the bill
recommended for passage. H. R. 2.
by McMullen of Gage, to amend the
revenue bill so as to elect instead of
appoint district assessors, brought
out much discussion. The measure
was finally indefinitely postponed. H.
R. 87, by Hoare of Platte, prohibiting
the granting of liquor licenses to any
but the actual parties interested, was
recommended for passage. Among
bills introduced were the following: •
Concurrent resolution proposing an
amendment to the constitution: for a
state railway commission of three to
serve three years, whose duty it shall
be to enforce laws of the legislature.
H. R. 323, by Perrv of Furnas—To de
fine the rights of creditors of dece
dents and to prescribe a manner for
applying for an order of descent. To
repeal section 11.412 of Cobbey’s
Statutes that provides for a clerk of
the State Printing board. Creating a
commission of three to revise the in
surance laws of this state. To provide
for placing questions relating to
amendments ot the constitution, con
stitutional conventions and all other
questions and propositions submitted
to the vote of the people on a separ
ate ballot, which shall be of pink color,
to be deposited in a separate ballot
box. also of pink color. H. R. 337, by
Pospisil of Saunders, to amend sec
tion 13 of an act approved April 4.
1903, entitled “Ant act to provide a
system of public revenue, and repeal
articles 1. ii, iii. iv and v. and sections
4. 5, 6. 7. 8. 9. 19, ii and 12 of article
vii of chanter 77. Compiled Statutes
of Nebraska for the year 1901.” and to
repeal said section 13 and all acts
and parts of acts inconsistent here
with.
SENATE—In the senate on the 23rd
in the committee of the whole with
Mockett in the chair some important
measures were disposed of. One of
these was by Epperson to repeal the
law which creates the office of the
state architect. Epperson quoted
statistics showing that the state
would have been at less expense had
it employed outside architects in
stead of having a state architect. The
bill was recommended for passage. H.
R. 132, appropriating money for »he
building of a fish pond at South Bend,
was recommended for passage, as
were these other measures: S. F. 18.
fixing penalty for jury bribing. S. F.
15, fixing penalty for one who bribes
a juror. S. F. 125. fixing punishment
of parent who contributes to child de
linquency as defined by the statutes.
5. F. 39, permitting all fraternal com
panies to ’ncotporate, was amended
so as to include Scottish Rite Ma
sons. S. F. 159, allows money now
held by comity treasurer of Douglas
county to be paid into school dis
tricts. the same having been collected
for tuition of high school pupils from
outside districts, the law later having
beer, declared void by the supreme
court. S. F. 148, to allow the Omaha
school board to elect a secretary for
a term of three years instead of one
year, as at present. Bills introduced
were: P. F. 218, by Gibson of Doug
las. increases ihe salary of members
of South Omaha police board from
J100 to $300 a jear. S. F. 219. by Gib
son of Douglas, to allow the mayor
and city council of South Omaha to
refund the f; *cial paving tax to prop
erty owners along Twenty-fourth
street between A and Q.
HOUSE—In the house on the 2,8rd
H. It. 4ft, to elect no county assessors
in count es of less than 10.000 popula
tion was indefinitely postponed. The
Hunker resolution pledging Nebraska’s
sympathy to Kansas in its fight against
the Standard Oil trust came up. was
amended and passed. Among bills in
troduced were the following: A bill
' for an act to compel railroad compa
[ tties in Nebraska to afford equal fa
cilities without favoritism or dis
crimination, to all persons and asso
ciations erecting or operating grain
elevators and handling or shipping
[grain or other produce, and to compel
'railroad companies to afford equal fa
cilities as between individuals ship
| ping their own grain and freight, and
| said persons and associations erect
ing or operating grain elevators and
handling or shipping other produce,
and to equally supply cars to indi
viduals and associations and persons
i engaged in the business of buying
and shipping of grain and other
freight and to provide equitable dis
tributions of cars between shipping
! points and between shippers at such
j pointB, when the demand for cars is
greater than the supply, and to fix
penalties. An act to provide for the
jmaking of test borings or explorations
for the discovery of oil, coal, gas or
artesian water, and other minerals in
the state of Nebraska, and to appro
priate money to aid in such borings or
explorations. Appropriates 525 000.
; An act making appropriations for tho
I current expenses of the state govern
ment for the years ending March 21,
| 1006. and March 21. 1907, and miscel
laneous items. Appropriates 51-828,
000. An act creating and making the
county treasurer in any county in
cluding within its boundaries a city
of the metropolitan class treasurer ex
l officio of such city, anil also treasurer
■ ex-officio of the school district in
said city. An act to allow insurance
; companies to invest their capital and
surplus in stocks of incorporated Ne
; braska companies. A bill for an act
i authorizing county clerks and record
] ers to accept printed books from wa
j ter users’ associations organized un
; der the national reclamation act and
j to use the same for recording stock
! subscriptions of such association.
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SENATE—Another bill to facilitate
j the movements of live stock shippers
was slashed and cut by the senate
railroad committee on the 24th. Sen
ate file No. 152, by Senator Gould, was
dissected and the dismembered skele
ton reported for the general file. The
original bill required a uniform mo
; tion of live stock of twenty miles an
hour. This was cut to twelve railed
and the chances are.that the bill wil)
be indefinitely postponed for the same
committee recommended a bill tor a
speed of seven miles not long ago.
Senate file No. 112. by Good, repulat
ing the salaries of the bank examin
ers, was reported for the general file
as onginaii) drawn, senate me .no.
1ST, by Epperson, regulating the privi
leges of eminent domain exercised by
corporations, was placed on the gener
al file. Senate file No. ST. by Sheldon,
regulating the cost in appeal cases,
was recommended for the general file.
Senate file No. 152, by Gould, regulat
ing the rate of speed of live stock
trains was amended by the railroad
committee and reported for the gen
eral file. In the committee of the whole
house roll No. 8, the Omaha water
bill, was recommended for passage.
House roll No. 117, by Hill, a- pre
printing $5.01*0 for irrigation investi
gation. was recommended for passage
Senate file No. 27, by Beghtol. provid
ing for teaching principles of kindness
to animals, was recommended for in
deflnite postponement by the standing
committee. In the committee of the
! whole senate fi.’e No. 1S1 was rccom
| mended for passage. The bill, by
Gould of Greeley, provides for a road
tax of 25 mills when townships want
it.
Genera! Appropriation Bit!.
The finance, ways and means cnm
nr'ttoe cn the 22d completed the gen
eral appronriaCon hill and Caairman
Wilson will introduce it in the house
at once. The total appropriation for
the hiennium is $1,720,000. a= com
pared with $1,828,000 for the last ses
sion. a decrease of $108,000. One of
the heavy increases this year is the
item for the National Guard, $45.7fK>.
The increase of nearly $20,000 is to
meet the demands of the militia,
many companies of which had been
compelled to depend upon their own
resources for such expenses as arm
ory rent. Following are the various
items:
Governor’s deportment .$ 5.400
Board of Public Lands and
Puildings . 42,000
Board of Educational I,ands
and Funds . 40 coo
Board of Purchase and Bunplies 150
Commissioner of Public Lands
and Buildings . 2 100
State Library Commission. 5 000
Benretary of State. 3.000
Auditor . 7.300
Attorney General . 7.000
Treasurer . 5 500
State Board of Irrigation. 3 000
Commissioner of Labor. 2.800
State Superintendent . in 000
State Banking Board. 5.300
Supreme Court . 3.500
‘■’fate Library . 10 000
'hate Board of Charities. 4 000
State Fi=h Commission. 10 550
I State Historical Society. 10.000
Wood Commissioner . 4 400
State Board of Health. 1O O0O
Nebraska National Guard. 45.700
Fniversity of Nebraska. 280 470
State Normal school, Perni. 25 500
S'ate Normal school. Ke*rnev_. 28.700
Institute for the Blind. Ne
braska City . 29,200
Institute fo- the Deaf and
Dumb. Omaha . 48.300
Bovs’ Industrial school. Kear
ney . 7S one
Girls' Industrial school. Geneva 24.290
Institute r0r Feeble Minded
Youths. Beatrice . *5.500
hospital for the Insane. Lincoln 170.500
Hospital for Incurable Insane.
Hastings . 3S1.250
Hospital for the Insane. Norfolk 84.900
Home for the Friendless, Lin
coln . 10.400
Industrial Hor-p. Milford. 11.400
penitenMarv . 112.1*0
So’diers’ and Sailors’ Honan.
G^a-td Island . 142.735
Soldiers' and Sailors’ Home,
Mllforfl . 44.*-=,
Miscellaneous items . 96.50C
Growth of Beard and Nails.
In every seventy year*; the average
man grows a beard 2"> feet long, hair
almost &0 feet long and nails 23 feet
long.
Average Married Life.
One Way to Cure Warts.
The cure warts Lancashire people
rub them with a piece of bacon stolen
from a shop. But it is essential that
Civil Cabmen.
Before obtaining a license, St. Pe
tersburg drosky drivers have to take
an oath to be civil and not to over
charge.
Size of British Empire.
It has been figured out that the
British empire is sixteen times larger
than all the French dominions and
forty times greater than the German
empire.
Size of 3ritish Dominions.
It has been figured out that the
British empire is sixteen times larger
than all the French dominions and
forty times greater than the German
empire.
Cookery for Danes.
A course of cooking lessons for men
only ha3 been begun in Copenhagen
under the auspices of an influential
committee.
Cut Off Brandy Supply.
The French government has abol
ished the cantinleres. who were a fea
ture of every regiment. They wen
women who supplied the soldiers witi
brandy.
If love is blind, marriage must be
an eye-opener.
| LEADERS OF THE MOVEMENT IN KANSAS >
TO INVESTIGATE METHODS OF THE “TRUSTS” j
MOVES AGAINST MONOPOLY.
California.
^ Railroads were in iucvd by Standard
to rai~e freight rate-; on oil, and in
; dependent pipe line to seal»oard is
projected.
Illinois.
House passed resolution indorsing
1 Kansas' action and providing for com
mittee to investigate Standard Oil
j company's work in Illinois.
Kansas.
Both branches of legislature called
cn president, secretary of the interior,
and congress to annul leases made
to Standard Oil company eight years
ago by Osage Indians. Fraud is
charged. Independent investigation oi
! trust likely.
Missouri.
! Bill to subject Standard Oil com
pany pipe lines to restrictions prepar
ed.
Indiana.
Anti-trust bill, introduced in behalf
of oilmen, will give damages to per- j
sons injured by Standard Oil company
and require forfeit of charter.
Nebraska.
Bill recommended for passage to
protect independent dealers.
Ohio.
Frank S. Monnet, former attorney
genera! of state, employed by inde
pendent oil men of Kansas to fight the j
trust there.
Oklahoma.
Lower house passed resolution ask
ing president to investigate oil leases
covering Indian lands and declared
to be owned by trust.
Pennsylvania.
Government officials investigating
at Pittsburg in belief old "rebate sys
I tem." which killed independent refin
ers' business, still is in operation be
tween railroads and Standard Oil
company; contracts for oiling cars the
scheme. Independent pipe line com
pany to fight Standard in Scranton.
T exas.
Every independent oil producer in
1 state signed petition asking for fed
eral inquiry into Standard Oil oper
ations against them.
Legislature is taking steps to make
all pipe lines common carriers and
give state power to fix rates.
Wisconsin.
Wholesale grocers who suffered
fiom trust discrimination will move
for more stringent legislation; anti
trust bill now in legislature.
Washington.
Indians protested to renewal of
leases on oil lands in Oklahoma;
charged that trust controls property
; and pays too little royalty.
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HISTORY OF STANDARD OIL.
Many attempts have been made to
bring the Standard Oil company to
account. So far, these have met with
indifferent success. Some years ago
the concern was. in the strict sense
of the term, a trust. It was a pool
whose members owned a great num
ber of oil properties in various parts
of the country. The law had this
much terror for it, it forced it to aban
don this somewhat loose form of or
ganization and become an incorpor
ated company. But the change was in
name rather than in fact. The public
are no wiser regarding the affairs of
the combine than before; and it is
rot easy to see how they have bene
fited in any direction.
The Standard Oil company has be
come a tremendous factor in Amer
ican finance. Up to say fifteen years
ago not much was said about it apart
from the oil industry; but it used to
occasion very lively talk in connection
with that industry. Tradition painted
its methods in black colors. It had
determined to acquire a monopoly in
the oil business, and had practically
succeeded. Competition went down
before it like a card house at the
touch of a finger. If a man with a
fewr hundreds of capital bought one or
two teams and attempted to peddle !
any other oil than that made by the I
Standard Oil company, he speedily j
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The rf-al work in the “trust-busting
mov-ment that has brought Kansas so
prominently before the nation has been
tloni by four men. representing all_ the
• *-men is aft* ■!» d by »_ it. Senator W. S.
Fitzpatrick, leader of the upper hr use.
cornes from the oil regions, and repre
sents the producers in the chatting of
remedial legislation. S> nator F. Dumont
represents the consumers, into which
class nearly every citizen of the common
wealth faiis. The other two are Piesi
dent H. fci. \V- -1 anri Secretary J. M.
Parker of the Kansas Oil Producers As
s • ration. Senator Porter is a former em
ploye of the Standard Oil Company, yet
he drafted ana introduced the *tate re
finery bill, which has become a law.
found it advisable to retire from busi
ness. The same was the case with
the man who had his thousands
locked up in extensive plants. In
either instance he was offered a price,
often a generous one. If he conclud
ed to accept it. well and good for him.
The few who decided to fight it out
found their pocketbooks much thin
ner.
The profits of the concern were so
enormous that it eventually became
hard to find employment for them.
The owners of the Standard Oil com
pany bought into one railroad after
another. They were, for example, re
puted a powerful factor in the Chi
cago. Milwaukee & St. Paul road back
in the '80s. Somewhere around 1890
their names began gradually to re
place those of the old leaders in Wail
street. They kept branching out. first
bringing one great stock market en
terprise and then another under their
control. In retrospect. Jay Gould
seems a small man beside them.
Eventually they caught up with the
Vanderbilts as railroad magnates. In
1901 they were believed to be back of
Harriman in the Northern Pacific
fight. To-day they are reputed to
have the dominant voice in the great
est railroad combine in the world.
To-morrow, it is feared, the w’hole rail
road situation of the United States
may be at their dictation.
But oil and railroads have not alone
absorbed their energies. They have
been active in many other directions.
In 1897 the Third National bank of
New York was consolidated with the
City bank, making an institution far
transcending in size anything of the
kind in the country. In 1S99 it had de
‘V s
William Rockefeller.
posits of something like $150,000,000,
and to-day they are well up to $200,
000.000. The City bank has from the
start been kpown as the “Standafu
Oil bank.” It has been a tremendous
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power in Wall street speculation. Its
methods have been sharply criticised,
the panic of May 9. 1901. was openly
aid at its door. The Northern Pa
cific deal, out of which that panic
grew, was a titanic affair. It was a
contest between the mightiest finan
cial interests in the United States. A
more recent episode in the career of
the City bank was the Munroe & Mtin
roe affair. The failure of this concern
brought to light the fact that the
largest bank in the United States was
as willing to aid in floating Montreal
& Boston mining stock on a credulous |
public as to engage in great railroad j
deals involving hundreds of millions I
of capital.
Nor is this all. It was Standard
Oil money that started the Amalga
mated Copper company. Boston peo
ple have not forgotten that enterprise.
1 They recall the methods employed to
buy control of the great Boston A:
Montana company for a song. They
rt member, too. how the price of Amal
gamated copper stock was boomed to
about 130, just prior to a dividend re- j
riuction, in order that the insiders j
might unload on the public. And the !
part played by the City bank in pro
moting the Amalgamated company is
also fresh in mind. The profit to the |
Standard Oil coterie from promoting
and manipulating this enterprise will j
never be known; but it is almost in
calculable.
Meanwhile, the oil mcnonqjy ha? i
been growing more and more com- j
plete. As it has progressed in other i
directions, the Standard Oil clique ha?
! increased its means of stifling compe
j tition in the manufacture and distri
- button of oil. It was l,v railroad re
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bates that it got its first real start;
and now it is itself a mighty power in
the management of the railroads of
the United States.
But last week the mandate went j
forth for it to be investigated. A res
! elution to this end was rushed
i through the national House, and the
! President has been prompt to act upon
| it. Commissioner Garfield of the De
partment of Commerce and Labor has
been told to institute proceedings, and
to see that they are thorough. The
specific task, in compliance with the
congressional resolution, is that of in
vestigating the cause of the low price
of crude oil, and of the unusually
large margins between the crude and
lefined products. The aim is to find
cut how much the present situation is
the result of combination or conspir
acy in restraint of trade.
In short, an effort is to be made to
find out everything possible regarding
the Standard Oil company specifical
ly. If the Commissioner of Corpora
tions is as successful in this instance
as he was in the case of the beef
trust, he is likely to produce results
that will siartle the country. He is
also, it is said, going to look into the
I doings of the "Standard Oil crowd."
An adequate report on the Standard
CTl company may enable us to obtain
cheaper oil. But a real knowledge of
the "Standard Oil crowd” will be of
immense value in conserving the en
tire financial interests of the people
of the United States now and here
after.—Bostcn Post.
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STATEMENT BY GOV. HOCH.
The fight Kansas is making is a
fight for fair play—a fight to restore
competition and to relieve a great and
growing industry from the grasp cf
an industrial despotism.
We hope to prove by actual demon
stration that the Standard Oil com
pany has robbed the oil producer on
one hand and the customer on the
other.
By engaging in this battle as a state
we hope, first, to encourage the loca
tion of independent refineries with the
assurance that they will have the pro
tection of the state; and. second, to
enlist other states and the general
government in a battle against mon
opolistic tyranny.
The proposed state refinery is sim
ply a means to an end—not the end
itself.—E. M. Hoch.
Small Boy's Definition of Duty.
A small boy went to Sunday school.
When he went home his mother asked
him what the lesson was about.
“Faith.” says the boy. “What’s that?”
his mother asked. “Believin’ what
you've got every reason to suppose
ain’t so,” the boy replies. And then,”
he afterward remarks, “there was
some talk alguit duty too.” “What’s
duty?” his mother asked him. “Oh,
duty,” he replied, “is to any old thing
that you have got to do when you
want to play baseball.”
Boom in Horse Market.
There is to be a boom of the horse
market if reports are true that the
contracts are to be awarded at Seattle
for supplying 1,000 horses for the
American army in the Philippines.
When the British government was
seeking horses for its welfare in South
Africa palmy days existed for those
with desirable stock. The previously
despised cayuse then found a meas
ure of popularity, as any adaptable
horse must be for ..rmy use.—Yakima
(Ore.) Republic.
Defends Alaskan Indian.
Gov. Brady of Alaska protests
against talk of the “vile, dirty Eski
mo,” saying those who make such
remarks are in ignorance. “I don’t
know what he may be like in other
divisions of the frigid zone, but I do
know that the Alaskan Indian is as
fine a type of his class as can be
found anywhere. Take them as a
whole, they are sober and industrious,
make homes and adopt civilization
readily. They are truthful, honest,
hospitable, gentle and kind-hearted.”
Stones Affected by Weather.
The fact that many natural stones
swell slightly when passing from a dry
to a wet condition at the same temper
ature, and shrink correspondingly
when the process is reserved, has been
recognized in numerous tests at the
Watertown arsenal. In the report for
1890 it is stated that a very decided
swelling of the stones was observed in
most cases after soaking them for a
time in water, and that this effect
seemed to increase as the temperature
rose.
Early New England Library.
It appears .that there was a public
library in Peru. Vermont, as early as
1811. The editor of the Manchester
Journal has a book, on the flyleaf of
which is written. “Peru library No. 27.
October 8, 1813, cost fifty cents. Li
brary meetings, the first Tuesday of
January, April. July and October. This
book is presented to the Christian
people of Peru by the Hampshire mis
sionary society and committed to the j
care of the standing committee of |
their social library.”
Fish Killed by Storm.
It is a pretty rough storm which j
kills fish in the sea by the wholesale, j
After one of the recent storms there j
were bushels and bushels of dead cun- i
ners on the beach at Peak s Island.
The fishermen explain it by saving
the force of the gale and incoming tide
drove the cunners from deep into shal
low water near the shore where they
became thoroughly chilled and finally
helpless, after which the waves
cashed them up on the beach.—Ken
nebec Journal.
BISON BEEF'’ SOLD IN ENGLAND.
Result cf Experiments in Crossing
Buffalo and Cattle.
The latest delicacy to tempt the ap
petites of British epicures is a com
promise between buffalo meat and
beef. A couple of 2-year-old bullocks,
the result of cross-breeding between
a North American bison and h -hiand
cattle were sold a' the X* w a- ie mar
ket yesterday. They had been bred
by Mr Lyland of Hagger-e u astle.
Northumberland, says the New York
World, who has been enzaced for sev
eral years in experimenting in this
direction.
The animals were exactly like their
North American cousins in appear
ance. except that they w- re stronger
and thic ker in the hindquarters. They
had been reared and fed as wdd at
tle, so great difficulty was experienced
in conveying them to market.
Although they were a<-conin'. 'dated
in special boxes, their f;,y wa- so
great that one broke it- neck or the*
journey, and the other had to b< shot
in the market.
The beef, it is said, will ! 1 found
of a richer quality than that ub'ained
from a buffalo, and if kept for a
month or so more palatable than that
of an ordinary bullock.
MADE HIS CASE PLAIN.
No Doubt About Opmon Une'e He'd
of Nerh-w.
The young man had been to * a.
and on his return wa> narrating *
uncle, an old fanner, an adventure
which he had met with os hoard .'hip
"I was one nisrot leaning over he
taffrail, looking down into the o< an
he said, "when my gold watch fe’T
from my fob and immediately ank
out of sight. The ship wa- irg u .1
knots an hour, but. nothing oa rr * \
1 sprang over the rail, down dov *
and after a long search found rhe
watch, came up, and chased the -run
and climbed back to the deck wit. out
any on knowing 1 hi ! b n . n
"William," said his uncle. "I t • ve
thee; but there’s many a thou-an I
that would not."
"What!" exclaimed William. ‘Y i
are politely insinuating that I’m a
liar.”
"William." said the old mar. grave
ly. "thee knows that 1 never cab. any
body names; but if the mayor were to
come and say, Josiah. I want thee •«»
find the biggest liar in ail Montgem
eryshire,’ I would come to th e and
put my hand upon thy shoulder and
say to thee, ‘William, the mayor wants
to see thee.”’—London Tit Bits.
Net an Odious Comparison.
The head clerk had been inivted to
an afternoon wedding, and in order
to save time appeared at. the offi<e
in the morning fully ‘ tr~onmed” for
the ceremony. As he threw asMe his
overcoat he was disclosed, in all the
majesty of a swagger freck coat rf
the latest cut, gray trousers fash < n
ably creased, patent leather shot' and
white puff tie.
His position in the office made him
immune from comments by the ;:t. * r
lings, who. however, regarded, him
with serio-comic admiration and
longed to say what they felt.
But the barrier wa* broken a few
minutes after the day’s busino** had
begun, and by a friend who dr. ; el
in for a moment's chat. He was
somewhat lacking in dignity, lor
which the clerks blessed him. * f j
"Good morning. George," he said
cheerily to the head clerk. Then a**
he took a second glance at the sar
torial “dream" he added: “Great
Scott! What's up? You look like a
certified check.”
And even the head clerk joined io
the general burst of laughter.
French Courtesy Anglicized.
A few days ago the New York
representatives of a kid glove main
facturing concern, the headquarters of
which are in an interior town in
France, sent a cablegram announcing
the death of the manager in charge
of the American branch of the busi
ness. The foreign house pn mr K
! forwarded acknowledgment, the wire
j reading:
“Please accept our profound con
! gratulations. Our account prosper* 1
j in the hands of Mr.-. He wa< a
J grand fellow in all respects. We m
i terpret his demise as a personal ivii.
This was signed by the directors of
! the company. The Manhattan estab
* lishment is of the opinion that a little
| knowledge—of English—is a sad af
j fair also.
Charge as He Remembered It.
! Judge Brady had a colored man i>•
j fore him in police court and he asked
j him when he had been arrest d
I fore. The fellow scratched his hcac,
j thought a moment and then said
“Ah think it was about a year ago.
Jedge.
"What was the charge?” asked the
Court..
After thinking a while the pri? n* -
looked up and said: “Ah'm not qi; *.»
shuah. but Ah t'ink it was tree dol
lahs, yer Honor.”
He was discharged.—Albany Jour
nal.
Passing of Old Vermont Stock.
“There were three marriages six
birth and twenty-two deaths in town
last year. A gloomy look, certainly ’
So says the newspaper correspond
ence of one of our Vermont towns
Jt is. indeed, a “gloomy look.” Not
only is the old stock dying out. hut
there is no infusion of new. Th nk
of the proportion of births to deaths
Where one child is born in this Ver
mont community there are four
deaths. Little wonder that the State's
population is practically at a stand
still—Barre Times.
The Millionaire's Plaint.
If you were me and I were von.
I would care naught for who is who;
For you. a r*»et. need but sing
While I—well, that's another thin*.
1 have a hundred ships at sra—
The wind and wave care naught for me;
I have a hundred ventures set
In this big world—itself a bet!
And you may with an idle rhyme .
Kill that that kills so man—Time;
Ere my to-morrow is to-day
I break its back with yesterday!
—New York Herald
Paderewski’s Many Photographs.
When leaving Sydney for America,
the London Mail says, Paderewski or
dered 10,000 large panel photograph*
of himself for sale during his Ameri
can tonr, the largest order of the kind
-»v«r known jn Sydney.
