OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
Why Do Inventors Neglect the Kitchen ?
N inventor and a housewife were discussing the
practical side of kitchen work the other dffy ,
when the inventor expressed his surprise that
i no easier plans had been found for doing the
j hundred and one odd things which are still done
in the kitchen in the same -laborious manner
that prevailed when he was a boy. He said
that if he had to do "housekeeping" he would get easier
ways of accomplishing a lot of things which are now done
by main force ; and expressed his surprise that women ,
who are supposed to be too weak to attempt any heavy
labor , regularly do things which would be a severe test
upon the muscles of the strongest man.
"Well , there are certain things which have to be done , "
eaid the housewife. "And most people have only maids
In their kitchen. "
"Why , I would put in a little motor , " began the in
ventor ; when a pair of surprised eyes told him that this had
never before occurred to the housewife.
It is certainly a curious fact that invention , whichhas _
done so much for man's work all along the line , has done
so little for that of women. Of course , it has done some
thing. The housewife was able to mention several laborsaving -
saving devices which could now be .bought at the depart
mental stores ; but they made up a pitiful total when com
pared with the myriads of inventions that have come to the
assistance of man. It is safe to say that the average type-
.writer carries almost as many patents as a kitchen shelf.
Of course , men are very willing to buy any li'ttle work-
savers for the kitchen which are invented ; but it is a senti
mental demand upon which these devices must" depend for
their profits not the imperative demand of increased pro
duction. When a.kitchen produces a meal , it produces all
that can be required of it To lessen the labor of producing
this meal , is not to produce two meals ; it is only to produce
one meal more easily.
Yet a priceless economic product would be the result
of this invention. Woman would be given jnore time. It is
doubtful if the human race can buy any more valuable
thing than a higher average of leisure for the women who
work. In many cases , they are the mothers of the next
generation ; and they cannot be given too much time to pre
pare themselves for the bringing up of that generation
In the best way. An invention or set of inventions which
should give the women of Canada two extra hours a day
for mental improvement , would tell immensely on the more
material productiveness of this c < $ untry when the children
of the present shall have become 'the producers of the
future. 'Montreal ' Star.
Destructive Forest Fires Last Year.
HE Bureau of Forestry of the United States
Department of Agriculture has .published a re
T port upon tbe "Forest-Fires in the Adirondacks
in 1903. " This report , which is most instruct
ive , estimates the direct loss from the destruc
tion of timber , building , etc. , in those fires at
$3,500,000. In addition to this $175,000was ex
pended in futile efforts to extinguish the fires. The indirect
loss caused by the destruction of undergrowth , injury to tbe
soil , destruction of fish and other ga ae was enormous , but
no estimate of it could ba attempted. The fires occurred
between April 20 and June S of last year , at the time when
the breeding and nesting season was'at its height , and in
the conflagrations a _ great number of young animals and
birds and some that were full grown perished. Trout in
the streams and lakes perished in great , : nbers , some from
the heated waters and some from the lye leached from the
ashes left by the fire. Over 000,000 acres of woodland were
swept by the fires , much ofwhich is the property of tbe
State. The fires originated variously. It was a time of
protracted drought and the whole region was filled with
dry aud highly combustible material. Many of the fires
'began along the railways from spares and cinders from tbe
locomotives. These were due largely to carelessness , as
Ihey could have been prevented. Other fires started from
-camp fires and smokers. Many were of an incendiary ori
gin , and the reasons assigned for the incendiarism are
peculiar. It seems that the law provides a fund for paying
laborers for fighting fires , and that tbe rate of wages
.allowed being greater than for other labor , men set the
afire in order to get employment in fighting the
HISTORY OF AN OLD CLAIM.
Creek Indians Soon to Come Into Bos-
session of Thousands.
The loyal Creeks will soon receive
the cash on their old \var claims , says
-the Kansas City Journal. The entire
-amount of the original claim -was $1-
200,000 , but after long years of wait
ing and many conferences between the
Indians and congressional committees
itwas finally scaled to half that
amount The Indian most instru
mental in securing the award was D.
! M. Hedge of Tulsa. For his services
he was allowed to retain 5 per cent
of the amount collected. This circum
stance alone shows that the Indian
liad but little hopes of ever getting
- anything out of the government Tbe
claim was pending more than thirty
; years.
The largest claim is that of Cell !
'Scott , a resident of Coweta. The claim
Is § 23,000. The other claims range
< 3own to a few dollars or even cents.
A large number of persons residing in
the vicinity of Tulsa will get large
amounts. The principal of these is
Lincoln Postoak , whose check will ag -
gregate about $9,000. Ex-Gov. L. C.
Ferryman will get a nice little slice ;
so likewise will several others. Sev-
era ! boys who never saw $100 in their
lives will get various sums ranging
-from , that amount up to $1,200 or $1-
:500. What they will do with this
money no one knows. But all have
.agreed upon one thing viz. , get rid of
It as soon as possible. All sorts of
schemes are hatched calculated to part
them from the money.
Celia Scott Is the daughter of the
on-Jinizer and leader of the loyal
C ) eks , who left their homes along the
.Ai ansas river in 1SG1 for the north.
Hi was neither chief nor soldier , but
; a medicine man , in whom the Indians
liad Implicit confidence. Seeing the
-exposed condition of his tribesmen , he
went to the chief of his faction and ob
tained permission to lead them out of
-the Egyptian darkness overhanging the
country. They located at LeRoy , Kan.
'The refugees started from their homes
on Christmas day. They were away
fro i home nearly five years. Many
: meii who have gince been famous in
flames. Many of the fires occurred upon private game
serves. These are attributed to incendiarism due to
strong feeling against private ownership of these lands and
the exclusion of hunters. Stite reservations were fired be
cause the law forbids the cutting or removal of' wood from
them. Baltimore Sun.
Work of Yellow Journalism.
T Is not service , nor even alleged service , tt
the public that constitutes yellowness ; it is
bolsterousuess , vaunting , morbidness , extrava
gance , tbe magnifying of sligbt accidents'into
tragedies and bonfires into holocausts.
White papers ard sometimes taken in bj
dispatches from Europe , because yellowism ex
ists there as well-as here ; but they do not originate those
dispatches ; they do not "dress up" news in the home ofHcej
they print only wbat they believe to be true , and print it
without trying to make the readers believe that it Is the
most tremendous thing that ever happened.
Sensationalism is like other agencies for excitement In
that it creates a constant and increasing demand for more ;
hence tbe tendency of the yellow paper is to grow yellower
and yellower , because any lapse into sobriety and calm ia
resented by its'almost illiterate patron. He must be kept
going by mental stimulants which are just as harmful to
him as cocktails. He wants bis news strong 'rather than
true , and if he ever reads an editorial does not want it to
preach or inform , but only to rouse. And if its editor
thrusts himself into his vision as the greatest of men , the
reader's mind has been brought by his reading to a state
that makes him almost ready to admit it. Brooklyn Eagle
Jap Officers and Their Pay.
ILITARY efficiency being so much bound up
with the national existence of Japan , the army
officers naturally take their profession very se
riously. Their pay is small , and few have
much private means , so that they live in a very
modest way compared to the officers of many
other armies.
A major general only gets the equivalent of about 158
a year ordinary pay , a captain 30 , and a second lieutenant
1SL Most appointments mean additional pay , but foreign
service does not Messes have been established in some
regiments , but as a rule , the Officers only have the midday
meal together. Japanese food is cheap , consisting as it
does chiefly of rice and fish ; while rich and poor alike drink
the inexpensive liquor of the country , "sake. " For this
reason entertaining expenses come to very little , and the
officer Is enabled to maintain his position with but small
outlay.
As in the Continental armies of Europe , Japanese offi
cers practically live in uniform , and the latter.is serviceable
and inexpensive. Little attention is paid to smartness and
appearance generally , though all are invariably neatly
dressed. Promotion is chiefly by selection , especially in
the higher ranks. New York Evening Post
The Spirit of Recklessness.
ANY probably most accidents on American
railways of all kinds are due to recklessness.
The same is true of accidents from other vehi
cles. Manifestations of this disposition are to
e seen on every side. Coachmen exhibit it by
driving heavy carriages at full speed around the
most busy and crowded corners of large cities.
Messenger boys show it by propelling their bicycles like
mad whenever they get where there seems a good chance
to run anybody down. The automobile chauffeur acts as if
It was no part of his business to look out for people ahead
of him. nnd apparently thinks that the man or woman
whom he runs dow > n receives only his or her deserts for
getting in the way. "Everybody who operates any sort of
vehicle , from the locomotive engineer to the laborer or
clerk hurrying to his work on u motorcycle , seems to have
become possessed with the idea that it is his business to
go as fast as he can , but no part of his business to take
care that he doesn't kill anybody. This combination of
speed madness with recklessness is causing more casual
ties in the United States than all ther causes together.- *
Kansas City Journal.
this history of the tribe were In this
retreat. Among them were Pleasant
Porter , present chief of the tribe ; also
Legus C. Ferryman , twice elected to
that exalted office ; likewise David M.
Hedge , who has signed every treaty
of his tribe since the civil war. He has
also personally known every President
and many congressmen and senators
of the United States.
The refugees were followed by the
southerners , led by the rebel Gen.
Cooper. They traveled in a north and
west direction toward Coffeyville. On
Bird creek , north of Tulsa , near Skia-
took , the present home of W. C. Rog
ers , present chief of the Cherokees , a
fight took place. Gen. Porter com
manded in this fight in which he was
wounded. A number of other skir
mishes took place along the route , but
none worthy of special mention.
The Indians left fine farms , or
chards , good houses and thousands of
dollars' worth of live stock , all of
which was carried away or destroyed.
From this arose the loyal Creek
claims , so soon to be paid.
EASIER TO BE STORE MODEL.
Requirements Not as Severe as They
Were in Former Times.
There has been a great change in
the last few years in the requirements
of the "store model , " said the mana
ger of the suit department in a fash
ionable shop the other day. "Formerly
certain correct proportions were re
quired which if not after the Venus
standard were at least after that of
aquin. But now the main thing nec
essary in the model Is that she shall
have 'style' and 'carriage , ' and of
course average size and roundness of
contour without strict regard to pro
portions.
"The elaborateness and looseness of
costumes has brought about this re
sult The trimming and hiding of tie
figure in * he present day tailor-made
suit is so complete that a particularly
good 'line' is no longer required. The
fact that a larger model is selected
than formerly Is the best indication of
the change in woman's measurements ,
due to the straight front corset and
partly to the change of sentiment
which demands broad shoulders , and
selects clothes accordingly.
"The model now in demand has
usually a 25-inch waist , where it was
formerly absolutely necessary that it
should be under 24. A 37-inch bust is
preferred , where 3G used to be consid
ered the ideal. Thirteen inches across
the shoulders is now considered none
to broad , though the hip measure ac
complished by the model who adjusts
herself strictly to the new average is
a couple of Inches smaller than former
ly , being about 41 % .
"These measurements are the aver
age ones of the gowns that are sold
even more than of the wearers them
selves. The plan of buying a large
size to be fitted down so as to obtain
the broad shouldered effect is almost
universal , and while the greatest mis
take'a saleswoman could make former
ly was to suggest that/a customer take
a size larger than she thought neces
sary , now it is often received as a com
pliment" Chicago Tribune.
Betting on a Sure Thing.
The magistrate was German , but the
prisoner at the bar wasn't
"You been here before , already , "
said the magistrate.
"Sure I has , " said the prisoner.
"How many times arrested ? " asked
tire judge.
"Aw ! I been pinched more times
than I got fingers an' toes/ ' said Mr.
Plugngly , "an * I was always dis
charged. "
The magistrate took a long look at
tie prisoner. Then , leaning toward
him in a confidential way , he said :
" 111 bet you $20 you're not dis
charged now. "
"Put ten on that for me. It's a
cinch , " said the court policeman wh
stood near by. New York Sun.
A Prolific Bird.
In the United States the sparrow has
six broods a year ; in Britain seldom
more than three.
When a young man climbs Into a
barber's chair to get shaved the first
time he feels like a barefaced fraud.
OBSERYE CENTENNIAL
ANNIVERSARY OF LOUISIANA
PURCHASE TO BE KEPT.
LEWIS AND CLARK INDIAN TREATY
Nebraska Stnte Historical Society
and Daughters of American Kevo-
lution Plan to Unveil Monument
on the Historic Spot Au& . 3.
, By A. E. Sheldon.
One hundred years ago , the morning of
Aug. 3 , 1S04 , a party of 43 white men
might have been seen spreading the
mainsail of a clumpy Missouri River
bateau as an awning on a little plain ,
above the high water level of the Mis
souri River , at the end of a woody
ridge about 70 feet high , in Nebraska ,
sixteen miles above where now stands
the city of Omaha. A little later a pro
cession of fourteen Indians members of
the Otoe and Missouri tribes wound its
way to the shelter of the awning. They
were accompanied by that omnipresent
being in the region a hundred years ago
a Frenchman living- with a squaw who
acted as interpreter. When all were
seated , began the first council of the
United States government with the In
dian inhabitants of the Louisiana pur
chase , the first act in the drama of a cen
tury of struggle bet ween white Americans
and red Americans for possession of an
empire. The representatives of the
United States government told the In
dians that they were no longer Spanish
or French , i but Americans a piece of
news which we are told gave them great
joy. They were promised the protection
of the goeTmneiJt at WaslunglofT ' and
its advice in the future. In reply the
six chiefs of the Indian delegation de
clared they were pleased with the change
of government , that they wanted to trade
with the new great father , and especial
ly they wanted arms to defend them
selves from their enemies.
What little cause for pleasure if they
had known that the change meant to be
dispossessed of their homes and hunting
grounds.
At the end of the council came the1
presents a medal hung by a cord placed
around the neck of each of the six chiefs ,
paint , garters , and cloth , a canister of
gunpowder , and the most significant of
all a bottle of whisky ! Thus began the
official relations of the United States
government with the Otoe and Missouri
Indians. How prophetic it was of the
future let him who cares to know read
the last official report of the Indian
agent at the Otoe and Missouri Indian
agency at Oklahoma. Diminished in
numbers from 2,000 to 370 , the agent says
"many of these people are addicted to
drink and are , both men and women , in
veterate gamblers , the Otoe being espe
cially bad about the gambling. No pun
ishment seems at all to mitigate these
evils. Their days are spent in almost
utter idleness , and worse , for vice and
debauchery are rampant. "
The names of three of these chiefs have
been preserved for us in the record. The
principal ch'iefs present were Phongo- i
tongo , or Big Horse , an Otoe ; Wethea. or
Hospitality , a Missouri , and Shosguscan.
or White Horse , an Otoe. The spot was |
named by Lewis and Clark Council Bluff ,
from the circumstances which there took
place , and their report of the council
eludes with a recommendation of the lo
cation for a "fort and trading factory. "
FiftPcu years after tlio historic council
here described , the first steamboat ( the
Western Engineer ) to navigate Missouri
waters arrived five miles below the Coun
cil Bluff. It carried Maj. Long with a !
party of engineers and scientists who
were to make the first scientific survey of
the region. This expedition found
already at Council Bluff a force of Unit
ed States soldiers enjred in building a
fort , arfterward called Fort Calhoun.
This fortforthe next eight years was the
most advanced frontier post of the
United States army , always having sev
eral companies of troops , and sometimes
more than a regiment. In 182 < the post
was abandoned and the troops moved to
Fort Leavenworth. Some of the build
ings were dismantled by the troops. Some
were burned by Indians or hunters.
There still remained , pn the plateau of
Council Bluff in 1854 , when the territory
was organized and whiw settlers came in
to take up claims , a vast amount of de
bris , brick and limestone walls , beams
and timbers. The early settlers hauled
this away by the wagon load to build
chimneys , make foundations and to curb
wells , yet so great was the quantity that
thirty years later farmers were still haul
ing bricks away.
Both these historic sites , that of the
council of 1804 , and that of Fort- Cal
houn , are within a few hundred yards of
the present railway station of Fort Cal-
houu.
There yet remain piles of brickbats
and debris , long rows of excavations
marking the barracks cellar , deep pit ? ,
once powder magazines , a noble locust
grove planted in the early fort days
whose seeds have given life to a multi
tude of other locust groves in the state.
Every year the farmer's plow and the
gardener's rake reaps a harvest of mili
tary buttons and early coins. Spanish
coins of the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries make the bulk of the crop ,
showing how close the connection with
Spain and how long after American pur
chase and occupation their mintage main
tained its supremacy. Somewhere , with
in a few hundred yards of this field bear
ing its annual harvest of relics , is the
spot where Lewis and Clark sat vis-a
vis to Nebraska Indians in the first
Louisiana purchase council. Nearly half
a mile up the river from the fort , at the
edge of the plateau , at whose base ran j
the river in 1804 and in 1819 , but whos
waters ase now three nyjes away to-
, 'ward the Iowa bluffs with marsh and lake
jiiid cultivated farms between , is a bury-
riug ground. In the days of the old Fort
Calhoun , this part of the plateau was
occupied by the fort cemetery , where
were buried several hundred soldiers and
others. After the military abandou-
> ment , the headstones were broken , scat
tered and lost , except parts of two with
the date 1832 , now in the museum of the
Nebraska State Historical Society. The
very mounds themselves were for the
most part obliterated and on the slopes
where the rains wash the plow now and
then throws out a fragment of a human
skeleton.
In November , 1001 , J. A. Barrett and
A. E. Sheldon , of the Nebraska State
Historical office staff , exposed and pho
tographed tlie features of both sites un
der the guidance of W. H. Woods , who
has lived on the ground for thirty years
and has a passion for historical work.
On their return the suggestion was made
that the centennial of the council ouglTt
to be celebrated. In June , 11)02 ) , Mr. E.
E. Blackmail , of the Historical Society ,
visited the state and in discussion with
Mr. Woods proposed the erection of a
monument. Those were the preliminary
Steps by the Nebraska State Historical
Society.
On the other hand , the Daughters of
the American Revolution , independent
of any suggestion , were moving in the
same direction. In the summer of 18M
ladies of the Omaha chapter visited the
site of Old Fort Calhoun , wore charmed
with its beauty and associations , and
discussed plans for erecting a monument
to mark its site. In the summer of 1901
Mrs. S. B. Pound , of Lincoln. State Re
gent of the D. A. R. , noted the report of
the erection of the Pike monument in
Kansas. This stimulated her zeal to Jc
the same by the historic sites in Nebras
ka. She road up the early records and ,
finding that the Lewis and Clark coun
cil held on the Fort Calhoun plateau ,
proposed at a meeting hold in October.
1901 , the project of marking the site ,
At a general meeting of the state chapter
of the D. A. R. in the summer of 1902 ,
it was resolved to ask the state to take
the initiative. Accordingly in January ,
1903 , Representative George L. Loomis ,
of Dodge County , introduced a bill ap
propriating 3,000 to erect an appro
priate monument. After a hard fight the
bill wits lost.
Both the State Historical Society and
the Daughters of the Revolution , joined
forces in the winter of 1904 for a com
mon monument and celebration. A joint
meeting of representatives of the State
Historical Society , Daughters of the Revolution -
elution and Sons of the Revolution was
held at the Millard Hotel , Omaha , June
10 , 1904 , at which committees were ap-
ppintsd : On program , Mrs. C. S. Lo-
bcngicr , J. W. Battcn _ ai : ; ] A _ . E. Shel
don. On arrangc-ioents , f. II. 'Daniels ,
Amos Fold , Mrs. A. C. Troup , Mrs. S
B. Pound , E. E. BlackmaVi.
Since that time the committees have
boon busy completing plans for the cele
bration Aug. 3. It was resolved after
much discussion to place the monument
in the yard of the Calhoun public school ,
under the shade of giant locust tree ?
whose parents grew on the old Fort Cal
houn site and within a hundred feet ol
the' C. , St. P. , M. & 0 . R .R. . in full
view of all-travelers on that road. This
is at some little distance from both the
old Fort Calhoun site aud the probable
Lewis and Clark landing , but is in a con
spicuous and public place , where it can
have the care of future generations of
school children and teachers. After a
long search for a suitable Nebraska
stone to make the monument , a boulder
was found by Mrs. Pound on the farm ol
Mr. F. Lonsdale , about two miles north
of Lincoln. It is a beautiful bluish pink
Sioux Falls quartzite , weighing about
eight tons , found resting on the hillside
amid a mas.s of companion boulders and
gravel , whore it had been dropped by the
molting glacier which carried it on its
long journey from the mother lode north
of the Missouri River. A contract Avas
made with Kimble brothers , of Lincoln ,
to raise , letter and load the same on the
cars for its trip to Fort Calhoun. It
was loaded on a flat car and taken to
Fort Calhoun where it marks the cele
bration of the hundred years' anniver
sary since white men and Indians first
struck hands on the Nebraska soil.
On one side is a dressed panel hearing
the insignia of the Daughters of the
American Revolution and " 1804 190 .
Lewis and Clark. " in raised and polished
characters ; on the ether side is the fol
lowing :
"PLACED BY THE *
SONS OF THE AMERICAN Rl VO-
LUTI.OX
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION
AND THE
STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF
NEBRASKA. "
THE MODERN MAGIC STEED.
Netv York Lawyer Makes Long Auto
mobile Trip Into Maine.
James B. Dill , a well-known lawyer
of New York , last summer made an
automobile trip of fourteen hundred
miles through the wildest part of Maine
to Flagstaff , sixty miles from the rail
road , where previously no automobile
bad ever penetrated. The inhabitants
were greatly interested in this new
fangled -vehicle. The guide wbo had
been persuaded to make the trip wita
Mr. Dill began by declaring that auto
mobiles "go by explosions , " and after
ward became enthusiastically zealous
in inviting residents to "take a ride. "
One day Mr. Dill overtook upon tha
road a man whose log bouse was burn
ing "Mister , " called the man , "bow
long will it take you to get to the next
bouse ? I want help here. "
He was invited to ride thither , and
after the first half-mile his anx.e'ty
about the burning house quite disap
peared.
"Let her burn ! " said he , recklessly.
"I should have to repair her , anyway.
It's just as well if she burns do1 n. "
He rode five miles and then wanted
back.
|
One of the most astonishing things
about tbe machine was its speed. One
day Mr. Dill used the telephone of a
logging company to communicate with
a certain "Bill , " twenty miles away ,
and asked himto have son e gasoline
ready at a point five miles beyond ,
where Mr. Dill would call for it.
"To-morrer morning do ? " asked
Bill.
"No. I'd like it this afternoon. "
"Where are ye ? What ye want It
fer ? "
"I'm at , in an automobile. I'll
be down there in an hour or so. "
"You can't get bere before to-morrer
mornin' . "
"I'll give you five dollars if you get
the gasoline to your place before 1
reacb it If I get there first , I'll give
you fifty cents , your own price. "
"I guess you won't get there ahead , "
was Bill's reply , as-he hung up the re
ceiver with a snap.
He was an astonished man when ha
appeared at the appointed place with
the gasoline and found Mr. Dill await-
ting him.
It
The total .assessed valuation of 80
counties , as reported to the state board
of equalization and compiled by Secre
tary Bennett , is $279,8-1(5,402. ( against a
valuation in the same counties lust year
of $180,229,055. The counties that hav <
not yet reported are Cherry , Cedar , How *
ard and Nance , and should these counties
be returned as they were last year thu
total assessment of the state would b <
$288,675,180 , an increase of over $100 ,
000,000. Based on these returns the to
tal acffcal value of all property in the
state is $1,443,275,940. Based on tha
returns already filed the per cent of in
crease on lands , both improved and mi-
improved , is 59.9. This year the value of
the improved land was placed by the as-
sesuors at $188,394,022 , and the unim
proved land is assessed at $10,8-18,720.
Last year the improved land was as
sessed at $71,400,480 , while the uniu
proved land was assessed at $10,070,397. '
These SO counties this year returned
724,151 horses , valued at a total of $7-
340,089 ; mules , 48,080 head , valued ut
$049,047 ; cattle , 2,034,955 head , valued
at $9,193,454. It is not believed the as
sessed valuaton of all the property in the
state will reach more than $3'JU.OOO,000
even after the state board has made its
increases.
* *
The late legislature builded well when
it changed the manner of taxing insur
ance companies to the 2 per cent premium
plan. So far this year , seven and a half
mouths , Deputy Pierce has collected in
fees , reciprocal tax and other taxes ,
$74,903 , while last year for the twelve
months there was collected only $50-
355.72. Before the year is out the total
in all probability will be run up to $100-
000. Mr. Pierce has sent out notices to
the companies which are yet delinquent
lH their reciprocal tax , telling them of the
decision of the snpTeme court holding
the law constitutional and requesting n
settlement. However , a rehearing has
been asked for , and as this will not be
acted upon probably until September ,
some of the companies may yet hold off
longer. The life companies have paid
in $48,720.04 and the surety and cas
ualty companies $4,4u2 on the 2 per
cent gross premium tax plan.
* * *
At last William Nation has satisfied
the law and has returned to the bosom or
his family at Grand Island , Gov. Mickey
having commuted his sentence and or
dered his discharge. Nation attained
considerable notoriety some months ago
by breaking his parole and running off
to Grand Island , where in a short time
ho had wooed and won a bride , the pro
prietress o a restaurant , and also man
aged to mane himself a pillar of a relig
ious organization. The strong arm of the
law , however , dug him out and he was
thrown again into the penitentiary and
his good time taken away from him. His
young bride remained faithful and since
his reincarceration she has besieged Gov.
Mickey , and not in vain.
* * *
Adjutant General Culver has just been
remembered by the auditor of the war de
partment for services rendered during
the stormy days of the 'GOs and incident
ally reminded that Uncle Sam may be a
little slow , but he is sure in settling ? u-
couuts. Gen. Culver received a check
for $2J > 8 in payment for services from
Sept. 21 to 24 , 1801 , $1.73 ; for services J
Oct. 14 , 1804 , 53 cents ; clothing account , *
a balance for 1804 , 12 cents. Gen. Cul
ver was not aware that the government
was Indebted to him , consequently the re
ceipt of the check was a surprise. It ia
his opinion that the department officers
are going- over the records , and likely
other veterans in the state will receive
back pay.
* *
At the Burlington headquarters at Liu-
coin it is reported that the strike of the
packing house employes has paralyzed
stock shipping from the western ranges
as well as the stock handled by farmers
and other shippers. On the Lincoln &
Wymore division and a portion of the
Alliance division it is reported that from
six to a dozen cars of cattle and hogs are
waiting at nearly every shipping point
to be sent out. It is yet too early
throughout the country to get an esti
mate from the railroads of the number
of cars of cattle and sheep that are likely
to pass eastward from the ranges , but ft
is agreed that it will be far grea
than last season.
* *
The Nebraska World's Fair commis
sioners met in the office of the governor
July 21 and drew a voucher for $20,000 ,
which they said they had paid out for ex
penses connected with the Nebraska ex
hibit at St. Louis. It was supposed
that the commissioners were still spend
ing the money donated by the railroad
companies for the St. Louis exhibit and
some of the papers have been talking
about the $35,000 appropriated by the
legislature biug turned back into the
treasury , but it is evident that there
need be no more worry on this score.
* * *
The Burlington Railroad was made
the defendant in a suit filed Saturday
afternoon in the district court , by Rufus
C. Geiger , of Lincoln , formerly In its
employ as fireman. Mr. Geiger wants
$50,000 for injuries that he says were
caused by the negligence of the defendant
in not properly safeguarding his em
ployment aud which are of such a na
ture as to make it impossible for hhn to
pursue his old vocation or to be employed
at remunerative work.
* *
Epworth assembly tickets are- going
fast at Lincoln and the indications are
that when the meetings begin Aug. 3 the
attnedance will be larger than ever be
fore. More than half of the space re
served for tents' has been sold and * - '
of the business men will spend their , -
cations with their families at the park.
* *
F. W. Lambert , of MuJJeu , was at Lin
coln Wednesday and brought with him
the information that all of the cattle in
his part of the state are being dipped ,
something unusual at this time of year.
In many instances he said cattle owners
were taking the men out of the harvest
fields to assist in dipping the cattle. The
Standard Cattle Company is dipping 15-
000 bead , the U. B. I. 7,000 head and
Fredon is dipping 2,500 head , these be
ing the largest cattle owners. In most
instances , he said , tha lime and sulphur
dip is being used.