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WltATanico lot of bedfellows these
tliirty-sovon picked men will iniikc.
IK any aceidonts liai > | ) ou to t > chool
children during the "fair vacation" the
responsibility will properly Ho at the
door of the suhool board.
JUST because John Anderson made
himself famous by being buried in a
\voll , it ia ! ' . "t mi excuse for other Ne-
Imibkans to seolc glory in a similar way.
ONK does not Icnow whether to laugher
or to cry that the Union and Northern
Pacific railroads have made up their
differences nnd will agree upon a satis
factory rate. The experience with
the Pacific railroads lias been that balls-
factory schedules always mean exorbit
ant tolls for their patrons.
" Tins people of Shcnandoah , Iowa ,
tarred and feathered a villain and
choked him until ho confes&cd his
crime. It is evident that Iowa is not to
lie outdone by Nebraska , Kansas or
Dakota when it comes to a lynching
party. Tarring and feathering the o'-- '
ject of popular attention is a decided
innovation , and in the Shenandoahcabc
it proved highly effective.
IT WAS a happy inspiration of Post
master Gallagher to suggest that the
Irish-Americans should raise a national
fund for the erection of a monument to
General Sheridan. Of all Americans
who have made Irish names illustrious
in the history of this country Phil Sher
idan stands foremost. It is a tribute of
honor duo to the distinguished hero of
Winchester that the Irish perpetuate
his glory bv erecting a lilting equestrian
Btatue lo his memory.
QUIETLY and patiently laboring
among the unfortunates of this city a
number of philanthropic women of
Omaha have taken upon themselves the
responsibility of oslablishing a home for
unfortunate women. The aid of all
good citizens who have at heart the
morality of the city and the correction
of the socinlovil , is needed inthlsundor-
taktng. Tholask is a dilllcult one , and
success can bo atlnincd only by the en
couragement of these philanthropic
Women in their work of reclaiming the
erring ones.
TIIK discovery of natural gas in the
Ban Luis valley , Colorado ? and Ihe fn-
\orable indicalions of its existence in
Other portions of the state , holds out a
promise that manufacturing enterprises
on a more or loss extensive scale may
he developed there in the not very far
future. A Denver paper says there is
evidence of the existence of natural gas
nci\r Denver , and also near Pueblo , and
that it in highly probable it can bo
tound in western Colorado. With nat-
< 8ral gas added to an abundant supply
Of coal a boom for manufacturing in
Colorado would bo assured.
GoVKitNAK GOHUON of Georgia , has
hcon ronominntod by the democrats of
his state , and in his speech before the
convention hoped the time would come
when the solid south will not bo neces
sary , but thanked God that now , when
it was necessary , the soulh stands firm.
This is a good deal like the man who
hoped to bo able to live honestly some
flay , but thanked the Lord that so long
as ho was stealing ho could find what ho
Wanted and not got caught. This is a
presidential year , mid Governor GorUon
is willing to see the democratic party
gain the election by fair means or foul.
A year ago , when ho visited Ohio , his
speeches wore all in favor of dividing
the solid south.
A NOTAIIMS event in dramatic circles
was the performance last week of Mr.
Augustan Daly's New York company in
"The Taming of the Shrew" nt Strat-
ford-on-Avon , thu birthplace of Shakes
peare. Three years ago MUs Mary An-
florfcon likewise achieved a brilliant tri
umph in Shakespearo's town in his moa\ \
delightful comedy , "As You Like It. "
This may noton the whole appear strange
Blnco wo have become accustomed lo
tniiUo Slratford the American Mecca.
Yet how startling the announcement
would Jail on musical oars to hear thai
n company of American artists had
Kone to Doyrcuth to Interpret Wagner's
'Watkure ' , " or to Milan to sing Verdi's
"Otollo. " But such an event Is cer
tainly as much in the range of posalbll-
tles ai the success which 1ms followed
Miss Anderson or Mtsa Rohan , or the
ovnilons tbul have intended Mr. Bocth
Iifet Thnnj Itovoko It.
The board of education has voted to
postpone the opening of the paWlo
schools from the ! ! d to the 10th of Sep
tember. This action Isoslonslbly taken
to give the ten thousand children who
nltcnd our public schools an opportunity
to take a look at the Omaha fair and
the Sehaitupol show. If this were the
real object in closing the schools for a
week wo should pronounce it u blunder
as well as a piece of extravagance. In
reality the closing of the schools is
much more intended to gratify the pub
lic school teachers than It is their
pupils.
Viewed from any standpoint.Iho post
ponement Is utterly inexcusable and ill-
advised. No well-conducted buslne'-h
house or factory would extend a two
months' vacation for iln
well-paid em
ployes at Ihe very out ct of the busy
hoa on. Woulii Ihe Union Pacific or
Burlington roads or any large linn that
has more than two hundred purnotiHoa
its pay-roll be so extravagant as to close
its shops or storehouses for a week , just
to gratify the curiosity and pleas
ure of Us clerks or workmen ?
Would any of these employes
ask for such a favor after a"sumtnor va
cation of two months ? The two hundred
and fifty teachers and janitors who arc
granted a week's holiday ju-,1 to see a
show , draw about live thousand dollars
for that week , without rendering any
return.
But this t.s not the worst feature. The
board has not merely .sciuandored live
thousand dollars' worth of wcr\ico , but
it has robbed the growing gonoratiou of
our boys and girl.s of five days'timo that
could have been profitably employed in
the schools , and never can bo restored
to them at any price.
Suppose , however , that the object in
fact , as well as in name , U lo give the
school children a week's holiday. What
is the practical effect Jikoly to bo ? Are
we not liable to have scores of acci
dents winch are incidental to the crowd
ing of streets on such occasions ? Is not
the crowding of public thoroughfares
and conveyances certain to be mate
rially increased by ten thousand boys
and girls at large in the city ? Should
not the board bo justly held rcsonsiblo
for any injuries the school children
may sustain during this extra vacation ?
Had the board simply ordered the
schools closed for one or two halt days ,
and directed the teachers to escort
their pupils to the fair , no serious ob
jection could have been raised. As it
is the parents and guardians of school
children will bo compelled to exorcise
special care and supervision to prevent
serious injuries and possible loss of
life , which even the grealost of vigi
lance may fail to prevent through
out nn entire week. In pro
testing against this iU-conhidorcd action
TIIK BIK : is not inspired by spitefulness -
ness or ill-will toward the touchers or
members of the board. The practice of
cutting do'vn the school term and por-
nitling children to roam at largo during
fair time was forcibly denounced by this
> apor more than a year ago. We shall
continue to do so until the practice is
stopped.
There is still time to revoke this or
der and wo hope it will be done.
Co-Operation In Knglaml.
American workingmcn , with all who
are concerned for whatever will benefit
; ho cause of labor , will find interest and
instruction in studying the progress and
present condition of co-operation in En
gland. The twentieth co-oporativo con
gress was recently hold at Dowsbury ,
though the commencement of the ex
periment dates farther bank than twenty
years. Indeed it is more than two de
cades since Mr. Gladstone pointed out
, hat there wore loO.OOO co-operators in
Great Britain who , by dispensing with
the services of retail shopkeepers , saved
one million five hundred thousand
dollars on their yearly consumption.
According to the statistics presented
at the recent congress there are now
1,350 workingmon's retail stores , hav
ing 920,000 members. These stores
have collectively a share capital of ? 46-
! )00,000 ) , besides a good many millions on
deposit. Last year the amount of their
sales reached 8120,000,000 , and nearly
$15,000,000 was divided in the shape of
profits among the members. This last
sum represents the annual saving now
effected by dispensing with the profits
of middlemen. When a now cooperative
tivo store is founded , a minimum in
vestment of five dollars is usually
required to constitulo a share
holder. When one of these societies is
fairly established , however , an install
ment of twenty-five cents is accepted ,
and thereafter the shareholder's .divi
dends upon hih purchases are credited
to him until his subscription is paid up.
It is computed thai by Ihis suppression
of the rolail shopkeeper Ihe co-oporalors
save at least ten per cent on all that
part of their wages which is not needed
to defray rout and taxes.
To eliminate the profits of the whole
sale merchant , and to avert at the same
time the danger of being boy
cotted by the wholesalers in con
sequence of Ihe complaints of exas
perated bhopkeopurs was the next stop.
This object has been partially ac
complished , the sales of the English cooperative -
operative wholesale society amount
ing last year to nearly thirty
million dollars. This wholesale society
has a trading capital of about four and
a half million dollars , and among Its
facilities four steamships engaged in
convoying goods between England am :
the continent. To become a member 01
the wholesale society a retail store must
take a certain number of twenty-five
dollar shares proportioned to the num
ber of its own members. Thus each
of the seven hundred thousatu
co-operators represented in the
wholesale society is a par
proprietor of thai institution. The co
operators have a bank of Iheir own
handling annually more than eight )
million dollars.
U is clearly shown , therefore , that
the experiment in distributive cooperation
ration has been a great success. Yet it
goes only pirt : wjiy in the solution of the
question It attacks. Hohlud the profits
of the shuiiUccpcr and the \vholevJo
merchant lie the profits of the inanufuo
turcr , nnd In ordertp ctTccl this suvinij
the co-oporutive congress voted tojrp | ' .j
thu i > ro harinff priiicip'.u to. pro.Iuc
Ion . Us wc.ll ' ' to dis-
rlbulion and consumption. Tea
a moderate extent tills' raving
s already being effected. The wholeSale -
Sale society has created manufactures
of boots nnd shoes , soap nnd some olhor
irtlclcs , and these establishments Iwo
years ngo returned a not profit of almost
Ifty thousand dollars. There are other
co-oporatlvo assoclallons for production
n Great Britain , i-omo of which wore
bunded by groups of retail stores ,
while others are owned partly by such
societies and partly by individual capl-
.alists. In mo.st of these manufactories ,
lowover , the workmen get no part of
the - profits. The congress resolved
to recommend lo all Iho fac
tories represented by the dele
gates to share profits and risks be-
.wuen the worker , the capitalist and
.he consumer. Assuming tiiat this
counsel will bo acted upon , Ihe effect of
extending the prollt-slinring principle
'rom consumers to producers will bo
lunitcd with great interest by both
capitalists and workingmen in all
outtries. ) It must bo said , however ,
Hint experience does not warrant great
'aith in the success of liie productive
co-operation experiment. AH already
slated , it bus been successful on a
small scale in England , and there is
loubtle s in this BUtllcicnl oueourngc-
iK-iit lo justify the action of Iho cry-op
erative congress looking to the ex-
onsion of the principle , but il is to bo
ipprehoiuled thai with tlie widening of
Is application the dilllcullk's to success
will bo found to grnatly increase , and
those which have boon found lo obstruct
Iho operation of the principle else
where will appear to prevent the full
consummation hoped for in England.
Nevertheless Ihe experiment is worth a
thorough trial , anil nowheru else can it
so well receive it as in England. Mean
while the working people Of America
may judiciously study the .success that
! ias been achieved by English working
> cople in distributive co-operation.
Knctory halmr anil Domestic Service.
The disclosures which n Chicago
paper is making of the hardships and
privations of the great majority of girls
employed in the factories , of that city
lias created a vast amount of local inlor-
est , and the paper is in daily receipt of
many communications conveying com
mendation and suggestion. Quite
naturally most of those sympathizers
with the ill-paid and mistreated factory
girls who write advice to them suggest
domestic service as Iho means of escape
from their present unfortunate condi
tion , picturing pleasant homes and
jriglit firesides where they might bo
contented and happy. It is con
sistent with the sympathetic interesl of
Ihese counsellors that they should do
dill. They are kindly-hearted people
who make their own homes and fire
sides pleasant and bright , treating
, hose who servo them with just consid
eration , and they suppose other people
penorally do likewise.
But it would seem they are very much
in error. At all events their woll-
mcant advice is met by numerous assur
ances from these who have had the ex
perience that as a rule domestic service
has its pains nnd privations which are
not less severe and unbearable , and in
some respecls more so , than those
suffered at the hands of greedy
and inconsiderate factory employ
ers. Housework itself is arduous , but
the complaint is not so much of this as
of Iho tyranny and meanness Jof many
women who employ servants. One who
has done domestic service writes : " I
wouldn't live out in a family , women
U-oal you so bad. " In a similar vein
write nil who have "lived out , " sonic of
them relating experiences that must
cause the least fortunate of factory girls
to congratulate herself that she is not
forced to do domestic service.
Of course there are myriads of homos
whore servants are well treated and are
not continually made to feel that the
service they render is degrading ,
but it is doubtless unfortunately
true that in a greater number these in
service are subjected to treatment which
makes their task as hard and disagree
able as any to bo conceived of , and per
mits little of the sunshine of gladness to
onlor their life of drudgery. Women
are responsible for this , and Iho fact
that it is so general would seem to
prove the natural in&tincl and disposi
tion of women to show the least consid
eration and generosity to her sex when
under her control. The practical facts
of the situation are that there is an
abundant supply of girls who are willing
to do factory labor for pay which will
furnish only Iho most meagre sub
sistence , rather than go lo house
work , while the number of girls com
petent and willing lo do domestic ser
vice is constantly less than Iho demand ,
even in the most populous sections.
And il would appear from the sentiment
expressed through the communications
lo Iho Chicago newspapers that this
situation is likely to continue , at least
until there is a more generally just and
generous consideration for girls who
onlor domcslic service than now pro-
vails.
Dcborvctl ICcbuko.
The character of some of the men oui
government sends abroad to represent
the American people is strikingly illus
trated by an incident which occurred
on the island of San Domingo. Oui
consul lo that republic , II. C. Astwood ,
addressed a letter to the minister of the
interior with this businesslike propo
sition. That a contract bo entered into
between an American showman , II. M.
Linnoll , and the government of San
Domingo for a period of four years foi
the privilege of exhibiting the remains
of the immortal Christopher Columbus
in the United Slates.
That for this right , the government of
San Domingo was to receive twenty
thousand dollars per annum w fifty poi
cent of the proceeds. The government
moreover was lo place at the disposal o
the American "a guard of eight soldiers
with showy uniforms and four priests
in their canonical vestments. "
In reply to this remarkable proposal
the minister of the interior replied will
just indignation :
Profound astonishment , Mr. Consul , is
caused me by tlio rncolpt of such a petition
to-this fio1. ernmont over your ofllcml signa
ture , anil I can only tlnd reason for your ao
lion ! n thy'net thutyoufeol constrajnuJ to
plvo countenance lo IhoHolleltatlon of your
countryman. Hut you muni understand Hint
horc aru ccrlaln tlijij8 ) bo.voiul the roach of.
catuhionri.v | schemes , and your proposition ,
on behalf of your countryman , If agreed to ,
conldnot-bo rccnro il gthenvlso tluii ) as a
shameful profanalloii , which n cumulus of
heutrical Incidents would rentier as offensive
as unique. * * 4 #
Let the body of tlio Illustrious Columbus ,
ogcthcr with tliosejif Napoleon , Washing-
on , llollvar nnd otfir equally revered moti ,
rest forever In peace. Jrco from all oppro
brium , watched by the kindness and zeal of
KiMtcful hearts , wliq IpvCj true glory and res
icct nobility 1
For Ihe sake of America lotus hope Mr.
Astwood blushed with shame when ho
read the minister's re-ply. The circum
stances , however , fully demonstrate the
utter unlltncsH of the average American
consul to represent this1 country among
'oreign nations.
A'cic 1'tiilt Tc/cy/nm. /
It Is said that Uolv.i Loukwo oil's letter of
iccentanco will nppsnr as soon as she can
n.iko up her inlnit what kind ot ribbon she
will tie the leaves together with.
Kopp Away Kroni I'licin.
Oifdiyii TiUinno.
Wo humbly trust that Mr. , Iohn Anderson ,
the hero of tlio nine day's Imprisonment in
that well in Nebraska , will resist tlio sudttu-
Ivo overtures of tlio illmo museum man.
The Clubber * Must Go.
I'lilhiihlvlitn Tuiiri.
The dubbin ? policeman must go. If the
jnly way to set him on * tlio force Is to put
ilm in lull , to Jail ho will have' to KO. It Is
shameful that a man umlor lull for clubbing
vomcn should bu turnuil loose on the streets
to resume Ills clubbing on the llrst oppor
tunity.
TliL-ro very rarely is any cxcusn for police
H'UtulIly. 1'eoplo in the streets are nearly
disposed to treat a paUuoimin with
t , as n protector and guardian , When
10 prove.s hlmsolf uruniiu their imlliriritlon
s all tlio greater , but whatever hostility they
show Is of Ills own creation. The brutal po-
Jivmuu is a public enemy , ami especially an
enemy of Ihe service which ho disgraces.
Tlio leniency with which the police depart -
uent treats its clubbers is nltogetlic r
wrong. It brings the doMrlmcnl | Itself into
discredit and destroys the respect and con
fidence of the public. An onieial should bo
sustained In every rightful exercise of his
authority , but the moment ho shows himself
unfit to be trusted with a club , the club
should bo tulcoii from him. Iho clubbing
policeman mu t go.
Mrs , LaiiKtry will soon leuvo Long Urancli
for her ranch in California. Mrs. Langtry
lias been going at a poldcii gait for some
years.
Cluus Sprccldcs has not Joined the sugar
trust , in spite of rumor. Ho is still going his
own sweet way , ami feels able to "beet" all
opponents. ( i'
Thomas Niclcorson , of 13oston , the million
aire president of the Mdxiean Central mil-
road , is the son of a Capo Coil fisherman ,
and began life penniless.1
Gen. Alfred H. Terry is rapidly regaining
liis health at his home in Now Haven , Conn.
Helms an old army { cut oi\ _ his lawn in which
he spends most of Ins time.
Tcn-thousaml-dollar "Miko" ICclly has not
deserted the Hostons after all. This will
restore eontidcnco in human nature , lost by
many people whim tboy heard of Kelly's de
'
fection.
General Heauregard has resigned the pub
lic works commlssioncrshinp at New Or
leans , anil exceptional activity in the per
nicious propaganda of the Louisiana Slate
lottery may bo looked for.
Levi P. Morton is really a good-looking
man , though campaign banners make him
look as though ho were advertising a patent
medicine anil hail posed for the "before
taking" illustration. In reality his features
are clear-cut anil handsome and his complex
ion is fresh and wholesome.
Mr. Uandnll lives in a $3,000 house at
Washington , am ! Is a poor man. Says Judge
Kelley : "I have u false reputation for be
ing rich , because I am called Pig-Iron ICel
ley , but I never owned a half acre of Iron in
my life. I am lu debt more than I can pay ,
and I am living as quietly as possible com
patibly with doing the best I can for my
country , in the hopes of being able to satisfy
my creditors before I dio. "
I. M. Weston , a Michigan banker , says it
cost him $5,000 to learn that Chief Justice
Fuller is an able lawyer , but the lesson was
convincing. Says Mr. Westou : "Ho was the
opposing lawyer in a suit in which our bank
was one of the opposing parties. Wo thought
wo had a dead sure thing , and I laughed at
him before wo went into court. IIo didn't
oven give us a chance to put a witness on
the stand ; ho went to work with that brain
of his mid licked us so badly that wo didn't
know whether wo had been a-foot or a-liorso-
back. "
KINGS AXI ) QUKBXS.
The young Icing of Spain 1ms a slighv at
tack of measles. This is the mo-it important
outbreak Spain has had for homo timrj.
Empsror Frederick was a prominent Free
mason , but his son , William 11. , has an un
conquerable prejudice against the brother
hood.
The duke of Edinburgh has been made a
general of infantry in the German army.
Queen Victoria is only a colonel in the sauio
organisation ,
Prince Hismarck has been made honorary
master of the Corporation of Gorman Tail
ors. Is this because ho prevented Prince
Alexander of Hattcnburg from pressing his
suit ?
King Christian of Denmark has decorated
Prince Henry of Germany with the Order of
the Kleplmnt. Perhaps the king wished to
politely satirize the sbo of the trunk Prince
Henry took to Copenhagen.
The queen of IJouimmia's poem In memory
of the Kmporor Frederick may bo published
after all , as the story that It reflects on the
present emperor is now denied. Hut the
question rests with Queen Victoria , who has
the poem.
The Pope's .Tubileo gifts included upward
of 100.0JJ bottles of the choicest wines of all
sorts. It has just been decided , mid very
properly , that these nnd all the other COM-
biimublo articles , are to bo distributed
among the hospitals.
It is reported that Queen Victoria Intends
to purchase the Villa Xirio nt San Komo , the
residence for a time of , the late Emperor
Frederick. She intejids to leave the apart
ments as they were during the distinguished
patient's occupancy.
Queen Victoria recently , It is said , desired
to inspect u detachment of Ceylon Hides
that were in England , , None of them knew
any English. When tho/ paraded In the
grand corridor at Winasor the queen , pass
ing among thrill , asked ono : "Have you
been long In England t" The answer was lu
pure Cingalese , and tlio queen , without be
traying any embarrassment , answered ; "Oh ,
Indeed 1" and dropped the conversation. All
the soldiers caucht the remark and remem
bered It , and whoa they wont homo repeated
it to their comrades and friends , and now In
Ceylon the principal English phrase heard Is ,
"Oh , Indeed 1" which Is very Important , be-
causa the queen used It.
T onr l of IMitilln Works.
The board of public- works held a short
session last evening and grunted to Hugh
Murphy Iho contract for paving Pacltlc
street from Sixth to Tenth with sandstone.
Tills Is ono of the contracts lately taken
away from Kenan Uros. In compliance with
the wish of Mr. Mayno , who wont to Chicago
cage yesterday , the matter of ordering stone
walks put down whore the citizens have
failed to provide them was left ovCr until
next Wednesday.
VOIOI3 OtTIIK 8TAT15 PHKB9. '
The Oakland Independent thinks that , the
"man who wouldn't ' lire In N'bbr.iska on ad-
count of blizzards , ought to bo satisfied with
this weather. "
The West Point Republican combines two
truths when It says 'there Is u lively race be
tween the booms of King Corn and Hen Harrison
risen In Nebraska at present. Tlio truth Is ,
they arc both going to gel there. "
"In Turkey , " iays the Xoumlu Granger ,
"when a man Is caught In u lie tin oflli-lul Is
sent topalut the front of Ills house black. In
Nebraska , when a man has become a notori
ous liar , ofllco-seekers go In quest of him for
a ward politician. "
The Fremont Tribune does not believe
that the reduction of freight rates will have
any bearing on railroad bulhllng In Nebraska
the coming j car , for It says ; "Ills expected
Unit next year railroad building in Nebraska
will receive a now impetus. The cost of con
struction will bo greatly reduced by using
the corn stalks now growing for telegraph
poles and ties.
The York Republican holds 1111 untenable
position ou the attorney generalship. It
says : "Wo want our renders to distinctly
understand that the Republican docs uot ,
even by silence , sanction the light the York
Times is making on General Leeso. Mr.
Lccse has been and now Is the best attorney
general Nebraska over had. Ho has tiiul
the ofllco two terms , that is enough. This Is
all the light wo have and wo ask that state
honors be passed around , "
Columbus has just hud a circus , but. It
would seem that the Argus wuiits another
one , for it sajs : "II. is repot ted that ox-
Senator Van Wyek and railroad boodle
worker Thurston have been invited to make
ftpci'ehes nt the Columbus fair. Wo would
suggest that they have a joint debate 1C
auch u discussion could ho gotten up Colum
bus would luivo n larger crowd there this
season than n\-er before. "
And this is the Columbus Journal's en
dorsement of n tried and faithful stuto ofll-
cor : "Attorney General Lucso has kept him
self a little closer to the peoples interests
than any other man wo remember in a state
ofllco. The republican party of Nebraska
cnnnot afford to pick up another man If Mr.
Lce'o will accept the nomination. Pub'io '
olncials without a decent attempt to do their
duly arc so common that it Is a refreshing
gratification to find a man , now nnd again. "
The largeness of our state Is thus illus
trated by the Ulysses Dispatch : "Every
morning during the corn planting season the
farmers of Nebraska go out into u corn Held
larger than Iho whole state of Now Jersey.
Every noon during harvest they go in to din
ner from n wheat field which contains 100,000
acres more than the wholestato of Delaware ;
and every night Mary calls the cattle homo
from a pasture larger than the state of Penn
sylvania. "
The Tckamah Uurtoniaii has the following
on L. S. Irwin's candidacy for the attorney
generalship : "He is n brothor-iu-law of
.Too Scott , our present commissioner of pub
lic lands and buildings , who has been con
spicuous for his persistent efforts to defeat
any railroad regulation oy the state board
of transportation ; railroad Interests would
have nothing to fear. The will of the people
is Iho sovereign power , and railroad corpor
ations must submit to reasonable regula
tion. "
The Sidney Telegraph sums up the railroad
situation in this \vay : "The railways have
concluded to light the state of Nebraska and
refuse lo acknowledge the authority'of the
railroad commission to regulate rates. Iho
Union Pacific arrogantly asserts that because
it was chartered by the government the state
of Nebraska cannot legally regulate its rates.
Wo hope the attorney-general and state ofll-
cers will press the light vigorously and teach
the railway corporations that they are not
stronger than the people of Nebraska.
The South SiouxCity Sun prophecies , from
present indications , that "the legislature to
meet next winter at Lincoln will bo ono of
the wildest and wooliest sort. Just now the
air Is full of monopoly and anti-monopoly
howls and the yawpers making tlio nolso
have hardly commenced to try their lungs ,
The Sun predicts that Iho members of the
latter class will get their jackets dusted in
November. Not that wo believe they do-
deserve such a fate , but because Iho crop of
fools in Nebraska is no smaller Ihis year
Ihan It was last year. "
Tlio Way no Herald says that "Hon. Uriah
Hruncr , of West Point , is a candidate for the
nomination for state senator , and asks for it
on a 200 page railroad bill which he has pre
pared us a platform. The point to the bill is
the fixing of n minimum rate. Thai is , mak
ing a rate and making it illegal for the com
panies to charge less. This move ho claims
Is necessary in order Unit weak companies
may build ro.ids without the danger of bolug
frozen out by the larger one ? . Mr. liruner
says this scheme Isontiroly now and original.
It probably is , and it Is also ridiculous , as
well. "
The North Nebraska Eagle lets out a lusty
scream over Dakota county's expenses :
"Iho Eagle has Raid before , nnd it says so
again , that there has been a gross neglect of
duty on the pait of some ono for the present
state of existence in county affairs. There
is a chani'O for investigation. Ono thing Is
certain , too inucb money Is expended ouch
year. Why would it not be u good idea to
arrunco for u general curtailing of expenses
and the first thine to commence on bo the
county officials' salaries ? Do not buy any
thing or allow a bill to anyone without the
money on hand to pay it. In doing It this
way Dakota county would save from i0 ! to10
per cent each year. "
Speaking of the rciiominatlon of Hon.
Charles 15. Kcckloy for state senator , the
York Times says : "His sterling qualities of
head and heart , his earnest and generous
work for the paity and for the people , and his
unasmilluhla n-cord place him above rivalry ,
and beyond the possibility of itofeat. Mr.
Kcckloy is right on all Important issues and
lias the ability and the courage to maintain
his position and imiko hiinsulf clearly under
stood. Ho accomplished more during the
last session of the legislature than jiny
olhor member of Iho senate , though it was
his llrst term. Ills work was entirely unsel
fish and was therefore the more bouoilclal to
Iho public nnd creditable to himself. "
The Farmers' Advocate , published at
North Loup , grasps the political situation In
the state and expounds the gospel truth to
its reaaers as follows : "A dotorminoil of.
fort is being made to elect to the legislature
men who will use their efforts towards repealing
pealing the present railroad law which hits
proved to bo a gigantic obstaelo in the way
of the monopolizing railroads.Vo trust that
their efforts in this direction will fall , as the
law has proven of great value to thu shippers
of Nebraska and should Do ninemlod In such
a way us to leave no loop hole through which
the railroads can crawl when Important
transportation questions arise. "
The Grand Island Independent lias had a
visit from Mr. Irwln , u young Kearney law
yer , who aspires to the ofltco ot attorney
general , and comments as follows , "Wo are
not acquainted with Mr. Invlu and can
neither recommend ror opposy him person-
ally. Hut wo think , ami oxpiossed to him ,
that Mr. Loose has douo hi * duty so excellently -
lently , thnt the people cannot spare this true
servant , and that no other men ought to bo
considered as long as there Is a possibility
that Mr. Lccso can bo ro-olocted to tlio present -
ont position. Every man , who wants to see
tbo people's Interest * protected , ought to
work for the rononunntlon nnd rb-olocUon of
'our prcscut 'attorney general , Lacso. "
SHKIUDAX'S HANK.
One of Three I/cailcrs Honored With
the Highest Military Title.
At the time of his death , Sheridan had at
tained the highest pinnacle of military glory
which can bo readied under our system of
government. The ofllces of general nml
lieutenant general were created and dis
tributed as rewards for brilliant service In
the Held In defense of our country. The
title of general has been conferred upon but
three persons and that of liutitcnunt-general
noon but five during the century In which we
have been governed by our present constitu
tion. The former position has been held only
by Grant , Sherman und Kherldun ; In each
case us u icsult of extraordinary success dur
jig the civil war ,
Unti I.luly 1703 , Iho army was under direct
control of the senior major-general. At that
lime , on account of n threatened war with
France , George Washington niiulu com-
inumlcr-in-chlof of the army with thotitloof
llculenaiit-general. This point Is often over
looked us It Is commonly believed Unit ho
licld the higher olllce. However , this Is an
erroneous Idea as the nominating message
tii y still bo scon m the ofllco of the secretary
of the senate rrr.dim ; thus.
Gentlemen of thn Sc'iiato : I nominate
George Washington , of Mount Vernon , to bo
lieutenant general and commandor-in-chief
of all the armies raised or to bo raised In the
United States. Jonx ADAMS.
United States July' ' , 1708.
Ho never exercised the dutioi as the ex
pected hostilities fell under , and ho there
fore died while holding this position. Again
the army was under control of the senior
major general , oven throuqh the war of 1M2 ,
down to the appointment of Wmllelii Hoott
as lieutenant general , in recjgnitlon of his
brilliant caiiipiign in Mexico. At the be
ginning of the late contest he retired , while
for three years the war was carried on by
ofllcers with no higher rank than senior gca
oral. The transfer of Grant to the Army of
the Potomac raised him to tlio lieutoiiant-
gcneralship and the close of that campaign
brought him Iho title of general , at the same
time phu Ing Sherman In the vacated oftlco.
With his election lo the pre deney , his mili
tary connection was broken , anil Sherman
and Sheridan each promoted. The winter
before his death Grant was restored to the
ollico of general and placed on the retire
list.
list.Tho
The position was abolished with Iho retire
ment of Sherman , and thu army was com
manded by Lieutenant General Sheridan
until his recent illness. Then a bill was
brought before congress and passed abolish
ing the ollico of lieutenant general and re
storing that of general , which was to ceaie
at the death of the next Incumbent. Sheri
dan was immediately appointed by President
Cleveland to this position. Ho never performed -
formed the duties of the place for , since that
time , he had not risen from his bed. The
difCeienco in pay is about JV > 00 per year , so
that he has had little benefit of the oflico
with the exception of the honor ootifoirod.
As that was the highest rank in the military
service to which ho could nspirc , lie was not
cut off until ho had reached the topmost
round of the ladder , and had placed his name
in tlie list of military leaders , above those of
Washington and Scott alongside of Grant
and Sherman. A'KTUH RO UWATKII.
Sliorlilan nt OtlniCreek. . Oct. It ) , ' 01.
ll'/illiil/iir / riiclicr.
Old Early camped at Fisher's Hill.
Resolved some Yankee blood to spill.
Ho chose his time when Phil was gone
The Yankee camp to fall upon.
At night ( of other ways bereft ) ,
Ho marched his troops around our left ,
With orders strict unto his boys ,
To nothing take 'twould make a noise.
While they wore on the mission bent
Wo Yanks wore still on sleep intent ,
Until the Robs with rousing volley
Warned us that sleep was death und folly.
Old Eany carried out his plan ,
Surprising Crook and his command ,
Who hud not time their lines to form
So sudden was the rebel storm.
Now , at the rising of the sun
Old Eaily thought it jovial fun ;
But General Grover of war-liko fatno
Saul he would help them play the game.
He formed a line some hundreds strong
To check Old Early and his throng ;
And so ho held the robs at bay
Till ho was flunked from every way.
This gave the Sixth Corps time to form ,
Who bravely fated the lead and storm
Until some other troops could rally
To drive old Early from the valley.
Ttio Johnnies thought the victory won ,
And pillaging at once begun ,
Robbing the dead and wounded , Ino ,
As none but southern bloods could do.
Now when the day was almost lost
God sent n reinforcing host.
The host Ho sent was but u man ,
But 'twas the noble Sheridan.
On , on , ho came with lightning speed I
To help his troops in hour of need ,
And scatter 'ueath the southern skies
The men who dare his camp sin prise.
Ah ! then anptlier sound was hoard ,
And liberty's thu rallylnir word ;
While every heart was tilled with pride
To see their gallant leader ride ,
And bid them all the light renew
And show what right 'gainst wrong could do.
By night our camp wu will regain
And vengeance taito for all our slain.
Then order Hew from loft to right ,
And glorious WHS the evening sight ;
The rebels lied mid cannon's roar
With loss of all they'd gamed and more.
Around their llauks bravu Custer How ,
As other cavalry could never do
He captured guns , well nigh three score ,
Including these we'd lost before.
Three cheers for Emory. Crook and Wright !
Torbett , Merrill and General D wight 1
Three for Custer and his command !
And thrco for General Sheridan I
God bless our nation each bravo .son.
And now this dre.ulful war Is done ,
May not tn anil south united stand ,
As now they are a happv land.
By Asa Dixon , Blair , Neb , , Attguit IbSS.
THU UKMOUUiVriC AMjIHS.
Prohibition Sinews of War Kimilshci !
l > y tlio Jloiii'lions.
WVSIIINOTOSJ , August II. [ Special to TUB
Buu. ] One of the promised si-undals in con
nection with the campaign will relate to the
prohibition ticket. A gentleman , high In
the cnunscls of tlio republican management ,
says : " 1 don't think It will bo six weeks
until it will bo shown to the atUluction of
the. most skeptical th.it not only Is thu pro
hibition campaign in the various doubtful
states being conducted ulth democratic
money , but that tlio imiiieniulo friends of
President Cleveland dictated the nomina
tions of the prohibition tieuet. I do not say
that thu men who form the rank and Ilia of
the prohibition party have any cimnixtion
with this league. I do say , however , that
most of the men who are furnishing
thn sinews for thu campaign , and
who have control of It , are workIng -
Ing directly in the interest of the
democratic party , and that they are using
democratic money by wholesale. They are
vicious and morronary. The great bodv of
prohibition voters are men of honor and the
liijjhcst type of character. The great ma
jority of them come from thu republican
party , and would vote the republican ticket
were It not that lhay bclievo they can pro
mote temperance 'by untieing u stand with a
distinct touiifi"tiicc | party. I believe that an
exposure will be made which will rout ovcry
ono of these runcnis who are trying to leiv !
thcpiohibltion party , 'mil that it will bo ths
downfall of democratic connection with pro.
I'ibi'Iwi. We have It from thu most nnmis-
taUcsvhlo source * that democratic money nnd
democratic1 oruanlrors luivo gone Into J,7ow
Jersey , .Now Yorli , Connecticut and Indiana ,
and that 'lie ' purnosQ Is t-j biVim the prohlbl
tlon ticket us vigorously ua possible. The
dtfsnoera'.s hope .o take enough votes froai
the republican parly by the prohibition party
lo offset some of its losses on account of the
Mills Urlff blU.
. - . . . . -in-.a. . >
' J11K BEG SOU Al' BOOK.
Umbrellas. i
It may bavfl boon forgotten by many , totrt
It Is none the less singular thnt umbrella )
did not como into general use until near the
close of the last century. Jonas Itanwny ,
who died In 1780 , It Is snld , was the llrst l > e
sou In England lo usoUiIs article. }
General Putnam's Rlilc. i /
All of the school children ol Omuhn Imvh
rend of Putnam's famous rlda down n ftlccit
precipice to escape from the British dragoons ,
but how many can tell vrhcro this ovi > ut
occurred. In the town of Greenwich , Conn. !
there Is a point of land running out Into
Long Island sound , which , for many years ,
lias been called the "Horse-neck. " It wai
formerly used as a pasture for horses. Foi
a long time it was known as "Putnam's '
Hill. " Hero occurred his famous ride OU tUp.
'Joth of February , 177U.
Tlio O ill Hot Inc. . A'
This Instrument of decapitation vtas siVfr |
posed to have been Invented by Dr. Joseph ;
Igniieo Gulllolln , about 17S5. The story ua
often related that the Inventor Buffered
death by this Instrument of his own creation
Is a great error. During the revolution hu
ran some Intrant of being subjected lo Its
deadly operation , but escaped , and lived to
be one of the founders of the Academy ot
Medicine ut Paris , uud died May ' . ' 0 , MIJ ,
greatly respected. J
Origin of "Xoctolnllcr. "
Kit-hard Turner , an artisan of Presloflj
Lancashire , In addressing temperance meet
ings , acknowledged Unit lie had been a hard
drinker , anil being an ill Iterate man and lu
want of a word to express how much ha
then abstained from mult mid spirits , ox-
claimed' "I am now a teetotaller , " uboul
1SU.
Lucifer matches came Into use about ISIf.
In March , IS I. ' , Hcubon Partridge patented
machinery for manufacturing the splints.
In 1M13 , Schrotter , of Vienna , discovered hit
amorphous phosphorus , by the use of which
Lucifers are rendered loss dangerous , and
the manufacture less unhealthy.
Him ; FJII\VM of Connecticut.
If any nun , after legal conviction , shall
have or worship any other God but the Lord
God , bee shall bee put to death.
If any man or WOMI in boo a Witch , that Is ,
hath or consulteth with a famllllar spirrit ,
they shall bee put to death.
If any person shall blaspheme the name of
God the ffnthcr , Sonno or holy Ghost , with
direct , exptcss , presumptuous or high-handed
bliispliomv , or shall cur.so In the like manner ,
heo shall beu put to death.
If any poison shall slay another through
guile , either by poisonings or other such
Duvillish practice , lieo shall bee put to
death.
If any man stculclli man or nianklnde , lieo
shall bee put to death.
If any man rise up by false witness , wit
tingly and of purpose to takeaway any mau's
life , lice shall bee put to death.
The lorcgoing are only a few of what \vor < j
called "Capitall Laws. "
Kirs ! Hooks Printed in Kngluml.
For the benefit of these who are curious
about such matters , the titles of a few of tho.
lirst books printed are given :
The Game and Playo of the Chesso ; The
Boko of Tulle of Old Ago ; The Polycronyon ;
The Chronicles of England ; Polycronyon ;
The Hylic of Perfection ; Tlio Description of.
Englonde , Walys , Scotland and Ireland j
The Lord's Prayer.
Commencement ol'tlio Kevolutlon.
In referring to the American revolution It
is a common practice to designate the "Bat
tle of Lexington" as a commencement.
What constitutes a commencement I If It
should be decided that the llrst resistance to
British by American troops shall bo consid
ered as the commencement , thus Iho glory
belongs to "Bunker Hill. " If , on the other
Hand , it shall bo decided that the first blood
shed in resisting British aggression shall bo
considered as the commencement , thus the
time should bo sot back to the 5th of March ,
1770 , when the "King Street" light occurred.
The next in order would bo the burning of
the British war schooner , "Gaspeo" In Nar-
ragausct bay during the night of Juno Oth ,
1772. The "Buttle of Lnxington" did not oo
cur until April 10 , 1775.
The Clint-go ol'tlio Mnlit Brigade *
I'orwnnl , tha Mght Iirlgndel
Was there a man illsmnyeil ?
Not though the hoUlor know
Some ono Imd hlmiiler'd.
The question -'What ' was the blunder , nnil
how made , " has often been asked. Perhaps
the following will explain :
The "charge" was made during what has
been called the "Crimean War" at or neat
the town of Balaklava , which lies ten miles
southeast from Subastopol. On the 21th of :
October , Is5l , liOJU ! Russians , commanded
by General Llprandi , attacked and took somq
redoubt * in the vicinity which had boon en
trusted to about iiV ) Turks , t'hey next as-
saulteil the nnglLsh , by whom they were
compelled to retire , mainly through tha
charge of tlio heavy cavalry , lud by Briga
dier Scarlett , under the orders of Lord
Lucan. After this , from an unfortunate
conception of Lord Kiglaii's order , Lord
Lucan ordered Lord Cardigan , with "tha
light cavalry , to charge the Uusslan army ,
which had re-formed on Its own ground witli
its artillery in front. This order was mosl
gallantly oboyed. Of ( iOf British horsemen
who rode in this famous charge only 10S re
turned.
Spectacles , unknown to the aneionts , ara
generally supprisud to have boon invented by
Alexander do Sjuiin , a monk of Florunco
Italy , auout l-Jsj. According to Dr. Plott ,
thov won ) Invented by Kogor Bacon , abotil
USO. Mannl , in his treatise , gives pi-oof III
favor of Salvino being Iho Inventor.
"Two
j/ld / IVIirdci
Tliuru was u man , it was said ono time ,
Who wont astray lu his youthtul pnmo.
Can the brain keep uool nud the heart koo [
quiet
When tlio blood Is a river that's running riot'
And the boys will bo boys , the old folks say ,
And a man's the bolter wlio'u luJ ; his day.
The sinner reformed , ami the preacher told
Of the prodigal BOH wlio came bank to tha
fold ,
And the Christian people throw open thodooi
With u warmer wolcoino than ever before.
Wealth and honor were his j/ > command
And a spotless woman gave him her hand ,
And the world Mi-owed their pathway with
lluwcrs tt-hUiOiii ,
Crying , "God bleia lady nnd God blos (
groom ! "
Thcro was it maiden went astray ,
In the goldou dawn of life's young day ,
She had mnro passion and htuiittlian head ,
And she followed blindly whuro fond lova
led ,
And love uin-hor-kcd is n dangerous guide ,
To wander at will liy a fair girl's bide.
The woman repented and turned from hoi
Rill ,
But no donr opened to let her lu ;
Tlio preacher prayed tha , the u.lxlit bo for.
given ,
But told her to look for mercy in licjivon.
For this i tlio law of the earth we know.
That the woman is seemed , wlnls the mac
may go.
A brave man wedded h.'r after nil.
But the world said , frowning , "We shall nol
call. "
_ _
The lady who left a dest'rliitlon of hoi
missing watch and chain with Ohio'
Scavey a week or o nu < > can Ilii'l hei
property with that ollicial now. it hiiV'
intf been takun from a biiniivlu ' | " ilwr
no tor in Iluntjvillu , Mo.
