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oflcglslnUvo bills.
Junoi : H\ititiiT's decision in the
Now Yorlc suproino court against thu
sugnr trust is n sweet morsel to roll
under the tongue of tho'consumer.
IK DICIC Br.ttMX doosn't lose his head
over the nauseating slobber tlmtisboing
poured at his foot by lickspittle report
ers and journalists it will be n wonder.
is a story about Horatio the
Roman holding the bridge against the
invaders. But he cuts no figure at all
beside Fillibustcror Weaver of Iowa
holding the house at bay.
Tin : British investor , between buy
ing worthless American railroad stock
and electric sugar securities , will soon
fool himself reduced to the level of the
excluded pauper laborer.
IT was in accord with the eternal fit
ness of things that Mr. Seed ot Scward
county should b'o put on the committee
of agriculture and should bo made
chairman of the committee on gra/.ing.
Tins Honorable Roustabout Morrissey -
soy has been assigned temporarily on
the committees of banking and cur
rency , revenue and taxation and man
ufactures and commerce. Just think
of this eminent financier revising our
banking system and our taxation laws !
GOVKUNOIl-KMCCT FllANXJIS , Of Missouri -
souri , is credited with making over a
million dollars in the recent wheat
speculation. That may explain why
the retiring Governor Morohousc re
ferred to the necessity of stringent leg
islative action to make dealing in op
tions a criminal offense.
NEW MKXICO has boon hoard from.
The land of sheep , Spaniards , Apaehos
and buried cities does not propose to sit
idly by and see Dakota walk into the
union without a protest. Its delegate
to congress , Antonio Joseph , 1ms made
an appeal for the admission of the terri
tory , but congress will take plenty of
time to digest the claims of Now Mexico
for statehood.
Fnr.TTT'tw'o-thirds of the members of
the house committee on public lands
and buildings represent localities that
have boon favored with pul > lic build
ings and charitable institutions by the
state. This makes the committed the
most aggressive combine that lias over
boon welded together by the seductive
power of appropriations. It is safe to
predict that that committee will , if it
has its way , drain the surplub out of
the state treasury and pile up the agony
of liberal appropriations till the state
groans and staggers under the oppres
sive burden.
IT may bo of general interest to the
business community to learn that sta
tistics place the number of failures for
thu your just ended at ton thousand
out of a total of one million and forty-
six thousand business firms. In other
words , there was one failure for every
Ulnoty-oight men in "business. This
ratio will seem unusually high , taking
into consideration that the year 1888
was considered a fairly prosperous one ,
The number of failures was higher than
for 1887 , when It was in the proportion
of ono to every ono hundred and thirty.
TIIK appalling disaster which over
took tlio populous c'ltles of Pittuburg ,
Reading , anil other towns of Pennsyl
vania , will send a thrill of horror
through the whole country. The do-
Btructivo cyclone , resulting in the loss
of BO many lives and property , has not
boon paralleled for many years. It was
known in the signal service department
that an area of lowbaromotrio depression
extended from Nebraska to the Atlantic
ocean and from Memphis to Canada. It
was predicted that severe storms would
sweep across the country and caution
ary signals wore displayed , but no such
violent manifestation of the fury of the
elements was anticipated. There is a
wide Held for investigation in the study
of the cyclone. With all our Bciontlllo
Investigations , our weather prophets
cannot foretell when to prepare for
those terrible visitations , and it would
appear that Pennsylvania or any other
section of the country is just as liable
to bo Hwopt by the fury of the cyclone
as Dakota or Louisiana.
l SEEDED KKFOfMf.
The sooner ft well digested bill regu
lating private tanks in Nebraska cnn
be prepared and introduced in the legis
lature the bolter it will bo for all coir
corned. The public Imvo 11 right to de
mand it for their own protection as de
positors , and tankers ought to join in
requesting it for the preservation ol
their credit and that of the utato.
Five years ago the Chemical National
bank of Now York paid Nebraska bank
ing institutions the high compliment of
of saying that In twenty year * of ex
tensive business relations with the
banks of this state it had never lost n
dollar.
But in five years . Nebraska
has doubled in population ami
three recent bank failures indicate
cato that it has not doubled the
safeguards thrown around its bunks , In
each and every one of the CIISCH noted ,
gross if not criminal mismanagement
was the 3auso of the failure. None ol
the insolvencies would have boon prob
able under a law which provided ns
rigid restrictions for state banks n >
those which apply to tanks operating
under the federal statute.
An investigation of the books of the
stnto auditor at Lincoln , will
show that thcro a are num
ber otHO called banks operating
in Nebraska without a dollar of paid up
capital. They are doing business holely
and entirely on the money of depositors ,
wliO'io funds they are loaning and on
whom the entire losses rcsulUnir from
bad loans or mismanagement must fall.
Organized under a state banking law ,
which gives sanction to their operations
In return for a mere pretense of state
supervision , the only duty in return ia
an annual report of their business ,
which is filed away in the auditor's
olllce and is of no practical value toatiy-
ono.
There is urgent need of a wisely
stringent banking law whose chiol
feature shall bo a state bank
examiner , acting under the treas
urer with all the powers of a
national bank examiner. Such an ofli-
cor's salary could readily bo met by
fees pah ! by the banks whose books are
examined and whoso casli is counted.
In addition the treasurer should be em
powered to call for quarterly statements ,
which , as in the case ot those of the na
tional banks , should bo printed conspic
uously in the home papers , so that
every depositor could have an oppor
tunity of knowing , lho condition
of the institution witli which ho is deal
ing.The
The credit of Nebraska banks has
boon so excellent throughout the
country that our bankers cannot altord
to omit any opportunity which presents
itself to preserve that credit and their
own reputations unimpeached.
COOPER AKD THE RAIL
ROADS.
The now governor of Colorado , Mr.
Cooper , took very positive ground in his
inaugural address in favor ot the enact
ment of it railroad law for the better
protection of the people of that state
against the exactions 01 the corpora
tions. Ho called attention to the faet
that the republican platform distinctly
pledged the party in favor of fair but
stringent legislation respecting the
railways , and that the pledge should bo
faithfully and fully redeemed. "Wo
declare , " said the governor , "that
pools , rebates , and all discriminations
should bo prohibited , and the prohibi
tion rigidly enforced by heavy penalties.
Wo also demand legislation that will
prevent the charging of exorbitant
rates. Wo also demand legislation pro
hibiting all oflleers judicial , legisla
tive and executive from accepting , di
rectly or indirectly , railway passes or
free tickets. " It will thus bo soon that
the demands of the pcoplo of Colorado
are very nearly in line with those of
Nebraska , and unfortunately the
chances of having them complied with
are about ovon. In Colorado the legis
lative committees have been largely
made up in the interest of the railroads ,
it is presumed at the dictation of the
railway attorney , Mr. E. O. Walcott ,
who will next week bo elected to
the United States senate. In Nebraska
the chairman of the railroad committee
is a notorious and unscrupulous railroad
capper , who can bo depended upon to
spare no effort to shield the railroads.
Under such conditions the people of
neither Colorado nor Nebraskaaro war
ranted in indulging the hope of getting
needed and just railway legislation.
AN Ab'J'f-TIWST LAW.
The legislature of Nebraska ought to
enact an explicit and comprehensive
law prohibiting combinations within
the state to regulate prices and limit or
destroy competition. Whatever power
congress may possess to deal with trusts
it iw very evident thnro will bo no legis
lation on the subject by the present
body. The bravo promises made at the
first session by loaders of both parties
have boon disregarded , and a score of
anti-trust measures are hidden away in
committee rooms , very lllcoly lobe swept
away with the debris remaining when
the present congress shall die. Whether
from a doubt regarding the authority of
congress , as some have professed , or by
reason of the influence of the great com
bines , the representatives of the people
in the national legislature plainly in
tend to Ignore this question for tlio
present , while freely admitting4horo is
none affecting the interests of the people
plo and the commercial welfare of the
country of greater importance.
This situation enforces tlio necessity
of state action. A general policy of
anti-trust legislation by the states would
destroy the growing evil , and the right
of the etntos to enact such
legislation has never boon ques
tioned. No defender or apologist of
trusts has over suggested a doubt that a
state has the right , in granting corpor
ate franchises , to make it a condition
that such f ranch uos shall not , under
penalty of forfeiture , bo alienated from
the parties to whom * grantcd and sur
rendered to the control of trustees or
ngontj without responsibility to the
stato. It is also not doubted that a
state may prohibit and punish pooling
and combinations between persons or
corporations doing business within its
jurisdictionwhen the purpose of such ar
rangement is the regulation and control
of prices mid production. The juiUcin
opinions respecting trusts and like com
binntions , so far its wo have observed ,
recognize the right of a state to do
those things , and wo do not know thai
it has anywhere or by anybody , save
tlio attorneys of the trusts , boon denied
or questioned. It Is notably recognized
In the decision Just rendered by Judgt
Barrett , in the New York BUpromt
court , sustaining the action of the at
torncy general of that slate to forfeit
the charter of a sugar refining company
which had disposed of its stock to the
trust and closed up its works.
The bill introduced In the state senate
ate by Mr. ICccklcy upnonra to bo ttcoui'
prchotisive measure , the provisions of
which do not exceed the authority ol
the stale to proscribe regulations for
the conduct of basliiesi within Its juris
diction. The importance of the sub
ject , however , requires that the bill
shall be given the most careful con
sideration , and its timely Introduction
will permit this to be done. A pretty
general slate movement ngalnst trusts
and all forms ot combination inimical
to the freedom of trade mid dangerou *
to the public welfare seems assured , tint :
Nebraska should show a proper concern
In this very important matter. But
what IB done should bo carefully ma
tured , bo thai it will sland any test and
thus become a permanent bulwark for
the protection of the people against all
forms of monopoly and exaction ,
LHT Tim COMUm'EK REl'OltT.
What has become of the serious
charges prelerrcd against Building Inspector
specter \Vhitlock in connection will :
the permit Issued by him to the No\\
York Life insurance company to occupy
OSxIlfcetof Seventeenth street for at :
underground power house ? It will be
remembered that AVhitlock dellboi1'
ately falsified the facts connected willi
this extraordinary transaction , anil
purposely misinformed the mnyot
and members of the council
about the permit , and had the audauitj
in disregard of the order of the council
to issue the permit while injunction
proceedings were pending. The com
mittee of the last council which was di
rected to investigate the charges ol
high handed insubordination failed to
report , and the papers have been laid
over for action by their successors in
the present council. As a mat
ter of fcolf-respcct the council should
make every eily olllcor understand
that its orders should not be defied
with Impunity. Aside from this , however -
over , Whitlock's course in this connec
tion leaves no other inference than col
lusion or spite work. In cither case ho
has shown himself unlit for the place
he holds , even if ho was a competent
builder and brought to the discharge of
his duties anything more than the ex
perience giined with a jackplano in a
carpenter shop.
Tuii present congress appointed a
committee , of which Tillmnn ot Soutli
Carolina is chairman , to investigate the
controversies last year between the rail
road corporations and their employes in
Pennsylvania , and to recommend what
legislation , if any , was required of c6n-
gross. Tlio committee has not yet re
ported , but promises s-oon to do so. It
seems from expressions of the chairman ,
however , that its conclusions are not
likely to be of great value. Ilisviewis
that the inter-stale commerce act has al
ready destroyed state control of railroads
and it appears likely the committee will
find the anthracite coal operators ,
railroads and mine owners in the
enjoyment of a monopoly diffi
cult to reach. If such shall bo
the case the time and expense of the
committee was worse than wasted , but
it is remembered that the investigation
was of the most perfunctory character ,
taking the character rather of a pleas
ure trip than a matter ot serious busi
ness , while the delay in making the report -
port will bear a construction not alto
gether favorable to the committee.
Nevertheless the conclusion of Mr.
Tillman and his colleagues will not
finally dispose of the question whether
thb grasping and merciless monopoly
cannot be subjected to the regulation
of law.
TUB message of ex-Governor McGill ,
of Minnesota , is reassuring to the ad
vocates of .high license. Ho states that
while no official data has been gath
ered , information to bo relied on shows
a decrease of fully one-third in the
number of saloons in tlio state and an
increase of one-quarter in tlio revenue
derived from licenses. The consump
tion of liquor has boon Icasonod and the
cause of temperance materially pro
moted. Thcro is loss intoxication than
boioro the law was enacted , the saloon
is no longer a dominant power in the
politics of the state , public opinion for a
thorough control of the liauor traffic
has fatronglhoned , and in many
ways , directly and indirectly , good has
resulted to the state and people from
the high license law. In view of those
gratifying results the ox-governor , an
ticipating an effort to repeal the law ,
advises against the adoption ofauuliu
measure. The experience of Minnesota
seta is in accord with that generally
following the application of high li
cense to the liquor traffic.
GOVISKKOU Cooi'Kic , of Colorado , ia
sound on the subject ot corporations or
others importing into the state forces
of armed men to perform police duty in
protecting their property. "It is an in
sidious danger , " said the governor ,
"which cannot bo too promptly
chocked , " and ho thought the employ
ment of such mon should bo made a
criminal olfenso. The experience of
Colorado in this matter was not so
serious as that of Nebraska , but it scorns
to have been sulliclont to fully impress
her people with the danger of per
mitting a repetition of the outrage. It
is the duty of every state to protect its
people against this menace to their
rights and liberties , and Colorado and
Nebraska should unite in setting the
example ,
PAUL VANDKUHUM , it seems , was not
led to pay homage to General Harrison
out of pure loyalty to John M. Thurs-
ton. Ho told the president-elect that
ho wanted the place of superintendent
of the United States mail service and
was backed in his demand by the Grand
Army. Mr. Harrison , hawovoi' , will li
all probability recall the fact , that no
many years ntoo this same Vnndorbun
was dismissed from the postal servld
by I1osttiiastori0cnoral Grcslmm for In
subordination.Mid . neglect of duty. Thi
supcrintondorft'ot thu mail service , It i
j : ifo to predict'Will not bear the natm
"
"of Vandervoftrt ,
Tun production of petroleum in Penn
sylvania is gradually diminishing , and
threatens before long to fall below tin
demand. As the oil from Iho Ohii
Holds can not bo converted inlo korosom
of the proper quality , it looks as if the
shortage in tlio Pennsylvania supplj
can not be made good unlbsa drawi
from new sources. This will bo the op
portunity for the oil Heidi of Iho west ,
The petroleum industries in Wyoming
and Colorado will bo given an iinpi'UH
which will make thorn the lending mar
hot of Iho country. The day can not hi
far distant when this change will bi
brought about.
Tin : outlook for the cattle growers ol
Colorado iind Wyoming for 18S9 is ex
ceedingly promising. The ranges din
ing the year just passed have been re
mnrkably free from disease , and bill
very little loss was sustained by reasoi :
of severe wcalhor. Another sign thai
betokens a prosperous season is that tin
number ot cattle has been reduced in
accordance with the capacity of the
ranges. This has boon most beneficial
and has corrected the abuses ot formei
years. The result is that bettor price !
have ruled the cattle market and have
given the business a healthier lone.
Tun pork packing interests of the
western packing centers seem to be
brightening upas the season advances ,
The great drain during the summoi
and fall which taxed the supply of lbc
farmers still leaves a shortage. But il
is more than probable that within the
next thirty days South Omaha as well
as Kansas City and Chicago will gradu
ally increase their packing to vorj
nearly tlio corresponding operations ol
last year.
IlllitlC IllUTISOIl.
Mr. Harrison , jr. , scams to DO spelling
his name Kustlo.
A Ghnncu for Immortality.
I'ioiicer J'c i.
Ara you ambitious i Select an acceptable
tinme for ono ot the two Dakotas and go
thundering down the ngcs.
Olil Iliokory'H Anniversary.
Gtolic-Dcnuicrnl.
Saint Jackson's ' day passed on" very quietly.
The democrats wcro not in good celebrating
humor.
Something Too ! Much of Congress.
IlitffaWriiro \ ? .
The present concross is doing ovcr.vtliing
in its power to make necessary an extra ses
sion of the next congress , This country la
congrossed to clentli.
It's the Homo of the Hustler.
KciO Yurie Sim.
The west , which is already intoxicated
with its hopes of the next census , wants
hustlers rather than moral heroes. 1C the
hustlers are moral , so much the bettor , but
at any rate they must be hustlers.
Applicable to Nebraska.
Clitenga Inter-Ocean ,
The policy originally adopted by the United
States in authorizing banks to bo formed wns
to oxcrcise a rigid supervision over them , and
that policy lias been faithfully adhered to.
The policy of Illinois , on the contrary , has
been to allow banks doing business on a
charter to go on year after year , taking the
people's money without luiving their sol
vency looked into. It is a matter of sur-
prisG that failures have been so few. It was
certainly high time for a now departure. It
Is not too much to say that the old policy of
the state has prevented the normal growth
in our midst of tlio savings bank system , and
no doubt it has cost the commercial bank de
positors a great deal of money , taking the
period as a whole.
A CHANCE TO
Unto a little nigger ,
A-swimming in the Nile ,
Appeared quite unexpectedly ,
A hungry crocodile ,
Who , with that chill politeness
That makes the warm blood freeze ,
Unmarked : "I take some dark mo.xt
Without dressing , if you please ! " Life.
New York Sun : "Do you think your sister
thinks enough nbout mo to marry mot"
asked Merritt , trying to pump her brother.
"I guess she does , " returned little Johnnie ,
"but I ntn not buro that you are solid with
the old man. So , perhaps , before you pop
the question you had bettor question the
pop. "
Toledo Blade : Campaign Echo "Ah ! my
darling. " murmured J. Court l'astoras ) tho/
Bat on the sofa in the softly-lighted parlor ,
" 'ou must forgive 'our ducky for what ho
said to little brother at supper table , but lit
tle brother was naughty , 'ou know. What's
the matter with Johnny lately , birdy , any
how ? " Johnny ( from behind sofa ) "He's
all right 1"
Philadelphia Record : little Dot Our
minister prays over bo much louder than
yours does , .Little liob 1 don't care If liu
does. Our minister jumps the highest when
ho preaches , HO there now.
AVifo ( who had boon detained nt homo )
"Do toll mo how the ladies were dressed ,
dour I I'm just dying to know. Husband
"Oh ! all that I saw were regular prUo-ring
costumes.
Texas Sif tings j Three of a kind would
Imvo bcoopcd tlio ark during tlio Hood , for it
only hold pairs.
Hoston Heacon ; VY'iat ' are tlio great as-
tronomcra ) The sjara ; because they have
studded tlio heavens for ngos.
Merchant Travvjor : It was doubtless a
shoep-trador who ilrat remarked ( and In all
innocence ) that ho wouldn't givom dam.
It is bolloved that the luckiest stone men
tioned m the bible ia the ono that David uaod
in liis encounter with Goliuth.
Answers to
COHDOVA , Nob. , Jim. 8. To the JOdttor of
Tin : Hun : For the iboiiolit of your many
readers , plcaso state the republican majority ,
last election , in thfpstato. C. U. HUICOOK.
Harrison's majority , 23'J3 , ; Thayor'a ma
jority , 15,230.
KISI.VO CITV , Nob. , .Tan. 8. To the Editor
of TIIK HUE : To , &ottlo a dispute among
your many read urn in this pluco , please pub
lish the ngo of John L. Sullivan.A
A HKADIill.
Sullivan was born in Hoston October 15 ,
1853 , and is consequently thirty years of ugo.
To the Sporting Editor of THE Hen :
In TIIK HUB what world's
Please to state rec
ord , if any , John S. Priuco holds at present.
HEAIIKII ,
Prince holds an American record of 100
miles in six hours , 00 minutes and 55 seconds ,
made lit Springflold , Mass. , October 2S , 16s5.
Unconscious nml Klowly Kinking.
At noon yesterday Colonel A , H , Forbes
was in nn unconscious condition , and is ro-
iwrted to bo slowly Journeying toward the
Inevitable realm. The oporutlon performed
upon his sKull 1ms not brought about the ro-
.suits that wcro anticipated , and his death
now 1 regarded merely as u question of tima.
The best mud leal talent In tbo city is in at
tendance.
T TOPICS.
The ilj-nnmito cruiser Vesuvius hns bcci
tried again , nnd ha np.itn prcvcd horscl
factor than the contract dcniniiilcd , mnUliif
oven better time than on the HrU occasion
The wind wn * blowing at the rate of thirty
five miles nn hour , nnd the ci waa verj
heavy , nnd what was still more dlsmlvmi
tngcous , the trial was made In alnnl water ,
winch makes the waves short niul choppy ,
ns well ni high , llut the bulhior * . Cram ]
Hros. of Philadelphia , hail such ccutldcnci
lu their bantling that they said , Lot hci
go. Gallagher , " nnd Aho wont the measure !
two miles In 5 minutes nml 5 ( seconds. She
mndo another attempt to boat this rooonl ,
but the seas were too heavy , nnd ono of tin
air-pump levers broke. Thcro will bo sill
another trial when new gear hns boon pit1
in , nml it is seriously believed that twenty
two knots will bo obt.nned. Cnptan
/.allnsld , the porfecter , If not the Inventor
of the pneumatic dynamite gun , was on
board , and was highly gratified with the re
suits. The Vesuvius tinned with his gun 1' '
at present tlio most powerful vessel in tin
world , nnd yet she Is a little thing , costing
but a trifle. With a mosquito fleet of suel
boats America will bo not only invulnernbli
to tlio attacks of others , but will bo irreslstl
bin when shi ) attacks. Let European nation !
spend Iho money of the people in costly arm
aments If they will. The great Yankee nn
lion lights with brains , mid lets the people
keep thrir jjold and silver In their pockets
It in noteworthy that not ono of the Im
mensely expensive ivrmor-clnds , with bun
drcd-ton guns has over been used in warfare
and the Vesuvius lias already ninilo then
obsoloto. So much for spending money oul
ot pure panic.
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Omaha purilled Itself from the gambling
dens that infested it some eighteen months
ngo , nnd those who wcro too timid to help in
tlio movement that drove them out , have re
alized slnco that It pays to bo moral , nnd to
bo courageous in defense of public morality.
The good that was then uivomplishcd is now
acknowledged by all mon , and therefore our
citi/cnscan feel sympithy for the people of
Tacoma , in Washington territory , who are in
the midst of similar trouble. Tlio T.icoimx
l.oilgor has bceii most outspoken in its
assaults upon a gambling house that lius become -
como rich enough to buy secret onieial sup
port , nnd to obtain n certain amount of police
recognition nnd countenance. The average
policeman never yet has been able to com
prehend that rich men can bo criminally on-
gaged. Marble halls and gilucd saloons Imvo
such an effect upon bis moral sense as to
wipe out all idea of those infractions of law
which ho recognizes easily when they lire
carried on In the b.ick room of a cigar store.
The best element of Tuconm has been be
hind the Ledger , and that paper mndo such
n hot fight of it that recourse has been had
to incendiarism , and the newspaper ofllccs
were destroyed recently , with a loss of
SHO.OOO. . Howards have been offered of § 1,500
for such information as will lead to the con
viction of the criminal , and the Society for
the Suppression of Vice would do well to
make the cause of the Lodger its own , and
add another thousand Hollars. Lot virtue be
as spluted in action as vice , and the latter
will surely be conquered.
UNVAUMSIIMI ) I-'AOTS. -
Xo Laplander has over written a song ,
and no inlander has ever written a book.
No wonder they nro a happy people.
Marie Twain hasn't mndo a funny speech
nor written out a joke for two or three years ,
but in explanation lie says ho has had two
cradles to roclc and a baby carriage to push
around.
Among the Chinese Heaven is odd , earth is
oven , and the numbor-i one , three , live ,
seven , nine belong to heaven , while the even
digits nro of the earth earthy.
Twenty years ngo there were ninety-two
ightnlng-rod factories in the United States.
To-day there are but three , and those doing
i trilling business. Tlte lightning-rod was
; hc biggest humbug of the nineteenth cen
tury. .
Out of fifty people at a Cincinnati banquet
thirteen would not eat venison , ten would
not touch turkey , eighteen would have noth-
ng to do with s.ilad , Hftccn refused coffee ,
/wenty-cight let cheese alone and not over
twenty would touch cake.
Ono of the Caroline islands ia owned by an
American sailor named Hcnjamln , who has
sixteen wives , about fifty children , nnd has
nothing to do but smoke his pipe and boss
.ho r.incli. Ho published a letter in a Oalt-
'ornia paper advising other sailors to do
ikowiso.
A correspondent of the Evening Post
writes : "I took a little friend of mine
aped four years to the Paulist church , cor-
icr of Fifty-ninth street and Ninth avenue ,
on Sunday , and he was so delighted with
the procession a usual feature of the
church that he exclaimed on seeing it : 'I
mow what that's for ; It's a parade , ana
God is elected. ' "
Joseph Liningor , who lives about twenty
miles northeast of Wabash , Ind. , is proprie-
.or of a skunk ranch , probably tlio only one
n that stato. Mr. LIningcr established his
'akunkery" last spring , with only u few an-
mals , anil now there nro llfty in the corral.
The skunk is an animal easily raised , nnd is
piito valuable for its oil and lur. The skin
s worth from 75 cents to § l. . " > u. and the yield
of oil is about of the sumo value.
As this is the season of the year for the
exchange of gilts. St. John's county ( On. )
comes to the front with the most novel on
record. A young man near St. Augustine ,
though having sound teeth , had them too
icar for beauty , so lie had his eye teeth ox-
ractcd , took them to a jeweler , where they
were polished , dyed , and mounted in gold us
a pair of earrings for his best girl.
\V KSTISUN WAI PS.
Montana lynchers hung a couple of sloek-
iiKSiipon Christmas eve simply because
they had a horse thief in them.
A year ago yesterday the thermometer in
3t. IMul reached twenty-seven degrees be-
ow zero. Hut the thermometers have been
copt In warmer places this year.
The Pawnee Indians Imvo become so civil-
zed that most ol the bucks wear p.iiior iol- :
ars , tlio Siiuawa wear red stockings , and all
are catching ou to popular songs und slang
words.
The town of Dunloith , having offered 100
and a town lot to tlio Jlrat baby born within
Is llmitB.a lady living iioo miles distant wont
over , guvu birth tea bouncing boy , pocketed
ler S.1UO and the deed for the town lot , and
InisUoil up the entire transaction in lets
.him forty-eight hours ,
"And that is silver ere , Is it' " said Mrs ,
inaggs , ns she examined a piece of curious
ooklng mineral In a Dunvor Binoltor , "Yes ,
ny dear , " said her husband. "And how do
they get the silver outi" "They smelt it. "
'Well , that's queer , " shosald , after applying
icr iioso to the ore. "I smelt it , too , but
lidii't get any silver. "
Two female horse thieves escaped from
ail at Hutchinson. ICan. , ono night lately.
J'lioy had been stealing horses for n year ,
laving run off thirteen , Including two splen
did animals from Hutclilnaon , Largo re
wards hud been offered , but until their nt-
empt to steal a carriage with the liorsoj ,
.hoy had successfully eluded the olllcor * .
The girl a aru of a dashing type , both blendes
and Imndsomo , Ono uuy she is the daughter
of a Philadelphia minister , und thu othnr
claims to bo the daughter of a wlioloaalo
clothing dealer in Hoston. Their mimes are
unknown.
A goat caused the death of Jainos Sum
mers , n Union Pacillo Imikoman. In Wyo-
nlng the other day. The animal belonged to
n "Daddy Nolan" barnutormlng company ,
and not on the track at Cheyenne , It is sup-
> osed , from u low abed adjoining thu water
: mk , Thu goat was called "Oloo" ami was
rulnod to clear the Hinge at a signal In the
hinl uct of the play. After tlio train left
Choycnno , Oleo chewed the boll cord awhile
nnd then drove two of the brakemen to the
cabooso. where ttioy remained In mortal tor-
or , believing the animal was u wild cat.
Bummer was on the front of the train and
md not soon the goat until the latter rushed
lit him full tilt. Ju thu darkness ho xtag-
'crcd , lost his bulauco , and foil from Iho
rain , Ilia companions , peering over Iho ton
f the car. saw his lump go out. They ooulu
not stop the train , iu the ball-cord hud buoa
' * : "
chowcd In two , but the goat's further prn *
Ing on the cord rang the l > ell in the engine-
cab. The tinin was stopped nnd then rim
back. Summer's node had boon broken. A
cowboy Inssoed the goat when the train nr-
rived nt Lnrnmlo , nml the coroner ordered
him to the pound to the pending Inquest.
WATSON'S WOUli. .
What Members Snr Aliont the Com-
ntlttfcq Oilier Oimlp.
LIVCOI.N , Neb. , .Ian. 10. [ Special to THIS
Ih.n.J There nro various opinions among the
members in regiml to the make-up of Iho
house committees. The following , taken nt
random , will show tno drift of the prevailing
sentiment :
Said prominent fanner "It looks
ns though Speaker Watson mndo tin
the committees of his 'friends'
nnd slighted ; those who did not
f.ivor . his candidacy for the speakership.
This. I think , a very bad principle , and
should not Imvn controlled the speaker In
dispensing his fuvorV
A stminch friend of the speaker from the
South Pintle country remarked : "I think
there is considerable dissatisfaction over the
wav he trenti-d some of his friends. "
One western member who ( lid not pel a
olorltship Mild. "I um very well .satisfied , Ho
eould not please everybody. "
A North Plntto farmer and staunch anti-
monopolist , In commenting on the make up
of the committees , was heard to remark : "It
Is no moro tlmn I expected. Wo were
knoi'Uod out on the caucus nnd are still out. "
A cautions member from Iho North Plntto
county , who does not wish his name men
tioned under any circumstances , whispered
thusly to Tun Hin : mnn in the strictest confidence
dence"I have not given the matter much
thought as yet , but 1 will sav that from Mr.
Watson's .standpoint I think ho made n very
judicious arrangement of the committees. "
Fremont Everett , representative from the
llont district , composed of Hurt and Wash
ington , nnd who wns a very realous sup
porter of Dempster and strongly favors sub
mission , spoke .is follows : "The only fault
I have to IIml is with the make up of the
committee on constitutional amendments. "
A Republican Vulloy farmer who made an
excellent record two years ngo remarked :
"I may think prottv hard , but have nothing
to say for publication. "
A young member Irom western Nebraska
who was ' -In the swim , " and secured n lead
ing chairmanship , smilingly said "I urn
perfectly s-uisiled. 1 got nil 1 asked for , and
what other member can sn.v as innchi"
A South Platte anti-monopolist und ex-
member of wide experience , expressed his
opinion ns follows : "H is a genuine'give
"
away' to the railroads. The committees "aro
mndo up In their interests. At least ten of
the llfteen members ot the railroad commit
tee are solid' with the roads ami will block
all railroad legislation. "
Representative Caldwell wears a broad
smile. He says : "LltiCDln has no reason to
complain. She has two important commit
tees. MeHride is chairman of the eoinmitteu
of ways and means , and I Imvo the committee
on public lands and buildings. What moro
could we askt"
Gllchrist , the rustler from Uox Hutle , is
chairman of the committee on agriculture
nnd is a member of tlio ways and moans and
oilier important committees. He says : "I
am satisliod w ith tlio speaker's work HO fuv
as ho is personally concerned.
"Representative Wostovcr , of Valley ,
has tackled the H. tt M. railroad
In great shape. Ho proposes to com
pel them to pay their back tuxes for 'S'J am
Nt which they escaped by picking a Haw it
the manner in which the property was listed
Vnlluy county will bo the gainer if his bill
runs the gaunt lot by some 45,000 or f50H)0 ( )
and Oreeloy is interested almost to Iho same
amount. Nearly a dozen other counties are
In the same boat , and the wliolo tax will
hardly fall short of half a million , Westovcr
wns wise In getting it out of the
clutches of the railroad committee , for it
never would have seen daylight. Hall
and others on the judiciary committee
will make n hard fight for It. "
The ways and means committee had n ses
slon yesterday to consider McUride's bill
transmitting$129,000 from the insane to the
general state fund. The bill is likely to go
through with a rush and may bo the first law
enacted.
THE PANAMA CANAL.
What I5\-Consul Muttini Snys of Do
IjpHHcnii' Orent Project ,
Late Wednesday afternoon AngeloMuttinl ,
; x-consul from Italy to Guatamaln , arrived
n Omaha from the west , on route to Now
ifork. M. Muttlni is making a tour of the
-ontinont ami Is the owner of a largo coffee
) lantution in Quatamala. lie recently loft
, ho great project upon which the eyes of the
vorld , and particularly of Franco , nro fast-
mod the Panama canal. In speaking of
ho matter to a reporter , he said :
"It is u wonderful project , out there is a
ast amount of crookedness In connection
vlth it. I know of several men who went
here \vlthout a dollar that are to-day indo-
tondontly rich. Tlio operating element form
mo vast combine , and it is composed of men
rein the chief engineer down to the gang
oreinan. They have exhausted volumes of
nonoy and collaterals , the major portion
if which has been appropriated
o their own private purposes. I can
ight now name over to you nt least sixty-
ivo men that have already obtained fortunes
unning up into the hundreds of thousands
ly defrauding the projectors. I saw Do
josseps about eight months ago. That was
lofore I visited his wonderful undertaking.
lo was badly confused over it , and told mo
hat ho feared that the finances wcro des-
ined to fall far short of the required amount.
Ho nlso Informed mo Ihnl \vastnstroiig
hopes of obtaining support In America , prln
clpnlly In Iho United States , 1 risked turn
nbout how much money was required to
complete the work , nnd ho told mo that it
would require n largo amount , somewhere :
In the neighborhood of KV > 0,0K,000. ( Ho hnil
hopes of securlntt thi'loiui or lulvmieciiinut of
Hint ntnoutit. I loft him nt Havre , and for n
mnn of his age , ho Is looking ns well ns
could lie expected
' Now my Idea of the canal Is tlmt when
completed , It will bo no great thins
In the line of n trnfllo channel.
In tills country you nro equipped with nill <
ways thtitRlvoiHrevt communication between
nil imporlnnt i > olnls. The bnlkof the marina
trafttc Is destined to bo from the cnstorn sec.
tlon of this country , and for the reason that
the common-mi route i. the shortest by
crossing the Atlantic you have but ono sys
tem to cnrr.nn . Inland trnfllo , the r.iilwnv ,
and ono for marine trullle , tlio AUnntio
occnn. The tr.iulo that would cull thu cnnnl
liilo Rurvleo would bo of minor iniporliinco ,
nnd cortnlnly would nol warrant the e\poudi <
turn of nil this money. Rapid transit Is thu
question tlmt agitates the public to-day "
In speaking of the condition of the In
habitants of ( luntoniriln , he stated that ho
had men in his omplo\ Hint while they wo.ro
not regarded ns slaves , ho had the privllego
of whipping them when they neg
lected their work. The men worli
three day * per week nnd receive ! tt cents for
tlio services for this period. The rcmnlmlei
of the woolc It Is customary for thorn to
bntho In the waters and enjoy themselves nt
various sports. The climate , IIP staled , ol
the Isthmus of Pntmnm was unhealthy , nml
that three Italian consuls had iliod them
within the past two yours , Ho left hist even
ing for New Voilt.
HAD A HAltmOli
Mow i Dealer In Game \\I\H
Tlio Omaha ( > un elult Is not letting up ono
bit in its raids on garno dealers who nro ex I
hibiting nnd offering for sulo game out of
season , and are uctlvo and watchful. The
lesson ( might a few dealers Wotlnesilny In
Judge Morrison's court Is having Its cffoot ,
and quail , prairie chicken nnd other birds
tlmt went out of season Hovorul days ago
nnd have been openly sold by dealers have
disappeared like nmgio from public ga/o.
Hut this , it is tlaimed , is only a ruse lo throw
the members of the gun club off the scent ,
which will bo no cusy task as was demou
nt rat oil yesterday morning when n dealer was
neatly caught. Ho wns suspected , niulii gon-
innnly Nlinrod called and asked for qunll.
Tlio storekeeper said ho Imd none , but when
the gentleman represented that they wcro
for his sick wife , the former remembered
that he had the birds and lead the supposed
customer to a wliolo barrel of them. The
birds were promptly confiscated under lha
game laws , and the man will be prosecuted.
HANNAGAN
Ho Attempts to Hnincelo His KfTcots
From Ills Creditor * ,
.Tnmoa Hunnnguti , tlio notion doalar nt I
Sixteenth und Hurt , who has achieved so
much unsavory notoriety of lute , attempted
to leave the city yesterday without squiring
with his creditors tlrst , hut was prevented
by Dr. Heckctt to whom ho owes n month's '
rent. A writ of attachment wns issued to
prevent Hanmigiin from sending his trunk
out of Iho city It is said tlmt tlio trunk is
packed to thu brim with dry goods from IIIH
store which ho Is Irving to smuggle nwny
from his creditors. It is also said that Iliin-
nagan purposely remarried to dofruud thosu
to whom ho is indebted because ns a single
mnn ho was not entitled to the $ , " > ( K ) exomii
tion. His trick wns to remove all hut $ filH )
worth of goods from his store , nml then toll
his creditors to whistle. The trunk con
tallied the most valuable ] of his goods mid
was chocked for Sidney. All his goods nro
under mortgage.
A School DlHtrlct Divided.
In accordance with the expressed wishes
: > f the electors ot school districts numbers
J2 und 35 , County Superintendent of Schools
Bruner yesterday morning detanhcd a largo
section hercloforo covered by number ! ! 5 , nnd
attached to it number ! W , nnd has uoliflod
the county clerk and county treasurer of his
action so that ' .ho necessary change ? can bo
undo in the tnx list.
An 01(1 "Uce" Boy.
II. A. ICendrick , formerly an utlacho of
ho Hen , but now employed on n Chicago
laper , sent neatly engraved cards to Messrs.
Jrcxol , Maul and Gish yesterday morning In.
ormlng them of his inarrlugc lo nn estimable
oung lady , nnd stating that ho nnd his wife
vouM bo nt homo nt No. 'JliCi Prairie live-
lue , Chicago , after the 15th of the present
neil tb.
The Lamp Upset.
An upsotling of the lamp In ono of the
oomsofthooldBrowncll hull building about
:30 : o'clock yesterday morning culled out there
ro department. The explosion of the lamp
uuscd n big blaze for a few minutes , but the
allies were promptly extinguished after
bout $25 worth of damage was done.
Declare n Dividend ,
The annual meeting of the Western Casket
impany took plaeo yesterday nt the ofllco
t the company. The following oflleers
ere elected for the present year : L. A.
iryan , president nnd secretary ; J. A. Me-
niivry , treasurer ; O. S. Pottls , vice presi-
cnt. A dividend of OJ.J per cent was do-
nre < ] on four months' business. Q
TO PRESERVE THE SOFTNESS OF FLANNEL GARMENTS ,
FOLLOW CAREFULLY THESE DIRECTIONS FOR WASHING.
Dissolve thoroughly in boiling water some IVORY SOAP , blmvcil fine.
Add sufficient warm water to wash the flannels in one by one.
Don't rub any soap on the flannels , but knead them well in the
solution.
Don't rinse them in plain water , use a fresh supply of the solution ,
warm , and well blued , for the purpose.
' with the hands . The fiecr
Don't wring tightly , use a clothes-wringer.
from water you get these garments the softer they will be.
Hang them out immediately , if the weather will permit ; if not , dry
before the fire. If left to stand wet , the flannel will certainly shrink.
Never wash flannel in water too hot to bear your hand in.
Never rinse them in cold water ,
Always use IVORY SOAP , it is the best , much experience has proved
this.
A WORD OF WARNING.
There are many while soaps , each represented to bo "just as good as ! he' ' Ivory1 ; "
they ARE NOT , but like all counterfeits , lack the peculiar and rornarkabic qualities
of llie genuine. Ask for "Ivory" Soap and Insist upon getting II.
Copyright laSO , ly Procter & Gambia.