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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , FEBRUARY 19 , 18S9.
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"OMAHA makes a speciality of doiiif
business. Harper's Weekly.
IV the session of the legislature ruin
into April 1 , the people of the stsito will
not consider it at nil a joking matter a
three thousand dollars a day.
STANLKV is reported dead again
The row of praveij , nil occupied by him
self , that the explorer leaves along hi
trail , is startling to contemplate.
Tins collapse of the fourteen storj
tower of IJabol in Chicago indicates thai
there is a limit to sky scraping-'build
ings oven in the modern Babylon.
CHICAGO has boon promised a twontj
million dollar university and is nov
willing1 to allow its paeltine ; bouse in
dubtrics to remove to Omaha without t
murmur.
LKT Billings turn his pig-poLsoninf
implements against himself. If he
shall survive , the result will at least
provo the superior vitality of the
human as compared with the Nebraska
porker.
Tim terrible disaster of the boiler explosion -
plosion , accompanied by great loss o
life in a prominent hotel at Hartford
is a significant warning of the dangers
from unsafe boilers and incompetent 01
careless engineers.
A MOTION to change the name Lc
Caron to Lo Carrion would bo carried
almost unanimously in this country ,
Thin would in no measure destroy the
force of the local .application of the
name to a person , of Lo Caron instincts ,
Tun steel industry of the country has
experienced a gratifying revival. The
sales for the currentyear have exceeded
those for the corresponding time of 1888
by one hundred thousand tons , und the
mills have orders on hand to keep them
busy for the next six months.
Tun terrible crash of a falling build
ing in Chicago , followed so soon by an
other in Hartford , is proof that not ail
the liuddonsoiks ol the country arc in
the penitentiary. Yet there are n
number of penitentiaries where the
complement of convicts is not complete.
WYOMING is anxious to create a rail
road boom in that territory tnis season.
I'lio construction of the Burlington ft
Northwestern on its borders gives rise
to hopes that feeders will bo built to
those lines as well as to the Union Pa
cific from the coal and oil fields and
the mines.
Tins legislature is grinding away at
a snail's ' pace. Only two bills were dis
posed of last week out of six hundred
on the calendar. At this rate the legis
lature would bo obliged to extend its
present session six years in order to
llnlsh its work , Obviously this is n
very expensive way of killing time.
TUB Iowa railroads are said to bo at
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Work obtaining n mass of statistics to
Bhow the loss thut would result on n
year's business based on the commis
sioners' rate schedule. It is safeto say ,
however , that the railroads are much
more remunonitivo under the present
system that they wore six months ngo
under the domorall/.lng inlluenco of cut
ting each othor's throats in rate wars.
Tim Chicago , Burlington & Qulncy
directors havo" unexpectedly advanced
the dividend rate from four to six pur
cent and huvo declared n quarterly divi
dend of one and a half per cent. This
would look iu if that railroad was not
unduly nervous and sensitive over the
reduction of rates ordered by the Iowa
etato railroad commission , and not in
the least frightened by the throats of
the Nebraska board of transportation to
adopt the Iowa freight schedule.
SKNATOH COKK has bean talking four
days in an attempt to prove that elec
tions in the south are as fairly con
ducted as in the north , Just now the
.southern shotguns uro silent , because
polls nro closed , but if an election were
in progress the reports of those guns
would completely drown the most fiery
period of eloquence of which Senator
Coke is capable. So long as the south
ern negro wants to vote and is not ttl-
lowcd to vote , Coke cun talk till blanker
in the face than his oppressed brethren ,
nd he will convince no one.
WASTED
Thirty-six dnys of tTio legislative sea
sion have passed , at nn expense to tb
people of not far from one litimlroi
thousand dollars , with not results count
ing for the welfare of the state that nr <
extremely small. Indeed , it is aques
tion whether the Httlo vnlunblo sorvic
rendered 1ms not been overbalanced b. <
the mistakes made and the mlscliiovou
propositions that have prevailed. Dut1
ing this six weeks of deliberation , tin
legislature 1ms not put Into cfTcctom
important moaaureof rotrenclunontani ,
the house , with its small army of em
ploycs , is still dawdling with the ques
tion of how many superntimavlcs It no
tually needs to transact its business
Meantime the outflow from the trcasur ,
to pay useless nsslstnnts goes on , urn
from all indications is not likely to bo
checked.
The serious , trouble appears to be Urn
the legislators generally nro giviiij
more attention to the lobby than t
their proper and legitimate duties. An
other difficulty is that a great man ;
members of both houses are more concerned
corned to achieve personal notoriot\ , \
than to advance the substnntln
interests of the state. This is ovl
donccd in the fact of over six hundroi
bills having been introduced. Doubtless
loss no one lists boon so foolish as to ox
pcct any high order of fitutosinnnslu ]
from the present legislature , and thu
far it has done nothing to warrant i
hope that the more vital matters affect
ing the future welfare of the peopli
will bo legislated upon in n practical
common sense way. There is unques
tionably an element in the body tha
earnestly desires to reduce the expense
of the government in whatever direction
tion this can be done without impairinj
the olliciency of the public service , bit
it begins to appear very qucstionnbli
whether these friends of rotronchmonl
will be able to accomplish a small pur
ol what they desire.
The remaining twenty-four days o
the session will bo sufllcient time ii
which to accomplish all needed legisla
tion if the legislature will settle dowi
to honest work , but the experience thu
far does not afford any assurance
that it will do this , or at least tlia
it will do so until the cm
of the session is so near thn
more or less ill-considered and im
mature legislation will bo inevitable
Hotween the influence of the lobby , thi
anxiety of most members to achieve
personal notoriety , and the general lacli
of a high order of legislative ability ,
the prospect of the present legislature
making a particularly brilliant record
is not at all Haltering.
I'llOL'JlllTS OF KV1L.
It would be a wholly exceptional experience
porienco if on the eve of the ontranci
into power of a now administration then
were no prophecies of trouble awaiting
it. These are making their appoaranci
now , most plausibly framed and ascribec
to the most trustworthy sources. W <
are told that numerous individuals
more or less potent in republican poll
tics , have their knives out for Genera
Harrison , and that n bitter quarrel i
inevitable at the very outset of his ad
ministration. A circumstantial narra
tive is given of certain alleged com
pacts and agreements made by Harrison
which ho must fulfil or encounter tlu
relentless hostility of the men with
whom they wore made. Blaine is ol
course the person whoso connection witli
the next administration is to bo made
the cause of the promised strife. It is
expected , for example , that ho will en
deavor to repeat the course piu-aiied under
dor the Gat-field administration with re
gard to the distribution of patronage in
Now York , whereupon Mr. Platt and
his following will proclaim win
against the administration. The assump
tion is that once in the cabinet Mr.
Blainc will dominate the administra
tion , and that right and left only his
friends will receive recognition. On
the other hand the idea is advanced
that it is the design of General Harrison
risen to treat bis cabinet advisers
simply as head clerks , much as Mr.
Cleveland is understood to have done ,
and this with a view to frecxing out Mr.
Illume. This it is assumed would inev
itably bring on u conflict in the cabi
net , resulting in a dissolution and re
organization early in the career of the
administration , and of course throwing
the party into n state of confusion
ciuite as bad or worse than that of
eight years ago.
It is not to oo supposed that the next
administration will escape the experi
ence of nil proccdingudminislrutions in
making some enemies in the ranks of
its own liarty. There nro politicians
who place a very hlgh'estimuto upon
their claim to recognition who will bo
disappointed. This is inevitable , be
cause the administration will not
have places enough in its
gift to satisfy nil such. It
can malco. for Instance , but eight cabi
net appointments , and at a very moder
ate estimate tnorc are fifty gentlemen
who feel that tney have superior claims
and qualifications for such a position.
The ( our principal diplomatic missions ,
not less honorable or desirable than a
place in the cabinet , must bo distrib
ute a among perhaps a hundred who
Joem themselves eligible on the score
sf both party service and ability. And
so it is that some of those who fully believe -
liovo they should bo preferred for the
choice places will suffer disappointment.
A few of thorn must bo expected to feel
iisplcascd with the administration , but
It is not to be seriously apprehended
that they will attempt anything like a
warfare , or , if they should , that it would
unount to anything. Politicians like
Mr. Platt. for example , groutly over
estimate themselves when they Imagine
Uiat the republican party , or any con
siderable portion of it , can bo brought
into sympathy with tholr personal dlbup-
r > olntmonts. If a distinguished leader
.iko . Mr. Colliding was unttblo to so-
: uro n vindication of his course
it the hands of his party in his own
state , when ho made an issue against
, bo national administration , what could
Mr. Platt hope for ? General Harrison
! us plainly indicated his purpose not to
ogurd the wishes of factions , but to cn-
leaver to keep the oarty united and
: mrmonious , Faith In his intention to
lo this will rornain so long as there islet
lot the clearest possible evidence to
overthrow it , regardless of the com
plaints of disappointed politician * . Am
it may easily bo believed that Genera
Harrison will sbapo his policy accord
ing to his convictions of what IP necessary
sary to bo done , accepting counsel thn
he thinks wise and judlclousnnd reject
ing all that ho docs not so esteem , b ,
whomsoever given. The prophets o
evil nro engaged in a most tmpromisinj
labor. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IT is contemplated to submit n constS
tutional amendment providing for in
increase of the number of supromi
court judges in Nebraska from three ti
five. It is said in behalf of such tu
amendment that the business of the supreme
promo court is greater than tbrei
judges can take care of. If that is no\ \
the fact the importance of the proposoi
amendment is apparent , and it shoult
not be postponed to another legislature
The business o ( the stipromo'court i
certain to steadily increase , and If til
ready it is beyond the ability of tin
judges to dispose of1 it promptly
the earliest practicable provislot
should bo made for preventing an ac
cumulation. The interests of the pee
pie and the cause of justice require tha
the highest judicial tribunal of thoslaU
shall be enabled to give prompt atten
tion to issues presented to it and kooj :
up with its business. The unfortunnli
situation of the federal supreme court
in being fully four years behind will
its business , is a suggestive example o
how great an error it is lo allow sucl
tribunals to run behind with their busi
ness. Tim inevitable result is in man ;
cases it denial of justice , and motv
or loss hardship to a class o
litigants is inevitable. The cost of twc
more judges would bo Insignificant ii
comparison with the value of their ser
vices in expediting the decisions of ou ;
highest tribunal of justice.
TtiuitK is necessity for more stringon' '
regulations in our city respecting the
inspection of boilers mid the examina
tion of stationary engineers in busl
ness blocks , hotels and residence fiats
It is the duty of the city boiler inspec
tor to pass upon and certify lo the con
dition of every stationary boiler in the
city. Ho should bo given the authoritj
to condemn such boilers as do not sal
isfy the conditions necessary for safety ,
Stationary engineers should bo pul
through a thorough examination by r
license -board , and no man should be
allowed to be employed as a stalionurj
engineer unless ho can show a certifi
cate from such local examining
board. The city boiler inspector com
plains that his authority is limited
and that the tests for qualifications as
stationary engineer are too low. The
fees for boiler inspection and examina
tion arc more than sullio'.oiit to defray
the expense of Ihe ofiico of boiler in
spector. The additional authority t (
be conferred would add more revenue
to Iho city's income , and would reduce
the dangers from boiler explosions to r
minimum.
AcconniNG to General Brisbin's no
tion , there is no use in our nnnuallj
wasting thirty-eight million dollars ir
importing tin from old England when
wo can produce twice that much al
homo and not only supply the home
market , but export largely of this valu
able commodity. The general has beer
investigaling the tin resources of this
country and says : "Tin of gooel qualitj
exists in Arizona , Colorado and Dakota ,
The mines in the Black Hills of Dakota
alone are capable when fully developed
of supolying all the tin wo want for do
mestic uses. All they need is develop
ment , and mine owners are in Chicago
now endeavoring lo inlerest capital in
this branch of our mining industry.
Lot us aid this struggling and rising
industry ; let congress slap more tax on
British tin and shut it out or aid our
home production. "
THE board of electrical control of
Now York City reported to Mayor
Grant recently that four thousand miles
of wire were already under ground in
that city , and that the success of the
experiment is no longer queslioncd.
The example set by Now York has boon
followed up by Boston , Chicago , St.
Louis and other cities. There can bo
no question that the overhead wire has
seen its day , and that every oily of im
portance in the countrv will , within a
year , compel telegraph , telephone and
electric light companies to string their
wires in underground conduits.
Tim fact that Lincoln has tried
brick for street pavement und has
found it satisfactory should encourage
the proper city authorities to in'vosti-
gale ils merits. Not only has brick
cheapness , durability and cleanliness tu
recommend it , but it is said the vitri
fied brick for the purpose can bo burned
in Omaha. If such bo the facts , Omaha
would not only solve the paving ques
tion for our suburbs and boulevards but
would create a manufacturing industry
of great importance right at homo ,
TIIR people of KoyaPaha county should
iillow llio law to take Us course in deal
ing with the wrongs they huvo suffered
: it the hands of the cutllo Ihloves. If
Lho thieving take place on the Indian
reservation whore the laws of this state
Jo not apply , the authorllies of Iho
igoncy will undoubtedly co-oporuto
with the settlers in running tlio wrong-
doora down. Violence and vigilantes
will not stop the evil , but only implicate
well-meaning , hot-headed men in n
serious charge of law-breaking.
Tim annual leas from the state farm
af twenty-live hundred dollars may not
ippear to bo iv very important mutter ,
but it should bo saved if it can bo ,
Fhero is u very general impression that
.ho farm should bo golf-sustaining at
.cast , nid ) wo have no doubt the impres
sion is well-founded. That it is not BO is
very likely duo mismanagement or
incompetence , or both , und if such is
the case the remedy is easy of applica
tion , Revenue from the state farm will
lot bo insisted upon , but it ought to bo
made to pay its way.
THE Panhandle of .Texas is putting
[ orth energetic efforts to attract emi
gration to that section of the state. A
piimphlot has bean directed to thu peo-
| ) lo of the north , and especially to
'northern republicans. " The induce
ments to come south will strike the a
orngo man as decidedly pocultai
Northern republicans are told "that i
is not an offense to bo known as a re
publican in the Panhandle of Toxn !
nor will republicans hnvo to surrcmle
nny of tholr petticoat notions , nor fen
being called n.scnlawag. " Texas Is a
empire with great possibilities , but v
tlotibt whether its emigration buron
will prove a paying investment In n
It-noting northern republlcnns wit
such literature.
Tlin Oi-luiiinl Harrison.
Chic'imaXviiqulw. .
The "original Harrison man" continues i
drop m on tlio general two or thrco times
dny.
Dnlmncoy Ii Cautions.
rhtlmlcliilila Xorlh .Imerlean.
The ox-nsslstaiit district attorney of No
York register * as "DoLnncoy Nicoll an
mnn servant. " A good-looking bachelor In
to bo careful of his reputation.
Aincllo's Astronomy.
Krw Ynrk Tclturam.
Mrs. Amelia Chanlcr , In n recent pee
written In imitation Scotch , makes the w.i
moon look "oot a scarf o1 rniulxnv llcht ,
Mrs. Clinnlor scorns to liavo enjoyed son
remarkable incteoroloKlc.il experience.
An Upright J lid no.
St. 1'iwl I'tnnter 1'rtfs.
' Sensible Judge Hopper , of New York , r
fuses to allow jurors to bo clmllongeu increl
because they hnvo rend newspaper nrtlcli
about the case on trial. Now If ho will r
fuse to allow editors to bo challenged on n
count of what they print In newspaper
Judge Hooper will become a benefactor (
his race.
No Active Mpiisurcs Now.
JVVur.i -7 : m M.
There are thlrloen open saloons in the Hit !
city of l-'ort Dodge In the prohibition state c
lown , and "active measures nro to bo adoptc
at onco" to suppress them. Afterwards thet
will doubtless bo a suppression of the "activ
measures" for a while. It has been t\v
years since "active measures" were taken i
that town.
Killtnr Rlinpiirtl'.M Valentines.
Clilcauo Trllntne.
It wns February 11. The editor-in-chief t
the New York Mall and Express bud Jus
looked over his morning mail and tlmi
nine-tenths of it into the onieo stove. "Mi
Blank , " ho remarked to his war editor a t'ei
minutes later , "I wish you would write
strong editorial on the cowardly , contempt
bio villainous , dastardly , nbominablo
tico of sending comic valentines.
STUICTIjV PKUSONALi.
Njwjlnskj is given as the name of a nowl
discovered piano virtuose now in Vienna.
The veteran Hannibal Hiunlin broke thi
record of a lifetime and were an overcoat o
the occasion of his recent visit to Chicago.
licnjaniiii F. Butler spends his leisurn ii
studying astronomy. As he bus become i
total abstainer Uo Is especially interested it
the Millcy Way.
Lord Salisbury's health is bad. His Tani
ily is worried ami ho is going to take a res
if ho can find time. . .The Sackvillo incident
it is said , preyed on his mind.
The only negro in the next , national hous
of representatives will bo H. P. Cheathara
from the Second North Carolina district
Ho ia thirty-two years old , and is u promt
ucnt man in his community.
John Burroughs , the author , lias at hi
homo at West Park , on the Hudson , a largi
vineyard , where lit grows tons of grape
every year , lie is now staying in Pough
kccpsiOjgcttingsomo essays in sliapo forpub
lication in the spring.
QTho Emperor of Germany is cutting dowi
his household expenses. Ho lias given orders
dors that the daily breakfast shall cost but
02 cents for each person , and that dinnei
shall not require more than § 1.23 a head
The servants of the household are now
obliged to purchase their own meals.
Iiloncuro D. Conway , the magazine wrltot
and historian , Is in Baltimore making re
searches in the records of the Maryland His
torical society. Mr. Conway' * present visll
to Baltimore may recall to him one he made
to Unit turbulent city in Ihe early years ol
Ihe war. At that time ho haa n number ol
bis father's slaves with him , and n streoi
mob , thinking Uial ha hadstolon , the negroes ,
came near making short work of him.
Ex-Gov. Hoadly , of Ohio , who Is now a
New Yorker , has boeu in Washington for n
few days. Says n correspondent : "Ho Is n
man of brilliant parts and staunch democ
racy , but ho was too brilliant to bo a suc
cessful politician. Ho would let off whoic
batteries of oratorical pyrotechnics which
would send his political aspects skyward
sky-liigh , so to speak , like u rocket , with the
Inevitable fate of rockets. The only success
ful campaign in which ho participated was
won , to borrow a bull , by getting him out of
the state.
STATE AM ) TKKIUXQlir.
Nebraska Jottings.
Burglars are doing a good business at Falls
City.
The Palmyra oporu house will bo opened
shortly by the band boys.
The sign , "No moro high-five , " adorns the
ofllco of the York police Judgo.
The IBrownvlllo News is the latest acquisi
tion In Ncmuha county Journalism.
Bloomlngton has un orchestra composed of
the best musical talent In the town ,
The citizens of Gothenburg report having
felt a slight earthquake shock Friday night.
The greatest revival in tlio history of He
bron has been in progress there for the past
three weeks.
The Falls City board of tr.ido Is discussing
plans for erecting a building for thu UBO of
the organization.
Tlio winter meeting of the State Swine
Brooders' association will bo held at Grand
Isand Wednesday.
The Cnllaway Standard Is no moro , but
tha plant baa been removed to Arnold , and
the paper will appear there as the Noivs.
The Ashland briok company Is laying
In u largo supply of wood In prepara
tion for a rush of business when the season
opens , , .
A number of gohl watches and rings , sup-
nosed to have boon stolen by tramps , have
been discovered in a1' lumber yard at Grand
Island.
A liny Springs broncho Jumped backward
into u sixty-live foolWflll , the other day and
was milled out by nieana of ropes In as good
xmdltlon us when { tmado , the leap.
Columbus Smith , nn. Auburn suloon-kcopor
ivho Is under Indlqtinbut for selling liquor
ivithout a llcenso , j aul to have skipped ,
oavlnghls bondsuiciuto settle to the amount
af 81,000. ( t.
The citizens of Ohamplon. Cha.io county ,
ivlll hold a grand jublleo March 2 over the
jomplotion of the Champion roller process
nlll , and the day will bo given to rejoicing ,
nlnglcd with oratory by well-known
speakers.
A wild-eyed Individual who wanted the
llfo-blood of Postmaster Khollonbargor of
{ avenmi , struck that town the other day und
'ound his man. The Nowa , In reporting the
lubscqucnt proceedings , romarkcd that Mr ,
itiollcnburgor In a thls-klnd-throo-for-a-quar-
or umi.ner tapped tho. gyrating object before
ilm In the bugle with u caressing tap , and
hen with a movement like a mnn throwing
i hair trunk over a high fuuco , picked up his
ipponcnt and land oil him on the next lot
vitli crushing force.
' Iowa. i
The pie sociable Is now raging at Marble
look.
A new feature U to bo nddud to Doyen-
buslnojg hhortly , It U au cloetrio
supply store , About everything portnlnln
to the ute of electricity will bo kept In sloe'
ctnbrauliiH moro thiui MX ) Inventions ,
The shell game , in the hands of nn oxf > er
hns fleeced n few enterprising citizens i
Humboldt recently.
The managers of the MeKoown parkin
house at Fort Dodge have withdrawn the
buyers from the market.
Maggie lllttor , nged fourteen years , die
at her homo in Hutlcrvllle , from blood polsoi
ing mused by n slight scraten intllctod by
rusty null some lima ngo.
A portrait of Mayor William WHlinni !
who commanded the Spirit hike oxpedltio
of I * . " ) " , is to bo placed In the gallery nt Hi
capital In Dos Molne-i , where the pti-turcs (
cx-govornors and other notable clmractei
are kept.
The Hurlltigton canning factory Is cmlen' '
oring to contain for the next tomato crop t
21 cents per bushel. The growers have hel
an indignation meeting and resolved not t
enter any contract for less than 2o cents ) > c
bushel.
Ilryoiiil the Kookles ,
Hutto's bullion shipments last week wci
fifty-three burs , valued at ft < ! ! , UO.
A beef packing establishment is about I
bo but up at Urnnd Falls by eastern capiti
ists.
ists.Thero
There Is n great rush from the Ca'ur (
Alone to the new chloride camp In Kootcni
county , Idaho.
Clinton Harrison found a lot of cotmtcrfo !
silver coins while digging m his yard at Ne
vada City last week.
Snow was never known to be as light o
Iho mountains In eastern Washington n
this season of the year us it is now.
Nevada City boasts of William Holbrooke
who yearly chews 13i ! pounds of tobacco , o
thirty-six pounds more than ho weighs.
Portland , East Portland and Alblna , Ore
will probably consolidate , pivlmr Portland
population of about seventy thousand.
J , H. Williams , n Montana rancher , ha
been arrested upon the complaint of hi
seventeen-year-old son , charged with main
tabling unnatural relations with his twelve
year-old daughter.
A rich quartz discovery Is reported on th
north side ot Toxada Island , H. C. . an
minors are rushing to thnt quarter. All th
companies are preparing to prosecute vlgoi
ously the development of their claims.
The Indies of Carson are jubilant over thi
defeat of the measure to restrict tlio sUe o
hats worn by ladies in theaters. The measure
uro lacked two votes of continuation la tin
senate , the ladies having employed three lol
byists to down the bill.
Two thieves walked into the assay odleo o
F. Ulcchling , on Montgomery street , Sat
Francisco , and while one engaged tlio nttcn
tion of the clerk , the other got behind tin
counter and took up n ? l,00 ( ) gold bar am
walked away with it , and escaped arrest.
A Genoa , Nevada , blacksmith proposes tin
following scheme for securing water for irri
gallon : "Lay n piuoover the mountains u
Inko Taboo , roof the lake with an air-tigh
covering , and then pump air until the pres
sure is great enough to force tlio watc
through the pipe. "
Near Eugene City , Ore. , .T. E. Crnll and i
man named Whfto renewed their neighbor ! :
quarrel about land. Urall stooped to pick ill
n stone to throw at White , but White tlidn1
wait ; ho shot Crnll in the lop of tlio heiu
before lie could raise himself up , indicting i
fatal wound.
Seven vagrants wcro ordered out of What
com , W. T. . by the citizens anil worts placet
in charge of Marshal Davis. One ol the men
without permission , stepped inside a saloon
which nngered Davis , who followed am
struck the vagrant n blow on the head will
a club. Before reaching Seattle the mm
died.
and Divorce.
The Rev. A. W. Lhmar in a recenl
sermon said :
If one has sncnt the greater portion of his
life in the southern part of these United
States and then taken up his abode for a fe\\
years in one of our great western states , 01
in one of the prcnt states of New England
and the middle states , ho will have seen anil
heard of moro ilivoreod people within twc
years than ho had in all his former life pul
together. Ho will be profoundly and sadlj
impressed with the need there is of n grcn't
reformation concerning the sacrcdness of tin
marriage tie.
In going to the southern states , to
learn respect for the marriage institu
tion , one would bo moro profoundly and
sadly impressed with their laws and
judicial decisions , ns to what constitutes
marriage , what is necessary to promote
"tlio peace , purity and felicity of family
life" than with the liberal divorce laws
in the western and Now England states.
To say nothing of tlio promiscuous re
lations enforced by law and cu&tom on
1,000,000 Africans' in Ihe old days of
slavery in all the southern stales , 1" can
prove by judicial evidence the disas
trous effect that the want of liberal di
vorce law has bad on the family life of
South Carolina.
"Tlio legislature of that state has
'ound it necessary to rcgulato by statute
low largo u proportion of his property
i married man may give to his concu-
jtno. " [ See Denton vs English , : i
13rev. , p. 147 ; nlso Cnnady vs George , C
Rich. Kq. , p. 10IJ.J This fact proves
that where divorces arc not permitted
iieretriciousconiicclionsi will bo formed.
The above mentioned law would nol
mvp been passed unless there had been
subject-matter for it to operate upon.
Jut listen to the words of wisdom from
the judicial bench of Soulb Carolina :
"In ibis country , where divorces are not
illowed for any cause whatever , wo somoj
lines sco men of excellent chin-actor un-
'ortunato in their murriugcti , nnd virtuous
vomen abandoned or ilrivon away houseless
) .y their husbands , who would bo doomed to
celibacy and solitude if they ilid not form
connections which tha law does not allow ,
ind who i n alto excellent husbands , md virtu-
ma wives still. Yet they arc considered as
ivlngln adultry , because a rigorous und unyielding -
yielding law , from motives of policy ulono ,
ins ordained It so. " ( Nott , .1 , , in Cusack vs
White , li Mill , 279 , 20' ! .
This is the system that n judge of the
supreme court upholds and praises , and
H sustained by the supreme court of
fJeorgia , which says : "In .South C'nr-
tliim , to her unfading honor , a divorce
ins not boon granted since the revolu
tion. " I must refer Iho learned judge
of Georgia und Iho Jlev. A. AV. Tnmar ,
o Iho case In South Carolina of Joli-
icuu vs .lohnoau , U Dorf. , p , 45 , where a
nan took his negro slave woman to his
) Cd and board , and with brulal punitth-
nenl compelled Iho unolTonding wife to
eat with his colored concubine. To her
'unfading honor , " the powers of the
stale of South Carolina compelled this
amily to live on in "peace , purity , and
olicity. " One of the nblcot writers on
this subject , Joel P. Uishop , nays :
"That the Judjios should thamselvcs pralso
tin legislation of their own state is no more
ban wo ought to u.vpect ; MIICU nil men
esteem what Is their own moru highly than
vhut Is another's. Thus it is remarked by
VNeal J. : 'Tho moil distressing casns , Jus-
if.vmg divorce uvon upon scriptural grounds ,
iava bean ag iln and u jaln presented to the
cglslnturo , and they have uniformly rufusml
o annul the marriage tlu , ' They have nobly
idlierud to the Injunction , 'Those whom God
las Joined together , lot not inuu put asun-
lor.1 The working of tnls stern policy of
nobly1 refusing redress oven In the 'most
llstrussmg cases,1 where t > eriituro | Joined
vith reason In crying for redress , has boone
o tha good of tlio nenplo and the state In
ivory respeot. ' And another of her Judges
ixcliihiia i 'Tha policy of this state has uvor
icon ngahiHt divor-iw. : It is ono ol bur
Lioasta that no divorce has ever been granted
n South Carolina. ' Could South Carolina
ruly declare that no husband within horbor-
lors bud uvor proved unfaithful to the mar.
o\v , and no wife bad boon fatso to her bus-
nine ! ; that thn observation Judicially made
jy ono of bur Judges concerning marriugos
n this state is in no part truu , namely , 'all
narrlaijos almost are entered Into on onu or
wu considerations , love or iniurust , nnd Urn
, ourt la induced to believe Un ) latter is tDo
emulation of most of thorn' ( Thompson , J. ,
n Dovall vs , Dovall , 4 1)J , , IU ) ; that-no
udge of tium had from the judiuiul bench
reclaimed It u virtue to commit tlio lural
atony of polygamy , und to llvo In udultory ;
hat no fliiss of men t-xlstod intho stuto call-
ipfoflegiiilnlion ruKMlatingthbiri jiiuoutloni
yitu their concubine- thenlailuei iulgltl the j
people of the other states talk of unfadltif
honor which had settled as a halo , or ns I
crown of glory about her brow.
The ovila wo deplore in n social Hfi
to-day arc not the result of liberal di
vorce laws , but an un reasonable mar
rlago law , still ba od in a largo degree
on the old common law of l-'ngland
which permits n boy of fourteen nnd 11
girl of twelve to make a life contract
fraught with such grave responsibilities
at nn ago when they could not contract
for n horse or a piece of land.
Eu/.AiiKTii OADY STASTOX.
WHAT 1'KOPMa TAIilC AHOL'T.
Views ntul Interviews Caught In Hotel
Cori-lilors anil Klsewlinri1.
J. D. Kllpatrielt , the big railroad contrac
tor , of rjealrtce , was soon nt the Paxton la < t
evening and asked for his opinion on the
prospecU for now roads being built In No
brnska this .voar. Ho said : "There Is nol
much doing now. As yet the companies
have kept secret their intentions. 1 cunM
say what may develop In Hie next month 01
six weeks. Much depends on the outlooli
this spring for crops , and legislation. At
present wo nro engaged on the Urn-ling-
ton's now line to the northwest , nud 1 buvt
given very little ntlvntlon to anything else.
Yes , wo had a splendid winter for our busi
ness , and have kept a large force of mou at
work all the time. Great headway , as
might bo supposed , has not been made. Out
efforts have been concentrated on the I'ine
Hidgo , where wo have nbout twenty miles
of very heavy nnd dinicult work. The idea
is to complete thntsn as lo have it on a level
with the balance of the line by spring , and
then be able to rush the Job to completion.
Everyday H ci : reporters nre asked repeat ;
cdly by all classes of people , to tell them
when Mrs. Hecehlor will bo put on trial for
the murder of Harry W. King , Jr. The
question is u bard one to answer. Last even
ing as he was leaving for Chicago , her attor
ney , General Cowln , xvas solicited for Information
mation , und lie said : "Tlio woman will nol
bo arraigned , any way until I come back , nnd
that may bo several days. The fact is 1 will
not Iry the case until I got lo It nnd fully
ready. " The probabilities are , however , that
it will bo commenced about the llrst waek in
March.
Among a party of Omaha people who re
turned yesterday from a sight seeing nlcns-
uro trip through the east , wore Mr. and Mrs.
C. N. Deitz. They bring back some lively
stories of the good times had. Mr. Deltz said
last evening : "Wo took in New York , Wash
ington and Richmond , Va. 1 always enter
tained to desire tu sou Hichmond , and while
in Washington wo took a run
over and spent ono day there.
Our visit wns devoted to nn Inspection of
the old colonial and confederate state house ,
which Is still standing , and Ijibb.v prison.
Holli places proved great attractions to us.
Many relicts of the Into war , us well as of
the early days , are preserved and on exhibi
tion in tlio state house. There we saw the
oldest stove in Iho world. It is a great big
iron affair , was made in England in 1735 and
brought over to heat the building when it
was used us tlio colonial capitol. " The party
wns also at Washington on the day of the
electoral count and got in on the lloor of the
house.
TI1I3
The Iron Keel * of ( lie Hospital Pro
nounced Snt'c.
Architect E. E. Meyers , of Detroil , who
made the plan's nd specifications of thu
county hospilal arrived in Omaha yesterday
for the purpose of examining the iron roof of
the structure which was erected by Home ,
Kutchum & Co. , of Indianapolis. Some lime
ago , when Uiis firm completed Its work , It
asked the county commissioners to allow its
claim , which is about jS.OOO.
Hyan & Walsh , contractors of the hospital ,
had told the commissioners that the roof was
imperfectly put up , and would come down
with a crash 5.01110 line day. The commis
sioners notified the architect of this supposed
defect and ha informed them not to allow
the bill for the roof until ho had examined
the work.
This hu has done. Yesterday he and the
commissioners visited tiio hospital and nmtlo
Ihe examination. Upon returning to the
county building Mr. Meyer's nnd Suuorin-
tendent Shane , of the hospital , went over the
plans and drawings. They linnlly came to
the conclusion that there was no defect in
the construction of the roof nnd'tho commis
sioners will now allow the claim of Home ,
ICctchutn & Co.
Fisher Printing Co. , 1011 Fnrnamst. ,
telephone 1201 , blank book makers , etc.
AS STATE BUILDINGS OO.
\Vlint Contractor Walls Snys About
the Illiiul Institute.
IJeplylng lo a letter from Attorney Gen-
sral Lceso , Harry Walls , the Nebraska City
lontractor , denies having bad the con versa-
ion with a correspondent thora recently
published In Tin ; Bii : about the condition of
ho building for tl.e blind there. Ho says :
'I told bun Hint I could not deny that thorc
night have been a good many brick laid dry ,
is J was not paid to stay there all the time ,
md that I did not know nbout tlio anchors. I
old him there was no danger of it falling ,
um that it was as safe as any other state
milding. Ho then asked mo if it wns not a
poor job. 1 told him it was not the best I
mil ever soon , but the board scorned lo bo
atlslled with it , and it compared well with
tbcrstato buildings. I told him state buildings
wro let 15 or 'JO per cent lower than they
lUght lo bo taken for and do nn honest job. "
.1. ii. I'annaleo , principal of the Institute ,
ays the reported interview with him was
'untrue ' and false. "
I'YTHIANISM COMMEMORATED.
To-day It OoleAjrntos Its Twenty-
Fifth Aunlvorsnry.
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ORDER
Hmv It llni t'lourlshcil In Nebraska
null How It lins Hern 1'nrtlou-
larly Successful lii the City
of Omaha ,
Twenty-Five Yenrs Old.
To-day the Knights of Pytltla * cele
brate the Twonty-flftli or silver anniversary
ot the founding of the order. The prelimi
nary meeting , nt wliieh the ritual of Iho
order was llrst rend and steps taken to
establish the body , was held in Washington ,
D. C , 1'Vt ) . 15 , 1801. Among these present
wcro : J. 11. Kathboiio. Robert A. Cliam
plon , D. L. Hnrnctt , E , S , Klmball , W. H.
Hurnett , Charles H , Roberts and William
Drier. Tlio llrst ledge was formed In the
city of Washington ou V b , ID , ISftl. At the
meeting wimod tlio order was called the
"Knights of Pythiaa. "
.1 , 11. Uiithbmio was Instructed to propnro
a ritual for opening and closing a lodge and
of initiation. The ritual wlik-h ho reported
wns adopted. The following oftlecrs were
then elected : .1 , II. Kalhbono , worthy
chancellor : .loci H. Woodruff , vice cliiinccl
lor.lT. ; K. Plant , vonerublu patriarch ; 1)
L. Hurnett , worthy scribe ; A. Van Dorvcor ,
banker ; It. A. Champion , iis.stxtaul bunker ,
Clcorgo K. Covert , assistant scribe. Wash
ington Lodgn , No. 1 , while It 1ms gone out of
existence , has passed Into history as the
mother lodge of the order , anil It Is to bo re
gretted that Its charter has not been revived.
i'ho growth of this order from that tliuo on
has been mil form and rapid and nl the
present time it is ono of the most powerful
of the ni.VHttc orders. It has in the United
Slates and Canada grand lodgcsilr > 00 sub
ordinate lodges , a mcmbi'rsliip of over
HOU.OOO and an invested capital of jr > ,000t > 00.
The great growth of the order In this stain
of which the expansion In Omaha Is typical ,
Will bo discernible in a glance nt the Hiatus
of the fifteen lodges in thin city. Nebraska
lodge was instituted November , ISUS. and
bud a membership , January 1 , issp , of 103.
uinl its chancellor commander and Keeper oi
records and seal nro U' , S. Sponrer nnd
Charles J. Johnson ; Myrtle ledge , April ! l ,
1SSI , 115 , H. .1. Kuoller and W. O. Wagner ;
Planet ( German ) , August 2 : > , IWV.t , Jin ,
Julius Troitschku anil Clmrles L. Schmidt :
Omaha ( Uarinnn ) , February 8.1SS1 , 8-1 , Otto
Wagner und Adolnh Hnrtwig ; Triangle ,
April 8 , 1V < G , 107 , 11. K. Weber and Uavid
Hrowu ; Pythagoras , Juno 1 , 18SO , 5' ' . ' , Wil
liam K , Lavender and C. E. Slryker ; Park ,
March 9 , 1SS , TS. G. 11. Koblimon and E , J.
Polloclcj Mount Shasta , March 10 , 18S7 , C.
E. Currier and John Wnidenor ; Oriolo.April
iiO , ibST. 1U > , S. H. Patten and S. P. Emiiiol :
Viola , Junes , 1867 , fil , W. G. Shocltoy and
J. C. Laing ; Marathon , Juno 0 , 1SS7 , 70 , Wal
ter W. Taylor nnd R A. Johnson ; Forest ,
June 25 , 1837 , 71 , H. H. Perkins and A
Viney ; VlrRiiiins , March 7 , 188812 , Frnnli
Spore and A. Ivulp ; Good Samaritan , Feb
ruary S3 , 1SS4 , , L. G. Erven und F. M.
Sheoly ; Jan lluss ( Hohomlnn ) , November
17 , J'jSS ' , 30 , Frank Vodlckn and K. N. Mis-
There arc 103 lodges in the stnlo with a
total membership of over five thousand , gov
erned by n grand ledge Instituted Ociobcr
13 , ISOil , whoso ofllcors for this year nro :
H. O'Neill , past grand chancellor , Lincoln :
Will II. Love , grand chancellor , Lincoln i
W. F. Manning , grand vice chancellor ,
Omaha ; H. W. Woolvcrton , grand prelate ,
Pierce ; C. G. Alton , grand master of the
exchequer , Ainsworth ; E. E. French , grand
kciipcr of records and seal , Omaha ; O. L.
Green , grand master at arms , ICorrnoy ,
George H. Green , grand inner guard , Ge
neva ; E. W. Iloyt , grand outer
Riiard , Long Pine ; W. E. Copelaiid and J. S.
Shropshire. supreme representatives ,
Omaha. Mr. Copelaiid , however , has re
moved from town.
The uniform rank is wnll tilled and con
sists of the First regiment , H. F. Downs ,
: olonoltho ; Sucond ( Omaha ) rcgimentThos. ;
Bun-ell , colonel ; the Third battalion , S. I ) .
Hunt , lieutenant colonel ; Fourth battalion ,
I ? . I. Ellick , lieutenant coloneL The rank ia
> vcll drilled In Upton's Indies.
The divisions of Ihe Omaha regiment with
, hcir captains are : Myrtle , H. J. Fuller ;
Douglas , Win. Wagner ; Lilly , J. C. Laing ;
puiulia , Jolm Ilnywnrd ; Launcelot , J. T.
Jnilcy ; Fulcon , A. A. Fclden ; IJlack Eagle ,
lVu.ro . ; Trojan , Pepoon ; Huobcnzal , Henry
! lornbergor.
The twenty-fifth anniversary In. this city
o-inoiTow night will bo observed by Mt.
Shasta , Nebraska and Viola lodges at tha
mil of Nebraska ledge and bv Jan HUH and
'ythagoras at Simanek and Kucoa's hull , on
South Thirteenth strcol.
Memorial Mnrlilc.
At the last mooting of members of the G.
\ . K. Soldiers' committee the question of a
Ito upon which to erect tlio memorial staluo
vas discussed. Several places were men-
loncd , among them Farnain and Eighteenth ,
nd the liltle street parks which are to bo
loaulillcd on Capitol avenue the present
ear. A Rub-committee was appointed to so-
: uro designs of monuments used In other
ities ns also the cost of the same , and report
I the call of the chairman.
Po-doincc Thieves.
An Information was llled with United
tales Commissioner Anderson by United
tales Attorney Pritchott charging Lawson
nil llnttlo Cowles with appropriating tha
( intents of n registered letter. The partiea
vo at a small place called Halsey and kocii
10 postolllco there.
is no gain sc certain as saving what you have. " Why
then destroy valuable garments by using common and impure
soaps upon them t Prof. Gcnth , of the University of Pennsylvania ,
says : "I find the Ivory to be a very superior soap. It gives a fine
Jathcr , and it can safely be used upon any fabric. "
A WORD OF WARNING.
There are many white soaps , each represented to be "just as Rood as the ' Ivory V1
they ARE NOT , but like all counterfeits , lack the peculiar and rsnmbblg qualitleM
of the gtnulne. Ask for "Ivory" Soap and insist upon getting it.
Copyright W > , by I'roctcr it Gamble.