NEW LAWS OF NEBRASKA
Complete List of Bills Passed by the Recent
Session of the Legislature.
From Last Week.)
ITS, by llowe of Ne
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(Continued
House roll No
niaii.i, to make it obligatory upon county
buaids, instead of optional to furnish aid
to county agricultural societies. Ap
proved April 3.
House roll No. 223. by Perry of Furnas,
to provide for the conveyance of the in
terest of an insane husband or wife
in the lands ot his or her spouse, by
means of a guardian, to be appointed by
the district court ui>on application and
proper showing. Approved April 1.
House roil No. 314, by the linance, ways
and means committee, to allow the state
printing board, in emergency, to pur
chase supplies to cost not exceeding $100,
on the requisition of the officer requiring
them, of the best and lowest bidder, in
addition to the supplies procured under
the annual contract. Emergency clause.
Approved April 1.
House roll No. 359, by Barto of Valley,
to provide that no person can be com
pelled to pay for a newspaper, magazine
or other publication mailed him if he
has not subscribed, or after his subscrip
tion lias expired, notwithstanding lie may
have received the same. Approved April 1.
House roll No. 364, by Voter of Cedar,
authorizing county courts to empower
executors, administrators and guardians
to mortgage real estate when there is
lia money to redeem existing mortgages
due or about to become due. Approved
April 1.
nouse roll rso. "... by the insurance
E committee, providing for the admission
fr' of foreign insurance associations or com
panies to transact the business of ac
| cident or sickness or accident and sick
ness insurance and to pay not to ex
ceed $2'K> funeral benefits in case of
R death from natural causes.
K House roll No. life, by Lee of Douglas,
mk to make the county treasurer of Douglas
| county ex-officio city treasurer of Omaha
B and also ex-officio city treasurer of the
[ Omaha school district. It requires him
I to give bond to the city and school dis
' trict in amounts to l>e fixed by the city
I council and the school board. He is to
K, leceived such additional salary as the
B' mayor and city council shall authorize.
| Th£ city shall pay, in addition, for toe
F Ti/cvssary additional clerks. He shall hold
! office for four years from January, 1006,
and shall not be eligible for re-election.
House roll No. 321. by the committee
” on revenue and taxation, to require that
1 oldcrs of state warrants registering the
P same shall be required to pay a fee of
Bo cents on $7>o or less and 50 cents for
each additional $50, but that no charge
shall be made for registering warrants
K purchased for the permanent school fund.
This is to induce holders of state war
rants to st 11 the same to the permanent I
school fund instead of holding .hem as
B: an investment.
House roll No. 422. by McOlay of Lan
caster, to amend the law providing for
the election of trustees of Wyuka ceme- I
tcry at Lincoln in conformity with the
biennial election law.
House roll No. 71. by Scilley of Dodge,
tq give cities of from 1,000 to 5.000 in
habitants authority to grant lighting |
f franchises, and also to furnish power j
to residents, citizens and corporations
I doing business in the city.
House roll No. 212. by Currie of Dawes,
to authorize county treasurers to take
out letters of administration upon the
estate of a deceased personal tax debtor
for the collection of such taxes.
House roll No. 256, by Cast-beer of ;
Gage, to establish, at the Hume for the :
Friendless at Lincoln, a hospital for crip- j
pled, ruptured and deformed children and !
# those suffering from diseases from which
they are likely to become deformed.
The hospital is to be governed and man
aged by the board <>f regents of the
state university. Applications for ad
mission are to be passed on first by the
I county physician in the county whence
“ they originate, and then by the board.
An appropriation of $10,000 is made to
carry the act into effect.
House roll No. 265. by Hill of Hitchcock,
to grant over all lands belonging to the
state the right of way for ditches, tun
nels. telephone and transmission lines !
necessary to construct and operate any ;
irrigation works constructed by authority
of the United States.
House roll No. 267. by Hill of Hitchcock, j
provides that these fees must be paid
into the state treasury by parties desir
ing the services of the secretary of the
state board of irrigation: Filing appli
cations lor water permits, $2; copies of
maps or plats. 40 cents per hour for time
consumed in making same; recording wa
ter right instrument. $1 for first 100 words
and 15 cents for each additional folio; is
suing eertificaates of appropriation, $1:
certified copies of documents, $1.15 per
folio
House roll No. 267. by Hill of Hitchcock,
to provide an official seal for the office
of the state board of irrigation.
House roll No. 216. by Kyd of Gage, pro
vides that taxes levied for township pur
poses shall not exceed 10 mills for roads.
2 mills for bridges and 2 mills for all
other purposes, instead of 2 mills for
roads, 2 mills for bridges and 3 mills for
all other purposes, as at present.
House roll No. 303, by Bolen of Butler,
to allow mutual fire insurance companies
to issue policies on grain and hay in the
House roll No. 206. by Roberts of Dodge,
to increase the salary of county com
missioners in counties of from 20,000 to
40.000 inhabitants from $5UU a year to
$650 a year.
House roll No. by trust oi jonn
son, for the erection and maintenance of
a binding twine plant at the state peni
tentiary. Appropriates $50,000 for the
plant and machinery ami $150,000 for an
operating fund. The plant is operated
under tiie direction of the board of pub
lic lands and buildings. The labor of a
sufficient number ot convicts is to be
applied to operate the plant. To defray
the expenses incurred the state shall I
issue $200,000 of ten-year coupon bonds,
optional in two years, to bear not to
exceed 3 per cent interest, and to be
sold to the permanent school fund. The
profits of the plant are to be applied to
the redemption of the bonds in such man
ner as the legislature may direct.
House roll No. 333. by Perry of Furnas,
to provide that when creditors of persons
dving intestate fail for two years to ap
I iy fur le;ters of administration or to
cause such estate to be administered
upon their rights so to do and their.
claims against the state shall be barred j
end an order of descent may be made!
by the county judge on application of any
lieir or interested person.
House roll Xo. 327. by Richardson of
Madison, to provide for the compensation
of clerks of the district court, in addition
to their fees, as follows: In counties of
from 8.000 to 12,000. $300; from 12,000 to
20.000, $400; from 20.000 to 40,000, $600 ; 40,000
rr.d over. $1/00. to be paid quarterly out
of the general fund of the county and be
subject to the same limitation as other
fees.
House roll Xo. 301. by Bartoo of Val
ley. to empower Ruth Oberg to maintain
an action in the district court of Doug
las coun.y against school district Xo. 23
for personal injuries claimed to have
been sustained through the default and
negligence of the officers, agents and ser
vants of that district
House roll No. 343. by Anderson of
Hamilton, to strike from the book and
records of the state auditor and treas
urer all charges against Hamilton county
and persons and property therein on ac
count of unpaid taxes for the year 1891
and al! years prior thereto, the county
records up to that time having been
totally destroyed by fire.
House roll No. 141. by Windham of Cass.
A0 give district courts instead of boards
of county commissioners original Jurisdie- |
tion in actions brought for the removal of
county officers lor cause.
House roll No. 121. by MeClay of Lan
caster. to prohibit the wearing or use of
the badge, insignia, jewel or badge of rec
ognition of any society, lodge, guild or
association, fraternal or otherwise, by any
unauthorized i*erson, under penalty of $30 i
fine or thirty days in jail, or both.
House roll No. 198, by Wilson of Paw
nee. to provide that bona fide owmers of
contracts for lease of educational lands,
which were in full force and effect prior
to May 26, 1879, so that said owners may
perfect their title according to the terms
and provisions of the laws of the state
winch were in force and effect prior to
that time, under and by virtue of the
laws of the state under which law then
in force they obtained said contracts lor
lease aforesaid.
House roil No. 2by McAllister of
Deuel, to provide that any water user's
association which is organized in con
formity with the requirements of the
laws of the United States and which
under its articles ut incorporation is au
thorized to furnish water only to its
stockholders shall be exempt from the
payment of any incorporation tax, and
from the payment of the annual franchise
tax, but shall be required to pay as pre
liminary to the incorporation, only a fee
of $2o for the tiling and recording of its
articles of incorporation and the issuance
of the certificate of incorporation.
House roll No. 252, by Sciiley of Dodge,
to amend the eompuisorv education law
so as to provide that the required twelve
weeks of attendance on school may be
made at any time during the term in
stead of during the first twelve weeks
thereof.
House roll No. 1S6, by Meradith of York,
to permit the owners of land to drain
same by the construction of tiled ditches,
as well as open ditches leading into nat
ural water courses.
House roll No. 72, by Casebeer of Gage,
makes it unlawful to manufacture, sell,
give away or willingly allow to be taken
away cigarettes or the material for their
manufacture. Violation of the act is made
a misdemeanor, punishable on convic
tion by a tine of not less than $o0 or
more than $100. Officers, directors and
managers of firms and corporations vio
lating the law are made liable.
House roll No. 51, by Warner of Lan
caster, amendatory to the new revenue
law. Makes the following changes: in
counties of over 30,ti00 population the
county assessor shall make up the as
sessment books: the deputy assessor shall
forward froyi time to time schedules of
personal property assessments, from
»min tue county assessor snail mtKe
up the books of assessment in his office;
the county assessor shall revise real es
tate assessments anniMily for th<- cot.
tion of errors; the state board of equali
zation and assessment shall have power
to increase or decrease the assessed valu
ation of any class of property in any
county by per cent; the county board
shall not make the levy until tiie state
board of equalization and assessment lias
completed the work ot eq jalizalioil.
Emergency clause.
House roll No. 201. by Dodge of Doug
las. disclaiming and relinquishing all
claims of ownership or title on the part
of the slate of Nebraska to any and all
lands now being within the boundaries ot
the state of Iowa, which shall here
after be or become within the boundaries
of tiie state of Nebraska by virtue of the
action of any commissioners appointed
by the said states and the ratification
thereof by said states and the sanction
thereof by the congress of the United
States or otherwise; provided, however,
that said land has been for ten years or
more lust past in the possession or occu
pation of any person or persons claiming
ownership of the title thereto, and tin s
so in possession or occupation have for
said period of ten years or longer paid
taxes claimed by state or county au
thorities or officers to have "been levied
upon said land.
House roll No. T.S6, by Andersen of
Douglas, making it unlawful for any per
son to give or receive, offer to give or
agree to receive any sum of money or any
other bribe present or reward, or any
promise, contract, obligation or security
for the payment of any money, present
or reward or any other thing for the
purpose of securing signatures or signing
petitions designating materials to be used
in the paving, repaving, macadamizing,
curbing or guttering of streets or roads
and to provide a punishment for the vio
lation of this act of not exceeding $500
fine and three months' imprisonment.
Emergency clause.
House roll No. 212, by Cropsey of Jef
ferson. to provide that no school district
meeting shall lie held ilb-g.il for want of
the requisite fifteen days' notice.
House roll No. 122. by McClay of Lan
caster. to provide for space in VVyuka
cemetery for burial of decreased inmates
of state institutions located in Lincoln.
House roll No. 2S1. by Robbins of Gage,
to fix the salaries of sheriffs in tbe vari
ous counties of the state as follows: In
counties of 6.U00 population. $5w; 6,000 to
12,000. $iW0; 12,000 to 10,000, $1,200; 16,000 to
2U,0"0, $1,500 ; 20,000 to 25,000. $1,750; 23,000 to
3£,<Xb, $2,000, 35,000 to 50.000. $2.200; 50,000 to
lUO.OOO, $2,500; ioo.Oou and upwards, $3,000.
Emergency clause.
House roll No. 200. by Hill of Hitchcock,
to make it unlawful for county boards or
other officers authorized to giant licenses
to any person or persons to sell, barter
or exchange or otherwise dispose of malt,
spirituous or vinous liquors in less quanti
ties that five gallons within live miles of
any camp or assembly of nu n engaged in
tiie construction or repair of any railroad,
canal, reservoir, public work or other
kindred enterprise where twenty-five or
more men are employed.
House roll No. 27e. bv McAllister of
Deuel, to provide for the sale of stale
lands which may be situated within the
area to be irrigated from irrigation works
constructed or to be constructed by the
United States.
House roll No. 407, by Doran of Gar
field. to provide that in counties having
not more than 2,000 inhabitants, according
to the last official census, no election of
a county attorney shill be had. but the
county board is hereby authorized to ap
point a county attorney who shall qualify
and have the same' authority and power
as tnose elected.
House roll No. 320, by McMullen of
Gage, provides that in counties of from j
25.<M) to 6u.0»0 inhabitants the countv
treasurer shall be entitled to the follow
ing assistants: One deputy or chief clerk,
whose salary shall be $1,400; one clerk,
whose salary shall be $1,000. and one clerk,
whose salary shall be Itioo per annum!
Emergency clause.
House roll No. 398, by Perry of Furnas,
to authorize the state auditor to credit ex
cessive payments of state taxes l»v coun
ties to the state tax accounts of such
counties, applying the amounts to the ac
count cr accounts of such counties for
any year or years for which the county
still owes the state, provided such over
payments shall not l>e applied upon the ac
counts of such county for any year later
than one year prior to the current year's
tax.
House roll No. 34S. by Lee of Douglas,
creating and making the county assessor
of Douglas county the tax commissioner
ex-officio of Omaha and requiring him to
qualify as tax commissioner cx-officio of
said city by taking an official bond for
the faithful performance of his duties and
providing for his compensation as fixed
by the mayor and city council. To take
effect July 1, 11*6.
House roll No. 357. by Post of Knox, pro
aides for the committment by an exam
ining magistrate of a person charged with
an offense where probable cause has been
shown, but where the offense charged is
bailable permits recognizance for appear
ance to be filed.
House roll No. 412, by McMullen of
Gage, provides that in counties having
from 3b,000 to 6».000 inhabitants clerks of
the district court shall be supplied by the
board of county commissioners or super
visors with a deputy or first assistant for
the use of such office, whose salary shall
be $1,000 per annum, to be paid monthly
out of the general fund of the county.
The board ct county commissioners or
supervisors shall furnish such additional
nelp for the use of such office as may be
by them found necessary. The salaries of
such additions' help shall be fixed, allowed
and paid monthly by the county ooard out
of the general fund of the county.
Emergency clause.
House roll No. 361. by McClay of Lan
caster. provides that the law for the
protection of the flag . hall not apply to
any law permitted by tire statutes of the
United States or by the United States
army and navy regulations, nor shall it
be construed to apply to a newspaper,
periodical, book, pamphlet, circular, cer
tificate, diploma, warrant or commission
of appointment to office, ornamental pic
ture, articles of jewelry or stationerj
for use in correspondence on any of whicf
shall be printed, painted or placed saic
tlag disconnected from any advertise
ment. Emergency clause.
House roll No. 213, by Dodge Of Douglas
provides for the proportionate distribu
tion of all funds heretofore paid into tht
treasury of any county lot' the main
tenance of free High schools lor non
resident pupils among tHe schools whict
have maintained such High schools
Emergency clause.
House roll No. 421, by Marks of Fill-.,
more, to transfer from the board anc
clothing fund of the (1 iris' Industrial
school at Geneva the sum of intc
a fund for furniture and repairs
Emergency clause.
House roll No. 412, by Anderson of Ham
ilton, appropriates tt.e sum of $.1,000 foi I
the purchase of a library for the use ol j
the officers and crew of the battleship
Nebraska.
House roll No. 146. by Hand of Cass,
requiring the registration of motor ve
hicles and regulating their use or opera
tion upon the highways or streets. Re
quires each owner of a motor vehicle to
tile his name, address and brief de- i
scription of vehicle with the secreary ol j
stale,, for which lie shall pay a regis- |
nation fee of $1. and receive an aluminum ■
medal, w ith number, which must be kept !
conspicuously displayed on the vehicle.
The same number must also be shown ill
figures three inches high. The speed
limit is fixed at ten miles an hour in the
populous portions of eties, towns and vil
lages: fifteen miles an hour in the less
populous portions and twenty miles in
the country. Drivers of such vehicles are
required to stop, at the side of the road,
on signal from driver of restive horse,
and to use reasonable care in passing.
Motor vehicles must have good brakes j
and boll or horn ar.d show lamps at (
night. Cities and towns are forbidden to
exclude by ordinance vehicles whose nwii i
ers have registered with tin- secretary ol
state, and received the aluminum medal
provided for. \ iolations of the act are j
punishable by a tine of f-o for tlie* first j
offense and from $23 to $&> or thirty days
in jail for subsequent offenses.
II use roll No. 241. by McClay of I^in
raster, to prevent and punish the desecra- |
thin, mutilation or improper use of the j
Hag of the United States for advertising
purposes.
House* roll No. El. by Muxen of l)oug
las, requires laying in hospitals to oh- j
tain permit to do business from health i
officer of the city where located, to be
conditioned on good moral character and i
tit sanitary* condition of premises, which
permit may be revoked for cause at any .
time. Iteport must l>.* made of births
to said officer within three days of their
occurrence. The same regulations are to .
apply to children's homes. Advertise- (
ments to dispose of children as an in
duo-ment to . liter laying in hospitals are j
forbidden. Violation of the law is pun
ishable bv a tine not exceeding *10o or
three months in jail. Emergency clause.
House roll No. :>'•!, nv Clark, making it
unlawful to solicit or accept tt bribe, i'he
penalties are titles of not more than £»<*.
or nut less than 1300 or imprisonment in
the penitentiary not to exceed one year.
House roll No. 110, by Junkin. the anti
trust hill. This measure forbids restraint
. f trade-. Persons found guilty of making
contracts, combinations or conspiracies in
restraint of trade shall be punished by
tines not exceeding $o."00, or by imprison
ment not exceeding one year, or both, at
the discretion of the >un. The state may
seize and condemn as forfeit any property
owned under any such contract, combina
tion or conspiracy. After June ;»<•. llKk». no
corporation or joint stock company whose
stockholders are not personally liable for
their debts shall engage in business in the
state unless, before September 15, 196, and
each year thereafter it files in the office
of the attorney general a statement show
ing the amount and value of the capital
stock: this statement must be signed and
sworn to by the president, the treasurer,
ihe general manager and a majority of
the directors. P.efore June &>. 1906, such
corporations must also tile in the office of
the attorney general an undertaking
signed by the chief officers that they will
comply with tire laws of the state in the
management of the affairs of the com
pany. The attorney geneiul may require
from such corporations at any time such
statements as he thinks tit in regard to
the conduct of its business. Any person
injured in his business or property by
such corporations by reason of anything
forbidden in this act may sue therefor in
any court of record in the state and shall
recover threefold the damages sustained
by him and the costs of suit, including a
reasonable attorney’s fee. The sum of
110,000 is appropriated for the enforcement
°f the act in the employment of special
counsel and agents by the governor tnd
the attorney general.
House roll No. 231, by Marks, a bill to
regulate the salaries of assessors. In
<out.ties having a population of less than
50.001) the salary is Jo a day for the time
necessarily employed, but not to exceed
the following sums: In counties of less
than 2.500, $150; in counties having a popu
lation from 2,5<W to 6,000, $250; in counties
having a population of from 5.000 to 10,000,
K50; in counties having a population of
from 10,000 to 20,000. J'VKI; in counties hav
ing a population of ftom 20,000 to 30,000
$7U»; in counties having a population of
from 30,000 to 50,000, $S»>>, in counties hav
ing a population of from 50,000 to 100,000
the sailary shall be $1,800, and in counties
having a population .if loO.OOO or more the
salary shall be $2,400 per annum. The
compensation of the deputy assessors snail
be $5 per day for the time actually and
necessarily employed in the discharge or
their duties. Emergency clause.
House roll No. 244, by Copsey, forbid
ding the killing or injuring of English,
China and Mongolian pheasants, English
or Belgiui*, partridges, English black
cocks or any imported game bird. Fines
range from $25 to $50, or imprisonment
not exceeding sixty days.
House roll No. 200. by Foster, exempt
ing from taxation capital stock, repre
senting tangible property, which is as
sessed in another state. Emergency
clause.
House roll No. 128. by Rouse, extending
the hotel keepers' lien law to boarding
house and restaurant proprietors.
Emergency clause.
Horn'** roll No. 134. by Horton, requiring
the listing of land in blocks for taxation.
Sections or fractions thereof shall be lis
ted in one tract when the land belongs
to the same owner. Lots are to he listed
in blocks in the same manner when the
owner requests it.
House roll No. 58, by McAllister, de
fining the powers of magistrates in
breach of peace eases and pnoviding that
the recognizance may be for a sum not
less than $50 nor more than $1,000.
House roll No. 228, by Burgess, the
Lincoln charter bill. Seven councilmen
are electcal from the wards and seven at
large. The storm sewer fund is enlarged
to $11,000. Emergency clause.
House roll No. 101, by Kaley. appropriat
ing $i2.0U0 for the Lewis and Clark ex
position. Emergency clause.
House roll No. 222, by Clarke, giving
justices of the peace, magistrates and
ministerial officers the power to require
a surety to make an affidavit to his
qualifications.
House roll No. 381. by Detrick, the de
ficiencies appropriation bill.
House roll No. 302. by Stetson, the mis
cellaneous claims bill.
House roll No. 347. by Wilson, the gen
eral appropriation hill allowing $L9QL\€9«
for general state expenses. Emergency
clause.
House roll No. 219. by Burgess, pro
viding for a warehouse lien and allowing
goods to be sold for charges.
House roll No. 210. by Clarke, a bill
to forbid and punish lotteries and policy
playing. Fines have a maximum limit
of $500 and imprisonment not to exceed
six months. Emergency clause.
House roll No. 280, by Robbins, sheriffs'
fee bill for Gage county. Emergency
clause.
.House roll No. 423. by McClav, providing
for the biennial election of the mem
bers of the Lincoln board of educa
tion.
(Concluded Next Week.)
Some people think they are dodging
the devil when they are only playing
peek-a-boo with him.
The man who has plenty of money
usually it the man who knows how
to keep it.
Most men regard their own safety
u something deserving of first
thought
Give a weak man a little success,
and you will destroy him.
,
Very often the less a man has to
say the greater reputation he gains
for wisdom.
It is not safe to presume that no
one can find anything in your doings
to gossip over.
If you are looking for a faultless
friend, you are sure to remain friend
less.
Life has many sorrows that become
exquisite pain.
One may be sensitive to a degref
that gives it the appearance of jeal
ousy.
A show of confidence inspires a feel
ing of friendliness even in a disposed
to-be enemy.
The charity which covers a multi
tude of sins often is terrifically bad
fit.
Cling a little closer to the faith of
, your heart
Fiancee cl Anson Phelps
Stokes a Talented Girl
IMfrr 'Rose
Harriet
Factor
/
Miss Rrse Harriet Raster, former
cigar factory employe, financee of ,1
G. Phelps Stokes, the wealthy young
sociologist and son of Anson Phelps
Stokes, the millionaire banker, was
among the women who attended a
meeting at Cooper Union. New York,
when Judge Dunne of Chicago spoke.
Her fiance v as one of the speakers
and she occupied a seat on the stage.
Miss Pastor showed a deep interest
in everything that went on around
her. but she was not recognized by
more than a dozen persons present.
From the moment that the young mil
lionaire, following his Introduction
by the presiding officer, stepped to
the speaker's desk, she became entire
ly absorbed in him.
When he likened many of the so
called vested rights of private corpor
ations to the ‘•so-called rights of a
common thief or swindler” she could
scarcely restrain herself, and joined
enthusiastically in the outburst of
cheering.
A poem written by Miss Pastor not
long ago. when she was almost starv
ing. has been found. It is as follows:
FEEDING THE SPARROWS.
I..ittle sparrows, take your fill
Of crumbs from off my window sill.
I know you look to me for food—
Look to me for livelihood;
And I cannot keep the crumb
From such little creatures dumb.
So now pick them ofT my sill—
Little sparrows, take your fill.
j.G.P-h.eipJ' Stores
Take your fill then, chirp your prayer;
Thank the One who gives His care.
Gives His care, and gives His love.
Pours it from His Heart above.
i
My last crumb 1 feed to you;
I pray the Lord to feed me, too.
For I'm so hungry, birdies sweet.
And no o*e gives me bread to eat.
; The crumbs you pick were laid away
From bread I ate ere yesterday.
Since when I have not tasted food.
Hut—“He will cate" and "All is good
My heart is full, my table bare;
Yet "All is good” and "He will care.”
So. little sparrows, take your fill
Of crumbs from off my window sill.’
Miss Pastor is 22 years old and is
an adherent of the Jewish faith.
SPY SYSTEM IN EUROPE.
All Governments Seek to Secure
Underhand Information.
Not a month passes but some spy
is taken on some of the frontiers in
Europe. It is true that nowadays
spies are not shot in times of peace,
but the punishment often amounts to
years of imprisonment. To many
this will seem a dear price to pay for
patriotic effort. The French presi
dent has pardoned several spies con
demned for this offense. Such clem
ency, however, is exceptional. Spies,
patriotic, or merely mercenary, take
their own risks.
The ordinary spy work on the
Franco-German frontier is peculiarly
systematic. A month or two in ad
vance the French etat major, for in
stance, communicates a program to
the spy, with maps necessary to the
execution of his work—maps prepar
ed by the German government, which
have arrived in France through trait
orous* channels. If work has already
been done in the region full details of
it are communicated to the spy. Dur
ing this preparatory time his work
must be to study up the region from
these documents in such a way that
he will know them all by heart. A
spy must not be caught with maps
or papers on hiifi.
When he is perfect officers of the
famous second bureau put him through
a rigorous examination. Several ad
dresses, both in France and Germany,
to which he must send his correspond
ence, are given to him, and he is rec
ommended to change them to avoid
suspicion. German gold and notes are
given to him. Then they say. “God
save you, for we cannot!” And so he
departs, well knowing that if caught
his government will do nothing for
him. Indeed, it will deny him. “We
do not know this man. He must be a
mercenary volunteer adventurer, hunt
j ing information to sell to us. Treat
! him as he deserves!”
On the other hand, they leave the
j spy free to choose his own means to
execute the work assigned to him.
He takes orders from no one. He
i makes no account of his expenses.
He must even forge his own false
papers. Some time in advance he h9s
I worked up a fictitious identity, and if
i his government gives him a passport
i it is only to be used in cashing postal
orders and satisfying hotel keepers.
The moment the police demand his
I papers he must burn the passport.
Nowadays, when passports are de
manded so seldom of mere tourists,
the spy will content himself with a
few letters that have come through
| the mail to him. He will have had
these letters sent on to a prearranged
German address a few months be
| fore. A life insurance policy taken
out under the assumed name is also
: valuable.
QUESTION HARD TO ANSWER.
Visionary Engineer Was Squelched by
Secretary Taft.
Bunau Varilla. the Parisian engi
neer, drifted into Washington a few
days ago with a wonderful scheme for
building the Paanma canal in four
years. He entertained Sacretary Taft
with a graphic account of how the
estimated time for completing the big
ditch could be reduced one-half.
“Let's see.” slowly said Secretary
Taft. "You were connected with the
Panama canal under M. De Lesseps,
were you not, Mr. Varilla?" "Yez.
“For how- long?" "Oh, for ze long
time—eight, nine years.” "Didn’t it
occur to you,” asked \1g. Taft, picking
up a pen to resume the signing of of
ficial papers, "that you might have
saved four or five years and built the
canal in the meantime by employing
your system under De Lesseps?” The
Frenchman bowed himself out.
Photographs Plant Growth.
Photography, -which has caught an
express train in full motion by the
cinematograph, has also been brought
into use to depict, with equal fidelity,
action so slow as the growth of a flow
er. By exposing a plant every quar
ter of an hour for sixteen days to a
camera it is noM( possible to watch a
bud open gradually; to see the blos
soms close at night and reopen in
the morning; to see the leaves in
crease in size and the stamens peep
out. And all in the space of a min
ute or two.
President Roosevelt’s Bodyguard.
A German periodical has printed
pictures and descriptions of the pic
turesqde body guards of the rulers
of the modern world, including the
Indian bodyguard of the king of Eng
land. the Swiss guard of the pope and
nany others. It remarks of the Unit
ed States secret service that “no
king can be more carefully protected
than is President Roosevelt, even
though his bodyguard is not clad in
bright and easily recognized uni
forms.”
Indian Sticks to Washington.
No Shirt, a big chief of the Umatillb
tribe in Oregon, has been haunting
the office of the Indian commissioner
in Washington for a week. No Shirt
heard of the new white father who
presides over his comrades’ destinies
behind a desk at Washington. He
found that he could not rest content
until he had seen and conversed with
the new chief. So No Shirt traveled
all the way to Washington to meet
Mr. Leupp. He was so pleased with
his reception that he finds it impossi
ble to tear himself away.
Civility a Vital Necessity.
Dr. Samuel A. Green, the historian,
says that the late ex-Gov. Boutwell
once gave these hints to a student at
the Groton academy: “If you wish to
take a college course I trust you will
be able to do so. But there are three
things you must have to succeed—in
dustry. integrity and civility. You can
not get along without civility.” This
advice made so much impression upon
the boy that his grandfather has the
words printed on a little card for dis
tribution to friends.
i
NEW HISTORY OF WAR
Task for Whoever Will Write Descriptions of
Recent Battles in the East
I
"The histories tha; v.ill toll of the 1
fighting about Mukden will noi. be
Tinted in my time,” said the veteran J
second-hand book dealer. “Of course :
war histories ar'- net written r.;w as
they were when I was a \ uingster. I
fancy that the war in the far East will
have no such historians as Headley
and John S. C. Abbott. Our own civil
war. otu of which such countless '
. tcries have been woven, never had
such historians. Maybe it is well that
it is so. They were not sticklers for
lacts. Rut they were artists. They
painted pictures which one could nev
er forget.
“Zola’s ‘Le Debacle’ gave cne the
nightmare, but still 1 sold more copies
of that work than 1 ever did of Car
lyle's French Revolution. But both
will be eclipsed by some future his
torian who shall tell us of Mukden
and the retreat to Tieling.
“The nomenclature of the battles in
the far East will operate, for a time
at least, against the historian who
shall undertake the work. But the
next generation will in time become
familiar with the names which now
puzzle and distract. We do not even
know the geography of that country
yet. We now speak of Pultowa as
readily as we do of Gettysburg, but
when the former battle was fought I
imagine the name was a jawbreaker
to all except the natives.
“The Japanese, as we all agree, are
marvelous fighters, but will they ever
give us their side tf this war? You
may depend upon it, the Russians will
never tell their side. Who will be
the historians of this greatest contest
of the world?
“It will be possible to obtain certain
data. We shall know the numbers en
gaged; we shall be told, in a general
way, bow many were Haim But it j
will be a long time before we shall
have any such histories of the strtig
gle as we have had of other wars, j
The Franco-Prussian war had the
quickest history of any conflict, but
then it was quickly fought.
“Historians and others were writing
about our civil war for more than a
quarter of a century alter the surren
der at Appomattox.. Then came the
spat we had with Spain. 1 am as gixxl
an American as live-, but when wo
think of the war which has niadt Jap
an the wonder of mankind we forget
the spanking we gave Spain, and have
to go back to the civil war to find any
thing in our war history worth talking
about. The American Revolution dots
not look very big now, does it?
“The historians who wrote about
Napoleon's retreat from Moscow gave
us the most dramatic incidents in war
history. I don't know how many were
true. I used to believe with all my
heart that Marshal Ney did fire the
last- gun as he crossed the Beresina,
and that he did enter the tent of bis
master, powder-stained and ragged,
and that he really exclaimed when Na
poleon asked him who he was: ‘1 am
the last of the rear guard of the grand
army.’ And 1 also believed that Na
poleon embraced him and said: ‘Bet
ter is an armv of deer commanded by
a lion than an army of lions command
ed by a deer.’
“Historians of the Abbott sob el re
corded these incidents, and they and
other incidents sold hocks for fifty
years.
“But all that has been wiped out in
the last few weeks. It has hurt my
business. I picked up Victor Hugo's
description of Waterloo the other day
and tried to read it. Maybe my pre
{\ige---ted breakfast food was not up
to the mark, but I threw the book
aside and found myself reading the
pitiful fragments <f censored news
about Nogi's veterans as they hurled
themselves against the Russian le
gions with the cry: ‘Clear the way.
We are from Port Arthur!’—New York
Press.
JEST MET SWIFT REBUKE.
HI-Timed Pleasantry of Dr. Brady Re
sented by Ministers.
As field agent of the Preachers* Aid
society Dr. Brady was reading his re
I ort to the New England Methodist
conference at Melrose, Mass. 1 am
ZErJ2TFj3P.J4f. £?KPj2Q£)]/'
engaged to Helen Gould—" here Dr.
Brady paused. After glancing around
at his audience he continued: “En
gaged to Helen Gould—to meet her
and discuss the needs of our work for
superannuated preachers.” After quiet
had been secured Dr. Brady was voted
out of office by the stewards' com
mittee. 1
ENDURANCE OF THE JAPS.
Point That Has Most Surprised the
Medical Observers.
To medical observers the most sur
prising revelation of the war is the
< udurance of the Japanese. Apart
from his immunity from disease, the
reports of which are incredible, the
Japanese, with a gin upon his shoul
der has accomplished feats never
thought by physiologists to be possi
ble. "In the Orient,” observes a med
ical man. “there is a new art of war
d* pending upon the new style of
physique of a race which has never
before been put to this work.” The
Japanese soldier is short, stocky and
blessed with muscles big enough for a
i uch taller man, and. consequently,
• he is atiie to do more work than a
European or American of equal
weight.” The rural letter carriers of
Japan think little of a distance for
'\hich we demand horses and the rick
shaw man has been known to trot
forty miles a day. dragging his pas
senger behind him. “America.” says
a medical periodical, “opened this land
to Western civilization, and placed
modern weapons in the hands of 50,
ooo,000 such bodies,” and so set up
rew problems.
Failed to Pan Out Right.
“If every man would lake home a
hunch of flowers or a box of candy oc
casionally,” remarked the bachelor, “it
would make wedded lire move along a
good deal more smoothly.”
“That shows what you know about
it,” retorted McRobinson. “I tried that
once and my wife promptly went into
hysterics over the horrible confession
she thought was coming and I only
got out of it by admitting that I was
drunk, and I hadn’t touched a drop
for over three months, by hooky!”—
Louisville Courier-Journal.
New Lake Vessels.
Twenty-four steel carriers of the
larger class will join the ore and coal
fleets of the great lakes during the
coming season. They are mainly
steamboats over five hundred feet
long, only three of the two dozen big
ones being in the four-hundred-foot
class—one four hundred feet long
over all, and two 464 feet long over
all. These figures are interesting as
showing the tendency of marine in
vestment on the great lakes.—Mil
waukee Wisconsin.
MOVE TO THE NORTHWEST.
Stream of Immigration Into Canadian
T erritory.
New England is likely to contribute
; this year more freely than eft r be
fore to the stream of immigration
! pouring into the Canadian northwest.
For some years the eastern farmers
have gone north and exchanged tHeir
improved farms for a prairie holding,
I but the easterner this spring has
caught the infection, and not a week
passes but several families from Bos
ton and its neighborhood apply for
the certificates of the Canadian gov
ernment that entitles them to trans
portation to the northwest at gn un
reduced rates. It would, however, be
a mistake to consider them Ameri
cans. in the full sense of the term.
Many of them hail from Canada or
England and have come to the United
States with no particular success. To
them Canada is not a foreign hind,
and the change of allegiance, if
change there be. comes more natur
ally than to an American of several
generations' standing.—Boston Trans
1 cript.
FAIR MODEL IN TROUBLE.
Beautiful New York Woman Co
Respondent in Divorce Suit.
Clara Betz, the beautiful mode!
who is named as co-respondent in a
divorce suit brought by Mrs. Mary
Frances Hutchinson of New York
against her husband* a wealthy shoe
maker. is probably the best known
model in the world. She has posed
CL4&4 ^£7^
for almost every artist of any promi
nence, both for photographic pur
poses and for ideal pictures. Her liv
ing picture poses some years ago in
"Yankee Doodle Dandy" are still re
membered along Broadway. She posed
for a statue exhibited by George Bar
nard at St. Louis. Whistler often
painted her and she was the model
for Carll Blenner's “Spring."
Lemons as Big as Pumpkins.
‘‘When 1 told inv acquaintances
about the big lemons down in southern
Mexico they wouldn't believe me. but
now 1 have the proof." said G. W. O
Martin, as he exhibited a lemon that
in size resembled a medium-sized
pumpkin or a prize sweet potato at a
country fair.
The monster specimen of the genus
citrus-measures 26 inches in circum
ference the longer way and 23 inches
the shorter dimensions of the oval,
its weight being four and two-thirds
pounds.—El Paso Herald.
Reward of Duty Done.
I honor any man. anywhere, who. in
the conscientious discharge of what
he believes to be his duty, dares to
stand alone. The world, with ignor
ane and intolerant judgment, may
condemn, the countenances of com
panions may be averted, the hearts
of friends may grow cold, but the
consciousness of duty done shall be
sweeter than the applause of the
world, than the countenance of com
panion or the heart of friend.—
Charles Sumner.
